Evening Star Newspaper, January 31, 1926, Page 81

ILLUSTRATED FEATURES MAGAZINE . SECTION FICTION AND HUMOR Part 5—8 Pages WASHIN( fTON, D. BY €. MORAN. ernment caner Ned. Weeks last minme 1 showing tempe the pest, was done. Le one suggested picture w oroform A comn rtment ¢ These which to the annually tion pictures, nationally by o s roform It stars s the De. movie studio. | the insects »s_and live stock | millions of dollars | hey starred in mo- which are distributed | department to teach | ol meth ment prepared depict £ its movie practice at Agricultur usually, star a destroy val cr of tive on depredationa of the moth. Everything w 1o “shoot” the s ti Lhot in re: when forming movements, the ditions was i e e the © hand T for the o this S annovance » thshes happen f the ~ shun lights are enes. Bed painted hick pests which lire of the v to trick into ac- | er inse K1 tudio even to ordi :m out from | he movie | g in a night-| iature bed | animal was ain_mo ind scenting morsel threw discretion to the | They rushed to the feast de- | » the glare of bright lights, and | heir “stuff” nobly for the camera | \ iy [ it ver the bugs me T! wanted to make of the habits of . ts. Attempts were | s of the pests in mps. but the rats were tao the camera shutter. The department then procured some | trained white s Ay their hrow The pir were h Othello theatrical powder. <hed the the cked it off as fast as it The picture was com- repeatedly powdering | 1 department pictu hous fe to take p i some a | @ cellars dahbed w The rats powder and was applied pleted only by the rats’ neses. The white-painted hickory horer re- | fused to perform unless it was given | a drink of alcohol. Slightly “squiffed,” | the pests went about their accustomed ob of boring into hic unmindful of the camera. The reason why alco- hol was used was hecause the white. painted hickory borer is c ely re- lated to the short-circuit beetle, which now feeds on lead cable. but which | formerly found sustenance in the| staves of wine casks The honey aste of rer member | of the insect family which resents the | intrusion_of the camera man. The | filming of bees near \Washington was ~ssing smoothly one day last mer, when a swarm of hees unex- ctedly attacked the camera man and drove him into a cellar. After a hasty ultation among the hee experts vas decided to erect a canvas shel the camera so to make ad the camera man K. inasmuch as bees | hady place M i a seore of motion pic turinis insect the departm hee is and D B This =2 from further att wil fly not into pests such the pink boll worm, poultry 1 corn horer ions of the in- ) into 4 human the pictures in- nstructive ilations come of these pests are transported into | umbia for fear that 1l spread their as wee rat rake d District of may es - of d red areas. This the camera men to journey the pests occur rather than studio. “faked" in connec- It is of tak- pests in walkes It nec vy for 10 the places whe in natural envivonment to photograph them in the The department ravely insects in its films n nimated cirtoc 1sider at the expe : pictt of the aciual habitats ts fully justi- for sake of scientific accu- racy. Several animated movies have heen made, however, in which the mechanical insects have a0 lifelike as to dece Jartment's scientists, e 0f thee was in_connection with an outline map on which a.me- chanical hean beetle was made to crawl 4 to indicate“how beetles 1 since their introduction o this country. The habits of the stle were studied carefully by the camera men, and an imitation was de that bore a lifelike resem- nee to the original. The entomolo- gists who viewed a private exhibition of the film wanted to know how the Photographers had heen able to train the ins ral the the fied * ok ok K SSHOPPER plagues have long called batic feats, such as when taking pic- tures in swamps, in the tops of trees and on the sheer sides of mountains. JANT ARY 31, 1926. IFarm Thrillers, With Pests as Mbvie Stars, Produced Here Government Obliged to Chloroform Some of These Involuntary Artists in Order to Complete Films—Scientists Deceived by Some of Imitations of Living Things That Are Made for Camera Purposes—Glare of Spotlight Has Differing Effects Upon Various Insects—Nearly 10.000,000 Americans Make Up Agriculture Department’s Audience in One Year—Rock Creek Fur- nishes Background for Many of the Motion Picture Scenes Pre_sented for Benefit of Farming Population of Country. Py 12 A 16 juch extension lend 18 used toShoot wild animals & Y Mechanical Gy P assho ¥ b built Yo me h& Dept of Adricultiure How Bees Ma ke Hone nment Camera Mew o aloft wmake cloud Pmtjves- ] 0 Y~ is the sub picture filmed iw Mary ject of an interesting land upon to perform these acro- in the hoofs of cows. These eggs hatch grubs which work through the cow’s body. The pests puncture holes in the hide, and seriously curtail milk until exhausted. The damage by flx~(lho scenes are taken in \\'ash(nztnnia “time-lapse” camera, is attracting on the department grounds and in|wide commercial attention. The ma- warbles is- estimated at 50,000,000 a vear. The department’s movie laboratory Rock Creek Park. veloped rapidl The films are de- in specially designed The value of the machine is in mak- ing scientifically accurate pictures of hine can he used to photograph auto- | the development ‘or growth of plants |partment film which deplets the causes | of decay in transit to market, and | portrays methods of handling the fruft 50 as to miminize losses. ‘“Laying Lumbricus Low" is a picture whic | shows property owners and go course managers how to combat earth | worms which destroy the greens | “Poor Mrs. Jones" the title of an other film taken in Washington, shows by contrast the lives of city and cou try women. | 'She's Wild,” = in a picture of b the Western plains. “Molli> of Pine Grove Vat" tells the story of tick | eradication in the South. Mollie, the | heroine, tracks n the dynamiters | of the dipptng + the ticks are | finally wiped out nty is re |leased from qua | times come to the com: | More than 9,000,000 pe= | the department's nim | vear. The pict we Dracticaily eve | tural coun They were see people in spar ties, where movinz visunl demonstra of improved agricultural prac may be expecicd to Le most ef- ¥ys the department ncho busting on e Perkins, 1 charze ture work,” does not fons of people in who have come i tions of deps commereia ture. The | estiy en 1, productic wou'l probab comj ence. he added | dreds of expressions { received from users | county agricultural | Ariz., for example. rep | showing of moving pictures h | more to arouse ir than any other c tried” An extensio Illinois College of | “Motion pictures | tactory means of bringing educ | facts hefore people in count munities.’ The popularity of the films is shown by the fact that the film shipment from the department vear totaled 2,066 in 192 T as don compared W Tiwenty-eight new filn last year, and 30 old films were vised. * ok o x the new films Green MONG ach as. heep in Psall in the Balance,” “Good Turns for Ou Forests.” “Board Feet or Bored Tin ber,” “The Road Goes Throug “Across the Great Salt Desert” & “Pan and Ceres in the Movies tically all Government departm Washington co-operate in the tural movie work Commercial film experts have de clared that the Government pletures .|are comparable with the best {n story and photography. The laboratory here is the largest and most completely equipped south of New York. The newest movie devices are used to en able the camera men to turn out = product that will compete favorabl with films designed mainly for enter tainment purposes A strict censorship of the films t< maintained in the department, the board of censors being composed of |the Secretary of ulture handlin say department of to acqu methods | agricultu | co-oper: common scientific knowledge of agriculture and kin Farmers’ org: leges, churche: agencies or persor & to borr: films may make application f. through county extension & partment field workers extension work of State coll or to the depart in Washington. The depar film library contains 1 sisting of 1 to 50 copies o 200 "different pictures to spread ethods \\'Tth-out. Hands. TEEL is not made with hands. ! the iron and steel industry of this country mechanism rules supremec Man does not do much more thar touch'levers, while the balance is done by steam and electricity, hammering and pulling and lifting with a force unknown to the giants of mythology The manless way in which the 7,000 ton_steel ingot is converted into | usable piece of steel, after it comes | from the soakingz pit, never ceases to be a marvel to the knowing inspecte |of a great steel v It is alwars |a particular amazement to the Eur pean visitor. At first great machines are seen but the plant appears to be deserted You ask yourself why this great build ing is deserted at this time of While you ponder thus, there a rumble and a roarinfg noise great chunk of red-hot metal than a man, is seen to travel with all the independence of @ serpent across a lot.of black rollers, and dive into the jaws of the gre: rolle which squeeze it into a flatter shape. The |ingot then knowingly stops, turns over, and again dives, with a crack- ling noise, through the same rollers whiclr flatten it still more. After this has heen repeated a few times, the amazed spectator happens to discover, sitting on a high plat + man or two, who are pulling levers which_start the machinery of matically the growth of plants over _period of months, and the hatch- ing of insects, grubs and esgs. kx posures can he sel at intervals of by a|10 seconds to 1 minute, and, once set, | called | the camera does its job mechanically. | and other agricultural phenomena. Some of the machines will be used by | the department in greenhouses and atories, S “Why Strawberries Grow Whisk- lers” is the titie of -a recent .de. the 6,000 or 7,000 horsepower engines that drive the knowing rollers, which are crushing and rolling the ingot of steel by quick stages into the shapes of use to men. titles inserted, and | s arranged for the de- al: recently invented cinemitographer, productios Cows seem to know in- | stinctively when an ox-warble Is near. When the pest seeks the cow’s hoofs in which to deposit eggs the flees running over the fields for hou edite te show rtment_offl A device department RA G engaged the attention of the best | The ox-warble is another pest which sclentific minds. The habits of the | has been found difficult to “shoot,” pests have been carefully studied for |inasmuch as it must first be squeezed in Washington is turning out agricul- tural “thrillers” at the rate of two pic- tures a month, in addition to making | p: copies of hundreds of films for which tion. Motion plctures of | ox-warble is a small fly that eges there is widespread demand. Many of the purpose of perfecting methods of | ‘rom its refuge in a cow’s back. The hoppers have been of consid erable value in this work, both to the scientists and to farmers in de veloping methods of protecting crops. “The department camera men recent- Iv made a special trip to Grasshopper Glacier in Montana, to photograph me of the frozen prehistoric grass- hoppers there. There are literally tons of these prehistoric insects piled up st the mouth of the glacier. The ex- planation for their presence is that through the ages the pests were swept up the canyon by strong winds, dashed azainst the precipitous walls and then dropped into the glacier, where they became frozen in the ice. The camera men made an ascent of 12,000 feet to take the pictures. Live grasshoppers are more difficult | to photograph. The female of the spe cies, in particular, is camera shy, so that recently, in making some movies | lady grasshopper laving egg cimera man had to crawl alon cadside ditch on his stomach the grasshopper unawares camera men are frequenty the | to hant'* the th York City. Casazza, the famous opera manage Toscanini, | director, | singer, with their wives. party was seated in intimate conversa- tion when the bell rang. | opened woman. But |t Discovery of Alma BY PRESTON WRIGHT. NE evening, about 16 years ago, Artrurio Buzzi-Peccia, a well known teacher of voice, wasentertaining distinguished guests at his studio in New They included Gatt the equally well know and Amato, the celebrated Dinner had been finished and the | Buzzi-Peccia his door to admit_a young She was Alma Gluck, one | f his puplls. At sight of her, the | acher's memory stirred accusingly. “Oh,” he exclaimed, oo q you a lesson tonight, wasn't 1? I forgot—I invited guests. The girl was disappointed. But she concealed her feelings quickly. Buzzi- Peccia had been very kind to her. He had given her instruction at a very low price, fixing her lessons at odd hours when he could allow her the time. “But it's all can come again. Buzzi-Peccia would have agreed with her and .set another date, but one of those odd interventions of fate, which is ever writing new romance, now occurred. Buzzi-Peccia’s guests spoke up. “Oh, no!" they said. “Keep her by Let us hear her.” & But ght,” she replied. “I Gluck’s There was a bit of sportiveness in this plea. Gatti-Casazza, Toscanini and Amato, with ears musically satiated, doubtless foresaw an inward chuckle or two over the efforts of a voung and untried singer. At the same time, they felt some of the kindness of those who occupy assured places to one not so fortunate. And I imagine that, quite un- consciously, Alma Gluck impressed them. ‘There are some personalities that demand and gain instant recognition. Such was the personality of Alma Gluck. Her queenly height, her poetic face, with her great, glowing, dark eyes, presaged an inner gift. | She sang, not knowing upon what oice Due to Mix-Up in Date educated ears her notes were falling, | Sophie 2nd so was not embarra: had not gone far when Toscanini sprang to his feet. “Why, this is a exclaimed. On request, Gluck sang arias from “Carmen” and “Lucia.” Toscanini nodded emphatically in approval of his previous opinion. “We can use you at the opera,”” he said. fine voice!” he | in Massenet's “Werther,’ d. But she | scored a hit and quickly was fixed as a star in the operatic firmament. The change in her fortunes was all the more unusual because of at tending circumstances. Alma Gluck, although™ a young woman, was no longer a girl when Toscanini dis- covered her. She was 24 yvears of age, married and a mother. Her parents were Rumanians, who brought her to America when she In the explanations that followed|was 6 years old. ' They were able to Alma Gluck scarcely could realize her | give her lessons in piano playing, but good fortune. Teoscanini arranged for her to sing at the opera on the Sun- day morning following, to test her voice in a large auditorium. The test ‘'was decisive. She made her debut in 1900 as in young womanhood she was earn- ing her own living as a stenographer in a Nassau street insurance office. A friend told her that her voice worth cultivating, and the same recommended Buzzi-Peeccia as a teacher. ‘She could afford to pay little for -her lessons, but the in- structor was interested and agreed to teach her whenever he could find time. In the office in which she was em- ployed was Bernard Gluck, a suc- cessful insurance salesman. They became friends and later married. After her successful debut Alma Gluck did not feel that she had yet realized her full artistic powers. She went to Europe to study with Mar- cella_Sembrich. Her concert tours occupied much time, too. The ulti- mate divergence of her interests and those of her husband led to a divorce in 1912. She was married to Efrem Zimbalist, the violinist, in 1914, (Copyrisht, 1931 ¢ The process is short by which the ingot is started in a% oné end of the steel mill and emerges a half hour later a fifth, or even a third, of a mile away, at the other end of the mill, a conmipleted rail Radium and Plants. "THERE have been reported the re- sults of experiments with the action of radium on growing seed: It has been found that the rays act as a stimulus, varying in intensity with their strength, as well as with the thickness of the seed coats and the amount of intervening moist soil If the stimulus is not pushed beyond a certain limit, germination and sub- sequent growth are accelerated. Above that limit the results are unfavorable The growth of plants is retarded. and may be stopped by placing them in an atmosphere containing the emanation of radium, such as may be drawn from a cylinder lined with Lici 1tinge