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The Yale expositor., 1914-05-21
Many Deaths in the Alps.

Fatal Alpine mountain accidents
during the year 1913 numbered rs.
as compared with 119 in 1912 and LAG
in 1911. The causes Of the accidents
were reported as follows: Avalanche,
IL; lightning, 6; storm, fog and snow.
G; gathering flowers, 6; unintentional
descent from a snow field, 3; slipping
on the grass or sod, 3; struck by a
stone, 3; slipping on rock, 1; struck
by block Of ice, l; breaking down OF
q snow wall, 1; breaking of rope, 1;
slipping on a loose stone, l. suicide
because Of loss of way and despair l;
dizziness, 1 falling over precipice
while hunting, 1; insufliciently
equipped and insuffi ciently expert
enced in the mountains, g. no special
definite cause given, SO; and disap-
peared, /. Among the unfortunates 112
were men, including guides and 9
were women.
The Yale expositor., 1914-05-21
Law Condoned NeuIioence,

In Kelsey VS.. Rebuzzini, in the SUI
preme court of errors of Connecticut.
it appeared that defendant, after no.
tice that division wire fence between
his lot and lot where plaintiff pas
tured his cattle was broken, took no
steps to repair 1t and the following
day plaintiffs heifers passed through
the broken fence and reached a lot
lying south of both of such lots and
there cropped grass which had been
poisoned in the mixing Of spray for
potato vines, in consequence of which
part Of them died. Defendant did not
know that the potatoes had been
sprayed, or that any poison had been
spilled on the grass and could not
have anticipated that some person
might have scattered poison about the
grass there. 1t was held, assuming de-
PENDANTS negligence, that 1t was not
the proximate cause Of injury.
The Yale expositor., 1914-05-21
UOrLd:
IN THE SOUTH SEA ISLANDS
BY WALTER UILLINMJ, LID
dean the School

seeing the case was hopeless, she re-
moved the cooking pots, her imple-
ments OF warfare, to the house of
another man where she-and her din
ners-proved irresistible.
Germany's Islands.
Germany's possessions in the Paci-
fic ocean are not large. They are
mere stepping stones along the oceans
highways, thrusting themselves above
the surface of the sea as the ancient
stepping stones in Columbia, Missouri,
or Pompeii, rise above the level of the
streets. Germany holds to them with
tenacity, however, and governs them
with the same autocratic police meth
DDS that great nation employs at
home. The German possessions con-
sist Of German New Guinea (Kaiser
Wilhelm Land Bismarck Archipelago,
Marshall Islands, part of the Sa-
moan group, the Caroline Islands and
the Mariana Islands. The native pop
ulation is about 100000.
The contrast between the British
and German governmental administra.
ton of their South Sea Islands is
marked. The British interfere as lit
tie as possible with the native. The
governor of Papua, British New Gut
nea, issued a proclamation recently
condemning the undue sale of Euro
pean clothing to the native. A shell
necklace and a grass loin-cloth, the or
binary wearing apparel, he evidently
thought were conducive to morality
and progress. The German insists up
on Berlin regularity and upon the ma
tive becoming Germanized as far as
possible and at once. The native pc.
lice army of the Bismarck Archipela-
go all wear the German military cap,
though the climate forbids the coat
and trousers! "Self-government?" re-
marked a German official at Raboul,
how can we give self-government
to cannibals?
Natives EnsIaved in copra Traffic.
Copra is king in the South Sea Is
lands. Copra is the dried flesh of the
The Yale expositor., 1914-05-21
SEES PROBLEM FOR ENGLAND
Cause of Much Comment Through
out France.

The conflicting reports and rumors
with regard to the attitude Of the Off
GERS of the British army toward the
crisis In Ulster created painful i'm
preston in France. French history
has more recent instances Of similar
events than that of England. The mu-
TIMES in the south when the troops
refused to move against the rioting
wine growers led to general di9loca-
ton of the French army with view
to avoiding the use of local con-
scripts against their own friends and
relatives; but perhaps a closer par
allel is to be found in the refusal of
few officers to obey their orders dur
ing the taking of the church invento-
rieS under the church and state sep
aration law Those officers were at
once arrested and court-martialed.
To the general upon whose orders
the arrests were made General de Gal
lifet telegraphed: my heart is with
you; you have done your duty. Dura
lex, sed lex"
That officers who belong to nation
whose sense Of discipline is the ad-
miration Of the French should have
rendered their designations rather
than obey orders is regarded as sign
of the extreme gravity of the problem
which the Petit Parisien fears may
lead to an Irish Vendee.
The Yale expositor., 1914-05-21

cocoanut and is used for soap, oil and
many commercial purposes. One Ger
man firm, with headquarters at Maron,
has 100000 cocoanut trees from which
copra is being obtained. The devel-
opment of the copra industry has
brought some commercial prosperity
to the islands, but it has brought also
many of the demoralizing vices of
civilization. There are honorable
merchants engaged in the business,
but there are also many low-class trad
ers or beach combers," who dis
grace the name of white man. Slave
labor, through a system of enforced
servitude called euphemistically la
bor-recruiting system, has nearly ev-
erywhere been introduced as neces-
sary for the copra industry. 1t is not
strange to find that the native fears
the white man. Wherever possible
the white man, trader or planter, in
the South Seas forces him to labor,
when he had never worked before, and
carries him, a practical slave, for this
labor-to cocoanut plantations on dis
tant islands.
Good Work OF Missionaries.
The German missionary has done
and continues to do much good among
the natives. For making conditions
better in these lonely but beautiful is
lands much credit is due to the Ger
man missionaries-as In other lands
credit is due missionaries of other
nations. The missionary seldom re-
ceives the need of praise he merits.
A new Acts Of the Apostles could be
written from the stories OF the lives
OF the missionaries. men and women.
The Yale expositor., 1914-05-21
Narrow Skirts and Other Exau-
gerationS Have Had Their
Day in Fashion.
PARISIANS TURN FROM THEM
New Modes Will Give Ample Room for
Free Movement Of Lower Limbs
and Fect-Draped Tunics Also
to Be Feature Of
the Styles.
n ARIS.-In Paris the word ''ligne"
has very catholic meaning IL

n ARIS.-ln Paris the word "ligne"
has very catholic meaning. 1t
includes much more than mere
outline, for it includes the mysteri-
Gus impression conveyed by the ma
jority Of the ultra-smart women at
some given period.
Snice my return from Monte Carlo |
have been visiting the ateliers of sew
eral famous Partisan dressmakers and
tailors, and in these ateliers | have
carefully studied the "ligne" of the
season, writes ldalia de VilIiers in the
Boston Globe.
1t is charming, this mysterious
"ligne," and it repeats itself with
astonishing insistency. Chez Paquin,
Drecoll, Worth, Refern, Droeuillet, and
others, the outline-generally speak
ing--is wonderfully picturesque and
natural. Gone are the narrow skirts
OF yesterday, gone are the slashed and
exaggeratedly decollete evening cor
sages
We are entering upon a season of
poetic grace and absolutely natural
outline. The newest skirts are suffi-
GENTLY full to give ample room for
free movement Of the lower limbs and
feet. In many cases these skirts are
plated in others they are tiounced,
in almost every instance they are &C
companied by draped tunics.
1t was specially at Paquin's that
he mid 1t
who is genuine artist, never ad
vocated the exaggeratedly tight dress
which made it impossible to walk I'M
The Yale expositor., 1914-05-21
Here's the latest.

Though clad in robes of cloth OF
gold, gorgeous brocades and In all
richly hued materials. women who
adopt the latest modes are now wear
ing filmy black underwear OF ninon.
This vogue for black is becoming
very popular. Such lingerie is made
as skinny and of as little material as
possible. A set consists OF q night
dress, chemise end pantaloons.
This black underwear is entirely de-
void Of lace, but some garments have
a contrasting bow of purple or orange.
Black satin garters decorated with
little orange-colored apples are often
worn.
Black Is never long absent from
women's modes, and this is particu-
larry noticeable with regard to the
black hat
The Yale expositor., 1914-05-21

hair, gashes temples, put on mourn
ing, then, in a few days adopts half
mourning, and, shortly afterward,
seizes on a second husband
Marriage customs vary in different
islands and among different tribes.
Usually the bride is bought from the
village by payment of shell-money,
canoes, weapons or other articles Of
value. Sometimes she Is stolen.
When the husband tires Of her and
sends her away or she divorces him
by desertion, the articles Of value or
their equivalent must be returned, a
primitive alimony.
Betrothal in Babyhood.
In Kaiser Wilhelm land, the Bis
marck Archipelago and other scat
tered islands of the German posses
sions in the Pacific, as indeed in
most lands in this great ocean, the
betrothal takes place when the pro-
spective bride and bridegroom are ba-
bies and they have nothing to say
about it. In one tribe the girls are
betrothed at the age of five years
and from that date until their mar
The Yale expositor., 1914-05-21
BRIDE WAS TOO INDEFINITE
What Young Husband Would Do
In Case She Died and Left Him.

Gov. James Cox of Ohio laid aside
the paper in which he read that
woman had just married man more
than twenty-five years her junior.
Recalls a similar case that was
once brought to my attention" said
the governor. The bride was all OF
twenty-five years Older than the groom.
and 1t was clearly case of marrying
for money on the part of the young
man.
john remarked the rather an
cient bride one evening several weeks
after the wedding, 4 want to ask you
a question:
What is 1t. deer?' responded
John languidly putting Oh an expen-
s!ve cigarette.
What would you do, darling
Queried the bride, IL were TO die and
leave your
"'Die and leave me how much.
DEAR responded the groom. biowins
forth another beautiful ring '-Phiia-
delphia Telegraph.
The Yale expositor., 1914-05-21
Early Victorian Copied.

The picturesque corsage fell OF the
shoulders in early Victorian style and
there was a folded waistband which
nodded the form Cheruit-whose
name stands for everything that is
smart and originals making a great
many models in the form indicated in
my sketch. The draped skirt gives
a curious Turkish-trouser effect,
though the skirt Is really an ordinary
one.
These long tunics are likely to be-
come very popular. They rather cut
the figure when the wearer Ia not tall,
but for slender women OF good height
they are very becoming. These tunics
can be worn without any stiffening
at the hem, the material being quite
full and finely gathered at the waist
and the frills or ruches at the border
keeping the fragile material In cor
rect position.
Plated tunics. In chiffon or tulle,
are also very popular. These tunics
look we'll when worn over clinging
satin skirts, in such colors as Ian
CT6t-Ulue, JdpOulCd-piuh leulOH-yellOWs
tango-orange and in all the crude en-
pire shades OF blue and green. A
black satin skirt looks very elegant
when. accompanied by long plated
tunic in black tulle. with the corsage
in silver and flesh-pink chiffon, with
touches of black at the waist.
Corsages for Evening.
1t Is still the fashion to wear light
evening corsages with dark satin and
mirror velvet skirts There is always
clever touch of dark color intro
duced in the sash and, perhaps, on
the front Of the corsage, but the lat
ter may, itself, be in the plainest
shade OF pink or in oyster-white en-
broidered in silver.
The couture shown in the sketch is
a revival of the early Victorian styles.
The hair is slightly waved and drawn
back from the forehead. At the sides
it is loose and two kiss curls" cover
the ears.
The Yale expositor., 1914-05-21

riage, five or ten years afterward, they
are kept imprisoned in bamboo cages
from which they are released for only
an hour once 4 day. Despite this
close Imprisonment, they grow up ap.
parently strong and in good health
Romance is absent from the betrothal
ceremony which is concerned altogeth-
er with pigs, canoes and tomahawks
Husbands Won by Cookery.
The second marriage differs in this
tribe from the first in that the widow
has her husband selected for her by
her relatives, but she must win him
by her skill as a cook. AS soon as
the man is selected, the widow, with
her cooking pots, Is taken to his house.
She prepares and cooks his food and
when he returns in the evening offers
it to him with her own hands. Should
he accept, the marriage is established,
but If the lady be not attractive In his
eyes he clicks his tongue, a peculiar
Papuan note of disapproval, and she
must leave to try her culinary skill
on another man. The good cook near
ly always wins, whether or not she Is
good looking. Not in America alone
Is husband won or kept By feeding
the brute" The American girl who
wears a cook apron gracefully will
get her best young man sure!
A story is told in New Guinea of a
Papuan widow who was an indiffer-
ent cook. She cooked dinner every
day for three weeks for the man Sc
lected to be her second husband. while
the willy prospective bridegroom,
knowing what was in store, took all
his meals with lis father. Finally.
The Yale expositor., 1914-05-21
Fatal Defect.

The Rev. Bascom Anthony, presid-
ing elder OF the Methodist church In
southern Georgia, tells story of a
negro pastor down his way who failed
to give satisfaction to his flock. A
committee from the congregation wait.
ed on him to request his resignation.
Look here!" demanded the preach
er. "Whuts de trouble wild nah
preachin'? Don't / argufy?"
You sho' does, eldah," agreed the
spokesman.
Don't 'sputify concernin' de Scrip
tures?"
You suttinly does" admitted the
other.
Den what's wrong?"
well, eldah." stated the head of
the committee, hits dis way: You ar
xufies and you 'sputifies. but you don't
show wherein!"-Saturday Evening
Post
The Yale expositor., 1914-05-21

Gap, Caroline
Islands. No old
maids are to be
T o u n d in I h Q
South Sea Is
lands. There are
no "unappropriat-
ed blessings" No
widow remains a
w | d ow M a n y
days. There are
no odd" women.
The bachelor girl
Is one product of
civilization which
has not yet found
way to these
tropical islands.
though cigarettes
and liquor are
here in ample
m e a S ure The
widow tears her
The Yale expositor., 1914-05-21

out IN these outposts OF German CIV
ilization. True, there Is divided and
discordant Christian ,ty, to the shame
Of Christianity here and ~ home. Com
petition still exists among Christian
sects when cooperation has succeed
ed competition in the business world
True, there are unworthy mission
aries. But when all has been said
against them by traders with whose
cruel methods they interfere and by
tourists who travel only for pleasure
and by cynics who are deaf and blind
though not dumb, the worlds good 10
being promoted, UNNECESSARILY pro-
noted. by these self-sacrificing men
and women who are engaged in splen-
did adventure for God and man In
the islands of the sea.
Heroic Preachers Work.
Take one example out of many. On
the island Of New Pommeru the Rev.
II. Z. Wenzel, a German Methodist
missionary, is closing his eighth year
Of unremitting service, without holt
day or relief. He gave up a comfort
able pulpit in Berlin to come to this
distant land. His wife, who came
with him, died Of fever and lies buried
near the mission church he built. His
children were sent home to live with
relatives in Germany, He kept on
with his work, facing loneliness, pri-
walton, disease, death. Fourteen mis-
OF rino Tho CT lriIIol hu
hostile natives. His life was threat
ened and for long time in imminent
danger. He never faltered He went
about alone among the natives, preach
ing, teaching, healing with simple med
icines the sick, leading into gentler
ways the natives, half savage and
half child" Cannibalism was stamped
out, slavery and polygamy disap
peared.
The Native Converts.
Six thousand converts are the fruits
of eight years labor OF this man and
his associates. Nor are these con-
verts merely rice Christians" as the
native Christians for revenue only are
CONTEMPORARY called in some coun-
tries, but men and women who lose
in present position, socially and ma
terially, by adoption Of the new faith.
They are accepted as converts on pro-
baton for three years, during which
time they must lead upright lives, So
Der, Industrious, before they can be
received into the church communion.
After baptism they are dropped from
the rolls or placed again on probation,
should they fall into their old and evil
practises. Even the most captious
critic in the islands has only words of
commentator for the work of Pastor
Wenzel and his colleagues. The re-
suits in the lives of the natives
brought under their influence are too
patent to be sneered away. And the
German Methodist missionaries in the
German islands of the South Seas are
types of the hundreds who labor for
humanity's betterment in the world S
dark places. OF such stuff are gen
uine heroes made.
Copyright, 1914 by Joseph B. Bowles)
The Yale expositor., 1914-05-21
Time for Bird Study.

In the last ten years the little CON-
pany of students of bird life has grown
into an army. Everywhere the birds
are interesting, but not everywhere
can they be seen and studied to equal
advantage. This month marks the
height Of the tide of the spring migra-
ton. The schoolroom has not walls
and the sky is its ceiling. Now 10
the time to study.-Chicago Post
The Yale expositor., 1914-05-21
To Clean White Lace.

The combination of little chloro-
form with gasoline is the best thing
possible to clean white lace that can
not be washed. This mixture will also
successfully clean suede gloves Use
in the fresh air away from fire.
The Yale expositor., 1914-05-21

less tiny steps were taken. In her
models one always found some grace
full arrangement Of draperies which
gave the impression of softness even
ut moment when every dressmaker
In Paris seemed trying to make mum
my-gowns.
Pretty Afternoon Gown.
saw chez Paquin, one Of the pref
test afternoon gowns have encoun-
tered this season. The skirt was COM
posed of mastic-tinted charmeuse, and
1t fell in straight. full folds from waist
to hem. There was a tunic. at the
h-%, in mastic chiffon. and this tunic
The Yale expositor., 1914-05-21
Arkansas Jurisprudence.

Silas-Did you win your suit?
Jonas--Yes. won 1t. but my fool
opponent took II TO the circus court.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-03-04
INVENTOR PROVES; SUIT AND
HELMET ABS0LUfELYFIRE
X. DEFYING Z. ~. n. ......

CINCINNATI, March s.To prove
that he has a suit and helmet which
is absolutely fire-defying,. Martin
Panian,s of Eveleth. Mimi allowed
3tofbe cast into the1flames iat
q demonstration held by the Cres-
cent Tool company today. Panian
was obscured by walls Of fire for five
minutes, and then stepped out
through blazing curtain ofSflame,
cool and calm.
Employees 6fthe tool company made
sure that the fire would be a real
enc. for they elnptied coal oil on the
fuel before touching a match to It.
When the test was over, Panian
emerged from his suit completely dry
and was not perspiring.
The helmet lis of metal with two
layers Of water and fiBe-proofed can
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-03-04
Produce: Market

WHEELING. Viva, March 81,
Potatoes, s5c; cabbage, barrel, 5000
q 2.25; sweet potatoes, basket, SOC
100; Jerseys barrels ss.75; yellow
onions, bushel, $3.50; alag. sass;
celery, Florida, ilarges50 ,@65c:Scrate,
,$2:1o.@2.25; lemons; ss.75@.4.00;
Florida oranges, $500; apples. fan
cy. s5.25@5.75; apples, choice, s4.25
S@4.5o; parsnips, $3.50; California
nayals, s2.5o@2.65; kale, barrel,
$1.50: spinach, bushel, Csc; carrots,
.bushel, s5c; turnips, s2.25: grape
fruit, sS.75@4.oo; radfshes. 1sc;
schallott, 25c: cauliflower, $2.5o;'
lettuce, 14@15c. ,iS III An n
Butter, Cheese, Eggs and Poultry
No. l fancy creamery, ssc; Ohio
End Pennsylvania; s2c; cooking, Zoe.
select eggs, $oe; fresh to mark. Csc;
storage, csc. Poultry IVY. dressed,
springs, zee; hens, pound, 1ec:;, tur-
keys, CSC; ducks, ,2sc;. broilers; fresh,
zoe; gese, Ice. Alive, hens, pound,
1o@1Sc; turkeys, s2o@22c; roos-
tiers, pound, loo; ducks. pound, lao
les; pigeons,Cpair. 40 @:s5e: geese,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-03-04
THE PASSION PLAY
Coming to the Grand Opera House
y Son.. a !.

a - . 0.t ! Il
The management Of the Grand has
secured for an early appearance the
truly, wonderful reproduction in mo-
tion pictures of the Life Of Christ
Thousands of-people spend time and
money going to oberammeau, Ba-
yaria, topwitness) the passion play, In
a language they do not understand.
The people of Fairmont can see this
gorgeous spectacle and greatest tutor
CT religion and ancient history the
world has ever known, Just asSifsyotiy
travelled to Bavaria to witness the
original production. THESE pictures
are beautifully hand colored and
chow the Passion Play and Life of
Christ from the annunciation and
birtlfto the crucifixionland ascersion.
It Is the greatest achievement ever
accomplished in motion pictures. The
cast includes Christ. His disciples,
plate and all ancient characters
with 500 Roman soldiers and civil
Jams. Every parent and Sunday
school teacher should take advans
tage Of this opportunity TO wildly
impress upon Tho children these.
scenes in chsistt life impressions,
that never can be teffaced while the;
lamp Of this life holds out to burn.
The date Of the appearance will be-
lannouncefJ Iater
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-03-04

into the fourth snndsaud has a show
or s-barrel pulnper. In Union dis
trict. Wood county the Southern
on Company has started to drill No.
5 on tire IL j. Fieming farm.
Holding Up.
In Wallace district, Harrison
county the yesper Gas company:s
No o on the Perry farm is holding
up q sos barrels a day Groye&
Parrish,ss No. i on the o. 3. HALL
e producing 100 barrels and Hart
ness g Dittman' s No! / on the +. Z.
Estlaek 10. los barrels day.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-03-04
Printing 6 lithOgraphing Go.
COURT NEWS.
Vital Statistics.
o.

Birth and death certificates were
yesterday filed with tile, eoun ty
clerk for recording US follows;
Births: DR.. W. II. Hin, two; Dir.
James g: Collins, ten; Deaths. coin-
tys Coroner Frank A. Lloyd. six: DIR.
Collins, twoss Z. Jenkins. tweive.s
Deeds Filed.
The following deeds were yester-
day filed with tile county clerk for
recording:
Zadoc G. Tallsington and wife to
\ Gertrude d. Bryan q parcel of lana
in the village OF Worthington. Con-
.sideration s 1000:
William II Omen to q. w. Mack
q parcel OF land LII the clayton nd
,dition tofthe City of Fairmont. Con-
sideration 81 and other valuable
consideration.
s1nez Z! conowaY and husband to
Michael Powell a parcel OF land in
the fourth ward Of the City Of Fair
mont. Consideration $2l5o.
Gertrude u. Bryan and husband
to- Claude I. Davis a pnreef OF land
in the village o. Worthington. Con-
isfefation s 2,lg0. opT'
3Isi