Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-08

of considerably smaller density than
that of the earth, Would make the task
much more easy:
| OF the future Of wireless telegraphy
!, Tesla says:
Stationary waves in the earth mean
| something more than mere telegraphy
without wires to any distance. They
Will enable us to attain many impor-
! tant specific results impossible other
wise For instance. by their use We
may produce at will from a sending
station an electrical effect in any par
ticuIar region of the globe; we may
determine the relative position or
course of a moving object, such as a
vessel at sea, the distance traversed
by the same or its speed, or we may
send over the earth a wave of electrici-
~ travelling at any rate we desire,
from the pace of a turtle up TO light
ming speed.
with these developments We have
every reason to anticipate that III a
time not very distant most telegraphic
messages across the oceans will be
transmitted without cables. For short
distances We need a wireless tele-
phone, which requires no expert op-
orators. The greater the spaces to be
bridged the more rational becomes
communication without wires. The ca
bic is not only an easily damaged and
costly instrument, but it limits us in
the speed of transmission by reason of
a certain electrical property insepara-
bic from its construction. a properly
designed plant for effecting communi-
cation without wires ought to have
many times the working capacity Of a
cable, while it will involve incompara-
bly, less expense. Not a long time will
pass, 1 believe, before communication
by cable will become obsolete, for not
only will signaling by this new method
be quicker and cheaper, but also much
safer. By using some new means for
isolating the messages which L have
contrived an almost perfect privacy
can be secured"
During a recent visit to Oberammer-
gau Ida Sharper Hoxie witnessed the
preparations for the decennial pres
entations of the Passion play and
talked with the chief personages of
the cast. OF these she writes in the
June Ladies' Home Journal: 1.-THE Ju-
das of 1890, the painter and decorator,
Johann Twink, because of his excellent
at that time and his I'M
changed appearance, plays the same
role again this year. The youthful
John of 1890 again assumes that role.
now % years old he has retain
ed the fresh, youthful expression of
ten years ago. He spends his days in
his workshop beside his home carving
figures of the Madonna and of the
Christ.
Anton Lang, Jr., the son of a stove
maker and following his fathers trade,
seems to have been the one person of
the village looked upon by all as the
Christ for 1900. In 1880, as 4 child of
3, and again in 1890 he took the part as
one of the people. 1 called at his hum
BILE little home and was cordially re-
ceived. The plain, meager, rude little
living room was repellent in its bare
ness. When the son Anton, in blue
overalls and jean jacket, entered and
smiled at me, 1 forgot the room. AS L
looked into his face, seemingly as in
nocent and sweet as n child's, yet
the strength and the charac-
ter of the grown man, 1 think expert !
enced feeling akin to that which the |
friends of the lowly Jesus must have |
had as they came in contact with him |
In his early years, when they were as |
yet unaware of his divine nature.
"One would expect that a religious |
~ imbued community, giving a play |
because of a religious VOW, would seek |
to make the entrance price as small as /
possible in order that all might come l
and learn.
But the people OF Oberammergau,
having learned the value of their pro- /
1uction, seem nothing loath to combine /
religion with business. They charge,
therefore, as much as the regular Ger
man theaterS, the prices this year vary
Ing from so cents to $3.50. The ex-
penses incurred by the village in pre-
pairing for this years presentation ex-
ceed $4,000. Yet the people hope to
realize something for themselves from
their work. One-third OF what re-
mains after the expenses are paid will
be devoted TO building a vault and
chapel in the village burial place. The
remaining two-thirds will be divided
among the players. among whom there
will be at least one representative from
each home in the village"