TT1E OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: DECEMBER 2f, 1900.
A
RIVALRY OF THE DANCERS
Hew York the Battleground of the
Various Schools.
I'
ANTIQUE AND MODERN THEORIES
Art with Bare Feet in a Contest with
the (lawle nillft Interpreters
from Paterann, 71. J., aad
California.
NEW YORK. Doc. 25 It looks as If
New York were to he the battlefield of the
.dancers this winter, and whether the vic
tory Is to lie with the old school or the
new will probably be decided In thin city.
' 80 far honors are eay. . .
Isadora Duncan ns the exponent of
pseudo-antique posing and gesture has had
New York at her hare feet for two seasons.
That circumstance might show that New
Yorkers had decided wholly In her favor
were It not true thnt Adeline donee, who
represents the classic art of the ballet
rot clsslc in the snse that It Is Hellenic,
but because It rest on the principles of art
art founded several centuries ago has cap
tured the theater-going public here and In
the' large cities just as completely as Miss
Duncan has.
These two exponents of differing arts
may contemplate their success with pride.
Hut how about the -small army of their
followers who are to carry on the struggle
during the rest of the winter? How about
Anna Tavlova, the Russian premiere, whose
success In rtcrlln and Paris has awakened
a new Interest In the old fashioned ballot
and has thrown the so-called Interpretative
dnnccrs Into the shade? ,
Home Who Hare Entered.
How about Mlchnel Elliot, who has ap
peared on the horizon this winter to Interpret-even
the funeral march from "Got
terdammerung," Ruth St. Denis, who has
come back to this country after carrying
her Indian dances triumphantly through
Europe; Rita Saechetto, who In her one
public eppearance lias revealed nn art more
truly Interpretative in the aesthetic and
pontic sense of the word than any of the
newcomers; Orchldee, Irene Sanden, Ger
trude Van Axen. Thamara de Swirsky and
the rest of the lithe limbed young women
that Loie Fuller has brought to this coun
try and called muses of the dance? What,
to repeat the question, la to be the fate of
these dancers of the new school In combat
ting the Influence of Genee, Pavova and
the new ballet school to teach old prin
ciples, which has been opened at the Metro
politan? Will victory lie with the ladles
who pirouette on their bare feet or those
who twirl serenely on stiffened toes en
cased In silk tricot?
Rita Saechetto showed at the Metropoli
tan matinee what an Intorpretatlve dance
may really be. Dressed as an Italian
peasant girl she danced the "Tarantella"
of Chopin.- This Is not a tarantella ex
pressing a festal mood nor the clumsy ex
hibit now arranged for the edification of
visitors to southern Italy. .
' Italian Tarantellas
Mllo. Saechetto dashes on the stage tn
tho agony of terror caused by the -bite ot
the venomous Insect which In the belief ot
the people can bo counteracted only by 11
frantic dance. She includes this among
national and pantomimic dances, and It Is
a wonderful expression of the spirit of
the music as she conceives It. In few of
these modern dances Is the symbolism so
Incisive.
The demoniacal fury with which she
wh'rls through the music of- Chopin,
illustrating the dramatic mood poignantly,
revealing her musicianship In her -adherence
to rhythm nnd expressing her poetic
feeling In her steady adherence to beauty,
Is tho strongest plea made !rt behalf of the
new school since Isadora Duncan returned
to this country. ,
Mls-s Duncan nnd this young Italian
whose youth was passed In the artist
Colony of Munich have only one point In
common, ur.d that lies In their rebellion
against -ho canons of the ballet. Mile.
Saechetto never dances In bare feet, none
of her arrangements of tho music of the
master composers goes back to the Hel
lenic period and her Interpretation Is much
more dramatic. It Is Impossible to ss.-x so
far Just how successful all of thm are,
although her dancing ot the "Tarantella'
has been regarded by foreign critics as
nothing exceptional; so it is fair to pre
sume that the rest of her reppertolr Is
Just as satisfying. (
This repertoire Includes Hungarian
dances to music by lirahms and Liszt,
Spanish dances by Rubinstein, Aschor and
MeszkoYskl-which she dances In a cos
tume f tho period of Veloaquea seen In
Ben All Haiti's portrait of her In the
loiiuy of tho Metropolitan-Indian dance.
arranged from Hlzcfs "DJamlleh," In two
episodes, fiances to Brahma's songs, to the
"Vove do Premarera" of Johann Strauas.
sung by Mmo. Sembrlch. to the "Valse
Brilllanto". of Chopin and a eerl-s of what
she calls dance poems, to the music of
Waldtefutl. Carl B Incrs. Ernest Gellet
yes, "Loln du Hal" of course, and a scene
In dance and pantomlne from Aucr's "La
Muettfc de Poitlor."
- Music Aids llrr Danrtnc.
, Mile. Sacchetto's musical Intelligence,
which makes her dancing so different from
that of many others who take up this are
nouveau of terplschore. comes from her
mother, whose family for several genera
tions have been musicians In Austria. Her
father was born In Venice and It was the
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ralnter Lenhach who first noted the danc
er's talent and by arranging for her first
appearance at the Kuenstterhaus In Mun
ich, sent her away from Munich with the
Indorsement of the whole artist colony.
In Vienna she was the pet of such paint
ers as Kllmt and Hofmsnn, who acted aa
Impressarloa when she appeared there first.
"My art Is essentially modern," Mile.
Saechetto said to the reporter at the Met
ropolitan opera house the other afternoon,
"In the best sense of the word. I have
tried to revive the dramatic side of danc
ing, to retain always Its fundamental
tralta, such as they were developed by the
people or In the society of courts. I have
at the same time tried to make them. If
possible, richer in beauty and suggestion.
That Is the theoretical formula of my
art."
Mile. Saechetto makes her own costumes
and designs the background against whlcii
she dances. She was even able to do one
of her English dances at the palace of
Schonbrunn, and so high does she stand
In the favor of royalty that Schonbrunn
has provided the background for a num
ber of her most striking photographs.
Mile. Saechetto has danced before the
royal family In Madrid often. She has also
danced for the Empress Auguste Victoria
of Germany, who Is known not to possess
any particular fondness for ballet dancers
of any kind.
Dances of the'Myetle East.
Ruth St. Denis, with her East Indian
dances stands more properly in line with
Mile. Saechetto than any of the other new
school dancers, although her repertoire Is
limited to a rlngle specialty, which she
has elaborated and extended since she car
ried it successfully through Europe. Miss
St. Denis docs little dancing even In the
most literal Interpretation of the term.
Most of that Is done In the episode of her
entertainment called "The Nautch Girl,'"
In which she Is supposed to show her
graces for the delight of a coffee colored
eastern potentate. She has devised a
charming costume for this episode, wljch
Is more appreciated perhaps from the fact
that during the progress of the other scenes
she reduces clothing to a minimum. -
This young native 'of Paterson, N. J.,
who has nobody but (herself to thank for
the career that raised iier from the humble
part of a dancer to "Du Barry" to her
present prominence, covers her program
with various psychological explanations
and suggestions which may be understood
by persons of vivid Imagination. The wrig
gling and contortions, for Instance, that
accompany the Yogi tableau under the In
genious lights simulating sunrise are sup
posed to mean a great many mighty and
serious religious facts which Miss St. Denis
may feel even If they are not obvious to all
the spectators of her dancing. She has at
least the' distinction of being the only one J
of the new school who tried to dance a
frame of mind. 1
"Yet," said a blase 'spectator at Miss St.
Denis' first matinee who looked as If he
would have been more In place staring out
of a club window on Fifth avenue, "I can
understand that this dancing may mean all
the program says It does, Just as well as I
can realize that to see Isadora Duncan
pick Imaginary flies off the curtains with
her back turned to tho audience Is an In
terpretation of the third movement of
Beethovon's seventh symphony."
Dancing; n Funeral Starch,
So are all Interpretations more or less
subjective. They must be In the mind of
the spectator who would seo in 'them all
that the dancer Intends. At the revelation
of Lolo Fuller and her muses, for instance,
the program announced that Gertrude van
Axon was to dance the Beepioven funeral
march., Then ln very diaphanous draperies
copied from Mlas Duncan's the young
woman mached around and around the
stage with great deliberation" and an as
sumption of great dignity.
The lights were low, the music solemn,
of course, and there may have been per
sons In the audience who found the spirit
of Beethoven's music incarnated In the per
son of the comely young Scandinavian, who
was strutting about so splendidly. To-less
sensitive persons, however, the dance might
have been called by any other name.'
Just how far the idea of Interpretation
may be carried was shown last month by
Michael Elliot. She does not hesitate to
dance an Interpretation of the death march
from "CotterdammerUng," showing by pose
and gesture such motives as "Love and
Death." Her "Greek Day," danced to the
music of Max Uruch's "Lauricaa," Is also
rather a large order, since the dancer an
nounces that she Illustrates In that "a re
ligious .festival, the Joy of spring, the pro
cessional with fife and harp and cymbals.
twining of garlands and the ball game."
That certainly seems dancing some when
one young girl undertakes ao much,
tomes from California.
She has already gained high praise from
all' who have seen her, and It is practically
at the very beginning of her career. She
Is a native of California, studied dancing
there ard brought her teacher, Mrs. Fair
weafhtr, to this city when she deemed that
the time haa come to reveal her art to
a wider field. Miss Elliot does not dance
In her bare feet, which puts her rather
into the class with Mile. Saechetto and
Ruth St. Denis than along with those who
are devoted to the Duncan school.
"I do not consider that to dance with
bare feet would be In the least in accord
ance with the spirit of my work," she
told the reporter. "1 am not trying to re
vive tho ancient Greek art, but to carry
out on modern lines the spirit of the in
terpretative dance.
"In the 'Odysseus' dance, for Instance,
I am not reproducing figures from Greek
vases and freizes. I am aiming to In
terpret In bodily motion the spirit of the
music.
"However appropriate bare foet my
have been In the days of Homer, they are
certainly out of place today. If the art
of the dance is to play any part In modern
life and hold Its own with other arts It
cannot remain forever In the days of an
cient Greece.
urecss, moveover, wore Diuet s;ip -
pura In their dar.cos, as anybody who may not pay expenses and 6 per cent on the English wlremckers and they sent over
take tho trouble to study the aubject even Investment. In which case the fares will be ; about twenty skilled workmen to England
In -the slightest degree, may readily dis- raised to 4 cents, with an additional cent I wlth instructions to get Jobs In the fac
covcr." ' Ifor transfers, but with seven tickets for torles ovfr there ,f th cou,d earn
With these three dancera out of the way 16 cent- Judge Tayler's appraisal la a tno ,rlck
there remain, practically only the linita -
j tors of Mis. Duncan. The wholo program
cf ti e dar.rere brought here by Lole Fuller
is made up of one Imitation of Miss Duncan
after another. Misa Fuller's muses cavort
In the Duue-an way throughout all tlus
number, on the program not devoted to
Mlas Fuller's beautiful light effects.
.,, -v." " D"Mr v
Miss fuller was never a dancer and
never pretended to be. Her skill In wav -
ln atlcks and their hanging accordeon
i"r,l Di-ougni ner nrat fame, and
the advance she haa made over thoae early
principles was purely mechanical. More
and prettier lights and diaphonoua drap
eries followed, but the dance alway. re
mained aa purely mechanical in lta essen
tial featurea.
The ocmpany comprises some very Bk.il
ful and graceful dancer.. The young
American woman who la pleiaed to call
herself Orchldee, appears In an Interlude
railed "Diana," In which pursued by the
other nymphs, aha dancea with all the
Grace and beauty possible to the virgin
Koddera. No Diana ever stood more re
vealed a. a guddeaa of graoeulneaa than
Ih's, little woman, whoao movement are
are embodiment of youthful Are and spirit.
Tluunara de Sulraky d lores beautifully
In taa IKacan dnai and manner and her
rhythmical Interpretation of the Cnoyin
numbers was a delight to those who had
occasion to deplore the lack of rhythm
In Gertrude Van Axen'a dancing of three
Chopin studies. Miss Van Axen la of a
blond P candlnarlan type of beauty, younger
than Miss Duncan and mot unlike her In
figure. Her costume, modeled on the Dun
can draperies, were not a square Inch more
voluminous, which was a detail likely to
please the devoted students of such
aesUietlc dancing.
New I.laht on Strauss.
.Irene Sanden Interpreted a Strauss waits
in a way that put that composer's music
In an entirely new light before the public.
There has always been an Impression that
Strauss represented, If his music repre
sented anything at all, the abandon and
enthusiasm of the dance. Miss Sanden,
however, had other ideas of the music
and meandered through "roses from the
South" with aa much deliberation aa If
she were at the village cemetery on Deco
ration day. She scattered her flowers
about and picked them up again, always
In the same self-contained manner.
Rameau and Durand are Interpreted more
agreeably for an audience much less
familiar with the musoc of those ancient
familiar with the . music of those an
cients and naturally with no such deep con
viction as to what their music stands for.
Some wonderful Viennese dancers of these
waltxes have appeared In Paris and Lon
don and their success has been won
through tho fire and abandon which they
wove through this music. Miss Sanden is
not of this kind.
PALACE, POVERTY AND PRISON
All Shades of Life Experienced by a
Worldwide Adventurer from
Pennsylvania.
News of tho death at Carson, Nev., on
Thanksgivlnr day of Ross Raymond, war
correspondent, author and adventurer,
whose daring disregard of men and laws
led him from palaces to prisons and back
again, recalled his remarkable career to
many New Yorkers who had known htm
Intimately In his earlier days as a news
paper man in that city.
Raymond up to eight years ago, when
the New York Herald cleared up the mys
tery of his career, had declared himself to
be of British parentage, the son of an
English officer, born in Sussex and edu
cated In a famous Latin school: that he
Joined the English navy and after promo
tions and long and honorable service he
resigned and left his ship at San Francisco
to becomo a newspaper correspondent and
writer of books. He said he entered the
British navy through the Influence of his
uncle.
His real name, the Herald said, was
Frank H. Powers. He was born In Beaver,
Fa., in 1860. Ills father died when he was
a child and his mother moved to Poland,
O., and married Barnabas F. Lee, tvho
founded the Poland seminary, where Wil
liam McKlnley was educated. Raymond
was his classmate.
Raymond entered the United States navy,
resigned, served on a British warship, then
became a correspondent of newspapers in
San Francisco, Chicago, Baltimore. New
York , and London. Later he became a
writer, traveling the world over, living In
poverty and luxury, yet making powerful
friends everywhere.
He served a rajah In India and was 011
the khedlve's staff In Egypt about the
time of the bombardment of Alexandria.
Next he Impersonated distinguished men,
generals and noblemen, served ten years
In Portland prison. England, and several
tcims In Sing Sing.' Raymond was an ac
complished Journalist, had engaging man
ners,' a breezy military air and was good
looking. He said a power beyond his con
trol took possession of him when he drank
and was not responsible for the extraordi
nary episodes In his life.
The story of his public career began
when ha blossomed out as an Egyptian
war correspondent and press agent of the
khedlve. He appeared In Paris in Egyp
tian uniform after the war in Egypt, ac
companied by a retinue of the khedlve
officers. He engaged whole floors at a
hotel for .the khedlve, who was soon to
reach Paris. Raymond had trays of rarest
gems sent to htm for Inspection. The best
would be reserved for the khedlyo'v ap
proval, ho explained.
He surfeited the messengers in caro of
the gems with champagne, walked out of
the rear windows with a fortune In dia
monds, disappeared, and later appeared In
India as a mighty rajah, with elephants
and a hundred servants. He drove In state
at breakneck speed, making dally twenty-
mile trips from his country establishment
to Calcutta, the garrison each day turning
out to see the rajah enter the city with a
procession of barefooted natives running
ahead crying his name and shouting for
the crowds to make way.
In October, 1839, Raymond visited Po
land, O., for the first time In a quarter
of a century. He found his' mother dead
and was deeply affected when he knelt by
her tomb In the village cemetery.
A remarkable feature of Raymond's ca
ress was the devotion of his wife. "She
stood by me for thirty years." he said,
"with unfaltering hope and never falling
aid." His wife said, "Why have I clung
to Ross all these years?- Because 1 love
him. Some day. In another world, when
all this Insanity of sin has passed away, 1
shall see him as he Is a grand, big-hearted
man, a genius now temporarily lost In
darkness and shame."
TOM JOHNSON'S PLAN WINS
Three-Cent Korea Arc a Reality
Cleveland I'nder the Adjust
ment. In
As the result of Judge Taylcr's appraisal
of the street car property In Celevla-nd the
(people of that city will get 3-cent fares,
with an additional cent for transfers until
: experience snail demonstrate mat tins win
1 lltt,e ,ower tnnn ,ne valuation agreed on
"ome tlme ag0 by ,h, representatives of
m" v ' u...H...,.
A great and substantial victory has been
won by Mayor Johnson. Fori nine years,
as mayor, he ha. contended for 3-cent fare
, and now, a. he Is about to retire, he sees
the realization. Undoutedly some features
I of the ordinance are not wholly to his
liking, and It Is equally probable that the
j traction company la not entirely pleased,
, Bin both sides are Immense gainers. The
J n.ayor haa established a principle for which
ho hn worked r tiontiv in.wr io-ni.iv
The traction company gets a renewal of
franchises and an assurance of Just profit.
Mr. Johnson cannot ask, for the car
rldera, a rate of fare ao low aa not to pro
Vide adequate and satisfactory service. He
has consistently stoor) for l-cent fare, and
now he I. assured of 3-cent fare for a time,
of permanent 3-cent fare If this rate can,
with proper management, give the de
manded service and the Just per cent
return to the atockholdera. Even auch de
tail, as the Installation of pay-enter cars
are provided for in the ordinance, so that
It may be assured that there can be no
waate Iq operation. The mayor and the
company should be satisfied; th publio
asurr(Uy I. satisfied. Low far and good
aorvlca are made eaaentials of the settle
ment. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
For that alack siarlna try a Be adv.
STEALING TRADE SECRETS
Tricks on Which Great Industries
Have Been Built.
TRAINED EYE OF AN EXPERT
Switzerland's Loss of the Monopoly
la Watch gprlnara Wire Secrets
Twice Stolen Slip of a
Supposed Minister.
NEW YORK, Dec. Hi.-Ever since Devol
stole an English loom, one piece at a time,
taking the fragments to France and after
ward bringing them to Fall River, where
the reassembled parts formed the basis of
the chief Industry of that city, manufac
turers all over the world have been trying
to get at the trade secrets of their rivals
br to prevent their rivals from discovering
their own spec la: processes. Many another
great Industry has a similar basis of a
stolen trade secret.
Take the watch business for Instance.
For many years Switzerland was the home
of the watch Industry. The watches that
bore the name of makers In other coun
tries depended for their accuracy upon the
spring, and the springs were all made In
Switzerland, no other country knew how
to temper them. The secret was held by
two men who ran a' factory in the canton
of Berne.
A man who Is well known throughout the
world aa an Inventor of children's toys and
was recognized as a mechanical genius In
his day undertook to get this secret from
the Swlsa. He had all the qualifications
necessary for the task, being an expert
chemist, a trained worker In metals and a
fluent German and French scholar.
He went to Switzerland In the capacity
of a country gentleman who was Inter
ested In the geological formation of that
region. He cared nothing about the watch
business and absolutely declined to talk
watches with any of his friends, although
It was the chief Industry of the country
and most of his acquaintances were en
gaged In It
Met Ilia Men Easily.
By his genial manner and free spending
of money he found It easy to get ac
quainted with whom he chose and In the
course of time he brought things around
so that he met the only two men in the
world who know how to temper watch
springs.
The younger of these two men took quite
a. fancy to the visitor and they soon be
came fast friends, but the older man
seemed to have an intuitive suspicion that
the stranger was not what he repre
sented himself to be.
The visitor was sharp enough to dfscern
this feeling of distrust and to avoid the
older man, never alluding to him even, so
as not to risk any quarrel with the younger,
with whom he was getting on better than
he had hoped.
The .seeker after secret was one of those
who believe In seizing opportunities, but
who have no faith In this talk about mak
Irg opportunities yourself. He was willing
to wait long and patiently for his oppor
tr.i.ity to come, but he was not going to
seek it. He knew that several of his pre
decessors had failed by being too anxious
to create the opportunity they sought
either by leading the conversation to tho
subject or by protending to be anxious to
see something else that they hoped would
lead to their seeing what they sought.
This man's plan was deeper than that.
Ho did not want to see anything. He
cared nothing about anything connected
with the watch business and never took
any part In the conversation on that sub
ject. He was to get $10,000 if he could find
out the secret he was after, and he could
afford to bide his time.
Ills Waiting; Won.
The building In which the secret temper
ing process was carried on was on the
side of a hill. The two friends had passed
It time and qaln, but the owner never
alluded to It and the other never expressed
any curiosity about It. That Is where he
was smart and showed the stuff he was
made of. Your true diplomat never speaks
until his turn comes.
One day the younger of the two watoh
make,rs waa passing this building with his
friend, j the supposed geologist and In a
moment of boastful pride offered to show
htm where the most Important part of the
work was done. ' He opened the door for
a moment only, to let the visitor have a
peep at the forbidden room.
That moment was enough. The style of
the furnaces and the smell of the flux told
the expert all he wanted to know. The
secret of the tempering process was dis
covered. As the two turned away from the door
they met the older partner. One glance
at the stranger's face was enough to con
firm his suspicions. Perhaps he read the
concealed look of triumph In the visitor's
face, perhaps he felt It In his bones that
something was wrong. Turning to his bro
ther he shook his fist In his face .and
whispered hoarsely:
"You have ruined our business I"
The geologist lost no time In getting out
of the town and out of Switzerland.
Ylthln an hour he was far on his way
and for a day or two he stood In dread
of foul play, of some kind. He brought the
secret to America with him and gave It to
the company that had employed him but
on his deathbed ho confessed to his near
est friend that he had never ceased to
regret having robbed the two Swiss
watchmakers of their secret and rulhing
their business.
Wlredrnwinc Trade.
Drawing wire Is a large and Important
industry In this country now, but It Is not
so many years since American methods
were so crude that the English wire had
the call In all the principal markets of the
world. A certa'n wire company In Con-
nectlcut wanted to learn the nocrrt. of ih
The men were of more than ordinary In
telligence, thoroughly trained, and It was
hoped that If only one or two got Into the
works It would Justify the expense of1 the
whole twenty. The scheme worked out
very well. As soon as a few of these men
had the whole process of wire mak.ng
j f " at 'T threw up the job In Eng.
With the natural aptitude of Americana
for Improving everything, the wire com
panlea on this sldo soon developed much
better ways of doing things than the
English firms that they had copied, and It
became the turn of the English to look to
their laurels. Business got ao good in Con
necticut and orders piled In ao fast that
the factory could not get haffds enough
and offered such wage, that they attracted
men from other trade.
Among th men that they took on was
one who was particularly apt, and h
waa soon made a foreman. He waa a
glutton for work and seemed to be heart
and soul in every detail of the business.
After he had been In the factory a month
or two he gave a big dinner one Saturday
night to a number of the employes In
hta department and they had a great
time. 1'eople wondered where the fore
man got Ui money to pay for all the
wtn they drank.
Next Monday morning when th bell
rang tils particular foreman and eight
H just wmm
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land and the manager of the wire com
pany found a very polite note from the
foreman stating that as the English
wiremakers would now have the benefit
of the American improvements there
would be no hard feelings for the past.
Eaa- for an Expert.
The ease and certainty with which an
expert can carry away with him the de
tails of anything he sees that Is In his
line is sometimes astonishing to thoae
who do not understand the mental proc
esses. Many year, ago, when marble
cutting machinery was a new thing. It
was a great problem to construct a ma
chine that would cut the oval basin holes
that were Just coming into vogue.
A certain firm had made a machine
for this purpose but had - not patented
It. It was set up In a separate room in
the shop and was run by a man who was
thoroughly trustworthy. 1 night it
was covered up and locked In.
A young fellow from the south, sup
posed to be selling patent medicines,
got acquainted with the foreman of this
marble shop and one day he was shown
through the works. He stopped In front
of this particular machine only long
enough to see It cut one basin hole In a
marble slab, but In that time he had seen
enough to' enable him to go back to his
hotel and make a complete working
drawing of the whole machine.
..How did he do it? All machinery is
simply a transformation of power from
one kind of motion to another; from -
straight to circular, from fast to slow,
or from continuous to Interrupted motion.
This young fellow started with the driving
bolt from the pulley overhead and noted
the changes of motion through which
this power was sent from one part of the
machine to the next until It arrived at
the cutting wheels.
Sometime, a person will tumble on a
trade secret entirely by accident The
writer was once getting some photographs
made, when a part of the camera shutter
broke. The man that fixed It betrayed
the secret of soldering aluminum, which
was then known to very few. He had no
idea, of course, that the customer sitting Ft
the other side of the room knew what he
was doing and recognized both the solder
and the flux.
One Man Fell Down.
Then, again, a man who lias worked his
way slowly and carefully up to a certain
point and has the secret he Is after almost
within his reach will betray himself by
some simple action which excites suspicion.
There was ai one time a great secret about
certain processes of treating rubber, and
an expert In the business undertook to dis
cover It for the benefit of a rival concern.
Disguised as a clergyman, he got ac
quainted with the proprietor of the works,
and after a reasonable time expressed a
very natural desire to go through the
shops. The proprietor took him through
and explained things as they wjnt along In
the casual7 way that one explains them to
a person who knows nothing of the teohn
cal side of the trade.
When they arrived at the particular de
partment in which the secret procn. was
carried on the proprietor pointed ,o some
of the results before taking hlB friend ihe
clergyman Into the operating room. The
clergyman expressed his astonishment at
the great difference between rubber in this
state and Its appearance as he was ac.'ua
tomcd to It.
"Take a piece of It with you If you like "
suggested the manager, upon which The
minister stepped up to the bench, took
out his penknife and wet the blade with
his Hps.
The manager prabbod his arm and turned
on him like a flash.
"Hold on there!" he exclaimed. "Tou
get out of this factory damned onlck, or
I'll throw you out. No minister knows
that you must wet the blade of your krife
to cut rubber.
Had this man not betrayed himself he
would have been taken Into the room
where the process he had been In search of
so long was being carried on. A. tt was,
all he saw was the result.
Itnaala's Trade Secrets.
Every one know, the story of th man
who stole the secret of making Russia
iron, that peculiar bluish tinted metal seen
In atoveplpe. which will not ruat. The
Ruaalan. tried very hard to keep the aecret
of tanning Ruaalan leather, and mad It a
penal offenae for any one to export the
bark of the tree which waa uaed In the
process of tanning th goataklna. The
many fancy article, that one bring from
Ruuala a. aouvenlrs are mad of th wood
of this tree.
As a rule, when on manufacturer steals
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Solid Oak Dresser, French plate mir
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Mahogany 7-plece Parlor Suites In
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the secret of another's succeas they ara
sworn enemies nnd rivals from that time
on. It Is very rarely that when two share
a valuable trade secret they are wise
enough to come to terms and work to
gether. Probably the most remarkable Instance
of this kind was the secret of the so
called squeezer mark on tho edge, of
playing cards. One manufacturer con
trolled the patent that was supposed to
protect this device. A rival . manufacturer
accidentally discovered that this patent
would not stand Investigation.
Instead of acting on his knowledge and
going to court to defend himself, which
would throw the secret open to the whole
trade, he arranged quietly with his rival
to patent a similar device, to be called
down on' It, and to agree to pay a royalty
for the use of the original patent. This
agreement was paraded before tho rest of
the trade, who argued tht if such a big
house as that had to pay a royalty, the
patent muBt be O. K.
Their requests for licenses were re
fused, and the two big houses made all
the squeezer marked cards In the world
for years. Of course no royalty was ever
paid, and the secret was so well kept that
It made fortunes for both houses.
Manr Private Processes.
In many large manufacturing concerns
there are departments which are set apart
for processes more or less secret, and
these special shops and offices are guarded
with the greatest care. The secrets of
these departments rivals would give many
thousands of dollars to learn and they are
continually laying selge to them with the
aid of men who are trained to the business
of ferreting them out.
"Do anything and be patient" is the
motto of these men who steal trade se
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The mystery to most women is fj
how we can sell these beautiful ft 1
ffl "Dorothy DodcT Shoes at N 1 1 P
$3.50 and $4.00 a pair. Not Ml Am ffi
uf one person in a hundred can flVjff Will iiHIIWu j
P tell a "Dorothy Dodd" from an if ''UJililllLHJ H
U $8.00 custom made shoe. We - .sy lI
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'j nave mem lor evciy mu 4lZfL 'T-- W
y service. See the new styles t&&zj
just received.
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Round Oak Heating Stoves, starting
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Beautiful line Iron, Brass and Vernls
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crets.
They will take any old Job round the
yards or 'the shop. Just to get inside the
factory, walls for a starter. A man of
this sort will sweep up or carry things,
run errands and rush the growler. Ho
makes himself solid with the employes by
his. willingness and disarms suspicion by
his apparent Ignorance. After a time ho
worries his way Into carrying dinners Into
tho forbidden shop, or blacking boots, or
some trifles like that.
The first thing you know he Is among
the secrets of the concern taking notes.
ECHOES OF THE ANTE-ROOM
Woodman I.odsre Members Will Hold
Annual Masked Ball Wednes
day Kvenlnar
An event to which the members and
friends of Mondamln lodge, Fraternal
end friends of Mondamln lodge No. Ill,
Fraternal Union of America, have been
looking forward to Is the annual musk
ball, which will be held Wednesday even-,
lng at Fraternity hall. Wednesday even
ing, January B, will occur the Installation
of tho new officers for the year. Specliil
efforts are being made to make this ocoi
sion a noteworthy one.
Banner lodge No. 11. F. U. of A., will
give a progressive high five party Thurs
day evening.
Order of Scottish Clans.
Clan Gordon No. 63, Order of Scottish
Clans, met Tuesday evening and had new
members proposed. Plans for the Burn
celebration were perfected. It will be on
January 25 at Chambers' academy.
Itoynl Illarhlnndere.
Femcllffe castle No. 4SS. Royal High
landers, will give a nnll New Year's eve
at Fraternity hall. Hlshlnnders and their
friends are cordially Invited.
The efficacy of Chamuertaln's TJnlment
In the relief ot rheumatism Is bolng demon
strated dally.
