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SOME OLD LONDON THEATERS
District of Shoreditch Had the First
B.iilding Erected for Purely
Dramatic Purposes.
i ? ?? a Mm'o chnrtlv rffpr thf*
lfcst theater wns opened in London,
tfhen the opposition to ?he rev form
Of entertainment was so jrvent tliat
t?h ordinance was passed by ;>ariiartient
for the compuisorv closing of
lliese "palaces of amusWraenr," and
ifaaking Jt ? crime to he oresa# ?
dictator ac a nrftt.
This was In 2C42, when only rw?
theaters exfSfec* ?c Lontton, The firstf
building specially erected Z'yr drama*
fc purposes was built by an actor,
jimes Burbage, at Shored itch, in 1376,
And rnlT&rt the The jit er. A vpnr or s*.
later A second theater known as the
ijurten waft opefced, atso at Shorfr
iitch. and these two playhouses ca?
* iered to London audiences until ths
Suppression of the theaters*.
tWhen plays were once more perItted
several new theniers opened,
eluding the Globe, mt Southward,
frhlch was built by James Burbage^
the Rose and the BlacvYiars anc
^THitefriars theaters.
Probably the most luxurious of these
#fcrly theaters was the Fortune, built
ijr-Edward Alleyn, an actor, in 1599,
fthd so christened because it "cost it*
owner the then fabulous sum, including
the ground it stood on, of ?1,320.
the only illumination during the performance
was that afforded by candlelight.
gas being unknown until 1817,
frhen the lirst performance by gas*
fight was given at Drury Lane.
DOCT0R SERVED COSTLY DISH
- Unexpected Guests Caused Sacrifice of
Blooded Pigeons to Set Forth
Required Meal.
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The favorite avocation of a widely
known surgeon is his model farm near
Chicago. It pays no profit exeept^reat
Measure. He is hospitable, always asking
fripnds t-h dinner. Onp Sunder
fcboist noon 14 unexpected guests arrived.
His wife was aghasj. "My
goodness," she said, "we haven't s
thing to five them."
"Oh, anything wjyUL.do," said the doetor.
So th? lady of the house consulted
the cook. g, s - ^
"What about'lhat "irate o^ pigeons
oat In the barn?" asfteti the caolkc.
"How many jpre**there?' '?$&ed the
lady. ? q 3* h
** A KiM\f r*V> n c? flt'A onkN\rOK
w^ingtheir necks and li* i
|r|^8jier Vfa8 served and the Iar<re
fciftlterj ^sqttSSS4 was brougfir to tlifc ]
tfifit?" exclaimed the doc- i
^Fr&k^Jjist sp a&&Ml- *wl<5
ierve," said h&?*4fe. ?v/^ut.^hat
are these?" he esposfra'
;'"
:'Vjust home pigeons we found in the
cti/k A?cnrtkroH
Vtttu, v ouon wvu.
;t'<Gfred| Scott!" he exclaimed, "those
tft^&hs.ipost $25 apiece!"?Journal of
&e Ameri can Medical Association.
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ftfy. Fl^vkltn Toofc Pofcfcr Into Parts:
In Paffs pokei* was first introduced
fey Benjamin Franklin, first United
States; ambassador, who taught uiemKom
nf pnnrt tlmf noker had dotal
ifcoes- beat a mile. To this day a grouy
fcf >rhite-haired Frenchmen, descen#this.
ot tlte club Franbiln founded,
ioest t*ery oijjkt wt six o'clock on the
ififc-ftoor of the Tavern Iioyale and
flat pojter. v^Uh many ejaculation#
?i& the most absorbed seriousness un?:lt
is time for dinner. They numbef
among, them two millionaires, tli*
hea4 of h famous dressrffaking firm, a
senator and a famous Socialist author,
aird they play with sous as chips and
ft limit er ou centimes?auuui < ctruis
si* fcreseflt rate of eichanjt??n the
ffctrfe. i
Vbtie of Franklin's peculiarities was
c contention that a flush beat a full.
houSe. and even now the majority ot
Frenchmen play that way.
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i" Wood That Does Not Rot.
The wood of tfle mangrove. tree,
$iiich 16 found in" French Guiana, HB
considered by the French as a wooi
that will not rot. AH exposure an?
efforts to break 'down its fiber in four
gears' experiments by. the French railservice
have been useless.
The grain of the wood i* so clow
4| practically to exclude all moistur?
fin densfty is placed at 110, as against
<0 for fir and 70 for oak. In addition
to this closeness of fiber the maj^
grdye h$s. a large amount cf tanninf
&) Its composition. This protects i?
from insects and such blights as mo!*
fccd damp. While not as brittle ^
^aJi, it' has twice the resistance to
flexion and has about the same potency
against crushing and twisting.
No Exchange.
There's one thing about selling
<?a ctonms" said rh^ tired
yUDLM&V
druggist
^What is it?" asked the customer,
."There's no pFotit in the deal, ot
course, but it's one thing I Sell that
my customers don't bring back and
ftant to exchange for something else."
?Detroit Free Press.
Embarrassment.
;"Of course," remarked Senator Sorfb.um,
"I was proud to have a vote so
overwhelmingly in my favor. And yet
ft habits disadvantages."
"In what way?"
*.*?! am compelled to feel a sense o?
nbHiratlon toward everybody wlie
vote* for me; and a landslide makes
xftirnber ?o great that I can scarcekr
WIT FROM CHINA ',
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i Eastern Sense of Humor Very | l
Mifch Like Our Own.
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! Samples Show There Has Be^n Li**Ie !
Change in Human Nature Througn : *
the Centuries. j t
j Although the Chinese may seem seri- 1
i ous, he is not without a genuine sense c
of humor. His literature is highly *
seasoned with witticisms ana hmnbr- j 1
ous Situations. Unfortunately, brevity, j *
; which is essentially the soul of wit of ?
' his proverbs, is Impaired in the trans- s
i lation into English. Also there is
j much of Chinese humor, even that I
: found in the books of the most famous *
writers, that is too broad for a literal 1
i translation. I
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Nevertheless, human nature is, ana i
1 has for a thousand years, been funda- i
| Mentally the same. This Is shown by |
j the following epigrams, taken from
: the work of a writer, Li Shang Yin,
! who lived twelve hundred years ago
i in the Flowery kingdom. The transi
lation from the Chinese was made by
I Mr. W. F. Mayers.
! The headings are the Chinese
I author's own:
f Conditions Out of Place. ,
j A poor Parsee. j
i A sick physician. 1 t
A fat bride. 'J
A teacher who does not know his B
i letters. *
A graybeard given to girting. *
What One Does Rot Despite. 0
Whefi one is hungry?coarse vlctn*
; i!s. *
j 7? hen cue is on the tramp?the sor- *
! rlest nag to ride. *
When one is thirsty ? cold rice *
water. ?
Comparisons. f
; A courtier?is like pumpkins, which t
j grok best in the dark. 8
j A crow?is'like a fiddler, he makes J
! music when he's hungry. s
A judge?is like a tiger, never moves ! t
; but he does some Injury. j a
What It Is Better Not to Know. c
j A fiddler had better not know music, c
; or he will be thrown out of work. 1
A woman had better not know poet j
i ry, or she will lose her reputation. j ^
A cow-onl hattor nnt tnmv M? I f
| letters, or he. will get into trouble. f
A scholar had better not know any- r
I thing about handicrafts, or he will be <
| held In contempt. I t
- VexajtiBn.
Sitting down to a feast and feeling j
the stomach ache.
I Finding the bottle empty In the j *
midst of a Jolly night. ; d
Not being- able to get rid of one's j 14
poor relations. - t
Extreme of Unpleasantness. *
Blundering upon matters which are t
! taboo In a friend's house. s
i Meeting a creditor when one can't *
S pay one's debts. 3
\ Hearing drunken babble after one
| has become sober. 0
Tribulations. k j a
To invite a distinguished guest, who , r
j fails to come to dinner. *
To have a disagreeable fellow come
' on Jiis own invitation.
j To be buttonholed by a drunken *
J man.*
To have no money when things are p
! cheap. t '
To be seated opposite the man you 1
; hate. 3
Growing Follies of the Age.
; Envy, hatred and malice.
Invoking the gods when one Is
! drunk.
Women clacking about the streets. 1
Mortgaging one's property. c
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Checkers Played by Nile. *
Checkers is one of the oldest games
played today. Sixteen hundred years
; before Christ was born the Egyptians
I were plnying a game along the Nile ?
t that was essentially our game of a
! checkers or drafts, as the British pre- *
I fer to call it. The ancient Greeks had r
[ the game with but slight variations, s
! and through all the intervening cen- 1
I turles it lias interested and enter- ^
tained people. Some now prefer 1
chess, another very old game, claim- s
ing that there is more mental work *"
involved; but the game of checkers, e
simple as it is, presents a demand 8
for the use of mental powers quite f
eQual to those of the average person. '
That the rules of the game have A
become very well established,is indi- c
cated by the fact that Joshua Sturges's *
"Guide to the Game of Drafts," which 8
i was nrst published in li>w, Is still tne v
[ standard authority on all points Of disj
pute In the game of checkers &9
i played today.
Women's Hair Price Increases. I
The price given by hairdressers for c
' women's hair has Increased enormous- v
iy during the last 12 months. While r
some women in America and Britain f
sell their liair, the real trade in this E
commodity is done in continental coun- v
i tries. Peasant jrirls in France, Bel- 8
gium apd Italy sell their hair nt reg- r
ular periods to dealers. This hair Is t
mostly of the fair and black variety, 1
while most golden hair is obtained *
from Scandinavians. *
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Variability. s
"Do yon regard poker as & gentle
man's game?"
"So far as that goes," replied Cactus
Joe. "it's like every other game
from politics to penny ante. Whether I t
! It's a gentleman's game or not depends
entirely on who happens to be T
playln' it." ?
Jud Tunkins.
Jud Tunkins says after a man has
been cared of an ailment It's liable to r
ttke bim qolte some time logger to t
get over the medicine. , 1
PRAGUE CITY OF PALACE
United State* Minister Crane Liv
in One of Them, Which He,
Himself, Purchased.
Prague, capital of Czeclio-Slovak
s pre-eminently a city of palaces. .
>0011 as one has crossed ihe Molda
>y the old Charles bridge?the quail
fst, most picturesQde bridge in t
.vorld, with its gates flunked wi
;owers and its group of beautiful sts
les adorning the parapet?one fin
me's self in a quarter of the city e
irely given to palaces, where in m
ow old streets, crooked and gra
frown, and about tranquil, slle
lyjuuics 1i oc inc ^|)icnuiu iu\.uuv.^
lelgneurial dwellings.
When, following the signing of t
>eace, England, America, France ai
taly were looking for quarters f
heir diplomatic representatives, the
rnlaces were just what was need'
!or housing the legations, Raymoi
lecouly writes in Scribuer's. Fran
ook over the palace belonging to t
Juquoys, a Flemish family whi
ame to Bohemia after the battle
^a Montague Blanche and cast
heir fortunes with those of the Haf
>urgs.
The United States minister, M
>ane, has bought with his own nion
he magnificent palace of the Scho
torn. The chateau is less ueautm
ess elegant, perhaps, than the Buqin
>alace, but the gardens are niarveloi
["hey rise in terrace after terrace
l hill which overlooks the entire cil
it the top are the tennis courts, who
he diplomatic circle meets daily f
tfternoon tea.
The most strikingly original featu
if Prague is the "Hradchany," i
cropolis of towers, churches and- ps
ices dominating the capital. Fro
he time that Prague was reduced
i city of secondary importance ?
>alaces of the "Hradchany" were prr
ically abandoned. Now and th<
t>me archduke in disgrace, soi:
irince in exile, would establish hii
elf in one or another of them for
imp Tho pr-EmDeror Charles, whi
l student at the University of Prajri
:n archduke with apparently i
hance of ever coming to the thror
Ived there.
All these palaces, once abandone
!es?erted, are today occupied by tl
(resident of the republic and the d
erent minister?. President Masar;
ecelved me in that same sumptuo
irawlnjr room. which had once be*
he salon of the Emperor Charles.
Nature's Jewel Boxes.
The northwestern part of Urugu!
la Jiewiy discovered field for the pr
luction of amethysts, which occur
j-. ? *" n,v ? fi #
gerries." me jiinuu
hat they are picked up in the fielc1
re carried on mulehack or in car
0 ftte nearest railway station ai
dipped in barrels to Salto, when
hey are transported by river boat
ifountevideo.
Naturally it will be asked, "what
1 geotte?" Originally, it was a hole
t rock. Water percolating through tl
ock deposited silica, making a linii
or the cavity. The lining grew thic
ir and thicker, and after a long tiro
f the rock were broken or "weatherei
o pieces, a hard nodule would dr<
nit. The nodule is a geoae; ana ir. ;
ometimes happens, the silica hi
ortiied crystals inside of it, colored 1
netallic salts, the geode is a litt
ewel box containing amethysts.
A beautiful statuette, eight inch
tlgh, of a woman dancing, has recer
y been placed in the Morgan Oe
tall of the American Museum of Na
tral History in New York city. It
arved out of a perfect block of tran
ucent sapphirine, blue quartz, fro
Jruguay.
An Odd Bull Fight.
President Obregon of .Mexico n:
;!ven his sanction to bull fighting 1
ippearing one Sunday afternoon ?vh<
Sodolfo Gaona and Ernesto Past
ought jointly. He occupied a rin
ide seat. When Pastor, playing tl
ast bull, made what appeared to be
leath thrust, the President arose
eave, and the band immediate
truck up the national anthem. TI
lull, however, was not dead and stai
d to charge. At the sound of tl
nthem lie stopped in his tracks, lo^
-red his head, and with Pastor stan
ng at rigid attention not three fe
rom the bull's horns, the hymn wi
ompleted. A second later the bi
umbled over dead. Veteran fighte
inserted the spectacle was the stran
tst ever seen in the Mexico City aren
-Brooklyn Eagle.
Give Gray Shaft to England.
Two residents of Stoke Poges ha'
)urehased the monument erected 1
>ne of the Penns to the Poet Gra
vhose "Elegy" is better known tin
nany a poem of greater worth. T1
lonors are making the memorial a fr
rift to the public, with some lan
vliich will prevent any buildii
tround it. and it is believed that tl
lational trust fund is willing to ho
he property. Such gifts are of inte
latlonal Importance, and are heirloor
or those who. though they have nev
cen Stoke Poges, have watched
magination "the lowing herd wii
;lowly e'er the lea."?Christian S<
*ice Monitor.
He'd Been Well Advised.
Mrs. Ben ham?You can't get Will
o bathe before breakfast.
Benham?No; ha says he nevi
rashes his face on an empty stomac
-Kansas Cify Star.
Where to Draw the Line.
"A man should mind his own bui
tess, *P.i(J JUU iUUJUUS, UUL I1UI
he extent that get* him to pre
t*6ria\" ^ ^
:S < ? - The ?* 'gsj
"l Scrap Book j
ia. r\rs-r I itti r- rnn orDPnul! B
to ! uu I A LI I I LL IUU rtno'JiiMu g
lt_ , Irrtverert fcilerruption That Caused jj|
2ie Woman Lecturer to Make Abrupt |j
J Change of Subject.
(j3 j A womnn of ample proportions was: I
,n. J giving a lecture on the human form I
ir. j jj divine. Her man- |j
ut' ^ type familiarly j I
of / iRl Known as "high* ' 1
he fact, irritatinyly 5
Ltd supercilious and ? j
n(j J rounrl my thumb* [ ^
ce j ?she held It up?"once round my j|
lie ! wrist; twice round my wrist, once ; I
L>k i round my neck; twice roum1 ray neck, 11
| once round my waist." . U
jn Here she paused, and *i shrill voice ?
)S_ i from the audience exclaimed: g
j "Twice round your waist, one? H
r> j Found Hyde park!"
ey ! The lecturer hastily passed on to 9
u_ ; another branch of the subject?Lon- jf
j don Tit-Bits. b
Z | PLAYING-CARDS FRENCH IDEA jl
to i , n 1
:y. Invented to Amuse Melancholy MorvdJI|
re arch?What the Suits Were j I
or, Intended \o Represent. jg '
re | Playing-cards wore invented about jl
in the year 2390. in order to amuse j fj
il-' Charles VI, then king of France, who E
m j was subject to fits of melancholy. I;
to [ The Inventor proposed to represent '
he the four classes of men in the king- JI
iC- ! dom. The clergy were represented bj | g
?n ! hearts, for which reason the Spaniards ;B
ne ?-used, instead of a lieu-t, a copa or !
n-! Chalice.
a | The nobility and military were rep* f?
le ' resented by the points of spears, and I
ie, I the Anglo-Saxon ignorance of the il
no ' meaning of the figure led to them be- i I
te, | ing called "spades." ?
! Diamonds stood for citizens,; mer- a
.(1, chants ana tradespeople, noc uetau^o ;n
he ' of their connection with the pfccious i
if.'' stones, but because the carreaax, the !
cklf red marks that appear upoh "the ; ;;
us ! cards, were intended to represeiit the
en'] finare stone tiles of which the,'house* '
the middle class were built. ^
The figure we call a "club" was
eriginally a clover-leaf, and alluded to
jy ! pi-asants and farmers. Spanish* cards j
o-1 hear a stave or basto in lieu tif the !
in French clover-leaf, and it is probably j
nl-because of this tftat we refer, to the !
Is, | Uiit as "clubs." Jl
:t~ 1
m , "See hereF* th? angry customer I
lt"' blurted out to the dealer In clothes, JI
is | "You sold mo this suit for.all wool, jS
is- j and I find it more than half cot- jl
m j ton." j
"On? moment, please," the dealer jl
! softly replied; "I said it was the ,1
j best all-wool made now."
"?a !
!; The Reason Why.
| Tommy, aged six, had been out for I
or a long walk, and on his return was B
g. i speedily put to bed. S
ie I Some time later his mother, going II
a i up to his bedroom, found that herjl
fond offspring had gone off !o sleep I
jy with his feet resting on that part I
ie of the bed intended for his head,
.j. She woke him up. reversed him, I
3e and then demanded an explanation.
v. I Two chubby little fists wiped the I
(j. | sleepiness from his little eyes, and I
e{. 1 then a plaintive voice repueu: r:
as ! "I>ut, munnirie, my liea(l wasn't tired, I
,jl ^ and my feet were."
g. j More and More Ice.
g ! It was my first week in the offices of i I
* j a *aw firm. One member was a promi- 11
j cent judj;e, who was a distinguished |l
: JinKifiaJ onnturinc T?!1T1 find his
I Kim uigiitticu
austere manner always seemed toil
v ty )V
j create an icy atmosphere. He was
' j passing hurriedly through my office !j
jn' one morning, just as I received a tele- 'I
ie j phone eail for him. Impatiently he ifl
asked who it was. I replied that I did I
(j j s>$t know, but that it was a woman I
^ | frith the coarsest voice I had everiB
ae j beard. After answering the call heji
1(j J grimly said: "It was my wife."?Ex- 'I
i change.
ns ' ir-: >
pr Literally True,
in I Wife?What do you mean by telling :
: Mrs. Brown that you never a^k my ;
?j. advice about anything?
Hub?Well, my dear, I don't. Yon J
never wait to be asked.?Boston Tran'
Script.
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Turnip Grew Through.
pr ! A turnip with h liorse bell just bfr- J1
^ I tow the top was found In his held by S
i an Ontario farmer. The turnip had
grown right through the bell.
Probably World's Oldest Pine.
'j ; A rinc tree In New Zealand Is e9ti- I I
. j mated by scientists to be thirteen hu?* I |
T"-\dred years old. * 'ML
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