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roe aa “* [—wews recs] Fyening World Daily Magazine | What You Dome: tie’ Prout MERIC have recently “dis- covered” tho rug. We are be-| ginning to learn that it is some- Ming more than a mere floor cover- (ng, and that it ranks with archl- tecture and early literaturo as a medium of expression for several im- portant races among the earth's peo- ple, But with most of us our newly Acquired knowle does not extend} far beyond the two great divisions in; yugs—domestic aud European, and the Oriental product. Both are divided | into many classifications, Most rugs are made according to’ one two methods, which gives us woven and tufted carpetings. The Jatter is distinctly Oriental, and is) made upon a foundation warp com- | posed of hempen, woollen or silk threads, The number of these threads depends upon the breadth of the rug and its desired fineness or coarse-| neas, Lengths of colored wool, or the hair of a camel or goat, or silken are knotted on to the warp with the two ends of the in- twists standing up. What ied a weft thread is then run cross the warp and another line of tufts made. The whole is brought securely tgoether by means of @ hand instrument, the ends of the tufts; clipped to an equal lengsb by expert fingers, and thus a tufted rug is com- pleted. Great skill is required in the knotting process, and the makers are trained from childhood in a certain kind of knot. These are known as the Turkish or Ghiordes knot and the Persian or Sehna knot. The first is somewhat easier to tie, but the cond gives a smoother surface to the rug. Neither can be duplicated by Machinery, which is one primary reason for the superiority of the Ori- ental rug. Up to the present no one has succeeded in appreciably reducing the cost of production, Rugs with @ fiat surface, such as are commonly made by machinery, ante-| date the piled rug many centuries, their origin being lost in the shadows | of antiquity, It was the invention cf| the Jacquard loom by a Frenchman} that made it possible to produce this) Kind of carpeting on a mach.ne loom, and the process has been extended to include many kinds of rugs. Amer- fean manufacturers have been not- ably successful in the production of low price rugs that make a very satis- factory floor covering, and we are sradually eveloping the manufac- ture of the better grades, although Europe still ds the way Just as we are learning to-day from Europe, so Europe learned from tho Oriental races the art of cart === = a . Famous Songs Old Folks at Home MERICAN life never had a truer) interpreter than Stephen Col-| lins Foster, who wrote “Old Folks at Home,” which probably !s better known as “Swance River," With “Home, Sweet Home” it is gen-| erally considered to be one of the most universally loved songs in tho} English language, and has been trans- lated into most European and several Astatic languages, The man who co sed the lines and music was a native of Pittsburgh and came of gentle birth, It was perhaps strange that a Northerner n of darky | should choose the medi. dialect to express the sweetness that| was his, but he found in the slaves’) aint verbiage a medium that ren- lers all the more plaintive such lines Ba those beginning: Way down upon de Swanes Ribber, , far away, rt te te ing ebber, ON A distinguishes every one of the songs which he left behind him Among the most famous of these are "Old Black Joe,” “My Old Kentucky Home," "Old Dog Tray,’ *Massa's in de Cold Ground” and “Come Where | My Love Lies Dreaming. Born July 4, 1826, Foster lived until Jan, 13, 1864, When two years of age ho was able to play halting har- monies on his @ister's guitar, and at elght yeara he learned to play the flute and a bit later the piano. “Open ‘Thy Lattice, Love,” his first published | plece, came from the pre; when he was but sixteen, "The Battle of Ballots] EVERAL millions of Amoricans will cast their ballots torday,/ which calls to mind that Uncle Sam's election machinery ts much Should Know A bout R ugs uct Reaches High Mark, but Oriental Still Excels. more complicated, but more reliable and trustworthy, than In the early| days of the Republic. For about a| quarter of a century after the found-| {ng of the Republic, the voters in most States were not given any say to even in choosing electors, The Various State Legislatures gractously telleyed the populace of that job and the solons t cleoturs, The nearest 1 file came to voting for President was to ballots for members of tho Logisia- ture. If to-day's election were of the old ft is reasonably certain that Hison and Mr. Hughes would elected, one to the Prest y and the other to the Vice Pres ldency. Up to 1804 each elector voted for two candidates for the Presidency Tl one wh ceived the ent Number of vol rf fob and the runni arer became Vico up * « President In the first election for President George Washington led with sixty- nine vot John Adams was a bad second, with thirty-four votes to his sredit. Others who received from one to nine votes were John Jay, Ro H Harrison, John Wutledgey John Han eck, George Clinton, Sdmucl Hunt- ington, John Milton, James Arm- strong, Benjamin Lincoln and Ed- ward Telfair. The last three got one oh and, without making a ssertion, it i* probable that the Prohibition, Soct ist Labor candidates. Wash- Ington and Adama were both Feder- alists, but in 1796 the election resulted In the choice of Adams, Federalist, for President, and Jefferson, Repub- ltcan, as Vico President, which was & sort of Wilson-Hughes combination, Weaving. It would be difficult to say at what period rugs first made their appearance on the Continent. But It is certain that they were cairly com~ mon in Spain after the Moors settled there, and it w from their con- querors that the Spaniards learned to make rugs. Long before, the art had been known throughout the Turkish, Arabic, Persian and other Asiatic and African empires. Writing in 1632, Plerre Dupont, a) master carpet-maker of Paris, says he | is convinced that rug weaving was taught to the French by the Sa cons after the latter had suffered de- | feat at the hands of Charles Martel in 726, The Middle Ages found the | art flourishing all over Europe, and} especially in France and Flanders. Colbert, Minister of Louis XIV., who | did so much to aid the birth of indus- | trial France, established the Hotel} des Gobeling in 1667 as a state manu- | factory, and the enterprise grew to be | one of the notable institutions of the| realm, In 1701 William III. of England ranted royal charter to weavers in ilton and Axminster, towns which | were to give their names to types of carpeting that have come down to/ the present day. The fame of the Wilton rug was largely due to Henry, Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery, who brought two Frenchmen, Antoine Dufossy and Pierre Jemale, to Eng- land and put them in charge of oper: tonsa at Wilton, Their skill and en- terprise won fame for the establish- | ment in @ little while, Other French and Flemish weavers followed, and | the industry was fairly launched. The opening of the nineteenth cen- tury saw euch experimentation In the effort to produce a satisfactory ma- | chine-made carpeting. Erastus B, Bigelow, an American, and William Wood, an Englishman, perfected the Jacquard joom to a point where it could be depended upon to turn out a uniform product of good quality. The passing years have witnessed further important development, and results are now accomplished by mechan Process that will stand the test comparison with the hand ma article, Not until 1880 did the French turn to machinery for carpet weaving, and they at first adopted English machin- ery to a great extent. So it was that the art ‘rat crossed the Channel, and en came back in a differen: after the lapse of centuries, ae In America we have produced at least one kind of floor covering which we may claim as our own, and that Is the rag rug. In Colonial times they were made in considerable numbers, and it was deemed a fine accomplish. ment for @ woman. Much ingenuity was shown in the matching of colors! and some quaint effects were pro- duced, The rugs took several ahapes, but the square and round forms are the most familiar, Rag rugs did not begin to lose thelr Place In American homes until about fifty years ago. Although this art of the home began to fall after the Civil War, !t was not lost, and rag rugs are enjoyine a renaissance that promises to restore one of the distinguishing features of the Colonial home, Can You Beat It! «ettha, By RE ANICE AND. Ug AN WITH MOTHER” ME LONG NO, ONLY ME! VOTE IN TH si EN SA 7 AY Boy You Vote Too MOTHER ? DAD! owner To Vere HE Wi ONT STAY’ LONG 5 aan By Maurice Ketten | Evening World’s Figure — Improvement Contest oy First Progress Comparison of Six Thin Women in Developing Contest Shows Gains Made by Allin Both Weight and Measurements —‘ Mrs. L.” Leads With Gain of Eight Pounds. By Pauline Furlong. Coprright, 1916, by The Prose Publishing Oo, (The New York Brening World) DEVELOPING EXERCISE—NO. IX. For Description Read To-Day’s Lesson FIRST POSITION J THIRD POSITION ATURDAY I weighed and meas; The recorded results of Satusday’a ured the six thin women who] Comparisons follow: are competing in the develop athe Now. ing class of The 104 12 Evening World's Figure Improve ment Contest, and every thin wom- an already has acoomplished ma- S Ga njnedy Total development pointe. MRS. K, terial gains both At Start. Now. Gained, in weight and a . measurements. 90 ’ 3 q Paine UALS — Physical changes pret 2” 23” | reoord themselves more slowly and to] Hips. 4 35 1 @ lesser degree in developing the Thigh 19 2 J! body than in reducing it, yet, after Total development points.. 9 only seventeen days, tho results ry H. gained by these contestants really At Start. Now. Gained. surprised me. One woman, “Mrs, 198 uA % 1.” actually had gained eight pounds, cy = and her development at all measure. 8 “Vy ment points was satisfactorily pro- a? 1 portionate. She leads the other oon we testants on potnts, totalling thirteen, i) Total development pointe.. Her nearest rival, “Mra. K.," with i nine points to her credit, although kann” Now. Gained. 123 1 3 gaining but three pounds, has devel- . 26 oped exactly an Inch at all measure. 2 _” ment points, In this respect doing 10 1 slightly better than “Mra. L.” | 20 Alone in the Big West, a Tenderfoot Finds Himself and Makes Good BEST NOVELS PUBLISHED ON THIS PAGE COMPLETE EVERY TWO WEEKS. (Copyright, 1018, by Frank A. Munsey Co.) SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS, haps 3 o'clock, and atill very dark, when he awoke, Two mem off in the distance were talking, He paid little attention to them, but rolled over It was an when he again were already faint Forty-five dollars a month.” “All right. I'll give you $75 a week to take Bat Truxton's place for me— not for a few days, but until the first day of October.” CHAPTER XIiil. and went to sleep again, hour or two later awoke. There first copnected Impression was that he had overslept, and that the JONNISTON called the four men were going to work. For he saw foremen. They had been ® long line, fifty men at the least count, filling out toward the spot He raised where the water barrels stood in the getting $3 a day. way ranch. Bike, Connisten gota @ it to $4, with @ promise of Jong-bodied wagons, while other Sin te ‘iw hn, f i ein” fal ol” ata fight site Begley $25 bonus for each day that crowds of men were grouped about ‘'alapatita good and water was in the ditch ahead of ona 5 Ii Ae ereay pales Work mist te finiahet le ecceraia' day or Mer schedule, Five days saved would eee Oe nme PLO comtate, GAL, Or, right, strangely uneasy, It wpe atill DRfords soni ig t Pee ' Wamet ty Mean $100 apiece, Then he told them long’ before dawn—and something Arwl. the faucher's daughter, Connision ewe 88 to raise the men's pay from §2 to Was wrong. He pulled on hia boots fea Marl, te ad when Brcydey La and, without stopping to lace them, CHAPTER XI. (Continued,) ROW drawn and anxious, Conniston did not see Mr. Crawford until the buck- board driven by Halfbreed Joe had stopped close be- hind him. He wheeled about, startled, at Mr. Crawford's voice, “Good morning, Conniston. How'a the work going?" “All right, I, hope.” “Where is Truxton?” “He"=-Connisjon hesitated — ‘he's In the tent.” ’rive to the tent, Joe,” command- ed Mr, Crawford. Conniston hora watched them as thetr leaped forward jn the slack ', Crawford jump down, saw him come out 4nd spring back tnto the buck- ‘Now, Joe," as he got down beside Conniston again—"you can unhook your he 1 am yoing to be here this mornt Joe drove away to where the camp horses had been pickete and Mr, Crawford turned to Conniston, “This is going to make it hard, "he said slowly, his face alike very grave, "But © got to make the most of tt.” “1 don't know,” Conniston offered after 4 moment, “that re is any immediate call for wot I think that I can handle them until Truxton around” ruxton you mean "We shall have to get along with- out him. I have told him that if he touched whiskey again while on this Job he could go," “But would It not be better to wait a few days—to give him a chance to sober up?" ‘on't get around!” iniston, I have never found wary to break my word,” suniston frowned, You know best Tam ready to do what I can to help out, I think I can promise you to keep the work going until you can get a man to take his place Mr, Crawford bent @ long, search- Ing regard upon him, And when he spoke it was slowly, sternly, it $2.25, with notice of $5 bonus for every man for each day gained, That eVening Conniston apent with Tommy Garton, He told the little fellow what had happened, received 4 hearty grip of tye hand, laid what few plang he hod time to outline before him and asked his advice upon them, “In three or four days I will send for you," Conniston told bim, “I don't know which it will be, ‘To-morrow morning I am going up into the mountains. Brayley will be in camp #ome time to-night. He'll take my place for a few days, No, he doesn't Know a damned thing about the work, but my foremen do, and Brayley knows men as you. know your multiplication table, And I will take @ gang of fifty men with mo. “I don't like to remove them from the ditch, but I've got to get that dam started, And, Tommy, one thing moro: Mr, Crawford tells mo that th will be a telephone ne into Valley City from Crawfordavilla within the week, He ts to get five hundred men to me aa soon as he can rush them through, “When they are within twelve hours of us I want you to let Bray- ley know. That !8, of course, In case Tam not back here. Brayley will then double his men's pay and keep them at work all night, Then I'll send halt of the new men, half of five hundred, I hope, to Brayley, and he'll put on a day shift and @ night shift and work his men fourteen, fifteen, sixteen hours a day—whatever they can stand up under, “And (U bave a day shift and a night shige slinging that dam across Deep Creek, And it's up there, Tom- my, that I expect you'll have to help me out,” Conniston’s plans for the next day hurried toward the wagons, And be: fore he had gone twenty pac e knew what {t was that had hap- pened. The men had been talking in hushed voices so as not to wake him; but now that two or three made out who he was, a shout rose sharply into the morning atiliness, And {it was clearly the shout of drunkenness. He saw a big fellow thrust a tin cup down Into one of the barrels, the head of which had been knocked tn, lft his cup high above hie hi laughing, and put It to his lips, An then he understood, although he did not understand. One of thé barrels which should have contained water was nearly full of raw whiskey! Conntston did not belleve that there were a dozen sober men tn camp. He had recognized the big man atanding at the barrel. It was Ren, the Englishman, Mundy and Poters, obviously drunk, stood close to him. ‘The little San Franciscan was standing In the body of the wagon, trying to put his two short arms about the barrel. He had the grotesque look of a dwarf embracing a fat wife. A moment he hesitated. And then he broke Into a run toward the tent. Yesterday they had taken Bat Tru ton to Valley City, But they had for. gotten Bat Truxton's rife With oager fingers he struck a match, Almost the first thing whioh his eyes found was a heavy Winchea- ter, three inches of Its harrel protrud- ing from a roll of bedding. He flung the bedding open upon the ground. There was half a box of cartridges with It. He made sure that the max- azine waa filled, threw a shell Into the barrel, thrust the box Into his pocket, and ran outside ‘Then he saw that, fifty yards trom the group of men, there was another a had been founded on hie assurance the & eens Bake a : that Hrayiey would arrive before Wagon, which had been drawn saite morning, Dut Brayley did not come. ing slowly now, the rifle held vertical: Qos cren Gad. oe Aeesae on tate ly close to his ‘side he moved toward leave, At first ho had thought to {hla second wagon, Ho reached it, at- tracting no attention. Springing into {ta low bed, ho dragged tho four bar rela close together. remain over night with Tommy Gar- tou, Then, remembering that he alone was responsible for the camp, ha told Garton good night and rode out into the desert, It waa late when at last he came to the tent and found his roll of blankets behind it, And ten minutes later cares and respon- eibilities alike euccumbed to bodily fatigue and he slept soundly. It waa long ver midnight, per- 7 THE BRASS CHECK + By George Allan England A Modern Mystery Story With a Real Plot Begina in The Evening World Nov. 18 Louder and louder rose the throaty voices, faster and faster passed the cups and dippers. Ben and Mundy had their arms about each other, In the wagon the Lark had slipped down and now lay upon his back, staring at the awirling, fading stars, and babbling incoherent nothings. A warthy little Italian was playing altses upon a harmonica, and heavy- booted feet shuffled and stamped upon the sand as men flung their brawny arms about one another and awayed back and forth. Swiftly the desert daylight came. Conniston laid the rifle across the top of one of the barrels and called out loudly. looked to him, above his hea He fired high above their head: ‘Tho sudden report crashed through the babe! of shoutings. And as the crack of the gun died away all other sounds died with it, “Leave that wagon, every man of you!" he shouted, “Move toward the ditch, And move fast! No man of them irred. The Italian with the harmonica struck up @ jigging air. The heavy- booted feet took up the rhythm. A man climbed up into the wagon and scooped up a dipperful of whiskey, holding tt aloft before he drank, The light was still uncertain, but the dipper was a bright, clear target. Conniston waited @ moment, his teeth hard set, scarcely breathing. Then as the man lowered the dipper from his face and held it out invitingly over the heads of the men on the ground, he fired. ‘The bullet crashed through the tin thing, hurling tt into the mass of up- turned faces. The man who had held tt erted out aloud, and, clutching the fingers of his right hand tn his left, leaped down from the wagon, The Lark rolled over and to the ground, dived be- tween the wheels, and disappeared, Now Conniston did not walt, He fired at the barrel {twelf, hoping to smash In the staves, to’ drill holes near the bottom through which the confined liquor could escape. “L drop the first man that tal etep this way!” Tense, anxious, watchful, he waited. He saw one of the ntep out quickly and raise @ big Colt revolver, The man, a he Mfted the revolver, fired, not seeming to aim. The bul let struck one of the front wheels of Conniston’s wagon. Almost at the same second Conniston fired. Fired and missed and fired again, With the second report came a shrill ery from the man with the revolver, and Conniston saw him stagger, drop He waved his hat Als gun, wheel half around and AL For a moment the others hung back, hesitating, The man upagn the ground Ufted himself upon an elbow, glared at Conniston without picking up the revolver which he had dropped, No one heard him, no one ©! began to crawl slowly back toward tho tent. lenly. k next moment he forgot himen- — “I'leaso, air,” grinned the Lark, tirely. Ben and Mundy were a pace shaking his hand high above his or two in front of their men, who, head, like a ragged urchin in school. from force of habit, had begun to * I go git a drink? Water, I flock toward their daily leaders, mean!" he Snished with widening Thelr backs were to him as they grin: (asued short orders which he could — "Yes," answered Conniston, trying | not © But. thelr plain enough. He took his revolver from Its holster and laid it in front of him upon a board across the top of one of the barrels, Silently the men were falling back. And an they retreated they spread out Into a great eemicirele, wider and F purport was “ shouted Conniston, sharply, “you've got to stop that! Munday, atop where you are! I don't want to Kill you fellows, but I'll have to, if you keep on!" Ben and Mundy atopped. There wan something strange In the way the men were watching him, something tn thelr audden silence, in thelr eager a him. titude spoke of one thing—-a breathless waiting, What were they waiting for? A sound, reely louder than the sat, but Jarring harshly overacute footfall of # upon his etraining, eara told him, He swung about with sharp cry. ‘There, Just behind him, barefooted, dent almost double, crouching to leap upon him, @ great “*inaman, @ long, curved knife clencned in his hand, wan not three feet away! Even as he swung about the giant sprang forward, Conniste struck with his rifle—the range was too short for him to use the thirty-thirty save asa club It atruck the bie blow upon the shou parried and the rife man a planet ior, The Ww was jerked fron his grasp, The knife struck and bit deep into the shoulder he had thrown forward. Again It waa raised, Con- niston sprang back and he swept up the revolver from the barrel-top As tha knife fell, cutting a ne gash again in his shoulder, he jammed the te of Lonesome Pete's mu against the Chinaman's stomach and fired. The Chinaman grunted and ton turned to the men, They you, Peters, and ta the use? — Hasn't 6 far enough? You ean at od will it do? Your whiskey ed and you can't Ket tt bi w the wages | offered paterday You them, and nothing fools to give up your the word, hoya? WHI you work, Hen? And u, Pe 1, Mundy and the Lark? Shall I tell the cook to get coffer ready? Talk up ity What in tt Suddenly the Lark broke away from his comrades and ran forward ‘I'm with you! he shouted, “How about coffee, boys” “And you, undy? How ahout you?” Conniston callel quickly Mundy hesitated, glancing at Ben before he answered. And then slow he stepped cut to where the Lark al ready stood, By Jackson Gregory “T'll keep my job," he grunted sul- to keep from his eyes the gladness | which waa eurging up within him. me this way firat, ‘There, stop. | throw your gun toward me, | You've got some sense. Now go get your water.” Ren came forward, and slowly, re- luctantly, with evil, — red- Ig ax eyes, Peters. And, as the Lar! a done, they toased their revolvers to | development petate,.:6 . the sand) near Conntston’s wagon| gaty) wil again weigh and and trudged off toward the nearest | me, one atout women in the water-wagon, A dozen men followed ig claas of the eontest the them, Gradually the Hne broke up aa the call for water grew imperative to parched throats From the c comparative tables will be prblienes in gas column the Wednesday jowing. f his eye Connis- ton saw these me go to the first D I i Cc wagon, tlt up the barrels, and go to levelopin: ‘ourse. the next. And suddenly he heard a P 9 Lesson IX. T !s certain that when women tears great shout Ko up from them—a shout] no longer of anger, but of surprise, In the bottom of every barrel there I Was an auger-hole, ‘There was not a all about the strenuous duties and single drop of water in camp! delicate construction of the hw. “Fon,” ho erted, “get the harness on|man body they will select their food some horses and take one of the wag: | with ‘and intellt ons to Valley City. Take @ couple of| ".", far more thought iatelite men with you. Go to the general of. | ence than has been their custom. fice and ask for Tommy Garton, Tell| For overcoming digestive disturo- him we've Rot to have water. You,|@NCe8 already established the exers Lark, take the rest of the wagons as | C80 ahown to-day is one of the very fast a¥ you can and send your horses best. Of course dict is the all-importe to the Hulf Moon for. more water, ®t factor in Preventing indigestion, Pala what 1. Cook, aoe | BUL exercises for the vital trunk mua if you } clea str «then these parts and are : fgets hota y more benefictal than drug to eu 1 bw back. from Bedication: = tai ou know it. We'll TO-DAY'S EXERCISE, That * vou pee HE Milustration shows another indy seo th omebody looks out | exercise for the stomach and for the men that are hurt. Take them the hip and thigh joints; Lie te the tent T et fie + mater 'f face downward, weight on elbows and 6 cook has any not, Ben, you } take than With vou'te Walley city Knees. Rar we th abt leg up as high hem with yay to y city” | da pos nd bring it with & swing backward over the left one, aiming . to touch the toe to the floor as far towed OVER to the Jeft side as possible to teint rea The body must be swung only from the waist line and position of And then Brayley came elt Hust remain the same. Re What's up, ¢ he asked, hts! pe movement ten times wit keen eyes taking tn the fading excite- | each relaxing between each, ment, the general idleness Me In a few words Conniston told him SUGGESTED MENU. For am ey said nothing REAKEAST jnss of water, shaking his head and eying him curt jstewed — prunes your nerve, Con,” he miponarel Buses Peg tt aires muffins, cocoa laughed shakily Luneheon; Cream of tomate soup, Kk, Hrayley,” he sald, un-|rice pudiling, whole wheat bread steadily The thing ve me! Dinner: Roast beef, browned poe mad TI had to kill a man—uand TU! tatoos, macaroni and. cheese, wees can't forget how he looked bie salad, ico cream, \ How mannged to stop fem, test | killin’ « Where ts he?!" Fi HOT BATHS—MRAS.G.S: Pe Cor to the wagon and sixty years old should not taka very ture Half Moon fore-| hot baths, even when trying to reduce, man le Wagon and Diet and light exercises, stretebit 1 looked at the limp hoe And then he and deep breathing will’ reduce came back Ce with parts of the body in time. Do not be strides, \. ay th Such @ hurry, as you were probabl; Hell!" he grunted disgustediy. “I many years accumulating this éat thought you maid you'd k That's only hink! (To We Continued) Overdoing the exercises strains the | muscles and may lead to serious come plications, %