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The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-12-12

There are a lot of people who can
not afford to do things, who do them
because 1--WE cannot afford not to-"
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A Michigan lumberjack has been
bitten by a vicious skunk. IL is almost
impossible TO believe that the lumber
Jack didn't know the skunk was there.
q 4 4
Gum chewing is said to be coming
in again. Those of us who stuck our
guilds under the side bar of the bed
a year or so ago, are thus reminded
10 dust EN- OFF and get busy!
When you take one of those new
Chicago street cars, you have to pay
In advance, but when you take the
home newspaper, you can fool the con-
ductor II you are foxy by jumping OF
the car at the end OF the trip.
4 4 Z
The comptroller of the currency is
Kicking because there is not enough
money in circulation. One would think
be was once a literary gent to hear
him talk. During the late panic, all
bankers gave evidence of being great
noyelists in this regard.
q = q
We cut the initials of our sweet
heart upon tree. Beneath them we
cut our own, and around both we
fashion a heart Then we go away and
marry another woman and the wood
choppers come and obliterate our
registration of love. In some flaming
hre our amorous record is burned TO
ash and, by and by, even we cannot
remember what her initials were.
Thus II is with many of the things
We loved. Time is shifting the point
OF view and making insensate the
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The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-12-12
MOdesty OF Great Men.

% treat men, Milton says. are modest.
hSseause they continually compare
'sn ~, not with other men, but
nm 'hat idea OF the perfect which
eney have before their mind"
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-12-12

Anything thai Is used TO tighten the
hair Is apt TO dry IL too much. Try
!. ..., .,s.s, ....L hanna TN
perhaps quarter OF an ounce OF the
leaves with a pint OF boiling water, 10
stand till the water is cold, The leaves
are strained out and rejected, the tea
being put on the hair evenly. and dry
ing on. II must then be washed on.
Il is not impossible thar the wash
might give the least reddish tinge to
your hair, and in that case the tea
should be made weaker. II must not
be used oftener than once a month
voluminous cOiffures are predicted
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-12-12
Ihree colored QulIIs.

The schoolgirls are trimming their
wide sailor hats with three quilts in
different colors Vivid combinations
are most In style.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-12-12
MADE UP IN vELvETEEN.
Costume Of cherry-Red for Girl from
Four to Six Years OF Age.

Velveteen In rich cherry.red is
chosen for this illustration. Irish
crochet 10 used for the yoke, and
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-12-12
RIaek strIped satIn.

There is new material out for a.
rectolre gowns which has colored
satin foundation and is striped with
black. II Is wide enough to cut to ad-
vantage. and is very good looking
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-12-12

It Is quite in accordance with the
trend OF fashion thai women should be
daintily perfumed these days, Es.
sence Is not used as much as sachet.
There are now small slips of papier
mache about the size of visiting
card which are sold dozen IN a box.
These are perfumed with flowers and
have a most delicious fragrance One
is slipped into the lining Of the coat or
blouse or hat and the effect is very
good
The fragrance is faint and agree
able
These cards put into the bureau
drawer and among neckwear and
articles the same subtle fragrance.
one is used as the foundation for a
strip OF silk or satin over which a
veil is wrapped when II is taken on
Fortunately these boxes of sachet are
not expensive and woman does not
have TO consider IL a priceless lux
ury TO be perfumed like flower.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-12-12

Voluminous coiffures are predicted
for the winter
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-12-12
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AaLI

There are a lot OF people who can
not afford to do things. who do them
because I'VE cannot afford not to-"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-19
Uplifting the Farmer.
From the Motor World.


The automobile ''drummers'' are coutIn-
ually securing the country in search Of
prosperous-looking farms. AS soon as a
place is discovered whose owner is known
to have sufficient means to place h m
within the Class of prospects, or whose
appearance Is such warrant Sucn an
inference. some excuse is made to stop.
The traveller inquir- the way to the near
est town. begS a drink OF water buys a
glass Of milk. inspects the livestock or
fodder. and in any way possible engages
the farmer n conversation. Before he
leaves his measure has been taken, per
haps even he has been given d demonstra-
ton under one preteXt or auo, her. and
request for patronage from the local
agent to whom his name has been turned
OVrr
crops. their volume and the influx Of
money in return for hem are watched
with jealous care both with regard to
quantity and distribution. In this way
the location of prospective customers is
assist d. while the profitable handling of
the selling forces is managed to be ter
advantage than We're the canvass made
on Il more indiScriminate basis. The
farmer market has been a vast and in
tangible thing hitherto, but while it is
being exploited with direct and persistent
me. hodS such as these ii is developing
at rate which not only accounts for
number of very large outputs, but also
for a softening of the rural attitude to-
ward motoring in q way otherwise inex-
plicabe
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-19
The First Lifeboat.

From the London Chronicle
Curious that so many valuable inven-
tons have been made by men whose bust
ness was little calculated to turn their
thoughts in the direction in which hey
gained their fame. Thus, the wrecks IN
the recent gals recall the fact that the
first lifeboat was designed by Lion !
Lukin. Il London coach builder. in 1888.
Despite, however, the patronage of tie
Primo of Wales, Lukin's inven ion was
almost entirely disregarded. though a
coble fitted up by him was launched at
Marlborough and saved several lives dur
ing its first year.
1t was one particular disaster that swept
away public apathy. nam 9ly. the wreck OF
the Adventure in 1889, which foundered
within 800 yards of he shore. from which
thousands watched ner crew drop one by
one into the breakers in which no ordi-
nary boat could live. A public commit
tee was formed and prizes offered for
designs. and in a short time a lifeboat
was launched but it was not until the
formation of the Royal National Lifeboa
Institution in 1924 that the pres ant public
interest in the subject was aroused
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-19
CORNER g 9TH AND FLORIDA AVE. Noe THEA1T

fiattering the senses in the Same way
az the se.nr 4 < enc itS PRODUCTION;
are not universally appreciated.
Inc bea-tiIui ode > ot nature. how
ever. are tie index and guide of the
painter and sculptor, 4 successful imita-
ton o. these models, even without an ad
vance on the part of the artist toward
those higher intellectual beauties Which
distinguish the historical painter, is cap
able of affecting us with very agreeable
SenSd tlOnS.
Designed with skill and taste and con-
structed of durable materials, and in ac-
cordance with the laws of science the
architectural works Of nation becom
its proudest and most lasting monuments.
They are an index of the state Of knoWl-
edge and social progress in a count Y, and
in many cases have transmitted its only
history. There is no obj ct On which
the resources OF the wealthy are more
freely lav!shad, or which calls out NOR
effectually the inventive talent of the
artist. The painter and the sculptor may
display their individual genius in Gre
atoms of surpa SIS .ng excellence, but it is
the great monuments of architectural
taste and magnjfcenc that are stamped
in a peculiar manner by the genius of a
ma ION.
The Greek. thu Egyptian. the Saracen.
the GothiC-what a key do their respec-
tive styles affo d to the @ at = and
condition o. the people. The monuments
America are all indicative of an imma-
ure period. in which Imagination has no
been disciplined by study. and W2:ch
therefore, il its best results. batray only
the ill-reeulated aspirations after tie
beautiful that belong To semi ciVil.ze J
people We have ii n our power 20 en-
body in enduring stone a record o. oul
national character and history: 10 com
n morate by the utility, durability and
beauty OF our editices the political
strength and moral elevation to which
we have attained: to leaV" b md us, in
these unerrin9 witness ;, proofs o our
refinement opulence. science and progress
n q! G useful arts 10 d"Sre thdt Il
remote post arity shall look back upo us
with the admiration that We aW2 rd TO
Egypt, Greece. Rome and Christian Ell
-ope? If we do, let us render to our n
t1itecture the hC"aSe of earnest study
cultivated taste and mature judgment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-19
FOLLOWS NEW METHOD.
Ohio Makes Changes in Using Con
crete for Building.

| The state of Ohio is erecting building
at Camp Perry which will doubtless be
a center of interest for architects ard
builders. 1t is constructed in Il method
almost entirely new, and the builder, who
will get about $1,000 for his work will
put nearly the whole amount in adver
Using the building. The building is to
be used for armory purposes. 1t is two
stories high, of reinforced concrete, and is
being built in sections. The sections
are then raised into posi- ion, concrete
being poured between them. making the
whole a solid mass. Tie advantage in
the method is easy TO see. In the past
in building concrete buildings, the struc-
ture waspractically built of frome be-
concrete beams, walls, etc, were built up
in the air. apd then it was necessary to
carry the concrete up to the top and pour
it in.
BY the new method a fiat framework
like a big shallow box is used The
window sash and door frames, or what
ever is needed. are laid fiat in the box
Then comes the wheelbarrow brigade and
dumps in the concrete. 1t is allowed tc
set while the workmen start work on an
other section.
The fiat box is rested on jackscrews be-
fore any concrete is poured in, and this
part Of the method is pro ected by pat
ents. With the ordinary iackScreW il is
said it would be impo ssibe to raise the
decentralization sections of wall without
strainng or cracking them, but the newly
pat ed devices are manipulated by a
traction engine of very low power with
no trouble whatever.
After TIE sections are raised the boards
are knocked off and the outside may be
tr ated with cement and sand 10 make il
any color desired The coioring is net
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been poured into the cracks between the
sections.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-19

eupy ground which has a frontage Of 1H
feet on nth street and 100 feet on Cliff
ton street, and the consideration is So d
% have been Si2J,G0o. The annual rental
; said to be nearly SD . o yearly
+. E. Adams has purchased, through
his ag 2nts. Boss & Phelps Incorporated
the residence 2036 ist street northwest
on the corner of LIST and V streets. This
house was built by Lewis +. Breun niger
especially for the owner. 1t contains ter
rooms and two baths, and is heated by
hot water, all trimmings in the house
consisting OF oak. The property was sold
or S1,009. The title was in the name
of William II. TreW.
shannon 81 Luchs. real estate brokers
repo the sal of the twO-story brick res
iGence 1865 Nerd an street northwest to
G. H. Damon Young. who vi occupy he
prop rty as his residence. 1t is of colo
NAL design, containing six rooms and
bath. ard the consideration in the trans
act ion was S5nhD
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-19
BIG BOOM EXPECTED FOR
THE GEORGETOWN SECTION
Completion of Freight Spur for Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Regarded as Fruitful of Benefits:
Belief That New Approaches
From East Will Help.

which is the historic and appropriate title.
somely improved?
Now that the Commissioners have made
report to Congress in reply to "a request
from that body for information and sug
geStlonS as to the treatment of Rock
creek, and the national legislature has
been advised that what is known as the
open treatment is the cheapest. there are
grounds for hoping that soon something
will be done toward doing away with a
condition which is regarded checking
the natural development of the city.
Advantages as a Home Place.
Those who hold this view base it on the
advantages which Georgetown has as
place of residence. Its streets rising up
from the river to the heights. are open to
the air which comes from a broad surface
of the water with a freshness that is APP
preciated by those who breathe the heat
ed atmosphere from asphalt pavements
Then the houses are on a more liberal
scale than one is apt to find in a city
and many of them are surrounded BY am
pie grounds. which suggest the country in
spite Of the city streets all about and the
nearneSs TO the center of things. Many
places which were planned and built in
tie days when building material and
building ground were not parceled out
with misery care and exactness are
standing and afford an opportunity for
those who like roominess in and about a
house.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-19
National Hymns.
From the London Chronicle.

from the London Chronicle
a French journalist who has been In
vestigating the national hymns of Europe
classes them under three heads-loyal,
national and revolutionary. Those of
Great Britain, Austria. Denmark. Per
tuga. Prussia, Russia. Sweden and Mon
tenegro We're composs ii in honor of t1s
sovereignS of these countries and balon
to the first class. The American. Dutch.
Norwegian and Hungarian are described
as national" while the ''Marseillaise, -
God Save Ireland and La Bra BAN
come (the Belgian anthem may he
styled revolutionary. The only anthem
composed by poet of the front rank 70
the Norwegian ia, vi elsker ~
eyes. we love this country for which
Bjornson is responsible. The music of the
Austrian hymn was composed by HaydnS
the others come from compare lively uns
known composers, except the Portuguese,
which is the work of Dom Pedro i ~
peror of Brazil.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-19
CLAIM OVER ARCHITECTURE.
Type Regarded as Index of the
Taste Of People.

From the Architect and Engineer
1t has been justly observed that the
public at large has claim over the ar
chitecture Of a country. 1t is common
property, inasmuch as Il involves the ma
tional taste and character. and no man
has right TO pass off his own hacba-
rous inventions as the national taste, and
to hand down TO posterity his own iS
norance and disgrace. to become a satire
and libel on the knowledge and taste Of
his age. There is, perhaps. no subject
on which persons are more apt to differ
in their opinions than on the beauty of a
building. In architecture the creative pow
-r of nature herself Is the model initiated
II is an art which appeals directly to the
understanding, and has not the means OF
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-19
Cotton Dwelling Withdrawn.

The dwelling No. 1917 Connecticut ave-
nue. was offered at public sale yesterday
afternoon ty c. G. Sloan & Co., auc-
tioneers. but as the bidding did not get
beyond $9o,OCG, the trustees of the prop
erty, representing the estate of the late
Mrs. Cotton. decided to withdraw it from
sale. The house is a large four story
structure built of stone of a light shade
and occupying a lot fifty feet front, but
not covering the entire space II con-
tains nineteen rooms and four baths. The
area of the lot is q, 1876 square feet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-19
Youthful Suicides.
From the Calcutta Empire.

From the Calcutta Empire
There is shocking proneness among
youthful BeDsalis to kill themselves on the
leas, preteXt. Ii seems To he an exac-
gerated form of Sulkiness. and one would
like to have d medical opinion on the
matter A student is replimanded by his
parent because his studies don't show
the advancement expected. The boy
swallows some opium and ends his
studies. girl wife in Howrah takes "A
dislike To the second choice OF her nus
band. She also cures an exit by the
easy means Of opium. y Bengal Nonau
In Howrah wan ed To go on a plgrima "a
TO Gays. Her mother said she cou NOT
advance the railway fare and the girl
went out to a ire. and hanged herself.
These are all recent cases.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-19
Seventh Street Business Property
Sold

The three-story building known as 1oI
18th street northwest has just been sold to
Joseph Baum by the executors of the
John Angerman estate. The build ng l.
of brick and covers Il lot p feet wide by a
depth of 9S ~ feet to an al ey.
The consideration in the transa Ction is
understood 10 have been 81, 600
Mr. Baum has occupied this property
for many years. conducting jeWery es
tabiishment and il is his intention to re-
model the building and make quite eX-
teasive improvements.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-19
TWO APARTMENTS SOLD.
Kensington and bennington Pur-
chased by Pittsburg Firm.

A transaction just closed involved the
~ansfer of the title to the two apartment
louses located at the northeast corner Of
structures are known as the kensington
md bennington, and were owned by b.
/. Warner. Through Ballard & Lanham,
"eal estate brokers, they were sold to
Messrs. R!ves and Mclean of Pittsburg.
The buildings are five stories in height
nd contain twenty apartments They oc-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-19
Another Big Frontage.

About th- sam Time .droe frontage
on the south side Of II str ct just at the
.uncture of the lines of the two thor
~ughfares changed hands. The Kent on
the street was los f-et and the depth
about 1873 fset. with an area of 1881
square feet. The per foot price was abou,
ST.
In May. 1906. the property adjoining on
the vest the bui ding of the y York
Avenue Presbyte. ian Church, having q
irCn>age of wv nty-iiVe ieeI and i dept.
of less than 100 fee; to ii street, Wit
i frontage on that thoruus afare, sold 70.
Sl1.5O pr square foot Tie total area
If the lot was 2317 feet. During tht
same period the next building To til
above On the w6St--i31o New York ave
nue-waS sod, having abou, The SAINT
.rontag on the two streets but d greater
& pth. as II contained 1903 square feet
The price was Slo PR Squa foot.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-19
Large Vacant Property.

Through the agency Of Ben B. Bradford
an exchanga has been effected OF two
pieces OF property. A large tract o. un-
improved land on the west side OF Wis
consin avenue north OF T street. bounded
on the west by 35th street, has been
transferred by Stilson Hutchins to Edsa
J. Hulse The latter has de ded the
prop rty on the east side of 18th street
between ID and +, streets 1t has a
frontage Of forty-six feet nine and one-
half inches, and is improved by two
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-19
To Supply Homeseekers.

Tn TNmarkable increase III ~ hom
OF tn locality s mainly in Spouse TO a
demand from thCs. who wan 20 buy
rather Il an 70 rent. and the purpose of
TIE builders of tae houses which have
gone up in the section the past few years
has been 10 supply those who want
HON ). The new houses are, therefor .
for sale rather than for rent and such is
Tie demand that it is not uncommon to
self an entire row before tn work o.
bu ldng has made much prosr
Two apartm Mt hous IS 4 to be erect d
by Pats Warm and associates at the
northwest corn of 18TH street ard
Wyoming av nue., where there are 'front.'
ags of about 100 feet. The locality has
a number of I'll So structures OF varying
sizes. and perhaps there is no one section
wherr many stTuctur of the sort are
70 b.. found Within The
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-19
BUILDING NOW ACTIVE
THROUGHOUT THIS CITY
Another Tunnel in Process OF Construction to Con-
vey Heat, Light and Power to Four Public
Structures Gives to 1st Street East
a Torn-up Appearance.

First street east in the Capitol section
is again tern up. Since the beginning OF
the building OF the tunnel which is part
of the steam railroad terminal system in
this city that thoroughfare has been more
or less in an unsettled condition. During
the earlier period it was entirely due to
the natural subsistence OF the ground
along the top of the great boring which
caused the foundations Of the stone cop
ing about the grounds IF the Capitol to
sink and the support beneath the rail-
road tracks to give way. with the result
that the asphalt surface of the street also
fell below its normal level.
Now other causes are at work that
at present the thoroughfare, which is be-
tween the grounds about the Capitol and
the Congressional Library. again looks as
If a convulsicn of nature had occurred
The prncila cause is the building of a
tunnel ,r great trench, which is TO be
the conduit fer the pipes for the trunk
lines from the heating and lighting plant
to be erected near the river III the south
ern section OF the city TO supply the four
sreat build .nss of which the Capitol is the
center.
Giant Heating Pipes.
The feature of the work after the ditch
5 dug to the depth Of about twenty feet
= the reinforced concrete conduit. Throu. h
tins the great heating pipes will be carried
4rlm Che central Liant. and from which
Will go the side lines that will carry tie
heat to the four buildings-the Capitol.
the Library and the office buildings of
The Senate and The House.
Above The heating pipes will be the con-
QUITS carrylnS the electric Ii hing wires.
so that what is now being done in LIST
street has an irlpL rtance as something
thai has not been attempted before VITA
reference to government buI.d ngS in this
.ciiY except On Il limited scaie-p providing
heat and light from an outside source.
Union Station Center.
AT the same time gangs of men en-
ployed by the Washin-ton Railway ana
Electric Company are busy al5ng the
street laying tracks for the new line
which will connect the tracks OF the Ana
costa road TO the south of the Capitol
with the tni'n station. Wen that link
o. road s finished III cars from the
southeast IN ctton OF the city WI pass
north from the vicinity of Garfield Park
alCnG LIST street TO the station
The progress Of building in the eastern
section OF the city is indicated by the
varying stages in the completion of rows
Of DIV lings. Some of tn nterprises
now going on are pictured on tn $ page
The extent OF what has be II done n e
cent months even Is surpT .sns, as the lin :.
OF habitatiCnS has steadily gone fartl er
and farther east until now tie natural
boundary of tn, section which is found
along the shores of the Eastern branch
has been reached with the prosp that
tEeSe oUtpoStS or mai arial growth are 10
make still further advances i'll the near
future
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-19
Progress of Building.

In many ways and 10 large extent this
disadvantage has been overcome. as may
be seen by passing along the streets and
noting the number of new houses and
apartment houses which have been erected
in recent years and are now occupied. as
is the rue elsewhere. by their owners, at
least the former But If all this has been
accomplished In spite of the approa ches to
the place. what will happen, 1t is asked. if
the way to the heights of Georgetown,