THE VA-:Ki OMAHA, Fit 1 PAY, JANUAUY 2- liHO.
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In the Same Boat
When There's a Love Scene
on the Doards
By Nell Brinkley
Copyright, IMS, Intern! News Rervto.
Science for Workers
Ity EDO All LI CI EN LA.RRIX.
Did you think that Love was a chap who has a favorite corner where
lie drinks bis wine ot life, and will sit la no other? He's the truest
rover there Is. A rose-lighted table with the sparkle of silver at his
elbows, vasty ceilings and perfect music at the Rltz-Marvelons; or a
warm corner with Ills elbows on a deal table, ceiling low and black,
crockery es thick as his plump wTlst and a bit of a tune on a scratchy
"vee-olln" are all one to him. The lore-story's the thing. Wherever
there's a maid and a man he is happy to sit at the table and dtp his
speen into that broth!
And human nature is the came fabric the world over. It's I that
am telling you this and you can see it for yourself. At the play
when the music swells and draws out thin to a'pat-sionate tremble
and the lovers behind the golden glow of the footlights begin the love
scene with voices tuned to the music that flows to the beat of the con
ductor's slim, black stick with it's will-o'-the-wisp tip, do you think
that the only couple that grope for one another's hands with flutter
ing breath and misty eyes aro behind the velvet rail that circles be
fore the seats of the slim puree? You know better.
Tn the gloom of the curtain of the box that holds color and wealth
and a glitter of stones, like a velvet jewel box open to show the gen
enshrined, the man in evening clothes draws his sweetheart into the
shadow and kisses her fingers there. For lovers are lovers the world
over- in the balcony or In the box; and the same sighs come to them,
the same fears and dreams shake them, the same raptures drown the
reefs of troubles, they thrill to the same colors in the sky; and the
music and the love song over the footlights reach them all alike.
Nell Brinkley.
Q.-n w ei light, or In tt an lUuml-
Dnt which enable u tu see the objects
near us? rt. OIUFFIN. an Francsloo.
A. The Hide of a pencil, band, ray or
streamer of Unlit Jlrort from the inn
tan pas directly In front of the evea In
bnmlfaUy dust-free air anil be Invisible.
The advancing wave-front of light mutt
enter the eye and fall on the ntina to
bo aeon. But wave front are in (he ad
vancing rays, not on sides.
But while chalk dust In a band of lloht
that la passing at right angle to the lino
of vision In Invisible, light rays, and
the particle will be seen shining brll
llaontly by light reflected out of the" band
t a light angle to enter the lensea of
the eye.
Q Wliat fausra geological arviimula-
tlons of layers on top of layers? Kurt
Ueppa, San Francisco.
A. layers In th crust of tho earth
have been mostly deposited aa an ocean
floor, or bottom of seas and taka. Then
the subsequent upheaval of the bottoms
and subsidence of continents exposed
theae atrata to view. Itlvcrs deposit layers
also, and winds spread out layers of
sand. The action of continental Ico sheets)
In freeslng debris, transporting It to
tther places, then dropping tln-lr londa
has been formidable In past millions of
years.
Q. Mind formed elwlrons. Very well.
What mind, or was It many minds? Is
ithere mora than 0110 mind? How many
electrons In one inch? FRANK V.
DA VI A. Chicago. III.
1 A. I hava published for years that
mind created electrons and formed them
Into matter. What mind. I "call Creative
Mind, for mlml alons la able to create.
I do not know what mind Is. so must con
tent myself with a theory, totally op
posite to belief, of which) I have none.
My theory Is that only one mind exists,
and that all other apparent minds ar
parts or fractions ot the one original
mind. I did not start up this theory; It
Is one of the oldest knewn to specula
tion or philosophy. I heard of It In
early youth and have r.ccepted It aa a
theory alnce. 'If bunions oouli force
electrons Into a straight line side by side
In contact, but this ta Impossible since
they repel, then a row one Inch Ion
would contains H,W,om.O.000. My theory
s that only electrons have been created,
all else formed.
Q.-riease with the exact weight of
water compared with Its masses. John
M'KENNA, Brooklyn, N. Y.
A. The weight of one cubic foot of
water usually adopted In hydraulic en
gineering Is 1,000 avoirdupois ounces or
sixty-two and a half pounds. This Is also
tls maaa here on the earth. Take It to
an Infinite distance from any other mat
ter, its weight would ha aero or nothing,
but Its mass would be the same.
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FDR8T EPISODE
The Man With the Black Vandyke.
CHAPTER III Continued.
... June, paying but little attention to the
man who had helped her, turned ner
vously into the car, a day coach, and
viewed the Interior with despair. In that
coach there were only two passengers, a
man and woman, sitting together.
"Would you like to buy a watch?" in
vited June in her smallest voloe as sha
confronted the rigid woman and held out
ber merchandise.
"No," returned th woman without
moved a muscle. Only her feather wab
bled. The man cast on the merchandise
a look of contempt.
"It's a very nice watch," urged June.
"It's a solid gold case and I don't know
liow many Jewels. I only need money
enough to get to New York and hire a
taxi. Then I must find som work."
The black Vandyked man's eyes lighted.
''I don't want it." observed the woman,
looking straight ahead, while the man's
Kin nee - of contempt strayed from the
merchandise to the vender.
"Very well." nodded June, and a grain
ot rice fell from the brim of her little
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blue hat and bounced In the rigid wo
man's lap.
Th woman turned sharply, then she
half rose and looked at the top of the
hat. There was more rice on it!
"Let me a that watch." she said Icily.
On lid contained a picture ot June and
her dog, and the other the date of the
gift and the address.
"How much do you need for this?"
"She wants about $10, ma'am." This
was from the pale-faced conductor, who
was eo broad and stuffy that be was an
offense In narrow aisles, but bis eyas
were full of twinkles.
The rigid lady anapped the watch ahut
and turned to her husband. "Dan." It
did not seem possible that her voice could
take on a wheedling tone, but It did. "I
want $10."
The man turned to her with cold dis
dain. He produced $10 from a tight
bound wallet and Instantly Into June's
mind there flashed the picture of her
tending before Ned a piteous beggar!
The runaway bride took a seat by her
self and was presently given the discom
fort of knowing that the man was grumb-,
ling at the woman Incessantly for having
bought the watch. The black Vandyked
man went ever to them, and she saw him
pay some money, and then ha cam bach
to June with the watch In his hand.
"Of course you won't permit me to
present you with this?" he pleasantly
observed. "If you care to send for it
later, however, I will be very Clad tnded
to give you my card."
"Thank you," aha acoepted, and, taking
the card, put It In her belt ''Tou are
very kind."
It was not until they were nearing the
station la New York that he spoke to her
again.
"Pardon me," he said, bending over
her. "If I can ba of any service to you
on your arrival I shall be very; happy
Indeed."
"There la nothing, thank you," she re
plied, smiling up at him. "You are very
kind."
At that particular moment th New
York express overtook the local and
lowly forged ahead, and Ned Warner,
peering feverishly Into every passing
window saw the suave, black Vandyked
stranger bending gracefully over his
ife. and June was smlliug up at him
Then Ned. against his will, passed on.
The express, however, wss delayed
moment, and trie local pulled In ahead of
It. Ned was th first, passenger out of
the express, and he landed on th plat
form Just In time to see the Vandyked
man and Juna going through th gate
aid by side. Ned rushed after them, but
it waa not until he reached the Vander-
bllo avenue stairway that h saw them
again. June was drifting through th
door and Just behind her was th man.
tie was smiling. With a rush Ned
rounded the balustrade and went up three
atepa at a spring. II arrived only In
time to s June spading away in a taxi-
cab and to ae th black Vandyked man
starting after ber in another. He Jumped
into a thlsd on and shouted:
"Chase them!"
Huld oa there!" gasped a breathless
voir, and a panting porter piled Ned's
whit ribboned luggage on top of him.
Away through th tangled traffic, across
Forty-fourth street and up Fifth avenue
dashed the three taxia at breakneck
peed.
Shall We Take Electricity Direct From Coal?
By GARRETT P. SERVISS.
Sir. Edison's waking dreams are always
fascinating because they are flights of
an Intensely practical mind Into the realm
of still unutilized possibilities. To such
a mind the imagina
tion Is an Instru
ment of discovery.
Its pictures are dim,
not because they
show things that are
yet far off. The
Imagination when
rightly used ta the
greatest ot telescopes.
Mr. Edison has re
cently been foe
sing his mental
lenses upon the fu
ture development of
electricity from coal.
He is reported as
saying in substance that he sees a coining
method by which electricity will be de
rived directly from coal without the In
tervention of either boiler or engine or
dynamo. The exact process Is not re
vealed, and Mr. Edison does not pretend
to be it Inventor, although It appears
that experiments have, been conducted In
his laboratories. Many others both her
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and abroad are at work upon the problem.
But the great American Inventor, with
all his optimism, hardly expects to see
the solution attained during his lifetime.
When It la attained In ten, twenty,
thirty years an almost Incalculable ad
dition will be made to the mechanical
energy employed by man. Even from
the same amount of coal that is now
consumed In our wasteful ways of get
ting energy out of it, four times aa muoli
power In the form of electricity.
Already experiments have converted 2
to 3 !er cent of tho energy contained In
coal directly into electrical power. The
best reault that existing engines can
carry ua back of the coal Itself to the
source of the energy that we find stored
up In It That source Is the sunshine.
The us of coal for obtaining mechan
ical energy Is Ilk the consumption of
vegetable food for nourishing animal
bodies. Vegetation Is ablo to derive nour
ishment direct from the soil and the air
under the Influence of sunshine, but ani
mals cannot do that. They must take
their nourishment from plants, which
have already prepared it for them by
changing Inert material substances into
living protoplasm.
In like manner coal has stored-up en
ergy which It took in while It was yet In
show Is the utilisation of 20 per cent of th form of living plants, and this is
the coal energy. The old methods have
reached their highest development, but
the new one ia still In the experimental
stage. He is a baby giant, which has
hardly yet learned to stand alone. ' But
to Mr. Edison's critical eye It has th
look of an Infant Hercules.
Tho Idea of taking power direct from
Its natural sources Is In accord with the
spirit of this age. We are becoming im
patient of-the old. Indirect, cumbersome
ways, and, what Is more Important, we
what we obtain as heat when the coal
Is burned. Then we have to take that
heat and use It to make water boll, and
then put the energy of th steam to
work In driving an engine, and every
time 'we thus transform the energy orig
inally obtajned from the coal we lose a
large part of It
The new method, In which Mr. Edison
has so much confidence, gets the energy
from tho coal directly by ii thermo-electric
process, and saves, or when pet
ard beginning to appreciate Tketter thu (ec ted will save, nearly all th loss In
wastefulness of many of them. Hut in volved in the complicated procsaea now
the case of coal it would seem that still employed.
another step should be made which would Now, If we could eliminate the coal en
tirely and go for power straight te the
sunbeams, which sre the ultimate source
of the energy, we should be doing In me
chanics something equivalent to What
th consumption ot chemically prepared
food in place of "natural" food would
be In biology and physiology.
For one thing, we should then become
Independent of the continuance of the
coal supply. The fear that the supply
may be exhausted within one tor two
hundred years is a nightmare that haunts
the bedsld ot many a thinker who con
siders It a part of his duty to help look
out tor the future welfare of humanity.
In this wonderful twentieth century we
have already done such amaxiruj things
that the world le getting on fire with en
thusiasm for progress, and nobody could
bear to think ot having to stop now, or.
worse still, of having to go backward,
on socount ot a failure of th sources of
mechanical energy upon which all these
marvellous things depend.
To conserve the coal by such means as
this new method of attracting its energy
without the present waste will be an
enormous advantage, but It will only put
off th evil day unless somebody, some
new Edison, can find a way to leave coal
entirely out ot the account, or to shoul
der It aside and take Its place at the
original fountain-head of energy.
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