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Show j Nobel Awards Growing Into Small Fortunes I Nobel prizes are growing so rapidly In amount from year to year that before be-fore long a recipient may literally be able to "rest on his honors." The prizes to he awarded in lO'-ft will each amount to ?4J,102, according to a report re-port Issued by auditors of the Nobe: foundation, while those for 1028 were only $41,037 apiece. The proceeds from the main fund are calculated at ?342 -100 per annum at the present time, one-tenth of that amount being com pounded wiih the principal. The n-mainder n-mainder of the fund Is placed at the ' disposal of the prize committee, one quarter of the amount being allowed for general expenses and the balance for prizes. This gives a new meaning to the old saw, "The higher the branch, the sweeter the cherries." ano those who are disappointed in the prize awards one year may comeut themselves with the thought that they may receive a very substantial reward for their patience. |