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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1905-04-12
A DEEP SEA GLUTTON.
ehIs Marine Wizard Can swallow q
Fish Twice Its Own Size.

Fish Twice Its Own Size.
THAT one animal can devour another
twice its own size at sin.;le swallow
is statement that may seem as in
credible as any fish story ever in}Snt-
ed" writes DIR. SanderSon ChriStisOn.
Nevertheless ii is true of certain fish
es. SO far as known such fishes are In
habitants of the deep seas, where utter
darkness perpetually prevails, with an
unyarying temperature almost rs cold
as lee and II pressure ranging. accord
Ing to depth, from a quarter tn three or
four tons upon every square inch of
their body surface The deep sea Is
commonly regarded rs commencing
where the rays ri sunlight cease to
penetrate. which is estimated TO be less
than 200 feet below the surface and
may extend 10 twenty times that dis
lance or even much more. down to the
bottom of the ocean. Fishes have been
dredgcd from below 1000 feet.
"A deep sea fish, the Chlasmodus nj
ger, six and tive-elghths of an inch
long. has been found TO have swal-
lowed another fish ten and Il half inch
eS long The stomach of the deyourer
Is stretched as thin as gold beater's
skin II has sharp. hooked teeth which
cross each other from opposite sides OF
the mouth and usually point backward.
According to Gunther, the fish after
having seized its victim with its capa-
cious and very movable jaws partly
presses 1t down as snake would do
and partly draws itself over Ii. The
prey Is received into an esophagus and
stomach the membranes of which are
AZ extensiblc as an india rubber pouch.
The stomach when empty Is contracted
and folded UP and projects but little
below the abdomen.
When deep sea fish il brought to
| the surface, how gradually and careful
soeyer, It's bones are often like so much
| touchwood and its muscles like rotten
pulp, while Its eyes are burst from It's
sockets and its viscera are often blown
out Of the body cavity by the expan-
| sion of the air bladder. II frequently
happens that deep sea fishes are found
floating hclplessly on the surface of
| the ocean with large prey In their
stomachs. Their appearance under
| these circumstances Is accounted for
by the efforts OF their struggling vie
tins to escape from their jaws, caus-
ing them to ascend beyond the horizon
tai zone which they usually inhabit.
Deep sea fishes are commonly black
or dark brown But. although 1t is
claimed thnt light Is essential TO the
formation OF colors. some deep sea
fishes are scarlet In parts or uniform
red or rosy Others are silycry white.
while, according to Alcock. the neo-
eopelus Is one dazzling sheen Of pur-
pie and silver and FURNISHED gold,
amid which IL sparkling constellation
| OF luminous organs
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1905-04-12

its own. 10 Hemingway Trent accus-
toned TO grounds that were bathed
aud shaved almost as regularly as their
masters, II was oddly charming. His
companion, however, noticing his mus
ing. lingering gaze. construed in DIFF
ferCnt way.
"Pltlcs lis. | suppose. because We
haven't head gardener and two or
three assistants" she thought TO her
self resentfully. Thcreupon she de-
cidcd 10 shock his sensibllitles still
more.
Its rather Informal. | know" she
said Glibly, but I'm going right on
with my work" And she led the way
around to the rear of the house. You
see. I've just been doing few Of the
small fine pieces myself; the China
man brings them back streaked In SO
many shades of pink and blue"
She looked nj him furtlvely. but 1t
was evident he was thoroughly mysti-
fed She was obliged 10 be more ex-
pllcit
washing, You know" she elaborat-
ed, pointing to an Indian basket heap
ed with linen that stood on the grass.
Now just make yourself comfortable
and talk TO me while | work" And she
proceeded rather ostentatiously to
spread out some dainty handkerchiefs
and napkins on the adjoining rose
bushes. while her caller looked on In
shocked, specchless amazement.
7 Va tn
you know. It's ridiculous; it's an out
rage. Get Chinaman who'll do the
right thing There must be one some
where"
Miss Barry became sweetly pensive.
Reslgnment spoke from every line of
her face
There are some" she admitted, but
they charge. oh. fearfully!' Then. with
hands locked behind her, she stood
back and regarded the bushes where
all the sweet rose faces were now hid
den from the sun with yirtuous en-
thusasm. THAT saves papa as much
rs dollar" SHE said proudly. and
every little helps
Trent murmurcd something. he did
not precisely know what. so busy he
was trying to think what 1t must be
| like, the financial condition that made
the saving Of II dollar SO great II thing
| Brenda covertly watched him with
fiendish delight. which was. IL Is true
modified when she discovered that his
uwed admiration.
| Still she managed to convey To him
| before he took his dnzed departure that
she usually spent the early morning
hours gardening. working In another
| pathetic reference their need OF econ
omy.
Promptly the next morning Trent
clad in the most disreputable clothes
he could procure. might have been
seen hanging about the BarrydeN
hedges When the daughter OF thu
house finally made her appearance /
was not 80 early, though, as he hat
been led TO believe. He walked In bold
ly. announcing with the simplicity o
the early Trents-the market gardel
ones that he'd come to help. Nils
| BarrY's face turned rlotouS red, an,
she tried to dlssuade him. but for al
hour or more he digged and delyed a
her side right sturdily. Once begun
there was no stopping him, and Carris
| ton watched the dIsgraceful affal
aghast. When later on the gardening
led to the usual result Brenda LOOKED
him straight In the eye.
Il fancy that ! have angled for yo'
Just as much MS the others" she sal,
breathessly. hut Hemingway Tren
only laughed.
what difference 80 long AZ | llls'
your bait" he questioned.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1905-04-12
Cheerful Oliver.

Bobby's father had given him ten
cent piece and quarter Of II dollar
telling him he might put one or the
other on the contribution plate.
(Which did you give, Bobbyr his
father asked when the boy came home
from church
"Wcll. father, | thought Mt first /
ought to put in the quarter" said Bob
by, "but then Just in time remem-
bered the Lord loveth cheerful CIV
err and | knew / could give the ten
cent piece great deal more cheerfnlly.
so put that in"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1905-04-12

sderably even in twenty minutes.
1t was two weeks after the Czarga
concert rhlippa came out of the
swung up broadway. 1t had begun TO
snow ut SHUTDOWN. and there was the
lull in traffic that comes on the great
white way between dinner time and
the hour when the curtain rises. She
was tucking couple Of II TroyaI
tore" tickets into her hand bug when
he greeted her.
They're for Beth and me-" she told
him happily We live ON strawberry
jam and crackers when the opera is in
full blast po You know never GO
there but | wonder when my turn will
come, don't YOU"
lie did not answer her directly.
They had crossed to the Sixth avenue
elevated ana were walking along be
side Bryant park TO the station be-
fore he spoke to her
II am going home this week to spend
Christmas With my mother in Mary
land, and before | GO
\ Vagrant wind swept down upon
them. and Philippa bent her head side
ways TO avoid its sting AS she did
so her eyes met his in one swift glance.
She WAS not smiling now Her face
was aglow with curious half fright
ened expectancy.
Lets hurry" she said Its so
cold"
He stopped short where only an au-
dience of sleepy cab horses could listen
Before go | want to know IL | may
tell her that next year you Will go home
with me"
Cab horses are very discreet They
did not even hear the answer
hut ii wont happen until next
Christmas. Of course" Philippa ex-
plained over cup of Ceylou in the
studio That evening.
Until Maurice has won fame and
fortune singing to his ladylove at the
MetropolitanT" asked Elizabeth.
rhilippa stirred In another lump Of
sugar demurcly.
oh Marbury doesn't sing ut all.
Beth she said. That WIS his room
mate, Grahame Moore, who sang the
duet with me. Marbury is an artist"
And Elizabeth, after one long look
of enlightenment. smiled in fashion
wise
"For arts sake" she said severely.
Fudge
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1905-04-12

Canon Kingsley not long before his
death drew attention to the number of
short men who could be seen in Lon
don crowd. lie looked upon ii IA n sign
of the deterioration OF the race. Bat
there are those who look mt 1t NJ nm
indication OF progress In intellectuf!
lines MT least, for many If not most OF
the great men Of history have been men
below the medium height Canute the
Great was singhlarly small man. Ma
polcon was incidentally short Nelson
had no height OF which he could boast
and the great Condo was hardly more
than five feet tall. ilildcbrand- Greg
Dry yII.-the greatest of all the popcs.
was quite dlminutve person. Mon
tnlgnc was short; so was Pope. IA little
crooked thing that asked questions
so was Dryden. and 80 was Scarron,
who alluded to himself as IAN abridg-
ment of human miserics" on account OF
his short stature and Ill health.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1905-04-12

In his book, Uganda and Its Peo-
pies" j. +. Cunningham tells OF curl
Gus manner OF treating the sick among
II certain native African tribe: When
II person fell Ill the village prophet
was called in. lie said Mt once wheth-
err the sick person would recover or
not. II he was doomed to die he was
allowed TO fulfil the prophecy; II he
was TO live there was no need or med
ical aid" Another strange custom Is
explained In the words Of the native
who when asked by the author why
women were not allowed to eat the
flesh of goats replied, There Is no
why; II is the custom
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1905-04-12
ON the Safe Side.

An old woman who persisted in bow
ing during church service whenever
the name OF Satan was mentioned was
reprinanded by the minister for so
unsecmly habit. The reproof had.
however. no effect. and the minister
asked her finally in evaporation why
she thought II necessary to bow.
We'll" she replied. ''civility costs
nothing, and you never know what Will
happen Weekly.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1905-04-12
Well. he's actually done it,
GIn.. and Sunlight.

Common clear glass left exposed In
certain desert regions of the earth soon
changes greatly in appearance and ac-
quires color, sometimes rose purple
and sometimes amethyst. This change
has been attributed by some observers
TO alkaline soils, but others maintain
that such changes occur where there Is
no alkali and that 1t must be due 10
the great activity of the actinlc rays OF
the sun where the atmosphere Is very
clnnr
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1905-04-12

The ncighbors were discussing the
pecularities of an eccentric old resi-
dent Il do think remarked Mrs.
Higgins, that old Mr.. Tightun is the
contrarieSt man on the face of the
earth, "
whats he doing now" asked Mrs
Jogglns.
Doing? You remember he used to
say that when he had accumulated
10000 he was going to quit saving
money the old sklntiint.-and settle
down to the enjoyment OF IT,
Yes"
NV oil hn,s nriunlIv dnnn lt'''
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1905-04-12
nnmIex HeMIIdereI.

Dumley-I never saw man ike
Brixtoa to drift away from the subject
under discussion.
Balrass--As, for instance!
Dumley--I Just asked him what he
was doing the night saw him down
the road, and he evadei an answer by
remarkng that he had known people
to get rich by attending TO their own
business have 10 doubt he has, but
why should he mention It at that time!
Boston Transcript.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1905-04-12

Mr. Green-Now, I'm going to tslf
you something, Ethel. DO you know
that last night at our party your
sister promised to marry mef | hope
you'll forgive me for taking her away.
Little Forgive you, Mr.. Green.
or course l will. Why, that was what
the party was arranged for, you
know
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1905-04-12
A Sure starter.

ClaraIIow did you break yoaIr hus-
band OF suffering? Gracc-Every time
he started 1t began to protest against
his smoking. II never failed TO start
his flow Of language. Detroit Free
Press
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1905-04-12

81 understand that young IIustlem Is
the sort OF fellow who calls IL spade
spade"
Hes even more plain spoken than
that. lie calls his wages wages. -
Houston Post.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1905-04-12
LAMBERTyILLE, n. J.
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE.

Two Large Manufacturing Plants with power.
Eleyen-room House, corner Jefferson and
Clinton streets.
Seven-room Heuse corner Delevan and
George streets
Seven-room House, on Delevan street be-
tween George and Union streets.
Three seyen-room Houses on Elm street.
Eight-room House, Buttonwood street
Eight-room House, Clinton street.
Two new Houses, Delaware avenue. All i'm
Improvements
Seven-room House York street
Seyen-room houss, Lambert street
Six-room House Union street, below Ferry,
Large Double Brick House, Coryell street,
Several desirable farms for sale near LAM
bertyille containing from 30 to 1850 acres.
Three lots near Lambertylle.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1905-04-12
MONEY WANTED.

5000 81 900, 81 800, 81 900 $500, 600 all first
mortgages on city property and desirable in
vestments.
Money to loan in large amounts on i'm
proved Real Estate.
Office open evenings to o'clock
Lock Box 1874. o L. BLACKWELL.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1905-04-12

behind, and knave on all Sides Ger.
man Proverb.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1905-04-12
INTERESTING
INSTRUCTIVE
Correct English,
How to use it. "
A MONTHLY MAGAZINE DEVOTED TO
THE USE OF ENGLISH.
JOSEPHINE TuRcK BAKER. Epiroa.
Partial Contents for this Mont

Partial Contents for this Month
Course in English for the Beginner.
Course liz English for the Advanced
Pupil.
How to Increase Ones Vocabulary.
The Art of Conversation.
Should and Would: How to use Them.
Pronunciations Century Dictionary.
Correct English in the Home
Correct English in the School.
What to Say and What Not to Say.
Course in Writing and Punctu-
alton.
Alphabetic list of Authorizations.
Business English for the Business Man.
Compound Words; How to Write
Them.
Studies in English Literature
The Washington times., 1905-06-11
SIDNEY HERBERT.
Leading Man With "The Sylvan Players"

role created in this country by Miss
Adams.
Guy Standing will be seen in the part
formerly played by Mr.. Drew The
roles previously enacted by Mr. Stand
ing have been of a rather serious nature,
but as DR.. Paul Blondet in THE Mask
ed Ball. he Will be seen in a part that
will give him the opportunity TO dis
play his powers as a comedian.
The story Of the play revolves around
the love affairs and consequent troubles
OF Louis Martinez and Paul Blondet.
Martinot being in love with Suzanne
Burgomat. is about to ask her hand in
marriage, but is suddenly called away
to Canada He writes his friend, DR..
Blondet, telling OF his love for Suzanne
and asking him to inquire about her
family and If everything is all right TO
propose to her for him. This Blondet
does, but instead of pro0osing for Mar
tinot, falls in love with Suzanne and
proposes for himself He writes Mar
tinot and tells him he has discovered
that Suzanne's mother is not a proper
person and that her father is a habitual
drunkard, and that Suzanne has inner
tied this horrible trait. Everything is
straightened out satisfactorily TO all in
the end, but not before Suzanne has led
Martinot a merry dance and brought
BIondet to tears
The Washington times., 1905-06-11
Open-Air Shakespeare.
Sylvan Players in GAS You Like Itn and
Other Productions,

Under swaying oak branches and ba
meath noble oak trees six performances
or Shakespeare's comedies will be given
beginning at o'clock tomorrow after
noon for the benefit OF the Junior Re
pubic. The place selected is one OF the
prettiest Of the many pretty places OF
the road to Chevy Chase and no per
formaflce of this kind has ever had SO
ideal a spot to which to transfer
Shakespeare's noble Forest of Arden.
II should be borne IN mind that these
performances are all given as they
were IN the Elizabethan period in 1901
ihere VIII be no scenery except swaying
branches OF rich foliage trees; no flies,
but mighty gnarled arms reaching from
gigantic oak trees; no proscenium, but
that made by overhanging vines; no
stage proper except that made by the
grass and the tiny bushes which will
be left SO as to give the scene its true
resemblance.
The entrance TO this beautiful grove
Is where Woodley avenue diverges into
Connecticut aven!fe. In front Of the
wooden bridge which has been arranged
Is large space where guards will be-
Kept to look out for automobiles and
carriages. From the bridge is a gentle
slope which leads to the auditorium. a
vast space surrounded by foliage and In
this space will be arranged comfortable
chairs IN such position that everyone
may be able to see the actors and not
be annoyed by the CLINT Of the after
noon SUN. In case &C ipclement wealth
er 1t has been arranged to give the en-
tire production at the Lafayette Opera
House
OF the company too much cannot be
said Heading the organization are two
whose names have become famous in
connection with out-Df-door perform
ances. Sidney Herbert is probably the
best Shylock of the American stage to-
day and Miss Aida Cortelyou's Rosalind
VIII be a revelation to the Washington
society people who have taken this mat
ter in charge AMI given 1t the best
countenance
The Washington times., 1905-06-11
A Female Hamlet.
Adelaide Kein Acquits Herself Fairly
Well as the Melancholy Dane.

The latest woman aspirant for honors
II. impersonating Hamlet Is Adelaide
Keiu3 who made her debut in that char
acter at the Harlem Opera House last
week About her performance a New
York paper says:
That at the end of an evenings obser-
walton of a woman Hamlet one looked
for ultimate significance is something
of a tribute. When the announcement
was first made that Miss KCim would
assume the role the thing seemed so
anomalous that 1t was easy to drift
with the current that expected TO see
and hear something that would be very
funny The Bialto sense of hurnor is
q tremendously bad thing for the unfor-
tunate aspirant with serious intentions
and large ambitions, bCt even the per-
son most firmly vfsed in that point Of
view would not have seen anything
ridiculous in Miss Reim's performance
When there are rnanv people who say
that they would rather read Hamlet
than see 1t played, even By the best OF
actors, and when it is perfectly true
that the Quilted version that you get on
the stage gives, as Swinburne said, but
little idea Of the beauty OF the poets
complete work, 1t Is evident that a large
number will claim that on the face of
IL a woman cannot interpret the Dane
But as much as an actress OF ability
and Intelligence can override these
prima facie objections Miss Keim does,
and out of her very constitutional in
capacity there arose certain positive
merits that IN a large measure compen-
sated for the demerits and made the per-
formance very worth while seeing and
even recommending.
It was interesting to see the magnetic
influence that the boyish figure in black
exerted. For that's what It seemed
more the maner and grace Of boy
than OF a masquerading woman
The face is little too round and
lineless for the picture in ones mind
but here the Interpreter might well
quote in her defense the Gothic dictun,
"Hamlet is fndowed more with senti-
ment than with character
AS Miss Keim worked her way through
the play. always with discrimination and
with Intelligence, there loomed up this
strong fact that here, at least. was a
person that in the endeavor to efface
her personality was treating the poet
with reverence. and from this point of
view it is no exaggeration to say that
The Shakespearan lover Would ma more
enjoyment in the actress reading of
the lines than he would. say, in the
reading of Sotheru.
The average actor-those countless
many who have tried it-comes to the
part with blatant and noisorne e8otism
and cruSheS all the poetry of the thing
under offensive mannerisIns and Inter
pTetatiDns." Give US the lines and Wen
make our own interpretations has been
a long cry, and Miss Keirn, thank good
ness, gave us the lines and read Them
well.
In view of these things one may dwell
lightly on the obvious faults. When
her voice would convey force one was
although she had several masculine ges-
lures that were expressive and facile
this very adherence TO an abridgment Of
the outplay of a mans physical self
was at times monotonous and then
again suggestive of the masquerade.
The Washington times., 1905-06-11
Cost of a Summer Show.
Some of the Features Of "The Rollick-
ing Girl" Cost Thousands of Dollars


There's nothing in the world that
costs SO much a musical play when
it Is f1rst-class and given on a large
scale. Figures speak in this instance,
and they speak with convincing elo-
quence. Take the latest successful pro-
auction of this Sort The Rollicking
Girl" in which Charles Frohman Is now
presenting Sam Bernard and eighty fun
makers. including Hattie Williams and
Joseph Coyne. and which is packing the
big Herald Square Theater. New York,
nightly to the doors. Mr.. Frohman ex-
pended $4,000 on 1t even before 1t was
tried out of town-''on the dog" Be
tween that time and the first night IN
New York-only week intervening
over $4,000 worth OF features" were
lifted out of the show, and nearly $4,000
were secured to take their places. A
feature" may not extend over more
than ten OF fifteen minutes of the per-
formance, but streams OF money are re-
quired to make 1t bloom and flourish.
A man like Charles Frohman need
have no fear Of the Andrew Carnegie
oagaboo of dying rich while he pours
the dollars on the stage as he has done
in The Roliicking Girl" The show IS
the biggest. liveliest, and most brilliant
summer entertainment Broadway has
ever seen. Some of its features. like the
swing song In the Vienna garden, in
which a whole row Of pretty girls is
swung out over the baldhead row, and
the ropes of whose swings contain over
1000 electric lights. are genuinely sensa-
tfonal and make enough talk to pay for
their cost. The swing song cost Mr..
Frohman $500. The dresses alone for
one OF the discarded spectalties cost
s.. 200. The march of the Cuirassiers.
which precedes Hattie Williams song
hit The Girl in My Own Town." and
which is a brilliant exploitation of beau
tiful young women and costumes. en-
tailed an expense of SO, 600. The spring
chicken" chorus for Susan" song cost
81. 800 One of the dances in the theater
scene cost S9, 900.
These dresses and accessories have to
be renewed at least twice a season. so
1t will be seen the responsibility Of run
ming a big show like this can be as
sumed only by a manager willing to
spend money like water. The money
comes back, OF course. THE Rollick1ng
Girl having played to $4,000 In It's first