Evening Star Newspaper, January 9, 1927, Page 81

THE SUNDAY STAR., WASHINGTON, D. C, JANUARY 9, 1927—PART 8. Japan’s New Emperor an Up-to-Date Ruler in Ancient Setting in foreign ports gathered at rafls and Banza It is the growine pressure of popu will tha' comes along with his ae shoute lav cension. How rapidly it can go and | how much chance there is for him to grow along with it no one is willlng to prediet. His is today the most con servative government in the world frr other things besides the treatment of its royalty lust recently 27 students from one louble living must be very He expensive ol 1 Hirohite do. \\'H‘\\' w W that h university were arrested for being tos progressive. Nobady knows, or if he knows, nobedy tells their fate Common opin seems to be temperament. so far that Japanese tempera Emperor can retain any mperor? Nobody Knows | oo Cof his own out of his rigid train bont that, either. Nobody will guess. | o 504 conventional lite, Hirohito will ™ For nothing. not that Enronean trip | (i 20 SERRRELERR) o BTobiE A v himself. It is decided by son And now as he goes back for the combination of Japan last time into t low-walled palace, ences, as vagie s the British consti- | behind its n ate. as Emperor in tion itself, and as binding. There | his own ve are left with two BY ANNE HARD. ' HIGH white wall; sentry boxes | . Wl‘l F % : 2 s f N : D H iDdenE down OV s SENSR ok Even Expert Observers Are Uncertain as to at Future Has in Store in the Direction o ational emocracy—Ilu~ water: a high, square rel way with gray-tiled curving g . . . . . T e et lities Above the A Displayed in His Few C With Occidental People—Young Ruler Is Devoted to i e man Qua 1ties ove the Average Displayed 1n I'lis I'ew Uontacts Wit ccidenta eople oung Kuler Is De twisted 1 pines and the yellow | ok o i . 0 . walls of the imperial patace ot Towlo. | | Both Trad 1 and Modern S —P 1 Popul Freely Indicated by A de of His Own Subjects. ke thess wails t6 b6 an ntellsctuai oth lraditional ana Modern dports—=Fersonal Fopularity I'reely Indicated by Attitude ot lis Uwn Subjects A prison e new voung Emperc ' Hirol O this vouth of 25, s this anclent realm | ; i uro 2 o be flourishing to-day, | Tapanese than to quote a line from | democracy for his | That was two years ago. He was | SO0 | | him into a picee of stonier stone tha 4 ater friendship | then 2§ years old. Although his| " Agiin on his twentieth birthday, | !to dwell upon the pleturesque qual nding of others? | father was living, he was so ill that | when his flag of the red chrysan-| ties of his nation : ) body knows. Hirohito was already Prince Regent.|themum on its gold was fly- | You think we are still today like Yobady, no expert foreigner and no | Indeed he had been called upon at 20 | ing high and gifts and ceremonies the prints of Hiroshigi.,” one of then Japanese, will ‘make any | to perform the actual duties of the [of old Japan were acclaiming him, remarked. “And we think vou are piodlc Anvthing may happen. | ruler. { he ordered that spectal festivites he | still ke the paintings of irederic But about his personality crystal-| When you realize that in spite of | held for the sailors and that cakes | Remington i ize many of the inevitable changes|its written constitution, its so-call-| with that same emblem should be | alter than the ge Japanese Which today's prophets foresee in the | ed parliamentary form of govern- | distributed among them. | perhaps b feet 8 lender. Fiiro unaver sweep | ment—in . power originates | It was an Amer naval officer | Dite pia s oefld Icessn, daughte forces a | and term. in the Emparor— | at Gibraltar who sensed something | fo! S REITRALE B ooking Princ heen an opimic l you may have some pity if not ad-| human hehind that magnificent | ylo form some cstimate of that per-| miration for a boy of that age,|facade that the proud national spirit | sonality | born to that place, performing these | of Japan erects. | An American, one day, lookir duties As official entertainers, the British of a hotel window in Tokio Just once he has gone away from | were, of course, doing the honors. amazed to sce hundreds of men in | all that the high gun-guarded wall | The governer had invited the prince | the street below, with their little | implies, into the world as we know [to the “North Front racing meet." \ brooms, sweeping the patterns to make it for the voung Prince Hirohito, who was expected to pass It was a symbol of with which the perso Emperor is regarded b Llirohito Ahoay Ses - Bmperor, © 38 | timan betng, That seemed an almost unusually looked upon by the Japanese with an Wy ey Qecaiit. ke “to ol the awed reverence impossible for an T American to imagine. His hoyhood | (N the deck of the warship Katori | G600 i "€ Tovd Sapancrs arst hot training and restrictions make the one night he sat watching |3 COIeLON e e royal high- childhood of western royalty seem like | motion pictures. The crew of the o K & drug clerk Yet he was holiday servative Japanese provided with things which seemed to the more con- terribly ONE OF THE ENTRANCES TO THE EMPEROR'S PALACE IN TOKIO. presumably Whereupon, Japa bha dust into pretty | it. Just once, and that the only | The American officer promptly more beautiful | time for any Japanese ruler, has the rest of the world had a chance | benefit of the that way to guess what he is like. So that|and the horse, f the reverence | ft is out of stories of that famous| by Hirohito, won. n of the future | Huropean tour of his alone that we | and quite naturally, by his people. can form even a guess of him as a : ship had crowded upon the deck to many | See the “movie” and had been crowd- ».| ed back into the after part. The prince observed it. He commanded been known money. But Hirohito to radical. touch a received shocking to his friends. American It was | through the awful official programs “He received | Which visiting royalty must always ar. ranged a sweepstake for the special visiting handed the money to his highness. v | nese in the royal suite were in con- |~ 4 . | Hirohito's management, the story of ss in the history of Japan ever had | it ; eseHn : o Dlece of | her visit to America might have been THE NEW EMPEROR OF JAPAN. waited in that tense silence that a great audience can endure when wait- | ing for a storm of hysterics to break went | if it must, while he wrestled with that manvseript. He was calm. He calmed them. He mastered that roll It Queen Marie could have had | different. In England he Ve i that they be allowed to come for- |} W im re- | Suffer, but the programs arranged for | of paper and he read his speech with ;ch:ittfianu;:l;"f;rgm?mn!p‘ WSO | ward to see the pictures. Then he ,““}“k‘;g?“:;d‘:: s‘;‘l‘:‘:‘flqne’}|r|1l_\'hh‘;‘m|rp,1 him were tortured to new and de-|complete personal dignity He likes sports.. He Ilikes the|asked his roval brothers and the | {i%‘%0 170 (SO "1 Clier that it | Vious ways. When he went to Secot ° oo ancient Japanese sports of fishing, | nobles in his suite to lean forward so | . oh ST (G PR, CCEETL |1and for & quiet change as the suest| S i swimming and wrestling. He likes | that the sailors might get a better "“Nuyot that dealing is still a|of the Duke of Atholl, he had to IRHAPS after all the greatest dif- golf and tennis and riding. He used | View. He leaned forward himself | . ciery to us Occidentals, | listen to the Japanese roval anthem | & ference we must overcome in get to take lessons regularly from the |In example. For the more expert the foreign ex. | Plaved upon bagpipes. He professed | ting any kind of an understanding of great Japanese tennis player and con One day, on shipboard, a dog pro- |pert in the Japanese becomes, the |to like it. the Japanese is mnslrmyd in xh;lt » tender for the Davis Cup—Kumenal. | duced nine puppies. They seemed |less he is willing to believe he under-| He did his stuff well, too. When it | scene, as it e in the scene of the He also likes to watch base ball [to be six more than could possibly |stands. was his turn to make a speech in the | street sweepers I . games be reared by the mother dog. The | What did seem to get understood |London Guild Hall he hegan reading |have to the supreme degree two i Perhaps it <was stherefors not | doomed pups e about to go over- |about Hirohito in the hetting incident | from a large roll of paper. The roli | wualities which we gl g (b strange that he shonld have done a | hoard when Hirohito learned of it. | was that he had the only worthy vir-|was &0 unwieldy that it got badly | least about reverence for ers, thing than the great-war which shook the nation more tue of traditional graciousness. He had them fed by hand and taken to the imperial palace. where they itself. He left royalty quick | tangled. But Hirohito, the hoy of 24, [ dignity for ourgelves. | remained perfectly calm. The throng | ‘K!m(. almost of nis own height and | | very pretty | clothes well | predecessors in Drawings by Leroy Baldridge. | awe of the royal IMPERIAL SHRINE TO THE THUNDER GOD. KIN TO THE SUN GODDES! . WHO, ACCORDING TO JAPANESE LEGEND, IS AN ANCESTER OF THE EMPEROR. He v < his European He ‘s a contrast to his this respect, for this »n had hitherto made it impossible (0 get an accurate measurement The pers in the first Ahove a ta same room next place room and make bad eve the wea Nearly a | both American hito wear European cloth of the West, on chosen {0 measure a suit place had to be far enough or's rank to come into the with the Emperor. In the he had to stand across the If he had a rer naturally suffered Il high-cliss Japanese wear and Japanese dress. diplomats have seen Hiro only the starch and broad All fine Japanese Zuess | houses have rooms furnished in both manner They know fortably upon his floor as soon as they have gone Hirohito is said to have remarked | “The Japanese are wearing both thing more enrages the educated | native and foreign costume. But s 1ch their Japanese | For the Japanese |Dost resumes his kimoro and sits com- 8 what is called the “genro.” old men, | things—one fairly sure and one com it was once. Now it isa solitary grand | pletely unsure old man, Prince Sivonji. The genro| The fairly sure thing is that there - is passing. It is decided Iy the privy | will be littla or no change in so far as council and by the cabinet, and by | American relations are concerned something else tha: i 11 of them and | The unsure thing is what internal none of them. The Emperor appoints | changes in the direction of broadening the cabinet. summons genro. holds | democracy upon the Island of Nippon Parl in the hotlow of his hand. | may follow 3 Yet he cannot step outside the | No mattes how much the immediate charmed circle they make ahout him. democracy of Japan may be increased, If Hirohito is strong enough to do | common opinion reports its attitude s0, even for so smail an inch as may | toward us cannot be modified, so long he implied in his asking the sailors to | as our policy of exclusion continues. sit nearer the motion pictures, it will | An extremely long-time view, one of be_historic several decades or more, perhaps, Yet he also has a great opportunity. | peints out that a demoeracy when it His people have a new and curious | hecomes sufficiently rich will lose some emotion for him which they have | of its national pride in personal puff shown for no other ruler. Alwavs ness. But Japan for some time will until 1924, when th~ imperial ruler | continue, they .say. to be compara went along the streots, the crowds fell | tiveiv poor and proud upon their faces, did n to raise their eyves to face. the When Hirohito stepped ashore men <houting nese ships stood up “Banzai in his Saile presence s on Veteran Washington First Nighter Recalls Comic Ope National Capital Shared With Broadway Privilege of Seeing Some of Big Suc- cesses in Days When Light Musical Productions Were Being Introduced to America. Remarkable Record. BY JAMES G. McFADDEN. N the eighties, when comic opera she was regarded | was young, as a vivacious chit. evolved as nattve school of vet light opera com adapted the latest operatic successes Looking backward to that of Europe. period, there unfolds orful panorama of which many lovely ! stage were the cent The New York Casino, on the east-| May 5 by Jacques Offenbach’s ““The : erly side of Broadway at the corner | princess of Trebizond,” a play with |Performances. = of Thirty-ninth street, was at that | many entrancing airs and humorous time the premier house of mirth and | complications. Jeannie Winston and | JN April, 1885, Lillian Russell ap. melody in America—an assembly | Marie Jansen soon became popular Siaced aa i ENewen. by place of the graces. Soon they gravi-|in this, melodious piece, which filled | Y s " WGk attas tated to Washington's gasdighted | the Casino with happy crowds for six | “Billie Taylor,” in whicl a theaters. but not before many young [or seven months. operetta she had as company Jose blades had made it their business to| = g,y afterward. Miss Winston [phine Hall and Vernona Jarheau. visit New York and view the heroines | came 1o Washington at Albaugh's| Thess pleces were of trifiing value, in_their natural habitat. No doubt | G0, 000ty Fiouse, now known s oy e e i recollections of those pleasant days|pojiq Theater, and became the idol |39, with Sadie Martinot In the title _when we were 21" still live in the | of the Capital in a repertoire of light | roje. Music lovers will recall the secret places of many old heargs and | Sor2” ‘She was accorded the highest| aunting - walts in “Nanon," which y qnerely await casual mention 10 arise | yomage here, and finally made this |every one was humming then #gein in the mind’s eye, | eity her home on retiring from behind fbulka's tuneful fol- The American peauties disclosed on | the footlights. 1 learn that she con-|lowed “Nanon” on November 16, with the rise of the first curtains at the | tinues to reside in the Northwest sec: | Pauline Hall as Angelo. This spark- Casino in that long operetta kerchief.” tive in the principal part. Even her name is scarcely known to present- day audiences, yet she was 4 great favorite in those days. How ephem- eral is vouth and fame! Delightful as was Miss Post, 1t seemed to me there could be no love- lier woman than Lillian Russell, who ‘We had not pposers, and so appeared on April 17, 1883, in So- “E St before me a col-| {TLISS “The Sorcerer.” with such rminie s Somen nt” the | charmers as Madeline’ Lucette and i B giives. Laura Joyce also singing leading s roles. That piece was succeeded ago are forever |tion of the city. the center of the stage in engaging ling operetta has a Romeo-Juliet-like the It seems “Good lively “The Gypsy Miss Hall an | op presenta WHEN LILLIAN® RUSSELL. WAS THE REIGNING COMIC OPERA STAR. Photo copyright. 1895. by W. M. Morrison and reproduced through courtesy of L. Stoddard Taylor. lost to view, but so brilliant were the | Many will recall Rosalba Beecher |theme. I was a youthful and admir- operas presented that they are still|and Rose Beaudet, whom all admired D et Perfflrl:?‘?‘:;“::: Pl tly revived. The WEAF Light __ et 5 setting in Amorita’s moo ",‘.;Jfi:n. ‘,.,,.,-’,- has been heard re. “When they appeared in Strauss' “The | 3, the brunette beauty of Miss Hall cently in most of these favorite pieces | Merry War,” the next offering pre-|made a lasting impression. hy a countless radio audience through | sented at the Casino on March 27|88 vesterday 1 heard + hook-up with Washington's station | 1884, and Bertha Ricci in that great | Night” chorus number in this scene. ! WwRe success 1k which followed. | The delicious airs of After ar ponements due to | Agnes Folsom scored in “The Little | Baron" filled the Casino on and aft . . o beeas Duke” and “The B Student,” | February 15, 1886, with Saadiion -October 21 82, 1 the which ¢ tined ely flowers | admired principal. This e s tunes of Johann Strauss | of nd vone” and|eretta was having its first P e oussns Lace Mand-| Princa Methy with Mathilde | tions 1n America and was well lked. Lily Fobl Was~nestattrac-gLuttrelly and Rose L ighton filling L but there js an end to all things, and demanded. Its refreshing tunes and with April it was evident that prepa ration should be made to present ntillating comedy were heard again the Casino on January 16, 1888, Chassalgne's thought possibly, if the two pleces | “Xadjy, given for the first time, were made over into one, the result-|on May 14, 1888, with Marie Jansen, ant play might run a month at the | Kate TUart, Isabelle Urquhart and Casino, and he would then be ready | James T. Powers. The musical ver- with an operetta of European reputa- | sion of Eugene Field's mirthful gem, tion. The result of this scrambling | “Listen to My Tale of Woe,” being process was that gay and lilting op- | the story of Johnnie Jones and his | eretta “Ermini which was pre-| Sister Sue's experience with a green sented at the Casino on May 10, and | peach. was glven in this offering to | was destined to be sung there a thou- | insistent applause and the song soon | sand times in the eighties, and to be | became popular in Washington. thief Cadeaux. Marion Manola made her American debut in light opert as Cerise, Agnes Koltom added the charm’ of her presence as the vivaci- to the Casino to sing Isabelle le. with Fanny ston n_support |lianRussell returned [ on January 1889 Urquhart’s former r | Rice and Zelma Rawl 1t was also my good fortune to view | the performance of Offenbach’s “The | musical gem, the “Lullaby,” many |grigands,” which followed on May 9. ! thousands of times in the ensuing |\vith all the Casino favorites. It had vears. It will be recalled that the |an ahundance of whistly tunes that number occurs in the pink ballroom | \ere very popular. Pauline Hall re- scene of the operetta. The propriety | turned to the Casino on September 16, of introducing a lullaby in a ballroom | 1889, as “The Drum Major.” In the | | Miss Hall sang that unforgettahle | has often been discussed. It seems!iong cast were also Marie Halton, Eva the “Lullaby” appeared originally in | Davenport and Edwin Stevens. Miss the companion piece to “Erminie,” | Hall had by this time become identi- ibut when the material of the two'fied as “Erminfe,” which was revived | plays was combined, the “Lullaby” |again on November 20, with Georgie | was much too tuneful a number to|Dennin as Javotte, Blanche Roberts ) be omitted, and it accordingly had the |as Cerise, iva Davenport as the prin- | | setting chosen. The numerous other | cess, Sylvia Gerrish as Capt. De- | Jewels of melody in “Erminie” soon |launey, James T. Powers as Cadeaux | were sung everywhere = The lovely |and Edwin Stevens as Ravennes. | gavotte, “Join in Pleasur € ol pauline Hall was very popular and | ‘g",'“"“l,, number, “When TLove I8! o"congtant reciplent of n‘\‘au_\' flat- | Young." and Mr. Wilson's rendition | iaring attentions, unknown to favor. | jof *What the Dickey Bird Said, ites of these matter-of-fact times. She | always the signal for endless encores. | ocoived numerous floral tributes at | | “Erminie” was taken on a short|each performance. Her short, curly {tour after 150 performances, which |hair was then the popular faminine | | included a visit to Washington, and {coiffure. One of her experiences, was followed at the Casino by two|however, was not so pleasant. A num | operettas that were complete failures, [her of young college men gathered at | %0 that the return of the favorite play | the stage entrance, awaiting her exit, |on November 15, with its original |qnd in a spirit of fun gave loud calls cast, brought about crowded houses of “Polly wants a cracker!” Miss Hall and abundant applause for 362 addi-|did not appreciate the humor of the tional performances. The theater was | situation and had the police called to | filled with enthusiastic audiences, | disperse this crowd of serenading ad- even on the warmest nights of Sum-imirers. me; 7 A In September, 1887, Mr. Aronson |, Ermini’ was given for the last | time on January 4, 1890, completing a record of performances not to be equaled either on the operatic or dra- matlc stage of America for several decades. That farewell night was a glorious one at the Casino. Miss Hall was out of the cast on account of the death of her brother and Grace Golden sang “Erminie.” Rudolf Aronson, the managing director of the Casino, conducted the orchestra, and the company received an enthu- was satisfled that “Erminie” had run |its course and that another production should follow. ‘“The Marquis’ accord- ingly had its first American presenta- tion on September 19. It was not an- other success, and Charles Lecocq's ““Madelon” was the next offering, on December 5, with Isabelle Urquhart, Sylvia Gerrish and James T. Powers. * ok Wk comparison with “Erminie,” these siastic farewell. Dear “Erminie,” | succeeding plays seemed unsatls-| .,y yoy jive forever and never grow factory and the performance of [old revived again and again to this day | mpac pleasing performance, “The | |all over America. | Yeoman of the Guard,” was offered | | * The title role of “Erminie” brought | 70°mar of the Cuate T ima. in | national- prominence to Pauline Hali, aFica. ot Onlobar 17, withi Bazthis | and Francis Wilson also became | pioci™t% J (* 000 0 TG, loon known from coast to coast as the droll | jotarmined to revive “Nadjy" and Lil- | jous Javotte, Rose Beaudet was th>Vetaran theatergoers remember them | Capt. Delaunay and Jennie Weathers- [ i all the glory of their youth by the princess. successor. | with Pauline Hall and Francis Wilson | o Rudolph Aronson, the director of [in their favorite roles, Marie o b the Casino, had difficulty in securing | as Javotte and Kitty Cheatham as|O'Keefe | a suitable production for this pur-|Cerise. This time “Erminie” was |umph for | pose. An unknown musiclan named | played until May 12, increasing its | “The | Jacobowskl had submitted two mu- | total performances at the Casino then | Thi sical pieces in manuscript with an | to 77 into its fab offer of sale for a small sum. Mr TS Symant. (itesl tenarle eitanil g raclody Aronson had declined that offer, but brilliant operetta, | Provide a r which was with such delightful women as Fanny | Isabelle revived on January 6, Anna | Urquhart and | There followed another tri the . beautiful Russell in | d Duchess” on February pleasing play had woven | ric threads of such charm and clever humor as to most happy entertainment. THE BEAUTIFUL are literally | hallowed It is an Emperor archaic in his grandeur, a museum piece of royalty, with. however, something very human behind that uncommunicative control of the Japanese, that has now ascend- ed the ancient throne. Thorne, Jefferson other favorites sang tl and captivating ra Stars with that unforgettable Pauline L'Allemand. to ren- airs of this pleasing plav. Soon all | der it< tantalizing tunes. I was great. America was humming. “Jonathan, | Iy impressed with the charm of Marie Jonathan, You're All Right.” That| Tempest, who first comes pleasantly - | gay waltz tune traveled clear to San | to mind in Zellers' “The Tyrolean.- Francisco Bay with lightning speed. | which was given on Oetober 5 and In \vas heard everywhere in Wash- | a hundred times thereafter. One gem ington. The hurdy-:gurdies plaved it. | followed another in this merry * boys whistled it. every one danced to it, until we wished it had never been | written. In my | operetta mind’s eve [ “*Apollo,” a tale of again view the vouth love and laughter, as presented at the operetta. Not “high-brow" ant and rhythmical measures, color- ful and harmonious. Miss Tempest also sang in the revival of “Nanon' on January 1892 “Uncle Celestin followed fo few nights on February but pleas Casino on May 7, 1891. In addition to with Sylvin Gerrish. and Lofe * the favorite mentioned as appearing | Fuller presenting her rpentine” in “Poor Jonathan,” 1 recall Lonise Beandet and Madge York in Miss York la ' met a tragic end was murdered by a jealous lover. Apollo The stately and sprightly beauty, Miss Ru was so admired as the grand duches: PAULINE HALL. T spent a ning in the “The Camille d" favorites. great su Jonatha in Ameri Do you recall Lilllan Russell as she appeared in “The Brigands,” Jacohowski's masterwork was agaln tined to h: Casino. 1 Brazilian” Grand Duchess,” with Marie Halton and Grace Golden singing gloriously. Lecocq's “La Fille de Madame Ange was the offering on August 14, with nother very pleasant eve- theater on June 2 when succeeded “The lle added to the list of There - followed another 88, Milloecker's “Poor produced for the first time on October 14 and des- e 208 performances at the lllan Russell, Sylvia the piece was revived on July 15. She was an artist that will live in the annals of our stage and will never be forgotten. The might I viewed her performance as the grand duchess a talkative box party annoyed Miss Russell exceedingly. She finally stop- ped in the middle of a song and re- quested that the conversation cease, which met with applause from the gallery and a suspension of conversa- tion In the box during the agtion of the play. for that evening at least. Johann Strauss’ "Indigo” followed i S She ance for the first time. Miss Fuller's _ ame has lately appeared on the first . pages of our newspapers in connes tion with the visit of Queen Marie of Rumania Comic opera received a new of life at the (‘asino when Koven's memorable he Fencing Master.” was given on November 14. 1892, with Marie Tem pest singing like a lark in the leading lease Reginald light opera, role. Bessie Cleveland, Girace Golden, Hubert Wilke and Jerome Sykes were also in the cast. Mr. Sykes was a nappy heavvweight. who knew how to tell a_joke with gayety and gusto Andre " Messager's “The Basoche” = followed he Fencing Master” on 2 1593, with Helen Ber. tr at favorite then Gilbert amd & an's “The Gondoliers” was given on March 18 for a couple of weeks. “Adonis.” destined to prove nearly as popular at the Casino as “Erminie” had been, was the next of fering. on April 6, 1893, Henry E..s Dixey gained national fame in this piece. as did that lovely trio of Amer. n heauties, Louise Montague, Fanny_ War Amelia Somerville. Miss Ward now conducts a heauty parlor in Paris and looks scarcely a day older thay when she first came to | Washington th the 90s Dangerous Roads. construction of highway Dr. H. C. Dickinson States Bureau of Standards important element in skidding accidents. ‘While much has heen done on banking and widen- g face, says of the United sur is an ing curves, more research is hesded | on this fruitful cause of fatalities. “Running a tangent into an are of rele obviously produces a * curve,” continued the expert, “which can only he ay imated by a vehicle, s to follow the curve would ~ require the instantaneous shifting of the steering wheel from the position of a stralght line mo- tion to that for the constant radius | of curvature for the circular are. { This Is evidently impossible. Doubt- {less a study of the traffic lines on a stretch of new concrete would show | how nearly the average driver can approximate this instantaneous curve.” e . Time-Sense Center. HY is it that most of us beat time unconsciously with our feet - whenever a lively tune is played? The reason, says the Swiss scientist - Hoepll, is that the nerve centers which react to the sensations of hear. ing music are located in the feet at a point in each foot under the bend be- tween the ankle and the toe bones. Moreover, the nerve spots which re- act to musical rhythm, he adds, are |in the feet. near the big toes. lfeet wz0 are the perves c the ability to dance rhythmic: