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Omaha daily bee., 1914-11-07

The fact that this streamer is visible
on the plate and not 10 the eye Is brill
liant confirmation of all of Prof. Samuel
Pierrepont Langley's elaborate twenty
two years research in ultraviolet and
infra-red regions of speetra of our sun
and all other suns able to send light
enough into the slit OF the most modern
tele -spectroscope for analysis.
And Barnard's photograph proves every
minute detail OF complex discoveries in
this most fascinating realm of nature
since Langley blazed the modern way
and marked out fields of research that
are now taxing the ablest living tele-
spectroscopists and spectro-analysis in all
laboratories. For the unseen universe is
doubtless more complicated than the
seen.
Delevahs comet Is now in the northern
constellation. Cauum Venaticatum And
Encke's comet has made it's regular re-
turn and was family seen by Astronomer
Barnard on a Photographic plate. II was
then, on September II. in right ascension
3 hours 43 minutes, and in declination
north 81 degrees 90 minutes. These fig
ures locate It I'm the constellation Perseus.
Its periodic time OF revolution around
tho sun is very nearly three and one
third years. but curiosity about Encke's
comet is that this time has varied.
l have seen this comet a number Of
times. And then l have well observed
Campbelrs new comet coming up from
the distant south. II was first seen from
the Cordoba Observatory Argentina,
South America, on September % in right
ascension q hours 10 minutes. and in
south declination 81 degrees @ minutes.
which point falls to the constellation
Pisces Australis. the Southern Fish.
On October II. 1914. It was in the con-
siellation Aauarius. the Water Man
Comet Campbell never caused a war.
And an unaided-eye comet has just been
Omaha daily bee., 1914-11-07
BY EDGAR LUCIEN LARKIN.

A very notable contribution to the
science of radiant-energy, radio-activity,
ultra ultra-violet-light radiation and
short Photographic rays streaming in
from suns and all light-emitting objects
in cosmic space, has just been given to
the great world of science by Prof. E. F.
Barnard OF the 6erkes Observatory, Lake
Geneva, Wis.
The discovery by Photography Of two
distinct tails or streamers to Delavan's
comet is the cause of the publication OF
the Yerkes Observatory circular to ALI
observatories. But only one is visible
even in the largest and most powerful
telescopes. The two streamers are in
clined to each other at an angle of 80 de-
grees
But in the negative on the highly sensi-
tive Photographic plate the tail that is
invisible TO the eye is visible to the silver
bromide molecules on the glass plate. The
waves that affected the minute mole
cules and arranged them into an image
of the streamer on the plate are far too
short to energize the nerve molecules In
the delicate fibers of the retina of the
eve.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-15

eddy sloping eyes peculiar to Chinese.
Biologists have furnished some as
sistance to the archaeologists in deter
mining the probable age of the ruins. 1t
takes years for black soil to accumulate
where it is not washed in. This soil ac-
cumulates from decaying grasses. Oar
win once made an experiment in the &C
erection of soil, and computed that but
little over an inch collected in a hundred
years.
How many centuries, then, may have
gone while these two or three feet of
black soil have gathered on the sunken
roofs of the fallen cave homes,
least a thousand years before Christ,
say the biologists, our cavemen dropped
into oblivion and their homes had begun
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-15

out of the old indentations. The
archaeologist would point to one of the
wallows and then tell his little audience
just what he would find in it. This he
was enabled to do by reason of the curl
Gus similarity in the arrangement of and
the things found in the dens. The In
dians were appalled,, however, by what
they thought his uncanny insight, and
now they call him ''Man-Who-Sees-
ough-the-Ground."
This curious people were skilled in the
art of making pottery and in turning
out realistic heads and figurines in clay
and stone. All their underground
houses and caves were built in the shape
of squares. These rectangles, oddly
enough, do not square like many primeval
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-15

dwellings, with the points of the COM
pass, but with the North Star, which is
few degrees off due north. The majority
of the caves have their entrances at the
south, and some have inclines fifty feet
long leading down to the door.
This mysterious people dwelt by
millions on the prairies. Professor
Glider has uncovered near the west bank
of the Missouri River, near Omaha, what
appears to have been a metropolis of the
race. Ethnologists who have examined
the relics have found no resemblance
with either the pre-Columbian Indians or
with the mound builders.
There is no clue to indicate who these
people were or how they were wiped
out Nor is it clear what conditions
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-15
Who Lived Underground Prairie Homes $500 Years Ag

forced a whole race to live in burrows be-
meath the ground
However among the ruins of the long
filled burrows Professor Glider has found
a little carved head of pink soapstone.
The little pink head is Egyptian in
every feature. 1t is delicately carved
and highly polished. 1t is Egyptian in
headdress, having even the rectangular
earguard worn by the Egyptians. 1t is
more than Egyptian. 1t resembles the
face OF Rameses II. himself, if the marble
busts in Oriental museums to-day are
images of the Egyptian king and the
mummy unearthed in the sands of Egypt
in 1881 and now reposing in the Boulak
Museum at Cairo is really his corpse.
Another clay image has the pronounc-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-15


walk away with what is probably
the most valuable art treasure in
the world.
1t was on the morning Of August
o.. 1911, that the world was startled
by the announcement that Leonardo
da Vinci's great masterpiece had
been stolen. It's disappearance from
its accustomed place in the Salon
Care, or Square Salon, was noted on
August p. To some reporters who
inquired intelligently about it's dis
appearance the officials on that day
explained that it had been taken down
to be cleaned. On the following day
the government decided that it was
useless to attempt to conceal any
longer the fact that it had been
stolen. It's value was estimated at
$5,0O0,000.
1t is interesting to recall some OF
the extraordinary speculations and
theories that were advanced con-
corning its disappearance. Some
argued that it was incredible that
a government possession of such in
calculable value could be taken by
a common thief. They said that
some person of great influence, a
Cabinet Minister or other high Off
cial, had taken the picture to photo
graph it, had damaged it accidentally
and was keeping it until he could
repair it.
Another theory was that the mys-
ferrous psychological and sex infiu-
ence of the picture would prove to
be the clue to its disappearance.
IL is we'll known that this exquisite
and subtly fascinating portrait of
Mona Lisa del Gicondo eXerts
very diverse influence upon the two
sexes. Men of impressionable tenn
permanent are strongly drawn toward
it and feel deep and even passion
ate pleasure in the radiations of its
"enigmatical smile" Women, on the
other hand, are, with equal frequency.
repealed by it, and are even stirred
to hate and fury by the same smile
The partisans of this theory fell
into two groups. One group said
that a man mentally disordered by
the strange fascination of the pic
ture must have stolen it to enjoy its
subtle charms in secret. The other
group argued that woman had
taken it to vent the rage of her
sex upon it
One thing became clear from the
mass of theories and interesting facts
brought out by the episode. The
contents of the Louvre were not, and
never had been, we'll safeguarded.
Pictures worth from $1,000,000 to
S5,0O0,0O0 could have been pulled off
their hooks at favorable moment
any day without detection.
Officials, moreover. had been in
the habit of lending the art treasures
to artists and persons of influence.
1t was stated that $50 pictures had
been stolen or borrowed" in the
course of the nineteenth century.
Gradually the months wore on and
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TO decay.
In uncovering something over thirty Of
these homes Professor Glider has estab-
ished the general character of the caves
and their contents. The floor is streWn
with charred sticks, reeds, coarse
grasses and charred corncobs In the
floor OF every cave is found cache
where most of the domestic utensils and
the other valuables are hidden. 1t is this
cache that the archaeologist always
seeks. Sometimes there are several in the
same cave. The mouth of the cache is
always found plugged with a layer Of
burnt clay. On top of this is layer of
ashes. Beneath all, the cavity widens
like jug or bottle, often to the size of a
hogShead.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-15

~ ROFESSOR ROBERT w. GLIDER,
- Archaeological for the University of
- Nebraska has made the curious
discovery that the familiar buffalo wal
lows" of the West were never made by
buffaloes They are, instead, the ruins
of underground dwellings in which thou
santls of years ago lived race which
vanished other thousands of years ago.
The "wallows" were thought to be
what their name indicates even by the
Indians. thus proving that the red men
themselves knew nothing of the race that
made the dens.
The modern Indians were just as much
surprised as the whites when they dis
covered what Professor Glider was taking
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-15

The next protective measure was
to connect the pictures by rod so
that all those along a certain wall
space can be locked up from one
lock. Formerly every picture hung
separately.
Under the new arrangement each
line of pictures hangs upon one fiat
rod by hooks in the frame, which
only admit the rod when it is turned
edgewise to the opening in the hook
Then the rod is turned so that the
picture cannot be removed from it,
and is locked in that position.
Little chambers have also been
constructed behind the carved mold
lngs near the ceiling, from which
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-15

the recovery of the great picture
came to be regarded as hopeless.
Then, on December II, 1913, came
the news that ii had been found.
An art dealer informed the director
of the Uffizi Gallery at Florence that
an Italian workman named Nincenzo
Perugia had taken the picture and
had it in Florence. This statement
was verified and the Mona Lisa"
returned to France.
The confession Of Perugia shows
that the subtle psychological inf1u-
ence of this picture had, indeed,
much to do with his act
Perugia said:
Il am a patriotic Italian | saw
that the Louvre was filled with mas
terpieces stolen by Napoleon from
Italy. l longed to take something
back.
Il thought of taking a Raphael a
Titan, Correggio and several other
masterpieces. But the Mona Lisa
seemed to me much more appealing.
Here she is. | give her back to
my country 1t is the greatest sacri-
flee of my life"
From Perugia'S confession it APP
peared that he had worked as a paint
er for decorating contractor of $50
Rue st. Honore. Paris. He had
worked as painter on the Louvre
for some weeks. but gave up this
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in

the guardians of the Louvre can Sc
cretly watch every person in the
rooms. The knowledge that a hid
den guardian is watching them is
expected to have a terrifying effect
on Would-be thieves.
The pictures have also been con-
nected by electric wiring. Any tam
pering with them closes a circuit
and causes an electric bell to ring
loudly.
The return of Mona Lisa" has only
emphasized the necessity of guard
ing against similar occurrences in
future. The confession of VincenzC
Perugia has revealed the astonish-
ing ease with which he was able to
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-15

The New Method of Protec ting the Pictures in the
Louvre by a Locked Rod, Which Holds Com
plete Line of Them So That They Cannot Be Re-
moved. Figure l Shows the Rod Locked So That
the Frame (Here Drawn Without Picture) Cam
not Be Removed. Figure Shows the Rod I'm
locked and Turned to Permit the Removal of
the Pictures.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-15

Then he realized that the frame
would be heavy and hard to conceal
He quickly removed the picture
from the frame. He left the picture
lying in the salon and carried the
frame to a doorway a few yards
away at the head of small stair
way and left it outside the door.
Then he returned FOR the picture
He thrust it under his loose blouse
where it was scarcely noticeable
Hearing footsteps, he decided to
leave hurriedly by the small stair
way where he had left the frame
AS he went out he put the key in his
pocket to prevent any one pursuing
him that way.
Having reached the Sround. he
crossed the Courtyard of the Sphinx,
and then passed out through the
gateway known as the Porte NiSconti.
which faces on the Seine
The French authorities summoned
Perugia. together with all the work
men who had worked on the Louvre
at the time of or just before the
theft He proved that he had not
worked there since January "A, and
shis seemed sufficient explanation.
No one discovered that he was the
thief until he revealed it himself.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-15

work on January "a.
1911. Between this
date and August 81
he meditated upon
and carried out his
plan for stealing the
Mona Lisa.
Ii was { O'Clock i'll
the morning of Au-
gust II when he en-
tered the Louvre.
The building was
open then for the
workmen and guard
ians or care-takers,
but the general pub
lie was not admitted
that day.
Perugia wore the
long blouse common
ly used by French
workingmen. especi-
ally by house paint
ers. He looked, of
course, like a man
working on the
building. He walked
straight up to the
picture in the de-
serted Salon Carre
and took it from the
hooks by which it
was hung. A man
standing on the floor
could reach his hand
to the top of the
small picture.
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Paris. February S.
y
THE French Government is de-

THE French Government is de-
termined that Mona Lisa"
shall not be stolen again.
Extraordinary precautions have
now been taken to prevent this or
any other of the treasures of the
Louvre from being taken away
One of the first steps taken to
safeguard the Louvre was to employ
a number Of dogs of the clever breed
known as police dogs. One of them
guards every fifty feet of wall space
day and night. No man can now put
a hand over the railing in front of
the pictures without having dog
after him.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-09-22
Spinning wheel Chapter, D. A. r.

With thirty-one active members
Spinning Wheel Chapter. d. A. r.. VIII
start its sixteenth year Friday, Sept
%, with a special business meeting
followed by tea at the home of Mrs
John q. Loeffel regent Of the chapter
Other officers are Mrs. May F. Mont
gomery, vice regent: Mrs. Clifford
Unger, recording secretary: Mrs. Marie
Mcfarland, corresponding secretary;
Mrs. Eta Agnew, treasurer: Mrs. G. F.
Kirby registrar: Mrs. W. B. Kibbey,
historian; Mrs. L. c. Abbott. chaplain,
and Mrs. H. ]. Howe and Mrs. G. w.
Darling, managers.
The first regular meeting will be
held on Friday, Oct 80. and in Decem-
Der a special day will be dedicated.
concentrating the admission Of Iowa
into the union siXty-eight years ago
Dec %. The year will then be devot-
ed to study of the history of Iowa.
In it's patriotic work last year
the chapter donated to the fund for
marking the original trail across Iowa
and also subscribed to Martha Berry
School in the south.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-09-22
Il Do My Own
Washing NoN!'
It's Easy With "SKTTCH'-No More Rubbing, No More
Running Hands in Hot Suds-"SKITCH" 90 cents for
7Washings) Is God-send on Wash Day.

1t used to be four o'clock. use only
u bar and a half of soap with SkITCHs
1t used to take four bars. And don't
have to ruin my hands In hot suds or
tire my back and arms rubbtngs
SKITCH is fine" That's what Mrs.
Joseph Bates. SEA Oakley Boulevard
Chicago. says. and It's what you will
say II youll get 10 cent package Of
SKITCH and let IL help you.
All grocers have SKITCH or can got
1t for you OF the jobber--a ten cent
package does seven washings. Think
of breaking your back over wash i
board for one cent. II yourrdealcr won't
supply you with SKTCH send me hia
nomc and I'll send you a sample fre0y
Hans Fitchenberg. milwaukee,. Wis.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-09-22

dent of the federation last year and
the presidents Of the nine clubs rep
resented in the federation act as vice
presidents and are members Of the
executive board. The board OF direc-
tors meets the first Thursday in every
month, and the annual election has
been changed from the last Friday in
October to the last FridaH in April.
The object Of the Organization is
civic Improvements, ana muon credit is
due the federation for various. I'M
provements along thatslin,.% During the
winter months programs sani center
tainments are given. the moss import
ant given last. year beingthe pa geant
given for Establishing a fund for a
club house. The federation was also
instrumental in starting an equal SUI
frage movement in the city.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-09-22

SKITCH has completely done for the
slavery and back-break OF wash days!
Throw your wash boards away. Don't
ruin your hands in hot suds. Three
teaspoons of SKITCFI to u boilerful of
clothes and you can be doing up your
housework or reading the paper while
the dirt Is just naturally skitched out
of Your clothes for you.
It's perfectly wonderful! Get a ten
cent package of SKITCH and see what
it does. SKITCH can't hurt your
clothes-guaranteed not to injure the
finest fabric. In fact SkITCH Is so
harmless you can eat it.
IT'S SO easy to do my washing now
that Just thank God for SKlTCH. I'm
all done with my wash by noon now.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-09-22

the organization: Mrs. l. o. Kemble.
vice president; Mrs. H. c. Beeson. re-
cording secretary: Mrs l.. NJ. Single
ton. corresponding secretary; Mrs.
William Barrie, treasurer; Mrs. l.. H.
Kellogg. chaplain; Mrs. Fl. A. Kinnan.
guard: and Mrs. Robert w. Stevens.
Journalist. The last Monday in Sep
TENDER is the opening day, and from
then the meetings will he held on cv-
cry alternate Monday The years work
will be devoted to study Of Dickens
Tales of Two Cites Last year the
members completed tho reading of
George Eliots "Romola."
For their philanthropy, work the
chapter donated to the state orsariza-
ton. or the grand chapter to help edu-
cate some worthy woman.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-09-22
witenauemote Club.

Marshalltown boasts of the oldest
club in the state, the Witenagemote,
which was organized in the fall of Oc-
tober, 1875. and has continued Its regu-
lar meetings turnout these many years.
There Is limited membership Of
twelve. three of whom are charter
members. Mesdames S. p. knisely.
Lille Palmer. and Mary Abbott.
The club starts its thirty ninth year
on the first Thursday in October, and
will continue to meet weekly thru the
club year. At the first meeting the
election of officers is held and the
study of the year decided upon. The
officers for the past year were Mrs.
S. F. Knisely, president; Mrs. j. A.
Anderson, vice president and treasur-
err: and Mrs. w. H. Jones. secretary.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-09-22
Tuesday Musical Club.

A club. which is based on both lit
erary and musical lines. is the Tuesday
Musical Club. which is really the only
musical club in the city. The club is
composed of about forty members.
most of whom are active and appear on
the programs during the year. The
club will open the second Tuesday In
October, with Mrs. r. G. Valentine,
president; Miss Ella Tug. vice presi-
dent: Mrs. John w. Wallace, recording
secretary: Mrs. Walter Scott. CORE
spending secretary; Miss Irma Vogel.
treasurer; and Miss Grace Swinsley.
chairman of the program committee.
The study of the club is devoted to
composers and their works. the musical
par. of the programs corresponding to
the composer being studied. This year
the club will study the different kinds
of movements in music and classify the
composers under the various move
ments they represent. making a study
of the composer and work at the same
time.
The club meets every alternate
Tuesday, and special programs, to
which friends are invited, are given at
intervals during the winter.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-09-22
Entire Nous Club.

An interesting program has been
planned for the years study of the
Entire Nous Club, one OF the older
study clubs OF the city. The first meet
ing will be held the first Tuesday In
October after which the regular meet
ings will continue weekly thru the
club year. At the annual meeting. held
in the spring, the old officers were all
reelected including Mrs. w. E. Shell
ing, president; Mrs. A. Janney. vice
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-09-22

& City Fsdsration Of Wonsn's Clubs.
Z The OFFICERS Of the CITY Federation, OF
sWomen's Clubs are: Mrs. b. F. Cum
innings, president, Mrs. r. y. Sears.
vice PRESIDENT. Miss Lola Scott, re-
scording secretary: Mrs. e. II. Keller.
eorraannadin0 eacrnfarv. Me- 4 ;..-1,.s,,..
Treadwell, treasurer, and Mrs. H. ].
Howe. auditor. Mrs. Sears was presi.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-09-22
Der Deut.che UnterhaItunss kreis.

Der Oeutsche Undertakings kroiS.
Der Deutsche Undertakings Kreis.
the only club in the city devoted to
the study of German. will start its
twelfth year on Friday, Sept. 25. when
1t will resume it's regular meetings
held on every second Friday during the
club year. The members of the club
include both Germans ard students OF
German and each year the club work
consists OF the study Of some noted
German author. The club is limited
to membership Of fifteen.
Last year the members devoted the
time to review work OF books they
had read in previous years. The study
and reading of wilhelm Tell" will be
taken up this year.
Each year the club entertains at a
banquet on Shrove Tuesday. just be-
fore the beginning of Lent, and an an
nual picnic held in the spring is look
ed forward to with pleasure by the
members and their families.
The officers of the club are Mrs. F..
NJ Singleton, president; Mrs. r. H.
Keller, vice president: Mrs. c. F.
Schmidt, secretary and treasurer.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-09-22
chanter RR. of p. E q.

Chapter BIB, of P. E. o., secret lit
erary organization, opens the ensuing
calendar year with thirty three active
members and five on-resident MEM
berg. Mrs. G. c. Urine is president Of