THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: OCTOBER C, 1912.
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ART-XXX Coata RicaI am in
I nT I the PonileU o Central Amer
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" " ou, aooui nair way
between the Atlantic and
Padflo oceans, an almost
mile abovs the sea, is situated a llttl
city, which from time, Immemorial has
been rocked by the shocks of earth
Quakes. Like the Pompeii at the fool
of Vesuvius, it has been partially de
stroyed several time, and, like it. It
has finally met with a convulsion of old
mother earth which has reduced It to
luins.
Three years ago there was no prettier '
little city in Latin America than this
town of Cartrago. ying as it does !n a
nest in the volcanic mountains, amid high !
Peaks covered with green and crowned j
with fleecy white olouds and with the!
purest streams of mountain water flowing-
through Its concrete gutters. It was
considered the most healthy resort north
of our canal 2one. The town was noted
for lta delightful climate and as the va
cation plaoe for employes on the canal.
They came here by the hundreds, and
tl.er was a large hotel run by an Ameri
win n.uned Weldon, as well as numerous
bodioi...,.- houses which supplied them
wltii quarters.
The pluce was especially attractive be
cause of Its qualntness. It is one of the
old cities of Central America and had
been built In Central American style. Its
nounes, which were several thousand in
number, ran along well made streets with
narrow sidewalks of flagstone. The
houses were of one story made of stone
and mud with walla several feet thick.
The buildings also were of one story fac
ing the street with the rooms running
around patios in which ware orange trees,
lemon trees and many tropical flowers.
The doors and windows were large and
the breezes from the mountains blew
through from all sides. The roofs were
of red tiles, and were laid on thick raft
ers. Altogether the town seemed sub
stantially built and no one would have
supposed that a single great shock could
have reduced it to ruins, as Its low houses
were considered earthquake proof.
, In addition to its (residences Cartago
'lad some fine business buildings. There
ware many stores scattered here and
there and adso a great market, which was
'filled with stalls and crowded on each
market day by thousands who cam
m from the surrounding country to buy
and sen. There were thirteen Catholic
churches and a great cathedral was build
ing.. Soma of the churches were of large
size. There were schools for boys and
schools for girls, and last, just then ap
proaching completion and ready to be
dedicated, was a peace palace built by An
drew Carnegie to be the home of a Cen
tral American court which would arbi
trate the 'difference between the several
republics. The city waa prosperous. It
had about 16,000 people and it was full of
tourists and pleasure lovers, as waa Pom
peii at Its (all. Among the visitors were
several hundred Americans who had come
here from Panama. These were the con
ditions oa the first of April, 1910.
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AFTER Wr EASZffQMKE.
In Earthquake Land,
Several months before that time, how
ever, the volcanoes about had been hav
ing eruptions. Old Poas, a mighty moun
tain at the west, had thrown up a geyser
of, steam, to a, height of more than, two
and a half mllee, and this land spread out
In a mushroom, of light gray which had
covered the valley of Ban Jose. At the
same time a rain of ashes fell upon that
dty whioh lies about fifteen miles west of
here and the trees nd shrubs for miles
around were covered with volcanic ash,
making them look as though covered with
now. The ashes even went as far as
Punta Arenas. pn the Pacific, and near
the volcano stones which were more than
a foot in diameter fell from the skies.
Along about April 13 there was an
earthquake whioh was felt throughout
this whole central plateau. All the
church bells at Cartago began to ring vio
lently and the ground rose and fell This
was about midnight The people raa Into
the streets and most of them got down
on tDelr knees and prayed to the saints.
The tremblings of the earth continued
until morning. There were' more than a
score of shocks before t o'olook, but they
rew less and less and all through the
trouble was over. There was another
strong shock shortly after midday and en
the following day a doien or more shocks
were recorded, but nothing very alarm
ing. Then the earth became quiet and for
almost three weeks there waa peace.
The people thought the trouble was over,
and the tourists spoke of the earthquakes
as a delight experience and planned the
big stories they would tell when they got
back to Panama.
Great Shock Destroyed Cartasro.
This was the situation May 4, when
the great earthquake occurred. There had
been a slight tremor about noon of that
day, but it was not until the darkness
was falling that the earth gave its great
heave. It waa, in fact, Just about ten
minutes to 7 p. m., When most of the
people were In their homes, either eating
their dinner or sitting and chatting, that
a mighty shock came which converted
the surface of this city into a waving
seat, and which within a few seconds re
duced the whole town to rubbish. Nearly
every house was thrown to the ground.
The churches were ruined and th tower
of El Carmen was hurled many rods and
dropped right across the railroad tracks.
Ninety-six squares of buildings were re
duced to debris. The market was laid
low and a great female seminary became
dust and stone. The American hotel,
which then had over 200 guests, was de
stroyed. The Church of Loe Angeles,
about the richest in Central America, had
its towers cracked and its walls fell In..
The Carnegie building, which its archi
tect declared was earthquakeproof, was
leveled to the ground, and the catacombs
of the cemetery were torn open, and
thousands of breaking coffins, out of
which spilled bones and dead bodies,
were thrown to the ground, while in
other parts of the cemetery family vaults
filled with dead crumbled to the earth.
One Thousand Lives Lost.
The loss of. life was terrible. Almost
one-tenth of the city perished In the
ruins. Including the neighboring town of
Paraiso, the dead were fully 1,000, and in
addition to this many were wounded.
The people rushed from the buildings at
the first great tremor of the earth, but
the shock came so quickly that many
were crushed before they could get out.
One of the cltisens tells me of how he and
his family crawled under a heavy wood
table and thus escaped destruction. The
streets rose and fell so that people run
ning along them wre sometimes thrown
against the buildings while falling and
thus crushed.
Dr. Alfred Pirie, a rich Canadian cof
fee and banana planter, who lost some
thing like $100,000 In the earthquake, told
me today of some curious instances
which reminds one of Pompeii. When
the ruins were excavated many people
were found Just as they appeared In the
acts of their ordinary work when killed
by this mighty catastrophe.
"Ia one house," said he, "a shoemaker
sat amid the ruins with a shoe on his
knee and his hammer raised in the act
of striking the sole. We found women
Health and Beauty Hints
BT MRS. MAE MARTTN.
R Slstert It is right that the patrons
of your1 "beauty parlors" should object to
shampoos made from soap on account of
the great danger of the soap alkali ruin
ing the lustre of their hair. Try a shampoo
made by dissolving a teaspoonful of
canthrox ia a cup of hot water, and after
shampooing rinse the hair as usual
Canthrox makes the most satisfactory
shampoo Imaginable and leaves no bad
effects. It lathers splendidly and Is the
'test and most thorough scalp-cleanser I
have ever seen. It relieves scalp-Irritation
and leaves the hair bright soft,
fluffy and easy to do up. This shampoo
permits the hair to dry quickly, is very
beneficial and will not cause tkded
streaky or dlsoolored hair as soapaadj
. Mrs. I O.: It is not necessary that
your face reflect your age. Tou could
easily have a much finer, clearer, smooth
er and more youthful complexion if you
quit using powder and tried a good lotion.
Dissolve four ounces spurmax In a half
pint hot water or witch hasel and add
two teaspoonfula glycerine. Apply thle to
.your face, neck and arms and it will im
prove your looks wonderfuly. It will
soften and whiten your skin and remove
that shiny, greasy look. This inexpensive
lotion will not rub off like powder, and is
very beneficial In preventing and remov
' ing freckles and skln-plmples, and is a
wonderful skin beautlfler. You can get
anything I recommend at almost any drug
store.
"Weak Eyes:" Wearing glasses is not
likely to help your weak, dull, inflamed
eyes. What you need is a good strength
ening eye-tonic. The next time you go to
: a drug store get an ounce of cryrtos and
dissolve It in a pint of water. Drop a
few drops of this in each eye occasionally
and you will be surprised how soon it will
give you relief. It will not smart or bum
the eyes and is a perfectly reliable tonlo
for any one to use who has eye-troubles.
It is splendid for treating watery, expres
sionless eyes or granulatted Uds. It makes
the eyes bright, strong and rpertdlog. .
H. K.: I would advise you to seek
health, first, before beauty. Tou say you
are not sick, but that you feel tired
always, look sallow and have pimples
and eruptions. Try this home made
blood purifier and system tonic: Get
from your druggist one ounce of kar
fiene, dissolve it in one-half pint of
alcohol (not whiskey), and add one-half
cupful of sugar, then enough hot water
to make a full quart. Take a table-
' spoonful before each meal. This remedy
should tone up your system and build up
your strength. It aids digestion, arouses
tt torpid liver and parities the blood.
, When your blood is pure, your sallow
bees and pimples will disappear and you
! yrVl have mors strength and energy.
Grace: No, I know It doesn't add to
your peace of mind When you are con
scious that you are getting so fat that
your drees is continually gaping in the
back and you tear the constant strain
will prove too much for the buttons. If
you want to cut down your flesh with
out starving yourself or without tiring
and futile exercise, go to your druggist
and get four ounces of parnoUs. Dissolve
it In 1ft pints of hot water, then take
a tables poo nful before each meal. Tour
double chin and shortness of breath will
soon disappear, for I know several cases
where parnotis took off superfluous fat
at the rate of several pounds a week.
Jessie P. TL. Borne sags dressings are
beneficial to the scalp, but I never rec
ommend them on account of the danger
of staining or discoloring the hair. If
you want a good, dependable remedy
for dandruff, itching scalp and falling
hair, try an ounce of qulnzoln dissolved
in one-half pint of alcohol (not whiskey)
and add one-half pint water. This Will
put your hair and scalp in a healthy con
dition. Apply the tonio twice a week,
rubbing it gently into the hair-roots. It
is free from oil and makes a fine dress
ing for the hair. I know of many who
were troubled with "hopeless" cases of
dandruff and falling hair that found this
an Ideal tonio.
Madge: For your hollow cheeks and
wrinkled face, I recommend frequent
applications of a good greaseless com
plexion cream-Jelly, also brisk massag
ing. By stirring together one ounce al
mozoin, two teaspoonfula glycerine and
one-half pint cold water, allowing to
stand over night, you will have an extra
good complexion cream. Use this also
for massaging and it will clear up your
skin fine, removing all dirt from the
pores and soon you will find your com
plexion smooth, fresh-looking and un
wrlnkled. This is an excellent cream for
treating blackheads, freckles and rough
neas of the skin and will rid your lace
of those very large pores.
Mary B.: Applying, a dMatona paste
to the hairy surface for two or three
minutes will remove every trace of hair
from your skin. To prepare, mix enough;
powdered delations and wMer to cover
the hairs not wanted. After it is re
rnoved the skin should be washed care
fully. This method is unfailing and is
not Injurious to the most sensitive skin.
B. D.: Tour eyelashes will grow long
and have a silken curl if you apply
pyroxin at tosh-roots with thumb and
forefinger. Straggly eyebrows will come
In thick and glossy merely by rubbing
pyroxin on with finger-end. Be very
careful and don't get pyrexia where no
heir is wanted.
Bead Mrs. Marty n"e book, Beauty,"
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plSi-- A OF TODAY , U
A QARTACQ OF TOMf
sitting at their sewing machines, their
hands still holding the cloth and their
heads bowed over their work. In one
case the wife of a Central American dip
lomat was giving her baby a bain when
the house fell and crushed both her and
the child."
Some 8 1 ranee Features.
"Tell me your own experience, Mr.
Pirie." said L .
"Myself and my family were unin
jured," was the reply, "but nevertheless
the shock was a terrible one and we had
a narrow escape. My house has walls
over three feet in thickness and It was
so built that only the interior of it waa
destroyed. I had several Canadian girls
visiting' me at the time the earthquake
ecourred. We had Just sat down to din
ner. It WS4 already dark and the elec
tric lights were turned on. We had been
talking about earthquakes, and one of
the girls had said she had fett a slight
tremor that afternoon, We had warned
her that there was little danger, but
Just at that moment the floors rose and
the Inside walls began to fall in. .We
were all thrown from our chairs to the
floor. The table was overturned. At
the same time the light went out. The
screen waa thrown against the- door,
shutting It tight, and we had a great
scramble trying to get out We would
rise, and be again thrown to our knees.
As soon as we could , gala our feet we
rushed through the house for the chil
dren, who were in different rooms. Two
of my little ones were in the hands of
the nurse taking a bath, and a third was
In bed with a fever. We carried them
out Into the streets and finally made our
way out of the ruins.
Sounded Like sv Battle.
1 cannot describe the scenes art that
time," continued Dr. Pirie. "The walls
were everywhere falling, and the noise
was like the cannonading of a battle.
The people seemed to be crazy . They
were shrieking and crying,'' and many
were on their knees praying. The air
was choking with ashes. ' The ' mer
chants and clerks had all run oat of
the stores, and no one paid' any' atten
tion to saving his goods. At the same
time it was dark. When the earth rose
it threw off the ' switch, at the electric
light plants, and this saved many lives.
Had it not done so the town would have
been filled with live wires and ' many
would have been killed by them. An
electrlo wire caught me in the neck
Just as I ran out of the door, and had
the current been on I should have per
ished. As It was, I tried to get some
coal oil, and went to a store and asked
for it The "merchant was out in the
street He told me that there was a
five-gallon can, in the rear of the store
and that I could have It tor nothing if
I would bring It, out, but, as for him,
he would - not venture. I went In and
got the can, but It held only a quart"
"And what did the people do for quar
ters that nlghtr
"Wedid our best to get out of the
city, and later on we had tents which
we lived in until we could find where
we were. Many of the residents have
coffee plantations or country estates and
some went to them. A relief train and
physicians came in from San Jose the
next day, and the dead were gradually
taken out A few of the buildings have
y emee . beea Ttpsired. The town has now
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perhaps one-sixth the population it had
two years ago."
And now let me tell .you something of
the Cartago of today. I have spent hours
wandering through its almost deserted
streets and tramping over the ruins of
the homes of the past. Everywhere one
goes he sees the foundations of buildings
with a pile of debris inside of them. The
Church of San Nicolas, not far from the
station, Is being repaired, but the tower
is down and the walls are cracked and
broken. The bells have been put up on
poles at a shed at the side and are now
rung by hand. The great cathedral op
posite the pubHo park and the market,
which waa built at a cost, I venture, of
a half million or so has been cracked
and destroyed beyond hope of repair. It
ia a stone structure covering almost an
acre, with wails ten feet in thickness.
Others of the churches haws already dis
appeared. A Town t Tin and Scraps.
Walking throufh the streets one sees
the despair of the inhabitants in the
buildings which have been erected to take
the places of the substantial houses of
the past There are Bhacks everywhere
made up of pieces of galvanized iron roof
ing, boards from dry goods boxes and
the scraps of old lumber which fell with
the quake. The town now reminds one of
Nairobi in Africa, which is contemptu
ously called the tin town. The houses are
made up of all sorts of makeshifts. The
roofs and wall are of galvanized iron or
half Iron and half tile. In the several
houses I saw the sheets of iron laid on
the walls with the tiles around the edges
of the sheets to keep the rain from run
ning through the cracks.
The market now consists of a large
number of sheds made of debris and
roofed with iron and tin. Today is Sun
day amd the people from all parts of the
country about have come Into the mar
ket .' There were 1,000 or more there
when I visited it a few hours ago.
Many of the market women sat on the
ground with oranges, bananas, potatoes
and onions piled about them. The butch
ers stood Inside their tin shacks and used
sheets of galvanised iron as counters,
upon which they cut up the meat for the
customers. There were tailor shops and
shoe shops In store-box like sheds, and
I saw women sewing at machines out in
the sun. In many cases the merchants
sold their goods out in the open, ,elttlng
on the ground as . they did so. At the
present time, about two blocks away, a
new market is building. This is a build
ing of steel with a galvanized iron roof.
It must cover several seres, and It Is
rapidly approaching completion.
Carnegie's Penee Palace,
I walked down the street following a
stream ef mountain water which flowed
through ;he gutter to the site of Oar-
necie's great building which was to teach
peace to these Central American repub
lics. The scenes about It are now peace
ful enough, but they are the peace of
desolation. I will not say of despair, for
I undestand , that Mr. Carnegie has of
fered to give an extra HOO.OOO to erect
new building, and that this will shortly
be put up at the capital, 8an Jose, which
Is about five hours' walk away.
As to the first structure, it lies where
it was stricken down by the stony hand
of old mother earth. The walls and the
roof have been reduced to a pile of stones
and the foundations only remain to show
the beautiful structure that: the palace
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Mansfield
Franklin.
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i1ocoxr Ox7frrnafc Most men what they "are looking for
flabby VVClUUdLb inoneofthese ,jt styies. If you don't,
we have others. The Mansfield, on the left is a conservative model, stylish
and refined. The Stanley, in the center is a shapely back coat rather close
fitting at the waist and will be widely worn. The belted-back coat, the
Franklin, combines positive style with refined lines in a way that make It
one of the most strikingly stylish coats of the year.
Adler's Collegian Clothes
are our choice because they offer superior values which will give our
customers greater satisfaction than any other clothes. All the new styles,
fabrics and shades, , plain and fancy, are here in suits and overcoats from
$15 to $35. . Call' and see them.
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must have been. These foundations are
Intact for, perhaps, eight or ten feet
above the ground. Everything else has
fallen as far as the floor of the great
central court. I climbed up the steps
and walked over the patio. This Is in
tact but weeds and grass are growing
in the corners where the foundations
were to have been located, and there
Is a wide hedge of weeds running around
it covering the hall which separates the
patio from the ruins of the rooms, which
faced upon it -
To the Cmtery.
Z next visited the cemetery, which fs
situated about three blocks away. This
institution was formerly the pride of Car
tago. ''it covers six or eight acres, and
was filled with monuments and beautiful
vaults amid semi-tropical trees. It is
shut off from the street by a wall of cata
combs, in the center of which Is the en
trance. The wall of catacombs is about
ten feet thick, twenty-five feet high and
over 400 feet long. From each end of it
shorter walla of catacombs . extended
back Into the cemetery, forming a great
set of pigeonholes, each of which con
tained a coffin, and the whole formed like
the head of a fetter T. This wall of
coffins was broken hi two by the earth
quake at about ten feet from the ground,
and the upper portion moved Inward sev
eral inches.
It must have been tilted over, and this
threw out the slabs which held In the
dead, sealing shut the pigeonhole vaults
in which each coffin lay. I counted the
pigeonholes In the main wall. There
were over 00 of them, and, with those in
the walla at the ends, there must have
been fully a thousand coffins with the
dead in them at the time the earthquake
occurred. The wall at one end was re
duced to a debris of brloks and mortar,
of broken wood and bones and flesh.- In
the central wall many of the coffins were
thrown out and the skulls and bones
rolled about everywhere.
It was the same in the family vaults
ofthe cemetery. These were made very
similar to the catacombs at the ends,
each vault being a little flat-roofed house
made up'of these pigeonholes. Some of
the vaults are still In ruins, and on some
of these are flowers and wreaths hung
up In memory of the disturbed departed.
At the time that the dead were ex
humed there were so many that it was
found neoessary to burn most of them
to prevent disease. Others were put back
In the vaults, but !& without the quo
tation, "After life's fitful fever he sleeps
well" FRANK O. CARPENTER.
Does the Light
Make Your Eyes Ache?
Do tou know that a pair of
amber lens ground to fit the
defects will be a safeguard
against light strain.
The amber lens are not
noticeable and they cut out the
yellow ray that la so often in
jurious to the optic nerve.
Prices within reach of all.
' R N. DONAHEY
OPTICIAN
690 Brandsls Bldg.
i What to , Do and What Not to I
Do for the Complexion
ration until It has actually dissolved.
This will take but two or three minutes.
Then wipe off with a warni, damp cloth
and wash the skin with warm water,
and apply the cream -given in
the first few paragraphs. The
BUllu buiuuuu will cusi yuu at
dollar and can be obtained at f f
almost anv druc store.
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By VAZJSSXA BTOATT
The Beauty-Queen of the American
tags. Tamed tot He Sslf-Made
Loveliness.
THE evils wrought on the complex
ion by soap have unfortunately
been toe little known. Boap is use
ful, that is true, but its constant use as
a cleanser is bound to retard any effort
to beautify the skin. All soap contains
caustio in some quantity. Soma contain
more than others.
There are some skins which soap will
not injure, but the great majority of
skins are too tender to withstand the
constant application of the biting alka
lis contained in soap.
The soft texture of the skin must be
oonserved. I use soap on my face, neck,
arms and hands only occasionally. As a
result the skin is almost as soft as vel
vet, and this permits the creams I use
to produce much more prompt and defi
nite effects. It will do the same for any
one who wants to make up her mind to
give up the constant use of soap.
There Is no better substitute for soap.
no better cleanser, free from all Its draw
backs than the following formula, which
I use religiously. It is always refreshing,
always satisfying. By Its use you will
feel that you are at last really gaining
beauty, and not making It more impos
sible every day by the use of soap.
Let half a Pint of water come almost
to a boll. Add two tablespoonfuls of gly-.
cerlne. Keep stirring, while adding one
ounce of zlntone. until it Is all dissolved.
Then let It cool. If the cream Is too
thick to pour easily from a bottle, thin
It down a little with more hot water.
The cream will be white and satiny.
Hold a wet, hot towel to the face sev
eral times for several minutes. Rub this
cream on the entire face. Then wipe
off with a soft dry cloth. Then apply
again and lot It dry on the face. Re
peat this again at night. Any good drug
gist will let you have slntone for about
fifty cents. Tou will be surprised at
the remarkable cleanliness of your skin.
This cream Is unexcelled also for frec
kles and muddy complexions.
4 $
ALTA S. Do not use green soap on
your hair. It is exceedingly caustic, and
although a good cleanser it Injuries the
hair. Use this shampoo and you . will
find the result more satisfactory ' and
your hair will not be so unmanageable
as from using soap.
Dissolve one teaspoonful of enrol in 1
half a cup of hot water. When entirely
dissolved and the solution has become
lukewarm, pour onto the hair and sham
poo In the usual manner. It makes an
exquisite lather. After rubbing it well
into the scalp so it is perfectly clean,
wash the hair thoroughly with plenty of
warm water, and rinse with cold water.
The druggist will let you have the eggol
for not more than twenty-five cents.
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JESSIE asks what Is a good hair-
grower. Also a dandruff remover. As
a rule the same causes which produce
dandruff, make the hair lose Its vitality.
A hair-grower of remarkable effective
ness is made by mixing a half-Dint of
alcoho with half a pint of water, then
adding one ounoe of beta-qulnol. Shake
inorougniy. ana it wui then be ready to
use. ii you prefer you can use Im
ported bay rum instead of the water and
alcohol. , i
The .betaqtrlnol yen can get at almost
any arug store tor not more than fifty , - . ,
1 , , v ,. . ORRIN.-I gave a formula some time
This formula should be applied very ago for the removal of blackheads, which,!
freely on the scalp after brushing the is truly surprising in Its results. I will ,'
scalp generously for a few minutes all repeat it here,
over. Rub the tonio thoroughly into the
I scalp with the finger tips. This will w .h ., f.r. with , ..,
makeh'eLgrow luxuriant y an! .To oap- Then sprinkle some neroxtagener: :
dandruff luxuriantly and stop ously upon a 8pon(f9 mft,ie wet with hot
aaa - water. Then rub well for a few minutes
- .t.. ,.... on the Patt of the skin which are af-
HUMILIATING.-Hair on the face and fected with blackheads. This done, bathe
upper lip may be removed with the the face with warm water, and dry. Then
greatest ease and safety by applying upply some of the 'alntcne lotion, the
sulfo solution with the finger tips on the formula for which I have already given,
hair you want removed. It Is the only The neroxln will cost you not to exceed
thing I know of that will not Injure the fifty cents at any druggtet-Advertlsc
atto. Keep the hair moist with this so- maal.
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