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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-06-06
WANTED TO HOLD ELEPHANT.

fnlf NEGROES appeared before
SQUIRE Hobbs yesterday and asked
Dat Do attach ouD ~ tho elephants of
fH" NlH.rrhfrt Wallace shows FOR
'f back pay Tho Squire was afraid
f m'.Hf H moro than no. could aTord
.n a patched General Fullerton fo
.ts' Poo matter In hand ~Ey,rvthirr
f'.I.fhIf .'ffl'd and tho sontI,
mon went on their uay n. io.rI,g
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-06-06
PREACH TO CLASS
Graduates o. Wheeling High School
VIII Hear Baccalaureate Sermon
Sunday Evenina

Tho bac%calaurrato sermon 10 the
graduate OF fHn Wheeling High
school win D. delivered by Rev ~
H Fields iu tho Christian church
sunday evening. h,eIuuinE NJ 7.f5
O'Clock The class Is one OF tho lar.
'ti DOB recent years The commence
mont exercises viii De- held on June
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-06-06

inC the afternoon and tho other last
night. on the Island show grounds.
The weather was ideal and the cir
Gus drew largely. not only from the
city and suburbs. Dut from surround
ing towns and country districts.
During the morning a magnificent
street pageant. declared TO be the
best seen in Wheeling for several
years. was given.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-06-06
LAD INJURED

While playing with some other BOYS
un fhD Martins Ferry Fairgrounds.
Louis Williams. residing 0r zane
Dts collar bone Dr trhauEh Of Mar
tins Ferry waited on him and TO-
HUr"N fh' fracture ~ his homo Do
was reported to be- resting easily last
UIeHt
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-11-24
HOW LOCAL BUSINESS is HURT

To confess a fault. or a wrong,
frankly and without reservation. is
at least an indication of a wish to
atone
The confessions that | am about
to make here, unreservedly and with
out evasion, are prompted only by nv
desire to show to the people in the
smaller cities and towns Of America
the absolute folly and anwisdom of
tine policy of supporting big mail or
der establishments, at the expense
land absolute loss of the hard-working
local business men who are doing
their best to build up their own COM
munit1es; ali of which work benefits
land adds to the prosperity of every
resident of the home town: at the
same time adding most materially to
the value of every foot of real estate
In the community.
| Of the ninety-odd millions of souls
and bodies that inhabit these United
States of America q very large pro-
portion live In the country and in
small towns and villages.
| These people are the producers
They raise the grains and foodstuffs
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-11-24
PerversitY of Human Nature.

The perversity of human nature will
assert itself even with the best reg
ulated disposition. When we should
work. we want to rest, and when we
are enforced to rest, then work is
craved. In the midst Of pleasure days
or vacation days, the exhilaration of
busy days seems more allurlng- In
swelterins summer the cool winds of
winter are recalled as welcome mem
ory, and in the biting frost of winter
the sweltering days Of the good old
summer time mellow into a pleasant
recollection. The days of leisure, long
anticipated as haven Of hope when
it was planned to do so much OF the
neglected work and reading, slip away
under the spell of doing nothing-and
again we realize the age-old truth that
the lash of necessity and pressure of
the duties of the present accounts for
many things accomplished that would
not have been achieved if one fell IN
der that inherent impulse to loaf that
inspired Omar Khayyam, and the fas-
cinating spell of lethargy captures it's
willing Publishers Depart
ment," in National Magazine.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-11-24
HAT COLOR AND TRIMMING
Dark Shades the Most Popuiar-Dec-
grafton is Largely Made
Matter of Taste.

In hats the fancy as regards color
Is unchanged. Black forms quite two
thirds of all the models shown. then
comes mixture of black and white,
and then all the dark colorings, most
particularly very dark shades of
brown and bronze-green. There are
some very striking shades of dark
blue (almost invariably accompanied
with white velvet flowers or a white
plume), but brown, especially of now
tlme-honored tete-de-negre tint, is in
great favor.
Thls latter is very often relieved by
touch of pink, but on the whole very
little color is seen, and the all-black
hat whether large or small, is quite
as popular as it was in the beginning
of the season
AS trimming We have heron plumes,
vulture plumes, all sorts of aigrettes.
fur and the terribly tortured ostrich
feather. The latter, indeed, is ac-
knowledged only to be really chic
when twisted and disguised out of all
knowledge. Thus we have this feath-
er clipped in alternate patterns all
up the central stem: "scorched." by
which the whole feather is passed
through heat of sufficient intensity to
scorch the plumage, leaving only the
delicate skeleton barbs; dip. into
an acid, or treated with a kind of
glycerin, which sticks the feather
fronds to the stem, giving the appear
ance which is now held to be the SUI
preme chic. Flowers, if used. must
be of conventional shape, and made of
beads. jet, sequins or gold and silver
tissue.
Gold galloon as a trimming for a
tailored hat has quite vogue, and
there are several very attractive little
black felt and velvet models, with
their impudent little brims edged w h
gold galloon, and plain band or fiat
bow as sole trimming around the bot
tom of the crown. Some of the large
hats have bows of gold gauze, ar
ranged in the diaphanous fashion of
the tulle bows of summer.
The shapes are most varied among
the small hats-toques, turbans and
a variety of the boat shape-which,
made with perfectly narrow and fiat
brlm, are all very much seen
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-11-24
GOES WITH WRITING TABLE
Penholder and PenWiper Combined Is
Most Useful Article to
Have at Hand.

This is intended for hanging upon
the wall by the side of the writing
table. For constructing it thin
piece of wood measuring five and one
half inches in length and three inches
in width will be required. This is
covered on both sides with watered
silk, sufficient material being left over
on the lower side for the cover of the
penwiper. Diagram A explains this,
the dotted line indicating the point at
which the material is stitched togeth-
er at the lower edge of the wood.
Two small brass hooks (similar to
those used for hanging cups on
dresser) are screwed through the silk
and into the wood. in the positions
shown in the sketch, and at the top
two small rings are sewn on by which
the holder may be suspended from
nails in the wall.
The silk forming the exterior of the
penwiper is lined with sateen, and the
whole thing is edged throughout with
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-11-24

warning against the kimono shape.
which is still shown In many garments.
1t is tolerated only when the sleeve
reaches to the wrist and when it is
tight below the elbow, but this is the
only form in which it should be con-
sidered by woman buying new
clothes
The fitted sleeve is much better in
every way, for the peryersion of the
armhole has been a nuisance to the
Wearer. No sleeve is as comforta bic
as the one set into a regulation arm
hole that is properly cut. All, there's
the rub. When is the armhole we'll
placed? Once out of twelve times 1t
is too small or too large, too far over
the arm-the usual trouble-or too
deep at the back In the cut of SIM
pie armhole there is needed the high
est mastery of ones trade as a cut
ter!
Coats or loose blouses that have the
raglan sleeve are not to be avoided
This season, that especial shape is &C
cepted, and it is exceptionally COM
Portable. 1t is not strictly fashionable,
mind you, and it does not look we'll
on every shoulder, but there is no rea-
son against buying a garment which
has it, if the purchaser likes it.
The elbow sleeve in every form is
second class. Even in informal din
ner gowns and blouses it does not rank
with it's two successors; the directoire
and the Grecian. One shows all the
arm, or, none. That is the law.
Even as belts on one-piece frocks
they have been discarded, giving place
to splendid girdles of ornate Chinese
embroidery. AS waistcoats they have
been replaced by fur.
All stripes have not vanished from
the fashions The broadly marked
silks like those worn during the
French revolution have been revived
for whole gowns, not for trimmings,
and there is a wonderful new fabric
for evening gowns woven in gold and
black stripes, the former being the
foundation fabric. something like
cloth of gold.
Not new, but still smart, are the
three ruffles arranged diagonally about
the hips, and very new are the long,
tight lace sleeves.
Copyright, Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-11-24
STRAIGHT LINES NOW
FASHIONS CHANGES MUST BE
KEPT WELL IN MIND.
New Ideas VIII Be Accorded a Warm
Welcome for Many Reasons
Strict Law as to Make and
Placing OF Sleeves.

Bear in mind when searching for
new clothes that all the various loops
anG folds and tucks that disfigured our
coats last year are happily absent We
are dressed now in straight lines,
which is the most suitable choice for
the average Anglo-Saxon figure What
ever is plain over the hips is good,
provided it is not too attenuated at
the hem.
True, the American woman nor her
dressmaker is not prone to follow the
new law for wide skirts 1t may be
that the American commercialists are
holding back the full swing of this
fashion until later in the season when
they count on it for combating a dull
season in ideas. 1t will give people
new reason to buy if the really wide
skirts are forced after New Years.
They will take the place of the frocks
from Paris which are advanced by the
French designers for the early season
on the Riviera and in Cairo.
The tight long sleeve is well estab-
lished and perhaps no woman needs a
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-11-24
Persistence of Stripes.

We heard much anent the sudden
popularity of stripes of the vivid
Roman sort They were too popular,
we were told, to last.
Perhaps they were. Perhaps the
stripes thct are so lavishly used this
season are shade duller and less
vivid than those used last season. But
at all events, roman stripes, modified
slightly in vividness. are still in use
The latest thing in stripes is the
striped bow on the candy box One of
the smart candy dealers sells huge
round boxes of chocolates tied with
wide bands of soft, roman striped rib
bon with a big. rosettelike bow on
top This box of candy is truly at
tractive.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-11-24
Thoughtful of Her.

Some time ago little girl, not more
than six years old, rambled into a
grocery store and asked for five cents
worth of animal crackers. The clerk
was about to put the purchase in a
paper bag, when the youngster sud
denly interposed.
Just a minute, Mr.. Smith," said
she. Are there any elephants among
those crackers?"
ooh, yes" was the indulgent re-
joinder of Mr. Smith, Il put in a whole
lot of elephants"
Then you must take them out
again, please" decidedly returned the
small customer My little brother is
dreadfully afraid of elephants"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-11-24
HOW TO GET THE BOYS CONFI-
DENCE.

Not long ago boy was arrested
in New York and tried in the chill
dren's court. The first thing he said
to the officer was: Don't tell Mr.
Watkins" Mr.. Watkins is a man
who had taken q special interest in
this boy from the slums and was try
ing to help him. He would often call
at the boys house and invite him
out for good time, or take him
with him to his home. While in
court the fear that Mr.. Watkins
would find him out seemed to trouble
The boy most. He did not seem to
care much that his parents knew of
his arrest, because he had been scold-
ed and nagged by them until he had
become calloused. He knew that Mr.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-11-24
MOST CONVENIENT PUFF BAG
Easy Method OF Carrying 1t, and 1t
Is Always at Hand When Needed
for Use.

A satisfactory and convenient way
of carrying a tiny powder puff about
with one is to incase it in soft little
lingerie bag that takes up no room to
sneak of, and put the whole in the
bosom of ones gown, quite next TO the
skin. in fact. The necks of the gowns
are usually low, so that it is a simple
matter to tuck the puff out of sight
lust below or at the side of the aver
age V-neck and to surreptitiously OBJ
tain it with quick turn of the back
of ones companions, give the nose
hasty dab and return the friendly puff
to it's place of concealment. 'But,"
YOU say, 1.-The mirror-what of that?
Suppose we get too much powder on
the end of our nose. We don't like
to look ridiculous, you know"
An easy question is that to answer.
If you really must have mirror. put
one into the bottom Of the little puff
bag. face out. so that you can. with
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-11-24

This is the first of a series of articles
exposing the methods for obtaining the
peoples money resorted to by the writer
der houses They are the confessions"
of a man who was in the mail order bust
ness for many years and the revelations
d business nature the writer withholds
his name, but he is known to most of
the big concerns as a capable and clever
manager, and he knows whereof he
speaks. To those who read these con
fessions' he will be known merely as Mr..
M. o. XII
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-11-24
No JeStinu Matter.

One has need of discretion in fok-
ing about the kaiser when one is in
Germany Even those in high places
must use caution in this respect, as
one parliamentarian, Eugene Richter,
discovered. The kaiser has a great
liking for boar hunting, and one day
in joking way before the reichstag:
Yesterday the German emperor
and SO of the noblest of the nation
ran for two hours after an old sow"
The kaiser saw nothing at all funny
in this, and he made it known by
sending the surprised Richter and an
editor, who published the joke. to Jail
for nine months each
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-11-24
Former Rulers of the Sea.

England's shipping, of course, is
now more handicapped than that of
any other nation. Three centuries
ago the Dutch would have beel1 the
greatest sufferers, the Pail Mall Ca
zette remarks. Sir Walter Raleigh,
in his observations Concerning the
Trade and Commerce OF England" la
ments the fact that the people of Hol-
land were outstripping the English,
and monopolizing the carrying trade.
by the structure and roominess of
their shipping and sailing with few
er hands than our ships could
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-11-24

a fine silk cord. The interior of the
penwiper is composed of number
of '1eaves" of black cloth cut in
points at the edges.
The simple design which appears
upon the upper part and is repeated
again on the lower part can quite
we'll be worked from our sketch.
The colors of the materials are a
matter of choice, but gray watered
silk with gold silk cord, and the de-
sign embroidered with silk of a color
to match the latter, would look strik-
ing and effective.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-11-24
Not ENOUGH TO Go Round.

In Arkansas in one of the smaller
towns new, colored clerk stood be-
hind the desk. A travelling man en-
tered and registered.
Sam, give me call for six
o'clock" he ordered.
The clerk ran his eye down the call
sheet, and saw that all the spaces in
that column were taken. "Ah is sure
sorry, boss he explained, but all de
six o'clock calls done been taken. All
can give you-all a call for seven
o'clock "-Youth's Companion
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-11-24
To Prevent FADING,

To prevent the fading of ginghams.
calicos and lawns, dissolve five cents
worth of sugar of lead in pailful or
Iukewarm water. Put the goods into
If and let stand for three or four
hours. Wiring out, dry and press IN
tbe usual way This process also
shrinks the goods.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-11-24

If some of the notables of ancient
times were living now, how differently
they would acti
Noah would charter an ocean liner.
Nero would step into the parlor and
turn on the photograph. while Rome
burned and the heather ragged. Ben
Hur would pilot 6o-horsepower rae
ing car and spin around saucer
tracks. Jason would hire the great
detective to find the Golden Fleece,
Instead of going after 1t him
self. Icarus would mount to the sun
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-11-24
Substitute for Platinum,

So great is the demand for platinum.
for use in electrical apparatus. that
many efforts have been made to de-
wise some substitute that can take its
place and be produced at moderate
price. A recently patented substitute
that is claimed to be suitable and sat
isfactory for electrical contacts con-
sists of an alloy of 45 per cent plat
mum, Is per cent gold. % per cent sill
yer and is per cent copper.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-11-24
Rest for She Married Man

why do you have your Office on tbs
same floor with dentist?" asked Mrs.
Gabb. Don't the painful noises wor-
ry you?"
Sometimes replied Mr.. Gabc "Buc
l enjoy the painful silences.
What do you mean by a painful
silence?" asked Mrs. Gabb.
That's when the dentist gets a
woman in the chair and puts a rubber
dam in her mouth" replied Mr. Gabb.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-11-24

an upward turn of the hand view
vour nose at a glaLce. When you tuck
the bag into your bosom it is best to
Mace if so that the mirror does not
touch the skin, for the cold contact
of the mirrdor will give little shock
at first. and besides, the mirror will
not then be as bright and shining as
YOU wish after its contact with the
warm flesh.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-11-24

In a Bleriot monoplane, without fear
of its wings melting of Napoleon
would invade Russia In Pullman pal
ace car. Demosthenes would go on
the Chautauqua circuit Cain would
plead circumstantial evidence, self.
defense and emotional insanity.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-11-24
ScaIIoped Velvet.

One of the new models shows vel
vat skirt scalloped about the bottom,
the scallops bound with satin. There
- long headed tulIe tunic finished
at the bottom with a bead fringe.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-11-24
confidenc. Slow Of crou,+h

Confidence Slow Of Growth.
You cannot open confidence as you
do an oyster; 1t expands gently from
within in response to a genial, stimu-
lating influence from without as bud
becomes 4 rose.-George Jordan.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-11-24

A mans wife seldom thinks his ILL.,
ness is serious until he quits using lam
guage that wouldn't look well in print
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-11-24

YOUR OWN DRUGGIST WILL TELL YOU
Try Murine Bye Remedy for Red, Weak Watery
inst BYE Comfort Write for Boo. of the I'VE
BIZ mali Free Murine Bye Remedy O. Chicago.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-11-24

Philadelphia's annual water con-
sumption is ITS gallons per capita.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-12-12
The Walnut.Stained Boy.

Don't censure the boy whose HANDS
are discolored with green walnut
stain. Any boy that will put in his
idle time after school hours pounding
green waln:lts with stout club, sepa-
rating the hull from its hidden treas
ure, deserves a word of praise and
a word of encouragement. We've a
warm place in our heart for such a
hoy. The green walnut is an unfailing
sign that he has ambition and energy
and that he has exercised these ster-
ling qualities by looking after No. |.
He may have stored walnuts for his
own use during the winter or he may
have sold them. 1t really doesn't mat.
ter how he disposes of them-the
strong point in his favor being that he
got them and has stained hands to
prove it. II in after years he tackles
life's tasks without fear OF getting his
hands soiled we'll wager he tastes OF
success.-E Courier.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-12-12
SOFT BERTH FOR RUSSIAN
His knowledge of Japanese Super
fetal, But It Secured Him a
Professorship.

The war in Europe and rumors OF
war nearer home have given occasion
to Japanese papers to publish some
"reminiscences OF the war with Russia.
When peace was concluded between
Japan and Russia the study Of the
Japanese language became something
like craze among Russians. At Har.
bin, for instance, Japanese we're in
great demand as teachers Of their
mother tongue. Many Japanese bar.
bers and laundrymen shut up their
shops and became instructors Of Jap.
anese AS in most cases the inStruc.
ton was not conducted on systemat-
ic method, many Russian students o!
Japanese only succeeded in acquiring
smattering of the language. Some
time ago a Japanese Interpreter who
taught Japanese to Russian railway
men at Hardin, received :, letter from
one of his whilom pupils asking for a
certificate of his proficiency. AS
matter Of fact, his knowledge OF Jap
anese does not extend beyond what
may be called pidgin japanese, but Il
certificate was forwarded to him as
required A few weeks later the in
terpreter was surprised to receive
letter from the Russian, informing
him that he had been engaged by the
government as professor of Japanese
at monthly salary Of 500 roubles.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-12-12
Cheap Power.

Natural steam coming UP through the
ground is cheap power for running
an engine in the northern Tuscany
mountains Lakes Of hot water in the
vicinity Of the steam boles contain
much boracic acid. and manufactur
ing company uses the natural steam Il
run machinery for extracting the valu
able boracic acid from the lake water.
The only difficulty in this pieasan:
state Of affairs Is that the steam itself
is so highly charged with hnracic aclt
that it would injurc the blades Of .
turhirc engine. so the steam is TseG 1t
heat ~ I'm ordinary !ni''". ana thr
steam from The !io:;rr IS then used IL
the turbine. The steam Is caused ~!
volcania. action ai! comes ~ Ihrou~i
blOwhult:; Il; y cU:i>i!"r;i!r" pressure
Saturday Evening Posi-.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-12-12
Women Who Are Sea Captains.

America is the only country where
the full title of captain" has been be.
slowed upon women. This was strik
ingly illustrated a few years ago by a
decision of the London board Of trade,
which refused to grant yachtmas.
ter's certificate to Lady Ernestine
Brudenell Bruce. well-knOwn yachts
woman of England. who had thorough.
ly prepared herself for the eXam.na-
ton in seamanship and navigation.
She appeared before the board OF
trade and asked to take the eEamina-
ton, pointing out that she merely de-
sired authority to command her own
yacht and had no intention Of serving
on board other ships. Tie board CT
trade, nevertheless, refused 10 grant
her request. on the ground that II
could not permit woman to be eX-
amined for masters certificate. as
the word master" Clearly implied that
only men we're eligible. not taking IN
to considerations the broader meaning
Of the word.