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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-05-16

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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-05-16

Miss Frederick was on the stage
several years in small roles. Three
years ago she married and retired.
Then some one in Eebler's offices re-
membered her and coaxed her back
to win fame.
3 JANE COWL, another new star, is
now one Of the highest paid women
on the stage. She started her career
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-05-16
JAP PROBLEM IS UP TO TIL

chinda, Japanese ambassador, and William j.
Bryan, secretary of state, has just arrived from
Washington, where these smiling gentlemen
are trying to straighten out the serious tangle
over the California alien land bill that Governor
johnson has determined to sign.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1913-10-16
Prepayment Fan.

son that we will one day shop by
means of automatic vending ma
chimes.
The coin placed in the slot closes
the motor circuit and remains in the
contact jaws until a coin ejector, actu-
ated at the end of a predetermined
number of armature revolutions by a
worm shaft driven by the motor,
forcibly removes the coin and drops
it into the box, thus stopping the mo-
tor. A means is also provided for the
continuous operation of the fan by a
coin magazine which automatically
feeds the coins by the operation of a
plunger as soon as the fan has turn.
ed the number of revolutions paid for
by each coin.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1913-10-16
NEW ELECTRIC BARBER POLE
BY Day 1t RevolVes and by Night 1t Is
Illuminated by Small Electric
Lamp.

It is said that the striped barber
when every barber was supposed to
be a surgeon. In. days of old, when
knights were bold, cuts, Commissions,
bruises and wounds were not at all
infrequent. Then it was part of the
BARRIERS business to dress wounds.
The striped pole served to guide the
unfortunate one to the nearest bar
ber-suTgeon. Whether or not this skill
in surgery helped when the razor
slipped is not stated IN history
Only recently has the barber pole
been electrified BY day it revolyes
and by night Il Is Illuminated by a
small electric lamp. The electric or
revolving barber pole has for a mid
die section a glass cylinder that is
two feet or more i'm height by about
eight inches in diameter, this section
being supported on an ornamental
base or on stout brass rod rising
from the sidewalk The glass section
of the pole is suTmounted by an or.
udultuldi zap
Within the glass section of the pole
is another cylinder made Of a thin
lightweight, translucent material up
on which are painted the traditional
spiral stripes of red, white and blue
the familiar sign of the barber. This
inner cylinder is pivoted top and bot
tom and made to revolve by means oil
a tiny electric motor attached at the
top. Current is carried to this motor
on a wire leading from an electric
light fixture within the building and
up out of sight inside the poles base
Within the inner cylinder of the cleo
trio revolving barber pole are two in
candescent electric lights by which
the pole can be Illuminated at night
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1913-10-16
ELECTRICAL
@NOTESg61

The islands OF the West Indies are
to be connected by wireless.
Indirect electric lighting is now ex.
tensively used in large buildings.
The lead and zinc mines of the mid.
die west are adopting electric power
The steam roads of Berlin will be
electrified owing to a rapid increase
of traffic.
Fourteen steel plants in this coun.
try are equipped with electric smelt.
ing furnaces.
Electricity has been found the
cleanest and best power for large
packing houses.
Auto factories are said to be health.
full places for workmen because of
electricity employed.
Hamilton. Ontario, proposes an
electric sign mile long and about
100 feet high advertising the city
Recent experiments demonstrate
that It is quite impossible to produce
miniature diamonds In an electric
furnace.
It is estimated that more than two
and a half billion dollars are invested
In the electrical supply stations in
this country.
A German physicians new electri
cal treatment for obesity compels pa.
tents to perform muscular work au
tomatically and Independent OF their
will by stimulating their muscles.
The famous Egyptian temple OF
Rameses IT,. 30 centuries old, has
been illuminated with electricity 70,
the benefit of tourists.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1913-10-16

T. VERIFYING is trimmed with fur
IL and already furriers are making
up in what are called millinery furs"
limitations Of martin, ermine, skunk,
leopard, moleskin, mink and sealskin.
These furs are used in bands and are
used for trimming muffs, turbans,
neckpieces and dresses. They border
gowns at the hem, and sleeves ct the
wrist Occasionally high-necked
blouse shows narrow band Of fur
hugging the throat.
But ii is in millinery and muffs
(Which are made of velvet or other
fabrics) that fur bands appear as an
indispensable part of the composition.
Round, close-ftting turbans, Oriental
turbans, small hats, few of the larg-
er ones that are beginning to emerge
from their eclipse, are all taking to
themselves the luxury and suggestion
of warmth and comfort which is lent
them by the fur band.
Millinery furs are called by the
names Of the furs they initiate, as
"sealskln," fox" martin" mole,
leopard" "ermine." 1t is more than
likely that Molly Cottontail provides
many Of the skins which are trans
formed by furriers into almost any
thing they wish TO initiate The OPP
possum, the skunk, the muskrat, the
coyote and others have and help out
in providing furs for trimming, be,
cause there is a tremendous and IN.
creasing demand for them. The skins
of these people of the wild are so dis
guised by the dyeings and markings
and piecings and clippings of fur
riers that their masquerading is ac
cepted easily. No qualifying 'imita
ton" prehXes their borrowed names
They are used in the handsomest oil
millinery and garments, and they
make it possible for the many" as
we'll as "the few" to indulge in good
looking furs.
The hats on which fur bands and
collars are used are small and close
Citing as a rule. Mostly velvet tur
bans, although plush and satin figure
in the making of a good number Of
models. The combination of fur and
velvet, or fur and satin, is more effec
tive than that OF fur and plush, in
millinery. When long-haired furs are
used they are cut in narrow bands
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1913-10-16
Electrical Rat Trap.

New Lenox, Ill. A wooden box with
an incline cover, is placed beside a
deep tin can with perpendicular sides.
At the end of the cover is hinged
platform held in place over the can by
springs, says the Popular Electricity.
This platform is connected by a cop
per wire with one side of the primary
circuit of an induction coil, and two
dry batteries are located inside the
box. A small hook to which bait is
fastened is attached In front OF the
platform. The only way in which the
rat can get to the attractive morsel
Is by way OF running up the incliAe
cover and onto the platform. which Is
Immediately pressed downward by the
weight of the rodents body. The
downward move of the platform to
the shelf under II to which the other
side of the primary circuit is attach
ed. causes the primary circuit con-
nection to be closed. The electrical
current which is suddenly developed
by the secondary winding is then sent
into a pair of copper wire windings
on the platform. This gives the rat
a severe shock and hurls II into the
tin can. from which no rat can escape.
The platform springs back into place
lust as soon as the rat leaves 1t.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1913-10-16
WILLIAM A. RADFORD, EDITOR

three inches of earth must be repeat
eddy worked with disk harrow, or
some such implement, every other
day for week or two to kill the weeds
as they sprout then If the top is
well mixed with a good commercial
fertilizer the grass seed may be sown
and you have a lawn that will last as
long as you want it, lawn that will
be green when others are parched
with sun, a lawn that will look vel
vety and add ten or twenty per cent
to the value of the property.
This is a secret that not many
householders understand. 1t is not
the house itself that makes home de-
sirable. / have seen cheap little
houses made so attractive that
strangers passing would stop to ad-
mire.
A young man can build house like
this for $4,000; and the money that
he would naturally pay out for rent
will pay for it in few years time. lie
can grow fruit trees and have fruit
enough for home use and some TO sell
without going to much expense or
spending a great deal Of time in the
garden. An hour or two at night for
a few weeks early in the season viii
accomplish a good deal if the work is
intelligently laid out. In building a
house like this don't forget the outside
embellishments. The lawn and the
garden will be the making of the prop
erty, at the same time you will be set
ting a good example that is almost
sure TO benefit the neighborhood.
Another very important item is the
painting. little house sometimes
is conspicuous just because it is small
and more attention is paid to it than
other houses in the neighborhood, es-
pecially if it is nicely painted and neat
~ kept. Always choose quiet colors
for a small house; never attempt to
make it SNOWY. A drab with white
| trimmings always looks we'll You may
/ deviate from this without serious in
jury possibly, but you cannot improve
on a light drab with white trimmings
/ for a small house, especially if it is
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1913-10-16
TELLING APPROACH OF STORM
Many Signs Herald Rain If People
viii but Take Note of the
Indications.

Many people are sufficiently familiar
with weather lore to know some of the
signs that herald rain. The repeated
performance of its toilet by the domes.
tic cat, the apparent nearness of dis
tant objects, unusual activity on the
part of the snails in the garden-such
indications are familiar to most PEG.
pie.
But there are other signs more cas-
lily to be noted by housekeeping town
jewellers. Here are few, as cata.
logued by a weather prophet:
"If, on picking up your newspaper
in the morning, it displays a tendency
to tear almost on its own account, a
downpour of rain is not far off. Rain
is also presaged when the contents oil
the salt-cellar are in a moist and clog
gy condition. At such times your boot
laces have a more than ordinary ten
dency to snap and your kid gloves
will have a cold, clammy feeling and
be difficult to pull on.
Even the walking stick or umbrells
will act the part of a barometer. The
handles before rain will reveal slight
deposit of moisture and be sticky tc
the touch. In this way the question
whether II is the wiser to take walk
ing stick OF umbrella on leaving HON,
will be settled for the observant per
son by an inspection of the article,
mselves.-Tit-Bits
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1913-10-16

Whether it shows through or not, 1t
is elegant! and will make a Christmas
gift that will delight the heart OF its
fortunate recipient.
From one and a quarter to one and
half yards of all-over lace will make
two of these without any seams. Lace
Is inches wide is cut in two length
wise and the straight strip forms the
little bodice. Beading and lace edging
trim the top and form the straps over
the shoulder. A wider beading Of fine
Swiss embroidery is made to the waist
measure.
Baby ribbon Is run in the beading
at the top Of the garment and tied ina
full bow at the front. 1t is run in
the shoulder straps, which are made
of beading with lace edging whipped
to each side. A narrow hem finishes
each side of the front. Wider ribbon
is run through the beading at the
waist and tied in a bow at the front.
BY way of adding the most frivolous
and dainty Of finishing touches, tiny
chiffon roses In pink, bl1e and white.
with little ribbon rose foliage. is ap-
piled Tin a short festoon) over the
bust at each side. They are basted
on, to be removed when the corset
cover is washed
The sewing on such garments is to
be done by hand. but there is so little
of It that only short time is needed.
Considering it's beauty and inexpen-
siveness this corset cover Is to be rec
commended as among the choicest of
gifts. II is good enough for a million
aire, costs little, but, bought in the
shops, sells for high price.
JULIA BoTTOMLEY.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1913-10-16

but short-haired furs, not so bulky.
are invariably this season cut either
narrow or wide.
In passing it may be mentioned
that furs must not be cut with sois-
sors. The home milliner or dress
maker may cut them satisfactorily by
marking a line with tailor's chalk on
the skin. side of the pelt and cutting
along this line with a razor blade. In
sewing seams two edges are held to-
gether and overcast. Furriers use a
triangular needle, and it is far easier
to sew skins with than the round
needle. All three edges are cutting
edges.
1t will be seen from the picture that
the muffs and hats are made 10
match, while the neckpieces are odd
of another kind Of fur or plush This
is only fancy not an established
fashion. The vogue Of plain skirts
with plush jackets to match in color
does away with the need OF a neck.
piece other than band Of fur around
the collar. With such a suit a hat
and muff to match, trimmed with fuT
like that on the collar is delightfully."-
chic and also delightfully."- comfortable
One can face any degree Of cold with
! them.
The materials used for the mufrs
and turbans are many, velvets,
pushes, brocaded silks, brocaded
crepes, wide heavy brocaded ribbons
satins and chiffon all contribute to
the making up Of these smart acces,
series.
Muffs are fiat and soft. Lace Is
used for their trimming. and a touch
/ of lace on the turban corresponds
with that on the muf. AS is usual
when furs are much in fashion (they
are never ouO metallic laces have
/ reappeared and are sparingly used as
a decoration on fancy muffs and neck
wear and in touches of gold and sill
/ yer on millinery.
Some of the muffs and turbans
shown may be attempted by the home
dressmaker with good chances of sue
cess. Before attempting them, how
ever, she should examine a set made
| by professionals. There are many
small items which if overlooked spely
| failure.
JULIA BoTToMLEY,
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1913-10-16

property that suits him so well or that
he can rent at cheaper rate in pro-
portion to the advantages he now
has. He has paid enough rent to buy
the house, to pay all street improve
ments, city taxes, insurance and re-
pairs. He tells me he was offered
the property years ago for $4,000,
which he thought was too much
money. The lot itself is worth more
than that today.
This is one instance in great many
similar ones that have come to my
notice. 1t is not always that neigh
borhood improves so rapidly and sub
stantially, but generally speaking,
all property in American towns ad-
vances in value.
There is another very great advan-
tage in owning a home, and that is
the comfortable feeling you have of
being a landed proprietor and the
fact that you are not obliged to have
your rent money ready promptly
when the month comes round. You
can plant a tree or shrub or some
flower bulbs without the permission of
the landlord, you can make altera-
lions in the house when il suits your
convenience, and if the house or neigh
borhood is not to your liking, you can
rent 1t and borrow the money to build
another, and the rent from the old one
will help pay for the new.
little house like the one illus
trated here may be made attractive
nv making a nice lawn and plant
ing a few trees and flowers. The
lawn is most essential and at the same
time the most difficult undertaking
on the average town lot. The ground
often is not very good, 1t is mixed
with cellar earth and rubbish that is
not well calculated for good seed
bed for grass. 1t is easy to put the
ground in proper shape, however, II
the lob is started from the bottom
The ground must be plowed deep, and
Thoroughly worked to get the objec
tionable grass roots out of 1t. The
condition of the soil will determine
whether to seed the first year or the
SECOND year II there is no humus In
the soil II will pay to cover 1t thick
with coarse manure and pillow II under
This again leads to complications In
the moisture problem. but If you have
a hose attachment you can easily keel
the ground moist The top two OF
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1913-10-16
ELECTRICITY TO KILL FLIES
Insects Strike Charged Wires and
Fall Dead Into Trouah-one
Feature Is Its Cleanliness.

Few things are more significant OF
the earnestness OF the campaign
against the fly than the invention by
an Arkansas man of an electric fly
killer. A few years ago piece of
adhesive or poison paper was con-
sidered sufficient This new method
Of execution consists of a tent-shaped
wire frame with troughs at the bot
tom, the troughs forming the base.
This frame is connected with an cleo
trio light socket. and the wires charg-
ed so that the instant fly strikes
them it is killed, and rolls down the
incline into the trough. If this de-
vice is placed on the sill of an open
window the slaughter of incoming in
sects will be tremendous. A good
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1913-10-16
.FILMY LINGERIE
FASHIONS EDICT
FOR THIS SEASON

CUMBERSOME clothes are things OF
- the past Soft and fine, the under
garments OF today do not confine
themselves alone to sheer muslins, but
call lace and even chiffon into their
fragile makeup. The latter is used
for flounces and frills on garments
which are seldom worn or that can be
dry-oleaned. But the filmiest laces are
woven to withstand careful launder-
Ing and garments employing them are
practical. Some Of those laces-as
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1913-10-16
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ELECTRICAL,
@lWORLDR
COLLECT DEPOSIT OF CARBON
SCOT Is Of Fineness Desirable for Va.
rious Purposes-Work Of Bruno
Theme of Berlin.

Wires are somewhat blackened
when thrust into a candle or acety-
lene flame, but It appears that an
electrified wire may collect a large
deposit of carbon. Bruno Theme OF
Berlin places in the flame two copper
wires, one about half an inch above
the other. These wires are electrodes
of battery current. and the carbon
on the cathode-or quickly
forms a thick growth, branching out
into the flame. The greatest effect is
obtained with a current OF IL to 20
volts Reversing the current trans
fers the carbon to the other wire, and
with the current of an electric in
fluence machine or induction coil
there is sometimes a deposit at the
anode. The SCOT being OF a fineness
making it desirable for various pur-
poses, an apparatus for producing 1t
continuously was devised. A long
flame was formed by gas issuing from
a series of holes in a horizontal tube,
and a wire was passed through it
with a piece of wire gauze suspended
above. BY means of an electro-mag-
netic relay the SCOT was automatically
shaken off when it reached to the
gauze and short circuited the current.
BY introducing copper or other salts
between plate or wire electrodes, me-
tallic deposits were obtained, similar
to the electroplating from solutions,
but usually at the anode.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1913-10-16

Mr. William A. Radford win answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to the
subject of building, for the readers Of this
paper. On account of his wide experience
as Editor. Author and Manufacturer, he
is. without doubt. the highest authority
on all these subjects. Address all inquiries
TO William A. Radford. No. rs West
Jackson boulevard, Chicago, ILL.,. and only
enclose two-cent stamp for reply.
A little house we've got, on a flower
powered lot, in hustling, breezy, busy
little city; it's big enough for two,
for our wants are very few; there's
only just myself and little Kitty.
A simple little house like this is
very much like going back to first
principles, but 1t furnishes accommo-
dation for small family, just as we'll
as more elaborate affair. We all
have acquaintances, especially among
our older friends who commenced life
simply and who are now enjoying the
accumulations resulting from frugal
ity and good management
If young couple forms the habit
of paying rent they are very likely to
pay rent as long as they live.
We often hear the remark that 1t
is cheaper to rent than to own your
own property. There never was a
more foolish or misleading state
ment. The man who lives in rented
house seldom gets ahead financially.
This holds good whether he is work
ing on salary or is conducting bust
ness on his own account 1t would be
difficult to say why, but it probably
is because in the majority OF cases a
renter fails to give attention to the
advancing value of real estate.
/ knew a man, clerk in a lubricat-
ing oil mandatory who rented a new
house on a pleasant street about 20
years ago. AT first he paid $40 per
month, but in seven or eight years
time the rent was raised to sos. He
is still living in the same house and is
nov paying $50 per month. The house
has not improved with age and he
is continually looking about to better
his condition, but can find no other
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1913-10-16
Valuable Secret.

THAT Styx ferry business was fine, .
said one manager.
How SOP" asked another
Its ferryman had a way OF making
all the deadheads pay their way"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1913-10-16
Novel Paris eao.

Bags continue to be popular, and
new one which has come from Paris
is made OF silk, either striped or OF
all black, and is daintily fitted with.
card case, mirror and q watch.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1913-10-16
PREPARING FOR COOL BREEZE
Coin Placed in Slot Closes Motor Cir
cult and Remains Until Proper
Time to Drop Out.

A coin-in-the-slot electric fan is the
latest idea of an ambitious inventor
guided perhaps by the forecast of Edi-
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1913-10-16
CATCH RATS BY ELECTRICITY
Weight of Rodents Body Causes Pri-
mary Circuit to Close, Hurting
Little Animal Into Can.

The latest of the many forms of rat
traps to have been devised is one con-
structed by Mills Knickerbocker of
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1913-10-16

feature of this fly killer is its cleanli
ness. and there is none of the buzz
ing that forms an annoying accom-
paniment to some traps.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1913-10-16

partly hidden among the trees and
screened with vines.
This little home illustrated is at
tractive in outside appearance, and
the interior is all that could be de-
sired in a dwelling of this size A
glance at the floor plans show the ar
rangement of the rooms to be con-
venient; they are well lighted, CHEEKY
and comfortable.