SMOKE TALKS

"FILIBUSTERING," BY MR. PAINE

Mr. Ralph D. Paine, the noted war correspondent, spoke before the College Club January 11 on the subject of "Filibustering."

The lecture dealt largely with Mr. Paine's personal experiences in the Cuban rebellion of 1896. Volunteering his services to convey a diamond-studded sword as a token of sympathy and encouragement from Cuban patriots in New York to General Maximo Gomez, Mr. Paine proceeded to Jacksonville, Florida, where he awaited the directions of Cuban patriots. After a lapse of several days, a midnight journey by freight train enabled him to embark from Fernandina on the notorious filibustering steamer, "Three Friends." The maneuvers of the "Three Friends," which left Mr. Paine stranded with many of the passengers in a precarious position on No Name Key; the resumption of the expedition on board the "Dauntless," and his final abandonment of the venture, with the returning of the sword, ended the recounting of his filibustering experiences.

Mr. Paine also related several amusing anecdotes of the spectacular campaign of the eight allied armies against the city of Peking.

MR. PECK, ON "STORM HEROES''

Mr. Arthur K. Peck of Boston gave a delightful talk January 18 on "The Storm Heroes of Our Coast." Mr, Peck proved an excellent speaker, mingling humor and pathos in effective variety.

The lecture vividly described the havoc worught by wind and wave on both the Atlantic and the Pacific coasts, and dwelt at length upon the duties and lives of those heroeS who, at the imminent risk of their own lives, battle with wind, wave, and fire, to save the lives of others. He emphasized the hardships and sufferings endured by the life-savers in the discharge of their duties, and touched upon the poor treatment which they receive at the hands of a negligent Congress.

The life-saving service began in 1789, when the Humane Society of Massachusetts, with such men as John Hancock and John Adams at its head, Established volunteer crews and shelter houses along the coast. Since then the government has taken up the work, and has established 240 stations. Over 102,000 lives have been saved, and $166,000,000 in property rescued.

The lecture was splendidly illustrated by a rare collection of colored lantern slides, showing the ocean in its various moods and the life-savers in characteristic attitudes on land and sea.

JUDGE BROWN'S SMOKE TALK

Judge Willis Brown, of. the Juvenile Court of Salt Lake City, on January 25 gave one of the most interesting and instructive talks of the year. The speaker's strong personality lent much to the force of an important topic.

The handling of juvenile courts is, as Judge Brown pointed out, a matter at once delicate and fascinating, for with the authorities lies the power either to reclaim or blight the life of the young offender. The speaker pointed out the absolute harm of the law that holds a person under twenty-one as an "infant" in matters of business, but that vests him with responsibility and liability in matters of criminal law.

"The purpose of juvenile jurisprudence." said Judge Brown, is not primarily to handle or punish the degenerate youth, but to protect the normal child from malicious influences. The present method of dealing with young offenders does not eradicate criminal tendencies; it develops and intensifies them. This condition is all the more to be decried because a remedy is possible.

The great success of the Utah Juvenile Court is its own justification and recommendation. Through its method of square and manly treatment, many an erring boy has found himself and become a useful, honest citizen, instead of a hardened criminal."

The Judge concluded his remarks with an original and forceful application of these principles of "playing fair" to college life.

MR. KIERNAN AS RIP VAN WINKLE

A most entertaining smoker was given February I by Mr. George Kiernan, who presented his impersonation of Rip Van Winkle. With slight and agreeable alterations in the original version, Irving's story was treated with remarkable humor and effectiveness.

Mr. Kiernan first portrayed the home life of the Van Winkle family, and showed how Rip made the supposed transfer of his property. A humorous scene with the lover of his daughter was also given, and frequent spats with Dame Van Winkle filled in the spaces. In the third act Mr. Kiernan described Rip's meeting with Hudson's mysterious crew and his subsequent legendary sleep of twenty years. The last act dealt with Rip's return home and meeting strange conditions and strange people, and with his finding his wife and daughter after they had supposed him dead

The droll humor of the shiftless Rip, the original manner in which he tried to escape his wife's persecutions, and the effects of his frequent indulgencies, were told in such a way as to cause frequent laughter and applause.

FIRST SMOKELESS SMOKER

Mr. Ernest H. Baynes of Meriden gave the: first "smokeless smoker" in Webster Hall February 8, on the "Wild An. imals of the Blue Mountain Forest." The lecture was a very pleasant mixture of technical observations of the traits and habits of the animals under his surveillance, and personal anecdotes and occasional imitations of the animals, all illustrated by a wonderful collection of views.

Devoting his time mainly to the deer, the wild boar, and the buffalo, he illustrated each successive subject by excellent slides. These aided him greatly in emphasizing the protective coloration of the game, to which he referred frequently. But above -all, they were appreciated in vivifying the many anecdotes of his pet wild boar, which more than once moved the listeners to laughter.

For his closing card, Mr. Baynes reserved the buffalo. He spoke seriously of the approaching extinction of that American wild animal, and disclosed an original plan for avoiding their extinction. In this he urged the cooperation of Dartmouth and suggested the acquirement of a herd to be presented by the students to the Federal Preserves as the "Dartmouth Herd."

In thorough touch with his subject and his audience, Mr. Baynes succeeded in furnishing one of the most enjoyable as well as instructive smokers of the season.