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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-08-25
AGE OF PARENTS COUNTS
Theory That II Has Much to DO With
Qualities and Capabilities
of Children.

Do the qualities and capabilities OF
children vary according to the age of
parents? DIR. Charles Reinhardt, the
author of "One Hundred and Twenty
Years of Life" who raised the inter-
esting question in a lecture on the
prolongation of life, stated that the
theory was based upon researches of
the late Professor Lombroso. Follow
ing up these researches statistics, he
said, had been obtained In Boston and
other cities of the United States, and
had been the subject of examination.
for the last IL years. The conclu-
sions so far obtained are as follows:
Great philosophers, philanthropists,
poets and thinkers are generally
found on investigation to be the prod
uct of fathers comparatively advanced
in life, and not very youthful mothers.
Successful generals are usually the
offspring of fathers who are men of
forty. generals being regarded in the
light not necessarily so much of fight
ers as of great organizers and men of
intellectual capacity. Brave and dar-
ing deeds are found to be done for the
most part by sons whose fathers-not
so much the mothers-are youthful
The children of very young parents
are generally egotistic and selfish,
and not deep thinkers. The explana-
ton of the last of these theories is al
legged to be, sail Doctor Reinhardt.
the age of the father.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-08-25
Wits and Wireless
Copyright, 1910. by Associated Literary Press
By M. j. Phillips

81 am going to marry Nellie Arm
strong" announced Harry Leclair.
He looked just as his name sounds:
he was handsome. with very distin-
guished profile, large dark eyes and
a well set up figure. But his fingers
were much stained with nicotine from
too many cigarettes. He dressed
gracefully, devoting considerable time
to his clothes-principally because he
did nothing else.
Are you?" queried Paul Schmitz,
quietly and unbelievingly.
Schmitz was a civil engineer, whose
rugged face, capable hands. rough
clothing and high-laced boots indi-
Gated considerable familiarity with
hard work and hard knocks. Does
she know it yet, Harry?"
Leclair, being consummate egoist
with no sense of humor, never knew
he was being laughed at. and now he
looked at Schmitz suspiciously. But
the big man who was striding along
beside him was very grave.
We'll, no" confessed Leclair, salts
fed with his scrutiny. But I'm 60
ing to ask her-maybe tonight. You
see, I've had my fling. and I'm ready
TO settle down. I'm twenty-five; it's
time for me to be getting a home of
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-08-25

The three occasions of the fall
lime for the Japanese are the mush-
room parties. the maple leaves and the
chrysanthemums. The mushroom is
commonly called 1.-The king of foods,
and minute distinctions are made be-
tween those of different flowers. Par
ties for gathering mushrooms occur
In every part of the empire, but there
are certain districts famous for their
plants; thus the neighborhood of kio-
10 yields a mushroom known every
where. and Japanese travellers at this
season do not fail. in visiting Kioto, to
carry home a basketful of the much
priced delicacy. OF all mushrooms,
those which have grown under pine
trees and are said to have the deli
cate flavor of the pine are most
priced. The mushroom occurs con-
stantly in popular art. 1t is common
fy associated with Uzume, the much
happiness woman"
The viewing of the maple leaves is
favorite excuse for autumn picnics
among these people. The Japanese
maple trees are usually of small size
with very little leaves. deeply and
narrowly cut. The change in color is
gradual, from the natural green
through brownish purple into reds,
erimsons and brilliant orange. While
there are of course maple trees every
there certain places are preeminent
-sr the gorhousness of the autumn
eoioring Wis Nikko is famous for
IT'S bright display. At this season
Brilliant maple leaves (artificiaD are
much in vogue as a decoration for
store windows.
Neither mushrooms nor maple
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-08-25
Preserving Cut Flowers.

Cut flowers will keep three times
as long as they otherwise would If a
few simple precautions are observed
in their care. Always take off the
string or wire with which they are
bound, unless it is inserted through
their stems-a barbarous custom to
any flower lover. Do not crowd too
many in a vase; rather utilize pitch
ers and fingerbowls than give the ap-
perance of one of the tightly packed
''posies" of the seventies.
Really the Japanese custom OF just
one or two flowers in a vase is the
prettiest, especially If they are large
and distinct in form. Put pinch of
salt in the water and change it daily.
Finally, char the end OF each stem
with the fire from a piece of wood
not a match, for the PHOSPHORUS is
bad for the fiowers-and never, -nev.
er touch a pair of scissors to them
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-08-25
By PROF. FREDERICK STARR
The Flowers of Japan.

sented by them as tokens of aprecia-
ton. The Imperial chrysanthemum has
16 petaloids If you will notice the
next decorative chrysanthemum you
see, you will find that it has any num-
Der of petaloids except 16; that num-
Der it must not have.
Apart from the displays of fine
plants in notable bloom, remarkable
for their character or quality, there
is a curious kind of chrysanthemum
show which is very popular. Perhaps
the best known of these is DangaZa-
ka. AT Dangazaka there are four
chrysanthemum shows in competition
They occupy both sides OF a street
which runs steeply downhill--two on
one side, two on the other. In front
of them are curious box platforms
scarcely more than a yard square. and
mounted on posts which raise them
to a height of three feet or more
above the ground. In each one of
these-and every show has several
is a spieler whose noisy cries would
do credit to Coney island or a Pike
show. Tie din made by these fell
lows is prodigious. as each one seems
to make special appeal to each and
every passer to patroniZe his show.
They hold out to the possible patron
great handful on which are repre-
scented in crude wood-cut pictures
some of the attractions to be expected
within. When lunch time comes, the
spielers do not quit their box plat
forms. but unconcernedly eat rice and
drink tea in the presence of all, stop
ping between sips and mouthfuls to
cry out their shows. Three forms of
attractions are usually presented:
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-08-25
KEEP BABY'S SKIN CLEAR

Few parents realize how many es-
Unable lives have been embittered
end social and business success pre-
vented by serious skin affections
which so often result from the neglect
of minor eruptions in infancy and
childhood. With but little care and
the use of the proper emollients, baby's
skin and hair may be preserved, puri-
fed and beautified, minor eruptions
prevented from becoming chronic and
torturing, disfiguring rashes, itchings,
irritations and chafings dispelled.
To this end, nothing is so pure. so
sweet so speedily effective as the con-
slant use of Cuticura Soap, assisted.
when necessary, by Cuticura Ointment
Send to Potter Drug & Chem. Corp,
sole proprietors, Boston. for their free
32-page Cuticura Book. telling all about
the care and treatment of the skin.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-08-25
breaches. Within there are the usual

proaches. Within there are the usual
groups of figures. Most startling ana
striking of all of these is a very eff
fective piece representing the famous
passage in the old mythology of
Uzum dancing to please the gods.
The gods look sadly like Ainu gentry;
they have long and heavy boards quite
unlike what might be expected of true
Japanese. They are represented as
sitting in a semicircle on the ground.
The background is a magnificent mass
ing of green and blooming flowers.
broken at the middle by the opening
of the cave in which the sun goddess
has hidden herself Several of the
gods. supplied with characteristic
Japanese instruments, seem to be
playing the accompaniment to the
'woman-of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS as
she dances. The gOd-ofthe-strong-
arms has seized the great stone at the
entrance to the cave of the sun god
dess and is dragging Il aside. reveal
ing the goddess herself against a bril-
liant rising sun. After passing a
series of finely executed groups, most
ly traditional, although one comic
piece is distinctly modern. We come
to a final performance which is curl
Gus and Enthusiastically japanese. 1t
represents scenes I'm Yoshitsumes
life. In it there is a great vessel sup
posed to represent a Chinese pirate
junk composed of flowers. The hero
is seen in a canoe. The vessel re-
wolves in the apparent water to the
great joy of the crowd of spectators.
When it has completed its revolution
it suddenly falls to pieces. while new
actors brilliantly Illuminated with
numberless small electric lights of
different colors come into the scene.
At the same time the ceiling of the
space above the spectators disappears
and one seems to be standing be-
meath a trellis covered with pendant
clusters of wistaria. This whole cell
ing lowers over the head of the crowd
in curious and striking way. simple
but effective. At the wrestling hall a
very notable competition is taking
place in chrysanthemums. The prize
flowers have been carefully collared
with white paper collars to separate
them from their surroundings and to
give an opportunity for critical judg-
ment upon the elements which have
made them the winners of the prizes
offered
Another chrysanthemum display is
on near Shiba park. Here the chrysan-
themums In bloom are the attraction.
There is also a great display of the
little dwarfed trees for which Japan
is famous. Here one may see ancient
pine trees a little more than foot
or two in height. some of them
gnarled and twisted in the most fam
tastic fashions, initiating the widest
freaks of nature: little naples. the
delicate foliage of which is turning;
little plum trees. whose ieafless trunks
and branches tell that winter comes
Here, too, are stone gardens-put
stone gardens are another story.
Copyright. 1910. by w. G. Chapman)
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-08-25

r. A, declared that London should be
rebuilt with white marble. Time
would" he said, tone the material
and touch 1t with mellowing tints;
moreover, marble building could be
cleaned down in few hours with a
water-jet." But the caustic comment
was made in connection that it was
not a matter of prettiness and poetry,
but OF the solvent action CT acids upon
calcium-carbonate. Undoubtedly, how
ever, high-class marbles, particularly
the Greek varieties, are finding dis
tinct and increasing use in the build
ings of London's newer and imposing
business edifices.
Marble and Granite Quarrying.
The principal methods of marble ex-
traction that modern experience and
practise have evolved are those of saw
tenn is used largely in France, Italy
and Belgium, and almost exclusively
on the Marmor properties in Greece.
The saw itself is an endless steel rope
of three strands, loosely twisted to-
gether. This cutter is passed round a
drivingwheel and carried on guiding
pulleys from a power house at high
speed The wire saw enables stone
not only to be cut from the rock bed.
but sawn on the spot into blocks of
a handy size for export.
What is known as the channeler, or
Qhannn1inO chino fc in, OF
all important quarries In the United
States. a locomotive machine, feed
ing on rallied track and driven either
b. steam or electric propulsion. 1t
consists of a row of long vertical CHS
els set in strong travelling frame.
The gang of chisels vibrate up and
down. rapidly cutting channel in any
direction in the face of the solid mar
BILE ledge or floor
In Aberdeenshire, granite areas
reach their maximum. The Rubislaw
and Kemnay quarries are the largest
granite quarries in the United King
dom, and have each a depth of 900
feet. The rock is removed by boring
and blasting, and as the material is
blasted out the blocks are lifted from
the working face by cranes and cable
ways, masses beyond the power of the
lifting appliances being further broken
W as they lie. Rock drilling is carried
out by power drills. either by steam or
compressed air. At the Rubislaw
quarry a complete new air-compress-
ing plant, driven by 100-horse power
electric motor, is installed for working
rock drills, the pressure being, 100
pounds per square inch.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-08-25

had been impressed in spite of him.
self by his mothers prophecy. The
sun was just setting when he left his
own home and turned toward the
Armstrong residence.
His fears of Schmitz had been in
vain, after all, he decided. When he
passed the engineers home. the fell
low was sitting on the porch, enjoy
ing an evening smoke. From a tall
flagpole on the lawn to another pole
on the highest point of the house the
wireless antennae were strung. IF
he hopes to gain any advantage over
me with that rigging" thought Le-
clair, triumphant and contemptuous.
hes badly fooled" He dwadled
comfortably along the way When
the wireless rigging at the Armstrong
place came in sight, he smiled almost
pityingly
Nellie is in the wireless room. !"
said Mrs Armstrong when Leclair
inquired for her.
He knew the way to it, and passed
into the house. up the broad stairs
to the second story and thence up
another stairway to the attic.
The big room, cut into queer
slipping angles by the roof and lighted
by dormer windows, was an attrac-
tive apartment. Especially was it
attractive when graced by the pres
ence of Nellie Armstrong. She was
standing, slender, girlish figure in
white. at the wireless instrument
which took up one end of the attic.
The receiving apparatus was strapped
over her fair hair. So intently was
she listening to a message that she
seemed not to notice Leclair's coming.
Presently she reached forward and
began opening the key. Obedient
to the trained pressure, the big spark
leaped back and forth between the
poles, swapping and cracking as ii
did so.
The reply was brief. When it was
finished, the girl. with a gesture in
describably joyous and light-hearted
removed the receiver and turned To
Leclair. The young man had never
seen her more beautiful, and his
heart beat quickly as he started for
ward, in tune to her mood. Her
cheeks were flushed. her lips parted
with a smile. and her eyes shone like
stars.
Unconsciously she gave him both
her hands and Leclair's brain swan
with an intoxicating sense of victory
The proposal which he had secretly
feared was going to be easy. after all
She was making it easy.
"Oh. Harry" she said. giving his
hands a little shake, I'm so happy.
And you've always been a friend, sc
you shall be the first to know,"
Leclair's brain steadied suddenly
as though he had been drenched with
a bucket of water; his bounding
heart sank forebodingly. He looked
at her searchingly. What is ito
he managed to ask at last. with dry
lips.
The girl had noticed that a change
had come into his manner, but she
was too engrossed in what the wire
less had told to see its true signifi
canoe. Her head dropped shyly. and
the color in her cheeks deepened.
Paul has asked me to marry him.
she said softly. And told him yes
Wasn't it clever of him toto ask by
wireless? Why, you aren't going?'
as Leclair turned away. wait; Pau
is coming right over"
Il can't" said Leclair. lifelessly
Il just dropped in for a minute Il
say good-by. I'm leaving town tomor
row."
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-08-25

First and most characteristic are the
flower figures; second, the trained
plant figures; third, the blooms. At
these shows the blooms really are the
last of the three points of interest.
The flower figures are usually of
the size of life. They consist of
light framework made of an open
basketwork of withes. These are sup
piled with heads, hands and feet of
modelled composition The frame
work is closely filled and covered with
moss, leaves, lichens and crysanthe-
mum blooms. The flowers generally
used are small and chiefly of three
colors-purple, white and yellow. The
foundation of the clothing is usually
green or gray MOSES or lichens; the
embroidery and patterns on them are
in the colored flowers. These figures
are usually grouped in tableaux, which
have a suitable background. The fig
ures themselves are so posed and
placed as to have considerable real
ism and lifelike appearance. In most
cases, nine out of ten at least, they
represent some scene from national
history, tradition or mythology. The
noted heroes of the past, beautiful
and famous ladies', the gods them
selves are those who here are shown.
picture some striking scene in the
famous stories of the race. To every
Japanese child, each of these groups
is an object lesson and instantly re-
calls a story with which he Is IA
miliar. Thus the doings of Yoshitsune.
the deeds of the II Ronin, and the acts
of the 100000 gods are favorite SUBJ
jects. Besides these groups of flow
er figures at Dangozaka there are as
tonishing productions in the way of
training single plants to curious and
absurd forms. This training is done
by tying individual shoots or branches
to slender splints A favorite form
for such training is fan; but rings.
bicycles, tram cars. sailing vessels
with extended sails) are not beyond
the range of possibility.
The least significant of the three
| forms of exhibit at Dangozaka is the
display of blossoms. There are, how
ever, some things of interest. Thus.
at present. there is a great plant COW
cred with sheet of bloom which is
composed, they say, of more than a
thousand individual flowers.
There are many such chrysanthe
mum shows just now in progress. One
which makes bid for higher class
of patronage is to be seen in the
great wrestling hall. This building. a
new one, is claimed to be the largest
audience hall in the whole Orient
Just now it is given up to chrysanthe
NUNS. There is great show Of
blooming plants for sale as one ap
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-08-25

my own. And Nellie is the girl I've
decided on
You'll live with your mother, same
as ever. take it?" said Schmitz.
bluntly
Again Leclair shot him distrust-
full glance. "Ye-es. l suppose So" he
admitted, reluctantly. "Mother'd be
in that big house all alone Or else"
You'd live with your wife's folks"
finished Schmitz.
That question can be easily set
tied after we're married." replied Le-
clair, stiffiy.
Schmitz always had exasperated
him. They had grown up together
and the "square-head," as he had
privately termed Schmitz. refused to
treat him with Difference. Schmitz
would not be d.lzzled by the fact that
his old playmate was the village Beau
Handsome Harry" his
friends called him. To Schmitz he
was still worthless, lazy youngster,
content to drift along, living on his
mothers slender income
Anyway. | thought I'd let you
know" Leclair said, with the slight
est possible accent on the personal
pronoun. He knew that Schmitz was
interested-deeply so-in Nellie Arm
strong. But in the calm sureness of
better looks and more polished man
ners he had never given the engineer
serious Thought aS a rival
And yet his heart misgave him
when he turned in at his own gate.
How embarrassing his position would
be had he overestimated his facina-
tons. Or suppose Schmitz, warned
by his foolish boastfulness, were to
propose first!
You told Paul you were going to
ask Nellie to marry your" echoed
his mother, fretfully, as they sat
down to supper. She had once been
handsome, but bitter discomfort had
married her features. why, Harry.
1 think you'd have better sense, You
know how friendly they've been ever
since the three of you were children,''
But it was only friendliness, -
urged the youth. HE hasn't been
near her home for a week."
Hes always talking with her over
the wireless" retorted the mother.
her fretfulness increasing. First he
built that machine in his own house:
then he rugged one up for Fred Arm.
strong, and taught him how to work
it, Next, of course, Nellie learned
it, They talk with it every evening.
You'll let that girl and all her money
slip through your fingers, as you've
let every other chance slip, you lazy
good-for-nothing."
"Hushi" commanded her son, with
a frown. Let them talk over the
wireless, I'll end all that. Tonight
he'll be mile away. and I'll be there
beside her. Do you see?"
He spoke so confidently that Mrs
Leclair unwillingly was Modified.
Leclair dressed himself that eve
ming with a good deal of care. Blu
he hurried as much as possible, for he
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-08-25
CHARACTER SEEN IN PIPES
The Activity of Race Is Proportional
to Length of Stems of
Their Pipes.

NJ. de VAUDEVILLE of Paris is col
lector of pipes. and his study of the
question has enabled him to Judge peo-
pie by their pipes.
The pipe, he tells us. is Characters
tic of the race, while the cigar and
cigarettes are cosmopolitan. The ac-
tivity of a race is proportional to the
length of the stem of their pipes.
The shorter the pipes the more la
borious the people, and. inversely. the
longer the pipe the more slothful the
people. The more economic the people
the shorter the pipe stem, and, in
versely, the more prodigal the race
the more glu.onous it is-the bigger
is the bowl of the pipe. His last de-
duction regarding the smoking of
pipes is perhaps the most unassailable.
IL is:
1.-THE main point In regard to pipes
Is not to break them.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-08-25

Feaves, however, are to attract our at
kention on this occasion. The third
Of the autumn delights is the chrysan.
themum. Just now one sees chrysan-
-hemum everywhere. Plants are of.
erred for sale on every street, and
particularly in the morning one meets
great push carts filled with growing
and blossoming plants. On the whole,
The highest taste finds satisfaction in
pure whites and bright yellows; there
are, however, of course, any quantity
If other tints, most of which have
their admirers. The names given to
the different varieties are poetical
and often indicate quick .apperception
and interesting association of ideas.
Flowers in which the outer coloring
differs from the inner color of the
petaloids usually call up damasks to
the Japanese mind. Personally, those
which best please us are the dark
maroon purple-sometimes verging al
most to black-and the damask-sug-
costing flowers with outer tint OF
golden yellow and inner of maroon. IL
enormous blooms that please, but
very many times the little lowered
forms covered with blossoms not an
inch across are charming. In our
garden Cooksan set out two little
plants which we have watched with
wonder. One of them is a mass Oh
small flowers, not an inch across, OF
sunny yellow. The other plant. scarce
" a foot in height. has borne many
scores of rich maroon blossoms scarce
" three-quarters of an inch across.
Yesterday we saw the chrysan-
fbemums at Martha. The place is IA
nous for its displays, and the snow
WAS brilliant. The favorites appeared
IN he flowers of snowy Wilderness 2R
inches across, with narrow tattered
netaloids. The massing of the plants
at such displays is striking. Ihou-
sands of plants are crowded closely to-
gether so as to give very sheet OF
bloom.
The pervading fondness for chrysan-
themums is indicated in many popular
fashions. Thus few names for women
4re greater favorites than Kiku-
shrysanthemum. The flower is used,
of course, In decoration everywhere.
Every one knows, too, that 1t is the
imperial flower, and appears not only
ON the national flag. but on the stamps
and coins as well. 1t is true that the
decorative is a highly convention
allied hrysanthemum-as, indeed the
representations of flowers used IL
decoration generally are. But do not
for a moment think that the chrysan
themum used in decoration is I'm
perfaI. The use of the Imperial
chrysanthemum is prohibited by law
II NAV be used on objects made fol
the imperial family or on objects pre-