Muncie Post-Democrat, Muncie, Delaware County, 18 November 1921 — Page 4

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1921.

CLEANLINESS IN OLD RUSSIA

Passage 'in Novel Would Lead One to Infer It Was Not Considered Important. The quotation in the Companion from a publication of 1640 urging that “every day one should take pains to wash one’s hands, and one should also wash one’s face almost as often,” reminds a contributor of a passage in Tolstoy’s “War and Peace.” JThe story, which follows the fortunes 1 of Count Rostov, pictures the way in which the ladies of his family prepared in 1809 for a ball given “by a grandee of Catherine’s time.” “It was,” writes Tolstoy, “the first great ball that Natasha had ever attended. She had got up at eight o’clock that morning and had been all day long in a state of the wildest excitement and bustle. All her energies from earliest morning had been expended in the effort to have herself, Sonya and her mamma dressed to perfection. Sonya and the countess trusted themselves entirely to her hands. The countess was to wear a dark red velvet gown; the two girls white crepe gowns with pink silk overskirts and roses in their corsages; their hair was to be arranged a la grecque. “The most important part had already been done; their feet, their hands, their arms, their necks and their ears had been washed, perfumed and powdered with extraordinary care/ On their feet they wore openwork silk stockings and white slippers with bows. Their toilets "were almost finished. Sonya was already dressed and so was the countess.” The reader infers that their feet were included in the comprehensive washing only on account of the openwork stockingsi And he is inclined to ask, if the tremendous preparation for such a ball caused only that much washing, Mow much did they wash day by day?—Youth’s Companion.

“FREAK” EDITIONS OF BIBLE

On Account of Their Peculiar Errors Some of Them Are Worth Considerable Money. Several examples of “freak” editions of the Bible recently came under the auctioneer’s hammer in London. One of the most remarkable is known as the “Big Bible.” In this, the context of the Ninety-first Psalm, runs: “Thou shalt not be afrayed for eny bugges by night”—“bugges,” in medieval times, meaning nightmares and other terrors. Another curious example in the collection is the “Treacle Bible,” in which the passage, Jeremiah 8:22, reads: “There is no more triacle at Gyiead.” The “Murderers’ Bible” takes its title from an error in the translation of Jude, verse 8, which in the Authorized Version runs: “These are murmurerS, complainerswhile a airlous misprint in the Beatitudes: “Blessed are the place-makers,” gave rise to one set of Bibles being known as the “Place-makers” edition. Altogether there are no fewer than ten “freak” editions of the great book, some of them are of considerable value.

Right or Left-Eyed? Few persons, perhaps, realize that they are as much right or lef£-eyed as they are right or left-handed. Sit down in a chair and fix your attention on some object on the other side of the room. Quickly hold your linger up right in front of the object, and instantly shut your eyes. Then, without moving your head or your finger, open your eyes one .at a time. If when you open your right eye you find your finger directly in front of the object, you are right-eyed. In that case, you will find your finger very much to the right of the object when yon open your left eye. If you are right-handed, you will almost probably find that you are right-eyed. .. This is due to the fact that of the two halves of your brain one is slightly more developed than the other. And the organs and limbs on that side of your body which is controlled by the more developed half are able to carry out your wishes more easily and quickly than those of the other side.

This Life, and Beyond. For what is life that we should make such ado about it, and hug it so closely and look to It to fill our hearts? What is all earthly life, with all its bad and good luck, Its riches and its poverty, but a vapor that passes away—noise and smoke overclouding the enduring light of heaven? A man may be very happy and blest in this life, yet he may feel that, however pleasant it is, at root it is no reality, but only a shadow of realities which are eternal and infinite In the bosom of God—a piecemeal pattern of the light kingdom, the city not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.— Charles Kingsley.

No “If" About Dying; A wealthy man, In getting his “house in order,” was heard to remark: “Now. I’ve arranged all my papers for my family, so that if I die ” “If you die,” interrupted his lawyer; “say when you die; there is no ‘iff about dying.” There is food for thought In this Incident. We are all prone to look at the matter as did this wealthy man. We think of the future with the conditional stipulation—“if I die,” and frame everything around that “If.” As a matter of fact, there is nothing more certain than death. It Is when and not if. HORSE KILLED BY BEES Paris—A horse owned by a farmer of Nolay upset a beehive and was stung to death by the insects. The owner was also seriously stung by the bees before he escaped.

WORK AWAY YOUR TROUBLES

Man at His Best, and Happiest, When Physically and- Mentally Busy, Says Writer. You' can’t overwork. God Almighty intended this wonderful mechanism called the human body to work. It is working all the time. Did you ever think of that? Think of it once more! This heart of yours pumps on 72 times a minute, from the moment that it takes its first beat, until it dies, at fifty-six years, or sixty years, or one hundred. It pumps 4,820 times an hour, 103,680 times a day. Everything in us is constructed to work. f Everything In us is constructed to carry big loads, big burdens. This human hand—it’s a masterpiece of mechanics. This spinal column—it’s constructed to hold your body up, and teams of horses pulling in opposite directions could scarcely pull it apart God intended us to work. He made It necessary for us to work. Whether you know it or not, your day’s work lights up the glad side of your ledger. And idleness is loss. The happiest moments in the life of a man are those in which he is at his best, Intellectually and physically, working at high speed with the greatest necessity for good judgment and quick action. Then, if he has troubles, he forgets them in the exhilaration of the hour. Whether he knows it or not, his actual, every-day employment is his biggest boon to happiness.—Charles E. Lawyer, in Forbes Magazine.

ACTION OF WATER ON FIRE Just Whit Takes Place Whan the Liquid Is Emplpyed for Quenching Flames. Practically, water thrown on a fire drowns out the blaze. Scientifically, however, the water absorbs so much of the heat in the fire that the temperature of the fire is lowered so that the oxygen will not combine with the carbon in the burning material and the fire goes out. It Is peculiar that water, which Is made of oxygen and hydrogen, will put out a fire which requires hydrogen and oxygen before it will burn. This is true, however, as the oxygen and hydrogen composing the water already have been burned or heated to a high temperature when they combined as water, and so, as no substance or gas that has been burned once can be burned again, the combination of the two gases in the form of water will not burn when thrown on the fire. To the contrary, the heat of the burning fire is lowered by the water so that the oxygen of the air cannot combine with it and, lacking the

oxygen, the fire is Philadelphia Ledger,

extinguished.—

“By Hook or by Crook.'* ~ “By hook or by crook*" an expression denoting that a person is determined to accomplish a certain thing, no matter how, was first used in Ireland in 1172. At that time, Strongbow, the great warrior, invaded Ireland and swore he would take it “by hook or crook,” meaning two towns of great importance In those days near the port of Waterford. Some authorities, however, claim that Strongbow was using a punning allusion. Ancient forest rights in England and Ireland allowed the poor to carry away dead or damaged wood for fuel. The people were not permitted to use an ax or a saw but were supposed to pick up the loose branches scattered about The customary method of removal was to use hooked poles or “crooks” with whl^h the dead branches could be pulled down and

hauled home.

In the old English records this privilege of the poor Is called “a right with hook and crook to lop, crop and carry away fuel." ?— v\ “Running the Gauntlet** The custom of punishing a culprit by forcing him to “run the gauntlet" practiced in the Seventeenth century, is said to have originated during the “Thirty Years’ war” (1618-48) and to have been adopted by European armies as a mode of punishment. The culprit was stripped to the waist and then obliged to riih repeatedly between two lines of soldiers facing one another, each of whom struck at him with a short stick or switch. The word “gantlet,’’ as here used, has not the meaning usually given It—that of ah iron glove—but is simply a corruption of gantlope or gatlope, and is derived from the Swedish gatlop, meaning “running down a lane.” Some etymologists, however, derive the word from the German gassenlaufen, which means “running the lane,” and others from the Dutch gangloopen, having the

same meaning.

What Produces Freckles. Old Sol is the real freckle*.dispenser. His rays, on their way to earth, fall alike on the just and the unjust and so the just and the unjust have freckles; that Is, those who have skins built for freckles—generally persons of fair complexion and hair. Some people never have frecklos because their skin is not the same as that of the freckled ones. The action of the sun on the skin of persons of light complexion causes a yellowish or brownish substance to exude from the second layer of skin and forms freckles. Some people even have permanent freckles, but in most people the freckles disappear when the summer Is ended and they are bundled up in warm clothing when out of doors.—Philadelphia Ledger.

RIFLES GUARD PRINCE Calcutta—The best riflemen in India will be posted along alj routes traveled by the Prince of Wales during his forthcoming visit.

GAY OLD QUEBEC AT, PLAY ON SNOWSHOES, SKIS AND SKATES

Everv pretty girl in Quebec ir anjhoorpan slide cling-, L, the citadel’saglow with light, is the r

pvp«-rt on srunvi-hoes. ski? skiiteH. and tobogganing on DufFcrm Terrace is another of hei favor,te diversions When King Winters snowy ermine covers the historic

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an ,l | massive shoulder, and merry tobogVanisL come shooting down the three deep tracks of the slide with no small Dart of c-timon hail .-.need. When they strike the level of Itefferin Terrace they fairly i its entire length, finally ending their toy rido but a few rods past, the Cl ateau Fronton'’'-. This famous

crisp, dry snow and enjoy the many j slide, the finest in the world, rivals

jr-'orts of the season. 1 he pure, in- •* a tj n g a'r is a tonic an; It.iss Quebec _eds no assistanc' from art to account for the roses on her

checks

In days gone by when Quebec was a battle-g-oortvi, cannon balls came shooting down from the frowning citadel. 1 nv a big to-

the airplane and the racing automobile in the way of thrills, yet its '-rooves are.so deep tha£ accidents are practically impos-'t’'- Often tl toboggans zip down three .’>roas' in a most exciting race, vifh laughter and cheers trailing hohinl in the frosty air. Evening when the Terrace and slide are

time for tobogganing, the tpenv-mak-rs looking exceedingly mc‘uresque in tr.eir carnival attire. Every srenv-dme club !<as its own partici - ir costume. Parades through the streets as well as long hikes across the snow-clad country to some cluh or inn where dancing is enjoyed, are among the week-end nlo-sores. The steep slopes of the j old citadel are nomrlnr with ski- j runners and lumpers. As ski- , runners Quebec ghlu are as expert as the hoys, and is a common sight when half a dozen girls, holdmg hands ami silhouetted against the snow like so many paper d»d!s. -onie ski-ing now- a steep hill with

the speed of the wind.

Who Is Your Hero?

WHO IS YOUR HERO?

By DAVID WARK GRIFFITH Editor’s Note—David Wark Griffith stands ao high above all other motion-picture producers that he may be said to be in a class by himself. His grasp of picture making 'is only equal/ed by his grasp of cinema’s future, the needs and wants of the public, and the motion picture is a part of every man’s life. In introducing motion pictures as America’s fourth or fifth largest industry, one might also identify them as America’s largest and most popular target for criticism. Where lives a person who hasn’t said: “The movies are awful”; or said something to that effect? That is rs it should be. It proves motion pictures are important and progressing. You hear no such criticism from all sides for our American music, painting, writing or stage. That is because the public does not expect any great improvement in these arts, but does expect it in motion pictures. A savage and ruthless denunciation of motion pictures by one of the most prominent dramatic critics in this country, first awakened me to the fact that motion pictures were to become the dominent educational and entertainment force in the world. I was too busy at the time to give much thought to the future. But I realized that this shrawd gentleman saw in them something more powerful than his beloved stage or he could not have spurred his thoughts to such a high tide of fierce protest. We do not spend much time criticising something unimportant or dying. If the public ever stops complaining about its motion pictures, we shall become alarmed.

entertainment for every grade of intelligence. America has no sincere or even conscious interest in art. It is first and almost completely interested in industry. One can prove it by a thousand means. For instance. Your hero is yourself. Then the national hero becomes the one who expresses in the highest degree the achievement the people of the nation would liKe to achieve individually. Until recently we were all a fighting people and our heroes were fighters. But now we have no soldier for a national hero, even though the greatest of our wars has just ended. I should say that the popular nero of America today is Henry Ford. When he makes some changes in his plant and pays his debts,, the public is so interested that the metropolitan newspapers print three and four columns on their front pages about it, and continue to comment for days. Now we will make a comparison. If a person were to show a motion picture ten times better than any yet made; and he were to show this with music better than any ever composed in America; and if he were to give away as a souvenir a volume of poetry far better than any yet written in America; and he were to have painted on each of these volumes a miniature better than anything yet by an American artist—do you suppose if this were done, the newspapers of this country would give it three columns on the front page?

Enter Prohibition

Criticism has its fads and fancies just as much as anything else. At present it is ponular to criticise the motion pictures harshly. In a irtray I' feel that prohibition has had something to do with this public irritability regarding pictures. People substituted the motion picture shows for the customary drinking diversion. And quarrelled with the films because they

didn’t get the same effect.

There need be nd alarm about motion pictures as long as the makers strive to interpret life as naturally as they can. Superficial critics shout with outraged despair about somei thing in a motion picture not being realistic. Realism isn’t the important

thing. Naturalism is.

Courtroom scenes, I believe, are criticised more generally than any others in motion pictures. That is because Mr. and Mrs. Audience went to court in a condition of high interest, when either they or someone close to them was involved in the action, and whatever occurred affected them vividly. They remember how impressed they were with everything occurring. When they are not

so impressed by the courtroom scene ^ ^ ^ ^ t in a picture, they immediately think “j ‘

it is badly done. If any of the details are not exactly as they remember they think that is the reason. These few demand detailed realism tjhiat would be boring beyond tolerance to

the other millions.

The critics should pay more attention to naturalism and less to realism. They keep running after rabbits instead of following the fox.

No Art Interest

It will be -several decadfes yet before producers cau make motion pictures that do—not also Vlassify as * ' ' - :*arr. - •

To Awaken America

Indeed not, and the editors would be silly to give such space for if they did the public would be largely bored. For people don’t care to be artists and aren’t particularly interested in what

artists achieve.

But the hero has been changed from’ the soldier to the industrial leader; and I think in fifty years, or perhaps

a hundred, America will awaken to an appreciation of art will come again for whatever interests us as a people, that we can do better than any one

else.

Perhaps motion picilures will c(o more to stimulate this artistic interest than any other force. One must remember that our children today, ten, twelve, fourteen years old, have had more dramatic experience than all

their ancestors combined.

Take your own family. How many plays each year did your father see, and his father? Three or four, or less. And as we go back, the less plays they* saw until in the time of the masques only one in many years—

if ever.

So we have a peculiar condition in our audiences—a dramatically mature audience of youths; and a dramatically youthful audience of adults. With no intent to strain for a paradoxical quip, it is a truth that the older a motion picure audience is, the younger it is; and again, the younger it is, the

They Ask Censor

These mature persons know nothing of history of the stage, its conventions, customs, privileges, liberties or experiences. They see nothing in motion pictures that has been common to the stage for a hundred years, yet, because they are superlatively ignorant of stage drama, they are horrified at something that is absolutely commonplace to the play-

goer. 1

With a confidence that only such

prospering ignorance can bring, these persons are determined that the public shall not see these things which they think shouldn’t be seen. This is the type that demands the censor. So the censor now will have to play with pictures for a few years until they get tyrannical and are cast out or become merely clerical and unimportant. Censorship 4s an ideal, and when you try to localize an ideal in three persons w'ho need their small salaries and play politics to get them, it isn’t difficult to believe that the ideal may ge jostled. The type of mind that demands censorship has advanced the argument that we censor meats and therefore should censor pictures, and I presume they would feel quite satisfied to have the same person decide the fitness of a pig’s carcass and a film. PRINCE AS ENGINEER London—During his journey to the 1 estate of the Duke of Sutherland' at Dunrobin, the Prince of Wales was engineer of the train. Part of the time the -speed was more than a mile a minute.

BOY OF 8 VOTES London—Through a clerk’s error the name of 8-year-old Denis Davies was put on the polling list of West Lewisham. His father contended that the lad was entitled to vote and he was permitted to do so.

8.000 AGITATORS SEIZED TO PROTECT YOUNG PRINCE M r- : • Bombay—Secret orders have been issued to arrest and hold in custody 3.000 anti-British agitators during the visit of the Prince of Wales to India. Among the prisoners already taken are several who confessed to being Soviet agents, paid to stir up sentiment among the nations'against England and the ruling class. * $140,000 PREMONITION Rome—Signor Zerantin, cashier of the Freed Territories’ treasury at Vicenza, received $140,000 just before closing hours. He put it in his safe, but had a premonition that burglars might enter, and finally took the money home with him. That night burglars carried away the office safe. Their loot totaled.$60. EX-KAISER HAD COLLAPSE Berlin—A letter just received here from Herr von Gonthard, the exkaiser’s chamberlain, reveals that early in September the exiled Count Hohenzollern suffered from a physical collapse which caused serious alarm for three days. NEW BUSINESS IDEA New York—A local store has established an executive training course, with the idea of developing buyers and executives from its own employes. The class is already crowded. It meets twice a week.

AUSTRALIA PROSPEROUS Melbourne—Australian business has passed through the reconstruction period successfully, and manufacturers in all sections report prosperity. A local merchant is^putting $1,000,000 into a new building.

CAT DESTROYS FOUR LIVES Edinburgh-r-Mrs. Alexander Stirling seizezd her husband’s arm in sudden terror when she thought he was going to run over a cat that was crossing the road in front of their car. Mr. -Stirling lost control, the car was ditched and Mr. and Mrs. Stirling were killed with their two children.

SILLY SHEEP London—When their leader fell into an abandoned well in Norfolk sixtepedigreed sheep belonging to J. B. Dimmock followed. All were killed. “HIRE AT HOME” London—The cit^ ’(Corporation of Worthing has been petitioned to discharge all employes living outside the district and to hire only local citizens. BOUND, LEAP TO DEATH Paris—Binding themselves together v/ith their young son and daughter, M. and Mme. Bonvalet leaped into the River Grenne near Cornenon. All four were drowned. Warrants for the Bonvalets’ arrest on charges of fraud had been issued.

WOMAN DIES AT 109 Dublin—Mrs. Catherine Hourigan died in the Tipperary Hospital at the age of 109. She never had ridden on a

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