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'Rome.~-Much has been said and written about the famous "Street of Abundance" at Pompeii, perhaps the "most representative landmark of w civilization overwhelmed by the erup- tion of Vesuvius in the year '79. The area already explored comprises the House of Paquius Proculus, nestling "close under the protecting shadow of the Temple cf Isis, and again a laby- rinth of small streets, evidently in- habited by the small bourgeoisie, and Tittle "tabern®m" or inns plastered with electioneering manifestoes or book- makers' tips for the gladiatorial fa- vorites in the arena. While carrying on excavations in a part of the quarter of Pompeii which had hitherto been untouched by pick or spade, Prof. Alberto Majurt, who has been working on tho region for three years, discover- ed a house almost perfectly preserved under the thick stratum of lava and volcanic ashes, It was evidently the home of a wealthy man, for the ample "triclinium" or banqueting hall is beautifully adorned with frescoes of mythological subjects, ART AND GARDENS, In the hall that doubtless resounded with laughter and song shortly before the great eruption, Professor Majuri has found the remains of the members of an entire family giving the feast at the time of the catastrophe, name- iy, those of the host, his wife and their children, nine in all. They were wearing heavy gold bracelets and priceless jewelry, which has now been placed in the Naples Museum, Quite close to the Street of Abun- History and Treasures of Art That Baffled Newton Solved by Egyptian Fresco in Little Temple of Isis--Election i Notices Still Found on the Inns . BY PAUL CREMONA. aa, mposing p of jent Pompeii, and must have comprised three dif- ferent mansions, afterward joined to- gether. The magnificent mosaic floors and 4 tions "constitute its almost unique characteristic, for they are unrivaled throughout the world. ~ At- tached to the palace was a fine gar- den with a vine-clad bower, where the owner entertained his friends, and among the ruins have been found sev- eral well-preserved statues of Cari- alids and a magnificent statue of a Greek athlete, in gilt bronze, attri- buted to the fifth century B.C. when Greek art was at ils best. PROBLEM IN MECHANICS SOLVED. Another feature of this unique Pompeian mansion is the little temple dedicated to Isis, with beautiful de- corations in Egyptian and Alexan- arine style, depicting the overflow of the Nile, and fights between pigmies and storks. The Ethiopian race also figures largely in these paintings, which moreover solve a long-debated problem in mechanics, for here we have a slave treading the "cochlea" an hydraulic machine invented by Archi- ficiently described, so that Newton, much to his regret, could never make out how this "cochlea" or treadmill for drawing up water was worked, while hera the whole problem is solved. The palace explored by Professor Majuri consisted of 30 large rooms, all magnificently furnished, and the medes, but which Vitruvius had insu. JOLLY MAIDENS WITH THEIR MASCOT WALKING TO THE STAKT Athletic girls, who took part fn a trial cross-country run from the Perrivale, England, headquarters of the Ladies' Athletic Association, a sport in which many of the old country young women take a rather keen League... |flarly insured, the tarit trom eeaeeorl Th oS edr oF 4 Sas Jasured, fhe tas vangite from twenty-oight days each to replace the org and agents who are continually cn' Irregular Gregorian calendar now in the road in the course of their buci We did' pointy on because ness; £7 to £10 for taxicabs scat as fell upon a Tuesday In yng up to six persons, with an addi 5 "i 1928 much was tional 10s. per annum in respect of a : to employers and employed as the ma- gach additional seat; £24 for a motor jority had to return to work follow-| omnibus carrying 20 persons, with.a . Ing the weekend, on Monday, thus|glqing scale Increasing according to he interrupting the holiday and ¢ ity of the ol Oy It is estimated that 26 per cent. of 5 bureau which will herald the doings of his policemen to the Tour corners. Rumor has it that Byng bas fn mind for this job an American whose meth- "ods so far have been confined to boosting motion pictures. Success of the Plan The better condition that Byng has brought about in a couple of months is best told in an extract from a re- cent editorial article which appeared in a London newspaper: "These changes are certainly not By Mrs, Harry When our thinking becomes too re- someone who has had a wider experi: ence than has been ours; who has other than our own, When we are able to do this we treasure-trove in statoary; bronze and gold and silver ornaments h been very considerable. Encouraged dance is the "House of the Bronze Ephabus," so called because the fa- mous masterpiece was there in 1925. This is one of the most by this success, Professor Majuri is planning a still more active campaign, discovered | which he confidently believes will yield | very satisfactory results. Lord Byng's Way London's New Police Com- missioner Has Quickly Stopped the Illegal Selling of Liquor--Sweeping Re- forms in His Organization. Lord Byng of Vimy, London's new Police Commissicner., has dried up the metropolis, Tkat might sound strange to Americans who look upon London as a twenty-four hour oasis. But there is no city in the United hendquartecs of the Anti-Saloon Lea- rve, where it is ha der to quench a thirst than it Is here since the whistle has blown for the closing of the "pubs". The night club business over here runs along much the same as it does fn New York.- That is, it does not get into action until around 11 o'clock. And after that hour the licensing laws decree that you can only drink intoxi- cating liquor when it is accompanied by food. You don't have to eat, but eating material must be on the table while you are drinking, And this prl- vilege lasts only till midnight. After that you cannot even draw a flask from your hip pocket and proceed to pour for your guests as is the uni verszl custom back home. Lord B!'ng's Way That is, you cannot do those things any more. Time was, just before Lord Byng took hold a few weeks 8g0, when most of the night clubs sup- plied their guests with liquor outside pt licensing hours. London, which 1s supposed to be wet about nine-and a half hours out of the twenty-four, was In pre-Byng days wet all the way around the clock. The soldier changed it all with a simple announcement. In effect, he duformed London that he was no snooper. . There has been a lot of scandal la the police force of the kind that has spread over prohibition enforcemant in America since it first began. Plainclothes men and serge- ants charged with checking the night «clubs were found to be growing wealthy on the subsidies they were drawing from violators of the law. rs. Meyrick, queen of the bright spots, mother-in-law of two barons, came out of prisen, forgot that Byng 3 was An charge, and soon faced the gain. a new understanding that the ministry of gentle manners, of flow- ers, birds and lovely pictures is the game the world over, and we may learn some things which we can apply with advantage to our owu homes, communities and countries. i the work of a tired old warrior, They | bear the marks of energy and initia. itive. © The plans for speeding up the war on crime and for promoting by merit, giving the younger officiers their chantes and making proper use of men with special qualifications, | go was my esperience recently will increase the efficiency of tho yyen § had the rare treat of an after- force and go far to strengthen pub ;46n's visit with a charming woman When Housekeeping in Japan A, Burnham it jmpossible for people to visit their| the licensed motor vehicles in New Zealand are not insured, and it has _ or r at distant points. Under the International Fixed Calen- been frequently found that persons fn- Jured in road accidents have no effec dar which is suggested as an efficient | tive recourse against the motor owner, alternative to that now in vogue, Mr. Cotsworth points out that Christmas because he is uninsured and i:as no assets. C y igsuraace will ber of the family, A room is often stricted as to boundaries or customs set aside for her use to which she may large. and manners, it is well to talk with ' retire for quiet when the children, or hui hold b of the h ome to her, It is no unusual thing e ir] met, intimately, people of countries |for a family not having a grandmoth- --"The fact that the basis for making er to adopt one, that they may have the council and benediction of her "honorable years." Children in Japanese homes, are, of' The tiny rooms do not furnish space for very lively games and the paper doors tear very easily. ™ On the walls of a living-room ia Japanese homes will be found but one 'necessity, more gentle, less energetic, than are children in countries where, houses are more substantially built. | cal Almanac Office, would always fall upon a Monday, as would all other holi h t the year, creating a long week-end s not cover the driver of a car, nor tioliday to the benefit of the world at passengers; unless they are traveling in a vehicle plying for hire. "The third party disk is, however, very complotely covered, as Attorney- 'General Frank Rolleston, in explain. | ing the measure to Parliament, said: "The claim attaches te the number { plate of the car, and it does not mat. 5 ter by whom it is dgiven, whether by an unauthorized servant or whether by a thief or a joy-rider--no matter who is driving the car that causes an 1d under cir which would impose g liability on the driver, there is an insurance to anybody in- jured by such accident." i Lio Tbe premiums from private motor- : Dealing with the complexity of the work of preparing a new calendar for each year, Mr, Cotsworth continues, each year's . calendar requires six years of co-operative work by the best astronomers in five leading nations, should be known to all who yearly buy or receive calendars. For ex- ample, the first ca'culations for the year 1933 were bogun on August 17th, 1927, by eminent scientists in the Greenwich Observatory and the Nauti- They work out for all Nations 'the Right Ascension and Declination of the Sun, Moon and With Night Clubs States, not even Westerville, Ohlo,! charge that she paid a police serge- ant to leave her alome. Now she | must serve another term of fifteen "We hope also that the possibility months, lt reorganizing the press bureau &0 Byng sald he would not snoop and. gg to make it of more real service to he has not enooped. His plain yp, press will goon become an accom- clothes men received orders to ©0n-| nijghed fact. Newspapers can ren- tinue visiting suspected places and ger the police invaluable help in all! buy drinks therein If drinks were Ob- kindy of investigations; but only it tainable. But no arrears were to be gootiand Yard does its part with can- made on evidence so obtained. BYDE : dor, fairness and good-will. A mod- warned the night club proprietors orn civilized nation may be judged that he would proceeu on the asgump- yy the character of its police, who tion that if liquor was sold once after | can make or mar its social order. hours it would be sold again. - No!mye public, therefore, does wall to be place which was violating the 1aw | vigilant without ceasing and to re- « could therefore consider itself safe! ping its police from time to time of {from a rald. London knows ByNg' their nigh responsibilities to the State | and his record for going through with ' ang of the Heed to exerices the most | things he has started. The liquor sel- gorypulous regard for the law and the lers had read of his faids in Flanders. proprieties, which it is thelr special Some of them had even taken part .n | function to uphold." them. All he had sald was that] EE TR Ideals of Moderns lic confidence in the police and their ohief. where he knew liquor was being sold he would descend and take a good chance of finding it on the tables. . His threat was enough. He dried up Lauded by Premier London as it has not been dried up ma-- ase ae ody taken care of Stanley Baldwin Says Peace that matter, Lord Byng turned to Moves Show Higher Con- bandits. The gunman in the high. ception of Progress powered car, unknown over here up London--"There is to-day a ten- till a year or two ago, has been dis- ,. to leave behind us much of, playing the efficlency of the Chicago ¢,¢ ¢orm of strife in which so many ' outlaws. London's flying squad, Blork- | oo tegsedly religious people were en- fled In his detective tales, has not'o, oq j1a5¢ century," declared Stanley been nearly so good as the public be- Baldwin, the Prime Minister, at a: lieved. Lord Jyng dismissd a 1886 | gyno in celebration of the successful percentage of the personnel, replaced raising of fhe £302,000 required to them with younger and brighter men | goo ® ie contributory pension and has increasd the strength 100 Der | goyeme for veteran ministers and thelr cent. Too, he gave them plain auto-| 4onenqents fn the Baptist Union of mobiles. Hitherto these supposed un Great Britain and Ireland. dercover men have been dashing "It {8 not for us to judge them. In about In machines branded with police | mans wavs we ase unit. perhaps, to! insignia. He has also installed a riug (je the shoe latchets of those Who of police telephone boxes around Lon- preceded us. But we believe wo have don, something that American towns pound a better way, We have discov- thought of fifteen years ago. It took orgq that their is enough for all to Byng to point out that the protection 4, yn joining hands throughout the was vital to the largest city in the world against a common foo instead world. iof wasting time fn fraticidal strite, It, Next he turned his attention to pro- is a sign, as some tell us, of religlous motion. He has only been in office indifference. I believe it to be a sign since November and he has alfeady that we are learning at last more truly : thrown out that fetish of Britain-- and more deeply what is meant by seniority, Merit goes now in the that word so often upon our lips. metropolitan police force, and nobh- | ------------ ing else--and the leaning is toward | A rugby forward, {nclined to unk, the younger men. was sprawling at the side of the pitch, Byng's final and most devastating nursing a minor injury, 'His skipper blow to Victorian-minded critics is the saw him and observed, unkindly: establishment of a high-powered press "Sitting this one out, Bill?" picture at a time, in order that the at- tention may not be ecattered. Other pictures are in the storeroom and will take their turn at dorning the walls. They are brought. out and hung ac- cording to the season which they re- present, it may be a picture applic- able to New Year's Day, to the Doll's Festival, or to the Boys' Festival, or it may be a flower picture which will bring to mind beauty to come to the little garden or which is already there. Time is given to looking at these pic- tures and meditating on them. who has lived for 40 years in Japan. In looking at a map of Japan I real ized that the islands which comprise the Flowery Kingdom stretched for quite a distance north and south, but when 'this woman sald, "You know Japan embraces a seacoast equal to that from Labrador to Key West," I had a more definite conception of the differences in climate and mode of liv- ing which typify various parts of that country. It is not always cherry blos- som time in Japan, nor is wistaria continually in bloom. The Japanese people have long Friendly People. loved the United States. It is said Interspersed, very often, In the that one often finds a picture of Gen- story that this woman told me of her eral Washington in homes of Tokyo. life In Japan was the expression "I| At the cloisonne factory in Japan love the Japanese people, anyone who People sit at work at their benches has lived among them long enough to !facing windows just outside of which 84 of the IMixed-Stars at each of the 24 hours, for every one of the year's 365-days. By August, 1928, these were print. ed and sent to the Directors of the National Observatories in the United | States, Germany, France and Spain, to enable each to begin his quota of the great work they mutually shared out, 80 that no part is duplicated. - The United States astronomers work out for all Nations, the Eclipses for the Sun and Moon, and the hourly posi- tions of the Planets with their Satel- lites etc. = Germany calculates the hourly position for 307 of the Fixed Stars below the Celestial Arctic Cir- cle to the Tropic of Cancer. France works out the hourly positions for the Polar Stars within the Arctic Circle, etc. Spain does like work for 65 of the more Southerly Stars, etc. "About one and a half years later i know them well just feels their friend. | a6 well-cared-for flower gardens. liness." ; | When a visitor remarked upon the For nine years this woman and her | time and expense which must go Into husband lived far out in the country |the care of such beautiful gardens the entirely away from any other English-, Owner mado answer, "How can I ex- speaking persons. In such circum. Dect my people to do good work. un- stances one must, perforce, learn the 168 they have something beautiful to" look at?" This understanding on the part of a business man of the import- ance of lovely surroundings seems to be reffected in the homes of Japan and to show its results in the quiet friendliness of the people. i language of the country, At that time there were many localities where nothing but Japanese was spoken, but now some English-speaking persons can' be found nearly everywhere the length and breadth of the land. Ab an example of the loyalty of the Japaunesé people to their friends she told me of a Japanse girl whom she was able to help in school in Japan a goofl 'many years ago. Ever since then, no matter where she may be, this little girl, now a woman in her own home in Japan, sends, on every day which has especial significance, such as Mother's Day, or a holiday, a greeting to her one-time benefactor. Another instance which she related was of an Amrican gntleman who lived for 35 or 40 years in the south- ern island of Japan where he showed kind to his 8. At " But after ten mi: these four National Directors having printed their results will send copies to each other and to the Greenwich authoritis ,who will combine them in the "Nautical Almanac" for 1933 they will print and issue about the end of 11930. The complete Nautical Almanac will then be sent to the Directors of Geodetic Offices in all Nations, to en- able each of them to work out from its data, the Tide Tatles showing the daily times and heights of Tides for (each of his country's Ports, ready for | : issue to the Makers of Calendars not "later than January, 1932, so that Calendars for 1983 may be printed ready for distribution during the last months of 1932." tel me npiae 'With all four legs firmly set, a big cavalry horse stood in the middle of the road. With voice, whip, and spur the rider, a newly-joined recruit, did his utmost to make his steed move, ists alone will amount to $1,000,000 annually, This will not be paid to the state insurance department, but will be distributed among all insurance companies operating 'in this sphere, the car owner nominating the insur ance company preferred by him. The measure has been long desired by New Zoaland motorists' organiza- tions, and the only criticism is that it does not cover drivers and passengers in private cars, The 'Government declined to extend the measure in this dirction until there has been at least a year's trial. | Not Widely Known Frencli.Canadian Wonien Had the Vote Long Before ose in Other Countries Montreal, Que.--As early as 1667 under the old French regime in Cane ada, women acted as advocates in all | the courts, declared Ernest Lapointe, Canadian Minister of Justice, as a recent meeting of the Quebec Provin- cial Franchise Committee. Though this right lapsed, he said, under Brit ish rule, Quebec women owning pro- | perty acquired the right to vote at © beginning of the nineteenth cen- tury, "long before their sisters in any other country enjoyed electoral rights." Women could plead before their seigneurial court, before the royal court, and even before the sovereign council at Quebec, presided over by the Governor and ntendent. They held this right until the end of the Frerch regime. Observing that in French Canada of str ef- wo had deserved a great deal of fort the situation was stristly "as you were." "Wonder wot's wrong wiv the ny 8 the age ¢f 70 ha returned to California to live and was discovered by a japan- ese boy whom he had at one time help- ed. From his fruit farm this boy pore: brouglit daily to the gentleman's home again to day? : a quart of strawberries, the choicest Diner: No, f think not. It you that his garden produced, steadfastly | bring. me a different one I'll see refusing to accept any pay for them, | cp ¢ 1 can do but' overjoyed that, at last, he was : able to repay a kindness of other days. Som PA Adopting a Gr In most of the homes of Japan a ndmother isa very important mem- WOULDN'T TRY IT AGAIN Diner: Let me see--I had a steak Yes, sic. Will you try dt pen ; If husbands and wives did not play partners in bridge, maybe thers would be less failures in matrimonial partnerships.--Superior Judge Wil liam N. Gemmill of Chicago. Amat ,'os8?" d the recruit exasper- 'atedly. "'E went orf all right, an' now 'e wont move a 'hinch!" "Did yer | touch him wiv them things?" inquired an interested juvenile spe , point. the state, the Minister recalled the careers of such outstanding French | Canadian women as Jeanne Mance, Madame de Repentigny, who in 1705 founded the first textile mill in Can- ada; Marie Rollet and Marguerite {ing to the soldier's spurs. *'Course I did1" answered the cavalryman impa- tlently. "Then that's wot's wrong wiv 'Im, guv"nor," said the boy triumph- antly. "E's punctured! P. he LL -- a; Maud: So you've broken bff your engagement to Hugh? Joan: Yes, I - had to, dear. He wanted to marry me, | Wk TR DOTH : HMM, We sEEM To Hav LA NISITOR WI 50 -- IsTRESS! ; HaT 15 7 : 2 sertics tion for which their techni- 7 , social and other gifts eminently "ffitved them. Clo i 'geoys, Pp in' educati in Canada, Marquise de Guercheville, who organized some of the most suc- cessful colonization schemes of early days, and Madame Croteau who has recently been deccrated by the Queuse I colonization work in Abitibi in north-. western. Quebec. He In view of the important role wo- men have played in economic and so- cial life Mr. Lapoint2 declared that their particpation was rzeded in the larger which gives di x to the forward march of tha country, = "Why never get to fice in time in the morning?" ds Government with Order of Merit\for ~~