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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-05

Mrs. Philip Sheridan and little daugh-
ter Corlena have returned from Non
quit, Mass. where they spent the
summer as the guests of Mrs. p. H
Sheridan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-05

Mrs. Manus McCloskey and little
daughter Sarah have returned from
|Tobyhanna, Pa. where they spent
most of the summer.
Maj. McCloskey and son Monroe will
return shortly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-05

daughter, Margaret. left Wednesday
on a trip to Richmond, Petersburg and
Roanoke.
Mr.. James Sidney Douglas, jr., is
spending several days in New York.
Mrs. William Bryant and little daugn-
ter, who have been spending the sum-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-05

ericksburg, Va, where they will make
their home.
Mr.. William Z. Swan of Rosemont
spent the past week in New York.
Mrs. Thomas Rowen and son, Thomas,
spent the past week at Virginia Beach
Mrs. w. Clifton Cunningham and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-05

Mrs. Donnelly. wife of Capt. Edward
Donnelly, and son Harry were in the
post for few days, but left in their
car for Tobyhanna. where they will
be joined by Miss Bewick, and return
here before the troops arrive.
The usual Friday night hop was
postponed last week, as the ma jority
of the officers were away.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-09-09
Physician of Eminence.

DR.. Richard Pearson Strong, having
quelled the epidemic Of typhus fever
in Serbia, thereby saving countless
thousands Of lives, now returns to this
country to resume his place as pro-
lessor of tropical medicine at the
Harvard Medical school He had pre-
vious plague experience in the Phil
ippines and China. Doctor Strong
was born in Fortress Monroe, Virginia.
March IS, 1872. 1t is said that even
as child he was attracted to medicine
as a profession, and that the medical
officers at the fort were his chosen
friends. He graduated from the medi-
cal school at Johns Hopkins, winning
his NJ D., in 1897. Then came year
as resident house physician at the
Johns Hopkins hospital. He entered
the army July %, 1898, as assistant
surgeon. After his splendid work in
China he was induced to attach him
self to Harvard university, where he
has operated along research lines.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-09-09
How Much Radiun7 /?

Efforts to determine the amount of
radium in the ocean have been few.
Prof. S. j. Lloyd OF the University
of Alabama finds that about thirty
samples of sea water have been test
ed, taken from the Irish and English
coasts. the North and South Atlantic,
the Mediterranean, the Black sea, the
Arabian sea, and in his own deter
mination from the Gulf of Mexico 200
miles south of Mobile. Discarding ex-
IRENE results, with a maximum so
times greater than the minimum, it is
concluded that the total radium in
the sea somewhat exceeds 1,400 tons.
AS rivers contain little, it is assumed
that this supply comes from uranium
in the sea, which must reach total of
nearly 4,2OO,O0O00O tons, making ura-
MUM in sea-water comparable in guam
tity to gold
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-09-09
SAILOR "CAME BACK"
ROMANCE OF THE SEA AS RE-
LATED BY THE WRITER.
Cupid TriunPhed in the End, Despite
Effort of Father to Separate His
Daughter From the Man
She Loved.

Some 80 years ago | sailed with a
brigantine hailing from a New Eng
land town. The skipper had an eight
een-year-old daughter, his only child,
on board, his wife being dead.
The girl became friendly with one
of our ordinary seamen about twenty
years old, a clean-cut chap, who al
ready had his masters papers. One
night, when the young fellow was at
the wheel, the skipper came on deck
and found his daughter standing
alongside of him, with her arm around
his neck. The skipper became angry,
hit the boy, and sent him forward, and
would not allow him to come aft
again, although the girl told him she
was engaged to the boy
Now began a trying time for the
boy. One day the young fellow, goad-
ed to desperation, defended himself
when the skipper struck him. This
was committing an objectionable act,
as a skipper has almost unlimited
power on his own vessel.
The boy was put into irons and
when we arrived at Rio Janeiro, our
destination, the harbOr police took
him to shore. I must state, to the
shippers credit, that he did not prose
cute the boy, but of course his berth
was taken by another man when we
left Rio.
Five years passed. was still with
the same skipper and so was his
daughter, but she was not any more
the laughing, happy girl she was be-
fore.
We had loaded pitch pine in Bruins
wick, Ca, and were again bound for
Rio. Nearing our destination, we
were caught in a storm. The vessel
rolled awfully, the cargo chafed back
and forth and we soon knew that we
had fire in the hold We took off the
main hatch to try and put out the fire,
but as soon as we got it open the flames
burst out, and we had to take to the
boats.
This happened at night The YES
sci burned for two hours, when there
was no more left of her. We stood
by her, thinking the flames would
draw some other vessel to our assist
ance. At daylight we saw fore and
after" near by. In a short time we
were alongside. The shippers daugh-
ter was the first up the ladder and
was close after her to prevent her
from falling backward into the boat.
The skipper of this vessel, young
fellow, stood at the rail and helped
us to the deck The girl looked at him
and he at her; then they fell into each
others arms and the girl cried from
happiness.
The young skipper was the boy her
father had treated so stability.
Strange to say, the vessel Was bound
for Rio, too, and he arrived there
once more securely bound, but not
with chains this time. The wedding
was celebrated in Rio and the bride
went with her husband on his vessel.
Chicago Tribune.
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Paderewski's "Pupil."

Paderewski arrived in a small west
ern town about noon one day and de-
cided to take walk in the afternoon.
While strolling along he heard a piano,
and, following the sound, came to a
house on which was a sign reading:
Miss Jones. Piano lessons Is cents
an hour"
Pausing to listen he heard the young
woman trying to play one of Chopin s
nOcturnes, and not succeeding very
we'll.
Paderewski walked up to the house
and knocked Miss Jones came to the
door and recognized him at once De-
lighted, she invited him in and he sat
down and played the nocturne as only
Paderewski can, afterward spending
an hour in correcting her mistakes.
Miss Jones thanked him and he de-
parted.
Some months afterward he returned
to the town, and again took the same
walk
He soon came to the home of Miss
Jones, and, looking at the sign, read:
Miss Jones. Piano lessons 81 an
hour. pupil of Paderewski)"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-09-09
HOW NOBEL MADE DISCOVERY
Cut Finger Caused Him to Find Way
of Handling NitrogIycerin
With Safety.

When that very dangerous explosive,
nitroglycerin, was first invented ex-
traordinary precautions had to be TAX
en- TO prevent accidents while the sub
stance was being handled, but, not
withstanding this, so many disasters
occurred that there seemed to be
strong probabilities that its manufac-
ture and use would have to be pro-
hibited, says an English paper
After several governments had actu-
ally interdicted its use, however.
means were discovered by which this
powerful explosive could be used with
a minimum of danger to those who
handled it.
One of the methods employed was to
convert the nitroglycerin into dynai
mite by its absorption in the infusorial
earth known as kieselguhr This
process, however, involved reduction
of the explosive power of the nitro
glycerin and explosives chemists per-
sisted in their researches to find some
substance which, when added to nitro
glycerin, would render it safe for han
ding without diminishing it's explosive
force
One of these chemists was Nobel
It is on record that one day while No
bel was at work in his laboratory he
cut his finger, and in order to stop
the bleeding he painted some collodion
ca liquid preparation akin to guncot
toni over the cue to form protective
artificial skin.
Having done this, he poured some Of
the collodion, by way of an experiment,
into a vessel containing nitroglycerin,
when he noticed that the two sub
stances mixed and formed jellylike
mass.
He at once set to work to lnvesti-
gate this substance, and the outcome
of these experiments was blasting gel
attn, a mixture containing 80 per cent
of nitroglycerin and 10 per cent of
soluble guncotton. Thus, as a result
of very trivial occurrence, that VIC
lent explosive, blasting gelatin, was
discovered.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-09-09
MaIayan Rubber Industry.

Since 1897 developments in the rub
Der industry in Malay have been enor-
nous. In 1897 about $50 acres were
planted to rubber Year after year
more jungle was cleared and the acre
age increased rapidly A tremendous
development was felt in 1906. De-
mand for rubber the world over taxed
the supply and spectators rushed to
put land under cultivation. 1t Is stated
that in that year alone 100000 acres
were alienated for rubber cultivation.
In 1912 there were 621 ,621 acres under
rubber, and at the end of 1912 there
were 1,055 rubber estates of over 100
acres in extent, the Average yield per
acre being 260 pounds.
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the march, rather, as we expected to
leave trails behind us and strike across
country to the base Of Mount Clark.
Hot Rocks to Warm Cold Beds.
We held it to be but tribute to our
skill as mOuntaineers, however, when
we found an old sheep trail following
the very route we had planned to take.
For many miles we followed it through
the rolling forest east of Mount Starr
King, through Starr King meadow, and
out near the crest of a granite ridge
near Clark Fork. Here we left it be-
hind and struck across the open coun-
try, over ridge after ridge, across
stream after stream, until we came to
the northerly fork of Gray creek,
where we made camp. We had
reached the altitude of about $500
feet, and snowdrifts lay deep all about
US. But frewood was abundant and
our little nook among the tall frs
promised every comfort that KNAPP
sacker need expect.
In default Of extra bedding we took
hot rocks to bed with us.
The night passed comfortably and
we were up at dawn ready for the as
sault on Mount Clark, confident also
Of success. AS we climbed the snow
lay even deeper about US. The forest.
Of fir and mountain pine gave way to-
the harder White-Dark pine, the tree
of timberline. Up to the top Of the
ridge it crept, at the top mere shrub,
bent and twisted beneath the winters
weight of snow.
AS we climbed, our horizon to the
south and west widened. We were
looking across the valley of the Illilou-
cite toward the snowy divide separat-
ing US from the south fork of the Mer-
ced where lies Wawona and the splen-
did Mariposa grove of seqroias. Yo-
semitic valley was but blue rift in the
forest with only its great domes, Half
Dome, Sentinel Dome and Starr King,
rising into any prominence.
Far different was our view to east
ward from the crest. Our ridge ended
on the east in an abrupt precipice.
Through a broken chimney or win
dowlike aperture in the rocks, we
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-09-09

The night clothes of little lads and
maids, when made for other seasons
.han winter, do not differ much from
hose worn by their elders. For little
girls, nainsook and batiste and the
light muslins are used for the gowns
and narrow lingerie laces for trim
ming. The trimming is simpler, that
S, not SO much lace is used, and the
methods of applying it are less intri-
cate
With the return of fancy needlework
20 fashion in the belongings of grown
people, it is sure to appear on chill
dren's clothes, where it seems more
appropriate than any other sort of
trimming. The small and dainty pat
terms in laces are chosen when laces
are used.
The little empire gown shown in the
picture has a body of narrow lace
and fine embroidery. 1t is sleeveless,
with a ruffie of wider val lace finish
ing the arm eyes. This is pattern for
summer wear and few sleeveless
gowns are made for little girls For
between seasons, little models are
made with high neck and long sleeves,
Inished with fancy needlework and
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New Names for Old Initials.

British soldiers at the front are ap-
plying new Specifications to old initials
For instance, the r. F. A-Royal field
artillery-is being called the Ready for
Anything. The men of King Edward
Horse say that K. E. H. means Kill
Every Hun.
The unkindest Interpretation is that
put upon the letters r. A. M. C.-Roy-
al army medical corps. Some wounded
soldiers have complained of missing
belongings after their things have
passed into the keeping of the R. A.
M. c., so they declare the initials
really now stand for Rob All My Com
rades.
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Some of the most beautiful tones OF
yellow are even more delicious in
crepe, it seems, than in any other ma
terial The adorable negligee pic
tured here, has been made up In all
the hoWerlike colors: rose, blue,
lavender, pink and in pale green, ana
it lis exquisite in all of them, but in
light and glowing yellow it is simply
a glorious garment.
1t is combined with net-tOp lace in
deep cream color and is very simply
cut. Anyone with any knowledge OF
sewing can undertake to make so SIM
pie pattern The bodice portion is
cut in kimono fashion with sleeves
and body in one piece. 1t is gathered
to narrow soft betting at the waist
line. The long plain skirt portion,
with hemmed opening down the front,
is straight and is also gathered to the
belt The bottom is finished with a
three-inch nem.
When tie body and skirt have been
made and joined at the belt the lace
is to be set on. Choose an open mesh
pattern and one having pretty finish
at it's top edge. The lace should be
ten to twelve inches wide, or it may be
wider Gather rufae O. the lace to
be set about the waist line. Turn the
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looked down 500 feet into great snow
field filing all the eastern basin, and
beyond this lay the cleft of the MERGED
canyon, and, still beyond, the magnit1
cent snowy peaks of the summit crest
LyeIl, Mcclure, Ritter, Dana, host OIL
others, all above $4,000 feet, all shin
ing and cleaning in the brilliant sun
shine with radiance that hardly
seemed to belong to this world.
Couldn't Get Up Clark.
Well for us that this glorious vision
was compensation for all the many
miles we had climbed, for we got nc
farther that day-and Clark still re
NAMED unconquered. For we had an
ticipated the season for mountal1
climbing by fortnight or more, and
the slope that should have offered az
easy rock climb to the summit was
now a precipitous wall of treacheroui
snow. We had no rope, no ice ak, moi
even a knife with which we might
have cut steps, and the icy edge whers
rock and snow met proved an irwin
chile barrier to the summit.
Up and down the ridge we prowled
over every ledge, into every chimney
only to admit ourselves defeated III thi
end.
For an hour or more we remained
upon the ridge feasting our eyes or
the marvellous panorama hundree
miles of snowy range, a magnificent
alpine region, the greater part O
which is now almost inaccessible, soor
to be opened to travel by the construc
ton of the John Muir trail.
After luncheon in camp 15-mii
walk back still lay ahead Of US. Gu
defeat lay lightly upon us, for man:
mountain SUBMITS have been ours il
the past, and we had had, after al
the inspiration and the uplift of tn
glorious upper regions of snow even
the exhilaration of the summit hat
been lacking. Down among the grea
below of yellow pines, under tn
spreading arms of sugar pines and on
upon open crests covered with men
zenita and chinquapin we hasten ~
past Nevada and Verpal and dow
through the Happy Isles wher
tnrushes sang their evening songs, an
into our Yosemite valley camp.
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War Influences Paris Veil StxIes.

The war veil is the latest freak of
fashion in Paris. Though quite gro
tesque in appearance, it is popular IN
the sense that it expresses the patriot
ism of the women.
The two designs most frequently
seen are those of black cannon wo-
ven in the mesh just where it rests on
the cheek, and beauty spot" woven
to the shape of the Red Cross, but
done in white on black background.
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top edge of the lace down about an
inch and a half to form a standing
ruffle When this flounce has been sci
about the waist, small chiffon roses in
light pink, blue and yellow with pale
green chiffon leaves, are to be set
over it in a row, with one color fol.
lowing another. These roses are inn
portant and the negIigee would lose
character without them.
A width of three or four inches is
cut from the top of length of lace
to form the ruffie for the neck anC
front of the body. The remainder oil
this length will make the ruffies that
are set on to the ends of the sleeves
The narrow, standing ruffle makes
heading and a single chiffon rose in
pink, with it's little, pale green leaves
is set at the top of each ruffie agains
the net.
The negligee is worn with a cap tc
match 1t has a small lace plaque al
the center Of the crown. A puff o.
crepe is gathered to this and edged
with lace. 1t is drawn up about the
face on an elastic band few very
small chiffon roses are set with bows
of narrow satin ribbon in the founcs
of lace that falls about the face
JULIA B0TTOMlEY.
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Work for crippIed Soldiers.

One form which Germany's provi-
sion for the employment of crippled
soldiers is taking is the purchase Of
two large landed estates in the neigh
borhood of Magdeburg, where each
man will have plot of ground for
growing vegetables and fruit, which
can be easily disposed of in the
Magdeburg market. One estate cost
$4,000, and the other about the same
price.
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up toward the base of Half Dome. Up
Clouds Rest trail we climbed, and then
pushed through the forest to the brink
of Tenaya canyon, gorge almost as
deep as Yosemite valley itself, mac
cessible to all but the hardest noun
taineers. The great chasm, more than
1000 feet deep, lay at our feet. Half
Dome lowered majestically against the
sky. and still farther we could see the
Swallowed cliffs of Ell Captain and the
Cathedral Rocks.
A Buck in Velvet
NV companion on this ramble elect
ed to climb Clouds Rest before re-
turning to camp, so l made my way
back to Little Yosemite alone. Near
the foot of the trail, in glorious little
mountain meadow, l surprised beau
tiful buck, the largest have ever seen
in the Sierra. His horns were in vel
vet. and he stood so near me that
could see the quick, nervous move
ment of his nostrils as he watched me.
For two or three minutes we stood
there regarding one another. Then,
with q nOuCQdIduI WdS VI hIS AOAhJ
little tail, he turned and made OF
through the woods, as unhurriedly and
indifferently as if /, too, had been a
woodland creature. Perhaps | looked
It. After his departure l examined the
meadow more closely. 1t was little
gem of its kind, Sloping from ledge
of granite that was covered with
gnarled and crooked jumpers. At the
first glimpse / thought it an unbroken
sheet of the tiniest blossoms of vel
low mimulus, but, on kneeling down,
il species of flowers revealed them
selves, all the daintiest and most deli
cate of their kind-yellow violets
white forget-me-nots, gilias, white saxi
frage and the smallest pink pea have
ever seen.
A knapsacker's camp is a simple af
Cara bed of pine needles, a few
stones rolled together to make fire
place, a pile of firewood gathered to
gether; and there is home. By five
O'Clock next morning we were astir.
Where ones possessions are so few
washing dishes and packing is mat
ter of scant ceroI1 cny. In less than al
hour we were ready for the trail, or TO
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small tucks. These are to be replaced.
as the cold weather comes on, by
gowns of canton flannel, made long.
The small boy s paiamas hardly need
description. They are made Of light
cotton materials The pants are
fastened at the waist with a tape
which is run through a hem i'll the
top. They are as plain as can be and
so is the coat This is usually bound
with braid and provided with peck
ct at one side. The same pattern IS
used for the canton flannel pajamas
used in cold weather.
For the comfort of little ones VINO
sleep in cold rooms and are liable to
kick their feet from under cover, bed
shoes of canton flannel or Of elder
down are recommended. They are
easily made and easily Numbered and
they are most comforting.
There are numbers of patterns for
little nightdresses-the simplest ones
are the best For the little boy, pa
jamas, like those shown in the pic
ture, cannot be improved upon.
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! MARION RANDALL PARSONS,
Treasurer of the Sierra Club.

Treasurer Of the Sierra CluD.
~N JUNE, Yosemite valley is at the
very height of its beauty. The
deciduous trees are in new leaf,
naples and dogwood in tenderest,
brightest green, oaks tipped with
pastel shades Of pink and red in
prophecy of their autumn glory, aza-
leas in full bloom, and the meadows a
ripping mass of exquisite grass bright
eued with flowers.
After a week or more in the valley,
following the better-known trails, get
ting muscles in condition again after
city-bound days, we were anxious to
gee what spring was like in the snowy
upper country. Accordingly, as pack
animals were not to be obtained for
love or money, we prepared to make
pack animals of ourselves, and KNAPP
sack over to Mount Clark (11,509 feet)
on the southwestern boundary Of the
park, the most prominent peak of the
MERGED group.
There were four OF us in the party,
two men and two women, and we
biIhnCO ~ DC OuL LPO hASAAI0 Win q
comfortable margin of provisions for a
third night, if necessary. Bacon, hard
tack and that blessing to mountaineers,
soup, made up the bulk of our COM
missary, REINFORCED, however, by
raisins, chocolate, dried fruit, beans,
spaghetti and cheese, Our personal
outfits, Of course, were reduced to bare
essentials.
Share Alike With the Men.
We women who "knapsack" pride
ourselves on being able to do our
share, so, while we do not pretend to
carry such heavy packs as the men,
we carry our own outfits and part,
at least, of the general commissary
supplies. Short-skirced, Hummelshine,
ed, with hobnailed boots to the knee
and shocking bad hats" we are as
easy in our own clothing and as re-
CARELESS of wind or weather as the
men themselves.
In Little Yosemite we made camp
beside the smoothly flowing MERGED,
and after lunch set out on ramble
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tieavy Guard for Morqan,s Place.

]. P. Morgan's estate at Glen Cove
is still under guard and is likely to be
until the end of the war Three men
are on duty by day and four by night
One is on post at the bridge connect
ing East island with the mainland, and
not only every traveller, but every
package that passes can do so only
after having been subjected to his
scrutiny. The others patrol tho
beaches.
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Reward for Scholar.

Dr. Maude Slye, the University of
Chicago medical research worker, who
recently established the theory that
cancer is inherited and not contagious,
as a result of ten years experiments
with mice, has been awarded the How
ard Taylor Tickets prize by the fac
ulty Of the university medical school