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Evening star., 1913-04-20
DANCING.
Forcing Plants With Radium.
From Harper's Weekly.


Prof. Heinrich Molisch, the famous
Austrian botaniist. who has been expert
menting with the growth of plants for
many years, has been working on the eff
feet of radium emanations upon the rest
ing buds of trees. He placed small tubes
containing preparation of radium
against the terminal buds Of lilac bush
for from one to two days. After a certain
length of time the buds that were treated
opened, whereas the others remained in
the resting state. After a treatment of
twentyfour hours with tube containing
4G.2 mlligramS of pure chloride of
radium, the buds opened a month later,
instead of in the following spring. This
method of forcing had the disadvantage
of acting unevenly upon the bud, so that
one part was affected more than others.
Instead of placing the tube against the
buds. he then tried other experiments in
which the radiations were made to act
upon the buds: and In these tests the
results were more nearly uniform.
Curiously enough, the effect of the en-
nations or of the radium could be OBJ
tanned only II the buds We're treated in
the latter part of November or in De-
cember. After treatment in September
or October there was no result whatever
On the other hand, if the treatment was
DELAYED until January or February when
ing to a close, there was no acceleration
evident. Indeed, in some cases the effect
of the radium was actually to retard the
development. This would indicate that
the bud may not be completely formed in
the autumn until several weeks after the
leaves have fallen from the tree.
To produce any effect at all. the treat
ment must not be too short for there is
a point below which the radum seems tC
have no influence upon the plant what
ever Nor may the treatment be too pro-
longed, for in that case the plant seems
to be injured. These results are similar
to those obtained in experiments made to
find whether and to what extent the win
ter buds can be forced by ether vapor
and by warm water. Similar positive re-
suits were obtained with several other
plants. such the chestnut, the tulip
tree the Norway maple and others. Some
plants, however remained Indifferent to
the treatment; among these were the
ginko or Japanese ''maidenhair-fern pine
tree" the plane-tree. the beech. and the
lime. The beech and the lime also failed
TO gives results when treated with ether
and win warm water.
Evening star., 1913-04-20
LITTLE BEDTIME STORIES
JOHNNY CHUCK TELLS PETER
RABBIT HIS TROUBLES.
BY Thornton w. Burgess.

Johnny Chuck sat on his doorstep
| with a heavy heart 1t was now two
DAYS since he had seen Farmer Browns $
bow carry off one. of his three baby
Chucks. the one who had been the big
gest strongest and smartest. and, alas.
the one who hadn't minded. So Johnny
Chuck's heart was heavy. FIe could
think of nothing but that lost baby.
You see Johnny Chuck had been very
proud. very proud indeed of him, and now
he didn't know what had become of him
or what dreadful thing might have hap
pened to him. Way down on the edge of
the old orchard he caught just glimpse
of bright blue coat Sammy Jay was
down there. Johnny's eyes snapped
angriy.
Its all his fault. every bit his fault
he muttered. IF it hadn't been for hin,
Farmer Browns boy wouldn't have
known anything about my house. l hate
Sammy Jay"
In his sorrow and trouble Johnny
Chuck had quite forgotten how only a
few days before Sammy Jay had given
him warning that Farmer Browns boy
was coming. There was no room in his
heart for anything but anger when he
thought of Sammy Jay. 1t is true that
1t really was Sammy Jays fault in part
If Sammy Jay hadn't told Reddy Fox
about Johnny Chuck's new house Reddy
might not have found 1t. And if Reddy
hadn't found it and hidden close by to try
TO catch Johnny Chuck, Sammy jay
wouldn't have had chance to call Bow
ser the Hound and Farmer Browns boy
over there to give Reddy a scare. And
if-wel, if Sammy Jay had not been so
fond of mischief there might not have
been any trouble at all. That's the worst
of miSchef-no one knows where it is
going to end 1t may seem quite harm
less in the beginning and then bring some
great trouble to some one as 1t had in
this case.
Start a ball to rolling down little HILL
'Tis vain to try to stop it from rolling
where it will.
That's the way with mischief 1t is
easy enough to start, but oh, SO hard to
stop.
Now, though Johnny Chuck wouldn't
have believed it if he had been told,
Sammy Jay actually was sorry that the
mischief he had started had brought all
this trouble to Johnny. Usually Sammy
Jay doesn't care how much trouble he
makes. In fact, the more he makes the
more he seems to enjoy life. But this
time he was truly sorry. You see. he
had had SO much fun watching those
three little Chucks learn their lessons
in the funny little school in the old or
chard that he didn't like to think of
harm coming to any of them. He knew
Johnny Chuck, so he flew down to his
favorite hemlock tree in the Green For
est to try to think Of some way to try
to undo the mischief he had done.
Johnny Chuck wouldn't listen to me.
but perhaps he would to Peter Rabbit.
Il ri Dnto TO, hn fri. do
Evening star., 1913-04-20
Paulist Choristers April 20.

The Paulist Choristers of Chicago will
give a concert at the Columbia Theater
Tuesday afternoon, April %. under the
local management of r. Arthur Smith.
They will present as unusual a spectacle
on the concert stage as they did in the
streets OF Paris in May, 1912, when with
their vestments they led procession of
200 musical organizations from the Place
de la Concorde to the Bastile. The full
chorus numbers 10 voices, both men and
boys, two-thirds of them being between
nine and fifteen years of age. The soprano
section has a range of two octaves and
seven notes. II will be interesting to
note the ease with which these boys in
terpret an Italian motet of the early cen
turics, Il German part song. a Neither
lands madrigal or brilliant fTenol
fugue. An audience with the Pope. from
whom they received praise and blessings
for their extraordinary work. was a MEN,
orable event of their European tour.
Evening star., 1913-04-20
"All for the Ladies"

Sam Bernard. "All for the Ladies' and
ITS Permissible" are the names on the
bill at the Belasco Theater next week.
when all of the above arrive direct from
tire Lyric Theater in Manhattan for
one weeks stay after five-month en-
ga cement
All for the Ladies' is an adaptation
from the French farce ''Aime des
FemmeS, original with Hennequin and
AmericaniZed for local audiences by Hen
~ Blossom, who is also responsible for
the lyrics, TO which Alfred G. Robyn
has furnished an appealing score with
many catchy numbers.
In the company presenting this musical
farce. which has a plot and possesses
many other novel features. are Adele
Ritchie. Alice Gentle, Louis Meyers,
Margery Pearson, Amy Leicester, Edna
Earuthers. MillerShip sisters, Teddy
Webb, George A. Schiller and Stewart
Baird.
Evening star., 1913-04-20
"A Butterfly on the Wheel. .

A Butterfly on the Wheel" which was
one Of three plays to run all of last sea-
son in New York the others being
"Bunty" and Bought and Pair For'),
will have its first stock presentation at
Polls next week. This is the play which
has been talked about so much on ac-
count of its realistic trial scene which
occurs in the third act. Mrs. AdamSton,
wife of member of parliament. COM
mits trivial indiscretIon and is sued for
divorce.
The wife. frail.. in fact a typical social
butterfly" is shown on the stand. AL
though entirely innocent of the charges
against her. the prosecuting attorney
tries to prove her guilty and the examina-
tion. which is most severe, taxes the
woman to such an extent that in the end
she collapses. The scene is one of pow
erful dramatic force
Evening star., 1913-04-20
THE American Beauties

Cook and Lorenz, prominent as musical
comedy comedians, come to the Gayety
next week at the head of their own bur-
lesque company known as The American
Beauties The will offer two one-act
farces, with music. the first showing
Ladies Shop and the second New
Year Eve at the Cabaret Gone Mad"
The vaudeville portion OF the entertain
ment will be furnished by Cook and
Lorenz. May St. Clair. the Musical Har-
monists. Tiny Rainbow, Edward Linde-
man. Holdn and Brandon. Thomas
Glenroy and James NJ. Hughes. \ large
and attractive chorus will be a feature.
Evening star., 1913-04-20
His House in Order.

Arthur Wing Pinero's comedy in four
acts. His House in Order" will be pre-
sented at the Columbia Theater as the
third offering of the Columbia Players,
beginning Monday, April 2s. When the
play was first produced in London in
1905 it was regarded as one of the most
important productions on the British
stage. 1t was therefore not surpris-
ing that with it John Drew should have
duplicated its English success and
ings in the history of the Empire
Theater. The play will be given a fine
production.
Evening star., 1913-04-20
Academy Stock Company April %.

Starting Monday, April 2S. the Acad
emy will inaugurate a supplementary
season of stock under the direction of Ed
w. Rowland. jr., who will present a num-
Der of big scenic melodramas. The prices
for the supplementary season will be
10, 20 and 20 cents for the evening per-
formances and at the matinees which Will
be given Tuesday, Thursday and Satur-
day all seats will be 10 cents. The open
ing bill will be a western play entitled
The Cowboy and the Thief from the
pen Of j. Wendell Davis, western news
paper man.
The western country is place of stir
ring scenes and actions, and The Cow
boy and the Thief is said to be brimful
@. thrilling climaxes interrupted with
wholesome comedy and plenty of heart
interest.
Evening star., 1913-04-20
Girls Make Good Farmers.

From Lesle'S
Girls have shown themselves better
practical farmers than boys. The boys
corn raising clubs organized by the Agrl-
cultural Department several years age
proved very successful, but this success
has been eclpsed by somewhat similar
clubs for girls more recently organized
Such is the statement of the Agricultural
Department, in its report upon the move
ment to instruct girls in the art of rails
ing vegetables and fruits and the work
of canning them. More than 2o.UtO girls
have been enrolled in these clubs. O..la-
homa girls hold the record, having raised
and canned this year ninety varieties OF
fruits and vegetables. 1t is inspiring to
think of 5000 strong, healthy girls,
learning first to produce and then to can
their products, an army of young girls
learning to do something that is worth
while, all happier for what they have
done and better fitted for the work of
housekeeping and home making by their
summer experiences.
Evening star., 1913-04-20
Miss Shreve's May Carnival.

The Palace of Dreams" which will be
presented by the pupils of Miss Cora B.
Shreve. the evenings of May 3. and Z.
at the National. is an operetta set in
three acts entitled The Golden Gods
the Cabaret Scene and the Garden
Palace 1t is promised far to surpass
in scenic effects and artistic rendition her
previous productions. Among the num-
bers which will be rendered by Juvenile
performers are the Telephone Song.
the Dance of the Demons. the Spanish,
Russian and Grecian dances, ballet
dances and Echoes from the Troth."
Morgan A Sherwood. the stage manager,
is perfecting the scenic and electrical ef-
fects. Tickets are on sale by Miss
Shreye's pupils. at her home, 1913 L
street northwest. and at 1903 eth street
northwest.
Evening star., 1913-04-20
Fire Without Flames.
From the Chicago Tribune.

rom the ChIcagO IrIDune
An engineer has invented way to have
fire without flame. His apparatus consists
OF a porous plate or mass of fire resisting
fragments within which he mikes inflam-
mable gas and air in the right proper
tions. When the gas is first turned on
and lighted it burns with flame at the
surface of the plate.
When the flame is turned on the flame
disappears, but the heat increases. A
temperature of 500 degrees is claimed.
Just what use of this invention can be
made IS yet a question.
Evening star., 1913-04-20
He Had Heard.
he Chicago Record Herald.

From the Chicago Record Herald
II have been talking to you for an
hour, his wife complained, land l don't
believe you can repeat a word I've said"
.Oh. yes. 1 can he replied Il can re-
peat a number of words you've said.
distinctly remember hearing you say:
She said,' and I said and Il always
thought she was that kind
Evening star., 1913-04-20
The Colors of Grapes.
From Harper's Weekly.

The dark-red color OF certain grapes is
due to compound of tannin which all
varieties of the vine contain. The color
seems to depend on the combined action
of the air, light and heat. The change
in color is produced naturally in the vine
by means of a specific ferment which
carries the oxygen of the air to the grape.
These ferments are often the agents of
coloring in vegetable substances, as they
Evening star., 1913-04-20

are often seen in apples and in potatoes
which have been cut open and thus ex-
posed to contact with the air. The grapes
that are white on maturity owe the abb
sence of coloring to the absence of this
ferment.
Evening star., 1913-04-20
Easy.

From the Baltimore American.
Teacher-Is there anything you know
of. children, which expands with cold and
contracts with heat?
Class Tin unison)-Yesm. Ice.
Evening star., 1913-04-20
A City for 2,663 Years.

1t is an interesting fact that while
Rome has been a city for all these 1853
years. on one occasion she was utterly
bereft of inhabitants. This was early in
the middle ages. The barbarians were
expected. Word was sent out that in
somuch as no defense could be made,
everybody, men, women and children,
should move up the river. Not a soul
was left within the city limits for more
than twenty-four hours.
Under Augustus the population of
Rome numbered nearly 6.Oo0OOO. Then
il went down TO the minimum limit of
1900 in the middle ages. to rise slowly
again until II is now $4,000 This is an
increase of about 1900 yearly for the
last ten years.
The supposition of most people that the
word Roma comes from Romulus is er-
roneous Romulus comes from Roma.
The original colony was called Roma.
from Rumon, river, meaning The town
of the river and its head, or leader, was
Romulus The man of the town Of the
river" SO that after all Romulus did
exist, though Remus is still to be ac-
counted for.
Evening star., 1913-04-20

If you want work read the want col
umns of The Star.
Evening star., 1913-04-20
ROME ONCE VACATED
DURING ITS LIFETIME
City Has Just Completed Celebration
of 2,663d Anniversary of
Foundation.

Special Correspondence of The Star.
ROME, April 6, 1913.
The city of Rome has just completed
the celebration of the 2.663d anniversary
of its foundation. This places the birth
of the city In the year 80 B: c..
1t was Marcus Terenzius Varrone who
first advanced the theory, founded upon
patient research, that the corner stone of
the city that in after years came to be
known as the Mistress of the World was
laid at the end of the third Year OF the
sixth olympiad; in other words, 100 years
before the birth of Christ.
Ancient Romans used to celebrate the
city's anniversary by fetes in honor of
the Goddess Pale, protectress of shep-
herds. These observances were supposed
to have been originated by Romulus him
self. Then later came the "1-udi Secu-
lares. or feast of the century, held at
the beginning of each new century. In
1890 King Humbert and Queen MarShe-
rita took part in these ObSeryanceS.
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-31

CYCLE EXPLODES:
EIGHT ARE KILLED
Score of Persons Incur Burns
When Racing Machine Blows
Up in Collision

CINCINNATI. O.. July a0.-Two per-
sons are dead, six will die before morn
ing. one other is probably fatally
burned and II are seriously injured as
the result of motorcycle accident at
the Lagoon motordrome across the
river from this city, tonight
Odin johnson of Salt Lake City. cap
tain of the Cincinnati team. drove lis
cycle to the extreme top of the circular
track, crashed into an electric light
pole broke 1t off and the contact Of
the live wire with the machine ex-
ploded the gasoline tank, throwing the
burning fluid over score of spec
tators.
Johnson paid the penalty with his
life. while William Davis. aged 8 years.
also is dead
Six 5othess. two women and -four men.
can not live until morning. while others
are registered at the Kentucky hospital
as in serious condition
That a large number of others. who
can not be located tonight were burned
is almost a certainty
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-31
$250,000 THEFTS
WORRY RICH FOLK
Millionaire Colony al Narragan-
seH Pier Hires Sleuths to Trail
Diamond Burglars

|. NARRAGANSETT PIER. r. l.. July
berries a. shore Acres and the Rum
sey cottage. which netted the thieves
almost s250.0O summer residents here
have adopted extraordinary precau-
tions. It is. likely that the special
police force organized for the Summer
colony some years ago and later dis
banded will be established
The loss to Mr.. and Mrs Charles
Rumsey is rariously estimated at from
$4,000 to s115,000. Mr.. Rumsey would
add nothing to the original announce
ment that Jewels of great value had
been taken. though from another SOURCE
came a denial that more than one neck
lace had, been stolen
John H. Hanan is seriously i'll at
"Shore Acres" and the news of the
robbery of his wffe's boudoir has been
withheld from him. Mrs Hanan would
not set a figure on the value OF the
Jewels stolen and the estimate of $780,
600 really is The guess of a jewelry
expert
No one knows how many private de-
tectives are here, but at least three
agencies have been called upon for
their best operatives. All the railway
stations and wharves are being watched
In the hope that the thieves may have
been unable to leave town.
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-31
|COMMIT TEE VOTES
FAVORABLE REPORT
| ON He TCH He TCHY
Chairman Now Will Request
Bills Consideration at
This Session as Ener-
gency Measure
fsrecial Dispatch 10 The CALI

tsI.ecial Dispatch TO The CALI
WASHINGTON. July 30.-The house
public lands committee today unani-
mously voted to favorably report the
Hetch Hetchy water right bill, and the
measure will go tomorrow to the house
democratic Caucus from Chairman Fer
ris with the request that the caucus
allow the house to consider the bill at
this session as an emergency measure.
Representative underwood's sugges-
tion that San Francisco must pay the
federal government for use of the water
and the right of way for an aqueduct
was adopted
This amendment provides that after
the first five years the city shall pay a
rental Of $4,000 annually for 10 years.
$4,000 annually for. the next 10 years
and $4,000 each year thereafter.
Underwoods amendment meets all
objections raised in the house and sem
ate against the method of payment by
the city to the government
Other amendments include:
The secretary Of the interior or the
secretary of agriculture must approve
all changes in locations of reservoirs,
conduits, pole lines, etc.
All structures concerning the water
supply to be of a design TO harmonize
with the surrounding landscapes, all
roads built by the city to and around
Hetch Hetchy must be maintained by
San francisco.
The city must supply water at cost
to the Presidio and other army posts
that may be built in future.
The city shall not sell electric energy
to corporations or individuals who can
resell it at profit. The city. however
can sell to consumers.
No tax shall be levied on power for
municipal purposes.
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-31
CASTRO LEADS REVOLT
TO REGAIN OLD POWER
Deposed President of Venezuela Re-
ported Back In Country, Uprfsing
Begins

BOGOTA, Columbia, DULY 30.-Active
revolutionary movements IN Venezuela
and the invasion of that country sim
ultaneously al various points on the
Columbian frontier by adherents of
former President Cipriano Castro are
reported by the newspapers here. The
Columbian government is observing
complete neutrality
1t is rumored that the town of Coro,
in the state of Falcon. Venezuela. has
been occupied by partisians of Cipri-
eano Castro and that General Leon Ju-
RADIO, governor of Falcon has been
taken prisoner by them.
1t is said that i Castro landed in
Venezuela yesterday. A number of
the former presidents followers. In
cludmg two of his young nephews. Sc
cretly embarked here todayo for Core
The political situation in Venezuela
is generally regarded as critical.
Scores of important personages have
been imprisoned
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-31
LAKE MICHIGAN is
CROSSED BY LANE
Harold +. Mccormick Flies From Lake
Forest to Grant Park,
Chicago

CHICAGO. July 30.-Harold T. Nc
Corntfck made a. successful fight in
his new hydro-aeroplane today from
his summer residence in Lake Forest
over the waters of Lake Michigan to
Grant park, Chicago. a distance of 80
miles. Mr. Mccormick made the trip
in % minutes. or at a speed of more
than a mile a minute. The machine
was driven by Charles c. Wilmer The
flight was at an average height of
about SO feet
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-31
Mrs. PIatt Pleads Ignorance

OAKLAND. July 2s.-Mrs Eva Platt,
wife of Henry Platt, accused of embez-
ziing $4,000 from the California Pacific
Title Insurance and Trust company of
San Francisco, said that she did not
know of her husbands Whereabouts or
know anything of his alleged thefts.
Mrs. Plat and9 the three children bave
closed up their Rome at 1924 Mitchell
street, East Oakland. and are staying
with herosister. Mrs. Mcpherson. 5000
East Twenty second street, East Oak
land
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-31
JUDGE GRILLS SCORCHERS
He Sentences Reckless Automobilist to
100 Days in Jail
Especial Dispatch 10 The Call

Especial DISPATCH 10 TIC CaIII
OAKLAND. July S0.-"A drunken
man driving an automobile is more
dangerous than a man walking a street
with a loaded cannon with aohair trig-
ger" said Justice of the Peace r. 3.
Tappan Of Alameda, sitting for Police
Judge George Samuels today in sem
fencing Frank Cozzens. who drove his
automobile into Hanrahan's saloon,
Twelfth street and Broadway. yester-
day to 100 days in the city prison for
driving an automobile while intoxi-
Gated.