THE BKU: OMAHA, WKD.NKSDAY, JULY K. 1914.
"M ' '" 'HI ii i 1 inn i i i i
Lightning Flashes
Often Exhibit Colors of
tho Spectrum
Two Chips Off the Same Block
. By Nell Brinkley
Copyright, 10H. Interna News Service.
By GARRETT P. SERVISS.
t HI U II 1-1 1 1 . ' . -.
i nun iMiuiins is ujacnargra jrviu
have often wondered what It Is, nnd
.ujucreiit color o,
white. biuo - white,
' pink, violet, ctJC
A. It. Brooklyn, N.
Y."
As the season ot
lightning Is ap
proaching, many
readers will soon
witness the wonder
ful phenomena, which
puzzle the writer
of this question.
Nature has no spec
tacle In her reper
tory moro grandly
beautiful than a thunder-storm, but when
tho lightning begins to play, terror us
ually so dominates tho mind of all bo
ho'Otrfl ilat 11 ty neglect to natlo the
marvelous details of the great atmo
spheric pageant. It Is to tho credit ot
"A. IVs" steadiness of nerve that he his
observed so closely tho many delicate
hues that vivid lightning ofton presents.
Most persons, X think, are unaware that
lightning ever Is colored, although It
always Impresses, some as being fiery red,
probably an effect ot the excited Ima
gination. The lncandesccnco of lightning is duo
to tho Intense heating of tho gases ot the
atmosphere through which the great' elec
tric spark (for lightning Is merely such
a "spark") passes.
Tho molecules of tho alraVp set Into
vibrations sufficiently rapid to produce
light .waves In tho surrounding either.
Any solid particles of dust or hazo float
ing In the air In tho track of tho (lis
chargj) are also hented to the incande
scent point. Tho atmosphero up to a
considerable height always contains vast
numbers of such particles.
The prevailing huo ot llghtnfng la a daz
llng white, because the heat 14 so great
that the entire gamut' ot vibrations that
produces tho effect ot light is set a
quiver at once, and. tho primary color
waves of which that gamut is made up
are all blended together, as they are In
sunlight. Hut often, as "A. P." nan
noticed, lightning exhibits decided color
tints, which are sometimes very strik
ing and beautiful. These arc due to dif
ferences In the composition ot the air,
and of its f)6atlng contents, along the
path ot the lightning, as well as to .vari
ations In tho discharge itself.
It has been observed that tho colors
exhibited by lightning are much less
varied and vivid In temperate cllmatss
than they are.. In tropical and equatorial
regions. fArago thought that 'the yel
low, red, blue, violet and "purple tints
often exhibited by lightning depended,
upon the quantity of electricity travers
ing tho air, upon tho density qf the air,
upon the amount ot moisture contained
in It, and upon r the , nature ot tho. float
ing vapors and dust through which the
lightning pnsqd. .This It nioJt be said. I
is a sort ol acoop:nct . explanation, and
yet, I'crhaps, it would not he practicable
to give a more detailed -one; that would
have a general application. If one
knew the precise condition' and .content))
of the body of air through which a
lightning flash passed it might be pos
sible to point out the exact origin of the
colors shown, but a great lightning
flash sometimes sov,ral miles in length,
and evidently no very accurate idea of
the state ot the nlr throughout wo -large
a spuce could readily be obtained.
The same flash might exhibit varying
The explanation which Arago suggested
tor violet colored lightning was that It
piobably occurred at a great ' height
above the earth, where the relatively
low densfty of tho air would product
conditions somewhat resembling those in
a partially exhausted, or Gelsaier, tube,
through which electric . discharges are
passed. As Is well known, such dis
charges exhibit violet tints. In connec
tion wltrt .this lt may be mentioned that
thunder-clouds have been known1 to oc
cur at a measured height of five miles
above the ground.
Dr. Richard Anderson, who made a
special study- of lightning in England,
says:
"Tho color of" lightning unquestionably
depends upon the character of tho mater
ial substance that Is suspended in the
sir track, and that Is transported In a
tine vaporous state by the discharge. The
color Is of quite the same nature as that
which lfi Imparted to artificial fireworks
by metallic Impregnations. The vapor of
iron communicates one kind of hue and
the Vapor of sulphur, or fine particles of
carbon In a quasi-vaporized state,
another."
However, it is my Impression that
heaven's fireworks are hot so often coi
ned by chromatic chemicals In the air
is by the erects of variations in the In
tensity' of the electric discharges. The
cojpr ot any incandescent substance de
pends upon, the degree of" heat to which
It Is subjected, as we may see among the
stars, where different individuals exhibit
tho whole gamut of spectral colors Jn ac
cordance with their temperature, the
hottest stars being blue "or 'Violet, the
next hottest white, the cooling ones yel
low, and those -shivering 'toward, extinc
tion dull red.
' Down hero on. tho yellow sands of tho Southwest Land, hero I am lucky
enough to bo, I have a little playmate a little sljm, brown girl with sunburnt yel
low hair and a nose that turns up sasally to the sky, and a pair of sober, beautiful
gray eyes. Well, she comes and plays with me, And she's -very wise lets me
in on some mighty secrets, all unknowingly, secrets of why humanity does what It
does, and what it thinks about. Yesterday, running barefootand soundless in the
sand, she pounced on me, laughing and clutching with her grubby little fists. And
then settling back on her, shell-cut little heels, she clasped both fives of fingers on
her flat little ches'. and talked. And this was what it was about: "My mother
and I were over in tlio village v-'lst now. My mother bought a hat it cost a lot of
money! And" oh there was Miss" Bink there was a little hat with ribbons
hangln' down it was tho darllngest hat you ever saw! But my mother said what
did I need with a spring hat when it was snowing in New York. But it was v-e
dearest .hat you ever heard of!"
And while I groaned with sympathy jH the fashion In which "my mother" had
put one "over on the little one, I could almost see the little woman-herfrt puis.
lng under her blue apron. Just tho phrase of tho eternal, lovely hat-loving woman
"It, was tho darllngest hat "you ever heard of!" And It mado me remember
Eve who was beautiful (sho has to be we know she was) bending over her
Jungle-mirror framed in green- without velvot or ribbon or Btraw rflttlng with
vain, sweet fingers a wreath around hor swinging hair her only hatl But her
bare head ached for a chapoau to porch thereon! And now these spring, days If
you loiter before a little shining Mllo. Babotto window, where the tender, choice i
little chapeaux balance on their slender one-leg Jlke f)owor stalks, you'll find
maybo a grand, fine lady curled and perfumed and groomo'd like a racing thor
oughbred, with hor wolfish, yet kind, police-dog hugging hor skirts, alongside
an atom of fominjnltj with gouges takpn out of her stockings, wilted hair ribbons
and rusty shoes, glistening eyes and apple cheeks, both lost In contemplation, In
tent, gone a-tlreamlng, over two bonnets ono little arid the other suffocatingly
grownup and smartish!
Two chjps off the old block two daughters of Eve with Her blood In their
hearts that answers up. to the call of the bonnot-shop! NELL BRLINKLHY.
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Home Is the place where you do the
things you dassen't do anywhere else.
When 'ou are at home you tell folks
what you think about them, but strangers
ypu speak to po
lite and agreeable.
"When you are at
home you tvar
your old worn-out
clothes, and your
hair In curl papers.
And you take off
your collar, and
look like the old
scratch, but when
you go away from
home, you put on
jour new dress and
all your false hair,
and people say tiow
pretty you are, and
how young you
look for your age.
Also when you
are at home you
fuss and quarrel, and tell your husband
that you don't know what mad you fool
enough to marry him, but when you are
away from home butter wouldn't mgjt In
your mouth, and you brag to other TodTea
about what a perfectly grand husband
you have got, and how crazy In love he
Is with you.
When a man comes home at night he
slams the door behind him, and kicks the
cat, and says sh-B-s-s-s-h to the chil
dren, and he knocks the dinner, and says
he'd like to know what his wlfo means
by setting him down to that sort of
lip
pllmonts everything he 'eats, and he telln
funny Btorles, and everybody says he Is
tho lifo of the party.
Home Is the only place where folks
speak the truth, which is good for the
souls, but most unpleasant. When my
mother buys a hat the lady In the store
says that she looks perfectly lovely in It,
and all her friends say that it Is terrible
stylish, but when she brings It home all
the folks tells her that she looks Mike a
scarecrow In It, and that It Is about seven
teen years too young- for her.
And when my papa talks away from
homo people listen to him most respect
ful when he tells how ho could 'fight
Mexico with, one hand tied behind him,
and lick 'em all Inside ot 'a week, but
when he talks that way at home my
mother says, "Oh,i piffle',' ypu, .would run
from a chile con carne, for you Hid under
the bed that time we thought there 'was
a burglar In the house."
If wo did not havo homes we should
never know how many faults we have,
for It la only when I am home that any
body tells me to quit sniffling, and cat
with my fork, and not to stand pigeon
toed, and for goodness1 sake not to talk
so much,
When, we have company jny mother al
ways sings a song that says ''there's no
place like home," and most of us are
glad there ain't.
We should all be very thankful for the
blessing of having a home v;her we are
taught what poor, miserable worms ot
the dust we arc. It Is because so many
unfortunate people .hayO' not. had the
blessings of a home that they go around
full of conceit and pride, and valri; glory.
and good times
rillnn tea-, nnluln ami wIiak t f . n wita
tries to talk to him ho says "huh." and I Oh. how we should all Iovh our homes'
he Mts up all evening reading tho paper. And the farther wn get away from them
Dut when he Is away from home he coin- the more we love tt.cic
Motion Picture
Illusions
By EDGAR LUCIEN LARKIN.
Q. "Will you kindly jexplaln the Illusion
of wheels 'of vehicles reversing In motion
Pictures?"
A. The usual rate ot taking photos on
rapidly moving strips of film for moving
picture shows is sixteen per secondthat
Is, the minute shutter Is closed ana
opened, each, sixteen times per oeopnd.
Borne spokes in a rolling wheel must
be missed when he shutter is closed.
Now the Illusion ot the wheel going back
ward when actually moving forward Is
due to this fact.
GRAVITATION AND TEMPERATURE.
Q. "Doca gravitation depend on the
temperature ot 'the attracting body?"
O. Engstrand, 17 Battery Place, New
York.
A. No. A mass, whether gaseous,
liquid or solid, whether hot or cod, .Will
noj vary Its attraction upon any outside
mass. Quantity of the matter, not Its
molecular state, determines gravitation in
tensity. Hfr;
Q. Is there a negative law In the uni
verse to tho effect that one star or sun
might repel another body?
A. Two plthballs as In laboratories,
when charged by means of an electrical
machine wth the .same" kind of lcc
trlclty, repel each otheij with great
activity. Rut no two suns In space have
ever been seen to repel.
The universal law of gravitation re Igns
in supreme majesty and dominion In til
that part of .the sidereal Structure within
reach of the largest telescopes.
The One Thins Worse,
"What ran be worse," he asked, "than
taking' a kiss without asking for Itr'
"I don't know," said the girl, "unless
It Is asking for a kiss without tsklng lt."
-Ladies' Homo Journal,
High Road to Happiness
The Way to Be Happy is to Find Joy In 12vcry Simple Tiling in Life
By BEATRICE' FAIRFAX.
Did you tackle the trouble that camo
your way with a resolute heart and
Or hide, your face from the light of luj
with a craven soul ana learim;
Oh, a trouble,' n ton. or a trouble's an
ounce.
Or a troublo's what you makO It,
And it Isn't the fact that you're hurt
'thut counts,
But only-how did you take It?
i ' Edmund Vanee Cooke.
There Is nothing In all the world so
free for the taking as happiness!
HapplnesH does not depend n any way
on, what you aro or have It depends on
how you think. No one, no thing, not
veha gift of the fairies, can make you
happy unlero your own mind sees happi
ness In your possession.
The happiest girl I ever knew was a
poor crlppjo named Mary Muto. fjhe sat
prJspned jn a clialr bet In a shabby home
of poverty. With chnyllko fingers sho
made little baskets ot wlru and beads
and fashioned little knick-knacks to help
support hor tortured vclf. Inflammatory
rheumatism, poverty, lameness, sad. drab
homeliness, a humdrum life and no girl
ish, dream nf love are fairly good excuses
for unhapplncfcH.
Mary Mutu wan the happiest girl I have
vor known. The "poor little rich girls"
In the college town where she lived used
to rush to see Mary when they "had the
blues.)' 'For the contrast of their good
fortune with her cvl days, you think?
Not at all. Unliapplness. couldn't live In
the room where a broken cripple sat und
radiated Joy and happiness.
Mary Muto' mind transmuted tho Iron
and xtrol of her gray life Into the gold
of sunshiuo.
r
y '"lfJIll"' m
Madame. Jse'ielh
"Seauiy Lessons
I.KSSON XI ART IV.
i'hy-lrnt Caltnro Veteran Actren.
The veteran actress, Sarah Bernhardt,
born In IStt. Is a wonderful example ot
tho effect of Well-directed physical exer
cises on the body. Mme. Uernhardt's body
Is still young and lithe Ir Ita movement:
it' Is not the Physique of a young girl.
but It Is far from being the physlquo that
we associate with a woman post 60. Hhe
ha a perfect carriage She has never
allowed any accumulation of flesh on any
part of her" body nnd she can play young
roles today simply because her body can
still respond to youthful enthusiasm. She
Is the examplo of a woman who has never
deviated one moment from the laws of
physical health. -She always has" been a
great believer In masssge. 8he has fenced
a great deal, an excellent exercise for
keeping the limbs supple and the move
ments quick. She baa treated her phy
sique Intelligently, understanding what It
needed, building up when necessary and
reducing excess flesh as soon as there
was any hint of Its appearance.
As Mme. Bernhardt has always trained
her body since youth she has had no jad
habits to overcome, fhe Is an example
of a physical training tha.t never "lets
up.", At the same tlmo hers Is not a tem
perament or physique Inclined to grow
very stout, What aha has to combat as
years go on Is stlffness-laek of grace or
vigor. Vom$n who do not ncpumulate
flesh as they crow older are apt to think
this fact sufficient to give them a youth
ful appearance. This Is not always sor
there Is a stiff.' angular mlddlo age quite
as unlovely as too much fat. At this
period there Is also a. tendency toward
rounding the back, dropping the figure
Into tho waistline, becoming shorter and
less erect-all bad habits that can bo
avoided by proper, regular physical exercises.
To suggest physical culture to the.
housekeeper and mother may seem nt
first almost cruelty, tho adding of an
other burden to an already too full day
and to muscles already overtaxed. Yet
this busy, hard-worked housewife docs
need a certain amount nnd kind of physi
cal culture to bring vigor and elasticity to
her movements, and to exercise unused
muscles so they ay aid and help out
those which at present seem too much
usedy
She can at least devote a few minutes
each day to restful physical culture. If
she can do no more, night and morning
1st hor go-through the series ot breathing
exorcries outlined In Lesson X. Tills will
accomplish at least two things, Invigorate
the blood so that the bodily tissues are
promptly renewed, end teach correct poise
so that the gets profot and not weariness
frpm her dally tasks. Housework Is ex
cellent physical culture If It Is properly
done.
Lesson XI to be cont)nuel.
Advice to tile Lovelorn
Dy BEATRICE FAIRFAX;
Social Attentions. r
Dear Miss lalrfax: I am a young man
of 20 years, and recently through my
mother I met nnd became acquainted
with a young lady and I have taken a
decided liking to her. T have written her
to tho effect that. I should line to culti
vate her acquaintance, and the other day
sne called me up ana toia m mat sno
appreciates my letter very much. Kindly
advise as to the attentions I should pay
this lady, at I would like to win her It
1 LONESOME AND WOIIRIED.
First you must call on this young lad
In her, own home. And then take her to
some of the mmy places ot amusement
th eitv offers In summer the Park, boat
'rides, the "movies," the root gardens and
the restaurants and street car rides, with
luncheon or supper ajong the way, all
appeal to girls. Why not Invite her to
spend a Kunday lir the country, and then
say, "Won't you suggest something In
teresting to do on Friday or any other
evening you prefer?"
To be happy you have only to will to
be happy.
Himpiy, don't let your mind focus on
your troubles Get busy, Work yourself
Into art .actual, glow of exertion-occupy
your body If you tan and If you cannot,
work your mind Into a healthy glow.
.Never want anything that Is Impossible
foi you to have. Want everything thaj.
is possible to acquire with proportionate
earnestness. Have plenty of attainable
little goals-In view as you climb your ""I
,,t.i. i -1 actcr.
Large, cltar half-moons Indicate health.
Determine to get the fullest possible ! Surely your college education takes ynu
measure of happiness put at everything! beyond the point of superstition where
Flnftrrnalls and Character.
Dear MUs Fairfax: To satisfy my
curiosity, fould you advise me as to
whether or not large "moons" on the
finger nails mun anything In Particular.
Borne people to whom I have spoken say
It has a certain bearing on a man's rhar-
CUA HENCE V.
that happens to you
And when disappointment or checks or
humiliations come, wipe them off the
slate as fast as they oqcur.
,If you have a black spot In your heart
keep It safely locked -up In the dark.
Don't bring It out In the sunshine and
encourage It to live.
Hoar your sorrows as' well as you know
how and don't let your mind dwell on
them. Keep your mind' sunny and
you could imagine they hold more mean
ing that this.
How to Beautify a
Summer Soiled Face
It's really a simple matter to renovate
a face soiled by sun. winds or dirt. Or
dinary mercollzed wax. imrt lib nnlrt
healthy and full of little thoughts of Joy. cream, will transform the worst old com-
Think nf all 4Ia nl....... ntii. ,1.1 ' nlpdnn lntn nnm nf Hnnwv whlttn,.. ml
Think of all tho pleasant Utile things 'Plexlon Into one of snowy whiteness and
that happen to you. As. for sorrow and Iffi1' ffrM;f 1L W.Vl"Ur "SLSS?
graausiiy mere s no oiscomiort. me worn
and trouble, havo energy ready to meet
and fight these foes but forget the fray
when It Is over.
Mako yourself sunshine, as did the crip
ple who thought happiness Into a life that
had ( not on tlemtn of Joy,
It accident has barred you from ono
road cf life there are a. hundred others
dperi to you, and they all lead to happi
ness, if only you 'kill unhapplness by
Ignoring It.
The way to bex happy Is to find Joy in
every simply thing In life. And the road
to happiness is yours It only you choose
to take It.
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