Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 29, Number 31, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 31 March 1921 — Page 11

WASHINGTON : SIDELIGHTS

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WASHINGTON.— It Is the belief of the-.secretary of the Interior thnt with an appropriation of $12.(100,000, broadly speaking, .160,000 acres of land could be opened for entry under the reclamation net, and he stated that there would be an opening of farms within, two m.iiiUis for a few thousand .acres in the. Shoshone (Wyoming) project. Secretary I’ayne has returned to Washington from a trip of Inspection of two of the government’s great Irrigation projects at Yakima, Wash., and Shoshone, Wyo, “There never was a time In our history,” said the secretary, “when the

See That Your Records Are Clear, Boys

A NATION-WIDE “drive” to round up draft deserters will be inaugurated by the war department in the next few weeks with the publication of a slacker list containing,; according to the present records* 178,1111 names. Although every effort has been made, to reach- every man classified., as J a. draft deserter, in order to give him an opportunity to show that he did not willfully evade his duty, notice of the Impending "drive” is given, and every'man in doubt as to his draft record is. urged by the adjutant, general of the army to write to him within the next two weeks so as. to afford, sufficient time for his .case W SiTsettled I)efpre-fhe'" slacker list is made public. “The war department Is. most anxious not to place upon any man who served his country honorably the humiliation of having hjs name appear as a slacker, and for that reason is seeking the widest publicity of the fact that a list of deserters will be published, arid thnt *he men whose names appear on thnt list will be arrested and brought to .trial before a

World to Have New Deal in Ocean Cables

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CONTROL of onhle telegraph systems, now largely In the hands of Great Britain, may he entirely revolutionized, and the way opened for a greater degree of American activity In this field, as a result of the International conference on wireless and cable communication to be held in Washington next month. The British established their control of the avenues of cable communication by pioneer enterprise in laying cables under longterm concessions granted by a num_ber of countries, which concessions exxlude'Cornpetition'. The aim of the in--teraational conference is to establish an International agreement removing the restraints on competition, defining property rights in cables, and

“The Boy Stood on the Burning Deck —”

WHEN Josephus Daniels, secretary of the navy, was attending school down at Wilson, N. C„ it was customnry every Friday afternoon for one section of the school to give declamations from the platform. One Friday a dozen of the boys, comprising all who were to speak that day, got theft heads together and conceived the merry prank of giving the same piece, one after another. The piece they were to give was one.that starts: •'On Linden when the sun was low, Alj_blood[ess lay the untrodden stIDW." By the time eight or nine of the Jocular youngsters had given these Imperishable lines she schoolnmster was aroused to a considerable state of ire anil dignity. He. sat through one or two more, and then when the twelfth boy was about to speak, promulgated this; “If another one of you dares give thgt same piece he will remain after school, and I shallTfive him something that will set thinking.” “Josephus Daniels was the next boy. lie and his companions had

Uncle Sam’s Big R-38—And Other Things

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LATEST reports front London received nt the navy depnrttnent are that the dirigible R-3% now being constructed for the American navy by the Royal Airship works at Bedford, England, Is more than 60 per centcompleted and probably will be ready to take the air by the latter part of November. When the great dirigible, .which will surpass in size any airship ever constructed, thrusts her nose out oT the hangar at Bedford for the first time, there will he a tralned-to-the= minute American crew aboard to put her through her trial flight She will (tome across the Atlantic next spring.

hunger for land was greater than It Is at present. It now rests with congress, which has the power to develop this immense amount of land, to make appropriations ..that . wU! Provide the territory. “The second highest dam in the United States has been built at ShoJdumOn— — —*— “In round numbers 220,000 j acres Is the quantity which the dam will provide water for. Hy furnishing $12,000,000 more 100.000 acres could tie opencfl In small farms, say from 15 to 25 acres. The land is so fertile that a farm of 15 acres seems to satisfy them. In Yakima, Wash., they i raise from (500 to 000 bushels of potatoes ou an acre of this ground. “Str.ce Ttlfr prtTnnry purpose -of lids reclamation law was to create homes, it has justified all Its exponents claimed for it; for on the government project lands are. 40,000 families In independent homos. The government reservoirs are supplying 2,780,000 arires and on these reclaimed acres there are 400.000 people profitably employeed.”

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military court,” according to a statement Issued by the adjutant general “Any man, therefore, jyjiodsWHit'positlve .that JiU-ferWEi with his local JSonrd'was complete in every detail should at ‘once avail himself of this opportunity to clear his record and avoid the probable publication of his name as a deserter. Once the list of (}eserfers is*posted, every means at the disposal of the army will be brought into play to. bring about the arrest and trial of Wie guilty. “The tremendous public sentiment against stackers will cause the whereabouts of most of them to be revealed, .and .It is not expected that any guilty man will escape.”

enunciating the principles of national and International .regulation of cable and wireless communication. Pending the deliberations of this conference the United States refused to issue a permit to the Western Union company to "land at Miami, Fla,, the American end of a new cable the Western Telegraph company, a British concern, proposes to lay between tile United States-anil the Barbadoes, a British possession rin "the .West Indies. To prevent the landing of the cable without a permit Secretary qf the Navy Daniels rushed five destroyers to Miami to intercept n British cable laying ships , The destroyers reached the scene of action and with due ceremony the American commander went aboard the British cable layer and communicated the warning of the American government to commit no invasion of American soil with the end of the submarine telegraph wire. But the cable layer already had received a' ■wireless' message from Sir Eric Oeddes, British ambassador to the United States, instructing him to take himself hence pending a settlement of the question. •

entered into a solemn compact all to give that same little piece, come rt*!mt might. As lie ascended the platform and gazed at the eager .young faces' 1 ' of fils'''accomplices Josephus greatly disliked to be untrue to his pledge. It wns a trying situation. For some moments be-stood l there; wavering, discretion ynnklng at the anchor of duty. And 10, duty held ! Manfully the brave little chap began: “On Linrfen when the sun was—” But he got no further. The teacher laid hands on him. Josephus had been brave but foolish.

With a gas volume of 2,724,000 cubic feet, the R-3S will surpass In size the largest rigid airship yet turned out by the Zeppelin company, , the L-71, by 304,000 cubic feet, and the British dirigible, B-34, which crossed the Atlantic last year, by 171,000 cubic feet. Her six engines will develop 1,050 horsepower, and drive the great gas bag at* an estimated maximum speed of 75 miles an hour. CLASSIFICATION of lands through the geological survey shows that in June nearly 14,000,000 acres were adjudged available —uudur the ' stock raising’ homestead law, which makes public lands available for stock raising purposes In homesteads of 640 acres or less. Areas by states are .as follows: Arizona, 2,048.320 ■ Colorado, 1,141,674; Idaho, 1,159,870; Montana, 6,51ft,816; New Mexico, 30.00 ft; Oregon, 1,448,040; South Dakota, 2,527,123. Total, 13,865,843. * THE nation’s greatest tax bill—ss,410,284,874 —was collected during the fiscal year ending JyaQ SM\

BUNGALOW MAKES i m hoi City or Country. ATTRACTIVE IN APPEARANCE Six-Room, One-Story House Is Arranged to Accommodate Small - —Family Uabor ' of - By WILLIAM A. RADFORD. Mr. William A. Radford will answer questions and give advice FREE OF COST on all subjects pertaining to the subject of building, for the readers of this paper. On account of his wide experience as Editor, Author and Manufacturer, he Is, without doubt, the highest authority i on all these subjects. Address all inquiries to William A. Radford, No. 1527 Prairie avenue, Chicago. 111., and only enclose two*cent stamp forreply: ~ J —"—t / . The least number of rooms that will comfortably accommodate the family; j convenient arrangement of these | rooms, and an attractive" exterior ap- I pearnnee are the three prime requi'-) sites for tlic modern home. Because they'are all found in the bungalow type of home, they are extremely popular with present-day home builders. Bungalows originated in California, or at least the name did. In the middle and eastern states bungalows were built for many years before the name was known —they were called cottages. But bungalows have a distinctive style about them and are a great deal more - attractive in exterior appearance, and their interior arrangement ! is much more convenient* than the cottages of the past generations. With tile Increased cost of everything, including homes, whether, they. be built or rented, the higm-huiider

must exercise' economy when selecting th'e design for his new home. Every roorrf a dried to a building adds a considerable sum to tlie cost, thus does the keen home-builder decide on a house that'ls plenty large enough for the family, but contains no more room than that. Also he insists on a room arrangement that will permit the work of caring for the home to be done easily and that the house be equipped with the labor-saving and moneysaving home conveniences. These desirable features have been Incorporated in the bungalow design shown in the accompanying illustration, Here, is a handsome home —one that any family may be proud of—so

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arranged that it will house a goodsized family and allow the work of caring for it to be done With a minimum nrmwmt'of-labor. ' v: The bungalow Is of wood construction; set on a concrete foundation nnd has a full basement under it. While the floor plan shows only six rooms, all on the first floor, the roof is designed so that additional rooms may be built in the attic. The gables of the roof, the shingle and the ship-lap

HER SHARE OF “WAR WORK” Young Girl at Least Was Doing Something for the Defenders-of the Country. “Now that the war Is over,' now that the war ciouds have drifted away, we perceive that a lot of war work was graft, while a lot of it was bunk, pure bunk." The speaker was Hamilton Holt, the brilliant young New York editor. “War work!” he went oil *Tt reminds me- of the young girl whose chpm called her up on the telephone In 1918 and 81161“ " ' ~~ r “Dear, will you go to the movies this afternoon 7* “ *No, I can’t,’ was the reply. Tm on war . work.’ •“War work? Yon?’ “ ‘Yes, war work, me. Tm washing papa's armlet.’” Generous Islanders. In the natives of the South Sea Islands there are subtle undercurrents of .ft heathen heritage which tend to

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siding and the artistic front porch ail combine to gfve If h, fine outward appearance. Also the high attic insures a- cool house in summer aml'a warm one in winter. The tfriof plan shows the sizes arid arrangement of tlSri.rooms. Ranged on one side are living and dining rooms and kWohew tmd «u tlm etii*r Hirer' fffffif-fniorTeads flnWT' frit,, the lfvIng room, \vllich Is 14 x 17 feet, a goodsized room. This i is equipped with a Itirge (ire-plnce In the outside wail with windows on either stile. . i riirougl„a_4taahlfi .casnLmrntns udth. a col ion mtde Is the dining mom, also Is x 17 feet, with a thrj-e-window bay., Tlds arrangement makes tliese two . liege. rooms .-Virtually jjuil amLiietwita.. a free circulation of “air In the hot months. At the rear of tin* dining room i» the kitcheh, t 2 x ii feet » Inches. At the rear is a purch, and at the side a pantry with nil outside window. The stairs to the l'aseiue.nt and to the . attic lend out of the kitchen. Three bedrooms are ranged along the other side of the house on the first floor One room, which might he used ns a library or den opens jiff ihejiymg. goom. The other two bedrooms and hath room are on a short hall, which is rea’ched through the dining room. The front bedroom Is 11 fel t 6 inches x 11 feet; the - center bedroom is 10 feet 6 Inches by 11 feet C inches, and the rear bedroom Is 11* 6 iuehes x 12 feet 0 inches. The basement is arranged for the accommodation of the heating plant, the fuel storage, and -the laundry and oilier storage rooms. This is the type of house that can he heated nicely by a pipeless furnace, as the two rooms that demand the most heat are really .one. •*• ' While this plnn Is suggested for the HSUS builder Who tar icf ii targe fafßtjy, it is well to consult an architect if one is available, and the local eontrnci tor and lumber dealer before finally ! deciding on the plan for the new home. LThese-aucn-hre oxpe-rtjUui liuildi-ng-and-their knowledge and experience will

he-of great help to llie prospective home builder. They know what is Rest in home design and Construction and what should he avoided so that the home will cost as little as possible. This fall is-a time when everyone who possibly can should build homes of their own. Kents everywhere aro again being raised tins fall, and there seems to he a certainty that another Increase will be put into effect by the property owners next spring. Homes are senree and like everything else In a like condition, bring high prices, either at sale or in rents. The home owner is secure in the knowledge that he is bis own landlord and that he and his family have a comfortable, convenient and attractive-place to live, which is worth consider.!hie. Building costs have come down considerably -since early spring nnd, experts say, have now reached the bottom for several years to come. There is nothing in the.present situation that should deter those who possibly can from .building a honm and becoming their own landlords.

Ishmael Tames. We may or may not identify the Arabs with the Ishmaelites,. those des-ert-dwelling descendants of Hagar whose hands Were to he against every man and every "man’s hands .ttgninst them, but tire Arabs and kindred tribes, Bedouins' or however named, have fulfilled the prophecy until now. They have dwelt in the presence of their brethren for- some thousands of years, plundering them with perpetual incursions and finding in their desert sands a fortress and sure refuge from pursuit. Only by the laborious expedient of building a railroad Into flielt sand wastes could they be overtaken nnd subdued; and not until the death of Gordon roused England to a frenzy wai J tWi™mode of fighting them tried.. Way to Victory. The longer I live the more certain I nin that the great difference' between man and man. the feeble and tha powerful, the great-and the Insignificant, Is energy and Invincible determination —a purpose fixed, and thendeath or victory! Thnt quality will do anything that can he done in this world, nnd no talents, no circumstances. no opportunities, will make a two-legged creature a man, without it. Fowell Buxton.

-carry them out of the conrse'vnnpped on the heavenly chart. But these hereditary predilections are being overcome. At the last annual missionary collection nt Kokengola, a Solomon islander, ex-head hunter, attired in -spotless raiment, walked down the aisle of a Christian church and deposited ss(> on thp plate; to help send the gospel to the heatherr. Others who had ho money gave coconuts or shells. — ■- '' .. Replacing Lost Blood. The successful use of artificial fluid as a substitute for the blood lost by wounds, or removed from the circulatory system by T'-'e dfcra us the-bb*«4 vessels, has just come to light as a. surgical triumph of the war, report! the Popular Mechanics Magazine. II has long been known that a simpls salt solution is capable of taking the place of hlood In the circulation foi a time, .but it Is soon lost by transfusion through the walls of the veins. This is prevented in the new solution by thejwesence of a gum, which gives the fluid sufficient body to retain It In the veins .for some time. ,

IS RECORD BIBLE

» Immense Volume Now Nearing , Completion in England. WMi byl var the Largest vciume That Has Ever Been Con. structed—Definite Purpose in Its Production. English -WtWe plans for tf>2l center nrtaind the production of-the worlds, largest Bible, notes the-Portlnnd Oregonian. - -Abo itha of - work- have- al ready been • expended upon It. Many weeks more will lie needed fur its completion. Already, however, the frame of the great book' is in being. Six stout hemfy'n ropes, much thicker than the ordinary clothesline, are its backbone. Four of Abuse are laced into millboards half an inch thick as a foundation for tti6 ’leather covering. The back of the book Is sewed with twine round the -«dit--stout---hempen—ropes ill the. uiil fashioned way. In every sense the biggest Bible Is intended to .be tile finest example -of book making that England can proluce, ‘ But why . produce -the- Mggest-Rible? rile answer to this question given by tile “Billie Crusade” as ffmows.: “The grent Bible is Intended to rivet public attention on the primary Importance of tlie Bible as tlie fountain tin! source of all truth. As this.unique volume is. magnified in size above all itlier volumes, so tlie grandeur of tlie Bible ouglit to lie magnified in value lliove that of all other books.” A-fenture of iin- yi-etll Billie is tbat It will be written entirely by hand. Not more than three verses of the text will be written by the same person. Kings, and field marshals will,' side By ode with pnnners nini' workmen, tratify their belief in the holy scriptures. \t the sole of the piece of text which diev write ail will sign fheir names t 6 ■lie following; "As .my testimony that I ncknowl■dge the Bible—as. originally given to maiikinde-to be ‘as it is in truth, the word of God,’ I append my signature.” The biggest Bible,'when completed* .vill not only be tlie largest example of the word of God, but it will constitute ;lie world’s completest autograph al>Uin, with signatures, it is anticipated, if most prominent English and foreign men amt women from kings loiynward. Twelve thousand people will lie needed to complete the text Twelve large goatskins have beet used in providing a cover for the biggest Bible. When standing on end tlie volume .s more than 5 feet 2 inches high and nearly 3 feet -6' inches wide, so that when it is opened fiat It measure: iliout 7 feet 10 Inches-across. The whole volume now lies at tin Oxford University Press. It awaits tlie advent of Bible year and the gift •y some of a special motor car which Is needed to take, it in its mission in England and overseas. Perhaps the great Billie will visit America if invited to do so. The special car which Is to be designed foi the great tiook will contain, a folding niiplt and a special platform. sot exhibiting the text of tlieTilggest Bible -md the signatures.

When Vaseline Was Valuable. About three thousand barrels of oil nave been obtained from the various tvells experimentally bored by the .Brit- ; sh government in Derbyshire (Eng.) utd elsewhere. It is not a great deal In fact, considerably more than this Must have been yielded altogether by the famous Balm well, situated at St Catherine’s near Edinburgh, which luring several centuries exuded a sub stance .we now know to have beet genuine petroleum. No one ever seems to have thought of refining the crudt >il and using, it for illuminating purposes'; but it was in great repute as a remedy foreskin complaints; and people so n-tflicted came from far and near .’to_ obtain Supplies of if. Esperiaily esteemed was the solidified petroleum which was scraped from inside the well near the bottom, aihl which used to lie retailed, under the name of Balm of Siiiai, for as much as a sovereign an ounce. Today , one can buy an ounce of tne same sort if stuff—vaseline —from any chemist Cor a fetv cents. Keeps Out Draughts, Admits Light. A new arrival among shades is the ’eilulold window shade, used to keep ms draughts, says the‘Popular Science Monthly. ' It is fastened to a regular spring shade roller and lias -the customary stick through its lower end. • You attach It-to the top of'the winlow frame Just as you would an. ordinary shade. Being transparent. It does not Obstruct the view. The ends of the stick may he fitted In grooves in the frame to-keep the celluloid from curling. , Now let some one invent a shade Hint will shut ont the light without shutting out the air. This is far more needed, especially in summer time. Life Made Safer. Improved sanitation and scientific war on mosquitoes, flies -and rats are recent developments which are making life safer. So are" antitoxins, vaccination, anaesthetics, antiseptics and public, health education. But along without firmer grip on Father Time’s coat tails we are developing an unprecedented amount of old-age diseases. The public health service Teports that never before has there been so much henrt trouble, cancer, chronic Bright’s disease and artery Iron hies, largely becquse never before have there been so many elderly people. Darwin’s if. « If I had to live my life again, -I would have made a rule to read some poetry and listen to some music at least once every week; for perhaps the parts of my bruin now atrophied would thus have been kept active through use The loss of these tastes Is a loss of happiness, nnd may possibly he Injurious tnThe intellect, and more probably, to the moral character, by enfeebling the emotional part of our nature. —Charles Darwin.

PARIS SPONSORS THESE FROCKS

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WHETHER we admire and approve or not, tlie efforts of French, creators of styles never fail to Interest us. Sometimes a single glance reveals so much of beauty arid ingenuity that we are willing to concede French superiority in the-realin of clothes, and sometimes much more than a glance falls to rouse any enthusiasm for tlie import that has been thrust upon us. Here are two afterboon frocks which Harriet Gusffl* wears, in company witli a hat and shoes also natives of Paris, by way of adding to the brilliance of "Honey Girl.” They do tlieir part—arid \fhat do you think of them? At the left of the picture the frock of brown satin lies peaks the work of a master in Its simplicity and its lovely lines and clever adjustment to tlie figure. It Is worn over an accordion plaited petticoat of Indestructible voile In Belgian blue and Is marvelously embroidered in silk of the Same blue.,

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A HAT ami smock destined to spend ’• most of their time together are among the rich and charming matched sets that tlie .coming of autumn has inspired. The destiny of hats uppears to be settled in the beginning by their creators, who either provide them with a ling, a senrf or a smock as life eornpanions or send them out well, equipped to conquer the world alone. The gorgeous piece of headwear shown in the-, picture might hold Us own unattended anywhere tint It cnlls for a companion piece equally splendid. It could not tolerate a rival helow Its level, nnd so the safe course was to provide a garment to match. It does not need a pretty Russian face to point out that this set is a Russian inspiration, but 'the two go well together. Black satin provides the background for embroidery in an Involved and beautiful pattern that almost eevers the hat and goes far nn the smock. It proves to be an intricate piece of imagery in which birds

Organdies. Anybody who may have witnessed nrecommencement functions at a woman's college this year has been mpressed wltlj the endless variety of tolor, teiture arid model of the orznndle. dresses thnt appeared on'the -ampus. And they are trimmed with triflings sot in the skirt perpendicularly—frillings not more than an Inch tnd a half wide—or In thread tucks rannlng round the bottom of the skirt uid the lower edge of the sleeves. Bats made by the girls themselves to

The skirt is shorter, than Americans will accept or consider graceful and neither are they enthusiastic ovet short sleeves. But even so, there is nothing to do but concede .that this is a, beautiful gown with suggestions that are valuable in draping, in embroidery nnd in color combination. Tlie second gown is less equally graceful and Is made of black satin with an overdress of blue and ‘gray plaid brocade, A photograph fails to do it justice but It is reality a pure delight to the eye, so elegans in its long lines, and color effect that tha very short skirt seems an eccentricity easily overlooked. The brocade at the .front and back is merely a square of the sjjk with points falling below tlie .bottom of tlie skirt and Joined at the sides with a long, splendid tassel. The long sleeves have pointed cuffs of brocade nnd the short Jacket and wide turn-over collar reveal again the hand of H genius.

.come unexpectedly “to light amid flow ers, leaves, bloSsotns and tendrils. Hat and smock to match offer some thing new in sets but to he far more popular Is to be, found In hat and hag to match. The vogua for elaborate and rich embroideries hi millinery paves the way- for companion' pieces of equally handsome hags. Ribbons, velvet, duvetyn, are all fabrics that are as well suited to bags ns to hats, and nearly ail the new bags are -made of fabrics. Chinese nnd Japanese embroideries entice the designer to convert them into these lovely accessories of dress. ' Above all things, ribbons wide and narrow tempt feminine fancy ,nnd fingers to convert them Into ingenious bags, nnd milliners look at ribbons nnd think hat^

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match the color of the organdie and consisting of fcAds of silk were common. At a garden party at Wellesley , college, in mid-June, for instance, one hardly saw a white dress,’ but the pinks, lavenders and, above -all, the shades of green brought out In the Huffy organdie gowns worn by hundreds of pretty girls were ravishing. Hand Painting on Taffeta. Hand painting on taffetk is proving very successful for some of the sea* Son's newest hats.