Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-03-09
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mouths opening downward, are
placed. these also being formed of IN.
same material.
Such is the beginning of the nest
and Immediately the four cells are
formed eggs are deposited in them
Professor Ward in the Strand Maya.
zinc.
One who has never played in for
efgn language" writes Nine. ModJesks.
in the March Century" chapter OF tmr
Memoirs" has no idea how hard IL
Is to render all the necessary lights
and shades when one is hampcral by
the lack of familiarity both witr IN.
foreign words and the pronunciation.
No lessons. no exercise. can take the
place of the language with which we.
have been born. g..
Actors, however. have an advan-
tagc in illustrating their words by ac-
ton and facial expression. Were I,
not for that. every attempt would b.,
fruit!ess. That was the reason never.
liked to give English recitations on a.
platform, because had nothing to
help out the deficiencies of my pro-
nunciation.' sh
Silhouette photography is not new;
it has been practised in all probability
since impressions on sensitized paper
were first introduced in the ,''fifties."
/ have also seen some remarkable dag
uerreotypes and ambrotypes in which
the figures arc taken. probably by mis-
chance, in complete shadow. The cIjet
drawback to pictures which by accS-
dent, or the lack of adroitness on the
part of the photographer, are made to
appear in silhouette is that the sub
jects do not stand out in perfect pro-
file
There remains, however, another
plan, not less ingenious. and vastly
more entertaining in its results. 1t
consists in collecting profile snapshots
or making them for the purpose, ana,
converting them into silhouettes by;
the very simple device of blackening,'
with Indian ink and cutting away thes
background with d pair of SCISSORS a
large album may, IL the collector De
| industrious. be filled in this way with
very fantastic and humorous specimens;
| of celebrities in silhouette, ranging
| from ROYALTIES down to popular singers
on tht. vaudeville stage. The quantity
of material at the disposal of the COLI
lector is enormous, because woe
range Exists for his scissors Ill the
numerous pictures OF crowded race
course enclosures. garden-partles, an"
military functions at which numerous
persons of celebrity are customariy. A.
rot invariably. presents. MarssA-
Hewer in the March Strand Magaz,sss
Hallcy's comet is coming. IT mas
already been picked up by ASTRONOMY
ers. and will gradually loom 'iai8t.
until next June, it will be prominent
in tho high heavens. 1t was last seen
in Nav. 1886. Since then it has been
on long journey, having shot out 1no
remote space on it's orbit In the
wear 1872 it was farthest away from
US: then it began its homewaru Ioul
ney. Early in 1911 it will once A'o'e
disap pear. to be gone Tor aiio'he'
seventy-six years.
HALEY predicted its last appearanro
before his death. In 1853 ne said-
wherefore il it should return, ac-
cording to my prediction, in inc yea'
1858. impartial posterity will not re-
fuse to acknowledge that 1T was DIS
covered by an Englishman.'
According to his prediction. 1t ap-
peared on Christmas day. 1913. max
ing the astronomer famous long AFTER
his death.
This is as much as if man snouio
write a masterpiece. and, putting 1t ID
an envelope, should say: open TINS
on a certain day in the future. Ana
when the envelope is at last open, TO-
one who has long since passed away ~
immortal!
Will Halley's comet be pleased 81
what we have done since 1t LETT US
Will il feel that it was right i'm going
away and leaving us alone. to WORK
out our destiny? Have we nerited ATS
confidence? n
Since it went away. most OF us haVei
been born. By the time it returns
again. most of us will not be hereai
Was 1t right for us to take advantages
of the comets absence. and to permits
ourselves to be born behind its back
so to speak?
Some day. il we persist in dong
this sort of thing. If we continue "
quarrel among ourselves. If we insist
on making believe that we are. of some
importance in the universe, that comet
may get mad and swish a few million
miles of it's tail over us: and then
where will all of our protected indus
tries be?-Thomas l.. Mason 10