Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 217, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 September 1915 — Page 2

POET SPENDS MILLIONS OF REAL DOLLARS

By EDWARD B. CLARK.

YRON R. NEWTON is an *■ Blatant secretary of the ■ United States treaslury, a newspaper man, Ms M a watchman and a | P°etPoet comes last in h®l ul u a mat * ter of fact it ought to stand abreast of the

hames of Mr. Newton’s other occupations, and mayhap later it will lead them all. Perhaps some explanation is necessary in connection with the word that Mr. Newton is a watchman. He helps to guard the Interests of Uncle Sam, which means that he has a hand In the work of seeing to it that our unde does not spend his money foolishly or is not, as the saying goes, “done out of IL** Every conscientious assistant secretary of the treasury is a watchman. Business man was not included in the catalogue of Mr. Newton’s callings, but if he were not a business man he would not be where he is today. Some day when the whirligig of time or of politics whirls Mr. Newton out of his present Washington place he may find himself in a business position of high responsibility. Such things frequently happen to assistant secretaries of the treasury. Witness Frank A. Vanderllp, who from an assistant secretaryship in the treasury, went to undertake the responsibilities of the job of president of the great City National bank of New York. Also Witness Robert O. Bailey and several other former assistant treasury secretaries, who are pillars of some of the big private financial structures of these United States. Vanderlip, Bailey and Newton all were newspaper men, but it is not known that either Vanderlip or Bailey ever were poets. When Mr. Newton goes to some position of business responsibility other than that which he now occupies, it can be taken for granted that he will not forget that he is a poet, and the world probably will not forget that he is a good one. It is said that poets are born, not made. This means that a poet cannot help writing poetry. It is no harder for him to sing than as the old English saying has IL it is “difficile for a black bird to whistle." It is understood that Mr. Newton speaks rather lightly of his poetry. But it is recognized nevertheless as being worthy. When this assistant secretary of the treasury was only sixteen years old

he apostrophized Mb fiddle in verse. We had forgotten to say that Mr. Newton also is a musician. Here is what he said to his fiddle: TO MY FIDDLE. Queen of the Heavenly Muse, my magic shell. In every varying strain thy chords do swell. Whether in major joy or minor riddle. First, out doth come an oath, and then my fiddle. When mirth doth reign. I play the A or G. , For In this vole* thou well dost make a . spree; But If my mood demands the sadder clef. I drop thee down to solemn C or F. But sad or solemn, soft, or high or low. Thou art the same old catgut, pitch and bow: Entranced the world doth hear thee, great and small. In every cabin and in every hall. I would to God it were not aught of sin. I’d wish myself Remenyi’s violin. Now it must be remembered that this poem was written when Mr. Newton was only twice eight years old. It had more than a suggestion of promise of what he would do later. While he is assistant secretary of the treasury and is to a degree unforgetful of the fact that he is a poet. Mr. Newton is wholly unforgetful that he is by training a newspaper man. Every newspaper man knows tbe value of proper publicity for any worthy object, be it charitable, governmental or what not Some of the official bureaus of Uncle Sam’s government had been hiding their bright and shining lights un-

ASSERT LIGHT IS WASTED

Experts Claim That Cities Might Avoid Much Expense for Which There Is No Need.

Since the lights of London have been dimmed as a precaution against aerial attack, the great waste of light has been brought to the attention of illuminating engineers, and the condition prevails, not only in London, but in every other city in the world. It is pointed out that in the case of shop windows there has been little endeavor to concentrate the light on the wares displayed, with the results that much light is wasted, and the excess is injurious to passersby. Under these conditions the expendl-

BELIEVE IN “LITTLE PEOPLE"

Indians of Southwestern Colorado Have a Superstition That la Felt Most Strongly. The Indians living near the celebrated Mesa Verde in southwestern Colorado are interested in the out,come of their predictions about the telephone line which the government has just completed into the Mesa Vwde National park. They declare .that ths poles will not stand and that

der bushels for many years. Take the public health service tor instance The work that the physicians of this service do for the people of the United States is conscientious, energetic, and wide-spread in its influence for good. Physicians, like many other professional men, are not given to talking about their deeds. The public health service lies within the control of the treasury department and it is one of the works over which in an official way Mr. Newton must exercise supervision. He knew that the country ought to know something of the work of the government’s physicians in order that the people might profit the more directly therefrom. It was this assistant secretary of the treasury who suggested a course of proper publicity for the work that was being done by Uncle Sam’s devoted doctors. Largely through his efforts the people today not only know of the means that are taken to safeguard their health but they know how, when and where to get the additional information which they need to help them safeguard themselves. More than this the interested people have found that they can be of assistance to the public health service by giving information concerning the necessities there. The government!officials do not like the use of the word publicity. “Information” is the in their eyes is proper and It is information which the people have been getting about several government activities through the newspaper sense of an assistant secretary of the treasury who for years was a newspaper man.

Byron R. Newton was born in New’ York state down in one of the southern tier of counties. For a while he was a farmer, a youthful farmer it is true, and if you want to, you may call him a plowboy. Now, plowboys, through all the centuries have been poets at heart. They have not always known their own gifts, but the instinct of poetry always has been in them. Not all the plowboys could w’rite Burns’ address to the daisy that was in danger of being crushed by the plowshare, but they could all feel for the fate of the flower, and feeling is what makes the poet. Mr. Newton for a while was a “cub

ture for light largely fails to secure the best returns. The wares are not lighted to the best effect, and if the misdirected light is unpleasant to the passerby he will not stop to observe. The same conditions prevail to some extent in the case of the powerful arc, flame and high-pressure gas lights used for illuminating the streets; for it is felt that the illumination from these could be controlled and directed so as to secure a better distribution of lighting, and at the same time be more agreeable to the eye. Heretofore, illuminating engineers have worked almost exclusively in the interest of the lighting companies, but the consumer will soon find it to his advantage to consult this comparatively new profession. ...

the wires will not “talk." When asked why, they solemnly reply that the ‘little people” will permit no such uncanny things to come so near their ancient homes. Nor can they be persuaded to the contrary. The Indians live in great awe of the prehistoric dwellings of the Mancos valley, which are by far the finest and best preserved of any in the American Southwest. They will not believe that it was Pueblo Indians, or any Indians, in fact, who, so long ago that the oldest traditions describe them as they

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reporter.” Every good newspaper man has served his apprenticeship as a “cub.” The only managing editor who is good for anything and the .only editorial writer who gets there with the punch is the man who has reported fires, murders, accidents and street happenings and has written his share of human interest stories picked up from the boulevards and from the alleys of the slums. After he had made the ordinary run of newspaper work, Mr. Newton became what the profession calls a stflr reporter, and he was sent by a great press association to the Spanish-Amer-ican war. He reported the deeds of our warships off Havana and off Santiago. And it was he who secured the first story of the wonderful fight put up by the little ship Winslow against odds. It was Mr. Newton who first told the world of the death of Ensign Worth Bagley at his post of duty in the naval battle in which the Winslow was engaged. > One of Byron R. Newton’s poems has been printed and reprinted. He was a reporter on a great New York paper and he had witnessed the results of a great tragedy. He thought on the tragic event and then on the carelessness of the joyous crowds all unheeding of the sore troubles and the heartbreaks about them. Some people have said it is an awful poem. It is strong and very likely awful, bat it is doubtful if its truth is overdrawn. Here it is:

ODE TO NEW YORK. Vulgar of manner, overfed. Overdressed and underbred. Heartless, Godless, hell’s delight. RUde by day. and lewd by night: Bedwarfed the man, o’ergrown the brute. Ruled by boss and prostitute. Purple robed and pauper clad. Raving, rotting, money mad: A squirming herd in Mammon s mesh. A wilderness of human flesh: i Crazed with avarice, lust and rum. New York, thy name’s delirium. It falls to the lot of this assistant secretary of the treasury to see to it that the sites which have been recommended as proper for the erection of public buildings are all that they should be. In other words Mr. Newton has to see to it that someone is not putting one over on Uncle Sam. Congress appropriates money for public building sites and does it frequently without much care in selection. Just now the treasury department is hold* ing up more than two hundred authorizations made by the lawmakers for the purchase of sites for public buildings. A vast amount of money is involved and, more than this, the economy and efficiency of several departments of government are at stake. It is said that as the result of the watchfulness of the treasury officials the present system of haphazard appropriations for public buildings ultimately will be abandoned. Newspaper men have made good in Uncle Sam’s service. A newspaper man sometimes is practical and sometimes he is not. A poet never is thought of as practical, but Byron R. Newton seemingly has shown that a man can write good poetry and be perfectly sane in matters pertaining to proper business activities.

now are, carved these wonderful cities out of the cliffs. They believe that spirits built the cliff dwellings, and that spirits still inhabit them. They reverently call these spirits the “little people.” For this reason it is difficult to induce Indians to approach the cliff dwellings.

The Sort She Liked.

“What are all those photographs of young fellows you have in your book? - "Oh, that book is my callaction of souvenir spoona"

NEATNESS IN CHILDREN

MORE READILY LEARNED IF TAUGHT ATTRACTIVELY. Blmply-Made Devices Which Will Encourage the Little Folks to Give Proper Care to Their Belongings.

There is no doubt children will more readily learn neatness If It Is taught attractively. Children by nature are careless and oftentimes lazy. To make them pick up their belongings and put them away In the proper places Is quite as much trouble as doing it oneself. They leave their shoes around probably because there Is no charm in putting them away In a closet, but if a child is given a shoe bag for its own. to be bung inside the closet door, like the one shown, it will be a pleasure to put the shoes away and visit with the tiny figures pictured there. The foundation is gray or tan linen and the figures are worked in brilliant colors, using mercerized cotton, fast colors.

Little folks never tire of the old woman who lived in a shoe and her large family, or the kittens who lost their mittens (because they had no bag). A row of tiny boy or girl figures, each in different stages of putting on their shoes, is another suggestion for decoration that will appeal to children also. Mothers may be saved many pennies and children taught a lesson in neatness if they are provided with a case for keeping their pencils. What mother has not experienced the wild hunt for pencils when it was time to start to school? All this commotion can be saved by making a case on the shoe bag order. Put the runners in to take a pencil in each pocket. One half of the bag could be given to the pockets for the pencils. The other half could be a scratch pad. On the outside of the case, over the larger pocket, one could work a couple of brownies, an owl or a squirrel. Many mothers know the value of a pretty box for collecting toys, but I know of one child who never could be taught to put away his toys until his mother bought a fair-sized tin water pail one day. The small man was told to put away his toys in the box, but he promptly took the pail and banged the toys into it. Nor would he ever put them away in the box again. He liked

Shoe Bag for Children.

to hear the noise, he said, “when the toys got fired into the pail.” A Japanese matting box is an ideal toy box. It is attractive, hard, and shiny inside, and makes a nice seat for little people besides. But it is much better for mothers to come down to the children’s way of thinking and let them learn good habits in their own way. One child, it will be found,

SLEEVES FOR FALL GOWNS

The Set-In Sleeve Is One of the Novel Features of the Offerings for Fall. The set-in sleeve is featured on the majority of gowns for fall. To impress their presence upon the minds of prospective buyers they have made themselves conspicuous by being emphasized in various ways. In some instances the armhole is outlined with bands of the material, embroidered in silks or wools. Then, again, wide bands of contrasting materials or of braid are used to bind the armhole. A very unusual sleeve is an interesting part of a blue serge gown. Three-inch silk braid is sewed around the top of the sleeve, the sleeve being stitched flat by this braid band to the outside of the bodice, not in the armhole. Of course, all of the new sleeves of daytime dresses are long. Many of them are slashed from the wrist to the elbow, the place between the slashed material being filled in with lace, net or silk. When the material is slashed only a few inches up from the wrist the sides are finished by a narrow plaited frill or lace or chiffon.

Voile Hem on Net.

The fashion of combining two fabrics tn one’s frocks is not new with the midsummer, but it is still prevalent. One pretty frock is made of white net with a deep hem of white voile applied to an irregular top outline. Thia is the only touch of voile on the frock, but it gives a weight to the not that adds to its dignity and grace

will like a tin pail, another will only be happy if taught neatness through the medium of satin and lace.

SOMETHING NEAT AND SMART

Pretty Crepe de Chine Blouse Suit Designed for General AllAround Service. A pretty crepe de chine blouse suit is pictured here. Though white, this is meant for service, being fashioned of washable crepe de chine. Two box plaits are laid closely together on

each side of the blouse below a yoke cut in points and bound with soutache. A length of soutache weighted with tassels ties about the neck. The skirt is a box-plaited model without a yoke, but with the pointed yoke effect repeated in the soutache trimming, pearl buttons with simulated buttonholes of soutache trim both blouse and skirt. A semiprincess effect is achieved by the use of bead soutache, which is laid about the waist, loosely crossed at the back and returned to the front and tied once, the tassel-weighted ends hanging at the side.

GREAT VARIETY IN COATS

Notable Features of This Season’s Offerings In Garments for Outer Wear. Not for many seasons have coats displayed so much variety. There are mannish coats of English tweeds and dainty, feminine wraps of silk, satin or even chiffon to protect milady from the summer breezes. The sportswoman wears a coat whose chief feature is utility, and It Is usually a garment built on the lines of her brother’s. In a few of the smart' est models made of English tweed the full, flaring lines are confined about the waist with belts. Patch pockets, raglan sleeves and turned down collars accentuate the masculine effect, and with a coat of this type the outdoor woman will wear a Panama hat with a band of checked or striped ribbon. Another popular material for sportfl coats is “escorto," which is a clever combination of silk and wool, and because of its wonderful sheen is, in tnany instances, preferred to the homely tweeds.

Challis Dress for Child.

Challis dresses that are made for little girls are excellent for traveling, as they do not muss or soil so easily as cotton frocks.

A Touch of Black.

In fashions the touch of black is a recognized addition to a color scheme. The same is true of embroidery. Many a centerpiece or scarf that lacks tone may be improved by outlining the color design with black. This is especially recommended on the heavy linen and scrim covers where brilliant hues appear unfinished or need bringing out. However, black outlining is very effective on the ordinary white linen centerpiece worked in plain white. One of these seen recently bad a jeWel pattern with conventional scrolls done all in white. The jewels and the scrolls were outlined with a thin black thread. The centerpiece was bordered with heavy white torchon and the whole was very effective.

The Season's Parasols.

Smart parasols which look like miniature awnings are to be had in awning stripes of black and white. These “awning” parasols also appear in other colors. A parasol of very rich effect is the new -Japanese parasol. The framework is so adjusted as to make this sun umbrella very flat and Japanesque in line. The silk covering is plain, but the shade may be as rich as you wish. The border of the parasol is hemstitched, and upon the double fold are worked tiny Japanese char acters in gold thread two to a gore.

Tulle on Straw.

A charming hat shows an accor-deon-plaited tulle ruffle around the brim of a straw hat —the straw in coral pink, the tulle to turquoise bin*. The result is truly delightful.

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