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DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD; DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA.
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HEW SAYS
HE CW CLEAR
PHI CANAL
Removal of About Ten
-Cubic Yards of Dirt Will
End Slide
CAN'T SET FINAL OPENING
Nothing to Do Now but Carry Away
Earth as It Appears Underlying
Strata Not Strong Enough
to Withstand Pressure
of Banks.
Washington. General Goothals has
sent a lone report from Panama on
tho recent 3lldes In tho big ditch. He
estimates that from seven to thirteen
million cubic yards of earth will havo
to bo removed from tho cut before tho
slides aro entirely stopped. Ho bo
Moves that tho amount will really
prove to bo about ten million cubic
yards. It should not bo Inferred, how
ever, that tho canal must bo closed
for ten months, or until this largo
amount Is taken out, for It Is tho In
tention to pass ships as soon as a nav
lgablo channel Is opened with a fair
prospect of maintaining It. Ho does
not know Just whon this will bo ac
complished. Canal Means Much Loss to Shipping.
Whllo no figures aro available at
tho Washington offlco of tho Panama
canal or at tho war department, show
ing tho actual losses sustained by com
mcrco by reason of having largo num
bers of ships tlod up at tho Atlantic
and Pacific entrances to tho canal, of
ficials concedo that tho losses havo
been enormous. Thcro Is a feeling,
howovor, that some shippers aro In
clined to exaggerate their losses. Only
tho shippers can glvo actuul figures of
their losses or oven approximate them.
Tho loss to commcrco would not
havo boon as great had tho Panama
railroad boon In position to niovo a
larger volumo of traffic ncroBS tho
Isthmus. Tho inadequacy of tho old
rail Byotom to meet tho situation can
bo realized whon It Is known that at
tho height of lis activity beforo tho
opening of tho canal it hauled a total
of 643,178 tons across tho isthmus
in 12 months. Thero wcro about 375,
000 tons of cargo In vcssols awaiting
passago through tho canal after tho
slides blockaded it and boforo any of
them loft to tako tbo longer routes.
Even If tho Panama railroad had pro
served all of Its rolling stock much of
which wont out of business when the
canal was thrown open to traffic a
year ngo, It would havo required
months to movo tho freight tied up at
tho Atlantic and Pacific ports about
October 1, to say nothing of what has
arrived since.
Governor Goothals and tho Panama
railroad authorities aro doing every
thing posolblo to facllltato traffic
across tho isthmus by rail, giving pref
erence to "rush" and porlshablo com
modities. "Between Octobor 1 and Oc
tober 18 tho railroad moved upward
of forty-six thousand tons of through
freight transshipped from tho Atlantic
and Pacific sides, in addition to tho
usual volumo of 10,000 tons of local
freight.
Minimum Flat Rate by Rail.
Including coal shipments, tho Pan
ama railroad is now .handling between
four and flvo thousand tons of trans
isthmian freight per day. Two extra
freight crows havo boon put on. Tho
run across tho isthmus is about 2
hours. ' At tho tlmo tho great slides
occurred tho traffic through tho canal
was averaging upward of slxtoon thou
sand tons dally and gradually Increas
ing. Whljo tho railroad's facilities
aro wholly Inadequate to handlb tho
entire traffic, It is taking caro of con
siderable of it.
To mnko tho financial loss as light
ob possible on shippers Socrotary of
War Garrison issued an order estab
lishing temporarily a flat rato rato by
rail of $3 per ton. Tho rogular rates
rango from $2 per ton on Class 5 com
modities to $15 on Classos D2 and Tl.
Whllo only a small volumo of traffic
moves undor tho higher classes, tho
flat rato of $3 per ton Is exceptionally
low." Shippers can elect to pay tho
regular schedule of rates, Including
wharfage, cranoago and stovedorlng.
Tho fiat rato of $3 covers all of thCBO
charges and just moots tho actual cost
of tho operation.
DIscubsob Earlier Slides.
General doothals in tho first part of
his exhaustive report discusses tho
causos of tho earlier slides, tho theo
ries offered In explanation of them,
and tho stops taken to chock tho movo
mqnt of tho banks and bottom of tho
ditch. Then ho comes to tho slidos
of Octobor of Jast year and tholr
treatment. Ho says in part:
"Ships woro paBBod through tho ca
nal when a channel of sufficient width
and depth Was dredgod through Cuca
racha slldo, and when thoro waB ovory
roasonablo hope of maintaining It. In
this respect thero was no Bubsequont
disappointment, and tho dredges woro
completing their work in this locality
when, on Octobor 14, 1014, without
any warning, a section of tho east bank
north of Gold bill settled vertically 20
feot. This section measured 2,000 feet
along tho prism faco and extended
back about 1,000 foot from tho axis of
the canal, generally along an Irregu
lar curved lino.
Tho top of tho bank was from 300
to SCO foot abovo soa lovol, and tho
oxtonslon of tho ground eastward wob
rolatlvoly flat country. In tho tiottle
mont tho uj-per portion thnt broko
awny romalnod prnctlcnlly parallol to
its original position and tho honchos
which formed tho upper part of tho
slldo hail not changed tholr relativo
positions, though they woro badly
broken up whllo tho lower strata woro
Bqueozcd out across tho canal.
"Subsequently tho broken mass
moved Into tho cut, reducing tho depth
of water from 45 foot to nlno Inches at
ono point. Until August, 1015, tho
dredges wore nblo for tho most part
to koep up with tho movoment as it
camo down, and probably would havo
been ablo to maintain this condition
had not a movemont occurred on tho
west bank, necessitating work on this
sido to tho detriment of tho cast side.
Where Obstruction Lies.
"A crack was found on tho slope of
Zlon hill In Juno, 1914, but observa
tions mado upon it showed no movo
ment and tho solidity of tho hill was
never doubted. Subsequent to tho
break on tho cast sido a gradual but
goneral breaking up of tho west bank
followed, and tho crack on tho slopo
Increased In slzo and now ones devel
oped farther up tho hill, until finally
ono extended to elovatlon 480, tho
limit of tho present break. The move
ment into tho cut from tho west bank
occurred early In August, 1915, When
a section of ZIon hill broko away and
settled down. Tho edgo of tho break
on this sido Is also a curve
"The movements from tho two sides
aro toward tho central portion of tho
Inclosed nrea, and nt this central por
tion Is tho obstruction to tho channel.
It first appeared as an Island forced
up from tho bottom, thon as a ponln
sula projecting from tho east bank,
and, finally, was pushed entirely
across tho channel, completely clos
ing It.
"Tho dredges in attacking tho clos
uro havo mado little headway thus
far, for any gain was offset by a
movemont In tho vicinity or In tho
rear of tho dredges, forcing them to
withdraw and begin again tholr ap
proaches on it. Thoso successive
movements aro duo In largo mcasuro
to tho rains, which woro nbovo tho
average through October. Tho amount
of material blocking tho canal at this
locality could bo easily removed In ten
days but for tho recurring movoments
When a cut Is secured through this
mass and It can bo hold, somo Idea
can bo formed of when tho passago
of ships can bo resumed, but until this
Is accomplished it is impossible to
mako any predictions.
Sluicing Produces Results.
"Sluicing tho obstruction Is produc
ing somo results, and tho nozzles nro
being Increased and streams with
greater prossuro aro o bo put at work
to forco tho material to tho dredges
and to draw down the material which
Is tho causo of obstruction. This sluic
ing, however, will not decrease tho
amount of material to bo handled by
tho dredges. In tho meantime tho
dredges not employed on tho obstruc
tion aro working to tho north of It dig
ging tho channel to full depth and as
much wider than tho prism as Is nec
essary to romovo those portions of tho
slide.
"In moving toward tho cut tho ma
terial on tho caBt sido Is forming Into
a succession of waves, which movo
gradually Into tho prism. Tho ono
that occupied part of tho channol In
Octobor Is being dug away, oxcopt at
tho obstruction, another has formed In
Us roar, and still another is forming
up tho slopo of tho hill. This mate
rial In moving down has at tho samo
tlmo taken away tho support of the
overlying rock on tho north side of
Gold hill, which, being seamed, be
comes overbalanced and breaks away,
producing tho samo results as oc
curred on tho south faco of Gold hill
during tho removal of, Cucaracha
slide.
"On tho wost bank tho wavo offoct
Is also evident. Horo tho bank was
pushod forward horizontally into the
channol, followed by a settlement of
tho mass, Tho bonchos In somo por
tions still maintain tholr rolatlvo posi
tion with rcspoct to each other, but
the ground In tholr rear settled, form
ing sink holes on tho sido away from
tho prism. Thoro Is somo movoment
northward along tho axis or thoso de
pressions Into tho prism. Tho south
ern portion of this wost bank has
corao to rest, but projects Into tho
channol.
"Tho broaks in tho vicinity of Cu
lobra cut woro handled by excavations
in tho prism nnd by steam shovels
lightening tho banks above; at Cuca
racha a groat deal of matorial was di
verted from tho prism by sluicing.
When tho break of October 19, 1914,
occurrod nn examination wnB mado
to ascertain If relief could bo afford
ed by olthor of thoso mothods, but nei
ther was practicable for tho east bank.
Some of the Difficulties.
"Tho configuration of tho ground
mado It ImpoBslblo to Blulco nny mato
rial away from tho prism. Steam shov
els and trains could not oporato on
any portion of the brokon mass, which
was Incapablo of giving them nccos-
Bary support, and bo far as concerned
tho stretch of ground botweon tho
break and tho limiting crack, It was
In such condition that boforo prepara
tions could bo complotcd for begin
ning work It would bo broken "up so
that stoatn shovels could offoct noth
ing; subsequont developments havo
veriflod this. No further cracks or
Indications of a furthor oxtonslon east
ward havo occurred, and Judging from
past oxporlonco tho oxistlng limits
aro doflnltoly marked, tho farthest sec
tion being 1,300 feot from tho cast
water lino of tho cnnal,
"Similar investigations woro mado
with rogard to tho ubo of Btcam Bhov
els and sluicing operations on tho west
bank. Tho configuration of tho grornd
is such that all tho material In tho
present movement will bo taken niray
long beforo the area Involved could be
reached. LIko tho oast sido, sluicing
nway from the direction of tho prism
Is impracticable.
"Tho conclusion reached, thoroforo,
was that tho only mothod of handling
tho slidos on tho two banks Is to ro
movo tho material from tho prism by
drodgos as It comes In. Tho breaks
on tho two banks aro clearly defined,
and Judging fiom oxporlonco with
other slidos and breaks, tho limits of
the movoment havo boon reached.
Confirmed by Geologists.
"Mr. MncDonnld, tho geologist for
merly oniployed, passed through hero
on his way to Costa Rica thrco wcekn
ago, and, nftor going thoroughly ovor
tho slides, reached tho samo conclu
sions as to tho limits to which tho
sliding would tako place, and tho
mothods employed for handling the
material. Ills profession, his Intimate
knowledgo of tho formation of tho lo
cality and his oxperienco with the va
rious slides and breaks mako his opin
ions on tho subject of vnluo. Ho oIbo
oxpressed tho belief that tho troubles
duo to Blldco would end with tho re
moval of tho material from thoso in
progress.
"When tho break occurrod in Octo
ber, 1914, nnd tho subsequent breaking
up of tho west bank boenmo ovldent,
It was decided to augment tho dredg
ing fleet by another 15-yard dipper
dredgo nnd throo 1,000-cubtc-yard
barges, nil of which aro now in serv
ice, and tho dredges are handling at
tho slldo nearly a million cubic yards
per month at a cost less than 30 cents
per cubic yard.
"As to tho amounts involved, it is
difficult to mako any rcllnblo esti
mate. Ah already stated, when tho
break occurred at Cucaracha In 1913,
It wns estimated that 2,000,000 cubic
yards woro involved, but beforo tho
movoment ceased 4,079,238 cubic yards
woro taken out by steam shovels nnd
dredges, In addition to upward of a
million cubic yards of material which
would havo entered tho prism had It
not been removed by sluicing.
"Tho length of tho slides, which
nro directly opposite each other, Is
approximately 2,200 feet (tho channol
through which Is navlgablo with tho
exception of COO foot); tho banks arc
300 to 350 feet abovo sea lovol on tho
east and extend up to 480 feet above
sea lovol on tho west. Tho area of
tho territory affected on the oast sido
covers 81 acres and on tho wost sido
78.5 acres.
Must Reach Angle of 'Repose.
"Assuming that all material, lying
abovo planes extending from tho out
side limits of tho bottom of tho prism,
referred to, up to the limits of tho
breaks, will movo Into tho cut, 7,000,
000 cubic ynrds will have to bo re
moved beforo tho slides aro entirely
stopped. Mr. Combor, resident engi
neer of tho dredging division, as
sumed a surfaco parallol to tho sur
face, existing on Octobor 14, tho date
of tho last complete survey, and 45
feet below It, on which basis 13,000,000
cubic yards would bo tho quantity to
bo handled. Ho thinks, howuvcr, that
a mean botweon tho two amounts may
bo moro nearly correct, which was tho
method of arriving at tho 10,000,000
cubic yard figure which ha3 uppeared
In tho press. It is at best only n
guess.
"It must not bo Inferred from this
that tho cnnal will bo closed until this
amount Is dredged, for such is not tho
enso; on the eontrnry, It Is tho lnton
tlon to pass ships as soon as a channel
Is aocurcd through tho remaining COO
feet, and thoro aro reasonable grounds
for assuming that a channql through
tho obstructed area can bo maintained.
"It Is certain that tho troubles am
duo to tho failuro of underlying strata
because thoso woro unablo to boar tho
weight that tho banks brought upon
them. Undor tho circumstances It Is
difficult to understand tho impression
that has gained credonco In somo quar
ters that a sea-level canal would havo
avoided tho difficulties encountered,
since tho cutting would havo been
through tho samo material, but at least
eighty feot deeper.
"It Is also certain that nothing can
stop tho movemont now in progress
until tho nnglo of reposo is reached for
tho materials undor tho conditions
that exist, and that this can bo
reached only by romovlng tho excess
amount of material. If oxperienco
counts for audit, then that gained In
the handling of tho slidos nnd tho
brenks that havo occurred along tho
lino of tho canal leaves no doubt that
tho meaiiB adopted and now In uso will
effect a cure In tho slides that now
close tho canal; furthormoro, that
when cured no further troubles need
bo anticipated from slides in this locality."
- Message of the Hairdresser
0m i n mm
'iyKr' Sir ' ''
Thcro is at tho present time no dis
tinct or predominating mode of hair
dressing which if not followed will
mnko one nppcar out of date. On thu
contrary, tho styles aro varied enough
to allow milady to select ono which is
best suited to her particular type.
For tho youthful faco the Bobby ef
fect is tho most successful and at
tractive, giving tho appcaranco of hav
ing tho hair bobbed whllo It Is merely
pinned undor. This Is accomplished
by tho arrangement of hair around
the ears, regardless of tho finish at
tho back or forehead, and may bo
combined with either pompadour, sido
part or center part.
Tho soft, slightly waved pompadour
Is always worn by both young and
Dldcr women. Middle-aged women aro
Inclined to like a pompadour and high
loiffuro, whllo tho younger woman usu
illy favorB tho moro girlish arrange
ment of tho back hair dressed low.
Tho back hair is dressed in colls,
two or threo in number, according to
3lzo, with careful attention to tho con
tour when finished. Short puffs and
curls aro sometimes added.
A fnct not to bo overlooked is that
It Is woll to consider the gown in
connection with tho colfTuro In order
to havo harmony in make-up. Reservo
tho conservative style of halrdresslng
for tho business gown, or afternoon
gown, and tho elaborate stylo for tho
dressy frock.
For evening wear brilliant hair
ornaments aro worn, and they aro
very Important factors In the colffuro
for dross occasions. Even high foro
heads aro loft uncovered In tho ma
jority of coiffures for ovonlng, but
tho headbands of velvet or spangles or
rhinestones relievo tho severity of tho
hair dress.
'For Her Traveling Bag.
Among tho leather noveltlea thero
Is tho case containing tiny clothespins
and clotheslines with glass fasteners,
Just tho very outfit for the woman
who Is traveling and desires to rinse
out a handkerchief or two or fjerhap?
a pair of stockings.
Dally Thought.
Tho great guiding marks of a wise
life nro Indeed few and simplft; to do
our duty, to avoid usoless sorrow nnd
to acquiesce patiently In thv inevit
able. W. Lecky.
Tokyo Bags, and Others
BOUND TO GET A HUBBY
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Los Angeles Has a Really Progressive Church
LOS ANGELES. "Tho world today wants nn electric-lighted, self-starting,
eight-cylinder church," says th'o pastor of tho Trinity Methodist congrega
tion of Los Angoles, nnd in tho erection of Trinity nuditorlum, a new million
dollar institution, ho believes ho has
fulfilled tho requirements of a "191G
model" religious plant.
Tho recent completion of tho nine
story church building, with social
rooms, motion pictures, hotel for men,
roof garden, cafeteria, barber shop,
smoking room, nursery, hospital and
bowling alloy, marks tho largest en
terprise of its kind ovor attempted on
tho Pacific coast.
Activities of tho church and Sun
day school aro confined to the first
threo floors and roof. Thoro aro 32G hotel rooms on tho remaining floors, nnd
offices and clubrooms for various religious and secular organizations.
In tho hotel all aro outside rooms, many of which havo sleeping porches
nnd shower baths. On tho roof thcro is amplo room for tennis and basket
ball courts andean auditorium to seat 500 persons. Tho roof garden alsorls
used for entertainment features of church activity. Typical of these was tho
threo days' carnival of fun held for boys during dedication week.
Tho main auditorium, seating 2,300 peoplo, Is fully equipped with stage,
orchestra pit, tho usual stago curtains, drops and footlights. In addition to
this auditorium thero ore four others, seating from 300 to 500 persons. These
rooms aro used for Sunday school classes, recitals, club meetings and social
events.
Motion pictures begin tho rogular Sunday school service, and also are
used through tho week, when featuro photo plays aro presented to the public
at regular motion picture show rates. Tho annual incomo from the audi
torium alone is expected to bo $16,000, whllo tho hotel Is expected to yield
$75,000 annually, tho cafeteria $10,000, and the clubrooms and storerooms
$10,000.
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Jake, the Snipe Shooter, Annoys Chicago Lawyers
CHICAGO. "Jnko" Is a "snipe shooter" with a national reputation. "Jake"
has held tho "common enemy" off with oven moro success than has Cap
tain Stroeter. Desperate appeals have boon mado to tho offlco District Attor
ney Charles F. Clyno, but as yet tho
"snipe shooter" Is monarch of all ho
surveys. "Jako" visits tho federal
building at 10:05 a. m. every court day
of tho year, and It is at that tlmo his
"pernicious activities" start and they
continue as long as there is a court in
session.
Many attorneys, court attaches,
litigants and others who enter the fed
eral courtrooms take tho precaution to
loavo their cigars outside. Thero is
only one place theso may bo left, on
the outside casing of tho windows and wainscoting. Court starts at 10 a. m.,
and at 10:05 a. m. along comes "Jako" and takes the entire collection. Then
"Jako," who Is a little, old man with whlto hair and mustache, steps gingerly
Into tho courtroom and takos a seat among tho other spectators. After a half
hour or so, ho stops out again, and thcro is a fresh supply. All go down Into
his pockets.
District Attorney Clyno has been asked to put a stop to "Jake's" practices
by visitors to tho courtrooms, who aro annoyed by tho disappearance of their
unfinished cigars.
"I can't prosecuto 'Jake' unless someone furnishes mo with evidence that A
ho is taking something of value," said Mr. Clyne. "So far no ono has proved
to my satisfaction that any of the articles ho is reported to havo taken were
of value."
"Jake," who has been operating for years, says nothing, but Is always
ready when tho "snipe" Is deposited.
) SsiyCOOD DAY
Web-Footed Man Wanted to Join Marine Corps
SYRACUSE, N. Y. Because a thin membranous filament connecting his
toes mado him web-footed, Frank Lequo, Holtsvlllo, L. I., thought ho
would make a splendid recruit for that somiaquatic organization, tho United
States marine corps, and was keenly
disappointed whon Sorgt. Georgo B.
McGee, in charge of tho local recruit
ing station, rejected him for that very
reason. Now Leque believes that if
Uncle Sam can't use a man-duck, he
still has a mission in life, and is con
templating applying for a position as
traffic "cop" in tho city of unfixed
leaks Venice.
Sergeant McGee of tho marines
was loath to reject Lcquo for what ho
was pleased to term "duckltls," and ho
had momentary visions of tho Long Island recruit being trained actually to
walk on tho water and so, in tlmo, to hurdle hot-foot over hissing combers
from ono vessel to another to deliver his "Doift give up tho ship, boys"
messages from the admiral.
But perfect feet aro absolutely essential to marines, nnd since the corps
is usually filled up to maximum strength with exceptionally well-developed
men, the web-footed ono was told that he wouldn't do. Now nothing remains
for him to do oxcopt to Join tho Venetian traffic squad, or, as another re
jected applicant told him, "acquire water on tho knee and a floating kidney
with your other accomplishments and you could enter tho Patagonlan navy."
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Woman Yells "Stop Thief" When Man
Bolts at License Clerk's
Desk.
Chicago. A cry of "stop thlof" pre-
vented tho escapo of a bashful bride
groom horo a fow days ago. After
two years' courtship Stophon McBott
nnd Mrs. Mario Alphonso went to tho
city hall to got a marrlngo license.
Thon McBctt weakened. As ho start
ed toward the street at top speed Mrs.
Alphonso screamed:
"Stop thief 1 Ho has got my pock
otbook." McBott was captured by a patrol
man and tnkon to Central station,
whore tho woman broko down. "Ilo'a
not a thlof," sho confessed. "But 1
know It ho got away now he'd novor
got this closo again." Lator tho
couplo got tho Hcouso and started for
tho church.
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WOLF SPOILS GOOD
Rebels on Playlnu the Part of Fox for
! Which It Wm Drafted by
Hunters.
MllIorBburir, Ohio. A perfectly good
wolf bunt was golepmized hero by tho
Fox Hunters' asiociation, but hore
after, the association members say,
they will stick strictly to tho fox.
- A husky, aggreslve and juito un
frlesdly Texas prairie wolf was ob
talsftd fr tke hunt recently. The bunt,
HUNTins a 80clal gnthorlng, was nn unquall
I flod buccobb. Howovor, truo to tholr
brooding ob foxhounds, tho dogB, when
Mr. Wolf was llboratod, rofusod to as-
Boclato with him. Tho wolf evinced
a desire to Ho down and go to sloop.
Thon tho master of tho foxhounds
told tho dogs to mako bollovo that tho
wolf wbb a fox and somo of tho moro
Intelligent of tho hounds oboyod or
ders, and tho wolf chewed them so
badly they beat a retreat. One of the
fox hunters thon Bhot tho wolf, much
to the reliof of neighboring farmers.
VETERAN KEPT HIS WORD
Noz Porco, Idaho.- B, T, Pooro, n
veteran of tho Civil war, recently
Bontoncod to servo CO dnys in Jnll by
Judgo Dlotrlch of tho United States
court at Moscow, for Introducing llq
uor on tho reservation, arrived hero
rocontly with bis own commitment.
Mr. Pooro mado n requost of tho Judgo
that ho bo allowed to servo his tlmu
in Jail hero and that ho bo allowed
to bring his own commitment, which
requests woro granted.
Just tho handsomest and smartest
thing In now handbags 1b called tho
"Tokyo" or "Netsuko," and It la mado
of Tokyo leather, This Is a soft, vol
voty looking embossed leather show
ing JapancBo figures In rich colors
ngalnst backgrounds of various colors.
It Is used for belts, collars and cuffs
nnd other dreBS trimmings, and for
chic turbans, which aro usually
trimmed with small fruits or flowers,
mndo of plain colored leathors.
It Is qulto Impossible to descrlbo tho
rich and intrlcnto surfaces that mako
tho now Tokyo such a brilliant adjunct
to tho tollot, but tho colors remind
ono of thoso In an India shawl, and
tho figures lure ono to study them. All
the colors are soft but full of life. Tho
bags aro lined with plain fnlllo silks
and furnished with tho usual compart
ments and fittings such as nro seen In
bags of plain leather. Thoy aro fin
ished with tho regulation Japanese
hnndlo of silver beads and cmbossod
Dainty Accessories.
Tho prettiest and daintiest among
tho now accessories aro the gilt Blip
porB and stockings which aro to bo
worn for tho wlntor dances and very
formal ovcnlng affairs. Tho stockings
match tho slippers perfectly, having
a metallic sheon. Tho footgear la to
bo had both In bright nnd dull gilt.
Tho cothurn slippers, thoso thnt laco
high abovo tho anklo with ribbons are
again In favor. Tho short and bouffant
skirts are responsible for this. Theso
pretty Bllppera are similar to the tan
disk sot in an lvoi or metal ring.
In promoting tho idea of making tho
bag and suit to match much Interchang
ing of materials has come about. Bags
are mado of silk, Velvet or other fab
rics, trimmed with leather, sholl or
metal frames and mountings nnd often
attached to a sholl or other ring to bo
woni as a bracolot. Tho leather used
for trimming tho bag appears In tho
trimming of tho dress. Falllo and taf-
fota aro ofton coinblnod with velvet
In theso bags, and bead ombrolderics
aro featured on thom. Black velvet
bags, embroidered with Jet beads, aro
Btatoly and rich, and dark bluo satin,
ombroidored with colored beads, Mils
tho requirements of thoso who wish
theso elements in a colored bag. Lin
ings of figured silk nro used for these
fabric bngs.
yuv JirtinVLf
go slippers worn a season or bo ago.
Sllppors and ribbons frequently con
trast In color to tho stockings. Black
satin slippers aro worn with white
Btocklngs.
New Yorkers Buy Unclaimed Steamship Baggage
EW YORK. "You step up, gontlemen," the auctioneer was saying, ana
tako your choico and your chanco. I don't know what is in theso pack
ages, and noithor do you. You may get something for nothing, auu no
might have added that you may got
nothing for something.
Tho auctioneer was Max Glauborg,
selling the unclaimed baggage that
had collected at the Cunnrd lino pier
at tho foot of Wost Thirteenth streot.
This bnggago, about tho most nonde
script collection a man could well im
agine, was piled all ovor the second
tier of tho dock. Thoro were trunks
and handbags, golf bags and burlap
bags, umbrellas and canes, and a num
ber of packages that looked like bun
dles of old clothes, but might bo bombs. And it is not at all without tho
pale of reason to think that bombs might bo left at tho pier. It has been
done; and whon a mnn leaves a bomb at a pier, whether it goes off or not, he
soldom if ever claims It.
At one point of tho sale tho autloneor held up a square, villainous looking
packago from which thero was an audible rattling.
"It's going," said ho, "going, going "
"If It's going off," said a nervous old gentleman, "I'm gone!" And ho
wns.
All purchases had to bo removed Immediately tho sale was ovor, and
tho expressions on the faces of tho purchasers, when thoy found thoy had
bought something of absolutely no uso to them, was Indescribably funny to
tho spectator.
Two dollars was tho maximum bid. So no ono was hurt much.
AM' PAID 2- ) jfiiL
Somewhat Miffed.
"I don't Cilnk that doctor knows Ills
business."
"Couldn't ho dlagnoso your all
mentt" "Not to suit me. Says it isn't seri
ous enough to requtro a trip to Florida."
MODEL POST OFFICE.
Tho Grand Central post office, recently opened in Now York, combines
all the latest devices for tho rapid and efficient handling of mall, many of
which have boon designed especially for this offlco.
The secret of rapid mail service is tho elimination of as much handling
as possible. This is obtained by three devices. Electric trunks, moving belts
and mall chutes aro so arranged that sacks of mall may bo taken through
the building and sorted and finally placed upon tho waiting mall trains with
out having boen touched by hands.
Bags and pouches are dropped from tho trucks into chutes. At tho bot
tom of the chutes they hit a sliding canvas belt propelled by electricity at
the rate of 130 feet a minute, which is operated from a switchboard. As the
bacs pasa different stations in tho building they aro removed according to
tholr ultimate destination. ThoBe which need to be sorted are quickly dlf
poeed of and the others ore passed on to the waiting trains belov.
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