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...said, last week, that Sargent was the only contemporary painter who could make an important honor appear silly by receiving it; that there is a picture of his in every museum in the world that has been able to secure one; that the British National Gallery, hitherto reserved for those artists whose respectability has been fortified by death, gave a room to his paintings of the Wertheimer family...
...Eggs of the halobate, the only seagoing insect in the world, a long-legged ocean pedestrian similar to the fresh-water skipper or water spiders. These eggs, hitherto undiscovered, were found on the floating feathers of gannets (species of pelican...
...Chicago, last week, Dr. William S. Sadler reported to the Gorgas Memorial Institute confirmation of "the hitherto only suspected fact" that, of all white peoples, those of the U. S. have the highest deathrate between the ages of 40 and 50. The causes: heart disease, apoplexy, Bright's disease, high blood pressure. Dr. Sadler grouped these conditions under the title "Amer icanitis"-resultant from "the hurry, bustle and incessant drive of the American temperament." The number of U. S. citizens annually hurrying, bustling, driving themselves to death...
Equipment. Daylight is unfavorable to wireless communication, but the MacMillian planes will be equipped with sets for transmitting 20-, 40-, 80-and 180-metre wave lengths. It is believed that the shorter wave lengths will pierce the hitherto impenetrable belt of static between the latitudes of 55° and 75°. The Radio Broadcasters' League hopes to be able to transmit a running account of the expedition's adventures by stepping up its messages at a Chicago station. Eskimo folk songs are also part of the tentative program...
...Katanga copper belt extends east and west for about 250 miles. Hitherto only the easiest veins in this extensive ore body have been mined. Last year, 85,000 tons of copper were produced. But the Company expects to see an output of 160,000 tons by 1928, and ultimately an annual production of between 300,000 and 400,000 tons. To a large extent, the Company's executives believe that the production from Katanga will be cheaper in cost than any other mines in the world, and consequently able to sell on a profitable basis at all times...