ave met with accidental death in melodramatic scenes at the hands
of their overzealous brother actors. Sometimes the actor does himself
actual violence, and there are a few instances on record of the murder of
actor by actor during the performance of a play.

Crozier, for example, was accidentally stabbed by a brother actor in "Sins
of the Night," at the Novelty, in London, on August 10, 1896. In 1820 Mme.
Linsky was fatally shot in a melodrama by a soldier super; and in 1891, at
a school representation of "Romeo and Juliet," in Manchester, England, the
youngster playing _Tybalt_ killed _Romeo_ in the quarrel scene.

In 1898 Miss Ethel Marlowe died from heart disease at the Knickerbocker,
New York, during a performance of "The Christian." Her sister, Virginia
Marlowe, in 1896, and her father, Owen Marlowe, in 1876, also died on the
stage in view of the audience.

Creating Wealth From Waste.

BY EUGENE WOOD.

The Number of Scrap-Heaps Is Diminishing as Manufacturers Learn that
By-Products Often Are More Valuable than the Things
from Which They Are Taken.

_An original article written for_ THE SCRAP BOOK.

The true test of the industrial civilization of a people is the extent to
which every scrap and grain of its resources are utilized. The motto of a
prosperous nation is: "Gather up the fragments that nothing be lost."

That the last few years have seen such an increase in the production of
wealth as has never been known before in the history of the world is not
to be wondered at when it is realized that in every department of industry
those things that had been previously thrown away have become a source of
revenue, and, in some cases, the by-product has become of more value than
the original product itself.

The recovery of wealth from waste is the distinguishing mark of the age,
because this is the age of industrial civilization. If the increase in the
production of wealth is greater and more rapid than it has ever been since
man first landed on this earth, without either a penny or a pocket to put
the penny in, it is due to the general extension of methods that have been
in use ever since he began to try to pick a living out of the clinched
fist of dour old Mother Nature.

The delicate perfumes of flowers that otherwise would vanish in a day are
trapped in lard, and then snared again from the lard by alcohol. The
crusted argols that gather on the inside of the vats where wine ferments
are utili