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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-02-05

Cleanliness is dinned into the pupils and the
Joys of washstand and the toothbrush emphasized.
There's place for everything" is the slogan,
and every student heeds it.
The living room contains a couch dressed in gay
chintz by day but opening double ri night ty a
single twist of the wrist Another curtaiEed ward
robe IS in this room for mas and pas best clothes.
with the usual shoe shelf The chairs are Of
white pine of the common II 75-cent variety,
grandly stained with brown, which cost only So
cents a can and was enough to stain chairs table
shelves and floor.
In the kitchen everything is scrubabe. Five
cent frrlit jars holders for cereals, sugar
-four. dried peas beans, etc. On the window sill
is cold weather refrigerator made Of a box
with an ollcoth curtain.
All windows of the fiat curtained In snowy
cross bar muslin, cheap pretty, durable and eas-
ly kept clean At top Of the windows is a plated
frill of six-inch blue checked Bingham and 1t Is
amazing how stylish it looks
The whole place is spick and span and as fas
cinating as a newly furnished doll house.
Each room is the basis of a lesson. Miss Nc
Cutcheon drills her classes first in the making OF
coffee and toast, and the preparation Of a cereal
for breakfast Then comes the airing and tidyng
up of the living ROOM" which is made completely
ready so that there will always be one spot where
company can be received, no matter how soon II
may be after breakfast
Then the childrens bedroom is tackled. After
that the scene of operations is in the kitchen
This interests the pupils most of all.
Simple but nutritious dishes prepared Stew
is a favorite; also potato soup, bread pudding
custard rice cakes prunes and boiled apricots
Plain, cheap fare, easy cooked and to digest. is
the order of the model kitchen. and little Scotch
Miss McCutcheon manages to put many mug
get of useful philosophy into her household les
sons.
rs it all Appreciated" she exclaimed in reply
to a query. Well l should say it It's al
most pathetic to see how eager the East siders
are to learn good living. They fairly drink in the
lessons, and a trip through the neghborhood
would soon prove to you that they profit by every
word. I believe any bride who modelled her home
after this threeroom fiat would be assured of
happy and prosperous married life!"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-02-05
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an explosion Of coal dust he noticed that although
great damage had been done in places
there were at others no perciptble destructive Ell
fects. CuriOusly, just at these apparently i'm
mune places fine stone dust had been whirled Into
the air with great violence and then settled upon
the roadways like a thick carpet. Mr.. Garforth
noticed this popularity on other occasions and
came to the conclusion that stone dust might be
useful to dilute coal dust and so render the latter
harmless, just in the same fashion as air is used
to dilute fredamp.
A fine example of how well rock dust may be
distributed by natural means is to be seen in
the northern Illinois long wall field, where the
bits Of shale that fall from the roof and the pack
walls keep the coal dust covered up. Explosions
have never happened in this district, though min
ing has been going on there for over 40 years.
1t took the British some years before they
reached the point of action but in July, 1908, ex
periments on a large scale with stone dust were
commenced on the completion of the Altofs re-
search gallery, Mr. Garforth being placed in
charge This gallery consisted of tube 600 feet
in length having a diameter q seven and half
feet and being built of the shells Of disused boil
ers and for more than two years Investigations
we're carried out with the most patnstaking care
1t was proved conclusively that the admixture
of an incombustible dust with the coal dust rem.
dered the initiation of an explosion correspond
inglv difficult to effect At the Woolwich testing
gallery the ordnance center Of the British gov
eminent, II was found that coal gust containing
a large proportion of shale insensitive to
ignition by means OF a charge of gunpowder. In
these latter experiments sensitive coal dust was
rendered inert by an admiXture with SIS per cent
Of shae dust But this seemed to call for too
much protective stone dust to make the method
practicable.
The Belgian authorities have set the pace in
this matter They did 1t by placing boards in the
mine galleries just under the roof in the form Of
shelves and upon these they laid heaps OF incom-
bustible dust not fine enough to be disturbed by
the normal air currents. They allowed something
like nine bushels per square yard OF working.
There was left sufficient space above the top OF
the dust heap for the blast Of explosion to
sweep the pile and thus to blow 1t broadcast
in a cloud. Thus the same destructive blast that
would otherwise have stirred up the coal dust and
enited 1t made to set in motion an antidote
which smothered the inflammable particle Of coal
European experiments have shown that 40
per cent admlxture OF stone dust with coal dust
sufficient to prevent an explosion. OF course
this depends upon the chemical nature Of the
coal and the results far obtained the re-
ward of the first efforts to lessen this hazard. 1t
is quite probable that some kindred but less bulky
medium will be discovered that will answer bet
ter. In fact per cent mixture Of sodium bi
carbonate has very remarkable smothering OF
checking effect
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-02-05

several pieces. Everything is berib-
boned
In the midst Of winter, when eve
nings are long and days are most
comfortably spent in the house, I'M
derwear for the coming summer
should be made up. In fact, the bulk
OF the summer sewing can be done
long before the clothes are needed.
Spring goods are on display in Jan
uary, and by the first of February
styles for the coming spring and sum
mer are fairly well settled
A night dress of cambria and Val
lace is shown in the picture.
The yoke and very short sleeves
are in one and made of Val in.
serions. There are two patterns
Of lace. the rows sewed togeth.
er. The kimono sleeve portion may
be heightened by adding rows OF
insertion. A narrow edging fiji
ishes the opening at the neck, and
a wider edge in the same pattern fin.
ishes the sleeves.
The rows of lace may be whipped"
together, that is, sewed edge to edge
with a short overcast stitch, or sewed
on the machine
The yoke is joined to the skirt of
the gown by a narrow band Of EN-,
broidered beading. Through this a
ribbon is run, which ties at the front
in a small bow. This ribbon serves
to adjust the gown to the figure.
For such pretty night robes. sepa-
rate bows and rosettes of ribbon are
provided. They are to be pinned on
with very small safety pins. Little
rosettes for the top of the sleeves,
matching the other ribbons. but
without hanging ends, may be added
by way of elaboration.
The sheer fabrics now in vogue are
easy to launder and soft to the touch.
They are distinctly "new-fashioned."
Light lawn or wolfe negligees are
thrown over them when one rises OF
when they are worn in the bedroom.
The models are SO simple in con-
struction that one hardly needs a pat.
tern to cut them by. Still, as all the
pattern concerns provide patterns at
such trifiing cost, 1t 10 well to get one
as a guide
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-02-05

The vicar of Leeds, England, Doctor
Bickersteth, tells Of clergyman who
rang him up on the telephone to ask
If he would consent to his taking a
marriage service in which the word
obey" was left out. He replied that
he was not the bishop, but was toler-
ably certain that the bishop would not
allow him to omit the word
But who is the lady going to
marry?" he inquired
The answer was: She is going to
marry a doctor"
He then asked: Would she mind
If you put in the word consult in
stead?"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-02-05
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its base, cemented by the changed resins and
gums of the primordial plants The latter bodies
are readily decOmposed at comparatively low
temperatures and it is from this part of the coal
that the first of the explosive gases come When
coal is in the form of a dust it is In the cond-
ton to respond quickest to the action of heat
You have seen the cloud of dust advancing
along a country road ahead of a coming storm.
Well, explosion in mine virtually duplicates
this occurrence. The explosion sets up disturbing
air currents and these stir up the coal dust in the
outlying galleries. What follows? That initial
blast heats the dust TO the point of ignition and
the fine particles mixed with the air become an
explosive.
1t flashes up at once and transmits kindred
waves throughout the whole range Of the dust
cloud, and in this fashion generates a series Of
explosions which successfully fed by the
whrling dust that they disturb. 1t is substantially
a chain of explosions which Iengthens to the
furthest limits Of the available fuel upon which it
feeds.
The heedlessy barred fame OF miners lamp
may start the ball rolling. either by ignitng a
g small volume of fredamp or by setting off
cloud Of coal dust which has been created by a
miners blast Undoubtedly many of the worst
colliery disGeters have been more directly due to
coal dust than to any other cause, and yet fire
damp was until quite recently held responsible
for most of these catastrophes 1t did not occur
to the miners to their employers that the gath
ering particles OF coal were a source or Danger.
The operatives were too busy getting out mer-
charitable coal to give any heed to the accumulat-
ing dust. And yet, as We have seen, the mine gal
Ieries were slowly but surely becoming little less
perlous than magazines of powder.
Once the hazard was realized the mining world
cast about for preventive agencies Naturally the
first remedy seemed to be water and mine road
ways were literally saturated to lay the dust and
thus prevent It's rising as to form an explosive
mixture with the atmosphere.
In lieu of this the next precautiOn was in the
form of dustless zones the powdery particles be-
ing scrupul9usly removed for a considerable dis
lance The idea to establish in this manner
a sort Of void through which explosive waves
could not be propagated. Theoretically this Is
all right, but again the ventilating air currents
carry with them measure Of coal dust and make
it impracticable to maintain the defensive zones.
Just how some one stumbled the idea Of di-
lutng coal dust with a non-eXplosive dust Is not
a matter of history, but somebody did conceive
the plan, and the value of this remedy is daily
growing in favor because Of its effectiveness In
general terms the German mine authorities
touched upon this method far back 1854,
but the subject not brought forward scen-
tifcally until after the explosion in the Altofts
colliery, England two years later.
w. E. Garforth the mine manager While
travelling through the underground workings afta
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-02-05
ASCHOOLF FOR BRIDES
New York East Side Innovation Which Has
Proved a Wonderful Success.

Gould anything be practical than a little
threeroom fiat QUILTED model home, the
whole affair being a school for brides? st.
Georges church-pcturesque old landmark OF
Stuyvesant square-has opened such school,
with two sessions day, says the New York Mail.
And maybe it isn't success! Also, maybe it is.
Mrs Herbert Satterlee, daughter of the late J.
P Morgan presented the school to St Georges
Memorial house through the city mission commit
tee of the church, which is composed of women as
kind as they wealthy.
1t was intended for children more than twelve
years old" for it is the children of congested East
side neighborhoods who are the teachers of their
parents when it comes to matters OF modern
household art.
older girls heard of it, however, and clamored
for admission to the classes. New little brides
heard of it and, longing to start their married
life Alright, also clamored. Now, Miss Jessie NC
Cutcheon says the school threatens to outgrow its
allotted space and spread all the neighbor-
hood.
Miss McCutcheon from Edinburgh, Scotland, is
the teacher. In a blue Bingham house frock and
white cap that hides a mass of wonderous gold
hair she puts her pupils through the daily duties
of "three-room" household and incidentally
feeds them jolly good meal.
Everything in the three rooms could be bought
for 800 Yet they perfectly and sanitarily
furnished and illustrate comfortable home for
small family.
One bedroom has a double deck bed. Here four
tots can sleep comfortably, two by two laid scru-
pulously head to feet There is a crib too, for
there's always a baby.
A chiffonier contains all the childrens clothing
and they are taught to keep it there. In a corner
is a homemade closet with gay chintz curtains
and a piRe shelf foot from the floor for shoes.
On top sit row Of pasteboard millinery boxes
resplendent in wall paper overcoats, and as orna-
mental as you please
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-02-05
MODERN DAY ROMANCE
STORY OF A PRINCE OF INDIA
AND A DANCER.
Wooing Ended Happily, Though It Was
Not Conducted as in the Glorious
Days of Beauty and
Chivalry.

Alias we exclaim when a rocket
goes up. All! Let us take our minds
from sordid affairs so that our emo
lions can vibrate over a sweet ro-
mance-a romance shining with love
and especially with paternal devotion
It is the romance of the maharanee Of
Kapurthala, India, who is now touch
ing these shores with her husband,
who was once, and we feel sure still is.
her lover. We pulsate rapturously as
we read of the substantial proof he
gave Of his love, and we thrill conclu-
sively when the publicity agent tells
us Of how dearly her father held her.
Strange to say, this lovely Indian
princess Is. or was, a Spaniard-a
Spanish dancer. When the prince OF
India saw her dance he Immediately
fell on his knees and besought her to
change her name from plain Anita
DelgadO to sonorous maharanee of Ka.
purthala. Dear, old dad objected to
having the fine old Castilian strain
grated on to Oriental royalty and told
little Annie's glittering sutton to
vamose, which Is Spanish for decamp.
But instead OF folding his tent like
an Arab and silently sneahng back tc
Kapurthala, what did the swart but
spangled lover do? Did he murder the
doting Delgado and fee with the pull
chritudinous daughter? No. Did he
eide off with her like Lochnivar out
Of the East? No. Did he Romeo
around her dormer window? No. Did
he strum a plaintive guitar and in
duce her to elope by the light of the
moon? No. Then what did he do?
Let the news item tell it IN its own
way:
The maharanee Of Kapurthala, In.
da, and her husband are visiting in
the United States. The maharanee
formerly was a Spanish dancer named
Anita Delgado. Her father objected to
the attentions Of the Indian prince to
his daughter The maharajah over
came the parental objections by giving
her father $4,000"
How much more efficacious than
writing Petrarchs sonnets to Laura,
or Dantes poems to Beatrice-the sim
pie writing of a $4,000 check! Let US
sit by the borderland of old romance
in the twilight:
Where glitter hauberk, helm, and lance,
And banner waves, and trumpet sounds.
And ladies ride with hawk on wrist.
And mighty warriors sweep along,
Magnifed by the purple mist,
The dusk Of centuries and Of song
and let US dream upon the magic and
the wonder and the glory and the
power Of $4,000 check,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-02-05

IF you wish to busy yourself pre-
L pairing for the coming spring and
summer, you can be assured of the
success Of certain new styles in ad-
vance. 1t is wise to be ready for the
season which lures US out OF doors,
and to make the most of it.
Here is the sweetest of summer
gowns, made OF silk muslin and lace
with fichu and a belt of satin rib
bon. Similar gowns are on display
made of variety Of materials. There
are embroidered cotton crepes, first
of all. Nets, with founces edged with
lace, embroidered crepe de chine and
yoiles. But always lace and more lace.
Point d'esprit net is found very use
full and fine lowered voiles, lawns and
batiste.
Among the handsomest Of gowns
are those of white net showing founc-
ings of the net edged with narrow
black chantilly lace. Others of sheer
cotton crepe with fold OF black maline
laid under the edge of nouuciugs.
Much hand embroidery appears on
the gowns of crepe, wolfe, etc. But
It is Of a kind that does not try the
eyes. Long sprays Of flowers of mod
crate size-like the carnation, for ex-
ample-are done with heavy floss in
long bold stitches. The effect is beau
tiful. The gowns are in white or
pale colors White is the loveliest,
and the light colored underslip with a
lace-trimmed petticoat of net worn
under these gowns is beautiful.
1t would be hard to find a simpler
or prettier model than that shown in
the picture, for a fiounced gown. The
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-02-05

I design, too. is appropriate to older
women, as well as to the youthful
wearer. In fact, the difference in
tiounced gowns for young or older
wearers is discernible in finishing
touches, rather than in design The
foundation skirts are plain and
straight. The founces are adjusted
in differing poses. Sometimes, as in
the gown pictured. they sag toward
the back, but in a good number this
is reversed and they rise toward the
back.
The waist line is about the normal
in most of them. While waists are
draped, these are set In sleeves as
well as drop shoulder and kimono ef-
feCts. Ribbons are conspicuous. and
the tango shades. warm nasturtium
yellOws. are specially liked
Almost anyone Who makes any pre-
tentions to sewing, or has any faith
in her own ability. can put together a
tiounced dress. The trick seems to be
in adjusting the flowers at the right
slope. with even fullness, and in not
getting them too full
The three fouuced skirt. having the
hounces shaped. is displayed for heav.
ier fabrics, and is wonderfully attrac-
tive.
There is a world Of light, airy fab
RIGS, fascinating in design, and a world
Of filmy laces, moderate in price, so
that the fiounced gown has a pleasant
future before it. Limp fabrics are
chosen that fall to the figure, so that
tiounces do not mean bulkiness. That
is tabooed. and is likely to remain so.
JULIA BOTTOMLEY.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-02-05

washable ribbons are always a nee
essary part of their construction. AL
together the undergarments now on
display in the great stores have all
been much influenced by this liking
for airy fabrics and the craze for
laces. Petticoats have wide flounces
of net or lace, or the very sheerest
of embroideries. Sometimes a lace
fiounces has another of net under it.
Corset covers are of net, chiffon and
lace. Small chiffon roses and album
dance of ribbon trim them. Occasion
ally one sees an entire petticoat of
net, but more often the 1ounce only is
of this pretty fabric
AS in outer garments, under-muslins
are cut with easy lines, to hang
gracefully, not to eft" the figure.
Whatever one may think of the diaph
anous materials, it must be conceded
that the present styles are exception
ally graceful.
Thin muslins, nainsooks, and
cambrics make up the body of the
garments. Much beading is used to
carry the ribbons which make gay the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-02-05
Physics of the Emotions

ance Frightened rabbits show almost
complete prostration, and their brain
cells, in contrast with those of normal
animals, take a deeper stain from GER
tain chemicals, and their size and
shape are strikingly altered. Finally,
If an individual is placed in circuit
with a delicate galvanometer and
made to laugh, to feel sad, or is sud
denly surprised, there will be move
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-02-05

ments in the instrument indicating
the passage of small electric currents.
Such interesting scientific facts as
these, and many others, make 1t clear
ly evident that emotions are some
thing more than mere states of mind.
Fred w. Eastman. in Harper's Maya
zine
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-02-05

The exaltation of victory makes
wounded soldiers oblivious Of pain,
and the depression of defeat increases
mortality. If a cat is frightened for
ten or fifteen minutes by barking
dog. a sample of its blood will make
strips of certain muscles relax when
they are immersed in it, though such
a portion Of blood had no effect on
them before the emotional disturb
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-02-05
LACE AND RIBBONS
MARK THE STYLES
IN UNDER MUSLINS

TT NDER- MUSLINS in common with
~ other articles for women's wear,
have been growing more lacy, more
bedecked with pretty finishing
touches, more diaphanous. with every
season, until now, it seems the limit
has been reached Night dresses are
made with yokes OF fine net having
lace inserted, or superposed Or
they ara made with lace and fine en-
broidery or all lace Jokes. Pretty
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-02-05
Silk Gloves for Dances.

The almost ethereally airy dancing
frocks of tulle are accompanied by
accessories that carry OUT their deli.
cate effect. Instead Of heavy kid
gloves, silken gloves embroidered
prettily on the long wrists are drawn
over the arm. Sashes are Of chiffon
or tulle edged with fur, and fans are
of beaded tulle, rather han feathers
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-02-05

and bought flag for the church tow.
er. Directly the old gentleman saw
it he flew into a violent rage, and or.
dered 1t to be taken down at once.
One of his parishioners asked him
why he did not like it. Allow that
flag to fly on my church tower!" he
raved. Never! It's an insult. Do
you know what that particular flag
signifies, sir? 1t means In distress:
want a pilot"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-02-05
Health Nntn

A Chicago physician says: Good
health demands that the mouth be
kept closed while asleep" Cases are
known where mans health would be
in better condition If he'd kept his
mouth closed while awake.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-02-05
Stormy Ia Rioht

The married life of Mrs. Ada Biz
zard, who is applying for a divorce
from her husband in Sidney, probably
became so tempestuous that she Just
couldn't weather the storm any long
ery-Youngstown Telegram.