Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 February 1911 — Page 3

WASHINGTON. —The Supreme court of the United States has had its official photograph taken, and it is reproduced herewith. This picture of course' includes the new members of the august tribunal, Justices Hughes, Van Devanter, Lurton and Lamar.

TO REPLACE HOBBLE

More Trouble Ahead for the Corpulent Woman. New and Daring Creation on Its Way From Paris Described as "Skirt , With Sort of Pantaloon Attachment." . ' ~C’7j '7-';■■■ *Tv New York. —According to a cable dispatch from Paris the hobble skirt is about to be supplanted by a new and daring creation In the* way of a skirt which is described by dressmakers as “a skirt with a sort of pantaloon attachment." The' new skirt, it is said, is the invention of Paul Poiret, a gownmaker of Paris. A New York house has already imported from Paris a consignment of these Bklrts, which are being displayed to dressmakers here, and the house is prepared to measure and fit any woman with the new creation who thinks she would like to wear It. Some of the city’s dressmakers were asked to describe the new. fashion. Their ideas of the skirt differed, and none of them could give the same description of it, but they all objected to the use of the words “pantaloon,” "breeches” or “trousers” in describing It, though none of them was able to suggest a more delicate word fer the skirt’s masculine attachment. A woman representative of an Importing house, said: “Yes, we have heard about the new skirt. It is to be launched as a novelty,-and maybe it will become very popular. But please don’t call the little- part of it the ‘pants,’ or rather the trousers, as you men say, because it is nothing of the sort. It is Just two little foot holes. Pijrst, you stick a foot one, and then you stick the other foot through the other hole, and there you are. It is not at all difficult, i assure you, and the wOmen will not find it 'SO.” When asked whether the two holes resemble the legs of trousers, she replied: “I suppose so, but you must understand tbe legs are very short” Asked whether the pantaloons of the skirt extended as far below the knee as the ankle, she blushingly replied: “I cannot answer your question.” ... Another dressmaker described the new skirt as being very tight The pantaloon attachment, she said, would not be visible If the skirt should become the rage in Paris, she said, the New York women would have to adopt it whether they liked It or not otherwise they would lose their reputation for keeping up with the fashions. When asked if she regarded the new skirt as the forerunner of trousers for women, she replied: “It Is wrong to epeak of that part of the skirt as trousers. I don’t know exactly what you would call It but you don’t describe the Turkish women as wearing trousers. * "1 don’t think that our American women would ever take to the trousers worn by men. It would not only unsex them —look at Dr. Mary Walker—but there Is no beauty In trousers for women. Let a woman pat on trousers and her beauty, is lost forever; besides, the men would never tolerate such a thing. ""The Idea of this new skirt is not to popularize trousers for women, but to add a little touch of orientalism to their dress. However, the skirt which will be Introduced here Is s much modified form of the skirt In its Parisian make-up." Nearly all of the dressmakers agreed that If the skirt should be adopted by women, as the dressmakers understand it, they wouli have to readjust their manner of dressing themselves; Instead of following the usual custom of putting on a skirt by first throwing It over the bead, they wouhl have to don tbe new one Just as trousers are put on, by entering tbe skirt feet first For a slender

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or athletic woman this would not be a difficult thing to learn; but the dressmakers were inclined to believe-that-Btout women or women with nonelastic joints might experience some little difficulty in getting into the 'skirt and in learning late In life a new way to dress themselves. The .skirt, as described in the cable dispatch, was an exact reproduction of the dress worn by Turkish women, minus the veil.

BEEFSTEAK COSTS $48 LB.

Highest Price Ever Paid, for Piece of Meat at Circle City, Alaska—Trouble Averted- : , v Seattle, Wash. —Probably the highest price ever paid for a beefsteak was that charged at Circle City, Alaska. The first steak that ever reached that town Is said to have sold for something like S4B a pound. There were ten pounds in this steak, which waß shipped 250 miles to Circle City. When the owner of the precious bit df meat reached the camp the miners turned out in a body to see it. It was placed on exhibition and attracted' as much attention as if it were the rarest of gems. Everybody wanted a piece of it and the prices

CAT THAT DID NOT COME BACK

In Foraging for Hl* Breakfast Tom Ventured Too ffar Into Bruin's Cage and Nine Lives Are Lost In a Twinkling. New York.—This is the story of a cat and a rat and a polar bear. It happened at the Bronx Park zoo. The rat and the polar bear are still alive. But the cat is not. And if you doubt the'tale that follows, most any keeper at the zoo will conduct you -to the bear dens and say: “There is Silver King, the polar bear. I offer him in evidence." Should curiosity, or skepticism, prompt you to Inquire about the cat, thk keeper will tell you that his grave is down under one of the big oak trees near the duck pond. Every one who has visited the zoo recently knows all about Silver King. He's the very first thing to which the keepers call your attention. But the cat and the rat are not so well known. In fact, neither of them really belonged to the zoo at all. They had Just wandered in and acquired squatter’s rights. The. cat was a battle-scarred old male, rHe crept into the reservation one day when no one was looking, and proved himself quite a rat catcher. Had it not been for that, Tom would have been promptly ejected from the zoo. But rats have Jjeoome a pest near some of the animat houses. Tom soon became one of the regular fixtures. He slept in a little fissure in thS rocks to the east of the bear dens. Sometimes the cat would creep through the bars and snatch pieces of bread or meat left by the bears. Tom waxed fat and. sleek from his foraging. But Tom never lost his fondness for rat meat. He preferred to kill them himself, too. One morning recently Tom, the cat, was very hungry. The long rainy days had kept him confined to the cleft in the rock. No rats ever ventured there. But on the''morning in question the sun was shining. Tbm ventured out to hunt for his breakfast. Along the stone wall which forms the base for the rows of iron bars in front of Silver King's den there ap- . pea red a rat, a large, fat one, which looked as though it couldn't run very fast. Tom saw it Creeping along, with his body close to the ground.

offered were such as would have resulted in a mining camp quarrel if It had not been decided to raffle the steak off for the benefit of a hospital that Bishop Rowe was trying to establish for the miners at Circle City. Bids were started at $5 a pound and rose briskly to $35. - Finally, in order to avoid complications, it . was decided to sell tickets at prices from 50 cents to $2.60 for the privilege of drawing for a slice. After S4BO worth of tickets had been sold the drawing began, and, to the relief of tbrise in charge of the sale, no trouble sulted. - , ....

Death Dutles $54,130,000.

Paris. —Total revenue from death duties In France in 1909, $54,130,000, and the number of estates on which It was paid, 379,418, of an aggregate value of $1,260,000,000. More than tnree-flfths of this was handed down' In direct line. By far the largest number of estates are valued at under $2,000. The estates valued at between $2,000 and $.10,000 represented onefifth of the total amount taxed.

License Gun Toters.

Boston.—The next Massachusetts legislature will be asked to pass a bill which will forbid any one not belonging to the militia or police force to “buy, hire, lease, receive, use, or carry fire arms” without securing a special license for that purpose. The bill has been prepared with the co-operation and indorsement of all the district attorneys of the state. "~"

Tom drew close, close enough to Bpring. And suddenly, like a catamount launching upon its' prey, Tom hurtled through the air. But the rat saw him just in time, and tumbled off the wall and into the den of Sil-. ver~ King. Hunger had apparently made Tom reckless. Into the bear den he sprang, and skurried across the floor after the hit. And then Silver King took part in the Chhse. The keepers say that probably Silver King only wished to play. But after the cat, which was after the rat, went thp big polar bear. And into the cave of Silver King went the- three animals. A moment passed, and out from the cave ran the rat. The cpt was close behind. Silver King was still bringing up the rear, but gaining fast At the edge of the bear tank the chase ended. One of Silver King's big paws came down squarely upon poor Tom’s back, and Tom’s nine lives ’passed out in a tvfinkling. The rat, of course, escaped. One of the keepers who had witnessed the chase and its tragic ending procured a long pole and fished Tom's body out. And later he buried the cat beneath the tall oak tree.

STRIFE OVER HOBBLE SKIRT

Connecticut Girls Who Wear Garment Give Dance and Bcore Against Matrons. South Norwalk, Conn.—The hobble skirt is putting up an awful fight for favor in this town. On tbe one side all the matrons are arrayed against It, while all the misses are for It The latter gave a hobble skirt dance tbe other evening in Red Men’a haO, one of the essentials to participation being the wearing of one of the toplike sldrta. As tbe function was a decided success, the present indications are the misses will win out in the strife with the matrons over the acceptance of the fad.

To Build Horse Abattoir.

Berlin.—The municipality of Berlin has appropriated $89,000 for the construction of an abattoir where horses intended for human consumption will be killed. About 11,600 bones are now annually used tor food.

STORIES OF CAMP AND WAR

NOTED TREE AT ATTLEBORO Planted From Acorn Picked Up on Grounds Surrounding Prison at Andersonville. ' , In the historic Kirk cemetery in At tleboro is a little tree that keeps gjreen the memory of ox-prisoners ol war. _ jSijpifT: The simplicity of the memorial makes it the morebeautlful. A southern baby oak, developing la to # sturdy body and spreading branches, is the tribute to the faithful prisoners at Andersonville and Libby who, rather than accept the unloyal terms of parole, remained in their places of confinement where disease and death lurked. An acorn dropped from a big tree to the grounds at Andersonville prison. Maj. Everett S. one ol the ex-pMsonerß and life president ol

Attleboro's Memorial Tree.

the Attleboro association, brought the acorn from Andersonville after a visit there in recent years and the Veterans decided that, aided by mother earth, it should furnish the memorial. Nine years ago, November 6, a little band of ex-prisoners met in the Kirk cemetery and held exercises in connection with the planting of the acorn. These men agreed that as long as they lived they would assemble on the first Sunday in November each year and hold services about the oak provided the seed should live. The men have not failed to do.

SOLDIERS KEPT IN TRAINING

High Standard of Efficiency Cannot Be Maintained in Army Unless ■ Drilled Constantly. There Is glamour ■' and romance about war that appeals to the heart of every young man worthy of the name in this country. This is as it should be. We ‘are a nation of sol* diers and sailors it is true, but many a blood-soaked field can bear witness that we are" soldiers. When we have the right man to lead us. A weapon, however, that is left too long in its scabbard is apt to rust therein. This was the stste in which we found our country’s sword when the fiery cross was sent out in 1861. We had not been at war for many years before this and even .many of our generals had forgotten all about the art, says a writer in the National Tribune. Hence the terrible muddle and mismanagement witnessed in the war of the rebellion. - Our poor fellows were sent off as empty-handed as if going to a grand promenade, -or a soldiers’ picnic. Indeed, but for individual courage and good luck the event would have ended in national disaster and disgrace for - us. I have no desire to dispel the romance that surrounds as with a halo the noble and necessary art of war; but I think every young fellow should know that to be a real soldier it is necessary for him to be not only a fighting man and a brave man in the field, but a perfect camp man also; and he can never learn to be so in barracks —but only on the tented field in times of peace. In the present generation our hideous sacrifice of soldiers in the war of ’6l and ’65 cannot be understood by senators and representatives in congress. “In time of peace prepare for war." What may happen again unless a high standard of administrative efficiency is maintained? This cannot be attained unless the necessary departments are practiced in their duties during times of peace. There was an old saying in the army: “You old flint-lock, what do you know about war?” the young soldier, of today tS&lutes us: “You old ram-rod, what do you know about war?” The boy is right.

Illiterates In Fernch Army.

Although the Oerman army shows a considerably smaller percentage of recruits who are unnble to read or write than the French army, still, according to figures Just Issued, the larger number of illiterates in the army of the republic come from the districts along the Oerman frontier, pist October, of 847,028 men called up, 14,225. about 5.76 per oent, could not read or write, and from the government ctf Paris there were altogether only 220 Illiterate recruits.

AMERICAN MONEY IN MEXICAO

THERE are nearly as many Americans who live in Mexico as there were in Nevada before the fight—between 40,000 and 60,000. There are about 8,000 of them in Mexico City alone. Between 1886 and 1908, according to an official report, the total investment in Mexico from all sources was $1,908,000*000. This in Mexican currency. The equivalent in American money is $954,000,000. Mexico herself contributed $295,000,000 (gold), the United States $355,000,000, and all other countries $304,000,000. Thus our investment is greater than that of either Mexico herself or of all other foreign nations. Of course, Americans invested in Mexico before 1886 and after 1908. American property in the neighbor republic is worth probably $400,000,000 at the least. It "Should be remembered that the Mexican dollar or “peso” is worth, roughly, 50 cents "gold” or in American money. Figures used in this article are reduced to the American standard. There are few lines of industry into which this enormous investment has not worked its way. The hardware stores of Mexico are managed almost wholly by Germans; street railways and meat packing are largely controlled by English or Canadian corpora-

tions, which, however, number many Americans among their officers and stockholders. The tobacco trade Is largely Mexican. In almost every other field of development, American capital is either the principal investment or one of the most important. American Money in Railroads. Tourists are surprised to learn that they can ride from end to end of Mexico without being Inconvenienced by their ignorance of Spanish. The Pullman car conductors are Americans, and so are many of the railroad conductors, brakemen and engine drivers. The new merger of the Mexican National railways represents some American capital as well as a strong leaven of American officials. The American Investment Is essentially American railroads Is a heavy one. Yet our railroad investments are only a small part of the Americas interests in Mexico. Probably the greater part of the total of $400,000,000 has gone into mining and the industries allied with mining. Mexico’s production of gold last year was $22,440,000, United States currency, and of silver $35,400,000. America’s share of this was not far from one-half. In 1875 Mexico was lighted by tallow candles. Nether gas nor electric light had been introduced and there was hardly a pint tiflterosene. In the republic. A well-established American company began an indnstrlal invasion, which meant that it must Import a liking for lamp light as well as lamps

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for oil. The invasion was successful. One of the earlier American ventures was a cotton mill. Cotton cloth is a product that is in demand everywhere and there were plantations which already raised a limited supply of cotton. The American investment in Mexican cotton mills today amounts to millions. Development of Manufactures. Manufactures intended for use within the country are naturally of slower growth than those devoted to preparing Important staples for export - Yet American capital has entered this field, too. American textile mills are scattered throughout the republic and American plants manufacture paper, flour, soap and a hundred other commodities that are consumed withijpHie country. One American shoe factory in Mexico City turns out 3,000 pairs of shoes a day. Its capital is $1,000,ooo.' ■ ■>;- Electric plants of great power have been installed at many Mexican* waterfalls. German and English promoters have constructed the greater number of these, but some of the most important are purely American enterprises. . A Florida orajige grower who had been ruined by the “great frost" of 13 years ago, went to Mexico and bought a few acres in the foothills near Tampico, on the gulf coast.'When he told his neighbors that he meant to raise oranges there they laughed at him. Today the Tampico district exports its oranges, lemons and grapefruit to England and America. "The Floridian who introduced citrus fruit culture is now- a millionaire. He was quick to see the possibilities of a fruit nursery and has practically a monopoly of the sale of young trees In the republic. * " Progress of Agriculture. In ail the “agricultural awakenings” of Mexico, Americans have played the alarm clock. The investment In lands and irrigation schemes is not bo heavy as that in the mines, but it is growing at a remarkable rate. Only a few months ago a Texas ranchman leased 600,000 acres of land in the State of Chiapas, on which to raise cattle' and horses—a farm three-fourths as jarge as the stkte of Rhode Island. The Palomas ranch, which stretches along the border for 169 miles, contains 2,000,000 acres—one and ahprhalf times the area of Maryland. It lei owned by Los Angeles capitalists. An American project, backed by a New York syndicate, for adding to the great Irrigated lands in the valley of the Nazas river, is described as “the greatest agricultural undertaking in the hemisphere." It is now building a large dam of a new pattern, a main canal 75 miles in length, and SOO miles of smaller branches. It will water nearly 75,000 acres of the finest cotton lands in Mexico. The output from the irrigated land in a successful season is said to be one bale to an acre, which would make the product of 76,000 acres worth $375,000 in the New York market ’>V In recent years the purchases of sugar plantations and sugar lands by Americans have been enormous. A whole district in the sugar region is covered with American plantations, varying in size from 10,000 to 100,000 acres. The smallest of them represents hundreds of thousands of dollars; the larger—and many run above 60,000 acres—count for $1,000,000 or more. In a good, season' sugar land has paid as high as $75 an acre of 5 clear "profit. In mere commerce, of course, the* United States has a great deal at stake in Mexico. The imports of the republic last year were $98,000,000 (American money), and of that trade $57,000,000 came from the United States. ,