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PRAISE FOR ENGLISH HORSES
Jack Joyner, Trainer for Harry Payne
Whitney, Lauds Racing Abroad
Racing Is Popular.
Andrew Jackson (Jack) Joyner, who
for flvo years has boon training the
string of thoroughbreds that Harry
Payne Whitney races In England, was
In New York recently on a visit to his
friends and relatives. He will have
under his charge this yoar 24 hoi bob,
Including nlno two-year olds. The ma
jority of the racers were bred by Mr.
Whitney at his stud farm In New Jer
sey. "Itaclng In England Is a sport and
pastime to the majority of tho Eng
lish people," said Joyner. "Racing
seems to grow In popularity In that
country. Slnco my first trip abroad
I've seen the attendance Increase ma
terially. Tho sport is woll conducted
and .the ofllclals keep a tight grip on
it."
"lo 'you like to train horses in
England?"
"If 1 didn't I wouldn't return there,"
replied Joyner. "I'vo been woll treat
ed over there."
"What did you think of Whisk
broom's success in this country. Ho
won the 'triple crown' here tho Met
ropolitan, tho Brooklyn and the Sub
urban handicaps."
"So I read," said Joyner. "It was
not a surprise to me, for.Whlskbroom
wns a good horse in England. He had
to meet horses of better quality In
England than thoso ho raced against
in America. At present 'the horses
in England arc much better than thoso
In this country. This is duo largely
to tho trouble the American breeders
have had during tho last flvo years.
The English thoroughbreds are dis
tinctly high class."
"What do you think of tho rela
tive merits of Tracery and Prince Pal
atine?" "Tracery was a great horse one of
tho best race horses I have ever seen
in any country. He was fast and could
maintain his speed a great distance.
Thoso things, you know, tend to prove
the .quality of a raco horse. I con
sidered him a better horse than Prince
Palatine this season.
"Tracery certainly would have won
the Ascot gold cup If ho had not been
pulled down by a man, who grabbed
his bridle In the stretch. At that time
hn was In front of Prince Palatine.
Prince Palatine was a grand horso
with a great turn of speed. He liked
a long route. Both horses have been
retired from the turf."
WILL ATTEND ATHENS GAMES
American Athletes, Headed by Melvln
Sheppard, to Participate In Athe
nian Olympic Contests.
The Irish-American Athletic club
has decided to send at leaBt ten men,
headed 'by Melvin W. Sheppard, hero,
of several Olympic games, to repre
sent it in the Athenian Olympic games
to be held in Athens during May ot
year. This team 1b expected to form
the nucleus of a squad from all over
the United States who will wear the
shield in competition against tho pick
ed men. of other nations.
Sheppard, tho present track and
field captain of tho Irish-Americans,
was tho first man chosen to mako tho
trip, and the athletic committee of
the club Is said to bo a unit on the
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Melyln W. Sheppard.
proposition that the best of tho ath
letes of tho club should ubstain from
any Berlpus competition this winter
In order that they may bo fit tor
the Athens .invasion.
It is anticipated that men from Bos
ton, Chicago and San Francisco will
op included In the makoup ot tho
American team, the expenses ot tho
men to be met by tho clubs they rep
resent. In this mannor tho United
States will be enablod to make a good
showing, which will bo necessary In
view- of tho announced lntontlon of
England, Germany, Sweden and
France to have competitors on tho
cceno.
Pinch Hitters Fall.
Pinch fitting, so popular in tho
past; seems doomod to a slow doath.
Many managers are using thU system
.only 'for tho reason that the fans ex
pect It. They fail to see where the
pinch hitter avails them much when
a regular player must leave the game
for the slugger's advent. "The do
fence Is as much a part of the gaino
as the offense, bo why should this de
partment be weakened on a game of
chasce?" one manager la quoted as
saying,
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Umpire Hugh J, Rorty, who umpired
in the New HnKlwtd last season, U
aul to have-recelved an offer from
.President Burrows to join hla staff or
XaCernatioaal league arbitrators. '
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Willie Hoppe, King
Willie Hoppe, champion billiard
1st, lull til feel like Alexander the Great
felt when ho wept because ho had no
more worlds to conquer.
Recently Hoppe, tho young giant
of tho cue, swept his most recent chal
lenger, Calvin Demarest of Chicago,
out of tho way for the second time
within h year.
Thus had Demarest, Sutton, Morn
lngstar, and Cllno, representing the
beat players in America, wth the pos
sible exception of Georgo Slosson, tho
veteran, and the newcomer' among the
professionals, "Chick" Wright of San
Francisco, fallen, one after another,
before the prowess of the present
proud holder of the coveted title. To
this list ot vanquished stars might be
added Kojl Yamada, the clever Japan
ese, who not many moons slnco suf
fered a more declslvebeatiug at tho
hands of Hoppe than any of Sir Wil-
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SPORTDOM
Georgetown university Is reported
to contemplate tho construction of a
stadium.
America will bo represented by a
soccer football eleven at tho 1910
Olympic games at Berlin.
Cy Falkcnberg had to stop at six
Btralght, four less than his string of
victories upon tho diamond.
Mel Sheppard, ono of tho greatest
halt-rollo runners tho world ever know,
has been on the track for 13 years.
Atlanta ot tho Southorn league Is
planning to build a new $15,000 grand
stand before tho opening of tho Boa-
son.
Stanley Yoakum was given tho de
cision over Leo Kelly of St. Louis aft
er fifteen rounds of rough-and-tumble
fighting at Denver. '
Dad "Moulton, for 21 years athletic
trainer at Stanford university, has
announced that ho has quit. His con
tract expires In May.
Fred Falkcnberg, Nap hoaver, is
making a great showing In Cleveland
bowling circles. Ho Is smashing the
pins at a consistent pace.
Manager Dunn ot tho BaltlmoVo
club has sold Lefty Russell and Mickey
Corcoran to tho Scranton, Pn., club of
tho Now York State league.
Tom Hughes was turnod down flatly
by President Chlvlpgton ot tho Ameri
can nssocintion when no applied for n
Job as umpire of tho organization.
Walter Johnson, tho star hurler ot
tho Washington staff, says ho never
had a sore arm. In advising treatment
for a sore wing ho Bays; "Lot It alone."
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A report 1b current in Iowa athlet
ic circles that Coach Jesse B, Hawley
has resigned at Iowa university to do
vote his entire attention to his bond
ing business in Chicago.
It Is probable the world's champion
chip polo matches which will bo a
part ot the Panama-Pacific celebra
tion at San Francisco In 1916, will bo
played from March 16 to April 17.
The Boston Braves used tho greatest
number of players during tho 1913
campaign- Stallings tried out thlrteoit
pitchers, six catchers, thirteen Infield-
ters, twelve outfielders and two subB.
BaBobnll coaches In big nlno circles
may not sit on the bench with their
juplla next year. The rulo up before
;he nthletlo board is against allowing
ihe directors to boss from tho coop,
io the coaches will havo to sit in tho
jrffnd stand.
BILLIARD CHAMPION
With the Cue.
Ham's other and numerous victims.
Who then is thoro to meet tho chamr
pton with a ghost ot a chance of do'
throning him? In Franco Firmin Cas
slgnol is tho recognized leader in a
Held of several crack players, and he
may como to this country in the course
of a few months and throw down the
gauntlet to Hoppe. A match has been
talked of between the pair, but to
date tho principals have been unable
to agree on terms. Internationally
tho contest, if arranged, would bo of
interest to b'H'ard fans, and It may
bo a realization In due time. Casslg
nol Is a star ot the first magnitude,
a much improved player over the Cas
slgnol who appeared In a New York
tournament some years ago, and it
is safo to say that, while he might
not defeat Hoppe, ho would acquit
himself better than have Demarest,
Sutton, Yamada, et al.
WHY DO OUR ATHLETES WIN?
Said In Europe That Americans Won
Solely Because Amateurs Trained
With Thoroughness.
Evory athletic victory by" Amorlca
has brought forth a groat deal of Eu
ropean comment. As we ourselves do
not know why wo should win, it 13
only natural, that there should bo a
great deal of European speculation on.
this point. In much of it there Is a
reflection of tho remark Herbert Spen
cer once mado to a youth who had
beaten him at billiards: "Young man,
a moderate proficiency at billiards is
the sign of a well-rounded education,
but sucji proficiency as you havo
shown is the sign of, an ill-Bpent
youth." Europo said our athletes were
no betted than hers, but won solely
because our amateurs trained with
professional thoroughness. In the va
rious Olympic contests our athletes
havo doubtless had tho benoflt of su
perior training, but Tew of them over
trained so thoroughly as did the old
Olympic athletes, who wero required
before entering tho contests to mako
oath that they had trained for ten
monthB. World's Work.
PLAYS WITH BROKEN COLLAR.
"Tubby" Keelor, right guard of
tho University of Wisconsin
eleven last year and captatn-oloct
for tho coming season, played
throughout tho Badger schedule
last fall with a broken shoulder
bono.
At the conclusion of tho season,
tho men who wero on tho 'vnrslty
squad were given a thorough' ex
amination by 'tho university med
ical authorities and an X-ray dis
closed a break ot which Kecler had
not been aware. ,
A year ago ho injured his shoul
dor, but the Injury was not of such
a Bortous nature as to keep him out
for tho season.
Yankees to Send Soccer Men.
Tho United States will be represent
ed at tho Olympic games In Berlin In
1916 by an American soccer football
team as a result ot an agreement
reached between tho Amateur Athletic
union and the United States Football
association. According to the terms
ot tho alliance each organization rec
ognizes tho rights and controlling pow
er ot tho other In and over its partic
ular branches ot sport, and each is to
have a delegate association. This al
liance gives the U. S. A. F. A. nation
al and international recognition.
O'Hearn to Captain Cornell.
Rumors that John E. O'Hearn of
Brookllne, Mass., Cornell's star right
end, who sustained an eye Injury In
tho Harvard game, and was prevontod
from playing the rest of the season,
would havo to glvto Up rorutoall wero
dltpellcd when l.q wasr chWn cap
tain of the 1914 football team.
O'Hearn Is a Junior In Uiq College of
Agriculture. Ho has played on the
varsity two years.
NEW FORM STATIC MACHINE
French Device Has Large Surface So
That Powerful Effect Is Ob
tained Disks Not Used.
Most of us are familiar with tho or
dinary form of static machine embodying-
tho great glass disks which re
volvo in a vertical plane. But the
now form made at tho Hoy Court es
tablishment, Avenue d'Orleans, Paris,
at first glance would hardly bo recog
nized as a static machine at all. An
obonlto cylinder takes tho placo ot the
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Now French Static Machine.
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glaSB disks. It has a largo curfaco
so that a powerful effect is obtained,
says tho Popular Eloctricity. In ad
dition to other desirable features, it is
provided with an electric heater, oper
ated from tho Iioubo wiring circuit,
which warms tho cylinder so that It
can be operated in damp weather.
TELEPHONE LINES IN CABLE
Biggest Underground System In Coun
try Extends From Boston to Cap
ital of the Nation.
Ono of the big Intercity underground
telephono cablo systems In this coun
try, with ten large cities on tho main
trunk line, has Just been comploted,
and for tho first time, tho telephone of
tho northeastern part ot the United
States is safe from the winter's snows
and winds. ' .
, This undergrp'und telephono cable
runs for 460 miles from Boston, the
headquarters of tho American Tele
phone & Telegraph company, to Wash
ington, tho capital of the nation. It
runs through and connects the cities'
of Boston', Providence, Hartford, Now
York, Jersey City, Trenton, Philadel
phia,, Wilmington, Baltimore and
Washington.
, Practically the first serious consid
eration ot the necessity of such a step
,was given after the blizzard of March
4, 1908, when so many cities were cut
oft entirely., from the outside world,
both In transportation and communi
cation, says the Indianapolis News.
In this actual construction ot the
cablo lino In 40 mllo lengths, the
amount of material used was enor
mous. Thero wero 4,690 reels of ca
blo required, with a total weight ot
8,900 tons, a load for 392 freight cars.
Tho weight of tho copper wire was
D,8C0,000 pounds and the total longth
ot the wires is 347,424,000 feet. Tho
load sheaths for the wires total 11,
060,000 pounds and would cover an
area of 169,400 square yards.
Each individual wire is wrapped
along its entire longth with a special
ly prepared tissuo paper, and the
amount of tho paper used would cover
an area of 2,900,000 squaro yards. In
the cable are 74 pairs of duplex cable
wires.
NEW WIRE-SKINNING PLIERS
Knives on Both Sides of Tongues for
Cutting and Splitting Covering
Jaws Are Crosshatched.
These wire-skinning pliers have
knives on both sides of tho tongues.
for cutting tho Insulation, a knife for
splitting tho insulation lengthwise ot
tho wlro, still another knife for scrap-
Wire Pliers.
lngtho wire, and a slot for bending
loopB In tho ends of tho wire, says
tho Popular Mochanlcs. The jaws are
crosshatched to give a good grip In
pulling off the Insulation,
Electrifying Roads.
Jlans for olectrlfylng nil railroads
In tho vicinity of St. Petersburg by
harnosslnE tho falls of a river contem
plate transmitting the current at 400,
000 volts, tho heaviest voltage over
attempted.
Transfers by Weight.
Several electric railway companies,
including those In Dotroit and Phila
delphia, are using n machlno tor count
ing transfer tlcketB by weighing them,
says tho Electric Railway Journal.
This machlno Is so delicate thnt it can
bo used for counting items weighing
from 1-25,000 ounco to 15 pounds each
in capacities ranging from eight
ounces to six tons.
Electric Sauerkraut Factory.
A French society for tho encourage
ment ot national Industries recently
awarded a gold medal to a farmer
who established a sauerkraut factory
In which all the machinery was elec
trically driven.
High Speed Telegraphy.
High speed telegraph apparatus In
vented by a Hungarian utilizes a key
board liko a typewriter for sending
and reproduces the messages in let
tors liko ordinary handwriting.
It Is amusing to watch a gang ot
half a dozen men using as many linos
it air Iiobo to blow tho dust from
Uietr clothes after donning them.
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ELECTRICAL SHIP DOES WELL
Tynemount Built to Demonstrate Ad
vantages of Electric Transmission
for Largo Vessels
Perhaps ono of tho most interesting
ships of tho year is tho Tynemount, a
vessel built to domonstrato tho advan
tages of electric transmission to con
nection with tho Diesel engino for tho
propulsion of largo ships, writes J. R.
Wilson in Power. Built, for tho Mon
treal Transportation company, this
vessel, which is of 2,400 tons displace
ment, Is equipped with two four
stroke cycle, six cylinder, 300 horse
power Diesel engines driving three
phaBo alternators at 400 revolutions
per minuto; tho latter In turn sup
ply a 500 horsepower electric motor
which drives a slnglo propeller.
Tho engines aro both divided into
groups of thrco cylinders and the
camshaft of each is driven by a verti
cal shaft arranged between tho two
groups. Tho bedplate is cast in two
pieces and bolted together, and Joined
with tho alternator bedplato at the fly
wheel end of each engine.
Starting is effected by means ot
compressed air, three cylinders only
being fitted with starting valves. A
device for stopping tho engino and
means of controlling tho amount ot
air delivered by the 'air compressor
aro also provided on tho control pillar.
Near at hand aro tho electric con
troller of the transmission system, tho
whole providing for tho operation ot
tho propelling machinery; controls
aro also carried to tho bridge. At tho
after end of each engine a three stage
air compressor Is fitted, driven direct
from on extension of tho engine crank
shaft. This extension also provides
means for driving the lubricating and
circulating water pumps. The fuel
pumps aro driven by ecccntrtcts from
tho camshaft.
SHADE FOR ELECTRIC LAMPS
Clamps on Globe of Incandescent Light
' at Any Angle Desired Conven
ient in Sickroom.
An objection that has hitherto beon
raised to incandescent electric lamps
1b that there has been no satisfactory
way to shade them. A Kentucky man
has overcome this difficulty by the In
vention ot a most ingenious shado
that can bo clamped on the lamp in
a twinkling and in any position de
sired. The shade consists of a metal
disk bent into semlcyllndrlcal form
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Electric Lamp Shade.
and provided at Its center with spring
claws adapted to press against the
globe and hold the device In position.
As will readily bo understood, this
shade-can be fastened in any position,
even on the bottom ot the lamp,
though the shadow is cast in only one
direction. Such a device, however,
has many uses and Is particularly con
venient in sickrooms that aro lighted
by incandescent lamps, as it enables
the nurse to protect the patients face
from the direct rays ot the light, yet
have other parts of tho chamber well
illuminated. The shade Is so small
and compact that traveling men who
have felt tho need of such an article
In hotels where they havo stopped can
carry it without trouble.
Electricity has been adapted to 42
purposes about a household.
China noy has 34 oiectrtc light
plants and plans to add to tho list.
Key West, Fla., was the first govern
ment wireless station to be openod to
commercial messages.
Wireless telephony has been in
stalled in an English coal mine and Is
giving satisfactory results.
Electrical apparatus taking current
from a light socket has been invent
ed tor forcing the growth of plants
Indoors.
The wireless tlrao signals sent out
by the government from Washington
aro picked up by thousands of watch
makers. According to a German official test
networks ot telephone wires ovor a
city tend to diminish tho danger from
lightning.
A lighthouse on the south coast of
the Islo ot Wight has been equipped
with a revolving light ot 15. JO.000
candlopower.
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There aro nearly 100 miles of wire
In one electric sign In New York and
600 oloctrical horsepower are required
to operate It
Static electricity produced by the
feathers ot a duster used to clean in
candescent lamps, has been known to
break tho filaments.
Small enough to be carried In the
vest pocket Is a new electric light
and storage battery to be fastened to
memorandum pads.
Designed for femtnlno use la a new
hand mirror, fitted with an eloctrlc
light at ono end, current tiling sup
plied by a storage battery contained
In the handle.
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EMERGING from a west end
theater in London a companion
remarked to the wrltor: "This
make3 mo glad to bo a provin
cial. It's lost on Londoners."
I knew his meaning. The Londoner
may bo proud of London In his negli
gent, unenthuslastlc way; ho may love
London, perhaps be sentimental about
London, and (not Inconceivably) exag
gerate London's cosmic importance.
Put he seldom Is thrilled by London.
That sensation is reserved for tho
piovlnclal. Wncthor it Is a sensation
to boast of depends on one's point of
view. Thoso who count romance as
a poisoner of clear 'judgment might
perhaps regard tho provincial's thrill
with scorn, for the thrill Is the tribute
of nn incorrigible romantic. In the
north especially, even in the huge
tovns, London Is a name which calls
forth the liveliest anticipations of ad
venture. Thero Is "something Ingen
uous in the awe with which the young
northerner will speak of the goal of
London. But, aB compensation for his
extravagant notion of tho wonders of
tho metropolis, he extracts more joy
from it, when he does visit It for a
week, than the cockney can feel In a
lifetime.
Emotion Romantic. ,
This emotion is, as has been said,
largely romantic. It is also, however,
appreciative in the artistic sense. The
provincial sees London as a series of
pictures. Doubtless the Intelligent
Londoner Bees them too, but he Is
usually far less conscious of them
than la tho provincial, even the pro
vincial who has lived in London for
years. My companion at that theater,
standing on tho curb and watching
the packed traffic slide past in the
sheen of tho electrics, was acutely
aware of his -own delight in the spec
tacle. The provinces, as far as I know, do
not impress tho Londoner as London
impresses the provincial; and though
this naive reflection may arouso an
ironical smile, it is less trite than It
sounds. Ouf enthusiasm for the glam
or of London reaches its height after
dark, when the lamps are lit. Some
ot London's most famous thorough
fares are a shade disappointing to us
by daylight. The Strand that Mecca
of the Bohemlanism celebrated in
music-hall ditties has commonplaco
architecture, an unremarkable vista,
and is narrowish as Important streets
00. Regent street, during, the day, is
only really fine In sunshine. Leices
ter squaro is ugly. But' at dusk tho
more vulgar details vanish, concealed
behind the glitter of a dazzling Jew
ellery of lights. A dim cobalt skyline
is still visible, but tho crudencss of
the roofs and chimney-pots has gone.
Dowp below, each shop window Is, a
sparkling cave of multicolored treas
ures; and the pavements, thronged
wiiu yiumuuuuurB, lurnisn lortn- a
spectacle of animation on a scale
which only great capitals Berlin,
Paris, New York can match. When
the plays are due to begin we have
another entertainment: tho rush of
vehicles to the theater porticos.
Wealth suddenly floods out from Its
homes and from tho restaurants. Ev
ery automobile, as it moves noiseless
ly past on bulging tires, gives us a
dainty peep-show glimpse of its lit In
terior. Exquisite toilettes loll against
the rich upholstery. The corner ot
Long Aero and Bow street, on an
opera night, almost suffices to per
suade us that the world's money is
concentrated in London. Car after
car, in a slowly advancing lino, mar
shaled by police, creeps" round the
curve and down to Covent Garden's
blaring entrance-doors. Each car con
tains its intimate group, exquisitely
dressed, and (to, that gaping provin
cial ot ours) sublimely unperceptlve
ot the moment's true splendor. With
in tho opera houso tho pageant of
Japan to Fight Tuberculosis.
Consumption is said to claim more
victims In Japan than in any other
civilized country and iho government
Is about to take decisive steps to com
bat its spread. The department ot
home affairs has decided to establish
sanatoria in the cities having a popu
lation of more than 300,000, namely
Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe, Yokohama
and Nagoya. Thoso for Tokyo mid
Osaka will bo constructed to accom
modate 500 patients, that of Kyoto
400 and tor tho remaining cities 300.
What He Knew.
Everything depended on the testi
mony of one particular witness, and
of this the lawyer was duly conscious.
"Now," ho said, shaking a flngor
warnlngly, "wo want to hear Just
what you know not what you think,
not what you've heard, or what some
one else knows, but just what you
yourself know. Do you understand?"
The witness brlghtenod visibly, and
by a happy smllo showed that he fully
understood,
"Well, slr,M he bogan, "It was liko
tills 'erev Old BIlbGrubbs said to me
luxury is oven more amazing. And
tho samo gorgeous dlvertlsement, on
a smaller scale, is seen simultaneous
ly, every night, in 30 or 40 west end
theaters; can bo seen, night after
night, withbut repetition 1 While out
sido In tho street there is a carnival,
Impromptu und undiverted by its own
antics, scarcely loss enthralling, gem
med and tinseled and decorated no
less lavishly.
Through Central London.
The wise stranger reserves a night
free from theater-going for a stroll
through central London's streets. Of
course he must see tho .Embankment,
where a noble curve ot HghtB trails
Its reflection, liko a flung-down neck
lace, In the water from Blackfrlars
to Big Ben. Tho monstrous tram
cars, not very Impressive by day, are
glass caskets of effulgence, spinning
along their polished rails below the
cliffs of the Cecil and the Bavoy.
The more squalid south side of tho
Thames displays an illuminated adver
tisement or two, exasperations to the
aesthete. Westward, St. Stephen's
lifts a fine silhouette athwart a vague
flush of radiance beyond. The light in
the clocktower shows that parliament
is sitting; and a "late textra," bought
in Northumberland avenue, will tell
us what the talk has been about We
have forgotten it by the time we enter
Trafalgar square, where the silhou
ette of lions and Nelson's Pillar aro
clear-cut againBt a flare of gold at the
Coliseum In SL Martin's .lane. Those
Bpota of extremer dozzlement always
mark a theater though tho picture
palaces are now nearly, as blatant.
Up by Charing Cross road and round
into Coventry street or Shaftesbury
avenue we get the Impression that the
whole of London Is given over to the
pursuit of pleasure.
This is theater-land: the vortex of
gaiety's whirlpool, only excelled, per
haps only equaled, by our American
friends' fabled half-mile of Broadway.
Why go inside any theater when this
tableau is to be seen free outside?
Why bother with burlesque and ballet
when tho evolutions of London's mil
lion pedestrians roll und unroll, tan
gle and untangle here? Why seek
comedy and tragedy behind fdotlights?
A hundred yards of Piccadilly circus
exhibit enough comedy and tragedy
to last for many an evening. That,
I think, or something like it, is how
our provincial often feels after his
walk through London at night. Should
he be temperamentally a countryman,
fond ot the fields and the fresh air of
heaven, he may be glad enough to see
the last of this exhausting and garish
wilderness of houses and lights and
hectic activity; but, even so, ho can
not fall to derive somo amusement
from Just those aspects of it which
leave tho Londoner cold. The Lon
doner buys all his pleasures too di
rectly. A theater is to him a place
wherein to see a play, a cafe 1b a
place wherein to obtain meat and
drink.
To a stranger n theater is a place
wherein not only to see tho play, but
this Is a gift supplied without
charge to see the playgoers; a cafo
Is a place wherein to get refreshment
for the body with the addition of a
still more stimulating refreshment for
the mind. Pictures! London at night
is a bewildering and kaleidoscopic gal
lery of pictures; and even when the
streets havo emptied and no sound Is
heard but tho hoot of a late taxlcab
or the trundling of an early market
cart, fresh compositions present them
selves at every turning; mysterious
and endless perspectives ot lamps,
Btrange, pale facades with blank win
dows rising like precipices from tho
canyon of the roadway, or colorless
trees, In some deserted square, throw
ing tho pattern ot their motionless
leaf-shadows upon the pavement be
side tho sooty railings.
that Thomas John's wife at any rate,
so 'o heard from Tom Payne told
Sid Lewis's best girl that er hus
band" The witness got no further. For a
minute it seemed that nothing could
save the judge from an apoplectic fit.
Happily ho just managed to control
himself. The witness was ordered to
stand down, and the case proceeded.
Exacting.
"There's no pleasing spmo people,"
eald the Janitor.
"What's the trouble?"
"A family upstairs telephoned mo
that they wero trying to play 'The
Anvil Chorus' on the phonograph, and
wouldn't I please regulate the knock
ing of the radiator so as to keep it in
time to the music."
Her Thought
Myrtle I see according to a Ger
man biologist, man made a mistake
when, centuries ago, he changed him
self from a quadruped to a biped.
. Maude Nonsense. How in tho world
could a man sit in a hammock with a
girl if be wero a quadruped
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