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.Till: IJKND BUMdSTW, BNI), MONDAY, PKMtUAflY IT, 1918.
rAeus.
SAVING THE SCENE
J An EijiorQonoy. For Which Aotors
' Must Evor Bo Proparod.
' 'i "
ACTS NOT ON THE PLAYBILLS.
Prino of Mind by WhlMt CUra
Morrlt TUrncd to Advantao ' O-
, nln Interruption In ''Mis Mullon"
r ,, and a Ftllna Intrusion jl .'ICarllla."
' All uxporlotU'otl nclor Ik dlipd.'d to
)o nblo to copo with nil atnno etrnlr
JriUJi HU iiiiiiivi Miinv in mvniHn "
Wllllt liaVK'll. t'K)l, Mf pOltftTftgigti It
la exoftd of him to turn tho rldleu
Jlon Into u source of ifiinUM rather
'than of ilUnpprdriil or Mgliter. v
I And among tint iiifcvtn rjr ncijulrw
'nii'iits for tli nrtrtw Ih hi uimhakahle
' fft control, no mutter It by womn cure-
jkhiii4 alie U throwd Info a? Munition
-almost without prcer-dent. ttliu mimt
..never ny off. at k tangent loCnui of
iotne tlnrehennied Incident Aim must
not acrratu whun tin) perohtllal gallery
Mlut jell "PlraC If something Ufnr
Jtuttrn shu innat try hard to hide ltd ah
'ytoiiio or Invent a substitute.
iff If anything unusual occurred I nt.
wray tried to Incorporate It Into tho
play If mlliln. an when In tho euhooh
Ijixim acenn of "Mian Mutton" I w as-
i inlhed tit c a Urea water spaniel
I ioma trotting on vo tho tge, waving
! bU tall (it wv n if wo had lieeti Immhiui
friend for year. I ilou't like to recall
Jill thn Ihtng I tttoiiKht nlwut that U
for a moment or two.
Then I rtMMi, ami, thanking heaven
nud n ganerona iiMatnr for tho collar ho
wont, t grasped It, niul, having stroked
lit .1 Iky ear with tho other hand, I
an Id Ki my puplUl "Children, I do not
wlih to curtail your pleasure, hut t
have told you before that 1 cannot wr
tnlt you to have your pot In thU room
during It-Moa hour. Now, don't force
ui to remind you of ttiat neuin "
And tho tlttlo ulrl who played I'ahl
quickly and cleverly responded to my
wink. "Oh, excuse u thta time, Mis
Mutton, and wo won't do It again."
And, taking tho dog from me, alio led
him off Into tho retirement of private
life, whllo In the morning on newiMt.
(Hr remarked that "amoug tho prettiest
of tho lighter tuuchc of tho perform
unco wr.a tho scene at tho ChrUliuaa
tree In tho tint act and tho dot nceuo
lit tho third act."
Another tlmo. In Unlttmore. whrn 1
wn playing "Camllhi." I hndj, similar
KMrlttir4. In tho rtfth act I had "toe-
gered fmm tho window to ttut bureau,
iiprtiiiiR thatdrvad moment whrn t waa
. to ixv the rwn.ilou of my wrecked nud
iniliiMl aelf In tho looking t;U. The
Uioue wiu all altviitloii, watchlne dim
lyeit the plleom, weak moreuieuta of
Itho dyltis woiiiitn. JUat then I hertnl
vihe quick liidntwliii; of tho hntith thnt
SmrthM vroinnnlioiKl alivnya InduluM
111 In-fore either n acrenm or a IniiKh.
I My henrt eo n pluuso. "What la
It) Oh, whalla wrouitr' And I glauc
l dowu at myaelf niuloiuly, for really
1 wuro very llttlo In Hint aceno. "What
- Then citmo n tltti-, and evidently It
Jv cniwlne. In nuouy I turned quick
jy nlMiut niul found tnynolf fnclmr n
jnonnlnuu cat. Hturllko, ha held tho
Aery venter of the ainco, Ida two rrrent
x ayea llxel uiifllnihlnily upon my
Vrtro. IIIh mil aloud Htmlcht nnd ng
Kniulrvly In the nlr, twltchlue with
,hort tntlcheant tho very top,
Alf. no woitdor the)' i:ttKleI. Hut
jDeaA Qmyt-
afn AeftJtxf io four'jteieA aakinp me uhcAc
o furnish, your new home, af adxriie you y
xil mean to 0.0 whcAe J do, and uy eveAy
,lhinp you want torn them,
cJhcy do an aiiJouieiy honr&t fuAnituAe
ltil-elj, afhdf ielt you luAnLture coAAect
in Aiyic, and that which ii ftut oaetf-cA 40
it wont come afiart. 5Fh,e ft rice they matt1
re low, at know, af've iaoked aAound,
art ha Ate,
2ouA bait
Xou,
(P, S.-zSy till mean-i Amy, yet youA fxtAni
JLurc fAom
r
Where Your Dollar
r ffr iff rTTv
Va 1 4 itMm m Ma
' m'I,L -J ti
V ' ' ' ' ' ' ' '
horf f6invo tho aprTrbirclilllfc' dflijUr
acntio w what wont throtiijh my
nilmh ' f ' '
CllnKlne to the hiirfthil, r allpW td
my kuoea, nud wlih' nn ohrnedf.t'riiyor
that Iki wmild not roaM my appeal In
n fnlnt wio I crtliyV him to mo.
ThoiiniN,l()kel auplci)unly nt nut. Iii
llntcd, tliiin iippronulivd RliiKoriy nud
atilrfril. nt my llimorH. Tlrt ho ruhbed
til dingy Ixxly iiKiillmt my kiioe, mid
J ii iii limthiit my nrum woro nhout him,
my choPk on liU vlrl;od old hend,
Whnt i hIkIi if relief wetil like n iniii
ovnr thnt iiullJviK'n! I hud wool
I (lieu culliilf Nunliii) lt ri'llme un',
nod thtl npplniiMo thnt nwept tho Iioiin)
mum nn Imliii to my jrrenVdltreHx, I
aiild to NrmWu, "Tnlto him drtwrtntnlrnl
he KWwa loi heiivy for lilif -to int'ls"
And Hlr Thnnina wn cnrrlei onfro
lui'lnntly; hixIiiIiih pfirhnp 'thnt I
Mvaa eiivnnin or mo iiivon nnuinaue.
Pi IIIIIIIIIITI, nii'"!f rviui."ji v
n wne.-tjf.courM mndd (hu HHtf'ttio
mivtil altuntlon. A KenUernan'muf mnP
oil tho atreut'tho rtext'iimrnltiK and t
nuxloiia for him to rfottltriin armuuont
l-lwivn hlhiatdf iM wlfo.
"My wlfo. wh Ma wn tbe-play tje!r.
rnl llmealn fw Ytirlf, 'Inalata that
tho betitillfltl fttlo aceno With tho Hit
ImlmiRti to thoplny, whllo 1 don't refill
It, ixr do any of our nciiiinliitnu.-iti
nlnim I hnro nhti-d tliM inortilni.
Wort'e.Md kindly aet ui rlehtT
"Wlllnely. repllel- my mnnfleer,
"Your wlfo la In tho rleht, my dear air.
Thnt cat aeeuo la nlwnya dime; It U a
irrent favorlto with Ml Mfurla, and
aho hnuta that cat nil drcr tho country
with her."
May hen reti fond hlinl-Clnra or
rl In Now Vock I'reaa.
Inquliltlva,
"What la your naiuef aakeil ono fire-yenr-old
mlw of another.
"My Koodneea!" exclaimed tho other.
"You are aa had aa rrrownup fotka.
Ttiey are alwaya aaklng my natno nnd
a lot of other allly queatlona until I am
actually nthauied of tliem." Chlcaco
Newa.
If you know how to apend leaa than
you cet ynu havo tho phlloaophera
toue, -Franklin.
Matata and Mataphora,
"It ta mot nnrntlue." aold a mttal
Inntlet, "how the world rolleo on met
alafnrlt uielaphora nud elmllea. Thua
an orator I allvor tnnuuod or Koldcti
mouthed. An explorer U hrunced hy
African auna. A rvnoluto chap twa an
tmu will. A atucKard morea with tend
on fet. An oatrlch haa a copper lino
etomach. A inllllonxIrH tiaa tin. A
windier Is na allppery na qulckatlrar.
A borrower hna bmaa."
Amleabta Adjuttmant.
"I want you dhtllnctly to nndemund,
Kmll. that whun your collcaKUo'a wlfo
hua m now hut I want ono loo."
"Calm joumelf, my dr. We'vo
aettleit It Uitwceu ua. You're uelthor
of yon jcnliii; to ct ono." Flletcendo
IJUlter. '
Tha Latttr Evil.
"I bntt n tmrlmr thnt tnlka nolttlca
all th tlmo. don't your
"Cnii't eny I do I'd rather hare
him talk olltlca thuu hutr tonic"
WuahltiKton llernld.
Raro Frab:
"l-'itndy. In't It. about the hlowlne
up of a maiiholel"
"llow'a It funiiyT"
"IHH-ntiae n limn Beiierrtlly hlowa up
In ph'it."-lnltlniuro AuierUau.
tt' ' (
l4 f
lompson
Dooa It Duty.
" cMEtfr of' f fifeniifid ws;
ill .
U of dirt 0 to It That th Bri4
i Kept Abaolutol Pur. '
TJi!douhtelly tho llttlo Inland of Jcr
My hiljPbci'n cnrli'hed by tho profit of
lu row, (ri modoru diya potato ml
hill mid fruit culture hnvtf hulped, hut
It I the nolld, continual ;mtlt of tho
entile' (lint linn mndo (ho Unnd rich.
W carefully dothey teild thcia tlicro
itrfd eo friiunl nro they of vtnato In
(nwldeK piiHtliioi, iinya Our hiiinh Anl
mull,, that they iictmilly tuthor thulr
iitilliinlft. mid the children or Indoor
itorvrtiilA ahlft thorn ut morn, iioou and
nluht " i
;enlliiicni.a their cue (fT hnndllne
the'cnli which, iifler a doiojof tnotfi
er'amllk. IiAk to he content with nklrri
milk, or liktllcciileo. Kho i-hillterfd
nnd fed or luiiid and ttocomo docllo
nnd rentle' Mnd when two Sni old
. yinliM Indoor or outdoor awuntlru!
'litiiketfill-of Trothy, rich mflk' to lb
quiet wVifilea; fbllWlid'tijIlk her1. V
The Jersey hn-cd kept par hy
atVlnuebt nwtanlnt tho lniorpitloa
of fortifKii'toclt. Tho aunimer p!n1tu
afcV'U wry rlchi nnd rattlo romnrti out
from May iill'tictobor. hut durlnir the
Winter they are alwaya comfortably
houncd, 'i - ' t
Tbd milk In uned qlmoat exclnalreiy
In nin,klne huttm A ttood-Jeraey will
iniiUo nil avuraito of e pound of butttt
overy ihiy lu the year. Tho Jurioy i
beautiful In form, and her abounding
dairy product rnnko her n favorlto
with tho houMbold. nn oruAmtui to
any farm or etnte and a oourc of
erent profit to ber owner.
CURIOUS CUSTOMS IN INDIA.
Dancing OlrU Ar Marrltd to Idol
Rtprntlng Qoda.
rarrou nn tniiKtit In India to apeud
a lure (Kirtlou of Ihvlr Um to repeat
ln tho uaiuea of pK and aucb a
apokeamnn brlnpi a Rreot price, espe
cially nmonu bualuea men. who Im
agine that hy owning auch a (wrrot
their nplrltiial treaaurea aro accumu
latlne whllo they attond totbolruiual
occiipotloua.
Many of tho danrlntf girl In India
belouclne to tho temple are called the
wlrcit of tho god. At an early ace
they aro willed In wedlock to the lm
itkv worahled In tho temple. ThU
atrntiice mutrlmoiilul connection U
formed In compllunco with tbo wUhco
of tho piirent, who belloro It to be
a hlKltly medtorlou act to prwnt a
beautiful duuuhtor In marrUeo to a
nellitchtt Idol.
Ttie only fondener who ever aw tbo
Imdde of tbo erent Temple of JtiKcer
mint wna nit KiiuIUIi ottkvr, who auc
reeded In enlnlm: hiIiuUIod by paint
Ine nud driMnn hlmmlf like a nattro
When tho Uruhmin tllKiiriTi that
their holy place hud been thua dcflled
they hYvnnu- o vurueod that all tbo
KimlUh rei-ldlne nt the atation were
ohllKHl to tlco for their live,
Hiianectlne their pttraUor to be more
dealroua of Knitlfylue their avarice
than their rercngo. they rtrvwed silver
money by the way, nnd while tho na
tive atopKd to pick It up they ealned
time nud aucccedcd In reaching a place
of mifcty. Philadelphia Inquirer.
WlnUr.
I have never doubted the fact that
winter wna retilly at heart a Jolly Rood
fellow, bnioque. but liiccre. 1IU bntk
U wome than hU bite. If you expect
miiootli phruiea or tlutterlea from bin
llw you will In dUappolntrd. Ill Ian
uuiiKe vlttoniut. direct nnd effective
I Hk reUn 11 "ruler of the Inverted year"
I MtMOluto. IIU qunlttlea nm dUtlnctty
umu'ulliie We think of Hprluc hm n
hy inulden coquetttui; Mlth thetiteete.
uiiuuier na the nrfivi Dower of Knt
loiiit woiuntituHid Autumn remlnda ua
of 11 widow, to whom bereavement hna
brought 11 chiiNteniHl meUiH'holy. Hut
winter U the leunniM Reiitleumn with
the wIimIoiu iiiii! Judgment of ngo.
nt rung nnd unyielding where great U
mitM are nt Htnke. vet wlilml reveal
ing at time u winning tcueth-em-e In
(With tool: and actluu. Buburbuu
1.1 to.
Th Vatican' Prclou Manuterlpt.
Tho Viitlcuu library tt'prolmhly the
moat auniptuniiMly hoiim-d lu tho world
I'hU, of cmno. U only na It aliould tw.
for tho i-olliH-tlou ctiiitiilua eoiiie of the
uioxt prei'loiiH iiianUHcriptnliiexlatonco,
lin-ludliig tho Hlblli-ul "Oxlex Vntlni
nua" of the fourth century, tho fifth
century Vergil und tho pullmiweat "Do
Itepuhllcil' of Ctcero. -Tbo printed
ixMika fnclude over Ui Ofteiuth cen
tury edliloiia, mauy of them vullum
coplert The 1otl Jlbrary ba beoti-ea
1 1 nm ted to comprtao over '.-0.00(1 vol
uuiea nnd .HO.uiiO mnniucrlitta, but It
liUKtiever beii adduutly catalogued
-I'ull Mall Cantie,
Extra Touch.'
Hmlth I eee you're puyliig tho ex
pointer! of thnt pnlutur who fell otT th
roof, llniwu-Huiv; he'ri tio good a
uiiiu to Iiiml Ah he went down he
toueheil up three or four places wheh
would have tveen extremely dlttlculttto
rencb In tho ordinary way. l.oudou
I' I. l
A Binttactor,
"Do you know, old uiiiu. thnt young
fellow paved mo from abnoiuto bank
ruptey lurit yearr
?Uuw vrint tluitr ' 'f
"lle omrrtiHl the rdrl I had'heen en
gaged to tor moutii." Loudon Toio-
Kiiipu.
Cautlou. ,
"1 Mn I'tvltyfaev rn tnoumlne for
tier Uiiiilm ud y
"Can't ny Only now uho'n la black
Jyr hlui.',--J-lthuoryericaa..
.4 J 1 HI 'l i i. i ' .-
't u-dlitlcuit to rewt.trVyoumrt dolnj
uotlilng.-ttoiuan I'roverb.
HErTeDTTY ANU Tfitf EYEfc'
. I hi
lu or Ony Ryd Parnt Cannot
Hav Brown Byd Childrtn.
flirt' w blue and probfthty grny eyed
pn renin Mi re no brown plgmoiit In tbo
outer nurfiiid of tho IrU they cafuiot
trnimmlt brown to thnt (wtlon of their
children' oyeit. ThU nlwont charnctor
Utlc mny bo ono thnt hna been Ioat or
It mny fiovvr hnvo been acquired. It
U known In heredity Inngungo am n re
craalrc. Heme, to repent, two reccit
hWv proluco In their offftprlng only
Ihelr rwcMAh'ii coiullllon.
Tho hereditary Iwhnvlorof brown pyo
color, howorer, h very different in
brown eye nrtonl pigment occur In
tho Irla. I foro thero U.nouictlilnjf nc
cumulatPd to hnud on down to autao
qucut gcnerntlonji. The amount that
can bo transmitted, however, depend
6rf one' own lnrpJlfnry JiUtory n well
lilt tlnit 6f ono'a COilaOrt. If both of
flmlth'a pnrenbt N-long to brown eyed
H'Tnln. then Hmllh caii finro only
brown eyvn. And Iua Kmltli ha been
given, a It were, n double dow of
brown hU oyw will bodarfe. brown. -
Hmllh will tutTe, In lU turn, only
brown eyiil children, whatoTer mny b
tho color ofhU wlfaXeyvw. In the Ifln
gtiaue of bereilltary,' Smith's brbwii eyW
color dominate over blu or jjrs.
Wlfn Hihlth'a brown y 'color baa
tieen derlrvd from ono parent only,
then hi own eye will tend to bo light
er lu color and only half of hi germ
cell will luiro tho potentiality for mak
ing brown eye. Hence, If ho marrle a
blue or gray eyJ wife, only half of hi
children will ItAre brown eye, and a
tight brown, too, becnUMi of two gen
eration), of dilution. In cn Hralth'a
wlfo aim baa brown eye derived from
one of her parent only, then threo out
of four of their children will bavo
brown eye, but only one of tbo three
will get a double doao of brown; hence
Smith' brown eyed children will not
all transmit brown In tha nam degree.
Thus It U wwwlble for n brown eyed
parent to havo one-half or one-quarter
of hU children blue or gray eyed. Hut
It U never poind ble for two blue or
gray eyed parent to bare brown eyed
children. Independent
FREEZING WATER.
Condition That Cam tha Hunting or
Cracking of c.
Ice never burats from freezing. Aa
soon aa tho liquid of which It U com
poied I froxeu oolld exponalon ccaaes.
The cracking or bunting of Ice 1
brought about lu thl way: When wa
ter U aubjected to cxtremo cold Ice
cryatnl will gradually form on Ibi ur
face until tho Mine nro covered with a
tblu coat of whnt appear to bo wet
now. From thl outer coating of Ice
crystal all utMequont freezing goe
downward, tho Ico thickening accord
ing to tho degree of cold. Tbo water
which U being converted into Ice now
begin to expand, creating n pressure
upon tho unfrorcn water below. ThU
ptvwiuro I both downward nnd out
ward, nnd In cnito tbo water under ob
Mcrvutlon I In n vccl tho lde and
bottom of the receptacle supply the re
fUtnnce. A the freezing proccus continue the
preMsiire upon tbo confined water and
air In the Interior of tho bulk Iucreae
until itouiethliig yield. If the veet
be Htroiigor thau tbo Ice stratum that
bn formed orer the nurfuce tho layer
of lit? will be bent upward at tbo cen
ter, that being tbo weakext point, on
account of the fact thnt the outer
edge of the congealed masM nro frozen
fast to tbo aide of tbo vcnsol In which
the experiment U being tnmle. In thl
condition tho ivntr of tho Ico contin
ues to rlae or bulge until It buret
from the resistance-of tho water below.
Could tho ve-wcl lie tapped from below
und the water drawn off no amount of
freezing would lie milHelent to crnck
or bulgo the Ice layer un tho nurface.
At a DUadvantaga.
"A newly umrrled uran ulwnya lias
great confidence lu tho auperlor wU
ilom of lit wife."
"Nnturnlly." replied Mis Cayenne.
''X innn who hna been accustomed to
cailng with plnln knlve. forks and
nh)ii Is likely to feel pretty humble
and aubducd w Idle he U tndng Instruct
ed In the use of all the silverware that
Ciiroo with the wedding present."
Washington Rtnr.
Draklng t Qtntly.
"Wlwm hiiro you there lu towT
"ThU U Itlp Van Winkle, ne Just
woko up,,
"Why guard him o core fullyr'
"Well, we're letting him see the wo
men's style gradually, don't you
kuow."-toutsvllle Courier-Journal.
Not Encouraging.
"Mitdain, do you think you can. use
your Intlucii'-e with your husband to
ludiico blin to upHrt uio In tho com
ing campaign?"
"I don't know, nlr. I'vo never yet
xuo ceded lu ludmlng him to support
me.H-Haltlmoro Amorlcnn.
Stingy. ,
"?ho' the chfiipost woman 1 know
of."
"Why do you any thntl"
'The other duy we got on a car to
gether, mid 1 IusUtel on iwyln, my
own friro, nnd ho let me." Detroit
Free I'rena.
Pon Nuts.
Try cracking pecnu uuta by placing
them "oh end In tho nut cracker. One
,vlcnrouH crushing of the cracker will
split tlio nut opiu through tho'ecnter.
Giving Advle.
Kllll'ui-rnyoit,ever "etv-e adrlret
CyntcusNot 'iifileW VW proft'rufrft
vvfa't U' follfiwftf A!-hnade$hfiriUe.',i
ord.
,L.
I F rrsaasT'"",M,Sr r" '
- lw) It"""" ""i
saLalr M
r: r
a, 1 I m
-MfZr , 1 LJUKM
beaTgk cAf HosifeilY
m tte pry CooJs lift. A!m6!s 'aK
,,-
y m
Mannheimer's
DEPEND ON
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"' dTp"pTn"gtRe FLAll
On of thiOldst of Alt Mthod of
Marin Cresting.
The saluUllou given when a Teasel
tower or "dip" It flag U Ope of tbo
eldeat and moat honorable of all form
ef initio greeting.
Thl form of salute baa Always been
demanded by KnglUb spcakpc !
men. and lu exaction has .burned the
heart and tbe powder of generation
of naval commanders. - -
In the old days' for 4 foreign ship,
whether merchant or linvni. to enter
an English port without veiling top
sails or dipping Its national flag wna to
run the risk of war. although .the pro
foundent ience existed.
Without warning or -argument the
shore defences or n man of mr would
send n round shot items the tiows or
between the mnsts of the foreigner,
and If the offending ting did not In
stantly i-ome dowu the Innolont lutru
dcr waa brought td ber sense by being
raked through mid through.
Burn was the reception accorded by
Rlr John Hawkins lu the sixteenth cen
tury to the PpnnUtx admiral who. In
time of pence, sailed Into Portsmouth
sound without velllug bUtopMll or
lowering hi ting. F
Salutes are exsentUI master of naval
etiquette mid nreexchnnged on nn elab
orate code fixed by the maritime now.
er. The number of gun to be fired
under all circumstance U minutely
stipulated.-Unrpcr's Weekly.
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UlU of Sfrinc Style New Frew
"Oood Dretax,':
"Xtrer wtfe nuftrUU o& colors so'tortlr
' sad'ntfer rath a woeJcfntt'Varktf.'
"F01 summer wrar. Uses wUt b paitlcn-
Urly stroof."
"Cixpc sad CTKlon voile will be wen for
'Shlrt-JMUU SBdmornlni frocks."
"Ttndtncr loni' roaklojt the ttetre aa
ira pons 01 fealar."
'Slrnjstt between America and rsris oa
loec rerws short skirt."
"Combtnitlon of serersl maletUls la one
(own U the rate."
'Flouncing and bordered msterisls popu-
Ur."
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