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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 27, 1924)
THE CHAOS OF SCAFFOLDING AND CONCRETE that it is hoped will some day be France's Olympic swimming pool. The big natatorium was originally planned ts cost ten million francs. To date it has cost twelve * million, and when finished will probably represent a thirty million invest ment. Investigations are now under way to determine what and who are responsible for this great increase in cost over the original THE ARCTIC WINTER RESORT of the King Islanders. This Indian tribe ol about 250 spend the summer in and around Nome, Alaska In \the winter they return to these shacks built on stilts perched on the bleak hillside of King Island, in the Arctic Ocean. The island is about three quarters of a mile long by a half mile wide and has no vegetation Why they do not remain in Nome for the winter is one of the many mysteries of the Frozen North. oailvav V--" ■ i— -- ■ MLI.E. POUPELET, well-1 known French sculptress, pictured at work in her Paris studio. Several of her works are on exhibi tion in the Metropolitan Museum, New York, and museums in Brooklyn, Chicago. Buffalo and Tol edo. Her “La Femme a sa Toilette,” purchased by the French government for the Luxembourg Mu seum, was placed in the Metropolitan several years ago. wide Wort<t THE MARMEIN SIS TERS, a trio of classic dancers, who were pre sented by Mrs. Walter Gibb, chairman of the National F.eaguf for Women’s Service at the Brooklyn Academy oi Mu sic recently in a benefit for disabled ex-service men. j furnu i AERONAUTICAL DARE DEVILS. Two U. S. Army planes, piloted by Lieu tenant C. C. Moseley and Lieutenant Oeoree Rice, both of Clover Field, San ta Monica, Cal., and ac companied by two camera men, recently flew 600 miles from Los Aneelesto and over Mount Whitney, reaching an elevation of 15,500 feet in doinjr so . Due to stronjr winds Lieutenant Rice, his fuel supply exhausted. was forced to land in the Mo jave Desert. Lieutenant Moseley flew to his res cue the next day with an extra supply of jrasolin* sufficient to carry him hack to Los Anjreles. Our photo, taken from one plane, shows the other flv injr over the Mount Whit ney section. I'. 5f. .1 run/ .1 ir flrrt Ic* froit* I ulrtual iounl PADDY COOGAN WENT a’HUNTING and Jackie trailed alonp, and here’s the pair of California Nimrods and their catch of ducks. The youthful screen star, just topped by Mr. Coopan double barrelled shotpun. wears a six-shooter lonp since disqualified from active service by reason of cer tain missinp essential parts. WorM l.rit — GRANDFATHER TAKES THE THIRD GENERATION SKAT 1NG. Mr. Oscar L. Rich ard, of New York, pic tured with his prandchil dren, H Van Ruren Rich ard. Trumbull Richard and Phyllis Richard, the children of Mr and Mrs. Harold C. Richard, at an exclusive skatinp club patronized by society children at Iceland Rink The patroness of the club is Mrs. Stowe Phelps. Krpatonr If.rf A l.ARCIIMONT RKAI.TY (>l* KRATOR. better known to the puh lie iis Waite Hoyt, a pitching are of ^ the World Champion New York Yan keen, snapped at home during an off * duty hour with Friend Wife and their ; son, Harry. The former Brooklyn lad will soon leave for the Yonks’ spring training camp in the South. —■ h • ll'-lum . AN EGYPTIAN BALLET, as pre sented by some of Florida’s prettiest society Kiris at Plant Park, Tampa, for the benefit of winter visitors. The affair, arranged and directed by Mrs Rime Armour (Inc* Noel), proved one of the most successful of it-s kind ever held in Tampa. it.,,m Right—KKKNK FITZPATRICK, the popular track coach down at Prince ton, snapped at his home in Natick, Mass., with his two husky sons, Keene jr., and Howard, both of whom look ns tho'irh they would make splendid varsity material for Tijrertown teams N I |«lllNf