davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-12-22

vest, heavy corset. and other cloth
ing then known as "unMention
ables," has been cast aside by the
freedom-loving women OF today. Blu!
in 1903 it was u frequently adver-
tised item. as was the muff, which
has gone out OF use In these days
Of heated coupes and trolley cars.
Mems Styles Change, 1OO
But let it not be supposed that
only one sex has changed its
clothing styles during the quarter
century. for man, despite his pro-
fessed intolerance OF changing fash
ions. has resolutely turned his back
on things he favored then. The
white vest. mentioned above. is no
longer a mark of the well-dressed
man, while golf vests have been dis
carded in favor of the loudly col
ored sweater in these days of plus
tours on the links. Nor would silk
suitable gift for a self-respecting
man today. Nor brown derby
especially since the last election
Yet all these were featured in the
1908 advertisements.
The talking machine" tphono-
graph. ii you don't recognize 1t by
its early name) was just becoming
heavy seller. but the illustrations
on the ads OF the time show that It
had not progressed beyond the
crude stage. 1t still had a large
horn instead OF the enclosed ampli-
fier Of today while fully half of the
machines still played the awkward
rolls. the flat disc record being just
coming into use. The radio was un-
thought of-the first "wireless' sig
nails had just been sent across the
Atlantic by Marconi.
The Blonlcurdling Razor
There were no vacuum cleaners.
and the carpet sweeper was much
advocated as a gift for the wife.
And for hubby. in those safety
razor days there, was the war
ranted razor with keen edge" suit
able only for splitting wood and
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-12-22
GIVE HIM A VEST
and HER A MUff
Sounds Silly, But It Vas Slogan
Is Years Ago

To those who are still wondering
what to give Tor Christmas. how do
the following suggestions sound: a
white vest or carriage heater for
"him." muff or a silk stock for
her" Silly? Well. they werert %
years ago.
The world moves. and in no way
is this shown more clearly than in
the changing procession OF articles
Gaily newspapers. And many Of the
articles which we're featured in
1903 have now become 40 obsolete
that the mere mention OF them Is
enough TO provoke a laugh. Inverse
~. OF course. the world Of that
time had never heard of a 'arge
number OF waat today are hest
sellers.
The edition OF the Herald print
cd during the week before Christ
mas that year Advertised many an
item which has long gone out of
style and been forgotten-and of
which the ultra modern young wo-
man has never heard. Among these
were ladies' silk stocks. which, let
1t he said. were neckwear and not
footwear Separate waists Of silk or
wool were other big numbers that
year hut have now gono into the
discard before the one piece
dress. Another obsolete article Of
HoWen's wearing apparel II the pet
haoat, which. along with the UNDER
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-12-22

cutting Threats. Night lamps. table
lamps. wall lamps-all fuelled with
kerosene-were popular and needed.
for only a very few homes were
equipped with electric lights and
the ma jority were without gas.
The suggestion OF . carriage heat
err in one advertisement recalls
the fact that New Britain In those
days was no stranger to the auto
mobile but did not see many mo.
hiles" in the course Of single day.
The good old horse and buggy were
much used. and the heater came in
handy when snewdrifts on the un-
cleared roads caused long delays.
Pens and inkwells were adver-
ty and was being introduced by the
Herald as a premium FOB eight cou.
pons. Cut glass was much more
fashionable in 1903 than II 10 In
1928. 50 was burnt wood work. A
tremendous change In home life 10
brought 10 ones attention by the
advertising Of bread-inaktng ma
chimes. for the housewife than made
even her bread whereas now she
has given up THIS and practically
all other cooking In favor o. bak.
crs' and Gamers goods. aketrhes by
Charles Dana Gibson and william
Chandler Christy were highly popu-
lar present in tho days that did not
know John Held. Jr.
Whiskey Was Advertised
Another significant change In
practice. II not In taste. Is found
the prominent Advertisements Of ali
manner Of hard liquors. one Of
them even headed with Get the
Habit" Liquor IL still popular
Christmas present. hut II Is hardly
one which II proclaimed Tor sale IN
the public prints.
1t is notable that In 1919 there
was very little OF the national ad-
vertising which forms 10 large
proportion Of today's ads. Radiss.
automobiles. nationally sold cleth-
ing brands. whole wheat. ana other
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-12-22

products now e4vsrttsed ~ usaAs
of "mata" In I'll important psppss
Of the country ut the ssms ttms.
were not ths objects ~ such aavsr.
tisins then. In tact, the only srtt.
Giles which wsrs nationally adver-
tised were the patent medicines,
now excluded treu most repVtsbSs
periodicals. and thess wsuid NJ ~
any stretch Of The Imagination be
classified ~ suitable tor christmss
gifts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-16
Use of Evergreens.

DR.. William Tindall not long ago
proposed q resolution, adopted by the
Association of Oldest Inhabitants of the
District of Columbia, and one wonders
why the subject It discusses has never
been pushed. The resolution directs
the attention of the National Capital
Park and Planning Commission to the
desirability Of a more general use OF
evergreens such as holly, cedar. ever
green magnolia and other plants and
trees indigenous to this locality In land
scaping vacant spaces adjacent to the
public buildings,
The District Building is one example
Of the lack of such landscaping. Set far
back from the street and with an ample
lawn In front of 1t. the building in
Winter time rises stark and white, with
none OF the softening effect so readily
obtained by the green Of vegetation
which Is unaffected by cold weather.
In Summer time the grass. trees and
shrubbery on the lawn Of the District
Building are effective enough. But In
Winter the green Of the trees and
shrubbery Is gone. with the bare skele-
tons of limbs and branches remaining
as bleak reminders of the death of
Summer. There are other buildings in
washington which offer as rare an OPP
portunity for the application Of DR..
Tindall's valuable suggestion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-16
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE.

Discussion of the new Democratic
campaign chief, John J. Raskob. shows
no sign Of dying down. II AL Smith
meant to advertise the national chair
manship into a job which the country
would notice, he's certainly gone about
It in the right way Raskob. at the start
Is on the map to degree no party
generalissimo ever before achieved. The
appointment doesn't sit well with
Democratic organization wheel-horses.
They admit they'll probably get used to
It In time and come to recognize the
wisdom OF Smiths bold choice. A
question mark is put opposite one angle
of the Raskob business. VIII q man
accustomed to demanding and getting
100 per cent results" In big industrial
organization content himself with the
relatively incompetent service rendered
by hack party workers? Can Raskob
order the boys In the party trenches
around as he would Nationwide
automobile sales force? II he cannot.
Isn't the fur likely to fly?
Its probably only o coincidence, but
the end Of the l7-year- diplomatic
feud between Chile and Peru over
Tacna-Arica synchronizes with COM
plete change in the United States
diplomatic representation in both those
countries. From Chile Ambassador VIII
liam M. Collier recently retired. after
seven years service at Santiago. From
Peru Ambassador Miles Poindexter came
away last year. To Chile there now
goes william 8. Culbertson, lately Min
lister to Rumania. while the inimitable
"Aleck" Moore. King Alfonsos boy
friend at Madrid. has held forth ct the
Lima embassy since Poindexter's de-
parture. When Moore went to Peru he
said he was going to settle that Tacna-
AFRICA business" Perhaps he has. It's
way that shirt-sleeve Pittsburgh
diplomat has.
This Is the merry season when ma
tional chairmen. regional directors, pub
Lefty chiefs. national committeeman
and women and others clothed with q
little brief authority have 10 go into
conference" or otherwise hide from
would-be President. The latter
are the grand army of ladies and gen.
tlemen, Of all creeds. colors and pre-
vious conditions OF servitude, who feel
the urge Of mission TO help send either
Hoover or Smith TO the White House.
Some OF them want writing Jobs: others
spellbinding work; still others would
preach sermons, or write poems or
compose songs. Each and all are filled
with an evangelical zeal. Their name
Is legion.
tCopyright. 1921
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-16

In the death OF Representative
Henry r. Rathbone Of Illinois, which
occurred with shocking suddenness yes
terday in Chicago, the District loses one
of Its best friends In Congress. 1t loses
its only native son in that body. Born
in this city fifty-eight years ago. he re-
ceived his early education here, and
when in later years, having established
himself In Illinois. he was elected to
Congress from that State. he brought
to his legislative duties knowledge OF
local conditions and a sympathy with
local aspirations that enabled him to
serve his birthplace valuably. Mr..
Rathbone was, moreover. man of ex-
ceptional qualifications for legislative
service. He had broad mind and he
was q diligent student Of public oues-
tons. He possessed the quality Of thor
ough research. He was industrious,
and both In committee and on the floor
of the House ne bore himself with ef-
fectiye directness of championship or
defense.
In al that he did for washington
rs q member Of Congress. Mr.. Rath-
bone was inspired by belief in its great
possibilities az the National Capital
and by sympathy for the equities OF
treatment for which the District has
contended during many decades. Lack
ing representation in the legislative
body, washington felt that In him it
had q voting spokesman who knew its
needs and Its rights and its claims. His
relations with his fellow members o.
the House were such as to enable him
to be Of valuable service In emergencies,
and though he was unable 10 overcome
opposition in all instances, he was in
defatigable In his espousal OF fne
cause of the disfranchised half million
American citizens who are seeking and
who confidently hope some Gay to be
enabled by change of law to send their
own representatives to speak and to
vote for them in Congress.
The state of Illinois loses valuable
man as well. Mr.. Rathbone had been
serving for several terms as member
Of the House at large from that State
and had been only lately renominated
for another term, for which he was
practically certain OF election. II was
known that he was In poor health, but
no suspicion was entertained that his
ailment was dangerous, and the news
OF his death comes a. o heavy blow to
the people Of washington, who knew
him 30 well and held for him so high
an esteem.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-16
Tears Best Chemical
For Destroying Germs

Tears are not merely sign of sor-
row In the human being who Is weeping
but they are symbol of distress and
death for any germs that chance to be
lurking In the crying eye. OF all germ
killing chemicals known to biologists 1t
Is probable that the most effective and
perhaps the one which will prove most
useful practically. Is that which nature
manufactures for use In tears.
At a recent meeting of the section of
ophthalmoiogy of the Royal Society OF
Medicine In London, Frederick Ridley
described experiments with this remark
able substance, named lysozyme by Its
discoverer Or. Alexander Fleming. One
teaspoonful OF pure substance, extracted
from human tears would be enough TO
impart antiseptic powers against certain
eye bacteria to over 100 gallons OF salty
water.
This same antiseptic has been found.
Mr.. Ridley stated, In the bodies OF the
white corpusclea which circulate In
human blood and which destroy germs
that invade the body, II has also been
found In the secretion ri the human
nose and In other bodily secretions, In
white OF egg. In tnrnips and few other
plants, In certain kinds OF fish and In
the tears OF animals.
In many cases OF infected eyes. Mr..
Ridley reported. It has been found that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-16
PHILOSOPHERS
BY
GLENN FRANK

During the last three years have re-
turned again and again In this column
to the role that beauty promises to play
In the future of American civilization.
And nothing In the current life OF
America gives me higher hope for our
future than the growing realization
upon the part Of the makers and build
ers of our commodities and houses that
beauty is not costly luxury and COM
mercial liability but personal and So
cial asset.
should like here to summarize, as a
kind of statement Of esthetic faith, the
things that seem to me worth saying
again and again to practical America
as 1t hesitates upon the threshold OF
new age Of beauty.
I believe that although the masses in
America put up with ugliness, they are
unconsciously starving for beauty
believe that beauty Is proAtatIe.
The Nation wide struggle for lowell
ness of design in manufactured articles
is proof that business houses no less
than art galleries have begun to hear
the call Of beauty. -.
/ believe that beauty Is destined to
come into American life more and more
as an inevitable by-product OF the
search for profit and utility
This will not be as new a thing as
many think. The more we burrow into
the history of the great masterpieces OF
painting and architecture of ancient
days, the more we find that they were
done by artists who worked as our
artists work, on order and built because
men wanted buildings that would be
useful.
I believe that the new age of beauty
We are entering will be an age OF de-
mocratized beauty.
We may not build as many magnih-
cent cathedrals as some other ages nave
built, but beauty will reach more fully
through the community. Our pots and
pans and kettles shall be beautiful no
less than our affairs. And some poet
whose name forget-once said that q
people does not know beauty until the
utensils in its kitchens are beautiful.
/ believe that beauty in the clothes
and houses and motors and furniture
and landscapes of our time will prove a
valuable antidote to the stress ana
strain that modern life imposes upon
us. A touch Of loneliness brings seren-
ity even to the ordinary man In whom
a sensitiveness to the esthetic Is not sus-
pected.
And I believe that beauty goes far to
forestall social discomfort. l 40 not
mean that men will bear oppression Il
they can only visit art galleries, but tnat
a civilization that brings beauty 10 the
day-to-day lives of its people Is clvll-
cation that Is not likely to suner the
challenge of revolution.
Copyright Mcclure Newspaper Syndicats.i
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-16
gone Democratic generally in presiden.
/ ffAl rnnkAsfA

gone Democratic generally in presiden.
tial contests.
PENNSYLVANIA, the Keystone state, Il
so strongly Republican that notwith.
standing wet sentiment In Philadelphia
and Pittsburgh Smith has not the
slightest chance Of upsettins the @. o.
F. majority there.
Smiths battle for supremacy de-
ponds primarily upon his ability to
carry the great States OF New York.
New Jersey and Massachusetts, al
though it Is entirely possible that he
might carry all three and still be defeat
ed at the polls. Further, he might take
Illinois, too. and be short of a majority
Of the votes in the electoral college.
The Democratic leader has taken a
bold step. He has thrown into the cam
paign an issue which has been care
fully avoided hitherto In national cleo
tons, except In so far as the national
Prohibition party has injected it. Yet
prohibition, with the enactment OF the
vo,stead act by Congress, must be con-
sidered a national issue. II can only be
sustained or upset by Nationwide ac-
ton. Those who are opposed to pro-
hibition will vote for Smith In the
presidential election, except where they
are more strongly opposed to Demo-
cratic Federal administration or to
Smith on other grounds.
Mr.. Hoover's discussion Of the pro-
hibition issue. expected in his speech
Of acceptance is awaited with interest,
Once before this year he has spoken
on the subject. when he answered the
Borah QUESTIONABLE last Spring, At
that time he declared prohibition
great experiment, noble in motive and
In effect. He further de-
clared that at must be worked out con-
Mr. Hoover has the ability
10 sum up in q few words issues which
confront him and the country. He
might, 1t is true, say little or nothing
regarding prohibition and still be meas
urably sure Of obtaining the support
OF the drys because they are SO strong
IL opposed to Smith, 1t Is possible that
he viii be urged to take this course by
some of his political advisers. 1t might
be the expedient course. But it would
scarcely be the courageous thing to do.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-16
UNITED STATES
in WORLD WAR
Tea Years Ago To-day.

Fighting on the Western battlefront
| continues undated from Chateau
| Thierry 70 the Argonne. with the allied
lines holding firmly nearly everywhere.
More complete details OF yesterdays
bitter fighting disclose that the Amer
| lean soldiers. who had never before
played part In this great struggle,
| withStood the savage ruShes Of the Ger
mans like veterans and held them at
most vital point In the allied line.
Chateau Thierry was the pivot about
which the Germans hoped to swing
their lines, but the courage and tenacity
of the Americans fooled them, !.
Men who have seen fighting throughout
the war say that there has never been
anything like the artillery preparation
for this, the greatest drive vet made.
The Germans laid q creeping barrase
over the American sector which extend-
ed back for 5 miles. Back and forth.
from front to rear. for 10 long hours,
successive curtains Of steel swept the
american sector at short intervals.
The enemy succeeded In cross
tng the MArne % several places, but
allied summers moved them down As
they crossed. Today. the Germans had
thrust forward 70 st. Agnan and La
Chapeiie Monthodons about 4 miles
south OF the Marine and m the region
OF yesterdays successful counteratkaek
by American troops. American
and French troops attacked them IN
force and drove them out OF st. Agnan
and La Chapeile. and also from the
heights TO the north. dominating the
Marne Valley at this point
Nearly SO Of the crack German divisions
were engaged and their losses have
been extremely heavy. A ter
rifle hattie Il raging AZ Esfauaav east AZ
Reims. with the French, intrenched
on the south bank Of the vesle, holding
the Germans In check At this Point
the enemy losses are estimated "a he
rs htgh a. 60 per cent of their
effectiveA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-16
The Mystery of the Italia.

A few short days ago the whole world
seemed bound closer together In bond
Of sympathy over the tragic fate Of the
Italia and the romantic stories OF the
rescues. International boundary lines
were swept away, for suffering. heroiSn,
self.sacriface and death know no such
lines But today. what change!
There is the spectacle of bitter charges
and singing determinations over the
moral behavior OF the living skeletons
who have miraculousiy returned from
icy Nmbs in the Arctic. Vague insinu-
atoms about the conduct OF Gen. Mobile
take their place between lines hereto
fore devoted to heart-rending descrip-
tons Of courageous and admirable
feats. The picture presented few days
ago Of two men calamity standing
vigil over the dead body Of Dr. Malm-
gren Is obliterated by the later and
ueiier picture Of two men digging q
grave in the ice and leaving DR..
Malmeren, alive, in that grave. That
their action may have been directed by
the man whom they left gives the pic
ture no softening background.
The brilliant success Of the Soviet
icehreaker Krassin in proceeding far
ther north than any other ship and res
euins survivors OF the crash seemed
destined, q few days ago. to link Russia
and italy In friendship. But now all that
has changed Soviet organs are hurting
ranking insults at the Italians. designed
only to spread hatred and smolderins
anger. Sweden orders Its rescue party
% confne its efforts to the discovery
and return Of the body Of DR.. Malm-
kren-a terse order that bespeaks more
eloquently than anything else the sem
timent In Sweden. The editor Of an
italian newspaper challenges Partisan
editor TO Q duel because Of the latter's
aspersions upon the conduct OF Gen.
Mobile. Mobile. himself. is reported to
be virtual prisoner aboard the Citta
ii lfilxno, either because he Is confined
for his acts or because there are fears
for his safety II he leaves the ship to
20 on Swedish soil.
out Of al this there Is Jet to come
q clear. connected STORY of what hap
pened on the Italia, before she crashed
TO earth loaded down by ssleet and ice.
ana after the bruised survivors picked
themselves up from the wreck. II Is
not q story to be told by one man, but
II must come from the unsealed lips OF
every man who vent through 1t from
beginning to end II Is . story OF
tragedy and failure. But that makes
no difference. The world waits to know
whether the tale Ii one OF heroic
TRAGEDY and failure, or eowardly tragedy
ana failure. The world win be the
supreme Judge and the quicker the
story Is told, the more conviction there
Win be In IL. The time d past for any
selected spokesman" to talk. Every
u,sn must be his own spokesman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-16

.. the hours Of light trafie. Speed was
accountable for many OF them, the
speed OF reckless haste. Whether driv-
ing In the darkness or In the light
familiarity with the road is essential
to safety when the car is propelled at
pace above twenty-five miles an hour.
Yet many drivers take road with
which they are not acquainted at
higher rates Of speed. depending upon
their headlights to show up dangerous
places In the dark and upon their
brakes to prevent disaster In the hours
Of light.
On a fair day. such as yesterday,
many thousands take the road for
pleasuring. Some of them are OF the
type known as the "once-a-week
driver" relatively inexperienced and
therefore incapable Of adjusting to con-
ditions of heavy traffic. Some become
thrilled by the power Of the car and
step on it." and make the road hum
with speed OF the danger Of which
they are unconscious. They take turns
without check. They try to pass other
machines without due regard for con-
ditions ahead. They advance upon
grade crossings without thought Of the
fatal possibilities Of a collision with a
train.
In most cases the victims of these
mishaps are the passengers, often the
members of the families of the drivers.
innocent sufferers from others care
lessness or heartlessness. This fact in
tensifies the tragedy Of the record,
which is so rapidly mounting to make
this country one Of the msot wasteful
Of all In the world, and one Of the most
unsaf..