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Evening star., 1914-04-12

and hotels. and at last he wound up in
lreenville. Mich.
Ten years ago he was pushing barrows
pf feed around store in that town for
dollar and a half day: and after a
Few months at that he saved the sum
of $40. With this sum he set UP in busi-
less in a small store for himself and
aid so we'll that at the end of two years
'le began to put into practice an immense
plan. which succeeded so well that he is
row the president of large mems
.lothing concern.
His force, when he '.set up eight wears
$50, consisted of himself and a second
hand machine in the back of his store.
Today there are ten girls simply to sort
iAe mail received, which every day
amounts to thousands of letters
When the contest was on, more than a
ear ago, in Michigan Lindcuist deter
mined to come to Congress. He wanted
this country to have a pure fabric law as
re;ards goods and leather, similar to
that passed for pure food. To make
himself known he sent out by mail hun
dreds of thousands of personal letters,
and the result placed him in Congress.
Wishing to enlist the aid of the Presi-
dent, Linquist went to the White House
b last fall with a box OF samples of adul-
terated goods. But the secret service
officer stopped him at the door, and il
was only by displaying his wares that
he secured an entrance.
The next time ] 60" he explained II
will take my goods in open work
hamper"
Evening star., 1914-04-12
SIxrY YEARS AGO LACE WAS
AS POPULAR AS IT Is ToDAH

have already been mentioned-the popu-
larity of mais, and the "capote." This
hat was at that time worn with the rise
to the front, bringing the bandeau over
the face. Yet the shape is practically
the same as the present seasons, only
turned around.
In 1914 came the craze for skirts
trimmed with folds. deep tucks and SIM
liar effects. which were probably the fore
runners of the tier skirts. All the
but with this point eliminated, the COM
parison is apparent.
One popular model of that time, of sea-
green silk, shows two bands of green
velvet, the upper narrower than the lower
Still nearer to the present designs is one
having three deep tucks, each headed by
a narrow frilling of the same material
Surely, if the skirt were less voluminous
around the bottom. it might be taken as
near relation to those saucy tango"
dresses which are now SO popular and of
which the chief feature is two or three
ruffles.
Another point of interest is to be found
in the fashion notes of the spring num-
Der of one of the most widely read fash
ion magazines of 1874. This was an
article on the styles of previous genera
tons, particularly those of 1895, when
fashion demanded practically waistless
gowns.
"Unbecoming dresses like these, no
waists at all must have appeared very
Ingraceful,'' runs the note The pres
ent style of dress unites beauty with
utility and grace with comfort, in a de-
gree which none of the obsolete fashions
equal"
And that. remember, was said in the
Evening star., 1914-04-12
Many Queer Kinds of Bread

stands by each vat and with a small
fir bough stirs the mass, ski!lfully remor-
ing any speck that may appear upon the
surface.
waters. leaving a firm white substance.
This the Indians remove so adroitly that
only a small portion adheres to the soil.
They spread 1t upon rocks to dry and
afterward mix it with water. pat 1t into
thin cakes and bake before the fire.
The preparation of bread in sheets
hardly thicker than sheets of paper is
a real art among the women of the
Moki Indians Of our western deserts.
A corner in the principal room OF the
Indian habtation is set aside for the
accommoda ton of shallow trough,
walled in with slabs of stone set on end.
The trough is divided into three compart-
ments and in these the first process OF
breadmaking occurs
When bread is to be made squaw
kneels behind each compartment Shelled
corn is then placed on the fiat stone in
the first compartment. and with 4 coarse,
obious stone the first woman proceeds to
rub it. The coarse meal thus prepared
is passed on to the next compartment
Here it is again rubbed with a stone
less coarse and passed on to the thru
stage The result is a decidedly fioury
meal
With a brush, which is made OF dried
grass bound together with string of
calico. the meal Is then gathered up and
mixed with water until it becomes d
thick batter.
Here enters the art of the baker. She
takes a single handful of the batter ana
spreads il over Il long, fiat stone, under
which fire has been burning for SOM
time The batter is made to cover thiuly
the entire surface. When one side is
baked she takes the bread by corner
and pulls it of dexterously, turning the
other side up. When il is done a long
fiat basket receives il. and the baker
turns the edges up all around, so that
the air can get at II. Sheet after sheet
is baked until the basket is piled high
with the blue bread. or ''piki,'' which the
baker pronounces "peka-'
No salt is used in the batter. and the
pi1i has sweetish taste. II is usually
blue. partaking of the color of the corn
from which it is made. 1t is eaten DIR,
or in sort of soup. When the men go
on journey they take piki made into
rolls, very much as one would roll Up a
sheet of wet paper, the bread being OF the
same thickness as the paper
The stones upon which the bread is
baked are prepared by the old women
of the tribe with great secrecy and much
ceremony. They are very valuable anu
are handed down as hcirlooms froir
mother TO daughter
Evening star., 1914-04-12

friends and relatives had gone forth to
battle against the dreaded ''Yank." John
sharl one night decided that his country
called him to arms. The fact that he
was only eleven, and about the only road
he knew was that to the candy shop, did
not deter him. Out in the darkness of
the night the cali Of his country
sounded as loud as the dinner horn to
hungry field hands
So young Williams arose and set forth
down the road in the early dawn. And
as he tramped down the lanes of dust.
past the still farmhouses over which
hung the early smoke from the kitchen
chimney, he dreamed dreams of how he
would come back on prancing charger
covered with glory, gore and gold lace.
Then suddenly behind him he heard the
lope of an approaching horseman. Look
ing back, he saw it was old Uncle Zeph
on the blind mule. Uncle Zeph pulled up
the mule with jerk beside his young
master.
John, your maws says as how you
better be gittin back home in a hurry.
She amt er goin' ter stand fur no sich
COINS on"' exploded Zeph. You jest
clim up here hind me on dis mule and
he'll tote US home ter breakfast"
So John climbed aboard the mule and
turned his face homeward. leaving in the
ashes of a dead past his high hopes of
military glory.
Evening star., 1914-04-12

@TRANGE as it may seem. there IS a
sort of bread made from sawdust,
- the product of German ingenuity.
The SaWduSt is first subjected to a
process of fermentation and various chem
ical manipulations Eventually it is mix
ed with one-third part of rye flour, form
ed into loaves and baked in ovens like
any other bread This bread is not in
tended for human consumption, but is
for horses only, although some authorities
contend that pain de bois,' as 1t is
called by the French, who have investi-
gated its merits. offers nutritious and
highly satisfactory food for human beings.
In various parts of the world bread Is
obtained from trees. For instance. in the
Molucca Islands the starchy pith Of the
sago palm furnishes a white. foury meal,
which is made into fiat. oblong loaves
and baked in curious little ovens divided
into small oblong cells just big enough
to receive the loaves.
In Lapland the inner bark of pine trees.
well ground and mixed with oat flour, is
made into cakes. which are cooked in a
pan over the fire. In kamchatka pine
ana DlTCn DaTk dStu
without the addition of any other sub
stance. being reduced to powder by
pounding. made into loaves and baked
Along the Columbia river bread is made
from sort of moss that grows on GER
tain fir trees. After being dried it is
sprinkled with water, allowed TO ferment.
rolled into balls of the size Of a mans
h, a ! and baked in pits with the help OF
hot stones. This bread is said to be by
M means urnaIafa hl,.
The California Indians collect the pollen
of cat-tails in large quantities by beat
ing it OF the plants and catching 1t on
blankets They make bread of IL, but
as real delicacy they prefer bread OF
'grasshopper hour"
The Indians Of the Sierra country EN-
ploy their own method of Transforming
the bitter kernel of the acorn into kind
of bread that is said To be extremely
palatable. The process is as follows:
There Is shucked and ground i'll the usual
manner a large mass of acorn meat
number Of circular watts are followed
out of the black soil in the shape of a
punch bowl. Into these is placed the
acorn pulp. At hand stand several large
clothes baskets filled with water.
Into these baskets are dropped the
hot stones whereby the water is heated
Upon the mass of crushed bitterness the
Indians ladle the hot water until 1t is
a bout the color and consistency Of cream.
Not peck appears, y strong squaw
Evening star., 1914-04-12
FULLNEss AT HIPS O1
TODHYS GOWNS Was Also
NOTICEABLE ONLYFORTY
1EARS AGO

the three-tier skirt Eton coat and al
the other trappings dear to modern
woman find companion styles some time
during the generations that have come
and gone.
But in those days they wore such
queer thingst" you exclaim. They could
MT possibly be like the lovely styles now
adays!'
Dear me, no. In those days the skirts
were large around the bottom, to be sure
and the "capote'' tilted up in front and
down in back. But, one can't be too
particular, you know OF course, If me
great-great-grandmoth che would be
laughed at. But just the same in those
days mais was popular shade, and the
hats. while set on the head differently.
were very similar Those two facts re-
fuse to be put aside.
And as for the queer things they
wore in those days-mercy on US, won
the world ever progress? Here, in the
enlightened day of 1914, we find milady
calling the fashions of eighty years ago
queer
Once again, listen. In the year 1914
magazine. in its fashion department, ran
ions of fifty years previous. to which
they added notes" In one issue was
shown a headdress of the period OF
1879 in France. high and in all truth
ungainly looking.
And here, if you please, is the mote
which accompanied the illustration: "A
deeper lesson lies in these exhibitions
tof obsolete fashions) than any mere
moralizing on dress and its changes
would convey, especially to the young.
One realizes the fantastic shapes these
freaks of fashion have taken, and finds
that the wise people who lived before
US have often adopted very foolish and
extravagant fashions"
Continuing the discussion, the article
closes with the statement that surely
such fashions are far less dainty than
the sweet little bonnets now in vogue
After which one is brought summariIy
to the realization that everything depends
upon the viewpoint To our grandmoth-
ers the beauties of a satin gown, plain
body and full skirt with sweet little
bonnet appealed; to our mothers, the
basque or polonaise. long curls and tiny
hats And to us-the commingling OF all
styles since the time of Mother Eve,
II one is minded to delve into the his
tory Of dress much will be found that
thoroughly puts to rout any idea that
present styles are new" For example,
the slit skirt, while less in evidence than
short time ago. is yet found on the ma
jority of spring models. This. when
traced to its origin. dates back to the
time of Athens, when women's costumes
were slit down the sides from the hips.
But that 1aShion dld not die then to i've
no more until today. Shortly after the
French revolution a costume came into
vogue on the order of the Athenian style,
in which the skirt, slit to the knee on the
left side. was caught up at that point by
brooch
During the three hundred years which
have elapsed since the settlement of this
country, many generations have come and
gone, and, with each, several changes in
style Throughout that time the fashions
of France particularly have had decided
Evening star., 1914-04-12
Beat the LAWYER.

Representative T..
W. Pou Of North
Carolina tells a
good one on him
self. He says:
In my home
county was a man
by the name OF
Reaves, who was in
dicted for a viola
ton of the revenue
laws. and retained
me to defend him.
As he was regarded
as a weak-Ininded
man tho i,,5oac
Evening star., 1914-04-12
"Ran'' for Family.

Carter Glass Of
Lynchburg, when a
boy. was of such
sturdy activities
that he won the
nickname of Pluck.
No game was too
rough or work too
hard for his indom-
liable energy; and
when the other boys
beat him at a game
OF ball he generally
chased his victori-
GUS foes off the
ground with his
Evening star., 1914-04-12
DRAPED SKIRT ETFEcr AND RIBBON Bow
ATBAcK WERE QUITE TAE VOGUE
Thirty YEARS AGO.

dressmakers of thirty years ago solved
the questions: by using long loops of
trimming, much like the girdles of old
court gowns.
That years fashion hints contain some
interesting ideas:
''Waistcoats are all the rage for ladies
dressers.
Evening star., 1914-04-12
Why He Didn't Fight.

S e n tor John
Sharp Williams was
never in the Con-
federate army. But
the fault is not his.
He started with the
best intentions. as
we'll as with 4 KNAPP
sack filled with 4
good lunch.
The war was at its
height when he was
a big boy OF eleven.
and as his father
was in the army,
and dozens OF
Evening star., 1914-04-12

rnilIiners' art have come into thelr oWrl
and on this day Of days all must be new.
From the straw hat. making Its bow for
the season. to the low pumps. worn at
the risk Of a cold. all must bear unrnis-
takably the signs of newness.
Newness, also, that has a far broader
meaning, mind you, than merely mot
old Not alone must the costume be Of
recent purchase, but much more essen
tial. of latest design and shade. The hat
must have the most approved tilt and
popular trimming. And, too. in these
days of fastidious dress, the wearer her
self must acquire the latest manner
both Of standing and walking.
=
Then. the nomentous question of what
style to adopt must be decided. Not SO
extreme as to cause comment, but by no
means so passe as to arouse equal criti-
cism.
And yet-whisper it softly-for all her
vain imaginings, milady's costume is net
really new. Indeed no.
From o. the medley of styles. designs
and shades let us pick an example of
this years fashionable woman. 1t will
be easy to find her today. say, in a suit
OF royal blue. The coat is loose fitting.
we'll open In the front and of decided
eton design. The skirt is one of those
three-tier styles just in the heyday of
their success.
With this is waist of rnais A hat.
the desirable shepherdess shape. coming
down in front and rising high on the left
side OF course it is blue. with what
crown there is surrounded by yellow
roses. On the left under side is a soft
bow of ribbon. with two small roses near
the hair.
Surely one would have to search long
to ind more up-to-the-minute costume
taste And, surely. one seeing such a
costume as this could not fail to recog-
rize 1t as the product of spring. 1914.
Yet listen:
body: tippet of black velvet "a godets)
and long ends: blonde ruff. with bow
OF nais gauze riband. capote of nais
Terry velvet with black velvet, and plat
Of velvet to mix in the curis: trimmed
with a mais and black certere feather
and mais gauze riband.''
Sanscrit, you inquire? Nay-'tis but
the description of gown III which blue
CAIN snd mais t;n9e, Me5e combined But you sS
feather Truly. And pray why not?
Are they stranger upon the tongue than
Shepherdess" or tier skirt? Certain
ly. You answer with air of finality.
Well. perhaps. after all. you are right
For the latter are the mystic terms Of
the fashion for 1914 And tine others
Oh. they are but the senseless express
sions of a day long since dead Long
since? Yes-1SS3,
OF course. you are shocked Any
body would be. Yet on the 1th of April
1855, that costume would have brought
as much Joy to the heart of its owner
as the royal blue and Tnais suit of the
present season brings this Easter morn
Perhaps more, now that the blight OF
antiquity has been put upon it
But have no fear. If the new shade
of nais and the "shepherdess" hat find
their counterpart in the styles of 1885
Evening star., 1914-04-12
]. PIERPONT MORGAN
MEMORIAL CANDLE

ty-five feet high to dip candle. This
is rather ar. unusual performance. as can
dies sixteen feet tall and weighing 400
pounds are not manufactured every day.
The particular taper in question was re-
Evening star., 1914-04-12
Elected by Mail.

A new member
from Michigan Is
r cpre 8 G n I ative
Francis o. Lind
quist. The story OF
his life reads like a
romance. His par
ents were Swedish
immigrants to a lit
tie numbering town
in Wisconsin. and
he left school when
in the third grade.
His youth was spent
in working around
lumber yards. docks
Evening star., 1914-04-12

AIilady, Proud and
Pretty in Her Easter
Finery, Believes She Is
Attired in the Very
Newest and Latest
Fashion = But. Alas,
Much That She Wears
Was Worn in Other
Easter Parades of the
Long Ago - Similari-
ties in Gowns. Skirt.
Waists and Hats.
Evening star., 1914-04-12

oDAY. in al II
prilliancy Of ;A
latest fashions. IL
lady goes avail
ing. she has do.
ned her neN-es
frock and is abroat
in the land. To.
day is the day o
the Easter parade
The newest crea
tions o. the dress
makers and III,
Evening star., 1914-04-12
WA1sTLEss DRESS
AND Mar -WATTEAU HAT
OF 1895

effect upon the clothes worn in the United
States. but not sufficiently to prevent a
distinctive american" style having come
into being. Consequently, almost since
the days of our first settlement, styles
nave existed which have been character
istic. of this country, rather than mere
duplicates of those worn abroad.
Even in the gowns worn in the early
part of the seventeenth century, one can
ind the forerunner of modern styles, diff
ferent. yet strangely alike. Toward the
end of this same century one discovers
the great-grandparent of the draped skirt
In those days the petticoat was a thing
well worthy Of being shown, and what
Is termed the gown" was looped back.
leaving the underskirt as a front panel.
OF course. this differs from our modern
draped skirt, with its overskirt. but one
can nevertheless find sufficient resem-
blance in the two to imagine, at least,
where the latter style originally came
from.
About the middle of the seventeenth
century one of the prevailing styles
among the Dutch settlers was the "sa-
mare. This was nothing more than a
loose-ftting Jacket with sloping shoulders.
which might well take its place beside
the most modern of our coats, sport
and others.
Instances such as these can be found
more often, perhaps. than one might ex-
pect in the early fashions of this coun-
try. But 1t is within the last hundred
years that the greatest number of styles
having noticeable similarity exist.
Taking the spring fashions since the
early thirties for every ten years makes
plain the fact that what is new today
has been new at least once before.
The chief points Of similarity in 1888
Evening star., 1914-04-12

''Hand-painted bonnets are one of the
spring novelties.
Gray satin and velvet with steel, will
be more Fashionable this spring than it
has been the past winter.
Rose of Egypt is one of the rarest
shades.
"Capricious colors and tints not in the
to help the candlemaker. because he has
not yet been able to discover method
of making pure wax tapers that can come
up to the old-fashioned one of dipping.
BeeswaX. unlike paraffin, stearin, etc,
cannot be cast in Il form for the simple
reason that it sticks to the walls OF the
mold and cannot be gotten out. There
fore. the need of the big derrick. which
was kept busy four weeks before the
body of the Morgan candle had grown to
the desired proportions
= :;
This time element. however. varies with
favorable circumstances sixteen clippings
can be made in a day, but as the taper
in question was built in warm weather.
one hour instead of thirty minutes had to
be allowed after each lowering of the
wick into the nearby vat to give the wax
sufficient time to cool and harden. This
means that more than sO0 dippings were
necessary: and each one of these repre-
sents a separate layer which can be peeled
off like the skin of an onion.
Now for the wick Of this unusual can
die, which tapers from base one and
one-half foot in diameter to six inches
at the tip. How to bring about a uniform
flame from beginning to end was the
Evening star., 1914-04-12

Gently made in New York and is ultimate
ly to stand in the Vatican, where 1t will
be lighted once year, on All Souls day,
in memory of the late j. Pierpont Nor
gan. AT this rate it will have an en-
durance of quite $3.50 years. provided it
will be left to burn the twelve hours of
the day
But why, one will probably ask. dip a
candle In this advanced age? Well. here's
a chance for some enterprising individual
Evening star., 1914-04-12

During the three hundred years which
have elapsed since the settlement of this
country, many generations have come and
gone. and, with each. several changes in
style Throughout that time the fashions
of France particularly have had a decided
Imperial Valley press., 1914-06-10
A TEST OF THE PEOPLE.

n problem barricade between this valley
designed test the power OF
community to its destiny.
question the minds of millions of people whether the
itself be subjected to oVeras
ering personality, acting with profit guardian
the valley is at point where
must put in lasting works protection.
be consolidation of in
such organization possibe-the irrigation district
build public sentiment that possible IN
of that would
be to the valley.
that under present conditions
who district public
that that the people of the
hands with and vg to peng the
they the fly public ownership of utilities and must
guardian protection from the that
willie for all
valley be begun in the fall and must
flood
of irrigation to private
they the people for it for ali
time
Imperial Valley press., 1914-06-10
Livestock Market.

Chicago, June 10.-Hogs-Receipts
$4,000; dull, &c under yesterdays aver
age; bulk of sales, 8.05@815; mixed
7.35@815; heavy, 7.70@8.15; rough
7.70@7.85; pigs, 7.00@7.70.
Cattle-Receipts 5000; slow; beeves,
7.20@9.25; steers, 6.80@8.10; stockers
and feeders, 6.30@8.25; cows and
heifers, 3.70@8.70; calves, 7.O0@1O.25,
Sheep-Receipts, $4,000; firm;
sheep, 5.55@6.40; yearlings, $3.50
7.5O; lambs, 6.50@8.85; springs, 1900
9.85.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-06-10
Horses Increasing i'm Number

Farm and Fireside says:
"There were about $4,000 more
horses in the United States on the
1st of January than three years ago
worth on the average $1.45 a head
less; $4,000 more mules, worth 46
cents less; 100000 more milk COWS
worth 1892 head more; 175,O00 less
other cattle, worth $4.77 more; 1,763,-
coo less sheep, worth ten cents more;
and 2,245,O00 fewer hogs, worth 50
cents more. The crying need of the
census is an enumeration of the dogs
and cats. A census of the dogs and
cats of Europe shows eight million
cats in England and only half mil
lion in Germany, while England has
four million dogs and Germany only
2 million.