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TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, OCTOBER 27, 1907. 3 cial life. Its heart interest is compelling in its power. While it is a high class drama In every sense, there Is no lack of action, the plot being an unusual one, containing a number of thrills and sensa tions. Governor Lee, of Kentucky, played by Herbert Ashton, is a candidate for United States Senator. His political opponent employs a disreputable ward boss to manage his campaign. This man, Mason Hlx, portrayed by David Griffiths, attempts to bribe the Governor to sign a certain railroad bill. Leo Indignantly re fuses, and Hlx then tries to Induce the private secretary of the Governor to .forgo the tatter's name to the bill. The old secretary needs money very badly and is' about to comply, when he is overcome by his emotions and is unable to proceed. Hlx then forges the signature himself. He then denounces the secretary as a forger and has him arrested. Governor Lee resigns, and only through the ' ef forts of Betty Bunce (Lily Branscombe) and Dan Blngley. a young mountaineer played by Ralph Belmont, does the truth prevail and the guilty Hlx receive his Just deserts. At the end Lee is elected to the Senate, the hero, Bingley, marries Jewel Eastbrook, the beautiful daughter of the old secretary, who Is impersonated by Marguerite Bloodgood, the new leading woman, and all terminates with wedding bells and happiness. "The Governor of Kentucky" was writ ten by the famous dramatist, ' Kranklyn Fyles, as a starring vehicle for William II. Crane, now recognized as America's greatest actor. He used it with great success in New York and on the road. It has never been seen in Portland, and Manager Murphy was extremely fortu nate in securing the stock rights to the piece. The production will be one that will do the Lyric much credit and the nature of the play will permit the ladies of the cast to wear some beautiful gowns. The management announces that commencing Monday night the former scale of prices, 10, 20 and 30 cents, will be restored. Man ager Murphy does this of his own voli tion and assures the patrons that the same high standard will be maintained with every improvement that can from time to time be made. I 'THE YANKEE REGENT.' Tuneful Musical Comedy Success at the Ilellig Next Sunday. Musical comedy will be the attraction at the Heilig for four nights, beginning next Sunday, November 3, when "The Yankee Regent," Ben M. Jerome's latest offering, will be seen. "The Yankee Regent," contrary to the rule of so-called light opera, is said to disclose a consistent plot, ingeniously worked out and furnishing the comedian, Toby Lyons, with perhaps the best vehicle in his successful career. The plot of the tuneful conceit opens in an obscure German principality where the death of the aged ruler makes Impera tive the selection of his successor, and a peripatetic Yankee, an ex-politician and erstwhile poet who claims a kinship. 32 degrees removed, from the departed Regent, ascends the throne to incidental ly uncork a world of complicated situa tions, dealing with the struggling "Regent's" attempts to dodge an undesir able sweetheart of his youth, to prevent the marrigae of the Princess, which ter minates his reign and his subsequent capturing of an American heiress, ends the piece with a decidedly unique innova tion disclosing a burlesque baseball game with full company Impersonating the .Chicago Clubs and White Sox. A magnificent production and a cast of well-known principals with a beauty chorus of half a hundred is assured. "The Yankee Regent" is musically a companion show to the "Isle of Spice" and "The Royal Chef." Seat sale opens next Friday, November 1, at the Heilig Theater. "THE THREE OF VS." Excellent Comedy-Drama Coming to Heilig Wednesday and Thursday. The attraction at the Heilig Theater next Wednesday and Thursday nights, October 30 and 31. will be "The Three of Us," by Rachel Crothers. which Mr. Wal ter N. Lawrence produced and ran the 'whole season at the Madison Square Theater, New York, to throngs of en thusiastic people. "The Three of Us," we are assured, comes In the wake of the new light piercing American drama and Is the sweetest, truest, most brilliant dramatic 1 rim ilr-' "- LILLY BRANSCOMBE, WITH THE GOVERNOR OF literary event the American , stage has embraced for a long time. - To be sure, there are many good, fine, breezy dramas of American life achiev ing success, but this gentle, candid, gen uine and heart-throbbing story-play In Its 6imple poftry, its superb ethics, its charm and conciseness, is queen of them all and was written by Rachel Crothers. of whom America should be proud. There are no cowboys, no guns, no cheap pro fanity nor bartending heroics, no politics, no western slang nor any eastern college freshness. No Indians, no Mexicans, no frenzied finance nor graft. Just plain, homely, pulsinsr reality. American to the core, all sentiment and a good deal of the sort of grave romance, belonging to a primitive and cordial era. Love unbounded, tender, old-fashioned, brave love. Is the essence of the play. Not wild, vivid passion, not fractious prob lematic emotional fancy nor animal aban don. Only kind, courageous, prophetic love; a sister, a sweetheart, a rival and a friend, all fine and calm and enduring as the stars. Such atmosphere as per vades the story is familiar as rain and sunshine and will be welcome as both wherever "The Three of Us" may stray as a faithful picture of real American life. Every character, we are told, is . ' v true in its sketching, every line seems measured with grace, unction and verity . and there is that stanch, persistent spirit I of national plainness and independence which no one of the American plays, not even those of greater literary fluency and picturesqueness have been able to touch. The heart Interest is exquisite and true. No mawkish sentimentality but a clean, broad freshet of love which can not swerve, cannot perish, cannot blush, cannot be laughed at by cynics nor af fronted by fashion. There is much that is new in the play, but there is no bid of obvious theatricalism for applause or emotion, no highly colored roughness "which has pu. on Americanism like a false face, but everything a world-weary being with faith shaken, sympathies wounded, beliefs shattered, might like to drink in. Especially Is this play by a brilliant and sympathetic woman a play for men and women to know and ap plaud. Miss Crothers pictures a woman of blood and courage and sumptuous charm, alight with bravery and a power which nothing blights. Her sphere is narrowed down to a sister's helpfulness with her view smilingly fixed upon a wedding ring. But it is a tribute to woman, to that sex which is the gentler only that it may be the more invincible. Such a play must prove alluring to everybody who has a care for his fel lows and the welfare of the theater, for it rings true and one feels uplifted and prepares anew for the struggles that be strew life's pathway. Seat sale open to morrow (Monday), morning at 10 o'clock. MISS OLGA XETHERSOLE. Noted Actress Will Present "Car men," "Sapho," "Awakening." Olga Nethersole, the noted English artiste, will celebrate her return to Portland by presenting for the first performance at the Heilig Theater on next Friday night one of the most in tense impersonations in her extensive repertoire that 'of "Carmen." The ver sion ' to be used of Merimee's story was written for Miss Nethersole by Henry Hamilton, an eminent English playwright, at her suggestion, after she had furnished him a detailed scenario. The dramatic and tragic story of the cigarette girl of Seville offers Miss Nethersole an emotional role of great intensity. It will be given an excep tionally elaborate mounting. This will be Miss Nethersole's first appearance in Portland since she made an artistic conquest of Paris last June, when, at the Theater Sarah Bernhardt, she pre sented In English her -well-known re pertoire of plays, and was accorded an ovation such as few female representa tives of the stage have ever received. Mies Nethersole will be supported here by her London company, including Frank Mills, which is the same organ ization that appeared with her in Paris. "Sapho" will be given at the matinee. For the closing bill of Miss Nether sole's engagement on Saturday night she will present "The Awakening." which is M. Paul Hervieu's latest con tribution to the literature of the stage. Briefly told, the Btory of "The Awak ening" is as follows: Gregoire, Prince of a Balkan state, is sojourning with his son Prince Jean in Paris; they are in temporary exile. In spite of his 20th century civilization, Gregoire Is as bar baric as were his ancestors of the Mid dle Ages, and this is mainly the cause of his being in exile. The father and son are intimately acquainted with a Paris family, the De Megee's Raoul de Megee and Therese, his wife. The for mer holds high office in the French Ministry. His interests are centered in his political work, while his wife remains at home neglected. An almost Imperceptible estrangement has grown up between the pair, and their beauti ful daughter. Rose, is practically the only force that holds them together. Prince Jean has fallen in love with Therese. She, while not reciprocating his implied adoration, weakly permits, him, and when Prince Gregoire calls upon his Bon to set about, his efforts at restoration to the throne of Sylvanie matters are brought to a crisis by the young Prince declaring his love for Therese and offering to renounce Ills father and the throne at a word from her. Prince Gregoire, who has already divined the trend of his son's Inten tions, sets about an elaborate scheme to prevent a catastrophe and thereby save Therese and his son from ruin. With the aid of Simeon Keff, a royal ist patriot i from Sylvanie, Prince Gre goire successfully carries out the plot, which culminates in the separation of y, e tZt $ -'y.- c LYRIC STOCK COMPANY IX "THE KENTUCKY." the pair. The outcome of this parental conspiracy leads directly to the awak ening of the soul of Therese to the realization of her love for her daughter and her duty by her, and above all, to a full knowledge that her sole happi ness lies in the arms of her husband. The advance seat sale will open next Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock at the box office of the theater. HOYT'S A HOLE IN THE GROUND Ludicrous Farce to Be Presented by Baker Company After Diplomacy. Hoyt will again come into evidence at the Baker after "Diplomacy" week, when his great character farce, "A Hole in the Ground." will be on the boards. This one Is new to Portland, and if It ever was seen here it was long before Mount Hood was a hole in the ground, as no one remembers It. It introduces a conglomeration of dif ferent characters found around an out-of-the-way railroad station east of New York. The agent, lunch counter girl, telegraph operator, prospective passen gers waiting for the trains that never come, kids, drummers, a tramp, and in fact, a collection of atoms moving around in a little world, and in this case a most lively world, for It abounds in the funniest situations. Like all the Hoyt shows, there is music and chorus numbers galore. Opening next Sun day matinee, November 3. "The Sweetest Girl in Dixie.'" "The Sweetest Girl in Dixie" a new and beautiful Southern play written by a Southern girl, will be the coming attrac tion at the Empire opening next Sunday matinee, November 3. There is a charm about the old South that can be found nowhere else in the world its beautiful gracious women, its chivalrous men, its quaint songs and folklore stories make it seem like a land of delight to all lovers of romance. Softened and subdued by a langourous climate, combine to produce an Indls cribable charm that has been handed down as a priceless heritage to the Southern people of today. Those who see "The Sweetest Girl In Dixie" at the Empire next week will THE THREE OLIFAN'S. FRENCH recognise in the characters a likeness to the real people of the South seldom seen in a play. Last of "Beacon Lights." The concluding performance of "Beacon Lights," the big Lyric hit of last week, will be given this afternoon and tonight by the Lyric Stock Company. This is a play that sets everybody to talking. It is an event, and you cannot afford to miss It. Matinee today and last perform ance tonight. S. Miller Kent In "Rafr.es." The clever actor, S. Miller Kent, will be seen In the intensely interesting drama. "Raffles" at the Heilig Theater, November 7, 8 and 9. CORDRAY GOES TO SEATTLE Portland Theatrical Man to Be Manager for Sullivan & Considine. The information comes from Seattle that John F. Cordray has been ap pointed general manager for the Sul livan & Considine vaudeville interests In" the Pacific Northwest with head quarters In Seattle.. Mr. Cordray Is out of the city and no personal confirmation of this story has been made, but it is probably correct, as Sullivan & Considine set great store by his managerial ability. He built and successfully launched a number of theaters for the firm and then left them to return to Portland where he has been working on a plan for an East Side theater. If he accepts the new position it likely means the abandon ment of the East Side theater project. John Cordray is too well known in Portland to need introduction. For years he has been one of the leading figures In local theatrical matters and is universally held In the highest es teem. He is known as one of the squarest managers on the Coast and while Portland regrets that he la to leave the city there goes with him the best wishes of the theater-going pub lic for his success in the new under taking. LION-TAMER AT PANTAGES Nervy Englishman Will Give Thrill ing Exhibition. No such act has ever been seen in Port land, nor possibly ever will be seen again, as that which Pantages will present as the topllner this coming week, beginning Monday afternoon. The act in question is that put on by Frank Hall, the famous English Hon tamer. He has with him the celebrated lion Wallace, from the Chutes at San Francisco. Wallace Is not only the biggest lion In captivity, but the meanest. It takes an Iron nerve to step Into a cage with a Hon that has killed the only two trainers that ever before dared at tempt that feat. Wallace has always been regarded as untameable. J He is still untamed, and it is only by a superb ex hibition of courage that Mr. Hall cowes the big beast and drives him snarling and gnashing into a corner. Then the tamer slips from the cage and in an instant the big lion in a rage tries to, get at the man who has Just bullied him. t It is as much risk as the average lion tamer would care to take to enter the cage once in a lifetime, but Hall will perform the . daring feat at every per formance this week. He likes the excite ment of the -thing. Is an utter stranger to fear, and besides, the small fortune he receives every week of his stay on the Pantages circuit Is worth taking chances for. To the audience, of course, there is not the1 slightest danger. Double steel bars make up the ferocious lion's cage and it is more than Impossible for Wallace to get out. The only danger is to Hall, wno Is over the age of 21 and willing to take the risk. A second big feature Is announced by Manager Johnson In the three Olifants, celebrated European grotesques, who have been featured by the best houses of Europe. Their grotesque dancing and weird imitations are not only new, but highly attractive. Still another big act la that' put on by the Eldid Four. European acrobats. These clever people introduce many new turns! Mansfield and Mansfield, sharpshoot ers, have a novel act. which will appeal to everyone. With small target rifles these clever marksmen stand second to none and give a remarkable exhibition of fancy shooting. 3. Murray Simon. Hebrew comedian, will add a lively dash of fun to the bill. Simon has been with the beet Eastern circuits. Harry Clinton Sawyer, in his comedy singing Imitations, is anoti-or amusing I w A" '? V txi i funster, whose act Is new an- full of the right kind of fun. Jean Wilson will sing a new illustrated song, and the biograph will produce the latest comedy pictures. The old week's bill, just now coming to a close, has been one of the best this year in Portland. Three costly acts, George Thatcher's monologue, the Jessie Keller troupe in acrobatic cycling, and the Una Clayton Company s comedy, "What's In a Name?" cost the theater more than any three acts ever before in cluded on one .bill In Portlam.. It Is a show you will enjoy throughout. . . GRAND GETS THE BEST ACTS Sullivan & Considine Scour New York, Chicago and London. To be successful in vaudeville a mana ger must get good acts, for the public is discriminating. That is why Sullivan & Considine employ experienced agents in New York. Chicago and London to secure the. best acts available. These acts are ECCENTRIQVJES, AT PANT AGES. then sent from Coast to Coast over the long chain of Sullivan & Considine houses. By this system, the firm Is able to' book the big acts because it can offer them a long engagement. The coming week is a fair example of the class of high grade acts which the representatives of the firm secure off the Eastern circuits. Harry First & Co., will have the head line position. Mr. First was recently the star in "Old Isaacs of the Bowery," which had had a great success in the East. In Portland he and his associate players will offer the novelty playlet, "The Marriage Fee," which is unlike the ordinary style of vaudeville sketches, since It has a real plot and calls for legitimate acting. The special added attraction, like the headline act, is one of reputation. Sid ney Forrester is the feature and he is known as the English costermonger. Since the days when the coster songs became popular in this country few exponents of this peculiar kind of ballad singing have met with the success of Mr. Forrester. The Hassman trio are hand and head balancers, performing difficult feats of strength and daring. Head to head bal ancing is no easy, matter, but this trio has reduced it to a science. Hi Tom Ward is a merry minstrel who knows all the latest jokes and stories and knows how to tell them with the best effect. European novelty dancers are the Mas cagnls. They come from the boulevards of Paris, where they reigned supreme for years. Pope and Knight have songs, dances end character changes in - their specialty, which will fill in a section of the programme. "San Antonio," the new Western song, will be rendered by Joe ft If - s" 0' MISS KATHLEEN TAYLOR IV "A STRUGGLE FOIl GOLD," AT THE 1 STAR. Thompson and imported moving pictures will complete the bill. Today will be the last of the present bill, headed by the Jessie Mae Lloyd sing ers and comedians, eight in number, and other great acts. STAGELiAXD. May Robson began her season in "The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary" at the Lyceum Theater, Bcranton, Pa., October 8. Denman Thompson will celebrate his T5th birthday today (Tuesday). A reception on the stage has been planned by his friends. see .x In April, Henry B. Harris, by arrange ments with John Cort, will present Miss Roberts, In New York In a new American play of modern life. Marie Dressier arrived In London on Oc tober 8, to begin her season there in either musical comedy or "variety." as George Edwardes may decide. ' David Beiasco. "Through Percy Winter, bought all but one of the collection of song books from the library' of Bloodgood H. Cutter, the Long Island poet. James O'Neill will close his season at the Lyric Theater next ' Saturday night and start on a tour of New England and tneu of all the large cities of the country. Lew Fields has accepted a new play toy Glen MacDonoug-h. The scenes are laid on an ocean liner. Mr. Fields will jrobaolv pre sent thle clay with aome other atar In the principal role. ' . Madame Jean Jomelll. -who has been en gaged for the Manhattan Oaera Company, left Havre on the Loralne last Baturaay. fine will Join the Hammerateln forces after a short concert tour. Louis Mann will make a abort tour tn vaudeville, appearing In a condensed ver sion of "All on Account o Eliza." Later In the season he will be starred by w. A. Brady in a new comedy. Franz Lehar, composer of 'The Merry Widow," will not be present at the New York premiere of his operetta. He Is en gaged on a score for a new opera to be pro duced In Vienna this Winter. e William Morris Is another well-known actor soon to appear In vaudeville. Mr. Morris has signed a contract with the Jesse L. Lasky Company to appear ror a limited season In a comedy sketch by a well-known author. Carlotta Nllson, now playing in "The Three of Us." has inherited a farm near Black River Fails. Wis., formerly the estate of a maiden aunt of the actress. The rarm consists of 17 acres of land and a large supply of livestock. In "The Girl Behind the Counter.:- Lew Fields gives dally lessons to aspiring soda dispensers as to Just how to operate a soda fountain. Mr. Fields has some of the fun niest comedy that has been his lot during the many years he has been before the puD lic. In this "take-off." "Cupid at Vassar," in which Florence Gear Is winning renown as a star. Is a college girl's play, and, as the title indicates, the story is centered about an affair or tne- heart, the sweetheart being the most popu lar girl at Vaasar, in which role Miss Gear la seen and heard to fine advantage. Edgar Selwyn. who la starring In "Strong heart." and who is at present In the south, is gathering material for a new play, which he will write for hi next vehicle, and tases occasion to mingle with some of the typical Southern characters, both black ana white, in order, to get the proper "atmosphere." e ' Olga Nethersole, it is reported, will play an engagement In the City of Mexico in April, before going to Paris. She is plan ning to present a one-act tragedy, from the FTench, called "The Submarine," during her New York engagement. It will be given in conjunction with Paglla'cci and The Enigma. Lillian Nordica arrived in New York on the Kronprinzessln Cecile last Wednesday. In an Interview she stated that her plans for an American Beyruth at Harmon-on-tne-Hudson were progressing well. She will soon begin rehearsals at the Manhattan Opera-House, where she will sing all sen son. .Madam Nazimova. the Russian actress, who has created such a furore amons theatergoers by her interpretation of Ibsen's complex character of Hilda In "The Master Builder," has won the unanimous praise of the New York critics, who declare that her art is second to none on the present-day stage. ' Miss Ruth St. Denis, who last season cre ated a furore in New -York with her East Indian dances. Is at present appearing at the Winter gardens of Berlin for the second time. Miss St. Denis will return to America some time in the near future and will be seen In the principal cities of the United States. - e - Gertrude Evelyn Coghlan, known as Ger trude Coghlan, appearing in "The Lion and the Mouse." was born at Queensburr, Eng land, and was named Evelyn in honor or the character "Alfred Evelyn" In Bulwer Lytton'a "Money," the play In which her father, Charles Coghlan. wa then appear ing. Sousa Recommends Portland's Baritone to tne Conreid School of Opera THE ever-gracious "March King," dur ing his recent engagement in Port land,' not only gave the public the best musical treat of the season, but person ally received and advised local talent, commending and encouraging. Among those presented to Mr. Sousa was Charles Cutter, the Alaskan, who has won an enviable reputation in local circles. Mr. Cutter, whose ancestral name Is Dockh-hoh-kharckh, sang for Mr. Sousa with harp accompaniment af ter the Saturday matinee, and was then invited into a private room, where he was requested to sing scales and other exer cises, after which Mr. Sousa recommend ed that he attend the Conreid School of Opera, expressing an opinion that a re munerative engagement could be secured meanwhile, thus insuring a sufficient sum to cover the expense of an operatic edu cation. Mr. Cutter has studied for a number of years, and has made splendid progress, appearing from time to time in leading roles of many of the operas given by local talent in this 'City and surrounding territory. Mr. Cutter was introduced to Mr. Sousa by Mrs. Bertha Taylor Voorhorst, who served as chief clerk of the bureau of music at Festival Hall during the Louisiana Purchase Ex position. PRAISE FOR BEATRICE DIERKE Eastern Critic Writes to Musical Journal of Portland Pianist. A celebrated Eastern critic, while on his way to New York from San Fran cisco, writes to a great musical journal - s f It-,.! "i t - - i If h The World's Greatest Woman Violinist Praises theWorlcTs Greatest Piano Miss Powell prefers the Steiuway Piano and uses it almost exclu sively. At Spokane, Tacoma and Seattle she used the Steinway. Occa sionally a local manager secures a less desirable instrument for a per formance. The following letter is a true expression of her regard for the matchless Steinway:' MAUD POWELL PRAISES THE STEINWAY PIANO NEW YORK, Jan. 21, 1006. Mr. Charles Steinway, Steinway Hall, New York City: Deaf Mr. Steinway After reading your booklet, "Portraits of Musical Celebrities," containing the remarkable encomiums given your pianos by the master musicians of the world, it seems difficult to pay further tribute to the Steinway. However, I want to indorse every thing said in its praise, while as a violin player I might add that, con sidering that an artist ought never to appear before the public except under the most perfect conditions, one of those conditions, in lieu of a good orchestra, should be a Steinway grand (for accompaniments), which, by reason of its beautiful tone quality, its fullness of vibration and the perfect balance of registers, more nearly approaches orches tral support than any other piano made. Its superb blending quali ties, so necessary in association with bowed instruments, makes it indispensable for the perfect presentation of chamber music. I pre fer the Steinway piano above all others, and I have used it 'during my entire musical career. I have had both uprights and grands (some of the latter hv.vjng been close upon 20 years old) and my ex perience in the fundamental qualities of your pianos has been the same in all cases. With compliments, believe me, vours vert' truly, MAUD POWELL. Steinway Pianos Sherman Hlay & Go. Sixth and Morrison Sts., 0pp. Postoffice of the East about Beatrice Dierke as follows : "A superb exhibition of piano playing was given- by Beatrice Dierke at her Portland home. It was certainly with out a parallel among living pianists. Portland may. Indeed, be congratulated to call her own a genius who Is today without a rival tn the musical world. Beatrice Dierke trulji played' like a god dess from the Olympus of pianists. With fingers like steel, shod In velvet, she made one forget an Anton Rubensteln. Her self-possession Is enormous, her re pose magnificent, her feats of technic are simply maddening. ' Her touch ranges from the crlspest staccato to the most luscious legato. Some scale passages she plays en bloc, creating an Impression of something massive and gigantic. A staccato whisper follows, and one mar vels at the adaptability and possibilities of the human hand. These are In a state of the highest muscular culture. , Her sense. of tonal values Is abnormal. She Is a perfectionist, as it is for pure beauty 0 Boys of All Sizes 7 . j"3 will feel their size and work if . better and play better in a suit that doesn't threaten dissolution nt very strain Such Suits are the Mrs- Jane Hopkina Boy Proof Clothes Unbreakable fabric.-, unpartabie seams, and with styling and tailor ing that do the boy proud. Values big enough for the most grasping and prices small enough for the most calculating. Practical mothers can hope for nothing better than these. Send lOc In minim tor mrt oC Clever Cll-ii l'olfr rely to frnme.. EASTERN OUTFITTING Washington. Corner Tenth V I1SK 1.1. 1 H'tBSLH. PSIl islkSHVSOSSSVSBBIMVVVW "i i r nilii li inn iMni iiiii niil si Mim KahnWertheimer 6SMITH (Si lO 739-741 (tjroadway. !ftew S&E At. k ' Sold Only By she strives. Her interpretation is never bizarre, she does not try to seek some new path of eccentricity, avoids distorted sensational effects, yet at every phrase, at every turn, one Is confrontpil with netv shades of meaning, subtle tlntlngs which are delightful, but when she lets loose the thunderbolt of power her listeners remain dazed and breathless at the cli max." German Swimming Invention. London Echo. By means of a new Invention school children in Germany are being taught how to swim before they enter the water. The apparatus, which Is do scribed by popular mechanics, consists of a broad sling placed under the chest and a narrow band , f ,r each ankle, allowing free movenu! of the arms and legs. The leg slir.gs are balanced on weights and pulleys to allow a compensating motion. x sw n 9 CO. V' "' -ftt'.'vHW's if- 0. , .hi I.