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sary, for the explorers will feel they are
abandoning the comforts of home when
they say good-by to the motors.
A Clothes Dryer.
Did the boss tell you of the hot cup
board and the steam cooking plant?''
asked Lees, with a smile in his blue
eyes It's a Yankee trick that ought
to tickle You folks In the states You
always like clever things
The aero-tractors are air-cooled In
order to keep the carburetor from freez-
ing, hot cupboard has been built around
the heart of the engine. This cupboard
has been made so large that when the
camp IS made at night the perspiration
soaked Undertaking of the explorers
may be placed in it and thoroughly dried
out. NO one but a polar worker can i'm
asine the comfort of this plan. Frank
Marston. the clothing expert. said:
Generally, you know, a man has to
take or his wet socks and put them next
TO his skin at night to keep them from
freezing. They never get really dry
Inc smaller tractors are water cooled.
1t occurred to some one that the hot
water in the jacket should be used. So
that cook stove was arranged upon
them. on which vict-.ls may be steam
cooked en- route. Even these little
crawling things" as Lees calls them, are
expected to make fifty miles day In
good going. The sledges are all steered
f1sh-fashion. On either side f1pper will
be dropped into the snow when it Is de-
sirable to change the course The only
trouble experienced during the Norway
try-out was from vibration. but it is be-
ieved this can be overcome.
Mind YOU" said Lees. motor sledges
are thoroughly practicable. They have
been used in Sweden. though none was
ever made as good as ours
About the New Food.
What is this new food with which
you have been experimenting?" 1 asked
of Frank Wild. second in command of the
Shackleton expedition.
Wild is slender little man, blue-eyed
and quiet. and actually diffident in man.
ner. He seemed apologetic in advancing
his claim for the new food. 1t seemed
incredible that this blond-bearded char
should actually make trade of polar ex-
ploring. He has spent the greater part
of six years in the south polar region,
and has hauled sledges by hand for
more than 5000 miles. That may stand
as a worlds record forever, if the new
motor sledges prove practicable in ac-
ton.
TT is an old food really. in which the
proportions are somewhat differently ad-
justed" said he 1T is mixture of
pure fat, sugar and meat flbrine, which
gives the required proportions Of pro-
teins, carbohydrates, fats. etc. 1t is of
IA higher calorific value than any food
we have vet tried out. Always before.
you know, polar workers have depended
on pemmican. This is just pemmican of
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up in his hand. That made three ends
sticking out as one bill was doubled. and
he dropped the two into the walters
palm. and that scared individual trotted
back to the dining car conductor.
''Fingy kept OH talking. Soon the
car became aware of another violent con-
troversy going on between the conductor
and the waiter.
That is only two dollars, said the con-
ductor.
HE gimme three dollars" insisted the
waiter.
well. l only got two from YOU.
change. taken from his own pocket, and
''Fngy." with a mock flourish. said in
loud tone:
Keep it,
That gave the waiter a dollar tip from
his own money. but the car didn't realize
it. Every one. including Cuttings. believed
the waiter was getting a dollar tip.
The waiter. however. was not satisfied.
He saw this paragon of political adven-
ture flourish three one-dolIar bills: he
felt the three in his own hands. but when
he got back to the conductor to hand in
two of them-lo. one dollar had disap-
peared. So he began poking around un-
der tables and chairs ard grumbling to
the conductor. The mutterings disturb
ed the car again. and the conductor and
the waiter agreed to arbitrate, with
"Fingy" as The Hague tribunal for the
occasion.
Of money YOU gave the boys suggested
the dining car conductor to -'Fingy, with
timidity.
Didn't give him enough" said
Fngy With IA, face ace dinnsed fuLl OF innocence
Two dollars" the conductor re-
Piled.
fan with a worried look.
Yes but there's some dispute about
tb. ,up7l,er of dollar bills gave the
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Sir Ernest Shackleton Tells Of His Plan
for Crossing the Antarctic Continent

our motor sledges. said Sir Ernest. I'VE
do not know what the surface may be
on the Weddell sea side. But If it Is as
decently smooth as that on the Ross sea
side-from which all previous parties
have attacked the south pole--I can as
sure You offhand 400 miles straight away
with them"
Knowing nothing about polar work or
motor sledges, l had perhaps shown a
doubt of his mechanical contraptions.
Talk to Lees. said Shackleton. He
is the man in charge of the motor end
Of the expedition and knows more about
them than | do. Hi'-Lees..
Capt. Orde Lees. r. n. opened the door
of the outer office where he had been at
work over his drawings and correspond
ence. and l went out to look over his
plans. To our right as we sat on the
so far as it is known and drawn to
scale. Dotted black lines across the
white surface showed the routes of for
mer expeditions. 4 brave little Union
Jack told where Capt. Scott had died.
There are to he five motor sledges. -
said Lees. lone will have a fifty-five-
horsepower Anzani motor and another a
forty-horsepower motor of the same
make. Each is equipped with dual
drive system. When there is no head
wind they will use air propellers. just as
are placed upon aeroplanes.
SlGQRCS 1GSLeQ Norway
In seven days hard driving in Nor
way these propellers proved thoroughly
efficient They are especially valuable
during low temperatures, when the snow
becomes loose as dry sand because of
the intense cold. When a head wind or
other condition prevents the use of these
propellers a positive drive will be used
This is a toothed drum attached to the
rear Of the sledge, although no weight
rests upon it. A system of spring com
pensations allows for inequalities of the
surface.
These sledges with a thirty horsepower
engine have towed a sledge weighing in)
pounds, with two men up, in addition to
their own load of six men and supplies, at
fifteen to twenty miles an hour. But on
bad surface the engine power proved in
sufficient. Therefore the larger motors
are now being installed. Two other motor
tractors. equipped with positive drive only.
have been made ready. These Will KICK
along through the snow, towing one or
two sedges at low speeds. They are
seared to about eight miles an hour. All
have variable gear and friction drive. A
fifth sledge will be used. hut 1t is Yet a
in order to get the power required rather
than the high speed of an aeroplane. On
good surfaces the aero-mOtor- -SledgeS have
done twenty-five miles an hour with three
men up, upon 10 per cent upgrade.
IF we do seventy-five to 100 miles day
We will be quite satisfied with the
sedges,' said Lees. You see, we will
have continually to be scouting ahead
looking for a safe route
When necessary these siedges will be
abandoned and the man-hauled sledges re-
sorted to, of course. But not until neces-
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low went through Ralph's pockets with
the speed of a vacuum cleaner and ex-
tracted the aforesaid roll of bills.
You fellows ought not to leave me here
without carfare." protested Ralph.
Il amt got a nickel except your money,
and the smallest is a five-dollar bill.
couldn't think of letting YOU have that.
returned the honest gunman.
The other chap showed the gun into
Ralph's ribs a little tighter and searched
Ralph again. He found dime.
Here he said. with burst of gen.
erosity. here's carfare. Take it
=
He was a gloomy widower His face
would have been a good inspira ton for a
sculptor intent upon carving a statue of
Hard Luck. His voice had the deep and
cavernous sound of a ghost moaning in
a mountain storm. This is the impress
sion Asa f. Phillips received after buy
ing a little honey from the widower.
Mr. and Mrs. Phillips were out in the
country somewhere when they ran across
the widower's house in the woods. On
the door post was a sign Honey for
sale Mr.. Phillips knocked at the door
and the human amalgamation of gloom
answered the knock and said he was the
fellow who was selling honey. In some
manner the brief conversation brought
out the fact that the honey-boy was
widower. otherwise the Phillipses might
have supposed that it was the whole
world that had died instead of Just one
woman.
But you'll be married again." suggest
ed Mr.. Phillips.
"Oh. l couldn't never think of marry
ing again within a year after my wife
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base and wait to be picked up by the
ships
Tent Is Important.

In spite of his confidence in the motor
a more ,.rsor., 50, ~ oii 'aNes
that has bse, ,,sy,sad ~. go. -.
He feels sur. ,ha, a. x,os.eS ....,,
the work REQUIRED of r.. s.,a.
that on good s,,rf.c. ~. ,s CO.. 80 40
miles straight away-but he talks with
pride IN his voice of the tent. IL is made
soil,e'n'hs aiier me tashion OF the brown
,notor ho.t ,,oct,,;, Tho -. s tnalS a
ed by tent bows of soft IRON. Al a dis.
tance it makes one think OF the prairie
schooner of our forefathers
II can nut M this tent i'm two and o,e
half minutes il, th.. worst wind that eyer
blew" said Shackleton We have bur
to lav This GU, on the ground hcap
snoO>on the snow cloth that extends frill
fashion around the ground edge. get into
il and lift the bows The harder The
wind blows the more easily the tent goes
Ip. A sjx-man tent of this fashion
sixty mounds for the old stvle
AS for clothing, there. is but one
marked departure from convention nm
less on., notes that a little old woman
i'm one of the North Sea Islands Who
has been knitting understanding for fish
.rmen for wears will supply most OF the
men of the expedition with her soft and
heat-retaining garments The new thing
is in the boot and sock line
New Boot for Trip.
You know. said Marston' the blue-
eyed plump squarely built specialist in
polar clothing. a veteran with 500 miles
-. LIos ,a-, .. h; ,,,
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Exploring a Continent.

Scientists hope for much from this ex-
petition. The Shackleton expedition-if
it succeeds-will fairly well define what
may lie within that irregular circle which
marks the boundaries of the antarctic
continent. 1t is known that coal exists
there. Other minerals may be found 1t
VIII be learned whether the great plateau
around the pole dips toward the Weddell
sea. Light may be thrown upon the ec-
cehtflcltles OF the magnetic needle. 1t
may be that the meteorological observa-
ions may teach us more about what
weather Is. and why, than We know now.
PREVIOUS expeditions have made their
try for the pole from a base upon the
Ross sea Shackleton has selected the
hitherto unknown route from the Weddell
sea for his own. On both the Ross and
the Weddell seas bold mountains project
INTO the water. There is a scientlhc
theory that these may be the sea ends of
mountain chain which crosses Ant
arct!ca If this is true. it will be held
established that this IS the southernmost
end OF the Andes range of South Amer
lca. perfect except for the sea break
Giacioiosists and scientific connolsseurs
IN mountains will accompany the eXpe-
dlton in the hope that this theory may
be finally proved
Shackleton impresses you as a hghtins
man. Upon first acquaintance re is an
rupt. cold. almost savagely concise and
businesslike. He had just returned from
stay in Norway, where he tested the
motor sledges, when l saw him. That day
he had lunch with Rudy ard kipling. That
night he would leave for Paris on some
business connected with the expedition.
Every hour up to the moment OF salIns
had been spoken for. He drives at ms
JON as a Wall street banker does during
a bear raid. Later it developed that when
he has time to spare-interrup'lons came
at the rate of one a minute-he can De a
oh. ,ry,it almost
seuiality He is a heavily framed. big
bodied. thick -jawed man. with a beard
that shows blue-black after snavns. HIS
hand is thick with muscle-not Iat-
Faith in Motor Sledges.
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The generosity of these San Francisco
highwaymen is certainly surpassed only
by the thorough method in which they
turn their victims pockets inside out
They showed Ralph Graves how gen
erous they We're after taking S123 and
gold watch from him, and. strange TO
say. Ralph hasn't seen the joke yet. MI
Graves. he it known. is enc OF our haid-
est-workng little dramatic agents. nav
ing graduated from the dramatic editor
ship of a morning paper here, and mas
just sailed for London to aid in the pro-
auction of a new play He was on the
roof garden of the Press Club a few
nights ago telling us about his Frisco en-
perience.
Two citizens of that glorious town met
him on a dark street. One jabhed him III
the ribs with a short hut thoroughly eff
cient-lookins revolver. and the other fell
Evening star., 1914-07-11
PUBLIC BATHS FOR DOGS.
Luxury for Paris CANNES Whose
Owners Have the Price.

PARIS. July MY lady's dog is a
serious factor in society NE mere AN
establishment for dog baths is about to
be opened in one of the most 1ashioliapie
quarters of the city, and it is pelns "ioe-
lv advertised by circulars Ihey feao
BATHS FOR DOGS.
Electric Clearing by Hot Air
Special ShampooinSS.
Ierfumed Baths
Special Scented Lotions
Antisep;ic Tonics. Toilette.
Warmed Waiting Kennels.
And the prices are III proportion TO the
luXurieS offered
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BETTER LIFEBELTS WANTED.
Desired That They Keep Heads of
Persons Out of Water,

Foreign Correspondence Of The star
LONDON. June 24.-Following the En-
press of Ireland disaster and the state
ment that floating masses were discov-
cred in the water which on examination
proved to be people with heads droop-
ing beneath the surface. hanging Imply
in hfebelts.' the board of trade is
seriously considering a proposal only to
approve of life jackets which automat-
ically turn the person incased onto
their backs and prevent their heads from
falling into the water. Such Jackets
would prevent the drowning of persons
through fainting in the water which is
believed to have been a frequent cause of
loss of life. {
John T. CasSell died at his home IN
Westminster. Md. aged seventy-two
years. He was surveyor and son
of the late David Cassell
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a new sort. with it we will also carry
dried milk. tea and sugar, and lime
juice. A vegetable protein mixed with
fat will be tried out for the morning
meal"
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We viii get of to a flying start with
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dried milk, tea and sugar, and lime
juice. A vegetable protein mixed with
fat will be tried out for the morning
meal"
New Way Of Carrying Food.
That obviously is to ward off scurvy.
Wild called attention with pride to the
new method of putting up the food.
Always before it had been placed in
little bags each food to a bag Then
the little bags were put in big bags
for convenience in lashing them on the
sledges.
That was abominable.'' said Wild.
with the first trace of feeling he had
yet shown. If you had met this man
on tram. and had not known him
to be a polar explorer with half a dozen
medals from this society and that you
would have thought him timid.
got to camp at night you had to open
the bags to get at the food. They
were always frozen. Sometimes they
were hard flint and you could not
get them open while wearing your
clumsy mittens. To take off the mittens
meant frost bite-sometimes it inevitably
meant frost bite-and if you didn't take
them off you starved. Many a man has
traced the first hard luck of an expedi-
ton to frostbitten hands from this
cause.
So that the new food has been put
up in sausage castings. just like the
wieners dear to Coney Island. When
meal time comes all the travellers will
need to do is to whack off a link of
sausage and pop it in the pot This
food is to be used in making "hoosh." ="
that thick. warming soup on which arc
tic explorers live. The sausage skins
will also be edible. if only for the 100
dogs. Not an ounce of needless weight
is carried
The boxes in which the food is to
be carried on the sledges are also a
part of Wilds province. Formerly
boxes were clumsily made and heavy
dental to such journeying. The lids
were made to cover the entire top of
the box The new boxes are of three
ply veneer, light and far stronger than
their predecessors.
Look at tn lid" said Wild.
More Improvements.
The lid is really little sliding door,
set in the middle of the top. 1t is not
only safe against opening. but the boxes
NAV be permanently seized" upon the
sledees at the beginning OF a journey.
When it is desired to open one all that
will be needfui will be to slip that 'oI
hack The boxes need never betaken off
the sledges.
"Anv one who has ever taken boxes
off a sledge during polar trek, SAID
Wild, land then put them back on again
in the morning. and worked over those
Ia ashines until his very soul oled Win
his tortured hands will appreciate what
that trihing little change means to us
And the same thing is true of the new
tents Talk to Marston about ogtrt1en them. Wild
But before 1 talked to Marston WHO
%nd t9la in me trSng Si 0a to put up the
4 tent. The harder the wind blew and
the more necessary it was that the tent tent
be up the more nearly Impossible .snaa snae
hours before getting the tent up many a
time. ,, ,,n,a fron,
this cause said Wild. feelingly. In thae
'i11Hay' Thay all think Of Capt. Scott. these
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Said he was tie fellow VINO was SELL
died" said the @ knight % of the ruefu1
countenance.
But YOU will get married?' pursued
one Of the visitors.
Yes
when did your wife die?"
She died just one year ago next
Wednesday,
And when will YOU be married again?'
in-crroeated Mr.. Phillips.
Next Thursday?
1t is difficult to bring in a new story
on the small automobile topic. but here is
one imported from New York. and has
the appearances of new one:
II seems that a new over of one OF
the well known small cars was rushing
down the road in ii vain effort to steer
straight. 4 small chicken ran across
the road and was struck by the off wheel
OF the little car The driver. with pity
in his heart, stopped the machine with a
grinding jerk and looked around to see
the corpse of the fowl upon the road
Instead the bird stood there reviling
him;
What made me sore" said the man in
telling the warn. was that the fool bird
looked al nv car and said.
'Cheep. Cheep, Cheep""
Ona fast train going toward Buffalo
Finsy" Connors was dining with Rep
resentative Gittirs of New York ''Fingy
Is one of New York states political
characters. owns millions of dollars and
Is minus a thumb. This latter circum- :
stance IS responsible for the name
'FInsy''
Anyhow. "Fingy' and Gittins were at
dinner. Finsy" was the host i'll the
dining car, and il was one of those good
dollar dinners they were enjoying The
waiter was a most attentive one in view
OF the fact tina; he spotted ''F'nsy's'
diamonds early IN the game. and was
PLAYING Tor a tip OF generous proportions
They had all sorts of good things to eat.
and "Elngy rnannerisIns had attracted
the attention OF nearly every on. in the
dining car and he didn't lose a bit of
Hmelght at that exciting moment when
the waiter approached with check for
two dinners-S2
.Fingy' watched the waiter out of the
corner of his eye. and started long
speech. II was the rcs1ilar politica
speech. and he used Gitrins as if tina,
gentleman were an audience of VAST pro
portions.
This administration has proven itstl
10 ne the economic anchor TO which tn,
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men Of Shackleton His fate is for
ever ir their minds. I had one more
question ito ask Wild He had told me
$50 pounds of food per man, or enough to
outlast a sledge journey of l23 days.
Then they hope to pick up the party
which is to come to meet them from
Ross sea They hope to make the jour
ney. 1.Sn miles across frozen desert.
in 100 days.
But suppose you do not meet the other
party" l asked. And do not find any
of the food depots they are to lay for
your"
Wild smiled in depreciation
Then we'll just go on" said he.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1914-08-22

On Wednesday night as one
of the west bound freight trains
was passing through this City it
had on board an unfortunate
young man by the name of Leonce
GCidry who was demented. The
young man was discovered in a
box car by the train crew with
out any clothing on other than
some torn underclothes, COM
pletely barefooted and bare
headed and was taken in charge
by Officer Broughton and placed
in prison to await develop
ments. According to the story of
the demented young man he had
made his escape from Pineville
with two other interdicts some
days ago and was working his
way home on the freight train.
Just how he managed to travel
minus his clothing without being
taken up is hard to unravel. The
next evening several Of his rela,
tives from Lafayette came here
and accompanied him to his home.
From there he will again be
placed into the State retreat.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1914-08-22
FITZGERALD PARKER
PHARR.

Died, at the residence of his
brother, Gall O. Pharr, Burke
Station, on Thursday, August
Goth at y 40 A. NJ, Fitzgerald
Parker Pharr, born May 10th,
1891, the youngest son of Mrs. E.
A. Pharr Of Spanish Lake. The
young gentleman had been a suf-
ferer for the past twelve months
of tuberculosis of the leg which
had been brought ON by a bruise
while indulging in game of base
ball with his class mates at Ba-
ton Rouge. Several operations
had been performed on his limb,
think it would be possible to
check the disease, but without
success. Deceased was a general
favorite with his family and was
esteemed and admired by all who
had the pleasure Of his acquaint-
ance and leaves to mourn his loss
besides his devoted and grief
stricken mother several brothers
and sisters. The funeral was held
the same afternoon at 4:30
o'clock at the Methodist church,
Rev. Lutz officiating. The fam
lily have the sincere sympathy of
their friends.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1914-08-22
LOCALS.

The regular services of the
Presbyterian church will be held
tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock.
The public is invited to be pres
ent
The laroe two-stOrv build
ing occupied by Mr.. A. Rosen-
zweig as tailoring establish
ment has received several coats
of paint which has added mate
rally to the front Of the store.
The work was done by the skill
full painter, Mr.. Thomas J. Burn
ham.
Moss Club SARGE now 15c. Buy
a bottle.
The Ladies Guild Of the
Epiphany church request rs to
announce that the lawn party ad-
vertised to take place on the
grounds of Mrs. c. T. Cade this
week has been indefinitely post
poned. owing TO the serious i'll
ness of Mr.. John T. DeValcourt.
At some future time the commit
tee Of arrangements will en-
deavor to give one Of their in
teresting programs for the amuse-
ment of the children and grown
folk. - A