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WISE DISPOSITION OF RICHES
Englishman of Wealth Left Fortune
to Help Young Business Men
f Who Needed It.
! When the will of a certain Samuel
Wilson of London was probated re
cently in the English courts, it was
found that the bulk of his fortune had
been strangely disposed of, the Indian-
apolis News remarks. A fund had
been left th trust from which loans
of sums ranging from $500 to $1,500
are to be made to young men en-
gaged in business. The restrictions
surrounding the loans proved that
Bamuel Wilson was not only a man
of generous impulses, but a philan-
thropist of no mean order. No loan is
to be made to any man who has not
carried on his business for a year,
and none to amy applicant who has
been in business more than three
years.
i This may appear whimsical, but a
Tittle closer imspection will relieve it
«of this suspicion. The testator, as
a matter of fact, has done something
for young business men that young
ibusiness men sadly need. It is an
axiom of the business world that the
third year of any new venture is the
crucial year. This, evidently, was
in Mr, Wilson’s mind, and, like as not,
he knew from personal experience how
difficult it is for a young business man,
gith no more substantial assets than
good prospects and abundant opti:
mism, to borrow money when money is
most required. To the Hmit of his
resources, he has come to their re-
lief. A year’s time, he probably fig-
wred, would weed out the incompe-
‘tent and the faint-hearted, and leave
the worthy, while the latter, enduring
for three years, could probably show
assets thereafter that would make bor-
rowing less difficult.
¢ His fund will help those who are
<apable of helping themselves. Banks
are not given to that sort of thing, and
a young man, embarking in business,
often finds himself helpless because
he lacks capital or collateral. With-
out «he latter he cannot borrow, and,
promising as the future may be, he
is frequently forced to abandon the en-
terprise for the want of a few hun-
«dred dollars. This, said a banker res
«cently, is one of the tragedies of the
business world.
Banking laws are necessarily strict.
Security for loans must be tangible,
and faith and optimism, however im-
portant they may be, have no bank-
able value. With honesty and integ-
rity they play their part, but the bank-
er, none the less, must have his se-
curity. So the Wilson will establishes
a practical philanthropy. Some wealthy
American who is at a loss—as now
and then one of them says he is—
to make wise disposition of his riches,
might, with good reason, follow the
example of Samuel Wilson of London.
| Bang Went a Tire.
It was like the crack of a rifle, out
in the street, in"Tront of our abode,
but it was only a tire snapped. The
man got out and looked, and then got
in and turned his auto homeward.
His wife and child were in it, and
‘they seemed prepared for a cool
morning visit somewhere. It was too
bad to have one’s hopes thus crushed.
‘These miserable old tires play havoe
with many a bright anticipation. In
fact, it is hard to imagine an antici-
pation that can be so cruelly mangled
as that which hears the crack of a
treacherous tire.
Won't the happy time every come
when the tire abuse will not afflict
the people; when the spring will be
transferred from the wheel to the bed
of the vehicle; when a man may g0
.over sharp stones and recreant glass
without fear and trembling? Whers
are Edison and Henry Ford and those
other giants of ingenuity—why don’t
they do something? So we write with
our heart going back with that dis-
pbointed family to mend their wheel
nd take a new start, in the heat of
the morning.—Columbus Journal
Plain, Tailored Utility Coats
——
HE long, protecting “rain or shine”
coat, made to meet the exigencies
of travel or life in the out-of-doors, is
cut en simple lines.
One of the most practical of these
coats is pictured here. It hangs
straight on the figure. The needed
fullness at the bust line is provided
for by two small plaits on each shoul-
der. This is taken up from the swell
of the bust down in a stitched-in plait
at each side of the front, the plaits
extending below the normal waist-
line for at least six inches.
The coat is open at the throat, but
without revers. The neck is finished
with a small sailor collar and the
sleeves with turnback cuffs. Bone
buttons are used for fastening and as
a decorative feature on the cuffs.
Coats of this kind are made with
skirts to match. The latter, severely
plain and straight, are worn with
blouses of thin wash silk, pongee or
sheer wash fabrics. These coats and
skirts require firmly woven rainproof
goods in quiet staple colors., Either
can be worn without the other, and
the coat is designed to do duty wher-
ever a separate coat is needed.
In some of the new models these
coats are cut with a flaring skirt set
onto a shorter bodice in the style of
the Russian coat. Others, of heavier
fabrics, are cut double-breasted, in
long-waisted designs having an invert-
ed plait at each side to give a slight
flare to the skirt part. In these the
sleeves are large and straight with
turnback cuffs. Turnover collars that
may be brought up snugly and tight-
ly about the neck make this a warmer
garment than open-throated models.
This is best for the automobile.
One of the most modish of coats
belongs in the redingote class. It is
constructed with an easy-fitting long-
sleeved jacket to which a plaited
skirt is set on. This terminates at
each side three inches, or a little
more, from the front of the jacket, to
which it is attached under a belt of
folded satin. There is a rolling collar
of velvet and narrow cuffs of it, both.
finished with a silk braid. The jacket
is fastened with large barrel-shaped
buttons at the front. When a skirt
to match any of these utility coats is
needed it is ‘cut in the straight-line
style and the requisite’ fullness given
with inverted plaits.
Small Girl’s Outfit for Cold Weather
HOPPING for the requirements of
the little girl develops the knowl-
edge that she may be provided with
almost as many dress accesscries as
are designed for her mother.
In anticipation of wintry weather
the little maid in the picture is about
to be outfitted with warm clothing in
which she may defy the cold for one
thing and look pretty and well cared
for, for another.
In outside garments she is first sup-
plied with a heavy, close-knitted
sweatercoat. It is finished with turn
back collar and cuffs and a knitted
belt and is almost as warm as fur. The
color is a rich red, about the best
choice and the most pleasing to the lit-
tle wearer. The collar may be rolled
up about the neck and the cuffs
brought well down over the hands. .to
protect the wrists. For dally wear
this is the ideal garment.
The Httle Scotch cap to be worn
with this or any other coat is of black
and red velvet bound and trimmed
with black silk braid. The crown is
a long puff of black velvet, and the
bands about it at each side are of red
lined with black and finished with a
binding of black silk braid. These
bands ark extended at the back, where
they are cut into two tabs which are
turned down and fall over the hair.
At the front the bands are also turned
back and the points tacked down.
Small bows of the black silk braid
used in the binding are placed at the
middle of the front and back.
Knitted caps or hoods for school
and for outdoor play and mittens to
take the place of the muff, are to be
provided. Freedom to play keeps an
active child warm in ordinary cold
weather without the fur sets which are
not expected to stand a great deal of
hard service.
JULIA BOTTOMLEY.
GERMANS’ RUSH
NEAR SEAHALTED
Berlin Announces That Outlying
Verdun Forts Have Fallen -
DESPERATE COMBAT WAGED
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Baffled By Belgians, Foes Hurl Main
Blow on French Near Arras—
Both Germans and Rus-
sians Claim Victory.
London.—Thwarted in their coast
dash for Dunkirk by the spirited re-
sistance of the little Belgian army,
the German invaders shifted the brunt
of their attack to the southern end
of their turning movement and fought
desperately, but by all accounts futil-
ly, to break the French line near
Arras. Thousands of men and projec-
tiles were hurled against the defend-
ers there from Lille, which the Ger-
mans are using as a base, but after
a day of hard fighting the lines of de-
fense were intact.
Fighting of the most desperate
character is in progress in West Flan-
ders and Northwestern France. The
Belgian army, supported by the allies,
is holding stubbornly to the line of
the River Yser, and have success-
fully halted determined efforts of the
Germans to advance along the coast.
This i8 announced in the French
official communication and is admit-
ted in the report of German general
headquarters, which says fighting has
been going on in the vicinity of Nieu-
port, which stands at the crossing of
the river near the sea.
A little further to the south the
allies are attempting to advance to-
ward Lille for the relief of that city,
which has been in German hands for
some time. They also are pushing
pn to the north and south of Arras.
Their efforts to advance on Lille,
where the Germans hold strong posi-
tions, were repulsed.
Berlin.—Some of the outlying forts
about Verdun have been captured by
the Germans and they are preparing
for an attack on the main fortifica-
tions of the French fortress, accord-
ing to an official statement. It states
that the German operations against
the Russians and against the allies in
Belgium and France continue to be
successful.
Paris.—The German forces in Bel-
gium are making sharp attacks, but
the Belgian army has succeeded in
maintaining its line along the River
Yser, according to an official state-
ment. The allies in Belgium are
fighting with the Germans in the re-
gion about Ypres; while the Germans
are making sharp attacks against the
allies’ left wing from Lille.
The German sweep toward the
coast of the English channel near
Dunkirk and Calais has been effectu-
ally checked, it is claimed by the
French war office.
The allies are reported to be as
suming the offensive all along their
left wing in northern France and Bel
gium.
The tide in the. north has turned
by the arrival of British erinforce
ments, but not until the allies engag:
ed in the flanking drive eastward had
passed through a crisis which threat-
ened to wipe out their forces north
and northwest of Lille.
The rapid advance of the Germans
under General von Boehn and Gen
eral von Besler had been a severe
test to the half trained troops de
fending the allied line south of Dun
kirk. The allies, in their efforts tc
get to the rear of the German right
flank and to stretch a line of defense
south of the coast had over-extended
their own line and the Germans, dash:
ing out ‘of Lille and westward from
Belgium, seized St. Omer, less than
20 miles from the coast and broke
through the allies’ front. Reinforce
ments gave the allies in that regior
a | superiority in numbers and the
Germans were driven back.
Berlin.—Continued successes for the
German and Austrian armies against
the Russians in the eastern campaign
are claimed.
‘The general staff declares the
czar's forces have been unable tc
drive back the Germans and Aus
trians from the Vistula river and
further says that south of Przemysl
the Austrians are flanking the Rus
sian left wing.
Petrograd.—Tremendous losses have
been suffered by the Germans in thei:
attacks on the Russian positions along
the Vistula river, it was announced
here, but fighting continues day and
night.
The fighting is of the most desper
ate character, but thus far the Rus
sians have more than held their own
it is stated at the war office. The
AWstro-German forces on the Warsaw:
Ivangorod front are being compelled
to withdraw “step by step.”
More Pacific Islands Seized.
Tokyo.—The admiralty announced
that all islands of strategic import
ance in the Marshall, Ladrone, East
Caroline and West Caroline archipel
agoes had been seized by Japanese
forces.
Von Moltke’s Son Buried by French
Paris.—The “Matin’s” correspondent
at Fecamp telegraphs that a French
army surgeon has buried the son ol
General von Moltke, chief of the Ger
man general staff, who was canturec
when woundad,
LIED TO SAVE MEN'S LIVES
Death or Capture of Lost English Sol-
diers Averted by Baldness of
French Village Priest.
G. H. Perris, in a message to the
Chronicle, tells of a dramatic little
episode that occurred in a French vil-
lage.
Four lost “Tommies” turned up in
village and asked for shelter. They
had been chased by uhlans, and the
cure probably realized the risks he
ran in taking them into his little
kouse.
Early in the morning, sure enough,
a German patrol rode into the place,
summoned the inhabitants together,
and demanded the surrender of the
Englishmen, threatening dire penal-
ties. Every one knew where they
were, and turned to their spiritual
guide.
Instinct saves us from reason in
such crises. The good cure lied bold-
ly, in a loud voice, so that his flock
should understand. He had not seen
the Englishmen. No doubt they had
gone on toward Paris. The German
soldiers rode on. ;
What most struck my informant,
says the correspondent, was the ex-
ceeding deliberation with which the
Atkins four performed their toilet and
brushed their hair and clothes before
making their ecape. The cure then
left for a safer place.~Pall Mall Ga-
zette.
ITCHING BURNING ERUPTION
Hector, N. Y—"The skin trouble on
baby’s head began in little festers.
Then the festere would break and
leave a sore and some were half as
large as a cent. The eruption looked
like three or four little sores all with
matter in them and seemed to fitch
and burn and make him fretful. It
seemed to be all around the hair and
they looked terrible. Baby would dig
his head and it felt real hot to my
hand. He would cry in his sleep.
“I had used liniments and salves but
they did not do any good only made it
worse. One day I saw the. Cuticura
Soap and Ointment advertisement in
the paper €o I sent for samples. They
helped me so much that I bought
some more. The redness and itching
left at the fourth or fifth bath and in
less than three weeks the sores were
rll healed up and no scars were left.
He has had no trouble since.” (Signed)
Mrs. Ira Cogswell, Jan. 26, 1914,
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
tree,with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post-
card ‘“‘Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston.”—Adv.
His Jargon in Doubt.
“That your cart outside?” asked the
chauffeur.
“Ay, it be,” replied the village gro-
The chauffeur gave a superior smile.
“I wonder you fellows don’t get
tired,” he said, “joggin’ along in them
old, ramshackle carts.”
“What pleases one doesn’t please
nother,” replied the grocer philosophi-
cally.
~ “Should rather say not!” exclaimed
the chauffeur. “I s’pose you get used
to it. But look at my car outside! I
can drive that car over sixty an hour!”
“Which—dogs or chickens? asked
the grocer.
Important to Mothers
Ea carefully every bottle of
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Children Cry for Fletcher’s Castoria
War Observer.
“What's the matter; scared o’ that
boy that’s chasing you?”
“No.”
“Then what are you running away
trom him for?”
“I'm not running away. I'm just
retreating for strategical purposes.”—
Detroit Free Press.
Discharged an Obligation.
An old lady was greatly frightened
when the train thundered into the tun-
nel.
“Do you think,” she asked the tick-
et collector, “the tunnel is perfectly
safe?”
In taking revenge, a man is but
even with his enemy; but in passing
it over, he is superior—Philosophy
Book.
Nervous
The Cause Laid Bare
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seination and other signs of kidney weak-
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rest, fresh air and exercise. To tone and
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“Does this war they're talking mse
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you?”
“The missus says we've got to ecom
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with meals in the kitchen.”
“Doesn’t she have it, then?”
“Not her. She says it don’t suit her
digestion. But there’s nothing wrong
with her digestion. We know that
For as often as not we send her up
the ’'margarine and have the butter
ourselves.”—London Tit-Bits.
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