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Mr. William A. Radford will answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to the
subject of building, for the readers of this
paper. On account of his wide experience
as Editor, Author and Manufacturer, he
Is, without doubt, the highest authority
on all these subjects. Address all Inquiries
to William A. Radford, No. 178 West
Jackson boulevard, Chicago, 111., and only
enclose two-cent stamp for reply.
In the building of a town situated
In a rolling country the level tracts
are usually the lirst to be occupied.
Next come those which are easily and
Inexpensively graded, and finally the
side hill lots, offering problems in
building that many people are prone
to avoid.
The situation on a hill side or gentle
slope, however, is exceedingly attrac
tive. It offers, (first, a fine outlook.
The houses overtop each other like the
seats in a theater, and each commands
not only a larger view, but more of
the sunshine, more of the breeze, and
a certain amount of added privacy
which cannot be secured when all the
houses are on the same level. In fact,
the fundamental principle in selecting
the site for a home is to find a rising
piece of ground which will afford good
drainage, and also add to the dignity
of the house to be placed on it. The
early treatises on the building of an
English dwelling make the narrow
terrace, banked against the founda
tion, a vital part of the design; and
the tendency of the ordinary present
day builders to set the house high
above the ground is due not entirely
to a desire to avoid deep excavation,
but comes as the result of this old
idea of a terrace and a little formal
garden to connect the house with its
surroundings.
The high hill, therefore, or a part
of it.in the form of a hillside lot,
should offer no insurmountable diffi
culty to the builder. But following
out the idea of the terrace he should
strive for a design fitted to the larger
elevation upon which the house is to
be placed. . In the country, where one
usually has a larger area from which
to pick a site, the problem is much
simpler—room must of course be al
lowed for the stable or garage. Ease
of access must be considered, and also
the relation of the dwelling to other
parts of the property. But if it has
been decided to place the house on the
Bide of a knoll certain things must be
studied in order to secure the best
results. The shape of the knoll itself
should determine the contour of the
house. Placed on a hilltop where the
ground falls away in all directions, the
lines of the house should conform to
those of the site. The slope of the
rcof should repeat that of the hillside.
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First Floor Plan.
Hippefl or hooded, pierced by low dor
roers and spreading out over the hill
top In long and pleasing lines, such a
house will add to the beauty of the
andscape and well repay the extra
are given to the design. Since its
site is high its windows and porches i
.vill afford a pleasing view, and tin
ess the ground is heavily wooded no
ower or lookout will be needed. When
Ipsirable that a portion of the house
hould be more elevated care should
>e taken to make the tower wide and
ow. and the pitch of its roof the same
is that of the mass of the building.
The desl&u here shown Is a type of !
house suitable for a hilltop or high;
rise of ground. It is not difficult to
Imagine the delights of a summer eve
ning on this wide expanse of porch if
this house were on an elevation high
above the surrounding dwellings. The
building is 36 feet wide and 51 feet
in length. It has a reception hall 15
feet square and the parlor is 15 feet. 6
inches by 14 feet, 6 inches in size. A
delightful living room is provided that
is 17 feet by 15 feet. The dining room
is the same size The kitchen is 13
feet, 6 inches, by 16 feet, 10 inches.
Access is had to the second floor by
a good sized stairway leading from the
reception hall. One of the features of
the second floor is a sewing room,
which every woman will appreciate.
This room is 10 feet, 6 Inches square,
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Second Floor Plan.
There is one bedroom 15 feet. 6 inches, j
by 15 feet, another 17 feet, 6 inches, j
by 13 feet, and a third bedroom 13 feet j
by 15 feet. The servant's room is 9 j
feet, 6 inches by 8 feet. The bath- j
room is 9 feet, 6 inches by 7 feet, fl
Inches. A noticeable feature about
this house is the large amount of clos
et room offered. There are six closets,
all of good size.
This house can be built at a mod
erate cost and will afford much delight
to the owner if placed on a rise of |
ground on account of the abundance j
of light offered by the numerous win- !
dows. A feature of modern construe- j
tion which is based on sanitary prin
ciples, is an abundance of sunlight [
which is deemed essential to happi- 1
ness and good health. Home builders i
are coming more and more to appro- j
ciate these essentials in construction, |
and it certainly is vital to the welfare j
of the race.
This house is estimated to cost sixty- 1
five hundred dollars when built sub
stantially of guod grade materials.
RACE OF MEN WERE GIANTS!
Bones Recently Found Show Gigantic
Stature and a Low Order of
Intelligence.
Eleven skeletons of primitive men,
with foreheads sloping directly back
from the eyes, and with two rows of
teeth in the front upper jaw, have
been uncovered in Craigshill at El
lensburg, Wash. They were found
about twenty feet below the surface,
twenty feet back from the face of the
slope, In a cement rock formation over
which was a layer of shale. The rock
was perfectly dry.
The Jaw bones, which easily break,
are so large that they will go around
the face of the man of today. The
other bones are also much larger than
those of the ordinary man. The femur
is twenty inches long, indicating,
scientists say, a man eighty inches
tall.
J. P. Munson, professor of biology
in the state normal school, who lec
tured before the International Biolog
ical college in Austria last summer,
I visited the spot and pronounced them
the bones of a primitive man.
The teeth in front are worn almost
down to the Jaw bones, due. Dr. Mun
son says, to eating uncooked foods and
crushing hard substances with the
teeth. The sloping skull, he 3ays,
bhows an extremely low order of in
telligence, far earlier than that of the
i Indians known to the whites.
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Girls of sixteen and even younger
often write me for complexion formu
las and I always feel like saying the
same thing to them all:
".My dear children, you have it in
your own hands to possess not only a
; good, but very likely a beautiful, com
■ plexion."
And if I did say this thing I should
I be speaking the absolute truth.
Now let us consider the complexion
defects which afflict so many girls be
tween the ages of twelve and eighteen.
Pimples, oily skin and large pores are
the chiefest ones, and these are large
ly attributable to unhygienic habits.
The proof of the statement is that
girls who are looked after very (jare
fully and who are warned by their
mothers against mental excitement,
rarely have them. Left to their own
judgments about their health, the girls
with complexion worries have neglect
ed their bowels, ignored the impor
tance of the hot bath, been lazy about
exercise, have eaten coarse or highly
seasoned foods, have drunk too much
i ire water, have slept in close rooms
and done everything else they ought
not to have done. Of what benefit to
these young ostriches would cosmetics
be? Their bends are buried in the
sand of ignorance as to the needs of
their own little bodies, and there Is
nothing to do but wake up their under
standing as to the operations of na
j ture herself.
There is that much abused organ,
\ the liver, to which is intrusted so
| many of the chemical processes of the
| body. If it is clogged through having
| too much work thrown upon it as in
! gormandizing or when deprived of the
j mechanical action needed to stimulate
| the flow of its juices, as in a sedentary
j life, it is not ordinary waste matter
which Is thrown back into the blood,
but foreign products which no organ
; knows what to do with. It is this con
j dition, the existence of poisonous mat
| ter, which gives rise to so many com-
I plexion defects, and. when the liver is
so clogged there is nothing to do but
give the system a complete clearing
j out. An innocent little dose of castor
' oil, bought at the drug store for ten
cents and doctored with five drops of
brandy to keep"" it from griping, will
start the liver to a better action
j through freely moving the bowels. The
[ oil must be taken on an empty stoin
| ach ongoing to bed, and the next
j morning it is wise to take a bottle of
J citrate of magnesia to start the move
j ment of the intestines and further
clear them.
A diet of laxative foods after this
will continue the good work of keeping
the bowels in easy order, all fresh
\ fruits, cooked rhubarb, cooked and raw
prunes, spinach and greens coming un
| der this head. As a beautifier to the
I skin, and a gentle laxative, molasses,
too, is unequaled, but it is necessary
to get the very dark, rich kind and eat
it with coarse bread, such as graham
j and rye, whose rough grain is very
beneficial in clearing the bowels. A
\ sufficient quantity of pure drinking
water between meals, this taken hot or
! cold, is required, and if a squeeze of
i lemon juice is added to the hot water
i at least once a day the complexion is
further cleared. Other drinks of a
j freshening sort to the skin might be
i sassafras and spearmint tea. The
| sassafras is prepared by steeping the
roots in boiling water, and the infu
j slon may be taken hot or cold.
This getting of the bowels in good
j order and keeping them so with fresh
I foods and drinking water is required
for the preliminary treatment of every
j skin trouble —pimples, large pores,
! oily condition, discolorations and sal
| lowness. Even freckles, those teasing
| little slcln sprites which are so hard
j to banish, are more easily dispersed
and dimmed if the bowels are cleared
! first.
As to other foods useful for clearing
j the complexion, milk, Bweet and sour,
| Is undoubtedly beautifying, milk pos
■ sessing the lactic acid which bleaches
the skin, and being about the most
natural of all foods to the stomach.
Sweet butter is also preferable to salt,
while a liberal diet of green salads,
prepared with olive oil and lemon
Juice, through the help they give In
the digesting of heavier foods, is cer
tainly to be recommended. The anae
mic girl who needs all the nourishment
6he can get should, however take her
salad with mayonnaise, which is in a
way quite solid food and easily di
gested as well. In fact, the more
olive oil the thin, pale girl takes the
better, and It would do her far more
good than harm if she consumed, be
sides, four raw eggs a day.
Needle Work Bit.
A little piece of needle worlt that a
fconian who embroiders can finish in
a couple of hours or so is in linen of
Rat bow shape stamped around ti>e
edge for scalloping and at eaoh side
the center for two big eyelet*. The
rabut that falls kxlow this pi'ace is
nlso stamped for scalloping and with
a small pattern on the etui. Tbe eye
lets are to ha threaded WIU» a velvet
bow
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"Ignorant" Asks Questions.
Am going to entertain a young
ladies dorcas. Can you some
thing new to serve —only four things.
One of the guests will bring a friend
whom none of us ever met. Am I sup
posed to introduce her to the-guests,
or is her hostess? Will you kindly tell
me how a girl's name "Adelaide" is
pronounced, also "Adele?"—lguorant.
Try this for your menu; it may not
be new, but is a happy combination:
First, halves of chilled canteloupe,
then creamed sweetbreads and mush
rooms (canned), green peas, rolls,
cherry sherbet. If you can work in a
salad course, have halves of pears
with mayonnaise.
Either you or the hostess of the
stranger may make the introductions;
either is proper.
Pronounce "Adelaide" this way, "Ad
e-laid," and "Adele" with the mark
over the first "e" is "Ad-da-lee," with
out the mark over the "e" it is gener
ally called "Adell."
Better Not.
How should a boy ask a girl If he
wants to kiss her? On parting at
night, should he ask her if ho can kiss
her?— Billy,
Never, never, Hilly boy, ask a girl
to kiss you unless you're a
and you feel very sure that "she" is
the girl of all girls whom you wish to
make your wife. Let this be your rule:
Do not ask a girl to do anything for
you that you would not want your sis
ter to do. Girls are perfectly delight
ful chums sn<*i comrades, but treat
them as such; don't take the bloom of
the rosebud or the blush from the
peach, but treat your girl friends with
all the reverence and protection that
is their due and your privilege to give.
Dcn't kiss, and don't hug. I wish I
could write all this in capitals, so as
to attract the attention of every boy
and every girl who are good enough
to read our department.
From "Sunhine."
I have been reading the questions,
and have noticed many useful an
swers. Do you think there Is harm in
two young girl friends of sixteen
spending a day at a park In their
home town without their parents? And
is there harm in having a gentleman
frier.d of your own age at your home?
—Sunshine.
I see no harm ingoing quietly to the
park together and behaving like young
girls should, nor in having a man vis
itor at your home with the permission
of your parents. Men are not ogres,
and I regret to say that it is often be
cause girls are so very careless with
themselves that we are forced to be
on guard. If girls realized that they
must act so as to preserve their dig
nity, men would soon get over at
tempting to take any liberties.
Farewell Surprise Party,
I have planned to have a party for
a friend who is to move to another
town.
There are to be about twelve girls
about thirteen or fourteen years old.
Could you suggest some games and a
menu for a light lunch? This is to bo
a surprise.—Topsy.
I feel sure, my dear, that with all
the suggestions in today's paper that
you will find just what you want for
your party. All you will have to do is
to explain to your guests that it is to
be a surprise, so I would give the in
vitations verbally. If you want to get
get up a jolly present for the going
away friend, that could easily be ar
ranged when you ask them.
When to Wear Them.
I enjoy your hints to the needy so
much that I thought I would come to
you for advice and also to settle an
argument. On what occasions are silk
hose fall colors) worn? I contend
that they are to be worn with "dressed
up" dresses and not with a street suit.
Am I wrong? Please answer this
plainly, so I may show your answer
to the other party.—Lettie.
With most people silk stockings are
a question of cost, and not propriety.
Thoy may be worn on every occasion,
with street suits and boudoir gowns,
and with the simplest morning; gowns
in the kitchen.
The Proper Thing to Do.
In acknowledging a formal invita
tion, should one use note paper or the
correspondence card? Is it ever per
missible to attend a card party with
out having sent an acceptance?—J. W.
Either stationery is proper: of late
the correspondence card seems in fa
vor, marked with monogram, crest or
street number, or all three.
Card party invitations should be ac
cepted or regretted at once, and no
one should go without notifying the
hostess of their intention to attend.
MME, MERRI.
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V BO LONG as you think that
someone else will do what you
neglect—so long: as you rail against mis
rule, yet fail to defend your civic rights
—so long as you believe that your influ
ence is not needed, and that without you
there wil! he a majority sufficient to pre
vail for the many, the few shall con
tinue to drag us Into the chasm.
—Herbert Kaufman.
SUMMER VEGETABLES.
For those who enjoy a vegetable
garden of their own, no plant will give
more satisfaction than Swiss CJvard.
It is good the season through, during
the growing season. Cook it in boiling
water as any vegetable Is cooked,
then dress it with butter, vinegar and
sliced hard cooked eggs as spinach is
served, or it may be served cold as a
salad. It will grow up again and again
new tender leaves, so that it Is an
easy vegetable to care for.
Lettuce that has become too old
and tough for eating fresh may be
cooked and served as one does spin
ach. It makes a pleasant variety for
the daily menu. Lettuce soup is an
other method of using the old tough
leaves. This is made as one does any
cream soup.
The color of peas and asparagus as
well as spinach and any of the greens
is a brighter green if tho kettle In
which the vegetable Is cooked is left
uncovered during the cooking.
A pretty way of serving new peas
or asparagus is to prepare them with
a rich white sauce, then hollow out
rolls, butter well Inside and brown,
then fill the centers with the creamed
vegetable, and serve hot.
Spanish Beans. — Take a half cup of
sliced onions, stewed until tender, one
cup of stewed beans, one cup of
stewed tomatoes. Boil until thick
enough to serve on a dinner plate.
Season with butter, salt and cayenne
pepper.
Young beets will cook in an hour or
less. Remove the skins after drop
ping them into cold water, then re
turn to the fire and chop, season with
butter, pepper and salt and a few
drops of vinegar. Olive oil may be
used in place of butter to advantage.
String beans are most palatable
cooked for an hour or more with a
slice of salt pork. Season with pep
per and salt, if needed add a little
vinegar, and serve hot.
Celery is nice stewed. Cook until
tender, then serve with a white sauce
on toast.
y fu INE well and wisely and tho
cares of lift- will slip from
you; its vexations and annoyances will
dwindle into nothingness.
EMERGENCY HELFS.
A list of the common injuries to
mankind, and their remedies, should
be posted in a conspicuous place in
every home. Time means life for
many accidents. Many lives are be
ing daily lost because of not knowing
what to do and acting quickly. "Wis
dom is what to do next. Skill is know*
ing how to do it, and virtue is doing
it,"says David Starr Jordan.
In case of being struck by lightning,
the patient should have cold water
dashed in the face until recovered.
For sunstroke —loosen the clothing,
lay the patient in the shade and apply
ice water to the head. Keep the head
elevated.
For fainting, lay the patient on his
back with the head lowered, allow
fresh air to circulate and sprinkle
with cold water. Do not try to ad
minister whisky or any stimulant, as
the muscles of swallowing are not act
ing and strangulation might follow.
Fire in one's clothing—Do not run.
but lie down and roll over in a carpet
or rug—anything to smother the Are.
Fire in a building—Crawl on the
floor, as the purest air is there: cover
the head with something woolen and
wet, if possible.
Suffocation from inhaling illuminat
ing gas—Get the patient into the fresh
air immediately. Place on his back
and keep warm, give 20 drops of aro
matic spirits of ammonia in a tumbler
of water at frequent Intervals. This is
a good heart stimulant any time to
give a patient while waiting for the
physician. Two to four drops of nux
vomica should be given every five or
six hours to the asphyxiated patient.
To stop bleeding—A handful of flour
bound onto the cut.
Antidotes for poison—Soda, salt,
vinegar, raw eggs, mustard, sweet oil.
Soda and milk are powerful remedies
for poison and are in every house.
Send for a doctor, but do not wait—go
to work. Mustard and water when
drunk freely will cause vomiting; oils
of all kinds destroy poison.
If ammonia is taken by accident give
new milk, olive oil, bind ice on the,
throat. Strychnine demands a quick
emetic of i|>ecac.
With Her Egg Money, Maybe.
An Atchison woman while on •
shopping trip the other day ran across
some lace for $7.50 a yard. While she
stood wondering whether she could af
ford to buy a couple of dollars' worth
of It, a farmer's wife came along and
bought the whole bolt without tottluf
an eye.—Kansas City Journal.
INUBMONAL
SUNWSLM
LESSON
(By E. O. SELLERS, Director of Even
ing Department, The Moody Bible In
stitute of Chicago.)
LESSON FOR JULY 7
MALIGNANT UNBELIEF.
LESSON TEXT—Mark 3:20-35.
GOLDEN TEXT—"This la the Judg
ment, that light Is come Into the world
and men loved the darkness rather than
the light; for their works were evlL"—
John 3:19.
There are two kinds of unbelief de
picted in this leason, the malignant,
cruel, vindictive unbelief of the Phari
sees; and the Incredulity, the amaze
ment, the unbelief of the family and
friends of Jesus. There are three nat
ural divisions of this lesson; iirat
v. 20, 21) the unbelief cf his friends
who, beholding his marvelously busy
life, so busy as not to take time to
eat, concluded he must of necessity
be insane on the subject of religion,
as no other explanation would suffice.
Secondly (v. 22-30) the malignant,
malicious, blind unbelief of the rep
resentatives of the rulers in Jerusa
lem who had come down to "investi
gate" the popular Galilee prophet,
that they might find wherewith to "ac
cuse him." Third (v. 31-35) the unbe
lief of those his nearest of kin who
also sought to restrain and to turn
him aside if possible from his ardu
ous labors. We have in this first
section another of those wonderful gos
pel pictures. Just a touch, but so graph
ic, of the eagerness of the multitudes
to see and hear Jesus. Simply to
hear him was enough to draw together
a crowd. Yet notice his response, he
woaJd not even pause to refresh him
self but the compassion of a great
mission compelled him to minister
unto them. What cared he for rest
or refreshment?
Miracles Explained.
The multitude had studied Jesus as
je performed his miracles and ac
counted him to be the Messiah (Matt.
12-23), but the Pharisees were not
then willing to acknowledge him, for
that would be to condemn themselves.
However, here are these miracles that
demand an explanation, and we must
remember that these men came with
a predetermined motive, viz., that
they might find wherewith to accuse
him (see v. 2 and 6.) Not accepting
the plain common sense explanation
1 and his avowed purpose In performing
j miracles (Mk. 2-10) they gave out that
I it was by the power of the Prince of
Devils, Beelzebub, that Jesus perform
ed his mighty deeds. The utter fal
lacy of such an accusation is shown
by Jesus' reply. He did not upbraid
; them with anger though their accusa
tion was the utmost limit of malig
nity. Jesus knew that he must needs
j endure just such contradictions of
sinners (Isa. 63:3, 4). nevertheless he
exposed their folly (v. 23-27). Jesus
here gives us a fine example of logic,
which is simply unanswerable. No
more can a divided kingdom stand, or
a divided house stand than for Satan
to fight against himself. No more can
! the thief capture his booty unless he
first finds or deceives the guard, than
for Jesus to fight Satan and at the
same time be his vftssal. Satan is a
| "strong" man (v. 22) and he, Jesus,
came to break, to overcome, that pow
er, i'or he is lnded the stronger one.
The subjects of Satan are his slaves.
In the revised version we find
the correct translation for verse 29.
■ "Whosoever shaU blaspheme against
! the Holy Spirit hath never forgiveness,
but is guilty of an eternal sin." thus
effectually setting at rest any thought
of a future probation after our life
here upon this earth. If when men
: love their evil deeds to such an ex
tent that they refuse to walk in the
light and resolutely set their faces
against the true Light, they commit
the last and irremediable sin.
Sons of God by Faith.
Lastly we see the klnfolk of Jesus,
Including his mother, seeking to with
draw him from his conflict with the
Jerusalem lawyers, or, as has been sug
j gested. If they were among the friends
mentioned at the outset seeking to
protect him after this interruption by
taking him away to a place of rest
and quiet. Jesus was, however, not
understood by his nearest and dear
est klnfolk; and such has ever been
the bitter grief of many of his follow
ers, a grief that is even harder to bear
than the denunciation of his enemies
with all of their misrepresentation.
But he who was reviled and reviled not
i again, who was led as a lamb to the
slaughter, answers not this strange
misunderstanding by any flash of an
ger, but In gentleness rebukes their
Interference with his plans and points
sut that his nearest and dearest are
those who do his will. Jesus as our
! 3reat High Priest Is here speaking not
| is the Son of Mary, but as the Son of
Man.
The golden text throws ■wonderful
light upon this whole lesson. He.
lesus, the Light, came Into the world
ind we must account for him. Like
Pilate, we have him on our hands. If
we refuse to walk In the light we
aave committed the last and the Ir
remediable sin. If we Bin wilfully
tfter seeing the light, there remains no,
ather, no more, sacrifice for sin. When
in order to continue in our evil deeds
which cannot stand the presence of the
light, we choose rather the darkness
and refuse to submit ourselves to the
call of the Eight, we bring ourselves
under condemnation.