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About The Maupin times. (Maupin, Or.) 1914-1930 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 19, 1915)
WOMEN'S AND STORY PAGE Prominent Style Features in Gowns f l mi tli 1:',:: - vJ , Mum f ''"' The most attractive ot the new gowns already displayed tor the com ing winter, are characterized by tho long straight lines that belong to the semlflttlng princess, and by the In spiration of the Russian blouse. Com binations of two materials In the same gown are worked out in one-piece frocks made of cloth and silk, or cloth and velvot Buttons and braids and saBhes of the same fabrics as the gown appear with such frequency that thoy are assured a place In the com ing season's fashions. . In suits there are numbers ot se verely plain and perfectly tailored de- larna, (ka Mno,a .nnilllllln n ... I . t. Ika skirt portion showing a ripple or full flare. Dark cloths are chosen for these. The skirts, while amply full, are not decidedly flaring but they are decidedly short. : The Russian ldoa Is developed with fine success In the various pile fabrics used for dressier suits. Many novel ties In the light weight plushes and fur cloths, as well as plain velvet, promise muctj for the popularity ot this style. One of tho handsomest ot these Two of the New High Two out of many beautiful specimens In footwear for fall are pictured here. They are comblnationa ot cloth and leather In high boots for street wear, and are among the most conservative of the new designs. They are trim, shapely and neat, with everything In , atyle and finish to recommend them. ' The very short akirts, which, In many instances glimpse the stockings above the boot-tops, make smart dress ing of the feet Imperative. New foot wear embodies many styles in which contrasting colors are used with up pers made of cloth and the remainder of the shoe in dull finish or In patent kid. But the colors used for tops are quiet, with various tan and gray shades ' .predominating. The dark colors which are correct for tailored gowns are used in the uppers for shoes to match. Or for midwinter wear spats like the ' tailored gown are to be worn with black shoes. Among the fancier shoes are those without scams made ot light tan, black :or bronze leathers, that lace on the lnaida. The ktuljur uppers seem to suits is shown In the picture. The skirt la full and plaited and reaches to the shoe tops. It Is made of a plain, light weight, Bllky plush with an overdrapery ot a striped plush of the same color. The stripe Is made by a difference In the direction of the pile and not by a difference In color. The coat Is the regulation Russian model buttoning to the side. It Is worn with a belt of patent leather. In the management of the collar and cuffs the designer has Introduced an Individual touch. A narrow "V" shaped collar Is attached to the blouse apparently by high buttons. It sup ports a wide turnover about the sides and back. The wide turned-back cuffs slope outward and the edges are curved for ward. A row of buttons finishes each ot them. The long sash ends ot self fabric which appear on many of the new gowns merit much consideration. Be sides their pleasing novelty they are graceful and give opportunity for very effective decoration which adds much to the finish of a frock or suit. JULIA BOTTOM LEY. Boots for Street Wear be in one ploce stretched to fit the foot They suggest a close-fitting boot like those worn by men In days gone by. Even more daringly masculine are the short Cossack boots with their or namental turnover band at the top. They are fascinating achievements In footwear and aro steadily gaining headway, appearing with more fre quency on the promenade than at any time since their introduction. Very light Bhades in tan are liked for all-leather street boots, to be worn with suits In any dark color. The Cossack boot ought to appear with greater frequency as the season ad vances and Russian street suits, fur trimmed, come more and more into vogue. JULIA BOTTOMLEY. Borax for Colored Linens. The delicate shades ot the now fashionable colored linens may be kept from fading by using plenty ot pure pulverised borax in the water is which they are washed and rinsed. I I I WAY TO INCLOSE STAMPS Improperly Placed In Letter They Art Apt to Be 8iurce of Irritation to the Recipient. It la actually astonishing the num ber of peraoni, even those who are In bualnesa, who do not know how prop erly to inclose a postage stamp In a letter. The stamp Is inclosed to bring an Immediate reply, and the Intention of the writer la good; but many times the wrong way of doing the thing Is the oauae of no little annoyance at the other end of the line. When a busy man opena a letter and finds a stamp pasted tightly to the aheet he may be excuaed It be be comes irritated. The letter la often unanawered, the stamp wasted or the party's time taken up In removing the stamp and applying paste to hold It on the envelope sent containing the reply. Here Is one way to Inclose a stamp: Moisten a spot about the size of a pea In the center of the stamp and press It to a blank space on the let ter sheet When the party addressed removes the stamp he can lift It from any edge, and that will cause the cen ter to release Instantly without Injury to the bit cf paper. If one corner is pasted down It often tears In remov ing, and according to the ruling of the department, the postage stamp is worthlocs If any portion Is torn or cut away. Another way to inclose a single stamp, or two or three stamps, In fact, Is to cut a little slit In the cor ner of the letter, taking pains that this Is not done where It will be fold ed as the letter Is made ready to go in the envelope. If the silts are prop erly made the stamps can be tucked In and will remain safely In that po sltlon. But for a large number of stamps It Is better to put them In a small en velope, which Is Inclosed In the en velope containing the letter. EVIDENTLY A HOPELESS CASE Obstinate Man Determined Not to Ad mit That the Dictagraph Had Helped Him. A certain young man of Columbus fcho 1b bo hard of hearing that he oft times carries a little dictagraph in strument with htm to help him follow the conversation of his friends, was among some of his rural relatives last week. There happened to be a farmer In the vicinity who had not heard a word for years. The Columbus man was Introduced to him and referred to his little Instrument which helped deaf persons, and offered to demon strate it to him. "I can't hear through those things, I have tried them all and none of them are any good," he said. "Put this up to your ear and try It, anyhow," suggested the visitor. The (armor hesitated a while and then put one end of the Instrument to his ear. To the surprise of the Columbus man the deat farmer replied, when asked In a tone hardly above a whisper, 'Can you hear what I say?" "Nope, I can't hear a word." These things don't do me any good." 'Would you acknowledge It If they would help you?" was then asked him In a still lower tone ot voice, and the answer came back promptly: "Cer tainly I would, but I can't hear a word you say." The Columbus man put the Instru ment back In his pocket and said to his rural friend, "A hopeless case." Columbus Dispatch. Peculiar Customs of Finns. The Finn Is the most highly prized servant In Russia, because, In con trast with the Russian peasant, he will not steal. In Finland, or among Finns, the Russians say, It is never necessary to make use of a lock and key. The Russians and Finns dis play the same love tor getting drunk and tor going to church. The peas ants ot both races are admirably reg ular In their pursuit of these pleas ures. Moreover, the Finn and the Rus sian are alike superstitious. The head ot the new-born child Is thrust Into the open door ot the stove In order that Its family's hearth spirit may become acquainted with It. Now and again this introduction has been fatal to the baby, The peasant Finns also be lieve that the dead member of the family lingers In the household 40 days before taking Its final departure. Origin of Grain as Measure. The grain, as a measure ot weight, has its name from being originally the weight ot a grain ot wheat. A statute passed In England In 1266 ordained that 32 grains of wheat, taken from the middle ot the ear and well dried, should make a pennyweight, 12 ot which should make an ounce, while 12 ounces were to make a pound. The pound, therefore, consisted of 7,680 grains. But several centurios later the pennyweight was divided into 24 grains, which makes tha troy pound 5,760 grains. The pennyweight was the exact weight of a silver pen ny. The standard grain was pre scribed by act of parliament in the -elgO ot George IV. Hazy Ideas. "I have been promised a Job In the forest service," said ti.o politi cian. "What are your duties to be?' " don't know much about the propo sition. 1 have been told that I was to be sent out to inspect goveranent preserves.' "For what purpose?" "To see if they comply with the pure food laws, I suppose.' KITCHENER AS A PET ROLE WOULD COME A8 8URPRI8E TO HI8 SUBORDINATES. Nevertheless, Qraphlo Been Drawn of His With Two Elderly Unique Uaa of Picture Hat Friendship Many of the best friends of Lord Kitchener, the great English soldier, administrator and secretary of war, are women, despite the popular belief that he is a grimly uncompromising woman hater. In a recent brief bi ography of "K. of K," Harold Begble draws a most winning picture ot his friendship with two ot his elderly rel atives "two dear, diminutive old Scotch ladles who lived In Phllllmore gardens, Kensington, by name of the Misses Hutchinson; and Kitchener was no dearer to these charming spinsters than they to him. "He wrote to them brightly and boy ishly by almost every mall. . . . Before he went to Egypt for bis ad vance on Khartum, these dear old la dies presented him with a gold-headed swagger' cane; and when the advance was accomplished and the photograph er arrived to make a picture of the general and his staff, Kitchener seated himself In the center of the group with this stick held so ostentatiously that the old ladies In Kensington could not fail to recognize it when the pho tograph appeared in the Illustrated pa pers. He sent them roses from Gor don's grave at Khartum, and coats of the caliph from the Sudan." Their house was always his goal on his return from distant service, and In It he was like a schoolboy, running up the stairs two at a time, whistling In his bedroom, going and coming as he pleased,, and telling them such sto ries of his campaigns as no one else In London ever heard. They called him Herbert, pronouncing it "Hair- burrt" In the broadest Scotch, and would sit on either side of him "study ing his bronzed face with their small, smiling, shrewd eyes, teasing him, chaffing him, adoring him, and giving him sound advice. Later on in his triumphal career their "Hairburrt" once wished to make the little old ladies a gift so valuable and unusual that they felt called upon to pause and consider before accept Ing It. It was a gold casket one of the many gold caskets presented to "K. of K." by the grateful corpora tions of provincial cities. "Do we need it?" propounded the first old lady, pointedly. "No, we certainly don't need It?" re flectively acquiesced her sister. "What could we do with It?" pursued the first old lady. But the second had had time to think. "Hum," she suggested contempla tively, "perhaps we could use it as a tea caddy." Youth's Companion. How Far Soldiers Can See. Some interesting experiments have been made in the German army with the object ot discovering at what distance the recognition of one soldier by another is reliable. For soldiers with good eyes it was found that person seen once before could be rec ognized at a distance of 80 feet, while an acquaintance could be recognized at a distance ot 300 feet, and an in timate friend or relative at a dls tance ot 500 feet. . The various parts of a man's body can be distinguished and any decided movement can be detected by an ex pert rifleman at a distance of 300 feet At 1,800 feet, a man appears as spot on the landscape and cannot usu ally be Been It he keeps still or if his dreBS does not contrast with the back ground. Sailors, hunters and farmers can usually see twice these distances, probably on account ot their constant training In making out the nature of distant objects. Submarine Treasure. A boat Is now being built to locate submarine treasure. The new subma rine consists of a steel Bphere, eight feet in diameter and capable of carry ing two workmen. It Is designed to be lowered Into the water from a ten der, but is provided with electrically- driven propellers by which it can be moved about In the water as it hangs at tho end of the cable. One of Its essential features is a set ot four electro-magnets, which, when energized by current from the motors within the sphere, serve to hold it securely to the steel hull ot a sunken ship. Cur rent for the operation Is supplied through a cable running down from the tender. In addition to this equip ment It will be provided with electric drills for piercing the side of the ship, and with a powerful searchlight for working purposes and for exploring the bed of the ocean when the exact location ot a sunken ship is not Unown. Curious Italian Ambulance. There Is a vast difference between real warfare and dress parade. Un der the exigencies of a difficult cam- patgn one must put up with makeshifts Improvised from the readiest means at hand. An Illustration In point is to be found In a recently taken pho- lograph of a curious ambulance used by the Italians in the fighting in the Alps. This is really a large sled, fit ted with two small wheels. The sled runners permit ot hauling this ambu lance over bare stretches ot ground. The sure-tooted little donkey is the best means ot locomotion for this type ot vehicle. An ambulance ot ordinary proportions could not be used on many of tbe narrow roads and pathways of tts Italian Air. Scientific American i NO GROUND FOR SCANDAL Though for a Time the Domestic Peace of the Deary Family Was 8erlously Threatened, A young married woman, whose hus band waa ot an exceedingly Jealous disposition, decided to have her din ing room repapered, and telephoned to the nearest paperhanger to send one ot bis men with samples to her home that afternoon. Promptly at four o'clock the man appeared with the usual large sample book, and Mrs. Newlywed ushered him into the dining room, as she thought the paper could best be decided upon when tried against the wall. 'No, I don't like that brown, Mr. Paperhanger. Try the buff," she said. Then, "No, Mr. Paperhanger, the figure Is too large in that; let me see that dark blue! Yes, I like that, don't you, Mr. Paperhanger?" "Yes, madam, that looks very well, but don't call me Mr. Paperhanger, that isn't my name." "Oh, pardon me, but what is your name?" Mrs. Newlywed asked. "My name is Love," the paperhang er answered, when Mrs. Newlywed be gan to laugh. "Yes, Love," the paperhanger re peated, somewhat nettled by the lady's laughter. Then she straightened her face and was about to speak, when her husband strode into the room, with fire In his eyes. Get out of here, you Infamous ras cal!" he thundered, shaking his fist In the paperhanger's face. "Get out before I throw you out." What's the matter with you?" the paperhanger snarled. "What have I done?" Done? Ask me what you have done! Here I just come home from a hard day's work and find you making love to my wife, and then you ask me what you have done!" "Why, man, you're crazy! Why should I make love to your wife when I have one of my own? Your wife asked me what my name was, and told her. W. E. Love. Now what have you to say?" and the paperhang er straightened up ready for what might happen next, when Mrs. Newly- wed said: "Oh, Harry, don't act so! The man Is telling the truth and I was laughing when you came in at the idea of having Love and Deary un der the same roof." This time the paperhanger looked mystified, when Mrs. Newlywed ex plained: "Our name is Deary, Mr. Love; this is my husband, H. O. Deary!" Needlessly to say Mr. Deary looked very much ashamed of himself, and Mr. Love Is now debating whether he shall change his name or not! Afire In the Sky I With flames shooting up to a height of 60 feet, a Paris aeroplane on pa trol duty dived to earth Just at night fall recently. The passenger threw himself from the machine, falling ten feet on to the roct of a house. The pilot, Benoit, came down with the machine, but was burned to death before he could be rescued. Thousands of pecple wit nessed the accident, which occurred over the densely-populated quarter of Vaugirard. The machine took fire at a height of 750 feet. It was then mile from the Issy aerodrome. With remarkable coolness Benoit attempt ed to volplane into the Issy ground, but was not high enough. He managed, however, to swing the blazing machine down to the waste land close by, the aeroplane narrow ly missing the roofs of the houses and signal pests on the railroad as it dived earthwards amidst the cries of the horrified onlookers. Tubular Headlights. A new electric bulb for headlights Is tubular in form, instead of being round, with the result that a much more effective light is produced. When a round bulb is inserted in the base ot the headlight, rays from the fila ment have to pass through two and three thicknesses ot the glass, on their way to and from the reflector. The tubular bulb, being but ot slightly larger diameter than its base, sends the reflected rays straight ahead with out any further interference by the bulging bulb iii the center. The tubu lar bulb has another advantage, which may on occasion prove highly im portant It can be withdrawn through the rear cf the reflector, making It possible to use front lenses which are screwed on tight, instead ot being hinged to the lamp. Popularizing the Deserts. On Thanksgiving day in 1013 many citizens of Phoenix, Ariz., ate their holiday dinners far out on the desert They went out in automobiles, carry ing hampers cf provisions with them and they enjoyed their feast beneath a wonderful sky cf green and purple. Automobiles have made the deserts accessible, F. H. Newell writes In the Youth's Companion. Until recently yeu could not travel over such dreary wastes at a rate ct more than 30 miles a day, and you had to carry water for man and beast: but cow, In a motor car, you can run 200 miles a day on the desert In almost any direction you 'choose, for the ground Is ordinarily so flat and smooth that roads are al most unnecessary. Culinary Mechanics. "What air them kitchenettes I hear tell ot in the cities?" asked Deacon Hyperbole Medders, the somewhat honest agriculturist "They re the places, uncle Hy, ex plained Upson Downs, his city nephew, "is which are molded or cast or some how produced a flat dweller's dally round ot mealeltes. Judge. HIS PROTEGEE NOW HIS WIFE She Went to 8chool as the Object of His Compassion, but Became His Beloved. Mrs. Borman was a widow who kept a boarding house in a small western town. Her daughter, Alice, was a scrawny little girl of fourteen, Mrs. Borman bad been forced to take her out of school to help with the work; washing dishes and waiting on table. Jack Forbes, twenty-five, was his widowed mother's only child wealthy, by the way. Jack had never been strong, so be went West. He came to live at Mrs. Borman's. He felt sorry for the poor little scrub of a girl and offered to send her through school. He sent ber away to private school and paid her bills regularly, in a fatherly way, though he never wrote her or went to see her. With him it was simply an act of compassion. At twenty-two he ordered her home to his mother's home, feeling that there she could get some finishing touches socially. Then he Intended to make a schoolteacher out of her. In the meantime he had gone Into busi ness, made a success ot himself, and regained his health at the same time. Work was all he needed, anyway, and to get away from his mother'B apron strings. He was not at home when Alice ar rived, but came a few days later, probably out of curiosity. I cannot finish this Ideal story by saying that Alice had blossomed out into a won drous beauty, for she had not. But people say she was dainty and re fined, with wonderful hair and eyes and the manner of one high born. Of course, Jack fell in love with her. She had always been in love with him, I think. Had she been courted by a score of lovers I think he would have been her choice. Well, they are married now and, as the story book says, "they have two beau tiful children." Isn't this a regular story book ro mance? And the beauty of it is It's true. I know, for I am Alice and Jack Jr., is up on my chair back now, pok ing clover blossoms into my hair, and baby Alice is asleep. And they are two such beautiful, wonderful chil dren! Chicago Tribune. Partner's Liability. A unique question of liability In an automobile accident case was decided by the supreme court of South Dakota in Van Hern vs. Simpson, which held that where defendants were copart ners and were riding in an automobile in partnership business, the negli gence of the owner and partner in driving the automobile was imputable to the other partner, since as a mem ber of the ccpartnershlp the owner and driver was his agent, and both defendants were Jointly liable for In juries to a traveler upon the highway. It Is pointed out "that these two de fendants at the time In question were copartners in the real estate business, and that this auto was then transport ing both defendants in the prosecu tion of such copartnership business; that it was then being used as an in strument ,fqr the benefit and within the scope of the partnership business; that Simpson was not a passenger or gratuitous guest of Anderson in said car, but was a party interested in the purpose and business In which such car was then being operated. , Marked Resemblance. The allies seem to be taking Con stantinople In about the same fashion that we used to spell It, when we were boys and girls, away back In the years of never-mlnd-what. We had a quaint old crank of a teacher who taught orthography In a most pecu liar wise. He would make us SDell and pronounce a syllable, move to the next, duplicate the previous perform ance, hop back and bring up the prior syllable, go ahead, back and ahead, and so on to the bitter end, thus: "C-o-n, con; there's your con s-t-a-n, Stan; there's your stan; there's your con-stan t-i, tl; there's your ti; there's your con-stan-ti n-o, no; there's your no; there's your tl-no; there's your stan-ti-no; there's your con-stan-tl-no p-l-e, pie; there's your pie; there's your no-ple; there's your ti-no-ple; there's your stan-ti-no-ple; there's your con-stan-tl-no pie; there's your Constantinople!" Kansas City Star. Blind Man's Advice. Capt Francis P. Pelrson-Webber be came a successful poultry raiser, though sightless. . So adept has he beccme In this vocation that he can tell the weight of an egg to the frac tion of an ounce, can determine its freshness, and even what breed of fowl laid It. He is now county ad viser in poultry culture to Warwick shire and Northamptonshire, England. He hopes to persuade "everyone who has the opportunity to keep not less than ten good hens, so as to provide a household economy which shall yield an average ot 1,500 eggs year ly, the hens being fed almost entire ly on household waste scraps prepared the right way.'' Well-Dressed Farmer. Apparently the best-dressed farmers in the country live In California. In a questionnaire 566 farmers gave the cost ot their clothes. Of these, 116 paid from $10 to $15 each for thetr sults; 143 from $15 to $20; 142, from $20 to $25; 26 from $30 to $40, and three from $40 to $60. Two ot the three in the last named class were from California, and 12 ot the 26 who paid from $30 to $40 were also from the same state, the next greatest num ber from any one state In this clasj being six from Texas. ROUSED SAILOR'S IRE CAPTAIN RATHER RE8ENTED UN MERITED REBUKE." Forced to Lighten Ship In a Hurry, It Was a Caae of Heaving Overboard the Flrat Cargo Reached, as He Could Prove, Seventy or eighty years ago the only regular passenger vessels from Lon don to New York were the American Black X liners. Capt. Josiah Joshua Champion was the oldest and best- known man on the line. He did not believe in hurricanes or cyclones, and when he heard ot ships being dis masted In them, always attributed such disasters to rotten rigging or spars. Fire was the one thing which the captain rather dreaded, and at sea, according to him, "It had one point In its favor over fire ashore, namely, that water In a general way was plenty and handy." "But," the captain always added, "my carpenter is a smart man, and spends most of his spare time between docks among the steerage people. And no mistake about it, the yarns he spins down there about his escapes from ships afire are not calculated to make them careless about lights." When a young man, the captain was once "pooped" in running too long be fore a heavy gale, when something started about tbe stern-post, and he was forced to Jettison some ot the cargo in order to lighten his ship aft and get at the leak. He was loaded with flour, cheeses, apples, and American clocks. The clocks unfortunately were the first things that could be got at. In con sequence over two hundred cases ot clocks went to the bottom before the cheese boxes were reached. He lightened his ship nearly a hun dred tons aft in twelve hours, some ot the steerage passengers keeping the pumps going while the crew hand ed up clocks and cheeses. "No, sir," said Captain Champion, "I guess I didn't have to coax them pas sengers any. I Just told 'em they'd got to pump or drown! But when I got home again in New York, and my owners asked, 'How was it, Mr. Cham pion, that it did not occur to you to select something of less value than them timepieces?' I felt pretty small. I only said: "'Well, gentlemen, I rather wish you had been there yourselves, to pick and choose that night.' "Yes, sir, that riled me, specially as my wife was with me that voyage, and her own private planny was one of the first things that went overboard." Distress In Palestine. Letters from Palestine report great destitution in Jerusalem and other parts of the land. There have been no imports for a year. The Internal resources have been taxed to supply the army. Food Is both scarce and exceedingly dear. The tourist trade, which gave employment to many, and brought much money to the country, is cut off, and with It the manufac ture of fancy articles, souvenirs and trinkets which was the chief Indus try. Agriculture Is hampered by the absence of the able-bodied men In the army. Banking has been suspended for many months. Three women mis sionaries of the Christian and Mission ary alliance are carrying on the school and other work of that society in Jerusalem, and the Syrian staff are said to be doing their part nobly. Mis sionaries both at home and still on the field believe that the end ot the war will bring unparalleled opportu nities in Palestine. Prehistoric Camels. A partially restored skeleton of a small ancestral camel, Stenomylus hltchcocki, from the lower Miocene ot Nebraska, has Just been added to the exhibited collection in the geological department of the British museum. The specimen was obtained from Prof. F. B. Loomls of Amherst college, Mass., who discovered the remains oi a herd of these small animals which had been suddenly destroved and bur led by some local accident As a camel, Stenomylus Is remarkable for its extremely slender build, which would render it as agile as a gazelle. It also has molar teeth with unusual ly deep crowns, so that it would be able to feed on hard and dry grasses. It was therefore more completely adapted for life on open plains and uplands than the other camels which abounded in North America in Ollgo cene and Miocene times. Everything Changed. A Cleveland party went out auto mobillcg the other night and had an unpleasant mishap. It occurred on the Euclid road not far from Willough by. A four-footed creature of intensi fied odor got in the way of the car. Nobody in the auto noticed the im pact, but everybody noticed the appal ling result. The man who drove the car told a friend about it the next day. "Terrible," the friend agreed. . "I suppose you all had to change your clothes?" "Change our clothes!" snorted tha chlet victim. "Why, we even had to cnange our tires!" Cleveland Dealer. Plain Easily Disposed Of. "I understand you got several wed. ding gift." "We did. At first I thought I'd have to hire a safe deposit vault but after . going over the stuff we simply stored 'em la a barrel in the cellar." i