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The Holbrook news., 1912-03-01
Electric Street Makes 'em All Dance

a companion toward the dancers. He slid across the wet sidewalk and clutched the dancers legs. Then he also began to dance.
 That's enough O that" shouted policeman, arriving, as usual, a little late. Move on there," he went on, pushing roughly toward the dancers. And then he, too, began to dance.
 There were four dancing now, and finally ore of the four was crowded into the gutter. It was the small boy.
 Say" he yelled, "they's electricity in that sidewalk. Them fellers is get ting a shock"
 By this time the first dancer had been crowded off the curb. That's the trouble" he said; pull those other two men out of there, will you?" The other dancers were pulled cff the walk.
 An inv estigation was started. A short circuited arc lamp and wet sidewalk had united to electrify a strip of pavement about six feet square. Every person who touched it got a jolt of the power intended for the arc. It held its victims like sticky fly paper. And then they danced.
The Holbrook news., 1912-03-01
Broadway Is Routed by Monster

sters ribs. xxi, yi!" screamed the wild thing, as it tore of down Broad way. At Fortieth street, two boys, with the foolhardiness of youth, tried to seize the animal by its stubby tail. The beast turned upon them and bayed horribly. Scores of witnesses say that both boys were bitten, but the unim' aginative police deny this.
 On to Thirty-ninth street, scattering pedestrians right and left, raced the great dog, if dog inded it was. At the corner 1t rubbed its horrid head against a freshly creased pair of trou- sers and emitted whine that was even more terrifying than its bark. The owner of the trousers sprinted through Thirty-ninth street, uttering cries of fear, and the beast raced mad ly after him.
 At Thirty-ninth street and Sixth avenue stands the Hotel Mumm. The trousers disappeared through the DOT tai of the cafe and the pursuing anil nal bounded after them. The cafe immediately was thrown into the widest confusion. The cigar case and many chairs and tables were over- turned, and the patrons of the place rushed for the exits. Mad dog!" they cried as they dashed into the street.
 Even the police were forced to ad- init then that the situation called for desperate measures. Patrolmen Nc Namara and Dobbins drew their revol vers. Dobbins shot straight and true, and the monster keeled over in the gutter.
The Holbrook news., 1912-03-01
Prof. McsorIey of seaford, L. Ia Crosses Them With Flying
 Fish.

Well, I guess I've got the scientists of the world ready to come to me for kindergarten instruction again" said Prof Aloysius Darwin Huxley Colum- bus McSorley of Seaford. L.. l., when he dropped into town today for his regular weekly visit to Broadway, says a New York correspondent of the Bos- ton Herald.
 Before the end of the week they'll have a dozen cigars, new automobile. a couple of aeroplanes and a com bined breakfast food and furniture polish named after me.
 This week I've finished job that think is worth while. 1 ain't going to give any exhibition of my latest hybrid, but, take it from me, 1t out hybrids anything in the hybridology line that ever was hybrided. That's going some, too, for my barking dog fish that used to catch channel cats was pretty near perfection and my collapsible mule was the wonder or the age for a time.
 You see, this latest thing in hybrid ology is the result of my getting the ITQ0umaIlCS ldSt lOlA 0A6GAA0 found this year that l wasn't as spry as I used to be and couldn't dig more than ton or so of soft shells before noon. and when I started to rake oysters in the afternoon l felt tuck cred out. That got me thinking.
 "T know that that twin of google eyed jelly fish who calls himself Prof Schneider of Goose Creek would hear about this, and began thinking how to have the laugh on him. Before next spring I can have my oysters gathered at daylight without getting out of bed.
 'T just went out and sailed the skin toward Barnegat until l run into school of flying fish. I netted the best looking ones and brought them home 1t only took couple of days for us tc get acquainted, and then. when they
The Holbrook news., 1912-03-01

desia, which is 300 miles inland and a Portuguese possession, MT. Joseph looked around and soon had bought 5000 acres of land at 50 cents an acre. They lived under the same conditions which prevailed in early Kansas days.
 After spending few months there MT. Joseph and his daughter returned to their home in Butler county. But the wanderIust still was not satisfied, so a year ago he gathered up all his family and they made the second trip, the old pioneer leading the way to the promised land. This time the party stayed during the summer, and when they came home brought Kaf- fir boy with them.
The Holbrook news., 1912-03-01

dashed of the cliff Evidently this was not its first lesson. for 1t hurled itself into a beautiful swoop and actually caught the prey before 1t reached the water.
 The youngster was not allowed to enjoy it, however, for down came the old bird, and with the utmost grace snatched 1t from the young one's grasp and ascended in rapid rings to the height of several hundred feet The discounted youngster. with some difficulty, returned to the rocky shelf.
 The old hawk repeated this maneu- yer, dropping the prey this time in frcut of number two
 The young all knew their lesson, for neither number one nor number three - -ntured' to stir It was number two 10 started in pursuit, and, like it's brother or sister, succeeded in inter rupting the falling prey before 1t reached the water
 The old hawk did as before. snatch ing the prey from her offspring. Ris- ing high in the air, she this time dropped 1t before number three. who' in turn, caught it. But number three
 not allowed to possess the prize
 old hawk now ascended to the shelf beside the young ones. tore the prey to pieces and proceeded to d. vide it equally among her hungry ana expectant progeny.-HArper's Weekly.
The Holbrook news., 1912-03-01

SOO-acre farm, one of the finest in his section of the state.
 MT. Wilson travelled extensively in this country and in many places sought of his relatives the wherea- bouts of his sister, but all in vain A short time ago he celebrated his seventy-second birthday, and then. feeling that age was at last coming on apace, he determined to make a final effort to see the sister from whom he had been separated for 6l years.
 MT. Wilson wrote to his brother in England, Isaac Wilson, seventy-six years old. who in turn wrote to his sister. Mrs. Martha Busby, who was still living on the old homestead in the north of Ireland. Through her 1t was learned that Mrs. Wallace was living in this city, and this informa- ton was sent to MT. Wilson. A few weeks ago he came to Baltimore.
The Holbrook news., 1912-03-01
Had AuntIe stumped.

sheldon and Huntley are twins, equally inquisitive and eke full of boy ish enthusiasm. Their Aunt Anne has especial charge of their religious train ing. in the course of which she has been at pains to tell them of the Lords omnipotence-
 ''Whatever exists" she told them. God made-the trees. and the now- CTS. the sun and the moon and the stars-everything everywhere.
 Mother" said Sheldon. on Sun day morning, viewing the preparar lions for airing the bedding, does God make everything?"
 "Yes, dear" was the reply. Ev- erything."
 "Does he make the beds. too2" was the next question.
 But there was none to answer
The Holbrook news., 1912-03-01

City of Kerouan. After Susa. the ruins of Thapsus are passed, where Julius Caesar smashed the power Of the Pompeian party; then the steam CT calls in at Mahedia, where Hannibal took ship after his flight from Garth age, now a pretty little town with modern improvements and the tn- evitable Hotel de France" Thence to Sfax. a much bombarded town, which put up fair fight against the French in 1881; and so to Gabes. place of Greeks and Jews, surrounded by oases and villages of Arab tent dwellers. Gabes is an oasis of gar dens and date palms, entwined by clinging vines. One can wander at will among orange, citron. almond. hg. and pomegranate trees, amid which run gurgling little waterways. From Gabes the southward Journey can bO continued to Djerba-the island of the Lotus-Eaters-of whom Homer sang in that Romance of the Youth of the World" the Odyssey
 Now whosoever did eat the honey sweet fruit of the Lotus had no moro wish to bring tidings, nor to come back, but there he chose to abide with the lotus-eating men, ever feeding on the lotus and forgetful of his home ward way"
 What was 1t, this lotus fruit. the fruit of forgetfulness? Commentators have covered reams of paper with the ory and conjecture. But this is what Sir Lambert Playfair says: Tt seems unnecessary to go out of ones way to search for the Homeric food The is- land Is covered with 1t. No greater blessing was ever bestowed by Prov idence on man, and no other fruit is SO all-suficient for human sustenance as the honey-sweet lotus of the an cients-the date of the modern Arab.
 Djerba is fertile and beautiful; the in habitants are gentle and quiet; ana growing on the island are one millions three hundred thousand date palms Let the winter resident or the casual tourist beware, therefore, how he iands
 on the Isle of the Lotus-Eaters lest he
 forget the homeward way!
The Holbrook news., 1912-03-01

fitted on hundreds of magnificent
 hes, delivered six million gallons
 water a day from the rocky heights
 zaghouan, far away in the south, in-
 Roman Carthage. The Vandal and
 Spaniard helped to destroy this
 at work, but there-indestructible
 Rome itself-stin stand hundreds of
 arches crossing the Valley of the
 Han. At the first sight of them one worG rises to the lips 'Rome!"
 The line of the great aQueduct points in the direction of the charm ing little town of Zaghouan, about forty miles from Tunis, the starting place of the aqueduct, "a pleasant spot, embossed in orange and fig trees. a wilderness of cactus, myrtle, rose laurel, and arbutus. with a tail palm here and there lifting its head into the clear sky" Zoghouan now boasts its Hotel de France" and Is becoming a favorite resort of winter visitors from all parts of Europe. bidding fair to be. on a smaller scale. for Tunis what Biskra Is for Algiers.
 The chief charm of Zaghouan lies in its Nymphaeum, 8 Roman semicir- cular colonnade and water temple, which once held the statue of the pro tecting divinity of the spring. The Nymphaeum, the spring head of the water supply of Carthage, is one of the most beautiful of the Roman re- mains of Tunisia, as charming in ar chitectural design as 1t Is in its con ception. What more fitting than sa- cred shrine at the fountain and origin of so benefcient a work? Tower ing above the desolate dwelling of the water nymph Is the vast peak of Ras- el-Kasa. It takes four hours to as- cend its 1000 feet of height, but when you stand on the summit you can see more than a half of the whole terri tory of Tunisia-
 Once settled in winter quarters in Tunis, the visitor has a bewildering choice of excursions. One of the most enjoyable is that by steamer south ward, along the coast of the Gulf oi Syrtis, touching at Susa, where one can land and take the rail to the Holy
The Holbrook news., 1912-03-01
At Your Peril.

An accident insurance company has placed in the elevators of several of- flee buildings the following notice; This elevator is limited to fourteen persons. All over that number riding on this car do so at their own risk New York Sun.
The Holbrook news., 1912-03-01
WrItIno on Finance.

An editor never feels more impor- tant than when he Is writing an able review of general financial conditions and trying to make 1t sound as if he had absolute mastery of the subject Columbus Journal.
The Holbrook news., 1912-03-01
N..d.d Eneouraaement.

The Young Doctor-''They tell me you are noted for encouraging your patients" The Successful Old Doctor -"Yes. Many of my wealthiest par tients think they are sick when there is nothing the matter with them-and I always encourage them"
The Holbrook news., 1912-03-01
RsIatIva Prominence.

'sThat distinguished guest made quite an impression in your communi- ty during his brief visit" "Yes," re- piled Farmer Corntossel; there were moments when he seemed nigh as inn portant as the chairman of the recep- ton committee"
The Holbrook news., 1912-03-01
How it Worked.

"How did that assembled car of yours work, Slithers?" asked Bildad. "Oh, like a good many other assem- bnes-when we got out on the road with 1t tkere'd always be some kind of a deadlock, and we couldn't pass anything" said Slithers.-Harper's Weekly.
The Holbrook news., 1912-03-01
Mot at Home.

A New York lawyer sent his oftice boy to deliver a note marked MT. Williams, Personal" In a few min utes the boy returned with his report MT. Personal was not in" he said
The Holbrook news., 1912-03-01

PennsyIvanIa's Natural Gas.
 Pennsylvania opened her first well oI natural gas in 1882. since which time the state has produced about one half the natural gas consumed in the United States.
The Holbrook news., 1912-03-01
Mystery.

Another thing-how do all the men who stand around and watch a sky scraper being built make living at it?-Galveston News.
The Holbrook news., 1912-03-01
Fat and RIqht Reverend.

No power shall extract from us the name of the portly bishop who is now known to the irreverent as Weight and See."-London Punch.
The Holbrook news., 1912-03-01

or dusty, the plants should be put in the bathtub on their side and gently sprinkled with bath spray.
The Holbrook news., 1912-03-01

Bronze Replacing Brass. Bronze is taking the place Of brass in the hxings of railroad passenger coaches.
The Holbrook news., 1912-03-01
nLook-out Mountain"

Better pull down the window cur tains," said the guest at the mountain hotel to his wife; remember the mountain peaks. Transcript
The Holbrook news., 1912-03-01
A Word to the FooIIsh.

Borrow trouble for yourself, If that's your nature, but don't lend IL IO your neighbors.-Rudyard Kiping.
The Holbrook news., 1912-03-01
Avoid Redundznce.

Where ten words suffice to expreel . thought eleven are too many
The Holbrook news., 1912-03-01

Fols ire
The Washington herald., 1912-03-10
High school Director. Meet.

The regular monthly meeting OF the
directors of the Washington, d. c.. High
School Bank was held Friday afternoon
President Cooper gave a brief review of
the bank since its organization last Oe-
tober, and showed the. profits that have
been made. Mr.. Noetzel and Mr.. Freud
berg. directors. discussed the best meth
DDS OF getting in touch with prospective
depositOrs, and Afr. Allan Davis. princi-
pal of the school gave an interesting
talk on the qualities most desired in the
successful banker. He gave as examples
number Of the leading bankers of
Washington. and pointed out those traits
OF character and personality which have
brought about their success In their
chosen lines. go.
Miss Ruth Fitton, cashier, presented
her monthly statement. showing that the
present worth and net dspos2s OF the
bank amount TO. t3Os7.5T. The net depos-
its alone amount TO S2.95S5. an increase
for the month of more than 500. The
report Of A. r. Finch. vice president.
showed that the bank had more than 5oO
depositors. 400 OF whom are pupils Of
the school --s 7r
The Washington herald., 1912-03-10

through the open easement, and behold.
the white flag still floats on Godfrey
Ruders caravel II is another ship that
has raised the somber signal
So they now set out together. bringing
flowers and love to the dying man, who
Is allowed to take the Princess Mellis-
sinda in his arms and kiss her lips and
golden hair, before the final summons
comes The end is a holy retreat for the
Princess OF Dreams and, a pilgrimaSe for
the sadly grieying Bertram OF Allemanon.
and the concluding words are by the
princess: "All great loves end In heaven.
Some of the poetic virtue OF the French
is inevitably lost in the translation, but
the blank verse OF Mr.. Parker conveys
In commendable fashion the gem Of the
spirit in the romance, and the cast in
Fterpret II admirably. As said before. The
Lady of Dreams Is next to ideal for
the dreamer. but for the practical, hard
headed, bacon-and-eggs mamie had bet
ter stay away, unless he wants to be-
come an iconoclast The Lady Of
Dreams" Is strictly for the idealists.
"The Greyhound.-
The underworld. as depicted by Arm
strong and Mizner. never falls to fasci-
nate. and THE Greyhound" Is no ex-
ception. They present US at the start
with a band Of crooks In San Francisco.
The chief one. known TO associates by
the title role OF the play. deserts a vir-
tuous wife and later attempts to kin her
by a bogus poison suicide pact. He
gets hunch" that he can work q
certain rich family crossing the ocean
and he brings aboard with him all his
retinue of criminals, including a fake
baroness, which part is played by Miss
Elita Proctor Otis! Besides the wealthy
family. many other passengers are
fieeced during the voyage, on the ocean
greyhound, but In the end a detective.
former crook. comes into the story. He
allows himself to be inveigied into q
poker game, and he stacks the cards for
the young millionaire who had been the
chief scapegoat up to that time. The
youngster holds queen high straight
flush against the Greyhound's four aces
you can guess the result The Grey
hound. who doesn't know that his wife
had recovered and Is on board the same
boat being made love to by the detective.
imagines he sees her specter and is
frightened SO much that he Jumps into
the water. Cries Of ."man overheard
are ringing out when the curtain drops.
There are many twists and turns as
well as ludicrous complications In the
play, which is essentially melodrama 6f
the most impossible variety. But this is
what the authors intend, and they sue
ceed in providing q red-hot entertain
ment. Those who are exceptionally good
in the cast are Henry Kolker, as the
Greyhound: Robert Mcwade. jr., as the
detective: Douglas J. Wood. Miss Elita
Proctor Otis, and Jay Wilson. While II
IS hard TO imagine squeezing the Maure-
tania onto the stage OF the Astor Thea
ter. the setting Up Of the production Is
first class, and the thing as a whole
should meet with long continued success,
due largely TO its unceasing action.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-10
NEEDED HIS PRAYERS.
Function of Chaplain of the British
House of Commons.

FTom The Cardih Nail
One of the stories told by Mr.. Spencer
Leigh Hughes in his speech in the House
OF Commons the other night tickled
everybody. II is the story OF the small
boy who was watching the Speakers pro-
cessiOn as IL wended its way through
the lobby. First came the Speaker and
then the chaplain, and next the other
officers.
who. father, is that gentleman" said
the small boy. pointing TO the chaplain.
That, my son." said the father, lis the
chaplain Of the House"
Does he pray for the members?" asked
the small boy.
The father thought a minute. and then
said. NO, my son; when he goes into
the House. he looks around and sees the
members sitting there. and then he prays
for the country"
The Washington herald., 1912-03-10

apparently is launched on a protracted
run In this production. as are also the
other members OF a well selected COM
pany.
"The Lady of Dreams"
Whatever dreamers there may still be
in our midst will find the realization OF
their hopes In the beautiful play now be-
ing shown ut the Hudson Theater NJ.
Rostand has reached the highest note of
poetic vision in The Lady Of Dreams"
and Nine. Simone responds to tie es-
thetic demands with surprising insight.
Julian L'Estrange and A. Z. Anson also
feel the key OF the poets intent and
radiate the romanticism of the lines.
The tale is woven about a fragment
OF legend or OF history found in a pro-
vincial manuscript OF the thirteenth CEN
tury. Upon this legend, though, using
the main thread Of II. Rostand has al
lowed his fancy TO linger. building a
richly cOlOred romance OF Geoffrey Ru-
del. II troubadour of France, who dreamed
of a beautiful princess of the Orient, and
fell in love with her, sang her praises In
his songs, and at last set sail in his
caravel TO find her. Pirates barred the
way across the main. storm and wreck
retarded his progress. and the tToubadQur
is taken i'll and lay dying. The crew
-
with the enthusiasm of their master.
kept at the oars until at last land is
sighted. But the troubadour is too i'll to
move: Il seems that he must die
without ever seeing the fair face of the
lady OF his dreams. ...
Then Il Is that Bertram Of Allemanon.
another troubadour and knight, and Geof-
frey's best friend. swears TO bring the
princess to the caravel, sets out in a small
boat and at last arrives at her palace, to
find the way blocked by savage knight
in verdant armor. who holds her un-
willing captive, to await the coming OF
his lord. the emperor. who means to
marry her.
Whereupon the brave and loyal Ber-
tram fights his way to the princess pres
ence. sings the love songs Of his friend
to her greedy ears, and is at first mis-
taken for the troubadoT himself. whose
verse she has long since heard. and for
whom she too has felt a deep longing.
And now II Is Bertram whom the princess
lcves-lOves so much, indeed. that when
he bids her sally forth with him to seek
his dying comrade she refuses and tempts
him TO stay behind
The sailors have promised to hoist a
black sail II Geoffrey Rudel dies, and
as tine lovers lie swooning in each others
arms there is a cry from without. A
galley in the harboC. The news strikes
terror TO the soul Of Bertram. who feels
that he has betrayed his friend. 1t chilIs
the passion OF the princess.
Finally they take courage TO look
The Washington herald., 1912-03-10
normal SCHOOL Gil. pu.,.

Normal SCHOOL girls are concentrating
all Of their energies on the recapitulation
of the work OF the second semester.
which closes wednesday. Each year Is
divided into three semesters and, reports
are issued by the principal showing
standing in studies, general aptitude for
teaching, and results obtained In the
practice room.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-10

Mile. Bert Angere. that sensational
dancer" from Paris, whose engage
ment at the Winter Garden has just
begun, is shown at the left. her -unusu-
ally daring costume setting of her
wonderful figure to great advantage.
On the right Is presented n scene from
The Truth Wagon" George Mack ION
the lefO and Max Figman, who starred in
special bulldog edition performance
at so D. m. for New York morning
newspaper men. at Daly's Theater. Be-
low is Miss Elita Proctor Otis. who
played the part OF the fake baroness In
The Greyhound" latest weird produc-
tion OF Paul Armstrong and Wilson
Miner, depicting the underworld on
board an ocean liner. at the Astor The
ater.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-10
FRANCE HAS A MARY WALKER
Nine. Dieulafoy Long Ago Assumed
the MaacuIine Attire.

Prom the Detroit Free Pres
France refused to be outdone by the
United States in its distinction OF having
n DR.. Mary Walker. Nine. Dieulsfoy is
the only woman in France who has the
legal right to wear mems clothes. She
is much younger than DR.. Walker, be-
ing only n little more than fifty, and
she has worn masculine apparel since
1881. finding it better and more con-
venient in her work than skirts.
Nine. Dieulafoy is the most feminine
of women. however. and is happily mar
ried TO Marcel Dieulafoy, an engineer Of
Paris, who she often assists in most
practical ways. She wears her hair cut
short, parted on the side, and every
detail OF her costume is of the most cor
rect style.
Her portraits give no hint of her sex,
and she makes no concession TO woman's
dress, as does DIR. Walker, who often
wears fur cape atop her overcoat.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-10

Visiting Nurses Association provides
the services Of q trained nurse, Miss
Nanzhof. In the schools OF the Sixth d.
vision three days Of each week. Her
work has Dsen especially helpful in dis
The Washington herald., 1912-03-10

Senior and Junior, boys of Tech heard
DIR. Earle Whey in, "a rlsin talk 70
boys" "Wednesday. morning Dr.. weich,
from the woman's College. Baltimore,
win give a talk along the same lines 70
the girls in the. near future. -. -,
The Washington herald., 1912-03-10

A meeting Of the Principals Associ-
alton, Miss Given, president, has been
called for Tuesday. March l. 49,