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PRECIOUS STONES.
“LOVE AND EUGENIGS. HOW TO DISTINGUISH THE GOLF AND TENNIS A TEST FOR
GENUINE FROM THE FAKED.
MARRIAGE. Recently, at Nandy droog in die Kolar A number of engaged couples applied for Gold Field Mr. H.M.A. Cooke,O.B.Edmiston to the Summer School of delivered an interesting lecture on Precious Eugencies which was to open at Herne and Semi-precious Stores, Mr. Cooke said: Bay last month. They were to be instruct. The love of precious, stones was deeply inked in heredity, biology, psychology, and planted in the human heart, and the cause the social application of surgence Goli of this must be songht not only in the and tennis form part of the programme. colouring and brillianty, but also in their
ሲ Inquiries on few problems that may durability. All the beautiful rulers of ace were funde by a Daily Ness repre flowers and foliage, even the hue of the sentative at the headquarters of the iky and the glory of the sunset clouds, only Eugenics Education. Society, who #re lasted a short while, but the lovely colour organizing the school. - ings of precious stones were the same to-day. as thousands of years ago, and would remain for all time. "In a world of change this permanence had a charm of his own..
Precious stones might be divided into three
HELE-CONTROL ÎN A BUNKEL,
Question : - If au engaged eugenic couple are playing golf, and the girl notices a temporary loss of self-control on the part
[LEAD'ER-WRITERS THE PUBLIC DON'T KNOW,
"MY "LONG ÎNNINGS. APT. P. F. WARNER ON HIS
RETIREMENT.
Mr. J. A. Spender, Editor of the West. rats of the leader writer" in the News-hack to the pavilion at Lord's after my munster Gosefir, writing on the “art and
Just a few more days and I shall walk
taper World, satys:---
last game in Arst-class cricket, Many people have asked me why I intended to retire, "Bluntly my reason is this. I wand to leave first-cinas ericket" before first class cricket leaves me.. It ́is many yearı since I was first given a place in a 'first-
and in many countries since then. Apart... slam team, and I have played continually
from reasons of county cricket, I have happy recollections of school matelics."a0 that my innings has not been a short de
My first sight of Lord's was on a bitterly cold day in May, 1887, when the M.C.C. were playing Sussex. How many time. I have looked across the ground since that day. I daren't attempt to calenlate, but in the intervening years the surrounding. have lost none of their fascination for me. Theth is no other ground quite like Lords: Nowhere else can one play on which has borne so many giants in the pricket world.
The public is totally ignorant of the mes of men who have worked for them the great London dailim for twenty and thirty years consecutively, men of great capacity and knowledge who hava given
than nine tenth of the politicians who are fo publia affairs more concentrated study known to the public, and who, if the truth were known, havo influenced public affairs mare steadily and consistently than all but few of the most eminent leaders and statesmen. These men have no complaint make of the conditions under which they work, and I hope they will fed successors her fiance in a bunker, would she be who will take the same mindest and dis classes, the transparent which was by far
instilled in reconsidering her decision? interested view of their duty. But the con the most important clan, the translucent
Answer: She would certainly be justi Mitions must be understood, and especially and opaque. The transparent sumes could be divided into those devoid of colone stiched
bringing up problem by those who aspire to become leader as the diamond, fred zircon, and white for discussion at the school. It would be writers. It is from the beginning laid sapphire, and the coloured stones, such as necessary to know the immediate past of dawn that they shall not air themselves in public, and that they shall write in a form the ruby, emerald, sapphire and a host of the map and his general mental condition which is peculiarly artificial and disent
to handle
Various changes have been brought about. and peculiarly liable to in the game since Thomas Lord carried others. The opals, moonstones, and cer-nt the timer. The loss of self control might
absurdity unless discreetly employed. tain ones exhibiting star-like rays might not necessarily be due to any toherent
his ture from Lisontgrove to 8. John's WHY THEY SAY WELL "Thas form results from the use of the of the highest ambitions of every young Wood-road in. 1814, but it still remains one be taken as examples of the translucent failing.
Arst person plural instead of the first cricketer to play in an important game times, whilst turquoise was the most im-
Question:
·If mna.-playing tennis person singular the we instead of the at Headquarters. porlant representative of the opaque class.
I. There is a great deal of misunder It is important that n gemstone should with the girl he is about to marry, hears standing about the we. It is popularly me with round the wickets that it would So many interesting personalities are possess durability, as a stone would obvi her give way to an hereditary tendency to invented by newspapers for their own to deal with them all, My first memory supposed to be a pomponly assumption need a book of more than average length ously lone in value if it had to be replaced the word damn would he be right greater glory. It is believe me, the only of the famous men at Lord's was the stand every few years. The polish and brilliancy in referring the case to the committee?
Answer: It has not been shown that be continued at all in a country like ours,made in the M.C.Cr. England match in
condition on which the leading article could Arthur Shrewsbury and A. E. Stodd
in
THE WORD
the
partnership was broken.
the soil.
Hecalling the games which I have played against one of the men whose names have been much before the publi during the last few weeks-Sidney Barnes makes me wonder that the cricket-loving public, of to-day do not valua fine bowling as it was valued thirty
men. Players match at Lord's in 1911,
ne torty years ago........... Sidney Barnes was bowling in the Gentin
he had done, with the result that the bais- and he was bowling then as well as ever men were considerably puzzled.. wickets had fallen for 28 runs when I went Two in: I played two maiden overs from the Staffordshire man, and somebody shouted. Why don't you hit'ent" Only last year in the Gentlemen of England, Aux traslans some excellent bowling by Mr. Douging and Mr. Falcon was received in stony silence.
of stones might be dimmed by the mechani. eal abrasion of dust in the atmosphere; most stones, however, were sufficiently hard bad language is hereditary. As evidencer, at all events, the only condition in which To resist such abrasion. The turquoise, of some lack of self-control such case the loader-writer could continue writing it, which yielded 266 runs before the peridot, demantoid and opal were safi would form a good subject for psychological for more than a very brief period mortir soft, the injured by sharp dust, analysis. Some authorities might hold 1, for instance, had started writing but the brilliancy of opals did not depend that the use of the word "dama" on the my articles in the Westminster in the fon-polish but on internal structure. Opals tennis courts amounted merely to getting first person, and anged them with my own
"complex moonstones, turquoise and certain star jrid of "».
lo comparatively name, I should not have survived for stones were slightly porous and might be desirable manner. Others might hold that renty-five years; I should have been hissed injared by penetration of chemical sobit was anti social." In any case, the"ff the scene at the end of one year, sarces; thus, the turquoise should be care.man-if he felt any doubt on the matter. perhaps even of six months, Fully protected against grease and oil. would be well-advised to bring it up for pretentious bore who lays down the law to People would have said. Who is this Opals sheuld not be exposed to great beat discussion. a water waters into their composition.
Question: If a girl begins to talk when ent public man has to be sparing of his us day after day 1" Even the most emin Pearls were part cularly soft, and the use the man to whom she is engaged in about appearances, Test the public tire of him, of valuable pearls in rings was to be de to make a three-yard putt at a critical and in countries where journalists sign precated. One frequently saw the lovely
point the game, would he be eagenically their articles and write in the Arst person sheen of good pearls destroyed by exposure to rough usage. With the exception of the entitled to break off the engagement i
they generally find it necessary to adopt Answer: I am not an exper@psychule pseudonyms and to vary them pretty fro opal, the whole of the mineral species used. in jewellery are distinguished from glass gist Only an expert could answer quently. and similar istances by their crystalline searching a question. 'structure. In nou crystalline substances there was no regular arrangement of the molecules, in crystals there were defuite of different arrangedients distinctive orders of „srusttila. In other words, in gians the molecules were artaged bap hazard, like a common crowd, but ik に distoud, or other crystalling stone, the molecules were arranged like regiments af soldiers.
There were overal ways of identifying the precious stones. Colony was a danger. cus test, and this wr illustrated by stones on the table. Hardness was a valuable adication, but was chiefly useful in tasting udent stones. Boale stouts could be identi
HOW TO PROPOSE.
o
Question: Would it be possible to lay down Rules for Eugenie Proposal for the enlightenment of those who may not already be engaged i
Answer: It would be possible, but not
!! The
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of the first personal pronoun implies an attitude and an assumption which the public will not tolerate for long, axept in a major prophet; and does in fact make all the difference to the tone and manner in which the writer approaches his renders.
Some
PLENTY OF TIME Finally, do not think of journalism as
nalists habitually write at lightning speed, people seem to think that all jour Pelieve me, only the very bad ones do that. quickly when the cerasion requires it, but You must have the power of writing
Years ago over after over was sent down. frequently without a
run being scored, and the bowlers were always applauded by a public that appreciated their perform. week's match against Somerset recalled ance. Mr. F. 1. Mann's big hits in lase.
G. Ford. Six feet two of don't care, driver, and I have seen Johnny Brigg Bg Ford has been dubbed, was a 'terrine.
of big hits, take shelter behind-the umpire from on
Question:May one take it that it would": not be correct for the man to open with 1omething which is always done in a rush. some of the tremendous drives by F. J **Do you love me but with the more eugenic remark, What killed your grand moher ? "
Answer: The Tatter opening would certainly be the more scientific
At this point, the Daily News repre
learnt to write slow On nine days out of Another big hitter was C. I. Thornton, no one writes fast well who has not first
on its journey
fled by their specific gravity, and the dietitive was asked if he would like to tn you will have all the time you need for and I saw him in a match at Victoria ference between a crystal of white quartz) altend the school himself On confessing deliberate writing, and on the tenth you Rurraeke, Windsor, hit a ball from Mr. and white topaz was shown to the audience that he invariably lost his temper at cro-will only rise to the occasion and do your C. do "Crespigay over extra cover on to methyline iodide, when the topaz wank and he would form an excellent subject for pared, which means that you have read, along, removing a slate here and there quaris fleated. Then fractive index was discusion, and unsuitable for the higher written, and talked on the subject which In most valuable indicatión, and the lecturer cuganical responsibilities.
explained how this could be measured and its eiguificance in determining the bril limboy of a stone The phenomena of double refraction and dichronism' were also illustrated.
Unless bead could be called ent stones, the oldest form of cutting for gem stodes was the cabochon. When both. lower
and
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is suddenly presented to you, or at least First-class games in England have been that you have clear ideas and principles productive of many amusing incidents, but which can be applied to it. it is to my experience abroad that I look It follows that the leader-writer can for the funniest happenings. During the nover live by leader writing alone. He West Indian tour we played a match at"." raust live and move in the atmosphere of St. Vincent, and towards the end of my the great debate in which he presumes to innings I managed to get in & straight intervene; he must read in proportion na drive, which went over the bowler and sept be writes, and, if he is swise man, he will tray of cakes from the head of a native
woman standing ontaide the ropes
form of writing which will keep him from being coslaved in the convention of the leading article.”
s double cabochon, and this form was to the Magistrate by the Police at the largely used for opals which were cut West London Court, influenced Mr stoeply for rings and sometimes very shal Cuncellor in ordering an alleged Poluh low for pendants. The chrysoberyl eats Princess to be remanded in custody. aye was generally cut with curved bases On the charge heed th custody to preserve weight. Io the simple cabo described as "Floriage de Gregorio, alis THE MORALITY OF HUNGER. choa, the base was a plase and the quarts Terees Tosti, aged 63," with an address at cat's-eye was often gut in this way. The Taigarth-mansions, West Kensington, and carbuncle or almandine garnot, was often
cut with the ander surface concave. In her appearance was due to Failure to re- about 1475 it was first discovered that the gister under the Aliens Act. diamond could ent a diamond and stones
began to be cut differently, but little pro- gress was made until 1662 when the table cus stone, was introduced. At the head of the seventeenth century Peruzzi, Vene tian, introduced the brilliant form of cut ting, and at about the same time this type of cutting was also practised in India" The amazing are revealed by this type of cutting has naturally allowed it to remain as the favourite until the present day Coloured stones were often cut in the step or trap cut, on which the contour may be oblong, square, lozenge or heart shaped.
· She called "at Hammersmith Polico
MARRIED A RUSSIAN PRINCE
STRIKE.
A THEOLOGICAL QUESTION."
asked whether he thought it justifiable to Father Bernard Vaughan having been give the last Sacrament to hunger striker replied
There are a host of stories to be told of this tour alone, and I must relate the incident of the sorrowful negro at Antigua He was stono deaf and a stone. aller Eventually he was tempted out of his crease and wasamartly stumped. When this was made clear to him he turned away a picture of misery, as it | happened the man was not out technically. siace one umpire had unthinkingly called his decision
over before the other umpire and giros Botan body sought the sorrowint eze
(3)
"ore, and discovered him intoars behind the
pavilion. Lor Hawke waylaid him on his
Bo unnerved was the unfortunate, fellow
station to lodge a complaint against her landlady, and when asked if the wax gistered first said she was and then ad- mitted she was not, but added that she Personally from my reading of theology, had a French pasport.
moral and dogmatic, I should not feel, on- way back with the-benevolent intention of Papers were fetched which showed that titled to administer the ties of the Church trying to explain matters. "The lord,” she landed at Southampton in July and to argone, no matter what his nationality, however, scared the still sobbing batsman had exceeded the period allowed for regis: who was deliberately dying of hunger strike out of bis vits, the latter thinking that be tration by six days. She was thereupon I am free to admit that other theologians was being abused, charged, and a remand without bail was far more learned than I am would reverse that he promptly ransont two of his side! now asked.
my verdict on the subject. Some moralists Mr. Pike, who colended, said the lady cannot be justified; others draw a distine there are who deny that hunger striking was Mme. Tosti," the famous singer and tion between objective truths and anbjective INDIAN claimed that she was protected by the error. As your are asking me for my awD £175" FOR A STAMP,
French passport, which was quite in personal view of the subject. I give it for order.
what it is worth without comment sipan TWO SPECIMENS ONLY KNOWN Did she not tell you, be asked the anyone who may differ from me
TO EXIST.
sation sergeant,that she married a Father Dominic, chaplain to the Lord
The India Office apbeutices, that Mr. Russian Prince from Poland, but that Major upon leaving the prison after Montagu has sanctioned the revised rates One of the rarest stamps in the world she had heard nothing of him since the re recent visit to Macfweeny, was naked by a of invalid pensions for regulse officers Press representative whether he supported of the Indian army and the Indian was knocked down for £175 at Harmer's solution 12 Bond-street Galleries recently. It was The sergeant said she did not, nor did the Lord Mayor's hunger strike on moral modical services who have finally retiged finued by Sir Claude Macdonald, as I.B.M. she say she understood very little English grounds. He said there was nothing wrong from service, and who have rendered satis Conkal Conern for the Oil Rivers Protectio. When she was bailed out she refused to in it morally he had given the Lord Mayor factory paid military service, as officers, rate, in December, 1803, and
paper. She did read it, and her English is no object," he added, in waiting until With referenca Army Instenation
ARMY PENSIONS. MR.MONTAGIT APPROTES{"OF
INCREASE
other specimen is known and only ono siga the book until she had read the bail the Last Sacrament some days ago. "There during the great war:
The face value of the stamp is 20s., and, was as good as, if not better than mine." the last moment. He did not agree with (India) No. 449 of 1920, promulgating the like the majority of great philatelio rati Mr. Pike wished to plead guilty to a Father Bernard Vaoghan's view, and is revised rates of retiring pensions, it has ties, it constituted a provisional issue to tudhnical offence, but the magistrate ad staniced the case of that gallant gentle beon decided that offers of the Indian meet a temporary demand. The value is hered to his decision.
mau Captain Oates, of the Antarctic Ex: Army, who have attained the age for com drcharged in large figures on an ordinaryShe was lot out on bail by the Police pedition, who gave up his life in offer to pulsory retirement and who have since 18. British postage stamp of heen persisted Mr. Pike, but the sergeant re help his comrade. That," said Pathor Lasided in India unemployed, owing to the Victoria's reign, already over-printed plied Thess papers only came to my Dominic, was considered as the time to suspension of retirements during the war, "British Protectorate-01 Rivers the notice since she was charged be a very praiseworthy acty and the Lord figures being impressed in black ink, by custody to Palice do not be a cine like name. He is offering his life for the sake handa
The in a case sake Two copies only out of a total of right this opposo bail except on good grounds of his fellow countrymen, thus surcharged' were 'done in black, and e the balance in violet or vermillion. This
if they wish, have their retirement dated either from: (1) the fat April, 1819. (the approximate date when retiroments afire, reconenedy, (2) the date of attaining the age for compulsory retiremsator (3) the date of ceasing to be employed, which particuar specimen came recently in a pri- According to the Tagliche Bundchau, A tunnel under the Straits of Gibraltar ever of those thres is the latest detaile vate collection formed by Mr. C. J. Lucas Prince Henty of Frassing brother of the is again being discussed in France, sud, it Officer who wish to avail themselves of and is accompanied by an autograph letter ex-Emperor, "intends to make his futurs je endmated, with the construction of long. this ruling should submit their soplications. from Sir Clarde. Macdonald commenting bome in Haland, He is negotiating for distance railways, London would be only to the Military Secretary to His Excel- Toile extreme rarity.
a house in the neighbourhood of Ulricht, eight days, distance from the Cape.
lency the Commander-in-Chief in India.