GIVE PRETTV EFFECT
BLACK AND WHITE FLOWER
HOLDERS MUCH IN VOGUE.
Furnish Splendid Contrast to the
Bright Blooms They Are Designed
to Hold—Novel Metnods of
Arrangement.
Black or black-and-white flower
holders are used now by smart hos
tesses, just as all sorts of black-and
white interior furnishings are used,
and they form a contrast to the bright
colors of the flowers that Is most ef
fective. Sometimes these are in white
porcelain with black stripes, some
times in black, with a narrow white
rim. With snapdragon—a flower that
has been used at many of the fash
ionable spring and early summer wed
dings and dinner parties—with roses
with iris or with any other brilliant
flowers these black vases and bowls
are in excellent taste. A new idea
is to have the flowers, as well as their
stems, inside the vase; and for this
purpose wide-moutlied glass vases are
used. In the sketch lilies of the val
ley are shown In this arrangement.
There is another novel method of ar
ranging flowers—roses and smilax are
trained over a little lattice thrust into
a dish of moss. Little porcelain birds,
especially bluebirds, are much used
with flowers. They perch charmingly
on the edge of wide bowls or on the
rims of tall vases or even cling to the
sides. They can be bought without
trouble, but there is a knack of mak
ing them "stay put”—a knack that
can be gained if one lias on hand a
little plastic clay. With this the por
celain birds are stuck in the position
desired. The clay does not show.
Very elaborate flower holders, show
ing bronze mermaids or fauns rising
gracefully from wide bronze basins,
give an air of coolness and charm to
any room. They are especially pret
ty with pond lilies, or some other wa
ter flowers, held, if long-stemmed, in
!---1
For the Dinner Table.
the backs of bronze turtles anJ frogs.
Anne Kittenhouse in the Boston
Herald.
FORMER FOOTBALL STAR
IS STATE GRAIN AGENT
Minneapolis, Minn., Oct. 8.—"Bob”
Marshall, famous end player on Min
nesota university fast ball team for
several years, is now one of the state
grain weighers in this state. He has
a sister employed in the county
courthouse as stenographer and a
brother in the mall service.
J. Albert Adams, a colored man, has
been elected alderman in the Fourth
ward in Baltimore.
Earthquake Dangers in the United
States.
To the mind of the average Ameri
can the word “earthquake” suggests
an interesting but uncomfortable con
tingency to which Japan and certain
other very distant countries are more
or less subject. This complacent at
titude of mind was temporarily dis
turbed in the spring of 1906, when San
Francisco was laid in ruins by one of
these visitations, just as it had been
disturbed twenty years previously by
a similar occurrence at Charleston,
S. C.; but the impression produced by
such disasters, except upon the actual
sufferers, seems to be rather tran
sient. The best proof of this is seen
in the fact that the United States gov
ernment, which spends far more mon
ey than any other government in the
world on scientific investigations, has
never, until within the last few
months, inaugurated any systematic
study of earthquakes.
Just how common are earthquakes
in this country? It will not be pos
sible to answer this question fully un
til many years hence, when substan
tial progress shall have been made in
the “earthquake survey,” which has
just been undertaken by the Weather
Bureau. Unofficial investigations
have however, revealed the fact that
certain sections of the country are de
cidedly "seismic," i. e., subject to
earthquake shocks. One of these is
New England, where mild earthquakes
have frequently occurred, and where
a disastrous one at some indefinite
time in the future is regarded by
seismologists as not improbable. Two
points of special seismisity are East
Iladdam, Conn., and Newburyport,
Mass.
In fact, the whole Atlantic seaboard,
from Nova Scotia to Georgia, has cer
ain geological characteristics that
mark it out as an earthquake region,
though the only severe shock yet ex
perienced in this region, so far as def
inite knowledge extends, was tn»
great Charleston earthquake of 1886.
There is, in particular, a long breatt
or fault in the earth’s crust connect
ing the cities of Boston, New Haven,
New York, Trenton, Philadelphia, Wil
mington, Baltimore and Washington,
known as the Fall Line, which seems
rather liable to become, sooner or lat
er, the site of severe earthquake
shocks.
Another known seismic region of
’he United States is the central Mis
sissippi valley, especially the portion
between Cairo and Memphis. This
vas the scene in the years 1811-12 of
a series of very violent upheavals,
now usually referred to as the “New
Madrid earthquake.” Between Decem
ber 16th, 1811, and March 16th, 1812,
no less than 1,874 shocks were record
ed, of which right were very severe
and were felt more or less distinctly
over the whole of the then settled por
tions of the United States. This earth
quake produced important geographic
changes; new islands came into exist
ence in the Mississippi, new lakes
were formed in neighboring valleys
(one of them 100 miles long), and old
lak< s disappeared. Strangest of all,
the earthquake has never entirely sub
sided for slight aftershocks have
been experienced in the same region
almost every year since the original
disturbance (a phenomenon also not
ed in connection with the Charleston
earthquake).
The state of California, together
with western Nevada, constitutes an
other well-known earthquake district.
About a dozen seriously destructive
shocks and hundreds of light ones
have been recorded in this region. The
Great Basin in the West and the
lower Great Lakes have also been the
scenes of occasional earthquakes.
About fifty seismographs are now in
operation in the United States. Most
of the shocks registered by these in
struments are so light as to be imper
ceptible to the human senses. In or
der to obtain detailed information con
cerning the occasional more severe
earthquakes, the Weather Bureau has
enlisted a corps of several thousand
volunteer observers who are instruct
ed to make regular reports of any
shocks that may come to their notice.
As to the raison d’etre of this under
taking, the Bureau says, in a recent
circular: “To confine attention to
the obviously and eminently practical,
we should know the exact locations of
those numerous breaks and weak ver
tical seams in the earth’s crust along
which abrupt slipping and sliding (the
cause of nearly all earthquakes) most
frequently occur, so that, as far as
possible, we may avoid them in the
location of such permanent structures
as dams, irrigation channels, aque
ducts, bridges ,and even ordinary
houses. In spite of the good it clearly
would serve, there is however, no map
of any country that gives at all fully
he locations of earthquake breaks or
faults, nor is the collection of the
lata essential to the construction of
ouch a map of any extensive section
possible, except through the long and
constant co-operation of a large num
ber of observers widely scattered over
the area in question.”
The work of mapping the seismic
regions of the country does not, how
ever, exhaust the possibilities for
purely practical achievements in
earthquake investigation. The fact
hat certain districts are notoriously
?ubject to earthquakes does not pre
/ent them from being populated by
human beings nor from becoming the
site of structures liable to earthquake
lamage. In such regions, therefore,
it is an important problem to deter
nine what form of construction is
best able to withstand earthquake
shocks, and this can be done only
hrough a careful study of such shocks
ind their effects. Of co irse, the art
st “earthquake construction” has al
ready made some progress, mainly ow
ng to the efforts of Japanese and Ital
an students, but the question is of
iniversal interest, and Americans are
iound to do their share toward its
'lucidation.
The definite prediction of earth
uakes is not yet in sight. What the
uture will bring forth we cannot say,
>ut we can at least feel sure that the
nore thoroughly and the more widely
■arthquakes are studied, the better
his important desideratum will one
lay be realized.—Sc ientiflc American.
IPISCOPAL CHURCHMEN
WILL GATHER IN OMAHA
The Synod of the Sixth Province
)f the Episcopal church will hold its
annual sessions in Omaha October 28
o 31. This province, including the
lioceses of Nebraska, Western Ne
braska, Colorado, Western Colorado,
Wyoming, Montana, North Dakota,
3outh Dakota, Minnesota and Iowa,
,vill bring more than one hundred del
egates. These will be supplemented
by many visitors, who will take part
n the sessions.
In conjunction with the Synod, a
meeting o fthe Women’s Auxiliary
will bring many to the sessions.
The colored people of New Orleans
have organized the Symphony Orches
tra with twenty-five members. Mr.
Paul Beaulieu is president.
CLASSIFIED
ADVERTISING
RATES—1% cents a word for single
insertions, 1 cent a word for two or
more insertions. No advertisement
for lesa than 15c. Cash should ac
company advertisement.
FURNISHED ROOMS FOR RENT.
Modern furnished rooms, 1819 Izard
street. Tyler 2519.
Newly painted and papered modern
furnished rooms, $6.00 a month. Call
Webster 3184.
One modern desirable,»- furnished
room, close in. 2824 Douglas street.
Harney 4822.
Nicely furnished rooms, with hot
and cold water, at reasonable rates.
2417 Caldwell street. Webster 5434.
Furnished rooms with hot and cold
water; furnace heat. 1810 No. 23rd
street. Webster 3401.
Desirable furnished rooms; hot and
cold water; reasonable rates. 2408
Erskine street.
Nicely furnished roms; modern; for
gentlemen only; $2.00 a week in ad
vance. Mrs. Fanny Roberts, 2103 No.
27th street. Webster 7099.
Clean, modern furnished room, close
to both Dodge and 24th street carlines.
Mrs. Ellen Golden, 2302 North 25th
street. Webster 448.
Clean, modern, furnished rooms,
with hot and cold water. On Dodge
and Twenty-fourth car lines, walk
ing distance business center. Mrs.
A. Banks, 912 North 20th Street. Doug
las 4379.
Mrs. L. M. Bentley-Webster, first
class modern furnished rooms, 1702 N.
26th St. Phone Webster 4769.
Nicely furnished rooms, $1.50 and
up per week. Mrs. Hayes, 1836 No.
23rd St. Webster 5639.
FOR SALE—MISCELLANEOUS.
CORSETS made to measure, $3.50
and up. Mrs. Hayes, 1826 No. 23d St.
If you have anything to dispose of,
a Want Ad in The Monitor will sell it.
HAIR GOODS, all kinds. Fine line
straightening combs. Mrs. Hayes, 1826
No. 23rd St.
WANTED.
i WANTED—Correspondents and sub
j tcription solicitors for The Monitor in
Nebraska cities and towns.
i
WANTED—A middle-aged woman
who desires a nice home. For fur
ther information call Websjer 996. 15
SHOES made like new with our rapid
shoe repair methods, one-fifth the
! cost. Sold uncalled-for shoes. We
have a selection; all sizes, all prices.
Men’s half soles.75c
Ladies’ half soles.50c
FRIEDMAN BROS.
211 South 14th St., Omaha.
No. 9 South Main St., Council Bluffs.
NOW’S THE TIME
TO PLANT BULBS
Tulip Hyacinth
Narcissus Crocus
U\y ;
For Winter a«d Spring Bloom
STEWART SEED STORE
119 North 16th Street
(Opposite Post Office)
: < •