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The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-05-05
WHY OIL CALMs THE WATERS
Fact That There 10 Little Internal
Friction Between Its Particles
Supplies Explanation.

Waves In mid-ocean are caused en-
tirely by the action of the wind. The
adhesion between the rapily moving
particles of air which compose the
wind and the surface particles of the
water causes the waters surface to
be dragged along with the air. Small
ripples are Immediately formed. These
ripples soon overtake others near
them. They unite, and due to the fric-
ton between the water particles, each
succeeding ripple piles up on the top
of the previous ones, says Popular
Science.
Just as soon as Oil is spread upon
the water, however, the size of the
waves is reduced like magic. The
reason for this is interesting. OIL. nm
like water. has very little internal
friction between its particles. The
ripples Of oil formed by the wind.
therefore, cannot pile upon each other
to any considerable height. Hence.
water waves cannot grow in an area
OF oil placed about a steamer. They
begin to fall down instead. By the
time these waves reach the boat they
will have lost their formative ripples
and the result is perfectly calm sur
face over the portion Of the sea
through which the boat is making ftsr
way.
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though they were-understood my DO
sition and took me to their command.
err l waited perhaps two minutes at
his headquarters; then there strobe
out. lingering my card. NO less a per-
son than Noureddin Bey himself.
Our meeting was not really strange,
for upon the outbreak of the war he
had been recalled by his government
to take active service in the field.
But at the time it overwhelmed me
with amazement, and had a sudden
sense Of impending tragedy, as though
fate had brought US three together
again to oflciate at some dreadful
drama.
General Noureddin Bey knew me at
once and was hardly less surprised.
But the first glance at his face con-
WINGED me that my fears were we'll
founded.
+ Doctor Immanuel?" / asked, and
explained hastily the purpose of my
mission.
"He is not here" answered the
General gloomily. "He is q prisoner"
But he Is DOCTOR" I exclaimed.
"He is accused Of espionage" an
swered the General. "A complete
plan Of our Notifications was found
upon him yesterday"
1T was some mistake. You know
Emmanuel; you know that he Is in
capable Of using his honored profes-
sion to play the spy" I cried holly.
THAT is what I have telegraphed
to Constantinople," answered General
Noureddin Bey gloomily.
But why have you telegraphed
there?" I asked. "Why did you not
release him?"
Because" replied the General
slowly, "a court-martial has found him
guilty and he has been sentenced to
be shot at shutdown, and only the
Sultan can save him!" Then, seeing
my expression Of horror, he added:
my friend, I loved Emmanuel better
than any man had known. But this
Is war and personal feelings may not
count. Were ] alone concerned !
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head from his body. Choose now
either strike him or die with him
Then my friend, raising his calm
eyes to mine. said: Strike, friend
and fear nothing. For I shall die
In virtue and my own salvation is
sure; but il you die-who knows?'
And II smote his head from his
shoulders as he had hidden me-"
The recollection seemed to agitate
the ambassador even now, for his
voice shook with emotion in the tell
ign Of it. Then. Emmanuel said:
Perhaps somewhere on earth he
Is living, now Monsieur"
The other made a gesture of hope
lessness.
How should know him?" he
asked. would fate bring US to-
gether?"
Perhaps" answered Emmanuel
Perhaps you will yet meet. He may
be born to you as son, or come in
some guise hard to pierce, yet posi-
BILE, IL you watch keenly."
Noueddin Bey smiled and shook
himself, as though to shake away the
weakness that had overcome him.
Perhaps" he answered, in a tone
that indicated his desire to dismiss
the subject.
"And yet" continued Emmanuel,
there is this danger-this terrible
danger. II you do not take care your
story may repeat itself. It is q way
things have. You know the wheel
that has once made a rut Is apt to
traverse it again; after that 1t is still
more likely to do 80 as the rut grows
deeper. Then 1t requires intelligence
and foresight to avoid the rut. So
there are ruts in the soul, Monsieur.
Beware that you do not kill your dear
est friend in this life, too, for next
time 1t will be doubly hard"
That ended the strange converse
ton. Half an hour later the ambas-
sador took his leave. On the next
Friday Emmanuel sailed for Calais,
en- route for Greece, and soon after
was called back to America. hard.
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ANSW Ed
Y ASUNDER BY
NOUREDDiN BEY.

his back to the white wall; then there
came roar, jagged sheet Of flame,
and he sank down sidewise, pushing
out his hands as though to save him
self in the fall, and lay motionless
upon the fiagstones. The sergeant
stepped up to him with his revolver,
but there was no need to use 1t.
Then became conscious that
Noureddin Bey was staring into my
eyes with the expression Of a soul
racked in hell.
my Cod" he said in a dazed way,
"all this has happened before!"
Pentapoulos was a wounded soldier
whom the Turks had picked up after
battle, read in the letter which
the Doctor had left for me. Emmanuel,
visiting him In the hospital, had found
him in deadly fear. His arms were
broken and in his belt, which he could
not reach, was the plan of the Turk
ish works. Immanueb had taken it
from the spy with the intention of
destroying 1t; but he had been detect
ed in possession Of 1t and had gone to
his death to save the Greek boy. It
was fitting death and somehow just
what l should have expected OF who
Doctor. For men of fine nature%yee
should have been cast for heroic her
often find their need in the manne
In which they die. I could not has
wished otherwise for him.
But, as I have said, he left a larger
hope behind him, and l. for one, be-
lieve that the cosmic dust will I'm
some cycle Of time to come restore
to some new world the little, heroic
figure that we knew, no longer gnome-
like, though; cast for larger destiny,
and, I am sure, one equally ennobling.
Copyright by W. g. Chapman)
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The Great Compliment

The late Mrs. Ellington was not the
hrst OF her name to win fame upon the
stage. There was Mrs. Ellington In
the latter part of the eighteenth CEN
fury, whose wonderful voice gained her
one OF the prettiest compliments ever
paid singer. When Sir Joshua Rey-
holds was painting Mrs. Ellington as
st. Cecilia his studio was visited one
day by Haydn. ut Is a very fine por-
trait" said the great musician, abut
you have made one strange mistake, =
What Is that?" asked Reynolds. .sYou
have painted her listening to the
angels" replied Haydn. "You ought t.
have represented the angels iatenlno
60 her, - -
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BEFORE"

| might release him, but the laws oil
war are strict, and I could not at
tempt to do 50 without a mutiny
breaking out. / should myself be &C
cused Of treachery and suffer death.
And" he ended sadly. "the Doctor
has made no denial and no defense
How could he offer any when the pa
pers were found inside his shoe?"
you searched him?"
Eyes, after his suspicious actions
had been made the subject Of COM
ment In our camp. Brit come and see
him." he continued, "and we will
await the reply from Constaninople
in the prison"
He took me Familiarity by the arm
and led me through the monastery In
which he had his headquarters, along
a paved interior court and into q
gloomy building at the rear, formerly
the monks chapel. There, closely
guarded, found Emmanuel seated at
q table, writing. As approached he
sprang to his feet and grasped my
hand warmly.
Il felt quite certain that you would
come" he cried. Il heard that you
were on the way to Salonica. l am
so glad to see you. my dear fellow,
on the last day OF my hfe."
Don't say that. Doctor!" cried
wildly. "You--a spy! That il pre-
posterous. Did you not explain?"
He hung his head. There was
nothing to explain" he answered.
THE documents were found hidden
In my shoe"
I looked keenly upon him. my heart
swelling with pity and grief. He was
just the same little gnome-like figure
Of the old days Of our friendship; the
beard was q little grayer,. the eyes
perhaps Frightened by the anticipa-
tion Of death. which, whether we fear
or welcome 1t, means 80 much even to
the bravest. I turned away, choking.
Then Noureddin Bey lost all his dig
mtg and calmness. Re ran forward
and seized Emmanuel by the hands.
you are no suys" he cried Tel
me how that papeg came In yeux
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ly hoped to meet the Doctor again fol
years to come. He, I knew, was un.
likely to revisit America. and Greece
was the last country in the world that
/ thought was likely to visit.
How strange are the changes OF
circumstances! Less than eight
months afterward the Balkan war
broke out and I.was asked to lend
my services to the Red Cross expedi-
ton organized In America to serve
with the Greek army. We sailed from
New York. for the Piraeus and fol-
lowed the victorious Hellenic armies
northward toward Saionica. There /
learned that Dr.. Emmanuel was In
charge OF the Greek Red Cross serv-
ice ut little town not twenty miles
westward Of my. own station. The
Greeks were holding large force of
Turks ct bay. and the constant fight
ing required the unremitting atten-
ton and care OF the Red Cross medi-
cal arm.
I took the opportunity to pay o visit
to Immanuel's headquarters. ] found
the Red Cross station. but the Doctor
was not there. He had ridden out
the day before, I was told, after a
skirmish, to treat the wounded, both
Greek and Turkish. who lay here and
there upon the plain. A few orderlies
and stretcher bearers with wagons
had accompanied him. Upon the field
was a small, badly organized Turkish
Red Crescent band Of half-trained
doctors from the school at CONSTANT
nople. His work done. DR.. Emmanuel
had volunteered to enter the Turkish
camp with this organization In order
to render aid to some wounded men
there. He had not returned.
This was likely to be my only
chance OF meeting my old friend and
10 resolved to enter the Turkish
camp also. In war time q physician
d immune against injury; even half
civilized foes respect his profession.
anticipated no diflculty. for wore
he Red Cross bandags upon my arm.
ind actually found none. The Turk
r. suriy. iIlfesored fellows
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went out in the agonies Of remorse.
Who were you, Monsieur" asked
the Doctor curiously. and we all lis
tened with rapt attention.
My name do not know" beear
Noureddin Bey. "But was very
much what am now: a man of some
birth and holding high rank in the
Turkish nation In the early days Of
its history. when we were still q
nomad people in Asia-long before
the conquest Of Constantinople. Per.
maps 1t was about the tenth century
THAT might be-" the Doctor an.
swered. But unless your life was
cut short or racked by a great sor.
row you would not have been reborn
for nearly two thousand years"
MY life was torn asunder by sor-
row." answered Noureddin Bey.
There was no woman in the case,
though. We Turks did not, and do
not, interpret life in the exaggerated
terms Of sentimentality which we con-
slider the chief weakness Of you West
ern peoples. But our friendships are,
think, all the stronger by reason of
this.
my friend was an Occidental. He
may have been Roman or Creek
Frank, even, or perhaps some Cru
sader. / have no remembrance of
names or nations, except that / know
my own. I met him when on an en-
bassy to the West from my sovereign,
and. savage soldier that was, I fell
In love with the handsome boy whom
! met at the kings court. He was,
think. priest, or destined for the
priesthood. Opposites attract, they
say. and 30 intense was our friendship
that when ! was summoned back to
Asia We vowed that we would meet
again. We exchanged letters. After
some years the tidings came that he
was to lead q band Of Christian mis-
sionaries into my country. They would
preach the Gospel there and invite
martyrdom. In vain wrote. begging
him not to come. He had started be.
fore the letter reached him, and, en-
tering Asia Minor with his band, bold
ly preached Christ there.
1--WE Moslems, too, accept Christ,
as you know: but he went further.
He cursed Mahomet as the Anti
Christ The people fell upon him,
stoned him and his band, and finally
soldiers were sent to take them pris-
oners and bring them before the Sui
tan.
'eThe Sultan was In q bad humor
the day they arrived. One by one they
were led up to his throne, and, az
each being Intercepted, steadfastly
to accept Mahomet, his head
was struck from his body. At last but
one remained, the leader. And he,
being asked, mildly said that Christ
was his Lord and Mahomet anathema.
The Sultan made the sign. The exc
raised his blade. Then /
rushed In between, and, on my knees,
begged the Sultan, by memory OF my
,ervice, to spare the Christians life. |
THE Sultan looked at me sternly.
You, too. are Christian dog?' he
ssked. And weeping, denied 1t, but |
pleaded for my friends life as the |
greatest gift that my lord could be-
TOW on me.
The Sultan waved the executioner
way and turned to me. Then he
aid. smiling bitterly, yours shall be
he hand that shall strike this dogs
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TYYHEN reflect upon my friend
M ship with Phileas Emmanuel,
Wv the Greek physician, whose

NH sup Win uIltdS xulIuHuuGl
Wv the Greek physician, whose
theory that reincarnation coult
at once account for and solve many OF
the more batting phases Of nervous
diseases would, but for his untimely
death, have conquered the medical
fworld-when remember the man, his
goodness. his unforgettable personal.
ity, his shrewd common sense which
raised him even in the opinion Of his
enemies above the ranks Of charlatans,
] always think Of the text: "He saved
others; himself he could not save"
That the man who had solved 30
many mysteries Of personality should
fall a victim to his own ignorance, in
the face OF his own warning, was in
deed an irony. Yet, with the larger
hope that he instilled into my heart
and the hearts Of all his friends,
cannot believe that his death was an
unmixed evil, or that the cosmic dust
will never again restore to some fu-
ture civilization the little gnome-like
doctor. with his small body and huge
head and big heart, to bring light out
OF darkness and joy out Of suffering.
/ have made mention In an earlier
account Of Noureddin Bey. the schol-
arfy Turkish ambassador to Great
Britain. Scholar he was, trained at
European universities, a freethinker
and yet not so wholly touched by
modern scepticism but that he was to
be found among the Doctors circle,
patiently listening to Immanuel's ex-
positions upon the soul. Noureddin
Bey had been q colonel in the Otto
man army. he had distinguished him
self in half dozen campaigns before
he was given his post at London; he
was fine type Of Turkish gentleman.
and his wife was very popular in
London society.
It was Noureddin Bey who told US
the story OF what he called his
spiritual awakening. He told It to US
in the Doctors house In London, and
] will reproduce his own language in
so far as / remember Il.
you say. Doctor, that some can
4S1nClASOA SACh 4oSI WA tubs LAO pdiu
to Emmanuel. well, can"
"You?" exclaimed the Doctor In
surprise. why, Monsieur. only last
year you were holding forth upon
Herbert Spencer and the 'Unknowar
ble,' as you were pleased to term the
THAT 10 true" answered Noureddin !
Bey imperturbably. "And yet / have |
always remembered. But always |
looked upon 1t as a phantasy. q trick |
81 the brain. I have even written
iown the history of my last incarna-
lion as 1t was revealed to me In my |
dreams. Little by little. since my
this earlier personality Of |
mine has been placed before me. gen.
orally In sleep, but sometimes In my
Taking hours. But it. was only after
heard you talk upon rebirth that !
,ame to realize that this was no
play of a superactive
,rain. but my very own history. It
,ame to me In q fash: this figure
vas I. not the hero of q partly writ
en- romance. I had been dreaming;
low | awoke.
ct 10 WE'LL" he went on bitterly,
that Il is not given to the majority
4 men TO remember, for my last life
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with envy at the women who rode IL
! handsome cars, at the hghthearteC
| girls strolling along Fifth avenue
| laughing and chatting merrily. How
| could people laugh in a world like
| this? Ny father was dead: must work
! for a living I had nobody to care fol
J me-nObody whom I could love. And
, down in the bottom of my heart
| longed for luxury.
I had always longed for Il. But
while my father lived such longing
seemed disloyalty 10 him. Surely, ]
used to tell myself. 1 might be willing
, to bear self denial for his sake. But
now he was gone.
It was when my spirits-and funds
We're at their lowest ebb that the su-
perintendent of the teachers agency
| sent me to the office of Mr.. Brewster
Norton. wealthy broker, who wanted
a gOverness for his little girl. When 1
told his clerk what my business was
/ was led at once into a handsomely
appointed office.
Mr. Norton rose as I entered. I
liked him as soon as I saw him He
was, perhaps. 45-maybe a little older.
His prematurely gray hair made a be-
coming setting for his youthful face;
He was clean shaver. dark eyed and
tall He had the air OF a successfuI
man of the world.
sit down, please" he said. YOU"
glancing at my card ARE Miss Dart
Miss Elizabeth Dart2
Yes" I said, 4 am"
IT want"-he began Immediately up
on the matter on which I had come
ito secure a governess for my little
daughter, seven years old-some one
who Will teach her and also be a COM
panion to her. You" he looked at me
keenly. ARE very young"
7 am %" I told him
"Ah2 I would not have thought it,
he rejoined-
He talked about his little girl. named
the salary he would pay, then ques-
toned me about myself I showed him
my credentials and gave him all the in
formation for which he asked. He
listened sympathetically-
4 feel sure" he said at last. folding
up a letter Of recommendation from
my clergyman, THAT you are just the
kind of person who could teach Grace,
and whom she could love"
mo; have one son. much older than
she. He is away at a prep school. His
mother is dead Ny wife's sister. a
widow. keeps my house. She is some
what of an invalid, but oversees the
servants. etc"
If you think" I hesitated: that
will suit you and her
He interrupted me. 1T is not ques-
ton Of suiting her, but to suiting me;
that is. Of being the companion and
gOverness 1 want for Grace an sat
isfied on that score When can you
take the positions"
"As soon as you wish" I replied.
Then he said. come tomorrow
morning I viii tell my sisterinlaw
about you Good day"
He turned to his desk. The inter
view was ended
ITO be cOntinued.)
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mum. can you see the FUN: Wei. hav-
, ing Travelled with circus / can
Authors stop New play
The Shuberts have had the musical
/ comedy Nina" taken away from them
by the authors. Cosmo Hamilton and
Leslie Stuart The piece has been in
rehearsal for more than a month. and
Just why the authors closed down on
the producers has not yet leaked out
Robert billiard Will play the leading
male role in The Small Town Girl"
which viii be shortly be produced by
A II. Woods
Nora Bayes will invade Chicago with
her individual production Of Nora
tiCn of Nora Bayes- Gosh I can {
keep II straight myself> What I'm
trying 10 get at is the fact that Nora
Bayes is the whole show
B. Iden Payne has accepted play
for early production entitled The
GrssshOpper." Jumping Jimminy.
Arnold Daily Out Again.
The general public VIII be glad 20
know that Arnold DAILY won his fight
with death and has left the hospital
He is now AT his home and will soon
20 south for a complete rest. after
which ne Will resume the title role in
The Master"
The Shuberts have closed The Beau
tiful Unknown after very short
road tour The company closed in Bal
timOre- Notice of intermenr later.
Taking advantage of the present Z
boat situation, the Shuberts have given
the jaded New Yorker thrill In the
Winter Garden they have a scene in
which a submarine is shown going in
TO action For genuine effect it far
surpasses anything OF the kind ever
seen on the American stage
Elsie Ferguson on the Road.
Elsie Ferguson in Shirley Kaye"
will depart from the Hudson theater
on Monday to allow the new produc-
tion of the English comedy. our Bet
ters." to discover whether New York is
keen for il.
We are sorry Elsie is going. although
we can't feel a bit blue about the de-
parture OF her play
Miss Springtime." which by the way
IS one OF the best musical plays in the
city. viii reach its two hundredth per
10 prove that good plays are appreci-
ated
The Century is now celebrating its
entrance mo the sixth month OF its
career under the Leadership OF Dilling-
ham and Ziegfeld.
Julia Sanderson viii retire from the
cast Of .Sybfl' on account of i'll health.
Vida Bennett viii succeed her.
The Brat Well Received.
THE Brat" in which Maud Fulton
is starring on the road is being re-
ceived in remarkable manner. from all
The play was not particularly we'll
liked here, but that is no criterion. II
went well in Los Angeles last summer.
Elizabeth Marbury entertained the
entire cast of Love O. Mike" after the
evening performance last night to con-
graduate them on the success OF the
enterprise. Love o Mike" is a youth
full play full OF spring and love and is
one OF the most pleasant diversions in
tho city
"Oh Boy" Is maintaining the pace