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wWww1 'sfl CULEBRA-CUT BEGINS .TO FIIiL WITH WATER " This photograph, just receiveds'hows just'a little of Culebra Cut, but ii is the beginning of the rushing stream whictiby Oct. 10th-will be 15 feet deep. On that date the destruction Garhboa dike .will- send the pent-tip, raging stream on its way toward linking the two oqeans. o o , GOINC TO SLEEP The average American, in order to get a goodjiigfit'sest,"'ordinarily re quires a soft pillow on which to lay his head; but -the, Jap, if he wants really to be comfortable, stretches himself ona)rushmat'onthejflqor, and puts "a hard, square, 'block" of 'wood under lis head. ' " Unlike the i fresh-air Englishman, who is content to cover himself 'with acouple-oflbIankets and open, wide the windoVs lof his -room,'- even in winter, the Russian, likes no sleeping place so well as the' top of the blg 8oapstone:s'tove in his dwelling. And yet, in jthe3inbrnjng,heiwjll rawl. from-tlus blistering'bed and plunge into ice-colawkter. In La'pland-the native goes to bed by climbing', head and all, into a bag made of the reindeerskin. The East Indian-also has a sleeping bag, but its purpose, is to exclude mosquitoes. , "' f. ' o-O .ETHEREAL THING '.'By-the-way, Cleverly," asked the publisher, "where did you get these photographs of strong-minded, determined-looking women with which you illustratev your article on 'Why Men Don't TVlEfrryr'' , L''Oh," replied the,author, "they're 'wives of tne men I know?'"1 i,t TM I Kf7v 41 " i 'itas.. tkAft