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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-05-05
Stories of Success
JAMES J. HILL

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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-05-05

Some men who vote and ouss and
lead boys astray would never be called
men if they didn't wear pantaloons
and whiskers.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-05-05
Different Grades,

Feminine tempers you may note,
Are like cigars, my child;
Some are medium, some are strong
And some are very mild. .-
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-05-05

Hands Around.
Life is just a gamble,
Life's o game of chapcei
Money plays the fiddle
And the poor man has to dance.
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-05-26
1 ,IR N l: EzI{ 1! l ! l ! ' IVE8'tREk l < l

These may be done with very fine em- broidery thread and drawn up into a small close cord like finish, or coars- CT thread may be used and drawn up less closely, so as to form a heavy outline
 In working long eyelets, the run ming of the outline must never be omit ted. After this thread has been put in the eyelet must be cut with the scissors, as the stiletto will not make the long hole necessary. When the eyelet is small, straight cut through its center, but not reaching to the end of the eyelet, is all that is necessary. In the larger eyelets, a second cut through the middle and at right an- gles to the first is necessary. This surplus linen is then included in the over and over stitches which com plete the eyelet After all the design has been completed, the border is worked over a chain stitched padding of the alarming cotton, and the surplus linen cut away close to the button holed edge. The work is then turned wrong side up, and narrow button holed edge worked over the first edge. This second row of stitches is not set close together, and does not show from the right side, but is great pro- tection to the edge, and prevents all fraying.
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WIFE HELPS OIL PRESIDENT
Head of Immense Corporation Valves Eqotsm and Publicly Recognizes
 Ability of His Wife.

"To my wife is due all my success y That is the confession freely made by the president of a big oil company last week, just after he had sold his hold ings for s3,000,O00 and given $200,OO0 to the University of Pittsburg, where he was once student.
 How many successful men there are who know in their hearts that the same thing is true of themselves, yet how few confess it! Some readily make the acknowledgment to their wives. but it is not often that the man who has achieved place and pow CT is willing to confess publicly. Pride, selfishness and the satisfaction of be- ing regarded by their fellows as eXcep- tional men hold them back. Others are so blinded by egotism that they do not realize the truth.
 It is not hard for man to perceive and admit the part his wife plays in his successes if she happens to possess a knowledge of business and Is thor oughly informed in the affairs of the world. Her help is direct and so i'm mediately effective. that it cannot fai | of recognition. But such cases are few. The average wife and mother has neither the opportunity nor the in clination to become familiar with busi ness, and she has no time to indulge in extensive study of such matters Yet in a great number of cases if hel husband is prosperous it is because O her efforts and her judgment.
 When they were married probabl! they had little. Who was it that savet the money which enabled him to make his first investment or to engage il business for himself? His wife. Sh' saw to it that the household expense were kept down to the lowest limi compatible with health and comfort She economized and she made hin economize More than all |, she kep him free from vice and moral un cleanliness, watched over his health soothed away the bitterness of defeat and inspired in him the strength t persevere with cheerful heart.
 If that man has risen to be the heat of a great corporation or has become leading light in one of the professions or if he has achieved the more impor tant success of establishing goot American home, let him ask himsel this question: What would he be if i had not been for his wife? If he fl candid with himself good many un pleasant possibilities will presen | themselves to his mind. He will hav' to acknowledge that in all probabilit. he would have gone wrong"
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YzYELET and Solid Embroidery

YHYELET and Solid Embroidery N, When there is a combination of
 these two embroideries it is always well to do the eyelet first. This is, of course, not compulsory, but it is rather harder to make a smooth, flat eyelet if close to it there are already worked some heavily-padded leaves which Interfere more or less with the placing of the needle. The solid work may be done either in the reg ular satin-stitch or in the newer Wallachian. If the former is select ed few stitches of the working thread, taken lengthwise of the leaf, will serve as the necessary padding. Across this, the embroidery is done in close, even stitches, placed either di- rectly across the leaf or in slightly slanttng direction. Stitches placed at too great slant make quick work, but the result is uot so good.
 Ii 1t is preferred to fill this part of the design with Wallachian embroi- dery no padding whatever is required, and the stitch used is the plain button hole, or blanket stitch begun at the stem end of each leaf and worked from left to right, each buttonhole stitch reaching from the midrib or vein of the leaf to it's outer edge and lying at right angles to it. When the tonhole stitches radiate from this point until the end of the leaf has been turn ed The parallel stitches of the other half are then worked. When all the Bowers and leaves have been com pieted, the parallel lines making the heart shaped spaces are worked. These are not outlined, but after line of padding has been worked along their length. embroidery stitches are laid over and over this padding at right angles to it, and in close. even stitches. One of the most satisfac- tory threads for padding is the or dinary white alarming cotton used for mending hose. Two, three, or four threads of this may be used and may be either back-stitched in position or carried along in the old fashioned chain stitch
 Before each eyelet Is punched with the stiletto, its line of stamping should be run with little even stitches. These help to strengthen the eyelet, regulate its size, and retain its shape. In very smal. eyelets this may be omit ted, if preferred, unless the material is given to splitting when the stiletto is used. Then the outlining must not be neglected. English eyelets are never buttonholed, but are done in little, close, over-and-over stitches, eacf set into the line Of stamping.
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is no reason why action should nor be taken along the lines indicated.
 Referring to the illustration above. A wide tire can be placed upon an old wheel without any filling piece as shown in the illustration. Just let the tire project half inch on each side of the felloe This will greatly simplify the changing from the mar row to the wide tire, and for many To- calities will serve the purpose just as well.
 Wide tires make roads, narrow tires destroy them. There should be a thorough cooperation between all of the residents of the several townships for better roads Nothing can be done so quickly and so cheaply that will be productive of such good results as to discard narrow tires and substitute wide ones in their place.
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25O,0O0 PUDDINGs FURNISHED
London Manufacturer Made That Many to Meet the Demands of the
 Christmas Spirit.

The manufacture of plum pudding in England is mainly confined to Lon don and is carried on by all the prin' cipal bakeries, delicatessen and other establishments The industry was greatly boomed by the Boer war.
 In the opening days of that strug- gle the Yuletide season increased the natural solicitude for the fathers and sons and husbands in far away Africa, and the plum pudding was requisi' toned in large quantities to express the feeling at home and carry at least a spark of Christmas cheer to enliver the soldiers camp.
 Thousands of pounds of plum pud' ding were sent out, but the demand was far in excess of the supply, a fact which gave greater urgency to the demand and by concentrating general intrest in the pudding added immensely to it's popularity, and es' pecially as the soldier called loudly for more The result is that today the bulk of plum pudding consumed in the United Kingdom is supplied by puDllC ulfSyOiS cld Cdo VI thousands of pounds are shipped abroad. Manufacturers begin active operations as soon as the new crops of raisins, entrants and other required fruits appear in September. All the constituents of plum pudding, which do not include plums, are prepared and manipulated by elaborate and ex- pensive machinery. Currants are washed and stems removed, raisins are stoned, nuts are shelled and ground, oranges and lemons are peeled, the peel candied and cut up, eggs are beaten and all other ingredi. ents prepared by machinery.
 Exclusive of milk and rum the in- gradients used by a single manufac- turer in supplying plum pudding to meet the demands of the Christmas season of 1910 aggregated 620,14O pounds, the number of buildings fur. nished aggregating 250,000. There are three or four London manufacturers, says Daily Consular and Trade Re ports, each of whose output perhaps euualed that described, and there are quite large number of smaller es- tablishments in which plum pudding was supplied for home and foreign consumption.
 The pudding is put up in packages weighing one 10 five pounds each and securely packed to insure preservation and safe transportation. Properly pre- pared and packed the plum pudding of England, with ordinary care on the part of the housewife, will retain it's virtues for a year or more.
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-05-26
KEEPING WELLS IN CONDITION
Care Bestowed on This important Arti- cle of Apparel Is Worth While
 Financially.

The ready made lace veil will cost from two dollars and half to four teen dollars, and every becoming mesh sold by the yard is dear in proportion. So 1t behooves the wearer of veils to study how they can be kept in good condition. The flshnet webs do not need to be hemmed at the ends. as after the veil Is tied on these are tucked under the knot But such veils should be pulled out when they are taken off and rolled up from one end before they are put away. Old cur tain rollers, sawed up into pieces the width of the veil, are often used for keeping the crushable nets tidy. The first end of the veil is stretched tight over the stick and the rest rolled snug ly over it, with every wrinkle smooth ed out. For the lace veils, piece of ~ steboard the depth of the veil, or a tile wider. is useful for keeping them n good condition when they are not
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Highways with a wide tire is badly handicapped. Hence, if any good is to come from the wide tire movement,
 It should be generally adhered to. It
 Is truthful statement that wide tires make roads and narrow tires de- stroy them.
 An equitable basis would be to li- cense all vehicles doing business up on the public highways, grading the license fee according to the width of the tire, and letting the amount of money paid in be used to maintain the roads. This is just and no one, who is willing to tote fair can object to it. In grading the license fee it should be in such a manner that 1t will be to the interest of the owner
 10 substitute a wide tire for his mar
 row one.
 When this Is suggested, it will be
 1t once caid that it is impractical. and that it cannot be done It is sur prising how many objections can be | found against the doing of anything that a person does not want to do. The writer has witnessed two cam paigns where the question of narrow | and wide tires has been thrashed out
 and every objection made and an- swered.
 The first was during the Worlds | Fair in Chicago. In the grounds were temporary roadways, designed to last only during the fair season. These | were made of gravel or crushed stone about three or four inches deep. The I lair authorities discovered that If the exhibits were hauled in and out on
 these roads it would destroy them,
 because of the narrow tires that pre-
 vailed upon the wagons of the truck
 and express companies. The authori-
 ties established a rule that no narrow tire wagons could come on the
 grounds. There was a great howl by l the transportation companies, but the
 fair authorities stood firm, and the
 teaming companies met the conditions | by substituting a wide for a narrow l tire upon the same wheel. They sim
 ply took of say two and half inch tire and put on one three and half
 inches or four inches upon the same
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WIDE TIRES A HELP
IMMENSE BENEFIT IN KEEPING HIGHWAYS IN GOOD
 CONDITION.
CONCERTED ACTION NEEDED
TWo-Ton Load on Wagon With 434 Inch Tires Will Do More Damage in Cutting Up Road Than Twice the Load on Three Inch Tire.
By HOWARD H. GROSS.


 The question of good roads through out the country is of tremendous i'm portanee, and the people are every where clamoring for them The great majority seem to be wandering around in maze of uncertainty as to what to do.
 The solution involves many factors. Local conditions are subject to a wide variation both as to soil, road mate rial, amount of traffic, etc, hence no rule can be laid down that will apply in all cases. The subject must be given intelligent treatment by a cap able engineer, familiar with the sur roundings.
 There is however one thing that can be done that will be of immense benefit to the roads of all times, whether earth, stone or gravel and that is wider tires upon the wagons. Untold millions of dollars of damage to highways is done every year by heavy loads upon narrow tire farm wagons. These are often from one and a half inches to one and three-quarters wide, seldom more than two and a quarter. A twoton load on a wagon with one and three-quarters inch tires will do more damage in cutting up road than twice the load upon a three inch tire. If we could have uniform, concerted action in any community whereby three to three and half inoh tires would be put upon every farm wagon, 1t would mean much bet ter highways than we now have The narrow tires mean deep ruts, and if the rule is a narrow tire upon wag- ons, the man who goes out upon these
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wheel and the same felloe. This serv-

wheel and the same felloe. This serv- ed the purpose.
 About three years ago the city of Chicago passed an ordinance provid- ing for wide tires upon vehicles using the streets for traffic. A tremendous howl was made by all teaming inter- ests and they brought in the wagon these wheels meant an expenditure of millions upon millions of dollars, and it would take several years in order to have the change made. Large manu- facturers of wagons said the wagon stock was gotten out for the narrow tire wagons, and it would take at least two years before any general change could be made. At that time the writer took hand in the campaign with others, and published in the Chi cago papers illustrations of how this change could be made (see cut here with). The city council stood firm, the ordinance was passed and the users of narrow tires were arrested and fined In a very short time wide tires began to appear upon the streets, and now the use is general and the solution has been mainly as indicated, namely, substituting wide tires for narrow ones upon the same wheels. Any local blacksmith or wagon maker can make the change indicated and the expense ought to range between $500 and $12.00 for a wagon. The H. lustration is so simple that anyone can follow it.
 The question is, how shall this be brought about? The writer would suggest a state law licensing all the vehicles, the same as the automobile is now licensed, and let it apply upon everything that goes upon the road, graduating it with view of making the vehicles that do the most damage pay the largest tax.
 Without giving an entire schedule the following will illustrate what the writer has in mind:
 That after given date no vehicle shall be used upon the highways un- less it carries license.
 On a two horse farm wagon with a tire of 1a4 inches or less the annual license fee to be $7.50 a year.
 Over 134 inches and under 2A inches, $4.50 year.
 Over "A inches and under 8 inches $500 per year.
 Three inches or over, s1.00 per year.
 The money collected to be credited
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to the road district and be used for road repair work
 There is another advantage to be gained by this method over and above the preservation of the highways. that is, the same wagon is more use- full on the farm or on the fields for doing ordinary farm work The ham, ing over hay fields and grain fields with narrow tired wagons does con. siderable damage. Hauling out ma nure, and in a variety of farm work wide tire wagons are advisable. Many farmers keep wagons with wide tires for this specific purpose. Why not have all vehicles carry a wide, sen sible tire that will improve conditions rather than make them worse?
 Dynamometer tests have been made showing the amount of power re- quired to move a given load, over va rious surfaces with tires of different widths. Many persons will be sur. prised to know in the large majority of cases load can be moved with less power with vehicles having wide tires, rather than narrow ones.
 There may be another and easier way to accomplish the end desired than the imposing of a license tax upon vehicles. That would be to credit the owner certain amount each year on his annual road tax bill upon furnishing proof that all his ve hicles used upon the highways con. formed to the wide tire requirements Suppose the owner has a road tax of, say s12.00, and he has two wagons used upon the highways. Credit him $4.00 per year upon each wagon for four years. In this way the tax abat- ed will more than pay the cost of changing the wagon. Thus, his in- terest would be sufficient to induce the owner to make the change. Public sentiment would also change rapidly in support of the wide tire movement, and in year or two a man would be ashamed to be seen on the street with one of these road de- stroying wagons.
 The plan suggested is feasible. practical and has worked satisfac- torily where 1t has been tried. There
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FASHION,.

Lace perches in high bows on hats it covers silk evening gowns; it forms beautiful wraps, either in separate glory or combined with gold tulle.
 On many of the lingerie dresses Eng fish eyelets embroidery is used. It is combined with voile de cotton, much in demand now because it does not crumple easily
 Crepon is the most popular of gen. uine summer fabrics, while there are spotted materials which closely imi tate fonlards and which can be se- cured for a small sum per yard
 There is a new silk liberty shower, proof weave for dresses and coats which is very effective This silk, B inches wide, Is in the Tyrian texture and it makes up delightfully."- into gowns for all occasions
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those who have passed the summer of life.
 Attention must be drawn to the vest of tucked net, which in order to be thoroughly practical should be provided with strings to hold it in position. This model is quite un- rivaled for girls for wearing with their blue serge and other frocks. The majority of school authorities commend this style, as they contend and justly, that lace or net sleeves for children in the school room arc quite out of place, as after they have been worn a few hours they lose their first freshness. Another advantage of this vest is that 1t can easily be removed.
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ILLUSTRATED are many fascinat- \ ing ideas, which the woman who
 is clever with her needle can make for herself from those many oddments picked up at the sales.
 The three phases of the Shelley col lar are extremely attractive, two with and one without jabot. Now that there are signs on the horizon that the carefully bonded bodice with the material up to the throat will make it's debut in the near future, it Is safe to predict that these collars will be requisitioned to break the severity Of line. The collar bands with turnover Puritan collars look extremely smart with corsages of this persuasion and are certainly more appropriate for
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Sailor Suits Still Worn,

The sailor suit is always a charm ing style of dress for a small boy, and is equally pretty in blue serge for cold weather, and in linen, duck, crash or pique for summer. A dark blue and white stripe with wide collar and cuffs of the same shade of blue Is a favorite suit for play, but just at present there is preference for tans and browns. For the street there should be jacket of covert-cloth, un- less with the child's coloring dark blue serge is more becoming. A wide col lar of white, blue or tan linen will make the jacket more attractive.- Harper's Bazaar.
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worn. Keeping the veils in a flat paste board box away from other apparel keeps them still more neatly, and the elegant woman always has some sach- ct Of delicate scent in this receptacle for the veil is the first scrap of wom ans dress to take on stale, disagree able odor. A badly soiled veil is in furious to the complexion, and one in bad condition will give the best hat @ look of meanness.
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Brides are falling on hard times and stern advisers. One matrimonial ex- pert denounces their tendency to keep their husbands love by making them selves beautiful, and another declares that to make their homes happy they must learn to cook. But it is doubt ful if the up-to-date brides will heed such advice. They are beginning to believe that women ought to have some of the fun which Is going on on the earth.
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British Justice "makes Good. .v

London for the last several months has been suffering with an epidemic of rots and spots and crooked bakers just as we have here But the Brit. ish magistrates have fairly burnt up rotten egg offenders with severe fines and imprisonments.-Ne York Press
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The report is persistent that the queen of England doesn't like Ameri- cans. There are whole lot of Ameri- cans toadying around royalty that we queen is probably justified.
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One of the writers who sell storieA to the magazines complains that he gets only $35 for story 5000 words long. Well, If he isn't a cripple he can surely find job as ditch digger or a farm laborer somewhere, provided money is all he wants.
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We are advised that in eating grape fruit it is well to use range-fnder and then deploy the spoon so that the juice does not hit the eye. It is bound to hit the eye of somebody else At the table, however.
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The simplified spoilers are still working to reform the nations spell ing. As an example of cheerful per sistence in the face of insuperable ob- stacles, they are, at least, doing the nation some good.
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A Chicago doctor thinks that every. one should have his vermiform appen- dix removed. Who will be the first legislator to introduce a bill making the removal of vermiform appendices compulsory? a@ M
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New Net.

Among the new fabrics Is a flow cred net, much different from the lowered net of the past season. In this we see large, indistinct patterns in lovely blendings of tints on a white background.
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Single windows are selling In Lon don at $3,o00, and surely a peep at
 King George as he passes along is not worth that much. He is not much of a fellow, or at least was not until San dow. the strong man, began to build him up.