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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-11-11

SIS Seamless Brussels Rugs.
heavy quality; woven In rich ORR
entail and floral patterns; Q az
reg. SIS; for this SALE. o'>o
Tapestry Brussels Rugs
10 bales of the best ten-wire
tapestry brussels rugs; none better
made; closely woven In Persian
and floral effects; reg. II QE
Si9.75; special ........ AO.oo
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-30
Revolver DueIs in Club With Bullets Made Of Wax

IN UELING practice with regulation
~ .44-caliber revolvers and wax bull
lets will be a feature of the instruc-
ton at the Washington Fencers' club,
which will open it's new home in Con-
necticut e northwest in the
near future. The duelists will face
each other in the sale d'armes 60 feet
apart. They will be protected with
wire masks and body guards. The
hand gripping the revolver will be
guarded by a metal shield, which is ad-
Unstable to any style of weapon.
M. Francois D%arrieulat, maitre
d'armes of the club, has sent to Paris
for the dueling outfits, and expects to
have them ready before the opening Of
the season. The shells for the mock
duels are loaded with sufficient pow
der to propel the wax ~projectile in a
straight line for 60 feet with sufi-
cient force to make 1t stick to the
mask or clothing or the victim" of
the attack.
"The wax bullet will shoot as true
as a lead bullet. yet will not injure the
participants" said M. Darrieulat.
THE head will be guarded by a
strong saber mask. This practice will
be excellent for army officers and 9th
ers who wish to learn to shoot accu-
Tately. The novelty of having another
person for a target and being a tar
get at the same time ought to appeal
to persons. in Washington as it has ap-
pealed to revolver shots in Paris.
The sale d'armes is so feet long,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-30
ECZEMA ON BACK AND CHEST

Pierson, N. Dakota.-"The eczema
started on my scalp. 1t finally went
on to the back of my neck, then on to
my back, arms and chest. 1t broke
out in pimples first and then seemed
to run together in some places, max
ing a sore about the size of a dime.
At times the itching and burning were
so intense that it seemed unbearable.
The more / scratched 1t the worse it
became, and there would be a slight
discharge from it, especially on my
scalp, so as to make my hair matted
and sticky close to the scalp. The
hair was dry, ~lifeless and thin. My
hair was falling so terribly that had
begun to despair Of ever finding re-
lief. My clothing irritated the erup-
ton on my back. The affected parts
were almost a solid scab.
Il had been bothered with eczema
for about a year and a half. Then l
began using the Cuticura Soap and
Ointment. l used them daily for two
months and l was cured" (Signed)
Miss Mildred Dennis, Apr. 80, 1918.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free, with SIP. Skin Book. Address post
card "Cuticura, Dept. l., Boston ADV.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-30
PRETTY TURBAN
SUITABLE FOR
YOUTHFUL FACE

DESIGNED for the daughter in
u mourning, or for other youthful
faces, this simple turban is a splendid
example of fitness in millinery.
Mourning silk-that is, silk in a
special weave having a rich but dull
surface-makes the band about the
head. 1t is laid in a triple fold over
a support Of buckramette. The baret-
Ia crown is not SO easy to manage as
one might imagine. First a support
ing crown Of crinoline is shaped and
sewed to the brim support. Over this
a thin silk is placed, cut and shaped
to follow the crinoline, exactly.
On the foundation band of buckram-
cite a covering of thin silk is first
placed. Over this at its upper edge
a bias fold Of Grape is stretched. At
the under edge a similar fold Of silk
is placed and over this the triple fold
Of mourning silk.
The smart crown of Grape has final
ly to be placed. 1t is a little higher
than the supporting crown of crinoline
and is indented about the outer edge.
The Grape must be tackled to the foun-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-30
Shrieks Of Locomotive Whistle StartIe the Capital

people sinking to their deaths in the
river-another Titanic tragedy right
at the ctiy's gates.
And still the whistle shrieked. 1t
was $40 o'clock, and the weird notes
of distress had been coming to the
city for nearly a half hour.
"Oh! can't somebody save them?"
almost cried a woman as she took a
taxicab in front of the Willard for
the scene of the tragedy"
mo, it's not a wreck" decidedly an
swered an individual on the other end
of the telephone. after the territory in
which the whistle was sending out
distress signals" had been located.
please don't bother me-" continued
the voice, exhibiting tones of anger.
About a million people have asked
me the same fool question"
Further inquiry elected that a whis-
tie on one of the locomotives in a
railroad yard On New Jersey avenue
had broken, and couldn't be stopped
from shrieking until 1t had made Its
run to the station.
Despite the alarm and "corrobo-
rated" stories of the tragedy. no con.
tributions for the sufferers were col.
lected.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-30

GRACEFUL enveloping coats of fig
VI ured and brocaded fabrics, espe-
cially those of satin, are luxurious
beyond all other garments except
those of rich fur. In these figured
satin coats the design breaks up and
enhances the sheen of surfaces. Their
high luster forms a playmate for
color and light and the three dance
together upon them.
II one ia looking for the luxurious,
1t is to be found in these garments.
In the new, and what r termed
fancy" colors these coats are only
suited to high occasions. Oftener
they are developed in gray, or taupe,
or in some rich brown shade and are
more generally useful. Perhaps gray
is the happiest choice of color for
them; it is at home everywhere and
it is very elegant andy comparison
quiet. The figured satin coat does
not pose as quiet, however-it is a
snowy garment.
Innings are in contrasting colors,
but they must be chosen carefully.
Nothing conspicuous will do for them,
For trimming, fur and marabout
come into use. Both these, this sea
son, are dyed into all sorts of colors.
They are, after all, best in natural
colors and in black and white.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-30
She Enjoys CIGARS.

Miss Dillwyn, whose father repre-
scented Swansea in parliament, and
who herself has done excellent serv-
ice on the old Swansea school board
and board of guardians, is one Of the
few Englishwomen who enjoy a cigar.
She even smokes cigars at public din
ners.
II smoke them because | like them"
she told a newspaper representative.
81 can't remember how many years
| have smoked-all over the world
and wherever | go. Some people
smoke for asthma and kindred COM
plants, but | smoke simply and sole
ly for pleasure. l smoked my first
cigar when | was eleven years old,
and later my father used to give me
cigars. l do not like cigarettes. Some
one once said, DO | drink beer out
of a thimble?' and that is my opinion
Of cigarettes. Personally, | have never
suffered any ill-effects from cigars"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-30
4.4.see,4.4s4s
NOT A LOVE MATCH
BY VERA STRAIGHT.

Esther Norris was to be married
the next afternoon. She sat at her
window, her chin upon her hand.
looking out into the shadows of the
maple trees. Her fiance had just left
her and she had slipped away to her
room, leaving her mother to put the
final touches to the decorations and
to rehearse the wedding dinner.
Esther was thirty-one. Francis
Pryce, whom she was to marry, was
forty-seyen. 1t was not a love match
but born of mutual respect and con-
fdence. Both had been in love be-
fore and each knew it of the other.
Two years and three months be-
fore Esther had sent away her lover,
Harry Goddard. They had been en-
gagged five years and Harry showed
no prospects of doing anything either
for himself or for her.
TT isn't that you are unfortunate,
Harry" she said. "But a man who
thinks Of marriage must be prepared
to make a home for the woman he
loves. You can't stick to anything;
you squander your money; you drink.
If you had ever saved l might" She
broke off and continued: Harry
I'm going to put you to the test. Dc
you think you can get a position
hold it two years and save five hun
dred dollars? If you a l will mar
ry you when the two years are up
If not-I don't want you to come
back"
IF you'll only marry me now!" he
cried, and Esther shook her head il
her obstinate way,
I'm two years." was all she woult
answer; and 80 Harry went away.
Then Francis Pryce, state senate.
and millionaire, had wooed her. 81
gently, SO persistently did he Sc
about the winning of her that he hat
won her consent almost before sh'
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-30
Women and uaIY Men.

What chance has a homely man to
win a prize in the battling game of
matrimony. A good one-in Berlin
where Fraulein Derben has just or
ganized The League Against Beauty"
The members-all pretty girls, of
course-have pledged themselves to
marry only ugly men because of the
theory that handsome mates are I'M
reliable. The moods of My Lady Fair
these days are oftener grave than gay,
but love will continue to be blind"
The fat or baldheaded rival of Apollo
Belvedere at least is to have an v e
break, a fair start and no favors, but
the same old winners will forge ahead
just the same in this new race of
hearts.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-30
Postofice Tower Loses Its Light Mystery

why have been met with a mysterious
look just like that with which they
were answered when they asked
why" during the days succeeding the
first appearance of the glare.
1t is true that MI. Hitchcock once in
answe to a query as to the why's and
wherefores of this dazzling illumina-
ton said, ASK Mr., Weed" Mr.. Weed
was then the chief clerk Of the post
office department. He in turn was
asked the wherefore of the light. and
he said, ASK Mr.. Hitchcock"
The appearance of the light and its
disappearance are dark mysteries.
Some one said that the blaze was orig
inally kindled to brighten from their
nightly roosting place a pair of falcons
which preyed on the domestic pigeons
Of the capital. The falcons, however,
we're seer after the light had burned
for some time. Now the light is out.
and perhaps economy has something
to do with it. The chances are that
few people lin Washington would care
much about it one way or the other
if it were not for the ~obstinacy of the
government officials Of two admins
~trations in refusing to answer plain
peoples questions as to why the cleo
trio switch originally was turned on
and afterward was turned off. The
attitude of the officials is that of the
schoolgirl who when asked who won
the battle OF Saratoga replied. II know,
but | won't tell"
Pennsylvania avenue is darker than
it used to be.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-30
Beauty's Hour Book.

When you rise in the morning run
to the window, which should have
been open all night, and take 20 deep,
full breaths.
Practice simple all-around exercises
for five minutes.
Take either a warm or cold sponge
bath, or both.
If you do not react we'll after a cold
plunge, omit it in the future, as it is
not for you.
Go downstairs and 20 minutes be.
fore your breakfast drink two glasses
Of hot water; not SO warm that it
scalds the mouth nor so cool that 1t
nauseates.
Eat a light breakfast, refraining
from meat.
Take a short walk for a mile OF
more, walking along briskly with chest
thrown up and out and head held
erect.
Work.
Twenty minutes before lunch drink
two glasses of hot water.
Eat a simple lunch.
Rest for half an hour.
Work.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-30
LEARN HOW TO PRACTICE
Success In Learning Music Depends
Greatly On the Method Of Its
Acquirement.

From time immemorial practice"
has been a byword with teachers Of
music. ]. ls referred TO Us the remov-
er OF obstacles, the essential TO sue
cess, the essence OF al! the virtues
which the student should acquire.
Yet that same word lie associated with
ideas the reyerse q cheerful. Neither
does the SUGGEST which II IS said 10
teget h. any iaeSns Invariably fol-
;ow. The reason ;or Ills is that the
majority Of siudents 90 not know how
70 practice. A great deal Of time and
nervous energy Is wasted at the
piano through this lack of knowledge
1t will repay the student to devote a
little thought to the elimination of this
waste. The essential condition OF
satisfactory practice is concentration.
Concentration of mind On the matter
In hand, with a conscious desire and
effort to accomplish the correct move
ment of hand, arm and finger in re-
Spouse to the brain direction of how
to produce each tone, indicated on the
staff. This concentration will compel
very slow practice at first, which
saves much time in the long run by
avoiding wrong or badly played notes.
If once struck, these necessitate end
less repetition in order to obliterate
the impression on the nerve centers Of
the wrong way of doing them.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-30

Brown fox, martin, skunk and fitch
are among the most fashionable furs
and %favorites as a finish on satin
coats. Marabout, next to fur lin the
natural color, looks well on them.
The coat of figured satin looks luxu-
rious and comfortable and when made
right, it's performance is up to its ap-
pearance. 1t is expensive, but it ex-
cuses this characteristic by unusual
beauty.
Similar coats of figured crepe cost
less, but cannot be classed as mex
pensive. Mattelasse makes a beauti-
full coat much like it's prototype in
satin,
In spite of the vogue for shorter
coats than those worn last winter,
there are plenty of examples of long
coats in satin and in fur. Robert, of
Paris, shows a model in sealskin
trimmed with martin, much longer
than the coat pictured here. Max
shows one in moleskin trimmed with
pure ermine considerably shorter. So
the matter of length need not deter
one from choosing a coat longer than
those popularity worn and by this
means achieving long, graceful lines
and the utmost Of the suggestion OF
comfort and elegance.
JULIA BoTToMLEY.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-30

TXTASHINGToN.-The light in the
W tower of the Postofiee Department
building in Washington no longer
holds out to burn. 1t is not to be sup
posed that President Wilson and his
postmaster general, MI. Burleson, pre-
fer darkness to light, but why the
"glim was doused" is Just as much of
a mystery to the people of this town
as is the reason for its lighting when
Mr.. Taft was president and MI. Hitch
cock was postmaster general.
There is a huge open space above
the clock in the postofice tower. 1t
Is a chamber with nothing for walls but
four corner pillars. which support the
higher reaches of the pinnacle. One
night during the Taft administration.
and without any preliminary notice, a
glaring, dazzling white light shot out
over the venue from the darkness of
the tower room.
That light burned nightly all during
the incumbency of MI. Hitchcock and
for some time after Mr.. Burleson took
command. Then 1t suddenly was ex.
tinguished, a night landmark disap.
peared and people who have asked
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-30

giving plenty of space for the "duels."
The hall is 25 feet wide. At, the rear
is a dressing room, 20 by rs feet. The
wall is light bronze green, and the
ceiling and woodwork is cream color
ed. Large windows at the front of the
hall and several skylights afford
plenty Of light for fencers and revolt
yer shots at day practice and numer-
u ceiling lights will make night CON
tests possible.
The reorganization Of the club has
caused considerable interest in Wash
ington society. The first eeencing club
was started about II years ago by Cor
don Strong. Count Arthur Cassini,
Russian ambassador, and a number
OF persons from diplomatic and society
life participated in the bouts with foil
and saber.
Robert M. Thompson is president of
the new club. Sir Cecil Spring-Rice.
British ambassador, is vice-president.
Henry Breckenridge, assistant secre-
tary of war, is secretary-treasurer, and
his brother, DR.. Scott D. Breckin-
ridge, is captain of the sale d'armes.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-30

Harry. | will come with you" she
said. rnising her head "Anyvherei"
She stepped out through the wir
dow and they faced each other in the
garden outside. Nobody was stirring
in the street. She looked back at the
house, fearful. and still uncertain.
why couldn't you come beforeF"
she whispered.
Harry Goddard threw back his head
and laughed.
Because" he answered, Senator
Pryce gave me five hundred dollars
to stay away until his wedding day"
What He paid you money!"
"Yes. And the joke is that the old
man outwitted himself. This is his
wedding day, because It is past mid
night. He thought the joke was on
me, but that's where he fell down."
Esther laid her hand on his arm.
Harry, you did this d~astardly
| thing?" she asked.
We'll, hasn't he money to spare?
And wasn't he just as bad, with all
his money, bribing a poor man."
TT wasn't the bribe," she muttered.
1t was the making her the subject
Of the bride. She knew that the link
which bound her to Harry was broken
forever. Quietly she stepped back
through the window.
81 win," said a low voice in her
ear. Senator Pryce was standing be-
fore her, in her room, smiling.
What does this mean?" asked Es-
Their.
1T means" answered the senator,
that l have tested you and found
you true, just as l found him false.
o, Esther, forgive me but couldn't
marry you until l had given you the
chance to see what you have es'
capped"
mo, what l have found" she an
swered softly. .s
Copyright, 1918, by w. G. Chapman.)
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-30
WORD OF REMARKABLE ORIGIN
"Quiz," Which Ia In Such Common
Use, Has No Root Nor Etymo-
logical Meaning.

The word quiz is one of the few
English words which has no root nor
genealogical meaning to give a hint
of what it signifies.
1t is said, in fact, that the manu-
facturer of the word himself did not
know what it meant. He made 1t
up jokingly, according to the follow
ing story of the words origin:
Many years ago there lived in Dub
lin a person whose name was DAILY.
According to custom he and a party
Of friends were gathered together one
evening, when he made a wager that
by the end of the following day every
man in Dublin would be speaking a
word having no meaning and being
derived from no language known.
The wager was eagerly taken up by
Days associates, who were sure that
he had no chance of winning under
the circumstances.
DAILY owned among other things a
theater and after the party had brok-
en- up he called up all the men con-
nected with the theater, assigned to
each a certain portion of the city, sup
piled them with chalk and instructed
them to write the letters "Q-U-I-Z" on
every~door and shop window in town
before daylight. His orders were car
ried out SO effectually that before the
morning of the following day was over
!. everybody was asking Of his neighbol
the meaning of the mysterious WORD
quiz" The ignorance of its meaning
and it's sudden appearance all ovel
the city created talk and conjecture
for many a day.
When the truth that it was all q
joke came out the word was adopted
as a synonym for a jest and expires
sive also of a puzzle because of the
questions and general perplexity /
had aroused.
To quiz means, therefore, in ont
sense, to ask questions, and in Other
to quiz a person means to jest witt
or poke fun at him.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-30
In Woman's World.

Sarah Bernhard is a vegetarian.
Thirteen states now have laws pen
sioning mothers.
Women clerks are being employed
in many of the London banks.
There are over a thousand women
lawyers in the United States.
The wages in the better sort of cot
ton factories in Japan run from s
cents a day for the youngest children
to rs cents a day for good women
workers.
For the first time women have been
given a place as co-adjutors in the
creation of an international enterprise
the Panama-Pacific international
Exposition at San Francisco in 1915.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-30
Onion Lovers Shudder

7 OVERS of beefsteak and onions
j. were startled the other day when
the department of agriculture an
nounced that the tylenchus devastatrix
had invaded the United States n the
future Of the onion industry vas In
Jeopardy.
The invader with the imposing name
Is known also as the onion eelworm-
Hitherto 1t has confined its operations
to Europe, Africa and Australia, where
1t has wreaked havoc, but now It has
made it's appearance In this country.
The government experts, In warning
the rover Of onions, did not mini
mize the gravity Of the appearance
here Of the eelworm. 1t seems imper-
vious to chemical remedies that have
been tried for its eradication and the
eggs Of the insect, the experts declare,
will survive two years Of complete
dryness.
"The worms are seldom over one
twentieth Of an inch long" says the
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-30
Is Best -SportsWoman.

Miss Marie Marvingt is known in
her native land of France as the first
s~portswoman of the world. She a
swim, ride, shoot, climb, fish and drive
q motor car and she does each beau
tifully. She scales mountains, hunts
big game, rides a bicycle, wins at in
ternational shooting contests, and
moreover she has been up in a bal
loon several times. She is now work
ing on an ae~roplane, hoping to invent
something to carry wounded soldiers
from the field.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-30

A PAIL of terror hung over the
"A city's su~pernervous for more than
a half hour the other night, when the
prolonged weird shrek of a siren whis-
tie, such as ordinarily goes up as an
announcement Of distress and trag-
edy, sent it's distinctive and fright
ening tones to every corner Of the
District.
"A wreck on the railroad" "A
steamer sinking on the river" de-
clared the more alarmed, and scarce
ly had they uttered the words when
the minds of the imaginative began
working and telling those near by
that, Yes, ten carloads full of peo-
pie, smashed to smithereens outside
the Union station" In another quar-
ter 1t was a whole steamboat full OF
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-30
Fire Set bv Mirror.

A piece Of mirror that had been
thrown away set fire to some grass
in the yard Of J.. B. Grow and the fire
crept UP and caught in his house. The
mirror had been broken in moving
and the glass was all taken out and
dumped with a pile Of tin cans; old
shoes and similar junk in a low place
about 70 feet from the house. One
piece of the mirror was exposed so
that it caught the rays of the SUM-
Cincinnati Enquirer.