Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 290, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 December 1918 — Page 3

NANKING

OF all China’s great cities I found Nanking the richest in historical interest, says Dr. , AB. Leavelle in an account of his travels in China, published in the Los Angeles Times. It Is 205 miles inland on the hanks of that wonderful waterway,.the Yangtze fiver. Its history dates back, under different names, _ several centuries before Christ, and it has served under a number of dynasties as the capital city. Nanking is very advantageously situated for defense and has the vantage point striven for by many of the leaders of China’s .numerous rebellions. It was here that Dr. Sun Yat Sen lived and took his oath of office as president of the Republic of China in 1912. During our stay In this city we were entertained * In that great yaxnen, formerly owned by Li Hung Chang, ex-minister to America. - The present walls of Nanking are among the finest in China, being 90 feet high, 40 feet thick and 22 miles long. In their construction no fewer than 4,000,000 workmen were employ- . ed. These walls have now been built more than 1,000 years and, though moss covers most of the brick, are well .preserved. ' The past glories of this city are Indicated by arched bridges of carved stone; by the ruins of the world-fa-mous porcelain pagoda; the examination balls containing cells for 30,000 students, the near-by ancient Confucian temples; the drum tower, and the precious stone tea houses. The celebrated mausoleum of Hung Wu, the humble founder of the Ming dynasty, we saw Just outside the city walls. For miles it ir-surrounded by huge carved granite figures of animals and solid stone images, known as the Ming tombs. This is one of the most picturesque places known to history. Purple Mountain That Was Chained. All is overshadowed by Purple mountain, where the greatest battle of Chinese history was fought. The wif® of one of the emperors declared she could see this moutain move, and to relieve his people of their terror he set forth with 1,000,000 coolies and constructed a huge iron chain about its base. Since that day, it has not moved.

Taking a stern-wheeler we proceeded up the world-famous West river right through China’s present theater of ’war, _■ :. ... Our good captain, having a big consignment of silver aboard, was sure the pirates would take us, and at nightfall placed “Big Dot” (my brother) and me in a private cabin adjoining his on the bridge, all of which was enclosed in iron grating with locked doors. We had 300 Chinese herded .below on the deck which had no beds, as they preferred the floor. J was glad of the chance to see them at their evening meal of rice, bamboo sprouts and chopped duck, served before them as they reclined, a half-dozen or more eating with chopsticks out of the same large bowl. It certainly was a great sight. Then they, passed around the community water pipe, which after a jtew puffs would lay them out'to Sleep. Oh, say, did you ever see a duck boat? Well, all along here you see these peculiar boats with overhanging sides equipped to accommodate something like 4,000 ducks. They land at ju new grazing place each day, throw down a bamboo gangplank and herd them like sheep—a call will bring back any straying drake. In the afternoon When the call ‘is given “all aboard,” you never saw such a scrambling and falling into the water to get up that gangway, for the last half-dozen get a sound thrashing for being late. It looked like a'crush at a theater fire. A Flood at Vuchow. 3 We finally reached Vuchow, the “Big .Doc" and his charming wife, formerly of the blue grass,' showed me the most interesting ten days of my life. I could forget three-fourths of it all and still have enough left to write a. book. I arrived in time to see what their city

Temple Near Nanking.

is most famous for, a flood. It rose 40 feet, inundating a great part of the city, driving the natives to the hills, oh to house tops, and a few who were able tb pay 40 cents a day, to house boats. .. ? '' - Of course, we lost no time in seeing that great missionary hospital of which my brother is chief stirgeon and superintendent He had three Chinese men and ten Chinese women nurses, trained also as Bible students, and can accomrfnodate about 150 patients. They have every heinous disease and affliction conceivable—leprosy, typhus, Asiatic cholera, smallpox, tuberculosis, dengue fever, - opium smokers’ poison, and plague. The first sight that struck my eyea was a woman who had just come in with her throat cut wide open and bleeding to death. The bleeding was quickly stopped, and the Bible women going to work at once, found that she had suffered from guilty conscience and cut her throat to letYhe evil spirits out of her body*. 4 ; H

BRITISH WOMEN IN WAR WORK

Gentle Sex Is Certainly Doing Its Share in the Great Contest Being - Waged for Liberty. With a gay laugh, the pit-brow girls bend to their task oJer the picking belt- ’‘/I*'" Their duty consists of picking out and- casting aside all the “dirt" and rubbish from among the coal which moves slowly along in front of them on the belt on its way to the shoots ipto the waiting wagons below. Splendidly strong, hefty lasses they are, too, in their dark-blue overalls and caps. “Quite equal to the men at tills job,” says the foreman of the screening house, where all the coal is carefully screened into different sizes, from huge lumps to tiny pieces no larger than a very small bean. We wander from h4re into the lamproom, where the miners’ lamps are cleaned, trimmed and filled. Here, again, the girls do the work, with the aid of. machines in which rapidly revolving brushes play a large part. As the miners come out of the pit they hand their lamps to the girls through a little'window in the lalnproom, receiving them again next day, cleaned and filled, on their return to work. ' •

Sawing' the timber into lengths for pit-props to support the roof in the mine is another branch Of labor undertaken by women and girl*. Thus do the girls assist the miner to fulfill his great task of supplying the allied nations with the coal whfpfr’ Marshal FoCh assures us is “the key to victory.” Thus do. they help to light his way and to keep him safe. Cupid, too, is busy at the pits today. Many a knight of the Silver Badge 'returns to find a bride among the bonnie lassies on the pit-brow.—London Mail

Hot and Cold Water.

A sanitary drinking fountain from which gushes both hot and cold water is the decidedly novel feature to be found OQ a s t ree t in Ouray, a mining town in western Colorado. The fountain consists of- an ornamental castiron post from which extend two curved arms, each supporting a basin, in the center of which is an overflowing cu]£ From the one flows cold water piped from snow-fed mountain stream* while from the other runs hot water drawn from near-by hot spring* of which there are many in the vicinity. —Popular Mechanics Magazine.

•“Wall, Hl declare,” exclaimed old Missus Prude. . “The stories in some of these current magazines are enough tb ’shock a body* And so saying sue threw off her switch for the sake of comfort and wired her eyes to the page. .

Light Reading.

THE EVENING. REPUBLICAN, RENSSELAER, IN3.

The Name of Roberts

By LINCOLN ROTHBLUM

[ home now iTwotild leave the company without a mechanic, as there is no one else in the company qualified to do such work. 5 So we will have to pocket our disappointment and wait for a more-favorable opportunity. Love from your brother. RALPH.*** h “Ralph Is right,” Mrs. Sommers anawered soothingly as she Industriously continued to knit the wool which was gradually and surprisingly assuming the form of a sweater, “and if-he is needed there it would be unpatriotic to have him with us." ♦•But, mother, can’t-you understand that I wanted him home for the military ball? It won’t seem like a real dance unless Ralph is with us. Oh. I just hate Lieutenant Roberts. It’s an ugly old name, anyway.” -“Hush, child, you- don’t realize what you are saying. But how will It be If I speak to father and see if he won’t let' you visit Ralph in... camp? You could make the trip alone.” The happy suggestion brought a quick smile-to the charming face which seldom failed to reflect cheerfulness. “You’re a dear, dear mother, and if you can convince daddy to let me go, I’ll give you exactly thirty-nine kisses." And as if'making an advance deposit on the proposed payment, Mrs. Sommers received a generous portion of the amount due.. -And because “daddy” was never known to refuse'his daughter any rear sonable request which would contribute ~to her happiness, it wa< but a -short befdre the Overland Limited swiftly bore the excited girl to the great cantonment, very proud of the responsibility of traveling unchaperonefl ; and her cup of happiness was quite filled to overflowing as Mechanic Sommeas, with chest inflated, placed on exhibition “my sister” before the “fellers” standing with gaping mouths at the unusual vision of loveliness among their monotonous uniforms of khaki. And Madeleine loved to make the daily trip from town to camp, despite the tiresome, hard ride upon the rickety, rambling, one-line car —the only means of access to the camp. At the “Y”, there was always a crowd of eager, manly boys waiting about the piano for the mtigic music she could make with fingers and voice and other magic with her eyes. This night it was the bugler’s warning call of ,f tattoo” which sent her scurrying for the street car’s last trip.back to town, ably escorted to the car line by an even dozen khakbclad figures on each side.

Madeleine turned to wave a pleasant good-night from the platform, and as the conductor jangled the cord the car moved rumblingly off. “Fare please,” came in the mechanical tone of habit Her purse I It was gone! No, she remembered leaving it on top of the piano at the Y. M. C. ~A. How would she pay her fare? Would the conductor put her off? It was far to town s nnd the night was dark. “Pardon me, madam, but may I assist you in your difficulty?”’ And as Madeleine looked up she found foe owner of the dulcet tones handing the conductor the necessary coin and sa-luting-her with military precision. "A first lleufepant and decidedly good-looking,” sficrthought as her eyes took in collar insignia anjVXhe features above. Aloud: “Thank youTsir; I am very grateful.” X; The officer bowed and moved up toward the front of the car. When he seated himself he found the yoftng lady beside him. ~ X■;A blush of faint pink suffused hi*r’ cheeks. “I would like to repay you,, if—” “Don’t,” he* interrupted, holding up his hand;-”! am glad to have been oft assistance. Would you care'~to-siknext\ to the Window IP Madeleine accepted the courtesy, and because she did not know Whether or not she should speak, and If'; she should, what to say, she ran her fingers up and down the iron bars of the opened window, humming the lilting tones of a popular air. She felt she really ought to make some arrangement "to return the fare advanced.” “1 should tike* to repay you, if—” “Do you really want to repay me?” he again interrupted, very excitedly, as if against his better judgment And without giving her an opportunity to answer:’ "I’ve an invitation to a dance” tonight, and don’t know a demals soul to ask. Will you come with me?” • Madeleine looked around the car. There were no other passengers, and she laughed out loud. “Sure,” she gamely answered. ' The ride had never seemed so short, I and both commented on the fact It | was just a moment before that the inI cident had happened, and here they , ft ere already entering /the spacious

'‘The closing strain or v>ooo ivigiivr mission to see ner again. w-nsimy, ff-orn the church near bv sounded twice She flew into the waiting section of the revolving door The next morning she awoke with the premonition that something surprisingly pleasant would happen. And by way of preparedness, het wardrobe for the day was selected with' scrupulous care and. judgment. As she entered the dining room many an eye approvingly took id her eritire person, stopping to linger at the clear color of her cheeks and the happy twist of her Ups. The light breakfast finished she passed out opto the stone terrace, and It seemed a sort of accepted fact to 'And the lieutenant there. _ “I thought you might like to go motoring this morning,” he explained, “and perhaps after dinner you may care to visit the camp.”. Madeleine decided that daylight did not detract from the man’s personality. “Delightful," she answered; and a delightful ride it was. Out on the country road speed did not lessen his careful driving. Twelve o’clock, brought them to a hostelry in the valley, and to his other attributes Madeleine added the knowledge how ( to order an excellent dinner. On arrival at camp the lieutenant, now In his own element, became even more engaging, hut experienced disappointment that this most attractive girl should fall to find any interest In the life and surroundings which meant so much to him. But how was he to know that Instead of being a novel experience it had been her daily program for two weeks past? He racked his brain for an idea to arouse her lagging Interest. ‘TH have’my company drill with rifles,” he suggested, “you’ll like that." As they proceeded down the company street Madeleine recognized a familiar figure coming toward them. “Hello, sis,” Ralph called out, sliding his arm through hers as he saluted the officer. “Where-did you meet Lieutenant Roberts?”

“Lieutenant Roberts!” Madeleine exclaimed in a dazed manner. “Certainly not your Lieutenant Roberts?” “And don’t you like his Lieutenant Roberts ?’ the lieutenant smilingly and wonderingly asked. “When sis learned I couldn’t .come home on a furlofigh,” Ralph explained, “she wrote she hated even tne name of Roberts.” “Hush, Ralph?’ Madeleine whispered, holding up a warping finger against her pretty mouth. And then Ralph did a vpry unmllitary thing. \He saluted h|s superior* officer and deliberately winked. And although it is not on record, it is very possible that as he made an aboutface, he marched off with a big grin spread from ear to ear. “Do you think,” the lieutenant asked, as hi» eyes eloquently pleaded his cause, “that Mrs. Roberts sounds like a very bad name?”

Madeleine!# laugh gurgled from her throat for joy. “On the contrary,” she answered looking up archly at the straight figure, “I believe I shall find it very much to my liking.” The lieutenant glanced down the company street and saw his men standing rigidly at attention, their spotless rifles glistening In the noonday sun. “Sergeant A he called out, trying hard to conceaFtire happiness in his voice, “there’ll be no drill today. Dismiss the company.” s

The Quick Comeback.

“France’s success in this war.” said ,the close observer, “is her wonderful comeback. No matter how hard Germany has hit her, France has always returned the blow with speed and vigor.“France, in fact, has been as ready Uta the young fellow who proposed to rtje schoolteacher. The schoolteacher said to him scornfully: “ ‘Do you suppose, Mr. Doolittle, that I’d ever marry a man so benighted as to carry a great big horseshoe in his pocket for luck?* “Doolittle paled. Then, recovering himself quietly, he gave a loud laugh, took ont his horseshoe, laid it on his knee, patted it and said gayly: “ ‘Well, old fellow, I guess nobody’ll ever doubt your efficacy after this!’ ”

“Dead” Brother Very Much Alive.

Benjamin Bennick of Brooklyn went to Cornell’s morgue at Hempstead and was positive that the body of a man who had died at Camp Mills of Spanish influenza was that of his brother, Louis Bennick. “ The dead man had been registered as William Bennick, so Benjamin was told to go to the base hospital at Mineola to make sure it was his brother whp had died. He went and was cooducted to a ward. His brother, about to be discharged, jumped up from a cot and kissed him. Then Benjamin kissed all the patients, the doctor* all the nurses who had not flown? and finished up by fainting.

LATE STYLES ON LIST EACH WEEK

! i.l UulttJ* uui iMfe *•* ...» Xt- . xt * • rrvl_ v ‘ ax 14. SSEKE vals. When the sector of skirts seems settled into comfortable quarters, they drive in a wedge and change the silhouette or the treatment of detail sufficiently to make the public perk up with* interest. When-the condition in jackets appears to be well settled in trenches, they destroy the serenity by throwing over grenades which break up the line, change the arrangement of the neck, and shorten the length. They do not cease from troubling. By this constant maneuvering for surprise, they keep the public from losing interest in the industrial battle. Their patrols are' constantly going over 1 to France to get new information to bring back in order that a small flank or frontal attack can be carried out with success. They do not permit women to feel confident of their clothes because they were well chosen in October. . Details of Changes. It might make interesting reading to run over the fashions of last month and those of this month at the points where they differ. In other days, we would have called it the stabilization of fashions, for November was the month to expect that kind of shaping down into settled serenity after the turmoil of October. But one does not feel that anything is stabilized today, not even in the apparel business, especially under the stimulus of new conditions. As the war changes, we change.

It might better be explained by saying that this month, much has been that was considered first class in’October. Those who showed their gowns late in the season practically eliminated many of the overpopular French models that arrived in September. The public, guided by these dressmakers, therefore, had the opportunity to avoid what was conimanplace and overdue. Say what you will, there is a keen irritation caused by paying, upwards of S2OO for a copy of a French model that is In half the shop windows of “the country, selling for SSO. It was only natural, therefore, that changes should come about in not only the details of the gowns from one month to another, but in the ornamentation, and even in the silhouette. Uncorseted Figure. These later exhibitions of clothes, by the way, accentuated the corsetless figure. This does not mean that the mannequins who showed the gowns

Picturesque frock of black velvet Fits tightly over hips and forms graceful folds around feet Collar and deep cuffs are of tucked chiffon.

were always without corset* Some of them were. But others wore girdles of tricot or elastic. The effect was uncorseted. That was the vital point Some of the greatest hotfses in Paris insisted upon this effect in their August exhibition* but we have always tabooed the idea In this country. It is not possible for any but the young and slim to go about in clothes that are merely dropped from the shoulders and tied around the waist The new effect is not only exploited by the very leaders of clothes in this country, but now if is being taken up by dozens of slim women. One of the most interesting moves in this direction, is a return to the Directoire of Josephine and Mme. TaiHen in the high waistline and the nnooubted convex curve of the natural figure in front To the average woman, this silhouette is unthinkable; to the artist* sculptor* stage folk and certain designers, it is a return to the best there is in fashions. It is impossible on the middle-aged woman, unless she has kept herself as thin as an eel. - -

Signers, it really reduces the figure to

- " ■■ This la a charming Callot evening blue tulle. is embe I 9 e • • . big pink rose for the trimming.

tfan hip-band that holds the material tightly to the figure and then allows it to drop downward to the toes and heels. So it is not i>ure Directoire; it is a combination of Roman and Egyptian. Callot'* Mummy Frock*. The house of Callot also accentuates a change in the silhouette from what we have had from other French houses. It is nothing new under the name of Callot, for it was advanced last February and we called it the mummy silhouette, for want of a better name. The gown is really a bag, with square. sleeves and tight ankle* It is in striking contrast to the straight, chemise tunics of nearly all the other French houses. , This season it is not so pronounced in its baglike proportion* It takes on more of the. atmosphere of a gown Intended for a live, and not a lay, figure. It pulls upward in drapery around the kfltees and ankle* has a closer line to the figure under the arm* and depends for its beauty won Indian embroidery that spreads itself in sharp points down the front from shoulders nearly to knee* Thje is usually done in copper tones of silk floss. Outside of this peculiar silhouette which the dressmaker exploits more than the public adopt* are the draped Boman and Grecian gpwns which are also in direct contrast to the chemise tunic. v _ And • here is another decolletage which is a change from October and which Is seen in black velvet govms; the fabric is cut to the bone of the neck in back and then downward in a deep U in front. It is edged with a three-inch collar of antique ivory lace which is slightly full, but caught to the fabric, so that it may rest flat and i steady. This extends nearly to the waistline, and where the lower part rounds itself out over the figure, there is a straight tucker of flat tulle covered with lace. This is an eighteenth century decolletage and is far more becoming to any woman than the severity of the half low, medieval line. (Copyright, 1918. by McClure Newspaper Syndicate.)

FASHION TIPS

The rich wrap coats are especially adapted to the use of small women. Buttons of jet have no trouble in finding occupation at the present time. Some of the Parisian designs show dresses with low waists and draped skirts. * For children Paris sends ns velvet capes, but for grownups capes of similar character are of Scotch plaid. Youthfulness is the keypote of all Paris designs, and results in slim, straight lines, dropped girdles, a sort of Moyen age waistline and round necks. ,•«-• Frocks of velvet, devoid of trimming and cut on slim, youthful lines, are a pleasing mode of the moment, draped girdles and draped collars at the frock material being the strikingly new features. Rose-colored and white crepe effectively combined were developed into a charming girlish frock by Lanvin, the unique feature of which is its low V neck at the back and slightly rounded line at the front.