Exeter Times, 1915-12-23, Page 6•
11E • 15VLDEla KE.Y
Or 'The Adventures et kedgar4.'P
my the Author of "What He °act Heir."
CHAPTER XXXZI.-,-.(Cont'd),
"You have . become famous," she
said. "De you know that you are go- !
ing to be made a lion?"
"I suppose the papers have been
talking a lot of „rot," he answered
bluntly, "I've had a fairly rough
time, and I'm glad to tell you this,
Miss Wendermott-4 don't believe I'd •
ever have succeeded but for your!
nephew I+'red.. He's the pluckiest boy
I ever knew:"
"I am very pleased to hear it," she
answered. "He's a dear boy."
"He's a brick" Trent answered.
Surrey hills, "Do you know her ,"I will not hear another word," she
reason?"�� interrupted hastily, and u;iderneath
"I am afraid, he said deliberately her whita veil he could see a scarlet
"that there can be only one.. .. It's spot of color in her cheeks; in her
a miserable Ailing to believe of any seeh, too, there was a certain• trem-
woman, and I d be glad* ulousness. "If you will not come with
He hesitated. She kept her eyes me I must find Lady Tresham alone."
erne away from , *man-
. » e: neared the middle of the paddock pro -
Her denoted impat'
.
turned
Men of My sort, and I have done many.
things which I would': sooner Gut off
my right baud than do again. But
that was when I lived in the darkness.
It was before you came."
"Mr. Trent, will you take me back
to Lady Tresham, please?"
"In a moment," he answered grave-
ly. "Don't think that I• am going to
be too rash. I know the time hasn't
come yet. I am not going to say any
more. Only I want you to know
this': The whole success of ,my life is
as nothing compared with the hope
of one day—'
him but her man I : They turned round, but as . they
Over on this side, he continued, grass became almost impossible. The
• "it seems that Monty was a gentleman bell had rung for the principal, race
in his day, and his people were -well of the day and the numbers were go-
of your order! There was an Ea in up. The paddock was 'crowded
believe in the family, and no doubt with others, beside loiterers, looking
they are highly respectable. He went the horses over and stolidly pushing
"We've been in +some queer scrapes wrong once, and of course they never -their way through the little groups
together --I've lots of messages for gave him another chance. It t lent to the front rank.' From Tattersall's
you! By the by, are you alone?" their way ---that sort of people. I Il came the roar of clamorous voices.
"For the moment," she answered; admit he was T•etty low down 'when
I 1•iim but I racket! that
All around were evidences of that ex -
a1 "s recedes a
Mr. Davenant left me as you came came across , • citeinent which $ p
up. I'm: with my cousin, Lady Ire- was the fault of those who sent him eat race:
sham. She's on the lawn soinewliexe, adrift—and after all there was good gr
"I think," he said, '"that we had
He looked down the paddock and . in him even then. I am going to tell better watch the race from the rail -
back
to her.. • you something, now, Miss Wender ings. Your gown will be spoilt in the
"Walk with me a little way," he ' mott, which •T ve often wanted to— crowd if we try to get out of the pad -
said, "and I will show you Iris before that is, if you're interested enough to dock, and you probably wouldn't get
she starts." hear it!" ' anywhere in time to see it."
"You!" she exclaimed. All the time she was asking herself She acquiesced silently, recognizing
He pointed to the card. It was sure- haw much he knew. She motioned that, although he had not alluded to
ly an accident that she had not notice him to proceed. it in words, he had no intention of
ed it before. Mr. Trent's Iris was - "Monty had few things left in the saying anything further at present.
amongst the entries for the Gold Cup, • world worth possessing, but there Trent, who had been looking forward
"Why, Iris is the favorite!" (was one which he had never parted to the next few minutes with all the
He nodded. i with, which he carried with him al- ea erness of a man'who, for the first
"So they tell me! I've been rather ' ways. It was the picture of his little time in his life, runs the favorite in
lucky, haven't I, for a beginner ? I girl, as she had been when his trouble . a great race,smiled as he realized
found a good trainer and I had sec- . happened." how very cotent he was to stay where
and call on Cannon, who's riding him. ' He stooped a little, as though to nothing could be seen until the final
If you care to back him for a trifle I see over the white rails, but she was struggle was over. They took up
think you'll be all right, although the too adroit. Her face remained hidden their places side by side and leaned
odds are nothing to speak of." , from hint by that little cloud of white over the railing.
She was walking by his side tow lace. I "Have you much money on Iris?"
towards the quieter end of the pad- ; "It is an odd thing about that pie- she asked.._
dock. ( ture," he went on slowly, , "but he "A thousand both ways," he answer -
"I hear you have been to Torquay," • showed it to me once or twice, and I ed. "I don't plunge, but as T backed
he said, looking at her critically, "it too got very fond of it! It was just her very early, I got 10 to 1 and 7 to
seems to have agreed with you. You . a little girl's face, very bright and 2 Listen! They're off t"
are looking well!" 1 very winsome, and over there we were There was a roar from across the
She returned his glance with slight-' lonely, and it got to mean a good deal course, followed by a moment's
ly uplifted eyebrows, intending to to both of us. And one night Monty breathless silence. The clamor of
convey by that -and her silence a re-; would gamble—it was one of his voices from TattersalI's subsided,
buke to his boldness. He was bland- faults,' poor chap—and he had nothing and in its place rose the buzz of ex-
ly unconscious, however, of her in -1 left but his picture, and I played him citement from the stands,the murmur
tent, being occupied just then in re- for it—and won!" I of many voices graduallgrowing in
turning the greetings of passers-by. f "Brute!" she murmured in an odd, •volume. Far away down the straight
She bit her lip and looked straight choked tone. ' Ernestine and Trent, leaning over the
ahead. "Sounds so, doesn't it? But I want- i rail, could see the little colored specks
"After all," he said,"unless you are ed that picture. Afterwards came our
of
very keen ion seeig Iris, I think terrible journey back to the Coast, , voice dancing intoreseat The roar .
voices once more beat upon the air.
we'd better give it up. There are too ' when I carried the poor old chap on "Nero the Second wins!"
"The favorite's done!"
"Nero the Second for a monkey!"
shouldn't look over your' own horse for they were on our track all the " the Second romps in!"
I Iris! Iris Iris wins!
before the race if you want to. Would time. I wouldn't tell you the whole It was evident from the last shout
you like to try alone?" ) story of those days, Miss Wender- • and the gathering storm of excitement
"Certainly not," he answered. "I ; Mott, for it would keep you awake at that after all it was to be a race.
shall see plenty of her later. Are you ' night; but I've a fancy for telling You They were well in sight . now; Nero
fond of horses?" this. I'd like you to believe it, for it's the Second and Iris racin • neck and
"Very." gospel truth. I didn't leave him until neck, drawing rapidly away from the
"Go to many race -meetings?" I felt absolutely and actually certain others. The air shook with the sound
"Whenever I get the chance!—I al- that he couldn't live an hour. He was of hoarse and fiercely excited voices.
ways come here." passing into unconsciousness, and a "Nero the Second wins!"
"It is a great sight," he said crowd of those natives were close ems wino,
thoughtfully looldng around him. upon our heels. So I left him and Neck -and -neck they passed the post.
-h
"Are you ere' just for the pleasure' took the picture with nie—and I think' So it seemed at least to Ernestine
' r it, or• are you going to write about
- She laughed.
• many people around her already." my back day by day, and stood over
"Just as you like," she answered, him at night potting those black
"only it seems a shame that you beasts when they crept up too close—
since then that it has meant almost and many others, but Trent shook his
as much to me as ever it had been to head and looked at her with a smile.
him." 1 "Iris was beaten by a short neck,"
"I'm going to write about some of "That," she remarked, sounds a he said. "Good thing you didn't back
the dresses," she said. "I'm afraid no I little far-fetched—not to say impos- her. That's a fine horse of the Prince's
one would read my racing notes, { " though!"
"I hope you'll mention your own,"! Some day,"he answered boldly, I "I'm so sorry," she cried. "Are
he said coolly. "It's quite the pret- shall speak to you of this again, and you 9 /7"
tiest here."
She scarcely knew whether to be
amused or offended.
.ei,...-5 "You are a very downright person,
•'' Mr. Trent," she said.
"You don't expect me to have ac-
quired manners yet, do you?" he an-
swered drily.
"You have acquired a great many
things," she said, "with surprising
facility.Whynot manners?"
He shrugged his shoulders.
tea "No doubt they will come, but I
shall want a lot of polishing. I won-
der—"
"Well ?"
F'
I shall try to convince you that it is (To be continued.)
truth!"
He could not see her face, but he —v
knew very well in some occult man-
ner that she had parted with some at STARVATION IN POLAND.
least of her usual composure. As a
matter of fact she was nervous and Memorial Urging Better Industrial
ill -at -ease. Conditions.
"You have not yet told me," she
said abruptly, "what you imagine can Pleading that 3,000,000 persons de -
be this girls reasons for remaining
unknown."
pendent on the industries of Poland
"I can only guess them " he said are starving, the Workmen's Union of
gravely; "I can only suppose that she Poland has sent to the Governor Gen -
is ashamed of her father and declines 'eral, Herr ion Beseler, a memorial
to meet any one connected with him. urging the re -opening of the factories,
"Whether any one will ever think It is very wrong and very narrow of the adoption of a protective tariff and
It worth while to undertake the her. If I could talk to her for ten the return of machines, mechanical fit,
task." minutes and tell her how the poor old
She raised her eyes and looked him chap used to dream about her and kiss tings, and especially belts and gears,
full in the face. She had made up her picture, I can't think but she'd be which were taken out of factories and
her mind exactly what to express— sorry.." +workshops during the early days of
and she failed altogether to do it. "Try and think," she said, looking , German occupation.
There was a fire and a strength in the still awayfrom him, "that she must ; The memorial states that "tl
ie
clear, grey eyes fixed so earnestly have another reason. You say that • working population of Poland includes
upon hers which disconcerted her al- you liked her picture! Try and be• 350,000 workmen in factories, 60,000
together. She was desperately an- generous in your thought of her for i; in the building trades and 590,000 in
gry with Herself and desperately un- its sake.
"`T will try," he answered, "espe_ small industries." Including the fain
ea"Y. „ lilies of these workmen, this industrial
"`You have the power," she said daily
slight coldness "to buy most ( "Yes?" I population reaches a total of 3,000,600
things By the by, 'I was thinking ! "Espeeially—because the picture persons, with a normal income of
just now how sad it was that your makes me think —sometimes - of about $150,000,000 a year.
partner did not live. TIe shared the you!" A certain proportion of this popu-
work with you, didn't he? It seems
such hard lines that he could not e
lation, it is stated, has been sent to
have shared the reward!" CHAPTER XXXIII. Germany, and another section is re-
,. ,.,.ne He -Showed no sign of emotion such Trent had done many brave things calving aid from former employers—
_..
as she had expected, and for which in his life, but he had never been con- where the latter are still able to help,
she had been narrowly watching him. scious of such a distinct thrill of "But • there is still a great mass of
Only he grew at once more serious, nervousness as he�experieneed during people who are actually starving,"
- u es silence: Ernestine ""
from the mien of people. It was the for her part, was curiously
exercised and he led her a little further still those few mint , says the memorial, and for the sake
of these persons it is advisable to put
forthhis brit—he had admitted at least some of the factories into
in
next race' was the most important ofg
luncheon interval, and though the in her mind. e a s a en er
' the day, the stream of promenaders her to his point of view, and the re- operation, especially the sugar, vine -
had thinned off a little. suit was unpleasant. She had a sud- gar and yeast factories+ mills, brew -
"It is strange," he said, "that you den impulse to tell him the truth, to cries, sawmills, brick yards and foun-
houId have slioken to me of my reveal her identity, tell him her reas- dries."
partner. I have been thinking about ons for concealment. Perhaps, her
him a good deal lately." suspicions had been hasty. Then the
"In what way personal
The memorial deals briefly with the
note m his last speech had question of articles commandeered by
"e11' •first of aII I am not sure produced a serious effect on her, and the German military authorities,
stating that the complete confiscation
of all raw material would paralyze in-
dustry, and, that enough machinery
should be left in the factories to en-
able them to continue in partial oper.
though I were meeting someone whom Oban.
that our agreement was altogether a all the time she felt that her silence
fair one," he said. "Ilehad a daugh- was emboldening him, as indeed it
ter and I in very anxious to find her! was.
" I feel that she is entitled to a certain "The first time I saw you," he went
t number of shares in the company, on, "the likeness struck me. I felt as
e and I want her to accept them.'
64
"Have• you tried to find her'?" she I had known all my life." The customs tariff promulgated on
asked She laughed a little uneasily.• ,lune 22 by the German commander is
' He +looked steadily at her fora mo- "And you found yourself the
meet, but her parasol had dropped a tem of an interviewer! What a drop
little upon his side and he could not from the romantic to the prosaic!"
see her face. "There has never been any drop at
"Yes, I have °' ho said stow- all," he answered firmly, "and you
trial,
! "'and I have uffered a great` disap-have always seemed to inc the'same
ontin.ent. She knows quie well that as that picture --something quite pre-
�i1 searching for her,and she re- eious and apart from my life, It's
:Iarns xc g1
fers to remain undiscovered." been a poor sort of thing perhaps. T
"That sounds. strange," she remark- canto. from the .people, T never had
ed, with her eyes fixed on the distant
criticized as unsuitable, because it
fails to protect Polish industry, and
even in normal times would bring
about its ruin. Therefore the estab-
lishment of the old tariff is asked.
There is a further demand for a low-
Bring of railway rates, which are al-
leged to be now oil a burdensome and
any education, I was as rough as mostimpossible scale,
SIR JOHN NIXON,
His. Campaign In Mesopotamia Is.
Highly Praised.
Any day now we may hear from.
Sir John Nixon, commander-in-chief
of the British army in Mesopotamia,
of the fall of Bagdad, the great Mo-
hammedan capital of the Fee East.
Most of Sir John's work has been in
India. South Africa, where he led a.
cavalry division with great distinction,
was an interlude—a welcome enough
interlude in the dusty business of sol-
diering under the 'sun of Southern
India. Educated at Wellington, he
first served in the Xing's Own Bor••
derers and the Bengal Lancers. One
staff appointment after another kept
hint in the East, and though cam-
paigning took him once to. South AfSri-
•
ca and several times to the Hills, he
has been long years in the heat.
When in April he took over the, mill-
mand of our forces in Mesopotamia,
he found himself in the hottest spot
on earth. Thirst and sand storms—
sand storms that carry no refreshing.
wind with them, butonly sand—have
been among his troubles. He has
General Sir John Nixon
overcome them, and overcome the
Turks into the Bargain. Germany is
growing a little less confident about a
Berlin -Bagdad thoroughfare, and ' w'
all know in what terms Mr. Asquith,
in his statement on the "war the other
day in Parliament, referred to Sir
John's victorious campaign. "In
April," said the Prime Minister, "a
second division was added to the force,
and the command was assumed by
General Sir John Nixon. After a
brilliant, series, and an absolutely un -
chequered series, of land and river
operations, the Turks were driven
back both up the Euphrates and up
the Tigris. In July their final posi-
tions on both rivers were captured,
with heavy casualties, 'and enex
Nixon's force is now within a measure
able distance of Bagdad.. I do not
think that in the whole course of the
war there has been a -series of opera-
tions more carefully contrived, snore
brilliantly conducted, and with a bet-
ter prospect of final success."
HANDLING THE BANANA CROP.
How the Planters Rush the Product
to Market.
The value of the yield per acre of
bananas in the Ceilba district, Hondu-
ras, is less t?•'Pn that of wheat, but,
unlike wheat, the banana cannot be
stored. It must be marketed when it
is ready for marketing, as the demand
in the north fluctuates with the ex -
I tent of the fruit crop.
The banana planter does not.. go
f into his fields and pluck his bananas
las he thinks they have properly ma-
1tured, but receives telegraphic orders
from the railway or steamship com-
pany to cut bananas on a certain day
not more than thirty-six hours in
advance of the scheduled departure of
the ship. Cars are placed on his
sidetrack, usually directly in the
plantation.
The planter goes over his fields and
cuts all fruit ready for shipping,
neither too ripe nor too green, has it
hauled to the waiting cars on mule -
back or ox -carts and inspected.
At the close of the day the waiting
cars are picked up by the banana
trains and hauled to the coast. A day
is required to load the ship, and three
days later the vessel is in New Or-
leans.
POISONOUS GAS,
Its Use Had Its Advocates in Great
Britain.
Poisonous gas as a weapon of war-
fare has had its advocates in Britain.
During the Crimean War the late
Lord Playfair submitted to the au-
thorities a hollow, brittle shell charg-
ed with cyanide of cacodyl, two or
three drops of which in a room would.
suffice to kill the occupants, He held
that the explosion of such .a shell be-
tween decks would account for such
of a ship's crew as, remained below.
The War Office were horrified at the
idea, and told Playfair that the em-
ployment of such a shell would be as
bad as poisoning wells. Playfairs
however, declared that his shell, un-
like those in use, was painless in oper-
ation, and that the more` destructive
war became, with the least suffering,
the sooner would be ended that "bar-
barous method of protecting national
rights."
Disinfecting Stables.
In any outbreak of infectious dis-
eases` among animals thorough disin-
fection of the premises is essential to
prevent the spread of the contagion.
Certain substances, such as fresh
slaked lime or unslaked lime in pow-
der form, chloride of lime, carbolic
acid, • corrosive sublimate, formalin,
formaldehyde gas, and compound sol-
ution of cresol possess the power of
destroying bacteria with which they
come in contact. To make the use of
such substances of value, liowever,'the
work must be done . with the utmost,
thoroughness. Careless disinfection
is probably worse than none, for it
merely serves to give a false sense of
security.
In the disinfection of stables and
premises the following directions
should be carefully observed:
First—Sweep ceilings, side walls,
stall partitions, floors and other sur-
faces 'until free from cobwebs and
dust.
Second—Remove all accumulations
of filth by scraping, and if woodwork
has become decayed, porous or absorb-
ent it should be removed, burned and
replaced with new material.
Third -If the floor is of earth re-
move•four inches from the surface and
in places where it shows staining with
urine a sufficient depth should be re-
placed to expose fresh earth. All earth
removed should be replaced with earth
from an uncontaminated source, or a
new floor of concrete may be laid,
which is very durable and easily
cleaned.
Fourth—All refuse and material
from Mable and barnyard should be
removed to a place not Accessible to
cattle or hogs and covered with fresh-
ly slaked lime. If this manure is
spread on fields it should be turned
under immediately, while the wood
should be burned.
Fifth—The entire interior of the
stable, especially the feeding troughs
and drains, should be saturated with
a disinfectant, as •a three per cent.
solution of compound of cresol, which
would be four ounces of the com-
pound to every gallon of water.
The best method of applying the
disinfectant is by means of a strong
spray pump, such as those used by
orchardists.
This method is efficient in disinfec-
tion against most of the contagious
•
and infectious diseases of animals
and should be applied immediately
following any outbreak, and, as a mat-
ter of precaution, it may be used once
or twice yearly.
Orchard Helps.
It takes about eight years to get
an apple orchard into good bearing,
but if during this time the work is'
well done, a permanent income is
practically insured..
It is a mistake to set out trees more
than two years old. Many good or-
chardists prefer yearlings, but two-
year -olds generally produce the' best.
results.
A young apple tree does not require
much pruning until it is four or five
years old, and the tree can be shaped
better at that age than when early
pruning is resorted to.
The orchard that has been properly
cared for requires very little pruning
after it conies into full bearing.
• New Alfalfa.
New seedlings of alfalfa should not
be pastured. The ground in these
fields is not firm and considerable
damage is _done by the trampling of
the plants, especially during wet
weather. Fields established a year or
more may be pastured lightly in the
fall, but should never be eaten down
close.
If the growth of alfalfa is not very
strong the field may be top -dressed •
any time during the fall, preferably
just after the third cutting has been ,
removed. New seedings may be top -1
dressed: at any time except during '
wet weather when the ground is soft.
Clean Water Essential.
An important factor in dairy feed-
ing is the supply of water. In the
summer, with plenty of grass and
green forage, and in the winter with
roots and silage, the consumption of
water is relatively less than when
the cows are on dry feed, but cows
must always have plenty of pure,
fresh water if they are to produce
pure milk. Unless the pastures and
yards are watered by a brook or a
!spring, the water should be procured
ub-'jfrom a well, kept clean and not sub-
' ject
ect to surface drainage and free
from foreign matter and taints of any
kind.
MYSTERY OF HEREDITY. blue rays and violet rays, all from
• the same white light, are .spread` out
Startling New Theory Shows Mice- by the spectroscope."
That the son will partake of the
father's type of mental energy that
was dominant at the time of the son's
birth is shown to be substantiated
by history and biography. Mr. Red-
field presents a classified list of
world celebrities together with the
ages of their respective fathers at the
time of their birth. For example,
Alexander, Bonoparte, Charlemagne,
Grant, Hannibal, Pompey and Roose-
velt were all born when their fathers
ere. at the age of less than 31, the
age of militarism and aggressive-
.
wHess
At the •age of 31 to 40,` the artistic
age, their fathers presented to the
world such geniuses as Bach, Beeth-
oven, Goethe, Shakespeare, Raphel,
Carlyle and others of their status. In
the list of statesmen these were born
when their fathers were aged from
41 to 50: Bismarck, Cato, Cromwell,
Machiavelli, Webster. Great names in
philosophy born when - their fathers
were over 51 are: Aristotle, Bacon,
Buddha, Confucius, Franklin, Moses
and Solomon.
"While men horn in one of these
type of character represent-
ed
the yp p
ed in the next adjacent division, above
or below, the extremes do not meet.
No mild-mannered moralist 'of the
type represented by. Buddha and Con-
fucius is found in the son of a man
less than 31 years of age, and. no ag-
gressive military commander of the
type of Alexander or Napoleon is
found in the son of a man more than
31 years of age."
It is remarked that Mohammed,
whose father was 25, though a moral-
ist and prophet, would rule the world
by the sword; also that a great gener-
al, whose father was 51, went 'to war
because his moral obligations forced
him to do so, and not because he want-
ed to. •
pected Results.•
Scientific studies of heredity are
showing some very interesting and '
unexpected results. We know that
the typical character of a pian under -1
goes variations at different, periods
of a long life, and that the son is
likely to "take after" his father. But
we notice, often with surprise, that
capacities that were dominant in a
father, which ' gave him sometimes
great reputation, frequently are'en-
tirely lacking in his son.
Literary distinction, genius in any,
particular direction, which ' distin- i
guished a certain father are quite
frequently absent in the case of his
son. In wondering at this we fail
to take note of the period in the
father's life when he "made his
nark." After patient investigation
science has come to the conclusion
that the son inherits from his father
only the qualities that were dominant
at the time of his birth.
These conclusions are set forth in
, the book called "Dynamic Evolution,"
' by Caspar L. Redfield, recently pub-;
Ilished. . The author writes:.
"As a general proposition the man
between 20 and 30 is aggressive; am- i
bitious and conceited. He would rule
the world with a club. This stage
gradually merges into another, • so
that -as a general proposition the man
between 30 and 40 is in the artistic
stage of life.. He is a lover of poetry,
music, painting and sculpture. . I
"The artistic stage gradually
merges into the practical stage,
which may be generally defined as be-
tween 40 and 50. The practical man
looks. at the dollars and cents, wishes
to improve government, and has the
qualities of statesmanship. 'As he
passes beyond 50 into his older age
he becomes philosophic in his senti-
ments and moral in his maxims.
"These different qualities are sim-
ply different forms of one and the
same mental energy within the man,
and they are spread out through his
life much as red rays, yellow.' rays,,
divisions " writes the author, may
If a man is married to a good wo-
man he may not think it necessary to
go to church.
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i\*orthrup & Lyman, !Toronto. Abbey's riff. Salt Co„ Toronto.
hlcClary s Stove Co., London, Ont. Law Union & hock Ins. Co., :Montreal
.Tames !Hutton & Co., Montreal. Natienal p;'lectrlc Beating Co. Toronto
Dovercourt Land Building Co., 82 Xing St., hast, Toronto. .
Cartwright -Leith & Roy Co., 619 King St., West, Toronto,
btusio Specialty Co., 86 Wellington St., Fast, Toronto.
Adstns Leather Goods Co., 800 'range St., Toronto.
Parker's. Dye Works, 786 Yonge St., Toronto.
Scholl Nfg co., 214 Xing St., Bast, Toronto.
Thompson Furniture Co., Belleville, Ont.
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Among interesting novelties air(
handbags with translucent crystal
tops, plain, tinted, inlaid, jewelledj,
different from any mountings ever
used on bags. There are bags with
distinguished tops of antique sterling
silver bags which open in entirely
new ;ways; bags which clasp with an
amber bird, a jewelled crown, a green
cameo; bags with rhinestone frames,
brilliant and sparkling.
"Such mountings are combined
with soft i chiffon velvet and rich
silks:"
A small esatterned dotted Swiss
makes an inexpensive guimpe, a's it
requires no trimming aside from the/,
lace edge at the neck and sleeve'S':ifr
French muslin, which is wide and.
comparatively inexpensive, is a most
satisfactory material to employ, as
it may be readily matched at any
time.
Feather stitching in straight lines
makes a very satisfactory trimming.
A more elaborate embellishment, how-
ever, may be obtained by feather
stitching in circles or scrolls, which
are drawn at the desired place, and
these .figures are outlined with heavy
material.
Seen at the shop of a clever mo-
diste is a hat 'of white silk beaver;
the crown is broad, flat and oval; the
brim very narrow and straight; the
crown. is encircled with a band of
white ribbon, with tiny tips at each
side of white touched with gold. A
turban with an oval white velvet
crown and close brim of silk plush
has the brim divided at the centre
front and back. Rolling over the brim
and extending through -the division is
a small white ostrich feather. There
is also a large sailor of white hatters'
plush; the crown is encircled with a
white ribbon, trimmed with white
dahlias.
In order to keep up the burden of
the ever -widening skirts the word
conies again from Paris bringing back
petticoats, mostly more ornate in
trimming than seen for many years.
Many of the skirts for dancing are
being made of tulle or similar trans-
parent material. An ornamental pet-
ticoat is a necessary adjunct to the
modern toilet. Petticoats for morning .
wear or for walking are of taffeta,
while for afternoon or evening they
are made of lace, crepe mousseline or
lawn. All are trimmed with flounces,
puffs, shirring and needlework to give
them the necessary stiffness to .sup-
port the overskirt.
THE FIELD OF SCIENCE.
A spring gun has been invented to
east 'a fisherman's line farther than
can be done by hand.
Paper is spun into thread and woe
en into a substitute for jute textile'
by a process invented in Bohemia.
1 Adding a teaspoonful of glycerin to
a gill of water makes a cement use-
ful for
se-fulfor many purposes about a house-
hold.
I A capstan is built into a new block
and tackle with which one man can
handle loads of 1,000 pounds and two
men 4,000 pounds.
' An electric storage battery locomo-
tive, automatic in its operations, is
giving excellent results in many
ways in a German coal mine .
A recent patent covers. the use of
water which escapes from automatic
sprinklers inside a building to oper-
ate a motor that rings a fire alarm
outside.
f A Connecticut inventor has brought
out a scale which automatically gives
the weight of a package and the rate
of postage for it to every parcel post
none at the same time:
A simple indicator has been patent -
ted to be fastened to a typewriter in
such a way as ,to show an operator
how much space is left at the bottom
of. the paper on which he is writing.
A complete carpenter -shop, in-
eluding machinery driven by a gaso-
line engine, has been mounted on
wheels by a builder • in an Indiana
town so that it can be taken wherever
he has work to do.
SOLDIERS NOISY DREAMERS.
Fight Battles in Sleep, Say London
Landladies. -
Landladies of London lodging
houses near by the railroad terminal
such as Victoria and Waterloo are be-
coming .diffident about taking in sol-
diers just back from the front, par-
ticularly those who have participated
in the recent fighting around Loos.
The landladies say the poor Soldiers
fight the terrible battles over again in
theirsleep and the shrieks and hys-
teria are enough to shake the strong-
est nerves.
Many of the Hien who toolc part in
the engagement are afflicted with the
most.horrible of dreams and som-
hambulistically slash and kill the
Huns to the terror of all the other'.. - e
lodgers.
Figures are unobtainable, but the
cases .of nervous breakdowns during
the last few weeks have reached a
high figure.
Even officers have been affected;
and men who have stood up under the
strain since the early days of the war
say that the sights during the recent
offensive ate too terrible for men-
tion.
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