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Bomebody has said that "Any fool
The manner in which the old can stand failure, but it takes a man
battleship A love story which commenced on manevred, steered, and worked by
"Agamemnon "* to stand succasa," This dictum, charged with such subtle suggestive board ship, and continued in Chica wireless at speeds which at times trath, is perhaps particularly applicand Japan, and ended in the English reached 15 knots during the air abla to the theatrical profession; for Divorce Court before Mr. Justin bombing teata off the Isle of Wight in no other walk of life is success so
bas attracted wide interest.
day
to attain great success without con- tracting in some degree that minor diesse of the mind the common symptom of which is an increase in the size of the cranium. And, un fortunately, this microbe works its insidious way into the brain without the victim being aware of it, writes Lano Cranford in the Daily Tete graph
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intoxicating. It is difficult for players Salter, was related by the injured .For มิ long sommer's
busbaud, Mr. Frederick Carr Kendall, ehe eruined about the Channel Linden-gardens, Bayswater, who cited with no bug being ou board, Mr. Frederick William Clifton as entirely directed and controlled by correspondent.
wireless from the destroyer "Truant," Mr. Kendall said he was married in which followed ararly two miles, Yokobama on May 16, 1919. Two or The exact bature of the devices three weeks after the wedding bis wife referred to Mr. Clifton, whom she had met on board abip when coming out It is difficult for the actor to stand to be married She admitted that a success, because of the apecial cir- DIET SECRETS REVEALED BY cumstances attendant on his calling. deep affection had sprung up between Is is the most "public" of public them, and so he (the bus' and put professions. When we realise that them both "on trust" with regard to the player is daily inhaling the breath each other. of public applause, can we wonder
Up to December, 1919 he had no that at times it is apt to affect the
JELLY-FISH PET.
GREEDY JASPER.
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There must be few among the most ardent lovers of the brate creation
employed is naturally a secret, but anyone con so that it would be easy with wirelers of one particular wave length to release a current which wave-length would similaily control the engines: and a third would operate the regulators for the flow of oil into the boilers.
would control the et oring; another
She was hurning oil, and the smoke of it at times poured densely from her
A strange problem in criminal pay. chology has just confronted the Gor- mao police. On his own apparently gratuitous confession-which, bow ever, is confirmed by subsequent in- quiries he is the perpstrator of two who could detect in the Aurelia aurita, head? Further, the publicity in the suspicions, but when his wife inform-fore funnel, showing that the or common jelly-fish, a hint of that press, the admiration of women, theed bias she was going to have a child mechinical stoker was net quito eo atrocious murders committed in Ber-spirit of friendliness and domesticity public adulation, the whispered ho realised that the child could not be expert as the human article.
which is looked for in man's dumb buzzes of recognition in public as-
of the most cold-blooded of the many
in since the war. He is also, accor-
ding to the testimony of his acquaint
antes, a man of culture, considerabin
a
The sight of this 17,000 tons battle-
the River Blackwater on a small jelly- | elightly turned. If you were to take he wrote to both Mr. Clifton and his imaginative. For example, if a ang fish which he kept us a pet.
This strange pet was given yster late with which to beguile the tedium of its sojourn in a jar, just to
friends; yet Dr. J. II. Orton, Weat semblies, are influences tending this. Ha forbade her to see Mr.ship slowly circling the contro ul Mereza, Essex, in a letter to the editor show that the successful actor needs Clifton again, and forgave her on Botilla which took their movementa from her was curiously impressive; it literary gifts, great industry, and of Nature, describes the results of ex- to have his bead well screwed down this promine. social charm which expressed itself eriments made in the oyster-beds of in his vertebra if it is not to gat
From England in November, 1920, suggested immense possibilities to the particularly in devation to children,
86y, a modest Civil servant or redate wife forbidding any kind of com- with no one on board but wireless, Zeebrugge had to be blocked, a ship The name of this curious monster
bisiness muu, and subject him to is Wilhelm Blume. Both his Berlin
manication between them. His wile
controlled from somy distance victims were postmen, and one of the
these circumstances, would uct these
replied: crimes caused more than the usual
sobersided gentlemen very probably
Dear Fred-I admit my relations away could be employed to do the atir because it was carried out in the see what it would do with them. need a larger size in hals, not to with 1. W. Clifton were such in 1919 work. Or, again, a ship laden with Hotel Adlou, generally regarded Their dieappearance provoked an mention boots!
For some obscure reason the theat-Since you wrote ferbidding him 10 sec An attack of this kind might prove that you are justified in divorcing me. high explosives might be sent into a hostile anchorage and theral lown up. as the city's most distinguished guest awful suspicion in Dr. Orton's mind, post is delivered to the consignee in his dwelling and the officials who do this work, and who in certain districts
house. In Germany money sent by & suspicion that was verified all toorical profession is known as "the" me again, I have re. him. I a distinctly trying to an enemy's nervea.
must carry very large sums, have long been the favourite quarry of the
garrotter.
B00B.
Jasper the jelly-fish bad devoured his playmaten.
An antidy trencherman, Jasper was betrayed by the blots of his victims that he had neglected to wipe away after finishing his meal.
A and when the blobs of food are collected," writes Jasper's master, it can be observed that the jelly fich deliberately licks them off" whipping them down into bis gastric pouches by means of an ingenious contrivance known as the oral arm.
of
The day way yet come when whole In the other letter she said: "Iflects of surface ships will engage admit F. W. Clifton is the father ander wireless control from the shore
Or from the air-when the child born in 1920,"
giant scroplanes, capable of developing the necessary electric power, have been completed.
profession. The writer can only now staying in India, and shall not surmise the explanation lies in the defend any case. fact that there is no other profession quite like it. It is certainly the most romanti" of all professions-at the same time including so many trage dies. Success in the theatre seems a case of Act Cæsar aut nullus " It is so often a case of from starving to star ring." When an aspirant come to see Kean the great actor first aid to him:
the truth of these statements.
The co-respondent also confessed to
A decree nisi was pronounced.
a
In this, as in other developments, the world is only at the very begin. ping. In our own Navy progress bad beer very rapid. Balore the war a
wireless controlled torpedo was tried
The method usually adopted by the robber is to waylay them in a lonely street or on an unfrequented staircase, but Blume had a more claborate plan. He lured them actually into his own ream by sending himself money through the post. On the occasion of his first known exploit he was in furnished apartments. His landlady had the misfortune to enter his room while he was killing the postman, so be cut her throat. In the Adlon be persuaded his victim ti sit down, foand some pretext for getting behind! tion of the sea. Incidentally, another strange viata must have alien in makes up face to face with numerous has been mastered by British paval
to end in dire disaster
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and rejected, as it did not give fatis. factory reults. A similar weapon was used on two occasions in the war by the Germans, but with little effect. Singe the war, however, the problem of controlling a ship from a distance
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Are you good at starving?" Like up like rockets, and burst into many other great act.re, poor Kean crystal shower of starlights--and some Jasper's greed has revealed a long had started, and when at last be times fade away into darkness. The cherished secret, the mode of feading reached the goal of suscere it was only meteoricanturcof such success leade
His staple of the Aurelia aurita,
Alcohol, to the element we call "Jack" sa article of diet is now proved to be the distilled with the essence of success at icilucute in every sort of success, but maller orgauiems in the plankton, the bottom of the cup, was the ruin ferhaps most potent in the profe-sius of the actor. On a first night every star which is the minute drifting papula of this erratic genius. What him, and then slipped a nose over his mystery is unravelled by this die Kean's wind when at the height of telegrams all wishing him luck officers; and the test gave
covery, the problem of why emal bis fan: be looked back at the days the ladies, in addition, have horse astonishing indication of the success bead and strangled him.
Last year, when the police were shes ate permitted to stelt with of his struggles. What a queer slices, black cate, and other mascots, they hava achieved. It is believed beginning to forget to look for the impunity beneath the umbrellas of sensation he must have experienced it That magic word, lack," is ever in that no gr at difficulty would be ex- murderer, he was playing quite a Jasper's big brothers. They assist be picked up an old playbill containing the mouth of the nummer. Certainly perenced in steering a destroyer at prominent part in the literary life of the jellyfish by keeping down the Dresden. Thanks to his mastery of parasites that are attracted by the his came in the cast as a servant with this element lasma large in the life of 20 or 32 kaots;, the real difficulty is our language, he was able to pass masses of plankton food which it couple of lines at some obscure the player. For he or she may carry risk to harmless, peaceable, merchant out to the letter all the principles shipping which might happen to get enunciated in Lord Beaverbrook's in the way of the magic vessel. bimself off as an English author and dumps in readiness for mealtimes in country theatre,
The experiments in this direction the owner of large plantations in
book on "Success," set they may not Brazil. In this disguise he played the
find their names in large letters on are continuing. The next test will part of the generous owner of high-
the bills or underneath testimoniale probably be a bombing with heavy- valued currency, and children were
to cigarettes and face creams. They live bombs of a large battleship under the special beneficiaries of bis largeseo.
may even "think hard for success" wires control under conditions even He worked industriously at the
according to those weird and wonder- more closely recembling those of translation of English plays, one of
fal modern Science of Thought books, actual war, which was produced-at-Dresden-with-
that insist that the power is within. great success, la certain cases
ar." Yet that will not easure n "shop" waiting for them at Black- apparently he tried to pass the
more's in the morning. translations of as his own original
them, and
convenient cavities.
PROFESSOR EINSTEIN.
THREATS-OF-MURDER-
FAME IN A NIGHT,
Success must taste very delicious after having eaten the bitter bread of toil and priration. Kean's blaze into fame reminds us that the theatrical is the one profe seion in which it is possible to become famous in a single right. That is the curious phase of this romantic profession. Years and years of struggling and hards ip, thea hey, presto! Success! Success! What
KIRT AS FIRST-AID.
CHINESE ENGLISH WIFE AND A CAR DRIVER.
The English wife of a Chinese who
work, and he founded the "Dorian The Leipziger Neueste Nachri-wonder that Kean said if he were
THE CHANCE OF A MEETING. Press," by which several of them were chten" publishes a report that tro-successful he should go mad? The
fessor Einstein had cancelled bis extreme reaction must prove Q Thackeray has said that a man's shortly to have bead published.
lest for the brain The whole fortune in life may depend on These activities, however, were not promise to deliver a lecture on the severe yielding enough to cover Blues reck-relativity theory on the occasion of histrionic road to success is a hard his turning to the right or left off lese expen liture and be attempted to the centenary celebrations of the one strewn with stones; and it needs Regent-street. Well, much may said she took off her petticoat to stem repeat his old trick in the entrance Society of German Philosophers and a stout heart and strong will to depend on whom the actor happened the wounds of a cyclist injured in bail of a Dresden hous. This time his Physicsts on the ground that he was stumble along with bleedling feet and to meet outside the Bodega one parti-collision with a motor car, gave evid plat was not so carefull laid, and his going abroad for some months. This wrary limbs till the journey's end is cular day, Presibly, it is that sort of race at a Lverpool coroner's inquiry Bo many famous actore gambling. luck about the theatrical into the death of John Stanley Ismay, preparations aroused the auspicions of intimation, the journal states, caused reached. one of the tenanote, who sant for the a considerable stir in learned circles have had to go through the will (and world that constitutes its fasciculiog | 28, an analytical chemist, of Wigton,
ao Profestur Einstein'e reply was re- what a grinding, it is 1) before attain attraction. Like the gambler, the Cumberland. police. Blume mot them with a revolver in rack hand, shot our of coived shortly after the murder of ing success. Beride Kean, there actor may turn up the King of The woman, Mary Wan Sing, eaid Frederis Lemaitre, Emil Trumps or the deuce of nothing. Or, that following the crash the car drag. buited. Finding his Dr. Ralbenau, and, it is stated, his were retreat cut off be tried to commit sudden decision not to give the Devrient, Benjamin Webster, John to lightly alter a line in Peter ged the cycle and rider along with it. suicide, but after he had wounded promised lecture was the result of his Burkstone, Tools Wilson Barrett, Pan," "To enter the theatrical pro- She ran to the car and found Ismay's himself in the band his weapons both having learned that he was also an Irving, to name a few.
fession must be an awfully big adven-bead underneath the front off wheel. missed fire, and he was overpowered. had bern decided upon by murder one of those men who never forget
the list of those persons whose death It is nice to think that Irving was ture!"
“You might help me to lift the wheel | In most cases, I suppose, stars off the man's head," she remarked to organizations. As the result of the the old hard times and the comrades abould consider themselvo lucky. I the driver of the car. The driver got GLASS GIRL
urrest of a great number of members who fought the histrionic battle by was struck by some words written by off his seat, looked at the position "of of these societies and of the d.s his side. Often, in the full flash of Charlie Chaplin : It is not ne per the cyclist, and returned to his acut. closures which have been made as to his succes, did be in his speeches resonally who are great. It is only our He then lighted a cigarette and mada their composition, efforts are now fer to those days in Manchester. re greatness in our relations with others no attempt to help her, shy declared. being made to persuade Professor calling his want of money, and how that couple," Yes, dore not She took off her petticost to stem the Distracted by her arrest on charges Einstein to return to Germany in be lived on the love for his art; how the star largely depind for his wounds. of shoplifting, May Miller, & Now time to attend the centenary celebra- he and Charles Calvert wrapt them success on the mere clapping of Ralph Alexander, the driver of the York girl, made attempts for more tions.
solves in their day dreams, patted hands by the gods in the gallery If motor-car, said the cyclist seemed to than an hour to commit suicida.
each other on the back, and said, as is said, it is a sight for the gods to shoot in front of him. He stopped the "Well, old follow, perhaps the day sen a bravo man struggling with ad car within five yards of the impact. will come when you will have a little | vereity, it is indeed a fiber sight to He was injured : Eut after finding the mera than sixpence in your pocket."aro a successful man standing his position of the agclist he resumed bla The precarious experiences of Ben-success humbly and w II. 85 ya seat and backed the car. He was not jamin Webster would form the mighty Stars, that glitter so majesti travelling at more than ten miles aa basis for 6 vort bumen ocally in the Therrian heavens, fook bouc
Wilson Bar not down haughtily at your humbler The jury returned a verdict that she asked for a glass of water. When following list of some of the highest rett's struggles with misfortuns brethrea. It may be that but for the the ascidint was caused by the quick this was given to her she bit off a points on the Island and Mainland i was almost Homerio, There was grace of God you would be wearily driving of a motor-ear and not keep.I large piece of the lambler and
BITS OF WATCH SWALLOWED TO COMMIT SUICIDE.
The fint attempt was at police. headquarters, where the smashed a milk bottle against the wall and crammed several jagged fragments into her mouth and swallowed them.
At the hospital, where the surgeons
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A few minutes jater, while prepare- tious were being made to X-ray her throat and stomach, she raised beri hand to her lips and bit off hy gold wrist walob. Before she cou'd be pavented sho bad swallowed the Watch glass, part of the works, and several finke-d-the-clisin which fastened it to her wrist,
After the girl bad been trapped to the operating table the surgeurs ex: tracted most of the debris from her * ibrost,
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Borasthing noble in the way he work trending the Strand with a heavy log a proper look-out on the assump ed to pay back his enormous debts. heart and an empty pocket. Best in tion at the road was clear at a late At the end of his career be left a mind nature's stare, how those of the hour at 1 ght. The jury added that fortune of over £30,000, after paying greatest magnitude are. coutent to the driver of the car was guilty of debts amounting to well over 100,000, twinkle no more brightly than their negligence but not of a erimtoal This is quite equal to Walter Scott's lesser lights. Remember that there chalector. notable achievement of a similar are magnificent failures living in.com- nature, but I suppose posterity will bined rooms in B.isten and Kenning.
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not hear much of the poor playor's ton. Remember if it were not for Are you subject to attacks of diarr -go-d-dont-But let us here pay a the failure there would be no such herd tires alanlutely unvo-forn few passing tribute to Wilsen Barfelt as a thing as tueserece. Remember What daya rest fa bed if possible, bo asfal of your diet and take hamberlain's man. The gloricus uncertainty of shadows we are, what shadows To Colle and Diashota Remedy This ericket is as nothing compared with puraus." And remember that, staré modicine has oured casos of chronia that of the theatrical profession. and supers must all obey the dual and it will cure you. For sale by a
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