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Evening star., 1922-09-03
JUPITER. .PLUVIUS AS PATRON SAINT

cess. The Fast Mail was famous prin-
cipally because It was the hrst play in
which a train Of cars was run across
the stage at full speed"
What was the plot Of it?" asked.
for although had seen 1t many years
ago, was hazy about its story.
X y
stIHIHY, don't you remember" he
W inquired. Its, first act was in
Memphis. A rich villain wrongs the
heroine, and her sweetheart and her
father shoots him at the same time.
That 10. the father really shoots him.
but as the sweetheart had fired also
he thought he. had killed him. He
runs away; and the second act is on a
Mississippi steamboat. A detective.
who is following him. is on another
steamboat, and the climax of the
second act is when the latter steam
boat blows up. The third act is at
a small railway station. and that Is
where the fast mail comes in. The
heroine wants to get word to her
lever, who is on the train, and she
pins q message on the mail pouch
that is picked up by the train as 1t
rushes by. That's the big thrill. and.
Of course, the villain 10 foiled. The
last act takes place on the suspen-
sion bridge at Niagara Falls. The
detective, disguised as the hero, meets
the villain. who tries to throw him
in the rapids, but his wife comes to
his aid and they hurl the villain
into the water below"
ais that the way 1t is in the pic
ture?'' asked. turning to an onicial
Of the Fox Company. who was: with
Us.
mot quite" he admitted. I'VE have
the steamboat race, but the fast mail
scene, is different. The hero. jumps
on the engine from an automobile
and then back into the car-and
thAy're going sixty miles an hour,
too. And we have the last act In. a
burning building, The hero throws
the, villain out the third-story~ win
dow" 81, -.e... :
ssyvell It's easy, to get the. hero into
the burning building" I observed.
.'of. course" agreed the Indiana
melodramatic author. 'But all plays
are changed when they're put In the
movies. A. least. I've cot ono thing
to be thankful for-they haven't
changed the name Of my play"
From which 1t will be seen that
Lincoln J. Carter is a grateful author.
In fact, he connded to me before I
lefts that nothing the movies could do
to HE plays would make him mad.
S'They're clean plays. my plays" he
said proudly. "And II the movies can
nat In some thrillA ] didn't think cf
ls.lnsrs ysWss " tAsm" .
Evening star., 1922-09-03

IKE so many others. Loyeman has
IL written one poem which stands
out as q masterpiece and which will
leave his name upon the scroll Of
fame long after he has passed away.
Young as he is Robert Loveman. may
vet write something that. will blaze
with more. intense literary fire, but I
doub. II anything he may yet do will
have the soft, delicate swing OF his
"Rain SONG" upon which his literary
reputation 10 almost sure to rest.
This poem came to Loveman In. An
hour Of intense Inspiration. The
white April rain was failing, the blue
sky obscured by rnuriky clouds, and
the low-peaked mountains about his
Dalton home were obscured by mist
and fog. There was no sunshine, no
brightness, ana the struggling vege-
tatfon and early flowers In his gar
den were dropping in mass Of gloom.
Through all of this dismal outlook.
which dampens the ardor OF spring.
time, his poet soul locked forth. ana
he saw beyond It the; bright days
xhsaA MS .Rafn Song was the re-
suit, From thsr pOtna 81 AkAsttZ ana
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was in Jane a headstrong, rebellious
stratum which drove her. sometimes
against her own will, to do those things
which she was expressly forbidden to
do, or to accomplish that from which
authority sought to restrain her. Nc
Donald knew his interference would
only make a bad matter worse.
He was more or less Of fatalist, too.
'If she's any good" he said to himself.
shell stick. 1t not, she'll CO." And
there he rested. hoping for the best.
These things happened in those
unpleasant days Of nineteen hum
dred and twenty when business was i'll
Evening star., 1922-09-03

almost to madness. unable to sleep. 1t
was during these weeks of what Jane
was pleased to call neglect that her
incipien .Maffair with John Firth began
to assume clear outlines. He was
bringing into her life again that thing
she craved-romance, the eagerness Of
those first days Of her marriage. He
loved her. Vehemently he told her of
his love, and she delighted in the stir
ring Of it-and then, as must happen,
being in love with love, she imagined
herself in love with Firth. Which. is
exactly as bad as the real thing. Or
perhaps it is the same thing. And, too,
Evening star., 1922-09-03

as there was no other place to go,
the people fiocked to the theater. The
first performance was, not only a SELL
out" but hundreds were turned away.
And as it rained tho following day
and night-the second performance
was Just as successful from a box Of
fice standpoint. In fact, thanks to the
rain, 1.-THE Fast Mali sold out at
every performance during the entire
week, and the money 1t made enabled
him to build a good production in the
fall, which earned moro than $4,000
for him in it's first season alone
and $4,000 in 1889 was a lot Of
money, compared to the same amount
today.
Some men would not be grateful to
the gods and zoddesses who sent the
rain, but Lincoln J. Carter is not that
kind.
Let It rain." he said chserfully, a.
he looked out Of the window OF his suite
at the Hotel Plaza and watched the
procession Of 'taxicabs and umbrella
carriers on 5sth street "1f 1t hadn't
been for that rainy June thirty.three
years ago I'd probably be stopping at
the Mills Hotel No. instead Of here.
But do you know" he said suddenly,
"r've always played in luck"
"I.et me tell you," hs went on. Some
years ago was told that one Of my
scenic effects--that used In The Heart
Of Chicago-lwas being used In ths
Winter Gardsn'in New York. I Was hv-
inx out on my farm near Goshen. IND,
but I came on hero and discovered that
persons had appropriated my dsvtcs--
. locomotive thAt ran right up 70 thu
footlights--and wsrs getting $500 .
week Tor It from the Shubsrts. I got
o,tt, my patent papers, sent for my law.
ysr ana I soon proved that they had
stolen it."
.And you collected the money! In
tsrrupted. -. .,.
"Much better.'' he replied. II couldn't
get the money that the Shubefts had
paid to them. but got all the future
royalties, and Lee shubert became %
interested in some Of my other scenic
eneets that did more than $5o.Soo
worm Of business with him before !
want back 10 my farm r thoes psr.
sons halnts stotsn mx Asv1es ! wedad
Evening star., 1922-09-03

with that epidemic which decimated the
financial population. as the flu had
decimated the human population Of the
country, and now, when McDonald's s
mind and heart were full Of the danger
which threatened his home. his busi-
ness took sick Of it, and lay at the
point Of death. He dealt in silks. and
everybody knows what happened to silk
in that unhappy year.
For weeks at q time his presence
was required in the city day and night.
For weeks at a stretch he carried his
toad of worry into his home after mid
night, there to lay tossing, brain -vexed
Evening star., 1922-09-03


Donald Kent M to 5i hi, soi,u wile 'hat at
Il mental hazards 80,
'T presume" said Jane icily." that
you're trying to Say something dis
agreeable" -. ~
I'm trying to be pleasant; I'm try |
ing to get dressed and out Of this room
without a row" His voice gradually
lifted with his irritation. Thus, he
finished, setting worlds record"
Jane turned to look out of the win
dow. and then she began to hum. The
sound Of her ,humming bored into her
husbands ears maddeningly. He was
a reasonable human being; he knew
nothing had been done or said which
warranted either Of them in giving
away to anger and the usual morning
quarrel, but he could feel it coming on.
There was an inevitability about these
morning rows, silly inevitability.
Morning after morning he had arisen
with good resolutions. and SO. he knew,
had his wife-but the result was al
ways the same.
Mental hazard" he told himself.
Like driving golf ball 5oser' the pond
on the sixth hole. You know you're
going to smash it into the. water, and
you do" -. -.
He turned to Jane with, elaborate
self-repression and painstaking patience.
II don't want to be disagreeable, God
knows" he said, II don't want to
start the day with rurnpus. but.
But you always do she said pro-
vocatively.
He compressed his lips and stared
at her, determined to control his tongue.
Honestly, Jane" he said. II wasn't
trying to say anything disagreeable-
that about mental hazards. What
meant was that you can't play golf
without believing you can make your
shots-and that's just like marriage
We're off our game. We're always top
ping our irons or hitting out Of bounds
Purely mental. We could play the game
as we'll as we did six or seven years
ago if we Just thought so.''
II hadn't lived with you ten years
seven years ago." Jane said with
finality.
God send you're not living with me
ten years hence" he said. his anger
suddenly ablaze.
II wouldn't be living with you to-
morrow" she answered, ''if there was
any way out. Oh, why haven't I money
of my own. Why can't I be inde-
pendent Of you
We'll" he said shortly" you haven't
and you can't-and there are the kids,
so all we can do is make the best OF
it,
r. + + y "a
WITH that he jsrked on his coat
w and flung out Of the room to eat
a breakfast which had become flavor
less for him as it had for his wife.
Words, words, words. He knew, as she
knew, that what had passed between
them was really meaningless, was moth
ing but sound and irritation. Both
knew that for the most part they lived
amicably. rtably-and sincerely
wanted to live together in peace and
enjoyment. Then why? why these
quarrels so easily 1ighted3 Why this
evaporation with each other, this
shortness of patience, this painstaking
search for cause of affront? Mcdonald
could fnd no answer to his,Question.
Their marriage had, stretched over
eleven years. and there were two chill
dren, nine and seven years old. Neither
Mcdonald nor his wife gave consider
alton to the fact that the ages OF their
children might have much to do with
the steadily increasing inclemency of
their life together. The fact of the
matter was that the children had
naSsed hahyhood in safaty rrhav uoro
Evening star., 1922-09-03

Lincoln J. Carter Attributes His Success to the Rain
Which Kept People in Town the Second Week of June,
188o-It Was in That Week That He Produced His
First Play With His First $70O-I Earned Him $4,000
Soon Became Foremost Writer of Melodramatic Thrill
lers-Now Coming Back by the Movie Route
Evening star., 1922-09-03
HE south has always been crit
icized, and justly SO, for neg
lect of her literary workers.

ne SOuth mas always Deen CRIT
fcized, and justly SO, for neg
lect Of her literary workers.
In the north, and especially in
New England. literary effort has been
praised and honored and this, in
measure, accounts for the standing of
that section in the worlds estimate
Of American literature. Our northern
neighbors have been quick to recog-
nize and honor every son or. daughter
who has written anything Of merit
and this has not only acted as en-
couragement to those who write, but
has also placed that section far in
the lead as literary CENTER"
In this connection should be men
toned the splendid literary work
done during the past twenty years
by Robert Loveman of Dalton, Ca,
who has published Ave books Of ex-
auisite verse, any one of which would
have given him fame had he lived in
book-loving Boston. But down in
Georgia, Loveman has gone forward.
making beautiful books. because he
has beautiful soul. Yet few people
know him and the great forgetful
public has paid little attention to the
work he has done.
Evening star., 1922-09-03
The Authors
Clarence Budington Kelland.

Mr.. Kelland started writing by
work on a newspaper because he
"wanted to get three square
meals a day." He was on the
staff of the Detroit News for sew
'eral years. Then he edited the
American Boy. He comes origf-
nally from Michigan. but he has
lived in Vermont and Maine, and
has owned lumber camps in both
states. At one time he and his
brother owned and ran a mill Tor.
the manufacture Of clothespins.
His first story to bring him into
prominence was Sudden Jim."
Since then his has been name
to conjure with.
MARY STEWART CUTTING, Jr.
Evening star., 1922-09-03
OUR FAMOUS SONGS
Rain Song

yet Of fullness the poem is model.
the exquisite lines running thus:
1t isn't raining rain to me,
It's raining daffodils;
In every dimpled drop I see
Wild flowers on the hills;
The clouds Of gray engulf the day,
And overwheIm the town.
1t isn't raining rain to me,
IT'S raining roses down.
1t isn't raining rain to me.
But fields Of clover bloom.
Where every bnccaneering bee
May find q bed and room;
A health unto the happy!
fg for him who frets!
1t isn't raining rain to me.
It's raining violess.
X X \
THERE it is, like an emerald few
L brief lines, putting before the
reader a picture Of nameless beauty.
Through it runs a golden thread Of
faith-faith which looks beyond the
rain Of today ana sees the April sum
shine Of tomorrow. II is rich"in op-
timism. rich in delicate touches of
beauty. and through it's lines one can
see the yellow glory of daffodtls; and
smell the. sweet fragrance of the
lilac blooms. E =. :.
Back in old England in tho glory
days Of Keats and Moore and Shelley,
there is nothing more exquisite than
this-Loyeman's Rain Song" It
CLOVIS with all that is best in poetic
imagery, and will forever remain u
literary legacy for its modest author.
The poem has been set to music and
has been sung In thousands or homes,
becoming even. more popular as the
sentiment Of its beautiful philosophy
Is, better understood. :;
As \, mark Of the high esteem in
which his poems are held, his work
has found place In such well known
magazines. as Aarper's Monthly. the
Atlantic, the Critic, and others.
For twenty-odd years Loveman has
devoted his time to literary work.
He allows nothing; to disturb his
labor, and he has written . great deaf
which has never yet bean publiahed.
His life has been devoted to literas
ture because he loves It. Nothing 10
forced. He writea when the inspirA-
tion comes. and In no other way. Un-
less the spirit moves TO effort. no ef-
fort Is put forth. He follows the
theory. Of tho true poet, that poetry,
worth while, can only be written
anasr tAS spsal sf Inspiration.
4 af ss Is y.
Evening star., 1922-09-03

//Y'M beginning to think" said NC
- Donald Kent to his wife, that
marriage is like golf-full OF
10
Evening star., 1922-09-03

These numbers forced them to ,tEs
conclusion that under all the co,srsd
glasses the prportion of nitrogen rin-
creases more than under the white
glass, and that thsii ncreaseis greater
when the radiations are mora fitted
to act on the ch1orophyl function. 81 :
Evening star., 1922-09-03

=
CHE stared at him wide-eysd. and
- strangely enough the thought thai
filled her mind was not Of the money
lost, of comforts departed. Of possible
poverty to come-it was Of McDonald'i
loss-that the thing he had labored sc
hard to build was destroyed. Her hear
cried out with sympathy for him!
s'sYou poor boy. Everything you've
worked 30 hard forT'
"Evefything." he said DULY. I'm
sh. got out, Of bed ana walked t,
his side. IT'S wicked. cruel" she said
He shrugged his shoulders. you've
been wanting toto get away from
me-" he said in q low voice. ''There's
no reason why yoN shouldn't now
You'll be AZ well on away from me a
with me-
-f"McDon&ldr''
Il tell you everything,s gone. Thil
house se-evsrything! You can't keel
. servant. God knows where I'll GEL
money for food" He turned away
There's no use prolonsing this. Some
how I'll flx things up for you to sta.
here until-you'rs ready to 60"
She clutched his arm. Mcdonald
what do you mean? Do you want t
get rid Of me?'
He looked down Into. her syes. NO.
he said.
,"And you think rd-desert you-whei
you're down and out! You think Tn
that kind Of Quitter!'
you've wanted to get away. You'v,
been so tired Of me"
"Poor boy" she said softly. "pool
boy-f-oh. Mcdonald. can't yen -
I reouidntt 90 nov. II you were ticl
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-04-21
WILLING TO SHARE HUSBAND
Curious Custom That Came Under Sipa
Observation of TravsleF
In Persia.

One Of the most extraordinary cue-
by certain Persian tribes.
When g native woman wishes to
display her affection for friend Of
her own sex, she proposes that the
latter shall become &Sr husbands wife
on equal terms with herself.
This Is the greatest compliment
she can bestow," wrote the late DIR.
Elizabeth Macbean Ross, who spsct
some years as a doctor &a0ng the
tribes of North Persia She had the
hand of many Persian husbands o.
fered to her in this way.
Il must say it is someW hay eznbSF,
RAISING she said in her remini-
SCIENCES, according to London Tit-Bits
when the gentleman himself happen
to be present, and l have sometimsa
wondered what the effect on the wife
would be if her generous offer we're
accepted.
when I told them it appeared to
me a curious thing that one Wits
should select another, l was Informed
that it presented many advantages
Tt Is much better for US to choose
our husbands wife; then We get some
one we like and with whom we cae
agree"
If a husband dies his wives ar
divided among his brothers, the eldes'
having first choice and taking all q
as many Of the women as he fancisG
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-04-21

The many friends of Mrs j. b. Heish-
man are glad to see her going around
again after her long and serious illness.
Miss Lena johnson is visiting her
aunt and uncle, MIR. and Mrs Raymond
Glenn of Luray.
Mr. Joe Shipe is drilling a well for
Mr.. John Crisman at his home that was
erected last fall,
Those from a distance who attended
the burial OF Mr.. Duncan were, Mr..
VIM. Mcdaniel of Millcrcek, Mr.. and
Mrs. David Shipe of Ripoh, ". Va. and
his son and son-in-law Of Luray.
Rev. Mr.. Luttrell filled his first APP
pointment at Oak Levelchurch Sunday
at $50 p. m.
Mrs. B. Z. Compton returned Sunday
from Luray having been called there
the week before on occount of the i'll.
ness of her daughter Mrs. Raymond
Glenn.
Mr.. Ernest Gritty of Luray was a
business visitor at Edith first of the
week.
Miss Maud johnson is spending afew
days in Edinburg at the home of her
friend Mrs. VIM. Stoneburner.
Miss Ruth johnson is i'll at her home
near here.
Mrs. Oliver Munich and Mr.. and Mrs.
Joe Shipe spent the day Monday at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. A. T. johnson.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-04-21
MONSTERS OF DISTANT PAST
Proof That Birds Capable OF Lifting
and Carrying Off FulI.Grown
Men Once Existed.

Recent scientific discoveries In vari-
Gus parts of the world 90 to prove that
in times long gone by there were birds
hlg enough to lift man into the air
without difficulty, observes a London
fit-Bits writer.
i is well known that an eagle with
tiVe-feet spread of wings can lift
Ialnb weighing ten pounds, and that
'4rd can generally lift one-half more
than its own weight Many Of the
enormous birds Of ancient times
weighed many hundreds of pounds,
ana some Of them had a spread of
wings which would cover a present
day street car.
There once lived in the Rocky noun
talns Of America a race of parrots
seven feet high. One nearly complete
skeleton of this remarkable species
mas been preserved, and fragments of
others have recently been dug I'D.
These parrots are supposed to have
trodden the earth about 100000
years ago.
Another amazing creature was q
running bird Of prey of the heron fam
ily 1t had head larger than that of
horse, with huge sharp beak, and
was eight feet high. Like the parrot,
il could not fly to any height, as its
wings were not large enough to sup
port it.
In the island of Madagascar there
used 70 be an enormous bird called
the aepyornis. This creature was ten
feet high and laid eggs thirteen inches
long and three feet in circumference.
1t is supposed to have become extinct
only little more than century ago.
Although the aepyornis must have
been a sufficiently awe-inspiring sight,
the giant moa" of New Zealand,
which stood Il feet high and weighed
at least half ton, must have been
even more So.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-04-21
NOT REALLY WOMAN'S FAULT
Time Honored Joke That She 10 A.
ways Late for an Appointment
Is Explained

"The Woman's Side of the Story"
this should be called. From time in
the beginning the naughty male has
inveighed against the once so much
meeker half, and above all for her
habit Of being late She was never
late occasionally or off and on, or even
most vi the time You could always
count upon her being late Some said
It depended on the promptness with
which you arrived, her hardness being
proportional thereto.
But these were ISLANDERS ever. No.
the was late without exception. And
she had her reasons.
MANS natural habitat" says Gene
We've, lis the street corner, the curb
stone club. Womans is the home Man
stares. Woman is stared at. Man
blandishes. Woman bushes A man
can stand on the curb for an hour or
more without embarrassment. But q
woman is conspicuous, no matter where
She is ana veritable cynosure when
alone In fact. ] don't think it's too
much to say thar nothing is noticed so
quickly as an attractive and uneScorted
woman. That is why. when she makes
an engagement to meet YOU at stated
place, she is sure to be at least fifteen
minutes late. It is all due TO her dread
of being compelled to wait-and be
stared at Oh, Of course. we love TO be
admired But that's different. And
safer"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-04-21
Key to Egyptian Heroglyphies.

The Rosetta stone, one of the most
celebrated archaeological discoveries Of
modern times, is famous for being the
key whereby the decipherment of the
Egyptian hieroglyphics was made pos
sible 1t was found in 1899 near Ros-
eta, Egypt, by an officer of engineers
in the French army, which was then
in occupation of that country.
The stone is a slab of black basalt,
and bears an inscription in honor Of
Ptolemy Epiphanes written in three
language s-Greek, denote and hero
glyphic AS the three inscriptions are
of identical significance, the Greek
made easy the deciphering of the
Others
Until the discovery of the stone
Psychologists had no key to Egyp-
tian hieroglyphics, but since that
time all Of Egypts sculptured lltera-
ture has been read with ease and
much valuable information given to
the world
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-04-21
Weeds.

What hidden virtue is In these
things that it is granted them to sow
themselves with the wind, and 10
grapple the earth with this immiti-
gable stubbornness, and 10 flourish in
spite of obstacles, and never TO suffer
blight beneath any sun or shade, but
always to mock their enemies with
the same wicked luXurianCe? 1t is
truly a mystery and also a symbol.
There is sort of sacredness about
them. Perhaps, If we could penetrate
natures secrets. we should find what
we call weeds are more essential to
the well being of the world than the
most precious fruit or grain. This
may be doubted however, for there
is an unmistakable analogy between
these wicked weeds and the bad hab-
Its and sinful propensities which have
overrun the moral world: and we
may as we'll imagine that there Is
good in one as in the other.-Haw-
thorne