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better things. The men who used to
pound out nails with a hammer. and
turn out one nail In five minutes, are
tending machines that produce thou
sands of nails in the time they could
make one nail by hand.
So 1t is with everything In industry.
That Is why the modern farmer can
cultivate thousands of acres Of land
In the time he used to spend on his
tiny back yard; why the builder can
construct sEyscrapers instead Of lit
tie houses, and why we travel from
New York to Washington In speeding
express trains.
That is why the women Of today are
learning. and thinking.
Labor-saving machinery has crept
into the home to make possible for
every woman leisure hours In which
TO read and study. Any woman who
does not avail herself Of the new de-
vices IS as foolish as the carpenter
would be to cut down trees and saw
them by hand into boards before he
set to work to build cottage.
Put fireless cooker into your kitch-
en- Make use Of electricity the way
men do in industry, and see hog much
more you will be able q accomplish
with less effort. Get vacuum clean
ers to save your backs. Get an cleo
tric washing machine to save your
hands for piano playing. Stop knead-
ing dough and get bread mixer. Elec-
tric irons. power sewing machines,
were not invented as a luxury. They
are here t. help women. Use them.
Be as progressive as the blacksmiths
and the pin makers.
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FASHIONS IN BRIEF

The new fur coats are circular.
Cord belts Of gold are being worn.
Evening wraps still blouse at the
back.
The oval necks appear on tiny girls
party frocks.
A graceful negligee Of peach bios
som satin has an odd silk-tasseled
hood.
A gown Of mauve tulle Is orna-
mented by a large orange rose at the
girdle.
A perfect gown for a woman In the
thirties is Of gold cloth, yelled with
black net.
Black tulle Is often worn over gold
lace. making a simple but excellent
evening gown.
The long-waisted bodice Of black Jet
starts many a frock OF black velvet
on its happy way.
A most beautiful cape Is of sap
phfre-blue satin banded deeply with
old-blue broadcloth.
Handkerchief linen frocks for morn
ing wear In the South have nothing but
hemstitching for decoration.
A travelling costume OF green velours
has q shawl collar Of monkey fur and
q silyer-buckled leather belt.
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The aEviI EveD

The evil eye was the power sup
posed to be possessed by certain envi-
Gus persons to bring woe and misfor-
tune upon the prosperous and happy
by means OF a malevolent glance. It
was a belief that spread itself pretty
wen over a place even in minds Of the
highest callber. II Is odd that Bacon,
who conceived and explained a new
system Of philosophy, could seriously
consider a piece Of nonsense like that
Of the evil eye. yet he emerges q mo-
ment from the charmed realm Of
knowledge to say: Envy, which is
called an evil eye, seems to emit some
malignant and poisonous spirits that
take hold Of the spirits Of another;
and is said likewise to be Of greatest
force when the cast OF the eye IL OBJ
hQue."
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GROW FAR ABOVE SEA LEVEL
cedars Flourish In Full vigor at AIti-
tudes Surprising Height Of Most
Mountain Peaks.

Eleven thousand one hundred feet al
titude above sea level is some distance
above the clouds for the habitat OF a
species of a great tree which attains
a circumference Of 10 and even IS feet.
The tree is the western mountain ce-
dar, and 1t is found growing in full
vigOr at elevations Of from 5000 to
over II, 900 feet in the southern portion
Of the Sierra Nevada and where this
huge mountain chain merges over into
the Sierra Madre, running down into
Mexico. In most Of the mountain re-
gions Of the United States 1000 feet
is at or above timber line, but in these
southern Sierras are many genial high
valleys and pockets where huge trees
are found at attitudes which surpass
the height of most mountain peaks.
The snow covers the peaks and slopes
for a great portion Of the year. but
with the earliest melting the trees
start growing and In the case of the
mountain cedars make an even greater
annual growth than many Of the low
land trees where the want Of water
cOmpels short growing season. These
huge mountain cedars are close cous-
ins to the great cedars Of Lebanon
from the timbers OF which the temple
st Jerusalem was built. The American
cedars, however. are more upright in
growth than the cedars OF the Old
World.
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Wonderful Island.

White island, 80 miles from New
Zealand, is probably the most extraor-
binary island In the world. 1t con-
sists Of an enormous mass OF rock
nearly three miles In circumference
rising 300 feet above the sea, and Is
perpetuaIly enveloped In dark CLOUDS,
which are visible for almost a hundred
miles.
The island Is rich In sulphur, when
for some reason has not yet been ade-
quately utilized In the interior Is 8
lake fun fifty acres In extent. the wa
ter Of which has temperature Of llV
degrees Fahrenheit. and is strongly
impregnated with acids. Great guam
titles OF steam escaping from craters
on one side Of the lake form the elOuo
that continually envelops the place.
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FORTUNATE IS H0MELY MAN
IL Unduly Attractive, the UnhauUy
Male Seems Doomed to Misfor.
tune All His Life.

have no objection whatsOey1 TO
children being beautiful, or to young
girls being beautiful. or to a woman
Of whatever age being beautiful. But
l do insist that for a man not to be
homely is his misfortune, Irwin s.
Cobb writes in American Magazine.
The handsome male starts with
handicap at the very cradle.
Women of all ages insist on cooling
over him and talking baby talk to him
and chucking him under the chin and
kissing him-especially kissing him
and since he is not Of an age to ap-
preciate these attentions the whole
procedure must annoy him fearfully.
Should his beauty last into his boy.
hood the chances are that he has the
sort OF mother who will make him
wear his hair long and force him to 20
about publicly In a broad lace @LAf
and 8 black velvet suit with a ash
about his waist, and that means other
boys will call him by extensively apt
nicknames and generally make bis
young life a burden to him
Most woeful OF 1t all, If still bis
beauty sticks to him after he has ar
rived at mans estate, only a de-
termined and persistent struggle
against the odds of destiny and Of cir
cumstances can save him from drift
ing into the ranks Of the matinee
idols, the moving picture stars and the
flOorwalkers in the department stores.
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Keeping q Diary.

Every once In a while we read Of
men who have kept diaries for years
and years-since babyhood or longer.
What a weird idea to be locked. up
in that relentless manner with the
pasti Only of course they don't really.
They say they did. but they lie about
Il.
We saw one Of these diaries once.
Six months Of 1t were filed with two
entries repeated over and over: "Saw
May" did not see May" The last
entry was. married May"
That was the only sensible diary We
ever saw, and We haven't a doubt In
the world that It was all faxed up
afterward to jolly along May.-Los
Angeles Times.
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FINISHING OFF THE EDGES
Machine ziazag Stitching, 6attIement
Effect, RuffIing or Plating, Add
to the Decoration.

The edges Of things, or rather the
way those edges are finished, make
such difference. This is particularly
true Of bundles And yet, when you
stop to consider how little real time
and trouble IL takes to add a row Of
broken stitches in groups Of three, as
compared with the charming effective
ness Of the finished garment, the won
der Of it Is that more attention isn't
given to the edges"
Here are but a few Of the lovely
things that can do duty as decoration,
as well as finish: Machine hemstitch-
ing worked zigzag, hemsttching In
battlement effect, ruffIing or plating
Of net In white or color, easy stitches
and tinted laces.
1t Is an easy matter to pencil of an
irregular line for the hemstitcher to
follow; and that is perhaps the very
easiest finish of all But the tinted
lace and net idea is quite the newest
and most effective. Both are seen
usually done in tiny, tiny plaits.
Among the easy stitches which are
always effective and pretty nearly al
ways within the vogue, come French
knots worked In groups Of three, al
ternating short and long blanket
stitch, long horizontal stitches inter
spersed with squares or dots worked
solid, and the aforementioned straight
stitches worked In threes. These are
especially decorative done on the slant,
the stitches graduating or alternating
in length
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CARPET WEAVERS OF INDIA
Hard to imagine Work More Monet
onous Than That In Which They
Pass Their Lives.

Carpet weavers Of India work in a
long, narrow shed, straw-thatched,
without any walls. open to sunshine
and the fitful breeze that stirs the
swaying plumelike leaves Of the slen-
der palm and coconut trees rearing
their tall, proud heads above IL. Four
or five or even more boys sit on wood
en- boards on the mud floor In front
OF the old-fashioned loom, their feet
resting In a shallow pit underneath
II. dug especially to receive them. In
one corner squats q man, his back
probably turned to the weavers, his
eyes dreamily gazing into space or
quite shut droning: Three magent,
two green. FIVE blue, one orange" and
so on His sleepy sing-song sounds,
to one unfamiliar with his language.
Ike the babbling Of one talking in
his sleep, or like muttered prayers.
But he is neither dreaming nor per-
forming his devotions. He is debating
TO the boys at the loom the colors Of
the thread that each respective work
er Is to twist about the particular
strand on which he is working. The
lads obey his commands as mechan-
ically as II they were automatons.
None Of them knows aught of the
scheme Of the carpet, nor is any of
them conscious Of the progress that
Is being worked out on the other side
Of the carpet from that on which the
weavers gaze.
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HAVE STOOD TEsT OF NM.
Quotations With Which All A.
miIlar Acquire Popularity onIv .
Because Of Their Merit.

The quotation worthy Of tba Ii,
title OF familiar" must have .4 sn
the test OF time and passed rS S.OOd
through the shifting tastes and |a-f
ions OF centuries. In its lofty or 8"
humble way IT must show tina, nv =,
Shakespeare, 1t was not for on las
but for all time" / used the u
humble" because the rhymes ~ nv U'u
hood. Of the nursery, fulfil N.
quirement Of age In a ouoS..
worthy to be called familiar
intrinsic, their abstract merits ~
appear slight, they may even seen, =
be sheer nonsense. but they are n..,'S
on by mothers and nurses and Nv -.
children themselves from gensrs.,aS
to generation We may be asSn,oS
that they would not thus have H.
and prospered If they had nor NJ.
seSsed some quality, however sIendo.
Of genuine worth, Of real humo- :,
imagination. which gave them mas
manence.
Then there are the popular SAVING,
the folk tales and ballads and ~,
songs Of the people with an ancsst-r
lost In the mists OF antiquity. UbIcr
stored In human memory and ko,,
alive only by human lips, have coma
down across the centuries with thai.
endless variants until at last ,bs1
have been gathered up by the collec,O,
and the antiquarian and made s,t,
from oblivion by print and nam,
These tales and ballads are often md.
in form and expression, but no curiow
inquiry is needed to explain their Lon,
life and lasting familiarity. In tbsn
you find wit and wisdom, sparh
struck from the hard filnts Of eIpe1.
ence by men and women strugglip,
unknown through what we call lRs-
Henry Cabot Lodge in Scribner'S
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-eude TIdIns ., Mue,sI. yex..

The Scottish American reprints the
story Of the first Christmas I'm dialect
from The New Testament In Braid
Scots.' translation BY the Rev. WI
liam Wye Smith Here are sample
verses Uuke IL: 1012):
And the angel said. BE ma giif-d: :
for i bring ye guide tidIns o. muckle
joy 70 the han waridi For thar "a
born e ye this day. In Dauvid's toun. q
Saviour. wha Il the Anointit Lord. And
here IL the token for ye; ye'se in' the
balm row't in barriecoat. lynn in q
mangsr.--The Outlook.
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FIshIno for DYES

II is not generally known that there
exists in the Mexican gulf a half
brother to the cuttiefish Of the Indian
ocean. from which formerly the
worlds supply Of India ink was OBJ
tanned.
The Indian cutie. when pursued by
sharks or other birds Of prey, exudes
q black. pastelike substance, which dis
colors the water In its wake, binding
Its pursuer, and, screening itself from
view. makes fits escape. This evidence
gradually comes to the surface In q
foam and II eagerly gathered by the
natives, who knead II. dry II, press IT
into cakes. ready for the market-aI-
ways commanding a good price.
Draughtsmen have for two or three
centuries used India ink because Of
its deep copy and indeIIbIllty.
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chIIdr.n,a Eanel.s.

Children live In a world Of fancy:
Whatever may be the real nature Oh
the things they see those things 10
them are real Remember that the
child has had no experience by which
to Judge the Importance Of practical
relations Of what they see or imagine:
Even men aud women sixty years oio
misjudge events. misunderstood reif
tionshIps Of things. attach absurd IND
portanee to their imaginings. How
must IT be with a child who has no'
been here long enough to test MS
visions By the standards Of observe
don and experience9-Exehsnge-
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a LItsIe Advice From ) suyer.

Here Is what experience has taught
one buyer OF coats and suits and
dresses: First get that which Is be
coming. for the really becoming frock
IL never out Of style At least. there
are always occasions.vhen the becom-
ing garment can be worn. whether or
not II IL this seasons or last years.
Seek the color that Il most favorable
to you. and avoid the one that Il not
especially so. no matter how smart
you may think II appears. Then, In
general. II you really must, get the odd
and unusual garment
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the builder no
longer make his
own bricks Of
strawi Why don't
we walk from
New York to
Washington
whyf Because
We have improved
Men are too clever
to waste their
time and energy
making pins by
hand or splitting
rails with an Ak
the way Abraham
Lincoln did. La
Dor saving ma
chinery has been
devised to release
mems energies for
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Cor srccess IN buying bloBseA A WON
IN mnst have, or must acquire. q true
knowledge Of the 1uxtaposition OF FAB
rics. She must know what material
In blouse goes best with the mate
rial Of her suit or her separate skirt
and top coat. For instance, georgette,
beaded In bold design. does not 90
with .homespun or a cheviot suit
That is merely one example out Of a
dozen or two others that could easily
be enumerated
! The truth about georgette-which Is
worth repeating because the fabric
plays so dominant q role In separate
blouses this years. that IL looks Tar
better as part Of a costume than as
an addition to coat suit. As pep
lum blouse worn with skirt Of its
own color, or In harmonious contrast
to II. 1t Is very good; not as good as
satin or silk jersey, but commendable.
1t may be ornamental, II one can adopt
that type Of blouse. and even trimmed
with beads. which Is debatable form
Of ornamentation on a separate gar
ment, but not impossible for certain
types Of women.
Because Of the adoption Of uniforms
through the war there Is a strong re-
crudescence Of the tailored linen
shlrtwaist for women. especially In
horizon blue. shrimp pink and dead
white edged with color. These have
tucked fronts, long plain sleeves, regu-
lation armholes. turnover cuffs with
link buttons, and the collar Of a
French student of the Second Empire.
Women have found that a rolling
collar with a slight bit Of starch, worn |
with a cravat. is an attractive neck
line. Only the very young woman
with a slim, smooth neck can attempt |
the high turnover collar, either starch
ed or soft. Below a face that shows |
the marks of time this collar Is impos- |
sible.,
BIouses as Part OF Costumes
When the French designers made
the peplum blouse and then sat back
In watchful waiting for its success,
which took long to come, they created
that was very worth while.
American women see the light today,
and they grasp with eagerness the pos
sibilities Of this outside tunic blouse.
1t is difficult to persuade a certain
set of women that there are other
types of blouses. Nothing could in
duce them to return to the kind that
tucks In under the skirt belt. They
feel they have eliminated this awk-
ward line around the middle OF the
body, and they choose all their blOuses
after the tunic pattern, whether for
railroad suits or for service with a
separate skirt under q fur coat
1t is sometimes permitted TO tuck the
back Of the blouse under the skirt, pro-
vided there is front panel that drops,
apron-wise. below the waist, and an
belt which runs from each
side Of ii to the hack. This Is the
most ingenious compromise between
the new and the old blouses.
Blouse Inspired by American Indian.
Fabrics are now chosen. for these
garments that have never
been considered in the making of short
Kid. for instance. That
s material unheard of among the
Teavers as part and parcel of wom-
Ems apparel. Yet the new kid tunic
sent from France and copied
n this country, are excessively smart
md better liked by certain well-dresS-
ID women than the hip blOuses Of cara
nj cloth worn during the miowinter.
These kid tunics make a woman look
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Pepium blouse Of heavy black satin,
with wide fist collar Of fine cream
lace. The hem is turned under e
form . puff u is tied at the waist
with narrow duii-siIver cord.
amazingly Ike her Indian predeces-
sors In this country. CoIored skins are
chosen. and on dark surfaces there II
an ornamentation such rs the Indians
put on their pottery. Take o dark
blue hid tunic worn with black vel
veteen skirt. have II ornamented In q
pottery design In yellow and black and
q thread of dull red. and you get an
exceedingly ingenious costume.
The milliners are quite willing to
match up these Kid TUNES win tr.
bans and the woman who likes to look
Ike an Indian chooses a turban. not In
kiIt but In taffeta. with outstanding
quilts painted at the tips.
tccpyriEhf. 1sfs. By the Mcclure NouD.
payer syndicats1
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Through the 8
Looking Glass
BY EVELYN NEsBIT

why does the farmer no longer dig
up his fields with a spadei Why does
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-08-11

the same State, cotton mills have in
corporated with a capitalization Of
100000.
At Pensacola, Fla, a $450,000 dry
dock of five floating pontoons will be
built.
From Dallas, Tex, comes the an
nouncement of 100000 dry goods
store building to be erected. At Hous-
ton the lighting and power company
will extend its transmission lines
along the north side of the Houston
Ship Channel, installing dynamos, ETC.,
at a cost of $4,000. At San Antonio
the Public Service Company is install
ing a $275,O00 steam turbine for the
development of 1900 horsepower. At
Chico in the same State, cement and
stone company has incorporated with
a capitalization of $45O,O0O.
An acid-phosphate and sulphuric-
acid plant will be erected at Tulsa
Oklahoma, at cost of $4,000.
These items are merely indicative
of the large amount of construction
work which is being undertaken and
developments which are under way In
all parts of the South and Southwest
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-08-11
RED CROSS NURSE
is COMING HERE
Public Health Nursing and Home
Hygiene instruction Part of
Peace Time Program.
SPEAKS AT CHAUTAUQUA.
"Nurse the Most Needed Woman In the
World" Says Miss Jane A. pelano,
Director of the Department Of Nurs-
Ing Of the American Red Cross.

TO place the public health on a
higher plane than 1t has ever been is
the object of national program I'M
dertaken by the American Red Cross
as part of its peace time plan. From
coast to coast and from lakes to gulf
the Red Cross is spreading the gospel
Of good health and of the proper care
Of the sick by fostering the study and
practice Of nursing, both by organized
public health activities and by men,
beers of the family in every home.
Through the Chautsuqua an official
representative Of the Red Cross De-
partment of Nursing will soon tell the
people of this community the story of
what is being done and will ask their
cooperation.
One of the great lessons of the world
war is found In the unnecessarily low
standards of physical health revealed.
This was brought out most forcibly In
the great number Of reflections of
young men called to the colors under
the Selective Service Law. Records
show that throughout the United
States one-third of the young men ex-
smined for military service were dis
qualified from bearing arms for their
country through minor physical de-
fects, a large proportion of which
might have been avoided by compul-
sorry school examination and proper
medical and nursing care.
Urgent Need Of Nurses.
| Further proof Of the general urgent
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-08-11

need or women trained In nursing was
supplied by the epidemlcs Of Spanish
influenza that have caused terrific
loss of life and suffering throughout
the country. Hundreds of thousands
of persons died, and in many commu-
mites the plague spread without any
adequate means of checking 1t because
of the imposslbillty Of obtaining WON.
en- capable of caring for the victims.
Reports show that many persons &C.
tually died without attention because
the overworked doctors could not
reach them all, nurses could not be
found who knew what to do, and
neighbors feared to 60 near the help
less patients.
The uselessness and danger of such
waste of human power" Is only too
apparent, for the health and strength
Of nation can only be measured by
the health and strength of its people
Recognizing the fact that the cruz Of
the whole situation lies In giving every
community the means of building up
Its own nursing strength, the Ameri-
can Red Cross. in cooperation with
the various Chautauquas, is sending
broadcast the message that none can
afford to Ignore.
Phases Of Public Health Nursing.
Public health nursing includes many
phases, such as bedside nursing, In
which the nurse lists the patients
and gives them hourly care as neces
sary; school nursing; care of expect.
ant mothers, babies and small chill.
dren work In factories and industrial
centers; rural nursing, and instruc-
ton in Red Cross courses, home hygi-
enc, home dietetlcs, care of the sick,
and various other forms of commu.