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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-05-16
The Peasant coifure.

The peasant couture, which Is gain
ing votaries. is very picturesque
and common adaptation of the orig.
inal design. After parting the tress-
es in the center, above the brow. the
long locks at the sides are plated
and rolled round over the ears in a
spiral mound. Those at the back are
curled, and it is noticeable that they
are piled higher upon the crown Of
the head than a month or more ago.
Little children are wearing their hair
in just the same may, but there are
no curls at the back; ali the locks
are crispy plated and twisted in spir.
ais above the ears.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-05-16

Luck always runs in streaks. |
can generally dope ont whether | am
going to be lucky or not. and when
know ii isn't my time to win | simply
don't play. How do / know Well. {
have a little system Of my oSn. and
da.t mind letting you in on Il.
Before sit into a game ] try out my
luck 10 the Seclusion Of my own apart
rneRt- l take deck of cards and
start to play solitairs, Garfield against
an imaginary banker. In five or six
deals can get an idea whether luck
is with me at that particular time or
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-05-16
Could Dc Better.

The lecture was on the economics
Of nature and showed that her great
destructive powers we're used only
to transform the elgments into other
channels
To illustrate" SAT- the professor.
there is in one of the Pacific islands
volcano which has for 16 years been
pouring molten lava into the ocean
over a precipice 400 feet high and
eleven miles long. Eggs are boiled in
the oDen sea % miles away"
Ny goodness" cried q feminine
voice in the audience. what a big pan
and what a waste Of fire and water
aud fuss over a little plain coo.xng.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-05-16
Mourning Accessories.

A woman in mourning often misses
It in her accessories. Her gowns and
hats may be quite correct, but she
wears jewelry or carries bags and
other belongings that are not suitable.
For the deepest black Il is good form
TO wear nothing but black iewelry.
This means new supply, as none o.
the old is permissible save ones en-.
gagement ring Some women even
dispense with that
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-05-16
Unfrayed ScaIIops.

Some housekeepers object to the
buttonholed scallop on embroidery, be-
cause it trays in washing. This can
be overcome in several ways. The
surest is to buttonhole a second time
over the purled edge, when the seal
Top has been worked and cut out.
Another method is to run the out
line of the scallop with machine
stitching before buttonholing Or in
cutting leave narrow margin and
turn back under the scallop and hem
to the material.
If these are too much trouble, at
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-05-16
Rule that Seems Good One

WOO her for all yeu are worth. That's
the whole secret OF the game
"ive been gambling all my life. and
/ rarely lose. Why2 Because 1 never
take a chance against bad luck. Luck
is bound 10 be either with you or
against you. You win or you lose.
The chances OF breaking even are
mighty slim. And who wants 10 break
even. anyhow
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-05-16

not If the cards are running consist
entity against me / stop and spend the
evening at the theateT. or Ginning
around the hotel Hobbies. No game
for me that night. On the other hand,
If see the cards are running my way
get into a game. and seldom quit
g loser. Ii may sound foolish. but
take my word for il. it's pretty good
dope 10 80 by"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-05-16

least wash the linen before cutting
out. The material shrinks and is much
less likely to fray. Where the entire
piece is not washed. the embroidered
eoge can be dipped in lukewarm wa
ter for few minutes, then ironed
dry and later cut out close to the
purled edge
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-05-16
SUITABLE TO MANY FABRICS
Design for Girls Coat May Be Made
Up in Almost any Desired
Material

Our model coat is made up in rich
red face cloth, but the style is equally
suitable to be reproduced in serge,
tweed, yelveteen or linen
The collar and cuffs are faced nearly
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-05-16
Gambler Always Asesrtains Whether
Luck Is with Him or Not Sc
fore He "Sits In"

There's no use in trying 10 buck
against bad luck" said the success
full gambler as he set down his glass
of vichy and milk. III ron see luck
IS going against you. drop out II the
tickle goddess OF fortune is with you.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-05-16
The Sash.

Broad sasbes resembling the Jap.
anese obi are seen on some of the
evening gowns of the spring, their fiat
high loops in the back running all the
way up to the shoulders on the edge
of the decolletage.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-05-16

Z thought you we're going to put
some money into hens this spring..
Well. don't you see me making .
gar5en7-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-05-16

to the edge with black figured silk.
the waist band being of the same.
LARGE hat with red straw brim and
full silk crown
Materials required for the coat: Two
yards IS inches wide, four yards silk
cite for lining "a inches wide. three
fourths yard silk % inches wide for
facing.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-05-16

A girl is sorry if she can't marry the
man Of her ehoiee-and sometimes she
is sorry II she does.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-05-16
NEAL BROWN L. A. PRADT c. S. GILBERT
ABSTRACTS

We have The only abstract Of Marathon
county. We have thoroughly qualified
abstractor, and make abstracts at reason.
able prices. We are responsible Tor all
abstracts made by us and guarantee that
they show the condition Of the title proper
ly as it appears on record.
An abstract Of title is useful il you de-
sire 10 sell or mortgage your property. and
is very valuable in ascerlaining detects IN
your title that can be easily remedied. and
yet might be sufficient to spoil sale. II
you desire an abstract Of the title to your
property. call and see us.
WauSau Law & Land Association
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1911-07-28
RAISING !. THE | |. MONEY
BOND ISSUE is BEST WAY TO PAY
j FOR GOOD ROADS.
EFFORTS OFTEN MlsDlREcTED
+ :StSSat/ - - w
Good Roads Fever caheiss Community
; soff Its Feet Frequently and a,AForrK
i 10 Started Along Impractical Lines
Tax Levy Plan Wrong.
BY HOWARD II. GROSS.

In forwarding any great movement,
as the building Of good roads, enthus-
iasm is essential, but unless this is
coupled with knowledge OF the SUBJ
1ect, it is question whether it some
times does not do more harm than
good. The writer believes that a
movement for better highways is Oft
en- retarded by over-5ealous friends
who are attempting to do something
they do not understand. The propo-
sition to build good roads throughout
the land is very big one, and ex-
ceedingly important. It is a question
that must be handled in a big way.
II anyone had suggested fifty years
ago the building of a railway to the
Pacific slope, he would have been de-
clared at least visionary. This has
been accomplished and today there
are a half dozen such railways, and
the four months journey across the
desert is now comprised in less than
three days. While the building of
good wagon roads throughout the
country is an immeasurably big Job,
yet there are back of it boundless re-
sources; there is far more to encour-
age us than the builders of these first
great continental roads had to en-
courage them. Let us go forward
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1911-07-28
Usual Fate of Inventors,

Elias Bowe, Frankfort tailor, has
recently died. Some sixteen years ago
Bowe blazed the comet of a season!
lie had Invented a bullet proof cui1
rass. and for time he was one of the
best-known men in Europe. He had
faith in his invention, which was com.
posed of steel casing with a packing
inside. Bowe, protected with his
culrass, we are told by Paris con,
temporary-but this, we think, is q
little Observation-Disclosures himself
as target for the fire of a squadron
OF soldiers and came out of the trial
unscathed, although various deadly
rifles were used. For some reason his
invention was not received with favor
by the German war department, and
then Bowe went to Italy, where he
achieved, as We read, "le meme sue,
ces ct aussi lie meme insucces." Bowa
has died in poverty.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1911-07-28

with stout heart and high purpose
and with a clear head, and all will
come out right.
In a good roads campaign one of
the most important things is to I'M
learn some things that are not so, to
get view of the proposition from
the right angle, and not to work along
impractical lines. The good roads
fever usually breaks out in some COM
munity with hurrah, to build mile
or two of hard roads, and there is
squabble to determine which particu-
lar road shall have the improvement.
Selfishness crops out and must be
reckoned with. When the particular
road has been determined upon, then
comes the question of raising funds.
Those who are disappointed will give
nothing; others will contribute va
rious amounts; the banker, merchant
and grain dealer are called upon and
subscribe different sums; others will
contribute labor; an entertainment
will be held in the town hall, the pro-
ceeds to be devoted to the building of
the road. The local paper will be
filled with letters, interviews and edi-
torials; everybody is patting himself
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1911-07-28

bond issue, paying off the bonds in In.
stallments. This is vastly better and
cheaper than to build short stretches
by an annual tax levy. OF course in.
terest will have to be paid upon the
bonds, but on the other hand the PEG.
pie will have good roads to use, and
If the use of the roads is not worth
more than the interest on the bonds
required to build them, then road
building is not worth while. The
worlds experience is that good roads
are always worth several times what
they cost to any community.
There are many advantages to this
plan. BY building many miles at once
it is practical to have good engineer
ing supervision and proper speciflca
tions, and the result will be a well
drained, a better and a more durable
road and one that will not cost nearly
as much to maintain as one poorly
constructed. Again, on so large a job
contractors will figure lower than up
on small Job and the best machinery
and methods can be employed to ad,
vantage, so it is fair to say that TWEEN.
ty miles of road built under single
contract will cost from Is to 20 per
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1911-07-28
Teaching School Girls to Swim,

In the apparatus in use in Ger
many for teaching school girls how ia
swim the pupil is supported in such
position as to leave the legs and
arms free to perform the motions
Of swimmer. The body is hung in
wide belt, suspended from a. over.
head rail. while the feet are attached
to pair Of ropes running over pull
leys and adjustable to various re-
quirements.
The pupils thus suspended are then
taught how to perform the movements
of the breast stroke until the action
becomes Utmost instructive. There
is decided advantage in teaching
these movements In sue a way in
stead of in the water, for the pupil
is not distracted by the fear of q
ducking. 1t is not at all easy to learn
the swimming movements even out
Of water, hence the advantage Of &C
quiring this knowledge until it be-
comes almost instructive before en-
tering the Notwithstanding Amert
can.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1911-07-28
This Princess an Artist.

Some charming water colors painted
by the Duke of Connaught's daughter
Princess Patricia, are being greatly
admired at the Royal Amateur Art sol
ciety's exhibition. The princess is one
of the most talented artists in tho
royal family. In fact, she is an all
round clever girl-a good linguist, d
fine musician and noted sportswom;
an, being equally proficient in tennis
hockey, golf and horseriding. Her
facility with the brush was not ao
CURED OF study. and she worked inces1
sanity for a number of years at d
private art school in London. Flowers
are her favorite subjects, and few
years ago she exhibited at the New
Gallery a particularly charming pic
ture of stocks, marigolds and heliol
trope. AS presents to her friends She
often gives little flower paintings from
her own brush.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1911-07-28
Utilization of Waste.

A distinguished chemist once oh.
served that "My lady writes tender
sentiments to her lord with ink made
from an old copper coffee pot on paper
made from old collars" The utiliza.
ton of waste products, which is add.
ing so enormously to the wealth of
the world, furnishes many such fan.
tastic adaptations.
"Give me-" DR.. Long said, "the sew.
age of New York, and I will return
you yearly the superior milk of 100000
cows" The waste soapsuds from
wooden factories which used to pol
lutte hundreds of rivers, is now precip.
itated and the coagulum is pressed
into bricks and converted into supe.
rior Illuminating gas. These are only
examples Of the ingenuity of man,
That the field is far from exhausted is
instanced in the estimate that from
500 to 1000 tons of fine coal are
thrown away every day in the ashes Of
New York. 1t is not impossible that
some one will shortly invent a pro.
cess for retaining this wasted ma,
terial.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1911-07-28
Uses Of Paper Metal,

At the great coronation pageant,
which will be next June, when George
is crowned King George w. of Eng
land. there is to be something entire
ly different from anything that has
ever happened before.
Instead Of real armor the armor
that is to be worn will be made of
paper metal" There will be exact
copies of all the old sets of armor used
and the paper metal will be SO fixed
that the armor made from it will
give the appearance Of the original.
And it is said that in the future the
metal" will be used for almost all
outdoor decorations, because 1t is
much cheaper than plaster paris and
also Is waterproof.
It can be made to represent all the
different metals and is SO strong that
one can jump on it without making
any impression on it.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1911-07-28
Insurance AGAINST Rain.

The bane of outdoor life in EngI
land is the excessive rainfall. Shows;
pageants, garden parties, regattas
and fetes of all kinds are to an un1
common degree at the mercy of the
skies. No wonder that the English
have finally elaborated a systematic
scheme to provide indemnity for disi
appointment or loss caused by wet
weather. The new plan, which is as1
ISOLATED with Lloyd's underwriters
Will first be trie ed at the resorts Of
the south and east coasts from May
to October. You may insure against
rain, to certain fraction of an inchj
On any single day; or against rain on
more than two days during any one
week; or, If planning a weekend
party, against rain on four consecuA
tive days.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1911-07-28

from the railway window he can see
roads that are practically bottomless
and teams struggling through the
mire that is nearly knee deep. He is
perfectly amazed that such conditions
should obtain. He cannot understand
why it should be so in a country that
has such marvellous resources. The
fact is that America is the only coun-
try in the world that is rich enough to
stand the drain, handicap and the
losses that bad roads impose.
Again, may we ask, why is it that
in this land, where so many great
successes have been scored in so
many fields that we have utterly
failed in dealing with the highways?
In the writer's opinion the reason will
be found in certain fundamental mis-
conceptions. They date back to CO.
lonial times. In the early days the
people settled along the water courses,
in the valleys. Farming was done in
a primitive way. 1t was the day of
the homespun. The hand loom and
spinning wheel were found every
where. The people lived very simply;
what they wore, they made; what
they ate, they raised. The community
was self-centered and had very little
to do with the settlement over the
hills in the next valley. The spirit of
home rule was everywhere dominant
The roads were regarded purely as Of
local concern. They were just such
roads as the people cared to build,
and whether good or bad it was no
ones business but their own.
Thus t1le concept that the highways
were purely a local matter and did
not concern any one outside of the
immediate vicinity became firmly es-
tablished and held undisputed sway
until about 20 years ago, when New
Jersey man made a discovery that
was far more important than finding
the north pole, and that was that the
roads were public property-they be-
longe0 to all the people and as such
1t was the states duty to take up the
question of highway improvement and
not leave the whole burden upon the
township where the amount of taxable
property was limited. 1t was shown
that the worlds food supply had to
pass over these roads and that bad
roads increased the cost of delivery
made the food supply intermittent in
stead Of constant, and that bad roads
produced heavy burden to every one
and was a serious economic error. A
movement was started for state aid
in road building. 1t met great oppo-
sition, and principally from those who
would most greatly benefit from it
the farmers. They feared it was
scheme to take the roads out of their
hands, and no telling where they
would land or what taxation would be
put upon them, but the movement
grew because It was right. In two or
three years after the people had had
the experience of building roads un-
der the plan, had used and paid for
thenl-they found it was a splendid in
vestment and that instead Of adding
to their burdens the good roads took
many burdens off. The plan became
so popular opposition died out and
those who at first were strongly
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1911-07-28

on the back and talking Of the won
derful progress that Is being made.
This is all very we'll SO far as it
goes, and perhaps the moral effect is
eood-it stirs up the community, but
It does not do very much in the way
of road building. Usually half mile
or SO is the limit and may reach from
the town to the cemetery. Well, that
does some good, and will give a de-
parting citizen smoother road in
death than he had In life.
The means employed in such cam
,paign are wholly inadequate to the
end sought It reminds one Of the
old woman who proposed to keep the
tide back with her broom.
There are also other unsatisfactory,
expensive and wrong ways to take up
this question. The most common one
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1911-07-28
The Land ~ nreams

The world would go to pieces with
out its dreams. 1t is all that holds
any one of us to the grindstone-all
that forces us to support the chain Of
convention, and the burden we cali
duty. Somehow there has come intd
us vision Of thing we might do on
bet may be picture of trivial on
fantastic thing. But it is what we live
up to. Dreams rule us. They are the
compelling force of the young, the
staying force of the middle aged. Dull
them and life dulls with them. Take
them from us, and we are sodden'
Flooding beasts.-American MagazineJ
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1911-07-28
Planning the House.

WELL" said Clifford Bennington
cheerfully, "I've got the plans for my
new house on the lake shore all fin
ished."
FINISHED to suit you?"
"N-no. But the architect Is satisfied,
and that's the best can expect"
\ "Ha, ha! How about Mrs. Berring.
ton?"s
TITS all right with her. too. In fact,
she got that fixed before we started,
You see, she laid out the cupboards
and wardrobes, and all the architect
had to do was to build house around
them."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1911-07-28

Is for the township to levy an annual
tax for hard roads that will produce
perhaps $1,000 or $4,000 and expend it
upon gravel or macadam stretch of
road, which is to be extended from
year to year at rate that will give
the township fair amount of hard
roads, say, in twenty or thirty years.
By the time the last mile is built un-
der this plan, the first one is worn
out, the rule being that the road once
built receives no attention, and that
,,thesmeney raised is spent upon, build.
Ing more roads. The roads are usu.
ally buift without much. If any, at.
tention being paid to drainage, and
the results are not always satsfac.
tory, in fact, they are seldom what
they should be. Those charged with
the duty of spending the money nine.
teen times In twenty know little, If
anything, of how the road should be
built, and when it is finished it is
usually about half as good as it ought
to be and has cost nearly twice as
much as 1t should, for let it be said
again and again that the greater part
of the taxes raised for highways Is
frittered away by misdirected effort.
An eminent engineer, who has had ex.
tended experience, says at least sixty
per cent of the funds raised for high.
ways Is wasted. Certainly the waste
is at least one-half. This being the
case, it follows that one of the first
things to do is to stop this awful
waste and see that dollars worth Of
road results from every dollar ex-
pended, instead Of forty to fifty cents
worth. 1t ought to be clear that 1t is
very important that roads should be
constructed under expert supervision,
and that capable road engineer Is
needed. OF course it is not practical
to have this and build the roads piece
meal, a short stretch at time, hence
the township will find it wise, instead
of an annual tax levy, to issue bonds
to the full constitutional limit and
build. say, fifteen to twenty miles Of
road at once and pay for them by the
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1911-07-28
MAKING GOOD ROADS
UNITED STATES AWAY BEHIND
REST OF THE WORLD IN
THIS WORK.
EVOLUTION OF THE HIGHWAY
Awakening Of the People to Necessity
for Road Improvement Slow Pro-
cess-state Governments at Last
Aroused-vote Money for Work.
BY HOWARD H. GROSS

Is 1t not strange that in this coun-
try, where we have the largest aggre.
gate of wealth that the world has
ever known and where we have
achieved the greatest success in hui
man history along certain lines of en-
deavor, that we have failed to keep
pace with the march Of progress, and
that we are a century behind the rest
Of the world in the matter of handling
public roads?
The conditions of the highways in
American are great surprise to the
foreign traveller, who has been used
to smooth, hard roads throughout his
land. Upon his arrival in New York
he is overwhelmed by the immensely
Of the buildings and the gigantic scale
upon which everything is done. A day
or two in the metropolis prepares him
to believe that Americans can do
anything and accomplish anything
The resources of the country seem to
be boundless. In this frame of mind
he starts his journey westward, and