The Syracuse Journal, Volume 3, Number 50, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 13 April 1911 — Page 6

Syracuse Journal w. G. CONNOLLY, Publisher. •YRACUSB, - INDIANA. WAS LITTLE KINGLY DIGNITY Etiquette Very Apt to Get a Severe Bump Everywhere Peter of Servla Goes. For the sake of the diplomatic corps accredited to the Qulrlnal, it is to be hoped that King Peter, who is now back in his capital, was as amusing in Rome as he was in St. Petersburg when he made a state visit to the czar last year. He startled the ministers and attaches, who were drawn Up in one of the great halls of the winter palace, to-receive him, by his unkingly remarks. “How’s your little shah?" he asked the Persian minister. And to the representative of a South American republic he said: “I used to know one of your compatriots in Paris. He was exceedingly rich, and how he went the pace! His majesty has a perfect command of Parisian slang, and the last phrase, as it fell from the royal lips in the form -of “Comme 11 a fait la bombe,” was peculiarly astonishing. But the king of Servla is not accustomed to the rigorous etiquette of a great eburt. At his palace a ball is a very easy going affair. A special room is reserved for the diplomatic corps, because —so they say—delicate young attaches are unable to support the smell of garlic which pervades the general company in the ballroom. ■ From time to time a brave diplomat dashes out and hurries through the razzle-dazzle of a waltz. Llncolnlana. Gen. Daniel E. Sickles, at a banquet in New York, said of the taxpayers who grumbled over pensions: “How.man. 7 of them would stand up and be shot at for sll a month and hardtack? They forget the horrors of the Civil war. They are as bad as the Pittsburg woman. “This woman passed with her little son, one Lincoln’s birthday, before a Lincoln statue hung with flowers. “ ‘Who is that, mother?’ said the little boy. ‘“That's a statue of Lincoln,’ the mother answered. “ ‘What’s a statue?’ continued the boy. . “ ‘Oh, something that looks like somebody,’ the woman said, impatiently. “ ‘Mother, what did Lincoln do ?’ “‘He didn’t do anything,’ was the reply. ‘He was shot in a theayter.’ ” Absent-Minded Bridegroom. John Adams has always been absent minded. Yesterday this weakness almost got him into trouble. He went with Ida Lee of Kahsas City, Mo., to Kansas City, Kan., to be married by Paul Huff, acting probate judge of Wyandotte county. When Judge Hoff asked him if he would “take this woman to be your lawfully wedded wife” he was 16oklng out of the window and didn’t answer. “If you’ve any doubts about it we will stop right here,” the bride said, defiantly. Adams protested that he had not hesitated at all, but had merely been thinking about something else. The ceremony was completed without further hitch. —Kansas City Journal. Protection for Foxes in Delaware. Among the bills passed by the senate this afternoon was the “fox hunt- j ers” bill, Introduced by Senator Hazel. It prohibits the shipment from the state of foxes or fox hides and also prohibits the trapping of female foxes when with their young. A penalty of not less than SSO or ten days’ imprisonment is provided for violation. There has been so much trapping of foxes that hunters now have to import them.—Dover correspondence Wilmington Every Evening. His New Password. “I want to change my password,” said the man who had for two years rented a safety-deposit box. “Very well,” replied the man in charge. “What is the old one?" “Gladys.” ’ “And what do you wish the new one to be?” “Mabel. Gladys has gone to Reno.” —Judge. In One Office 85 Years. The inspection committee of trustee savings bank, in their report for last year, state that one retired actuary died in February at the age of ninetyeight He was the oldest borough treasurer in the United Kingdom and actively discharged the duties of the office till a few months of his death. He w'as in the office of a local solid-! tor for 85 years.—London Daily Graphic. Extravagance Localized. “Mai, what’s a floating debt?" “I guess your extravagant father’s yacht comes as near as anything else to it, son.” Not a Total Loss. “Jenkins lost $25 at cards last night.” “O, well, even a misfortune like that has its bright side.” “I’d like to know where the bright side to that is." “I won the money he lost.”—Stray Stories. That's Independent. “She doesn’t seem to care what people say or think.” "No. She’s as independent as a fiseVclasa dressmaker.**

I KHEDIVE OF EGYPT IS POPULAR IN HIS CAPITAL. □ f >□ ' I yWww- wAI JEL fl i ill I*l f*"* WLMr P/PJV/NGSHCATRO jn THE photograph reproduced herewith was taken by special permission of the Khedive of Egypt and illustrates the popularity of that ruler among his subjects. On this particular occasion, as he drove from the station to the Abdeen Palace, crowds lined the route, and greeted him with hearty cheers. Abbas Hllml, the Khedive, Is a son of the late Tewflk Pasha, and a direct descendant of Mehemet All, the founder of the dynasty. He was born in 1874, and succeeded his father in 1892.

DRESS ON $lO A YEAR

Mrs. Mary Shattuck of Groton Gives Giris Advice. Her Account Books Kept Since She Was Married In 1858 Prove That Her Outlay Has Not Exceeded the Bum Mentioned. Boston. —The high cost of living as far as dress is concerned has been more than solved by Mrs. Mary W. Shattuck of Groton, who says she has dressed well for 53 years at an expense of ten dollars a year. Her account books kept since she was married in 1858 prove that her outlay ha’ not exceeded that sum. “It is to be regretted that the girl who supports herself is expected, because of custom, to spend so much money on dress,” said Mrs. Shattuck. “I think that in one way it is the fault of the girl herself. She has accustomed the men to look for beautiful and stylish clothes, rather than neat and becoming ones. Nowadays the young man is ashamed of being seen in company with a young woman who is dressed in a gown that has been out of style even a year. “The young woman of today spends too much money on dress details, such as hairpins, belt buckles and fancy bows. These are unnecessary and can largely be done without. “As ornamental attire I have two beautiful shawls, one of which was given me on my wedding day, and the ;other by a friend because she knew ‘ I would take good care of it. "After I am tired of my clothes I fold them away. When I take them out again they are like new. One collar I have in mind I have had for over ten years, and twice it has been in style. Many women throw a garment away when it goes out of style. "A young woman should be taught how to take care of her clothes. It should be a part of her high school training. If she could be taught how to fold her dress when taking it off, how to place her hat away when she arrives home from work or school, that might at some future time turn out of great assistance to her when the question of saving in little things became important. “Bags and purses take a great deal of money. My purse was given to me 28 years ago, and it is just beginning to wear out.” Mrs. Shattuck’s home is a comfortable, old-fashioned house on one of the best streets of fashionable Groton. She herself is a person of unquestionable good taste, tall and graceful, aristocratic in her bearing and manner. She is the descendant of a distinguished line, her mother having come down from Lady Larkin of England, who.se husband, Dr. Francis Turkin, was physician to Queen Victoria. One glance at Mrs. Shattuck reveals the fact indubitably that she is well dressed in spite of her economical regime. Her hair is always neatly combed in a modern fashion, her gown is scrupulously clean and neat, her shoes well made -nd of the sensible kind. She is altogether a spruce, sprightly lady, looking far younger than her 76 years. "It may sound paradoxical,” said Mrs. Shattuck, “but the woman who wishes to dress economically and yet look well had best buy the best things in clothes. Then she must take excellent care of everything she buys. "I have one black silk dress that cost me about S3O. I have had this dress for 27 years. During this period lit has been in and out of style four times, and despite the changing vagaries of fashion I have worn it and in it I have always felt neatly attired. The blaqk silk is one

of the best dresses that I have, and I am perfectly satisfied with it. “When I am at work around the house I wear a wrapper which never costs me, more than one dollar. I buy two of these each year, and of course, I have the old ones purchased two and three and four years ago which I work in. “Besides this, I have two nice white waists which I frequently wear with my black silk skirt. These I have had for three years and they cost me not over one dollar each. “For muff and stole I have a handsome black satin set to match my dress and which looks well with my coat. For gloves I purchased two years ago a-pair of black silk lisle for 50 cents and also a pair of white kid gloves which I wear on special occasions, and which cost me less than one dollar. These will last me for ten years and Over.” PLATINUM RISES $lO OUNCE Hard Variety la Quoted In Malden Lane at $43 and Soft at $41 —More x Costly Than Gold. New York.—Platinum, which now is far more costly than gold, has been advancing rapidly in price in the last few weeks. It is quoted in Malden lane at $43 an ounce for the hard platinum and s4l an ounce for the soft metal. These are the highest prices

Says Dancing is Necessary

Prof. Charles Zueblln Believes Public f Schools Should Teaoh Art as Means of Grace. Chicago.—-That knowing how to guide your toes over a waxed floor is as important as a knowledge of how to use your brains, and that the public schools of Chicago should devote as much time to dancing as to the “three R‘s” is the belief of Prof. Charles Zueblln. In a lecture on “The Fellowship of the Common Life,” delivered In the Fullerton Avenue Presbyterian church, Professor Zueblln declared there is no other form of exercise or class recreation so important as dancing, and that it is one of the obligations of the public school. “Though not exactly tn the religious sense, it may be called a means of grace,” he said. “These contributions to our physical nature are always, of course, In danger of being on the verge of misuse. But that does not make them unworthy, any more than the body Itself is unworthy, or that the functions of vision or hearing are unworthy because they are sometimes misused.” According to Professor. Zueblln, the six wants of the human race, which, If attained, will give complete fullness of life, are health, wealth, sociability, taste, knowledge and righteousness. "We cannot build up companionship,” he said, “until we have shorn man of the instinct of segregation. Then perhaps we will get to the point where after dinner the women will not go off to themselves, and the men also, where they can open up their hearts, since they have been playing at cpnversatlon, shamming during dinner. “And then, when the men join the ladles, they will not stop talking business, and start talking art, but probably continue discussing the things common to all because they will have common interests. “Our chief characteristic in education is overspecialisation. We all read a certain number of books of a certain kind. There are the six beet sellers and, of course, we want them. Wo are !' ' ■ ; V ' •!

ever reached and indicate an advance of about $lO an ounce in the last six months. The upward movement in platinum was nearly equaled several years ago. In 1905 pure platinum was selling at $18.50, with only a languid demand. Early in 1906 the sales began to increase and prices steadily advanced until in December of that year pure platinum was selling at S3B an ounce and hard platinum touched S4O. Then a decline started and continued until 1908, when the price was down to less than S2O an ounce. The present upward movement started soon afterward. The production of platinum in this country is small, for all that is obtained comes as a by-product in working the gold placers of California and Oregon. The chief source of supply is the Ural mountains in Russia, but some is also obtained from South America and Canada. Landis Likes Old Clocks. Chicago.—Old clocks of established reputation are liked by Judge Kenesaw M'. Landis of the United States district court, therefore, an ancient timepiece has replaced the modern one furnished by the government in the court room and chamber of the judge. “It is just a good old time keeper—that’s all,” said Judge Landis. “I like it better than the new-fangled ones that the government furnishes, and I am going to keep court by it, no matter what the other clocks declare the time to be." The clock is over half a century old.

#—■— 1 . i ■ a little ashamed If we are unable to talk about them. “Then each class has Its newspaper, which expresses its own ideas as nearly as possible. There are people who can write a perfectly correct letter without saying anything. “Our class standards enter Into our religious life and determine with whom we shall affiliate and what we shall do. One hears many men argue seriously that whatever Is the common practice in business Is right because It is the common practice.” EXPEDITION TO STUDY INCA Scientific Party Formed at Yale for Exploration Work In Peru With Natives as Guides. New Haven, Conn.—A Yale scientific expedition, the most ambitious of its kind which the university has ever undertaken, will sail .for Peru this summer to do exploration work among the Inca ruins In the Peruvian plateaus. The expedition will be in charge of Dr. Hiram Bingham, professor of Latin-American history and a curator In the university museum, and will Include also a topographer, a geologist and a number of assistants. The party will explore- a part of Peru at present unknown to science. A practically unknown mountain and lake, the discovery of further Inca ruins and the tracing of the history of these people are the main objects of the party. President LeGuia of Peru has offered the Yale men all possible government assistance. The president declares he is himself very much Interested in the work. The base of operations will be at Arequlpa, in southern Peru, where for some years Harvard university has maintained an astronomical observatory. Gainsborough to Widener. London.—lt is reported here that P. A. B. Widener Is the purchaser of Gainsborough’s portrait of Miss Liney and her brother, Thomas Linley, 'he price is said to be. near |175,000.

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EASY WORK FOR GIRLS GENTLE ART OF DRESSMAKING SHOULD BE ACQUIRED. Helps Maidens to Add to Wardrobe When Economy Is a Necessity— Materials Never Cheaper, More Varied or Tempting. Many a young girl frets because she I has not as many frocks of the dressy sort as she needs, but it seems to oc- ; cur to few of these maidens that aci qulring the gentle art of dressmaking I would help them toward the goal of their desire. Girls say openly that they do not like to sew, but never was there greater foolishness, for smart dressing is the order of the day and, if there is not enough money to get all the things needed in any other manner, the cult of needle and thread is in away obligatory. In every shop there are marvelous aids to home dressmaking, the body forms that can ft \ \ ’ I li I J! | - I 1 ii ii I *'l !•' I 5 I; Hl ' i lll'l IP W i be bought in any size, cheap paper models in the latest styles, hooks and eyes already sewed to a tape for putting on, in many places, waist and skirt linings already shaped. Then look at the materials —was ever loveliness, the sort of simple daintiness a young girl needs, cheaper, more varied, more tempting? For the flxy frocks a girl wants for semi-gala wear, hot summer afternoons perhaps when with a party of youthful companions on some frolic or other, I would advise the young buyer, or the mother who does the purchasing. to consider the cotton voiles. These lovely textures, some of which resemble a very open marquisette, are cheap, radiant, and immensely smart, and where they are bordered, as they moat commonly are now, only the least bit of ribbon for the belt and sleeve edges is needed in addition. Some of these dainty textiles seen recently had a border band quite eight Inches deep in shaded pinks, blues, violets or yellows. The rest of the goods was in a pineapple white, which mellow tone is becoming to all, besides being smarter than pure white. The checks in these voiles, while not so dressy as the plain ones with the tinted borders, are yet very effective, and these also show pretty edges in white stripes and the color of the checking. One blue and white checked voile had a solid black border, this rare combination selling for six dollars the piece of seven yards. For still dressier frocks there are chiffons from thirty-five cents up, these suggesting veilings for old evening gowns not good enough to make over without other material, while on every counter there are remnants of black and white or colored silk which are just the thing for the skirt bands still used, and for the slight bit of decking employed on the bodice. For the young person’s everyday frocks, the little morning gown of summer holiday, the pretty school frock that must soon replace the warm one, there are numerous cotton materials of inexpensive sort, which a plain banding or the least wash embroidery would trim effectively. Lovely ginghams in dainty flower tints are seen at twelve cents a yard, the thinner, more open linens in double widths at thirty-five and percales, calicos, cheviots, corded suitings, etc., range anywhere from ten cents up. Our illustration offers ideas for materials ranging from the simplest to

the smartest day textures and with the addition of some trimming for the skirt the style could even be used for evening. The model is in two pieced, again the inevitable kimono waist and a little plain skirt with the front breadth plaited over with twelve small silk covered buttons, put on in clusters of three. A pretty Cluny lace Is used for the yoke and undersleeves and a bit of silk girdles the waist. Now as to a flxy material for this frock, yet one that would do for day use, the cotton voiles are just the thing, a little striped silk would be delightful, veiling and marquisette are proper. But, say, a black and white voile is used. If so be sure and put a piping of cherry silk around the yoke and cuffs and get a thinner and cheaper lace than Cluny—any all-over lace net would do. With a voile in any color the cherry touch is feasible, and the glint of bright red seems to be needed for the dark blue things esneclally. • Concerning a lace for silk, the Cluny designs are the best, for the imitation webs most of the world can afford, for this ranks with Irish crochet in point of smartness, and there are some imitations that would almost baffle the expert. Made according to the rear view of the design, all the cotton and linen materials offered for tailored effects are correct textures. As can be seen, all of these frocks have short sleeves, all are collarless, all show flat trimmings, which points are in favor of home dressmaking, for high stocks and long sleeves are much harder to fit and the more a trimming is complicated the more one frets and fumes. So, all things said and done, it is quite reasonable to expect a girl to make any one of these frocks after a few lessons in cutting and sewing, and make it quickly at that. In fact, I know a maid of seventeen who turned out the design shown in two days and a neat job she made orlt too. So go on with the sewing lesson—remember that a girl must have a lot of frocks nowadays. HANDY TABLE FOR INVALID Is of Simple Construction and Amateur Carpenter Can Undertake It Without Misgivings. Any article, no matter how roughly it may be put together, that tends to the comfort of an invalid is well worth a thought, and in our sketch we show a table for placing over the arms of a chair, fitted with a desk on which a book may be placed in such a position that it may be read by the invalid without the exertion of holding it, and on the table there is also plenty of space for a cup of tea and other things. It would be useless to suggest dimensions, as a very tall person would require a higher table than someone Fl ■ ' /■ ig I II of shorter stature, and therefore, in a measure, the table must be made for the invalid it is intended for; but it is as well to remember in making it, that the length of the legs should err on the wrong side, as it is an easy matter to out them down and shorten them, but they cannot well be made longer. The sketch very clearly shows the shape of the table, and it is of such simple construction that the amateur carpenter can undertake it without misgivings, and when complete, for appearance sake, it may be painted or stained. The legs should be made of wood about one and a half inch square, and the top of the table should be wood of about three-quarters of an inch in thickness. The desk can be made of somewhat thinner wood and merely consists of one slanting piece supported at the back by two triangular pieces. An elastic band is fastened across the front of the desk, under which the book may be slipped and held in its place open. The lower sketch shows a front view of the table, and the upper illustrates It In position over the arms of the chair, and shows the back of the desk and explains the simple way in which it is constructed.

CLARK'S EftRLY HOME — J I Cottage Where Champ Spent His Boyhood Days. Democratic Leader Chose for His Birthplace a Humble Pioneer Cabin Located Among the Hills of Kentucky. Louisville, Ky.—ln the matter ,of preparation for the presidency, Abraham Lincoln, in his early life, enjoyed few advantages that the Hon. Champ Clark of Missouri did not possess. While it is true Mr. Clark was not born in a log cabin, he did the best he could under th£ circumstances and chose for his birthplace in the Bluegrass State a humble farm cottage among the cliffs along the Kentucky river in Anderson county. The cottage was a small affair, with low ceilings. and was constructed of rough clapboards. It was the characteristic pioneer home of the period. There w’ere three rooms, the bedroom, the sitting room and the kitchen and dining room combined. At the time of Clark’s birth there, were no railroads in this section of the country, and the farmers rode on horseback to the nearest “grocery store” and postoffice for their supplies and mail. James Beauchamp Clark, son of James Hampton and Alethea Jane Beauchamp Clark, was born March 7, 1850, on a little farm in Anderson county, four miles south of Louisville. His father, John Hampton ClaYk. was a native of New Jersey, and was born where Atlantic City now stands. He was a wanderer, and after roving from Philadelphia to New Orleans and up the Mississippi and the Ohio to Louisville he finally drifted to Lawrenceburg and settled there. Shortly after arriving at Lawrenceburg he met Alethea Beauchamp, a frail, beautiful girl, and after an ardent wooing they were married. He was an educated man, a mechanical genius and an ardent exponent of Democratic doctrine. John Clark, after marrying, took up tinkering with old clocks and doing dental work. He rode over Anderson and Washington counties mending old clocks and practicing dentistry and expounding Democratic principles. Mrs. Clark was also well educated for those days, having received six years’ “schooling” in a convent. There were three children —Margaret Louise, the eldest, who died in infancy; James Beauchamp, known to the political world as “Champ,” and Elizabeth, now Mrs. Elizabeth Clark Haley. After seven years of happiClark’s Boyhood Home. ness Mrs. £lark died and the body was laid to rest in the old cemetery there. She was the first person to be burled in the little burying ground which hail been set aside by the pioneers of Anderson county. Mr. Clark was in ill health at the time of the death of his wife, and how r to bring up the two little children was a serious problem. He found an aged, childless couple in an adjoining county, who, under his supervision, took charge of Champ and his little sister. It was with this aged couple that the future Democratic leader lived until he was 11 years old, when his father moved to Mackville, where there was a larger school and greater advantages for his children. THE COSTLIEST PERFUME Attar of Roses Used by Manufacturers of Smoking and Chewing Tobaccos. Chicago.—Today the average person does not hear so much about attar of roses as was the case a few years back. The druggist may be able to drag out a small vial of It from the rear of a closet shelf, its quantity, perchance, reduced by half with the passing of years; but it is .more than likely that he will have none at all in stock. What’s the use? No one asks for it any more. That does not mean, however, that there is not plenty of the famous perfume to be had. Ask some big wholesaler of drugs and he will doubtless be able to tell you quite a different story from the retailer. Very likely he will open the door of a safe and show you what SIO,OOO worth of the precious stuff looks like all at once. That Is not much in bulk, as It is worth $5 or so an ounce, wholesale. As a matter of fact, more than $50,000 worth of attar of roses Is brought Into this country every year. The best is from roses grown near Constantinople. Not only does this bring a higher price than the product of the Bulgarian rose fields, bu( its superiority is recognized by a separate classification in the trade. Where does the $50,000 worth of this oily perfume go? Some of it as. “base” for other perfumes, and some, of it where few suspect—to the manufacturers of smoking and chewing to-