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AMERICAN, ATLANTA, 0A„ SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 1013.
L ORD HALDANE, High Chancellor of (Treat Britain, now
on the third clay of a five-day flying trip to the United
States and Canada, who inspected the cadets at West Point
yesterday and will leave for England Tuesday after address
ing the American Bar Association at Montreal.
Elaborate Preparations Made to
Entertain Visitors at Exposi
tion Which Opens Monday.
WATER POWER IS FEATURED
Farmers Will Be Shown How to
Cut Transportation Charges
and Harness Streams.
KNOXVILLE, Aug. 30.—The South
as it is to-day and the South as it
will be In the future will be shown at
the National Conservation Exposition,
which opens here on Monday, to last
until November 1.
Elaborate plans for the entertain
ment and education of visitors—edu
cation as to the South—have been
made. The exposition is to be typical
of the rejuvenation of the South. In
cidentally, It may be stated that the
veterans of the G. A. R., who are to
hold their annual reunion at Chatta
nooga September 15, have been is
sued a cordial invitation to visit
Knoxville and take in the exposition.
The exposition will be one of the
largest ever held in the South. The
grounds, with beautiful lakes and
drives, embrace more than 100 acres
and are nestled at the foothills of
the Smoky Mountains. The grounds,
in fact, make a beautiful park only
three miles by steam or electric rail
road from Knoxville.
Eleven Buildings Erected.
Eleven large buildings, beautiful in
architecture, dedicated to various in
dustries, have been erected. In addi
tion to these there are many smaller
buildings housing various exhibits.
The amusements have been chosen
with particular care, and only such
amusements as are permitted at the
largest of expositions have been al-
low r ed. More than ten acres have
been devoted to exhibit space.
Particular attention has been de
voted by the management of the ex
position to the sources of water sup
ply in the South, and also especial at
tention has been given to an exhibit
covering the use of water for do
mestic supply, including relation of
water supply to public health; for ag
ricultural products, whether by nat
ural means or irrigation; for pow r er
and for navigation and means of di
minishing floods and drouths. The use
of w r ater for navigation will be illus
trated by appropriate devices, sup
plemented by maps and statistical in
formation showing how the cost of
transportatin may be reduced by use
of natural and artificial waterways.
Water Power Featured.
A special feature is a working ex
hibit showing the farmer how he may
convert the pow’er of his farm brook
into electricity for running farm ma- j
chinery and lighting buildings. There |
is also a special department of the i
exposition devoted to mineral re- !
sources, intended to display the 1
natural wealth of the South In min- ;
erals. There w r ill be many exhibits
of manufacturing products, including
machinery and implements, by-prod
ucts of mills and pure food products.
It will be showm that the South Is a
great manufacturing section of the
country.
Quantities of Southern-made goods
will be shown, and hundreds of South
ern manufacturers and many South
ern cities will join in this feature of
the exposition. The largest manufac
turers of the North have not been
slow to realize the importance of the
exposition and to exhibit their goods.
What will be the greatest land show
ever held in the United States will be
one of the big features of the expo
sition.
Special departments are devoted to
education, health, child welfare, wom
an’s work, good roads, wild animal
life, eta
BEREAVED LOSES HIS VOICE.
KANE, PA., Aug. 30.—The news |
that his wife, Mrs. Lucy Marquette,
died at the Kane Summit Hospital
caused James Marquette to lose his
voice completely.
Came in Patches. Almost All Over
Her. Like Ringworm, Made Sores
and Itched, Cuticura Soap and
Cuticura Ointment Cured.
Clarendon. N. C. — "My baby was
broken out with a red. thick and rough-
looking humor when about two months old.
11 would come in patches
and went almost all over
her in that way. The
places were like ring
worm and as they would
spread they would turn
red and make sores and
itch. The trouble went
to her face and dis
figured her badly. Her
clothes Irritated it.
•• I used several different kinds of salves
that were recommended for the trouble and
. am j but they did no good.
I taw the advertisement of Cuticura Soap
and Ointment and I got a sample and in one
night's time 1 could see a change in the
redness and in two days the place would be
nearly gone. I sent and got one twenty-
flve-cent cake of Cuticura Soap and two
flfty-cent boxes of Cuticura Ointment, which
cured my baby. She was well In three
months." (Signed) Mrs. Bertha Sawyer.
Oct. 11, 1912.
Why not have a clear sldn, soft white
hands, a clean scalp and good hair? it is
your birthright. Cuticura Soap with an oc
casional use of Cuticura Ointment will bring
about these coveted conditiona In most cases
when all else fails. Sold throughout tho
world Liberal sample of each mailed free,
with 82-p. Skin Book. Address post-card
"Cuticura, Dept. T, Boston.
J9v\len Who shave and shampoo with Cu
ticura Soap will aatiil be « f » r 41111
Shortage of Apple
Pie Is Threatened
Small Crop Means Only Twenty Lus
cious Disks for Each Ameri
can, Says Expert.
PORTLAND, Aug. 30.—Apple pies
promise to be a real scarce article this
season as a result of a shorter apple
crop in the United Slates than last
year. Approximately the crop of the
country is estimated at present
around 68,484,520 bushels, or 10,272.-
678,000 apples of average size.
“My, 1 don’t see where we are go
ing to get our usual supply of apple
pies this .season.” says A. P. Bate-
ham, vice president of the North
western Fruit Exchange.
“It takes five average-sized apples
to make a good apple pie. therefore »
is apparent that only 2,054,535.600 ap
ple pies can be made from the cro;
this season. However, we will export
about 9,000,000 bushels this year, or
enough to make 270,000,000 pics, leav
ing only 1,784.545.600 pics for home
consumption, or not over 20 for each
person.”
County’s Road Bonds
Sold Over Counter
Indiana Treasurer Finds People Arc
Ready to Invest in High
way Work.
PRINCETON, IND., Aug. 30.—Mil-
ton Cushman, County Treasurer, is !
selling Gibson County road bonds
“over the counter,” and they are being
taken liberally. He has already sold
two road improvement issues, and ex
pects to seTl several more within the
next few days.
The bonds are sold at par and ac
crued interest, 4 1-2 per cent, payable
semi-annually, and, being i\nn-taxa
ble, they give better returns than a 6
per cent taxable investment. Sub
scriptions to the bonds are, of course,
taken on condition that the entire is
sue is subscribed for. Several estates
and guardianships have bought bonds,
regarding them as safe investments.
DEATH "REVEALS PORTER
WAS MILLIONAIRE’S SON
AURORA, ILL., Aug. 30—A Ge-
neva, IM., saloon porter, Wilfred F
Kallsten, for 25 years was a butt of
village jokers because he once said
his father, “back in Sweden,” was an
immensely wealthy manufacturer.
When he died at the Kane County
almshouse papers were found on his
person showing he was a son of Carl
I Abraham Kallsten. one of the noted
i family of cutlery manufacturers who
! have made Esklistuna famous while
| building up vast fortunes.
Black Foxes Bring
Fortune of $320,000
Some of Animals Are Shipped to
Pennsylvania Farm for Propaga
tion Purposes.
EDMONTON, ALTA., Aug. 30.—
Two hundred and nineteen live foxes,
ranging from black, silver to red
crosses, valued at $320,000. have been
shipped from Edmonton to points in
the Provinces of Nova Scotia. Prince
Edward Island. Alberta and the
States of New York and Pennsylva
nia since the opening of the season.
* The most valuable consignment,
which went forward yesterday, con
sisted of ten pure black puppies, for
which Kane Bros., of Brooklyn. N. Y..
paid $30,000. The animals were sent
to Ogden, Pa., for propagation pur
poses.
California Japs
Hire Press Agent
‘Campaign of Education’ in America
and Japan Is
Planned.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 30.—The
California Japanese have hired a press
agent, or, as they say, have “decided
upon a campaign of education in this
country and Japan.”
The man upon whom falls the task
of rectifying international differences
is Klyoslii Wawakami. He started in
newspaper work in Japan and then
came to the United States, taking an
arts course at the University of Iowa,
and later receiving the degree of mas
ter of arts at the University of Wis
consin.
The finances necessary to carry on
the press propaganda in this country
and Japan have been raised through
popular subscription by Japanese
residents of the Pacific Coast States.
1,700-Mile Walk
Cures a Paralytic
Made an Average of Thirty-five
Miles a Day for Seven
Weeks.
GRAND RAPIDS. W1S., Aug. 30 —
Thomas O'Brien, of Auburndale, has
just completed a long distance tramp of
1,700 miles from Portland, Oreg., which
he accomplished in seven weeks’ time,
walking on the average of 35 miles a
day.
Some years ago O’Brien suffered par
tial paralysis of his left side, and, re
ceiving no benefit from medical treat
ment, he decided that exercise was what
he needed, and started on his long
tramp back to Wisconsin.
Upon his arrival at Auburndale
O’Brien was not particularly fatigued
by the journey and was almost entirely
relieved by his affliction.
Lord High Chancellor of Great
Britain Gets Taste of Ameri
can Strenuosity.
NEW YORK. Auk. 30—The Right
Honorable Viscount Haldane of Cloan,
Lord High Chancellor of Great Brit
ain, Keeper of the Great Seal and
Keeper of the King’s Conscience, to
day is experiencing American stren
uosity in its most dynamic form.
He is now on his second day of a
five-day Hying tour of the East, dur
ing which time he will meet nearly
every man of importance in the United
States and Canada, be the guest at
a banquet every spare moment of
his time, have a few honorary de-
i grees conferred on him, make some
| dozen speeches, listen to several doz
en, and get back to New York in time
j to board the Lusitania as she starts
: from New York at midnight Tuesday.
Undoubtedly, the Lord High Chan
cellor has no loafing job when he is
at home. His position corresponds to
that of the Chief Justice of the Su
preme Court of the United States, and
it entails a vast amount of labor. In
addition, his office makes him Keeper
of the Great Seal, which shouldn’t
' be very hard work, and also Keeper of
I the King’s Conscience, the amount of
j labor carried by this position, of
course, depending on who happens to
I be king.
Accompanied by Sister.
Lord Haldane ianded in New York
Friday. With him are his sister, Miss
j Elizabeth Haldane, and Sir Kenneth
I Muir-MacKenzio, B. K. C.
At the pier the distinguished Brit
ish jurist was met by the reception
committee, including Francis Rawle,
of Philadelphia; Josejh H. Choate,
Attorney General J. C. McRevnolds,
Alton B. Parker, former Secretary of
War J. M. Dickinson, Francis Lyde
Stetson, CharlejfHenry Butler and C.
A. Severance.
The party was whirled in autos to
the Plaza Hotel, where Lord Haldane
received the newspaper men. He was
| then taken on a ride covering Broad
way and Fifth avenue to the Battery.
The afternoon was spent in more
sightseeing, and in the evening he
was the guest of Mr. Severance at a
formal dinner at the Metropolitan
I Club.
To-day at 10 o’clock the party,
joined by President Nicholas Murray
Butler, of Columbia University, and
Mrs. Butler, boarded J. P. Morgan’s
yacht, the Corsair, and steamed to
West Point. There he was received
by Colonel Townsley, the comman
dant, and Charles J. Doherty, Minister
of Justice and Attorney General of
Canada. The program included an
j inspection of the military academy
' and a review of the corps of cadets.
Will Address Noted Lawyers.
After the review the party boarded
the private car of President Loree,
of the Delaware and Hudson, and left
for Albany, where three hours were
spent, and then proceeded to Mon
treal. After a day of sightseeing in
the Canadian city', Lord Haldane will
be the guest of President Kellogg, of
the American Bar Association, at the
Ritz-Carlton in that city’.
Monday morning Prime Minister
Robert L. Borden, of Canada, will
open the session of the American B
Association, and in the afternoon
Lord Haldane will deliver the annual
address to tho association. His sub
ject will be “Higher Nationality,’’ a
study in law and ethics. The Lord
Chancellor will be introduced by
Chief Justice White, of the United
States Supreme Court. Former Pres
ident Taft is also on the program of
that day.
After his address. Lord Haldane
will proceed to McGill University,
where honorary degrees will be con
ferred on him. Chief Justice White,
Prime Minister Borden. Maitre F. La
bor!. the famous defender of Dreyfus:
former President Taft. Minister of
Justice Doherty. Joseph H. Choate.
Senator Elihu Root and President
Kellogg.
Leaves Montreal Tuesday.
The nartv leaves Montreal at 10
o’clock Tuesday, and will reach New'
York just In time to catch the out
going liner.
Lord Haldane Is regarded as one of
the most intellectual men there Is in
England to-day. At the bar he had a
great chancery practice and also be
fore the Privy' Council. When Sec
retary of State for War, he did a mar-
. velous amount of w’ork. He Is fond
of such relaxations as reading the
works of German philosophers. He
was raised to the peerage in 1911.
The Lord Chancellor is appointed
hv the Crown by the delivery' to him
of the great seal of the United King
dom and verbally addressing him bv
the title. He is custodian of the great
seal, except when it Is Intrusted to a
lord keeper or is in commission.
What His Duties Are.
He is the head of the judicial ad
ministration of England, and Is re
sponsible for the appointment of
judges of the high court, except the
j Chief Justice, who is appointed by
the Prime Minister. He appoints coun-
I tv court judges—except where the
I whole of the county court district lies
! within the Duchy of Lancaster.
He advises the rrnwn as to nomi
nating justices of the peace. He Is
President of the High Court of Jus
tice and of the Chancery Division of
the High Court, and Is ex-officio
member of the Court of Appeals and
presiding officer thereof.
There is no qualification for the of
fice except that none but a Protestant
can be appointed.
Woman Proves To Be
Good House Wrecker
Joins Husband as Partner and Works
at His Side to Show Physical
Quality of Sexes.
MERRIMAC. MASS., Aug 30—Mrs.
Willard W. Chase, mother of five chil
dren, is now a full-fledged housewrecker,
having been taken into partnership by
her husband. She goes out to work with
her husband every day and performs
the labor of tearing down houses with
the vigor of an average man.
“It’s a grand thing for these women
to be interested in educational things
and take up civic problems,” said Mrs.
Chase. “But if women really want to
get anywhere it’s high time they began
to show that they' are capable of doing
the same sort of physical work that
men do. and that they are the equals
of men in all respects. Just leave it to
me. I’ll do my share of the physical
labor.”
LLlj Whole U. S. Playing ‘Peek-a-Boo’
•!•••!•
Mill? 1 Everyone Gives ’Em ‘Once Over'
M p •£•+ +.+ *•+ +.+ *•+ *•*
u What? the X-Ray, Slit, Etc., Skirt
Thomas W. Shelton Demands
Fixed Interstate Judicial Rela
tions Before Judges Confer.
MONTREAL. Aug. 30.—Thomas W.
Shelton, of Virginia, was the princi
pal speaker to-night before the Con
ference of Judges, composed of the 48
chief judges of the States, the Chief
Justice of the Court of Appeals of
the District of Columbia, the nine
presiding judges of the nine Federal
Circuit Courts of Appeal, a Federal
judge from Hawaii and the Chief Jus
tice of Porto Rico.
It was the first conference of judges
ever held in the history of the United
States, and it was held on foreign
soil. The object is to bring about
uniformity in judicial procedure
ambng the States through fixed in
terstate judicial relations, and pro
mote closer relations between the
courts.
“There is,’’ said Mr. Shelton, “no
more excuse for differing court pro
cedure among the States than for the
use of different languages. The prac
tical men of commerce are demand
ing the injection of practical com
mon sense in the machinery' of the
courts, and Congress and the Legis
latures are being called upon to give
the courts the necessary power.
It has been long since apparent that
unless judicial procedure was re
formed by the bench and bar, it w'ould
be attempted by persons more selfish
than patriots.”
The speaker declared that the
courts and lawyers were helpless;
that, “under the policy of Congress
and that of nearly all the States,’’ the
judge is bound hand and foot by
rigid statutes. As a result, the courts
have been accused of incompetency
and the lawyers of indifference con
cerning a condition they did not cre
ate and are helpless to remedy.
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Drake Heir to Guide
The Golden Hinde
Descendant of Famous E ,glish Ex
plorer Will Be Star Performer
in Portola Festival.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 30.—When
a replica of Sir Francis Drake’s
stout little ship, the Golden Hinde,
sails through the merrymaking
crowds of San Francisco, during the
Portola festival of next October* it
will be guided by a descendant of
the famous English explorer. He is
C. G. Hoover, formerly of St. Louis,
now of Los Anfries.
According to Hoover and his sister,
they are coheirs to a fortune esti
mated at from $80,000,000 to $100,>
000,000, whose nucleus was left by
Drake to his brother. It said to
be still in chancery in England.
Sir Francis Drake, 100 years before
Portola, first looked on San Francisco
Bay, passing by the Golden Gate in
a fog.
Negro Porter Rich
In Railroad Coupons
Court Rules That Company Must
Redeem All Paper Given Pend
ing Rate Decision.
HUNTINGTON, W. VA., Aug. 30 —
Following a recent court decision that
the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad must
take up all ticket coupons, no matter
who is the holder. William Jackson, a
porter on the railroad, is said to be
$20,000 richer. He hud gathered hun
dreds of the coupons given him during
the pendency of the suits to determine
the validity of the 2-eent fare law. while
the railroad was charging 3 cents a mile.
Several other porters will be several
thousand dollars richer, it is said, as
a result of picking up the coupons
thrown away by the passengers.
The railroad, knowing Jackson and
others had thousands of these coupons,
wanted to settle only with the original
purchasers, but the courts have de
creed otherwise.
Half the Nation Stares, Other Half Shuaders-
and Stares, Too.
Slit skirts, X-ray gowns, diapha
nous dresses, kneoless stockings, ank
lets. and kneelets. back-to-Eve cos
tumes. all in one mighty array have
swept the country, leaving one-half of
the nation staring and the other half
shuddering, although the shudderers
also have stared.
Back in the prehistoric days when
Roosevelt was President and Evelyn
Nesbit Thaw still beautiful, the di-
rectolre gown made its appearance
and the public felt the first thrill and
a pre monition of what was to come.
After the directoire came the hob
ble and the harem and modistes be
gan to rank with statesmen and slay
ers in public interest.
Boon to Rural Romancer*.
But with this summer’s sensations
in next to nothing wardrobes, it is
felt that the climax has been reached
and a wave of prosperity has been
directed into an entirely virgin field.
The diaphanous dress has been the
greatest boon to the newspaper cor
respondent since the man invented
the story about the bell buzzard and
the genius thought out tfie yarn about
the eagle that flew away witli the
baby as the mother stood in frozen
horror.
The representatives of the mighty
press no longer has to resort for his
daily bread to the chicken that fought
off a rattlesnake or the farmer who
found the pot of gold while doing his
second plowing and was able to pay
off the mortgage.
Grist tor One Day Nine.
He now simply records that the
Civic Center of Kenosha has started
a crusade against X-ray skirts or that
the policeman at Squash Corners has
decided that women are entitled to
wear or not to w'ear what they want
to, and his stories’were seized as ea
gerly as the story of the hog that
would consume corn only when dis-
’ tilled.
In one day last week, August 24,
correspondents came in with twelve
slit skirt stories and they were from
cold New England, the Sunny South,
the great West and the Golden Coast.
Here they are:
No Petticoat With
This X-Ray Skirt.
NEWPORT, R. I., Aug, 24.—All the
men in the naval set—women, too—
are eager to learn the name of the
woman who went to the dance on the
battleship Idaho In a very lacey skirt
and no petticoat.
The lace in the skirt was of a gen
erously open design, allowing more
than casual glimpses of as shapely
nether limbs as ever graced a ball.
The woman is a pronounced bru
nette, seemingly of Spanish origin
Her favorite dance is the tango—
judging by the abandon and skill with
which she executed it.
Slit Skirt One
Sign of Insanity.
PEORIA, ILL.. Aup. 24.—Miss Edna
Kay, 22 years old, who yeste rday cre
ated great excitement as she prom
enaded through the principal thor
oughfares of the city dressed in
clothes of the latest cut and design,
Including a slit skirt of the extreme
variety, was to-day sent to an asy
lum.
Crowds of old and young men fol-
maklng it plain that his duties did not
include the censorship of female at
tire. Chief of Police Sebastian to-day
at the request of leading wwnen was
forced to about face and issue an
order that barred the diaphanous
gown from the streets.
He told the police to arrest aiiy
woman seen wearing the objection
able apparel.
"Back-to-Evc” Fad Is
Halted in Attleboro.
ATTLEBORO, MASS.. Auk. 30.—
Police Chief Charles E. Wilbur came
out to-day with a decree of whit
woman should and should not wear
to be properly dressed for the street
The dictum is:
Blouses shall not be open more
than four inches below the throa;;
sleeves at least to the elbow; no
peekaboo blouses or skirts: skirts to
the shoe tops; no skirt to be slit more
than six inches, and not transparent
so that the legs can be distinguished
when the wearer stands in a strong
iight; skirts must not he so hobbled
that the wearer can not board a street
car without makir a display of
hosiery; no transparent stockings.
Marines See One;
Guard Called Out.
PHILADELPHIA, Auk- 24.—A
young woman in a gauzy, diaphanous
skirt almost broke up a ball game and
Loses Arm and Leg,
But Finds a Bride
Accident to Her Sweetheart Does
Not Blight Love of Vir
ginia Girl.
VD'TTTHFIELD, OREO.. Aug. 30 It
would take more than the loss of a leg
and an arm to blight the love of Miss
Edna Demasters for Howard Brett.
They were childhood sweethearts in
Virginia and a couple of years ago Brett
came West to make his fortune. Six
months later he was caught on u tres
tle by a logging train and had ids left
leg and arm cut oft. Three or four
weeks ago he went to Portland to have
artificial limbs fitted. He returned this
week with the artificial limbs and also
a bride.
When Miss Demasters heard of his
tragedy she wrote him that it would
make no difference with their plans for
matrimony, and. in fact, urged that it
take place at once.
Will Gives Her $25
To Protect Divorce
Millionaire’s Bequest to Offset Pos
sible Judgment Against Daugh
ter In Suit.
SPRINGFIELD. MO., Aug. 30.—
Twenty-five dollars was bequeathed
to-day to Mrs. Edith Holland Darby
by the will of her father, T. Blond-
ville Holland, a Springfield million
aire who died last week.
His strange act in leaving Mrs
Darby only $25 is explained by the
counsel of the family as a protection
to his daughter, who has brought
divorce proceedings against her hus
band, Will Darby, a New York set
tlement worker.
Her share is said to have been in
cluded in that given to the widow.
lowed and looked until she was ar
rested by a policeman. She was put
in jail tn i later turned! over to Judge
Stone for a hearing.
After hearing the evidence the
judg fi decided to send the woman to
the Bartonvllle Insane Asylum for
treatment.
Anti-Vice Society
Asks Law Agin ’Em.
BALTIMORE. MD„ Aug. 24.—The
invasion of Baltimore by only one
wearer of an “X-ray” skirt was
enough for the Society for the Sup
pression of Vice. It. will petition the
Board of Police Commissioners or
Marshal Farnan to prevent the wear-
I ing of such skirts in Baltimore.
A young woman walked along
i Howard street in a transparent gown
i yesterday and was more of an at
traction than an ordinary circus pa
rade.
Alderman Exposes
Calves for Coolness.
LOS ANGELES. CAL., Aug. 24.—
I*. J. Durbin, City Trustee of Vernon,
i appeared before the Board of Public
: Works to-day in the first pair of "slit
j trousers” to be introduced into offi-
I cial circles. The slit in the trousers
j runs halfway to th ©knees, and a
I corresponding slit in the sleeve ex
tends halfway to the elbow.
“I Intend that Vernon shall have the
latest styles.” said Durbin. “Slit
trousers have come to stay, and with
in a few years everybody will be
wearing them.”
Police Forces to
Bar Flimsy Frocks.
LOS ANGELES, CAL., Auk. 24.—
After declaring he did not care what
the women of Ix>8 Angeles wore and
caused lots of excitement at League
Island yesterday afternoon. A crowd
of 1,000 persons were gathered along
the side lines viewing the game at Its
most exciting period, when the girl
strolled down the promenade on th/*
arm of her escort. The spectators sat
in the shade under tlie trees.
An urchin on the edge of the crowd
gave a shout and there was a mad
scramble of marines to various points
of vantage, preferably on the shady
side, and instantly the girl was sur
rounded by a throng The guard was
called out and the girl and her escort
were conducted to the mess tent and
spirited away.
Diaphanous Gowns
Bring Out Reserves.
HARTFORD, Aug. 24.—A crowd of
men gathered at the busiest corner }f
Asylum street, gazing raptly in one
direction and emitting every now and
then a ripple of sound—applause or
ridicule, f tie policeman on the beat
couldn’t tell which.
The policeman joined the crowd and
soon discovered It wasn’t t he glorious
setting sun at the foot of the street
which the men were admiring, al
though it was the sun that was fur
nishing the show'.
Women dressed in the latest trans
parent skirts were tripping down the
thoroughfare, and—well, it took the
reserves to disperse the audience.
| Kneelet Is Latest;
I Skirt Cut to Show.
ATLANTIC CITY. N. .T.. Auk. 24.
The "kneelet” to-day made its ap-
| pearance upon the board walk, cir
cling the legs of two young women,
who acknowledged they came from
Pittsburg. The “kneelet” is worn with
the slit skirt and is the twin to the
anklet, with the exception that it Is
worn Just above the knee instead of
around the ankle.
Also, the slit in the skirt extends
much higher, to show the “kneelet.”
Brice’s X-Ray Gown
Surprise to Husband.
I.OS ANGEI.ES, Auk. 24.—Los An-
geles to-day had its first X-ray bride.
She wore a diaphanous w edding gown
of white charmeuse and lace through
which the light shone with startling
effect. Miss Belle Hassler, of Waco,
Texas, who has been living with
friends in Los Angeles, was married
to J. M. Pitcher, a well-known Spring
street merchant.
When Miss Hassler told Pitcher
that she w'ould become his wife, she
also told him that their wedding must
be the latest thing in dress and a
little ahead of the times. Pitcher says
he knew nothing about the gown until
he walked up the steps of the cler
gyman’s house with Miss Hassler and
the light struck the skirt.
Garden of Eden Clad
Pair Run Out of City.
FARRELL. PA.. Auk. 24.—WearinK
a splendid creation of the diaphanous
gown. Miss Helen Garden Harvedge,
w’ho is visiting this city, appeared on
the streets to-day with an escort,
Henry Burton, who wore trousers that
were slit from the bottom to the knee.
Before they had traversed two
blocks “trailers” were behind them in
constantly increasing numbers. When
the pair reached the center of the
business section they were hemmed
In by a howling, jeering mob.
They appealed to the police for pro
tection, were placed in an automo
bile and told not to come back to
town unless they were fully clothed.
5 D
Rebellious Members Tackle Task
of Settling Tariff and Currency
Questions Before Fall.
By JONATHAN WINFIELD.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 30.—With
summer on the wane, tired members
<>f Congress have become reconciled
to the fact that both the tariff and
currency questione must be disposed
of before adjournment, and have set
tled back to await the arrival of fall.
It’s hard on the statesmen w'ho had
figured .an adjournment about July
15 or August 1. Congress has been m
almost continuous session for the past
five years. It’s either long regular
session or extra session following the
short ones. The truth is, the contin
uous performance in Congress is cost
ing th members, as well as the coun
try, a lot of money. The majority
of the national legislators are law
yers—men who have built up pretty
good practices back home. Otherwise
they might not be here.
Not so very long aeo there weren’t
a half dozen investigating commit
tees grinding a>vay; the tariff ques
tion was comparatively quiet; inter
national muddles were few and far
between, and the country struggled
along some way with, its currency
system.
G. O. P. Slumber Is Disturbed.
Sixteen years of Republican rule
rather got everybody in the habit of
taking things easy and not hunting
for trouble and there didn’t seem
half so much for Congress to do.
In those days a member of Congress
could count upon spending at least
four to six months of the year at
home and frequently he could put in
eight to nine months on his private
affairs. It made a difference finan
cially and otherwise.
Since early in the Taft administra
tion, ^owever, Congress has been
grinding’ away, getting a good start
w’ith the Payne bill, which parsed on
August 5, 1909. When President
Wilson called the current extra ses
sion last April it was hoped to get
the Underwood bill through not later
than August 15, but such hopes van
ished when the Senate Finance Com
mittee and the Senate caucus held
up the measure almost two months
after it passed the House.
Then the President cam© along
with his currency message and the
anxious-to-get-home fellows just
groaned. At first there were hopes
of calling off the President and
hints were thrown out that currency
; might go over until the regular ses-
! sion.
The President’s message was plain
enough, but he supplemented it with
certain observations made when in
quiring statesmen dropped in at the
White House to ascertain if he were
j really in earnest about this all sum
mer business.
Adjournment Plot Fails.
The grumbling increased as the
I weather got hotter. Then, seizing the
j psychological moment, certain Repub
lican Senators broached the subject of
| a compromise; they agreed to rush
• the tariff through if the currency
question were left over until fall. The
J President, however, sat on the propo-
i sltion, so the Republicans went ahead
talking tariff.
The physical Inconvenience due to
an all-summer stay in Washington,
however, is but one of the causes be
hind the complaints of “overworked**
statesmen. The little matter of finance
is also Involved. Things have actually
come to such a pass that a Congress
man must give practically his entire
j time to the Government’s business.
* and he has had to cut out the “side
lines.” The Chautauqua, lecturers in
the Senate and House are compelled
to cancel their midsummer engage
ments; the lawyer members are forced
to turn their law business over to an
understudy and the farmer statesmen
have to get someone else to harvest
the crop.
Many lawyer members almost have
decided to live on what Uncle yam
pays them.
With all that there are a bunch of
fellow's “back home” willing to take
the Congressman's job if he doesn’t
like It. and it will be noted that there
are few resignations.
TREES ALL FED TO CATTLE.
PLEASANT HILL. MO.. Aug. 30 —
So dry are pastures around here that
farmers are feeding their trees to
their cows. In some instances farm
ers who arc short of feed have re
sorted to cutting limbs from oak
trees and tossing them to their stock.
“GETS-IT” Is a
Wonder for Corns
No Fuse, No Pain, Sure and Quick
Nothing Like It. “Gets” Them
Every Time.
Von never used anything like “GETS-
IT” cor corns, before! You’re sure ai
last that every stubborn corn thal
“Nobody Know* How Good ! Feel.
Corns Are Gone At Last. “GETS-
IT’ Did It!"
you’ve tried so long to get rid of is a
“goner.’’ You apply “GETS-IT” in two
seconds, that’s ail “GETS-IT” does the
rest. There's no more fussing, no more
bandages to fix. no more salves to turn
the flesh red and raw No more plasters
to get misplaced and press on the com.
No more “pulling,'' no more pain, no
more picking and gouging, no more
razors.
“GETS-IT” stops pain, shrivels up th*
corn, and the com vanishes. “GETS-
IT” never fails, is harmless to healthy
flesh. Warts, callouses and bunions dis
appear.
“GETS-IT” is sold at drug stores at
25c a bottle, or sent on receipt of pric*
by E. Lawrence & Co* Chicago, _