New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 20, 1923, Page 17

HAND, SENSITIVE, 15 1% ‘EAR’ OF DEAF MAN Northwestern University Profes- sor Making Experiménts Chicago, April 20.~The develop- ment of a hand to replace the car as an organ for distinguishing souhds, has been carried by Professor Robert H. Gault, of Northwestern university, to the point where university authori- tiss have announced that he beleves | f he is uncovering a new fleld which may lead to direct help for the deaf. Prof. Gault has heen able to train Joehn Crane, a student, who {s not deaf, to recognize certain spoken words, through the palm of hig hand. The vibrations of a voice, speaking through a long tube, are made to im- pinge on Mr, Crane's palm, while the sound is shut off from his ears. Pro- fessor Gault is arranging to experiy ment with an acousticon in the hand of a stone deaf person, with the speaker a long distance away. He says of these experiments: His Conclusion “I have concluded that John Crane when he correctly interprets words and sgntences by means of the im- pressions received on the palm of his hand through a long tube, does not hear these words or sentences. In the first place, his ears have been plugged either with cotton or putty or with Loth, his head tightly bound with a + thick bandage and a motor has been operated nearby. In the second place his brother George, who has done the speaking, has been distant 30 feet in another room. There are two inter- vening walls, and even if John were not mutfied from “sound, I doubt his abllity to hear anything. None of us who stood at John's side could catch ike words George spoke through the tube. Explains Theory “My theory therefore is as follows: The sound vibrations are conducted by the nerves from the delicate area in the hand to the general association areas of the brain and there are di- rectly transmitted to the mind. John does not hear the words or the phrages in the accepted sense of the term. It is trne that when he s learning a new word he says he thinks he hears it when it is repeated, but when this word impression has been indelibly made, John admits that all thoughts of hearing leave him, and as quickly as the vibrations strike his hand, he repeats the word automatic- ally.” Professor Gault is working out a «lefinite process and theory which he hopes to prove of practical use. He thinks it will not be difficult to per. fect an instrument that will be easily vortable and of use for the deaf. Commenting on the experience of Willetta Huggins, a deaf girl of Janes- ville, Wisconsin, who says she hears by means of an acousticon held in her hand, Professor Gault says he is con- vinced she does not hear with the ear, but receives the vibrations in the gen- eral asgoclation areas of the brain. He adds: "A tuning fork may be placed upon the head or the brow of a stone deaf person, and its vibrations will be clearly detected. A person extremely deaft may go to a telephone and hear a convergation, These are demon- strated facts. Tt is g0 remotely possi- ble that the sound actually reaches the auditory nerves in some of these instances that I am convinced that John Crane gets no help from his au- ditory nerves, when he pronounces words just spokensby his brother, and that Willeta Huggins does not hear at all, but recsives the sound impres- sions by another route." Refugees Will Observe Meatless Days in Week Manila, April 20-—The Russian refugees under Admiral Stark who are held at the Mariveles quarantine station, have decided to observe two almost meatless days a week in or- der to’'reduce the cost. of living. A amall ration of bacon is the only meat they will receive on Tuesdays and Fri- days and by limiting the diet to this oxtent the supply officers of the ships which brought $00 men, women and children to Mariveles from Viadivo- stok, say that the daily cost of rations per person will be reduced from 24 cents to 22 9-10 cents COUNTS NEW FOREIGNERS. London, April 20.—In all London there are less than 30,000 Russians at the present time, and they form the largest allen colony in the city. This {s an increase of nearly 5,000 over CORNS In one minute can end the pain of eoms with Dr. Schell's Zino-pads. Thcv mnm the um:-!nem-preun a0 heal the irritation. Thus you a tion from cutting your corns or rosive acids. Thin; antiseptic; . s for corns, callouses, buni box today at your druggist's or thne dealer’s, DrScholl’s Zino-p Made in the laboratories of The Scholl e abitiees, o Sevgors oo Put one on~the pain is gone! 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Pinex is a most valuable concentrated compound ol muine ‘Norway pine ex- trlc .nd en used for generations Trn ) aevers 70\:()»-‘ X ‘0 avoi rappointment. ask your druggist for “ 2%“0'::\0@- of Pinex” with full “directions, and don't accept any- thing else. Guaranteed to give absolute satisfaction or_ money promptly re- l| ded. The Pinex Co, Ft. Wayne, Ind. the figures for 1911. London counts today 27,000 Poles, 11,000 Frenchmen, and 5,750 Germans, The American colony {8 under 1,000, ERUPTION PREDICTED | Thomas A. Jugger, Government Vol- canologist, Forecasts Near Activity of Mauna Loa. Honolulu, April 20, (By Associated Press) ——A new summit eruption of the intermittently active volcano of Mauna Loa before 19256 has ‘been! forecast by Thomas A. Jagger, Jr, government volcanologist at the Kilauea observatory. Mauna Loa fs on the island of Hawali. Dr. Jagger says that the Kilauea lava and that of Mauna Loa rise and fall in concert, Both volcanoes con- nect. with the same underground course, the pulsations of which bring about a nine-year cycle of activities. In connection with this forecast Dr. Jagger urged the construction of a trail to Mauna Loa as a safeguard which would permit quick investiga- tion of activities Mauna Loa's last great ac'l\fl.v was in 1212, when the lava over- flowe the crater and swept down to| the sea 30 miles away:. Wedding" 8t Prince Regent to Be Greatost Event Since Coronation, Tokioy April 20.--The wedding of the Prinee ‘Regent and Princess Na- gako, the greatest social event since sands of school ehildren, Flags and . |arches of evergreen will decorate the The Prince Regent is planning a tour in Formosa during April, He is recuperating from his recent 1. ness at the seaside, riding and play- ing golt h-rry day, : FARM VALUES RANK HIGH IN BAY STATE w: | Crop Value of Land Averages $49 an Acre There s Boston, April 21.-—~The individual farmer in Massachusetts is compara- tively better off than the agricultur- ist of the west, but his condition doeg not compare any too favorably with the industrinl worker of the Bay State, according to a report by the State Department of Agriculture The crop value of each acre of impraved land in the United States in 1922 In Massachusetts the average was about $49, Although it costs more an acre to grow crops i{n Massachusetts | than in some other' states, the net income an acre is greatly in excess of that in such agricultural states as Kangas, Wisconsin and Iowa, accord- ing to the report. Took Lead in New Fngland. Massachusetts, with 900,000 of improved land, produced crops worth more than 844,000,000 Jast year, taking the lead among the New England states, Maine and Vermont each has about twice as mueh im- proved land as Massachusetts, but Maine’'s crops in 1922 averaged under S ayou GO-GAS 1) oo THE &0-GAS COMPANY " MASSACHUSETTS - CONNECTICUT - NEW YORK - NEW JERSEY the coronation in 1912, will be the | occasion of public tflufivm»s of vari-| ous kinds. There will be lantern pa- rades, electric floats at night, mass meetings and songs sung by thou- _= NEW SPRING SUITS New Top Coats Figure the Cost Good Clothes or the Inferior Kind Which Cost More? Not the First Price Alone, But the OVER-THE-YEAR THIS CLOTHING LOOKS BETTER Wears Longer and Actually Costs You Less $19.50 to $45.00 TOP COATS $27.50 to THE STORE OF THE CONNORS-HALLORAN STORE, INC, UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT, George M. Lloyd—dos. M. Halloran HENRY Cor, South Main Cost SUITS 215 Main Street averaged a little under $17,| aeres | p35.50 $20 per adre and Vermont's $25, Ver. mont stood second in crop value in New England, with the other states in the following order: Maine, Con. necticut, New Hampshire and Rhode Island, “These figures mean that the indi vidual farmer is doing rather better in Massachusetts than in most other parts of the country,” the report says, “but it does not mean that his con-| dition compares any too favorably| with the worker in the factory and the mill who has a larger gross in- come without any of ,the risks or| anxieties of the person who has sev. | eral thousand dollars invested in a rather uncertain business. There are so many things beyond the control of the crop grower that plan as he may there are always surprises, and more of them are against than in fa. vor of a large harvest Much to Be Developed. “There is yet to be developed a Massachusetts general farming that will prove attractive to the man who is not forced by health, necessity or impelled by large love for the open to follow this calling. As is well known there are speclalized lines of agriculture, guch as market garden- |ln|'. cranberry culture, tobaceo and tonfon growing, and possibly apple or- charding, that are proving attractive as remunerative business enterprises. Much of the high value an acre of Massaohusetts crops 18 due to these apeclalties, but food staples are not as yet proflatably specialized in Mass- achusetts, | £10,000 FOR ATHLETES. { Mélbourne, April 21,—A newspaper fund has been opened to raise £10,- 000 to ensure adequate representa- tion of Australla at the next Olympia games’ to pe held in Paris in 1924 It is proposed to send.a team of 40 athletes. qo with H. HALL and Trinity Sts. NEW SPRING FURNISHINGS This Week—Special Showing and Sale Very Latest Improved 1923 Models TEWART Combination Coal and Gas RAN GES SINCE 1832 STEWART Stoves and Ranges have heen famous for long life and faithful service, These NEW 1923 Models of their Combination Coal and Gas ranges are BETTER THAN EVER—more attractive in design, more efficient in service. Come and see these truly heautiful ranges with glass oven doors and all- ;‘nm:iel finish in Blue and Gray. Gas-Coal Water eater, SERVICE STEWART, the Range with 3 Separate Ovens for Coal and Gas. 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