o
Lights Change
Stage Scenes
Turn of Switch Transforms the
Scenery, Costumes and Fig
ures in London Theater.
flimsy and covered with embroidery.
IIow about that?”
“ That's quite simple,” replied SI.
Samoiloff. “To the colors 1 use in
the mountain scene I applied two meth
ods of analysis. First, I took their
WORKED OUT BY A RUSSIAN! found
used chemically. From the spectra 1
Into what colors the first would
M. Samoiloff Asserts He Is Merely
Utilizing Harmony Between Light,
Line and Color— Principles
Are Not New.
split up by the application o f the
proper kind of strong light, and by
chemical analysis I discovered that a
great variety of substances had been
used In the original paints and colors
to produce the original hues. Take,
for example, several pieces of red ma-
terla l; they will scorn to match ex
actly, but chemical analysis will show
tliut one contuins radium bromide,
another pliospherine or zinc, uud a
third no s|<eo!al chemical at all. In
ordinary daylight they look exactly
alike, hut when 1 begin to throw my
specially prepared lights upon them
they change in different ways accord
ing to the chemicals they contain.
When you have worked this out very
carefully, as I did. It will be quit*
simple for you to make a plain blouse
look like a mass o f embroidery.
“ Perhaps you noticed In the Oriental
scene three of the dam-era who seemed
to be clothed In quite different ways;
one looked as If she were wearing
merely a skirt, another was draped to
her shoulders, and so on. Yet when
the light was changed all three were
found to he clad in modem gowns, the
only difference between them being
the colors o f their costumes.
It's
merely an application of tlie knowl
edge of how light affects color."
London.— The wonders accoiuidlshed
In transforming scenes, costumes and
actunl figures from one period of his
tory to another by a mere change of
light on the stage o f the Hippodrome
has set all London tulklng. In a revue
now playing there is a scene repre
senting a very modern damsel sighing
for her lover In a frowning mountain
pass. i>he sings, the echo answers and
the audience is beguiled by the sweet
sentimentality of the situation.
Then behind the scenes somebody
docs something uud everything is
altered In a Hash. The grim moun
tains become a Hindu temple, the
frowning rocks melt Into sands and
palms and the tall, slender young
woman turns Into a stout Indian i
maiden. It has uU been brought about j
by a change in light, by the manipu
lation of more than 100 different
switches at the same moment, and the
audience is carried back 3,000 years
and from one continent to another.
Every detail is transmogrified, and the
Gun pit of the JL-3, armored dreudnaught of the air, showing two of thirty
girl, who wns clad conventionally In machine guns from which 3,000 shots enn be tired In four seconds while the
a yellow artificial silk blouse w ith blue plane Is speeding nt 140 miles an hour. The initial flight was made from New
facings and u rust-red gulf skirt, up- York to Washington in two hours with no stops.
|iears now with her bust draped In
white, embroidered in black and
brown, with her waist unclothed und
her trousers-sklrt pale cream with a
graceful figured pattern.
Horse Racing and Starvation in Soviet Russia
New Dreadnaught of the A ir
Back Goes Everything.
An Oriental scene follows, with the
customary dances. Men and women
In all the finery of the East enter and
weave in and out In the muzes o f the
bullet. The lover comes on, to uil up-
pearnnees robed in the loose w hite gar
ments and the trousers of certain
castes o f Hindus. The nction grows
fast and furious; the heroine is threat
ened by a riv a l; she runs to the hero
for protection, and as he clusps her to
his arms some one throws those
switches again.
Hack goes everything to the moun
tain gorge, and n very modern young
man in a brown lounge suit of unex
ceptionable cut Is seen embracing the
young woman in the crowd of equally
modernly dressed people.
IIow is it done? Only Adrian V.
FamoilofT, the Itusslun artist who lias
worked the tiling out, and the Moss
Empires, who hold the patent, can tell
in detnil, but it is possible to give a
general Idea of this startling new
stage effect. When M. SumoUofT was
asked about it, he said:
“ It's merely a matter o f establish
ing and utilizing a harmony lie'ween
light, line and color. Is it new? WeU,
nil tile elements of it have been been
known for years; I have merely
brought them together and worked
them out scientifically and systemati
cally. Do you remember, for Instance,
the postcards we had ns children.
Which showed one Inscription In one
light and nnother In another? Well,
that’s part of it. Then during the
war he heard a lot about 'dazzle' and
camouflage, and liow a few apparently
random lines of paint would alter to
the distant observer th« shape of the
outline o f n vessel. That's part o f It,
too. I have merely worked along these
and similar lines until I got the re
sults I wonted.”
Light Changes Costume.
“ Hut the girl's skirt and blouse in
the mountain scene seemed to be of
solid color and heavy material, while
In the Hindu sceue they were quite
Alien Property
to Be Returned
Here is an example of tlie sliurp eoutrasts In soviet Kussla. One photograph shows a trotting race on the
track at Moscow reopened by tlio Uol.-hevik government. The other shows u starving family In the Samara dis
trict waiting for food or death.
Lessons of W ar
in N ew Defense
Plan Provides for an Efficient
Staff Trained in Peace
Time.
BARS CENTRALIZED CAMPS
tro-IIungarian empire broke up nfter Foundation Work on Great National
Scheme of Mobilization Already
the war lias made possible n return
of a large portion of the property
Done— Regular Army to Train
seized from Austrian and Hungarian
Men for War.
nationals who after the peace treaty
became citizens of the new repub
Washington.—Two lesson« of the
lics that assumed friendly diplo
matic relationship with the I'nited World war, learned at heavy coat, are
States. Mr. Miller lias been proceed | sharply emphasized In n War de
ing quietly with the unraveling of partment bulletin, giving the first o f
ficial picture of the new national de
Most of the Seized Holdings Will numerous claims until the old Aus fense structure projected In the re
trian
property
is
in
such
slmi>e
that
Eventually Go Back to the Orig
lie can see daylight, and lie antici organized army o f the United Stntes.
inal Owners— Claims of Our
pates little troulde from that source i One lesson comes direct from the
Citizens Must Be Satisfied.
between now and the time congress battlefields of France. It Is that elfi-
clent staff work is vital to modern mil
ucts.
Washington.—Administration leaders
Congress will have to pass on the itary operations, and with It goes the
are trying to map out a policy
disposition of less than half the corollary that staff functions cannot
for disposing of the alien property Austro-Hungarian holdings, or prop be lenrned over night.
trusts.
Most of the seized hold
The other comes from the wartime
erty valued nt $18,000,000 out o f a
in g will eventually go back to the total of .$40.000,ittl0 seized when war din ami confusion of the centralized
original owners, hut Allen Property
wns declared. When congress amend trnlulng camps at home. It Is that effi
Custodian Miller Insists that the
ed the trading with the enemy net cient mobilization of the nation's fight
claims of American citizens against
ing strength enn bo carried out only
it provided that the possessions of
Germany
and
Austria
must
be
citizens of Czechoslovakia and Po as a decentralized process through
satisfied first.
The ultimate disposi
land and subjects of the new'.Jugo agencies set up In times of pence.
tion o f the property rests with con
Keallzntion that these lessons must
slav nation anil the section of old
gress, except In cases where It has ex
Hungary added to Itumnnla might be worked Into the new military pol
pressly authorized settlements. Wind
be returned, and settlement of the icy If perilous delay and costly con
ing up the alien property affairs Is
fusion which preceded pnst mobiliza
claims of these people Is proceeding
now the big task before the adminis
rapidly.
Mr. Miller announced that tions were to be avoided lias marked
tration In getting back to an actual possessions valued at more than the effort o f the War department.
peace stntus.
$0,000,000 already had been banded The bulletin shows Hint It has attempt
ed to write regulations under the re
No Austria Hungary Now.
back to the owners.
O f the remaining approximately vised national defense act that would
Virtually all the attention, both
furnish n clean-cut scheme for war
public and In congress, lias been $30,000,000 Mr. Miller estimated that
mobilization without vlolntlng nation
about
$13,000,000
subsequently
will
go
focused on the seized German hold
al traditions against militarism or «'re
ings In this country. The chief claims to nationals of the three new Euro nting machinery that would Imtsise
of American citizens growing out of pean stntes or nationals o f the new
This will leave heavy burdens In peacs times upon
the war ure against the German gov section of Itumnnla.
the taxpayers.
ernment, which will probably be approximately $18.000.000 tied up in
To Profit by Experience.
charged up with the finaneia! loss to trust utitil congress authorizes the
Americans through the
Lusitania President, through ttie alien property
The project undertaken probably Is
sinking, on which many of the claims custodian and the Department of Jus the most far reaching military effort
rest.
For this reason it Is exjiected tice, to return it or dispose o f it other the nation lias ever attempted iu peace
that settlement of the German prop wise.
times.
In discussing the Austrian and Hun
erty will be longer delayed.
The foundation work has been done.
In addition, the fact that the Aus- garian property seized in this country, All over the country decentralized ma
very few pointed out that It Included chinery Is being set up capable. Its
very few estates o f any size— in fact, designers believe, of getting the na
only one, the Gladys Vanderbilt estate, tion on a war footing with little de
valued nt $4,000,000, which was re lay and confusion. Yet It Is felt that
turned nfter congoess provided that the nation at large and even the most
the property of American women mar important links In the new defense
ried to alien enemies prior to April (5, chain, the regular army, the National
1017, which was taken over during the Guard und the Officers' Ileserve corps
war, might be handed back. Count do not appreciate fully what Is being
Rzechenyl, who married Gladys Van done.
derbilt, Is now mentioned as the Hun
Col. John McA. I’nlmer, the officer
garian ambassador to the United assigned to ohl congress In framing
States when the treaty ratifications the legislation making It all possible,
are exchanged.
and who has devoted himself to a
One Item of 1:00000.
study o f the subject, was called upon
O f the remaining Anstro-Hungarlnn to furnish the document, anil Ids work
property In the hands o f the gov is to go to ull parts of the new army
ernment the largest lump sum Is ns a means of preventing misunder
I that o f $400.000 taken over with the standing.
| Austro Iltingar an hank o f New York.
Colonel I'almer points out that at
Part o f this trust fund will pr<l>- the conclusion of previous wars, the
j ably be banded back tiefore cong •
United .States sernp|>ed all It hod
passes on the Austrian pro;>erty. Mr. lenrned In liattle nml demobilized with
! Miller said that citizens of Poland, ! out Hny attempt to carry those costly
i Czechoslovakia, Jugoslavia and Hu- I lessons on to younger generations for
mania hold an Interest, the extent o f I their protection and aid In time of
which is still umlelertnlm d. In the j war. Veterans of the Civil war,
bank.
It is exjiected to materially ; schooled in soldier craft, skilled in
reduce the total when claims are al staff work and the handling o f mighty
lowed.
forces with minimum confusion
in
Virtnally all the rest o f the Aus movement and minimum losses in
trian property consists of sms II es battle, went back to civil life, lie says,
tates, some o f which amount to only ! snd lost all touch with military mat
l $40 or similar sums awarded work- j ters. When the war with 8|>aln came
The Island o f Ceylon produces most of the graphite n«ed by tne world In men tinder state compensation nets, their knowledge was lost to the men
the manufacture o f lead pencils, paint, stove blacking, lubrlcsnts, crucibles and The $13,0001009 of Austrian and llun- of 181*3. It wns necessary to build
foundry facings. The methods used in the mining of the mineral In Ceylon are gsrlnn properly Is In the same h<» t again from the ground up. and H*17
primitive, natives only being employed In the work. The Ceylon graphite Is as the hulk of the German trust funds, ! saw this waste rejieated, the bulletin
over 93 per cent pure carbon. It Is also commonly known as "black lead.” The over which the President has no | asserts.
above photograph shows native women working over a barrel of graphite at power of disposition until he obtains
The purpose of the new scheme of
Colombo, Ceylon.
‘ further authority.
welding the regulars, the National
Government Officials Are T ry
ing to Map Out Plan for Un
raveling Tangle.
NECESSARY TO PEACE STATUS
Where Your Pencil Lead Comes From
o
Guard and the organized reserves Into
the urmy o f the United Stntes in
peace times Is defined by Colonel I'al
mer as follows:
"It Is primarily the object o f our
mow law to perpetuate the framework
of the organization developed In the
World war, so that its tremendous cost
can be funded ns a permanent Invest
ment for nil time.”
Hud such a system ns Is now well
advanced toward establishment bt>en
erected after the Civil war, the offi
cer adds, “ In 1N9S more divisions than
were needed for the war with Spain
could have begun their expansion
within 34 hours after the declaration
o f hostilities.”
Centralized Process Demoralizing.
“ Mobilization In 1917," Colonel Ful
mer continues, “ would have proceed
ed ns a decentralization process and
not ns a great centralized process,
upsetting the economic life of the na-
tion. It would not have been necessary
to spend millions for great concen
trated training camps or to overbur
den the railroads with umiussltled
personcll ami material in order to
organize anil train and equip and pro
vide officers ull at tlie same time.
Such a national organization must
have saved months In time nml mil
lions In money."
Colonel I’ulmer points out tliut
Stonewul! Jackson alone of leaders
on either side of the Civil war en
tered the contest with knowledge of
wliut staff work meant. He hud stud
ied Napoleon's troop orders, and In
the first buttle o f Hie war, Gololiei
I’ulmer says, “ showed that even raw
troops run stand like a stone wall If
the prevalent rawness dia>s not extend
to the craftsmanship of the com
mander."
To meet such n situation, the new
mllitury policy Imposes on the regulur
army the duly o f training in peace
times tlie men on whom must of ne
cessity full Hit) burden of command
and direction of great forces in war.
From this arises Hie present distribu
tion of the regulars Into divisional
areas which underlay Hie corps and
army area structure.
It Is not ex-
liected, officers say, that more Hum a
division ever will he brought together
Supposed Suicide
Gets Up and Runs
Halt (more.— Several hundred
persons gathered on President
street to await the arrival o f the
police to move the body of a re
ported suicide lying under a rail
road car. They were startled
when the man got up and ran.
William N. Houck, conductor of
a Haltlmore «V Ohio railroad
train, grubbed the limn and held
him for the police.
The "suicide" gave his name
us Angdo Scupuno, thirty-two,
and an address on President
street. He was found lying be
tween two freight curs, with Ills
head across one of the rails. A
pistol
with
two
discharged
chambers was nearby.
A watchman nt a nearby plant
fired several shots to attract the
police. Scapano told Lieutenant
Mooney lie hud crawled under
the car to sleep and knew noth
ing of the pistol or pistol shots.
In peace times, hut through practice In
handling a divisional unit o f 30,000 or
so men, training con he Imparted, It
Is felt, to fit future leaders to handle
corps of nrmles In battle.
From its role as staff college, also,
comes the demand o f the army for a
larger proportion of officers than llie
actual enlisted strength o f any prob
able regulur force would require.
These extra officers would play little
part In the actual peace time em
ployment of the army as such or
even In smull emergency that required
only the regulars to meet the nation’s
i-ceds. They would he under training
In stuff functions, nml In turn ho
passing on their knowledge to the Na
tional Guardsmen and reserve officers
snd the whole scheme o f keeping the
country up to date In n military sense
without keeping nny substantial force
under arms nt any time rests on this
provision, It Is asserted.
Corn for Fuel.
I.e Suer, Minn.— Declaring that corn
at 31 cents u bushel Is cheaper fuel
than coal. Dr. F. A. Dodge, n resident
of Le Suer and a farm owner, has
commenced burning corn ns a fuel to
heat Ids residence. Al Sehlegel, a
farmer living neur here also says he
Intends to use corn as a fuel, Is'eause
of the low price and labor at $3 a day.
Tagging Chicks as They Are Hatched
In order to keep a record o f their best chicks, progeny of their best laying
hens, the poultry raisers o f California are tagging the Hny birds as soon as
they are hatched. A numbered hit o f metal Is affixed to a wing. Miss Edith
Strudders, who claims to hare some of the finest of I'etaluiua's twelve million
One hens. Is shown tagging a few of her day-old chicks.