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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 10, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 a a a the stars and stripes saturday March 10, 1990 faces a no place there s something fishy about London exhibit from wire reports priests in ancient he by Ion caked an inscription to make their Temple seem older. A modern scottish museum had to Lake a fish with fur to satisfy Public demand. These Are among 600 objects in a British museum exhibition that opened in London Friday displaying 1.000 years of the forger s Art and suggests that fakes often relied what people want to believe. The exhibition a fake the Art of deception Quot running through sept. 2, contains fake jewels coins sculptures fossils furniture and porcelain. There s even a letter purporting to have been writ ten by Jesus Christ. Quot most of the worst errors in this exhibition Are our  says director sir David m. Wilson. Quot it s not surprising As we have been collecting for a Long time As museums go a nearly 250 years. The forgers had More than a head Start As they were Busy in ancient Babylon 1.000 years ago Quot he said. The first thing visitors see is a supposed etruscan Tomb of the 6th Century a made about i 20 years ago. Quot the British museum bought the Tomb from an italian dealer in t k71 because the louvre had one and we were jealous Quot said l a Susan Walker an antiquities expert. A within a year of the Purchase the inscription on the lid was found to have been copied from a Gold brooch in the louvre but the Tomb was kept on show until 1915 and has appeared in countless books on the etruscan and their Art a she said. Then there a the Lurry Trout. A scotsman wrote Home from Canada in the 17th Century about the abundance of a flurried animals and  asked to provide an example of furry fish he obliged a and a modern Canadian is still at it putting Rabbit fur on stuffed Trout with a text saying fish in great Depths and penetrating Eold grow a dense coat of protective fur. A one of these fish was brought to us by someone who thought it was genuine Quot said Geoffrey Swinney of the Royal museum of Scotland. Quot we said it was a hoax and sent him away but the Story had got out and Public demand to see the furry fish was so Strong that we had to make one a a fake twice  rear guard backs out horses must Lake up the rear of the St. Patrick a Day Parade in Savannah Gay a to save revellers from stepping in Quot the stuff Quot the organizer insists. But the Chatham mounted patrol is fed up being Quot Paddy last Quot As the Irish Call it so it s pulled out of the March 1 7 Parade. A every year we Are Pul in the Back Between the Street sweepers and the garbage trucks a said spokeswoman Donna Ila Relson. A by the time we gel to the midpoint of the Parade everyone s either packing up and leaving or drunk and Rowdy. They scare the  Michael be Tagli. Chairman of the Parade committee said the policy is horses must remain at the Back. A the horse people always want to be put first in the Parade but a lot of people were lived of walking through the stuff a he  pizza Driver delivers Domino s Piz a Driver Troy Mason tries to live up to his company s pledge to deliver the goods in 30 minutes. But instead of handing Over a warm pizza to a customer last month he tossed police a piping this furry fish faked by a modern scottish museum is one of the exhibits on 3,000 years of forger s Art displayed through september in the British museum in London. Hot tip. The tip led to the arrest of a 38-Ycar-old West Palm Beach fax a Man on charges of defrauding the Florida lottery. Mason was in his delivery car shortly after Midnight feb. 25, waiting for the Light to turn Green when he saw a car Speed away from a nearby Shell station with its headlights off. When Mason saw a station clerk chasing the Man he followed the car. Noted the License tag number and called the Gas station and police. A a in Mon the Road for Domino s a lot and i figure if 1 can help Why not Quot he said. Palm Beach county sheriffs detective Ron Tomas is said masons tip led to the charges against Stephen Mosiello 38. Mosiello was jailed on charges of adding zeros to lottery tickets to make them $20 winners. He was charged with forgery and scheming to defraud the  prison paper s endorsement Ann Richards got an endorsement for her democratic Campaign for governor of Texas she did no to expect or necessarily want a from editors of a death Row newspaper a if 1 were forced to. Id choose Ann  Robert West editor of Endeavor a newspaper written and produced by the men on death Row said wednesday. Quot i think she a just trying to be a human being. I think she recognizes people can change because she a a recovering  James Beathard an assistant editor also said he would favor Richards saying the Texas treasurer appeared to be concentrating More on issues like schools minorities women s rights and the budget. But he added that inmate support for Richards Likely would Hurt her rather than help her in the election. A but it s us they re trying to kill and we should have a right to comment about the people who Are trying to kill  said Beathard who is awaiting death for a 1984 spree in which three people were killed. Asked to comment on the inmates endorsement. Richards campaigning in san Antonio for tuesday s primary first thought the question was a joke. Quot i done to know what possibly could have engendered  she said. I done to know anybody on death Row. My View on the death Penally is that it s the Law and that the Law should be carried out. �?o1 think perhaps they arc contrasting me with a Guy who goes on to Ana struts up and Down in front of pictures of people who have been executed. It s macabre and strange. What i think this Campaign is about is  capital punishment has been the focus of television commercials from Richards two democratic opponents. Attorney general Jim Mattox and former gov. Mark  dives in a feet first Prince Edward Queen Elizabeth has youngest son. Said thursday he is going to Hoof it on March 26. And he urged other London residents to walk Home from work and give their saved fares to help the homeless. A will be walking  said Edward who usually drives the less than a mile from Buckingham Palace to the Palace theater where he is a production assistant with Andrew Lloyd webbers really useful company. The a Feci first Campaign Hopes to raise $164,000 for charities working with homeless Young people in Central London. The Prince who turns 26 on saturday said he has talked with homeless Young people. Quot it is Well Worth remembering that no one is homeless by Choice. No one chooses to sleep rough night after night or to  Edward said huge increases in housing prices Are a Factor in the rising number of homeless. Buckingham Palace said the Prince will either walk to work on March 26 or be dropped off if he has an official engagement before he goes to the office. Dear Abby my husband is 72 and i am 71. We have yearly checkups and Are both in very Good health. We live comfortably in our own Home with no mortgage and no debts. Our neighbors Are very Friendly and we also have relatives living in this City where we have lived happily for More than 50 years. Our daughter and her husband who Are both physicians live in Oregon. They Are worried about our advancing age and want us near them. They say the Little House next to them is now for Sale and they want to buy it for us in Case at some Point we have an emergency and need their help a we Are very appreciative of their kindness and have told them Lime and again that we Are Happy Here but they insist that we would be better off living next door to them. We want our daughter and her husband to fulfil dear Abby their lives As we did and quit worrying about our future. It would be difficult for us to move at our Ages but they Are very insistent we respect your opinion Abby. What should 1 do a Happy in Fresno dear Happy your children s concern for your welfare is admirable but i think you d be making a big mistake to give up your Home and relocate because a at some Point Quot you May need their help. Older people fare Best in familiar surroundings. So assure your children that you appreciate their generosity and caring but you prefer to stay in Fresno where you Are happily and securely rooted. Dear Abby a my wife and i travel in a Van with our two Standard poodles. In mild weather they can slay in the Van overnight. But when its very hot or very cold we cannot leave them in a closed Van so we put them in a Kennel. This is quite expensive and not satisfactory when we take Long trips. Can you Tell us where to find a directory of h l i night accommodations that allow dogs to stay in j 1c rooms with their owners we realize there arc pro Bly not Many because dogs can be destructive my w noisy. Our vet knows of no such directory. Thank you for any help you can give us. A Woodbury. C in. Dear Woodbury the american automobile association has a list hotels and motels that allow pets. Contact your office for More information.1 am reminded of this charming message one read of saw framed and hanging near the registration desk m Small hotel Quot dogs Are Welcome in this hotel. We never Hail a Ili k that smoked in bed and set fire to the blankets. It never had a dog who stole our towels played the i loud or had a noisy fight with his travelling coins anti we never had a dog that got drunk and Bro cup furniture. So if your dog can vouch for you you re Quot come   
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