Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 186, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 August 1913 — Flower in a Soap Bubble. [ARTICLE]

Flower in a Soap Bubble.

To make a flower Inside a soap bubble, pour water in which a good deal of soap has been dissolved into a plate or tray until the bottom is covered with liquid te the depth es due-eighth es an inch. In the centre of the tray place a water lily or other flower, aad over this s tia funnel. Then blew gently through the funnel while you are slowly lifting it at the same time. Coatlaue blow lag until you make quite a large film aad thea prooeed to disengage ths funnel, after kavimg first turned it at right angles. Flowers, spinning tops and other objects may he enveloped in this way. The trtak la one which always mystl mad delights.

THE feFFICIENCY OF LABOR. The gravest evil from which thil country is now suffering, graver fcf far than the exaggerated dsn gel from monopolies or from freight re* - bates, Is the dodino in the efficient oy of labor, according to the frog Ago. It finds expression in slooehj work on the part of those who know how to do better, and. poor work oaf tee part of them wbp hove never been taught or are Incapable el learning. To the more serious defect of lowered quality is added the troublesome feature of lessened quantity. It is a curious tact teat tee one question above All which Is uppermost in the minds of manufacturers and other employers of labor, and which is privately- discussed by them with helpless Iteration, is so rarely touched upon in public utterances. The hope of developing some remedy is the sonly consolation to employers when they face the prospect of a decline In the volume of business. There has been an extraordinary demand for labor of all kinds. So far as that has raised wages and directly increased the cost of production employers have had no grievance, although It is a troublesome and difficult matter to carry them back to the normal level. As for the quantity of output oflabor, that, toe, responds fairly wen. when tite demand for labor declines. The process of weeding out the iaay and the Inefficient -begins promptly, and it may be accepted as a general fact that few managers have not thoroughly examined their rolls with a view toward making their peiset ions. The percentage usually wiQ be small, bqf the moral effect is quite out of proportion to the numbers. During the past two years the knowledge that a job was watting for any man who was willing to take it has had a demoralizing effect upon all labor throughout the country. The fact will be finmiy realised soon that steadiness, reasonable industry and acquiesence in necessary measures of discipline are primary conditions for employment, sail that simple application for work is net the only qualification. 7 “ v