Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, December 9, 1908, Page 11

: “To Dance to Lutes, to Dance to ‘ Flutes, Is Delicate and Rare” What fads, fancies, freaks, frills and oibles the art terpsichcrean has iaken on lately. From one extreme of its pendulum-swing to the other is a far ery, and quite as bewilderingly to assimilate as the jump, that Dame Fashion promises from the petticoat- s directoire to hoopskirts and crino- In New York in one week we have I ora Duncan “interpreting” Beethoven’s A Major Symphony by by dancing the entire thing alone, and e McCoy, the latest craze of doing the stunts with her ic’ the while clad satin that reaches Is poor Salome and the 1e kicked up with John’s head platter responsible for this sud- e for the dance in all forms? Dancing in every tempo ever de vised is certainly setting most of the et in the country to keeping time. The dancing masters have no need now to wail that the waltz and two- step are the only things that society folk care for. he tendency seems to be to adopt r r another of the Grecian nd naturalize them in Ameri- h various modifications to suit rn ide and ethics. There are mental differences in the line. tried and true waltz. When one of ¢ ing he usually pictures are OY s energetic exhibition of symnastic movements that are ble because they go to complicated and lightning changes are the elements of our. stage The yery newest idea of ing now a slow rhythmic suc- ated movements that tremes, that melt into by easy transition, and one with an almost rather than any sugges- r Every part of the body with every other part and into another al- BESSIE McCOY oy of Broadway » music of the New orchestra, led by niter Damrosch. The dance illus- iting the scherzo proper in its joy- « abanden, lithe, sinuous, fragile H y, fairy Jightness of imply enchanting, brit the spirit of the finale was u incing, for the movements, while spirited, lacked force. Another dancing maiden who now her feet is Miss Bessie Coy, who is at the Herald Square Three Twins.” an of the New ken a called the ezardas, » into popularity by reason srry Wido who wore hes Gotham York society hat of course, there is adorable leline Genee, the Danish fairy, » is returuing to America for her ond on in “The Soul Kiss.” g is said to be ethereal to eree and delicate as the “fall of MISS ISADORA DUNCAN dances in Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony Bhe fancy to the} moonlight upon the leaves.” Anyway, she has had numerous poems written to the twinkling of her feet. WHERE RICH MEN ARE FEW. They Are as Scarce in Bulgaria as Black Swans. Bulgaria is the nearest approach to a peasant commonwealth which the world has known in modern times. There is not a Bulgarian Slav who is not the owner of a plot of lan] upon which he lives and out of which he ‘gets his own livelihvod by his own labor. Large land owners are almost un- known, says the London Illustrated News. The few men of wealth in the ADELINE GENEE Exqu'site Danish Dancer couniry are mostly of foreign birth or descent; and even they would not be counted as wealthy according to the standard of other European countries. The small land owners, who form the vast majority of the population, arepeasant born and peasant bred. They are extremely thrifty. They are content with very plain food; they wear the me sheepskin garments from year to year, only turning their coats inside out with the changes of the season. Whole families, even of well-to-do peasants, sleep in the same room upon mats stretched out on the floor. They live under conditions of dirt and dis- comfort which no British or German or French laborer would tolerate for a week. Yet notwithstanding their disregard of the simplest sanitary ar- rangements, they grow up singularly strong and healthy. Moreover, they are free from the irritation caused among other labor- ers, overworked, if not underpaid, by BESSIE McCOY IN Her “Pierrot” Costume the spectacle of neighbors living in affluence and ease without any neces- sity to curtail their expenditure. Rich men are black swans in Bulgaria. I was told by a foreign banker in Sofia who had traded for many years in the country that he doubted greatly whether there were fifty men in all the rural districts who had net in- comes of £1,000 a year. Ceylon’s Venomous Caterpillar. When the city fathers of some of the towns in Ceylon caused trees to be planted in the streets to shelter per- spiring humanity from the pitiless rays of the Indian sun they did not know that in attempting to lessen one discomfort they would actually create | another. So it turned out, however. The trees grew up and afforded grate- ful shelter from the sun, but they also became the home of a certain green caterpillar which, besides destroying the foliage, acquired the habit of drop- ping down upon passersby and dart- ing into them a proboscis as penetrat- ing as the point of a needle, and al- most as venomous as the sting of a wasp. . Quantum Suf.? ~ Her Father—You must remember, sir, that we have only one daughter. Her Suitor—Well, I—er—only want one, sir.” PROVED BY TIME. No Fear of Any Further Trouble. David Price, Corydon, Ia, says: “I was in the last stage of kidney trouble —lame, weak, run down to a mere skeleton. My back was so bad I could hardly walk and the kidney secre- tions much disor- dered. A week after I began using Doan’s Kidney Pills J I could walk with- out a cane, and as I continued my health gradually returned. I was so grateful I made a public statement of my case, and now seven years have passed, I am still perfectly well.” Sold by all dealers. 50c a box. Fos- ter-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Extra Precaution, “You do a great deal of personal correspondence,” ventured the inter- viewer. “T do, indeed,” responded the head official of the ‘gigantic corporation. “And do you add ‘R. S. V. P.’ be- neath your personal letters?” “Oh, no; I add ‘P. B. R. A.’” “And what does that mean?” “Why, ‘Please Burn Right Away!’” Morals of Golf. The great vogue of golf makes perti- nent a consideration of its influence on the morals of players. Sober citi- zens who would not think of playing bridge on Sunday hurry away to take part in matches on which there is fre- quently a considerable stake. Men who would resent the suggestion ef playing bridge for money bet a ball “out” and a ball “in,” with a third ball on the fuli round. LAME BACK PRESCRIPTION The increased use of “Toris” for lame back and rheumatism is causing considerable discussion among the medical fraternity. It is an almost in- fallible cure when mixed with cer- tain other ingredients and taken prop- erly. The following formula_is effec- tive: “To one-half pint of good whiskey add one cunce of Toris Com- pound and one ounce Syrup Sarsapa- rilla Compound. Take in tablespoon- ful doses before each meal and be- fore retiring.” Toris compound is a product of the laboratories of the Globe Pharmaceu- tical Co., Chicago, but it as well as the other ingredients can be had from any good druggist. DISHWASHING MADE EASY. One Housekeeper’s way of Making Work Suservient to the Worker. One of the unnecessary things in housekeeping is the continuous wash- ing and wiping of dishes. Methinks I hear a cry of horror from a horde of housekeepers, but many of them have, nevertheless, at one time or an- other, rebelled against the stack of dishes which looms up like the school pboy’s hash, “three times a day.” It is queer how some women will wear themselves out rather than step aside from the beaten path. They have yet to learn the joy that comes from taking an independent tack and mak- ing the work subservient to the work- er, from being the master instead of the slave. To many women, the bugbear of housework is dishwashing. Why wash dishes three times a day? Do it in the morning when fresh; scrape the dinner dishes, stack in a large pan filled with cold water, and cover. Treat the supper dishes the same way and do not allow your conscience to keep you awake one single hour. It will not make the task too heavy the next morning if you try my way. After washing each piece in hot suds and rinsing in hot (not warm) water, put them in piece by piece in the wire drainer (price 10 cents) as nearly on edge or aslant as possible and let stand until dry. Glasses, of course, and silver must be wiped, but the for- mer can be left filled after using and the latter put inte.a pitcher or deep jug until some odd minute when one is not so weary with well doing that another turn of the screw seems next to impossible. CAUSE AND EFFECT *Good Digestion Follows Right Food. Indigestion and the attendant dis- comforts of mind and body are cer- tain to follow continued use of improp- er food. Those who are still young and robust are likely to overlook the fact that, as dropping water. will wear a stone away at last, so will the use of heavy, greasy, rich food, finally cause loss of appetite and indigestion. Fortunately many are thoughtful enough to study themselves and note the principle of Cause and Effect in their daily food. AN. Y. young wom- an writes her experience thus: “Sometime ago I had a lot of trouble from indigestion, caused by too rich food. I got so I was unable to di- gest scarcely anything, and medicines seemed useless. f “A friend advised me to try Grape- Nuts food, praising it highly, and as a last resort I tried it. I am thankful to say that Grape-Nuts not only re- lieved me of my trouble, but built me up and strengthened my digestive or- gans so that I can now eat anything I desire. But I stick to Grape-Nuts.” “There's a Reason.” Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read “The Road to Well. ville,” in pkgs. . Ever read the above letter? A new are genuine, true, and full of humaq interest. > E AS TO THE SCIENTIFIC ~ BREEDING OF WHEAT Principles Involved—The Development of Mendel’s Laws of Heredity. Much of the research work now in progress in cereal breeding is concerned with the newly dis- covered Mendelian laws of heredity. The main princi- ples of the meth- ods of breeding introduced as a se- quel to Mendel’s discovery of the laws of heredity may be demon- strated by means of the wheat crosses shown in the illustrations. Two very distinct varieties, one with dense ears and a beard, the other with lax ears and no beard, were crossed together and gave the type shown in the figure with beardless ears intermediate in shape between the lax and dense parents. In this case, and in all the others investigated, the direction of the cross has made no difference, the hybrids being identical whether the beardless or the bearded variety was the male parent. For the sake of simplicity we will consider first of all the inher- itance of the shape of the ear, neglect- ing for the time the question of wheth- er it carries a beard or not. If the grain of the hybrid plant is sown, it is found to give rise to plants with lax, intermediate or dense ears, these three types occurring in the proportion OF 1:,222- Further, if another generation is raised, the lax and dense types -breetd perfectly true to these features, whilé the intermediates again produce lax, i. Se HSQY wy Sx WY it SE OS: First Cross. bearded individuals occurred in this or in subsequent generations. The mode of inheritance of this pair of features thus appears to be very differ- ent to that of the preceding pair, but in reality the difference is slight. Recalling the fact that the reproduc- tive cells of the hybrid carry either the beardless or bearded character, we find that the possible combinations of Parent Varieties. the polfen grains and egg cells are: (a) beardless and beardless, (b) beard- less and bearded, or (¢) vice versa, and (d) bearded and bearded. The combination of gametes carrying the beardless and bearded conditions (b and c) gives (see first cross) a beard- less plant, so that,on the average, this generation consists of three beardless to one bearded plant. The latter (d), Immediate Descendants of First Cross. intermediate and dense individuals in the same proportions. Subsequent generations tell precisely the same story, and we have to recognize the fact that the lax and dense types pro- duced in the first generation raised from the hybrid plant are, in spite of their parentage, pure with regard to these features. The explanation of these phenomena is based on the fact that the produc- tive cells of the hybrid, in other words, POLLEN GRAINS EGG CELLS LAX. LAX DENSE DENSE The Chances of Combination. the egg cells and pollen grains, carry either the lax or the dense character, and not, as perchance the outer form of the plant would suggest, a blend of the two. (In the case of wheat the egg cells are fertilized with the plant’s own pollen.) We can show the chances of combination of pollen grain and egg cell diagramatically as follows, pre- suming that an approximately equal number of each carry either the lax or dense character: There are only four possible com- binations, lax and lax, lax and dense, dense and lax and dense and dense. Lax meeting dense, or vice versa, we iknow from the original cross, gives intermediate, so that this generation will consist of, on an average, one lax individual to two with intermediate ears to one with dense ears. Further, owing to the fact that the individuals produced from the union of lax-carry- ing and also from the union of dense- carrying reproductive cells, have not the alternative characters present in their constitutions, they breed true to laxness or denseness. The interme- diate formed by the union of the alter- native lax and dense characters can- not be fixed. We recognize, then, that the intermediate shape is in this case a distinguishing feature of those indi- viduals carrying the two alternative characters in their reproductive cells. The mere fact that this can be recog- nized at so early a stage is one which the sequel will show to be of great value to the practical breeder. We are now in a position to consider the inheritance of the bearded and peardless condition, neglecting now the question of whether individuals are lax or dense or. intermediate in ear shape. In the first cross the ears bore no more beard than the beardless parent. The beardless condition is thus described as “dominant,” the bearded as “recessive.” The imme- diate descendants of this hybrid were either beardless or bearded individ- uals in the proportion of three of the former to one of the latter. No half- the “recessives,” all breed true to type, but two of the three beardless types are constitutionally beardless and bearded (b and ¢), and consequently break up in the following generation, while the third (a) formed by the union of the beardless reproductive cells only, breeds true to type. In this way the puzzling fact that two indi- viduals apparently perfectly similar to one another, give when bred from, different results, finds a ready expla- nation. The one is a pure extracted “dominant,” the other a hybrid show- ing the dominant character to the com- plete exclusion of the alternative reces- sive. There are many cases where external appearance is unfortunately no guide whatever as to purity of breed, and the introduction of an ap- parently pure individual may often be traced as the starting point of a sport- ing or reversion in unimpeachable flocks and herds. With these two coses before us we can piece together the full story of this particular cross. In the illustration the immediate de- Hybrid Combining Quality, Yield and Good Straw. scendants of the hybrids are seen to be either lax, intermediate, or dense, with regard to ear shape, and each of these types is represented by beard- less or bearded individuals. Two of them resemble the parent varieties, while the remaining four are distinct. The question of moment to the practi- cal breeder is whether these new forms can be fixed. Those with the in- termediate shape of ear may be at once rejected as hopeless, leaving the beardless dense and the bearded lax types for further examination. The recessive character, i. e., beardedness, we have already seen, breeds true, lax- ness also breeds true, so that the com- bination of laxness and beardedness should be true from the moment of its appearance. Many experiments haye proved this to be the case, UNITED STATES SENATOR FROM SOUTH CAROLINA PRAISES PE-RU-NA. Ex-Senator M. C. Butler. Dyspepsia Is Often Caused by Catarm of the Stomach—Peruna Relieves Ca- tarrh of the Stomach and Is Therefore a Remedy for Dyspepsia. | etna ate nonce ey { Hon. M. C. Butler, U. 8. Senator { t from South Carolina for two terms, in a letter from Washington, D. €., writes to the Peruna Medicine Co., as follows: “I can recommend Peruna for dyspepsia and stomach trouble. 1 have been using your medicine for a short period and I feel very much relieved. It is indeed a wonderful? medicine, besides a good tonic.”’ q ccccce tcc eet e eee ee eo eee TARRH of the stomach is the cor- Peruna Tablets can now be procured. Ask your Druggist for a Free Peruna Almanac for 1909. Decks Strewn With Dead Birds. Their decks strewn with dead song birds, the steamers Moses Taylor, Thomas Bartum and Robert Fulton put in here Friday after a strange and perilous trip down from the upper lakes. The boats were one week late. The crews of the boats report that for days they crept cautiously along through smoke from forest fires so thick that one could scarcely breathe. Thousands of birds of all descriptions fleeing before the flames took refuge on the boats, only to be overcome by the dense smok They were shov- eled off the decks by the hundred. Enough of them were left to substan- tiate the story when they came to port. TORTURED SIX MONTHS By Terrible Itching Eczema—Baby’s Suffering Was Terrible — Soon Entirely Cured by Cuticura. “Eczema appeared on my son’s face. We went to a doctor who treated him for three months. Then he was so bad that his face and head were nothing but one sore and his ears looked as if they were going to fall off, so we tried another doctor for four months, the baby never getting any better. His hand and legs had big sores on them and the poor little fellow suffered so terribly that he could not sleep. After he had suffered six months we tried a set of the Cuticura Remedies and the first treatment let him sleep and rest well; in one week the sores were gone and in two months he had a clear face. Now he is two years and has never had eczema again. Mrs. Louis Beck, R. F. D. 3, San Antonio, Tex., Apr. 15, 1907.” Sizing Them Up. Farmer Giles—“How are that first lot of potatoes for size, Harry?” Harry—‘Oh, some’s bigger’n others, sur.” Farmer Giles—“What’s the size of the biggest, then?” Harry—“A bit bigger’n the little *uns.”” Important to Mothers. Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it Bears the Nida Signature of i 4 ed In Use For Over 30 Years. The Kind You Have Always Bought A Pair of ’Em. “There are at least two things that a woman is ever ready to jump at,” remarked the thoughtful thinker. “What are they?” queried the inno- cent bystander. : “A mouse and an offer of marriage,” answered the t. t Hungry poets are not satisfied with empty honors.