The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 5, 1903, Page 9

STRANGE AND BEARUTIFUL DESIGNS YOU CAN CREATE WITH COMMON HOUSEHOLD UTENJSILS. — * p 5 s [ . . : > ‘ g - b » es c 5 the win- a big. Tibbon-decorated or smallest a sler or a ple a i a haif in eng a wide. Stretch a violin . gthwise put a metallic > rchestra. Now for the [ - gures are enoug ther k and paint them as go geous sible with ofl colors, faces, har @ gay cavalier and his M ers on a little block of - d of the ruler mes ece of wire. After the - position, & small re comes on a pep- per e, is fastened at the erd s & background for the ée rew over the string. painted with a solu- and the dancers the same bath, solution ig inflated into & ®Oa overs the dancers. Then th ring is touched, giving music & t the ruler or_ stick in motic is communicated to the figures he ball is on, To meake 2 flower inside of a bubble, pour the soapy solution into a plate until Jthe botto covered with the solution $o the dept n eighth ol an inch. In the center be dish place a rose or any Sower and over this a tin funnel. While @owly MUfting it at the same timie, ‘con- ginue blow untll you make quits & TEE D ZALITTODED = A", AR large film and then digengage the funnel, after baving first turned it at right an- gles. This trick always mystifies and de- &, and helps to make the soap-bubble something out of the ordinary. Another trick is to blow a bubble upon a flower—a stift petaled flower is best, particulariy one of brilliant hue. Dip the flower into the solution of soap and water and then, with a pipe, blow the bubble upon the top of it. bubble-blowing without pipes im- meise the hands in @ bowl of water and rub one hand lightly. with a bit of soap; avold lathering as far as possible. Now the hand and then open it So that the tip of the thumb and first finger join to form a ring. across which a soap film is stretched. Then blow upen the liquid film. 1t dilates at once, and if the stream of air is kept up the bubble may grow to quite huge proportions. As soon as the blowing stope, the hand must be closed or the stretched elastic film will shrink to its original size. After closing the hand, the bubbie is detached by elevatirig the wrist, and allowing it to slide off the fin- ger tips. The most successful bubbles are made of soft water, rain or spring water, to which a little glycerine is added; this gives tenacity and brilllancy. A better solution still is to dissolve castile soap in about fprty times its weight In water For &nd adding dbout one-fifth its bulk of gly- better advantage against rich, highly cel- . cerine; afler three days decant the solu- tion, all scum being removed, and then add one or two drops of strong ammonis for each pint of liquid. Another ‘hjnt—Avold the use of white clothe as covering for the table when blowing bubbles, they show off to much ored backgrounds. Children of the HE household rubbish and the streetsweepings of New York are carted to the thirteen river dumps. The most important of these are the ones at One Hundred and Tenth street and the Bast River and the one at the foot of Canal street. The former re- ceives the waste of the immense apart- ment residence district and the latter that of the big downtown warehouse and pier district. The privilege of Sorting the rubbish at ail the dumps is sold to an Italian con- tractor, who pays about $50,000 a year for it. He sublets the privilege of going over different classes of household rub- bigh to other Itallans interested in varl- ous industries. The paper-maxers, for in- stance, pay him for manila, straw, old paper and the like. The work has to be done in a hurry, and it is supposed that much even the trained and vigilant eyes of the “pickers and trimmers,” as t are called; but enough profit derived to enable them to return to’'the chief con- tractor a profit ‘'of 25 per cent upon his investment. . This part of the business has net al- ways been-accomplished-without scandal, says the Woman's Home Companion Rubbish Heaps. Only last summer, under the all-search- ing eye of a reforrn administration, it was learned that some of the subcontractors were thriftily employing children on the dymps at about 50 cents a week. These unfortunate little walfs not only received next to nothing for their labor, but prac- tically llved on the dumps in surround- ings which ope may without ondue ve- hemence describe as unspeakably foul. Reports that they were even - eating chance bits of kitchen refuse was also circulated. Not all the household rubbish and the streetsweepings are taken from the dumps out to sea. Bix per cent of it is brought to a refuse crematory at the foot of East Elghteenth street, established as an experiment by. Colonel Waring, who first placed the"New York Street-Cleaning Department on @ganitary and civilized working basis. In‘this § per cent of the total waste, even after it has been sorted by the argus-eyed employes of the Ital- fan contractors, there is enough valuable material to cause another contractor to pay $4000 a year to the city for the priv- {lege of still further sorting it. Here the sorting is done.by machinery. The rub- bish s whirled around on a long, wide belt, from which the pickers and trim- “ mers selze what is of value to them. The.Sensation . .. 'of Being in an «Earthquake <SHALL long, remember my first ex- périence with’am earthquake, sald An- dfidw ‘Stoné recently. Early in Octe- ber’of 190 I ‘was at Homer Spit, that ltes between Chuggchik and Kac mak bays, in'the Arctic. I was very anx fous to get some men to go with me into the mountains, and, hearing there were four living in a cabin at Anchor Point, twenty-five miles north of Homer Spit, whose services I might secure, I started out afoot td.find the place. T did not leave Homer untill p. m., and night then came very early in these lati- tudes. 1 felt sure, however, tnat I should reach the -place before it bscame very dark, and 1 might bave done o, but the only route was along the beach, and in many places it was extremely rocky, af- fording very uncertain footing: then, at short intervals, small streams poured ovet the high sea walls, and spread out over the sands of the Beach, where 1 was compelled to wade them, and my foot- wear was soon full of water. I hed not gone far when a celd rain commenced to pour down upon me in tor- rents, and I was soon thoroughly soaked, and my, clothing, much increased in welght, clung to me and greatly retarded my progress. After many trying adven- tures I arrived at the cabin late at night, 80 tired that I lost no time in stretching myself in a pair of blankets on the floor, and was soon asleep. I had slept several hours, when I was awakened by a very pecullar and unu- sual sensation. The cabin was rocking and creaking and performing all sorts of strange evolutions, and everything loose on the floor and walls was playing hide- and-seék, In and out of {ts dark corners. My first impression was that our hill- side was sliding into Kachemak Bay. I burriedly staggered to the door, very TTLY F7Z 7903 HOW TO GAIN A FLOW OF ELOQUENCE THAT WILL OPEN WIDE THE HALL OF FAME PORTAL. -— peaker. the bar, or in dispensable to are men who are the mea it fce are the only and ich one human soul due another. When an orator is ac- es almost s 13 and of the Charles Janu the bater t er liveds 1s re- nowned t it s tmpossible to overrate the importance to the orator’s purpose of that matchless lustrumer buman the voice, the best tone and writes Sena- f Massachu~ manner for public speaking, tor George Fri setts, in Success, are only those which the speaker falls o naturally when he Is engaged In earnest conversa~ tion. Suppose you are sitting about a table with & dozen friends, and some subject 18 started in which you are deeply inter~ ested. Yoy engage in an earnest and se- rious dialogue with one of them at the other end of the table. You are perfectly at ease. You forget yourself, you do not care in the least for your of voice, but only for tone you adgpt then w best tone for you in pub! can, however, learn from (ea H hers oe triendly critics to aveid any harsh or dis- agreeable fashlon of speech that you may have fallen into and t may be habitual to you in private convers: Next, never strain you attempting to fill spaces which are toe large for you. Speak as loudly and dis- tinctly as you can de easily, and let more distant pertions of your audience go. You will find in that way, very soon, that your voice will Increase in compass and power, and vou will do better than by a habit of straining the voice beyond it natural capacity. Be careful to either in tome or style. the tricks of speech of othe: of those famous and succe: do for them, but not for you. Never make a gesture for the sake of making one. 1 believe that most of the successful =peakers whom [ know would find it hard to tell you whether they themselves make gestures or not, they are so absolutely uncondcious in the mat- ter. But with gestures as with voice, get teachers or friendly crities to point_out to you any bad habit you may fall inte. I think it would be weill if our young public speakers, especially would have competent instructors and critics among their auditors, after tHéy enter their profession, to give them the benefit of such observation and counsel as may be suggested in that way. @ il e R R @ much after the style of walking In & rap- idly moving express traln while running over a rough roadbed. Whea I the door I could see by the coming light of day that our hillside was yet Intact, and then I realized what was place. 1 was really delighted, 1 often wished for the experience, like almost all other experisnces in north, it came to me without any on my part E | i £ FIE