The Syracuse Journal, Volume 5, Number 7, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 13 June 1912 — Page 2

The Syracuse Journal GEO. 0. SNYDER, Publisher. Syracuse, - - • Indiana. f AVIATION AND SIXTH SENSE Makes an Appeal to the Organs of Equilibrium That” They Have Never Had. Before. Human aviation makes an appeal to the semicircular canals (which are our organs of equilibration) that they have never had before. In so far as aeroplane equilibrium is not secured through the machine, is not mechanically automatic, it must depend upon the aviator’s sight, touch, muscle pressure and semicircular canal sense; and to that extent man must bring the sensitiveness of these parts to the standard .of the bird. The bird depends wholly upon sight and semicircular canal senses in flying. Possibly some animals can outrival man in every sense, certainly in scent, and probably in sole use of. the equilibria! sense " organs. But man undoubtedly possesses the highest average of all animals. He has evolutionally passed through every grade of excellence achieved by any animal with any sense. • But lessened demand on one sense through increased service of others must cause some deterioration in the unused sense. Has the service of our semicircular canals retrograded? It is just possible for man to place himself in apposition of sole reliance upon his equilibria! sense —in dark, briny water, while the fish is so dependent every night. In a bird the equilibria! sense must act far more quickly than in the fish. The bird gets aid° from its eyes, which change focus more quickly than man’s eyes. We kqow that our equilibria! sense is slow compared with its chief assistants, sight and touch. Our equilibria! sense does not ordinarily reach consciousness except in severe conditions. Did it at one time, and„have the nerves of connection simply weakened through disuse?—Harper’s. Stock Exchange Securities. Though the United States is still a debtor nation on general balance, its people stand second only to »those of Great Britain as holders of securities listed on recognized stock exchanges, and lead the investors of France by a large margin. The sum total of all the stock exchange securities in the world is nearly one hundred and sixteen billion dollars, of which the British hold twenty-seven billions, the Americans twenty-five billions, , the French twenty-one billions and the Germans eighteen billions. The days when dividend's and interest on American securities held abroad were financial burdens in this country have passed.—New York Commercial. Sebu Tourist Route. Is the Nile to have’ a rival for tourist trade in the Sebu? A French officer has just succeeded in piloting a motor boat drawing about. three feet of water within half a dozen miles of Fez. Not onfy was he able to surmount all the * obstacles in the Sebu river, but he managed to pass the mouth of the Fas, the smaller stream which comes down through the Shereefian capital in a series of famous falls. A dahabiyeh or even an everyday houseboat on the Sebu may soon be the most attractive proposal of the tourist agencies when their “pacific penetration” of Mulay Hafid’s empire is completed. Where He Teacher—Now. \ ■ ' where did i you get that chewing gnm? I want ‘ the truth. Willie—You don’t want the truth, I teacher, and I’d rather not tell a He. | Teacher —How flare you say I don’t | want the truth? Tell me at once where you got the chewing gum. Willie —Under your desk. Truthful Story-Teller. William had been west with his mother and had enjoyed the trip in the glass-bottom boat. He was telling about it to a little friend. “Yes, Edgar, we could see the fish laying on the bottom of the ocean!” "Lying, dear.’” put in his mother. "No, I’m not, mother.” he replied stoutly.—Judge. , Can’t Be Lived Down. The Smithfield Street sage was in the mood for moralizing. “There are,” said he. “some mls- ’ takes a man can live down.” . “Say the rest of it." “But he can never live down a mistake if It was made .at our bridge club.”—Pittsburg Post. > No Time to Shave. Tiny Sister (rushing into big sister’s room)—Please hurry. Lulu; Mr. White is downstairs. < Lulu (very grandly, while she dabs her face with the powder puff)—Very well, dear; I’ll be down. Tiny Sister (nervously)—Oh, please don’t wait to shave!, Insinuation. “Posterity will build a monument to that- man.”-said the admiring constit- • uent. “I’ll tell you what would please him more,” replied Senator Sorghum. “Build something now and give him a ■ look-in on the contract." » Instance. Knlcker—Do you use labor saving .! devices? _• Bocker—Yes, a fishing pole will pre•vent you from having to take up the ' carpets. r Her Job Is to Spoil Mono/. Miss Louise Lester of Baltimore, Md., has been appointed by President Taft as a member of the committee which officially watches the destruction of old paper currency of the United States.- She is the first wornian to hold the position. > No Novelty. “My chorps girl client requests a change of vfenue. your honor.” “She can get a fair trial right here.” “No doubt, but the people in this [town have seen all her gowns.”

CHINESE AT THE RED CROSS CONFERENCE mi sL'' - ; ■ -life. - Mgy \ / mMHk Hf i MMM ■Mm i W? W | |l||C w : «K wBI • " AMONG the foreign delegations that attended the recent international Red Cross conference in Washington one of the most interesting was that from China, here photographed. They are, from left to right, back row: Mr. Lo, Dr. John C. Ferguson, Dr. T. Theodore Wong, Mme. Chang wife of the Chinese minister, and Mr. Yung Kwai; front row: Mrs. Henry K. Chang, Miss Alice Chang and Miss Lillie Chang.

CUBA’S WICKED CITY

Havana Is Most Wide Open Place on Island. Night Scenes Depicted in the Theaters and Parks and on the Prado in One of World’s Richest Towns —Lottery Is HeldHavana, Cuba.—They say good Americans when they die go to Paris, but “live” Americans go to Havana. Havana, gay, wicked, wide open, it is the one city today to be shunned or visited, according to one’s point, of view. Several cities have come to be called the wickedest city—Reno, Nev., Port Said and Irkutsk, Siberia, for instance. They are, wicked cities, but their wickedness is of a sordid variety. Havana is wicked and gay. And five hours from the United States. In Paris the “night life,” gay restaurants and dances are* for English and American tourists. In Havana the "gay life” Is for the natives. Its wickedness is part of its life. Everything in Havana is wide open, says the Milwaukee Sentinel. And of its fifty-seven varieties of wickedness the mildest is gambling. Gambling houses in Havana are open to both men and women. All that is necessary is a bank roll. Roulette, faro, hazard and good American poker are at hand. Jai Alki, the popular Spanish game of skill, on which such big sums were won and lost, no longer

DOCTOR MOVED MAN’S BRAIN Delicate Operation Performed at Baltimore Probably Will Save Sight of an Ohio Citizen. Baltimore—An operation that probably never has been equaled in delicacy or skill has been performed by Dr. Harvey Cushing, brain specialist of the Johns Hopkins Hospital, in which a portion of the minor brain, known as the pituitary, was shoved aside and replaced after a quantity of foreign fluid .had been removed. The patient, operated on last w-eek, is on the road to recovery. He is Harry Edmonson of Columbus, O. An X-ray photograph revealed the fluid and to this foreign liquid failing eyesight and drowsy periods were attributed. The fluid cowid not be drained before first drilling a tiny hole just behind the left ear, leading to the cavity. Then, before the fluid could be drawn off, the pituitary had to be removed or directed to one side, for It blocked the flow. To loosen the little ball wpuld be fatal to the patient, but at last the nerves were moved to one side, drawing the small body after them and leaving an opening for the liquid to escape. Finds Skull With Arrow in It. Rapid City, S. D.—H. E. Lee, of the Northwest Taxidermy, has added another treasure to his big collection of Indian relics. It is the skull of an Arickara Indian, with a steel arrow point in one of the eye sockets, showing the manner by which the Indian met his death. The skull was dug up with the bones of fourteen other Indians on the east bank of the Missouri river.

Beauty is Called Habit

Judge Rules Woman’s Clothes Assume Fixed Standard as Result of Expenditures Allowed Her. New York.-— Beauty as a habit may become the slogan of this year s June brides, if an opinion concurred in by a majority of the judges of the appellate division of the supreme court hero receives general notice, since it is held that the character and quantity of clothing a married woman is in the habit of wearing fixes the standard which the husband must sustain should he for any reason have an attack of parsimony after the honeymoon. The question arose in a suit brought by a tailor to recover a bill for $563 incurred by the wife of a New York merchant said to have an income ot $4,50'3 a year. Testimony adduced at the trial showed that at the time the contested article's were the wife’s wardrobe contained . add suits, a dozen hats, X

flourishes, but it is scarcely missed. Burbridge’s Miramar hotel is a temple of chance when one can woo the fickle goddess as she can be w-ooed nowhere in America. And, what is more, it is fashionable to do so. Even as one sips his chocolate in the morning the daily round has its beginning. A half dozen peddlers o£ lottery tickets interrupt the meal. The lottery in Cuba is run by the government and there are drawings every three months for enormous prizes. The first prize is SIOO,OOO. But it is not until after dark that Havana takes on its air of gayety. Then the Prado and the Malacon and the various parks become a fairyland of lights. A band plays at the Malacon, as the boulevard along the ocean front is called. All Havana emerges from its cool and comfortable stone houses ready for a night of pleasure. The cases are crowded, there is a constant stream of automobiles and carriages up and down the boulevards. The sidewalks are filled with people hurrying to the theaters. They are nearly all dressed in the height of fashion. Havana is one of the richest cities in the world. Its styles come direct from Paris. The only cheap things are tobacco and matches. At eight o’clock performances begin in a dozen theaters. At the Payret grand opera is sung by a company of artists headed by Constantino of the Metropolitan forces. At the.Albisu a Spanish opera company from the City of Mexico is singing “The Chocolate

Negro Race Has Billion in U.S.

Return of Colored People to Dark Continent Is Impossible Owing to Material Progress Made by Them, It Is Announced. Kansas City, Mo.—Disfranchise the negro and send him back to Africa? Absurd. Impossible. More than a billion dollars’ worth of United States real estate which he owns in his own name in the United States is not easily to be taken from him. Besides, the negro is not an African —he is an American. “African” is a misnomer. Why try to send him to a country which is not his own? So says Dr. J. R. Hawkins of North Carolina, secretary and commissioner of education for the African Methodist Episcopal church, a delegate to the general conference, at the Allen chapel. Dr. Hawkins has made a study of the business status of his race in connection with his regular work as one of their foremost educators. “It- probably will startle the world when it realizes that we have acquired in the last 50 years over $1,000,000,000 in real estate,” Dr. Hawkins said. “And that is only the beginning of the rapid forward march which the negro is making as a business man. The negro could not help being a business man. He was surrounded with it in the years of his slavery. He was taught how to drive a bargain in horses or real estate, even if his master didn’t teach him hoy to read and write.

ninety pairs' of silk stockings, three dozen pairs of gloves, two dozen pairs of shoes, ten pairs of silk equestrian tights and additional clothing sufficient to fill a number of trunks. The justice who wrote the majority opinion of the court contended that the wordrobe was such as had been established as a habit by the wife, with her husband’s knowledge, and that if the matter were Ibid before a jury the latter might so find. A nice point was raised in regard to the items of the $564 purchase, included two coats and three additional suits, as to whether these were ac-tual.-tiecessities Tailors testifying as experts declared that the extra clothing was an actual need, since the styles changed twice a year; and the suits could be worn only three or four months. Through a mere technicality the habit theory is left in doubt, since the icourt found in favor of ?he husband i because the extra clothing was »

Soldier” and “The Count of Luxembourg.” At the Marti farce comedy reigns. In the moving picture and variety theaters one finds real wickedness. Th< “grizzly bear,” ’’the bunny hug’” are modest compared with the dances shown on the stages of the variety theaters, where the public is admitted for 25 and 50 cents. The little plays are beyond description and the act resses wear very scanty attire. At midnight Central park, which is in the heart of the city, is crowded and filled with life as Broadway and Forty-second street before the theaters swallow up the crowds. The cases are filled with people, but instead of eating lobsters and draining cold bottles they eat ice cream and sip soft drinks. There is very little drinking of alcoholic liquors in Havana. The second floor is one big gambling room, and it is thronged nightly by scores of American visitors as well as rich Spaniards. Verdigris kills Collector, London. —A remarkable cause was assigned for the death of. Abraham Robinson at the inquest which was herd at East Ham. Robinson was a collector employed by the Gas Light & Coke company, his duty being to visit about a hundred houses a day and collect the coppers from the penny-in-the-slot gas .meters. Dr. Feeley, who attended him, said that he died from chronic metallic poisoning. Many of the coins in the meters were covered with verdigris and his fingers were unusually green at the end of the day. He had a habit of curling his long mustache with his fingers and this assisted in the absorption of the poison.

“There are 400 self-supporting newspapers, daily and weekly, owned and published by negroes in the United States; 3,000 physicians have been graduated from negro and white schools and are now practicing among their people; 2,000 lawyers have been admitted to the bar in the United States courts of justice and 380 authors are found among our race. “We. own 41 schools and colleges, representing an investment of $38,000,000, and $45,000,000 has been spent in church property for negroes. Negro men own and control 51 banks which are prosperous and flourishing, and $650,000 has been invested in negro libraries. And it is significant that in the southland negroes own 180,000 farms on which 50 years ago they toiled to the crack of the slave driver’s whip. “The negro is a born American and he feels it is his country. Africa has no call for him. It is as a fairy tale to him. Pestilence and disease are not uncommon in Africa, but America nurtures him and makes him strong and he likes it and intends to stay in it. That doctrine is being taught our 1,650,000 children in the public schools. “The negro does not ask for any special legislation in his favor. He is willing to take his chance and is confident that he can bear his own burdent as well as the white man. And toward that end we are striving to educate our ignorant poor, make healthy the weak and to help more negroes to own their own homes and farms/’

charged to the wife by the tailor, and not to the husband. TRIPLETS CAUSE OF DIVORCE Mother Died and Matrimonial Bureau Bride Fled in Terror Upon Seeing Husband’s Family. Trenton, N. J. —Israel Sahn, who gained notoriety some time ago by naming triplet sons for Roosevelt, Taft and Cortelyou, has instituted divorce proceedings against his wife. Shortly after the birth of the triplets the mother died and friends of Sahn induced him to seek another wife in order that the children might have a mother. Through the matrimonial bureau Sahn became acquainted with a young Austrian, named Yetta Meiter. Returning from her honeymoon to the New Brunswick home of her husband, the bride was confronted with the triplets and six other children and i immediately fled in terror. Mrs. Sahu has not lived with her husband since, i henoe the divorce proceedings.

1116 ’ Home Department

AFTERNOON TEA IABLE ACCESSORIES THAT ACCOMPANY THE CHEERING CUP. Pretty Surroundings, Easily Acquired, Add Greatly to the Pleasure of the Gatherings in Closing Hours of the Afternoon. If you have not a regular tea table, an easy way of serving the cheering cup that never is more cheering than in the late afternoon, is to have a Japanese tea basket and keep it in an inconspicuous part of the living room, where it will be always in readiness. These baskets, according to their size, hold a service for from two ;o a dozen persons, and, in addition tc the alcohol stove, accommodate a teapot, creamer, sugar bow], cups, saucers and plates of Old Canton, royal medallion, Satsuma, Delft, willow or Semedi and the various familiar wares made in Japan. Best of all, Ae thickly wadded basket makes an ideal tea cozy and one which is easily handled. When only two persons are to be served with tea, the simplest way of making the beverage is to use a pair of tea balls. These come in solid or German silver attached to handles of celluloid, carved deerhorn or silver, and none of them are too expensive for the woman of moderate income to get along without. For the tea table, which is kept set, always in readiness to be wheeled or carried into the living room, there are innumerable little conveniences. One of these conveniences is ;he airtight tea caddy of Japanese pewter, chased brass, carved bamboo, plaia burnished copper or tin-lined lacquer, and another is the Lazy Susie. JAizy Susie is a tidbit tray with a nickel-plated frame and three glass shelves for holding sandwiches and cakes Every tea table now has its tiny Jardiniere, either of hind-stamped Egyptian brass, of Japanese split bamboo or of silver deposit; its fruit dish □f white lacquered perforated zinc and its bread basket of pierced silver with square, upright center handle. The lighting of the tea. table is of vast importance, for, of course, the illumination must come from above the head of the hostess, lest it cast deep shadows upon her face and make it look old and worn. From the wall near which the tea equi page usually is placed there should extend a two or three arm brass sconce with shaded candles, or a sconce with inverted incandescent lights with inner globes covered with square glass shades of an effective color. Lacking the stationary lights, it is nice to hafe a tall lamp of Damascus brass wit 6 matching shade or a pair of Japanese brass and copper candlesticks with copper shades done in wickerwork design.

WHITE MOTOR COAT _ J’ © ra- ■ K ? White and pale taa are immensely fashionable this season and this motor coat of soft white wool eponge (toweling fabric) has a shawl collar,

NEVER TOO MUCH OF LACE If Possible, the Use of It This Season Is Really Becoming Monotonous. It is to be a season of lace, so the modistes have been telling us, the filmy appearing not only on gowns, but as hat trimmings and parasols. There have been, in consequence, many new and bea utlful. patterns of lace, some copied from rare old point and honiton, while novelties of all kinds have made their appearance. The latest of these aro the very handsome modern .aces wide enough to form a deep underdress or to be made without undue difficulty into blouses, and yet rarrow enough for more ordinary use, with brilliant .ouches of color interwoven with them. On a cream ground there will be a pattern of large flowers, not wholly ?olored, but with bright hues introduced in an arbitrary manner which pleases the eye as much as It would a gardener. Or a conventional design srlil be carried out- ** white or cream,

IDEA FOR WALKING COSTUME ■mil w a i iW 1 if '1 W I! E Il 1= Lili! Dark grey face cloth is selected here. The skirt is trimmed down the left side of front, by a panel of black and white striped silk; the edge of cloth is finished with a single row of Russia braid arranged in a simple design at the corners, then continued round the foot of skirt. The Maygar coat is cut with a basque, which is attached to it by a satin band; braiding trims the edge, also the upper part of coat; striped silk is used for the collar and cuffs; a little braided waistcoat adds finish. Hat of chip to match, trimmed with an ostrich feather. ‘ Materials required: yards cloth 42 inches wide, 1 dozen yards braid, 1 yard striped silk 18 inches wide, 4 yards silk or satin for lining coat. Veiled Gowns. In spite of the wide choice given in at-home dresses for more or less informal wear, there is a strong bias in favor of the veiled gown, whose veilings allow the grace x>f the wearer tc be appreciated at its full. The trimmings of these frocks arc very much a matter for the individual

deep cuffs and pocket flaps of the same material in the new tan shade called burnt bread. The coat is short enough to reveal new “magiye” boots of black leather, with white kid but toned tops., Fancigs Checked vests are seen in tailored suits and fold back at the top in small revers. Embossed floxvers of w’ool and velvet are shown on taffeta scarfs and sashes. ‘ The distinctive feature of the new lingerie gowns is the prodigal use of filet lace. Turkish and Egyptian scarfs of weird design and wondrous colorings are popular. Petticoats are very short now’, varying from a length just below the knee to a length just escaping the top of the high buttoned street boot. The panniers and shawls of 1830 appear with the scallops and draperies of 1860. Yet, despite the wildness in dress, so far the “silhouette” has altered but little, at least, as worn in the street. ■ . —* Neckwear Must Have Fringe. Fringe is featured to a marked degree in some of the neckwear just imported from Paris. Most of it is in black and white, the preferred style being black fringe on a white collar or frill, although the all-black or allwhite style has many advocates. with touches of blue and red or a dark blue ground. White lace, with the pattern lightly outlined with thread of black is also extremely fashionable. Other trimmings are mostly comprehended by various metallic embroideries, clusters of ribbon flowers or the revived fashion of button trimming. A lovely evehing frock, for instance, of white gauze brocaded w’ith silver vine leaves and tendrils, has an underdress of vine leaf lace on which the bunches of grapes are emphasized by little crystal buttons. For Warming Over Things. The tough paper bags such as sugar comes in are very good for warming over things, such as left-over griddle cakes, biscuits, muffins, rolls and other solid foods. Butter or grease the inside of the bag same as you would a bread tin; put in your things and double over the end to keep in all the heat. I use a couple of paper clips to hold It doubled down or a couple of common pins will do. It does not dry the food and it Raves washing pang.

MmWIONAL SUNMSffIOOI Lesson (By E. O. SELLERS. Director of Evening Department, The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.) LESSON FOR j’UNE 16. - CHRIST’S WITNESS TO JOHN THE BAPTIST. LESSON TEXT—Matt. 11:2-19. GOLDEN TEXT-“A:nong them that are born of women theje Is none greater than John; yet he thalt' is little in the kingdom of God is greater than he."— Luke 7:28. This is the last lesson with the exception of one that we are to have upon the character of John the Baptist. Following the imprisonment of John by Herod, for diplomatic reasons, made Capernaum his headquarters, and it was in Galilee that his great popular ministry was performed. Meanwhile John is st.ut up in the fortress at Machaerus. on the east side of the Dead sea. For one who had been so intensely active to be obliged to sit idly by and wai; while another’s name and fame increases, daily was a severe test of faith His prototype, 1 Elijah, had to meet a similar testing (1 Kings 19: 3,4); why, therefore, need we wonder that doubts should arise in the mind of the greatest “born of woman?” Not one of us at , all familiar with the experiences of life and the subtility of temptation will be surprised when under these circumstances we read of John’s question, v. 2-6. This djotibt is so natural that it bears upon I its very face ths stamp of being genuine and that the record was not fabricated. It is noticable in the form of John’s question that he had no doubt as to the character of Jesus, the genuineness of his miracles, nor any question but that he was sent of- God, but still he iioned, “is this the, Messiah?” “Is this :he one whom all! the prophets from Moses to Milachi said was to come, w do we look for another? I frankly Sisclaimed being the Messiah, you are i truthful nfan, and I am willing to accept your word, are you the Christ?” John was not'envious (John 3:27-36), •he was too great a man to.be that, but yet Jesus had not wielded the sx as he had expected, hence the messenger to Jesus and this frank question. John sets us the good example >f taking his doubts to Jesus, and Jesus in a most tender way answers his doubting and at the same time lurns.lt to his own- advantage in confirming his claims as the Messiah. John Sought Not His Own Glory. The second half of the lesson is tfce tribute of Jesus to tho life and char icter of John the Baptist. Jesus has, as we have just seen, sent his word, ol comfort and cheer to John he turns to the multitudes with a highly suloglstic testimony as to John’s work, ais worth and his greatness. True, his faith seemed to be shaken for the tnent, but John was not a “reed sWR sen of the wind,” indeed not. ’ John was not a man seeking his own glory (Luke 3:16) nor his own. comfort (Matt. 3:1, 4). He was not clad sumptuously (Luke 7:25). No, John was a’ qrophet, a man sent, commissioned, inspired of God. He had authority to speak for God (Luke 1:16, 26) in declaring God’s will to man. Yes, John is all of this and more, for he was himthe subject of Old Testament prophecy (Mai. 3:1, etc.). This, John was chosen among all men to go before his face and to prepare a highway in the minds and heafts of Israel over which Jesus the Messiah might enter md begin 4he establishing of this new dngdom. It was in performing this service that John filled one of the Highest offices ever filled by man. In this eulogy we need to recall the difference in the miraculous births As these two men. John supet*® caturally born of natural parentage, Jesus supernaturally born of woman cut conceived of the Holy Spirit, hence :he words of Jesus are to be understood that among purely human beings ‘none greater was born of woman.” Went to Christ Himself. Jesus’ words in verse 15 are tremen lous with import. Literally he says: ‘I have told you these things about John and about my kingdom, now you who h.ave ears have an obligation resttog upon you because of what I have told you.” There was need of their mderstanding and accepting an im>ortant teaching, but the unreasonable Scribes and Pharisees would accept teither the austere John nor the more ;ocial Jesus. John would not join in heir gaity. Jesus mourned not but =ed a more joyous life, yet they rejected him also- ■ This “Son of Man,” cot of a man nor the man but son of nan, of humanity, known as friend r of the needy and the outcast, is himself cast out by the religious leaders of bls time. Nevertheless In the wisdom of God (Luke 11:49) both John the tist, and Jesus the Son of man and of Mary, have been sent and the. results of their lives and of their teachings prove them to be a part of God’s wise plan. God’s wisdom is justified (V. 19) by its workings or as some translate it by its “children.” Great as was John the forerunner, yet he that is in this newer kingdom Jesus came to establish is vastly greatsr than the old Hebraism. John in the old would seize the kingdom by force and contrary to all human conceptions of kingship. His work was apparently without program or policy, it was devoid of army, and this very method was at variance, at violence, with the natural pride and prejudice of the human heart. One of the six Panama commissioners w r as, a few years ago, a cub re-$ porter at five dollars per week, and during that time was much perplexed over the problems of the Christian life and tormented by his doubts. Four successive nights he discussed the matter with his pastor; on the fifth he came with radiant face to inform his, pastor that all his questionings were; settled for, said he, “I went to Christ’ himself." I