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Uncle Sam's Heroes
of the Surf.
Continued from First Fage
s Wie fatal chasm. It was only a short
distance to the bar, and they could have
been hauled ashore in their small boat,
through or 011 the surf. This idea was
followed by the suggestion of a projec
""ftle force for that purpose. I instituted
experiments by throwing light lines with
bows and arrows, by rockets, and by a
shortened blunderbuss, with ball and
line. My idea culminated in complete
success, however, by the use of a mor
tar, or a carronade, and a ball and line,
'l hen I found, to my great delight, that
it was an easy matter to carry out my
desired purpose."
Nine years later, when Dr. Newell
had become a member of Congress from
Aew Jersey, he spoke before the House
on the necessity of federal life saving
and gave the points of his plan for such
a service, based 011 his study of the prob
lem during the years between the ship
wreck he has described and his election
to Congress. So ardently did he cham
pion bis plan that he drew to his sup
port Abraham Lincoln and John Quincy
Adams, among other influential niem
berj of the House, and when the light
house bill came over from the Senate,
the House inserted a clause providing
tor an appropriation of SIO,OOO for the
establishment of eight life saving sta
tions and their equipment on the New
Jersey coast between Sandy Hook and
l.ittle Egg Harbor; the Senate concur
ring in the amendment.
The next year Dr. Newell secured an
appropriation of SIO,OOO for the exten
sion of the service from Little Egg Har
bor to Cape May, at the southermost
end of the New Jersey Coast, and the
Government was fairly launched in the
work of life saving.
The new service, the first few years of
its existence, more than justified the ex
pectations of Dr. Newell and other ad
vocates, but there came a time when it
got to be a political plaything and
speedily feel into disrepute, though there
was never lack of heroism 011 the part
of the crews. All this time the service
was limited to the Atlantic seaboard;
that is, what service there was, with
the stations closed a good part of the
year by the Government's parsimony.
In the later sixties, when Congressman
'Sunset" Cox took up the cudgels in
behalf of the service, it had become com
pletely disorganized. By 187 Tit had
been reorganized, thanks to Mr. Cox,
and this is the organization that exists
tu day, the like of which is to be found
fiowhere else on the globe. Canada is
the only oilier country maintaining a life
saving service not volunteer, but it is (
not to be mentioned in the same breath
vVith ours.
Since the seventies the service has
1 •en extended all along the Atlantic
and Pacific seaboards, the shore of the
Gulf of Mexico and the Great Lakes.
While a majority of the nearly three
hundred life saving stations are to be
found on the Atlantic seaboard, due to
the storminess of the Atlantic and its
■ 'heavy commerce, and while it is of the
work of the Atlantic coast crews that
the public hears oftenest, it is never
theless true that the life guards
elsewhere arc every whit as brave
and goto as extreme lengths in
their efforts to save life and property
Indeed, the crew* strewn along tin
shores of the Great Lakes have as stren
uous a time of it as their fellows along
the Atlantic seaboard, even they whn
keep watch along the wreck-strewn
south beach of Long Island and the
New Jersey coast.
I'lte almost superhuman powers of en
durance of the life guards in time of
peril well illustrated by the work of
the Ottawa Point Station, Lake Huron,
on November _'7th and jiSth, 1889.
Karly on the afternoon of the 27th,
Captain !•. I. Ocha heard signals of di
tress and sent two surfmcn to investi
gate. After walking ten miles along
the beach, in the face of a blinding
snow and sleet storm, they found two
schooners driven on a reef about three
hundred yards off shore. While one of
the sttrfmen remained 011 the beach ami
built a fire, to let the shipwrecked know
that succor was coming, the other stag
gered back to the station and notified
the crew of the work ahead.
It was folly to thiidc of rowing down
to the vreck. A team of horses was
hastily procured from a farmer, the life
boat and beach apparatus loaded in a
wagon, but before the horses had gone
far they played out. Another team was
secured and, the crew walking, the trip
was renewed. The burden proved too
heavy for the four animals and the life
boat had to be left behind.
I' inally, the scene of the wreck was
reached, and while a part of the crew
shot a line to the schooners, the rest
went back for the boat. This wan
brought up after one man hail befn res
eued in the breeches buoy, and then,
the schooners showing signs of breaking
up, the crew decided to use the life
boat. Twenty times the seas baffled
them in their attempt to launch it, ruth
lessly hurling them back on the sands.
At last they got off—and rescued every
soul aboard just a few minutes before
the schooners went to pieces.
It was well 011 toward morning of
the 28th. Ihe life savers set about
finding food for the sailors. Some milk
and a little bread were obtained from
an isolated farm house. It was not suf
ficient togo around; the crew forced
every mouthful of it on the rescued.
I hen the life savers compelled the sail
ors to get in the wagon and, the guards
walking alongside, the journey through
the storm to the station was begun. It
was not till the 11' ht of the 28th that
the station was reached. After making
the rescued comfortable, the crew went
back for the beach apparatus and the
boat; and it was only when these had
been brought in that food passed the
mouths of these heroes of the surf for
the first time since they had left their
station togo to the rescue.
At the Lake View Beach Station,
Lake Huron, Captain Plough and his
crew, in IQOI, from two to six o'clock
of a morning, rescued thirty-eight per
sons from the wrecks of seven steamers
and schooners, and then spent all that
day saving property. On a stormy pitch
black night, Surfman I - 'red Hatch, of the
Cleveland station, leaped from the
main boom of a submerged wreck to the
mizzen shrouds and saved two lives.
Captain Greisser, of the Buffalo sta
tion, in 1901, swam with a line five hun- :
dred feet in a gale to the rescue of a
man clinging to a piling. This is one
of the greatest swimming feats of mod
ern times. The surfmen of several of
the Lake Superior stations frequently
patrol on all fours, tiie water forming
an ice coating as it is driven 011 the
beach, thus making walking impossible.
And to add to the usual dangers that
fall to the lot of the life saver, the crews
along parts of Lake r.iperior's: shore
have wolves, made desperate by hunger,
ti watch out for. More than one surf
man, while 011 his lonely patrol, has
been charged by a wolf, its inborn fear
of the sea conquered by the gnawing at
its stomach.
It is not exaggeration to say that
wherever Uncle Sam's life guard is
found, there is a hero. When two vol
unteers were wanted togo to a wreck
in the breeches buoy on the North Caro
lina coast, all of the twenty-one surf
men present volunteered, and each con
tended with as much heat that he should
be one of the two chosen. Before day
break, in a hurricane on the same coast,
Surfman Midgett rescued ten persons,
one by one, at great peril to his own
life. And thus the tales rf the service
might be multiplied ad infinitum.
No one who knows aught of the life
saving man will dispute the words of
the poet:
He's an angel dressed in oilskins, he's
a saint in a sou'wester',
He • as plucky as they make, or ever
can,
He's a hero born anr! bred, but it hasn't
swelled his head,
And he's just the U. S. Gov'ment's
hired man."
Husband and Wife.
The best husband is the philosopher
v-ho knows how to accommodate hinjself
to conditions.
The best wife is she who has learned
mutual concessions are better than
grand principles.
The best husband is a diplomat, who,
whatever he thinks of the government,
serves his queen.
" The best wife is she who gives a queen
to serve.
The best husband is he that does what
he wants, but always makes his wife
think that she inspires his wishes.
The best wife is she who, whatever
she knows, is content to ask and receive
only his higher nature, and does not
wreck the ship if another woman re
ceives his lower.
The best husband should keep:
The tenderness of a lover;
The companionship of a comrade;
''he freedom of a friend;
The watchfulness of a father;
The playfulness of a son;
The attention of a stranger.
And the best wife will respond to all;
be his known and unknown companion,
friend and child—all in one.
Reuben Fax.—Yonder's a farmer that
raised a pumpkin so big that when it
was cut in two his twins each used half
for a cradle.
Citvleigh.—That's nothing. In our
town we often have three or four po
licemen asleep on a single beat.
FADS AND FANCIES.
We arc pleased to announce that the
great success of our pattern service en
ables us to furnish the patterns at ten
cents each hereafter, instead of fifteen
cents, as heretofore. This change in
price will doubtless :i!I further increase
their popularity a- helpful and reliable
aids to the home die maker.
For the benefit of those who have
never used these Paris patterns we wish
in say that all patterns are cut with
full seam allowance and may be used
with a full dependence upon their fixed
and unwavering correctness.
I lie curves and shapings of the vari
ous seams arc cut according to the
highest French standard, and will be
found to give not only a garment that
tits, but every line will be full of that
Brace which distinguishes and charac
terizes the highest art.
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No. 1611. Ladies' waist, closed in
front, with plastron collar, long or el
bow sleeves and body and sleeve lining.
All seams allowed.
This is a charming style of dressy
waist and is generous in possibilities
for individual effects in combinations of
materials and colors. A distinguishing
feature is the handsome plastron collar,
very deep at the back and over the
shoulders, and extended in plastron ef
fect at the closing, ending under the
belt; at each side of the chemisette it
is turned back 211 pointed revers and a
tie is arranged about the neck, under
the revers, below which it is tied in
four-in-hand fashion.
The pattern is in six sizes, 32 to 42
inches bust measure. For 36 bust the
waist needs five ; ards of goods twenty
inches wide, or two and three-quarter
yards thirty-six inches wide, or two and
one-quarter yards forty-two inches wide.
As illustrated, seven-eighths yard of all
over lace eighteen inches wide is needed
for collar, front facing uid sleeve puffs,
three and one-half yards of double row
insertion and four yards of edging to
trim. Price 10 cents.
No. 1604. Misses' yoke waist, with
long or three-quarter length sleeves.
Plaid silk and all-over lace are attrac
tively combined in this smart looking
waist, and plain silk is used for the trim
ming bands or straps following the
edges of the pointed yoke and the wrists
of the sleeves. The straps, which are
crossed 011 the shoulders at the front
and back and 011 the sleeves, are a
charming feature o. the waist, giving a
decidedly chic effect. Usually waLts of
this style match the skirt, but they are
also properly worn with skirts of dif
ferent material.
The pattern is in three sizes, thirteen
to seventeen years. For a miss of fifteen
years the waist will need three yards
of material twenty inches wide, or one
and three-quarters yard thirty-six inches
wide, or one and one-lrlf yard forty
two inches wide. As illustrated, five
eighths yard of plain material twenty
iriches wide and five-eighths yard of all
over lace eighteen inches wide are
needed. Price of pattern, 10 cents.
No. 1623. Ladies' shirtwaist, with or
without bolero straps. Tailormade ef
fects in linen, cotton, silk and woolen
shirtwaists are exceedingly smart. An
"PICTORIAL MAGAZINE ANT) COMIC SECTION
attractive model is here portrayed, a
novel feature being the bolero straps,
which encircle the arms'-eyes and sug
gest the use of a contrasting material
or color. These straps lap over the
top of the sleeves to give the modish
long-shoulder lines. They may be used
or not as desired.
"I he pattern is in six sizes, 32 to 42
inches bust measure. For 36 bust the
waist will need four and a half yards
of goods twenty inches wide, or two and
one-half yards thirty-six inches wide, or
two and one-eighth yards forty-two
inches wide. Price of pattern, 10 cents.
No. 1586. Misses' dressing sack, with
front yoke and box-plaited back. This
little dressing sack is easy to make and
exceedingly pretty in effect. It is fash
ioned with full, gathered fronts joined
to a square yoke and a loose back, with
two double box-plaits extending from
neck to lower edge. The material is a
dotted challis in pale rose. A deep
fancy collar covers the front yoke, and
it is prettily pointed at the back and its
edges are prettily trimmed with a frill
of lace and a row of lace insertion. Any
pretty, serviceable material may be used
for dressing sacks. The pattern is in
three sizes, thirteen to seventeen years.
For a miss of fifteen years the sack
needs four and one-half yards of goods
twenty inches wide, or two and three
eighths yards thirty-six inches wide, or
two and one-eighth yards forty-two
inches wide; four and three-quarter
yards of insertion and three and one
half yards of edging are needed to trim,
and two yards of ribbon for ties. Price
of pattern, 10 cents.
No. 1602. Misses' nine-gored plaited
skirt. Plaited skirts are popular in
cloth, silk, and all sorts of dress goods.
The newest model is here shown. It is
cut in nine gores, and the plaits ail turn
from the center of the front and are
evenly spaced. The plaits are stitched
from the belt to below the hips to pre
serve the perfectly close adjustment so
desirable in skirts this season, and are
pressed well, but fall free below.
This skirt will be popular with shirt
waists and with coats and jackets of all
styles.
The pattern is in three sizes, thirteen
to seventeen years. For a miss of fifteen
years the skirt will need eight and one
quarter yards of material twenty inches
wide, or four and one-quarter yards
thirty-six inches wide, or three and three
quarter yards forty-two inches wide, or
three and .one-eighth yards fifty-four
inches wide. Price of pattern, 10 cents.
To secure these patterns ; romptly, be
careful to give correct number and size
of pattern wanted, and enclose ten cents
for each pattern desired. Address all
communications '.a FASHION CORRE
SPONDENT. Room 308, R. G. Dun Build
ing, 290 Broadway, N York City.
Home Economies
By MINNA S. CRAWFOKD.
There was a time when folk regarded
the serious study of dress and fashion
as an evidence of pure vanity. Nowa
days such study has come to be a real
necessity, for in modern life a woman
cannot hope to attain success of any
kind, social or financial, unless she pre
sents an attractive outward appearance
and her clothing bears those indefinable
yet very apparent touches that are rec
ognized as the hallmarks of recent shap
ing and style.
To veer with the ever-changing
weathercock of fashion and conform
with its demands upon the limit of a
small income requires a very high order
of financial ability, as well as superior
taste and judgment. Hence, the woman
who is wise gives the question of ap
parel a great deal of time and thought.
The many quick and radical changes
in fashions are enough to drive the eco
nomically-minded to despair. How to
remodel last year's gowns in a way that
will not betray the makeshift is a prob
lem which confronts many possessors of
lean purses.
In making over a dress the first thing
to be thought of is an up-to-date corset,
because the change of figure demanded
by fashion is fundamental and begins
with the corset. YOll will be surprised
to find that the waist and skirt refitted
over the new high-bust, slender-hip cor
set at once begin to assume a different
air.
With the proper corsets as a founda
tion, the reshaping of last year's frocks
is very much simplified.
Fortunately the blouse waist has be
come so exuberant and exotic in the
READ EVERY WORD OF THIS—i! Means Big Money to Ton
THE SEARCH FOR ENTERTAINMENT HAS BECOME MORE THAN A PASTIME WITH THE
GREAT AMERICAN PUBLIC-IT HAS BECOME A BUSINESS.
Tliis is not a sold or liver, coal or
copper mine, nor yet an oil scheme, it
is a first class business proposition,
handled by first class business men who
have made splendid .successes in their
particular field of operation and whose
names are a guarantee that they will
"make good" in whatever they under
take.
During the last few years the larger
cities of this country have established
at some favorable spot, usually along a
trolley line, what are known as . Imtise
ment Parks, (some two thousand of
them are now in successful operation)
which the public has never failed to
generously patronize when first class at
tractions have been offered. These
Parks are owned and operated by local
people and the transportation companies
principally interested are usually large
stockholders. Such standard features
as Scenic /■tides. Chute the Chutes, Ca
rousseh, Shooting Lialleries, etc., etc.,
WHERE THE BIG MONEY IS.
The Company will operate its shows
upon the circuit plan, that is from town
to town, just as theatrical and Vaude
ville shows are run, because it can be
done at the least cost and greatest profit,
the entire twenty productions being man
aged from the Central Office in New
"l ork. 1 his is possible because the
Parks granting us concessions on a per
centage basis keep check on the receipts
to insure their percentage, thus reducing
our operating expense to a very small
figure. Our productions will comprise
■Spectacular Shows, Scenographs, Kine
tographs, etc., this being the class of at
tractions operated at least expense and
paying the biggest money at Exposi
tions, Summer Resorts and Amusejnent
Parks. We base our claim to financial
HERE ARE OUR FIGURES.
Expenditures: Capital Stock, SBOO,OOO
Cost of productions, including 02t16 cinu CJUTe.
Plant, Fixtures, and 20 Shows , Expenses '
complete
Receipts, average for each show, Concessions, etc., 25'< of of what the actual profits will be, but,
500j>eo p le, 15 performances a receipts (?S4,000) ■••• 21,000 cuUing the amount ha]f we wou)d
7.500 attendance $26,000 still have left, over 100 per cent, profits
Mission (popular price) 20 shows on lhe cntiye capUal stQck As a n)aUer
$750 $520,000 of fact with all the conditions of better-
<layS J $1,683,000 ment in our favor, by experience and
$5,250, Week's receipts 520,000 knowledge, the chances are all in favor
$84,000—20 S!KHVS—SI,6BO,OOO. capital stock, or over 200%. less.
A Partial List of Great Spectacles which Edward J. Austen has Produced.
THE MEN BEHIND THE GUNS.
Aside from the fact that each Sceno
graph or Spectacular Production will
have Mr. E. J. Austin's personal super
: ision in its construction, the General
Management will be in the hands of no
less a person than Mr. F. IV. Mc-
Clellan, who has had the management
of Thompson & Dundy's wonderful
"Luna Park" at Coney Island ever
since its gates were opened to the public.
With two such successful and resource
ful men of National Reputation and
wonderful Executive ability, the stock
holders are to be indeed congratulated
and the company is assured success.
THE SMALL INVESTORS' OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME RICH.
When big enterprises are launched,
the men of large capital are given the
first chance at the stock, and it is usual
ly over subscribed if the proposition is
a good one. Now, just here the Inter
national Amusement & Concession Com
pany proposes to reverse the general or
der of things. We would rather have
International Amusement and Concession Company, 237 East 41st St., New York City.
matter of yokes, which are cut in all
manner of sectional devices, arabesque
and geometrical. Both yokes and sleeves
are so divided up into variously shaped
parts and pieces and the whole so cov
ered up with fanciful ornamentation,
that one can use the smallest bits of
the material to piece out these ornate
designs if the joinings are covered with
medallions or other trimming so dis
posed as to form an artistic design.
The favorite method of bodice trim
ming at the moment consists of three
to five bands of black or self-colored
velvet ribbon in graduated widths across
the blouse portion, above this the blouse,
which is not cut so full as formerly, is
gathered with several rows of shirring
to the lower edge of a rounding yoke,
which has a U-shaped dip at center
front. This yoke can be made of tucked
chiffon, with tucks placed either length
wise or crosswise, or it may be of all
over Valenciennes or a pretty baby Irish
lace, or with the side portions and back
of tucks, and the center from the neck
beginning at the point o? the shoulder
seam and extending to the edge of the
U-shaped curve, may be of lace; or the
U-shaped portion be covered with a
large round, oval or crescent .aped me
dallion of heavy lace or silk embroid
ered chiffon. The entire yoke may be
outlined with crescent or other shaped
medallions that lend themselves grace
fully to the de«ign.
Many a home dr- 'Si aker who is
fussing over the refurbishing of a dressy
waist would draw a lon°r sigh of relief
if she could see the r ' iu. of seem
ingly incongruous materials "nd orna
mentation which the expensive waists
displayed in Fifth Avenue shop wi
dows show. Indeed, one sees as many
as six kinds of lace "id embroider, on
a single bodice, and not infrequently the
very richest single flower motifs in
handmade lace are posed in high relief
upon a background of all-over Valen
ciennes.
The clever woman who makes it a
point to look for and pick up bargains
in laces, medallions and trimmings
whenever she gets a chance to do such
shopping, is never at a loss for deco
rative material that will change the en
tire effect of a bodice that has grown
passe. Tt must not be forgotten that the
collar, the cuff part or band of the
sleeve, and some portion of the yoke
' were hut the beginnings, it remained for
Mr. Fdward J. Austen, that great and
successful creator of gorgeous spectacu
lar productions, to arouse the people to
the highest pitch of enthusiastic ap
proval by introducing such wonderful
conceptions as The Johnstown Flood,
New York to the North Pole, Battle of
Gettysburg, and the most notable amuse
ment successes for the last 20 years, and
they demonstrated their appreciation by
packing his shows to the house capacity.
The great demand of Park Managers
and their public has been, and is, for
novelty—something new, something
never seen, bigger, better, grander than
before, and Mr. Austen is going to sup
ply that demand this season with a series
of attractions, scintillating in marvelous
effects, gorgeous settings and astound
ing climaxes. Many of these new pro
ductions are completed, others are under
way, all of them ( tzccnty in number)
will be finished and ready for installa
success on what has been done in the
past, and when it is realized that our
method of handling concessions in a
wholesale way eliminates all chances of
failure for any one of them, it is certain
the returns of each attraction installed
will play to full capacity for the season.
NOW LOOK AT THE FIGURES—
"The Johnstown Flood," the first of this
class of attractions, took ii», in six
months at the Pan American Exposi
tion $167,000, paying the nvestors near
ly 400 per cent. It was taken to Coney
Island, and in three seasons cleared
over all expenses $90,000, a grand total
of $257,000. "'l he 'J rip to the Moon"
and "7 he Galveston Flood" were equally
successful. "From New York to the
North Pole" and "Creation" each took
in more than a Quarter of a Million
Dollars in Six Months. "Creation" has
1885-1898 Cycloramas—
Battle of Gettysburg (12)
Jerusalem and the Crucifixion (6)
Custer's Last Fight
Siege of Paris
Chicago Fire
Niagara in Winter (London, Eng
land)
New York Harbor
BATTLE OF MANILA
At Chicago World's Fair, JB93 —
The Chicago Fire
Hardy's Underground World
MacKaye's Spectatorium
California—
50,000 stockholders interested in our
proposition than 1,000, because —50,000
all talking about the Austen shows, are
50,000 live, walking, hustling advertise
ments for the proposition, and people
who hear them will know there's some
thing doing when we're around, and sit
up and take notice. Talk it over in the
family, it's a good, clean, honest, first
must be of identical lace or material, or
they will not bear that look of relation
ship which is needful to prevent the
waist from looking like patchwork.
Sleeves in their present state 0 f over
elaboration help to solve the probi em 0 f
their making over. This applies, 0 c
course, chiefly to sleeves of dressy waists
and gowns. The sleeves of cloth
dresses and suits are more severe and
require different treatment.
The sleeve decoration of an afternoon,
theater or party waist usually partakes
of the trimming characteristics of the
yoke, but in the matter of shaping the
styleir- are unusually elastic. Some
sleeves consist of a single small puff
scarcely reaching to the elbow, others
are made of a succession of such puffs
joined together with lace bands. A
narrow sleeve, if sufficiently long, can
have the upper sleeve portion slit length
wise three times and gathered up to el
bow length and joined with three bands
of heavy lace. Narrow strap', of ma
terial with edges turned in and stitched
make a very effective over-trimming to
use across broad lace bandings, or to
suggest a vestee effect at front of waist.
These straps should be about three
eighths of an inch wide and may be
made of either straight or bias material;
each little strap have a small but
ton or tiny braid ornament at both ends.
Very pretty braid ornaments can be
made of narrow white or colored sou
tache braid by simply casting a chain
of five stitches with an ordinary zephyr
crochet-hook, then drawing the end at
which yo'u begin through the sixth loop;
pull both ends closely and fasten with
thread and needle before cutting off.
A lady whose daughter had grown
too tall and stout for her last year's
tailored gown was enabled to widen and
lengthen it, and transformed it into an
exceptionally handsome suit by use of
soutache braid and velvet To do this
she opened the lengthwise seams ex
tending from the shoulders at front and
back of coat; into there slv introduced
a narrow gore of velveteen of the same
shade as the suit. This gore of velve
teen was not over an inch wide at its
widest part, and narrowed down to half
that width at the waist line. This vel
veteen strip was reinforced by a lining
of canvas of the same weight as was
used for interlining the coat. After
carefully basting the canvas and velve
* tion when the Parks open their gates to
I the amusement-loving public of America.
The demand for Mr. Austin's produc
-1 lions is so great that to comprehensively
handle them, the International Amuse
ment and Concession Company has been
, organized under the laws of the State of
New York with a capital of SBOO,OOO,
divided into 160,000 full paid and non
assessable shares at $5.00 a share. The
Company offers for sale 50,000 Shares
at $5.00 each. The Company reserves
the right to cancel subscriptions without
notice because it knows from Mr. Aus
tin's previous successes that no more
money will be needed and that the stock
is worth to-day three times the price at
which it is offered to the public. The
purpose of this Company is to manufac
ture scenographs or spectacular pro
ductions and to operate concessions for
same on a large scale at the various
Amusement Parks throughout the
United States.
had tivo successful seasons at Coney
Island taking in more than $200,000 each
year. Since the wonderful success of
"Lima Park" at Coney Island (only
four years old), similar Parks have
sprung up all over the country and so
popular and profitable have they proven
that by next season, Canada, Europe,
Australia, Japan, in fact /all over the
world, will be found.Amusement P»r'
in close proximity to /every city of
100.000 inhabitants and; less
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Scenograph of World's Fair (New
York and Boston )
At Omalia Exposition, iSijS—
Scenograph—Cuban Campaign
Vitorama—Sinking the Merrimac
At Pan-American Exposition, 1901 —
Scenograph—JOHNSTOWN FLOOD
Old Plantation
At St. Louis Exposition, 190/ —
NEW YORK to the NORTH POLE
Galveston Flood
Battle Abbey
Naval Battle, Santiago'
At Coney Island—
JOHNSTOWN FLOOD
NEW YORK to the NORTH POLE
class proposition, it will stand consider
ation and invites investigation, but
don't goto sleep over it, for there are
only 50,000 shares for sale— no more
and remember that "the Bee that gets
the Honey doesn't hang around the
Hive," so, sit down right now, to-day,
and send in your name and address for
the number of shares you want.
teen gore under the carefully turned-in
edges of the cloth, the coat was tried
on and ftted before stitching the gore
to place. The inside edges, that is, the
edge of the gore nearest the center, was
left unstitched to permit the "introduc
tion of the ends of narrow tailor-stitched
straps of broadcloth, also of the same
shad c as the suit. These straps were a
scant.wf j n yyjjtjj anc j WC re cut
into inch a q Uar t er lengths. The
one end of s t r ap was placed under
the inside edge CM TLW OVER I APPI „ K cloth
and held m place by u„. stitching. The
free ends of the straps wi,„ tacked over
the opposite edge of overlapping cloth
and fastened with small braid ornament
made as those described above. The
flat collar and the cuffs were trimmed
with shaped empiecements of the velvet
slip stitched to place.
The skirt, which was of the circular
variety, presented a more difficult prob
lem. It was ripped from the band, the
back plaits and placket opened, and cut
apart through the center of the front,
into which a very narrow gore of velvet,
not wider than four inches at the bot
tom, was introduced. This gore was
cut the full length wanted. The skirt
was then fitted to a velvet yoke which
had two nine inch tabs at each side. The
edges of the velvet overlapped the cloth
and were stitched to place. Narrow
straps of the broadcloth crossed the vel
vet panel in front and at the side; these
had the braid ornaments at each end.
The suit is much handsomer this year
than last, and 110 one would ever sus
pect that it was remodeled, for the
clever trimming touches give it all the
air of an exclusive and individual de
sign.
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Mr. 11. C. Phelps, president of the Ohio
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ion 6H, Cincinnati, 0., who is the originat
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the factory secrets of buggy making. He
has sent out over 150,000 of "these valuable
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learn how buggies are made. Write Mr.
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on a postal card, and you will get it fret
by return mail. Write him at the above
address.
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