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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-14
WHEN THE, BASKET CUT
LOOSE, BECOMES A
SEAGOMG NOTORBOAT

an hour in addition to the rate of the
wind and which allows the use of the en-
sines alternately and makes it possible to
rest and repair either at will.
Attached to this motor boat also are
the propellera These are made of cam
vas and are flexible. becoming rigid
only when in motion, when the centrifu-
gal force eXerted upon their steel rims
causes them to become taut. These can
vas prOpeilerS are used in preference to
those made of wood or metal because Of
the danger of the latter breaking and
throwing splinter through the gas bag
and puncturing it. Such accidents have
been experienced by other developers of
airships.
Keeping a vessel of the air at any given
altitude has always been one Of the most
difficult prob. ems that has faced the
aerial navigator. The first trouble that
he encounters is the tendency of the ves-
sci to rise or fall with the temperature
In the daytime, when the sun shines, the
gas in the bag ge'S warmer and as re-
suit expands. This gives it a greater lift
ing power and the vessel goes high into
the air. If a portion of the gas is al
lowed to escape at this time the vessel
will come to the ground at nightfall and
thus terminate the journey. One of the
favorable features in riding this trade
wind across the Atlantic is the fact that
it is of the same temperature throughout.
1t is known that the best current of
air i'm this trade wind is to be found at
nelRnI OF dDout Itel dpoNe Tic
water The Cans expedition wants to get
into this current and maintain this eleva-
ton steadily. To do this it must either
keep its gas always at the same tempera-
ture or must find ballast that it can
throw overheard and take UP again at
will. II has. in fact. arranged combi-
nation of both these possibilities.
Never before has such an elaborate
preparation been made to preserve the
even temperature of a gas bag. The ten
dency will be for this bag to expand
when the sun comes out in the morn
ing and rise to higher attitudes. To pre-
vent this an elaborate arrangement has
been made. to keep the bag cool. over its
entire upper surface has been placed
soft cloth, which readily takes up moist
ure. Then along the crown of the bag
has been run rubber tube full of small
vents Into this from the motor boat
below is forced water. This water sprays
out through the tube and keeps the cloth
covering wet. As the airship is forced
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''WOrk.'

p iCHARD CROKER al a dinner ia
A>New York praised the young Amer
lean millionaire who works.
1t Is better TO work" he said. than
to spend ones days in idleness. like
young Lord Rocksavaee, Lord Portar-
linston and so forth.
But, when l say work. | mean work.
know u young millionaire who claims
10 work. but the other morning at about
IL q friend saw him run down the steps
OF his 9TH avenue house and prepare 10
enter his waiting motor car.
What's your hurry" said his friend.
! Oh the young man replied, Us h.
looked AT his wrist-watch, I've got 10
get down to the office right away. or /
won't b.. there in time To 90 to lunch. :
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before the mask has set this is held al
both enIs and pulled. usually in ziz-
Zaz line. thus cutting the mask In two
parts. When absolutely hard, the two
pieces are removed quite easily. The
thread in being removed Is pulled in a
crooked line in order that there may be
no possible chance of placing the TWO
portions of the mask together wrong. as
when the Scallops are made each hts at
one point.
This forms the death mask. but not the
one which is exhibited as in the case OF
President Mckinley, at the Smithsonian
Institution. After the mask mas peen
made the two pieces are placed together
and held by means OF plaster In the
hollow of the mask left by the head
another preparation is placed inside, ana
after having set, the outer, Or original
mask made. is Clipped off, leaving an
exact facsimile of the head.
4 death mask is not, as is often sup
posed, used in making a bust of some
famous man. The mask, which usually
includes the front of the head and ears
serves merely as an accurate guide to
the character and shape of the head.
The location of wrinkles or other char
acter marks, and the outline of the hair
as it meets the face. are for the most
part all that the sculptor expects to
gain from having a death mask-that is.
SO far as the appearance of the person
in real life. The mask IS, of course, ac-
curate so far as the head measurements
are concerned, and III the majority Of
cases is taken as the guide in making
the skull OF "a proposed bust or statue.
This, the bone structure, IS the main
object, as this does not change after
death as do the muscles. once an &C
curate skull has been modelled the mus
cleS and convOlution OF the face can b"
added, from a photograph as well as the
mask, the latter always. however. bring
ing out the details which photograph
might fail to do In making the finish
ed cast of mask it is possible, with
care, to remove the outer mask in such
a way as 10 use il for second cast.
Usually, however, the outer mask is
Clipped off with chisel and broken
into such fragmentary pieces that the
one cast is all that is obtained from 1t.
In Mr.. Dunbar's collection Of masks
are many which have been taken from
prominent men. Secretary Gresham,
Chief Justice Waite. Vice President
Hendricks. Justice Stanley Mathews.
Justice Bradley. Senator Beck. Senator
Vance, Secretary Window, Gen. joe
Johnston, Frank Hatton, ex-Postmaster
General: eX-Justice Strong. Admiral
Jenkins, Gen. Eaton, Senator Carter,
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Admiral Stevens. DR.. Teunic s. Hamlin.
Senator Mark Hanna. Bishop Satterlee.
and many others, including Fred Doug
lass Mr. Dunbar also includes in his
list Of masks few which he has made
of children.
AS dismal profession as this may ap-
pear to Mr.. Dunbar it holds no such
place, and he refuses to see it in the
light Of an unpleasant occupation. In
fact, Mr.. Dunbar recalls one incident in
connection with this work which shows
that, after all, it has. like other pro-
fessions. to be done for the sake OF the
generations which are to follow. Wien
Justice Strong was i'll in a sanitarium in
the Adirondacks his condition became so
alarming that Mr. Dunbar was sent Tor
TO come and be ready to make death
mask. Mr. Dunbar accordingly went 10
the sanitarium. but after staying cou-
pie of days Justice Strong's condition
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His Handicap.

From the Chicago Record Herald
You don't mean 10 tell me that
frumpish looking little woman Is his
wife,
Yes"
How in the world did a man with his
taste ever happen to pick out such per-
son for a life partner"
They say she is very clever-writes
most of his speeches. l believe she was a
school teacher before their marriage
Dear me! Isn't il too bad? Think
what a place he might have won for him
self if he had married a woman with
style and a family that amounted 10
something back Of her."
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was 80 much improved thar il was
thought unnecessary for Mr.. Dunbar to
remain longer Therefore Mr.. Dunbar
left and started a trip 10 the west
which he had previously planned to make.
He had barely gotten started. however.
when word came of Justice strong
death. and consequently Mr. Dunbar had
10 stop off 1T Reading, Pa, Justice
Strong's home. in order to make the
mask after which he proceeded on MS
trip.
just what will be done with the mask
which Mr.. Dunbar has made OF Admiral
Evans is still undecided. But IL is more
than probable that when ii IS decided
to raise some monument to the naval
hero Mr.. Dunhar's mask. which was the
only one made. will be used as a guido
in sculpturing the head. And when
the future generations Will look at the
statue ii will be the same strong. viriie
face they will see I'm bronze or marble.
the case may be, that tnose or this gen
Grafton saw in the real Fighting Bob"
Evans.
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Uncle Sam recognizing Old Lighthouse Bureau

come to be regarded as a speciality III
the work of aiding navigation, and each
one of the Instruments named has devel-
opcd it's special qualifications under Ger
tain circumstances. One of the greatest
and most stubborn problems with which
the service has had to contend in the past
is what they call the ghost an atmos-
pheric condition which has been found to
exist around many powerful fog signals.
Although the ordinary range of some of
these signals runs about ten miles or
more, this condition sometimes destroys
the sound entirely within a radius Of
from three to five miles of it's source.
1t has been the cause of some disas-
trous wrecks within the past few years.
among which was the sinking Of the
American steamship Rio de Janeiro. off
the Golden Gate, in 1865, when over 800
people were lost. The only means of
overcoming such condition Is the pres
ent method of the submarine bell, which
means that there are chances for younger
minds to develop such an aerial system as
will overcome the danger.
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Under the old system an inspection of
each district occurred once in about
every three months. Inspections in the
lighthouse service follow the literal
meaning of the word. and the future
superintendent of districts will be s.
taught Each district of the service is
supplied with commodious steamer, in
the cabin of which there are comfortably
fitted offices and living quarters. and IL
is aboard these vessels that the future
superintendent will travel from station
to station and examine the house or YES
sci or buoy from top TO bottom, the light
ing apparatus and the records, and final
ly the personnel.
All this work will give ambitious
engineer a chance to display ability in
his profession and the power to overcome
obstacles by his resourcefulness. He will
not be expected to develop freak inee-
nuity, the officials state. nor 10 be aske
TO develop highly scientific work, but to
become practical and highly accurate
engineer.
1t is the intention of the lighthouse
bureau to so train these young men t at
they will become the best engineers in
the government service. To start with
they will receive a salary of 1850 a year
while under training, but they will soon
advance to from 5000 to 5000 n year.
After that there are plums higher up
that will come as q reward for good
work
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Before setting out on this expedition Or.
Cans visited the United States to ascer-
tain what interest this country might be
induced to show in his proposed trip. vt
Washington he was received by the Presi-
dent. by the Secretary of the Navy. by
officials of the Signal Corps and by that
great body of scientists which centers
in Washington and has as it's premier DR..
Alexander Graham Bel. These officials
and scientists showed the greatest enthu-
siasm over the possibilities of the trip.
American scientists agree with those OF
Europe that this is the logical easy route
across the Atlantic for an airship. All
have confidence in the ability of the pres
ent expedition to succeed.
When the expedition leaves the Canary
Islands it is to have an escort of three
fast cruisers. two from the German navy
and one from the navy of King Alfonso.
One of these vessels VIII have lett Tene-
rife twelve hours ahead of the starting
of the airship. One will have left six
hours in advance. The last will sail 81
multaneousIy with the Suchard. The ship
of the air. travelling faster than it's sisters
of the water, will overhaul first one and
then another of these latter.
The last German cruiser Will be passed
far out toward the middle of the Atlantic
ocean.
In order that the event might be given
an official Internal onal standing DR.. Cans
asked the American government to fur
nish three fast cruisers from its navy to
supplement those contributed by Europe.
These should be so arranged as to fill in
the gaps OF the last lap of the expedition
as the European vessels filled in the first
lap In this way would an escort Of battle
ships be furnished the expedit on all the
way across the Atlantic. In this way also
would the airship, through its wireless, be
continually within call of efficient help
in case of accident. The Secretary of the
Navy has gnifed his desire and willing
ness to comply with this request if condi-
tions do not prevent at the time of the
flight Because of the poss bility of some
unforeseen event requiring the services of
all the vessels of the American navy, the
positive pledge has not been given Dr.
Cans but it is almost certain that this
escort of American battleships will take
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Work Does It.

MISS ETHEL BARRYMORE, at a tea
IVA at the Colony Club i'm New York.
deprecated the idea that beauty by itself
will advance an actress.
Miss Barrymore said of beauty:
Beauty without hard work is value
less. The most exquisitely lovely wom-
an on earth cannot mash a potato except
in the usual onerous way with a potato
mesher."
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nR. PAUL F. CANS Of
- GERMANY Is Now Ready

HR. PAUL F. CANS Of
- Germany Is Now Ready
to Attempt the Crossing of
the Atlantic From Europe
to America-He Holds That
This Is the Logical and Easy
Way to Make the First
Passage = For the Trade
Winds Blow Steadily in One
Direction for Four Months,
and the Mere Act of Keeping
Afloat Will Accomplish the
Feat-He Has Discounted
Every Possibility of Disaster
His Airship Is the Best
Ever, and Should It Burst He
Will Cut Loose the Basket,
Which Then Becomes a
Motor Boat, and Thus Com-
plete the Journey-The Trip
Is to Be Made in March.
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PROPOSED AIRSHR
ROUTE ACROSS HE
ATLANTIC S<-<

responsible for the accumulation Of scien-
tific lore through the observations he
takes Joseph Brucker. the originator of
the plan. will be the executive officer. \
German naval officer will be the naviga-
tor, and an engineer familiar with motive
power as applied to airShips will have
charge of the engines.
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y an attempt 10
follow the route of
Columbus from Eu-
rope to America
in an airship six
sturdy Germans
will in Marca
launch themselves
into the great trade
winds that sweep
to the southwest
from the shores Of
the old world and
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bear on INCREASINGLY until the vast land
stretches Of the western hemisphere are
encount cred. For these Germans believe
they have found the logical path for air.
ships across the great water stretches
that separate the people of the west
from the people OF the east. They believe
also that in this first attempt they will
land Europeans OH american soil with
shorter space of time between the sailing
and the landing than has ever been
known before.
For year preparations have been in
progress for the fight, which is to be
made early in March Everything has
been in readiness for the last two months.
and in this, the most seasonable portion
II tie year. will the flight be made. The
great airShip, the Suchard, was chriStened
a year ago at kiel. Germany, and since
mat time all that science can do to make
Ter success certainty has been done.
VI the presen' writing all conditions are
'aNorahlc. and the airship and all its
rgulpnent Is being freighted to the
lanary Islands, Just OFF the west coast Of
Afrira. and from this point the start will
30 made.
MI II whica is due to the fact that i
certain Germdn-American journalist or
chicago worked out what he be-
ieNcs 10 be the LOGICAL solution
lor a ti1t trip across the Atlantic. This
German american was Joseph Brucker.
Al tn. time that Walter WeiIman was
attempting his fight to Europe, starting
upon the New Jersey coast Brucker was
IN Chicago studying weather maps. His
particular attention was given to those
taris ~ American and European weather
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an examination as the bureau will put
him through will have to show at least
three years of satisfactory training il
civil engineering. or be a graduate OF q
first-class technical school.
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After satisfying the. authorities in this
line the candidate will then have to stand
a physical test before a surgeon OF the
marine hospital service. Then he comes
TO the last barrier. but it is SO strongly
built of higher mathematics and applied
mechanics. civil engineering, surveying.
mechanical and architectural drafting
that he will have to heave we'll to get
over 1t
Perhaps he may lind the effort worth
while. According to the program out
lined for the training of these prospective
superintendents. the appointees will be
assigned to the lighthouse depot at Temp
kinsville. Staten Island, y. y, where, for
three years. they will study the engineer
ing problems peculiar to the work in
order 10 qualify as experts. In two ways
they will be responsible, in their careers,
for the safety of human lives-those who
are 10 live In the lighthouses they will
build and those who are TO be guided by
tho lights therein.
Where the sea enters az a factor in en-
=
considered, and in this training at Tomp-
kinsville the young engineer will have to
study the difference between the towers
which are located over land and the cais-
sons and screwpile houses located out on
shoals.
Wind resistance and structural strain
only enter into the question Tor the land
structures, but those built over water re-
quire the consideration OF many more de-
tails. Usually they are in depths OF
water from a few feet to fifteen or
twenty feet. and they must be so selected
TO combat the forces TO be encountered.
In such cases there are the additional
forces OF wind and wave motion. ever
present and everchanging. and the strain
IS immense, unequal and variable. In a
high wind there may be hundreds Of
pounds OF pressure in one direction upon
the structure above the water while be-
low the surface strong tide may exert
an equal or even greater force In the OPP
posite direction, supplemented by the in
terInttent pounding OF heavy waves.
1t requires a careful and accurate loca-
ton of strains. so the engineers cypress
il. - solve thcs. problems. An interprc-
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IiSItlHS BOD Evans there
NM was added another to the list
w of heroes whose deeds and
valor can only be recalled
through memory or by treasured relics of
his life, among the latter being a death
mask. cast of which will shortly be
made.
The mask is the work of u. S. j. Dun
bar, Washington sculptor, who. aside
from gaining prominence through several
bronze statues and the like. has the adj
ditional claim upon a special niche in
flames hall through his collection of
famous death masks. The one which Mr.
Dunbar made of Admiral Evans is almost
the fiftieth he has made covering period
of over twenty-odd years, and ranging
from the masks of Supreme Court justices
generals, admirals and one Vice Presi-
dent, to less prominent persons. and even
children
In explaining his work Mr.. Dunbar said
that the greatest difficulty lies in getting
permission to make a mask, as frequently
the family objects most strenuously. Yet
Mr.. Dunbar would seem to have sue
ceeded in overcoming all objection. as i'll
only comparatively few cases has lie
been denied permission. OF course, in
the case of as national a figure as was
Admiral Evans it is practically certain
that sooner or later some monument
statue will be raised TO his memory, in
which event the death mask will prove of
ineStimahle use.
Making death mask, according TO Mr..
Dunbar, is exceedingly simple, once per-
mission has been obtained to go forward
with the work. The first thing done is
to arrange a sheet around the head and
upper part of the body, which will not ne
covered by the mask, and protecting the
shoulders from the plaster. The face and
hair are then carefully oiled to prevent
the slightest adherence on the part of
the plaster The plaster, called that for
want of a better name. is really special
preparation which Is used for this pur-
pose. First u thin coating is placed
over the face, enough to secure an alb
solute impression of all the features, Lut
not enough TO cause the flesh to sag
where there are no bones to hold it out
When almost set, heavier coating of
the plaster is applied and allowed to act
in the same manner. Previous to apply
ing the plaster n special thread has been
placed down the center of the face. Just
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tation wrongly placed might mean a col
lapse in time of storm. when the pres
sures from all directions run their high
est, when the keepers depend upon the
structure for support, and when the mari
uerS most need III for guidance.
There are some channels in some OF the
inland waters OF our country that seem
perpetually hunting a new position. The
fact that these will have to be carefully
watched and studied is going to be one OF
the features of the young engineer edu-
cation, and he will be impressed with the
fact that Sunken wreck will prove u
most dangerous obstacle to navigation
and will require immediate action as soon
as reported.
It is here that his knowledge of ex-
:remely accurate surveying comes in. for
its exact location must marked and a
buoy temporarily placed.
But if the change in channel is caused
BY dredging that means permanency there
is mach more expert work required. 1t
means the location of new lighthouse.
First comes the survey. which must take
in the question OF its range with other
lights or objects on shore, and the com
pass direction and the distance from it of
the depths OF navigable water. After that
comes the study OF the focal plane of the
light, the height required and the amount
OF candlepoWer to give the necessary
range.
The student engineer will also have to
learn much in the way of the location of
buoys, for there are many details to be
considered. They depend mostly on the
circumstances. If il is a harbor buoy he
may easily solve the problem by a bell
buoy or even u silent nun, but out on
the deep waters OF the coast where there
is frequent navigation in entering har
bors. the selection viii probably rest on
huge. bowling, whistling buoy. Some
of these great buoys of the modern serv-
ice are like fair-sized houses. that CON
tain not only the mechanism that pro-
duces the dismal howls, but also gas
tanks which light hundred candlepower
lantern for six months without refilling
and a submarine bell that warns the
mariner by sound under water. Then to
cap II all is the question of how to eff
fectually anchor this many-tonned struc-
ture In water that sometimes runs
deep as twenty-five or thirty feet
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In order to effectually fight fog they are
going n teach these younp mon the.
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In order to effectually fight fog they are
going TO teach these young men the
various qualities and defects of steam
whistles, horns. sirens and bells. includ-
ing submarine bells. Fog signaling has