Evening star. [volume], December 30, 1923, Page 8, Image 68

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A Flirtation
Os Convenience
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! BY J. A. WALDROX.
OCEAN travel relaxes some of
"the that obtain
, in society and many a ro
mance develops aboard ship
more speedily than It could at the
seashore, although no field of the
amorously sentimental.-sab; approach
the seashore for ephemorality and ,lr
responslbjrtiy of V
Men at ,s&i mak ©quick
acquaintance even outside' of that
sympathy .ift misery that Neptune
often Indicts, And the very freedom
from the'conventional code that the
ever-cbanfihg deep suggests gives
impulse to the romantically Inclined.
Harold Bangle.- on-the good-ship
Vtopla, was a day out from Cher
bourg before , he caught sight of a
pretty, woman who 'pleased his fancy.
He had been trying to spend his in
come during a six-month tour of
Europe, incidentally, making love in
various lands. His infatuations in
New Yorlc.had b.een many, and once.
In a while he, ‘had been fortunate
enough to Inspire what seemed to be
responsive feeling.. But young wom
en are not so ingenuous as they used
to be, and although ■ t,he aphorism
that money makes the mare go is an
Important Item in their more or less
ornamental ’ education. some, of them
still are herd to please.
Nobody that knew Harold ever
Wondered why he didn marry, ..In-,
cvitably -when he hnd reached a stage,
of courtship that gives a girl hope (
and Inspires reflection as to the latest
modes in trousseaux. Harold would
find some other young woman more
attractive and begin all over again.
He was so volatile that he never yet
had been • melancholy because some
girl threw him over.
During his travels' Harold had
made love tentatively as best he
could, not being an accomplished
linguist, to divers mademoiselles,
fraulelns and slgnoritas, but
with any promise of success, and at
times with experiences which called
upon valor and found valor absent.
In Paris he had been challenged to
a duel and fled the city in such
haste that he forgot some of his
luggage. In Berlin he had l«t the
prick of a petty officer’s sword as
j hose in regular warfare feel it when
in full retreat. In Naples he had
escaped the stiletto of a young mem
ber of the Camorra whose signorlta
he had approached, nothing saving
hit but something in reserve held
over from the days when he was a
crack short-distance man at Har
vard. These experiences led him at
last to more fully appreciate* the J
beauties of Ills native land and the ■
damsels thereof.
Repealed defeats of amorous im- j
pulse had made Tlarold more sus- i
ceptible than ever. So when on the
deck of the Utopia this one day out
from Cherbourg he saw a beautiful !
girl who looked at him with an j
archness that seemed to invite over- (
ture, he actually blushed with en- i
thusiasro. The sea was high and the i
wind blew a gale. Just as the girl j
was about to, arrange her chair for j
an airing, bae of her rugs took j
flight. Harold rescued it from j
drowning, and the rest, at least on j
his-side, was courtship.
From the moment of this uncon- ;
ventlonal Introduction Harold was
the very shadow .of the pretty girl.
The next day they arranged their
chairs together on -deck and happy
conversation flowed.
"You don’t mind. I venture, to give
me your name?” he asked* handing
her his card.
"Not in the least." she replied. :
"Claremont."
“A beautiful name—Ah —if you |
will permit the opinion," said he. |
“Do you really think so?”
•And do you mind telling me your j
baptismal name?" * ;
"Not at all. Virginia.”
"Really a lovely combination.” said
Harold, and he emphasized his ad
jective. They talked and laughed
till the call for luncheon, and again
until dinner. /
The next day Harold arranged her |
rugs, got her a foot-stool, rang for 1
tea, brought her confections and, in
fact, anticipated her every wish. )
She smiled upon him and entered ■
charmingly into every subject he in-,
troduced. If he had not been more
infatuated than he had ever beert in
his life, he would have broached the
subject of love. But such words
failed him.
Day after day their intimacy grew,
until Hsu’old was In a hopeless state.
All his assurance In amatory affairs
had left him. He thought and j
thought again as to how he might i
declare his passion.
It was not until the ship approach
ed the effigy of Liberty that Harold
in desperation made up his mind to
nay something. He was standing in
front of Virginia, with Ills mouth
open, aimlessly holding his pipe.
"My dear Miss Claremont.” he
stammered, and swallowed the rest :
of his speech as a heavy man ap
proached sluggishly.
"Mr. Claremont,’*- said Virginia, in
dicating the interloper, "Is a pobr
sailor, He’s been below ■ constantly.
Mr! Bangle, my husband."
(Copyright. 1023.)
Making Fog for Mines.
rpHERE has been Invented a ma
chine for producing an artificial
fog. It is intended to diminish the
danger of explosions of coal dust in
mines. A hollow wheel is mounted on
the shaft of ah electric motor and the
■wheel is equipped with spray nozzles
at Its rim. At the hub there is an
opening for the admission of water.
At the back Is a fan.
When the wheel is rotated, by the
motor and water is admitted to ’the
opening in the hub, this water rushes
through the nozzles in the form of a
fine spray, Vrhlch Is seized, broken'up
still finer and thrown outward by the
blast of air from tjy fan blades
placed at the back. <
There is practically no drip of wa
ter and the mist produced is so ex
tremely fine as to bo fairly termed a
fog, hanging suspended In the air In
excessively minute particles. Just as j
natural fog does.
The purpose, ojtcreating this arti
ficial fog is to dampen the coal dust,
which Is always floating about in the
subterranean atmosphere of
mines, and thus to prfVent It from ig
niting—explosions of such dust being
the most common cause of coal min*
ing disasters.
The machine converts into a fog a
gallon and a half of water per min
ute. For use such an apparatus can
he placed a£ the mouth of a mine, so
that the great Ventilating fan can
ctrire the fog in and down through
git the tunnel*. : . .
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