Anadarko Daily Democrat (Anadarko, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 193, Ed. 1, Thursday, September 22, 1910 Page: 3 of 4
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Census Returns Show Lure of City
CcOOD TO MuHftvK? i
WVSHINGTON. Tho census burenu
has innile public figures concern-
ing enough localities to Indicate cer-
tnin Interesting tronds In the growth
of Amorlcan population. What stands
out first Is of courso tho general In-
crease In population all over the coun-
try. While this growth Is perhaps
more striking In tho middle west or
even In tho far west tho oast Is little
behind those sections. Increases In
city population rarely fall below 20
per cent for tho last ten years. Often
tho Increaso Is considerably In excess
of CO per cont.
This growth haB been expected but
there will probably bo soma surprise
to find how far tho growth of the
cities exceeds that of tho rural dis-
tricts. Here savo In a few localities
thero 13 an Increaso but generally It
Is below ton per cent.
Borne spot In Illinois may 'mark the
center of population for another ten
years. It Is worth while to emphaslzo
Uncle Sam Watching Aeroplane Men
THE experts In both tho army and
tho navy aro watching with keen
interest tho development of tho
heavler-thanalr craft. While tho of-
ficials aro not willing to say much pub-
licly about the possibilities of tho use
of airships In time of war tboy are
saying privately that tho probability
Is that when tho next great war comes
tho airship will ploy a more effective
part than battleships land batteries
or great masses of troops.
Tho prediction Is freely mndo by
army and navy officials In prlvato that
not a dollar will ever bo spent In fortl-
iylng for tho protection of tho Panama
canal. They have arrived at this con-
clusion becauso they think they fore-
see that within a few years the airship
will bo brought to a stago of perfec-
tion that will enable It quickly to do-
stroy any fortifications that might bo
erected along the routo of tho canal.
Congress at tho recent session de-
clined to appropriate monoy for tho
Coy Curls Are Coming in From China
JTUL YE-TAKr'frntXfj2kV
VICE-CONSUL Qenoral Stuart J. Ful-
ler of Hongkong sheds light on a
k J Jroblem which has vexed tho brain of
man for many moons where all the
hair comes from which goes to make
up the wido expanse of colffuro which
adorns tho head of woman.
Much as ho would llko to bollove
that Rll womankind has suddenly come
Into the secret possessed by the Sovon
Sutherland Sisters detachod wisps
curls and occasional plaits to say noth-
ing of startling variation In texture
has forced upon tho most unobservant
suspicion that sho bedecks hersolf
with a foreign product. Our represen-
tative nt Hongkong clinches tho evl-
denco with brutal statistics. Ho gives
tho following data of tho quantities
and valuo of hair shipped from that
port In tho last threo 'ears:
Overhauling the
rw IB treasury building Is undergoing
1 nnothor overhauling which mis
i ne coats $180000. Tho renovators
have been nt work on tho treasury
building for n good many years. Not
very much has been done to the Insldo
of tho great pllo of masonry where
the United States money Is kept but
moro or less work ts all tha tlmo going
on on tho outside. All of tho original
eandstone or soft llmestono that faced
the outside of tho building has been nt
laBt removed and granite has been put
In lta placo. The principal chango that
will now be mado wjll bo to ollmlnata
the huge granite ontranco steps on tho
Jlltcenth streot side. Soveral now
passenger elevators will bo Installed.
Lockers wllf bo furnished sufficient for
tall of the clerks; the money-handling
divisions will be segregated on the
ground floor; supplies will bo shipped
(rain the west entrance instead of tho
ItrurJ IIJ'
tho word "may." because there Is not
nvallable nt this time much definite
Informatlot on which to make specula-
tion ns to where the center of popula-
tion will bo.
The remarkable Increaso In the pop-
ulotlon of Oklnhomn must bo taken
Into consideration In n speculation as
to where the center of population Is
likely to "light." A fact worth beurlng
In mind Is that the Increase In impu-
tation In the oast particularly hava
beou In the larger cities.
Tho center of population has moved
almost duo wostward slnco 1700. when
It whs nt n lHiInt 23 miles east of Balti-
more. From 1730 to 1800 It moved
nlmost duo wost to n Klnt 18 miles
west of Baltimore. In the next ten
years from 1800 to 1810 It moved
westward and slightly southward to n
point nbout forty miles northwest by
wost of Washington.
During tho ten yenrs between 1890
and 1900 the "center" moved west-
ward a little over 1 i miles and south-
ward u little less than three miles and
halted at a point six miles southeast
of Columbus Ind. This movement be-
tween 1890 mid 1900 was the smallost
in 100 years.
Tho "center" will havo to travel
' something like 70 miles to gel beyond
the borders of Indiana this year.
fortification of tho canal. No publlo
reason for this failure to make an ap-
propriation was ever announced but
It Is now pretty well understood that
tho experts In both the war and navy
departments suggested that It would
bo well to ilefer action until the gov-
ernment understands better what to
expect of the airship.
Officials In the army and navy de-
partments nre greatly Impressed with
tho performances of Glonn Curtlss
with his aeroplano nt Atlantic City re-
cently. Those performances wero not
under tho auspices of either the war
department or tho nnvy department
but agents of each of tho fighting arms
wero present and wore deeply Im-
pressed with what Curtlss was nbN to
do. They havo reported to their re-
spective departments that from a
height that 'mid havo protected him
reasonably well from a flro directed
at him from either land or water ho
dropped small articles on boats and on
objects on land with remarkable pre-
cision. Sonio of tho experts from tho de-
partments who saw tho Curtlss per-
formances camo back firmly convinced
that If war should coma on tomorrow
tho aeroplane would be able to do do-
Btructlvo work.
Vear. rounds. Value.
IJW M.I32 U.m
1003 3721 jr'KH
'Wi .. ..........s.73.i wwi
Note how tho price has soared. In
1907 hair was worth only about twon-ty-flvo
cents a pound wholesale and
we Imported only 60132 pounds of it
while In 1909 wo brought In 445733
pounds with the price ut something
moro than seventy cents. Such a rato
of growth In face of so rapid un In-
creaso In price Is almost unprecedent-
ed In other lines of commorce and Is
another Illustration that woman wants
what sho wants when she wants It and
is going to havo it expense be
banged!
Our diplomatic representative leaves
us in the dark as to what woman In
China is doing for hair. It the trade
keeps on sho will certainly be bald In
courso of tlmo. Ho pays a compll-
meut however to the genius of tho
Chinese nrtlst by romarklng that "Chi-
neso hair Is treated at homo In various
ways bo as to match almost any tex-
turo desired" leaving us to concludo
that tho diversity of color not Infre-
quently notod on tho Bame head Is
duo to lack of circumspection on tho
part of Amorlcaa women.
Treasury Building
Fifteenth street; frlezo windows will
bo placed on tho third lloor and n
general adjustment of bureaus and
divisions will be mudo to facllltnto tho
work. The treasury department has
been seriously overcrowded for a num.
ber of yoars. One of the very first Im-
provements was tho elimination from
tho building of tho branch printing
oltlce with its combustible Inks oils
otc. With tho great Fifteenth streot
steps removed a lino entrance at
grade will bo provided for the em-
ployes and n count will bo kopt of the
people entering and leaving tho build-
ing which at tho present tlmo seems
to bo Impossible. At the present tlmo
tho employes nro obliged to carry
their clothing hats rubbers umbroi-
las and everything of that charncter
Into their working rooms so that lock-
ers nro Imperative. It will certainly
bo $180000 mighty well expended for
In tho pwi'sent condition of tho treas-
ury department It Is Impossible to
keop It clean or to run it on business-
like methods with departments of the
various bureaus widely separated so
that the chief of ono of theso spends
most of his time traversing the corri-
dors in his attempt to keep track of
his dorks and of his work
TaTh " x Vi - ' '
rv yjnr ' fr-y sw-
rS;--i'V-
iYor? tviTAy jrrvi
T) maintain their national inde-
pendence to assert their com-
mercial supremacy to resist
the encroachment of foreign
. powers tho men of Holland
have endured many wars aud achloved
great triumphs. Tho dnys of these
stubborn Btrlfes have gone for Hoi-
lnnd no longer hns any pre-eminent
greatness to defend no greedy as-
saults to repel. From centuries of
strenuous effort she has drifted Into
n quietly prosperous peace her peo-
ple well content with tho little which
they never lack and bearing with
them a dignity nnd nlr of slmplo well-
being which are tho tokens of their
ancestry. Yet unconcerned as they
may bo with wars and rumors of wnrs
In tho world of men they nre still
called to the dally exercise of the high
courage of their rnce for they have
ever at their gates a foo never weary
of nttack and they know well that tho
least relaxation of wariness will bring
destruction. Tho peril of the sea at
all seasons Is a thing which no nation
knows as well as Holland knows It.
Theso men hold their laud nnd bring
It to rich cultivation In tho face of
tho great natural forces of the world.
Their country lies below sea-level and
Is preserved from ruin by great em-
bankments thrown up round the coast
aud a vast system of canals which
make a veritable network of tho land.
Herein lies the secret or tho Dutch-
man's greatness of character. He has
had no opportunity of becoming en-
feebled by security. The unceasing
conflict with the Ben has becomo knit
up Into tho very fibers of tho national
spirit and has given to it a strain
of silent self-reliance that could have
been born of no other cause. Silent
I for this warfaro 1b not as tho wurfare
j of man with man accompauled by the
I clash of arms and blaie of trumpets
! it is carried on from year to year In
grim quietness against an enemy that
may be repulsed but that can never
be destroyed. It was by no mere
chance that the country's hero was
William tho Silent.
The Dutch landscape reflects the
national charucter In a singularly
vivid manner. Narrow roads set with
small red bricks trimly ordered gar-
dens the Uttlo carts drawn by dogs
the cottages with their little rows of
burnished copper nnu brnss pans und
bowls set outside to sweeten In tho
sun the poles erected to attract tho
storks at nesting tlmo the mlnlaturo
windmills for domestic use tho people
themselves In their bright blouses and
aprons and whlto sabots the scrupu-
lous tldlnesa thnt prevails everywhere
all combine to make up tho Impres-
sion of n toy country where everything
is well ordored and mellow. Nowhere
Is tho traveler brought up In suddon
nnd breathless wonder before any
gorgeous spectacle nowhere awed by
any sense of feverish activity. Deso-
lation and grandeur nre alike absent.
A beggar Is hardly ever seen a ruin
never. Tha absenco of theso and of
all pomp of riches makes one forget-
ful of tho Inequality of things. And
then in the midst of all this pretty
uuconcqrn Is tho everlasting symbol
of tho Dutchman's strength tho sails.
Thero Is nothing small about these.
They are liberal and workmanlike
full of dignity. Greedy for evory
breath of wind they bear the heavily
laden barges beautiful from water-line
to masthead down tho great canals
from sea to sea. They movo with a
measured dignity which deepens tho
sense of calm which Is over the whole
landscape and adds to It strength and
nobility of character. Everything that
tho Hollander docs under tho spell of
tho waters Is informed by a largo and
generous spirit of power and fitness.
If ho has to build a house ho at-
tempts to achlevo beauty and bo-
comes ornate and wholly undisting-
uished; but when be turns his band
to the great windmills which girt the
vw nmweuo aw- or m ciry
i . .
Kles or his canals he works by in-
stinct rather tlmn by. design and
shows himself to be possessed of a
feeling for proportion nnd lino which
Is Impeccable.
It Is this Innate suggestion of beau-
ty and rlghtnoss In the cannl life of
the country that gives to the wonder-
ful calm or tho landscape Us crown-
ing glory. Flat pastures sweep out
on all sides to n far horizon whore
lines and colors stand out with singu-
lar clearness and brilliance Sleek
black and whlto cattle are confined
to their rightful meadows by smaller
canals which servo as hedges for tho
peoplo have put their mastery over
tho water to practical uses ut every
turn. We are Bhaded by tall trees
that aro set along either side of thu
road and we know that we aro In a
land of peace where hurry and clnmor
would be unseemly. And yet In nil
thlB benign quietude there Is nothing
lethargic for always with us aro the
great canals with their procession of
life quiet nnd slow but resolute nnd
unyielding. For variety und richness
the English landscape Is unnppronch-
able yet In this thing a contrast Is
not uninteresting. As wo go through
our highways and lnncs and wood-
lands we shall find all the beauty and
pence but tho ono thing thnt wo shall
often miss Is movement nnd life which
s wholly In tune with tho surround-
lugs and Is bo to speak essential
to the life or tho nation ns n whole.
Trains mny bo this last but they de-
stroy tho calm Instead of emphuslzlng
It. Motorcars aro both discordant
and inessential. Even the pleasure
.. .?. n rIver lend a suggestion of
artificiality. A team on tho plough-
lands n shepherd folding his sheep a
field of haymakers or reapers only'ln
these do we find the Jlfo that Is In
exact accord with the scene and theso
we can only find at Intervals. In
Holland on the other hand In places
tho most remote from cities and tho
sound of markets and commerce wo
And always tho feeling of seclusion
nnd restfulness heightened nnd
touched to a sense or vitality by tho
canals und their full-salled barges.
These canals triumphantly redeom
the physical characteristics of the
country from tho charge of dullness.
Holland In its general fentures is un-
denlably quaint but qualntness has n
charm which Is not enduring. After
a while wo begin to tiro of the square-
ncss and orderliness and to look upon
what appeared to bo Individuality nt
first as eccentricity. We grow a llttlo
uncomfortnble in the land of Lllllput
and fret for chango and somo patch
of wlldness. Uut of tho ennuis wo
never weary for In them we seo tho
expression of n nation's character
molded through centuries of stirring
and honorable history. We remember
the Dutch proverb: "God made the
iea we made the shore" and we feel
that these waterways are not only
beauUful and charged with color and
ntraosphere. but symbolical of a peo-
ple's greatness.
The Dutch painters through whom
the national genius has round Its most
rorclblo nnd enduring expression have
realized very completely this strange
blend or calm and strength. Tolook
at ono or their portrait groups or say
a body or hospital governors Is to
understand nt once thnt these men
conducted tholr business thoroughly
nnd woll. but scornful nr ....n n'.
haste and ror untroubled reposo Van
uer nicer s picturo of Delft In tho gal-
lery at Tho Hnguo could not woll be
surpassod. In the groat Dutch paint-
ings wo do not find the tranquillity or
tho opon plnces nnd luxuriant haunts
of nature but the doop calm of strong
life sobor and not highly Imaginative
but entirely satisfying In Its dogrco. '
The rlso nnd fall of nations Is a
phenomenon still unaccounted for nnd
constantly recurring. Wo know that
Home step by step rose to a splendor
tho glory of which Is Immortal but
we cannot grasp the secrot of this
splendor's decay or of tho decline of
tho other great civilizations or tho
world. We can but nccept the ruct
and wonder nt the ruined and yet
noble monuments or their greatness
thnt still stand as at onco a memory
nnd nn Inspiration. When tho tlmo
comes that tho peoples or western
Europo havo also passed Into tho
shadow of dead glories we too shall
leave something of our works to bear
witness to a greatnoss that has gone.
But Holland will be but n recordod
history to the new nations of fnr-otf
ages. The sea will havo prevailed
and the great canalB which aro as
truly the essentlnl expression of a res-
olute and heroic peoplo as are tho
palaces of Venice or the Acropolis of
tre Greeks will have perished and
will bear no testimony
JOHN DRINKWATER.
Novel Cotton Wedding.
This affair was celebrated way down
1 In old Kentucky nnd was such a de
llghtful nffHlr that I am sure our '''ml-
ers In all parts of the country win be
able to adapt Ideas from It tu suit
i their own needs and conditions. The
Invitations said "Please come In a rot-
ton frock." This conveyed the Idea
that It was to be an Informal affair.
The spacious porches and grounds
were lighted with many lanterns and
dotted over the lawn were great white
i cotton umbrellas such as are used for
shade on wagons. They were on lotik
stakes driven Into the ground nnd had
n Japanese lantern lighted and hub-
' pended from each rib; rugs nnd chairs
were underneath.
These trystlng plnces were much
sought In the Intorvala between
i dances. There was n large platform
erected with negro players. Just llko
the plantation dnnces before the war.
I'efore the dnnclng the hostess pro-
duced bandana handkerchief-aprons to
which tho men sewed the strings;
then n wee colored china doll wns
glvon each girl with bits or chamois
skin from which sho was to mako n
pen wiper for her partner.
Tho rerreshments woro typically
southern: Individual chicken pics
hot corn mutrtns tiny stuffed peppors
Iced ten and delicious watermelon.
A Neck-Wear Shower.
A fall brldo says tho prettiest show-
er tho girls of her homo town gave
her wub - "neck-wear" downpour. The
lovely part was that each girl mado
with her own fair Angora tho dainty
creation for tho brldo who had grown
up among them nnd was so soon to go
far away across tho sea. No ono
can have too mnny stocks nnd collars
and thero wns every variety Imagin-
able somo being of Irish crotchet. Tho
tnblo center pleco was composed of
tho whlto gllly flower often called
"stocks" and tho placo cards wero
bogus certificates of- "stock" drawn
upon tho Hank or Matrimony nnd
signed by her majesty tho "American
Woman" with "Cupid" named ns treas-
urer. Tho gilts wero nil dono up In
dnlnty tlssuo paper tied with whlto
j satin ribbon nnd wero brought In on
n tray with hows or tullo on ench
hnndle. A weo ronldon dressed ns;
Cupid presented tho tray to tho bride.
An Unusual Party for Children.
A mother of n twelve-year-old
daughter Issued Invitations for this
very pretty party nemcmberlng how
children loved to dross up sho said:
"I'leaso como In a costume represent-
ing n charactor from 'Allco in Wonder-
land.'" When nil had arrived thero
was a pantomime showing tho figures
on a screen tho children guessing who
was who ns each llttlo figure passed
by. This mado loads of fun ns It was
I dono before thoy entered tho big draw-
I ing room. I had bettor explain exact-
. ly how. As tho guests nrrlved (and
I thoy wero all very prompt) thoy wero
met by n maid who took them Into a
sldo room without removing their
i wraps. Tho screon was In plnln vlow.
Each guest was taken separately tho
wrap removed and ho or sho was
placed behind tho screen. If tho chil-
dren recognized tho character thnt In-
dividual took a seat In tho drawing
room the chairs being arranged in
Three Dainty Dresses
THE dainty dross nt tho left Is of
whlto batlsto trimmed at tho bot-
tom nnd around tho yoko nnd
ileeves with embroidery. Tho yoko
nnd the cuffs aro of tho batiste
finely tucked. The sash Is of rib-
bon flulshed In front with a sash end
reaching to tho bottom of tho -Bklrt
and ornamented with llttlo pink roses.
The next dress is of old red vollo.
Tho front of tho blouse and of tho
tklrt are mado with crosswlso tucks
and ornamented with buttons of tho
material. Tho blouse is trimmed nt
tho top with a tucked band of tho
rolle; the little sleeves nnd the bottom
ef tho skirt are trimmed In the sumo
rows When all were admitted ther
was n professional entertainer why
did wonderful tricks ror 20 minute"
then there were games and dancing-
for a hs'f hour. Refreshments wero
served In the upstairs ballroom whhii
had been transformed Into a veritable
"wonderland" with a bountiful we t
gold and sliver tinsel.
Many llttlo surprises had hern
cleverly planned for the mystification
of the young guests. For Instance
there was an Immense water Illy made-
ironi paper and placed before n screen
made from a clothes bars covered with
crepe paper and ferns; there was a.
petal for onch child which when
pulled down revealed a plate contain
Ing nn Ice croam rabbit. From tho-
mouth of a huge florco-looklng cat
there camo cookies and from nn enor-
mous snow ball came wee boxes or
bonbons. Thero was a witch who-
passed favors and n clown who dis-
tributed balloons. Wnsn't this n won-
derful party? It sounds rnthor diffi-
cult to produce but tho hostess ns-
sured mo that It had been a dotlght
to get all ready as sho had tho loving-
cooporatlon of n couplo of young col-
lege men and two adoring aunts of tho
llttlo hostess.
A Tennis Dinner.
This pretty dinner was given nt thv
close cr a season ror a tennis. 'club t
my tho close or tho senson ror whlln
It was In September nnd still rent
summer weather tho parting or tho
wnys had como as tho membors woro-
to bo widely separated for at leaBt n.
year. Tho long dining room tablo was
laid out llko a "court" with vory-
dulicato grcon moss surrounded by a
hedge or verbenas and delicate fern.
Tho sections of tho court woro marked
by narrow whlto satin ribbon nnd
across the court wns not mado from
coarso dress material known ns fish
net. Tho ends wero fastened Into
whlto stain stakes which wero wood-
en nice . skowcrs fastened In blocks of
wood which woro concenled by flowers.
Tho plnco cards woro racquots and tha-
favors woro tiny wooden racquets
with delicious ball-shaped bonbons
piled on them.
MADAMB MEimi.
ISwSnw:
jTsmmdiM.
Hoels aro to bo lower.
Hlack satin tntlor-madcs nro good.
In materials pled de poulo U ono of
tho newest.
Tho smartest new hats are low
broad affairs.
Tho plaited frill holds Its vogue won-
derfully well.
Jet for buttons ts not qutto as pop-
ular as last year. '
Tho colonel's plumo is moro than-
over worn on small hatB.
Shaded automobllo veils are among
tho novelties of tho hour.
Yollow Is ono of tho favorlto colora
as tho summer advances
Laco and pluin linen turnovers mill
bo worn on stocks of Bilk.
Patent leather belts with enameled
or Jeweled buckles aro In the lend.
Eyelot and opon work doslgns are
seen In embroidered laundered turn-
over collars.
way and a elmllnr band forms tho gfn-
dlo. Tho tucked gulmps and tho pur-
fed undersleovea aro of whlto batlsto.
The dress at tho right ia pink silk
vollo. The blouso Is shirred at tho
shouldors nnd crossed In front; tha
front Is tucked nnd trimmed at tho
top with laco. Tho collaretto is ot
tulle as are also tho puffed under-
sleeves tho lnttor trimmed with nor-
row bands or liberty. Tho sleeves
themselves are wide and cut In on
pleco with tho body or tho waist.
The skirt Is trimmed at tho bottom
wtih twoovcrlapplng ruffles of the ma-
terial The girdle Is of liberty knot.
ted at tho left slue.
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