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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1915-04-15
Dresden's Model Theater STAGE.

Dresden seems to have theatricaIly
solved the problem OF long waits. for
the konigliches Schauspielhaus brings
the technical side Of the theater up to
the highest point that h;ls ever been
reached. The three principal features
are simplicity. rapidity Of working and
the liberal allowance for space. air and
light Instead of having the conyen-
tonal stage where one scene must be
taken down before the next can be
set or of having a revolving stage the
Schauspielhaus Is provided with
stage which is lowered hydraulicaily
for the purpose Of shifting the scenery.
While one scene is being used. the Sec
pnd Is all set mp below on the left
hand side. The stage Is then lowered.
and the first scene is rolled off to the
right by electric motors. the new scene
ut the same time being rolled on. Then
the stage is again raised. and the play
goes on with an interruption OF but
thirty seconds.
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Continued In neat aGeek's Banner.
keinht of the Panama Canal.

The middle section of the Panama
canal. thirty four miles long. has a wa
ter level of eighty-fve feet higher than
the two end sections, which are sea
levels. Vessels entering the canal from
the ocean on either side are lifted to
the middle section. n height of eighty.
FIVE feet. by three sets of locks. each
Of which raises the vessel a fraction
over twenty-eight feet, making total
of eighty-fve feet These locks are
constructed side by side like double
track railway. so that one ship may be
going up while tile other is going down.
Only one ship can be in a lock at the
same time. but as the locks are con-
structed in pairs. side by side. two
ships going in opposite directions. one
going up the incline and the other
going down. may PISS each other with
in hailing distance Vessels are towed
through the locks by electric inachin-
ery.-Philadelphia Press
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1915-04-15

Peg put up with that just as long az
she could. Then one day she opened
out On them and astonished them
They could not have been more ama7-
ed had a bomb exploded in their
midst. The little. timid looking. open
eyed. Titan haired girl was a veritable
vltago. She STACKED and belittled and
mimicked an1 berated them. They
had talked of her brogue. They should
listen to their own nasal utterances.
that sounded as if they were speaking
with their noses and not with their
tongues! Even the teacher did not go
unscathed. She came in for an on
siaught too. That closed Pegs career
as a New York student.
Her father arranged his work so that
he could be with her at certain peri
DDS of the day and outlined her studies
from his own slender stock of knowl
edge.
One wonderful day they had an ad-
dition to their small family. A little.
wiry haired. scrubby. melancholy Irish
terrier followed O'ConnelI for miles
He tried to drive him away. The dog
would turn and run for few seconds,
and the moment O'Connell would take
his eyes off him he would run along
and catch him up and wag his over
long tail and look up at O'Connell With
his sad eyes. The dog followed him
all the way home. and when OConneli
opened the door he ran in. O'Conneli
had not the heart to turn him out. SO
he poured out some milk and broke up
played with him until Peg came home.
She liked the little dog ut once. ana
then and there O'Connell adopted hin
and gave him to Peg. He said the
dogs face had a look of Michael Quin-
Ian, the Fenian. So Michael he was
named. and he took his place in the
little home He became Pegs boon
companion. They romped together
like children, and they talked to each
other and understood each other.
The days flowed quietly ON. O'Con
nell apparently satisfied with his lot
But to Pegs sharp eye all was not
well with him. There was settled
melancholy about him whenever she
surprised him thinking alone. She
thought he was fretting for ireland
and their happy days together and Sc
said nothing.
He was really worrying over Pegs
future He had such a small amount
of money put by. and working Oh Il
salary it would be long before he
could save enough to leave Peg sutti
ciant to carry her Oh for awhile il
anything happened" There was al
ways that IF anything happened run
ming in his mind.
Continued In uert aEeek,s Rnnner
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1915-04-15

much, father?" she asked O'Connell
once, looking up at him with a puzzled
look in her big blue eyes and the most
adorable brogue coming fresh from
her tongue.
why do We hate them?' she re-
peated.
I've good cause to. Peg, me darlin'.
be answered. and a deep frown gather
ed on his brow.
Sure wasn't me mother EnglishT'
Peg asked.
"She was
Then why do We hate the English p
ut 'ud take IA long time to tell ye
that, Peggy. Some day / will. There's
many a reason why the Irish hate the
English. and many a good reason too.
But there's one why you and | should
hate them and nate them with all the
bitterness that's in u.s."
And what is it," said Peg curiOusly.
I'll tell We. When yer mother and
were almost staarvin', and she lyln
On bed OF sickness. she wrote to IN
EngliShman an e.3ked him to assist
her An this is the reply she got:
We've made yer bed. Lie iii It. Thai
was the answer she got the day De-
fore you were born. and she died CIV
in ye life. And by the same tOkeL
the man that wrote that shameful
message to a dyin' woman was her
own brother"
Her own brother, yer tellin' meT
asked Peg wrathfully.
Il am. Peg. Her own brother. In
tellin' ye."
ITS bad luck that man'll have all
his lifer said Peg tiercey. no write
the mother that-an' she dyin'! Faitl
I'd like to see him some day-jus1
meet him-an' tell him She stopped
her little fingers clinched into ninia
ture fist
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1915-04-15
It Changed His Mind.

A switching engine prevented Chi
cago man from committing suicide the
other day. With Il rope around his
neck and fastened to the rails of the
Rock Island railroad he was crawling
between the ties, prepared to jump
from viaduct, when a switching en-
gine came along and cut the rope. As
he had lost his chance of hanging him.
self. he thought better of his project
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1915-04-15
Commemorative Advice.

It is probable that seldom has better
advice been given than in the follow
ing condensed rules. Drink less. breathe
more; eat less. chew more, ride less,
walk more. clothe less. bathe more:
worry less. work more: waste less.
give more: write less. read more, talk
less, think more; preach less. practice
more. To follow these is to strive for
better health. further popularity and
greater success.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1915-04-15
Good Advice.

'What would you say" said the
prophet OF woe. IF | were to tell you
that in a very short space Of time all
the rivers In this country woule dry
up?"
Il would say replied the patient
man. "go and do thou likewise."-
Stray Stories.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1915-04-15
Family Fun.

They had been having quarrel, and
after Mrs. ellison had spoken the last
word, us usual. she felt that perhaps
ing up. the evening paper. began to
read little items from it.
''Oh. Henry" she laughed, isn't this
funny? Here is man advertising for
il silent partner with 81 900"
Funny" growled ellison. Yes; it's
terribly funny. If he'd married you
he'd have been darned glad to get a
silent partner even if she didn't have
nt."-philadelphia Record.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1915-04-15
SYNOPSIS.

Frank OConneli. young Irish patriot,
is shot and wounded by British soldiers
while making a home rule speech. He
is aided by Angela Kingsnorth. an Eng
lish society girl. who defends him.
Angela takes OConnell to her brothers s
home and helps to nurse him He RECEIVERS.
and he and the girl become fast friends.
OConneli when we'll is sent to iail for
disturbing the peace, He finally writes
Angela that he has finished his sentence
0'connell and Angela we'd She has
espoused the irish cause. Her brother. a
member OF parliament. Is very angry,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1915-04-15
ExpIainino IL.

Robert said his mother. what
mischief have You been up to now? l
can tell by the look in your eyes that
you have been naughty
oh replied Robert. that's part of
the look left over from the last time
| was hty."-Chicago News.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1915-04-15
CONFUSING.

Tommy Figgjam-Paw. doesn't re
verse; mean to "back?" Paw Fi.g.
jam Well. yes. it does Tommy Figg-
iam-Then. what did Uncle Bill mean
when he said that he busted up In
business because lie had too nany re-
verses and not enough backingi-Chi-
cago Post
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1915-04-15
We Can Try.

We can't all be great. hut we can all
try to be good And we can all try
to he happy and do our best to give
happiness to others.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1915-04-15

uiant Bronze Turkey Eggs. 50 per
aozen, by mail. Address, Benton, La,
Route l. 1876 j. H. SIMMONS.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-11-19
BIG WILDERNESS OF CANADA
Nobody Thinks of Going Into Region
Northeast of Lake St. John
Approach by Zig Peribonka.

The region northeast of Lake st.
John is off at one side where nobody
thinks of going except few trappers.
The mining and timber have not
seemed rich enough to draw the white
man.
The main avenue Of approach Is the
Big Peribonka, the largest OF the Lake
st. John rivers. The real wilderness
begins in the neighborhood of Lake
Tchotogoma, 60 miles up the river.
Beyond that stretches vast region,
as fresh and wild, as natural and
primitive as anything discovered by
Columbus and with fewer human ten
ants. In the last fifty miles Of its
course the Big Peribonka comes down
from its high plateau roaring through
deElles of ragged rock and making
necessary ten or more portages, sew
eral Of them in the perpendicular
style of architecture. Of late years
a rude wagon road has been extended
through the burnt-over country be-
tween the village Of Mistook, near
Lake ST. John and the Shute Mcleod,
the last but one Of these Peribonka
falls. The necessity Of climbing up
steep river has thus been largely
eliminated. Lake Tchotogoma may
be reached from the other direction
where the means Of access have also
been improved; and one coming up
from Quebec by the Saguenay boat
should go in from that quarter and
come out by the new route down the
Peribonka.
The outfit is carried from Chi
countimi, at the head Of steamboat
navigation, up to the foot of rough
water in the river, distance of seven
miles. Then comes a wagon journey
of % miles northerly to the Lac des
Iles.-Outing
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-11-19
PAYS 70 SAVE THE TREES
They Add TO Attractiveness and Conn.,
fort of Home, Is Declaration
of Writer.

It is a rare case when we cannot
give the following admonition, says a
writer in the Minneapolis Journal.
Save all the trees possible on your
land. If a tree insists on standing in
the way when you are building road,
let your road take way around. Even
a tree left standing at the side of a
read or in the sidewalk may add pic
turesQueaess to the land, which in
itself in an attraction to buyers.
IF the land bordering the road in a
residential tract is thickiy wooded,
trees may not be needed in the plant
ing strip. Indeed, leaving all planting
out Of the street tends materially to
widening its appearance. 1t is un-
usually, however, a good idea to plan
for street trees. Their presence makes
for GOODNESS and comfort and the gen.
eral attractiveness OF the region.
Forty feet apart is the best distance
for street trees and safe one to fol-
low. Planting at closer distance gives
the trees scant room for mature de-
velcpment. It is also more expensive
for the real estate man. Trees may be
planted opposite each other, if the
distance between trees on opposite
sides of the street is forty feet. Should
the distance be less, the trees had best
be staggered is, placed alter
nately.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-11-19
Small Towns Beauty.

Austin, Mimi, with a population OF
about $500, has the usual activities OF
a little western town. Five divisions
of the c., NJ G st. P. railroad center
there for repair shop facilities. II
has a large packing house, its own
electric light and water works, worth
$303,0O0; a good-sized cement plant,
brick and tile works, etc. But this
prosperous community is especially
notable fer its city beautiful" idea.
Not content with its parks Of forty-fTe,
fifteen and FIVE acres, it has estab-
lished floral decorative scheme. The
well-paved streets arc arranged on a
floral plan. The wide parkings Of enc
street are beautiful at one season
with a profusion Of the wild crab trees
bloom; another presents a ribbon OF
color from geraniums; another street
presents a. line Of catalpas, snowy with
blossoms, and so On. The worknen
at the shops and railroad station at
their own expense annually employ
landscape gardener, and the bare,
dusty patches Of waste ground there
abouts have been transformed. Spires,
phlcx, lilies of all kinds and Towering
shrubbery, as well as ANIMALS, are
used.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-11-19
WHEN YOU HANG A HAMMOCK
Its Height Should Be Carefully Deter.
m:ned-Must Be Swung Low
Enough for the Children.

A delicate point in the hanging of a
hammock is the height. 1t must be
swung low enough that the children
can get into it without falling out
and breaking their worthless little
necks. 1t must not be so low that
father, who has to put two pennies
into the slot machine to get weighed,
will bump the ground in his swing.
To get the height right involves the
solution of the formula Of the eaten
airy, so that the lowest point IN the
curve shall not become tangent to the
plane beneath whatever the weight
and however it may be distributed.
For it is embarrassing to find too late
that the hammock is not fixed to car.
ry double. And if, on the other hand,
you hang it with that contingency in
view, he may not come at all that aft
ernoon.
The head Of the hammock should
be Is degrees higher than the foot.
A clinometer may be used to deter
mine the angle if necessary. Within
reach of the higher end place chair
with something cool to drink and a
magazine or two. Select for this pur-
pose a magazine with pretty girl on
the front cover. Then it won't matter
whether you read it or not.-New
York Independent.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-11-19

Father Knickerbocker's $50 Years.
New York city celebrated last
Thursday the 250th anniversary of its
municipal government under a mayor
and board Of aldermen.
When Thomas Willett was sworn
in as mayor, with his five aldermen,
on June "a, 1665-the date appearing
as June IA, according to the old cal
endar form, in the early accounts
by the English governor, Richard
Nicolls, the last vestige of Dutch rule
was obliterated.
There was, indeed, one break, but of
so short duration that it's influence
was negligible. In 1878, while England
and Holland were at war, Captain
Colye, with a small Dutch feet, ap-
peared in the harbor. The English
recognized that the fort was no more
able to resist an attack than it was
in the days of Stuyvesant nine years
before, and the Dutch again captured
New York. In less than year, when
the European war ended, 1t was re-
stored to the English.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-11-19

1901, Jacques Perret, an architect liv-
ing in Chambrey, designed a build
ing that, although it was never erect
ed, may properly claim to be the an
cestor of the modern skyscraper.
What a visionary dreamer must have
been the architect who 500 years ago
planned an History building 961 feet
in height-almo:t half as tall as the
Woolwurth building in New York.
According to PerrGt's measurements,
the building was to. have been 1855
feet long and 40 feet broad. And
the walls were to have been over II
feet thick! But in 1861 the meth
DDS OF building construction were by
no means so modern as Perret's plans;
twelve-foot walls were none too thick
to support II stories. Here, again,
however, the ingenuity of the archi'
tect showed itself, for he found way
of making use of the walls without
weakening their strength. I'm the
thickness of the walls he wrote,
ARE little stairways. cabinets and cup
boards, from the bottom floor to the
top floor; thus there is no space
wasted"
Evidently the building was designed
for neutrality-suspicious. an apartment
house, for in describing his project.
Perret wrote: This great and excel
lent edifice can accommodate comfort
able 500 people,
Considering the date of tle design,
the project of jacques Perret was
in many ways a remarkably prophetic
vision. In ornateness of detail and in
fanciful exaggeration the building sug,
gests the sixteenth century, but in its
general lines it represents a much
later period in architecture. Like the
most modern skyscrapers of New
York, it has tower above the main
building. And when he designed the
terraced roof, did Jacques Perrei
dream of a roof garden?
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-11-19
Interesting War Contribution.

Among the funds which are pouring
into the committees in every city of
Italy to provide comforts and neces-
saries for those who are suffering d.
rectly or indirectly through the war,
an interesting contribution of nearly
$500 has been received by the com
mittee for civil preparation at Bo
logna. The committee existed during
the war of independence in 1866, and
this sum, which was then only $50,
was the balance which remained to
the fund after the war was over. 1t
was deposited in the name of Count
Salina, a well-known patriot of the
town, and in 40 years it has more
than quintupled ITSELF
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-11-19
ALLOW NOTHING 70 WASTE
Everything of the Slightest Value Is
. Utilized by the Thrifty People
of France.

What becomes of old sardine boxes.
tomato cans, meat cans, fruit cans,
and cans of all kinds?
In this country they are usually tum-
bled into some waste lot or down by
the side of the road, where they are
left in unsightly heaps.
But the people do better in France
where nothing is allowed to go to
waste. They gather them up, and
use them-to cut into tin soldiers.
The making Of tin soldiers is not an
INSIGNIFICANT or unimportant business.
by any means. There was puollsheo
not long ago an item saying that
the manufacture had reached great
artistic excellence" and that "a GER
tain eminent German officer has found
it possible to represent military op'
erations on a large scale by theu
means" He has 'thirty-five thousand
tin soldiers" foot soldiers, horsemenr
and artillerymen, with all necessary
equipments, and toy scenery; and WIFI
them he goes through evolutions, ano
works out interesting problems OF mil
itary tactics.
In France, too, the old boots and
shoes are collected, and every part Is
used over again The work Is most
ly done by convicts in prisons. They
take the boots and shoes to pieces ana
soak them; then the uppers are cut
over into children's shoes; or, II they
are too far gone for that, a peculiar
kind Of pressed leather is made by
some chemical action. The nails are
saved and sold, and the scraps go to
the farmers to fertilize the soil.
Who would have thought it posi-
BILE to make anything out of old saws?
Yet it is said that many of the hnest
surgical instruments, and some OF
those used by engineers, are manufac-
tured from the steel that first did duty
in saws. The steel Of saws is OF the
very best quality and finest temper;
and since 1t is good in the first place,
it is always good.
After that it is easy to believe that
there is a place in Canada where they
make paper from sawdust. 1t is a kind
of paper pulp, rolled out IN great
sheets, for the purpose of sheathing;
that is, for using on buildings before
the clapboards are put on. Wood pulp,
made of poplar and spruce, has long
been used, mixed with the rags in
the paper mills, in the process of man
ufacture; but it is a new thing 10
convert sawdust into paper.
Where the largest quantity of lead
pencils is made, the sawdust or the
cedar wood is saved and distilled. "A
valuable oil is extracted, every ounce
of which is sold at good figures"
So an old sardine box, a tomato can,
a cast-off shoe, and rusty pruning
saw may be made.oger into something
entirely new; and heap Of saWdust
and the waste from a lead-pencil man
ufactory may furnish employment and
be of actual use in the world
Youths Companion.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-11-19
Safety in Summer Drinks.

On the whole, then, we have reason
to be proud Of the progress that has
been made in the production of sum-
mer drinks. Ingredients actually harm
full or even delcterious have been
mostly eliminated. The chief danger
that besets the habitues of the soda
fountain is lack of cleanliness on the
part of the dispenser, especially in the
rinsing of the glasses. With due re-
gard for this and for the tempera-
ture and condition Of his stomach the
thirsty one may face the fountain
without fear and pick out from the
fancy names upon the mirror what
ever seems most enticing at the time.
New York Independent.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-11-19
Hone 6Jgy0
nTOWN7Tr
IS HELPS
CONTROL OF STREET TREES
Municipal Oversight imperative Is
Conclusion Arrived At by Stu
dent of the Subject.

After many years study Of the
street-tree problem, digesting reports
from the principal cities in this coun-
try, viewing such work done in Cali
forria, one can form but one opinion
as to how the work may be properly
instituted and prosecuted. No salts
factory permanent Improvement in
street planting may be done except I'M
der direct and strict municipal con-
troll.
But very few property owners are
competent to choose the right tree for
a specific street, and not one such
may live in your block or in your
street. It is all question of fitness,
of which its natural ability to thrive
under the hard conditions prevailing
in city streets is by far the most i'm
portant point. Then comes longevity,
for a tree should stand for centuries.
Even after the right tree is planted
1t must have intelligent care bestowed,
and all trees on one street should be
watered and pruned alike, set at the
same distance apart and given the
same general care, the latter consist
ing Of numberless little things that
make al important factor as whole.
Even tie control Of insect and other
pests becomes a serious matter early
in the life Of any tree. Individual
property owners are possessed of too
great a variety OF tastes, interests,
ideas of responsibility and degrees of
hanging on to the purse strings ever
to make unorganized effort more than
a failure or even organized effort much
of a success.-Los Angeles Times.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-11-19
An OrioinaI Scheme.

A tramp who drifted into Elkhart
and registered" as Pat Mahoney put
over a clever deal in a crowded street
in the business district, until the po-
lice got wise and locked him up for
public intoxication.
Pat noticed a woman II modest at
tire and timid derleanor as she stood
holding her baby in front Of a barber
shop, waiting till her husband got
shaved. Pat took up his station about
thirty feet away from her.
"Say, pardner," Pat would whinper
that's me woman an kid over there.
I'm broke and I'm tryi1' to get them
down to her folks place. l wanna git
'ern there SOS I kin git cut alone an
find some work Couldn't you help US
wild a little piece o coin?"
1t is said he rakcd in many nickels
and d:mcs-anf spent them in near.
by scooI.-Iadiaa2r els News.