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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1913-06-13
Uses Of MallnH

Maline is shown used in various
ways; heather buds developed OF NAL
inc as well as the imitation aigrette
have been favorably accepted. Maline
in its present degree of perfection Of
fers many inducements TO the milliner
who is Gesirous of combining materi-
ais to the best advantage. says Milli-
merry Trade Review. Chantilly lace
used as drapes and to form the brim OF
the large picture hat for midsummer
is also an interesting feature Ostrich
has come into its own. and the hand
some ostrich fancy effects in the new
shades are unusually attractive.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1913-06-13
BEFORE BUYING YOUR TRUNK
Some Things Which Require Careful
Consideration Before Selecting
Your Travelling Box.

First, decide what is to be packed ir
IL, and whether IL is to be used foI
journeys over land, or for sailing over
the sea. ira trunk is used for what IL
is intended. clothes alone, and they
are packed with intelligence, they will
arrive at their destination unwrinkled
II is the simplest necessity TO put
rolls of tissue paper under n skirt
which may have TO be folded over, &c
pun the sleeves Of n gown with tissue
and TO stun little paper into the
waists Of dresses. An important pre-
caution In the art OF packing is TO put
the heaviest clothes at the bottom
Tissue paper should also be folded be-
tween dark and light clothes if fresh.
ness is to be expected. Very perish.
able evening dresses, especially span
gled or beaded ones, should be packed
In thin bags. The most desirable
trunks are made in wardrobe style, ex-
amples of modern wizardry with their
various compartments constructed to
hold every article OF wearing apparel
and keep In perfect condition to the
end of the journey.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1913-06-13

grateful remembrance. In the last few
years OF his life Mr.. Bigelow turned
with peculiar affection to his old col
lege. and n memorial serving such 6
useful purpose in the fitting of youns
men for citizenship is one which he
would warmly approve"
Contributions may be sent 10 the
treasurer of the committee, Oswald
Garrison Willard OF the New York Eve
ming Post. Other members Of the com
mittee are Justice Charles +. Hughes
J. Pierpont Morgan, Henry Fairfield
Osborn. George A. Plimpton, Eliphalet
Mott Potter, Andrew Carnegie, Elihu
Root, John l.. Cadwalader. Joseph Z
Ransdell, and President Richmond OF
Union.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1913-06-13
To a,op Scenes IN Russian puma.

London.-A Russian engineer has
offered 20 install in the duma an ap-
paratus OF his invention which is de.
signed by the mere pressure Of but.
ton. to render IL impossible for any
deputy TO rise TO his feet In this
way. Darkest Russia says, he claims
that all demonstrations and unseemly
scenes can be prevented. NJ. Rod.
zianke. the president Of the donna. sub
mitted the offer for the consideration
OF the presidential board. The board
was OF the opinion that the duma could
dispense with such an appliance.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1913-06-13
To Darn Table Linen.

Stretch the article smooth and tight
in embroidery hoops. Remove the
presser foot from the sewing machine.
loosen the tension. slip the hoops un-
der the needle and. without turning
the hoops. sew back and forth until the
hole is neatly filed Then turn the
hoops and proceed in the same manner
across the stitching already put in.
The result is gratifying.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1913-06-13
To Mend Lace Curtains.

Take strips Of net the right size. or
good parts OF old curtains. and dip
them into hot starch. Apply these
pieces TO the worn places while the
starch is hot. and they will adhere ant
will not show as much as darns would.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1913-06-13
Paws 500 DUTY on Golf Suits.

Newport. r. I.--Joseph Hartman Of
this city paid 500 duty on two golf
suits bought in England. They are
the last word" in English sttire.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-25

powder tOlerably we'll. Sulphur improves
the article. but the combination of salt
peter and charcoal is the essential secret
of gunpOwder, and it was this fact that
led to the first production of fireworks.
Inquiry into the origin of inventions
frequently leads the investigator to China.
All over the great plains of that country
and India saltpeter is found in abundance
pure or. mixed with the soil. 1t is easy
to suppose that long ago people made
fires in the open air upon some piece of
ground strongly impregnated with salt
peter. Suppose a fire eXtinguished, leav-
ing upon that nitrous soil many small
pieces of charcoal and charred wood. The
tread of the passersby or the tramp of
cattle could grind that saltpeter and that
agine another party making fire upon
the same spot. In this way. it is thought.
or at least in some similar accidental
manner. occurred the discovery or inven-
ton of gunpOwder
The Chinese themselves say. and the
imperial records at Picking attest, that
they have used gunpowder in fireworks
for about two thousand years.
To the present day the Chinese are pc
culiarly and extravagantly fond of fire.
works. Every great festival in China is a
tremendous and universal Fourth of July.
The chief materials used by the maker
of fireworks are saltpeter. charcoal and
sulphur mixed in many OmbnatiOnS
with filings Of various metals, chiefly
iron. steel. copper and zinc. These filings
which impart such splendor to wheels and
rockets. Copper filings impart greensh
tint. zinc a fine blue color: The COM
bustion of amber affords yellow flame.
while lampblack yields an intense red
The trade has thousand secrets. few of
which ever get in print. although there
are many extensive treatises on pyro-
technics.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-25
PHYSICAL Fitness for Business Men
AS AN EDUCATOR.
By Frank A. Gotch, Worlds Wrestling Champion

and physical nerves his music would lack
something-namely, sound reality.
L am not able to answer the charges
that matter is the servant of mind ex-
cept to say that no man has yet been
able to prove that he can think his body
into fitness without making his body re-
spOnd to that thought.
! know that walking ten miles daily
will produce results. Thinking that you
have done that walking won't produce
results.
1 know, further. that a healthy strong
body helps a healthy, strong mind.
know that 1t is by uniting mind and
body that We produce better manhood
and womanhood / know that a school
boy who likes athletics is a better citi-
zen than one who let's his mind roll freely
in the broad channels of deviltry.
Further. / know that the would-be
bully is usually an inferior physical speci-
men, and that an idle braggart couldn't
put up even a decent fight.
For the sake of the supreme mind.
therefore. support it by having a fit
body. Then your purely intellectual en-
joyments will become multiplied.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-25
BIRD SANCTUARY IN NORFOLK.
Area on English Coast Reserved for
Wild Fowl.

rom F1eln tl<OnuOnl
Naturalists will welcome the recent an
nouncement Of the acquisition by the ma
tional trust of considerable area on the
Norfolk coast, known as Blakeney point.
about midway between Sheringham and
Wells For some years past this tract or
foreshore has been frequented by bota-
nists, ornithologists and biologists, as II
affords peculiar facilities for the study OF
nature in some of her most attractive
phases The physical features of the area
are particularly interesting: it is the nome
of not a few rare plants, and II mas long
Deen famous as breeding ground Tor
terms and ringed plovers. Through the
generosity Of the Fishmongers' Company
and few private individuals. tract or
land over 1000 acres in extent mas now
been vested in the national trust Tor pres
ervation as mature reserve.
The bird life on the point 49, as we nave
said one of it's most conspicuous attrac-
tons: the common tern. the lesser tern.
the r,nged plover and the oyster catcher
are all to be found. while there are sew
is no less interesting; many of the species
of insects found in the salt marshes OF
the British isles are, SO Tar as present
records extend, practically confined TO
by the national trust Of an area OF sal!
marshes in various phases or develop
ment is of exceptional value from this
point of view.
To the botanist especially Blakeney is
most attractive locality. The four prin-
cipal British species of statice tsea Law
ender) are present in abundance tof whlch
s. limonium the common sea lavender. Is
the food plant Of the larva Of one OF the
most interesting of British lepidoptera.
Agestis bennettiD, while one locality is
celebrated for the oyster plant tMertensia
maritima). a plant otherwise not recorded
on the east coast south Of Holy Island.
northumberland. The sea bite tSuoeda
fruiticosa), however. is perhaps the most
noticeable plant at Blakeney from the
botanist's point of view. for it grows in
the greatest profusion and luXuriance on
the single banks. Altogether over 100
distinct species OF Towering plants have
been recorded as occurring on this ia
vored spot.
England has been hitherto sadly behind
other countries in the matter of nature
reserves: but the subject has latterly at
tracted more attention. and at last sat-
isfactory start seems likely to be made.
The whole of the area referred to will be
placed under the mana cement and con-
troll Of a local committee. which will for
mulate suitable regulations respecting the
access and use of the land. Several of
the most influential residents in the
neighborhood have consented to serve on
this committee. SO that there Is every
reason to believe that local interests will
be duly safeguarded.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-25
Dipping the Flag.
From Harper's Weekly.


The salutation given when a vessel
lowers or dips it's flag is one of the
very oldest and most honorable of all
forms of marine greeting.
This form Of salute has always been
demanded by English-speaking seamen.
and it's exaction has burned the hearts
and the powder OF generations of naval
commanders. In the old days for for
eign ship, whether merchant or naval, to
enter an English port without yelling
topsail or dipping its national flag was
to run the risk of war, although the pro-
foundest peace existed. Without warning
or argument the shore defenses or a man
of-war would send round shot across
the bows or between the masts of the
foreigner, and il the offending flag did
not instantly come down the insolent in
truder was brought to her senses by
being raked through and through. Such
was the reception accorded by Sir John
Hawkins in the sixteenth century to the
Spanish admiral who. in time Of peace.
sailed into Portsmouth sound without
yelling his topSailS or lowering his flag.
Salutes are essential matters of naval
etiquette and are exchanged on an ella bo-
rate code fixed by the maritime powers.
The number of guns to be fired under all
is infinitely stipulated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-25

This is what well meaning crank
wrote to me one time:
mfr Gotch-As brute, you may be a
wonderful specimen-like fine cut OF
beef But 1t Is mentality that counts
nowadays. Study more. Improve your
mind. Get out Of professional athletics
He didn't inclose his picture. but III
wager he was jealous.
Now, all this talk about the mind is
worth while. Through physical sight,
physical hearing, physical tasting. SMELL
ing and feeling we gain knowledge. That
knowledge, 1 presume. becomes superior
to the physical as soon as 1t is engraved
upon the memory tablets After that,
it's too deep for me.
But I have observed that all mental
achievements are accomplished by physi-
cal means There is Kubelik. He plays
a violin better than other persons. His
physical execution (ref1ex. a physician
friend of mine calls it; subconscious men
tally, philosophical friend labels IT. Is
perfect Without his physical muscles
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-25
from Harpcr's Weekly.


Artists assure us that no Greek sculptor
would have ever dreamed OF putting a
nine-inch foot on a f1ve-and-one-half-fo foot
woman. The types for the classic marble
figures were taken from the most per-
feet forms of living persons. Unques-
tionably the human foot, as represented
by the ancient sculptors. was larger than
the modern one; and. in fact, the pr1mi-
tive foot of all peoples whereof We have
any record, either Of statuary or other
wise. was considerably larger than the
restricted foot of later times
The masculine foot, forming an app-ox-
innate average of four different countries.
was about twelve inches long. This would
require at least a No. 10 shoe to cover it
comfortably. The average masculine foot
today is easily fitted with a No. So shoe
and Is therefore not above ten and seven
sixteenths inches. Now. by the old scup-
tural rule of proportion, a man five feet
nine inches i'm height should have a foot
eleven Ind one-half inches long. or one
sixth his height. 1t was of no great con
sequence what size sandal he wore, but he
would have required modern shoe OF
at least a No. 10la for a minimum At or
a No. IL for real comfort.
For women. allowing for the difference
in the relative size of the sexes. which
was about the same then as now. o.
woman of five feet three inches I'm height
would have had a foot ten inches long.
requiring a modern shoe of the size
No 6 as the most comfortable, or No.
81. as the limit of comfort.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-25
Cropping for Genius.
rom Popular Magazine.

From Popular Magazine.
Anybody. from the millionaire down TO
the cook. can write a good play. This Is
a fact Ii must be true. because all OF
Them laying aside for the moment their
overmastering modesty. tell you so.
This is what the manager of a great
theatrical business i'm New York said the
other day:
1T is the hardest thing imaginable TO
find a good play. Our concern has read a
thousand plays a year for the last seven
years-a total of 1.0Oo-and out OF that
number We have not found a single play
worth using. Anybody can write play,
but mighty few can write il right.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-25
The History Of Fireworks.
Harner.s Waot,r

From Harpers Weekly.
For many years 1t was assumed that the
invention of gunpowder led to that Of
fireworks: but now. 1t Is thought, the
chances are that the invention Of fire.
works led. in time. to the invention Of
gunIowder.
To make twenty ounces of the best gun
powder. We mix together fifteen ounces Of
saltpeter. three ounces of powdered char
coal and two ounces of powdered sulphur.
This proportion is not always observed
but il is standard mixture.
Omtting the sulphur. We still have a
very explosive substance and one that
will answer the ordinary purposes OF gum
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-25
Strange Wounds Inflicted.

Famous eye and ear specialists in
Vienna, Berlin and Paris are Just now
daily being consulted by Greek patriots
who have met with strange wounds in
battle. The Turkish Mauser bullets. from
90 to 10 in caliber, have in many in
stances produced peculiar hurts. On
board this steamer young Greek volun-
teer from Alexandra, NJ Borostatos, is
proceeding to Vienna in company of his
uncle and aunt, wealthy people. A Tur-
kish bullet pierced his forehead just over
the eye, leaving the skull behind the ear
He has entirely recovered. excepting for
a singular nervous affection Of the optic
nerve. making him see everything double
and Of huge size. One Greek officer I
saw whose skull had been shot through
from end to end, with the brain pro-
truding. but who is again well man
all inside few weeks. Military surgery
will have to readjust itself to these new
conditions. DR.. Holdt told me he had sew
eral times seen men go on fighting with
wounds which few years ago were con-
sidered absolutely fatal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-25

shooters, and these always aimed at the
hands or feet of the enemy. Never be-
fore in military history, said Dr. Holdt.
were so many wounded soldiers known In
battle with shattered limbs limbs fit only
for amputation. From distances up to
1000 yards these Albanian deadshots hit
the mark
And here is another strange fact: These
Albanians fought with the ardor Of
fanatics. They stood pledge to disdain all
the modern tricks of evading bullets.
especially the lying prone on the ground
in shooting. Instead. they used, one and
all, umbrellas, under the shelter of
which they took careful aim. secured
against the glare Of the sun. Umbrellas,
veritable umbrellas. That was all the
shelter thew sOught
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-25
WISE.

From the Boston Transcript.
Gibbs-That's a pretty rocky looking
umbrella you have there. old man.
wouldn't carry one like that
Dibbs-I know you wouldn't; that's the
reason / carry it when you're around.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-25
It Paws to Advertise.

From the Hardinsburs Leader.
w. ]. Schopp says the mercantile BUSH
ness is unusually good at SteDhensport.
He does not advertise because he cannot
secure sufficient help to handle his GUS
toners when ne advertiSes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-25
Second Sight.

From the San Francisco Chronicle
Mabel-But how do you know he loves
you if he hasn't told you so?
Margery-Oh, 1 can tell by the way he
looks at me when I'm not looking at
him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-25
Of Course.

From the Boston Transcript.
What did your lawyer say when you
stated your purpose 10 him.?
He said il was fees-ible.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-25

also be clear that banking mechanism
increases its efficiency. giving lower cost
service in proportion as money is used
for hank reserves instead Of for direct
circulation
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-25
UNCERTAIN OF ASSISTANCE
Makes Banks Become Self Dependent
and Garry Larger Reserves.
RATES ALSO ARE UNEQUAL
Surplus Funds of One Section Are
Not Available for Use in
Other Sections.
BY JOHN PERRIN.
Copyright. 1872

Copyright 1872
tSynopsis of Article I. The chief fault
of our banking and currency system Is
that panics and currency famines are
precipitated because its mechanism is de-
fective in that there is no adequate pro-
vision for converting loan assets into
means of paying liabilities.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-25
Greeks Aim to Keep Spells.

The Greeks want to keep what they
have won and what they aim to win be-
fore the end of the great palaver in Lon
don They want to keep the Greek is
lands hitherto under Turkish rule .espe-
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-08-29
The Gambling Instinct
BY RALPH EDWARD WALLACE
tbs LAWRENCE and I wei

~ tbs LAWRENCE and l were
chums before his marriage and
continued to be chums after
his marriage. although l on
fess l was greatly disappointed that
Grace Horton married him instead Of
me. That his marriage did not break
off u intimacy was due entirely to
Otis, who was ignorant of my attach
ment for the he married, and
l could not turn away his invitations
to be a frequent visitor to his house.
Day by day | grew irritated against
him.
Otis had one w~eakness-a passion for
gambling: not that he visited the regu-
lar gambling houses, for he did not,
but he played at home. He would gath
or Il party of friends nearly every
night. and the play was always very
high. This his wife did not know.
One Saturday afternoon in June as l
was about to leave my Office for a half
holiday Otis dropped in and told me
that he had bought a roulette table.
Would l go with him and see the ball
spin? He insisted. l yielded.
On reaching his house we went to
what he called the smoking room. di-
vested ourselves of our coats and vests,
lighted cigars and sat down at the rou-
lette table. There is something fasci-
mating in watching the little ball spin
rapidly around for awhile. then begin
to coQuette with the different pockets,
rolling toward n striking a point and
nearly being knocked into another.
poised for Il moment IN the edge of a
third. V settling into it's choice till
the excitement of the watchers has
reached fever heat. Otis was banker.
He won all the money l had about me,
then | began to give him due bills.
About 4 o'clock I was bankrupt.
1t was plain to me that Otis had
grown frightened at my large bets.
He had a wife and a child. and if in
stead Of the bank having broken me
had broken the bank it would have
been terrible. The fires Of hell were
burning within me. This man had de-
prived me Of the woman upon whom l
had set my heart. and now he had TAX
en- every dollar l possessed. AS a
drowning man will catch at a straw
ran my hands through my pockets and
felt a coin the size Of a half dollar. ]
drew it from its place and in doing sc
dropped it. and it rolled under Il lounge
"\ever mind" said Otis. What was
it,
Fifty cents. ! believe
Every we'll; it's safe. Make your
bet"
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-08-29
SMART LOOKING PLAIN SUIT.

If your crash or linen suit is too
severely plain for afternoons there's
an easy way of smartening it. All you
need is q yard Of linen with which to
make a deep and wide chemisette
which can be Slipped III over any plain
lingerie blouse that is collarlesS. The
cheniSette should be hand embroid-
cred at each side Of the row of crystal
buttons fastening its scalloped edged
fronts. and its neck should be finished
with q wide. turned over collar. also
hand embroidered and scalloped edged.
This collar. coming over that on the
suits jacket. will extend almost to the
arm eyes and effectively garnish the
upper portion of the costume.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-08-29
IT BURNS UNDER WATER.

In a short, thick candle end press in
from underneath an iron nail SO as to
make this end heavier so that the can
die will keep right side up. Then put
it in a glass Of cold water and light
it. You would naturally expect that
the candle would burn down to the
waters level and that then the water
would put out the flame. But this
does not happen. The cold water keeps
the outside wax from melting so that
the flame burns down until you can
see it through the candle rs through a
milky shade. 1t will burn down until
the hole is SO deep that fresh air can
not reach the flame.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-08-29
Fashion and WOman's Work
KITCHEN POINTERS.

Tightly covered jars should hold sug-
ar and salt as they become moist and
lumpy from danpness.
Never put bananas. onions or strong
smelling foOd in your iceDOx. Never
by any can use paper or rags to
cover the ice. A piece of asbestos is
permissible. DO not put food in the
ice chamber. but III separate compart-
ments. Never put warm food in the
box. Scald the waste pipe at least
once Il week. \ piece Of charcoal kept
in the box will absorb odors.
In rolling out pie crust in summer
when everything j. hot and melting
the dough will persist in sticking to
the rolling pin Unless Il great deal of
-four is used. and that takes the rich
ness from the pie crust. An excellent
way to avoid this trouble is to make a
rolling pin OF a bottle. Choose a large,
round. smooth bottle, ill it with ice
water and cork tightly. The bottle
being icy cold prevents the dough from
sticking.
Crackers and odd bits Of stale
bread may be ground into crumbs by
the meat hasher and then kept in COW
cred jars for future use. If the crack
ers ana bread are run through the
hasher once it will crumb them. If
the crumbs are then run through the
hasher a second time it will turn the
crumbs into a fine powder. much finer
for Dreaded chops. outlets or croQuets.
These crumbs should be kept in an
alright jar.