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—C orlolanua.
Boosting Boss Murphy
[e would be worth his weight in
to your administration,” writes
: Lawrence of New York to Presi
Wilson in urging upon the execu
te bestowal of a cabinet portfolio
Charles F. Murphy, chief of the
of Tammany.
is may be literally true, but Mr.
•ence seems to misconstrue the
anus and objects of the democratic
administration. It is undeniable that
Mr. Bryan has sought to make a lit
tle money in addition to that he draws
from the treasury, but his methods
■re not in line with those at which
Hr. Murphy is an adept.
I Mr. Lawrence is one of the very few
Imo fail to realize that the democrats
■re intent upon purity in politics, not
Its prostitution. He takes 20,000 words
to tell Mr. Wilson how much he thinks
of the Tammany man, and one of his
impelling arguments is that he has
found Mr. Murphy such a profound
and patriotic statesman that he has
not hesitated to invite that gentleman
and his family to call upon him and
I Lawrence at their home.
hile not pretending to hold the
idence of Mr. Wilson as to his
able appointments in the event of
re cabinet vacancies, The Age
ild feels safe in assuring a pal
it populace that Mr. Murphy’s
ces are slim, to say the least,
r. Lawrence himself is not un
ra to politics. He was a candidate
governor of Rhode Island in 1878
for Congress in 1880, being de
sd in both elections. He was 85
s old this month, but his sense of
or seems to have achieved a deli
s mellowness with the fast fleet
fears.
Good Hoad Days
Good road days last year—three
lays in August—were well observed
itld excellent results were obtained in
nany parts of the state. Good road
days this year, August 14, 15 and 16,,
should bring even great achievement.
isrnor O’Neal’s earnest and ring
pronlamation setting forth these
upon which all able bodied citi
are called upon to work at road
ling or hire substitutes has been
ly circulated.
le Alabama Good Roads associa
is doing a great deal this year
rouse interest in the good road
• Alabama was one of the most
ward states in macadamized high
3 until two years ago. There is
much room for improvement, but
good roads spirit is manifest in
ly every county and the year 1913
probably be Alabama’s banner
in road making.
Ie Adornment of the Female
ng the inalienable rights of
s that of making a laughing
of himself. No other privilege
ealously cherished or more fre
j exercised. And often it takes
m of attempting to regulate or
the apparel of those of the
;e sex. (
ibers of the city council of
ter, Penn., are laboring over
inance which would compel the
b of that town’s population to
themselves only in such fashion
proposed law precribes, rather
■rtain giddy garb designated
lot drape the female form
“Exposure gowns” of all kinds
tsses are barred; slits that ex
>ove the shoe tops are tabooed;
ust not be transparent. Though
rve line is the line of beauty,
learn at school, skirts that ac
« curves are made unlawful,
vns must be high enough on the
srs and neck to prevent more
decorous exposure of the
Naked arms will not be per
for it is decreed that sleeves
of kimono length at least must
worn on the streets.
•Suppose the ordinance is pass
will it ever be enforced? It is haruiy
possible. Woman, with her delicious
disregard for mere man's ponderous
statutes, will continue to dress her
self as she pleases, and there will be
none so bold br to say her nay. And
another thing—why all this detail of
outlawed costume? many of the styles
aimed at may be out of fashion before
the ink is dry on the city’s law books.
Even now the Bulgarian blouse, only
an infant in age, is being crowded out
of the shops by Roumanian raiment.
And the Mexican war seems just to
be getting a good start.
Mediator Chambers
William Lee Chambers, named by
President Wilson as commissioner of
mediation and conciliation under the
Newlands act, is an Alabamian who
has held many positions of honor and
trust in the past. He is versed in the
law, in business and in arbitration,
and should make an ideal presiding of
ficer of the newly created court.
Judge Chambers at one time was
president of the First National bank
of Montgomery, and later was at the
head of the company which founded
Sheffield. His wife is the daughter
of Justice David Clopton, who for a
long time was a member of the su
preme court of Alabama.
That Judge Chambers is fully
equipped for the delicate duties he
will be called upon to perform is well
indicated by the position he has oc
cupied. He was the American member
of the commission established by Eng
land, Germany and the United States
under the treaty of 1890; chief justice
of the international court to settle the
Samoan claims, 1897-1901; member of
the Spanish treaty claims commis
sion, 1901, and in 1910 served as
third arbitrator of the controversy be
tween 49 railroads operating west of
Chicago and the Brotherhood of Fire
men and Enginemen.
The naming of Judge Chambers and
his associates is a guarantee that
their decisions in the pending dispute
between the railroads of the east and
their employes will carry weight with
the country.
Home Rulo Delayed
By a vote of 302 to 64 the House of
Lords rejected the home rule bill for
the second time and by their action
hav^ served no purpose but to stave
off the happening of an event which
they are powerless to p«vent. It does
seem very shortsighted policy to stand
in the way and get run over when
there are many means of escape, but
the House of Lords has become so
shortsighted that it only needs to be
let alone while it stumbles blindly
along to the ditch that lies ahead.
Nothing is more difficult for the
American to understand perhaps than
the hereditary feature in a legisla
tive body and that is the feature
which figures sc prominently in the
present conflict between the House of
Commons and the House of Lords. The
bill for the reform of the upper house
makes the abolition of the hereditary
right the essence of the measure. The
anomaly cf allowing an irresponsible
body to frustrate the emphatically
expressed will of the nation, and es
pecially when that body exercises that
privilege against one particular party,
is completely at variance with modern
ideas of constitutional government.
For the present the home rule bill
must be laid aside, but with the open
ing of the next parliamentary term it
will be introduced in the House of
Commons for the third time within the
two years provided by the veto bill.
The next term of Parliament will
begin about the middle of January,
and the passage of the home rule bill
during that term will mean its final
enactment whether the lords assent
to or reject it.
The Irish may well contain their
souls in patience knowing that the
hour of their deliverance is at hand,
and the intervening period will help
to prepare men’s minds for the task
that awaits a nation going into busi
ness for itself.
Skulls of brainless prehistoric man
have been found in Indiana. If the
explorers succeed in digging up some
of the literature of that age, interest
ing comparisons with the present out
put may be expected.
Uncle Sam will no longer provide em
bossed stationery for its lawmakers.
What’s the use of being a congress
man these days, anyhow?
The Arabs have declared a holy war.
In this they may have more success
than they did in their recent scrap
with Italy.
Why shouldn’t Mr. Bryan lecture?
asks the wag. It would be a horrible
thing if he had to keep his mouth shut
and bust.
This year’s crops promise to be the
biggest in the country’s history. Who
said signs of hard times are on the
horizon?
The Mulhall letters show the old
fashioned typewriter to b* about as
dangerous as the new fangled dicta
phone.
Mr. Bryan’s little jaunt Into the lec
turing field will put him In excellent
trim for a talk with Ambassador Wil
son.
t - »e been many interesting ses
’ gress, but the extra session of
|rd makes a new high record
■ variety and sensational features as a
result of the probe habit.
No matter what the weather bureau
says, look out for an electric storm and
a good deal of rain tonight or tomorrow.
The tariff debate in the Senate may
run along into September, but the votes
have already been counted.
Count Zeppelin has it on most of the
other aeronauts. He is 70 and hasn t
been killed a single time.
The "silhouette gown" Is said to be
the latest. Well—but this is a family
newspaper.
Wall street these days looks like a
side thoroughfare in the Deserted Vil
lage.
Chagrin Is the terrible part of the
Turk just now.
COLOR PHOTOGRAPHS
Frothe Literary Digest.
The beginning is the normal beginning
of all things photographic—namely, an ex
posure. This is done by electric light—and
three negatives are taken of the subject
one through a violet screen, a second
through a green and the third through
an orange. These three negatives are
exactly superposabie, and all are in black
and white; but the lights and shades are
differently placed, the plates having been
made by different colored lights. These
negatives furnish three positives in color
on gelatin paper. Mr. Vancamps has in
vented a colored gelatin paper—yellow, red
and blue, the complementary colors to
those of the screens. Without this paper
the process woulil not be possible.
The three positives are blue, red and
yellow. The yellow paper is used with the
negative taken through the violet screen,
the red with that taken through the green
screen, and, flnaMy, the blue with the
product of tile orange screen. These posi
tives are made by placing the paper In
contact with the negative and exposing it
to electric light. This fixes the colored
matter in the gelatin where the negatives
allow’S it to pass. Washing removes the
color that has not been fixed by the light
Thus there are th»ee positives—blue, yel
low and red. In which each color has its
own distribution, the relations of light
and shade being different.
To obtain the totalized positive print, it
is necessary, as might be anticipated, to
combine the three colored prints. This is
done by detacning the gelatin films frern
the paper and superposing them exactly
on another sheet. This is all. The gelatin
being very thin, and the colors very trans
parent, the eye sees each of the prints
through the others and the effects melt
together.
From a single set of negatives any de
sired number of positives may be printed.
But it will be realized that the number
and delicacy of the manipulations do not
allow of the production of the colored
photograpts at th3 prices of ordinary
photographic prints.
THE DECAY OF “SAMPLING”
From the New York Herald.
The custom of giving things away in
the hope of promoting trade has bred a
race of professional “samplers” who
have solved the problem of living for
next to nothing. The “sampler” eats
voraciously at the demonstration coun
ters in department stores. He gets
somples of tea, sugar and soap from
the grocer, and could easily make a
coat of many colors’ from the samples
of textile fabrics that the dry goods
merchant showers upon him. He writes
for every periodical that advertises free
sample copies, and he has never been
known to subscribe. Time was when he
enjoyed sample trips into the country
on pleasant Sundays by taking part in
the free excursions advertised by sub
urban land companies. The enjoyment
of these trips w'as frequently enhanced
by free lunch and a brass band.
Quite recently the real es'tate venders
have discovered that the “sampler”
never takes part in the bidding when
the building lots are put up at auction,
and in the future their money will be
spent on newspaper advertising in
stead of chowder and music. At the
same time the readers of high class
papers have learned the real value of
things offered for nothing.
POSTMARKS
From the Pittsburg Post.
The ease with which the initiative
and referendum is said to have been
defrauded in Ohio is a sad blow to
those who believed it would be the
“salvation of the people.”
No necessity for startling the country
with the report that the President got
lost in the New Hampshire woods. He
found himself.
Prince Henry is going to visit us
again. When a man is willing to re
peat, it is plain that the first ex
perience was to his liking.
About the only thing that distin
guishes sleeping in the parks from
sleeping in bed these nights is the cool
discomfort.
Survivors of the civil strife point to
14 Mexican war veterans in reunion as
an evidence of their own youthful
ness.
Citizen soldiers find it hard work
practicing the rules of war, but it is
better than a loafing vacation.
Panama is dunning Uncle Sam for
canal zone rent. Now what do you
think o' that?
COULDN’T PLAV •AT ALL
From Answers.
Knickerboclcered and resplendent in
dazzling tartan stockings, Algernon
sauntered from the clubhouse to the
golf links, and there, on the first tee,
having carefully adjusted his monocle
and "addressed’’ the ball for a pro
digious length of time, began his game.
“By the way, caddie,” he remarked
presently, “what sort of a game does
Mr. McJones play?”
The diminutive young Scotsman
screwed up his weather-beaten face.
"Mr. McJones? He canna play at all."
“Ah," said Algenon. "You see. I'm
playing a match with him tomorrow.
Suppose I shall beat him easily—what?”
The caddie shook his head wisely.
"Na," he replied; "that-ye will not."
RANDOM REFLECTIONS
From the Boston Transcript.
The tongue is boneless, yet it can
strike harder than the fist.
Speech is not silver in the settlement
of the grocer's bill.
You may be expert in steering your
auto and yet run Into debt.
The purse-proud man doesn't object
to putting his pride in Ills pocket.
The self-made man is not infrequent
ly like other amateur productions.
When opportunity knocks at the door
it is almost certain to require a little
ready cash.
Never mt^t trouble half way—let it
travel the full distance and It may wear
itself out.
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
In the Bunlncua World
"While the iron market is still dull busi
ness generally In the Birmingham district
is very brisk," said Horace Hammond
of the Ilammond-Byrd Co.
"Business conditions throughout the
country seem to be sound. There is
evidently a better feeling than was man
ifested a few' weeks ago.
"Mr. W. W. Jacobs of Hartford, Conn.,
president of the Shelby Iron company,
who was in Birmingham this week, took
a bright view' of the business situa
tion. He thought the great crops this
year would make for healthy activity
throughout the country in the fall."
The Christmas Club
"In these warm summer days It is in
teresting to observe the enthusiasm on
the part of members of the American
Trust and Savings bank Christmas club
as they make their deposits with a view
of having holiday money in December,"
said a dally visitor to the bank re
ferred to.
"The Chirstmas club, which was start
eel a few months ago, has grown very
fast, I am told. Anyone who watches
from week to week the line of depositors
quickly realizes that fact. On December
15 the fund will be distributed to abotU
1500 members. Many persons save mousy
for Christmas in this way who would
otherwise be ‘busted’ when the glad sea
son comes round."
The Park Concert*
“Although we have had several hard
rains since the open air muslo began
about two weeks ago not a single concert
has had to be omitted on account of
inclement weather,” said a club man.
“Last year many of the concerts at the
beginning of the season had to be called
off on account of rain and it may bo
that In the coming August the rain will
interfere.
"But what everybody is talking about
—everybody who goes to Capitol park to
hear the music—is th© fine quality of
Memoli's band. The band contains 27
men besides the conductor and critics
say the ensemble Is very fine Indeed. The
programmes are made up of good muslo
and the extra numbers include light com
positions that are decidedly popular."
Removing Surplus Tar
“The -ladies of Birmingham will cer
tainly appreciate the removal of the sur
plus taj* that has been so liberally spread
over the recently laid wood pavement,”
said a business woman. “While it may
have been necessary to use the tar pro
fusely, yet when the temperature is rang
ing close to the 100 mark, which causes
the tar to assume an almost liquid form,
it makes the street crossings very un
desirable, as white shoes and coal tar
do not go very well together.
“I do not know whether the street
paving company or the city authorities
are having the extra tar scraped from
the wood paving, but whoever is behind
the movement they have the approval
and appreciation of all classes of women
of the city, whether business women or
those of the leisure class. I know of a
number of instances where white shoes
have been almost ruined and dresses
badly soiled by the tar, which is almost
an inch deep on some of the crossings.”
The Irou Market
“A year ago at this time the pig Iron
and the entire steel trade woke to new
life." say Matthew Addy & Co., in their
weekly letter. "Then It fell asleep about
last February. It seems, however, to be
waking again to renewed life and activ
ity. Since the beginning of the month
there have been heavy transactions.
"Buying has been on a large scale, but
at prices that keep iron masters awake
at night. Still, the main thing is to get
the market started and the very low
prices have attained this object. At the
same time, these unprofitable prices have
put out many furnaces and there will
presently be a decided reduction in out
put.
“The most favorable sign of the times
Is not the Iron that is being sold, but
the demand of many foundries for faster
shipments. They really need the Iron.
"This week quite a tonnage of north
ern iron has been placed, though South
ern iron Is still the leader.
‘Coke is still active and is command
ing prices which, in view of the prices
of iron, seem all out of line. But the
coke producers have held firm and are
having a most profitable .time of it."
The Huntington Marriage
"Mrs. Arabella Huntington, widow of
C. P. Huntington, one of the great rail
road men of this country, who died in
1900, was married last Wednesday to
Henry E. Huntington, a nephew of her
late husband,” said an old citizen.
"The grom is 63 years of age and is a
railroad financier and manager of signal
ability. Mrs. Huntington must be con
siderably older than her new husband. I
recall her marriage to C. P. Huntington
about 25 years ago. She was then up
ward of 40. She is a native of Richmond,
but had been living for some time in New
York when she met the late Mr, Hunt
ington.
"When Huntington died it was generally
believed that he left between *75,000,000 and
*80,000,000, but the estate was appraised
at *37,390,811 gross and *28,301,765 net. Mr.
Huntington had two adopted children—
Archer M. Huntington and the Princess
Hatzfeldt. By the terms of his will, Mrs.
Huntington was bequeathed two-thirds of
his Southern Pacific stock, the interest on
a trust fund of *500,000 while she lived and
the residue of the estate. By the same
will Henry E. Huntington received one
third of the Southern Pacific stock and
one-half of the residue.
"I used to meet C. P. Huntington oc
casionally and enjoyed his dry wit. The
last time I met him I asked him how
much he was worth. He said, with a pe
culiar drawl, 'Some days I am worth *25,
000,000 and some days *50,000,000—it depends
on the fluceuatlons of the market.' ”
If we should have war with Mexico what
will Colonel Roosevelt's rank and com
mand me? He will be one of the first to
offer his services, and the chances are he
will start out as a major general.
PAY AS EDITOR HELPS
From the New York Sun.
Walter H. Page, American ambassador
in London, is still on the pay roll of Dou
bleday, Page & Co. at the salary he re
ceived as editor of World’s Work. The
salary of $35,000 a year which he receives
from the firm, of which he is a member,
Is said to have made it possible for him
to accept the ambassadorship. His salary
as ambassador is $17,500 a year.
When Frank N. Doubleday, president of
the publishing house, was asked over the;
telephone yesterday at his home in Locust i
Valley. Long Island, concerning the re-|
port, he declined to discuss it, saying it j
did not concern the public. It is reported,
however, that the publishing house re-1
garded it as a patriotic duty to make it
possible for Mr. Page to accept me poet]
at the court of St. James.
Mr. Page, though remarkably success
ful as an editor and highly praised for the
work he has done in maintaining high lit
erary standards, is not a wealthy man.
It would have been a tremendous sacri
fice for him to have accepted the diplo
matic post if he depended entirely on the
salary paid by the government. Presi
dent Wilson, who had known him lor
many years and admired him. was ex
tremely desirous that he should take -he
place. The President viewed with dis
favor the conditions that made it diffi
cult for men of great ability but small
wealth to accept diplomatic appointments.
When the post was first offered to Mr.
Page he demurred because of his lack
of wealth. When President Wilson insist
ed the firm of Doubleday, Page & Co.,
it is reported, decided to continue Mr.
Page at his former salary and, In effect,
to give him a leave of absence.
When Mr. Page was asked shortly after
his appointment if he expected to imitate
the lavish expenditure of his predecessor,
Whitelaw Reid, he said:
"If you know me your question is an
swered. The embassy will be modest and,
we hope, dignified."
Mr. Page started in life poor. He made
Tterary work his calling and has pros
pered in it, but the brilliancy of bis liter
ary attainments is more in evidence than
the actual monetary returns. Mr. Page
! was thought to be the author of "A Pub
lisher's Confessions.’’
“HOME-GROWN” CLOTHES
From the Augusta Chronicle.
Some time ago In Spartanburg, J. TV.
Alexander Inaugurated a movement for
home grown clothes—the wearing In the
south during the summer of clothing made
of cotton. At the fair last fall he suc
ceeded In pledging 350 Spartanburg men
to buy suits made of cloth woven at Spar
tanburg from home grown cotton, pro
vided the BUlts could be made satisfactory.
Mr. Alexander has now sent a bolt of
Bedford cord cloth manufactured by a
Spartanburg mill to a shrinking plant In
the north. As soon as this is shrunk It
will be roturned to Spartanburg and a
tailor will make a $7.50 su*t for Mr. Alex
under. The suit -will be worn and sub
mitted to a shrinking test. If it stands
the test all right, cloth will be ordered 4or
the other 349 suits, and Spartanburg will
be wearing ndt only home made but home
grown suits.
The Charlotte Chronicle regards Mr. Al
exander's idea as a most excellent one. It
says; . ,
"Why should not the men of the south
wear clothes manufactured from cotton In
summer? Why should not farmers of the
entire south, for Instance, wear cool, com
fortable cotton clothes during this season?
Why should not the laborers of this sec
tion in the city and in the country wear
cotton overalls and khaki suits instead of
cheap woolen stufT? The prosperity of the
south depends largely upon the cotton
growing and cotton manufacturing indus
try, not only because of the number of
people employed- in that industry, but be
cause of the interdependence of all indus
tries in this day of complex business and
social relationships. If all the men of the
south would wear cotton goods In sum
mer there would be a considerable In
crease In the consumtion of cotton goods
at home and Industry would be stimu
lated and helped just that much.”
IS IT A WET MOONf
From the Kansas City Times.
A weather prophet at Pratt, Kan., has
studied the moon with the greatest care
and announces that it is a “wet moon.”
The last change in the moon occurred at
midnight, on a certain night, and the Kan
sas prophet declares that he has never
known it to fail that when the change oc
curs exactly at midnight the result 13 a
“wet moon.”
A “wet moon,” be it known, signifies
that during the period following the
change cf the moon, there will he a great
deal ot rain. Old fashioned persons used
to “set store” by a wet moon, although
none of them ever seemed to be alJle to
quite agree as to when the moon was
“wet and when it was “dry.”
Those who did not attempt to make a
mathematical calculation as to the time
of the change of the moon, always gov
erned their opinion as to Its “witness’* by
the looks of the moon.
In dry seasons when the corn needed
nn Isture and the pastures needed rain,
and when there promised to be a shortage
of "stock water” because of the drying
of the small streams, the next change nf
the moon was looked forward to with
great Interest.
An interesting feature of this old time
weather gage was that as a rule the “wet”
moon was followed by dry weather.
It is believed, however, that the “w*et
moon” is quite as reliable as an indica
tor of rain as the old belief that rain on
Easter Sunday meant rain on each suc
ceeding Sunday for seven weeks.
TAXING AMERICAN HEIRESSES
From the Quebec Chronicle.
A democratic member of Congress has
asked that there be added to the income
tax amendment one to include American
women who marry foreigners. The sug
gestion in part runs thus: “Just now there
is a distinct peril due to t*he fact that
numerous ladies—the list is startling—have
elected to marry busted foreign dukes and
lords and have carried abroad fortunes
made by American men and deposited
them with their titled husbands.”
A rule of the German diplomatic ser
vice is that no one connected with it shall
marry an American girl, heiress or other
wise, without tendering his resignation
The point seems to be that American wom
en transplanted abroad usually qnore than
hold their own if their husbands are con
cerned in the management of state af
fairs.
Democratic members find that the im
position of an income tax involves new
perplexities every day. Heiresses who buy
a title, as a rule get so little for their
money that it would seem a shame to add
a special fine to the other forms of pun
ishment.
FAIRY STORY HEROES IN STONE
From the Cincinnati Times-St&r.
Berlin—The dedication of a “Fairy
land Fountain” in a public park of Ber
lin was one of the municipality’s con
tributions toward celebrating the quar
to-centennial of the Emperor’^ reign.
Berlin children are now reveling in
a wonderful playground where they
may see the heroes of their story books.
The figures are placed in groups around
two basins, the larger of which covers
nearly half an acre. Red Riding Hood
is there and so is the wolf. Here also
is Jack-In-Luck and his pig, Puss-in
Boots, Cinderella and her slipper, Sleep
ing Beauty and all the rest of the old
time favorites. The whole conception is
a happy one, the poetry of child life is
fittingly embodied in lasting stone
amid beautiful surroundings, and it is
agreed on all sides that much credit
for final success of this beautiful idea
is due Emperor William for his rejec
tion of the first designs, wliic^i were too
elaborate and symbolical.
METHOD TO COOL ROOM
From the Philadelphia North American.
A THOROUGHLY practical method of
cooling rooms at small expense
has been devised by Hr. William
F. Mantling, the medical officer In charge
of the government printing office. It con
sists merely of suspending vertically a
wide sheet of muslin across a room, the
fettle being kept constantly wet by water
from a pipe perforated at intervals. Ex
tend the pipe lengthwise of the room,
near the ceiling, suspending the sheet
from It, and you have the idea, the water
being supplied from a faiice' through a
rubber tube to one end of the pipe. A
great many square toet of wet muslin
being thus exposed, the rapid evaporation
of the water produces cold, and the tem
perature of the room quickly falls.
This simple device is used in the little
'•emergency hospital" at the printing of
fice in the summer time. ami. no matter
how hot the weather is, the temperature
of the room can always be kept at about
i0 degrees. It has been employed on a
'arger scale in the groat ro ms where fcun
ilteds of people work at the typesetting
machines, a muslin sheet being stretched
■ r tin < r.c end to the other, and has given
utmost comfott to the workpeople. Such
a contrivance, obviously, nriv be rigged
up anywhere by anybody, but Hr. Man
ning suggests that Ike same result inuy
be accon,pllshed to some extent by the
ready expedient of wetting a bed sheet
and hanging it over a clothesline stretched
between two opposite walls.
A small hint of this kihd ought to be of
great value in oases where a difference
of a few degrees cf temperature Is of ut
most importance to the sick. It may be
actually a ctiestlon of life and death to
a laity. But, If expense Is not of abso
lute importance, an invalid in hot weather
can always be kept cool by filling a
washtub or other large receptacle with
ice I’.nd blowing the air over it toward the
bed with an electric fan Some ntmdreds
of Pounds ot ice per J'j.t, will he re
tiulrtd, ,.e-|,ara. but the eftecc it. admir
able. The ice and fan, of course, ought
not to be too'near the patient, lest the
latter catch cold. At the same time
it should be understood that the air is
not rendered too damp by this moans,
but actually made dry, the moisture it
contains being taken up by the lee.
An Idea now In use to some extent Is
that cf throwing a spray of cold water
into a room until the air is supersatu
rated and then forcing this cooled air
Into other rooms. But the application
of human Ingenuity to such problems
has evolved no cnO of contrivances;
and, as a curious inversion ot the Idea,
we have methods of utilizing Ice aclu
ally for heating purposes. Carloads
of bananas are protected from cold In
zero weather by throwing streams cf
water upon them with s. hose and thus
covering them with a thick coat of ice.
The ice keeps the fruit warm by pre
venting radiation.
AMERICANS AT WIMBLEDON
I’rom the Springfield Republican.
ALTHOUGH many Americans have
gone to Wimbledon, to strive fob
the all-England championship,
none has ever brought bock the title. The
effort has gone on from 1883 to 1013, be
ginning with the mission of the Clark
brothers of Philadelphia in the former
year to the Invasion of our 1913 Davis cup
team and the onslaught of the "California
comet," Maurice E. McLaughlin, says
American Lawn Tennis. In 1883 the Clark
brothers, rated here as high as any, met
with complete disaster at the hands of
the Britishers, and great discouragement
followed in America. The string of vain
American trips to Wimbledon was but
beginning, however. In 1884 Dr. James
Dwight of Boston, together with R. D.
Sears, the best American player of that
tennis generation, contested the English
championships without success. In dou
bles they fared better than in singles, yet
even in doubles they had to bow before
the Renshaw brothers, then at the height
of their fame. The following year Dr.
Dwight again played in England, improv
ing enough to be ranked tenth in the Eng
lish list of that season.
That was all until 1892, when "Ollie”
Campbell, the originator of the modern
American net game, took a try at Wim
bledon. His work was a distinct improve
ment over previous American trials, end
Campbell placed at scratch in the then
common system of handicapping at tour
naments, along with England’s two best
men of that year, W. Baddeley and E.
Renshaw. But Campbell at this rating
lost far more frequently than he won.
In 1896, William A. Larned went abroad,
and tried himself out at Wimbledon. He
was liked by the English galleries and
all praised his "clean, hard atul fearless
hitting." He received sixth place in the
rating of the year, losing at Wimbledon
to Herbert Baddeley, after he hod two
sets to his credit. In 1898 Clarence Ho
bart played in doubles in England, part
nered with H. A. Nisbet of England, with
no little success, but lost several times
to the already dominant Doherty brothers.
This brings us down to the days of
American strength, when we no longer are
compelled to admit Inferiority to our cous
ins across the pond. To be sure, when In
1901 they went to England, Davis and
Ward were beaten by the Doherty
brothers In the doubles events there, and
young Beals Wright and William J.
Clothier In the full of the same year met
with no striking successes, losing to Jlill
yard, Mahony, Eaves and others; yet the
standard of play was practically even.
From 1901 on but one real attempt has
been made to acquire the coveted title of
world’s champion. In 1907 Wright and
Behr went into the English tournament.
Just oft the ship, and Wright lost to Wild
ing, whom subsequently tn the Davis cup
tie he defeated easily, while Behr did not
finish the tournament. But In 1910 Beal9
Wright made a strenuous effort to win
at Wimbledon. Playing in Us best form,
he reached the fiual round, tne "farthest
north” for Americans at Wimbledon.
There he met a man whom he was In the
habit of beating, and largely through su
perior strategy, Anthony F. Wilding ot
New Zealand, the present title holder, then
making his first serious effort to wear the
laurels which his compatriot, Brookes, had
worn before him. A viotory for Wright
was to be expected, hut an upset occurred.
The mutch bears no slight resemblance to
the famous II. L. Doherty-Ward match
In the Davis cup passages of 1905.
By magnificent volleying and complete
effectiveness at the net, Wright won the
two first sets, 6-4, 6-4, Wilding not put
ting his whole strength to stop him.
Wilding was using hts head better than
hts American rival, If results may be used
as a criterion, for he allowed Wright’s
attack to wear Itself out. The Bostonian
found It Impossible to maintain his terrific
aggressiveness, hts attack slackened, and
as It slackened, Wilding came to the fore.
The New Zealander's volleys becunie dan
gerous, Ills drives went In, and past
Wright; he was the aggressor. Grad
ually. and not very slowly. Wright sim
ply petered out, and the match was
Wilding’s, 4-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3, and with it
tli right to challenge A. W. Gore for the
title. This was America’s closet to the
championship until a few days ago, when
Maurice E. McLoughlln occupied the cen
ter court at famous Wimbledon.
MANY ODD INDUSTRIES
From Tid Bits.
Quaint Industries thrive in unexpected
spots in our great manufacturing areas.
One of the strangest is the making of
spectacles for cows. This, though an un
pretentious calling, is a very profitable
one, and a Birmingham llrm is kept busily
employed all the year round as bovine op
tician.
Siberian farmers prove the chief cus
tomers. On sunny days in spring their
cows are set, free to wander over the
snowy plains. The reflection of the solar
rays from the snow sets up a form of eye
inflammation in the animals, and so seri
ous did such cases become that the cow
keepers had to discover a way to prevent
the snow blindness.
An enterprising member of the Birming
ham firm, while traveling through Siberia,
saw the opportunity of trade, grasped It, i
anw now his firm is spectacle maker in
chief to nearly all the cows in Siberia.
The glasses are made of darkened glass,
fixed into leather frames, and are held in
position by straps extending round the
horns.
With the huge increase in the herds of
milch cows in Siberia, consequent upon the
demand in this country for Siberian but
ter and cheese, the business of the cattle
opticians is a growing one. Canadian
farmers are also adopting the system, and
the possibilities of the trade are extend
ing.
Tourists in the east like to secure "real"
Indian or Chinese idols to bring home as
trophies of their journeys. The wily Ori
ental, with a-quick eye for trade, has
laid himself out to eater for tills demand,
but he has the "real” idols made in bulk
at wholesale prices in England.
In a squalid back court In a certain town
in the Midlands there exists an idol fac
tory. Quite a booming trade is done.
Scores of eastern "gods" are cast weekly.
The chief ingredient in the idols' composi
tion is a material left as a residue in the
manufacture of galvanized sheet Iron, a
substance of practically no commercial
value. The "gods" are made in the
rough, are shipped in hulk to the east,
where they are painted, and later on find
their way into the bazars as valuable
articles for sale.
The tourist comes along, Is fascinated
with the appearance of the idol, purchases
it, and later it will probably figure in a
drawing room in this country as a "real"
eastern curio. Thus the Idol which, In the
rough, was worth about is., may have
been sold, after a few daubs of paint, in
the east for £2 or £5. On its return to
England the "god," originally made from
a waste material, has become almost a
priceless fetish. .
The humble potato is put to some sur
prising uses. Under one process the outer
skin Is removed, the white flesh is treated
with sulphuric acid and other chemicals,
pressed by powerful hydraulic machinery
into blockswhich are cut and carved Into
various sFmpes and sizes and sold ns
"ivory." The keyboards of cheap pianos
and organs arc often made from this
"Ivory," and it thus happens that people
actually produce fairly respectable music
through the medium of the humble po
tato.
8hark steak is a favorite dish with
American epicures. We Britons, however,
only require the shark skins. These are
tanned by a special process into shagreen
leather, which is used in many ways. The
green, sheeny hand bag of the lady, or
the handsome cigar care of the gentleman,
of which article each is so proud, is in
all probability nothing more than the skin
of a man eating shark.
HAUNTED BY EYES
Chicago Dispatch to the New York Sun.
“I told him to shut his eyes, and then
when he couldn’t see I just lifted him
from my wagon and tossed him into the
river. He yelled once and then was
gone."
That was the statement of Harold
Fragel, the 7-year-old boy who says
that iie threw George Hammer, 2 years
his junior, into the river at the West
North avenue bridge. The two had been
playmates for more than a year.
"We had been playing Indian," said
Harold, "and George wouldn't play my
way, so I thought 1 would get even with
him. I put him in my wagon, and then
when we got to the river I told him to
shut his eyes and keep them shut.
George didn’t open them once, and it
was easy, for I didn't want him to get
scared and get me in trouble, I lifted
him up quietly, and before he could
shout or do anything I just threw him
over the edge.
“He looked funny in the water, but I
got frightened at the awful look I saw
on his face when he turned over. He
went down In a minute, and then l ran
home with my wagon. If George had
only played as I wanted him to I
wouldn’t have done it, but I had to get
even somehow. I’m not sorry, any way,
but I get frightened when I think of the
way he looked in the water.”
AUCTION BRIDGE TERMS
From Life.
Over—A roof—if you’re lucky.
Satisfied—Never; it’s too American.
Hearts—Before marriage.
Diamonds—At the wedding.
Clubs—After marriage.
Spades—Last call.
A Short Suit—In bathing.
Pivoting—When you marry a widow.
Cutting In—War.
Down and Out—Depends upon your part
ner.
SEA LOKGIHB
Kara Teasdale, In Smart Set.
A thousand mllOH beyond this sun
steeped wall
Somewhere the waves creep cool
along the sand,
The ebbing tide forsakes the listless
land
With the old murmur, long and musi
cal;
The windy waves mount up and curve
and fall,
And round the rocks the foam blows
up like snow—
Though I am Inland far, I hear and
know.
For I was born the sea's eternal thrall.
X would that I were there, and over
me
The cold Insistence of the tide
would roll.
Quenching this burning thing men
call the soul;
Then with the ebbing I should drift
and be
Less than the smallest shell that
stars the shoal, I
I^ss than the seagulls calling to th«
sea. "