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Show THE MIDVALE JOURNA L Thursday, October 8, 1931 they'd like to write essay!! on. One More and More The Spanish dollnr had been divided hegan a list with: girl a In said Doran George Puhlisher into eight, but that of the United Ideal Man,' 'A Divine Hour,' "'l\ly States was divided into a hundred literary talk: Love,' 'One Hour ot 'Moonlight "Novels get more and more pasfractions, "cent" being from Latin Love,' 'Life's Happiest 'Desert sionate, don't they? A novel like Love,' American Currency Since the and French words for '·hundred." 'Three \Veeks' was considered ter- Hour.' Then she broke oft'. Days of 1792. "'I'm not satisfied with this list, · rific when it came out, hut the girl Indictment of Bridge said. 'It seems so darn prac· she 'Three consider would (a) Dr. Alfred Adler, noted PSY· of today In the Fifteenth century the counts tical.'" Weeks' dull. of Schlick, in Bohemia, minted large chlatJ'ist, declares that ardent bridge "A class of coeds were asked to development the encourages silver coins from metal found In the playing Industry is itself a treasure. out a list -:>f subJects that make vivlnlty of Joa..!himsthal, In that of the Inferiority complex, (b) Dr. Maurice Lebon, eminent country. These coins were known as specialist, reports that the heart to abbreviated "Joachimsthaler ," of bridge results In more playing "thaler." In the low German this among the aged than any fatalities became "daler," and to thE' English cause. single other "dollar." (c) Bridge playing Is a direct InBefore the !'i'ineteenth century coin& often circulated with little re- centive to per.Jury. Mathematicians gard for national bounuarlPs. Some inform us that the chnnce of a pertypes of coins, loeC'aU!<e of the quality fect hriclgE' hand occurring Is one In nevertheless d!'als, of their mannfactm·e, came to he 40,000.000,000 weekly. reported are hands" especially well known and to he ac- "perfPct cepted as an lnternationnl ~tandard. 45,000,000 Visit Parka The florin, for im;tance, first minted '!'he state parks of the country, In Florence in 125~. wa~ latPr adopted as an Austrian, a Dutch an1l an now llUIIthering more than ROO, were English coin. It Is in thifl ~ame man- hy no means idle acres last year. • ner that a little valiPy in the re- B'igures gat herPd by the National cesses of the Bohemian mountains Park sen·l(•e indicate tltnt there were came to give Its name to the mone- 45,000,000 visitors in the re~en·a tary unit of Prussia. before thP "'S- tions last ~·ear, making nn a1·erage tablishment of the Get·man empire. of 15,000 per pm·lc The parl;s, lnci· Other countries adopted dollm·s in d<>ntally, avemgt•cl 1.000 acres each their currency, and the name wa,; although natnrallj· man;v were much next applied to othPr coins of weight lat·ger and many much smaller. THouGH YOUR Christmas cards may bear cheerful ~ and fineness simllar· to the dollar. greenngs, their sending can be a fretfuJ task if left to ., Great Relief ThP famous Spanish "piece of Pi~ht" the. last minute. Shop now Enjoy choosing from a ~ Caller (momlizin.g)-Y ou know we -eight reals-came to he called a fresh, full stock. Visit mentally with each friend as you r~ dollar, and this became the most take nothing with us Into the next E-arly the all of world. widely circulatE-d address the envelope. Do that and your Christmas ~ l\Irs. nounds- 'fhank heaven for dollars. cards wtll give pleasure at both ends! ~~ It Is the Spanish "pieces of eight" that! It will be a novelty to go which g-ave us our stnnclnrd coin. In somewhere without having to pack. the days of the Spanish colonial em- -Boston Transcript. pire in America, the "Spanish milled Accommodate the Patient dollar" circulated as ·freely In the Caller-But why does the doctor English colonies ns In the Spanish, and became the principal m<>dium of have his consulting hours from fi1·e YOUR LOCAL DEALERS CARRY THEM exchange throughout the western to seven in the evening? pa. our Wife--Because Doctor's hemisphere. The United States adopted its dol· tient has no other frpe time.-Dub tlon, "There is a tide In the affairs Tied and Tied lar currency under the c.:~lr:age act lin Opinion. men which, taken at the flood, of the tells Jr., Rockefeller, D. John of 1792. The United States wanted on to fortune"? What kind of leads As one grows older, the chief ob· following inclclPnt: to be Independent of Great Britain that he?'" would "I sat one night over my Shake- tide tacle to taking a vacation is the ab even in Its cul'l'ency, and It tnrnell "'Tied down to business, son I' speare when a sentence popped up Pnce of a desire to take It, to the Spanish Pxample rathe1 tha11 that puzzled me. I sai(l to my father, said father." the British, and 1\ decimal systen· was sitting nearby: 'Father, who are Three may keep a secret if two was decided upon ln~tPfHI of the Brit "Thank you'• Is still not Ignored. Is the meaning of this queswhat ish calculation of shilling and p!'nce. dead. DOLLAR TRACED TO HPJECES OF EIGHT" I I Iil Fishermen on Lake Garda. (Prc"ared by the National Geographic l:;ociety, Wa•hlngton, D. C.) M • ILAN, chief city of the Lombardian-Piedwo nt region of northern Italy, announces plans for a metropolitan underground railway ~ystem which, when completed, will have a total length of W miles. The announcement follows another telling of the completion of Italy's largest railroad station In Milan, a huge structure which compares favorably with the great terminals of the world. Italy's first subway system and the biggest railway station are but milestones marking'" the progress of this modern, wide-awake city, which had the first public library in Europe and was the first city on the continent to light Its streets with electricity. Ylewlng the rich and interesting history of this metropolis of the upper Po valley, its outstanding leadet·shlp among Italian cities, its virility thrrough centuries, and Its varied accomplishments, the observer may be Inclined to give serious consideration to the boast of the l\fllanese that "what Milan thinks today, Italy will think tomorrow." Milan, In the matter of a new subway, is hurrying its plans because nome also is planning a subway syst<>m. But Rome must hesitate and discuss. Underneath the streets and buildings of modern Rome are foundations of anciPnt imperial Roman monuments, and parts of the Catacombs. Milan faces no such obstacles, and will radiate flye lines from the center of the city as conditions reQUire. All fiye of the lines, two of which will reach points 20 miles away, will have stations within a few yards of each othPr in the Pinzzo del Duomo. A population of more than 3,000,000 people will be sen·ed by this new sy~tem, up-to-date In every respect. Lombardy and Piedmont comprise the plains of the upper reaches of the great Po valley, the Alpine foothills, and the southern and eastern slopes of a Ia rge part of the alps themsel\·es. Milan, on a fertile plain near the southcm termini of some of the most important of the Alpine passes, was a town of consluerable Importance even In the cUm historic days of 222 B. C. when it was captured by the Romans. It was then, as it Is today, a close second city In point of population In Italy. Leader in Many Respects. . Milan early earned a position of leadership among surrounding cities. a leaden;hip, however, which did not g{) unchallenged. The city has been destroyed many times, once by a league of neig!Jbl)ring town!<, and at other times by alien conquerors. After each destruction It has sprung up on a seemingly firmer foundation t•1 achieve greater popularity and a more far-reaching influence. Apart from any reputation lllilan may have gained as an lnclex to Inuustrial unrest, it Is a leader amon.; Italian cities In other re:,;pects. Indeed, the Milanese insist that their clty, their "capitale mornle," Is the very heart and head of Italy's modern life and activity-"first in Industry, first in unmidpal progress, first in poll tic a I Importance." l<Jven at the beginning of the Eleventh century l\Iilan was of ~orne importance Industrially, its handicraft workers turning out textiles, arms and jewelry, The Innumerable wars to which Jtalian cities and provinces were subjected slowed up its industrial develepm<>nt even after the Introduction of the factory system, but since the unification of Italy In 1870, and the relative political calm that has followed, the growth of the city's industries has !teen man·elous. Textiles, locomotives and electrical apparatus nre the leadlng products and a long list of metal manufactures could be added. The Industrial plants of Milan have fairly burst the confine~ of the old city and many are to be found in numerous populous suburbs that have sprung up, e!'lpeelally ~ince lS!lfl. '£he population of Milan !t~<'lf now numbers close to a million. Its population Is excee1led only slightly, If at all, by that of Naples, and is considerably In excess of that of Rome. Water Power Development. Interesting Is the fact that all Industries In this section of Italy are not dependent on the importa tlon of coal. Piedmont cse and Lombard ian industry bas been turning more and more during recent years to the u ·e of electric power generatf~d from the great falls and ratJids of the many stren ms that, tumbling <town f•~m the heightR of the Alps almost at the walls of the cities, may be made to take the place of the expensive fuel for which Italy is dependent on foreign countries. Milan Is today a half-way house for people rushing up !lnd down the earth, from the Mediterranean to the Alps, from Venice to Como; It is so very well known, so Yery crowded, so busy, so bustling, one feels there is nothing mMe to be told of her. Perhaps because she seems so entirely modern, because she bears so few traces of her earlier years, because while her sister cities point so proudly to Etruscan, to Greek, to early Roman remains, she invites the visitor to contemplate her Galleria Vittorio l~manuele, one feels she does not appreciate her past It Is not so, she has been literally trampled Into the dust so often she would have nothing but scars to show but for the Invincible courage which made her instantly build on her t·uins the foundations of yet greater things. Glan Galeazzo, who made the Certosa possible, did much for Milan. To him we owe tbe cathedral, one of the largest In the world. What joy must have been his to see these wonderful structures growing, to know that from his care they came. Milan cannot hold anyone long who remembers that Lake Como is but two short hours away, with open-air pictures far lovelier than any that 1\Iilan's rich museums hold. The little town of the same name at the southern end of the lake is quaint enough ; it has a charming cathedral; It looks ~tra!ght up to the snowpeaks, but it Is not a place to linger; choose rather some quieter place farther up the lake -Cadennabla, 1\Ienaggio. Bellagio. ~ Christmas Cards ~ u.~ ~ ~ TH . Burg oyne CHRISTMAS CARDS II That Stays up in the Motor and Never Drains Beauties of the Lakes. When people speak of the Italian lakes it Is usually Como and its neighbors that are meant; Como, which is all Italian; Lugaoo, which Is large· ly Swiss, and Maggiore, which Is largely Italian; but there are others, very tiny, perhaps, but also lovely; Orta, Varese, and to the east Iseo, Jdro · abo\·e all, beautiful Lake Garda, whos~ upper end was Austrian. So many poets have sung their charms for twenty centuries, so many artists depleted their beauties, what remains for ungifted lovers to say? So much of history is sleeping In their shining waters, so many world-known names connected with their shore~. what could one summer bring to all their memories? Which Is the loveliest? Who knows? Undoubtedly Lake Como Is the most popular. And does any visitor fail to row across Its blue, satiny surfaces to the marble steps of the Villa Carlotta to see the 'l'horwaldsen Frieze and Canova's Cupid and Psyche? One does not need eyes to know which is and "ah's" the favorite. The "oil's" . the sighs and silences tell It; but, then, loYe is immortal, while war Is transi- How to get enjoyment on both ends of Away , . ent. Lugano Is quite a different lake from Como, although so near-but a single rocky ridge, an outlying spur of the great Alpine chain between. It is wonderfully picturesque. with its steep, wooded sides and quaint towns, pink and yellow and mam·e, staged upward from the lake like galleries at a theater. If there are fewer luxurious villas, fewer over-rich gardens, there is more of romantic naturalness. On Como one senses luxuriously a clvil!zatlon two thousand years old; on Lugano one feels ageless natU1·e's unmatched loveliness. If largely Swiss politically, In appearance Lugano Is wholly Italian-the half-wild Italian which recalls the ancient freedom-loving Celt, not that which reminds us of pol!shed Rome. Lake Maggiore Is almost as well known, as much traveled, as Come. Its lndlviduallty is just as strong at that of the other two; to see one is by no means to see all. One must travel up and down It by boat In the mornIng light and in the sunset glow. One must make excursions along Its shores and to the llorromean Islands, which float so picturesqu<>ly on Its surfaces. One must climb the rocky hillsides about it and get new and surprising views of its size and splendor. One must see It In storm as well as sunshine; see the white snow to northward sharply defined again!<t the blue sky; look In vain for peaks that are hidden In swirling masses of mist and cloud. -is Worth its Weight in Gold to Any Motorist! Jt's not the mileage your speedometer shows that makes your car wear our quickly, lose power and need costly repairs. It's motor "·ear. caused by friction, that docs 1t! And almost half of all this motor wear o«t~rs while 1011're s/artmg. 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