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The Dolores star., 1914-12-25

In Scotland and England. The first visitor to
house on New Years morning had the privilege OF
kissing the person that opened the door. Perhaps
there 10 q "Reminiscences Of ancient fire worship In
the Shropshire custom Of stirring the fire on New
Years morning before uttering a word
Although there are few houses where New
Years day II observed with its oldtime hospital
ity. the day h not wholly divorced from the
thought Of good things to eat. The ridiculous New
Yeafts eve dinners In the Broadway restaurants
have special Significance. but there are certain
dishes inseparably associated with the day.
One Of these IL roast goose. which II perhaps
more liked In England than America. But even
more characteristic are those admirable little
cakes which come from Germany. and which are
imported in tin boxes. German cooks have made
them fer centuries. have lavished their time and
energy on new designs and new havors. and the
result 10 . cake % excellent that II must always
be the special delight Of the New Year feast This
point Of ritual. surely must be left us.
30 excellent ID the German New Years cake
that Il cannot be used for charm. like the New
Years eve cake Of Ireland For this was thrown
against the wall and broken into pieces. The nrst
fragment to touch the ground was eagerly sought
for he who ate II was sure offs years happiness
There was much pleasure In the baking Of the
cake. II was placed on gridiron before the open
IRE. and incanations were sung to secure the sue.
cess Of the charm.
The Dolores star., 1914-12-25

I'VE are living 10 IN aas Of sxcsp.iosal cub
ssrs" said the woman with angular features.
"Msbbs ~ are" ssid Farmer Corntosssl. sbut
cant help noescin' that people walk right up 70
The nsvs stand 10 by sens pretty auRy etn0.
vhlls y takss mighty sod book assst 70 veeS
- . 81 e 0Aaheeosase."
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(Coevrishl lSlk b. A. 8 CsayS
THE RADIOACTIVE ELEMENrs.

fossOr ROentgen In 1885 famiiiarizeo
the minds OF men with . type OF radi.
alton invisible to the unaided eye but
able to traverse opaque objects and
affect . Photographic plate behind
them. II had long been known that
certain substances exposed to sun
shine afterwards glow In the dark.
property known A. phosphorescence,
and II had been discovered that the
X-ray developed these same qualities
In these substances. This led to ex-
periments to see II similar types OF
rays were not produced in other ways.
Like many other great discoveries.
the elimination of the search owed
something to luck or accident. Henri
Becquerel In Paris in 1896 CHANGED to
use a piece Of uranium and dlscov-
cred In compounds of that element
emanations closely allied to the X-ray
In their general nature, property we
now call radioactivity. These new
radiations in varying extent pass
through all matter quite Independent
Of whether 1t is opaque or transparent
to light. In addition to the proper
ties possessed by light Of acting on a
Photographic plate and Of causing GER
tain substances, like the platino-
cyanides. to fuoresce. the new redia-
lions resembied the X-rays also in
'fonizing" the air and other gases,
rendering them for the time being
partial conductors of electricity.
The pioneer In developments on the
chemical side was Nine. Curie. who.
with her husband, isolated radium
and polonium. Other investigators
following these lines developed some
thirty individual radio elements. As
q result OF experiments, observations
and deductions. we are beginning to
suspect that there exists IN every
form Of matter the process Of its own
decay. and this suspicion 10 gradually
crystallizing into belief. q new phil.
osophy, q philosophy destined pro-
foundly to influence the thoughts and
actions of future generations Of men,
The emanations from radioactive
elements have be.n classed "A alma.
OOt1 ana Gamma rays. ana are Dis
tinsuished by enormous differences IN
power OF penetration. The alpha
rays have been shown to be atoms
Of helium carving an electrical
charge. ana shooting out from r.diosc.
tive materials in the course Of their
disintesr.tion. The sInb. r.va Of
radium are d,stinxuishabIe in meme
tratins power from the aIpha raw. az
Uranium and from rborium. hut thu
diYerences among alma raw. a. a
class are small ana unimportant re,s.
tively compared to the enormous ar.
serences between any alpha raw ana =
beta ar a Gamma r.y.
The most penetrating .lphs ray
known Is not more than twice As pene-
,r,t,nr a. the least nene,ra,,n, Ann.
raw Known. but beta RAYS a 4 Clans
Az. 100 times more penetr.t,n. ,h.n
.inhs nav. ana ,hs ..mm. raw. IN
turn are su,Iy 100 time. more n.ne.
,r,tinr than the hsta rsys a. a c,...
The Dolores star., 1914-12-25

~ ssandfathers did not give up $50
each for the privilege Of spending
New Years eve In crowded restaur.
ants. Neither did they. ut the stroke
Of twelve. put on caps Of colored
paper. ring COW bells. and throw con.
testi II Strangers. Yet We. who ridi.
Guile their traditions and superstitions.
can find. II seems. no more satisfac-
tory way In which to speed the old
year and welcome the new.
The Dolores star., 1914-12-25
"HOgmanay. trollolay.
Give us OF your white bread.
But none OF your grey.

Give us cake and cheese. and let Us 80
away"
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travelling over the country, for better
selection of goods can he shown in the
big building than one could see In =
month of journey!ng.
AS originally planned the Pan Ameri-
can Building was to he 9ol feet high,
or $50 feet higher than the Woolworth
Tower. That, however was before n
site had been selected for the giant.
Since then the pan has been changed
twice. First ihc hciEht was reduced
to sol feet. when It was found that
there would not be enough space to
carry out the promoters ideas. New
plans were prepared then, for a build
ing $50 feet high. Many have asked:
"Wil the building he erected?" To
which the only answer Is that Hudson
Maxim is president of the promoting
association and Francis II. klmball is
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the architect, and these men do not
usually chase ra!nbows.
Still another building monster Is
planned. 1t il "A thirty-fiNc story struc-
ture. to cost s3.500 900, which has been
designed for the site in the rear OF
Trinity Church owned by the American
Bank Note Company. The property
fronts on Trinity place just north of
Rector street ana near the United States
Express Building. which has been one
of the notable successes among recently
erected office buildings. Since the plans
for the structure were iilcd by Howclls
& Stokes. architects, nothing further has
been done 1t Is thouaht, however, that
the American Bank Note Company will
put up the building In order To save
to the land the value it possesses as a
site for just such an improvement. Soon
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a restriction Will be placed on high
buildings which will mean that without
the tlSrtyfive story building on Il the
American Bank Note plot Will be worth
not nearly so much as though improved.
IL is more than likely that the New
York Central railroad win spend an
other s3,0U0,O00 this year toward the
completion of its terminal Improvement,
the building to he erected 10 take the
form of sixteen story hote, To occupy
the plot on Forty second street to the
east of the main station. This property
was acquired 10y the railroad in l9l2
from the Hospital for RupturCd and
Crippled Children and since then plans
for the Improvement have been ready
and await only lessee for the hotel
before they are executed. 1t Is now
stated that such lessee is likely To be
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It is about fifteen years since the
dwellings at ia and 1l6 West Twenty
first street were occupied. 1t Is not be-
cause tenants cannot be found for the
houses, for that block Is one OF the few
in the section that has retained much
of Its cid residential character. The
houses could have been rented any
number OF times II Charles Hartung,
who owns them, would have consented.
Why he refuses an income from his
realty he has kept to himself, to the dis
contentment of maybe every house
owner In the block. They cannot see
that their interests or those OF the block
are being advanced any by Mr.. Har-
lungs stand, as 1t arouses suspicion OF
prospective house buyers. which often
results In no sale.
Hartung expects every day to sell his
property to the United States Realty
and Improvement Company. which
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LOST A FORTUNE BY HOLDING OUT FOR HIGH PRICE

without batting an eye he turned down
the offer with the remark that his price
was 100000, and If the realty company
wanted them 1t would have to pay that
figure and not "A penny less. He APP
parently meant what he said. for he has
not rclented yet, Brokers think he will
never again get the opportunity % turn
ing down s275 900 for his houses. He
was getting Sixth avenue values, which
at that time We're among the highest In
the city.
1t Is not so now. The movement to
uptown sections has sent realty on Sixth
avenue below Twenty-third street down
ward. The removal recently of Nc
Creery's and the failure of the Simpson
Crawford Company and the Henry
Sicgel store are not happenings that en-
hance'rcal estate to the extent that Mr..
Hartung will be in n better position to
demand nearly sl0,s70 front foot for
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such a building. which will represent
when completed an investment of ap-
proximatc,y $2S 10000 There are mort
cages on the building and plo; already
which aggregate s255Oo.0oo, which Is
probably the largest amount carried on
mortgage on any single block in the
world.
While this great structure by its size
and cost overshadows al! other build
ings which are about to be raised. it is
by no means the only large operate.
planned. Indeed much is likely to ~.
heard soon of the plan to erect Tho
cloud piercing Pan American State
Building at Broadway, Eighth avenue,
F!fty-seventh and Fifty-eighth streets.
The promoters of this venture are gong
quietly about interesting the various
South and Central American Govern
ments in the building, and 1t is not at
all unlikely that the announcement will
be made within short time that enough
money has been subscribed to buy the
site and erect the building.
This is 10 be no speculative or
income producing venture. The
sole object of the promoters Is TO
provide n building where trade may
be carried on between this Coun-
try and Central and South Ameri-
can countries under more favorable con-
ditons than ut present. 1t Is planned to
offer the space in the building to the
various nations for show and sales
rooms for their products whore buy
ers may see at glance what is offered
and can buy goods without having to
- a ~
many weeks. Similarly space Is to be
set aside for American manufacturers
and growers where they may show and
sell all American products which are
used in the countries to the south. Un-
der such an arrangement foreign buy
ers would be saved the necessity OF
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owns the O'Neill-Adams store and sew
eral houses on Twenty-second street,
and for that reason brokers think he Is
Withholding from tying his buildings up
with leases. This is a poor excuse. but
1t is the most feasible that can be adj
vanced for his refusal to let his realty
bring him several thousand dollars a
year in rents.
The property, however, may be bought
by any one who is willing to pay $500
900 for 1t. Hartung may want more
now, as that was the figure he asked
the United States Realty and Improve
ment Company for the houses some
years ago. He told the realty company
when 1t offered to buy his dwellings
that s250.000 each was his price. The
company wanted to extend the ONeill-
Adams store and offered him S275,O00
for the dwellings. which together meas
ure 40 feet front and are 80 feet long,
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COUNTRY SHOW APPRECIATED.
just " hut Those Who Would live
In the Country Desired.

Residents of New York are taking To
the Country Life Permanent Exposition
now on at the Grand Central Terminal
as though 1t were just the thing they
most desired. People who longei for
the country kept their desires to them
selves out of fear of the pushing
methods of the twentieth century sales
man of land developing campaigns.
Robert II. Farley Of the Scarsdalr
Estate and Gedney Farm Company,
who originated the exhibition, realized
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residence OF Andrew Carnegie. g. L. II.
Gilbert. who designed tho house. estl-
mates the cost of construction - be
about 100000. but II IS thought that
before Mr.. Kahn Is ready 20 live IN it the
house WAl -osst. AZ least twice as much.
Tho building will be four stories high.
OF classical design and will have gar
dens along the north and east sides.
Those who know what Mr. Gilbert can
do in the way OF fine residence believe
that with Mr.. Kahns cooperation he
will turn out one Of tn" finest iuuses
in the country.
Tho Vale Club VIII have tho largest
and probably the fines, clubhouse ~ the
city when the plans of Jam,s Gamble
Rogers are executed AT the corner II
Vanderbilt avenue ana Fur,y-fnurth
street on property owned hy the Scw
York Central railroad. Tho building
will 10 twenty stories high and VIII cost
$500 coo. Not only VIII 1t have every
feature known 80 high class clubs but
Il will contain many floors uf sleeping
apartments fur members and special
quarters for young graduates starting
on business careers wh,r" they viii bn
surrounded with every comfort II is
planned To open this building on Christ
mas eve.
Members OF tho Knickorhockor club
also are to have q new clubhouse. II
Will stand a. Fiith avenue and sixty
] second street ana VIII lr DESIGNED by
Delano " Aidrich. They have -, mated
the cost at 100000, but TIM, amount,
i; j. thought, viii cover only part of
the construction.
Among commercial BUILDINGS the
largest s'ruciur" $40 tar planned for
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PA,7 A-r7arie arr Bald ir7S
Highest in sl,e Worla~
To Cost $l2SOO.OCO

AWSON PrRDY. president ~ ire
Department Of TaNeS and AS
sessments, In an article pre-
pared for these columns several |
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inside property on Twcnty-irst street.
The city values the property at $685. 600;
the land being worth $4,000.
The Sentinel=record., 1914-03-08

the cures effected with radium. and this subject is in the headlines of the press more than any other just at this time, By Radium's Rays" Gold Seal two-reel special ought to attract and interest every citizen of Hot Springs. It is a beautifully told romantic, a thrilling drama and besides it contains some educational features along an up-tosthe-minute subject that is bound to make it a butler.
 The Arrow Makers Daughter is an Indian two-reel specical from Kay Bee featuring a number of well known Indian actors. with Miss Lederer in the stellar role, and Eagle Shirt, Swallow and Lone Bear, the Indian actors, supporting her. It is a bril- liant drama in it's dramatic colorilg, brim full of action and beautiful sit nations
 Ii is an all feature program MoE' day, so don't overlook it-at the Lyric.
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NEW CENTRAL THEATER.

Well, we have John and Flora with
 Us again, and as usual we are going to get a good start on the new week. for MT Bunny and Miss Finch arc the two to make us feel good to drive away the clouds and call forth the sunshine of laughter They both rode on the same train recently and there was "A Change in Baggage Checks" which no one. it seemed, was responsible, but wAich brought them together and started Cupid get
 ting busy. You1l laugh mere than ever at this feature comedy. Then there is the greatest municipal, DO lice and political story that the cities have witnessed this year in Essanay' $ big two-reel production, Let No Man Escape which headlines the program. and after that will come Selig's latest heart-toucher, "The At
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LYCEUM THEATER.

The Lyceum will be closed all day Monday, but on Tuesday will reopen under new management. and with some marked improvements, and 70 celebrate the reopening of this p>pu- lar theater, the Mutual Film Cor~ra. tion announces as a special release the great Ouida play. Moths" filmed by the Thaahouser Company, with Maude Fealy leading. supported by such stars as William Russell. Harry Benham, Lila Chester, Gerda Holmes, Mrs. Lawrence Marsten and others. Miss Fealy, starring in this film is known from coast to caost, as a legi- innate theatrical star and has posi- lively never been seen to better ad vantage than in this great picture, in four magnificent dramatic reels.
 Moths" has been described as the most extraordinary description of a woman that has ever been penned, and you must not miss this wonder play and it's marvellous star
 The Lyceum, under the new man. agement will present a vastly inn proved program every day in the week. Come Tuesday and see the first of the new programs
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ROYAL THEATER.

For Monday We offer wha we be. AeVe positively to be the greatest motion picture ever filmed in "Tbe ureat Leap ' four-reel feature from the Continental Film Corporation.
 It IS the tremendously thrillin, story Of Kentucky feud. featuring Robert Harron and and Mae Marsh their great leap on horseback from high cliff into a raging river to '-,ate their enemies. lt is the great. est death deiyins feat ever perform. ed for the purpose Of making a mo- ton picture and has created a regu- lar t'lrore in motion picture circles.
 lt is the biggest and most sensa- ticnai picture We have ever booked. It is the very climax of motion pie ture daring and sensation. It is years ahead of anything of the kind now on the market.
 Assuring you that it is the great est picture you ever had an appor unity of seeing, We warn you that you will miss the treat of the season if you fail to see it Monday at the Royal.
The Sentinel=record., 1914-03-08
DRAMATIC POEM IS
 "PEG q MY HEART"
NEW ORLEANS CRITIC GOES INTO ECsTATICs OVER PRODUCTION ,
 IN THAT CITY.
Sweet souled, Gentle Irish Girl Makes Big Hit with the People of the South in Whole of the Tour.

The New Orleans Picayune critic i. another that has joined Hugh Hume ol r Memphis in unqualified praise ol Peg O My Heart" which appears at the Auditorium theater on March 12. The PicayuDe says;
 Imagine a sweet, whole-souled. sentle-hearted Irish girl with all the
 ptimism of her race, suddenly se down in the chilly, depressing artfi- cial atmosphere of an English family circle whose members live by false standards, and whose aim and purpose in tie social system seems to be to emphasize a spirit of exclusiveness that il the last analysis is pure snob- bishness, and you have the central idea of the theme which runs through Peg O My Heart
 Peg O My Heart is wonderful In measure it is dramatic poem, a treasure casket of real wit, and of all the plays given to the stage in later days, Peg should live the longest. tIts called a Charming comedy of youth, and was written by J. Hartley Man lers, for Laurette Taylor. It deserves It's classification as charming com, edy of youth and more than that might be said of it, as 1t thrills and 'uisates with delightful story of
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love, which is given with a vivid true ness of the theme and slowly grows and unfolds from the tiny blossom to the full petaled flower.
 The usual big Sunday night audi. ence greeted Peg O. My Heart at the Tulane last night. and from orchestra to gallery the magic of Miss Halls art was felt, and the great heart of the people in mighty throbs went cut to the true blue Irish girl isolated as it f were in the cold English country house, with no other friend save
 Michael her honest faced. rough.
 haired terrier.
 Tt was no stage picture there be- ! hind the footlights, it was all the real
 thing. with flesh and blood people lly-
 ing the story, just as Mir. Manners brain evolved it, and when the final curtain was down the audience re- l gretted that the charm of the night
 was over, and that the spell exercised by Miss Hall could not have lasted hours Icnger.
 S7f HS t'iI eAbly 5OGot IS d Htllt Irish girl, whose mother has been cast off by her aristocratic English rela- tives because she has contracted, as these narrow-miaded relatives view the matter a mesalliance, in giving her heart and hand to an honest Irish man. The rich uncle, dying, relents and provides in his will that Peg shall come to England receive an educa- toni, and upon her majority become heiress of an income of s5,000 a year. Peg is diamond in the rough and is too honest and pure to readily fit in to the abnormal arrangement in the house of her English aunt, Mrs. Chi chester She and her dog made q pitiful pair indeed, but the girls brightness dispels gloom her self re- liance is sustaining strength for every trying situation, and she is supreme at all times, saving her cousin, Etael, from d terrible mistake, and in the end fining happiness in the love of a good man.
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AT THE PRINCESS.

Here is another big musical. spec tacle and variety bill at the Princess, opening Monday matinee, for three days. It is a bright and beautiful bill full of charm and catchy comedy.
 Paul Kleists mystery act is one of novel charm. On darkened stage many strange white objects appear and disappear, while the concluding feature, battle between an airship and a man-of-war, is capably devised. Kleist will also introduce some musi. cal numbers and dances. His offer ing, entitled The Land of Dreams" is a continuous round of surprises. He presents much new magic, also treat ing his auditor to violin selections. It lis one of those acts seldom seen on the stage today. therefore should be witnessed by all in and around Hot Springs.
 The Meyako Sisters, under the per sonal direction of their father, will present an act of unusual merit. These dainty little Japanese girls have an excellent contortion and aero batic act. but the finale and climax is their sister singing offering rendering American song hits in the pretty Japanese accent, garbed in Japanese costumes. They show remarkable aptitude to the stage. This act alone is worth the admission fee and well worth seeing and hearing by every woman, man or child who is fond of this class of entertainment.
 The Primrose Four, who have just returned from Sidney, Australia, meet ing with the usual success, will be seen at the Princess Neater frs half of the week, where they will de- light the music loving auditors with some of the best ragtime singing they have listened to in a long time This quartet is being billed 1000 lbs of Harmony" although they tip the scales at 1,126 pounds. All four of them are big men, unnecessary to say, and their splendid appearance and ability combined with personality makes their act one of the most gen. uine successes of its kind on tour.
 Vincent and Raymond are a pleas ing couple who have played all the big vaudeville houses in the East. They present a 12-minute. skit entitled Names Don't Count" It gives them an opportunity to put over a snappy line of talking and singing, which they do in very clever manner, Their travesty on married life is one that will be most enjoyed. Both mem bers of the team have good voices and will no doubt be welcomed by the amusement-loving public of this city
 Baron Lichter, piano wizard with a well developed sense of the gro tesque, will appear with the new bill Lichter Is gifted vocally also. He inn persoaates the bass. tenor and CO prano in the sextet from Lucia" and it will be done to provoke mirth. it is a remarkable display. His mastery of the piano might be turned to more impressive purposes.
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JACK GOODINE SAYS

Why go to the seashore for sea food, when you can be served with oysters on the half she'll deviled crabs; shrimp and fried smelts, at the EMPIRE, S25 Central avenue. Next door to the Princess Theatre Also Mexican chilli, spaghetti Italian. And, say, try my 15-cent Merchants lunch. Eat drink and be merry, and see the pictures.