Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, April 2, 1920, Page 2

118 '‘ing design. It will go on d compara- Oonsldeeeq from all v:le\.vvolntl ! n extraordinarily good homa build- tively small lot, and at the same time | provides a comfortable and convenient mep-noom Home Wil 'Amm- : ‘. modate Large Family. | ECONOMY IMPORTANT ITEN Pregress in: Manufacture of These !c.”mflmg‘ ‘New. Bullding Units ( Hpe Brought| Them llpllly Banp dmnuiu 6t 'thé cotintry there| materials, such as g hé'home building season advances and will bring dissppointment to many who had counted on building homes of thelr own this ‘year. The of the concrete block buflding unlt, however, will solve the problem for many home builders, Dur ing the last few years there has been a !nnt advance in the manufacture K te blocks and now they ot the best of building materials. vantage of using blocks is that made near; the. piace where they ‘are used, which saves a great proportion of freight charges. ~Also m-nvnullymdeshysby 16 fnches, a size that .saves considerable . the cost of the labor required to lay w ;masonry: walls. “Everyone knows that concrete, when permanent buildings. It becomes stronger with age. "And concrete blocks are merely “Just a8 brick are. Tn thelr mnnnmc- . ture, however, an aly space is cast into them, | which provides insulation against heat and cold, making concrete block hovses warm in winter and cool ! ;in"'summer and.economical to heat. ‘What a good exterior appearance concrete blocks have is_shown in the home -in the accompanylng illustra- tlom.. . This is ‘a story-nnd-a-half house, containing seven rooms and bath. The fourdation of the house ‘is of rock-face block, while the walls above’ LIVING R [ZGI60] 15006 TisTiiooR the sill are of smooth face block. The Jesign is attractive, the inclosed porch Tanning the full width of the house, the long slope to the roof and the dgrmer set into hoth front and back being good features, {Plans of the two floors show the dimensions and ' arrangement of the rooms, There are four rooms on. the first floor and three on the second. The entrance from' the porch is Into a small- vestibule, off which is the ly- ing room, 12 by 10 feet. At the side oft_the living room is a den, or library, 8 hy. 10 feet 8 inches. Back of the living reom, through a. cased opening, is 1he dining room, 13 by (14 feet G inches. A group of three windows.in thie dining room mniake it light and heery. The kitchen adjoins the din- ing voom and is'8’'feet @ inches by 11 feet. Of the kitchen is. the pantry. ©. The stair hall i3 reached through the dining room.: Upstairs there are ' [ home for a good-sized family. Also it ¢an be construeted at-a reasonable | | costs ~In selecting a plan for a home, every builder is ‘gulded 'more or less by homies he has seen, or by buflding de- sigos: he' has inspected, This design 1s'a good one, but it may not exactly conform 'to the ‘Ideas of tbe prospec- tive builder ‘as'to what the interior arrangement should be. Every plan an architect draws is isuceptible to change. This plan is no different than. the average. The size and lthQ of the. house shown in thé fllustrdtion: is ‘such that ‘any 'changes the prospective builder wants can be eully mde. RAT AI.WAYS MAN'S ENEMY Deeds Credited to Savage Little Ro. dents Are Almost Beyond Be- lief, Says English Writer. Rats have been known to attack people on roads, says a writer in Lon- don Answers. A few years ago, a rat sprang on to & cyclist at Carisbad. He threw fi off, and managed to run over it. 'They sometimes kill bables in their cradles. There is a terrible story of an officer who one night got accidentally locked up in St. Patrick's cathedral in Dub- lin, He was in uniform, as the cus tom for officers then was. In the morning nothing was found of him but his sword and the metal parts of | accoutrements. . He had been'de- voured by rats. - . Rats are welird creatures. Manmy years ago there was a man living near the house of the present writer’s fam- 1ly, of whom it was said that he could make rats follow ‘him, and put them into the houses of those whom he dis- liked. And a- certain maid servant was found to bring a plague of rats into évery house Where she obtained a ' situation. ‘She ‘sald, ‘when ques- tioned, that the animals followed her wherever she went, and used to play 'did not mind them In the. leaat. ‘ The. rat of which we see the most ip England, the brown or Hanover rat, is. really an allen—and a most unde- sirable alien. "He! is one of the many. doubtful “blessings™ that we owe“to Germany, from wliich country he came to England about, 200 years ago. . The old English rat’is black, and is smal- fer than our German friend. The ln- vaders have almost exterminated him, and he. became very rare; but it is now stated that he- is lncrenslng in numbers, s EYES TELL SEAT oF DISEASE Application of “Iris Science,” It Is As- terted Is a ' Practically Certain Diagnosis. - Just as we find the state of the “|'weather by reference to a barometer, so éan we tell whether a person'is in ‘ good health by examining the' eyes. This method ‘of - diagnosing disease fgom the: eyes {8’ known as the “Iriscience,” and, according to Dr. An- deron of Denmark, is the only reliable method by-which the seat of a disease can be discovered. l The sclence was discovered by & | Hungarian, according to London Ane | swers, During boyhood he elught an owi which had broken its leg, 'and | noticed that”a black. spot--appeared | in n certain part of 'the, iris. vears later he noti¢ed the ‘same black spot in the iris of & man who had sus- tained”a ‘broken leg. ' The 'éxperience caused him -‘to' 'investigate ' and he found that every..dlsease -could be ! read from & certaln ponlon of .the iris, ? When a disease is cured white lines inclose the dark spot that nroclalmed 'the: disease. § From this the stage: the disense ‘can be ascertained. 1f the white lines do mnot entirely sur: ronnd the .dark ‘spot the disease not completely cured. ¢ * Drugs - are always clearly shown | on: the iris—arsenic by iwhite specks on the out-edge, ‘inorganic, ‘iron by " Cylinder Was Missing. Her husband had given her & run- |1 abont and ‘she had learned to drive it. Mrs, Carrle Chapman Catt (por- trait - herewith), ' was' probably. the dominating figure ‘of' the ‘recent: suf- frage convenuon in Qh ago. Afier qg the association finl ness - ‘which'** the' " League of Women Voteu wlll mry om. i\ ; . ter hulng urved as convenuon chairman for the ‘League of ‘Women Voters, Mra. Catt relinquished control ‘of the woman mflnnsm of the conn- try, ‘her’ mlmdon ‘to’ take “effect. as soon’'‘as the® suflrnge usoclnunn of which ‘she 1s pmlqept, dis solves upon ratification of ‘the amendment. Mrs. Maund Wood Park of Boston, the amendment through . the sen'ate and’ house ' of 'representatives, was chosen chairman of the league. Mrs. 350 3 v s xnlntlon will b+ 'Mrs. George Gellho“in‘bg SEEGu vide’ chalrman Sies. Richard Edwards of Indiana, treasurer, and: Mrs, Solon Jacobs, of - Alnbam. secretary, They will be assisted by regional” i\lrectors coLsSus “.'fr “X‘&"‘éhfé&%i that motor trucks cost $1,500 each, this represents an investment of $6,- 042,000 or a grand total of SBZ 162,- 000: LABGE INCREASE ON AU’IO TIUCKS HEDIGTED FOR 182) +In the year 1818 the people of Wis- consin purchased- 36,110 automobiles and 4,028 motor trucks: -~ At'$1,000 |estimated there will be at least 200,- apiece for automobiles, the ‘invest-{000 prospects for motor trucks in ment' was $36,110,000. Assumingl 1920. : P — Using these figures as a. basig it is What Would You Do . o Your Husband Left You Ona Ranch Wlth Three Bables" Can you imagine what you would do if your husband left you? Would you consider yourself still bound to ~him? And if another man fell in love with you, how would you deal with him? .Don't miss a line of this intimate revelation of the workings of ‘a woman's soul— v“The Prame Mother ” Sequel ‘t6!* The Prairie Wife™ "7 ’ By AliTHUR STRINGER _PICTORIAL REVIEW For April On Sale Now I ' Bazaar Store- . THE WHOI.E FKMILY . SEE AND READ WHAT THIS PAPER i HAS TO SAY ABOUT IT nthefil-amhraum- d Iuhnu'lux Touring $575 Runabout 8550 ! ' F.0.B. Fectbi'_y-~ F. O. B. Factory _ ‘ ELECTRIC STARTER $75.00 EXTRA | ; ; Four xmlllon Ford cars have been sold to customers. Demand bigger today than ever. "~ Mr. Buyer, isn’t’ that convmcmg proof of what car to buy? ; ‘New 1920 Ford w1th eIectnc starter and hghts. All the car that anyone could wlsh for, orwant.- i oy : & ; ) i | | | I Llsten please- Semce that is what_: counts. Repalr parbs at every cross-roads. Some’\' | tlmes a piece that costs ! 50 cents wfll lay.a car up for fifty days. { ' Big questlon now is DELIVERY The demand for Fords is greater than ever. Place . your order for mmedxate delivery: See usat once. Come in and have a visit. We-v 5 of mportance to say. N haye some ETT Co., Inc.,‘ " " Authorized Ford Selee&Sernee 0"‘ Telephone 4’14 418-22 l_?:eltram Avenqe A St . NDaflasilua