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The Washington times., 1913-10-09
Stealing Raincoat Worse
Than Theft Of Umbrella

The crime Of stealing raincoat is
a trifle more heinous than borrow
ing" an umbrella, in the opinion Of
Chief Justice Clabaugh. who SEN
fenced John Nelson to two years in
the penitentiary today for taking Il
raincoat and some other property.
Attorney Michael F. Mangan pleaded
that Nelson had previously had an
excellent reputation. and the court
suspended sentence pending the good
behavior of the young man.
The Washington times., 1913-10-09
Aid To Farmers.

With the idea of helping the farmer
to plan his various farm operations sys-
tcmatically and in advance. the office
of farm management OF the Plant in
dustry Bureau. Department of Agric,ll-
ture, has prepared figures showing an
average days work In practically all
the phases of field cultivation on the
farm.
The Washington times., 1913-10-09
General Hoyt Retires.

was retired today on account of age,
being siIty.four years old Maj Gen
Lsonard Wood. chief Of staff Of the
United States army. is receiying con-
sratulations today on his flfty-third an
niyersary. Senator Henry I. Myers
from Montana. Is fifty-one, and Senator
Wesley L. Jones of Washington Is fifty
years old today. william Loeb, it,.
sseretary to former President Roosevelt.
and later collector of the port Of New
York, Is forty-seven today.
The Washington times., 1913-10-09
Thiry-Six Are Hurt
When Cars Leap Track

NEW ORLEANS. La. Oct. 9.-Thirty-
SIX persons were injured. twelve serious
ly. wheE New Orleans and North
eastern excursion train was wrecked a
miles from Winnisboro. La. The train
WAS carrying hundreds to a circus at
Natchez, Miss. when it jumped the
track.
The Washington times., 1913-10-09
Cummins Has Sub Money Bill.

Senator Cummins of Iowa is prepar-
ing Il currency bill which he will soon
introduce. 1t will contain many fea-
lures of the Administration bill. but will
provide for a bank Of the United States
with branches, instead Of twelve, reg
ional hanks ruled by a central board
The plan Of the bill will be to effect
mobilize ton of reserves and elasticity
of currency with as little interference
as possible with existing credit arrange
menfS ..
The Washington times., 1913-10-09
Wilson Asked To Sneak

Congressman A. Mitchell Palmer and
today invited President Wilson to- speak
October c5. at the college in celebration
of the landing of William Penn. The
President may go there after speaking
at the Philadelphia Congress Hall re-
ed:Cation.
The Washington times., 1913-10-09
legislative News
To Hear Hetch Hetchy Eackers.

Backers of the Hetch Hetchy bill will
have an opportunity to present their
case to President Wilson later II they
wish. according to assurances given to
He asked the President not to ne in
fluenCed by the plea Of sentimental
The Washington times., 1913-10-09
Fined for Misbranding.

An Illinois concern manufacturing
f1avoring extracts has been fined 5000
for misbranding lemon and vanilla fiav-
ors in violation OF the pure food Law.
The Washington times., 1913-10-09

l was afraid it would last for Life. He was
real cross and fretful.
Il had him treated and he grow worso
daily. As soon - heard Of Cuticurs Soap
and Ointment sent and got twenty-five
cent cake Of Cuticura Soap and Afty cent
box Of Cuticura Ointment and began using
them. saw . difference In . short time
l only used the Cuticura Soap and Ointment
q few weeks before he was . well boy"
GSignedD Mrs. kate B. Peasants. Dec IL,
1912.
Although the Cuticurs Soap and Oint-
ment are most successful in the treatment
Of affections Of the skin. scalp. hair and
hands. they are also most valuable for every
day use in the toilet. bath and nursery. bo-
cause they promote and maintain the health
Of the skin and hair from infancy to aSe
Cuticura Soap t2sc.) and Cuticurs Ointment
(6Oc.) aresold everywhere. Lberaissmpls Of
each mailed free. with 32-p. Skin Book Ad-
dress postcard" Cuticura. Dept. 7. Bostou."
A1-Men who shave and shampoo With Gu
ttcura Soap will ind II best for sin aad scsip.
The Washington times., 1913-10-09
ECZEMA LOOKED
AWFUL ON FACE
Started with Watery PimpIes.
ltched and Burned Badly. Awful
Sore. Used Cuticura Soap and
Ointment. Boy Now Well.
r. F. d. No. 2. Fredericks Hall. Va. -
my little son was very bad OF With the
eczema on bis face. It started With watery

ptMples and IL itched and
burned 20 badly that he
wanted to scratch 1t al the
time and he made An awful
sore on his face. I would dt
and hold his hands . lot Of
the time to keep him from
scratching 1t. He didn't sleep
any scarcely. Tho eczema
The Washington times., 1913-10-09
WEATHER REPORT.

The forecast for the District of Co.
lunbia-Cloudy tonight and Friday.
probably rain; moderate temperature.
For Maryland-Cloudy tonight and
Friday, probably rain; moderate temper
ature; moderate east winds.
For Virginia-Rain tonight and Fri
day; moderate to brisk east winds
For Pennsylvania tonight ana
Friday, probably rain; moderate tenn
perature: moderate east winds
For Delaware and New Jersey-Cloud, ,
tonight and Friday, probably rain: mod
crate temperature; moderate east winds
The Temperature today as registered
'at the United States Weather Bureau
and Affeck's:
The Washington times., 1913-10-09
Doesn't Want Undesirable" "

The Government does not desire any
Of these ''undesirables'' to return to
the navy. for they do so only to repeat
their first offense. 1t is to head OFF
these inroads on the Government treas
.ury that the finger print bureau is such
an important department OF The naval
service.
This finger print proposition" ,ex-
planned Expert J. II. Taylor, docs not
give us half the trouble that some Of
the tattoo marks on enlisted men do;
Almost every man who enlists in the
service sooner or later goes up against
the fancy decorations OF the tattoo eN-
perts. and there is also a number OF
young men who nave never been in the
navy who also go in for the tattoo
fad To pick ont the wheat from the
chaff. the good from tbe bad. is our
task. and SC mctimcs 1t Is difficult
The Washington times., 1913-10-09

discharge. The next step In the lives
of these individuals is to retaliate
against the Government. or at least to
get the so outfit that the Government
gives every enlisted man. ;,
The Washington times., 1913-10-09
perature today as registered
lited States Weather BurearI u
AFFLECK'S.
TIDE TABLE

High tide $3.50 a. m. and 4:02 .. m.
Low tide 1o:l2 a. m. and 1875 p. m.
Sun TABLE
Sun rises......6:03 Sun sets..a:aa
The Washington times., 1913-10-09

They are slightly soiled or muss-
ed, hence this sensatiOpally low
price. All are made Of sheer lawns.
batistes, and voiles and are pref
tily trimmed with laces and en-
broideries An sizes in the lot.
but not all sizes of each kind.
The Washington times., 1913-10-09

Best quality. genu-
Inc human hair, soft
and wavy. Extra full
and 24-in.. long. All
desired shades.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-13

Having attained his present height a
good many years ago, James has natu-
rally gotten rather used to It, But the
tourists who visit the Capitol haven't.
And since most tourists are prone to
consider all things as placed on exhi-
bttion for their especial beneit, and
never hesitate to comment freely there
on. James Is daily the subject Of q good
many exclamations. He admits that
this has become rather tiresome.
But there Is at least one individual who
won't ever mention James height again.
He Ia a man who stopped the kentucky
senator as he was hurrying from the
Capitol a few days ago. following an
unusually long and tiresome session.
Pardon me-" said the stranger block
ing James path. and seizing him warm
Is by the hand. You're Senator Ollie
James. amt you? I've seen your picture
heaps Of times. Glad to meet YOU Saw
now"-the strangers voice grew conf
Dental and cajoling-'say. now Just be-
tween us two. would you mind telling
me confidenually, just exactly how tall
you are?'
James looked his inquisitor over long
and thoughtfully. Then he beamed on
him.
Would mind telling your he replied.
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macy and other weighty matters, the
Sage OF Danville stretched his lean legs,
got a new half-Nelson clutch on his long,
black cigar and between thick spirals Of
smoke told this story:
"A Sunday school teacher was reading
her class OF little boys the proclamation
OF Goliath. who, full-armored, pranced
out before the armies OF the living God
and made his def. 'hoop-la. day after
day. One bright-eyed boy In the class
listened disgustedly for few moments,
and then exclaimed:
"'Skip that. am. he's blowing! He
ought to tie his bull outsider"
The new statesman has his we'll ropsd
now.
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Maybe.

d. the clock stopped. and though II
was wound light, shaken and doctored in
various ways. it positively refused Ia r,,r
Finally Eurleson's secretary declared
he believed he could fix 1t. Burleson toId
him to go ahead, and SO. with the future
Postmaster General watching Tho go
rotary took the clock from the wa1I
placed it on table and proceeded -
remove the framework and uncover III
wornS
the corpse Of a large June-bug. which
had evidently flown in through an open
window, entered the clock and gotten
entangled with the mechanism.
Burleson looked at the dead June-bug.
Then he looked at the clock. Then he
looked at the June-bug again.
mo wonder the blamed thing stopped"
he murmured. finally. 1.-THE engineer
is dead!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-13

In the nature OF triumphal entry. 80
also. was mis- march to the old state
capitol. where. liter being greeted by
Gov. lam, he was escorted to the
state senate. which, according to the
progra he was to address first
President Wilson mounted the platform
to point beside the lieutenant governor
and looked out over the chamber. Among
the state senators were half dozen men
who had been his classmates at the Uni
Versity OF virginia. and several others.
who, though not of the same class. had
been students at the university at the
same time he was. So President Wilson
smiled.
Il don't feel like making a political
we'll. and have known me SO long" said
he. u don't feel like / can tell YOU
anything you don't already know. So,
instead OF making a speech. III tell YOU
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SNAKE. CHAPTERS At CAIcUrrA, Tk1D1A,
- The. PRINCIPAL. FEAT Or THE. HINDU MAGICIAN
y

mystified by this trick as one of the
audience.
"A second simple example illustrat-
ing the improvement Of old tricks is
that Of the appearing card.an old
standby among magicians. full pack
of cards is offered to one of the audi
ence who selects card and returns
It, face down, to the pack. which is
then well shuff1ed and placed vertically
into a holder upon the table on the
stage. The magician then asks his
victim to call the card. generally guy
ing him by urging him to call louder
and more beseechingly. At length the
card appears, rising by starts from
the pack and at last leaping entirely
out and falling upon the table.
This, the old style of trick, was per-
formed by means OF an invisible thread
which was Topped around the card as 1t
not really done. in fact. owing to the
magicians sleight of hand. until just
before he placed the pack in the holder:
One end Of the thread was fastened
the magician. who stood short dis
lance away. Between them it Topped
about the card. AS he pulled the thread
1T naturally caused the card to rise
from the pack. The stouter the pull
the faster 1t came. until final jerk. in.
visible to all the audience, jumped 1t
out upon the table.
1.-THE modern magician. however.
thanks to electricity. performs a much
more surprising variation with this
jumping card. When the man In the
audience calls for the card the ma
gician makes pass over the box. AS
he does SO the card creeps out. AS he
passes his hand back and forth 1t
slowly rises out Of the pack and, at
length, hangs suspended like Mahomet s
coffin, In midair.
"As the magician moves away the
card, instead OF falling on the table.
follows through the air. beneath his
outstretched arm. like a miniature
airship AS he swings his hand the
card sways back and forth through
the air He passes his other hand be-
tween the outstretched arm and the
suspended card to show there is no ma
terial connection-and still the card
hangs trembling like a leaf poised in
magician lifts his hand-and the card
follows upward obediently: he lowers
it-and the card obediently sinks: he
holds the outstretched hand station
sink-and the card rises or sinks ac-
cording to his command.
"At length. following swift upward
fling Of his hand. the card leaps high
in the air.-and vanishes from view!
Quite an improvement over the old
trick!
land 1T is all. or nearly all. due to
that workadav electrician who. in
very recent days, has constructed a
dynamo. powerful. but tiny that 1t
can readily be carried about the per-
son Of the magician in a pocket with
out the slightout inconvenience or risk
Of detection. From the dynamo there
runs control wire down through his
sleeve to his left hand Another fine
wire runs from it to a small magnet
concealed in the lining Of the right
hard cuff OF his coat.
"Now. when he replaces the chosen
card in the pack. he fastens on to It's
edge, with dexterity that is A-B-C to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-13
TRANSFERRING LI9up
By COMPRESSED AIR.
Il RECENT. POSSIBILITY

grasp the hand Of the high-class magi-
clan. Many a trick, which. easy under
the old school Of magic. had become i'm
possible under the new. now again be-
came feasible with the aid of some new
discovery in chemistry. optics or cleo
tricity. While some OF these new scien-
tine aids required a deal OF parapher-
MALTA, 1t was generally Of a character
and hence not offend the sense OF an
intelligent audience. which. while know
Ing 1t was illusioned, did not desire to
have the mechanism thrust in its face.
''The vast distinction between the old
and the new schools Of magic can be
put In a single verbal nutshell" said
Mr.. Thurston; '-old magic, obvious COM
plexity: new magic. apparent simplicity.
Modern science has been of inestima-
BILE benefit to the magician in two ways
enabled him to create tricks otherwise
impossible: the other. 1t has helped him
In improving upon methods OF perform
ing old tricks. do not know how 1 can
make this any palmer to you except by
giving you concrete examples of tricks
in which these results are achieved.
''Of course, you understand that in
explaining these points by illustra-
tive examples I am betraying the Sc
crets OF my craft" continued Mr.
Thurston with a smile. Il WILL how
ever detail some of the simpler tricks.
beginning with the means whereby
science has improved upon old tricks.
First. q trick performed a genera
ton ago consisted Of pouring from a
single bottle which appeared to be of
the opaque glass type Of quart bottle.
several different liquids into glasses
set upon a table in full view Of the
audience. In the first glass water. into
the next wine. into the next milk. The
trick owed its success to a certain
weak point in human nature-that is.
where one is accustomed. from long
experience, to see a certain effect fol-
low a certain cause. any other effect
is surprising.
Thus, when the audience saw the
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FIRST STAGE. OF FAMOUS Mango TRgE N1cK
LUCKNOW, INDIA The Tiny TREE finally
'GRoMS" AID uLsENIIRE,S SPACE UNDER TENT

something better than hearsay about
these.
Il travelled throughout India for the
purpose OF running down the four great
feats Of the Hindoo fakirs as brought
by travellers tales to America" said Mr..
Thurston. These are the mango tree trick.
the rope trick. the basket trick and the
levitation trick. After four months Of
careful investigation, I found that there
was not a single one that could not DO
performed by q second-class American
magician; that, of the marvels, 50 per
cent was pure fiction-and the other 50
per cent due to the potent 'highballs' OF
the British officers clubs at Calcutta.
Benares and other East Indian cities
9TH manAo tree trick was ridiculously
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New Members Take Note.

Uncle Joe Can
non fired q part
ing shot at q talk
alive new member
of Congress just
before he LET t
Washington for
his home town,
Danville, Ill. After
listening patiently
while the embryo
statesman relieved
himself Of views
on the tariff. cur
rency, + a n q m a
canal, dollar diplO-
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magician pour water into glass
from a bottle in his hand they were
surprised when Immediately afterward
he poured a different liquid from that
same bottle. Experience had taught
them: Same bottle, same liquid. Now
the bottle was in fact a many-cham-
bered affair. specially constructed for
the trick.
tain LIQUID. it's flow controlled by
valves in the bottles neck Immediately
under the finger Of the magician. At
his will he poured whatever liquid ne
pressed the valve of. To the audience.
however. who could see nothing of the
manipulation. he was always pouring
from an ordinary bottle.
Now the great weakness OF the
trick lay in this. that the magician
did not permit the bottle to go out OF
ence but the recent discoveries of some
of those supervise German chemists
now enable the magician not only to
pass the bottle-which Is now. in fact.
an ordinary bottle Of transparent glass
filled with water-for examination by
the audience and to pour out his va
rious liquids, as In the old trick. but
he introduces startling variation
after he has poured the water into the
first glass. by pouring the water from
that glass into the second-whtch I'M
mediately becomes wine.
"TIe then pours the glass of wine into
the next glass and. behold. it becomes
milk! And then he pours the glass
of milk into the next glass. where in
stantly It changes back to the original
water. The superiority of this form
of the trick over the old, which is clear.
is due entirely to chemical discoveries.
aInto the bottom of each glass the
magician introduces a tiny pinch of
variously prepared powders which.
when the liquid Is poured upon each.
turns the desired color. A magician
of twenty years ago would be as much
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-13

clustered about the basket the boy slip
ped out of the bottom and concealed HIM
self in a sling suspended under the flow
Ing garments Of one Of the falkirs. I saw
his bulk dangling clumsi.y there beneath
a they moved solemnly of. or course. II
was easy enough TO provide a little sack
OF red paint or blood inside the basket to
be pierced by the sword.
1.-THE levitation trick-that is, the sus-
pending OF ones self In air. without sup
port--I could not get any one to do. At
length offered 5000 rupees TO any one
who would perform the trick. An old
.yogf,' ono OF the Hindoos' varieties OF
holy frauds. appeared and promised to do
the stunt for u In q sort OF tailor's pos
ture, as shown In the photograph ! took
of him. His promise thoroughly aroused
our little party. The though. OF a half
naked Hindoo lifting himself from the
pavement without aid stirred US to the
depths.
to go on in the mountains and live on
lambs blood for three weeks. In order to
get himself in the proper glorifed state.
On the appointed day We assembled. hun
cry with curiosity. but no yogi, 1t sub
tated' several sovereigns from various
members Of our party-and they never
came down, either!
After months Of search procured the
best magician in India, but it took
months OF training before he was able
to entertain an American audience for ten
minutes. In short, the East Indian won
der-worker Ii q fraud. built entirely upon
travellers tales-and British highballs
and loves :, 70 reyel In the
and the wonders OF the Hindoo magicians
will always be with US.
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Not That!

When President
Wilson was maxi
in his campaign
for the nomination
w h | C h afterward
resulted In his cleo
ton to the highest
office in the land
he was invited to
address the state
legislature OF Vir-
ginia.
Since the Presi-
dent is Virginia
born. his arrival
In Richmond was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-13
CHANqNG LIQUIDS MODERN CHElTIcAl,S

any professional magician. a thin metal
lie clip, of the color Of the card, SO that
it is invisible.
Then. as he waves his right hand
above the pack. he turns on the current
Of his little dynamo with his left. This
Increases the strength of the concealed
magnet until it grows strong enough to
attract the metallic clip-and the card
commences slowly to make its way up
out of the pack. BY careful control In
the current. thus increasing or re-
ducing the power Of the magnet. he draws
the card from the pack and holds 1t sus-
pended in air.
X
"a little practice in the conrol OF the
current enables him to make the card
follow his hand, as 1t is swung back and
forth. or to rise and fall when he holds
It stationary. His final act Is to make 1t
spring into the air, as he swings his hand
upward. by a sudden increase Of the cur
rent. He then seizes it, in n1idair. and
palms 1t.
"These," continued Mr.. Thurston. will
suffice to demonstrate how modern sci
ence has improved upon old tricks IN
such manner as to make them unrec-
ognizable by then very inventors.
"As for original tricks, based solely on
modern discoveries, their name IS legion.
I might mention, as prominent among
them, those in which compressed ar
forms the essential feature, such as In
changing liquids from one vessel to an
other True. this trick was formerly per-
formed by magician 8. but It was done
only by means OF covering the two ves-
sells with a cloth, and. though the cover
ing remained even but an instant. that
was sufficient to stamp the trick as 30
far inferior to that in which the trans
fer Of liquid Is made before the eyes OF
xryf<h hn NJ nf
ANYTHING that the latter method may
rightly be termed an entirely new trick.
with the aid Of compressed air this
trick is performed in a dozen different
in which the compressed air tank is
secreted. Thus, common method Is
to place a small air tank in concealment
within the upper swell Of the table leg.
From this tank there leads glass tube
up through the stem OF the vessel con-
tanning the colored liquid. and ending near
the top. always above the surface OF
the LIQUID. This vessel has an alright
top. which is invisible to the audience.
From the bottom Of this liuuid-filled
vessel there runs another glass tube, art
fully concealed by the table. that ends
IN the bottom of the empty vessel. Upon
the table is small. invisible button
which. when slightly pressed releases
tube leading into the vessel containing
the liquid.
"A slight and apparently careless
touch of the magician's wand upon the
table presses the button and reIea ses
the air pressure. The compressed air.
rising in the tube into the space above
the liquid. forces 1t down through the
tube connecting with the second vessel
ana speedily transfers it. While this is
being done in the sight Of the audience
the trained magician by some of his
countless oy-plays. distracts the atten-
ton or the audience during the few sec
onds the transfer takes up and, Presto!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-13
When Postmaster

When Postmaster
General Burleson
was just a plain
member Of Con-
gress he used Ia
keep. over In his
room In the Hous.
once building, a
tiny clock of the
cuckoo variety.
B u RI e s on was
proud Of tina I
clock. He regard
ed 1t almost with
affection. Never
theleSa. ono a.,
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0bliging.

If Ollie James,
newly made sena-
tor from Kentucky.
should by any
chance be defeated
for his seat, he
might still exc out
a perfectly good
living as a giant.
physical as well as
mental. He stands
some six feet Ave
IN his stocking
feet. knocking OF
half an inch for
good behavior al
that.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-13

what I'll do. If you say SO, I'll sing
you song!"
And from the threats of the dienif1ed
state senators of the Old Dominion
And the roar was:
"Oh, no, you won'tw
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-13

little bit. You see, I've gotten used to
that question. Some d fool asks me
II nearly every day.