The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-16

Of4I MAO0ly4I
 thinker, steady worker. and . capitalist in miniature.
 Daylight saving BAaI.
 LAndon theatrical managers are op- posing the Daylight Saving Bill. J. M. Gatti put the case for the west-end managers before the Select Committee of the House of Commons. which is taking evidence on the bill. MT. George Alexander was also present Mir, Gatti said that at present managers could produce new plays in March with the good business but, as the bill would make that impossible. their important productions would be limited to the early autumn. The effect of that would be that all the theatres would be closed for about six months every year.
 Bright daylight and a higher tenn perature," he declared. "unauestiona. bly interfere with playgoers."
 If g o'clock In the evening were. in fact. o'clock by Greenwich time. 1t would mean that from April to Sep- tember the ordinary hours of opening the theatres would be broad daylight. 1t was useless to think of opening the doors of a theatre until the cool of the evening Under this bill the eafliest practicable time of opening would be s:30. which would mean that the per- formances would not be over till mid night or later. Theatres were run at an actual loss in the summer months.
 It was rare. indeed, that a play run- ming through July and August paid its expenses. Managers sometimes con- tinued them in the belief that the loss would be made up later in the year; but anything that was likely to make the loss greater would be an additional reason why managers should close the theatres. Theatres contributed much to the revenue of the country. The west-end theatres forming the Society of west-nd Theatre Managers, num- bered twenty-two. and were together rated at not less than s420.000 per an- mum. That did not take into account the theatres not in the society. the su- burban theatres and music halls. The report of the Select Committee of 1892 showed that the number of employes at that time in the principal London music halls was not less than 1,181. and the number of artists upwards of 1000, while the weekly salaries aver aged $22,50e. He estimated that at the present time the number was thrice as many.
 Development of sexes.
 An interesting comparison between the mental development of the sexes has been made by Prof. Frederick Wal ter Mott in a lecture on the brain at the Royal Institution. He showed that at birth the male brain only weighs 321 grammes, as compared with the a61 grammes of the female brain. Thus the female has a good start. But when the brain has reached its maturity the average weight of the adult brain in European countries is from 1850 to 1880 grammes in males, and from 1,213l to 1,220 gramnes in females.
 Of course, the question naturally arises whether there is any connection between a high order of intelligence and a good brain weight and to settle this Professor Mott gave the brain weights of q large humber of distin- guished men. The result was that in SS per cent the brain weight exceeded the average brain weight very consid- erably, while in only 2 per cent. was the weight below the average.
 ''The difference in weight between civilized and uncivilized races" con- tinued Professor Mott, Suggests that the human brain has increased in weight during the ages. The Chinese have larger brains than European, and the explantion of this may be that the Chinese represent the most persistane and most ancient civilization in the world. Under the strenuous conditions of life in China the imbecile and the unemployab1e canot exist. EsQuimaux and Japanese have also very large brains, probably also due to the pro- ces of natural selection
 The Duke of Rutland made a novel suggestion in a speech at Crantham on Saturday. He was commenting on the need for little more knowledge of agriculture among members of Pariia- ment. so that they should not imagine, as they seemed to do at present. that the land would stand any strain which the Exchequero liked to put on it. q. ' T would suggest the holding of con- tinuation classes, to be compuisorily attended by members of thel House of Commons, so that they might learn what in the name of fortune agricul- ture means. At present they have not the faintest conception.
 They seem to have a general idea that if one went down to a bit of land. turned 1t over with two-pronged fork and put something into 1t, it would at once produce a very large crop of guineas. That is a very mistaken idea"