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VOLUME XXV.
SECOND SECTION
LA GRANDE, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 1927.
NUMBERJ60;
BOY SKY-GAZER
REAL SCIENTIST
CHAMPION OOtltKU
.IKES SMART (iOI.I'KIt
i Mlnikuhda course und Johnston
will bo thoroughly ut homo when
tlie big drive Blurts. Ho has been
Minnesota champion for six years.
won thu western nmutcur title In
lit:M and played on throe Walker
'cup tcums. Jiis business is selling
t bonds.
Ballet Remains Russian Spectacle;
Performances Unequalled, Is Claim
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! l'erformanc s embracing ull the
MOSCOW. Jan. 18 (AT) Huh-old as well as modern bullets are
I sla, the land of the bullet, main-j produced nightly at the National
J tains Its dancing spectacles unlui- , theater hero und in .Leningrad,
paired In beauty and originality, ! Critics ussert that for technique,
even though tho seats are beyond ! rhythm, beauty of costumes and
thu rcuch of tho a vera go citizens, j execution thu Russian ballet is un
equalled.
In Itussia ballet dancing Is re
garded as a serious profession, on
un equal piano with dramatic act
ing or operetta singing. A e our so
of eight years iti required before a
girl or a youth Is qualified to lake
even a minor part in the ensemble.
A large ballet school Is main
tained by (he state, where children
from the age of 8 to 10 years are
put through a thorough course of
gymnastics, calicthenlcs, dancing,
pantomimic, music, acting und
aro of beauty,' vurlety and tajitc.
m-iiiuga uiiu t utuiury, iuu, ru
of a high artistic and mechanical
order. There la one ballet In which
cnsiN s. parks, waterfalls, takes and
mountains are shown with Impres
sive erreci. 1 in such harmony and
coordination do the vast numbers
esthetics. Kach set of muscles of
tho legs and arms Is trained sep
arately, and particular stress Is laid
on the control und movement of
tho spine.
- Hallet spectacles In which five
hundred or six hundred dancers
purticipatn are not uncommon In
Moscow. Tho costumes, an herit
age from the old- Tsarist regime.
Harrison R. "Jimmy") John
ston, who carried tho namo of St.
Paul to great heights In golf com
petition, has changed his residence
and business to Minneapolis, and
hereafter will play under tho ban
ner of tho Mlnikuhda club. Tho
national amateur championship
mutches will bo played over tho
Knoxville, Tennessee Lad,
8 Years Old Progresses
in Astronomy
) of dancers perform that the audi
Village trustees of KllleotlvlllO
N. Y., have forbidden tho throwing
of snowballs.
ence has the impression of a sin gift
great entity on tho stago working
with precision.
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Youth 1 aflame with knowledge
knowledge such us only mature
indents and sedate professors nr.
dluarlly boast in the case of s-
yenr - old William OaumiwaV
lirownlow II, or KnoxvtiJc. Tenn.
Wttltuiu Is on terms of int.'mate
iKquulntunceship with such note
worthies us Hetelgeuse, light yours,
Orion's belt iiikI Custtir and Pol
lux. Tluit Is to suy, ho Is a com
petent astronomer. ,
Two years ago he began pester
ing his father for books aljput
slurs; Ills father responded and
last (.'hristmus presented him with
u cosily telescope -a sizable af
Jitlr will) a four and u half Inch
objective li lis. With thin he
awiH-pn thu heuvens every cle:ir
night.
NKA Service and The Observer
asked Wllliain to write a story
about thu stars as he has como to
now thi-iii. ilerc It In, just us he
prepared 11.
Ky WILLIAM G. BltaWNfXJW 31
Klght-Year-Old Knoxville,
Tenn., Astronomer
(Written tor Thci Observer and
NliA Service)
If early In the evening you look
toward thu aoutheast section of
t his- inont sky, you will seo four
very bright stars that make u large
(Jlainonfl,
Thu lowest one, .farthest to the
cast, is Stilus, thu brightest star In
tin heavens. Kirius Is only elf? Jit
Mtrlit years distant from the earth.
A light year refers to the distance
light travels In a year six mil
lion miles.
At the top point of the diamond,
much higher up and to the aouCi.
Is Aldebaran, the red eye of the
bull.
The other two corners of the
diamond are in thu constcDutlon
Ortoir.
The upper one is Hetelgeuse,
which Is 4) a million miles through
and so large that If the sun were
in Its center, its . circumference
Mould take- In the -orbits of ho;h
the earth ami Mars. .
The other star is. Itigel, awhile,
lint slur of grout size, -400 light
years distant. It Is one of the
greatest: of t lie suns. Our own
sun at this distance could be seen
only with a good telescope.
- Iletwuen Hetelegeuse and ltlg'.i
ii m three bright - stars" In a line
which form Orion's belt, from
which hangs ItiH sword. J n the
sword is the great nebula ol
Orion a glowing gas which evrn
a strung field glass will show only
us a small patch of llglit Infills
nebula Is Theta, a quadruple star.
Above Aldebaran are the I'lel
ade, which everybody knows.
Higher up in the oust, above Sir
lus, Is the first magnitude Hter
prucyon. In the "Little' iog."
Uglier still are the twins, (.'asior
and I'ollux', and overhead Is Cu
pella.' Castor Is a double star t which
my telescope shows as two suns
turning about each other. Kach
of these also Is double, but as
tronomers know this only by
studying their lttrht with a spec
troscope they are to closo to
get her.
Tills whole region has the must
bright slurs thai can be seen with
the naked eye of any region in
the sky.
Jupiter Is low In thu southwest
ut. llils time of year, und is bright
enough to be seen before It gets
dark. Mars Is to the south high
er up. Jtnth Mars und Aldebaran
are red, but Mars Is brighter an 1
makes a steadier light, without
twinkling.
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OMIJUNS M U.S. JVSLLli
The wife uf a multi-mtlltoiiairc
can afford to experiment with Im
provement of the drama. Klcklo
public taste Is a burrler, however,
and next season Airs. Samuel In
still, wife of Chicago's public util
ities mugnnte. and the former
Gladys Wullis of the- stage, will
vury tho tuctles wherby she is
trying to interest the -Middle West
in meritorious theater fare. Two
American plays were presented by
Airs. Insult s company this season
but next yen, it Is hinted, ho will
turn to Ibsen and Shakespeart'.
Airs. J n mill played tho feminine
leads In her last two productions
and won high commendullon, des
pite her long ubsence from the
stage. t
WO.MF.X ATltJ.irrKS ASK
M.ACK I.N OLYMPICS
Krench women athletes want
their pluco In tho Olympic sun.
The International Feminine Sport
ing Federation- has asked the,
Olympic authorities to set aside
two days for women at tho J32S
games In Amsterdam. It asked
also for a place, on the jury of
awards and announced Its inten
tion of seeking places on tho verl
0U9 National Olympic committees.
The succera of the effort is doubted
by the men, who have expressed
opinions. ,
-J WO.MJUX VOTKItS ASK OF
1WKTY I'lX.WC'KS
f Connecticut women aro out lv
h um who fills the purses of politi
cal parties, who controls tho purse
; strings and how the money Is-spent.
J The Connecticut League of Wo
i men Voters apparently feci that
'enfranchisement has extended wo
men's interests from family to
I state finances for these arc ques
tions arising most frco.ucn.tly at
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