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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-02-28


The man who IS laughed at today
is revered tomorrow. They laughed
at Bell and his telephone, Edison and
his electric lights and Langley with
his crazy flying machine The Wright
brothers were dertded, the discoverer
Of X rays were ridiculed, and the
radio delusion. Brought smiles and
amusement
But not now!
Il is as iInpo lie for us to. say,
now, what the road Of tie future is
to be, as it was impossible for us to
say, five years ago, what the radio
broadcast of today would be.
An inventor wants to interest CAPT
tai in making a roadway of steel 1t
will cost, if built, not thousands, but
several hundreds of thousands of dol
lars per mile. Road builders laugh.
The public laughs. We all laugh.
Why pay three hundred thousand dol
lars mile for roads when we can
get them for a few thousands?
Twenty years ago the idea of pay
ing twenty-five thousand dollars a
mile for road was laughed at!
This steel idea may be all wrong,
It hasn't been tried. It may be chin.
ercal in the extreme. We don't know
But we do know that laughing at it
because its different is no way to
prove it idiotic. Ten years ago people
laughed at the idea of national high
ways They don't laugh any more.
More and more people are coming to
think that highways are as much a
part of the Nations business as water
ways, Panama Canal battleships, an
army.
The new idea is always laughed at.
Laughter doesn't prove anything ex-
cept the tstand-pat mind of the
laugher. Maybe steel roads at. three
hundred thousand dollars mile are
impractical. But why not bring some
thing else to bear on the question be-
fore laughter? Nobody laughs at
national highways any more; not
even Congress!
The joke of yesterday is the fact of
today. Maybe we will yet ride on ma
tional highways of steel! They laugh
ed at steel rails for locomotives, too.
They laughed at transcontinental high
ways. And how they did laugh at De
Lesseps and his Panama Canal!
He laughs best who laughs last.
Major A. A. Stewart, of New York
City, recently formed what is known
as the Argus Association, composed
of motorists all over the country who
are willing to take the pledges of the
association as to safe driving. These
pledges are:
l. To be always ready for any emer
gency by keeping my eyes on the road
and my thoughts on what am doing.
2. To particularly watch out for
curves, crossings, and bridges
8. To always keep my car under
perfect control
4 TO keep the brakes and steering
gear in good working order.
5. Never to stop or slow down with
out signaling to the driver of the car
behind
6. Never to take turn without care
and warning to drivers of other cars
Z Never to cut off another car I'M
less / am positive that there is am
pie space.
s. Never to stop in a narrow place
on the road if by doing so | incon-
venience the drivers of other cars.
8. Never to start out from the curb
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-02-28
TIMBER ToPPLERs


In a match game at the Gaffney al
leys Feb, 22nd between the American
Legion team, A. Fl. LaRenzie, captain
and the Lucky Fives' managed by
Geo. Blohm, the latter won by a total
of 243 pins. The official score was
American Legion
I.aRenzie 149-136-151
r. White 126-102-118
Herm mglestead 154-176-152
Frank Heehn 13O-138-169
Ed Paul 124-145-107
Lucky Elves
Harold Seward 128-123-112
A. j. DeNoyer 206-163-144
Geo. Hall 139-171-143
Prosper Stein 1SO-172-141
Chas. H. Adams 199-l68-119
SOLD RESIDENCE ON BIRCH ST
d. H. Seward sold his residence
on Birch street last week to VIM. Ma
gee who will take possession in April
Mr.. Seward intends to build a new
home during the summer that will be
thoroughly modern and UP to date.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-02-28
Will Furnish Room in
High School by Benefit
COMMUNITY GET-ToGETHER TO
BE HELD AT HIGH SCHOOL
GYM. SATURDAY EVENING

A big time is being planned for the
Community Get-Together to be held at
the high school gymnasium next Sat
urday evening.
There will be music, dancing and
games, and who knows what more !?
Sufficient TO say that committee re
presenting the Parent Teachers Asso-
citation is reaching into the recesses of
its mind for new things and old =
In the dancing program is included,
beside the modern dances, what are
termed now old fashioned dances,
schottisches. heel and toe polkas, quad
rifles, etc. A luncheon will be served
to all present which will help preserve
the balance of good fellowship.
All this is intended for a good time
and to reap a benefit toward supplying
a suitable rest room for use m tbs
high school building, a room where
a sick girl or boy may be taken for
attention Your admission price will
be so cents and taken at the door
Then you enter into the joy of the
whole proceedings. Saturday evening
1880; assembly room of high school
building, March 1st
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AssoclATIoN

The regular meeting of the Parent
Teachers Association will be held next
Monday evening at 500 p. m. The pro
gram to be given is a good one and the
discussion
Don't be afraid to speak out in meet
ing.
Evening star., 1924-11-05

British warship off the capes of Vir-
ginia in 1876 he made the first naval
conquest under Continental authority.
John Adams delight on hearing the
news was expressed by the comment:
We begin to make some figure in
the Navy way
Barry's most daring service to
America was rendered when he con-
veyed important commissions across
the ocean to France. Besides trans
porting valuable cargoes, his crews
and passengers travelling on national
errands, to their destinations in
safety, Barry undertook d great deal
more.
1t seems almost spectacular to
realize that. on one of these missions
to France, he availed himself of the
opportunity to sink five ships of the
enemy and to capture four loaded
with rich cargoes, which he took
with him to Europe and sold for over
81, 900. 900
This $5O,ooo memorial, erected by
Congress, is the work of the sculptor
John j. Boyle. 1t records Barry's
birth in County Wexford, ireland.
1741, and his death in Philadelphia
in 1905
The marble goddess of victory on
the front face of the monument
stands on the PROV of the ship which
she has evidently guided through
conflict The eagle hovers near, at
one side, and the shield and sheathed
sword at the other suggest the idea
OF preparedness in defense of liberty.
copyright, 1924, by Victoria Faber Stevenson }
Evening star., 1924-11-05
Barry.

John Barry, a master mariner and
wealthy ship owner, living in Phila-
delphia when the Revolutionary War
broke out, was evidently born with
health, wealth and wit to guide
him. His statue, on Fourteenth
street between I and * streets, in
Franklin Park, shows him as a veri-
table mountain of strength, regard
ing with confidence the responsible
ties which he assumed as captain in
the Navy.
He is represented as both soldier
and naval officer. for his uniform and
the orders he holds in his hand denote
his command over all the naval forces
in the United States at that time.
The sword which he also clasps by
the hilt denotes his responsibility in
conflict by land.
When he volunteered his services
to America in 1875 he was thirty-one
years old, but he was appointed cap
tain by the Continental Congress, for
that was the highest rank of the in
fant Navy. Then il was that he
raised the Continental flag on the
Lexington, q little brig of fourteen
guns, and soon after sailed down
Delaware Bay. From then on until
he fired the last shot of the Revolu-
tion, or even to his death in 1903, he
was the ranking officer of his ship or
squadron and never served under a
senior officer.
When Capt. Barry captured the
Evening star., 1924-11-05
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Evening star., 1924-11-05
WHEN WE co SHOPPING
BY MRS. HARLAND H. ALLEN.

cross fox. arctic fox, red fox-to a
black color, and then putting in white
hairs to look like silver" Such fur
is called pointed fox" The glued-in
hairs are likely to come out, but
they are easily replaced.
Now, many of these limitations, like
many of the other foxes, when left
in their natural colors. are good
buys" But if you do want the genu-
inc silver fox, and are willing to pay
for it, you will naturally want to be
This is quite easy to do. for there
are certain quite infallible distin-
gushing marks of genuine silver fox.
Look. first, at the skin beneath the
fur. If it is yellow tinged, the fur
has been dyed. But if it is flesh
white, you can conclude the fox is of
natural color. Then examine the
tail. You can feel the place where
the white tip is joined on the tail of
the dyed fox, in imitation of the nat
urally white tip on the tail of the
real silver fox. The tail is the best
part to examine for glued-in hairs,
too.
AS a rule, the principal fox furs
range in this order in value: Silver
fox, cross fox, blue fox, white fox
and red foX-though the order is vari-
able and depends on the quality of
the fur and the size of the piece. In
general, the longer and finer textured
the hair, the better the fur.
Evening star., 1924-11-05
BEDTIME STORIES BY BY suSssy5 nzSayyoS

he understood the cause of it. He rolled
his lips back even farther than before
He snapped his jaws together two or
three times. Really, he looked quite
fierce and dangerous. But all the
time Unc' Billy was bluffing. He had
no intention of fighting. He wanted to
keep that comfortable home, but right
down in his heart ne was afraid of
Bobby Coon.
Bobby Coon's hesitation came to an
end. He had made up his mind that
was his house, and he meant to
have it back. An ugly look came into
his eyes. I'm coming, Mr.. Possum, I'm
coming" said he. "And when 1 get
there you'll wish / hadn't come" He
turned about on the branch on which
he had been lying and started down
toward the doorway where Unc' Billy
was watching him.
how big Bobby was. He knew that
Bobby was a good fighter. He knew
that there was no one in the Green
Forest with more real courage than
Bobby Coon. He had no desire to feel
Bobby's sharp teeth. Still he kept up
his bluff until the very last instant. He
snapped his jaws and pretended to be
eager for fight. He kept his eyes on
Bobby Coon to see if he would hesitate
again.
But Bobby Coon didn't hesitate again.
He came right on in the most deter
mined way. In fact, he seemed eager
| to get there. There was no doubt that
Bobby Coon intended to do exactly what
he said he would do. Unc' Billy still
| looked fierce and ugly, but inside he was
| feeling very uncomfortable. He was
afraid. Yes, sir, he was afraid.
Bobby Coon came ON. AT the very
last instant, before it should be too late,
Unc' Billy scrambled out and around
| to the other side of the trunk and then
down. His bluff had been in vain. That
comfortable hollow tree was his no
longer. He would have to go back to
his old home. Bobby Coon looked down
at him and grinned. Once more Bobby
was happy, and. being happy, he was
good natured. He watched Unc' Billy
out Of sight. Then he went inside, and
| in five minutes he was sound asleep.
Copyright, 1924. BY T. W. BQrEess) :
Evening star., 1924-11-05

The frock is of navy blue rep, with
the large cuff and pocket of white
cloth embroidered in black, with here
and there a CLINT of silver thread.
The sleeve design is in the form of
large cartwheel--and any large cir
cular motive might be made use of.
Your last seasons navy blue one
piece frock hanging in the back of
your wardrobe, waiting to be sent Off
in the next bundle of old clothes, may
be brought to life agreeably by the
addition of just such cuffs and
pocket.
AS the seasons taste is developing
in matters of dress there seems to be
more and more inclination to wear
washable lingerie collars and cuffs on
dark one-piece frocks. With the
younger girls these collars and cuffs
are often of perfectly plain, slightly
stiffened linen, but for older women
sets made of fine embroidered batiste
or null and lace are more becoming.
Copyright, 1s24.)
Evening star., 1924-11-05
What TodayMeans to You
Scorpio.
BIZ MARY BLAKE.


Today's planetary aspects are ad-
verse, and counsel the pursuit and
carrying out of ordinary duties only.
RISK. speculation and hazard must be
avoided, unless disastrous conse-
quences are invited Today there will
De strong tendency to bad temper
ana general disagreeableness: trifes
that, on other occasions, would pass
unnotlced by you will annoy and ex-
asperate. Self-control must be exer-
cised SO as to avoid disa greement, and
care should be exercised in corrc-
spondence. If you are prompted to
write a singing letter, by all means
write 1t, but do not mail it until after
you have reread it tomorrow.
child born today will enjoy a
fairly healthy infancy, but just prior
to the period of adolescence will, in
all probability, suffer from a serious
a1lment, which will demand much low
ing care and unremitting vigilance
Its character will be rather tempestu-
Gus, it's disposition variable, it's men
tality keen. This child will be sub
Ject, at all times, to violent ebulli-
lions OF temper, and strong discipli-
nary measures must be employed to
correct this failing. It's character will
reveal an unreliable disposition, at
times bubbling over with warm af-
lection, at other times savorine of
coldness and aloofness. II a boy, it's
success will be found along profes-
slonal, rather than commercial lines
II today is your birthday, you, with
out any apparent justification, are
timid and lacking. in any degree of
assertiveness. Physically you are
prepared. speaking f1guratively, to
tackle a mountain. Mentally you pos
sess no Self-assurance and are all
ways ready to underestimate your
own ability and to underate your
own charms.
This is frequently shown, both in
your commercial or professional, as
we'll as your social life. You seem
afraid to take a chance, and will, of
certainty, never be numbered among
those who rush in where angels fear
to tread. Without affectation, and in
all sincerity, you suffer from an ex-
cess of humility and exaggerated self
dtSparagement.
Assertiveness, where there is no
foundation on which to build, is pos
sibly as much to be. condemned and
as little productive Of lasting results
as the great defect from which you
suffer. In your case, however, the
foundation of solid merit and worth
exists, but the structure you have
erected thereon, owing to your lack
Of building material, is small and
disproportionate. 1t is, possibly, a
two or three story structure, where
as it could well be a skyscraper.
The success we achieve in this
world is invariably proof of our abil-
ity or. inability as statesmen. Better
far it is to have attempted some
thing worth while and to have failed
than never to have attempted any
thing at all.
Well known persons born on this
date are: Edward w. Serrell, civil
engineer: William Corliss, inventor;
Ella Wheeler Wilcox. poet; Ida Tar
bell, editor and author.
Evening star., 1924-11-05

I was playing lotto with my cuzZin
Sue on account of her living at our
house for vile with her mother on
a visit and me having to entertane
her, and the fellows started to wiSSle
outside for me and l jumped up to
run out and ma sed, Benny. don't you
go out unless you take Sue with
you, remember she's your guest.
Aw G, ma, holey smokes, the
fellows are wisseling, good mite,
I sed.
Its good practice for them, ma sed,
and 1 sed, Well G, ma, maybe Sue
don't wunt to go out, maybe she'd
rather stay in and reed.
That's different, ma sed. and sed.
Do you, Sue, do you wunt to reed?
got some swell books. I got the
but 2 of the Fighting Frank series.
and almost half of the Youthful
Rangers series.
Have you got eny of the Helen
Home boldly and Her Dolls series"
Sue sed.
1 should say not. sed.
Then l wont stay in and reed, Sue
sed.
Well G. WIZ, don't you want to i'm
prove your mind? l sed.
Do you wunt to improve yours?
Sue se1, and 1 sed, Certeny l do, and
she sed. Then wy don't you stay in
and reed?
would if there was enything heer
I hadent red. l sed, and she sed, 1
brawt 2 books out of my Domestic
Dora and Her Little Problems series.
If you stay in and reed them to me
I'll stay in and lissen, she sed.
Aw good mite, certeny not, wat do
you think / am. wy don't you borrow
needle and thred and sew some
thing, if 1 was a gerl I'd be sewing
all the time. / sed.
I'll sew if you reed Domestic Dora
in the Kitchin to me, Sue sed.
Aw come on out, watts use Of ar
gewing? ] Sed.
Wich wat is, espeshilly with gerls.
Evening star., 1924-11-05
Ny Neighbor Says:

To avoid lumpy cereals, stir a
little cold water into the cereal,
then pour and stir this mixture
into the boiling water.
When ordering meat always
bear in mind that beef, when
boiled, loses nearly l pound
to every pounds, and when
roasted quite 1S pounds, and
mutton will lose even more than
this.
To prolong the life Of window
cords they should be busted and
rubbed with a well creased rag.
The swapping Of the cords is
caused by friction, and they are
further weakened by sun and
weather. The greasing makes
them pliable and prolongs their
usefulness.
Old potatoes are greatly Inn
proved by being soaked over
night or for several hours be-
fore being peeled. Change the
water once or twice during the
time.
Rub laundry soap on gas
pipes to stop a leak until the
plumber comes.
When making yourself an ex-
ira good cup of cocoa or choco-
late, try the experiment of add
ing tiny piece of cinnamon.
The flavor is very greatly i'm
proved, and the drink seems
richer even though you may
have been sparing with the
milk.
Evening star., 1924-11-05
Fox for Fur.

If YOU have decided on fox furS this
Fall. YOU will want to know, not only
whats the finest fox, but how to be
sure you know it when you see it.
Then, you will want to know some
thing about foxes in general For.
from the youthful and popular red
fox to the "silver fox" of fame and
fashion, fox is one of the most be-
coming furs you can buy. Its long.
fluffy hair forms an attractive and
''softening" background for almost
any face. However, it's comparative
frasility is a drawback, for the long
hair "scuffS" readily, and must gen.
orally be repaired every year.
Genuine silver fox" leads the list
of costly foxes, and it is, in fact,
among the most expensive of all furs.
Perhaps you do not know this "sil-
yer fox" is more or less of a mis-
nomer, for the fur is a rich. lustrous
black. It's claim to the name "sil-
yer" consists in the white tipped hairs
that are scattered about among the
black ones. The fur is extremely
deep-so deep that it is not suitable
for coats. You will find it mostly
made up into scarfs.
Now, the rarity and consequent ex-
pense of the silver \foX make it a
subject for many limitations. These
are made by dyeing other fox furs-
Evening star., 1924-11-05
YOUR HOME AND YOU
In the Paneled Wall.
BY HELEN KENDALL.

want to show YOU my innova-
ton, cried Cousin Betty, dragging
me into her charming bedroom. done
over when the big old house was re-
modelled early this Fall.
Its my built-in dressing table"
She went on. And the way il came
about was this: When they changed
the stair landings on the second floor
here 1t left an unused space in the
upper hall, just the other side of
the partition in my room. That space
made kind of small alcove in the
hall and dad was going to turn it
into a closet. which wasn't remotely
needed. So I begged him to open the
wall between my room and the hall,
move the partition back to the line
OF this unused space and let me in
close that alcove in my room.
LAS soon as the wall had been
opened and dropped back / got the
carpenters to fit the whole small in
closure to my wide dressing table,
with mirrors on all three sides The
table is not really built in, of course,
but can be removed for cleaning pur-
poses. The inclosure was made to
hold it, however. There is room for
my dressing bench within the niche,
you see.
"The next thing was to shut the
whole alcove in with double doors
matching the paneled effect of the
walls and the doors to the closet and
hall. l had the doors fitted with full
length mirrors on the inside and by
setting these doors at the right
angle L can see my full figure, both
front, side and rear. No badly hanging
skirt can elude me now!
"Of course, the three-sided mirror
around the dressing table is invaluable
for hairdressing, and. altogether. my
dressing alcove is great success. When
l am all prettied up | can close the
doors on it entirely if | want to, al
though it is so decorative. and all those
mirrors reflect the room so nicely, that
l generally leave the doors OPEN
Evening star., 1924-11-05
THE GUIDE POST
Irrelevant Issues.
BY Henry snd Tertius Van Dyke

Wisdom is justified by her aoorks.-
Nat. xi.1o.
knowledge on all subjects is i'm
portant, but not to be confused with
wisdom
The man who knows the most is
not necessarily the wisest man.
Sometimes we are inclined to wor-
ship knowledge as an end in itself
But nothing could be more mean
ingless than knowledge disconnected
with wisdom.
Bishop w. F. Mcdowell tells the
story of a plain man who was being
examined under Civil Service rules
for night watchman in a Government
building.
One question asked was: How
Evening star., 1924-11-05

far is the earth from the SUM-"
To which he replied: II do not
know how far the earth is from the
sun, but it is not far enough to pre- :
vent me from filling this job of night
watchman if l can get it,
That was a wise answer because
it threw out an irrelevant matter.
Perhaps we all need a little of the
wisdom, the ability to concentrate on
the matter in hand, and disregard
eXtraneous issues.
Cosmic laws are inspiring to under
stand, but the lack of knowledge Of
them will not necessarily disqualify
me for doing my particular job today.
Too many people allow irrelevant
issues to hinder their usefulness.
No man can know or do every
thing. Wisdom is found in concen-
tration on the matter in hand in view
of that fact.
Why worry or hesitate because Of
irrelevant issues?
Copyright, 1924
Evening star., 1924-11-05
Banana and Nut Mold.

Scald three cupfuls Of milk. Mix
half a cupful Of cornstarch with one
fourth cupful Of sugar and stir into
the hot milk. Cook slowly until it
boils, then add half a teaspoonful Of
salt, one teaspoonful each OF vanilla
and lemon extract, one cupful of
mashed and sifted bananas and half
a cupful of chopped nut meats and
the stih1y beaten whites of three
eggs Leave on ice until hard and
serve with custard or whipped cream
and bananas
Evening star., 1924-11-05

show all his teeth, he can make him
self look quite savage and danger
Gus. This is what he now did. Come
on, Brer Coon, come on. Just yo' try
pulling me out Of heah. Just yo' try
it," he cried.
Bobby Coon hesitated. Only Unc'
Billy's head was outside the doorway,
and as Bobby looked at him it seemed
as if that head was mostly teeth.
Bobby wasn't afraid of Unc' Billy. He
knew that in a fair fight he could get
the best of Unc' Billy without much
trouble. He was bigger and stronger
than Unc' Billy. But in that hollow
tree Unc' Billy had the advantage.
Those teeth of his looked sharp. They
were not pleasant things to look at.
So, Bobby Coon hesitated
Uncle Billy saw that hesitation, and