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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-06-18

elders. There is no restriction as to
material, and, as to design, both the
coat dress and the long wasted eff
fects are about equally popular Frills
and fluffy ruff1es do not seem to be-
long to the children of nowadays, the
smartness of their frocks being at
tanned through good lines and SIM
plicity, though not necessarily, severe
ly.
An effective design for small girl
Is here sketched. A telling point in
its favor is that it slips on like coat,
buttons down one side and is belted
in loosely with soft crushed sash,
which, in it's treatment, forms the
feature of the frock. White eponge
or ratine is used, cut in one piece
from neck to hem. The opening down
the left side Is curved from under
the collar, and has the lower corners
rounded off, leaving very short
notch in the skirt The sleeves are
long and easy fitting, set into dropped
armholes under a corded seam. Blue
or tan colored ratine may be used for
the round turned back collar and
cuffs, with the buttons along the side
opening to match, or it may be left
all white. A nine-inch width of mes
saline will be better and softer than
ribbon for the sash, which Is tied
loosely about the waist with one end
run through the eyelet in front and
knotted under the opening.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-06-18
Swat the Top Hat.

1t is proposed to celebrate the cen
tenary of the top or high hat. 1t was
just hundred years ago that tubist
style of art devised this uncomfort-
able headgear for men. 1t seems to
one who shares in the general ten
dency toward simpler and more COM
Portable dress that the best way of
celebrating would be to cast these
black silk cylinders into the ashpile
and permit them to pass their closing
days upon the head of the INDECENT
who wanders the alleys and dresses
himself with sartorial castaways No
more uncomfortable style was ever
wished upon man in modern times.
One explanation of the origin Of the
top hat is that it was a direct de-
scendant of the helmet of the feudal
warriors Of the old England. The ten
dency of the stiff-necked English aris-
tocracy had become accustomed to
the weighty beaver, and when armor-
plate millinery went out of style the
fiendish "stovepipe" was contrived by
the arbiter Of fashions to accommo-
date hereditary muscles that had
lugged about casque and murrion.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-06-18
BIG FLYING BOAT is FAST
Mccormick's craft Covers More Than
Mile Minute in Hammonds-
port, N. y, Trial.

Hammondsport, N. Y-Harold F..
McCormick's big flying boat, designed
by Glenn H. Curtiss, was tried out
here and proved successful beyond
Curtiss' expectations. The new flying
boat is large and heavy, as compared
with previous machines of this type
built in America. 1t has a spread of
more than 40 feet and weighs, when
loaded. considerably more than ton.
The power plant consists of motor
weighing more than 300 pounds and
developing LOG horse power 1t was
expected that the boat would be sea-
worthy, but not particularly fast The
trials proved that it would make more
than mile minute flying in the air
and about so miles an hour when used
as motor boat in the water.
Mr. Curtiss made the first trip. ac-
companied by L. A. Villas of Chicago
and another flying boat owner With
in hundred yards from the starting
point the boat rose from the water
and sailed gracefully down the lake.
1t is said to be McCormick's inten-
ton to use the lying boat between his
Office in Chicago and his home at Lake
Forest, rs miles distant The Nc
mick boat was taken back to the fac
tory for the final touches and will be
ready for shipment to Chicago within
a short time.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-06-18
SHOWS SOME NOVEL IDEAS
Handkerchlefs fer This Season Are
Dainty, and Many Original De-
signs Are Seen.

All is astir in the handkerchief mar
ket. New samples are being received,
| lines for roadmen arranged and plans
completed for the coming season. AS
usual, absolute novel ideas are few and
far between, but the desired element
OF novelty is found In new and clever
interpretations of ole motifs.
The one corner idea continues to
hold the center of attraction The
features of this seasons productions
are daintiness of the designs and their
careful arrangement SO as to extend
up into the body Of the handkerchief.
instead of spreading out at each side,
as in former seasons.
One-sided designs are again In evi-
dence, and will find favor b. adding
the spice of variety.
The Longfellow initial won such
widespread favor last season that its
position in this seasons lines is prac-
tically secure. Many new Lonfellow
designs are shown surrounded by
elaborate decorations, but the simpler,
daintier effects will have first place in
popular esteem.
The oriental initials which made
their appearance last spring are again
featured, and as the oriental influence
is pronounced In women's wear they
should find even greater favor than
ever before.
The usual big movement in simple
initial handkerchiefs, both script and
blocked, is expected. The dainty I'M
decorated letters are indicated for
slight preference over the decorated
ones. Among the daintiest initiated
numbers are those finished with tiny
Armenian lace edge.-Dry Goods Eco
nomist.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-06-18

There are great many things that
cause laughter when men imperson-
ate women on the stage For instance,
a line such as MAY I hold your
hand? It's beautiful hand! So white
and soft when the hand in ques-
ton is callous paw, or when a
hoarse guffaw comes from off stage
and the hero exclaims, What delight
full, childish laughter" A sagging
petticoat is a detail provocative of
mirth or the tottering gait accompany
ing the first experience in high heels.
One thing is fatal, and have seen 1t
happen twice; the heroine sinks into
a chair, perhaps a trifie stiffy, but
still he sinks, and as he does so naive
ly pulls up the legs of his trousers,
which. unfortunately. are not there
The audience will laugh through a
whole act just on the memory of a
mistake like that-"With Cap and
Bells" by Charles William Bracket,
in National Magazine.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-06-18
LAST TOUCH FOR BUNGALOW
Selection of Appropriate Furnishings
to Be In Keeping With Surround
lngs important.

The finishing touch of beauty about
bungalow or summer home of any
sort is the artistic. Summery-looking
furniture which Is found not only
within doors but on porch and lawn.
In selecting such furniture It will be
found that nothing is more pretty and
fitting than the Canton furniture
which is imported directly from the
Orient. 1t is made of bamboo and
wistaria vine and It's special recon-
mendation is that exposure to burning
sunshine or drenching summer show
ers hurts it not a whit. The chairs
are of such odd and interesting shapes
that they make extremely picturesque
furnishings. Added to that Their
bases are of the so-called ''hour-glass'
shape SO that there are no sharp legs
to make unsightly digs In the lawn
The tea-tables, tabouretts and maya
zine racks of this Oriental make are
particularly good-looking
The incest sort of rug to use with
these bamboo furnishings is the one
OF Chinese grass. 1t is also sun-proof
and shower-proof and is so loosely
woven that it dries very readily-a de-
cidedly good feature for a porch rug
to possess.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-06-18
F9shionig Fianicies
H. 93X

The light laces-shadows and SO on
are the kinds promised for spring.
A tailored shirtwaist of white silk
brocade is worn with the carefully
tailored suit
Some of the new negligees are so
sheer that it is necessary to wear a
soft finished loose slip undergarment.
Some Of the newest wells have hexa-
gon meshes and hand run borders
the borders to be worn high on the
hat.
A pretty boudoir robe is of shell
pink charmeuse with half girdle OF
turquoise blue velvet holding 1t in
place.
Lingerie frocks of embroidered net,
batiste, wolfe or crepe have broad
girdles Of silk or satin. Frequently
this touch Of color Is. repeated at the
neck
Striped materials are extensively
used for street costumes; and a Pa
quin model of gray and brown ribbed
material has modified bolero jacket,
with revers, collar and cuffs of brown
and white checked silk.
Young girls are wearing long. mar.
row straw hats trimmed with ribbon
stretched In two widths across the
crown from the front and extending
out behind in two loops. A tiny bunch
OF bright flowers is placed in the
front
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-06-18
Steamship Agents Blame Decrease Of
80 Per Cent. Chiefly on the
Recent Floods.

New York.-Up to May the first
cabin passenger traffic between this
port and Europe was 357 ahead of the
same period in 1912 west-bound and
1873 bookings ahead east-bound The
second-cabin passenger traffic showed
an increase of Il, COO west-bound and
2.434 east-bound from Jan. / to May 8
over last year.
Traffic east-bound from now on will
be about 80 per cent below last year,
according to the steamship agents
This, they say, Is chiefly due to the
number of cancellations of bookings
made in January and February by
persons who were sufferers by the
floods in the middle west and by the
tornado in the Mississippi valley.
Generally the year Of the presiden-
tial election is poor one for foreign
travel, but 1912 was very good year.
Cancellations have been made In
the last few days not only on the older
Atlantic liners, but also on the first
cabin bookings Of the Imperator.
Mauretania and Olympia.
AS Alid4tlC steamship companies
look to the middle west and the west
for the bulk of their summer tourist
traffic. and the sudden falling off in
the demand for cabin accommodation
and the cancellations came as sur
prise to them. A few of the more OPP
timistic agents hope that there will
be boom in the European tourist
traffic later on, but it will have to
come soon to have any effect on the
trade.
Conducted party travel is also light,
according to the various tourist
agents, and there is not much hope of
it picking up this year. The biggest
party this summer will be the 1900
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-06-18
DENIES LONDON is PAGAN
Publisher Sees No Warning In the
Reading of Scriptures In Brit
ish Metropolis.

The question whether London is
pagan is exciting considerable discus
sion. In so far as the sale Of Bibles
is any test of the progress or setback
of Christianity in an age which is SO
frequently stigmatiZed as commercial
and materialistic, there is no greater
authority than Henry Provide, the
well known publisher to the Univer-
sity of Oxford. The two universities
of Oxford and Cambridge, together
with the kings printers, alone have
the privilege of printing the Bible
in English, and, since Mr. Provides
tncumbency of the publishership, the
oxford university press has publish
ed some 25,000,0OO.000 copies of the
Scriptures.
Mr.. Provides information goes to
combat the view that Christianity-or,
more strictly speaking, the reading of
the Bible-is declining, says an ex-
change. The Oxford university press
now sells an average of 100000 cop
les Of the Bible year. 1t is unfor-
tunately, impossible to give statiS-
tics of any real value as to what per-
centage of this total would represent
the sales In London, but Mr.. Provide
expresses the opinion that, population
for population, more people read the
Bible in Edinburgh, and, after the
Scottish capital, Glasgow London, in
his view, would come third. For gen.
eral high class literature, too, Edin-
burgh would hold the lead. Still, a
very large and increasing number Of
Bibles was sold every year, and there
could be no doubt that in London,
as everywhere else where the Eng
lish language was spoken, the Bible
held its own"
Inquiries at the British and For
eign Bible society shows that that
organization has, since 1904 issued
more than 237 100000 copies of the
Scriptures, of which 36,000,000 were
in English, and the rest in practically
all the languages of the world.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-06-18
In the Nursery.

One of the handiest articles young
mother can have in the house is a
low hall tree, which should be cut
down to be only three or four feet
high, and will be one of the most con-
venient pieces of furniture, for on it
can be slipped the little long dresses
and petticoats, which are most con-
venient when always within reach.
Then 1t is a good way to air the little
articles that come from the laundry.
Cover with white enamel paint.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-06-18
MAY GROW "RAINLESs WHEAT
DR.. Macdonald, South African Expert
Claims to Have Made the New
Discovery.

London.-Dr. Macdonald of the
South African department of agricul-
ture declares that 1t is now possible
to grow "rainless wheat"-that is
to say, crop upon which no single
drop of rain has fallen between seed
time and harvest. 1t does not main
tain its existence without moisture,
but all that is necessary is obtained
from the deposit of a previous season
in moisture saving fallows.''
This would mean a great boon for
those areas where the rainfall is un-
certain and irrigation, for various rea.
sons, impossible
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-06-18
FIND HISTORIC GRAVE
Flood at Battle Ground, isd-
Washes out Skeletons.
Jesuit Missionary and Indians Be
Iieved to Have Been Buried
There in Seventeenth Gen.
tury-siIver Cross Is
on Bones.

Battle Ground, Ind.-Guy Fisher, 8
farmer boy living near Battle Ground
Ind, stumbled on to strange find
few days ago near the mouth Of
the Tippecanoe river that may be Of
considerable historic interest. Many
small mounds of earth are to be seen
in the neighborhood which is named
for the battle of Tippecanoe between
Gen. Harrison and Tecumseh's war
riors. Some of these have been open
ed from time to time, and relics OF
the red men have been found In them
but the latest is considered one of the
most important yet unearthed In that
district
Recent high water from the Tippe
canoe and Wabash rivers and Wild
Cat creek inundated the entire coun
tryside. Young Fisher was going
over the territory contiguous to the
joining of the Tippecanoe and Wa
bash rivers after the water had re
coded and found one of the larger OF
the mounds washed out. Uncovered
by the waters but undisturbed were
five skeletons. The center one of the
quintet was larger than the others,
and upon it rested heavy cross
known to antiquarians as the Jesuit
double cross"
The young man, after making these
discoveries, dug lower into the s2ot
and found a stone pipe, several hand
fuls of arrow and spear heads OF
stone, curious copper ornament, two
metal buttons and several other small
stone articles, both implements oil
peace and war.
1t is supposed by some that the
larger of the five mentor all the
skeletons have been determined as
those of males-was Jesuit mission.
airy, while the others are supposed to
have been Indians.
History tells of the burial Of De La
Sale, the French explorer who was
in the Northwest territory in the
year $780, in the Mississippi river.
after he had been disappointed in his
venture of the Griffin, which he dis
patched from the head of Lake Huron.
The boat never returned from it's voy-
age to Niagara and the Frenchman
started on the long trip of 1900 miles
to Canada, first going down the Mis-
sissippi for supplies in two canoes
with an Indian hunter and four
French companions. It is supposed
that the skeletons found are those of
men who either we're in De La Sales
party or who met the Jesuit mission
airy, Marquette, VINO later went
through the section.
1t is known that Marquette was
through that part of the country and
some students are of the opinion that
the skelentos are those of four fol-
lowers of the Marquette party and one
of the Jesuit's group of missionaries.
Some have asserted the larger body
is that of an Indian and not a white
man, that he was the chief of a tribe
and had been converted to the Chris
tian religion by the Marquette party
The position of the body and its con-
dition seem to indicate this, accord
ing to those holding the latter view
of the case.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-06-18
UNIQUE PRIVILEGE.

Viscount Haldene, lord chancellor
of Great Britain, has accepted the in
vitation to deliver the annual adj
dress before the American Bar as
ISOLATION, to be held at Montreal, Sep
TENDER l.
His acceptance is unique, because
he is not only the highest judicial Of
ficer of the empire but also keeper Of
the great seal, and it has hitherto
been the unbreakable rule of the
English constitution that the holder
of that office should not leave the
kingdom.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-06-18
War on Germ carriera.

Berlin.-The Berlin Clinical Weekly
announces that an unnamed donor has
promised $4,000 for the discovery of
a method of Kidding so-called bacillus
carriers Of the bacilli infesting their
systems. Cases OF this kind, like that
of the famous Typhoid Mary of
New York are commoner than is SUM-
posed, and the persistence of typhoid
bacilli is the commonest form of af-
Fiction. The Clinical Weekly asserts
than an analysis of all the reported
cases in Germany shows that women
furnish 90 per cent of the total,
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-06-18
VICE RUN BY TRUST

houses. being unmolested, are per-
mitted to make large profits.
If composite photograph could be
made of typical owners of vice resorts
it would show large, well fed man
about 40 years of age and feet s
inches in height. His clothes are the
latest cut, loud in design, and careful
ly pressed. A heavy watch chain
adorns his waistcoat, large diamond
sparkles in fashy necktie, and his fat,
chubby fingers are encircled with gold
and diamond rings.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-06-18
The Bright Side.

Attorney General McReynolds, at q
tea in Washington. said to a f1nancier
who was complaining bitterly about
a lawsuit he had lost:
My dear fellow, look on the bright
side of things. Try to be like the
old woman whose nephew was hang
ed. This old woman. on the way home
from the execution, said with a curl
of the lip:
Thank goodness for one thing
they had to pay eight dollars for the
rope!'"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-06-18
Smart NeoJloee

Embroidered crashes and printed
linens are the smartest materials for
mems negligee shorts. A white or
natural ground is best, and the neat.
detached fxures are in strong colors.
sucn as brick tangerine. brown and
apple green.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-06-18
FEWER ARE GOING ABROAD

persons who are going to Zurich to
attend the international Sunday school
convention, to be held in June They
are to be taken over by Cooks agency
In two chartered steamships. There
will be a universal exposition at
Client, Belgium, which will draw a
number of tourists, and another expo
sition at Earl's court, London.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-06-18
Red Hens Lay Enormous Eggs.

Indiana, Pa.-Eggs of an abnormal
size are being produced by Rhode
Island Red hens of this section A hen
belonging to M. K. Queown of White
township laid an egg which is 81
inches in circumference from end to
end and 61s inches around the center
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-06-18
No Bar.

She-Do you think woman could
really make a success as an aviator?
He-Why not? Most women are in.
clined to be f1ighty.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-06-18
AwnIno Choice

In selecting the awning cloths,
green and white is the best color and
is always effective against a greater
number of paints than any other
,clOr.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-06-18
SMART WITHOUT FUSS
NEW FRocks FOR LITTLE GIRLS
SLIP ON LIKE COATS.
No Cause to Complain of Lack Of
VARIETY In ChiIdren's Dresses
This Season simplicity the
WatchWord.

Certainly no one will have cause to
complain of any lack of variety in
children's frocks this season. They
are as original and show as much in
diyiduality as those designed for their
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-01-09
NEWS Of THE Week
DOINGS OF SEVEN DAYS
interesting Items Gathered From All
Parts of the World Condensed
Into Small Space for the Ben.
eft of Our Readers.
Washington.

A bill has been introduced in con.
gress providing for government loans
on farm mortgages at a low rate OF
interest.
The house ways and means com.
mittee has declared its intention to
open the doors to the American pub.
lie for the discussion of tariff rates.
This is the first step in the program
of the Democrats in their effort to
revise the tariff downward.
President Taft has announced his
willingness to submit to a special
board of arbitration the questions at
issue between England and the United
States concerning Panama canal
tolls. The diplomats of Great Britain
are greatly pleased with the propo'
sition.
In its annual report the bureau OF
Indian affairs recommends that the
American Indian be released from the
paternal care of the government az
soon as possible.
President Taft has decided not to
name Colonel ~Goethals as civil gov
ernor of the Panama Canal one at
present because of opposition in Con-
gress.
President Taft has parloned Hamil-
ton II. Hendricks, a lawyer convicted
several years ago of connection with
the Oregon land frauds.
The proposed new freight classifi-
cation directly affecting rates and
regulations on railroads throughout
the country. has been suspended by
the Interstate Commerce Commission
for investigation.
The navy departments new wireless
tower near Arlington, Va, caught the
time signal from the Eiffel Tower IN
Paris, a distance of nearly $500 miles.
The treaty with Russia made in 1882
and %abrogated by President Taft last
summer expired with 1912. No move
has been started looking toward nego-
tiations for a new treaty.
Between 1000 and 5000 persons at
tended the last New Years reception
of President Taft at the white House.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-01-09


by various forms OF treatment they
have found complete relief by the
use of Peruna. These testimonials
have come to me unrequested, unso-
licited, unrewarded In any way, d.
rectly or indirectly. They have SIM
ply been CLEANED from my private cor.
%respondence with patients that have
been more or less under my treatment
or taking my remedies.
No remedy, official or unofficial, has
a greater accredited basis for the
claims we make for it than Peruna as
a remedy for catarrh.
l have eve been opposed at any
time to the regulations offered by the
Pure Food and Drugs Act. ! am not
nov opposed to its provisions, but /
am opposed to the proposed amend
ments to give to a partisan board of
physicians the unqualified authority to
decide as to all therapeutic claims
which may be made for a proprietary
medicine. 1t is manifestly unjust to
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-01-09
Geography Of LiQuor.

Mayor Gaynor, discussing city gov.
eminent in his wonted illuminating
and brilliant way, said in New York:
we must not have one reform law
for the rich and another for the poor.
1t is as bad for the millionaire to gam.
Bile in his club as for the laborer to
gamble in a stuss Joint. 1t is as bad
to become intoxicated on champagne
as on mixed ale.
TOO many reformers, %so-called.
think that VIXEN a mar is drunk on
Fifth avenue he is i'll, and when a
man is i'll on Third avenue he is
drunk"