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The Washington times., 1913-03-24
Major General Wood
Orders 100 Soldiers Sent
Into City to Stop Loot

One hundred soldiers from Fort Oma-
ha on the outskirts of Omaha, Neb.,
were dispatched into the city today to
prevent looting. Mai. Gen. Leonard
Wood. chief of staff, upon receiving
word of the devastation. communicated
Immediately this morning with Colonel
Hoyle, in command OF the Western divi-
sion, and authorized him to detail ajor
Hartmann. of Fort Omaha, for police
duty.
Secretary of War Garrison had re-
ceived no definite estimate of loss of
life. but unofficial figures at the War
Department placed the death list as
high as 500.
The war Department is prepared 10
rush more troops into the city of Omaha
If Iooting is not checked by the Forl
Omaha men. These additional troops
would be drawn from some post in the
Eastern division as near Omaha as pos
sible
Orders have been given that the men
on duty today shall patrol the streets,
especially in the portions Of the stricken
city. where looting is most likely 10
occur. The War Department is inclined
TO believe from early reports that the
100 men. along with the police of the
city. will be able to control the situa-
ton.
The Washington times., 1913-03-24

Grave fears for the safety of Secre-
tary OF State Bryan were dispelled this
afternoon BY receipt OF news that he
left Omaha yesterday for Lincoln. Neb.,
his home. There was much anxiety
around the State Department all day
concerning Mr.. Rryan's whereabouts. II
was known that he expected to leave
Omaha Sunday morning, but the alb
sence of any word from him gave rise
to fears that he might have been Cn-
successful.
Word reaching Washington this aft
ernoon. however. shows tnat Mr.. Bryan
reached Lincoln safely. He expects to
leave tonight ny way OF Omaha for Chi
cago. on his way East. He will proba-
bIv be in Washington by Wednesday or
Thursday.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-06
By Lady Duff-GOrdOn ('LuciIe").

says that 70 convey this tendency
in his design would be vulgar, but
to convey 1t In color is art. and true
art Is never vulgar or suggestive.
In his paintings Bakst dyed his
colors to match the soul of the char
acter he portrayed, and in his ballet
costumes he did the same For in
stance. his Cleopatra was a wonder
full, a gloriously daring conception
of the great queens character. Her
voluptuousness, her passions, her
uncertainties of temper are all
shown in her clothes. One feels
that they are alive.
With tremendous discrimination
and the subtlest art this master is
doing this same thing in his fashion
designs. When he decided to enter
this new field he became imbued
with the idea that to create the per-
feet costume for woman he must
build it on her most prominent char
acteristic. Long and many were his
discussions on this theory with me
in my atelier, and finally he evolved
the theory that the chief character.
istic of the modern woman was her
"sportiveness," as we would say in
England, but which you in America
would call interest in sports
With "sportiveness" the character
istic Of modern woman and her
great inclination to advance, Bakst
based his new costumes on womans
desire for reedom-freedom of soul
as well as of movement.
As he said one day to me over the
teacups when this idea was filing
his mind, Z think l can best explain
my aims by saying that | wish to
express the springtime of the earth
sartorially. To me the springtime
is the futurist season of the year.
Nature at that season is striving
after the best. Also l wish for
something frank and unconyen-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-06

tional. The modern woman, you
know, has both these qualities to a
marked degree"
And now, do you not agree with
me that he has achieved that for
which he strove?
In Isis" he shows the ultra mod
ernity of woman. A freakish cos.
tune, you say? All, not So Every
line, every bit of drapery has a
meaning of its own to its creator.
Every shading of color has its mean
ing.
My own conception of this same
idea differs from that of Bakst, but
after all, as you will see, the same
thought is there. The same outline
is suggested l have made a greater
concession perhaps to the feeling
that in everyday life we cannot be
too extreme, that our clothes must
after all be made so that we can
wear them on ordinary occasions.
But while l may make concessions
as to form and design never do as
to color. ! feel that my own color
creations are superior to all others,
and never do l allow any criticism.
Do not spend my days, the hours
of the night as we'll as those of the
day, in this ever fascinating search
for color?
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-06

In this first design I have allowed
for the freedom of movement that
Bakst deems so important The
fabric used is a satin charmeuse,
and the shade is a rare and glorious
blue that l produced in my own
workshop, spending long hours over
the dye pot to achieve it.
The hat that l desire worn with
this costume is plain, and has a
wide brim. The only trimming is
a sash of blue dyed to match the
garment. Is there not beauty and
grace as well as usefulness IN this
costume?
But to return to Bakst "Philo-
mele" is a costume that epitomtzes
the springtime of the earth and the
reaching out into the future to its
creator, who says that he was in
spired by the period when the race
was young. when civilization was at
its best. There is more than a sug-
gestion of the Egyptian in this cos
tune, not only In color, but in form.
And it does convey the idea of free
dom Of movement to. a great degree,
think
In Tolante" there is wonderful
clarity Of outline, and, oh, the won
der of the color! 1t is my one re-
greet that while you are able to see
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-06

EON BAkST, the Russian
painter and designer OF
the Russian ballet cos
- tunes, has entered the
world OF fashion and has proven
that after all to design a woman@
costume is as artistically important
ss to paint great Madonna. In
the other days no artist, no painter
Of worldwide reputation would have
dared descend" to the designing Of
fashions. but to-dRy's standards are
changed. and no painter feels that
be is descending" when he creates
9 costume that compels attention
and admiration from all the world.
am delighted to be able to send
you three pictures OF designs Just
made by the painter. Each differs
from the other, although each is per
feet in its way And at the same
time l am sending you my own con-
ceptions OF the same ideas.
Naturally Bakst, above all others,
understands his own Importance in
the art world. and ne adopts a rather
pleased patronage toward the very
women for whom he is now Great
ing. Just what development in our
modern life is responsible for the
present great Importance of woman's
wear cannot decide quite to my
satisfaction. Perhaps It is the ire
mendous increase in our wealth. but
there were great fortunes mother days.
There must be some sensualism in
every great painting, else it would
not be great. By sensualism do
81 mean the sensuaIsm Of the first
paintings Of Bakst, but the merest
hint conveyed by color that gives
richness and removes the austere.
Bakst's theory is that certain shades
Of yellow and red convey the idea OF
passion, and therefore he uses these
shades when be wishes to portray
sensuality In his costumes. He
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-06

ness. but again my conception dir
fers from that of the artist. Per-
haps because / am woman first
and an artist afterward, l firmly be-
lieve that it takes a woman to I'M
derstand a woman. Men may have
wonderful theories as to our thoughts
and aspirations, wonderful reasons
for our being what we are, but only
a woman really knows the soul Of
woman.
Therefore l am sure that my con-
ceptions of the modern woman will
be more pleasing to woman than
those of Monsieur Bakst, but who
can deny the glory and beauty Of his
work.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-06
"Iolante, b" Second Conception Of
Bakst, Symbolizing the Sport
ing Interests Of the
Modern Woman

the design, it is of course impossible
for you to have the real colors re-
produced. While this third figure
appears attenuated when compared
with the others, it is not so in real
ity. 1t is the outcome of the rest
lessness of the modern woman.
Woman. like the earth, is at her
most restless period at this time.
The second picture of my own is
a conception of the same restless
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-06
ISIS Leon Baksts Conception of the Fuurs Costume for the
Ulua-Modem Woman. Designed to Give Freedom
of Soul as Well as Of Movement

7 ADY DUFF-GORDON. the famous "Lucie" of
London. and foremost creator Of fashions in the
- world. writes each week the fashion article for
this newspaper presenting all that newest and best in
styles for weIdressed women
Lady Duf-Gordon's Paris establishment brings her
into close touch with that centre Of fashion.
Lady Duf-Gordons American establishment is at
Nos. 81 and 80 West Fifty-seventh street. New York.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-06

EoN BAKST. the Russian
painter and designer OF
the Russian ballet cos
- tunes, has entered the
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-05
Bic Schemes for Montevideo.

As result of the city planning com
petition, held some months ago, the city
government Of MOntevideo has given
its approval to a very extensive and
Ambitions project which viii practical
~ transform the city. The main fea-
ture Is the construction of 4 number of
Idirect and diagonal wide avenues run
ming between various parts of the city.
the port, and the principal suburbs.
Along these sites are provided for a
new government palace, a palace of
justice, a national museum and library.
a municipal hall and municipal the
later, a new general postofiice. and va
Irious other editices of public charac-
ter. The government does not propose
to undertake these constructions all
at once. Its intention is to commence
with the new government palace, and
with two broad avenues connecting
that with the new legislative palace
(already partly built) and with the
port. This. however, seems a pretty
good beginning. The site selected for
the government palace is on the OUT
skirts OF the city, and to provide it
the government has already decreed
the appropriation of 20 ''blocks'' of
land, each block consisting of aboat
1900 square yards Only one-fourth
OF one-ffth of this space viii be actu-
ally occupied. the idea being to resell
the remainder (present owners being
allowed the preference at an increased
value, as a source of revenue. and.
with the same object, to impose a
- higher value tax on all adjacent
properties. The same system will be
followed in the appropriations ncces-
sarE for building the avenues. These
I plans are viewed with some alarm by
property owners, for, if the entire
scheme is carried out, there will he
hardly any property in the city which
may not eventually be clrected.-Archi-
tectural Record.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-05
Member of the Associated Press.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1913.
CRITICISM OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

Current criticisms of the public
school are discussed in a report Just
issued by the United States Bureau of
Education. Among other things the
contention that the ''three RS, are
neglected in the modern school is an
swered with the emphatic statement
that ''the three RS are better taught
today than they were so or go years
ago.
we frequently hear that there are
too many subjects, too many fads
and frills, and hence neglect of the
three RS says the report 1.-The
critics who utter this sort of criticism
seldom agree on what the fads and
frills are, but they invariably look
back to the golden past when the So
called fundamentals, reading, writing
and arithmetic, were taught in such
way as never to be forgotten. As a
matter of fact the system of today is
UNNECESSARILY ahead of the school svs-
TEN Of the past. The growth has been
steady. Whatever may be said against
enrichment of the course of study its
'fads, and frills, the contention that
the essentials, so-called, have suffered
in comparison with the past, have
fallen fiat
In discussing current criticism gen
orally the report finds that much
of the criticism Of the pub
lie schools of today is due to marked
change in the purpose of public edu-
cation. ''The change of curriculum
behind the times and the demand for
vocational subjects represent no mere
call for different school subjects as
such, but a complete transformation of
the idea of what the public school
should do.
"Those who criticise the boollish
curriculum of the public schools,
whether elementary or high school, are
really striving for what they conceive
to be the changed purpose of educa-
ton. To reach all the children of all
the people with the kind of training
that will make them not merely intel
ligent in respect to things that are in
books but Will equip them directly for
the kind of life, social and economic,
which they will lead when they leave
school while those who oppose the in
novations do so because they do not
concede this broader though apparent
ly more specialized purpose. "
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-05

New Jersey is setting an example III
dealing with the prison problem that
other states might follow to adj
vantage. A thousand acres of farm
lands have been purchased in the
southern part of the state and q large
quarry is soon to be taken over in the
northern part of the state. Between
the two the prisoners of the state will
not lack for work in the open air and
in neither case viii the product of
their labor come into competition with
free labor. The farm produce will be
consumed by the state institutions and
the quarry output will supply road
beds for the highways of the state.
Thus the cost of administering the
state institutions and of road building
will be considerably reduced, prison
crs given employment which viii oc-
cupy their minds and furnish them
with needed physical exercise under
conditions impossible to duplicate I'M
der the old prison system and the mig
uitous contract system will be wiped
ont
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-05
GRUELS FOR THE INVALID.

For those who have the care of the
What shall l prepare that my pa
tient will enjoy and be able to digest.
Gruels are cooked mixtures of fou1
and grains with water or milk. The
milk should not be added until the
Cruel is thoroughly cooked.
The important point to remember in
preparing gruels is that long time is
needed to soften and dissolve the
starch of the grains, which is not cas-
lily digested unless we'll cooked.
Gruels should be taken slowly, in
order to allow the saliva to act upon
the starch and be thoroughly mixed in
the mouth
Cracker GrueI.-Mix together four
tablespoonfuls of fine sifted cracker
crumbs, teaspoonful of sugar and a
teasponful of salt; cook with a cup Of
boiling water for two minutes, then
add a cup of milk. Serve without
straining. This Cruel may be more
palatab1e TO some If the sugar is omit.
ted
Indian Meal Gruel.-Blend a table.
spoonful of Indian meal, a half table
spoonful of flour, a fourth of tea
spoonful of salt, two tablespoonfuls of
cold water and a cup and a half Of
boiling water. Boil on the back of the
stove an houh and a half Dilute With
milk or cream. Strain and serve.
Oatmeal Gruel.-Pound or grind q
half cup of oatmeal. put into tumbler
and fill it with water. Stir and pour
off the mealy water into a saucepan,
Fill the tumbler again. stir and pour
off. and repeat as long as the water
looks milky. Set the sauce pan on the
back Of the stove and let the mixture
simmer for an hour. or cook in q
double boiler two hours. Strain, sea
son with salt and serve. Thin with
milk or cream, if too thick.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-05

Very likely you all remember fathay
~ mother a little while ago telling
you about Captain Scott and the brave
men who went with him to find the
south pole.
1t does not much matter to you what
this south pole really is, except that
every one agrees that to find it is
about one of the hardest things on
earth to do.
Captain Scott and his party did find
the pole after months of suffering and
danger but they found it only to lose
their lives ont in this frozen region.
1t was splendid, fine thing to do
what these Englishmen did. even il
they found out after reaching the
pole that another man, Amundsen.
had got there ahead OF them The
world nevertheless always Will be
proud of this little company of Eng
lishmen who failed TO arrive first at
the pole
The sweet little boy whose picture
you see is Peter Captain SCOTS baby
son. who waved goodby to his father
when he started for the pole two years
ago. Peter missed his father so much
that every now and then he would say
to his mother: Isn't it time daddy
came home again? He promised he'd
come back to US soon"
If You care to know more about Cap
tain Scott and this little boy there is
a book written especially for you chit
dren which tells the whole story of
the expedition.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-05
An Industrious Child.

Anne Elizabeth Emily Green
Loved to polish and scrub and clean
Early and late and brisk as 4 bee
Good little girl. she'd work for three
She polished the knocker right off the
door,
She scrubbed herself through the pantry
floor
She brushed the dog till she made him
And washed the cat at the back yard
pump
She rubbed the color quite off the face
OF her waxen dolly. whose name was
Grace.
And combed her hair in so stern a way
1t all came off in a heap one day.
Out in the garden among the flowers
Anne Elizabeth raked for hours
Cried when some of them would not grow
We'll. it's a great deal heater so,''
The fairies watched. and they said. It's
clear
Talent like this is wasted here"
So they whisked her up in the air one
night
And set her to polish the old moon bright
And there she tolls. for Anne has found
The moon is terribly large and round.
While the man is cross if she isn't quick
In trimming his queer old lantern wick
And then she is told. when the wind il
high
To take out broom and to sweep the
sky.
And the twnkling stars wouldn't shine so
bright
If Anne did not give them a rub each
night.
None of her friends have ever seen
Anne Elizabeth Emily Green,
But an old astronomer one clear day
Saw her scrubbing the Milky way.
-Sheila r. Braine.
SUBSCRIBE FOR THE nAuy
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-05

VIII the Question Box tell me tile
length of the Cape Cod canal, when
commenced, whene to be completed,
and any other facts about it?
The canal was begun about two
years ago and is a sea level ship can
al, that is, no locks viii be required
1t is to be about y miles long ami
p feet deep to connect Massachusetts
bay with Buzzard s ay and shorten
the sea trip between Boston and New
York by about 63 miles. 1t is to be
completed and opened for traffic about
January, 1914.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-05

What has been the difference in the
number of deaths resulting from July
4th celebrations in the United States
since the agitation for a less danger
Gus Fourth?
Accoring to the journal of the Amer
lean Medical association the deaths in
1903 totaled 400 with 1898 injured and
in 1912 there were only II deaths and
81 injured.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-05
TO SUBSC RS.

1t is the aim OF the management to
secure efficient service in the delivery of
the paper each night and it solicits the
cooperation of subscribers to that end
Prompt report should be given of each
failure to receive the paper on the morn
ing following the omission. in person. by
telephone or postal card. thus enabling
the cause of the error to be promptly
and accurately discovered and the proper
remedy Immediately applied. 1t is only
by this method that the publisher can
secure the desired service
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-05
TO ADVERTISERS.

Transient advertising-Run Of paper,
so cents an inch for first insertion; %
cents an inch for each subsequent in
sertion. Limited space on first page at
double rates
Space rates on application.
Classified advertisements - Five cents
line first insertion with so per cent
discount for each subsequent insertion
without change of copy.
Reading Notices-Ten cents a line first
insertion with so per cent discount for
each subsequent insertion without change
of copy.
Position, 10 per cent extra.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-05
For Burnt Matches

Burnt matches are dirty and danger.
Gus to throw about, the charred wood
leaving dirt and the glowing end some
times burning q fine bureau scarf or
polished wood, Have a little glass of
sand and thrust the burnt end of the
matches in this, thus preventing dirt
and danger.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-05
Conundrums.

Why do Russian soldiers have steel
and the French brass buttons on their
coats? TO fasten them with
How can you swallow a door? Bolt it,
Why is a watch difficult thing to
steal? Because it must be taken of
its guard.
Why is an air played by an orchestra
like Italian robbers? Because it is a
band ditty.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-05

Good Time COMING.

The longest day of the year has
passed, but there is still the day ahead
for some of us when we will have to
sit under the camp tent and watch il
rain.-Detroit Free Press.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-05
Good Work for tt Veil.

Wells are foe to beauty" says a
London physician. But in rendering
your opinion do not overlook the fact
that wells are also a friend to homeli-
ness.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-05
OUR QUESTION BOX

What is the state flower of Yer
monte
The red clover.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-05
We Advertise

because we have the goods to advertise.
II We had nothing we would say moth
ing.
We have all the latest improved special
machines for laundering shirts and col
lars, which not only proouGs the life of
your linen, but gives ease and comfort
To the WearCT. our New Prosperity Col
lar Moulder is giving great satisfaction
and our customers are beginnin. to tell
their friends about it,
DO not wait to be told but try il out
and see what it does, as no one can af-
ford to have their collars Numbered in
any other way.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-05

In Lyons, France, all pcrambuIating
Signs are subject to the traffic regu-
lations
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-05
IZlAgkAzIFCEHEN
||XYe1E0eABINET
T THE women of the worlc
would dav4I0D a sense OF

go. would develop a sense OF
beauty, would apply it, first, to that body
which is the fairest thing God ever made'
second, to the fit clothing of that fail
body in all honor to the immortal SOU
within, they would do more to elevate the
race and purify politics than even the
right of suffrage will accomplish.
Ellen Richards.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-05


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