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wraps, with crepe de chine, especially
In dull finish, the favorite. Black
leads In the preferred color, but brown,
beige, tan and similar shades are in
cluded. The colors are sometimes
frightened by brilliant embroideries in
several high colors on the collar. cuffs,
and occasionally In borders or bands.
Figured silk serves the same purpose.
Gold embroidery is discreetly used on
the brown or black crepes, lending a
touch Of splendor that Is approved
everywhere in the fashions of today.
When embroidery is done In gray,
beige or white 1t Is used as lavishly
as the designer chooses, as In the hand
some coat pictured This is wrap
around model in black crepe de chine.
Wrapped coats fastening at the side
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the last the hand emerges from cuff
formed by the top Of the glove, and the
cuff portion is lined with contrasting
color that is repeated In the decora-
tive stitchery on the back. Wells also
answer the demand Of the hour for
diversity in design and are shown in
styles that progress all the way from
the short "vamp" veil. which Is mere
strip of lace, just covering the eyes. to
circular, floating wells that reach the
shoulders. The masque wells covering
eyes and nose, are popular.
Among handsome accessories that
tone up the afternoon or evening dress,
there are scarfs to match hats, and
they are made for sports wear also.
One Of them appears In the illustra-
tion, made Of orchid georgette en-
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mense mass Of the bones OF camels,
sloths, cave-bears, deer and bison and
Of lesser animals and of birds.
One wishes for. the Imagination of
a Dante to vision the pictures suggest
ed by this brickyard and these as
phalt pits and their contents. There
are two significant facts to be noted.
One Is that the claybanks of the
brickyards contain the bones of herb
eaters only. The, other is that the
asphalt pits were the common burial
ground of herb-eaters and fiesh-eaters.
On these two facts hangs thrilling
story of the prehistoric tragedy of the
Ice Age.
This big mastodon Of the claypits
and the sabretooth tigers of the as
phalt pits belong to the Ice Age of the
Pleistocene epoch, which some author
tiles think may have begun 100000
years ago and lasted until 25,OOO
years ago. 1t was after the "Age of
Reptiles and before the "Age Of
Man."
The brickyard excavation extends
back from the ancient bed Of the Los
Angeles river in the form of horse
shoe into thirty-foot bank. This
perpendicular bank of clay shows four
levels Of drift material, which We're
washed down from the mountains and
deposited layer by layer during four
inter-glacial seasons Of the Ice Age
In each layer are the fossils of the
animals that met their death I'm the
river during the corresponding time.
The mastodon was found in the low
est layer of the four. Before the Los
Angeles river changed its bed this
brickyard basin was a soft-clay quag-
mire about quarter of mile wide.
The La Brea asphalt pits were orig
inally blown out by eruptions of gas.
In these miniature craters oil collect
ed. Evaporation changed this oil into
asphalt with semi-solid crust. Water
seeped in on the crust and sufficient
vegetation grew to camoufage the
death-trap.
The stage is set. Now for the
tragedies Of the river quagmire and
the asphalt death-trap.
Before the Ice cap marched down
from the north the climate of all the
country from Alaska to Los Angeles
was tropical. So the mammals had
nothing to do but eat, increase In
size and multiply. The ice cap and
the cold drove the vast animal hordes
steadily south. The weight OF the ice
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DISTINCTIVE NEW WRAPS;
SOME LATE ACCESSORIES

plete the toilette, there are some that
have passing vogue and others that
must be reckoned with every season.
For instance wells, gloves and bags
among others things-we have always
with us, but one must take note Of
their variations from season to sea-
son, replacing the old and worn with
the new and up-to-date.
This season the choice in gloves in
cludes the mousqpetaire. the strap
wrist, the short-buttoned glove and
new arrivals with turnover tops. In
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which may stick to the bottle. 1t Is
just as useful In cleaning any form of
bottle or jar, whose Interior is hard
to get at II some Objectionable sub
stance has fallen on the carpet or rug.
1t should be covered with sand before
being taken up. Our grandmothers
always kept sand In the kitchen for
securing the floor and they heated
bags Of sand to warm the beds, In
stead Of water bottles. And every
body does not know that fine sand
was used for drying Ink long before
blotting paper was thought Of.
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with tie or clasp. designed in several
ways, are unrivaled In popularity.
Some of them sare toward the bottom
Of the skirt portion. Whether fiaring
or straight-line, they are nat. at the
front and back. Capes are more
varied In outline; there are trim mod
els that follow the lead Of coats, close
to the figure at the front and back.
with godets introduced at the side.
Others are voluminous, but graceful
q combination made possible by the
delicacy of the materials used.
OF the thousand and one acces-
sories that help to swell the bud
get of things that merely 60 to COM
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G ONE new thing In wraps for sum-
~ mer are captivating the wayward
but discriminating fancy of fashion
able women. However light and ir-
responsible their texture may be,
their collars, at least, make gesture
that hints of warmth. These collars
are often of fur and more often of a
fabric-in any case, they are an out
standing style feature.
Crepe de chine and other crepes,
moire. soft wool, in fiat and in nappy
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bows. They are trying to wrest both
historical and prehlstorcal secrets
from Mother Earth in the interest OF
science. And we all want to know
how old man Is at what stage of the
evolution of the modern animal world
he put In an appearance, and what
he did.
One Of the pet theories Of the pale
ontologlsts is that Asia is the ''mother
of continents" and the cradle of life
OH this globe. DR.. Henry Fairfield Os-
born, director of tho American Mu.
scum of Natural History, put forward
this hypothesis in 1900. He based
It on the fact that two great deposits
of the remains of animals at the dawn
period of mammalian life on the
northern hemisphere have been found
at widely separated points-one In
Europe, the other in the American
Rockies. He reasoned that these ami
the remains were found, else they
would have spread westward and east
ward respectively. His conclusion
was that they must have originated at
some halfway spot on the other side
of the globe. That Is why the third
now In the Cobb desert in Mongolia In
search of the paleontologic garden Of
Eden and the missing link"
Luck plays its part in this business
of wrestling secrets from the earth
with shovel, just as 1t does in poll
tics and horse racing. 1t Is curl
Gus fact that mining, road-buildlng,
and the ordinary activities of civilized
men have brought to light by acci-
dent many of the most important fos-
sils.
A mighty mastodon-or at least
its skeletal parts-has just been un-
earthed at Los Angeles. BY accident?
Wei, rather 1t was found by work
men in n brickyard within a stones
throw Of the Mission road
And 1t is a mighty mastodon." The
tusk measures nine feet and weighs
JG5 pounds--the largest mastodon tusk
ever discovered In America.
Any other city but Los Angeles
would be excited over this mastodon,
brt the finding of prehistoric NAM
mails Is an old story In this region.
oat of this locality, centering in the
Lrfckyard, have been dug skeletal
jMrts Of Columbian elephant, an I'm
pcrial elephant, and another masto-
don. The bones of mylodons (giant
ground sloths), horses, camels, deer,
and many other herbivores have also
been found.
Besides all this, seven miles from
the center Of the city are the famous
la Brea asphalt pits from which have
been taken the remains Of over 1000
sabretooth tigers, seventeen speci-
mems Of the elephant family. and 1S5
dire wolves, together with an i'm
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Fire Extinguishers

Cheap fire extinguishers may be
made by filling old electric lamp
elobes-or bottles can be used with
some solution having special fire ex-
t,ngnishing properties. Such a solu-
tIon can be made. BY taking 20 parts
calcium chloride, s parts OF common
salt and 70 parts Of water. The
globes are filed by immersing them In
n large dish or pail containing the
.olutIon and breaking or the tips with
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dDOuL tuclT ways
and of what they do.
"The animals like to have their
stories told, the birds like to have
theirs told, too.
'Yes, 1t is hard to begin to keep up
with all the stories that really should
be told.
"And the animals and the birds, the
fairies and the elves. the butterflies
and the sea creatures-all are doing
such interesting things all the time.
"But tonight mustn't forget to tell
you about the Fairy Queens latest
ball In Fairyland for 1t was mag
nificent affair and every one was there
decked in their very best.
"The Fairy Queen sent out her Invi-
tations a week in advance You may
have noticed that not long ago on
lovely sunny day, which happened also
to be quite windy, that many of the
leaves were blowing about.
"Well, this time the Fairy Queen
sent out her invitations written upon
the leaves In the Fairyland Leaf Writ
ing which all the Fairyland creatures
know.
"Of course, II you had tried to catch
one of those leaves you couldn't have
done so for the Breeze Brothers saw
that the leaves bearing invitations all
went along to their right addresses.
Sometimes they blew them this way
and that, but they all saw that they
reached the right places at last.
"And every single Fairy and Elf
and Gnome--every one received an
invitation which read as follows:
The Fairy Queen is to give dance.
Come and with us sayly prance
1t will be one week from tonight,
Just as the clocks are striking midnight!
We want you and every one
To help us make II the best of fun.
Come along-don't bother to write!
Remember next week as the clocks strike
midnight!
"Well, every one was on hand, or
perhaps one should say on foot. And
the costumes were very lovely.
"The Fairy Queen wore a robe of
silver and white which looked SO
lovely. -
"Old Witty Witch wore a gorgeous
scarlet costume and her best tall scar
let hat and scarlet shawl trimmed
with golden lace.
"Old Mr.. Giant wore suit of purple
velvet trimmed with yellow flowers. It
was very handsome.
Fairy Ybab wore a dress of coral
pink and through her hair she had
wound long, long string Of coral
beads.
"Fairy Princess Twilight Bell wore
a gown of sapphire blue with spangles
decorating it.
FAIRY Princess Joy wore an exqui.
site robe of golden yellow and around
her head she wore crown Of golden
leaves. She carried wand of gold
too.
"Billie Brownie wore brown velvet
suit and magnificent brown silk tie,
and Bennie Brownie wore the same.
Peter Gpome was in an orange suit
from which dangled little silver bells,
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Sand In the Household

Nothing is better than clean sand.
mixed with warm water. for thor
oughly cleaning the baby's nursing
bottle. as II reaches every part Of the
inside when the bottle is shaken,
securing out every vestige of milk
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pair Of pliers. They will fill quick
ly owing to the fact that the air has
been largely exhausted from them
during manufacture. When FIRE oc-
ours one or two OF these globes are
thrown at the burning object.
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ana Ellie Ell wore
pale green and sill
yer.
"T ruly 70 u
never heard Of
such lovely cos
tunes as were
worn that night
In Fairyland, and
every little crea-
ture had made his
or her own cos
tune.
For the Fairy
land people know
how to make the
loveliest of things
a n d IN e n, to o,
they know how to
wave their magic
wands at. Just the
right time.
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; Aoha PNNPAt
they are always
so busy. But good
n e s s, gracious,
mercy me!
ut is all one
can do to keep up
with all the crea-
tures who want
their stories told
and want to be
introduced to the
children they care
so much q d o ut
even II they don't
see I h e m cry
often.
"And there are
so m a ny W no
want to have the
children hear
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"And as for funi
swell, they danced and they danced
and Fairy Ybab. Of course, led the
Fairies orchestra, though at times ono
OF the other fairies would take her
place 30 she could dance too.
"And before the party was over, Just
as daylight was beginning to creep
along. saying
",Can't get up nowr'--the Fairy
land people all gathered in an enor-
nous ring around the Fairy Queen and
sang this song:
.ws Low. you. y. iov. you. our dear
Fairy Queen,
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EDDdd!ys
1E6EveniA6,
Fairy Tale
FAIRY QUEENS DANCE
WWARY GRAHAM BOlVNER

IT haven't told you a story In ever
SO long," said Daddy. 'about the Fairy
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broidered In white yarn. finished with
yarn fringe. A matching drapery trims
the hat of orchid hair braid.
The Deauville kerchief pictured IL Of
plain silk with printed border and II
popular In high colors worn with white
blouses. The last word In vanity
cases appears. made OF embossed
leather with Egyptian nkures and fas.
tinating colorings.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-04-27
BY JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN

FADES are trumps these
days. 1t would seem as
If the psychologists
and paleontologists and
many other "ologists,"
to say nothing of plain
antiquarians and fos-
sil hunters, were dig
glng all over the globe,
More power to their ell
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-07-21
HIS IDENTITY is IN DOUBT
Soldier Patient In Toledo (ohie) Hos
pltal May Be Martin Lyons
or Bert Jordan.

Is Martin Lyons, a patient IN the
Toledo CO.. hospital for tile insane,
a soldier Of the United States army
prior to 1917, or Is he the man whose
identity he has at times claimed-Bert
Jordan, d World war veteran2
This is the question which has puz-
Eled authorities Of the American Lee
gion and other agencies for the relief
Of the ex-seryice man since the man
was found wandering about the streets
Of Toledo two years ago.
AS Lyons, he has been Identified by
1he War department as having served
IN the army In 1915. Finger prints
aided in the establishment Of this iden-
Nfication.
When discovered In Toledo he gave
the authorities the name of Bert Jor-
dan. said by War department officials
60 have been an officer of the World
war. Cards and letters in the mans
clothing bore this name, Since then
he has become paralyZed and lost use
Of voice and hands, but has indicated
that his correct pane was Martin
Lyons He once claimed California
as his home state, and when found
carried photograph Of Salt Lake
City (Utah) restaurant In his pocket.
Through the agency of the Red Cross
Il has been determined that such a
man was patient in a Stockton
tCalif) hospital, but was discharged
or escaped He ~ then thought TO
have enlisted in the United States army
at Alameda, Calf. In 1915, but was
dropped two months later as men
tally deficient"
lie is now hopelessly bedrldden, due
90 the paralytlc aifilctlon. and Is in
She Toledo institution, the ward Of the
women Of the American Legion Aux
Aiary. who believe that ne Is a World
war veteran. The injury which caused
his illness is due to n depression OF
the left side Of the skull, but his arm
from wrist to elbow shows signs of
skin grating The man claims this
resulted from service in France.
About six feet in height, the man is
Of splendid physique, Weighing in the
nelghborhood Of 100 pounds He has
sandy halr blue eyes and strong, re-
aned features. When found he stated
that he was thlrty-three years of age,
and Indicated since that he has two
brothers and two sisters Any lnfor-
nation as to the mans identity or ds
60 his family should be sent to Mrs.
+. c. Conrad, 1907 East Broadway,
Toledo, o.. chairman of the hospital
committee of the Ohio department of
the American Legion Auxiliary.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-07-21
TO PREVENT AlRPLANE FIRES
John Gose and Others Of Committee
on Aeronsutes Invent FIreproof
Gasoline Tank.

Having lost his right leg and suf-
Tered severe injuries caused by a
burning alrTlane In the World war,
John Henry Gose Of Washington, d.
g., member Of the American Lee
Kion's national committee on aero
nautics, with other avlators, who had
received similar injuries, set to work
20 devise a system to eliminate for
others the dangers that caused their
own injuries
The result was the invention of a
dreproof gasoline tank. containing a
Ere-r resisting chemical which extln-
guishes any fire that may start from a
leak in the gasoline tank system.
Another flask containing acid IS in
stalled over the engine Of the airplane.
This flask releases its acid as soon as
q certain temperature has been
reached. The invention is built IN
much the same manner as a thermos
TASK Is constructed.
Mr.. Gose entered the service at Fort
Myer Virginia. He served for a time
in It battery of field artillery until he
obtained a transfer 10 the aviation
service. He received training with the
Canadian Royal Flying corps at To
Tonto and completed his course at
Hicks, Tex Commissioned a first lieu
tenant, he went overseas with the
Twenty-second aero squadron. Later
he was detached for service with the
British Royal Flying corps 1t was
while he was with the British that he
suffered the accident,
Flying az an altitude Of between 500
and coo feet a sheet of flame shot
from underneath the front gasoline
tank of his plane Lieutenant Gose
immediately put the machine into a
sideslip to put the flames out. and also
90 make a landing. The plane crashed
an enc wing and the pilot was pinned
in the burning wrecbage. Struggling
90 get free from the blazing plane. he
broke both legs In the attempt. Mean
while the fire was burning around his
legs and body. Eventually, comrades.
TiSking their lives, succeeded IN pull.
sng the lieutenant from the plane.
What was left Of his right leg had to
BE amputated.
"My one thought during the 10
months l WAS in the hospital wss TO
and a fre-prevention equipment that
would save other flyers from my own
experience, Lieutenant GoSe stated
An organizer Of the American Le-
Efon post at Bristol, Va Lieutenant
Gose has been connected with the OK.
service organization since the early
days Of It's existence.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-07-21
DUE TO GLACIERS
Professors Explanation of Rich
ness OF Midwest Soil.
Areas Which Show Poorer Crops Be-
lieVed to Have Been Protected
From the Ice I-Ioes.

Farmers living in the fertile valley
of the Middle West may attribute their
rich crop yields, fat swine and excel
lent butter to the fact that more than
$4,000 years ago their acres were COW
cred with ice, says an Associated Press
dispatch from Chicago.
This is the gist of the finding of Prof.
William H. Haas of the geology de
partment Of Northwestern university,
who has made a study of the subject,
concerning his observations upon Ohio.
Comparing the glaciated section of
the continent and the driftless area
Professor Haas found that the soils in
the two differed. In the glaciated land
the soils are more diversified and of
better quality, he states.
with this asset it is little wonder
that the farmer living in the zone which
aeons ago had been covered with ice,
should find himself better off than his
brother of the driftless area" says
Professor Haas. This area covers
some 10000 square miles and embraces
northwestern Illinois, small part of
Iowa, southwestern Wisconsin and
Minnesota"
The geologist, in explaining the ac-
ton of the ice and why that portion Of
the earth's surface touched by it should
yield to man an abundance Of crops,
said that the pressure exerted by the
glaciers $4,000 years ago crushed the
rocks and mixed the dirt as they rolled
southwark; hence the many soils.
ut is remarkable" said Professor
Haas, speaking Of Ohio, ito notice
how, suddenly, the tall corn will end
and be neighbored by stunted stalks
and shriveled ears.
"All this is on account of the fact
that hundreds of centuries ago some
rocks of a particular hardness, able to
withstand the onward sweep of the
ice fields from the North, detected the
fields, thus leaving the area which the
rocks appeared to protect, unglacIated.
That, in my opinion at least, accounts
for those 10000 square miles of COM
paratively poor soil, or, as we geol-
ogists say, the driftless area"
Professor Haas stated that the de-
marcation between the healthy grain
and the sickly, stunted grain was so
distinct as to form a well-defined line
showing the boundary between the
glaciated and non-glaciated land.
Professor Haas explained that many
authorities do not hold to this view,
protesting themselves unable to ac-
count for the driftless area; others, he
said, went so far as to question the
existence of the so-called driftless area.
The Northwestern professor declared
that the glaciers accomplished three
great effects: they cut down the hills
and filled in the valleys; they ground
up the boulders, and, thirdly, mixed
the rocks.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-07-21
VETERAN aAS LOST MEMORY
American Legion Is Seeking Friends
of Man Supposed to Be
Howard Grimes"

Physically and mentally normal.
with the one exception Of amnesla
or memory loss, Howard Grimes" a
veteran Of the World war, is endeay-
Oring to recall his past history.
Grimes" is a patient in the Charity
hospital Of New Orleans while his
comrades Of the American Legion are
searching for relatives or friends.
Suddenly attacked at a motion pic
ture theater with commissions, the
missing man was taken TO the hos
pital. In his pockets were found
business cards with the name, How
ard Grimes" and the title, state
distributor for the Alec Rim Tool
company, P. o. Box 4457, Jacksonville,
Fla" Communications to that adj
dress resulted in the discovery that
the box had been closed and that no
one in Jacksonville knew of such a
company.
In his clouded memory there are
flashes Of the vision OF tropical land,
of men in big straw hats and white
clothes and unshaven faces. The
WooIwOrth building Of New \ ork-looms
In his memory. In a diary he keeps
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-07-21
POST ADOPTS SCOUT TROOP
New Jersey Boys, Aided by Ex.Serviee
Mems Organization, Enjoy
Field Day Program.

A boy scout troop, composed Of
ne, sboys of Trenton, n. j., was for
mally adopted by the Elkins Ollphant
post of the American Legion The
boys took great interest in their scout
work and were particularly intent on
Joining In the annual scout field day,
which WAS to be held on an island in
the river.
But Il the boys left their posts
throughout the day, II meant consider
able financial loss to them. so they
turned to the Legion men for help.
The Legionnaires solved the problem
in a very happy way for all concerned.
Enllsting the aid OF a local newspaper
a special Legion edition was arranged
on the day Of the meet, and the post
members took over the boys routes
and corners. The lads were promised
the full amount Of their regular earn
ingS, with the understanding that any
money over would go to the scout fund
to purchase uniforms for the troop
Citizens Of Trenton supported the edi-
ton and $500 was earned Ior the fund
70 the meantime the boys were down
On the river passing scout tests and
otherwise enjoying themselves
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-07-21
TranspIantino Insects, Heads.

A remarkable experiment has been
tried at the biological research labora-
tory Of the Vienna Academy of Sci
ences by DR. Walter Finkler who in
order to solve certain problems con-
nected with the correlation of body
and soul, cut off and exchanged the
heads of insects duly narcotized. The
head having been lifted out Of the
thorax socket, was severed from the
trunk by simple stroke of the scis-
sors and transferred to another indi-
vidual treated in the same manner.
The blood thus escaping, which, by
the state of narcOsis, was reduced to
a minimum, Immediately closed the
edges of the wound and, without any
seams or other means of fixation.
merely in virtue Of ITS natural adj
hesion, kept the head in the position
most suitable for healing Scientific
American.