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dreams and forgets his worldly cares. 

 Then comes the awakening; the realiza- 

 tion that his dreams are false, and he 

 arises in terror and reaches for his in- 

 dispensable opium pipe that he may again 

 partake of its diabolical virtues. 



Then we may take a boat ride through 

 the Old Red Mill, visit the Streets of 

 Cairo, Eden Musee, Melodia, Dixie 

 Land, "Our Girl's" Frolic, the Ostrich 

 Farm, Stella, the Diving Girls, Jesters 

 Palace, La Feria de Sevilla and Gran 

 Plaza de Toros. 



On our left, in the building near the 



pen of graceful storks, are housed the 

 Incubator Babies. 



"Captain," the Educated Horse, draws 

 our admiration by his remarkable in- 

 tuition of the English language and the 

 art of reading and writing. 



Of course we should patronize the 

 Merry-Go-Round, the Picture Parlors, 

 the Roulette Wheels and all the other 

 whirligig contrivances which can be 

 found in such a place as the Zone but 

 it is getting late; come, let us take a 

 jitney-bus and try to catch that 2:00 

 a. m. ferryboat! 



PARACHUTE FOE BOMBS NEW 

 PHASE OP WARFARE 



Self-propelled bombs provided with 

 parachutes are the latest war invention. 

 The bombs are timed so as to explode 

 when they reach the trenches of the en- 

 emy. These bombs were invented by the 

 Austrians and are being used extensively 

 by their aviators. The Allies have trained 

 sharpshooters to combat this dangerous 

 device. These men aim to hit the bombs 

 in mid-air, thus causing them to explode 

 prematurely and harmlessly. 



REPAIRING AN AIRSHIP'S PRO- 

 PELLER IN WAR TIME 



The height of boldness and fearless- 

 ness yet attained by the intrepid British 

 air scouts was reached in the early days 

 of the war, when the propeller of an air 

 cruiser which was convoying a troop ship 

 across the English Channel snapped off 

 short and left the dirigible suspended 

 helplessly in mid-air. 



The Captain of the dirigible feared it 

 would be necessary for his craft to de- 

 scend for the repair, but two of the crew 

 instantly volunteered to crawl out to the 

 stern with a new propeller. Two thou- 

 sand feet over the sea the helpless ship 

 hovered, while the two mechanics 



crawled out upon the bracket which sup- 

 ports the propeller shafting. With the 

 rest of the crew watching them in awe, 

 the two men clambered out fearlessly 

 and with an astounding degree of cool- 

 ness attached the new blades. Passen- 

 gers on steamers below watched the feat 

 with enthusiasm, for this was the first 

 attempt ever made to repair the broken 

 propeller of a dirigible in mid-air. 



THE MOST SOLID BOOK IN THE 

 WORLD 



Consisting of but ten pages, yet lay- 

 ing claim to the title of the most solid 

 book in the world, a volume recently 

 presented to the Columbia Field Muse- 

 um is an unique work of art. It is made 

 up of ten slabs of the finest jade, ex- 

 quisitely engraved with Chinese charac- 

 ters. The text is in both Chinese and 

 Manchu, with the most elaborate orna- 

 mentations on the first and last pages. 

 This queer jade volume was made at the 

 order of the Emperor Kang-hsi, who 

 lived from 1662 to 1722, and it is a 

 family document of great historic value. 

 It is supposed that this precious relic was 

 sold on account of the financial strin- 

 gency affecting the deposed Imperial 

 family, who have been in retirement on 

 a limited income ever since the establish- 

 ment of the Chinese Republic. 



