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New-York tribune., 1922-06-11
"The Phunny Phellow" Gives
You q General Idea

The success Of those humorists was due not
only to their genuine talents but also TO the
fact that the only ostensibly humorous publ
cations printed in this country were Of low
order Of merit, as may be judged from the
fact that one of them was not ashamed to call
itself "The Phunny Phellow," and this mirth-
compelling title aptly indicated its humorous
oaliber. With the founding Of Puck Amer
ican humor took new lease Of life and bright
oolors established themselves permanently in
popular favor.
PUCK" had previously failed In St. Louis
when started there by Joseph Keppler, and it
was with this experience behind him and with
a rich native endowment Of Viennese humor
New-York tribune., 1922-06-11
Is the Comic Supplement
Destined to Immortality?

1t is successful because. as its spPeslse
trely to the eye, its humor is absorbelri
glance Always farcicsl in form. whfVs
may be said in criticism Of this form Of =
NOR, We must admit that most Of it IS fos':H
on the ever-pleasing spectacle Of sonse:I
getting the worst Of il, in which respect = az
claim kinship with even the finest grads d
satire. Moreover. it has endured VIII Tr
increasing vogue for such long 7sr'a o.
time that one wonders whether it will ever =
replaced by anything else or Il il Is def1*
10 immortality
New-York tribune., 1922-06-11

primary step the single-phase alternating sys-
tenn with the tension Of $4,000 volts was
adopted This since has been made the Fed
ersl standard for all the railways OF Switzer-
land. II is the system originally adopted by
the Loetschberg.
Within the next thirty or forty DAYS a see
ond great step in the eleetrihcation Of the
Swiss railways will have been accomplished
IN the opening Of the main line from Luzerne
TO Erstfeld to the electric locomotive. Il will
then run in an unbroken line all the way from
Bellinzona 10 Luzerne by autumn through TO
Basel, as we'll as from Luzerne to Zurich. A
few months later the line from Bellinzona to
Chiasso also will be open to it.
A third great step remains-the electrihca-
tion Of the important main line from Brig
at the Swiss portal Of the Simplon-throurh
to Lausanne, ninety-seven miles, and ther
Switzerland is done, for some years to come.
at any rate. The Swiss Federal Railways will
New-York tribune., 1922-06-11
Bill Nye n Topnotchey
At $4,000 a Year

One Of the earliest and perhaps N. b.,. ,
the humorists who entered this field ma, -.
Nye, and the salary Of $4,000 a year Ia, d.
received was regarded then as ph.no,,,..'
II was the success Of this wholesale d,,,s-
ton Of the weekly budget Of fun that ~ =
line 10 the establishment Of the gres, e..
Of humor with which ] am now coneern,s
II was some time in the '90s tha, tn. .,...
colored supplement first appeared IN D..
Row, and although IL was 2 primi.lv. a..
printed in one color and black, The ps,,,s
ties that II suggested 20 experienced r,rr.
per men were such that many able brain, ~.
soon engaged in efforts 70 improve 4. o..
the first Of its features tha. acquired ,o,sl,.
ity was the one that enriched the vle,,, ~.
the term yellow press, which arose i,,,. -.
celebrated contest between Hearst and psl..
zer, the details Of which are worth nsrst,,
According 20 an account which b.u,v,, >,
be authentic, Mrs. Joseph Pulitzer discoy.,,.
in Phil Mays Almanac a funny little diam.
ter sketch Of a child which 50 plsavt =,
that she took il 70 her husbands oae. A.
suggested making i the central fgqr. o.
series Of humorous adventures % be pr,,l
in the colored supplement Of The wots'
The work was intrusted 10 r 2. og,csus a.
the Yellow Kid soon became a celebrity. Sea,
after this Mr. Hearst purchased The yT
York Journal" and cast covetous sy. >,
the various features Of the supplement rglstl
by his rival. There ensued then a eon,e.. y.
tween Messrs Hearst and Pulitzer over 4,
possession Of the Yellow Kid which rssu.e
in Hearsts engagement Of Outcsult The
George B. Luks took Outcaults place on "Iss
World" as the cicerone Of the Yellow KID
his wanderings, and the funny little fsls
continued TO lead his double life for maya
season, while the two papers In which he .,
peared became the yellow press
This contest took place more than qsr
ter of a century ago, and although zasy u
the Sunday features popular a. tha. tine a.!
in succeeding years have disappeared 4s
comic colored supplement has steadily Csgr
in public favor and has developed school q
humor distinctively its own and ore that r.
fleets the artistic taste Of The average rszt
paper reader in this country far more isss-
rately than does the Metropolitan Ar w
scum.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-11
Stage Began to Advance
On Its Pictorial Side

The stage of this period, as records show,
was marked by the development of its pictorial
side. for the same public that had been fed on
funny pictures and illustrated literature now
called for better scenery, costumes and light
ing-everything. in short, that gratifed the
eye rather than the brain. Much Of Augustin
Days success was due 70 the manner in which
he staged his plays and the careful attention
that he paid 10 everything that his audiences
New-York tribune., 1922-06-11
BERNE


IT. He first pleasant impression that one
gets Of Switzerland is through the ex-
II cellent condition Of her railways.
After he has been riding upon the
Italian lines or even the excellent Paris, Lyons
& Mediterranean, which Is generally rated as
the best Of the French lines, there is dis
tinct feeling Of cleanliness and Of generally
wcll-ordered management about the Swiss
lines that is quite refreshing. to put it mildly
Not only are the cars end the stations i'm
maculately clean, but the employees are IN
variably well uniformed, quick and spruce on
their jobs. The entire railway system Of the
land bespeaks upkeep.
Yet the main routes Of that system are both
owned and operated by the state, even though
at considerable deficit At first glance the
Swiss Federal Railways does not seem to be
monopoly, even though It actually does pos
sess some 1929 miles of line. decided ma
jority of the rail mileage Of the country.
Actually. however, it most decidedly is a mo-
nopoly, because it exercises an actual control
over each and every one Of the main lines.
And yet as have just said, operated at
continued embarrassing deficit. And this de-
spite the fact that It's rates are exceedingly
high The first class passenger fares for in
stance, average "a cents mile, which is
high The first class passenger fares, for in
England, where they are cents q mile But
few folk in Switzerland travel first class any
longer; many trains have ceased to carry any
first class carriages Second class at 81
cents nearly approximates our present Amer-
can rates and day coach standards Of travel
comfort. In fact, the average Swiss second
class carriage in which I have ridden over
here exceed in cleanliness at least good many
OF our American day coaches. particularly on
the branch line runs. While for the man or
woman who can not or will not pay Slz cents
a mile second class there still remains third
elass-in small, wooden-backed seats-but
still in cars Of unwsvering cleanliness-at 2h
cents. Which Is concession that the rail
roads Of the United States have not yet
granted.
Recently the Swiss railways. in response to
a large national demand, have begun to re-
duce their passenger tariffs (They have had
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that that artist enlisted the support Of Adolph
Schwarzman and brought forth his journal
anew in very humble quarters in North Will
liam Street, close to the building in which
The New York Sun" had first seen the light
many years before.
The establishment Of this paper is the most
important milestone in the history Of the evo-
luton Of the colored supplement from the
newspaper humor Of an elder day. Not only
did its bright colors render it attractive to the
eye but they enabled people TO visualize humor
at glance, instead Of taking the trouble TO
read It. 1t developed the artistic side Of the
craft to a degree never thought Of before and
by serving up we'll worn jokes in new attire
may be said 70 have created the school Of fun
making Of which the colored supplement is the
latest development. AS few persons were en-
rolled in the jokesmiths trade at this time, it
was no easy matter for the new weekly 10 OBJ
tain an adequate supply Of fresh wit and for
that reason its pages were filled out with what
was called "acrobatic" matter, sgnifying the
humor Of personal catastrophe. The treacher-
Gus banana peel, the stovepipe erected in the
fall and taken down in the spring, the mother
in-law and the goat--not one Of these but was
drafted into service and caused TO shine in~pew
and exuberant colors.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-11
Charles How DromdSized
A Newspaper Column

His contemporaries Harrigan and Hart,
we're equally fortunate in pleasing the eye.
and Charles Hoyt, Of a later period, trans
ferred humor bodily from the columns Of the
press to an honored place behind the foot
lights. Hoyt had been the editor of comic
department in THE Boston Post" in which
capacity he had helped to famliarize the pub
lie with such characters as the plumber, the
grass widow, the Congressman and the hypo-
chondriac, and from these he fashioned farces
whose humor seemed fresh and novel. In
staging well known jokes he went further than
Puck" which had merely turned them into
pictures
have watched the rise and fall of many
schools of humor in New York, and found that
the average really vigorous life of each one
is limited to about nine years, at the expirs-
ton of which time public taste changes or
some new school arises TO take the place OF
the one in decline. puck" enjoyed an un-
usually long life, and the cause Of It's eclipse
was the development of the Sunday press to
an extent never known before here or else
where.
The editors OF the Sunday editions were
quick to realize the circulation building power
New-York tribune., 1922-06-11

then have completed 332 route miles Of
through-line electrihcation, which will COM
pare favoraby with any single job elsewhere
in the world And this is, Of course, in addi-
tion 10 the hfty-one miles Of the Bernese Alps
Railway, the forty-three miles Of narrow
gauge Retian Railway and some other small
er but fairly important private lines For the
operation the Federal Railways alone already
has seventy-four electric locomotives, costing
something over 100000 each, and is stead
lily adding TO this feet II is handling large
job in very large way-and frankly IN hopes
Of large eventual economies.
ITALY has progressed even more rapidly in
the electrifcation Of her railroads than
Switzerland in fact, more swiftly than any
other country in Europe and recently much
more rapidly than we have in the United
States. The constant and unending contro-
vcrsy between direct current and alternative
as tire best means Of power transmission for
high-speed electric railroad that keeps our
mechanical world in a turmoil and the average
American railroad president afraid to make
eny sort Of decision in the matter, does not
now obtain in Europe. Each country over
here is making decision for itself and making
that decision standard for its rai-transport.
France has adopted direct current as her
standard means. Switzerland single-phase al
ternating, Sweden also the single-phsse alter
mating system, and Italy the ultrs-modern
triple-phase alternating current save for the
already established line between Milan, Vsrese
and Porto Ceresio where a third.rail direct
current system will be retained. Elsewhere in
Italy the overhead trolley is used.
AS rode into Genoa the other day, hrst
noticed the trolley poles set along either side
Of the track for miles. the linemcn fast at
work placing the copper wires over the rails.
In few months the electrihcation Of the line
between Spezia and Genoa (ffty-four miles,
will be completed. There are few places in
Italy where it could be more welcomed In
that comparatively short stretch there are
seventy tunnels, some Of them Of considerable
length. Aside from the discomfort 10 the
passengers, the damsgs to the rails and the
rolling stock Of the lire comes annually to
considerable figure.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-11

West of Genoa the eleetriheaiion o. w
ltslien railways mas progressed at an eve
cwifter pace. This summer Il is expected ''iI'
the entire line between Genoa and the FFeNS
border town of Modane q al the westerly po'u.
Of the historic Mount Cents tunnel "'
operated by electricity. That VIII Oe-s'..
from the Spezia- Genoa line, with wnicn
forms an integral part Of the direct hon.''~
Paris route-a 100-mile stretch in iiseii
much longer than any electrified sifs'ea p
standard railroad in the United States VIZ
the single exception % that Of the Ch'AsN
Milwaukee & st. Paul Railroad in ths iH
West.
week ago rode over this line. and sS
then for more than hall the distance se.'.
the electric locomotive built by The Hsa'.
Westinghouse Company (the Italian s'a'-D
especially prohibit the importation OF el''a'
locomotives, but cannot prohibit the inpo'S
tion Of American brains, energy or Nsnr
The locomotive was considerably Lighter W
our newer ones in the United States; ,"
should be remembered that 500-ton uss
q heavy one in Italy. They were taxing N'
current at from $500 to 5000 ki!owa" -
at low frequency--at about fifteen OF
teen periods to the second.
not technical TO add that practically ~
VT is not my intention 70 be technical >,
,.is current is generated BY water P'
whose development in Italy is sill aln0"
its infancy. When the present eenmu
ambitious plan for the electrihcation
standard steam railroads is completed p
state, which owns and operates praeticsV
Of them, there will be some three tn0'-
miles-or about one-third o. the ltsIsn !.
tem-under electric operation. sWi'I"
is outdistsnced. This is a big and an 'sr
sive job, and when one contemplsteS the "a
ness Of it he begins 10 wonder II II can -
finished by 1926, as the Italian eleetriesi'''
neers now promise. al
Yet, big as will be the expense OF 'o'
the transformation Of practically every
portant main stem Of the Italian rsilroa' y
tenn from steam 10 electric power-'a,,
pense will be as nothing in comparison WIZ
economies TO be achieved. The coal rs''.sI
Of Italy are slight, TO put il mildly
down there is not only scarce but eApsIIh slh
II now costs $50 ton Therefore one ga" :,
comes TO understand how the fact 'na'
saving of two.thirds Of the present coal -
New-York tribune., 1922-06-11

geologleal fault and the turning Of the bore
became necessity.
THE Loetschberg line mas met with no large
financial success since its completion. nine
years ago. But it has demonstrated to Swift
zerland, which is q nation almost entirely with.
out coal resources, the vast economies 10 be
realized by the turning Of portion Of her
vast water power energy-roughly estimated
at 32S,O00,O0O horsepower-into the haulage
Of her railroad trains The Swiss Federal
Railway now has begun 20 follow the example
set by the private railway Of the City Of
Berne The first electrifcation that the state
system has accomplished was that Of the St.
Gotthard Tunnel the most easterly Of the
three great Alpine international tunnels.
which, after ten years of fearful endesvor.
was finally completed in 1882, and its az.
proaehes all the way from Erstfeld TO Belin-
IONA, some sixty miles. For this important
New-York tribune., 1922-06-11

Of humor and TO obtain the services q, .,
men as Henry Guy Carleton, G. b. Levi ',a .
X. Munkittrick and others Of establiSbsd - "
tation. Az first they printed humor ,,..s ~
mixed with alleged humor, by the ae,. ~ ~,
as time went on their matter was r.dp,,1 'a' =
quantity and improved in quality. The, q y
syndicsting Of humorous features reduce ~ ~
cost and increased the fame Of the WIS
whose work was published simultaneous.
some Of the largest cities in the country "
New-York tribune., 1922-06-11

It was the artist also who received full credit
for the cartoons, although much Of II should
have gone TO the other members Of the staff
who in many cases supplied the ideas. The
success Of puck" led to the foundation Of
Judge" and Life" but 10 Keppler and his as
sociates belongs the credit of having been the
first TO establish humor in visual form while
hiding the brain power that lay behind II.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-11

-HE eolored comic supplement is re-
gsrded by foreigners visiting this
n country for purposes Of study as one
Of our natural wonders, ranking with
Niagara Falls. the Mammoth Cave and the
Hylan administration. But even those Wis
itors who remain here long enough 70 admit
that ice water is not vice but grateful re-
freshment do not understand the popularity
OF this weekly budget Of entertainment or
realize that it is the final fruition Of process
in humorous development that began many,
many years ago.
The few who study our institutions closely
will perceive that this nationwide vogue OF
the colored supplement accurately reflects not
only the taste Of the average man but also
his desire TO acquire things with as little
trouble as possible. As means Of reaching
the risible emotions the eye has long since
replaced the other senses, and the humor Of
the funny picture may be absorbed at glance
and without WEAKNESS 20 the brain. like
appeal 20 the eye is 20 be seen on our stage
where comedy has given place TO obvious
farce. and on the screen where the funny
fall" Is a deathless provocative Of laughter
New-York tribune., 1922-06-11
The Man Behind the Mon
Who Drew the Pictures

Much Of the literary matter in the paper
was remarkably good, but such was the charm
Of the comic picture that it was the artist. not
the writer, who gained feetng renown. And
New-York tribune., 1922-06-11

could see He was one Of the earliest, II not
the earliest manager 70 introduce what was
then called the "box set" meaning room 70
which three apparently solid walls, instead Of
the old-fashioned back drop and wings, i'm
parted semblsnce Of reality.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-11

TO THE American the greatest interest IN
the Swiss railways to-day comes from
little study Of their progress in the substitu-
ton Of the electric locomotive for the steam.
While the Swiss experimental more than q
quarter Of century ago along the lines Of
electric traction for some Of their lighter rail
ways, it was not until the completion Of the
important Bernese Alps Railway-better
known as the Loetschbere Line-in 1913 that
they really began 70 move forward in this
important phase Of transport development
Since then they have moved pretty steadily
and with fair degree of rapidity.
The Loetschberg was built by private capt.
tal-largely by the capital Of this rich old
medieval city Of Bene-as a political as we'll
as commercial move. With the completion
Of the great Simplon Tunnel in 1905, form
ing a new direct rail between Paris. Rome
and the Orient, Berne felt that she had been
left quite out Of the reckoning. The St. Gott-
hard route passed well to the east of her. this
important new line to the west She was in
between-and nowhere. Her answer TO this
indignity was her complete ignoring OF the
Federal Railways administration and the
building Of the Bernese Alps Railway-very
largely, as / have just said. with her own
capital, and at the great cost of $4,000. 900.
The line, including some trackage already
built, is but ffty-one miles long, and connects
Berne with the Swiss portal of the Simplon.
It's great single feature is a nine-mile tunnel
Of its own, which violates tunnel precedent by
turning twice within its great length. During
the course Of its construction It ran into a
New-York tribune., 1922-06-11

for long time attractive combination rates,
yearly tickets for unlimited use-in practice
not unlike the annual passes upon our Ameri-
can railroads, for about $500, circular tours
and the like Having made an enormous sue
cess in recent years in the development Of
tourist travel from outside Switzerland into
her many resorts, they are now making ef-
forts to popularize travel with the Swiss them
selves. And the recent concessions in all pas
senger rates. followed by summer lowering
Of 20 per cent on any and all tickets issued
for more than 1sO miles, arc definite steps in
this direction.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-11

/ He first pleasant impression that one
gets Of Switzerland is through the ex-
cellent condition Of her railways.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1922-08-18

heirs at law, the beneficiaries, and
the legal representatives by oper-
alton of law, or otherwise, in and
to the following described real es-
tate, situated in the County of Lin
coin, State of Nevada, to witt
An undivided one-half interest in
Lots 55. Sc 81, 5S of Block 20, in
the Town of Phoebe, with improve
ments thereon; also an undivided
mining claim, U. S. Survey No. 367S,
situated in Ely Mining District.
Said sale will be made on the
first day of September. 1922, COM
mencing at the hour of IL o'clock.
noon, at the Courthouse, in the
Town of Phoebe, County of Lincoln,
State of Nevada, and said reality
will be sold upon the following
terms and conditions, to witt:
For cash or on credit, or for
stock. as is more fully set forth in
order of sale. to which reference is
hereby made:
And the sale will be made subject
to confirmation by the above named
Court.
RUTH f. LLOYD
Administrative
ALEX LLOYD
Administrator
Dated at Phoebe, Nevada, August
! 10, 1922.
First Pub, Sill
Last Pub, S-25
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1922-08-18
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

In the Tenth Judicial District Court
of the State of Nevada, il and fol
the County of Lincoln.
In the matter of the Estate of ED
WARD II. HACK EFT, Deceased.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GINNN
that, on the 10Th day of April, A p.
1922, the undersigned, Clarence Il,
l'raver was duly appointed by said
Court as executor Of the Last VIII
9nd Testament of Edward IL. Hack
EFT, deceased, and that, on the 18th
day of May, A. D., 1922, he duly
qualified in said Court as such eX-
ecutor.
All persons having claims against
the said estate are required to file
the same, with proper vouchers and
statutory affidavits attached, witt
the Clerk of said Court within three
months from the date o fthe first
publication of this notice.
CLARENCE e. TRAVER.
Executor.
f. +. Wadsworth Attorney for Elk
eeutor.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS

In the Tenth Judicial District Court
of the State of Nevada, In and for
the County of Lincoln.
In the matter Of the Estate of SAM
UEL LYLE, Deceased
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN
that the undersigned was on the &c
day of July, 1929, duly appointed
aud on the 20, day of July, 1922
duly qualified by the above named
Court as the administrator of the
Estate of Samuel Lyle, late of sale
County of Lincoln, deceased
All creditors having claims agains
said estate are required to file Tho
same with the Clerk of said Court
within thee mantns of the date u
the first publication of this notice.
NDN IN LYLE
Administrators
Dated July 90, 192G
First Pub. 7-2S-22
Last Pub. S-25-22
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1922-08-18
LEGAL NOTICES
NOTICE OF PRIMARY ELECTION

NOTICE OF PRIMARY ELECTION
Notice is hereby given that on the
First Tuesday, the 5th day of Sep
TENDER next, party primaries of the
Democratic and Republican parties
will be held for the nomination of
party candidates of said partaies for
the following offices:
DEMOCRAT
ONE REPRESENTATIVES, IN
CONGRESS-
ONE GOVERNOR
ONE ASSESSOR.
REPUBLICAN
ONE UNITED STATES SENA-
TOR.
ONE REPRESENTATIVE IN
CONGRESS-.
ONE GOVERNOR
ONE LIEUTENANT-G GOVERNOR.
ONE SECRETARY OF STATE
ONE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
ONE LONG TERM COUNTY COM
MISSIONER (1st District.
At the same time and in the same
primary nominations will be made
of non-partisan, judicial and school
officers as follows
NON-PARTISAN
ONE JUSTICE OF SUPREME
COURT
ONE REGENT OF UNIVERSITY
NEVADA Go Year Term).
TWO MEMBERS COUNTY
BOARD OF EDUCATION (Shor
Term).
ONE MEMBER COUNTY BOARI
OF EDUCATION Long Term).
The polls will be open at a. m
and will continue open until p. m
of the same day.