The Syracuse Journal, Volume 20, Number 24, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 11 October 1928 — Page 6

Cuba Rushes Work on $75,000,000 Highway »— - — —. A -A ...« wSms* • x s J x * ■fOW . Otiraißl I '■ I frdjPPr*k*« '?. '□BjHlJt.; jfc . > </- ~_ .--•■•-• • j-■■>» ‘ *" • *JB^ KF^a R “r ,'■■'■ I Laborers working on the construction of the Cuban Central highway, which will extend Wie length of the Island from Pinal del Rio through Havana and Matanzas to Santiago de Cuba. There will be no grade crossings and no speed limit. This great highway, which will cost $75,000,000, will be completed in 1930. The work is being done by American contractors. West Palm Beach Is Smashed by Hurricane ~s . „. . . W S' sy. <<• - ,AX . &■ < ’• ? 1 I < • \ > • \ WL I I Jh h® Jt M’ ; ’-1 rWWWOIJ ' LItCT i . . , w !s rtn ■el i . 1 Hr • ■ I CTj! By. • WBwi bWKF QPIW.W f '- \ r •* . lg?g b"“ This picture, sent by telephoto, gives an idea of the way in which the city of West Palm. Beach. Fla., was wrecked by the tropical hurricane that swept through the state after devastating Porto Rico and other islands.

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FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS

Animals with vertebrae never have more than four legs. Babies 18 Inches long at birth will grow up to be adults of medium height. A monument to Roentgen, discoverer of X-rays, was unveiled in Leningrad recently. Geologists say that a tunnel under the British channel from Dover to Calais is a practical project

Helium gas conducts sound more than twice as rapidly as air. According to census figures, there are 33,000 gypsies in Russia. Some of the portrait statues of the Egyptian pharaohs were 90 feet high. Recently perfected apparatus enables doctors to make a continuous record of the effects of exercise or medicine or disease on a patient’s heart.

SAYS MAN HAS SOUL Lt w W ••■* ILaJ jfc I > v v <& W» »' Sir William Bragg, who, making his first address as president of the British Association 'for the Advancement of Science, flatly told a distinguished audience that man has a soul. This was in direct contradiction to the address made last year by the then president. Sir Arthur Keith, who rejected the theory of an afterlife. JONES AGAIN WINNER ilh? s dii wuk ' Bobby Jones of Atlanta easily de seated T. Phillip Perkins, English amateur champion, 10 up and 9 to play to win the national amateur golf championship for the fourth time. Virtue in Benevolence How easy it Is for one benevolent being to diffuse pleasure around him; and how truly Is a kind heart a fountain of gladness making everything tn its vicinity to freshen into smiles.—Washington Irving. Glass Weights In ancient Egypt glass was used in making weights of considerable accuracy. In those days it was made ol paste, as glass blowing did not come into practice until the Christian era.

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ON CLOTH coats for the coming months, fur will not be conspicuous by Its absence. A greater lavishment than ever of fur as a trimming on autumn and winter wraps is fashion’s foreword. Two trends are evidenced in the new fur treatments. The one is the use of spectacular long-haired fur types in effects so luxurious one fairly gasps at the hugeness of the cuffs and the gorgepusness of the collars. The other mood expresses a predilection for turs of quieter elegance used in ways of supreme chic. Classed in the former are not only gay sports models which are handsomely furred but also dressier types, among which those of black hroaddoth lavished with light-toned badger are out-

standing. Coats of this type are contrasted with an entirely different sort, namely, those which are trimmed with costly Hat furs which express “ideas” in collars, cuffs, pockets and every detail. Some of these flat felts ate so supple they are used in a fabric way. Indeed, fur worked like fabric is the latest theme of the mode. Among the coats highlighted by the mode those of black broadcloth distinguished with black broadtail or caracul trimmings are especially “classy.’ Then, too. the brown theme is very widely exploited in matching brown caracul to the cloth it trims. The striking feature about these trimmings of Hat furs is the way they are manipulated. Artfully dev sed collars. cuffs which extend quite to the elbow or unusual borderings which accent both hemlines and front openings, reveal the designer's art at its best. Among unusual collars, the latest “fad" is the triangle of flat fabric-like fur. arranged with all the coquetry and nonchalance of the popular silk scarf.

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As to the long-haired fur trims, the outstanding feature is that again the shawl collar carries the- honors. The one in the picture shows to what extreme the vogue is attaining. The coat itself is of black broaucloth. the fur being kit fox dyed with a black stripe to resemble cross fox. If in doubt, trim the back of your frock rather than the front. The latest whim of the fashionist is to shift the trimming to the back of the frock. This applies not only to evening gowns, which are, this season, so ornately styled with huge bustle-bows and such, but it pertains also to daytime frocks which are registering the new trend in endless intriguing ways. A hint of a startling innovation was

Sports 'Frocks May Be Used for Winter Wear This is a good time of year to buy frocks that- the woman at home can use all winter for house wear. Choose them carefully. One woman bought three or four sleeveless colored crepe de chine frocks to wear next winter. She also bought two lisle sweaters to wear over them, so that when she wishes sleeves she can have them without having the weight of wool. For giving the baby its bath in

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given in midsummer when fashionables in the younger set took to knot ting their kerchief scarfs at the back with a fetching nonchalance. The idea was seized upon by stylists, who have incorporated the tie-at-the-back scarf in the fashioning of the new autumn modes. With what charming results, the handsome crepe frock to the right in the picture bears witness. Speaking of scarf drapes, they are the newest thing in fabric manipulation. and are competing with jabot treatment. That is. squares of the fabric of which the dress is made are being put through new’ “tricks.” They are knotted and draped across both the baek and the front of the blouse, and about the hips in ways which give an entirely new aspect to the frock. A charming back-view effect is achieved in the styling of the lovely afternoon velvet gown pictured to the left herewith. The shapely pointed yoke is of flesh-color chiffon, thus suggesting a deep decollete artfully tuned to daytime mode. The arrangement of the exquisite lace bertha together with the bow and long streamers of velvet

is most arresting. The ragged pointed hemline is oue of the chief attractions of this dainty transparent velvet gou n. Very new skirt arrangements, which stress unusual back views, bring the tiers of fine plaitings which extend across the front up into what migir be described as overskirt and bustle effects combined. In other words they are modernized interpretations of 18S0 draperies. Volumes could be written in regard to the new back views as featured in advance costumes. So varied and s<> abounding in new interest are they, that only time itself can unfold their various trends. JULIA BDTTOMLEY. (©. 1928. Western Newspaper Union.!

a warm room, for doing many ..kinds of housework, she will wear the frocks without the sweaters. You can choose sports frocks with sleeves if you wish. They are just as smart and would be more serviceable for winter wear indoors for some women. Moire Wrap A rich green moire wrap has cape wings, tipped with 18-inch shirred ruffles and a shirred Elizabethan collar.

(Prepared by the National Geographic Society. Washington. D. C.l Czechoslovakia is an excellent example of a cultured nation which, owing to the overthrow of the old order in Eu rope, is now a free land. It was on American soil that the plans of freedom of this nation were* developed; its Declaration of Independence was written in an American city and shortened to meet the space limitations of an American newspaper. In success or failure, this keyland to central Europe cannot but be of interest to America and to the world Prague, the capital of the new republic, is one of the most interesting of the world’s citiqs, and to one who comes to know its charms it has a peculiar appeal. The view of the ancient palace of Hardcany from the op posite end of the old Charles bridge is one tong to be remenibered. The favorite view of Prague is from a hideous view-tower on the Petrin. From its top one can see the Bohemian forest on the Bavarian frontier and the other low ranges that inclose the great plain of Bohemia; but as a vantage point for viewing Prague, it is distinctly disappointing. Even the high spires of the St. Vitus Cathedral cut the hillside instead of the skyline, and the rolling city, caught in the boomerang curve of the river, seems much flatter than it really is. A better point of • vantage is the view-tower in the grounds of the early Eighteenth century Schonborn palace, jiow the, residence of the American minister to Czechoslovakia. From that lower level the ragged skyline, which is Prague’s chief charm, is visible and one gets a more intimate view of the spots where history has been made in many a hard-fought fight. When the sun begins to set behind the Petrin, the saw-toothed towers of the cathedral, to winch one’s gaze so frequently returns, stand out dull brown and edged with darker tones against a hazy sky; but the dun brown buildings beyond the romantic towers of the historic bridge of Prague respond to the farewell kiss of the setting sun as do the towering columns of Baalbek, glowing with a mellow light. Then one s-uddenly realizes why the Bohemians call their beloved capital Zlata Praha, Golden Prague. Arcades of Prague. Prague is essentially a city for the pedestrian wanderer. A sight-seeing bus or a lorgnette would chase away the charm. Formal sights are disappointing except to experts, but to him "who likes to loiter among medieva: scenes, taking pleasure in watching this old lady whose worn umbrella shelters a slender stock of fruit, or contemplating with leisurely delight the life that surges through the covered passageways lining the cobbled streets of the Mala few cities so intrigue one’s interest. The Czechs who emigrate to Cleveland ought to feel at home there, for Prague is also a city of arcades. Some of these are low arched passages that remind one of an Old Chester whose cubist lines are bent to graceful curves, or of the djmly-lighted ‘souks ’ that usher one into the caravansaries of Bokhara. Others are great open halls that cut their way through massive modern blocks, their plate-glass walls placarded with posters and pierced by en trances to moving-picture shows and cabarets that love the dark, with hairdressers’ windows full of cheap perfume at high prices, and with a post age-stamp dealer or two. No modern arcade in Prague would'be complete without a postage-stamp dealer whose windows are pock-marked with treas ures for the philatelist. The native costumes of Czech oslovakia are a never-ending delight Although each town has its peculiar style, in,each there are such differences as are due to individual tastes In the small towns women are nonconformists in matters of dress. The men run more or less to type, with high boots, brightly polished but dusty to the ankles, wide white trousers, and a shirt eloquent of wifelytoil beside some sylvan stream and nicely embroidered at the wrist and throat with delicate designs which do not suggest the horny-handedness of the women who produced them. A panel of dark material hangs down in front and a gay sash of red

Find of True Mahogany There are several kinds of wood which have some of the characteristics of mahogany and which are made to pass as mahogany, but the true mahogany is somewhat rare. The question of what may be designated as mahogany has been recently the subject of investigation by the federal trade commission and the basis of litigation instigated by mahogany dealers and mahogany products man-

and black, much like the Filipino gee string, hangs to the ankles. The vest is thickly braided and has innumerable frongs. Colorful Garb of the Women. But the women run the whole gamut of color, ahd when one sees them massed in the mellow light of a great church interior he looks to see what stained-glass window or prism-deco-rated chandelier has thrown its varicolored beams across the multitude. The women’s, shoes are stout, highcut, and topped with patent leather trimmed to a scalloped edge, so that they give a strangely graceful appearance to the stocky legs of the peasant women. Their stockings are for protection as well as for»display, some with small square designs knitted into the dull black. The skirts are plain black, with no trimming except a line of tine embroidery, worn, like the attractive smocking of the Chinese coolie apron, just below the waist, but they are very heavily plaited and are hung above a surprising number of lace-trimmed petticoats. The waist-length jacket may be quite plain except Tor an applique design of hand-ntade lace around the bust and on the sleeve from elbow to wrist, but the head-dress and apron are as gay in tone as the obi of a Japanese dpll of twelve. Some of the Slavic head shawls, which give a Madonna oval to the broadest of peasant features, are near vyhite cotton vvith red polka dots or a dark gray design. Others are shimmery white silk, embroidered with light tints or heavy designs. There is something about manifold plaits that is as redolent of romance as the speech of a I’arisienne. ami, when a fringed scarf is added, the sb.apelessness of the peasant and the high cheek-bones of the Slavic face cannot rob the wearer of a charm which tn the half light of evening or from a moderate distance makes mere man want to burst into some sentimental ballad. ■ And when a few hundred gaily-col-ored aprons—bright green, changeable to gold, yellow with a silver overlight, pink, blue, cerise—are displayed in one moving picture, it matters not that the wearers lack the classic beauty of a Venus or the form of a Juno. It is a very charming scene. Commerce Is working havoc with the lovely peasant costumes of Czechoslovakia. for analine dyes are being substituted for vegetable colors which were not only much softer when new. but which fade into mellow tones no chemical dye can dwnlicate. Machine Work Ruining Art. Factories are calling the women from the farms, where they utilized the winter months in working out the tiesigns traced by the village dt-signet or in evolving their own. Thus, gradually the arts of the past are being tost. City girls and foreigners, ■ whose sense of art is inferior, have conceived a great liking for these peasant costumes. with the result that there is a market, not only for the product ol months or years of loving labor, but also for hurried work, devoid of imagination and maehipe-like in its mediocrity. The value of a tine costume runs into thousands of crowns, and cheaper ones have to be supplied. The result is deplorable. Not only are hideous color combinations displayed and machine-made ribbons used in place of better <>rn i ment. but the costumes, dmined ny those to whom they are only a type of fancy dress, lack the dignity which is never lacking when they are used by the real peasant. Names are a continual plague to the traveler in Czechoslovakia whe learned his geography before the World war. When the Czech divorce from Austria was recognized by the great powers, the first thing the tittle country did was to go back to its maiden names. This, of course, has given great joy to the people; but why a trade name as valuable as Karlsbad should be sacrified for Karlovy Vary is a little hard even for Czechoslovakia’s sincerest admirers to understand. It is bad enough having to drink the water without having to learn a name like that, and one is quite surprised to know that Marienbad is just as attractive under the impossible cognomen of Mariansky Lazne as it was under its German name.

ufacturers. Field museum investigators have recently found what is said to be forests of the true mahogany in the Peruvian Amazon district and the find is hailed with great interest. s Beauty in Benovolence How easy it is for one benevolent neing to diffuse pleasure around him; and how truly is a kind heart a foun tain of gladness making everything In its vicinity to freshen into smiles.— Irving.