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The Detroit times., 1915-01-15
THE WEATHER.

FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY,
CLOuDft PROBABLY SNOW, MOD
EhATE WESTERLY WINDS.
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high to make room for bookshelves
undo meath. The bookshelves are fac
tory made. OF the builtin variety.
trimmed with holdings to match the
fireplace mantel and Dashboard Of the
room and the crown molding next to
the ceiling. All holdings around the
doors and windows are selected to
match the same design.
This idea is carried out in great
many modern homes. It has been
made not only possible but easy by
the manufacturers of holdings, who
have worked out certain designs that
may be built up to any size. Many of
these holdings are complete as indf
vidual molds, but lend themselves to
built-up combinations which merge
one into the other with easy curves of
the same general design.
The manner of building the roof to
cover the front veranda permits q
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here illustrated is one of this type.
It has a solid foundation Of concrete
set down deep enough in the ground
to provide a large, comfortable, winter
basement, which is divided into cellar,
storage for fuel, heating apparatus
and laundry. The basement is, in fact,
the most important part of a bungalow
built north of latitude AZ in the east
ern or middle western states.
This basement is even considered of
sufficient Importance to have a spe-
cial outside entrance in the rear. This
entrance is we'll built of concrete,
with easy steps leading down from the
back garden, and wide, heavy door
for easy access into the laundry de-
partment of this splendid basement.
There is also an easy stairway to
the basement going down from the
back hall, to use for the many visits
to this important part Of the house at
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TURBANS REMAIN IN FAVOR
From, and Almost Equal Variety
of Materials.

Turbans continue, if anything, more
popular than ever. Russian effects,
Scotch effects, various notched and
cornered styles and very long, severe,
boat-shaped models are smart. Large
sailors are worn for knockabout, and
huge, flaring Gainsboroughs are among
the dressy models.
Fur-cloth is much used in the max
ing of smart turbans, combined with
dull, soft tinsel, panne velvet and
satin, also frequently combined with
felt. Tinsel ornaments and tinsel
braids are used to bind brims and
edge novel fancies. Bandings of vari-
GUS widths, edgings, cockades, bows,
huge loops, tassels and rabbits ears
of fur are all used as trimmings.
Frequently a single flower is used
in combination with fur. Metal roses
are favored for this purpose. Some
of the newest flowers have fur petals
OF fur centers All sorts of tall trim
fancies of peacock, ostrich, coque and
burnt novelties are used for trimming
small turbans. Beaded and spangled
birds and ornaments continue to be
popular.
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DAINTY BOUDOIR WEAR
NEolioEgS ARE ALMOST ~
WlTcHlN0LY BEAUTIFUL.
Illustration Shows One Of the Prettlest
Of the Modse-0reat Variety Of
colors May es Selected for
lts Creation.

"Good enough to eat" has long
qualified ~ verbal seal Of approval
On those things that particularly call
forth ones admiration, and In connec-
ton with the new negligees the term
certainly seems suitable.
Just the mere term "negligee" does
not seem half expressive enough for
the delicious clouds Of lace and bill
lows Of chiffon that make up new and
bewitching room gowns! For instance.
the dainty one here shown. We can
almost offer guaranty that anyone
can look pretty In It and the quantity
pretty boudoir cap.
A white crepe de chine petticoat slip
is the foundation, writes Lillian e.
Young In the Washington Star. 1t may
have an embroidered border or be
finished with hounce of lace or self
material. The top is plain with the
petticoat gathered TO 1t at an empire
waist line.
A simple kimono-sleeved bodice
makes the top of the coat to which
the full skirt Is gathered with wide
beading and high-waisted encircling
line Of roses. The front edges slope
downward and away from the waist,
and are cut IN large scallops bound
with taffeta- The neck of the bodice
and the sleeves are edged with white
fur.
Use azure blue, shell pink, maize
yellow, orchid or white chiffon for this
model, with little pink roses at the
waist and white rabbit or marabou
about the neck and sleeves. Keep the
under slip white.
The cap is new one. It consists
of two rufi1es of net or chiffon caught
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Fever Pillow.

To make fever pillow take q piece
Of old linen that has been we'll washed
and make with 1t case about 70 by
10 inches. Take old newspapers, let
ters or circulars and tear them into
pieces not larger than Z ten-cent
piece; or cut soft paper into strips
about half an inch wide and two
inches long, and curl the strips with
an old penknife. FIJI the case quite
full with the papers and few shreds
of flannel and sew the end up.
Horsehair cushions Of all shapes
and sizes are good to rest the back Of
ne neck and the back or to place be-
tween the knees or wherever there
II : hollow spot These, q wsll a.
paper pillows, will be found I com
fort to any one tossing about In fever.
Many Of them are being made in Eng
land to be used by the Red Cross Tor
the sufferers q the war,
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ale Prayed for All He Saw.

John Wheelock, the second president
of Dartmouth college, was a most spec
tacular character. Wilder D. Quint, in
his STORY of Dartmouth" says Of him:
"He lacked culture and in his writ
ing was turgid and almost illiterate.
Lord relates that his prayers at chapel
were marvels Of grotesque taste. Hav-
ing one day CHANGED to attend some
experiments In the chemistry of gases,
he thanked the Lord in his next chapel
prayer for the elements in detail. We
thank thee, 0 Lord, for the oxygen
gas; we thank thee, o Lord, for the
hydrogen gas; we thank thee, o Lord,
for the nitrogen gas, and for all the
gases
"At another time he was impressed
in the same way by the wonders OF
anatomy and expressed his gratitude in
like form for the cerebrum, the cere-
bellum and for the medulla oblon.
gaia"
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"a lady though l would ltnger
on the more beautiful and ro-
- mantle aspects of Japan, the
IA Japan of the iris and cherry
blossom, of violet lake and
pine-clad mountains, of maple trees
running in autumn like tongues of
flames along the hillside, of little fish
ing villages crowding the romantic
shores Of the Inland sea, of Full, snow
powdered and aloof, hanging as 1t
were in midair 'twixt earth and sky
I must speak today. Modern industry
has laid its hand already on this race,
writes Violet Markham, in the West
minister Gazette, and the pressure is
not likely to grow less heavy as time
goes on.
The hand-to-hand struggle with
somewhat reluctant nature in wiring
ing from her the means of subsistence
for population of 100000 people
Is severe one. Japan is mountain
GUS country, and though certain great
tracts Of rich alluvial plain exist, such
districts are the exception. Every inch
Of possible land is cultivated, and the
series Of terraces carried up the hill
sides tell their own tale, showing, as
In China, how no available pocket of
soil has been overlooked. Rice is the
staple food of the people, and from
Ind to end Of Japan the RICE fields age
The salient feature of the landscape.
But behind the rice fields of Japan
stands the shadow of the needs of the
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library. The library really is part of
the big living room. but it may be
closed off with sliding doors and used
as an office, or in the case of a large
family it makes a comfortable bed
room. The downstairs Mushroom real
ly belongs to the bedroom and library.
Upstairs the three bedrooms and
bathroom are stolen from the attic.
These rooms are pleasant and COM
Portable. They are easily warmed in
winter from the furnace in the base
ment, and easily ventilated in sum-
mer. The plan Of getting three extra
bedrooms accounts for the elevation
of the peak of the roof. Northern arch
fleets claim that the gain in cubic
space is sufficient excuse for taking
such liberties with the original bunga,
low idea
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TO PLEASE THE SMALL GIRL
Designers Have Created for Her Some
Of the Most Adorable Hats
and 1onnets.

The small girls hat of this present
year might have been painted by Sir
Joshua Reynolds or GreuEe. Velvets
and furs, plumes and howers-all lay
their tribute 1T the shrine Of this
young person Of from four to eight.
Plumes are particularly In evidence
this year. and there are most adorable
bonnets Of silk and velvet and fur,
with scoop brim that is underneath
al soft shirred silk Of either white
or some delicate color and is on top
one or two long plumes brought soft
~ about to steamers Of ribbon in the
back Here, for the heroine of four,
II one with 2 crown Of brocaded velvet
- rather large, puffy crown-and =
softly bent brim, followed pictur-
eequsly ~ two light-blue ostrich feath-
err with uncurled danges. To paint
tn my, there b : rosebud or two
tucked IN between the feathers.
Peacock velvet makes two Of the
v~y prettiest hats noted for her go
ing a six" Both Of these are the
dear little mushroom shapes which
W know, and both are combined with
other materials In way to make
evosy mothers heart melt. In the first
one there b ! band Of moleskin
brought about the crown and punctu-
atpA with rosebuds that tan carelessly
- x irregular intervals over the
1g1n Another sets twixt ! friu, eo1d
- On the upper side and black IN
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sashes and Belts.

Sashes and belts vary enormously,
and are decidedly quaint. Some Of the
waistless gowns are rendered all the
more waistless by extra drapery,
which seems added on purpose to en-
large the figure. One of these shows
a pretty draped wide sash Of black
faille introduced into the side seam Of
= stone-colored velvet suit braided
with black, the sash tying in the cen
ter Of the front. Another shown in
the form of gathered waistcoat be-
tween the fronts of . long coat,
emerges at the side and Immediately
hangs down loose. not attempting to
tie at all.
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as in many cases, girls employed OF
the day and night shifts use the same
dormitories and no proper ventilation
| is possible, it is easy to understand
the spread of this dread scourge.
The Japanese women are fragile
little creatures, whose appearance
does not encourage the idea that they
can be tossed without protection into
the fierce stream of industrial compe-
tition. These girls, drawn as they are
from the farming and fishing class,
often return home utterly broken in
health at the end of their indentures.
Some factories cater for the health
and even amusement of their opera.
tives. In one compound saw thea.
ter and also shrine erected to the
memory Of those who died in the mills.
Hospitals, unfortunately, are neces.
sary adjuncts, some clean and we'll.
managed, others slack and dirty. In
one compound there would be a strip
OF garden nicely kept with flowers.
In another a dank, depressing yard.
Even at the best, who could wish for
q young girl to spend three of the
best years of her life under such con-
ditions? But the Japanese daughter
has few rights over her own person.
II her family is poor, up to the pres
ent she has resigned herself to the
fate to which her parents may consign
her, being practically sold by them
either to factory, geisha house, or the
deeper degradation Of the yoshiwara.
That the girls themselves are begin
ming to revolt against such conditions
is healthy and desirable sign Of the |
times In Japan. The difficulty Of OBJ.
tanning cheap labor may lead to a re-
form OF factory life from within.
Though living-in is the rule fos wom-
en-. 1t il not invariable, and sav ono |
factory where large pr6portiut Of
women lived out Here arose the diff |
ferent evil Of the employment IT mar.
Red women. this particular factory |
having = nursery attacked where the |
women left their babies. But unuues-
tionably there was less coarse, hone.
le9s look about the women who lived !
ut and had some redeemine fntlu-
snces Of home In their lives than what |
mo noticed about the hstless girla Of |
he compounds. This circumstance {
struck me very forcibls In : very dirty |
match factory, wAsfe Ill til elr1s hyo1 |
i home. Despite the coudit3cne m
lsr which they worked and the Iong !
lours, the women did not look amiss
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lines should correspond in size with
the surface of the wood.
The reel of cotton is fastened In It's
place in the center, with long thin
brass-headed nail, and on this nail
the reel will revolve freely while the
cotton is being drawn OF. Diagram
D illustrates the holder in this stage,
and upon the top of the nail thimble
can be placed in the manner shown
in the larger sketch and needle may
be run through the silk covering the
surface of the wood. This is also indi-
Gated in the illustration.
A little holder of this nature, when
not required for home use, would make
a salable novelty to prepare for
bazaar.
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KEEP SMALL ARTICLES HANDY


Our sketch shows . handy little n.
tcle that will prove very usef IL and
that can be made in ! few moments.
The base u composed Of . small
square piece OF wood. and the sketch
clearly indicates tho shape and size
OF 1t In proportion to the reel Of cot
ton. This piece of wood is smoothly
covered with thin silk, the material
being turned over at the edges and
fastened on underneath with a strong
adhesive.
Diagram A illustrates the shape IN
which the silk should be cut out and
the space B enclosed in the dotted
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ing this term they seldom leave the
compound, and cannot, save under
very exceptional circumstances, break
their indentures. Sunday, of course,
is not kept in the far East; the princi-
pie of one days rest in seven does not
obtain there. The cotton factories
work day and night on shifts of 70
hours each, and there are two holt
days in the month, more, one suspects,
for the needs of the machinery than
that Of the human beings. The aver
age daily wage of the female silk spin
ner is 80 sen (say IA cents), and of
the female weaver 25 sen. But from
this sum nine sen is deducted daily for
food.
Compounds and factories alike vary
in cleanliness and comfort, Some fac
tories are well constructed and well
ventilated and filed with machinery
coming from Oldham. Others are
dirty, dilapidated and ramshackle. It
is the same with the compounds.
When a factory has to provide accom-
mediation for 1000 or 1000 women OPP
eratives we may well scrutinize the
conditions, even when the altogether
simple standard of life in the far East
is taken into account. The Japanese
have no beds, but sleep rolled up in
quilts on the floor. In one compound
visited, I saw "a girls asleep In a
dormitory "a by Is feet, and this is no
uncommon state Of affairs. Phthisis
Is disease which ID beginning to play
havoc IN the cotton mills. and when,
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Japanese people. There seems moth
ing grown but rice, and yet, even 10,
any failure of the crop means famine
and starvation for whole districts.
Japan, in q word, is hard put to it to
make both ends meet, and the position
to which she has arrived among the
great nations of the world strains the
slender resources Of her people almost
to the breaking point. Matters are
not made more easy from the fact that
monopoly and protection direct her
national and commercial policy.
BountIes for Industries.
The establishment OF factories and
industries in Japan is matter which
causes the government much preoccu-
patton. 1t is sought by bounties to
foster and encourage infant indus
tries, and in Manchur1a there IL much
grumbling over the preferential posi-
ton Japanese control Of the railway
achieves for Japanese goods. So far
the number Of operatives, male and
female, in Japan is but smalE793,-
885-as compared with her total popu-
Iation of 100000. But the Stats
tics published by the Economical and
Financial Annual of the department
Of finance, 1913, afford much food
for reflection when taken in con-
junction with the actual conditions Of
life and labor revealed by q visit to a
Japanese MILL According to these re-
turns there are In Japan $685. 1876 male
operatives over fourteen years of age.
and 427.676 women. Under fourteen
years Of age there are 1892 males
and 1891 females employed.
The dominant industries in Japan
are cotton and silk, and they absorb |
the largest proportion of the workers.
namely, 1925 persons, male and f.
male. In raw silk. cotton spinning, |
and cotton weaving We hnd employed |
l5. 496 men and 193, 46S women. In the
Ehirty-two japanese cotton mills for !
which returns are given the average
number OF working days per annum
wao 325, and the average number Of
working hours per day was 22.44. The
,wo great centers Of Industrial activity
IRE Tokyo and Osaka penetrated,
rot without considerable difficulty,
INTO various cotton mills In Japan.
Women and Children In Factories.
Generally speaking. Japanese wom-
a engage in the cotton trade work
nder contracts essentially servile IN
'haracter. Thsy are indentured Tor :
|eriod Of three years, and live in Com i
'ounds attachAd to the factory. Oar
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wide archway over the front parapet
that is free from center columns. The
object of this is to give clear view
from the large front windows, also
the artistic effect of such an archway
is especially attractive. There is lit
tie weight to support, so that the arch
may be constructed strong enough by
simple truss work. The main sup
port to the roof is under the front Of
the mullion dormer, where it is re-en-
forced by the studding of the front
outside wall of the house proper.
The. rooms throughout the house
are arranged for convenience as well
as for artistic effect, especially the
living room, dining room, kitchen and
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Comfortable Home Erected on a
Solid Foundation of
Concrete.
HAS SPLENDID LIVING ROOM
Roof Covers Front Veranda, Per-
hitting Wide Archway Over the
Front Parapet-Rooms Arranged
for Convenience az Well
az Artistic Effect.
By WILLIAM A. RADFoRD.

Mr.. William A. Radford will answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to the
subject Of building, for the readers of this
paper. On account Of his wide experience
as Editor, Author and Manufacturer, he
is, without doubt, the highest authority
on all these subjects. Address all inquiries
to William A. Radford, No. 1927 Prairie
avenue, Chicago, Ill, and only enclose
two-cent stamp for reply.
A beautiful house that might be
called a northern bungalow is shown
in this illustration.
So far as we know, bungalows orig
mated in India and the idea was car
ried to California before that interest
ing state was discovered by the forty
miners. The real bungalow has only
one floor and is covered with a low
down, rather fiat roof that has the
appearance of being couple Of sizes
too large for the house. A real bunga-
low has no cellar and it has no attic.
Original bungalow builders were not
particular whether it had floor or
not. The bare ground seemed good
enough SO long as they had protection
from the elements.
Transplanting the bungalow idea to
America has resulted in some radical
changes, but the idea of retaining the
beautiful artistic bungalow features
has prevailed wherever the bungalow
type of construction has been intro
duced.
In the North are great many COM
houses built after what might
be called renaissance of the orig
NAL bungalow idea. The artistic home
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The cartwhesl Hat.

Do not be astounded II you notes
q smartly gowned woman crowned
with hat Of huge proportions, for she
is but following fashions latest edict.
The new large hats are broad
brimmed and have low crowns, which
are not discernible when the hat u
worn, hence they resemble cartwheels
tilted It becoming angle.
The frames are covered With velvet,
faille, tafEeta or satin, and the trim
ming consfsts Of : vFsath Of burnt
ostrich. placed nat against the brim:
: single flower o. ~ e1s1ng Of fur.
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Odd Combinations,

Green goline, chiffon and monkey
fur are combined in this way: There
is foundation skirt of soft green silk
golfne. There is a long, gathered
tunic of green chiffon that leaves ex-
posed about fifteen inches of the
foundation skirt. The tunic is edged
with fringe Of monkey fur. The
long chiffon sleeves are edged with
monkey and the bodice is composed OF
golfine and chiffon.
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of white silk with a Poiret-like floral
pattern of red and green. A return to
the mushroom is, however, very CRATE
full when we behold the next hat Of
brocaded velvet in that soft shade OF
blue that Vatican loved so well. This
is encircled about the crown with a
curling ostrich plume Of white, ac-
centuated by the little black tails Of
the ermine which are artfully placed
against this snowy background.
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any time OF the day or night. The
wide rear outside basement entrance
ID intended for use on laundry days.
1t the time Of getting in fuel, vege-
tables or other supplies to be stored,
and occasionally for ventilation when
weather conditions demand It.
Tho general appearance OF the
house Il that Of = handsome, medium
pricA reeidence. owned by . family
odnca1pd 70 take special pride in their
The lSFSs living room idea i spaen
didly shdWp in the plan Of the nrst
door. ThA great room II 81 By -
feet II sisb, and Il well lighted By :
double mullion window in one end.
two extra 1ide windows in front, and
two smaller high windows in tho Chin
nsy end. These windows are placed
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through the center to the head size
with = band Of ribbon and trimmed
at either side with tiny roses These
rufies, Of course, encircle a plain,
close-fltting cap crown.
Such design should make special
appeal to you happy ones who wear
solitaire on the fourth finger OF your
left hand.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-01
EXPECTS BUSINESS
TO GET BETTER NOW
County Recorder Vaughan 10 Quoted
BY Fort Madison Paper 40 Look
Ing for eusy Times.

The Fort Madison Gem City has the
following concerning activities in the
county recorders ONCE from Recorder
Vaughan:
There Is little activity in Lee coun-
ty real estate circles at the present
time according to Ed G. Vaughan.
county recorder at Keokuk. This
month, thus far, has been one Of the
dullest in years although June, July
and August always witness "a decrease
in the number OF land sales and trans
fers.
Il don't know why 1t is, but tho
summer months effect my business
Just as 1t effects every other line OF
industry in the commercial world, :"
said MT. Vaughan this morning. cor
course. many people are away on their
vacations, farmers are busy in their
fields and other conditions are such
that there is no activity in land cir
cles, but bushes will pick up by the
middle Of September" he concluded.
January. February, March and April
are the business months OF the yea
for the recorders Office, according to
Mr.. Vaughan He looks for q busy win
ter and increased activity in real es.
tate circles over past years.