A remarkable account comes from the Tokio "Asahi," vid the Eastern News Agency, of an inven-quite five minutes late, by the way for named Tatsudo' Hatton—the house was little more than Saidama Prefecture, who is said to half full; when the lights came on have found out how to © produce again at the end of the first act, silver and other metals from practlthe seats were very nearly all cally anything. Tatsudo has been occupied, save about half the dress spending his whole time and pro-circle.
Perhaps it will scarcely be perty in research work for years believed, but the occupants of one past and about three years ago box and four others in the dress; success is said to have begun to circle were actually taking their' gleam on him, in streaks of silver 4 seats whilst the last words of the!light so to speak. We yead that first act were being spoken and!other Japanese scholars (as usual) there was interruption almost! Ppoohpoohed his efforts, but after without respite throughout the act, Tatsudo had succeeded in their totally spoiling it for many. It presence in producing silver out of would seem to be a question earth and sand taken at random whether it is not the business ofjmear his house, they were obliged the A.D.C. to take some drastic action in this matter. Professional companies could hardly be expected to make too vigorous a protest, for it might do them serious harm at the box office. Supposing, however, the A.D.C. were to announce that the doors would be shut when the curtain went up, and the order were strictly carried out, and no money returned. There would be protests, undoubtedly, but would not a good argument with, say, Mr. Decks or Mr. Lemiere, gentlemen known to everybody, be likely to lead to results? In the case of Mr. Bandman or Mr. Waring, they might be forced to apologize, or maybe suffer financially, whereas the latter would not be the fate of our amateurs. Time after time has it been impressed on people that this late arrival at the theatre is bad manners, they have been pleaded with, grumbled at and talked to in strong language, but nothing so far has availed. The nuisance calls for forcible action. te admit that there was something in it. The "Asahi" continues Dr, Terasawa, one of the eye-witnesses of the experiment, states that it will take some time before the invention is announced publicly as a science, but that if the inventor's assertion that all things can be reduced to metals such as gold, silver, copper, irom, etc, should be at= tested scientifically, modern chemistry would be fundamentally reformed, And a good deal else besides chemistry. Paracelsus and Hermes Trismegistus must be turning in their graves (if such great wizards as they ever condescended to remain in graves) with envy.
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