Falls
DE WITT CLINTON, an American artist , soldier and writer, born in New York City in 1864. He was educated in private schools. He served during the Spanish- American War and on the Mexican border. In 1917 he was appointed colonel of the 7th Infantry of the New York Guard. In the following year he became major in the United States Army and was assigned inspector of the General Staff. He was promoted tor to be colonel and was honorably discharged in 1919. Prior to his discharge from the American Army he acted as observer in the Russian Army during the Russo-Japanese War. During the World War he engaged in special duty at the American Embassy in London. He was a member of many patriotic societies. He wrote "A. B. C. of Golf" (1897); "The Journey Book" (1910); " Mobilization of the Armies of Belgium and England" (1914); "Army and Navy Information Book" (1917). He was the illustrator of a number of books.
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Falmouth
a seaport town of England , Cornwall county, at the mouth of the Fal river , 11 miles from Truro. It has a good harbor, and a fine and spacious roadstead. There are castles on the coast, one of which, Pentwo dennis, commands the entrance of the harbor; and the other, on the opposite side, is St. Mawes Castle. The town is chiefly important as a station of the boats carrying foreign mails. scenery of the Fal, from Truro to Falmouth, is of great beauty. Pop. about The 12,000.
a town in Barnstable co., Mass.; on Buzzards Bay, Vineyard Sound, and on the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad, at the extreme W. end of Cape Cod; 50 miles S. E. of Boston. It is the center of an agricultural and cranberry region. It is best known as containing the WOODS HOLE (q. v.) Station of the United States Fish Commission.
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False Demetrius
THE. DEMETRIUS. See in the Baltic, separated by narrow
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False-core
A technical term used chiefly by moulders of fine art work, statuary, etc., meaning loose pieces of mould, or drawbacks, that must be formed at the undercut portions of a model or pattern. These false-cores are rammed carefully in their several places, and separating joints formed on their exterior surfaces, the impression of which being taken in the main section, or cheek of the mould, forms a seating into which they are subsequently fitted and secured, when they are withdrawn from the model. See DRAWBACK; STATUARY-FOUNDING; MODELLING; PLASTER-CAST; UNDER-CUT.
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Falstaff
Sir John, a good natured but rascally old knight in Shakespeare's Henry IV, and in Merry Wives of Windsor. He is the chief of Prince Hal's riotous companions. When the play was first presented the character was called Sir John Oldcastle, and the interest centered in this figure. Sir John Oldcastle, Lord Cobham, is a historical character. He was an English nobleman of the fourteenth century,--an author, a soldier, a Lollard leader. He was a personal friend and a companion of Henry IV, and suffered martyrdom as a heretic and traitor under Henry V. He was known as the "good Lord Cobham." Shakespeare's character, therefore, while extremely popular, was looked upon as a caricature, and certain descendants of the original Sir John Oldcastle raised objections. When the first part of the play of Henry IV was published, the knight received the name of Falstaff, and the epilogue stated that "Oldcastle died a martyr, and this is not the man." The name, and perhaps the character, now brought dimly to mind Sir John Fastolf, a warrior of the fifteenth century, and Shakespeare was criticised "for making overbold with a great warrior's memory." Shakespeare's Falstaff is a swindler, a drunkard, a liar, and very nearly a coward. His faults are redeemed in some measure by his wit and good temper. Queen Elizabeth, it is said, was greatly pleased with the character, and requested Shakespeare to introduce him into another play. His appearance in Merry Wives of Windsor was the result.
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Falster
one of the Danish islands straits from Zealand on the N., Moen on the N. E., and Laaland on the W.; ing from 3 to 14 miles; area, 194 square length, N. to S., 27 miles; breadth, varymiles; surface, almost entirely flat. Falster is the pleasantest of all the Danish islands, is well watered, richly wooded, and so prolific in fruit that it has been called the "orchard of Denmark." Products, corn, hemp, hops, cattle, honey, on. wax, etc. Some shi shipbuilding is carried 40,000. Capital , Nykjöbing. Pop. about port town of the island of Cyprus, 40 FAMAGUSTA (fa-magoos'ta), a seamiles E. of Nicosia. Famagusta is built on the ruins of the ancient Arsinoë, and of the richest and most populous towns during the Venetian régime gime it was one in the Levant. It is now almost in ruins, with its once fine harbor almost choked up with sand, having declined since its the Turks in 1571. About conquest by the 5 miles N. E. are the ruins of Constan- Salamis, now called Eski, or Old Famatia, occupying the site of the ancient gusta. Guy de Lusignan was here crowned King of Cyprus in 1191. a parents, children, and servants; the col-
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Fama
in Roman mythology, the goddess of rumor, of fame,--of evil and of good report. Fama is the daughter of Earth,--a slight, winged creature, swift of foot. Fama never sleeps. What she sees and hears she whispers to a few; then she speaks it more and more loudly to an ever widening circle of listeners, until heaven and earth have heard the news. She is represented with a trumpet. Virgil describes Fama in the Aeneid: Swift is her walk; more swift her winged haste-- A monstrous phantom, horrible and vast. As many plumes as raise her lofty flight, So many piercing eyes enlarge her sight: Millions of op'ning mouths to Fame belong: And every mouth is furnish'd with a tongue; And round with list'ning ears the flying plague is hung. She fills the peaceful universe with cries: No slumbers ever close her wakeful eyes:... Talk is her bus'ness; and her chief delight To tell of prodigies, and cause affright.
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