Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 34, Number 181, 8 May 1909 — Page 5

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What Is Doing in Social, Club and Miss Elizabeth R. Thomas

One of the most charming social functions for Earlbam College, this season was the ' reception given last evening at the college for visiting students. Pennants and ferns were used tn decorating the apartments, where the guests were received. Punch was served during the evening. The out-of-town guests were: ; Foster Allee, Herman Allee, Clay Moore, C. E. Trueblood. Earl Ray, Bireling Woodard, Paul Cowgill, Clyde Woodard, Fred Towell. Hazel Jeseup, Ben Newlin, Walter Chapman, John Grudley, Nelson Newlin, Dickson; Russell, Tom Denman, Hubert Lewis, Earnest Lewis, R. S. Coppock, Frank Byerley, Glenn Wood, Paul Myers, Ralph Morris, Fred Hadley, Morris Browu, LeU Wood, Mearl Cook, Anna J. Maris, Adlaia Bennett, Victor Hitea, Alepta Hites, Lucille Lindley, Etta Chamness, Morris Bogue and Bob Newlin, from ' Bloomingdale academy. Claude Ratliff, Herschel Newl.Glen Lewis, Merle Scott, Jack Brunt, Arthur Winslow, Geo. Hasty, Orville Hasty, Earl Fowler, Guy Johnson, Norman Haisley, Non Whybrew, Jesse Dutton, Mark Baldwin, Leland Slate, Kenneth Hollingsworth, Mahlon Wright, Farow Hockett, Paul Whiteley, Everett Devine, Robert Little , Chester Haisley, Bernard Cox, Ben Winslow, Otto Morris, Eli Jones, Bruce Adams, John Haisley, Lawrence French, Russell Henry, La Rue Carr, Hudaway Cochran, Enos Harvey, Ernest Harvey, Dalton Lewis. Virril Brock, Howard Carey, Ellis Stout, Rev. Thompson Lewis, Horace Prindle, Raymond Barr, Everett Cassell, Grace Payne, Adriene Garner, Ethel Lach, Myrtle Leach, Mrs. Colvin Hancock, Etta Templet on, Lena Burwlck, Dwight Dougherty, Jesse Dougherty Herbert Thurston, Enos Harvey, Ancil Ratliff, W. W.. Wise, Raymond Peelle, C, R. .Small, Pauline Ratliff, Cora Shafer, Lucilo Hiat, Emma Cochran, Nellie Allen, Edna Trader Pearle Beller, Marie Ellengrood, Vida Wright, Pearle Greek, Mary Kelsay. Vivian Hertley, Cora Jones, Dora Ellis, Katie Coahran, Leila Davls Georgia Davis. Zola Nlab. Alice Ratliff, Mrs. Ida Winslow, Mrs. Laura Devine, Olive Spangler, Lula Blair, Vetha Gill, Mary Dillon, Ora Jones, Mrs. Stephen Smith, Daisy Smith, Geneva Johnson, Mrs. Edna Johnson, Mrs. Chas. Carey and son, Eaza Hiday, Isa Templebon, Maude Reeve, Myrtle Reeve, Ina Ratliff, Mrs. Calvin Hancock, Juliette Tigner, Alvette Hodginy Mrs . Oora Winslow, Ava Cope, Corda Davis, Elisabeth Compton. Mrs Myra Baldwin; Olive Rush, Susie Haisley, Mrs. Daisy Barr and Ora Wright from Fairmount academy. 1 Daniel Freeman, India W-. . n - T 1 1 1 1 A fTeemaa, ons w imams. Amy jessup, Bertha Fesmlre, Hazel Tomlinson, Ramona Cox. Mary Whinnery, Frank Griffin, Julius Haworth, Vernie Coaltrin and Herman Briles from Westfelld academy. v Edyth Reynolds, Allen Lancaster, Howard Mills, Evertt Lewis Miss A. June Kersey, Mrs. C. N. Coffin. C. . L. Coffin, Earl Wright, Fred DRESS AND QUiaPE. The waist of this little dress is cut la one piece and gathered to a curved belt. The skirt is straight at the lower edge and is gathered except in front, where there are two side pleats each side the center, and it buttons all the way down in the back, the buttons being on the inside. The material is plain blue gingham : with navy blue and white embroidered edging, used plain in the. neck and sleeves. This embroidery is set on with a , bias band of navy blue and the belt has a similar band around its center. . : The guimpe is made of plain white lawn, trimmed with narrow lace insertions on the cuffs and down the front. Each side of the front are two tucks like those on the sleeves. The pattern it cut in four sixes, 6, Jt. 10 and 12 years. Size 6 requires 2Vt yards of 36 -inch material for the dress and 1-23 yards of 27 inch ma ferial for the guimpe. Price .of oat tern 464 is 10 cents. Fill out blank and send to Pattern Department of this newspaper. No. Address. Size. 2

OF SOCIETY

Emerson, Blanche Cox, and Stella Baird from Vermillion Grove academy. Miss Delia Stansbery and Mr. Stansbery have been called to New Martinsville, West Virginia, on account of the illness of their father, jk Jt Jt Important social events for Friday were the card companies given in the parlors of the Westcott hotel, by the Daughters of the American Revolution. At the afternoon company about fifty five 'guests were ; entertained, there being fourteen' tables. Favors were won by Miss Carolyn Hollingsworth, Miss Josephine Cates and Mrs. Robert . Stirason. The rooms were beautifully decorated with, flags and ferns. Punch was served by Miss Amy Horton, Miss Dorothy Bates, Miss Helen Nicholson, Miss Helen Jameson and Miss Dorothy Dill. At the evening party there were guests for ten tables. Favors were won by Mr. and Mrs. Frank Edmunds, Mr. J. Y. Poundstone and Miss Laura Johnson. Punch was also served in the evening. The affairs were very successful, a large sum being realized by the chapter. Jt Jt jt Articles exhibited for the handicraft prize offered by Mr. William Dudley Foulke must be submitted for competition either Saturday; May 15 or Monday, May 17. . 'Jt Jt : Jt . Mrs. Elizabeth. Dunham Sheldon whose home is in the East is the guest of her parents Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert T. Dunham of North Tenth street ; : j jt ;, ; Miss Elizabeth Cary is visiting at Indianapolis. -.; Ji Jt Jt ' i 1 Mrs. Omar ' Murray and Mrs. Earl Mann will receive Thursday afternoon', May 13. ' .- 'ji jt -j" Miss Edith Rhinehart of Dayton, O., is the house, guest. of Miss Lucile Mahret, 44 North Sixth. street. ; . , Jt . Jt Jt Mr. Loftus Jones will spend Sunday at Cincinnati. , ; . Jt . Jt Jt , Mrs. Charles W. tsenbarger was honor guest at an informal company given Friday afternoon by Mrs. Claude Addleman at her home on Pearl street. The hostess was assisted in entertaining, by Mrs. Charles Kuhlman. Spring blossoms and ferns were used in embellishing the reception hall and parlor. In , the living and dining rooms carnations . and ferns were used in decorating.- A large center piece made of carnations, gave the dining table an attractive appearance. Places were arranged at the -table for twenty persons. Dainty hand-painted designs were used for place cards. AN luncheon in three courses was served A pleasant feature for the afternoon was the program arranged for by Mrs. Addleman. Mrs. Walter Snaveley 464. 1 a . w ' e

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Art Circles. 1 3 PHONE 1121 played several pretty piano numbers, Mrs. Kuhlman also giving a number. A reading was given by Miss Thelma Martin. Those invited' to participate in this delightful event were: Mrs. Sheridan Mills, Mrs. Charles Tiesing, Mrs. L. B. Campbell Mrs. George Martin, Mrs. Edgar Henshaw, Mrs. E. E. Christopher, Mrs. McMinn, Mrs. Ora Martin, Mrs. George Reid, Mrs. Hen ry Dietrich, Mrs. Albert Rhinehart, Mrs. William Kauper, Mrs. Henry Koehring, Mrs. Edwin Moore, Mrs. Louis Fraumann, Mrs. Walter Suave ly, Mrs. George Horning, Mrs. Louis Fossenkemper, and Miss Rosa Koehring. Ji Ji Mr. Paul Bietry, who yesterday celebrated ' his birthday anniversary was surprised last evening at the home of Mr. Edward and Miss Marjorie Simpson, south east of the city. Games and various social diversions featured the evening. A dainty lunch eon was served. The guests were: Miss Ida Minneman, Miss Emma Niewoehner, Miss Alice Minneman, Miss Edyth Pyle, Miss Marie Studt, Miss Ellen Niewoehner and Miss Amelia Niewoehner, Mr. Edward Minneman, Mr. Fred McClure, Mr. Richard Simpson, Mr. Howard Studt, Mr. Will Niewoehner, Mr. Edward Simpson and Mr. Henry Bietry. CLUB NOTES Miss Maude Flanagan . entertained the members of a card club Thursday evening at her home, 407 South Twelfth etreet. Favors were given to Miss Marcella Luken and Mrs. John Harrington, Jr. After the game a dainty luncheon was served. Those present were Miss Anna Harrington, Miss Lillian Shofer, Miss Alice Griffin, Miss Marie Davis, Miss Esther McKone, Miss Mable Steinkamp, Misses Marcella and Blanch Luken, Mrs. John Harrington Jr., and Mrs. Arnold Klein. In two weeks Miss Anna Harrington will entertain the club at her home on North Twelfth street. The Ladies Aid society of the Grace M. E. church held an all day meeting yesterday at the church. Needlework was a feature of the day. At noon a .luncheon was served. The members have decided to give a luncheon Saturday evening, May 15. Jt Jt Jt Mrs. Jennie Yaryau will be hostess for the annual business meeting of the Daughters of the American Revo lution Saturday afternoon, May 15 at her home on North Tenth street. Of ficers will be elected at this time. ' ... k p V, A meeting of the Mary F. Thomas W. C. T. U- will be held Monday after noon at two-thirty o'clock in the dome room of the MorrissonrReeves library. The subject will be the Juve nile court. A good attendance is de sired. Jt J Ji' .. - .The high school orchestra accom panied by the director Prof. William Earhart went to Milton last evening to play at the commencement exercises. . Jt JI Jt Miss Mildred Gaar will be hostess for the next meeting of the "Gabblers" at her home on North Thirteenth street JI Jt Jt Miss Grape Robie entertained the members of the Thursday Card club at her home, 117 North Thirteenth street. Miss Maude Thistlethwaite and Mrs. Harry Simmons were given the favors. Mrs. Richard Study and Mrs. George Cates were guests. Luncheon followed the game. : Jt Jt Jt A meeting of the Aid society of the First Presbyterian church met Friday afternoon in the church parlors. , Jt -..JI, JI ... The social given last evening at the Whitewater school building by the Mothers League of Riverdale was a very successful affair. ' Jt Jt Jt Mrs. Henry Luring was hostess for a meeting of the Francis Willard W.

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Fitting Tribute Was Paid To Memoty Of America's Great Poet, Henry W. Longfellow

Washington, May 8. The nations of the world, through their diplomatic representatives yesterday joined with America in paying tribute- to the memory of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, when a statue to "America's most popular poet" was unveiled in the fashionable center of the National Capital. Assembled to honor the life and memory of the poet, in addition to the members of the diplomatic corps, were Attorney-General WickC. T. U. Friday afternoon at her home 3 South Fifteenth street. The devotional exercises were led by Mrs. S. W. Traum after which a business, session followed. There- was a large j auenaance, -me meeting proving most interesting. . In two weeks Mrs. Bailey will entertain the union at her home on South Sixteenth street P C sT The Alice Carey club met last evening with Mrs. Chauncey Riffle, at her home on South Twelfth street. The meeting was in the nature of a business session. A picnic will be held June 3, at Glen Miller park. A number of invited guests are expected to be in attendance. C. E. SOCIETIES 111 BIGMEETIIIG Young Church Workers From All Over the Country Going to St. Paul. BIG PREPARATIONS MADE DELEGATES TO THE GREAT CONVENTION IN JULY WILL. REPRESENT 49,000 SOCIETIES IN THE UNITED 8TATE3. St Paul, (Minn., May S. Plans are practically complete for the biennial convention of the Christian Endeavor societies of the United , States and Canada which will convene in St Paul early in July. From fifteen to twenty thousand delegates are expected and to accommodate them the new municipal auditorium seating 10,500, the drill hall of the new armory, and six large churches have been reserved for the meetings' scheduled, which will be practically continuous miljiht and day for six days. The delegates to the Si- Paul convention will represent 49,000 different branch societies with a total membership of 2,500,000. The last conveiy tion was held in Seate with 13,000 delegates and four year! ago when the society met in Baltimore there was an attendance of 22,000 delegates. Good Quarters Secured. In addition to the ssce reserved for meetings, fifteen churches and other buildings have been secured as headquarters for state and provincial societies. These will be utilized for the registration of delegates and in assigning them to hotels and places of entertainment provided in advance. The registration alone will be an important task. - Several special features have been arranged for, the most Important of which will be a parade of -all the visiting delegations from the auditorium where the sessions will be held, to the steps of the new Minnesota state capitol. where a song service will be held. The broad steps and walks, which cover, a considerable elevation from the streets nearby to the , entrances of the building, will accommodate 10,000 people massed for such a meeting and arrangements already made promise that- this unique service will be one of the most impressive of the convention. St Paul, Minneapolis and Chicago, each furnishing a large body of singers, will combine in making up a huge chorus which on Saturday night, of convention week wil entertain the visiting delegates with an oratorio and song service. The convention will give generous aid to the national anti-tuberculosis movement and arrangements are in progress to install a complete exhibit which will be prominently displayed throughout the meetings. A PHIIHO POPE Americans Have Ordered a Splendid Automobile For His Use. CAGNO ' THE INSTRUCTOR Rome, May S. A group of Americans whose names are not known, but who are said to include J. P. Morgan, bare ordered at Turin. ' a handsome automobile landaulet of thirty horsepower which is to be decorated with the papal coat of arms, upholstered in white leather and lighted by electricityIt is to bear an image of St. Joseph and on the back seat will be a richly bound beviary. The automobile Is Intended as a present for the pope for his use In the gardens of Venice. The cost win be s4,k. , - j ' ; Chauffeur Cagno, the winner of the race for the Targa trophy in May. lOfti. will instruct the chauffeur, who Is to drive for His Holiness. oc3ol!

ersham. the personal representative of President Taft. men distinguished in letters and many of the descendants of Longfellow. The splendid bronze statue is located in a park at the intersection of Connectucut avenue and M street. Northwest. It represents the poet seated with a book in hand, is placed upon a block of bonaeord granite, brought from Sweden and carved in Scotland. A feature of the exercises was that the grandchild of

IN THE WOMAN'S WORLD

What They Are Doing FOR TIRED EYES. ' Looking Into Space Occasionally Is Very Restful. When any other organ of our body gets tired we do not hesitate to rest It, but few people take systematic rest of the eyes. Tt they, being very sensitive, need especial care. Women will say. "My eyes are so tired I can hardly seer Yet Instead of stopping fine sewing or embroidery, they stitch away In a half light with no thought of evils to follow. It Is not possible for every one whose eyes nre weary to stop work for a time, but It Is possible for them to pause snd close the eyes for a few seconds. This gives a needed rest to the muscles, and the habit once formed, will postpone the evil day of glasses and oculist's bills. Another quick rest for tired eyes Is to look Into space occasionally. Tour friends may accuse yon of being lovelorn or looney. but who cares if vision is strengthened thereby. The woman whose eyes are on a constant strain will find it rims wen spent If she rise occasionally from her work, say, once every two hours, and bathe her eyes with very hot or very cold water. On mast deckle for herself which gives greatest relief. One famous oculist declares cold water for those under forty years of age and hot water thereafter. If one's eyes stay tired1 persistently, the cause most be looked Into! It may be due to faulty vision, and an oculist should be consulted without delay. There Is no poorer economy than to fool with one's eyesight Often tired eyes come from a rundown condition of the health, sometimes from serious functional disorders. One man complained for months of tired eyes, but neglected it as a trifling discomfort until, too 1st, be learned the tired feeling was caused by hardening of the arteries and blind net was inevitable. If your eye stay tired persistently, try to keep in good physical condition by exercise, diet and fresh air. Should they still annoy you consult a doctor at once. - HOUSEHOLD NOTES. Even dell .at glass can be safely washed in very hof water if slipped In edgewise. Insects like neither salt nor alum, and enough adheres to th carpet to. keep them away. Saturate, grass stains on children's pinafores, etc In paraOn and then put into me wssutod. When vegetables with roots becom soft and withered slice off on end and lay In water for a few hoars. - A spoonful of sugar added to the water for basting roast beef will give s rich brown color as well as a fin flavor. Burning oil is spread by water. To extinguish it throw floor, sand or earth on It The idea Is to prevent th oil spreading. Starch should be mixed with soapy water, for thus the linen will have a more glossy appearance and be less likely to stick to the iron. Clothes lines and pegs will last mnch longer if they are boiled for ten minute when new. It is a good plan to repeat the boiling occasionally. It Is sn excellent plan. If you lire in a house, to have a "house purse" downstairs in a convenient place, so that when a little change Is needed for something yon are not obliged to ran upstairs for it Remember in washing the china silk dress that best results are obtained by Ironing it when damp. Do not let It dry at all on the line after it is washed. Roll it up in a cloth for about ten . minutes and then Iron on the wrong side. Corner Rhymes. Corner rhymes Is a fine game and Is played thus: The players sit In the four corners of a room. Those in one corner decide upon a word in whispers. The word must be one that has three words rhyming with It Then these pfoyers set the word until on of the other groups guesses It and begins acting one of the rhymes. ' As soon as the third and fourth corners guess they act two other rhymes, all three corners keepiug up tbe acting until the lut b liunun aettaer the xoortta rbyxne word. Easy words like rope, two making the action of a skipping rope for a third; gropa-on the floor In the corner; mope with heads hanging or faces to the wall; soapaction of wmsning. Good words are squeeze, sneeze, please, trees,' poor, snore, roar, floor. When there is a false guess, - the players already acting suddenly stop. and this Is ibe signal for the sro to try a sain. , - To Girl About to Marry. To tbe girl about to marry one would tender the advice that she study her intended victim at breakfast. If he is one feeding like forty, reject him as the direct descendant of Circe's herd of swine.. If he Is melancholy, beware of the abrupt ccrres of his temperament If he be boisterous and facetious, remember that an csspty dross grre th greatest reverberation and a chatterbox at 8 o'clock .In th morning la aa, ttoanae on .a-sJmnUalanr. at

the poet. Erica Thorpe of Cambridge. Mass.. pulled the silken cord which unveiled the statue. Chief Justice Fuller of the U. S. Supremo Court and President of the Longfellow Memor

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The presentation of the statue was made by Brainard H. Warner. Treasurer of the memorial association, and was accepted on behalf of the nation by Attorney-General Wickersham. L't tie Things of Interest. o'clock In the morning. By his break' fast you shall know him. Handy Ink EracHeator. When a blot occurs and the Ink eraser Is not at hand use a bit of the emery board which comes for manicuring the nails. It is quick snd efficacious, but care must be taken to work gently so as not to make a hole in th paper. MOURNING ETIQUETTE. Conventional Time For- Wearing the Trappings of We. A widow mar resume her society life after the first month of her widowhood has expired. In so far as paying calls is concerned, and after two months she may attend small Informal gatherings snd concerts. When three months hare expired she msy accept and give Invitations to small dinners. This is the modern seclusion, but elderly wooes frequently make a compromise between the short and the long seclusion and do not accept or give invitations until six months have expired. . Next In Importance la th period of mourning tor a father or mother. This extends over twelve months, bat a great difference consists In the period during which half mourning la worn. For instance, an unmarried daughter residing at horn would wear black during ten months and half mourning for two months. A married daughter, on the other hand, living at a distance from her girlhood's home, would wear black for eight months and half mourning for four months or black for six months and half mourning for th nam time: Then, again, young girls still In the schoolroom, of ages from ten to fourteen, are not expected, to wear black longer than three month and to go into half mourning at th expiration of that time, commencing with black and white, followed by grays and half mourning shades. Lit. tie children are not put into mourning, bat wear white with black trimmings. To seclusion followed on the death of a parent is but slight. Galling Is resumed after the first fortnight snd invitations accepted, as a rule, after, six weeks or two months, tare to balls snd dances. Next In order comes the mourning for a brother or sister. This period varies from four to six months. Black is worn daring four months snd halt mourning for two months, or black Is worn for three months and half mourning for th same length of time. For relations by marriage, a brother-in-law or sister-in-law. four months Is ; tbc -fatten time. It msy be said that the mourning worn by a wife for her husband's brother or sister is usually longer than that worn for her sister's husband. Formerly the period of mourning for grandparents was nine months, but j now it is seldom longer than six moauu. j.ais is tuviaea into zoar months of black in the case of the granddaughters being unmarried and two months of half mourning. Bat if they are married and reside in another town black is usually worn for three months and half mourning for three months. One word as regards the mourning worn for an ancle or aunt The period is three months, and black Is worn for two months and half mourning for one month, or there may be a shorter period, six - weeks, daring which time black is worn and no half mourning. This short period Is only followed by married nieces who lire far away from their relative. "And It's awfully impolite to interrupt on who is talking. Isn't it motherr "Except when a woman m describing clothes, my desr. and then it is polite to constantly ejaculate, 'How lorelyr or 'How rldlcuteosr as the case may be." Kansas City Times.

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THE WHAT-DO-YOU-THISJC Wonderful Animal That Can B Mad . In the Nursery. . Look at the fuany animal In the pie i ture. " Can yon guess how be la manhave black kid gloves on. place on bis head a paper cap worked up with tba aid of the nursery paint box Into a rough semblance of an animal's head. This being securely fastened on, he goes down oa his hands and knees and a shaggy fur rug Is thrown over him and secured round his neck, when the animal Is complete. When all Is In readiness too exhibjttor begins In proper showman style: "Ladles and gentlemen. I bar the now rax mast a nana. pleasure of exhibiting to your notion the celebrated what-do-you-think' or giant unci eater. You have all prob- ' ably beard of th ant eater. This is. as you will readlry perceive, a member of the same family, but mors so! II measures seven feet from th tip of his snout to th end of his tall, eight feet back again. Are feet around the small of his waist and has four feet of his own, making twenty-fonr in alt In his natural state be Uvea chiefly on bluebottle flies and mixed pickles, but in captivity it Is found that so rich a diet has a tendency to make him stout. and he la now fed exclusively on okl champagne corks and hack numbers ok W9 Diur paper, uii raw, unru you may perhaps have an opportunity of bearing (here th what-do-you-thlnk bowls dismally). Is In the key of B flat and Is greatly admired, reople com here before breakfast to hear It and when they have heard It they aseor as that they never heard anything like It Defer." Philadelphia Ledger. ' A CHEKOXEE LECEKD. Indian Stery of th Lazy Rabbit end th Tar Wlf. . . Among th Cherokee Indiana th following story of tb rabbit and th tar wolf used often to be told: "Once there was soch a long season of dry weather that no more water remained In th creeks and springs, and the animals held a council to see what could be don. They decided to dig a well, and all agreed to help except th rabbit who was a laay felow and said: I dont need to die tor water. Th dew on the grass is enough for m. ' "Tbe other animals were not nlessed with the rabbifa remarks, bat they set to work to dig the well. They noticed that tb rabbit kept sleek and lively, although It was still dry weather and the water was becoming low in th well. '.' '. .. "The other animals suspected that the tricky rabbit was stealing tbe water at night and they made a wolf of pine gam and tar and placed It by tbe well to frighten the thief. That night the rabbit came,' as he bad been coming every night to drink enough ' to last him sn the next day. When be saw the queer black thing by the well, he inquired: -Who's tberer "But there was no reply The rabbit came nearer, but tbe wolf didn't more, so h grew braver and said: "Get oat of my way or I'U kick you.' . ' t . ' "Still there was no reply. Then tbe rabbit kicked with his hind foot so hard that It was raucht In the cum. and he could not more. -and there be stack until the animals came for water in the morning. - When they discovered the thief, they hsd great sport over him for awbO and then prepared to kill him. Bat as soon at the rabbit was released from the tar wolf b managed to escape." . topping a Train. Ail old locomotive engineer wan once asked within what distance It was possible to stop a train that was running at a speed of sixty miles an boar. He answered that with air brakes, little wind snd dry rails It could be stopped within a quarter of a mile, bat tbe distance would be greater If the rails were wet' and a strong wind waa blowing from th rear. With dry rails and a strong wind blowing from tbe front, the step could be nude within less than a quarter of a mile. Maeh would depend, he sskL on tb way tb air brakes were applied. If they are put on too suddenly they will "pick tbe wheels up" and the latter will slide along the track the same almost as If they were rnaalng. Th brake most be applied gradually and tentatively, so to speak, to get th beat results from their action.. . - U yea 07.00.

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