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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-07-10

At the upper left is E. L. Marsh,
president of the Washington labor
federation, and next is Lucy R. Case,
executive secretary of the organiza-
ton championing the "SeVen Sis
ters." Below is E. A. Sims, who heads
the Stop-Look-Listeners, and in the
center is shown the sign that decor
ates the letter circulars sent out by
the machine opposing the initiative
bills.
Seattle, WASH, July 1o.-A battle
royal, precipitated by the "Seven Sis
ters,'' is being waged in the State of
Washington. The November cleo
ton will determine the winner.
The "Seven Sisters" are seven
initiative bills proposed by a joint
committee representing the State
Federation of Labor, the State
Grange, the Farmers Union, and the
Direct Legislation League of Wash
ington. The nickname was given the
bills by the standpatters who are
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-10-09

back will be found 30 support 1t and
keep the outline Of the couture I'M
changed.
In the illustrations here given are
the best examples of oS-the-face styles
in hairdressing. The back hair Is
turned under in the manner OF a
French twist but ARRANGED quite close
to the head. These coiffures are spe
cially adapted to the smaller hats
which are popular for street wear.
For wider brimmed hats the pretti'
est of the new styles are dressed with
a small chignon at the back and short.
soft curls at its sides. Even in the
close-ftting hat shapes brims turn, up
ward at one side so that the hair
shows from the middle Of the forehead
to below the crown. In all coiffures
the hair may be without a part, or d
shallow part is made either in the
middle or at one side. Each wearer
is supposed to decide for herself as to
what suits her face best.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-10-09
Illuminated SiunaI TARGETS.

With the recent developments in
lenses for signal purposes, according
to Mr. Thomas S. Stevens, signal en-.
gineer for the Atchison, Topeka C
Santa Fe railroad, it is now practica.
BILE to illuminate signal targets suffi.
GENTLY for the different colors to be
readily distinguished in daylight at
distance of 1000 feet. All the compli.
Gated mechanisms necessary for the
mechanical operation of signal arms
are eliminated and replaced by simple
electrical circuits which are far more
efficient and economical to maintain,
In the majority of cases two 25-watt
lamps are used behind an eight-inch
lens. Indeed, it appears that the prob
lem with this type of signaling is to
provide a light signal sufficiently Wis
ible in bright sunlight which will not
make the signal too prominent at night.
Electrical World.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-10-09

OF siding was first intsoduced. the
claim was made for II that 10 paint.
ing would ever be required over 1t.
Experience has proved otherwise.
however; and especially in cities,
where there is great deal of smoke
and dirt, cement plaster walls require
Frightening up with protective and
decorative coatings the same as any
other surface. There are special
paints and preparations for this pur-
pose which do double duty in this
respect, acting both as a waterproof
ing coat and as an artistic coloring.
Cement plaster does not require paint
ing so often as clapboards, it is true.
One coat every five years should be
enough to keep the building in first
class condition in any atmosphere.
AS a general thing. the cement plas-
ter siding is liked because it gives
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-10-09

THE most striking couture which
I made its appearance in midsummer
showed the hair brushed back from
the face, without curl or wave, and the
forehead entirely uncovered. Where
the hair is naturally wavy and the
forehead well shaped this style was
possible. But, even so, only youthful
, wearers could carry 1t off; it proved
generally unbecoming. Therefore tho
new off-the-face coiffures are waved
and the hair brought down over the
forehead for little way. when such
an arrangement is found to suit the
style of the wearer.
The hair is most conveniently
dressed in these new styles by parting
off portion of it all around the head
and waving it. This leaves the back
hair to be combed up to the crown and
coiled into a support for the end Of the
waved portion. A very small and
rather fiat hair roll placed around the
head before the waved hair is combed
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-10-09

r HE three hats which grace this
page are entitled to be called
faultless millinery. And a hat must
measure up to many requirements to
be SO classed First of all, it must
be beautiful, then 1t must be per-
3ectly adapted to the occasions upon
which it is to be worn, and it must
of course, be up to the minute in style
and show the use Of new trimmings
IN a clever manner.
A hat Of velvet is shown in the cen
Ger. 1t is made on frame, which rolls
upward at the left side, into grace
full and slightly curved brim and is
without an upward roll at the right
side. The velvet is put on with per-
feet smoothness and follows all the
curves of the frame exactly. At the
top Of the crown a soft overhanging
pun, In manner Of the tam, Is draped
TO follow the lines of the brim. Be-
low this a collar of satin extends
about the hat. At the right side, to-
ward the front, the crown is tackled to
the brim and Is brought down over
the collar. This point makes a splen.
did position for one Of those novelties
of the season in flowers. In this case
is is rose, with cluster of small
unopened buds in metallic fabric set
" ivy leaves with mother-of-pearl
surface. In this hat we have novelty
of shape as we'll as novelty of trim.
ming, and everyone will concede that
1t is beautiful bit Of millinery.
A sailor hat Of plush and silver
cloth suited to the winter season is
shown on the right The shape is moi
new but is graceful and finished with
O. soft puff in the top of the crown
which is a characteristic of the sea
son. The side crown is a band OF
plush surmounted by collar of fur
The only trimming Is a small quill OF
silver spangles fastened with a little
Jet cabochon.
The model pictured here is made
up in seal plush with collar of skunk
fur 1t may be copied in broadtail
plush or chinchilla, using the same
cloth-of-silver top crown. With sea,
plush or any of the brown toned
vlusEes, cloth of gold can be substi
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-10-09

tuted for the silver with equally good
effect.
The simplicity which marks the two
hats already described is emphasized
in the beautiful draped turban shown
on the left. This hat Is apparently a
length of velvet with bias ends tied
about frame. This, at any rate. is
what its drapings suggest. But in
reality it is not quite 80 simple as it
looks, and the fine hand of the artist
is shown in this management Of ma
terials
The frame Is, in fact, draped with a
| length Of velvet which forms at the
same time its facing. But the point
ed ends are made of separate pieces.
These pieces are lined with silver
| cloth and tied together with single
knot. Yet they seem to be part of
the body Of the hat.
These three examples of the best
| art Of the milliner are classed as
! tailored hats II one Is to indulge in
but one hat, 1t should be selected from
this class. A tailored hat, possessing
| the distinction Of those shown here,
may be worn with almost any tot
lette.
JULIA BOTTOMLEY.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-10-09
First Floor Plan.

the home life. The large porch, 26
feet inches by feet forms valu-
able addition also to this space.
The second floor, on the other hand,
is divided into five bedrooms, each
rather small yet large enough for all
practical purposes. Each bedroom has
It's clothes closet.
The general design and exterior ap-
pearance Of this house is Of a type
which right now is enjoying great
popularity. 1t is exceedingly simple,
being square and plain and without
ornamentation; yet the low hip roof,
the grouping of the windows, the pro-
jecting sill courses, and the general
proportion of the parts, unite to make
this very pleasing design
Cement plaster on wood lath is the
material of construction. Stucco sid.
ing has made great inroads on the use
of clapboards, shingles and other
forms of wood siding for houses built
during the past five or six years, and,
when properly installed has proved
entirely satisfactory. When this form
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-10-09
MAKING BUSINESS FOR ROAC
New Creative Policy of Enlightened
Traffic Men Replaces Old
System.

1t has been said of Darius Miller,
the late president Of the Burlington.
That his success as a traffic man was
due mainly to his clear-headed recog,
milton of the fact that a railroads prof
its are derived chiefly not from thu
business which it wrests from its com.
petltors, but from business which il
develops on its own lines.
1t was as creator of traffic that he
first established himself with the
greatest of all traffic creators, James
J. Hill. The characteristic of creating
traffic rather than outbidding a rival
was marked in Mr.. Miller because he
was raised in a school where the
methods used by traffic men to get
business were quite different. AS
result of legislation and concerted &C.
ton on the part of railroad men
themselves, however, there are now
many traffic men Of the Darius Miller
type. -r
In this day and generation a rail.
road tells the farmers along it's line
what crops to plant, when and how to
plant them, when fruits and vegeta.
bles should be picked, how they should
be packed, and where a market can be
found. Nowadays if the highways
used by the farmers in getting crops
to the station are in such bad shape
that horse power is being wasted the
railroad sends men with specially
equipped car to tear out and rebuild
section of the turnpike to show how
the average wagon load can be in.
creased.
Other men, graduates from agricul.
tural colleges, are sent out to show
how land should be fortified and cul
tivated Then there is the dairy car
that travels about to illustrate the
most approved butter and milk-making
methods. Prize hogs, cattle and sheep
from James J. Hills farm are scat
tered from st. Paul to the Pacific
coast, and each gift or sale is expect
ed to do it's part in raising the gen.
eral standard. These and many sim.
liar methods of securing freight have
been substituted by the railroads for
rate cutting and rebating .-New York
Evening Post
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-10-09

by little doctoring. l cut cups in
his smooth mouth and small laterals
and dots, and stained them with silver
nitrate. After little more polishing
the horse passed off before crowd of
good horsemen and brought $3.50.
But l never did much Of that sort
of work when l could help it. | con-
sidered it more Of a trick to trick
the buyer myself than to fix the horse
to trick the man. 1t was mighty sell
dom l had to run thread under the
forelock from ear to ear to keep them
from dropping, or else suspend a
leaden bullet by thread into the ear.
You probably have noticed that a
horse when a little blind will look
with his ears" if anything comes
toward him. But the balls irritate
him when he moves his ears and tend
to keep them perfectly still.
Once l almost gave up trying to sell
horse that had bad case of navicu-
lar disease in his foot. tried all sorts
of lodges, like keeping the best side
toward the buyer, cocaining the game
leg, and all that, but somehow they all
could see the disease. One day a man
| called up and said he wanted to look
/ over that brown horse l had for sale.
told him that it wasn't fixed up for
showing, but he could come, anyway.
Then hurried down to the stable, got
my horse out, made little hole In the
bad hoof and doctored it up with tar
and plaster. When my man came /
said: Now, look here. You are catch.
! ing that horse at its worst, for he
strained leg yesterday in a little
trotting meet and ran on to nail"
Thereupon, Of course, he insisted on
! seeing the horse. He examined the
mail bruise" with an air of great
wisdom, and in the end bought, for 1t
was smart-looking little horse. And
guess he wondered why it never got
over the lameness Of that nail bruise.
"A. Lanfson Huntington, in Farm and
Fireside.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-10-09
Electricity Helps Sun.

Electricity is being employed to
help out the sun in California and
Arizona. Date growers have discov-
cred that the natural temperature in
the desert districts is not warm
enough to ripen dates properly, Now
this process is accomplished artificial
ly by means Of electric ovens. The
unripe dates are put into these ovens
and allowed to remain three days at
a temperature of 122 degrees Fahren-
heit At the expiration of this period
they are fully ripe and ready for mar
ket.-Edison Monthly
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-10-09
ENGINE BUILT STORMS SAHARA OEs-


For use on the Sahara desert line of
one of the French railroads, a peculiar
type of engine, designed for cutting
through the terrific sand and wind
storms characteristic of the region,
has been built The farther railroads
have been pushed into the desert the
greater has been the difficulty encoun-
tered from storms, these being at
times sufficiently strong to bring
heavy trains to a complete standstill
or even topple them over. To facili-
tate driving into head-on blasts a To-
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-10-09
Clear Windshield.

A doctor living in rainy climate,
whose calls took him out often In wet
weather, undertook the problem of
maintaining clear vision through the
windshield of his automobile regard
less of rain, and he succeeded in max
ing prescription that would do the
work.
The prescription calls for one ounce
Of water, two ounces Of glycerine and
one dram of salt. This is poured on
a piece of gauze and then wiped over
the glass, care being taken to have all
the strokes downward. The effect of
the treatment is to prevent raindrops
from clinging to the glass.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-10-09

6 inches by SO feet, and costing about
$4,000 to build under favorable condi-
tons Of the market for materials and
labor, this house gives ample accom-
modations for a large family. The
first floor is very little broken up,
most of the space being given to the
large living room, Is by % feet; the
dining room, 13 by Is feet; and the
large central stair hall connecting
these two rooms. Thus more than
three-fourths of the entire downstairs
space is available for the activities Of
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-10-09
WAS IMAGINARY HORSE
BUT 1T MADE MUCH TROUBLE
FOR THE ENGINEER.
Incident That Proves the human
Equation Cannot Be Ignored,
Though Scientific Efficiency May
May Be at Its Highest.

Eugene Fields poem about the lit
tie boy who "ain't afraid of snakes
and worms and bugs and toads and
mice" would be applicable to en-
gineers. But when it comes to horses
and COWS there is fear, and Justln-
able one, for there is little that can
do SO much havoc with moving en-
CINE as a COW or a horse that stands
in it's way. The body Of the animal
is liable to get wedged between the
track and the engine and derail 1t.
"I was fireman with an engineer on
a Western road who nearly lost his
Job because he thought he saw horse
on the track" related a veteran re-
Gently. 1--WE were making an after
noon run over a level stretch at a
pretty fast clip, when the engineer
John Malone, a man of IA years drlV-
ing on that road, footed his whistle
and told me that he saw horse on
the track, but, said he, 1t would not
move or even prick up its ears, al
though he footed three times in fast
succession.
81 rushed to the window of the cab
looked out and then took some waste
and started rubbing the windows OF
the pilot cab. And my reason for all
this was that I didn't see any Rorse
at all. And after l had finished clean
ing the window he didn't either.
"The horse had been an imaginary
horse, speck on the window that
had just cleaned had taken the form
In his mind but it was quite a while
before l could convince him of it.
I'm his desire for safety he had only
thought of stopping his train in time
and had not thought Of the horse after
the first impression he had received
from the speck.
THE joke was on the engineer, ant
they kidded him about it until II
reached the ears of the traffic superin
tendent, and then he was dismissed
But when a certificate from an Opt
clan was shown to the powers that bt
stating that his eyes were in perfec
condition he was re-instated.
Its just one of those little Incl
dents that shows that even though we
get most everything down to- state
of scientific efficiency the human equa
ton cannot be ignored"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-10-09
Motor AmbuIances In Lancashire.

THE increasing use of The motor
ambulance in this district" says the
United States Consul at Manchester.
England, sis confirmed by the action
Of the Burnley, Lancashire, town coun-
Gil, which at its meeting on July Il
passed resolution to purchase a We
hicle for the towns use at a cost of
$2,956. The numerous and largely
populated towns of Lancashire have
all, sooner or later, to consider the
question of the use of the motor, both
for fire and ambulance work, and
would therefore call the attention of
American manufacturers to this spe-
cial branch of the auto trade"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-10-09

1t is sometimes quite a problem to
design a house of medium size and
moderate cost for large family. II
one is able to put up residence OF
unlimited size, with wings and ellis
and third-story additions, at the same
time having no thought as to the cost,
the task of the architect in providing
suitable accommodations for all the
members of large household is com
paratively easy. All he has to think
of is the architectural effect; and,
other things being equal, the larger
the house the more beautiful and i'm
posing 1t is from an architectural
standpoint. Unfortunately, however
or, rather, fortunately-the great ma
jority of home builders in this country
have to count the cost, and have to
figure to get the required accommoda-
tons in a residence Of medium size
that will not make their pocketbook
look like a punctured tire.
And it is just this which has
brought the science of house planning
to such perfection during the past
few years. Architects have made a
special study of the requirements of
the small or medium-sized residence,
with the result that today American
house planning has reached a degree
of perfection never before equaled.
The house illustrated herewith is
one Of these designs. In size 20 feet
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-10-09
Second Floor Plan.

the impression of permanence and
durability at a cost only slightly in
excess of that for clapboards. At the
same time it affords fairly effective
protection against fire, even though
wood lath is used. With metal lath,
the cement plaster coating may be-
come a real fireproofing.
This design, combining these desir-
able modern features of materials, In
terror arrangement, and external ap-
pearance, is one of the best yet pro-
duced.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-10-09
JULIA BOTTOMLEY.
New style Features to a Gown.

Is 1t now or is it not new, Is the
question asked Of every gown as it
makes its appearance, either at the be-
ginning, middle or end of the season.
To have one new feature is not to be
new by any means. A gown must have
several to be thoroughly and complete
ly up to date. A gown of satin with a
softly gathered tunic, a semi-fitting
basque; a coachman's cape and sleeves
and bodice of chiffon bears the steamp
of extreme chic.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-10-09

comotive with sharp V-shaped hood
has been constructed. All its surface
lines are made 80 as to offer the
least possible resistance to the wind,
while the wheels are built as nearly
open as is practical, furnishing a min.
imum surface for the wind-driven sand
to wear upon. This pattern Of wheel
is also to be adopted for use on the
cars, as solid wheels under incessant
sand blasts have been found to wear
so thin within years time as to be
unsafe for further use.-Popular Me-
chanics.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-10-09
Fitted Bodies Comma.

There seems no doubt now that by
autumn fitted bodices will be upon US.
Some of the most authoritative frocks
for summer wear show decided signs
Of "nipping In" at the waist line and
below the bust In front, and some
times this fitted effect is achieved
with the old-fashioned dart seams.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-10-09

The fastest railroad train in the
world is the one between London and
Edinburgh, also it has been claimed
that the best time known is made on
the line between Berlin and Hamburg.
The fastest time made in America is
between New York and Washington,
and between New York and Chicago.
although they make pretty fast time
between Chicago and Minneapolis.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-10-09
Home Help.

The old method of placing a plate
beneath a dripping hanging basket
is eliminated with the invention Of a
drip-catcher. The drip-catcher is in
the shape of plate only slightly
deeper and has three wires attached
to it which are bent at the tops and
can easily be slipped over the rim Of
the basket. 1t was invented by l. w.
Jannock. Pasadena. Cal.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-10-09
TRICKS OF HORSE TRADERS
Games That Are Constantly Played
How Experts Have Been Fooled
In This Line.

you can tell a horses age by its
teeth" is one Of the biggest fake say
ings current. Yet even up to my very
last days of horse trading could taffy
up some mug and he would fall for
bishoped horse. One time l sold a
seventeen-year-older for six-year-old
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-10-09
Foundation Must Be In Mind.

The fountain of content must spring
up in the mind and he who has so
little knowledge Of human nature as
to seek happiness by changing any
thing but his life will spend 1t in fruit
less efforts and multiply griefs which
he purposes to removes. Johnson.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-10-09
Somewhat of a Problem, But Ar
ChiteCtS Have Found Its =.
Solution.
PLANS OF ONE OF THE BEST
May Be Erected at Cost Of Approx
mateIy $1,000, and Has Ample and
Comfortable Accommodations
for Many to Dwell To-
Qether.
BY WILLIAM A. RApEoRp.

Mr.. William A. Radford will answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to the
subject Of building. for the readers Of this
paper. On account of his wide experience
as Editor, Author and Manufacturer, he
is, without doubt. the highest authority
on all these subjects. Address all inquiries
to William A. Radford, No. 1927 Prairie
avenue, Chicago, ILL.,. and only enclose
.wo cent stamp for reply.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-07-08
COOL AND BRIGHT.


The weather has been an ideal July
bs1nA toaey with normal temperature
ANA plenty Of ofsSsurshines--1knd sunshine
is what is needed for the crops. There
is plenty of water in the Kansas soil
and few bright days would be a great
thing for the corn. The only rain re-
ported in the state in the last "a hours
was shower at Fort Scott netting
.26 of an inch of water.
The forecast calls for generally
fair weather tonight and Thursday
with no important change in tempera-
ture. s-.
At Dodge City this morning the
minimum temperature was but Sc de-
grees, and cool weather prevailed
generally in the western portion of the
state. The highest temperature re-
ported in Kansas Tuesday was 80 de-
grees at Anthony, Manhattan and
Wichita. The minimum at Topeka to-
day was Sc degrees.
The highest temperature recorded at
Topeka in the last % years was 1O4
degrees in 1901; the lowest was Sc in
1908.
At two o'clock this afternoon the
wind was ten miles an hour from the
north. There was not a cloud in the
sky at that hour.
H. h.