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By ROBERT POWER
THE OLYMPICS
Revived by a Frenchman,
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DAIRY FARM NEWS
Contrary to the generally no- copted opinión. It was Eranca.and.. a.Frenchman and not Groeco and a Grock who primarily advocated * Waif!" orlog the anxious of abandening hope and acting as the re-establishment of the Olyn- mother when hor little ones dash if the storm will last for ever. plo games. The modern olympics off helter-skelter for a romp and Take shelter--and wait. More fashioned after the anolent a bit of fun. It in her ory of misery is caused by the rash act classion of Grosco, was first sug- caution, but it is rarely hooded. than any of the troubles that gosted to the modern world by And "walt! wait!" olucks the have prompted it. It is no use Baron Piorro de Coubertin, a distracted bon won the duok making bad worn by boing young Parisian, who, in the spr lings who has hatched like a good imprudent and impulsivo.
ing of 1893, took stops to bring fastor-mother make their way to There comes the time whon back the gamos which prodom- the nearest pond.
the clouds break and the sun again |inatod whon Sparts and ́Athons If he had only waitedt Wo streams down upon the earthwore contros of the, ancient could have suved him.". I was And it is just as true that there world. reading the other day of a man comes
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On Baron do the
Coubertin's who committed nuiolde because "tempest of trouble blows itself initiative representatives of the bla affairs woro involved. It was out." That is the time to athletis organizations of various Haddock said at the inquest that had he wait for. It is indeed "God's nations assembled In Paris on paused before the rash act, as good hour. To wait quietly for July 10, 1894, and drafted tho sistance was forthcoming. For this; to enduro all that comes original constitution of the inter-
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want of that pause a wife was upon you without lamentation national Olympia committon and Kippers made a widow and children left and recrimination-this is pro-subsequently formed the inter- fatherless.
fitable uniting. Thore is nothing national body. This committeo
arranging Olympic was intrusted with the task of Fillets
gamos al regular intervals and at various places in the civilized world. Baron de Courbortin is the pro. sent head of the international
times a hard act-just to wait. It in, I know, very hard to carry It fa a salutary though sure heroic and spectacular about it When the tempost breaks you out. But nobody over waited the will too the people taking shelter gessation of the storm without in any convenient place. But being thankful in the ond that thero is generally one adven- they did so. turous soul who disdains to suok "Wait!” is an imporative can-Olympic game committee. sanctuary. Ho splashes through, tion. It is the check to husto, .Classic soil was chosen as the the worst, oven though clothes the caution against a rauh-scono of tho first madorn may be ruined or cold be caught, nos which involves in fresh Olympics, an honour legitimately To him waiting seems weakness, difficultios. It is the pause for domanded by the home of the When you are caught in one of considoration. In the hour of classic games. Athens, Greece life's downpours wait before you troublo, everything Suoma o in 1896, saw the first Olympic do anything rash or précipitale, bopoless But Timo is indeed | moeting of the athletes of the You will notice in a sudden the great helpor. That terrible madorn world. Four years later thunderstorm that the sunshine sorrow of yesterday is bearable the scono shifted to Paris. In is blotted out and the whole sky to-day. The overwhelming_dix-1904 St. Louis ontortained the covered with black clouds. It trose when you contemplated looks, to a superficial glance, as "throwing everything up "is now though the fine weather was almost forgotton, gono for over. And when heavy troublo catches you, and the delugo of adversity falls, beware
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British Factories with £2,080,000 Capital,
Further developmenta др promised in the British 2001 bool industry.
An announcement recently by the British Sugar Buet Society, Ltd., says that in addition to the two existing hout sugar factories at Cantley and Kelham und a third under construction at Col wick, at least six more fucties, involving the permanent invost- mont of capital of between £2,000,000 and £3,000,000, are to be erected.
manufacturing season.
"Wait!" It is a caution which, if oboyed, enables you to see things in their right perspectivo.
ADVERT THRILLS.
Smoke-Writing in The Sky. Popular interest in the skill of 0 sky-writura has been revived ya Gemonstration of coloured Ky-writing given over the bri- Ush Euptro Exhibition Wembley
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traced in flame rod sinoko.
when words Word
athletes of the world in the third meet. In 1908 London played host and in 1912 Stockolm staged the international classic. Tho 1916 meet was postponed when the modern world was engaged in the mont bitter war of its existence, but the games were continued in 1920. when the war clonde had cleared, and Antwerp stugod the most re. prosentive theet of the series,
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In 1906 there arose in Greece wish to have A permanent the home for the games in country of their origin. As a
д result moet WILB hold in Athens Lwo years after the St. Louis games. This was to be Major J. Savage, the inventor continued evory four years be of sky-writing, told a reporter how the 17 sky-writing pilots tween the official international now engaged in England, the games, but and France are trained for their mos United States, Sweden, Canada comunittes
tasks.
tinually writing the sign back- The first stage consists of con- wards on a piece of paper till the pilot can do it blindfolded. on a pedal bicycle, to the whool
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After this he can tako a machine into the air. At a height of from 10.00 to 15.000 feet he first, by means of a tiny selentitic instru- ment,
the international ruled that the should bo hell only overy four years at dif- feront places in the civilized world and the Athenians abandoned their plans after the
1906 meet.
any
Of these, four factories will be put in band this autumn.
in 1912 the gamos had been pro- Up until the Stockhalin moot Students are to be specialty
of which a small took of water is dominated by American athletes, trained for the technical posts inattuebed, the pilot rides over a a beut sugar factory, theoretical white cement patch, trueing out
the colourbon rors of Uncle Sam instruction being given at the the letters backwards with the taking far
more prominent Universities, and practical train- same precision as is used with the other nation. In 1912 the games ing in the factories during the pencil and paper.
part than athletos from
assumed their first real interna- Lional aspect, whon virtually world was represented and the every civilized nation in the
competition was correspondingly the atmosphere kooner. to discover the right air conditions Bill Introduced to Save Survivor, or writing in smoke. Toen he relonses the valves on tho smoke A Bill to make the survivor of "death pret" no longer a
boxes attached to the tail of his murderer in the eyes of the law the accurato formation of letters nmchine and begins to practise was introduced by Brig-General for combinations of letters. E. L. Spears in the House of ally the whole set of words is Commons last month.
written soveral times until tho
......"DEATH PACT" MERCY.
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General Spears said that at display is considered sufficiently prosent, if two persons determined good for demonstration before the io cominit suicide together and public. The sky-writing pilot is one of them survived, the survivor was legally a múrdører,
a busy man. He has to turn and
In 1920 at Antwerp this in- tornational aspect WAS oven more marked, and at Paris this
hates competing was expected Year the number of nations and to exceed by for any previous set of ganies;
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twist the machino from left to Gloomy Estimate for this Year. This was a law which left us right and loop the loop, and, in behind other nations. The Bill addition to the numerous instru- Last year the L.C.C. tramways would remove the offence from mounts belonging to the machine, lost £160.922, taking into account the category of mordor and make
Tho tramways were in a very has to watch cientific instru- the money spot on tho strike it puninbable by maximum ments in connection with the and the incrossed
aerious position. penalty of five years' penalsky-writing.
sulting This year the loss will and the L.C.C. had lost loes an Certain fares had been reduced, orvitude.
bo £316,276.
those than on the fares they had kept up.
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General Seely, who opposed, said that people who entered into suicido pacts "ought to go through with the job."
The Bill was read a first time.
coloured smoko writing is accom- The method by which the now plished is a secret known only to Major Savage, who has been pur- ferting his invention for more than three years.
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Mr. A. L. Fell, goneral man- this evidence thenther day before ager of the tramways, who gave the tribunal considering
The total expenditure of tho the L.C.C. on stroot widening for tramwaymen's national demand tramway purposes
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