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Show THE UINTAH BASIN FARMER Indian Names Mostly of Singular Beauty With simple directness the Indians argued from the known to the unknown in choosing their names. There had to be some meaning to the words, some way to identify the spot referred to, either by direction from the Tillage of the tribal chief, or by description. As example: Housatenic, the land toward tLe rising sun; the land on the other side of the river; Mississippi, the father of waters t Wisconsin, the wild, rushing river; Monotigahela, the river of many landslides; Manhattan, the place of drunkenness; Connecticut, the land of long tidal river. the famous Virginia Powhatan, chief, was not known by his real name, which was Wahunbencawh. That was too difficult for the settlers, so they called him by the name of the land over which he ruled, Powhatan. Nor was Pocahontas the true name of his daughter, the princess; her real name was Matoaca. Shenandoah means daughter of the sky; Chlckahominy means the river In the land of much grain; Chicago means the land where wild garlic grows. Most of the names carry a clear meaning to the minds of those who know the places. Emerson said language was fossil poetry, and If that is true, then surely the Indians possessed a genius for beauty and rhythm. When R. L. S. made his journey across the United States he was struck by the Indian words and wrote of the subject appreciatively: And when I asked the name of a river from a brakeman, and heard that It was called Susquehanna, the beauty of the name seemed to be part and parcel of the beauty of the land. As when Adam, with divine fitness, named the creature, so this word Susquehanna was at once accepted by the fancy. That was the name, as no other could be, for that shining river and desirable valley. Saturday Blade. Aga-mentic- us, Vital Changes in Seasons Fashions Timid negativism is the complex which seasonably distinguishes the chic from the not so chic. Semiannually it attacks each phase of the mode couturier and critics and milady herself and It is the saddest and most reactionary force in fashion. It IS the quality which resists progress and attempts to translate radical changes Into merely variations of old themes. When you read that the flare Is merely a variation of the straight line, that the new elaboration is merely complicated simplicity, you are reading the timorous words of the pussyfoot-er- s whose negativistic comments turn daytime into darkness, asserts a Paris fashion writer in the New York Herald-T- ribune. There are seasons, of course, when the reactionaries ride high in their saddles, when the mode remains motionless and static, when the silhouette changes not a bit and the waistline rests smugly satisfied with its former habitat or status. You may remember the monotonous iteration of youth, straight line and simplicity in the days when the quiescent of the mode remained in a state of beatific somnolence- - Those were the nurturing days of negativism, and they generated a reactionary attitude among the minions of fashion mes-dam- es Einstein Theory Here are two interesting examples of Einsteins famous theory a common man may understand, says Cappers Weekly. Suppose you are watching a clock and have the power to continue watching it no matter how fast or how far It recedes from you. As each second the light waves by which you see the clock will have farther to come and take a longer time on the way, that will make the clock appear to go slower and slower. Yet Einstein Insists you will not be wrong in supposing the receding clock goes slower any more than you would be wrong In saying It kept good time if Instead of receding it stood still. In the same way, suppose you were to toss a stone out of the window of a speeding railway train. To the passengers It would seem to fall backward, but a section hand standing beside the track, would see It fall for ward, though not so fast as the train. It all depends on the point of view. That is why Einstein calls his theory ing the several seasons of its domi- nance. Thirdly, elaboration Is now combating simplicity, which has been carried too far and continued too long, and while no modern maiden will ever swish through the avenues accompanied by anything like the encumbrances of her Victorian forbears, there is, nevertheless, a distinct trend among the creative spirits of fashion toward greater decoration, particularly in the evening. Fourthly, a counter move against the overextension of the sports ogue has just been Inaugurated, and while you may hear from many sources that the sports mode is the essence of modem fashions, the handwriting on the wall is faint but unmistakably in contradiction. The sensitive leaders of the mode are headed in the direction of greater formality and the smart modern demoiselle will not continue to intrude the sports spirit into formal affairs. Keep in mind this background when you select your new wardrobe. In evitably you will see many models which incorporate the passing spirit as well as that wich is about to come, and the selection, and your consequent degree of smartness, depend entirely upon your choice. Remember that the day of radical fashion changes is over that the mode moves now in a subtile and more insidious manner and that it requires far more concentration to foresee and Interpret its smartest moods. Where yesterday each new season sponsored a keynote that was easily apparent to all, the slower development of todays mode and the tremendous resistance to every new idea makes modern fashions extremely simple to follow. Among some of the interesting costumes which have already been accepted in Paris Is a model contributed by Captain Molyneaux, from which you may understand the tendency away from simplicity consider the details and it will be quite obvious. velveteen Here is a dress of brick-rewith a collar and cuffs of metallic lace and sleeves which puff from the elbow. Around the nether portion of the flared skirt which incidentally portrays the swinging silhouette there are luxurious and ample bands of sable. And the lady carries a muff, a singularly feminine performance. A Renee Ensemble. A typical Renee ensemble is not overelaborate and yet it has none of that affected simplicity which characterized the era of the chemise frock. The flare Is present but dormant and only becomes assertive when the wearer walks. The dress portion is developed in chestnut brown satin with cloth bands of the same color interspersed. Numerous buttons on sleeves and the front portion of the dress are covered with satin. The coat portion of this ensemble is a decidedly more elaborate affair and It expresses the new themes of fashion in a bolder manner. Its flare is flaunting and its elaboration is smart and uncompromising. Compared with the mannish coats one will immediately sense its chic distinction. Developed in brown mixed kasha, it has a luxurious beaver collar, beaver cuffs and sleeve trimming as well as a circular beaver border. A Chantal model emphasizes the distinctive qualities of the new season. Developed In mustard yellow crepe de chine of the heaviest quality, it is a splendid transition model for the girl who is still faithful to the sports tradition. The skirt flares moderately at the bottom, the waistline is mnrked and the sleeves puff from the elbow to right before the wrist. d relativity. Mere Man Criticizes Female Tidying Mcmiet 9 Man puts things out of the way whenever the occasion for doing so arises. For example, he finds his room in a disorderly state. Too many pairs of boots make themselves noticeable ; and the brushes, gloves and pipes on the table would bring tears to a wom-- ans eyes. He resolves to straighten things up, which means putting them away somewhere else. The superfluous boots art crowded under the bed; smaller articles are thrust into drawers; th cigarette ash is flung into the grate and speedily his room is in order. Now, the result of this process Ii highly satisfactory. Not only have things been put out of the way, but their owner Is In a position to find them again as soon as he wants them. The boots can be poked out from under the bed with a stick at any time. Similarly, the collur, gloves and pipes can be exhumed when required, says London Answers. Yet woman makes this masculine tidying up a subject for derision. She declares that it is the worst form of disorder. To put things away, as women put them away, is equivalent to complete concealment. The feminine desire to put things away in this manner amounts almost to a passion. Curiously enough, however, it Is always the things of other people husband or children that she thus buries. Her own she wisely keeps where they are ready to hand. It is only the possessions of others that she considers out of place when they are visible. Her chief object in life is to put these things away where no one can see them, and she puts them away so thoroughly that she hereelf cannot remember where they are. Books and papers that a man is apt to need at any moment are always tidied away by woman with eager enthusiasm. Nothing, Indeed, is safe from them. Even clothes are sometimes hidden so completely that their owner is convinced they must have r stolen. been so . Buuetin of Interest To those who are interested in the cultivation of rubber trees a bulletin on the Possibilities for Para Rubber Production in the Philippine Islands, recently issued by the United States Department of Commerce, makes instructive reading. This bulletin contains the report of a commission sent out by the Department of Commerce to investigate conditions in the Philippines with reference to the cultivation of rubber. Incorporated in the findings is the report of Mark Baldwin, soil expert of the Department of Agriculture, an Indiana man, who was chosen to represent his department on the commission. .It deals exclusively with the soils of those parts of the islands which could be inspected during the allotted time of the visit. The remainder of the report consists of findings regarding climate, sources of labor, land laws, wages, health conditions, transportation and other self-color- ed Making Monkeys Work Brick-Re- d Velveteen; Gold Lace Co- In Pattanl, a southern province of llar, Cuffs; Sable Bands. Siam, and In Kelantan, one of the unfederated Mayal states, monkeys are which still persists in many quarters trained by the natives to pick coco- no matter how strong the evidence of nuts and edible seed pods for their progress. As a matter of fact the mode has masters. The romantic notion, says a writer completed and is now In process of In Science, that monkeys naturally consummating four vital changes and climb coconut palms and throw down no woman who aspires to march with the nuts out of mischief or from a fashions advance guard can afford to desire to oblige is pure fiction. The disregard any of them. First, the the monkeys must be caught young and static line has been replaced by cauremember do the and flare you carefully trained to their jobs by atlast fall when taching them to a long pole, on the tions of the standpatters Introduced? first was flare hemline the top of which is fastened a bunch of of the was a That example splendid fruit. The animals quickly learn to we are which to timidity Impending run up to the fruit and throw it down for their own food. Having once referring. misnamed puerilism, Secondly, mastered the main idea, as it were, from banned been has eternal, they can then be perfected in their youth it where mature of the ranks the trees. in the palm profession durachieved some grotesque results Marketing Made Easier To relieve women shoppers of the bother of carrying parcels, a French Inventor has designed a shopping basket which, when filled, can be wheeled like a baby carriage. The basket is of wicker construction and light enough to be carried easily. When It is empty the wheels of the carriage fit inside the basket and the handle swings down over the sides. When It is to be filled with bundles, says the Popular Science Monthly, the wheels are removed and the handles are swung back. Then the wheel axle Is fitted and locked In brackets that Hre lowered at the bottom. The lid i9 locked down by the insertion of a pin through projecting loops, and the shopper Is ready to wheel her purchases home. |