< _ @annot know. London Artists Raging At the Museum Vandals Who Patch Up Old Statues t PPPOE innleainnincincinctnet: T is recorded that an Australian soldier visited the British Mu- seum to view the statuary. He was immensely taken by one specimen of the sculptor’s art. It was @ male’ figore minus an arm, an @ar and part of a leg. Reference to his catalogue informed him that the statue represented “Victory.” After absorbing‘these details Aussie called an attendant and said:-‘'Hi, cob- bler. Can you tell me where I'll see the statue of the feller who lost?” This story is rengiied by the action of the authorities’ in the British Museum who are patching up and giving artificial organs 2 the dilapi- dated marbles of Greek gods and goddesses that have eaen Placed under their care in the National Repository. Notoriously, there is no wrath so awful*to contemplate as the wrath of the outraged artistic temperament. Mr. Jacob Epstein, who is one of the few present day sculptors who really matter, has propelled himself into the London Times with an explosive letter of indignation, ‘bristling with vituperative adjectives, which he hurls at the seers of the museum authorities—the vandals—who are guilty of this “ineredible crime” of “restoration. The particular offence which calls forth Mr. Epstein’s torrent of anger, is the fixing of a plastic nose on the face of Demeter of Cuidus, the ged- dess of the harvest. Demeter, it ap- pearé, has existed In her present marble condition since the year 350 B.C. As a rule time attacks the mere mortal person at the roots of his hair. Matters are otherwise, how- ever, with the immortals and Deme- ter, possibly because of some hun- dreds of years of exposure to the east wind, Pipes = One suffered from a de- cayin Why eres museum authoritié: the twentieth century should patient with e dilapidated nose bynat has Satisfied the sculptural con- noisseurs of other eras is not quite clear. It is clear,-however, that the fixing of an appropriate nasal organ to Demeter of Cuidus must have in- ‘volved a_ considerable scan of guesswork. The authorities may be t in assuming that the cHning! sculptor of the Marvest Goddess gave her the orthodox Grecian proboscis of the period. On the other hand the more modern Roman type may have been treeping into popularity. It is even possible that Demeter, function of Harvest Goddess, may have been conceived as a conscien- tious caretaker who made her morn- ing descent from the Olympia heights- to sniff inquisitively at the breezes wafting over the harvest fields of her terrestial protectorate. And the in- quisitive sniff suggests a nose of the shape that the English vulgarly term “the snub” but which French people have more consolingly dignified with the description “retrousse. An enterprising newspaper man who had previously discussed this question of nasal selection with the museum authorities climbed up to Mr. Epstein’s studio to hear what he had to say and also, it may be, to enjoy the spectacle of a live man in a real rage. “How can they claim to know how the nose should be restored?” de- manded Mr. Epstein. “I say they It is only vanity and impertinence that makes them think know. “They have no business to touch these great works of Greek art. It is “gacrilege. Even if the form happened £0 be right the material (plaster) is ‘dncongruous and unthinkable.” | He is praying for a blight om the| tion of impertinences which the or-| ington street, and the next Lincoln's ; tide. At certain pl the Atlan- ptr: the Toronto, for a free trial, ight, t Mr. e. certain places on the Atlan » mext English harvest. Then he will | dinary papers contain, Jon Fields. Modes priier. Canaan be hie | tic Coast niles cut off at the height Sold a by J. A. Stuart. ‘ “BRINGING UP FATHER” sieges _. _. oe ee - DAUGHTER - KIN You . | _| WEVE BEEN SIGNALI 4 A BOAT OUT ON % You SFE ‘ES E awn bor TELL MAGGIE 4 GOLLY YOU FER AN HOUR _[ : HORIZON? YouUR EYES PARG 1 WENT OUT G ARE BETTER THAN hee be LITTLE si a THATS ALL )} IWANT TO >) g It is easy to appreciate what Mr. Epstein’ ® most fervent wish is now. {350 B.C. with the plaster nose of GREEN TEA again wiite to the Tiniés ascribing the circumstances’ to the outraged feelings of the Harvest Goddess of A.D, 1821—and an infuriated depu- tation of Somerset farmers will come up to ape to burn the British Museum to the ground. Then Mr. Jacob Epstein will laugh, Ha, Ha. ’ A Smart Maiden. Sir Walter Parratt, the organist of . St. George's chapel, castle ‘‘gat one back” nicely on a bandsman who was showing her round. A number of stars upon the cuff of a passing veteran aroused the young lady's curiosity. “He's the battalion astronom explained the escort gravely. Meet useful man. Guides us home by the stars when we've lost our way on night mafoeuvres.”’ “How interesting,” said the maiden. Then, noting his bands- man’s badge—the representation of an ancient stringed instrument—she exclaimed slyly: “I suppose that thing on your ery that you're the regim yre?” ‘Cash Better Than ae Parker—“Martin has a good idea — the Nasu cpt I hope he will get credit for it.” Peters—‘He'll do better than that fitisa really good idea; he will get cash for it.’’ tal = Light A Customer—‘‘I shane like some books on illuminatio Bookseller—“ Risetric or gas?” Customer—“I don’t know doctor says some light reakion. sh Blake—"Wonderful talker your wife. I could listen to her for hours.” Monke—"I frequently dort * Heartless! “Have you no heart?” The woman’s eyes dimmed as if tears were on oe horizon of her ~ She had paled perceptibly, the man read the message in her iquid orbs. “Have you no heart?’ The appeal left him cold, and t burly man shrugged his sepuviens nonchalently. With a grim look he shook his head slightly. At the negative movement the wo-: man’s eyes stared hopelessly into space and something akin to a sigh a a dainty lips, And she had foolishly binlevad the that he possessed one! She felt crush : With a despairing gesture she watched the others take the trick. Whist is an absorbing game. Cute Kid. Georgie is the apple of ed father’s eye, and he deserves to The other day a rough-looking fedivagtan came to the house where Georgie lives and grasped him by the collar. “If yer don't tell me where yer father keeps his money,” he growl- ed, “I'll knock yer head off yer shoulders,” “Oh, please don’t do that, sir!” whimpered Georgie. ‘You'll find all the money we've got in an old waist- coat in the kitchen.” Two minutes later a bruised and battered ig bes was heaved through the front doo “That kid's | too smart—unnatural smart,” it. muttered. ‘“‘Never said a word about his old man being in- side the weskit!” The First Daily Paper. The first daily newspaper in the world ig said to have been estab- lished by a woman, Miss Blizabeth Mallet, in London, March, 1702. She published and edited the Daily Cour- ant, which fati founded ‘‘for the pur- pose of doing greater justice for wo- men in general through the elimina- try like the United States, where ‘at one end and used es a lever for . But r is oieee eine to the cloud-mask which ‘us a glimpse of what ideas is evident, and it ie obvious why the tool is so named. “monkey wrench,” “for in- | “donkey-engine,”’. which is capable of lifting great weights, may be considered similar in disposition to the animal noted for its stubborn- ness and strength. We can see how the mechanical “crane” got its name. In the distance it looks somewhat like fa Seceecken and ~long- legged bi It is ae natural that in a coun- remove obstruction from thé rails should be called a “‘cow-catcher.” The carpenter’s “horse,” is natural- ly so called because it has to carry f s0 much on its back. The derivation of the tailor’s “goose’ ‘is not very evident, but no‘ doubt some long-forgotten, imagina- tive, and poetically-minded lor, in a burst of inspiration, talled hia smoothing-iron 2: ‘‘goose,”"" and the mame has been used ever since by his more practi ecessors. The trivet used to support a ves- sel over the fire, with its long thin legs, is naturally called 4 “spider,” and it is obvious why a spiral in- strument or iron screw is called a “worm.” Also we can all see why the large iron poker which, being made red-hot, is used for lighting fires, is called a “salamander. It is not easy, however, to- ‘see 204 connection between a crab—a hy capstan is crab" “14 “tlteutt to , the bar of iron Sharpened g weights is named a “‘crow- bar” for no evident reason; and I would gladly take my‘hat off in re- to the man or woman who can explain to me the derivation of the names tid cow dteeaalad’ “ecatboat,” and “bullwheel.” The Veil of Venus. What makes the planet Venus so sieonecieett Many a one has put this question to himself these ars unable er. that we see the covers the features of Venus, for, as dazzling as this planet appears to us, it is enveloped in sombre clouds that never seem to break and afford is below. At least, there is no real proof that the markings which have been seen are planet’s actual surface at all. Slow-moving cloud masses would be ble to be very deceptive, and ht well be mistaken for some- thing more solid. The persistency of Venus’ vast cloud-envelope is orgs it is present year iba ar out, re- flecting the suflight with mfrror-like brilliancy How Vania would appear without it is hard to\say, as we have no knowledge whatever of the real composition of her globe. All that can be said with any cer- tainty is that she would lose a large share of her rad?ant beauty if this light-refiecting shell of clouds were removek ‘She might look like Mars or like Mercury, and would sipped fail to bewitch mankind as she does now. The true secret of her peerless beauty, therefore, is her veil of clouds. The Numbering of Houses. Numbering the houses or shops in a street as a means of identifying them seems-a very simple device, but nobody thought of it until well on in the eighteenth century. Until then they got on as well as they could with signs, and in London streets, like Cheapside, every shop- keeper tried to outdo his rivals in the size and grandeur of his sign- boakd.. They projected over the street, ‘and every now and then fell down and killed someboay. They creaked and groaned terribly when- eve™ the wind blew, and it shows what a nuisance they were that, with- in a year of house-numbers being in- troduced, sign boards which project- ed from the walls were prohibited. The first London street to be num- bered in March, 1764, was New Bur- ‘N every operation, from the moment the raw material is purchased until the car is sold, Studebaker because of its enormous production and its standard- ized methods of manufacture, is able to make important savings — these savings are reflected in the price of the car to you. ‘‘Built-in-Canada’’ M. F. Zurbrigg and F. Bender Dealers for Listowel and Vicinity NEW PRICES OF STUDEBAKER AUTOMOBILES f. o. &. Walkerville, Ontario, effeetive June I, 1921 Touring C: LIGHT-SIX 2-PASS. RC LIGHT-SIX TOURING C. SPECIAL-SIX 2-PASS. SPECIAL-SIX TOURING CAR PECIAL-SIX 4-PASS. Ri BIG-SIX TOURING CAR ALL STUDEBAKER CARS ARE EQUIPPED WITH This is a Studebaker Year LIGHT-SIX -PASS. Coupe. LIGHT-SIX ae oo gee 5-PASS. SEDA! SPECIAL-SIX 4- PASS. coure 2 ehd Sedans AN CORD TIRES A ee ee AS ES Le Fossil Fish Eggs. ~A news iten the other day spoke of an Oklahoma town that was built on a deposit of fossil fish eggs, which through the processes of nature had been converted into limestone As a matter of fact, many towns in that state, as well as in Missouri Arkansas, stand upon deposits of the same kind, which are known to the geologist as “‘oolite’ because the material is made up of small round white bodies resembling eggs. he notion that these bodies are actually accumulated roes of multi- tudes of bygone fishes has long been entertained by the ignorant. Of course, such an idea is a wild ab- surdity. But science itself is puz- zled to know the reason why of this peculiar formation, one theory being that the Iimy material was precipi- tated from sea water in the shape described by the action of certain bacteria. . There is a great deal of this “oolite” to be found along the shores of the Great Salt Lake, in the form of sand. ' Truth About the Lion. Some interesting home truths about the lion are given by Mr. Frank Hodges Butler, the famous traveler, apropos of his lion hunts in Africa. The lion, Mr. Hodges But- ler reminds us, is regarded as the king of beasts and the noblest speci- men of the four-footed tribes. But those who have been after him have a different opinion. In fact the “King” has habits “that would make a militant suffragette grit her teeth and provide her with some telling facts for lecture purposes."’ He quiet- | wife, and, he sends fier off to growl ,and roar and frighten game into his jaws. He gets the lion’s share, she gets the lioness’, and when he has satisfied his appetite he does an im- menge amount of roaring and brag- ging about his prowess. If the pair have the misfortune to fall across gunners and the lioness is first shot, the king of beasts, her husband, bolts gnd tries to get away. If the Hon is first hit, the lioness makes herself very nasty and rushes to her death to avenge him Coeur de Lion's Queen. Nearly 700 years ago Dame Beren- garia of Navarre, the widowed Queen of Richard Cewur de Lion, died in yher native city of Le Mans, and was interred in the cathedral there. All these centuries the ashes of the Eng- lish queen have reposed in a mauso- leum in the south transept of the cathedral. Recently, however, in or- der to make way for a monument commemorating the priests of the diocese who fell in the Great War, it was found necessary to transfer the tomb of the consort of the great Crusader to the north transept. The re-interment, it is reported, was car- ried out with fitting religious cere- mony. Wooden Piling In Water. The opinion of a number of engi- neers and construction companies, expressed in response to inquiries by the Forest Products Laboratory at Madison, Wis., is that untreated wooden piling in water not infested with marine wood-borers will remain sound indefinitely if cut off at half of half tidé are stilt sound ater from fifty to one hundred years of service. Practical Proof. Mrs. Wilks—‘‘You say you are a good washer and froner; how do you tell when the irons are too hot?” Servant, “How? By smelling linen, m’m, of course,” the burning More Honor for Mary Garden. Mary rden, director of the Chi- cago Opéra Association, has been elected a member of the Legion of Honor by the French Government in recognition of her services. in French opera in the United States. Step-Child. woman at Walthamstow com- Plained that her son-in-law annoyed her by sleeping on the doorstep. The young man sounds more like a step- child.—Tit-Bits. 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