Lincoln County leader., September 25, 1914, Image 7

VALUABLETO.FARMER
Hawks and Owls Destroy Many
Voracious Rodents.
Perrugtnoui Roughleg It One of Our
Largest and Most Beneficial Bird,
at It Feedt on Meadow Mice
and Other Mammals. '
(Prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
According to biological authorities
of the United States department ot
agriculture, certain bawkt and owls
are of value to the farmer In destroy
ing voraclout rodents. Notwithstand
ing the deep-rooted prejudice against
these birds, It la the belief that the
good they do overbalances the evil.
Hawks and owls may be divided ar
bitrarily Into four classes:
1. Species wholly beneficial.
2. Those chiefly beneficial.
8. Those In which beneficial and
harmful qualities about balance.
4. Harmful species.
It should be stated that several birds
of prey belong to one or another class,
according to locality. A hawk or owl
may be locally injurious because at
that place mice, squirrels, insects and
other noxious animals are scarce, and
consequently the bird Is driven to feed
on things of more or less value to
man, while in other regions where Its
natural food abounds, it does absolute
ly no barm. A good example of this
kind Is the great horned owl.
To the wholly beneficial class, the
squirrel hawk or ferruginous rough
leg and the four kites the white
tailed kite, Mississippi kite, swallow
tailed kite and everglade kite belong.
The chiefly beneficial class contains
majority of our bawks and owls, and
Includes the following kinds: Marsh
hawk, Harris hawk, red-tailed bawk,
red-shouldered hawk, short-tailed
bawk, Swalnson bawk, broad-winged
bawk, Mexican black bawk, Mexican
Copper Hawk (Chicken Hawk). Up
per Figure, Adult Male; Lower Fig
ur, Immature Female.
goshawk, sparrow bawk, Audubon car
acara, barn owl, long-eared owl, short
eared owl, great gray owl, barrel owl.
western owl, Richardson owl, Acadian
owl, screech owl, flammulatcd screech
owl, tnowy owl, bawk owl, burrowing
owl, pygmy owl, ferruginous pygmy
owl and elf owL
The class In which the harmful and
beneficial qualities balance Includes
the golden eagle, bald eagle, pigeon
bawk, Richardson bawk, Aplomado
falcon, prairie falcon and great horned
owl.
The harmful class comprises tbe
gyrfalcona, duck bawk, sbarp-shinned
bawk. Cooper bawk and goshawk.
The rough-legged hawk and the fer
ruginous roughleg, or squirrel hawk,
as It it sometimes called on account
of Its fondnest for ground tquarrolt,
so destructive In the West, are among
our largest and most beneficial bawks
Tbe former breeds wholly north of the
United Statet, migrating aoutb In Sep
tember and October and remaining un
til the following April. The latter
breeds extensively through the great
plaint region. Tbe winter range of
the roughleg Is determined more by
tbe fall of snow than by the intensity
of cold, the main body advancing and
retreating as the barrier of snow melts
or accumulates. Meadow mice and
lemmings form the staple food of tbls
bird. Lemmings do not reach our
territory, except in Alaska, but In the
north of Europe they occasionally
form Into vast, migrating, devastating
hordes, which carry destruction to
crops In the country Invaded. The
vole, or meadow mouse, Is common
In many parts of this country, and east
of the Mississippi river, wlthput doubt
Is the most destructive mammal to
agriculture. It destroys meadows by
tunneling under them and eating the
roots of grass. This mouse also de
stroys grain and various kinds ot eg-
etables, especially tubers, but proba
bly does even more damage by gird
ling young fruit trees.
, The roughleg la one ot man's most
Important allies against meadow mice,
feeding on little else during Its six
months' sojourn In tbe United States,
It thus renders Important service In
checking the ravages of these small
but formidable pests. The roughleg
It somewhat crepuscular In bablts, be
ing on the alert during twilight and
early dawn, when small mammals are
most active. Other mice, rabbits and
ground squirrels are eaten occasion'
ally, and some of the older writers
state that waterfowl are captured by
tnu bird, but there is no known In
stance of its attacking birds. Stom
achs of specimens shot In locations
teeming with waterfowl contained
nothing but the remains of meadow
mice.
Tbe ferruginous roughleg is as fully
beneficial as Its relative, though the
character of its food differs some
what. In many parts of the country
Inhabited by it, meadow mice, which
Play such an Important part in the
economy of the other bird, are scarce
or wanting, but are replaced by near
ly as destructive rodents, the ground
squirrels. Upon these tbls large and
8hrp-8hlnned Hawk The Enemy of
small Birds and Chickens Upper
Figure, Immature Female; Lower
Figure, Adult Male.
handsome bawk wages continuous war
fare, and great Is the service It per
forms In keeping their numbers in
check. Rabbits, prairie dogs, and oc
casionally pouched gophers are eaten.
The marsh hawk la one of the most
valuable on account of Its abundance.
wide distribution and habits. It is
more or less common throughout the
United States, and may be easily rec
ognized by Its white rump, slender
form and long, narrow wings, as it
beats untiringly over the meadows.
marshes and prairie lands In search
of food. It It were not that occasion
ally it pounces upon small birds, game
and poultry, Its place In the first class
would be Insured, for It Is an Indefa
tigable mouser. Rodents, such as
meadow mice, rabbits, arboreal squir
rels and ground squirrels, are Its fa
vorlte quarry. In parts of tbe West
tbe last-named animals form its chief
subsistence. Lizards, snakes, frogs
and birds also are taken.
Abundant proof Is at hand to show
that the red-tailed hawk greatly pre
fers the smaller mammals, reptiles and
batrachlana, taking little else when
these can be obtained In sufficient
numbers. If hard pressed by hunger,
however, It will eat any form ot life
and will not reject even offal and car
rion; dead crows from about the
roosts, poultry which has been thrown
on tbe compost heap, and flesh from
tbe carcasses ot goats, sheep, and the
larger domesticated animals are eaten
at auch times.
The red-shouldered hawk, or, as it
Is sometimes Incorrectly called, the
hen bawk," Is common, and very val
uable to the farmer. It Is more nearly
omnivorous than most of our birds of
prey, and Is known to feed on mice.
birds, snakes, frogs, fish, grasshoppers.
G.reat Horned Owl.
centipedes, spiders, crawfish, earth'
worms, and snails. About SO per cent
of Its food consists of Injurious mam
mals and Insects, and hardly 1 per
cent of poultry and game.
Danger In Mixing Salt.
There Is risk In mixing salt In dry
mash, at It It Impossible to distribute
It evenly. It It Injurious to a fowl to
eat too much of It The only safe way
la to give It In wet mash. The proper
way of mixing It to use about a table
spoonful to a gallon of water. After
allowing the salt to dissolve use the
water for mixing tbe mash.
Good Chicken Matlnga.
Good matlnga are tlx to ten hens
of the Aslatlo clasa (Drahmas, Coch
ins, etc.) ; ten to fourteen of tbe Amer
ican clast (Plymouth Rocks, Wyan
dottet, etc.), and fourteen to twenty
of the Mediterranean clasa (Leghorns,
Mlnorcas, etc.).
PLACE
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8YNOPSI8.
Eleanor de Toscana wu tinging In
Parla, which, perhaps, accounted for Ed
ward Courtlandt'a appearance there. Mul
timillionaire, he wandered about where
fancy dictated. He might be In I'arls one
day and Kamchatka the next. Following
the opera he goea to a cafe and la ac
costed by a pretty young woman. She
gave him the addreaa of Flora Dealmone,
vocal rival of Toacana, and Flora gives
him the address of Kleanora, whom ne Is
determined to see. Courtlandt enters
Eleanora's apartments. She orders him
out and shoots at him. The next d.iy
Paris Is shocked by the mysterious dis
appearance of the prima donna. Realizing
that he may be suspected of the abduc
tion of Kleanora Courtlandt arranges for
an alibi. Kleanora reappears and accuses
Courtlandt of having abducted her. Ills
alibi is satisfactory to the police and the
charge Is dismissed. Kleanora llees to
Lke Como to rest after the shock. Shs
Is followed by a number of her admirers,
among them the prince who really pro
cured her abduction. Courtlandt also goes
to Como and there meets Jlmmle H arti
san, retired prizefighter and father of El
eanora, whose real name Is Nora Harrl
gan. Harrlgan takes Courtlandt Into his
favor at once, lie Introduces Courtlandt
to his daughter, but the latter gives no
sign of ever having met him before. She
atudlously avoids him. Nora's confessor
cents a mystery Involving Nora and
Courtlandt He takes a strong fancy to
the young man. Nora's suitors become
nor and more persistent
CHAPTER X Continued.
"Abbey, I wouldn't climb those stairs
for a bottle of Horace's Falernlan,
served on Seneca's famous citron
table."
"Not a friend In tbe world," Abbott
lamented.
Laughingly they bustled him Into
the hallway and fled. Then Courtlandt
went bis way alone.
Harrlgan was In a happy temper. He
kissed his wife and chucked Nora un
der the chin. And then Mrs. Harrl
gan launched the thunderbolt which,
having been held on the leash for
several hours, had, tor all ot that, lost
none of Its ability to blight and scorch.
"James, you are about as hopeless
a man aa ever was born. Ton all but
disgraced us this afternoon."
"Mother!"
"Mer cried the bewildered Harrlgan.
"Look at those tennis shoes; one
white string and one brown one. It's
enough to drive a woman mad. What
In heaven's name made you come?"
Perhaps it was the after effect ot a
good dinner, that dwindling away of
pleasant emotions; perhaps it was the
very triviality of the offense for which
he was thus suddenly arraigned; at
any rate, he lost his temper, and be
waa rather formidable when that oc
curred, "Damn It, Molly, I wasn't going, but
Courtlandt asked me to go with him,
and I never thought of my shoes. You
are always finding fault with me these
days. I don't drink, I don't gamble,
I don't run around after other women;
I never did. But since you've got this
social bug In your bonnet, you keep
me on hooks all tbe while. Nobobdy
noticed the shoe strings; and they
would have looked upon It aa a Joke
If they had. After all, I'm the boss
of this ranch. It I want to wear a
white string and a black one, I'll do
It Here!" He caught up a book on
social usages and threw It out of the
window. "Don't ever shove a thing
like that under my nose again. If you
do, I'U hike back to little old New
York and start tbe gym again."
He rammed one of the colonel's per
fectos (which he bad been saving for
the morrow) between bis teeth, and
stalked Into the garden.
Nora was heartless enough to laugh.
"He hasn't talked like that to me In
years!" Mrs. Harrlgan did not know
what to do follow him or weep. She
took the middle course, and went to
bed.
Nora turned out the lights and sat
out on the little balcony. The moon
shine was glorious. So dense was the
earth blackness that the few lights
twinkling here and there were more
ltke fallen stare. Presently she beard
a sound. It was her father, returning
as silently as he could. She beard him
fumble among tbe knlckknacks on the
mantel, and then go away again. By
and by she saw a spot of white light
move hither and thither among tbe
grape arbors. For five or six minutes
shs watched It dance. Suddenly all
became dark again.
"Nora, are you there?"
"Yes. Over here on the balcony.
What were you doing down there?"
"Oh, Nora, I'm sorry I lost my tem
per. But Molly's begun to nag me
lately, and I can't stand It. I went
after that book. Did you throw some
flowers out of tbs window?"
"Yet."
"A bunch of daisies T"
"Marguerites," she corrected.
"All the same to me. I picked up
the bunch, and look at what 1 found
Inside."
He extended his palm, flooding It
with the light of bis pocket lamp.
Nora's heart tightened. What she saw
was a bsautiful uncut emerald.
CHAPTER XI.
A Comedy With Muslo.
The Harrlgans occupied the suite
In the east wing of the villa. This
consisted of a large drawing room and
two ample bedchambers, with window
balconies and a private veranda in
the rear, looking off toward the green
of the pines and the metal-like luster
of the coDDer beeches
It was raining, a fine, soft, blurring i
Alpine rain, and a blue-gray monotone
prevailed upon the face of the waters
and defied all save the keenest scru
tiny to discern where the mountain
tops ended and the sky began. It was
a day for Indoors, for dreams, good 1
books, and good fellows.
Here they all were. Mrs. Harrlgan
was deep In the Intricate maze of the
Amelia Ars of Bologna, which, as the
initiated know, is a wonderful lace. By
one of the windows sat Nora, winding
interminable yards of lace hemming
from off the willing If aching digits ot
the Barone, who was speculating as
to what his Neapolitan club friends
would say could they see, by some
trick of crystal gazing, his present oc
cupation. Celeste was at the piano,
playing (planlBslmo) snatches from
the operas, while Abbott looked on,
his elbows propped upon his knees,
his chin in his palms, and a quality ot
ecstatlo content In bis eyes.
"Play tbe fourth ballade." urged
Abbott
As Celeste began the andante, Nora
signified to the Barone to drop bis
work. She let her own bands fall.
Harrlgan gently closed his book, for
tn that rough kindly soul of his lay a
mighty love of music. He himself was
without expression ot any sort,, and
somehow music seemed to stir the dim
and not quite understandable longing
for utterance. Mrs. Harrlgan alone
went on with her work; she could
work and listen at the same time.
After the magnificent finale, nothlug
in tbe room stirred but her needle.
"Bravo!" cried tbe Barone, breaking
the spell.
"You never played that better,"
declared Nora.
"That's some!" Harrlgan beat hit
hands together thunderously. "Great
stuff; eh, Barone?"
The Barone raised his hands as If
to express bis utter Inability to des
cribe his sensations. His elation was
that ascribed to those fortunate mor
tals whom the gods lifted to Olympus.
At his feet lay the lace hemming, hope
lessly snarled.
"Father, father!" remonstrated Nora;
"you will wake up all the old ladles
who are having their siesta."
"Bah! I'll bet a doughnut their ears
are glued to their doors. What ho!
Somebody's at the portcullis. Probably
the padre, come up for tea."
He waa at the door Instantly. He
flung It open heartily. It waa char
acteristic of the man to open every
thing widely, his heart, bis mind, his
hate or bis affection.
"Come In, come int Just In time
for tbe matinee concert"
The padre waa not alone. Court
landt followed him In.
"We have been standing In the cor
ridor for ten minutes," affirmed the
padre, tending a winning smile around
the room. "Mr. Courtlandt waa for
going down to the bureau and sending
up our cards. But I would not bear
of such formality. I am a privileged
person."
"Sure yes! Molly, ring for tea, and
tell 'em to make It hot How about a
little peg, as tbe colonel tayt?"
Tbe two men declined.
How easily and nonchalantly the
man stood there by the door as Harrl
gan took hla hat! Celeste was aqulver
with excitement She wat thoroughly
a woman; the wanted something to
happen, dramatically, romantically.
But her want wat a vain one. Nora
bated scenes, and Courtlandt bad the
advantage of ber In his knowledge ot
this. Celeste remained at tbe piano,
but Nora turned as If to move away.
"No, you must ting. That It what I
came up for," Insisted the padre. If
there wat any malice In the church
man, It wat of a negative quality. But
It wat in hit Latin blood that drama
should appeal to blm Strongly, and
here wat an unusual phase In The
Ureat Play. He had urged Courtlandt,
much against the latter't will tblt day,
to come up with him, simply that he
might tet a little scene tucb at tblt
promised to be and study It from the
vantage of the prompter. Ho knew
that tbe principal theme of all great
books, of all great dramas, was antag
onism, antagonism between man and
woman, though by a thousand other
names hat It been called. He bad
often tald, In a spirit of raillery, that
this antagonism was principally due
to tbe fact that Eve had been con
structed (and very well) out of a rib
from Adam. Naturally she resented
this, that she had not been fashioned
Independently, and would hold It
against man until the true secret of
the parable was made clear to her.
Nora saw that opposition would
be useless. After all. It would be
better to alng. She would not be
compelled to look at thla man ahe
so despised. At tbe beginning she had
Intended to sing badly; but as the
music proceeded, she sang as she bad
not sung In weeks. To fill this man's
soul with a hunger for the sound of
her voice, to pour Into bis heart a
fresh knowledge of what be had lost
forever and forever!
Celeste turned from the keys after
tbe final chords of "Morning Mood."
"Thank you!" tald Nora.
"Do not atop," begged Courtlandt
Nora looked directly Into bit eyes
at the replied: "One's voice can not
go on forever, and mine la not at ail
strong."
There was a knock at the door. Tbe
managing director handed Harrlgan a
card.
"Herr Rosen," he read aloud. "Send
him up. Some friend ot yours, Nora;
Herr Rosen. I told Mr. J 1111 to send
him up."
Tbe padre drew his feet under his
cassock, a sign of perturbation; Court
landt continued to unwind the snarl of
lace dropped by the Barone; the
Barone glanced fiercely at Nora, who
smiled enigmatically.
Herr Rosen! There was no out.
ward reason why the name should
have set a chill on them all, turned
them Into expectant statues. Yet, all
semblance of good fellowship was in
stantly gone.
. Mrs. Harrlgan smoothed out the
wrinkles in her dress. From the oth
ers there had been little movement
and no sound to speak of. Harrlgan
sun waited by the door, seriously con
templating the bit of pasteboard In
his hand.
Herr Rosen brushed past Harrlgan
unceremoniously, without pausing and
went atralgbt over to -Nora, who was
thereupon seized by an uncontrollable
spirit of devilment. She hated Herr
Rosen, but she was going to be as
Pleasant and as engaging as she knew
how to be. She did not care If be
misinterpreted her mood. She wel
comed blm with a hand. He went on
to Mrs. Harrlgan. who colored pleas
urably. He was then Introduced, and
he acknowledged each Introduction
with a careless nod. He was there
to see Nora, and be did not propose
to put himself to any Inconvenience
on account of the others.
Herr Rosen Instantly usurped the
chair next to Nora, who began to pour
tbe tea. He bad come up from the
village prepared for a disagreeable
half hour. Instead ot being greeted
with Icy glances from stormy eyes,
he encountered such smiles as this
adorable creature had never before be
stowed upon him. He was In the
clouds. That night at Cadenabbla had
apparently knocked the bottom out
of his dream. Women were riddles
which only they themselves could
solve for others. For this one woman
he was perfectly ready to throw every
thing aside. A man lived but once;
and he was a fool who would hold to
tinsel In preference to tuch happiness
as be thought he saw opening out be
fore blm. Nora saw, but she did not
care. That In order to reach another
she was practising infinite cruelty on
this man (whose one fault lay in that
be loved ber) did not appeal to her
pity. But ber arrow flew wide ot the
target; at least there appeared no re
sult to her archery In malice. Not
once had the Intended victim looked
over to where she sat And yet she
knew that he must be watching; be
could not possibly avoid It and be hu
man. And when he finally came for
ward to take bis cup, ahe leaned to
ward Herr Rosen.
"You take two lumps?" she asked
weetly. It wat only a chance shot.
but the hit on the truth.
"And you remember?" excitedly.
"One lump for mine, please," tald
Courtlandt, smiling.
She picked up a cube of sugar and
dropped It Into bit cup. Shs bad the
air ot one wishing It were poison. Tbe
recipient of tblt good will, with per
fect understanding, returned to tbe
divan, where the padre and Harrlgan
were gravely toasting each other with
benedlctine.
Nora made no mistake with either
Abbott's cup or tbe Barone't; but the
two men were filled with but one d
sire, to throw Herr Rosen out of the
window. What had begun as a beau
tiful day waa now becoming black and
uncertain.
Tbe Barone could control every fea
ture save bis eyes, and these openly
admitted deep anger. He recollected
Herr Rosen well enough. Tbe en
counter over at Cadenabbla was not
the first by many. Herr Rosenl Hit
presence In tbti room under that name
wat an Insult, and he Intended to call
tbe Interloper to account the very first
opportunity he found.
Perhaps Celeste, titling aa quiet aa
a mouse upon the piano stool, waa the
only one who law these strange cur
rents drifting dangerously about That
her own heart ached miserably did not
prevent her from observing things
with all her usual keenness. Ah, Nora,
Nora, who have everything to give
and yet give nothing, w hy do you play
so heartiest a game? Why hurt those
who can no more help lovln ; you than
the earth can help whirling around the
calm dispassionate sun? Always they
turn to you, while I, who have so much
to give, am given nothing! She tet
down her tea cup and began the aria
from La Roheme.
(TO tlK CONTINUED.)
Odds Were Toe Great
Walter McQueen, a person ot
color, faced Justice Howard In the
police court at Jackson, Tens., the
charge against blm being assault and
battery on the person of Lily Bells
Hopper. In addition to the battered
complainant three of her friends ap
peared as witnesses against him. The
clerk read the warrant beginning:
"City of Jackson, Tenn., against Wal
ter McQueen" and so on. Tbe pris
oner scratched bis head, meantime
contemplating the glowering faces ol
the chief witnesses for the prosecu
tion. "Please, sun, read dat fust part
over agin to me," be requested. "City
ot Jackson, Tenn., against Walter
McQueen," obliged tbe clerk. "Well,
Jedge," aald Walter, "ef de whole city
of Jackson an' dese foah cullid ladlea
Is organized aginst one nigger, whut
chance has ha got? I's guilty!"
Four Precepts.
Pour tiraeenta tn Ilea he Ta t.Mw
w . - - , . aw wv.
off old customs; to shake off spirits
m-aisposea; to meditata on youth; to
do nothing agaluat one's genius.-
1 1
nawuiorua.
T GET
What the Staging of a Good Pho
toplay Really Means.
Actors Risk Their Lives to Secure the
"Effects" Demanded Not Infre
quently It Is Absolutely Their
tast Appearance.
Plunging overboard from a burning
yacht which has been soaked with tur
pentine and charged with dvnamlta:
struggling on life rafts In a rough sea.
racing an automobile over the edge
of a dock diving with it and tnklna-
a chance on getting out such things
put realism into the movies, ulve thou
sands their anticipated thrills and
Eometlmes constitute the actor's last
appearance, a writer In Popular Me-
cnanics says. Kor often Just as real
as the actual destruction nf a ahln la
the fight for li(e portrayed before the
ens.
The staging of a nhotnnlnv uhlrh In.
eluded the burning and sinking of a
small craft and the battle of those
aboard It to save themselves, recently
was undertaken bv a nroilucer. With.
out flames, explosions and the lost of
tne vessel, the picture would lack re
alism. Unless men foueht for their
lives while the fire ate Its way to the
dynamite which would hrenk tha hruit
.midship, reality again would be sac-
niiceu. when the picture was run on
tbe screen It lacked none ot these
qualities. Large quantities of turpen
tine saturated the shin after It had
been stripped of its Interior fittings.
Explosives were placed aboard. It
men nad to be fired, while thnsn who
did the work took a chance. As flame
and smoke shot mast high, the men
jumped Into the sea. n nlfUo.l un
by boats, and carried a safe distance
away before the terrific bluBt tore the
craft apart and sent it to the bottom.
HAS WON HER HONORS EARLY
Ethel Clayton, at Twenty-One, One of
the Prime Favorites With Admlr
ers of the Photoplays.
Ethel Clayton Is one or the best
known Eastern leading Indies. She
piles her glorious
Hilly llurke type
of hair high on
her head and, In
regnl dinner gown
and evening wrap,
sweeps from her
mansion to ber
carriage. Or may
be she Isn't sup
posed to ever
have seen a din
ner gown, In
which case she
putt her lovely
hnlr Into a pa
thetic knot at the
back of ber head,
a cold-1 o o k I n g
thawl about ber
gingham shoul
ders and goes
Ethel Clayton.
forth to tbe cor
ner grocery store for five cents' worth
of something to eat for the whole fam
ily. All of this, of course, Is In tbe
pictures. ,
Ethel Clayton was born In Cham
paign, III., grew up In tbe backwoods
of Missouri, was later sent to a con
vent school In Chicago, and from there
Hepped into a dramatic career. At
eighteen she headed a stock company
In Minneapolis, and now, at twenty
ono. Is credited' with many stage and
film honors and the ability to run ber
own car.
Films Race of African Dwarfs.
James Barnes, naturalist and mov
ing picture hunter with camera rather
than gun, mho hat been camera-exploring
In Africa, got back recently
with Ji.000 feet of film. Mr. Barnet
and his party traveled about 6, out)
miles, traversing Africa from West
to East Leaving the Jungle at the
Congo, they went over the old trail of
Htanlcy and Livingston, meeting old
chief Lobo, one of the Stanley guides.
With the camera they caught irouna
of the Pigmy tribes of Du Challlu In
tne country or the dwarfs." They
found them a shy lot, and It took lev
eral weeks for Mr. Barnes to get well
enough acquainted with them to In
duce them to puse for the moving pic
ture!. Later some of the little fellnm-a
becamo guides to the expedition.
Biblical Films Barred.
Prussia's highest court has mind
that no biblical films can be shown In
the country. The Berlin police presi
dent had prohibited the production of
a film which gave some scenes from
the life snd suffering! of Christ The
court sustained the action of the
lice on the ground that the Christian
religion Is a part of the public order
which the police are bound tn nnhnM
The court akto held that such a film
grossly woundt the senslbllltlet of re
ligious people, particularly in view of
the fact that It Is liven alone with
light and humorous productions.
Studio Reproduced,
In the furthcoming nrnduetlnn an.
titled "The City Beautiful," a comedy
drama, a stage scene In a motion ni.
ture atudlo Is reproduced. The acene
depicts a green country boy who
strays Into a studto and walks on the
etaje In the midst ot great activity.
Players, property men, carpenters, eta,
are aeon engaged In their various vo
cations. The entire staff of two mov
Ing picture studios participated In thus;
scene.
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