New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 10, 1928, Page 3

" BIG DIANONDS NOT * INLUCKY, HE SAYS Discoverer of World's Largest Disputes Superstition New York, Aug. 10. — “Do big diamonds bring bad luck?" The man to whom this question was put certainly was well qualified 10 answer it. For he is Sir Thomas Cullinan, South African millionaire in whose mine was found the world" largest diamond, the “Cullinan.” It weighed 1.37 pounds and was worth, wholesale, one million dollars, | “Do diamonds bring bad luck?' | Sir Thomas repeated the question. | “To the seeker, yes. To the wearer, no. “There's a general truth that ap- plies both to jewels and gold. They COst more to get than they are| worth. Their quest too often brings | poverty, failure and death, Ouly Symbols | “People value diamonds and gold as wealth. They are symbols of wealth only. The things that count | for a country are agriculture and industry.” | Sir Thomas is in the United States | to study industry in general and pot- | tery manufacture in particular. He wants to ses what applications of American practices can Le used in South Africa. | Many times a millionaire, Culli- nan looks and dresses like a none- | too-prosperous Texes rancher. He is | 66, vet his hair is but partly gray | and he is vigorous as a youngste The diamonds for which he is o in- ternationally famed are conspicuous by their absence. Has Worn But One “TI've never worn but one diamond in my life,” he gaid, “and 1 gave that to my wifa 30 vears ago. I scarcely class myself as a seeker for them, either, because I've becn try- ing to get out of that business all my life. I have one small mine left, It produces only a few hundred thousand dollars’ worth a year. “I was born in South Africa, and after I made what I thought was enough money to run a farm, I re- tired at 36. But I couldn't stay idle, 50 I decided to go to work again “I organized the Premier mines, | vicar's stall the lonly 20 horsepower. where we found the Cullinan As| I didn't wish to g0 broke paving in- surance en it, and as 60 per cent of | it belonged to the South African gov- ernment, it was sold. The la diamond cut from it is now in the Tower at London, under guard of soldiers, so the king doesn't have to Ppay any insurance. The other, about the size of the Kohinoor, is in the | royal sceptre. A hundred or more of | the smaller diamonds are worn by the queen, or in decorative jewels. | “That diamond has given me quite a reputation. A lot of people | thought T gave it away. That's not | true. I sold my share. Other peo- | ple think I go about with my clothes, | my pockets, full of diamonds, Well, | ¥ don't. “In 1912, 1 broke the diamond market, and since then I have quit. The mar- ket since has been so stabilized that there should be no more breaks, Ot course, say 5,000 years hence, it Vesuvius, for instance, should be- come an extinct volcano, and the | heat conditions are right, then quite | Halitosis ruins romance -end it st | | as a matter of husiness, & pile of new diamonds might be found in its crater. But those are secrets nature tells no man, how, where and why she makes dia- monds.” Colored Lights Used To Illuminate Church London, Aug. 10 P—A new eys- tem of electric lighting has been installed at St. Michael and All Angel's Stonebridge, and the sys- tem shows what church lighting is likely to be in the future. “Stained glass windows were in- tended to give a beautiful illumina- tion in a church,” said the vicar of St. Michael's, “but at night, and during dull weather, we are depriv- ed of this. “It has therefore been decided to install a system of artificial light- ing which will give all the rich col- oring of light falling through stain- ed glass windows."” By an extremely intricate system of switches the illumination of the whole church can be controlled from various points and in the touch of a button will instantly flood the whole church with amber or rose light. Different lighting effects will be used during the various stages of the service. European Air Engines Smaller and Lighter ! ci s ents a ti Paris, Aug. 10 UP—The pawer of activitics, or both, assist paticnts in |4 1 airplane engines is being reduced sharply by Eurepean manufactur- ers, inspired by the success of the 200-horsepower motors that brought Lindbergh, Chamberlin, Byrd, and | others across the Atlantic. Most of the engines at last vear's aeronautical exhibition in rance were 400 and 300-horsepow- er and up. This year the majority develop less than 300 horsepower, There are several engines in light planes that develop no more than many automobile motors. The baby ergine of tha show comes from Germany and develops The plane has room for two passengers and flies 25 miles on a gallon of gasoline. 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A change of thought, or a variation of motor | maintaining a normal activity an | help to retard deterioration.” | | When manual labor or other ac- tivities are prescribed in accord- {ance with the individual interest, |ability, aptitude, physical and men- | tal condition of the patient, he says, | his adjustment to hospital environ- ment and social conditions is hast- | ened and other benefits result. “It has been found,” he relates, that many of the peculiar behavior sponses, auditory and visual hal. lucinations, and talkings of patients to other than individuals present in person, are discontinued after they |are assigned to prescribed outdoor | occupational therapy activities. It 1has been noted that here the pa- | DRY CLEANING CORP, If It's Worth Cleaning . . . it's worth Being cleaned by a reliable establish- ment whose methods have been proven to be satisfactory. 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HE FACTS than they? tients work in groups and they get away from the idea of secluding themselves, are less depressed, take more interest in their personal ap- pearance, finally adjusting them- Selves to an extent sufficient to war- rant their being placed in an open ward, and quite often to warrant parole from the hospital, or even discharge, depending, of course, “The mere act of doing some- thing is not really occupational | therapy. The patient should be ob- served and studied from a stan point of physical and mental condi- tion, the abilities, the aptitudes and interests, and then that type of oc- cupational therapy, which may in- clude all the activities from craft to agricultural occupations With all their allied activities, uld be prescribed in such a way that the patients' efforts and general ‘havior may be directed toward that exhibited by a normal indi- vidual.” ABLE TO SEE AGAIN Florida, Mo, Aug. 10 (UP)— Known as the man who saved the Mark Twain home here from des- truction, rejected offers of large sums of money for it, and later gave it to the Mark Twain Memorial As- sociation, M. A. “Dad™ Veolette has | regained a part of his evesight, after being almost totally blind for | per cent blind. It —_— HONEST HANFOUND |and then began his quiet hunt for | Custer massacre, {an honest man with enough money | now o Pk of Goll Locain Kot | For i secret the location of a | gold” in the San Juan mountains | until he could find a financial back- er whom he would trust to help him |open the treasure vault locked by nature, & quarter of a century, are sharing | | equally the fortune Pickens discov- ered. der, a peak of gold. olette now rates himself as 80 lery a secret, Pick Secret During Interval | Summitville, Colo., Aug. 10 (P— 24 years Jack Pick kept, “peak of Today Pickens and Judge Jesse | C. Wiley, the honest man whom the | prospector found after a search of amount still is in sight. While prospecting over the hills | about the Little Annie mine ‘n 1904 Pickens stumbled on a protruding ! boulder. his hammer. vealing a layer of almost solid gold Another blow dislodged more gold. |lined slabs. He tapped the rock with A piece broke off, rp»} Beneati the surface of that boul- the prospector concluded, lay Determining to keep the discov- | ns also resolved o stay near his potential fortune. | " Henry Mo He obtained a job with a small force of miners at the Little Annie | to exploit the “strike.” | Several times the owners of the | Little Annie mine started tunnels |toward the golden peak, and Pick- | carries ens held his breath. He was great- | Iy relieved as each of these projects | was abandoned, one within &0 feet of his hidden treasure. Finally the prospector met the man whom he could trust. He and Judge Wiley formed a partnership, cbtained long-time leases on 40 min ing claims, including the golden peak, and within six weeks realized $114,000 from the ore taken off only that part of the boulder show- ing above the grass. Since then half a million dollars has been hauled away and yellow metal worth many times that Pickens has a wife and 13 chil- dren with whom to share the for- tune, WAS JUST ORNERY But Slayer of Eight With Eight Bullets Has Reformed Lawton, Okla., Aug. 10.—(UP)— aiming that he at one time killed | eight men with eigth bullets, “Texas J ck’ Hicks, 87, has returned to his native land to exchange stories with other old-timers Born in 1840, the son of an Indian mother, the half-Comanche grew up to be a “bad” man, a sentence sery- er at the Leavenworth penitentiary, an Indian scout, a survivor of the {alive. He saw Custer dle, and finally, as he 5 —a Salvation Army preacher. ‘h’f“l’—'“‘ Texas sl Texas discoursed for an hour and | “PIP the man who will Ivation Army meet- | (€7 committed suicide, Converted 22 years ago 80, he has since then devoted all tige to the Sal was one of the few whe .fl. a half at the & ing here. His voice is still firm and | like a radio loudspeaker. claims to have been a real man in the early days, “the | and straightest shooter in ' em from the And he clain as good a shot as ever. he time he killed the eight n with eight bullets, he sa two other men were with him. Lis ammunition gave out, he was ptured by authorities. He served port will go to Little Rock of the five years in Leavenworth, always Southern Association and Dickett of as a trusty, until pardoned at club will report to the Yankees, He was a scout with the seventh | who are attempting to bolster up cavalr Custer massacre and their receiving staff. He “bad™ fastest SENT TO BRIDGEPORY Manchester, N. H., Aug. 10 (P lom Padden, catcher of the Mane rester club of the New England lrague, has been ordered by the New York Yankees to report to the igeport club of the Eastern e. 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