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HOUDON, THE SCULPTOR
Known in This Country Mainly by His
Statue of Washington
Since the days of the cathedral build
ers France has never been without
great masters of the chisel. Traditions
and an ever accumulating skill have
been passed on as from father to son
through generations immemorial. With
all that "apostolic succession" of geni
us we of another race are strangely un
familiar. One name, however, we as
sociate with that of our first president,
and for this reason, and not because
Jean Antoine Houdon was the leading
sculptor of his time, is he sometimes
mentioned in the United States.
As the "first sculptor of his day"
Houdon was invited in 1784 by Thom
as Jefferson, representing the state of
Virginia, to make a statue of General
Washington. On July 28, 1785, the
sculptor with three assistants sailed in
the company of Benjamin Franklin
from Southampton, bound for Phila
delphia. The journey required nearly
two months and Houdon did not ar
rive at Mount Vernon until October 2.
Two weeks were occupied in model
ing the bust, making a life mask, and
taking many measurements, with all of
which the artist departed rejoicing,
and, thanks to the rapid ocean service
of the time, was home again on Christ
mas day.
The result of this trip was the nota
ble marble which stands in the state
house at Richmond, our most trust
worthy portrait of the first president.—•
Scribner's.
The first bond of society is mar
riage; the next, our children.—Cicero.
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HYPNOTIZING ANIMALS
Even the Deadly Cobra May Be Made
Perfectly Passive
Hypnotizing a hen is a trick known
to most country boys, ft is an. old ex
periment, first described by the Jesuit
father, Athanasius Kircher, who laid
a hen on the table, helTl it firmly for
a little while and drew a chalk line
in front of its eves, with the result
that it remained as if in a catalepsy.
In India it is known that a cobra
caught by the neck and gently pressed
will soon become stiff' and remain so
for a considerable time either coiled
up or out straight.
A frog fastened to a board and
turned suddenly up.side down goes into
a trance. Other animals are susceptible
to this treatment, 1 some more quickly
than others.
If you pick up a crab and wave it in
the air it becomes immobile, a female
bending her legs over her abdomen, a
male sticking them out almost straight.
The same is true of the fresh water
crayfish, only this resists for a much
longer time than a crab.
Among the insects catalepsy—com
monly known as "death feigning"—is
common, and, according to Professor
Ernst Mangold, the learned German
naturalist, is often a mentis of saving
the lite of the insect.
According to Mangold, the hypnotic
condition is induced in man by sug
gestion or physical inhibition, in ani
mals by mechanical inhibition, but
in both cases sensory stimuli may as
sist. These stimuli may be optic (fix
ing the gaze on some object, or tactile
(stroking the skin), or otherwise. Some
times an absence of wonted stimuli
may induce the state, as in the case
of absolute silence.—St. Louis Post-
Dispatch.
Baindrops
Drops of rain vary in their size per
haps from a twenty-fifth to a quarter
of an inch in diameter. In parting
from the clouds they precipitate their
descent till the increasing resistance
opposed by the air becomes equal to
their weight, when they continue to
fall with uniform velocity. This ve
locity is therefore in a certain ratio
to the diameter of the drops; hence
thunder and other showers in which
the drops are large pour down faster
than a drizzling rain. A drop of the
twenty-fifth part of an inch in falling
through the air would, when it had ar
rived at its uniform velocity, acquire a
celerity of only eleven and'a half feet
per second, while one of a quarter of
an inch would have a velocity of thir-!
ty-three and a half feet.
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HARRISBTTRG STAR-INDEPENDENT, WEDNESDAY EVENING. APRIL 14, 1915^
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL NEWS
ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
WILL GIVE 5-ACT DRAMA
Members of Ellsabethvllle High School
Will Present "Tony the Convict"
in High School Auditorium Friday
and Saturday
"Tony the Convict," a drama in
five acts, will be given in the High
school auditorium of Elizabethville,
under the allspices of the Elizabethville
High School Athletic Association, Fri
day and Saturday evening, at 8 o'clock.
Music by the "Original Hertzler or
chestra" led by Professor H. C.
Hertzler, will be a feature of the pro
gram. The cast of characters is as
follows:
"Tony Warren, a many-sided char
acter, who has an honest heart beneath
his ragged coat, Warren Swab;
"Weary Wayside," his henchman —
"too tirod to work," Miles Miller;
".lames Barclay," hard-hearted and
vindictive, Paul Bonawitz; '"Philip
Warburton," a social leader, Fred
Botts; "Judge Van Cruger, of the Su
preme Court, Richard Weaver; "War
den Burrows," of Sing Sing Prison,
'Howard Weaver; "Jackson," the ne
gro footman, Clair Hoke; "Lena," the
reputed daughter of Judge Van Cruger,
'Maude Weaver; "Mrs. Van Cruger,"
the Judge's wife, Esther Sclureiber;
"Miss Sedley," who takes pleasure in
being disagreeable, Mrs. F. Blair
Weaver; "Sally," with a soul above
hash, Ruth Miller. ( _
Time—The present day.
Place—Various points on the Hud
son river, New Vork. A lapse of six
months between the first aud second
acts, of two days between second and
third acts; of six weeks between the
third and fourth, anil of two years be
tween the fourth and fifth acts.
Time of Playing—Two hours and
thirty minutes.
Following are the officers in charge
of the entertainment: Miss Sara Kess
ler, directress; Miss Stella Weaver, ac
companist; Professor R. C. Hertaler,
orchestra director; Percy A. Swab, as
sistant director.
Concert in Tech High School
A concert was given in the Tech
nical High school auditorium last night
under the auspices of the St. John's
Reformed church, assisted by Miss
Myrtle Dornbach, pianist; John D.
Whitman, violinist, and Fred F. Lutz,
baritone.
Clarence E. Zorger, directed the
chorus, and Miss Margaret Frey ac
companied the singers. Those partici
pating in the program were:
Sopranos—Misses Minnie A. Bow
man, Kathryn M. Rohrer, Ethyl M.
Dissiniger, Madeline S. Ritter, Pearl
M. Geisinger, Blanche M. Wert, Pearl
C. Sowers, Mrs. C. E. Cornelius, Mrs.
R. L. Cocklin, Mrs. W. W. Middleton.
Altos—Misses A. Ethel Henry,
Hazel Rexroth, Mary B. DeHart, Viola
M. Gotwalt, Mrs. H. J. Forinwalt, Mrs.
H. W. Keitel.
Tenors—Paul S. Raber, Ralph F.
Sellmyer, Roy E. Walborn, Harry W.
Keitel.
Basses—Percy R. McGinn is, Elian
i Wagner, Sinclair B. Gully, Jacjob B.
Smith.
The program was giveu as follows:
Part 1. —"We Are Brave Mata-1
dors," Ira Traviata, Ai«rdi, chorus;
Hungarian Rhapsody, Hauser, Mr.
Whitman; luvictus, rtuhn, Mr. Lutz;
Rondo Capriccioso, Mendelssohn, Miss
Dornbach; "Bridal Chorus." The Rose
Maiden, Cowen, chorus.
Part 2.—Allegro Movement from
i Fifth Symphony, Beethoven, Miss
I Frey and Miss Dornbach; "Pilgrims'
j Chorus,'' Tannbauser, Wagner, chorus;
j (a) "Souvenir," Drdla, (b) "Schon
I Rosmarin," Kreisler, Mr. Whitman;
| (a) "Song of the Winds," Goetz; (b)
I "Who Knowsf" Ball, Mr. Lutz; Pol-
J onaise in "A" flat major, Chopin,
| Miss Dornbach; "Damascus Triunt-
I [dial Entry," Naaman, Coata, chorus.
BIBLK CLASS MEETING
Held at Home of Mrs. William Draw
haugh, Camp Hill
The regular monthly meeting of the
j Ladies' Bible Class of the Camp Hill
Church of God Sunday school was held
I yesterday afternoon at the home of
Mrs. William Drawbaugh, Myers ave
i nue.
A short business session was held
after which a social hour was enjoyed
and dainty refreshments served.
Those present were Mrs. Daniel
Bucher, Mrs. Martin Kreiger, Mrs.
Harry Hippie, Mrs. Harry Shaffer,
Mrs. William Stouffer, Mrs. John Sut
ton, Mrs. Martha Bender, Mrs. David
Stouffer, Miss Mary Kimmel, Mrs. Re
becca Gross and Mrs. Drawbaugh.
Attended Carlisle Presbytery
Among the Harrisburg ministers who
attended the Carlisle Presbytery held
in the Presbyterian church at Carlisle
yesterday and to-day were the Rev. J.
S. Armentrout, the Rev. Edwin F.
Curtis, the Rev. Everett H. Hallmau,
the Rev. Alford Kelley, the Rev. Frank
P. MacKenzie, the Rev. Lewis S.
Mudge, the Rev. John M. Warden, the >
Rev. William N. Yates, the Rev. Wil
liam B. Cooke and the Bev. Harry B.
King. Other members of Presbytery at
tending the convention from this city
were H. C. Miller, S. W. Fleming, Ja
cob L. Wirt, William B. Wenrich,
James A. Stranahan and the Rev. Har
vey Klaer.
The Misses Rhine Hostesses
Misses Margaret and Harriet Rhine,
63t> Muench street, entertained the
members of Mrs. John McLaughlin's
class at their home last evening. Those
present were Mrs. John McLaughlin,
Miss Alice Wertz, Miss Evelyn Burg,
Miss Mary McCollev, Miss Hazel
Fradm, Miss Ruth Lightner, Miss Na
omi Smith, Miss Mary Glosser, Miss
Elizabeth Feltenberger, Miss Helen
Chandler.
Exerciseß at Susquehanna School
Next Tuesday afternoon tho Educa
tional Department of the Civic Olub
will hold interesting exercitfes at the
Susquehanna school, Fifth and Seneca
streets, in honor of the completion of
the work on the grounds. An excep
tionally fine program has been ar
ranged.
Annual Civic Club Election
On Monday afternoon at 3.30
o'clock the annual election of officers
of the Civic Club will be held at the
Y. W. C. A. The report of the retiring
treasurer, Miss Eleanor F. Shmnk, will
be given and other important business
transacted.
News of Persons
Who Come and Go
Miss Mary B. Robinson, 111 State
street, has gone to New York for a
week's visit.
Mrs. James HenTy Darlington and
Miss Eleanor Darlington have gone
to Peekskill, N. Y., with Miss Kate
B. Darlington, w<ho returns to school
there.
Miss Nelle Swartz has returned to
her home, 1503 State street, after
spending several days in Carlisle.
Chauncey Cox, 107 South Second
street, has accepted a position in Chi
cago.
Alias Catherine Hagerman, 1440
Berryhill street, is confined to her home
on account of illness. *
Mrs. F. Halbaugh, of New Bloom
field, is visiting friends in this city.
Miss Mary Ritter, 423 South Thir
teenth street, is spending several weeks
visiting in New York State.
Mr. and Mrs. John Cotton Smith,
of Philadelphia, is spending several
weeks with friends and relatives in
this city.
Miss Edna Starlarper, 1209 North
Third street, is visiting in Pittsburgh.
Miss EUie Lekicher, 95 North Sev
enteenth street, has returned from a
several days' visit with friends in
Millersburg.
Mrs. E. J. Smith, 2120 Third
street, left to-day for a several days'
visit in New York.
Mrs. J. Ross Hildebrand, who has
been the guest of her son, VV. E. Hil
debrand, 311 Walnut street, returned
to her home yesterday.
H. M. Wands, of Tyrone, was a
visitor to the city yesterday.
Mrs. Willis Shenk, 271 Hamilton
street, is in Lancaster attending the
funeral of her uncle, James Carnahau.
Gerald Moyer, who is attending
school in Baltimore, has returned to
resume his studies, after a week's
visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph VV. Moyer, 408 Crescent street.
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Donnelly, 1923
Penn street, are spending several days
at their cottage at the Cove.
Serrell Ressing, 1116 Cowden
street, is visiting relatives in Cleve
land.
Mrs. Jacob McCorkle, 2035 Penn
street, and Mrs. Stephen Dowhauer,
spent yesterday at West Willow.
Mrs. Charles Black, 311 Walnut
street, left to-day for a visit to Phila
delphia and Atlantic City.
Mr. and Mrs. David Ober, 138
Sylvan Terrace, have returned from a
week's visit in Niles, Michigan.
Miss Leah Tiptou, of Baltimore,
who was the guest of Mr. and Mrs.
Jesse Howe, 145 Sylvan Terrace, has
returned home.
Miss Margaret McLain, 214 Pine
street, lias returned from a visit with
Mrs. Henry M. Loomis, of Washington,
D. C.
George W. Harder, of Williamsport,
was a visitor at the home of Dr. C. M.
Ewing, 1500 North Sixth street, yes
terday.
Mr. and Mrs. William Tomlinson
and Russell Tomlinson have gone to
Chambersburg, after a visit with Mrs.
William Tomlinson, 1639 Regina
'street.
Mrs. James Bailey, of Pine Forge,
is visiting her mother, Mrs. George
Reilv, 1501 North Front street.
Albert Drake has returned to Al
toona, after a visit with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Drake, 1422
State street.
Miss Cecelia Larkin, 1422 Naudain
street, is the guest of friends in Hazle
ton.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Buckatew and
family, South Fourteenth street, are
moving to Duncannon.
Mrs. Henry Schell and son, Henry
Schell, Jr., 1512 State street, are
visiting Mrs. P. McEntee in Chester.
Mrs. William Wolff, of Philadelphia,
has returned home after a visit with
her mother, Mrs. F. Kane, 428 Hummel
street.
Guy Showers has returned to Phila
delphia, after a visit with his parents,
iMr. and Mrs. Jeremiah Showers, 432
South Thirteenth street.
'Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Seibert and
Clifford Kepner, wifoo have been' the
guests of Dr. and Mrs. C. R. Miller,
1900 Market street, have returned to
Orwigsburg.
Miss Margaret Hoffman, who has
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feet feel. They want to dance for joy.
"TIZ" is grand. "TIZ" instantly draws
out all the poisonous exudatious which
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flamed, aching, sweaty, smelly feet.
Get a 25-cent box of "TIZ" at any
drug store or department Store. Get in-
Btant foot relief. Laugh at foot suffer
ers who complain. Because your feet
are never, never going to bother or
muke you limp any nioro.—Adv.
been spending her vacation with • her
parents, -Mr. and Mrs. R. Wilson Hoff
man, 1930 North Third street, has re
turned to the Walnut Lane school,
Philadelphia.
Miss Matilda Schmidt, 58 North
Thirteenth street, is visiting her sister
in Wilkes-Barre.
J. Russell Graham, 198 _ Tuscarora
street, has gone to Philadelphia, after
a visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. Graham.
Miss Sue Seiler, 17 North Front
street, has returned from a week-end
visit in Bristol.
Miss Maude Miljer, 1900 Market
street, and Miss Grace Bess Weller, of
Middletown, have returned from a
visit to Mt. Gretna.
Mrs. Wallace Hardigan, 235 North
street, left yesterday for Pittsburgh,
where she will bo the guest of relatives.
Miss Helen Ritner and Charles B.
Goldman, of Reading, have returned
home after a visit with Miss Annie
Wolz, 202 Harris street. -
Mrs Henry E. Shearer, 130 Locust
! street, has returned from a month's
visit to Philadelphia and Atlantic City.
Miss Emma Coleman, 222 Harris
/street, who spent the week-end at At
lantic City, has returned home.
Mrs. Elizabeth Mover and ,Miss
Meyer,- 705 North Sixth street, have
returned from a trip to Atlantic City.
Guest of Miss Eby
Miss Purple, of Lancaster, i s visiting
Miss Fannie M. Eby, 611 North Front
street, for a few days.
Chicken Noodle Soup Supper
The Indies' Aid Society of the
Zion Lutheran church, of Euola, will
hold a chicken noodle dinner and sup
per at the P. R. R. Y. M. C. A., Enoln,
to-morrow afternoon and evening.
A LEFT HANDED ARTIST
Leonardo da Vinci Even Wrote From
Right to Left
A right handed man in making a
drawing puts his shading from right to
left diagonally downward. A left hand
ed man puts his shading from left to
right. This is especially noticeable in
the drawings of Leonardo da Vinci, who
was left handed. In the same way a
right handed man, being asked to draw
a spiral, naturally makes what is called
a "left handed" spiral—that is, one
that curves clockwise, while the left
handed man draws the "right handed"
spiral, or that which curves counter
clock-wise.
In his book, "The Curves of Life,"
Theodore Andrea Cook says that a
Sherlock Holmes could tell from the
curves of a canpenter's shavings
whether he was right or left handed, as
a right handed carpenter invarialbly
drives his plane a little to the left, pro
ducing right handed screws, while the
left handed carpenter pushes his plane
a little to the right and produces left
handed crews.
Screws and corkscrews are right hand
screws unless made for some special j
purpose. Left hand screws .can be
boug'ht from any large hardware dealer.
Coffin screws for some unexplained rea
son are always left hand screws. Man
is naturally rigot handed, aud it has
'been suggested that this may be owing
to the position of his heart on the left j
side. So all tools and weapons have
been adapted to right handed men. This
is true of the adze, plane, scythe, gim
let, auger, scissors, snuffers, Shears, etc.
The strongly left handed man wili!
continue to use such tools with his left j
hand, even though with inconvenience,'
•but he in whom the left handedness is j
not a strong bias becomes ambidextrous j
through the use of the right handed!
contrivances and appliances of everv-1
day life. I
Mr. Cook mentions many customs j
that have arisen through the normal '
right handedness of man. Among these ■
1 s the rule of driving to t'he left, which j
still obtains in England, Portugal, 1
Sweden and parts of Austria, Italv and !
Switzerland. This is a survival of rid-1
ing days, when men held the reins in
their left hands in order to leave their
right free to use their swords.
The most notable example of a left
handed artist is Leonardo da Vinci. He
also wrote with his left hand and 1
wrote from right to left. So that any j
one who wants to read his manuscripts
oi the annotations on his drawings must
use a mirror. This, according "to Mr.
Cook, is the natural method of the left
handed man.
A RARE DECORATION
Austria's Grand Cross of the Order of
Maria Theresa
Tho grand cross of the order of Ma
ria Theresa is to-day one of the most
exclusive as well as one of the most
briliant of surviving orders. It was
founded by the great empress of that'
name in 1757 in honor of the victory!
of her troops over Frederick the Great!
at Kolin. Its members are elected by j
ballot on the part of the chapter, the 1
sovereign having no voice in the mat
ter unless he happens to possess the or
der, although lie is the, instrument of
its bestowal and the signer of the pat
ent. 1
In the past hundred years, until Au
gust, 1914, only fifty-eight members
hail been thus admitted to the order,
and at the beginuing of the war in
1914 there were but three knights left,
all of the third aud lowest class. One
was the Emperor Francis Joseph, who
won the cross in 1848 on the battlefield
of Santa Lucia against the Italians !
The second was the Duke of Cumber-!
land, father of the sovereign Duke of j
Brunswick, who received the cross for'
gallantry at the battle of Ungensalza 1
where as crown prince of Hanover he i
helped his father, the blind King'
George, to direct the operations of his;
troops. The third was Princ-e Alphonse !
de Bourbon, claimant to the throne of
the two Sicilies and popularly known
as the Count of Caserta. He' won his
cross by the part he played in tho su
perb defonse of Gacta, the last strong
hold of the Bourbons.
The eldest, son of the holder of thin
coveted decoration is entitled to free
education in Austria's military acade
my.—Argonaut.
They Used Charles Lamb
Franking privileges in England were
greatly abused in days gone by. The
government employe's friends shared in
his opportunities. In a letter written
by Wordsworth in 1815 the poet said:
By means of a friend in London I
can have my letter 9 free. His name is
Lamb, and if you will add an 'e' to his
name he will not open the letters. Di
rect as below without anything further,
'Mr. Lambe, India house, London.' "
Coleridge, too, saw that a postage faved
was a postage gained and made use of !
the IMT. Lamb of the India house.—!
Charles Lamb.
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211 Market St.
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The hundreds of styles and the handsome Fab
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sive than all the eloquence and literature that
could be crowded into five pages.
We do away with the middleman's profit and we
place the customer in absolute touch with the
manufacturer and save him from $5.00 to SIO.OO.
All THE NEW SPRING STYLES
ARE NOW ON EXHIBITION IN
EVERY CONCEIVABLE MODEL
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MINIATURE TREES
Simple Plan By Which Plants May Be
Dwarfed In the Growing
For many centuries the Japanese
have closely guarde'd the secret of
growing miniature trees. Indeed, un
til recently they did not allow the
trees to be taken out of the country;
wealthy pfeople keep them as art
treasurers. Now, in America, dwarf
trees bring a good price and are used
as house plants and table decorations.
By following the plan here described
almost any one can rai«e diminutive
trees with lettle trouble.
Get a few lange, thick skinned
oranges and halve them. Kemove the
pulp and cover the outside of the
skins with thick shellac. That will
keep the skins from shriveling. Fill
the skins with fine, rich soil and plant
therein a seed of whatever tree you
wish to raise—or rather two or three
seeds to insure at least one good speci
men.
Make a stand of some kind so that
the growing tree can be kept in an
upright position and set the plants
where they will get plenty of sun, but
do not keep them in a room that is
likely to become overheated. Water
them regularly, but not too profusely.
After a time the roots will begin to
come through the orange peel. When
that happens cut the roots off flush
with the outer surface of the orange
peel, but bo careful not to injure the
film of shellac.
It is the cutting of the roots that
stunts the plants. When the tree has
reached maturity you can transfer it
to a more attractive holder. Conifers
such as cedars, pines and eryptoinerias
can be readily stunted; so also can
other evergreens, as ilex and Citrus
trifoliata. Some dwarf cedars have
been known to live more than 500
years. Fruit trees, such as the orawge
and plum, blossom ami bear perfect
fruit.—Youth's Companion.
Unsettled
"I hear that they belong to the early
settlers.''
"Well, you wouldn't think so if you
could see the 'bill collectors climbing
their front steps."—Judge.
OPENING DAY
Of the New and Larger
BLAKE SHOP
To-morrow, Thursday,
April 15th
We invite your inspection of this shop that is devoted exclusively to
the making of the home beautiful. Even though you may not bo con
templating interior decorating work at this time, we will consider your
presence a pleasure. The artistic arrangement of the dainty drapery
materials, the newest patterns in wall paper and the beautiful designs
in rugs and carpets, as well as sketches of various decorative schemos,
will appeal to you and prove interesting anil instructive.
Our entire force of expert dicoratorH juid sales people will be at your
service to-morrow to show you through the respective departments and
make you familiar with the best equipped shop of its kind in this section
-of the state.
225 North Second Street
Puss and the Weather
The oat is an excellent barometer.
When you see a cat wetting its paw ia
its mouth and then rmbbing it energet
ically over the upper part of its ear
you may feel pretty certain that rain
is coming. This action is pussv's method
of relieving the uncomfortable feeling
in its ears •caused by the change in the*
atmospheric pressure which precedes a
storm. If the unpleasant feeling in the
ear were due to a foreign substance
then the cat would scratch the ear with
its hind foot. 'But when pussy gcru'bj
its ear with its saliva moistened paw
it is when rain is impending.
A Piano For ]
Your Daughter j
n
With a Stieff in your
home, 3 r our daughter
will be able to acquire
that one universally ex- *1
pected accomplishment :
—the ability to play the 'I
piano.
Reasonable terms .
makes purchasing pos- >.
sible to practically all f
parents.
From factory to home [
with no middleman's I
profit!
CHAS. M. STIEFE
212 North 2nd Street S
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