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Arizona republican., 1915-12-17
WARM HEARING
 IN ELECTRICITY
Niele Deprecates Need of Municipal Lighting Plant Differs to Pay Toward
 Expenses of Body to Study P. G. X F, Profits

At a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce and Merchants and Manu- facturers last evening. the question of a municipal light plant for Phoe- Eix was discussed pro and con.
 Representatives of the Pacific Gas and Electric Company. and the Young Mems Business Association. were present and gave their sides of the question a thorough airing.
 C. w. BarroWs, pr. w C. Gillespie and pr. ". C. Ellis all were in favor of the municipality owning 9 plant and gave many reasons for theil stand
 A report of a joint committee was read, giving details on both sides e the questions.
 F. s. VieIe, managing director ot the P. C. and F. was present and asked to give his side of the questio- 10 those gathered In Mr. Viele'- opinion. it would be preposterous for the city to think of erecting a plan and stringing overhead wires neces- sary for such service as is planned He said it would be unfair and un- economical fer the municipality to g into competition with the corpora tlOll- tNti Il IL lS ei -NSN l OL IN No- poration. He said that many of th. stories as to the large earnings of the company. where gross eXagger- ations. and that if a committee com posed ot unbiased engineers, an ac countant. and a business man were appointcd to investigate. they Woul6 soon find that such was the case. He also offered to stand a portion o- the expenses of such an investi- gatior
 The P. G. and r., said MT. Viele. has q million and a quarter investeo in the city. and it would be unfair to put this amount of money out O. business here.
 If the people of Phoenix, said MT VieIe, want the company to discon- tinue buying power from the govern ment. and put in steam engines tC generate their own power. the con- pany will be glad to do so, and send s60. 900 out of the state every year for fuel
 pr. Redewnl was or his feet a the close of Mr Viele's talk, an6 contradicted several things stated by him. The Doctor became consider ably heated during his speech but managed to close without anE trouble
Arizona republican., 1915-12-17
fpTAGE ITPkSTAU AUHO KNOUS
 GIVES REAL ONES HINTS ON |BEAOTY DRESS AND CONDUCT

them all during the dialogue of the characters in the play. while l sit and think.
 | Paint looks well on stage typists- not on real ones.
 2 Know your business before you accept a position.
 }. Give up the gum habit.
 4 Learn all you can about the office you work in, and talk about 1t when necessary.
 :. Learn all you can about the peo- pie you work for and never talk about #.
 0. Don't be bert. but offer a stages tion when you think 1t will prove usefrl to the busisess.
 /. Wear pretty womanly clothes lat come well within yo"r salary
 There now! Don't you thinl I've qualified as a pretty good 7uat~t-r stcnographcr
Arizona republican., 1915-12-17
The Only Stage Stenographer in Cap tivity Who Knows How to Beat the Keys as Business Girls do When
 They Really Write
"Paint Looks We'll Behind the Foot lights, But Very Badly on a Real Typist," is One of Her Bits of
 Advice to Girls.

Probably 30 per cent of the feminine part of the audience at each perform ance of "A Pair of Sizes" are, have been or hope to be. business women. Maybe stenographers, bOokkeepcrs, file clerks, telephone operators or something in an office When the cutain rises, they shudder.
 The scene reveals Miss Sally Parker" seated before her typewriter, and the business Jortion of the audi ence shudder because they know that the stage typist never knows how to type.
 She invariably taps the keys with the first finger of each hand. alternately, and highly staccato. This method never did and never could produce a printed line
 It gets on the nerves of the girl who knows. Hence the shudder
 (s She Actually Types
 But hold Miss Sally Parker" be- gins to hit the keys, and To '! she types.
 A great sigh of relief and surprise waits upward, past the balcony, where it gathers strength past the peanut gal lery, where 1t gathers more; past the tptop of the proscenium arch, where 1t reverberates hither and yon with pure enjoyment of the educated clicks from the stage. and finally dies away up near the roof with a final yip of apprecia- sion.
Arizona republican., 1915-12-17
CITY COMMISSION SPLIT ON THE
 QUESTION IF OUSTING CHR|STy

cil. taken by ayes and noes and also approved by the mayor.
 It will he observed that only three fifths of the members elected voted yesterday on the resolutions and mo- tions relating to the office of city at torney.
 Before this matter was taken up by the commission it was brought to the attention of the commission that the Y. NJ C. A. was in arrears for water to the amount of $S54. A resolution was passed directing the city man ager to proceed in this as in all sim liar matters. meaning, to shut off the water.
Arizona republican., 1915-12-17

Those stenographers in my mothers factory (mother managed my fathers brush manufactory up in the Bronx for a timeJ explained to me what torture 1t was to listen to stage senogTapher miStreat the keyboard of a perfectly innocent typing machine.
 "I determined to learn to do it right, for l believe in realism. not fanciful acting So my first stage job has really taught me two jobs.
 If I lose my vocation as an actress. I can always command living wage in an office eh? Perhaps in my next part | will be q real swell secretary!
 live even gone so far as to make ID . set of rules for the girl who wants 10 climb from tho l.vel of a mere type writer to that o1 q fat-salaried secre- tary.
 Don't Be Pert.
 "Want tc hear them? I've compiled
Arizona republican., 1915-12-17

T went straight down to mamma's factory" she says. with triumphant beaming grin. and told the steuograph- CTS l had to learn their work They were perfectly lovely aLout it. But mercy on us. how they made me work
 My fingers were all thumbs. l found only one thumb was needed, and that was to hit the space-kcy with. Those stenographer girls made me practice for hours every week They made me use all my fingers They made me un- derstand every part of the old machine how to oil it. clean it. fix it when it got a kink somewhere and acted funny.
 Has Two Jobs New.
 Honestly. 1 never knew how much typist had to know. even to draw twelve a week-and that's about my caliber, in the play, take it.
Arizona republican., 1915-12-17
U She Actually Types.
A Stage Typewriter Has Actually
 Typewriter.

You hazard the guess that Miss Sally Parker" used to be a typist and gradu- ally graduated to the stage. Wrong again. She never chewed slab of gum or used rubber eraser or took a shorthand note, or picked out the dirt with hairpin, or inserted a sheet of carbon paper, or did the touch system in her life until few weeks before re- hearsals began for "A Pair Of Sizes"
 Strong for Realism.
 The first thing she did when they cast her for the stenog's part was to make d study from life" as she puts 1t @
Arizona republican., 1915-12-17

Every Red Cross Seal you buy helps the good work along
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-09-21
IN THE MATTER OF FOOTWEAR
Woman of Sense Will Select Shoes
That Are Not of Nature to
Attract Notice.

Regarding footwear, one cannot lay
too much stress on the fact that it is
one of the most important features Of
feminine wardrobe this season. New
ertheless. the woman of good taste
will disregard the many fad stock
ings and shoes offered to her and
will select quiet, elegant pedal COW
erings that will distinguish her from
the great mass who rush in where
angels fear to tread
1t is perfectly good taste to wear
the spats of white, or tan or pale
gray with the morning or afternoon
costume. With the latter, however,
may be worn a low shoe of white,
or gray or black kid-according to
the costume-with trimmings of
contrasting color.
1t is always better judgment to
have the hosiery match the color of
awkward, in effect, the woman to
whom the very short skirt is not
becoming; and it makes less con-
spicuous the unshapely ankles which
offend the eye of the esthetic
After several seasons of buckle or
namentation an era Of simple lac
ings or bow decoration has set in.
Very few buckles are seen even in
connection with the dancing slipper.
Bronze vamps with champagne up
pers are among the novelties Of
fered for wear with the demicos-
tune They continue the color
scheme of the costume and thus
counterfeit the grotesque line OF the
very short skirt.
And this reminds one that the
shoe trees have improved vastly with
in the last few seasons. To a
very large extent the wooden forms
have been supplant~d by those Of
metal. ,,y-.-..s-4..,,, .,..
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-09-21
TITLE MUCH MISUSED
TERM "REVEREND" SUBJECT TO
SOME ABUSE.
Fact to Be Remembered Is That 1t Is
Never Family Name Sut Is Al
ways Applied to the
Individual.

At some time in the middle ages the
custom grew up of applying to clergy
men the term "reverendus." This
word was part of speech known in
Latin as a gerund, and meant zone
who ought to be revered."
Gerunds could be compared like ad-
jectives, and it seemed natural to the
people of those days that, if all clergy
men were reverend, bishop should
be designated by the comparative de-
gree, "reverendior," more reverend. or
right reverend, while the superlative
degree, reverendissimus, most rev.
erend, was reserved for archbishops.
AS these terms referred to indi-
viduals, they were never used in con-
but with the Christian name, which
indicated the individual.
A great many people in our day are
committing the unfortunate blunder of
using the term reverend" in connec-
ton with family name. Mr.. Smith
is a clergyman. He is frequently
spoken to as Reverend Smith" This
is wrong. Smith is family name, and
does not refer to an individual. The
only proper way of speaking of him is
as Rev. Mr. Smith, or Rev. John
Smith, or plain Mr.. Smith, but never
Rev. Smith
Never Rev. and Mrs. Smith, but
Rev. and Mrs. John Smith. Strictly
speaking, the only possible way of
speaking to him is Mr. Smith," for
the old English Your Reverence" has
died out.
One does not speak of or to judge
as Honorable Jones, but one speaks or
writes of him as the Hon. Henry t.
Jones, and addresses him as Your
Honor"
AS concerns the use of the word
reverend" no one applies it to him
self or signs his name with it pre-.
fixed
Scholars urge US to try to preserve
the use of the English language, and
not be attacked by the modern disease
which impels so many people to use
nearly all the nouns and many of the
adjectives as if they were titles.
You may find in the papers any day
such expressions as Motorman Brown,
Witness Green, Suspect Robinson. OPP
tician White, Pitcher Jones.
1t ought to be stopped but who will
stop it? Scholars tell us that this is
one of the signs that the English Ian
guage is degenerating very rapidly.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-09-21

beckoned and she carelessly ap-
preached the studio.
AS she crossed the threshold Hall
caught her by the wrist and drew in.
She looked up at him, little fright
ened.
"Flodie," he exclaimed wildly, Flo
die, l can't stand it any longer. Don't
keep it up any longer, dear! Say, yes
can't you? Flodie, for Gods sake"
She looked him up and she looked
him down, and anger was in her eyes.
ST gave you my answer, Mr.. BonistelIe.
Didn't you understand me, this after
noon?" She backed off, preparing to
leave.
He seized her again. "Flodie, |
won't take no for an answer. | love
you too much!" He fumbled in his
pocket and drew out the ring. Here,
take this, Flo; wear it, won't you?
And, as soon as can get Mr.. Doremus
in here, I'll put another one on your
finger that1l make US man and wife!"
She took it, and tossed it across the
studio. 1t bounded along the floor
mo, thanks, Mr. Bonistelle! You'll
have to excuse me, I'm busy"
But heavens, Flo, look at the clock!
It's nearly twelve! 1 have only fifteen
minutes more, Flo! Don't turn me
down! Oh, l want you so, Flodie-
won't you"
cTO BE CONTINUED
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-09-21
British Afforestation,

Afforestation as a national under
taking is being kept insistently be-
fore the British government. At a
meeting of the Scottish Arboricultural
society in Edinburgh the other day
resolution was adopted, in which the
government was urged to give facil-
tiles, and to provide funds for putting
schemes of forest tree culture into
operation. Afforestation carried out
on a considerable scale, it is averred,
would afford suitable employment UNI
der healthy conditions, for a large
and increasing rural population, while
1t would also assist in solving the
problem of finding work and wages
for the large number Of soldiers who
at the end of the war on returning
home may not be able to resume their
former occupations. The matter is
really one of some national urgency.
AS the chairman pointed out, the war
has made clear the dangerous extent
to which Scotland has hitherto been
dependent upon foreign timber, for
since the outbreak of hostilities every
article in which wood is used has
gone up considerably in price.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-09-21
HEALTH AND BEAUTY

Use plenty Of powder during the
heat and you will find that it will re-
duce your excessive perspiration.
If you find it difficult to drink milk
alone, take some bread or crackers
with it. Either prevents the forma-
ton of large clots and the milk is,
therefore, more readily digested. Lime
water or barley water added to milk
has the same effect.
Buy a good brush and then take care
of it. Before you use a brush for the
first time soak it in weak solution Of
bicarbonate of soda for two hours.
This not only serves to disinfect it
from shop handling. but it sets the
bristles so that they will not fall out
so readily.
Very often after long illness it will
be found that the teeth have begun
to decay. This is usually laid down to
the nature of the Illness. In reality
it is more often due to neglect of the
teeth than to the ailment itself. Dur
ing illness the teeth should be
cleansed often. especially as they can
not be attended to by dentist.
Precipitation should not be allowed
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-09-21
CONVENIENT FOR SMOKER
Match-Striker end Pipe-Holder That
Will Be Appreciated by Man
Fond of Tobacco.

This is useful little present to
make for brother or male friend who
happens to be a smoker. 1t is intend
ed for hanging upon the wall by the
side Of the mantelpiece, and for hold
ing single pipe. and it is provided
with place upon which watches can
be struck. For making it, piece of
wood measuring 61a by 3h inches and
one-half inch in thickness will be re-
quired.
This piece of wood is covered with
pale green watered silk, the material
being turned over at the edges and
fastened on at the back with seccotine
or some other strong adhesive. The
edges are afterwards finished off with
plated gold silk cord. and loop
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-09-21
EASY TO WORK EMBROIDERY
Directions Given Here Will Show Any
body Just How the Work Should
Be Done Successfully.

Stamped materials for tandem
broidered lingerie have been carried
to such a degree that any needlewom-
an can put together the most charm
ing creations after working the en-
broidery Patterns can be bought to
correspond in several garments. thus
one can buy a boudoir cap and sacque
to match, or set of undergarments,
and so on.
But the greatest advance has been
in the line of children's clothes. When
we mothers were young our mothers
had a regular system of barter and
paper. Patterns of coveted designs
were worn to shreds passing from
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-09-21

hanL to hand. Our mother would learn
new shocking stitch. or get new
idea for a jacket, or find good cut
for guimpe and behold, her pattern
was passed all around the community
and the only consolation she had was
that her children appeared in the new
style first, and she herself could bor-
row another from someone else later
on. All this is changed now. and one
really need only understand the rudi-
ments of sewing and yet put together
at least every stitch her children wear
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-09-21
GIRDLE HELPS FROCK
is A NOTICEABLE FEATURE OF
SEASONS STYLES.
Paris Has put Forth Idea That May
or May Not Be Taken Up, But
Has All the Charm
of Novelty.

Odd girdles and shapes are a notice
able feature of the summer styles and
allow a vast field for variety. since
high, low and normal waist lines are
all to be reckoned with
Paris sends over the novel sash idea
incorporated in the sketch and is
one that commends itself to the slen-
der woman. A strip Of the dress silk
-taffeta preferably-fromt three and a
half to four yards in length and about
a foot wide is outlined along its up
per edge with narrow self-ruff1ing.
The sash ties in large bow well
over the left hip and is draped down
the opposite side to within several
inches Of the knee. where it is in
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-09-21
Separate Coat.

Many Of the new separate coats are
SO long that they reach the end Of the
dresses with which they are worn or
extend a little beyond the bottom of
the dresses. A striking coat Of this
type is made of wood-green broad
cloth. 1t is severely plain. having
nothing but six black ball buttons to
ornament and fasten it from the neck
to the waist line. Here it is held
close to the figure by means of a
tight-ftting belt. A collar of black
velvet stands upright around the back
and sides of the neck, but at the
front it disappears entirely.
OF course, the very long coat has
not caused an absolute extinction of
shorter length coats. Many separate
coats are made to the knee line. or q
little longer, but the strictly latest"
model Is OF the extremely long type.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-09-21

of ribbon with smart rOsette bow at
the top of a color to match is fastened
holder from a nail in the wall.
On the upper part in front a square
piece Of sandpaper on which the
matches may be struck is fastened on
with glue. Below this, a brass picture
ring of the nature shown in the small
sketch on the right is screwed A ring
of this kind with a screw upon one
side may be obtained for trifie from
any ironmonger's. and it can be Sc
curely fastened in a moment.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-09-21
Origin of Crescent.

Professor Ridgeway, in England, ad-
vocated a new view, according to
which the Mohammedans got the idea
of the crescent, not from the new
moon, but from the ancient and long
continued use in Asia Minor of ANU
lets made by fitting two boars' tusks
together at the base. The figure thus
produced certainly bears a closer re-
semblance to typical crescent, as it
is represented on the Turkish flag
than does new moon. The wide dis
tribution of these amulets, however,
suggests that they may have had a
common origin in some symbol per-
tanning to the moon. They are found
as far away as New Guinea, while in
Africa they are in common use, made.
however, of lions claws instead of
boars' tusks.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-09-21

boiling water; when cool, add this wa,
ter, strained, to a rich lemonade.
Serve slice of lemon in each glass.
Strawberries, cherries or slices of
banana add to the appearance of
glass of lemonade. A sprig of mint
added to the glass, and few leaves,
crushed and mixed with the lemonade,
is another good flavor. well liked.
Fruit Punch.-Put into a punch
bowl a quart of strong lemonade, add
handful of green mint. bruised.
small bottle of maraschino cherries,
eight slices Of pineapple, cut in small
dice, two oranges. cut small, and three
bottles of ginger ale. Add an album
dance of ice and serve very cold.
Plain Iced Tea.-Make a quart of
tea and add a half cupful of lemon
juice, sweeten to taste and put into
tall glasses with cracked ice. Serve
with slice of lemon in each glass.
Mint Punch.-Take a quart of wa
ter, five lemons and a cupful of sugar
for a strong lemonade. Slice the lem
ons and let them stand with the sugar
Slightly bruise a dozen sprigs of
mint, put these into the punch bowl
with the lemonade and quart of gin
Der ale. When ready to serve, add
large lump of ice and strain the lem
onade and ale over it. Garnish each
glass with a sprig of mint, dipped in
powdered sugar, after being moistened
with the white of an egg.
Grape juice and lemonade is good
combination for a drink Add quart
of grape juice to a pint of lemonade.
Serve ice cold.
Blackberries are used as an astrin-
gent The cordial is given in times
of bowel trouble. All fresh berries like
currants, raspberries, cherries and
melons are among the list of invalu'
able fruits to serve in their season.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-09-21
Wireless Station for Antarctic.

One of the objects of Sir e. Shackle-
tons present South polar expedition
is to establish wireless station in the
Antarctic, the staff to be relieved once
year. The main purpose of the sta
ton would be to keep the civilized
world acquainted with the meteoro-
logical conditions around the pole.
Theoretically the power of such a sta
ton need not be very great for long
distance transmission, but during Cap
tain SCOTS Antarctic Investigations it
was discovered that the Aurora aust
trails Cthe South pole equivalent of
the aurora boreaiis in high northern
latitudes), by "damping" the ether
waves, somewhat counterbalanced the
lessened interference of sunshine.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-09-21

JUNCTION. Il certainly have, miss why
I've buried three wives Already.
reckon l know pretty near as much
abC't women as anybody
Then you're just the man I've been
looking for!" said Carolyn. 81 want
you to help me; will you?" She jumped
up eagerly.
He rose also. What appears to be
the trouble?"
why, there are two women here
that I'm just dying to have your opin-
ion Of Come out with me and I'll in
troduce them to you, and let you talk
to them; will you?"
you bet / will. Just let me see 'em!
l guess if anybody can size 'em up,
Jonas Hassingbury CAM"
And with that he followed her out
into the other room, and Carolyn deliv-
cred him over to Rosamund Gale.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-09-21
Poet as [ awmaker

Signor d'Annunzio, Italy's poet-idol
and political leader, comes nearest of
all men to justifying the dictum of
Fletcher of Saltoun regarding the
power Of the poet as a lawmaker.
For d'Annunzio has Sung Italy into
war by his own ballads. In order that
Fletcher may not suffer from the
usual misquotation, his actual words
may be here set down. They are
taken from an Imaginary Converse
ton" Il knew" he says, ga very
wise man so much of Sir Christopher's
sentiment that he believed if man
were permitted to make all the bal
lads he need not care who should
make the laws of nation. London
Chronicle.