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Evening star., 1926-05-23

Eastern Standard), 1t was at right
ascension hours and 38 minutes, and
declination 81 degrees IL minutes
south; 1t was moving north at the rate
Of "a minutes and west at the rate of
IL minutes a day." Right ascension
and decltnation are the celestial equiv
alent of longitude and latitude, the po-.
sition given being an the constellation
of Reticulum, the net, a star group
not visible from northern countries.
With this information the astron-
omers at the Naval Observatory, at
Washington, las well as at other SINH
lar institutions In the United States
and foreign countries, were able to
find the comet Thus It was followed
until January %, when it was seen
for what was probably the last time
by Fl. L. Wood, at the observatory at
johannesburg, South Africa. On Feb
ruary II 1t came to perihelion; that
Is, it passed closest to the sun, and
where it has gone since we do not
know. A more accurate orbit might
have resulted in it's being found again,
but If it had attained the briliancy
that had been expected of it. it would
have been visible to the unaided eye,
and would not have been missed, no
matter how inaccurate the orbit.
Whatever happened to- Ensor's
comet, however it is not the first time
that q comet has vanished. In 1926
German astronomer. Won Biela, dis
covered comet, and when its orbit
was calculated 1t was found to be the
same as one that had appeared pre-
viously in 1872 and 1905. AS it took
only six years to go around it's orbit,
1t had evidently returned to the region
of the earth about 1912 and 1919, but
had been missed by astronomers.
But with it's orbit once computed,
astronomers knew where to look for
1t on it's next return. This was in
1882. and il was announced that it
would pass within 10000 miles of the
earth's orbit on December of that
year. However, the comet reached
that part of the earth's orbit a month
before the earth got there, and so the
alarm which many people felt of q
possible collision with the comet was
proved unfounded."
Next Appeared Far Apart.
In 1889 it returned again, but came
up behind the sun. and so was not
seen until the next return, in 1845,
when something remarkable was seen
to have occurred to it. Discovered on
December 30 at Yale University. be-
sides the main comet, q smaller com
panion was seen. which grew bigger
and developed tail of it's own. The
big one also developed a tail, and the
mate, not to be outdone. developed a
second tail. Then the head of the big
comet divided, with q tail for each.
and with an arc of light between them
By February the companion comet had
grown still brighter and the original
comet had developed three tails before
1t left the regions of the earth. What
had happened to it no one knew, but
Evening star., 1926-05-23
COMET is LOST; LAST
SEEN SOMEWHERE NEAR SUN
Discovered in December, Was Due to Be Seen After
Passing Perihelion, But Suffered Fate of
Others of Kind.

LOST. STRAYED OR STOLEN
Comet L 1925. also known as Ensor's
comet, discovered in South Africa De-
cember IA. 1925. last seen January '22
1926. Reward will be given for infor-
nation leading to its recovery. Apply
at nearest observatory.
Thls advertisement has not yet ap-
peared In any newspaper Lost and
Found column. but with the wide va
r1ety OF lost objects that are adver.
tised. 1t Is perhaps surprising that
some one has not advertised it. for a
comet has actually disappeared. On
the 14th OF December G. E. Ensor. an
amateur astronomer Of South Africa.
discovered this comet. and SO 1t was
given his name. Then It was moving
toward the sun. and. according to the
calculations OF astronomers, it was
due to pass nearest the sun about
February ~. reappearing on the
other side. in the northern sky, in
March and April.
AS 1t had a tail half as long as the
width Of the full moon when discoy-
cred. 1t was expected to be a conspicu-
GUS object when it reappeared, not
only to the telescope, but to the un-
aided eye as well.
No Trace Was Found.
However. comets. like people, do not
always do what they are expected to
do. AZ the Yerkes Observatory of the
University Of Chicago. at Williams
Bay, Wis, where comet photographs
are made ara matter Of routine. it
was looked q or. On March Is DR..
George Van Hiesbroeck, who himself
discovered new comet few months
ago. made two photographs Of 80 min.
utes' exposure each. through the OBJ
servatory's big rejecting telescope.
These plates, when developed. showed
the region where the comet should
have been. according to the predic-
tons of DR.. A. c. Crommelin Of the
Greenwich Observatory. considered as
the best available. but though they
showed stars as faint as the sixteenth
magnitude, there was no trace Of the
comet.
Where is it now? That is a ques--
ton which many astronomers are ask
ing themselves, as we'll as others. and
1t may never be satisfactorily an
swered. However. it may be that the
calculations Of the orbit were not quite
Evening star., 1926-05-23

vember or December at the time OF
previous visits. showers of meteors
had been observed. These. like all me
teor showers. were due so the eart,
passing through a vast swarm of me-
teors moving in Il common orbit. AZ
some Biaces the meteors were very nu-
merous, while at others they We're
sparse. so the number of meteors seen
each time the earth crossed the path
Of the swarm was not the same.
These meteors gave a clue TO til"
fate of the comet when ii was found
that their orbits correspOnded closely
with that of the comet, and that be
tween the years 1898 apd 1888. when
there had been particularly fine me
teor displays, Biela's comet had made
exactly six complete revolutions.
Evening star., 1926-05-23
District National Guard

Regular Army officer. selected by the
respective corps commanders. This
regular instructor will be designated
to supervise all recruit instruction
during the camp period.
Schedules for this class of instruc'
tion will call for a test which each
recruit will be required to complete
satisfactorily before he is returned to
duty with his organization. The test
will include a practical demonstra.
tion Of the recruits knowledge OF
each of the subjects embraced in the
schedule.
Some modification has been made in
the prohibition against any target
practice during the annual encamp-
ment period. Small arms target prac'
tice at National Guard field camps this
Summer will be limited to the firing
Of course d." instruction and record
practice. National Guard organiza!
tions having home ranges. which COM
plete their instruction practice prior
TO arrival IN camp, will only be per-
mitsed to fire the record practice
course. Gen. Hammond, however.
urges that Guard organizations COM
plete their small-arms practice on
their home ranges before they go 10
camp. Where organizations complete
their instruction and record practlce
prior to arrival at camp no further
firing will be permitted during the
field training period.
Many inquiries have been received
at the Militia Bureau concerning the
altering of uniforms issued to the
National Guard. AS an answer TO all
Of them. the bureau has taken steps
to outline a policy which has been
adopted by the bureau on this subject.
1t is stated that there Is no objec-
ton on the part of the bureau to the
alteration of enlisted merTs issue
bIouses to conform to the roll collar
specifications, provided the cost in
volved is paid from funds other than
Federal. The belief was expressed in
the Militia Bureau that it is not be-
lieved this modification would prove
because of the fact that
about one.third of a yard OF cloth Is
required to make the change, and the
additional cloth and the garment must
be of the identical type and shade to
make the appearance of the UNIFORM
not noticeable. With three types OF
cloth and some 81 shades entering
into the stock Of war-made issue gar
ments, it is foregone conclusion that
1t will be practically impossible to OBJ
tain suitable types and shades of cloth
to match in order to make the modif-
cation.
Evening star., 1926-05-23
100000 GERMANS SIGN
LOCAL OPTION petition
Reichstag Will Be Presented With
Appeal When Bill for Liquor
Reform Comes Up.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BERLIN. May 22.-Petitions, bear
ing 1000, 900 signatures asking for the
adoption Of a local option law yester-
day were delivered to President Paul
Loebe by the National Committee for
Local Option. The delegation which
delivered the petitions was headed by
DR.. +. II. o. Melle OF Frankfort.
Two hundred bales. each containing
10000 signatures. were unloaded in
President Loebe's private chambers.
where they will repose until the Reich
stag enters upon discussion Of the
governments bill for liquor reform.
They then will be placed on the table
of the Reichstag, where they will
serve as mute lobbyists.
The signatures represent the results
of a two-month crusade by German
dryS.
Evening star., 1926-05-23

lit was obvious that some extremely
violent disruptive forces were at work
within the comet.
In 1852 they again appeared. Both
comets were seen, but by this time they
were about d million miles apart, and
it was impossible to say which was
the parent and which the child. They
were last seen in September. 1852. In
1859 they were again on the other side
of the sun, so astronomers anxiously
awaited the 1866 return, when the con-
ditiOns were more favorable. But the
comets did not appear, and, indeed,
they have not been seen since 1852.
Naturally this excited astronomical
discussion, and the celestial detectives
set to work on the trail Of the lost
comet. On several occasions in No
Evening star., 1926-05-23

Capt. James NJ. Shelton. Cavalry,
at the University of Illinois, has been
assigned to the Sd Cavalry at Fort
Myer, Va. -''
Evening star., 1926-05-23

The following named enlisted men
of the 12lst Engineers have been or
dered honorably discharged for the
reasons noted: Business interference,
Sergt. William J. Huhn. Company G.;
Pvt Joseph i. Miller. Company B,
and Pvt. Henry Tetreau!t, Company
B. Removal from District of Column
bia, Pvt Jesse y Mills, Company B..
Evening star., 1926-02-21
The Fadeout Kiss

THE greatest American picture
l. product is exemplitied by the fade
out kiss"-symbol of the truiSm that
"all's well that ends we'll" SO says
rola Nagri, famous screen emotional
list.
That last ardent kiss and embrace
as the film flickers out is the illus
trated equivalent Of saying: And they
lived happily ever after
when YOU are told that in bar
barous lands, where the natives used
10 rub noses as sign OF affection,
they now emulate the American kiss,
YOU begin to realize what profound
world effect has been wrought by the
american happy ending in motion
pictures. Even the universal drama
has been given a lighter, more joyous
cadence by the type of picture in
which dreams come true.
The coup de maitre-lnaster stroke
of practically every screen play is
the climax -by which obstacles are
overcome, evil is overthrown, and in
which virtue and romance triumph.
We must concede that this is an in
spring tonic and an encouraging in
huence.
Tragedy serves purpose. Often
It drives home a splendid moral or
points out a terrific injustice. But
The happy ending leaves a sweeter
faste in the soul. and need not neceS-
sarily be branded as inartistic.
"Once | believed that the happy
ending was not true to life and, there
fore, q jarring note to sterling drama.
[ believed that it destroyed the artiS-
tic tone of the portrayal of life, be
rause suffering. injustice and tragedy
unquestionably do exist. On the other
Evening star., 1926-02-21

hand, existence is motivated by a.
power for good in the grand scale, and
assuredly we all are responsible for
happiness.
THE American screen altered my
viewpoint in it's favor slowly but sure
ly. After a few months here 1 began
to understand why sordid, melancholy
drama could not thrive here. For, by
comparison, America offered endless
opportunities for success, for physical
comfort, for satisfying a craving for
beauty, for the appreciation Of human
of contentment.
ut was when returned to Europe
on my last trip that realized. with a
start, my changed attitude toward the
expression of theatrical Skmotion.
went to see many plays. Some of
them were excellent tragic plays,
showing an intellectual insight into
life. But I felt a growing sense of
rebellion at this emphasis Of human
misery. the obvious feeding Of the
peoples self pity, the cynical insist
ence that life is a hoax. fidelity inn
possible, love sham, and justice non
existent.
II rebelled because I knew different
1y. had seen both sides Of the issue
and weighed each fully.
"The tragic play was all right, l
felt, but was being overdone to the
point OF spreading gloom in hearts
that might otherwise have expert
enced tho share Of optimism at hand.
Tragedy from the pen of a genius?-
yes. Tragedy filled with the walls OF
disccmfited, bilious dramatists?-no
IT vas with feeling Of relief that
Evening star., 1926-02-21
News andComment
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Evening star., 1926-02-21
Screen In. Education.

"THE average time of learning
considerable portion of the infor-
nation gained in schools can be cut
materially, possibly in half, and the
results be equal. if not better, when
properly constructed motion pictures
are used" according to DR.. Rowland
Rogers, instructor in motion picture
production at Columbia University, in
recent report on visual education.
Three tests were made recently
under the direction of DR. Rogers, one
in a New York public school. n second
in medium-sized New England city
and Il third in a New Jersey rural
school. Pupils were divided into
three groups. One group composed of
superior children was taught by the
usual methods only; the second had a
combination of two periods of instruc-
ton and three periods of pictures,
and the third only one study period
and pictures. The proficiency rating
OF the three groups was as follows:
The study only division, 80 per cent;
the study and motion pictures, 46 per
cent, and the one period study and mo-
ton pictures, 20 per cent.
Evening star., 1926-02-21
Richard Barth helmess.

THE story Of Richard Barthelmess'
career is a monument to tenacity
of purpose.
Bathelmess' mother, Caroline Har-
ris, was we'll known on the speaking
stage. While his mother was on tour
and while she was playing engage
ments in stock companies young Bar
thelmess was sent to boarding school.
During early vacations he spent his
holidays with his mother back stage
at various theaters. Later, as he
grew older, he sought minor theatri-
cal engagements himself, earning a.
little money to help himself through
school.
He secured his first real motion
picture job as an extra in Billie
Burke's production of "Gloria's Ro-
nance" He received SO day for
this work. Actually this was not
Dicks first appearance in front of
the motion picture camera. for while
his mother was playing in a Biograph
picture, Barthelmess appeared in a
single-motion picture scene Of d
Griffith production. This experience,
however. had thrilled him, since it
had given him his first glimpse Of
Mary Picllford. Lillian and Dorothy
Evening star., 1926-02-21
Children S Program at Tiivoli.

Saturday morning at 1915 O'Clock
the feature picture for the selected
Programs for children at CrandalFs
.1voh Theater will be Jackie Coogan
IN Boy of Flanders" =
The public does not quite understand
the opportunity offered in the revival
Of the pictures shown on these chill
dren's programs. Another year The
Boy OF Flanders" probably will be
Withdrawn from circulation in this
territory. md then it will be possible
only to get library prints of it from
New York, as has been done with the
Marguerite Clark pictures.
THE Boy of Flanders" was filmed
from Ouida's original story, THE Dog
of Flanders" and it is one of the
Jackie Coogan classics, ranking with
his production of oliver Twist" 1t
may be interesting to know that the
arrangement of short subjects at the
opening of the Tivoli performance is
to provide entertainment for the
smaller children, who are likely to
tire at the length OF the feature pic
ture.
Evening star., 1926-02-21

Gish and other players with whom
he was destined TO find fame.
After the Billie Burke picture he
played as an extra in the Francis
Bushman Beverly Bayne production
of Romeo and Juliet"
BarthelmeSS then was not 81. He
encountered great difficulty finding
further work, when Dame Fortune
suddenly smiled upon him. His moth
er was a great friend Of Nine. ALA
NaZimova. In fact it was Caroline
Harris who taught NaZimova to speak
English. The Russian star was about
TO start the production of War
Brides" directed by Herbert Brenon.
They had been seeking for weeks for
a young actor to play the role Of the
younger son, Arno. At the moment
Barthelmess, discouraged, had decided
TO sign up for q naval training cruise
to tide over his Summer.
But NaZimova phoned for Dick IL
call at her hotel the evening before
he was to sail. Dick called at the
hotel-and signed. The role of Arno
brought him TO the instant attention
of the newspaper reviewers. To a
man they predicted d brilliant future
for the young actor.
Evening star., 1926-02-21

I went to see number of American
screen plays which depicted the clean
sweep of true love, which left a song
in the heart and a smile on the lips.
These screen plays were an antidote.
They permitted me to throw off
burden of depression imposed by the
heavy. somber plays 1 had witnessed.
And when returned to America and
Hollywood thought Of the power Of
the fadeout kiss which can never
grow old because love can never grow
old
THE 'fadeout kiss is an American
institution. 1t is turned out in quaint
ty production. But the demand always
exceeds the supply
Evening star., 1926-02-21
Picture Stills in Text Books

MOTION picture "stills'' arc about
to succeed the conventional photo
graphs as illustrations for text books,
according to William III. Sadlier, text
book publisher, of New York City.
Our decision to use moving picture
stills In our future text books has
been reached after quite a study of
the matter with both teachers and
pupils" said Mr.. Sadlier.
I'VE have taken occasion to inter
view a number of teachers and many
pupils, showing them the conventional
illustrations used up to this time in
school histories and also some of the
moving picture illustrations. and in
every case the decisions of both teach
ers and children have been in favor
of the moving picture illustrations"
Evening star., 1926-02-21
CAROL DEMPGTER
Ambassador
Symphony Concerts at Rialto.

THE Rialto announces a distinct in.
novation starting Sunday. March
IA, for each Sunday thereafter, when
symphony orchestra concerts, with an
ensemble of 40 pieces, will be conduct
ed by Mischa Guterson. These con-
certs will start at o'clock, and the
ticket of admission will entitle the
holder to remain for the regular show,
starting at 3 o'clock.
Mischa Guterson has the distinction
of being the originator Of symphony
orchestra concerts In the motion pic
ture houses of America, while he was
conductor of the orchestra at Grau-
mans MillionDollar Theater, Los An
geles, Calf.
Evening star., 1926-02-21
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS suppose. ;"

ME- Ll1tOIU OUS6 SUppO9C.
Richard Barthelmess Is tho pictured
star at C1andall's Metropolitan Thea
ter this week in First Nationals pro
duction Of "Just Suppose" camera
version Of the play by A e. Thomas,
which in many Of it's sequences, it is
claimed, reproduces the experiences Of
the Prince Of Wales on his recent
visit to Long Island. with Barthel
mess cast as European prince.
The bill will also embrace the Metro
politan World Survey and a two-reel
comedy and musical program by the
skin, conductor, with g. distinctive
contribution by Nell Paxton, pipe
.organist. and Milton Davis, pianist
Just Suppose" is the romantic
story Of Prince Rupert of Koronia,
who, after a series of escapades that
irk the prime minister, Is dispatched
to America on a private mission by
his father. the king, where he is sub
jected to the usual round of inter
gayeties and the like. Finally the
encourage finds itself In the fashion
able precincts of Southampton, where
the prince takes part in a. whirlwind
polo match, and here comes the love
element involving a pretty American
girl. A surprising denouement makes
it possible for the prince to return to
America and wed the charming crea-
ture of his choice.
The overture will be comprised Of
selections from Sigmund Romberg's
operetta, 1.-THE Student Prince" and
the recurrent theme of the interpre-
tative score will be 1.-THE Love Song"
by Offenbach, with "a Girl in Your
Arms" from Sweetheart Time as
the exit march.
Also Mrs. Paxton and Mr.. Davis
will play a group of numbers that
range from the classics to current
dance and song hits.
Evening star., 1926-02-21

Swain. Lucy Beaumont, Arthur Ed
mund Carew and Lillian Leighton.
Dorothy Farnum adapted the Ibanez
story to the screen.
A short-length Christie comedy,
"Rin Tin Can; the International
news reel and Mr.. Brusilof's music
will be added features.
RIALTO-''What Happened to Jones'"
Reginald Denny in what Hap
pened to Jones'" which will be the
attraction at the Rialto this week, is
a faSt-moving comedy, crowded with
situations from which Denny, as Tom
Jones, gets himself into almost unbe-
lievable complications.
Starting with harmless poker
game and rising to one farcical climax
after another, the hero is obliged to
use all of his wits before he rights
himself. Denny, whimsical and plain
tive, in the role, undergoes many
trials and tribulations until the un-
usual and hilarious ending.
Supporting the star are Marian
Nixon, Otis Harlan. Zasu Pitts, Emily
Fitzroy, William Austin, Melbourne
MacDowell, Frances Raymond, Mar
garet Quimby, Ben Hendricks, Nina
Romano, John Elliott, Edward Cecil
and Broaderick O'Farrell.
The special presentation under the
direction of Mischa Guterson is the
George Washington University Girls
Glee Club, an ensemble of SO voices,
trained by Miss Estelle wentworth,
former opera star and vocal fnStruc-
tor. This engagement is commemora-
tive with George Washington's birth
day tomorrow.
Evolution Of Dixie" by Lake, will
be played by the Rialto Orchestra for
the overture, and the International
News reel and Buster Brown COM
edy, entitled Buster Goes a-Hunt-
ing" complete the program.