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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-02-26
Gypsy-Llke Coiffures.

Something of the gypsy must be In
every woman-these strange new head
dresses have attained such instant
popularity.
For evening functions bits of hon.
nets of shirred velvet in shades of
brique are bound about the head.
These are edged with fur and trimmed
with a single flame" of scarlet para
disc. Scarfs and NUTS to match are
used
For evening affairs OF a more
elaborate character bands of tulle
ornamented with great jewels are
worn around the hair II 1t is
an opera, milady removes the
band and uses a flame" of para
disc, up one side of the couture, with
a real or an imitation jewel attached
to the tip of the feather. This bends
the paradise over, like whip, and
gives new and pretty line, rather
becoming in a couture.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-02-26
WHEN SONNY COMES HOME

An Atchison family has been talking ever since
last September of the JOY the members would
experience when a son who away at college
came home for the holidays. says the Globe of
that town. In the months he gone his room
refurnshed.
His mother and sisters began weeks before the
holidays to make out menus for the breakfasts
luncheons and dinners during the happy time
when he would be home for the holidays
The day Of his arrival he was whirled home in
the family automobile and welcomed by the WON
en- folks in the family in their very best clothes
served at once. He grandly sat down to the table
and raved the elegant things he had to eat
in eastern restaurants and the dining cars
He was taken to his room, but failed to observe
that a hardwood floor. rugs and new furn
ture and draperies had replaced the old. He was
called to the telephone Some of the boys wanted
him to meet them somewhere. He promised and
went After that the boys and girls kept him
busy.
Mother and the girls packed the danties in bas
kets and sent the baskets to the poor; they were
not hungry and the family idol did not eat at
home. Every once in a while his room looked as
though cyclone had struck it, he had come
home to dress to go somewhere
Yesterday mother and the girls received a
hasty peck their cheeks, and in a minute the
family automobile had whrled the family idol
to the train. He had spent about Is minutes OF
his vacation in the household where he was so
worshiped. His next vacation will come in the
early summer but he will need his overcoat In
that house; there is movement on foot to freeze
the family idol.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-02-26

how few women will ever see living egret, much
less an egret's nursery. However it is hoped that
if the accompanying illustrations looked at
sympathetcally they will, perhaps. some OF
the grace and beauty that are present in the liv-
ing scene
The exact locality OF this bird paradise had bet
ter not be named; South Europe will be definite
enough! Here, hidden away amid a rolling waste
of sand and scrub, the little tarn, which bears
the colony, lies sparkling like jewel in the sun.
out Of its still waters grow gnarled and twisted
tamarisk bushes, whose dark green foliage, as we
draw near, is seen to be thickly spangled over
with host OF snowy birds.
Every branch and twig has got its load of grace
full forms, the birds looking from a distance like
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-02-26

THE great variety in hats made of
Jet combined with other materials,
gives reason to think that the Jet
trimmed hat is destined to usher in
the spring and remain throughout the
summer. Already hats made of Jet
and maline. or Jet and lace, with a
touch of velvet in their composition,
have appeared, and, while appropriate
for present wear, they are airy
enough for summer. The jet hat does
not belong to one season but to all
of them. 1t is a good investment in
millinery
Many of the new hats are quite
high. The shapes themselves are
moderate in height, but the trimming
gives the effect of very high crowns.
This phase of the new styles is liked
for the combination of jet with ma
line or lace. Two hats of this kind
are shown here, both of the prettiest
of the latest models.
In one Of them a turban shape is
developed with band Of jet covering
the brim and soft pulled crown Of
maline. Over and around this crown
there is a standing ruffe of maline
doubled supported by fine wires.
No other trimming is used. Such
hat is useful at any season. Thanks
to the recent discoveries of manufac-
turers, the maine is not as fragile as
1t looks. 1t has been made water
proof. The Jet is one of the few mil
linery materials that have lasting
qualities.
The model Of Jet and lace is also a
turban shape. 1t is somewhat elongat-
ed and has soft crown of silk and
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-02-26
Women in the Trades.

Has any one ever seen a woman
plumber? There are not many per-
sons who could reply in the afirma-
tive. but according to the report Of
the census of England and Wales re-
lating to occupations and industries
there are Sc women who ply the call
ing OF plumber OF these - are wild
ows. The same blue book, which has
just been issued, shows that women
have succeeded in establishing them
selves in a number OF indu7-r ies
where their presence is unexpected
There are 10 women paperhangers and
whitewashers, four bricklayers, all Of
them women, but only one woman
coachman Three women appear un-
der the heading of 'clergymen, priests
and Minister'S and four are coal heav-
ers. There are 347 car men and wag
oners and 231 women blacksmiths and
strikers" Only one woman occu-
pies herself with making patent fuel,
only three women are shipwrights, five
women are "tramway car makers"
and finally, England and Wales can
boast Of 80 women carpenters and
joiners and IA women masons.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-02-26
STRIKES IN ODD WAYS
VAGARIES OF CYCLONE ARE IN.
COMPREHENSIVE.
Reports of Their Action Read Like
the Work of Imaginative Writers
of Fiction, Though They Carry
Only Actual Truth.

Cyclones of the sort that recently
devastated the colliery valleys Of
South Wales are very rare in this coun
try, says Parsons Weekly. This
particular storm, the fiercest ever
known in Britain, carried a man near
ly a quarter of. mile through the
air before dashing him down to death
1t threw tombstones about, hurled shop
goods into the street and took the
roofs off hundreds of houses.
Cyclones as a rule occur only in hot
countries. Their fierceness is due to
a sort of hole in the atmosphere
The air all around rushes in with ire
mendous force to fill up this hole So
a cyclone is really a sort of a cart
wheel OF winds, fierce gales blowing
along each spoke toward the hub,
which is called the eye" of the cy.
clone.
In a cyclone the "cartwheel" is
much smaller than in an ordinary
storm, and the winds are correspond
ingly fiercer. There are authentic in
stances of cyclones driving flying nails
into trees and planks right up to the
head. Straws, too, have been driven
half through stout doors.
\ very curious thing about cyclones
is that a house caught in the eye of
one has its doors and windows burst
outward. not in. This was noticed in
Wales, and accounts for the contents
of shops being hurled INTO the street.
The reason is that the eye of tor.
nado being empty Of air, the pressure
of air within a closed house against
the empty space outside makes the
house burst outward as if it contained
charge of dynamite. Air everywhere
has a pressure OF fourteen pounds to
the square inch.
1t is this suctioa that makes a cy'
clone draw corks from any empty bot
ties 1t finds in its path.
Any one caught in a cyclone often
finds that dust or mud is driven into
his clothes under such pressure that
repeated washings refuse to remove it.
The tremendous lifting power at the
eye Of a cyclone is shown not only by
its hurting men and even sheds into
the air. but by the curious fact that it
usually leaves every well in its path
quite dry. 1t is this upward suction
that accounts for waterspouts at sea.
In countries where cyclones are com
mon every house has a cyclone eel
10 - oil 60.
clone is on its way.
The only good point about a cyclone
as compared with an ordinary storm
is that the track along which it trav-
els is always very narrow one. Its
path is seldom more than 200 or 800
yards broad. On each side Of the
track where a cyclone is spreading
death and destruction the weather is
often quite average.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-02-26
MAKE THEIR OWN LIGHT

Among the most remarkable of all natures
phenomena is the marvellous lightgvng power
QI many OF our common plants and animals OBJ
rves the New York American.
Under certain conditions nasturtiums sunfow-
s, dahlias, tuberoses and yellow lilies may be
zen to glow with a soft radiance varying in
'lor and intensity. Only those flowers that have
abundance of yellow orange shades exhibit
is phosphorescence, The best time to see the
5ht is after dark but often intermittent and
lshing.
Often in the early fall the ground will be il
minated by the glow from the dead leaves. The
australian poppy is the most remarkable of all
he luminous plants, for It has been found to
end out light of its of quite noted bril-
ancy.
Mushrooms growing on decayed wood often
have degree of brilliancy that, when they are
placed on a newspaper, will enable one to read
the words in their vicinity with other light.
One species of mushrooms in Australia, 16 inches
in diameter, OF such brilliancy that seen from
a distance, its light frightened the natives
More interesting than the luminous plants are
the luminous animals The Pacific coast, famous
for its many curious specimens of plant and ami
M e, is the home of many of them
these. the ascdians are most noteworthy
them, the pyroscama was seen first as
big a bucket When captured it was
to be a foot long and open at end, at
there was faint light When touched the
once blazed forth into vivid silver phos
'ence. One of the animals kept in a dark
furnished enough light for the reading of
I sized print.
FEATURES are of almost indescribable beau
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-02-26

maline. Handsome black Chantilly
lace is wired to stand up about the
crown. 1t is slashed at each side and
outlined near the edge with a line
of Jet spangles. A beautiful coronet
of jet extends about the brim, rising
to a point at the front Small bows
of black velvet ribbon are poised at
each side. Little bouquets are often
placed in this position, instead Of
bows. They are made of little, fine
bowers or little fruits.
Quite the reverse of high, one Of the
small close-fitting caps of straw braid
Is shown with band of jet about the
edge. Nothing could be simpler in
shape 1t is trimmed with jet orna-
ments, one at each side, consisting Of
fiat cabochon into which a spike Of
jet is apparently thrust. In spite OF
its simple shape and construction, this
model is smart and almost startlingly
novel.
There is no doubling the favor with
which these hats Of jet have been re-
ceived by those who are the first to
buy spring millinery. They will be
worn during the whole season, but,
as no one is content to own but one
hat, after holding the center of the
stage for a while, they will be rele-
gated to second place, with flower and
ribbon-trimmed millinery taking pre-.
cedenCe.
A black hat should always be among
the belongings of the well-dressed
woman, for there are times when it
is needed and nothing else will do
quite as we'll
JULIA soTToMLEY
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-02-26
Electrifying Terminals.

An investigating committee, financed
by the railroads themselves. is said
to have drawn up a report in favor of
electrifying all passenger lines within
the city of Chicago, including those
devoted to suburban service. Such a
report should end all controversy on
this ong-dscussed matter, and usher
in the era of action. The city council
should provide for prompt electrical
ton in any terminal ordinance that
may be passed, and the executive
branch of city government must see
to it that such provision is enforced.
This will make a beginning-an only
a beginning the work of clearing
smoke and SCOT out of Chicago's at
mosphere. Railroads are not the only
offenders in this regard, though OF
necessity they are the most conspicU-
Gus ones. Chicago Journal
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-02-26

steps all morning; sometimes he van
ishes and returns at dismissal hour.
On a recent rainy morning Macs
master and nurse went home earlier
than usual. Mac arrived at the proper
time for dismissal and sat on the steps
in the rain. An hour later he was
seen there by Miss Jones.
ooh, dear mel" said Miss Jones.
There's Willie's dear little dog, and
Willie has gone home. The little fell
low will get lost"
So Miss Jones called Mac in, at.
tached bit OF string to his collar. and
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-02-26

stone combined are in great favor just
now. They are the last word in the
matter of brilliance and look we'll on
any color or mixture of colors.
Besides the little vest there is the
girdle OF brilliant silk ribbon or
piece goods, and the specially good
wide velvet ribbon. Plaids and Ro-
man stripes in such fascinative color
combinations that one instantly falls
in love with them, furnish many of the
girdles. Brocades are liked, but to
be worn at the same time as a bril-.
liant vest, the girdle of plain velvet
ribbon furnishes about the best
choice.
These girdles appear to be adjusted
loosely about the figure and extend
somewhat below the waist line. But
think no. that this is easily or care
lessly done. They are carefully placed.
the wearer adjusting them in front OF
her mirror and pinning them with the
smallest Of tiny safety pins on the
under side. The pins do not show, of
course. The girdles. if of ribbon,
are nearly always crushed bit. The
effort these days is not to make the
waist look trim" and small, but to
suggest ease and freedom.
The effect of a handsome, harmonf-
GUS girdle in toning up a gown can
hardly be oyerestimated. That girdle
makes the gown" is a comment one is
apt to hear when a successful girdle
lifts an ordinary gown to its own ele-
giant level.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-02-26

length to make it. 1t is a touch of
gorgeousness meant to brighten up
and lend lustre to the quiet garb.
If one owns coat suit OF a good vel
veteen or satin or any other of the
popular suit fabrics, the separate vest
and girdle will tone it up to fit the
most exacting of occasions. For the
afternoon tea dance, the matinee, the
formal call, the club reception, in
fact, for functions to which one wears
a hat, the little brilliant vest and the
smart girdle make the suit impress
sive.
1t is happy idea to have a bit of
the same coloring in the hat worn with
these chic accessories. The small black
velvet hat has made opportunities for
the addition of trimming to har-
monte with colors worn in the cos
tune. Crowns covered smoothly with
the same rich and snowy fabrics that
are used for making vests, will be
found effective.
The s'nall waistcoats are embellish-
ed wi handsome cut steel, Jet or
rhine buttons. Jet and rhine
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-02-26
Germans in Mexico.

There are between 5000 and 5000
Germans in Mexico. They are promi
nent as promoters OF electrical indus
try, and they lead in the brewery bus
mess. There are large German brew.
cries in Monterey, Toluca and Orizaba
while in the state of Oaxaca half Of
the coffee crop is in the hands of the
Germans. They have suffered small
loss by reason of the revolution
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-02-26
VESTS AND GIRDLES
FOR ELABORATING
THE COAT SUIT

IN ORDER to change the appearance
1 Of your dressy coat suit, or for
the sake of celebrating your toilette
upon occasions that demand it the
separate vest is thing of beauty and
a source of comfort. 1t is made of
the handsomest and most brilliant of
fabrics; bits of rich, highly colored
brocades, gold embroidered satlns,
and ribbons which cost more than
their weight in gold. But the little
vest Is small and takes only short
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-02-26

The largest flower in the worlo
grows on the Island of Mindanao. Its
habitat is far up the Parag noun.
tain, $500 feet above the level of the
sea The natives give it the name
of Bolo Its full-biown blossom, five
petaled, is over three feet in diane.
ter, and weighs % pounds. The flow.
er was first found in Sumatra and was
called Rafflesia Schadenburgia, in hon
or of its discoverer (whoever he
WaSl
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-02-26
Flower Powder Puffs,

Small wonder that the heart Of the
silk velvet rose or whatever fabric
flower Madame Modish elects to adopt
as corsage ornament is of generous
1t needs must be capa-
cious, for 1t holds tiny ribbon-tied
silken bag and within the bag is a
powder Northumberland, to be sure.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-02-26

sailed forth in the rain, carefully lead
ing the hero of many a rambling esca-
pade. the tried veteran of the road.
Il WIS so afraid the little dog would
get lost so far from home," explained
MISC Jones to Willie's mamma.
Willie's mamma glanced at the can
inc Ulysses and gravely thanked Miss
Jones. Mac wagged his tail and sat
down to map out an excursion to Yon.
kers.-New York Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-02-26
latest In TYpeWriters.

One of the America 5ewriters
sold extensively in Inc has per
fected an arrangement III it can
print the 800 charactt s ot
the Bengal alphabet
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-02-26

Newest among neckwear in the roll
ing collar Of fine white boiling cloth
or batiste attached to a sleeveless
guimpe of the same material tucked
These collars are soft yet stand,
high and have crisp. dainty appear
ance.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-02-26
A RARE ACCOMPLISHMENT.

81 am determined that my child shall have
one rare accomplishment to help him through
life"
What is t?"
81 propose to see that he learns the words Of
the Star Spanged Banner"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-02-26

adventurer. His is the Wanderlust He
himself on lengthy, self-conduct-
nd ranges over large areas.
n seen all alone as far up
street, bold carefree, alb
of himself and of his
And he always does ar
IN his wanderings quite
metimes he shows indi-
been in fight.
lay he accompanies
masters nurse to
'ol five blocks from
ne waits on the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-02-26
HOPELESS CASE.

I'm afraid my is hopelessly stupid"
What's the trouble at college? History or
geometry"
signals"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-02-26

The American mountain sheep are
the greatest leapers in the world.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-02-26

OUR hat, II you please.
madam; We must have
that aigrette." Such is
the startling demand
made by the United
States customs officials
OF unwary lady passen-
gers disembarking at
New York nowadays.
Deeds, not words, at last!
And effective deeds, too,
thnv nrn,nisn To T. II
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-02-26

lily other legislatures will fol
low the example thus set by
America, and ban the importation
of birds feathers, True, for long
there have been protective meas
ures formulated to reduce the
wholesale slaughter of wild birds,
but their inadequacy is common
knowledge. The case, In its prac-
teal aspect, is almost exactly par
allel with that of the protection OF
birds eggs. 1t is useless to strike
at the agent or collector; so long
as the demand exists supply will
be forthcoming-check one col
actor and another takes his place;
throttle the demand and. de cavsa,
very collector at once gives up the
est. So long as the importation
expectation of these feathers
nT"hih' d only Oil a large
basis, while the indi-
;tual consumer, was al
pass unchallenged, so
means be found to
81 rough the plumes. At
last, Il er, it seems that a blow
Is beins ,med in the right direc-
ton, and now, when the attention
II the fair sex is thus focused
apon the subject. it is an opportune
time once more to place before
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-11-05
BULLETIN FROM HOSPITAL.

The patients temperature has be-
come practically normal. He shows
few signs of febrile excitement.
He has wholly recovered from the
shock of the severe operation to which
ne was unwillingly, but unavoidably
on his part, subjected about August L.
He is taking all the nourishment he
can get and showing an increasing in
terest in schemes for getting more.
His mental condition has greatly
improved. He no longer talks about
putting up the shutters Of his ware
house or hanging Grape on his door
knob.
He is showing signs of impotence
to get out and go to work again. He
is. in fact, out part of the day and
working had on some e enter
prise.
Translated into the language of the
hospital bulletin that is the present
condition of that distinguished patti
ent, American Business, as shown by
the fact that 27,136 more of his freight
cars were at work On September Is
than on September 1. His complete
recovery, with some change in direc-
ton of activities, especially to the
southwark, may be confidently pre-
dicted.-Chicago Herald Qnd.).
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-11-05

the Bible as truth and God as Creator,
though believing that He has used and
is using evolution as d method of de-
Yelopment, just as Burbank, the plant
wizard, has evolved, for example, the
spineless cactus. The theistic evolu-
ttonists not the fact that the word
create" (bara) In Genesis is said of
cny three things: the original Of mat
ter, the ~orgination o fanimal life, and
the Origination of the spiritual being
Of man. Between these creative acts.
they hold, there was the perfecting and
completing of the world which3Ein
their nomenclature, Isl only anethes.
name. OF evolution. We reject any
theory which contradicts anaantaKo-
nlzes or discountsth the Word oflGod.
We may add that we appreciate the
vigilance provided it be 2hypersensf-
tive or s~hypercrftical, that would keep
cur textbooks free from destructive
keFesies. Let textbook commissions.
teachers parents, press, and people
generally guard well the educational
literature whfch4So largely mouIds the
citizenry Of the Observation-Disclosures
coraeres sS@2as W .ss.i