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Show WHEN SHOWBOAT CAME TO TOWN Villian Never Had A Chance Here Comes the launched a Floating theater" on a barge in the Ohio River. They played stands at ports along the Ohio and Mississippi wherever a prospective audience Show- boat!" A generation has passed since American river towns one-nig- echoed with the excited cry each spring and summer, the National Geographic Society might gather. says. TIIE SUCCESSFUL venture launched countless imitators, and a new, uniquely Floating theaters steamed from town to town, and their shrill calliopes summoned peopled from miles inland to performances of simple heartthrob dramas such as "Life of the City," Ten Nights in a Barroom," and Over the Hill to the Poor-hous- e. SEND MY OLD mother to the poorhouse? Yes, answered the villainous oldin a typical production. But a virtuous younger son always came to the rescue: I have returned a millionaire, mother, with a mansion at your disposal. Steamboat drama recently sailed in to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., as part of a bicentennial exhibition showing the evolution of American performing arts from colonial times to the present. The show continued through 1976. The steamboat theatricals started in 1831 when the Chapmans, a family of talented actors from England, er son American form of entertainment was born. Showboat productions included medicine shows and vaudeville routines. Melodrama, however, was the staple, and early audiences took it seriously. In one town a burly worker leaped onto the stage, grabbed the villain, and tossed him overboard. In another, a farmer could not be dissuaded from passing through the audience at intermission to take up a collection for the destitute wife of a gambler who had emoted powerfully on stage in the first act. Many of the actors practiced a double standard with their productions. One troupe presented heartrending melodrama straight for its rural audience while burlesquing the same plays for sophisticated viewers in big cities like Cincinnati. A Painful Bursitis Joint Inflammation gifted hero in Kentucky Sue" contrived a memorable death scene for himself: He managed to fall partly into the wings with only his legs showing so he could play his own requiem on the violin. Gunmen in some plays thought nothing of shouting "Rang! Bang! Bang! if the musically Sometimes your wrist and arm before starting to paint the house, you can probably keep clear of this common and painful ailment, says the Idaho Medical Association. it is "house- maids knee," policeman's heel," or tennis elbow." By any name, it is still bursitis, and it is one of mankinds more painful and s man offstage was dozing, fishing or othersound-effect- wise off cue. With time out for the Civil War, showboats plied Midwest waterways until well into the 20th century. As late as the 1930s, a number of veteran troupers were still sailing up and down the Mississippi, Ohio, and Illinois rivers, presenting melodramas. But it was a losing battle. Radio programs and Hollywood films eventually sank the colorful old showboats. CAST OF a 1904 showboat gel ready for the overture. Medicine shows, Shakespeare, melodrama, and vaudeville were all part of a floating theater's magic. For almost 100 years, showboats traveled America's rivers, bringing entertainment to millions. disabling ailments. Bursitis means inflammation of a lubricating sac about a joint. The sac, called a bursa, is similar to a collapsed balloon with some fluid inside. It is located at various places in the body where joints or tissues touch and rub, and without cushioning there would be friction. Bursitis can hit at many points, but most often occurs in the shoulder, knee or elbow. In most cases it follows unaccustomed strain or overuse of an extremity. By taking a little time to work up to your physical condition. such as strengthening great deal has been A learned in recent years, and there is much the doctor can do to relieve the acute pain of bursitis. One of the mainstays in treatment is a mild Cortisone-typ- e r. pain-kille- drugs have been used with some success. Heat treatments are also used. Bed rest has long been used. Anything that will lessen the chance of the afflicted joint being moved will ease the pain and speed healing. Like any other bearings, the bursae stay trouble free much longer if one warms them up slowly and lets them get fully lubricated before racing the motor. V .IV.1 TIIE ACTORS often improvised in other ways. A That Weed Started In Brigham City Woad, a weed that provides a good source of natur- al blue dye, but a weed nevertheless, is crowding out desirable plants and thus damaging ranges, meadows and fields in several western states. "Even one or two woad plants pose a serious threat to agriculture and the environment. It is a prolific seed producer and spreads rapid- ly, sayd U.S. Department of Agriculture (USD A) agronomist Richard II. Hart. On rangelands, woad crowds out natural vegetation by competing with it for water and light. Even after woad is controlled on range-land- s, it may take several years for desirable natural . vegetation to completely recover. It also weakens stands of winter wheat and alfalfa. Woad can be controlled with 2.4-and other herbicides but this is expensive and may damage desirable plants. The best way to control woad is before it becomes extensively established in an area. Persons who are growing woad should destroy all existing plants by pulling them from the ground. Burning after uprooting is a good idea especially if they are in the seed bearing stage," says Hart, with UDSA's Agricultural Research Service (ARSL From a planting in Brigham City, Utah, woad has spread over tens of thousands of acres in Utah, Idaho and Wyoming. Another infestation has been reported from Siskyous County. Calif., and neighboring - Jackson County, Oreg., it is called Marlahan where woad infested a hay field in Virginia, requiring its pre- mature cutting. Woad has been declared a MIS-MATCH- noxious weed in Idaho, in Box Elder, Cache, and Rich Counties in Utah; and in Jackson County, Ore. Weed laws vary among jurisdictions. but in general, they forbid growing or transporting plants declared noxious, and require that they be destroyed wherever they are growing. Woad starts growth early in the spring as a rosette oif bluish-greeslightly hairy leaves, and flowers from May to July, depending on altitude. The flower stalk is two to three feet high, with a few leaves clasping the MISMATCHED are purple to black, someand what dangle like Christmas tree ornaments from the branches of the head. The many seeds, plus the fact that woad may persist as a rvn d, As low As ? biennial of perennial, enable ; it to survive and spread rapidly. I will be happy to provide additional information on identification and control of woad. or will supply the name and address of a person in your area who has Hart. this information." saysUSDA-ARcontact Hart at High Plains Grasslands Research Station. P.O. 82001. ' Save $120.00 Reg. $309.95 nouipcmcrr . SAT. 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