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Sculptor Invents Process Of Moulding
That He Asserts Has No
Limitations of Form

- r HAVE no fear Of foundry limita-
tions. My modelling be as
FREQ as I desire. I can give my
figures any pose I like; and I
know that I can mould them In
metal" This. In short. II Alfred
Lenz's declaration Of Independents 80
far as art IL concerned.
For years Mr.. Lens has specialized
in st~atuct:es; and ne has very often
encountered difficulties when Il came
10 having his work cast. In order that
his design could be put in metal he
has had to change II. This simply
meant that grace and n~aturalness had
to suffer because Of the technical
limitations Of the foundryman's craft.
The fundamental secret Of a perfect
casting lies In having the metal flow
freely. and this that II must re-
main molten until It has filled up every
cavity in the mould. Various proc
eGDes have. beef developed to cur
thu end. In some Of these methods the
metal n drawn from the crucible by
means OF = siphon heated to a high
Temperature and then forced into the
mould by tho application Of pressure.
But this pressure has its drawbacks.
v e tends to break Town thin barriers
In the moud and In this way to spoil
~ delioacy Of the original concep-
tn. y
10 avoid this drawback the inventive
founder has developed a slightly po-
rous mould substance. and this envel-
opine mass he makes nearly as hot as
the metal when ready for casting. This
mould y then set over a cylinder upon
which . suction pump acts, and by
drawing mir N of the mould a partial
va0uum In produced In the cavities.
into which the molten metal Is thus
stimulated to flow.
"None Of the clever tricks Of the
old masters are lost says Mr.. LEM.
Il sha'n't have 20 worry any more
about Q wax model being too much
thio or that and being impossible to
cast. NV. process will take care Of
every feature and reproduce faithfully
in metal Just what it pleases me to
fashion in "a ! rave recently ex-
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more leisure, wealth has increased. and
me population of the city is d"'r"r.
Ponds and lakes in winter time, even
II at what We would have CONSIDERED
a very great distance in my Younger
days. are now quito accessible owing
To the widely prevalent use Of The
automobile. ! have been much I'M
pressed by the way the people OF 'he
.ower Connecticut towns and also thnre
Of Long Island and New jersey have
rallied 20 the fad, II Will do hem
good.
New York city should give more
attention To skating in the parks sf a
form Of popnlar amusement When
our freCd the Major went awpv the
lakes in Central Park were opened 20
skaters more and more. | HIM that
still more should be done toward prc-
v!ding skating for the people n our
parks than Is done at present ! Pre-
sumo that next winter thi- w!ll -
done.
II noticed this winter ths' me
facilities We're not sufficient. Iror"r
provision is a matter Of attention, not
of great cost. The ponds and 'tNes
were not cleared properly nor promptly
The employees Of the paris sNon.!
keep u ice shavinEe swept away COVE
stantly. and from time to i,up' 'r"'n
water should he flooded on - keep -"
lee IN perfect condition.
I'm the section near Niur'>--' Sen.
ana Nsn"ty-oiGhth street, u '"'''h
Park such preparation cua.l poo ~ 10
this summer that Uevt wu',' t'-H
acreage could hr flooded. IT,. " .!
furnish Il surface nn vs. "
ruIu,,l II persons co.l,I ST. ,.
The same "oud h." u... :
'ur'iLult Park ny GIsi'e '. "
lands near the formal -, N
noticed thut there vas t..t' ~"
luitiandt Park early this "
day SAN ii great crowd ''
there, There were man 70
lld come N automobiles =
good ekitIuS place" Tr'''
unI YOUNG. ag,d mon and o..
NolEC l'opl" ana emp,.
irNiullS To- skate, bat TN r
an." MAS So small that 800, =
much upluglurits. The .,., 10
tiou could he Hooded at : .I. ,. "
ard oN,cilvnt provision r.uu.
maor fur IA large numh,r 80. -
enthusiasts,
II hope L. see much don" .A
the roUoN,i Interest III ms tt'
though for that matter New \'' '
O.. always >htt"d mot" az l,S
This year We are Just u,. ..
realize the opportunity W.l,. -
+ gives Whom well orgau,2cd r.' ''
: q fash enable sport, hut ur ID
nlelSurahlc outdoor CNcrrisr l.r o..
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1EW WORKERS have taken to
the runners of steel these days
and are thus repeating a
cycle. ADJUSTMENTS and fashions are
likely to come back every fifty years.
and 80 II Is with this skating raze,
which John d. Crimmins sees as the
repetition OF n that caught New
York half a century ago,
Mr.. Crimmins is one of the few who
can boast Of having enjoyed the pleas
ures Of a country boy In New York,
for where are now stately hotels were
ponds on which in his youth he spun
On his wooden topped Holland skates.
The American style Of figure skat-
Inc. Of which f. b. Cook was the
father, was Just coming into its own
when MI. Crimmins as a lad was
learning to revolve within the limits
Of Q barrel head on the Ice which then
covered the marsh about Sawmill
Creek, where the Savoy and the Plaza
ana tho big hotels around Fifty-ninth
street are now situated.
There was "A great awakening Of
skating as a fashionable amusement
and even as an art in the early sos.
Where now looms the Savoy was the
fashionable open air skating rink.
walled In and duly hedged with pri-
vacy, and there society went 10 take
its afternoon and evening spins.
Mr., Crimmins can cal, up those
SCENES better than any other mar In
New York, for h" was par, of them
and furthermore, he can from time e
time refresh his memory from a re-
markahlc water color which has pre-,
served ~" record Of the start of "A ncA
epoch In n g@,or.ouF sport Of the oat o
DOORS. Tuc water color was made from
At pi.rtoaTaph and the colorS, the fash.
lo.3 ana every uotaL of the picture
Wc!r worried uut by an artist under
th' direction Of tie owner,
Their" l. probably not in all Nov
York a moro fl.thful transcript, Of tn,
days when skating was in a formally,
state than this picture. The work I
especially interesting to the maa %h,
has followed the history and devotion
ment of the pastime because II ~
faithfully represents a period o
transition,
The skates which Mr., Crimmins use
as a boy before Central Park had bee
formed ~ OF uneven country and goa
capped crags were clumsy affairs ne,
- ~ 'ctraps or rope. They were q
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silence--what YOU say?

Silence--what you say?
Mr.. Glass-Wave your stein-ypur
stein
silence waves stein. drops it, bu,
catches it dexterously)-Praisc God
Mr.. Giass--Louder. that wont b
heard beyond the bald headed row.
Silence tbel.ows n stentorian toues)
Praise Cod
Mr.. Glass (groaning)-Rcmembr,
you're an old man. Make yonr voice
high and thin. Screech it tremu.
lo,ls,y. Remember those back row
nrc going to he filled as well as IN,
front.
Silence - Praise oh 90" 'stops.
drops stein with a crash ami looks
toward the DOOR.
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and a fine figure he cut with the
ladies'. lie Mas a very graceful skater
himself and AN enthusiast, believe
that he was the first man 10 restrict
the use of certain ponds to certain
classes of the ~citizcnry.
Ills first sc,crt pond, or rink, was at
Fifth avenu and Fifty-ninth street,
The oldest Kinks We're two ponds in
that neighhorhood. for the land was
low and much of 1t was covered with
water which ran out OF small hills AZ
SiSty-n!th street, In fact, there arc
in that region To this day evidences
~ the water courses, II vas natural
then for the Major to establish his
rink there,
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Samples of castings made pos
sible by the new process.
Above-Statuette cast in silver
BY the new method.

is better able hen 20 keep its form
when the mould material envelopes 1t.
The "investment." as the mold sub
stance Is c4'l,d among those familiar
with the art, is mixed with water until
l. flows Ike very Wet mud. This in
sureS contact al every point Of the
surface of ;hr object 10 be reproduced
in metal. When dry this mudlikc stun
solidities. but the flower or Leaf is held
in its grip firmly and cannot he with
drawn.
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1T Was q very ~prctcnt.uHs " for
those days. II" charged an admiS-
fee of 81. He had erected houses
for the accommodation of his patrons,
He also huilt a retaining wall about
the pond, and the body of water which
had accumulated there was thus kept
well within bounds. Ions steps led
down t" the rink from the avenue.
II have such distinct rccolicctinus nf
III" ri.k because my father was the
contractor who built the retaining wall
ana used to 90 aruulli ever! u,glt
and collect the money for "A while. AZ
ter the Major had courtcd his rccrip,s
he would turn owe sums to me to bC
applied to his account -
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Second Part of King Henry w., Not
Acted in This Country Since 1877,
to Be Given at Century Theatre

Travers-How?
Mr.. Glass-winded. az II you'd run
the last quarter in nifty fiat.
Travcrs - But-t-t-t--how dc j
breathe?
Mr.. Glass--Howr Deeply, from the
abdomen. Careful now: ont hee-
haw. Just pant a little. Now go
ahead. Speak to Northumberland,
speak
Travers--All right 'cheerfully. en-
tors again and reads,. NY Lord (pants).
Sir John tpants) tmfreville tpants)
turned me tpants)-
Mr.. Glass-Too regular. You sound
like an exhaust pipe. Try again.
Travers-I did demand what news
from Shoesbury.
Mr.. Glass-Shrewsbury.
Travers, with "A grin-Shoesbury.
Mr.. Glass--What do you say?
Travers-Shoesbury.
Mr.. Glass - Can't You pronounce
the Il?
Travcrs We'll. there's a town near
New York with that name, and We al
ways call IL Shoesbury.
Mr.. Glass-Perhaps you're right.
Wen ask Mr.. Ordynski. Being a for
eigncr. he's an authority IN the United
States.
This is from the drinking scene
Enter Silence.
Mr.. Glass to Justice silence wv. A
Clark)-Al right. Master Silence
Now remember you're slightly Jagged.
sitting III the table with 4 stein IN
your l.nd. Here's ,oir stein This
scene H. ful Of pJr'lt Remember,
now. hoisterous and rapid tempo
As it proceeds you get more and more
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under IN" CHucnco 90 sack and finally
fall asleep across ;Hc table VIII You
JUS try failing across h table.
please Br careful no, 20 hump your
nose.
Sllence-1 practisod doing that yes
tordaN ~, my rib were sore.
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effect. There. that's good Now ttN
one IL thc souce.
silence ts.nGsb-
Praise God for the merry year
When flesh is cheap and females dear
Mr.. Glass 'shouts)-WaNe your
stein in the air.
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Actors to Produce
Shakespeare Play RarelySeen

Mr.. Glass-Neyer mind: they'll get
hardened. Mr.. Ordynski doesn't want
you to fall from an upright position
like a clothes line. Just slump down
into your chair and sling your arm out
across the table in a relaxed. s.""-
berry fashion. Spill n stein or two i'll
doing IL. II will add to the realistic
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All stop aud look toward ;tc Iaoi
Mr.. q ass Praise lee.
My. prdNuskI ,utcv,. IL,
unexpectedly from y 81
York.
Mr.. Glass falls MO y chHir a.
falnts, overcome with JOY.
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The drnkn Gene from the second part of Henry \" Left to rght-R T. Twmchen
Bardoph. Carl WethreH as Fabtaf w A. Norris as the page I. v. Knauh as Poms
ant A A Cook as Justice Shallow
Above-W F Enrght as Doll 7emsheet Carl Wethcen as Fahaaf and L Higgins as
Dame Quickly
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-08-03

IF my soil is acid, I use lime. If
my field is wet or poorly drained, I
tile it. A farmer can fertilize the field,
plow it, prepare the seed bed as it
should be prepared and get the soil
in the best condition for plant food
and the maintenance Of the moisture.
THE farmer on a small farm must
raise crops which are best adapted
for his soil and from which the best
returns in milk, pork, beef, or what
ever you have to market, can be Sc
cured. Often the surplus roughage or
hay can be sold and feeds bought
which will produce more milk or meat
than this hay or roughage would have
done.
Il found that | could grow alfalfa on
my farm and get good returns. made
a study of the. plant, found that it
needed a well-drained soil, and that it
required a well-prepared seeded. I
knew that l had a well-drained soil
and that it was necessary for me to
supply the seed bed. The farmers who
drove past, stared at me when | har-
rowed and narrowed the field | was
preparing for alfalfa. l went over the
ground eleven times until it was as
mellow as a well-worked garden.
%lnoculated Alfalfa Field.
Sweet clover was growing three or
four feet high along the roadside, SO l
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-08-03

Since 1t has been practically demon
strated that valuable gum and varnlsh
a be extracted from the desert cacti
of Arizona q refinery for the produc-
ton of these materials has been erect
ed at Mesa, in Salt river valley. One
variety of this plant yields bases for
chewing gum and for the manufacture
of rubber. Another variety furnishes
the principal ingredient for varnish.
The crude gums are extracted In the
field and carried to the refinery for
manufacture. The machines for ex-
tracing the gum are moved from
place to place, exhausting the supply
of cacti in fields severally of 25 miles
square,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-08-03
Do you think now that bad
luck has left Adele, that her
husband is gone forever and
that her future is to be a mat
ter of her own %choosine7
(To BE CONTINUED
WHY WE STAND ON ONE LEG
Few Understand That the Involuntary
Action Is to Rest the Bones of
the Hips.

Naturalists have distinguished us
from the higher animals by the fact
that we stand upright or two legs.
But do we? Watch a crowd standing
about a street orator, and see how
many are really standing on both legs.
Or try yourself to stand on two legs,
and see how soon you are ready to
fall from fatigue.
The truth is we have not yet abso-
lutely acquired the upright position
ascribed to us by the scientists. Even
in the army, where comfort is always
sacrificed to trim appearance, the com
mand, "Stand at ease" which allows
the soldiers to throw one leg back and
prop themselves upon it, shows how
impossible a perfectly upright position
is to maintain for any length of time.
AS any anatomist will tell us, we are
still built very much like the monkeys.
Standing perfectly upright can only
be done by a very complicated cross
strain, inc set Of muscles pushing for
ward, another holding back. With ev-
cry movement we make a new adjust
ment Of these muscles takes place.
The trouble is all with our hip
bones. Therefore, to rest these
muscles we place one of them at rest
by throwing one leg to n side, al
lowing the other to do the work. When
one leg has rested sufficiently, it takes
up the strain and the other takes a
spell. Nor does 1t matter how much
we strengthen our leg muscles by
walking or other exercises, the per-
fectly upright position is still a hard
n to keep.
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WISCONSIN TEACHER is FARMING
.4O-ACREP PLOT With MUCH SUCCESS
To Succeed Farmer Must Enjoy His Work So That 1t Becomes
Pleasure Instead of Task-Study Each Field and Know Its
Weaknesses and PossbIiti es = Secure Good Returns
From Aiafa-TY to Make Each Cow Comfortable.

and Is pounds of barley to the acre.
Because of the thorough preparation of
the seed bed the barley yielded 40
bushels to the acre.
Upon this field last year eight tons
Of alfalfa hay were cut from every
acre. My profit was $9S.40 an acre,
after deducting the interest on the land
at 5000 an acre, the taxes, the cost of
blowing, disking, planting, fertilizing,
and lining, besides the expense of cut
ting, tedding, raking, cooking, Gaping,
shaking out, and hauling the hay.
"In curing alfalfa to get the larg-
est return / cut the hay as soon as
the dew is off in the morning and start
tedding SO that / can cock and cap the
hay in the afternoon. About three
o'clock the alfalfa is raked into wind
rows, carefully cooked (not tumbled)
and then capped. l leave the hay in
the cocks from eight to ten days, de-
pending on the weather. (If neces-
sary to leave the hay in cock for sew
eral days the cocks should be moved
about so as not to kill or weaken the
plants under them.) Then the cocks
are opened up, but not scattered out,
and the hay placed in layers so that
the leaves do not become brittle and
rattle off. An hour or two later 1 be-
gin putting the hay in the NOW. 1t is
surprising how the alfalfa retains it's
color until it is thrown out of the NOV
in the following summer.
Business Principles.
81 try to run my farm as the best
business men run their businesses.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-08-03

(By G, H. Afford, State Demonstration
Agent, Marylandl
In Walworth county, Wisconsin, a
man who taught school for 20 years,
is farming a 40-acre farm with won
derful success. F. F. Showers is this
money-making teacher-farmer. He has
a herd Of cows that made him a net
profit of $72 a head in a year.
Read his suggestions and story:
eff you are thinking of joining the
union so you will have but an eight or
ten-hour working day, do not think of
trying to operate a small farm. To sue
coed in farming you must SO enjoy
your work that it becomes a pleasure
instead Of a task.
I'm fact, success in farming depends
upon the man who runs the farm. For
If he thinks enough Of his problem he
will succeed no matter what lines of
farming he may pursue. Love and IN
joy your work. Study each of your
fields to know its weaknesses and it's
possibilities. Harvest your crops SO
that you will receive the largest re-
turn from them. Give your herd a
chance. Produce, care for, and raise
only the best.
Study Each Field.
Il study each field so that / know
what crop it will produce to best adj
vantage. A farmer can do this on the
small fields. The farmer on the small
farm must utilize all the corners of
the farm. The returns from some
fields on assmall farm will be equal
to the wastes upon many large farms.
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breath. My water-soaked garments
and heavy shoes made swimming al
most impossible, yet / struggled to
keep face above water. Two men had
reached the canoe, and had somehow
found hold. One of these was an In
dian. but they were already too far
away TO aid me, and in another mo-
ment had vanished in the white crest
ed waves. Not another Of our boats
crew was visible, nor could l be sure
of where the shore lay.
Twice | went down, waves break
ing " me, and 1inging me about
like a cork. Yet l was conscious.
though strangely dazed and hopeless.
| struggled, but more as if in a dream
than in reality. Something black,
~shapeless, seemed to sweep past me
through the water; it was borne high
on a wave, and l flung up my hands
in protection; 1 felt myself gripped,
lifted partially, then the grasp failed,
and l dropped back into the churning
water. The canoe, or whatever else
it was, was gone, swept remorselessly
past by the raging wind, but as 1
came up again to the surface a hand
clasped me, drew me close until / had
grip on a broad shoulder.
Beyond this l knew nothing; with
the coming of help, the sense that I
was no longer struggling unaided for
life in those treacherous waters. all
strength and consciousness left me.
When | again awoke, dazed, trem-
bling, a strange blur before my eyes,
| was lying upon a sandy beach, with
a cliff towering above me. its crest
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-08-03

Most business men would not. feed
their COWS hay just because it hap
pened to be on hand if he could sell
that hay and buy other feed which
would produce more milk. Last year
] sold $500 worth of alfalfa and pur-
chased feed valued at $296.95. 1 did
this SO / could have a balanced ration,
and I know my COWS like a change in
feed.
Il try to make each COW as comfort
able as possible. | give her soft bed
ding, curry her, and speak to her kind
ly. I find that these increase the divi-
dend from my milk pals.
Il make a difference in the amount
Of feed | give to a COW weighing 1000
pounds and one weighing 1900 pounds.
Reason shows me that although the
larger COW may not produce the larg-
est amount of butterfat, more feed is
required for her maintenance. This
food, Of course, will vary from the
kind Of food fed for butterfat. l think
that the secret of success or failure
in the dairy business lies in the worth
Of the individual COW.
Il know it is possible and profit.
able to have Il head of stock on
each acre. My silo and alfalfa fields
have helped me to unlock the secret
of m~oney-making on the small farm"
A few acres we'll titled often yield
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-08-03
CHAPTER xII-continued.

"True, so l did," he said at last.
"They were to depart before dawn.
The villain is yonder-see; well off
that farthest point, and it's too late to
fovertake him now. Sacre! there is
Inaught for us to do, that | see, but to
bury Hugo Chevet and go our way
the kings business cannot wait"
On the beach all was in readiness
for departure, and it was evident
enough that Moulin had already spread
the news of Chevet's murder among
his comrades. Cassion, however, per-
United the fellows little. time for dis
Icussion, for at his sharp orders they
took their places in the canoes and
pushed off. The priest was obliged
Ito assume Cheyet's former position,
land | would gladly have accompanied
him, but Cassion suddenly gripped me
in his arms, and without so much as
ia word, waded out through the surf,
land put me down in his boat, Chamber
ing in himself, and shouting his orders
TO the paddlers.
| think we were all of US glad
enough to get away, know l sat
Silent and m~otionless just where he
placed me and stared hack across the
widening water at the desolate, dis
NAL scene. How lonely and heartsick-
ening it was, those few log houses
against the hill, the bIackened stumps
differing the hillside, and the gloomy
forest beyond. The figures of a few
men were visible along the beach, and
once saw a black-robed priest emerge
from the door Of the mission house,
and start down the steep path.
The picture slowly faded as we ad-
'vanced, until finally the last glimpse
Eof the log chapel disappeared in the
haze, and we were alone on the mys-
terry Of the great lake, gliding along
"a bare, u~ninhabited shore. | was
aroused by the touch of Cassion's hand
ION my own as it grasped the side of
the canoe. &.
adele" he said, almost tenderly.
why should you be so serious? Can
mot we be ~friends?"
My eyes met his in surprise.
Friends, monsieur! Are we not?
Why do you address me like that?"
Because you treat me as though |
were a criminal" he said earnestlyI
"As If had done you an evil in max
ing you my wife. Twas not l who
hastened the matter, but La Barre.
'Tis not just to condemn me unheard.
yet I have been patient and kind. l
thought it might be that you loved
f~another-in truth l imagined that
D'Artigny had cast his spell upon you;
yet you surely cannot continue to trust
that villain the murderer of your
uncle"
How know you that to be true?"
j asked.
Because there is no other account
ing for it," he explained sternIy. '"The
quarrel last evening, the early depar-
ture before dawn"
eat your orders, monsieur"
SAY, but the sergeant tells me the
fellow was absent from the camp for
two hours during the night; that in