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TaÌˆgliches Cincinnatier volksblatt. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1885-1919, 1911-01-13
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apmm' msin Shag uno tang nit mir"
in Der Gperette .iyrIhIinssluft" 1T eiz
nes Der i6oniten San3=0ustts, bic
iiberhaupt tomponirt puroen. 90 friia
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iibsr bieIe bon ehtem Biensr 9eift
burhorun9enen MsIbien be8 4ltneiz
tiers Spief StrauB. Ou Itsgt RuHe
o'rin. Die Neu=giuitubirung BON
r5riiblingsluft" unter SapeamsiIter
Qouis 6srrmaHns belpdbrtsr 2eHung
9e6t ibrer 9oIlenbuns entgesen uno
perfpri4t sine Der muItereiiltigften
Observation-Disclosures Der Saiion.
SsrduIsin Gmilis StoenfeIoz5 5anii1
lit als cine Der beTtsn 9ertreterinnen Der
Dartie Der m6anni" renommirt uno
bari tbrem Srpeiten Nuftreten in Gin.
cinnati nit pem grDbtsn oSntereiIe snt=
se9snseieben fpsroen. 5rdulein angel.
grones portreffIi6e 9efanasIeiitung
als Smile" lit an bieier Stslle be-
reits i'm Oprigen Sabre berporgeboben
poroen, ebenio bic bes 5enprs Sans
5oritner als ,5iIbebrdnb" unb bes
6errn llIrih ais rTr. 2dnbtmann".
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reip. partisn 1T bic folgenoe:
Or. Guitap 2anbtmann, as6tsan.
palt ...... :. Ilrit 6aupt
GmiIie. feline 6rau q. anesle Grone
Ytnceu3 anidebein, GniIien's Batter,
..... q. 9 WueusrzSabrieiu.
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....... Sei1ie Mue[ler
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SSod, feline 9emabliH >. amanpa Blum
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5annt, DieHfmdoden bel Anidebein's,
.... Gmilie ShoenfeIos 5ani'd
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0uunbau1er, eQittpirtb -,
...... DITTO Strampfer
Gs tpiro nohmals befonoers auF nas
Rofsnfsit i'm lssteu 4tt bingepieieH,
lpslhes cine IN jsoer 9e8iebung prads
tiae 4ttrattipn gu peroen oerFprtht.
gs firb noh CUTE Gise bel Otto aas,
Npotbet.r, 9ine uno aibertp StruBe,
8. S. gheobolp, 1919 Dine Strdbe,
uno an ber &aife oes grano Opera
6ouie All bdhen.
TaÌˆgliches Cincinnatier volksblatt. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1885-1919, 1911-01-13
Ter Sadnep Jasneit.

Coroner goe pirb ieinen Wotr.
fprun bs3iislih Der Grmorbung BON
frau Marsoreth 6odnep. bie In ibrsm
hdusden an Canal Ribse ermorbsi
ipurbe. nod in bieier Wo6e obseben.
Oeitern ipurben ols lette 3eusen bic
DeteitiDs 6iitlein unb pflug perz
nommen. bic bauptfd@lih nit ber
aufarbeituns bes gals bei9Gftist
poren. Der Mnhrfprn4 pirb cbne
1rnge bobin Iouten. bob 6snu 6odnep
BON unbetannter 9onb ermssbst puI.
b. \
TaÌˆgliches Cincinnatier volksblatt. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1885-1919, 1911-01-13

$500 nppOtbet 5u feinsng guniten obns
jtbpeDe U<genleiituns auf Nlice Ba4os
rad iibertrus. psrlangt bic Qldserin,
bnb bkfe uebertragungen aHnuIirt
iperoen. NuBerbem erlangte jie einen
Einbaltsbefebl, um ben Derilosten 5u
perbinbern, fein 0elb aus Der Weitern
German Bunt, Der Union Snninss 81.
& 1ruit Go. unb Der Peoples 8anf 6c
Sonings 60. 5u 3ieben.
Jiel duf etnem habboften
3rottoir.
Wm. Mmsboff bat, neil nod mins
bsridbris, burh ieinen Daier Bernard
Nmsboff cine alass iiber $1,000 Sesen
bic Staot Cincinnati einsereidt, neil
er am 13. Ropember 1910, aIs er ifber
bas bolserne 3rottoir an Der Seegur
apenus sins. iiber Elm loiss Brett itol.
perte unp mi. oem rehten 4nie in einen
Rassl fisl. Die 5otse mar, baB er
flint Woden in drstliher g.banoluns
bIeiben mubts.
Ib esung bes bn Y. O. m .
pbrens perlaHst.
Der goarb of 5ome UhHions Der
presbpierianer Airfe unb anbere Jns
itiiute, pelfe in benz 1eIiamente Der
SIabead grorun als Grbtn eendnnt
iinb, uHtsrbreitstsn s.itern i'm probdts
geri6t ben antraa oab Der psrfhpuns
oene anpalt uno 4.tienmailer John
G.5umphrens, tpeihsr ols 2eitamentss
pollitredsr Iungiete, aus nuheliegenben
Griinben ieines amtes entSebt iueroen
uno cine anbere perInn nit Der Der
pdliung bes nidt unNbeuienoen Rdhs
lafes betraut perben fol-.
Va6Iab 9 den.
Geo. 6. 9tantsnbubI.r lit Ra6IoB'
Dsrtpalter BON aunisunoe glanienbibs
Ter; YeripnaG.H $500. 0runbeissn.
thum $4,000.
Daarp 6. geas iit Rod!aboerpalis'
rim bon SoI.pb D. pess; psrionaIisn
$500, 8runoeigsntbum $500.
Wm. e. aisbtelins.r II. Grk unD
Observation-Disclosures BON amdnoa ).
aigbtelina.r; perfonalien $500,
0ruroeiaen.bum $27O0.
5ugb WeGlincep ift RahlabDertpals
ter BON Warp Rpgline.p; perionalieH
$100, 9runbeiasntbum $1700.
Waredret Rieitenbera 1T Hahlabs
pertpolierin BON gotkrin. Sdulten;
Grunbeieenibum $4,000.
9es. WiilIer II. i'll Radlabperpalter
bon Geo. Wiiller r.; perionalisu
$3.50.
Jobn Shmibt III RatlabDeripdlisr
BON Worp Sdmibt; 9runoeiNntbum
$500.
Qnnd Wc9r0n. III Rdnlaberpals
term bon 5reo. GrOne; grunbtisens
tbum $4,000.
Sobn 8. Qsbee III Rahlabperpalier
bon 2heila 9sbee; perionolien $500.
CD. gD. Gittle lit Nahlahperipdtier
BON prior Williams; Grunbsissuthum
$500.
Der perIonlihe RohlcB Der gmiIie
0apis betrdst S6854.8 SO; oerisnise 'bss
JobH O. 2ub $1,000.
8er hiebenes.
WosiopiB Bros. srlansten Elm 9.rs
bitt iiber $283.4o stgen Soiepb Cobb
berger.
Gas. g. 5anbn srldnsie auf Grunb
elmer ror9enommenen GigentbuMs>
appropriung ein 8eroitt ub<r $500 s.s
gen bic Staot Gineiuncti.
TaÌˆgliches Cincinnatier volksblatt. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1885-1919, 1911-01-13

gls Grtrag Der Suhbabn i'm pers
floFenen 8ierteIiobr puree seiteru an
Staotaubiior Grnit bon 8arasn bic
Summe BON $276, 400 abaefiihrt.
6isrpon reprGisntirsn $262, 500 ben
Paht3ins fir oas abgslaufsne Quar-
tai; $4,000 Iino auF riidftdnoiae
paht abbssabIt poroen unb $1,000
puroen aIs 3inisn fir Die riiditdnotse
Yaht te3ablt..
TaÌˆgliches Cincinnatier volksblatt. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1885-1919, 1911-01-13

ben aoTten perurtbeilt.
Gin unosrI6Gmter Steifbettler Raz
mems 5rant Dom, Der aus Yortsmoutb
81 itQmmen porgab, tpuroe gu $25 uno
ben Soften perurt6eiIt, neil sr porgez
fern Qbsnb an Der fyInften StraBe
8aFanten uHbetteIte INN, penn er
nidts erbislt, iiberbies nod fred &C.
iporoen mar.
TaÌˆgliches Cincinnatier volksblatt. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1885-1919, 1911-01-13

Die Rsserin Wlagsie Sadion, bic
porseItern Raht ibreH Raifsgenuis
len Sad ManFisIb in sinsm 4ufqlle pun
giferIuht nit einem RuIirrefer etniee
leichte Shnittipunben beiaebraht bat,
.puroe su 30 5aeen Grbeitshaus unn
ben aoiten perurthsilt, pdhreno Ueons
fieln ohne Gtrafe oapontam.
Sobn Oineip, Elm alter GanDitreiher.
Ser fih obne tpeiteres Der 8asdbonbaee
Ihuloig ertlarte. puroe 5u $50 uno
TaÌˆgliches Cincinnatier volksblatt. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1885-1919, 1911-01-13

-
Cons SO. tpurbe eeitern nui 4noros
nuna tss Rihtsrs Spiessl bon oeHsn
Surp gu 0nniisn Der gertlaeien ent.
itieben. lie aldserin befanb iih in
elmer Gar. fpelhe aus einer natgstuies
i'm unpermeiblihen uriohe init sinsm
Waaen Der Gtsr Cons 60. tolibirte.
Sei nem llniau nurbe elm Jenfer, in
beiien Nobe bic aIGgerin iob, Sertriims
inert unn bic qeBirre ipuroe burh bic
Gfasiherben i'm geiiGt Deylest.
Nerlansen AIimsnte.
slnnn MiilI.r, Die Iih am 30. April
1887 nit Grant MiilItr BON 3798 Dill
iioe gfptnue perhsirdtbeie. bat geitsrn
sins alimsntsnilass ansei.rsnst. nsil
Dsrielbe felt e.rnumtr 3tit niGt fir iie
seiorgt bat. I'm ben Verssogien 5u
p<rbinntrn, iein Gelo aus be- NiDers
iibe 3. unb g. 60. gu sie6en. ipurbe
Elm Ginboltsbefsh erlailen.
Qiilie 1oharah. tDelde i'm VDpems
kr 1880 nit bem 0ertdufer 6erman
8aAarah. 500 Dort Ctr, eine Com
mon Gam 6eiro.b eineins unD feitD<m
nit bemielben als bsiitn Gottin Iebie.
bat aejtern ebenfnIIs eine Alimentens
fiox ongtftrenst. Sic fiibri an, BOB
q ieit einiser 3eit niht In ber eerinss
ten Neiie fir fe seiorst nnb fe in
potIRdnnia nitieiloiem 3ufauDe pers
ioiIen bobe. Du Der Berilosie. dnosbs
Id nm Der De3dbIuns bon aIimenieH
~ sntgdben. i'm Jnni unb NuGx1 b. T.
o tub an ber Ucst Gtrabs foluie elm
TaÌˆgliches Cincinnatier volksblatt. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1885-1919, 1911-01-13

Das JueenbgtTiht fpurot porgtittrn
AhenD Don einem esiuiHtn peier Usor.
gan, Der bon Der 6ffenilihtn 1iblics
f1<t aus ielepbonirte. benohrihtigt.
bpB ieiHe 16idbrise 1oGter NIT einehl
3iseuntr, Der 5u benz Eager in Gors
thdse gebOrte unb 0nsebli4 .Ganho-
bdbe mad 9Dlebo bnr6gebsonnt lei.
0sr CD. prob0tionSs Ueomit benons
ri6tigte lsfort be bortiee poli3si unb
trhielt sefiern Nommiitng bic Nnts
frori. b0B bas paof ri isiMeI aatunfi
perbdfiet poTben fei- Msraan. b<s Bic
Nntport IN Der SfIsntli4s1 DibIiotbei
TaÌˆgliches Cincinnatier volksblatt. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1885-1919, 1911-01-13
later Den urGmnlern
3ieeen nod i,mmer Die 2eiHen ber'
0pfer Der Jeuerfataftrppbe i'm
Paabeistammersebdube.

Die Megrdumungsarbeiten fpurben gee
fern Wsorgen in angriff senpmmen.
Mubten jebOa BEL gtnbru4 Der
Dunfelbeit nntsrbrohen perben. -
Wtit WafhiHen psroen bic Sriims
mer ber StabItonItruttion 3erIast
iperpen. - Selm unD Weents ma
rem BON berGsusrpsbr separnt pors
ben. Georgs 9upmun's 2aiheHs
lanlpe sefunoeH.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-12
New Tower, TELESCOPE :

within fifty miles of earth-so near, IN
fact as to make visible to human eyes
an object on the moons landscape that
is one-half the length Of the National
Capitol or one-third the height of the
Washington Monument. II aimed at
Mars this wonderful instrument will prob
ably magnify that mysterious planet
image to five times the diameter OF
Lowell's famous photographs. With such
powerful instruments the observatory Will
discover heavenly bodies never even sus-
pected by astronomers.
The stars visible In the heavens OF our
northern hemisphere have been cata-
logued by astronomers, but those OF the
southern hemisphere have been long
neglected. So to meet this want the IN
stitution has established at San Luis
Argentina, upon the east plateau OF the
Andes. an observatory where Prof. Lewis
Boss is at work completing q star cata-
logue for the entire space OF the heavens:
Ingenious apparatus for the study OF
our foods effects upon our bodies has
lately been installed In nutrition lab,
oratory'' which the institution has erected
in Boston. Here are to be round
number of alright cells in which men
and animals are shut up for various
periods. Every grain Of food passed to
them through alright valves Is analysed
before they eat 1t, and every bit OF 1t
which their bodies eliminate in perspira-
ton, breath or otherwise is similarly
weighed and analysed. BY subtraction
the exact amount of each ingredient re-
tanned by the body Is learned and the
cells are equipped with apparatus by
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-12

promise nothing. 1t may be daring curl
osity to play with that terrific object-a
pocket SUM-" as Pierre Curie called his
imaginary pound. In certain Paris CO.
tories this Russian has talked. and those
who hear him gather that he has an
obscure prince of science behind him who
pretends that a pound of pure radlum
will SO magnify phenomena as TO
solve the mystery of matter But
would cautious experts dare put such u
quantity together? The largest order
ever siven-that of Sir Ernest Casseii
for gram of radium salt-has Just been
half delivered by the Vienna Radium In
stitute. The second haf-gram Is beihs
reduced at the Joachimstal works
): <
Or it may be a simple money specula-
ton. Produced in tiny quantities for their
own experiments, radum salts have cost
Nine Curie at the rate of $4,000 per
gram. where the Austrian government
reducing at the mines, makes hand
some profit on Sir Ernests gram at
$4,000. At this latter rate a pouhu
worth S37 800 $50 ought TO cost the mys-
FERROUS Russian ore-owner so compare
lively little as to faint the entire propo-
stion with the suspicion of honest COM
mercial moneymaking. So the French
sheer at Austria today.
And SO would. doubtless, argue MEM
Der of the French Academy of Sciences.
Two hundred years ago glory of
French letters, Colletet, being elected
to that other department of the insti
tute. the French Academy, trembled with
mixed dignity and humility in presence
of an odd member" who happened to
be the magnificent Bishop Godeau,
without tenth OF Collects learning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-12

They arrived together under the sacred
dome:
Godeau-
..Boniomr dear Colletet''
ColIetet falling his knees
Great Bishop of Leo.
Tell me. beg. what ought t" do:
Ought not Kiss your sacred heel:
we are all equals, being sons of Apollo.
Get up. Coletet.'
Your magnifcence
Permits me. monseigneur. such license!
. Nothing can change between us what is true.
outside l am stil bishop. here Godeau for you y
Doubtless ST. Evremont mildly exag-
gerated. but the spirit of the academi-
clans" remains as he represented it:
sons of Apollo in their sacred club,
familiar among themselves. yet aware
Of their relative social value outside,
protesting rather the graces than the
mere utilities of learning.
Prince Roland Bonaparte, for exam
pie, is a typical member of the Acad-
envy of Sciences. Rich by twenty mil
lions with Bianc's daughter-to whose
memory he remains faithful-he spends
his life with brother dilettanti in an
Arabian Nights palace of books, bro
chures and communications is,
puOiiCdliOHS WAiSi HO one Will Duy-
where soft lights from antique stained
glass fall on some new work of his
own, like Variations in the Lengths of
Glaciers" Documents on the Thir-
teenth Century Mongol Epoch The
Eruption of Krakatao' and The Huon
Gulf, With Maps
The late President Carnot had a broth
er, Marie-Adolphe. director of the school
of mines, but for long years he has en-
joyed the softer honors and emoluments
Of honorary director. Thus he is another
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-12

though sensational, would carry with 1t
motives of high research that might we'll
excuse the interruption of her lecture
course TO earn 100000 for her two little
girls of ten and four.
All the more. having given up her dear
ambition of membership in the Academy
Of Sciences. she might feel permitted to
accept a plan. whose main feature is &C.
centric. IL not speculative. Those who
hope to tempt her will now hasten the
decision of the unique learned body whose
election may decide that the world shall
See that blazing prodigy pound of
radium,
4 millionaire landowner of Russia. so
the story runs, has discovered great de-
posts of pitchblende or radum- bearing
ore in the Trial or Caucasus, as may be.
lie win neither sell this ore nor give II,
hut will risk part of his millions on it
incidentally. the observation-disclosures
dollar guarantee which he will offer Nine.
Curie. In a word, he has the curious
ambition TO become the owner of a pound
of radium, and then see what will hap
PEN
\ pound of adium.-when, at this mo-
ment, there are just five grammes pos
scssed by all humanity. They represent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-12

other planet There was, OF course at
mat time. more hish-fown speech more
ef11orescent language, on the stage than
there is at the present time, and it is
70 De taken Tor granted. | suppose. that
the minds of adolescents are peculiarly
affected by such language. But this
doesn't altogether explain it.
1T was many weeks after l saw Law
renee Barrett in Francesca di Rimini'
for example, before I regained anything
like my normal state of mind / read
that play OF Boxers over and over again.
l poured over that part of Dante which
was the basis of the play. | dreamed of II
increasingly. day and night. until really
my appetite and my general health were
affected.
1T was the same when / saw Mary
Anderson in The Lady of Lyons My
IMAGINATION was enchanted for weeks
after ! saw Mary Anderson do it. Per
haps here there was a bit of heroine
worship. Mary Anderson with her Won
derful. statuesque beauty and her marvel
Gus golden cOntralto voice. was the object
of the most intense admiration the
part of all of the young women-yes and
of many thousands of the older women
of her time But il was not by any
means altogether herOine-worship. The
lines of the play stuck in my mind. and
strive | would. L could not efface the
memory of the piece.
Thus. too, was it when | saw John
Mccullough in Julius Caesar and in 'Yir-
ginius.' My method of retaining my state
of exaltation over those wondrous per
formances was To plunge into Roman
history. especially those parts of ii that
appertained to the two characters I had
seen Mccullough play. But it is no use
quoting instances. The theater then was
a m nm naf
romance, the means of escape from the
unglamorous realities Of life. / would
give a good deal if today / could feel
the same, just for once Perhaps | should
steady thing-it might be too eXhaustine:
but l should like TO have my imagination
stirred to its core by the theater just once
again
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-12
ELECTRIC ARC FURNACE GENERATING 1000 oP
DR., DAY on LEET.

der special grants of money Their COM
bined activities have included thirty diff
ferent fields Of study in forty separate
countries of the world, and their dis
coveries have been set forth in 1871 vol
umes, aggregating over 10000 printed
pages. which have been distributed free to
the greater libraries of the world. or sold at
coSt-one-half the regular publishers rate
to individuals interested in the subjects
investigated. To accomplish all of this
the institution has spent. to date, nearly
"a. GOO, 900, which, with the exception Of a
few donations from other phianthropists,
has all been paid out of the interest on
the endowments made hitherto by An
drew Carnegie. Less than one-twelfth OF
this has been spent for salaries and other
administration expenses.
Now you are wondering, of course, as
to just what irons this great institution
has in the fire, and what 1t is accom-
plishing for the good of mankind.
At point above the clouds and a
mile above sea level the institution has
established upon the summit of Mount
Wilson, California, solar observa-
tory which is being equipped with the
most ingenious instruments known to as
tronomy In the presence of Mr.. Car
negie, Prof. George F. Hale, the director.
lately focused upon the heavens a new
rejecting telescope containing mirror
five feet in diameter. When the plate
was developed the fronmaster beheld
upon it the images of 10000 solar sys-
TENS not previously known to astron
omy. With another large instrument,
the Snow telescope" which lies fiat
upon the mountain top and covered by
a long white shed, daylight photographs
of the suns image are being daily taken.
With these and other pieces Of appara
tlts is being made a study Of the effects
of sunspots upon earth's atmosphere
which may make long-range weather
forecasting an exact science. Already 1t
has been established by these instru-
ments that sunspots are great electri-
cal worthless moving across the face of
the orb of day as cyclones move
through our atmosphere, and that they
are the cause Of magnetic storms.
Upon a tower $50 feet high is now be-
ing mounted q mirror which will reflect
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-12

INTERVIEW With Presi-
/ dent of Carnegie's $25,-
100000 Institution on It's
New Endowment and Vast
Professionalism Appa-
ratus Which Will Bring the
Moon Within Fifty Miles of
Earth; Unravel the Secrets
of Earth's Age and How She
Was Made: Solve the Prob
lens of Digestion; Correct
the Mariners C m p S;
Teach Man How to Create
New Species at Will, and
Perform Other Wonders.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-12
Madame Cuie and the Russian Who Wants Pound Of Radm

a money value of $500, Ooo-composed o.
their vast work Of reduction and the
original cost Of the ore. Nine. cure
needs ten tons of ore to produce -FOUR
decigrammes of radium. which means
1880 tons to produce the desired pound
The Russian says that he can mine it.
Doubtless the pound would not cost the
s4O.OOO.Oo0 which the present cost OF
radium represents to Nine. cure III
France.
What temptation for the radium high
priestess, How she might regret to see
the chance go to another. say Sir Will
liam Ramsay. or Gustave lie Bon, or even
Danysz her own assistant. l remember
the day when Pierre Curie and wife were
photographed by Ellis on their garden
bench, after 1 had taken Prof. Duncan
to them Radium was still new, and the
wondering Curie specialized what would
happen II pound of radium stood open
on the center table Of q dark room.
\ man, entering, would see intolerable
green light; but would 1t scintillate fires
in the dark or illuminate the room?
Would it make a noise? Would a man
entering to 1t fall dead? Or would lie
remain quite well and then develop sup
purating burns over every square inch
Of his body?
Prof. Curie died without having seen
pure radium or a gram of the salt col
lected together. On the other hand, the
Austrian government had not yet dream
ed of impeding Nine Curie's importation
of ore from the Bohemian mountains. As
her chances to handle the tiniest real
lump of radium grow less and less,
proposition to pay her to superintend
the reduction of Il pound of it would be
beyond her widest hopes; but
There is Il but" The very rich Rus
sian parsonage who owns the IL, 800 tons
of pitchblende will ask Nine. Curie to
reduce ii for her. He will propose to
pay her, for her time and trouble, the
100000 mentioned. 1t will be his pound
of radium,
What will he, do with itP He will
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-12
Anr1m1s IRAT1oN BLDG. CAKNEo1E INSTITUTE

biology, with a laboratory at Dry Tortu-
gas, Fla.
None of the great workshops inta;n-
ed by the institution is more interesting
than the laboratory Of experimental eyo-
luton at Cold Spring Harbor, Long
Island. Here men and animals are being
studied for the purpose Of discovering the
laws of evolution and heredity. And
when these laws are known man can
control the process. different creatures
being modified to meet our requirements
Of beauty. food. materials and power
''The carnation can be made not only
crimson, but white yellow and blue,
says Prof. C. B. Davenport, the director
of this laboratory. 1T can he made as
large as a crysantiemum. or dwarfed
So the bantam fowl may be made of a
red color. or black white: with a ruff.
or without: with a long tail or with no
tail. The egg yield of the hen may be
raised from 80 to over ~" per year The
strength of the horse can be increased.
as that of the Percheron exceeds that
OF the Norwegian pony"
He has invented to order such new
species as goats with wattles. cats AMI
guinea pigs with extra toes. ewes with
extra nipples, etc, in order to test vari-
Gus theories as to the laws OF heredity
and determine also whether new species
develop by gradual changes and the
equal blending of crossed breeds. or by
sudden stops and jumps.
Extending these studies to man. he has
1.-The skin color of children is not
darker than that of their darker parent.
Consequently two blond parents have only
blond offspring. but blond and a brunette
may have either blond or brunette chill
dren." and that in crosses between
negroes and Caucasians the same rule
holds; that mulattoes produce white chill
dren, but (probably) rarely black"
Thus rs being fulfilled the dream of
Bacon. who saw in the new Atlantis gar
denS devoted TO the Improvement of ami
mails and plants.
Copyright, 1911, by John Elfreth watkins.)
per year Indemnity" and may draw
extra, as much as 81 per week by merely
accepting the weekly chip" or Teton :
which certifes that they were present al
the meeting.
For all OF which Nine Curie would
willingly turn down the Russians busi-
ness proposition had she been elected to
the institute. STERLING HELLO.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-12
Three Great Danish Clans.

The Danish government recently found
1t necessary to grant heads OF families
the privilege OF changing their names il
they feel so disposed without mourning
any legal costs. This is a necessary piece
Of legislation, for the population of Dem
mark is divided into three great clans
the Hansens, the Petersens and the Seer
ensens In one town of 26,O0O inhabit-
ants over four-fifths bore one or the
other of these Names. Many OF these
have taken advantage of the new Law
and assumed more distinctive namaA