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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-04
The CoIumbIa-"The Country hoy"

The comedy bit of the present New
York season is fThe Country Boy" by
Edgar Selwyn, which Henry b. Harris
win present at the Columbia Theater to-
morrow night, with matinees Thursday
and Saturday. The company which will
present the piece here contains many
wesMSnown local favorites The story
Of THE Country Boy" is of a youth who
goes to New York 10 win fame and for
tune His lack Of success at home he
attributes TO the limitations OF small
town. There he has a charming home a
good mother. and a sensible sweetheart.
all Of which he leaves behind. In New
York he Is soon caught up in the mael-
strom of a busy world and loses sight
of the stimulus for his ambition by at
taching himself 10 a chorus girl He
wastes mis- time and money on her. and at
last comes to the end of his rope when
he loses his position Disappointed and
defeated, despair Overtakes him. When
about to make away with himself he is
caught in the firm grip Of man with
q healthy and optimistic view of life
who labors hard and succeeds in restor-
Ing the boy to his original self-respect
and enthusiasm. The youth returns to
his home town to fight anew the great
struggle Of life. He succeeds and wins
the girl. who has never let her love for
him abate in the least. The play teens
with character studies of typical habltues
of the great white light" and as a
contrast we also see the healthy sturdy
American particularly indigenous TO the
small country towns. Among those in
the east who are familiar To Washington
theatergoers are Frank Jamison, Alfred
Cooper, Charlotte Langdon, Mrs. William
Butler. Charlotte Ives, H. Dudley Haw-
ley, George a. Wright, Madeline Haz-
lett George Sehaeffer, Nellie Fillmore,
Paul Durand. John Webster. Ethel Clay
ton, and Harrison Fowler.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-04

some more clothes; Lillian Kelley who
needs no introduction, and many others
just as good,
New-York tribune., 1910-12-18

am almost stranger in New York, It IS possible that
YOU too are stranger within the gates going to
make YOU a proposition You look like man who will
not misunderstood me. Let US assume that old
friends Let us stand on no ceremony with each other
and spend pleasant hour dine Something led
the head waiter direct the same table Let US
regard it the hand OF Fate stretched orth to chea
the loneliness that besets us. What do YOU say
Y 1u re on reiOned the giant with swift acqu1es-
cence New York looks bigger and stranger to me
ths ever. It's years since We mushed up Broadway
hours that ever wabbled Of the West. My name ;
Gregg" he said, extending his hand.
Mine is Langtree I'm all the way from Cape Town
and London. But there Is neither East nor West
Border Breed nor Birth. and the rest OF IT. what
shall we drink
Right" said Langtree, he photographed a sum
mons to the waiter lowering with pair OF eye
glasses he held in his hand Il drink TO Your happ1
ness he said when the drinks arrived.
Luck" rejoned Gregg briefly. II 5 a geat thlns
TO pet back to civilization. continued Gregg rnusngly
paving his napkin, running his hand over the Sno"
white fabecoth caressing the slverware with his eyes
six weeks ago was up IN Alaska, plugging south
after I'd gone through triple extract OF inferno.
came out with what d gone up alter But ouched
the odds for years, bucked en- with despair IN my
Then we have much in common, answered Lang
tree. Yes much. | can understand what you mean
What's zo11r line. stones, inquired Gregg
..\o am not q diamond king. / m afraid | rnlsIed
Won bv nv statement q moment ago Down IN Kim
berey was only overseer OF gang OF k1IIr tla1nond
me gfaTS
i,ras Ia shout Get on you! and other thngN
Ike that at the poor and to see that they ddn
-a11oyy the finds I'd wandered down hoping TO stIlke
= rirb But was after rainbow gold 1t took over a
year for me to scrape together enough money TO pay
NV way back to London. And travelled like COW
I know | went North that way fnur1nured the
Alaskan t,.1- =, Ct;laoo
ro4d Langtree had drfted round the country ana
fraII,, landed on Park Row. While here met girl
.-+ boring vou?" he asked, pausing 49,,
etching. put N OItSS A'EIol-
ANGTREE'S story was indirectly as follows, he
l. - met a wonderful girl while stealing pictures:
5 interviews and doing kindred chores IoI one ol
r n3itors on Park Row Health ana courage,
IA L;ns and twenty soft summers, and a Eooe Ile
an i;Iord and hazel eyes, and soul that udeI
il Ia men are beautiful and she haq an ol lIese @
Wrt,,ber they met at party at the " "a'loii ~ "
~ - = matters not. Suffice II 10 say tIit III
@ swelling the dividends Of orchid dealers TIL
Was 1M rd the bansom trust before he coud relel
G ~ his nav was that OF reporter ms pa ii,li
Del, Dl ma md his credit nil. And So tins haNilE s3i VIZ
f a,,-erra1 months he strove 10 enuIe al
from the fair one. . ,;rI has answered
~ S,;1er conditions OF siege before IeI III n '''N
IS +aa t. 90 forth and do something fn and
Lang rSgned his Job, told the gl[i FAR
Lang dra2 massage for London somewhere i''
New-York tribune., 1910-12-18

stories are u,u-
New-York tribune., 1910-12-18

and EdeSOn, and OF those whose
passing months will ignite, who are
fame. Enough
ever q Christmas story without q
e gates. without 4 hard-coal fire
the CRATE, without the blue, lambent
The dish Of snapdragon, and q pew
mellow ale2 A quaint old eating
lacc as any TO lay the scene. Sup
English Chop House. situated on
q streets II that picturesque region
draws into rapid conveyance poly
F.trll-ave.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-18

ally wrttenin blister
ing July. It Is q la
~ for the inagina-
non from the nagging
pest Ct summer Tt
sorcers. frecrackerS.
Roman candles. and
The bonlbardmenr Of
bills from the iceman
II home. TO tinsel.
1ickeung tapers.
-eaching the young
@rers pieces for the
sunday school enter
-ainment. and NUT
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-02-16
THE MICROSCOPE.
II Has Its Prototype In Every spher-
ical Drop of Water.

Nature offers free microscope
whenever one is wanted She has
been dealing in free optical instru-
ments and optical phenomena ever
since the first dewdrop formed or the
first raindrop fell earthward. Every
dewdrop and raindrop and spherical
water drop has all the powers and
principles of microscope. To get
one Of natures microscopes in opera.
tion take up drop of water between
the two points of two sharpened sticks,
say matches, and hold the drop over
the minute object to be examined. The
result will be that the object will be
magnifed about three diameters. The
supposed invention of the microscope
was nothing more than shaping "A
piece Of glass into an imitation of a
water drop so as to be easily handled.
Spiders have made suspension bridges
for ages. The rough edge Of sword
grass gave the inventor the idea of
the reaper blade for the harvester.
The buzzard has been using the aero
plane for flying good many centuries.
By tapping on an end of long beam
the man at the farther end can hear
you telegraphing, the sound travelling
through the timber. Fishes have been
using bladders of wind for balloons.
lifting them in water for countless
years Water has been a camera ever
since the world had sunshine.
Help yourself to natures store of all
things man needs, but never say any
thing about the invention. Nature in
vented; you can only arrange and COM
bine facts.-St Louis Republic.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-02-16
Confucius,

Confucius regarded his own life as a
failure. He spoke against ambition,
yet he coveted high office, nothing less
than that of political adviser to some
great ruler. A man of the highest
lineage In China, he was yet poor and
early supported himself by teaching.
His pupils showed him an extraordi-
nary devotion. The pick Of the young
men in his native state of Lu sat at
his feet and 1t was they who trans
mitted his tremendous influence. But
Confucius saw not his immortal sue
cess, but his temporal failure. Only
for few brief years did circumstances
permit him to exercise his practical
genius for government. He became
first a magistrate, then chief criminal
Judge in Lu, and, to quote Professor
Legge, "crime ceased" Confucius.
however, became dissatisfied with the
ruler whom he served, weak man
who neglected his duty and gave him
self up more and more to dissipation.
so he resigned his post and banished
himself.-London Spectator
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-02-16
LAW OF GRAVITY VIOLATED.
Conditions Under Which Water Ac.
tualIy Flows Upward.


"Water seeks its level" Is an ex.
preston heard so frequently as to be
almost trite. and yet the law has its
exceptions. There are conditions un-
der which water actually flows up.
ward and rises above its source If a
glass tube be dipped into water the
column inside will be above the level
Of the surrounding surface. Moreover
If tube of half the diameter be sub.
stituted the column doubles its height
The water creeps along the inside of
the tube, owing to the adhesion, and
top.
An explanation is not difficult. 1t
can be proved mathematically that If
the diameter of circle be diminished
one-half the circumference is also re-
duced to that extent, while the area Is
one-fourth of its former value. The
circumference of the column of water
being reduced one-half, its contact
with the glass, and hence the adhesive
force, is also diminished to that extent.
while the cross section, and hence the
weight, Is decreased to fourth of
what it was before. Therefore the sec
ond column can be twice the height of
the first without exceeding the lifting
power.
Remarkable as the underlying prin-
ciples of this phenomenon undoubtedly
are, nature made use of them long be-
fore man made their discovery. Every
tree and flower adds its testimony.
The core Of tree or plant, instead of
being single open channel, consists
Of spongelike substance containing
many miniature tunnels, through
which the sap and moisture collected
by the roots flow upward in small riv-
ulets, rising higher and higher in
sheer defiance of the great law of
gravity.-St Louis Republic.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-02-16
And Thew Didn't Exercise.

William NJ. Evarts. who lived until
he was nearly ninety, said he kept his
health by never taking exercise The
celebrated DR.. William George Mead,
who lived to the surprising age Of 14S
years, spent nearly all Of his time in
the open air and played little golf.
DR.. Mead used to drink two or three
quarts Of water every day, and perhaps
there is a suggestion in that. Old Du-
bois, who lived in Canada for the bet
ter part of 119 years on the north
shore of Lake Erie, never worked and
never took exercise. He spent seventy
five years Of his life fishing with hook
and line and ate nothing but baked ap-
pies and milk and brown bread and un-
salted butter. Perhaps you can live
that long If you do nothing but fish
and eat what old Dubois did. But take
notice that these long livers never ex-
ercised.-New York Telegraph.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-02-16
WET AND DRY MOONS.
Old Superstition and Cold Facts From
the Astronomers.

Old Superstition and Cold Facts From
the Astronomers.
There is an old superstition which
dies hard, and that is that the posi-
ton Of the horns of the new moon
tells whnt the weather will be. If the
horns Of the crescent are on the same
level It will hold water, and hence 1t
Is a dry moon, but If 1t is tipped up
then the water will run out. and 1t is
a wet moon.
One thing has helped keep this be-
lief alive. The moon is dry" in the
part of the spring that is usually fair,
while 1t is wet" during the season of
autumn rains.
II this were sure sign Of the
weather we could have our predic.
tions published many years in ad-
vance, for an astronomer can predict
the exact position Of the moon at any
time in the future.
The cause for the different positions
of,the crescent is simple. The moon is
south Of the sun in the autumn and
north Of 1t in spring. The crescent is
found by the light of the sun falling
on the moon, and the horns are natu-
rally in line perpendicular to the di-
rection Of the sun from the moon.
That is all there is to this old super
stition.-Boston Herald.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-02-16
A Rattlesna6e Story,

In life and Sport on the Pacific
Coast" Horace A. Vachell relates ono
of his narrow escapes from a friends
bullet. "My cousin and | had been
camping and hunting for several days
in a sort of paradise valley. One day
during a long ride on horseback we
had seen a great many rattlesnakes
and killed a few, an exceptional ex-
perience. That night my cousin woke
up and saw by the light Of the moon
a big rattler crawling across my chest.
He lay for a moment fascinated, hor-
ror struck, watching the sinuous curves
Of the reptile. Then he quietly reach
ed for his six shooter, but he could not
see the reptiles head, and he moved
nearer, nolselessly, yet quickly, dread
ing some movement on my part that
should precipitate the very thing he
dreaded, and then he saw that it was
not snake at all-only the black and
yellow stripe Of my blanket, which
gently rose and fell as | breathed.
Had he fired-well, it might have been
bad for me, for he confessed that his
hand shook"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-02-16

An article in the Illustrated English
Magazinr gives an account of the print
ing department of Scotland Yard and
the astonishing amount of work it
turns out. Four times day broad
side is issued TO all the police officers
At 0 in the morning tie first is sent
out, giving an inventory of all property
lost. At noon. is issued list Of all
persons missing, and this often occu-
pies several pages. At half past 6
Tire broadside contains both subjects.
and also at half past 10. A habitual
criminal register is distributed and
every few days an account of persons
released on tickets of leave. a sheet
OF missing articles is sent to every
pawnbroker, and as many as 1000
copies Of this document are needed.
This is only a small part of the work
done by the Scotland Yard press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-02-16
When You Can't SIeep,

There is an odd theory, which many
people believe and which Is certainly
harmless, that sleeplessness may often
be cured in the following odd way:
Move your bed out into the room SO
that no part Of bed or covers will touch
the wall. Then place under each caster
OF the bed piece of rubber or rub
Der overshoe or set the caster in a
thick glass dish. Then go to bed, max
ing sure the covers do not touch the
wall. Thus the bed and yourself will
be cut off from all electric contact with
floor or wall. Such absence Of electric
contact, it is claimed, will make you
sleep better. 1t is said to have cured
stubborn cases of insomnia.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-02-16
MISTAKEN IDENTITY.
The Dialogue That Took Place After
the Dance Ended.


A well known and popular Los An
geles physician upon the occasion of
a recent visit to Il professional frlenh
at Fresno (the physician In charge nf
the state institution for the deaf ami
dumb was invited to attend one of
mates. All the unfortunates and n
goodly sprinklng of guests were pres
ent.
Before the function had progressed
very far the Fresno physician ap-
preached his Los Angeles medical
friend with, "Get busy, doctorr' The
doctor got busy. Although tipping the
scales at 2l0. he is an easy and grace
ful dancer and much enjoys the exer-
else. Approaching young lady Of
singular sweetness and beauty, he In
dicated his desire to dance with her
She proved to be as witching with her
feet as with her eyes. and our Los An
geles friend, in contempt of all con-
with her.
At the close Of the last one gen.
tleman approached his charming part
ner and asked for the next dance. 81
should be delighted to favor you, my
friedn," said she in voice no less
sweet than her face, "but I've prom
ised TO dance the next number with
this dummy herev'
Each had taken the other for an in
mate!-Los Angeles Times.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-02-16
ANCIENT LONDON.
When Danger and Lanthorns Were
Abroad After DARK

Abroad After Dark.
Less than 200 years ago the watch
men of London town, carrying horn
lanthorns and halberds, dressed in long
coats and knee breeches, walked up
and down the -cobbled streets of the
worlds largest city chanting the fol.
lowing verse:
A light there. maids! Hang out your light
And see your horns be clear and bright,
That SO your candle clear may shine,
Continuing from six to nine,
That honest men that walk along
May see to pass safe without wrong.
1t is beyond our comprehension and
Imagination in these days of flaming
arc lamps and brilliantly lighted
streets to picture the streets Of Lon
don in the lawless age when only a
candle with cotton wick was hung
out here and there on dark nights. 1t
was an age of lanthorns, Of flambeaux
and linkboys, when every one made
his will and prepared for death when
he ventured out at night.
1t is so written that 1t was COM
mon practice in that city for com
pany of a hundred or more to make
nightly invasions upon houses Of the
wealthy to kill and rob, and it Is re-
corded "that when night was come no
man burst venture to walk in the
Streets ."-Springfiel Union.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-02-16
THE UMPIRE WAS GAME.
And He Made the kickers Play Out
the Last Inninq.

tHc hdot tFHtH9.
Speaking of the doings of the veter-
an umpires, an old timer claims that
Honest John Kelly is entitled to the
record for freak doings among the in
dicator handlers. Back in the Ameri-
can association days, in a game played
on the old Union grounds In Alleghe-
ny, Calvin was pitching for Pittsburg
against Casey of the Athletics. Kelly
was the umpire. In the ninth inning.
with the score 8 to 0 In favor
Of the Athletics. the first man up for
Pittsburg made a home run hit to cen
ter and the visiting team at once set
up claim that II was too dark to play.
The center fielder came all the way
in and pretended that he could not see
the ball in the gathering darkness.
"Here," said Kelly; give me a glove"
and with that he started for center
field. "I'll see how dark 1t is out there" !"
he said. "You, Casey and Calvin. bat
me out few" Players and specta-
tors gasped. but Kelly made good his
bluff. He went out to deep center
and, with the smoke Of the mills lying
low about him. actually caught ten or
fifteen long line drives and high flies
from the bats of the two pitchers with
out missing one.
Then the umpire came in and, taking
off his glove, said: "Play ball. If can
see 'em out there, you fellows can"
The game was resumed, and the Pitts
burgs won in great batting rally by
@ to 5.-New York World.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-02-16
Don't Give Up,

Among some skaters was a boy so
small and so evidently beginner that
his frequent mishaps awakened the
pity of tender hearted if not wise
spectator.
"Why, sonny, you are getting all
bumped up" she said. 81 wouldn't
stay on the ice and keep falling down
so; I'd just come off and watch the
Others"
The tears of the last downfall were
still rolling over the rosy cheeks, but
the child looked from his adviser to
the shining steel on his feet and an
swered, half Indignantly:
"I didn't get some new skates to give
up with; got 'em to learn how with"
Life's hard tasks are never sent for
US ''to give up WITH" they are always
intended to awaken strength, skill and
courage in learning how to master
them.-Selected.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-02-16
Sense of DANGER.

DR.. Waldo of London holds that peo-
pie should develop sixth sense to
inform them Of the approach Of dan
ger in the streets. Lafcadio Hearn
once said: "While in a crowd seldom
look at faces. My intuition is almost
infallible, like that blind faculty by
which in absolute darkness one be-
comes aware of the proximity Of bulky
objects without touching them. II
hesitate to obey 1t collision is the
Inevitable consequence. What pilots
one quickly and safely through thick
press is not conscious observation at
all, but unreasoning intuitive percep-
ton"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-02-16
EARLY BALL0ONING.
Some Odd Ideas That Prevailed In the
Eighteenth Century.

some Odd ideaS max TreNaheu III XIV
Eighteenth Century.
AS far back as 1914 the American
public were led to believe that the
Atlantic had been crossed in bal
loon. On May 2S In that year the
New York Sun published detailed
account of an aerial voyage from Liv-
erpool to Charleston. which purported
to have been accomplished by "the
steering balloon Victoria in period Of
seventy-five hours from land to land"
Five columns were devoted to the de-
scriptlon of the journey and to a sci
entific account of the balloon, Of
which a woodcut was given, and an
air of verisimilitude was added by a
list of eight passengers, one Of the
names mentioned being that of Harri-
son Ainsworth, who was then at the
height of his fame.
At the end of the eighteenth century
balloons were all the rage. Then, as
now, enthusiasts predicted time near
at hand when war would either be an
awful matter Of the humiliation of
armies and forts by bombs from above
or would cease altogether through the
abolition of frontiers and the fusion
Of nations. Prophecy went even fur
ther.
Canals and roads were to vanish and
the space occupied by them to be re,
stored to agriculture. And ships Gf
any stili existed) when caught in a
storm would be grappled by the mast
from balloons above and safely con-
veyed into port or even carried over
mountain ranges.-Chicago News
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-02-16
A Siuht Worth Payinu For.

Phe cab, drawn by weary looking
horse, came to standstill opposite
public house. As the driver was pre-
pairing to descend small boy ran up
with, "Old yer 'orse, guv'norW
"Old my 'orse? Look ere. my lad,
Ah'll give yer bob if it runs away
Manchester Guardian.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-02-16
Marrow Escape.

She-Of course he bored me awfully.
but don't think I showed 1t. Every
time l yawned just hid it with my
hand. He Crying to be gallant)-Real-
ly don't see how hand so small
could-er-hide- = er - that is = beastly
weather we're having. isn't it?-Phila-
delphia Press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-02-16
HE Contribution

"Have you ever done anything for
the good of the communityT asked
the solid citizen.
"Yes," replied the weary wayfarer;
T've just done thirty days."-Phila-
delphia Record.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-02-16
Made II Very Clear.

"How do you suppose she manages
70 keep up appearances on her hus-
bands incomeT
''What is her husbands income?"
"I don't know; but, Of course. 1t can't
be as big as it would have to be If they
could afford to live as they do."-Chi-
cago Record Herald.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-02-16
How to Open a New Book.

The best way to open new book
without risk of injuring it is to place it
on its back upon smooth or covered
table, let down the fore and then the
hind board, hold the leaves in one hand
and open few of the fore and after
ward the end leaves until you reach
the center Of the volume. Do this sew
eral times and you will not break the
back of the book.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-02-16
He Didn't Know It.

"What are you doing here"
"Waitin' on prosperity"
"Why. prosperity passed this way
two months ago"
"You don't say! That accounts for
the twitchin' in my j'ints. had a idee
that somethin' or other had run over
me."-Atlanta Constitution.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-02-16
Too Enterprising.

Salesman Qately promoted to curio
department)-This necklace. madam,
was originally made for the Duke Of
Buckingham. who gave it to Anne OF
Austria. We're selling lot of them
London Punch.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-02-16

81 ought to know what is right and
proper"
"So?
"Yes; I've three grownup daughters
at home to tell me."-Detroit Free
Press
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-02-16
Painfully Particular.

"She's a delicate eater, isn't she?"
every. She even insists upon hav-
Ing the eggs from one hen."-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-02-16
An Old Saying Amended

The Man-Won't you marry me.
then? Bachelor Girl-Certainly not!
When singleness is bliss it's folly to
be wives.--Illustrated Bits.