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GOT SMALL FEES i I i Doted Lecturers Certainly Not V Overpaid for Services. 1 11 > . "John B. Gough, for Instance, Is Said to j i Have Received the Huge Sum t of $1 for One Evening. . "I wouder what Charlie Chaplin or *bme other famocs personage of the: j or screen would say if he were j 10 offered 12 bushels of potatoes or a | b liahi tor ac evenings work ?" ! t) # ; It was the old grouch himself, speak- J I fcf to a fellow worker during the j r ldnch hour in a busy downtown office, j a "l V v * i At rit ? r\. i 1 sccoraing to uie ^nicugw umiv | a The old grouch had just finished read- j * Jjbg an article In which present-day v . salaries of stage and screen stars were j p spoken of. aad it might be said that w tfc* reading of this bit of news cer-1 u tinly did not tend to brighten np his , it octroy disposition the least bit. , w ' But the fact remains that people ' ii fqually as well known in their day j \ Worked an evening for potatoes, a ham ; n tnd other trifling amounts, for the old 1 1< frouch himself said he knew it to be ! w t fact. One of his co-workers asked | n to be shown and he was. j T } lit the good old lyceura days back ; b , , fc 1852, when John B. Gough was In j g x his prime, It is disclosed that he re-! si ceived about $1 a lecture, each lecture ! ei taking about three hours. j tj ^ -And it can be seen from files of i tl newspapers that once at Andover, j a It H., tho^e responsible for the lecture el paid Mr. Gough with a ham instead j g, of with currency, and the speaker was j o Apparently satisfied with this fee. j n Ralph Waldo Emerson, wlio was one j o; at tfie shining stars of the lecture I ^ world during his day, whs glad to ac- ti C*pt $5 as payment for an evening, < White the ?old grouch pointed out that ti v one <time Henry Ward Beecher was \ f paid 12 bushels of potatoes for an | <?< evening of his time. - According to the records, it was in hi $859 when the cost of lecturers started to rise. During that year the Salem e< lyceum astounded the people of that st ftnmmunitv hv Bavins Daniel Waster tc ceo for a two-liour talk, and It j f* r ffi&ted a mild sensation. w -Tills doubtless "started something," Ci for after that prices continued to r?se. ni Itfjtfce 70's Mark Twain held out for jE itotd .received $300 a night. b< 1 Then Beecher, taking his cue from ja * became a holdout and he con- S( f&ued to hold out until the ante for v ojie night of bis services had been pj ^ xaised to $1,090, this Jt>eing the very $ ,000 fee ever paid a lecturer j 0i $ This or any other country. ^ ; Major PomJ, accepting the $1,000 e mark, later contracted with Henry m. 9binley for a series of 100 lectures. agreeing to pay him $100,000 for oi them. The major did not lose any money on this'ln spite of the fact that ? every other promoter in the country * convinced Qf the feet that he hctf a become weak-minded in his advanced 0j years. The fact that the first of this & ftries of lectures given in New York p, netted $17,000 proved that the major g. wfi^not so wrong after an. p, *ft*s not right," the old grouch eon- u tinned. "Here we work hard week s after wwk for n small pittmco and yj ' these lecturers* actors," fighters and % ball players get thousands of dollars D for a few hours of fun. There ought n to be a law against It." e; Jlbout that time the lunch period ended, much to the delight of the oth- b * or workers, who were trying to relax ir And who could not because of the old o: ^nch and his wailing. tl ? ? fflg Slavs Copy American Ways. e: .American methods in social, eduea- b ttonal and recreational work are being n adopted by the new republic of Czecho- si Stovikia, the people of wnien nav* i a ^irickly adapted themselves to onr tl leadership and training, according to y Miss Eleanor Prudden. director of the s< work of the Young Women's Christian r< / association in Czechoslovakia. Miss t] Prudden recently returned to America p for a sbort leave of absence. tTpon the invitation of the Czechoslovak government, the Young Women's Christian association, in some in- j ftances jointly with the Young Men's c Christian association, for the last year ii ! , been conducting demonstration c i work to develop native leadership, h m iaid Miss Prudden. The association d M will be able to withdraw early in 1922. ?S arranged in advance, leaving its a established program intact for permanent development.?New York Times. | tl * s Watch for Dying Trees. c j People are wiiling to let tree a starve to death, but wlien it comes to tl letting an animal starve, it is an en- n tirely different thing. They either y fted or kill ttye animal. Why not be 0 as humane to the tree and cut it down ? > to end the slow death? A tree does not show starvation as ^ much as an animal, but as soon as it x shows lack of vitality It should arouse e .suspicion on the part of the owner an^ he should ascertain the cause, 4f tawing steps to remedy it or else cut down the tree. p ??. r A Hurry Call. I j S4r Philip ?asso?n. who is now . v Lloyd George's secretary, was former- j] ly the secretary of Sir D.ouglas Halg, I r from whom he received the follow- j /- ing telegram last Easter day: i t "Christ Is risen. May want a sec-1 c r?tary."? From L'Europe Xouvelle. Long, Time Ago! I Jtd TuiiWhs sa.vs he can remember ^ when every home had a picture of a x soldier cv a statesman in the parlor. Instead of the photographs of a mo- , / picture star. , a FOR WORLD CITY farious Sit?$ Proposed for An* bitious Project. dea, Put Forward by American, It to Form International Clearina House of Information. Jfew Jersey, Hawaii, Cuba, the enfroas of Paris, the Riviera, Belgium, lwit*rland, .Italy, and Greece have een proposed as sites for an internacity, upon the plans of which len&ik Anderson, an American, now esifllng in Rome, has been coll aborting for the better part of the hist S fears. Such a city, according to kr. Anderson's projects, would not be le adaptation to international poroses of a town already exisiing, but -ould be built new and so would eoniin only those edifices necessary for ? aims and maintenance. There rould be. among other buildings, an iternational court of justice, which Ir. Anderson \yillingly concedes would ; ott do away with war, but would at j ?as't lessen the possibility of it, and i r>i?nh rt'nnlfl hp attended hv nerina- < dknt representatives from all nations, 'here would also be an international ank, an international medical conress, which would always he in ses- j [on. and through which all new dis- i overies in medicine, hygiene and sani- ! ition would at once bo disseminated lroughoift the world; an internationl press building, and an international hamber of commerce and labor. Bach i Dvernment would likewise have its wn building, which would offer to rep?sentatives of the other nations the pportunity of examining all the orks of programs made ny eacn eoun- j nr. The city would then be an in?rnational clearing house of informaon, and from its establishment. Mr. nderson declares, only good results )uld accrue. The plans of, the city have been exIbited at the Smithsonian institute at 'ashingtop and extensive literature >ncerning its economic, political and rtrctural possibilities has been sent > the presidents and sovereigns of ractlcally all the countries in the orld. The estimated cost of such a ty is $500,000,000, but the_net anual gain to each nation participating j i its advantages and facilities would j s $21,000,000. according to the calcu- ; tions In the tracts which have been i *nt out. Lectures will be made . upoH the j roject this summer in the United j tates, and the Sorbonne in Paris has j Tered a chair for three years for ; inferences on it. The plan has re- I ived the approbation of Pope Bene- 1 ct X.V, and both Belgium and Greece j lye offered land grants for the site j ' the proposed city. Japanese Nuns. Near Tokufuji, Japan, is Sennyuji, j group of buildings rioted as the place } P interment of several of the mikado^ ring the Kamakura and Tokugawa ?riocis, writes a correspondent. The raves are not shown; they are ap. arently very unpretending, quite unke the gorgeous mausoleums of the | hogun dynasty, but the place is worth i (siting. Ne?r the fate, I passed a j roup of shaven-pated nuns, their decided summits glistening in the sun? ot walking with demurely downcast ves telling their beads, but with jolly ! lughter telling each other some joke, uddhist nunship appears to be little lore than a cheerful relinquishment f domestic and economic anxieties; lough one would think they must feel ncomfortably cool in the winter. The steusive grounds, of Sennvuji are eautifully kept. There is a w'de lain walk lined with cypresses with i idepaths leading to various shrines; 11 are covered wlfji granite sand; at tie end is a similarly sanded courtard about 150 feet square, with a creen running along one side; the Dofs are boarded with cylindrical ties stamped at the end with the 16etaled chrysanthemum. ' J Wet Inside and Out. The Marine was up for Office Hours.! 'he Sergeant of the Guard has ac- J used him of falling off the dock while " i an intoxicated condition. The ac- 1 , ** *' f Kn t a sea Marine SIUUUJ luuimaiucu uiui | e was strictly sober, and that tVe j ucking he got was not the result of : is own misconduct. His buddy was ! reluctant witness. The Commanding Officer addressed he witness: "It is reported by the lergtfant of the Guard that the acused Private Jones, was intoxicated t the time he fell off the dock, and . hat you assisted him ashore. Tell le, how did he appear to you when j ou pulled him out? If you had* been j rdered to give an opinion of him hen, what would you have saidV" "Sir," answered his buddy, "I should j ,ave said that he was one of tiie wet- j est, if not the wettest, Marine I had' ver seen." Centennial of Photography. The centenary of the discovery of i hotography was recently celebrated j n the village of Bry-sur-Marne, near I 'aris, where Daguerre spent the last | ears of his life, and where In 1820 j tViti ovTiPrimetits which ' le I'aniru vn un esulted in the daguerreotype, from ihich modern photography, including he motion picture, has been devel>ped. Free Brag of It. Mr. Bucks?Yes. I've had a rathei1 >rosperous career. During the war ] j xiade my money out of lead. Mr. Fewrox?Gee! And got awaj} vith it! Most men get locked np i J staking lead dollars. ! ROBBED GRAVE OF OCCUPANT! r j Apple Tree Had Completely Absorbed ; the Mortal Frame of the Famous Roger Williams. The memory of Koger Williams, | founder of Rhode Island, long was I ! neglected. He died in 2083, and for ! ! -r-. | 188 years not even a* rough tablet [ i marked the spot wherein his ashes ! rested. Then a movement was set j j afoot to locate the grave, and after j : much research, the place was estab- j I lisnea. j When the- last resting place of Wil- j ! Hams was opened It was found that j everything had passed into oblivion. ' The shape of the coffin could he traoed by black line, definitely defining j j the sides i^jd edges of the wooden j i covering. There was. a bit of rusted j : material?hinges and nails, a frag- 1 ! roent of wood, and a i>??igle round j I knot. I Near the grave stood a venerable ! ! apple tree. This tree had sent two j of its main roots into the graves of j Williams and his wife. The larger | root, following his grave, had pushed I tlirmirrh thp pnrth until it reached the I precise spot occupied by the skull of j the dead man. Making a turn about I I this the root followed the direction of j the backbone to the hips. There it separated, sending sub-roots along J each leg which, in turn, bent upward about the toes. One of the roots formed a slight crook at the knee. The whole bore a close resemblance i I to the human form. Not a particle of human dust was | left. Chemistry makes plain that all | flesh, and the gelatinous matter giv- ! Ing consistency to the bones, are resolved into carbonic-acid gas. water and air, while the solid lime-dust remains. In this instance, even the nhosphate of lime from the bones had vanished, taken up by the tree in Its j growth, during which ft had formed j a counterpart of the skeleton of the ] man whose grave-it robbed. Puts Blame on Sighing Lover. "Curious" writes to a newspaper asking why ice cream doesn't drop in price now that all its separate ingredients have dropped. The reason. O Curious, is because so many ice cream patrons are young and unmarried, oh .serves Arthur H. Fortveii in issues, i Millions of gallons of cream are bought each and every evening by young men out with "the girl." What chance is there that they will start a buyers' strike? Buyers' strikes are for pinched and desperate married folk, and have to do with such prosy, unromantic commodities as clothes and canned tomatoes. The crafty makers of ice cream know that all limits are off when fe young man and his particular queen of Sheba step into a palace of frosty sweets. The young man's fear of being thought a "tightwad" or a j "pill" is the ice cream dealer's best bet j that prices won't come down to pre- I 1 war levels. Not at least for several j whiles. Indeed, the ice cream man is thinking seriously of not dropping them at all, but of making his war prices do for two wars?the last one and the next one. Cloth Tester Invented. When high-priced clothes wear out quickly the buier must have been "stung," said the bureau of standards in a recent Washington dispatch to the Baltimore American. The bureau has perfected a device by which the buyer of a suit of clothes can tell accurately the reason why. J The new invention, worked out by j ' a minor employee of the bureau, may j in the future be manufactured. so j 1 - i< cheaply that every norue can possess : one and be used as a sure guide In j 1 the purchase of clothing of all grades. What the device does is to tell be- ' yond all doubt the thread count, fiber 1 strength and thread width and prob- ' able "life" of a particular kind of cloth ; that may be given a test. It also deHm rv/nror. fif rociahUlf'O If? 1 ICl 11IU1C3 tllC J/U n n VI IVLnUILVV | wear of which a piece of cloth may be capable. I 1 i The Ideal Lighting. According to an illuminating engineer, what is wanted today in home illumination is the sort of good lighting thut is found on the shady side of & tree on a sunny afternoon. Sub- ' stitute for the sun u new ]00-watt , lamp, for the sky the creamy ceiling ( of a living room a: d for the tree an opalescent disc or bowl; from the ceiling you now get a soft radiance which ( floods the entire room as though it were open to the sky; from the diffusing disc you get a generous addition of light directly beneath, having the quality of filtered sunlight.. Y??u ! have approximated the charming ef- j feet of mellow rad'nnce that was apparent under the tree. Profitable Exchange. In the late '90s we were living in a shack on the banks of Cripple j , creek, a dry stream in Colorado, ja When the dam burst, a raging torrent swept down and we fled up the side of the mountain for safety. After the j water subsided our shack was gone, j but in its siead stood a brand-new : bungaluw, completely furnished! As no claimant ever appeared we thankfully appropriated it.?Chicago Journal. i i A Disconnected Story. "You had a narrow escape, ray j friend," sai^i the farmer who had j rushed to the scene of the accident, i "So I did," replied the aviator, as he nf t)ip wreekaire of his I plane and nonchalantly lighted a cigarette. "How did It happen?" "7 :l>n'c know-. I went into a tail ppin and then I saw you."?Birmingham Age-Herald. DENSEST OF KNOWN WOODS "Lignu/n Vitae" Without a Riva! for Many Purposes?Makes the Finest Tenpin Balla. They are making tenpin balls of a "composition," but the classic balls are still turned from the heart of that wood called lignum vitae, Latin words meaning stone of life, and which we render as "living stone." Many persons believe that lignum vitae is nut a botanical name, but merely a trade name covering numerous variaties of very hard, compact and henvv wood. This is not the fact. The lignum vitae tree grows in Florida, on the Florida keys, in the Balymia islands and various islands of the West Indies. The supply of this wood is negligible from the Florida keys, the trade being mainly supplied by the Bahamas, though Hayti is a large producer. The tree is a low, gnarled, round-headed growth and it sometimes attains a height of 25 or 30 l'eci, but its short trunk is frequently two and one-half or three feet thick. It has a thin bark, rarely more tlian one-eighth of an inch thick and the surface is separated into small, thin, white scales very much like those covering the bark of the white oak tree. It is the densest wood known, a cubic foot of dry and well-seasoned lignum vitae weighing a trifle more than 71 pounds. It is very clo^egrained and varies in color from dark crrt.on tn hrmvn Tr hns been used for sheathing ships and is now extensively used in making blocks, pulleys, cogs and other bearings in certain forms of machinery and in making mortars and pestles. MEDICINE- MAN NOT A FAKER According to English Scientist, He Deals in the Occult, and With High Moral Intent. The medicine man, as known to the ancients and to the aborigines . of America, Africa and other lands, was no faker or humbug or quack, according to Dr. Alarrett of the University of Oxford (England). In a book on Psychology and Folk-lore he describes the Australian bushman's incantations to drive out of a man's head the crystal that has caused his disease, after wfcicb he produces in his hand a piece of crystal, apparentfy out of the sufferer's head. Neither he nor the patient nor the patieiit's friends is deceived; they all know that he has had the ciystal in his hand or uj) his sleeve all the time, and that he has been acting ritualistieally or symbolically throughout the incantation. The crystal is a symbol of the mischief within the head. Wnat the medicine man really does is to set the good magic Influence o> "nama" within himself to combat the had "nama" afflicting his patient. He, in fact, deals in the occult, but ht does so with high moral intent, and has attained to the power of so deal Jli? innj* uLLtri scvric uaiuui^,, uj*v??ing fasting, isolation and all the other miseries of a special initiation. Psychology c* Laughter. In the psychology of laughter one traces the development of humor through its many stages, showing the close relation between the appreciation of the tribe and the enjoyment of the nursery. Children laugh somewhat in the manner of savages, not being able, because of their limited experience, to see the subtle shades of a Joke that are only discernible in a nigh type r of mental development. Swift's "Gulliver's Travels" has much satire in it which the girl and boy luckily cannot fathom; It takes a sophisticated mind to understand it. But the adventures among the Lilliputians and Brobdingnagians are classics in the nursery. So it is in the larger aspects of laughter. The crowds will respond, to a coarser type of hu mor than the individual.-?Exchange. Flute Highly Esteemed. Among the ancient Greeks, flute playing was looked upon as the fashionable pastime of the elite, and, consequently, the instrument was considerably improved by various pi a vert from time to time, and flutes of the most careful and delicate workmanship have been discovered and prove tills to nave ueeri me rase. From Greece, the instrument ap pears to liave been adopted by the Romans who, indeed, bo; "owed all that was beautiful in Greek art; and we learn from Tacitus that even the ETnperor Nero himself, did not disdain the drudgery of practice. With Roman conquests came also the adoption of Roman manners and art. Hence the instrument spread throughout the civilized world and its use became common. / Remarkable Even for Collie. Many are the stories told of coliies' sagacity, one of the most remarkable being the record of one shepherd m Ettrick, Scotland. What was once the great forest of Ettrick was this "night oniy a dense sea of mist and fog. The shepherd in despair exclaimed to hi* ? - 1. -v... .?,,,? ? ttinp'ro <|* ntVil V !" UOg, " Siriuu, ni\ niuii, nic.i 4^1* ?. ^ He gave no command to the dog, in fact he only spoke for sympathy. Kut the sheep dog dashed off Into the mist, and the next morning the 500 missing sheep were gathered in and Sirrah was mounting guard over them. How the animal got them in the dark was oeyond the comprehension of the shepherd. and he adds: "If all the shepherds I? che forest had been there they could not have effected it with greater propriety." \ I Before you placc for Letter Heads j Bill Heads, Statei 1 kind of Printing with you. I V I v We only do firs * I and our prices a: ?!il jll ? I Willi uie quality we turn out. Work Delivered W I ^S8^ I Job Depai Jas. L. 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