New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 12, 1924, Page 3

. up this theory as a practical musi- GERMAN DECIPHERS BABYLONUAN MUSI Kuclent Masc 15 Tnterprted by Dr. Kurt Sachs Berlin, ~ Sept. 13.—Babylonian music Written about the year 800 B. C, which has been deciphered by Dr, Kurt 8achs, curator of the in- strumenits collection in the Berlin high school of music, apparently was played on a 22-string harp, and the notes have many characteristic similarities to the Chinese music of today. The instrument on which Yie music was played used octives, double octaves and chords'in fourths and fifths, Detalls of the task of deciphering the music were described before the Prussian Academy of Science, re- cently by Professor C. 8trumpf from notes furnished by Dr. Sachs. The earthenware tablet upon which the music had been recorded has me- clined for a long time in the middle eastern . section of the Prussian state museum. In size it is roughly equal to five ordinary bricks. The tablet was unearthed in Assur, the Babylonian capital, and while the music is belleved to have been written somewhere near the year 800 B, C, it is thought to represent notes of even a much earlier period. The inscription is in umne, The eome marks heretofore undeciphered and the second is a religious poem, descriptive of the creation of man from the blood of the gods, in the Sumerian tongue—a, tongue even then long dead, except as a language of religion and the law. The third three col- i8 a faulty translation of the poem | of Assyrian. The inseription in the column, written in cuneiform, con- sisted of Sumerian words of one eyllable, written upon line, but ap- parently withont sequence or mean- ing. Hitherto it had defeated the efforts of the Assyriologists, as has also a somewhat similar “tablet in thé British Museum, London, con- taining six columns, of which the first and fourth were undecipher- able, The Assyriologists at the Prus- sian Museum recently conceived the | idea that the first column might be | intended to express a rhythm ‘or even time, and Doctor Sachs, taking cian and antiquarian, began to test it. In 70 lines he found 62 differ- ent syllables. By a process of con- densation Dr. Sachs reduced all the sounds and after overcoming a | gramt many other difficultics he con- cluded that the cuneiform notation | represented a polyphonic system. South Sea Romance Fades Before Jazz Papeete, Tahiti, Sept. 12.—Moving pictures and radio, jazz music, motor ‘cars.and. bobbed hair have crowded out the old native customs of Ta- hiti, and some of the romance of the South Seas would appear to be on| the wane. | Time was when July 14, the an- niversary of the fall of the Bastile, was the great native festival of these islands. There were singing and dancing contests among the native clans, prepared for months in ad vance, and the competition for re, excellence was Keen. This year o ly a few small and mediocre com- panies entered the contests, and in- terest was distinctly lacking. The principal centers of attraction were first column contains | | assurance that flyers and first | the dancing pavilions. Along the waterfront where jazz bands led the | revellers in fox trots to a continuous | flow of warm champagne, One hundred failors and marines | helped to lift a tramcar at Torquay, | England, to set free two midship- | men on a motorcvele who were | trapped beneath the heavy vehicle. One Thin Woman | Gained 10 Pounds | In 22 Days Skinny Men Can Do the Same All weak men and women Al nervous men and women, All skinny men and women Can grow stronger, healthier and take on weight | in 30 days by just taking Me- Coy’s Cod Liver Ofl Tablets four times a day—as easy to take as candy. And what a hit these flesh preducing tab- lets have made ~—every druggist is selling more and more of them every da¥. Everybody knows that vasty - tasting, evil . smelling Cod Liver Oil is chock full of Vitamines and is a wonderful flesh producer and strength creator. 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VILLAGERS - SELL WARES IN NOME Entire Town Carves Salable Products and Collects Ivory Into Enough for ‘Winter's Supplies Nome, Alaska, Sept. 12.—Every year since Nome can remember the entire native village of King lsland makes a pligrimage to the city, gr- riving about July 4 and remaining most of the summer, The natives ,a clsan, industrious and healthy lot, make the trip of approximately 100 miles in boats which they build from the hides of walrus, Seven of these boals carry the whole popllatien, including all their possessions, The King Islanders are clever carvers, Arriving in Nome with several tons of {vory, they carve the rough tusks into cribboards, gavels, forks, knives, spoons, umbrellyp handles, hatpins and nymerous other things, The merchants and people of Nome patronize them liberally, so that the camp usually collects thousands of dollars during the geason, and these profits they put back into circulation by purchasing supplies for the next winter, These Eskimos ‘enter the summer athletic contests at Nome and often develop athletes of ability. At other times they provide entertain- ments with their orchestra. Aviators Soon to Race For $50,000 in Prizes Dayton, 0., Sept, 12.—Aviators who flew together over the German lines in the World War, and others who waited together for that op- por(mul& will meet here in one of the biggest military reunions since the armistice, when the Interna- tional Air Races are held at Wilbur Wright field, October 2, 3 and 4. The Army Air Service has given officers throughout the country will he per- mitted to attend, and approximately 400 from almost every military post and field have already signified that intention. - Arrangements for the reunion are being made by Major A. W. Robins and John ¥, Curry, commendants of Wilbur Wright and HeCook fields, and Major George Brett of Wright field. The International Air Races, the : NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY,/ SEPTEMBER 12, 1924, AT OF HUGE BIRD | Sclentists Make Plaster Reproduc- tion of Teratornis Mcriami, Rela- tive of Fast Dying. Los Angeles, Cal, Sopt. 12.—A plaster cast reproduction of the larg- cat bird ever known to have existed, has been unveitd at the Los Angeles mus:um, 1Its sclentific title |6 terwtornis merlami, the name honoring Dr, John C. Merriab, pres- Ident of the Carnegle Institute, who | was instrumental 1o its discovery atthe Rancho La Brea pits near here. Krom these pits have come | many fossil bones of birds and | beasts of the ploistocene period. | Authorities on ornithology place the | age of the benes of this bird at 000 years. he teratornis' nearest living rela- tive is the California condor, but few of these remain today. | Prehisto > Remains Are | Buenos Aires, Sept. 12.—Laborers | doing excavating work in the suburb | of Vicente Lopez, just outside the | city: limits of Buenos Aires, have discovered a rich deposit of fossil re- mains of the beasts who used to in- | habit this part of South America in prehistoric ages. The head of & glyptodon, the predecessor of the armadillo, together with dorsal and thigh bones, were among the finds, which included also hones of a prehistoric tiger, The gfptodon skull is not of the but the paleontologists onal Museum of National who are conducting the exs cavating work, consider it as one of |the finest examples yet discovered being almost completely preserved, including nearly all the teeth, |Roosevelt’s Dakota Cabin May Be Housed in Stone Bismarck, N. D., Sept. 12.—The ‘Roosevelt Cabin, once occupied by Theodore Roosevelt when recuperat- ing at the old Maltese Ranch, seven miles south of the village of Medora, in the Liftle Missouri Bad Lands of North Dakota, is to be preserved in a fitting shrine, according to the State Historical Society ot North Dakota Lewie 7. Crawford, curator of the society, is preparing plans for a chief attraction here, will include 13 | stone shrine of stately and substant- racing events, for which $50,000 in-ial d prizes have been offered. Stomach Trouble, Rheumatism, Mal-Nutrition, Sleeplessness, Nervousness, | Over 100,000 people have testified that TANLAC has relieved them of: “Ask Anyone Who Has Taken TANLAC” Accept No Substitute--Over 40 Million Bottles Sold For Sale By All Good Druggists n to he Assistance through popu- building. ‘:—mj Loss of Appetite, Loss of Weight, Indigestion, Torpid Liver or Constipation. Found Near Buenos Aires | erected over the | i ol it s belng considered, states, owing to Mr. Crawford requests from all ment. In North Dakota and the northwest. No other puilding In the state hie traveled as much. It was taken from the Maitese Ranch, where it had stood for more than 20 years, and shipped to the St. Louls Exposition In 1904, At the close of the exposi- tion, the cabin was returned here and set up on the Capitol grounds. The building I8 counstructed of pihe logs, cut on the upper waters of the Little Missour| in 1880-81, LOCUSTS INVADE MEXICO Mexico City, Sept. 12.—Rivers of |locusts which flooded the right of way near Munoz, Vera Cruz, almost wrecked a train on the Interoceanic rallway and blocked trafflc for a |day, according to reports from Vera Cruz on the recent plague of “moun- tain jumpers” as they are called in Spanish. The insects have swept clean great stretches of cultivated |lands in Puebla, Oaxaca and Vera Cruz, in shade making. Room 110-111 SUNSET AND THE W. G. SIMMONS CORP. 85 WEST lar subscription from every state is sectlons for the shrine's estabiish- The cabin has historical interest | M Miss Josephine Cullem Announces the Opening of The Lamp Shoppe Lamp Shades of all kinds, Boudoir Pillows, AFancy Bolsters, Pincushions and Dolls, Orders taken for shades. COLLEGIATE SMART FOR YOUNG GIRLS NEWLYWEDS USE CABS | 'High Cost of Private Vehicles Drives | Couples to Ride in Public One- | Horse Cabs, # | Berlin, Sept. 12,—Waiting at the | church has become a custom among the horse cab drivers here when- jever there is a wedding. Formerly, lverled carriages brought the bride and groom to the church, and their relatives and friends, too, came in {fheir private vehicles, carriages or automobiles, But in the new order of things and the high prices generally, it is not unusual for the “bride and groom | themselves to take a one-horse cab {or a taxi, from the bride's home to the church, and to call another con- veyance after the ceremony is over. ‘l'nh drivers have spotted all the | favorite churches, and by instinct |Appear to know the days and the hours when there is to be a wedding. | I it can be sold, the Herald clas- sified ad section will do It. Free instructions given Professional Bldg. . $7.50 —_— Women's No. 2807.. and Children’s Hosiery NEW BRITAIN'S LEADING FURRIERS THE END OF OUR ' AUGUST SALE " OF ] FURS — COMES SATURDAY IT WAS A HUGE SUCCESS EOPLE of New Britain responded en- thusiastically to the low prices in force. We extended the date of the clos- ing to give those who were out of town an opportunity to share the amazing reductions. Saturday will see the end of this sale. The same low prices will prevail. Come in tomorrow and select your Fur Garment from our most complete stock, at August prices, and have it later when needed. A nominal de- posit will do this. - ; CONNECTICUT FURRIERS | 86 WEST MAIN ST. Next To Capitol Theater LARGEST RETAIL FUR MANUFACTURER IN CONN. ey MAIN ST. 365 MAI ithout a Rival — The season of “Music in your Home” is approaching now, and it would he well to consider the merits of the VICTROLA as your Talking Machine, or the GULBRANSEN as your Piano. Both are built for QUALITY. Priced considerably less than the aver- age Instrument less known by the Music-loving Public. OUR TERMS ARE RIGHT—SERVICE THE BEST We carry the largest selection of VICTOR RECORDS and PLAYER ROLLS in the New England States. Henry Morans & Sons STREET Directly Opposite Myrtle St. The Porter & Dyson Co. "ANNOUNCES A CLOSING OUT SALE OF SILVER PLATED ‘WARE Made By Gorham — R. Wallace — 1847 Rogers — Universal Week of September 15 26 PIECE CHESTS 18 PIECE CHESTS KNIVES FORKS SPOONS ODD 1, DOZENS An excellent opportunity to purchase wedding gifts —Getting the finest quality merchandise at a great saving. The Silver offered during this sale does not consist of discontinued patterns. The Porter & Dyson Co. “Old Reliable Jewelers”