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New-York tribune., 1920-09-26

They are perhaps the most exquisite
examples of Natures art. Although
built usually according to the rule of
six, every crystal grows in kaleido-
scopic fashion from start to finish,
and almost every moment in cloud
land sees them changing form.
"These ever-varying outgrowth
shapes, while uniting with the par
ent crystal, ofttimes do so imperfect
ly, thus imprisoning or bridging over
tiny quantities of air, forming tiny
air tubes within them, or ditfuse
shadings, which outline more or less
perfectly the transitionary shapes.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-26

in an early stage Of change. "What
she say, Flor'nce? D'she say we
could?" But there came a warning,
"Hush up" from Florence in g.
harsh whisper. Then, in lowered
tone, the boys voice said: "Look
here; these are mighty funny actin
cats. ! think they're kind of crazy
or sonep'm. Kitty Silver's fixed a
washtub full O suds for u.s.
70 nj RS. BALCHE was reminded of
lVN her own cat, and went to give
it little cream. Mrs. Balche
was retired widow, without chill
dren, and too timid to like dogs; but
after a suitable interval, following
the loss of her husband, she had ac-
cepted from friend the gift of a
white kitten, and named it Violet.
1t may be said that Mrs. Balche,
having few interests in life, and
being Of sequestering nature, lived
for Violet, and that so much devotion
was not good for the latter's health.
In his youth. after having shown
sufficient spirit to lose an eye during
sporting absence of three nights
end days, Violet was not again per-
mitted enough freedom of action to
repeat this disloyalty-though in his
advanced middle age he had been fed
to such state that he seldom cared
to move, other than by a slow, sneer-
ing wavement of the tail when friend
ly words were addressed to him
and consequently, as he seemed be-
yond all capacity or desire to run
away, or to run at all, Mrs. Balche
had given him the run Of the place.
She found him now, asleep upon her
back porch, and placed beside him
a saucer Of cream, the second since
hin luncheon.
Violet took his cream without en-
thusiasm, pausing at times and turn
ing his head away. In fact, he per-
sisted only out Of an incorrigible
sensuality, and finally withdrew a
pace or two, leaving; creamy traces
still upon the saucer. With q multi
tude Of fond words his kind mistress
drew his attention to these, and,
making visible effort, he returned
and disposed Of them.
Oats do itty darlin'," she said,
stopping to stroke him. EAT um all
up nice clean. Dood fox ole sweet
SIM" She continued to stroke him,
New-York tribune., 1920-09-26

kept cold display the richest speci-
mems. 1t is an absorbingly fascinat-
ing task on a zero morning to search
out and photograph the tiny crystals
on each window pane where Jack
Frost has wrought his masterpieces
of hoary art, ofttimes seemingly fash
ioned in Imitation of natural objects
such as ferns and trees or of such
man-made designs as castles or lace.
"As gained more experience, the
beauties of dew, rain drops and
clouds each in turn excited my Curl
osity and admiration. The dew espe-
cially which collects so charmingly
and variedly upon different objects
seemed worthy Of my best photo
graphic efforts. A dewy scene in
the early morning, while spiders
webs CLEAN with drops Of iridescent
hues, as though strung with myri-
ads of pearls and opals, and while
meadows, hillsides and all vegetal
nature sparkle with spectral colors,
is indeed natures choicest work of
art. The 1oveliness seems even en-
hanced when examined and photo
graphed in detail. One is also inn
pressed with the important part the
dew takes in conserving plant life
and supplying its moisture. The
dew, rain and snow are the main
links in the system whereby whole
continents are irrigated from water
carried through the atmosphere
from the ocean, and all without
mans aid.
Dew Pictures Easy
"I found dew photography quite
easy. One proceeds much as with
window frost, by photographing
against black background. The
chief difficulty is the early morning
breezes which sway objects and thus
cause blurred likenesses of the dew
drops. often overcome this diff.
Guilty by screening the objects to be
photographed with windows, leaving
an opening only toward the camera.
"Of all the water forms I have
photographed ice crystals on this
surface Of water have been the most
unattainable. Yet, by little study
| and persistency / have succeeded.
"The moral to be drawn from my
experiences seems to be, provided
one has an aptitude along any given
line, is to take up hobby and fol-
low it through life. A seemingly un-
important study sometimes brings
unexpected results. In any event,
ones life will have q definite aim,
will be enriched by a thorough
knowledge Of at least one thing and
will be an example to others. I have
devoted almost my whole life to the
study Of very small part of nature,
to part of it to which few people
ever give more than a moments con-
sideration. Yet with that small part
! my life has been made industrious"
New-York tribune., 1920-09-26

a eanitariuml No, Florence, you
keep away from the kitchen to-day,
and I'd like to hear the front door
as you go out"
"Well"-- said Florence, and de-
parted.
T~ WENTY Is an unsuspicious
age, except when it fears that
its dignity or grace may be
threatened from without: and it
might have been "bad sign" in
revelation Of Julia Atwater's char
acter if she had failed to accept the
muf1ed metallic clash Of the front
DOORS closing as token that her
niece had taken a complete de-
parture from the premises. A sup
Elemental confirmation came a mo-
mcnt later, fainter but no less con-
elusive: the distant slamming Of the
front gate, and it made clear pic
ture of an obedient Florence on her
homeward way. Peace came upon
Julia; she read in her book, while
at times she dropped a languid,
graceful arm, and, with the pretty
hand at the Simmer end Of it, groped
in a. dark shelter beneath her couch,
made a selection, merely by her well
experienced sense Of touch, from a
frilled white box that lay in conceal
ment there; and this without
removing her shadowy eyes from the
little volume and its patient struggle
for dignified rhymes with Julia -
Florence was no longer in her beau
tiful relatives idlest thoughts.
Florence was idly in the thoughts,
however, Of Mrs. Balche, the next
door neighbor to the south. Hap
pening to glance from bay window,
she negligently marked how the
child walked TO the front gate,
opened it, paused for a moments
meditation, then hurled the gate to
vigorous closure, herself remain
inc within its protection. "Odd!"
Mrs. Balche murmured.
Having thus eloquently closed the
cate. Florence slowly turned, then
moved toward the rear Of the house,
ouickening her steps as she went,
until at a run she disappeared from
the scope Of Mrs. Balche's gaze' cut
of by the intervening foliage of
Mr. Atwater's small orchard. Mrs.
galchs felt no great interest; never
the,eas she paused at the sound Of a
bov,a yoges, hai9 husky, lsaR shrsls,
New-York tribune., 1920-09-26
By ON Steep

AeTATURE in her most
NI whimsical moods has Gre
n ated nothing more wonder
full than that which she
N,,iIy drops from q winters cloud
q s5owfake. The fairylike beauty
K, ,.bzined in a minute particle of
& ,,sp moisture which we ruthlessly
Isl under foot surpasses in variety
q i delicacy of effect any decora-
= design contrived by man.
h sueh are the conclush5hs of Wilson
mlvn Bentley, who for thirty-fve
8,,rs has devoted his time and
,s,eht to scientific study of snow
stas. raindrops, dew and clouds.
This time he has taken $500
aaumicrographs of snowflakes and
& und that no two Of them are ever
,,eAy alike. Natures wonderland,
ssys, is not more manifested in
H. infinitely big than in the in
|assly small, and if his eyesight
p,a keener man would become as
uas fascinated in contemplating a
Iasuxaake or dewdrop as he now
An,gazing into the starry heavens.
/ BEGINNING in a humble way as a
gs Mr. Bentley, who lives at
&ssho, VT, and is known as the
Farmer SCIENTIST" has developed
His study until to-day he is recog-
xmd as the worlds authority on
Ee subject of snowf1akes. He has
ksa the first to devise a means
khercby the snowflake, the most
&aneseent Of natures phenomena,
Masbe photographed and enlarged
sh sxactness and within a mo-
xas after the delicate and feathery
ssenger has waited it's way to
Mahh. The rigorous winters of Ver-
sSant have been particularly favor
&hsto Mr.. Bentley's Investigations,
8r 1t his home in Jericho the snow
@sls often and deep, and in his lit
Aa laboratory, where he has his
horoscopes and Photographic ap-
asrasuses projected through a Win
&usf he has been able to show the
&vr!d for the first time that an
rdaary snowflake often contains
Masations more intricate and deco
kfEs than any design of the
VsIer's art. Frost crystals, of
hish he has taken more than 400
Paragraphs, clouds and raindrops
zss been passion with Mr.. Bent
M,but his hobby has been snow
RkeA 1t is perhaps because the
ta subject to changes by evapo-
Sb6aa even in the severest cold and
&sH to melt as soon as 1t touches
Earth, is a more elusive study.
rquires greater preparation and
sEaer action. A photograph Of a
as' may be said to be the most
FafaAlived Of all Of natures mani
Sessions.
u sft the snow clouds once ap-
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cassnasd from preceding page

4 csassnasd from preceding page
sh. She says she's fixing to
|ah EN-"
sih smiled family. sT thought
J sunld. had to 20 So far as to
II Asr that as long al I was house
kps IN my fatlasfh b house she'd
i Nnss said or find some other
asa She behaved outrageously
pfetended to believe the natural
j o of Fiji and Mimi was grayw
sxpect," said Florence, after
N Il es'ng seriously for a little while,
Il apees It would take quite some
4 |sto dry them"
i 10 doubt. But I'd rather you
II sPss assist. I'd rather you weren't
Il = around looking on, Florence"
4. Il Asaade fell upon her niece's face
a wa Why, Aunt Julia, l couldn't
sny harm to Fiji and Mimi Just
a m ut 'en, could II / don't see
'aaa laughed. "That's the trouble :;
!. asser do Just look at anything
- interested in, and, if you
nlnd my saying 80, you've got
. record, dear. Now, don't
afe; you can find lots OF other
III h things to do at home-or
y aerbert's, or Aunt Fanny's.
NIan along now and'-
m- Florence said, moving
ito depart.
sSa might as well go out by the
I|.s aeers child" Julia suggested
assie watehful urgency. "You
sser some day when Fifi and
II aaye got used to the place and
saa look at them all you want
'sal, 1 ,us..-
- Florence seemed DISPOSED
y liassr, her aunt's manner BE-
more severe; she half rose
HI. ass reclining position for en-
really mean It. Fia and
w royal bred Persian cats
III ssndsrful pedigree, and I
ew how much trouble and
.|,ss Hs cost Mr. sanaers 20 get
H., e ne. They're utterly diY.
= asoaa ordinary cats; they're
ssd queer, and IL anythins
. them, after siI the
q. 's made ever other
/ ssa, ~ 10 ssxasghs te
New-York tribune., 1920-09-26
es lhlrty-five Years to Study of Snowfakes
VA. Bentley Takes 3,800Pictures
But Says He Has Found No
Two Crystals Alike

also in the arts and sciences, and as
designs in aircraft shops and for
jewelry designing.
"The great appreciation they have
received has amazed me. / did not
dream when I began this little, SEEM
ingly unimportant study, of their
great future, the great good they
would do, the enjoyment they would
give to millions of people. For
twelve years l carried on the work
absolutely without recognition, all
out financially and nothing coming
in. All through these early years of
my work I was greatly hampered
by want Of means, by hard struggles
to earn a livelihood and pay off a
mortgage on my home and farm, and
care for an invalid mother. And
yet persistence won out. I simply
had such an intense love for my
work that nothing could turn me
from it.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-26
Beauty i'm Water. Forms

"But," continued Mr.. Bentley,
while snowfakes, among all my
Photographic studies, have been my
first love and have always appealed
most strongly to me, yet the great
beauty and diversity of other water
forms, such as frost, ice, dew, rain,
clouds and hail, also have had a
strong attraction both to my mind
and camera, and they, too, have fur
nished me with years of pleasure. In
all nature there is nowhere to be
found series of forms more mar
velous or more important to natures
plan than in water forms.
"These considerations led me to
carry on a systematic study, both
Photographic and otherwise, of all
water forms occurring in my local.
ity. With the ability later developed
to picture them with completeness
have obtained many hundreds of
wonderful photographs each of
frost, ice, dew, hail, rain and clouds
together with vast amount of data
regarding them.
ain general, the magnifcation re-
quired to show water forms is rela-
lively small-only a few diameters.
Hence, in most cases, an ordinary
small portrait lens, if coupled with
an extension camera of extra length
serves admirably. Perhaps, after
the snowhakes in beauty and di-
versity, comes the frost, especially
| window frost. The crystals are
easily photographed. The camera is
placed indoors and pointed out of a
window. A black background is ar
ranged outside of and at varying
distances from the window, accord
ing to the magnifcation required.
The frost crystals are thus illumi-
mated by oblique, or incidental, light
and shown white on q dark ground.
| The windows inside room always
New-York tribune., 1920-09-26

'TATURE in her most
III whimsical moods has Gre
81 ated nothing more wonder
ful than that which she
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-08
RED CROSS iEADERs CHOSEN.
Chairmen For Roll Call, Which Begins
November II, Are Selected.

Mrs. w. W. Kitchell. chairman of
the Red Cross roll call, has announced
the following ward and precinct chair
men to lead in the effort to bring the
Shawnee County Red Cross member
ship to as near its record total of
$4,000 as possible
Vice chairman, First ward, Mrs. e. C.
Seger.
First precinct, Miss Jessie Riach.
Second precinct. Mrs. d. L. Button.
Third precinct, Miss Marie Fisher.
Fourth precinct, Mrs. Nora Griffon.
Vice chairman Second ward, Mrs. L.
E. Gartside (incomplete).
Second precinct, Mrs. J. w. Gibbons.
Fifth precinct Mrs. L. E. Gartside
Vice chairman, Third ward, Mrs. r. G..
Merrick.
First precinct, Mrs. L. F. Sherman.
Second precinct Mrs. Frank Squires.
Third precinct, Mrs. Arthur Springer.
Fourth precinct. Mrs. Frank Merrick.
Fifth precinct. Mrs. w. R. Smith.
Sixth precinct, Mrs. Lewis Green
wood.
Seventh precinct, Mrs. Morton Al
baugh.
We chairman, Fourth ward, Mrs. H.
A. Perry.
First precinct, Mrs. Kurtz Kellam.
Second precinct Mrs. Dewitt c. Nell
lis.
Third precinct. Mrs. H. B. Hoge-
boom.
Fourth precinct, Miss Fe Waters.
Fifth precinct, Mrs. j. H. Ulsh.
Sixth precinct, Mrs. F. w. Watson.
The roll call will begin on Novembee.
II, Armistice day, and continue until
NOvpnher %.
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down the side1ines for a few yards
gain. He shook off Washburn's right
end and tackle, and was tackled about
the thighs by one Ichabod. Another
player hit him crossways of the chest,
and Reeves dropped the ball outside
the line, and fell back across the
linesinan's chain, his head and shoul-
ders off the field. He was paralyzed
by a twist or jerk the fifth verte-
bra, while in the air, according to
several physicians who attended him.
Koch was put in the game for Dillon
at quarter, and Dillon went to fullback
for Reeves. A few minutes later,
Koch went across the Iehabod goal
line for the first score of the game.
Coach Bill Hargiss and Doctors O..
J. ODfbett and c. w. Lawrence, assist
ed by several of Reeves's teammates,
picked up the fullback on blanket
and carried him back near the fence
which surrounded the field. As
Reeves's arms and legs hung limpNand
lifeless from the blanket, the bystand-
ers realized for the first time that the
powerful player was seriously injured.
taken Immediately to St. Mary's hos
pital. DR.. Forrest S. Allen, head
coach at Kansas university. and a
specialist from Kansas City arrived IN
Emporia early Sunday morning, and
altho the man was sinking fast, they
working on his nervous system.
Reeves was one of the most popu-
lar men in school, a wonderful fellow
and a brilliant student" said Coach
Schabinger Sunday, land his value TO
the team cannot be estimated. Altho
he had never really had a chance to
show what he could do on the gridiron
in Emporia, his ability was unques-
Aitho the accident is deeply felt at
the Normal school. in all probability
the Black and Gold will keep the bal
ance of their football schedule. Coach
Bill Hargiss stated today that he
would be forced to change and revise
his entire lineup in order to finish
the schedule. Harry Cole, right tackle,
who made the all-Pacific coast myth
cal eleven in 1917, while playing with
the oregon Aggies, has played his
last game of football He suffered
broken shoulder in Saturdays game.
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WEATHER
Continued from PAGE one.l


heavy downpours during the twenty
four hours ending Sunday morning,
and steady drizzling rain in nearly all
localities in the succeeding twenty
four hours. The soaked soil has be-
come very muddy thruout the state.
The highest temperature recorded in
Topeka during the twenty-four hours
ending this morning, was SO degrees
at 8 o'clock Sunday morning, and the
lowest was as degrees at O'Clock this
morning, a variation of only two de-
grees. The thermometer may go as
high as So degrees this afternoon and
will probably drop to 40 degrees to-
night. The highest temperature ever
recorded in Topeka on this date was 7 s
degrees in 1910, and the lowest was 10
degrees in 1892.
At 2 o'clock this afternoon the
wind was blowing at twenve miles an
hour from the southwest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-08
Be NO TAX RELIEF SOON
Treasury to Recommend Annual Levy
of -Four Billion.

Washington, Nov. s.-The nation
will face a continuation of the annual
tax bill of four billion dollars If con-
gress adopts Recommendations drafted
by the treasury officials, and which, Il
is understood, have been laid before
Secretary Houston for approval
Retention of the present aggregate
level of taxes or maintenance of the
annual revenue of the government at
about 1000, 10000 then is held to be
unavoidable on the face of average
expenditures and future receipts.
This attitude, which is held also by
practically all treasury officials having
to do with the collections, forecasts a
task of great difficulty fer the franz
ers of the new revenue act The treas
ury will insist strongly on legislation
which would produce four billions for
the next year, but the ways and means
of getting it will be left to congress
except for the suggestions contained in
the treasury's report.
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INJURIES FATAL
Jack Reeves Dies Following
Football Injury.
Was FuIIback on Kansas State
Normal Team.

Jack Reeves, fullback on the Kan
sas State Normal team, ard a fresh
man. in school, flied at 6:35 Sunday
morning in st. Mary's hospital at EN-
poria, from injuries to the vertebrae,
received in the Washburn-K s. N
game, Saturday afternoon on Normal
field. Reeves's mother arrived in EN-
poria from their home in Cherryvale
at 2 O'Clock Sunday afternoon, accom-
panied by his brother.
Reeves was undoubtedly one of the
strongest players on the Hargiss-
Schabfnger aggregation, and was a
popular man in school. He attended
Ottawa University in 1915. while Ar
thur Schabinger Was coaching athle-
tics at that institution, and it was
there that he became acquainted with
the Normal coach.
In 1917 Reeves enlisted in the
United States navy. and was stationed
at the Great Lakes Naval Training
station. He made the Great Lakes
team at the fullbaok position and was
heralded as one of the coming foot
ball stars of the country. In a game
on the Pacific coast with a powerful
western eleven, Reeves first sprang
into fame when he made the winning
touchdown. down after down, until he
went over the chalk line. Reeves
contemplated attending Syracuse uni
Versity, Syracuse, N. Y, but was per-
suaded by Schabinger to enroll in
Kansas Normal for this year. The big
fullbaciI seemed more than pleased
with the school, and had made plans
to re-enroll next year. and to finish
his college career at the Normal
Reeves was "a years old, and had
lived in Cherryvale many years.
The play in which Reeves was hurt,
seemed to men on the sidelines to have
been a simple one. The fullback knew
ing the signals. He took the ball on
Washburn's s3-yard line, and scooted
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wall St., New York, Nov. S.-STOCKs-
Stocks were Toured out in heavy volume
during the morning, dealings exceeding
100000 shares. Extreme losses Of to {
points were made by various popular is
sues, such as Mexican and Pan American
Petroleum, Atlantic Gulf, Replogle Pierce
Arrow preferred, Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western and Delaware and Hudson:
points from early prices were the rule. The
rally before noon was led by Transconti-
mental rails, notably Southern Pacific and
Northern Pacific, strength also being
shown by Texas and Pacific and United
Fruit. Gains in these issues ran from L
to points, some of the more stable in
dustrials also rallying. The London rate
recovered part of its loss but call money
was firm at per cent
The unsatisfactory returns of the clear ring
house and federal reserve banks after the
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C. E. CONVENTION CLOSES
Next Years Meeting VIII Be Held at
Lawrence.


DR.. Stephen S. Estey of the First
Presbyterian church. delivered the
farewell sermon Sunday night Ito the
young people>in Topeka for the Chris
tian Endeavor convention. numbering
nearly three hundred. The evening
service followed tea at five o'clock at
the First Presbyterian church for all
the delegates and a union Christian
Endeavor service at 6:30 o'clock.
In 1921 the Christian Endeavor con-
vention will be held in Lawrence. it
was decided Saturday afternoon. Off
GERS for the coming year elected at
the same session were Elmer Bruno of
Bethel, president; Miss Madge Nune
of Leavenworth. vice president; Miss
Cordelia Copeland of Kansas City.
Kan, secretary; Finley Neal of To-
peka, treasurer.
On Saturday, C. C. Hamilton of Bos-
ton, representative Of the Christian
Endeavor World was among the prin-
cipal speakers. In his address Satur-
day evening he emphasized five points
for Christian Endeavorers to strive for:
Loyalty to Christ, to the church. to
the Christian Endeavor pledge, and to
the ideals of the Christian Endeavor
Kansas has 10000 members of the
Christian Endeaver, of the 100000
active members in the world, accord
ing to Alfred Crouch Of Kansas City.
president of the Kansas City local
union. The four million members are
distributed in forty countries, among
100 denominations. The Kansas or
ganization is thirty nine years old.
The State Christian Endeavor union
will receive $235 in pledges annually
for three years, according to action
taken in the Sunday afternoon session
at the First Presbyterian church.
Frank L. Bates Of Kansas City spoke
to the convention making plea for
its help i'm the Red Cross roll call
which begins Thursday, November IL.
The Christian Endeavor organization
does not help as a body, he said, tho
it is probably supported well by in
diYiduaI Christian EndeaYorers.
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