Daily British Whig (1850), 18 Jun 1912, p. 11

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The Day: of the Clumsy Window. | ' Breaking Jewelry Robber Has Pass. ] ed Because Merchants Have Adopt. | HOW TO RENOVATE + [Dainty Touches That Simple Needle: Ths Sanse That Enattes the Amoeba PARASOLS, work Will Effect. If your last summer parasols are! too dilapidated to use get them out and study their possibilities. Some whose covering is onlf*Soiled, not fad- ed, may be cleaned and' freshened by | embroidery or a covering of net or | chiffon; others may need new tops. The latter can be added at home by ed All Sorts of Safety Contrivances 8 skilled needlewoman, but if dis. ~+The Criminal Has Now Set His Wits Against the Inventor. i covering ' The "erock" of to-dsy who makes | mounted. 8 splcialty of jewel robberies possesses ' nerve and ingenuity which, applied to more legitimate pursuits, would as- suredly earn for him a fortune. Of course. there is the clumsy thiet with very limited brain, who smashes the jeweler's window with half a brick oping to be able to déecamp with a handful of jewels ere passers-by and the jeweler's assistants have recover- ed from their surprise. The up-to- date jeweler, however, checkmates the window-smasher by hanging an extrs plate of glass from the ceiling by chains just inside the window A The force of the brick might break ths outside glass, but it would be checked by the inner plate, and, even if it did break the latter, the thiel would have two jagged holes to put his hand through--a difficult job to manage successfully, 4 And then there is the equally clumsy thief who enters a jeweler's shop, ostensibly to purchase jewels, and endeavors to bolt with a number which he snatches off- the counter, quite forgetting that there are such things as automatic closing doors, and that, while one assistant is serving there are usually one or two others séemingly deeply engaged in various work connected with the shop, but in reality standing in close proximity to the door, and ready to circumvent any such trickery. The clever jewelry thief, however, adopts quite different tactics. Take for' instance, the man v'.0 a short time ago, became known as a regular, if not a very wealthy, qustomer at a West End (London) jeweler's.. He frequently made small purchases, and admired at the same time the more costly jewels displayed in the cases on the counter. Ope day he asked to look more closely at a certain dia- mond necklace which he had previous- ly admired, and the obliging jeweler took it out of the case to show ®im. | After duly praising it, the custom. | er handed it back and the jeweler would have teken no further note of the incident had he not happened to notice that the necklace had attached: to it a tag of buff color. All goods in the shop bore white tags and he im- mediately surmised that something was wrong. The man was detained and search revealed that he had the original mecklace while * the other i handed back to the jeweler was an imitation. It appeared that during the several vigits paid by the customer he had made a close study of the necklace as it lay in the case taking in th: min. | utest details and frons memory had an imitation made from paste diamonds, correct enough in every particular to deceive almost anyone; and this he had c.changed for the real neck- lace while admiring it. Had he not made the small mistake of attaching | to it a wrong-colored tag the jeweler might still be bemoaning &he loss of a $2,500 necklace, . This phluing of real jewels and handing back imitations is a favorite game with jewelry thieves, and only by the greatest care can loss at their hands be prevented. An elaboration of this trick has, by the way, been tried vert successfully both in London and in New York. A smartly-dressed woman ith a pretty child--usually a girl--drives up to a fashionable jewel: er's and asks to inspect a selection of stones. Naturally the child displays a certain curiosity, which is appar. ently checked by the lady, who fre- quently 'admonished the youngster with words: "No, darling; you must not touch these things. eep your away." The child seems so innocent of wrongdoing that the jeweler suspects nothing, and perhaps eng the child in conversation, and it is while 60 doing thet he offers the lady an opportunity for substituti some paste stones for the real. , if a chance occurs, the lady will detract the jeweler's attention from the child for a moment and allow the precocious youngster, who, of course, has been trained for the part, to effect a sub- stitution of the imitation for the real. And then there is the old dodge, still worked very successfully, of af- fixing a piece of cobbler's wax in the hollow heel of a boot, accidentally knocking off a ring or so from counter, treading on it, and after sub. ' mitting to a search by the suspicious. jeweler and threatening all sorts of al Proc edings for indignity, walk- ing out with the spoils, worth per- haps $200 or $300. he half-eaten apple scheme is also an old one, but even now is worked successfully. The operator enters a store munching an apple, and while.| The title examining uncut stones, presses one into - the apple casually saunters to the door, rows it/ out. Then he returns and buys a little something. His confederate vn the outside gets the apple and the stone. The umbrel ing L another one to Jook aut for. It is easy 10 swee off. the counter intc the folds, ov Te alert salesman al. stringer who handles anderchiet while looking over but appar- |. antly does not put sande at to nat- use. : : Perhaps Igne Was Bliss. Mabel have at last experienced the great, th derful event of my . Yesterday, whe xe of the Slecteis trustful of one's' ability do the em- | broidery first and take the frame to a professional to be Remember that the distance between spokes af vary, so in removing the cover mark a certain spoke with a thread and number the sections from that. In this way it will be 'easy to get the new cover in its right position. Cut each section from the old one, allowing a trifle more for seams if the have been cut. Baste carefully, fit to the frame, then sew the seams firmly, and the cover is rédady for its ! embroidery or further decoration. This may be done before mounting or after the cover is firmly tacked fo the frame. When a design is detached each section can be worked before the panels are basted together. For braid- ing it is -easier to mount the cover than work with both hands, as on a standard frame. : A plain white linen parasol may be | given a decided air by werking in the paaels sprays of flowers in eyelet em- roidery and outline for the seams or 'entirely in solid embroidery. An ef- fective parasol of white pongee has bunches of wild carrot worked in the panels. Two sizes of sprays are used, a bold one in every alternate panel, with a single flower on the others. The flower panicles are worked in French knot in heavy Roman floss, the foliage done in slanting satin stitch, ' ' A parasol of pale gray linen was given a fine inch border of deep rose sewed on the outside of parasol. The joining was concealed by a line of wild roses worked in several tones of pink with pale yellow centres and green stems. changed by adding a similar border in a deeper tone of its own shade or in a contrasting color. Harmonize the two sections by a conventional de- sign worked in self tones.' A violet linen cover could have a deep purple border and vines of clematis worked in purple shades. Wanted Silk Hats Abolished. Some years ago an attempt was made by certain members of the mu- nicipal council of Courteunil, France, fo. make the wearing of a top hat il: legal, the grounds set forth for the measure being that the sight of a silk hat is: a humiliation to those who cannot afford to wear one, that it is both unbeautiful and unnecessary as an article of attire and also, chiefly, suse it is worn mostly by aristo- crats who live by the sweat of the poor and militated against equality among citizens of the republic. A fine of b francs was the proposed penalty for wearing the condemned ar,' but the "topper" found friends at court, and the measure was rejegted. -------------- The Waiter Understood. They were lunching together, and the talk turned to superstition. "When you made that boast just now," said one of the party, "you should have knocked on wood to drive away the evil spirits that are envious of human happiness." "Is that what it's for?" "Yes. It's an old German custom. You rap on wood three times. Say, that waiter of ours looks like a Ger- man. Rap three times and see if he (doesn't understand it." : The other man rapped. The waiter understood it. He brought three beers. An"Old Banking House. . Child's Bank is one of the oldest private banks in London. No. 1 Fleet street was once a goldsmith's shop, and is said to have been changed into & bank in the time of Sir Francis Child, once Lord Mayor of London, Even now the custom exists of calli the front of the bank "the shop," and the back, where the ledgers are kept, | the "counting house." Another old custom still kept up is that of three junior partners and two salaried part- ners sleeping on the premises in rota. tion. Thus one of the partners is al- ways on hand if needed. i poh 3 Consoling. ' Elderly Wooer--I hope you are not by the silly sentimental- ists who hold that because you've married once you ought not to. marry again? { Pretty Widow--Don't let that worry ou, dear. I've no such prejudice. y own dear mother was married three times, and I only hope that in all things I may follow her example. *, i " What She Lacked. i A superintendent of a Sunday school ! relates the following incident: { of the 'lesson was "The oung Man" and the golden Hd EE i Ld 8 % Any linen or silk parasol could be | i ison, "spider cheats." | dollar | "The ERT WRT RIT SEEING WITHOUT EYES, to Locate Its Prey. | ds it possible to see without eyes? | Seeing is supposed to be due to the | action of light on the retina of the | eye, which sets up a disturbance. of 'the optic nerves. seeing be changed to becoming aware. An amoeba is st the bottom of the { scale of living things. It is a very {-minute ereature--a "bag of, water," ! an expressive if homely deseripti 4 | A very thin membrane incloses x | minute quantity of water which holds. { & dot, called the nueleus. The con- | tentd "are liquid "or semi-liuid, like i white of an ge. and is protoplasm. The arime has no eyes, ears, | brain, nerves or any sense organ that | can be detected in the new high pow- { er ultra violet microseope, yet it be- ! comes aware of the existence of food in the adjecent wafer at quite a dis- tance. Suppose a man should b¥ shi | wrecked on su island and be the i human there. Let the island be five j miles wide. © In a year- let .another | man be cast up by the sea on the | opposite side. Then let' the first ! man become suddenly aware that the | other was on the island. This pheno- i menon would be comparable to the bsensitiveness of an amoeba. | . Suppose the food is an animal and i eeks to escape the amoeba. It will | find the job to be extremely difficult. { No sooner. does the amoeba become | conscious of the presence of the other creature than it at once gives chase, Let. the fleeing' animal suddenly | change its course precisely as does a | rabbit pursued by a dog; then the ! amoeba 'cuts across" exactly as does the dog, overtakes its pref and swal- {lows it--ie., wraps itself, . its sub ; stance, around the creature, which is | soon digested. The question is, Can this be called i seeing in the literal meaning of the {word? Whatever is the true explana- | tion, it is now unknown to science. ------------------ Real Gems Made by Science. There recently appeared in Paris {some diamonds: having all the ear- {marks pf the genuine article, and | they were offered to a number of deal- jers at very attractive prices. Certain rigid tests were applied by experts engaged in the trade, with the result that they were proved to be slightly {different from natural stones. The {diamonds were, believed to be manu- | factured by a synthetic process, but {by the experts 'who examined them they were claimed to be genuine. From this, it seems, the secret of making !diamonds is rapidly being solved, and {14 will'not be long until this new pro- duct of the electric furnace will take tits place with synthetic rubies, sap- phires and other manufactured gems which are now sold in the open wmar- ket. BL -- The Spider Cheat. Many species of spiders are interest. ing on account of their physical con. struction or their habits, but the most curious specimens are probably to be found in the woods of Bumatra, and { these naturalists call, not without rea. This insect, in | order to trap the flies, etc., on which lit feeds, hides on a leaf and spins a | web of neutMl color, making an illu- |sion so perfect that the prey not only | does not fly, but seems attracted by the uliar termination of the web {on wip ol of the leaf. This is a | perfect knot in appearance and gives to the trap the general shape of a minature palm leaf fan with indented handle. Guides In Japan. : Once a person has visited Japan and | {engaged the services of a Japanese guide he exists forever in the good book and graces of the guide. Always {at Christmas and frequently two or {three other times during the year he | receives some little gift. Japan is 'the only country in the world where the Government takes sufficient inter- lest i urists to take under its super- vision the guide fraternity. So strict is the regulation that ii is a rare thing for any guide to receive an unfavor- | able report. ----------------------r-- Vis Workman's Fortune. | A fortune of $400,000 was left by a Sheffield workman, John Smith. who died recently at the age of seventy- seven after forty-five years of active {work whieh had never brought him more than $600 a year. The founda. tion of his fortune was the sum of $1,000, poinfully saved in pennies and invested in stock of his employer's concern, which rose to s value of | $75,000 in fifteen years. Very Young. A new member of the harbor board in a N¢w Zealand town was attendi its meetings for the first time, ns | the board was discussing a proposal to place two buoys at the entrance to the harbor. "I beg io propose an amendment," said the new member, "that one man should be placed there instead of two boys, as the latter are too. young for such a responsible position I" A Dangerous Precedent, "I know a girl who made a two dol lar graduation gown and captured a husband on the strength of it." "There's a good argument for two gowns." trouble is she caughf a two dollar husband. He has expected her '| to dress on that precedent ever since." cin Bmit---- : Londen's Skyscraper. London's new county hall, the foun- dation stone of which was laid by the | King March 8, will be nine storiés in feet long apd 325 feet wide. - This will make it the nearest approach to 8 "skyscraper" that Lon. An Epping policeman is declared to have established the ownership of a stolen fowl bites of siting to its leg. ed it, and i the prosecutor's This is carried to the brain by means. fh "Wel, what of it?" truculently de- Let the idea of | ing presses and trolley 'BREAKING HE RULES. - it's the Wise Man Who Knows When to Jump the Track. "You trumped my ace," said the engitieer accusingly when the, game was Yinished and the postmortems were om. manded the oracle. "Didn't we win?" "Yes, but according to all the rules of which"-- "We didn't break any of thy rules regulating what you can and can't de. We broke only one regulating what you should do. There's a differe 4 "Nevertheless, according to all "the rules of the best authorities" "According to the rules of the best authorities," the oracle declared, "we didn't have the ghost of a show to win. that hand. It was my trumping your ace that made is possible--our winning. I' broke the rules, if you wish, but I 'played fair, and we won. * "In life it's exactly the same as in cards. Stick to the rules and you'll stick in one place. It's the wise man who knows when to break them. I don't mean breaking the rules of fair- ness and honesty. 1 means the rules set up by the so-called authorities I'll bet you when Alexander eonquer- ed the world all the old wiseacres shook their heads and remarked that he wasn't observing the time-honored | rules of warfare. We know what they said about Napoleon when he fought in winter, and we also know how vex- ed Braddock's men were with the red men who wouldn't stand up and be shot in the open, but insisted on getting behind trees. : "When you stick by the rules you're like everybody else and you'll never get you name in the. papers. When you know when to bust the rules you begin to climb. There never was a successful writer or adventurer or sol dier or lawyer who didn't leave whole wastes of broken rules behind him in his progress. And when the conven. tional old 'wiseacres got a new set made to fit the new situation some- body else came along and spoiled them all over again. "Suppose you have a job, where you don't need to think. Tradition has made it a rule that a man in that place shouldn't think. By and by you rise. If you'd stuck to that rule you'd stick in the nonthinking job. The men who do the impossible, the men who give us light and gas and print- cars . and phonographs and such like things, are all rule breakers. They broke the rule of precedent, of tradition, of doubt, of fear. They wouldn't be stop- Jed by what others had decided were imitations. They went ahead, and if the rules didn't fit the thing they were seeking to accomplish the rules went by the board." / A Good Storyteller. * Lord Coventry is a celebrated story. teller, and recounts the episode of a conversation which a friend had with a Scotsman, who prided himself upon. his ability as a weather prophet: "We're gaun to have rain for seventy- twa days, sir," said the prophet. "Oh, no," replied the other. "It only took 40 days to flood the world entirely." "Aye, aye," answered the man, "but the world was no' sae weel drained as it is now." Another. of his stories is: Revision sessions were proceeding, when from an adjoining eathedral the bells an. nounced the wedding of a prominent Unionist. The barrister (after listen- ing for a time) asked: "What is the meaning of all this ringing?' and the reply furfished wes: "It is only in honor of two Unionists embracing Home Rule." The Great Ice Age. It has been known during a long time that in western Europe man existed during the glacial epoch. We now know that the great ice age consisted of different glacial times separated by interglacial times. In glacial times the snow line dropped 8,000 feet or 4,000 feet below its pres- ent level in the Alps, whereas in in- tergincial periods it lay about 1,000 feet higher than at present. Thus the temperature seems to have been higher in the interglacial periods than it is now, y Burnt Aimends. Burnt almonds are a confection of purely French origin, owing their in- ception to the gluttony of a French merchant. One day, tradition has it, Marshal Duplessis-Pralin sent for Las- sagne, the inventor of many tooth. some dainties, and bade him concoct s new bonbon. Lassagne searched, re- flected, combined, until he finally hit upon the confection of burnt almonds, which were baptised with the name of the old gourmet, the French for burnt slmonds. Cause Enough. "When I was shipwrecked in South America," said Captain Bowsprit, "I came across a tribe of wild women who had no tongues." "Mercy!" cried one of his listeners of the fair sex. "How could they talks" tp couldn't!" snapped the old salt. 'That's what made 'em wild." Borneo Brides. In Borneo the bride and groom sit on metal logs before the priest. who ives them cigars and betel while he lesses them. He waves above them two fowls bound together. groom then bride's mou her lips. They are : tans gi of eggs rst day ear, "because the egg Deanne of Bing." si ssn The Answer Was Easy. Old Roxlei You must travagint. do you expect to slong when you are my ? His Bon--Well, father, I suppose that time I shall bave your meney get with. 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