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JOHN H. REAM, Publisher.
AKOTA CITY.
NEBRASKA
TO MITIGATE DANGER.
That tho automobile has Introduced
another serious oloment ot dunger
into metropolitan streets Is not to bo
dented. This appllea to all largo cit
ies. They face a common problem.
Local Interest, thoreforo, attaches to
a recently published dispatch from
Lcndon announcing that better con
trol of power-driven vehicles In tho
English metropolis Is likely to bo
recommended by a select committee
for action by tho houso ot commons.
London's commissioner of police sug
gests, among the other thing, that
reckless driving, as well as drunken!
ncss of drivers, be made a penal of
fense Amorlcan cities ordinarily
follow foreign cities la such matter.
Fcr example, Governor Sulzer ot Now
York establishes a penitentiary terra
for any person who drives an automo
bllo while Intoxicated. This is tho
first law'ot tho kind in tho United
States; Thoro aro still other pre
cautions, however, which must bo
taken to make streets safer. TMs
Is. Indicated by the fact that tho
number of persons killed In Chicago
In 1012 by motor-driven vehicles was
in tho neighborhood of 100, says tho
Chicago News. One of'tho perils, of
courso, Is tho vnrloty of Bpecds ofdlf
fcrent types of vehicles. Tho London
commissioner of pollco proposes to
work toward equalization of speed.
Separation of traffic of different speeds
is another possibility. Certain Btroots,
" for-ezstnpto, might bo set aside for
Blow-moving teams, and othorB for the
moro rapid automobiles.
A California man of thirty has
teen left $5,000 by his undo on condl-
- tlon that-bcrflrst earn and save fl.nno
of hlc own. Until tho thousand la so-
' cured In tho manner designated the
betjuest jwlll lie dormant Ono 1b in
clined to commend tho judgmont of
tho uncle. If a young man has not
BUfncicnt "will power to accumulate
91,000 ho Is not likely to possess the
'wisdom necessary to handle five times
r-"lhal,aiiiount Handed to him as a gift.
vThpworld i full of man "whose men
tal vision extends no further than
tho noxt pay day, who have no moro
notion of saving monoy than they
have of growing tail feathers. Their
acquaintance among poolroom bab-
.ltucs la far .mora extensive than
among receiving tollors. A week's
IdlcnesB means a doubtful account a,t
their grocer's. This young Call
fornlan will either get his unclo's be
quest, or ho will not dosoryo It. In
either case, tho money will not bo
A pink boll worm Is devastating the
Egyptian cotton fields. It Is a small
caterpillar which eats tho kernel of tho
seeds and also Injures the flowers. Last
year It destroyed 30 per cent, of the
crop in tho vicinity of Abouklr. Ones
upon a time there wero fears on the
part of American cotton planters that
-Egyptian competition in the produc
tion of cotton might be a menace to
American interests. This fear no long,
er is widely entertained. The appear
ance of the Egyptian boll 'worm will
make it smaller than ever.
Mr. William A. iladford will answer
questions and rIvo adVico FREE OP
COST on all subjects pertaining to th
subject of building, for tho readers of this
riper. On account of hln wldo experlanco
as Editor, Author and Manufacturer, he
Is, without doubt, tho highest authority
on all these subjects. Address all Inquiries
to William . Itadford, No. 178 West
Jackson bouU ?nnl, Ohlcnjjo, 111., and only
cncloso two-cent stamp for reply.
It Is plainly evident to all observers
that the number of peoplo who tako an
Intelligent Interest In houso planning
and houso building Is increasing. Tho
popular press reveals this tondoncy
very clearly. Illustrations -of modern
houses and discussions of architectu
ral subjects aro overflowing from tho
technical press, finding a place in tho
newspapers and popular magazines,
This growing interest among tho
peoplo is all to tho good. Architect
ure has suffered too long from popu
lar ignorance and populnr apathy.
Generally speaking, people get tho
kind of architecture they like and the
kind of building they aro willing to ac
cept. Thoro Is enough architectural
Bonlus nnd enough skilled craftsman
ship in our midst today to transform
every torn and villaga Into a thing
of beauty and to provldo every fam
ily with a beautiful and healthful
homo.
If a genius of tho architect and tho
skill of tho workman aro employed, or
wasted on unworthy objects, it Is be
cause tho demand for thta beautiful
architecture lids not yet becomo gen
eral and inBlstont. No doubt, it is al
so duo to tho fact that corao who ap
preciate and desire good nrchltocturo
havo not tho means to command it.
Wlion tho essential thing good
building is secured, a man may find
It posBlblo to Indulge his fancies In
many matters of detail, but ho should
be warned against too earnestly striv
ing after tho Ideal of tho plcturcsquo.
Having determined on tho accommoda
tion ho desires and can afford, ho will
bo well advised to bo guided In regard
to tho design by his architect
The little cottago Illustrated here
with Is an exnmplo of a building thor
oughly constructed and arranged ac
cording to tho very best Ideas for con
venience; yet at tho same time Borne
little thought has been given to make
the building attractive In nppearanco
without adding materially to Its cost
For $1,000 tlIs five-room cottago has
been built, using tho very best meth
ods of construction and finishing tho
building on tho inside with oak, birch
and yellow plno.
A glance at tho floor plan will show
tho desirable features of Its arrange
ment. Tho living room and dining
room aro of largo size and open to
gether by means of an nrch opening.
Tho kitchen 13 well away from tho
rt of Hio house, being separated
from tho dining room by tho'pantry,
an arrangement which has boon found
to bo very satisfactory. There aro
two good sized bedrooms very well
placed. The bathroom Is convenient
ly locatod.
Tho attic space in this cottage i3
valuable for storago purposes and
slnco It Is well ventilated serves to
keep tho first story cool during tho hot
summor weather. Tho exterior is sid
ed with clap-boards, having band
TO MAKE WASHINGTON
IDEAL CITY
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T cannot happen In a day, nor a
month, nor a year; but one national
administration should allow timo
onough to mako of Washington a
standard ot efficiency among cities;
a glnnt laboratory for municipal re
search; a finished product of the dis
tilled municipal wisdom gathered
here, there, and tho other place, by
lesser cities, working Independently
to find solutions to civic problems."
So says John Purroy Mltchol, presi
dent of tho board of aldormon of New York, who.
with Henry Druerc, director of tho bureau of
municipal research, has Just submitted to Presi
dent Wilson n plan whereby the national capital
can bo used as guide, philosopher, and friend to
all other American cltleB.
"Thoro arc certain fundamental processes which
all cities must adopt, Irrespective of their several
formB of government," ho continues, "and it Is tho
best of theso, each after Its kind, that wo would
t :
Lovers of blrdo trill uphold the pro
tection which it ii proposed to give
them. Aa has been well Mid, it Is to
the, bird police we must look to con
serve our tree propertied, and hu--inanity,
too, Joins with policy In de
manding their wanton and cruel
slaughter be stopped.
The degree of saltness of the Irish
is the indicator Prof. H. Bassett
proposes to use for'' long distance
weather predictions. The Balinlty U
found to vary in a period ot about one
year, with corresponding changes In
temperature, the water being more
salty and relatively warmor In winter
and spring and fresher and relative
ly .cooler in summer. It is argued thai
the alterations of temperature must
affect the number and character ot
the cyclones coming from tho ocean.
The changes ot salinity nnd their tlmo
of occurrence have been found to pre
cede certain seasonable) types of
weather, and it is believed that month
ly observations ot the Baltnoss
."would glyo a-gonoral weather fore-
jlJEast for the British Isles four or five
months ahead.
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But the want of money Is secondary.
Tho mattor of primary Importance is
that people should havo right ideas as
to what constitutes good architecture
and sound building, and should Insist
whenover they causo buildings to be
put up upon having only those which
are both well designed and well built.
Good building, tho first essential,
and here, no doubt, Is a point ot dan
ger. The popularizing of architec
ture is a good thing so long as tho de
mand is for good architecture. A great
unlnstructed public demanding
"quaint" houses and "picturesque"
bungalows would got what It wants,
but the result Is not likely to make
for real progress in architecture, or
for healthy conditions in tho building
trade.
When tho house-hunting man turns
with disgust from tho "desirublo villa
In these days of rapid evolution,
novelists should not overlook the op
portunity to mako obsolete the word
"tantalizing" as applied to a woman's
eyes. "Tangolzlng" 1b far moro up to
slate.
Even silk is adulterated, the recent
strike of mtllworkers bringing out tho
fact that the tlssuo Is weighted with
tini It Is bad enough to adulterate
the necessaries ot life, but tho mat
ter Is going entirely too far when
ven its luxuries are thus tampered
with.'
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courses and corner boards used for orr
namental effect. The cornice is rath
er wldo and is of opon timbered con
struction. Altogether this is an ex
ceptionally attractive and economical
little residence for the small family.
Followed the Stars.
In certain parts of the south, "all
over hell and halt of Georgia" signi
fies the limits of the known earth.
Also, there aro many who believe tho
myth that the Pleiades point the way
homo for the traveler they lie al
ways in tho heavens directly over the
haven where he would be. Both of
those were reasons why Uncle Tobo
Braddlsh 'stayed In North Carolina,
which, according to his own story, he
hated.
"Yes, sir," remarked Tobo, "thcro
come a time years ago, when I want
ed to leave this place and go back to
Tennessee. And Boon's the seven sis
ters como up, I went straight atter
them same as a beo martin to his
hole. But along to'nrds midnight
they doubled back on nib, atid by tho
tlmo I'd finished followln' them at
sun-up 1 was right back In this settle
ment agin. Every night for a year I
traveled all over hell and halt of
Oeorglu ufler them slurs, and" neor
got uowhero but hero. And I rcckln
I'll stay. Havo you got a plug of
chaw tcrbaccor?"
No matter -what loan sharks or oth
ers might tell you, you can always
'flgure on borrowing ono thing with
wt paying interest, and that's trouble.
A director of rowing at Princeton
remarks: "Intercollegiate athletics as
at present organised means that, a tew
awa o periodically Into training, and
teto hysterics." What rank lngratt
j. the noble body ot rooters,
.fHkWtwhom athletics would Ian
Mlsa like the autumn flower J"
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Issi Sa sealed packages are being
esieoslvely advertised. This seems to
Jbe aa laMafecawt en the invention
"fit ta kmk '
Floor Plan.
residence" to which tho houso agents
havo directed his attontlon, and tried
to null to hlra, and determines to build
himself a houso according to his own
and his wlfe'B ideas, ho takes a very
right and proper course, but ho Is apt
to go about It In a wrong way. Ho In
vites an architect to doBlgn him a "pic
turesquo" house with nooks and bay
wlndowB and overhanging eaves. It
is to contain accommodations which
might reasonably bo supplied for S4,-
000, but it Is to cost not a penny more
than ?2.000. That is to begin at tho
wrong end.
It a mun's chief ambition Is that all
tho landscape painters In tho neigh
borhood should como and erect their
eaaolB before his houso, ho doos well to
concern himself primarily with gables
and nooks; but If ho hold with Bacon
that "houses aro built to live In nnd
not to look on" ho will do well to
give more attontlon to tho soundness
of the walls and root and tho relative
positions ot dining room and kitchen.
Let tho man with $2,000 to spqnd de
termine that ho will havo as much
good Bound building as $2,000 will buy
and therewith be contont It this
means being contont with two Bitting
rooms instead ot tho dostrcd thiee, or
abandoning a projected ingle-nook,
there is a Bolld consolation In the
knowledge that all tho material used
in thq bouse Is thoroughly sound and
has been put together in a workman
like manner.
Barnato a Skillful Actor.
In tho journal South Africa, Mr.
Sutton Vauo, tho dramatist, who died
recently, says romlnlBcontly of Barney
Barnato: "Ho wub tho host amateur
melodramatic actor I over met. A lit
tlo lough; bo Is n diamond, but thu
Hro la thero. Ho played Claude Frol
lo In Victor Hugo's 'Esmeralda' splen
didly, I playing Queslmodo, tho hunch
back, with him. In tho groat scen
on the parupots the hunchback tries
lo throw tho monk (Frollo) Into tho
street. Mr. Barnato resisted vigor
ously. Ho seized me by my hump,
which camo off In his hand. It waa
a sponge bag stuffed with vnrlous
articles. Ho shook his fist nt mo, and
then, with a qulot smile, throw tho
hump from tho cathedral roof. Look
ing .ovor, ho exclaimed, 'Good heav
ens, I havo killed a policeman.' Tre
mendous round of applause from the
audience."
Sunshine Kills Germs.
Light, as well aa heat, haa disinfect
ant properties. It is woll known that
vegetables start their growth with
difficulty when exposed to sunlight
Tho covering ot the seed Is not only
to securo moisture but also to favor
the first steps ot growth. It Is woll
known that tho upper thin layer ot the
soil la almost sterllo. When possible,
exposo all parts of tho house to sun
llsh'i. When this cannot bo dono, ad
mit as strong a diffused light as can
be socured. Tho common practlco o'
keeping tho unused rooms of tho houso
closod and darkened Is an Invltatlou
to Insanitary conditions. Better have
tho wallpapers and gaudy carpets and
rugs tndo than to foster tho germs of
tuberculosis. Let the ounllght In and
tho goruiB out Good Housekeeping
Mngazlue.
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like to Bee discovered, standardized, and codified
-In Washington.
"Thero is one, and only one 'best way' for
cleaning streets; one 'best way' for arranging
school curricula; ono 'best way' for conserving
the public health. These 'best ways,' once they
are discovered and firmly established, are just aa
efficacious in one form) ot city governmnet as they
are In another.
"There Is not, at the present time, one city in
this country which Is systematically finding and
using the 'best ways' for conducting Its various
inunlclpal departments.
"Wo believe that the only reason for this scat
tered and disorganized state of things lies In the
Inability of our many cities to find a common
meeting ground on which to thrash out the good
thoy havo discovered from tho bad they have not
known how to avoid.
"As things are at present, wo offer the distress
ing and unnecessary spectacle ot a wholo people
struggling with a universal problem In sporadic
patches, incoherent and unrelated; and ot a na
tion which has failed to mako common cause,
among Its separato parts, ot a question which is,
more tlinn almost any other, a national one.
"Wc need co-operation. Wo need concentration.
We havo failed to establish a central reservoir for
tho knowledge, independently como by, of the
mnny cities solving their difficulties In their own
way: wo havo failed to provide a central eourco
to which these cities, beset by problems they are
not ablo to solve, can como for help.
"Tho arrangement Involves a foolish waste.
Horo aro countless cities all over tho country,
privately setting to work to mako themselves a
credit to their day and generation, which follow
an uncharted way to excellence In Bomo one or
two particular branches of government.
"Ono city learns, wo'll any, how to run a lire
department with tho minimum ot waBto and tho
maximum' of efficiency. Another turnB up a good
working solution of checking the spread of dis
ease. Still another learns how to lay pavements,
and another how to conduct its schools.
"Each of theso cities lias discovered for Itself
a fact ot primary Importance to all cities; yet
they cannot give It even to their neighbors, be
causo thoy havo no official placo of nxchnngo!
"Tho situation Is as absurd aB that which ob
tained in tho dawn ot economic Interrelations,
when ovory man caught and cooked his own food,
Ijjropared tho skins for his own clothing, and was,
In every phaso ot his activities, sufficient unto
himself.
"Now what we want to do Is precisely analogous
to tho secondary economic period, when two men
divided their labors, and ono caught and cooked
for nourishment for two, and the other per
formed a Uko service in clothing the pair. Each
halved hla effort, and doubled his result. --
"It is, In fact, remarkable to mo that thta much-
needed co-operation among cities all striving to
ward the same end has not been undertaken long
ago. Perhaps It Is because heretofore tho rank
and file have not realized how much power for
good does lie In city government, and how pos
sible it Is, by a sane and rational use of thlB
power, to rid the world ot countless burdens.
"We have evolved, it seems to me, a very prac
ticable and sensible plan. You will find, In the
report which we have sent to President Wilson,
that we ask first for a survey of the city looking
to a precise knowledge of Just what it needs, and,
second, for the president's Influence to be put
upon the three commissioners of the District of
Columbia to have put Into practice thero all the
valuahlo things discovered in all tho American
cities. '
"By this means, we hope to produce a scheme
of government for Washington which will not only
meet Its own needs, but will, by Its adoption else
where, work a similar benefit.
"The Importance of the preliminary Burvey
must not be overlooked. Wre do not want to go
down to Washington and construct an 'Ideal city'
out of Bomo man's head. We want to find, by
the most scrupulous and exhaustive search, what
It is that Washington stands most in need of:
and wo propose to supply her lacks by moans or
tho Information wo have collected In other cities.
"That lo to say, wo do not want to do It our
selves. Mr. Bruero and myself have no ambition
to get the job, nor even the supervision of It.
Wo want merely that President Wilson will And
us reasonable enough and promising enough to
set out along the lines we have suggested; and
that when tho neod arises for expert service in
the execution of the plan, ho will be able-to get
tho best brains of the country to assist him.
"Will thu projoct wo have outlined affict th
physical aspect of cities? That is rather a dlfll-
MUM.
. A mollusk camo to our first parent to be
named.
"Er oyster!" announced "Adam, after consid
ering a moment
Now, divers other creatures, having got theirs,
wore loitering about to pick up what of con
solation they .night, and a number of those
burst out laughing horeupon.
"Just think how mum you'll have to be!" they
Jeered. Puck.
QUITE REMARKABLE.
cult question, at tho present stago of our workt
but I should say that It will.
"We aro deeply interested in the laying out ot
cities. Much more depends on It than beauty,
valuahlo as that Is. Yes, I think that If our plan
matures there will bo no need for ugllnesB la
our cities at least, not that ugliness which cornea
from Ignorance."
"Wo need ideals of public service In municipal
governments, and we need ideals of plain business
efficiency. When wo get them we shall begin to
have some Idea of how much a city's government
controls Its whole social and political destiny,"
said Mr. Bruere. -
"As a matter ot fact, I suppose I do not need,
to dwell a.t any length on the value of good mu
nicipal administration. I am not apt to find any
body who would dispute the fact with mp: But
I think I can allow myself to Insist upon one fac
tor in Its valuo which I do not find to be very
widely known.
"If you say to tho average man thnt the affairs.
of tho city should be conducted with as much.
business sagacity and economy as tho affairs or
private Industries, he will
naturally say 'yes, of
course;' but If you go fur
ther and suggest to him
that a sound municipal
regime can save him moro
than monoy and time; that
It can lift the whole level
of his social community and
that It can help to conserve
everything about him, from
his business Interests to hla
health and his peace pt
mind, he is apt to think
either that you are trifling
with him, or that you lean
toward 'paternalism' and
should bo subdued.
"City government should:
and can be made to mean
much moro than clean
streets or a capable fire de
partment It means the es
tablishment and preserva
tion of healthyrelatlonshlpa
in every phase of tho clty'a
existence.
"It has in its handB the
health, the intelligence, and
economic capacity ot every
citizen. It can be so organ
ized that it will-take leader
ship in filling every ascer
tained community want Some ot these wants
will best be supplied with the co-operation of pri
vate enterprise. Satisfaction of others necessarily
will be deferred until methodB to meet them can,
be evolved or additional sources obtained. But
It should become tho clty'B business to have them
supplied either by public effort or private effort,
under terms and conditions that will adequately
protect the public Interest.
"Granting these things, then and thoy have
been pretty woll established as fact by the work,
of the bureau It would seem that even If cly
government along constructive lines were difficult
to get it would be worth making a fight for. But
wo In this country aro In the position of standing:
starving In the midst of plenty for lack of tha
cntemrlse to reach out and take what we need.
Countless oltles all over the country, even ham-,
pored as they aro by want of codified and acces
sible traditions and precedents, have contributed,
out of their dearly-bought experience Improved
and tested methods of conducting a city. These
methods are In practice now In these several
cities. Many more would come In their turn ir
sufficient Interest were aroused, but even without
waiting we havo an embarrassment of riches
fit to our hs-nd.
"And yet, In all the United States, thero is not
one governmental bureau of Information, not one
available source of finding out these things under
either state or federal government When a man
goes Into office and Is Idealistic enough and en
thusiastic enough to want to fill his office well,
and wlt. boneflt to htm and It, he must write to
the bureau of municipal research here, a private
agency, and ask "what he may do. We are here
for that purpose, It Is true, and wo aro working:
with might and main to prepare ourselves for his
questions; but the fact remains that he should
bo Instructed under tho authority of tho govern
ment of which he 1b a part, and not by an Inde
pendent nd unofficial bureau.
"Now you will begin to see why we are so anx
ious thnt President Wilson will agree to our sug
gestions about Washington.
"Thoro, in a city already undor federal control,,
whero local politics do not exist, and where na
tional politics aro not subject to yearly or bl
yearly upheavals thero Is tho finest kind of an
opportunity for putting theory to tho test or
practice.
"There Is tho whole machinery of federal gov
ernment to conduct a research for which wo
would have to pay millions ot dollars, and for
which they would not have to pay a cent, and to
conduct It under men trained to observo and to-co-ordtnato
significant and important facts."
"Big production, that musical comedy."
"Yes; and a remarkable thing 1b that the cast
ot characters is even larger than tho list ot
authors."
So They Are Friends.
"Thoso two girls tell each other everything."
"Everything but what thoy really think or each,
other."
Disappointed Tourist
A "wealthy manufacturer" ot Chi
cago Is reported to havo returned from
Europe disgusted because tho Alps
could bo lost In the Itocky mountains,
kbecauso Venice smells to heaven, be
cause Monto Carlo gamblers aro "pik
ers" as compared to the average
Amorlcan traveling man, becauso his
only memory of Berlin Is of stalo beer
and rotten cigars, because Paris is a
:ity of cheap sldo shows, London ot
gloom, fog and influenza, and Egypt a
land of awful smells and moth-eaten
camels.
This "wealthy manufacturer" Is not
unique among travolors, Ills brethren
ot every nation make travel melan
choly or, if you aro patient, humorous.
They are not to be pitied, because thoy
are all really happy in their scorn.
But it 1b rather a pity thoy cannot be
induced to "boo America first" and all
the timo.
Mon and women who travel abroad
and then complain because things aro
not as thoy are at bomo are illogical,
but not lnnumerous. It Is complained
that wo spend too much in Europe.
TJho drain on our resources would bo
considerably lessened it travelers who
are disgusted with tho Louvro be
causo thoy cannot get bam and eggs
for breakfasht would stay whore they
can get what thoy like.
One on Him.
Mr. Bacon Tho average weight oJ
a man's brain 1b three pounds and,
eight ounces, whllo that ot a womas
Is two pounds and eleven ounces.
Mrs. Bacon Yes, and a lemot
weighs more than a cherry.
If a man has a marble quarry ht
asks: What can I do with marble? Ill
builds, he Books other builders. Th
possession of a power, Uko tho posses
elon ot an estate, impels to use, H
gain, to service
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