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Evening star., 1914-10-25

helm rubbed his hands with pleasure and smiled with
sly satisfaction when before leaving his offices for the
evening, he ordered investigation in behalf of the
company.
He was still thinking of the incident his liveried
coachman drove him through the artstocratc section
of the city his homeward way and thought more of
it when he called for halt inspect property, on the
lawn of which sign, For Sale, by Corydon
Realty Co.," appeared in bold letters. A fine dignfed
old mansion and broad grounds were those of The
General Steele Place. and Wardheim, a picture of
prosperous benevoence wondered whether or not it
might pay him dwell therein further evidence of
success. Vaguely he recalled having heard that the
General was in difficulties. Maybe this defalcation
would help also to beat the price down. Taken all to-
gether, pretty lucky day, he decided.
TN cheap respectable room, in cheap, respectable
boarding house, in Washington, at almost the same
hour General Steele was reading for the third time as
doubling his senses, telegram from an old friend
through whose recommendation Jack had secured his
position. 1t read
Boy has disappeared Accused of defautng with
thousand. Suggest you if possible and first
At midnight, walking blindy, humping into pros
pective Travellers bankeyed, white-faced, and tremu
1ouspped, very old spent his last money buying
his ticket West and boarded fast train He sat in the
day coach because he had not sufficient funds left to
pay for BERTH And perhaps the latter expenditure
would have been extravaganza after all; for he did
nothing but pace the aisle throughout the night, or
stand and despairngly out of the windows into
the darkness, muttering @Jack jack My boy! My
son! It's not true! 1t can't be true!'
He learned at Corydon City that certain occasions
there were men so in1exibly righteous they had
mercy the highly respected J. Anthony Wardhem being
the particular with whom he came in contact.
II greve deeply for you General said the president
of the bonding company when the haired prea-
turely stricken, broken-heared old appealed to
him; @but you cannot expect head of my COM
pany to accept the sam of your sons theft reimburse
the freight company, and let the matter Drop
Evening star., 1914-10-25

which he had never come in contact 1t is fact that
he had scarcely learned appreciate the snaness of
his salary until the night chance acquaintance conducted
him to gambling house, where, with Beginners luck,
he 1t is further testimony to his innocence that
in his further and frequent excursions to the and
other gambling resorts, he actually conceived the hope
that he could win enough to the home and relieve
his father from the treadmil of work.
1t is further credit his character that, the
night three months later when stricken, boiling
like frenzied horse terrified by the that the
auditor to check the accounts within the next
twenty -four hours and knowing himself defaulter, he
thought most of his father. He had learned that
thousand dollars of other peoples money is avast sum
to lose and shame fright and desperation lashed him
where he covered, stowaway, penness, and drenched
by drizzng rain, in the forward part of river boat.
His fears might have been lessened, and his bravery
aroused for return to face out had he known that
he have than three days grace before his
shortage was discovered; but that the cashier might
conceive him to be ill., and the auditor be delayed did
not enter his mind.
REFORE the defalcaton known Jack Steele the
- fugitive, almost to the Mexican border and
actually it before his bondsrnan notified.
Up in the Office of the bonding company, new and
local concern, the president, j. Anthony Wardheim,
pillar of Society,"" 3Man of Affairs" 3Great Finan-
cer, who not only head of this company but also
president of bank, director of another financial
hacker for realty firm, and promoter of street rail
way, heard the announcement with righteous ndlgna-
ton, and then softly smiled to himself
This the first loss the company had met, and
to make example of a culprit prominent in social
circles would have two very satisfying results,
Others in responsible positions from similar mis-
takes, and give the company of free ad-
vertising; for this case, owing to its being closely
connected with the of the distinguished
veteran, would be big story. To capture and
convict Jack Steele and to settle the loss might cost
couple of thousand dollars thebondng
pany would get perhaps fifteen thousand dollars
worth of free advertising space. Hence Anthony Ward
Evening star., 1914-10-25
Drawings by Howard v. Brown
Beng the second of a series of
stories. based on truth, of those
who refused to surrender.

eral, a laWleSS rufhan, a
scheming hypocrite, and a
mere foolish boy to make up the
combination. Those who be-
lieve in Chance will insist that
Chance alone served to punish
the hypocrite, to make the ruff
fan turn his rr1ffianism to a
charitable end, to return lost
honor to the General, and to
save the boy from becoming a
confirmed criminal; but Others
of us, old-fashioned perhaps,
still believing in a Great Justice
that dwells somewhere beyond
our unseeing eyes, like to think
that God Almighty, pitying,
Furnishing, Strengthened out the
threads.
The story is a safe one now.
Time has released it; for the
General died in bed, with a
serene smile on his gentle face;
the hypocrite passed to his reck-
oning from a prison cot; the
lawless ruffian finished as he
might have wished, with his
boots on, when fearlessly re-
sisting a train robbery; and the
foolish boy is the last alive,
gray-haired now, and honored
for uprightness and unfailing
charity. But had he not, after
that great mistake, resisted,
struggled, and fought to @run
straight" when tempted, de-
spairing, and hopeless, there
would have been no tale; for
one doubts whether God Him.
self can utilize "quitter.
All his life the boy had been
pampered, provided for, and ac
Productions as, @This is young 10
eral Steele, you know until
thing for him corrective Difference
travelled in the smoothed, refined
white-haired, white-bearded, gra
eran, and fatuously the boy grew
him the way would be perpetua
even appreciate the change in hi:
on the day his father called hil
the stately old home, gestured h
the portrait of. the mother wi
might be ushered into existenc
through gross misfortune, they "
He wondered why his father, be
the library table, should take II
True, it made him thoughtful VIII
with all its stately memories, W
and that his father would then h
or so dollars left; but that his III
least postponed, and that he wou
did not impress him as a hardship
ing the arms Of his chair, appeare
from the boyish face opposite hi
@You are just twenty-one-a
asset. think l have found a pl;
office, and I think 1 can get
They haven't entirely forgotten
War days, and-well, there must
a man as old as IT,
Jack Steele did not regard it a
promptly landed, through influen
for the freight company. 1t was
for wherever he went, from one
another, he met but friendliness,
his place was bestowed through
it into his office a certain respect
All he had to do was to take his
receipt for them, travel over the
expense, and return before the OF
accounting.
The General borrowed money
ington. where there was the prom
Office. The old home was for sale
The herald., 1914-05-14
GETTING ON THE STAGE.
Dangers That 5eset New Eggs In the
Vaudeville Basket.

The most amazing thing to a theat-
rical manager is the utter lack of com
/ prehensiOn on the part Of applicants
Of what professional work really means.
When | was writing vaudeville
sketches | used TO get letters from
young fellows in country towns who
wanted to 20 into vaudeville. For some
unaCcountable reason they figured out
/ that that was the easiest way TO break
into the entertainment business. As
matter Of fact, they were choosing the
very toughest end Of it all. In yaudc-
vile there is no stage manager TO tell
one what 10 do and how TO DO ii. He
must rely entirely upon himself.
Furthermore, he must do his own book
ing, get his own transfer agent 10 take
care Of his bag-a ge. negotiate his own
railrOadinC and even pack his own
properties In fact, he has thousand
and one troubles 10 divert his mind
from his proper business. 1t never
seems To dawn upon the aSpiraut that
It's much better 10 get into great or
ganiZatiOn, where there's somebody to
attend to every problem for him and
where he has a chance to learn the
details Of Stagecraft.
A clever vaudeville man, TO begin
with, must have a good act, and If he
be unknown he must know how 10 talk
his act to the managers. II he en-
plOys an agent he is at disadvantage,
because these persons work for the
management Of the theaters. Further
more. the vaudeville man must remem-
Der that he comes out on TO the stage
with nothing behind him, practically
no properties, no chorus girls to divert
attention. The eyes of the people are
centered on him. He must do it all. 1t
Is by far the most difficult business in
the world to succeed at, unless one is
very talented.-GeOrge NJ. COhan, in
the New York Sun
The herald., 1914-05-14
DISEASE GERMS STICK.
Hence II Is Almost Impossible TO Hav,
Really Clean Hands.

Hence II Is Almost Impossible TO Have
Really Clean Hands.
That the slOvenly habits or i'll health
Of the cooks and walters who serve us
in dining cars. hotels, restaurants and
our own homes may be an even great
er menace to our health than defective
plumbing is the fact brought out by
some interesting Investigations made
by Surgeon CumminS of the British
army.
1t used to be thought that if our serv
ants handS-and our Own-were wash
ed with reasonable frequency we We're
safe, but DR.. Cummins shows that even
the most scrupulous cleansing will not
relieve hands that have been in contact
with disease germs from the liability
Of injecting others. In short, DR.. Cum
minis declares that so long as we live
In this world of dirt and microbes our
hands can never be really clean.
To prove his contention DR.. Cummins
dipped the tip OF his forefinger in a
liquid containing millions of typhoid
bacilli The finger was next rinsed in
an antiseptic solution. then In very
cold water and then in water that was
almost boiling. After all this cleansing
1t was washed in small quantity Of
sterile water This water when ana
lyzed showed no less than 313 colonies
of typhoid bacilli.
Not satisfied with this discouraging
proof of the futility of clean hands. the
doctor proceeded to soak his infected
finger tip in pure alcohol Then he
washed it again in sterile water. This
time the analysis of the water revealed
four colonies of typhoid bacillL
Another experiment made by Dr.
Cummins was to rest typhoid laden
finger tip for just an instant on the
surface of a bowl of soup. The soup
was then allowed to stand for twenty
four hours. When finally analysed it
revealed nearly 10000 typhoid bacilli to
every cubic inch.-New York Ameri-
can.
The herald., 1914-05-14
BOTH WERE DRAMATIC.
A Story Of Frederick the Great and
One of His Officers.

Frederick the Great had strong
sense of the dramatic So had Ger
tain lieutenant colonel in the PruSsan
army. Accordingly there is plenty of
pilot" in the following story:
The officer. who had been discharged
at the close of the Seven Years war
importuned the King TO be rCiuStatcd
Weary of the inceSSant solicitations Of
his troublesome visitor. Frederick at
last gave orders that he should never
be admitted to his presence.
Some weeks later most bitter libel
against his majesty appeared. Fred
er'ck seldom gave himself any concern
about such paSquiuadcS, but the pres
cnt one cxaSpcratcd him SO much that
he offered reward Of 20 fricdrichs Of
gold for the discovery of the author.
The day following the diNgraccd
lieutenant colonel demanded and Oh
tanned an audience.
Sire" hr-b'gan. on being admitted
your majesty has Just promised %
fricdrichS for the discovery y the au
thor of a recent publication. am
come to claim the recUmpeu~c Behold
in me the unfortunate Iihclcr My life
| forfeit freely. hut remember your
royal pledge and. while you punish me
send to my poor wife aud children the
reward due - the inforner."
The king. although Struck with the
sad extremity aud self sacrifice Of the
officer. said sternly:
60 instantly to the fortress Of Span
dau and there await my judgment"
81 obey" said the culprit; but the
money!"
within two hours your wife shall
receive it." said the king. Take this
letter and give it to the cOmmandant.
but he must not open it until after din
ner"
The lieutenant colonel arrived at
Spandau and gave himself up as a
prisoner. At the prescribed moment
the cOmnandant opened the royal man
date. 1t ran:
To the bearer | give the command OF
Spandau | shall be with him in few
days. The present governor is TO take
the command of Berlin as a reward for
past services FREDERICK
Youths Companion.
The herald., 1914-05-14
How We Got the Gas Jet.

Possibly very few people know that
we owe the ordinary gas jet to the ac-
cidental use of a woman's thimble
After the dinner Of the British Com
mercial Gas association Professor Wv
ian Lewes told how Clegg of Redruth
used to burn the illuminant straight
from the open pipe and turn it of by
plugging the pipe with some clay.
Upon one occasion his lump Of clay
was missing, and, picking up his wife's
thimble, he put this on top Of the pipe
Much to his surprise, the gas escaped
through small holes which had been
worn by the constant use Of the needle,
small burning jets Of gas resulting
From this Professor Lewes traced the
evolution Of the gas jet i London
Globe.
The herald., 1914-05-14
SCARED THE LION.
Bravery and Daring Displayed by an
African Woman.

In Hunting the Elephant In Africa"
the author, Captain C. ii. Stigand, in
telling some lion stories, admits that
there is a certain thrill in connection
with the king of the jungle. The So
malls say that lion makes you jump
three times-first, when you hear him
roar; secondly, when you Unexpectedly
meet his spoor, and thirdly, when you
first sight him. They say that even a
bold man is thus frightened three
times by lion, but after the sudden
shock of seeing him IS over he is no
longer afraid And in this connection
he tells us a good story Of female hero
ism:
"At 4 village near Fort Mangoche.
also in Nyasaland, a man was sitting
one night at the door of his hut drum
ming while his wife was cooking food
inside. The hut was an isolated one,
being several hundred yards from the
rest of the village.
Suddenly the woman heard the man
call out, "A lion has got me- She took
a burning fagot from the fire, ran out
and smacked the lion in the face. The
astonished animal let go, and she drag
ged her husband into the hut and
hastily put up the poles which form
the door. The man died a few min
utes after, and the woman sat there
with the dead body.
Presently the lion returned and
scratched gently on the door. This he
repeated several times till 1t got on the
wOman's nerves. At last she could
stand it no longer, so she took another
fagot from the fire, unbarred the door
and fed to the village, leaving the
dead man. The lion then walked into
the hut and took him"
The herald., 1914-05-14
Maxine a Present.

Lady Jersey was in her time one of
the leaders of fashion, and her house
was the resort of politicians and 9th
ers. With her lived her daughter,
Lady Clementine Villiers, a handsome
and clever girl The custom had been
established that all friends should give
the latter a present on her birthday,
and these presents were set out in an
antechamber. Among these friends
was Lord Brougham, then an old man
He called on birthday, but had for
gotten what the occasion was, and had
brought no present Seeing a mass OF
presents laid out, he seized one OF
them and took 1t in as his present,
rightly counting that the young lady
would not remember that it was one
that already had been given to her
And very proud he was Of his pres
ence OF mind. But, then. he was an
ex-lord chancellor.-London Truth.
The herald., 1914-05-14
"Occultv information.

A. Henry Savage Lander may deny
on geological grounds the existence Of
any lost Atlantis" but there are
among the theosophical and other &C.
cult fraternities people who will cheer
fully draw you a map Of the vanished
land and give you a description of its
people, their manners and customs.
The information is obtained by va
rious mystical methods-"revelation
clairvoyance. etc. Some years ago 1t
was discovered by similar occult
means that at the north pole itself the
temperature was so mild that a green
island" existed there-a kind OF arctic
arcady. 1t was all very interesting
until Peary, the explorer, came on the
scene and-but cold fact is always so
unromantic!-London Chronicle.
The herald., 1914-05-14
SAVE YOUR APPENDIX.
This Mysterious Organ May Prove to
Be a Valuable Gland.

This Mysterious Organ May Prove to
Be Valuable Gland.
The appendix is not a useless organ
undergoing degeneration, as has been
hitherto supposed, but is a valuable
gland. and persons should think twice
before having it removed. This is a
part of a report presented to the
French Academy of Sciences by DR..
Perrier.
Another well known French scien-
fist, the late DR.. Lucas hampionnere,
warned the medical world some years
ago that the appendix probably was
undeserving of present day contempt
yet he was unable to establish the
possible function of this small and
mysterious organ.
DIR. Perrier's report is based upon
studies made by DIR. Robinson. The
latter collected the mucous seCretions
from n large number Of appendices re-
moved at the hospitals and prepared
a serum which. on being injected into
animals, was found to stimulate the
cOntractile movements Of the intes-
tines. DIR. Robinson. therefore, was
convinced that the appendix cannot be
cut out without seriously interfering
with intestinal action, although he
recognizes the necessity of operating
when the gland is gangrenous or 9TH
wise diseased.-Paris Cor. New York
Sun.
The herald., 1914-05-14
ELECTRIFIED CELLULOID.
Pulling a Couple of Strips Between the
Fingers Changes Them.

If you will take two thin lengths of
cellulOid. put them in contact and then
suddenly and rapidly pull them be-
tween your fingers you will observe
they both have become electrified-nOt
only on their outside surfaces, where
the friction Of your fingers caused a
negative electriticatiOn, but also on the
inner surface of the celluloid.
The strange part about this is that
one of the inner surfaces of the piece
is positively charged and the other one
is negatively charged. If one of them
is slightly curved during the friction
the convex one will be positively
charged and the cOncave sided one will
be negatively charged
1t seems, therefore, to depend upon
whether the surface is cOnCave or
whether it is cOnveX-depresSed or ex-
panded-tO produce negative or posi-
tive electricity. Even the most minute,
imperceptible curvature is sufficient to
give the expected result. 1t also is i'm
possible to pull the strips Of cellulOid
through the fingers without producing
such strong identification that one
piece will support the other
Even the vapOr pressure Of liquids Is
stronger at the convex surface than at
the cOncave. If electrons are consid-
cred as particles of gas dissolved in
solids-as they once were-Or as mega
tive electricity. there will be greater
tendency for the electrons to escape
from the convex side. which therefore
will be left positively charged. This
also is in perfect accord with the latest
researches upon electrOnS.
Interesting experiments can be made
by following the above directions. Gel
lulOid has peculiar properties for tests
New York Press.
The herald., 1914-05-14
RIGHT UNDER OLD SOL.
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The herald., 1914-05-14
STAND UP STRAIGHT.
Keep the Chest Wide Open and Avoid
the Great White Plague.

The best way To avoid consumption
is to stand up straight. according TO
the Bulletin of the American Medical
association. The writer says:
The first essential in the avoidance
Of tuberculosis Of the lungs. or con
sumption. is To keep the lungs strong.
so that if the germs are brcathcd they
can do 10 harm. one Of the most i'm
pOrtant things in Keeping the lungs
strong is 10 keep the chest wild" open
so that the lungs can be properly used
If the body is dropped or StoopS or if
the shoulders are allowed Ia drag for
ward (round shoulders or if the head
is carried forward instead of well back
over the shoulders the chest must be
ilattencd. the breathing must be shall
low, and the lungs. not being freely
used, become weak
1T is In this type of chest that III
bcrcuIoSis usually begins. The con
sumptIvc is usually narrow ch"Stcd.
with dropped shoulders and with the
head Crancd forward.
While the development Of strong.
well formed chest is one of the most
important factors in preventing tuher
culuSiS. the same thing is to be desired
if the disease has once started. Not
only should we live in the open, but
we should stand up straight and learn
10 throw big chest 50 that the
lungs can grow strong and the fresh
air be taken in.
The runner, the singer or any one
who is obliged to make sustained eff
fort is taught to stand and sit with
the chest high, So that the lungs can
be used to the best advantage. and if
every one would do the same thing
there would be less tuberculosis be
cause there would be fewer weak
lungs"
The herald., 1914-05-14
Railway Trains In ENGLAND.

l can prove in a moment by any trav.
eler that our trains are infinitely more
luxurious than the trains in England
But still, and Notwithstanding, l say
the English railway service is better
Why? Because it's more human; it's
more considerable. You aren't driven
and urged to step lively and called at
in loud, harsh voices and made to fee
that you are being tolerated aboard
something that was never made fol
you at all, but for the employees Of the
company. In England the trains are
run for the people, not the people for
the trains.-From Theodore Dreiser's
"A Traveller at Forty"
The herald., 1914-05-14
Surf Birds,

That birds Of the family termed surf
birds In the Hawaiian Islands should
leave that paradise Of the Pacific to 60
and rear their young in the tundras Of
Alaska would seem to many an ex-
traordinary proceeding, yet the turn
stone and the black bellied plover and
the Pacific golden plover make the
long journey Of about 1000 miles thith-
er annually.
The herald., 1914-05-14
ROLL OF HONOR
McDONOGH No. 4 SCHOOL.
Scholarship and Department.

9Th A-Walter Wells, Robert Ken
NEEDY, William Tufts, Dewey ThorHiug,
Edgar Cayard, Strueby Drumm.
Sth B-Joseph Rosamano, Joseph
Stassi, Bernard Rice, Joseph Rumorc,
Royal Amuedo.
9TH A-Anthony Gerrcts.
9TH B-Harry Laufer. John Arnolie,
Emile Hoffman, Elmer Burton. James
Moffet, Joseph Sparacino, George Don
ely.
9Th A-Charles Burgis, Elliot Half
kesbring, Louis Laufer, Matthew Morse,
Leslie Sturtevant, Michael LawtOn.
4th A-Gaines Glider, Hart Schwarz-
enbach, Marion Ryan, John Forrest,
Cleve Duvic, Lemley Hubener, Joseph
Hambacher, Ruble Dore, Donald DOre,
Ralph Gerrets, Samuel Bentel, Edward
Laughlin.
4th B-Charles Leber, AultOn Dauen-
hauer, Archie Sinclair, Austin Spahr,
Marion Short, Carroll Crane, Michael
Brown, Morgan Wattigney, Helias Adj
ans.
3rd A-NiltOn Acker, Roland Cayard,
Carl Hatfield, Otto Meder, Abner Boyer.
3rd B-Stephen Cronan, Edwin Ger
rets, Melbourne Reed, Joseph Cast, Rob
ert Bauer, Gilmore Dauenhauer, Arthur
Grundmeyer, Ira OlrOyd, James Dug
gan.
2nd A-Delmar Pitre, Sidney
Swayne, Floyd Umbach, Charles Chris
tiansen, Albert Monroe, Albert New
berry, Clyde Glider, Bertrand Peck, Pc
ter Anderson, Louis Acker.
2nd B-Floyd HOffstetter, John
Hum, Joseph Calabrisa, Willard Schin-
der, julius Gillich, Sanford Ulmer,
Alvin Covell.
LIST A-William Gerrets, Travis Hat
field, George Zatarain, Chester Camus.
LIST B-Ethelbert Legarde, Malcolm
SchwarZenbach.