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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-22
Not Wholly New Idea.

The plate printing press of which Mr..
Stickney is the inventor-the patents are
In his name although the rights are In
the government, for which he devised it
i'm its inception is not a new idea. The
necessity for such a machine has been
widely discussed; many minds have APP
piled themselves to its problems, but Mr..
Stickney alone has made feasible what
had almost come TO be regarded as the
impossible.
His machine. it is declared, leaves moth
ing to be done. nothing to- be added. to
he complete in every particular. The
stamp is made, and made Ill hniShed
form. only u moment after it leaves the
original roll, Il piece of white paper;
TRANSFORMATION to destination. sale and
purchase and sticking on to mailing mat
ter are the only parts of the business
of making and handling stamps that are
left to other factors than the plate
printing press.
The press. while it has not yet been
speeded up, is expected to print from the
roll at the rate of seventy feet of stamps
a minute. The perforator and cutter can
reyolve even faster-four times as fast,
making holes or strips. lateral or trans
verse. At the rate of 80 feet minute.
The device also means a great saving
i'm space occupied and In manual labor.
The press is about three feet wife ana
something less than twenty-five feet long,
with a height of never over seven feet
Human direction will be required only TO
run the press and to direct the perforat-
ing machine--a man and girl will make
a crew.
In the old way-or, rather, the present
way of making stamps, there is much
handling and many separate processes.
The paper on which the stamps are
printed is regarded as a valuable asset,
and las to be guarded. so that in the I'M
printed bulk it is carried to a place of
security after work every night. and back
again every morning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-22
MASQUERADED AS BOY.
Englishwoman's Secret Revealed
Because of Accident.
Foreign Correspondence Of The Star.
LONDON. December II.

LONDON. December II. 1912
Margaret Nelson. the married woman of
thirty-one. who worked in a wherry as
a lad without arousing suspicion until in
jured by the fall of some steel plates, had
already served some years lift boy
in West End mansions in London. So
says her husband
He met his wife, he said when he was
steward in the Tynesider, boat running
between Newcastle and London, and they
were married in London. Marcel, 1903. For
a time they lived happily together there.
he as a chef and she linen maid at
temperance hotel. but financial difficulties
drove them to Newcastle, and there they
Quarreled.
The two children Of the marriage are
reported to be living with friends Of the
woman in Newcastle. An operation has
been performed on her in the infirmary,
where her husband visited her.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-22

all over the kingdom to band themselves
together. to go straight into the house of
commons, search out the prime minister
and MI Lloyd George, mo matter what
corner they have hidden themselves in,
and tell them that I'VE insist upon the
government giving us the vote at once"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-22
THINKS IT'S TIME TO SPEAK UP.
Suffragette General Says Women
Should Assert Themselves.
espondence OF The Star.

Foreign CorresIohdcnCe stdr
LONDON, December Ii, 1912.
81 feel that the time has core for us
who are workingwomen to assert our
selves, and to say that we Will stand no
more nonsense from this government.
says Gen" Fore Drummond in the Suf-
fragette
She announces that in January she will
call upon workingwomen in London and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-22

Gov. Mann Of Virginia has offered a re-
ward of 500 for the apprehension of the
murderers of Mansfield Thornton and his
wife. near Fredericksburg. Va, Friday
night of last week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-22
How the Paper Is Carried.

Tie sheet of unrolling paper asccnds
over rollers and is fed from overhead into
the press. 1t passes down between the
feed roller and the printing cylinder. on
which is fixed the engraved plate from
which the stamps are printed, receiving
the impression in passing.
The steel-engraved plate is in one piece.
Rolled into a perfect circle. the plate is
attached to the plate cylinder by means
OF receSses on the under side of the plate
and clamps on the plate cylinder, so that
the edges are brought together perfectly
forming uniform face of stamp en-
craving, without break or variation in
the registry at the point where the
plates edges are Joined.
The feed roller is controlled by small
wheel SO that varying pressure, according
to the requirements of the operation can
be applied to improve the character of
the impression from the ink. In order to
enable the printing to be done on dry
paper, eliminating the mostening of the
paper in the present method. a tremen-
dous pressure is needed at all times, and
this is attained by means of the feed
roller.
The plate is wiped dry OF surplus ink
by a vibrating device, felt faced, over
which is fed automatically d viii ing cloth
from roll that needs TO be replenished
about three times al day. 1t Is cheaper
to buy new wiping cloth In the roll for
this purpose than to launder the used
cloths.
The wiping cloth is unrolled at slow
rate of speed that gives a clean face to
the steel plate at every moment that it is
revolving. The plate is wiped as dry as
could be done by hand, in the old way of
the plate printer.
The ink font is just to the rear of the
plate cylinder. 1t is fed on the plate
by automatic arrangements that insure
an even distribution.
Method of Drying Ink.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-22

when opportunity came to ad-
vance him Director Ralph offered MI.
Stickney II promotion involving transfer
to other work Mr.. Stickney declined
the honor with thanks, declaring ms
thorough devotion to mechanics and ms
willingness to seek advancement IN
any other line of endeavor.
Other opportunities to avail of the abll-
tiles of Mr.. Stickney caused the director
to put him to the work he was fitted for
and found him not wanting. Mr.. SUCK
ney's salary is now $1,000 year, not
any part of what he is worth, III the
opinion of his official superior.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-22
Machine Does the Work.

The paper, before it is ready FOR print
ing. must be made wet, and wet accord
ing to a certain accurate standard of
moisture. This is now done by a ma
chine of Mr.. Stickney's devising, where
as until two years ago it was done by
hand The present-day presses cannot
apply the pressure necessary for dry
printing.
The Wetting process consumes two days.
The first application of moisture must be
repeated the next day to provide for ade-
quatc and equal distribution.
The printing is one process. Tie press
has to be fed by hand, and the sheets
separately counted before and after print
ing, and stacked into packages of re-
quired numbers. The sheets come from
the printing press wet with ink, and there
is Il noticeable Offset OF the ink on the
back of the stamps.
Then. when the ink is dry enough to
permit of it, the cumming il done. The
sheets are again fed by hand into Il gum
ming press and go through a drying proc
esS on their way to the delivery bed
Perforatou is another separate process
Then there is the final counting and ar
arrangement into packages.
The plate printing press which Mr..
Stickney has evo4ved prints from the dry
paper. The paper in the roll is locked
into sheet-metal cylinder box, whence
il does not have to be removed for safety
after work hours, but can be fastened
and locked up just where it is.
From "A slot in this cylinder box the
roll is fed automatically into the press,
with devices W. ich regulate the tension,
an important factor in the feed operation.
There are tensions on the axle cylinder
on which the paper roll rests in the cyl
nder box. and exterior devices to control
the tension of the paper al other stages
If i'm
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-22

What a braggart he is. to be sure"
whats the matter now"
II heard him telling his friends that
he thought he'd continue to take ice ALI
winter long at his home."-Detroit Free
Press.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-22

him for governor and that he would
be in the race once more. since that
time he has authorized his name for the
nominal ion and his friends are rallying
around him. He will have as his opponent
Henry G.. Stuart of Russell, who was
compelled by private reasons to retire
three years ago from the race.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-22

ing part in the deliberations of that body
He has been repeatedly designated by
governors to hear and decide important
cases in other districts than his own, pre-
siding over the celebrated Strother MUIR
der trial at Culpeper some years ago. His
rulings in that case, as well as his in
structions to the jury. have been followed
i'll many of the more important and noted
cases for years since that famous trial.
He is in the prime of life, vigorous and
active.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-22
Mr.. Byrd Out of Politics.

Il am out of politics and very much
engaged in the practice Of the law" said
Speaker Richard T.. Byrd of this city
several days ago. That statement has
caused a good deal Of amusement, for
it is known that Mr.. Byrd is no more
able to keep out Of politics than is Col.
Roosevelt. He is a natural politician, a
leader of men, q thorough organizer, a
hard worker. loyal friend and fighter
of grim determination. He is regarded
as certain of appointment to the position
of district attorney for the western dis
trict of Virginia at the hands of Presi-
dent-tO-be Wilson, and he is the one man
in the state who will, according to popu-
lar belief, have a hand in naming the
men who will fill positions under the in
coming administration in the state Of Vir-
ginia. He is close to the incoming Pi esi-
dent. is a frequent caller on the New
Jersey executive and enjoys his full and
complete confidence.
Mr. Byrd may think he is out Of poll
tics, but he is laboring under a de u
sion." said one of his closest friends.
And, incidentally, it is limited that be-
fore many years shall have passed Mr..
Byrd will be a candidate for the govern
orship Of Virginia.
Tucker and the Cabinet.
Many Of the newspapers of the state
are urging Harry st. George Tucker for
a position in the cabinet Of President
Wilson. What Mr.. Tucker may think of
such proceeding is not known, but it is
a fact that Mr.. Tucker has already SHE'D
his hat in the ring and that he is in the
race for the gubernatorial nomination.
Mr.. Tucker was defeated three years ago
by a majority of bit more than 5000.
and he then declared that he believed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-22
Col. Wysor Critically III.

Col. Wysor Critically Ill.
Col. Joseph C.. Wysor of Pulaski. one
of the best known lawyers in that Sec
ton of the state, is in a critical condi-
ton in a local hospital. Col Wysor was
chief of the prosecution in the Allen
murder cases. growing out of the shoot
ing up of the Carroll court in March. and
for several months he has worked hard
day and night to bring the men to justice
Col. Wysor served in the constitutional
convention, attaining high rank as an
orator and debater. He has been subject
to some chronic trouble for a long time.
and his close application to the prosecu-
ton of the murderers of his friend. Judge
Massie, is believed responsible for the
return of the trouble.
Perfecting Allen Appeal.
Richard Z. Byrd, chief counsel for the
Allens-Floyd and Claude-the two men
under sentence of death for the Carroll
county murders, has about completed the
record and the petition and will present
the same to the court in the early days
Of the coming year. 1t is understood that
he desires to present the matter to the
full court while In session, so that the
points raised may be considered in con-
ference. The affidavits of the jurors who
tried and convicted the men, ayerring
that they rendered verdcts under a mis-
apprehension of the instructions by
Judge Staples, have been received, two of
the jurors declaring that they did not
and do not believe that Floyd Allen was
guilty of murder in the first degree. while
all of the living jurors who convicted
Claude Allen are alleged to say the same
thing and ask for Communication of both
men. There is little reason to believe
that there is hope for the men save in
the action of the courts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-22
Ne Can Serve You Efficiently Up tt

real during these day-and you'll find
prepared The been
the ontand selections and Tuesday will be
from practically sacrificed nothing by
choose the beginning the
holiday buying.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-22
Method of Drying Ink.

The paper. having received the stamp
from the engraved plate, pro-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-22
WHAT HE GOT.

Tim-Did We get anything for your
vote?
Bill-A suffragette gimme kiss. and
me wife saw her do it and gimme .
black eye. ~ ----
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-22

We've displayed better stock-we We never had
lively marked in price-and we've experienced
response than has been accorded this These
to beckon you here for your final selection elf
Open late Monday evening; but close at o'clock
ing.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-08-06
Fashions Fanic!es
S67R-s.s-!1i- rs

Small and Fat arc 10 newest hats,
displaying the hair, arI trimmed with
wisps of feather, flowers ard small
bows of velvet in a fascinating nam
ner.
Most attractive il A belt of black
patent leather. edged top and bottom
with soft white k,d The eyelcts arc
white and the small white buckle Is
of mother OF pearl.
Broad hats o. white linen for warm
days are trimmed often with bright
flowers or birds crt from cretonne and
fatty applied. The effect Is odd and
pretty.
Shoes for the dresy Ifock are now
mere triiles of lace. embroidery, bro
cade and satin. Even the vanished
leather slipper is now tabooed, except
for the street.
Lace still continues a rage Of the
hour. or the handsome imported laces
there are myriads of kinds and quite
as many designs. Some pretty com
binations Of fllet and the heavy shad-
ow laces are seen on soft lingerie
frocks.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-08-06

called, fastcns in front Jacket fashion.
the tail of the lcplum rounded and
tapping in front
A little fiat collar and elbow sleeves
finished with turnback cuffs are dis.
played in the figure version of the
style, but as with the trimmings of tho
other models these details allow
changes. Long sleeves and high
neck finish are quite possible. What
Is called "sprlgecd percalc," n whito
ground with little leaf pattern, is tho
material Of this pretty dress, but ev.
cry wash material is possible for it,
as well as taffeta. which fabric would
create a very dressy gown for Sunday
use.
To 20 back to mere dressmaklng IT,
self, the skill required to cut. 1T and
finish, some Of best sewers ignore tho
Importance OF little things. Buttons
and hooks and eyes are sewed on in SO
slovenly fashion that they soon cone
of. and nine times out of ten the rar-
ment Is worn In this crippled ccnli.
ton. the w"arer apparently quite in
different to the untidy app, arance she
presents. Then weakness with fast
sewers Is shown in the way they
slight seams, leaving these raw SO that
those Of tho bodice rasp the flesh, and
none anywhere are sure OF holding
Where a gown is unllned the bodice
Will DO kept neat a much longer limo
II a guimpe shield or separate muslin
yoke Is worn underneath, or the waist
Is doubled with thin lawn al Ills
point. The separate gulmpes are made
exactly like the outside ones except
that no trimming Is ever used, aud
sometimes. even with high stock out
side, there Is no collar band. Whore
one feels the heat very much the m
de9 protection could be made Of ,hc
thinnest net, for even net lining Or
under guimpe will catch perspiration
and hold much Of the oily stain hat
would otherwise fall entirely upon ,ho
dress material.
The bodice also fits better if AZ IN
side belt Is put on it, this liL Sc
keeping it down more nearly. le
for nine skirts out Of ten machin. T.
ing, in a very narrow width, mar. -
best waist band, as this def. u
stretching common TO the bias n
monty employed on summer Skin
MARY DEAN.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-08-06
Beauty Hints.

Nothing will more quickly an
nouncc a girl or woman as careless
and neglectful of her personal clean
illness than fingernails which are
long. mis-shapen and show rims of
black.
Nowadays when toilet articles NAV
be bought for mere song it is sure
" no difficulty task to keep ones
hands looking spick and span, and
pretty hands on which the nails are
filed evenly and the cuticle pushed
back are help n making a girl at
tractivc.
Peroxide of hydrogen plays an i'm
portant part in manicuring one :
rails, for this not only bloaches out
any diseolorations, bur it is a power
iul disinfoctan- and will kill any
germs which may have settled under
the nail.
1t is also useful if the file or .cis-
sors slip and rut the flesh for il will
purify the cut and if used Immediate
y there is no likelihood of the sligh,
injury becoming more harmful.
\ trip to the manicure every other
week will help greatly in keeping the
nails in the right shape. but this
is unnecessary; if a person spends
few minutes each day filing the
nails and brushes them we'll Will,
warm water and soap the result will
te even more satisfactory than if she
visit the manicure once a week md
leglects her n2ils the other DAYS.
Many women u-e emery boards in
preference 10 the steel nail file, but
a very fine file VIII put as smooth an
edge on the nail as the board will.
and to girl CT limited allowance the
Only cost Of tho file is the first one.
while the ei. ! boards can only b.
used once, after which the rough sur
face is worn off.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-08-06

The first magazine in America en-
tirely sustained by working womcl
Was the Lowell Offering.
The first juvenile paper in Amer
lea was established by Mrs. Carolin,
\. Gilman in 1882, and its name wa
The Rosebud"
The first newspaper in Amcric;
vas conducted by Margaret Draper
The declaration OF independence OF
America was printed by Mary kath-
airline Goddard in Maryland.
The first newspaper owned and
conducted in all its departments by
women and working in the Interest,"
CT women was the Lilly, by Amcrid
ploomer.
The Balance was started in 1871,
and was the first news journal con-
Quoted by women in Chicago, the
proprlctors and publishers being Ma
ria lladlcy and Mary Tomln
The first newspaper published in
Rhode Island was at Newport, 1852,
Oy ammo Franklin, widow OF the
publisher. She was printer to ihr
colony, printing pamphlets, laws. Al
n.allacs, as well as cali,ocs and lin
ems.
The first American newspaper WAS
ublishcd in l,ol, and to l.SS thor"
we're scNcnty-risht published, SIX.
teen OF which We're conducted DS
women, and fourteen OF which We're
thc firm champions OF liberty ana ul
equal rights.
The first person to publish il pro-
test against slavery. in England Was
4 woman, Elizabeth lleyrich.
Abby Kelley Foster was one of the
earliest lecturers on slavery in Amer.
lea.
The first woman To claim the right
To vote in Il legislative body in Amer
!ta was Margaret Brent, in l6i1, in
Maryland. She was Il relative of
Cecil Calvert, Lord Baltimore. and
the representative of Leonard CAL
vert, the governor who told her To
take all and pay all" She claimed
the right and was granted the right
o. acting as the lord proprictors at
tOrney.
The first woman i'm America adj
mitted 10 law school was Phoebe
Cousins, of Washington University,
It. Louis, in lS69.-Chicago Tri--
bune.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-08-06
The Ideal Bedroom.

The bedroom is what It's name m
plies, a place OF repose, and cry
thing about it should be cond'iciy" TO
the one purpose Of obtaining rest.
Everything in 1t should be sim.le m
maculate, and easily kept 80 The
floors Of such rooms should 'e COW
cred with mating or should lie oiled
and rugs placed beside the bed The
paper on the walls should hc q4iet
and subdued. If. to mako the sim
dows Uniform with those i. Ter
rooms In the house, curts.i are
necessary, they should BE- AZ si-sFle
az possible. Garish furniture md
articles not absolutely necess2-F to
the occupant should have no pace
there. Above everything the bee ON
should be flooded with sunshine ior
at least on hour in the DAY and an
abundance OF fresh air admitted a. all
times.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-08-06

ond stitch of tie rlcyious row and
make Il chain, l,aSc loop ON the hook
/ tlhcrc will now be -, draw Il loon
through the front top thread OF the
next stitch, make a chain and repeat
through each of the other stitches 10
end Of row. keeping all the loops ON
the hooks; TO work them off draw tho
wool through one stitch first, then
wool over and draw through two at
4 time to end of row, turn With one
chain.
Row IA double crochet under the
front top thread of the stitch lying be-
tween the first and second upright
stitches of previous row; ', double
crochet under the front top thread be-
tween the next two uprights and re-
peat from TO end OF row, working
also a double crochet through the very
end stitch, taking up two threads OF
it, turn and repeat from Row for
length Of scarf desired, then turn and
work three chain into every alternate
stitch OF last row: :, turn. three chain
into the middle stitch Of each chain
loop of previous row: repeat from
twice more; fastcn of.
Work 4 rows OF loops on other end
OF scarf to match.
For the Fl uge-Cut the wool into
2iineh lcngths. Pass the hook I'M
der the end loop OF the last row. fold
four strands OF tho wool exactly in
half and draw them short distance
through, forming a small loop, draw
the eight strands right through this
loop and pull gently. drawing the knot
close up TO tho work. Repeat this into
each OF the other loops along tie 'nd
Of the scarf, taking care that all tho
knots are turned the same way.
To knot tho fringe, take four threads
of the first tassel and -four threads OF
the next ono, and tie them together
about an inch below the other knots,
tie the remaining strands Of the sec
ond tasscl TO four Of the third one,
and repeat to end OF row, being careful
to keep tho knots quite level.
Tie another row OF knots an inch be-
low these, but this time taking the
eight strands of each tassel and tying
them together.
Fringe the other end Of the scarf in
the same Way and cut the ends level
with a pair Of sharp scissors.
Along each side of the scarf work n
row OF double crochet, with n four
chain picot AT every fourth stitch.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-08-06
WOODEN MOTOR SCARF
FULL DIRECTIONS FOR MAKING
MOST USEFUL ACCESSORY.
May Be Worked in Almost Any Kind
Of Wool, and In Width and Length
0esired-How the Fringe
Should Be Made.

This scarf may be worked in almost
any kind of wool with a suitable hook.
also any width and length desired.
These directions. which may easily be
adapted to individual requirements.
are for a scarf about IL inches wide
and pa yards long. worked with a
NJ. bone hook. and in peacock dou.
hle knitting wool, about - ounces OF
which would be required. This is long
enough to 20 twice round the neck
and cross over the chest.
Work a chain of 16 inches tor width
deSiredl. turn.
Row IA double crochet in every
stitch, turn.
Row One chain to stand lis first
stitch OF row, draw Il loop through the
front or nearest top thread of the sec.