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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-04-17

Our hmm Furniture Stock occupies
tire building of FLOORS, on which ar
$500 Of furniture all grades
is the Home of Fine Upholstery in New
England and it is doubtful duplicated
exclusive and wide
We specialize Mn-aS fabrics
Rugs, Carpets, sands trawM ating of
in fact eveyd
this Country Europe, represented assortment
We this kind of Merchandise
New England
Curtains and Draperies range homhe medum grades
othe finest We specialize
elusive cannot found elsewhere
Wall Coverings Of all kinds
We are showing exclusive patterns personally selected
abroad, that be duplicated IN America
China and Glass occupy almosan entire with
aaockuneq in For we are
showing more il Dinner
Kitchen Utensils IN entire floor of the New - aasas
is
in England Here the Housewife finds EVERY
NEEDFUL
Mattresses and Bedding this section specialize
bedding and bunalow-aways at
the oweapr high gadem materials and best
WORKING ip-madc in our own perfect
These stocks are constantly enriched and kept the
highest point of value and variety by frequent
Europe by number of Experienced Buyers these lines.
Furnishings FREE auywhe,r Massachusetts
Furnishings V250or deqea FREE
nhh, ndsueed FIR EE wnut youber N0 EaAzaa
Jordan Marsh Company
The Very Centre of Boston' Shopping District
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-04-17
Supremacy
In Home Furnishing
This IS byfarMe Aarges1 compAete Home
FURNISHING Store in Nezv England

We are proud that thousands of satisfied Gus
TONERS regard this as the store of Largest Stocks
and Best values in-Furnture, Upholsteries and
Curtains, Carpets, Rugs, Floor Coverings and Wall
Coverings of all Kinds.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-04-17

all Furnishings anie,ed FREE anyDher Massachusetts
andAHpm purchases Of House Furnishings ahosa FREE
mauyghe other NeaU England Stae AHmrsAaud except House Fur,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-29
Not Enough.

MRS FLORA SPIEGELBERG, eco
1vA nomic investigator of New York,
was talking about her plan for a
municipal ash and garbage incinerator,
which would save the city over 5000, GOO
a year.
Mrs. Spiegelberg pointed out how
much more sanitary as well as economi
cal it would be for householders and for
incinerating plants to mix garbage and
ashes together. the I've in the latter act
ing as a disinfectant for the former.
We fust adopt this new system,
which succeeds SO well abroad said she.
1T is not enough for a man to know a
good thing when he sees it. He must
seize good thing when he knows it,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-29
Descendants of ACadians.

THERE lies in the Gulf of ST. Law
renee small group of islands. called
the Magdalen Islands, that are said to
be populated by lineal descendants, to
the number of three or four thousand, of
the Acadians who, under Champlain and
De Monts, were driven by the English
from New France.
1t appears that since the first settle
ment in 1T6' generations of the same
families have raised their scanty crops
in the valley and fed their sheep and
cattle on the high, conical hills that con-
stitute a prominent feature of an insular
landscape.
These people are also fishermen. They
search the waters of the gulf for cod,
mackerel and Holsters. They are sim
pie. primitive people, laborins under most
.discouraginS conditions.
The archipelago whereon they have
their homes embraces some twelve OF
thirteen distinct islands. including several
great rocks that are not and never can be
inhabited. The most remarkable feature
of the physical formation of this group
is to be seen in the way in which one
island is. in some instances, connected
with another by Il long stretch of sandy
beach. one may. if he desire. proceed
for score of miles or more along the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-29

lively through all the points of the photo
graphic film of the subject to be trans
mitted. and which is folded around a
cylinder moving helicoidally. These rays
change their intensity according to the
shading of the picture, and then strike a
record plate of selenium placed in the
telephone circuit Thanks to the pecu-
liar property of selenium. electric cur
rents are thereby produced of which the
intensity is in exact proportion to the
rays of the lamp reflected on the sele-
mum plate. and which, in turn, are deter
mined in intensity by the shading of the
various parts of the picture.
At the receiving station. these electric
currents of varying intensity play on an
osciflating reflector. the slightest oscila-
tons of which regulate in exact proper
ton to the varying intensity of the cleo
trio current. the rays of another electric
lamp focused on a camera In the lat
ter is incosed d cylinder of the same
diameter and motion as the one at the
transmitting station, with foil of sensi-
tized paper which thus receives success
Sively the exact impressions transmitted
with all the shadings of the original
picture.
In practice, this has been found an I'M
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-29
RaphaeI's Prices.

THE 'Panshanger Madonna of
Raphael has been purchased by p.
A. B. Widener for 100000. OF this pic
ture George &. LukS, the well known
New York artist, told a story yesterday:
"A friend of mine in Washington
Square he said. was showing his can
vases to a lady from Wawa
And here, madam says he is an
exact copy of the Panshanger Raphael,
which Mr. Widener has just bought for
100000. And all [ ask for it is a five
dollar bill
Whats the cause of the difference
in price, said the lady from Wawa.
Competition. ma am said the artist.
The business isn't what it used to be. "
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-29

records of which rotate automatically
with the clockwork, and it has an attach
ment by which the hour of the day is
repeated by the photograph. The invent
or expects his clock to come into general
use Ill factories. stores, schools, bar
racks. hospitals. asylums and other in
situations, especially for the night watch
Another German invention-the 'Draht-
lose Empfangsuhr,' wireless receiving
clock-is expected to revolutionize the
keeping Of time in the country, where the
old-fashioned clock in the church tower
with its indifferent regularity. frequently
proves inadequate for rural progress. BY
the wireless receiver attachment the
clocks of all villages and towns within
given radius can be regulated automati-
cally, so as to give a uniform and cor
rect time.
A wireless station in the center of the
district by means of the Hertzian waves
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-29
Bad Both WayS

DAUL RAINEY was describing to-
New York reporter some of his ad-
ventures with lions in Nairobi
Once, near our bait of putrid meat"
he said. II awoke from light doze in
the dawn to find lion actually shifting
at my feet. l reached for my rifle and,
with 'whoof,' the lion was gone"
You must have felt rather queer"
said the reporter.
1T is strange said Mr.. Rainey,. but
the one thing that ran through my mind
was story-a story about a man who
had staid out at banquet very. very
late. This man awoke in the dawn, and
saw, perched on the foot of his bed.
an orean-grinder's monkey that had
climbed in through the window.
His hands trembling, his eyes blood
shot. the man drew his revolver from
beneath his pillow and said:
If you're a real monkey it's a bad
lookout for you, and if you're not it's
bad lookout for me-
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communicates with each clock in the vi
cinity, which thus acts as an ordinary re-
receiving station, its mechanism being di-
rected simultaneously with that of all
the other clocks by wireless electricity
Aside from the commercial advantages
derived from this system, it has been
suggested that in some parts of western
Europe this wireless receiving clock
should influence politics to perceptible
extent. because it would no longer be
possible during election time TO shift the
hands of the clocks according to the mo-
mentary needs of this or that candidate
under the wings of the local authorities.
Still another German invention recent
ly caught public interest and is believed
to have decided commercial possibilities.
1t seems to have solved that most intri-
cate problem of playing mechanically on
the violin. The instrument is a COM
bination of piano and violins. since the
latter instrument requires accompani-
ment. and the two automatically at
tuned though they can be played indie
pendently.
ANY music that can be played on the
electric piano can be played also on the
violins of which from one to three can
be played at the same time The violin
has four bellows, one to place the violin
in contact with the bow. second to
press the cherd. producing at the same
time the desired sound, a third to re-.
lease the pressure and a fourth to regu-
late the motion of the violin across the
bow. instead of vice-versa as with the or
binary instrument.
In this manner the air from the bellows,
operated by an electromotor, enters the
piano and produces the same tone as is
produced on the violins' All the bellows
are placed under the piano, the exterior
of the instrument showing nothing of the
delicate mechanism inside. Some enthu-
siasts see the day when quartets, quintets
and sextets will be played mechanically
and perhaps even orchestral pieces.
Improving on a German invention, a
French physicist has recently brought
one Of the interesting problems of our
times perceptibly nearer a definite solu-
ton. 1t is the problem of transmitting
photographs by electricity. German eN-
periments have made it possible to trans
NIT photographs over telephone wires, for
certain distances. blythe use of selenium,
which has the property of conducting
electricity in proportion to the amount
of light that is shed on it.
The process is a very curious one. At
the transmitting station the rays of an
electric lamp are made to pass success
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-29

right to demand twenty-four hours
notice if any depositor desires to draw
out an unusually large sum.
Deposits ranging from 10 cents to
$40 are received by the Business High
School bank and larger sums may be
deposited by special arrangement. In
this bank are kept the funds of various
high school organizations. as well as
the money of the lunchroom conducted
at the Mckinley Manual Training
School. Since it's organization: in the
fall of 1911, thousands of dollars have
been handled by the pupil officers of
the depository A large percentage of
the boys and girls who have not fin
ished their courses leave their money
on deposit over vacation. y small per
cent of interest is paid to the de-
positors.
The pioneer institution. which may be
cited as a good example of Washing
tons high school banking establish
ments, is situated at the end of the cor
ridor on the top floor of the building.
Here, from S:45 until 9:15 every morn
ing and from 2:10 to 2:30 o'clock every
afternoon, except Saturdays and school
holidays. the cashier paying teller and
other officers take their stations and
take in or give out money to the hun
dreds of depositors.
The bank is equipped with a small
safe an adding machine, account books
and other paraphernalia. Each de-
positor has regulation book, and in
Withdrawing money or making deposits
must use the regulation slip furnished
by the bank. A set of rules governing
depositors is printed in the deposit
books and is rigidly followed.
Charles Hart, head of the department
of business practice at the school, is in
charge of the bank. although his work is
largely that of overseer nasmuch as the
pupils themselves handle all of the bust
ness When the directors of the institu-
ton meet each month detailed report is
rendered and business is conducted with
quite as much formality as in the profess
sional Institutions. Frequently the board
is addressed by the officer OF CONNER
cial bank.
This is one OF the educational factors
which broaden the boys and girls who
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-29
The Male Tangoer.

EINLEY PETER dunno said at a
dansant in New York:
There are seventy-two steps in the
tango. Girls dance these seventy-two
steps beautifully. But look at the men,
Mr.. Dunno exploded with mirth. Just
look at the men. These poor wretches,
wrestling with the tango's seventy-two
steps. remind me of widower. AS this
widower, the evening of his wife's fu-
neral. brooded before the fire, friend
patted him on the shoulder and said
Don't take 1t so hard, old man. Why,
any one, to look at you, would think YOU
were dancing the Tango"
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compose the directorate. All of the stu
dents, however. are benefited. according
to the heads of the schools, by the init
macy with financial affairs which the
school bank promotes Some of the
things which they learn in connection
with the schools financial institution they
probably would learn from books, but, it
is pointed out, through the means herein
described they learn the same much more
quickly and easily.
Following is a detailed statement from
this bank which might show in part the
bank is truly business institution:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-29

subjects taught in the school, and
through it the pupils are taught to CO.
ordinate the work of the eye and the
hand. Drawing and the art of designing
are the first studies entering into the
making of any article of metal for Mr..
Saugstadt insists on having a design
made that meets with his approval before
the pupil is allowed to start actual work
Arithmetic and geometry naturally often
find place in the making of the design.
Then. when the work is under way, chem
lstry, too, plays part The pupil must
know how metal is oxidized and how
various colors obtained, as well as
what chemicals are best for cleaning pur-
poses. Very often other subjects enter
incidentally.
One feature of the work which MIR
Saugstadt believes in emphasizing is
that before pupil starts, even to design
he should know for whom the article is
intended, if it be to wear, or where the
article is to be placed if it is to be
household furniture. Then the designhas
to be made accordingly so as to make
the article tit in with the general scheme
of things
For instance said Mr., Saugstadt, IF
pupil wished to make a cavalier for
a delicate lady it would be necessary that
the piece be delicate also. The article
must be of such a character as 10 set
off the lady and not to detract from her
So, too. must tho pupil know. if ne is
using stones in the cavalier or pin
whether the gift is for a blond or a
brunette. Further. the maker of jewelry
must know whether the receiver be tall
or short. thin or stout. If the article
be for household use. the maker must
govern himself according to the environ
ment IN which it is to be placed
Thls work, it is believed. will prove
permanently popular and not merely a
passing fancy. So interested have A
number of the graduates of the school
become IN IT that they have formed a
handicraft guild and meet at the. school
regularly to exchange ideas. While ideas
may be obtained from other workers and
from other metal work which the pupils
nave seen displayed, those in the classes
are never allowed to COPY directly from
any article.
MI Sausstadt hopes to obtain another
room for the work of the classes in hand
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-29
A Magazine Poets Dreams.

A PRoPos Of a song writer who makes
"a $50 a year by writing music a
magazine poet said:
ITO make $50 a year out Of music is
pretty good It's as much as I, sue
cessful poet, make out of verse.
When they see my poetry in all the
magazines people think that live at the
big hotels. Alas, they don't know the
magazine poetry rates!
"A young lady said to me the other
day:
81 like your poetry so much: 1 have
often heard the expression, beautiful as a
poets dream. Tell me, what are poets
dreams like?'
We'll. my dear young lady, replied.
mine are usually about three square
meals day, clean linen and an occasion
al fve-cent cigar"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-29

by means of gelatine of bichromate on
which the picture is reproduced in relief
and which by contact with a needle pro-
duces the desired variation in intensity
of the electric current
The last experiments with this process
made it possible to transmit a number OF
photographs and sketches from Paris to
Bordeaux in less than five minutes, with
almost perfect results Further improve
ments are regarded as certain to have
revolutionary effect illustrated pub
licity.
A combination of telephone dictasraph
and typewriter is a recent American in
venton which. it is thought. may soon be
perfected to the point of commercial use
fulness. 1t is apparatus that trans
mits dictation directly onto the type
writer, which reproduces the dictation
precisely as though it were typed in the
ordinary way by an operator.
1t is difficult to say how far-reaching
the effect of such an invention will be-
not only from a commercial, but also from
the economic point of view of doing away
with the stenographer. 1t is even be-
lieved that this machine can be developed
SO as to be used for long-distance die
tation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-29

NJ c tai w orkin g,
Banking and Shooting
Taught Educational
Value of These Studies,
According to the Edu-
cators-How the High
School Banks Are Con-
Quoted Girls Expert
With the Rife - The
Popularity of Metal
Work.
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icraft so that this art may be extended.
1t is felt that great progress
has already been made in this line, much
more could be done with additional IA
it is contended. For instance,
some of the pupils may be hammering Oh
a bowl. The instructor desires to explain
some point to other pupils who are work
ing on more delicate objects. With the
present facilities either the hammering
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ZzSVI

must be stopped temporarily or the point
must remain unexplained. With anothe"
room the work could be extended III many
lines. too. it is pointed out.
Thrift is taught by means of the
high school bank. Washington now
has two. the pioneer one being at Bust
ness High School and the other. very
recently established. al Eastern High
School The popularity of these in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-29

r IKE South Africa and Australia,
South America boasts of a species
of the ostrich, called nandu by
the natives. 1t is interesting to watch an
ostrich hunt in the Argentine pampa, or
prairie, the weapon employed being an
unusual one This weapon is the bolea
dora. rope to which three or four
metal balls are attached and which is
used by the herders in Spain.to deal with
a fractions bull.
Any one who has seen Spanish
ranchero hurl the boleadora at a bull S
horns knows what terrific weapon it
is for the most ferocious of them-an
animal that will dispose of tiger in the
ring in less tina five minutes is instant
ly stopped by the bobeadora and made
tractable.
The argentine cowboy. or gaucho, who
as a horsemap has no superior anywhere
in the world, sets out in quest of herd
of wild ostriches. still found in abundance
on the plains and in the brush, and after
an exciting chase that will generally
lead him far from his base brings down
a few birds by skillful handling of his ball
rope. The meat is used for cooking if
the bird is not old and tough, in which
case the dogs get him, while the feathers
are sold.
Ostrich feathers from South America
are not as highly priced as the South
African ones because the Argentine os-
trich is rather smaller than his cousin
across the South Atlantic and his feath-
ers are not as abundant nor fine.
However, fair trade in exporting these
feathers is being carried on from Ar
gentina and ostrich raising has become
an important industry in South. America.
rTt,.. wild oSt rich Va hich uSed q he, found
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HE high schools
of Washington
have as numerous
and probably as
varied activities
as have any high
schools in this
country. II i e b
school courses of
the present day
dcviate far from
instruction in the
three RS and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-29

even the Latin and Greek. which were
of such Importance only few years
ago, are not now necessary Tor .
diploma. But some of the new studies
as we'll as the "after-school activities.
really merit the term unique. And IN
these activities. not found in all of the
high schools of this country, is genu-
inc educational value. according to the
belief of leading educators of Wash
ington.-
The study which stands predominant
in tn, Districts high schools because
of it's novelty. perhaps, is metal work
ing. This is a comparatively new study
here. and while it is carried on in con-
nection with the art work of most of
the schools. it has been most highly
developed at the Mckinley Manual
Training School, where one teacher,
Olaf Saugstadt. has supervision of this
work only. Despite the fact that an
entire room is given over wholly to the
work, Mr.. Saugstadt has found his
quarters entirely too small for the
. number of students who wish to en-
gage in the handicraft. At the present
time the classes are limited to pupils
of the two upper classes who have
made an average in their first two
wears of art work of not less than 50
per cent
Two reasons exist for the popularity of
metal work. The first is that the
Youngsters are able to make beautiful
we'll as useful articles which they may
present as gifts to their friends, and the
second is that by developing this art
they can find remunerative employment.
At present two graduates of the insti-
tuition are making between $40 and SO a
week filling orders.
Nearly anything can be made in metal
by the pupils. Hat pins cavaliers.
lamp shades, bowls, plates stick pins.
rings, watch fobs. belt buckles, chafing
dishes. breast pins. watch chains, spoons
card and ash trays, candlesticks and
whiskbroom holders are a few of the
articles which have been made by stu
dents in these classes. The first work
is usually done in less expensive metals
but later the use of silver is allowed
Many of the articles are set with stones
and canoes. The material used is paid
for. of course, by the pupil.
This work has large educational value
inasmuch as it touches on several other
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RANoHERo THROWING THE BoLEADoRA.

everywhere in the Argentine pampa Is
rapidly disappearing only to reappear i'll
captivity on the immense estancias, as
the Argentine ranch is called. In cap
tivity they breed as freely as in their
native habitat. there really being very
little difference between the two, given
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most barren shore in the world. uninhab-
tied and unrelieved by vegetation of any
sort. The only animal life visible is
that of the thousands of gulls, terms
gannetS and other sea fowl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-29

satisfactory process. especially on account
of the difficulty encountered in obtaining
a selenium mass sufficiently homogeneous
in its chemical composition to act as
steady conductor and because of the
slowness with which selenium trans
forms light into electricity.
The new French process does away
altogether with selenium, the picture at
the transmitting station being obtained