PAGE TEN | VETERAN ACTREESES CANADA'S PIE Tosér, SOME OF THE FAMOUS STARS OF OTHER D AYS, They Still Live in Appearances on the Stage. Recollections of a deligintful after- noon spent at a certain little house in St. John's Wood monihe ago were recalled to the mind of a writ- "er in TR-Bits by the recent an nouncement that the Victorian ac tress, Mrs. John Billington, has cele brated her ninetieth birthday A wonderfully-preserved woman, whos sfage® record goes back nearly seventy vears, Mrs. Billington, who a few has devoted much of her later life | to the Instruction of stage novices, is able to recall with remarkable vividness many important events of her long life, She made her first London appear- ance exactly fifty-seven years ago, bt previous to that she had been ap- pearing in the provinces, notably at | Manchester, | the Queen's Theatre, where she made--Set debut, Mathews, Phelps, Webster, Celeste, Lady Bancroft--all Charles Mme. these famous actors.and actresses of long | ago Mrs. Billington appeared with, while she has happy memories of Thackeray, Leech, 'Dickens, Wilkie Collins, and Mark Lemon, the first editor of Punch. Curiously enough, three days pre- vigus to" Mrs. Billington's ninetith birthday, Mrs. Charles Calvert was the recipient of many congratula- tions on her eiglitieth birthday, and she recalled the fact that it was seventy-four years ago, when she made her first appearance on the stage, when she played one of the children in that famous *"The Stranger," with which Mr, and Mrs. Charles Kean were makin" such a big hit. ' And 'she also mentioned, apropos of the huge salaries paid to famous artistes to-day, that in the early days she and her sister Clara were quite content when they were earn- ing the combined salary of $10 a week. - One of the most memorable events in Mrs. Calvert's juvenile career was the occasion 'of her first benefit, for which she obtained as her share of the profits the princely sum $43.75. Like Mrs. Billington, Mrs, Calvert married a famous actor, the records of the Billingtons and the Calverts forming an absorbing chap- ter In the history of ithe last fifty years of theatrical life. Another famous veteran actress is Miss Genevieve Ward, who will eele- brate her seventy-sevemth birthday this month, and who was appearing at His Majesty's Theatre in Shake- spearean plays as late as 1911. It is fifty-nine years ago since Miss Ward made her debut in opera in Milan. Later she completely lost her voice, and, taking wp dramatic work, she became one of the most popular of tragedy queens. She has acted in almost every part of the world, her tour through Australia in the 'eighties being a veritable "tri- umph, which she crowned by devot- ing the proceeds of her farewell per- formance to the hospital established for women in Melbourne. To-day the "Genevieve Ward Wing" of the Melbourne Women's Hospital is a fitting monument to ihis veteran actress, Tr es Cholera In Volcanoes, " Cholera has usually found a use- ful ally in superstition. Tn the old days the disease was believed to be "bottled up In volcanoes and to be released by eruptions. The most ef- fectual way to avoid it was to sleep in bed with your head due south. In Russia du } RO the peasants would not "trust the doctors; whom they actual: ly accused of causing the disease, but drank a fearful mixture of tar, resin, and petroleum as preventives, and fired guns from the doors and 'windows to seare the cholera away. Rooks were the birds whose con- duet In connection with the cholers 'abserved in Ireland in 1832. Ac 10 the Du Morning Register, immediately the cholera came all the birds vanished from the rookery in the Marquess of A "For three weeks, dur- "ing which the disease raged violent: , these noisy tenants of the trees completely deserted their lofty habi- \ tations. In the meantime the Re- - venue police found immense numbers lying dead upon the shore near Erris, about ten miles distant." i -------- 1 spent the night--sleeping better than at home--on straw in a water. unded post looking across to way, writes a ndent of London Outlook. They have hands full over at Ypres, which they call, as a matter of coutse, "Wip- ers." The British Tommy dees mot commonly carry maps, and conse- tly the peculiar, -Bumorous ts he gives to place names have 40 become { finghe J atot. which has | te easily become * tO!" just Wytschacte has Bi London,.~Mprs, Charles Calvert Recalls Her Early | drama, | ring the terrible epidemic blin ! "of the TArgest | More Stringent Buildings Laws and Closer Inspection Required. | During 1914 Canada's total of dre | losses showed a considerable reduc- | | tion over 1913; yet it was in excess | of that of 1912, From an analysis of the causes of fires for 1914 "some 'encouragement | may be obtainéd:in 'the beMef that | + progress i8 being made in education | along fire prevention lings. Careless- | ness has always been a prolifi¢ ca of fire Tose, and a veduetion of fires | | attributable to this cause from 183 i in 1913 to 127 in 1914 is appreciated. | { 'Attention must still be directed, how- ever, 10 the 30 losses caused by cigar- | ette-smoking and cigar and cigarette | stubs carelessly thrown away. § One feature of the year's fire re- | vord- which requires immediate at- tention is 'the large inerease in the | number of apartment house fires. No | doubt part of this increase may be at- | | tributed to the pgoportionate growth | im the numbes of apartment blocks being erected, but there js a serious danger arising in our cities from the number of one-family houses or old buildings which are being converted | { into apartment blocks, without corre- | | sponding protection from fire or of | the lives of the inmates from fire dan- | ger. - Stringent building laws should be provided covering this transforma- tion process, and thorough inspection should be insisted upon both during i the progress of reconstruction and at least annually by both the municipal: | ity and the insurance companies ins terested. Too little attention is paid to tHe matter of bullding inspection, with the result that overheated pipes and heating apparatus is a common cause of fires. With proper inspection this could not be, as legal power is gg ¢ to prosecute for maintaining danger- ous fire conditions and all insurance policies are based upon the safe con- ! dition of heating and lighting equip- | ment. It is a question whether fire insurance companies are not mang it too easy for applicants to obtain insurance, and whether, as in the case | of life insurance companies, thorough 'examination 'of the risk invelved and 'the remedying of any dangerous or abnormal firé conditions should not be insisted upon before a fire insur- ance policy could be legally issued. More attention should alse be paid to the interior construction and heat- ing of residential buildings. During 1914, no less than 750 dwellings were destroyed by fire, and of the.e a large proportion through forcing of the heating equipment. » { During January, 1915, no lebs than 66 fires were reported as caused by defective heating apparatus, 11 by defective wiring, and 19 from eare- lessneéss with matches, Conserva- tion, | | { + { | United For Canada. An interesting fact at the opening of the Dominion House recently was that the address in reply to the speech from the thron® was moved and seconded by a German and a Frenchman respectively, | WW, G. Welchel, M.P. for North Waterloo, a German bv birth, was mover of the speech in reply. 'He is | a thorough loyalist: to<Great Dritain' and' the Empire and spoke for the vast majority of the German popu- lation of Canada, who are among the best and most respected citizens and loyal to British institutions, notwith- standing their love for the fatherland. Most of them left Germany on ac- count of the war spirit that fills the | military element there and especially ! the Prussian Junkers. The seconder of the address was Honore Achin, repfesentative of the constituency of helle, .which for- merly sent the tionalist 'leader, Henri Bourassa, to the House of Sommons. Mr. Achin isan advocate and was born in Montreal and éducat- ed at Ste. Therese and practices his vrafession at Nominique, Quebec. He 'was elected to the House of Commons for Labelle in 1911 in the Conserva- tive interest. ~ > The mover, Mr, Weichel, lives at Waterloo, Ont., In the heart of the German part 'of the province, and is a hardware merchant. 'He was edueat- ed. at the" Elmira public schools and was first returned to the House of Commons in 1911 in the Conservative interest. He has been mayor of Wat- WASHINGTON GIRL." "Bobby" Beresford, former lightweight Amateur champion boxer Britton of Washington. Young Be on board ship when she and Miss No to become nurses, . _~-------- nn i Ne THE FOUR PARTNERS, | They Wanted to Hear Patti Sing, end There Was Trouble, In the year 1869 Adelina Patti vis- ited the city of Maastricht, in Hol- land. The great singer was at the aeight of her fame, and as the man- agement of the theatre had to pay her g large sum the price of seats was put at twice the usual amount. Four impecunious, music loving citizens of Maastricht desired to hear the great singer and, not being finan- cially able to buy a seat apiece, put their money together and bought one seat for the opera of "Lucia," Each was see one of the four acts, and they drew lots to see in what order they should attend. On the evening of the perform- ance everything went well until the fourth act.' When the third act was over-the man who held the seat left the opera house and, hastening to the Cafe Venetian, passed over the seat check to his successor. The latter, a 'hatmaker named® Groonyer, im- mediately took -his place, congratu- lating himself that he would have the last view of the great singer. But when the act opened imagine his dis- appointment at hearing the tenor sing in lugubrious tones "Lueia is dead." That hatmaker had not known that Lucia di Lammermoor dies in the third act of the opera. to gee the great Patti, afterall, @ Wrathtully he left the theatre and returned to the cafe. When he saw his friends sitting there and laugh- ing at him he 10st all control of his tempergand stormed about, abusing his partners violently. At last he grew so violent 'that he had to be ejected from the cafe and was arrest- ed for disorderly conduct. Thereupon | He was not | | and a younger brother of Lord Decies, who is to marry Miss Catherine resford, it is sald, met Miss Britton na McAdoo sailed fer the war zone hi rt tnt he en nt a Guides To Success. In picKing out your career consider the things you like to do, the things vou can do best, God gave you these aptitudes, and they are to be follow- ed, not fought; though you may have to serve a long apprenticeship in do= ing things you don't like before you can swing out fully into doing the things you do like. Do what you can do best. Go where you are most needed. Start in anywhere, only get busy and keep busy. But don't be impatient. God often takes a long time: to get his servants ready. --Christian Herald. Cave of the Nativity. In-Beihlehem of Judea is a cave or grptto said to have been the birthe place of Christ. Over it is the beau- tiful Church of the Natiyity. The cave is about twenty feet be- low the 'level of the church and is reached by means of two spiral stair- cases. It'is lined with Italian mar- ble and lighted with many lamps. A silver star marks the precise spot at which Christ is said to have been born. Sixteen lamps of precious metal shed their soft glow upon the shrine, while golden censors send up incense continually. Marvelous Activities. A diner in a restaurant thought he would have a joke with the waiter, and asked him if he had ever Seen a sausage roll. "Say," sald the waiter, "I have not only seen a sausage roll, but I have seen. a biscuit box, a table spoon, a chimney sweep, 3 chain link, a4 nose. gay, a camera slide, a garden fence, a sword fish and a wall flower." 2 he brought suit against his three part- | ners for the amount he had paid to- ward the ticket, and won his cage. Next, the manager of the opera house heard of the matter, and him- self brought suit against each of 'the four men for the price of three seats, The manager was able to convince the court that the words on the ticket, "Not Exchangeable," were meant for just such cases, and the decision was given in his favor, + 80 the admirers of Patti had to pay for three more tickets, the fines and the costs of the court proceed- ings, which made it an expensive theatre party, especially for the choléric hatmaker, Groonyer, who had not even seen the famous singer. LT re Ct rr ® . i Lerrons "n= x NAA A tI A Gary & Practical | Home Drerr Making) = Saving His Strength. Mr. Bunker--I've walked at least twenty miles playing golf and-- Mrs. Bunker (breaking in) -- I don't bt it, and yet you made an awful fuss this morning when I asked you to step down cellar and bring up a pail of coal for me. Mr. Bunker-=Well, did you imag- ine I was anxious to tire myself out carrying coal when I knew I bad that long walk ahead of me? Might Be All Right. Philosophers tell us to brighten the world with smiles, which would be all right were there not so many people who are happy only when they have something to make them 'gob, " a wk hn oo i EN TEX ire Ny + n | ®r16o and is one of Tix most patriotic and progressive ciiizens. Maple Sugar Booming. That the gift of Her Royal High- ness the Duchess of Connaught a box of maple sugar fo every member of the first Caradian contingent has resulted in quite an unexpected boom to the industry throughout the Do- midion is shown in a cable received from Lord Stamfordham, secretary to 'His Majesty the King, Hotifying her royal highness that the Canadian "be found; Sot the royal fAble, but also in e hotel and large store in London The Maple Sugar this new to her royal highness on behalf of the association. - : ta fix . Prisoners of War, 2,177, is Se, Justice shows that since the : 177 Germans » >y 3 Prepared Expecialty For This Newspaper by Pructorial Review : _* SEVERE. BLOUSES POPULAR, sheerness and 'vividness of thelr miate- rials. Much of the severe effect i¢'ém- bodied in the shoulder yoke and long, plain sleeves. x Band colored novelty volle is Suggest. ed for the development of this wast. AL the wrist the sleeve is finished with a collar turning away from the front in effect. Tiny crochet buttons supply. the simple decorative scheme of the waist, fof which 25 yards of 44-inch' or 2% yards of 36-inch material are required. ~The collar of the biouse is made so that it can be worn high or In turn- down effect. | facing "E" placed on a lengthwise fold of the goods = it will be in The collar and back are also laf lengthwise fold. - The front is 8 'ed on a lengthwise thread scivedge edge of the voile. Td of the front arrange the cuff lengthwise thread of 'the material on Ww the "MAXIM G Sir. Hiram Maxim Tells'a Wonderful Story. New ideas have always fascinated me, says Sir Hiram in a recent auto- biographical article. As a bey my inventiveness displayed itself in the designing of mechanical toys, al- though it was not until some years after I reached my majority that 1 became what I might term a serious inventor. When 1 was twenty-five, However, 1 evolved an autpmatic gas-machine for lighting up isolated country houses. Then I turned my attention to electricity, and made dynamos and electric lamps. One day, however, a friend said to me, and I quote his words as near as i can recollect them. "Maxim, if you wish to make your fortune, leave your electrical devices and invent a killing machine for the wars of the future." I laughed, for my thoughts had never turned in that direction. A short 'time afterwards, however, 1 happened to be firing a military rifle and remarked the powerful kick that it gave. Thinking this over, it occur- red to me that I might turn it to useful effect, for that kick seemed to me to be a: waste of force, besides being a disturbing element in gun- nery. Ultimately I conceived the idea of utilizing this force for reloading and firing. 1 came'to London; establish- {are driven round and round the stake urn-back cnff, while the neck has a | t ed a' little 'workshop, and 'made a gun that fired and loaded itself by ! the energy derived 'from the recoil. It was a veritable nine-days' won- der, - Everyone of note, ineluding the late King Edward, came to see (me fire my gun: On one of 'the {trjals 1 fired 333 rounds in thirty-five seconds, and a' belt 'of 2,000 ecart- ridges in slightly over three minutes. | A startling effect' of 'this fearful i speed was that after the gun had {ceased firing at 600 yards as many lad forty reports could be counted, i This 'meant that: at the 'instant of | stopping the last twenty shots were on their way to the target at vary- ing distances, and the reports of the : previous twenty similarly on their ' way back. !. My first automatic gun was made at-Hatton Garden; and the accounts of its extraordinary mechanism were at first received as a Yankeé "tall" story. When, however, the British Government gave me a big order, which enabled me to form a company and fit up large worshops, they realized that there was something in my*idea. 3 My gun was first used in the Brit- ish army in the Matabele campaign, and I remember the havoc it caused among the Zulad .was such that It was seriously discussed in Parlia- ment .as- to whether the use of the 'gun was not outside legitimate war- fare, It is 'a fact, by the way, of which few people are aware, that the in- vention of the maxim-gun led to the inventing of smokeless powder. While I was making preliminary trials with the gui I had noticed the vast clond of smoke produced, and Lord Wolseley said to. me at the time that the gun would be of little use unless I could 'invent a smokeless powder. This I fully realized, and after a number * of experiments 1 produced what I might term, without going into techmical details, a com- pound of nitre-glycerine snd gun- cotton in threads, Which gave off practically no smoke, and patented my invention in 1887. Punjabi Threshing. In the Punjab grain is still trodden out by the feet of cattle, assisted by the threshing frame, This frame consists of a hurdle covered with brushwoed and weighted with bricks or clods of earth. e bullocks are yoked to the threshing frame and fastened to a post in the centre of the threshing floor of beaten eartli. They * about which the wheat is heaped, and } in a short time the brittle straw is broken up into short pieces and the grajn is freed from the chaff. 'One pair of bullocks with the threshing frame will tread out the produce of an acre 'in four days. 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