Evening star., 1946-07-28
Fifty Years Ago
Quoting the Detroit Free press, TIL

otdi OH Juiy IL, 1850, SalQ. Inc world
has heard so much
Edison's about Thomas A. Edison
Latest Marvel that any invention
bearing his name at
cnce attracts attention. On the 23o
of April last there came from his shop
in Menlo Park a machine destined to
add greatly to his fame, If that be pos
sible. 1t was called q vitascope. and
though much had been written about it
in the newspa pers, 1t was reserved for the
fortunate audience that crowded the
famous music hall of Roster and Bial
IN New York that night to witness
demonstration Of its unique and mar
velous work. The vitascope is an adap-
tation of the kinetoScope which seems to
open wide horizon for possibilities in
the application Of electricity and photo
graphy to panoramic effects. The in
vention consists Of projecting the kline
toscopic pictures upon a large screen.
These pictures are full of action The
people move about as in real life"
Views of the New York fire department
fighting a considerable blaze and of the
pugilist Corbett boxing with "a skillful
antagonist" were included in the origi-
nal program. The movies had arrived
A new industry, a new art, had been
created.
The Star for July 10, 1896. chronicled
the sudden death Of William Eustis
Russell former Gov
Ex- Gov. Russell ernor of Massachu-
Deceased sets and one of the
leading Cleveland
Democrats of the time. He had become
chief executive officer of his native State
in 1890, when he was only 33 years of
age. Though his hands had been tied
by Republican legislature and council,
he was reelected twice and served with
distinction, winning national repu-
tation for his "firmness in decision, ex-
traordinary energy in the search for
facts and a directness of statement that
appealed to the most varied types Of
audiences He had shared in the fight
against the Free Silver theory at Chicago,
returned to Cambridge exhausted from
the struggle and the heat, then ill-ad-
visedly attempted trip to fishing
camp at ST. Adelaide in Quebec. The
morning after his arrival there he was
discovered lifeless in his cabin, a book
by his side. Heart failure was the ex-
PLANTATION.
n q
tional Federation of Afro-American
Women was in ses-
Mrs. Washington sion in the Ma
On "Proqress" tion's Capital on
July 81, 1896, and
The Star for that date gave a column
and a half of space to chronicle OF
its proceedings. Mrs Booker T Wash
ington, the former Miss Margaret
James Murray, lady principal" at
Tuskegee Institute, speaking in her
capacity as chairman of the gather
ing, told the assembled audience: That
there has been marvellous, stupendous.
incredible progress among women no
one will attempt to deny; that there is
vast room for greater strides forward
that there are higher heights to be
attained and kept especially by our
women. all will affirm Local members
participating in the program included:
Mrs, L. B. Stevens, Mrs. ]. w. Hawkins,
Miss A. E. Greenige and Miss Eta
Webster.
Front page prominence was granted
in The Star Of July %. 1896, for a de-
tailed account of the
Princess Maud wedding of Maud, the
Morried third daughter of the
Prince and Princess
of Wales subsequently King Edward vi
and Queen Alexandra). to Prince
Charles. second son of Crown Prince
Frederick of Denmark, at Buckingham
Palace. The ceremony took place in the
presence of Queen Victoria and a nu-
merous company of other royal relatives
of the bride and groom. But the people
of London did not make much of the
occasion. The street decorations were
poor" and cheap Nobody at the
moment realized that the second son
and the third daughter" a decade later
would be crowned soyereigns of indie.
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