Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 221, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 September 1910 — Page 2

TALLS OF GOTHAM AND OTHER CITIES

{ Light Keeper Who Died for Uncle Sam

W s ST:- f \T±~ pkETROIT. —The Dig lighthouse at 1/ Windmill Point Is sending out Its warning to lake mariners every night, as It has for many years past, but no more does Capt Edward Chambers big lamp that fgr two years has been hit ear? He died recently. With the passing of Caplain Chambers, or “Captain Ed,” as he was known among the Takelarlng people, one of the most picturesque figures of the great lakes Is taken. His was a strenuous life, given almost entirely to the caring sos- lighthouses. t He was bom on Mackinac island in 1852. When he went to work it was tor the government, as mall carrier from Mackinac City on the mainland to the island. In summer this is a simple task. But in the winter it is different. The storms that sweep the lakes in the Cold months find a clear passage in the Straits of Mackinac, and sometimes traveling over the ice Is Impossible. It takes a strong and resolute man to face theste storms

Making Ice Water From the Sunshine

EL PASO, Tex. —Manufacturing a drink of Ice water with nothing cooler than the sun's rays and dry tropical air would probably seem under the province of the magician to the easterner. It is nevertheless a fact that from these ever-available agencies the greater part of the population of Texas, Arizona and New Mexico manufacture their own Ice water. This not only serves for' drinking purposes, but also provides an efficient medium for the ordinary requirements of refrigeration—tor in the cruder sections of the great southwest the artificial production of ice Is still a trifle too costly to be feasible. The secret lies wholly In the construction of the little red receptacle In which the water is placed. This is a simple Mexican creation, and in thata language is called an olla, the two I*B being silent according to the Spanish pronunciation of the word.

New York Children Are Taught to Play

NEW YORK. —There are places where children have to be taught how to play. You might think that jthe youngsters wouldn't need Instruction of this kind. You would be mistaken. Here in New York men and women spend the better part of their lives teaching thousands of children how to play, not only with their mußCies, but also with their minds, writes a correspondent. A great many thousand dollars are spent annually by the city Just for that purpose, and experience has proved that the time and money are well spent. The tall tenements of the East side, as full of people as a warren is of rabbits, swarm with ehger children. Their fathers and mothers were immigrants. Most of them had no boys hood or girlhood, as most people think it. They worked for a living before they came to this country; they

Merchants Offer Inducements to Wed

WVREHAM, Mass.—The merchants of this ambitious Cape Cod town, desiring to Increase Its fame and population, present and prospective, offer extraordinary Inducements to sweethearts to marry here. The merchants could offer no more, save to marry the themselves, and the law against bigamy Is very strict Of course certain conditions are attached to these geuerqua propositions; the chief Is that the married couple must reside here. Wareham is altruistic, but it does not propose to help to add to the population of any other town. These are some of the marriage inducements offered by Wareham: A free wedding, including marriage license and clergyman’s services.■» Bass soloist to sing “I’m Glad I’m Married” at the ceremony.

and carry the mail to the beleaguered islanders. Such a man was “Captain Ed.” No day was too cold or wind too strong to keep bite at home. .Since entering the lighthouse service “Captain Ed” had some of the most arduous assignments Uncle Sam’j3 men get. For 12 years he was in charge of the lighthouse on Stannard rock, in Lake Superior. This is the farthest frgm land of any light the government p6gB«&SS3, EM In? cause of the storms in the spring and fall furnishes about the hardest work, it stands on the top of a submerged mountain, which Is only six feet below the surface. Many boats had been wrecked on the rock before the government established the light There are eight months of each of these 12 years Captain Chambers and three assistants lived in the lighthouse, practically cut off from the rest of the world except for the occasional visits of the supply boat At one time, because of storms, this boat did not reach the lighthouse for three months. Captain Chambers was In charge of the following lighthouses during his service: Waugoschance, three years; Iroquois, In Lake Superior, nine years, and Spectacle Reef,'in upper Lake Huron, six years.

In northern Mexico olla making is a very profitable industry to the Inhabitants, who carry them over into Arizona on the backs of burros. The olla Is made from a crude clay* ish mortar. In drying the compost* tion becomes very porous, and it Is this essential characteristic 'which contains the Becret of the cooling process. It Is filled with water and hung up, preferably In some place which !s exposed to the wind If there be any. The moisture seeps through the porous composition. The process Is very slow, and the moisture which exudes evaporates Into the receptive, dry atmosphere In such equable proportion that scarcely more than a drop a minute trickles away from the bottom of the olla. It is this continuous and fairly rapid evaporation which produces the cold. Immediately the Bides of the olla become chilled, and the water, within grows gradually cooler. In less than an hour from the time the phenomena Is begtin the water is cold enough for drinking purposes, no matter how warm it might have been when poured into the receptacle. Two or three hours later It Is cold enough to fill the ordinary requirements of refrigeration for bottled milk, butter and other culinary necessities.

were hard at work in shops or factories after they came here. They had no traditions of play to hand down to their children. To them play was a foolishness. . Their children, unable to breathe In the tenements, take to the streets, which are dirty or Infested with persons and things that are not good for little people to see and hear. Children who have no play places but the streets are apt to absorb unhealthful Ideas as well as microbes. Pickpockets and loafers are developed that way. Besides, there Is little of play that children can do In the streets. That ogre In cap and blue coat, the policeman. Is always snooping about These are studies that folks with big minds made for themselves in past years. Little by little they got the city government Interested an'd persuaded a very practical minded school board that It was worth while to provide play places for the children who had none, so the board of education has now In this city 246 playgrounds for children, day and night playgrounds, where the little people are carefully instructed how to frolic.

Church deacon to pass the hat for a collection for the wedded pair’s benefit. Brass band to play the wedding march and other appropriate music. Bridal dinner. Bridal presents, mostly useful articles for furnishing a home, particularly the nurseryMotor launch for the honeymoon trip. Steady employment for the bridegroom. Employment for the bride every autumn at screening cranberries if she desires It. : : Four physicians to give free services at Intervals. Lawyers to give legal advice on any subject except divorce. Free shaves for the bridegroom, his clothes .pressed without charge—not by his wife, but by a tailor. To further its purpose and to make the path to happiness even smoother Wareham has established a wedding bureau. They will consider applications of those yearning to be married from every point of experience, tbs wise city fathers consider.

Models from Paris

HE gown at the left Is of etamlne voile. The skirt is v (fll) w plaited and finished at the jSbjHsj? bottom with two plaited flounces headed by a band of embroidery, which also forms straps extending up onto the skirt. The corsage is also plaited and is mounted to a plain yoke bordered with bands and straps of the embroidery. The sleeves are made and trimmed to correspond, the cuffs and guimpe are of embroidered batiste. The girdle Is of leather or ribbon fastened in front with a buckle. The other gown is of gray blue tulle

VARIETY IN VANITY BOXES

Some In Parasol Handles, Others In the Heads of Hat /Pina, and All Are Pretty. Ingenuity lavishes Itself upon the vanity box which woman has come to regard a necessity. Every season sees It In new and more cleverly devised forms. The newest development are the parasol top and the hatpin vanity box. At the top of the metal handle of the parasol a circular lid opens and discloses powder puff and box, and a mirror set into the cover. The Immense hatpins in vogue suggested the possibility of accommodating powder box and mirror. Many of the big ball heads or the highly arched disk heads carry these little toilet necessaries. Locket powder boxes come In all sizes from little ones an Inch and a half long to those measuring three inches. They are worn like an ordinary locket on chain about the neck, or dangle from bracelets or from this year’s fad—the ring chatelaine.

The Rose Muff.

The well-dressed women of Paris and Vienna have come to the conclusion that It Is no longer necessary to wear gloves In the summer months. They have discovered that gloves, whether kid, silk, suede, twill or Danish leather are not only uncomfortable in the hot season, but are “prejudicial to health. So In June, July, August and September the hands must be left quite gloveless, not even mitts being fashionable. The no gloves Idea has been welcomed by votaries of tennis, golf, croquet and rowing. To cover the hands while at these sports has been a great mistake, they argue. „ While gloves are discarded it Is not Intended that the hands of the woman in a ballroom or a theater shall be exposed. They are to be placed In a more agreeable prison In the form of a rose muff. The rose muff Is made of wire bo fashioned that flowers, more particularly roses, can be inserted. It is almost as long and as broad as the ordinary winter muff. The roses placed in it remain fresh for six hours. The Introduction of this portable rosary has been voted a success. Several were seen at fashionable race meetings at Auteuil and Longchamps and attracted admiration. Naturally the rose muff is not altogether cheap, but it Is pretty.

Dressy Toilette.

For dressy affairs there is a modish toilette of Alice blue chiffon cloth over silk, the former trimmed with a kneedeep band of black satin. The girdle and sleeve bands are also of satin. Small covered buttons and simulated buttonholes of silk braid trim front of skirt on each side, and there Is a design of br&d and buttons outlining the square yoke of bodice. The yoke and stock are white tucked chiffon, as are the lower parts of the sleeves.

and cashmere. The skirt is of tulle, gathered at the top and bottom and finished with a deep, plain flounce of the cashmere, from which extends upward and onto the corsage a band of the same ornamented with fagoting. The corsage, which also forma sleeve caps, is of embroidered tulle with wide girdle of liberty ribbon to match. The yoke is of tacked white tulle and lace bordered with a plaiting of the white tulle. The sleeves are of the plain blue tulle, with turnover cuffs of the same; the under cuffs are of white tulle and lace like the yoke.

IN WHITE SPOTTED MUSLIN

Pretty Blouse That May Match the Bklrt or Be Made Up In Any Colored Material. * Cur model is in white spotted nm» lin to. match the skirt, but other colored or white muslin might be made up in the same way. The deep round yoke, is of piece lace, to which the muslin is set In three rows of ganging;

a wide box-plait trimmed with buttons being taken down center from yoke' to waist. The sleeves are gauged In lower part to form puffs. Fancy straw hat, trimmed with feathers. Material required: Two and one-half yards 30 inches wide, five-eighths yard lace 18 inches wide.

Round Frill at Neck.

The flat, round plained frill has usurped the place of the round, flat lace collar. It Is not becoming, aa a rule, but that makes no difference to the votaries of fashion. This frill is made of very sheer material laid In flat plaints which spring out about an inch from the edge. This edge la nearly always finished with lace. The collar Is intended to be worn with a slightly low neck or white blouse in the same way that the Peter Pan and Dutch collars have been applied. The small frill goes straight aroufid the neckband and fastens with a cabochon, from which hang uneven tabs of black velvet or satin ribbon. Few girls can wear this even round line at the neck, for the human face requires a -dip at the front of the neck no matter how It is obtained. Therefore if a girl wants to be fashionable and wear one of these frilled collars and look well In It she should dip It down to show her neck.

GATHERED. SMILES

THE NEW ROMANCE. Kiss me, but do not muss mjr hair. Nor be go much In haste Tour arm—my frock, if touched, win v tear— To put about my waist Love me, but wisely; tears and sighs I loathe, and fear to see A tortured brow and Jealous eyes Bent angrily on me. Tell me you love me. If you must . Remembering once 'tis said That iteration breeds disgust And fervor U ill-bred. And I'll give you a love discreet For passion uncontroll’d With pallor, wrinkles and crow's feet Turns pretty women old! £ —Life.

Discouraging.

The learned savant came to the struggling student “My boy,” he advised, laying a kindly hand on the young man’s, shoulder, “burn midnight oil If you would rise in this world. I burned midnight oil and now I am drawing SIO,OOO a year.” The struggling student sighed. “Seems like I can’t strike the pace," he responded, lugubriously. ‘1 bum midnight oil every night and don’t draw anything but mosquitoes."

REAL WORK.

Politician- -He didn't care for work. so he married a woman with money. Policeman—Living easy now, 1 guess? Politician—No; she’s so stingy with It that be has to work harder than ever.

Bummer Night Comedy.

They sat under a sheltering palm watching the roof garden musical comedy. "George,” whispered the poetical maid, “will—will you love me till the stars grow old?" "They are already old, my dear," responded George, as he watched some of the stars on the little stage at the other end of the garden.

Just So.

There had been a family row. "Well," remarked the alleged head of the bouse, "a man learns a few things when he gets married. Yes, sir, a man lives and learns.” “That may be," retorted the feminine half of the sketch, “but the school of experience doesn’t bar coeds.”

Willing to Investigate.

“My new refrigerator has a temperature constantly in the neighborhood of the freezing point," said Colonel StlllwelL The visitor, who was warm and thirsty, looked up with great interest as he inquired: "Have you—-er—have you any proofs?*’

Oh, Where ?

Most men are pleased who wear new duds. As often has been noted. But where’s the man who buys the suds. Because bis tongue Is coated?

WISE MAYOR.

The Politician—You said before you were elected that you would share your last dollar with me. Newly Elected Mayor—l know, but It’s going to be a long time before 1 get down to my last dollar.

The Sole Defect.

“You say that man has no bad habits?” “Only one; his habit of boasting that he has none.”

The Bitterness of Damocles.

Damocles saw the sword suspended by a half. "Shucks," he cried; "my buttons have hung that way for months." Thus it may be Inferred that he was married.

MOTHER'S ADVICE.

“I am nbt satisfied to be dependent! on my father for every farthing l| need. I wish to be independent" said the ambitious girl to her mother. “Should you go to earning your own living you would have to be the obedient servant of any employer you might! have, always at his beck and call, always ready to do the bidding of your superiors, and having not an hour youi could call your own,” replied her: mother. “That would be horrid!" objected the ambitious girl. “I want to be independent of pa; but I’ll call no man master,* and I shall want my own way. In everything.” “Oh, that’s easy,” said her mother. “Get married.”

Wanted, a Dinner.

The seedy individual cautiously advanced across the lawn to the spot where the prominent citizen was holding down a rustic chair. “Pardon me, sir,” began the s. 1., “but the unemployed workingmen have appointed me a committee of one to request you to address us at the town hall tomorrow night.” “Well, I guess I can," replied the c.. who never ovorlobked an oppor4 tunity to pose as a public speaker. “By the way, what sort of an address would you people like?" “I think, sir," answered the commit, tee, “tae boys’ would appreciate an after-dinner speech more than anything else."

Wanted More.

The president of the Keepsafe Trust company, who long had been trying to persuade the billionaire to become a depositor, was explaining to'the latter the facilities of protection which hla company afforded. “Now, here," ha said convincingly, pausing In front of two Immense doors, “Is our famous vault It’s made of armor plate steel six feet two Inches thick, Is fireproof, waterproof and burglar proof." The billionaire sniffed with disdain. “The dickens l" he snorted. ‘1 can find! hundreds of vaults like this. Haven’t you anything better? I want a vault that is cashier proof."

Good Rest.

Yeast —I understand your brother la getting a much-needed rest? Crlmaonbeak—Yes; his wife left for the country four days ago!—Yonkers Statesman.

LEFT A “MARK OF AFFECTION”

"Ah John," said the wife to hot recreant spouse, "when you remain away from me I miss you." “But—hie —when I’m here?" “Then I don’t miss you. (Bang!)) Take that!" The rolling pin landed unerringly.

For the Disappointed Inventor.

The man whose machine Doesn’t rise Will never tall Out of the skies.

Both Were on Time, Too.

"What member of the class can mention one memorable date In Roman history?” the teacher asked. “Antony’s with Cleopatra," ventured! one of the boys.—Everybody’s.

Speaking of Woman.

Him—Generally speaking, a woman Is — Her—ls what? Him—Generally speaking.

An Angel.

She knows the secret of her worth— Of that there’s no denying— ' So, though she has no wings herself She keeps the money flying.

Cynical.

“The heroine of this novel said to the hero In the fourteenth chapter: ‘l| hate you! I hate you! I hate you!'* "They’ll be married soon."

Just Could Not Be Right

“What makes believe you could! succeed In Belling him a gold hrlck?" “He has been accepted to serve ons the Jury three times."

The Social Nuisance.

Tom—Did you have a Jolly ttm+ gfc| the reception last night? Jack —No; there was a young man! present who tried to be funny,

Fame.

Earnest—Are you acquainted with Burke’s “Speech Conciliation Walter—No, but I’m very fond of! his Bottled Stout—Columbia Jester.

Metempsychosis.

Diner—Change that chicken soup to turtle. Walter (shouting)—Make , that) chicken turn turtle!