Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 February 1918 — Page 3

HIS BROTHER

By AGNES G. BROGAN.

(Copyright. 1918. Western Newspaper Union.) It was Ills brother. That made the great difference. Often he had read ■of tragedies and passed them by. But Barney—the bright lad, upon whom he had lavished every care, for whom he had made a life sacrifice —Barney, to die there in the Canadian wood where both had been happy together, and to die by his own volition! The disgrace which went before ■seemed naught in comparison with this bitter finale. It would be a simple matter to replace the money which Barney had dishonestly confiscated for his own use. Barney might have known that he, Dave, would forgive the forging of his name. Despondency alone could have driven the youth to the desperation of that last deed. The woman was to blame, of course. Dave was sure of that. How openly Barney had prated of his love for her. It had been to gain her favor that the man had taken sums vthlch could not be replaced. This last scribbled note told bow all costly gifts had been returned. “She don’t want me,” Barney ended, pathetically—‘‘and never did. There’s some unconscious charm about her , that draws every man—guess it’s in tier eyes.” The note had been in Barney’s pocket ; they brought that and his watch to Dave from the rock beside the whirlpool. “Good-by,” it ended. “I’m going to drown myself here.” Barney had always been impulsive, so Dave .excused various escapades of the past. To bring his young brother safely through these adventures had been Dave’s part. Perhaps a parent might have acted more wisely. Dave •didn't know: he had done his best. A desire possessed him to visit that lonely spot where he might come upon news of his brother’s last days —sd David went. The violets were purpling the hillsides, the well-remembered [wood was fragrant with promise, the waters hissed in the whirlpool from which the big man. turned with a shud<ler. Near by was the boulder where they used to sit smoking their pipes. Dave’s eyes widened in surprise. A woman sat there now —a beautiful woman, alone In all the solitude. Her bronze golden head was bent .above some gray knitting, and without apparent embarrassment she raised •clear gray eyes regarding the man before her, then her needles again •clicked methodically. But with that steady gaze enchantment came over Dave. Some influence', he knew not what, was persuading him to confide In this girl—to unburden the sorrow which he had borne in silence —to learn if she of the wise eye considered his indulgence and not Barney’s recklessness to blame. So, when she arose to go, he detained her with questions. “Had she heard of a tragedy here? Had she any knowledge of the young man who had come to this spot to lose bls life?” The girl had heard. She hesitated, ■evidently considering him a detective. “There was nothing that she knew but what had been told." Dave decided to stay for a time in the spot which held him in hopeful fascination. As days went by he might learn more; some further message might be found. He obtained board at the oldtime stopping place and every morning, when lie made his Way to the boulder, he found the girl there before him. She made no excuse for her presence, nor changed her favorite place because of his Invasion. Dave leaned back upon a mound of pine needles, talking slowly, and as he had never talked before, of his life with Barney, the boy’s college days, his first venture into business. The girl, folding her knitting, would listen with thoughtful eyes upon him. The eyes stirred David’r. honest heart with an unaccountable longing. He knew ♦bat true love had found him at last, and winced at the pain of renunciation. The girl’s face grew white at the story of his love, and she did what no. one but this girl could have done—she bent very swiftly and kissed him. Then she was gone. When David came next morning to the boulder a piece of white paper fluttered beneath a weighted stone. Picking it up, he read one written line: “I,” said the note, “am the girl your brother loved." That was all. David’s throat smarted —his eyes burned. It was inconceivable. She and that heartless trifler the same! He must go away at once. But David did not go. The girl stood before him —her eyes again held hi£* “I could not help his loving me,” she said slowly. “I—did not wish it The gifts he would bring I returned." Suddenly her breath caught in a choking sob. She held out her arms. But David stood resolutely from her. “I believe you,” he answered firmly. “I love you; but with that thought between us” —he pointed to the foaming whirlpool—"we could never knew happiness." Then before them stood Barney— Barney, not an apparition, but in the flesh and smiling. “Take her Dave," he said softly. “She’s been waiting for a man like you, and no other could be good enough for her. Playing suicide was my dodge to get away. Guess she knew I’d come back, and has been waiting ’round to send me to you. I’m going to try for service —perhaps the army can make a man of me. Goodby!” For a moment Dave stood looking after his brother’s departing figure, then be put out bis hand to the gilt -Come," he said.

GREAT ARMIES OF THE PAST

Darius of Persia brought more than a million soldiers to Arbela. Terah, king of Ethiopia, had 1,000,000 soldiers to call to his standards. Tamerlane is said to have met Bajazet’s 1,400,000 with a force of 1,600,000. Ancient Thebes, It is said, could send 10,000 fighting men out of each of its hundred gates. Artaxerxes had at one time, before the battle of Cunaxa, an army nearly a million and a quarter strong. Linus, the Assyrian king, In the-twen-ty-second century B. C M led against the Bactrians 1,700,000 soldiers on foot and 200,000 mounted. Hannibal is recorded as having destroyed 300,000 men during his campaign in Italy. Just before his time that country could send 1,000,000 men into tiie field. The old historians credit Xerxes with land and sea forces counting up to 2,641,000, with enough attaches, hangerson, women, suttlers, etc., to make a host of more than 5,000,000. Compared with the extended battle line of today in Europe the array of forces at ancient Canna was but a skirmish formation. There were 36,000 Romans and allies against 50,000 Cartliagenlans.

IN COMMERCE REPORTS

Ecuador wants canned salmon and sardines. A good market for American jams and preserves could be developed there. India loses much leather through faulty flaying and the wasteful branding of cattle.

TIPS FOR WAR TIME

Bacon and ham fat can be used in hashes. Dried potato parings make good fire lighters. Suet pudding is a good dessert for cold weather. Ox tails make good soups and stews at small cost. » Next to dirt the greatest sin in the kitchen is disorder.. When whole-wheat flour is used people need less meat. Sour cream is a valuable food and can be used in many ways. Never buy large quantities of spices at a time —they spoil. Cracker pudding is a delicious affair served with lemon sauce. Beef drippings can be utilized for gingerbread and spice cake. The fatter the bacon is the more tender and the better it will broil. Muffins made from the boiled rice left from dinner are delicious.

OF INTEREST TO WOMEN

Woman machinists are working at the General Electric company plant in Philadelphia. A food research laboratory has been founded in New York city by Mrs. Oliver Harriman. ' The wife of the Cuban president, Mme. Menocal, is head of the Red Cross organization in the little republic. A woman from Alaska, Mrs. Ida Sprague Lilly, who has lived alone on a deserted island for six weeks, considers New York city the lonesomest place she ever encountered. . At the end of the recent canning season, the women operating the Newark canning plant divided the jars of fruit and vegetables on a basis of hours of toll. The new hostess house of the Y. W. C. A. at Camp Dlx, one of the most pretentious of these buildings, is. the gift of Mrs. E. T. Stotesbury of Philadelphia.

CHICAGO APHORISMS

He of the fishy handshake is easy, to index / - There are people so filled with egotism that they can strut standing still. Some men act as though an awestricken world were standing at attention to see them march past 1 What the world really needs isn’t more great leaders, but more great followers. A trip to the country often proves to be mainly the purchasing of expensive Inconveniences. Buttons are the bulwark of modem convention; a man must possess toil full quota to feel at home in society.

THE EVENING REPUBLICAN. RENSSELAER. INTI.

SERGE IS POPULAR

Material Will Be in Greater Demand Than Ever Before. Economical and War-Time Features Taken Into Consideration, Deciare Manufacturers and Buyers. When you say serge dress you always think of a navy blue serge ■dress, don’t you?—and you usually think of a trim litle dress, severe enough to be worn without a coat on the street, with furs in the spring and autumn and yet elaborate enough to be-quite attractive in the house. All this is combined in those simple syllables “serge dress” —and it is this that is expected to be even more popular on the dress bill of fare than ever before observes a New York fashion correspondent. Manufacturers and buyers of dresses say that because of the spirit of. economy that prevails this type of frock will be bound to be popular, and for this reason they are looking forward to a large demand for these dresses among the ready-made output for the spring. More than any war uniform or any ingeniously devised reversible, convertible frock this serge frock will serve as the most popular war-time getup.

One very nice thing about the serge dress is that it always looks economical even if as a matter of fact it is not, and to look very expensively dressed these days is not the aim of most women. The mere man who sees a well-dressed woman neatly frocked in a smart blue serge dress will mentally register his approval of her economical and, therefore, patriotic dressing. Perhaps the goods for the dress cost $8 a yard—for the best quality of blue serge is no longer inexpensive—and perhaps the dress all in all cost SIOO. Still it looks simple, it is eminently serviceable and it does not look extravagant. Had the same woman worn a charmeuse of georgette and chiffon frock worth only half that amount the man would think her extravagantly dressed and therefore no true patriot The simple blue serge frock does not have to be expensive in order to be attractive. But it must be well made. Any good dressmaker or a reliable tailor can put such a dress together, provided the model for it is suitable to the figure for which it is intended. However, although great attention must be given to the fit, the dress should not in one sense of the word fit at all, even if it is to be worn by a woman of ample girth. The charm of that style of dress lies in its hang and cut, but it should not touch the figure. It should follow it faithfully, but hang slightly free from it to be most attractive.

CREPE BLOUSE FOR SPRING

There Is an indescribable something about this blouse, which wins your heart at once. The blouse is perfectly made in Mue and- white-striped Japanese crepe. It is a handmade blouse, and that Is the reason for its. perfection. The white-Hnen stock) cuffs and collar are other reasons for the beauty. The. bonnet is a handsome model Just about the size that will be popular during the spring and summer months. The band of flowers around the crown is the only trimming.

IN FASHION LAND

Umbrellas are short and thick, with wooden sticks. Novelty effects in coats and capes give slender lines. The tunic blouse makes the coat suit more attractive. Pockets continue to give a military air to the latest sports coats. Newest skirts are so narrow that they allow only the tiniest steps. A novel white collar is made with points for a widow’s black frock. The colored bridal gown has been made fashionable for the war bride. A bow is frequently the only trimming on the hat with sweeping Mees. Almost every style ts ln fashion, but straight-line models are most favored. The latest manner of wearing the watch Is to dangle it from a fob ribbom Utility coats remind one of an oncer's top coat —full and belted in the back. ' Fur coats are uncommonly interesting this year on account of their hrita. A very pretty drees has the sash and shoulder yoke of silk in contrasting color. Silver lace is used over shimmering tin, In making a charming evening dress. The mourning dress dr black taffeta can be fastened with dull silver v

LEATHER COAT FOR MOTORIST

There is a time when the most ardent motorist feels more like hugging the fireside than driving into the face of a gale with the mercury dropping out of sight. This leather coat is punpie with tan collar and belt, and is almost a guaranty of Immunity from the chilly wintry blasts. The belt, which is made In three strips and is sometimes on the style of the pinch-back, Is a novelty. |

FITTING FASHION TO FUNDS

Home-Made Garments Can Be Finish- . ed in Manner That Will Do Away With Amateurish Stamp. In making one’s own clothes there are many little points about which one needs advice —things which give a more finished appearance, and do away with the home-made look that is apt to be the result of amateur work. For instance, says a writer in Good Housekeeping, wherever stitching is visible, such as on the cuffs, collar and bottom of the skirt, do it by hand, and an exceptionally good way to finish the bottom of a suit of heavy material is not to turn .In the edge of the hem, but to leave the raw edge on the underneath side, and finish It with a feather stitch on the wrong side; care must be taken to make the stitches invisible on the right side. This looks so much better than the usual machine stitching which is very often used for finishing the hem. The lining for a suit should be made separately and fitted' to the figure just the same as the coat itself. When it is sewed into the coat, it will be neither too large nor too small. If an interlining is necessary for the waist of* the coat, outing flannel is good. In getting a skirt to hang straight, the best results can be obtained by first putting the skirt on to regular skirt banding, which can be bought by the yard. For a one-piece dress, detachable* collars and cuffs of linen, organdie, or satin, add greatly, and are easily made and washed.

FROCKS OF SIMPLE CALICOES

Conservation of Wool and Silk Make Call for Material Which Will Lessen Demand for Others. News comes that one of the latest developments for war time fashions will be frocks of simple calico, aays Women’s Wear. Some of the smartest houses which specialize in garments for women whose happiness depends on being chic are creating models in this fabric which certainly before all else should appeal to the war economy instinct. Women have been warned to conserve wool and to go lightly as to silk, so naturally when, they are offered garments of so humble a fabric they wjll believe they are demonstrating their patriotism by accepting it and a calico frock will be the reward of virtue. The calicoes that are engaging the attention of designers at the present moment are those of quaint printed effects on light grounds. It appears that, many of the frocks will be given a certain lightness not expected of calico by combination with sheerer fabrics such as organdie and net and that the extreme of femininity and quaintness will give them a distinction of their own which will not permit them to be scorned by even the most exclusive of fashionable women.

Matelasse for Neckwear.

Matelasse work, now quite at home iq dress and military circles after an absence of several years, is just making its debut in neckwear on this side of the water, says ‘Women’s < Wear. Worsted is the chosen medium, worsted being scarce and therefore smart in the eyes of Paris. Gay bits of yarr that could not possibly be utilised for n soldier’s uniform or other war pur--48 ses are worked up into designs reminiscent of the original quilted patterns, although there is a freedom of modi impossible in the real quilting.

ANNIE LAURIE REAL PERSON

% —■ — _ American Girl of Same “Ilk” Gives Facts of Origin of the Popu- <- iar Scotch Song. More than once has the question as to whether Annie Laurie, the subject of the ever-popular and ever-living song bearing her name as title, was a real person or mere fiction. A letter has come to hand that was written by Miss M. E. Riddle, daughter of the late Judge Riddle, for many years a circuit court justice in this section, says a writer in the Pittsburgh Gazette-Times. The Riddles were of Laurie ilk, as Scotch folk say, and they had gone to some considerable pains to get the story of the song straight, as there had been considerable contention about it. Here it is: “Jean Riddell (the name later spelled Riddle) was married to Sir Robert Laurie, the first baronet of Maxwelton. One of their daughters was Annie Laurie, celebrated In Scotch song. “Annie Laurie was famed for her beauty and cleverness, and was a social favorite in all the country round about, so it was not at all surprising that she captivated a Mr. Douglas of England, a man of culture and of letters, who composed the song bearing her name. “But seeing that the course of true love does not run smoothly, she married a Mr. Gurgesson, leaving Mr. Douglas to his hunting and his verses. “To this day many pilgrims go to Maxwelton, drawn thither by the muchloved song, ‘Annie Laurie.’ Many also visit Craigdorroch, where she spent her married life in comfort.”

WARY OLD BIRD IS TRUTH

Fact Worth Remembering When One Is Tempted to Criticise Errors Seen in Newspapers. “Where do you get the absurd facts you print?” is a favorite query put to newspaper men. In the view of these cynics, newspapers spend most of their time misspelling names, imagining incidents that never happened, and generally manhandling life as it is led. There is just one answer to be made to the query above, and that is: “Newspapers get such of their facts as are absurd from the absurd human beings who for one reason or a thousand refuse to relate facts accurately.” Newspapers, truth-telling newspapers, spend a very large part of their time correcting these misstatements, running them to their source, and getting at the truth. A certain proportion of error gets by—not as great a proportion as can be heard in any village neighborhood gossip, for it is the concern of newspapers—of honest ones, that Is—to allow for errors and correct them, whereas it is the concern of those other purveyors of news, gossips, to create errors whenever they are more interesting than the truth. The next time you find an error in your favorite newspaper, try an experiment. Try to capture one small fact yourself, in your own home town. You will quickly discover just how wary a bird the truth is and how very unpopular.—New York Tribune.

Japanese Arts and Letters.

The Yamato association has been formed by distinguished Japanese citizens for the purpose of making Nippon’s achievements in arts and letters better known to the western world! Its promoters believe that Japanese civilization is not correctly understood by the vast majority of Occidental people. Her naval, military and scientific! advancement is recognized, but the West has yet to comprehend the significance of het achievements in the humanities. The Japan Magazine, commenting upon the new organization, says: “Many foreigners are disposed to look upon Japan ab merely a military nation, whereas, her most important side is the genius of her unique civilization and character. If people could get a glimpse of the soul of Japan they would have quite a different opinion of her. This can-best be had from Japanese art and literature, which in many ways are equal to those of the West. Even those Occidentals who try to appreciate Japanese art prefer the least representative art of the nation. And as for Japanese'literature, it is practically unknown among western people.” The association will publish works on Japanese history, literature and art and make translations into European languages of the best works of Japanese writers, ancient and modem; in addition its endeavor will be to promote the improvement of the national music and drama.

Glass Industry in America.

Glass was first manufactured in America by the people of Jamestown, during the year 1615. Commenting on this fact, John Smith lamented that “the labor of the colony has been misdirected in the manufacture of ashes, soap, glass and tar, in which they could by no means compete with Sweden or Russia.” The inhabitants of Jamestown did not agree with this view, however, and soon afterward commenced the erection of a glass works, the completion of which was interrupted by the Indian massacre of iftg? The first glass factory In North America to attempt the industry on an ambitious scale was built in 1780, at Temple, .N. H., by Robert Hewes of Boston. The workmen, 32 in number, were German desefters’from the British army. The carelessness of a workman caused the destruction of the plant by fire in 1781. In 1803 a glass factory was established in Bosto.i, and since that time the industry has flourished.

NO ONE KNEW HER AGE

• Ned—;What’s the celebration at Miss Antique’s tonight? Ted —She’s keeping her birthday. Ned —If she keeps It as well as she keeps the date of her birth the fane* tion will be a huge success. ~ .

GIVE IT COMPOUND NAME

Deacon Saintly—Bridge! Yes, it is • simple name, but playing it has driven thousands into bankruptcy! Gaychappe—Yes; how would it do to call it suspension bridge?

HIS VOCATION

She —Are you going to follow in your father’s footsteps and become a doctor? ~ He —No. - If I follow In his footstep* Fll become an undertaker.

VALUABLE SKILL

Hodge—Did you say he was a base, ball umpire? Podge—Yes, and he’s a dandy juggler, too. You oughter see him catch pop bottles.

HANDS FULL

She—-If I promise to marry you, will you promise to work for woman’s rights? He—My older friends who are married tell me I'll have my hands full working for my own.