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Gods Promised Their Help

she kindly posed for me after a per-
torrance at the Lyceum, and when
she asked me the position l would
like her to take I mentioned one she
had assumed in the second act, in
which she stood holding the drapery
In her hand, which was resting on
her hip.
DO you really mean that?" she
asked.
"Yes; that attitude struck me as
the most artistic of all your graceful
movements" I replied.
WELL" she said, "as a matter of
fact my robes had come unfastened
and were falling of, and was hold
ing them on; but shall now purpose
ly make them slip in the same way"
And that pose was repeated nightly
during the run of the play.
Even this popular actress could not
escape the chan Of the GODS" She
was playing Galatea in Sir W. 8. Gil
bert's play-and charming Galatea
she made-when, in the critical sense
in which she appeals to the gods to
enable her to bring Pygmalion aud
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but German psychologist not long ago
put that very query to himself, not
with the simplicity of child, but with
the deep knowledge which sees in the
questions Of children the most difficult
problems of science.
That man can feel tired without
having exerted himself at all is we'll
known fact. 1t Is a fact recognized by
enterprising sellers of tonics guaran-
teed to cure that tired feeling" which
persons with deranged bodies have on
arising from sleep. And it is fact
which would seem to prove that the
sensation of fatigue Is due to the pres
ence in the body of some substance
that by it's reaction on the nervous sys-
tenn produces tho sensation in ques-
ton.
Such, in short, is the plain truth.
Fatigue, or the sense OF fatigue, is
caused by the poison, or toxin, of
fatigue, and this toxin of fatigue is
produced by the using up of certain
materials in muscle and nerve and
other tissues Of the body, just as
smoke and ashes are produced by the
using up of fuel with the evolution of
heat.
But If the sensation Of fatigue is
caused by the presence In the body of
the toxin of fatigue, the body tries to
neutralize this toxin-and actually
does neutralize it-by the production
of an anti-toxin for fatigue. When put
to hard work the body grows tired
after short time, but presently re-
cuperates, while still at work. A man
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we might be Greeks bearing torpedos.
OF a piece with this bit of admins.
tration was the naive remark of an
admiral the other day, that he was
obliged to surrender his place on a
naval board in order to 90 to the in
terror to take charge of q military
barracks.
Cholera, Rat-Traps and Religion.
The cholera is raging in CONSTANT
nople at present and it affords an op-
portunity of observing the difference
between the old and the new. Lime
is sprinkled in the cutters by the city
but, for the most part, the people
who, SO far as the Moslem population
are concerned, are arrant fatalists,
say "Kismet," and do not amend their
unsanitary ways. That modern scien-
tific knowledge is beginning to perco.
late is shown by the lively sale Of rat
traps which street vendors display as
sort of chole7a cure, explaining that
the cholera germs are carried by rats
confusing the hubonic plague with
cholera.
AS is well known, there is a direct
relationship between cholera and
Islam, for Mecca is the seat Of the
plague. All pilgrims battle in a holy
we'll at Mecca which analysis has
shown, contains more germs than the
sewage of London. That holy water
is carried over the empire and dump
ed into the village wells. A more dia-
bolical scheme for inoculating ma
ton with disease can scarcely be con-
trived, yet the faithful will not per-
nit the government to touch this
sacred we'll.
OF course there is modern medicine
in Turkey and by new law nobody
is allowed to practice without d.
ploma. None the less the faith in
charms abides and l have seen graves
and specially sacred trees, covered
with rags from the bodies o. diseased
persons, who hope thereby to obtain
cure in exactly the same fashion as
that prevailing in Japan and Corea.
Probably the most satisfactory
archaeological museum in the world
is that at Constantinople, with many
priceless treasures. Yet this collec-
ton has been made by taking toll OF
the enterprise and learning of west
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STRONGER THAN MEAT
A Judges Opinion Of Grape-Nuts.

A gentleman who has acquired ju-
dicial turn Of mind from experience
on the bench out in the Sunfower
State writes carefully considered
opinion as to the value of Grape-Nuts
as food. He says:
For the past years Grape-Nuts
has been prominent feature in our
bill Of fare.
'The crisp food with the delicious.
nutty flavor has become an indis.
pensable necessity in my family's
everyday life.
1T has proved to be most healthful
and beneficial, and has enabled us to
practically abolish pastry and pies
rom our table, for the children prefer
Grape-Nuts, and do not crave rich and
unwholesome food.
"Grape-Ndts keeps US all in perfect
physical condit;on-as preventive of
disease it is beyond value. l have been
particularly impressed by the benef-
cial effects of Grape-Nuts when used
by ladies who are troubled with face
blemishes, skin eruptions, etc. 1t
clears up the complexion wonderfully.
"As to its nutritive qualities. my ex-
perience is that one small dish of
Grape-Nuts is superior to a pound Of
meat for breakfast, which is an impor.
tant consideration for anyone. It sat.
isles the appetite and strengthens the
power Of resisting fatigue, while its
uRe inv01vea nnna ~ tho dlaa orooohla
consequences that sometimes follow
q meat breakfast" Name given by
Postum Co., Battle Greek, Mich.
Read the little book, 1.-THE Road to
Wellville," in rkgs. there's q reason"
Ever read the abovo letterS A nev
go appears from ttAAo to tine, Tha1
are genuine, tRuo, ana fal 81 huna1
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fin on, his back. Now II the awaking
of Turkey means anything, it must
mean the emancipation of the CON-
mon people from these ancient bur-
dens.
Big Hats and Moslem Wells.
The advent of the western styles
involves unforeseen difficulties for an
Oriental people. 1t is easy for the
Turk in baggy trousers and shoes that
slip off. to sit cross-legged on the
floor; when he dons tie, trousers and
patent feathers he must abandon this
fashion. The new furniture of mod
ern style to which Turkey has be-
come so devoted postulates home
somewhat after the idea of Europe
or America. The new food and the
new ways, all are insidiously under
cutting the old order.
The dress of the women offers per-
haps the best illustration of this.
Most Moslem women ". die along the
streets like water birds on land,
draped from head to he'll in hideous
black ears. Whether they are old or
young, homely or handsome, nobody
can tell. This custom involves mys-
teries which no mere man can solve.
How two heavily yelled women can
recognize each other on the street is
beyond comprehension. Sometimes
the wells are getting perilously thin,
in the case Of the younger women
and their Wearers do not hesitate to
stare at their pleasure on foreign
men.
Because she is robed so outlandish-
ly on the street is no reason why the
Moslem woman has not the eternal
feminine interest in dress. One Of
their sisters came along the other day
wearing Merry Widow hat and a
hobble skirt and as passed l noticed
these queer yelled figures stop and
turn and look as long as the new
fashions were in sight. What will
happen to the economic system in
Turkey with it's low scale of income
when husbands have to pay for Paris
millinery and their wives have a right
to wear them, is more than l can
project.
Immediately after the revolution
many Moslem women took off their
wells as they appeared in public
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Newspaper Man Writes Of Mary An
derson's First Appearance in
London.

now come to first night at the
Lyceum when Miss Mary Anderson
made her initial performance in the
romantic part of Perdita, says Harry
Furniss in the Strand. In the great
scene she is woed by the rough, pic
turesque lover, on this occasion play
ed by Handsome Jack Barnes" AS
she rose to her feet it was perceived.
to the delight Of us all but to the dis
comfiture Of the actors, that Mr..
Barnes wig had caught in the Shout
der-clasp of Perdita, and rose with
her, and furthermore, refused to be
detached for some time.
When Miss Anderson arrived in
London she was only known to Eng
lish people by the art of the camera
Her first appearance. as have said.
was as Perdita, and thought her the
most charming figure had ever seen
on the stage. I was the first artist
I'm ENGLAND to make sketch Of her:
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A Little Knock for the Aeroplane

It is curious how the bird idea has
chung to the art and science of the fly
ing machine in spite of all efforts to
shake it off. We call it the art of avi-
alton, and the artist we call an aviator.
Making these two terms into English,
we would have bird-ation and bird
ator. Clearly then, if we are to be con-
sistent in our etymology, we should
call the flying machine itself "avis."
the Latin word for bird
And yet we do 20 such thing. We
call the flying machine itself an aero
plane; and this word, with it's two spe-
cies OF biplane and monoplane, is an
excellent one for the purpose, because
1t means precisely what it says. The
word plane as now used in this CON-
bination Is not derived from the Greek
word which means "wanderer," Tut
from that which means fiat"
What warrant is there for the asso-
citation of the bird idea with that of
the curious machines that are now
swooping and circling through the air
ia IA4C ohACo VI Ola tlc udLlOuS mas
man, as matter O. fact, realized the
longing Of the psalmist, who sighed for
the wings of bird that he might fly
away and be at rest?
l, for one, DO not believe it; and l
Imagine that l would not be alone in
my conviction were a poll taken of
those who have some knowledge of the
structure of and the work done by the
nervous and muscular mechanisms
that enable the bird to fly.
When you look at hawk high I'D In
the air, soaring with rigid outstretched
wings, maintained in his glorious flight
by the pressures between his wings
and the atmosphere, you have before
you the pretty and inspiring prototype
of the buoyant aviator in his mono
plane. Maybe. Both, perhaps, rest
upon the same mechanical principles,
so far as the buoyancy is concerned.
Both are, In their way, monoplanes.
But there" as Lord Byron says, "all
likeness ends between the pair"
The bird is the absolute master of
the situation. The aviator is absolute.
ly at the mercy Of it. The wing and
the tall Of the bird respond to the will
of the bird with the infinite nicely that
mark the conduct Of the arm, the
hand and the fingers of a man when
they move in response to the man.
dates sent down to them by their mas
ter, the brain. The birds wing, apart
from the plumage that makes it q
plane, consists Of millions of muscle.
f1bers, each one of which is directly
supplied by it's own nerve-fiber, and
these millions of nerve-fbers (both
sets of f1bers are microscopically
smalD connect up with other millions
of nerve-dbers in the spinal cord OF
the bird, and these last connect up
with still other millions of nerve-f1bers
In the birds brain, whose batteries
are in certain groups Of the almost
countless cells of the gray matter.
Here we have a mechanism incalcu.
lably intricate; a thing very different
from the crude spread OF the aeroplane
and its motive power Of gasoline.
do not wish to be called knocker
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habit. Look at me-" he would say to
them. Il never banker after Sleep"
And then the drowsy assistants would
sneak away and hide behind the bales
in the warehouse in order to steal q
nod or two while the tireless master
was lost to the world in some abstrac-
ton of mind.
l repeat the story for what it is
worth, but whether it be an exaggera-
ton or not, Edison's well known tire
lessness suggests the thought that the
time may come when long continued
work will not be followed by fatigue.
Why indeed should it? Why does a
man feel tired after a hard days la.
Dor?
The question seems a childish one,
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Ended Cats Soiourn.

Felix Smith of Easton, Pa, bought
a cat the other day. He paid s. for
her. Why did Felix pay five bucks
for the cat? Answer-Because she
was guaranteed to be good ratter
Did Felix have rats? l should say
he did-the house was full of EN-!
And the cat cleaned 'em out! No;
that's the curious part of it. After tho
cat had been on the job a week the
rats were as plentiful as ever. Felix
couldn't understand it until one even
ing he concealed himself in the base
ment to watch the cat. About 9 p.
M, as the cat sat with her eye on a
rat hole, Felix says that rat after
rat came out of the hole, walked up
to the old cat, kissed her good night,
and then returned to the hole. After
that Felix kicked the cat out of the
Post.
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and l am none. But conservative
habit of mind will dispose man to
look with considerable calmness on
the antics of those ford persons who
directly fall into passion of tears at
their first sight of an aeroplane in
the air. A conservative habit of
mind will likewise dispose a man to
have a little faith in the future of fly
ing machines, so far as the Improve
ment'' of the present genus of ma
chine is at all concerned. The aero
plane was made possible by the fnven-
ton of the high speed gasoline engine,
which also made possible the dirigi-
Bile balloon. There is positively no
warrant whatever for the hectic hopes
one hears expressed on all hands that
the world will see "navies Of the air"
(worked by gasoline engines) replac-
ing the navies of the sea, and the un-
poetic, if useful, railway freight car.
If there is any warrant in sound sense
or sound science for the belief that
gasoline enginess will fill the sky with
merchant aeroplanes, it has not yet
been publicly discussed.
The only future for the aeroplane
is one in which the prophet who
POUNDS on fact and not on fancy can
see ambitious and reckless young men
rising in the air Gas they do now for
exhibition purposes, and descending,
in many cases Gas they do now, to
certain death or permanent disability.
Other and more hopeful predictions
are for the most part pleasant dreams.
which no earthly law can chasten.
Whereas, the future of the much de-
spised balloon is much the same to-
day as it was when it was first launch
ed more than century ago by its
French inventors.
But this is not saying that men will
never be able to transfer all traffic
from the surface of the earth to some
considerable distance above it. On
the contrary, there are in France a
few bold scientists who are not afraid
to suggest for human industry in gen.
eral future as far beyond the dreams
OF the aviators and their warmest
friends as the light of the sun is be-
yond the Illuminating power of a tai
low candle. 1t is held by these cour-
ageous men that what is called mass"
that is, the weight of matter-is in
reality nothing but electric discharge:
that all the phenomena of matter are
electric phenomena. And if we igam-
inc that scientific Investigation will 60
on taking the leaps it las taken dur
ing the past ten years in the study of
radio-activity, the time may not be
far distant when a vessel of the size
of the largest ocean steamer-or much
larger, for that WATERWAY be whirl-
ed through the higher regions Of the
earth's atmosphere from San Francis
co to London in few hours. Whirled
and with perfect safety for the thou.
sands Of men who shall take passage
aboard. The discussion OF these posi-.
bilities is tempting; but the possibili-
ties themselves are so tremendously
great that one hesitates to go farther
than the barest mention of the sub
ject.
Copyright. 1911, by the Columbia Press
Syndjcafe)
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LEAVING Him at Sea.

could you do something for a poor
old sailor?" asked the seedy-looking
wanderer at the gate
Poor old sailor?" echoed the lady
at work at the tub"
"Yes'm, follered the VOTER for 16
years."
WELL" said the woman, after a crit
zeal look, you certainly don't look az
If you ever caught up with it,"
Then she resumed her labors.
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Kaiser Now an M. ..

Emperor William was recently Gre
ated a doctor of medicine by the
faculty of Prague, and the diploma,
in order to make it doubly valuable,
was presented by Emperor Francis
Joseph personally to representative
Of the German emperor. The docu-
ment is work Of art, and is Enclosed
In an envelope of rare beauty and of
great intrinsic value. The delicately
tinted leather is richly decorated with
gold, the jewels being lapis lazuli,
turquoise and amethysts, said to be
favorites with the imperial doctor.
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places. Such is the state of the Tur-
kish mind however. to be described
by no other words better than by the
English phrase "absolutely rotten
that this could not endure.
A Turkish official himself explained
to me the reason why he could not
hope for the unwilling of the women
for generation or two. The men Of
today are utterly devoid of western
ideals concerning womanhood. What
western women, who understand the
language. have to endure as they
travel and live in Turkey, has never
yet been written. 1t needs a new
mind in the people before some of the
conditions that are the salt Of civiliza-
ton can fully obtain in Turkey.
New Warships and Some Stories.
Almost humping into the ancient ma.
tive crafts of the Bosphorus are a
number of new warships of which Tur-
key is very proud. The Turk loves
weapons. big and little. While the
order for disarmament has gone out,
it yet remains true that in the cities
as we'll as in the rural parts men
tote a gun" as they say in Texas.
and carry knife stuck into the vol
luminous girdle. never travelled with
a pistol in my belt in plain sight un-
til | went out into the interior of
Turkey where every man has to be
his own policeman.
With this warlike disposition it is
natural that the Turks should be in
terested in their fleet. Their pride in
the two warships recently purchased
from Germany is not wholly shared
by the foreign community The lat
ter say that there is now on the Bos-
phorus a new classification of war
ships-"first class, second class and
secondhand" They tell you that the
Young Turks were afraid to trust
themselves to bring the ships from
Germany, so they had German officers
man them until just outside the Oar
danelles, where they ran up the Tur.
kish flag. The German officers de-
manded two hundred and fifty thous
and marks for their services and re
fused to haul down the Turkish flag
until the sum was paid. Rumor has II
that one of the ships broke down en-
route. At any rate, the Turkish gov
eminent paid the money and the ships
sailed up the Bosphorus, streaming
bright new crescent flags behind them
That New Turkey has something to
learn in the way of naval administra'
ton was evident from little expe
! rience of my own. Late one night
had need to cross the Bosphorus in a
small boat and the boatman ran close
to one of the new warships. Instead
| of turning a searchlight on to US a
dozen men began to yell to warn US
| off, For two or three minutes there
seemed to be small riot on the ship
but not once was there light flashed
! on US though the crews fear was that
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The Alien In Britain's Makeup.

Nor is it only the industries Of
Great Britain which have thriven up
on alien skill and alien ideas. Still
more important have been the alien
contributions to our learning and
achievement in the professions and
the fine arts. Monarchs and states
men of alien blood have aided in
building up our constitution and in
framing our policy. We cannot even
conduct great political controversy,
such as that which the fiscal question
evolved, without seeking champions
for both sides in men of alien blood.
London National.
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Many Names for Good FRIDAY.

Perhaps no Christian festival has
so many names as Good Friday. Our
Anglo-Saxon and Danish forefathers
called it Long Friday" in allusion to
the length OF the days services and
fasting; in France 1t is Holy Fri
day." in Germany either "Stiller Frel-
tag" (Quiet Friday or "Charfreitag,
in allusion perhaps to the exhibition
of the crucifix for alteration after be-
ing yelled all through Lent. In the
Greek church it has been known at
various times as The Pascha of the
Cross" The Preparation" "The Re-
demption," and The Day of the
Cross" and to these names the Latins
have added THE Day OF the Lords
Passion The Sixth Holy Day of the
Pascha." and many others. Good
Friday seems to be peculiar to the
English language.-Pall Mall Gazette.
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A Question.

Van Swagger-I say, old man, you
have no idea what stunning new car
I've got! Why, it runs so smoothly
you can't feel it at oil! Not bit OF
noise. no chugging-you can't hear a
sound And it's positively odorless-
can't spell thing! And as for speed
why. 1t fairly whizzes! You simply
can't see it go by!
Van Waggen-H'm. old man. Must
be a fine car! Can't feel 1t. can't
hear 1t, can't smell 1t, can't see it!
How do you know 1t is there?-Judge.
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ern nations and educational institu-
tons. All archaeologists at work in
the Turkish empire are obliged to
give the government first choice of all
their finds. In sharp contrast with
this wonderful museum is the fact
that all over Asia Minor priceless
archaeological relics in the way of in
scriDtions and statues, are to this day
being broken up and burned to make
lime for the villagers.
New Turkey must go long way be-
fore she finds herself standing in the
equality Of fellowship with the wide
awake and enlightened nations of the
world.
Copyright, 1911. by Joseph b. BowlesI
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Cynisca together again, the actress
held up her arms and, unconsciously
looking up at the gallery, cried out,
''The gods will. help met" To Miss
Anderson's surprise, all the occu-
pants of the gallery. as If by prear-
rangement, called out with one voice.
I'VE Wilt"
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