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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

SATURDAY,

MARCH · · 21, 1925.

CURRENT PICTORIAL

Miss Frances Lowdon of Orogon, Ill., daughtor of former Governor and Mrs. Frank O. Lowdon, married Mr. John B. Drake Jr, of Chicago on Fob. 10, at Chicago. They have gone abroad on their honeymoo11, returning in April.

With economy the watchword, rapid progress was mado in the erection of the stand in front of the Capitol (ahown above) from which President Coolidge took han oath of office March 4, and addressed, not only the fow thousands gathered about him, but the millions of the country via radio.

Lying in the Boston Navy Yard is what is loft of the old U. 8. S. Constellation, slowly decaying. Congrors has not appropriated the money necossary to maintain bor. Authorized and built, 20 years aftor Amorica bocame a nation, heroes of early American naval life trod hor dooks. She fought many notable engagements; 0.0 on Fob. 16, 1799, with the French frigate L'insurgante off the Island of Novis, West Indios, being especially momorable.

NEWS.

Because Miss Holon Gainor, 21, San Francisco, signed some papers without reading them, corporation attorneys noor- ly succeeded in nullifying California's minimum wage law for When she found the papers threatened her right to work was infringed, she brought suit, ousted the attornoys, and obtained diernissal of the attack on the law.

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This synthotic photograph shows an artist'r view of how President Coolidge must look as he takes his daily dozen upon the nowly famous Whito Houso iron horse. This was the subject of the recent "Cal's Hobbyhorse" poem.

This deep-sea fish was caught by O. H. Ehret of Columbus. O., off Miami, Florida Nobody has yet come forward with a name for it. The underside of the fish (shown above) has an almost human faco, and its eyan open both on top of the head and underneath.

Brig. Gon. Mitchell, assistant chief of the U. 8. Army Air Service (contro,) as he appeared on the witness stand before tho special aircraft committeo of the House of Re- prosentatives, where he made the sonsational oburgos rogarding the attitude of_the_War and Navy Departments towards the air servico. At the right is Representative Randolph Perkins of Now Jersey, who was the chief oxaminer for the committee.

Mary Birman, though blind einco childhood, will take the part of "Pilar," the dancing girl in a panto- mimo to be given for the benefit of the building fund for the Now York Alsooja- tion of the Blind. She is at Columbia University, and in hor spare time teaches a group of sightloss girls

orthotic dancing.

When it comes to perfect bamouflage it is hard to boat "Dame Nature." The photo above is not of a loaf, but is that of the loaf insect of tropical Asia which rosamble the foliage of the Guava tres to such an extent, that it is practically invisible when on the plant.