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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1913-8-7, Page 6ll►SoW►1va Fashion Hints ShAVISAFFS101e4IFikillointlfrIF Seen in Paris Shops. Sashes appear even on tailored suits. ' The small dolman goatees, cut with a shawl pointed effect at the back, are novel, Same charming evening cloaks are made of beaded net and brocaded silk. A meet elaborate negligee is of pal veahe blue crepe de chine, trim- med will narruw bands of white ostrich plumage. For simple morning costumes many el' the coats have martingale straps and lingerie collars and re- vers, hemstitched and laid on those of the material, Two hats;. one small and dark and chic, one large and picturesque, will be sufficient to see the summer girl safely through the season. A large flat or bullet-shaped but- ton of wood trims some of the tail- ored suit;:, and leather buttons ap- pear on motor and steamer coats. A charming simple frock which one could make at home is of pale blue batiste, the low belt of folded taffeta caught at the side with a pink rose.' The color displayed beneath the lingerie dress may be repeated in a taffeta couple or figured crepe de chine short bolero fronted jacket mantles. Tulle p:aitings form a finish to bolero corsages and trim the neck and sleeves of many tailored coats in crepon sole as well as serge. Nothing will usurp the popularity of the legirorn hat for midsummer wear. Many lovely models are trimmed with plaited frills of lace and flowers. There has been a noticeable and gradual change in the silhouette during the last month, the great- est width being at the hips, reviv- ing the peg top effect. New in millinery is the stiff rib- bon bow standing upright in the front of a small, close fitting straw hat. Sometimes a bow, similar, stands upward toward the back. The dark blue tailored suit may be embelliehed by a yellow linen waistcoat fashioned with goffered frills, which appear to form an up- standing ruched collar and cuffs. Juvenile coats are smart made of white serge, with their collars and cuffs of colored satin. Ball buttons covered with the same material are used tc fasten these coats. A smart jacket frock is developed of finest white serge and the short waisted eoat has a vest offlowered silk, which disappears beneath a broad ginde of black satin. The wide crush girdle of satin, finished with a large bow tied so the ends mid loops extend above and below the girdle several inches, is veru becoming to the girlish figure. The transparent hat is seen. It is . made of l:ulle, net chiffon, point d'esprit, and lace shirred over foun- dations of wire and trimmed with lace, Dia'.ine, flowers, ribbon, or feathers. RATIONS FOR BRITISH TARS VICTUALLING AFFAIRS I1' THE ROYAL NAVY. Compared With Olden Days the Sailors Fare Very llfueh Better. Within the past decade the diet- ary in the Royal Navy has altered greatly for the better. Gone are the days of biscuits so full of wee- vils that they had to be rapped on the table before being eaten ; of salted meat so tough and hard that it could be manufactured into snuff- boxes; and of beer and water which, through long keeping in wooden casks, was as often as not quite un- fit to drink, says London Answers, Beer—of which the Elizabethan seaman received a gallon a day— has been supplanted by rum.; while the water on board is now kept in iron tanks, which are refilled from the shore, or by the distilling ap- paratus on board, at frequent in- tervals. All modern ships are fitted with bakeries, so Jack receives his fresh, newly -baked loaf every day of his life. There is also a refrigerator on board, in which is stowed enough JAPAN'S ICE ICING'. Mow Yamada Keisuke Built Up His Great Fortune. One man cut a lot of lee in his life, That was Yamada Keisuke, the Ice Icing, of Japan, who died lately at the age of sixty-nine, leav- ing a fortune of 3,000,000 yen or $1,- 500,000, in a country where a dollar goes further than it does here. Keisuke was a poor timber coolie, forty-seven years old. One hot summer day, carrying lumber down a mountain, and almost overcome by the intense heat, he drank from a running stream and saw some- thing gleam in a cavern. It was natural ice left from the winter. He thought, Then he acted. He had twelve dollars and a half. He rented an old building, filled it with ice covered by sawdust, made the place air -tight and waited until June. The experiment was success- ful. Keisuke then found in the coldest part of Japan a large lake of na- tural ice. He decided to ship it by steamer to the large cities of the country. He had no capital, cool- ies, nor tools. He chartered a ves- sel with 300 tons ice capacity, and contracted for ice cutting coolies who were by the contract to receive pay after the vessel was fully load- ed, Just before full loading the fresh meat and vegetables to last steamer sailed away. The coolies or a month, clamored for, their pay. Keisuke every man in the ship f so the sailor is no longer subsisting pointed to the contract.. Then he on salt beef and pork within a few days of leaving harbor. Floating Hotels. A modern battleship, in fact, only carries about two days' salt meat —that is, if she is fitted with a re- frigerator; and it is then carried merely as a "stand by," to be ser- ved out in very exceptional circum- stances. The ordinary daily rations of every man in the Navy is 1 ib. of fresh bread (or 3-4 lb. bread' and 1-4 lb. flour); 1-2 ib. fresh meat; 1 Ib. fresh vegetables; 4 oz. sugar; 1-2 oz. of tea (or 1 oz. of coffee for every 1-4 oz. of tea, if preferred); 1-2 oz. of drinking chocolate (or 1 oz, of coffee if preferred) ; 3-4 oz. of unsweetened condensed milk; 1 oz. of jam or marmalade; and 4 oz. of preserved meat on one day of the week in harbor, or on two days while at sea. Mustard, pepper, vinegar, and salt are served out as required, while 1-2 lb. of biscuit or 1 lb. of flour is issued instead of the bread if the latter is not available. A man over the age of twenty receives one eighth of a pint of rum daily, but those who desire it can receive mon- ey instead. The rum itself, to all men except warrant and chief petty officers, rs served out in the form of "grog"— three parts of water to one of rum. It is called by this name as the mix- ture was first issued by Admiral Vernon in 1740, for he, from the fact that he wore breeches made of a stuff called gragam, was known to his men by the nickname of "Old Grog." Can Purchase Extras. The sailor, in addition to his stat- ed ration, is granted a messing al - followed the steamer to arrange matters. At destination, he stored the ice, received advances on the cargo, returned and paid off the waiting coolies. From June to September ice in Japan averages from $12.50 to $15 a ton. From October to May it is $8 a ton. These prices helped the upbuilcling of the Keisuke fortune which passes to a seventeen -year- old son. 'GERMANY'S WEALTHIEST DUCHESS. The Grand Duchess Theodora of Case -Weimar•, wife of Germany's wealthiest reigning Prince. The Prin- The silk ratine is a lovely mater- lowance of 4d. a day by the Govern- cess was married in 1910, She aecentl ial and is effective for both morning meat ; and with this sum he can celebrated her twenty-third birthday and afternoon wear. A gown 0±' purchase extras from the stores on 'she has one little daughter. Icer hus- band who was until the birth of this in gray shade of yellow or chamois ie very lovely with a sim- ilar color c=f ratine lace. Among the new and most attrac- tive dresses are those worn with the high ne, k ruffles of plaited tulle and lase. The sleeves are trimmed with similar ruffles of tulle strapped with brateletr of ribbon. Tulle is fashioned in many effec- tive ways for the neck. It is espe- cially pretty arranged for the new collarettes made to cover the low cut decoilete neck of some of the toilettes de. course. Many r,f the smartest gowns are adorned with the fishwife sash of brocadc..t1 silk in brilliant coloring. It should be drawn well over the hips and the long ends are bordered with head or silk fringe, 1`ieeper IJy robes of mousseline de sole and plaited gauze are trim- med with rwide scarf embroidered in orients.'_ style, which is turned abutrt the :,tips and tied in a double knot. sr,inetimes in front and again at the side: The eiirnmer evening wraps are oriental a: effect and are made of silke1 iff n. and transparent crepe. l3ril1iani eastern colors, embroid- ered with huge golden dragons or large flower designs, are lined with chiffon. The well dressed woman turns to the black and white hat as the sea- son advances.`hecause such hats can be worn with all costumes, Just now in the shops are sonte smart black hate with jaunty white wings, birds, slid feathers. if is Method. Fxiend 'l;ow, .con fide ntially, how do yonfl lure what to charge for a prescr'iptien 7'' Druggist --"Well, our system is perfectly fair to everybody; After the clerk rnakes•up the prescription he goes to the back of the store and shakes tip a lot of cards in a hat. The cards are marked . with prices ranging flw•m 35 cents to a dollar and 'a half. and whichever card he draws settles the price of the pre- scription." board. All the ordinary articles, Princess Sultana hely to the throne of such as bread, meat, vegetables, BDUOnd, 1s reputed to possess a for - tea, coffee, cocoa, condensed milk— tone of 585,000,000, everything, in fact, except rum— can be bought in this way, but addi- tional delicacies like tinned salmon and rabbit, raisins for puddings, dried beans and peas, pickles, suet, etc., etc., can be procured if re- quired. All these articles are of the very first quality, and as they are bought by the contract department of the Admiralty in enormous quantities, there is no doubt that Jack gets the finest value for his money. A man, moreover, is not forced to take up his full allowance of pro- visions. He must draw one third of his amount of meat and vegetables, but for the remainder, if he likes, he can be paid their equivalent value in hard cash. Once a month each sailor can buy one pound of tobacco free of duty. It is issued in leaf for a shilling a pound, and cut up ready for con- sumption at 18. 2d., and as many officers smoke nothing but the lat- ter variety, it speaks well for its quality. All this tobacco comes from special tobacco plantations in South Africa, and could not be bought ashore under six shillings a pound. By the Ton. The following amounts of provi- sions carried on board a man -o' - war with just under 800 men may be interesting: Fresh meat, 1 ton. Fresh veget- ables, 2 tons. Salt pork, 920 lb, Flour, 45 tons. Biscuits, 1 ton, Preserved meat, 33-4 tons. Tinned salmon, 3-4 ton. 'finned rabbit, 1,418 lb, Pickles, 11-4 tons, Suet, 340 lb. Split peas, 1-4 ton, Dried beans and peas, 11-2 tons. Celery seeds, 53 Ib. Condensed milk, 51.2 tons. Sugar, 20 tons. Tea, 13-4 tons. Coffee, 1-9 ton. Drinking chocolate, 9.1-4 tons. Jam, 11.2 tons. Raisins, 1-4 ton. Rice, 1-2 ton. Mustard, 325 11). Pepper, 250 Ib- Salt, 11.2 tons, Vinegar, 150 gals, Rum, 1,220 gals, Soap, 61-2 tons. Tobacco, 3 tons, KEEP CHILDREN WELL DURING HOT WEATHER Every mother knows how fatal the hot summer months are to small children. Cholera infantum, diar- rhoea, dysentry and stomach trou- bles are rife at this time and often a precious little life is lost after only a few hours' illness. The mother who keeps Baby'c Own Tab- lets in the house feels safe. The occasional use of the Tablets pre- vent stomach and bowel troubles, or if trouble comes suddenly—aa it generally does—the Tablets will bring the baby safely through. They are sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. He—"Do you think kissing is as dangerous as the doctors say?" She —"Well, it has oertaiuly put an end to a good many confirmed bach- elors, ab any rate.', "Quarrels occur only in the ani- mal kingdom." "I beg to differ." "Do you mean to say that veget- ables quarrel and fight?" "I do." "Adduce your facts 1" "Did not an apple destroy the happiness of the first pair?" House -Hunter — "But whenever there's a flood I should think the water would always come right up to the house." House Agent—"Pose sibly, sir. But there are precious few properties where you can get fishing from the dining -room win- dow." Doctox-•--"The increasing deafness of your wife is merely in indication of advancing years, and you can tell her that." Itusbnnd--"Hum l would you mind telling.her: that yourself, doctor 1!' DREDFUL ITCIII\O AND BURNING Whits Blisters Spread All Over Head. Scratched until Mass of Sores, Hard Crusts Left Raw Flesh. Had to Cut Hair Away. Healed by Cuticura Soap and Ointment, Hair Growing Thick, 130 Hematite st,; Teterboro; Ontario,— whly Iltttd girl's head was in a terrible state, I0 started with little white blisters, which would break until 10 spread all over liar head. The burning and itching wore- dreadful, especially at .night whon she would scratch it until it was one mass of sores all over her head and the pillow would be covered with blood. She could get no rest at all with the pain. She would beg of me to put something on to cool the burning and irritation. Bard crusts would forret on her head which when she scratched it would leave the raw flesh underneath, and her hair came oft with it or wotdd be in such a dreadful state that I would bo obliged to cut the hair away. "I tried several remedies but none of them seemed to do any good. I then cub her hair quite close, washed it with Cuticura Soap and bandaged it using.Outicura Olnt- ment.. It is now quite healed without a mark on the skin. Mor hair is growing nice and thick again." (Signed) Mrs. M. Saun- ders, Bob. 13, 1912. Outicura Soap and Outicura Ointment are sold by druggists and dealers everywhere. A single set is often sufficient. Liberal sample of each mailed free, with 32-p. Side Book. Address post card Potter Drug da Chem. Corp., Dept. 36D, Boston, U, S. A. ONE CANNOT READ IN TEN. How the Population of Canada Is Educated. Of the grown-up male population of Canada one person in ten can neither read nor write, the exact number of illiterates being 207,322, out of 2,197,663 men who are 21 years or older. So say the latest census returns, and give the Brit- ish -born citizens the highest stand- ing for education. Of the 409,000 male immigrants from the British Isles all can read and write save 13,000, which is 3.16 per cent. Of immigrants from foreign lands one in six is unable to read or write. Of the 1,441,933 Canadian -born voters there are five in every hundred who do not boast those accomplish- ments. Vie census taker also looked for some education in the entire popu- lation from five years of age up. Eleven in a hundred did not come up to the mark. The Province of Ontario made by far the best show- ing, for here the percentage of ill t- eracy ie only 6.52. Little Prince Edward Island came second with 7.62 per cent. The most uneducated province was New Brunswick, with 14 in every hundred who cannot read or write, though in the neigh- boring province of Nova Scotia its proportion is just 10 per hundred. In Quebec there are 217,316 people without rudimentary education, which is 12.69 per cent. of the pop- ulation of five years and over. Tho real place to go if you can read and write and wish to be con- spicuous, is the Northwest Terri- tories, There you would have an advantage over 70 people in every hundred of the population; most of them, however, would be Indians and half-breeds. Throughout the Dominion the pro- portion of illiterates has fallen from 14 to 10 per hundred since the pre- vious census in 1901. Saskatchewan has shown the greatest improve- ment—from-35 per cent. to 13. Every other province shows some amber- ation in the educational condition of its inhabitants. In Ontario, for instance, despite the large increase in population there are 24,000 fewer illiterates than there were ten years ago. Only in the three' prairie provinces has there been an in- crease in the total of those who can- not, read nor write, and that, of course, is due to the large influx of foreign -born immigrants. Happiness consists in activity. Such is the constitution of our na- ture; it is a running stream, and nob a stagnant pool. Lawyer—Now, sir, tell me, are you well acquainted with the pris- oner 1 Witness—I've known him for twenty years. t. Lawyer Rave you? I must now ask, ever known him to bea disturber of the public peace? Witness—Well—er—he used to be- long to a band. ED. 7. ISS'Uil p± URIC ACI[ NEVER CAUSED RHEUMATISM r WANT to prove it to your eatiefaotion, If you have Rheumatism, acute er chronic —no matter what your condition• -write today for my FREE BOOif on "BRAHMA. 'CI811—Its Clause and Oure," Thousands oall 10 The most wonderful book ever written." Don't send a stamp—it's All. SOLUTDMALY FREE. JESSE A. CASE, Do X476, Brockton, Muse, U,S.A. THEY FAKE ILLN.I;SS. Weak Points in the British Govern- ment's Insurance Bill. If all men were perfectly honest, schemes like the British government insurance act night be ideal Schemes, But the few months in which the act has been in operation have shown that many English- men cannot resist temptation. The amount of feigned illness among the insured is becoming a great scan- dal. In this respect Great Britain is repeating the experience of Ger- many, which furnished the model for the Lloyd George bill. The Ger- mans have invented anew word for the illness of the government in- sured, and spine similar word will be needed in England soon. Some employers who pay small wages find that the number of em- ployes absent from work on ac- -count of alleged illness is from twice to ten times the number un- der former conditione, before work- men and women were assured of ten shillings a week whenever they laid off. The doctors agree that there is an enormous amount of malingering, but have not yet dis- covered any cure. Many persons consider that a week of leisure, with an income of ten shillings, is a justifiable holi- day. When the official doctor as- serts that they are not ill they be- gin to denounce the act as a fraud and make political capital of it. Conservative newspapers are only too willing to print complaints from the insured that the insurance act is a failure. Fourteen million people are now paying their weekly contributions, "licking stamps," the government's opponents say derisively. Undoubt- edly many of them find fault with the administration of the act, and probably some amendments will be found necessary. New problems develop every day. An employer has written to the pa- pers explaining, that an employee had been four or five months in jail charged with murder. The trial re- sulted in acquittal. The employer wants to take back the man, but wants to know who is to pay the in- surance contributions for the time of detention in jail. The act says nothing on that point. For the time opposition tothe in- surance scheme, or rather criticism of it, is the principal political cap- ital of the conservative party. Home rule and Welsh disestablishment have taken back seats as targets for attack. But while conservatives declare that oompulsory insurance is a failure their leaders do not go sepias as to urge repeal. It is un- popular with many, bub whether it is not popular with the great ma- jority of the insured is still an open question. "Why, little boy 1". exclaimed the shocked old lady, "'aren't you as- hamed to be smoking that vile cig- ar1" "Sure, lady," replied the urchin, blowing 'out a ring, "but, yer see, the man that dropped it didn't have no taste for good ter - blither l" Minard's Liniment Cures Colds, Eta. Foot and Fancy. Whea a man takes a vacation be needs 'a rust; when his family takes one he gets it. Over 00,000 people die daily. Most of ue aro good because we darn not be bad, The beliefs of the Pahouine, a West African tribe, shave the head and then dye i1 yellow. The difference between genius and insanity is that the latter gets three ,meals a day. Men lose a lot of money through the bolo in the top of their poolcets, The New Zealand leen is an ex- pert rat -killer. The fact that we can't take our money avith us when we die is a source of great comfort to the law- yers. A birth is announced in Holland by a silk pincushion on the door- knob—red for a boy and white for a girl. 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