Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-05-02
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From the antipodes comes case
for the psychical research society. In
leading Australian theater the ac-
,resses are almost scared ont of their
wits. Every night. as soon as the
curtain goes up, the figure ETA tail.
dark man in evening dress" rises from
the back of the dress circle and
watches the proceedings with a fixed.
stony glare. while he "furiously twirls',
the ends of his mustache. At the end
of the first act he disappears. and is
seen no more for that evening. He is
visible only from the stage. People
and officials In the auditorium have
searched for him without success.
The cultivated potato is a native Of
the Chilian and Peruvian Andes but
extends in original type as far north
as Colorado. where a wild form is oc-
casionai. Wild varieties of the potato
| exist in many parts all over the world,
nut nowhere was it cultivated before
| the discovery of the western CONT
nent save in North and South AmerI-
ca. 1t was taken to Europe probably
| from Peru to Spain, early in the 10th
century. II seems Sir Francis Drake
though Sir Walter Raleigh is said to
have done this the year before. 1t
was first regarded as a curiosity and
so remained until the latter part Of
the 18th century. though the royal So
ciety Of London in 1868 recommended
It as possible safeguard against fam.
inc among the Irish peasantry.
DR.. Gourand. an eminent French
dietetist, says rational diet is one
that, while pleasant to the taste.
maintains the bodily equilibrium, IA
vors the easy working of all our or
gans. and reduces to n minimum the
work which its presence necessarily
imposes on Them
Charles Frohman tells London re-
porter-that the performance of "The
possible because Marie Doro. hia
leading woman. became so i'll that "she
threw up her part" Enthusiastically
this is the worst case of seasickness
on RECORD. New York Press.
A physician, in speaking of his pa
tents the other day said great many
men would be surprised ii they should
happen to meet their wives while the
latter were on their way to some doc
tors office. MANY women have firm
belief in the policy of wearing their
shabbiest garb on such occasions"
said he. Their idea is that physi-
clans Judge of the state of their pa
tents finances by the clothes they
wear. and charge accordingly-and
and there is a good deal OF truth in
il, too."-NeW York Sun.
France has very recently solved the
machine gun question and has pro-
ceeded very energetically. so that at
present all infantry regiments have
fou, lin time of war six), the chasseur
battalions two lin time of war four)
machine guns. and the reserve regi-
merits are fitted out in the same way.
The machine guns of dismounted
troops are carried on pack animals.
Every cavalry regiment, including the
reserve. is to have two machine guns
On wheeled carriages, and every field
artillery regiment is to receive two
guns as support.
Riding uptown in a semi crowded
Broadway car the other night, a we'll
dressed woman was having great
deal of difficulty trying to pacify a
crying child who was sitting on her
lap. She was evidently the childs
mother. After she had exhausted all
the ordinary means she tried an en-
t:rely new one. Whenever n male pas
senger boarded the car and made his
way UP the aisle the woman would
iouncc the kid on her knee and whis-
per to the child. Ssh! here comes your
father" 1t may not have been exact
W the proper thing. but it served to
racify the child. New York sun.
thousands Of New Workers. OF this
generation and more than thousands
of people who have come here in the
last dozen years do not know that the
aquarium is old Castle Garden; that it
is the same building in which Jenny
Lind sang" said Ed. Rowan, gate
keeper at the barge Office. VERY
often men and women who gave evil
dence of wealth and prosperity come
Gown here hunting Castle Garden, UNI
able to recognize the old building in
its newer surroundings. Nearly always
they say in effect: That's where I
landed stranger in a strange coun-
try with only what l carried in a.
handkerchief New York sun.
IL oul SCItOOlS HdO duutu
massage and hydrotherapy to their
curriculum twenty years ago. 1t would
not have become possible for so many
quacks to forge ahead, with some real
cures and still more failures with dam
gerous sequelae. with only practical
knowledge, and without any scientific
basis" says the New York Medical
Journal. Even now very few physi-
clans are able to give proper directions
as to massage. The same can be said
about the cosmetic art. The physi-
clan should know how to purify the
skin. to take away warts, to preserve
the hair, to eliminate freckles and to
prescribe against the odor from pers-
piration. and many other similar de-
fects."
At least once a year the prince of
Solo gives great entertainment, when
he dispenses truly royal hospitality.
Hundreds of natives and Europeans
are invited to the festival. and the
best actors and dancers are engaged. |
After one of these entertainments, 1t
is, said, all sorts of tableware and
bric-a -brac are offered for sale in the |