The Athena press., January 29, 1909, Image 2

PICIUMS-
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possible and fairyland made
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ness which has drown from
wvfyf to tiuge proportions
Did you ever come out of a moving
picture show with the feeling that you
had been "dreaming dreams?'
There lg nothing that bo thoroughly
combines absolute mathematical exact
ness with fantastic unreality as the
modern entertainment known as a
moving picture show. There Is noth
ing that requires more scientific and
artistic skill in the making or more
care and dexterity In the reproducing
than the pictures shown by the klne
toscope, ana. there Is nothing more
mystifying to the beholder than these
ame pictures, when they are thrown
on the screen In the theater. In the
same afternoon, perhaps, you will see
thrilling train robbery,, a prize fight.
t dainty little domestic comedy, a
scene during a trip of one of the pres
idential candidates, a fairy tale of
your childhood, and some of the magi
cal pictures In which stones roll rap
Idly up hill, saws and hammers work
without human assistance, or a skele
ton gradually develops flesh and cloth
ing. The commonplace Is so mixed
with the Impossible that while you
, are looking at the pictures you find
yourself believing It Is all perfectly
real and natural, and It Is only after
you have left the theater that you
realize It Is a trick, an optical Illu
sion, and you wonder, how It Is done.
The effect upon your mind Is much
like that produced by a dream you
have had, only In the case of the cine
matograph you try to analyze the
process.
Behind the Scene.
But the process Is unanalysable, un
less you are permitted a peep behind
the scenes of the business of film mak
ing. Once In the film maker's studio,
however, you find the making of the
pictures far more Interesting than the
pictures themselves. One moment you
laugh at your own stupidity In not
guessing "how It worked." . The .next
you are lost In admiration of the clev
erness of the film makers In being able
to arrange the natural and ordinary
means about them to produce such ex
traordinary results. And you never
see a moving picture afterwards with
out remembering how it, or one like It,
waa made.
Art, the. drama, nature, mechanical
forces, all have a part in the produc
tion of the pictures that are repro
duced all over the civilized world, fw
the moving picture show has become
the most universal of all amusements.
Every manufacturer of motion picture
films maintains a large company of
actors, a theater of bis own with an
Immense stage fitted with traps, tanks,
lift and other usual scenic accessories,
and a larger corps of stage carpenters,
scene painters, scene shifters and
property men than Is thought neces
sary In any of the first-class theaters
In Europe or America. All sorts of
Ingenious methods of producing un
UBiial effects, all the devices for cre
ating realistic illusions known to the
stage and many that are Impossible on
the real stage, are employed. Every
kind of scenery and stage setting are
llflttl Pwinlo nf nil
- vvr.w ne n, niAtra n IIU mil-
ditlons, "the lame, the halt and the
blind.'.' as well as the physically per
fect, take part in the various scenes.
Sometimes the actors play their parti
on a real stage, sometimes they act In
the fields or woods or even on the
streets of a city, and sometimes they
go partly through a performance in
the midst of natural surroundings and
complete the play on the stage of a the
' ater, or vice versa. It all depends on
the subject of the picture and the way
the Idea is worked out
Dramatic ability of a high order is
necessary In the actors who pose be
fore the speeding klnetoscope, for act
ing alone must tell the story of the
play they are presenting, and many of
the subjects are too artistic to admit
of mere pautomime as an exposition
of their meaning.
Trlelc Picture from France.
The kluetoscope Is not a French In
vention, but its development along ar
' tlstlc lines is due almost entirely to
French Ingenuity. In England, and in
America till qutte recently, It was
used merely to record events as they
occurred, such as the unveiling of a
monument, the Inauguration of a pres
ident of " the United States, a boat
race, a prize fight, a championship
baseball gnme, or a great parade. No
attempt was made to create subjects
for the machine to photograph, and all
fanciful pictures, color pictures,'' or
others that were out of the ordinary
were left for the French film makers
t produce, and the result has been
three distinctively characteristic class
es of motion pictures.
England produces the "current
events" films. She sends her kineto
cope operators wherever great things
are happening. She had one In the
trenches at Casablanca, another In
Constantinople wbeu the Sultan pro
clalmed the constitution, another lu
Australia when the American fleet vis
ited Hint colony. When Klug Edward
ohmih an expttlon the cntlrt perform
ance Is recorded by the klnetoscope,
ami reproduced somewhere else later.
Au'wlca uiakca "current events" films,
IM ue niso make others. Film mak-
some of the best picture dramac and"
farces now shown have been produced
here. The French manufacturers pro
duce all the kinds of films made In En
gland and America, but they make
the colored pictures and the trick pic
tures in addition, and on that account
their work .Is more Interesting, to the
uninitiated than that of either , En
gllsh or American manufacturers. '
An Example of the Method.
Everybody knows how a moving pic
ture camera pnotograpns a ban game
or a prize fight. The film, which Is
Just like any other photograph film 'ex
cept in size, passes over the aperture
through which the exposure Is made
at the rate of about 1056 pictures to
the minute, recording every motion of
every object within range of the cam.
era, while ft is passing, and sometimes
consuming half a mile of film in a sin
git record. But even-body does not
know how the picture of a man who
is run over by an automobile and both
legs cut off, and who afterward re
places his legs and r walks away on
them Is made, nor how the siren who
calmly swims about under water dur
ing a twenty minute picture could have
remained below the surface long enough
for the photographs to be taken.
In the case of the man the picture
was made by the "arret," or stop. In
that of the siren the "fundu," or blend,
is employed. Both of these are French
discoveries, and .both are all impor
tant In the making of any moving pic
ture films that are not strictly record
films. In the "arret" the machine is
stopped at some definite point during
the exposure of the film and the shut
ter closed so that registration is Im
possible. A change In some portion of
the object being photographed is then
made, after which the operation of the
machine resumed. The "fundu" is pro
duced by a double exposure of one film,
or by doubling the film by superimpos
ing one film upon another for repro
duction.
The first Is exemplified by the well-
known picture, the "Happy Accident."
A man falls asleep on the roadside and
while he sleeps a motor car runs over
him and cuts off both legs at the knee.
The motorist discovers his cnrelessness
too late, but stops his machine at once
aud, hurrying back to the Injured mani
picks up the severed legs and, hands
them to hhn. The victim of the acci
dent replaces his legs and after shak
ing hands with the motorist walks off
up the road.. .-
Photograph! of the lmpoaalble.
Of course the thing Is Impossible,
ridiculously so, but the pictures shown
ou the screen are the reproductions of
actual photographs, and the puzzle to
every one who sees the film Is how can
there I a photograph of a physical
Impossibility? The trick is not a diffi
cult one- after the right man Is found
to pose for the photograph. A man
who has both legs off at the knee and
uses artificial legs In their place was
made up to look like another man
with two good legs, and these two men
changed places In the photograph. The
actor comes on the stage first and goes
to sleep by the roadside. The regis
tration of the film Is then stopped and
the man with the artificial legs takes
the actor's place, being careful to as
sume exactly the same position as the
actor. Then the machine Is started
again and the picture Is made of the
automobile coming down the road, run
ning over the sleeping man, the motor
ist getting out and going back and
giving the Injured man uls legs. At
this point the machine Is again stop
ped, the legless man gets out of the
way and the , actor takes his place.
When registration on the film Is re
sumed there Is apparently no break In
the scene, and the little tragedy Is fin
ished without difficulty. But the ef
fect produced by the two stops is thor
oughly startling to the beholder of the
reproduction,
Fairy Pletare.
One way of producing the blend is
doubling the film, aud this Is the meth
od most ofteu adopted when supernat
ural appearances or disappearances
are depicted. For example, a fairy ap
pears to a child, talks a moment, aud
then disappears. First, a film of the
scene, with the child In the foreground,
Is taken, the object being gradually
thrown out of focus as the registration
proceeds. Next, a film of the scene
and the child with the fairy Is taken,
out of focus at first and gradually
brought Into focus. Then the two films
are placed one upon the other so that
they register exactly, aud the result is
the apparent gradual materialization
of the fairy ont of nothing. The fairy
is, of course, much smaller than the
child In the picture. Iu reality they
are about the same size, the apparent
difference being due to their respective
distances from tin camera.
In the cases of apparent defiance of
natural laws, such as stones running
up hill aud jumping Into open win
dows, or people walking upon the ceil
ings, the effect Is produced In a dif
ferent manner. The cxiKurea are
taken In the usual way. The stones
fall ont of the window and roll down
the hill, and the people walk on the
floor like civilised creatures while they
are being photographed. But when the
reproductions are made the films are
carefully reversed, run backward, as
It were, and the result is the reversal
of the actlou part of the picture. This
Is a simple trick enough, but is hard
to understand unless you have seen It
doue, aud Is one of the most puullug
of all the many Illusions of motion pic
tures. A Girl's Vision
The Errand Girl's Dream" ehowi
another way of working a little trick
on tne audience. In the first scene the
girl Is shown leaving her home to gi
to the shop where she Is employed. In
the second scene she Is shown at work
in the shop and afterward starting out
with a big box to deliver some eooda
to customers. , These two scenes are
shown with their natural backgrounds
having been taken without preparation
in typical sections of Paris. But aftei
the girl starts on her errands the oner-
ator of the klnetoscope leaves her and
treturns to the theater, where he finds
nu actress made np to look like her
ana a scene painted to represent the
street through which the girl is likely
to pass. , ,
In this scene the actress is saunter
ing along the street. Seeing a bench,
she sits down,' places her box beside
Der, and is soon lost in day dreams.
Suddenly the box opens and out of It
comes a party of fairy creatures who
now prettily to the girl, and then Jump
lug down, eo throueh a merrv dance
There Is more to the story, but this
shows the trick.
When the arlrl sits down on the
bench the film Is stopped while the real
box Is removed and a niece of scenery
painted to look like it is uncovered
This Is opened from within in such a
way that it seems to be opened by the
fairies. The apparently ' diminutive
size of the fairies Is produced by plac
ing them 30 or 40 feet farther away
from the camera than is the girl, and
as they are seen through the opening
wwen the spectators regard as the lid
of the box the Illusion Is complete.
Most of these tricks are accomplish
ed much as similar Illusions on the real
stage are produced except that the Il
lusion is the more perfect In the mov
ing picture because of the possibilities
of a change of properties which the
"arret" provides, but the ability to set
the scene and prodnce the effect is
based upon the same sort of knowledge
and skill that Is required In pronerlv
staging any theatrical performance.
Mechaaleal Marvel.
Mechaulcally, the klnetoscope Is be
coming rather well known. The pic
tures are taken on .a sensitized film
1 Inches wide, and varying In length
from 100 to 1.200 feet. The film pass
es in front of an aperture 1 Inch by
three-quarters of an Inch In size, stops
dead still for the fractional part of a
second, and passes on, the process be
ing so rapid that a't the normal rate of
speed of operating the machine, sixteen
exposures are. made every second, of
time. -
Wheu these pictures are reproduced
and passed through the machine which
projects then upon the screen, they are
usually shown at exactly the same rate
or speed at which they were taken, and
thus the natural effect is produced.
Iu showing the iilctur.es the film,
which for reproduction has been
changed from a negative to a positive
and probably colored In the same way
that ordinary lantern slides are color
ed Is passed from one reel to another
over an aperture of the same size nnd
shape as that through which the pic
ture was originally taken, and the en
largement of the projected picture is
accomplished by means of lenses in
front of the picture. Light Is furnish
ed by electricity and, as in all stereop
tlcons, passes through the picture Into
the lens, where It is refracted to form
the great spot of light upon the screen.
It Is the manipulation of this light
that is the dangerous feature of mov
ing pictures. The film is celluloid and
highly explosive, and the point of light
that falls upon It Is so Intense that II
permitted to rest for a single instant
upon the film, the heat produced will
cause an explosion. While the, film is
moving there Is no danger, but it can
not be stopped without dauner. unless
the machine Is fitted with an auto
matic shutter, which falls over the
aperture as soon as the crank stops
turning.
Artistically the cinematograph Is de
veloping with amazing rapidity. When
moving picture shows were first open
ed in the cities of this country they
were regarded as a rather low order of
amusement resorts. Already they have
climbed several classes, and the char
acter of pictures the best ones are
showing now brings them almost on a
plane with the first-class playhouses.
World's Output of Metala.
A German metal company has com
piled the following facts and figures
about the world production of metals
In 1007: .
The production of copper Bhowed a
decrease for the first time in fifteen
years, the total being 713,000 tons, of
which the United States produced 421,
400. Lead production was about 902.80C
tons, of which the United States pro
duced 340.700.
Tin mines yielded 9&700 tons; the
consumption was 101,100, of which the
United States used 30.700.
The production of zinc was 73S.40C
tons -22(1.833 from the United State
and 208.700 from Germany. The United
States also led In the consumption of
22U.83S tons, Germany using 174.00C
and Great Britain 140,300. .
The nickel production was 14,100
tons and that of aluminum 19.S0O tons.
-, After a man has boarded four or fivi
years, be takes the baloe off all th
saints he meets, and piles them on tor.
q anything from soup to pickle thai
Is borne nuut. .
:.' v - Runty Milk Cans, ' ' l '.
,; "Rusty cans and their effect upon
milk," is the title of a very valuable
bulletin of the University of Wisconsin
Agricultural Experiment Station. Ex
periments Indicate that milk hauled in
the poorly tinned or rusted cans is ma
terially injured for cheese making, for
In addition to the retarding influence
of the Iron on the rennet action and
the neutralization of the acid by the
iron, it also produces taints or off-flavors.
The milk cans used to haul milk
to our creameries and cheese factories
are too often of a cheap grade, and
they are used too frequently after they
have become tainted, and the tin be
comes cracked and checked so that the
iron is exposed and rusts. In these ex
periments, milk was placed in rusty tin
cans and allowed to stand for different
periods, while other samples of the
same milk were kept in glass beakers.
Every time that this experiment was
repeated, the milk kept In the rusty
cans gave evidence of a retarding lnflu
ence on the rennet as compared with
the milk kept In the glass beaker. Milk
which was allowed to stand In Iron
utensils for several hours had a pecu
liar bluish color, indicating the pres
ence of iron "in the solution. It was
evident that the acid In the milk acted
upon the Iron and dissolved some of it.
The maximum quantity of Iron dis
solved in the milk ranged from 1 to
IVj pounds for every thousand pounds
of milk.
The Bulletin urges that the maangers
of cheese factories and creameries see
that the operator is a reliable man,
who will not only practice cleanliness,
but, will Insist that the factory uten
sils and those of the patrons are In
first-class condition. He advocates the
use of only such cans In which heavy
steel Is used that have been well tin
ned, similar to those used In Europe..
Experience has proven that the cans
of the best quality, even though they
are quite expensive, are the most eco
nomical In the long run.
Heating Water tot Hog Killing.
A device which is superior to the
old iron kettle for heating 'water is
shown in this sketch. Take a piece
of 2-lnch pipe 8 feet long and have It
It Is not at all uncommon for a call
to be put to a cow that has been aonii
time calved, or, more commonly, tha;
has given birth prematurely to a deai
calf. Buyers at the cattle markets
need to be on the lookout for numer
on tricks of the kind.
SIMPLE WATEB BABREX,
securely screwed Into the bottom of a
Btout vinegar barrel. In the other end
of the pipe screw a large wooden block.
By arranging the affair as shown in
the sketch water in the barrel Will be
heated rapidly and can be removed as
desired without bothering the fire. - Do
not make the mistake of putting a
metal cap on the end of the pipe or
the steam may sometimes burst the
piping before the cap will come off.
The wooden block acts as a safety
valve and will fly out If pressure Is
too great
Here Is another handy arrangement
for heating water when killing i hogs,
cooking small po
tatoes for stocS,
etc. A heavy bar,
such as the track
' of a hay carrier
Is fixed in the top
of two posts and
the pulley runs
upon It, which
carries the lever
with which the pot can be lifted. A
small brick furnace -will get the most
out of a fire, as the pot sets Into a
round hole on the top and receives the
full benefit of the heat Farm and
Home. '
ir-nL.
POT DERRICK.
A Safety Devlee.
A simple and effectual way to block
a wagon on a mountain road when
drawing a heavy load 'is to fasten a
piece of 4x4-inch scantling to the rear
axle so that It just drags on the ground
behind the wheel When, the wagon
starts back It stops against the block.
Fasten the blockwlth a heavy eye and
staple near the wheel so that when not
in use It may be swung up out of the
way aud hooked to the axle near the
opposite wheel. -
Hop. , "''
Overpioduetlon ' is now seriously
threatening the hop Industry. At pres
ent, iu respect of acreage under hope,
the nations rank as follows : Germany.
America, Austria, Great Britain,' Rus
sia. France and Belgium. Austria con
sumes almost as much as she exports,
and In the United Kingdom, where free
Imports make hop growing unprofita
ble, production 'falls short of consump
tion. Celery and Celerlae.
There Is a special turnip-rooted form
of celery known as celerlae, which pro
duces a large root and very small leaf
stems. This is more suitable for cook
ing than the common celery. -
Stady of Windbreak
An effort to determine the "Value oi
windbreaks on farms hi beingTnade bj
the Forest Service of the United State
Department of , Agriculture. , At pres
ent windbreaks are planted haphazard
and many dor pot believe in them, so ii
is time we had some definite informa
tion on the subject ; If there is a par
ticular kind of tree that makes a bet
ter protection to crops without doing
any harm we should know it The
Forest Service proposes to find out
Just how much, If any, and when wind
breaks Increase cropyields. ; Instru
ments will be used to measure heat and
cold, moisture and dryness, both above
and below ground ; to register the force
of the wind near the windbreaks and
some distance away ;' to measure light
Intensity and take note of the effects ol
shade; to register frosts at different
distances from the trees and to keer
account of the effect of windbreaks on
the snow ; which covers the ground to
leeward in winter. Many other , meas
urements and tests will be made and
elaborate data will be collected by ex
perts who will have charge of the In
vestigation. Corn will be the first crop
studied behind windbreaks. Corn Is a
particularly good crpp "to experiment
with because it is easily Injured by
hot, dry winds, will not stand shading
and Is very sensitive to frosts, f
If it is found, as is generally sup
posed, that windbreaks are a decided
advantage to crop yields, It will be an
easy matter for $he farmer to plant
trees In. his fence rows or along tne
sides of his fields toward the prevail
ing winds and thus protect his crops as
well as produce a valuable crop of tim
ber. In view of the fact that our tim
ber supply Is' rapidly waning, It stands
every farmer In hand to plant some
trees and to maintain the wood lots
upon his farm, so if windbreaks can be
used to advantage he can easily make
the trees he plants serve a double pur
pose. The results of the investigation
will be awaited with interest Farm
er's Guide. "
. Farm Fowl. . , (.
Fowls on the farm should in the very
nature of things be the most profitable
of all fowls. ' They cost little to feed
and the space they range over costs no
more on account of the presence of the
fowls, Most of .them have free range
and forage for their food ; this Is profit
able for the owner and enjoyable to the
fowls. ' . . " ; - . ' ,;,
Most farm flocks are too smalL.Tbej
might easily be Increased in size with
little effort and small expenditure It
has been said that a fowl will pay a
dollar a year clear profit under such
conditions as prevail on the average
farm if they are rightly boused. and
cared for. This Is surely large enough
a profit to be Interesting to any farmer
Usually the farm fowls do not.get.cred
it for all they really do, for the farmei
seldom figures in the eggs and other
poultry products used by his' own " t am
Ily, which make quite an ltem. ln thf
course of a year. , .
Not only the quantity should be In
creased, but also the quality. , There are
vastly greater possibilities for profit in
pure-bred fowls than in scrubs. They
look better, weigh and lay better, and
really are better in every way. Agri
cultural Epltomlst
Where Oar Vegetable Originated.
In 1583 the potato was Introduced
into Europe - by the Spaniards, who
found it in Chile. At almost the same
date It was introduced Into England
by the English, who had found it cul
tivated by the Indians of North . Amer
ica." The sweet potato and the arti
choke are" also American vegetables.
Salsify Is found zrowimr wild over
Greece, Italy and Algeria. Turnips and
radishes came originally from Central
Europe: Cabbage, which Is of remote
origin, is believed to be a European
vegetable. "Asparagus found Its origin
In temperate Western Asia. Eggplant
came to us from India. The carrot
grows wild throughout Europe, Asia
Minor, Siberia. China. Abyssinia, North
Africa and the Canary Islands. . The
tomato comes from Peru, the cucum
ber from India and the pumpkin from
Guinea. - , , "
Poultry Item.
Look for lice if the poultry refuse to
go Into the roosting house at night
Lice are the cause of death of more
half-grown turkeys than from any oth
er cause.:-' v."-, ' '
Foul yards ;are great sources' of dis
ease.- t owl diseases are ai so caused
by. foul-coops and foul drinking vessels.
Make the entrance to the nests from
the back to make them dark, and. make
them big enough so the hens can get la
and out without breallng the eggs. '
Almost any breed of fowls may b
kept within bounds If rightly treated.
even though it is much easier to con
fine large breeds than smaller ones.
No one wants eggs that have been
washed; thej don't look right "To get
good price for eggs they must be
naturally clean, as well as fresh. -, -(
If you intend making a tucceea In
the poultry business you must put your
whole heart Into the work and become
an enthusiast It requires persever
ance and determination to bring suc
cess.
Overcrowding or confinement In nn-
healthful quarters causes diseases
among poultry. This, however, la not
excusable on the .farm. There is plen
ty of room and sanitation should be
perfect , ,.
r ; r ; ; ;
THE BEFOEMED EE0KCHO. ",
day Be Seen Any Day In the Bridle
.. Path of Central Park. .
To the general public the word bron
ho suggests everything wild and vi
llous in horse flesh. One associates the
usefulness of the broncho almost en
tirely with the tugged West That this
wiry little animal could ever develop
the points of a good park horse would
"be received with much reservation by
most persons. - ':'S':--":':- --,
Yet some ten years or more Of cpss
Sreedlng, says Country .Life Id Ame lea,
has accomplished Jhls somewhat amaz
ing result To-day one can see ont the
bridle paths of Central Park the well
groomed broncho fraternizing as"- an
equal with the blue grass thoroughbred
and his number is co .acautly growing.
To be sure, he is no longer the ham
merhead with a pronqunced ewe neck,
alinost as devoid of flesh as a skeleton.
He has developed a" fine "crest fin this, up-
breeding and can show as fine a neck
as any Kentucky-bred horse.
Ills middle piece Is no longer distend
ed from much eating of crass food.
nor is he so loosely Joined to his quar
ters as his prototype. Higher living
has rounded him into a strikingly well
proportioned saddle horse. In his new
estate he subsists less ou the fresh,
juicy grasses, aud the new order grows
quite a different animal. s
But through all this transformation
he 'Still retains the leg cj
of . his broncho ancestry.; " ' -"
metry, rather light In
der lil bone, but the .
quality and theinevL .
His power of endurance has dimin
ished- somewhat,1 but even so, he has few
equals and. no .superiors. His toughness
and grit have chanfeed ; little in the
cross-breeding, and doubtless: if turned
out. to the freedom , of range tie would
give as good an account of himself as
did bis ancestors In the early days of
the West. I
3181
1H,
Some people act ".ridiculous ntidthel
become Indignant because people toll II
No matter how loud n woman dres
es, she Imagines she Is dressed artist tf
cally. ;.';;; -v y
No, a woman doesu't iwceMri?5i
die a broom when she makes sweeps
assertions. . ' .
der, but a duty well done Is a pleasant
remembrance. - . V
tTa txrhn rpnrla u-111 pun furiilnHt mflnv ir
clever sayings, but he 'vho runs will
never read the'mf
A parasol, though Invented to keep
the sun off, generally manages to, in- '
duce some son to ,coiue nearer. V
And it sometimes happens that a man
Is not fully appreciated by his wTftun-
LAA DUE V.V1 ISJV. US UIO JL1 V. 11IOU1 UMV.V. a
Honesty Is a boomerang and !iTpol.'
icy never looks better to us than when
it comes back again to olif own feet, s
Dress is said to be woman's strong'-
est weapon. Docs that mean there is
J U ! 1 1 ,' I A , iL n
u uaggrr uiuucu iu i-vviy mieuiu go war
The recollection of a good act may .
give us a swollen head, but the knowl
edge of a' mean one Is as a shoe that
pinches. ' j
About the first thing a woman' does
after moving into a flat is to look in
all the closets to see if the last tenants
left any family skeletons. ' '
'-. The young uinn who presents" a- girl
with a pound box of bonbons Is her
Ideal until another young man comes
alonp with Altwo-pouud box,
t The man Jri the motor-car wobi
have mora respect for the pedestrian
if lie stopped to think how the airship
man, In turn, looks down ou blm.
A Test for a Sermon. -
A member of the faculty of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania has had fre
quent occasion to reprove his eight-year-old
daughter for playing with,
matches. - ' ;
Recently the youngster In the exer-
else of her favorite diversion succeed-"
ed in burning her.hands.
Immediately she was summoned to
Judgment "Clara," said the father,
sternly, "I should puulsh you for-your
disobedience. There lay however', no '
need to In this case, for God has al
ready punished you." ., . ... - .
."Yes, . sUV, meekly,, respond'ed the
child "buf. papa, He let: me pity with
the matches an awfully- long time first?
Harper's Weekly. .. ..
.. t Destgaatioaa. .
Some foreigners and even certalu
Americans are disposed to stand aloof,
from what they haughtily term the
working classes of the country.- it In
to be regretted that they could no
have overheard the conversation which "
took place' on an East river ferryboat
not long ago between a recently Intro- -duced-i-shall
we hazard it? wheel-,
wrlght and shopgirl. ? - -
"Do you attend in Bargiuer's estab-,
lishmentl" he asked. .
"Xes; I am one of the emporium la-,
dies," she replied, with becoming dig
nity. "Where are yon engaged?" -,
"I am one of B.inks & Co's repository
for "carrinsrea cntlenien ." ho Inform!.
her. Philadelphia Ledger. "
We have noticed that. If ,y"du-think '
before you speak, the other fellow gets
la his foke first