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gave penny undue credit
ONLY NEEDS TO BE ROUSED
Story Will Pitas* Thoas Who Have
Small Belief That Pocket Pieces
Bring Luck.
Under Certain Conditions, Tlgar Cant
Probably Be Awakened In Each
Individual.
"Superstition is a relic of the dark
ages,” observed one of the supposedly
wise men, “and it has no place on the
battle ground of modern thought.
“I don’t believe In planting pota­
toes on Good Friday, nor In seeing
the moon over my left shoulder. I
think that a fisherman is foolish if
he spits on his bait, and I don’t be­
lieve In walking around a stump three
times to change my luck. Neither um
I afraid of black cats that cross my
puth. In my opinion all such things
are nonsense. They are in the same
class with that old idea about hang­
ing u horseshoe over the doftr. That's
an old, played-out scheme, and It
never was wortii a whoop.
"There’s only one thing In the whole
list of lucky or unlucky omens that
works out In every detail, and that’s
the Idea of finding a penny and keep­
ing ft for good luck.
“About three months ago 1 picked
up an old green penny that was ly­
ing in the gutter. I chucked it In the
match pocket of my coot, and I have
kept It there ever since.
“Before I took to carrying the penny
I couldn't turn my hand over without
losing money, and ever since then I’ve
made money at every turn of the road.
That's why I know it is lucky.”
“Let me look at your lucky penny?”
remarked a bystander. “I'd Just like
to touch the thing.”
The penny-wise man ran two fingers
into his match pocket, and as he did
so he exclaimed:
“By cracky! I’ll bet I’ve lost the
blamed thing. In fact, I know I have.
I sent this coat to the dry cleaner the
day after I found the penny, and I for­
got to remove it from the pocket.“
Moral: Prosperity seems to be, in
some measure, psychological.
The Good That Comes of It
Do you think that the war Is making
people less selfish tn the world and In
the United Stat A? Surely It must,
when In so many places people are sac­
rificing their dear ones and their
money for a cause. Even If it seems
to some more a question of honor and
family or national tradition than Jus­
tice or freedom. I often think of the
rank and tile of the Germun army, und
even the Junior officers. They are suf­
fering untold hardships and showing
magnificent bravery in the face of
heavy odds, as much as, perhaps more
than, the soldiers of the allies. Al­
though one must be here to realize
that men have risen to a height of
courage and endurance in this war that
people living In modern civilization
never dreamed of. Surely some gain
must come from this tremendous ef­
fort and conquest of self, and Germany
must not he entirely a loser, when her
sons, even If forced, have paid such a
price.—Edwin A. Abbey, II, In the At­
lantic.
Cosmopolitan Odessa.
Odessa, recently entered by German
troops, furnishes the most remarkable
Instance in Europe of a rapid growth,
like that of the mushroom cities of the
New World. Founded in 1791 on the
site of a small Turkish fortress which
had been taken by the Russians a few
years previously, it does not possess a
single building which by any stretch
of Imagination could be described as
old. The city as well as the port owes
its origin to a Frenchman named De
Ribas, an officer In the Russian army
who had led the attack on the Turkish
stronghold. French Influence Is strong,
and there are Important commercial
French und British colonies. Italians,
Greeks, Bulgarians, Tartars. Arine-
nianc. Georgians, and other races In
addition to the Jews and Russians
make np the population of this cosmo­
politan city.
Quitting Work for War.
“Selling out; have to Join the col­
ors,” has become quite a common sign
in business places In many parts of
New York. Investigation has shown
some of them to be fakes, too. In all
parts of England such notices are nu­
merous. Among those of an unusual
nature is the following, put up by a
monument builder:
“Having been called up for military
service. Mr. Kennedy Is forced to close
down his business, all the other male
members of the family being already
in service. He begs to take this op­
portunity of thanking all patrons who
have accorded him support In the past,
and he hopes that any who might
have business requiring his attention
may be able to hold over the same
until his return to business."
New York City Marine Band at Chautauqua
The New York City Marine Band is recognized as one of the standard musical organizations of the country. It is the same band that for several seasons
past has created such wide-spread enthusiasm at the Palisades Park in New York City and at big conventions throughout the East.
Mario Lo Zito, director, one of America's noted band leaders, is the oldest brother and most widely known of the famous Italian musical family of that
name. With his personal magnetism, temperament and rare ability in musical interpretation, he hns made the New York City Marine Bund one of the most
popular bands of the country.
Mary Adel Hays, the New York coloratura soprano, who so won the hearts of Chautauqua audiences last year, has been re-engaged as soloist for the com­
ing season and will appear at the night concert on the fourth day. Miss Hays is ranked by musical critics as one of the foremost band soloists of the platform.
Noted Musical Trio
War Pictures at Chautauqua
Metropolitan Artists at Chautauqua Is Company
of Rare Excellence
Henry Warren Poor Brings Great War Lecture
Illustrated with Underwood Photos
CHAUTAUQUA LECTURER
POPULAR WITH AUDIENCES
Henry Warren Poor, expert photographer and lecturer of country-wide
reputation, is bringing to ChautauquH the lutest and most complete set of
war pictures before the public. As head -at the Slide! and Color Department
of Underwood & Underwood, he is In a particularly unique position to Re­
cur e the latest and best war photos being taken by this great firm. Under­
wood i. Underwood furnish practically all the press pictures used in the
United States. Their photographers are In every part of the war zone and
Mr. Poor is the first to see and select from the vast amount arriving each
week from Europe. He has been in the war zone twice of late Hnd bls lectures
at Chautauqua, illustrated with 160 of the latest views from the front, will be
one of the most Instructive and interesting events of the entire Chautauqua
week.
WONDERS OF THE UNIVERSE HEALTH LECTURER
NOTABLE SOUTHERN
AT CHAUTAUQUA
LECTURER COMING
Dr. A. D. Carpenter Describes Them
at Chautauqua.
Dr. Elliott A. Boyl Returned Because
of Many Reouests.
In the entire realm of popular edu­
cation no one thing can be of more Im­
Dr. Elliott A. Boyl, who is to lecture portance than to understand the won­
on the third afternoon of Chautauqua, ders of the universe. And yet we have
has become one of the most popular found that very few people have a cor­
lecturers of the platform. The splen­ rect conception of our own world and
did Indorsement of Lyceum and Chau­ Its relation to the worlds about us. To
tauqua committees throughout the present these facts In a scientific yet
United States—the constant demand plain and thoroughly entertaining way
for return dates—attest without fur-
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Beatrice E. Heskett Gives Practical
and Helpful Lecture on Every
Day Health.
One of the highly interesting and In­
structive features of Chautauqua week
will be the lecture given by Beatrice
E. Heskett on every-day health. Mrs.
Heskett was formerly Instructor In
Physical Culture at the University of
Nebraska, and hns been at the head of
the physical departments of the Y. W.
Pork to Win the War.
Flatbush—So you're raising pigs ?
Bensonhurst—Yes, you know the pen
ta mightier than the sword.
“Well, I guess you're right, for food
will win the war.“
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Mrs, A. C. Zehner Prominent on Chau­
tauqua Platform.
Mrs. A. C. Zehner Is perhaps the
greatest woman lecturer upon the
Chautauqua platform.
Her lecture,
“American Ideals,” Is one of the most
finished and eloquent appeals for bet­
ter citizenship ever offered.
Mrs.
Bacon and Beef.
American bacon will be used to
stretch out British beef supplies. The
scheme of rationing, which already is
In operation in Loudon und the sur­
rounding countries, Is to be extended
at once, and ufter this only two of the
four weekly coupons will be available
for the purchase of butcher's meat.
The object Is to diminish the demand
for home grown cattle during the
months when these cun be fattened on
gruss. The new order limits the pur­
chase of beef, mutton ami jsirk to 20
cents a head weekly, but does not af­
fect diners in restaurants and hotels,
who are permitted to exchange cou­
pons for meat meals.
Children over six will be entitled
after April 14 to a full adult ration
of meat. All coupons are cushable for
, bacon and poultry.
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Woman Champion Maker of Files.
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The title of world's champion arti­
ficial fly muker Is proudly claimed for
Miss Alice Sherwin Coleman of New
York, who for more than a decade has
been making flies for unglers. Some
Idea of her reputation among the dis­
ciples of Izauk Walton may be gath­
ered from the fact that she and her
assistants make $4<»0,000 worth of flies
for fishing enthusiasts every year.
Miss Coleman makes 300 different
varieties of flies regularly summer
and winter, special orders bringing the
number up to 1,500 varieties altogether;
for such Is Miss Coleman's reputation
that exacting fishermen in the wilds
of America sometimes catch strange
files that hover over particular streams
and send them alive In a ventilated
bottle so that she may study and re­
produce them accurately.
The Hopeless Amateur.
“It requires patience to be a success­
ful gardener.”
“Yes. But you can overdo It I
planted some seeds two years ago and
I've waited ail tills time without a
murmur for them to come up und do
something. I'm going to give them
one more summer and then If they
don't make good I'm going to dig up
the whole patch and sturt over.
Cautious.
Mrs. Flathush—You don't think the
war will reach over here this year, do
you, dear?
Mr. Flatbush—Why, no. Why do
you ask that question?
“Because I want to know whether to
hang the hammock under the trees
where it was last year, or In the cel­
lar.”
Inclination to Experiment
“Why are you In ravor of govern­
ment ownership?”
"Tm not exactly clear,” replied the
candid man. "But I've a vague Idea
that I’d like to see some lines of busi­
ness In the hands of elected officers
who might tr7 to make a hit by low­
ering prices instead of raising them.
Why Torpedoed Ships Sink.
The committee appointed by th»
Council of the Institution of Naval Ar­
chitecture to inquire Into the effects of
explosions of mines and torpedoes
upon the structure of merchant ships
find that there are three principal
causes of loss. First, the exlstence.ot
a forward reserve bunker partitioned^
off from the cargo hold by a non-wa­
tertight bulkheud. A second cause of
loss is the failure to close the water­
tight door In the engine room bulk­
bead lending to the shaft tunnel. A
third danger lies in the main drain
pipes, leading from the bilge pumps to
the different compartments, and puss­
ing through all watertight bulkheads,
which are generally fractured In tor­
pedoed compartments.
There should
be uoa-return valves on the end of
these pipes. The committee recom­
mends that bulkheads should be pro­
tected us fur us possible from flying
splinters, at least temporarily, by uslug
timber or other suitable material as K
splinter-screen.—Scientific American.
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The Metropolitan Artists on the third day of Chautauqua occupy a
conspicuous place in the splendid list of musical attractions for the week. This
exceptional company has been one of the big successes of the Chuutauqua plut-
form for many years. The personnel is one of unusual strength—Mary Welch,
American contralto; Jo Polak, cellist, and Agnes Bodholdt, pianist. The name
of Miss Welch is familiar to most music lovers. Her voice is a rare contralto,
rich in Its beauty and marked by an impressive volume. Mr. Polak Is a cellist
of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and a master of that most sympathetic of
all instruments, the 'cello. Miss Bodholdt, the Chicago pianist, has won a dis­
tinct place In the music world of the Middle West Both as accompanist and
soloist she will delight you.
They tell us,” said Mr. Bllnksome.
“that we all have a tiger in us, that we
are all of us savages uuder our skin;
kept from revealing our true natures
only by the restraining force of cus­
tom and the law.
“In a general way I have always be­
lieved this to be true, and yet I have
always supposed there must be ex­
ceptions.
You take, for instance, a
certain nuld-mauuered neighbor of
ours whom we have known for many
years, a man in all circumstances kind,
gentle, forbearing; seeing good In
everyone and willing to make excuses
for everybody. There was oue person
who I knew had no tiger.
“Our mild-mannered neighbor drop­
ped in to see us yesterday, Just after
I had read something in th» paper,
and I picked the paper up uguln und
read this thing to him.
It was an
account of something that the Ger­
mans had just done.
"It wus n circumstantial, careful, ex­
act and apparently truthful statement,
nud yet the thing described was some­
thing so contrary to all civilized
usages that It seemed incredible, and 1
said to him:
"'You don’t believe that, do you?’
“At that our mild-mannered neigh­
bor tired up. Fired up? He flamed
up.
“'Believe It?’ he said. T believe
every word of It,’ and then he pro­
.... a.
ceeded to tell me what he would
dr
to the Germans if lie could.
“Had he a tiger in him? Well ! 1
“So now I am Inclined to think thnr
we all have a tiger In us. that there
Is no exception; only with some of
us it takes one thing und with some
another thing to make the tiger
waken.”
Dr. Elliott A. Boyl.
A. D. Carpenter.
small accomplishment. Ruch a
ther comment his popularity with the man, however. Is Dr. A. D. Carpenter,
public. Two years ago Dr. Boyl lec­ lecturer at Chautauqua, eminent scien­
tured on the Western Chautauqua» and tist and astronomer. With the aid of
so insistent were the requests for his bls Matlick Tellurian machine, a re­
return that he appears on the Western volving miniature of the universe, be
platform again this summer In a new explains “celestial mechanic»" in a
lecture, “The Advantage of a Handi­ highly absorbing and interesting man­
cap.”
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ner.
Misa Beatrice E. Heskett.
C. A. In Lincoln, Nehraskn. and Port­
land, Oregon. Her lecture Is lllustrat-
ed with practical demonstrations In
Physical Culture, and Is of real value
to every man, woman and child tn the
community.
Belligerent Pacifism.
"Are your constituents In favor of
war?”
“No,” replied Senator Sorghum. "An*
Mr«. A. C. Zehner.
they think it's the business of this
Zehner will make you laugh, possibly country to take up arms and eliminato
she will make you cry; above all alia any nation that Insists on having war.
will make you think, make you glad
A Sure Case.
you are living and leave you with
Mrs. A.—Can your husband claim
wholesome thoughts, greater love and
respect for your neighbor, your town exemption!
Mrs. B — Well, I don't see how he
and your country.
can be strong enough to fight abroad
when he Is tou weak at home to take
up a carpeL
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