La Grande evening observer., February 24, 1916, Image 2

ETGETWO
THE PLAY III CHINA
It Is a Curious Mixture of Noise,
Costume and Strut.
DIN FROM START TO FINISH.
It Begina Whtn the Curtain Riaaa and
y CentinuM Until tha Lt Scane Ends
tha Agony The Property Man a
i Mighty Important Paraonago.
, I yen all tired and knocked out
' .when I reached Chiua, so I thought to
myself, "I'U JUBt eo to a Chinese the
ater and spend a quiet evening. I won't
understand anything, so I can dose off
when I want to and come out as re
: freshed as a sprig of celery."
"What time does the play begin?" I
asked as the guide led the way to the
gallery, for in a Chinese theater the
farther away you are the more aris
tocratic. No Chinese of caste would
be caught In orchestra A.
"It have begin," he answered.
"How could that be?' I demanded,
for It was still a few minutes of 8.
"It begin yesterday. It run two
piecee days. It No. 1 play."
And no1 found out. The belter the
filuy longer It ItiKts. A t'liinnuiaii
d.nient Ibink In- Is Kvttlug bis uionej-u
worth unless II p'sf lat couple
of days. Some of them continue a
' week. They consider a play that lasts
only a night a curtain raiser and tag It
on to a real play Just to try it out v
The Chinese believe in noise. A the
ater isn't a theater to them unless It
has a ladles' annex to a boiler factory
Just off stage. The hammering begins
when the curtain goes up and contin
ues until it falls. I soon found out
that I erred seriously in coming to a
Chinese theater to sleep. A person
might drop off for a few minutes in
a car shop, but 'he could never get
near the knitting up of the raveled
sleeve in a Chinese theater.
Chinese acting consists of the actors
coming on again in another outfit of
clothes. They come on, whirl a baton
a couple of times aud exeunt While
they are off another delegation of ac
tors arrive with another collection of
clothes. They whirl their clubs a few
times and file out Indian style as an
other lodge arrives. There is no more
expression on the face of a Chinese
actor than on a punching bag.
When they want to show that the In
trepid hero with a handful of men is
. trying to take a fortification against
. a vastly overwhelming enemy the prop
erty man hurries around in front of the
hero with a black cloth stretched over
a frame. This is the fortification,
. even though you can see his fingers
gripping the breastworks. The duunt
less hero marches across the stage,
stops before the impregnable barrier,
casts his eagle eye over it, draws his
long sword and rips It asunder with
one fell blow, the property man ' hold
ing the swaying comer, wlKJe theMiero
inarches through to victory. The in
trepid hero stops to explain to his sub
ordinates how be was able to accom
plish the feat, while the property man
drags the ramparts into the wings and
begins pinning them up for tbo, attack
In the next act
In a Chinese play there are no girls,
their parts being taken by boys, speak
ing In a high, quavering voice as If
something were, too tight .When an
actor wants to show that he is old be
ties on a beard that comes to his waist
Tbo beard works off to one comer aud
bangs grimly by one string, but the
jtudience doesn't worry about . that
'They know that he Is an old man be
cause be has a beard.
I was constantly alert to figure out
what kind, of show it was. When I
first got there and saw the constant
change of costume I tbought that it
must be a musical comedy, but after
studying it more closely 1 saw that it
X was a farce. When they began to kill
people I came to the conclusion that it
was an operetta. Later, when the hero
found his wife in another man's arms,
I decided that it was a problem play.
The most important person in a Chi
nese show is the property mnn. Along
side him the lead sinks into Insignifi
cance. He has charge of Hie show.
The show opens when be says and
closes when be wants to go out to a
i tea house, lie keeps bis properties
where they are handy down stage by
the orosceuium arch right out where
"the audience can lean over and almost
touch them. To know what is coming
next all the audience has to do is to
look over and see what the property
man is getting ready.
Honr after hour tbo play continued
withnnt an intermission. Mldniuht
came, and the actors seemed to bo JuBt
getting Into the spirit of the play,
whfn I remembered that the piny had
been running for two days I felt sure
that the next five minutes would see
th Inst costume, but the show still
v i,,i,r WnerntAlr on. determined to
bo in at the finish when the last hot,
feverish kiss was pressed on the up
iim hut tt didn't end that whv.
j !'". "
it enueu hucu mj ....-...-, -
rushing out with a cheese cutter and
killed twelve men In breathless suc
nn itia 'mnlmed and wounded
thoughtfully crawling to the wings to
die, tbus giving the Jeauuig man uie
center of tbo stage until tbo envious
' mnn lnm tin and MPltcfUllT
yanked the curtains to. Homer Croy
In Leslie's.
. ' Correct Anawer.
"Why isn't a nautical mile the same
as an ordinary mile f"
'Because it is knof'-Boston Tran
script The more one Judges tbo less, one
lovea. Balzac.
PRUDENCE IN EATING.
Healthful Diet For a peraon cf Indoar
Occupation.
In the American Magazine Dr. B. F.
Bowers gives a diet suited to tie aver
age wealthy person of indoor occupa
tion. "An ordinary domestic egg equals
about eight grams of protein. This la
approximately the amount contained
In a cubic inch of steak or in a half
pint glass of nillk. A generous slice of
bread contains about four grams of
protein. The quantity of potatoes or
dinarily .dispensed at a meal equals two
and a half grams.
"Allowing for our Inability complete
ly to extract all the protein from any
given amount of food and convert it
into assimilable pabulum, a liberal
modicum of albumen would be twice
Hindhede's protein formula, or fifty
grams this, remember, )or an entire
day.
"Therefore a regular egg, five ounces
of beefsteak and a glass of milk should
supply for twenty-four hours all the
protein the system requires. The bat:
ance of the diet should consist of
starches, sugars, fats and plenty of
cellulose or bay. This can best be
found in vegetables, such as tomatoes,
carrots, celery, turnips, beets, lettuce,
squash and all that grand group of
horse fowls containing much filer and
tit tie liulrirbcjit.
"Try this rfginu-u fur uwuilc aud sue
If fermentation, beadaeue. Insomnia,
rheumatism, nervousness and "that
tired feeling" do not disappear like
snow upon the desert's dusty face. And,
when they do, remember that the
chances of later developing Brlght's
disease, hardening of the arteries and
heart failure have been reduced to the
Irreducible minimum.
"The eating game 1b the most impor
tant in life." -"
CHIMNEYS ON LAMPS.
Why They Prevent the panted Wicka
From Smoking.
When a lamp is burning without a
chimney it generally smokes. That Is
because the oil which Is coming up
through the wick is being only par
Hntlv lmrnml The carbon, which is
about one-half of what the oil con-
talus, Is not being burned at all and
goes off into the air iu little black
specks with the gases which are
thrown off. The reason the carbon 1b
net burned when the chimney Is off is
tfiHt there Is not sufficient oxygen from
the air combining with It as it Is sep
arated from the oil in the partial com
bustion that is going on.
To make the carbon In the oil Durn
you must mix it with plenty of oxy
gen at a certain temperature, and this
r-nn onlv he done by forcing sufficient
oxygen through the flame to bring tbo
beat of the flame to the point where
the carbon will combine with It and
burn.
When you put the chimney on the
l.mn fin nrnnta a rirnfr. Which forCeS
nloto oxygen through the flame, brings
the heat up to the proper temperature
and enables the carhon to comuine
wtili It nd hnrn. When you take the
chimney off again the beat goes down
when the draft is shut off ana uie
lamp smokes again.
Tim r-liimnev also nrolects (be flame
of the lamp from drafts from the sides
and above and helps to make a bright
er light, because a steady light is
brighter thnn a flickering one.
Th. iimft ?. tvi hr the chimney
also forces the gases produced by the
burning oil up and away from the
flame. Some of these gases have a
tendency to put out a light or a fire.
Philadelphia Press.
The Septuagint..
Kfinlnnrttit mpnns seventy, the sep-
tuaglnt version of the Old Testament
originated, according to Arlstcas, as
follows: Ptolemy Philadelphus psi-m
B. C.) when engaged In making a col
lection of the laws of all nations for
the irreat Alexandrine library was ad
vised by his librarian to have the Jew
ish Scripture translated into Greek,
and the king had the work done by
seventy (or seventy-two) learnea Jews
from Jerusalem. Tbo letter of Aristeas
Is probably mythical, but the substance
of the story it tells la probably quite
true.-rNew l'ork American.
The Term ''Bully."
The term bully in the days of Shakes-
ruanro had nnltn n different meaning
from that which it has at present be
ing an expression of endearment anu
good fellowship. Some suppose tnat
the word, when it is used iu approval,
is derived from tho Dutch boel or Ger
man buhle, which stands for the Eng
lish lover. Tho harsher use of the
word is, however, to be traced to bel
low, the root of bull, with a signifi
cance of noisy blustering.
: Paying For the Bait.
Husband Here's an enormous bill
for a ball dress. What does it mean?
Wife Ah, you remember that green
robe I wore at the ball at which 1 was
introduced to you last year. Husband
8-0! Do you mean to say, then, that
I am to pay for the trap in which I
was caught? London Telegraph.
Fooled Her.
ARtoundeil Mother Whv. Tottle. you
never told me you bad invited so many
children to this party. Small nostess
That's cause you said that I could
never keep a secret. Life.
Very Seldom.
When a man gets a raise nt tho orace
he can seldom keep It from his wife
that is, the Information and, well, the
raise too. Florl 'a Times-Union.
Fire in the heart sends smoke in the
head. German Proverb.
IS GRiNDE EVENING OBSERVER
AliOYAL MYSTERY !
Most Famous State Secret of the
? Reign of Louis XIV.
THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK.
Who the Unfortunate Prieoner Was
Haa Never Been Dieclooed, and
Whan He Died His Body Wae De
' streyed by Chemical In Hia Casket.
A famous state mystery of the reign
of Louis XIV. of France was the mya
OT LOUIS -V . 01 tnuiw " " .
terious prisoner, the Man In the Iron
Matter M fin v are ixm eubcs uiwi i
bare been ventured as to who he was.
Plays and novels have been written
with tie iron mask as the central char
acter, but bis identity has remained a
secret It Is known without doubt
that St Mars during his life bad as
a prisoner a man whose face always
was covered with a mask of black
velvet fastened by springs of sjeel be
hind the bead.
The guards had orders to kill tha
man if he ever exposed his face, and
St Mars own life depended on no
body finding out who his prisoner was.
His first prison was:lhe castle of PI-(nu-rol.
When St. Mars :ik .'trans
ferred to the isles of St Marguerite the
king himself told the jailer to take his
prisoner with him and cautioned him
not to let him speak to any one, even
bis guards.
On the night of April 29. 167. a clos
ed litter escorted by a troop of horses
stopped at Bron, some leagues from
Lyons. From the Utter descended a
young man of slim aud active figure.
hl faro hidden bv a mask and his
linnila firmly tied.. In which state he
toy down on a couch prepared before
hand. Next day ten horsemen arnvea
with sealed orders to convey the pris-,
oner with the utmost secrecy to the
fortress of PigneroL So it was the
Man In- the Iron Mask began his
Trnty-nln vears of captivity under
the impassive, silent remorseless St
Mars. . .
Kva1 vears later the man of the
mask was seen again when St Mars
transferred to St Marguerite.
This time troopers surrounded a chair
rovprod with waxed cloth. The trav
elers stopped at an Inn for supper.
The more daring or tne curious peas
ants peeked through a small window
from outside the locked supper room.
The prisoner sat with his DacK to
the window, and they couiu not ten
n-hetlipr hn had on his -mask. St
Mars sat opposite him with a pistol on
each side of his plate.
TMo nrinnnpr win tho. BUbleCt Of
much correspondence between St Mars
and Louis XIV. of France. Louis con
tinually was asking about him. He
ptivo full instructions as to the care
of the man, and about the cell he was
to nnrntiv the, kiner wrote:
"T.nr thnrp he so many- doors closed
one after the other that the sentinels
cannot hear a word, and you will nev
er listen to anything he has to say on
any pretext whatever. Threaten him
with death if he ever opens bis mouth
to speak of anything but of what he
may be absolutely in want of."
Tbo blindly obedient St Mars fol
lowed his instructions carefully. The
doctor who waited on the prisoner said
he had never seen his face, although
he had examined his tongue. Dishes
and plates were examined each' time
tho prisoner was served to see if there
was any writing on them. The guards
always were ready to kill the moment
he took oS his mask.
In other respects the greatest atten
tion was shown him, and nothing which
he requested was refused. He always
xpnn flrpKseil In black. St Mars him
self stood uncovered in his presence
and remained standing until the pris
oner had requested him to be seated.
The Jailer often took his meals with
the prisoner.
Just who was the Man In the Iron
Mask? Some thought he was an ille
gitimate son of Anne of Austria. Oth
ers said he was a twin brother of Louis
XIV., whose claims might have de
prived the king of his throne. Another
writer makes him theVader of an as
sociation which was formed to assassi
nate Hip raler. The most general be-
lief is that he was Count Mattloll, first
minister of the Dnke of Mantua, who
had betrayed the interests of Louis
XIV. by falling to secure for him, as
he had pledged himself to do in con
sideration for a bribe, possession of
the foi -c-j of Casalc from his master.
Lout XIV. know the secret, but to all
questions' replied that if it was known
who the prisoner was every one would
be surprised to find him so uninterest
ing a person.
The prisoner died after a short illness
In 1703. He was burled one autumn
day, and his name was Inserted In the
nrlonn twHeImp an Mf. lift fflcrilal.,
Rlghty-slx years later the frenzied
citizens of Pnrls broke Into the Bastille
and rushed to the cell where it was
known he had been kept They stopped
short bcroro clean wnitewasnea waus.
Nothing was in the room. The prison
ers ciotnes ana tne must naa oeen
burned when ho died. Chemicals had
been put In his casket to destroy the
body. Only one man naa seen the lace
behind the Iron mask during tho twenty-nine
years. He was St Mars. And
St Mars never told. Kansas City
Ttmea.
Her Blunder.
Boss Ton Interest me strangely,
Jack as no other man ever has. Jack
Vnn anrnnef that on mp tnet tiltrhf
Bess Oh, was it you? Tardon me for
repeating. juuge.
I ruilvtan is the bpat imn K.
I WtnarM Writ th worst OnV VwAai
I world, but the worst cloafc Newton-
SALTS RHETOR
ACHING
KIDNEYS
at toe much maat, which alogi
Kidneyi, then Back hurts uki
Bladder bothers yon.
ll Host folks forget that th kidneys,
like the bowels, get sluggish and clogged
and aped a flushing occasionally, else we
. fcve naekache ana dull misery in th
era headaches, rheu
matic twinges, torpid liver, acid stomach.
anauc wp i"- "vsy r , , j-
aWpleaaness and all aortaf bladder die-
r .imnh mit at itivn vour Udnevs
hctive and clean, and the moment you
feel an ache or pain in the kidney
region, get about four ounces of J ad
Salts from any good drug store here,
take a tableapoonful in a glasa of water
before breakfast for a few days and
vonr kidneys will thjen act fine. This
famous salts is made from the acid of
grapes and lemon juice, comuinea wu.i
lithia, and is harmless to flush clogged
kidneys and stimulate them to normal
activity- I also neutralizes the aeidf
in the urine bo it no longer irritates,
jthua ending bladder disorders.
Jad Salta is harmless; inexpennive;
UlUkBB . ....... ....... J
riTilr n-nirli prrrK-.dv nh.iufj t-ala
now and then to keep their kidneys clean, j
bus avoiding serious enmplieatlons.
9 A well-known local druggist says
sells lots of Jad Salts to folka who telire
in overcoming kidney trouble while it L
esly trouble.
LA GRANDE DRUGGIST
PLEASES CUSTOMERS
C. D. Putman reports customers
greatiy pleased with the quick action
of simple buckthorn bark, glycerine,
ets., as mixed in Aaier-i-xa. ims
simple remedy drains the old foul
matter from the bowels so thorough
that one spoonful relieves almost any
case of constipation, sour or gassy
stomach. It is so powerful that it is
used successfully in. appendicitis. Ad-ler-i-ka
never gripes and -"the instant
action is surprising, Adv.
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fmiYMvemimtji and better
ments in glasses are just as
frequent as , in anything else.
Until a few year ago all
lenses were flat, because no
one had thought of a better
way to make them.
Today nearly 90 per cent of
lenses fitted are Toric lenses,
curved to follow the shape of
the eyeball .
Tories give a perfect range
lof vision from every angle
when looking from the corner
of the eye.
Tt 11 b demonstrate tha manv
advantages of Tories made
by us.
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