Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 78, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 April 1911 — Page 3

IN VOGUE

COMFORT IN SLUMBER ggr 1, : •* ~ .**3~ --vfi, SLEEPING SOCK OF CROCHET IS WORTH MAKING. Directions for Article That Those of Any Age Who Are Troubled With Cold Feet Will Greatly Appreciate. This Bock is quickly and easily worked, and any kind of wool may be employed, if vest wool and a No. 14 bone hook be used, about 3 ounces will be required. ; These directions, which are for ladles’ medium size, may be easily adapted to a sock of any size. Work 54 chain, turn; a treble in every stich, commencing at the fourth from hook, turn with*, 2 chain, which will stand for 1 treble, a treble in the

back thread of each stitch to end of rOw; turn and repeat from*, work to and fro in this manner for 26 rows (13 ribs). Turn and work as usual, but 32 stitches only—this" should leave 20 stitches unworked, leave the same number of the foundation chain and work a treble into each of the cither 32 —this will make 64 stitches across the instep, turn —always with 2 chain —3l consecutive trebles, decrease by taking the 2 middle stitches together, 31 consecutive, turn, 31 consecutive, pass the middle stitch, 31 more consecutive, turn, 30 consecutive, take the 2 middle stitches together, 30 more consecutive, turn, 30 consecutive, pass the middle stitch, 30 more. consecutive, turn. Twenty-nine consecutive, take the 2 middle stitches together, 29 consecutive, turn; 2 trebles, take the next 2 together, 25 consecutive, pass the middle stitch, 26 consecutive, take 2 together. 2 consecutive, turn, and decrease each row like the last two until 4 rows more or until the foot is the length required; place the two sides together and Join on the wrong side with single crochet; fasten off. Work a row of double crochet round the lower edge, taking 2 stitches together at heel and toe. Work a double crochet through both threads of each stitch of the previous row—taking 2 together at the toe —and Join on wrong side. Join up front of leg and round top work 4 trebles with a chain between each under the end stitch of the nearest row, a double crochet under the next, and repeat all round. Last row—3 chain, 1 double crochet under each chain and into the double crochet between the scallops of the previous row. Tie round the ankle with a chain and tasßels of the wool.

GIVE THE DISTINCTIVE TOUCH

Initials on Articles of Personal Use Add Greatly to Pleasure of Possessor. Nothing gives so distinctive a touch as initials. Whether in silver, stationery, handkerchiefs or household linen, a monogram or initials enhances the value of a gift There is much difference in engraving, eo it pays to get your silver or Jewelry where you know artistic marking is done. Letter and note paper for formal correspondence is invariably marked. Most women have several dies, one with theik addresses for business and ordinary correspondence, the other with monogram or crest, for personal notes. Just now the letters woven into circles, diamonds or oblongs and placed at the upper left hand corner of note paper or card are extremely popular. Conservative women remain true to the three blpck initials, rather small, placed In center of paper or at left band corner. The hostess who entertains frequently has her monogram or crest stamped on gilt or silver-edged place cards, which are kept always on hand for emergencies. The die from one’s monogram paper can be used, the •tamping being done in gold or silver unless to match a special decoration. A 25-cent handkerchief will take quite a new air if the Initials of the owner are embroidered on it The lettering for ordinary ones is in small.

plain letters across one corner; for more elaborate ones a monogram or initials inside a medallion is preferred. Bureau coven, table scarfs, linen pillow slips, and centerpiece which can be picked up cheaply at White sales will look vastly better If marked with initials. • , ; V V--Bolster rolls of plain linen are better looking if they have three five-inch initials worked in the middle. . They should be heavily .padded to stand in bold relief. The girl who has little time for fancy work should learn only to embroider initials. It does not take long to mark one’s belongings, .and it increases their beauty. Especially for gifts is lettering useful. It makes them attractive and personal. See that the padding is regular and well rounded and that the covering for. the satin stitch is taken firmly with stitches close together, but not overlapping, and with edges even.

LOOKING TO PRACTICAL SIDE

Valuable Hint to Mothers Preparing . Dresses for the Latest Newcomer. Sewing for the llttlest one .seems ap easy proposition to the young mother before she begins the loving task, for she thinks all. that is needed is a few patterns and a variety of materials. But right at the beginning, when she sets out on her shopping tour to select these materials, she is confused and often buys more for the pleasing effect of what is in her hands than for future wear and tear. Nainsook of a soft quality and not too fine is the best material for those first little dreßses, and it is really more economical to buy this by the piece, as there Is always a use for this- soft material. The patterns may be bought in'sets and are thus easy to cut and baste, but when this is done the novice is usually at a loss as to how to properly finish the little garments. The first thing to be considered is that these little garments must be fashioned with a view to the rapid growth of the wee one. If a tiny tape be drawn through the neckband and around the lower part of the full yoke the dress can then be let out to fit the Infant as it gains in size. The tiny wristbands are a source of despair to the Inexperienced sewer, but If the edge of the sleeve be finished with a row of-beading edged with narrow Valenciennes, the sleeve can be drawn to fit the chubby wrist. And it must always be remembered that the plainer the first garments are the more comfort will be for baby, nurse and mother.

SMALL GIRL’S PARTY DRESS

Quite dainty ianur little model; it la made In- cream Jap silk, and has a yoke of tucked material in which the silk Is gathered; insertion, through which ribbon is threaded, covers the gathering. The sleeve and waistband are of the same. Insertion and lace trim the lower edge of skirt. Materials required: four yards silk 36 Inches wide, four yards insertion, three yards lace, four yards ribbon.

Largs Waists.

The Venus of Milo dressed In Parisian modes might pass muster now; thirty inches Is none too big now for a waist. Paris made the law and every one followed it Joyously; even the stays, pull as you may, will not give you a small waist It Is even rumored that Trench women pad the front of the figure to cause It to appear straight but the one desideratum is to keep the hips to the straight line. Catherine de Medici, when she introduced the bone corset, made thirteen Inches the right else for the waist and many a woman at court sacrificed her life to attain It There Is no necessity to have long bones to keep In the hips; coutll or brocade may be cut so as to confine the dimensions. Digestive organs are now left tall and easy play. ,

ANE GREAT feature of the jubilee of the Italian kingdom, celebrated this year, is nearly completed. This is w the elaborate industrial and art exposition in Turin, whieh is scheduled to open in April. The exposition grounds lie along the River Po and the various buildings erected by Italy and other countries are very handsome.

DEFEATS ICE TRUST

Boy Lets Pails Filled With Water Freeze and Stores Cakes. Got Idea by Thawing Out Pall In Henyard and Now Is Capitalist Himself—Sells Product to His * Neighbors. • ’ I.V • ' » Ware, Mass.—How would you like to be Independent of the ice trust next summer when the hot rays of the sqn are beating down and your refrigerator is empty, though you have had a card in ypur window for several days and have telephoned the ice trust and been choked off with the reply, “You will get your ice when it arrives and not before?” The 11-year-old son of a Ware sign painter has solved the problem/. Having already made two tons of ice and sold it to his father for 30 cente.a hundred pounds, he is busy making a further supply which he proposes to sell to neighbors next summer. Jerome is the son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Henry Eldredge of 57 East street and is one of nine children. It is a case of hustle to keep the family supplied With the necessities of life, and to each of the children old enough to be of assistance is assigned a task which makes the burdens lighter for all. Jerome feeds the hens, which are supposed to keep the family table supplied with fresh eggs, but usually fail in coming up to expectations. He also feeds the lone family pig and keeps Mrs. Eldredge supplied with coal and kindlings from the shed. Jerome has a longing to get a college education and become a lawyer, but has been told repeatedly that a college education costs money, and the only way he can get it is by strict economy and thrift.

It was while watering the hens one cold morning that Jerome hit upon the scheme of the Ice plant. The pan containing the water was filled with a cake of ice each morning, and It was necessary for Jerome to turn the pan bottom side up and pour hot water on it, the cake of ice then dropping out. In a, short time there was a pile of Ice that worried Jerome, because it came from water been rendered muddy and Impure by the hens and was unfit for use, but it occurred to him that he could draw water from the kitchen faucet that was pure, place it In receptacles, allow It to freeze, then get the cakes of Ice out In the same manner as he did from the hens’ pen. He asked his father If he would pay him the same price for ice that he had paid the iceman last year. Mr. Bldredge said he would be glad to do so If the Ice were of good quality and he would contract for two tons. The Ice has been delivered and paid for. Jerome has about two dozen receptacles of various styles and sizes. He first began with what stewpans and kettles he could abduct from his mother’s pantry, but now be has pressed the family wash tub, coal hod, wash pan, wash basin and about everything else into use, and has made square wooden boxes, which he fills with water and makes large cakes of ice In. These boxes he has already sold to his mother for use next summer for flower beds. The price was more than cost of the lumber to make them. The cakes of Ice vary In size from two to seventy-five pounds, and during zero weather Jerome has made as many as fifty cakes of Ice In a day. Jerome attends the seventh grade In the South street school. His four-year-old brother. John Harold, suggested a few weeks ago that he be taken Into partnership on a percentage basis, and he would keep the business moving while Jerome was In school. The suggestion was favorably received, and Johnny Is as Interested In the business as any one could be. When the neighbors’ boys come around Johnny keeps his eyes open and allows none of them near the lee plant explaining that the Ice must he clean and pure or it cannot be marketed. The boys have met some dlscouragement in the ice making business. At first Jerome used ordinary wooden pails and tin palls, but with the first freezing the palls were hopelessly ruined; aa tha Ice burst the pails in many places. The boys have learned that common enameled ware is best. Tin palls that are small at the bottom and large at the top are also useful, as the loe swells at the top much like

TURIN EXPOSITION IS NEARLY READY

THE BRITISH

a loaf of bread, and does not burst the receptacle. Warm weather Is also discouraging, as the ice that has already frozen in the dishes thaws. Jerome says they can literally see their money melt away. Each morning, the ice made during the previous 24 hours is packed into large dry goods boxes and sawdust is packed around the cakes. Jerome says that he will build an icehouse in the spring.

MAN IS MOTHER OF CHICKEN

Pennsylvania Farmer Hatches Out Little Chick' In His Bed by Warmth of His Body. X V Pittsburg, , Pa.-—Oscar Heinze, a farmer of Clifton, holds the human incubator record. Little did he expect when he took his bedtick to the barn recently and filled it with straw that he was to become parent to a chick. The straw happened to contain a hen egg, but Heinz did not know. Pbr a couple of weeks he slept on the newly-flUed mattress before he was aroused by a “Cheep! cheep! cheep!" He lighted a lamp and searched the room, but could not find the source of the sounds, winch had become louder. Finally he was convinced the “cheep, cheep” came from his bed, and with a knife slit open tie tick. Inßlde, near the surface, was a lively chick, which the heat of his body had hatched from the egg. ■■ ■■

Ammonia Produced From Air.

Berlin .---Professor Haber’s new process for utilizing atmospheric nitrogen for the production of ammonia is reported to be so successful that synthetic ammonia is about to be placed on the market.

HOUSE KEEPS ITSELF

One Woman’s Experience in Automatic Housekeeping. Y- "Y '■#- Not a Bit of Bother for the Modern House Wife as Mechanical Labor Saving Appliances Are Now Applied. London. —The modern woman demands, above all else, that her time — or the greater part of It—shall be her own. She Insists on freedom to earn her own living, to acquire culture, or to educate her children and be a panion of her husband, and therefore the modern house must needs “keep” Itself. This It will not do If the vexed domestic servant question Is continually to the fore, and some women are at last grasping the great comfort of letting mechanical labor saving appliances do their work for them. I happen to know one of these present day women, says a writer in the Dally Mail. She Is married and has two children, but she Is busy every day with many interests outside her home. Yet her house is better managed than any I know. Some days ago she showed me over her dwelling, and let me Into some of her work-and-worry saving secrets. “My ‘wonder box’ is packed with insulating material and lined with steel. The children’s nurse or I merely cook our dishes on a gas stove for a few minutes, then pop them in here, and go out and forget about them. When I come back in the evening they are cooked and hot —ready to serve, in fact. The children's meal is put in earlier in the morning and is ready by midday. Delightfully simple, isn’t itr' On the sideboard were several devices for producing breakfast with the least possible effort. This meal was always cooked on the table, I learned. An egg steamer, a chafing dish, a coffee percolator and an electric radiator for making toast were the most prominent items. In a corner of the room stood a small electrically worked vacuum cleaner which made light of the toilsome business of sweeping and dusting. The floors, which were all linoleum covered, were washed with the aid of a self-wringing mop. A porcelain anthraoite stove occupied the hearth, and over this my friend waxed regretful “I bated to

THE BELGIAN AND FRENCH PAVILIONS

CANADIANS CALL FOR GIRLS

Hundreds Storm Agent Who le In London Seeking Brides for Young Farmers of Northwest. London. —Thomas Howell, the Canadian immigration agent who 1b conducting a search throughout England for brides for the stalwart farmers of Canada, has given up searching, and is really trying to lose himself, as brides-to-be in a veritable army, not content with bombarding him with tons of letters, are here by the hundreds seeking personal interviews. There are touches of humor in some of the letters received by Mr. Howell, who has been overwhelmed with invitations to teas and other functions dear to the feminine heart One of the letters received is from a young woman in a London workhouse, , who, with unconscious irony, writes: , "Please come and see me. I can make you quite at home.” Women, however, are not half so anxious as the men of England to go to Canada. It is estimated that fully 160,000 English mechanics, farmers and laborers will leave for the Dominion during the coming season. -By direct route from London nearly 17,000 passengers will start for Canada in March, and in addition, during that month about three thousand immigrants will reach that land of promise via the United States. The phenomenal immigration is attributed to the general prosperity and immense advance in railway construction in Canada. Fully 30 per cent of these Immigrants are skilled workmen,. and nearly all of them have means upon which to subsist for months after their arrival. There is no doubt that immigration is being stimulated by English imperialist organizations which expect through these sturdy Britons to neutralize the effects of the great rush from the United States to "Our Lady of the Bnows.” ,

give up my beloved open Art,” she confessed. “But it went dead against my principles, and it made more work than all the rest of my household put together. This stove Is the next "fleet thing, for at least I can open the front and toast my toes at it. It only requires stoking every twenty-four hours, and it makes no dust” When I demanded to see the kitchen, she told me there was none. “A kitchen only exists for the comfort of servants," she reminded me. ‘1 have no servants, so why should I have a kitchen? Come and see my workshop, though. " And She led me into a small square box of a room, containing only a sink, a gas stove, a table, and two cupbhards built into the wall. Of that coal devouring, work producing monster, the kitchen range, there was no sign. "But hot water?” I pretested. “How can one live without constant supply of hot water?" I was told to put my head inside one of the cupboards, which 1 did. but I withdrew it agqln hastily. The temperature was at least 80 degrees. The cupboard, it appeared, contained an automatic gas hot water heater, from the tank of which small pipes extended and circled round the walls. They met again in large pipes, one of which carried off the water to the kitchen sink, the other to the bathroom. The gas burners under the UnV were lighted each morning and burned at full power for tea minutes or so, till the water“Secame heated. Then the burners lowered themselves automatically to mere pin points of flame. When the tank was emptied, or partly so, it refilled itself with cold water, and the burners popped up again and heated the tankful once more. "And the cost of keeping house by your methods?" I asked. "The initial oost—of furnishing—i« perhaps rather high. But I think our weekly bills would make most hotm*keepers open their eyes." was the an swer.

New York.—J. W. Ellsworth, philanthropist of this city, la doubling the savings of all children under 19 years of age In his boyhood home. Hudson. Ohio, to encourage their thrift. The only condition Is that children must go to school and earn the money after hours. Each is expected to write him how the money was earned.

Doubles Children's Savings.

To Be Consecrated to God

SN the Old testament, God commands that all the first bom of both man and beast, in fact the who!#' race of Israel, should be consecrated to God. They also consecrated their grain substance—the tithe of the land —holy nnto the Lord. 1 In the New Testament, all were commanded to consecrate that they might be a holy people, a chosen generation, a royal priesthood. We leant from Hebrews that the Son of God was consecrated forever; then let ns press into this new and living way. The ministry never can have power with God and man, unless truly Consecrated to the one who has given them the call to preach the everlasting gospel. This consecrration most be kept, In spite of men or devils. Like Peter and John, “obey God rather than men.” Brethren in the ministry, are we consecrated to God’s call to preach the gospel, giving ourselves to the ministry of the word" and prayer as Christ in the garden, Peter on the housetop, Paul in fasting and prayer till God spake, Daniel in prayer and supplication; the devil’s breast work broken down. We cannot blame the laity for not wanting to support a man that is not consecrated to the ministry. Want Full Service. " ;A preacher half given up to the 1 ministry will discourage any class and weaken their faith and, when this takes place, those who follow (though they are men of. God given up to the gospel) will suffer because of the unfaithfulness. Let us have a consecrated ministry first, then, and not tiff then, can we, lead the flocks into a full consecration, t firmly believe that in our little ilon we have some of the most self-sacrificing, self-denying, both in the ministry and laity. The shepherds must lead in this great battle against sin. Dear brethren, keep where the fire of, the' Holy Ghost can burn out all trace of things that would entangle or Under or divide onr minds. We have often had the question put to us, "What will become of our families? Our income will not permit us to lay aside anything for the future.” We can only trust to the one Who has called us with the highest calling. Here again is the keeping of our consecration fully. Oh, for that spirit of Paul who said, “Be ye followers of me even as I also ■am of Christ;” again, “determined not to know anything among you, save Jesus Christ and him crucified.” . . „ , Will Win and Keep Flock. Oh, my beloved brethren, a ministry "crucified with Christ” will carry an influence that will stimulate and win the confidence of God’s people. Without having the confidence of God’s people, the shepherd never can lead them. A consecrated and sanettifled preacher will prove himself. It may take time, but with patience let us possess' our souls. Brethren, we are apt to think too much of ourselves. The life that is poured out for others will receive the richest treasure. "Give and it shall be given unto you; good , measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over.” Many of God’s servants fail to go far enough along this Una. Brethren, God being our helper, let us venture farther out on these exceeding great and precious promises; then, as our consecration unfolds, oh let ns plunge deeper into the fountain that cleanseth from ail sin. God’s servant who lives these truths before the flock will surely (fad those who win b% ready to pluck out their eyes (read Gal. 4:5); yea, give of their lard earned means for the support of God’s called man. If you Suffer the will of God “Ye dd well,” ys do well, do well. —E. J. Managh, In Gospel Banner. , -■ ■

Working With God.

Man can only work successfully on God’s lines. In every successful achievement there IS always more of God than of man. To win we must find out his way and let him work for us. In physical things we have learned to let God In Nature’s forces carry our, messages, turn our wheels, and pull our coaches. Not less so, In the spiritual world, we shall only reach good worka by joining ourselves to his power. There Is no high goodness outside of divine grace. Yet even God cannot reach his end without us. His path to his highest purpose flows through man’s will and needs man for its full accomplishment. Neither faith nor works is God’s final goal, but faith that forma character and works that spring from character.

Respect to Authorities.

There Is a great evil In this land that forebodes revolution or s partial upheaval of society. The only way to avoid a catastrophe It to teach our young inen to respect the authorities placed over them.—Rev. Cardinal James Gibbons. Rom ah Catholic, Baltimore, Md. yj

Hell.

We speak of hall aa a place, but Its essential elements are found fa tha Inward conditions and not the outward circumstances. The external sad material description Is the reflection of the Internal and spiritual condition. —Rev. R. S, Mac Arthur, Baptist, h{gw v ork City.