The Syracuse Journal, Volume 19, Number 20, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 16 September 1926 — Page 6

Year’s First Bale of Cotton Auctioned for Charity 0 al Scene tn the cotton exchange in New York as the tlnst bale of 1926 cotton was sold at eighty cents per pound. Auctioned off In the South at twenty cents, the bale of cotton was reauctioned in New York for eighty, the proceeds being donated to charity.

Paris Customs That Surprise

Tourist Should Accept the French Way of Doing Thing. When There. Washington — American* recently have been reminded on high authority that they will find many things that are different Ln Parte, and that it i* the part of courtesy, a* well’a* common sense, to accept the Parisian ways of doing thing* when one te Ln Paris There I* no doubt about the difference in many custom*, aays a bulletin from the Washington headquarters of * the National Geographic society. Sometimes the Parisian way seems most welcome, at other times it seems strange, but in either event, one has not fur to look to find there tea reason back of every custom. At times the Parisian seems to have outdone his American friends in efficiency. For example, there te the billing device of some of the larger sidewalk cafe*. Each plate and cup bears a price mark—fid centimes, one franc, etc., and the refreshments are served in containers bearing the proper cost mark. If a second cupful of chocolate te ordered, the empty cup will be set to one side, and another cupful bearing the price mark served. When th* customer te ready to pay, he does not have to depend on the memory of the waiter, or scan a bill of tare, nor doe* the waiter have to juggle with checks. The addition of the empty container* te obviously the amount of hte bill. In contrast te the rather cumbersome method of booking a seat tn a Parte theater. In some theater*, at least, one must first purchase the right to sit In a certain part of the house-— the orchestra, balcony or a box. Thiy coupon then must be taken to another desk to have a seat assigned. Even if one buys * designated seat, this exchange always te necessary. Finding a Theater Seat The patron next turns to a head usher, who leads him to the program seiler. and after he has purchased a program, a custom which also prevail* tn English theaters, he encounters the peculiar Parisian practice of having an Usher charge to show him to a seat. And there te little hope Os his finding hte own seat because seats are identified only by numbers, not by rows which are lettered.and then numbered by rows. The American, impatient at hl* circuitous progress to his seat, and having reached into his pocket three or four times so far. te apt to become annoyed and conclude he te being over charged. This often te hte feeling ° even when he was buying a seat which, at an exchange rate of about 8 cents for the franc, cost him less than 82. even adding in the price of program, the price of being shown to hte seat, and the 50 centimes collected if he went to a lavatory between the acts. This price te for the best orchestra seat in the best theaters ta Parte, when comparable locations would have cost him 84 or 85 In any New York theater, even without the speculator’s tax which be would hay* to pay there for popular shows. And th* Parisians have reason* fori each of the charges; for there 1s not; one, but there are several taxes, levied on theater seats, and these vary with the locations In the house. Several features of the best Parisian theaters, however, must appeal to aven the casual visitor. One te the large amount of standing room provided for and sold at a low price, so

SEVENTEEN-YEAR LOCUSTS ARE DUE TO COME IN 1927

AM Section* Ar* Asked to Notify Na. tar* Association If Any Ar* Seen This Year. Washington.—The question now be* sere the scientific bouse is: Will the 17-year locusts appear on timet The scientific world I* going to try to find out. tor aa investigation by the bur*au of entomology is going to Investlgat* th* belief whether the 1 “ year locusts sdteduM to make their appearanc* this summer tn Virginia, Georgia, lowa and Missouri. has any OKtotenc* to tact. Entomologists tn Chea* state* hav* bean asked to beep a sharp lookout tor the Insects and to report to Washington when and where they ar* discovered. Tbs 17-year locusts ttve underground an that time and then come ent by toHUana. If yon see this periodical cicada, tat th* American Nature nsaoctatton of Washington, D. <X Anew at once. Th* cicada In a forest

that any one who te alone, wishes to remain only an hour, or te skeptical about the merits of a show, may go in for a short time, and go on hte way without having expended the full price of a seat. Another feature which adds to the enjoyment of Paris theater attendance is the large promenade and refreshment rooms which permit a stroll between acts and make It possible to sit down at a table and enjoy a beverage or a smoke, or to walk about and do some “window shopping" at the many displays and exhibitions which merchants have contracted for in these super-lobbies. The length of intermission, of course, te much longer than those in Amerioin theaters, frequently being from 20 to 30 minutes. x Th* Search for Soap. Another difficulty which the visitor in Paris might as well make up his mind to accept te that his hotel room, no matter what the price, nor how elegantly it may be furnished and provided with every other comfort, is not going to have any soap. One explanation of this lack may be in the fact that all toilet articles are expensive, being heavily taxed; a more plausible one. Id view of the fact that good Parte hotels stop at no expense or pains for their guests’ comfort, te that the Parisian regards the soap he uses much as we do a toothbrush, as a peculiarly personal and individual thing, not to be provided by some one else. Ice te scarce in Parte, as it te in England. In neither London nor Paris is the climate such that cold drinks are necessary to comfort; anyway. the Europeans may be right In their belief that chilled drinks impede the processes of digestion. Many American doctors concur; and nobody will argue with the French about gastronomic topics. It te almost unnecessary to inquire. "Where tea good place to eat In Paris?*' One can hardly go wrong If f»e visits a Paris case, serving Parisians. and-having the earmarks of a reasonably good establishment. Here again the Parisian habit, which prevails all over Europe, of allocating small charges which we simply sum up In “overhead” may give rise to misunderstanding. At the price of the franc in recent months one may eat. tn any French hotel or case, which is not one of the few places especially designed to cater to “foreigners,” a bountiful meal, prepared by the world's best chefs at a price which seems ridiculously * low. At French cases which are woridfamous for their cuisine, it te hard for one to spend more than the equivalent of a dollar for a meat Yet the charges on the blit, included in that amount for cover service, and even for napkin, being unexpected, loom large In the visitor’s mind. The extreme thrift of the French te nowhere belter illustrated than In some of the smaller cases where regular patrons file their napkins in a sort of rack, suggestive of the rows of shaving mugs in our old-time barber shop* and pay once a week for the laundry of that bit of linen. Street Cara and Taxis, S' On • street car in Parte one pays only for the distance be wishes to ride. This is done by zoning the routes, and requires considerable bookkeeping op the part of the conductor, and also oblige* the passenger :« keep his receipt to be shown on demand, if he remains on th* car to another tone. Few visitors patronise street car*; til* taxis are too convenient and too cheap The tariffs are ridiculously

insect and a very large part of its life Is as an underground grubtike torn feeding upon the roots of forest trees. Toward the end of the period the fullgrown grubs make their way to near the ferface of the ground and under certain conditions construct peculiar above-ground chambers of pellets of soli. The large stout black insect Is about 1H Inches long, and ha* a wingspread of nearly 8 Inches, the veins of th* tore-wings and th* eyes being red. It Is stated that tn 1927 large numbers of 17-yeer locusts wilt emerge in certain sections of Pennsylvania. Maryland. Virginia West Virginia, Kentucky. Indiana Illinois and Kansas This is based upon records back to 1724. and it is said the locusts which will suddenly come out by the thousands and literally cover th* bark of truss and fill the air with their persistent clatter next year ar* th* di-

low. Here again, however, arise misunderstandings because after eleven | o’clock at night taxi drivers can pm down their white metal flag (which ordinarily means that the taxi te empty and te required to abcept any fare at the regular tariff) and may charge double fare. Unfortunately the meters do not register the excess fare, the driver usually cannot speak enough English to explain the reason for asking twice as much as the meter indicate*, and there ensue frequent arguments. No one can be in Paris long without being Impressed by the courtesy of the policemen; Americans, however, may fail to note, or noting the fact they . may rebel at the custom which is to J touch one’s hat to a policeman when asking him a question. Now the [ Frenchman who Is one of the most liberty-loving and independent persons In the world, sees nothing demeaning in that practice. And anyone who does It receive* a salute and a bow in return which more than atones for hte pains, A visitor In Paris cannot help wondering what would happen if the policemen, public officials, shop keepers, and many pedestrians on the down- | town streets of any American city were some month suddenly to be ac- | costed all day long by foreigners who either addressed them in a strange tongue or bombarded them with questions in lame efforts to speak their own language. But that 1s what occurs in all the boulevards and principal streets of Paris during the heavy | tourist seasons; and the courtesy with which the Parisian, official or layman, tries to understand and, understanding, the trouble he takes to give information or directions, is one of the finest evidences of his innate courtesy. Builds 22-Foot Dory for Fourth Globe Trip Plainfield, N, J.-—His fourth cruise around the world, this time in a 22foot dory, is being planned for next year by Oscar Bowdoin, a carpenter, who Las passed the greater part of hte life on ships, Bowdoin will build hte own boat and plans to follow a ffjbrse south to Cape Horn, up to Alaska, down the coast of Asia to the Indian oceap, through the south seas to the east coast of Africa and around the Cape of Good Hope to South America and back. Bowdoin tea native of Hampden, Maine, and when a young man was engaged in the whaling trrde. Prior to the Spa.teh-American war he shipped on Howard Gould's yacht Niagara as a carpenter and in 1898 visited Ma nila harbor on a government repair ship just after the battle of Manila. On another occasion he made a 1,000 mile trip up the Amazon river. The next trip te to cover four years The boat will be equipped with a jib forestaysail. mainsail and spanke and will have a cabin 12 feet long and 6 feet wide. Bowdoin plans to take a man companion, to be chosen later. - Americans Build Ark of Covenant in London London. — Two American artists I from California are in an old studio In Chelsea completing an ark of the covenant for a San Francisco synagogue, after more than a year’s work. No limit has been placed on them either as to time or money, but_they hope to finish in the fall. The ark te to be nine feet high, east from bronze, covered with gold and ornamented with »ymbollc panels in gold and enamel. More than 270 jewels hold down th* gold shingles on the roof. The processes of enamel work, which were done te their own studio te* gas and electric furnace*, date from the Flf-I teemh century and duplicate the hitherto lost methods of the medieval craftsmen. The artiste studied Jewish symbolism many year*.

rect descendants of the first brood of locusts ever recorded In this country. There are some 17-year locusts coming out somewhere in this country nearly every year, but those coming out one year belong to different broods from those coming out the next. Padded Bunk Turns Out to Be a Coffin New York.—Lawrence Phillips, who came from North Carolina, found himself in Long Island Qty with no place to sleep. Being a youth of resourc*. be gained entrant* to a building in which In the darkneaa he managed to find a padded bunk and fell asleep. On awakening he was shocked to discover that he had passed the night tn a coffin in the plant of the National Casket company. A* he was emerg-1 Ing from the building a policeman arrested him aa • burglar. a* nn thing had been stolen, Phillip* was discharged in Flushing police court Potato gas ts now used to kilt rats that gather to taMNto and under holding* “

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These crack racing flyers will attempt to uphold the best in the Schneider cup races which will be held at H. Conant, Lieut H. J. Norton, Lieut Com. H. C. Wick,

Round-Up Queen Is Indian Maiden Esther Lee Motanic, a full-blooded Cayuse Indian maiden, was chosen queen of the Pendleton round-up which begins on September 15. S b “ won out over the charms and social position of many of her white sister* of the Pacific Northwest and is th* first Indian girl to be so honored. W ■ America Gets Best British Pointer ■ fl Ferndale Fay, Great Britain’s best pointer, the property of the dean of. Guild Tennant of Coatbridge, ha* been sold for a huge sum to a Pittsburgh sportsman, and hereafter will reside ta America. She has won eighteen championships and more than 200 first prises.

SHORT ITEMS OF INTEREST

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United States navy’s supremacy of the air against Italy’s Hampton Roads. Va.. ta October. Left to right: IdeuL F. Lieut. G. T. Cuddihy and Lieut. W. G- Tomlinson.

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