davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-06-25

yellow and green, il possible, and
paste them over the openings in the
disk as shown in Fig. 6. Then punch
a one-quarter-inch hole through the
center of the disk, and fasten a small
silk-thread spool over the hole for a
hub. To the outer edge of the rim
fasten a common thread spool for a
handle.
For mounting the disk upon the box,
you need a stick shaft, and a hole
must be punched through each side
of the box, in the position shown at
D Gig. %, for this shaft to run
through.
To operate the colorscope, slip n
postcard into the holder and drop the
holder through the slot in the box
cover; then stand beside a window.
with the side of the box on which the
disk is mounted turned toward the
light; look through the pair of holes
In the end of the box, and turn the
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-06-25

the ends of the slot and the side edges
Of the cover. In the end Of the box
opposite to that on which you have
been working, cut a pair of holes
about n and one-quarter inches in
diameter. Space the pair n inch
apart. With the cutting done, fasten the
cover to the box with paper strips.
Figures 3 and 4 show how to make
the holder for the picture post
cards that are to be viewed. The dot
ted lines in Fig. 4 show where to
bend over the edges to form grooves
for the pictures to slide into.
The color screen, shown in detail
in Figs. 5 and G, is OF a cardboard disk
about twelve inches in diameter.
Three openings of an equal size should
be cut in this disk, with straps left be-
tween them just wide enough to hold
the center in place, and a rim around
them wide enough to be rigid Zig. 81.
Get three pieces of tissue paper-red,
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-06-25

buckle. Three small silk-covered but
tons are added, by way of finish. set
on the pointed loop.
In the center figure the ribbon is
put on in a sash about the row with
a fiat shirred rosette applied on the
side crown. The sash Is caught to
the hat at the right side with a tiny
cluster of button roses. The center
of the rosette is finished with a SINH
lar cluster and two pointed ends of
ribbon extending from 1t to the edge
Of the brim.
In the third picture a five-inch rib
bon Is shirred over q fine wire on
each edge and a shining thread is
run along the middle. BY means of
these shirrings a ribbon fan is formed.
Two lengths Of ribbon. one Of which
is knotted at intervals, are used for
encircling the crown. The unknotted
length is slipped through the knots
in the other length and tied In a
little bow below the shirred fan.
Milan hats like these are not at
all hard to trim, and the home mil
liner may manage them very success
fully. The shapes are more expensive
than less durable straws, but by fol-
lowing the copy and trimming them
at home one may save the expense
of the milliner's work and bring the
price down to the allowance made.
The home milliner will accomplish
better results by following a copy
than by trying to execute independent
ideas. For children's hats are de-
signed by specialists, and even the
professional milliner is guided by
their work.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-06-25
Don't Forget to Spray.

No farm work pays better than
spraying the trees, berry bushes and
grape vines. Attention to this mat.
ter at the proper time assures immu.
nifty from the insect enemies and
good crops OF perfect fruit are the re-
suits.
Don't spray trees while the bloom
Is on, for that kills bees. and bees are
valuable assistants in %pollenizing
fruits.
A spraying outfit for the farm need
not be large and costly. and will save
its ouu value the first year 1t is used,
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-06-25

ABOUT the most durable and among
"a the most elegant of shapes made
for little girls, are hats of fine milan.
Great numbers Of them have been
made this season, trimmed in prac-
tical and attractive ways with plain
or figured ribbons, silk covered but.
tons and rings. silk t~assels, fiat braid,
flowers and other novelties suited to
juvenile millinery.
Ribbon, as in former seasons, is
more in evidence on children's hats
than any other trimming. But, In a
time when the millinery Of grownups
Is SO universally flower trimmed, it
is natural that this vogue should be
reflected in hats for little people.
Therefore, on lacy, dressy hats for
midsummer wear one sees tiny
wreaths and little nosegays of the
best known flowers adjoining chill.
dren's hats. But on the heavier
straws. particularly on milan, the best
effects r wrought with ribbon trim
ming.
Three good shapes, pictured here,
are trimmed with plain messaline rib
bon. The methods of applying it are
worth studying because they are char
acteristic Of children's millinery and
so different from the elaborate bows
and ribbon on hats for grownups.
In the first picture the crown Of
the shape is covered with figured
crepe, and a large buckle, cut from
buckram, is covered with the same
material. A sash Of No. GO messaline
ribbon is folded about the crown. A
loop Of the same ribbon, one hanging
end, and a long knot, is fastened fat
to the shape, under the covered
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-06-25
In the BustIe COMING?

WIN the bustle return? This is a
favorite question when fashions are
discussed. The punched draperies at
the back of some skirts. and the wired
sash ends and loops on other gowns
suggest that the hustle OF the eighties
is In the mind Of the costume designer.
But these little fashions In adornment
.nre only a variation Of the old idea,
and we will not, It is expected. be
asked to accept such barbarities az
actual bustles. To eyes accustomed
to the ~present-1av straight lines the
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-06-25

with which to do the cutting Gig. %.
Draw a head and neck upon a piece
of cardboard, using Fig. l as a pat
tern to copy from. and cut a slit in
the round face of one of the halves of
the cork. as indicated by dotted lines
In Fig. 1, for the lower edge Of the
cardboard neck to fit into.
The turtle Gig. 81 is built upon a
pickle-bottle cork. The head is 4
piece Of cardboard. with eyes marked
upon it in ink, and the feet are four
other pieces of cardboard. Fasten
the head and feet to the upper face Of
the cork. near the edge, with a couple
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-06-25
retrospective

81 have lived 81 years, last grass"
confessed the Old Codger. during
which | can truthfully say that I have
done little to be ashamed of and still
less to be proud of,"-Kansas City
Star,
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-06-25
For Handy Boys and
Girls 10 Make and Do
Copyright by A. Nicely Hall)
CORK TOYS FOR THE BATHTUe.
BY A. E HALL,

Ducks. swans, turtles and boats OF
different patterns for floating in the
bathtub, furnish fun by the hour. and
they are toys which are easily made.
For the duck Gig. y get a medium
sized tapered cork, and split 1t in half
from end to end, using a sharp knife
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-06-25
Annual Rainfall.

According TO IN estimate by Sir
John Murray. the total annual rainfall
upon all the land of the globe amounts
to 29.347.4 cubic miles, and OF this
quantity 6,524 cubic miles drains OF
through rivers to the sea.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-06-25

platform to the corks with long car.
pet-tacks or pins.
The little house is made of stiff
writing-paper, cut to the pattern
shown in Fig. g.. This pattern shows
but one.half OF the house. and must
be marked out twice. The dimen-
sions Of the house may be whatever
you wish to make them, the only i'm
portant thing to look out for being
to make the walls short enough so
there will be space on the platform
around the house for a walk. Cut
along the solid lines. and fold along
the dotted lines. The portion ID on
the end piece is a doorway, and is cut
along one side and top, and folded
along the third edge, for a door. The
PORTIONS marked w are window open
ings.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-06-25
Horse In a New Class.

Miss Sanborn's cook, hearing of the
immense grain bills. advised. If |
were you. miss, | wouldn't keep my
cows this winter, except the horse"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-06-25
Eattenlnq Hogs.

Make use of the cheap foods OF the
farm for fattening hogs.
Pasture. rape and forage crops will
produce gains at a moderate cost.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-06-25
circumstances Alter Cases.

Crabshaw-"I thought they we're
violently opposed to the motor carr
Mrs. Crabshaw-"Oh, that was before
they could afford one."-.,Tudge.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-06-25

remarkable curves affected then
would appear quite g%rotesque.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-06-25
Not Good for Hous,

Bran is a coarse fibrous food not
adapted to the digestive organs Of the
pigs,
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-06-25

The best quality of pork is produced
by feeding wheat, rye, oats and other
grains carrying considerable nitrogen
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-06-25

disk handle SO as to allow the light
to pass through each OF the three
pieces OF colored tissue paper. The
light passing through the yellow It's.
sue paper will produce a sunlight ef.
feet, that passing through the red will
produce a sunset effect and that pass.
ing through the green an effect Of
moonlight.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-27

cording TO the present program. Mr..
OLaughlin will leave the Jason at
the Italian port and travel to Vienna
and Berlin TO superintend the ship
ment of the gifts to Austria and Ger
many.
Few vessels ever will be afforded the
space in the British press that was
devoted to the berthing of the Her
aids Santa Claus ship Wednesday.
Every London newspaper printed more
than a column about the Jason and
it is safe 10 say no humanitarian envoy
ever stirred Britain more deeply than
did the vessel carrying the gifts of
the American children to the orphans
of war-swept Europe.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-27
WILSON READING
IDEA is APPROVED
Speaker Before National Teach
ers' Council Applauds the
Presidents Action.

Chicago. Ill, Nov. %. - President
Wilson's custom of reading personally
his message to congress was approved
in a paper read by Orton Lowe, assist
ant superintendent Of schools in Al
legheny county, Pennsylvania, before
the annual meeting of the National
Council of teachers OF English here
Not all pupils can be taught to write
nor even speak we'll" said Lowe, but
almost anyone of average intelligence
may be taught to read. Reading is the
most vital branch of English teaching,
especially oral reading President
Wilson recognized this when he re-
turned to the practice OF delivering
state papers by word of mouth"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-27
President Expresses Feel
ings on Dropping \ExpIo-
sives Upon Cities.
NOTE TO AMBASSADORS
White Does Not Indicate, How
ever, How Message Is to Be
Delivered to the Powers.

Washington, d. c., Nov 27.-The
president today communicated unoffi-
cially to diplomatic representatives OIL
the United States in foreign countries
his disapproval of dropping bombs by
aircraft on unfortified cities occupied
by non-combatants.
The president was careful to make
it plain that the matter was purely
unofficial, and for that reason he did
not make communication through the
state department, but addressed the
American ambassadors personally
Just how the diplomats are to convey
the presidents feeling in the matter
tc foreign governments has not been
disclosed at the White house.
Turkish Incident Closed.
The incident of firing on the United
States cruiser Tennessees launch at
Smyrna by a Turkish fort is closed,
said Secretary Bryan today, after max
ing public a report from Ambassador
Morgenthau forwarding a statement
from the Turkish minister of war lay
ing the blame on the pilot of the
launch. The minister's statement re-
GREETED that the carelessness of the
helmsman of the launch made it nee
essary for the fort to fire a third shot
when two previous ones fired as a
warning of mines were disregarded.
President Soon to See Vandyke.
Williamstown, Mass, Nov. 27.-Pres-
ident Wilson, who spent Thanksgiv-
ing with his daughter, Mrs. Sayre,
and who planned to leave for Wash
ington -on a late afternoon train to-
day, expects soon to see Henry Van
dyke, American minister to the Meth
who recently returned to
America, and is reported to have a
message from Queen Wilhelmina rel
ative to means to bring peace in Eur
ope
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-27

Meuse and in the Vosges there is moth
ing to report"
Kaiser Pays Tribute to French.
Paris, Nov. PA tribute to French
valor by Emperor William, who de-
clared he hoped yet to see France and
Germany united by ties of sincere
friendship is said to have been paid
by the emperor while visiting French
wounded in a hospital at Metz. The
incident was described in a letter from
a captain who was undergoing treat
ment.
Serbs Claim Victory.
Nish. Servia. Nov. 27.-OficiaI state
ment regarding fighting in northern
Servia: "The battle which commenc-
ed Nov. 81 on Lazarevatz. Mionitza
front, in which we repulsed the enemy
and took 100 prisoners continues. On
the 21st our heavy artillery lombard
ed Austrian monitors off Semlin and
forced them to withdraw, at the same
time silencing the enemy's artillery"
Holy War Proclaimed.
Constantinople. Nov. PA procla-
nation for a holy war has been pro-
claimed. 1t Is signed by the sultan
and % Moslem. priests and calls on the
Moslem world to unite against Great
Britain, Russia and France.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-27
AMERICAN IN
MEXICO CITY
LOOT VICTIM

Washington. Nov. o7.-Despite as
surances of Carranza that no Mexi-
cans who served General Funston dur
ing American occupation of Vera Cruz
would be molested, one such Mexican
has been arrested. Consul Canada
did not give details.
Continual quiet prevails at Vera
Cruz, but the new civil government
has not yet fully organized. Business
houses are open Sale of liquor is
permitted except to known drunkards.
All kinds of American and Mexican
money is in circulation.
The CarranZa general. Candida Ag-
uilar, congratulated the consul on the
clean condition IN which the city was
left by the retiring Americans.
From Mexico City comes report
that the property of an American
dairyman named Hill has been looted
by soldiers. The state department has
asked Consul Silliman 70 see that the
guilty party is punished
Ell Paso. Texas. Nov. 27-Part of
Villas troops have entered Mexico
City. but Villa is still at Tula. The
first train in many weeks left Mexico
'ity for Juares today.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-27
BURGLARY CASE
NEXT ON TRIAL
Man Charged With Robbing
Weather Prophets Home
Will Get Hearing.

When the Laughlin case was given
to the jury in circuit court this after
noon the case in which Oliver Whited
is charged with burglary of the home
of S. c. Coralla, Hampton, of goods
and money worth S176, was scheduled
to have been taken up.
Mr.. Coralla, it will be recalled is the
weather prophet, who has taken sides
against the government weather bu-
reau. He reported the loss in Sep
tember and the arrest of Whited fol-
lowed.
1t is charged that a wallet valued at
81. a postoffice money order for Sc,
SIS in currency, and a diamond scarf
pin valued at $3.50, were stolen in the
burglary. The September grand jury
indicted Whited on a charge of bur-
glary and larceny and for larceny in
the second offense.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-27
WORK WHOLEDAY
UNLOADING GIFTS
Jackies of Santa Ship Transfer
Presents for Britain's
Orphans.

London, Nov. 27-Laying aside their
full dress uniforms in which they We'd
nesday received the magnificent well
come rendered to them by the British
government, the officers and men OF
the U. S. S. Jason, moored in the
Plymouth navy yard, yesterday began
the big task of unloading the huge
share of Yuletide freight destined for
the children of the United Kingdom.
Under the direction of John Callan
OLaughlin and Commander Courtney
and aided by sailors from the naval
station, the jackies worked from dawn
to dark transferring bulky packages
by the thousands from the Jason's
hold to English soil. Not only must
the vast array of gifts for Britain's
little ones be ashore before the Her
AIDS treasure vessel sets out Saturday
morning on the second lap of her trip,
but the greater part of the Belgian
consignment as well must be landed
Progress was slower than had been
expected because the cars provided for
the transportation of the precious
cargo to London were somewhat small
er than usual. Mr.. O'Laughlin and
Commander Courtney had intended
to come to London, but the business
that confronted them was so strenu-
ous they were unable to get away.
Another duty they were obliged TO
perform at once was returning the
calls of the military and naval officials
who received the Jason on her arrival.
Among those upon whom the American
and the commander
called were Sir George Fmerton, ad-
miral, commander in chief at Plym-
outh; Major General Penton, COM
mandant of the fortress. and Mayor
Baker of Plymouth corporation. Mr..
OIaughlin said he expected the dis
of presents would be fin
ished soon after noon today, when he
and Commander Courtney will take
the afternoon train for London, where
they will be guests at a luncheon given
In the Savoy by the American Lunch
con club. They also will call upon
Page, Earl Beauchamp
and Under Secretary Ackland. They
will return to Plymouth at midnight
and the following day the Jason will
get under way toward Marseilles. her
next port of call.
From Marseilles the ship goes to
Genoa and from there to Saionika, ac-'
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-27
MUCH INTEREST TAKEN IN
ALECTURE ON MORMONISM

Much interest has been stirred up
by the announcement that DR.. H. w.
Reherd, president of Westminster col
lege, Salt Lake City, will address the
Mems class of Broadway Presbyterian
Sunday school on next Sunday morn
ing.
Dr. Reherd is well known in this
vicinity, and the class is fortunate in
being able to secure him for an ad-
dress. During the past year he has
been engaged in studies at close range
of religious and social questions in
Utah, and the results of his studies
have attracted national attention to
his work. He has made some nota-
BILE addresses of late, calling the at
tention of Christian people to the
needs of their brethren in the great
Mormon state.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-27
The War Today
(eY ASSOCIATED PREssl

me campaign in France and Rel
gum, regarded as the main conflict
oi the war, seems to have entered on
new phase. Germany has relin.
pushed the offensive and fighting has
resolved itself into small skirmishes
involving few men. II remained 10 ba
seen whether Germany's tactics wore
prelude 10 another onslaught as
London has been predicting, or wheth,
er Germany meant to thrust on the
allies the burden of attack in order
to drive out invaders.
Seldom since the war began has
there been such conflict and. incom-
pleteness in reports from the front.
but so far as could be learned from
ohicial announcements there is little
change in any quarter. The situation
in Russian Poland is particularly puz-
zling. An official Austrian statement
Is that fighting has become continuous.
In western Galicia it is said the Rus
slams have been repulsed by the Aus
trians, but the latest reports from Ber-
lin say the outcome is not yet decisive,
though partial German victories are
reported. Opposed to this are unofi-
cial statements from Petrograd. Paris
and London that Germany has been
defeated decisively. Earl Kitchener's
announcement in parliament is that
Germany has suffered the greatest re-
verse of the war. For nearly a week
these claims have been made, yet the
Russian war offices have not issued a
definite statement as to decisive de-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-27
WARSHlPS FROM
EUROPE HURTFUL
Coast Trade Between North
and South America to APP
peal to Beligerents.

Washington. Nov. 27.-Determ:ned
TO reduce the effect of the European
war on trade in Pan-American coun-
tries. the chief nations of South Amer
lea are endeavoring 10 get cooperation
of the United States in seeking an
agreement among belligerents TO WITH
raw warships from neutral waters OF
the two Americas This would per
NIT unmolested coast trade between
North and South America President
Wilson will confer with Secretary Bry-
an on the subject in a few days.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-27
Members of the Crew of
BuIwark MutiIated Be-
yond Identification.
800 Is NUMBER KILLED
British Warship Believed to
Have Been Wrecked by an
Internal Explosion.

Sheerness, England, Nov. 27.-Thir-
ty bodies from the British battleship
Bulwark, which exploded yesterday.
were recovered from the river Thames
today. Most of them were mutilated
beyond identification. Up to now
list of the lost has not been given out.
London, Nov. 27.-That the battle
ship Bulwark. blown up off Sheerness
yesterday with a loss of all her crew
of 500 except IA, was a victim of an
internal explosion seems more plausi-
BILE with the gathering of additional de-
tails An official inquiry has opened
at Sheerness.
The force of the explosion aboard
the boat was so great that houses in
Sheerness, and even in Southend
seven miles away. and on the other
side of the Midway were violently
shaken. The people fed into the streets
in alarm. When the great ship blew
up, dense clouds of smoke and flame
shot into the air.
So terribly was the Bulwark rent
that it was impossible to render her
any assistance. Immediately after the
explosion the vessel was blotted out by
smoke, and as the veil slowly lifted
handful of men were seen struggling
in the water. Small craft rushed to
their aid and picked them up. Some of
the crew were badly mutilated.
Band Plays at Death.
A touch of the dramatic was added
to the catastrophe by the fact that the
band of the Bulwark was playing
when the explosion came.
The disaster occurred while the Bull
wark was lying at anchor off the naval
port of Sheerness, near the mouth OF
the Thames, but the officers of the
port scout the public impression that
the vessel was the victim of German
These seem to be sup
ported by the absence of an upheaval
in the water as the first lord of the
explained.
Although only Is years old and no
longer on the first fighting line, the
Bulwark still was useful unit. The
loss of the ship, however, was moth
ing compared with the heavy loss in
trained officers and men, with whose
relatives Mr.. Churchill expressed in
the house of commons his deep SYM
pathy and sorrow. The Bulwark for
a long time was the flagship of Ad-
miraI Charles Beresford in the Medf-
terranean.
British Collier Strikes Mine.
The collier Khartoum (British), was
blown up by a mine off Grimsby. The
crew was safely landed. Grimsby is
Is miles southeast of Hull.
English War Loan Over Subscribed.
London, Nov. 27-Chancellor Lloyd
George announced in the house of com
mons today that the war loan of ST.
$50, 900, 900 had been greatly over-sub-
scribed.
The chancellor gave no figures ex-
cept to say that the figure of the loan
vas enormous and that hundreds of
of individuals subscribed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-27
THANKSGIVING STOPS
USUAL GYM EXERCISES

The gymnasium schedule for the Y.
NJ. c. A. physical department was
somewhat crippled on the day after
Thanksgiving. Ma attempt was made
to hold classes during the day on ac-
count of the arrival of the delegates
for the state conference of boys. To
night, however. the young mems class
will meet as usual at 7:15, and to-
morrow the regular class schedule will
be followed, beginning at 9:15 with
the prePs and following right through
as usual.