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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-02-02
Heart tohea
Talks
.Wuo.s AFRAID OF An 0cRE7"
D. CHARLES N. LURE

"WuO'S AFRAID OF An 0cRE7"
Friends of children in New York and
elsewhere-may their tribe increase
have organized . new children's 20
ciety.
They call 1t the who's Afraid OF ar
Ogre Society,"" and they define its OBJ
5ects az follows:
1.-THE object Of the society is to In
terest children In the good and beauti
full, in belief in fairies. and to do away
with the depressing opinions that many
Of them gain from tales Of ogres
witches. ghosts and things in the
dark" Each child who Joins the 90
ciety rs pledged never to be afraid, e.
pecially in the dark.
Wise parents know enough, without
the aid Of this society or any other
assistance. not to brighten their chill.
dren or let them be frightened by tales
Of the 'bogey man" and the like. They
recall all too wildly. many Of them
the shuddering fear with which they
crept upstairs In the dark to their bed.
roomS after hearing narrowing stories
Of the great big man who carried hia
head IN bis hands and watched out fol
httle children 10 feed them to his dogs.
Out on oil such stuff
It h detrimental. physically and NOR.
ally. to children. Il takes away from
the nne. sweet Joy Of living which d
the rightful possession Of al small chill.
dren. Too soon at best for 70 very
many Of them comes the cruel contact
with the hard realities Of life. Keeg
them young and untainted ~ wong a
possible
Says Wordsworth:
a sinps. child that lightly draws ID
And feels it, life In every limb. whai
should \ know Of dsathf
And
In the formation Of this society
ther1s moro than q hint Of wisdom for
older folks a. well. The who's Afraid
Of an Ogre" idea II capable Of indeH.
nits extension among adults.
For instance
Suppose your friend comes to you
with doleful face and tells you Of bust.
ness depression. not In his own line,
perhaps. but In some business In the
next city. the next county. the next
state Tell him
who's afraid Of an ogrer
And % on your peaseful way untR-
tilted.
ffi-s-s-ias-ss-s-i-si-ss3-t-s-s-t
+ THE MORE you ADVERTISE +
+ THE BUSTER YOU GET 4
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-02-02
] THE MORE you ADVERTISE .
THE BUSTER you GET
We Take Pride In Doing
Work Right
BRING YOUR JOB TO
US. AND SEE
Speaking Of Feet.

Speaking Of Feet
Church. see 1t is said that the foot
Of the ancients varied from SIS to
1922 inches.
Gotham-The people Of Chicago can
look among the latter mentioned for
their ancestors.
Full Skirt
Now that full skirts are actually
showing. It win please most women
to ind that the nm circular skirt II
here. After all. tie circular skirt 10
the most graceful Il al and goes par.
ticularly wen with the redingote and
other basque and moyes ass waist
effects now In vogue.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-02-02

| LISA
tell you that my name Il
IoNALD olANssERiN

tell you that my name u
you Immediately picture Q
= heavy beard. shocky hair.
thick ct form. In other
p fhncy me to BE- q Russian.
Dre 10 zee me vou would be-
fher small mum with closely
hair and clean shaven face.
] cannot speak q word Of
I can only speak Ensiish
Fican English at that for I
In the United States and
lily had never been OF the
beEicaA continent.
DER was born In the province
In eastern Russia. lying next
He came to America when
Try young, married an Amer.
lana died within Tyear after
her brought q little money
from Russia. which he used
{ and left my mother In COM
circumstances. When ! was
1e . letter came to her stat
the farm which had been in
kaloR family for many years
sold, and l was interested.
osed that l 60 to Russia and
the matter. I loved travel
tht at the plan eagerly.
reached my fathers former
did not wonder that he had
The country round about was
ettled, though a village had
p near the farm. The people
1r own customs. which had
nded down to them through
nerations. Some Of these Gus
Re very quaint.
Eher had left a brother and a
y Russia. The brother had
BARRED. but the sister. a wild
lived. She had but one child.
Ter, who jointly with me would
be farm. She was a very odd.
IL very pretty. little damsel
|venteen years old. l could not
p my aunt or my cousin be-
|ey spoke no English and I no
but we found an interpreter
red our purpose fairly well.
was no hotel in the place. and
bliged to set up a dwelling Of
This I did In q small house
lad been vacated. A middle
Iman who spoke q little Eng
sented to be my housekeeper
my cooking. My aunt did not
y to stay at her house. Why I
u.
business that brought me to
was very slow In working itself
] the prospect Of my getting
as not propitious. I had been
illage several weeks when one
I was surprised by a visit
y Cousin Lisa. She came In,
hes and with a shrinking man
y housekeeper being present,
40 improperly In her coming,
'vertheless wondered at 1t. Not
BILE to communicate with her
an to say good morning. ! ask.
to inquire II there
ything could do for my cOu'
few words passed between the
d the housekeeper. with some
lssment l thought, said that
as only one thing I could dc
cousin, but ] had better find II
myself.
luded that I had struck anoth.
Q strange customs Of the coun.
that ! might rs well let II
tself out. Lisa assisted the
eper in the WORK. and went
out the business concerning
had come to Russia. I did moi
till evening. expecting surely
cousin had gone. What waa
rise to find her still there.
long" ! asked my housekeep'
Lisa going to stay herer
lys. unless you turn her out"
her OUT"
And you cannot do that unless
. willing to suffer the resent
every one hereabout."
{ does all this meanr'
cans that Lisa has offered to
vou."
thunder struck. Little b 1t.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-10-30

Beware of haste in dressing, for if
one of these details is sighted your
whole work is undone.
l think the disclosure of rouge on
any woman's face is vulgar, but you
can accentuate the tint of your
cheeks without disclosing any arti-
fetal means whatever, if you are
clever.
Don't say after reading this that
you do not have time to practice the
simple methods by which any woman
can become good to look at, for that
makes you confess you either are
lazy or stupid.
Pay as much attention to that
wonderful body of yours as you do
to the new bridge rules or to busting
your living room, and you will hardly
have to seek further for beauty at
40-if you add right thinking.
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@A-OSeAA"0
details.
AS one grows older one is apt to
discover ugly hair on the face. Don't
blame this on using cream-if you
have been careful to use a pure
cream of vegetable oils. These coarse
hairs come with the advancing years
and they can be pulled out with
tweezers. This will entail a close
scrutiny every day, and every hair
that shows it's ugly length must be
pulled out. You can also have this
done by electrolysis - every three
months you will have to resort to the
electric needle after you have had all
of those you can see taken out.
Your eyebrows should be shaped
carefully and all wild hairs either
shaved or pulled out. Your hair
should be combed becomingly around
your face so as to soften it.
Il think little rouge is permissible
to the woman of 40, provided she has
no color, but it must be very little,
put on near the eyes on the cheek
bones and softly spread downward
toward the ears.
Over this put your powder Never
use white powder unless you wish to
look like woman who has patron
lied the flour barrel
After using powder plentifuIly, let |
it remain on your face until you are
fully dressed. Then wipe it off softly |
with baby hair brush, brushing the |
face upward very lightly. Now brush.
out your eyebrows, put tiny bit of |
rouge on the lobes of your ears, also |
a little of your favorite perfume.
Outline your lips with just hint of |
rouge, the kind called lip stick. If |
your eyebrows are thin and light, |
outline them with mascara on your
eyebrow brush.
Be sure your collar or ruching is
perfectly fresh and that your hair is
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-10-30
GAY, EVEN oAUDY ARE THE NEW
SKIRTS

Everybody's wearing them-the
new red skirts. They were designed
for sport wear but school girls and
girls no longer in school have ap-
propriated them for wear on all oc-
casions.
The skirts of vivid hue are, of
course, unadorned by flares of rip
pies there's such a thing as too
much color. Quite the best looking
one I've seen was cut perfectly plain
and finished at the bottom with a
two-inch hem and at the top with a
two-inch belt of the goods faced with
white, just a hairline of the white
showing. Two slanting pockets we're
decorated with red bone buttons
edged with white.
They're gaudy, garish things, but
the swish of red skirt does send the
blues a-scurrying.
-O-O-
WONDER If GROOM CIT HIS SIR
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-10-30

WONDER IF GROOM CUT HIS SUB
ScRIPTIoN AFTER THIS?
FUNERAL NOTICE Duluca-Dus-
sor-Marriage of Paul Duluca and
Miss Lillian Dussor, performed Oct
8 by Judge Dauenhauer, was blessed
and celebrated Oct. 19 by friends
New Orleans, La, Daily States.
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II he had eleven pair OF hands, every
pair would be occupied in some OF the
varied tasks his rating calls upon him
10 perform.
Directly after breakfast on sailing
day the two quartermasters turn TO
and proceed to get the wheel house In
order. They put a dazzling polish on
the numerous pieces OF brass, wipe
down the woodwork with a little tur-
pentine and a piece OF bunting, scrub
the foor and wash the windows. The
last is a discouraging Job for the new
conner. for II seems as though the waste
leaves more lint or the panes than
was there before the washing.
While the youngster Is in a state
bordering on despair because the win
dows refuse to look their prettiest
the older O.. NJ. comes along and sees
what Is wrong
Here son." he says. take a bit of
newspaper to the windows" The
tries II, and finds that II
works wonders.
And so II is all along the line: the
lad learns that there are all sorts OF
short cuts to the work, and how neces-
EdlN ~ A.NAAt - ~
lob run smoothly. As a cadet he may
Rave become more or less familiar with
the work, both by helping the quarter
masters and by doing a little OF II him
self, but he appreciates how different
1t is TO finish some of the tasks alone,
without the advice OF an experienced
| man.
II the ship Is one which sails n,
noon the passenger gangway Will he
! put out about $50, and the ~youngster
in all his glory OF brand new uniform
and cap goes on nj the head of II tc
keep off the ship all people not en-
citled TO come aboard. StowawayS
usually get aboard during the hustle
OF sailing morning, and If they get by
the men at the gangway the old mar
Is more than likely to have something
to say that will not be pleasant,
There is nothing dlsrespectful II
| the term "Old Man" II is one of thos,
applications sanctioned by usage, ant
the captain who was not so spoken oi
by his crew would feel that he had NJ
bod on the respect r affection OF hi,
men.
When the baggage has been taker
in the officer in charge at the after
hatch gives the order TO connec The
steering gear. Then the trouble be
gins. Sometimes the jaws of the fol
lower are bent, and that means haul
ing and pulling until the stubborn
parts fit as they should. In twenty
minutes the bolts are finally screwed
up and the gear Is ready for the test
Always before leaving the pier tn,
steering gear is tested out Ia see tina
Il works as it should, ior the consc
quences would he serious II It shout,
refuse to act when the vessel is undei
way.
The youngster goes down TO tn
steering engine compartment Nnl
closes the drain cocks in the cylin
ders, opens the exhaust valve, the'
turns ON the steam. As soon as IN
can get on deck to the wheel hous
he turns the wheel over, 1t moves
little way and sticks. Just 70 max
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Labor" by Claude Buck.

ties. 1t Is regarded as virtually GER
tain that the cooperation OF all will be
secured.
The second plan contemplates the
selection of American paintings, in ad-
dition to the foreign works. This
movement was initiated by Glide j.
Burroughs. secretary of the Detroit
Museum of Art. who sent the follow
ing letter TO John r. d. Trask. chief
OF the department OF fine arts. Pam
ama-Pacihc Exposition:
my DEAR Mn. TRAsK: Would It be
possible to have a selected portion Of
the fine exhibition which you have as
sembled at San Francisco serve a
number OF institutions of the middle
West at the close of the Panama-Pa-
cific Exposition in December?
AT the meeting OF the American
Federation OF Arts. held in Washing
ton the other day, a number of the off,
cials of the middle Western museums
discussed "A cooperative scheme where
by exhibitions of magnitude could he
assembled and by passing them from
one institution to the other much labor
and expense could be saved.
The thought has come TO me that II
We could secure the consent OF the
owners and the cooperation OF your
self and staff, the Minneapolis lnsti-
tute OF Art, the Chicago Art institute,
the City Art Museum. st. Louis: the
John Heron Institute, the Toledo Mu-
scum. the Dwight Museum OF Art and
| others could take advantage OF the
| magnificent collection you have as
sembled and grasp this opportunity to
put into practice the theory OF CO.
| operation which We have discussed"
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rings a bell slowly until the officer
on watch sings out "All right"
Meanwhile the mate has been look
ing at the standard compass on the
bridge and noting the difference be-
tween the wheelhouse compass and
the standard. Every hour this is
done. because the variation changes
for every locality and It 10 necessary
to know the true course.
For several days the two quarter
masters work watch and watch; that
Is. while n is below the other Is
at the wheel. They stand four hour
watches. with a half hour relief after
two hours at the wheel. The bust
ness OF going on at a certain hour,
eating. sleeping and washing clothes
gets very m~onotonous after three or
four days, and It 10 with pleasure
they look forward to making port.
Sometimes IN the night watches, on
the la to 4. the sleepy" watch. the
quartermaster goes OF in q browse
and ne comes to with a start TO find the
ship a point or more off her curse,
Then the officer on watch makes q
few remarks suitable 10 the occasion
and the nan remains awake for the
rest OF his watch.
In the West Indies the q~uartermas-
ters have some real work TO do In
getting out gangways, Most of the
time an accommodation ladder IL swunR
over the side and the eangway made
fast to the lower grating OF this, bu,
every port means a different style OF
rigging the Eangways.
on arrival in port there Is no al
night in" !or the quartermasters
They act as watchmen and "keer
ship at night. As n usual thing
the quartermasters work 6 and 6 II
port, which arrangement gives then
a little more sleep than the 4 and
at sea. on the occasions when ths
ship IL anchored the -. NJ. has e
stand anchor watch, TO see that the
anchor doesn't drag, and keep boats
from landing at the gangway. Tn,
man on the morning watch, 4 TO S
calls the mates and the crew at 5:3O
to begin the days work. Then h,
gets the flags hoisted and all read,
to break out when eight bells goes.
Among the odd Jobs the quarter
master does IN port might be men
toned tho vanishing and scrapinj
of the wheelhouse woodwork, clean
ing brass, repairing torn flags. paint
ing, giving the steering engine
thorough cleaning after the engineer
have finished overhau,ing il, dom
the necessary work on the steerinI
gear to keep 1t in order, and man,
! other things that come up In tn
course Of a month. 1t seems that CON
panies have implicit faith in the oil
proverb about an idle mind being tn
devils workshop. and do all in thei
power TO prevent quartermasters fror
falling into the clutches OF that gen
tleman.
For a man who Is versatile enoug
TO do all these Jobs one would expec
the pay ~ he reasonably good. espe
cial.y when taking into account tn
hours demanded, But such isn't IN
case. A quartermaster draws tn
sum Of thirty-nve dollars 4 mont
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and board. The value of the board
depends on whether you are hiring
a man and giving 1t to him or whether
you are living on II yourself.
Quartermasters mess with the other
petty officers and receive second cabin
food. Sometimes II is fairly good for
a week or so, and then II takes a
change and gets really poor. 1t de-
ponds largely on how much the stew
ard feels that he has TO make on this
particular trip.
As for quarters, they vary with the
ship, in tho anne way as tho food
does. In most Of tho ships the rooms
are small and more or less imperfectly
ventilated. When running to south
ern ports that Ia IN important con-
siderat!on.
Ono OF the South American lines
makes a stop at the island OF Curacao
in the Dutch West Indies There they
obtain tho laborers to unload the ship
while In Venezuelan ports. These
men come aboard and live on the ship
for five or six days at a time. so they
are obliged to bring their bags with
them. Now these laborers are great
big six foot negroes for the most part.
and being negroes they have the usual
fondness for Sin. In Curacao gin is
imported from Holland and can be had
at a very reasonable price.
One Of the duties OF the quarter
masters in hat line is to stand at the
gangway with a cadet and search the
dunnage bags OF these "trabajdores''
for gin. because every time they sue
coed in getting any quantity OF the
stuff aboard they commence TO fight
and render themselves UNFIT for work
the following day. One OF the Dutch
gendarmes is always present. and
when a black objects to having his
gin destroyed and puts up a fght he
is promptly collared and taken OFF e
the local jail by the policeman. New
ertheless there are some jolly little
fights at the gangway every once II
"A while. But the quartermaster re
ceives no extra pay for taking IN,
chance OF getting a cuchillo between
his ribs In the course OF searching tn,
laborers.
The next promotion after quarter
master is to the rank OF mate or on,
" the llttllScu blllCcTS OF tR6 SHY
The Federal regulations demand tina
a mar have three years experience oil
the sea before he is permitted to n
up for examination. At least on,
year Of this time must he put in as
quartermaster. so as a general thin,
the quartermasters are the future Off
GERS.
BY saving mis- money and studyinI
In his spare time. which isn't much
the boy who is a =. NJ. can learn nav!
CATION. When he has enough. sa,
5000, he goes ashore to a navigationa
school, where they cram him for s.!
weeks or two months to take his eX
animation. This costs about $50
Then he goes before the local inspec
tors. II he passes. they issue a II
cense and he proceeds to hunt hi
first berth as mate, while should II
fail he generally goes back to tn
school.
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A BOY QJARTERMASTER IN THE AMERICAN MERCHANT MARINE

end OF the nose, the back Of the neck.
or anywhere at all. In the hurry to
Set off ashore. Once the visitors are
all on the pier the @. NJ. casts off
the lashings and a winch hauls the
gangplank to the pier.
Up in the wheelhouse a very ner-
vous, perspir!ng young man Is getting
a mild case OF stag fright. Although
as cadet he may have taken the ship
IN and out Of some nasty harbors in
South America or the Indies, he feels
as though everything he had learned
had deserted him now. and he waits
for the first order with a rapidly beat
ing heart and a fervent wish to be
anywhere but IN his present position.
The voice Of the chief officer on the
"fo'castle head" reports the lines clear.
and then comes the faint 1angle OF
the engine room telegraph as It trans
r'ts an order TO the engine room crew.
Then down the scuttle OF the wheel
house booms the voice OF the Old Man,
Hard aport." The effect on the boy
Is like n dash of cold water; Instantly
he becomes calm, alert.
Hard aport. sir" ne sings out in
answer. Whirrrrrr goes the steering
engine, and the rudder indicator moves
TO show the position Of tho rudder.
When nearly hard YER tho Q. NJ.
moves the wheel slower, until II stops,
then he calls out. Wheel hard over,
SIR"
Now the slow throbb!ng Of
the engines as they drive the vessel
clear OF the dock. on deck the pas
sengcrs are calling good-bys and wav-
Ing handkerchiefs, and stra!ning for
n last look at friends and relatives
rhc n towDoat that has been stand
ing by in casa Of trouble turns on
her stubby tail and makes off down
the river. once away from the dock
and the telegraph signals full speed
ahead.
In two ,r three minutes there
comes another order from the bridge:
"Starboard a little" This time IL
is the pilot who gives the command
Then come a string of them, as the
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Pacific Exposition. has been inter-
viewed in San Francisco. The Fine
Arts Building, we should say the Pal
ace Of Fine Arts. according to Mr..
Froer, evokes a mood Of confusion:
at is bewildering. silly, a maze! Those
gimcrack columns Of corrupted Greek!
As to the collection itself:
"1f rs per cent. Of the pictures were
removed and the remaining rs per
cent. properly hung the collection
would be 1000 per cent. improved.
Good pictures are skied and bad pic
tares hung on the line. A work of art
deserves ten times the space 1t re-
ceives there. Good pictures are crowded
by bad pictures. You can't see the
forest for the trees. Think Of a collec-
ton OF American art in which there is
not a single Abbott Thayer. And
what has Daveneck done for American
art that he should have so large a
rcom. while there are only two Homer
Martins, and Win low Homer and
George 1nness and Tryon, the greatest
Of American landscape painters, ar so
poorly represented? Think OF giving
Keith a room and having nothing by
Rollo Peters.
The fault is not Task's. for Trask
is a nan who knows" he said. There
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sure that n IL stuck he moves II back
IN 'midships. This time when he tries
IL the wheel moves. and the mutied
whirring Of the steering nglne in the
compartment below comes up 10 as
an him that II 4, working.
He heaves a sigh of intense relief
and wipes the nervous perspiration
of his brow. for II would be a calam-
ity TO have ANYTHING go wrong with
the gear while he had the handling
OF n. The rudder Indicator moves
steadily "a the vince, turns over and
ooms. ~ "bora anor," The, ne
sv,n @, 4, IN the o~nnos,ta direction 10
.h.,a a,,ornoora" r,,s ,,m. n.
49,. ~ no,r o-,ash,n ava ,eaves
90 ranor, ~. s,sor,rg gear In read..
m.o, muoh -, S,s u,rl, 90 over
e., ~. g., r,h,.i. ~. n,arr,rg
,ha,
""-s,'o, No" 80
~ eNa.''y az sp w. 80,
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Lake George. J. Maynard Williamson
will be at Lyme for the summer.
Frank Townsend Hutchens will be at
Norwalk this summer. Louis Marx
will remain all summer in California
Rhoda Holmes Nichols will also be
there all during the summe months.
William II. Cotton will go TO New
port. Victor Hecht Will spend the
summer at New Hamburg. Henry
Mosler will spend the summer at Ell
heron. William Smedley will be at
Bear Lake, Pa. Joel Mott Allen WI,
spend the summer at Twilight Park.
y. Y. Edward Dufner will move his
studio until the autumn. Joseph Bos-
ton will be IN the Ad,rondacks.
Charles T. Chapman will 70 to Maine
instead OF taking his usual trip TO