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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-09-11

4, -l-.ze dazs when raryels IT scenic
,sNecrs are the usual thing al the HIP
l,7rdro,,e We are accustomed TO feeling that
although wonderful indeed in their realism
and Their display Of real materials. the
stage settings are 50 sure IN their me
rhanicaI workings that there is practically
30 danger or A hitch
IT seldom occurs 10 Us that there might
se = s,ip-,lp a. any minute any night
whereby 2 tbrtllingiy beautiful or des-
77era-cIy exciting scene would by stage
hands error, the breaking Of some control
.5inc motor or the failure OF the director
sEnal. turn inlp lauGhable farce before the
,-E.rpr{-c3 oriockeTS or into matter of
.Ytrcrle DANCE Tor the actors
Yet ou this immense stage, where the
mechanism, of each display IS so "ompil-
Gated. the rossfFilIiies nf accidents during
70 presentation Of every scene are almost
,.-niflees in Uumhe~ and variety BESIDES
Ire mechanism there are one hundred stage
bands. eighty properly mon ffty-five cleo
-riciarS aud forty engineers. upon all Of
whom. working - on man. lhe success Of
each effect depends
one glass Of peer" said Arthur Noegtlin.
-,,. ip,-enre and produces The scenic dis
-,ta-s .,,ai:.lFr cas:se q seconds delay IN
mans hand Ola TIE electric switchboard
1870, controls 5fla tights and motors. and
go such = delay would n many scenes be
s5j=sat~o9s'
vri,s,t success depends unon q Thing so
small IS The presence or absence OF one
.c-,- rl,s.ra IS 10 wonder that oofh grave
end gorgeous mistakes are already on rec
ord a. tire .HIppocrorne-
one nigh. LIST year the huge Atlantic
liner which sailed grandly from its pier
.,,,t into the river went steaning of III TWO
-rjecce "a tho horror Of the Enanagement
aud The hea-tfess delight Of the audience
This year already. as is natural "hen 'he
reduction - new and all hands are still
aresh at t,le work, many strange things
lave happened
There is Tor instance. al earthquake
.cene wherein little South American city
IS shaken TO the ground and a lake energies
from the bowels of the earth On dress
rehearsal night everything in the little city
shook down admirably except the three
rea--y stone co,niccs Of the largest build
fig In sight; and these. defiant Of the laws
OF ;-rav:tation and unaware, apparently,
.lat the building 10 which they rigEtfuily
belonged WIS l,fng PROSTATE on the ground,
<ar benee1h them seemed to DE floating
..erenelv en- the air. Frightened citizens
= no we're fleeing from the ruined city re
.sIneG presence of mind enough TO avoid
raising beneath the weird cornices as they
swung alorf. Finally, with sudden ceteTmi-
nation. al three slid peacefully TO earth
.snd say AT jaunty angles on top OF the
s,sb;@s o. tie building they had once
adorned
.,J:st IT," CRED M. Noegtlin in Dc
s3allfnE voice. -'of planning ard working
-ev-r q eceI-e FOR six months only - have
sospe fellow s.sDdiEE at s"llchboGs"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-09-11
One Man Coufd Drosor q Flock of Hippo
dron7e 6ank Girls Any Nie6f.

popularity, It was not a demand for little
stars. 1t was in a great measure owing
10 new conditions of doing business be-
tween provincial theatres and London, the
theatrical centre. It was brought about
by the quick and certain facilities offered
for the transaction of business by mail
and telegraph and expeditions travelling
by railroad. which made competition keen
er and started d mania which became later
bore and made trouble for the rrovin-
cial managers when the public awoke 10
the fact that misrepresentation had abused
their confidence. Like many other things
in life. starring soon found it's own level
and only the best stars survived: the
others. of course. returned TO their orisi-
nal place in obssurity.
Before this mania possessed theatre
Ipropr1etors there were those. as there were
later. who had rare histrionic genius and
who had achieved METROPOLITAN celebrity
They continued TO receive encoura cement
from provincial managers to take starring
engagements. and public patronage went
their way as usual
And have not the telegram wonderful
mail facilities and rapid railroadfnS done
q great deal for the theatrical business in
this country? They brought with them
into the circumference Of the theatrical
world competition and more theatres. and
forced managers to make stars of little
people, whether there was a demand for
them or not. The American public has
accepted the habit. however, ~ the NAV
pleases 1T. and IL is the play after all thai
counts
There are among us actors whose names
head companies. some OF whom are highly
talented many barely above and some
even below mediocrity. Art evidently does
not go hand In hand with advertising.
Judging by many names seen posted in
large and ferooious looking letters on
prominent thoroughfares over this vast
country"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-09-11

which has been discussed so often from
different points of view that It is too trite
to refer to now more than incidentally.
1t leads up to what 1 set out to say-that
the origin of the promiscuous and per-
nicious starring system, believed TO be of
American invention, had in reality It's be-
ginning in England.
II VIII surprise most OF the profess
slonai brethren to know that the system
or making stars OF nobodies was an Eng
lis institution before the beginning OK the
Civil War. and that 1t did not come into
custom in the United States until long
after that national conflict.
There were so many OF the greatest
wonders of the age at that period in Eng
land that the bare enumeration of them
would have filed a book OF many pages
So great was the number or stars that
there was difficulty In finding actors TO
support them.
And what was the reason Of this great
'HtiuN cf stage people into the arena OF
satellites? Ii Was not ability. IT was not
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-09-11

heavy cars without the special gashss y
been equally satisfactory
An inspection OF the invention ITrp'e
one with its simplicity. and the carved os'sl
cover used and seen demonstrates tnst II
a great development i'm tires for USE
automobiles. Apparently simple ..
Practical solution of the ordinary ure ~
Ole has been found The invention IS ~
euted in England and the United states
Another invention by the same nan
bridge tire OF keyed-cha ubsr design =
heavy motor vehicles II IS descrined
follows.
In an all-rubher tire Of almost ST.
section is moulded a double series or sin, ,
triangular air chambers 50 keyed mo = =.
other than a radiaI line drawn frofn :. =
hue Of the wheel 70 its periphery AZ -
angie must pass through at least one .. x
air chambers Though every chanioe..
separated from its fellows by dividing -,
they are all connected by air Ten's
nay he inflated to any pressure a
Twenty 10 thirty pounds Of pressure - > : II
fiCient 10 insure al the advantages siVsas y
= continuous air tube. with none y .es
disadvantages iuseparatis from aisn P'--
urs
These two Inventions seem. UPON ~ ~ Il
nation ana some investigation. 70
practical value IN the growing use y ~
mobiles and other motor vehicles
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-09-11
PUNCTURELESS AUTO TIRES
An English Invention of a Protective
Inner Lining Promises Good Results.

What seems to be a punctureless aU,ono-
bile tire. says Consul Benjamin r. Chase.
or Leeds. is the invention or an English
man. He describes II as follows:
1t is composed of an inextensible heavy
canvas lining. the crown being packed with
puhcture proof material and placed be-
tween the outer cover and the Inner air
tube or the ordinary pneumatic tire. The
hhins Is 80 made as to cause a low press
ure on the tread and TO more nearly equal
lee the pressure on the inner air tube. The
inning Is thickest at the crown and tapers
70 Il FEATHER edge near the rim. The
ternal appearance is like the ordinary tire
Iue inventor has given il drastic tests lie
mace several gashes and cuts on the outer
cover or tire through To the patent lining.
and with these has driven his ear five hun
dred miles without Il puncture or the neceS-
sty or repair on this tire, although wheels
OF the same ma, hine fitted with other tires
had the usual difficulties. other tests On
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-09-11
Good Stories
Told by "Sunny
Tim'' Sherman

sunny Jim Sherman. Vice President o
tile United States. had q good time In Okla
hon,a during his recent speaking tour OF inc
state and he made every person who hearo
him happy He told stories that ILLUSTRATED
his political points in manner that MADE
his statements all the more convincing, ana
he dovetailed them into his speeches untl'
bis large audiences in that state were &C
lighted He witnessed a baseball game IN
Oklahoma City, visited old Fort Reno while
at Ell Reno, participated in a Roman candle
automobile parade in Guthrie. and at End
which heretofore has been considered the
stronghold of insurgency" IN Oklahoma
he put all Republicans in the same band
wagon and left them all determined to win
victory.
During his Guthrie speech Mr.. Sherman
grew poetical in abiding to the many mis-
takes made by the Democratic party, wnich
he declared had never been able 10 see
ahead for an instant. Il cannot account
for it." he said, "urf1ess the following lines
are applicable:
"The lightning bug is brilliant,
But it hasn't any mind;
It plumbers through existence.
With it's headlight on behind
In all Of his addresses in Oklahoma. as
elsewhere. President Sherman contend
ed that the Republican party kept its prom
Uses and never did things contrary to ex-
pectations as the Democrats did. To Illus
trate this, he told hts Oklahoma City audi
ence OF a recruit from Italy who came to
America expecting to find constant en-
pioyment ut top wages. The lta1an had
an exciting time lodging trolley cars prior
to his departure from New York City TO
the West where ne was TO be employed In
railroad section work. but, thanks TO the
rnotorman's bell, he soon learned to avoid
getting run over.
After reaching the boundless West the
Italian was told by his road boss that the
vicinity was infested with rattlesnakes, and
that the only redeeming feature was the
fact that the snakes never struck without
giving warming With this we'll settled in
his mind he went TO work but while sitting
on log eating his monday smack ne
was SURPRISED to see 2 big rattlesnake coiled
between his feet and ready to strike The
ITALIAN quickly rolled backward over the
log, the snake sinking its fangs deep into
the wood Pecring at the reptile from a
safe distance the Italian rebuked him thus:
YOU son OF a gun; you no ringa da
bell"
The Vice President had the pure brogue.
the proper slurring OF the rs and rolling
of the voweis when he told of the Irish
woman on her deathbed. with her husband
sitting by Instead of the departing one
making reference to that home beyond the
river she paraphrased il TO lin our shack
over the cr-rick." She told Pat that he
and her mother had never got on we'll.
to which he assented, with an explanation
that it had not been his fault
"Oi hev wan dyin' request TO make. Pat
she told him.
"Oi'n do ut responded Fat. choking
down sob.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-09-11
Disasters Chat HOoufd Surely FoHosa, q
Eforenf's CareTessness by Stage Hands.

moon away TO himself ike that instead Of
being alert to his cue"
The constant fear OF seeing his big pro-
duction made ridiculous by the turn of a
hand has sometimes almost Unnerved the
Hippodronle's scenic artist. on the opening
night, when the most complicated of all
the scenes was about 10 be presented. he
rose from his seat in the audience and
rushed from the house
MY being there couldn't do any good
and the suspense was too much" he de-
clared.
That tho two big sloop yachts racing for
the international cup sailed backward was
another novel feature OF, rehearsal night,
and night last week only one boat
sailed-the other refused TO move at all.
But now that the yachts are run by
submerged crew of forty men instead of an
unreliable motor tho cup rare is surer
Of being correctly pulled off, than any
other scene in this wears show. As for
the rest any night the wreck on the ocean
NAV refuse Ia sink. ~ il has done once
ALREADY. or the earth refuse TO quake; or
the many animals on whose devotion and
intelligence much depends NAV balk on
opening night the leading horse. during the
race with the locomotive. threw his rider.
was 2 surprise even for the Hippodrome.
! But the accident was 50 quickly covered
Or darkeHnE the stage thai few noticed
What had occurred
Many Of the mistakes pass unheeded by
the audience. through being skilfuliy
| ''muffied' i'm some way. On this account
hopeful spirit prevails where otherwise
despair might reign among those on whom
the responsibility rests Lee Shubert him
self, under whose mana cement the Hip
podrome is run. showed this tendency on
tho first night. when his mother, who sat
with him in the audience, turned to ask
him what would happen If one of the lions
in the circus act should escape from his
fyaE cage
oh. that's nothing. mother" responded
Mr.. Shubert quickly, I'VE keep dog bach
there to bark at them II they break loose"
Those IN the audience, amazed az re-
suits as thcy now. would be yet more
amazed If they could see the enormous de-
tail behind each of these results. and
would t-eGnble with the stage director for
the success of each display. ON the Mag
ara Falls scene this year twelve stereop
ticons. with their running white lights.
have 10 be levclled from the balconies. #
the scenery were 10 be placed one-sixteenth
OF an inch too FAR front or 100 far back
the rays from these batteries of light
would strike in the wrong place when
the CURTIN gives way upon the scene and
the entire effect would be spoiled Yet
t.ls. stage hands have almost no time In
which to prepare this scene, and must find
the numerous pieces OF which II Is conf
posed and place them almost in the dark.
Plots" help the working crew some
what These AZ" slips OF paper on which
the duties of each are written. together
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-09-11
The Birth of Stars

Making stars over night is generally
believed to be essentially an American the
atrical custom An actor makes a populsr
success in leading role, and hts man
ager Immediately sees in him a prospec-
tive commercial proposition This is very
good for the actor, but 1t is very had for
art. Once young actor, whose trainin &
has not fitted him for anything above the
ordinary, takes the step into stardom he
seldom rises above medlocrty, unless he
has great natural sifts-genius. perhaps
and in that case nothing could keep him
back" said J. f. Dodson. leading actor
of character parts. who is starring in
The IInu&" Next Door
This is Il subject" Mr., DQdson eut on.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-09-11
BASEBALL PARKS DE LuN-

over 81. 90. eco has been t'Ne,..s elt.s@
parks within a season or so oS a...u se. 4
Pittsburg. Philadelphia ana nas y
Pitts5urg. Barney" preslus ,ars :
opened his minion-doIlar pan rOacfs
called. a triple deck. steel and 90 ss
structure. comfortably settluasn not d =
wards and billboard advertisiin y, short. * *
beautiful stretch OF country ~ Of the eS
worthy OF associating with one Techss.sa
public parks and the 1al SIith Pulse
NAV be put benjamin 5; Sni zoe. the AIS
and concrete stand aud heln The y
can league club in Philadsiipp;;rpSs Of
ent season marks the ops1,tcsgo fey,e
$500. go baseball PARK ~ AiIs IN New
the American League oacAesrrsa rney "
aruunds equal to those pt
fuss IL F1ttsburs. ~oct'i0'S
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-09-11
RANCE.

That horse Of yours looks terribly n
down
Yep" replied Uncle ST SimIin.
why do YOU keep him.
Well. its kind Of comfort 70 bar
him around. As long as I've got hin
feel that there amt much danger Il N
helm cheated in a boss trade -NasnEs
ton star
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-09-11

do the girls know this?" was asked of
the scene director.
Yes; they are a brave lot" he said.
They are willing TO do or risk anything
to make tho show a success" c. D.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-09-11

can hardly give him. And the risk OF
aeroplaning, the anxiety of friends and
family and the long apprenticeship that Il
needed to master it's simplest secrets viii
keep IL for long time TO come the sport
of the wealthy. leisurely and hardy few
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-09-11

a mile And the smell OF that aeroplane
when the castor oil is running freely over
the hot engine is enough to make ten
aviators famous
The cost of gasoene, lubricant. ma
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-09-11

sasolene. Castor oil sells by the barrel at
96 cents d gallon. An hours flight. which
for the machine is about forty miles. re-
quires four gallons of gasolene and two of
lubricant, costing in all s. 10. or ) 1-3 cents
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1910-06-02
HORSE GETS DRUNK ON WINE
lmbibes Better Part of cask Of Wine
and Queer Actions Block Street
Traffic In Chicago.

Chicago.-A horse belonging to VIII.
liam Britten, an expressman, was
standing in front of the North Side
Turner hall. on Clark street, the other
afternoon. A cask of wine, which was
being unloaded from truck, fell and
broke open. The fragrant liquid ran
into the gutter and the horse shifting
1T. bent down and drank. The more
the horse drank the better it liked it
apparently. Anyway it drank couple
OF bucketsful of the wine
In something like three minutes the
horse began to act strangely. It
reared its head and pranced like
charger There was d fine light of
exaltation In it's eye. Then it stepped
unsteadily out into the middle of the
street and began to neigh
A big crowd gathered, but no one
dared approach the horse and traffic
on the street came to standstill.
Some one turned In a riot call and
the police came. The horse gazed at
the police and winked maudlinly. The
police gazed at the horse and the
VI ohCH WING SaSh anu WluhSu az Iue
crowd.
Then che Of the officers secured a
lump Of sugar. He gave it to the
horse and started down the street. The
horse, still very unsteady on it's pins,
trotted after the policeman in the hope
of getting more sugar. That broke
the blockade.
Britten later said that when he went
into the horses stall to see how 1t
was getting along, it was groaning
deeply and the groans sounded to him
like Never again."
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1910-06-02
Looking Over the Land

Pierre-Representatiyes of the state
land department are in the Black
Hills, working in connection with rep
resentatives of the general govern
ment in making a survey of the sec
lions which the state will trade
with the general government for tracts
on the outer edge of the forest re-
serve, and give up all of sections six
teen and thirty-six within the re-
serve.
The question of title, and that of
dual jurisdiction on the forest reserve
have both been causes of friction. and
by this exchange the state will not
be compelled to look after, nor de-
fend title to lands within the reserve,
and will secure it's holding in com
pact tracts adjoining the agricultural
lands surrounding the Black Hills for
est reserve. There will be no trouble,
in the Sioux reserve, in Harding com
ty, as the state made other selections
for the state lands in those reserves
some time ago.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1910-06-02

help break down that old chain line
upheld by more tyranny, red tape and
sterilized ethics than would have been
necessary to have overturned the king
dom Of Beelzebub. Why is it that the
great mass of physicians when they
ind cure has resulted from So
called quack, would not step over into
the "quack's" domain and find out
how it was done and go home and he
himself do likewise, is question
which throws doubt upon the SINGER
ity and integrity regarding the hon
esty of many of the so-called profess
sion. here quote the language of a
physician whom | once asked why 1t
was that he was almost the only one
up to that time who had admitted
frankly the success Of method
had used for curing cancer. This ply
stefan is eminent, and what he said
was not for publication, therefore,
must not quote his name; yet, it is
an inside thought put out and am go
ing to tell the thought. He said II
heartily endorse your methods in
curing cancer. l know that many do
not, simply from gross and culpable
ignorance and jealousy. Do you not
know that some are so narrow and
conceited that they would prefer the
death of the patient rather than for
them to get well otherwise. | am
sorry to have to say this of any doc
tor, yet, l know it to be a fact from
long observation and study of men,"
am glad to say that this is not
true of all doctors, however, and fur
Their regret that in attempting to make
an explanation of my chosen profess
sion to the public that If tell the
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1910-06-02

truth, to use common parlance, I will
have to slam good many doctors and
especially their ethics. Personally. ]
feel like scoring them for their slack.
ness in investigation. They oppose
the very best method, the most reli.
able method, plastic or caustics, for
the cure of cancer, and they oppose
this without any practical working
knowledge, either of the disease or
the remedy, and | will here openly
challenge any living man to question
that statement.
Gentle reader, you will never see a
reply from any physician Fortunate.
ly, there are signs Of the ice breaking
and the arrival Of spring. | have had
the honor of presenting this subject
to one Medical College-The Lincoln
Medical College of Lincoln, Nebraska
and no doubt have the endorsement
OF the same. To any one who is in.
terested, go th~.e or write and you
will find this suLJee. has been handled
openly for the merit there Is in it. pro
or con, with absolutely no secrets.
either in formulas or in practice. It
Is evident that one would be an un.
grateful citizen to maintain for his ne.
cuniary use any secrets that would
relieve the world from this dreaded
malady. | have an excellent practice
in this line myself; and this article is
a plea in behalf Of human kind that
other physicians take 1t up. l dare
say that at least 1000 hospitals instead
OF one in the United States could and
would be packed with sufferers from
cancer, and that if physicians would
do their duty and lay down their pref.
udices and investigate honestly and
practice honestly and skilfully.
scarcely death in one hundred would
occur from cancer, whereas, now there
is scarcely one in one hundred saved.
and hereby challenge any physician
to dispute the truth of this statement.
They could not if they would only
visit us and see daily as we see.
1t is not the physicians who: know
us personally, it is not the physicians
who have visited our institution, with
whom we have to contend, but 1t is
the great army who have seen nothing
OF the kind, know nothing of the kind.
believe nothing of the kind, and win
listen to nothing Of the kind; for this.
they ought to be severely criticised.
Yours truly,
PERRY NICHOLS, M. 10.
Specialist on Cancer, Hot Springs, s. D.