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novel STAIR IDEAADD|NG TO I. INCOME
Wife Can Do It by Captivating.
Her Time.
Not by Any Means Necessary Tha.
She Should Go Out to Work In
Order to Save Money for
Her Husband.

Here is q contributors idea Of ono
of the many ways in which wife can
help increase the family's budget:
she was on old lady and she was
piecing a quilt. Came a pretty, frivo-
lous young married woman.
1.-THE idea,' commented the frivo.
lous one, of anyone's having time to
sew her life up in thing like that
"In my time all women did IT,
commented the older woman.
THE pretty one flushed.
"'But nowadays time ia SO much
more valuable she defended.
els it? l WONDER unused the wise
one. Does your time bring you in
any money! The pretty one shook
her head. Then why not make it save
the money your husbands time brings
in, as we did in our day?
1.-The dress you wear cost-$6.9S?
And cheap at that, no doubt, you
think. Yet you could have bought bet.
ter material for 81. In two days time
YOU could have made it better and
more daintily than it is. AT that rate
your time would have yielded you
S249 day. Would you be glad Of
that much for a days work If you
were being paid for it directly?
"Indeed l would responded the
girl fervently. I wish l could make
some money to help my husband'
"a penny saved is penny earned,
my dear! If you have contracted the
habit of sitting on the veranda and
thinking of the things you would buy
if you had the money it may be little
hard to devote yourself to sewing
machine and working out a paper pat.
tern. But in return you'll have your
$3.50 a day, the pleasure of wearing
a dress you have made yourself, and
the admiration of your husband
THE frivolous one became all at
tention. l just thought l could buy
the dress for less than l could buy the
material and have it made she ex.
planned.
"a specious argument, my dear. OF
course you could. But you could not
buy it for what you could make 1t
yourself. You are young. Help your
husband to make and save his money
now. Do some real work and credit
yourself with it and see how the fam
lily budget is helped "-American
Magazine.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-11-26
Relic Of Sun-Worship,

That the ancient practice of en-
balming the dead is religious rite
connected with sun-worship is the the.
DRY advanced by Prof. G.. Elliot Smith
in study of the migrations of peo-
Pies, published in the memoirs and
proceedings OF the Manchester Eng
land Philosophical society, a theory
that the editor of the Lancet saws
Prof. Smith appears to have proved
beyond dispute.
Professor Smith has traced the prac.
tice of mummifying into the remotest
corners of the earth. In a hot, dry
country like Egypt it was easy to pre.
serve a body, but in hot, damp eli.
mates 1t was, in the words OF the
Lancet, "a very beastly and never
very successful business" that could
have persisted only as religious rite
1t probably had its origin in Egypt
and was spread throughout the world
by early missionaries.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-11-26

from side to side OF the ship. which
| in house would be called the dining
room, Here when he was in port In
time OF peace the commander in chief
would give his Official dinners. In
time OF war the cabin IL partly
screened OF. as there is more room
than Sir John and his staff need for
meals. Aft Of this is what would be
called in house the sitting room.
The furnishings are Of the simplest
Everything inflammable could be re-
moved promptly in case of action.
Tho few names In the visitors book
on a table were suggestive Of the
fleets isolation from intercourse with
the rest of the world. One name was
the kings and another the prince Of
Wales, and few others we're those OF
high officials. ...
The visitor looked about in vain for
signs of the immense amount Of ofl.
cial detail which would seem neces.
sary for the focal point of q vast
campaign. Some stan officers and q
few records were. all. The flagship
Is kept cleared for action in this as
in all other respects. The actual di.
recting Of the three thousand ships
and auxiliaries Of the British navy Is
carried on In space occupied in a
New York Office by q lawyer and two
or three clerks. An orderly went and
came with n ,ssages from the wire
less room, which aside from the in
stallation, had space enough for the
wireless operators to stand and no
more.
Officers said that It was difficult to
contemplate how such a naval cam
paign as the British in this war could
have ever been conducted without the
wireless Sir John could talk with
the admiralty in London or with any
ship. whether of fielgoland or Ice.
land. He knew what each one was
doing. Let German cruiser chow
her nose In the North sea and he had
the news in minute or two after she
was sighted
His Fighting AdrIrals.
Beatty, who sank the Bluecher, is
the youngest of Sir Johns young ad-
mirals, forty.four years of age, boy.
ish and quick. Sturdee. victor OF the
Falkland islands battle, smooth
shaven, as smiling as Sir John. Is
quiet-spoken and rather studious In
appearance. he is an expert in naval
strategy.
In the British navy promotion Ia
by selection up to the grade Of cap
tain. A man with single flaw in his
record as lieutenant must wait on
others before he can become lieu.
tenant commander. Those with per-
feet records in each grade are can
vassed by boards and those who have
shown industry and initiative are
chosen to 60 over the heads Of less
active men. The aim is to apply the
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-11-26
Romance ard War.

A pardonable habit of inclosing
their names and addresses when send
ing parcels to soldiers at the front is
prevalent among British ladies. 1t
has also been frequently noticed that
many happy friendships have been es-
tablished by the correspondence which
followed. 1t is something unique, how
ever, to put on record the fact that a
marriage has resulted from this form
of introduction, the lady in the case
being a lassie from the far north OF
Scotland. lii sending a parcel of Gig
arettes to the front. lady of Wick
inciosed her name and address. Some
time later she received a request to
the sender to write again. An inter-
esting correspondence ensued, and
formal letters gradually developed
into affectionate "billetdoux." Photo
graphs were exchanged, and ultimate
ly the gallant soldier popped the ques-
ton. The lady. like Barkis, being
"willin',' the soldier secured a short
furlough, and straightway made for
bonnie Scotland.
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Girl Swan Twenty-o,7e Miles

Miss Eileen Lee, young English
woman of Teddington, swan 21N
miles in hours and 80 minutes in Tho
Thames the other day, one of the most
remarkable swimming feats ever a..
complished by woman. It was tho
grace and ease Of her style of swim.
ming that enabled Miss Lee to accom-
plish her record.
This is not the only exceptional per.
formance that Miss Lee has accom-
plished' for a few days earlier che
swan 16h miles in record time Tboso
who have had experience Of 1ona
swimming in the Thames pronouna e
Miss Lees more recent fe~t the mose
difficult because she swan both ~
the ebb and food tide. The moat -.
tempts at records in the river how
been made on the ebb tide a,one ", -
was calculated that the young won,.n
maintained an average rate ~ 90
strokes to the minute. 90
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Poisonous ...letals,

1t Is we'll known that such metals
as lead, mercury, arsenic, antimony'
zinc, ETC., as we'll as substances con-
tanning them, have greater or iess =.
poisonous effect upon the human sys.
tenn. Workers in various industrleSs
where poisonous metals are used have
to take every precaution for remov,ns
particles from the skin, as otherWls0
slow poisoning Is inevitable. 1t IS inr
portant to observe that washing WIZ
ordinary soap does not completely
remove such particles, because tne
soap tends to form with most metals
lnsoluble compounds which still can
produce poisonous effects. Ordinnalrss
bleaching powder Chloride Of line
Is much better than soap for remos..
ing poisonous PARTICLES. II loosen
them BY both mechanical and chem
5ical action. It 10 also strolg pas
4; harmless disinfectant, and is prac..s
cally as cheap as soap. C =. Wv lal.
Colorado J, Agricultural College. Soss IA
Collins, Colo.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-11-26

ing a catch on the lowest step-a
kick with the toe will do it-four OF
the stairs rise, swinging on a hinge
in the uppermost of the four and
moved by a weight hanging from an
arm underneath. This leaves an en-
trance to the fight below, and one can
close the stair-door on going down by
simply giving the weight a push up
ward.
Coming up from below, the person
who wants to open the stair-door finds
a chain hanging underneath it; a pull
on this chain releases the catch and
the stairs move upward.
The utility OF such device will be
found principally on stairs leading TO
cellars and Easements.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-11-26

No matter what difficulties arise, he
is always smiling. Both he and Beatty
were on the first attempt to relieve
the Picking legations at the time of
the Boxer rebellion. Captain Jellicoe
was then Vice-Admiral Sir Edward
Seymour's chief of STAFF. When he
was wounded and the little band of
seamen were surrounded by Boxers
and 1t looked as If every minute might
be their last, he was smiling as cheer
lily as II he had been on the quarter
deck. Nothing ever seems to ruffle
his equanimity. His personal charm
would win him his way anywhere:
but when you have served with him,
then you realize what master OF his
profession he Ii" 4
Only the commander in chiefs flag
which she flies distinguishes the flag
ship, which is in the center Of the
fleet, from the rest Of the gray fight.
ers. In their precise lines at anchor
in harbor. Sir John takes his exer-
else and his holidays pacing the quar-
even for a few hours. The command
or in chief is the one man who must
take no risk Of being absent II the
German fleet should come out.
Not tall, spare, his face tanned BY
the breezes. he walks up and down
the deck sometimes. with one of his
aides or with his chief of steff. again
with one of his officials. Everyone IN
the feet is familiar with the quick,
light step of that slight figure with a
telescope always under his arm. If q
ship should come to anchor with q
bow out of line, he knows It. All his
fighting ships are under his eye and
every human being on the feet feels
his personal presence.
LII, Makes It Look Easy.
Descend ladder under the shadow
OF two great l3.5-inch guns and the
visitor 10 in large cabin extending
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Destined for Use Where Space Is
Limited.
Should 30 Especially Valuable u" wy
tenement Houses and on Pas
sage Ways Leading to
Easements.

II often happens in planning mousse
that the architect is confronted VIII
the impossibility of accommodating
staircase in a narrow space. IL "
easy enough to lead the narrow stans
down from one floor to the Next ou'
when the landing can be no "i"ei
than the stairway he is at a loss u
carry the stairs any further. NO sucn
difficulties present themselves "nere
there is plenty of room and stairs
can be made to turn around ceh'
trail opening or can be placed one
flight over another with a LANDING
alongside of each floor.
TO solve the difficulty OF narrow
space for the staircase William +.
Rodgers of St. Louis conceived Tue
Idea of making a door right IN the
stairs, these to lift on hinge 50
as to open a way to the flight oeio".
He worked out his idea and mas JUST
received a patent thereon. he calls
his device an automatic stair-door.
The landing is only the width or the
stairs that come down to it. On press
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-11-26
People Confident Day Of Deliver
ance viii Come. ~:
Youns and Old Are learning to Speak
EnaIish-No Personal Relations
Between Belgians and Ger.
mans-eoys Are Deficient.

London.-The following account OF
conditions in Belgium is from the pen
of an American who has arrived in
London after a years stay in the Bel.
gian capital:
Belgium today is learning to speak
English. Everywhere you go. you can
see the old and young usually carry
ing notebooks, studying in the streets
and trans, in the cafes, restaurants
and in the homes, all talking English.
using English expressions and words
on all possible occasions.
Belgium is confident. You have
only to look at their faces to see it..
and if you talk with them, they say,
Just wait. The day of deliverance Is
coming, it may be this summer or next
summer, but never? Vous etes fou!'
From the German military stand
point, Belgium is organized into three
districts, the first, the Operationsge,
bet or the zone Of operations, which
extends some fifteen to twenty miles
behind the actual line Of fighting; the
second. the Etappen, which Is an In
termediary zone where all the sup
plies for the front are collected and
distributed; and the third, the Occupa'
tionsgebiet or the occupied territory
organized with both military and civil
governments. No person can go from
one to the other except on special per-
mission, and then only by train, which
includes as one of its comforts a
thorough searching. e,'
mo person can leave the town in
which he lives, except by train or on
foot. Those who wish to ride in auto
mobiles must pay twenty marks a
week or more. In the fortified cities
Of Liege, Namuri and Antwerp, you
must be in your houses at nine o'clock
in the evening. .s " ..-..
Naturally no. Belgian can go to Hol.
land except by stealth. and have good
reason to believe that some sixty thou
sand have passed the frontier since
the first of the year. Sometimes this
necessitates the killing Of one or two
sentinels. 20,
above all it is strictly forbidden to
sing or play the Brabanoon. the Mar.
seillaise, and Tipperary, as result Of
which nearly every Belgian can sing
Tipperary and does SO very often. On
the Boulevard Anspach in Brussels
one day four little boys were march.
ing towards the bourse singing at the
top Of their lungs the Brabanoon. 1t
was not long before some German sol.
diers chased them, catching one. who,
as he marched away to the komman-
datur. cried out to his friends" Run
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-11-26
Husband Made Her Dance.

<,shelbyville, Ind.-Mrs. Osa Brown
has brought suit for divorce against
her husband, Reuben Brown. Mrs
Brown. among other things, charges
that her husband shot at her feet and
made her dance for his amusem ent
They were married four years and e
that time separated ten times, she
says. Mrs. Brown also alleges Brown
ID one Of the laziest men Ia Shelby
lyiile, and that a the winter she Vi,
forced to work "a procure money u
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FORMED FROM SINGLE LOG
Remarkable Cabin That Is on Exhibi.
ton in Golden Gate Park,
San Francisco.

There is a cabin in Golden Gate
park, San Francisco, which Is con-
structed of a single log Of redwood. It
is about twelve feet long and rests
upon heavy platform Of timbers,
which support the weight Of the hol-
low log. A doorway about five feet
high and eighteen inches wide admits
visitors to the interior, which forms
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-11-26
SEALS MAKE HER VEAL THY.
Twenty Years In the eusl.
ness,

Boothbay Harbor, Me.--Mrs. Janet
Macdonald. seventy-seven years old.
u about to retire wealthy. after
twenty years Ii the business Of seal
catching, with three men n her en-
plOy.
The seals of Maine waters are not
valuable for their skins. but a5o -.
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AFRO-AMER|CAN CULLNCS

I In a communication to the Hous.
ton Post d. Porter, principal Of the
BRENNAN Normal and Industrial col.
lege, writes:
| Prof. e. l.. Blackshear, with his
logged tenacity has succeeded in or
ganizing some Of the best Negro farm
| ers in Texas into farmers con-
gress," having them to come annually
and spend from six to eight days In
our state school, where they can get
strong help by the way Of lectures
| and coming in contact with the &C.
tual experimental work that cultivates
l. them strong love for their farms
and at the same time broadening
their views upon the plans of getting
better results from their many pro.
ductive farms. And many Of our boys
are laying their diplomas in the bot.
tom of their trunks and taking part
with their fathers in the develop.
ment of their farms. They are no
longer looking at labor as q disgrace,
but are rolling up their sleeves. and
taking a part in the various commu.
mites in whatever vocation they lind
best to be pursued and are thereby
making home worth while.
This kind of teaching was the end
in mind of the founders Of our state
school. .-
Blackshear Is a southern Negro.
and thoroughly understands southern
conditions and his constant lectures
and conversations with the students
Of that institution have SO thorough
ly fitted them not with a prejudiced
mind to his brother in white, but with
knowledge to 60, hand in hand with
his neighbor in the various duties Of
life without the least friction.
No one during Blackshears princi.
palship has heard of single Prairie
View student having the least trouble
with any of our white citizens and
We have hundreds of them going out
on various roads at the close of that
school.
Now, was born and reared n
Texas, and would not live anywhere
else. Have tried to teach ~ years.
and do believe that If there is any
one man in Texas that knows any.
thing about that state and the kind OF
teaching necessary and best fitted fer
our people, should know something
about it. l have for the last 10 or II
years spend much OF my time tray
cling and talking to many OF our
country teachers institutions, and
tiflh that large number or very
large per cent of these teachers are
from Prairie View. have made It
my business to talk with each super
intendent as. to the work, and as to
how these teachers get along with
their white neighbors.
Uncle Tom and Aunt Nancy, Uncle
Jim and Aunt Susan who the old
pioneers had the highest regard for,
are all passing from the stage Of the
livin.s and the young Negro is COM
ing on the scene. He has to have
that teaching that will enable him to
live in perfect harmony with his
white brother.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-11-26

A large newspaper plant in Phila.
delphia has recently been taken over
by company of colored men, who are
preparing to issue weekly paper for
circulation in number of different
cities. Arrangements have been made
for its distribution in Boston. New
York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and
Washington, and thirty other cities
within twelve-mile radius Of Phila-
delphia are expected to be included in
it's circulation. This is the first large
newspaper enterprise ever undertaken
entirely by colored men, and the pur-
pose of the paper is the general uplift
Of the colored race. The undertaking
is we'll financed. and will embody the
highest ideals of race Journalism. The
paper is to be controlled. edited and
printed entirely by colored men Tho
printing plant includes every labor-sav.
ing and cost-cutting device known in
the newspaper world.
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Bright Prospect,

III , suppose you have hopes TIN.
your l,ttle son will ,e president Of thu
United mt, States some day?" : e'e
No" 81 Ne. u I ',.,a,s ss .%a
zone, come. Fatherly pride ID i,
rag 81. !. wouldn't think any the lea. a. !,
You : :. y 7 you had such hopes. s' =
I. q !! satn ], pride oh? Well. b.v.
;plenty Of that. In fact. somethin. 4 .s,,e
3me that this boy Of mine i eo,r ssll Y
ssox W and pitch ! world series 49, .on = !,
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lily tanned and are In demand for pub.
JIG and private collections and aqua.
RUINS and geological collections.
The catching Is done at night, with
the aid OF nets. and Mrs. Macdonald
has caught many personally. Often
they follow her about the house sew
eral days after capture. s:5
The usual price Is $25 and her
catch has averaged 100 In season Of
six weeks IN the late spring and sum q
mer. n! 5-3i 8 AZ ss ss
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Another precedent has been over.
turned by Kansas bachelor. He was
in a hospital six weeks a couple OF
years ago and did not marry the
trained nurse who attended him.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-11-26

Arevival OF old memories, barking
back to the antebellum days when he.
go boy, was sold many times on the
auction block 40 . chattel and finally.
- the nge OF seventeen, learning of
the war to free the Negroes, he es-
capped from his master and found ref
uge In q camp OF Federal soldiers, was
occasioned . few days ago in the
mind Of Rev, J. Preston Watson of
n Pueblo, Colo, by the receipt OF let
ter from Thomas Cannon, an old SOL
der now residing at Monte Vista.
Colo. It was Cannon, then first lieu
tenant In the Ninth Missouri cavalry.
and later promoted to captain. 81
years ago, who formed a liking for the
fugitive colored boy and took him in.
Throughout the war. until the close
four years later. Watson remained
with Cannon. Then they separated
with the understanding that Watson
was to go to Gannon's home and un-
der his instruction learn the timers
trade. But alternating circumstances
interviewed. Although In the years
each frequently tried to find trace
Of the other. their efforts proved in
vain until two years ago Watson, then
. veteran pastor who had done nearly
40 years service for the African Meth
odist church. learned that Captain
Cannon was living near Leadville.
This being in the district which Wat
SON toured as presiding elder, he re-
snewed his search and finally found
Captain Cannon, feeble, gray haired
man, at that time Just recovering from
an operation. "Of course neither" Of 4
us knew the other" remarked the Rev.
Mr.. Watson in telling of the meeting.
When knew Cannon in war times
he was square shouldered young
man with long black mustache and
bushy black hair Half century later
! found him an old man, little resem
bling his former self. But the old
friendship still was there. He seemed
mighty glad to see me. and for two
hours we talked over old times. Then
later he came to my house and we sat
up. all night long talking old times
Reminiscently In his letter received a
few days ago Mr.. Cannon said: again
] recall an incident-the colored boy
who wandered into camp, fugitive
from slavery, meek, humble, seeking
protection. My boys in blue treated
him with kindness and sympathy and
] soon realized his faithful. services;
honest. truthful and diligent, employ
ing his leisure moments In the efforts
to learn to read that he might be help
ful to his fellow freemen. Now, how
we'll he has succeeded From hum.
Die servant to a devoted servant of
the Lord and Jealous In the uplift OF
his people Born near Lynchburg.
Va. Watson was sold when baby
with his mother to Robert Barnett,
Bowling Green, Pike county. Mo. When
four years old his mother died and
from that time until ten he was sold
nve times on the auction block in Mis-.
souri,. Educated through his own ef-
forts entirely, Rev. Mr.. Watson
II one Of the prominent retired pastors
Of his church in the West. He has
lived in Pueblo. first 20 years ago and
again for the last nine years, and has
been pastor Of both the St. Paul's and
st. Johns A., M. e. churches. Mrs.
Watson Is superintendent of the COL
ored orphanage at Pueblo.
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trode, a prominent citizen of Balti.
more and for long time connected
with the Baltimore & Ohio railroad.
wrote memoir of Banneker which
was published by the Maryland His.
torical society.
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A man picks out a nice round stone.
a woman throws the thing that is
handiest. 8,g
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Men are a good deal like horses in
the respect that the thoroughbred
should be picked for speed and tho
scrub for service.