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
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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
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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.
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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
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