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children cut at the corners. but the opera
ton is trifiing if done when the child is
only two or three years of age. Nine.
Hading had her eyes operated on when
she had reached maturity, and the proc
ess was both painful and dangerous.
Each day for weeks after the lids are
cut and the wound is healing the lids are
drawn outward. Even after the wound is
healed the lids are still subjected daily
to the drawing process for several weeks.
The result is that the eyes acquire that
wonderful look. and to see what success
there is in such naoperation one has
only to look at Nine Hadlng's eyes.
= X
The curling of the upper lip by means
of surgery Is another trick of the beauty
worshiping French woman. This is re-
sorted to when the lip is too straight
and long. slit is cut across the lip. and
every precaution is taken in sterlliZing
everything, even to the very air in the
operating room, so that the wound may
heal without the faintest trace of a scar,
as that would be fatal to beauty.
Not only is the lip slashed across, but
Il minute strip of flesh is cut away and
then the edges of the incision are brought
together and very carefully healed with
the lip pressed upward. A number Of
French women have had this operation
performed. among them the late Mime.
Lagt"lH!t who was one of the NEST ia
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Like Smith.
n REPRESENTATIVE CARTER GLASS

. REPRESENTATIVE CARTER GLASS,
N apropos of the new currency bill,
said the other day:
The banks now find that the cur
rency bill is for their own good as
well as for the peoples. The banks
at first were wrongfully enraged. They
were like Smith.
"As Smiths train started for the
west he stuck his head far out of the
window in his excitement. whereupon
a brakeman called
Put your head in there, or it'll be
knocked Off.
knocked off, hey@ roared Smith,
shaking his fist at the brakeman.
Well, It won't be knocked of by any
body the size of you, you sawed off
hammered down pigmy'"
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His Shield.

A BRAHAM LOWENSTElN, secretary
1 Of the Poultry Dealers Protective
Association, said of poultry fraud:
New York buys 100000 pounds of sand
weekly that it pays for at the chicken
rate Inscriptions chicken raisers. you
see, feed balls of sand and gravel to their
poultry before it is shipped here. It's no
uncommon thing to find half pound OF
sand in the craw of a pound pullet.
.Defenses? Oh, yes, I've heard a de
Tense from the chicken raisers-and It's
about as good as Uncle Calls.
Gen Carroll. you know, heard sus-
picious noises in his chicken house in the
night. So he banged on the door and
shouted:
who's in there?,
"'Hain't nobody in ere 'ceptin US
chickens. Uncle Calls voice softly an
swered"
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ing to her just as he talked to them. and
indeed. in every way of treating her just
as though she were a boy.
She became splendid horsewoman, an
expert with the foils and the rapier, an
unerring shot. She learned three Ian
guages besides French. which was then
the tongue of Alsace: This knowledge OF
languages obtained for her in the year
1852 the position Of tutor in Polish fam
lily. But early the next year the insur-
rection broke out and Antoinette dressed
as man, enlisted to fight for Poland.
She fought SO well that she was
made lieutenant of the lancers, but the
day after she had been given the acco-
lade by her commanding officer a Ian
Ger of the enemy ran her through the
shoulder and she spent the rest of the
short campaign in hospital. a prisoner.
She managed to escape and to make
her way to Guebwiller. Then came the
war with Germany. Antoinette Liz
wrote 70 the minister of war: Let me.
monsieur lie ninistre. go for six weeks.
l hope that during such period / may
pay my debt to France, or else die for
her." The permission being given, An
toinette enlisted in company of francs
tireurs sharpshooters, at Lamarche
Tony" LiX soon became the idol of her
company. The bearded veterans. from
rough old Capt. Lapicque down. loved the
fearless youngster who was always first
when there was danger. eand whose
beardless face and shrill voice were so
much like a womau's' II was in an EN-
counter with German outposts at Raon-
l. Etape that Antolnette Lix won the gold
stripe and became a lieutenant in the
French army, after winning officers
rank i'm the army of Poland.
She was awarded gold medal. She
sold it to contribute to the fund raised
to pay the indemnity TO Germany. \
friend bought the medal and returned
it to her. She sold it a second time fof
the same reason.
In 1915 her wounds made ii impossible
for her to continue hard work and friends
obtained for her A government tobacco
shop, which assured her an income. 1t
was in 1898 that, becoming too III TO work
at all. she was taken to the hospital Of
st. Nicholas du Port.
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Rare Manuscripts Found.

ONE of the most remarkable finds in
~ recent years is that of the Argenteau
manuscripts, which have just been re-
ceived at the Congressional Library. And
even more unique is the manner of their
being discovered.
The house of Argenteau has been for
at least 400 Years one Of the most con-
spicuouss in Europe. furnishing generals.
archbishops counts and princes who
have distinguished themselves at every
court The ancestral seat was in Bel
gium, on the River Mouse, and In the
ancient walls. which had seen Kingdoms
rise and vanish, were stored for genera
tons all the papers of the family. When
1t is remembered that this family became
prominent early the twelfth CEN
tury. the securing of their letters Of hun
dreds of years is fortunate.
Among the letters in the collection are
those from Louis XVI, the Prince Of
Croy. Cardinal Lambraschine. numberless
popes kings and emperors. Perhaps the
most interesting are those written dur
ing the French revolution to F1orimonde
Argenteau. who had been the ambassador
and secret agent of the Austrian queen
Maria Theresa. at the French court
These old papers. yellowed by time and
dusty with the feet of passing years are
in rough boxes and yet stored In the base
ment of the library awaiting their cata-
loguing, which will take considerable
time. as there are at least 1900 letters.
What light they will shed on history re-
mains to be seen. They came into the
possession of Mr.. Hunt, chief of the
manuscript division, through second
hand dealer in New York One day q
man who dealt in old books and auto
graphs received visit from woman.
who sold him seven boxes of letters In
order to secure enough money for her
passage back to France. 1t was the last
of the scions of the noble house of Ar
genteau; a woman who had been first
married to duke, and was now the wife
of a lion tanner. with whom she had be-
come stranded and penniless in the United
States. After selling the priceless treas
ures she vanished, and no one mas since
been able to trace her steps. But the
Congressional Library, hearing of the
find at once purchased, and Will soon
Begin the work of placing these relics on
exhibition.
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RlNlNG WELL KNOWN PEOPLE
inexperienced.

z RANK J. GOULD, at a luncheon in
Nice, said of the 1apper:
Wherever the English congregate
they talk of nothing but the flapper.
The fiapper, you know, is their name
for the young girl in shortish skirts
and openwork stockings, who still
wears her hair in a flap. or plat, down
her back. What amazes all England
today is the flapper's advanced ideas.
AS there's a new woman, SO there
seems to be a new f1apper.
Two new fappers-its a character
istic story-were taking tea together
in a nursery. The first said, as she
toyed with a doll:
"I don't like Jack. He's so crude
Crude? How said the second
fiapper
when he kisses the first answered,
he smacks.'"
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water TO a paste. which is then spread
upon her chin and left to dry as a sort
of plaster cast. This is taken off with
very hot water and the chin is massaged
with the finger tips.
In the Niennese beauty parlors the
chin is treated iRthe same manner with
bread crumbs and hot water or milk.
And after the chin is soft and bleached
fully some cold cream is massag ed in to
make it whittier. afterward being followed
by cloud of good face powder.
But the Irish peasant girl has the most
thorough method of skin whitening She
has no money for lotions. but she takes
a handful of oatmeal and powders it to
a dust. This she puts in warm water
and lets it come to a boil; when partly
cool she uses it as face wash. Potato
water is sometimes substituted, but the
oatmeal lotion Is the best whitener. Her
chin is never the rough chin of the wom-
an Of more luxurious habits who neg
lects her complexion.
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The Voice of Cash.

A PROPOS of young girls rich mar
riage, Mayor Rockwell said at a
reception in Akron:
Our girls don't marry Disadvantage
ously as often as our boys do. In the
whirI of love the female doesn't seem
to get as dizzy as the male.
"A pretty girl told me the other day
that she was engaged to a very rich
landowner:
well. WELL, said l, and here we all
thought you'd marry the eloquent
young preacher who took you about
so much last summer
The girl smiled.
deeds speak louder than words.
she said
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coil. and then streams of magnetism
flow out oil one end of the core and
circle around the coil and return by the
other end of the core The speed with
which the magnet is energized or de-
energized will set up corresp onding Vi
brations in the adjacent plating. II
these vibrations are not too fast sound
will be produced which the human ear
can detect: otherwise they would be
inaudible but capable OF spreading far
through the sea and of affecting a prop
erly tuned receiver.
The advantage of this inaudible sys-
tenn is that an enemy would be just so
much less likely to suspect the approa CHI
of a torpedo directed in this manner
and even if he were on the alert 1t
would take good deal of time and a
peculiarly fashioned detector to pick up
and to identify the guidingg note. 1t was
undoubtedly this evolution of John
Gardeners original apparatus that the
British authorities were testing when
they experimental with the old Terp-
sichore and the exploding OF a tuned tor
pedo fastened to the bottom OF that ship
was but one step in a much more i'm
portant field of application.
The principal WEAKNESS OF existing
submarine boats lies in thei:- compare
lively low speed when running totally
this does not exceed ten knots an hour.
while the big dreadnouglts are capable
of doing twenty-odd knots. and foreign
battle cruisers make thirty knots and
more. On the surface the submarine can
do better. but to expose itself there Is
to give warning of its approach, except
at nighttime.
Modern stratesists believe that a nodi-
fled form of submarine will be the ideal
craft. Instead Of using torpedoes OF the
usual type the proposal Is to employ a
weapon which will, in fact, be a combi-
nation of submarine and torpedo. only
the submarine will be Of crewIess
order
The moment you get rid of the human
element in submarine it is possible to
change greatly its character and also to
employ a propulsive power which can
not now be utilized. BY excluding all
problems of ventilation Availability. etc.
a submarine can be made a sort of mag
nified torpedo and capable of much higher
speed than is now attainable. Instead of
carrying two or three hundred pounds of
explosive a weapon of this nature could
just as easily be loaded with ton of
gun cotton or some other more destruc
tive material.
The naval architect has done pretty
well in subdividing and honeycombing
the Underwater Dody OF nShunS SHIPS
so that the ordinary torpedo cannot sink
dreadnought outright although 1t may
wound a battleship more or less griev-
ously. But this same expert cannot pro-
vide against the subaaueous attack of a
ton of explosive unless the heavy ship OF
the battle line is completely remodeled.
This is not such a simple matter-in fact
would completely revolutionize existing
practices and the arrangements of the
powers of attack and defense on the part
of the ship.
Either this revolution is coming or a
complete change will take place in the
get-up of the so-called capital ships At
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Then she is made to massage her chin
with sour milk.
In France women keep the chin in
good condition by rubbing it night and
morning with fruit juice. Often a little
wine is used, occasionally bit of lemon
or lime or a cucumber or a piece OF
bruised lettuce. In England they follow
Queen Alexandra's example and battle
the chin with heavy sweet cream
In Russia, where women have chins as
white as alabaster in spite of ten
dency to down on the upper lip they rub
the chin with split potato using it as
one would use soap; a quarter of an APP
Die is sometimes substituted.
In Germany you see the prudent house
wife. even of the weather. class. taking
bread crumbs and moistening them with
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Wrong for Once.

WILLIAM i BURNS, the detective,
w said at a dinner in New York:
Induction. without a few facts to
guide it, can go sadly astray.
Once at the seashore. l nodded toward
young couple and said:
They are engaged. l heard him, In
the palm court, pleading for just one
No, no. said my companion. They re
not engaged. they're married. 1t was a
,1la,-tar he MAS p's:ittin. for
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POSSIBLE DREADNOUGHT OF To-
NORTHUMBERLAND SUBMARINE AND
PART BATTLESHIP

the ear because in that there is d re-
ceiving apparatus which boasts some
thing like 1000 extremely minute
hbers constituting the terminals of the
acoustic nerve. Each of these fbers is
responsive only to n particular note
and is deaf TO all others.
But the human ear has its limita tons.
There are sounds that it cannot hear.
sounds whose vibrations are either too
few or too many. The higher the sound
the greater the number of its vibra-
tons Now we shall see how John
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than those that would be detected by
the sharpest of human ears.
of course. he had to have for this
purpose a resonator that he could con-
troll perfectly. and once more cleo
tricity came to his aid. No, he did not
use a submarine bell or a submarine
horn of a complicated nature, but in
stead he devised a way to turn ship
itself into a source of sound.
He has made it possible to cause the
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Gardner lodged what to the average
person would nave seemed an inSuper-
a BILE difficulty.
He set about making his receiver still
more sensitive so that II would be af-
fected by inaudible sounds. This was
not 50 puzzling as it may appear at
first blush. He had only to find some
sound producer which he could control
to a nicely and which then would be
capable of creating vibrations higher
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HEY cal him the
Wizard of Knott
End Knott End
being in En- gland,
over on the coast
of the Irish sea.
Such is the title by
which rather staid
Holm Gardner is
X n O " II to his
ueiEhbcrs. He has
done things aud
still is doing things
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"H4eh s''a'h Vi t"e o'"'h al =
one OF MS particular noooies' put
'atonel wireless Is MOI vi inc so't VI
"h'.h 'iie "oi' VI mas ne"'' So i''''"
'oi'i 'ai uier HAS ii'i'e 'i'' o'iS III
ms nohe' ne Is fhuch tstee'heo W'tlh'
the inner circles oI Tue h'i'iSH "oi''ii ANY :
oNei III E"e'd"u '"'E nav N"'' IL
termed the o'hcial secrets act. ana prose
cution and possibly prison walls are the
nenaIties one may ipcur hv disclosing
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hull or skin of a vessel to CULVER so
that it will send these impulses speed
ing through the water like rays radi
atine from a source of light. He uses
an eIe ctro-magn which he places
preferably down below water and in
the very bow of the craft. and the
poles or terminals of the core of this
magnet are close but not in contact
with the inner surface of the ships
steel skim
An electromagnetic is active only when
current flows through the enveloping
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The Newest Naval
Weapon and Its Terrific
Possibilities - Guided
Under the Water at
Will of Operator in
Tower of Parent Ship
Invention Recently
Demonstrated on Brit
ISL Warship.
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least this is SO If Mr. Gardeners scheme
be worked out to its logical climax.
What he would do is nothing short OF
building semi submerged battery OF
high speed which would be the mobile
base from which he could direct hts tor.
pedo attack. This vessel could Withstand
the heaviest of blows from an enemy's
guns and its powers OF offense would be
principally centered in exceptionally large
torpedoes small submarines-call then,
what You will Each OF these giant
weapons would be a dirgible. and not
self-controlled after the manner Of the
existing automobile torpedoes
To direct these torpedo summaries each
would be equipped with the Gardner in
audible sound control apparatus, and each
of these in turn would have its own key
note. The observer in the coming tower
would have these weapons released or
launched from the parent craft. and with
this done he could guide them upon their
Journeys at will. 1t would not be a case
of starting them upon their errands and
leaving hit to chance, but they WOULD
swerve and alter their courses TO meet
the changing maneuvers of an enemy
squadron.
Each torpedo submarine would have
chosen for il its own particular target.
Torpedo nets could not keep them away
from their quarry; by sheer force and
weight they would tear their paths clear
through. More than this, they could not
be exploded prematurely. but would b"
set OFF only when the proper signal reach
ed them from the control station If SO
desired.
During the day all that would he seen
of the torpedo submarines would he
couple Of thin metal rods reaching above
the waters surface and adorned with lit
tie guide flags. and at night these sig
nal masts would be tipped with lights
screened so that they would show only
toward the parent craft In this way
each weapon could be traced upon it
there
each answering only to its special not"
and going steadily after its particular
objective.
Even though these telitale rods should
be seen 10y the enemy this would not
help him, because the body of the tor
pedo submarine would be submerged deep
enough to be beyond the reach of gun
fire while capable of advancing faster
than the foe could retreat True, il these
rods were destroyed by shot or shell IL
would handicap directing the weapons:
but think of the brief interval and the
nervous strain upon the marksman trying
to hit targets of this sort rushing toward
him at a rate of possibly forty miles an
hour. 1t would be small chance upon
which to pin ones hope of escaping pos
sible humiliation. sea wolf with a
brood of evil-bent whelps of this sort is
something that the mightiest of modern
dreadnoughts could not resist.
Undoubtedly John Gardeners neighbors
have now more reason than ever to dub
him the Wizard of Knott End" What
he thus adds to the potential terror OF
war paradoxically makes him deserving
of more complimentary title. because he
is probably making actual strife just SO
much less likely. In this way dread
noughts may become back numbers. The
more destructive war becomes the less
apt are nations to go to battle.
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When hats are worn that almost hide
the face, only the mouth and chin show
ing, women spend good deal of thought
on how to make the chin beautiful, and
they especially do q great deal of chin
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ANY accounts of
heroic measures re-
sorted to by French
women for increas-
ing their beauty
have been brought
out in an article
printed recently
about how Nine.
Jane HadinS oh
tanned that wonder
ful long look to her
eyes by having the
at the corners.
e been IN the habit
* TIE eyes Ul their
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The injecting Of hot paraffin under the
cutiole to fill out hollows ana make per
fectiy rounded contours has long been a
favored device of French women, and il
has been resorted to by American women
as well. Perhaps the greatest publicity
was given to the fact that Miss Gladys
Deacon had the upper part of her. nose
treated with paraffin to make it perfect
This was discussed all over the world,
and after that the beauty artists kept their
patrons names very closely guarded
There are two French women on the
stage of Paris today that have wonder
fully soft oval contours Of face and
throat. Nine. Sorel and Anna Percy
Both have had not parafiin injected to
round out their lines. Nine. de Vogue
resorted to the same plan.
Mile. Dirys has had her forehead
lanced across and strip of flesh re-
moved to make her eyebrows properly
elevated. Before the operation her
brows nad a lowering expression; now
they have an elevation that gives a
fascinating. calm. saintlike expression.
Besides heroic measures to keep their
beauty French women have also a long
list of milder things that they practice
for beauty's sake.
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nous beauties of Paris. The effect Of
the artificially curled and shortened up
per lip is exquisite.
The Strengthening of the line of the nose
is another fancy among French women.
This is very painful operation. as the
bone sometimes has to be- broken and
then reset Although it is. of course
done under the influence of an anesthetic
the pain afterward is intense. as the
nerves Of the nose are especially Sensi
tive. Mile. Yane has had this done, and
SO has Mile DauSsemond.
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Painful Surgery to
Obtain That Wonder
full Long Look of the
Eyes Operations to
Secure the Curled
Upper Lip and the Per-
feet Nose-The Use of
Parafin.
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complete change will take place in the
get-up of the so-called capital ships. At
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E. COREY praised at a
" Pittsburgh club, the wines of Cali
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-03-25

per work Is slip-shod. Newspaper
work may be immature, 1t may be
hastily scrambled together, it may be
hurriedIy written. but in the main, it
is not nearly so bad as it is painted by
the critics.
Now and then, in the daily paper
one comes across work that might
commend itself to readers Of what are
generally termed the best magazines.
And this is the more remarkable, when
one considers that as a usual thing
the newspaper article is dashed of.
with little or no time ;or revision,
while oftentimes, to the making of the
magazine article, many days and even
months are given.
Not all newspapers have a Charles
A. Dana, a Horace Greedy, a Eugene
Field, or an Uncle Joe Dixon on the
staff, but there are many men and wo-
men in the United States today, turn
ing out work in the daily grind that
compares very favorably with the
best" literature.