Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 148, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 June 1913 — Page 2

WHAT THE FOURTH OSTSUS

F the experience of past IgfeZ " 'jt years is repeated the an.jjg.JSH nual celebration of the signing of the Decla■Li ration of Independence tw this year will cost lives. No more serious results, as far as casualJ ties are concerned, could be expected from a considerable battle. For though the number of dead will be relatively small, the list of wounded will be very large. Probably 20,000 or more will be seriously hurt in one way or another by explosives. Of these more than 100 will lose one or both legs. Nearly 100 boys will receive injuries In the right hand from toy pistols, from which they will die In a lingering and painful manner from lockjaw.

In the palm of the human hand there is a plexus, or network of nerves. When a toy pistol explodes, or shoots backward, as it is always liable to do, the wound inflicted is usually in the palm; there is laceration of the network of nerves aforesaid, and lockjaw is likely to follow. _—... - The estimate of 20,000 wounded does not include the slight-hurt, who will make a much longer list. But taking the figures given, and leaving out of consideration all destruction of property by fire, it would seem that the nation's bill for its Fourth of July celebration is a pretty heavy one. The property loss by fires due to careless use of explosives, will amount to at least >500,000. Possibly it may run up into the millions, but the estimate here given represents merely an average Fourth of July. People will throw firecrackers into places,, where they are likely to start conflagration, and skyrockets, which excjte such enthusiasm when they go up, have a deplorable way of coming down upon roofs and making mischief. Then, too, many of the modern kind of fireworks, such as the bombs, which rise 1,000 feet in the air and explode, liberating beautiful showers of varicolored stars, contain considerable quantities of high explosives, and are proportionately dangerous. Only last Fourth of July, it will be remembered, many people'were killed and wounded by the accidental setting off of a quantity of such bombs which had been put in readiness for a fireworks exhibition. t Some, probably a dozen, shops that contain large stocks of fireworks will be destroyed by the accidental setting oft of the combustibles, incidentally endangering much property in their neighborhood. Few finer and more striking exhibitions in the fireworks line are given on the glorious Fourth than are furnished by such impromptudisplays. but they cost a great deal of money. If grown people are satisfied to risk life and limb in playing with the high explosives contained in many kinds of fireworks, it is nobody’s business but theirs. Unfortunately, some of the instruments of celebration placed in the hands of children are loaded with small quantities of similar deadly materials. Naturally, the little ones like best the torpedoes which make the loudest noise, and those are the ones that contain fulminate of mercury (an exceedingly dangerous substance) and sometimes even dynamite. Just why the police do not take the necessary pains to suppress the sale of such torpedoes nobody can say. To offer them for sale is against the law, but ordinarily the regulation is not enforced, and little Bobby or Johnny walks Innocently about the streets on the Fourth of July with enough dynamite in his jacket pocket to injure him seriously, or possibly kill him, if a nyschance should set off his package of torpedoes all at once. Parents are not acquainted sufficiently with the danger that lurks in some kinds of torpedoes. If they were at all aware of it, accidents of the kind would be less frequent, and public opinion would bring about the proper enforcement of the law which forbids the sale of these bombs —for bombs they are, though only small ones. Of

JUDGED OTHERS BY HIMSELF

Small, Persistent Jibber Inugined Colored Man Had Been Punished In the Customary Way. There are no negro settlers In the portion of the Ozark Mountains of ArkanMs traversed by the St. Paul branch of the St. Louis & San Francisco railroad. Accordingly many children grow to the age when they attend high school before they see a colored man

course, most torpedoes are entirely harmless; but some of the small ones, round and very hard, about the size of a marble, which go off with a report like a pistol-shot, are in the deadly class, containing as they do fulminate of mercury. Years ago, as most people will be able to recall, there was a dreadful Fourth of July accident in Philadelphia. A large quantity of torpedoes, of a kind whose sale had been expressly prohibited by local ordinance, was exposed on a street stand, kept by an Italian, on one of the busiest downtown thoroughfares. Exactly what caused it nobody ever knew, but apparently a stone thrown by a boy struck the torpedoes, and all of them went off together. They were loaded with dynamite, and the explosion was tremendous. Seven children were killed, while a number of others were more or less seriously hurt. A great many of the Fourth of July accidents are caused by children’s mischief. A boy will throw a firecracker at a girl, for example, burning her seriously. Then there is the deadly cracker that has failed to explode, and which must be examined and relighted, the consequence being an unexpected report and possibly the loss of an eye. The large crackers, some of which are a foot or more in length, are really dangerous bombs, and should not be put in childish hands. No prudent father would allow his boy to use a toy cannon, with loose gunpowder, which is likely to become ignited with dis-

STILL AMONG THE LIVE ONES

Woman’s Fear That Husband Had Departed This Life Proved Altogether Unfounded. “I beg your padon, if 1 disturb you, sir,” she said to the keeper of the morgue, “but my husband has been gone two days, and I fear that he may have been killed on the street and brought here.” "Husband missing, eh?” queried the official. “We may have him in her. What sort of a looking man was he?” “A short, thick-set man, sir, with side whiskers and two front teeth gone,” “Um. Side whiskers, eh? Two front teeth gone? Was he a man likely to get in front of a cable car’” “He was, sir. If he thought the car meant to bluff him, he’d stand on the track until he was run over.” “How was he on dodging hacks?” "He never dodged one in his life. He used to carry half a dozen rocks tied up in a handkerchief, and the hackman who tried ,to run him down got his head knocked off.” ’’Been gone two days, eh?” "Two days and a night, sir. and you don’t know how worried 1 am.” "Yes, I suppose so,” absently replied the man. "I wish I could say he was here, and thus relieve your anxiety.” "Then he isn’t here?” "No’m—not unless he shaved toss

Little Johnny had been a resident of Combs, Ark., all his life. He was an adept at fibbing and to break him of the habit his mother painted a little spot on his with ink every time she caught him fibbing. The result was that some days he would have several black spots on his hands. A hew railroad Is building from Combs south, and some of the grading contractors imported negroes to drive teams. One day Johnnie raff to bis mother very excitedly, and exclaimed:

astrous results. Indeed, the list of killed and wounded would be enormously diminished if parents would take the necessary pains to keep toy pistols, raw gunpowder, and giant firecrackers out of the hands of their children, reserving to themselves also the business of setting off the fireworks in the evening. % If we must have a Fourth of July celebration, let us try to be more sensible about it, and so cut down the number of slain and injured, as well as the serious property loss of bygone Guns and pistols are not suitable playthings for children. The little boy who picks up his toy gun and playfully says, “I’ll shoot you,” should be taught that even in play he must not point a weapon at another, for it is in just such ways that respect for life is lessened and involuntary manslaughter is the result. Thoughtful parents will not give children such toys. It has been the custom for many years to celebrate the Fourth of July with noise and flreWOrkS. :. . . ——'

Children did not originate the practice. It is the method shown by their parents, and so each year we have a slaughter of the innocents equal in number to the loss in a great battle, and, as in the days of old, when human sacrifices were laid on the altar, we sacrifice to the nation’s glory hundreds of its embryo citizens. The man who takes his life in his hands and goes to battle for his country’s protection gives his life to a worthy cause, but the children whose lives are sacrificed to celebrate the na« tion’s birth have given their lives to little purpose. Is it not time that parents should think of this subject, and see if they cannot devise other methods of celebrating our national holiday that will not entail such sacrifices of life and property? Is it not time that in an age when peace and arbitration are in the air, and when the great nations of the earth are steadily advancing toward the day when disputes and differences will be settled by arbitration, that we should begin to teach the children higher ideals of patriotism than noise and shooting?

those side whiskers and went to a dentist before he was brought in. I'm sorry to disappoint you, but we are just out of short, thick-set men with side whiskers. One may be brought in any hour, however.” “If not here then, he is still alive?” suggested the woman, as the look of anxiety left her face. “I should so infer, ma’am —should so infer. In fact, ma’am, lam quite sure your husband is alive and well.” "Thanks, sir—thanks! You haven’t seen him?” “I have, ma’am. Less than half an hour ago he asked me to drink with him in that saloon over there, and from this window you can now see him standing up to the bar, side whiskers and all.”—— “Thank heaven, and I will, go over arid take him by the neck, and — and —” “Glad to be of service to you, ma'am. If I had a short, thick-set man with side whiskers and two front teeth out on a slab inside, I would admit you with pleasure, but as I haven’t, you’ll have to take up with the live one over there, and make the best of it. Good day, ma’am. Call again if you happen this way, and 1 may be in better luck.” —Philadelphia Record. *

Not That Way.

“I heard my husband say the other day there are laws against barkers.” “So there are. The practice is nearly stopped.” “Is it? Just listen to those dogs'”

“Mamma, I have seen the biggest liar in the world. His mother must have used a whole bottle of Ink on him! Come and see him!” The mother went to the door and Johnny pointed to a negro driving by with a team of supplies.—Kansas City Star.

Call Me Early.

“Why do you call that drummer the Queen of May?" “Because he leaves such early calls," explained the hotel clerk.

FOR THE LITTLE ONES

FASHION’S DICTATES OF THE SEASON PERMIT DISPLAY. * Accordion-Pleated Crepe de Chine Model, Shown Here, Is One of the Prettiest That Has Been Evolved This Year. This is an age when elaborate and expensive clothes are not only permissible but essential to the small child who is dressed according to fashion’s word. To be sure, play clothes and street frocks are simple,-even If they are expensive, but afternoon clothes are not only expensive—they are elaborate as well. The frock illustrated is one of the charming accordion-pleated crepe de chine models made for little girls. The dress is simple enough in outline, but the yoke is of real baby Irish lace, and the crepe de chine, to be durable and yet soft and thin, must be expensive. Some of the frocks for very little girls, like the one described, have high waist lines, but many of them have the belt fastened well below the knees. Ribbon belts are almost exclusively used for little girls. Sometimes the crushed and folded ribbon is fastened about the frock with invisible stitches, sometimes it is run through embroid-. ered beading, sometimes through buttonholed slits in the skirt of the frack. Hand tucking and hand embroidery are combined with expensive lace to make children’® clothes elaborate. One lovely frock shows a band, of tiny pink

roses embroidered just above the hem of the fine lawn skirt, another band about the neck, and others about the edge of the elbow sleeves. Fine val lace is set in belotv the embroidery on the waist in elaborate design, and the skirt is finished with hemstitching. Shepherd checks in black and white wool are popular for street frocks for small girls. These frocks are simply made, sometimes in Norfolk coat style, with black patent leather belts and flat linen collars, sometimes in Russian blouse style with collars of Irish lace. . Leather handbags for children are sold to match any conceivable colored frock. They are carefully made of good leather and are simpler as well as smaller than full-sized bags. Handkerchief linen is used for some of the daintiest of the small girls’ frocks. Fine India and linon lawn are also used. Marquisette and voile are used, too, and prove serviceable as well as dainty. It should be made up rather simply, as it is itself decorative, and rather heavy for children. It is especially pretty for children if It is trimmed only with heavy cluny lace. Tucks, too„ look well in voile, and a model child’s frock of the material is made with three tucks about an inch and a half deep running around the skirt just above the three-inch hem. They are machine stitched.

MADE HAPPY BRIDAL TABLE

Novel Ideas, a Feature of Recent Dinner, May Be Worth Keeping In the Memory. At a dinner given by some college | lads and lassies to a couple who had been very popular and whose engagement was made during their college 1 days, the following were some of the ( novel features? For a centerpiece there was a good-sized sailboat afloat on real water, which was supposed to j represent the “Sea of Matrimony” and the name on the boat’s side was “Just ; Launched.” The two college colors ■ were flying and the cargo consisted of I white roses and red carnations, the 1 two class flowers. When the clear soup was served, a tiny bark made of thin bit of toast with'toothpickmast and paper sail floated in it and the ices at the end were in the shape of. ships, the bonbons were in tiny canoes. The two class colors were also In evidence in great bows of red and white tarletan, which adorned the chairs occupied by the honored guests. The guests acted as sponsors for the happy pair, and all gave toasts in honor of the newly launched craft, which was aptly called “We Two" in a rhyme read by one of the guests.

The Fashionable Parasol.

The tilted parasol for garden parties or for use at the seashore when no hat is worn ought to be popular, for it is surely convenient. The parasol tilts on the handle, and can be held behind the head at any angle; so it at once forms a pretty background for the face and a real protection against the sun.

HEALTH AND GOOD LOOKS

Proper Fitting of Corset Means Appropriate Care of Both Those Important Items. Various doctors and artists have been once again discussing the vexed question as to whether women should wear corsets, and they have once again come to the inevitable conclusion that if they wear the right corsets they are considerably improved by them. If ever the wasp waist asserts itself again among us it will be something to grumble at, but the corset of today is really beneficial rather than harmful, If it is properly made and properly worn. It may be that we ought not to require the support of corsets, but life in these days is artificial, and surely it is better to have a good figure by means of a good corset than to have a bad figure without it. Just the same, a good many women are not sufficiently careful about their corset, and then they wonder why their gowns never look well. Better a cheap, ready-made blouse robe on a good corset than an elaborate frock over a shapeless one. It will not only be better from the point of view of health and carriage, but it will even give an air to the gown. French women have built up their reputation for dressing well, not on their taste in gowns, but by their attention to the corset.

KIMONOS IN ALL DESIGNS

Dainty Negligee Garment May Be Had In Practically Any Form That Can Be Required. Despite the pronounced vogue of Chinese modes in formal garb, the Japanese kimono remains the Intimate friend of the woman who has a cob lection of dainty lounging robes. For those cold mornings when the wind howls outside and the furnace is In sulky mood, there are comforting robes of quilted Japanese silk, daintily hand-worked with light and dark floss. For milder weather there are adorable kimonos of flowered satin with borders of satin or Japanese silk, and some of these have the shirrings at the elevated waist line which slightly suggest a blending of thd Empire with the Oriental style. Still more fascinating are the cotton and silk crepes in white, sprinkled over with pink cherry blossoms and in blue or rose printed with graceful sprays of white wistaria. To wear the kimono there should be a clinging loose slip of satin in a solid tone matching either the grounding or the figuring of the robe. Many women, however, prefer to wear the ordinary princess garment of Seco silk trimmed with lace ruffles or the one in white lingerie carrying muslin embroidery Van Dyck point insertions, and edgings of Valenciennes lace.

Prize Cleansing Fluid.

A soicety of arts in England some years ago offered a prize for the best process of cleansing silk, woolen and cotton fabrics —one that would not change their color or injure them in any way. The winning recipe was as follows: Grate two good-sized potatoes into a pint of clear, clean, soft water. Strain through. a coarse sieve into a gallon of water and let the liquid settle. Pour the starchy fluid from the sediment and Jt is ready for use. Rub the articles gently in the liquid, rinse thoroughly in clear water, dry and press.

Fresh Bedroom.

Personal cleanliness Includes keeping one's sleeping room . sweet and fresh, and airing the bed thoroughly every morning. To spread up a bed a few minutes after one is out of it may give to the room an air of neatness, but it folds into the bedding the close air of the night instead of letting it all go out of the window, to by the freshness of the morning.

PARTY DRESS

Model of pink charmeuse and silver beaded net.

POPCORN'S MANY USES

DELICACY NOT USUALLY APPRECIATED BY HOUSEWIFE. Properly Prepared, It Makes an Ideal Breakfast Cereal—Better Than Usual Croutons Added to the Dinner Soup. Try popcorn some morning Instead of the ordinary breakfast cereatf The chances are you will like it The corn should be popped the night before and left in the oven or some other warm, dry place until morning. Before serving, set the food grinder at the notch where it grinds its coarsest and run the popcorn through. Place in a warm oven until the chopped popcorn is heated. Then serve with sugar and cream, like any other breakfast food. Try adding half a dozen fluffy white kernels of popcorn te each of soup served. These are a pretty substitute for the usual croutons, and, especially in tomato or pea soup, the color effect is attractive. Where the soup is served at table a small dish of perfect kernels of popcorn can be placed near the tureen and a few served with each portion of soup. They float/lightly on the surface and are a pretty novelty. For the nursery table this is a feature sure to be hailed with delight. Try “kornettes" as a novel form of wafer to serve with afternoon tea. Lite the cookies are made from one cup of chopped popcorn, a tablesponful of softened butter, white of one egg, onethird of a cnn of sugar, and a little salt. Flavor with a half teasponful ol vanilla. The butter is first added to the chopped popcorn, then the egg is stiffly beaten and added, then the sugar and other ingredients. Beat all together thoroughly and drop from tip of teaspoon on to a buttered baking sheet. Spread with a knife dipped In cold water And bake in a slow oven until a delicate brown. Where a coal range is not available there are several ways of attempting to do corn-popping over a gas stove, but the process is never as satisfactory as when done over a bed of live coals. An iron stove lid placed ovei a burner of a gas range and allowed tn become red hot will give sufficient heat to make the kernels burst Inta bloom, provided one has a little patience. Where gas is used in the kitchen the furnace fire offers a splendid place for the popping of cornWith the large area of coals, the worli can be done quickly and well.

Turkish Sweet. •

k confection known to every vlsitoi in the land of the crescent and doubtless tasted, by the victorious Balkan soldiers, is diamonds of citron. Pare and chop a large fresh citron and boil it until it is tender. Drain the water and add lemon juice and lime juice to cover. Keep the citron covered for three days and then drain and add a pint of boiling syrup of sugar and water and stir until it forms a thick green paste. Add a quarter of a cup of rosewater and boil until it hardens when dropped into ice water to test IL Quickly take from the fire and P° UI into oiled dishes about an inch thick. Cut into small pieces when it is cold. , Dip in powdered sugar and the confection is done/ Although this is not easy to make, a person familiar with candy making ought to be able to get very good results from this rule and to approach if not actually equal the veritable Turkish product.

Apple Fritters.

Pare apples and cut in thin slices: put them In a bowl with a glass of brandy, some white wine, a quarter pound pounded sugar, a little cinnamon (finely powdered) and the rind of a lemon (grated). Let stand some time,' turning over frequently. Beat two eggs very light, add one-quarter pound flour, one tablespoon melted butter and as much cold water as will make a shin batter. Dip the apples on a sieve, mix them with the batter and take one slice with a spoon of butter to each fritter. Fry them quickly to a light brown, drain well, put in a dish, sprinkle sugar over each and glaze them nicely.

Burnt Sugar Cake.

This is a niee ibe cream cake, as the delicate caramel flavor goes well with most any kind of cream. Take half a cup of butter, one and a half cups of sugar, one cup water, four tablespoonfuls caramel, two teaspoonfuls baking powder, two and a half cups of flour, one teaspoonful vanilla, and beaten whites of two eggs. Bake in a loaf and ice with boiled nut icing made of one cup sugar, one cup milk, teaspoonful butter, and. two teaspoonfuls caramel to flavor; add half cup chopped nuts and raisins.

Spilled Water.

Water spilled upon the bed, when some one is ill, may be quickly dried In this manner: Fill a hot water bottle with boiling water and place It betwee nthe mattress and the bed clothing.

Asparagus In Pepper Rings.

' Remove the seeds from green peppers. Cut rings one-quarter of an Inch wide and slip through them asparagus stalks, canned or freshly cooked. Serve with cold French dressing. .. ,

Usefulness of Cheesecloth.

Cheesecloth makes good strainers, dust cloths, polishers for furniture or sheen, is excellent to lie over milk crocks and fruit Jars, and makes dainty curtain* and comforters.