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Gilpin observer., 1919-07-31
DO AWAY WITH IDLE HOURS
Why "Hobby," or Something to Take
Its Place, ls Necessary for
Women.

There is that everlasting appeal to
people to get hobby. 1t is all very
well for the writer or speaker to pre-
pare his hobby sermons. but, like Por-
tia, 1t is easier to tell twenty what is
good to be done than to be one of the
twenty to follow their own teachings.
A hobby is most commendable
thing. But most hobbies are expensive.
The best thing to do is to plan out a
daily routine for yourself where you
know every hour where you will be
and what you are going to do. There
should be no idle or haphazard hours
at all. These are the hours which
make you nervous, allow you to think
of yourself, and which the preachers
of the hobbies would therefore have
you fill with your hobby"
Vacant, restless hours, if you have
no hobby, can be filed with reading
good books, calls on the sick, calls on
the places of interest in your city, and
with all such things which cost little
or nothing. In this day of great needs,
when letters and packages are enjoyed
so much by the soldiers. there should
be no woman who is idle, who can't
find anything to take up her mind and
is so hard pressed that she must have
q hobby. y."-Exchange
Gilpin observer., 1919-07-31
Apes as Farm I Hands
Prof. Richard Lynch Gamer Plans
Nation Of Conllas in u. S.

Prof. Richard Lynch Garner has an
nounced his intention of establishing
a nation of chimpanzees and gorillas
in the United States for the ultimate
purpose of uplifting the entire ape
race, says a New York correspondent.
Professor Garner has just returned
after two and one-half years in the
French Congo gathering specimens for
the Smithsonian institution.
The apes today, in their uncultured
state, are second only to the human
family in point Of intellect, the profess
sor said. He believes that apes, II
given the advantage Of modern educa-
ton and environment, would develop
into II race that would SOW and reap
and toll in the MILL In refined young
lady apes the professor sees possible
solution of the servant problem.
Sam, a boy ape that shared my
home In Africa, learned to fetch things
/ called for" he said. HE became as
particular as about bed sheets being
smoothed out, and he couldn't go to
sleep without Il pillow. If man could
train dog to herd sheep, man can
make farm hand out Of an ape"
Gilpin observer., 1919-07-31
How Pr.Judle. Affects Living.

Prejudice plays large part in our
food purchases. Take the case Of but
ter versus oleomargarine. Experts In
the former have been known to fail In
ability to distinguish the two. yet we
are willing to pay 20 per cent more
for butter than for the substitute The
prejudice against goods from storage
helps bolster the cost OF living. Were
II not for storage facilities butter and
eggs today would be luxuries for the
very rich only. The public was re.
Gently reliably informed that storage
eggs had proved fresher than fresh
eggs. The rabbit would furnish food
as well as fur II our "don't like" did
not stand In the way. Our "can't eat"
and don't like" are mainly psyche
logical states hxed in habit and preju-
dice.-DaCn FREE Press.
Gilpin observer., 1919-07-31
Scientists Assert That ~
Brown-Eyed Men Are Far
in Lead as Bigamists

Eminent doctors, scientists and crim-
inolOgists say that brown-eyed men
are dangerous. They have estimated
that more than 75 per cent of the
worlds bigamists have brown eyes.
and in explanation say that 1t is due
to the fact that brown-eyed men gen.
orally have dash of Southern blood
in their veins. They are more pas
sionate, have stronger and deeper emo
tions and consequently are more fasci-
mating to women.
Eyebrows that droop and eyes that
are close together are found among
the worst rogues on the calendars. says
one detective. Those who have made
a study Of characteristics also tell US
that the snub-nosed man and the man
who yanks his mustache down and the
man with steel-blue eyes are selfish
and melancholy. and have no stead
fastness in their makeup. Out Of "a
murderers, specially selected for the
brutality of their crimes, no fewer
than 10 have steel-blue eyes.
Gilpin observer., 1919-07-31
Casein of Milk Makes the
Best Enamel Covering for
Wings of the Airplanes

Scientists recently have discovered
that the casein Of milk makes prob
ably the best enamel covering for air.
plane wings. The paint from caseln
dries quickly, is as smooth as enamel,
and in n few hours becomes impervi-
GUS to weather conditions.
Casein after being extracted from
skim-milk and dried has four principal
uses: 1. In the preparation Of plas-
tic masses and galalith as substitute
for horn, ivory, celluloid. 2. As a
painting material. 3. As n mucilage
and cement. 4. As a dressing and
color-fixing medium In textiles.
1t Ia used in plastic masses for the
making Of combs, collar buttons, imi-
tation linoleum and leather, and bone
and electrical insulating material.
Galalith, meaning milk stone," Is
made from casein into imitation mar
BILE. colOred furniture decorations.
electrical insulations. and the like.
Gilpin observer., 1919-07-31
HINTS FOR THE.
POULTRY GROVER

Cholera and blackhead, a common
disease Of which many kinds Of do
mestic poultry die, but most commonly
chickens and turkeys, has no real
name in poultry annals, though on
making diagnosis of the dead birds
often it is called cholera. blackhead
and a few other names, when, after
all, it IL merely acute Inflammation Of
the intestines caused by feeding con-
stipating food, says one person.
1t Is true that fowls after eating
drastic poisons, will show up with the
same intestinal Inflammation, but it
is more commonly due to feeding a
tOo-heavily concentrated ration. 1t is
the mysterious disease that SO often
kills hogs, calves and sheep. In the
first it is, as in poultry, too often at
tributed to cholera, and the owner
goes on feeding in the old way instead
Of giving the flock, or the herd, plenty
Of pure water at all hours to quickly
pass the concentrated food on to quick
elimination, helped on by regular
doses of EPSON salts.
This neglect is more apparent with
poultry than other stock. Corn is one
of the feeds most sure to bring on
this condition, if fed in large quanti-
ties to any kind of stock. With poul-
try, as with other stock, and especially
in spring when frost lies on the new
grass the trouble at times will bring
about great loss.
Gilpin observer., 1919-07-31
How Some Of Our Ancestors Lived.

According to James Curle, who has
discovered some old caves and houses
in Scotland. life in two-by-four fiat,
with the janitor on strike, is bliss
compared to what people used to put
up with. He has found several large
caves in Scotland which were used as
houses. couple Of thousand years
ago. BEFORE modern conveniences were
invented. In other places the houses
were built underground. Many relics
have been left in these dwellings,
There are weaving combs. whorls, and
spindles used by the women, enameled
brooches, pins, and colored glass arm
let's with which they decked them
selves. Women's and children's shoes
were also found. Besides these are
household utensils, wooden dishes and
spoons. stone lamps and platters, and
pottery of various kinds. The men
have left tools and weapons, plows,
picks, and rakes, made of deer antlers,
wheels OF carts, harness mountings.
and large decorated swords. Prof.
Carle declares that the Romans who
were once In possession of the country
taught the people to make all these
things.
Gilpin observer., 1919-07-31
Army Officers Salary Sal
Month to $4,000 Year

United States army officers are paid
according to the rank held by them.
A second lieutenant receives $141.67
initial pay n month; first lieutenant,
S166.67; captain. 500; major. $3.50 ;
lieutenant colonel. $291.87; colonel,
$333.33, with an increase OF 10 per
cent known as longevity pay, for each
period Of Ave years Of service, pro-
vided that such Increase shall not ex-
coed 40 per cent. The pay Of briga-
der general 10 5000 year: major
general. $1,000; lieutenant general, So
600, and a general, $4,000. These Of
ficers receive no increase for continu-
GUS service. While on foreign serv-
Ice officers receive an increase Of ~
per cent Of their base pay and lon
gevity pay.
Gilpin observer., 1919-07-31
NeWIyWeds' Fortunes Are
Told With Oil in India

Among the Kherrias Of India, Curl
Gus marriage ceremony Is reported.
Taking a portion Of the hair Of the
bride and bridegroom in turn from the
center Of the forehead. the priest
draws 1t down onto the bridge Of the
nose. Then pouring oil on the head.
he watches 1t carefully as 1t trickles
down the portion Of hair. II the oil
runs straight onto the top Of their
noses their future will be fortunate,
but II 1t spreads over the forehead
or trickles of on either side Of the
nose, i'll luck Is sure to follow. Their
fortunes told. generally to their own
satisfaction, the final part Of the cere-
mony takes place. Standing side by
side. but with faces strictly averted,
the bride and bridegroom mark each
others forehead with "sindur" (ver.
milioo).
Gilpin observer., 1919-07-31
WHY
Writings Of Great Poets Lin
Ger in Memory

Hamlet's soliloQuy beginning. ITO be
or not to be-" Is probably as familiar
as it is possible for any words not in
the Bible to be, and has certainly been
declaimed and recited oftener than any
others, from the boy at school to the
great actor on the stage. Has its pow
er. its philosophy, its fineness Of
thought and diction, its soaring imagi-
nation been thereby in any degree i'm
paired? asks Henry Cabot Lodge in
Scribner's. Where could one turn
more surely at the chosen moment for
a noble quotation? Again, no lines in
Shakespeare are probably more uni
versally familiar than Portals speech,
beginning "The quality of mercy is not
strained" Has use at all lessened its
exquisite beautyf
Descend in the scale Of genius. Like
Wolfe upon the eve of battle upon the
plains Of Abraham, boys and girls,
men and women, have been repeating
for more than century the "Elegy in
Country Churchyard." 1t might be
described in the words of the young
man overheard by Mrs. Kemble at the
theater, who remarked of Hamlet"
that "it seemed to be made up of quo
tations." Does all this familiarity in
any way affect its beauties, the charm
of the verse, the perfection in the
choice of words, the soft twilight of
the picture and the thoughts? There
Is but one possible answer to such
a question.
Gilpin observer., 1919-07-31
Why Waterfall Is NameIe...

The largest and most beautiful wa
terfnll in the Southwest Is unnamed as
far as the United States forest serv-
ice can learn. II is supposed to have
been forgotten. The nameless fall is
thnt OF the Little Colorado river in Ari.
zonn. between Winslow and Flagstaff
on the Navajo Indian reservation.
The Little Colorado makes sheer
drop Of 100 feet at this point. The
width Of the stream at the precipice
as about 800 feet at season when the
stream is at its higher levels.
The rock formations about the falls
are brilliantly colored. some Of the
stratn being red and yellow, which TO
q considerable degree constitute Tie
unusual beauty Of the falls.
Gilpin observer., 1919-07-31
HOPE


Gate that never wholly closes.
Opening yet 30 often In vainl
Garden full of thorny roses!
Roses fall and thorns remain.
Wayward lamp. with hickering lusteI.
Shining far or shining near.
Seldom words Of truth revealing.
Ever showing words Of cheer.
Promise breaker, yet unfailing!
Faithless fiatterer! comrade truel
Only friend. when traitor proven,
Whom we always trust anew.
Courtier strange. whom triumph fright
Flying far from pleasures eye,
Who by sorrows side alighteth
When all else are passing by.
s,r.n-.,ns.r. ever chanting ~
Ditties new to burdens old;
Precious stone the sages sought for.
Turning everything to gold!
True philosopher! imparting
Comfort rich to spirits panied:
Chider of proud triumph's madness.
Pointing to the unattained!
Timid warrior! Doubt, arising,
Scares thee with the slightest breath:
Matchless chief! who, fear despising,
Tramples on the darts of death!
Der the grave. past Times pursuing,
Far thy flashing glory streams,
TOO unswerving, too resplendent,
For child of idle Dreams
Still, life's fitful vigil keeping,
Feed the flame and trim the light;
Hopes the lamp I'll take for sleeping
When / wish the world goodnight.
e. c. Jones.
Gilpin observer., 1919-07-31
Duets Are Common Between
Pairs Of Birds of Various
Species Authorities Say

The singing of birds is taken for.
a beginning of bird-song and some
real reason for 1t. Nothing merely
happens. 1t was not beneath the con-
sideration of Darwin, who held that
the discovery of the voice first came
from fear and pain, the agony COM
pressing the muscles Of the chest and
forcing the air through the glottis so
as to create a sound. What originated
in fear afterwards developed into an
art or accomplishment, so that gradu-
ally, during the ages, many birds de-
velOped 'calls' to others of the oppO-
site sex.
OrnitholOgists say that any bribery
which induces one bird of species to
approach another Of the same kind is
"call note," whether 1t be combat
cry or an alarm, which were the
earliest, to be followed later by the
love-call.
At the beginning Of the breeding
season birds Of opposite sex call to
each other, and this vocal exercise Is
especially performed by the males.
Songs were actually mere repetitions
Of call notes, and only later came the
development Of pure song as under
stood by men. When nightingales are
courting they utter n gentle, subdued
warbling. Duets are common between
pairs of birds Of various species. Real
song, however, does rot seem to de-
pend upon the breeding season ut all.
Gilpin observer., 1919-07-31
Windmill Drives Dynamo
for Forest Fire Alarm

The windmill is a new addition to
the forest rangers station on the
mountain peaks Of the West, says the
popular Mechanics Magazine. It's
purpose Is to drive the dynamo that
supplies current for q wireless tele.
phone. The telephone has long been
the chief aid Of the lookout In fight-
ing nres In our great national forests.
often, however. when most needed,
tne wires would be lying useless un-
DER slide Of rocks or snow or
fallen tree, 80 the rangers are to have
wireless telephones, whose function
ing cannot be disturbed In these ways.
Gilpin observer., 1919-07-31
uflVHy RECORD OF WARS
IN w HAPPENINGS WILL

AffENlNGS WILL
BE SHOWN TO POSTERITY.
In order to keep a true and au-
thentic record of the great world
war, Austria a year ago request
ed the burgomaster of every
town and city, both in Ger
many and Austria. to record
events and occurrences during
the conflict in their various COM
munities.
According to German news
paper, this will constitute a tre-
mendOus amount Of authentic
material from which a compre>
hensive history Of the war can
be written in the future. The
idea Is to learn how each town
and city suffered during the war,
the food the population had,
what they ate, drank and wore,
how many from each community
went to the front. how many
were wounded, and how many
died, and anything of interest
relating Immediately to the
struggle.
The material is to be sent to
the public librarian at Vienna,
who will compile 1t and file 1t
so as to make it readily avail
able. 1t is estimated that this
matter alone will require over a
hundred volumes to adequately
tell the story of the struggle and
privatiOns Of the people. This
will not include the history of
the military operations, descrip-
tions of battles, etc, which will
be written by military experts
who actually took part in them.
In addition several eminent
painters and artists who went to
the front will contribute illustra-
tions giving pictorial concep-
ton Of the struggle. This en-
tire history will require years of
preparation, but when completed
it is asserted that it will be
the most interesting and compre-
hensive history of great strug-
BILE that ever has been compiled
or published.
Gilpin observer., 1919-07-31
His Smoking Habit,

"Your husband
denies It," said
the doctor, but
isn't it true that
he smokes be-
tween meals?"
"Naw," replied
the patients wife.
"He eats between
smokes"
Gilpin observer., 1919-07-31
Use Cooking Box as a Refrigerator
ByU. S. Dep.r,men. Of Agriculture

ness cooker can be used to keep things cold well
cause
than out cool them
on the same principle namely
chamber with nonconuctng
insulating material
walls and the
the more heat passes and the quickly
ture rises throughout
than the loss of heat when freless cooker
be to
the
such
Gilpin observer., 1919-07-31
WORDS OF WISE MEN

Good will, like Il good name,
, is got by many actions and lost
by one.
Good manners include not
merely pleasant things said and
, done, but unpleasant ones left
undone.
The gold of our best motives
Is so mixed with the dross of
selfishness and unwOrthiness
that we can neither take too
much credit to ourselves for
any of our good deeds nor af-
!, ford to throw discredlt upon any
, performed by our neighbor.
Gilpin observer., 1919-07-31
Poor Support.

why Is your
wife no longer
your lea d / n G
lady?"
IS h e couldn't
support me in the
style 1 had been
accustomed to-"
replied Yorick
Hamm, the emf
nent actor.
Gilpin observer., 1919-07-31
NOT to BE Borne.

Henry, Mrs. Flibbers next door
says she is going to get a new electric
runabout."
THAT'S good. Maybe she'll take you
out for little ride"
"Oh, dear! Oh, dear"
"What's the matter now?"
"You can sit there and calmly talk
about your wife being subjected to
public humiliationw
Gilpin observer., 1919-07-31
WISE AND OTHERWISE

The trouble with spending all
your energy now Is that there's
no way to borrow any after
yours Is all gone.
Many a man is liberal with ad-
vice, but stingy with assistance,
Silence may be golden, but
Notwithstanding that every now
and then creditor writes that
he would like to hear from you.
It's a wise father who lets his
own child know him.
Gilpin observer., 1919-07-31
Slightly Mixed,

A prospective juryman, Of foreign
birth, was being questioned. "What
is perjury?" he was asked.
Having more than one wife," the
man answered,
Gilpin observer., 1919-07-31
SUMMER SMILES
Method In It.

Method In It.
Farmer Ito new help)-Why do you
always ring that small bell after ring
Ing the regular dinner bell?
Irish Cook-That's to call the chill
dren, sOrr.
Gilpin observer., 1919-07-31
Every Great Life.

Every great lifs IL an incentive to
all other Aves.-0eorge William Our.
til.
Gilpin observer., 1919-07-31
Wouldn't Stand for II.
dren, sOrr.

Met your husband in his car. He
said he was going downtown to get
siren"
Just let me catch any hussy of that
kind riding with my husband"
Gilpin observer., 1919-07-31

frozen desserts
and hard is often convenient make
them into the cooker they can be kept cool without
Sometimes ice
much
What
depends their kind
just if
used it usually cracked
Gilpin observer., 1919-07-31
Not for Him.

play poker with dentist2 No,
sir!"
"Why not?"
"He's too blamed expert at drawing
and filing"
Gilpin observer., 1919-07-31

o-o-O-o-o-o-oo- -o-o-o-o-O-c
The evening world., 1919-10-11
SENATORS TO URGE
AMER|CAN|zAT|ON
IN STEEL REGION
Strike Investigators Hear Pitts
burgh Mayor and Workers
Spokesman.
60 INTRaNS'TIoTs~E--

PITTSBURGH, Oct. II. - Foreign
labor must be Americanlzed. This
Is the first conclusion announced ny
senator Kenyon as result OF the
Senate steel strike investigation now
under way in the Pittsburgh district.
Efforts to pass laws which will en-
able every foreigner To become an
American viii be started on the COM
mittee's return to Washin~ton, Chair
man Kenyon said to-day.
Senators were astounded at the
Isolation Of foreigners in the sloel
district, They visited districts where
the English language is scarcely un-
derstood
Formal hearings at the Federal
Building here to-day occupied the
time of the Senate Investigators.
Mayor ID. V. Babcock of Pittsburgh
was one of the witnesses.
1--WE are neutral in this matter" he
told the committee. Lack OF violence
has been due largely to the conduct
Of the strikers themselves, he added
Declaring strikers had been locked
in cellars and told they would be
hanged at dawn, William Feeny, ex-
member OF the State Legislature and
formerly a coal miner, told a de-
tailed story OF alleged cruelties to
steel workers, Feeny, representing
steel workefs I'm the Donora district,
declared that for days citizens Of
the town drilled and were gwen guns,
Riff raff weer called in to attack
the strikers, he said.
The committee will leave for Wash
ington Sunday night without visiting
the Ohio steel communities, 1t was
announced following the receipt OF a
telegram from Senator Curtis, Kan
Sos, stating the presence of the men,
bers OF the committee was needed at
ths capital Monday.
The evening world., 1919-10-11
ADMITS
He SAW YONKERS
WOMAN MURDERED
Continued From First PageJ
MINEoLA STARTERS.
Reported

tailed how his companion deliberately
bound successively the woman's
hands and feet TO the bed with
handkerchief, necktie, window cord
and anything else he could find. Then
he twisted cords around her neck,
wrapped a towel around her throat,
cut hole in 1t, and calmly went to
the bath room for a gas tube.
This ne inserted into her mouth
through the hole In the towel, then
ooyerad her head with an apron,
turned on the gas, stIll over Lipp's
protest, quietly closed the door and
left her to die,
When they came back 10 New
York, Lpp said, they met Michalow
at his home, telling him they got only
5000, gave him only $50 as his share
IApp and the actual murderer then
sold the Liberty bonds and divided
the rest. Llpp said he paid some
dsbts, bought new clothes, ana put
about S400 In bank
when Lipp and Cohen confronted
MichalOw at Police Headquarters to-
day, Michalow not only denied Lipp's
story. but declared he didn't know
him,
II Is believed, In view OF to-day's
Developments, that the arrest OF
George Grinder, a boarder In Mrs.
NlEsnick's house, at her bier Thurs
day night was "pamoufage," designed
by the Yonkers police to enable them
better 40 catch the real murderers.
Grinder Is eNonerated,
The evening world., 1919-10-11
10000 RAILWAY
EXPRESS DRIVERS
THREATEN STRIKE
Walk Out Set for Tomorrow
Unless Wage Board Decides,
On Pay Increase.

1t was learned to-day that 10000
drivers for the American Railway EH-
press Company would go on strikn to-
morrow unless their demands for a
Ss5 monthly increase and time and a
half for overtime, now pending before
the Wage Adjustment Board OF the
Railway Administration. were granted.
The men complain that this mat
ter has been pending before the board
since last May, when they returned
to work after being on strike.
A telegram TO this effect was TO-
day sent to Walker u. Iiues, Direc-
tor General OF Railroads, by Gov.
Smith, who learned OF the impending
strike from President Cashel OF tho
international Brotherhood of Team
sters ..
Mr. Cashel informed the Governors
labor board that II the strike was
called In New York, ii would spread
10 other cities and completely tie up
the delivery service OF the railway OK
press.
Gov. Smith in his telegram to Mr..
Hines asked when the wage decision
was forthcoming and urged immediate
action to avoid further industrial un-
rest In the state.
The evening world., 1919-10-11
PENNSYLVANIA STRIKE
IN SHOPS SPREADING
Railroad Service Not Yet Affected
by Altoona Walkout,
However.

ALTOONA, Pa. Oct, II.--Vlrtually
the entire mechanical force at the Penn
sylyahis Railroad shops In Altoona. Ia st
Altoona. Juniata, South Altoona and
Hollldaysburg were op strike to-day to
enforce the seniority rule at one of the
shops.
The trouble started on "Wednesday
when the mechanics at the Altoona en-
gins house quit work. Yesterday in
response to the call OF the leadGJS OF
the shop crafts, which include maeh1n-
lists. boiler makers, blaeksmjths. sheet
metal workers. electricians and carmen.
approximately 10000 mon, walked out
In sympathy with the mechanics.
About 800 special duty men. miner
bosses, who are ordinarily distributed
along the system, have been brought
here 20 take the place OF the strikers
and others were expected to-day. Pick
cts are stetined at all shop gates,
~ faI the waikout has not lnteFieTed
with traftic-