Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 203, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 August 1910 — Page 2

PURELY FEMININE

THOSE SHORT CO ATS innumerable editions to CHOOSE FROM. Serious Consideration Demanded on the Part of the Woman Who Intends to Make a Long or Short Journey. When the short-coated suit for traveling is to be decided upon, which of th«r many: editions are you going to choose? The problem confronts womankind, and a certain discretion must be exercised or there will appear some figures in our midst that will bring down well-deserved ridicule upon the heads of the offenders. Just as soon as a woman considers her figure in relation to the garments that -she purchases will there be a marked dfecimation of the ranks of Indifferently, nay, execrably, dressed followers of fashion. Whether you be tall, slender or of generous proportions, the question of the short coat assails you. Which ehall it be? The slender, sylphlike creature is indeed fortunate in this age of suppressed curves, for her figure is able to wear the short coat without the annoying consideration of the pros and the cons. Her coat may be belted in with a wide patent leather belt, and the peplum can be varied in line, cut away at the front or turned up at the corner in military style at the front lines or back. The slenderness at the hips is the point that allows this. The short woman must be judicious when selecting her coat. That model that emphasizes length of line must be chosen. The long revers, the pointed line at the bottom, the disposition of trimming in long, narrow vertical lines—these are the main guide-posts. Stout women are less fortunate since the curtailed coat has been reinstated. Sleeves must not be too full; the lengthened narrow collar, small buttons and a lack of trim- . mlngs should Characterize the coats of the heavier figures.

RENOVATING THE SETTLE

Old-Fashior.ed Bench With a Back Can Be Easily Converted Into a Porch Couch. If you are lucky enough to own one of the long, old-fashioned settles that are little more than wooden benches with high, open back, it can be converted into a novel couch for a porch or the living room of a country house. -Fasten to each arm of the couch the Inverted lid of a large flower barrel. This lid should have an inch-high rim. If the dimensions are too large to fit securely to the arm a prop can be added on the outer edge. This prop may be a strip of wood fastened to the seat of the couch diagonally, or a broomstick handle can be nailed to the lid to form a leg. The lids at each end of the settle make convenient and ornamental Bhelves for books, workbags and vases of flowers. When the couch is covered the lids can be adjusted in their natural position. To finish the settle scrape off the paint and varnish and give all the woodwork three coats of dark green, dark red or white paint, ending with a coat of enamel. For the seat, make a thin mattress stuffed witn hair or some patent filling. Cover with gay cretonne or denim. Arrange the cover so it buttons at the back for greater ease in washing. A flat pillow or two can be covered with the same material.

SATIN STITCH EMBROIDERY

Found Most Suitable for Marking Many Articles When Bold Letters Are Needed. A very distinct monogjram worked entirely in satin stitch is shown here. It is suitable for marking many articles when bold letters are needed.

The thickest parts must be padded to raise the work; three or Tour rows of inaming out with soft cotton will be rneeded for these, and two for the narrower parts.

Stitched straps are excellent for all forms. Embroidered plastrons must ba placed in advantageous position, always keeping well in mind the fact that decoration must not be obstrusive, but a harmonious part of the whole scheme. On the short coat they may be widely used. Side panels of braid, embroidery of stitched material give grace, but a certain thickness of the body which it w'ere wise for the stout woman so eschew. The variation of the fastening is another note that must be taken into consideration when the short coat is decided upon. One more point. Look well at the skirt with wjuch the short jacket is to be worn. Remember that here lies the effect that will accentuate the short lines, or serve to mitigate the change that undoubtedly results from this season’s note. r Whether the jackets of shorter length wilt be able to extend on into the next season is a moot point, but while they are here they must be chosen with due regard for the women within.

LATEST “CHARLOTTE."

The one shown above is made of spotted net, edged with pale blue satin, soft bow of satin.

When intended for indoor use the settle may be left unpainted, though a coat or two of paint to make ends and couch alike will cost little, if the work is done at home. Fasten a thin mattress to seat and back and fit to the settle a cover of striped linen, such as is used for summer furniture coverings. The twotoned gray effects are cooling and do not soil so quickly as the more popular white. The inverted lids are supplied with a separate cover of the linen. Where the leg prop to the lid is used the covering is fitted around it to give the effect of a winged couch, the covered lid extending beyond it. None of the woodwork of the settle shows the cover reaching to the floor all around. If making such a cover is beyond your skill, it can be done more cceaply by having an upholsterer cut and fit it while you do the sewing and binding.

Try This, Girls.

The debutante of the season will have no difficulty in getting together the coveted six boxes of wedding cake, which means that the seventh will be her own, for the list of brides-to-be is long, and wedding receptions are in plenty, accordingly. The superstition holds that no box must be opened. Each one must be tied to its predecessors in order of date, and each one must be legitimately given to the owner as an invited guest—no cards transferable, so to speak. This charm never fails, it is said.

NEW SHAPE IN FELT HATS

Large, Flat Hats With SHghtiy Drooping Brims and Low Crowns, the Latest.* The expected turn of the wheel of fashion has brought into the millinery field a different shape of hat From the upturned brim there is a departure for summer wear in the form of large, flat hats, with slightly drooping brims and low crowns. Some of the brims are slightly narrower at the front, while a decided element of comfort is evident in the deep bandeaux, that resemble a skullcap, at the back of the hat, vanishing at the front into a thin rim of buckram. These are so fitted that no 1 hatpins are necessary. A wreath of flowers, nowhere rising above the crown, is the simple trimming used on the majority of the flat shapes. There can be the introduction of a velvet flower, if a note of contrast be needed. Some of these new models are of i fine straw, leghorn or of frames covered with satin and veiled with chiffon. As a change from the towering turbans or the shapes that eclipse the features, the low, flat hats, resting on the softness of naturally arranged hair, come as a welcome relief.

STUDY WEAK POINTS OF OPPOSING PITCHER

ROBERT WALLACE, THIRD BASEMAN OF ST. LOUIS BROWNS, SAYS FIRST STUDY WEAK POINTS OF TWIRLER OF OTHER TEAM. BY ROBERT WALLACE. (Copyright, 1910, by Joseph B. Bowles.) Working together for one run at a time, and hitting at the weak points in the opposing team is my idea of how to win baseball games. To me a baseball game is just like a battle. The effort should be to attempt to break the defenses some place, and then attack that broken spot. ,The easiest point to attack, of course, is the pitcher and every effort of a team should be concentrated to weaken the pitcher. Knowledge of a pitcher, whether ho is wild, whether he has good control, whether he fields bunts well, is essential before a game is started and the attack should be directed at the weak spot. Run bases on pitchers who do not watch the bases carefully, outguess the , slow thinking pitchers, and bunt on the bad fielders, t believe in playing hard for one run early in the game, for the first run handicaps the other team and forces them to hit. The first run I think is almost half the game, and one run in the first inning usually is worth three later in the game. It is nearly all a study of Individuals, and experience helps a lot. As to third base, it is one of the most difficult positions in the field to play, and when the other team is at bat a third baseman is forced to do a lot of thinking or he will lose the game. With runners on bases the chief attack by the bunting plan is directed at third base and the baseman, play, ing less than 90, often only 75 feet frotn the batter, is in a ticklish position. He must decide whether a certain batter will bunt, or whether he will try to draw' the baseman forward by pretending to bunt and then push the ball hard past him. If he decides wrong his chances of fielding a hard pushed hall while he is running forward, are slim. If he gets the ball it is because he: is lucky enough to have it hit straight at him because while coming forward he is unable to change direction or to stop in time to field such a hit. A wrong guess with men on first and second usually means the loss of the game. I know through experience what almost every batter is likely to do, but in baseball there is nothing quite so dangerous as thinking you know what a man will do because he has done

Robert Wallace.

that thing many times. He is likely to change quickly and upset everything. I watch the batters carefully, especially in'situations where two or three plays are possible, and frequently can guess from the actions or position of the batter what he is going to try to do. He may hide his intentions perfectly and yet tip off his plan through his very effort to conceal iL A false position or an exaggerated ■how of doing one thing frequently means that the other is coming. I like to know what the pitcher is going to pitch to a batter in an important situation. It is difficult .for a third baseman to get the signals because the catcher is covering up all the time in order to prevent the coachers from seeing. It Is a big help to know what ball is to be served, especially if the pitcher is pitching inside or slow, and giving the batter great opportunities for pulling the ball hard over third base, as it gives a third baseman time to establish an alibi or fix up a self-defense plea. Workingftvlth the short stop Is necessary, and a third baseman and short stop must understand every instant which is to take balls hit between them, or hit slowly. A single mixup there will lose many gained and the decision must be made like a Sash. These are merely pointers which I hope may help young players who are studying the game. Naps Give $7,000 for “Phenom." Outfielder Jackson, the batting and fielding sensation of the Southern league season, has been sold to the Cleveland Americans for a stated conside: stion of $7,000.

If^OMLOTTOI iLJM vby wimjß a ne^bit] I -- . I «- I The dusty road lay long and still i To where it broke across the hill; i The weary breeze would come and lift A puff of duet, and let it drift Against the haggard clover bloom That gave but shadows of perfume. And on the grass that was as gray As ever any dust-that day, The trees stood, thirsting, lank and lean, famine-yellow in their, green, With leaves as shriveled as the hand Qf some old mag who scarce can stand Because of all the years he feels; The wagons moved wth rattling wheels; The bees with angry hums sailed by, The birds chirped to the empty sky. The twilight came without a breath Of wind, and was as still as death; And all the night the hot stars glowed While crickets clacked a craclcly ode; The dawn woke white, and brought a sense .Of the Sahara’s heat intense, And the thin dogs lay roundabout With their long, red tongues lolling out. Then suddenly a breeze laughed by And tossed a haze against the sky, And runnnlng, racing down the hill Came raindrops, with a subtle thrill As when some rippling dance-notes surge Across the droning of a dirge. And brook and river, hill and plain Leaped up and sang: "The rain! The' rain!”

The Tussock Moth.

The tussock -moth is so called because of its color, it being a fashion-' able shade of tussock. It flutters about upon the scented breeze, gaily laying an egg hither and yon In the foliage. Then It retires from circulation. After a time the eggs hatch out. If the moth had to sit on its eggs to hatch them it could not effect such a complete distribution. One mosquito, for instance, will lay 80,000 eggs in a day, but- 1 most of them will produce mosquitoes that immediately go to some summer resort. The offspring of the tussock moth is the tussock caterpillar, which is a slow traveler and a vegetarian. It is what entomologists call a “beautiful specimen,” but its beauty is not even skin deep. The caterpillar locates in some town where the city council does not see the need of gratifying the Idle whims of nature lovers. One caterpillar is assigned to each leaf of the vines and trees that have been raised by hand. A few days later there is no necessity of spraying the foliage, for it isn’t there. The tussock moth is our leading anti-conservationist.

Maud Missed the Trip.

A charming young woman named Maud Was planning a trip far abraud. She missed all that bother For one day her father In cornering jvheat, dropped his waud.

In Bad Odor.

u so,” grumbled the rich uncle, “they say my money Is tainted." “Yes, uncle," replied the diplomatic nephew, “but I always ask them what they can expect of a fortune amassed through a corner on llmburger cheese.”

Suggestion That Went Wrong.

Now,” said the kind employer to the new clerk who had come to work dressed In his riding togs, "I wouldn’t wear that costume during business hours.” “And very good taste you would show, sir,” replied the new clerk. “Think how a man of your build would look In them.”

She Knew.

“You are so proud of your new hat *nd growled the husband, "that It Is a wonder to me you haven’t left the price marks on them’,’ “What’s the use?" gurgled the happy wife. “Every woman I know has priced them and given they up In despair.”

BONNIE A WISE DOG

INTUITION TELLS HER MAN WANTED TO WASH HER. Exciting Day’s Work Provided for Man by Wife and Setter—After the Bath Bonnie Seeks the Ash Heap. “What are you going to do, dear?” the lady asked. The man was emerging from the bath room with a towel and a cake of^soap. “I’m going to wash the dog,” said the man sturdily. The ladjl&peered at him keenly. < “Not with my soap!” she said. “The idea of such a thing. With my gildrose soap!” “Well, hang it,” observed the man; “gimme some soap. This was all there was in the bath room.” “And one of my best towels—a new one!” cried the lady despairingly. The man threw the towel and soap far from him. “Heavens and earth!” he said; “this is a fuss over nothing sure. Gimme some soap and a rag—a blanket—any old thing that you can dry a setter dog with.” When these things had been brought him—or to be exact, a piece of worn yellow kitchen soap and a torn skirt—the man went into the hack yard, calling merrily; “Here Bonnie! Here Bonnie!” But Bonnie was wise. Some under-the-skin intuition told her that the man desired to wash her, and she prudently crawled under the house. Thjs made the man indignant. “Come out o’ there!” he yelled. Then he crawled under and emerged backward, grating his teeth and rubbing his spine, like the teeth of a saw, upon the floor beams. Tn one hand he held the elastic skin of the dog’s neck and the dog fought bitterly each step of the way. Once outside the man tied a rope about the neck of the dog and procured a washtub. It was the one the washerwoman used on Mondays,' but was just as good as any for his purposes. He dragged Bonnie to this tub and thrust her forefeet in it. while her hind feet struggled frantically outside. When he got the hind feet in the forefeet were pawing the dirt outside desperately. But. Bonnie was at last wet and soaped. Then the man stepped back to throw a bucket of water over her; but Bonnie shook herself briskly and In misery and a shower bath of soapy water deluged the man. "Blame the dog!” he said, rubbing his eyes with hands that smelled of yellow soap and had dog hairs on them. Then he blindly liberated the dog and commanded her to roil upon the grass. " „ But Bonnie, refreshed and joyous, preferred the ash heap on which a stovepipe had been newly beaten. “Do you mean to tell me,” said the lady later, “that you washed that dog?” “Sure I did,” said the man, growing red; “that’s clean dirt. It’ll shakeoff soon as it gets dry.”

Some Parsnips.

In a railway carriage the other day the conversation turned upon gardening. “I guess,” said the American, “none of you ever saw such parsnips as I grew out in the states last year; why, I had to hire a steam derrick to get them out of the ground.” “Talking about parsnips,” said Perkins, meekly, “reminds me of some I once grew in Lancashire to try the effect of a patent fertilizer my brother had invented. The result was astonishing. Those parsnips for size easily beat all records, and just how far the roots penetrated into the earth we could not guess at. But to our disappoiiitment the plants suddenly sickened and died.” “I guess that was a tarnation pity," said the American, sarcastically. “What was the matter with ’em? Outgrew their strength, I suppose.” “Well,” said Perkins, calmly, “we found out afterward it was because the ends of the roots had been eaten off by rabbits in Australia.”—ldeas..

Relying on Heredity.

Fred Latham, Mr. Dillingham’s stage manager, had inspected a hundred applicants for positions in the Dillingham choruses. From them he had selected a dozen eligibles for final consideration. They stood In line. “What Is your name?’’ demanded Latham of the first one. “Schumann-Heink,” was the reply, as a good-looking youngster brought himself to the position of attention with a click of the heels. “Apy relation to Madame Schu-mann-Heink?" 'Yes, sir; son,” replied the young man proudly. “That’s enough,” said Latham, and Hans Schumann-Heink was enrolled to support Elsie Janis in “The Slim Princess."

The Point of View.

Have you any privileged class in New York?” “Yes,” said Rogers, the motor fiend, “we have—all these people who are walking and prevent auto speeding belong to it.”

His Acknowledgment.

“Just remember,” said his rich Wife, “that I am the goose that lays your golden eggs." “You’re the first'goose I ever saw that cackled every time she laid.”

RUSSIAN COURT IS BRILLIANT

Only Black Coat Seen at State Ball Is That of American Ambassador. The Russian court has extreme brilliance and goes one better than any court in Europe in the way of luxury and an almost barbaric magnificence, a writer in the Strand eays. The season is in the winter, and lasts until Easter. Several court balls take place and an invitation to one of th*ese is an imperative command, to which only illness or the deepest mourning can be given as an excuse for absence. On such an occasion the Winter palace is a dream of fairyland. The staterooms, which are among the finest in Europe, are richly gilded and furnished with much magnificence. And, with the outside temperature below zero, the malachite saloon and the vast halls and galleries are filled with rare flowers that bloom in a hothouse atmosphere. All the men wear ribbons and orders, and splendid uniforms are seen—the officers of the Imperial guard resplendent in white and gold, the lancers in scarlet, the hussars in green and the Cossacks in silver. The only black coat is that of the American ambassador. And nowhere else can be seen such gowns, jewels and decorations. Russian court ladles wear a special court dress, a glorified edition of the national costume. Black gowns are disallowed as in Berlin. The ladies “of the portrait” wear a miniature of the empress set in diamonds and the maids of honor have her initial in diamonds in a blue ribbon worn on the shoulder. A court ball begins at nine and everyone must 6A present before the entrance of royalty. The ball opens with a dance called a polonaise, led by the emperor and empress. The emperor dances with- a grand duchess and the empress with an ambassador. Quadrilles and waltzes follow and a national dance known as the mazurka. Less splendid but even more choice are smaller and more intimate dances, called the bals des palmiers. When these are given the long gallerj is translormed into a tropical forest, with flowers, plants and tree ferns, and among the scented greenery are set little tables with supper for 500- persons. At the bigger court balls as many gs 3,090 guests’ are served at the same time with supper.

Geological History of River Beds.

Undoubtedly at one time most of the rivers ran in fuller streams than they do at the present time, but it is altogether improbable that the present beds of the Peace and Athabasca rivers were filled to their banks. These river beds have been worn to their present depth in most instances by the erosion of the waters. In former times the courses of many of these streams were marked by rapids. The action of the water has worn the beds from the high levels that make the rapids to the present more uniform level. It is claimed that the edge of the falls at Niagara was at one time much nearer Lake Ontario thaq„ at' present. The water, is gradually wearing away the rocky front of the river bed at the falls. The same action has undoubtedly taken place in most of the rivers with deep beds and high banks. The opposite effect is continually occurring in the case of rivers with low banks and sluggish current, as, for example, the Mississippi. There the bed is being gradually filled up with a deposit of soil brought down from the tributaries, such as the Missouri.

Little Aeroplane Invention.

Truth is, and Tip hates to say it, never in all the history of science have such great things been accomplished on so little intellectual genius as has been the case with our science of flying. And for two obvious reasons. Flying was not so difficult of accomplishment as was supposed, was easy after the explosive engine was developed, though impossible before. . The great Intellect had already been expended in the motor and electric sides of the matter. This is not saying the Wrights are not beyond compare in their sharp genius in mechanics and their marvelous bravery. But the science of flying is npt ornamented by such intellectual giants as is electricity by Franklin, Faraday and Kelvin. Flying is really a composite of inventions.—New York Press.

Lighter Shells for Night Firing.

A startling invention has just impressed the British army and navy experts that attended the successful experiments off the Isle of Wight with the device which illuminates shells used for night firing. To the base of the shell a metal cylinder Is attached by a screw movement, and the act of firing the gun causes a powerful 11uminant to burst into flame. This burns brightly throughout the whole of the trajectory of the missile. It is especially useful In testing the effectiveness of range at night both over sea and over land. It also shows the course of-the shell. During richochet it was seen to be most variable. In come cases the shell on striking the waters of the Solent shot vertically upward, a very surprising result, while In many instances It was deflected to the right or left

Interesting Transformation.

One day little ‘-year-old boy was crying very hard, and his auntie said: ' “O, Walter, don’t stretch yonr mouth so wide, you will, make it as big as a horse’s.” He stopped suddenly, then said, “And will my nose be on the end of It?”