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The Holbrook news., 1911-11-24
Notorious Firebug Gang is Revealed

N HICAGO.-Six men are in custody V here and the arrest of another has been ordered by the police in connection with the operations of an alleged arson ring which caused a property loss of s1.OOO.OOO during the last twelve months Three other men, including a former policeman, are be- ing sought by the police in connec- ton with the alleged conspiracy. The arrests were made after David Kor- shak, the alleged leader of the fire bug gang, had made statement i'm plicating several business men in the alleged arson conspiracy.
 Korshak in a statement made to the police declared that 75 per cent of all fires in Chicago in the last five years were of incendiary origin, and were either the work of the proprie- tors of the building or of professional firebugs. He says there are more than a hundred men in Chicago who make a good living by setting fire to buildings, to enable the owners to collect large sums of insurance; that the frebug is usually maid a lump
The Holbrook news., 1911-11-24
Home-Made Bread Declared Murderous

the association. "ThiC country Is full of housewives who are proud of their cooking and who think they are doing their duty by baking at home." MT. Schulze said '"The long-suffering stom- achs of their families continue to pay the penalty of this mistaken sense of duty.
 "One thing which we bakers in the larger cities see most plainly today is the absolute necessity of educating the housewife to quit baking at home. Let us come forward. Let us show these women that home baking is wrong. Let us show them the over whelming benefits of buying bread baked in a sanitary bakery"
 MT. Schulze told of a Chicago wom- an- who had built up business sell ing health bread" home product. She brought him loaf and wanted to sell the formula "I cut into the loaf," said MT. Schulze, land saw that the center was unbaked dough I have been wondering since what effect that woman's health bread has had on the death rate in Chicago. She was un, occasionally committing murder"
The Holbrook news., 1911-11-24
POWDER COST s45o A YEAR
By Rigid Economy Chicago Matron Keeps silk Hose Bill Down to
 $2o0 Month.

Chicago.-"Economy is beauty's handmaiden; extravaganza leads to want and no woman in want can be beautiful" says Mrs. George A. Trude. of this city, who has been sued for a bill of $27 for one months supply of face powder. It was such a trifie that it was overlooked, she says. Here is a typical list of beauty wants" made out by Mrs. Trude, which she classi- fies as necessaries annually:
 Perfume and toilet waters, $500.
 Face powder, $450.
 Manicure bills, $200.
 Hair dressers' bills, $350.
 All other cosmetics, miscellaneous, s275.
 Total, $1,S75.
 'The idea of any dealer who caters to society women becoming alarmed over $27 face powder bill is ridicu- lous," says Mrs. Trude.
 Mrs. Trude says she practices economy in all of her buying. It keeps her silk stocking bill down to $200 a month. By buying carefully, she says, her hats do not cost her more than $1,200.
The Holbrook news., 1911-11-24
The "sur. NaII- of Palestine.

William H. Thompson's book about the Holy Land. called "The Land and the Book" has had the curious fate of outlasting many books of Biblical criticism of far more pretentious na- ture. Its popularity through the years is due, in part. to the fact that it explains so many obscure matters in such a natural way. For instance, there Is the passage in Isaiah: T Till fasten him with nail in a sure elace." and again: This nail, fastened in . sure place, shall be removed, and cut down and fall" The 'nail," says Dr. Thompson. was a wooden peg or tent pin. sometimes driven into the wall through the plaster. and he adds with the feeling of one who has had experience: Not one in a score of hem but what bends down, or gets oose or falls out"
The Holbrook news., 1911-11-24
Lure of the City Reaches Out to Farms

c T. LOUIS, MO.-Sixty per cent of O the young men who wear blue uni forms on che trolley cars are farmers sons. Most of them. have pulled and tugged at pfcw lines over the backs of refractory mules long before they ever pulled bell cord in this city.
 Half the clerks in the big railway offices in St. Louis are boys from the smaller cities and the little railway stations where the fast trains never stop. Fifty out of every hundred of the young men who are putting kinks in their spines and running their eye sight over long columns of freight earnings and "ton miles," know when to plant potatoes and how to blow corn.
 Every other waitress in the quick lunch places down town was once a country lassie. That is, they were born and raised up in one of those lit tie towns that dot and speckle the state maps. Thirty out of 40 of the men who run trains, hammer tel egraph keys and make out bills of lading for the railway systems were recruited from the farms. Many of the little stenographers who scurry in and out of the office buildings at lunch hour were once upon time little pig tailed lassies, who played about the
The Holbrook news., 1911-11-24
BLUE AND RED FOR AUTUMN
Extremely Bright coIors to Be Prom Inent In All the 5efore-Winter
 Fabrics.

Navy blue and scarlet are appear ing prominently in the autumn en- semble of sartorial effects. They are the old army colors. deep navy blue and bright red, and are striking as well as youthful. Blue serge or rough tweed travelling and motor coats have hood collars of scarlet broadcloth, and blue serge suits show dashes of the scarlet in their trimming.
 With these semi-military suits, many of which have smart touches of black braid, are worn the broad son. brero hats heralding the approach of autumn. White is extremely good in a hat of this kind, bent into a be- coming shape and trimmed simply with a soft scarf, a band or mill tary ornament.
 Russian blouses and Norfolk jack cts are made to be worn with or with out an underwaist. With a flannel or medium-weight waist they could be worn far into the autumn, or even be made to serve as jackets.
The Holbrook news., 1911-11-24
BOYS co A LONG WAY
START OUT TO BE COWBOYS, BUT START IN A NEW MANNER.
Work All Summer and Save Money to Buy a Wagon and Outfit Before LeaVing-FinaIIy Abandon
 Project.

St. Louis, Mo.-Having covered more than 1000 miles in their wagon, in which they started from Kirkwood, four boys from that suburb have re- turned to their homes.
 They started originally for Texas, where they hoped to obtain employ ment on ranches. but because of their inability to buy food for their horses and lack of water along their route, they were forced to turn back after they had gone a short distance into Oklahoma
 Charles Byars, eighteen years old; Gordon Henderson, seventeen; Rob ert Conway, seventeen, and Edgar Conway, eighteen, all schoolboys, de- cided to make the trip more than six months ago. By working after school hours and on Saturdays they were able to buy an outfit. It consisted of two ponies, wagon, blankets, cook ing utensils and enough food for their horses and themselves to last them until their first stop.
 At Lincolnsville, Okla, they experi- enced difficulty in providing food for their team and decided to give up the adventure.
 A dog given them by a farmer on their trip south followed them for more than 500 miles. Another dog, which attached itself to their outfit just after they left Missouri, was sold to negro in Kansas for 50 cents
 At Latour, Mo, while they were eat ing roasting ears given them by a friend, who was former resident of Kirkwood, a crowd of farmers swarmed down on them and accused them of stealing the corn and threat ened them with arrest. A trip back to their friends home, more than forty miles, was necessary to convince the farmers that they did not steal the corn.
 Money which was sent them along the route was missed at Baxter Springs, Kan, and they were forced to journey two days with but 60 cents worth of food for themselves and horses.
The Holbrook news., 1911-11-24
And stIII Missing.

The Harlem woman who goes in for the higher art has a miniature Venus ds Milo standing on the piano, just to show the casual caller that she's wise to what's what
 This woman has the Venus and she also has a new hired girl, who comes from turin shores.
 In dusting the piano the other morning, while her mistress was out doing the marketing, the girl bowled ever the Venus. She picked 1t up, picked up also a chip or two and then began to weep.
 When the mistress arrived home an hour or so later she found the girl on her knees peering under and be- hind the piano and looking in various other directions, all of which suggest ed that she might be searching for something.
 What is the matetr?" asked the mistress of the home in surprise. ' ''Oh. knocked over that statchoo." :" lamented the girl, pointing to Venus
 "But 1t doesn't seem to have dam aged 1t any"
 Yes, 1t did" insisted the girl. al most tearfully. Tt broke on both arms, ma'am, and haven't been able 10 find them"
The Holbrook news., 1911-11-24
Eccentric Millionaire's Will is Void

conventions by giving barefoot din ner parties in the home and presiding at the festive board in his under shirt. If the guests appeared to MT. Miller in any way bored he got up and performed for them. His favor ite stunt was to put the cut glass salad bowl on his head and then dance a sprightly saraband around the table.
 The millionaire iron manufacturer also possessed original ideas on serv- ing oysters. He had a basket of bivalves taken into the library, where he opened them on mahogany table. AS he opened each oyster he hurled the shells at the portraits of his an- cestors which decorated the wall.
 Whenever he scored hit upon the countenance of an ancestor in oil, MT. Miller would pause in his lombard ment to carve the initials of said ancestor on the mahogany table, call ing upon his guests to follow his ex- ample. He decorated much of his costly furniture in this manner.
The Holbrook news., 1911-11-24
GIRL BURNED PLAYING INDIAN
Child of Is Dying From Fire Set at Her Feet by Other
 Children.

New York.-Four-year Annie Husband is dying in Brooklyn hos pital as the result of a too realistic game of play Indian" at her home. As a part of the game Annie's play mates captured her and condemned her to be burned at the stake" She was dragged to the kitchen and bound to a chair. Strips of paper were scattered at her feet and lighted with matches, while the children hopped about her in death dance",
 Suddenly draft of air famed the flames against tho little victim s gown, which caught fire and blazed up. Annie screamed in pain and tried vainly to break her bonds. Before the flames were extinguished she was fatally burned
The Holbrook news., 1911-11-24

The all-feather turbans and hats are dificult to make, and exquisite; they are therefore expensive. There arc many beautiful feathers and feather ornaments, however, within the reach of everyone. Good, fancy feathers do not go out of style. Those in natural colorings are natures paintings, and people with an eye for beauty will al ways appreciate them.
 In dealing with ostrich feathers. men have become so expert in dye ing and manipulating that they have produced them in all lovely col ors and shades and in many tn- tricate combinations of color. A great variety of what is termed fancy ostrichp is now a permanent feather among millinery trimmings. Some feathers, like the graceful bird of paradise, are most beautiful in the natural coioring, and, after this, white is the best choice for them. The nat ural feather of the peacock Is incom- parably splendid This feather, bleach ed to white, retains shadowy markings, and looks like the delicate ghost of a feather. One sees the white peacock so rarely that it Is for all time un- forgetable.
 The liking for feathers is commend able, an indication of good taste.
 JULIA BoTTOMLEY.
The Holbrook news., 1911-11-24
SURE TO PLEASE THE BRIDE
Dainty Piece of Underwear, Made by Friend, Makes a Most Acceptable
 Present.

If your best friend is to be married and you know that she will receive quantities of silver and cut glass, why not give her some handsome and dainty piece of underwear that she cannot duplicate in the shops?
 A petticoat, for instance, made of fine cambric and net, with lace and ribbon trimming, makes a particular ly acceptable gift
 Make the foundation of cambric cut over a seven gored pattern, fitting the hips closely and closing with a habit back The length should be three inches from the floor. or exactly to the ankles.
 Finish the cambric foundation with a ruf1e of net edged with lace.
 Make three wide Spanish ruff1es of net trimmed with lace insertion and edged with good. strong lace, and put these on the foundation one above the other, joining the top one with two inch band of lace beading. and insert a piece of soft ribbon through this, ending with bow at the left side. These lace petticoats are much smarter to wear with evening gowns than silk or satin and, being made of soft materials, cling as closely to the figure as the finest messaline.
 Even if the bride to be goes into society only occasionally, she will be delighted with really elegant under skirt of this description.
The Holbrook news., 1911-11-24
WOMAN WALLoPS INTRUDER
Burglar and Ties Him to Chair
 Before Calling Aid.

Verona. N. J.-Mrs. John Dox, tall and athletic, was notified the other afternoon by her little daughter that a burglar had entered her home. Mrs. Dox left her work in the back yard, ran into the building. and after a ten minute fight had the intruder crying for mercy.
 She 'sied him hand and foot with a clothesline, pummeled him into obe- dience to her order to stand up and completed the operation by binding him to chair. Then she walked to a nearby field, where her husband was at work. and told him what she had done.
The Holbrook news., 1911-11-24

NEW YORK; jury in the supreme " court found that a man who dances around with a cut-glass bowl on his head for a helmet, even though he is worth a million dollars and made it by means of his own in genuity. is not in any mental condi- tion to make a will.
 The eccentric testator was Alexan- der Miller of Brooklyn, owner of the Vulcan Iron Works, and he made a will in which he cut of his widow, Mrs. Mary Ella Miller, with $12,500, leaving the great bulk of his estate to his brother and sister.
 Before his death two years ago MT. Miller manifested his scorn for the
The Holbrook news., 1911-11-24

sum in advance, but that sometimes he works on commission, receiving a percentage of the insurance money.
 Korshak said that in all his fires he used jugs filled with gasoline, to which he set fire. with the result that flames rapidly spread to all parts of the structure. He fled from Chicago after he was charged with having set fire to the store of Leopold Dreyfus & Co.,, wholesale clothiers.
 Both Leopold and Lazard Dreyfus. members of the firm, were arrested on suspicion immediately after the fire Three days later Leopold Drey- fus made a statement duplicating Korshak and then committed suf eide.
The Holbrook news., 1911-11-24
For Twisted Thread.

The woman who sews is very often annoyed by having the thread twist into knots, especially if she Is using a long thread
 Waxing the thread by running it over a bit of beeswax is the proper way to avoid this trouble; but wax sometimes discolors the thread slight ly and is not always desirable on that account.
 For either silk or cotton thread you can use, the same as wax, a small piece of pure white soap that is per fectly dry. This makes the thread slip through the material very easily and absolutely prevents twisted notG
The Holbrook news., 1911-11-24

WHEAT may be described as "crag- IVY gy' effects (for lack of more
 graceful name) are prominent in the world of fancy feathers and are in demand this fall Feathers in all sorts of ornaments and trimmings and many all-feather hats are shown by the best importers, representing much patient hand-work, and marvel ous color combinations, on the part of those who make them.
 Nature seems to have delighted in making feathers wonderfully beauti- ful. They are as wonderful as the flow CTS, and their beauty Is almost inde- structible. The markings, mottlings and set figures which we discover in quills or other single feathers, are fair ly awe inspiring, their inimitable col ors and sheen. the gradations in size of the markings, the iridescent splen- dor, which constantly changes as the light strikes them at varying angles. cannot be initiated These are the work of great and mighty nature, and beautiful beyond compare. It is no wonder that mankind, especially wom- ankind, chooses them as a decoration for the head And they are about to pass beyond the realm of millinery and become a decoration for the coif- fure-at least this is the rumor float ing about
The Holbrook news., 1911-11-24
CUTS A SMALL FIGURE
BRIDEGROOM AMOUNTS TO BUT
 LITTLE AT THE WEDDING.
He Must Assume Neutral Demeanor and Dress for Ceremony, and Then Is Made to Feel Like
 Brigand.

To realize the small figure cut by a bridegroom at his own wedding. one need only peruse the pages of book of etiquette having to do with the marriage ceremony. There are reams of instructions for the bride, from how to carry her veil to how she shall greet the business acquaint- ances of her father. But how about the poor. neglected bridegroom There are no pages written, for his enlightenment. He does well to get 8 paragraph or so tucked down near the end of the story. No one tells him how to carry his hat or cares whether he has hat at all. He is supposed to efface himself-to en- ter into the scheme of things only when the ceremony cannot go along without him.
 There is only one occasion upon which the bridegroom is absolutely necessary, and that is when the min ister must have someone to pro nounce the husband of the fair bride. Even then the poor harassed man has a propensity for slipping the ring Into the wrong pocket, so that he is compelled to tumble for 1t. In the end he drops 1t, whereupon 1t prompt ly rolls out of sight, and Is rescued only after much confusion and con siderable embarrassment. Men with out number have been known to for get the golden circlet of sweet bond age altogether.
 lot lr fn 10 No da assume a neutral demeanor during the festivities, but he must dress the part. His clothes are black and sol emn to behold: he is allowed to dis play absolutely no partiality in the choosing of his wedding garments. He looks very much the same as he has dozens of times when attending formal affairs. The bride may be veritable Flora. wreathed with gar ments. yelled in mist of tulle and flmy lace. The only festal note al- lowed the bridegroom is a single blossom or boutonniere of white against the somber blackness or his coat
 Another thing-he has always been led to believe the woman of his choice loved him devotedly. that her parents approved of him as a son and that he was generally persona grata. Yet when the day of happy consummation arrives every one weeps over the bride, who thereby endangers her own loveliness by wiping the tear drops from her shining eyes with e wisp of lace masquerading as a hand kerchief Every tear Is like a stab to the man standing by wondering what it is all about and feeling very much like a brigand caught in the act of stealing away g beautiful young maiden.
 All this sentimentalism and panoply of love Is very dear to the heart of girl. dreaming, as she has, over the most wonderful, the most eventful day of her life. Yet when the loneli- ness of the bridegroom, despite the fact that this Is his wedding day and one quite as momentous to him as to the bride, iE taken into considera- ticn. small wonder then that so many pairs of lovers wing their way se- cretly to some quiet nook and take the VOW of eternal constancy away rom the sight and sound of cere- mony.-Pittsburgh Sun.
The Holbrook news., 1911-11-24
5000 RUSSIAN coLoNIsTs
 WILL CULTIVATE FOOTHILLS

SACRAMENTO, Nov. 22.-Morris Brook of this city has an option on a tract of 22, 1000 acres of foothill land in Glenn and Colusa counties for col ony of Russians that will include 5000 people The land will be farmed as a whole if the deal is consummated. The colonists will farm it on the commu- nity plan, all living in the town that will be established.
The Holbrook news., 1911-11-24
U. S. ORDERS TEXAS ARMY
 TO PREPARE FOR ACTION

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22.-orders were issued today by Major General Leonard Wood, chief of staff, to all army commanders in Texas and along the Mexican border to be prepared at any time to prevent any violation of the neutrality laws in connection with the Reyes revolution in Mexico. The troops are directed to cooperate with the agents of the state or treasury de partment.
The Holbrook news., 1911-11-24
First Shave i'm 52 Years.

Mercer, Mo.-William Lang, 72, just had his whiskers shaved of for the first time in 52 years.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-07-03
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ROYALS Are Beaten.

One of the best gaes of the day was
pulled off at Kindels Grove yesterday
between the All Saints and the Ham
mond Royals when the All Saints ran
away with the Royals by a score Of
to /. The All Saints average from
Is to II years and the Royals from
II to 10. Rippy pitched an excellent
game allowing only scattered hits
and not man reached third base until
the seventh inning and struck out is
men, while the All Saints poled out
eleven hits off of Ben James the ex-
twir1er of the All Saints. James got
eight strike outs. The feature OF the
games was the Tague brother batting,
C. Tague making two. two base niss
and J. Tague one.
The All Saints will play the Wabash
Colts tomorrow at Kindels Grove at IL
o'clock. The Kindels will come to
gether with the Hessville Colts at ]
o'clock and the Indiana Harbor Ath-
letics both winning one apiece.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-07-03
"SLUGGER" FRAZIER
IN TO GET EVEN
Cowardly Attack on News
paper Reporter Watched
by Safety" White.

Diamond Bill" Frazier. released
from the Crown Point Jail through
Mayor Knots efforts and bonds secur-
ed by him. following his arrest for per-
jury came back to Gary bringing with
him the announcement that he had re-
turned ito get even with several peo-
pie.
Frazier began his operations near
midnight Saturday night while he was
talking with Safety Commissioner En-
met n. White on the northeast corner
of Seventh avenue and Broadway
Alfred Jones of THE TIMES staff pass
ed the corner and minute later the
exprize fighter came running up and
struck Jones in the jaw. The latter
ran into the middle of the street and
then into the police station. Frazier in
the meantime caught up to Jones and
in the desk sergeant's office he finished
the smuggling operation As quickly as
possible Sergeant Macdonald pulled the
fighter away
More disgraceful than the smuggling of