Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 January 1912 — Page 3

THE AMERICAN HOME W-A.RADFORD EDITOR

Mr. "William A. Radford will anirwWF questions and give advice FREE OF COST on all subjects pertaining to the subject of building, for the readers of this paper. On account of his Wide experience as Editor, Author and Manufacturer, he Is, without doubt, the highest authority on all these subjects. Address all inquiries to William A. Radford, No. ITS West Jackson boulevard, Chicago, 111., and only inclose two-cent stamp for reply. • This house plan appeals to me n being one of the neatest and most interesting low-cost houses I ever built. The plan lends Itself to a splendid arrangement of rooms, both upstairs and down. It is easy to arrange the necessary conveniences when the rear of the house is wider than the front, and this object is easily accomplished with a two-section roof on the three-gable plan—one of the most satisfactory' roots ever built. This style of roof dates back to the earliest American architecture. It originated |n. the efforts of builders to add a pleasing front to the old-fashioned long houses built with the side to the road; but thlsplan has been t improved upon, until the completed house shows very little resemblance to the original efforts in this direction. . < While the front part of the house is pleasing and the arrangement is almost perfect, the rear section is given up entirely to the dining room, kitchen and the accessories to these rooms. While we all like to see a pretty parlor and an attractive hall, we should remember that a house is built to live in next year and for a good many years to come. The work of getting uneals Is about the same, day after day and year after year. Meals are prepared in the kitchen and served la the dining room three times daily, and a little saving in workeach time amounts to a great deal in the aggregate. A dining room 12 feet wide and 26 feet 6 inches long is unusual, even in a large house. This Is not a large house, but there Is room enough for a large dining room without encroaching on anything else. The little square hall in the rear is

really a vestibule. It is the right place for an ice-box. away from the of the kitchen, but not far enough away to be inconvenient I like to see a refrigerator close to the outside entrance. Ice comes in dripping wet in warm weather, and the man who carries it usually has more or less mud and dirt on his boots, it is a great saving on a woman’s nerves to have dirt left* outside, or as near outside as possible. Then there Is a saving of ice by having the refrigerator in a comparatively cool place, ts we have our own ice-house, the work of getting the ice out washing It and putting it into the Ice-box is

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considerable, bo that the economy, even in this case, is advisable; but when ice is bought and paid for at prevailing summer prices, the necessity for being careful la much greater. , Sometimes it is not convenient to drain the Jce-box into the sewer. When placed neat to the outside wa® it Urou « a u* an elbow, and run the pipe outside, the waste water from the melting ice carried oyteWfc of the wall and the

drip carried to a bed of mint. We all know how to appreciate roast lamb with mint sauce; and when the mint is gathered fresh and clean at the side of the house, it is mufih more of a delicacy; than when bought from the market and carted around through the dust for 24 hours before being delivered. Mint will grow fairly well In the garden if lightly shaded; but it is a water-loving plant, and does better when it gets a continual supply of moisture. If the pipe from the Icebox is short, the water is likely to be rather cold. It Is better to run the water along an open trough for a distance of eight to feet feet, to raise the temperature of the drip water. For this purpose an open trough Is better than a pipe, for two reasons:

Second Floor Plan.

the water is exposed to the atmosphere, and warms up much better in summer; and, if the ice-box Is used in cold weather, a trough will not burst when the water freezes. Another drain for an ice-box that came under my observation, was carried to a porcelain dish for the benefit of the birds. It kept a constant supply of water in a shallow dish, and the birds

enjoyed their daily bath during the warm weather. It was amusing to see them splash the water about. This was an occurrence that interested and delighted the children very much. This style of house just suits a twostory porch, .and the porch seems tofit the house as though it grew there. It is not always easy to arrange a porch on three sides of a house with- - out making some of the rooms dark, but that objection is eliminated in this plan. This style of porch is a finish to the building and is a great protection to both front and side doors opening into the dining room. I .tike an outside entrance to the dining room, especially where the room is large and not overcrowded with furniture. I think most house wives likevthld' arrangement also. A dining room is not furnished usualls so expensively as a front parlor. When there is a side entrance the immediate friends of the family usually step right into the Inner circle without the formality of ringing the front door bell. There is an element of sociability in this sort of thing that induces comfort Ido not believe in furnishing a parlor in such a way that it is too nice Jd use. 1 believe ih comfort first and'jshow afterward; but at thh same tlme‘&is considerable work to keep the frdut part ot the house In first-class condition and have every member of the family running through it continually, A woman dislikes to order the children qut of the parlpr, to stay out, unless they have some other place to go, and there should be a comfortable place for the children in every home. The'dining room in this house offers a solution of the problem. With a good grate and a cheerful fire In cold weather, the youngsters will be found in the dining room every tinfe, unless the old folks are so selfish that they are obliged to find recreation at one of The size of this house is 33 feet « inches wide by 34 feet tong, exclusive of the porch, which Is large enough to mate six good rooms, besides numereus cupboards, bathroom, and an alcove that comes la very handy tor a, sewinx room. jsuo., .

LOVERS KILL SELVES

.... .. Sequel to Forty Years Romance of French Sweetheart — After Marriage Was Forbidden Jules and Marguerite Met Dallyand Exchanged Vows—Are “ - Paris, France.—Tragedy has closed the remarkable love affair of Jules Denis and Marguerite Plezezlns. They were engaged forty years Marguerto plan and scrape to keep bls mother. The first duty of each was to the parent. 'ij.' • The years went creeping on and It did seem, at last, that they would be married. But Jules was robbed and lost his position and the doctor told Marguerite her aged father would live another ten years, because she nursed the old man "so wonderfully well."

Then the next morning the concierge of a house In Belleville sent a messenger boy to the fifth floor with a note to Jules Denis. At the same time the concierge in a street' in La Villette sent a boy to the fourth floor with a message addressed to Mdlie Marguerite Piezezinski. Both boys returned with the notes. They had knocked but had received no reply Each concierge sent for a locksmith and the police. Jules Denis lay dead in his bed. A bottle which bad contained laudanum was by bls side, and in his hand was a sheet of paper con-' taining a last word to bls sweetheart Marguerite was found In her room dressed in white and dead, and -er hand held a paper with a word on it to "Jules, my loved one." There was a laudanum bottle by her bedside, too. • _ ' . The police opened the notes sent by messengers. ’ “It is accomplished, Marguerite,” said one. “It Is accomplished, Jules/* said the other. 7 - , Jules Denis was 68 years old. Marguerite Plezezinski was 57. They met when Marguerite was 17 and Jules 28. Marguerite was the daughter of comparatively wealthy parents. Jules was a clerk at |3O a .month. They wished to marry, but their parents laughed at them and said: “There is plenty of time to think it over.” Marguerite's parents could live without work, but had no money for a marriage portion for their daughter suf-, flcient for a son-in-law without a reasonable income. So Marguerite and Jules met each day, exchanged vows and waited.

Married Old Man For Love

Young Bride of Head of United Wireless, 67 Years Old, Says She Did Not Wed for Money. New York.—lt was for love and not for money that pretty 18-year-old Stella Lewis married Christopher Columbus Wilaon, the 67-yeahr-old head of the United Wireless company, she informed United States Commissioner Alexander. Mrs. Wilson, who was married the day her husband was indicted for using the mails to defraud, was a witness In the bankruptcy proceedings to ascertain if Wilson had concealed any of the $1,500,000 he is supposed to have obtained from the sale of United Wireless stock. He is to be brought from Atlanta, where he Is now serving a three years’ sentence, to testify Dec. 22. Mrs. Wilson, who had been a stenographer for the United Wireless, enlightened the commissioner and Saul 8. Myers, attorney for the receiver. as to why she had married, but she did not furnish Information as to whether or not her husband had

HUGUENOTS GET PAINE HOME

Secure Building as a Headquarters in New Rochelle —Celebration Planned. New Rochelle, M. Y. —Henry M. Lester, president of thw Huguenot Association of New Rochelle, turned over to the trustees of the association the house which was given by the state of New York to Thomas Paine after the Revolution in recognition of his patriotic services. With the house goes an acre of ground on North ave- ; nue, known as Deveau House and ground are valued at 310,000. The board of trustees elected JamesS' Haviland, president; Charles Fryer, secretary, and George F. Flandreaux. treasurer. Mr. Lester bought the old house tores years ago, moved it to its present site, and restored it It is now known as Deveau House, renamed for its original owner, a Tory, who fled at the outbreak of the Revolution, it is the headquarters of toe Huguenot association, and is used as a public museum of Huguendt-and Westchester county relics The association is preparing for a" celebration in 1913 to commemorate toe two hundred and twenty-fifth anniversary of the settlement of New by Huguenots. The common council and other city officials will be invited to take part in toe event, which will probably take toe form of an -old-fashioned festival, with pageants. An official delegation from the city ot La RocbeUe. France. Is to be received, having accepted the invitation extended > Henry M Lester and Charles Fryer, who represented New Rochelle at a special celebration at La Rochelle last October.

NEW CHINESE MINISTER AND FAMILY

ALFRED SZE, the new minister from China, is the youngest envoy ever sent here by his country. He was educated in Washington, is an allround athlete, and intensely fond of baseball. With him are his charming wife and little baby.

Jules somewhat but never earned more than SI,OOO a year. As time went on they continued to see each Other every day, each day renewing their vows of love. They did not dream of disobeying their parents* Injunction of waiting on marriage until they were in “a position to do so.” Jules never went to Marguerite's house except when her mother died, and Marguerite never went to the small flat to see Jules’ mother. Both understood that for them marriage was hopeless—for the time. Jules must look after his old mother. Marguerite must nurse her paralyzed father. Jules managed now and then to pile another coin on the tiny heap he was saving for the marriage day And so time went on and he was 68 and she was 57. And then the other day Jules was sent to cash the check for nearly $5,000. Jules cashed the check at the bank. As he neared the door a man stumbled against him' and he fell. When he arose the man was gone and the money had disappeared Jules was accused, of nothing but

any assets lying around that a receiver in bankruptcy could get hold of. According to her testimony It would have been more profitable for her if she bad remained with her note book, pencil and typewriter Instead of marrying a man who, at the time of the wedding, was supposed to be worth millions. The marriage came at the time the government was looking for Miss Lewis to use her as a witness against the Wireless heads at the trial. It is the belief of the creditors of the Wireless company that Wilson has concealed about $750,000. One question of Attorney Myers showed it was his opinion that Wilson, prior to his arrest in the summer of 1910, made a trip to Europe and deposited in banks over there about $450,000. ■ This was news to Mrs Wilson, she said. - * She last saw her busband at Atlanta about three weeks ago. She is now residing with her parents at 605 West 115th street, and said she was subsisting on their bounty, as all the money her husband had given her

Bigger Cars Than Ever

Pennsylvania Railroad Is Planning for For Eighty-ton Gondolas—To Use Heavier Wheels. Chicago.—Plans which provide for a tremendous increase in the capacity of steel freight cars have been formulated by the engineers of toe Pennsylvania railroad. The new gondolas and hoppers are to be 52 feet long over all and 50 feet 2 inches inside The hoppers will have a capacity of carrying 93,000 pounds of coke, against 60,000 pounds, the capacity of the largest cars now in use These cars will have a rated capacity of 140,000 pounds, but will be sufficiently, strong to safely carry 160.000 pounds or 80 tons of material. This great increase In carrying capacity will necessitate the strengthening of all of the material entering into steel car construction, the iron Trade Review says. It will probably mean the entire elimination of the cast iron car wheels for freight service and the substitution therefor of solid steel wheels. Recently the Pittsburg and Lake Erie Railroad company placed in service 46-foot freight cars, which are toe largest now In use>.lja addition to the strengthening of ill car parts, including not only the wheels and axles, but also all forgings and castings entering into ear construction, toe reenforcement. of many bridges to withstand the increased loads of these heavy trains will follow. Anticipating an Increase in steel car carrying capacity. the Pennsylvania railroad has been strengthening all of its bridges

carelessness. He was not even suspected but the chief partner in the firm for which Jules worked told him that he must find another position. And on that same day the doctor told Marguerite that she had nursed her father so well he probably would live another ten years. So she would be 67 years old before she could marry. She shuddered at the thought and felt a pang of shame, and then—she lost all hope. And if Jules Denis had waited only a .Jew hours longer they at last could have seen the way to happiness in marriage after their years of true devotion to their parents. For soon after the discovery of Jules’ death it was found that bis mother had died in her sleep in the night Marguerite’s father was found in a collapse Indicating that his days were few. He is 85. When be looked up at neighbors who went to him after the finding of bis daughter’s body they could not tell him the news, and be could not understand why his daughter had not brought his morning chocolate to him as usual Servants must look after him now.

since be was taken to prison. $550, had been expended. Mrs. Wilson said the only property her husband had at tile time she married him was a house at Long Beach. He was offered $30,000 fbr it, but ft was assigned to his attorneys in payment of their fees for defending him. She said she believed John B. Stanchfield received $40,000 for conducting Wilson’s defense.

Plants Coronation Tree.

London.—The Prince of Wales has planted a Windsor Forest oak tree at Flemish Farm, Windsor Great Park, to commemmorate coronation year, it was placed near the oak planned by King George last year to commemorate bls first day’s shooting as king in Windsor Forest The spade used has painted upon it the colors ot the Union Jack.

Ropes a Wildcat.

Livingston, Mont.—While a large crowd watched him. Gene Uoafarr, fifteen years old, son of Eugene Uonfarr, a well-known Montana sportsman, roped a big wildcat which strayed into town and was discovered in front ot a department store.

on both its main line and branches. Heavier rails must also be used and the Central Railroad Company of New Jersey has experimented for some months with 125-pound rails, which have been laid on an extensive stretch of track. The wooden tie will of necessity have to be replaced by steel ties and It is believed that a heavier tie than now manufactured will have to be used.

Houses Sink as Mine Caves.

Scranton, Pa.—Two houses sank 6b feet into a mine cave in Rom avenue, endangering many lives* The bouses were occupied by Warren Stephens and Patrick J. Buckley. Buckley’s wife was preparing breakfast when the houses began to settle. She aroused the members of the family and all escaped, but Stephens and tils wife were penned in their bedrooms. A ladder was towered by neighbors and the couple was rescued.

Apes Learn to Talk.

London.—The apes gj the zoo are being taught to talk, so that human beings can understand what they say. The. experiments are quite unotfidal. Professor Boulanger of the Natural History Museum, South Kensington, and bis son, Mr. E. Boulanger, in charge at tbe reptile bouse, make a point of visiting the chimpanzees in. tbe new ape home and | 4 I There are few beggars tn Switzerland, and two-fiftha the adult populw* tlon have deposits in banks.

IN THE PREVAILING MODE

Now if the file In a rasping tong should call'the auger a boro, If * wore a bobble skirt would the Illy pad—and Can g nc&enger be a cheerful mattf when he’s jLfyays in the dumps If you board a spell at a shore hotells the you If a parrot can swear can a crocus, too? Enough, ere we all grow iU-3 If a single-car weighs several tons, how ifluck does the whole subway? “ If * Harvard oarsman rows in * shell, in what does the salmon roe? ' ■ fllll If no grata Is grown in the frozen north, what ihen does the Eskinw? : If a gtm BtoswF woqld aiparachute? Thlit irtuff gives me a pain. _ If a thief broke into-a drtig store, do you think that the.dogwood,bark? If the house wasfulland the water drunk, would the hose reel all around? And if the waters could speak an they flow, how would Long Island Sound? .. - . - If the water pipes in a dance hall burst would the dancers use their pumps? V* .JOE ~ And the monkey wrench a not from the vise, Would the plane just smooth things o’ektfy This is the frivolous sort of thing that is dubbed a Daffydill.—-Boston Transcript.

ALL SORTS.

Presumption is the daughter of ignorance. The sweets of married life should never be kept in family Jars. >3 ’ """ ‘ ' ■ Folly was condemned to serve as a guide to Love, whom she had blinded. duties in Spain cost little to construct, but i.»j»t deal to'demolish. There are some men whose friends are more to be pitied than their enemies. The woman we love the most is often the one to whom we exprees it the least. 'i A suggestive shop sign: “Don’t go somewhere else to get swindled; walk '"be™"' £ Memory is the moonlight of the mind, touching the rains of -the past with a softened light. A man may talk and talk and not be a bore if he talks to you about your good points. As A tear in ‘the eye of a woman is ten times more persuasive than a rolling pin in het hands. - ' -f

ATCHISON GLOBE SIGHTS

Every time an old bachelor meets a young widow he gfts stage fright When some people pray it sounds more like an order than a petition. A prima donna doesn’t always lose her temper when she goes up In tbe air. /jaS .. . -aßgSft . Eternity seems a long time—except to a couple of women engaged in saying good-by. Many a woman drives her husband to drink and then blames him for letting her do it. W’' What a small boy can’t understand Is how a small girl manages to keep her hands so clean. • ~~ How contented most woxpep seem to be who. live alone—and hoW'dlsContentpd most men are who try it! “Hey, there!” called an' old farmer to a man on the corner—-and three grass widows stopped and looked around. . - «--- .X -'—

LOVELINESS.

Art - And beauty.-*? <- __ ."A. Let us ntt htfrry soWe need to feed upon loveltoess. The contemplation of it makes us richer. / - i-SV Must we be always practical, and at Bto ’ Let us lag feet a little so’we may develop tn lohfegcuw of spirit/ln gentleness and charm. “ To be capabte-of loving beauty is to bridge a discouraging gap in oar lives between eflferlLJMl attainment. A wdrld ofentoantment to by the Wit loveliness.