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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-06-11

engine. Good motors come high-as
high as $4,000 and more He shows
caution that older inventors often do
not. He doesn't want to have his
uncle spend so much money and take
chances on the machine being a fail
ure.
IF l could only be sure my machine
would fly" he said, 81 wouldn't mind,
but it would be a pity to waste so
much money If it didn't. 1 short time
ago 1 might have borrowed an engine
to try out my framework, but engine
builders have quit offering such risks
and only make sales
He received his first Inspiration
from the Wrights. 1t was in reading
of the flights at Fort Myer that he con-
ceived the idea of building airships
himself.
He uses his. small bedroom as a
workshop for his model building and
his principal tool is penknife.
Barnaby has rival in Percy Pierce,
aged Is, who has constructed the great
est number of models of any boy in
New York. During the past year he
has built about so midget flyers and
several gltders. He was one of the
first to see financial possibility in
model aeroplanes and has sold a num-
Der for window display and to boys
who haven't the ability to make their
own machines.
The youngest inventor of all is
Charles B. Whittlesey, Jr., who lives
in Hartford, Conn. Charles is only
eleven. He became interested in air
ships two years ago and has already
constructed two miniature dirigible
balloons.
He read an article telling how to
build an airship and it interested him
so much that he began making
sketches and improving on the original
plan. He showed the plan to his ia
Their, who allowed him to build it and
have a motor installed.
His first dirigible was 81 feet in
length and two feet in diameter and
was fitted with a wooden car and a
motor driven by a special battery.
Since then he has built larger model,
rs feet long and feet in diameter. The
car is IL feet long and two-bladed
propeller Is inches long is used.
He proposes to carry the batteries
in box fitted with reel at one end
and 100 feet of wire on the reel will
carry the electricity from the batteries
to the motor and at the same time
will serve as a means Of controlling
the balloon.
Cromwell Dixon, Jr., boy Of Column
bus, O., has constructed dirigible and
has gone a1oft in it. He is said to
have carried the American flag higher
than it ever went before-2,000 feet.
Dixon has also invented a mile min
ute motorcycle and a practical tent for
dirigibles. He is sixteen.
Lawrence Lesh, aged sixteen, of New
York, holds the worlds record for
gliding. He Is credited with a flight of
six miles over the st. Lawrence river.
About two years ago while ma
king glide at Morris park he
fell from the glider and broke one of
his legs, which has made him per-
manent cripple. He is at work now
on the construction Of a flying ma
chine
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-06-11

At this season of the year household
ers' thoughts turn naturally to lawns
and back yards, and there is a general
desire to have clean and ornamental
surroundings. Unfortunately, in many
instances the desire is not strong
enough to produce results. A man who
beauties his front lawn is a public
benefactor. He no doubt gets some
satisfaction out of his effort and ex-
pense, but every passer enjoys the re-
suit of his effort, and the whole neigh
borhood is benefited. When the effort
extends to the back yard the number
of individuals benefited is not so great,
but perhaps the enjoyment by the
smaller number Is more intense. No
one enjoys a dirty back yard, and
every person who sees one from win
dow forms an unfavorable opinion of
the householder who permits an I'M
slightly accumulation of misplaced mat
ter in his environment. A clean or
ornate front lawn is more common
than a clean and ornate back yard,
yet nothing will better repay effort
than a trim back yard. 1t can be made
to produce grass and flowers instead
of tin cans, ash heaps and useless
wood, and the removal of household
debris is sanitary precaution as well
as an esthetic demonstration.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-06-11
Net shirrsd ON RattaiL

Shirrings of net over colored satin
rattail appear on many of the new
lace and net dresses. The color shows
through attractively, and the work is
necessarily done by hand, so that by
no mistake in the sewing the shirring
will refuse to pull.
This is but one of the many ways
of ornamenting the lingerie dress sue
cessfully at home; and this cording
is a good method for the drawing in
of the full skirt around the knees or
below them, which is a late develop
ment of the panier.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-06-11
Casey at the Bat.

This famous poem is contained in the
Coca Cola Baseball Record Book for
1910, together with records, schedules
for both leagues and other valuable
baseball information compiled by au-
thorities. This interesting book sent
by the Coca Cola Co., of Atlanta, Ga.
on receipt of &c stamp for postage.
Also copy Of their booklet THE Truth
About Coca Cola" which tells all about
this delicious beverage and why it is
so pure, wholesome and refreshing.
Are you ever hot-tired-thirsty
Drink Coca Cola-it is cooling, re-
lieves fatigue and quenches the thirst.
At soda fountains and carbonated in
bottles-5c everywhere.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-06-11

This is a faded blue face cloth.
The yoke of the skirt is cut with a
deep point back and front. it is edged
with strap of material; the lower
part is plated to the yoke.
The bodice has bretelles of cloth,
which are braided at the edge. Piece
lace forms the yoke; below this is a
braided cloth, then black panne is ar
ranged in folds. The sleeves are
quite plain.
Toque of straw trimmed with os-
trich feathers.
Materials required: Seven yards
cloth, one-half yard piece lace, six
yards braid. three-fourths yard panne
Is inches wide.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-06-11
THE KITE.

The kite flies on high.
And. looking down
From his place in the sky
He sees the town
That he left long ago,
An hour or more,
Lying. far. far below.
The swallows soar
Between it and him,
He thinks he sees
The worlds wide, round rim
Beyond the trees.
He thinks he can swing
Free as a star.
But a tight-stretched string
Pulls from afar.
His soaring is past
He fights In vain,
But f1utters at last
To earth again.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-06-11
His Pull.

Does that ere thin, stoop-shoul-
dered, dyspeptic-lookin' drummer that
you bought so much from today sell
any better or cheaper goods than the
fat one We turned down so hard yester-
day." inquired Hi Spry.
ID know as he does" confessed the
Squam Corners merchant, "but his
views on the criminal rapacity of the
trusts are whole lot sounder. -
Puck.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-06-11

There seems no limit to the length
we will go this year on leather belts,
or. in fact, any kind of girdle.
There are new ones made of supple
patent leather that are almost covered
with heraldic ornaments in gilt or sill
yer. These are brilliant in appear
ance. but they should be worn with
dashing gowns of cloth instead of
suits of white linen or serge.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-06-11

A Chicago magistrate thinks that
drunken men should not be arrested.
but taken instead by policemen to their
homes. Perhaps the next step in this
way of doing things will be to give
autoists the right to exact damages
from people they run down, on the
ground of the trouble and loss of time
which such collisions with pedestrians
entail.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-06-11

The wisdom of maintaining a dere-
lict patrol along the Atlantic coast.
and Of sending a derelict destroyer
after wrecks that are reported at sea,
is Endorsed by the fact that the rev..
enue cutter Gresham has just towed
into Provincetown, Mass. that cap
sized hull of a vessel that has been
drifting about the seas for the past
two years, menace to sailing ships
laden with valuable cargoes, and to
steamers with heavy passenger lists.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-06-11

Professor Laughlin proposes to es-
tablish new aristocracy of the simple
life. Every man can start an aristoc-
racy of that sort on his own account,
but the trouble is that it is caviar to
the general, because in the nature of
the case 1t cannot support a press
agent
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-06-11

ERGE Costume for Girl of Ten to
u Twelve Years.-Pastel blue serge
~ is used here; the skirt is quite
plain and has a deep hem; the
coat is a sacque shape, lightly en-
broidered round the neck, as far as
the buttons. which form fastening;
two rows of stitching are worked on
the sleeves at wrist.
Straw hat swathed in chiffon and
trimmed with a large rose at the left
side.
Materials required: Four yards
serge As inches wide, four buttons, u
yards silk for lining coat. two yards
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-06-11

bic Compound. 1
was sick three
months and could
not walk. I suf-
fered all the time.
The doctors said I
could not get well
without an opera
ton, for I could
hal dly stand the
pains in my sides,
especially my right
one, and down my
right leg. I began
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-06-11

King Albert, the new sovereign of
the Belgians, is progressive monarch.
One of the ways in which this is indi-
Gated is his approval of the plan for
assuring reforms in the Congo region
and opening the door for commerce in
that direction.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-06-11
Reasoning of Youthful Mind.

schoolmistress whose hair was
of the blacklist hue, was one day CIV
ing a lesson on coal mine to a class
in Suffolk, England. To make the les
son interesting as possible she went
on to say she had herself been in
coal mine. A little lad put up his
hand, and when pointed to said:i
Please, teacher, is that what made
your hair so black?"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-06-11

It's good scheme to make each
head of household his own census
maker, because the probabilities are
that he can put down an approximate
estimate of his wife's age without Gre
ating painful scene
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-06-11
Tied-In Skirts.

AS far as the fashions have gone
they show that we will continue to
wear the skirt that is hampered in
some way at the knees. 1t was orig
inally called the aeroplane skirt
this model-and it now goes by the
name of the tied-in skirt That is an
expressive description The effect of
being tied in is gotten through the
sash or stitched band or an orna-
ment fold that holds whatever fuy ness
there Is at the knees.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-06-11

Music is reported to make the hum
BILE hen lay more prolifcally. A little
investigation into the relative merits
of Wagner or ragtime in the entertain
ment of the fowl might be of value.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-06-11
PLAYING NORTH POLE GAME
Object Is to Bound Explorer to Apex
of Mound-Toy is Worked by
Means of Spring.

Now that the controversy over the
north pole seems to have been settled
by the Danes, people having an in
terest in polar matters can turn their
attention to the toy invented by a
Pennsylvania man. This toy consists
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-06-11

Four poor children, the oldest IL
years of age. were arrested in Cleve-
land for stealing doll from a store.
Its owner must have thought a lot
of that doll.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-06-11

Humility is the first lesson we
learn from reflection, and self distrust
the first proof we give of having OBJ
tanned knowledge of ourselves-Zim-
norman.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-06-11
PROGRAM.
Birds Exe vieu.

To obtain birds eye view OF the
city OF Berlin. lady snapshotter
mounted staging at height of 26o
feet on the town hall No one will
accuse the lady Of giddiness
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-06-11

When a woman has to disguise her
self as man in order to get good en-
ployment as a cook. it would seem that
woman is not invading mans kingdom
as much as has been feared.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-06-11
JimmY,s Definition.

What is geography" asked the
father. who was testing his sons prog
ress in study.
Geography" replied little Jimmy
Jiggs, lis what you put inside your
trousers when you think you are going
to get whipping ''-Sunday Magazine
of Los Angeles Times.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-06-11

Two New York boys also. have sue
ceeded in turning double back somer-
saults. Surely the uplift of the stage
Is at handl
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-06-11

What an exquisite pleasure it must
be to be able to satisfy your arts
tic soul by purchasing picture for
$5OO.OOOl
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-06-11

The grandeur of life may come
through its combats, but it's sweetness
comes through the CHEEKY portal OF
content.-Robert Collyer
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-06-11

When our names are plotted out,
and our place knows us no more, the
energy of each social service will re-
main.-John Morley
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-06-11

Kaiser Wilhelm's sixth son is to join
the navy. Wilhelm ought to have
saved one for the airship fleet
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-06-11
WOMAN
ESCAPES
OPERATION
WasCnred byLydiaE.P Pink
ham'sVegetabIe Compound

Elwood, Ind.-"Your remedies have
cured me and I have only taken six
bottles of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-06-11
J. Rose Musicale.

Roses belong to June. so this charm
ing affair is specially fitting right now.
Have the hour three o'clock and give
the program of songs all pertaining
to roses. Intersperse piano or violin
selections, although ballad programs
are very popular. Serve ice cream,
either in rose molds or in lovely candy
roses. the stems of green candy; small
cakes and after-dinner cups of French
coffee. Decorate exclusively with
roses. giving each guest one as they
enter the room
PROGRAM
L My Love is Like Red. Red Rose.
2. Roses Bring Dreams OF You
3. My Rosy Rambler.
4. My Southern Rose.
5. Last Rose OF Summer.
g. Garden OF Roses.
Z My Wild Irish Rose.
g. Roses in June.
g. Meet Me in Rosetime. Rosie.
TO- Roses.
IL My Rosary.
L. Rose, Pretty Rose
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-06-11

Boston reports q phenomenal catch
OF Holsters. This will make Broadway
Jealous.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-06-11
Made His Regulation.

Harker-That fellow Bilkins is an
enthusiast, isn't he?
Parker-Thats what! You know
he likes to speak of himself as q
sportsman?
Harker-Yes.
Parker-Well the only thing he
ever did in that line was to go on a
wild goose chase three years ago.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-09

Le reading s- order in cgun Il OF an auctIoneer's
e- sac when le had finished he continued
good telling ne that that's French eEer-
.e.a-se ] shall not believe you. II ls eEi-
lE have been conducting clandeslIne
----.e with some one. The question Is with
-.1 Know papa. replied the Princess, begin
.a lont know, Nousensel insist upon your
O.- NE sad The Grand Duke impatently.
41f don know" really. papa the Princess re-
e='e-. ] mean - say ! don't know bis real name
tf .no" the name he writes under
Writes CALCULATED the Grand Duke IL tones
@-Ss .ln2 t-at writing was an occupation Of which
Lr t' heard t.- the first time
New-York tribune., 1910-01-09
THE PRINCESS AND THE

-T7HE Grand Duke Of Dusseld9rt-arl-Rhein sent
for his daughter. Princess Isolde. and spoke
q. her IN much the same language that meaner
n .--4s use when calling younger members Of their
families 70 order Come come. my child he said
want 10 know The meaning Of this. And this .
--- .a--e---. stand n need If ErlanarlOr
+ aa- Z la--a--.- II al events q draft Of frag-
r--r- .---e-. The Baroness Won Spandau had
-- g --e Princess Hlo-rlrg case and laid II be-
.-- ..e Grand Duke one who discharges . painful
Ire .-.--.-1e-t Why must vou take ad-
IN rance and weakness, Surely must
- that lid not mean All that I saiG7r that
s.. mean r always You know well as I DO that
-- .e- and hearts change and that love like bird IS
-e- wing And vet 7 have 70 plead with YOU. and
plead VAN. and va- threaten YOU will
Tie Grand Duke read = aloud IN dry accents as If
New-York tribune., 1910-01-09

was Lord Byron, for instance. Your Highness may
have heard of him.
OF course. OF course But how about the others :
Can one rely on the other poets to behave like gen
tlemen: It's all right If one can, of course; but
" Your Highness is pleased to speak in riddles -
said the Prince,
"I | know. | know. It's a very delicate subject;
but you've got to be told. It's better to tell
YOU now than leave you to find out afterward." p"
New-York tribune., 1910-01-09

shall be one Of my wedding gifts to the Princess"
But YOU don't even know the writer name. She
doesn t know it herself
His publisher shall tell If he doesn t..
He frowned ferocousy, as If there need to be
And when you have found him2" asked the
Grand Duke.
Then shall appeal to his better feelings"
And If he has none
other ferocious frown which seemed to inspire the
Grand Duke with a certain amount of confidence
DO your best, then, ne said. But YOU quite
understand that if YOU fail the match viii have TO be
broken off
7 SHALL not fail replied Prince Eric. and he
1 sailed forth a magnificent young northern giant
who looked as if he would make but "a mouthfu Of
New-York tribune., 1910-01-09

He's a poet, papa the Princess explained.
Poetry, You don't to say people write
poetry nowadays. thought all the poets were dead.
I wish they we're! But never mind about that
What I want to know is, How does this poet who
ever he IS come to be writing letters to Princess;
This time Princess Isolde not only cried but
bushed. " 1t was all my fault, papa she said.
O. Your fault child; What do YOU mean How
can 1t be your fault:
Because I began by writing letter to him
New-York tribune., 1910-01-09

story and Stranger thlnBs mad hdIpeneQ " i have
To talk TO Prince Eric about it, said the Grand Duke
Meanwhile you d better run away and play"
r. due course Prince Eric was eIoseted with him
Prince he asked him, do You happen to know
anything about poets
The Prince replied that amy knowledge Of poets
that he possessed was entirely al the Grand Duke
service.
Are poets gentlemen THE Grand Duke asked
lust AS persons Of lower rank and different experience
have been known To ask whether dentists or bank
clerks OF stock jobbers are gentlemen and the fan
haired blue eyed youth smiled winning smile as he
replied
New-York tribune., 1910-01-09

We're. But never mind about that.
to know IS, How does this poet, who
me to be writing letters to a Princess; -
Princess Isolde not only cried but
t was all my fault, papa, she said.
lit, child, What do YOU mean. How
II fault.
I began by writing a letter to him.
The Grand Duke started in his chair
and repeated his daughters words
with emphasis. 40 ou-began-bv
writing letter-to him.
The Princess defended herself as
best she could. | didn't see why |
shOuldn' t, she said. He wrote such
beautiful poetry. all about love and
that sort Of thing, and | wanted to tell
him how much | admired it" And
then the whole secret was dragged out
and the full confession was made
TRISTRAM that was the poets pen
name had awakened sympathetic
chords IN the Princess bosom by his
beautiful verses She had Welded to q
sudden impulse and sent an ANONYMOUS
letter. She had corrupted her maid
and arranged for an answer to be sent
for at gloveshop. The correspondence
thus begun had continued had become
mantle TO have that mystery in the
midst of the unromantic palace eti-
quette but now
And now. said the Grand Duke
with scorn. your poet appears to have
got tired of you. 1t serves you right, OF
course. but still"
He was about to say that he was
glad but the Princess protested.
yE-a- | N-bf Gyr tired first
\ she said Indignantly.
j Indeed And may ask what
II It was that caused you to get
tired
Again the Princess blushed
"I It was Prince Eric, papa, she said,
with a crimson face.
Il see He spoke a shade more
kindly now. feeling that things were
not quite so bad as he had feared.
Princess Isolde had Just been atflanced
TO Prince Eric, and 1t was all TO the
good that She was willing to throw over
the poet for his sake.
He's so good looking, She said
and he dances so beautifully and he
saws such beautiful things to me-
Quite 50. my dear You needn It
apologize. said the Grand Duke
Only. if he was 10 find out about
those letters, papa
Precisely. That's the point Or If
other people were to find out, that
another point. Or if that republican
rag SociaIsmus' was u get hold OF
the story. that's a third point How
many letter did YOU write to the man -
I couldn't tell YOU papa, without
looking at my diary.
So bad as that, is it And what
sort of Letters We're they, Letters about
poetry. OF letters about other things
as we'll
Partly about poetry. but some Of
them were about other things as well.
the Princess admitted with a deeper
blush than ever and the Grand Duke
felt once again that the situation was
serious.
If Socialismus did get hold OF that
ranger things had happened III have
ince Eric aboutit SAID the Grand Duke
you d better run away and play
rse Prince Eric was eIoseted with him.
he asked him, do you happen to know
out poetsr
e replied that any knowledge Of poets
sessed was entirely al the Grand Duke
.T,....,, =
New-York tribune., 1910-01-09
BY FRANCIS GRIBBLE

Drawings by Joseph Clement Coll
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-10

mingham district is pre-eminently one or industrial development and the techno- logical department should be given es- pecial emphasis.
 The books of this department are quite limited. but a nucleus has been formed that is quite encouraging, and which no doubt will grow to the size its importance demands, but while the books of the tech- nological department are limited, l would call attention to the wealth of material on these subjects contained in the public documents that adorn the shelves of the library. Excuse facetiousness. but adorn is the only word that will express the thought.
 It is to be doubted that if all the strictly technological works extant were gotten together for the library, they would equal in scope and detail the in formation contained in the United States public documents already on the shelves. But an undigested, unclassified mass of matter is of no value. If one were to inquire at the library, for instance, for tho data by the United States geological survey on the oil, coal or iron industry of this and other countries they would receive a reply, ''I know that there is exhaustive information on these sub
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-10

The successful revival which has been h progress during the past two weeks at the Five Points Methodist church, un- der the direction of Evangelist J. E. Brown and Gospel Singer C. P. Curry, will be brought to a close with a great rally for ladies only to be held this aft ernoon at o'clock the Rev. Brown de- hvering his famous lecture, "The Devils Decoy" Sunday school rally will be held this morning at e:so o'clock. when the Rev Brown will conduct a farewell service for the children.
 The great two weeks revival to be held at the First Methodist church by the Rev Brown and Mrs. Curry will begin with an opening service tonight at I o'clock. Extensive preparations have been in progress to insure an extraordi- nary series of meetings, among which