The Washburn leader. [volume], July 24, 1914, Image 3

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LINED GOWNS.
Made With Stripe* Running
In Many Different Directions.
KOBNTNQ DBESS.
Drees designers have a remarkable
penchant for making tbe lines of tbe
fabric diverge at eccentric angles. The
little morning costume pictured here
Includes a hemstitched batiste blouse
and skirt of white pique. Tbe skirt
has two tunics, with the lines running
In opposite directions, while on tbe
«kirt they take still a third direction.
MONOGRAMMED TOWELS.
Those of Turkish Toweling Conven
ient For the Fastidious Bather.
Bath towels adorned with the mono
gram of the owner and with a wash
rag to match are shown in the shops.
The.v are of Turkish toweling, and
they are convenient for use at the sea
shore. where tbe towels found in the
MONOGRAMMED TOWKM.
ordinary bathhouse* are not to be con
sidered by fastidious women. Tbe
monograms are stamped on one end of
tbe towel. Embroidered monograms
are out of place ou Turkish toweling,
and a stenciled monogram may be spb
stituted by tbe woman who likes to
decorate her own towels.
The Age Test.
All sorts of tests are given for de
termining tbe age and quality of a
fowl. Dark looking birds are not
apt to be freshly killed ones. Freshly
killed poultry bas full, bright eyes and
moist pliable feet If tbe eyes are
dry and sunken and tbe feet and legs
are stiff it Is evidence that the fowl
la not so fresh as it might be. Tbe
neck is tbe first part of tbe fowl to
discolor. A young fowl will have pin
feathers. and the end of tbe breast
bone will bend when pressed with tbe
finger. Old fowls have long baits and
a bard breastbone. Tbe' skin on tbe
legs will be scaly and thick and tough.
.' Old fowls are suitable only for
boiling. Tbe cold meat from tbe boll*
ed fowl may be made op into many
tempting forms. Tbe ancient bird, if
•objected to tbe boiling process for
awhile before It is put into tbe oven.
may often be roasted with fairly satis
factory results.
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Point awayer of fashions, bas found
time between designing gowns to de
sign colored finger bowls. The colors
of these are cherry red. orange, green,
fellow and Mack-r-tbree of qach fcolor
S.|S@:@:e6lnjt. td' a Set "It la whispered that
U' ""the hair and dresses of the diners will
&%^Sfft?:-:liaTe to match the** articles.
Prayer
Judging from the number of strings
translucent rlrh cotojns and a
fay silk tasaei finish.
NEW YORK'S GREAT MARKET.
The Largcist Wholesale Place of Its
Kind In the World.
The great market centers of the
big cities of the world, like Smith
field market, in London, for exam
ple, have been much written about
and often pictured. What is prob
ably the largest wholesale market
Center in the world is perhaps not
so well known. By name it is fa
mous, but not many people know
much in detail concerning its loca
tion or facilities.
West Washington and Gansevoort
markets form together the largest
wholesale market in the world. Lo
cated in New York city on the
North river between Gansevoort,
Little West Twelfth street, Bloom
field street, Washington street and
Thirteenth avenue, the market cov
ers more than four large city blocks,
with an area of more than seven
acres.
The part of the market known
as West Washington market con
sists of ten three story buildings,
each 186 feet long by fifty-one feet
wide. It is intersected by four
avenues running east and west,
each thirty-two feet wide, and one
avenue running north and south of
the same width.
To the north and to the south of
the market are the steamship and
railroad docks, at which all of the
food supplies of New York city are
received.
On the west the market faces
three large open piers under the
control of the New York city dock
department, at which merchandise
of all kinds may be unloaded from
the ships of commerce.
On the east, between it and Gan
sevoort market, runs the seventy
foot marginal way, the great thor
oughfare running along the docks
of the river front, which presents
at all hours of the day the busiest
scene of traffic in New York city.
The New York Central has its
tracks on this marginal way, run
ning from its main line in the north
of the city to St. John's park, its
large terminal a short distance be
low. Spurs from these lines run
into the market, permitting the un
loading of cars direct to the com
mission men's refrigerators.
The buildings of this market are
devoted to the use of the commis
sion men and dealers. Beef, mut
ton, veal, poultry, produce and
fruits of all kinds are dealt in. Each
man has his own refrigerator. The
refrigerators range from 4,000 cu
bic feet to 35,000 cubic feet of re
frigerated space. Refrigeration for
these boxes is furnished by the pipe
line system of the Manhattan Re
frigerating company, whose plant is
located opposite the market.—Na
tional Provisioned
A Militant Lecturer.
A well known lecturer tells the
following story against himself:
When lecturing in an Australian
bush town he waxed eloquent on
the athletic feats of Britons. After
each assertion came a deep toned
•'It's a lie!" from a drunken audi
tor.
"Give me a stop of five minutes,"
said the lecturer to his audience.
Off went his coat, down jumped the
lecturer, and in a moment he had
collared the interrupter and bun
dled him out.
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1 had knpwn you meant to do
that," said the manager, "I'd have
charged double prices." London
Tatler.
Respect For Old Age.
"Jonas, did you beat that rug ac
cordin' to orders?"
"No, S'manthy 1 just didn't."
"Didn't What's the reason, I*d
like to know
'Cause, S'manthy, when I got it
out on the line there an' saw how
frittered an* feeble it was I didn't
have the heart to lambaste it. 1
know I have a shortage of virtues,
S'manthy, but I want you to know
that respect for old age isn't one of
'em."—Exchange.
Compensation For Injury. ":il
Compensation for injury in the
middle ages was in its infancy. The
volume of the accounts of the
Iprd high treasurer of Scotland, just
published, tells incidentally of pay
ments made to sufferers in the siege
of Glasgow in 1544. To a carter
who lost his horse $35 was paid, but
$10.5ti sufficed for a woman whose
husband was killed, a like sum be
ing given to the owners of two
broken drums.
The Elephant's Trunk.
The long trunk'of the elephant Is
very, Teiy wonderful. The neck of
lour footed animals is usually long
to enable them to reach their fdoa
without difficulty, hat the elephant
bas a short qeck to enable him more
easily to support the wenght of
Enginssrs Make
luff,
huge head and hefcvj tusks.
long tronk helps him to get hip
food, and the trank is to an ele
phant what a long neck is to othir
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EUROPE'S CITIES
EXCEL IN BEAUTY
In most of the European cities, ac
cording to Mr. Hammond, they did not
find the municipalities much ahead of
New York in paving of streets and
sidewalks, and in some, as in the case
of Liverpool, they found old fashioned
cobblestones. They found tbe same in
convenience resulting from street re
pairs as here, except that in Germany
there was no attempt to carry on traf
fic while the streets were repaired.
"The public buildings are designed
with caution and with none of the
mercenary methods which are in use
with our architects." said Mr. Ham
mond.
"Perhaps the most unsightly struc
tures in our great cities are the lurid
gas tanks that rear up even in residen
tial sections. The Germans have obvi
ated this by inclosing their gas tanks
within stone structures of handsome
design that give one the impression of
gazing on a Carnegie public library or
a museum. There is considerable ex
pense in this innovation, but the effect
is most pleasing and of necessity beau
tifying to the city.
"Frequently the effect is still more
improved by placing around tbe stone
structure a sort of park with shade
trees and green plots. If tbe Germans
can do this there is no reason why we
cannot also do it.
"We failed to find the elevated rail
roads in foreign cities In any way su
perior to our own in construction, and
we found them little better in beauty
of design. Railroad stations sacrifice
usefulness to the gracefulness of their
station sheds, but much the same style
prevails abroad as is found in our
smaller stations. The canals are bor
dered by stone jetties that are a great
improvement over those in our cities,
which are now so ugly that no pleas
ant neighborhoods border upon tbem.
"The last word in railroad bridges
and aqueducts is to be found in Ger
many. where even those bridges that
support the modern locomotives give
the impression of being frail spans o{
fairyland. Yet they are designed with
the most lasting methods of the twen*
tieth century. Most of the work is of
concrete.
"It is often amusing to find in the
massive but graceful designs of many
German structures the suggestion of a
man's or an animal's face or form,
which lends a singular enchantment to
the consideration of these marvels of
engineering.
"I consider Dresden tbe peer of all
tbe European cities in tbe designs of
its buildings, for there is a basic prin
ciple which gives the impression of
quaintness, while at tbe same time em
bodying all the conveniences of a mod
ern city. The same effect of design as
one finds upon Dresden china Is ap
parent throughout the city, and the
uniform height of the buildings lends
additional charm. Even the growth of
a progressive city does not efface Dres
den's distinction.
"As in the United States, there are
more or less dirty cities in Europe, al
though certain of tbe European cities
have better systems of housecleaning
than our own. In Germany we found
they had gone to tbe extent of inlay
ing sewers with tiles that were regu
larly cleaned, thus Insuring the quick
passage of debris and making tbe dan
ger of disease negligible.
"We visited the sewage gardens of
Paris and Berlin. Those at the French
capital are cultivated under private in
terests they raise artichokes and other
vegetables on the lands enriched by the
city's sewers. The plan of allowing pri
vate individuals to hold land on these
farms has not proved satisfactory en
tirely, for as soon as tbe torrential rains
begin the1 farmefto refuse to accept the
further addition to their soli, and the
refuse from the-sewers,is necessarily
turned into the Seine In Berlin, how
ever. the city owns the farms, and the
system is always in operation. It is a
familiar sight to see even the cattle
feeding on the herbs, of these farpis,
and instead of looking like a swamp
the lands are so cleverly laid out that
the ordinary observer might not SJIS
pect their functions, for rnijny tqies
planted upon tbem give beauty and
color to tbe Isndscape."
Town Developments Magazine
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community In any' other way...)
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SEWAGE FARMS ATTRACT.
Public Structures Are Surrounded by
Parks—Gas Tanks Are Inclosed In
Stone Walls Dresden Pronounced
the Peer of Foreign Cities.
The superiority of foreign cities from
the viewpoint of civic planning and
beautification of industrial buildings
and plants is pointed out in a recent
interview by George T. Hammond, en
gineer of design of the bureau of sew
ers of Brooklyn, who returned a short
time ago from a tour of European
cities whereon be made extensive stud
ies and observations with Chief En
gineer Fort of tbe bureau. The en
gineers visited London. Paris, Berlin.
Hamburg, Dresden and otber great cen
ters of engineering design and returned
with many photographs and notes of
municipal conditions.
Levels of Atlantic and Pacific.
At certain stages of tbe tide tbe lev
els of tbe Atlantic and Pacific oceans
at the Isthmus of Panama differ mate
rially. At Colon the difference between
high and low water Is not mucb more
than twenty-three inches, while at
Panama it is generally thirteen feet
and at times as mucb as nineteen feet.
Tbe current that would be produced by
this condition of things in a sea level
canal would seriously interfere with
navigation, but under tbe present ar
rangement of a locked canal the diffi
culty is obviated. Tbe Suez canal pre
sented no such difficulty, tbe difference
in tide level at Port Said and Suez be
ing of a trifling uature.—New York
American.
An Old Acquaintance.
A resourceful girl, having danced a
pink party frock to ribbons, took what
was left of it and made a wonderful
lamp shade. Tbe nest evening she was
entertaining a caller In tbe soft light
and she said to liim quite casually:
"How do you like my new lamp
shade?"
William regarded it for a moment
critically, then be said: "The last time
I saw that shade I danced with it."—
New York Post.
Imposition.
"1 don see why lawyers should get
imposed on so much.'* said Farmer
Corntossel.
"Imposed on!"
"Yes. Every time one gets a govern
ment office be says be is compelled to
give up a lucrative practice."—Wash
ington Star.
Cocoa Bean Currency.
When Mexico was discovered by the
Spaniards, in 1519, cocoa beans were
used for currency. Tbe Spaniards found
two and a half millions pounds of
beans In tbe national treasury.
Buying 8tocks.
Willis—There are two ways of buy
ing stocks. One is to buy outright.
Gillis—Yes tbe other is to buy In
wrong-—Puck.
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FACIAL FOLIAGE.
Looking For Mother's 8pectacles In
Father's Whiskers.
In tbe American Magazine James
Montgomery Flagg writes an amusing
piece entitled "Whiskerculture." Fol
lowing is an extract:
"It's a heartrending sight in any
case, this facial landscape gardening,
from tbe time that they innocently
say at breakfast, 'You forgot to shave,
this morning, dear!' (it has taken three
days for even tbe rough sketch you
show tbem!) to the dreadful harvest
of your noxious inspiration.
"Picture the nervous strain on the
wife and babes as they witness the
gradual budding (blossoming) and frui
tion of tbe borror. How tbey sadly
watcb tbe bead of the bouse slowly dis
appearing in a cloud of brambles.
"See those outstretched dimpled arms
and hear those sobbing voices, 'Come
back to us, papa!'
"Isn't your pride touched on the raw
when your wife lifts up the door mat
in tbe vestibule and kisses it good
night ou account of its comparative
silkiness? Stop, consider, you who
through some inherited mental weak
ness do not know the difference be
tween right and whiskers—hesitate!
Why add to tbe strain of family life?
Even if you have provided your wife
with a vacuum cleaner why multiply
ihe cares of a busy housekeeper?
"Ask yourself if it will add in any
way to the pleasure of any one in the
family. Wheu your mother has mis
laid her steel rimmed spectacles does it
not make one more place that bas to
be ransacked?
"Men who embark on a career of
whiskerculture are obviously thought
less. What man would cultivate wis
taria cblnensls on his chin If he visu
alized himself at some future breakfast
having to loop up those vines with
portiere cords In order to slide a poach
ed egg In without mutilating It?"
Empty Words.
"Does your lover have mucb to say?"
"No, but that doesn't keep him from
talking a great deal."
Are You
Watching7
The Strenuous Efforts
of Our flerchants
to show you where you can get
the best goods at the cheapest
prices? If you want to save
money step into the stores at
Washburn to do your shopping.
You will see other customers
who are satisfied. Join them,
make your purchases, no mat
ter how small, and you will also
be perfectly contented with the
results. We stand back of the
advertising that the merchants
do through us.
THE OFFICIAty jl^PER of th&City of Washburn and McLean Courty,
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OBJECTS ON THE MOON.
The 8i*e They Must Be to Show In
Our Different Teleecopes.
Tbe Abbe Moreux, director of the
astronomical observatory of Bourgea.
France, answers in Cosmos the ques
tion, "What is the smallest object visi
ble on the moon?"
First, it is necessary to know what
is the smallest angular magnitude that
the naked eye can perceive. Expert-,
ment, says tbe abbe, proves this to be
thirty seconds. In other words, an
object that subtends an arc of thirty
seconds is first visible to tbe naked
eye. Therefore an object having an
angular diameter of one second can be
seen when it is magnified thirty times.
An arc of one second represents about
0,000 square feet at the center of the
lunar disc. Ilence, a telescope that
magnifies thirty times will rnuke vis
ible a spot C.OOO feet in diameter on
the surface of the moon.
A more powerful telescope will reveal
smaller objects. One with four lncbetr
aperture and a power of 300 will show
objects of 000 feet diameter. One
with a power of 2.000 diameters will,
reveal details measuring about ninety
feet.
This, however, Is theory. It takes a
trained and practiced eye to see fine
details through a telescope. The agita
tion of the earth's atmosphere by
winds and currents Interferes terribly
with the use of very high powers In
telescopes. An enlargement of 400 di
ameters almost exceeds tbe practical
limit It can be used only on perfectly
clear, still nights when tbe moon Is
high above tbe horizon. This will re
veal objects 450 feet In diameter, bat
will not show any form or detail.
An Unusual Case.
"Ferdinand is engaged."
"Good match?"
"Must be. His aunts are all perfect
ly reconciled, and even his mother
doesn't seem to think be Is making
mucb of a mistake."—Pittsburgh Post.
And Never Rests.
A lie has no legs and cannot stand,
but it bas wings and can fly far and
wide.—Warburton.
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