I
"Look Who's Here!
A little kid called "Happy." They call him "Happy" for
short! And tho rest of his little name Is "Happy New Year."
And ho has many another name to him, If you askt Tlmo
calls him Just plain "Another Year." But Time Is used to lots
of little chaps like him in his house, so by now a little New Year
is an ordinary thing, and there are no now names to call him.
So to Old Pa Time ho is Just "Auothor Year."
To the chap that's "down" whoso heart Is heavy and to
whom last year grew to be a looming nightmare before It was
dono, may his little namo bo "Hope" and before the span of
twelve months Is dono may his name bo to that Bame chap, "Ful
fillment" and "Success!" and a good little "Year" to havo
known.
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A Clock That Keeps Time
Dy GARRETT 1. SERVISS.
Tho electric world-clock Into which tho
Eiffel Tower In Paris haa been trans
formed continues to excite the liveliest
Interest In western Europe, whero It Is
jasy for anybody with the aid of very
ilmple wireless tele
graph apparatus, to
receive tha time
ilgnals radiated at
'Axed hours over
lea and land.
Tho Eiffel Tower
has been chosen
for this purpose be
cause of lis Im
niense height, al
most a thousqfri
feet, gives It a dis
tinct advantage as
a sending station
for wireless sig
nals. But at the
very moment when
this finger of steel jointing skyward out
of tho heart of Paris becomes, as It were,
a clook-hand for the whole planet, the
.nerldlan of Paris Is officially abandoned.
The order haj Just gone forth that
henceforth tho Connal&sance des Temps,
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CcrrrltM, iSIS, InttrnaUontl Kcwi Btrrlc.
the famous French astronomical al
manac, shall have Its calculations based
on the meridian of Greenwich the prlmo
meridian that all tho civilized world now
recognizes as tha starting line for the
reconlng of time.
The world's standard wireless tele
graph timepiece does not keep step with
the hours as they flit across the world's
standard meridian of time, and an al
lowance for difference of longitude has
to be made by everybody who re
ceives the signals from the Eiffel Tower
if ha wishes to know what the true
world-time Is. What he gets Is Paris
time.
It la the observatory of Paris whlcji
automatically, by an electric clock,
transmits to tho Eiffel Tower the time
signals that are radiated over the globe,
and these time signals are regulated by
the passage of stars across the meridian
of Paris, and not that of Greenwich. But
Paris Is situated 2 degrees 20 minutes and
15 seconds of longitude west of Green
wich, corresponding to a difference of 9
minutes and Si seconds of time, which
must be either added to or subtracted
from the indications of the signals In
order that standard world-time may be
obtained. It the observer Is west of Parts
he must add the extra time to get the
hour at Greenwich, and it he Is cast ho
must subtract.
THE BEE: OACAHA, THURSDAY, .1ANUAHY 1, 1014.
By Nell
"p To happy maids, like you and I, whoso hands were full last
year with health and youth and much laughter, and a light heart,
this llttlo nlnetcen-thlrteen Is another fat boy, with his hands
running over with new wonders for us, and his namo 1b "Possi
bility." And to every soul of us, little man and big one, woman
beautiful and plain, his middle name Is "Opportunity."
You whoso grey, or brown, or blue, or sloe-black eyes are
seeing here his little "pic," may he bo from now on until the
bolls ring out his going, a song within your house and If ho bo
nothing else to you, I hopo that you can call him "Happy."
"Happy" for short!
NELL BRINKLEY.
for the World
It Is true that sucli calculation Is not
difficult, but It Is annoying and may
lead to error, so that the Ideal will not
be attained until a great central trans
mission station haa been erected on the
prune meridian of Greenwich, and elec
trically connected with a master clock
which Is kept regulated by the transit of
stars over that meiidan and no other.
Then when the noon signal drops out
of the sky upon the waiting antennae of
a ship in tho middle of the ocean, or
upon the improvised receiving apparatus
of an explorer In the midst of the polar
anows, or the heart of a tropical Jungle,
It will bo the standard noon of the world.
and whoever hears It will be able, with
out any preliminary calculation, to read
his longitude from the face of his watch.
A striking example of tho simplicity of
the apparatus required In order to re
ceive the Eiffel Tower signals has Just
come to my attention. A commercial
traveller in eastern France, who has a
liking for scientific experiments, had
occasion to regulate his watch to the
exact hour of Paris, lie took a pair of
bone Insolaters, such as are employed In
setting up an electric bell apparatus,
and attached them to two telegraph
poles, at a height of about six feet 'from
tho ground.
Between them he ttrctched an electric
bell wire to form n antenna. An or-
Brinkley
It Is Located on the Eiffel
Tower, But, Being East of
Greenwich, Gets Time There
dlnary spade, with some fresh cleaned
wire wound around tho motal and driven
deep Into the ground, served for the
' earth." It only remained to attach a
pocket telephonic wlre'.css received to
the antenna and the "earth." and then
wait for the signals. They wero per
ceived without the slightest difficulty,
although the distance from Pario was
about 2M miles.
The Invention of the so-called pocket
receivers foretells the" time when not
only chronometric signals, but newg. of
all kinds may he transmitted by elccitrlu
waves. With such a system perfected a
man at the South Pole.mlght sit In his
fur-lined, wlndpruof tent, while tha Ant
artlc blizzard ragd' without, and, press
Ing his wireless; telephone to his ear.
cheer his loneliness by listening to the
volco of the faraway civilized world,
gossiping to him of Its latest amuse
merits.
Something Ilka that has already been
done In the Antartlc, where Dr. Maw-
son's expedition has been keeping In
communication with Australia. The
Geographical Society of Victoria recently
sent him a congratulatory dispatch atid
received almost Immediately a reply. Two
branches of the expedition, although $00
miles apart, have constantly corres
ponded with one another through the
ether.
Beauty
By ANNA HELD
(With John Cott'R "All-Star Varlote
Jubilee." Copyright, 1913, by Interna
tional News Service.)
Near and dear to every woman's heart
Is a beautiful comploxlon. I'eiiches and
cream, enow und roses, old Ivory all are
terms that pootB tliemnolvra have not
hesitated to uso of a fair, soft-hued
skin.
Are you In despair over a complexion
that is muddy of hue, coarse of grain,
and covered with blotches, instead of
decorated by health's smooth-laid color
ing? Hero la now hopo for you, Moro
than thut, hero Is my absolute assur
ance na a Frenchwoman and un artiste
that If you will faithfully follow my
directions you may acquire a comploxlon
that Is a Joy to tho beholder Instead of
a, worry to tho possessor.
The very first rule I would lay down
for tho would-bo possessor of a good
complexion Is: Avoid as you would Satan
himself, all ordinary cosmetics.
The second rule Is: Avoid all over-
accented foods. By this I mean very
sweet, very sour, very highly seasoned,
very acid and very rich foods.
Tho third rulo Is: Avoid alcohol. Al
cohol 1h destructive to the comploxlon,
because It heuts tho blood. The tempera
ture should be normul. Anything above
pumps the blood to the faco and pro
duces a red or purplish liuo which In ab
solutely destructive to good looks. Tim
constant uso of alchohollc drinks will
onlarge the little veins across tho cliceka
and the nose. If onro this happens,
mndame, your beauty Is hopelessly
f W The Lone Star State W
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IJy REV. THOMAS . C1REGORY.
Slxty-elgbt years ago, December 29, 1815,
the republic of Texas became ono of tho
states of tho union, and a territory as
lurgo as tho German empire, the kingdom
of Greece and the
kingdom of Portu
gal was added to
Unnle Sam's do
main. And hero are
some of tho re
sults that grew out
of tha admission of
Texas the war
with Mexico; the
treaty of Guade
loupe Hidalgo,
which gave us the
vast reylon now oc
cupied by the
states of California, Arizona, Nevada,
Utah, Now Mexico, tho half of Colorado
and the southwestern corner of Kansas,
the overthrow of great political leaders,
Miss Anna Held Tells of Her Own
Complexion Secrets
Written Especially for the Magazine Page
MISS ANNA HELD
coarsened. I am not writing a critique
of morala-but I say jis earnestly us any
moralist would. do: Do not drink liquors
of any kind unless they have been pro
scribed by a competent physician!
Now, if you have accepted my ndvlce
as to what not to do not to paint, not
to drink on- not to let foodstuffs poison
you wo are ready to Uecldo what to do.
pa rising In the morning and on golnir
to bed at night drink two glasses of cold,
clear water. Do not drink at meals. Tho
digestive Juices do not flow It during tho !
period of eating cold water washes the
food down nnd mukea a poor attempt to
fulfil tho functions of those important
Juices. Drink at least four glasses of
wntor between your meals. If tho waste
products of tho body nra attended to In
the proper way the skin will not have
the unwelcome Insk of carrying them off.
Before going to bed at night eat an
apple. Tho Juices are soothing to the
stomach nerves. For breakfast take
either orange Juice or stowed fruit. Sub
stitute this stewed fruit for the rich
desserts that sow a harvest of unsightly
pimples over your face. Avoid sudden
changes from hot to cold In foodstuffs
and remember that while hot coffee ot
tho end of n meal aids digestion. Ice
cream freozes tho power of the func
tions. A brisk walk after meals will aid
digestion and on a good digestion a
good complexion Is based.
Now we have laid a firm foundation
for a clear skin. How shall wo care for It
chxtcrnally as well as Internally?
A very sensitive skin Will bo found to
prosper on baths of milk. If your faca
refuses to be clear and unblemished try
Henry Clay among tha rest: and last,
but not least, the quickening of the
slavery controversy which brought on
the great conflict of amis that began at
Humtor and ended at Appomattox.
Mexico never recognized tho Indepen
dence of Texas, and when tho young re
public Joined ItH fortunes with those ot
the United States Mexico was naturally
In no very amiable mood. In the spring
vof 18l President Tolk sent General Tay.
lor down to the mouth of the Bio Grande
with a little army of "observation;" the
scouting parties ot tho opposing sides
camo together, blood was shed, and the
Mexican war began.
. The pivot ot the mighty see-saw be-
tween tho north and south was slavery.
It was tho plvut In 1KW. when the Mis-
sourl compromise was made, and It was
the Pivot in lMI. when the nuestfon of
tho admission of Texas waa engaging tho hrge Part of the golden prize was ap
country's attention. Headed by the great Proprlated by their opponents, and in
Calhoun, the south said! "We must have. tni emi ,he institution of slavery itself
Texas, or slavery will go by the board." 1 tottered to its fall.
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Th havo n good
complexion
.Miss Held
nays:
'"Prfc Avoid ordinary
KSt1
cosmcuifl.
Avoid hlRhly
HCiusoncd
foods.
Avoid alcoliol.
A good com
plexion Is
Itnncd on a
good diges
tion. washing It but twice a d,ay, and then lw
milk. Thus you may Iteop It quite clean,
and at the same time It will be saved
possible. Irritation from water that Is not
absolutely pure.
For tho average akin this treatment
will bo found most effective: Wring I
towel out ot hot water and apply to tht
face. Repent this until the skin la fatntlj
pink. Then rub In very gently an absc.
lutely reliable cold cream. Wipe thfi
off wtlh a fine soft cloth. And now comas
a "cold plunge" for the face. Fill a
basin wltli Ico cold water and plungs.
tho face In again and again. This will
bring the blood coursing to the surface.
The hot towels havo relaxed the tight
skin and the cold cream has fetched tha
dirt from tha porca which opened undor
tho towel's ministrations.
Now apply with clean absorbent cotton
this lotion which I am going to give you:
Havo your chemist mix a solution of CO
per cent absolutely puro water distilled
per cent absolutely upro water distilled
water. To this add equal parts of boracla
acid and and resorcln until tho solution
Is ttuturated that Is, will carry no more.
Shuke well and "dust" the liquid over
the face. Nor germo nor dirt will live
on tho aurfaco of your clean, fine. skin.
Bon Jour, mesdamenl la not the day
Indeed flue for you face the llgh twlth
a flno, white Bkln, all the result of a
few weeks of care. Continue the caret I
beg, for soon you will have skin as
sweet and fine as that of your babyhood
days. And then Indeed I think you
will call Madamo Anna your true
friend.
while the north said with equal earnest,
ness: "For that very reason we do not
want Texas, and, If wo can help it, will
not havo it." Clay declared himself
against tho admission of the Lone Star
republic, and the declaration cost him
the presidency. Van Bur en. tbo political
opponent of the great Kentucklan, agreed
with him about Texas, and he, too, went
down. Calhoun 'was too powerful for
them, and they bit tho dust. Through th
door that was opened Texas entered tha
union, the wur with Mexico followed, and
tho rest has been told In the words ot
the late "Sunset" Cox: "How frail and
pitiable appears our human wisdom! Tha
sol'h. In the interest of slavery, suc-
CCfdd In annexing Texas; other vast
Mwloan territories were acquired, over
whloh It waa thought slavery would be
extended; but It was soon found that a.
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