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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-10-27
CAMP LEWIS MEN
BUY MANY BONDS

HfhN T0rfespnrdFnt
CAMP LEWIS. Tacoma, Oct. o..
Liberty Loan figures made public
at the camp this morning indicate
that before night the sale OF the
bonds here Will total $500. 900. Many
OF the men. II is said. are holding
back on their purchases until the
last day. there being considerable
rivalry between the statesmen here
and those IN other cantonments.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-10-27

the world's fishing industry has al.
most doubled. Northern Europe IA
fishing more than ever. and eating
more fish. Lack Of beef brought
NAT about. This year Is per cent
more fish were caugh, and eaten Ia
the Inite3 States than In the same
months OF 1916. II IN estimated that
the world this year viii catch and
cat 81 900. 00o. 600 worth 81 sea food.
as against less than half n billion
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-10-27
ENLISTED MEN TRY
FOR COMMISSIONS


NtRf Correspondence
CAMP LEWIS. Tacoma, Oct. 81.
Thirty enlisted men. privates,
corporals and sergeants have taken
examinations in the quartermaster
offices for commissions as officers
of tho national army. Tho men
were selected from the ranks and
those passing tho examinations
will be made officers within a few
weeks.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-10-27
ICE AT ANCHORAGE

Ice floes are reported forming in
the vicinity OF Knik and near An
chorage. and with the sailing OF the
two passenger liners. steamers Alas
ka and Admiral Evans. the naviga-
ton In Cook inlet viii close on the
arrival OF these vessels at Anchor
axe.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-10-27

to IDin.
Who has money available and doesn't buy
Liberty bonds is not only dead to patriotic appeal but
is dead to his GUN interest.
In addition to the satisfaction of knoung that he
is making his dollars work for him, each bond buyer
also UW haze this comfortable feeling: THAT HE
is HELPING TO END THE WAR.
The duration of the WiU be measured by the
amount by Which the Liberty Loan of $1,000 100000
Is oDersubscribed.
heavy oUersubscripton .OiU be notice to the Prus
sian military autocracy that Americas Weaith
ticaiiy unlimited and that every dollar of it is avail
able to Win the .Oar-that is valiant and
patriotic
When the kaiser thoroiy understands this fact,
Ohen the conviction is borne in upon him that he must
fight united and not a divided America then the
tOiH end
Bonds may be purchased at any bank, at many
Stores and at the offices of shops and factories.
PLACE YOUR ORDER TODAY.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-10-27

TONIGHT marks the close of the time allotted for
the placing of Americas second Liberty Loan.
The minimum, limit of three billions of dollars has
already been passed. and those the head of
tons affairs hoping that the loan ,UiH be literally
oUersubscribed-t it tUW reach total of at least
FIVE billions. IL Wil-I all do part
To buy Liberty bonds is patriotism.
But it is not patriotism at a sacrifice.
1t IS patriotism at a gan-a Uery material gain
Liberty bonds pay 4 per cent interest-a $50 bond
earns So a year, a 500 bond 81 a year.
Liberty bonds the cash in hand.
Money be borrowed upon them. Or they be
made into cash Without loss.
And n,ore-Liberty bonds certain to increase
in value. That is the history of all government bond
issues since the tUa of 1912.
The United States per cent 500 bonds, due in
1907, once sold at $3.50.
Another issue of per 500 bonds due in
1925 once sold at S137.
An issue of 2 per cent bonds, due in 1880, sold
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-10-27

in 1916.
Fleets OF submarine fishers on
all seas eazily could obtain enough
sea food TO take the place OF all
beef. mutton. pork. lamb and veal
now produced.
Mans brain can supply the neces-
sary machinery for getting the sea
food
IL remains for mans stomach TO
get hungry enough 10 demand II.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-10-27

Mr. Nicholas Romanoff Is able TO
eat because he has card We
always were dubious about that
food card system. anyhow.
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Oh, THOSE DELICATE
POLICEMEN

Officer Mike German ia reportes
not so well. IA hc Is suffering ~itl
rheumatism az weil aa pain in tn,
side. caused by being struck by 4
n.--East Chicago. III. Press
Half the gossip Of society
would perish II the books that
are truly worth reading were
but read.-Oa~aon
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-10-27
THE SECRETARYS WORD FOR 1T

Secretary McAdoo told Pacific coast audiences that if
overnment funds raised by bond sales they
" would be by increased taxation.
The difference between A per cent bond and a tax
bill is apenty Your bond money not only fights for the
boys in uniform but for YOU Would you rather clip
pons than rustic for the tax collector?
HOOVER WILL control poultry, Washington
TO begin betting against him
PERHAPS candy goes up sugar comes down
b much candy, anyhow
IN FoIete's home demanding resena.
Bobs kind
blood. A ance TO the fist
marty with conscientious scrupiesl
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-10-27

FOLKS IN La FoIIette's home city demanding hi
Zion. But Bob's kind resign.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-10-27

PERHAPS THE candy goes up sugar con
u much in candy anyhc
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-10-27

BONDS FIGHT and shed blood. chi
and party with conscientious scrupiesl
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-04-28
The Explanation of Light
the Laws of Spectroscopy;
the May Heavens.


TT Il hardly possible today for even
the lsyman- provided he is AT all
L interested in the progress OF sci
ence and tries to keep up with its
steady onward march in the collection
Of the facts OF nature and their con
meeting laws TO read inteIligently
without coming across the results Of
the modern instrument called the spec
troscope. No article can be written
that deals either with construction OF
the great universe and the motion OF
its component parts or with the con-
struction OF he minute universe we
call the atQ-l and the motion OF its
component electrOns that must not in
large measure recount the triumphs of
the methods OF investigation dependent
upon the analysis of light. \ ct 10 most
men the word spectrOscOpe IS nothine
but a name which brings only a feel
ing Of ignorance and mystery. The rea-
son for this is not difficult 10 find and
in itself absOlves them from all blame.
It is the inherent technicality Of the
principles upon which the instrument
is founded and which makes the expla-
nation Of its workings to one who has
not had al least the rudiments of
scientific educa ton no easy matter.
But We shall here attempt II for the
Importance of the task gives Us at the
same time both motive and excuse.
Explanation of Light.
Light itself is tranSferenCe If
energy radiating from the source ia
the form of minute waves in the ether
which is a medium supposed TO be fill
ing all space The little waves need
not necessarily all be Of the same
length. but the color of the light viii
depend upon the wave length: all
waves of the same length will give the
same color impression and no two
waves Of different lengths can give
exactly the same color impression upon
the eye. 4 monOchrOmatic beam II
light would be one in which al the
light is OF the same wave length or
color. Red is the longest wave and
violet the shortest, and We may have
all the different infinitesimal grl-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-04-28

10 missing lengths. and for that reason
their spectrum Is called 'continuou5
one
- Glowing gases OF vapors give oIJ
light from which many intermediate
wave lengths are missing so that their
spectrum spread out shows bright
colors with dark spaces Intervening for
the missing length. This is called q
bright line spectrum and Is an infal-
lible sign Of glowing gaseous matter
Each particular element gas or vapor-
Or radiated colors or bright lines. 50
that the element from which the light
has eranated can be readily recognized.
The Third Class.
.. \ third class OF spectra IS pro-
dured when We have q very hot glow
ing solid behind or surrounded BY a
glowing yapor which is less hot in
this case the solid alone would give Us
4 continuous spectrum. but the vapOT.
which alone would give Us 4 bright line
spectrum of the element or elements OF
which II is made up. absOrbs out of the
solids continuous spectrum that very
set Of wave lengths which II itself
would give US The light which then
reaches US shows upon analysis con-
tinuous spectrum with black spaces for
the missing lengths From the nature
Of its formation this is called an alb
sorption spectrum and from the miss
ing or black lines We can learn the
nature Of the gases which did the 40
sorbing- In this class Of spectra IS
found the spectrum OF sunlight and
the black or missing wave lengths are
the well known Frauenhofer lines
Applying Physical Laws.
These physical laws and application
OF the widest kind in astronomy in en-
Aiding us to learn much concerning the
physical state of the celestial bodies
The fact that the suns spectrum is Il
the third class mentioned above shows
us that it must have a nucleus under
pressure great enough to be practically
. a ms
ture and that this nucleus must be
surrounded by an atmosphere Of gases
or metallic vapOrs- BY comparing the
spectrum lines given out in accord
ance with the second law by metallic
vapOrs in the laboratory with the dark
absorption lines found in the solar
spectrum or in that Of the light from a
star. we can learn the nature Of the
elements which are found in sun and
star. Practically all the stars give out
spectra of the same class as the sun.
/. p. absorption spectra showing that
the physical state is about the same
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-04-28
News Notes
MOvie1and

u TINIFEED ALLEN. who viii he
M co-festured with Jack Dever-
eaUx ia The Man Who Made
Good" forthcoming Triangle picture.
has aroused the interest Of director
Dwau hy her clever work
Miss Allen was born in New Rochelle
and after graduating from the local
public schools. studied for some time
at tine Art students League. Her
father was 4 New Highlander and her
mother irish. but Wirifred proudly in
sists that she is all Celt without a
trace of the cold Puritanic blood Of
her paternal ancestors Both Of her
parents died while she was still in
school. and she and her sister took a
studio together in New York Work
was now "a stern necessity. so her
modelling board and clay We're regret
fully put aside. and Winifred sought on
engagement as motion picture
actress.
Rapidly winning promotion. II WAS
not long before she WAS intrusted with
important parts Before joining the
forces she had played opposite
William Elliott ia When We Were
Twenty One" with Jack Pickford in
Seventeen and with Lou-Tellegen in
The Long Trail"
Winifred Allen is one Of the smallest
leading women now appearing on the
screen She stands feet Il inches in
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-04-28
SOUTH

, d4tions Qr colCr aud OF wave length be-
tween these two limits OF visible light.
Either waves or shorter length than
the violet or longer than the red ma Ike
no impression upon the retina OF the
eye, though they viii readily affect the
Photographic plate or the very sensitive
hea- measuring instruments tfOr light
and radiant heat are of the same
uaturel- In actual figures We can say
thar the eye is sensitive to ether waves
whose lengths range from .0O00l6
inches tvioletl to -o0ooS0 inches tredJ-
Breaking Beam of Light.
4 prism OF glass or OF any other
transparent substance has the prop-
erry Of breaking up a beam Of light
which passes through II into its con-
stituent wave lengths, spreading them
out in exact order Of graduation OF
length with the longest at one end
and passing By individual sizes TO the
shortest III light as We know II IN
nature and all artificiil illuminants
are mixtures Of cOlored light rays. a
proper proportion will produce upon
the eye the sensation of white light
The rain bow gives such a brea king
up of the white sunlight into its con-
stituent cOlors with the water parti-
cles in the atmosphere acting the part
OF the prism.
The elementary form Of a spectre
scope is a glass prism with a tube to
lead narrow beam Of the light TO
IL and a telescope to view the light as
II energies from the prism. The light
very narrow slit so that il falls upon
the prism in the form Of a thin line
of light composed of all the different
colors or wave lengths which are in
the light emitted by the source The
prism serves to separate out the diff
ferent colors, and to arrange success
i've mOnOchromatic images OF the thin
line beam in the order of wave length
If exceedingly many different colors
are present they will merge. one into
its neighbors, and give the rainbow
effect
The Laws of SpectrOseOpy.
The nature OF the light given out
by light emitting body viii depend
upon the physical condition and the
chemical composition OF the body. as
the following three laws Of spectrOs-
copy show;
]. Solid fncandescent bodies like red
hot iron or the white hot tungsten in 2
electric light bulb give light which con-
tains all possible wave lengths between
the shortest and the longest that they
emit Between these limits there are
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-04-28
New Productions Go Right
Along and Plans Are Be-
ing Made for Others.

Wv YORK. April 2S.-Theatrical
M promoters have evidently no
L fear that the wrath Of the kaiser
viii disturb the activities OF the god
Thespis, for they are still putting forth
their good money in an endeavor to
separate the amusement loving public
from the financial effects OF tie num-
erous war brides.-
The most interesting new play is the
production of Colonel Wewcome." a
stage adaptation Of Thackeray-s novel.
The Newcomes.' which features Sir
Herbert Tree in the title role.
Sir Herbert appears as the peppery
Old colonel to vast a6vantage both to
himself and the character II Thack-
cray could be alive to witness the
portrayal Of the famous old officer as
done by Tree he would indeed be glad
he conceived such a person.
Sir Herbert Tree has given us many
wonderful pOrtrayals OF unique fig
ures IN stage history. but il is QueS-
tionable whether anything he has done
is more impressive than his present
role.
The intense naturalness Of the
Character Is most appealing The OH
fire eater grows dearer to your sense
Of enjoyment minute by minute until
ms maj GROWING glory makes you
want TO shout for the pure JOY Of hav-
ing been in the audience.
The play begins after colonel New
come. late of the Royal Bengal Lane
ers. has returned from India to be-
come a director in the BundlecuEd
National bank His rise and fan
are too well known to occupy space
here. Suffice to say, Sir Herbert Tree
does not overlook any opportunity to
draw the fine contrasts the lights and
shadows OF the humOr and pathOs of
the old gentleman's changes of fortune
The Knife
The Knife" new play by Eugene
Walters is an interesting. though
extremely unpleasant. melodrama,
Incorporating under the title Of lesit-
innate drama
II is ingenious in theme and well
written throughout. while the acting
and staging leave nothing TO be de-
sired
The hero Of the play is famous
doctor He Is engaged to a young and
beautiful girl, with whom he is very
much in love and on the eve OF the
wedding his fiaucee disappear
She is later discovered in the hands
Of two criminals. who have drugged
her and wronged her
In the dead of night the doctor and
party Of friends capture the crimi-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-04-28

This comet was discovered by DR..
Max Wolf. at Heidelberg. Germany, on
April p 1916. Its distance from the
earth was greater at that date than
any other comet at the time Of discov-
cry. This fact leads astronomers 10
think that at the time il is nearest
TO the earth, perihelion, which will be
on June Is 1917. that it will be a
splendid naked eye object At this
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-04-28

writing-March-its calculated bright
ness Is 16 times that at discovery and
IS increasing rapidly On May %. 1915.
II was in virgo about three degrees
north of the equator and moving
Southeastward- on August % It passed
below the equator and reached its
greatest southern declination on De-
cember %, 1916. in Serpens. about five
degrees south. March IS. 1917. IL again
crossed the equator at Right Ascension
2iS degrees on q northeaSterly course.
On April Il its calculated position
would place it two or three degrees
south OF Affair in AQuila- On Nav (
IT would be about the same distance
south OF the little constellation Del
phinus- and on June LIST about mid
way between Delphinus and the Great
Square in Pegasus. and viii rise on
the northeastern horizon at about 1880
p. m
a New Comet.
a telegram received at Harvard coll
lege observatory from John 2. Mellish.
Of Leetonia, Ohio. announces the dis
covery Of A comet by him in the follow
ing position; March 10. Right Ascen-
sion h. H. DcclinatiOn north 4 de-
grees- The comet was visible in a
small telescope. The position given
places it just below the constellation
Aries at the time of discovery
Tho Planets For May.
Mercury viii be in the western even
ing sky the first of May, but viii be
too near the sun 10 be well seen It
viii be at inferior conjunction with the
sun on May 10 and thereafter viii pass
10 the morning sky. rising about half
hour before the sun the 31st.
Venus becomes AN evening star this
month but probably will not be Wis
ible in the western evening sky until
the last OF the month. as on the 31st
it will set about a half hour after the
sun II wall be an evening star until
January. 1915
Mars is now in the morning sky. but
does not get far enough away from
the sun for naked eye view until the
last of May. 1t is now at its minimum
brightness. about the same magnitude
as the pole star.
Jupiter viii set about a half hour
after the sun on the LIST and because Of
its brightness will be visible for a few
days thereafter On the 9th 1t Is in
conjunction with the sun, and a few
days later viii appear in the morning
sky. rising about an hour before the
sun on the S1st.
Saturn continues to be finely in view
this month. II will be easily located
from its position below-south OF
Castor and PoIlux and nearly in line
with them and a little more distant ]
from the latter than the space between
these two stars. It sets about mid |
night the 1st and about 10 p. m. on the |
S1st.
Uranus is still in the morning sky in |
the eastern end or the constellation
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-04-28

~ TINIFEED ALLEN. who viii be
M co-festured with Jack Dever-
eaux in The Man Who Made
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-04-28
BY Ef1ORY B. CALVERT.

mails Ga man and woman IN lonely
house on the outskirts of the town =
The doctor. naturally. wants 10 XIII
them both, so great is his rage at the
treatment OF his sweetheart. but he
hits upon a more lasting scheme for
revenee-he will use them for eXper-
mental purposes
Securing the virus OF a malignant
disease. he inoculates Dotn or his cap
tives, with the poison Of death He
then tries out two remedies, one on the
man and one on the woman
The woman fails to rally from the
effects Of the poison and dies. while
the remedy given the man saves him.
thereby establishing one Of the great
est cures for mankind.
Fate Takes Hand.
The police. fearing OF the doctors
activities are about TO arrest ! IN. but
by clever lying he throws them off
the track The inOculated criminal
stocks 10 the doctors story from the
standpoint of self preservation. and IL
begins to look as II the doctor would
clear himself
Fate takes hand. however. and
the fiancee blunders into the room at
the critical moment All memory of
the awful treatment at the hands of
the criminal has been blotted out. but
the sight Of the man standing before
her brings back the fatal night in all
its narrowing details.
Her terror betrays the doctor. but
she saves him by telling a frank and
free story Of the details Of the crime
The district attorney being a red
blOoded man. agrees that the doctor
has had justification for his acts and
consigns the law to perdition. leaving
the couple TO seek happiness
Robert Edeson. in the role OF the
avenging doctor. gives his usual force
full Interpretation. and his manner IS
al all times convincing
As the betrayed fiancee- Olive
Wyndham does a splendid piece Of
work.
NanteU Returns.
Robert Nantell has opened his en-
gaSement in series Of Shaksperean
PLAYS for a two weeks run.
Under the direction OF William A
Brady an exceptional east has been
secured. among whom are Fritz Lie
her. John Burke, Frank Peters. Guy
Lindsey. George WestlaEe. Ethel
MantelL Virginia Bronson and Jonn
Wray.
The opening bill was The Merchant
Of Venice in which Mr.. Mantell ap-
peared as Shylock. His Interpretation
OF the character differs somewhat from
that of some other Shaksperean stars.
but is decidedly interesting il its at
tentiOn TO detail
The support given by the very eN-
cellent cast was good. The plays Sc
lected for the remainder OF the engage
ment include Hamlet 'Hichelieu.
Macbeth and King Lear"
Chorus Girl as Il star.
Anna Pennington, whose fame as a
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-04-28

Capricornus. It will be at quadra tuI .
with the sun on May I > 1t rises about
2:3o a. m on the list and about mid
night on the 31st.
Neptune will be found about seven
degrees east Of Saturn near the Bee
Hive in Cancer, and is finely placed for
observation
Planetary COnfiEuratfOn-
May >. zoo D. ny enus and Jup-
tier in conjunction. Venus north IS
minutes.
May 3. 500 a. m.-Mercury station
airy.
Msy .. 8 a. m.-Jupiter in conjunction
with sun
May 1s. 400 a. m.-NIercury and
Venus in conjunction. Mercury north
- minutes.
MAY 10. 500 p. m-Mercury in de
scending node.
May Is, 1854 p. m.-UranUs and
moon in conjunction. Uranus south
four degrees % minutes
May IA. 700 p. m.-Uranus at quad
nature with sun
May 16. 100 p. m.-Mercury at in
Continued on Next Page.)
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-04-28
Roast Duck, Rouen Shutting.

lex the duck. SINCE and draw. sea-
- son the inside with a little salt and
= pepper. Cut four slices of bacon
into dice pieces. with one chopped on
ion, and the sliced liver. and fry few
minutes; then add one cup Of bread
crumbs. beat one egg and stir in to
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-04-28

tind the mixture stuff the duck with
this dressing. put it on roasting pan
brown color. Serve ON a hot dish d.
Strain the gravy left in the baking pan
and serve it in sauce boat.-Monday-
Pear Salad Royal.