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Evening star., 1915-10-24
Shingles Century Old and
Ancient Houses of White Pine

wv ooD wears well. The durability Of
v" wood for building purposes is a
frequent and conspicuous subject for
articles and advertisements in trade
journals associated with the lumber
industry: and one Of the exhibits sent
by the Lumber World Review to the
first forest products exposition was a
set Of cypress shingles from the roof
Of the mansion at Mount Vernon.
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The oldest of the shingles had been in
use on the Mount Vernon roof for ITO
years, and is still a sounder shingle
than many that are doing duty on some
Of the old. though comparatively new.
houses, in Maryland and Virginia. Ac-
companying photograph of this
shingle was the following text, relating
to 1t:
'One of the selected heart cypress
shingles put on the roof Of Washing
toms residence, Mount Vernon-on-the-
Potomac, by Lawrence Washington in
l743. and given to the Lumber World
Review by H. H. Dodge, superintendent
Of Mount Vernon, when it was removed
in November. 1913. having been in serv-
ice, ITO years..
Another Of the Mount Vernon shingles
in the exhibit, and which Is still sound.
had been In use for 12s years. The
legend attached to that shingle reads:
"One of the selected heart cypress
shingles used in the repair of the roof
of Mount Vernon -the-Potomac by
George Washington in 1855, and taken
from the roof of Mount Vernon in No
.ember, 1918, having been in use as
q roof covering 12s years."
There was another excellently pre-
served shingle, under which was this
description: "One Of the selected heart
cypress shingles used to repair the roof
of Mount non-on-the-Potomac by
Amos T. Fisher of Alexandria in 1860,
and taken from the roof in November,
1918, after having been in use fifty
three years.
In the exhibit demonstrating the
durability of wood were examples of
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Gambretta and Louis Blanc. the his
torian; In Italy. the Garibaldis; in
Austria and Germany, the Varnhagen-
Enses. and the Freein Won Piattoli-
home. one of the ancient castles in
the Salzkammergut. in south Austria,
was made famous by Ouida in one of
her novels. In those early days of
life in Europe one Of her foreign
of the little polyglot."
Miss French, knowing whereof she
speaks. believes In higher education
for women. but thinks the influence
of her sex more potent when it is d.
1.-The influence Of the woman should
emanate from the home center" she
said. land If she brings sons and
daughters properly to understand the
earnestness of life she has fitted them
for any path they may pursue. and
the woman's greatest power lies in
forming good citizens, whether men
or women. The higher education of
woman should not only be a college
education. but broadening in every
direction, SO that, If necessary. she can
compete with business men. She should
hold her own as an Intellectual force.
but always remember that her place
is in the home.
1T Is well for woman to train her.
self for some profession. or for busi-
ness life. and such training should be
earnest. / would also advocate the
study Of domestic science as well as
political economy. believe in wom-
ans ideals being the highest. and in
her living up to them in business as
we'll as in the home. Let her standard
of honor in business be the same as
that of man Of integrity, and II she
train in a profession let her be as strong
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Land for Ex-Service Men.

IN a recent meeting of the economics
section of the British Association.
Christopher Turner read a paper on
Land Settlement for ex-Service Men"
He suggests that a national scheme be
inaugurated which shall provide all ex-
service men with land who shall elect
the career of agricutuiis' at the clus,.
OF the war. Judging from such evil
dence of what took place after the
Boer war. he believes many of the men
now serving in the forces will return
to career on the land. and, If such is
SO. the machinery for providing them
with land should be created without
delay. before they have the men on
their hands.
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Lesson to Germany.

CONGRESSMAN CHARLES LIEB of
" Indiana was talking about the
probable outcome of the world war
'The allies" he said. expect to crush
the Germans totally. don't think
they will succeed in doing so. Still,
that Is their expectation.
THE allies expect to put the Ger
mans in the quite desperate and hope
less position of the horse thief who
was about to be lynched.
"'Have you got anything to say for
last words to leave"
they asked the horse thief as they
knotted the rope about his neck.
Ives. gents said the horse thief
I'd like you all to know
that this is certainly going to be a les
son to me-"
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the longevity of white pine, deep, tall
forests of which covered New England
at the time of the arrival Of the Eu-
ropean settlers. The example was a
door and a section of siding from
house built at Medford. Mass, in 1881.
and which was one of the first SUBJ
stantial houses built after the landing
Of the Pilgrims.
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Close by that bit of white pine con-
struction. which remained in the serv-
ice of man for nearly 300 years. were
some cypress shingles. which did not
come from Mount Vernon. and which
had served 149 years; redwood, with
half a century Of service to it's credit:
Arkansas soft pine siding. fifty years
old. and yellow pine sills that had been
in use 165 years.
In the matter of white pine, 1t 10
worth noting that the Pilgrims built
their houses of this wood. not only be-
cause it was plentiful and grew all
ton of fallen trees in the New England
forests told them the story of white
pines resistance to decay.
Among some of the white pine houses
of great age in New England are the
old Fairbanks house at Dedham, built
in 1896: the Cooper-Austin house at
Cambridge, Mass, built in 1857: the
John Ward house, at Salem, built in
the Seltonstall-W W nipple house at
Ipswich. Mass. built between 1886 and
and the Longfallow house at
Cambridge, built in 1853
y NJ ~ VI -or r. ',eio, is built of
oak and pine-white oak and that species
of southern pine variously known as lob
lolly pine and short-leaf pine. The frame
and joists of the house of hewn oak,
and the siding. floors. sheathing, doors.
blinds. windows and door frames. stairs
and trim are of pine.
The siding is peculiar, in that it is put
on in blocks one foot wide and three
feet long, ''V'' jointed, all four edges on
one side. giving a paneled effect. The
flooring is six, eight and ten inches In
lit - toE gtie 1'nni sropY nor
ship-lapped. but in spite of the width of
these floor boards they have not curled
up or warped
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Cost of Transportation.

mHE estimated cost of transporting
u Australian troops to the Darda-
nelles is three times as much as it
costs to transport men from Canada to
Great Britain. A transport for 1000
men is estimated to eat up more than
$4,000 a day in hire. coal and victuals.
Troops going from Australia to Egypt
and returning have taken on the aver
age three months. So it may be esti-
mated that the transport of 1000 men
going from Canada to Great Britain
would cost $4,000. while from Aus
tralfa it cost 100000 for carrying an
equal number to the base where troops
are given their fnal training before
they are, sent against the Turks.
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tentions bestowed upon her by those
high in tho governments with which
she came in touch.
Miss French had the advantage on
this mission. as well as on others: OF
being almost as much at home IN Eu-
rope as in the United States. Born into
a New England family of wealth and
prominence in university circles, she
spent many years In Europe as part
Of her education. perfecting nerseiI , IN
and lectures on art and science.
In her youth the Sorbonne and the
College Louis le Grand were not open
to women, but ladies could nave the
benefit of their teaching In classes IN
private homes in Paris, where pro-
fessors delivered their lectures In lit
erature and history. In Leipzig she
attended lectures on political economy
delivered in the same way by univer-
sity professors.
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This war brings those school days
vividly back to me- said Miss French
to recent caller. II was in Europe
all through the Franco Prussian war.
and some Of the scenes Of today are
but repetitions of what saw and heard
then. With the majority of Americans
In northern Germany at that time. I
went to Austria. which was neutral
] was one of the first ladies to enter
Paris after the commune. being under
the chaperonage Of Mr.. Washburn, United
States minister to France, and found
myself in the midst of many events
like those OF which we read today.
had a friend. a French lady of wealth.
who gave her entire time to relieving
the suffering Of those whose homes had
been devastated.
Going out one morning with her
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ut is rare these later generations of
the higher education that wom-
III an can qualify simply as literary
- expert. but such are the qualii-
cations of Miss Frances Graham French
that n was a literary expert she
rendered valuable work to the United
States government for over a quarter
of century.
Ill health compelled her to retire
from service in the Interior Depart
nent two years ago. and since then
she has been giving her knowledge
and work to causes where 1t will serve
q practically beneficent purpose.
II was as translator of many
languages essayist and editor that Miss
French entered the bureau of educa-
tion, and she served the government
in various capacities requiring espe-
cial literary and educational efficiency
for many years. Her essays relating
to education in Japan, Russia, Italy
and Scandinavian countries are en-
bodied in government; reports covering
several years.
one of the first special commissions
Aiss French undertook for the govern
cago to write up all the foreign ex-
hlbits at the worlds fair. her accounts
10 be kept as government records of
the exposition. She made n distinct
success of her mission. obtaining ac-
curate information on every subject by
her ability to interview each foreigner
in charge or an exhibit in his own
tongue.
This work was repeated in Atlanta at
It's exposition. and while there she
wrote. at the request of the Boston
Commonwealth, Il series of articles on
manufactures and industries of the
south as represented at that exposition
When Nr. Cleveland was President
t-e Swiss government requested this
country to send delegate to two inn
portant congresses on, respectively
charities and corrections and the pro,
lection OF children. These congresses
met in Geneva, and were attended by
delegates from sixty foreign countries
Miss French represented this govern
nlent, and at the congress OF charities
and corrections she read II paper in
French on public and private charities
Evening star., 1915-10-24
A German Submarine Trick.

A GERMAN submarine trick was IL.
q lustrated recently in the Mediter-
ranean when one submarine tried, by
changing its colors in the course of it's
operations, to make it appear that
there were two enemy submarines
working there.
1t sank three ships. One was an
English vessel. whose crew, when res
cued. said the submarine few the Ger
man flag. Later the French vessel
Aude was sunk by a submarine flying
the Austrian flag. A second French
vessel, the Willie de Mostaganem, was
sunk two hours later by a submarine
which few the German flag.
1t is believed without doubt that the
submarine was the same in each of
the three cases.
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and a real sweet little derby like a
fried egg.
They're not black silk beaversw ac-
cused the lady.
"They are black" I pleaded
spoke the saleswoman, "a Paris house
like ours makes it's own forms
/ interrupted.
"Where?"
The saleswoman squirmed.
They were eccentric forms, dry,
masculine, eccentric. To add piQuancy
to the collections. Not to wair. no-oo-
ooi (She fell into English.) Hat shall
be proportion. These crown
Really, it looked smart, the little fat
imitation derby of black velvet, orna-
mented with a bandeau and pouf of
cocks feathers, and the seeker mo-
the others.
Admire the eye of these women" I
said. tactfully. "Out of a batch Of inn
possibles she fishes out the one thing
which you can make look charming!
Now 1 know why she was staring at
you"
She relaxed. but yet protested.
Are there no big hats?"
She reached out for a "capeline"
straight from the Comedie Italienne OF
the Hotel de Bourgogne, great fiat.
Topping, formless tricorne of black
velvet, with a garter" of nattier-blue
grosgrain. They wanted to stop her,
but she would put it on!
Pardon, thees one," said a soft
voice, and they popped on her what
they called a Don Bazille form of
black-stretched panne whose top be-
tween the rolling turned-up brims was
filled with a gray ostrich amazon and
big strass motif on the side.
She smiled at herself, content, but
dubious.
It's SO old-fashioned, it looks new"
she murmured. (But she kept it,
Then they tried her on large black
lined with gold and two cocardes of
little gold -and-silver ribbons--form as
feminine and far removed from JAM
pots as the north pole from the south.
Yet
Have they no stock?"
At this moment the man milliner
himself came by, not Daniel Lewis, but
his nephew. NJ. Gustave. who seems to
be never busy, yet whose life is spent
designing form, like a sculptor, and
combining color. like painter.
She desires to see the stock" / said,
ITO choose from"
Probably because he knew me he led
US through rooms and rooms, and
opened doors, and through more rooms
to a great mass of color. On hun
dred stands, hundred hats. kaliedo-.
scopic and confusing, made my head
turn. "Oh, the beauty" Look at this
one" Now. why didn't they show me
that" We heard her chirping. NJ. Gus
tave smiled with queer twinkle. TOO
gay" he whispered, and I gathered
Evening star., 1915-10-24

the Naval Academy at Annapolis, and
each year handsome belt and sword.
known as the prize of the class of IT,
are given to the young officer who has
shown himself to be the greatest expert
In ordnance and gunnery.
With the sword and belt goes a GER
tifcate on which is engraved the names
of all who contributed to the fund
which annually purchases the gift On
the certificate. for the first time in
naval history, the names of widows and
sisters of this class are carried 1t is
Miss French's pride to be thus affiliated
with the noted class of which her
brother was an honored member.
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the District of Columbia Federation of
Women's Clubs. Through her New Eng
land ancestry. who left Harvard Col
lege to help in the war for indepcnd-
ence, she is a member of the Society of
the Daughters of the American Revo-
luton.
Miss French takes especial interest in
the Army and Navy League, of which
she is life member. She is the sister
Of Lieut.. Walter 8. French, who. cheer
ing and saving his men, gave his life
to duty. on the Huron. lost off Cape
Hatteras in the seventies. The class
of II, of which Mr.. French was a mem :
ber, Is one of the noteworthy classes at
Evening star., 1915-10-24

President Poincare has many good
qualities. among them innocence. The
whole trade smiles-"as If they were
not compressed already"
The fashionable woman may dress
as slouchy as you please" says Jean
Philippe, but. rest assured, she does
The vaunted loose corset" of the
hour leaves the bust loose. truly, being
cut SO low that 1t gives an illusion of
complete relaxation. The compression
begins with the waist and continues
with the hips. squeezing the vital or
gans worse than did the old wasp
waist corset; because. with Its waist
abdomen -and-hip compression, the
wretched organs find no place to fee.
The flowing skirts and relaxed busts
are whited sepulchers."
Which is. precisely, the stand taken
by Gen. Joffre.
OF course, it was not originality in
tended for publication, but for the
army-so to speak, a profound stfate-
gists inner counsel on a vexed prob
lem. =
At this time ut is said) there circu-
lated what purported to be the repro
duction Of a rough pen-and-ink plan
of the campaign Of 1914 by an Illus
trious hand. Certainly the words
Aisne. Marne, Verdun, etc. etc, were
not in Gen. Joffre's handwriting. Some
one added them. 1t mattered nothing.
The plan alone counted. Here. they
said. were his headquarters; here, the
English army; here the garrison of
Paris: here
But not" laughed a lady who shall
be nameless-wife of one of his five
generals. 1T is not battlefield. The
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MISS FRANCES GRAHAM TRENCH

of German, French. Italian and Span
ish; is conversanr with Norwegian,
Swedish and Danish. and has a work.
ing knowledge of many others While
abroad on this work she had letters
of Introduction securing her the pro-
lection and attention OF every minister
and consul general in Europe, and her
stay was made memorable by the at
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"All is form,'' he answered. And
form is everything. All hats are vel
vet. as the winter comes on. Form
gives their distinction. Now. If mad
anne will tell me the hats she chose
from stock
But madame hadn't
It's confusing" she said. II have
three hats. chosen, in the outer parlor"
The man milliner smiled content. His
pet system had triumphed over a diff
cult subject.
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in the United States which was very
favorably commented upon by educa-
tors of Europe.
In the discussions at these congresses
she used with ease each language
spoken at the time. She has a thor
ough speaking and writing knowledge
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o WEAR.

AS We strolled down the boulevard /
improved the occasion.
Never waste your judgment" said.
'in buying a Paris hat. Those sales
women are experts. Their lives are
spent in picking hats becoming to the
client. They stare at you when you
enter; and at once the works inside
their heads begin to work. They will
fetch out nine hats, and six will look
scrumptious."
They were." she said, pensively.
"And took only three"
STERLING HEIId0.
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GRAHAM FRENCH Rendered Valuable
WAS Over Center
Abroad Education
foW Influence Her Sex More Potent When Directed Through
Hone-A of
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Sterling Heili Tells How Buy Womans Hat in Pari

ode-No Stock Evidence But
II Who edThen the Exhibit From Which Choose
Procedm-A Trip Through the Socuooest
Styles in Seasons Hats for Women Direct From Paris.
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took note of ruby, bordeaux. CO.
rinthe, cyclamen, sapphire, blue roy.
natter and capucines, which is dark
yellow-red.
They seemed all solid colors, only
here and there modest contrast.
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GROSGRAIN
ALL Il

gray. white. natter blue and hlmy
aigrets.
On. on, the inquirer wandered with
us to a-realm of sober colors.
These, the newest" waved NJ Gus
tave ~
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Special Correspondence Of The Star.
PARIS, October 16. 1915.
WENT with lady to a smart
Paris modiste's. 1t was her first
trip. and she was suspicious
y where's their stock?" she whis-
pered.
!, We sat in little room of white lac
quered and gilded walls, in a suite of
little rooms, extending on, on. Here
and there, afar off, stood a hat upon a
!, high pole, but no William Tell to
shoot it.
Elegant clients wandered in the per-
spective, waiting, perfectly good-na-
tured Saleswomen. undulated, mani
cured. high-heeled. perfumed, all in
black. appeared and disappeared-but
principally disappeared. There was a
wartime silence.
BLACK velvets?" inquired pert thing
of thirty-seven.
And disappeared.
why did you say yes?" the seeker
whispered. 'sWhy did she stare at me
like that2' (The saleswoman did stare.)
She was back soon. with another like
herself, and nine hats, six black vel
vets. one dark ruby, one dark cor
inthe. ore dark bordeaux. One by one
she tried them on the lady. Two she
set aside. and seemed to wait. to let
the lady play with the remainder. Try
on. try on.
why did she run off with those
two?" whispered the inquirer. ASK her
please to bring them back!'
(Three minutes are supposed to pass
now. Business. seated at the mirror).
NO. take them away" (She was
right.
The saleswoman spoke up.
ANY Of the seven will look well on
madame"
Madame het up.
"Avez-vous no stock?" she asked.
'.reI her I want to see the jam-pots!"
"Top-hats" 1 translated.
Les postillon?' smiled the good girl,
and the while her partner undulated to
the distance and returned with white
satin pot that had a tiny rolled brim.
1t was all veiled with black netting and
four bands of black velvet.
The seeker motioned 1t away.
No, mems hats. black hats! Tell her
Puritans. It's queer they don't know
what the styles are. Chap no! um red.
um red, tell her"
/ translated stiff hats trimmed with
bands and buckles. as it were Bob
Acres and Rorey OMore effects. so to
speak, or words to that effect.
why does she go so slow?' inquired
the seeker
up like an OIL clos man, with the
stovepipe of a Brest sailor, vintage
1920: a conical Fra Diavola, a sawed
OF opera springer with concave edges
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that the stuff was South American. We
quit the Blue Beard chamber.
Now, I'd say it was the black room.
black and shining steel buckles. twenty
shades of black, from lusterless panne
to richest velvet, blacks set off with
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1915-10-15
WHY CANNOT CARSON ENTER
VALLEYS IRRIGATION PROJECT
Reservoir to Be Erected by Gov
ernment Will Contain Sufficient
Water to Reclaim Vast ACREAGE
Contiguous to This City--Wor
Trying For

and use any excess waters III the res
ervoir for the purpose Of irrigating
the arid lands in Ormsoy county and
use the Carson river as. canal for
distribution of this water.
The reservoir will hold when COM
eted about AZ 900 acre feet of wa
ter, and there are now about $4,000
acres of land III Douglas county COM
ing under this project, of which
about $4,000 acres hold water rights
OF their own. and almost sufficient
water during the months of May,
June and July to water their crops
and using the reservoir for the bal
ance OF the year to draw on, besides
furnishing water for the irrigation OF
lands which have no water rights.
The land owners in forming their
district tax each owner cents per
acre to meet their current expenses.
That such scheme as outlined above
could be put through by acting in
conjunction with Douglas county and
combining with them seems feasible.
The project has not been so far ad-
vanced but that Ormsby county
could get i'll on the proposition and
secure the advice and aid of Doug
las county. 1t would be good idea
t. call a meeting for the purpose and
see il something could not be done
on the above lines. Its fruition would
by county and as suggested should
be started at once. Who will take
the lead?
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1915-10-15
Only Prompt Work by Department
Saved Carson From Disastrous Blaze

probable damage will not exceed, it
is thought, over $500 and is fully COW
cred by insurance. The origin Of
the fire is unknown Mr.. Mckay
SAID he was in his woodshed last
night and at that time everything
was all right.
What will be serious accident
some day when the fire truck is rae
ing to fire is the unsafe condition
OF the fire cisterns in the town.
Tor this morning. when the truck
passed over the one at the corner of
North Curry and Telegraph streets.
the tlmbers covering it sank at least
three inches while the truck was
passing over. The cistern ought to
be torn out and filed up the same as
the Others have been.