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Air And Distances.

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Roosevelt's New Chancellor Mr. Henry Morgenthau, Jun, who is taking over both offices of the United States Treasury follow- ing the resignation of Secretary Woodia and Assistant Secretary Acheson, is the son of the former American Ambassador.

Henry junior is tall, good-looking and 42. He is that rare combina tion na Jew who lives for farming. He has a farm of his own at Hope- well in New York State.

He combines his farming in- terests with publishing. It is pro- [hlematical whether he has

over.

mado much money out of farming. His father is a rich man, who owns considerable real estate in New York.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER

FRANKLIN DELANO

ROOSEVELT

THE MAN BEHIND THE SMILE

PRESIDENT WITH A FLAIR FOR FRIENDLINESS

(By Victor Gordon Lennox.)

[Mr. Gordon Leanor recently visited Washington to study the American Recovery Plan. He uns' privileged to be received by the Prendent at the White House.

men in Washington could reply with certainty.

His courage is that" of a high- spirited' boya bit of a daro-devil. If one form of attack does not laucceed he will employ another. Were I charged with the duty of Many fine qualities-and some erecting a sign for the entrance to to the White House, I would write on Since Mr. Roosevelt came into inevitable shortcomings go office he has been, with Mr. George make up the character of America's it. "Ministry of Expediency."

Thus those who seek to discern.. Peek; joint adviser on agriculture chief executive. The first of which

one becomes conscious is also the the future trend of Government to the President.

least easily definable. since ita polley from an announcement of essence is of them all.

the latest Presidential decision

Two Eleanors He is a professing Hebrew and a Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the would do well to recognise that, in Freemason. He served in the war President of the United States, all probability, it was dictated by as a lieutenant in the United States (possesses charm in rare degree, the exigencies of the moment. It

[and] Navy.

few wbo are brought into is unlikely that this step farms part The farmers being Mr. Boose-contact with him escape falling un-jof an ordered advance towards the velt's greatest difficulty at present, der its spell. His appeal is that of New Prosperity, Mr. Morgenthau owes his appoint the man who wishes to be your Appreciate that truth and you will readily comprehend another. ment mainly to his knowledge of friend. agriculture.

Seemingly be maintains no de It is that to President Roosevelt He has, however, another link fences, and in the moment of moef-the whole American Experiment is with the President. His wife, who ing he will ask you also to lay aside tremendous fun. For me he con- was Miss Eleanor Fatman and a your armour and to talk, as he will jured up the picture of a school- nfèce of Governor Lehmann, of talk, without reserve, New York States, is Mrs. Roose- THE PRESIDENTIAL SMILE velt's closest friend.

Facts You Did Not Know.

Infections and “Useful" '

boy who finde himself unexpectedly

in control of a powerful sporta car.

From his youthful companions in

True, a man who is to work with the back seat comes much conflicting him must not take advantage of this advice as to the probable effect of implied confidence by becoming too moving this or that control. In big for his boots." Prof. Moley, the absence of general agreement formerly head of the Brains the driver tries a thing or two, Trust," found that out; for his own and, hey presto! to the accompani- ment of noise and the cheers of the wake, alas! too late.

But avold that danger, and the Passengers the Great Adventure door of Mr. Roosevelt's study will starts."

, the rattling and banging be- swing open in response to your

comes uncomfortable the young highest touch. And "unless you are a hard-boiled cynic, you

enthusiast at the wheel will pull will almost certainly find yourself im another lever. That may make bued with something of the Presi- matters better, but equally it may dent's own enthusiasm; quite cer- make them worse, To the onlooker tainly you will not fall to wish him the whole proceeding appears dau- gerous and alarming in the ex- well (g Photographs bear

treme. But for the foy-riders the Inadequate Roosevelt amile disarming smile leave room for such petty emotions. Whether the vehicle will stand testimony to the magnitude of the experience is far too exciting to which seems to envelop the whole face, with its powerful ikw and the strain, how it is to be stopped, phenomenal length of chin. One and whether it will still be a sports has the feeling that it is also a car at the end of the journey, are

The two women are inseparable, ride to gether, go to Congress to gether, sit on Committees together The China Mail rapture, In 1910 Faulhan dew Eleanor Morgenthau, in fact is first from London to Manchester: his Lady-In-Waiting to Queen Eleanor rivals in this arduous competition of the White House. were unable to last the distance. Until the war aircraft were re- garded as a sort of toy and avia- tors as addicts to a new and exciting form of sport. The war The dreams of yesterday be changed all this. The technical

Was Aluminum articles can be etched come the realities of to-day and efficiency of the material the obsolete anachronisms of to-Improved beyond comparison, and in decorative designs with a strong

lalkali solution. morrow. From time immemoriala personnel was trained com- man has sought to emulate the petent to control the winged

Made of chemically treated white fight of the eagle. He walked horse, ready to take any risk and the earth, he navigated the seas to cope with any emergency, sponge rubber on a wooden handle, but another element, the air, Exactly ten years after Mr. H. G. new tooth brush is cheap enough remained to be conquered. Vic Wells, from his point of vantage to discard after a single using. *

above Dover, had watched A tory was slow to come and de-speck gradually enlarging and A process has been developed for manded sacrifies. According to heard a beat with a rhythm the manufacture of fuel briquets by the Greek legend, Daedalus, the gradually growing stronger, acro-carbonizing the refuse from New "useful" smile, which in moments questions which, though permisst engineer who designed the planes crossed the Atlantic, and Zealand's bityminous coal mines. Cretan labyrinth, fashioned the accomplished the long journey

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of tension can be counted upon, like ble, can be answered by time alone.

Should the President ever be a beacon, to dispel darkness and to

assalled by these misgivings, he can reassure the uneasy,

There is about this man little of take comfort in the recollection of self-confidence and unquestionable America's leading bankers is said personal vanity, though his supreme the dry comment with which one of courage ure of a type that, in time to have replied to the President's of war, might tend to bravado. But question, "Well, Herbert, what do he is, in many respects, a simple you think of the progress of person, laying no claim to any pro- The answer, if unexpected, came.

found knowledge of affairs, "A BIT OF A ́DARE-DEVIL" Everything is Fan

N.R.A.

with dndly indulgence, "Well, Frank, I'll tell you. If the general Improvement in world trade "con- In marked distinction from more tinues, I see no reason why the than one of his predecessors in NRA. should do irreparable harm.” Each evening after dinner at the office, President Roosevelt finds genuine pleasure in meeting people White House the: President attends and listening to their Ideas and a performance of his private opinions. " Of conversation he never cinema for at least one hour. Here

first aeroplanes, upon which from England to Australia. To facilitate hanging out clothes! The and Icarus, his son, at-These and many similar expedt-after washing a carrier for a basket tempted to escape from the tions were in the nature of that is moved along a clothes line Jisland.

But Icarus flew too planeering. Jules Verne was re-on rollers has been invented,

garded by his contemporaries as high and too near the sun, which an Agreeable but unplausible Improved methods of kiln season melted the wax attachments of

romancer. He had the imagina-ing have been invented in Australia the wings. Icarus fell into the

to lessen the warping and shrinkage tion to write a story about a occan and was drowned. His was vessel which could travel under

of lumber from eucalyptus trees... the first aviator overtaken by water and rest on the ocean bed. this fate, but not the last. Very prudently, he called her

For uso in cramped spaces a new Leonardo da Vinci, a versatili genius produced by the Renais-skipper Captain Nemo. In 1866 ratchet wrench has such fine teeth The wrote another book, entitled that it will take a bite as small as sance, and an author, painter, "Around the World in Eighty one seventieth of a complete turn. sculptor, architect, chemist, bio-

Days." This, said the critical logist, botanist, and geologist, devised a flying machine which, was amusing but sheer extra-The age of writing is determined fortunately for him, did not fly. Vaganza. But our generation le by a simple chemical test of the ink affairs of State can be set on one and even educational pictures on lese - Thcredulous. The hero of by a method developed by a scientist side, he will find equal delight in social problems in which he is Experiments in this direction the book did it in 78. We can connected with the Vienna police.

discussions on literature, art and specially interested. When business having proved unsatisfactory, in-better that. Jules Verne's pro

music. His appetite" for knowledge} is heavy 'ha will return to his desk. ventors turned their attention to tagonist is an impassive, intrepid

le insatiable,

But nothing is allowed to deprivé With what degree of ability, his him "of this complete relaxation. the problem of making the

Englishman with the phlegm

mind appraises the material with Ho has the happy knack of being which it is so lavishly supplied; able to banish cares from his taind whether his decisions are reached at a moment's notice. But replen Instinctively or by a process of ish he must, for he is a tremendous logical reasoning: to what precise worker.

vehicle of aerial transportation |Britannica." This is a compliment

lighter than the air itself. Bal- loons played an important part "Phineas Fogg" is not so happily to our race, but his name, in the siege of Paris during the chosen. Except for the lack of Franco-Prussian War. But bal-

Ja second initial, it sounds like an loons, unless captive, and there fore. immobile, were at the mercy estimable citizen of Main-street, of wind and weather. The dawn Cyrus, Mo. The French genius, of the twentieth century ushered however, comes to its own in the in progress in aviation on a scale faithful Passepartout, equal to which has rarely been reached in any crisis, and superior to all. other fields of human endeavour, They were followed by a detec In 1900 Zeppelin built the first uve, appropriately styled "Mr. dirigible airship. Meanwhle, in whose duty was to ensure Sydney, Lawrence Hargrave had that the conditions of the wager been testing his theory that the were faithfully fulfilled. They principle of the boxkite would used every mode of transport be a solution of the problem in available, including elephants. so far as it concerned craft The last-mentioned

venile readers, of bliss- heavier than air, In 1905 the reminds Wright brothers, looked upon as ful adventuru at the Zoo. Mr. his 'bet and a charm- crazy fanatics by their neigh

bours, succeeded, after long ng wife into the frustration, in making a motor only blemish in a fello engined plane which would fy coming, was quite a number of yards. In on this trip. 1809 Bleriot flew across the

English Channel.

Wells does not

sim to be a pos

rience

Thom

Holiday.

wearies. When for a brief space he sees all the latest popular films,

(By GRACE NOLL CROWELL)

Tinsel dust, and star-shine, and

moonlight on the snow, These are things we think as 100

remember Him; Wreathes, and scarlet ribbons, a is dictated by judgment, how far by Roosevelt the politician. For it is

candie's fiful glow, the urgings of the latest counsellor in this role that he excels, Now are symboli of the One schothese are questions to which few (Contined Du

walked grey roads and dim. Colourless and rugged, the fields

extent political considerations out- No attempt to portray, this UK- walgh economic reasonings; and usual and dynamic person would be how far the line ultimately chosen complete without reference" to

wind-swept and brown, de All the land was farkened on that

A first, Christmas night, Save one lone star gleaming; but how in, egoh, small town, Casements alojo and trees pleam sokera Bambles glitter bright: Butklehëri" or: Nazareth, or any

•Him through

And to

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