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on the stage. was at this period 81 years
OF age and her salary 500 a week.
Madeleine Henriquez, very handsome
young lady, who had made her debut
the year previous when 10 years Of age,
was paid SIS. Three years later she
succeeded Mrs. Hoey as leading woman.
position she retained until her mar
riage In 1867. when she retired from
the stage. Her salary in her new posi-
ton was 800. which amount she de-
clared at the time "did not pay for her
boots and gloves"
Mrs Vernon. one OF the most noted
and popular actresses the stage has ever
known. was at this time 65 years old
and received $40 salary. She occupied
an honored place In the history OF the
theatre. not alone for her dramatic abil-
ity but also for her graciousness. breed
ing and education. Her biographers speak
Of her as "a lady Of extraordinary INTEL
lectuaI endowments, Of the purest moral
ity and Of the greatest refinement"
Another beloved woman member Of
the company was Mary Cannon. who
was described as a beauty, fresh and
plump. with foot that Titania might
have envied, eyes that sparlled like
dewdrops in tho early sun. q sweet
and ever ready laugh. and "a vivacious
nature" At the time OF tho opening
Of the new house she was 81 years Of
age and received $40 salary. Miss Gan
non was frequently toasted IN those
days as "the favorite OF the town"
The new play did not prove, sue
cess ana after some seventeen perform
ances. during which time It drew $7.552.
II was withdrawn. Other members OF
the company at that time who did not
appear at the new house until Novem-
Der, when the new comedy OF Magic
Marriage" was produced. were Fanny
Morant. who at tho age OF 81 was draw
ing $40; George Holland. 20 years old.
s25; w. r. Blake. 66 years old, and
receiving SEQ week.
In the following January Mr.. wallaclE
presented "The School for Scandal" Tho
late Sir Charles wyndham tells how
on his arrival In New York in those
early days he secured a seat in tho gal
lery OF wallacl's and witnessed Lester
Waliack play Charles Surface, with all
the dazzling abandon OF white court
wig, heavy black mustache and mutton
chop whiskers. Lester wallack In New
York could do no wrong"
Were not those the palfny days In
deed7 CHARLES BuRNHAM.
New YORK. February 10.
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Vitamines

The vitamine as an essential 10 life
is slowly but surely making its way
into prominence. When the average
man learns that he has been eating
yitamines-both rs pronounced like
the in coal mine-aU his life and
could not have grown up or thriven
without them he IS almost as much
astonished as Lord Dubcrty was In
GEORGE CoLMAN's amusing play when
Dr. PdnOloss told him he had been
talking In vowels and consonants for
fifty years without knowing IT. But
the doctors have found them out and
boiled them down 20 a basis Of scien-
tinc certainty. They have not yet be-
come a fad like counting calorles; but
they seem q De headed that way in
the popular form Of the yeast cure.
Prior 20 1910 they were as totally
unknown aud unsupported as the Elm
stein theory or the prodlgious volume
Of Alpha in orion. To-day enough Is
known about them TO Gil out more
than two hundred pages of mono
graph by BENJAMIN HARROW, Ph. D.,
a physiological chemist OF the New
York College Of Physicians and Sur
geons. There Is a large aud vital
fund OF information as TO their Inn
portnnce in food and as respects the
deadly diseases--befiberi, ricketts,,
scurvy and perhaps pellagra-which
invariably appear when they are left
out OF the bill OF fare.
Nobody has ever seen a vitamine (.
perhaps nobody ever viii. Nor is
ii certain how the vitamlnes oper-
ate In nutrition. Whether they sup
ply certain chemical units 70 the
body or are mere stimulators OF as
sirnilation Of the true foods Is quite
uncertain. They ore like the atoms
and electrons Of physical science In
one respect, at least, that, though they
have never been isolated and their
nature is mere matter for conjecture,
reasoning can be based on their oper.
ations and beneficial practical results
deduced.
All the oscertained facts are The
result OF animal research with birds,
rats and guinca pigs. Three types
Of vitamlnes have been definitely dis
tinguished. the fat soluble \ and the
water solubles Y and G. These are
also labelled as antI-rachitic, anti
neuritic and anti-scorbutlc There may
be others. but these are linked up be-
yond peradventure with one or other
OF the diseases recited above. The
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Sleeps Marvel.

From the Atherdsun.
A marvel I looked upon.
From waking hid.
Born Of sleep. and gone
With the lifting lid.
Was Il the loveliness
or one white flower
That mourns a dead Princess
On rock by a towerf
Or lit my sleeping eye
On that far countrie
Where fierce red parrots ny
On a bright green sea,
And. touching with ruby wings
That emerald main,
Their passage round them fiings
A Jewelled rain7
Or vague was the delight
AS the summer air
That shakes In and out OF sight,
Yet is ever there?
An. Just as ia win II clear.
Straight was IL hid.
Dimmed in the mist of a tear
On the lifting lid.
IoLo A WILLIAMS.
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A Character Witness Impusned.

To THE NEW YoaK HEsAID: Mn
Weeks Is as unfortunate in subpoenains
Thomas Fuller as . witness for Shake
speare as he was IN calling Milton 70
the witness chair.
For It happens that Thomas Fuller.
as well as Milton, was born In that
eame year. 1908. and so each Of them
was but eight years old when Shake
speare died. And. II Sir Sidney Leo is
correct In maintaining that shakespeare
left London forever in 1911 for his
estate and tithes at stratford on Avon,
then little Thomas Fuller must have
been, Of the tender age Of three years
wheh he beheid those many wit COM
bats between Shakespeare and Ben JON
son at tho Mermaid Tavern
JOHN =. REYNOLDS.
NEW YORK, February 10.
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symptoms are the result of overrefine-

SyIuplOluS dTc tuc result VI ONcfAcuac
ment of food materials In the pol
lshing Of rice. The cure may be ef-
fected by dosing the patient with the
refuse that has been cleansed away.
The amount Of vitamines of any
class In any food Is exceedingly
minute Yeast is very rich in them,
yet after chemistry had reduced 200
pounds OF yeast TO one-twelfth of an
ounce by processes Of isolation 1t Is
now believed it had not attained pure
vitamine substance. Yet, minute as
the quantity may be, all three classes
of vitamines are necessary TO health.
Herein lies the practical value OF all
the research that has been bestowed
on the subject In this country, Eng
land and Germany. Not by giving
more food but by attending 20 the
vitamine content of what is given, the
malnutridon of children, now known
to be common among poor and rich
alike, may be overcome.
For ordinary dietary guidance It
is established that great variety is
the secret Of nourishment- Meat, eggs
and milk are necessary to furnish the
fat soluble element; vegetables the
water soluble B and fruit and green
stuff the vitamine @. Heat to GER
tain extent destroys all three types,
so II Is wise TO use as many upcooked
substances, butter, salad and fruits,
as may be possible.
The study of the subject is really
only In its Infancy. Theories of nu-
triton are likely TO be much affected
and many new ways Of curing and
warding of disease may be found.
Apparently no one has as yet made
any attempt to couple vitamine ac-
tivity with the origin or etiology OF
cancer. But since this is also a dis
ease due to error Of metabolism, It Is
not impossible that continued inquiry
into vatimine functions may throw
some new light on this most obscure
Of all physical Affections. *
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A Plea for tho Fairies.

Don't photograph. the fairies.
For II would break their spen.
The wee folk. the tree folk
Who live IN blossom bell
Don't photograph the fairiea
Their loss II would be found
The home folk. the gnome folk
Who live beneath the ground.
Don't photograph the fairies
This boon for them we crave.
Tho gay folk. the fay folk.
Who dance upon the wava
Don't photograph tho fairies
Lest faith have cause for griefi
The known fact, the shown fact
Is hardest of belief.
MCLANDBUgGH WILSON
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Poems Worth Reading.
The Violet Parasol

Against the harsh foil
or the February storm In the city.
With its slanting, steel gray lines OF
sleet
Ana fiaccid slush
Like watery sherbert on window hedges
and sidewalks
F1aunts and riots the sudden splendor
OF violet parasol.
It's opulent splurge OF aggressive ssure
Canorous as the blare OF orchestral wood
wind
Across shrilling vioiinA
Audacious in challenge of tho streets
bedraggled neutrality
As tho mosque OF the Blue Dome
Above the rubble OF Bagdad roofs
Superbly blatant as the bulging cap OF
heliotrope mushroom
Over a ciump OF blanched Indian pipe
IN a damp woodland covert.
exotic as some giant orchid
Deluging a drab waste of sage and
spiny cactus
With glory of its spurred lips purple
Ana underneath the silken shelter
Tho comeiy face and throat Of a girl.
Tinged delicate hyacinth
BY the filtered radiance
Lustrous as a sculptured Psyche
OF FURNISHED Bardiglio marble
In the glamour OF Sicilian moonlight
ELIOT WHITE.
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Pulling the Railroad Trains
Economic Obstacles to Be Overcome Before the Steam
Locomotive Can Be Generally Displaced

To THE NEW York HERALD: The
impression given by Mr.. keafy in his
article ON railroad electrihcation.
which appeared in your paper Of Feb
ruary 10. Is that electrifcation is SIM
ply a question OF substituting cleo
tricity for steam as a motive power.
Unfortunately there are various sys-
tsrns Of Identification which may be
adopted, but II Is safe to say that
there is only one system that is par
ticularly adapted to the. individual
conditions OF each railroad
Speed. trailing load. gradients, &C.,
are variable factors in the problem OF
electrification, and systems affordlng a
solution of the problem are as varied.
Furthermore, 1t is quite possible that
the system which provides q higher
efficiency In the actual physical oper-
alton OF the road may be the least
economic as regards investment and
return thereon. After all Is said and
done 1t Is tn, actual financial aspect
of the question that governs the rail-
road corporatiou's decision.
It Is true to a certain extent and
under certain conditions that the elec-
at higher speed than it's predecessor.
but the writer neglected to qualify his
statement. On long heavy grades the
advantages claimed for the electric
locomotive are apparent, but on trunk
line railroads. where the traffic Is
mainly nonstop passenger traffic and
where grades are a negligible fac
tor, the steam locomotive Is not in
very much danger from its rival.
Under these conditions safety rather
than maximum tractive effort or sus-
tained horsepower Is the governing
factor as regards the maximum speed
obtainable.
Regarding the relative size OF the
steam and electric locomotives the
writer claims that 5000 horsepower
represents the maximum capacity OF
the steam locomotive. : There are In
actual operation to-day steam loco
motivesA with a maximum srating OF
slightly over 5000 horse power. These
locomotives. being equipped with me-
chanical stokers, can maintain their
maximum tractive effort practically
continuously. and II is tractive effort
and ability to maintain 1t that de-
termine to n great degree the capa-
bilities of the locomotive.
The period Of time over which the
electric locomotive can maintain its
maximum tractive effort is limited by
the permissible rate of overheating,
and this prohibits the electric loco
motive from exerting its maximum
tractive effort continuously. In other
words. the statement that steam loco
motives have a maximum Of about
5000 horsepower. whereas there are
a number Of electric locomotives IN
use having a capacity of 1000 horse
power and over" Is merely a relative
statement, indefinite in meaning and
not indicative OF existing conditions.
In comparing the relative merits Of
the steam and electric locomotives Mr..
Keary apparently falls to consider the
fact that the steam locomotive Is In
reality a power house, transmission
system and motive power combined.
Tnasmuch as fuel economy is the ques-
ton discussed Is II fair to compare the
steam locomotive with the electric
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A Violet Memory.

(John Keats. died February 20. 1s2i.)
Soon comes tho season when tho chill
dren sell
Their vlolets al round the Spanish
Square.
And once I bought them. half way up
the Stair
On which your window looks, and felt
the spell.
And, iater. where you've slept 20 long
and well.
Meath violets that are az ssure air
To veil your grave--through vcrger's
careless caro-
Some few. most precious. blooms TO mo
befelii
But what OF these, when 90 much moro
/ reft7
I caught the flower OF song from you
and set
IL in my wreath--ay. gloried In the
theft
Beside my trivial own, your vioietl
wherefore. this tribute UP 70 you be
borne
Tis clouded evenings 60 immortal morn
EDrTu NJ. THOMAS.
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Lincoln's Emphasis.
A Question as to His Delivery of the
Gettysburg Address.

To- THE NEW YORK HERALD: Frank
J. Goodwin is assuredly right In hold
ing that IN Abraham Lincoln's gov
ernment OF the people. by the people
and for the people" no emphasis--not
accent--should be placed on the fret
OF these propositions. But his plea for
special stress on tho word govern
ment" is not 80 convincing.
Perhaps among those who hcard the
speech somebody with a good memory
will come forward and tell us where the
emphasis was placed by tho Presiden:
himself. J. A. HoERsTnA.
NEW YoRK, February 49,
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Bacon's Obscure Years.
Perhaps He Wrote Shakespeare
Plays TO BeguiIe His Leisure.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: colonef
Henry Watterson's letter takes a stroke
at old straw from which the golden
grain of truth has never yet been
threshed. Credulous indeed must one
be to believe Shakespeare the autnar
OF the works which bear his nAnlA
But Just how and why Il the BacsGo
ian theory so prepostsrous7 granot
Bacon by his Own contemporartee-5
some most discriminating--was haiief
as the greatest man OF his time. Bacon.
finishing HIS course at Cambridge In hg
teens spent come five years following
on tho Continent y there literature. sell
ence and travel filed his time The full
field Of human knowledge became the
scope of his capacious understanding
ard so remained after his return to Eng
land in 1880. Until Queen Elizabeth's
death in 1903. mere lawyer. out of
court favor. his transcendent abilHs,
surprising wit and wisdom Had general
II at times reluctant recognition.
The stage was then held In wo~Ar
than light esteem. even in disrepute
which attached to producer, performer
and writer alike. Connection thero-
with as a playwright could but afford
Bacon's Jealous kinsmen. tho Cecils, his
detractors and traducers at court. well
come evidence OF his levity and general
unworthiness. Where but IN Bacon can
we find among Shakespeare's contern-
poraries In ono and the Same person at
once tho power. tha genius to create
and the obvious incentive, the urgent
reason TO conceal the authorship of his
creations? For eninence as play
wright would but dash his hopes Of pre-
ferment at court. of the attainment OF
place. rank and pelf, the real ambition
Of his life. For this reason would such
authorship be denied by Bacon. ''tte
wisost brightest, meanest OF mankind"
Isn't It therefore probable that Bacon
thus beguiled his ample leisure during
his twenty-four years Of poverty ana
obscurity as barrister7 Doesn't The
period OF 1880 to 1904. when he became
the Kings counsellor, or until 1919
when he became Attorney-General.c cover
the time OF the production Of his Shake
spearian works? Are there not constantly
recurring alleged discoveries OF acrostics
In the original manuscripts indicating
Baconian authorship? The Baconian
theory outdoes Banquo's ghost.
CHARLES X. EA0To7C
PROVIDENCE, II. l., February -.
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There Is something battling about
the psychology of the individual or
the group that destroys an object OF
great public interest. even reverence,
for the sake OF obtaining souvenirs.
or what use will their loot be TO those
whc wrecked the Guynemer airplane,
vleux Charles. at Orange? They can
never show Il without confession Of
theft and vandalism or even look az
II without guilt and shame. The Inn
pulse that caused the act can only be
regarded as hero worship gone mad
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Pipe Smoking a Cause Of Wrinkles

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: In your
remarlts on pipe smoking by women yor
overlook ono of the worst results Of the
practice, wrinkles.
Holding tho pipe on the left side OF
my mouth has caused deep furrow.
while the right side is Comparatively
smooth. Smokers who use both sides
OF the mouth have two furrows, and
tho constant drawing on the pipe de-
stroys the beautiful lines Of well formed
pa HONEST.
BROOKLYN, February 10.
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An Outdoor President.

The announcement that President
elect HARDING is OF the top OF his
form at golf indicates condition Of
health which presages the possession
of store Of energy capable OF meet
ing liberal drafts which will be
made upon It during the next four
years.
Senator HARDING Is not as strenu-
Gus In the application Of his taste for
athletic pursuits as the late THEo-
DoRE ROOSEVELT, who was often called
"steam engine In boots" But he has
long been an outdoor man, and his
example will no doubt have the effect
Of renewing the popularity of ath-
letics with those men in the public
life of Washington who are wont to
take 1t easy after reaching period
where tennis and other games Of like
strenuosity make too great call on
their hearts.
For all such golf is a good game,
but is It the best exercise for the
man, say past fifty, who wants to
keep his waist line and enjoy that
greatest OF all sensatlons-being phys
ically f1t2 Golf Of course has It's
devotees by the hundreds Of thou
sands, but what Of that great army
Of the lovers Of outdoors which gets
Its health and pleasure at the same
time through the horse2 1t was a
wise old English physician who long
ago remarked that there was nothing
so good for the inside'of a man as the
outside of horse. Horseback riding
agitates the liver and does a lot of
other helpful things for those Of sed-
entary habits and It brings into play
muscles not employed by golf or any
other exercise except swimming,
which comes pretty near TO being the
greatest OF all exercises for the main
tenance Of perfect health.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT was an ardent
horseman and he rode as he did
everything else-wlth tempestuous
quality when there was a chance of
a contest In the air. He regarded the
hours spent on horseback in the West,
whittier he went as youth in
search of health, as the chief contrib
uting influence in building a body
which was noted for its tireless rug
gedness President WILSON knew lit
tie OF horses when he went to Wash
ington, but under the tutelage of his
physician, Read Admiral CARY I.
GRAYsoN, who has long been n great
lover Of the horse and owns and
breeds thoroughbreds, he became 4
fairly good equestrian. He rode
daily up 10 the time of his going
abroad a three-quarter bred chest
nut gelding named Democrat and told
his friends that he gained lot of en-
joyment and health from It.
Ohio has long been noted for the
quality of its horses, both thorough
breds and standard breds, and per-
haps Senator HARDING will display
new accomplishment when he realizes
how many delightful bride paths
there are In and around the capital.
He will find the horse an agreeable
companion and contributor to his
health quite the equal OF golf or any
other recreation.
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locomotive, per Sc? The overall eff
cheney OF power house. transmission
system and motors, which together
constitute the equivalent Of the steam
locomotive, Is not as high as We are
accustomed to assume It to be.
The article offers regenerative brak-
ing as another valuable asset that
makes for efficiency and economy.
Obviously unless the grades both as
to gradient and length have the
proper requirements this method of
braking is not applicable. On the
Chicago, Milwaukee and St Paul and
on the Norfolk and Western. where
the grades are relatively long and
heavy. regenerauve braking is an adj
vantage. Furthermore. the type of
identification employed determines to
a great extent whether the added elec-
trical and mechanical complications
attending regenerative control are
worth while from an economic view
point There are plenty Of examples
among existing electrified systems
where regenerahve brakings finds no
application.
Reference IS made TO the tremendous
possibilities that lie with the use of
water power as a source Of electricity
for railroading. There are SO many
factors attending such hydroelectric
DEVELOPMENTS that make the cost OF
power higher than the requirements
of economic railroad electrihcation de-
mand that progress in this direction
must of necessity be very slow.
Water seems cheap enough as we
watch It flow TO waste. but In many
cases electricity generated by this
means cannot compete with electricity
generated by steam plants. Railroads
often find II cheaper to purchase their
power than to attempt TO senerafe
their own. This results from the very
nature Of the railway load with Its
low load factor and IN many cases
low power factor, the latter depending
largely upon the system of electrifica-
ton employed. Central stations are
realizing that they can sell power 10
railroads at favorable rates when cer-
tain conditions are fulfilled.
In mentioning the linking up OF all
generating stations between Boston,
New York and Washington Mr.. Keary
has disclosed one Of the important
factors which will aid In solving the
electrification problem. Such intercon-
nected systems established through
out the United Statee will permit the
interchange Of energy in large blocks
and at rates that will alleviate the
financial side Of the question.
While the railroads may be cx-
pected to adopt electriflcation in spe-
cial cases In the future as In the past,
the method cannot be expected gen.
orally to supersede steam locomotive
service until such time as the develop
ment Of the art makes It practicable
to electrify at a low first cost--low
enough so that no added burden will
be placed upon the railroads. Either
the direct savings must produce a
sum sufficient to meet the annual
fixed charges upon the capital invested
or tho collateral advantages must In
effect do so before electrification can
become q sound business proposition
admitting OF general application to all
cases. F. w. REYNOLDS.
MOUNT VERNON, February 19.
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Two Statues In Need Of Care.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD; Doen
New York so little appreciate the sstis-
tic Importance Of Saint Gaudenss eques-
trian statue OF Sherman and MacMon~
Mess statue OF Nathan Hale that sha
Is going to permit them Do be tnjured
from negiect7
General Sherman Is at present afncsa
hidden under rubbish. Nathan Halls
stands on the walk near the steps a.
the City Hall. entirely unprotected. Al.
ready a portion Of the bronze lettsrsnsA
has been stolen from the pediment
A. K CALl.ATIcss
NEW YORK. February 10.
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The Joyous Road.

From the Atlanta Constitution.
LIES no dream-no riddle.
But better smile than weep;
Well keep time TO the fiddle
And dance the stare to sleepi
Light. the world adorning
And thank God for the light,
And when the sun says Morning"
Wen follow him to night!