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THE REVENGE OF THE HALFPENNY BUN.
SATURDAY, JANUARY · 30, 1926.
WOMEN AND, TIME,
AMERICAN PSYCHOLO- ĮGISTS MAKE A DISCOVERY.
At Spooch Day at Tombridge University psychologists at Girls' Secondary School, rocant-the famous John Hopkins. In- ly, the principal spooch was made stitution at Baltimore, writes a by Miss Clemenco Dance, who correspondent of the Liverpoot suid girls to-day started out into Pust, have solved the old and in- | the world much hotter aquippod toresting problem, "Why does a than their mothers did. Educa-woman koop you waiting?" tion among women had made Recent tests made by thosd ex- wonderful progress since she was ports in which over 1,000 students at school, when girl's wore tight were experimented upon, ongally stays, high collars that out into divided between men and women the neck, and played hockey in fin eleven colleges throughout thei long skirts and flannel petticoats. country, show that women have Girls leaving school to-day nearly 100 per cent. error, in soon grew to the age to vote. She estimating how long it will take might be talking to a future them to dress for an ofgagement Prime Minister, or one of the or perform a task. Men show an great painters of to-morrow, or to average of 45 por cunt. error. a Florence Nightingale, or the creator of the new Rima, or the writer of the greatest novel of the century. They might have the excitement of seeing their pic One of the losts called upon tures on the wall of the Academy, the subjects to sit still for a or the terrific thrill of correcting minute-and-a-half, and then their first proofs, or the sensation estimate the time. Women's of the first night on the stuge, estimates ranged from a few but to some would come somo-seconds to ten minutes. The thing of far greater importance: most incorrect estimate for a man they might teach the children of was three-and-a-half minutes, the day after to-marrow, or be the The conclusion of the director mothers of children, and that was of the tests is "men estimate the biggest and most exciting more accurately. The inaccur think that equld happen.
acies of women are predominate- ly under-estimating, implying that time really seems shorter to women than to mon."
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EXPLORER DIES IN
INFIRMARY,
Once a famous naturalist und
How were they going to meet the futures Her advice was: Keep fit. First keep fit in body, When they went to college they would want money for locks or for canvases, or to go to play or concerts, and then they would) begin to economise on food and to lunch on halfpenny buns and coffee. After getting through the FRIEND OF LIVINGSTONE. apprenticeship stage, when the tinte came to do their lifework something would happen, and traveller and friend of Livings. they would feel they could not tone, Dr. James Murie has died earry through and life was.ain Rochford Workhouse In- failure.. I would be, the half-} firmary, Essex, at the age of 95. penny buns having their revenge. For the last 20 years he lived She advised them to keep their alone in his little cottage at imagination fit by reading and Leigh-on-Sea, and following a acting, leaming to understand stroke, he was removed to the people and themselves. If they workhouse. once learned to laugh at them-
He knew Khartum years before salves and find out how truly General Gordon went there. It comic they really, were they was tentatively arranged that he would have the world at their should accompany Livingstone | feet.
on some of his travels, but at, the last moment another naturalist was selected...
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PRINCE
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HIS GIFT OF £1,000.
The Prince of Wales has cont a cheque for £1,000 to Mr. J. H. Thomas, M. P., towards the de- ficit on the British Empire. Ex-
He was modical officer and naturalist to the expedition which went to the relief of Spoke and Grant, the discoverers of the pource of the Nile in the 'sixties,
On his return he was given an appointment under the Zoological Society, dissecting animals when they died and reporting on their diseases.
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Born in Glasgow, and graduat- hibition at Wembley, with the fol-ed at the university thero, he lowing letter:-
began his career on its mercantile") Dear Mr. Thomas, For many products, and afterwarda became months past I have been very pathologist at the Glasgow Royal much concerned about the finan-Infirmary. Then he filled a post cial result of the British Empire at the Royal College of Surgeons. Exhibition.
in London, and from there set out
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As the first president of the Ex-on the Speke-Grant expedition. hibition I took the chair at the During the last years of his life moeting held at the Mansion he spent most of his time collect- House before I left for India ining scientific data relating to fish 1921, and knowing that a sum of in the Thames Estuary, the at least one million sterling had results of his research being to be produced to enable the pre-published in two large volumes liminary work of the Exhibition by the Kent and Essex Soa to be started, I personally up- Fisheries Committee. pealed to the public to guarantee
that sum.
TRAVELLER'S STORY OF
In response to my appeal a EXPLORER'S FATE. number of public-spirited firms and individuals came forward. Sufficient guarantors were forth- coming, and as a result, it was possible to hold the Exhibition and to make the success from an Imperial point of view which it undoubtedly was.
By this timely support the guarantors gained the gratitudo of the whole of our Commonwealth of Nations.
DR. MCGOVERN,
Dr. William McGovern, the young explorer, who set out from Liverpool last May, to penetrato unknown territory at the head- for whose safety anxiety is being wators of the Amazon river, and
felt, was alive on November 1 The Exhibition has, however, last, says a message to the New resulted in a considerable finan- York Times from its Washington cial loss, the greater part of which correspondent. must be borne by the guarantors.
The message states that the They are, I know, fulfilling their correspondent was assured by promises in the same generous traveller who had just returned spirit in which they gave them, from Manaos, Brazil, that Dr. and I now write to ask you to McGovern was in good health on express to them my sincere that date. The traveller, the mes appreciation of the part they have sage adds, for personal and oficial ployed.
reasons, refused to give his name
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It is my desire to share in some for publication, but stated that small degree the burdens which Dr. McGovern entered Manads as they have to shoulder, and there he (tho traveller) was leaving for fore. I enclose my cheque for the United States, $1,000.
Believe me, yours sincerely,
The doctor, according to the Edward P. traveller, planned to resume his This is a magnificent and spon-explorations by penetrating the taneous act," said Mr. Thomas. Rio Negro district, thence going "The Prince was not a guaran- over the Andes to Lima, Peru, tor, and therefore under no obli- following which he would make gation, but having made an appeal for the Panama Canal, and would to others to become guarantor, rentually leave New York for this is his method of showing that Liverpool, whore his home is. he does not want to escape any [Dr. McGovern came into fame responsibility, I make this state-in 1923, when he returned to ment on behalf of the liquidators. England after penetrating, in the I am thanking the Prince guise of a Buddhist priant, the persons!
Baered forbidden city of Lhossa.)
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