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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1911-03-03

Who serves ma country we'll has no
need OF ancestors Eeitaire.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1911-03-03

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A Tabor Story,

ot0F 3tOTYs
Count Boyenta. Nine. Modjeska's
husband, was arranging with Senator
TABOR Tor Modjeska's first appearance
In Denver, and the founder of dramat-
&c art in Denver asked what parts she
played.
Well said the count. there l.
Mary Stuart"
who wrote til" asked Tabor.
Schiller" said the count.
II is ne first class dramatisty' nsR
ed Tabor.
Surely. surely" said the count.
he Is most illustrious
"Humph. Never heard : OF him.
commented Tabor. what else does
she DOR
AS You Like IT. Antony and Gle
oEatra,' Macbeth
who wrote ihem:"
Shakespeare
'Iiow's he? Good writerys
Excellent. excellent.
well" said Tabor rnminativcly.
those fellows may be all right MS au-
tnors. but they amt we'll enough
Known to suit the people out here
What we want Is something popular.
something that eserys,oly's heard Of
! ten yon wis; "a 10 ,ol, gef hrr to
Sas1 ~ scIne.hins u .o,t.sl
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CASTORIA
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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-09-02
gWyAEROPLANE
ss1 ADVENTURES
- By
SsAa~ J.ARMSTRONo DRE1EL


copyright, 1911. by Henry M. Nicely.
Copyright In Great Britain and Canada
All rights reserved.l
RwAO every man who flies there
comes the moment when fate
hangs by fllmy thread. when
hairs breadth one way or
the other means life or death. know
of nothing In human experience which
can leave 80 indelible an impression In
30 short space of time. With the
aeroplane as 1t is built today these crit
zeal moments are really only the In
intestinal fraction of moment. The
danger is reached and in fash It Is
passed-safety or otherwise. There Is
no time for thinking. Everything must
be done by instinct.
True, we do make voluntary and log
ical movements when we get into these
scrapes, but believe that these move
ments are always made too late to do
my real good and that the first In
stinctive motion, without reason and
without thought, is what decided the
outcome of the moment.
Sometimes we have a warning or
what is coming, and in such instances
we can prepare ourselves and meet the
danger with a plan Of action logically
thought out and calculated to meet the
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-09-02

we're strain on the planes that It Ia
extremely dangerous.
/ think, on this day speak OF. that
I was turning the machine in her own
length or even shorter. was paying
not the slightest attention TO the angle
at which was flying; all my thoughts
were on the little circles was cutting
through the air. when suddenly l felt
myself slipping on my seat. and !
realized I'm n fash that my planes
were dangerously near the perpendic-
ular.
There was no time to think. One
instant more and she would have lost
her balance and come crushing down
sideways to the ground $50 feet below.
Instinctively I threw my weight to
the high side. My hand at once touch
ed the bottom of the framework-a cir
cumstance that will give some Idea OF
my great angle. took my feet from
the steering lever. braced the left one
against the side of the framework
showed the steering post over with my
knees to warp the left wing and helT
to right her and then-I closed my
eyes and waited for things TO happen.
But. fortunately for me, ! had done
the right things just in the nick OF
time. An infnitestimal fraction Of q
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-09-02
Fortifyins tho simplon.

Both Italy and Switzerland are talk
ing measures to fortify the entrances
of the Simplon tunnel, while in the
tunnel itself engineers are engaged in
constructing mines aud strengthening
those already in place In order to be
able to blow 1t up at moment notice
in the event Of war. Near the middle
of the tunnel. a few yards from the
Swiss frontier. Italian engineers have
put In place q double iron door that
can resist the rush of an express train
travelling at the rate of sixty miles an
hour. This iron door is worked by
electricity from Iselle, the station at
the Italian end of the tunnel, and un-
der ordinary conditions 1t is hidden
In the rocky side of the tunnel. The
door is carefully tested once week.
The mines are connected with Brigue
and Iselle by electric devices. so that
by the mere pressure of button the
Simplon tunnel could be destroyed in
second.-Harper's Weekly.
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Out Of Roach Of Liahtnina.

Men of science have finally decided
that there Is one safe place In case Of
a terrific thunderstorm or electric
shower. Take a submarine boat and
go out into deep water. Nobody has
ever been struck by lightning while
on a submarine boat. People have
been killed in balloons in cellars, deep
down in mines, on trolley cars, In au-
tomobiles and all the other places
which have had some advertising as
safety resorts, but the diving boat is
still immune by the records. Electric
storms cause great deal of terror
Keep away from the windows and OBJ
jects in the house made of considerable
steel or iron and don't worry. There
has been more suffering in advance
of lightning strokes than after them
WorcesterJIelegram
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HUMOROUS CUPS
She GlaaIed.


went out to walk with Miss Nellie one
day,
And as we two strOlled through the
park
I noticed she seemed quite eontented and
gay
Moro happy by far than a lark.
And whenever i made remark oven
She would always gigsie outpour,
And then whom asked her to kindly ex-
plain
She giggsed-then gigsled some mora
Then In the evening we went TO the play.
And though twas tragedy deep
She did not the slightest emotion display.
But -giggied while others would weep
She giggled a bit when the hero was
killed,
And as the bride came through tho door
To marry the villain whose conduct had
thrilled.
She giggled-then gigsled some moro
80 asked tho young lady to toll mo just
why
Her system contained 80 much -mirth
And how she could giggie when others
would cry
And when happiness seemed at dearth.
So she said her now hat had the latest
shaped frame.
Tho only ono like II In store,
And that no other lady could get tho
same.
Then she gisgied-and gtggled some
more.
John L. Hobbie in Puck.
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ObIlaina.


There's a pretty cashier lady In a
certain Boston restaurant The other
day a fresh stranger approached this
cashier and asked. "Are the walters
here attentive to your"
"Sirl" she squealed. and her liquid
eyes flashed fire.
81 asked. are the walters In this
place attentive to your" he calmly re-
peated. Are you hard of henringT
Then the naughty beauty shouted for
the manager. who came on the run.
This pup has insulted mer' she sob
bed. "Is 1t any of his dern business
whether the walters is attentive to a
perfect lady or not2 I'd like to know
II just because I'm poor working
girl fresh guy cam
"Now, calm yourself" said the
stranger, unabashed. IT am merely
being polite and complying with re-
quest printed on your bill Of fare.
Here It is; read 1t for yourself"
The line at the top OF the menu card
read as follows: Guests will oblige
the management by reporting any in
attention on the part of the walters
to the cashier."-Boston Traveller.
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wh,roin willie Was Favored.

Dorothy. Della and Daisy. three
youngsters of New Jersey town.
were discoursing about the baby
brothers who had taken up their resi-
dence in the three families during the
past year
my little brother Toms got lovely
silver mug that grandfather just sent
him." said Dorothy. "Its beauty.
and he had silver knife and fork
from grandma too"
MY little brother Harry's got bee
yutiful carved rattle that Uncle Dick
sent him from JAPAN" said Della.
"It's the prettiest rattle that ever was"
my little brother Willie 3 not 80 big
as your brothers," said Daisy, with an
air of endea vorlng to concealra feeling
of triumph. but the doctor says he's
had more spasms than any other baby
in this whole neighborhood, SO thereF
--Lippincott's.
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Bike Riders on Long Tour.

Arrangements have been made TO
a worlds tour for ten of the leading
American cyclists Immediately aftel
the finish of the New York six day
race In December. Floyd Mcfarland
Jackie Clarke, liver Lawson. Joe Fog
Ter, AL. Goulett, Paddy Van Hehir, FL
mer Collins, Jimmy Moran, WINK
Fem and Eddie Root will leave 10
Berlin, where the first race on tn,
worlds tour will take place durinI
Christmas week. The race will be
six day affair, and after the contes
In that German capital there will be
week of sprint racing.
From Berlin the riders viii go 4
Sydney, Australia, where they will en-
gage In another six day grind in Feb
ruary. After fortnight's rest thl
riders will engage In another six day
race at Melbourne. At the concluslod
Of the Melbourne race the outdoor seal
son will be on. and the globe grinding
cyclists will remain until its close, ri
turning to this country about May
1912, for the season here.
This is the biggest trip ever planned
for the riders, and they have beeJ
guaranteed q handsome sum.
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water. Lea BY the p.Iuae.

The Desert de Carlitte, In the Pyre-
nees. close on 10000 feet above the
sea, contains no less than sixty lakes
of varying sizes. These according to
local tradition, were left at the time
of the flood. When the waters sub
sided 1t appears that Noah and his
family landed ON the Puy de Prigue.
one of the highest peaks in the dis
trict. Convincing proof Of the truth
of this tradition Is found In an iron
ring to which, the peasants declare.
the ark was moored when, the landing
was effected.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-09-02
Concise information.

A broker was about to write note
to n man whose initials he had forgot
ten. Rather than look 1t up he picked
up the phone the did know the num-
ber) and asked the mans stenographer
to Agive him her employers initials.
&C. d." was the answer, but the
broker wasn't certain.
&c. o., did you sayT"
mo" she snapped. 20. D.-under-
stand? d. for dog"
And rang off.
The inquirer entertains no doubts Of
the sentiment she entertains toward
her OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Leader.
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Took II to Herself.

There was a short, rotund woman
standing In one of the ample doorways
OF the capitol. and there were other
women about her. The short, ,rotund
woman, however, was conspicuously
present. A courteous senator came
along with couple of friends and re-
marked:
81 guess that we can get around this
crowd"
Don't you call me crowd" indig-
nantly shouted the rotund woman, and
the senior went on, smiling, but say
ing nothing. Detroit Free Press.
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emergency In the best way. At other
times the danger comes and is past be-
fore we really realize what is happen
ing, and in these Instances it is only
the instinct that comes with long train
ing in flying that pulls us through In
safety.
have personally had many thrilling
experiences In the air, but there are
two instances that have left upon my
memory stronger impressions than all
the others. regard them as MY two
closest calls.
Both of these thrilling moments came
to me while I was flying for practice
at my school at Beaulieu, near South
ampton, England. My partner, MacAr-
die, and have an ideal flying grounds
there. It is seven miles from the raif
road station, with perfectly fat couu-
try, smooth and clear except for one
line Of telegraph wires.
My Closest Call of All.
MY closest call came to me In most
undramatic way. There were no spec
tators save only MacArdle and our
mechanics, and think that Mac was
the only one of them who really saw
my danger and knew that he was
near to losing partner.
/ was flying low with the Bleriot
XII, with the anuquated type of wings.
I started to circle the place In wide,
easy curves, without any definite OBJ
ject In view. found the machine
was banking well at the turns. and
became curious to sec just how small
a loop could make with her. so
gradually narrowed the circle In which
/ was flying There seemed no limit
to her possibilities; / felt as though I
could turn her on her beam ends II I
wanted to, and so, without the slight
est thought of danger, kept drawing
closer and closer about the center. fly
ing at great angle all the time be-
cause the circle had become so small
that there was no straightaway flight
1t was q case Of jam the rudder over
hard and see how close she would
come about.
1t may be well to explain that the
Bleriot banks automatically when GO
Ing about turn-that is, the far side
rises and the near side falls until the
machine is frequently tilted at an
angle of forty-fve degrees. This can.
of course, be prevented by warping
the wings and keeping heron a more
even keel, but to do this puts so Sc
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second later would have been useless,
for am convinced that l caught the
machine just as she was passing the
critical angle, after which there would
have been nothing to support her In
the air. and should have gone crash
ing downward As swiftly as 1t had
come the danger had passed; the ma
chine had righted herself and opened
my eyes to find myself sailing away on
an even keel-safe. alive. and thanking
God for it
looked beneath me and saw that
the mechanics were gazing up at me
with no idea of what had just passed
through. Mac. however, looked as
white as ghost He knew.
Naturally my nerves were about
gone. My heart was humping like a
triphammer, and could scarcely get
my breath from the excitement. But
made up my mind that Mac was not
going to see me quit, SO, as though I
had intended just what happened,
went sailing away to the far side OF
the grounds and came back again in
wide, easy. sweeping curves that land
ed me at the feet of my excited part
ner in perfect style.
did not hy again that day.
Lost In Cloudland.
My other narrow escape was the re-
suit of huke, and I was saved by
fuke. To this day have not been
able to figure out why either of the
fukes happened. was practicing at
Beaulieu for height; altitude work had
attracted me from the beginning, and
| practlced constantly. In fact, had
several times exceeded the worlds
record for height as 1t stood then. but
could not claim It officially, as used
my own Paragraph and aneroid and
the flights were made with Mac and
the mechanics as the only watchers.
On this day l went up toward even
ing. 1t was one of those gray days
with thin mist over everything and
damp feeling In the air that sug-
gested an impending fog. should
have known better than TO attempt to
climb under such conditions, but l
was keyed up to 1t and did not want
to put 1t or.
The mechanics turned the propeller
over and was Of. The engine was
running with that smooth purring that
is music to the ears of an aviator. ana
without any incident whatever 1
climbed to something like 5000 feet,
which was then above the record, and
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-09-02
Parfaotlx simpla.

No apologies go with this. 1t is the
Invention of former Mayor Baxter Of
Baltimore. and he most take all re-
sponsibility for It
"Why." asks Mr.. Baxter, lis the
Prince of Wales like baldheaded
man, monkey and an orphan"
Well. there isn't any answer to a
question like that, of course. Where.
upon Mr.. Baxter answers It himself,
with every indication of enjoyment
1.-THE Prince of Wales" he eiucf
dates, sis the heir apparent. A bald
headed man has no hair apparent, the
monkey has hairy parent, and the
orphan has nowhere a parent"
Comment would be superfuous.-
Herbert Corey in Cincinnati Times.
Star.
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Record Time For Double Header

Rochester and Newark played tw
full games recently in two hours an
thirty-two minutes. The second gam'
In which ten runs were scored. wa
completed in one hour and seven min
utes.
This is believed to be record for
double header, while the second gam
is believed to be record for conte'
in which ten runs were scored. Rocf
ester won both games, 3 to 2 and 9 to-
so that each went eight and one-hal
innings.
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r,ere.. a Real Baseball Record.

p. Cassidy, Denver's right -felde
has established record for contin'
GUS games in Class A baseball. ca
siday is rounding out his fifth yea
with the Denver club without missln
a single game through sickness, injur
or other cause. He has played moi
than 700 successive games. Cassid
has played with the Washington Anne
lean league team and with the Pitt
burg Nationals.
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Aareed.

cts too bad" she sighed, that life
can't always be honeymoon"
II agree with you," he replied.
when we were having our honeymoon
you were not at all careless about your
hair or your general appearance, and
I don't recall single occasion on
which you endeavored to convince me
that you had married into a lower
sphere. Chicago Record Herald.
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Run Short.

Old Friend-How is your wife. Cap
tain Plowjogger2
The Captain twho has recently bur-
fed his fourth)-Wa'al, to tell the
trewth, Pm kinder out of wives just
now.-Boston Transcript.
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oIesIno NAV Beoome coach.

1t is Just possible that Harry Q
sing, the feet footed former New 70
A. @. middle distance runner, who
touring foreign countries. will
come back for a couple Of years
has been offered position TO Goa
members OF the Berliner Sport cl
of Berlin, Germany. a batch of a
letes who are to represent Kaiser "
helms domain in next years olyml
games
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-09-02
NJ cb,no,, In FootbaII Rules.

There will be but one minor chang
in the football rules for the season
1911, according to Walter Camp, Yale
athletic adviser and chairman Of d
intercollegiate football rules commi
tee. Camp said recently that the pei
atty for the incompleted forward pa
would be lightened. the ball beln
brought back to the point where 1t va
put in play instead of where 1t left II
hand Of the passer. as was the case
1910.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-09-02

Tom Needham, the veteran catchCt
of the Chicago Nationals, has intimatI
cd to a few close friends that he INF
tends to quit the game at the end d
the season. Needham is one Of the old
est catchers in harness today. WhllS
not a star of the first water, he bad
always put up a creditable game Id
hind the bat. For the past two ycar
he has been a member Of the Cubs and
has been used as second string catcher
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Lonk Rnfora You Lann.

Agitated Old Gent - Quick; my
daughter is oyerboard! Save her, and
she shall be your wifeL
Blase Person-Wait till n wave rolls
her over and can see her face.-Puck-
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-09-02

Hell could love you until the sun
grows cold. And your
she-i could love you until my hus
band gets hot--Puck.
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Plan Course Which WIN Rival HenI

Plan Course Which VIII Rival HenI
A rowing course rivaling In size 4
beauty the famous Henley course
the Thames river, England, is bel
planned by Chicago rowing men A
veterans Of college crews. Grant pa
which is now being enlarged and
proved along its water front VII
faces on Lake Michigan, Is the Il
ton favored by the men promoting
idea.
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FIdurativeIy Only.

"Pa," said little Willie. what is the
meaning OF figure OF speechr"
'That. my son, is the very latest
name for mans better half."--Judge
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-09-02
An up to Date Girl.

II asked her to marry me. and she
gave me supreme court answer"
"what kind of an answer is that3
"Said she would give me six months
10 readjust myself so as to be accepta-
ble."-Puck.
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Exclaimed.

"How is 1t that you are back at the
Officer thought you said you wanted
a day Off to enjoy yourself"
$50 did, but my wife wants some
ribbons matched."--Baltimore Ameri-
can.
The evening world., 1911-12-08
Kathleen ParLOW
SOLOist, Boston
Brilliant Young Canadian
Volinist Excels Herself
in a Saint Saens Con-
certo- h m SIS
Fourth Symphony Is
Played by Orchestra.
BY SYLVESTER RAWLING.

- ATHLEEN PARLOW, the Cana
dian viollnlst, who was the solo,
- list with the Boston symphony
Orchestra last night at Carnegie Hall.
surpassed herself in her playing In the
Saint-Saens concerto In d minor. II
was not only technically brilliant. but
full of color. She displayed a warmth
OF temperament and a breadth OF inter-
probation exceeding anything that she
has shown before. The great audience
fell captive under her spell and recalled
her time and tim again.
The symphony was Brahms's fourth
In Il minor. with Its rather depressing
opening that grows more interesting as
1t is developed through zach OF its
movements. Mr.. Fielder and his nnely
trained band played 1t superbly: pu'
not even he and they could Undue 1,
with qualities that appeal to anything
beyond the mind. II does not grip the
emotions. Cherubini's 'Lodoiska" over.
ture. with which the concert was begun,
serve only to exploit the musicianshlr
OF the band. The closing number wa.
Tschaiko wsky's overture fantasia after
6hakespeare's Romeo and Juliet" that
he'd some red blood in II.
The evening world., 1911-12-08
GARDNER LAMsoN PROVES
A FINE SONG INTERPRETER

Gardner Lamson n, an American bass
baritone who has sung abroad many
years, gave a recital In Carnegie
Lyceum yesterday afternoon that dis
closed him as a fine Interpreter of songs.
His voice. which he managed with dex-
terity, was not always satisfactory, but
he never failed to convey the meaning
Of the author n the composer to his
listeners. His diction was perfect. In
two Introductory little speeches that he
made, he proved himself both actor and
orator. The audience. manifestly one OF
friends. got a treat that a far larger one
might ave enjoyed. Mr.. Lamson will
b well worth hearing again.
After a group of Schumann songs In
which Mr.. Lamson IA the least happy
De needed warming up) he prefaccd
Marschner's Hans Heiling's IAN jenem
Tag with some illuminative remarks
ond sang Il impressively. Loew's THE
Unwonted Suppliant" and Henry the
Fowler" showed how beautifully Eng
l1sh can be sung by one who know:
how. In a Strauss group that included
"CAecilie." the singer was At his best
Hans Sachs monologue from "Dit
Medstersinger' gave Mr.. Lamson an op'
portunity to explain what excerpts from
OPERA could be exploited properly or