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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-07

toilet goods Fortunately, I arrived In
Paris before the war and was able to
discuss and Investigate these subjects be-
fore the sad event that emptied the coun-
try OF its ablebodied men and closed the
shops and factories. The upshot of my
investigations was that I found nothing
that was of use to the American woman
The French woman il an exotic type.
Her features are irregular. the complex
ion in most cases saIlow and thick. the
eyes, while brilliant, are not large. and
the figure lacks curves and roundness.
Yet. with all these deficiencies, she rep
resents a charming type Of woman. and
In many cases gives the illusion OF beau
t..
The reason for this IL that she under
stands her type and works to express
that only. All the extravagant beauty
cuIture-the tinted powders coiored wigs.
drastic reducing treatments. the slinky
walk and SO on-that has grown up since
my last visit to France has been In the
direction OF developing the exotic type OF
the French women. not in improving the
appearance of women In general
Anglo Saxon Type Needs More Natur.
al Effects
The American woman II the exact an
tipode OF the French woman In spite Of
the mixture of races in this country. the
Saxon. The ideal OF American beauty -
= clear complexion. showing both pink
and white. large eyes. more often blue
than dark. and brown or light hair.
American women OF this generation. at
least. are larger than French women,
their figures are more developed and sug-
gest greater physical strength and vsgor.
II IS imposslble that such different types
should profit by the same line Of treat
meut
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-07

needs more creams to keep It In con11t1oD.
and cannot stand the heavy powdern 49,
liquid preparations. that the Preach -
in such abundance, It - no exaggoso11eo
to say that the average Americas co1D~
plexion would - ruined before thirty n 4
was subjected to the same treatment tno9
the French woman uses to advantaoo
The same Is true OF the figure. The o11F
reducing method In this country - a.
natural scientific one exercise go
change and reduction Of food 4 1j1eo
brought to proper weight In this u6b61x
retains its curves and its air ef heal1h,
and well being.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-11-19
Poultry Facts for Children.

I'm going n better in giving the
boys n girls who are enrolled In the
poultry clubs q liberal poultry educa-
tion." said Harry Lamon, Of the Uni
ted States bureau of animal hushandry.
"i'm going to put the beginning Of d
good poultry library Into every school
where we have n club
He went or to say that he had COM
pleted arrangements with the American
Poultry association whereby the assoc
ciatlon would furnish to these schools
copies OF the "Standard Of Excellence.s
Tho official book by which poultry il
Judged at all the exhibits and fairs,
The association has agreed to furnish
copies at h Wholesale price, and M-.
LAm0 plans to have the boys and girls
raise their wi money for buying these
by the sale &c eggs and dressed poul-
their club flocks.
TN this way he explained, .the
y-ungsters VIII learn to recognize 4
good bird at sight. They viii learn
what points are to be worked for in
poultry raising. With this book as q
nucleus each school can gradually
build up q small but valuable library
Of poultry culture
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-11-19
Tho RertiIIon System.

Writing in the New York Evening
Post, a correspondent, well acquainted
with the late Alphonse Bertillon, draws
attention to the act that the finger
print Identification scheme was not
the invention of M. Bertillon, but, as
far as its employment in police work
is concerned, was first used by the
Lsndon police, who In turn adopted it
from a similar system long employed
In India. The first success of the Ber-
tilloa system, known as "Bertillonage,"
attracted the attention of Scotland
Yard, but after q trial it was discarded
as being impracticable, and the Lon
don police developed the finger print
system 30 carefully hat M. Bertillon
recognized Its value n later embodied
1t in his system, making due acknowl-
edgement Of his deb to his English
contemporaries. To Rertillon,s years
of research, and patient investigation.
however. must be attributed much of
the enlightment which has proved Of
such great value to the new science
Of Identification.
Beginning on the theory that no two
persons are Identical in every respect.
he set about the ask of reducing the
dimensions and peculiarities which va
ried with the greatest consistency to
the least possible number. Situated as
he was in Paris, with every facility
Dbl ~ ltlo Nv \ dl il
the system were to be made generally
useful 1t would nave to be reduced
to such simplicity that police heads
In the most remote villages could un-
derstand and apply 1t. The photograph
played an important part In his search
for simplicity, and though he realized
that it involved complications which
increased the expense of the system,
he retained it, but depended on it as
little as possible. By the process of
eliminating measurements which ex-
pei iment proved the least essential
noting all marks Of individual signif-
canoe, such as scars moles, deformi-
ties n other permanent pecu1iarities.
II then recording the 10 finger prints
OF each subject. he brought the system
to its present state of perfection.
The measurements which he finally
adopted as essential were seven: The
length OF the head from back to
front: the breadth OF the head; the
horizontal span Of the arms extended.
from fingerrip to fingertip; the height
when sitting, from chair to top of
head; the length of the middle finger:
the length from the elbow to the tin
OF h middle finger. and the length
OF the left foot The color Of the eyes
n hair, the complexion and many
ofher details are also entered on the
card, together with two photographs
of the subject Later theories of M.
Bertillon. notablyethe M dealing with
the diversity of form found IN tina
folds and lobes of the outer ear OF va
rious persons Inc ito probable value as
an aid in especially difficult cases.
have as yet not been embodied In the
present syetem. As II stands, however.
the Bertilion system IL an invaluable
AID 70 the Guinness OF rounding up
EHF+S4EEABALM Nesa -TNAH|
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-11-19
Some Wrong Assumptions.

The assumption that the American
laborer today stands where the French
laborer stood before the revolution,
where the English laborer stood before
the passing Of the first reform bill and
the repeal Of the corn laws, shows a
lack of historical perspective. The
assumption that all strik es represent an
agonized protest against tyranny, an
agonized appeal for injustice, is a per-
version of truth. The assumption that
child labor in the United States is the
blot upon civilization that it was in
England 70 years ago, denies the duty
of comparison. If the people who write
verses about Labor Crucifed" would
make a table of he wages paid to
skilled and unskilled workmen, from the
Chicago carpenter to the Philadelphia
street cleaner, they might sing in a
more cheerful strain. If the people who
today echo the bitterest lines Of Mrs.
Browning's "Cry of the Children
would ascertain and bear in mind the
proportion of little boys and girls who
are going to school in the United States
how many years they average, and how
much the country pays for their educa-
ton, they nigh spare us some violent
invectives. Even Mrs. Robert Hunte
permits himself the use of the word
"cannibalism" when speaking of child
workers, and this In the face of legisla-
ton which every year extends its area,
and grows more stringently protective.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-11-19
FOUR MEMBERS OF TEXAS
CLUB NOW IN CABINET

Austin. Tex, Letter to Washington Post.
One winter, something like a decade
ago. q series OF Informal dinners was
given by Mr.. and Mrs. Il. M. House at
their nome In Austin. These social at
fairs were weekly events In the ordi-
mary hurndrun life of a small coterie
of Austin people. During tha' particu-
lar winter the present secretary of
state and family occupied the residence
adjoining that of Mr.. House, and the
two men were fast friends. The Ne
braskan and his wife were. of course,
guests ut these dinners. Among the
Otter austin men whose presence in
this little social gathering could be
counted on were Prof. David r. Hous-
ton. who was then president OF the
University OF Texas; +. w. Gregory, q
beading local lawyer, md Albert s.
B~urleson, IL the latter happrned,o be
Thnu;sslsln his congressional duties at
Z syHEsus1i..ton.
Of5that little group of friends four
are now members OF the cabinet of the
president, and a fifth Is said to be the
chief private and unofficial adviser OF
b head OF the national administration.
The Nebraskan is secretary of state,
Mr.. Eoaston is secretary OF agriculture,
Mr.. Rurieson is postmaster general and
Mr.. Gregory has just been named for
attorney general. Mr.. House Is said to
Dutrank them all by being the presi-
dents silent partner
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-11-19
Penmanship and courtship.

William Leslie French In Yoman's World.
AS the hand and the brain are closely
related, the mind acting as motive
power and executive, it is reasonable to
believe that the voluntary penstrokes
correspond in a remarkable degree to
physical and mental conditions. In
truth, l feel confident that the Creator
would not have endowed persons with
the ability to express their ideas in
script unless the varied forms of
writing mirrored an individuals ten
denotes in one direction or another.
Handwriting is the outward sign Of
mind vibrations easily interpreted, just
as a shaking hand or quivering eyelid
denotes some kind of nervous disorder.
Hence q knowledge Of the art of de-
ducing character from handwriting is
especially valuable for those who are
contemplating matrimony, or in the
choice Of friends OF acquaintances. In
fact, the caligraphy of ones intended
becomes as 1t We're a semaphore, flash
ing It's signals of safety or danger to
anyone who will accept its message.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-11-19
MOTION PICTURES SHOW
REPTILES IN COMBAT

New York.-Merry comedy and aero
batics of small animals, large and small
insects and reptiles form a remarkable
feature of motion pictures prepared by
Mr.. Raymond l.. Ditmars, of the New
him at a special view IN the Mecca
building. The pictures will be shown
first publicly at the Brooklyn Academy
OF Music.
Some Of the strange actors in this
'Theater of Nature" as the pictures
are notwithstanding vaudeville and a
regular circus-play somewhat tragic
but usual roles. They are eaten by
others. Some of the things pictured
are:
a fly seated in a chair on a crawling
turtles back, the fly balancing a com
p~arattyely huge dumb bell: a family
or toads jumping up on toadstools TO
watch the circus, treetoads perform
ing on the horizontal bar II a king
snake killing a non moccasin
inch by inch, DR.. Ditmars explained
that the king snake is by natur a sort
or policeman among reptiles. The bite
OF q poisonous snake does not bother it.
No motion pictures of such snake Incl
dents have ever been successfully taken
before, and Mr.. Ditmars tried 1t for
two years before a snake would lie still
and eat in the light.
The circus was broken up by the ar
rival of the well known polecat, from,
Which every insect and animal fled In
terror.
A film contributed by Peter Gr11ber.
OF Rochester. known as "Rattlesnake
Pete was shown. 1t depicted Incl
dents of q rattlesnake hunt conducted
by Pete. Who makes a business OF
catching these reptiles.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-11-19

London. Special: In an unusually
luminous address of absorbing interest
to Americans, delivered before a dis
tinguished gathering at the Sociolog-
ical society, S. x. Radcliffe. secretary
of the society, who has lately returned
to London after a trip of several
months in the United States, told of
the vast changes which, he declares,
are slowly but surely ~remaking, re-
constituting the American state"
That there no longer exists what
may properly be termed an American
nation is one of the startling conclu-
sions which Mr.. Radcliffe drew.
He told of the many Americans of
which, during he brietiest period Of
study, the visitor ecomes conscious"
and went on to declare that during
so short a space of time MS the last
two generations anything like a homo
geneeus American nation mas ceased
to exist,
Through the Introduction of millions
upon millions of alien workers the real
American type is being swamped," the
cal asserted. In support of this
contention he says:
IF earlier patches of immigrants
tended to merge into the American
population, which is doubtful-witness
the Pennsylvania Dutch-the process is
no longer going on now that each Eu-
ropean race has sent enough men and
women to form a community in Amer
lea.
The separate n~ationalisms are per-
petuated; the chief thing the alien
learns in the United States is the con-
s~erNation of his own nationalism.
America Is not a melting pot, but a pot
of varnish.
The m unmistakable product OF
the immigration process is a vast new
proletariat, living in conditions which
repeat and intensity the industrial
serfdom of Europe"
Passing from consideration of the
changes being wrought in the national
character by the influx of immigrants,
MIR. Radcliffe went on to speak of the
moral, Intellectual and political up
heaVal which are renaking the coun-
try.
He said that, whereas, a few years
ago, the American voter regarded all
politicians as belonging to a class dis
tlnguished only for it's depravity and
lack of morality and principle, of late
the moral tone OF the whole political
fabric has been raised and voters are
learning how to fight and to overcome
the boss SYSTEM The profession of pol
tiles has been brought into greater es-
TEEN thar it has enjoyed for years.
Not the least factor in the intellect
ual, moral and consequently political
uplift of the nation, he declared, was
h ever-growing influence and pres
tige of the university and the univer-
sity man.
In closing he paid a tribute to the
builders of New York, and in glow
ing terms described the great metrop-
oils as the concrete symbol of Amer
lea.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-11-19
laworeakers. and it's success has been
such that many authorities look UPON
1t aa infallible.
How Dads Money Spoiled His Boy
BY c. r. Morris

1854 oy ~. T. motifs
Another gildec youth who deserted his
wife ana baby to run away with a silly
young woman has recently come to erie,
at the hands of the law.
when l left college, he explained .I
didn't have to work. Dad gave me- all
the money l needed. Naturally. I drJfted
into bad company"
If this mans father had made him get
out and go to work and earn his living,
hustle his clothes and get Something TO
take up his time, he wouldn't be I'm the
fix he's IN.
Here and there you run across a. young
ster who is Inherently strong to stand IN
under the handicap of too much money.
Ihey are very much like hens teeth. And
Psychologists say they have none.
TO my mind unequal distribution of
wealth curses society at both extremes
1t is quite as much the duty of our age
to prevent the ignorant rich from spelling
their offspring by a surfett of riches as to
lift from the very poor the burdens which
withhold so many of their children from a
hopeful start in life. Money Is a good
thing TO have and 1t buys a great many
comforts which we all need but to hand II
out In wads to the average young man to
make him Idle, foolish and no good is very
wrong, / once talked with ohm d. Rookie
Teller, jr, and he told me so many OF his
schoolmates had gone wrong and wasted
their lives because their fathers were
rich and gave them too much money.
Don't be foolish but be wise as we need
all the good men we can get and be sure
and spread out your ash in a careful
way.
Experience Is an asset that no mar can
bequeath to his son. Be careful with the
boys.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-11-19
Evolution of Modern Trade.

cloIH tne NatlOnal Magazine.
In a jewelry store more than SO wears
ago, John Wanamaker was buying 4
present for his mother with a few dol
lars of his earnings. It'll take that"
he said, pointing to a dainty Jewel.
and handing out the cash a little proud
iy. AS he spoke. he saw another shiny
something that pleased him still more.
even though 1t came higher. Il think
III change my mind and take that one
instead" he said to the a who had
not yet wrapped up the first selection.
It's too late now" snapped the lew
eler. You've bought this and you must
keep It" Doubtless 1t had been in
stock a long time n the salesman felt
proud that he had worked it OFF. Il
was an affront to the young purchaser.
but It was the inception Of one Of the
basic policies In the Wanamaker sys-
tenn. The jewelers. attitude reflected
trade conditions prior to 81, but all this
was reversed In the Wanamaker idea
whose creator has lived to see his con,
yfctions adopted as business axioms
One price for goods and the return Of
purchases has revolutionized retail
trade not only in ~Philadelphia, where
1t met with bitter opposition, but IN ali
parts OF the country. John Wanamak-
er was one Of the first merchants to
recognize the province of the American
woman to change her mind.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-11-19
TEUTONS REFUSE TO
GIVE Up SHAKESPEARE
England May Give Up Wagner
But Deutschland VIII Always
Retain Poet.

New York-Copies Of the BeTllner
Tageblatt, received in the last mai
from Europe contain reports of a dls-
cussion IN Berlin regarding whether
Shakespeare's works should be per
formed there this season, in view of a
report that France and England had
barred the compositions Of Wagner ana
other German composers and draInat-
lists. The question was raised by Max
Reinhard, manager of the Deutsches
theater, whose Miracle" vas to have
been presented IN New York this sea-
son 1ad not the war interviewed.
The unanimous opinion OF tne
prominent men consulted was that the
presentation of Shakesperian plays,
which have long been popular In Ger
many, should be continued, and this
accordingly is to be done.
The present Chancellor, Herr Won
Hollweg, wrote In answer TO
the inquiry:
Shakespeare belongs to the whole
world"
Herr Won Bethmann Hollweg's pre-
decessor. Prince Buelow, wrote:
Certainly in these days of awaken
ing national consciousness the German
theater must fulfill its task. Kleists
Hermarnschlacht' CBattle of Her
NANNY, Htbel's Nizelungin,' 'Goethe's
Goetz' and Schiller's Wallenstein'
shall have the first cali and are closer
W IiiC ICd / SStlGlillClilS VI AtlS w AA"H
people. But we do not wish to give up
Shakespeare. He belongs to the Oldest
and most beautiful conuUeSts of the
German Geist, which. like our other
mental material possessions, we
wish to uphold against the whole
world. We have long annexed Shakes
peare and we will not give him up. Let
us leave it to our opponents to i'm
poverish and make themselves ridicu-
lous by their Punishment of Wagner.
Goethe, Beethoven and Schiller from
their countries"
Professor Max Liebermann. painter,
expressed the opinion: "Shakespeare
belongs to the world and you hould
play his works"
Professor Adolf Won Harnack, mem
Der oe the Prussian academy of science
and noted scholar of modern theology,
answered.:
IF only all theatrical questions could
be answered easily as the one you pre-
sented to me! Why, of course, Shakes
peare shall be continued to be per-
formed and also be played now. Surely
we will not renounce the great pro-
genitor of our German Kultur."
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-11-19
CAR GOES 2a.7 MILES
ON GALLON OF GASOLINE
Red Crown Shows Remarkable Test.
JUDGED by c. A. c. Committee.

Judged by c. A. C. Committee.
Surprising results were obtained
Tuesday in Chicago, when, in a dis
lance test on the ~boulevards, a 1915
big six went 49,. miles on a gallon OF
Red Crown gasoline. The test was
made to demonstrate the fuel economy
of high test gasoline, by the technical
committee of the Chicago Automobile
Club.
Red Crown gasoline, SO test, was de-
cided upon by the judges and drivers
as the best gasoline to be used. All
through the trip the clutch was not
slipped, except when traffic congestion
made it necessary. The dash adjust
ment on the carburetor was discon-
nected, and in order that the test be
a fair one, the fan was in operation
throughout the run
Next came the acceleration test.
With the carburetor adjustment the
same as during the economy run, the
car was driven from standing start to
thirty miles an hour in 70 As seconds.
The lexibility test saw the car run
at four miles an hour, then speeded
up to forty-four.
The test proves that the six Is not
an excessive fuel consumer, where the
best gasoline is used.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-11-19

Won 4iNDENBURG,
GERMAN CiNCINNATUS


In the German army is one general
who enjoys popularity throughout the
empire. He enjoys also the confidence
n the best good will Of men of his
own class.
He is Paul Won Beneckendorff und
Won Hindenburg, General Oberst, COM
manderinchief OF the German forces in
East Prussia.
If Joffre is the French Fabius of this
war, Hindenburg is the German Gin
clnnatus. He was at the pillow when
the war trumpet sounded on August L;
not literally. perhaps, but figuratively.
In 1911 he was retired at the age Of
81, and for three years after had lived
without military responsibility on his
estate in Posen, near where he was
born.
Then, when the principal German
armies We're rushing into Belgium to-
ward h plains of France, there came
a call to the obscure little village where
General Hindenburg lived He was or
dered to take command of the kaiser's
armies appointed to meet the forces Of
the Ear
Born In 1S47, Hindenburg entered the
Third regiment of DOT guards as a SUBJ
altern in 1866. In the war against Aus
tria he commanded a after
h death Of the captain, who was his
immediate superior.
At the battle of Koniggratz, with
about 40 men. he took an Austrian bat
terry.
A few days later the emperor con-
ferred on him the order of the Red
Eagle, with Crossed Swords. This or
der Is ordinarily conferred only on ma
jors or officers Of higher rank.
In the Franco-Prussian war Hinden-
purg was a captain, and took part in
the storning Of ST. Prevail, near Metz.
one OF the bloodiest engagements of
the war, in which the German loss was
AZ per cent of those engaged. That was
on August Is. Twelve days later he
was in the battle Of Sedan. where he
led his company in a charge. At the
close of that battle Captain Hindenburg
was decorated by the emperor with the
order of the Iron Cross.
Inc other day, after the battle of
East Prussia, Hindenburg received his
third decoration direct from the hands
OF the emperor. This was also an Iron
cross, but different from the one given
him A years ago. That was maG6e Of
the metal of captured French cannon
and bore the figures 20. This will be
made of captured Russian cannon and
will bear the figures IA.
In 1885 he became a major and in
1893 colonel of the Ninety.first regiment
of infantry. In 1900 he was created a
major general and made commander Of
the Twenty-eighth division. h~eadnnarl
tiers at Karlsruhe. In 1903 he was made
a lieutenant general and placed In
command of the Fourth army corns
headquarters in M~adgeburg. In 1911 he
was retired by the war council and
the emperor. With his recent appoint
ment to lead the German troops against
the Russians he was advanced 70 the
rank OF general oberst (oyer generalI
a rank between tina of general AMI
field marshal. ~