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Putnam patriot., 1909-01-15
Interesting Locals

lUD Mlddlesex calendars left for igo9, showing the financial standing Of that great and well known fire insurance company. J.Rlchard Carpenter agent al Putnam.
 Ralph L. Kenyon has just taken the contract to do the plumbing in the summer residence Of Norman Fl. White Of Brookline, Mass, at Black Hill Piainiield, to include pneumatic watel supply, bathrooms, lavalories, closets etc. A gratifying feature k that ths order came without solicitation.
Putnam patriot., 1909-01-15
P,igrin's Progress.

The Christian Endcavof Society, once each month the coming year, will consider some part of Bunyan's Alle- gory--s'piIgrim' Progress. !"
 Next Sunday evening, at the Coukle. gational church, Rev. Dr. smith Hato& will speak on the "City of noueRoe tion." A powerful, soarchiue m spring address may he expee9ad #
Putnam patriot., 1909-01-15

Tickets are on sale for the Firemen's Ball, February End.
The Newark journal., 1909-12-24
Santa Claus Abroad.

i Is strange to contemplate the
great variety of forms the Santa Claus
custom assumes in different countries.
In Belgium the little ones fill their
shoes with carrots and oats and hay
for the white horse St Nicholas is
supposed to drive Very early in the
morning they run to the room in
which their shoes have been left and
find that the proyender has gone and
in its place candies and presents are
found.
Among the Carpathian mountains it
is ST Peter, who. dressed as a bishop.
and accompanied by the dreadful Ru-
precht, is expected by the children on
Christmas eve. The visitor first de-
livers short sermon lays on the
table a rod whitened with chalk. and
takes his departure with his tinkling
bells, while Ruprecht follows close be-
hind. The children now hasten to pull
off their shoes, polish them and tie
thea together; and, as soon as the
last notes of Niklo's bells have become
lost in the distance they run into the
garden and secrete their shoes be
meath a bush. They spend the time
until 10 o'clock in relating stories.
then go to their shoes, to find them
filled with APPLE. nuts and goodies
The Newark journal., 1909-12-24
THE ROAD TO CHRISTMAS
In Retrospect Grandfather Pictures
Yuetide Journeys of Many
Years Ago.

All the year long we have been
tray cling toward Christmas and my
old wife. our children and our grand
children-not all by the same road.
not all with the same expectations.
but all looking out alike for the first
glimpse OF its smoke rising above the
wintry landscape OF the year Now
We can almost fancy that We hear
the Ginning OF the famous bells-all
Christmas towns are famous for their
bells and We know that We shall soon
be at orr inn
If life Be a journey, and each
year a stage upon the road. do not
know where else sensible man would
stop for the recruiting of his health
than the fine old Christmas towns
There. if anywhere, men are to be
found living together merrily; the inn.
are warm, the cheer is good, the
amusements are OF the heartiest, and
the society is of the best. | have been
through many a Christmas town-for
| have travelled far-and have rested
thoroughly in each. | never found two
of them alike. OF late they have been
much grayer and quieter than they
used formerly to be; but | do not
think that | have been less happy OF
the quiet towns at which I have of
late years resided. Let me confess so
much. AS for these about me who
declare them to be not quiet by any
means. but perfectly uproarious with
jollitX, | do not interfere with their
opinion Children so easily deceive
themselves; it is enough for me that
| am old enough to see things as they
are.
The Newark journal., 1909-12-24
Dairying in the South.

Under a special appropriation by
Congress a systematic effort, in CO.
operation with state authorities, has
been TO introduce dairying into the
South where It has not existed be-
fore 1t has been demonstrated be-
yond doubt that dairying can be car
ried on profitably In the South. and
not only have Southern farmers been
enthusiastically engaged in the work,
but some of the states have made ap-
preparations for its extension.
supplementary to the inspection of
creameries performed by state dairy
officers, this department has initiated
system Of market inspection of but
ter followed by reports back TO the
creameries in which it is yade, the
object being to provide the butter
maker with information concerning
defects. Through the efforts of the
department there has been a general
awakening on the part of creamery
owners and managers to the immense
loss annually sustained by reason OF
incompetent business MANAGEMENT.
and the publicity given to this work
has caused three great dairy schools
TO offer this winter for the first time
special courses in creamery manage
ment
Twelve years in behalf of improved
dairy conditions has caused, through
private means, the organization of a
national dairy show association.
which holds an annual show al Chi.
cago. It brings together everything
In dairying from the breeding and
feeding OF dairy stock to the finished
dairy products in the form of butter,
cheese and milk 1t is the center of
a great annual gathering of dairymen
IN the broadcast sense of that term
anu Is becoming a great factor In
GARY education and advancement.
The Newark journal., 1909-12-24
Free Dyspepsia
Sample

Sufferers from indigestion are wax
ing up to the fact that peppermint
lozenges, charcoal and dyspepsia
cures" are only makeshifts in the cure
of so troublesome complaint as
chronic indigestion. What is required is
something that will not only relieve but
which Will tone and train the digestive
apparatus to again do its work normally
and this these simple remedies cannot do.
There is something more to the cure
OF indigestion than sweetening the
breath, and yet remedy that only con-
tains digestive ingredients will not cure
permanently. as the basis of indigestion
Is poor bowel circulation, and that re-
quires a scientific laxative We know
OF no remedy that combines these re-
quirements better than Dr. Caldwells
Syrup Pepsin which has been sold for
a quarter of century.
DIR. CaldwelPs Syrup Pepsin is q laxa-
tive tonic; a scientific blending of nat
Etipation, Indigestion liver trouble sour
stomach. sick headache and similar com
plants Its ingredients will SO strengthen
and tone the stomach and bowel muscles
that they Will again do their work nat
urally, and when that has been accom-
plished your trouble is over. Fannie
stuart, stanton. Va. was long time
Mo-. and they both found their cure
with this remedy They became con-
WINGED that pills and tablets. salts, "dys-
pepsia cures, etc, were at best only
temporary reliefs. They first accepted
DIR. Caldwell's offer OF a free sample hot
tie, which he willingly sends to anyone
who forwards name and address Later.
having convinced themselves through the
free sample. they bought Syrup Pepsin
of their druggist at fifty cents and one
dollar a bottle.
DR.: Caldwell personally will be pleased
70 give you any medical advice you may
desire for yourself or family inertia ming 70
the stomach. liver or bowels absolutely
ifee OF charge Explain your case In a
letter and he win reply to you in detail.
FOR the free sample simply send your
name and address on a postal card or
otherwise. For either request the doctors
address Is DR., w. B Caldwell, R.5QQ Cald-
wei building, Monticello. III.
The Newark journal., 1909-12-24
The First Christmas Tree.

IT'S the Germans who brought the
Christmas tree to America" the Ger
man said. Didn't you know that
The duke of Hesse sold a regiment
called The Hessians, after him, t.
fight the Americans They got 81
drunk over their first Christmas tree
here away from home that Washing
ton captured them. and that starte.
the fashion of Christmas trees il
America. It's history"
The Newark journal., 1909-12-24

| told the mothers of
BethIenem of the wonder which was
happening in their town that night.
Suppose some gentle woman had
met Joseph and Mary on that Won
derful Day, as they entered the town,
and had said to them: Our streets
are full of homeless strangers. Come
you and bide with me-" BY that sim
pie act of hospitality, her name
would have been written high, high
among the names of earth's happiest
folk Blessed is she" we should
have cried, ito whose home the
Christmas JOY first camel" But the
women of the Judean town did not
know to throw wide their doors and
bring in the worlds gratitude and
love, says the Youths Companion. So
the Child was laid in a manger. and
oblivion holds the names of all the
women in Bethlehem who slept that
night beneath the wings of wondering
angels Had they but known,
Year by year, for 10 centuries the
story of the night at Bethlehem has
been told and retold. To-day no house
hold in Christendom, in town or vii
lage or on distant prairie can plead
the ignorance in which Bethlehem
then lay. If the door is shut on
the Christ-child to-day, it is not from
lack of knowledge. but from churlish-
ness or indifference.
The Christmas spirit speaks in
many voices. The sprig of holly or
the plum pudding. the tree laden with
gifts or the cheer for the lonely
these are all the worlds way of say
ing to the Mother and the Holy Child,
abide with u.s.
Barred out alike from cottage and
palace and inn in Palestine. the Hope
Of the World renews his appeal each
Christmas-tide to our modern Chris
tan world by the very pathos of the
first Christmas the heart is softened
and prepared to give him welcome.
To-day there is no heralding angel or
guiding star
No ear may hear His coming.
But IN this world Of sin.
Where meek souls will receive Him still
The dear Christ enters in.
The Newark journal., 1909-12-24
Christmas Garcl
By Philips Brooks


Cbs earth has grown old With Its
burden Of care,
Eat al Christmas II always is YOUNG,
Che beart Of the Jewel burns iastreus
and fair,
find It's soul full Of music bursts ferii,
On the air,
lUben the selig Of the angels is sung.
II Is coming, Old Garth. II is eomin9
tonight!
On the sncw.fIaks$ which cover tI)y
sod
Che feet Of the Gbri$t-ebAd fall gentle
and white,
lind tbs voice Of TIE gbriStseDlId tells
out with deligbi
Chat MANKIND are tie children Of Gcd
On the sad and TIE lonely. the wretebsd
and poor,
Che voieeef the ghriSt-eSIis sballfall;
Find 10 every blind Wandsrsr open the
door
or hope that he dared not 10 dream Of
before,
With a sunshine Of Wsleems for all.
Che feet Of the baMslest may walk In
the field
Ubere TIE feet Of ibs be!ieSt tred,
CHS, then, Is the marvel 10 morials
revealed
lUbsn The sllvery trutnpets Of Christmas
have peaIed.
Chatmanklrd are the children Of God.
The Newark journal., 1909-12-24
r., eTI4..2'' 70 GUIDE
THE POSSIBILITY THAT ESCAPED
THE WOMEN OF bethlehem.
Some Name Might Have Rang
Through All Ages Had She But
Known the Spirit of Christ
mas Hospitality.

HE child born in the
stable of Bethlehem,
because there was no
room for them in the
inn. was heralded by
angels to the shepherds
and by a star to the
wise men; but no voice
told the mothers of
Evening star., 1909-05-23
DOUBLE EFFECT OF X-RAYS.

- AREFCL investigation of long
series of experiments with the X
rays on animals has now proven
that the rays have a double effect. or. to
speak more accurately, they can be made
to produce either of two influences on
the cells of animal tissue by being used
in two distinct ways. The first effect is
destructive and the second is stimulating.
There is really nothing remarkable in this
fact and one would think that the early
experimenters with the X-rays might
have supposed that unlimited exposure to
X-rays would injure flesh. The present
theory sets forth that large doses of x
rays set up degeneration of the cells in
flesh and this becomes progressfve-that
Is, the first cells are enabled to continue
the process and break down those next
to those originally infected Thus con-
tinuous process OF cell decay sets III and
this has been called X-ray cancer.
For this nothing but early amputation
has been found useful. Many cases, con-
sidering the number of scientists actually
involved, resulted both in this country
and in England. The entire arms of one
man were cut away from his body In
Evening star., 1909-05-23

by science to have been spread by flies
almost exclusively.
archaeological examinations of the feet
OF flies have turned out some figures both
astounding and horrifying. Flies caught
in cow stables have shown about 10000
bacteria per fly, while Of flies caught in
residences there were nearly a million
bacteria on the feet Of each fly. The rec
ord. however. is that obtained by catch
Ing files lowering about barrel Of gar
bage. These flies were calculated to have
just about 100000 bacteria on the feet
or each individual insect.
1t Is because of this that many COM
mercial organizations in the larger cities
OF this country have begun an anti-fly
crusade which BODIES i'll for the tiny
pests. Florida has even had a book pre-
pared at the states expense detailing the
danger OF the fly. New York state has
sent out thousands of pamphlets and
Louisiana, Georgia, Indiana and Illinois
have all had efficient work done by their
state governments tending toward seri-
Gus and continued war of determination
against the fly.
Are you a skilled chauffeur"
Il should say am. If run over any
body I can always get away before they
take my number.
Evening star., 1909-05-23

tHlIS 1ToHl $oU up.
1t is a good art for a girl
There are few at 1t. When Rodin and
Bourdelle found an American girl who
could really model. they welcomed her,
praised her for a phenomenon. Do paint
ers do that? The Rev. DR.. Van Dyke of
Princeton orders his bust from her in
bronze. Americans make pilgrimages to
it in the salon. So they learn of Sara
Greene (WrighD and her other salon
works. 'Eve," Pan-fountain, and bust
of Herbert Garndin, the electrician.
"A good art for girl If she be as handy
as carpenter and as strong as black
smith," said the heroine in her studio.
She is free-limbed, 1.-THE, erect and wide
eyed She throws back her head like an
athlete, and hair pins tumble as she wres-
ties with sculptor's stand that weighs
ton. or nails a scanolding together while
you wait.
AN art to saw scantlings, bend wrought
iron strips, chisel stone, mix plaster and
cut No. wire with the nippers. take
barrel Of plaster with me instead Of a
hat box, on vacation" she continued "In
Grenoble, who would make my casts for
me? l make them myself Clay? | give
children pennies to hunt 1t. You can al
ways find clay, but clay models do not
bear transportation. See that fat baby?
1 modelled him naked on his mammals
kitchen table. 1t was eighty degrees hot
outside; she was baking pies inside. and
Evening star., 1909-05-23
SCIENCE AND THE HOUSEFLY.

~CIENTIFIC societies all over the
United States have now banded to-
gether to decree the early death Of
that long-familiar companion OF man
kind, the housefiy. Science within the
past few years has discovered, accord
ing to the published statements Of many
noted men that the houseay in the United
States kills more human beings in a year
than snakes and the man-eating tigers do
in India.
The housef1y. however, is admitted by
it's worst enemies to do its killing sec
ond hand and without any evil intentions
on the part of the tiny insect. 1t is the
millions of bacteria that stick to the
brush-like feet of the fly that kill so
many thousands Of human beings annual
ly. Typhoid fever is said to be largely
spread by the medium of flies. which are
charged with transferring the germs on
their feet and depositing them on food
which goes into human stomachs and so
infects, men, women and children.
Intestinal diseases in several great
cities are reported to exist in great pro-
portion along the water fronts Of these
ports. These diseases are now alleged
Evening star., 1909-05-23

catch cold!'
1T is a good art for a girl because
there is SO little competition and so much
demand" explained.
There are few woman sculptors in
Paris" she admitted. AT this spring s
salon of the Girls International Art
Union I was invited to exhibit. I told
them to invite Jane Poupelet, the strong
est woman sculptor in France, If they
wanted a good show. She got first prize,
and I second. Only three or four other
girls exhibited, French, English, Russian,
one or two little things each. 1t Is hard
work. A woman must be strong. Ihey
run rather to dedaillions, ceramics and
table decorations. but Bessie Potter Von-
noh of st. Louis had two fine bronze
statuettes in the last Rationale"
She showed me why sculptor must be
a carpenter and smith. Every statue be-
gins its life with an iron -and-wood-and-
wire skeleton called the armature, around
which the clay is packed and modelled.
Anatomy first" said Sara. AN iron
strip must not stick out at the elbow.
It must be strong, or the clay collapses-
like the Atlas Of the young German
next door. He had worked two weeks on
it, and Atlas collapsed Of his own weight!
You can pay wOrkmen to make your
armatures-as you pay others to make
your plaster casts, but that iS shirking.
Mustn't depend on workmen.'
To display the clay study of Garndn's s
bust, she laboriously unwrapped great
strips of wet canvas. Keeping the clay
in good condition while working IS an
other rude labor.
1T must be more pleasant to do those
Evening star., 1909-05-23

great. / can say it for her that both
Charpentier and Dampt were so struck
by the American girls work that they
pushed her at time they were already
refusing any students. They wanted her
to send to the salon. but She refused.
Perhaps I thought l was not strong
enough: perhaps 1t was caprice
Then she went to America and got mar
ried.
Il returned to Paris two years ago and
began Immediately with Bourdelle.' she
took up the story. "Rodin liked my work.
i worked in their private studios. l have
done marble cutting with Bourdelle. work
ing right along with him. I have done
pointing and polishing for Rodin. Now
that he Is so much at Meudon, / go to
him less often"
rs he ever going to finish his Gate to
Hell'?' l asked.
He does not know himself He is sew
enty-two years old, and he is always be-
ginning new things"
How did you get in with Rodin?''
He saw me working with Bourdelle.
(Bourdelie is coming forward enormously.
He is Robins favorite disciple.)
"Americans like Rodin,'' l said
"They made him. she answered.
What is Mac MonnieS doing now?
Painting mostly. There is the advan-
tage or having clever woman Tor Wlle
Being sculptor, he at first painted un-
der her name"
According to your story, 1t is very sim
pie to get on I said.
1T means getting up early. 1t means
hard work. / have had the privilege OF
learning everything, from pointing up
with the machine
When you see a marble statue you
think the sculptor made it,
Nine times out of ten he did not. 1t
was "sculpt' out of the marble by
workman at s. per day.
The sculptor models it in clay: that
is the real artistic work. He makes
plaster cast from his clay original. 1t is
Evening star., 1909-05-23
A Biq Job.

TN the height Of the wheat tumult last
lmonth Broker Patten. discussing the
governments wheat estimates with re-
porter said calmly:
But some of the men the government
takes its figures from are greenhorns.
Perfect greenhorns. As bad as the
Dutch sailor. you know.
THE captain said to this sailor, when
the ship came to port:
Take a boat, run ashore, and buy 81
worth of Vegetables
1.-The sailor didn't know what vegeta-
bles were, so, as soon as he struck land,
he said to 'longshoreman:
What is vegetables. mater
"'Oh, dried peas for instance the
'longshoreman answered.
so the Dutch sailor spent his 81 on a
huge sack Of dried peas
When he drew near the ship again
with his load the captain called to him
from the bridge:
Well. have you got those vegeta-
bles?'
AYE. aye. sir,' said the sailor
Then said the captain, hand them
up to cookie one at a time
'Shiver my. timbers.' said the sailor
mistakep"
Evening star., 1909-05-23

endeavoring to put an end TO the sue
cessive degeneration of his flesh.
Now for the beneficial effect from X
ray exposure. 1t has been found advis-
able to intervene between the flesh and
the rays some Opaque body. When this
is done and the exposures cautiously lin
tied, both as to length and frequency. a
strong stimulation of growth in the flesh
cells has been observed. Also their
strength and activity has been much in
creased.
The use of X-rays then in this modi-
fled form, cautiously and after filtration
of the rays through some Opaque mani
mate substance, is now promised as OF
much value in stimulating healthy cell
action in and around diseased tissue. This
would be valuable in many diseases
Thus. the human lungs, stimulated by
the careful use of X-rays, should be en-
abled to attack more rapidly the tuber-
cular LESSONS in the lung tissue.
Evening star., 1909-05-23

traits are SO much the rage that Paris
sculptors refused orders for them just
before the salons.
Life-size busts in marble, also-there has
not been, such demand for them since the
old days of Greece and Rome, and you
know how many of them have been dug
Up: in the past 1000 years.
1t is a good craze that makes for calm
and poise. 1t gives a sense of immortal
Ity. / defy a man to gaze upon him
self in marble, bronze or terra Gotta and
Evening star., 1909-05-23
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passes It on to the next girl, who takes
glued slat off the belt and fits 1t on
top OF the piece in which the Leads"
have been placed. These are piled In
presses and clamped tightly together till
the glue becomes dry or "set."
The next process is called 'molding"
or shaping" and is performed by
machine that first cuts the slot on one
side so that 1t looks like six pencils.
either round or hexagon. in row. The
slat passes to another machine which
cuts or shapes the other side and sep
arates the pencils. The separated pen
ellis are now fed into the hoppers OF
Evening star., 1909-05-23

Sara Greene-she Is known by her
maiden name as sculptor-began on Sat
urdays at the Chicago Art Institute while
a school girl.
1t was rudimentary drawing, on paper.
and I was at it all my school Efe," she
tells. There was almost no chance to
learn modelling: yet I always had my
hands in the clay. As child in the
country, before had ever seen statue,
I made clay dolls.''
Il made mud pies" said.
1T began with pies" she answered.
''Then got to making clay portraits Of
my dogs and cats Nowadays children
pick up such ideas in kindergartens. but
I had no kindergarten. and 1t was good
to begin with so much drawing on paper
1T is not modelling said.
Draw contours" says Rodin. "Sculp-
ture Is simply drawing from every point
of view
You always begin by making lot OF
outlines Of your sitter on paper?' I said
1 had seen lots lying about.
"Of course. Rodin says that II you will
follow your subject around and draw its
outlines everywhere you can see them
you will have q good statue. You must
look down on 1t from the top of ladder.
You must look up at it from a seat on
the floor. Some say they go in for light
Some say they get their impression of a
thing. 1t is all fraud. What do they pro-
duce? An impressionistic picture in clay
fit to look at from only one point of view.
Seen from any other 1t is mess!'
X
Quitting school, she knew that she
wanted to be sculptor. She made
straight for Saint Gaudens in New York
Saint Gaudens' studio was a great attic
on East 23d street. We were a few girls,
all of about the same advancement. We
went every morning, carried our lunch
worked all day and Saint Gaudens came to
criticiSe twice a week. In way Saint Gau-
dens has given the best theories of sculp-
ture of any one, and l have known most
of the prominent sculptors. He was severe.
He would not say, Not so bad and pass
on, as many do.
Were you mOdelng?"
Very little. Saint Gaudens pounded draw
ing into us-casts from the antique. then
living models. When I had been with
him two years Saint Gaudens told me to
come to Paris. He did not recommend
any particular sculptor, but he liked
Charpentier and Dampt. l began-draw-
ing again!-at the Academic Viete. Mer-
son and Colin corrected. Then MacMon-
nies had class in drawing. / told Mac
vsed me to take a studio. l took in
the ImpasSe Ronsin. There l had the
criticisms of MacMonnies. Charpentier
and Dampt
Charpentier got her a larger studio.
Then he gave her the privilege of working
in his studio, where there was much work.
movement. talk, the companionship of the