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it .V THE ARGUS. SATURDAY. MAY 1C. 1008. OUTDO NEW YORK That is the Object of the London Horse Show Promoters-'" This Year. DEC0RAJI0NS 10 Be SUPERB Steep's Valued at $2,000 300 Gathered for Exhibit-Prizes Largest i Ever Offered. Ixmdon v:tiits to mitUu New York's record fur horse .shows. 'Last jvnr tht difficult lea In linilii.i; Mierlntivts ade quately to dt'u rilte the wonders of the luteruutlounl 'horse show at Olympia wore great; this year they t.r heroic. Lord I-ousdule told the New York American's London eorrespoudeiit that the show this year, to le held In June, Will lie hy far the greatest spectacle of Its Lind ever seen. iSome of t he details uu wlikb lie based this assertion are these: l lrst. the sbjw Is to lm held iu the Mggost show building In .the world, a building In the annex of which Mailisou Square Caxilen In New York can be comfortably tucked away. During the nine days which the sluw la: ts there will be seating ucconmioda lion for, over HiM.nixi persons. An additional 7Muio spectators will be able, lo view the iei-forinances from the promenade which is to be con structed around three slde.i of the arena. There are over 2.r.iK) entries iu the various clashes, and over a thousand horses will be shown. The value of the.:e horses will exceed $'OiNUH!0. Two thousand attendants.' Including grooms and ushers, to say nothing of Judges mill o'.'.icinls. will be required. The prizes to be given exceed in arount those ever o CIV red at any show In the world. .tpeciai minis win run ij oiyii'.jtia from every pfirt of tlie United K'u:g djm. L've;-y Kuropean n:ttiou will be repre sented hi the entries. The show Is already such an assured success that s;:its are being sold at a premium, and the moment . the doors o;:eu ait (Mympla seat-; will be on sale for the 1:k; sh:v. The insurance effected at Lloyd's alone makes extraordinary rending. Olympia itself has been Insured against (ire for ?7U i.oou. The public are fa nned against any kind of accident for $r.0,(HK). the grooms for a similar amount and the .'!( horses which are to be stal led in the building for $100. 000. Minor Insurances have been placed for another $40,000. The most striking feature of this year's show will be the introduction of a promenade like that at the New York show. Last year the directors, after turning awny thousands owing to the lack of seating capacity and listening to the many complaints, came to the conclusion that the public went as much to the show to see each other and get n close look at society as to see the horses. Reluctantly they caiue to the conclusion that a promenade must, be added. I'rciinronilr .rouml Arrnn. This promenade, which will surround the arena on three skies. '.Till accommo date nb.ut 1).!!(K spectators a day. It will have twenty -one bays or boxes o" thirty-two feet each, and each bay will contain lounges, settees, easy, chairs and refreshment tables. The promenade floor will be covered with 5,(;tK) square yards of imitation green grass carpet measuring In length two and a half miles. Iu a Fuffo'.k village i!0 men are at present en gaged In making this artificial gr.is;: walk. Three thousand Crimson Uamblcr ro?es in pots will trail over a lattice round the promenade, and its back ground will lie hundreds of tall trees, whk-u will convert Olympia Into a for est glade. There will also be provided 2.000 palms, each between twenty-five and, thirty feet In height, as well ns a large number of full grown trees. Fif ty two-horse vans will carry to Olym pia the 198.000 square feet of fresh turf to 1k laid down in the arena.. Part of the decoration scheme will require two and a half miles of gauze and five miles of scenic canvas. The show this year will be notable by the practical absentation of Ameri can exhibitors. Even Mr. A. 0. Van derbilt, one of the enthusiastic pro moters, has decided not to exhibit, but will content himself in the part of judge. Walter. Wlnans. to whom the Idea of the show really belongs, - will practically be the' only big American exhibitor, ; but In England he is re garded by virtue of his long residence abroad not as an American. ANTI-KISSING CLUB. Crusade on Inter-girl Osculation Be gun by an Actress. . From much experience gained In Clyde Fitch's comedy "GirTs' in Daly's theater,' New York, Zolda Sears, one of the three man hating heroines inthe piece, has become convinced that kiss ing between women should cease".. To that end she has undertaken to organ ize an antl-kissiug club, membership to be confined exclusively to women. Mi w Sears alms at making the movement International and savs her obiect is to confine kissing to its natural province or sphere. . - , "I never though kissing required regulation." said Miss Sears the other night, until called upon to distribute kisses by the bushel In '(Jirls.' Since then 1 have been making a quiet' in vestigation, and I find my lxmef that kissing is baneful, and a sure means of spreading microbes Is sustained by the evidence of many medical men. If for no more than au aid to public health, my anti-kissiug club should succeed. Then there Is the other material rea son that few women are sincere when they e.cl(aii!e kisses. I believe that kissing among themselves tends to make hypocrites of women, for wo men kiss and kiss and then turn and backbite." The young actress invites all girl-j interested In the movement to write to her and offer suggestions for the practical establishment of the club. She has written ou the subject to I res ident ICoosevelt. tloveruor Charles Ev ans Hughes. Mayor MeClellan of New York aud other public Men. and she expects to preside soon over a meeting In Ialy's theater at which the anti kissiug campaign will be open to pub lie discussion. RUDDER F0k BALLOONS. French Officer's Invention of Which Great Things Are Expected. . Commandant Roiittianx. director of the military balloon park of Meudoii. In France, has invented a balloon at tachment which he believes will render unnecessary hereafter the use of bal last. His attachment takes the form of a horizontal rudder, which may !.. applied to any. balloon basket, says a Paris correspondent of t'.;e New Yuri: Times. P.y simple modifications the rudder can be used to scud the balloon either up or down. Its use will be attended with great economy of gas, so that the airship can continue on its journey for a prac tically unlimited period. Ballast hitherto has always given ri-e to serious complications. To maintain anything like a stable equilibrium iu the air a constant manipulation of gas and sand has been necessary. Wheu a voyage of any length has been under taken vast quantities of ballast have been used. If the sun has heated the balloon, causing the gas to expand, it has been necessary to open the valve. Then if the balloon has fallen too rap Idly it has been necessary to' throw out sand in order to go up again. The whole secret of covering a great dis tance in a balloon has resolved itself into knowing how to ecouomlze the sand. With the horizontal rudder, however, which plays the same role as the side fins of a fish, ballast becomes unneces sary. Wind pressure alone is necessary iu sending the balloon up or down. The new apparatus has already proved its good qualities In a series of experiments. It Reached the Spot. Mr. E. Humphrey, who owns a large general store at Omega. Ohio, and 'is president of the Adams County Tele phone company, as well as of the "Home Telephone company of Pike county, Ohio, says of Dr. King's New Discovery: "It saved my life once. At least I think it did. It seemed to reach the spot the very seat of my cqugh when everything else failed." Dr. King's New Discovery not only reaches the cough spot; it heals the sore spots and the weak spots in throat, lungs and chest. Sold under guarantee at an aruggisis, ou cepis r.nd . Trial bottle free. SNAPSHOT OF A SOUL, Such Pictures Are Possible, Says a n French Scientist. Dr. Bara'duc of Paris declares that he has photographed the soul. Dr. Iiaradue is a well known French sci entist, but is especially famed for his investigations of occult things. "1 am neither a Spiritualist nor a doctrinaires" he said to a Paris corre spondent of the New York World, ' but speak from experience. I have fouud forces surrounding man, forces which have betrn registered on photographic plates. Man is surrounded by an. at mosphere of personal ether. Every hu man being has an Impalpable double, which reproduces his form and which allows us to explain ghost stories and the phenomena of double sight. Spir itualism you can. call it soul. If 'you like, or astral body. When one dies this particular ether survives, but not generally, more than eighty hours aft er death. Occasionally, however, this double lasts very long and becomes visible as a. phantom. I have photo graphed this ether double eighty hours , auer tieatli: Wuen my wife died I photographed a nebulous globe which .escaped Trom her like a soul., j .'You see. there are forces In this , world aud forces in the oiher world. , When, in the name of truth, spiritual i 1st scientists unite With material sci entists we will arrive at a knowledge of the synthesis of the forces which regulate our life and our Immortality, for man does not belong to this planet only, but to the starry spaces lu w hich his thoughts revolve." J You'll admit Us wonderful , merits, else it. couldn't keep the reputation for 30 years of America's most relia ble and surest tonic and blood remedy Iloliister's Rocky Mountain Tea. 35. cents, tea or ' tablets. Harper House pharmacy, . :.-.-. -."Let Us Alone v Now business prosperity wooes With loverlike tone . And asks as he tenderly courts Just "let us alone." Let no foolish person attempt To turn on the light " Lest Cupid, Ills confidence hurt, ' Should flee In affright. Let no heavy parent be heard , - With menacing tread, i . Let never an eavesdropper spy To learn what Is said. If meddlers thus keep their hands off Perhaps there is hope. - . The suit will no. quickly progress , The pair will elope, McLandburgh . Wilson In New T4rk .' SUn. .". ' ' P , : i . . 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Wc are sending the E-C Girl to this city with hundreds of dollars to distribute amon?- the people, simply because we want to put a bos of E-C Corn Flakes in every home. , We inoz, that if you eat E-C Com Flakes cuce, you will never' be satisned with any oOer,MssA corn food: Because E-C Corn Flakes is the vnf roved flaked corn. sweet with the delicious, natural flavor of the grain and toasted to a crisp and golden brown. No artificial flavoring is used, m E-C. At your grocer's, 10 cents. ' Eati EG Com Flakes and r r O i .1 ' lit -.. ECCO-SSE CEREAL COMPATIY, CHICAGO freest Macufacturers of Fla&ed Cereal Foods In the World. ttm ' '' " II : If . , o 0 0 0 o 0 0 o . Q O .000Q0l2QQa