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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1919-12-25, Page 6Fy u 114i ' Ms voice has a, far -away unnatural!POSSIBILITIES '' POS I ILI' IES OF sound—"Gaspe ToujaursI Gaspe Tou- jonrsP' Yes, it is Casio Toujottrs! I he :arch of the White Guam i And Uesido nim bias Je'f Hyde, atnd ���� alive! ay, wave! Thank Godl Jesper Humes mind is itself al;ain. A�°Q E It k id suffered but for a moment, --- jj". j By SIR GI ,BERT PARKER. CHAP, IV. .(Cout'cl.) 'Toe have ive noel" s idcthe wweak to svoce agaiave n oji"Yes; I have come to save you." sonde voice was strong and clear and seen to have heard your voice VO- fore—somewhere before—I seem to have--" But he had fainted. - Jasper Hume poured a little liquor dewn the sick man's throat, and Late jT;arscal'len chaffed the delicate hand— delicate in, health, At was like that of a little child now. When breath came again Jasper Hume whispered to his ,helper, "Take Cloud -in Nie -Sky and get wood; bring fresh branches; clear one of the sleds, and we will start back with -hips -in the early morning. Late Garscalien, looking at the eke- :on-like kel-eat. like figure said, "He will never 6t there. `Yes, r said Jasper Hume, he will get there." "But he is dying." , "He goes with me to Fort Provi- enee,r' ,"Ay, to Providence he goes, but not lit you," said Late Carscallen, sadly but doggedly. Anger flashed An Jasper Hume's eye, ,ut he said quietly, "I shall take him -to hie wife; get the wood, Carscallen." And Jasper Hume was left alone with the starving Indian, who sat be- eide the fire eating voraciously, and the sufferer, who now mechanically was taking a little biscuit sopped in brandy. For a few moments thus, and hie sunken eyes opened and he _ dazedly looked at the man bending abovehim. ' m m. Suddenly there ere came into them a look of terror. "You—you—. are James Hume," the voice said in an awed whisper. "Yes," and the hands of the Sub -- factor chafed those of the other. ";out you said you were a—friend and come to save me." I am come to save you." There was a shiver of the sufferer's body.This discovery verY would either make him stronger or kill him alto N Luther. Jaspar Hume knew this, and said: "Varre I4epage, the past is past; and dead to me; let it be so to you." i There was a pause. "How—did 'you know—about me?". "I was at Fort Providence; there' tame letters from the Hudson Bay' .om1anY, and from wife, saying you were making this journey, and were air months behind—" "My wife, say wife! Rose!" "Yes, I have a letter for you from her. She is en her way to Canada, We are to take you to her." "To take me—to her!" Hrt. ioroiic Isle head sadly, but hseanereered the let- him ume had •just given him to 7 ..... lips. u; t 6:.Rake you to her, Verne Lepage." e. "No, I •shall never see her again." "I tell you, you shall. You can live if you will. You owe that to her to me—to God!" "To her—to you—to God. But I have been true—to none. To win her I wronged you doubly—and wronged her, too; and wronging—both of you, '.;.I wronged That Other One. I have been punished. I shall the here" "You' shall go to Fort Providence. Do that in payment of your debt to me, Varre Lepage. I demand that" In this sinning man, there was a latent.spark_of honor, a sense of jus - 'hat' night have been devei ped 'to great causes, to noble ends, if Tome strong nature, seeing his weaknesses, had not condoned them, but had ap- pealed to the natural chivalry of an impressionable, vain, and weak char- acter. He struggled to meet the eyes of Jasper flume, and doing so' he gain- ed confidence and said, "I will try to live, I will do you justice—yet. But, oh, my wife!" "Your first duty is to eat and drink. We start for Foyer Providence to-mor- rm. morning." Time sick man stretched out his hand, "Food! Food!" he said. In- little bits, food and drink were given to him, and his strength 'sensib- ly increased. The cave was soon aglow witth the fire that was kindled by Late CarsWalien and Cloud+ -in -the -Sky., Theie•eaas little speaking, for the sick man s fell, asleep. Varre Lepage's Indian Cloud-in-the-Skythe tale of their inch—haw the other Indian and the dog died; how his master be- came ill as th were starting toward Fort •a ids a from ou Manitou Mn - o Pt v n tails in the sumnek weather; how they turned back and -gawk refuge in this, cave; how month bW month they had lived on what wool hardly keep a rabbit alive; and how' t last his mas- ter urged him to re s on with his h, g P - papers; but he would not, and stayed until this day, when ti'as last bit of food had been eaten, an -b they were found! CHAPTER V. The next morning Varre\Lepage. was placed upon a sled and the Y start- ed back, Jacques barking joyfully as he led off, with Oloud-in-the-Sly be- side him. There was light hie the faces of all, though the light could not be seen by reason of their beikig muffled so. All day they travels , scarcely halting, Varre Lepage's In dian beingstrongagain an • marching''r g d, well. Often the corpse -like bundle on the sled was disturbbiscuits ed a nd wet in brandy and bits of preserved venison were given. That night Jasper Hume said to Late Carscallen: "I am going to start at the firsti 1 ght of the morning to get to Gaspe Toujours and Jeff Hyde as soon asi doss ble. Follow as fast asY bu can. Hey will be safe if en give him food and drink often. I shall get to the place where we left them about noon; you should reach there at night or early the next morning." , "Hadn't you better take Jacques with you?" said Late Carscallen. The Sub -factor thought a momen and then said, "No, lie is needed moi where he is." At neon the next day Jasper H whr t conies to most men when they! ree• ;nize first that they are being slum owed by the awful ban of "Lost." (.aspe Poujours and Jeff Hyde had lain down in the tent the night of the. great wind and had gone to sleep at on. a. The staff had bean blown downy the tent had fallen over them, the. drift had covered them, and for three days they had slept beneath' the snow; never waking. • Jeff Hyde's sight was come again to him. "You've come, back fpr the .book," he said, "you . couldn't gq on without I it. You ought to have taken it yester-, day;" and he drew it from his 'bosom. ; "No, Jeff, I've not come back for that: and I did not leave you yester-I day; it is three days and more since we parted. The book has brought us luck, and the best!•We have found him; and they'll be hereto -night with him. I came on -ahead to see how you fared." In that frost -.bitten world Jeff Hyde uncovered his head for a moment. "Gaspe Toujours is a Papist," he said; "but he read me some of that book the day you left, and one thing we went to sleep on: it was that about 'Lightenin' the darkness, and defend - in' us from all the perils and dangers of this night.' " Here Gaspe Toujours made the sign of the cross. Jeff Hyde continued half apologetically for his comrade; "It comes natural to Gaspe Toujours—I guess ,it always does to Papists. But I never had any trainin' that way, and I had to turn the thing over and over, and I fell asleep on it. And -when I wake up three days after, here's my eyes as fresh as daisies, nd you back, Captain, and the thing one that we come to do." He put the book into the hands of s ar Hume and Gas o Tou'outs at Ja p , p J f u n momentsaid,eel And far S the off against the eastern horizon, ap- p t Tit me looks round upon a billow plain. of sun and ice,but he sees no sta ', no : signal, no tent, no sign of hums t life: of Gaspe Toujours or of Je ' Hyde. His strong heart quails. H he lost his way, He looks at the s n. He is not sure. He consults his c mpass, but it quivers hesdese aQ-y,, s i then points downward! For a while wild be- wilderment which seizes upon the I minds of the strongest when lest, masters him, in spite of chis struggles against it. He moves in a maze of I half -blindness, half -delirium. He is lost in it, is swayed by it. He begins to wander about; and there grow.upon his senses strange delights and reel- ing agonies. He hears church bells, he catches at butterflies, he stumbles in new -mown hay, lie wanders in a tropic garden. But in the hay a wasp stings him, and the butterfly changes to a curling black snake that strikes at 'him and glides to a dark -flowing river full of floating ice, and up from the steer a white hand is thrust, and it beckons him—beckons him! He shuts his eyes and moves toward it, but a voice stops him, and It says, "Come awayl come away!" and two arms fold him round, and as he goes back from the shore he stumbles and falls, andWhat is this? A yielding mass at his feet! A mass that stars! He clutches at it, he tears away the snow, he calla aloud—and Care Needed Men Using Electricity Electricity, like fire, is a 'valuable. servant, but, a dangerous master. So tong as it kept in perfect control it Is the most convenient and cleanly source of energy that science has made available for use in the house. hold. But it must be controlled. Hun- dretis oflivesare lost every year and much property destroyed as a result of defective wiring and the careless paneling' of - this remarkable unseen force. Below is a brief summary of recom- mendations which, if followed, will go -.. h r- toward ' eliminating accidents in the use of. electricity: (t) Never touch a wire or any elec- trical device which has fallen on a street, alley or lawn, or which hangs within reabh, If there Is any possibili- ty that it mAv be touching any over- lmead electric wire; This applies to in- sulated overhead wires as well as to bare ones.- wires (2)";,A:void touching guy w es which sire used to anchor poles to .the ground or the ground wire run down wood. poles. Never try to jar arc lamps, nor touch the chains or ropes supporting them.. During and after storms do not touch even the poles, if wet. (3) Never climb a pole or tree on oi,'near which electric wires pass. "ever touch such wires from windows y„yi.�while on roofs. Warn children mmgains -'robing poles or standing on pole. steps...., (4) Never Cow string, sticks, s or yFecee of wire ovetthe electric wires carried overhead' Also, never fly kites near overhead wires, nor throw sticks cones at insulators. • dry -Do not touch . or disturb any curie wiring or appliances in build- e:exccptsuch as age intended to be arifiled - ,Keep furnitt se•:end •,other away from Interior wires'; ij Wiring is )n c'oft'duit, or ,Auately protected again- hltaaijejr14.1#ijtnrr Jitter .usin.g ie lie-ating'hppilances,'irons etc., turn off the current before leaving them, (0) Never touch those interior live metal parts. of sockets, plugs, etc., which are used to carry current. Use the insulating handles which are pro- vided for that purpose. While in bath -rooms, toilet rooms, kitchens, laundries, basements or other rooms with damp floors, stoves, heaters or pipes, etc., which may be touched: avoid touching any metal part of lamp sockets, fixtures, or other electrical devices, since they may accidentally be"alive. While in a bathtub never touch any part of an electric cord or fixture even if it is a non-conductor. The use of electric vibrators in the bath is dangerous. Avoid touching stoves or other metals ween using the telephone, particularly during electri- cal storms. (7) Never try to take electric shocks from the wiring in buildlmiis or on streets nor induce others to take such risks. (8) Avoid touching bare or abraded spots on flexible electric cords. Do not hang such cords on nails and when damaged have them repaired or replaced by a competent electrician. (9) Never touch a person who has been shocked while he is still in con- tact with the electric circuit, unless you know how to remove him without danger to yourself. Call a doctor and the nearest lighting company. Use a long dry hoard or wooden -handled rake or broom to draw the person away from the wire, or the wire away from him. Never use ally metal or any moist object. (10) To resuscitate a person suf- fering from electric shock draw his tongue outof his throat and apply ar- tificial respiration for two or three hours If necessary. r' (11) Watch for and report any fall- en wires, defective wiring, etc. (12) Never employ anyone but com- petent electricians to repair or change wiring and do -notattempt it your- self unless qualified to do so. > ed a group of moving figures. hat night the broken segments of the White Guard were reunited,and by the sie of � Lepage sae t ex n Jas r Hume. (To be continued.) Psalm.The Scholar's The Lord is my teacher, I shall no lose the way. He leadeth me in the lowly path of learning, He prepareth a lesson for me every day; He bringeth me to the clear fountains of instruction, Little by little He showeth me the beauty of truth. The world is a great book He hath written, He turneth time leaves for me slowly; They are all inscribed with images and letters, He poureth light on the pictures and the words. He taketh me by the hand to the hill- top of vision, Anti my soul is glad when I perceive His meaning; In the valley also He walkelli beside me, In the dark places He whispereth to my heart, Even though my lesson be hard, It is not hopeless, For time Lord is patient with His slow scholar; He will wait awhile for my weakness, And help me to read the truth through tears. —Henry Van Dyke. That Beacon light. In the olden days, a man who erect- ed a lighthouse—just as to -day he builds a theatre—hoped to make a for- tune from it. As a matter •of fact, men who gained permission to place Permanent beacens on dangerous parts of our coast made thousands of pounds' profit, says an English writer. This practice of allowing private persons to build lighthouses became very much abused, and was eventually stopped. One man paid $2,225,000 as the purchase price of a barren rock on which he built a lighthouse. Of course, the value then of owning a lighthouse lay in the money that was demanded from passing ships. Sir Edward Howard, who built a light- house on Dungeness in 1615, collected one penny per ton from vessels pass- ing the lighthouse. From' the cliffs of Dover we can watch the flash of Cape Gris Nez an- swering our Foreland light. Though to -day both nations loons greatly in the councils of the world, the lights re- mind vs that at one time they ware both conquered by the might of Rome. In Dover Castle' the lower part of the Roman phares still stands. For the first crude lights which shone from Boulogne and Dover were those erect- ed by the Roman legions. The French call a lighthouse "un phare," the word being derived from the most famous of the early lights, that erected in 270 B.O., on the small island of Pharos In the Bay of Alexandria. The tower was one of the Seven Wonders of the World, its rays being visible at ahoutBforty miles, and the cost estimated at $1,000,000. It was overthrown by an earthquake in about 1220. The first British lighthouse seems to have been built at Caister in 1600. The Lowestoft light was then erected, and a man named Frobisher built a light at Ravenspur, having to pay the King $41.25 annually. Navigation' would be almost impos- sible without their aid, and conse- quently their value to the nation is well-nigh incalculable: . so it is as- tonishing to find that meet of these lights were originated by private en- terprise. Missed's Ziainuni Cares Colds, So FRUIT GROWERS CON.. VENTION ADDRESS. Fruit and Vegetable Combina- tions on Small Areas Are Profitable. Few native Canadians have any con- ception of the possibilities of an acre of soil. The principle of expansion is as old as the law of self-defence. In- dividuals as well as nations have grasped for more for all time, says E. J. Atkin, Leamington, in an address at the Fruit Growers' Convention. In our greed for gain we ignore the small and seemingly insignificant things in. nature, 'and rush wildly`' on without chart or compass. Unless our system of agriculture is radically changed within the next fifty years, coming generations will have a food situation to solve, that is now perplexing India. This fair Ontario of ours, which ranks highest of all provinces in the Dominion, for the production of food- stuffs, is being dispelled to satisfy this lust for expansion. With our forests gone; and our ;'narshoe and low -lands drained, so that the water that should remain for months in land is rushed in a few weeks to the sea, we have nothing to expect but blights and diseases for our orchards and crops; and drought, hot winds and hard winters for our farms. The past few years, owing to the great war and the extreme scarcity of farm labor, has taught our farmers more in regard to intensive agricul- ture, ricu l- ture, smelled acreage, and larger yields than the whole previous cen- tury. The successful farmer of to -day Y will no longer spread a five -acre crop over' a twenty -acre field,net the in- come will not warrant the expense. nt ae. The farmers of to -day, and more par- ticularly 'the fruit . and vegetable growers, have learned several valuable lessons within tlme past few years, The first and foremost of these perhaps i s s P n that intensive farming and rich soil is the only line of horticulture that pays. Secondly that crop rotation must be followed to produce successfully, year after year, a largo, healthy and profit- able crop, Horticulture That Pays. As to the first point, it is not my in- tention to mention it but briefly. In the Leamington section, where the scarcity and high cost of manure makes it almost prohibitive, we must resort to other means. True, we do use a small amount of farm -yard manna's, particularly where we have to follow extremely intensive Penns of culture, as in the greenhouses and on our irrigation plots. In the latter we give an annual application of about twenty tons per acre, which is supple- mented with commercial fertilizers. Where possible a cover crop is also sown in the fall which is plowed down in the spring, On the remainder of the land a fall cover crop is generally grown, this as plowed down in the spring and supplemented with com- mercial fertilizers. Crop rotation is the one that re- quires, perhaps, the greater considera- tion, and the proper rotation, to a great extent, controls the loss from in- sect pests and plant diseases. While the majority of those before me, I pre- sume, are fruit growers, a large num- ber engage In vegetable growing as well. These two work well together in a good many localities and on pro- pel soil, especially one that is sandy in nature; they give us a combination that is both profitable and easily bandied. While vegetable growing is the principle one In our district, a large number of the growers have found that a combination of the two work well together, especially the smaller fruits, such as strawberries, currants and even peaches, to a very great extent. As a sandy soil is not so well adapted to cherries, plums and pears, these are very little grown and are not nearly as profitable as the aforementioned. The peach trees are planted out early in the spring on a soil that has been previously well pre- pared. Early tomatoes are then plant- ed in the orchard; the cultivation necessary for them gives the trees a good start at no extra expense. In the fall, the vines are pulled up and Piled about the toots, These give pro- tection and also serve as a catch to the snow. The second year the or- chard is planted with melons. These grow well and the only preparation necessary is digging some well rotted manure in the hills. The third year often no crop is planted if the trees have made a normal growth, but if the space is limited and the trees per- mit it, two rows of tomatoes are often planted the wide way, the third year. By the fourth year the trees will com- mence to bear and further interc op - ping would be unwise, Rotation Under ferigat(ton, Under the irrigation a different/ro- tation is followed. Cabbage are plant- ed in the spring, usually about April let to 10th. These will all be harvest- ed by the first week in July. The ground is then given a light top dress- ing of manure' and about August 1st to 15th, is planted to strawberries. These produce a very good crop the next year, After Cropping they are cultivated, cleaned out, and later on mulched ands left for as' full -crop the coming year, " When picking it over they are plowed down and the ground planted folate potatoes. The, follow - A Visit to the District School. Did you ever visit your district school? -I did this afternoon. I en- tered a .small, rather neat looking room in sonic respects. Amass the front of the room was the blaeltbgard space. No boards on the sides of the room, but between the windows were stretched squares of burlap, probably intended for exhibiting good work or whatever the teacher Wished to pin on it, A few stale samples of drawing werenod i n on One piece e p eco of burlap; and pasted on various parts of •the walls, and on the front -blackboard were. Christmas de'coration's. The teacher is a bii•ght girl but she -surely missed her calling when she took up teaching. She volunteered the information when she first toolc the school that she never intended to teach, but when the county decided to accept high school graduates on ac- count of shortage of teachers she de- cided she would try it. A large clock hangs dead on the wall and a small alarm clock ticks on the teacher's desk, with its 'back to' the room. The program was in view, though tire teacher had hie for her own use. Five classes recited during the time I was in the room, from one o'clock till recess time, and npt one pupil was asked to do any board work. Ti eboarcsP space is s smaP] but there is room for five or six to work at one time and there were not more than that number in any one class. Ever u' i etheroom pupil arts vexed t every question put to him with a ris- ing inflection of the voice. There were twenty-three pupils in attendant e, and only four or five appeared to have any work to look after. A failure in reci- tation was passed bywith a frown on the teacher's part, or the remark, "You must put more time on your work, John.". No one was asked to make up work. A boys' toilet room and ed a girls' toil- et room are built into opposite sides of the ,building and equipped with a chemical closet outfit. Right here let me say that our awn small boy of six years says it is so filthy in the boys' toilet room lie will not go Into it. In the corner next the -boys' toilet stands a very unsanitary open water pail and dipper. Would you want .your child to drink there? There arc mm recitation seats, and a number of the desks are so insecurely fastened that they flop, and squeak, and wiggle inure frequently than is pleasant. I saw children from sonic of "our best families" whose faces and necks and handshad eviidently not seen soap and water for sone time and whose hair was unacquainted with comb or brash. The doors of this building aro never looked, there, is no way to lock them. The windows have np secure fasten- ings, and often pupils are in the build- ing an hour before their teacher ar- rives. hl'o respect for person or,prop- orty are shown and eyadently is 'not taught. At recess time such noise and disorder prevailed. that lt was almost impossible to hold conversation with the teacher, " Something is lacking, not only in the echoel itself, but in the district. Is. this school in your district? Are you the teacher of this school? Are you a member of the school board of this district? Are you the father or the mother of sonic of these children? Don't blame the teacher, ner the school board but wake up and do some- thing. Remember that a good teacher does not teach for nothing. Until the -salaries' of teachers are improved, it will be impossible to obtaip the serv- ices of the best men and women for this most important work. The rem- edy lies with ourselves.—A Mother. "Hired Man's Room." A farmer who is farming close to 600 acres of land has put into practice a novel plan of handling his hired help to make them happy and contented with their job. Several hired men are employed, and to last summer the up farmer had all the usual difficulties in keeping good ones. Thenie built a fine new farm borne, and in drawing up the plans f or it hit upon the idea of setti ng apart the lower ROOT f one i w o0 v part of the house as a "]hired tu:ui s room"—not a bunk - room, but a team that would serve the men just ae the living soon serv- ed the fancily for resting, reading, writing and receiving their friends. The utility side was also looked after. A long row of hooks was placed on one side wall where the men could hang their coats when coining in from work. On the other Bide he installed wash bowls. This has meant a big' saving of work to the housewife, for the sen now go direct to the room to; prepare for meals instead of using the; kitchen. The room is fitted up with comfort- able chairs, couches, a writing desk, and a cabinet for guns, fishing tackle, and similar things. Here the men: really have a home -of their own, The. owner declares that the plan works splendidly. lug year the ground is planted to onions, egg -plant or peppers. In this rotation five profitable crops are grown In the four years, while under ordinary means of culture only, three would be produced. If we had needed proof that a rota- tion of crops wee necessary we had an ample one this last season. A half - acre plot was planted to egg -plant, half of this area had been an old strawber- ry patch the previous year and had also grown a crop of late potatoes, or in other words, was the fourth year of the rotation mentioned above. The plants were large and healthy and pro- duced over one-half bushel per plant, of first-class fruit. The other quarter acre had been planted with egg -plant the previous year. This crop had been healthy and showed no signs of diseases, but the crop this year de- veloped practically every disease com- mon to egg -plant and I think some that were not. The crop was almost a total failure. These two plots were side by side and throughout the sea- son it was easy to tell, even from a distance, just where the division caine. We fiend that if a crop is not planted oftener than every four years, the diseases common to it and the family to which it belongs give very little trouble, a probable exception to this is the mosiac disease and I very much doubt if this is carried over in the soil, but rather,with the seed. To sum up, rich soil, good cultiva- tion and proper rotation, will give large, healthy, profitable crops with the minimum expense and labor. Who Invented What? The rivalry of candidates for the honor of having invented the Tank is by no means a new thing in the world. We talk very glibly of Stephenson in- venting the locomotive engine, but dozens of attempts in the same direc- tion preceded the evolution of the "Rocket" The cotton industry owes its looms and frames not only to Ark- wright and Crompton and Cartwright, but to numberless other wonderful in- ventions which have made these men's work a hundred times more effective. Thus, rival and independent claims . have been made for the discovery of the theory of evolution, the interpre- tation of Egyptian hieroglyphics, the invention of the steam-engine, the method of spectrum analysis by which the composition of the sun and the stars can be determined, the telegraph i end telephone, as well as many other Iepoch-making discoveries and inven tions which have done so much for' mankind. ! . Many women are being employed to help repair road's ,in Great Britain.' *Mara'e'Liniment, Cares ASnatheria I France to Store Explosives in Glacier -fed Lakes. The glacier -fed hikes of the Pyre- nees are to be the storehouses for France's vast aceumulation of military explosives, according to a recent de- claration hi the chamber of deputies. The speaker explained that the stuff will deteriorate quickly it kept in the usual way. If destroyed outright, on the other hand, the government will suffer a loss of almost a billion franca. So Instead of "keeping her powder dry," as enjoined by "the old saw, it seems that France will keep it damp, and incidentally at a low and even temperature, in the strange store- houses mentioned. , wa:ast 'mo : ytemi :+"._•�; 4::N Ly You want him good and healthy, You want him big and strong, Then give him a pure wool jersey, Made by las friend, Bob Long, Let him romp with all his vigor He's the best boy In the land, ' And he'll always be bright and smiling, lila wears a Bob Long Brand, ''—Bob Long, OB lon BOYS' PURE WOOL WORSTED JERSEYS Known from " C'hoe @o Coasf..°A FOR HARD WEAR. COMFORT AND SMART APPEARANCE R. G. LONG & GO. LIMITED TORONTO • • CANADA 144 ,Loses for Eke Label 4111116116101135 All grades. Write for prices. TORONTO SALT WORKS a. ,i. WI•IRP • • TO;ts+ri•1-c+ MAKING G MARINE MOTION PICTURES HOW EVEN DAVY DONE IS CALLED IN. a. Clever Devices Employed4 Producers to Obtain a Realistic Picture. The film -producer snakes a "fav d' of no kindof craft; for he will -lir everything from , a raft to ad ' ]nor: Isis pet stunts aro the .j. dental turnover of a mowitix;' wreck of a craft by collision, running into an iceberg, roc' i fire at sea. When a scenario stipulates yacht be set 0 n il e, t and a bo' 1 plosion. despatch it beneas.-. waters; an old craft isspurchased.', ter the preliminary deck scene ing up to the sensational slm.,e have been produced, the vessgr5 vested of its interior fittings-, m 9 producer is not so rash as is co c� ly supposed. The next ere saturate the ship with oil all tine, and place sticks of fly, the hold. It is dangerous ,t the men who are assigned th Down and Up Agab e1 S Immediately their work is Jump off the yacht into the , swim about until picked t., motor -boat and taken to safes- other example of the producer urination to get full value fon.' lay is given in that be ne..• until the ! dynamite to explode lode p me Ofte:: m'e been well burned, scenes are taken for differs tions at the same time: 1 In one picture an expense , or do. " wasblown upbya t c n Kimball Young, the star, eve and this incident,declareditr. t such a nett bah name that s1 Y.,•, be destroyed. The director is ^----• 1 her, jokingly, gY, i that she could hat 1 oYfwasn use free gifti it of a after it had got into the clutch:), Davy Jones. She decided to take a spo? chance, and had a diver invest -il the vessel. To her joy, he rept that although it appeared in the . split th • cht taro that the torpedo .pli o yacht in half, it had only toils a hole in the side. 3liss Young at apes had the yacht raised and repaired. It now a trustworthy pleasure craft, in which its fair owner has taken many trips. There are occasions when a miafor- tune proves a blessing in dieguise to the matter of movies. On bearing of a wreck along the coast within easy dis- tance, he will probably journey with his band of players anti carra men, P weaving a drarins drama"rp getting all the atmosplm ' m Neither is he avers; r,i'W- room ey4.-'e pg plan " from ami',ralere,ted newspaper. Effective, But Not Expensive. There is also a pertain film concern - . which, unlike others in the same busi- ness, apparently does not believe in the value of realism. They show a marked preference for the easy and inexpensive way of framing up a wreck in the studill. An ar•carate model of a ship Is placed on the eago of a green -topped table. The "wreck" is produced by meana of an electrical , device, and is photographed a go,,' distance away from the camera, On the next day some sea scenes a d produced on the coast near by, 13oe• negatives are then Out In two, and a R`. section of each used. The first live is cut in half along the line of t',C,; table -top, which Is the "water -aim and the real marine half of the oth one matches it exactly. The iinishe combination creates a perfect illuelo Of course,' when you see water floc' Mg the cabins or hold, or smoker, flames filling and devouring the with the passengers and cl"" fray cally trying to escape, you meet act mw i'-, that these situations are faked in t', studio, as they would be too danger' oils for the actors if staged on a re- ship, let alone the disadvantage t the inferior light conditions would LLr' permit good photography. In one Important production th F. Titgen, of the Scandinavian Amt. can Line, was hired. Five hundr" players acted as the passengers, lei; fought for the boats; many lea" into the sea, some of whom 'e "drowned." All the horrors, in ' of such a calamity were draggy Many were the rehearsals to g•. actors to render vivid porta Strange as it may seem, the shit i not sunk at all. Its wreck was cleverly suggested, without an torlal damage being done. gy . Using the Actual 8hlp- tl The producers caved Considerable expense by havJng a wooden' replica of the liner mnade• and stork to the bet. torn, - The,photoplay director is also par- tiai"tb stories of pirate days, The dif- ficulty one knight of the megaphone bind when about to put on a play of Billy Hayes, a noted pirate and smug- gler of a,littlo over thirty years ago, was to discover a suitable waft. On a trip to San Pedro, California, he bad the good fortune to lire un antiquated ship that had been coniler•ai,rd by time United States Government. • • : C,ticsda1,N 1' X.7aytotl al! dames On board was an ofd i•i,ireegian, rho informed him ill tt time ship WAS originally time Sprite; a ve•niel \vdticlt had, seen many -a ferocious encounter. mice it had actually been seized by Billy Hayes, anti mills it he terroited I Pacific Coast teems for litany year's. This was a case of fortimate-coiner deice,as a reward for the iihri-man's perseverance.