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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-29
Subject for the Minister

According to reports gathered by
the National Association for the Study
and Prevention of tuberculosis, prac-
tically 10 per cent. of all deaths in
church congregations are caused by
tuberculosis. In a study of 1920
communicates OF 725 churches in
which there were 1000 deaths in 1910
the death rate among these church
members was found to be pa for
every thousand communicates. This
IS higher than the rate for the regis
tration area OF the United States,
which was 1.60 in 1910.
While these statistics" says the
national association, are not com
parable from the point Of view of ac-
curacy with those of the bureau Of
census, suf1 cient credence may be
given to them to indicate that one Of
the most serious problems the or
binary church has to consider is that
of the devastation of its membership
by tuberculosis. Every minister in the
United States should give this sub
ject some attention during the week
preceding or that following April Is.
tuberculosis day"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-29

A positive furore is noticeable now
for fame colors The glowing red
tones that are seen in the feather
decked hats of the winter season are
repeated in the ballroom, where flame.
carnation, rhododendron, cerise and
currant shades make vivid spIashes OF
color
In simple lustrous velvet softened
about the bodice by silver lace or
cream net these red frocks are espe-
cialIy effective for midwinter enter
tainments, and while the dowagers
and young married women choose this
fabric and satin the debutantes appear
in chiffon and mouseline de sole that
are equally bright, in some cases
made up over white and usually
touched with silver, crystal or cut
steel embellishments
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-29
For ChiIdren,s Clothes.

Handwork will be much seen this
summer on the childrens clothes. 1t
viii appear on everything. from the
wee baby's first dress to little daugh-
ter's dancing frock
Eyelet work is easy and most eHec-
tive, and gives a decidedly French
touch to a dainty little batiste or main
sock frock. 1t is interesting work to
be picked up when mother has a few
spare moments.
Hemstitching is another pretty
hand touch for the children's dresses,
and can be used for hens, collars and
turn-back cuffs, also belts And now
that so many deep knife plated ruffles
are being used around neck and
sleeves nothing could be more simple
or stylish than to have these hem
stitched.
A very dainty way to finish the new
one-piece frocks for the small child is
TO scallop it around neck and short
sleeves, embroidering large or small
dots in every other scalIop.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-29
TAKES PLACE OF FLANNEL
Half-cotton Cashmere Has Many Vir,
tues, Chief OF Which Is 1t
Washes Well.

"Fhere is one material" said the
wise householder, which to the mod
ern woman takes the place of the old
fashioned heavy flannel for undergar-
meats, and even for negligees, without
having the disadvantage of bulk and
great capacity for shrinkage if it has
to be sent to the laundry often. This
is a half-cotton cashmere, which can
usually be bought in white and deli
cate colors for % cents yard. yard
wide. 1t washes beautifully and wears
so well that TO put a little handwork
on it will prove no waste Of time,
while the proportion of wool in 1t
gives the needed warmth.
Zone Of the prettiest and best wear
ing kimonos l ever had was made
from the half-cotton cashmere in pale
blue The color was trife more blue
than I would have preferred at first
yet not at all garish. I trimmed II
with two-inch taffeta ribbon in the
same robin s-egg tint. 1t has done
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-29

Some of us are born foolish and new
er outgrow it.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-29
REPLIES TO QUERIES
HINTS AND ADVICE ON ALL KINDS
OF SOCIAL FORMS.
Nine. Merri, Nest Noted Authority on
Such Subjects, Also Furnishes
Helping Ideas for Varieties of
Home Entertainments.

want your advice-and hope don't
ask too many questions Of you.
viii you suggest a buffet supper for
simple home wedding?
Does the bridegroom furnish the
flowers for the bride and her maid?
What floral decorations, and what flow
er for the brides bouquet would you
suggest for a February wedding?
Is it the proper and necessary
thing to make gift to the brides
maids and to the pianist also if they
are relatives? And for the groom to
present the best man with some gift?
What would you suggest as being ap-
propriate?
Is black suit, white vest, white
shirt and tie a conventional dress for
an afternoon wedding
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-29

restored my health think is the best medicine in
Miss CECILIA NJ BAUER, 1161 Lawrence St. Appleton
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-29

trate this, we give a diagram of a
chair, which can be traced and then
pasted on to a thin piece of card
Cardboard Chair for the Dolls House.
board and left to dry, and then care
fully cut out with a sharp pair Of
scissors. After that it is an easy
matter to bend the legs and back into
their proper positions, and when this
has been done the chair viii have the
appearance shown in the small sketch
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-29

service for four years. having gone
IN and out of the tub unnumbered
times, growing softer and prettier-to
my mind-every time. During the last
year it has grown so pale in tint that
I've had Margery use an extra allow
ance of bluing in the rinse water,
but that has been all it needed to re
store the charming color. When
say growing softer by the way,
mean in texture as well as hue.
For little embroidered underskirts
or combinations this cashmere is
most desirable, and I have seen a real
ly Frenchy negligee made of the
cream-white variety, embroidered with
heavy white and black floss and
trimmed with a heavy creamy lace.
When I say that there is almost no
'wear-out' to it mean that to my per-
sonal knowledge four years of hard
service from garmsnt made of it is
none too much to expect"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-29
ER NOTES O. az
III SCIENCE H
AND
INVENTION.

The first typewriter was produced
in England 200 years ago.
The only gem in the world which
cannot be counterfeited is the opal.
The controversy regarding Mars be-
ing an inhabited planet began in
1877.
At the height of 5000 feet man
in an aeroplane can see submarine
gliding along 80 feet under water.
1t has been estimated that the eye
of a fly can discern an object one-tve-
milnonth OF an inch in diameter.
Aerial propellers, driven by gasoline
engines. are being tried in France as
means OF propulsion for canal boats.
An inventor has placed a small
horseshoe magnet on the side OF a
thimble to help tailors pick up needles.
A pocket comb. penknife and cigar
clipper have been combined in a sin
gle implement by an ingenious in
ventor.
An attachment for converting eye
glasses or spectacIes into automobile
goggles has been invented by Phil
adelphian.
Oil lamps can be prevented from
smoking if a little iqdor distilled from
onions be placed In the bottom OF
their reservoirs.
A rubber cap to hold cracked ice
upon a fever patients head that will
not slip from place has been invented
by a Maryland man.
A double-barreled telescope, to per-
NIT two persons to view the same OBJ
iect at the same time, has been in
vented by a Swiss optician
Pearls are increasing in value A
trade paper tells of necklace OF
pearls that originally cost SIS. geo re
Gently being sold for $4,000
BY research, prevention and cure.
every epidemic disease can be abot
ished within the next fifty years. &C
cording to Professor Ray Lancaster
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-29
Sugar and the Teeth.

DR.. Francis Delarette, French
physician, disputes the general belief
that sugar causes the decay OF hui
man teeth. How the idea ever came
into existence is to him a mystery,
seeing that the finest, whitest and
strongest teeth are found in the
mouths Of negroes brought up on
sugar plantations, who consume more
sugar than any other class of people,
Candy eaters, as a rule, have the best
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-29
No Clocks on Aegean Sea.

There is no need for clocks on the
Aegean sea any day when the sun is
shining. There nature has arranged
her only timepiece, one that does not
vary though the centuries past. This
natural time marker is the largest sun
dial in the world. Projecting into the
blue waters Of the sea is a large pro
montory which lifts its head 5000
feet above the waves. AS the sun
swings round, the pointed shadow OF
the mountain just touches one after
the other number of small islands,
which are at exact distances apart
and act as hour marks on the great
dial
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-29
Mean PeopIe.

Henry Russell. the head of the Bos-
ton opera. was describing his foreign
tour in search of talent.
They were mean people. he said
of the singers of a certain city. 4
could do no business with them They
thought only of money"
Mr.. Russell smiled
They were as bad as the man who
discovered the Blank theater fire.
The first intimation the box Office
had Of this fire came, at the end of
the third act, from fat man who
bounded down the gallery stairs,
stuck his face at the ticket window
and shouted breathlessly:
'Theater's afre! Gimme me mon.
ey back!'"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-29
SCIENCE
AND
INVENTION
WAY TO KEEP OVERsHOES ON
Pennsylvania Woman Designs Band
to Fit Around Ankle With Hook
Fastened TO Button.

Any person who has ever had an
overshoe come of while crossing a
muddy street viii appreciate the fast
ener device designed by a PennsylEa-
MIA woman to prevent this annoying
accident An elastic band fastens
around the ankle and this supports a
suspend er-like arrangement at the heel
of The OVershoe. Attached 70 one side
Of the gumshoe is another elastic sup
porter, with a hook which engages a
button on a button shoe, or hook on
a lace shoe. It takes only a few sec
onds to fasten the oYeTshoe on with
these devices, and it is worth the
trouble. After rubber has once come
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-29
SINGULAR aANhite Water. -

In a recent pilot chart of the British
meteorological Office many observa-
lions of the singular phenomenon
called white water are collected. 1t
is more frequently seen in the tropi-
cal parts OF the Indian ocean than
anywhere else, and it impresses some
observers as weird. CHASTITY and awe
inspiring. The ocean has milky look
and the ship seems to be passing
through kind of luminous fog, in
which sea and sky appear joined and
the sense of distance is lost. The phe-
nomenon is believed to be due to
some form Of phosphorescence, but a
satisfactory explanation of it is yet
lacking.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-29

1t has become quite the custom to
bestow gifts on graduates and l would
suggest new book, a card case, a box
of candy prettily put up I think that
young people your age are too young
to go with each other steadily, for
1t is not fair to either of you. See a
lot of other girls and boys and be
good friends, with all. We cannot help
having our preferences, but it is just
as well not to express them decidedly
too early in life. Take the girl out oc-
caSionally
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-29

For winter buffet supper have
scalloped or creamed oysters in pat
ties, chicken salad cold turkey, coffee,
olives, sailed nuts, ice cream, cake,
bonbons. The bridegroom presents
the bride and her attendants with
their flowers. In large cities most of
the spring flowers. like hyacinths, tu-
lips and jonquils, are obtainable in
February; roses are always lovely
with carnations, which are acceptable
and beautiful at all seasons.
1t is quite customary to present the
attendants and pianist with some to-
ken, usually a pin or something for
personal adornment The men of the
party most always have scarf pins or
cuff links besides ties and gloves {
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-29
Questions From "a. NJ

Would you please tell me what
would be proper gift to give to a
girl friend whom I have been keeping
company with for awhile, as she grad
yates from the public school this year
Is 1t proper to give a present when
graduating from public schools?
Do you think a boy eighteen years
old and a girl seventeen years old
would be too young to keep steady
company, and go to a show or enter
tainment once in while if her pa
rents don't object? Do you think we
would be too young to attend private
dances at this age?-A NJ.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-29
DomestIc Difficulties

Husband-What's the matter, dear?
Why do you look so worried?
Wife-Oh, I've Just got everything
all ready for Mrs. Neatleighs visit.
I've done up all the curtains and
pillow shams and bureau covers and
centerpieces, and they're all spiek and
span
Husband Well, if everything is in
such apple pie order why look so dis
consulate about it?
Wife bursting into tears)-Oh,
just know, as soon as she sees them,
she'll know I cleaned everything an up
because she was coming Judge.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-29

When calling upon a husband and
wife, leave one of yours and two of
your husbands cards; when paying a
visit upon a widow or an unmarried
person just leave one of yours and one
Of your husbands For each unmar-
ried person in society one card is left.
For name of a small up-to-date book of
Etiquette send me a self-adddressed,
stamped envelope in care of the pa
per.
MADAME MERRI.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-29
Leather Pavement.

A leather pavement has stood g
successful trial Of year near Biz
mingham. The material is leather
waste. shredded almost to pulp. and
treated with bitumen and tar. The
road is not affected by heavy wheels.
gives off little dust, resists wear. and
Is not influenced by weather. Its
noiseIessness and springiness give a
novel kind of comfort to horses and
drivers.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-29
IMPROVEMENT ON AEROPLANE
Object OF Recent invention Is to Pro-
vide Propellers to Drive and
Also Steer Machine.

In describing an aeropIane, the IN
vention of G. w Thompson of King
ston. Okla, the Scientific American
says:
This invention relates to flying ma
chimes Of the heavier-than-air type,
and the object is to provide a machine
of this class which has its propeIlerF
so arranged that they not only drive
the machine but steer it also BY
such construction the inventor mini
mixes the necessity of using movable
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-29


on the right-hand side. and to com
plete it, the paint-box may be called
into requisition, and it can be col
ored.
The dotted lines 4 the diagram in
dictate the points at which the card
board should be bent, and it is good
plan to score across the cardboard at
these places with the point Of a pen
knife, in order that it may bend free
~.
For making other pieces of furni-
ture a rough diagram should be drawn
upon the cardboard in pencil and then
cut out, and after you have made one
or two articles in this way you will
find it quite easy to invent and con-
struct all kinds of things.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-29

I think it is most unkind and rude
to make fun or hurt any ones feelings
and a girl is by no means an old
maid The position of stenographer
is often a very desirable one. Both
large and small hats are worn, de-
ponds upon which is most becoming,
and on which occasion it is to be
worn
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-29
An Aviator,s Compass.

'shadow-plate. It's dial is OF cellu-
loid. and in the center is a small pin
that throws a shadow as the light
passes through, says the Popular Me-
chanics. When it is fixed to the for
ward part of the upper plane OF the
aeroplane, the aviator can tell the
course he is taking by the variations
OF the shadow.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-29

AeropIane.

rudders heretofore used to control
the machines course of travel Bal
ancing is accomplished by locating
the power plant directly below the
center of gravity of the supporting
planes, and by the manner in which
the planes are tilted with reference to
the line of travel. The improved aero
plane is shown in perspective IN the
accompanying view.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-29
When Your Eyes Need Care

Try Murine Eve Remedy. No Smartiug-Feels
Fiue-Acts Quickly. Try it for Red, Weak,
Watery Eyes and GraBulated Eyelids. Illus
trated Book in each Package. Murine is
compounded by our Oculists-not patent Med
lcine. but used in successful Physicians Prac-
uce for many years. Now dedicated 10 the Pub
lie and sold by Druggists 25c ana SIC per Bottle
Murine Rye saIye in Aseptic Tubes, 25c and Soc
Murine Eye Remedy Co, Chicago
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-29

off In the mud, and it usually does
this when you are going somewhere
you want to look your best, there Is
not much use in putting it on again
The attachments are made so that
they can be removed from the over
shoe when not needed and quickly put
on again.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-29
Almond the Anoients

Democritus had just announced the
theory that the visible universe is
merely the result of the fortuitous con
course of atoms
Subject, of course" he said, TO the
approval of Mr. Gompers."
For he did not wish to be drawn
into a magazine controversy over it
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-29
Questions From aPerpIexed."

If girl of seventeen never has had
a sweetheart or does not care to. go
with boys at this age, do you think it
is right to call her "old maid She
thinks it looks unladyIike to firt and
have regular sweethearts at the age of
seventeen.
Do you think a stenographer is de
sirable position for a girl?
Which are worn more now, large
hats or small ones ?-Perplexed
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-29
CHAIR FOR DOLLS HOUSE
Making of Cardboard Furniture At
fords Great Deal of Fun and
Amusement.

A great deal of fun and amusement
can be derived in making cardboard
furniture, and with the exercise of
little ingenuity, chairs, tables, stools,
and all kinds of furniture can be con
structed AS an example, to illus
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-29

Finally seemed not to cough so much
and the pains IN my chest got better
and / could rest at night.
II am well now and cured Of a chronic
cough and sore throat. I cannot tell
you how grateful ] am. and l cannot
thank Peruna enough. 1t has cured
where doctors have failed and / talk
Peruna wherever I 60, recommend It to
everybody People who think they
have consumption better give It
trial"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-29
First Sewinq Machine.

The earliest patent for any kind OF
a sewing contrivance was granted in
England, June "a, 1855. The first COM
plete sewing machine designed for
general purposes was patented in the
United States, September 10, 1916
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-29
Birthday Party for Ten-Year.oId,

1 wish to give my little girl, who
will be ten years old the 25th of Feb
ruary, birthday party. The guests
will number fifteen or twenty, ages
ranging from seven to twelve years.
What would you suggest for refresh
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-29
COMPASS FOR THE AVIATORS
Device Invented by Engllshman Is
Combination Known as Shadow
Plate"-Directs Aeroplane.

A device. which is to direct an
aeroplane in the same manner as a
compass directs a ship, has been in
vented by an Englishman. 1t is an
ingenious combination of the sundial
and the compass, and is known as a
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-29
Fur Covered Buttons.

If the odds and ends of fur are in
too small bits to use in another way,
they may sometimes be introduced
into a costume by covering big but
toms with them for use on the waist
and skirt.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-29
Disjnfec% Racks

In most public libraries all books
are disinfected when they are re-
turned. They go into all sorts OF
places and are read by sick people in
their homes and in hospitals Hence
the precaution.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-29
Touch Preventer.

HowelI-Why do you cali your dog
Strike Breaker"
Powell have done it ever since
he grabbed a fellow who was about
to strike me for money.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-29
ModestY.

Occasionally there is man who Is
so modest that he feels cheap even
when his wife sues some other WON
an for $4,000 for alternating his affec-
tons.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-29
HAD THROAT
TROUBLE Since
CHILDHOOD
All treatments Failed. Relieved
by peruna.

Mrs. VIM. Hob
mann, 1854 Lincoln
Ave. Chicago III,
writes
L suffered with
catarrh Of the bron-
chiaI tubes and had
a terrible cough ever
since 6 child.
I would sit up in
bed with pillo " S
propped up behind
me, but still the
cough would not let
me sleep. I thought
and everybody else
that l had consump-
ton.
So reading the
papers about Pc
ruua 7 decided TO
try. without the
least bit Of hope that
it would do me any
good. But after tax
ing three bottles l
noticed a change.
MY appetite got
better, SO [ kept on,
mover Ifeco7gT-q rnd
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-29

For refreshments you must have ice
cream, or it would not be party
Also a big frosted cake with ten
candles and zone to grow on At the
age Of ten girls love to dress dolls, and
I heard of most successful party
where the girls dressed wee dolles'
and prizes were offered for the best
enc. An hour was allotted to the task.
A box of letter paper and box OF
candy make excellent prizes, or cups
and saucers. Cunning little baskets
may be given for favors.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-29
opaIs Expand Win Hat

Opals expand with heat to a greater
degree than any other precious
stones. They are frequently lost be-
cause the expansion forces open the
gold bands in which they are set.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-29

Wealth may not bring a man happi-
ness, but it surrounds him with
multitude of would-be friends.