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Machine Shapes Masts.

A machine has been built which win
shape masts up to 100 feet In length
and three feet in diameter. The tm-
Der is set up in the machine and re-
voIved at a speed of so revolutions q
minute. and it is shaped by cutter
head which is electrically driven at the
rate Of 700 revolutions minute. This
cutter head is mounted on a carriage.
which is. moved along the timber
against rail set to give the proper
profile to the mast. Heretofore this
work has been done by hand and re-
Quired skilled workmen. At best II
has been a slow and laborious task.
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who - him - long - - lived IL
wasnts . crime for her 10 care for
Eugene alf TIE time: she certainly
me every chance In the woridi She
lekt Ms alone together every time she
ees1dt dtsvsn since Wilbur diedEbut
what was the Vsef And here I go, not
doing myself 3 bit Of good by It. and
just'.--ranHt wrung her hands again
--jess sninieq themr'
Il sae9sss yeg meaA I'm doing
that. GSdsSs Sli6 bitterly.
Ne. s4e seesass let anybody know.
bat - So = the doctor regularly"
-wsassA ~ slwsys going to doc
tsss sessAasly+ !,
mo. He tsa1 ~ to-"
George was ~ Impressed ''It's
nttAine ut aa1s s1e spoke Of It to me
years aee-7ssne kind Of family fan.
ing. SAe saiastra4dfather had It. too:
ard lsok 1t Atnf Hasn't proved very
serioes with htut Yoa act ~ II I'd
done soasething wrong in sending that
man about III business. and as II
were, going to- psFsecute my mother.
instead Of; protecting her. BY Jove.
IT'S sickenfngi You told me how all
the rtffraff In, town were busy with
her name. and then the minute I lift
my hand to Protect her. you begin to
attack me and"
"Shi" Fanny checked him. laying
her hand on mis- arm. "Your uncle IL
isoing.s :
The library. doors were heard open
ing. and ia moment later there came
the sound OF the front door closing.
George moved toward the head Of
the stairs, then stood listening. but
the house vas silent.
q Fanny made slight noise with her
lips to attfdct his attention. and. when
he glanced-tewafd her. shook her head
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at him urgently. Let her Alone" she
whispered. .""She's down there by her
self. Don't go down. Let her alone"
She moved few steps toward him
and haltedT her face pallid and awe
struck, and then both stood listening
for anything that might break the ST.
lence downstairs. No sound came to
them; that poignant silence was con-
tinued throughout long. long minutes.
while the two listeners stood there un-
der its mysterious spell; and In Its
plaintive eloquence-speaking. as It
did. of the figure alone in the big.
dark library, where dead Wilbur's new
silver frame cleaned In the dimness-
There was something that checked
even George.
Fanny Minafer broke the long 81.
lence with a sound from her throat, q
stified gasp; and with that great COM
panion of hers. her handkerchief, re-
tired softly to the loneliness Of her
own chamber. After she had gone
George looked about him bleakIy, then
on tiptoe crossed the hall and went
into his own room. which was filed
Will Twilight. oLhA tAPtoCAhSS thOu6A
he could not have said why. he went
across the room and sat down heavily
In a chair facing the window. Out
side there was nothing but the dark
ening air and the wall Of the nearest
of the new houses. He had not slept
at all the night before and he had eat
en- nothing since the preceding day at
lunch. but he felt neither drowsiness
nor hunger. His set determination
filled him, kept him but too wide
awake, and his gaze at the grayness
beyond the window was wide-eyed and
bitter.
Darkness had closed in when there
was g. step In the room behind him.
Then someone knelt beside the chair,
two arms went round him with infinite
compassion. a gentle head rested
against his shoulder. and there came
the faint scent Of apple-blossoms far
away.
You mustn't be troubled darling
his mother whispered.
(To BE CONTINUED,
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Of all personality and seemingly part
Of the mechanism. ese Ys s'.N ''S' tf1'
Eugene himself, ~ he came mp the
cement path to the house. was = ne-
uFe Of the new era which was n time
to be 20 disastrous to stiH hats and
skfrted coats: and his appearance ~
forded q debonair contrast to that Of
the queerslooking duck caparing at the
Anderson bali Id an old dress cont.
and next day chugging up National
avenue through the snow in bis night
mare Of ., sewing machine. Eugene
this afternoon was richly clad IN new
outdoor mode: his motoring coat was
soft gray fur; his cap and gloves We're
Of gray suede. and though Lucy's hand
may have shown itself IN the selection,
Of these high Earnitures, he wore them
easily, even with 4 becoming hint Of
.dquntiness. Some change might He
seen In his face, too. for q successful
man ID seldom to be mistaken espe-4
cially II his temper b. senial. Eugene
had begun to look IKE q. millionairs.
But. above everything else, what was
most evident about him. ~ he came
up the path, was his, confldenee in, the
happiness promised BY his present
'efrsnd; the anticipation in his eyes
could have been read by a stranger:
.Hiel look at the door Of IsabeiS house
was the look Of q man who, In quite
certain that the next moment viii re-
veal something ineffably charming, In
expressibly dear. l'tEss s's's
a-v "a When the bell rang George
waited at the entrance Of the s'recep-
ltfon' room until housemaid came
through the hall on her way to answer
the summons. a sss.f:l 3sf35 ;'l
"You needn't mind. Mary" ht; told
her. "T1l see who It IL and what they
want. Probably its only 4 peddler."
Y thank you, sir, Mister George"
said Mary, and returned to the rear of
the house. ~.
George went slowly to the front door
and halted. regarding the misty silho1-
cite OF the caller upon the ornamental
frosted glass. After a minute Of
waiting this silhouette changed outline
SO that an arm could be distinguished
IAN arm outstretched toward the bell.
as II the gentleman outside doubted
whether or not 1t had sounded and
were minded to try again. But before
the gesture was completed George ab-
ruptly threw open the door and
stepped squarely upon tho middle Of
the threshold.
A slight change shadowed the face
Of Eugene; his look Of happy anticipas
tion gave way to something formal
and polite. "How do you do. George7'
he said. MRS. Minafer expects to 90
driving with me. believe-if you'll
be SO kind as to send her word that
I'm here"
George made not the slightest move
ment.
"No." he said.
Eugene was incredulous, even when
bis second glance revealed how hot o.
eye was the haggard young man be-
fore him. II beg your pardon. Il
said@
II heard you," said George. "You
said you had an engagement with my
mother, told you. mol"
Eugene gave him steady look, and
then he asked quietly: "What is the
the dificulty7"
George kept his own voice quiet
enough, but that did not mitigate the
vibrant fury Of It. "My mother will
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houses and let himself noi1Ales6Iy ys1n
the front door. The light In the hall
had been Loft burning. sNA ANOTHER IN
his own room. a. he discovered when
he got there. He locked the sd04r
quickly and without Noise, but his M
gers, were still upon ths key when
there was . quick football IN tho hall
outside. u, 3.y.s.., anf e
George. deari'. s. ~ A3sle' 81,
He went to the othsr end Of the
room before replying. .s..iss z. .s9ss i
"Yeaf" -
"rd been wondering where You yi5ii wsfs.
dear" 2' aas....s5's :sz'ssi1 2
Had your .ssalqs4sss gs-,.a,:i- g,l .5,ss
There was . pause: then she seid
timidly: wherever II was. I hope you
had pleasant evening" 's'-.i ~ II
After q silence, Thank you,m i,hs
said without expression. g,;,:3s., 4. !,
Another silence followed before ne
spoke again. ''..', ? ~ !
You wouldn't care ID be Rfssed
good night, I supposeT And with q
little furry Of placative laughter she
added: "At your age of course r."
TIN going to bed now" he said.
'Good night" 1.A..,5 II;
Another silence seemed blanker
than those which had preceded It, and
finally her voice cane-it was blank.
too. sssl.. ,s....
/ Good night" ...,.,....., =.
After he was In bed his thoughts be
came more tumultuous than evers
while among ali the inchoate and .frag-
mentary sketches Of this dreadful day.
now rising before him the clearest was
of his uncle collapsed in a big chair
with a white tie dauglipg frpm bis
hand; and one conviction. following
upon that picture, became definite in
Georges mind: that his Uncle George
Anderson was a hopeless dreamer,
from whom no help need be expected,
an amiable imbecile lacking in normal
impulses, and wholly useless In q
struggle which required honor to be
defended by a man Of action.
Then would return q aTvisiona Of Mrs.
Johnson's furious round head, set be-
hind her great bosom like the sun far
sunk on. the horizon Of mountain
plateau and her cracking. asthmAtic
voice. -. - without sharing In
other peoples disposition to put an
eyil Interpretation ON what may be
nothing more than unfortunate appear
ance "Other people may be
less confederate in not combining their
discussion Of 1t. a. I have. to char
table views" -. And then George
would get up again-and again-and
pace the ffoor In his bare feet
That was what the tormented young
maA was doing when daylight came
gauntly in at his window-pacing the
floor. rubbing his head in his hands.
and .mutterdng:
a TT can't be true: this can't be hap
pening to me
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have no interest In knowing that you
came for her today" he said. "Or any
other dayt"
Eugene continued to look at him
with scrutiny in which began to
gleam profound anger, none the less
powerful because II was so quiet. Il
am afraid do not understand you"
II doubt IL could make it much
palmer" George said, raising his
voice slightly. "but I'll try. You're
not wanted In this house, Mr.. Morgan,
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Rites Dating Back 5000 Years Still
Observed in Isolated Corners
of the Country

During the harvest the first grains
were brought to the mistress OF the
farm by seven dancing girls. A queen
is selected among them and dancing
and singing they reach the door of the
lady's room. She accepts the gift and
also answers with a song. The slight
est deviation from the original text 10
considered an irreparable mistake.
Most of the business is transacted in
an impersonal way, through songs and
proverbs. The demand in marriage,
the acceptance or refusal is sung by
all the parties. The refusal Is as i'm
personal as the demand.
A place held in great respect Is the
Namas the hearth. In olden times II
was in the middle of the room. The
Lithuanians were sun and fire wor-
shippers. and It Is possible that the
hearth was the place at which the rites
OF the old cult were observed. and the
Zibinta. the lamp, and a box in which
dry wood is kept to start the fires are
the most ornate pieces OF furniture.
1t is maintained that in certain
parts of Lithuania, in isolated corners
and secretly, the old cults rites are
observed even to-day. Almost every
piece of furniture is beautifully or
nate. The wood carving OF the peas
ants is Of marvellous delicacy and the
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Lithuania. Each farm was like an in
dependent Kingdom, self-sufficient AMI
self-contained. A primitive steam bath
establishment in which the whole
family took the weekly bath. the
ptrto was considered OF first necessity.
The most interesting and luxurious
part Of a Lithuanian farm was the
Klete or Svirna, which in this Ian
guage means granary and which
served the peasants for the storing of
their wealth In harvest and tools. But
the importance the Klete Is given In
the Lithuanian folk songs led to re-
searches which explained 1t all. Over
the Klete were the sleeping rooms Of
the farmers daughters, and when the
songster sang about the wealth of the
store he also included the wealth liv-
ing in the upper story OF the store
house.
The discovery Of the symbolical use
OF the word K1ete led to many other
interesting discoveries. It was seen
that the old Burtininkas. the poets, too
shy to speak about men and women
spoke only in symbolical terms. The
moon is the male. the sun the woman
he woos, stars the daughters, planets
the sons, earth the mother, and so on
One can easily grasp to what varia-
tons such symbolism leadsl
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Pretty Women Tell of Satisfaction
They Find in Portraying Frowsy
Characters While They Might
Help to Fill Big Demand for
Beauty on the Stage

In Take 1t from Me-" which is the
prevailing supply OF humor at the
Forty-fourth Street Theatre. Then
there is Winifred Harris, who ought to
be only a beauty since she is in the
early '30s. But being also in 1.-THE
Royal Nagabond" she must play a
dowager princess with white locks. And
she looks-it might be added-quite as
handsome even If in a different way
than she did in other plays in which
the appearance of a single white hair
would have done for her completely.
Now whether or not Miss Harris
thinks she was born to play youngish
dowagers with gray hair-prematurely
gray of course-it is not possible TO
say. But It is a fact that the other
actresses in this category Of self-sacri-
hcing artists-Pdrt pour Fartists. as II
were-declare that they were born ulti-
mately to be famous as condolences,
however they may have been COM
PEELED to struggle at the outset with
the fatal Gift OF beauty. They out
grew it after while-not the beauty
or course, but the need of worrying
about it. and came forth from their
chrysallis in order to make a sad old
world merrier than ever. So they are
amusing New York Just now and not
merely look ing beautiful for its benefit.
Let Georgia ORamey tell her life
story first
The Two Miss O'Rameys,
Yes, l am Miss O'Ramey," said a
very good looking young woman with
pleasant voice and engaging smile
when the reporter knocked on the door
OF the dressing room OF the leading
commedlenne OF THE Velvet Lady"
company at the New Amsterdam The
atre the other evening.
"Why-why-." stammered the re-
porter and he felt the back OF his
neck getting red.
There, there" interrupted the ac-
tress encouragingly. you needn't
say 1t if you don't want to. I know
all about it. Come in and sit down
and get your breath. You expected
10 find an elderly woman not nearly SO
beautiful as / am, didn't you? Well,
you're not the first. I'm used to II.
But l really am the one and only
Georgia ORamey, And now you'll
have to excuse me, for fifteen minutes
has been called and l must get my
makeup on. Come back after the first
act and III talk to you then. Maybe
you'll feel more at home then, too.
for then I'll be Susie from Sioux
City"
A little while later the reporter
knocked on the door again and this
| time 1t was opened by an awkward,
red-faced maid who greeted the caller
with silly. impertlnent grin. But
the reporter wasn't fooled this time.
| This was the Georgia O'Ramey he had
just seen cutting up" and kissing the
| new policeman on the stage.
Come in" said she, land rest your
hat, as We say out in Sioux City. What
do you want me to talk about? The
League of Nations, Victory Bonds,
Fiume, or what? Just name your SUBJ
| ject"
The reporter, who was young,
blushed little. and admitted that he
| had come for an interview, but that
he was afraid that his editor didn't
care anything about Miss O'Ramcy's
| opinion, valuable as 1t undoubtedly
| would be, on world politics or any
thing of that sort.
What the editor wants to know"
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Quaint Customs of Old Lithuania

gift they have for colors has already
world. In the long winter months
such works are carried out by each
member y the family. and regulations
spread there as rapidly as elsewhere.
The ability and the industry of the
Lithuanians fathered the following
proverb: "a Lithuanian goes into the
forest leading his horse and returns
from there with the horse harnessed
to a carriage"
Another important place on the
Lithuanian farm Is the spinning room
in which the fax. the linen and the
wool are made into cloth for the whole
household. The poets, the rhapsodes,
Kanklininkas, are called upon to re-
cite their poems and tell stories and
legends to help the women pass their
time, and each stage of the work from
the raw material to the finished prod
uct has It's particular lore.
The young men OF the farm vie with
each other in the work OF decorating
the spinning room. The Kankles. a
sort of guitar, carved and painted with
the emblem OF the house. Is used for
the accomplishments. In the manner
OF the old Greek rhapsodes the poet
recites or sings a verse which the au-
dience Immediately repeats after him.
Such nights are the delight OF the
household. and old and young. master
and servant. participate on equal
terms.
Most Of these quaint customs are
still alive in Lithuania in spite OF all
that was done by the Germans and
the Russians, the oppressors OF the
people to destroy the national life Of
the oldest settlers" Of Europe.
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BY X. BERCOVICI.
N ancient times the Lithuanian
people, living by the Baltic Sea.

N ancient times the Lithuanian
people, living by the Baltic Sea.
occupied n much larger territory
than they do now. From time imme-
mortal the shores of the Baltic Sea
and the space between the Vistula and
the other side OF the Duna was the
one which they considered their own.
Recent historic and linguistic re-
searches found monuments attesting
that as far back as 5000 years ago the
ancestors of tho Lithuanians were al
ready outstanding grains and raising
cattle. Elisee Rec-lus. the eminent
French scientist, the father of modern
geography. claims that the language
OF the Lithuanians Is more beautiful
than Latin, Greek or Hindu and that 1t
Is even older than Sanscrit.
Due probably to the fact that the
Lithuanians did not accept Christi
anity until the close of the fourteenth
century the people lived an isolated
life. which Is now part Of the Lithu-
anian character, and In this isolation
they maintained remnants of an old
culture, some elements Of which can
be seen from their quaint customs and
beautiful folklore. The Baltic shores
have practically furnished the leaven
for the worlds folklore. Almost every
folklore contains its elements. which
are unmistakable when one considers
the fact that the Lithuanians were one
Of the first people that settled in
Europe.
There were no streets or roads In
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TN spite of the overwhelming de
mand for beauty on the stage as
= well for that matter in the Gin
ema, there are occasional examples Of
women who are willing to dispense
with this important aid to success
Indeed, sometimes they are blessed
with enough good looks to make them
an asset. But they prefer to make them
selves grotesque or old or comic in an
swer to the demand of managers for
something besides beauty. But 1t is
not to be supposed for short time
even that the managers will ever de-
sire to dispense with beauty altogether.
femininity that the average musical
show builds its success. Tired bust
ness men have been known to go to
the play and even at serious dramatic
representations bemoan the insufficient
supply of lockers. Frivolous judges
Of the drama say, indeed, that nothing
else will make the business man so
tired as to have his wife take him to a
play in which the pulchritude is in
adequately supplied.
OF course, there are actresses who
from time to time love to act what
they call character That is to say.
they like to act a role which will en-
able them to play parts that are some
thing beside an unchanged view of
themselves. Thus Marjorie Rambeau
was willing in THE Fortune Teller" to
frowsy TO play the part of mother
who had gone wrong. Even later in
the play when she had brushed her
raven locks and ceased to look on the
beer when 1t was at its bleariest, there
was no chance of her looking like her
girlish self since she had to play the
mother of a manageable boy. But
she thus disfigured herself because she
wanted TO act part which depended
on something more than her good
looks for its effectiveness.
Other actresses are just now willing
TO disfgure themselves for the sake OF
the success they are making. Georgia
O'Ramey Is almost the star of THE
Velvet Lady" because she keeps the
audience in constant laughter by her
amusing portrayal OF a hick servant
which Is one of the creations of May
Vokes in "A Full House." which was
the origin Of the play at the New
Amsterdam Theatre. Miss ORamey
for this same reason almost became
the star OF Leave 1t to Jane" In
which she also assumed a grotesquely
comic role and indeed so impressed the
managers that they have wanted her
TO be comic ever since instead of
merely pretty and piquant. But Miss
O'Ramey Is not alone in this sacrifice
OF beauty to art. Alice Hills was as
much OF a beauty as an actor in a
musical farce at the Cort Theatre a
few seasons ago. Then she grew tired
Of being only partly amusing and
partly beauty and set out TO put the
accent on the pis comica. SO she is
now the source Of SO much Of the fun
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any more. Use all the mannerisms
/ you can Is my advice to character
actors, but other peoples, not your
own.
Then there is clothes. Nothing be-
trays a mans character like his
clothes. His hat. the way he wears
| ties It, his shoes, the cut of his coat
they all mean something, and IL you
study them you can find out what 1t
is they do mean. l have an aunt who
always wears black silk dresses. l used
| to think IL was because she thought
black silk was respectable and dressy.
But that isn't 1t at all. When she
was a young girl she was one Of the
gayest OF the gay-always laughing.
Then she got religion at n Methodist
revival and she has worn black silk
ever since to remind her that It is
sinful to laugh. She simply couldn't
laugh now, if she tried. That same
aunt has an odd trick when she is
sitting at table OF crumbling up her
bread and rolling the crumbs into little
balls and piling them up in little piles
and then nervously brushing them all
OFF on the floor. II always fascinates
mo when l see her doing it and I'm
just waiting for chance to do 1t
on the stage"
Miss Hills Says She Was Born to It.
Just then the maid-the real maid
came In and said 1t was time for Miss
O'Ramey to go to the stage and the
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said he. "is why you are willing to sink
your identity in grotesque character
parts when YOU might just as well be
playing sweet young ingenues."
Well, III tell you the story OF my
life, Harold" replied the actress with
a quizzical twist Of her eyebrows. It's
this way: There's money in it. And
besides like 1t.
81 like to laugh myself and ] like
to make other people laugh. always
have. Born that way. I guess. AS
to playing an ingenue. you know
tried to do that once. They cast me
for KIT NcNdir in Seven Days In the
original manuscript XII was. an in
genue. 1 made a character study out
Of her and she has always been played
that way.
IT'S a curious thing. but it Is always
the queer things about people that
see first-queer clothes, queer man.
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nerisms. I've followed a woman for
blocks on the street just to get on to
some queer trick she had with her
hands or the way she walked or some
thing about her dress that was out OF
the usual. For one thing, it interested
me and for another / wanted to make a
mental note of it for future use. In
my business you never can tell when
something of that sort will come in
handy and be worth real dollars and
cents.
For instance. there's that queer
little screech that l use in my What
a Position for Me song in this piece.
When / was little girl at home a
woman who lived next door to us used
to sing just like that. She'd keep it
up by the hour and many boxing I've
gotten for laughing at her My mother
was afraid I'd offend her But I guess
my merriment was justified. judging