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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-09-25
SHADOW PLAYS REVIVED.
Older Form Used Images Cut Out of
Wood or Leather.

A little band of enthusiasts. headed by
Baron Alexander Won Bernus, has re-
vived in suburb of Munich the ancient
neutrality-suspicious. or shadow theater
But like many reyivals, this lays claim
e being a new movement" in tie
drama.
Shadow Plays are a product of the
far east. Their very early history is
difficult to trace. We hear of them tirSt
III China-that barbarian" country
whose civilization antedates that of any
other country in the world japan TOO
has had shadow plays and they are
known in the history of India. But in
more recent years, they have been com
moner in Turkey and Egypt.
Baron Won Bernus has taken the
shadow play little more seriously than
his contemporaries of France He has
gathered about him a band of serious
men and women who have adapted tn
the uses Of their theater some of the
dramas of Goethe who have themselves
written plays especially for the "schat-
tenspielhaus" and who have designed the
tableaux which illustrate the progress Of
the drama.
The methods of the ''shadow theater"
nave been subject to many variations.
Some shadow plays have been produced
with living actors whose profiles have
been projected on screen. This form
is known in the United States. The ar
cllaic form, now revived. uses images cut
out. Of card or wood or leather. In
Arabia the shadow figures We're of col
OF ed leather through which the light he
hind threw on the screen which faced
the spectator, dull glow like stained
glass. Some of the oriental shadow ar
fists share in the production and each
tableauX is drawn by one of them, while
all the enthusiasts join in cutting out the
figures and preparing the scenes. The
plays produced cover a wide range-from
don juan to the old morality play.
Baron Won Bernus is to take his shadow
plays through Germany-in nm einca-
tional spirit-and perhaps some dav they
may be seen in the United States
Technical World
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-09-25
FEAST OF THE GARLANDS.
Queer Swiss Marriage Market-Peculiar
Ways Men and Women Seek Mates.

The marriage market Tor fair) which
was held recently at Ecaussines in Bel
gum has many counterparts elsewhere.
In several of the more remote Swiss
cantons, for example, there is held what
is known as the feast of the garlands.
The manageable maidens assemble at
sunset, sing, dance and make merry.
Each wears chaplet of flowers on her
forehead and carries Il nosegay tied with
bright colored ribbon in her hands.
If a lad is attracted by maid he
plucks flower from her bunch. She
pretends not to notice, but when the
merrymaking breaks up at dawn she
will, if she reciprocates his feelings, tie
the entire bouquet by the ribbon to the
handle of the door of the cabin wherein
he resides or alternatively fling it
through the open easement of his bed
chamber.
The famous Tunis marriage mart, Of
which so much has been written, is held
twice year, in the spring and the au-
tumn. The Tunisian girls attend in
their hundreds each with her dowry in
coin and Jewelry disposed about her per-
son. The golden girdle of maidenhood"
encircles her waist, and in it is an un-
sheathed dagger. When this is gently
removed by passing gallant and pres
entity returned it means that a proposal
has been made.
A prettier custom prevails among the
Ooraon maidens, who at stated intervals
assemble in the market place. In front
of each is lighted lamp, emblem of
conjugal fidelity. A young man feels at
tracted. He gently blows upon the
flame, extinguishing it. The girl relights
1t; it is rejection. If she leaves ii
alone the offer is accountable.
Even in England these curious mar
kets are not unknown, although they are
not openly acknowledged as such One
has been held on st. Martha's hill, Sur
rey, on each recurring Good Friday dur
ing some centuries. And the statute
and mon fairs that are still celebrated
in various rural locanties are maria ge
marts in all but name.-Pearson' 5
Weekly.
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THE OPEN ROAD.

Out uast the bars of Square and Place,
And streets where toilers bear their load
Past all the hurrying populaee
There runs the Open Road
How white its ribbon measures out
The sun-baked acres round the town.
How hoarse the Peoples empty shout
Behind us travels down.
They fret. but we, with scrip and stan.
Take pilgrims way some dusty eve.
Behind the People snatch and laugh
Over the toys we leave.
Beyond US lies the healthy hill.
Lone valleys where the brown stream:
The rooted cot. the turning min,
The waving plains of wheat
Before us stin the wide skies arch.
The primrose West with rose Is strewed
And shadowy cloud-battalions march
Across its solitude.
The wild-hower clusters brighter Irvine.
The wild birds note more clearly rings,
And from the shade of beech and pine
Look forth the forest things.
But far behind through dusty days
The People fret against their bars,
And set no foot in open ways,
Nor eye the evening stars
And some have paused by purple slope
To hear the echo of their sighs
Turned back to bring the People hope,
And toiled to make them wise.
For air and the blue heav'n are free
(Say they, and peace is not for few,
And these must share. as well as we
The stars and morning dew.
These must come forth with pilgrim song,
With light-weighed scrip and strength
ming red,
For unto all the roads belong,
And the straight paths of God.
-Maude Goldring in the London Spectator
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Sage Scotch Advice

Mrs. Humphrey Ward is against votes
Tor women. She has Joined in London
an anti-suffrage league In a circular
letter she says:
The league promoters consider that
each sex is Il sphere as important as the
other. and they earnestly deprecate the
tendency which has been in recent times
exhibited in some quarters to underesti-
mate the importance of the sphere which
specially calls for the care and devotion
OF q woman-the home.
Nor could women undertake the
physical responsibilities of enforcing any
law which by their votes they might
cause to be enacted. And if any law
came to be popularity regarded as won
an-made, not only might the law be
treated with disregard and contempt but
1t might drag down respect for the law
i'll general"
A suffragette sneered at Mrs. HnUph-
rey Wards queer logic the other day
Il knew the prolix lady was against
votes for women" she said N
luncheon of suffragettes in New l"rk.
by means of Il parable, she pointed oH'
her belief that the immediate home err
Gle, not the distant polling booth or sen
ate chamber, was the true feminine
sphere of usefulness. We didn't applaud
l assure YOU.
'.She said an aged Scot told his minis
ter that he was going to make pil-iiA-
age to the Holy Land.
And whites I'm theer. sand inc x.
grim complacently, IN read the lei!
Commandments aloud frae the top
Mount Sinai
Saunders said the minister. '2N
my advice. Bide at hame and Keep
them. London Tribune.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-09-25
MARINE ENGINE ENDURANCE.
Thc Motive Force on an Old Liner and
How It Has Stood the Test.

That the marine engine builders of
twenty-five years ago We're accustomed
to put the very hest of materials and
workmanship into ships of the first class
IS proved by the record of long and ar
duous service of the transatlantic liners
built during that period, few of which
are performing high-elass service even
today. a notable case of this is that
famous old vessel, the Etruria built in
1888, which soon after her entry into
service captured the transatlantic rec
ord with an average speed for the whole
transatlantic trip of 1919 knots. Al
though the ship is entering on her TWEEN
ty-fourth year of service. she is capable
today Of making her 1S5 knots an hour
under favorable conditions of weather
But, for the marine engineer. the points
of interest about this ship are to be
found in her engine and boiler rooms
The Etruria is the last of the large
ships TO be fitted with single propeller;
and her engine is one of the heaviest
and largest single engines ever built the
individual parts being of great size and
weight. Thus. the crankshaft, which is
% inches in diameter. weighs 81 TONS
the connecting rod. 13& inches in diam
eter at its center weighs just under II
tons; and the piston rods, which are 49,
inches IN diameter. weigh about 4 tons
apiece. A single propeller blade weighs
q tons, ard the whole propeller complete
81 tons. The engine is compound. with
one I1-inch and two 100-ineh cylinders
the stroke being 6 feet
During a recent visit to the engine
room, made for the express purpose of
seeing now the engines had stood the
heavy strain of their twenty-three years
of service, our representative was sur
prised to learn that with the exception
Of the crankshaft and the tail shaft (the
parts of a marine engine which are al
ways subject to more rapid deterioration
than the rest of the plant this engine
is in all its parts identically the same as
when it left the builders hands, not even
the brasses having been renewed And
even more remarkable evidence of good
Workmanship and careful attention is
shown IN the boiler room, which con-
tains the same Scotch boilers that We're
put in nearly quarter of a century ago
These boilers have the same tube plates
10 per cent of the original tubes, and,
most remarkable of all, the same CORFU
gated furnaces as when they left the
builders hands. The ship must have
paid for herself many times over: and
her record stands as a protest against
the cheaper materials and more hasty
workmanship that have been developed
by the present-day demand for cheaper
shipS.-Scientife American.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-09-25
WARM AIR ABOVE THE corr
A Curious Fact Recently Observsa +.
Meteorologists.

Students of the upper air wara
tonished when the little balloon. a..
sent up. with self-recordina fbAr,,,-
ters. told them one day thar II ~
atmosphere there is stratum rbf. '.--i
warmer than the air Immediately III =
it. No one has yet explained this st,.,-,N
inversion of temperature. but II has -.
been observed so many times in dire.
parts of the world that there raII - 'e-'i
doubt about it. $50
1t was discovered in 1891. almoSt .,..
ultaneously by Mr.. Teisserenc de a.,
near Paris, and by Prof. Assno,,,,
Germany. Since then nearly an tbo IN
looms that have risen above 40oO feot
in central Europe have penetrate ~
stratum of warmer air No oup ~,
yet its upper limits.
In England it has been found tb7t ia.
average height of this layer of wa.,oa,.
air is about $4,000 feet
In the last three years Or. 4 T,..
renee Rotch has set atloat seventy-sfyan
ballonssondes at st. Louis. Mos =
those which rose higher than 43.0sm TO-,
entered the stratum of warmer tenperg.
ture.
On October 8. for instance the t.-,
perature at 1900 feet was 90 dee,a..
Fahrenheit. while at the greater altifris
of d, 100 feet the Temperature had risaa
TO - degrees. Two days later the cold
est temperatureS0 degrees, was fnfmlJ
at 5000 feet, while only $500 feet high.
er the temperature rose to 60 DEGREE.
This warmer stratum of air has r,t
yet been discovered over The tropi-sl
Atlantic, but the noteworthy fact has
been established that above the equ9t1r
in summer it is colder lat ii height If
eight miles than it is in winter at -la
same height in north temperate regions
Meteorologists now think they have re3-
son to believe thai this warmer air exist
throughout the tropical regions at heights
exceeding 10000 feet and that it is prob.
ably a universal phenomenon existin, nj
some height all around the globe-Naw
York Sun
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-09-25
MALLARDS IN A FARMYARD.
How a Pennsylvania Raised and Domes-
ticated a Flock of Wild Ducks.

Among the odd things to be found
within hailing distance of Wage man
sion is a flock of mallard ducks-the real
mallardS. such as are pictured on post
ers and in game journals-at peace and
eontentment among the other ducks be-
longing to >. Franklin Trowbridge of
this place.
Strangers would at a cursory glance
scarcely see anything unusual in their
appearance, but there is a vast differ
ence between the mallards and the do
nestle variety. There is a difference in
size. in color and in carriage.
Several years ago Mr.. Trowbridge Sc
cured some wild duck eggs and had an
old hen hatch them out. The eggs We're
found along the Illinois river. where it
is common thing TO raise mallards at
home and use them as decoys for other
wild ducks.
AS stated, Mr.. Trowbridce got them
fourth generation of mallard ducks.
They waddle about the premises as Sc
dately as the home ducks In fact the
mallards appear TO he thoroughly at
home in the Trowbridge yard, and they
seem content too. From the first Mr..
Trowbridge has kept their wings
clipped. and even mt that sometimes
when a flock of wild ducks come up
from the river the Trowbridge mallards
hear the call of the wild quack and
squeak and flutter and carry on at d
great rate, eager TO join the throng In
the air. Except for these occasions the
domesticated mallards remain pert and
act as any sane. good old York county
duck would do.-W0go Cor. York Ga.
zette,
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No Chance.

Here's another tale of the canuy Sect;
For once the American had dIscoyeFsA
something British that was better tuaA
anything they could produce across We
pond" His discovery was fine come
dog, and he at once tried to induce us
owner. an old shepherd, to sell IT, .,.
.''Wad yet be takin' him to AmeEisa'
inquired the old Scot.
Yes. / guess So" said the Aap5er,
Il thocht as muckle." said The. s.el-
herd. Il couldna part wi Joeb.
But while they sat and cha-Jri d.
English tourist came up, and l" Lay
the shepherd sold the collie lgr A,".'
less than the American had oa,I
you told me you wouldn't ,e. ..-
said the Yankee, when the Nli.'"
had departed.
couldna' part wi him. Jock,I n. '.ra
in day or so, but he couldna s''.A ''''
Atlantic"
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Samuel,s Notion.

and the streets are paved V'la
gold. and there win be- music a-.. ....,,.
ers. aud everything will be pg' .,E.
finished the Sunday school teach,t we,
was telling her small charges OK
And now tell me she COM. .ra
what kind Of little boys ana
going therefn -.sr
Nobody knew. Then from enc
a small brown hand shot gP
Samuely" the teacher Smilea,. r-..-v-
Please teacher, dead ones.
body'S Magazine.
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Wanted a Dav OFF

a certain scientist in the government
service is said 10 be hard taskmaster
TO both his official aud domestic sery-
ants,
Being detailed once to accompany q
scientific expedition on an extended
cruise. the scientist is said to have nm
bent trifle in communicating the news
10 his personal attendant.
Henry" said he, how would Won
ike 10 go with me around the world ~
DO we 30 from east TO west, sir?1
asked the man.
Yes"
And we lose q day going that way.
do we not sirI'
"We do"
Then, sir, / should Ike very much
to go. II would give me a day OFF,
Syracuse Journal
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Still Growing.

A crippled peddler came hobbling to
our door one day, and my aunt symp9-
thetieally inquired the cause of his lanes
ness.
You amt Christian Science mum, be
yeT asked. mo, | s'pose not. It's
jest my luck. Well, mebbe You know of
two kind-hearted old ladies livin' to-
gather--you can't mistake EN- one has
a squint an the other has mole along
side her nose. No? Well, I'm not goin'
to miss 'em for not askin'. | want to see
them ola ladies mighty bad.
1t transpired from his artless ram
blings that ne had fallen when a child
and injured his hip in such a way as to
check the growth of his left leg.
But interrupted my aunt, your left
leg is"
Yes, mum, I'm a-comin' to that pres
entity. A year ago | sold paper of
pins to two old ladies in Broomwich, as
lowed that Mother Eddy's' method
would lengthen that leg. Seemed to me
I'd heard of leg-pullin' in that connec-
ton. an | jedged | might as we'll give
1t try, so | told 'em TO go ahead with
their absent treatment. Mebbe YOU can
guess how tickled | was when that
short leg actually began to grow by the
follerin' week. 1t KEEP on CROWN steady
and within six months | was again
IN Broomwich with two ekal legs an
a heart full of gratitude for them kind
ladies. Well, they was gone. | never
had no chanel to thank 'em. | didn't
mind that so much, but in another
month | seen my left leg was still
-growin'-didn't know enough to stop
| went to Broomwich in a hurry, an
tried to find out where they'd moved
but nobody knowed. Well good day
mum, I'll be joggin' along. for I've got
to find them old ladies and switch their
treatment ON the other leg. Needn't tell
me there's nothing in Christian Sci
-Lippincott's.
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Exchange by Mail

Epistolary art is lost,
Or so the critics say;
The time and trouble 1t would cost
Is far too great today.
And yet though leagues may separate
Two souls all fond and dear,
They make. by methods up TO date,
Their sentiments quite clear.
The understanding day by day
Harsh words viii never wreck,
For mother sends Il post card gay,
And father sends Il check.
Washington star
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-09-25
The Margin of Profit.

Charles NJ. Schwab, at a reception he
gave to the boiler makers of America
during their convention in Detroit. said
he neither knew personally nor by re-
pute a single dishonest American mil
lionaire
Discussing business ethics afterward
Mr.. Scbwab very UNANIMOUSLY pointed our
the fact that failures. compounded at
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-09-25
Mr.. Birrell's "Bull,a

A correspondent writes from Bristol:
when Mr. Birrell was down here last
he made bull. real Irish one-which
| do not think had been sufficiently
noted. have done my best in private
TO preserve it to posterity, but il struck
me that YOU might immortalize il at
once He said: 1t is easier to face
your foes in front of you than your
friends behind your back OF course
it's true. London News
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Why He Became a Burglar.

y burglar. entering country man
sion at midnight was surprised and
captured by the owner, who said: IF
you tell me what drove YOU TO this bust
ness | will let you &c"
Motors" replied the conquered one
sullenly.
In what way?" asked the master.
Were you a horseman?"
No" replied the burglar Il used
to have one of the best beggin' stands
in London. but how is felier goin' to
have a chance to beg from a man what's
whizzin' past at thirty miles an hourY'
This novel excuse SO tickied the mas
ter of the house that the intruder was
promptly released and ordered to hurry
away."-Daily News.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-09-25

Howe-So the famous baseball player
ate Welsh rabbit before retiring and
had some wonderful dreams? Were his
dreams characteristic of his profession:
Wise-I should say so. Why, he was
pitching and tossing all night.
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vindictive.

How do you like living in a prohi-
bition town.
First rate" answered Col. Stillwell.
II have several neighbors that | don't
think much Of and ] positively enjoy
seeing them 90 thirsty. Washington
Star.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-09-25

Doctor Killum-Oh, you're the new
pastor, Well. I'm the medical adviser TO
many of your flock.
Parson Preachly-Ah. I'm so glad to
meet one of the pliers of my church,
sir.
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Out of Sight.

l.andlady-Iou can't pay today? Why.
| thought you said the ghost would
walk?
Tragedian (gloomily)-I thought so.
hnt il looks as though the ghost took an
airship.-Denver News.
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Hannah. Nah Honey.

Oh de big moon shine an de iii stars
An de, builfrog whine on de aidge OBJ de
lake.
DE oil owl listen
VIVA de white dew glistcn
An de win lay low in dc brake.
oh, Hannah, nah honey, is yo' comm?
| s awaitin in &c huneysuckle glade!
Don W heah de III banjo strumminy
on Hannah, nah honey. is 20 'fraid?
DE fre-tlies twinkle in de skirts oh de
LAX de stars done sprinkle dey III draps o
Dey darkle an dey burn.
ley tremmle an dey turn,
An dey weave n iii road so hrichts
ON, Hannah, NAH honey, Is yo' eomiI'?
IN yo comm down de freely paauf
Don yo heah de iii banjo Strumfnin'?
is a-loneiy, ef yo' only knowed!
fade.
An de shaky honeysucEle he tremmle lax
An | WINNER why he shake,
CaEe de win am In de brake
is uey somebody slippin' froo de glade?
Oh; Hannah, NAH honey is yo' comm
On hannah, nah honey am It youf
Does yo heah de iii banjo Strummin'y
awaittl In de Shadder an de dew,
--Margaret Belle Houston in Lippincotts.
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A usurer.

A story is told by a lawyer of Little
Rock, Ark, about the sad ease of a ma
tive of that town who sought Justice bN
reason of the theft of horse belonging
to him. As, however, the man who took
the animal returned il to the owner. tie
lawyer advised the aggrieved one 10 let
the matter drop,
Cant | have him arrested for usury
them demanded the man, Indignantly.
What on earth do you mean?"
'Daggone it. mister, he used the hoss,
didn't he? Yes sir, he used him mighty
hard by the looks of him. Philadelphia
Ledger.
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So Unlike Him.

Yes" he said, "Ive had couple Of
drinks
The idea" exclaimed his wife; why
do YOU tell me thatT'
why, it's the truth"
Il know that's why | can't under
stand your telling me. The Catholic
Standard and Times.
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so much on the dollar. are not quite so
unjust to the creditors concerned as
some people seem TO think.
For instance said Mr.. Schwab,
there was general store keeper near
Loretto who was forced to the wall by
the hard times and resolved to make an
assignment He figured out that he
would be able to pay 40 cents on the
dollar.
well. a certain wholesale grocer that
he had dealt prettily heavily with heard
of his plight and came post haste to see
him.
WHAT the grocer shouted Going
to make an assignment. Pay only 40
cents on the dollar A pretty state of
things this is.
Calm yourself, Mr. Cangoods,' said
the general store keeper. 1t is true /
am going to assign. These hard times
have played the very deuce with me.
And it's true I'm going to pay only 40
cents on the dollar But all your goods.
it happens, are intact Not a case has
been opened. and they shall be returned
to you at once
But Cangoods sneered.
What. he shouted angrier than
ever. Return my goods Not on your
life | Insist on my lawful 40 per cent
the same as the other creditors -
Washington Star.
Correct, Harry.
Preacher-Harry. mother has FIVE
children and but four potatoes. how can
she divide the potatoes so that each will
receive an equal portion?
Harry (auicklyl-Mas 'em.APhilip-
pines Gossip.
49,
A Crushing Blow.
Nel-She admits that she is terribly
disappointed in her husband
Belle--How is that?
Nell-She married him to reform him,
and now she finds he doesn't need it,
Philadelphia Record.
50
The Pussy Bachelor.
Eyes" said the proud mother, 1--WE
are going to name the baby Theodore. but
we feel confident he win make a name
for himself before he is twenty-five"
Hell be lucky" growled the fussy
old bachelor. IF he doesn't have two
or three aliases by that time. Chicago
News.
The man who gets loaded has a poor
aim in life.-Beaumont TEX Enterprise.
-...~
At the - Club
Prosperous Young Actor returning
Torrance of successful play)-Ah, dear
boys. | really think it's time all good
actors were in bed.
Grumpy Tragedian docking up from
his paperl-They are.--iLfe.
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The Fussy Bachelor.
At the Club.

Prosperous Young Actor returning
tired after a matinee and evening per-
Torrance of successful play)-Ah, dear
boys. | really think it's time all good
actors were in bed
Grumpy Tragedan docking up from
his paper)-They are.-iLfe.