Evening Star Newspaper, September 5, 1926, Page 12

= SHERTST S FONDTORESEARY Dr. Howe, Who Seeks Means to Cure Blindness, Endows Harvard Laboratory. } ® the Associated Press. BUFF. Y., September 4.— It ecientists of generations yet un- rn ever succeed in transplanting haman eyes, it may be due to the glonur work done by Dr. Lucien owe. The research in the sclence of opthamology which Dr. Howe carried on for 50 years in Buffalo will be con- tinued long after he completes his personal work through his recent en- dowment of $250,000 to Harvard Uni- versity for the establishment of a laboratory for further study of the mysteries of the eye. Dr. Howe. a modest and retiring jan and scientist, who has long known as one of the world's leading opthamologists, refuses to eommit himself as to whether it will ever be possible to transfer human ®yes s0 that the blind may see. Hopes for Eventual Success. e says, however, that it is hoped & means may be perfected so persons who are born blind may be relieved. “‘Opthamologists have been experi- menting for many years, and it has been proven that normal eyes can be transferred from animals of the lower class to those of the same species that are blind,” he said. ‘Many cold- blooded animals that ffered from hereditary blindness h: been made to see.” The scientist said that no attempt has as vet been made to transplant s in human beings. He explained t so far experimenters have been Udable to avoid, regardless of the pre- éautions exercised, hemorrhages that @estroy the vision of warm-blooded animals. Reticent About Gift. Dr. Howe is most reticent about his endowment of Harvard University. All he will say is that his experiments will be carried on, and that he hopes in years to come opthamologists will reach their objective. The doctor is now dismantling his home here and will move to Boston to supervise the work of the new depart- ment. He recently removed his sign from his office door to signify that his half century of active practicing of his profession is over. BATH BUILT FOR QUEEN IS OFFERED FOR SALE Is of Marble Construction and Was Used Only by Victoria of England. By the Associated Press. LONDON, September 4.—Queen Vic- toria’s marble bath is for sale. Al- though it cost more than 550 pounds, it can be purchased for 200 pounds. When Sir Robert Peel was prime minister he invited Queen Victoria to stay at Drayton Manor, his mansion near Tamworth, and went to enor- mous expense in making his home fit to receive his royal guest. His main attention was directed to the bathroom and he engaged Italian craftsmen to construct a bath cut out of a solid block of white marble. The bath was made 5 feet 7 inches long, and as Queen Victoria's height was generally accepted as being under 6 feet she had ample room for. her ablutions. No one else has ever’used which is still in its original MILESTONES IN ENGLAND WILL NOW TELL TRUTH Short Cuts Mgde in Old Roman Roads Necessitate Posts Being' Replaced. 2 By the Associated Press. = LONDON, September 4.—Engiand's “lying mileston some of them nearly as old as England's green-clad, rolling hills, are to be replaced by new - mileposts which will tell the truth. Thousands of the stones, which for eenturies were absolutely accurate, are altogether out of date now owing to modern road improvements, which have taken short cuts here and there |- or changed some of.the.roads built by the Romans, who made their thor- oughfares, as the crow flies, straight across the country, and dared any one 10 even attempt to interfere. 2 The ministry of transport has de- cided upon a new standard design for the new posts and has started in measuring the roadways of the country — WOMAM MEMBERS ASK MIRRORS IN COMMONS Bingle Small One for Six of Sex De- clared Inadequate—Quarters Called *{Simply Horrid.” e Resocrated Press LONDON, September 4. — One amall, lonely mirror in the rooms al- lotted the woman members of Parlia- ment is the subject of a weighty com plaint which the House of Commons | will have to deal with. RBefore start- ing for America for a visit, Lfld)'i Astor, backed by the five other woman lawmakers, filed a protest with the housing committee because the quar- ters assigned them are ‘“‘simply hor- rid.” Improvements were demanded. The women are particularly angry Because they have only one little mir- ror. They contend there should be #ix at least. “What would Gladstone or Disraeli may if he gould be told that members of the mother of Parliaments were grumbling because they had no room in which to powder their noses?” asks the Westminster Gazette. This Will Be Closed on Monday(LaborDay) for the Entire Day LANSBURGH & BRO. FAMOUS FOR QUALITY SINCE 1860 Tth to 8th to E | 1 UNDERWLGD PLEBSETE £ VN FONSTSSSET erendum on Regime of Primo de Rivera. By the Associated Press. MADRID, September 4.—The Span- ish people will be given an opportu- nity tc express themselves by a ref- erepdum on the work and accomplish- ments of thé Primo de Rivera govern- ment. The Spanish premier has agreed to the holding of a plebiscite this purpose on September 11, 12 and 13. Don Jose Calvo Sotelo, minister of finance, as president of the Patrioti Union, took the initiative in this ma ter and also asked that the govern- ment bring about establishment of a. national assembly. To this alsor the premier acceded. a These new moves may mean re- turn to constitutional government restoration of the constitutional guar- antees, suspended since 1923, when Primo de Rivera set up his®military directorate. : The premier in a' proclamation is- sued tonight announced that royal as. sent had been obtained to the holding of the referendum. In the proclama. tion he refers to numerous problems that have already been . solved, . in- cluding that relating to Morocco, and comcludes: “We have put ourselves into hands of the Lord, Who, I hope, i bestow only good upon Spain.” Members of the Patriotic Union, the Ppolitical organization created by Gen. 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