The San Francisco call. [volume], July 05, 1903, Image 9

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tion, all scons being removed, and . then
add one or two* drops of strong ammonls
for each* pint of'llquid. .; : ; -'
' Another 'hint— Avoid the' use of whits
cloths as ,'cdve'rlng for, the ' table ; ; wh«n
blowing bubbles, they show .off to much
better. advantage against rich,. highly, col
ored backgrounds. - >t^ <
This "part of the business, baa not'al
ways been - accomplished -without * scandal/
says the Woman's Home Companion
The privilege of sorting the rubbish at
all the dumps is sold to an Italian con
tractor," who pays about $50,000 'a , year,
for it. He \ sublets . the privilege*! of going .
over different classes of household rub-*
blsh: to other Italians Interested In vari
ous industries.* The paper-maKera, for In
stance, pay, him' for manlla, straw, -, old
paper. and. the like. .
The work . has , to be done In a hurry,
and it Is supposed that much escapes
even the. trained. and vigilant eyes of the
"pickers- 1 /and' ' trimmers," as they are
called ; but J enough profit ,* Is derived / to '
enable them to return to' the chief con*,
tractor ' a profit "of 25 1 per < cent ¦ upon his*
investment.' • - . ' " "V* • ' •','« '
THE household rubbish and the
streetsweepings of New ..York are
carted to the thirteen river dumps.
The j most \ important of these are
the ones at One Hundred and Tenth
street and the East River, and the one at
the foot of. Carial street. * The former re
ceives the waste • of the . Immense apart
ment residence district and the latter that
of the big downtown warehouse and pier
district.; ¦'..¦'¦.'.- v ".'**t' ¦;¦..- '::¦:--'.<-¦
For bubble-blowing without pipes lm
meiws the hands in a bowl, of water and
rub one band lightly, with a bit o"f soap;
avoid lathering as far as possible. 7i Now
close the hand and then open it so that
the tip of the thumb and first finger join
to form a ring, across which a soap film
is stretched. Then blow upon the liquid
film. It dilates at once, and if the stream
of air is kept' up the bubble may crow
to quite huge proportions. As soon as the
blowing etops. the hand must be closed or'
the stretched elastic film will shrink to
its original blze. After closing the hand,
the, bubble Is detached by elevating the
wrist, and allowing It to slide off the fin
ger^ tips.
The most successful -babbles 'are f made
of soft water, rain or 'spring water, to
which a little glycerine Is added; this
gives tenacity and brilliancy. -A better
solution still Is to dissolve castllo soap
In about ferty times Jts weight in water
and adding about bne-hrth It« bulk of gly
cerine; after three days *«"a"t the solu-
large film and then disengage the funnel,
after, having first turned It at right aJi
gles. This trick always mystifies and de
ligntE, and helps to make the soap-bubble
party something out of th« ordinary.
Another trick is to blow a bubble upon
n. flower-a stiff . petaled flower Is best,
particularly one of .brilliant hue. Dip the
flower into the soIuUon of soap and water
and then, with a pipe, blow the bubble
upon the top of itJ •
Only last summer," • under the all-search
ing eye of a reform administration, It was
teamed that- some of the subcontractors
were thriftily; employing children on the
dumps at about 50 cents a. week. 'These,
unfortunate little waifs not only received
next to nothing for their labor, but prac
tically Hvedy on', the dumps In . surround
ings which. .one may without undue ve
hemence describe Was ' foul.
Reports that' . they v . were even ... eating
chance .bits of kitchen refuse was also
circulated. ¦;** • '- ' V ; ':, - .^\-.'.
_ Not all ' the ' household rubbish and v the
streetsweepings r are taken from \ , the
dumps out [to j Bea. Six per cent of It la
brought to a refuse crematory at the- foot
of East Eighteenth- street.. established as
an ; experiment by v Colonel '.War^ig.'" who
first placed theVNfijr^York Street Cleaning
Department on" 'a"*anitary. and civilized
working basis. In 'this S per cent' of the
total . waste,' even after It : has been sorted
by the argus-eyed ' employes .of » the . Ital
ian contractors,' there Is enough valuable
material to ; cause' another contractor ', to
pay $4000 a year to the' city for the priv
ilege of still further -sorting It Here the
sorting is -, done v by machinery.* * The ". rub
bish la whirled around on a long, wide
belt, from •, which ' the - pickers' and trlm
oiars selxe what Is of value to them. '
hurriedly (staggered to- the- door, vtry
U lie,'s ; between" Chugstehik, and ;Kache
tnak bays,'In*the # Arg'tiS -I was very anx
ious to get some men to go yrith me Into
the 1 mountains, and, ' hearing there were
*f our living in a. "cabin at Anchor Point,
twenty-flve' mile's* north of .Homer Spit,
whose services -I might secure, I started
ou^afobt td.flnd.the place. " :
'I did not leave Hpmsruntil.1 p. m., and
night then came very early in these lati
tudes. 1 felt sure, however, that I should
reach ; the .-place before It became very
dark, and. 1 might have done so," but tha
only route ' .was | along . tho beach, ¦ and In
many, places -it wa» extremely rocky, af
fording very uncertain • footing: then, at
short • intervals, small streams poured
over the high sea walls, and spread out
over the sands 'of the b*eacb. .where I was
compelled to . wade them. : and my foot
wear was soon full of .water.
- I ' had not gone . far; when • a] cold . rain
commenced to pour, down upon me in tor
rents, and I was. soon thoroughly soaked,
and. > my, clothing,. mu'chV increased In
weight; clung. to i me and greatly retarded
xriy progress. . After many^ trying adven
tures I arrived at the cabin late at night,
so. tired that I lost no; time in atretchingr
myself ; in a pair, of blankets on the floor,
and ' was ' soon ' asleep«^3@gijffijjj^j^fe
I had slept . several ' hours, when I was
awakened by a very peculiar and unu
sual sensation. ' The cabin 'was rocking
and creaking, and performing all sorts of
strange evolutions, and everything loose
on the floor and walls i was playing hide
and-seek, in and out of its dark corners.
My first impression was that our hill
side was sliding into Kachemak Bay. I
-lYiVsyLALIillong-retaember my first *x
;"J',j>«^<:e^Ub7«j*h^artbquake. said An-
I'dftfw^tone recently. Eaily in Octc
: *ber'of l 15«M-fwas at Homer Spit, that
The^Sensdtlon
¦r^Mp Being in ah
W^%
' *^1 VARIATION for a soap-bubble
f [ rartv ts a game with a goal and
I I pnze& and fun galore.
» I It makes the liveliest kind ; of
• amuMment for an evening enter
tainment and may be enjoyed by any
number.
V."A board— an ironing board answers the
pcrpowe very *cll — covered with cloth is
''rested on the backs of two chairs of dif
ferent height. At lbe lower end of the
aboard t*o pieces of wood are fastened
•o «s to stand upright on either side of
'the board, forminp a goal.
The: object of the game, is for each
•jjla^cr. in turri t to dip hispipejn the eoap
•udi, blow a bubble, drop ft on the upper
end* of the, board and carefully, blow it
. forward, and if possible, through the
' gnal. As .it is very difficult to drop the
bubble on the board, fach one ts given
••three chances, and> fiifally the one who
¦ succeeds in blowing tfir J;mo«t bubbles
.". through the goal in a civen time is the
." 'winner. >
I • At the end cf the game. If the tame
'huinb^r of persons have made the tsame
'.:riimb*r of goals, a further, toterertxfm
contest can be" Introduced. All
,* .siert- together to blow large, bubbles, the
, 'et-.r who blo«> the largest being the win
• per of the eVenlng.
•-• :' : Prizes ua} he a big, ribbon-decorated
*.cl*,vpi[K' for tlte \ictor and the smallest
.ciay pn^ for the booby prize.
'.A fcoap-bubWe ballroom, with orchestra
-compi«-tt\ if you please, may be a feature
of tiir entertainment. It is a novelty* and
certain to amuse the party.
-. Take an ordinary wooden ruler or a
piece of wood about a foot and a. naif in
length an<J an inch wide. Stretch a violin
string Irngthwise and put a metallic
bridge underneath the string, and presto,
you have your orchestra- Now for the
£&ncert>. T*o figures are enough; cut
theoi out of cork and paint them as gor
' reously as possible with oil colors, faces,
hands, feet, garment*— a gay cavalier and
his lady.
»iour:t the dancers on a little block of
wood, near one end of the ruler, by
means .of a needle or piece of wire. After
trie figures are placed in position, a. email
round tin cover, such as comes on a pep
per box. tor instance, is fastened at the
errd of the ruler as a background for the
dancers, with a screw over the' string.'
. The oo\pr is next painted with a solu
tion of strong soapsuds and the dancers
. arr likewise treated. to the same bath.
Tilth a Ktrti* this solution is Inflated into
*.«. soap-bubble that covers the dancers.
Then the violin string is touched, giving
music and betting the ruler or. stick In
motion. The motion is communicated to
the tfgurec and lbe ba.fr is on.
To make a flower Inside of a bubble,
f pour the soapy solution into a plate until
| the bottom is covered with the solution :
to the depth of an eighth^clL*n. Inch. In
the center cf the dish" place a rose or any
£ower and over this a tin funnel. While
fl&owly lifting it it thesiiiw tixne.'coa
ff^"» blowing until you make" Quite a
HOW TO GAIN
A FLOW
OF ELOQUENCE
THAT WILL
OPEN WIDE THE
HALL OF FAME
PORTAL.
Suppose you'are sitting about a table
with a dozen friends, and some subject la
started in .which you are deeply Inter
ested. Toy engage in'an earnest and se
rious dialogue'with one of them at the
other end of the table. Too are perfectly
at ease. You forget yourself, you do not
care in the least for your manner or tone
of voice, but only for your thought. The
tone you adopt then will ordinarily be the
best tone for you rn public speaking. You
can, however,: learn from teachers or
friendly critics to avoid any harsh or dis
agreeable fashion of speech that you may
have fallen into and that may be habitual
to.you in private conversation.
Next, never strain your vocal organs by
attempting to till spaces which are too
large .for; you. Speak as loudly and dis
tinctly as you can do easily, and let more
distant portions of your audience go. You
will find in that way. very soon, that your
voice will Increase in compass and power,
and you will do better than by a habit
of straining the .voice beyond it natural
capacity. Be .careful to avoid falsetto,
either in tone or style. Shun imitating
the tricks of speech of other orators, evea
of-those famous and successful. The**
may do for them, but not for you.
Never makV a gesture for the sake of
making one. I believe that most of the
successful speakers whom I know would
find It hard to tell you whether they
themselves make gestures or not, they
are so absolutely unconscious in the mat
ter. But with gestures as with voice, get
teachers or friendly critics to point. out
to you any bad habit you may fall into.
I thinlc it would be. well if our youaj
public speakers, especially preacher**
would have competent. Instructors and
'critics among their auditors, after tSey
enter their profession; to give them the
benefit;; of such and counsel
as may be suggested In that way.
#;r¥-K-M-H^"W-»W"r fr r *4-M-fr •
much after the style of walking in s> rap
idly moving express train while running
over a rough roadbed. Whea I opened
the door I could see by the corals* light
of day that our. hillside was yet Intact,
and then I realized what was taking
place. I was really.delighted, for I bad
often wished for the experience, and. m-
Hke almost, all other- experte no— in the.
north, it ana to me"without atxj effort
on my »***
In managing the voice, the best tone an*
manner for public speaking, writes Sena
tor George Frisbie Hoar, of Massachu
setts, in Success, are- commonly those
which the speaker falls Into naturally
when he Is engaged In earnest conversa
tion. -;i>" .:
The eye and the voice are the only and
natural avenues by which one human soul
can enter into and subdue another. Whea
every other faculty of an orator Is ao
qulred. It sometimes almost aeems as 12
voice -were nine-tenths and everything
else but one-tenth cf the consummate
orator. There are exceptions, of which
Charles Jaraea Fox, the most famous de
bater that ever 'lived* Is the most re
nowned. But It Is' Impossible to overrate
the Importance to the orator's purpose ot
that matchless Instrument, the human
voice.
« — y VERY American youth. If he, de»
f sire?, for any purpose, to get ia-
J t ftuence over hia countrymen In aa
.* L* honorable way. •will like to become
V- a sood public speaker. That power
\h essential to success at the bar. or la
the pulpit, and almost Indispensable to
success In public life. The rare men who
have succeeded without It are the maa
¦who value it most.
STRANGE AND
BEAUTIFUL
DESIGNS YOU
CAN CREATE
WITH COMMON
HOUSEHOLD
UTENSILS.
Chiidirep of ¦ tirae .KuJbfepih Heaps.
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FUN
AT A
SOAP BUBBLE
PARTY