The Syracuse Journal, Volume 18, Number 36, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 7 January 1926 — Page 6

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A “Decisive Cattle” in _ American History j

By JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN * WAN VARY 8 will be the one hundred I eleventh anniversary of the Battle of a I New Orleans tn the War of 1812. The ■- - ■ average American not likely to give * It a thought. The better American—who 7 TRjSr k: bi * ■* !nenran history in outline—<ll* probably aaf to himself. “Oh yes: a picturesque affair and an astonishing Victory , but won after tha war was over ’pC***x aD( j so didn’t amount to much." . Discriminating students of American history, ■lowever. increasingly feel the national Importance bf m coaat-to-coasl observance pt this anniversary. Having read between the lines of the conventional history books.' they hold the Battle of New Orleans to be truly a “Itoctaive Battle.” If they •re right in their interpretatloa of the tree InWardnew of the Battle of New Orleans, Mr. |k verage American would be Uvjpg in a very different America and in wvery different world. Naturally this nation-wide observance of the day Would pot be for the purpose of twisting the British lion’s tail. It all happened more than a hundred years ago and we and our British cousins •re dow the best of friends—and likely to remain •a fqr goog apd sufficient reasons. . Really, you know, they should bejproud of us for putting up foch a fight attest shed od*n T • ; it was h picturesque affair and an astonishing victery— t and safrptahtag that it is Unique^ln-the military anaalg of the world And JjCte afe A) me of the tbtage—passing tor the momeitt the*Dj*cMlv| Battle” propoMtton*that make the BMtlb of New (Means unique: First- take * la&Ot at the battle. It is a reproduction of*4fi9h of a eontemporane•us drawing b<pfcj. Latour. General Jackson’s n i. It is a sort of MrcTs-eye rieareof thw main battle on the east (New Orleans) bank of' the Mississippi and Jepl<£»<he dramatic moment of the massed attack JFtitb British early on the morning of January & The American line (14-15). sheltered by cotton sales and latrenchments. extends from the river » Sank to an impenetrable swamp, a distance of “ 1H milew with an unfinished redoubt (5). which was captured by the British column in foreground (E. F) and recaptured on its repulse. At 1 stands Jackson. with bis staff (just over 3 and 5) At 3 (Just beyond Jackson) is Lafitte, with his Baratarians. At the extreme right (11. 12) are the Kentucky and Tennessee rifle n»en under Carroll •nd Adair, with Coffee’s Tennesseans guarding the swamp (under the smoke). Picturesque line! Well, Orleans creoles In a dsasa Afferent services and uniforms: Lafitte’s smug-ller-plrates: regulars of the United States army; tree men of color; militia detachments; backwoodsmen from Kentucky and Tennessee, with rifle, tomahawk and long knife. And at the, center. where Old Glory files, the New Orleans band playing away for dear life all through the battle! As to the British: In the upper right-hand rorner (A) is the main force —before the attack. C Is tbe main attack In maau upon Carroll and kdatr and their riflemen. The disparity in force was great. The Americans bad less than 5.000 men ail told, of whom •bout 2J200 were Id line. Tbe British had approximately 10.000. with more than 7.000 In line—strgely “Wellington’s Veterans,* who were later to humble Napoleon at Waterloo. No victory was ever more complete or more inexpected by the defeated or more contrary to military experience. The British marched up Id mass, as if on dress parade, paying no heed to the shot from the American cannon. At 200 yards they fired their Bret volley and then undertook to storm tha American line with the bayonet. They never got much farther. The backwoods riflemen rose up from behind their cotton bales. Tbe first rank Bred and fell back to the rear to load. The sec«nd and third ranks did the name thing. By this lime the first rank was ready again. And so on. "Wellington’s Veterans”—supposedly the finest wldiers In all the world and invincible—were limply led to the slaughter. At 200 yards tbe British musket—“ Brown Beas’—was supposed in

Historic Chess .Sets Masterpieces of Art

Ivory chessmen are very>ritertatßjnff fn themselves and very vwlnaNe, »oth artistically and for historical reaIMM. A very ancient set. called the Dewis chessmen. Is preserved In the British museum. They were dlscovM«d in the last century by a laborer kt wort with a pick. These Little figtree have particularly large, staring ma; when the workman saw them ba look them for gnomes who bad come

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trained hands to put -a bullet somewhere in tbe opposing ranks. At 200 yards Kentucky and Tennessee hunters with the frontier rifle could put a bullet in any designated man. They picked off the officers first. They shot down General Pakenham. Then they laid General Gibbs low; then General Keane. Soon there were almost no officers left Oh. yea; the veterans rallied again and again, but In the end they ran for dear life, like the rawest militia, to the protection of tbe reserves under General Lambert. -Why not? Here’s what happened to tbe Ninety-third regiment 900 Highlanders with 25 officers Unshaken by the slaughter. they tried to storm the breastworks. After the battle 9 officers and 130 men answered to roll call! . The British losses were 900 killed; 1.400 wounded; 300 captured. The American losses were 8 killed and 13 wounded. Those good Americans who see In American history the frequent interposition of IXvine Providence—and they are many, from George Washington to Calvin Coolidge, including Andrew Jackson himself -consider tbe Battle of New Orleans by no means the least of these manifestations of Divins favor. It was Jean Lafitte, for example, who saved New Orleans from complete surprise. So secretly had the British expedition been handled that official Washington did' not learn of It until after its landing December 9. Now -this Jean Lafitte was the rich and successful bead of the Baratarians —half-pirates, half smugglers, with a fortified stronghold about 80 miles west of New Orleans. He and his men were outlaws and in armed conflict with the United States. The British, through Captain Lockyer, sought his services for the expedition. They offered pardon for past offensre. a captain’s com mission in the nary and •30.001*. Yet this French outlaw, declaring himself on American, refused service with the invaders, informed Governor Claiborne of their plans and with his men served guns tn the American line—later to receive a pardon from President Madison and finally disappear tn Yucatan. Jhanks to Lafitte’s loyalty. Jackson sent for the Kentucky and Tennessee riflemen, and fought tbe British desperately from the moment of landing. trying to avoid a decisive battle until the mountain hunters could arrive by flatboat. Some arrived December 22; others January A It . was not until January 7. the very day before' tbe British forced tbe decisive engagement, that 1.000 arrived. It was these riflemen who won tbe Battle of New Orleans. Here are tbe historical facts necessary to a correct perspective of tbe Battle of New Orleans: In 1759 at Quebec the British won America from the French. Tbe French cheated the British by secretly ceding to Spain in 1732 the territory west of the .Mississippi. Consequently the British by tbe Treaty at Paris in 1788 got only the territory east of tbe river. George HI tn turn cheated the Colonies by taking from them this territory—the fifth of the “Intolerable Acts" which brought on tbe Revolution. In 1778 CoL George Rogers Clark captured this “lUinots Territory" from the British and Virginia took civil possession, wttb the result that the Mississippi was made tbe western boundary of the United States by tbe Treaty of Versailles *in 1783. Id 1800 Napoleon made Spain secretly cede back the territory west of the Mississippi and In 1808 we bought it from Napoleon for $15,000,000. Great Britain’s mortification over the -outcome of tbe Revolution was thus enlarged to exasperation by this accumulation of its direct and indirect results. It looked very much as If Great Britain was deliberately goading us into war.

- up out of the depths of the earth t 6 . plague him. and rushed off tn terror to - proclaim what proved to be a very > valuable archeological find. One of > the ch teamen of Charlemagne hi to be • seen in Paris; be rides an elephant ■ and is attended by a cortege. The fig* - ure is all carved in one piece. Ano* her ; Interesting exhibit It a very fine > Anglo-Saxon set of checkers of which » the white pieces are walrus Ivory - -Jfe , -M

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and the black pieces genuine jet It is a mystery bow certain very large ivory objects were produced. The suggestion has been made that animals with larger tusks than those now obtainable once roamed the forests of Europe. But a carving, say fifteen Indies long and six inches wide, could hardly be made from a single tusk, however large. There are old recipes which give many and varied directions by which ivory can be softened and smoothed into large plaques — Cleveland Plain Dealer.

;ja ' with the hope of undoing the results of the Revolution. Anyway we had to fight the War of 1815 to maintain rights then won. On land we per formed ingloriously. but we were successful or the sea and on Lakes Ontario, Erie and Cham plain. It was pretty much a drawn battle when Great Britain unexpectedly offered peace negotiations November 4. 1814. Proceedings begat November 10. Now, the British forces, after capturing Washington and being repulsed at Baltimore, had withdrawn to the West Indies, 3.000 strong. Here they were joined by General Keane from England with 4.000 men. November 28 a fleet of 50 vessels with 7,000 troops sailed from Jamaica for New Orleans, arriving off the Mississippi mouti December 9. Note that this was a secret expedition, sent out 16 days after peace negotiations were actually in progress; that the British peace commissioner* knew of it and that the American commissioner* did not. Note also that reinforcements under Pakenham and Lambert were sent direct to New Orleans, both arriving there after peace had actually been declared on December 24 and that the British peace commissioners therefore signed the Treaty of Ghent with tbe knowledge that New Orleans would in all human probability b« V- captured after peace had been declared. Now for the true Inwardness of the New Orleans expedition and the claim of the Battle ol New Orleans to a place among the “Decisiv* Battles’* of the world: In the Sixty-eighth congress Representative James O’Connor of the first Louisiana district, which Includes the battlefield on, the Plains of Chalmette, read into the Congressional Record so excerpt from tbe published writings of William' Allen (1808-79), once representative and senator from Ohio and later excerpt sots forth a conversation between President Jackson and Allen in the White House in 1836. shortly after the admission of Arkansas, the second ot tbe thirteen states made in whole or in part from the Louisiana Purchase. They toasted “The new star in our Flag—Arkansas." And thereupon “Old Hickory” proceeded to ,hold forth. Allen quotes Jackson directly at considerable length. Jackson’s words may be thus summarized for the sake of brevity: This new-state ot Arkansas is one of tha firvt substantially large fruits of my victory at New Orleans. Oh. yea; we both know that the Treaty of Ghost provided for tho, restoration of all territory taken by either nation—"daring the war.” Bat aa the battle was fought fifteen days after the war was over those very words, "during the war," wouffi have been used to carry oat tho parpose of the British. Had Pakenham won. Graa> Britain would have held the ground Moreover, this plan waa bat a part of the larger plan of Great Britain to sot at nought out Louisiana Purchase of ISOJ from Napoleon, aa ) have ascertained from diplomatic sources ot ua« questioned authority since I have become President. Our Department of State minutes of tbe peace conference contaln thla declaration by the British cotnmleaionera: -We do net admit Bonaparte’s conatroctkm of tho law of nations. We cannot accept it is relation to any matter before us.“ Thia declaration had no special significance to our commisaioners because they did not know—as the British commissioners did know—of Pnkenhnm’s secret expedition. Its real significance was that Great Britain, holding that Napoleon had no right *® sel> and that our title was therefore worthless, intended to take anH hoM the territory. The will of the enemy was strong and intelligent. bat the will of God was far above It alt providence willed that thia Nation should live and grow and be the cradle of the liberty of the world AU the tangled weh of British diplomacy was torn to pieces tn half an hour by the nevermissing rifles of my„ squirrel-shooting pioneers of the mountains as they carefully took their aim from behind those tn ruin era bl» bates of cotton. If Gen. Andrew Jackson had not won at New Orleans what would be tbe United States today—and the world?

h. Owe Barometer to Italian F The first barometer was made tn 1643. by Torricelli, a native of Florf ence. Italy. The experiments of the e French scientist Pascal, carried on tn '* 1646. demonstrated that the barometer F could be used in measuring the altl--9 rude of mountains. A later invention 9 was the aneroid barometer in which e qq liquid was employed. 3 n The first party of Americans to are rive in California overland was that headed'by Jedediah & Smith, In 1836.

Tubular Outline May Never Return

The prophets who leap before they look have conjured up dire pictures of the mode, hastily doubling in its tracks and scurrying back toward straightline tubularity as a result of the Paris midseason showings, writes a Paris fashion correspondent in the New York Herald-Tribute. As an earnest of this so-called reaction, they point to four salient features of the winter openings—the decided modifying of the hemline flare and the occasional straight silhouette; the looser, or straight, bodice frequently replacing the molded species: the sudden comeback of the one-piece dress., and its evident challenge to the popular twopiece style; the unexpected popularity of black at Longchamp and Paris. On the face of it. the return to the perennial mode of last year and several years preceding sounds plausible enough. In point of fact, nothing could be further from the truth, and the onward march of fashion is proceeding calmly and undisturbed. . The original departure from simple tubularity was commonly credited to the hemline flare, because the hemline flare was the first significant i \ / tßg IJI B jM U \A v \\ Gaps Back, Low Blousing Front in Model of Black Velvet .•hange in the pre-war silhouette. There is »a euphony and picturesqueness about the phrase which made it the immediate slogan of the left wing distenters, who were then trying to lead the mode from its placid ways. As a matter of fact, the hemline flare was always more significant as a gesture than as- a style, and though the new fashion cycle was Inspired by it, it was hardly based upon it. The dean >f the new styles, it was inevitable that it should be the first to pass, and its partial eclipse is evolution, not devolution. In place of the hemline sare there is coming a skirt intricacy which will sometimes Involve varying legrees of distension, btft whose claim to smartness will rest less on the famous staccato flare than on various >ther treatments which will affect the mtlre silhouette. Straight and simple ikirts are not approaching a renalsiance, and the modes for. late winter, spring. Palm Beach, and the Riviera

Waistline Is Coming Back Strong

Bo much for rebuttal. On the affirmative side the evidence is even stronger. The waistline, utterly forgotten during tbe years of the unadulterated ■traight line, la steadily working its way back. There is no general agreenent as to its position and it may be suggested or clearly designated, but it an no longer be treated with Indifference. It sounds tbe knell of the tubular silhouette, and as Its vogue increases —which it will—the voices of file straight-Une proponents will beNMne ever stiller and smaller. Intricacy »f line, built-in elaboration as opposed to the applied sort, flares which start from as high as the shoulders, all these indicate the indubitable progress of a node which always changes but never turns back. Verbally it is possible to make out I fairly plausible case for reaction, but words are Inadequate * and misleading where fashion is concerned. It Is simple enough to draw prejudiced inference from mere descriptions of tbs new clothes; it is easy to wander Innocently into mistaken conclusiohs.

Blue Satin Bag May Be Easily Made at Home

The following directions for making • blue satin bag are given by a correspondent in the Philadelphia Record: You will need half a yard of pea-cock-blue and gold satin brocade, a gold metallic tassel 6 indies long. yards of blue-and-gold ailk twisted rope. 12 brass rings each % inch in diameter, a piece of white flannel 8% Inches by 2 inches, have the edges pinked, two odd gold beads % tn diameter, and two glass beads % inch IB diameter. Cut a piece of brocade 24 inches wide iad 11 inches long, and another 24 Inches wide and 5 inches long. Sew one long side of each piece together. Turn inside out. make another row of stitches % inch above last row. Turn to right side. This will make a %-lneh tuck on right side. Cut a piece of material 24 Inches long and 8 Inches wide. Turn in ?4tnch hem along one long side. Sew other tong edge on top of tuck on the tag Tfito strip is to form pockets on

will utterly preclude that ancient theme from the ranks. Concerning the Loose Bodice. The molded bodice, whose passing also has been hastily decreed by ardent revivalists of the pencil silhouette, has been replaced to some extent by looser lines, which create straighter effects. Never as popular numerically as the hemline flare, its age is almost as great, and its occasional displace* ment is not surprising. At the ntidseason showings in Paris the straight bodice was offered in fair numbers by such eminent couturiers as Lanvin. Patou. Jenny, Philippe et Gaston and Belong. Not, of course, to the total exclusion of the polded* lines, but at least with sufficient strength and frequency to make it a factor with a possible future in the mode. ; The molded bodice was the companion piece of the flared hemline in its earlier days, and the first description of the silhouette which they portrayed invariably coupled the two. No flare was complete without itis conforming bodice, and the inverse prop<»sitlon ! was equally true. As a; consequence the tempering of the flare should logically lead to a similar moderating of the tight bodice, and to a certain extent it has. ‘ Personally we have little faith in the very loose bodice, and if it is emphasized for the resort and spring season, we predict for it the same Unpopularity as the elaborated black fullness theme encountered. The princess outline is a far likelier candidate for first silhouette honors next season, and that will require a definite degree of conforming lines. In any event, it is absurd to predicate a return of the tubular silhouette on the basis of the casual introduction ol the loose straight bodice. The reintroduction of the one-piece mode is a significant midseason not«. which will be echoed at the winter re sorts and in the Paris spring collections. Adherents of the two-piece frock also will have attractive models to select from in the seasons that are about to come, but there is no gainsaying the fact that the “en bloc” dress Is returning smartly to the lap of the mode, and every exclusive wardrobe should recog nize It. But the one-piece dress of late winter and pre-spring is an utter stranger to the venerated chemise frock which was the emblem of straight-line simplicity. Barring the verbal resemblance, the two are as distant as the poles. Where one was waistless, straight and unembellisbed. the other designates a waistline, espouses one Os the many types of undulation and embodies a built-in elaboration which insures a definite degree of exclusiveness to its swearer. Where the first was boyish and youthful, the newer species is feminine, lissome and an attractive setting for matron as well as maiden. The post-war mode is graeeSftlly growing older and wiser and it will never pick up the discarded favorites of iu youth. As for black, iu importance in more feminine fashions is admitted, but the fates, in the guise of the Modern Arts exposition and textile rivalries, are against any prolongation of its vogue. The Influence of the Paris Exposition des Arts Decoratifs has found its chief medium in fabrics, and the great woolen and silk houses of France are incorporating the most modernistic designs and colorings in their products. Kinetic, patterns, portraying motion, and vivid' hues in the tempo of the new .art.are destined to leave black far in the background during forthcoming seasons and its significance at the moment is quite negligible.

But if you are aware of the temper of the modern mode, if you have a sensitive appreciation of the art that is fashion, you will realize that the tubular silhouette belongs to the limbo of a fading past. It has no place In the contemporary fashions; it is equally banned from the mode of the future. Tailored frocks are practical, simple, eminently feminine and distinguished. Some of them have tunics, others are cut in one piece, opening in an oval, to show a white plastron. Patou uses much navy and fine English serge suitings with a delicate hair stripe oi some discreet color. There is a new mottled artificial silk crepe that is used for a clever ensemble in a dull shade of green, mottled with copper color. Fine surah silk is also used in a gay rose-colored plaid. Plaid taffeta is used frequently by Patou, and printed chiffon is employed for some exquisite dinner and afternoon frocks. It is evident that bothW these fabrics will be factors at the winter resorts and for pext spring and sumnier.

inside of the bag. Make a row of this strip, stitching it to bag three inches from one edge Make another row of stitching 214 inches from last row. Mske two mon rows of stitching each 1 Inch apart Make two more rows of stitching each 4 Inches apart. Make two more rows of stitching 2U inches apart. This will form pocket for thimble, scissors needle case and thread. Seam two short ends of the piece to gether. Make a %-lnch hem at top turn the lower edge in % inch and run a gathering thread through. Sew th« tassel securely to bottom. Sew th« brass rings to inside top of bag along the hem at even interval*. Cut the silk rope In half; run one piece through the rings and finish with a knot and a large and then a small bead: run the other piece of rope through, starting at opposite side and finish in same manner. The pigment carmine was dlscov Med accidentally. -

<(6. 1»M. WMtarn Newspaper Union.) ''l do not own an inch of land— But all I ses la mine— The orchard and the The lawns and gardens fine. And more magnificent than all. My window keeps for me. A glimpse of blue Immensity— A little strip of sea. —Lucy Larcotn. EVERYDAY GOOD THINGS A simple dish which is both nourishing and easy to prepare is:

Baked Salmon With Peas.—Take one can of salmon « and one can of green peas. Prepare a white sauce of two tablespoonfuls each of butter # and flour, cook un-

til smooth and add two cupfuls of milk. Stir the sauce into the salmon, add the peas and put into a buttered baking dish, cover with buttered crumbs. Be sure the salmon is wellseasoned and add a little lemon juice to give zest. Bake or steam until well heated through. If desired the white sauce may be added to the salmon and part of it to : the peas, salmon molded in a loaf and the peas served poured around it. Unmold on a platter and garnish with parsley. Apple Sponge.—Pare, core and cook six tart apples to a pulp. Rub through a sieve. Mix two tablespoonfuls of flour and three of cold water, add onefourth teaspoonful of salt and a cupful of boiling water. Add the apple pulp, one teaspoonful of lemon Juice and sweeten to taste. Beat well, remove from the heat, add three egg yolks, well beaten. Fold in the stiffly beaten whites of thj eggs and bake Id a shallow dish until puffed and brown. Asparagus Omelet.—Beat until light the whites and yolks of three eggs separately. Into the yolks stir three tablespoonfuls of water, one-fourth of a teaspoonful of salt and a few dashes of white pepper. Fold in the whites of the eggs. Melt a tablespoonful of fat in an omelet pan and rum in the mixture. Cook on the top of the stove until well cooked on the botfbm then finish cooking in the oyen. Have ready a sauce prepared from the liquor of the asparagus, using half liquor and half milk, add butter and flour to make a rather thick sauce, season well, add the asparagus tips and pour over and around the omelet when ready to serve. Post Roast—Take strips of the round from the top of the leg. cut Into even-sized strips and on each place a strip of fresh fat pork. Skewer with toothpicks, brown in a little hot fat. then add seasonings and a little kettle or Iron frying pan and simmer for several hours. Serve with baked potatoes. Tips forth« Tea Table. We, are becoming more and more In flavor of the afternoon tea hablt.which

is such a custom in England. There is something very cheery about a cup of tea served tn a pleasant room with a snappy, sociable fire .burning in the

grate. It is not necessary to be endowed with much of this world’s goods to feel that a cup of tea to a friend is not- an extravagance. The housewife with no maid will not find such entertainment burdensome, with a tea wagon one trip from the kitchen will be sufficient. If one can brew tha tea on the tea table. It furnishes entertainment, for we all enjoy things Id the process of making. In most homes there Is a cooky jar and one of doughnuts; a few of tha doughnuts sugared just before serving. will be ail that is required wttb the cup of tea. Sandwiches are always nice and If one has time, the open sandwiches prepared and ready to setve are most attractive. It is\wisdom to eat very lightly of any afternoon repast, so it will not spoil the appetite for dinner; so very small servings of any dainty food are the rule m most homes. If Inclined to advoirdupois, omit the eream and take the lemon, pineapple or a bit of sliced orange in the tea. “ As sugar is always used by some, try rubbing the cubes on thp well-washed •kin of an orange or lemon and grating out the essential oil of the fruit Into the sugar. It will add a most attractive flavor to a cup of tea. Laman Butter—lnto the upper part of a double boiler put two cupfuls of ■ sugar and one cupful of butter with the grated rind of three lemons. Cream together, setting over the hot water. Add the juice of the three lemons and stir until well mixed. Beat with an egg beater until smooth. This makes a delicious spread for slices of sponge cake, buttered bread for sandwiches, and is a well-liked pudding sauce. It will keep in the tee chest and be ready for any occasion. For dessert maple Ice cream or plain vanilla ice cream with any kind of a sauce is easy to serve; tbe cream > may be, sent in Just at the time of serving, the sauce prepared and ready. If chocolate sauce Is used it is liked hot; maple cakes to serve with the cream may be either angel food, sponge cake baked in fancy shapes or cut into cubes, or oblong, frosted and decorated with any simple or elaborate candles of different colors. ‘ Hair’a Color Changed When white hair is removed from a ■pot on tbe back of a Russian rabbit and the animal, is kept in a colder temperature while the. Dew hair to growing it <omes In black instead of white. Put Jattice Firtt If strict justice be not tn»» rudder of all our other virtues, the foster we Mil the farther we shall find ourselves from that haven where w. should ba