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The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-09-24
PARADISE FOR the ARTIST
osvstees q ~ Osvsh ~ Aeesrds1
Aeeea@s4stisas WteAssa estes
q oAo at caoel.

CaSh. Beautiful In itself as . winter
resort, o6ers an irresistible iavitatios
TO artists. since 1t has an inn whero
anyone. BY painting . picture on the
wall can get free board
To the lovely island Of Capri With
its perennial summer. tts hue gFott0.
and its lemon groves. cane. aOme fifty
years ago. . ruined artist. He opeaed
an inn. and died rieh. In his will.
having the inn to hts heirs. he made
these conditions:
The charge per day. tuo bottles Of
red Capri wine inels1ed. 10 never to
be more than siX francs.
If any artist y too poor to pay he
shall paint q ptetsrs spoa some wall
space. receiving all the accommoAa-
ton accorded to those paying the high
est price.
If any German artist shall come
70 the inn hs shall Be accommodated.
and shall receive the amount Of his
fare TO Germany upon his promising
never to return to Italy"
The ian II conducted today ON these
conditions. Its walls are covered with
paintings Now and then q German
gets his fare home
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-09-24
KAISER ADDRESSES
TROOPS At VIRTON

Rotterdam.-The Cologne Gazette
reports that the German emperor de-
livered speech to his troops after
the battle of Virton. near Longwy.
when he visited his son. Prince Oscar,
who is commandant of the grena-
diers.
The kaiser appeared in the evening
with his suite in i've automobiles. He
tissad his son and then walked along
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-09-24
The Bridal 1eoueseau,

The old idea Of providing brides
With score or more Of gowns. wraps
and hats has quite gone by. Even the
fashionable trousseau Of today con-
ta1ns no more than a dozen gowns. IL
- many. Styles change so fast that
BY fall the gowns for the June we'd
ding, necessarily made some weeks be-
fore the ceremony. begin to look odd.
some authority has declared that the
best dressed woman In Paris buys no
more than three new toilets each year.
bat the opinion may be ventured that
she is altering her last years supply
most Of the time. The vast assort
ments Of lingerie have also dwindled
Nobody provides such . multitudinous
wedding outfit nowadays a. used to be
roQuired.-Leslie's.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-09-24
Physicians Recommend CastOria

ASTORIA has met with favor the part physicians phaa
ceutica societies and medical authorities used by physicians with
results gratifying The extended Of Caoa quesonaby the
result Of three facts: f.The ndpuhe evidence that it is h]ess
That not only aay stomach pains and qus the but
es the food: 1N agreeable and perfect substitute for Castor Oil
absolutely SAFE does not contain any Opium Morphine other narcotic
and does not It unlike Soothing Batemans Drops God
Cordial etc. This good deal for Medical Journal Our duty
danger and record the advancing health The day
for poisoning innocent children through greed ignorance ought end To
knowledge Caoa is remedy which produces and health by
regulating the sysem-not stupeng readers entitled
the intormaton.- Journal of Health" n
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-09-24

More than 'one hundred thousand
pedestrians and twenty thousand vehi-
clee pass over the London bridge
hnily
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-09-24

Red Cross Bag Blue makes the laundress
happy, makes clothes winter than snow,
Al good grocers. ADV.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-09-24
AAHs Of humoe.


From underneath the war cloud IT.
tie flashes Of humor escape now and
again.
Two Irish sergeants. brought
wounded to Paris. are reported as say
ing that they did not know exactly
where the battle was. but they had
Just been fighting at Copenhagen"
They probably meant Compeigne. but
1t made no difference in their willing
ness to fight
The Paris Figaro pictures az COM
mon sight on the streets two men
reading their respective newspapers
through to the end, and then exchang-
Ing Figaro for Matin. and absorb
ingly rereading in the second news
paper the identical official announce
ment which they had read in the first.
Life retains its shades of fun even
In the darkest shadow of trouble.
Resting.
Patience-Nd you see Peggy down
at the beach?
Patrice-Oh, yes.
What was she doingf Flirting. as
usual?"
mo. she said she went down there
for a rest
Shame on Him.
What is your friend 30 elated
about7"
Seems his wife Is marooned In Eu.
rope. Courier-Journal.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-04

For thirty years a work for colored
mothers has been maintained under
many difficulties at Haddonville, N. J.,
under the auspices of the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union. Mrs.
Isabel Shipley is the superintendent,
and has succeeded In bringing a great
deal of comfort into the lives of work
ing women of the colored race who
have homes dependent upon them.
These mothers r brought together
in cheerful meetings and both helped
and taught to better their lot. Ar
rangements are made to assist them
in their necessary purchases and to
help them in their earnings. This
winter the work has been extended to
take in a larger district, the need be-
ing great. Mrs. Shipley found herself
confronted with many pleas for a larg.
er circle of those who could enjoy the
benefits Of these mother-meetings, and
in the face of the heavily increased ex-
pense has undertaken to meet the call.
These helpful meetings are but one
line of the excellent work among col
ored people conducted under Mrs.
Shipley's direction.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-04
New CoIors in Modern Dress

Where the question OF woman's dress is con.
cerned there is perhaps no more interesting fea-
ture than the study of color, for year by year we
realize more fully what an immense scope there
is for artistic skill in this direction and what a
real delight the production of beautiful color
schemes can be.
Look back through the past decades and notice
how greatly ideas on this particular subject have
varied, says The London Globe" Early in the
fourteenth and fifteenth centuries the dress of the
day was more wonderful in its combinations of
rich hues than at any other time. The Renais-
sance period brought with 1t the use Of puppies
and reds, and lovely tones of green and brown
that were lavishly used for the fur-edged and be.
jeweled robes of the great ladies and the embroid-
cred doublets of the gentlemen, while from Italy
came the exquisite brocades and stamped velvets
that were manufactured in Florence and Venice,
more beautiful In color and design than any ma
terial that had ever before been seen, and which
with all our modern knowledge we still copy
faithfully and find as lovely as anything of pres
ent-day workmanship.
Later on came the delicate silks and satins of
Georgian days, with new tones of mauve, blue and
pink that originated in France. and the combina-
ton of all kinds Of soft shades, especially grays
and dull blues, that for over a hundred years held
their place In favor with both men and women.
Eventually there arrived the early Victorian
era, with its crude tones of red, green and yeIlows.
and the use of much black and the weaving OF
dress materials that are almost an eyesore to
twentieth century notions, but to which all the
same we are indebted for much that we admire
today.
The postimpressionism of the art world is re-
sponsible for many of our color schemes today.
just as the pre-Raphaelite school originated the
cult Of red hair and the green and cllnging gown.
We clcthe ourselves according to the latest no
tions that advancing civilization brings in its
train, and chop and change from one theory to
annthpr until ono nnI rrA-5a- = =,
and wait with mild establishment for the latest
freak of fashion.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-04
AOADQ1 ar OSDU1xzWsAED CW9RESS

of artistic delight. But the supply of driftwood
was limited and its evolution from fresh wood
through the action of the sun and the sea covered
a long period of time. Then it occurred to them
that the thing to do was to find a way to hurry
the process, to gain the same result by other
methods-in other words, to produce artificial
driftwood.
Finally they discovered that charred wood, with
the char brushed out, left the same result as
erosion by the sea-and thereupon was born the
'sugi-fnish."
Just how it was done only the Japanese them
selves knew, and they couldn't be coaxed or
bribed into divulging the secret. For a long time
1t was the general impression that the work was
done with acids, and that the secret lay in the
knowledge of when and how to stop the action Of
the acids.
Finally an American, the noted Oriental scholar
and traveller, John s. Bradstreet of Minneapolis,
got on the right track. What he did not find out
In Japan he shrewdly guessed at, and upon his re-
turn to America satisfied himself by numerous
experiments that he had found the correct method.
But that was only half of the game. The other
half was to discover an American wood capable
Of taking the sugi finish. \
The Japanese sugi, which is rather soft and
easily worked, differs from most coniferS or cone
bearing trees in that 1t is not resinous according
to the generally accepted term. 1t Is close grained,
and when cut into hat-sawed boards shows a
beautiful figure. The spring growth is much
harder than the summer growth, SO that when
fire is applied to a sugi board a degree OF heat
which completely chars the softer grain will mere
ly discolor the harder grain. Then when the
burned pieces are rubbed until all the charred
portions are removed, the darkened grain is left
standing out like an embossed surface against the
lighter colored soft grain.
During the worlds fair a few Japanese carpen-
ters were brought to this country to aid in the
construction of certain of the exposition buildings.
When these carpenters became familiar with
kAA~Y n k,o- 49,
ence for cypress, which they stated possessed al
most exactly the same qualities of texture and
workability as their native sugi.
Here was Mr.. Bradstreets tip. He Immediately
began to experiment with cypress, and the results
convinced him that it was the ideal wood.
Not only is cypress free from resin and pitch, a
condition which is necessary to the success of the
sugi treatment, but by reason Of the unusual de-
gree Of difference between the hardness of the
spring and summer growths, 1t presents a superior
contrast after the scorching and brushinsout
process.
The sugi process is rapidly coming into favor as
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-04
AFRO-AMER|CAN CULL|NCS

In an address before the Wabash
Avenue Y. NJ. c. A., former Governor
Charles s.. Deneen of Illinois, review
ing the negro's activities in this coun-
try during the half century of his free
dom, told the exact truth when he said
h a the record was one of which no
member of the race need be ashamed
The sudden stepping from a "paternal
and protective" condition, where the
negro was entirely a dependent and
his individual efforts were repressed
to the utmost by the very nature of
his condition, to a status of freedom
made his problem an unusually diff
cult one.
When to the normal difficulties of
such a condition were added the nat
ural race prejudice which existed and
still exists, and the bitter preiudices
engendered of four years of bloody
civil strife, it is plain enough that the
negro's problem was one of the hard
est that history records. Thus, how
ever, is the %negro's record summa-
rized by Mr.. Deneen:
II was uuueT Lu6Se ADVERSE COQQl-
tions that the negroes of the United
States began their uphill struggle for
Industrial independence. Fifty years
have elapsed since that time; a very
brief period in the calendar Of racial
or national progress, and yet in that
time / think it can safely be said that
the advancement made has been some
thing which the American people, and
those of your own race in particular,
may well be proud"
The conclusion reached by Mr..
Deneen is that the negro has made
good" That must be the conclusion
of every unbiased observer. This
fact gives promise that, despite noisy
and offensive agitators among the
whites anGSthe impulsive and frequent
ly ill-timed and ~ill-judged utterances
of some negro leaders, we shall ulti-
mately reach a solution of the race
problem through the fairness and toll
erance of the majority of the domi-
nant race and the industry and con-
tinued usefulness and progress of the
great majority of the negroes.-Chi-
cago Inter Ocean.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-04

a means for producing one of the most novel,
beautiful, economical and easily attained effects
ever obtained on any wood for interior trim. Its
extreme simplicity is one of the chief factors in
its success. The only tools necessary are a gaso-
line torch, such as is used by plumbers or painters,
an ordinary steel wire brush and a small scrub
bling brush.
In selecting cypress for sugi work, care should
be taken to see that the wood is fiat grained, with
very little edge grain, and that 1t is perfectly dry.
The only defects to be avoided are splits, large
season checks and unsound knots. On account Of
the slightly uneven surface, 1t is difficult to glue
the edges of two boards together, as may be done
with oak, mahogany, etc, and for this reason it is
better to limit paneling to twelve or, preferably,
ten inches. Another reason is that it will take
huge logs to produce very wide boards showing a
fat grain figure the full width.
The torch used should have as large and as
hot a blue flame as possible, since speed in burn
ing the wood is important. If the surface can be
charred 80 quickly that the heat does not go
through the board, the result will be much better
and much time will be saved. The use of two
torches at one time, arranged on a handle SO that
the flames are a couple of inches apart, will also
facilitate the work.
Since the burning is for the purpose of coloring
the hard parts of the outer grain only, 1t is inn
portant not to burn too deeply. If the charring is
carried too far the soft parts will be burned clear
through to the next hard grain and the effect will
not be nearly so good
The mill work should be done and the individual
pieces burned and brushed out before they are put
into place, because of the tendency of the wood to
warp when subjected to the intense heat OF the
gasoline fame-equaling about 1000 degrees.
Wrapping under such conditions is perfectly natural
and unavoidable and need cause no worry. Wood
that is considered absolutely dry still contains as
much moisture as an ordinary indoor atmosphere,
or about IL per cent. The heat has the effect of
driving this moisture from the burned surface of
the wood through to the reverse side, thereby
causing a shrinkage of one face and a swelling
of the other. The result is that the charred face
becomes concave and the other face convex. By
setting the board aside Immediately after the
burning and allowing it to stand for two or three
days, it will re-absorb enough moisture to balance
up with the atmosphere and thus straighten out.
1t is then ready for the rubbing process.
1t is advisable to do the burning In narrow two
or three inch strips the full length Of the board
rather than to start at the top and work over the
full width. The one thing to avoid is overburn-
ing. The ultimate color effect is not controlled
nearly 80 much by the burning as by the brush
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-04

Those cities which have a large col
ored population show high death rates.
1t has long been known as a scientific
fact that the mortality among the ne
groes is greater than among whites,
and the returns from the various
states and cities demonstrate this
fact. For instance, while the death
rate in Portland, Ore, is but ITO, in
Richmond, Va, 1t is 22.4; in Birming-
ham, Ala, 20.4; in Atlanta, Ga, 1913;
in New Orleans, La, 21.3, and in Bal
timore, Md, 1914. Here in Washing
ton, where one-third of the population
is colored, the death rate is IT'S, and
in 1911 it was as high as 1879. These
figures for the national capital are
more significant when it is remem-
bered that conditions are vastly diff
fere1t. from those prevailing in such
tndusaSsal centers as Pittsburgh, Cleve-
land and Detroit, where the danger
from violent death in the mills and
factories is a feature to be reckoned
with. Here there are no factories and
death from accident is much rarer
than In cities such as those named
Washington Star.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-04

"Dearie," said the young married
man, Il have to go to New York on
business. 1t will only take a day or
so and l hope you won't miss me too
much while I'm gone, but"
Il won't" answered his young
wife, positively, because I'm going
with you"
81 wish you could, dear, but it won't
be convenient this time. What would
you want to go for, anyhow? I'm
going to be too busy to be with you.
and"
81 have to go. 1 need clothes"
but, Darlington can get all the
clothes you want right here"
Thank you. That's all l wanted"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-04

The American Missionary a~ssocia-
ton Is making a strong effort to raise
$1,000, 100000 for the partial endow-
ment of the following colleges: Fisk,
~Talladega, Tougaloo, Straight and Til
lotson, for the education of our peo-
pie in the south, writes Booker T.
Washington. They are concentrating
particularly on Talladega at present.
| wish people might realize how far
reaching the work of these colleges is
In the development of the civilization
of our country. l am constantly tray
cling throughout the South and other
sections Of our country, and wherever
l go l meet strong men and women
who have been educated at one of these
institutions. The men and women
from these colleges are succeeding as
teachers and leaders in nineteen other
occupations. Many of the strongest
men in the pulpits of the large demon.
nations, such as Methodist and Bap-
list, have been educated at one of
these institutions. ! But for the pres.
ence and influence of such educated
men and women it would have been
impossible for us to maintain peace
and order between the white and
black people in the South during all
these years.
If anyone wants to help in changing
the attitude of the white people in
the South toward the education of the
colored people, he cannot do it in a
more effective way than by contrib
uting toward the endowment. of these
five leading colleges for our race in
the South.
1t was my privilege recently,
through an invitation, to attend the
meeting of the executive committee
of the American Missionary associa-
ton, and / have never met a body of
men who were more unselfshly de-
voted to the welfare of the South than
is true of these committeeman. livery
much hope the appeal which they are
making to the public will meet a
hearty response.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-04
Less Meat Eaten,

Housewives will be interested to
know hat the department of agricul-
ture bears them out in the statement
that the high cost of meat has made a
reduction in its consumption. While
the per capita production of dressed
meats was 211.2 in 1900 1t declined to
1905 in 1913 and the consumption in
the same length Of time from 1872 in
1900 to 1913 in 1918. The report states
that the high cost Of meat has made
the American people eat less of 1t.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-04
SURVIVAL OF FIRE WORSHIP

piety to kindle from any other. In
Scotland sacred FIRE will ward OF evil
and protect domestic animals from
witchcraft. Remnants OF the practices
OF the Babylonian fire-worshipers and
the name of the deity. even are pre-
served to this day in Gaelic Scotland
and Ireland, in their Baal fire. In
Scotland he who was formerly the
sacrificed must now leap over the
Same to propitiate the gods. In Ire
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-04

Hoke Smith who. in addition to be
ing a United States senator, was for
many years president of the board
of education of Atlanta, received a
visit one afternoon from a Georgian
who wanted his Endorsement for a
government job. Mr.. Smith was as
genial and CHEEKY as a fine day in
June. and the job seeker was greatly
encouraged because he had already
secured the Endorsement of many 9th
err senators. After he had finished
his explanation OF what he wanted,
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-04

The sacredness OF fire was an ele-
ment In the Druid worship and rem
nants Of their practices remain to this
day. In the old temple of Ffachta in
Munster a temple TO Samhain, the
moon. a are on November eve was
lighted By the Druid priests with great
pomp and ceremony. From the holy
fame and no other. was every IRE in
the land first started in winter. 1t
was deemed ON act Of the highest Inn
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-04
oFIgIn Of Ring and coattaIl.

The wedding ring and the dress
coat are relics Of barbarlsm. The for
mer is a most noteworthy example
Of the survival OF primitive customs.
1t vas the ring by which the slave
was dragged from the market after
purchase by her new master.
The dress coat, morning or evening,
is simply the garment worn by your
ancestors when they went hunting.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-04

rubbed out with cotton waste. Varnishes should
never be used. They cheaper the work and the
results are far from pleasing.
Not only is sugi-fnished cypress one of the most
distinctly beautiful of all woods as an interior
trim for buildings, but because of the ease and
cheapness with which the process can be en-
ployed, and the pleasing and novel effects that can
be obtained, it's use for special furniture and in
Vulnerable small articles will undoubtedly cause
it to become extremely popular with the amateur
as well as the professional craftsman.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-04

Addressing an audience Of 500 ne
groes at Chicago, Judge Orrin N. Car
ter pointed out the real and gratifying
progress made by the negro in Amer
lea since the Civil war and, COM
menting upon the future of the race,
said:
THE future is largely in your own
hands and must be provided for by
education. 1t depends upon both the
white and colored races if the Eman-
cipation Proclamation is fully carried
out
1t is true that education is usually
a solvent of prejudice. In that n
education is an excellent thing for the
negro. Education to a certain degree
is absolutely requisite. The negro
should be able to read and write,
should know commercial arithmetic
and should have a fair knowledge o
things in general.
1t is doubtful, however, whether
what is commonly known as higher
education" will prove an unmixed
blessing to the negro. One of the un-
happiest persons in the world is the
average highly educated negro. By
supereduction he acquires a contempt
for the ordinary activities of his race
and the prejudice which still unhap-
PLY prevails prevents him from min
Cling upon terms of equality with the
dominant white race, in which he
would find in larger numbers his in
tellectual and cultural equals. There
are exceptions to this rule, but their
number is exceedingly small.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-04

Because they were gentlemen they
thought they had to ride in their long
tailed coats, SO they split the coats up
the back and cut them away in front.
The buttons at the back were to hold
up the sword belt.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-04

THAT banker seemed annoyed that
he could not leave his woman compan-
ion to doat in the water while he took
e swim"
Being a fnancier. he might have
known that q woman could not float
alone"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-04
convIetIon.

mo man can serve two masters"
observed the good parson who was
visiting the ~penitentiary.
Il know it," replied convict 1913
I'm in here for bigamy."
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-04

Crawford remember your wife
used to make you go shopping with
her. How did o manage to, get out
of 1t?
C~rabshaw-I made a point to firt
with the pretty saIesgirls.-New York
Globe.