| Show British Trade Unions May Permit Members Wives To Attend Discussions LONDON Aug Aur H-Dy H 14 By The I Press Wives I 5 of trade unionists unionist Should hould 1 be Invited to attend meetings of ot their hus hue hue- hut bands bands union whenever questions question of bt policy are to bo be discussed In the tho opinion of ot the th executive corn com committe mitte of o the th Liverpool Amalgam Amalgam- Amalgamated ted Building Trades union which has adopted a II recommendation to MIss this O Miss Florence Florence Underwood sec sec- sc OC- OC of ot tho the Women's omens Freedom League probably wasn't vant entirely however when she sir definitely definItely definitely advanced the Idea ot o going goinga II a step tep further suggesting that the wives attend as proxies tor for their husbands 1 for for tor sho ho added Husbands could then stop slop top at athorn t thome home and mind the children while the meetings Tho Tho Liverpool union Idea struck Miss Ellen Wilkinson labor member of ot the tho House of ot Corn Com Commons Com It If If the 1 Ives mons a a ft rood good goo l one heard eard questions question ot of policy being discussed she he remarked a 0 strike would not come to them a aa asa II a bolt from tho blue I A A sort of ot political tie pooh bali bah i Is i an n English characterization of newspapers newspaper's the he secretary of ot state for Scot Scot- Scotland Scotland Scotland land Sir John Gilmour His duties varied ch char character r- r C are ae of ot a tar far ar more mor acter acler than thos those of ol any ony other oth minister He H combine the tho functions lions of o a 0 Minister of ot Education Education tion lion in retard regard to Scottish educational educational matters a Minister of Agriculture in III connection with Scottish administration to which be 1 has to attend Almost every everyday everyday everyday day tho the House Hous of ot Commons Is Bitting ho Is bombarded with wlm questions from inquisitive e Scot Scottish tish members on such widely varied subjects as the reasons tor fot- the th dismissal of o an officer from the police force torce how men are aro employed In the tho Lochaber why water ateI works construction the th Carn Carnwath parish P council co Is refusing to extend relief to able bodied destitute persons and sim- sim simIlarly sim similarly highly important question ot of state All told the secretary ot of state tor for Scotland has a l Job on his hands th that t would seEm to go co far tar toward justifying the appointive A muzzle Is shortly to be ap- ap applied ap applied plied to exponents ot of a l peculiar peculiar- peculiarly peculiarly ly British form ot of the industry Industry business ot of the tb oratorical tipster on the races race These Thesa human buman loud loudspeaker have o been holding forth in numbers tor for some time on the outskirts of o London's popular open air debating ground Hyde lyde ark Hydel-ark lark and their noisy and voluble has finally been adjudged a nuisance The muzzling ordinance Is cia cia- em embodied bodied In a government bill In which provides pro that speech any persons delivering a ot o address Imparting Information betting or racing or advertising that such Information can be b obtained elsewhere shall be liable to a 5 t pound fine The office of ot Works 1 was rather apologetic In commenting on the measure measure-an an abridgment ot of the nal British liberty of An official expressed die dIs- dIslike dis dislike like at malting making rules that Inter Inter- ter fire tre with the liberty of the sub sub- subject subject but explained that In this io undoubted case cuo there had an au abuse Cot e of liberty as the bet of tipsters had hod so 50 increased as to an annoyance to the tho th public 1 John poet and nov nov- novelist nov novelist oust finds little litti encouragement these days das dav for tor the spoken word wordIn wordin wordIn In poetry Addressing those who I gathered for tor the tho th yearly verse speaking contest a the tho th Oxford I schools ho he bemoaned the preference Of ot th the new nw senera-llon senera genera genera- generation lion tion to sit lit In n a dirk dark chamber watching flashy films lm rather than listening to poetry beautifully de- de declaimed do claimed Poetry In this form torm was as nearly one ione ne for tor he h mourned but It 1 ill III persist to some degree degre despite everything So long as there tb r remain two enthusiasts and a plank there will be b a II poetical stale stage he b de- de d dared to Miss Gertrude Kingston the ac- ac actress actress Iress ac-Iress tress thinks think a she has a good joke on the th ship newa new reporters reporter at J ew ew York The Th The last time that I was there she sho says Tho The newspaper newspaper- newspapermen newspapermen men Inca told me that If It I would tell them thorn things thines about Shaw Masefield Wells Veils and other cele cele- cele- cele celebrities they would be b careful to keep rigidly to what I said I mentioned that Mr Shaw was as not nota nota a cold hearted man that he h had helped many a lame do dog doe over the tho stile The Tho next day I found myself as saying that Mr fr Shaw regularly gave Kave eav away aay three three-fHt three s of his Income BERLIN Aug Aur By H-By 14 By The Tho Associated Press Berlin Press Berlins Berlin's dog days find married couples indulging Inc Ing In a new tangled fancied substitute Wr for the cross word puzzle puzzi puzzle This 1 is probing Into the tho th mysteries ot of the figures 38 52 Some one on discovered that these figures Invariably come corn from ad- ad adding adding dinc ad-dinc ding the following The Th year of ones ones one's birth ones one's age ago the th year ear ot of marriage and the tho number of years enra married The Tho puzzle which Is bewildering to most people rests on the th ob- ob obvious obvious ob obvious fact that 1853 equals twice 1926 and that the year yeu of birth plus present ft ge always equals as DS does also the th year of marriage plus the th number of years of ot the th duration of o the tho th mar mar- marriage I Runners BOon soon will Ill be b able abl to study closely the tho training and methods of ot Pan o Nurmi The Tho Flying F Finn During the th champion runners tunner's recent exhibition races In Berlina a film flint company Induced him to pose for i r one on act reel This Is soon t to be exhibited Nurmi who Is o of a varying disposition t t first was unwilling to be bo shot but finally he ho yielded when he was convinced con that ho would render a serice sen Ice Ico to other devo devo- devotees d tees vo-tees tees ot or the cinder path SloT motion with which the film abounds will enable aspiring Ine Ing athletes to study the cham chain champion's pion's overy every motion and ond observe the beauty and exactness of ot his strIde I Almost 25 2 per cent c nt of the heads of former Royal houses have ha hav died Ince bince federal and provincial pro gov- gov governments ov In 1918 Hit were drawn Into Intone Inton ne to indemnity Indemnify them for property confiscated during the revolution The Th Monarchist slogan Set Set I tie with former princes and kings kin before they die has a basIs In Intact intact Intact tact although all nil the tho rulers 10 have died left heirs who are co- co co the fight In the haf halt dos doz- dosen en doz-en en states arid and principalities which have o not settled after atler eight years The Th delay now prolonged until tho mcc mee again acain In November Is costing the th go ern to n nt millions million of dollars annually In pensions and rents on J ld The former Kaiser alone draws a 11 stipend of 14 H a year A few of o the th rulers cx-rulers are aro d arela-d lad la-d poor Prince Johann George of Con Cony C ony brother of the th former King At A Av- Av Ahas has been forced by circumstances to sell his Dresden palace and ond estate to the th city for Cor But most of them are 1110 holding for or Indemnities and It Is believed they stand I a a chance chanco of ot getting about halt half the threS thre billion marks which they demand A free treo man after arter spending 22 of the 40 years ealS of ot his life In jail for tor burglary Paul Muelle Is to realize the dream that came to him behind the tho bars bart lie He wants to cro cross the Atlantic to Brazil Drull In a 11 foot 40 40 sailboat and start life anew as a farmer A subscription fund start start- started ed cd byl by a l Berlin newspaper has netted him 1000 mark marks so tar far All I want Is enough to buy buya a 11 boat provisions and navigation navigation tion lion Instruments Mueller sa says I cant can't get a 11 job In Every employer wants want recommendations recommendations I can cnn show only jail release My last sentence was 13 years yean Even It If I get ret a a job the government expects expect me m to pay payback payback payback back 17 37 cents cent a day for my keep keepIn keepIn keepIn In Jail or about 1760 I Cant Can't do that An mashers anti devIce devic which looks like a wrist watch and can knock out an assailant by means of a low electric shock of 1000 volts Is Js beIng recommended recommended recommended mended to girls Iris by a number of policewomen Tho The contrivance Invented by Emil of Gelsenkirchen Is worn on the tho wrist Thin wires connect It with a tiny battery and ond Induction coil coll carried In an Inside pocket ot of a dress or the coat pocket of a man When hen needed the wearer presses presse a button swings at the tho bad man so as to touch his bis body and the th fight I is over The Tho Th five cent cigar clear came cam back In Germany long Ions ago e but amok amok- smokers smokers ers say It doesn't mean anything Jokes about the tho five fiver centers be- be beIng Ine be-Ine Ing filled with off cast automo bU bile tire tiro rubber hivo o caused the federal and state staf governments to take notice An Institute for to- to tobacco to tobacco bacco research has been organized to promote growing of o tobacco at homo home because the th high tariff practically excludes high grade eeds from the th market Deputies without fortunes be- be belonging be b longing to all dil parties ha have hav vo form form- formed formed ed a a group In the tho French chamb- chamb chamb chamber er Cl with Ith n II Socialist as os president and a Socialist and a radical as vice president and a radical socialist Republican Unionist and a member of the tho radical left as secretaries The Tho group has decided to bring forward a bill which the government will Ill bo be asked to vote be before for the th summer holidays In- In introducing in a sliding eliding scale ical for tor sat sat- I-arle I arles aries of ot state staf employee and Inc fix fix fix- lx- lx Ing ing the th efficient co at three thre as asI I the minimum for for- all alt state salaries as compared with war pre rates rate Deputies will be b treated as a state employee under this bill so that their Indemnity would become francs france about 1200 a year or three thre times the th- pro pro- war war wor rate Instead of ot francs about dollars as a at pres pres- present pres- pres present present ent PARIS Aug Aur H-Dy H 14 By The As- As Associated Associated A If Press Press K I am to be Insulted I prefer the tho rapier rather than the th sledge hammer says Mary Mory McCormic AmerIcan opera star stal That Is why I like French criticisms criticism better than Am- Am Am American she sho h added The Th polite petite p Chicago sInger Is In- In Installed In Installed stalled In a hIgh apartment over over- overlooking overlooking looking the th Boulevard Pasteur Besides th the flowers with which she h fills tills this big bir salon ealon there thero are other personal touches Co C e an autographed photograph of Gabriel D B AnnunzIo the th Italian an poet DAnnunzio In a scrawl scrawl- scrawlIng scrawling scrawl Ing hand wrote To Mary Melody McCormick melodiously Gabriel DAnnunzio Discussing the tho difference be be tween American and French rench audi audi- audiences audiences at ot opera opra performance Miss said laid In Paris Pars the th au- au au Is Interested In the th opera Itself while In America the th star tarIs Is the tho principal Interest In other words In Paris people go O to hear the tho music regard leu of the th sing sing- singer singer er er while In America people are re Interested In the tho th of the sInger and care car less lesl about the opera Mise McCormic Is I under a years year's contract with the Paris Parl opera but expects expect to leave for tor the United States State In December for a concert tour returning to Paris The Sultan of ot Morocco received received ed Cd a truly regal 1 welcome In Franc In and the th Successor or of tho Prophet commander of the faithful was wa delighted One On cf ct the stories told of his visit Is this Facing the th then Premier M Briand across the banquet table nt at the th QUill Quai DOrsay sot desirous of expressing his gratitude to the tho French govern sovern- ment ont and Its chief said MId Mr Premier you are ar my father The Sultan put all his hi heart In this sentence which for tor a Moslem Is the th supreme expressIon of gratitude I M itt Briand received the compliment compliment ment mont nith all dignity befitting a premier of France Fronce smiling and bowing to the Sultan But Dut he h confided d In a low voice to hie hi table tabi neighbor Fortunate ly Iy there are no ladles ladies present He makes make me feel eel too too old All degrees decree of of from hugo huge polished limousines do don n through the ranks of ot th the two two- two seater to battered motorcycles on and side sid cars Cou went to church on SI St Christopher rs r's Day In France and several se ceremonies were ere held blessing them with priest priests In full regalia St St Christopher in as every enry motorist and most travelers know knowIs knowis knowIs Is the patron saint of voyagers and his duties have havo been heavily Increased since sine the tha advent of ot the motor car placed so many more under his protection St Christopher of o all the churches named for the Saint In France rance II I held to be bethe bethe boIn the most mo t powerful and to this countr country church six miles mile from the nearest railway motor cars carll carsby canby by the tho score cor were driven on this day that their owners might have havethe the tho protection of ot the th Saint for forthe fortha forth the tha coming twelve month In a along along long line automobiles of all sorts lorts passed before betor the th statue ta of ot the tho Saint some om decorated with flow flow- flowers ers era and others other merely with dust Each was as as blessed by Abbe Those Thos who could not reach this special ceremony went to other St Christopher less leIS famous but still credited with power to protect them n |
