RED OI.OTID. NEBRASKA. CHIEF
Lights Change
Stage Scenes
Turn ,of Switch Transforms the
Scenery, Costumes and Fig
ures in London Theater.
WORKED OUT BY A RUSSIAN
M. Samolloff Asserts He Is Merely
Utilizing Harmony Between Light,
Line and Color Principles
Are Not New.
London, The wonders accomplished
In transforming nceiies, costumes mid
actual llguros from ono period of his
tory to another hy a mere eluuige of
light on I lie stage of the lllppodromu
Iiuh net all London talking. In a revue
now playing there Is a scene repre
senting u very modern damsel sighing
for her lover In u frowning mountnln
pass. She sings, the echo answers and
the audience Is beguiled hy the sweet
ieutlmentnllty of the situation.
Then behind the scenes somebody
does something and everything Is
ultered In a Hash. The grim moun
tains become a Hindu temple, the
frowning rocks melt Into sands and
pulniH uml the tall, slender young
woman turns Into a stout Indian
mahleu. It has nil been brought about
by a change In light, by the manipu
lation of more than 100 different
switches at the same moment, and the
Audience Is carried back 11,000 yeurs
and from one continent to another.
Every detail Is transmogrified, and the
jfrl, ,who was clad conventionally In
a yellow artificial silk blouse with blue
facings and a rust-red golf skirt, ap
pears now with her bust draped In
white, embroidered In black and
brown, with her waist unclothed and
her trousers-skirt pale cream with a
graceful figured pattern.
Back Goes Everything.
An Oriental scene follows, with the
customary dances! Men and women
In all the llnery of the Hast enter and
weave In and out In the mazes of the
ballet. The lover comes on, to all ap
pearances robed In the hose white gar
ments and the trouseis of certain
castes of Hindus. The action grows
fast and furious; the heroine Is threat
ened by a thai; she runs to the hero
for protection, and as he clasps her to
his arms some one throws those
twitches again.
Buck gout everything to the moun
tain gorge, and a very modern young
man In a brown lounge suit of unex
ceptionable cut is seen embracing the
young woman In the crowd of equally
niodernly dressed people.
How is It done? Only Adrian V.
ftiinnllnff, the Russian artist who has
worked the thing out, and the Moss
Empires, who hold the patent, can tell
In detail, hut It Is possible to give a
general Idea of this startling new
tit ago effect. When M. SaiuollolY was
asked about It, lie said:
"It's merely a matter of establish
ing and utilizing a harmony between
light, Hue and color. Is It new? Well,
all tlie elements of It have been been
known for years; I liae merely
brought them together and worked
them out seieiitlllcally and systemati
cally. Do you remember, for Instance,
the post canto we had as children,
which showed one inscription in one
light and another in another? Well,
that's part of It. Then during the
war lie beard a lot about Mn..le' and
camoulhige, and how a few apparently
random lines of paint would alter to
the distant observer tlio shape of the
outline of a vessel. Tlint's part of It,
too. 1 have merely worked along theso
and similar I'nes until I got tlio re
sults I wanted."
Light Changes Costume.
"Hut the girl's skirt and blouo In
the mountain scene seemed to be of
solid color ami heavv material, while
In 'the Hindu scene they were quite
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The Island of Ceylon produces most of the graphite um-iI by tlio world In
tho manufacture of lead pencils, paint, stove blacking, lubricants, crucibles uml
foundry facings. The methods used In the mining of the mineral In Ceylon are
primitive, natives only being employed In the work. The Ceylon graphite Is
over OS per cent pure carbon. It Is also commonly known as "black lead." The
above photograph bIiowh native women working over a barrel of graphite at
Colombo, Ceylon.
flimsy and covered with embroidery.
How about that?"
"That's quite simple," replied M.
Snniollofr. "To the colors I use in
the mountain scene I applied two meth
ods of analysis. Flint, I took tbclr
spectra; then I analy.ed tlio paints
used chemically. From the spectra I
found Into what colors the llrst would
split up by the application of the
proper kind of strong light, and by
chemical analysis I discovered that a
great variety of subslances had been
used in the original paints and colors
to produce the original hues. Take,
for example, several pieces of red ma
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machine guns from which .'t,(H)0 shots can be llred In four seconds while the
plane Is speeding at M0 miles an hour. The Initial flight wus made from New
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Alien Property
to Be Returned
Government Officials Are Try
ing to Map Out Plan for Un
raveling Tangle.
NECESSARY TO PEACE STATUS
Most of the Seized Holdings Will
Eventually Go Back to the Orig
inal Owners Claims of Our
Citizens Must Be Satisfied.
Washington. Administration leaders
are trying to map out a policy
for disposing of the alien property
trusts. Most of the seized hold
ings will eventually go back to the
original owners, but Allen Property
Custodian Miller Insists that the
claims of American citizens against
Cermany and Austria must be
satlslled llrst. The ultimate disposi
tion of the property rests with con
gress, except In cases where it has ex
nresslv authorized settlements. Wind
ing up the alien property affairs Is
now the big task before the adminis
tration In getting hack to an actuul
peace status
No Austria-Hungary Now.
Virtually all the attention, both
public and In congress, has beeu
focused on the seized Herman hold
ings In this country. The chief claims
of American citizens growing out of
the war are against the German gov
ernment, which will probably be
clanged up with the financial loss to
Americans through the Lusitanla
sinking, on which many of the claims
rest. For this reason It Is expected
that settlement of the German prop
erty will he longer delayed.
In addition, the fact that the Aus-
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terial; vhey will seem to mntch ca
nctly, but chemical analysis will show
that ono contains radium bromide,
another phosphcrlno or zinc, and a
third no special chemical nt all. In
ordinary daylight they look exactly
alike, but when I begin to throw my
specially prepared lights upon them
they change In different ways accord
ing to the chemicals they contain.
When you have worked this out very
carefully, as I did. It will be quite
simple for you to make a plain blouse
look like a mass of embroidery.
"I'erhaps.you noticed In the Oriental
scene three of the dancers who seemed
to bo clothed In quite different ways;
one looked as If she were wearing
merely a skirt, another was draped to
her shoulders, and so oti. Yet when
the light was changed ull three wero
found to be clad In modern gowns, tbd
only difference between them being
the colors of their costumes. It'rt
merely an nppllention of the kuowl
edge of how light affects color."
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tro-Hungarlan empire broke up after
the war has niado possible a return
of a large portion of tho property
seized from Austrian and Hungarian
nationals who after tho peaco treaty
became citizens of the new repub
lics that assumed friendly diplo
matic relationship with the United
States. Mr. Miller has been proceed
ing quietly with the unraveling of
numerous claims until the old Aus
trian property is In such shape that
he can see daylight, and he antici
pates little trouble from that source
between now and tho time congress
acts.
Congress will have to pass on the
disposition of less than half tho
Austro-lliingarlan holdings, or prop
erty valued nt .$18,000,000 out of a
total of $10,000,000 seized when war
was declared. When congress amend
ed the trading with the enemy act
It provided that tho possessions of
citizens of Czechoslovakia and Po
land and subjects of the new Jugo
slav nation and the section of old
Hungary added to Rumania might
be returned, and settlement of tho
claims of these people Is proceeding
rapidly. Mr. Miller announced that
possessions valued at more than
SU.UOO.OOO already had been handed
back to tho ownurs.
Of the remaining approximately
5:10.000.000 Mr. .Miller estimated that
about -Sl'J.OOO.OOO subsequently will go
to nationals of the three new Euro
pean states or nationals of the new
section of Rumania. Tills will leave
approximately S18.000.000 tied up In
trust until congress authorizes tho
President, through tlio alien property
custodian and the Department of Jus
tice, to return It or dispose of It other
wise. In discussing the Austrian and Hun
garian property seized In this country,
very few pointed out that It Included
very few estates of any size In fact,
oily one, the Gladys Vanderbllt estate,
valued at $1,000,000. which wus re
turned after congress provided that
the property of American women mar
ried to alien enemies prior to April 0,
1017, which was taken over during tho
war, might bo handed back. Count
Szechenyl, who mnrrled Gladys Van
derhilt, Is now mentioned as the Hun
garian ambnssndor to the United
States when tho treaty ratifications
are exchanged.
Ono Item of $400,000.
Of tho remaining Austro-Hungarlan
property In the hands of the gov
ernment the largest lump sum is
that of $100,000 taken over with tho
Austro-Ilungar'an hank of New York.
Part of this trust fund will prob
ably bo handed back before congiesa
passes on tlio Austrian property. Mr.
Miller said that citizens of Poland,
Czechoslovakia, Jugo-Slnvia and Ru
mania hold an Interest, tho extent of
which is still undetermined, in tho
bank, It Is expected to materially
reduce tho total when claims uro ul
lowed. Virtually nil the rest of the Aus
trian property consists of small es
tates, some of which amount to only
$10 or similar sums awarded work
men under stato compensation nets.
The $18,000,000 of Austrian and Hun
gaiian property Is in tlio same bout
as tho bulk of the German tmst funds,
over which tho President hns no
j'ver of disposition until he obtains
further authority.
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lEBRASUIR BRIEF
Tinicly News Culled From All
Parts of the State, Reduced
for the Eusy.
Plans uie practically perfected for ,
the organization of a new national
bank in Fremont by a merger of the
defunct First National hank, the Com-
menial National bank and Farmers
and .Merchants National bunk. The!
total capital will he .s.'iOO.OOO and the '
surplus $y."MMH. It Is es peeled to
open the new hank soon, when tlie
olllecrs and directors will be
nmmced. The name of the new
an-1
In '
stttulleu will be made public at the
same Mine.
An eighteen Inch vein of coal has
been found on the Margrave ranch
about twelve miles southeast of Fall
City. J. T. Margrave, one of the own
ers, has a small force of men at work
developing the mine. The coal so far
taken out Is of excellent quality and
burns splendidly. It Is too early to
tell how valuable a discovery has been
made, but Mr. Margrave states he Is
positive that lie and several of his
neighbors will have plenty of coal.
A public sale of poultry, the llrst
on recoid. held under the auspices
of the Johnson County Live Stock and
Poultry Hi-coders' association at To
ciiniseh, was well attended. The poul
try vfus sold In the new sale pavilion,
three auctioneers presiding. All poul
try was scored before the sale and
score announced us the birds were
offered. Over .'100 chickens were sold,
and some ducks and geese. .
I). P.urr Jones of Omaha, state direc
tor for Near Kust Relief, announced
that 7S0.0O0 pounds of corn grits have
been received from all parts of the
state In the last three weeks. "This
grain lias come Into Omaha elevators
and Is now on the way to the people
In the stricken countries," said Mr.
Jones.
Martin Ilausch of Leigh, the llrst
Nebraska boy to be arrested on a
charge of being a ".slacker" during the
world wur. Is In tho Fort Crook prison
now awaiting trial. P.nuscli Is charged
with having failed to answer a draft
board call after registering In Holt
county.
Work has been started on a Method
ist church at Lyman, one of tho new
est of Neb'raska towns. It will be
of bungalow architecture with full
basement. W. C. Birmingham, fonuer
Omnlin pastor, will have charge of the
new congregation along with his pres
ent post at Henry.
Herman Wegner, 0.r, wealthy Scrib-n-or
fanner, has been missing for sev
eral days. Fearing foul play, search
ing parties lnlve been formed. He left
the bouse to fix a fence, and didn't re
turn. Harry Sick of Hooper shucked 1211
bushels of corn by weight a day for
four successive weeks on the George
Long farm. In addition to the shuck
ing he did his own hauling.
The Nebraska cement plant at .Su
perior Is running full capacity.
Twent.v-llve hundred barrels are being
turned dally. Much of tho product is
being stored for spring.
An organization lias been perfected
In Dawson county to further the beet
sugar Industry ami to do everything
possible toward establishing a sugar
factory in tlio county.
Work has been begun on tho erec
tion of an electric transmission line
from North Platte to Sutherland, and.
according to plans, It will he llulshed
by January 1.
What is believed to be a new corn
husking leeord In the vhlnlty of
Wakelleld was made when Harvey
I lass husked 1-7 bushels In one ihiy.
The farmers of P.ox Unite county
will donate a full carload of potatoes
to the Salvation Army in addition to
Its quota of $100.
Fifty-one men, Including mechanics
and helpers and twenty-six carpenters,
have been laid off In the Union Pa-(.ilk-
shops at Grand Island.
A lire that started In the Wroes
Variety store at Fremont caused a
fhl.'.OOO damage. Two llreinen were
hurt while lighting the Haines.
Dnnnlri Hubbard, 22, of Peatrlce,
had his right arm almost severed In
a circular saw while at work on the
farm of his uncle.
Two largo farina west of Gretna,
Sarpy county, sold at auction for i:t."i
per acre. .
State Superintendent John M. Matz
en of Lincoln, will dedicate the new
SinO.OOO consolidated school at Mead,
one of the largest of such schools In
Nebraska. Tho building has twenty
one rooms, a gym ami an auditorium.
Woven teachers aro employed.
Contracts tor tho foundation of tho
new capital will bo let next spring
and those for the superstructure will
be' let dining the summer so that the
building proper will start a year from
next spring, Governor McKclvio, chair
man of the capltol commission an
nounced. Tho foundation will be com
pleted next j ear.
Mayor .ehrung of Lincoln an
nounced that an effort would be made
to pass an ordinance providing that
all street lights burn this winter from
sundown to sunup In an effort lo stop
tho ciitno wnve which has reached tho
capital city.
Tho Well-Abbott-Nleinan plant nt
Schuyler, tho largest Hour mining con
cern In Nebraska, has been sold at
public action for $00,000. Tho proper
ty, which was built about eighteen
years ago at a cost of approximately
$(100,000, was bid In by W. Dale Clark
of tho Omaha Nutlonnl bank for the
creditor banks of the company,
Tho state bureau of roads and
bridges announced It will start tho
building of the following state-aid
bridges next year at a cost of $U00,
000 If the bcnclltcd counties will pay
their share: Saunders and Douglas
county. Over the Platte river, east
of Yutan. Holt county: Over the
Klkhorn, near Kwing. Merrick and
I'olk counties: Over I'latte river.
south of .Silver Creek. Canlen eotiuly:
Over North Platte river, two bridges
located either nt I.evvellen. ()shl;oli '-r
Llsco. Lincoln comity: Over Platte
river at Ilrnily.
people around Lodge Pole leporru
herd of 't antelope Is often seen nlnn,
the brakes of Kusli creek, norMi of the
-ity, and a smaller hetil along Piano
river, south. The antelope appeal to
be much miner than usual. Threo
wire fences are no obstruction to tho
light footed dentures.
The -12.") stockholders who control
the company which sunk the oil well
tweuty-.slx miles northwest of IUish
villi which drilled Into producing sand
November in are all Rushville citizens.
Tlio well Is on the farm of IS. S.
Gillespie, one-half mile across tho
South Dakota- line. Tlio Rushville
syndicate hns about 20.000 acres In
leases In the vicinity of the well and
rapid development Is expected.
Nebraska gets $l,n.Sl,LS!).fi0 more
federal money to spend on her roads as
soon as she appropriates a similar
amount from her own pocketbook to
meet the federal appropriation, ac
cording to tho apportionment of tho
new $7fi,000,()00 federal aid appropri
ation bill Just passed by congress.
County commissioners of Richardson
county accompanied by an ndvNory
board inspected court houses nt Fre
mont, Schuyler, Ord, St. Paul and
Clay Center In order to obtain Ideas
that may be of help In building the
new $2:10.000 court house at Falls City.
A petition, similar to those circu
lated In other counties, demanding
that the county abolish the Farm
Huron1!, club work, highway commis
sioner's olllco and county assessor, in
order to "1 educe taxes," has made Its
appearance In I'uffnlo county.
Dr. William Axllng, 'of Gothenbury,
who recently returned from Japan,
where he has been a missionary for
several years and who Is an authority
on conditions In Japan, was called to
Washington to take part in the dis
armament conference.
The N. M. M. O. hlghvyny association
which will supervise a road from
North Platte to Oherlln, Kns. travers
ing Lincoln, Frontier, and Redwillovv
counties wns organized nt a iiiecllu;
at Maywood.
So much land has -'one into the Mis
souri river the last few years in I lie
neighborhood of Stella that consolida
tion of some of tho school districts has
become necessary.
A baby girl has been born In the
home of Itev. W. C. Porter, pastor of
tho United Presbyterian church at
Illinium), thus each of the three
preachers In the town now have Just
six children, or a total of eighteen.
Henry Freudenlierg of near Mad
ison lias lost nearly 100 head of swine
from hog cholera and reports say
many other farmers are losing stock
from the same cause.
Due of the fact that the Lower
Platte Valley Irrigation project is com
ing along with such favorable results,
Lincoln county has been admitted to
the preliminary survey.
The Methodist 'church building at
Shurbert, which has not been used for
several ears. has been purchased by
the village board for community
meetings.
"The Cost of Living Probe." ordeied
by Governor McKelvie, is in session
lu Lincoln tills week. Assistant At
torney General Charles Reed s,oii
ducting the Investigation.
Rumors aro current In Nirihwest
Nebraska that, oil has been struck
at the Illg Chief Development com
pany's idl well, 2,'t miles northwest of
Gordon.
United Stntes Marines are now
guarding mail trains passing through
Nebraska. A force of 200 men have
headquarters In Omaha.
The Nebraska University football
team won the Missouri Valley cham
pionship by whining from Vines, Iowa,
!!5 to It, last Saturday.
Hot lunches at noon are being
served In four of the rural schools of
Fillmore county and a Hfth will begin
In n few days.
Services marking tlio laying of the
cornerstone of Fremont's new Meth
odist church were conducted last Wed
nesday. A special assessment of $1,000,000
or more to bring tho stato guaranty
fund up to legal requirements will lie
made on the 1,000 stato banks In Ne
braska Into in December, according to
the state departmenta of trade and
commerce.
Snow sheds similar to those erected
along railroad right-of-ways to foie-
stall snowdrifts blocking tralllc, have
been built near the county roads west
of Madison and several new ones ad
ded on the open stretches ulong the
roads north of the city. Tho com
munity club of Madison was Instru
mental In erecting the sheds.
Members of the state capltol com
mission will visit II. G. Goodhue, In
New York City,. December 0 and 10, to
Inspect Haul pencil sketches of tho
new $.-..000,000 Nebraska capital, Gov
ernor McKelvie, chairman, announced.
Leo II. Stuhr, stato secretary of
agriculture, was elected chairman of
tho group of stato olllchils that will
conduct the high cost of living probe,
ordered by Governor McKelvie. Per
sons, who liuvo Information that they
bellevo will bo valuable to the Investi
gation In tho matter of unreasonable
business methods should udvlbo Sec
retary Stuhr.
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