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University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-10-24

half an hour before had cheered the
double suicide on the films.
Toxic is full of temples, quaint
moss-covered stone edifices with gaud-
ily-colored or gilded roofs of tile. Of
ten the temples are on a hill, high
above the surrounding streets. In
their yards full of gnarled trees, with
foliage of beautiful green, stand lit
tie stone lamp holders in which at
dusk the priests hang lights. Upon
the benches in the gardens, benches
of limestone worn with age and upon
which the generations Of centuries
probably mediated, one may sit for
hours in undisturbed contemplation,
the only sound being the deep pro-
longed intonation of a bronze bell at
intervals or the "clact, clact" Of the
wooden sandals of some priest max
ing his way with bowed head across
the stones of the temple yard.
One of my most inspiring memories
Of Japan came through visit to one
Of these temple yards. Supposing in
imagination you follow me up the
high stone stairs just as dusk is
gently gathering, and sit on a bench
with me to better see the last streaks
of red fade out of the west. while over
the factory district a cloud of smoke
hOvers as if uncertain where to settle
for the night. The eye travels unob-
structed over hundreds of roofs COW
ering little one-story houses, some of
whose fragile screen sides are visible.
One by one. all about, they will sud
denly glow, while here and there
lighted Japanese lanters will appear
in gardens, over houses. and in the
streets-looking for all the world like
fireflies lowering over a swamp. AS
you watch the scenes of perspective
is suddenly lost-you feel like some
tiny insect sitting there in the center
of one vast opalescent star shining
out into the blue void-a companion
to those scintillating dots now appear
ing overhead.
And as you dream there cold wind
springs up from out in the bay and
you shiver in the light clothes which
the broiling sun of day makes neces-
sary. Abruptly realities again shape
themselves before you, and up from
the streets are again distinguishable
the sounds of city resting after its
day of toll. Predominant among the
noises was one I heard no where else
in the world-the shuffiing clatter of
the wooden sandals on the pavements
"a steady Niagara of distinctive
sound-like Tennyson's brook going
on for ever, apparently.
You descend to the street and be-
cause there is so little night life
among the masses in Toxic, hunt up
a hotel. AS you sit perhaps an hour
later. in your room, cross-legged on
cushion in your Japanese gown you
still hear that sound, growing less and
less in volume, however, as the crowds
thin out.
All at once. you are aware that
something is different. At first you
cannot explain what it is-then some
body clatters nOisily by your house
and you know that Toxic, paper city
of two millions, has gone to rest.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-10-24
Ten Years Ago.

The president of the University an
nounced that Wednesday, November Z,
Eugene Field Day, would be a holi-
day.
Champ Clark spoke at Stephens
Store on the Bible as literature.
The United States Treasury Depart
ment decided not to change the pro-
posed site of the new Columbia post
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-10-24
Echoes Of Yesterday.
Five Years Ago.

Assistant Attorney General N. T.
Gentry was in Columbia from Jeffer-
son City.
An art exhibit valued at s35,925 ar
rived in Columbia to be exhibited by
the Art Lovers Guild.
H. l.. Pierce. 'O5. had written a spir-
tied football song to the music of
Yankee Doodle Boy"
The five-mile liquor law was up
before Judge Evans in the circuit
court.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-10-24
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University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-10-24
TWO TELEPHONE SYSTEMS.

If you had one Watch tnat Olon
keep good time, would you carry two?
If you couldn't get along with your
wife would you marry another and
have the two? If you think you are
paying too much for your telephone
would you put in another and talk
over the two?
Some think that the solution of the
telephone situation is two systems. In
Columbia there is a certain number
of persons who have use for tele-
phone. This number will change lit
tie, no matter how many telephone
systems might be installed. This
means that two companies would di-
vide the patronage of the residences.
A part would be connected with one
system and the rest with the other.
There is no reason why two systems
would increase the residence tele-
phones to any great extent. All of the
merchants would have to be connected
with both systems in order to reach
their customers. There is little
doubt that the expense of two tele-
phones would be more than one at
the present time.
Competition is not the solution for
the telephone problem in this or any
other town or city. The expense is
increased and the service is thrown
into confusion. The best service can
be given by only one company. One
company with public regulation will
cure unsatisfactory treatment and abb
normal rates.
The Columbia City Council has a
right to regulate the telephone system
Of the town. But attempts at such
regulation usually result in suits in
court where it is necessary to prove
that the rates charged are too high.
This is not easy to do.
The three political parties declare
in their state platforms in Missouri
that they are in favor of establishing
a state commission for the regulation
Of public utility corporations. No mat
te, how the election goes it is almost
certain that this commission will be
established within the next six
months.
1t seems that Columbia would profit
by letting the telephone Investigation
rest a while. If this state board is
arranged for it will give all necessary
regulation accurately and at little ex-
pense. A properly regulated tele-
phone system surely is better than two
systems neither or Wnlcn may De reg
ulated State control will prevent
great deal of municipal expense. Col
urnbia can possibly profit by submit
ting the local telephone question to
that board if it is established.
When your watch doesn't keep good
time-just regulate it or get a new
one. Don't have two. If you and
Your wife have trouble you are al
ready wise enough to know that you
do not need two. If you scowl at the
telephone bill collector how would you
act if there were two?
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-10-24

q defective chain of reasoning as
easily as they can pick a hole In a
football line. The game is demanding
brains in a larger degree The strict
eligibility rules the men are COM
PEELED to observe may also be cref
tied with part Of the showing.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-10-24

Office. The selection of the site had
been under investigation.
The average ages of the students at
the high school were: Freshmen, IA;
sopohomores, 16; juniors, 16k; Sen
iors, II.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-10-24

Five hundred students at Drake Uni
versity held a night-shirt parade and
snake dance after brakes victory
over Kansas University Saturday.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-10-24

The annual report of the treasurer
of Yale university for the year 1911
IL shows that the total gifts and be-
quests amounted to $1,164,715.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-10-24

Major General Leonard A. Wood,
chief of staff of the United States
Army, will review the cadets of the
University of California this week.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-10-24

The seniors at Purdue University
wear corduroys to distinguish them.
selves from the other classes.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-10-24
From Other Colleges

The United States Marine band gave
two concerts at the University of Cal
ifornia last week.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-10-24

Women in the graduate school OF
the University Of Pennsylvania are
planning to acquire dOrmitOry in
which all graduate women students
may room.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-10-24

The women's department of physi
cal education at the University o.
Kansas has started several swimming
classes. Every woman student is ex
pected to learn to swim.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-10-24

The Columbia Club of Columbia
University will give a banquet this
week to it's athletes who competed at
Stockholm. Stereopticon views of the
1912 Olympic games will be shown.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-10-24

Congressman Mckinley of Illinois
has lent $4,000 to needy students at
the University of Illinois. The money
was lent without security but not a
penny was lost. He has now pre-
sented this amount to the University
as a permanent fund from which stu
dents can borrow. giving no other Sc
curity than their name.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-10-24

Those students at the University of
Missouri who used to persuade timid
freshmen to pay for University cata-
logues and student directories have
been outclassed at Kansas. A fresh
man was persuaded to pay % cents
at a recent class election for the priv
iledeg of voting.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-10-24

The Mask and Wig Club, theatri-
cal organization at the University of
Pennsylvania, has trust fund of
$4,000, the interest from which is
used in various university interests
and charities. This club has made
gifts of approximately 100000 to the
university.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-10-24

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University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-10-24

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Evening star., 1912-09-01
A Misrepresentation.

I TOWNSEND BURDEN, JR.. was talk
- ing about the interview on the CONF
mon people" that he gave out last month
In California.
''Of course" he said, that interview
misinterpreted my real views. am not
the sort of man that interview made me
out to be. In fact. the interview re-
sembIed Mrs. Smiths biscuit.
young Mrs. Smith said at dinner:
"T made big batch OF these biscuits
today
...Indeed YOU did, dear her husband
answered gravely.
WHY how do YOU know how big a
batcl made? she cried in surprise.
.'.I thought YOU said 'botcL,'" explains
ed Mr.. Smith.
Evening star., 1912-09-01

twenty minutes by steamer from the
town. The stage is merely fiat meadow.
thirty-seven yards by twenty-One, with
the towering Rigi behind it.
On this meadow, side by side, with
short spaces between, rise a temple, a hall
OF columns and a tower, all made of solid
material and permanent in construction.
The three buildings are used for different
scenes, and LOrenz boasts that they are
enough for almost any play. He proves
this by producing a long series of clas-
sical works, including the Bride of Mes
sina' na "oedipus'. ..,, Goetne's b .Iphisenia
sa sappho he Dssts Of
Hebbers Ring Of Gyges." Macbeth >
Midsummer Nights Dream" Comedy
of Errors" Ibsen and Hauptmann' $
'Sunken Bell" This mixed program IL
lustrates Lorenzs doctrine that the true
nature theater must play anything and
everything. 1t also proves his theory Of
architectural scenery" for the only ac-
cessories needed to the three buildings
were occasional plants and flowers, placed
merely for decorative effect.
Theatrical experience and idealism are
the secrets of the Hexenstein Theater's
great success. Lorenz, however, was dis
satisfied with the venture because the
theater is accessible only by water. Last
Minna Hoecker-Berens, an actress from
the Karlsruhe stage. and came to Ger
many. He conducted the Hussite OPEN
air plays at Bernau in Brandenburg, and
now Is engaged on his great scheme to
transfer the HeAenstein theater to some
central spot on the Rhine. and to make
it the model nature theater Of all Europe
The success Of Lorenz and of WachIer
has set scores Of other men to work. Last
summer the movement was being pushed
vigorously all over Germany and Austria,
and tiis year 1t is going ahead still fast
er. A fine nature theater has been opened
at Murnau in upper Bavaria: another at
Zoppot near Danzig dn this the crown
prince invested $1,000; and many others
, on the North sea and Baltic coasts and
in the mountains. The centenary Of the
death of Queen Louise Of Prussia was
celebrated with a series Of nature thea
ter plays at Wunsiedel in the Ffchtel
mountains.
The university towns are running ma
ture theaters with student actors. Berlin
last year had similar enterprises at Pots
dam and Pichelswerder. and this summer
Evening star., 1912-09-01

it was he who initiated and still manages
a theater in the Harz mountains. When
Wachler suggested his mountain theater
people laughed at him. and a cartoonist
drew a funny picture of a tired climber
with an alpenstock arriving at the sum-
init of a hill and asking for beer. to be
told only. we have no beer. but have
tickets for Wilhelm Tell !" Wachler
theater is now in being. 1t is built at
Thale. in the finest part of the Harz
mountains. The seats for 100 are ar
ranged on the natural amphitheater of
the witches dancing place" The stage
consists of beaten earth on foundation
of rubble. and the scenery of few
bushes and trees. There is no roof and
there is no curtain. but lately a small
covered auditorium has been built close
by for use in case of rain.
Wachler's theater is the most success
full in Germany SO far. 1t has proved
capable of producing both local and gen.
eI;tt plays. 1t plays sometimes Wachler's
own plays: has staged new plays by
other Germans. including first produc-
tions, and has a large repertory of the
classical drama. Its great triumphs are
"A Midsummer Nights Dream" the ia
vorite Of all nature theaters: Schi.ler's
Wa.lenSteln anu deUOelS > noloch.
1t lately made the experiment OF produc-
ing Klopstock's forgotten Battle OF
Arminius' This had never been p'ayed
in any German theater. About 14O years
ago Klopstock wrote that his ambition
was to have the Battle of Arminius"
played on a mountain in the Harz. and
through Wachler his ambition was at
last fulfilled.
Wachler finds great obstacles against
his dream of making the nature theater
local" 1t is always possible to get the
local stage and some local performers:
also every spot In Europe has enough his
tory and tradition to supply it with dra-
matte inspiration. The difficulty is to get
the dramatic talent. In the attempt to
realize the local idea the theater ele-
ment. which ought to be foremost, IS
submerged In the folk-art element, and
there is q, danger that nothing will result
Evening star., 1912-09-01

IN URING the last year, in produc-
I'D ing half a billion tons $ Of coal,
we wasted or left underground.
in such condition that it probably will
not be recovered in the future, quarter
of a billion tons of coal: We turned .oose
into the atmosphere quantity Of natural
gas larger than the total output OF artt-
fetal gas during the same period in all
the towns and cities of the United States !;
we also wasted or lost in the mining,
preparation and treatment Of other i'm
portant metalliferous and non-metallifer-
Gus minerals from 10 to 80 per cent of
the years production of such minerals
The above is the startling manner in
which DR. Joseph A. Holmes, director OF
the United States bureau of mines, de-
scribes some Of the losses in the yearly
production of two billion dollars worth
of minerals in the United States.
+
The words of the director are a general
summing up Of statement just issued
by the bureau in which an inventory of
the various mineral wastes are given,
and In which the bureau shows how mil
lions and millions Of dollars may be
through the right sort OF conservation OF
its resources.
The general statement, written by
Charles l. ParSon. chief mineral Chemist
of the bureau, contains the charge that
MANY valuable mineral deposits are lying
idle. while the products are being I'M
ported from other countries. Mr.. PAR
sons further declares that through
wasteful use Of certain OF the minerals
the ultimate exhaustion and dissipatioh
xt,a ivrar
erals OF today from the standpoint or the
race and In the light of present knoWl-
edge is in sight He urges that many
deposits Of ores Of such low grade thal
they cannot be mined today snou.d pe
left in position SO that they can De MIN
ed in the future. as many ores, former
Nv of too low grade to work with proht,
are now sources Of wealth. The wastes
of the past are daily being converted INTO
the dividends of the present. he declares
In referring to the waste in the mining
and use OF coal. Mr.. Parsons says:
1.-THE wastes of carbon in our moue,n
economy are almost incomprenenslpie.
In mining coal In this country prooaos
one-third OF the bituminous coal and one
half of the anthracite are LETT In the nine.
Fully $1,000 600 tons Of anthracite are now
being left behind In the mine eacn yeal'
and 1t Is estimated that since tninins oe
gan in this country fully two billion tons
Of anthracite and three billion tons OF
bituminous coal have been lett In Lne
ground under cond tions which make iu-
ture recovery highly improbable.
"After coal is mined the losses Dy no
means cease, although some or the cuim
that formerly went to waste by millions
Of tons is now being used. Probably not
over IL per cent OF the energy In coal Is
being effectively utilized. The remainder
of the energy is lost through the ineffi-
cheney of the steam boiler. the steam en-
CINE and the electric dynamo.
1T is estimated that the boiler scale in
locomotives alone in this country means
loss OF over 100000 tons Of coal an
nually. It has been shown that one-six-
teenth Of an inch OF scale means a loss
Evening star., 1912-09-01

THERE Are Six Such
i Theaters Around Berlin
Alone, and the Crown Prince
Has Invested in One Near
Danzig-New Theater's Tri-
umph Over Unnatural" One
Is Partly Due to Cheapness,
Best Seats in Many of the
Open-air Playhouses Being
Sold for a Quarter of Dollar
French Poet Mistral Is the
Real Father of the Nature
Theater, Which an Austrian
Critic Predicts Will Be the
Greatest Influence Upon Civ
ilization Since the Reforma-
ton.
Evening star., 1912-09-01

it along In addition Groben adds the
nature theater will triumph over the un-
natural theater, because of its cheap
ness The dearest seats in several OF
the German nature theaters cost only %
cents. and in some theaters-what is bet
ter still-there is low uniform price for
all seats
The nature theater is essentially either
a manifestation of genuine simplicity or
reaction against excessive artificfality
In Greece 1t was the former; nowadays IL
it Is the latter. That was why ii -four
ished in the eighteenth century. There
Evening star., 1912-09-01

at Herrenhausen in Hanover. and at
Rheinsberg in Prussia, where Frederick
the Great fiddled and wrote verses when
crown prince. The Rheinsberg open-air
theater is still kept upp 1t consists OF e
level space with walls and backgroun 4
of high clipped hedges and towef1n,
trees behind. At Pola In Austria there
is a plan to build an open-air theater
above the Adriatic with background ~
titanic rocks. That will follow the wis
dom OF the subtle Greeks. who loved to
build their stages high up in some spot
of beauty, with lookout across the in
comparable southern sea.
Copyright. 1912. by Curtis Brown
Evening star., 1912-09-01

NVVIT lIItI7, aIIu arc HdhIIIS sucH pTOg-
Tess that they threaten to drive the reSu-
lar theaters out OF business. This is part
OF the new movement toward garden
cities, toward villa colonies, airbaths
and sunbaths and mud cures; regenerative
reaction from the town. from the drink
saloon and the dancing hall.
In central Europe most professional
playhouses are IN bad way; in Berlin