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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-12-04
I'M A LElSURELY WAY
CERTAINLY THIS "Wo0iNG WAS
LONG ADDING"
Dianthy and Joshua Thought They
Liked Each Other, But 1t Took
Them Is Yeare to BE Certain.

The recent death in New Hamp-
shire village of placid, pleasant old
lady, afflicted with very few infrmi-
ties at ninety-seven has recalled anew
the story Of her courtship, which the
villagers delight to tell.
AS a girl she was very pretty, and
had several suitors 1t gradually be-
came evident that she especially fa-
vored certain Joshua The others,
one after another, withdrew, ana left
him a clear field and there seemed
nothing to hinder the happy concur
sion of his wooing. He was, however
like the fair Diantha--of leisurely
disposition.
1t was two years before he pro-
posed, and was accepted. Everybody
expected the wedding to follow soon;
all the relatives approved, there was
plenty of money, and each owned a
house and land. But 1t was five years
later when farm helper overheard
Joshua, invited to appraise the apple
crop of his bride-to-be, digress from
business moment at the orchard
gate.
''Dianthy," he inquired, mildly.
"when be We goin' to marry me?"
Land, Joshua was the reply, IF
I'D known you was goin' to spring ups
Bettin' questions, | wouldn't have asst
We over Don't We know a girl can't
be hurried? Let's talk apples"
No hurry, no hurry, Dianthy; take
your time" agreed Joshua, amiably.
''Were both comf-table as we be. Only
folks seem to be kind Of expectin' us
10 hitch before the seasons out, and
didn't knows we ought to disap-
pint EN-"
It was another five years before
Joshua whether of his own motion or
under pressure of public opinion-re-
peated his question Then he was put
off on the plea that Diantha must
"get her things ready"
She was several years about that:
then the deaths of various uncles and
hunts deferred the wedding for sew
eral more. After all was ready, it
Took six years for the lovers to de-
eide whether they should live in his
house, or in hers; then three years
were required to dispose Of the house
TO be vacated. Altogether, it took
them quarter OF century to get
married.
They weresvery happy, however, and
Diantha, after she was left widow,
never wearied Of eulogizing her de
parted consort.
TJoshuay WANT what you'd call a
driver" she would sigh, reminiscently,
''but then, Providence had SO fur pro
vided for US that he had no call to be:
and II he was slow-going, there never
was a man more comf-table to go
along with. Youths Companion.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-12-04
Met Death on Mountain.

A well known mountaineer, DIP
Preuss of Vienna, was found the other
day in terribly mutilated condition
at the foot of a preoipice a thousand
feet high on the ManGlkogeiof, in the
Dachstein group in Syria Doctor
Preuss, who was twenty five years OF
age, had been missing since the be-
ginning Of last month. Doctor Preuss
was climbing with two English visi-
tors on the Aiguille Rouge de. Pente-
ret, near Courmayeur, France, when
they met their tragic death more than
year ago. Doctor Preuss owed his
life on that occasion to the fact that
he was not roped. He was able to
make his descent to Courmayeur and
conduct search party to the scene
of the accident.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-12-04

band Of velvet about the crown at its
base
The combination of white fur with
black velvet is very smart. Only a
good quality in velvet will produce the
best effect in combination with fur.
The second picture shows beauti-
full combination in gray and black
with touches of white The shape is
simply large soft cap with a little
wiring about the face, The crown is
Of duvetyne, with which the entire
shape is first covered. There is a
band of civet cat fur about the edge,
showing only the black fur.
A pair of novel quilts, poved to-
ward the back provide the trimming.
They are made of three quilts fused to-
gether, light gray with a black and
third small quill in gray tipped with
white. At the base Of these quilts
there is small mounting of black and
white fur finished with a silver orna-
ment.
The brims of turbans are covered
with the short haired furs, like broad
tail, oftener than with shaggy furs.
Very smart small hats, with narrow
brims, have borders of fur in which
the fur projects in fringe beyond
the edge. On these and on close
fitting turbans of fur, tall standing
trimmings of fancy ostrich are the
favorite of all trimmings. But made
for the same purpose are innumerable
fancy feathers in the prettiest and
most unusual forms.
JULIA BoTToMLEY.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-12-04
New Hosiery.

Leading the winter fashions in hos
iery are the fiesh-hued silk stockings
which exactly resemble theatrical
"fleshings" and always startle the OBJ
server who first sees them worn with
low-cut slippers and Greek angle
strappings in black satin, embroidered
with seed pearls or tiny rhinestones.
If these stockings seem too outre for
the woman of old-fashioned prejudices,
she may wear her evening gown
matching silk hosiery, embroidered
with gold or silver pearls.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-12-04

ID PRACTICALLY good sense lends it's
own attraction to the prevailing
styles in millinery for midwinter. The
fabrics used in the body of hats are
warm looking and actually cmfortable
With BLACK velvet far in the lead, we
have pushes, velours, clipped beavers,
duventine and brocaded fabrics, equal
fashionable
Turbans and small close1ftting
shapes are supreme Soft crowns,
amounting to cap over the head, are
almost universal, so that with the COM
bination of fashionable shapes and
fashionable fabrics entirely in har-
mony the hat shapes for midwinter
leave nothing to be desired.
There are few shapes made entirely
Of fur. In Millinery, as in coats. furs
are employed more generally as a
trimming. Bands and borders are
used, and some very interesting nov
elites in fur trimmings have appeared,
which indicate that we shall see furs
employed in new forms during the
remainder of the cold weather
Two hats pictured here are fine ex-
amples of the prevailing styles One
Of them has rolling brim of black
velvet and a soft crown of Crepe
! Georgette. A band of white fur rolls
over the brim edge, outlining it and
framing the face prettily. A pair of
loops Of velvet, wired to support them,
has the effect of wing trimming at
the back and provides all the decora-
ton necessary. There is a narrow
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-12-04
Moving Pictures to be Used
in War Against Fake Con-
sumption Cures Now Sold
WAY TO TREAT TUBERCULOSIS

How thousands of consumptives lose
their lives annually by taking fake
cures for tuberculosis, will be depicted
in motion picture film which has just
been produced by Thomas A. Edison,
cooperating with The National Assoc
citation for the Study and Prevention
of tuberculosis The film is entitled,
The Price of Human Lives and will
be placed on exhibition in theaters
throughout the United States on Dec.
2. 1t has been designed to further the
Red Cross Christmas Seal sale and the
general anti-tuberculosis campaign.
The story of the picture centers
about the wealthy proprietor of drug
concern named Gregory Cort and his
daughter Beth. In the earlier scenes
of the play striking contrast between
the lavishly furnished Cort home and
the dingy tenement room Of Nellie
Linn is given. While Cort and and his
family live in luxury and happiness,
his principal source of income is de-
rived from the sale Of a fake consump-
ton cure called "Concura, Neither
his daughter nor any of his intimate
friends know the exact nature of his
business.
Nellie Linn is shown taking econ
cura = to cure herself Of hard cold, y
while her lover, Ed Grant, goes to a
fake consumption cure doctor in ans
wer to a newspaper advertisement.
Beth is engaged to a young man by the
name of Harry Bruce, whom Cort fin
ally induces to become his advertising
manager by showing him the huge
profits which he makes in his business.
Meanwhile Beth, as a result of her in
terest in Red Cross Christmas Seals,
has enlisted as social service worker
and in this capacity becomes acquainted
with Nellie and Ed. She becomes a
friend of the family and attempts to
urge them to stop taking fake cures
for consumption including "Concura. =
Neither Of them pay much heed to her
advice until one day Nellie receives a
letter telling her that a near relative
had just died from tuberculosis, simply
because she had delayed proper treat
ment too long by relying on "Con-
cura. Nellie shows the letter to Beth
who declares that it is crime to al
low the manufacture and sale Of such
false remedies. Burning with indigna-
ton, and with the wrapper of the
{" Concura - bottle in her hand, she goes
to the Office of the company, where
she finds to her surprise and sorrow
that the business is conducted by her
own father and that her affianced hus-
band is the chief promoter of the
sWindle. She refuses to recognize her
lover after this discovery and forgives
her father only after he has promised
to make full restitution as far as he
can to the suffering consumptives whom
he has robbed. As part of his reforma-
ton he sends Nellie and Ed to sana-
forum, whore they may be cured
The closing scenes of the story show
Gregory Cort as a changed man. Bruce
is also seen in a new role, namely, as
the friend of the Linn family and also
as the manager of the Red Cross Seal
campaign. The story closes on Christ
mas eve of 1913, with the lovers re-
stored to each other, and Ed and Nellie
making good progress on the road to
recovery.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-12-04

1t requires yard and a quarter to
make a rose if the petals are not
double. This is cut into lengths Of
two and half inches. each, or a little
more Each petal is gathered at the
bottom and turned back at the upper
edges. The edges are tackled into
place with invisible stitches.
The stamens at the center from a
millinery rose, core fastened at one
end of a heavy silk covered wire,
which is to be wired for the stem
The petals are placed about this cen
ter and tackled to the stem with silk
thread
Millinery rose foliage in velvet is
mounted withth rose and the stem is
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-12-04

Mrs. Thomas Moore, who has been
visiting Mrs H. W. Jeffrey, returned to
her home in Chicago Monday.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-12-04

Mr.. and Mrs. w. II. Woolford of
Madison are spending a week with
friends in Kenosha.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-12-04

Born to Mr. and Mrs. j. H. Schwartz,
20 Pleasant street, baby girl at the
Kenosha hospital on December 1st.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-12-04

P L. Kenyon of Elkhart, Ind, spent
Monday afternoon in Kenosha.
Evening star., 1913-12-07
OFFERS IMMIGRATION BILL.
Representative Johnson Brings UP
Dillingham; Measure.

Following a lively Session OF tho House
committee on immigration, Representa-
tive Johnson of Washington yesterday
introduced in the mouse the Dillingham;
immigration bill introduced in the sem
ate last year. but .omittns the nteracy
fest.
The bill would reduce the influx of TIM
migrants on a percentage scale. the
number permitted t. lie admitted being
restricted TO 1n per cent Of the total
number Of their particular nationality
in the country in the last census. but in
no cases to be restricted below 5.ooo A
year from any country.
Evening star., 1913-12-07
sions to ge. additional mail routed

cessions to ge. additional mail routed
by their lines.
1t is also pointed out that II mas
been admitted by the railroad author,
tiles that the railroads of the Unl!eo
States get better pay for Transporting
the mails than the roads of Canada
or Great Britain. When the present
commission was conducting hearings
last January one of them appearing
before 1t as a witness was Robert s.
Logan, vice president of the Grand
Trunk. After making an appeal for
higher rates. he said that ne snouid
judge that the United States now pays
from 90 to 25 per cent more for mail
transportation than Canada pays. In
England the railroads get about Il per
cent Of the gross receipts or the postai
service for carrying the mails. or
fraction of per cent less than tney
do in the United States.
The system of determining the pay
that railroads shall receive Tor carry
ing the mails is an antiQuated one, ~
was established in 1873, and has oeen
in effect ever since. 1t provides for
a fixed compensation per year TOT eaciI
mile Of railroad route, the amour.
varying with the amount OF mali caI .
ried over it on the average day IL tne
amount is not over 200 pounds the rate
is s42.75 a mile, with 81 increase lot
each additional twelve pounds up 20
500 pounds. where the rate pecoInes
$64.12 mile; at z,uJy ys poudiu and at $4,000
..-s% y,
pounds a day 1T is $111 a mIe. Waon oaon
an additional allowance Tor each -'o00
pounds above that.
In addition to this railroads are al
lowed pay for the use of railway mali
cars. The cars that
IT.. are half baggage and
A"J ASA half mail cars-apart-
Of Mall Cars ment cars. they are
called-get none of the extra compeh-
sation. Only the cars devoted ex
clusively to the carrying of the mail
are entitled to it. A car 40 feet long
gets s25 for each mile OF the route
over which 1t passes. per annum. Inus
on a 15O-mile route it would draw
s3.750 a year. A car of 55 feet gets
$40 per annum per mile. which on a
15O-mile route would amount to S0,OOt
a year. If the average length Oh hie
of a 55-foot car be only ten years the
total compensation the government
paws for its use would amount to $Oo,'
900.
The weight of the mail carried over
route is determined once every 1oul
wears. The country is divided into 1oul
districts, and the mail is being weighed
in one or the other of these districts
all the time. 1t has been charged tha
the railroads resort to all sorts o.
schemes to boost the weight of thu
mails at such times. But as the weigh
for four years is fixed by the weighing
and as the amount of mail handled /:
constantly increasing, it is probable
that their best efforts at weight boost
ing, even If there be such. do no
more than increase the weight or th'
present to an average Of the four-yea
period.
Various proposals have been made a.
to the best method of fixing mail pa.
rates, some contending that the spac
used ought to be the basis, while oth
ers have urged the usual European
method and the express company meth
cd, that a certain percentage OF tn
receipts from each package Transporter
Be turned over to the railroads as thei
compensation.
Evening star., 1913-12-07

merit badges and a new badge was
added.
It was decided to refer to special
subcommittee the question OF the pest
method of meeting tests for scout promo
tions and merit badges. Requests Tor ex-
ceptions to requirements also were taken
up. The universal sentiment was against
making such exceptions.
The committee also considered the al
visibility Of creating q new class OF
graduate scouts or something similar
and appointed q special subcommittee on
this question. The committee adopted re-
Quirements for q new merit badge IN
scholarship as follows:
ITO obtain q merit badge for scholar
ship q scout must:
Have been In attendance at one
school, either grammar. high, private OF
n! ght school. for a period of at least one
year since becoming a first-class scout.
present a certificate from the teacher
or principal. showing: (a) That his at
tendance has been satisfactory; CD thai
his department has been aLove the aver
age: (c) that during the school year hs
has secured a satisfactory average in al
OF his studies"
In answer to the question Are w
scouts or are we not?" which has beel
asked by large number of scouts VIII
Evening star., 1913-12-07

ing total membership Of ia boys. The
scout movement was first established
at the place about eighteen months ago.
"All Of our scouts are mountain boys,
said Mr.. Duffield, land practically every
one OF them is an expert in woodcraft
When our troops were organized Few OF
the boys ever had had training of any
sort. Now we have an organization OF
Last summer I took about eighty OF
the scouts on 1SS-mile canoe trip down
the Cumberland river. We had Won
derful time. although there was plenty
Of hard work to do. My mountain boys
did not think SO, however"
Mr.. Dufheld said he had often heard OF
the Washington Boy Scout organization
and of its accomplishments He said he
heartily approved of the new enrolment
system adopted a short time ago.
1T weeds out the dead material ana
will result in more efficient scout organi-
zations.' said Mr.. Dufheld.
Twenty Boy Scouts have applied for ad-
mission to the class in radio-telegraphy
to be conducted this winter by @. II.
Lewis. radio associate of the United
States Signal Corps. The first meeting OF
| the class will be held at the bureau OF
standards January 3. next.
Twenty scouts reported to Scoutmaster
Wellnlan and DR.. Leonard at the Union
| station last Wednesday morning at T
| o'clock, and acted as guides and escorts
| for the Ohio Corn Club boys, who came
| to this city for visit. A large number
| OF the corn club boys were scouts.
! Boy Scouts also are to serve as guides
and escorts for the winners of the con-
tests held under the auspices Of the Boys
Corn and Potato clubs and the Girls
Canning and Domestic Science clubs. who
are to arrive in Washington next Thurs
day for a stay Of week.
Jean veditz and Charles Wright are te
serve as interpreters in French and Ger.
man. respectively, for the foreign dele.
gates to the anti-vivisection congress
| which is to convene in this city tomorrow
Marshall de Shields will serve as guide
| Tomorrow night the committee of scout
masters on merit badge examinations Il
| slider suggestions made by members o.
the merit badge faculty concerning tht
| manner Of holding tests. The committed
is COMPOSED of Scoutmasters Priest, Ash
ley and Bailey. They hope to work ou
a plan for a more uniform method of In
structing the members of the various
troops in merit badge requirements.
Troop % plans to have hikes the frs
two Saturdays Of each month, unless i
! fs necessary to delay them on account o
| bad weather The assembling place will
be the Sixteenth Street bridge acros
Piney branch. Individual instruction II
scouting will take place Friday eveninI
at o'clock at 1919 Park road.
A recent meeting of the new committee
on badges awards and scout require
ments of the national council resulted II
the mapping out of suggestions for tn
different grade requirements and for al
terations in the requirements for severa
Evening star., 1913-12-07

nove'ty. one which every boy viii be
glad to have FoF this reason, the card
certificates which we had originally
planned TO use have not been sent out I"
recently enro led scouts.
'If SCoutmasters viii make this clear
10 their BOYS they doubtless will be very
willing to wait for the new style certifi-
Gates
Evening star., 1913-12-07

Examinations for advancement 70 'ho
second class were held yesterday morn
ing at the Boy Scout rendezvous at Hoss-
lyn, Va, under the supervision OF fielo
Secretary DR.. Leonard. The oral tests
we're given Friday night at headquarters
All but Ave Of the boys who took the
examinations passed successfully. Their
names are as follows: Charles SPRING
man. Robert Ensslin, Harry F. Bieber,
Roland Simons, Norman Kaletski, John
Kidd. Samuel Rosenberg. Robert Bonde,
Beverly Galloway, Harold Harrison,
George Porter. Earl Sawyer, Floyd Rob-
erts, Ferdinand Holman, Sidney King,
Armand Donnell, Hummell Fishburn.
Roger Gates, Augustus Hines, jr., Ralph
Lee, jr., Frederick S. Lee Nelson p.
Marshall. John Muchler. Herbert Pierce,
Thomas Somerville, Robert N Young.
Leslie Sheriff. Frank Armstrong, Law
renee Gardiner. Dave Goodman. Edward
Rohm, Leroy Harris, Milton Price. Jack
William B. Prigg. Hartley Fellows. II.
Wade Butler. Clarence S. Thurtell, How
and Jordan. George Graft, Earle Zirkle,
Harry Mattingiy. Paul Seltzer, Stanley
Crossfaith and Edward King.
Scouts from practically every troop in
the District attended az mass hike yester-
day in the vicinity df Takoma Park.
Scoutmaster Harries Of Troop No. q was
the leader. The start was made from
the end Of the electric road at Takoma.
The scouts visited the Bliss Electrical
School, where they were shown through
the various buildings. They also visited
the Takoma pumping station and then
set up temporary camp near Wildwood
where they prepared their supper. A
number of the scouts who participated
in the hiking visited Troop No Il at its
meeting at Takoma Hall last night.
Scoutmaster II. L. Taylor will lead
mass hike, to be held next Saturday
The start will be made from the Twinine
City end of the Pennsylvania Avenue
bridge at o'clock in the afternoon
The scouts will hike to Congress Heights
and will visit the Government Hospita
for the Insane. They will then make
their way back to Anacostia, where they
will board street cars and ride to theiI
homes.
meeting of the Scoutmasters' Clut
has been called for 7:3O o'clock Tuesday
night at headquarters. Plans for revising
the plan of the club will be considered
also will consider proposition to have
| series of educational lectures this win
ter at their meetings.
Announcement has been made tha
hereafter the only official Boy Scou
codes will be the Continental Morse anC
| the semaphore.
Scout Commissioner w. w. Duffield O.
Harlan, KY, visited headquarters yester
day and spent a short time with Mr.
| Martin and DR.. Leonard. Mr.. Duff1elt
Evening star., 1913-12-07

This leaves out only two things that
would be needed in arriving at COM
Evening star., 1913-12-07

have not yet sent in their membership
dues, or who have paid them into local
headquarters which has not YET mace 's
remiftance to the national ONCE. is found
in the report which the chief scout eN-
ecutive made at the meeting OF the eA-
ecutive board November 10.
The answer Is Yes, II all other scout
requirements have been met.
TT is apparent" states Scouting, that
a large number Of boys who could gel
Is cents from their parents for the ask
ing, in order to pay their Boy Scout dues
have been unwilling to do this. preferrins
to earn the money as they earn all other
money used by them In their various
scout activities. This is indeed the true
scout spirit and it's manifestation is an
other proof of the wisdom of discontinu'
something for nothing. the slight pay
ment which Is now required serves tt
strengthen In the boys practice which
| Is one of the best fruits of scouting.
Evening star., 1913-12-07

A meeting of the Scoutmasters' Club
has been called for 7:3O o'clock Tuesday
night at headquarters. Plans for revising
the plan of the club will be considered
The scoutmasters and their assistants
also will consider a proposition to have
series of educational lectures this win
ter at their meetings.
Evening star., 1913-12-07

In the latest issue Of Scouting the fol-
lowing announcement is made:
Certificates of membership for Boy
Scouts will be forwarded from national
headquarters at the earliest possible date.
Through the generous contribution of a
friend we hope to get greatly improved
certificate. Indeed, Ii is going to be quite
Evening star., 1913-12-07

Troop % plans to have hikes the first
two Saturdays Of each month, unless 1t
is necessary to delay them on account of
bad weather. The assembling place will
be the Sixteenth Street bridge across
Piney branch. Individual instruction in
scouting will take place Friday evening
at o'clock at 1919 Park road.