Evening Star Newspaper, July 10, 1921, Page 55

THE RAMBLER WRITES OF OLD-TIME STAGE|GOOSE BONES AND OTHER OLD PROPHETS STARS AND THE LAWRENCE:BARRETT CLUB| FAIL, SAYS THE U. S. WEATHER BUREAU PENING an old scrapbook of) theatrical programs and dra- matic memoirs, the first thing that comes under the eye of the Rambler is a tribute to players. It serves well as a preface to the old scrapbook and it will serve well as the Introduction to this “ram- ble”” Here it is: God biess wo A always and may the hey are the educators of our emotions, de- ineators of our unconsclous virtues—moving mirrors wherein humanity sees the glories of Reaven's inspiration and recoguizes the N Extraordinary Group of Amateur Actors Who Trod the Washington Stages Many a Day Ago—They Were Favorites With Big Audiences—Old Programs of Local Theaters. Plays That Were Especially Popular—A Word ! Regarding a Knowledge of the Stage. promptings of the arch enemy of the uni- verse. The Atrong plaser is a strong preacher—the :l-m player ‘the most successful of phyal- i Laughter refreskes the multitude. and single quaff toes the patient more good than e _most elaborately compounded prescription. Without it the brain 1th it 1 becomes a haloed frien Whoever can bring a gleam to the eyes of eare; whoever can lull the aching braln into one moment of relaxatlon; whoever can lure the saddened heart into the elgsium of eos tentment, erved & stimulating nectdr to gmates. loneliness and weaving of a world-wide whip. and_instigating the rland of relation- °t us then praise all pl ers—for from the slongh have mounted to the pinn hunor. The A%test alone sul help All pla degradation they ie of supremest .. It is pleasant to hear a good word #poken for the actor and the play. Each has had something to do in shaping. coloring or sianting that hich we call our character. In your | school readers, with all the homilies, poems and essays, were scenes end 8peeches from great plays. In these the sentiment was at least as inspir- ing and the English often better and more vivid than in the homilies for the young. tedious with maxims and exhortations. Some of those scenes you committed to memory and, to gome extent large in some persons, small in others, they made impress on your speech. ' You saw great play- ers who put pictures in your memory which are there now, and which have given you satisfaction through all the time. “They have improved your un- derstanding and helped you to appre. ciate pictures you have not seen, but which other men tell of. They gave your imagination someching fine, bril- liant and intellectual to exercise itself with. Great actors put over to your un- derstanding lessons which perhaps your school teacher could not get &cross. Certain lines, magnificéntly read, struck you with such force that You remember them. Sometimes you quote them now. to your own satis- faction. Your friends may resent it, and say to themselves, “Confound the bore with his quotations, but, after all. they are right apt and ornamental, and T'll remember them and spring them the next occasfon I have.” * x ok % 7THE Rambler by no means urges wearisome quotations, but the man who resented them has perhaps learned something good, or not good, according to the quotation. At any rate, the faculty of his mind has been stirred, and it is a gain to shock a man so that he may think and be able to say something more intere than “the weather certainl today.” but at this time of the year . We must expect it, and the paper says it will be cooler tomorrow, but you can’t believe all you read in the ps- pers—ha ha ha'—and they ought to put on more cars. What was the score and who pitched? had your vacation yet 'go away next week, .no place like home, In the play you learned somethin :0f big historic events in Rome nce and England, and more of %ings, queen: cardinals .and consuls than you did by com- ‘mitting to memory the table of the ,rulers of England from Alfred to the }Georges, with the dates of their reigns. iYou perhaps got some conception of customs, morals and opinions of Ppeople of ‘other times. Even the music of the orchéstra gave you knowledge. You read about actors and plays and authors, and you made conversation about what you had read, heard and seen. You probably bought the cheap little editions of great plays. read them until you knew them by heart, and had dreams of being Claud Melnotte in pink tights with a shining sword by your side and delivering the mellifiuous lines while Lucy, Kitty or Marla sat in a box and listened and watche all enthralled! They were dream but the dreams of our youth were glorious, and in our middle age and in our old age those dreams become bright and beautiful memories. The stage had its influence on you d a good part in such education as you were capable of taking o taking And surely commendable and uplifting able to think on and discu merits of great actors roles and great authors and their plays as it is to talk about the bat- ting average of this Red Sock, White Sock or Blue Sock, and the number of bases stolen or “sacks pilfered” by this major leaguer, that minor leaguer and the other bush leaguer. Tn_previous stories the Rambler has written a name that recalls many happy and instructive evenings with an actor, always admirable, always surrounded by a company of good actors and always presenting playe that were of the best in English lit- erature and of the best which the American stage ‘knows—Lawrence Barrett. And that name_ brings to us recollections of a Washington amateur dramatic club which ored itself and did credit to a most capable actor by taking as its name “The Lawrence Barrett Dramatic Club.” Remember {t? Of course you do! This was really an extraordinary group of amateur players. A larg percentage of them became “regular’ actors, and several of them became celebrated for their excellence in dra- atic art. Some of them who did not ;‘mke play acting Wilson Barrett and Lawrence Barrett, and it is curious that the program of Wilson Barrett before me Is for the week beginning Monday, December 30, 1889, following close upon Lawrence Barrett's engagement. Lawrence Barrett played at Albaugh's and Wilson Barrett at the New National. The Wilson Barrett pro- gram is of “Claudian,” an original play in a prologue and three acts,” “the plot. story and construction of the play” being by Henry Herman and the dialogue by W. G. Wills. At the head of the pro- gram 1s "Wilson Barrett, Miss Eastlake and complete London company, including George Barrett.” During his week's en- gagement Wilson Barrett and his com- pany played, in addition to “Claudian.” “Hamlet,” “Ben-My-Chree,” “The Silver King" and three playlets—"The Color Bergeant,” “A Clerical Error and “Chat- terton. The Rambler's old friend, Talbot O. Pulissl, wrote, in 1898, a history of the Lawrénce Barrétt Dramatic¢ Club, and with that history before him the Rambler takes from it the following names of members of the club: David C. Bangs, Clarence B, Rheem, Harry C. Robinson, Simon R. Fiynn, George F. Erdman, G. L. McKean, O. G. Eckstein, J. Wirt Kall, George Elwood, Charles’ F. Mallard, Have you 1 think Tl but, then, there's emperors, Jennie Thompson, Miss May McCawley, Miss Julie M. Wheeler, Miss Lillie Lewis, Frank B. Noyes, Tim Murphy, F. D. Maltby, Miss Annie Lewis, Miss Gertie Linthail, Miss Florence Perry, Miss An- nie Hertford, Charles Hanford, Wilton Lackaye, James Mahoney, E. B. Hay, their permanent usiness might have dons so, and Judged by the success they made in other lines of endeavor, would prob- ably have become prosperous and prominent actors. There were other groups of amateur actors that the Rambler recalls as he writes this, notably the Carroll Institute Players and an association called the Forest- ers, the Forest Club, or somethin like that, and the writer of the: humble narratives hopes to come into possession of enough information about these people to enable him to write of them. On my table as I write is a creased and dingy program, and instead of telling you about it, you may read it: “Commencing Monday, December 2, 1889. Only Matinee Saturday. Second and last week of Lawrence Bai rett, supported by Miss Gale and a mpetent company. Eq'v;:dnesd.y and Friday evening December 4th and 6th, Francesca da Riminl. A l;l‘edy in @ acts by Hon. George H. Boker. n"cr:n of characters: Lanclotio and Tim Frawley, Willlam B. Murdock, Miss Anita Hendrie, Prof. R. C. Bernays, M. Dorian, H. B. Robinson, J. T. Hawkins, F. A. Lane, W. B. Moses, H. B. Bolton, E. Ferguson, Miss Daisy Hodkinson and Miss Belle Bateman. . Pulizsl, in his history of the club, eketches its origin, recounts its numerous appearances in public and gives a little narrative of the professional career of several mem- bers. In telling of the beginning of John A. Benedick, Talbot Pulizzi, Mon-| taghe Tigg, Miss Rose Wheeler, Miss | THE BRADY PHOTOGRAPH OF LOTTA. (From the Handy collection.) fantry Corps. to crowded houses. Unable to . the club continned to atudy arse, did not again appear until the following May, when a joint benefit was given frself and the stage employes of the ional Theater. The beautiful comedy, “David_Garrick.”” followed by a neat little farce, “Mr. and Mra. Peter White,” was pre- sented also a success, both finan- cially a liy. 1t was always fore the club pictures of neatly in I and_handsome were put in_consple places. advertised extensively in the home papers and invariably -large audiences would greet them. The Barrett Club had rooms at 833 F street northwest, which were nicely furnished, while the walls were decorated With the portraits of great actors. Mr. Barrett sent the club a handsome engraving of himself as Hamlet, #lso a vers prettily covered book giving the lite of the great tragedian, Mr. Edwin For- rest, written bs Mr. Barrett The club was increasing and it wae de- cided to move to B13 F street northwest, where handsomely furnished rooms were had. & new plano, a library, periodicals and fine engravirgs of celebrities were obtained. Thix was marked by a grand openink or house warming, on which occasion a_sumptuons anp- per was' served. during which each member contributed his or her talent towsrd the sven Ing’s entertainment, songs, recitations, music and brignt stories beguiled the pleasant mo. ments nway, while dancing rounded off the festivities of the occasion. * % k% THE Barrett Club gave Its lasy Shake- spearean play June 9, 1884, at the National Theater for the benefit of the ‘Washington Continentals, one of the numerous social and military organiza- ort time he. to have the They also LAWRENCE BARRETT. (From the Brady-Handy collection.) tions which came into being during the '80's, when dashing uniforms, parades, military balls and competitive drills were popular. That play was “The Merchant of Venice.” David C. Bangs was Shy- lock, Clarence Rheem was Bassanio, Miss Rose Wheeler was Portia, Jennie Thompeon was Nerissa, May McCawley was Jessica, Harty Robinson was Antp- nio, Talbot Puliszi was Baithazer, Simen Flynn, Gratiano; George iman, name was Irene. I wonder if little Irene is reading this story! I wonder if she is here, or whether ghe, like 80 many of the others we knew away back in the 80a. has passed from lite's stage. The lnsf appearance of the Barrett Dramatic Club was at Lincoln Hall. The Rambler has not the date, but it could not have been later than 1384, for in that year the old hall was re- modeled and renamed ~ Herzog's Museum. The last play of the club was “Among the Breakers,” and the historian of the Barretts say The performance went with dash and smoothneks, and the members were called before the curtain several times. Miss Annie Lewis played on the banjo and responded several times; her sister, Miss Lillle, also scored a success with her songs, while Mr. Tim Murphy and Mr. F. D. Malt- by kept the audience in a roar with their comic acting and clever imita- tion.’ IN the sketch of the Barrett Club written twenty-three years ago by Talbot Pulizl, it s interesting to quote some of the observations which he makes about the players. Here Is one: Little did Mr. Barrett think that from this club he wonld some day have & young actor {in his company that would surprise the eritics and the dramatic profession. [t wax fo. and { Mr. Charles Hanford was that gehtlemun. the fall of 1985, at the opening of the Opera in Mr. Hanford piayed Mare . Booth's Rrutuy And Mr. Barrett's Cassius. and thy press de- voted o great deal of space to tais grand } production and_highls praised Mr. Hanford's impersonation of Marc Antony. It was n gl chievement for s arrett combination Mr. K Banquo_in beth,” Cas Dell Aquila in ‘“The Fool's de Baradas in “‘Richelieu Gratiano in ““The Merchant of Venice” and Mare Antony in esar.’ He bi since starred throughout the country and been star and manager with Mr. Thomas Keene, His rendition of ‘‘The Star Spangied Banner' is well known all over the United States. Charlie Is still a great actor, and when he begins “The Star Spangled Banner” with * ‘(also prolonged) can you se audience just naturally comes to at- tention and lends him its ears. Here is another observation out of that old story which will recall mem- ories of a fine man whom nearly all of us knew: . Clarence B. Rheem. now with B. H. . was an_indefatigable worker in the club, and his performance of Bratus to Mr. Hanford's Cassius was a finished plece of acting, ns was his Hassanio in 3 His brother Ned, led. was prompter at all the per- . He knew nearly every line of and ““The Merchant of Venice a person omitted # word he was sure to all attention to it. He became a physician ut death has called him to the “‘undiscove country from whose bourne no traveler re- EE » s another extract from that cle of 1898 in connection with the presentation of “The Merchant of Venice” at the Natlonal Theater, June 9, 1884: Mr. Frank Noges, who always plared Launcelot Gobho and wae considered by the press as the best Launcelot on the stage, was called ont west, and on two days’ notice Mr. John Renedick assamed the character. The Capital of June 15, 1884, in speaking of his performance, said: *r. Benedick, who played Tue part of Launcelot Gobbo on two dars’ natice, showed anpareotls no lack whateyer of a thorough familiarity With his lines and met with quite a reception.” Here is a triplet of paragraphs about Wilton Lackave, James Ma- honey and Tim Murphy: Mr. Wilton .lackese was a hard and con- scientions worker while he was a member. His acting in *David Garrick” is well re- membered by all who had the pleasure of see- ing him. He also played Marc Aotony with great success. The world knows the name that he has carved out for himeelf since he left the club, and his wonderful performance in “Trilby” fs still echoed from coast to co Mr. James Mahoney. pot deep voice, appeared as C: nified manner and was later with Lotta, and haw played leading heavies with some of the best companles on_the road. Mr. Tim Murphy, who I8 %8l known for his impersonations ‘of prominent actors and also for his character work in ‘A Texas Steer.” got his first training in the club. He was alwara a welcome visitor, as the boys lored to hear him relate a funny story as onls Tim could Throughout this history of the Barretts are familiar names. It is written_that “Mr. E. B. Hay was a most valuable member of the club and had he followed the stage, Mr. Lackaye said, Mr. Hay would have ranked at the head of the dramatic profersion. He has played in operas, comedies, lectured, recited and sung for hundreds of charitable entertainments, and his services have always been gratis. Mr. Hay still delights’'in doing good for his fellow men.” PR T ts written that “Mr. David C. Bangs, who played Shylock and other strong parts. was always in de- mand and was kept very busy ecting and reciting. He also adopted the pro- femsional stage, plaving important parts with Robert Downing and other leading stars.” Of Tim Frawley it is written: ‘‘He has made fame and for- tune for himself with his refined stock company on the Pacific coast” and “He almo took an active interest in the club. B. Murdock: “His delicate, polished acting made friends for him whenever he appeared, and he was of great help to the club and the newspapers always spoke in the highest terms of his ability. He became a very successful patent attorney, but lately death has claimed him.” = Praise is also handed out to George Erdman, who was ‘“a gentleman of rare literary abilities and a member of the Shakespears Slub and was an active worker in the Barrett Club. His performance of Ro- meo in the Shakespearean pageant given at Albaugh's in March, 188, was an artistic and finished piece of act- ested of a grand. ar fn a_most dig- ing:’ Tt is said of Julia Wheeler that “‘she was a very handsome girl who looked a great deal like Mary Anderson. She joined the company of Rhea, mar- ried and retired from the stage. Anita Hendrie became a prof al actress. And there was Annle s, “Little Annie Lewis” we used to call her. None could sing the sonj My Sweet- heart Is the Man in the Moon™ bet- ter than Annie, and her dancing was enfrancing. On June 18, 1894, the Na- tional Fencibles had a benefit at the Academy of Muslc and the play was a comedletta by Willard Holcomb, called “Brown's Baby.” Annie Lewis played the leading fole. A great many people in Washington had a feeling of affection for Annie Lewis. She died A great many readers of these lines are sayin ‘Yes, yes, how well T remember little Annie Lewl History of City Names. WBILB. for the most part, the names of our cities have been drawn from events pertaining to thelr settlement, yet there are some that originated in various and widely dif- fering sources. They show the diver- gent forces that have contributed to the present composite result. One city This was written of William { Weather Is to Be Are Metho&. PROF. MARVIN, Head of Big Institution in Washington, Says It Is Practically Im- possible to Forecast the Weather Accurately for a Long Time Ahead—Long-Range Fore- casts Are Usually Vague—Scientists Say the | Old-Time Methods of Tefling What the Useless—The Modern BY JAMES A. BUCHANAN. HE fifteenth day of July and the fifteenth day of December appear to be universally pop- ular dates on which the goose bone, moon ring, star gazers and other would-be weather prophets glve to the public thelr prophecles as to what the weather will be for the ensuing season. A majority of these predictions are based upon old-time superstitions and have no foundation of fact. There is yet to be discovered a method by which a coming season may be fore- told with accuracy. These self-styled prophets play upon the credulity of the people, and also upon the fact that there are a few signs which are indicative of early coming cli- matic conditions. These signs, how- ever, are Indicative only of condi- tions of from a few hours to two or_three days at the most. The United States possel today one of the best weather bureau serv- ices in the world—a service that effects yearly a saving of many mii- lions of doilars—a service that ls, as far as it is humanly possible to make it, accurate, and a service that has played a most Important pait, not only in the development of the country, but also has been t of saving milllons of dollar: of shipping, to say nothing of the numerous 1ives that would have been lost if warnings of the bureau had not been heeded. Just to what extent the old-fash- ioned superstitions possessed truth is a matter for a specialist to decide, 80 the writer visited Prof. Charles Frederick Marvin, chief of the United States weather bureau. the matter, said: In discussing the head of the service * ¥ x % MEROUS superstitions regard- ing the weather have been handed down from generation to gen- eration, but few of them have any scientific basis. There are but a very few that are dependable. There is but you cannot place any upon that animal. Take pearance for instance, he long béfore the time in which he is annually slated to appear, but he does not séem to have affected con- ditions very materially. ““Then, again, if we are able to fore- cast the fall of snow, just think what it would mean to the ranchers in the middle and far west to be able to tell them how much water depe his 1 D: was_ out | they would have for irrigation pur- poscs during the season! We do nbt pretend to be long-range forecasters. We indulge in cold scientific deduc- tions, leaving nothing to luck. Ouf is along conservative, safe na sound lines and we have endeay- ored to win the respect and confl- dence of the public. “Returning for a moment to the long- range forécaster, we find that his pre- dictions are very genéral In character. He refuses to predict specificaily. 1f. for instance, he harps on the sub- Ject of & Wet moon he fails to specily Wwhether it Is a wet moon for thé whole of the United States of only & limited section of the countiy. A man fn Portl-nd‘.h Yy 180 gravely up at the sky, and state that the moon t moon, but he fails to 8 weather may be wat dry as a tinder box fields of Kansas. Touching upon the subjsct of raln making, Prof. Marvin sald: * k% «THE so-called raln making 18 1itt1e short of charlatanism. Tt is a fake. It is Impracticable. While it s true that in a few in- stances small clouds havé appéeared shortly aftef the work of the so- called rain makers, we find by look- ing over our charts that rainfall was due in or r that locality a few hours or so after these self- styled sky wizards hag performed thelr personal magic. A storm oc- curred recently down in the Gulf of Mexico. We have arfangeménts with numerous vessels plying thuse waters to keep us informed as to in thé wheat v INTERRLY Director of the United or more before a storm either pos- Besaéts the imagination of a Jules Vérné or 18 a candidate for the club whose members declare that they always go 2round the course in par. Prof. W. J. Humphreys, Ph. D, pro- fessor of meteorological physics of he United States weather bureau, probably has given more attention to weather proverbs and their justifica- tion than any other scientist in this country. In touching upon weather superstitions, he declared that some of the signs used to a greater or less extent are those which have been ob- served for many years, and that they aré viewed by old-timers with an understanding of their significance. Hé pointed out how fishermen will welgh anchor and prepare for flight when, to the unobservant, there will | be naught to indicate anything but falr weéather: how the man of the woods will notiqe changes and com- prehend the messages of warning. * x % % | BLAME THIS MAOHINZ FOR METEOROGRAPH INSTRUMENT, WHICH REOORDS PRESSURE, TRNFPER- ATURE, HUMIDITY AND WIND VELOCITY. st i - no scientific foundation of fact in the great mafority of them. Of course, it is truc that there are signs that have been voserved by scientists and others for years, which give a pointing finger as to what the weatfier of a few hours or day or so will be. “There is nothing as yet discovered | that will enable us to tell, with any degree of accuracy, what a coming season will bring. Gooss bones do not connect up With weather sequen- ces. The ring around the moon is due to the condition of the atmos- phere in the sky and is an indication, but not a definite indication, of rain. “All of us who are connected with the bureau would be happy if we could learn of some plan to forecast weather far in advance. Just think what it would mean for the crop sea- Just think what ti would mean to know how much coal would be needed for the rigors of winter! Just think of how much benefit it would be if we were able to tell the ptreet cleaning departments in the differ. ent cities just how much snow they must expect during the winter! Every year thé ground-hog supersti- tion is a matter of general comment, HE bloodhound is glvén more of the limelight of pubdlicity in the American press than is his due, either by reason of his numbers and ability, or his impor- tance as a tracker of criminals. The sherift's posse and its bloodhounds are about as prominent in the news from places where crimes are com- mitted as are yeggmen who blow open the post office safe and escape on & handoar. A great many men have been killed on the evidence of the bloodhound, and to men famillar with the bloodhound and the various other hounds and mongrel dogs that are called bloodhounds, the evidence fur- nished by these dogs does not war- AIDNG the proverbs he quoted are: | “A year of snow, a year of plenty.” If the reader will but stoy\“ and think that If there is a continu- | ous covering of snow he will realize that it delays the blossoming of fruit after the probable sea- Hing frost, and it also pre- rnate thawing and freez- ing, Tulhous to wheat and other winter graihs. Other proverbs among | ;he many he has collected are the lollowin, “A 1ate Spring hever deceives. =January warm, the Lord have mercy!” “It you -e'a grass in January, lock your grain in your granery. 5 % anuary blossome fil no man's eel- e “January wet, no wine you get.” “January and Febtuary do fill or empty the granary. “All the months in the year curse & fair Februeer.” 1n speaking of proverbs relating to the wind, Prof. Humphtreys said: “ePhers areé numerous proverbs based on the directions and changes of the wind, but their value, in the main, is only local, except when taken in con- nection with the height and rats of ohange of the barometer. However, in mli:ll. Iatitudes the direction of or- dinary undisturbed winds is from west to el Therefore, a radically dif- ferent direction commonly indicates an approaching, or, at any rate, not very distant, storm. There is, then, some justification for such proverbs as_the fo! ng: *"When lths smoke goes west, gude eather ls past | WiWhen the smoke goes east, gude | ‘weather comes neist; | THE WEATHER. IT IS A RIre conditions and this, in o ‘with our other oblhr'l(luh‘l." ‘:;'l:: unntod n:nd out a warning which re- sulted in numerous vessels seitfry- ing from the r P Boose bone, a sunflower plant or herd of ground hogs with thelr eom. bined services tota ent time wwe have an interchange of reports with Mexico and Canada. Colombia is also installing an up-f date system. Prof. Marvin ted that the beauti- ful permanent waves of milady of the present day and genération would be affected by nnroleluni storms, but only at the time near to thé atmos. pheric_disturbance, and so the miss or matron who h r halr mar led in order that shd may 0! EBS and other insects seem to heve a color sense and to be| able to distinguish between | The True Bloodhound red, blue, white and yellow. | Darwin thought that flowers assumed | their colors in order to attract the In- | séots which served them most faith- | fully in fertilization. ‘The inference is that bees are most strongly attracted by blue, but infer- ©nods are not to be trusted. You will see bees bussing around aad laboring over the sky-blue blossoms of the bee- 1arkepur, which is called the “bee- 1arkspur® because it is a flower which bees, and particularly bumble bees, are very fond. You wiil also see bees busymg tnemeelves (sbout the brl er - dogs. Fui- [1155¢ D8 1T, O ininticiike plant e e By T s ephtured. |80 conspicuous in summer fields. How. tisements in newspapers, the advers ;:':".:vilzh'og knowlah:ri;h::g;: n" tisements glving a description the {408 white elovarh ed Slover and the runaway and ring & re for his apprehension. Funaway" white | EfseBlsh.vellow Rowers of the linden | indentucdd Servants wire advertiout |, fowers of blue, red, white and 3 ye! The true deerhound is descended In | "o mignt think that the bees were practical and considered the quality part from the bloodhound, has the a of the nectar in tlllcg flowers rather s general conformation of the hound or the Russian wolfhoun: than thete color. that busz nd the blue larkspur cannot be an gn ld nl)ugh 1‘1“; coat. l‘gc true fox- ound is well known and numerous. ny other flower while that He is derived from the bigger and i DUt hefe again m reasonable to believe heavier hounds, but has been bred that they were attracted by the nec- Progn ticate weather conditions for an &p- proaching outing is ng work done for naught, provided, of sourse, that is her object. The disciple of golf who declares that his clubs are seniitive a week deer, and was also used for nnuwlgl the scent of fugitive slaves, In the upper tier of southern states there was very little tracking and chasing of runaway slaves with for speed, endurance and dash. riers and beagles, the fa: tar, and not the color. But that flow or needs the bee for carrying its pol- CHARLES F. MARVIN, Color Sense of Insects. e weather “When the wind's in the south, thé ‘s in its mouth; saying which reads, “Thé farther the sight. the nearer the rain.” is explained by the fact that the homo- geneity of the atmosphere is improve: and it is an accepted fact that soun travels better on occasions that prés ccde a stormy day. In speaking of the power of animais’ to prophsey: Prof. Humphreys said: i s the weather, -es the wun'; clouds will gather, ! blinkin® sun.’ “Thip extravagant tribute to ts pig as a weather prophet is typical of & large number of proverbs, though perhaps no other animal has been credited with actually seelng the wind. “Doubtless the dampness and changa in temperature that commonly pre- cedes storms somewhat modifies the | behavior of many animals, but of the numerous proverbs based upon thelf actions even the few that have any truth to eupport them have far great- er physiological than meteorological I terest. * % x % «T)ESPITE the fact that there ars sv-fi@me signs which are quite a OURSERTT- ans BL{LL of the opinion that humasilty 18 ‘Best served by having & trained corps of men who work through ecientific deductions. “Changing the subject for # mo- ment, T would like to call your at- tention to the kite meteorgraph, an instrument attached to kites whica is used to record pressure, tempera- ture, humidity and wind velooity. 1t i1s.really a remarkable instrument. “That even animal life is sometimes mistaken is shown by the fact that the on a farm of a friend of mind in West Virginia were fooled by the appearance of the warm days of this very early spring. The process of breeding had taken place durin the warmer days, then came the col snap, which rendered it impossible for the bees to secure their food from the flowers. Thousands and thousands of them died because there had been but a little food gathersd and stored. The ground hog i8 vety much like Germany was in its_con- ception of the world’s mind; he is not_accurate. While I ‘hate to oo tradict the old saying so often ussd by those who cited it as an example of thrift, facts compel me to staté that squarrels, as a rule, do not hoard | up,_nuts. No longer can we pin our faith to the old signs when we would know what the coming months might bring. Bcience has decreed otherwise, spur, only the bees know, bdut mere men who are interested in such things believe that bees have an especial 1k« ing for blue. The largest varisty of flowers have ‘white bloom, and there is a proportion of swest smelling flowers among the white than among the oth- er colors. And men who have come to distinction in botany and those who are prominent as entomologists have said that flies show a preference for white flowers. The smallest number of variety of fragrant flowers are found in red, and it is sald that butterflies show their preference for red, yet they also seem 10 be fond of pale blue flowers. Moths like white and vellow flowers and beetles seem to pay their most distin- guished attention to yellow flowers. The real reason for these insect preferences is hard to get at. It may be the color of the flower; it may be the perfume or it may be nect It is certainly nectar which the bee wants, but he seems to be able to recognize from a distance a blue flow- ofs and knows that it holds the sweet which he likes best. The weight of evidence 18 that a bee knows blue when he sees it, and that a butterfly knows red or orange, that beetles can read a yellow sign hung out b; flower and that many varieties of files live in the flelds and woods, and which are not on terms of companion- ship with common house flies, seam to have a keen perception and apprecia- tion of white. —_— Seeing the Wind. Paocla, Malatesta's sons, Mr. Lawre Barrett and Mr. Mark Lynch; testa, Lord of Rimini and head of t Guelphs, Mr. Charles Collins; Gul da Palents, ‘Lord of Ravenna and head of the Ghibell J. J. Wal- Jester, i i r. Albert Brun- M ing; Rene, Mr. J. Sturgeon; Lucentio, M M. Scanlo in, “i:r W, 8. hter, Miss Minna Gale: Ritta, her maid, Miss Lil- lian Prendetgast; lords, ladles, knights, ges, soldiers, etc. P ixecutive staff: Arthur E. Chase, director; Oliver Doud, stage manager: Claud Hagen, master rmachinist; Charles the club the Rambler cannot serve his readers better than to quote the following from Mr. Pulizzi's work. lett, musical director; Garri maker of properties: Charles M. Hill, master of properties. ‘Thursday evening, ‘Richeliev’ day evening, ‘Francesca da Rimint’; Sat- | i urday matinee, ‘Hamlet’; Saturday evening, ‘Julius Caesar.’ ‘Monday evening, December 9. Amer- ica's favorite u-u‘ -'u.t)nm‘ e Mitohell* AT this distance from thoss plessant | “Ti, ! friends of Shylock, Basgsanio, in| Duke and all the other Venetians— renzo; Georgé Elwood, Tubal; Charlie Mallard, Old Gobbo; John Benedick, Launcelot Gobbo; Moni e Tigs, Leon- ardo; J. Wirt Kall, the Duke of Venice; O. Q. Eckstein, 8alarino, and G. L. Mc- Kean was Solanio. re was a full 18 named for an English duke, another is an Indian word of several applica- tlons, a third bolizes the religious feeling of its founder. These are, re- spectively, New York, Chicago and St. volume of applause every time an actor | i spoke a line, and being e, the month of roses, and more people having flower gardens then than now, and the “house being packed from pit to dome”"—that 18, crowded, with the flowers were handed across the foot- lights by the leader of the orchestra, basketfuls at a time. Portia, Ne and Jessica got so many bouquets th: they had to send them home in a hack. After Shylock had falled to get his pound of flesh as nominated in the bond, and the curtain had gone down, it was rolled up again, ing the stage set for the “beautiful farce," r. an John Benedick was Peter, Lewis was the Missus, Julia Wheeler was a widow, May \wiey was ade dnllnd as xmy’.‘ o oss stein was Inc per an Erdman tried fll{b ‘his md_'-,b.: 1ieve that he was Frank Brown. was a.peal Mrs. Peter White.' | H; 0ver, Otto KEck- |ab] ique distinction in this regard ed by Denver. Its founder, Gen. at was given his name attain a population of more than 100,000, a privilege that ha not, so far as known, been accorded any other man in the world’s history. At least two cities have, in a sense, ‘been accidentally named. Tradition has it that a man from Portland, Me., and one from Boston matched coins to determine whether their settlement on the Willamette should be long since outstripped in population the old Portland on the Atlantic coast. Amon, thsl:ellel preserved at Terre 4 ymmen hound thro 1n | co! P rant the taking of @ man's life. “Bloodhound” is a word that fis often misused. There has been for many centuries & dog of that breed, but the race not numerous. The bloodhound is & large dog which hunts, dogs do, by smell, ive structure, with ooping ears and usually smooth coat without fringe of hair on the ears, legs or tail. It is ti it to be the stock from which all the races of English hounds have been derived. This hound has a fine narrow and dome-like huge, hanging ears, and with trans- verse “puckers” or deep wrinkles on the forehead and between the -holding states. The animals :l:r': qh:lu r:n in Virginia and Mary. jand. The common dog on the in_Virginla an was a big, black-an ‘while neither nor e and rabbit dogs, ere small A Ay Tha A T len from one blossom to another and lant to another, and one The big black-an-tan hound com- mon throughout the south, and which it put on often passes under feroclous name % “bloodhound,” is & compromise &mon, these hounds. He is such & blende dog, and he 18 often mixzed with dogs that are not hotnds at all. He is a kindly dog with a pretty keen nse of smell, and he cdn be trained to follow the trail of & “but th best of thess dogs make many mi and losing one mal trail will p enother. He would not at- tack a man. If he fellow ectar of a kin {ke. Still another theory searching for food, liked best that ‘which they found in the larkspur, and have centinued for countless years to anmnlu it and ald in its propage- lon. An experiment was made once by putting drops of honey on bits of p: different colors, and the be: showed a marked preference for th: honey on the blue paper. In another ‘while hi experiment a bouquet of many kinds kitchen door all day, will make long |of flowers was arranged for a_ b hunting and visiting excursions at|He or she alighted on the blue lar night on his own initiative and re- |spur after hovering over and touch- ‘llp?llblllb’. He is a very good watch |ing on many of the other flowers. An- og if you can keep him home at o o the same night, and is & peaceful member of the family. s the dog that ap- so often in NeWSDA lhound. Miliions of M‘l the south mever saw & blood s that and would probably leok on - dog with as much interest as on ‘elaphant o7 hippepotamus, should eome up was chasing he experiment re) llll‘n{lb.o“ lad! flltfl:{en'. kin’dl of!b;l:'. an report of the rimen! all the beés m‘f;r h a8 _thelr qui r 1t was because ‘s ecsuse of the nectar of the- ¢ R 17| 1ong as the air is dry. To see the wind isn't a matter of particularly keen cvesight, but sim- ply of knowing how to look at it It can very readily be done on any windy day, whether hot or cold, se The equip- ment necessary is a smooth or pol- ished flat metallic surface two feet or more long, with a straight edge. A large handsaw will serve ghe pur- pose very well. Hold the metallis. surface at right angles to the wind: for example, If the wind is from thi east, hold the saw, if that is what is belng used. on a north-and-south line, with a flat surface to the wind. Next tilt or incline the surface at an angle of about 45 degrees, so that the wind will glanco as it strikes the metal. Sight carefully along the edge of the metal at some small but clearly defined object and you will then see the air current flowing over the edge just as water flows over . The stronger the wind speed of ‘the oblor er will be the