Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 207, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 August 1910 — Page 3

The World’s Wonders

Most Famous Buddhist Cave

Near Lonauli, two hours’ journey from Bombay, is a famous Buddhist cave temple hewn out of the solid rock at Karli in the Western Ghauts. Its architecture strangely resembles the Gothic. This is considered one of the largest and most complete specimens off Buddhist “chaitya” in India, and its excavation is ascribed to the Maharajah Bhutia, B. C. 78. As one enters its cool dark recesses it strikes one as being not unlike a Christian church in form, consisting of a nave and side aisles terminating in an apse. Fifteen pillars separate the nave from the aisle, and the capital of each is chly ornamented with the figures of two elephants bearing a man and a woman or two female forms. Under the semi-dome and where the altar stands in our churches is the “daghoba,” a dome-like structure. This was originally Intended to hold relics, and the outside was formerly ornamented and draped and surmounted with a huge wooden umbrella, of which little n °* r ®“ al &s. The interior of the cave is grand and solemn and the mode or lighting perfect, an undivided volume of light coming through a single opening overhead and falling on the altar, leaving the rest in comparative obscurity. The entrance consists of three doorways and the whole end of the hall is open, forming one great Window bf horseshoe shape.

BIG TORTOISE OF CEYLON

The giant tortoises of the Galapagos Islands and,other lands are known to be exceedingly long-lived, but they probably are not older than the monster tortoise that is kept near Matara, on the Island of Ceylon. This great creature is known to have been in existence towards the end of the eighteenth century, and since then his continuous existence has been certified by successive governors of Ceylon and others.

COSTERS IN COMPETITION

American visitors at the recent international horse show at Olympia, London, were especially interested in the novel costers’ competition. The donkeys, costers and donahs, attired in dresses of bright-hued colors, entered the arena to the tune of “Knocked ’em in the Old Kent Road." Many of the drivers had their clothes literally covered with “pearliest,” recalling a type which is now rapidly dying out. Their presence certainly added to the picturesqueness of the show.

JILTED LOVER GOT REVENGE

A young Swiss couple at Davos were to have been married shortly, but the girl jilted her lover because he had shaved off his beard. Though he pleaded for several weeks she refused to see him or reply to his letters. Then during the night he pasted all the love letters he had received from his fiancee on the walls of her residence. In the morning a crowd collected before the house and was busily engaged In reading the letters when the flaucee discovered the affair. While a gendarme kept back the crowd, the seriaflts, armed with brushes, soap and water, scrubbed off the love letters from the walls, “eartless girl, I return you your letters,” was written in large letters above the correspondence.

X STRANGE THINGS FOUND IN VARIOUS x. * PORTIONS OF THE EARTH

VICAR HAS STRANGE CALL

Rev. Thomas EddlestOn, formerly rector of High Rodlng, Essex, Eng., recently commenced his duties as vicar of Braintree, and in an address from the pulpit explained why he had transferred from the one living to the other, thereby sacrificing about SSOO a year. He said before he knew that the Braintree living was vacant he woke up in the middle of the night at High Rodlng, and heard a strange passage of Scripture ringing in his ears: "Take this child away and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages.” The vicar said he thought there must be a child in distress at High Rodlng, and he searched about the parish for two days to see if there was anyone being neglected, but he could* find no one. Then he received the Offer of the living at Braintree, and regarding it as a direct call from God, he accepted, as he considered it his duty to undertake the nursing of the children of Braintree.

DEAD MAN DRIVES ENGINE

An extraordinary incident, which might have led to a grave disaster, is reported from Paris to the effect that the driver of a train on the line from Etel to Carnac died on the footplate the other day from heart failure. His stoker noticed nothing unusual until the train was just about to enter the station, when, perceiving that the train was still traveling at a comparatively high speed, he turned to the driver, and to his astonishment found that he was standing up, leaning against the side of the cab, stone dead. He at once put on the brakes >nd reversed steam, and the train stopped just in time to avert a catastrophe.

Summit of Beautiful Fuji

Fujiyama, tAe highest and most famous of the mountains 'of Japar. appears so repeatedly In the art of that country that It is familiar to all the world. The summit, which looks so flati and smooth from the plains below; Is covered with enormous crags burnt to every color of the spectrum. In places great cliffs of slag tower a hundred feet or more above the crater's Up and completely encircle the great pit, which Is more than SOO feest deep and a third of a mils across.

WOMAN RUNS A MOUSE FARM

Why is the average woman more afraid of a mouse than of her husband’s wrath over her milliner’s bill? Why at the sight of a wee, inpffensive rodent, will she fly screaming to a table or chair to the accompaniment of a reckless display of hosiery? And can anybody under the sun explain why the nervy young woman who will grapple with and Capture a burglat and turn him over to the police, will pull off a lovely fainting fit If anybody shouts, “Look at the mouse!” Absolutely for the first time In befrllled womandom, a real, live and normal woman has advanced to the firing linp with answers to the foregoing question. This daring woman Is Miss Abbie E. C. Lathrop, the owner of a successful mouse farm at Granby, Mass. She raises yearly from 8,000 to 10,000 rats and mice for medical laboratories. "Woman’s fear of the mouse," says Miss Lathrop, "I believe dates back to the Garden of Eden. There can be no possible doubt about It, for as far back as I have been able to go In the history of the world, women have hopped, skipped and jumped at the sight of a mouse." In her rodent family, Miss Lathrop has mice of ten different colors and 20 combinations of color. White Is ordinary and black is not startling, but when it comes to cream-colored mice or orange mice, one Is surprised. She also has silver, blue and agouti mice. The red mice are much the color of the bay of a horse and the blue mouse Is about the color of a maltese cat. The agouti mice have dark brown hair with yellow tips which gives- a golden brown effect. Her silver mice with ruby eyes are the rarest combinations. One of the most remarkable things about Miss Lathrop’s farm 1b her angora cat "Tab." This feline will not allow a strange cat on the farm and she protects Miss Lathrop’s rats and mice.

CULLINAN DIAMOND PENDANT

Sir Richard Soloman, on behalf of South Africa, has presented to the queen of England a large pendant made from pieces left over in the cutting of the famous Cullinan diamond that was discovered in Pretoria in 1905. It comprises two diamonds, one of 92 and the other of 62 carats, mounted in platinum. The other fragments of the famous stone, weighing ten carats each, also were given to the queen.

WOMAN'S WAYS.

USES FOR RIBBONS

HERE FASHION HAS DRAWN THE LINE TIGHTLY. Each Season Demands Changes, the Majority of Which Are Easily Accomplished—Color Scheme Always to Be Remembered. It might seem at first thought that the correct use of ribbon is one of the easiest things In life, but each season ushers In Its own especial use of the different widths. If not of particular kinds and qualities, all of which block the way to success through past experience. To say that the sash Is to be worn Is. not to mean necessarily the 12-lnch ribbon that meant “sash” a few years ago; and to proclaim the hat with the ribbon bow Is not to tie any sort of a little bow and believe one’s self walking the rope of fashion. Fashion draws her rope tightly, and makes little allowance for deviations from its difficult way. The ribbon as a sash is admitted when in its softest form it hangs in two long slim ends, very much.as if it were bias liberty. To accomplish this effect the ends are tied sometimes into knots, with end, and again into actual bows, which weight them into a graceful fall. Ribbon may also be folded successfully into the sash for the waist girdle, when, for this use, also, it is of a liberty quality. The hat bow of the season demands breadth of ribbon and crispness of quality. Ribbon has been used successfully as a tunic edge for the marquisette and chiffon drapery of the figured foulard gown, and it is the color touch on many a pretty garden party frock. Here, if anywhere, is ribbon at its best. The buttonholed slot provides successful openings for the slipping in and out of folded wide ribbons and of two-inch ribbon velvets. These are used In gayest colors on the handsome white or ecru frock and on the bowersprigged or embroidered mull and the dotted swlss. Black or lavender ribbons slipped into the natural eyelet spaces in black and white embroidered robes are an unusual treatment of the summer frock for those who wear light mourning. Always successful as summer neckties are the medium widths of soft ribbon, whether tied in a bow or knotted Into a four-ln-hand. Color enters largely Into the successful use of ribbon, and not alone are the brightest tones called into requisition tn the furbishing of hat and gown. The French are fond of a certain deep prune ribbon on black hats, and the combination is not far from ravishing so unusual is it Black ribbon on the dark blue hat or on the gray hat is as successful as certain combinations of black moire ribbon with burnt straw'and with ecru raffia fabric Changeable ribbons, last of all, because they are the newest and also for reasons of convenience. Straws are not easy to match and neither are mat-rials, and the two-toned ribbon is frequently the only possible hat trimming that will shade harmoniously into both. -••-*■• _■<=

ATTRACTIVE REST SLIPPERS

The Mule Shape in Persian or Paisley Patterned Bllk la Most Admired. Attractive looking "rest’’ slippers for the girl whose feet trouble her are of mule shai>e in Persian or Paisley patterned soft but firmly woven silk. For feet that are very sore or greatly swollen the most comfortable slippers are the low cut strap affairs, resembling sandals, made of fine kid and equipped with thin, flexible soles. There are also heelless slippers of satin which will fold up and may be carried in a shopping bag of ordinary dimensions, and less expensive replicas of the same model can be made of suede, which affords rather more support to the feet. If a girl wishes to have rest slippers to match her various negligees she may havtf them made of the same materials, and if' she cares for still more elaborate footgear of a similar type she may embroider pongee, braid fine flexible kid or hand paint satin tops, the pattern for which may be procured from the cobbler who is to attach them to soles.

Linen Pincushion.

Round pincushions are just now considered Very smart They are made of embroidered or lace-trimmed doilies and are not in the least difficult unless one is sufficiently ambitious to do one’s own embroidery. A small circular cushion that is not very thick through is used and the doily is placed flat over this. It should be much larger than the cushion, so that the edge extends beyond the cushion all around. The doily is double, the under side being plain; this under side is open in the middle and fastened together with buttons and buttonholes. The cushion can thus be slipped in and out readily when the cover is to be laundered. ■

WEAR SHIRT WAIST RIGHI

It Should Suit Your Style, Be Put on Properly and Pinned Where it Belongs. “If you’re going to wear a shirt waist, wear it right!" was the emphatic remark of one girl to another, as she surveyed disapprovingly the blouse worn y by another, which “skewed" in the back and was baggy under the arms where it should have been taut and trim. In the first place, suit your shirt waists to your style. To some the severely tailored waists are infinitely more becoming than any other; while to another contingent the more elab'orate, "dressy" modes are In better correspondence with the wearer. Discover which kind is best for you and hold to it Then, as to accessories. Frills and pleatings may nqj be “your style;’’ jabots and cascades no better. A short jabot may be becoming and one that falls below the bust line much less so. This is a discovery you are to make for yourself, and having made it don’t be tempted from your knowledge. Don’t think because you wear "just a shirt waist” you can get Into It any old way. Put It on properly, pin it down where it belongs; establish close connections with it and the skirt; make It do you credit A ten cent percale will look better and have more style properly put on than a hand embroidered linen that Isn’t And don’t forget It

LINEN WAIST.

This waist may be made of either striped or plain linen, and in either case is trimmed with bands of plain linen ornamented with soutache and buttons. The sleeves are finished with deep cuffs trimmed to correspond. The collarette and wrist ruffles are of linon or batiste.

SOME NOVELTIES IN HATPINS

Roosters, Pheasants and Owl Heads, Some With Combs and Feet of Colored Jewels. The woman who can not stand for Chantecler hats can achieve a touch of the barnyard In her hatpins. There are roosters, pheasants, owl heads galore, from cheap ones of small size In Imitation enamel or silver to huge affairs in rhinestones with combs and feet of colored jewels. Some of these rhinestone pins are three inches long from comb to claws; Usually they present a side view when in the hat, occasionally they are set to look as if just stepping forth for a morning crow, showing both sides of the body studded. Huge colored enamel hat pins have superseded rhinestone ones for the moment, though the former when of good quality are always in style. A good-looking one has a large heart worked out in various tones of red enamel delicately lined with gold. The girl who would make sure of having her powder puff ever with her now carries it in her hat pin. So huge are some of the new pins that there is room for quite a sizeable powder puff, when the hinged lid is lifted. So skillful is the workmanship that none blit the initiated suspect the complexion safeguard. With a set of these pins one can be used for powder, the second for nail polish or rouge and the, third for tiny chamois.

Origin of "Weeping” Plume.

The weeping feather is said to have originated in a disastrously wet racemeeting in Paris. Uncurled feathers were brought out afterwards as a humorous allusion to the catastrophe. These melancholy decorations caught the public fancy and became immensely smart, but their lack of decorative quality soon made itself felt, and they gave place to the “plume pleureuse.” which, while also uncurled, has thick and numerous fronds, which obviate the Impoverished appearance of the first uncurled feathers. *■

The Tragedy of Age

(SfllMQ HOSE of us who have been privileged to read “The w Life of an Empress’’ can. scarcely have laid down] the book without having reflected with sadness onthej mighty' changes that age Is likely to) bring, especially to the once brilliant} and admired who In old age, alas!) appear faded, worn and well-nigh for-| gotten. I Contrast the picture of tie beautiful! Eugenie In the front of the book with} the one on the last pages, and one} can read with an approach to ae4 curacy the intervening events, stamping their impress on the altered coua| tenance and whole general appear-! ance. The charming woman In evening} dress, gay, courted, the cynosure of al| eyes permitted to behold her lovely ness, with drooping eyes and queenly) mien, shoulders that slope perfectly! and possessed withal of regal aspect—4 this picture, we say, bears but little) likeness to the pathetic one of later years, with its sad features?* stooping} shoulders and sable-clad figure. Reading the eventful story of the life, one cannot but feel profound pity) for this woman of so checkered a ca) reer. Once at the head of a brilliant) court, admired, flattered, sought andl followed, she reveled in the pomp andl luxury, the homage and adulation of! the buoyant, vivacious throng. Theni came the terrible disaster that left! her a stricken, childless mother. Internal disturbance, wrecked position! and Ultimate expulsion from court cir-t cles, the death of the emperor and) downfall of all earthly prospects of success or fame brought poignant anti! abiding sense of sorrow and defeat : With youth departed, title gone andl erectness of figure vanished, one of her earlier, friends, after meeting her; wrote In his diary: “At once recognized the Countess del Plerrefonds. With the help of her| long ebony stick she walked over to a parapet overhanging the sea. She leaned upon It and steadily gazed tK>J ward a point . . . where the contours of Corsica could be discerned; Her mind apparently traveled back to the origin and downfall of the family) with which fate had go strangely) linked her. “ ’ “As the cumbersome barouche drove away, I recalled the whole past—the Tuileries, the Louvre, Notre Dame, Saint-Cloud, Compiegne, Fontaine bleau, the Imperial Chaise, the Hundred Guards, and, above all, the supreme power and the dazzling beauty of this woman—of all this nothing re malned!” - % tfe, Early Vanity Without Profit. And this melancholy chronicle is but one that might be told of countless cases, not so prominent or wide ly known, but where ambition, pridel of place and brightly alluring proei pects have, by some sad irony of fatej been dashed to the ground, leaving! disappointment, desolation and ruined! prospects to eat like a cruel canker into heart and soul. The pensive eyes, with their mournful droop, giving one, as it were, heart-broken gaze, the heavfly draped! figure, shrouded midst unrelieved fall® and folds of somber crape, tell all too plainly the story of a lonely and desolate old age. It is said she sits about in some ofl the beautiful, picturesque gardenol brooding, silent and secluded, dreaming, apparently, all by herself, on joys! and triumphs forever past. There sit in lonely places today men and women who have seen "each earthly hope decay"; poor and weak and old, they yet have laid hold on eternal riches, and despite the devastating trials and sorrows of life, they are looking forward instead of backward. It is true that it is given to but few to have so illustrious ai past to dwell upon as the ex-empress! of France can recall, but the grandeur of the past only emphasizes for her the quiet and the dearth of her waning day*.

The Need of All.

After all, rich or poor, high or lowj we all stand In unmistakable need of the light of a “glowing eastern gate** as age tells its unmistakable story on face and hair and stooping frame. Every lengthened life holds its own tragedies. They may have been of n simple nature, yet hard enough they have generally been for the ones whohave had to hear them. But, let every mournful yesterday point to a glad tomorrow, for by the grace erf God all past defeats may point to coming vio torles. This is no idle speculation, fori we have the promise of the scriptures, that for the believer in Christ our light afflictions, which are (compare** tively) but for a moment, work for usi a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, while we look not at, the things that are seen, or that have been seen, but at the precious and* beautiful things that are eternal.

The Daily Companionship.

It is as we go on our way that th* augels of God meet us. The, path ofi duty is often difficult, but it is neyeis altogether lonely, for angels walk beside us and Christ is our constant companion; it may be steep,, but lts( rocky heights command fair and wide! prospects; it is the way of the crossbut it is thereby the way pt light Wei need not go halting along the way of God’s commandments; for h* will so* fill our hearts that we may Tun up| with joy the shining way,”