Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 128, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 May 1913 — Page 2

The Daily Republican Iwiy P»y Rtwpt Bnnd»y HEALEY A CLARK, Publisher*. RENSSELAER. INDIANA.

Bat baseball is such a strain on tbs voice l Thunder and lightning! Seems rather familiar. “Swat the fly." Yes, swat It way oat Into the outfield. About the only croaking one hears these days is done by the frogs. Many persons do not like the cabaret, preferring to know what they eat. St Louis boy swallowed a whole crawfish. Fortunately, it wasn't aa eel. Tombstone cutters are on strike — an added argument for the lower cost of decease. About this time, the preliminary step is taken in the formation of June brides. Only two per cent of musicians are bald, but it is too late for many men to Join a band. As soon as all women wear Renders on their hatpins the men can quit carrying nippers. The farmer ought to be a happy man about these times. Everybody wants to help him. Our” opinion Is that the world will survive despite incomprehensible pictures silt skirts. However, the kind of umbrella that you cannot lose is not much good for keeping out the rain. One trouble wtyh simplified spelling is that the authorities still foolishly insist upon regular rules. Experts tell us how to achieve a ripe old age, when what one wants is to retain one’s verdant youth. While adopting those dinky little hats the dear women cling obstinately to the old long range hatpins. There Is a peculiar fascination in the accoutrements of angling now displayed In certain shop windows. Some persons do not like the pleasant chorus of the frogs, but some persons have no music In their souls. A German banking house has tailed , and Its chiefs have fled. The examiner over there h&B a fierce mustache. A German banker named Puppe has fled, leaving debts of $7,500,000. Sort of going to the dogs, so to speak. For the cure of cancer $2,500 worth of radium was applied. At this rate few people will be able to afford to have one. Have you heard the wail of those who are humiliated because the luxury of paying an Income tax is denied them? Is the wearing of a green hat with a neat little bow in the rear an indication that the wearer possesses temperament? A Boston chiropodist has been arrested for bigamy. Possibly he has been throwing himself at the feet of too many women. Then there is that morbid form of self-conceit that leads a man to consider himself a hoodoo because the home team always loses when he atr tends a ball game. Climbing 200 steps after breakfast took superfluous weight from a woman. It probably would have the same effect upon a horse. The fact that some women can be Induced to resent bitterly the charge of being too well dressed shows that feminism is marching. And after it has taken us all these long years to learn to spell, why inflict misery through being, compelled to learn all over again? Baseball becomes more scientific every year. Expert tans now have telephone calls arranged in advance to summon them from their work. Only one child was born to every thirty families in Paris last year, which city would not be a desirable place for a baby carriage factory. That Seattle judge who made a prospective bride and bridegroom listen while he tried a divorce case certainly doesn’t cater to the marrying trade. Influences of the season are shown to be affecting our courts, one headline chronicling the fact that a "Juror was taken out of the box." A man’s throat was cut in a bar-ber-shop when a bomb exploded. He complained bitterly because he was not having his shoes shined. On the latest and greatest steamship just launched there are lifeboats for 5,260 persons. Still, the proper thing for a ship to do with lifeboats Js not to need them.

LONGEST AQUEDUCT IN THE WORLD

ONE of the largest, and in many respects the most wonderful, waterworks system in the world will be completed and placed in operation in the course of this month by the City of Los Angeles, Cal. The Aqueduct, with its system of five storage reservoirs, is 235 miles in length, and is designed to carry a daily supply of 258,000,000 gallons from the Sierra Nevada mountains southward across the great Mojave desert, under the Sierra Madre range and into the San Fernando valley, twenty-five miles northwest of the city. From here the water %eeded for domestic consumption will be carried in a six-foot steel pipe intp the city’s present distribution mains. The system comprises the longest aqueduct in the world. The project was inaugurated in 1905, and since 1908 an army of 5,000 men have been steadily employed night and day in its construction. On the desolate and sun-scorched desert the summer temperatures have ranged as high as 120 degrees F. In fact, one of the great problems has been to provide the men and animals with food and water and proper accommodations to withstand the climatic conditions. Of Various Forms. The Los Angeles Aqueduct, as It is called, is of various forms and designs. The first twenty-two miles Is unilned open canal, the following thirty-eight miles is an open ditch, and the remainder is in covered concrete conduit, tunnels, and concrete and riveted steel siphons, the latter being used to carry the water across deep canyons, or valleys. More than fiftythree miles of the aqueduct is composed of tunnels driven through solid granite, the longest being the Elizabeth tunnel, under the Sierra Madre mountains, with a length of five miles. The system of four storage reservoirs provides for the impounding of fifty billion- gallons, which, at the rate of the city’s present daily consumption, would be sufficient to supply the municipality for three years. Much of the work has been done from five to thirty-five miles from any railroad. Preliminary to the construction of the aqueduct it was necessary to build 390 miles of roads and trails, four water systems with 190 miles of mains, three hydro-electric power plants, a telephone Bystem 350 miles long, a standard gauge steam railroad 120 miles into the Mojave desert, and a cement mill costing $875,000. With the exception of one small contract for nine miles of conduits and tunnels, the entire work has been done by the city. The system is a gravity one throughout, the intake being at an elevation of 3,812 feet above and the elevation of Los Angeles being on an average only 276 feet The cost of the work has been $20,000,000, exclusive of any power development By impounding the flow of the aqueduct at its outlet during the rainy season it will be possible to deliver more than 300,000,000 gallons dally during the dry season—April 15 to October 16 —in which no rain falls. This is much more than sufficient to meet the daily requirements of the City of London. As the City of Los Angeles has a present population of only 400,000, and requires but 50,000,000 gallons daily, the surplus aqueduct flow for a long period of years will be devoted to the irrigation of 135,000 acres of orange and lemon lands adjacent to the city. Chief Features. One of the chief features of the enterprise is in the generation of hydro-electric energy. There is a fall of 1,500 feet in the aqueduct fortyseven miles from the city, with the possibility of developing 120,000,000 horse-power. Of this amount, 37,500 horse-power are now being developed at a cost of $3,360,000. The powerhouses will be ready for operation within several months after the aqueduct is placed in operation, and their output will be devoted to lighting the city’s streets and boulevards. The designer and constructor of this great work, which |n point of magnitude ranks as the third largest hydraulic work under way in the western hemisphere, is the City's Water Engineer, Mr. William Hulholland. The acoompanying picture gives a

good idea of the formidable nature of the enterprise, and the immense scale on which the work has been carried out It shows how the huge pipe has . been carried down one side of the arid Jawbone canyon, across the bottom of the valley and high up on the opposite side to the point where it dives below the surface of the soil, arifi is continued underground. The Jawbone siphon alone is 8,000 feet in length—or over one and a half miles—measures from seven feet six inches to ten feet in diameter, and has a total weight of 3,300 tons. The picture is taken looking north, from the south rim of the canyon and 800 feet above the valley floor, and between the bottom of the canyon and the point on its side where the pipe plunges underground the difference in level is 850 feet At the lowest point the water pressure is enormous —360 pounds to the square inch, which is equivalent to twenty-four atmospheres —and to resist- this internal pressure on the pipe the steel here is one and one-quarter inches in thickness, the rivets used in fastening the sections together being seven inches long.

MANY CLIMATES IN ALASKA

But There Is One Island Where Cold Weather Is Absolutely Unknown. “There Isn’t a section of the United States, I venture to say, where at some time frost has not been known,” remarked Hugh C. Todd of Seattle, chairman of the Democratic state committee of Washington, at the Willard, according to the Washington Post “But in Alaska, which is looked upon as the coldest country on earth, bar Greenland and the arctic region, there is an island where frost haß never been heard of. This is Middleton island, one of the Aleutian group of islands close to the Japan current There the temperature is always mild. Twenty miles away on the other side of the islands, it 1b nearly always freezing—in fact, is a country of such varied climate that almost anything can be produced. It is possible to grow strawberries, blackberries and other early summer fruit for the winter market. In the Susitna valley, which is the valley that distributes the waters of the southern slope of the coast range, the weather, I venture, is now warmer and finer than in any part of the United States. That is brought about, of course, by the Japan current.’’ Mr. Todd is the youngest chairman in the country, it is said. He was a candidate for governor of Washington in the primaries and was defeated by Governor Listen by only 300 votes. Then he turned in and managed Governor Lister’s campaign and won a victory. “Washington state is a commonwealth that 1b Just as widely diversified in her politics as her resources," said Mr. Todd. "We can produce nearly everything, and we raise all kinds of politicians. In the recent election every party, including the woman suffragists, Prohibitionists and Socialists, got some office.”

Have to Watch Crops.

Unwelcome visits* of predatory bands during the harvest season In China have led to professional "crop watchers” being hired to guard against the larcenists eager to ply their trade in orchard or Held. In some districts societies exist whose business it is to furnish watchers whenever required. Almost every field has its watch tower, and these frail tenements are never deserted, night or day, until the crop is gathered. Towers are necessary, as giant millet grows to a height of ten feet, usually, and often reaches fifteen feet Armed with sharp knives, the thieves enter the fields and cut off the large millet beads.

Law Aimed at Careless Autoists.

Following the example of other foreign cities, Paris has seen the light and henceforth the use of muffler cut outs on automobiles in that city will bring retribution in the form of the law. Their use has been made • misdemeanor punishable by fine Of imprisonment

LONG OR SHORT COAT

BOTH HAVE BANCTION OF FASHION THIB BEASON. V ' * ' .1 In Chiffon or Lace They Are Particularly Becoming—Rich Brocades, Elaborately Embroidered, Are Also High in Favor. There is no end to the short coats and wraps and each is more chic than the laßt, though you need time to accustom yourself to their abbreviation. Whether they are so generally becoming as the longer coats and cloaks is a question of taste. Certainly they consort better with the short skirt of the trotting frock. Long coats and cloaks for carriage and evening wear are lovelier than ever before, and the triumph of the season is the filmy coat of chiffon or lace usually without lining other than another tone of chiffon. One of the loveliest cloaks is of embroidered chiffon. The long lines of drapery are exceedingly artistic and the fullpess at the top of the coat at the hack is held in place by a square shaped tab of .exquisite embroidery. Another cloak is of brocaded crepe de chine. At the meek there is a high turndown frill of mousseline de sole.

Embroidered Black Crepe.

The cloak is shirred on a cord at the shoulders and the sleeves and bottom of the coat are also shirred on a cord, of the material. Equally good in its way is the shaped coat of gray charmeuse trimmed with small rose colored silk buttons and cord loops. It is finished with a

COOLER CLOTHES FOR BABY

One of the Problems That the Warmer Weather Puts Forward to the Young Mother. When the warm summer months confront us the youhg mother begins to think about cool clothes for baby, and not the least important of the articles required for the wardrobe 1b the loose coat to be worn over the long dress, for baby dare not be exposed to draughts at any time. The needlework Bhqps are showing an attractive variety of long coats made of crepe de chine or albatross. These can be copied with little difficulty. Purchase a kimono pattern for a baby in * long clothes and stamp the border with scallops. Down the fronts and across the sleeves stamp a dainty flower design; either forget-me-nots, rose buds or violets are suitable White silk of a fine quality should be used to embroider the flowers. First pad the petals, using white darning cotton for the purpose. Make the padding stitches the length of the petals and cover them with silk, making the stitches at right angles with the padding. Buttonhole the scallops with heavier twisted silk, padding them first with the darning cotton. Tie the fronts together with white ribbon an inch in width. If desired, these dainty coats can be lined with a light quantity of china silk, but they are more frequently onlined for summer use. If you haven't a little obe of your own. make a dainty coat for a tiny friend or relative. !t is fascinating work, as the soft materials are easy to work with.

CHIC STREET DRESS

Street dresß of red wool voile and creme satin with collar of Bulgarian embroidery.

narrow turndown collar of the rose colored silk finished with a narrow frill of rose colored chiffon. One exceedingly attractive model seen recently was of lace, chiffon and silk. At the front the upper part was draped in rever shape with a chiffon scarf, which was knotted in a large knot and ends which fell to the bottom of the cloak. The fronts were of lace over which soft silk was draped, falling in folds from the shoulders to the bottom of the garment. In soft satin and crepe, there are to be had numberless beautiful cloaks. Some of the rich supple brocades are used for superb cloaks and there are plain satins and crepes marvelously embroidered .Other models depend upon lines rather than ornamentation, and these, when successful, are veritable works of art. N > One peculiarly lovely model was In supple satin finished silken stuff which was probably a crepe' of some kind. It was in a soft cyclamen tone and was lined with a deep tdned smoky gray chiffon over whose surface was scattered a design of primroses in several cyclamen tints. The fronts fell back in soft draped revers to show the chiffon facing. All sorts of odd little shaped shoulder wraps in chiffon, lace and satin are being exploited by French designers, but many of them are en suite with frocks. One smart New York shop exhibited a model of black Chantilly lace to be worn with a costly lingerie frock, ’the front of the coat was ornamented with a large cluster of pink roses.

Summer Wraps.

Most of the summer wraps have sleeves cut in one with the body of the garment. Such wraps are usually collarless and depend for their charm on the beauty of the material. The new brocaded worsteds and cottons are utilized for such wraps.

DICTATES OF FASHION

Flat lace flounces will be approved for evening gowns and are considered smarter than the pannier effects. Brocaded crepe meteor is a new material and promises to outrival both chiffon and velvet in popularity. Ratine in warm tones of brown is one of the most effective colors in this material. It is very wide and wears well. It is absolutely essential this season that the slippers should match the color of the gown for evening wear, and the vogue is undeniably artistic.

Green and Bright Colors.

Not only in millinery are the brightest of colors to be seen, but also for gowns for home and street wear. These are being shown at the moment, but it will be popular with well dress ed women. The brightest shades ol emerald add grass greens are the most modißh, and tomato red and very bright flame colors are among th< favorites.. Then tangerine is particu larly popular for millinery and foi collar trimmings and for giving touchei of color to tallormade and houst gowns.

Shoe Horns With Handles.

Shoe horns with yard long handles are a novelty which all women will welcome, as by their aid footgear may b« adjusted without having to bend the back almost double, thus taking the lfOt of breaking the corset steels. Th« round. handles of slender walking stick circdinference come in' polished mahogany or golden oak and the horai In silver or gold plfte or in nickel They may be packed crosswise into • trunk of ordinal? size.

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Andre de Fouquieres, whom society lionized during the New York season, praised on his departure for Paris the wonderful energy of the American business man. “I once asked an American bust, ness man,” he said: “ ‘Do you know what leisure mCans V ‘“Why, to be sure, I do,’ the business man replied. ‘Leisure is spare time that can be devoted to some fresh Job of work.'"

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