Show RADIUM DISCOVERER l TOO ORIGINAL FOR PARIS 1 q I First Ins the erem French c Academy r j my Rejects Mme me 4 Woman W Woman Wom Wom- I i Curie Curle a om- om 4 r 4 1 j an an and Now i At t I s Wont Won't 1 t. t av a er Radium a ium lJ Institute rue Beca Because use It 4 t It I tI I o of Lead Lea ea d Lined Ld L- L d N r Syr r l pi R Rooms r fn Y S I 1 J 1 Jj t t 1 1 N k F i r K 1 t w r 4 r Individually we Ve accept you asa as asa asa a great discoverer Mme Curie Cure but as the rules of ot tho academy ten den deny that a woman can discover er anything wo we 0 cant can't admit you as asa asa asa a member THE FRENCH ACADEMY Pari Nov 6 BEN the French academy refused re refused re- re W. W WHEN fused to admit Mme Curie Curle discoverer of ot and the worlds world's chief chiet authority on radium and acknowledged acknowledged acknowledged edged everywhere to be tho the peer of ot 1 any scientist now living all the tho world wondered wondered when when It did not laugh at the expense of ot those academicians But that was only tho the beginning of ot the wonder and wonder and tho the laughter Now France which FrAnce which centers In Paris PAri self self- vaunted Aunt d h headquarters for tor the advance of It s science and art and for gallantry toward oward the fair sex sex officially officially supPresses suppresses sup sup- presses Mine Curio as BR too original In her MC her scientific methods methods' The building authorities of Paris Parts de decline decline decline de- de cline to permit her to tp erect her carefully care care- full fully planned planed and abundantly financed Radium Institute because certain rooms room in It ar are to be lined with lead The 1 well known fact that all alt radium containers have to be of ot lead or lined with l t lead because of ot all metals lead lend mo most t perfectly restrains the emanations of or that enormously volatile substance made mad no difference Who Vho ever heard of such architectural architectural architectural tural Innovations said the Chocked ked authorities No uNo Curie Curle Is altogether altogether altogether alto alto- gether too too too-too too original There is no doubt that Na New NewYork v York city though Parisians affect to believe that metropolis to b bo be Inhabited b by bar bar- barbarians bar bar- v would gladly open Its Us arms to toan an any sort Dort of scientific structure proposed proposed pro pro- posed Poel b by bIme Mme Ime Curie Curle And yet It Is IsParis Upon Paris Par Paris France 9 France which she lne a a. a. a na na- na the tive has shed Its ItIS grea greatest test glory In th the e realm of ot pure science Outside of of official official ot- ot circles Parisians Join In tho the world wide laughter over this delicious situation Mme Mm Curios Curio's proposed Radium Institute Institute tute was confidently expected expect cd to Oc occupy UP a 1 site next to tho Prince of of Monaco's museum of ot sea deep discoveries while on tho the other side bido was to rise Curies Curie's other othor monument to French science an Institute of ot chemistry All her specifications were Indorsed Including tho the lined lead rooms rooms rooms-by by Prof Etchegoyen oyen a 0 scientist of International international Inter Inter- national authority whose daughter II Is Intimately asso associated with Mme Curios Curies enterprises In short all this famous ramous womans woman's associates nn arl of or unquestioned scientific and financial standing standing and and none of or them ever hinted that Mine Curie might be bo too orl original As further evidence that ParIss ParIs's reputation reputation tation for tar encouraging cv every r advance movement In the arts and sciences is boiled belled h by tho the attitude of Its public officials of of- of Is Prof Etchegoyen's own re recent recent re re- cent experience In attempts to gain government Indorsement mont of ot his plan to flood the Desert of Sahara from the tho Mediterranean thus transforming some ome millions of or square miles ml's of or worthless worthless- French rench territory into a ct blooming oasis No u 0 said the government we we are credibly Informed that to turn Sahara into a great Inland sea sen would throw the hf earth out of ot balance balance balance-a a disaster 1 to l be Imagined Prof Prot furnished scIentific scientific scientific proof that such wore were unfound unfounded unfounded un un- un- un founded found d whereupon after some dela delay the t. t said said- We e arc tiro cr credibly Informed that a sea sen occupying Sahara would transform fair Franco Into a frozen waste No 0 thank you kindly Professor And that was as the final answer r In spite of or all aU sorts J Mlle Mile III Ft hc on of Mme Im Curie CurIc In her plant plans of scientific proof to the contrary You will that t the French government bo stands quite Quito solidly with the French academy which academy which o so o deeply regretted reg that It Il could not admit Mme Mine Curio as a 0 member in words like theseAs these As s Individual savants outside the academy we esteem Mme Mine Curie Curle most highly both as a n. scientist and as a 0 woman We e accept with pride and ap ap- plaud her remarkable achievements Outside the academy we welcome Mme lime Curie Curle ns nR one of at us and to that sentiment W we add the homage all chivalrous chivalrous chivalrous chiv chiv- men be bestow to upon a woman Within the academy however ocr we 0 cannot cant can can- not nt nt t accept Mme Ime Curie Curle officially ShE Slit I Is a woman and to admit a woman would bc he subversive e of ot 10 and 1 injurious to our sacred nl tradition and to our future status Ha Hn ha ha And now non the official ex ox- of or Imo Curies Curie's Radium In Institute institute In- In objects t to lined lead rooms and the French academy to a scientist being a woman 1 gallant Paris has t tsay t. t sa say her n. n m nay 1 Hn Ha ha |