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.CLOSE-UPS of the MOVIE GAME

BY HENRY NJ. NEELY

WEEK ago. discussing
nd S az. 9s; RH % s
quoted % s % his ] g Rs'SS' did 0Ts not To"
again eborathat producer beginning feel
rather stSsns find that the S9Gp' S pre- 5
Carl Laemmc president of the Universal compa who personally
q about the question
A @ "Saosssa1 nGs' % s % 1S aSs the hi:
'Dnns S.t than o % you M TeFf m ms believes that the NOR. elaborate and pretensu,
does emphasize the limitations of the spoken
he benefit s 3snF from % sspSU Ss
popular psyGhOlos the men This demand
supeaive quantities
.Jr IS in the so-coed erpagoaty presented
ind the highest art The motto" pi'tsre & TIE tn"do%n
accurately realistically Soriou, panoro' and mans
sS"S sS% "Ss;or s Scenic 1s'sS ;sSS SS5
the stage cannot successfully compete
ssHE life is revealed in
with realism; the of the motion picture should m be
when
The given to all Of the ability D think @ p4DS T
hundreds and thousands the portrayal of Ito them
one hears impending The
old specte Hard Times Is at our door, according to the M to
obtain keeping money in circulation qHoFdns
.auiS5um . os,,.,. t,,t . orv. tb. thing
be reesated
EVEN few months or weeks which
% '5s oS. 'RS's by their @
elaborate Ss and ons most
e s nse' and % nG possible The would
ma as how % @ hu cSn chR wR6 pU
Sineatn Of life in play form could never have competed
"T elaborate and spectacular
nGion: Of te-not too. tour Prna,9as ito of some Srao
s""s .s"etsS one of my arccto E,s sro.s esrd
In all. more than &,250000"
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Stars of Stage, Screen
and Prize Ring Combine
in Making "Beauty Shop"

ssrTHE BEAUTY SHOP" a pictur-
l. ization Of the famous musical
comedy. is being made in the Cosmopoli-
tan studios in New York, and the cast
that has been gathered would make any
matinee girl dizzy.
Raymond Hitchcock. star of the orig
:nal production, will be featured. The
other players include Billy b. Van
and James ]. Corhett. both of whom
have previously appeared on the screen /;
Montagu Love, well-known leading
man: the Fairbanks Twins, who will
continue to appear in 1.-Two Little Girls
in Blue" in New York: Laureyce
Wheat. who was in the stage produc-
tion of "The Beauty Shop; Louise Fa-
zenda, of screen comedy fame, and Di-
ana Allen. a "Follies" girl.
Mr.. Hitchcock, of course, is continu
ing his work in the "Follies" in New
York. He appeared in the original mu /.
sical comedy in 1914. when the produc-
ton remained at the Astor Theatre,
New York, for eighteen weeks. The fol-
lowing year the company went on the
road throughout the country. Mr..
Hitchcock is considering playing ''The
Beauty Shop" in London next year.
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Ansuers to Questions BY Movie Fans

SCHROON LAKE-Thank you 50
much for the four-leafed clover. ] am
certain it has brought me luck. Twenty
in one day must overwhelm you with
good luck. Perhaps it means you will
DC a world-known moving picture star.
Hope Hampton's picture, Star Dust,
has not been released. Later / may be
able to give you the exact date.
JOAN K.-Priscilla Dean Is twenty
four, has light brown hair and brow 1
eyes. She is very happily married TO
Wheeler Oakman. The picture in which
she. is appearing at present is "Repu'
tation.'
DINNIE-"The Champion will be
Wallie Reds next starring vehicle.
What has become of Grace Darmond ?
She will soon be seen in a new picture
entitled THE Song of Life, ." CASTOR
Glass will play opposite her.
BOBS--"Tristan and Isolde has
been filmed. | believe il is German
made picture. ! do not know whether
or notfit has been sreleasrd. neither do
I know the names Of the players.
YAMA--You are one of my best little
correspondents. am always glad 10
gct aletter from you. 1 have never
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speaking almost sharply. "wb,. -.
your contract with me?" ""a' aoout
I didn't think you'd care s,,. J
ing through with that, after c~t., vut so'
out OF this picture almost comng .ung ne
l answered. eoinpietely,'
"Oh, that-that's easilr . y
You know what a salarv ,eSn.ainsd.
Jonh- , that was the storl p.m
make hn, tnis picture. Well, as yon ~
he's internally jealous, and 6e SoI b.o, Know,
thlngs to a show down and dem.uu5u! ou5u!
tnat we cut you out as much ne ma'
soie. he said-which came prett1 10 pos.
oeing true-that you would boia near
audience's attention to such an e s,. .ne
that he'd be showed into tho .sn' S.'a'
ground. He swore he'd cancel III. osck'
tract II we didn't do as he ssksd s G0n. :.
But your work showed wb..
could 90, and that was what w,.,.I
to find out. I'm ready with .bst sa.sa .e.s
ring contract. young lady, and Won -.
sign It the first thing In the mo,,i.n nWr Isn
II you'll come down to the ofScs fS1"ns
/ stood there study. NOT tn..,
whether I'd really heard him saS vs,l! ~!
or had just imagined it. I wasn't 'ss sns
because l was no good, after all! vs. .
cut because i was too good -
"Then-" I turned n n,,. n
wildered. "Then that meons oe'
"That means that yon'd h.,..
marry just now. NV dssr +" Ma vs.eT ncs
broke in, curtly. "You will have SrS, ron,
hands full with vour wort Co.. na'e your
ANYWAY. II Won marry rou;m III wnle,
or less distracted for 'Ub wbilo Il Oe more
ally. That WON'T do. 7 wnnt % natur,
YOUR first n;cture So tbot ~ % push
ready for reieose tbis snr;ns ~ VIII M
have IN nostnone vomr norr;sr, s iSu Il
| while ~ Won want to MT theS Az, Az,
over D;ono - want " put 'n's tnns
.oda looked up at Derry again; his
ne ne 5oS was ;.h u,ilost stern' put his eyes
answer that he wanted. knew wba,
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MARY ALDEN SAYS
SHE'S THROUGH
WITH MOTHER ROLES

MARY ALDEN, screen actress,
AVl whose portrayal Of the mother role
In "The Old Nest caused Eastern
critics to acclaim her artistry, and who
undoubtedly has distinguished herself
for all time in her screen mother char
acterization, announced the other day
that she has finished with mother roles
Miss Alden is now playing an old lady
part in "The Man With Two Mothers, ="
at the Goldwyn studio.
"Too many people do something well
and then sit back upon their laurels," "
said Miss Alden. ~ will do one more
mother role only, Then am going to
What sort Of a straight" can the
screen mother play? What other role
Ia there for the sweet faced, wrinkled,
white haired woman, listed in studio
casting offices as a ''mother type?" The
answer would be "she can't do anything
else but mother parts" except that Miss
Alden isn't that. kind Of a screen
mother.
Mary Alden on the screen and Mary
Alden in life are two very different per-
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found out why you use the name Yama.
You promised 70 tell me some time.
Agnes Ayres IS getting divorce from
her husband. Richard Barthelmess will
soon make his appearance in "Tol' able
David" Betty Ross Clark is Mrs. Ar
thur Collins in private life
NELLA-"Cabiria" is an Italian film
which was screened some eight years
ago. The same producer made "TheO-
dora and Quo Vadis."
WINWOOD-Who was the girl who
played the part of Ameera in
Without Benefit Of Clergy Nonc
other than Virginia Faire Kiplng wa,
so pleased with her work in the pic
ture that he made special mention Of it,
excellence.
ROB ROY-BNl Duncan will soon be
seen in "Stcelheart." Edith johnson
plays opposite him in this picture. Lii
lian Rich has not deserted the screen
She is working ON The Reverend
Meddler,
LIDA-Mary Alden plays the mother
in THE Old Nest" Charles Ray ha,
just completed 1.-TWO Minutes to Go. -
The Midnight Bell has been re-
leased.
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Ingram Adds Harry Myers
to Turn to'the Right Cast

HARRY MYERS, the Yankee in the
IL picture production in Mark Twain's
"A Connecticut Yankee in King
Arthur's Court" has been engaged by
Rex Ingram to play the crook with
sense of humor in Turn to the Right,
The addition of Mr.. Myers, to the al
ready noteworthy cast for the Ingram
picture has placed 1t in class with
The Four Horsemen of the Apoca-
lypse" and Mr.. Ingram's other screen
masterpiece, "rhe Conquering Power" /"
The company is headed by Alice
Terry, who played the principal roles in
the screen productions of the Ibanez
and Balzac novels. Included among its
members are Jack Mulhall. George
Cooper, who will play the role OF
Mugsy Edward Connolly, of Metro S
stock company Lydia Knott. Margaret
LOOMS, Doris Wederts, William Belt
cher and Eric Mayne.
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Sh.h! Listen to This One:
Viola Danas Getting Fat

GA CUCUMBER salad; no mayon-
"A naise. Tea and lemon no sugar.
Bread; no butter"
Viola Dana's order surprised her d.
rector, Harry Beaumont, with whom
she was lunching.
How Gomez" he asked. "No mnyon-
naise, no sugar, no butter, no dcs-
scrt?"
I'm trying to reduce" said Miss
Dana. Haven't you noticed I'm grow =
ing fat?"
Mr.. Beaumont surveyed the little star
whose weight Of 100 pounds has been
maintained against all assaults from
her sweet tooth, which Is. among other
reasons, why she is called "Metro's
baby" He failed to see the necessity
Of diet.
But I've just been weighed" said
Miss Dana. Then she whispered the
forrible truth: I've gone up to 103
pOundsn
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CHAPTER XIII

HURRYING up the aisle OF the dark,
IL empty theatre, tried hard to think
what I'd do next, but somehow !
couldn't plan anything. I didn't want
to 60 back to Mrs. Lanes, where Mr..
Sandy would be later that night. !
wanted to crawl away and never see
any of those people agnin. But !
couldn't; hadn't anywhere to 60.
Reaching the lobby at last, leaned
up against huge oil painting of Doug
las Fairbanks that stood In one corner,
too miserable to do anything but try
not to cry. I hardly realized that some
one had followed me out of the theatre
it. was only when a mans voice at my
shoulder said "Di, aren't you going
to speak to me7" that / knew it.
That voice would have reused me from,
any mood, no matter how desperate
felt.
Derry" I cried, suddenly so glad
that he was there that I didn't care
much even IL had been cut out of the
picture. I whirled around and just
stood there staring up at him, notins
how much older he looked than he ha(
the last time saw him, and how tanned
he was, and how very, very good look
ing. He seemed bigger and broader.
shouldered than ever, and when ht
caught my hands in bis and held then
tight, and just looked and looked al
me. as IL he'd never stop, felt as Il
some one had put my heart on a merry
go round.
"Why didn't you writer we asket
together, and then stopped and stared
as we realized it.
"You were engaged to that chap yor
went off on location with, Isabel Heatl
said," Derry answered me, and"
"YOu never sent me q line, but JUS
went off with Isabel" I told him a
the same moment.
"And now,' he began, still holdini
my hands. and drawing me up closer t
hin, now, Di, is there any reason
why I've got to go on being lonesom,
for you? Why, even when I'd slip of
and 90 to one Of your comedies alone
and sit there staring at you till ! won
der the screen held out. I'd be lone
some; I never could laugh, no matte
what happened. But if you don't be
long to any one else--"
"Just what is this-a rehearsal fo
a final close e-up?" asked whimsical
voice beside me, and I glanced up to Sc
Malcolm Sandy standing there with I
quizzical expression on his face.
why, it's-it's Derryi" j ex,
planned, as If that told everything.
eve met Mr.. Winchester before,
he answered. WHAT'S the rest of rh
story?"
} Derry told him; I couldn't. And h
|, concluded with the announcement thu
! we were engaged and were going to b
married right away, which was news t
Inc, though wasn't quite so much sur
: rrised at it as Mr.. Sandy was.
But you can't do that" he told me
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BUILT PRACTICAL
VILLAGE; ACTORS
LIVED IN HOUSES

WHILE dwelers in the cities were
w sweltering. Louis ]. Cashier. the
director, with group of his staff men,
bers and players who are engaged in
the production Of ma 'mselle Jo,"
from the novel by Harriet T. Com
time, and wishing for more blankets at
night.
Director Cashier took the party to
Lake Tahoe on August 10, to film all
the outdoor scenes for this picture in
order to get the closest possible ap-
Proclamation of the st. Lawrence River
region in which the action of the novel
takes place. After securing all of the
Pacific slope for locale that would
parallel the st. Lawrence River coun-
try. the Lake Tahoe country, which in
cludes such picturesque spots as Bonner
Lake, Hughes Valley and Truckee
River. was selected.
Arriving on the scene of their work
the construction crew proceeded with
the task of building a logging village
on the shore of Donner Lake. This was
a practical" village, with fireplaces
and rude wooden hunks, tables and
benches, in which the players made
themselves comfortable.
All of the outdoor scenes of the pro-
duction were taken amid these rugged
and beautiful scenes, and while this was
being done, the studio staff was at
work at the re studios in Hollywood,
building and fitting the various in
teriors that are to be used.
TIHE outfit taken to Lake Tahoe In
L cluded special lighting equipment,
generator trucks, spot lights, sunlight
arcs, Cooper Hewitts and special ap.
paratus invented at the R-C studios tc
enable Director Cashier to obtain re
markable PICTORIAL effects at night ant
the evanescent, shifting and changing
beauty of the lake, the forest and tn,
sky. A number of wind machines ant
three Bell Howell cameras were taker
in order that none of the light effect
should be lost.
The members of the party were Di
rector Cashier, Mark Strong, assist
ant director; Winifred Dunn, scenario
writer, and Andrew Benson, OF Mr.
Cashiers staff Rose Dione, who play
; the role of Nam selle 10; George Nc
Daniels, Tully Marshall and RutI
King.
J On their return to Hollywood tn
staff and players said that the expert
ence was a most delightful one, an,
! though they worked hard all their wax
ing hours the change was exhilarating
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The Cham pion Hefty Six

Rex Ingram has discovered that six
Of the players in his production for
Metro of Turn to the Right" have
an average weight of more than 250
pounds. Together they tip the scales
at 1900. Among them is Gloria Daven-
port, the sixteen -year-old daughter of
weighs $50.
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THE top scene shows a group of
L Lasky players off duty for few
moments. They are, left to right, Ru-
dorh Valentino, Mildred Harris, Jac-
queline Logan, Thomas Meighan and
Agnes Ayres. The lower scene shows
the same studio at work. Howard Hig-
gins is having his hands full directing
disappearing bed'' scene with Ger
trude Short on the bed, in Wally Reid
newest, "Rent Free"
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CONFESSIONS
OF 4 STAR
.. As Told to
} INEZ KLUMPH
THE STORY BEGINS

The SlV"h
WITH the early doys IN tho old
Fine Arts studio IN California tchcn
Colleen Moore, the Gish girls, Bessie
Looe and host OF Others toere not
much more than entro girls, Dtana
Cheyne tells hoo she and her cham,
Isabel Heath, sat ionesomeIy around
the studio until Phi Croney, the
famous director, chose Isabel to be
the fret of the screens baby
oamps." They are seen together a
great deal, and scandal S created
bp the directors soife. Derry WIN
chester, friend Of Diand's, 10
called on to help, and Isobel tries to
"cantp" him. Then Isabel an
noances she Is to be starred in the
East By Paul Markhom.i Derry
goes to France ,oith the dViotion
corps and Diana meets Keith Cor
ham, pho strangely attracts her.
On the eve of q romantic runapay
marriage, Keith is killed In an auto
mobile accident.
AND HERE 1T. CONTINUES
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I o. !.
tween anthracite and bituminous
coal?
Hard coal is anthracite; soft coal
is bituminous coal.
104. Where do we get benzol
from?
The fractional distillation of coal
tar.
105. Of what is glass made?
A fusion of silica with two or
more alkaline bases.
106. How is window glass made?
Producing by blowpipe large cyl
inder which is cut open and heated
in hattening oven and then trans
ferred to an annealing ovcn
107. What is proclaim?
A fine earthenware harder, winter,
harder to fuse and moro translucent
than ordinary pottery.
10S. What country makes the best
optical lenses and what city?
Jena, in Germany, formerly pro-
duced the best lenses. Recently the
bureau Of standards has turned out
lenses eXcelled by none.
100. What kind of machine is
used to cut the facets on diamonds /?
A diamond lathe where diamond
cuts diamond"
40. What is a foot pound?
A unit of energy equal to the work
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associated when found?
Copper, iron, gold, Iridium and

associated when found?
Copper, iron, gold, Iridium and
0smium.
So. How is sulphuric acid made?
Iron pyrites roasted in special
furnoces yield sulphur dioxide, which
is collected in lead chamber in the
presence of water, Oxygen or air and
nitrous anhydride.
81. Where do I'VE get sulphur from?
Louisiana and Texas.
SO. Who discovered how to vul-
canize rubber?
Charles Goodyear.
80. Where do we import rubber
from?
South and Central America, Malay
peninsula, Ceylon, Borneo, Java and
equatorial Africa.
10o., What is vulcanitc and how is
it made?
A black variety of hard rubber.
made from the cheaper grades of
rubber vulcanized with much sui
phur.
101. Who invented the cotton gin?
Eli Whitney.
102:: What is the price of 12 grains
of gold?
United States assay office price,
May IL, 1921, was 56.695 cents.
103. What is the difference be-
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Quick, clean heat "a
for every kind of cooking @z1

TT is hard to appreciate the
IL convenience and satisfaction
OF cooking with the New Per.
fection until you have actually
done SO.
It's relief, especially in warm
weather, to be rid of CARRYING
coal, wood and ashes, sweep,
ing up litter and backing the
stove. And then you don't
have to "rush the fire" on
baking days and heat up the
kitchen. Two burners on the
New Perfection will give you
all the heat needed for anv
kind Of baking. You can regu,
late the heat produced by each
burner, warm something gently
on one and roast over another
in a New Perfection oven.
The long blue chimney of the
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THAT. WHICH ANYBODY
OUGHT TO KNOW
Continued from page q

81. From where do we get dates?
Y Arabia, India, North Africa, Cali
! fornia, Arizona and elsewhere.
~ 68: Where do we get our domestic
gtsardines?
From Maine and California.
81 So. What is the longest railroad
z in the world?
The Trans Siberian.
s 70. Wh.re is Kenosha?
Z Wisconsin.
!. II. What is the speed of sound?
In dry. air at freezing it travels
about 1901 feet a second. In water
|. its speed is about 1880 feet per Sec
,opd. 1t travelled at II ,463 feet four
S1,lches second through an iron bar
, 5000 feet long.
72. What is the speed of light?
Approximately 186,700 miles a
second.
70. Who was Cleopatra and how
did she die?
A queen of Egypt. Committed sui
Y eide by causing an asp to bite her.
1 "a. Where are condors found?
The Andes.
rs. Who discovered the law of gra-
vitation?
Sir Isaac Newton.
r. 76. What is the distance between
the earth and sun?
90 100000 miles.
Z. IT. Who invented photography?
Schcele, Swede, discovered the
principles about 1880 and Wcdgwood
English, first applied them in June,
1902.
rs. What country produces the
most wool?
Australia.
70. What is felt?
A. A cloth made from matted WOOL
= fur or lair, by pressure.
. 80. What cereal is used in all
parts Of the world?
None. Wheat is used most exte,!-
sively, with rice and corn next.
81. What states produce phos-
aphates?
Arkansas, Tennessee and other
Southern states.
80. Why is cast iron called pig
siron?
, Because of fancied resemblance
, of the row of channels into which
the molten metal flows to litter of
pigs.
83. Name three principal acids?
Hydrochloric, sulphuric and nitric.
"a. Name three powerful poisons?
, Cyanide of potassium, strychnine
and arsenic.
85. Who discovered radium?
Nine. Curie in Paris in 1902.
sc. Who discovered the X-ray?
Roentgcn, German, in 1896
81. Name three principal alkalis?
Soda, potash and ammonia.
88. What part of Germany do toys
come from.
Nuremburg and the Nuremburg re-
gion.
80. What states bound West Vir-
ginja?
Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia,
Kentkucky and Ohio.
80. Where do we get peanuts from?
California, Georgia, Virginia and
other Southern states and Pennsyl-
vania.
, 81. Where is the capital of Ala
bama?
, Montgomery.
90. Who composed "II Trovatore ?"
Verdi.
SO. What is the weight of air in
a room 20x30x10?
484 86-1 900 pounds.
81. Where is pla tinum found
, Ural mountains.
95. With what metal is platinum
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population Of England, France, Ger
many and Russia before the war?
England, 100000; France, 4O,OOO,-
000; Germany, 65,000,00O; Russia, 186-
100000.
l40. Where is the City of Mecca?
In the kingdom Of Hedjaz.
from?
California, Texas and Spain.
made?
From "catgut," now usually made
from the intestines of sheep
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done in raising one pound avoirdu-
pois the height Of one foot.
III. Where do we get boraX from?
California, Ncvad, Texas and Ore
gon.
112. Where is the Assuan Dam?
Across the Nile in Upper Egypt.
i13. What star recently measured
was found of enormous size?
Bctelgcuse.
Id. What large river in the Unit
ed States flows from south to north
The San Joaquin river in Califor-
MIA. The Red river of the North.
115. What are the Straits of Mes
sina?
They separate Sicily from Italy.
1lG. What is the highest mountain
in the world?
Mount Everest
1T; Where do we import cork
from?
Southern Europe and Northern
Africa.
1l8. Where is the St. Gothard tun-
mel?
Under the Alps.
1l9. What is the Tai Mahal?
A mausolcum built at Agra, India,
by the mogul emperor, Shan .Iahan,
in memory of his favoritc wife.
120. Where is Labrador?
On the east coast of North Amer
lea from St. Lawrence river to Hud-
sons bay.
121. Who wrote "rbe Star Snon-
glcd Banner?
John Snotford Smith wrote tbo
music about 1889. Francis Scott Kew
wrote thc words
100 Who wrote "uomo Swoot
Uomc"?
John Howard Pavnc wrote tho
words. Sir Henry Bishop. an Enc
! lishmnn. wrote thc nnsic '7
1873. who was Martin Luther?
Princinnl lnadcr of tho Rrfn,n,,-
tion
ia. What is the chief acid in vinc-
gar?
Acctic
125. Who wrote "Don Ouiyotc"?
Cervantes.
l2G. Who wrote "Lcs NIiscrablcs"?
Victor Hugo.
127. What place is the greatest dis
t,ncn bnlow 60, lnvnln
The Dead Sea, ! 300 feet below sea
level.
1913. What are ak handles made of?
Ash in the East and hickory in the
129. Who made "Thc Thinkcr"?
Aupustc Rodin.
1870. Why is Fahrenheit thcr-
momctcr called Fahrenheit
Named after Gabriel Daniel Fab
rcnheit, who invented it.
" " Nv oMhc' an" idn lilc NC"
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143. What city on the Atlantic sea-
board is the greatest pottery center?
Trenton, N. j.
la. Who is called the "fathcr of
railroads" in the United States?
John Stevens.
145: What is the hcayiest kind of
wood?
Lignum vitate.
146. What is the lightest wood?
Basswood has been called the light
est, but it has been asserted recently
that balsa, or corkwood, found in
South America, is the lightest.