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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-26
the Improper Use of Glarn6 Lights Ruins Streets Beauty

One of the noticeable defects OF the ornamental
post lighting scheme is that the lights arc distraction
factors, ntruding within the visual field destroying
the pictorial effect and attraction display window
against the polished surface OF tho window glass that
the resultant glare prevents from seeing the
rangement OF display within. and the value OF the
window space to the merchant is thereby destroyed
Look about you and you will find many excellent
window displays literally bioed by tbs are from
brightly lighted glass balls atop iron posts.
The possibilities of using light color IN display
window lighting only vaguely comprehended today
owing to the general ignorance or artificial light
unfortunate that tho merchant robbed Of such
attraction his display window possesses by virtue
mere brightness alone through the effect Incorrect
street lighting
The attainment OF character and attraction IN city
lighting demands that window lighting, sign lighting
and lighting must be reconclled. Tho possbtl.
tiles of utilizing light and color in bringing out tho
architectural expression OF NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. the in
OF arch the color background OF
vestibe against hanging lantern-are practically ur.
limited. requiring only the cooperation possess
ing artistic perception, imagination and higher
than the OF light from the unitarian viewpoint ot
the engineer.
The City Beautiful represents cooperative effort on
the part of individuals. The merchant who tries to
make his establishment attractive different from
the commonplace thrives and prospers which
have done the have attained their through
the consistent cooperation OF such citizens.
Merchants associations and similar organizations
should consider tho special problems OF their COM
muntes exhaust!yely before deciding upon lighting
which may prove TO be more of hndrance than q helm
civic progress. II is absolutely necessary to refrain
consideration a lamp OF lamps and
instead to regard light and It's accessories OF
It's environment influenced greatly by other than street
light and dependent careful adjustment every
thing which has direct bearing general effect
aud It's difference from the place The city do
luxe docs not initiate, but originates in It's lighting In
all things.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-26

closed methods OF utilizing this nitrogen. it sup
posed to be good thing absolutely gone OF
course, those wise practical husbandmen, who
always convinced that agricultural colleges. expert
mental stations and science little service
plantation OF farm. hardly knew that there such
substance nitrogen, much less that It is free
the air Itself
In village of 100 Inhabitants IN which there are
no manufacturing industries and where the atmosphere
is always free from dirt and Wiesner collected
rain and snow in two porcelain-ned pans each more
tnan half a yard in diameter. The analysis Of many
different samples that the falling rain and the
melting SHOWS from February until free
nitrogen, ammonia and other heterogeneous mixtures
After thunderstorms nitrogen was present than
at other times Moreover the waters often contained
not only nitrogen but chlorine OF the consttu-
ents of chloride OF lime and table salt.
The presence OF chlorine and nitrogen even in very
small quantities Is the why rain will make
ere grain vegetables other forms of vegetation
grow better than any other Kind Of water.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-26
How to Tell il YOUR NOSE FITS YOUR FACE

~r HE shape OF your nose is de-
termined largely BY your race
\ and your individuality. Noses
are generally divided into the classes
OF long and slender. short and broad.
The frst occur usually In connection
with thin, long faces; the second In
broad, fat faces.
The length OF the nose is deter
mined by the position OF It's root. AS
a rule the nose is as long as the
brow is high. The greatest distance
between the outer edges OF the nos
trlls should be that of the distance
between the inner ends of the eyes.
In profile the nostrils should match
the lips. The main shapes OF noses
are the straight, the Roman ICON
vex), pointed with double bowl, the
hollow (concave), and the fiat.
The straight nose is considered
the most artistic by us, as 1t was by
the ancient Greeks. This is because
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-26
BUSHES TO Match Your GOWNS

TOW that the purple wig, the green eye
IN brow and the sapphire-pencilled lip
have come into startling prominence
part OF feminine adornment, the Partisan
mannequins are besieging the doctors and
makers Of cosmetics to invent way whereby
their bushes can be made to suit the color or
their frock and hair.
1t has been tearfully pointed out that rosy
blush Is most inharmonious with n yellow
dress and that even II every blush cannot be
made TO match exactly, at least harmonizing
color might be devised. The doctors reported
that any girl who wanted her bushes made to
order had lost the power OF blushing, but sew
eral models disproved the statement.
As yet the best solution of this problem to
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-26
WARM FLOORS Help You LIVE LONGER

If we moved hardly at all, clothes would be
sary, because the heat of the body would keep layer
OF heated air about all the time But the wind and
natural movements constantly dispense this layer
OF heated air. and in consequence wear clothes to
keep this layer IN.
In Summer GOODNESS is secured by loose clothing,
Which wind blow away the heated air; In Spring
and Fall closely garments keep the heat
air In cold weather furs used, because
the skin and the fur afford powerful resistance the
escape of bodyheated air. AS long the bodyheat is
kept up. illness Is likely to be long time away.
Cold floors rob us OF bodyheat-they steal away our
vitality. The slow sapping OF vitality that comes from
standing cold floors is iearully weakening the
system. No matter how old ragged q rug or carpet
matter how thin cork fibre mat 1t VIII lengthen
your life and save you from numberless dscomforts
which cold floors
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-26

COLD floor is that conducts heat away from
II the body, not necessarily that Is cold In
4 itself. A wooden floor and stone floor exposed
to the cold will themselves have great difference
in temperature. But may walk barefooted over a
wooden floor with comparative comfort no matter how
cold the weather while stone floor will to freeze
the feet
On the other hand. in warm room, the stone floor
will be than the wooden floor, for 1t will take
ND the heat Thus the heat from radiator standing
a stone tile floor will make 1t warm for several feet
IN every direction, but 1t will affect the wooden floor
only very slightly. cold floor therefore is not floor
which sends cold into the body through the feet but
one which takes away the body-heat. leaving it cold.
Life consists in keeping up the bodyheat. 1t Is In
order to get sufficient bodyhea that We eat and to
retain II that clothes Were there wind. and
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-26

be suggested Is the concealment or e1quis1tely
small electric light bulbs in the hair. These,
whe. switched on, give glow 70 the face
which is scarcely more luminous than a hearty
red blush. and which, OF course can be ar
ranged in any color OF tho rainbow
An Improvement on this device Is TO set
another row of these lights Just under the cor
sage, that, moment after the orance-col-
ored blush has been seen overspreading the
face, 1t begins to creep down until the neck
and shoulders are sufused in the sunset glow
The makers Of this device are also putting on
the market an ingenious arrangement OF lights
10 be worn under filmy fabrics TO give q
greater richness to the pattern OF the design
ana TO suggest sossamer effect. Gracefully
done and moduated to an extreme softness
the effect is said to be fairyike and appealing.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-26

1t has often been doubted II the water you dip from
q rain barrel after good Summer shower is any
beneficial than any other sort of water.
Mr. G. H. Wesner, OF Mount Vernon, Iowa, was,
however convinced By the observations Of Mr.. Shut,
OF Ottawa, Canada. that the rain water and
melted conducive the growth of
than other s due the fact the free
nitrogen in the air s seized BY the descending drops
and thus carried into the ground.
The best fertilizers those which contain high
percentage of nitrogen. Saltpeter. ammonia, fish fer
lizer, guano, the eguminous plants ntrogen-making
bacteria manure and the electrically made nitres
all owe their usefulness 10 nitrogen.
The air is three quarters nitrogen, and until the
selling bacteria and the electric furnace dis
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-26

This staining Of cells is whole story In itself, AS
many recent things in medicine hinge it. 1t adj
vanced research in biology and botany q hundred
per cent 1t showed that different tissues cosely
connected would not take the dye substance
and thus paved the for several treatments
The question now is what kind OF impulse travels
along the nerve fbres Of the brain telephone systeu
AFTER they arc connected. " Is easy that
ee trca impulse does, but know that "A nerve i'm
Elise Is much slower electrical Electricity
travels at the rate OF light. while
only about seventyive miles hour. could easily
be, however that the impulse of an cleo
trio current travelling into surface which then
act on the laws OF condenser. It takes time a
condenser to become charged certain potential
so 1t Is possible that tho impulse will not ace
until Its capacity condenser Is satisfied to the
proper potential for perception.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-26
A Real 'sHELLO GIRL i'm Every brain

~ NE OF the greatest discoveries OF recent times Is
, that OF DR.. Caal In regard to the brain. He has
found that the brain cortey, which had long been
thought to be the centre for all mental processes in
very fact telephone central and operator all in one.
This Is not only hguratve analogy, but literal one
for he has found that radiatng from cells In this
part OF the brain fbers which have their ends
dangling curled up when the brain is at rest but
which reach out and with fbres from other
cells when the brain Is active.
He was enabled to make this discovery only by rea
son OF another discovery by else This was
that different tissues would take different dyes
red dye were placed on conglomeration OF cells it
would be absorbed only by certain set and be re-
jected by all the rest. So these certain cells would
stand out clearly from the general mass
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-26

TOW much has always appreciated the value
S OF rain Is shown from the fact that the greatest
- = OF ancient gods Horshpped because they
were accredited with the power fertze the earth
with this precious moisture. Jove called Jupiter
Pluvus because OF his dominion the clouds. He
has usually been imagined as Supreme God with
handful Of thunderbolts in his fist.
Rain is heavens precious gift to the tiller OF
the soil. IL IS necessary the land satpeter.
lime and the fertilizers It's great value has al
been accredited TO the sweet purity OF rain water
all kinds OF but just why rain water
is much helpful to the soil than river water,
irrigation brought from lakes and other sorts OF
still waters has been fully understood Indeed
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-26
What's Wrong
With the ''GAY
WHITE WAYS''
of Many Cities
By f. Laurent Godinez,
Consulting Expert in Lighting.

s-Y1 He proper lighting of city at night involves
than a uniformly lighted street with
- myrads OF dazzling lights distraoting the eye
The scientific blending OF window. sign and street
lights Is what distinguishes the lighting OF city
monplace.
The genuine City Beautiful prefers to originate, not
initiate and It's lighting is exception to this rule II
Is much preferable for the visitor to leave your city
impressed with the originality Of the lighting. rather
than to remark, Its just Ike our White Way"
This phrase, white Way has been ndroitly coined
slogan BY manufacturers, whose motive in pro.
mitigating White Ways" is thoroughly practical
tho sale OF glazing lamps, globes and ORNAMENTAL
iron posts is questionable whether the wholesale
adoption OF more or less Ornamental iron columns,
topped with lighted glass, by various cities throughout
the country be regarded a serious and proper
expression OF the attractive character In public light
ing which should be typical OF the American city
Public lighting, like any other form OF advertising,
he properly executed In order 20 genuine
advertising value and in lighting. in other form
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-26

CONTRARY to popular belief.
I earthquakes are by no means
rare occurrences. AS matter
OF fact, practically all places on the
surface Of the earth experience some
Kind OF tremor or shake at least once
an hour. and lesser tremblings are
even more frequent. This fact has
been established since the opening
throughout the world OF stations
where seismographs record the
slightest move ent OF this earth OF
ours.
Science declares that We live in a
perpetual storm centre of vibrations
Of various kinds. Our ears are con-
stantly assailed with various vibra-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-26
An EARTHQUAKE Every FEW MINUTES

tons OF the air Our eyes are con-
t!nually affected by the ether vibra-
lions OF light and heat, while our
bodies are constantly being shaken
by the tremors OF the earth.
Besides the earths local vibration.
1t Is now known that it's axis wabbles
along through space. Even the sun
and the whole family OF planets ell
move along IN moro or less vibra-
tional fashion.
The seismographs can be made to
serve several other useful purposes
besides the recording of earthquakes.
Some of them are 30 delicate that a
railroad train running a mile away
will affect them.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-26

Seismograph records have fire.
quently been produced in court to
show that the operation Of heavy
machinery produced sufficient yibra-
ton In nearby buildings to make the
owners OF the factory liable for
damages.
Probably the most unusual purpose
TO which the seismograph has ever
been put is that OF determining the
amount OF vibration in locomotive
as a result OF unpaIanced driving
wheels. Engineers have devised
some ingenious methods OF cutting
down this vibration, which means a
q greatly decreased consumption OF
coal
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-26

parts. Thus, after an appendicitis
operation the stump OF the appendix
may become glued to the inside wall
or stick to some other part OF the
inside OF the body. Most of the pains
from which so many women suffer
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-26

In 1t the triangular cartilage Is a d.
rect continuation OF the nasal bone.
In the Roman nose tho triangular
cartilage stands out at an angle to
the nasal bone. The form miscalled
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-26

been discharged from the hospital as
cured.
Surgeons have attributed these
'after-pains" to "adhesions" by
which they mean merely the "stiok-
Ing together" OF SCARED OF injured
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-26

Jewish, while occurring among some
Jews. Is also found among other
races 1t Is usually characterized by
short nostrils, exposing the red mem
brane of the centre.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-26
Mending an Umbrella.

TAKE small piece OF black sticking
better than darnng as the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-26
YOU MIGHT TRY ---
To Make Windows Bright.

OF kerosene added kettle OF excellent
o "lndoWs
eear Use small clean cloth
wpng down the framework with dry
CLOTH polishing
n
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-26
Saving the Peaches.

II you open can OF peaches and find them
away Heat them over swceten little make
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-26
A Famous Chefs Advice.

u cake pour half the tter in the before
1ful lhen the fu wNl not found bottom
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-26
A Test for Seed

SEEDS not sufficiently ripe will float
to
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-08
THREE INJURED IN CRASH
ON RIDGE AVENUE LINE
Traffic Held Up Half Hour When
Wagon Crashes Into Car.

Three men were injured and traffic tied
up for a half hour when a southbound
Ridge avenue trolley car, whose brakes
refused to hold to the slippery rail,
crashed into the rear end of Phila-
delphla Rapid Transit repair wagon at
Ridge avenue and Thompson streets
shortly after o'clock this morning.
Thousands OF working people were late
in reaching their places OF employment
as a result OF the accident.
The wagon was about to turn out
from the tracks when the car crashed
full force into It, Henry Muffener, of
141s Ringgold street. repairman, who
was on the bridge OF the wagon, was
thrown head-frst to the ground. Will
lam Smith, an electrician, Of GAS San
som street. and John Warning, OF S427
North Lee street, were thrown from the
drivers seat. All three men were taken
to the German Hospital Their injuries
are not thought TO be serious.
Policemen Fleming and Rawley, Of the
Nineteenth and oxford 'streets station
who were standing on the corner when
the accident happened. saw the crash
and sent in an emergency cal. when
brought five ambulances and three trolley
repair wagons to the scene within 10
minutes BY a strange freak the horses
in the repair wagon received nothing
more than shaking up, while the
wagon was demolished.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-08
LITERAL THEOLOGY

He was taking a tramp through the
country, and stopped at a farmhouse 10
get a glass Of milk. Stepping up 10 the
open kitchen door he saw within seated
In a rocker a gray-haired old lady, spec-
tacles on her nose, open Bible on her
lap.
II see you're reading the Good Book ="
When you get 10 my age it's a pood
thing TO do, You know what the Iord
says: Have your house in order lest /
come
You look as though you have vorr
house as the Lord tells you 10 have d, .,
he said, his eyes resting on her kindly
old face.
Pretty much So" she replfed Iitua
wearisd. i've got all the rooms on tLo
top floor calcimined ana papered, i've
got new rag carpet IN the dining room
and this kitchen floor has nIs+ IN, ~
painted. But ! haven't been able 10 % gat
down into the cellar yet 10 whitewegb ~ ~
l guess. though, that n the Lori 5i' Ial,,,, -,
before ] get around to ID Ha'IT rsr,,...-lSs
mat I'm an ola woman ANA Hen gtsr.
look the cellar New YORK Times
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-08
MILLIONS IN GRAFT
CHARGED TO PENROSE
METHODS IN STATE
William Draper Lewis and
Vance G. Mccormick De-
nounce Machine Spoilsmen
in Speeches to Working
men.

Charges Of graft reaching far UP into
the millions were laid at the door of
Senator Penrose by William Draper Lewis
and Vance c. Mccormick, the latter
Democratic and Washington Party can
didtae for Governor. who addressed
workers from the Disston Saw Works at
Taocny today. Mr. Lewis declared that
Improvement Of roads in this State, at
least 60 per cent. of It went to the Re-
publican Organization. OF which Penrose
is the head.
Workers beErimed with the dust of
hours of toll gathered by the hundred at
Penn and Wissinoming streets to hear
the orators. Teh applause was frequent
during each of the speeches, and at their
conclusion the men gave rousng cheer
Mr. Lewis spoke first. He pointed out
bills of vital interest to every worker in
the State which he said had been killed
by Penrose and his gang. Among these
were the child labor bill. the womens
minimum wage bill and the workmens
compensation bill. "These are of In
terest to YOU" said the speaker. They
mean protection to you and to your chill
dren and they have gone down TO de-
feat at the hands of the very man in
whom you put your trust. You have
been betrayed, and do not think for a
minute the same thing Will not happen
again"
Mr.. Lewis cited the roads throughout
New York State as some of the finest in
the country today. 1t costs the State of
New York about $4,000 a mile for those
roads" he said. but in Pennsylvania,
where the roads are not nearly so per-
feet. wa are obliged TO pay from $4,000
In S24 ono mile"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-08
CHICKEN CAUSES NEAR-PANIC
IN CROWDED TROLLEY CAR
Incidentally Causes Escorts Arrest.
Leaves Egg in Policeman's Helmet.


An innocent chicken caused near
panic on a Moyamensing avenue trolley
car this morning and was the means
of landing her escort in jail. She was
decked out in the latest style as far as
plumage was concerned, and went readily
with Parker Stewart, of 60th and Upland
streets. when he met her at butcher
shop in that neighborhOod.
But before boarding the trolley car,
Stewart. according to the police, stopped
to have a few drinks. And he brought
the chicken along. Finally the chicken
started to complain, and on being re-
minded that Il car was coming, Stewart
ran for II. BY good luck more than good
judgment he landed on the rear plat
form on his knees.
The passengers expressed rather and
ible opinions of Stewart and the chicken,
but as he was rather tired he dropped
off TO sleep Not so the chicken. She
began to cackle and squirm and finally
attempted to attack man who sat op-
posite The chicken would have been
successful but for a rope which was tied
around her ankle. The chicken. the man.
Stewart himself became literally entan-
gled in an argument which caused sew
eral passengers to desert the car.
Policeman Jordan was standing on a
corner when the carload OF fighting pas
sengers flashed by him. An automobile
happened aIOnS, ana JcIubN' Jumping ihlO
IT, pursued the runaway fight. He caught
up with the car after a chase of three
squares, and extricating Stewart brought
him to the police station at 2sth and Rit-
ner streets. And he brought the chicken
along Stewart was placed in a cell
while the chicken was put IN the lieu
tenants room. She slept comfortably in
a policemans helmet until the time for
the hearing Then she complained so long
and so loud that Magistrate Briggs dis
charged Stewart for the sake Of peace.
Stewart walked out triumphantly and
soberly and brought the chicken along,
An egg later was found in the helmet.