fHE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 14. 1913.
he (g e c ne fylafa z, i re p)a
Dorothy Dix's Article
On Vanity of Men They Are
and Far More Susceptible to Flattery.
By DOROTHY DIX.
Hccontly the papers contained the sad
Intelligences of the tetloUg wounding of
t young man whose throat was cut by hi
three-story collar.
Tho account of
this deplorable ac
cident say that
the man Is what Is
known as "a swell
dresser," and that
In particular he has
a nock butlt upon
such liberal and
glraffc-llko lines
that he can wear a
collar of such alti
tude that It Is the
lespalring envy of
all tho other youns
men of his ac
quaintance. A few
mornings ugo, re
splendent In all his
shining expanse of
white linen, In at
tempting to get off a street car his foot
slipped, and he received a bad fall, as n
result of Which the sharp edges of his
collar penetrated his neck, Inflicting two
gashes that required tho Borvlccs of a
doctor.
' This Incident scores one against man
for self-sacrificing vanity, for no woman
has yet been choked to death by her
collar, though many a Bhort-nccked
woman has found out what that versa
In the Blbio means that Bays, "He, being
in torment, lifted UP his eyes."
The truth Is that men have talked sol
much about women's vanity that we
have come to tlilnk that the fair sex
monopolizes this Weakness. Far from
It. Men are Just as conceited about their
looks as women are. Of course, they
haven't as good an opportunity to show
It, because unkind fate has narrowed
them down to a Spartan simplicity in the
way of personal adornment, but what
they have they make the most of.
No debutante, fustlng over her first'
party frock, wag ever p particular as
ft man about his neckties. Ho doesn't
hesitate to consign half a dozen white
ones to the scrap basket If he musses
them In tlelng or falls to get tho proper
bow, while no amount of family affec
tion would induce him to wear a home
made one. There are places he couldn't
be dragged to by wild horses unless ho
had on an evening suit, nor could you
aell him a hat whose crown was an in
finitesimal degree lower or higher than
every other man's hat, even If you threw
In a chromo with It.
Observe the pains he takes to show
his fancy socks and note that the crease
In his trousers Is never off his mind for
a .single, instant. In the theater, In the
car. In the parlor, the moment he gets
Mated he begins hitching at his trousors.
to preserve that raxor edge, and It is
worse than useless to attempt to engage
his attention until It has been tenderly
lettled In place.
Nor It is just as awful and heart
breaking a thing for a tailor-made frock
to bag at the knees as It Is for trousers j
but you never see a woman In publlo !
pending her time pulling at a seam In
her skirt.
Out the most amusing and child-like
exhibition of vanity of which men are
ever guilty Is when one Is told that he
looks 'like some famous man, and goes
iround forever after In a ridiculous
pose, trying to emphasize the resem
blance. Think of the commonplace young men
we have all known who cultivated a
distraught air, and a pale and melan
choly countenance because some indis
creet person had detected a fancied re
semblance between -them and Booth.
. Recall the pompous gentlemen whose
principal object In life seems to be to
cultivate a pair of whiskers and tell you
how they were taken for Chauncey De
pen, or tho excessively EngltslvAmeri
ean who develops an Ingrowing British
accent, and spends his days and nights
Imagining he loons like King George.
This is a rr.ase Jf vanity that Is ex
clusively masculine, A woman's vanity
never reaches the pitch of understudying
celebrities.
Men are much vainer than women
about their personal charms. A man's
belief In his powers of fascination never
wavers, lie never grows too old, nor
.too fat, nor too bald to arrogate to him-
self admiration that a woman in her
palmiest days would hardly dare to
claim. The elderly millionaire, though
he be the homllest of his sex, can see no
reason why he shouldn't fire the fancy,
Sequel To
Love For
Maternal Inttinct Greatly Developed by
Teaching Children to Lovo their DolU.
The little child's doll Is mother to the
most romantic fairy. And In the years
that pass, the doll fides Into the petals
of a June rose, to erolre the most won
drous of all transformations.
And now comes a more serious period
Joy of real motherhood shouli
zi tranquil as best effort can provide.
- This 1 accomplished with a wonderful
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ternal application so penetrating In it
cxture as to thoroughly lubricate every
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There will be' so pain, none of that
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The nerves, too, will be calm, thus making
the period on of restfnl days, of peaceful
tights and a source of bipplest anticipation.
. The young, expectant mother mutt w care
fully watchful lest she become absorbed In
those mental distresses which Illy prepare
Her for the most important event In her life.
Mother's Friend enables her to avoid all
sestatlon of dread, worry or pain, and thus
'le is preserved In health and strength to
..".e up toe Joyful task of motherhood.
Icu will find Mother's Friend on sale at
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su mm j m wm mm
1 be
Just as Conceited as Women
and come up to tho Ideal of budding six
teen. In his own eyes he Is, now and
forever, the embodiment of all the manty
charms and graces, and he can never
bo persuaded that any woman wouldn't
huvo the time of her life sitting around
looking at him and listening to him.
A woman, on the other hand, is taught
from her cradle that Bhe may only hope
to Inspire love while she Is young and at
tractive, and when her glass tells her
that this Is no longer the case she looks
with distrust on tho man who asks
her to marry him. Of course, there have
been cases whoro rich did women have
married mere boys, but their Insane
Jealousy of their young husbands proved
that tho women knew that tho men mar
ried them for their money.
The rich old man, however, who mar
ries a young girl is troubled by no such
doubts, Ills bride may yawn In his face,
and shrink from his touch, but he never
suspects that she had any other object
in" view than pure unadultreated affec
tion In marrying him.
A man shows his superior vanity to
woman In the way he talks about him
self. He thinks nothing of spending an
entire evening In a monologue about
himself, his business, his amusements,
what he said to so and so, and what they
said to him, etc. but no woman would
dnro to try to talk to a man for thirty
minutes about her dressmaker and her
affairs. Sho knows that at the end of
five minutes he would get up and beat
It away from her presence.
Men aro much more susceptible to
flattery than women are, A woman looks
a gift compliment In the mouth, but a
man will swallow any kind of a Jolly
hook, bait and. sinker. That Is what
makes men the prey of the adventuress,
and amenable to the tactful wife, who
knows how to Judiciously spread the
salve. Through their vanities are men
worked, and we could better sparo a bet
ter quality.
It men were not vain but, thank good
ness, they arc!
Manners in the Home
By MRS. FRAMC LKARNED.
Author of "The Etiquette of New Tork
Today."
Parents are conscious of the Importance
of teaching their children good manners,
but very often they forget that children
arc quick to detect inconsistencies. If
the parents fall to observe the courtesies
they are trying to teach there will be dif
ficulty In Instructing children.
If parents are careful to thank children
for any little attention. If they ask a
favor of them always In courteous terms,
II they reply pleasantly to their ques
tions ond never Indulge In the rudeness
of answering In monosyllables, or pay
ing no attention to questions, then the
children will learn to be caroful In their
own manners. Children Imitate their
parents In word and deed and are sus
ceptible to tho Influence of their looks,
voices and manners. The resentment chil
dren sometimes feel In being required to
observe formulas Is because they find
these things disregarded by older persons
In the family. Parents, therefore, have
to discipline themselves before they can
train their children. This may some
times require the courage to acknowl
edge a mistake for it Is as Important to
say "I was mistaken" or "I beg your
pardon." as to say "Thank you."
Conscientious parents know that there
can be no training In haphazard meth
ods, or by laylqg down maximums and
precepts ana that It Is not by claiming
to be infallible that they can hope to In
fluence their children, but by showing
that they are striving toward high
standards of conduct. If the home atmos
phere is that of peace it Is sure to pro
mote contentment. If there is the every
day graclousness of speech and action
the Influence cannot fall to foster kind
ness and conslderateness. There will
not be the mere super-field! politeness,
but the true' graclousness of life, a
grace which is deep and enduring.
Home, in its true sense. Is the training
ground for JIfe. The years at home are
most important because habits are being
formed which will influence the entire
future. It la there that we learn to fill
Little Bobbie's Pa
We got a other new, hired gurl. Her
naim la vera. Ma sea u is a prmy
nalm, but I think It Is a- funny nalm for
a hired gurl.' Hired gurls used to be
called Bridget & Nora & thay was good
hired gurls, too. But things Is different
now. The last three hired gurls we had
was Marguerite & Sylvia & Belladonna,
& now we have Vera. Bhe is vary prttty.
Pa sed she had dreemy eyes & Ma sed It
was from sleeping too sound that her
eyes was dreemy.
Vera Is rltelng a- play. Bhe wuddent
tell Pa & ila that she was rltelng It, but
she toald me, so I promised her that I
wuddent say a word to Pa & Ma. The
nalm of the play la Alone In Mlddletown,
& It tells about a. bullful yung gurl that
fell In luv with a keeper In the Middle
town insane asllum. He was a vllyun.
The gurl goes to Mlddletown to see him
beekaus he had toald her that ho owned
a grate big estate. Jle took the gurl to
the asllum & toald bar that all the In
sane peepul thar was his servants. She
beleeved htm at tret and then the hor
ribel truth dawned on her. Then she sed
In poetry to the y'lyun:
You have me at yure mercy here
Of that thare ain't no doubt;
I think I shall go bughouse, deer.
If you don't get me out.
I'd rather be a peasant's bride
Sc housekeep In a hut
Than wed a chump In this here dump
& get to be a nut
Then Vera told roe. the finished the first
act- The curtain goes down wen she Is
reading htm lines to the vllyun. The
second act is the salm as the first. In the
asllum. One of the pashunts thare Isent
crazy at all, he Is a rich young man wlch
is beelng Uep In thare so his relatives can
git all his munny He falls in luv with
the poor gurl wlrh Is being held thare by
the vllyun & tells her that they will find
some way to escape. 8he looked up Into
his eyes & reeslteda other peeee of
poetry she rote. Vera tonld ipe Vera ed
-,at the longer the hero ne stayed In (lfe
Lady Constance Stewart Richardson
Tho first fig
ure is a dainty
and simple
jxiso, but it
works beauti
fully into any
of tho dance
that are so
1-opulnr today,
for, as ho nil
know, dnnclug
Js coming into
its own, and
6no of Uio
most beautiful
and widely neg
lected arts is
now making a
place for itself.
By IiADT CONSTANCE STEWART
RICHARDSON.
Copyright, .1913. by International News
Service.
When I was a child of 11 I used to go
out In the gardens of my English home
and study the statues and statutcttes that
decorated It.' For hours at a time 1 UBed
to copy the poses of those lovely classi
cal statues, and I found the greatest
entertainment and Joy In trying" to Imi
tate those beautiful poses. This was the
beginning of my dancing,, and from the
taste I acquired for classical pose and
movement has come, I feel sure, what
ever measure of bodily grace is mine.
Dancing Is essentially, feeling, and
the expression of that feeling welling up
In movement and rhythm. It makes for
grace and for strong, healthy bodies as
no other form of exercise can, because
no other form of exercise Is as univer
sally possible,- as entirely within the
reach of all, as this natural expression
of the poetry wo all have down In our
natures.
Today I am giving you two exercise
that express the Joy of living to a won
derful extent and give the body much to
rejoice In, for they .make for grace, for
lightness and for the universally desired
bodily beauty.
The first figure Is a dainty and simple
pose, but It works beautifully Into any
of the dances that are so popular today,
for, as we all know, dancing Is coming
our place In relation to others; there
that wo learn respect for authority and
obedlencee to law and order. It Is In
the home that we learn In childhood the
necessity of' self-control, the Importance
of truthfulness, dutlfulness, unselfish
ness, sympathies and courtesy. Wo learn
to make concessions, to give up Insisting
on having our own way, and we learn to
look at things from the point of view of
ether people.
Boys and girls who are taught high
Ideals of conduct In the home will not
fall to exercise kindness and courtesy
toward their companions. As they grow
to manhood and womanhood they will
feel bound to show their best homo
training In their Intercourse with tho
world, out of respect to themselves and
the dear family life. The home life may
be but a memory, distant In the years,
but the Influence will never be lost.
aailum the moar portey she rote, Bhe
looked up Into the eyes of the hero &
reesltcd.
Oh yes, I will fly away wIthyou
And marry you for luv.
Ture munny all jean stay with you,
I have no use, for It, duv.
But what If you mite be Insane
& not what you represent?
Then to this place I wud return
& be sorry I ever had went.
If you are reely sane my own. '
Our lives will pleasant be.
,K 'l.!xxnx nlle rd hr you trroan
Id hide away from thee.
It is a awful, haunting feer
To feer one's husband Is dippy.
&.!r. Mv1 e you thus
III Jump In the Mississippi,
The last act Issent finished yet. Veru
toald me. She Is prttty .smart for a-hired
gurl. She says wen she gits rich I can
marry her wen I grow up.
Pointed Paragraphs
The matrimonial odds are two to one.
The talkative man is an automatlo
self.entertalner.
To try to look . Intelligent is easier
than making good.
Borne of us might be better husbands
If we had better wives,
A man never boasts of his will power
if his wife Is around.
One way to avoid a quarrel Is to be
absent at the physchologlcal moment.
If a man has too muoh money It's no
task at all for him to acquire more.
Between two evils It Is better to marry
for money than for a chance to get
even.
Pew men are willing to take good
advice if It Is free, also they hate to
pay for It
The enterprising summer girl has no
uha tor the vjunc man who wamIai hii
t me kissing her hand
FIGURE- TWO.
into its own, and one of the most beaut!- (IB) may be learned with the support of
ful and widely neglected arts Is now a wall, but It should be worked out in
making a place for Itself. This figure such perfection that It can be done with
Dr. Montesorri's "Little Other Mother"
By ELBERT HUBHARW
Not long ago In Chicago I attended a
monthly meeting of school principals.
On this particular occasion an address
was given by Ella Flagg Young on tho
subject of "The
School."
In these schools,
Instead of placing
so much stress on
books and memo
risation of rules,
the children are
simply kept em
ployed, and their
occupation Is
changed from time
to time before any
one thing becomes
monot o n o u s or
wearisome.
It was found that
many of the chil
dren were suffer
ing from malnutri
tion, and It was
believed that many
of their mental difficulties arose from
physical Ills,
A luncheon was provided In the middle
of the morning, and the subject of
dietetics and oral rlghteouaners had close
attention,
''Attached to these schools was a super
vised playground, and In some Instances
school gardens Much of the time was
spent out of doors.
"It was discovered," said Mrs. Young,
"that it required a better quality ot
teacher In this work than In teaching
children who were normal."
Mrs. Young ended her very Interesting
talk with the wonder why the same
methods, the same care, and the same
fine Insight Into the needs of the pupil
could not be brought to bear in nil the
schools of Chicago, Instead of favoring
the children who -were regarded as Unfit.
Dr. Maria Montesorrl Is an 'Italian
school teacher. Her first business was
that of nurse.
She held a government position and had
the care of defective children.
This brought the question of educa
tion sharply before her mind. The con
ventional methods not being satisfactory
for abnormal children, she devised a
method of her own. A little later It
came to her as a great gleam of light
that her method In teaahing abnormal
pupils was the best possible plan also
for the normal.
Dr. Montesorrl has now established In
Italy, under government supervision, a
chain of schools In which her methods
are being carried out It promises to
be as big an evolution In school teach
ing us was worked out by Arnold of
Ilozby -and then died with him J
The second
figure (211) Js
an exercise
that must bring
to the body
the lightness
of flying, and
fvhon once it
in mastered you
will find that
you have true
grace nt your
command.
Dr. Montesorrl builds on the work of
Froebel and Ptsstatoxxl. Pestalozzl was
a Bwlss; born In 17 and died in 1UT.
Froebel was a German, born In 17S2 and
died In 18S2.
The work of both of these masters
was carried on Independently of the gov
eminent, and both were .visited with the
hostility of the ruling classes.
Froebel and Pestalozzl held to the
divinity of the child; and while they did
not openly make war an the dogma
known as "Total Depravity," yet mbst
certainly they never repeated the dictum
that the child was conceived In sin and
born In Iniquity.
Within a very few years the entire
civilized world has ceased the whipping
and beating of children, and this through
the acceptance of the doctrines of Froe
bel and Pestalozzl. This Is the way
that social evolution takes place ly be
ing accepted by those who Successfully
fought It.
First, we say the thing Is contrary to
the Bible.
Next, we say it makes no difference
one way or tho other.
Third, we say we always believe It.
Men fight for a thing and lose, and
the men they fought take up the Issue
that they opposed, and carry It to vic
tory under another name.
Switzerland and. Germany are now
taking the lead In matters of educutlon;
and Dr, Montesorrl. Swiss by patronage,
and Catholic by birth. Is uniting with
the government to bring about the things
that the governments of Italy. Switzer
land and Germany once fiercely com
bated. The primal care of Dr. Montesorrl Is
for the health of the child. She quotes
Herbert Spencer, "The first requlBlto
Is to be a good animal." Bhe recognizes
that the child has to pass through the
same stages that nations puss through.
The child has the savage, the nomadic,
the agricultural and the commercial
periods.
"Happiness," says Dr. Montesorri, "Is
the greatest asset In life."
Happy people are those who are em
ployed In useful and congenial occupa
tion, and suoh are always well.
The business of Dr. Montesorrl Is her
schools Is to keep the children pleasur
ably employed.
She gives tho child the right to freely
explore Its environment.
Every baby, as spon as It can creep,
begins to Investigate. It testa every
thing, tastes everything, tries everything,
and makes Itself acquainted with every
thing in the room. Then It travels to
othtr rooms, It goes upstairs, and per
haps rolls downstairs; but again It tries,
There Is something up there that it
wants to see, Children want to climb
ladders climb trees, climb heights. They
On How to Acquire a Beautiful
Figure Through Dancing
-.J
nbsoluto poise. It will strengthen weal;
ankles and Insteps while it la developing
power for grace In arms and legs. Here
Is my method of , practicing It; Point
the toes of tho right foot straight for
ward and balance the weight firmly on
that foot. Now, raise tho left leg slowly
from the floor, keeping the foot almost
at right angles to the other foot. I.I ft the
arms slowly, keeping the right arid held
In one continuous line, while the left
Is curved at tho elbow and raised at the
wrist. The fingers aro held lightly and
well apart. The whole body inclines
lightly toward the left Whrn the left
arm and leg are expressing theygreater
amount of action, and when the weight
falls In the alternate pose 1 always
recommend the body sways to the raised
right foot.
ThU exorcist, like all othsr dancing
movements, must express lightness and
Joy, for dancing is dancing only when It
comes as an expression of & happy spirit.
In this, ns in
so many danc
ing move
ments, the
figure must be
pofseVl lightly
on the ball ,
of the foot.
It must express personality and yet con
form to true Ideals of grace and beauty,
and thus In time It will bring the body
to grace and beauty, too.
The second figure (IB) Is an exercise
that must bring the body the lightness
nf flvinr. and when once It Is mastered
you will find that you have true grace
at your command. In this, as in so
mnv dentins movements, ths figure
must bs poised lightly on the ball of
the foot. Just such simple movements
as poising the body lightly on the toes
nr hall of the foot will help avoid civili
zation's arch enemy, flatfoot. and will
help In the acquisition of a light, springy
walk.
rntid thn limlv llehtlv on the right foot,
with a aeneral Inclination toward the
rioht. Stretch the right arm up and out
and droop the left arm from unouiuer
to Just below the waist In. one long
curve. Even while the body Is swaying
in thl. nnaltlnn. lift the left leg from the
hln and away It backward from tne xneo,
making one lino from knee to toes ana
brlnirlnr the foot almost on a level with
the knee, Now stand on the left foot and
.. 1 .... - , .. .1.1. t n miAm
Thts exercise la by no means easy to
mmter. but there Is no movement of
which I know that can be more abso
lutely counted on to bring the figure Into
the long, graoeful, undulating- lines we
all so much admire.
want to see the top of the house, as
well as the cellar. This natural bent of
curiosity and desire, to know, to see, to
understand, la the basis ot education.
Dr. Montesorrl uses a negative except
ln,'oases of positive vice or present dan
ger. She never rebukes a child for
rudeness or Impoliteness. If tho child
Is doing the wro'nK' thing, she gently en
courages it toi do something else. If
the child wants to- stand on a chair In
order to see out of tho window, by all
means she lets the child work out hi
own problem.
If thoro Is. a band playing on the
street all of 'Iter children get up' and
run to see the band and hear the music
The Impulses to know what 1b being
done, to be familiar with your surround
trigs are elements of power.
In a Montesorri school, the children
work, talk, play, prepare their meats
, ,"V . T 1 . . - . .11. , ,
inane wimr piunn, lunrii iu wuiu inci
dentally and accidentally through desire
and not through compulsion.
Dr. Montesorri takes children from
years old up. She utilizes the service
of the older children In caring for thq
young thus carrying put JToebel's idea
of the' "Little Other Mothers."'
.This' Is the natural way, lit a big fam
lly where tlie.ro are no servants, for
there the older chldrn care for the
younger ones. Thus they get an educa
tlon out of their work, at thoir work.
which Is thi natural way, after all.
Advice to Lovelorn
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX
Make No Such Effort,
Dear Miss Fairfax: I am 17 and deeply
li- love with a man three years my
senior. Will you please let me know' how
I can gain his love? p, M, M.
I am concerned with your happlnes
when I Insist that a girl ot 17 is too
young for love.
And though you were older, I would
give the same answer to your question.
Man's love Is won without effort. Tht,
girl who tries to win a man Is seldom
so skilful she conceals her purpose. Th
man" who sees he Is pursued is both Mat
ured and disgusted. And seldom cap
tured! Trent Hint tun Hume.
Dear Miss Fairfax; I am x, and
have been keeping company for about
eight months. We bad an argument
and separated. Now for about two
months we have been reconciled, but
he seems rather distant. What would
you advise me to do? .
GWENDOIA'Iy.
Evidently his wrath Is still smoulder
ing, which Indicates a sullen, resentful
disposition. Don't worry, my dear, if
you lose him. It will prove a gain in the
end '
Suns and
Electrons
1
-.J
By EDGAR IjUCTBN IiAItKIN.
Measuring the distance from the earth
to the A star, finally accomplished In
by the great astronomers Bessel and
Henderson: Uessel measuring the dls
tnnce of the star slxty-ono cygnl In the
northern, and Henderson the star Alpha.
Centavrl In the southern hemlsphero. ,
from that year until 1910 was oonsldered
by all of the scientific men of the world
as tho greatest work of human mind and
hand. Then In 1910 Mllllkan wrought
a mighty work that at once took ranis
with the achievement of measuring
stellar distances. This was the claaslb
artd forever historic work of Isolating 1
and weighing one electron. The three
famous men handled trillions; for thai
one, cygnl are twenty-flvo and one-half I
trillion, and forty-four trillion miles re
spectively. And It man could forco eleo-
Irons Into contact, an Impossibility.
since they repel, then a,, row of one Inch'
long would contain twelve and three'
quarters trillions. For billions are al
most Ignored by modern researchers.
Sun earth's orbit, and two posi
tions of the earth at Intervals ot six
months. 8 Is the star whose dis
tance from tho earth Is sought.
I made a very crude attempt to out
lino the process ot weighing an electron
In The Bee several weeks ago; and will
try to .slva a faint trace of an account
of how tho distance of a star woo finally
measured after centuries of most diffi
cult work. All know that a surveyor
desiring to measure the distance of o
tree, house dr mountain peak, without
going to them, must first measure s
straight line and also tho angles or di
rection of the distant object from each
end, of bis base line. The object, say s
summit, may be a nundred miles away
In modern work, and the distance mca
sured with great precision. But stellat
distances are so enormous that astrono
mers discovered they had no base line
of anywhere near sufficient length.
The diameter ot the earth was so
minute that It was almost exactly zero,
and could not be of use. Then after w
hundred years of trial the distance of th"
sun was measured, and this line, 92,682,000
miles long, was eagerly neleoUd as a
base. Then they took twice the sun's
distance, that Is the entire diameter of
the earth's orbit or path around the sun.
Too short, so minute that It was al
most Impossible to measure It in com
parison with tho distance of ib, star, by
means of the most accurate micrometers'.
That Is, as In the cut, two lines draws
from opposite ends of the diameter of
the earth's orbit were parallel on every
star they attempted to measure,
Year after year the plan waa adopted,
and no measurements found. No te-lemU
crometer could detect any conveyance 61
the lines AX and BY; that Is, the dis
tance from A to B, 189,000,000 miles, Is sa
short that no measureoble angles could
be detected at A and B. Finally a new
plan, tluit of trlangulatlan, was devise,
or of measuring many angles from theli
star a to other stars Immensely mors,
remote as the stars C, D, & V and 5.
And also from CtoD, D to E, CtoO,
V to G and so on, securing an many an
gles as possible In the six months, ot
while the earth moved around from A ta
B, Finally, after years of arduous work;
A. Centavrl was observed to be displaced
among the' comparison stars l.B seconds'
of arc, and 61 Cygnl .82 of one second;
or, what Is the same, the value ot 1S8,
000,000 miles A B as seen from thee
ntars. In the drawing A B Is 1H-Inch,
and' the distance of the nearest star it
153, OM times greater than A 11 In space,
or three miles In the cut No wondet
that AX and BY should appear to b
parallel In any microscope.
But this crowning achievement of tin
genius of man, as great as it Is, would
subsldo Into Insignificance, In compari
son, with a discovery of one faint clue
to the nature of mind.
Lowe Observatory, California, V. S. A
Eating Candy Latest
Method to Fight Fat
(From Weekly Graphic.)
When baths, exercise and starvation
fall, the over-fleshy are now advised to
eat a boronlum jujube aftor each meat.
It's the newest way to fight fat From
all reports It appears to be a uuocessful.
as well as safe and easy method. Thb
Jujube, which is quite palatable. Is usod
to convey the extract ot a certain alcae
found growing, on rocks in the oceari.
This extract Is said to have the effect ot
removing fatty obstructions and clearing
tho natural ducts of oily secretions,
Already the demand for these boranlum
Jujubes is something remarkable, accord
Ing to one ot the leading druggists. It
the new fat reducer will do ail that is
claimed for It, the German chemist who
Is given the credit for this unlquo method
will not soon be forgotten. Certain it is
that many thousands have been cry l"k
for something whirh would really take
off flesb, and do this without a lot of
work and worry on their par Adver1-tlsement
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