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Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1912-09-20
STYLES FOR THE ELDERLY
Once More Modlstes and Designers
Appear to Recognize Their Claims
to Some Thought.

Is 1t possible that elderly ladies and
matrons are coming into fashion
again and that staid mammas need
no longer preen themselves in the
gay feathers Of lately escaped nest
Iings?. Certain details Of the fashion
point in this direction, and among
these / need only indicate the trail
ing gown, the small toque, the mantle
coat and the popular lace wrap, all
of which make for at least an appear
ance Of maturity which is something
quite different fhDm the young girl
airs Of recent time.
Now, Of course, most women Of 40
regard themselves as quite young and
sportive creatures, but there has al
ways been an exception to this frisky
rule, and some of them have never
cared for going out in their figure"
as it so expressiVely phrased. In
summer, however, it has always been
admittedly difficult to find anything
to wear that was loose and cool with
out being dowdy.
Some of the new wraps seem at
least to be just what we have been
looking for and to take the place
with older women Of the ruffles which
in reality are only suited to the
youthful wearer. Little fichus Of black
lace are edged with a rifle Of silk
and founce Of killed chiffon with
ribbon finish, and tied in front with
loops Of satin, and these give dec
orative finish to a gown. A simple
flchu of fine silk lace is bordered with
satin and fringed on the lower end,
chou and loops of ribbon catching it
in front.
Some Of the capes have deep stole
ends in front and others affect the
form Of the bolero. Mostly of chan
lilly or lace, there are others which
are more practical and are made Of
face cloth arranged to fall full over
the shoulders and pointed toward the
waist at the back, while the fronts
also meet in a point.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1912-09-20

hature's rubber and delivering 1t at
fhe factories.
Fermentation is an action set up by
various kinds of germs, and Prof
Fernbach found the germ that would
convert certain plentiful starchy mate
rials into fusel oil, and from this fusel
oil he obtained cheap isoprene. 1t
was this isoprene which Dr. Matthews
learned by accident how to turn into
rubber by means Of sodium. Sir
William Ramsay and his associates
believe that rubber can be made in
this way at cost Of about "a cents
a pound. From rs to % cents a
pound is what 1t costs now to collect
rubber In the far east and amid the
forests Of the Amazon The heaviest
after expense is involved in trans.
porting the raw material to manufac.
turing centers. and also in purifying
this rubber SO that 1t shall be fit to
30 into the finished products.
The rubber huAter mixes the tuice
or latex Of many trees, and the raw
stuff is seldom uniform and is fire.
quently filed with foreign substances,
and even pebbles, the latter hidden
away in the gum to increase the
weight. The cost of getting rid Of
these things is heavy, and this fact
must be born in mind in giving prop.
er value to any process for the syn.
ghetto making OF rubber. 1t is natural
to suppose that a chemical produc
sion would be subject to perfect con,
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1912-09-20
FADS.

Some new upright collars taper to
points behind the ears.
Never were there so many white
shoes, or so many kinds.
A great use OF lace is now the
feature in lingerie gowns.
Colored parasols with wide borders
Of black velvet are smart.
Plain shoulder cape fichus on coats
are often Of light-toned silk.
The popular combination for street
wear Is blue and cafe-au-lait.
Streamers are added to some Of the
big bows set at the back Of large
hats.
Bordered chiffon Iand marquisette
are used for many lovely dance
frocks.
The present tendency is for big
hats to grow bigger and small hats
smaller.
Amber has for the time being Civ.
en- place to the modern vogue for cut
Jet beads.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1912-09-20

involved In that single establishment.
Many factories In the fatherland had
Joined in this International effort to
find an artificial process by which
rubber could be built up syntheti-
cally from raw materials readily
available, but to the Elberfelder Far.
benfabriken belongs the distinction Of
priority In the solution of the problem.
DR., Fritz Holman, director in charge
at Elberfeld. gives his own story Of
the pursuit OF the elusive key.
BY mere chance my attention was.
called to this question of synthetic
rubber through a lecture delivered in
London about six years ago by Prof
Dunstan. AS a pharmaceutic chemist
in dye factory my work did not take
rue in the direction of rubber, but the
problem fascinated me.
Il found on reading up the subject
that caoutchouc was based on iso-
prene, and l tried to prove it. To do
that had to have isoprene, and, what
was more, had to have synthetic iso-
prene and not the kind obtained by a
dry distillation of rubber such as had
hitherto generally been used. had
a task before me.
To the organic chemist coal is an
ideal mother substance, and | chose
1t as my basic material. In this we
were justified, and in March of 1909
Carl Coutelle and succeeded in OBJ
tanning the first large quantity of
pure synthetic isoprene-several
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1912-09-20

words, the structural atoms are differ
emily arranged, and the body or sub
stance thus differs from another of
the same chemical get up but with
its tiny units otherwise distributed.
we soon recognized that the poly
merizing power of heat could be
furthered by numerous chemical ad.
mixtures. but we soon found that
there are many more substances that
work in opposition to this end. In
August Of 1909 l obtained the first
rubber polymerized by heat in the
laboratory Of the Elberfeld works. In
September of that year | submitted
sample of this material to DR..
Gerlach. He was the first to confirm
that our product actually contained
caoutchouc. A month later Harries
tested our synthetic material with
his ozone method, and by this means
was able to establish that our heat
polymerized isoprene was veritable
dndia rubber"
Dr. Holman frankly admits that
should the extensive rubber planta.
tons cultivated under English direc.
Son in the Malay Archipelago meet
expectations synthetic rubber will not
be so necessary in supplying at a
mere reasonable rate the present
market. However, he says that the
synthesist has SO adjusted conditions
that he can compete with his ware in
price and quality with the natural
product
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1912-09-20

Thousands upon thousands of ex.
periments have thus been brought to
a crystallized knowledge which makes
it possible and practicable to embark
upon the manufacture of rubber syn
thetically from available cheap mate
rails. The plantations in the far
east have been developing over a
period of fully thirty-fye years, and
in a sense they have the start of the
artificial product in a cumulative
estimate, but this advantage will not
continue If the chemist manufacturer
can make rubber synthetically as
cheaply as DR., Holman predicts.
In 1910 and 1911 the world produc.
ton Of india rubber reached a total
Of about $4,000 tons and the world
consumption of caoutchouc was in the
neighborhood of $4,000 tons Figur-
ing the cost of this rubber at an aver
age of 81 pound the total value Of
the production reaches S160,000.00O.
Synthetic rubber, it is believed,
would make it possible to widen the
field of application of rubber Make,
shifts and substitutes of one sort or
another are now used in many direc-
tons, because natural rubber is too
expensive Therefore, the public is
interested in the artificial product
first because It will add stability to
the price of the rubber from trees, and
next it will make it possible to apply
it in many ways now prohibited by
price and the relatively limited out
put of plantations and the wild
growth.
Whether the basic isoprene be made
from a starchy substance after the
English process or from product of
coal, as DR.. Hoffman, has chosen,
there will be immense quantities OF
by-products which will be part OF
the systems employed in making $50
pref, and in converting it into coun-
terpart caoutchouc in either case. 1t
would be financially prphibitive to
neglect these by-products in concen-
tratlng upon the manufac ure of arti'
fetal rubber.
Dr. Hoffman, says that II 25 per
cent of artificial rubber could be pro
duced from every pound of basic mate
rial. then a factory turning out half
a million pounds a day would require
. 900 600 pounds of the mother sub
stance, three-quarters Of which would
every twenty-four hours IN
the form Of by-products. This gives
an idea Of what the chemist-manufac-
turer has before him, even though the
secret of synthetic rubber has been
solved. With characteristic thorough
ness, the Germans are working away
at this end OF the question.
So far as Is known the German
synthetic rubber has met all the ex'
acting tests and analyses of other
German chemists. On the other hand.
1t is said that the English artificial
rubber is not chemically identical IN
Its atomic makeup with natural caout.
chouc, and the critics declare that this
artificial substitute will not meet all
Of the requirements. 1t seems that
the artificial rubber contains one
atom OF carbon less than natures
caoutchouc, and whether or not this
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1912-09-20

troll and that the synthetic rubber fac
tory would be located where 1t could
reach easily its raw materials and Its
market for the finished output.
Climatic and geographical conditions
have prescribed the zones in which
the rubber plant can be successfully
grown, even though its cultivation be
subject to scientific methods and are
free from the haphazard ways Of the
rubber hunter.
In England the present discoveries
are hailed by Sir William Ramsay
and his fellows not so much as a prom
Use of commercial advantage but as
a professional achievement which
puts the British chemist ahead of his
rivals across the Channel. That the
Germans have good reason to be salts
fed with their own accomplishments
in this very field is undoubtedly true.
The Germans claim that they have
now a method for making rubber
alphabetically which will soon be ready
to compete with the output of the
tropical forests.
Back in the SOS Tilden, an English
man, gave long study to the problem
of making synthetic rubber, but aban.
doned his work finally because he did
not believe the attainment practicable.
The individual was powerless to cope
with SO gigantic a problem and his
resources were unequal to the task.
Capital was necessary as well as the
United efforts of many men. In fact
In one factory alone In Germany there
were 300 college bred chemistsco
tratlng upon the technical researches
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1912-09-20
Summer School.

Particularly significant is the
growth of summer schools in the
Carolinas, where the movement start.
ed comparatively late. At the Uni.
versity of North Carolina there was
an attendance of $50 this year, just
double last years enrolment. At the
normal school at Greensboro, North
Carolina, session of eight weeks was
held, the first in the history of the
institution, and 200 enthusiastic teach.
ers were in attendance. At the sum
mer session of the Winthrop Normal
College, Rock Hill, South Carolina.
particular attention was paid to prob
lens Of industrial education and rural
schools, and men Of national promi-
nence participated in the work
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1912-09-20

litres of 1t. This showed us that we
had the right formulate, the scientific
execution Of which was no longer
questionable. But with the making
Of isoprene our troubles were not
ended; on the contrary, they were but
beginning.
We were confronted with the pro-
blem of converting this liquid into
that tough, elastic, plastic colloid
which was to be a successful substi-
tute for rubber, in truth its very
counterpart theoretically the task
was easy, because, as Beilstein says,
isoprene is converted into caoutchouc
by treating 1t with muriatic acid. 'Of
course, we tried that at once, but for
our pains we got nothing but oily
chlorides-not trace of rubber We
were apparently defied
We tried all sorts of likely and
imaginable physical and chemical
mediums in connection with isoprene,
but the wilful stuff refused to thicken.
Finally discovered the power to per-
form this miracle hidden away In
heat. There was nothing new in
heating isoprene, but the result we
obtained thereby was new. Other
authorities had tried heat, but all they
got was either an oily or at best
resinous substance.
Polymerism In chemistry is that
property peculiar to some compounds
by which they differ in their mole
cular weights and also in their chemi-
cal properties even when formed from
the same elements and combined in
the same proportions. In other
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1912-09-20
Garden Party Dress.

The bodice is edged with insertion,
which is taken round the neck, straps
of this trim right front, also the out
side of sleeves, a fold Of material ter
minating in a rosette forms the trim
ming Of the waist.
Hat of Pedal straw to match,
trimmed with satin ribbon, rucked
round the crown and arranged in q
bow at the right side.
Materials required: Az yards crepe
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1912-09-20
The Butterfly Graz.

There is at present a craze for but.
terfiy effects. The design flutters on
parasol tops, on smart veilings. and
Is worked in wonderful, iridescent
effects on the new trimmings. The
winged favorite is used also as shoe
buckles, brooches, couture ornaments
and beautiful designs are seen in
enamels and stimuli diamonds. Black
satin and velvet butterfly bows edged
with brilliants or colored stones are
lively. The material is slipped into
frame, and thus any color can be
added to the diamonds trimmed bow,
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1912-09-20
Walking Costume.

de chine 40 inches wide, yards inser-
ton.
We show on the right costume.
made of coffee-colored eponge cloth.
The skirt is trimmed at sides from
the foot upwards with strap of black
satin, with other straps ending in
button branching off from 1t.
The coat is trimmed to match, and
has collar of the satIn' the sleeves
are short, and trimmed to correspond.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1912-09-20
Lemons for the Face.

A few drops Of lemon juice in the
water in which the face is washed
removes all greasiness and leaves the
skin fresh and satiny, as we'll as MAX
ing 1t fairer and clearer. A little
lemon Juice rubbed over the cheeks
before retiring and allowed to dry
will remove summer freckles and
whiten the skin, and, If persisted in,
will eventually carry of all blemishes
of the complexion that are not caused
by impure blood or other internal
trouble.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1912-09-20

The clever lines and odd sash ar
rangement mark this little pink linen
frock for child as Partisan. The
frock is scalloped by hand at the nech
and sleeve edges ana fastens along
one shoulder with pearl buttons. The
black silk sash passes through slashes
at the front of the waist and may be
drown out when the frock is laun
dered.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1912-09-20
nrnmth Attaohed - IA

You've been sleeping in the tele-
phone booth, believe" said the
manager of the summer hotel
yes"
Il can give you a billiard table now,
If you like"
mo; I'll stick to the booth. rRth-
er like the room. 1t isn't large, but
it's cosy
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1912-09-20

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- NhO WI Az Oh NAV Ofp
of another commercial
revolution due to an
tE accidental chemical
discovery? Is synthe-
S@:s tic rubber going to
take its place upon
equal terms of COM
- petition with the Juice
OF the trees and plants which 80 long
have supplied the rubber commerce?
Just at the present time English
and German chemists are disputing
over their claims to precedence in
finding a way to create from certain
raw materials a chemical counterpart
OF natural rubber. The world at large
is not directly concerned in the deter
animation of this question of priority,
but 1t has a very deep interest in the
commercial practicability OF these dis
coveries.
Two years ago DR.. F. e. Matthews
of England. then associated with
other distinguished chemists, among
them Prof. w H. Perkin, Sir William
Ramsay and Prof. Fernbach, was seek
Ing to perfect cheap process for the
manufacture of synthetic rubber and
by chance left some isoprene and
metallic sodium In contact for a
period OF about two months, going of
in the meanwhile for his summer out
ing Upon his return DR.. Matthews
was amazed to find that the isoprene
had In the interval been converted
into solid rubber. The long sought
key to the riddle was thus uncovered
by an accident.
Isoprene is an oily, volatile hydro
carbon. It was obtained by distilla-
Eion from caoutchouc fifty years ago
by Williams, and the analysis Of iso-
prene slowed that it was chemically
identical with the oil of turpentine.
The problem since that day has been
twofold; first, to derive isoprene from
abundant raw materials, and then to
effect its conversion into rubber
through the medium Of plentiful and
cheap reagents. In order to compete
with natures product 1t was neces-
sary that artificial rubber should be
made in large quantities and at a
cost which would put 1t on a par at
beast with the expense of gathering
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1912-09-20

8 the world on the eve
Of another commercial
revolution due to an
accidental chemical
discovery? Is synthe-
tic rubber going to
take its place upon
equal terms of COM
petition with the Juice
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-11-08

even for brief hour. But the big
employer never does this he makes
suggestions, advances theories, gives
advice when asked, but he never
makes demands, save in matters of
house policy, not of departmental
procedure.
The very greatest service that such
an employer renders to himself and
to his business by his method of pass
ing along responsibility is in the
greater freedom of time and move
ment that it gives to him - the
chance it offers him to enlarge the
house, not merely to keep it in good
repair.
But what about the employe on
whom the mantle of responsibility
is dropped?
1t is either the making or the
breaking of him.
There are those who cannot as
sumo a maximum of responsibility.
1t either intoxicates them or intimi-
dates them. They become 80 big in
their own eyes that they ask or ac-
cept suggestions from no one, and
run their departments into blind
alley; or they take every little prob
lem to the boss, because of a fear of
making mistakes. Neither sort last
long, unless they change their ways.
But the right sort of fellow will
accept responsibility in the spirit in
which it is conferred-with a de-
termination to merit confidence and
resolution to profit by the knowl-
edge of others, but to assume the re-
sponsibility for himself.
Responsibility offers chance that
every man should welcome-the
chance to "make good" That many
have failed to meet the responsible
ity offered and have been forced to
give way to others, is no reason at
all for fearing responsibility.
To do ones best and fail, isn't
half so bad as to fail to accept the
chance to do ones best.
Many man, clothed only with
semi-authority, forced to have the
majority of his acts passed or vetoed
by a higher power, will make snap
decisions, only half study his prob
lens, scan but specifically the ex-
penditures made, feeling rightly or
wrongly that after all he's not re-
sponsible.
But the man who carries all the
responsibility and knows he carries
it thinks twice before he acts, studies
his problems fully before he writes
the answer, keeps a keen eye on ex-
penditures-and, in fine, comes near
er than any one else to considering
his work as he would if he alone
owned the business.
Responsibility weeds out incompe-
tents and makes men. The greater
the responsibility the surer the
wedding process. 1t is the acid test
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Responsibility is an acid test-of
the employer, in his ability to dele
gate it-of the employee, in his abil-
ity to shoulder it.
The other day I walked into the
office of a business friend, and as I
entered, a young man passed me on
the way out-a clean cut fellow, no
different, however, from many have
seen filing clerkships here and
there
"There goes a young chap who has
a future ahead of him, believe"
said my friend. Then he continued:
"Six months ago he was working as
an assistant in the office Then the
head of our largest department left
suddenly, and l put him into the
place. I gave him absolute author
ity to follow his own ideas, subject
only to the prescribed rules of the
house.
Gle has come to me for advice and
suggestions, and l have gladly given
them, but I have never forced any of
my ideas upon him. l put him there
to make or break himself, and so
loaded him with responsibility that
even l could see at the start that he
was half scared at what he'd under
taken.
"Yet today he has brought in his
monthly report, and his department
is in better shape than it ever has
been in it's history'
"But," I suggested, weren't you
just a bit afraid to give such re-
sponsible position to an inexperienc-
ed man, who knew little or nothing
about the job?"
''No," he answered, for I knew
what he had been doing under
others, and | have confidence in my
ability to pick the right man, at
least fifty-one per cent of the time.
OF course, l knew there was a chance !!
Of his falling down and messing
things up badly, but the man who
isn't willing to take fair chances oc-
casionally ought never to be at the
head of a business
Wise employer - fortunate en-
ploye! The one able to judge his
man, delegate full authority, and
watch and wait with equanimity the
result. The others, to be freed from
petty rules, regulations, "don'ts', and
|'do's,' and to be given enough re-
sponsibility to make or break HIM
elf.
One of the signs by which anyone
can pick out the big business man,
as opposed to the :'little' one, is this
ability to delegate absolute RESPONSE
bility.
1t predicates a sound belief in ones
ability to pick the right man for the
right place, at least in the majority
of cases-and the man who's right
in the majority of cases, not the min
GRITTY, is the one who never need fear
for himself in his business.
1t also suggests a lack of impa-
tience-the bugbear that harnesses so
many otherwise good business men.
For necessity, the delegation of au-
thority means that things won't al
ways be done just as you would do
want to step in and assert authority
them, that now and then you will
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Up twice as much canned fruit as /
use.
Mrs. Woodson-What do you do
with the rest?
Mrs. Bronson-Why, nobody ever
seems to believe I have such luck
with my canning, and I have to send
each one of the doubters can to
prove my claim.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-11-08

A snail will move farther and
faster thana man without ambition.
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Business Builders.
Mix with people. Dulled knives
don't sharpen themselves.

Price offers an inducement. Quail
ity offers a reason.
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HELP WANTED

WANTED-Gir or woman to cook
for superintendent family at
Red Lake Agency. Salary $4,000.
Position is for one who can take
charge and be her own boss. In
quire at this Office or call w. F.
Dickens by telephone or on a re-
verse ticket at the Red Lake
Agency. .~@~@@
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FOR RENT-The Hebron house,
9O3 Eleventh St. Inquire at First
National Bank, Bemidji, MINI.
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WANTED-Competent girl for gen.
eral Homework. Mrs. Sarah Rob-
erts, 900 Lake Boulevard.
WANTED-Cook at Svea hotel.