Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 66, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 March 1919 — Page 3

HIGHWAYS and ROADS of SIBERIA

Asiatic Russia, emending from the Ural mountains to the Pacific ocean, stretches through 80 degrees of longitude, and has an area of 6,500,000 square miles. The colonization of Siberia by emigration from Russia required a movement of population which would be facilitated by the opening of roads for wagon transport. It was in 1722 that the town of Ekaterinburg 'was founded, and in 1763 plans were made for projecting a road toward Tiumen and thence across the Siberian steppes. The route followed was that of the present Siberian railway. Work was delayed for some years by changes of government, but the road w r as finally completed along the line proposed. Over this main Siberian highway passed thousands of colonists, iqany of them political exiles from Russia, others Cossack soldiers directed to take up their residence along the main Siberian route for the purpose of military protection, says a writer in Magazine Russia. The road formed a main line of connection between scattered settlements of natives of various races, who had previously made limited use of trails and rivers. for intercourse with each other, and for commerce with the world outside. It formed the only route by which the interior of Siberia could be reached from east or west; while the only other routes were the caravan trails across the mountains and deserts to the south, and the difficult passages of the Kara sea into the mouths of the Ob and Yenesel rivers. The Sibirsky-Trakt. Of the main highways used as postai routes, the principal road is the famous .Sibirsky-Trakt, over 4,000 miles long, following, as has been said, the same route as the Trans-Siberian railway. Ikiost of this road could be covered easily by vehicle, except in the stretch between Sretensk * and Khabarovsk. Between those towns about 570 miles of road can be made by vehicle, while the rest, 660 miles, is covered by a pack-horse trail over the mountains, giving an alternative route to the river Shilka. The trail is used through the fall and spring only, while the river serves for boat transport in summer, and sledge transport over the ice in winter. The portion of the route between the river Shilka and Khabarovsk is called the Amur Highway. - Aoothop-importftßt-main-highwaylA the Irkutsk-Yakutsk Trakt, 1,840 miles

in length, of which 250 miles are passable by vehicle. The remainder of the distance is covered by the river Lena, in summer by boat and in winter over the ice by sled. The highway from Omsk through Semipalatinsk to Altaiskaya follows the river Irtish and has a length of 760 miles. There is also a main highway from Tomsk to Semipalatinsk, a distance of 470 miles. All the above highways were important links in the governmental control of Siberia from Russia. Over these roads couriers, police and soldiers could pass readily from center to center, keeping all settled parts of the country in communication with the central government. The main Siberian road is now largely disused on account of the superior communication offered by the Trans-Siberian railway, and the other highways will eventually be paralleled by railways as well. None of these roads is paved or improved in any way which would be considered as acceptable for a main road in America. The absence of stone in much of Siberia will make It difficult to pave them, though much could be done by establishing brick works and surfacing the roads with brick, in which case motor truck transport would form an important auxiliary to the railway. , Pew Well-Made Roads. While the Siberian railway is crossed by a number of important rivers winning from south to north, which

Bridge on Rubino-Tongulsk Road.

On a Siberian Highway.

grace, her charm; Germany, her profound romanticism. . . . For the rest, nature has given him . . . a noble heart, and genius. Yes, genius, in the full acceptation of the term, must be allowed to Chopin. He Is not virtuoso only, he is also a poet, he can make us apprehend the poetry which lives in his heart, he is a “tonepoet, *’ and n 9 enjoyment is equal to that which he bestows upon us when he sits down at the piano and improvises. Then he is neither Polish, nor French, nor German; he betrays a higher origin, he is of the kindred of Mozart, of Raphael, of Goethe; his true fatherland is the dream kingdom of Poetry.—Heine.

By the unanimous assertion of every man who ever went on a hunting trip that involved camp life for a considerable length of time, there is nothing like participation in such an expedition for bringing out and making clear the fundamental realities of character. • It reveals both virtues and vices, strengths and weaknesses, and emphasizes them all. Not only are many of the restrictions and inhibitions created and enforced in ordinary community Intercourse suddenly removed or weakened, but there are made new demands for the endurance of inconveniences and the pwformance of hard *nd distasteful Work-

afford transverse routes to points along their shores, the great expanse of the country is unprovided with wellmade roads. Transportation from points lying at a distance from the main route is, therefore, costly and difficult. Only a limited quantity of grain can be hauled out of the country to the railroad, while the railroad Itself is not able to take care of the grain that could be easily produced by the peasant population of Siberia in good seasons. The result is that a large crop of grain forces down the local price, so tlfat the peasant actually finds that a large crop brings him in less money‘and causes him extra work. "The greatest need of Siberia In the immediate future is improvement in roadways, so that communication may be easy from interior districts where grain can be raised, to railways and especially to water routes by which the grain can be carried out of the country. The improvement of the Siberian railway was already in hand under the American railway commission in 1917, when the bolshevik revolution occurred and put a stop to the work. It will be comparatively easy to increase the carrying capacity of the Siberian road very largely by physical improvements, and by better management, particularly in dispatching trains by a comprehensive system. Roadways by which Siberian commerce can be extended from the railway route to the interior districts should be improved and extended in the very near future. Caravan roads of southern Siberia include among the most important, the route from Petropavlovsk down to the river Ischim, past the Onlutav mountains and the river Sary-Su to Bukhara, and from the same city by the river Tchaglinka, past a number pf lakes to Akmolinsk, Nourinsky and into Turkestan.

HEINE’S'TRIBUTE TO CHOPIN

Qreat Writer Has Left Testimony of His High Admiration for WorldFamous Musician. Chopin was born in Poland of French parents, but received part of his education in Germany. The influence of the three nationalities affect his personality to an extent that is very remarkable. He has, “In short, appropriated the best characteristics of each; Poland has bequeathed to him chivalmua_teml£iicles. herJhiatfl.&L ical sorrows; France, her delicate

Good Character Test.

THE EVENING REPUBLICAN, RENSSELAER, INI).

All for Sadie.

By NEWTON A. FUESSLE

(Copyright.) The Lloyd School of Scientific Beautification boasted imposin-g, two-color letter-heads, bearing the picture of the 12-story Ramge building and that of .a handsome lady in evening dress, la-beled-“Mtner Josephine Lloyd, presiident.” • • —— —— The school, in reality, consisted of one Harry Lloyd Rugglesford, one rebuilt typewriter, one peroxidized stx-a-week stenographer, one second-hand roll-top desk, and a small dingy room on the top floor of the Ramge building. The pictured building on the stationery was, therefore, a case of metonomy, and that of the shoulder show a gentle fake.

H. Lloyd Rugglesford was president, secretary, treasurer, board of directors, and office boy of the school, along tfith its faculty of able teachers and far-famed authorities on hair-dressing, facial massage, manicuring, and chiropody, and kindred erudite and recondite subjects. His course of Instruction was by correspondence. It comprised 12 lessons. The fee was S2O-in-advance-you-pay-but-once-results-guaranteed.’ He advertised in newspapers and western magazines whose advertising managers were not yet overwhelmed by advertising ref Orth. When the doctor’s followup system was slow in convincing the village belles that they should be scientifically beautified, he made haste to hold forth the lure of a special rate of $15.42 —$12,36 —$9.18 —$7.29 —$3.05 —or $1,77. He gauged his haste and figures by the quality of the stationery upon .which mademoiselle had propounded her inquiries. As a judge of human nature —I mean feminine nature, for there Is a difference —by the stationery route, Harry Lloyd Rugglesford was an adept. The twelve printed lessons cost him fourteen* cents. Advertising he figured at fifteen cents an inquiry. Office rent was seven dollars a month. The depreciation of the rebuilt and of the P. B. stenographer were small. Overhead expenses were less. Hence his sound judgment allowed him not infrequently to descend to the one dollar and seventy-seven cents mark. , Forgive me, reader, for this lagging start and the arrray of dull statistics. I apologize also to the editor, the linotype man and the proofreader. Anon will I endeavor to redeem myself.

Do you crave romance, love, osculation? A dal/ of pathos, a shift of scene, a few surprises? A villain, brief paragraphs, lively conversation? Oh very well. Perhaps I can accommodate you. f "Twas June. How’s that for a telescoped paragraph? H. Lloyd Rugglesford swung jauntily off the trolley car, winked at the man on the corner decorated with the sign, “Please Help the Blind,” received an answering wink, paused at the florist's, purchased a 50-c6nt bunch of violets,"and was elevated~t*r the twelfth floor of the Ramge building. The doctor of beauty entered the beauty school with a satisfied air. Sadie, the stenographer, was pounding out form letter No. 7. That same epistle was calculated to plunge the fair recipient into the seventh inferno of despair because she had not yet purchased a money order and essayed the route of scientific beautification. Form letter No. 7 was a masterpieee of selling talk on the scientific elimination of pimples, freckles, moles, blotches, birthmarks, hair on the face, ingrown fingernails and the like. “Hallo. Sade,” said the beauty doctor. “I believe you said you liked violets. I’ve bought yon a few.” He handed her his offering with a truly Elizabethan bow. “Ever so much,. Harry,” she said gaily, raising the bouquet to her pretty retrousse nose. “I haven’t saw as swell a hunch as this all spring. You’re there with the keen'eye for nifty flowers, all right. Them roses the other day. was too dear for anything.” “Quit kidding, Sade,” said the beauty -d%ftor, smiling archly. “You know that nothing’s too good for you. Anything much in the way of mall today?” Sadie handed him a bundle of letters. * p t An examination of their contents disclosed 14 money orders, eight festive letters of warm commendation of the course, 19 vigorous kicks from disgruntled students, six threats to report /be institution to the post office authorities if certain sums were not forthwith returned; and 22 answers to advertisements. “Anything startling, Harry?” Inquired Sadie, pausing in her clatter. “Same old thing,” he rejoined. “Kicks and kopeks galore, and 22 new nibbles.” “Well, ain’t that Just fine!”• rejoined the private secretary, renewing her mastication of the chicle and her attack on the rebuilt. Harry returned to his morning’s mail, strove to translate the aspect of the 22 Inquiries Into terms of dollars and cents, but his thought** persisted La drifting into other channels. And this was the picture that floated before hl% mind.: He saw himself in a little flat. It was breakfast time, Opposite him/ Across the breakfast food, bacon and

pot of stapling Young Hyson, he beheld a fair young creature, with red cheeks, eyes like violets, retrousse nose, and hair of dainty, drug-store flaxen hue. u You guessed it, reader. It was Sadie.' ! For weeks had this wonderful* picture hung tn Harry’s mind. For weeks had he argued tne question or tnnrriage pro and con. At times he had been on the point Of laying bare his soul and begging Sadie to go with him to the courthouse and clergy, and thus make him the happiest beauty doctor on earth. - Yet, always, before he seize her fair hand and begin his matrimonial canvass, a still small voice lmd warned him That before he hitched his chßTtot to a marriage license lie must needs address Satan in the terms of the Biblical command, eschew his undignified and dangerous calling, and cast about him for a more genteel and desirable vocation. He knew that already a post-office inspector was camping on his trail, and he knew not the day nor the hour when a cruel and untimely governmental jolt would relegate the institution of scientific beautification into the discard. Incessantly had the sinister vision of the post-office Inspector been haunting him, flitting into his dream by night, harassing his thoughts by day. What —marry Sadie while standing thus upon the thin ice of his professional life? No, it wouldn’t be right to commit such a reckless act. He had therefore cast about him for a buyer upon whose shoulders to unload the institution of latter-day learning. And yesterday he had found a man who had offered him a thousand dollars for the gay' enterprise, forever to have and to hold. He had accepted the offer, and closed the deal with impatient dispatch. And now he had resolved to turn his youthful energies into the real-estate business, place a “best investment” upon Sadie’s finger, and become a desirable citizen beyond the pale of postoffice inspectors and kindred worries of his hitherto dangerous pursuits. _u Little wonder that Harry’s thoughts were thronged with flatirons, flapjaeks, frying pans and fluffy kimonos instead of with the unregenerate details of a business taboo! Harry pulled himself together, wheeled his chair about with a suddenness that startled Sadie, and said : “Sade, I’ve been wanting to tell you something for a good many weeks.” “What’s on your mind, kiddo?” asked the girl coyly. “Well,” pursued the beauty doctor, “I’ve come to the conclusion that this correspondence school graft isn’t exactly the stunt for an ambitious young chap like me. I’ve been cleaning up quite a bit of velvet in it, but the fact Is it’s not precisely on the level. You know that, Sade.

"It ain’t the sort of business that a man would like to have his wife, for instance, tell the neighbors her husband was in. It ain’t what he’d like to leave to his son when it came to an aerial in the direction of the sweet by-and-by. “Worse than that, there’s been a post-office inspector hanging round here for a couple of weeks trying to get a line on the institution. I’ve stopped him and swapped conversation with him a number of times myself. He’s one of these smooth guys, and never tipped it off was inter'ested In tlse school at all. “But I’ve caught him wandering round here entirely too often to make me feel comfortable. His snooping round here is getting'on my nerves, Sade. and I’ve decided to sell and get out from under before they let something drop on me. “My successor takes charge tomorrow. I’m going to take a whirl at the real-estate business, Sade. What do you think of that?” he added triumphantly, with a conscious blush of pride. "Oh, get out,” s'aid Sadie. “Are you on the level?” * “On the dead level, Sade. And listen,he continued, drawing his chair closer to hers. “I’m doing it all for you, girlie. “It will be hard for me, awfully hard, to break into anything like the real-estate business after being in this correspondence work so lonjt, and I’ve a hunch I’ll have a hard time getting to like the new business, but I’m doing it for you, so that I can be on the les r el and decent and look folks in the face from now oh. “You’ve had me on the run ever since you began pounding out form letters for me. I’m all to the psychopathic about you. You’ve panhandled my pump for fair, Sade. and I want you to marry me. Gee. but I love you, kiddo. and I’ve got Just the coziest little flat all picked out!” Harry rose, took a step in Sadie’s direction, then suddenly paused. A strange look had come into Sadie’# face. “I’m awfully sorry. Harry," she said, “awfully sorry. But you know that post-office inspector you saw round here? Well, he ain’t been investigating the school at all. He’s been round here to see me — And —well—him and I was married yesterday at noon.” P... S.—Somehow, the moral of my story has become slightly twisted- It is either: “He who hesitates Is lost,” or “Act In baste and repent at leisure.” You may take your choice.

Austria Headed Road Movement.

Curiously enough, the question of removal of snow from main highway# which Is now being agitated was first undertaken nationally by j§77, at which time a law was passed compelling municipalities to remove snow frcm state road# in order to keep them up for travel.

Suits For Wear On Stormy Days

New York. —Women-should take the rainy day seriously. They should not save up for it; they should prepare for it, advises a prominent fashion writer. The “saving up” process may sound wise to philosophers, and it may appeal to financiers when translated in terms of coin; but when it applies to apparel, the philosophy and the pracCan any woman answer as to why she should look her worst on a day when she needs to look her best? Why does Bbe feel that every occasion in life requires a certain kind of costume, except a day of bad weathThinking along the right track would make one confident that a special costume for a rainy day is as necessary as one for a dinner party. The average woman, In fact, the vast majority of women, will tell you that they wear out their old clothes when the skies are gray, the snow flies, and the rain soaks the atmosphere and floods the streets. ' There are individuals who achieve in life the distinction of wearing old clothes as well as they do new ones; of Investing any costume with a certain chic. But these are individuals, rare types among women who are envied by all the others and who are enabled, through this personal achievement, to be economical if they so desire. They are a class apart, they are not models for other women. No one can imitate them. An extraordinary distinction In dress is a gift, as Harry Lauder says, and not a habit. Now, cutting out these women who may do anything they please in the realm of dress, there is a world of women to be guided, counseled and chided in the kind of clothes they save up for bad weather. If clothes cannot be worn in the sunshiile, it is obvious that they are unbecoming, ungraceful, out of style. They must have serious defects, or they would continue in harness. Hung in the dark corners of the closet, and taken out only for the dark hours of the day, they cannot be expected to glorify or enhance a woman’s appearance. Yet, one finds almost invariably that these are the clothes which dot the streets on rainy days; that appear in the shops, and, that do duty at luncheon. And what is the result? A woman dresses herself in all the things that she dislikes and has discarded, goes abroad under a gray sky, and finds herself accepting an invitation to lunch or dropping In for an afternoon tea when the sun is shining, the streets are dry, and she looks like the symbol of an old clothes shop. War Brought in Leather. Although the military touches in women’s costumery have not been startling or aggressive, outside of the regulation uniforms worn by war workers, there has been an introduc-

Beige-colored leather suit, with skirt opened and lapped at back. iJ*ibrella, knitted muffler and velours cap are in dark red.

tion of other fabrics than those worn in peace. ” Leather, for instance. Women had nothing whatever to do with this fabric, except for shoes and hand bags, until the constant Usage of it by soldiers on the streets o 4 cities gave rise to its introduction for women’s clothes. The British ‘>&rm,” the well-known coat invented by the nation that has given to the world the best uniform produced by the war, is a garment that was taken up by women. Its usage suggested costs that were fflodl* fled editions of it. e Then leather skirts were taken up for sports last year, and they have been retained for rough weather in large cities. Leather has been worn In tan and in black and there are coats

of It made of that shiny kind which one once saw on policemen. Rubberized cloth was brought In by the war. Khaki-colored covert cloth and gabardine were returned to fashion through the war. Sheepskin collars and cuffs came about through its use as a lining for British coats. Extrti high leather boots have been emphasized since America went into the war, and now leather capsnnd hats with brims like the New England fishermen wear have come into fashion. France brought Out a host of new umbrellas since the war' because the French women were compelled to walk. The majority of Parisiennes jnrtr the bad weather down to the war, and there were Americans who thought along the some channel; but the probable truth is that the French woman, even of the poorest class, is not used to walking the streets in fair or foul weather, and when the war compelled

Coat suit of rainproof dark-blue cloth braided with black shoelaces. Cap of varnished blue straw. High leather boots reach up to the short skirt, and the high collar Is of sealskin.

her to do this, through the lack of taxis and money, she found leather, oilskin and umbrella necessary. Entire Leather Suit. One woman turns herself out on the street whenever her best clothes are inadvisable, in a beige-colored leather suit made by a sporting goods house. The skirt is narrow and short, slit: In the back, then lapped over to allow room for walking. The trench coat Is cut double-breasted, with large, bundle pockets and straight, stiff cuffs In which a woman now places her purse and handkerchief. The eap, the umbrella and the knitted muffler, which goes twice about the neca, are in dark red. The double row of buttons are made of leather, and tan shoes, with rubber soles and heels, are laced up as high as the new regulations will permit. Leather ils costly, you know, »ana every woman does not feet that she can Indulge In it, but heavy brown tweed, which stands the rain in an admirable manner, is nsed as a substitute by another well-dressed woman. This has a short skirt heavily stitched at the hem, and the odd blouse, which looks like a jacket, goes over the shoulders, is fastened at each side of the chest, and has a muffler as an attached collar, The" buttons on this suit are of leather, and the loops that go over them are of stitched tweed. There is a flat cap of brown leather, and the high shoes have no heels, but thick, extension soles and leather laces. When Old Clothes Are Used. There are women who cling to their old suits and frocks for certain occasions. Nothing can divorce them from these garments as long as they hold together. Habit of mind compels these women to use these clothes for umbrella days, but the necessity for warmth may compel them to, get a storm coat that covers all the shabblness beneath and presents to the outside world that spick-and-span appearance which suggests that something new is at hand. •• • The best of these storm coats is of rubberized cloth, with cap to match. It is made like a chemise frock, with immense pockets at the hips, a turnedup cuff at the hem, and a wide, fichu collar that hugs the back of the neck and fastens across the ehest with two leather buttons. The high-waisted belt fastens in front with a leather button. Whatever else you eliminate in yoor rain apparel, don’t omit pockets. They have taken a new lease of life. The soldiers have taught us their smartness, and necessity, has taught Us their convenience. They must be big enough to hold packages, and warm enough to protect the bands. .• (Copyright, 1919, by the McClure N*w«wu per Syndicate^