Dakota County herald. (Dakota City, Neb.) 1891-1965, August 11, 1911, Image 2

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DAKOTA CITY HERALD
JOHN H. REAM, Publisher.
DAKOTA CITY,
NEBRASKA.
GROWTH OF COMMERCE.
Tho great manufacturing nations,
tho great producing nations, such as
Great Britain, Germany, France and
iho United States combined, havo not
anoro than onc-slxth tho population of
jtho globe, and it can bo said with np
jproxlm&to accuracy that the other five
sixths' aro to a very great degree
their customers, says tho Cincinnati
(Enquirer. Fully one-half of tho world's
population aro as yet only fractionally
supplied with articles necessary for
civilized existence Tho 70,000,000 of
pcoplo to tho south of us on tho Amer
ican continent when fully employed,
a honiti day they rill be, In prc-dtK-lng
from their lands, their forests and
their mines, will mako our manufac
turers wealthy through their demands
for what our own Industrial districts
can output Commerco Is pushing Its
way up every great and small river of
South America, It Is crossing tho
jAndes over a thousand trails, nnd
where but ono railway across South
America from ocean to ocean now
duns, within a score of years thero
will bo several other lines from the
Pacific to tho navigable waters of tho
great rivers of tho north and tho cen
ter. Tho world's commerce of today,
luge as It seems, is small compared
with that of tho futuro clthor In ton
xiago or in value.
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OLDER
NATIONS
Marvelous Wave of New National
Llfo 8weeplng Around the Karth
Conglomeration of Races and Relig
ion In Turkey.
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Discussion of women's mnnners re
public will not down. Sometimes it
Is women who complain of being Jolt
ed In crowds or of bolng compelled to
ctand in street cars whllo men occupy
tho seats, says tho Boston Globo.
Sometimes It Is men who murmur bo
causo some women In public often
soon to Ignoro the fundamental rules
of good breeding. It Ib noticeable that
most of tho criticisms of women's pub
lic manners aro evoked by tho con
flict 0. wall-drGRsod or stylish and ap
parently well-to-do woman, seldom by
tho bearing of working womon or
girls. Tho woman who puts down a
$20 or a $10 bill at tho tlckot office
window, holds up a lengthening lino
whllo sho counts hor chango and
glares furiously It a man puts down
his nickel before sho has picked up
tho laBt bit of chongo; tho woman
-who never moves along in n car to
mako room for' another woman; tho
woman who deliberately takes up
aa much tltno as posslblo at tho storo
counter whllo other customers aro
waiting thoso womon commonly look
like persons f roflnoraont No doubt
they aro klnd-hoartcd and gentle-mannered
In their own homes and in their
own circles.
A Now York woman who has had
flvo divorces still favors matrimony.
Sho probably finds' that if ono docs not
take It too seriously thoro is a lot of
fun and excitement to be had from It
A Baltimore preacher claims that
Atlas, who held up tho world, wan u
woman. If ho succeeds In proving It
we shall havo to chango tho namo to
Atlaaotta or Atlaslno.
A Ohlcagoan eighty-three years of
ago has taken out n license to marry
a lady seventy years old from whom
ho was divorced 35 years ago. They
repented at leisure
,' A school of music has been in op
'erntlon for somo tlmo In Bangkok,
Slam. Now wo know whero somo of
Uio vaudovlllo songs come from.
Ono of our clergymen proposes to
- -abolish the-oM method of lnnnlnr.
He wants girls to danco with girls,
and boys to danco with boys. Plfllo,
as Aristotle, once said. i .,
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r'A Philadelphia woman wants a di
vorce because hor husband threw a
clock at her. Gallant men ovorywhoro
will nsreo that that Is no way to bring
a lady to time.
A New York mothor failed to rec
ognise her boy with a clean faco. With
all duo allowance for tho water lam
ina In tho metropolis wo had hardly
" thought It was as scarco as that
Treasure sockcrs havo found JIG,
000,000 In Honduras, according to ro
port If this treasure 1b no Impostor
It Ib mude up of Spanish doubloons
and pieces of eight
A German doctor reports his discov
ery of u hay fovor serum. Ho should
hurry and got It on tho markot for tho
coming season.
Gunners aro facing n possible closed
season of two years all over tho coun
try. This ought to help matcrlnlly in
lowering mortality statistics.
A Connecticut schoolma'am is in
trouble with her constituency bccauBo
she "wears too smart clothes." Hob
Talo or harem 7
A good many men aro strong enough
to resist tho temptation to steal an
umbrella that is, on a sunny day.
. A Now Jersey woman was sent to
Jail for 30 days for smoking on tho
ttreots. And yet perhaps her husband
wouldn't tolerate tho odor of tho nasty
things In tho house.
Texas has a now town called Gratis.
It' ought to be easy for almost any
body to obtain tho freedom of the
city there.
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Aviat'on exhibitions, gravitation, pro
dpi tat ion.
By WILLIAM T. ELLIS.
Constantinople, Turkey awofco
with u scream. Tho recent history of
tho new reglmo in this country was
qulto unlntolllgiblo to tho western
world. Tho popular shrilling of "Lib
erty!" "Justice!" "Bqualltyl" "Fra
tcrnltv!" resounded throughout civi
lization. Mullahs nnd Armenian
prlento, green-turbaned descendants of
tho Prophot and Protestant Christians
foil on one another's nocka Indiscrim
inately In a delirium of rejoicing, it
was tho Intoxication of tho wine of
civilization. Tho ancient, long-suffering
and sadly used Ottoman emplro
was besido itself with Joy, Tho trans
formation of Turkey Into a constitu
tional government will probably bo
ranked as ono of tho groat event of
tho now century.
Tho reason for all this Is that tho
nntlon's Bleep had been n nightmare.
America has nover developed n very
deep or Intelligent Interest in Turkey.
Consuls havo for years hammered
away on tho neglected trado oppor
tunities here, and missionaries have
talked of tho social and religious con
ditions of tho emplro. LVon in tho
safety of tho freo west nobody dared
say that Abdul Hamld was several
degrees worse than tho ogres of tho
(fairy talcs. Up to tho year 1908 Tuv
(key was more bonlghtcd than China.
Now Ideas and populor rights had
imoro opportunity In tho celestial king
dom than In this nation which bo
strides tho two continents of Europe
nnd Asia. Tho cunning resourceful
ness of tho most tyrannous ruler of;
modem history was used to keep out
all that makes for cnllchtcnmcnt.
The Dark Days of Turkey.
Everybody whom ono meets on tha
streets of Constantinople known froi,i
personal experience tho horrors of thfl
old reglmo. Nobody was allowed tj
study truo mnps or read real history.
Nobody was permitted to travel
abroad. Prlvato lottors, as well a
newspapers nnd books, wero censored
by officials moro alert than Intelli
gent. They required that any booi
which mentioned Turkish history
should call a defeat a "rotrogrado afl-
vuiiut). Auor cuhboring fioino didic;,
ono of tho multitudinous stories cua
rent has It, tho functionary querul
ously enquired, "Who la this mas
Paul, who Is writing to thoso Gala,
tlanB?" Government was by assassination
uud massacre. The dagger waa at
tho back of ovory person of forco or
inltlatlvo or progrcsslvenoss. Tho
emaciated and trembling body of that
urchcownrd and tyrant Abdul Hamld
could havo bathed fur months In tho
Innocent blood of tho half million pco
plo whom It Is estimated ho had put
to death, Nobody know whoso turn
would bo noxt. Covetousnoss, rovongo,
Joalousy and, above all, fear conspired
to point tho assassin's dnggor. There
was a world of significance In tho re
mark mndo to mo by an old resident
of tho empire as wo rode up tho
Bosphorus last wook: "All tho big
palaces within sight belonged to Abdul
Hamld." Nobody was allowed to pros
per greatly excopt tho Sultan.
Revelations of the 8py System.
It 1h now known that an Incredibly
largo number of spies more than four
thousand ono rellnhlo statement has
It in nil walks of llfo made dally re
ports to this monarch of fear-bitten
mind. A largo room In tho war office,
next to that occupied by Mnhmoud
Shovket, tho commander-in-chief of
tho Turkish army, Is now filled with
thoso documents, which wore seized
along with loss dangerous weapons
and croat stores of treasuro In Ylldlz
"palace.
X trusted committee is perusing tho
documents, although tho counsol of
mnny was Unit Ihey should be burned
unopened. It has leaked out .that they
Implicate high and low, natlvo and
forolgnor. In such n reign tho finger
of suspicion inovltably points ovory
iwhoro, Perhaps rnoBt unsettling aro
the plnlstor charges which ono hears
against men connected with tho for
eign legations, it would not bo pleas
nnt for Americans or Britons to feel
thut persons, oven of minor position,
supposed to represent their Interests
in Constantinople, had really been In
tho pay of jtfbdul Hamld.
A National Serlo-Comedy.
Tho dark ages havo no story to
equal this ono, which Is to this dny a
favorite theme of conversation wher
over people meet. Abdul lliunld Blcop
lng in ono of tho multitudinous rooms
of ihul Juiikshop called Ylldlz Pnlaco
niter ho had said he would sleep in
others, lulled lo rest by tho cheapest
typo or sentimental and melo-drninattc
Fronch novols, dreaming over plots
against his llfo, practising with n
multitude of revolvers (moro than
three thousand woro found after ho
had been dethroned), his palaco a
wonderful house of fear, his eunuchs
possessing grentor prestigo and powor
than tho nation's foremost stntesmon,
tho army and civil officials all parts
of n malign mnchlno, for which tho
poor ovorburdoned pcoplo had to pay,
pay, pay Is thoro anywhero In his
tory an oqual chaptor to this? Tur
key know n rolgn of torror; Abdul
Hamld represented u reversion to bar
barism, and to tha basest primitive in
stincts, equipped with untold wealth
and tho cnglnory of modern civiliza
tion.
The Great Awaking.
Such was tho night from which Tur
key awoko with startling suddonnoss.
Is It nny wondor that this historic
city, once the cnpltnl of Romo nnd of
Greece and of tho Christian oinplro,
n city moro truly thnn Jorusalora
"beautiful for situation and tho Joy of
tho whole earth," rang with such ac
clamation as tho proudest of Its an
cient emperors had novor heard?
Liberty, long dreamed of, and often
despaired of, enrao almost ovornlght
to a throno on tho UoBphorus whero
"wo continents and two seas meet.
Constantinople Is admittedly tho
moBt strategic city In tho world. So
It was no small ovent when It foil bo
foro the Irresistible forces of twen
tieth century civilization. Tho Young
Turk victory was haidly the nicely
calculated scheme often represented:
rnthcr It wnB n fow leaders taking ad
vantage of a rcslBtless conquest by
il'o spirit of tho times.
What the New Regime Means.
With tho significant details of tho
new conditions In Tnrkoy I shall deal
in subsequent articles; hero I want
to present tho broad outline.
Approaching Constantinople by wa
ter ono finds It still ns of yore, the
fairest work of man that anywhero
greets tho traveler's eye. Above tho
red-roofed houses, unmnrked by the
smoko-stnckB of modern Industry, tIgo
tho graceful tnlnarots. On a com
manding position on ono of tho seven
hills of old Stnmboul, St. Sophia
keeps guard, now a mosque, but tho
oldest building In oxlstenco dedicated
to Christian worship, and moro mag
nificent than St. Peter's in Rome, or
St Paul's or Westminster Abbey in
London, or Notro Damo in Parl3, or
tho gaudy Don in Berlin, or historic
St. Stephen's in Vienna. Greeks, Ar
menians and Roman Catholics dream
and prophesy of tho day when tho
cross will onco again shlno abovo St
Sophia's great dome, nnd tho power
of Christendom will bo supremo on tho
Boqphorus..
Adjoining St. Sophia's tho traveler
sees tho Seraglio, whero tragedies
beyond count havo boon enacted. Tho
palaces, tho fast scurrying caiques,
and tho latticed wlndowB of tho
harems of Turkish houses nil paBs In
revlow; It Is a beautiful and unpnral
lelled picture.
If ho arrives by rail, tho travoler
beholds the ancient walls of old Con
stantinople, and Is quickly Introduced
to the filthy odors nnd disorder of tho
Incredibly Ill-kept streets of Constan
tinople. But slgnB of tho new reglmo
aro not wanting. Hero is a streot
their daughters to tho schools of mod-
cm learning maintained by tho for-,
signers.
Alnngnlflo of tho veiled woman In
sombro wrap ono sees tho awaggor
dark-skinned modern girl In merry
widow hat and hobblo skirt. I no
ticed n Constantinople collego girl
with an array of puffs on tho back of
her head such ns ono commonly sees
on Broadwny, nnd which aro surely
never mndo outsldo of tho shops. Well
patronized cinematograph showB pre
sent tho latest fnshlons ns well aa tho
latest news.
In a word and with reservations
nnd exceptions to bo notod lntor
modorn civilization has como to Tur
key Thre nm multitudes who for
ono reason or another sigh for the re
turn of tho good old daya; but their
power has been hopelessly broken.
Turkey Is awako never lo sleep again.
Her futuro is an absorbing enigma
that concerns nllko tho practical
statcsty.n of tho world's capitals and
the student of human affairs. What
ever her destiny may be, the plp of
death has passed. Tho new llfo of
tho new day Is tho latest conqueror
to sweep over historic, blood-drenched
Turkey.
(Copyright, 1911, by Joseph D. Bowlea.)
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Efficiency In Shoveling.
For the first class shovclor thoro is a
given shovel load at which ho will do
his biggest day's work. Whot la this
shovel load? Will a first class man
do moro work per day with a shovol
load of 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 or 40
pounds? Now, this Ib a question which
can bo answered only through care
fully mado experiments. By first se
lecting two or threo first-class shovel
ers, paying thorii extra wagoa for do
ing trustworthy work, and thon grad
ually varying tho ahovol load and hav
ing all the conditions accompanying
tho work carofully observed for sev
eral weeks at a tlmo by men who are
used to experimenting, it was found
that a first class man would do his
EW YORK. -A moving picture ma
chine set up to mako a film of
tho rescue of a young woman from
tho waters of a luke in Sluleii lulaud
the other day recorded instead tho
drowning of the actor-rescuer and tho
saving of tho actress by herself. Tho
actor drowned was Albert Brighton.
Tho play which ended in tho trag
edy took place at Brady's pond, Grass
mere. Tho pond has an area of about
six acres. Mary Murray, an actress,
rowed out twenty-llvo feet or so from
tho shore. Tho young woman, In a
fluffy white dress and alone In tho I
boat, was to pick water lilies, and,
in reaching too far for one of tho
flowerB, was to upset tho boat and bo
rescued.
Tho picture machine was started,
and MIsb Murray picked several of the
flowers. Then, at a signal from tho
operator, sho leaned far over tho
gunwalo and stretched her hand to
ward another of the lilies. As sho
put her weight on tho sido of tho
beat it tipped and went over, throw
ing her Into tho water.
It was part of the play that the girl
should scrcm for help and throw up
her hands to attract tho attention of
Brighton, who was strolling along tho
shoro of tho pond in Immaculate sum
mer flannel. When tho girl screamed
Brighton threw off his straw hat and
hli coat and dived into tho water.
Tho young woman In tho wator con
tinued her acting of the helploss
drowning girl. Tho actor splashed
toward her, apparently half swimming
and half wading. Then ho began to
shout for help as If appealing to
thoso on shore to come to his assist
ance in rescuing tho girl.
Ab ho Bhouted he disappeared and
then reappeared and shouted again.
Tho others of tho company mado no
move, thinking that he had taken a
notion to Impart an additional appear
ance of reality to the act So for
a few seconds tho film ran on, but
tho rescuer sank and did not reap
pear. Then Miss Murray swam ashore
herself and Brighton's body wns after
wards found.
GARDEN CITY
Army Convicts Building Model Prison
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Mcsqus of St. Ssphla, Constantinople.
turned up for an electric railway; yon
der a road engino Is at work and a
highway Ib being wldoned. A group
of graveyard cyprccscs la giving way
to a modern thoroughfare. Actually,
sldowalks uro belnp -laid In somo
places.
The Constantinople Dogs.
Tho famous, or Infamous, Constan
tinople dogB are missing, except for
an occasional stray, at which crlllca
of tho now administration point fing
ers of scorn. Somo thousands of dog3
wero gathered up by workmen with
wooden tongs, dropped Into carta and
carries to towboats, which boro them
to an Island In tho harbor. Tho aim
plo and natural way would havo been
to kill them painlessly and end tho
mnttor, or nccopt somo ono of tho
commercial offers to clean tho city
of dogs for tho sako of the hides, ono
compnny agreeing to glvo tho govern
ment a bonus for tho privilege. But
tho Turk has Ideas of mercy toward
dumb animals, albeit rathor qulxotl
cal. Tho poor mangy, floe-bltten curs
woro sent to this Island, where, It Is
said, they got nothing to drink or
cat. although supposed to be fed by,
government grant. Certain It Is that
tho dogs which at first waded out to
son In longing for tho filthy stroeta
of old Constantinople speedily be
camo fewer and fewer and all are
now but a tradition of dark days that
are gono.
The Press as Archimedes' Lever.
Most significant of all the signs
which nn observer notes In tho Con
stantinople of today aro tho boys aud
men who hawk dally newspapers
through tho streets. "Extras!" In
strange, hen-track Turkish, Arabic
and Armenian script aro flaunted In
tho faco of tho cosmopolitan passers
by. They are real nowspapers, too,
filled with tho doings of tho wholo
world.
Of courso, this means a changed or
dor of society. You cannot have news
papers without having progress, The
dark agcB cannot stand tho tidings of
what Is going on In tho world. Tho
pross lr. ono of the Archlmldean lov
ers by which tho world Is moved.
What armies and mobs could not do
!u tho overthrow of despotism tho
printing pross Is silently accomplish
ing, not only In Tnrkoy, but In China
and Persia, and tho other backward
countries of tho world.
With the uncensored press have
como books. A man may now read
anything ho pleases In Turkey. My
bag of books recolved not n second
glanco nt tho Custom House, which
caused a fellow travoler used to tho
ways of tho old order, to toll stories,
of what would havo happonod two
years ago had a traveler tried to
bring a suit-case full of books Into
tho Custom House. Thoro Is freo en
trance for twentieth century Ideas In
Turkey. Whereas mon used to havo
to whisper under their breath tho big
words of "Llbortyl", "Justice'.",
"Equality!" and "Fraternity!", they
now cry them aloud and placard thom
on tho highways. Formorly nolthcr
Ottoman nor forolgnor could travel
In tho Interior of Turkey without a
special passport; now anybody may go
anywhero.
Some Marvellous Transformations.
No organizations wero permitted
under tho old regime. Today clubs,
Eoclotlea and parties flourish. Spies
aro but a hideous momory. Even
schools for womon nro permitted and
encouraged. Turkish officials send
biggest day'B work with a shovel load
of about 21 pounds. For Instance,
that this man would shovel a larger
tonnage per day with a 21 pound load
than with a 24-pound load or with an
18-pound load on his shovel. It is, of
course, evident that no sbovelor can
always tako a load of exactly 21
pounds on his shovel, but neverthe
less, although his load may vary threo
or four pounds ono way or tho other,
lthr below or abovo the 21 pounds,
tho shoveler will do his biggest day's
work when his average for tho day la
about 21 pounds. American Magazine.
Work on what Is Intended to bo
tho largest and finest military prison
In the world an Institution which the
war department plans to make a
model for all futuro penal establish
ments has been begun here, to re
place the prison built in 1877. Tho
cost of tho now prison Ib estimated at
only ?G43,000, but tho completed
structure will be tho equal of $3,000,
000 buildings erected by contract.
This saving of moro than $2,000,000
will bo represented by tho work done
by convicts, tho material manufac
tured In tho prison, and tho parts of
the old prison utilized in tho new.
The entiro work, it is expected, will
be completed by January 1, 1014. By
the end of next year, however, a largo
part of tho new prison will be occupied.
When tho new prison Is completed
It will havo accommodations for 2,182
convicts, and each will havo a largo
cell to himself, fitted with every mod
ern convenience. The cell houses are
to be built on tho radial plan, each
tier of cells radiating from a central
rotunda, from which tho watch ofil
eur ciui, by merely turn'ngr his head,
see tho entiro frontage.
Military prisoners differ greatly
from convicts In civil penitentiaries in
that most of them are under sentence
-j-viM'TflSllfe j
for what in civil llfo would merit
merely discharge from their employ
ment. Most of the prisoners aro un
der sentence for desertion or disobedi
ence of orders, and many of them vol
untarily surrender for punishment As
a rule they average higher In tho scale
of manhood and Intelligence than civil
convicts and, accordingly, will re
ceive better treatment
In tho old prison there aro now
nearly 800 men, and many of them
live two in a cell. In the new prison
It is doubtful whether all of the cells
ever will bo occupied, unless tho army
should bo increased greatly.
The men now convicts nre erecting
the new buildings, burning tho lime,
making cement blocks, cutting and
sawing Umber, fitting tho plumbing,
erecting the steel, in fact, doing prac
tically every part cf the work under
civilian foremen. Practically all mate
rial entering Into tho construction of
tho now prison buildings Is being
made by convicts.
Sun Victim Spends Summers in Cave
Strongest Man In France.
A fow years ago M. Brland, who
narrowly escaped assassination re
cently, was quite unknown outsldo tho
ranks of a few fellow lawyers and the
worklngmon and Socialist organiza
tions to which ho allied himself. To
day ho IB unlvqrsally regarded as ono
of tho strongest men In France. He
cntored tho chamber of deputies In
W02, only seven years beforo becom
ing premier, and It was renlly tho
part that he played In tho ncuto re
ligious political struggle in France
that brought him to the height of his
fame. Ho Is u stirring orator and a
strenuous worker. "Let's havo done
with talk; It's tlmo for work," is ono
of his favorite phrases. Ho Is ono
of tho simplest of men, and finds his
chief recreation in fishing. His ono
troublo Is that the caricaturists iu
fuse to put him In tho papers. "Till
they do so," ho says, "I urn not really
popular."
KANSAS CITY, Kan. Alone In an
underground caye, studying the
Bible and occasionally painting a
little In oil, II. H. Jamea of this elty,
sixty-five years old, passes tho hot
summer months, afraid to como out
Into tho sunlight Ho knows that the
blistering rays of tho sun will cause
his death if he is exposed to them.
James suffered a sunstroko whllo
at work in a wheat field near Otta
wa, Kan., 27 yenrs ago. Tho prostra
tion was so severe that for weeks
It vas thought he could not recovor.
Ho finally recovered, but doctors told
him that exposure to the hot Bun
would aggravato his case and prob
ably kill him. James resolved to keep
out of the sun, and for 26 summers ho
has escaped tho sweltering heat that
other persons in Kansas have under
gone. James had saved a little money. Ho
Has Camera Eyes.
A hen belonging to Virgin Johnson
of Glasgow, Ky., laid an cgs tho other
day which had upon ono end of it tho
photograph In red of a snake celled
and ready to strike.
Jubt what caused the, phenomenon la
not known. Nothing llko It was over
hnnrd of before Jn this part of tho
country. U has been suggested by a
camo to Kansas City, Kan., about
fifteen years ago and ono of the first
improvements ho mado at his homo
place was a summer cave, Tho cavo
resembles a cyclone cellar. It Is a
largo excavation in tho yard at the
rear of his home. Grass has grown
over tho cavo for many years and
one must look closely to discover It
The entrance to tho cavo Is a door
llko that on an outside cellar and
steps lend to the Interior of the cave
at ono end. Tho temperature In tho
cave never gets above 60 or 65 and
day after day, when everyone around
him is suffering with tho heat, James
reposes on a cot, reads his Bible, to
which he devotes most of the time, or
paints pictures.
Mrs. James and children live In
tho house. Mrs. James prepares the
meals and tho children carry them to
their father, and on hot afternoons the
entiro family gathers in the cave to
escape tho heat, and neighbors also
drop In often.
On cool nights James leaves tho
cavo and walks about tho neighbor
hood or visits his own home, but tho
approach of sunrise 13 the signal for
him to hasten to the retreat During
the winter James works as a laborer.
Description of Hellerau, the Ideal
Town Recently Built on the Out
skirts of Dresden.
Just on tho outskirts of Dresden
thoro has sprung Into existence dur
ing tho last two yenrs a garden city,
the first of Its kind in Germany. Ber
lin has made attempts in this direc
tion, but they were moro as a form,
of land speculation.
Hellerau Is In a healthy location,
two miles distant nnd about 300 feet
higher thon Dresden. Tho wooden
partB are pruaei ved aa much as pos
sible. Tho 315 acres aro divided Into
ono section for cottages, tho other
for villas. ?ho streets aro already
laid out and all are to bo provided'
with gas and wator connections and
with drains. Arrangements will also,
bo mado for a supply of electricity.
The cottage ectlon is built by tho
Hellerau Building society and the
houses aro rented to members only.
Membership is secured by taking a.
sharo equal to $47.60 and tho liability
of tho members ends there. Intorest
up to 4 por cent Is paid on theso
shares and nny further profits are di
vided among the community. Tenure-
Is fixed and the tenant may leave at a
year's notice.
Cottages aro built to rent at $62 to
$150 annually. Each cottage has a
garden, a largo cellar, separato scul
lery with built-in boiler, pantry, wa
ter closet on the ground floor, easily
accessible attic, gas for cooking, elec
tric light and bells, water connection
and if needed accommodation for do
mestic animals. Tho smallest cottago
consists of four rooms, kitchen and
living room on the ground floor and:
two bedrooms on the upper floor,
largo enough for a family with two
or threo children. During last year
150 of these cottages wero built and
nre now occupied. For 1911 an ad
ditional 150 aro already planned.
In the villa quarter residences arc
to bo had at a rent of $200 to $500
nnd over, with steam heat, warfti wa
ter to tho bedrooms and other con
veniences. Construction Is under
taken by tho Garden City company
according to tho wishes of tho In
tending tenant. Tho house and
grounds are then lot at a rent propor
tionate to the cost of building and tho
value of tho land (514 per cent of the
former and 6 per cent of the latter).
Tho land Is valued at 13.2 cents per
nquaro foot (In tho cottage quarter
at 9.3 cents per square foot). The
tenant must provldo four-tenths of the
cost of building and 4 per cent Inter
est Is paid on this sura.
An artistic uniformity nf bulldinc
is guaranteed by a building commis
sion, tho sanction of which is re
quired for all plans. Electric light Is
supplied from the power station or
tho German Institute of Technical
Arts at a cost of 9.5 cents per kilo
watt hour; gas costs 45.4 cents per
1,000 and water 30.8 cents per 1,000
cubic feet
Preparatory schools are provided"
for the younger children; thero Is an
Institute of Technical Arts, and a
Btnall nursery which undertakes work
In tho gardens or new nouses nnd a
small school of gardening could eas
ily be attached to this. There Is on
electric car servlco from tho city out
to Hellerau, the run taking about 20-
NATIVE STONE IS THE BEST
Servant in One Family for Fifty Years
C
IHCAGO. Fifty years in tho em
ploy of ono woman, whom sho has
served with rare intelligence, eager
ness and devoted loyalty, is the won
derful record established by Miss
Barbara Ultter, who has worked tho
half century for Mrs. Sumuel Faulk
ner, 4746 Madison avenue.
While thousands or women in uni
nhyBlclan hero that tho hen might , caco havo changed servants at the
have been charmed or frlghtonetl by a J rate of ten a year, Mrs. Faulkner not
Bnako colled In tho grass whllo tho
egg wns forming, and that a picture of
the Biinko was impressed upou the
Bhell of the egg, which was then soft
and saturated with tho albumon of the
egg. It Is well known that albumon Is
used by photographers In developing
photographic plates.
Tho egg has been placed on exhibi
tion in a storo window nnd crowds
havo been attracted by it
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Scottish Pearls.
A number of pcoplo in Scotland
lmako a livelihood by searching for tho
precious stones which aro occasionally
to be found ensconced In tho Interior
of fresh water mussels. To a lesser
oxtent It Is also corrlod out on somo
English nnd Wolsh stream, but uono
of these Ib so prolific In poarl boaring
as tho northern rivers.
Thoro aro authentic record rM. Scot
tish poarls being found which rivaled
any tho Orlont has producod so far as
translucency nnd fiawlossnesa aro con
cerned. A writer of tho elghtoonth
century states that 20,000 was a
moderate- ostlmato or tho value of
peurls thon fished annually from Scot
tish rlvors; whllo It is a matter of
history thnt a German who formed a
syndlcato of fishers in 1805 acquired
stones to tho vnluo of 12,000 In that
year nlono. But tho Industry is not
so romunoratlvo nowadays,
only has retained the Invaluable as
slstanco of her helper, but has won
her stanch realty Tor herself aud her
family. Miss Rlttcr, known as "Bar
bio" to tho hundreds of friends of
tho Faulknor fnmlly nnd as famous
among them for hor personality as
for her ginger cookies, has been Mrs.
Faulkner's first lieutenant In tho rais
ing of tho Faulkner family of eight
children.
Miss Rlttcr entered Mrs. Faulkner's
Bcrvlco fifty years ago as a nurso-
mnld for tho one little Faulkner of
that time. She was tireless, she
liked work, sho looked for work and
sho accomplished work faster than
two other ordinary maids could have
dono It And all tho tlmo sho was
hnnnv in Its accomplishment
Miss Anne Faulkner, speaking for
her mother, gives all tho credit tor
tho loyalty and length of servlco to
"Barbie." But "Barbie," who looks
twenty years younger than her slxty
threo years, being Bmnll nnd wiry
Careful Display.
"Why does tho grocoryman put the
largest berries on tho top of tho box?"
asked tho small bqy.
"I don't know, son," ropllod his
father, "but I suppose it is for tho
samo reason that your mother puts
thom on tho top of tho dish whon we
havo company." Washington Star.
and black-haired, emphatically de
elarea that she has known nny num
ber of families where sho would not
havo stnyod 50 minutes. And so tho
credit seems to be equally divided be
tween Mrs. Faulkner and her devoted
companion.
For several years tho Faulkners
havo been trying to retiro "Barbie
from attlve work. Rut sho retains
tho same energy that has always Uomi
natod her work and sho refuses to be
retired. The Faulkners aro going to
celebrate "Barbie's" fiftieth anniver
sary or her coming to them, nlthough
sho horself declares she cannot see
why tho event should bo celebrated,
slnco it was so natural that sho
should stay.
But some hundreds of society worn
m and prominent professional and
business men In Chlcngo, whoso child
hood recolloctlous ajo Indlssolubly
connected with memories of the Faulk
ners" "Barbie," will aid the family in
giving tribute to Mlts Hitter's affec
tion and loyalty.
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Enterprise.
From tho Parish Mogaelno of St
John tho Evangelist, Nottlng Hill:
"Please patronlzo our advertisers.
"Funorals and cremations reverent
ly nnd efficiently carried out under the
personal supervision of Mr. ,
assisted by a specially trained staff, at
strictly moderato charges." Puck.
Ranks First as Material for Small
Houses, With Well Chosen
Brick Second.
In materials, natlvo stone, shipped
stone, concrete brick, shingles and
planks nro good In the order named.
Natlvo stono deserves first placo be
cause It Is sure to bo good in color
for H10 place In which It Is quarrlod.
especially after it is somewhat weath
ered. Shipped stono Is often quite as
good, sometimes even better, and oc
casionally bad. In using either klrrf
of stono for small houses, a heavy
and clumsy effect may bo obtained
unintentionally, if tho stone Is vry
rough hewn. The smoother tho stone,
or tho narrower tho layers of It, the
leea danger thero Is of this heaviness.
Concroto hns a naturally good color,
and may be toned artificially, If de
sired. Brick, if well chosen, Is a.
closo second lo native fetonu. From
that position It runs down tho scalo
until It Is scarcely better in quality
than wood, and less agreeablo to look
at. A brick of staring red will bo a
horror to any cultivated eye; and If
you wish to make such a house a
nlghtmaro, you havo only to surround
It with purplo clematis, scarlet salvia,
geraniums and crimson ramblers. The
result Is better Imagined than seon.
Wood, tho poorest of building mate
rials. Is discouraged by all our build
ing laws. It nenls constant rainting
repairs and worrying with, and is to
bo taken only ns a last resort, lr
placo of a canvas lent If It must
be wood, however, wo may console1
ourselves with tho thought that shin
gles tako good stains and make .
very plcturesquo appearance. And It
tho house Is Irrevocably of planks,
wo can at least plan for an unobjec
tionable color scheme.
School Gardens.
In Philadelphia about 40,000 rhll
dren aro being trained In elementary
agrlculturo by means of school gar
dens. Thlrty-flvo hundred homo gar
dens are also supervised by tho teach
ers. Italy refuses to accept a school
building unless It haB space around It
for a school garden. Sweden began'
school gardens In 1869, and now Austria-Hungary,
Dolglum, France, Italy,
Russia and Germany have thousands
of gardens.
Skeleton of Cat In Clock.
When a grandfather's clock at tho
Ship hotel, Weybrldge, Surrey, Eng
land, was opened lately. It was found,
to contain tho complete skeleton of a.
cat Tho animal must by some means
liavo been shut In tho clock, which has.
not been opened for many years. V
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