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THE ARMS OF VENUS.
AN INTERESTING CON" TROVERSY. STARTED:
AUTHENTICITY OF LOUVRE
RELICS ATTACKED...
The plans of certain Grenk archaeologists to search for the broken but beautiful arms of Venus de Milo, have precipitated an inter-
Mr. Baker and his wile detailed thrilling exploits in the unexplored apart of the Northern New. Hebrides,
in the Western Pacific Ocean, 1,500. miles from Australia. The explorer spent most of his time in the islands of Espirito Santo and Gaua.
In Sakau, there are only seven white persons, and none in the in terior: There are five ranks in Saknu society, and a man rises from one to the other by dancing ali night and killing a stipulated num- ber: of piga
Smallest Houses in the World.
Cannibalism still occurs, though rarely," said Mr. Baker. "Between my two visits a white man was killed in the south-west of Espirito Saato."
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national controversy "between the
At a village called Tungwi, which wages and inadequate living condi
art circles of Paris and Athens, tions which for the past decade French museum authorities contend had not previously been visited by a white man, Mr. Baker found what have marked its position, according that "such a search is ridiculous must be some of the smallest human to a report just issued by G. W. J. since the arms, in question are inhabitations in the world, and except Bruins, Commissioner of the Reichsa glass case of the Louvre, just a for the men's club house the tops. of all the houses were only as high bank Such improvement as was few inches away from the statuo
as his shoulder. noted in the report deait, however, only with wages and the standard of living as expressed in figures for the whole of the German working population.
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[of the Godden,
authenticity of the art objects in Resenting this new attack on the the Louvre, French savants are now to prove their contention beyon-I delving into the records of the past
question of doubt. In the mean- time, prominent authorities on art The report made no attempt to have made public statements cal discuss or analyse the several reculated to dispel any uncertainty as to the whereabouts of the most cent strikes and lockouts, which
perfect arms in the history of the natural have affected labour's world. position. These disputes received only casual mention.
Although the pay envelope of the average German worker still holds a pitifully small amount, when com pared with the wages received by American workmen for the same kind of labour, it has, nevertheless, become increasingly fatter in the last four years. This upward ten- dency has been paralleled by an equally regular, but somewhat slower, increase in living costs.
Progressive Increases. -- In March, 1995, according to the figures presented in the Brains report, the skilled German worker was drawing an average weekly #age of 38,68 marks while the un- skilled labourer was getting only an average of 28.93 marks.
The French Version. According to the French version, the status of Venus de Milo was bought by a French consul in 1320 from a Greek peasant named Yorgos who had found it in a rocky ledge' on the Island of Milos... It was bery and there is no definite know- hidden by a thick growth of shrub-
ledge as to how long it had been there: The statue at that time-had arms and no one has ever been able to explain how they were broken.
It is this one weak link in the history of the statue on which the Greek archaeologists base their
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The party then ascended Tabwe-TJIKEMBANG masana mountain One European lives on the 100 miles of this coast, TJIKINI
The explorers and none inland. crossed the crest of a range of four mountains, which they have named the Linisupe-Arusasari tange, and another which they discovered named the North Pua range.
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M. Jules Flandrin, noted French. artist, says be carefully masured both the fragment end the statue at the Louvre and found them to Progressive increases in these fit perfectly. He declares there is wages were noted. in every subne doubt in his mind after having
made this minute examination. sequent month, with one or two exceptions, until in October, 1978, the average skilled worker was receiving 3210. marks weekly, and the amskilled worker 40.17 marks,
Thus labour's income increased approximately 30 per cent, in the last four years. Meanwhile the cost of living, in the past three years went up 13 per cent., being la January, 1926, exactly 38.3 per cent, over the 1913-14 level, and in
The result was perfect," he! aaye. The arms fit the body ex- actly. Their, lines blend entirely with those of the shoulder, the abdomen and the muscles. If they were attached to the status there would be complete harmony."
M. Etienne Michon, member of the French Institute, and well- clares in another interview, I an: known authority on statuary, den told that Greek archaeologists are to make a search for these arma in the waters near Milos on the sup-
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This compares favourably with the increases in living costs in the United States and England, not withstanding that in those countries costs have recently been reduced In the United States three years ago they were 70 per cent. above the 1914 average, but by June, 1927, had fallen to 62 per cent, new which point they have since been
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during a struggle between Yorgos and the French Consul just before France by boat. Such a search 16 the statue wis taken away to certainly ridiculous."
Other champions of the fragments recall the opinion arrived at by M Academy of Stockholm, who in 1880 Salomon Geskel, member of the
wrote that the fragments are in perfect accord with the forearm and with all the rest of the anatomy of the statue." They emphasize that bis observation was entirely un- biased and based on the most care ful study.
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the cost of food in Germany has Tribes which have never seen a shown a steady upward tendency white man or woman before, and I be submitted within 30 days of arrival during the last few years".
Whale unable to measure statis which buy wives in exchange for tically the effect of these changes Pigs, practise cannibalism, are poly upon the living conditions orgamous and whose womenfolks stroll German working families, the about practically naked, were des- Bruins report declared that the cribed in a lecture at the Royal standard of living of the masses of Geographical Society by Mr. John
R. Baker. the people has appreciably risen, and in the case of a great part of the working class has again reached or surpassed the pre-war level."
Unemployment and disputes com да serious unfavourable aspects of the labour problem,' al- though in the former case some re. lief was noted. On this point the report said that ""during the period under review the number of persons unemployed, such during the third quarter of 1927 continued to fall, began in 1928 to increase in August, although within certain limits.
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