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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-10-27
More Concerning Headgear and Coats

and the crown much lower, is in hello
trope colored velvet of light shade.
Full twists of mauve tulle are ar
ranged scarf fashion about the crown,
being caught down near the center
front with plain, round amethyst
pin an inch across. Starting from
near this pin toward the right is a
chou of mauve velvet, and from this
three ostrich pldmes in three diff
ferent shades of heliotrope and mauve
trail over the crown and down over
the back brim The palest one curves
around the right brim, and or the
back. The darkest goes straight
back, partially covering the crown,
and droops well down toward the
neck, and the third and medium-col-
ored plume curves toward the left,
nearly covering the crown as 1t sweeps
to the left back.
The growing popularity of motor
ing has created demand for the mo.
toring coat, which the manufacturers
have been eager to satisfy. But II a
coat especially dedicated to motoring
is too great luxury, one may choose
coat that will answer for numerous
occasions-for driving, travelling and
general rough weather wear.
The Scotch and English manufac-
turers are having their innings In the
furnishing of material for such coats,
and serviceable tweed and cheviot
mixtures and other rough, loose woven
stuffs are the popular choice for the
big, loose, cleverly tailored coat.
Check and plaid effects innumerabIe
are produced in these materials, but
as a rule, the colors are so blended.
and the lines SO vague that there is
nothing spectacular or loud about even
the plaids.
1t is in the black and white novelty
checks and plaids that the most pro.
nounced effects are shown, and even
here the preference is for irregular de-
signs less bold than the big block
check Of the spring season.
White coats, in heavy. soft white
cheviot or broad twill serge are shown
in the models similar in general char
acter to those Of which we have been
speaking. and are most attractive and
picturesque garments, but they are,
Of course, better adapted to the deck
of a yacht or the box seat OF coach
or a mountain hotel veranda than to
q dust-raising motor car.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-10-27
THE PAINTERS SKILL.
The Secret Of It Lay In Fact That He
Was Always Learning.

Half q dozen houses In one neigh
borhood are being freshly painted this
spring. and all by the same painter, q
quite young man. whose thoroughness
and skillfulness has passed into =
proverb In the town.
I'VE can't afsced not 10 have him do
the work" one householder had said
HE is absolutely careful In every de-
tail. and he knows his trade perfectly
---all the little niceties OF It."
One morning boy was watching
the painter at work, and envying him
what seemed such an easy job-"just
brushing on some paint" he told
himself. He thought--did that boy
of a certain slow, 'poky'' task of his
own, and impatiently wished he could
do some simple work like the painters.
How long does It take to learn that
trader he inquired. complacen.ly.
Well said the busy young painter,
as he drew his brush along particu-
larly difficult place, they say one can
learn 1t In three years, but I've been
at 1t seven years now. and | don't
know what / ought to know about II
yet. There's still lots to learn"
The painters own ideal of work was
always just beyond his own achieve
ment, says Rams Horn In that lay
the secret Of his thoroughness. his
skin, his success. 1t Is such interest
and ambition in ones work that makes
patience easy to keep.
The man who knows it allg In
three years is not the man for whom
the owners OF half dozen houses will
wait their turn to have him paint
them
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-10-27

The smartly dressed woman looks
to Paris for ideas In dress. Her Amer
icaa Independence is too pronounced,
however. to always take in entirety
the styles as turned out by the mo
distes Of the gay French capital. but
she readily adapts them to her own
tastes and needs. selecting the prettiest
and best of the modes and discarding
those which fall to meet her fancy.
But 1t Is probable that the small
smart coats which are the special de-
light of the French woman will be
adopted quite in toto by American
women, These coats are of various
sorts, either matching the costume or
In silk or some other material that
makes crisp and fancy costumes. Most
OF those worn in Paris up to date have
eIbow-length sleeves-that is, they
come just below the elbow, while a
few end halfway between elbows and
wrists, and a still fewer number have
sleeves extending as far as the
wrists.
Some of these coats are wholly
loose, others three-fourths fitting;
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-10-27
Rear View Of Indicator Dial.

the position of shot has been ascer-
tanned, the Indicator board Is cleared
by a frame worked cleo.
trically by push-button placed near
the marksman on the firing-point.
THE arrangement by which the tar
get Is carried on a swinging frame has
been designed with view to its adj
justment to suit the force OF bullets
Of varying weight and velocity. and
with regard to the length of the range
Thus with a service rifle at 200 yards
the target plate is lowered until the
hammers rest with their Oh sides
at an angle Of about so degrees with
the bearer-plate. AT longer ranges
with lighter charges, the target Is
raised, and with 1t the series of ham
mers. until the angle is such that on
bullet striking directly over ham
mer only that hammer is affected.
Each hammer will. however, respond
to the impact Of bullet striking with
In three inches OF the point on the
target against which it rests. Thus
each forms the center of circle six
luGilSS III uiduiClClg anu Will lSN1Ai
the position of shot striking within
that circle. The hammers are SO ar
ranged that these circles overlap in
all directions. SO that no part of the
target can be struck without one or
more hammers being affected. Should
bullet strike where two, three or
four circles overlap, all the hammers
- Il. 4. Il
and a corresponding number of disks
on the indicator will fall. 1t Is quite
easy to determine from these disks
the exact point Of the target struck by
the bullet
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-10-27
FOR THE RIFLEMAN.
An Electric seif-Registerine Target
Has Been Devised.

A target, for rife practice, in which
the position of each shot is at once
registered on a dial at any desired dis
lance, has been invented by Col.
George A. Peters, of Toronto, Canada.
The advantage of the device is that
it avoids the cost of constructing a
mantel for the protection Of the mark
ers, and saves the heavy wages bill
involved with ordinary balanced can
vas targets, which require two men
each for marking. The principle of
the apparatus resembles that OF the
ordinary hotel annunclator, tlfe inn
pact of the bullets being received by
hammers behind the target. which
close electric circuits and thus regis
ter the results on the dial. Says a
contributor to Engineering:
When the target is brought into
use, 1t is raised by means OF suitable
levers worked from behind the target
(or by wire attached to these levers.
and worked from the firing-point).
until the hammers rest against the
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-10-27
Pretty and Ssrviceabie Dresses for Women

s+aroa ~ sever, the woman Is slender
ratbar thar IN, and has none Of the
iartv arg,,lar ~, 'vefasnts going with
the angular frame.
The coat fronts are quite lsW. ~
slant down from the back az -
under-arm seams. and then they ouhu .
up to the center. parting and swingins
loosely apart. There is seam some
five inches from the edge, partially
shaping the coat, and where the coat
rounds over the bust five or six little
tapering seams. like those used in or
in making darts, slant in from the
edge, and where they end. about the
center of the breast, there is an APP
plique of two crescent-shaped orna-
ments in shaded reds picked out with
silver, and at each end of the crescent
are small, round medallions of very
dark red velvet. These five-inch sec
lions of the coat are faced with dark
red velvet, and there is a narrow,
tapering collar of red velvet around
the neck, ending on a line little
above the erescents, the ends of the
collar slipping through, or rather I'M
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-10-27

der similar crescents, each ending in
a short, sash-like arrangement of the
velvet. The ends of the velvet come
little below the bust line. This vel
vet, being fine panne, is as supple
and graceful as satin
The sleeves end just below the ell
bows. The full tops are plated into
the armholes and in the center Of the
sleeves four inches above the lower
edge the fullness is laid in four plaits,
two on each side. turning toward the
center. Across the top and near the
bottom of these plaits are small cres-
cents, matching the larger ones. with
smaller bits of velvet at their ends.
The bottom of the sleeve is finished
with band of velvet shaped to fit
the slight flare outward of the sleeves
lower edge. Narrow red silk braid fin
ishes the outer edge of the velvet
bands on the sleeves and the inside
of the collar.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-10-27

some are half fitting in the back and
loose in the front, and many partake
of the nature Of the pony coat.
A delightful little coat for long
wasted woman has arrived this side
the water from gay Paris in color
quite gay enough to match that city
1t is a red serge, and the skirt, OF
walking length, is laid in side plaits
that are loose, so far as their outer
edges go, from the hem to within a
few inches of the waist line. OF
course, such skirt is suited TO tall
or thin figures only, and this is what
its wearer is. The skirt is perfectly
plain.
The coat has pony back, bcbbing
up in what would be ridiculously
short-waisted fashion on any but a
tall, thin woman, and even then, I'M
less she possesses grace-and, alas!
that type seldom does. In this In
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-10-27

back Of the target plate at an angle
suitable to the weight and velocity
of the bullet When bullet strikes
the target, its force is communicated
to one or more hammers within the
area affected by the blow, and these
are raised until the back strikes the
bearer-plate and contact is made by
the projec ting Tugs at the lower ends
OF the hammers, and the position Of
the shot lis thus recorded at the firing.
point. The form of the ham.
mer Is such that when it Is stopped
In It's backward movement by the
bearerplate its center of gravity Is
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-10-27
Jars Used in the Experiments.

so that no air will return to the jar,
and again exhaust your lungs and re-
peat the process of drawing the air
from the jar.
Now, still pinching the rubber tube,
or applying pinchcoek, turn the jar
upside down and place the end of the
rubber tube in a glass of water. When
you release the tube the water will
squirt up through the jet and your
fountain will play in the jar. 1t is the
outside pressure on the water in the
glass that forces the spray into the
vacuum of the bottle.
Instead of exhausting the air from
the jar, here is a way to produce the
fountain outside of it, says Peoples
Home Journal Reverse the glass
tube so that the jet will be outside
and the other end near the bottom
of the jar. Pour water into the jar
until it is about two-thirds higher than
the end of the tube in the jar. Fit
the rubber tubing over the jet and
blow into the jar, thus condensing the
air. Pinch the tube while you again
fill the lungs and blow again into the
Jar. Now quickly pull the tubing from
the jet, and the water will squirt out,
producing a fountain This time it is
the pressure of the CONDENSED air in
side the jar that forces the water Hut
In the same jar place vaseline bot
tie with a piece of thin rubbe~ cloth
stretched over the mouth, and tied in
place. Now, instead of the long glass
tube, use a smaller one. and if you
will exhaust the air from the jar as
you did ia the first fountain expert
ment the rubber will rise like a bal
loon, because the air in the small bot
tie will try to get out to fill the
vacuum you have produced.
Now, if you will blow into the rub
Der tube, as you did in the other foun-
tain experiment, the rubber will bulge
downward into the small bottle. con-
densing the air there. BY fitting the
vaseline bottle as you did the outer
one, with glass jet, and placing wa
ter in it, and then exhausting the air
from the outer Jar, you will produce
a miniature fountain in the jar from
the smaller bottle.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-10-27

The small hat will abound this year,
that is, if we follow the styles as set
by our French sisters. One of the
richest and most hand some Of the hats
is a cream-white felt, very thin. soft
and light in weight, trimmed with
small shaded dahlias, tulle, and vel
vet to match. The shape is moderate
ly snSall, with rather fiat crown. and
the LETT side is raised to show the
trimmed bandeau, but is not tilted.
The back brim bends down bit over
the couture, and is filled in with
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-10-27
s4,A v
A snail's Pace.

A snail's rate of travel was ascer
tanned by experiments In Florence
Half dozen snails were permitted
to crawl between two points ten feet
apart. Exact time was kept from the
start to the finish. and thus the aver
age pace learned. The figures were
then put into tables of feet, yards and
furlongs. and it was found that It
would take snail exactly IA days to
travel a mile.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-10-27
salt and Epilepsy.

Whenever we get call to attend
case of epilepsy" said an ambu-
lance surgeon at Bellevue. 1--WE always
find the patients neck and face COW
cred with salt. The efficiency of salt
as cure for epilepsy is evidently a
relic of some old country super T.
ton, though just what 1t Is we've
never been able to find out.'--N. X.
Sun.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-10-27
Fortunes in Stamp Collections.

One hundred thousand dollars worth
Of postage-stamps belonging to Boston
collectors We're exhibited at the CON
yention Of the American Philatelic as
ISOLATION last month. The average boy
collector who has hundred dollars
worth at the catalogue prices thinks
he Is rich.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-10-27
THE GARDEN PIRATES.

A pirates life is the life for me!
My mates are brave and bold;
Seven. and six. and five are we,
Or eighteen years all told.
Hard-a-lee with the Susan, boys!
Up anchori Hard-a-lee
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-10-27
The Arlstocrat.

Teacher-Can you tell me what an
aristocrat is, Johnny?
Johnn-Yes, ma'am. An aristocrat
Is poor person who boasts Of his
rich relations.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-10-27

First Little Girl-My papa says
your papa hates work.
Second Little Girl--Oh, no. he
doesn't. He likes work, but he hates
to do it--Chicago Daily News.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-10-27

Well In front of the bearing-pin so
that 1t immediately falls back again
to Its original position, resting against
the back of the target plate. When
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-10-27

Little Jimmie had his doubt about
the market value of the new baby.
Pop" he said, you got stuck. The
kid amt got no hair and he hasn't .
tooth In his head IN Y. Times.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-10-27
FOUNTAIN IN A BOTTLE.
Pretty Esperir Is Which Can &c
Tried : 7y OF Girl.

A large glass e. 81 5ar, with a
rubber Sol ng 9 hole III it. IS
the s.mple on tot your fog1-
tain. Yea b1s DIES. a rIss
tube VIII d js IA q p.eee
of rubber tubing ABOUT Two inches
long
When you have prepared your ma-
terials, place the stopper in the jar
and insert in the hole the glass tube
with the jet inside the jar To the end
Of the glass tube that is outside fit the
rubber tubing.
Now exhaust your lungs and, plac-
ing the other end of the rubber tub
ing in your mouth, suck. out the air
from the jar. When you have taken
deep breath, pinch the rubber tube
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-10-27
Priceless Treasures.

Little birds and little flowers, little dia-
monds, little pearls;
But the dearest things on earth are the
little boys and girls.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-10-27
Growth Of Girls and Bows.

The growth Of girls is greatest in
their fifteenth year; of boys. in their
seventeenth.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-10-27

shaded yellow and orange and brown
tulle At the left side appears tulle
and loops in the several shades of vel
low, and brown velvet ribbon is looped
in with it. Around the crown and also
nearly covering 1t are masses of small
velvet and satin dahlias Of differing
sizes. and shaded grasses, all the lat
ter being in duh browns and yellows.
A loose spray Of the dahlias and
grasses droops far down on the left
side under the brim, and is caught
back SO that it rests. against the hair
Another hat, much like mans
derby with the brim bent out straight
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-10-27
WON AN

Woman is the Of a new magazine for women.
The first number is just issued Your newsdeaer has it.
You get from him. and it worth your while getting
it, There is nothing startling about this magazine. There
should be nothing startling about decent magazine for
women and the home. But this particular magazine is
unique among all the socalled publications for women
You might not like it little bit, and them again. it might
hit your fancy good and hard.
If you like fcion-good wide awake, stories
both serials and short stores-you will like Woman
In fact fiction is the big feature of the
All the other magazines for the
modela little bit Of fiction, few articles, less
chit chat wise advice, fashion department and
smatterng of general miscellany. "WOMAN' doesn't
look any like this conventional model than yellow
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will have copy of it. 1t would cost much to
tell you all about it in this advertisement.
The price of "WOMAN" is TEN CENTS A COPY,
and the magazine very big one-192 pages.
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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-10-27

A prize for the garden pirates, boys
vessel in sight l see
Give chase DER the deep, green garden,
boys,
Wen capture her safe and sound!
But alack-a-day, and a-well-away,
The Susan has gone aground!
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-10
TWO GAMES At ANNAPOLIS.
Middies Meet SwarthmOre-St. Johns
Plays AEEies.
'pcciaI 20 The washington H1ald.

olNcial 20 Inc washington Herald.
Annapolis, Nd, Nov. s.-There will he
two Important games of football plaved
in Annapolis tomorrow. While the NAVY
Swarthmore contest IN the afternoon will
prove the drawing card for the lovers of
the sport. the morning game between
Maryland Agricultural College. Of College
PARK, and St Johns College. of Anuapo-
lis. VIII attract NOR. general interest in
the State. because it viii be the second
Of the series of games for the champion
ship of the Intercollegiate Athletic League
Of Maryland
The Middies anticipate hard proposi-
ton in SwartnmOTe. and tdev will try TO
redeem themselves Of the defeat sustained
ut the hands Of the PENNSYLVANIA STATE
College on Saturday last Swarthmore
triumphed over the University Of Penn
sylvania, to 0. by scoring a goal from
field. and the team is confident OF taking
the Middies into camp also. The Navy
adherents are much encouraged by the
fact that both Norton, quarter back. and
Capt. Spencer, left half, will be seen in
the lineup tomorrow, having sufficiently
recovered. Neither has played in the last
two weeks. This week has witnessed =
big shake-up in the Navy line-up also.
and the team for to-morrow's game IS
said to be the strongest that has been in
the field this season. Magrude-. who was
looked upon as a strong man for tackle.
has shown up poorly of late. and North
croft has been shifted from full TO tackle
This is the principal change made. The
game will start at 2:s9 o'clock, as usual
The Washington herald., 1906-11-10
Results at Latonia.

Cincinnati Nov. Q-The winning Of
three long shots gave the I.at0nia talent
a shock to-day. Adesso was victor at 80
to l. Harlequin at = TO l. and Miss Alert
al 10 10 J. The summaries.
FIRST BACE-TEree-lusrters Of a mile. Ruilota
; 10 and even. won, 81 Noel, 20 5. place. sec
ord: inspector Girl. third. Time. II5I5. Benson
hurst. Raviana, Gigutha. Eeribest Bert Os-a.
Kings Gem, Gold Zone. Oliger. Alesta. BeinE0d
and Tins Thrail also IAN
SECOND RACE-One and one-lusTter miles.
HclceTson. % I and 10 ). won. Sanction ] 10 g.
second; Golden Sunrise. third. Time. 209 Is.
Chauita. Liddon, Pearl HAYES, Jehanc, ard Hya-
cinth also ran.
THIRD -SCTen-eighths Of mile. Miss
Alert, 30 to Z and : 20 /, won; Pink star 90 s.
place. second: Crafty. third Time. y 40 Sui
Alarm, Caper. Mortiboy Miss Ida King Leopold
Pottles. Artfui DOdgcr. Nancy Hart and All
Ahlaze also ran.
FOURTH RACE-Clubhouse course Harlequin.
y 10 l and ; 10 I. won, Plea, 20 ;. place second
Creeliu thiTd. Time as 10 Blue Mine sam
ra-mer, Dawson, Ohio King and Sguauderer also
ian.
FIFTH RACE-Three-quartcr q a mile Adesso.
- 10 ! and IS - !, won; Monket. - J. pIaca
second; LaysOn, third. Time ia 3-5 Field Lark
Julie NJ, LedUiH King Pepper Adhen. Malrina.
agnes Virginia. Frank Bill. Royal Legend Nuns
E5iling and Toppy Girl also ran.
SIXTH RACE-One mile Henry Watters0n even.
w0n Nnnehaha 20 s. second; Beiden 10 T.
third. Time, i:i1 Is. Queen Caroline. tistizi. W
v. Pierce, Quick Rich Beatrice h, and NIoclszil
Maid also ran.