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Show r r oms to new era NEWS Jorjie OUNQ Realty Catr-vas- . ltghtaiH cau he.i arned . anywhere, w rites V, W Killnk of ffba Angeles. ('si . In Popular Mechanics e an NecessiConcrete Much FJr1 Work. 6e-Md- s "If s It . Select two trees, or two poles, and tie the end of the "rope to one of (HV J HKN K IlKMMUl" then run the rope around the these, Most croquet grounds are thing drawJt taut and but satisfactory .to It he person w h.i other i. 'h end' back to the first support takes ddight in the game that admits of skiiUui jTlay Where the ground and fasten it Thus two parallel cords Is rough as tor surface, indefinite as to at any desired height will be formed bouinl.irj, and with arches that tip between the two supports. Spread-outhe cloth on the ground in all diietUous there is little chance under (lie two ropes so that the side for r.iivplai ing to form the inner part But cm a ground with porfectt lex el of Lift surface boundary so cleat ly defined of the hammock Is uppermost that there can he no chance for dis- ene side of the goods and place. the pute tu ' bringing in the ball'' and edge over cine of thacord far enough ntxvuL onethlrd the entire archesjhaiM'ibQllrmly that -- they tocnertip of th material Lift the eppo- length b cannot be displaced the Impact 'of turn Its edge over In a side and site a ball and can be depended on as to Iho amount of ill they gn to a ball dtivon against them, the game takis on a new ' lawclnaiion and becomes one of skill (A leally ideal cron net ground can It bo made by the use of cement will necessitate eonsuiei able hard A Quickly Constructed 'Stretcher, the work, but the boys wlio like to play Only Article Necessary Being Two cioquet will not lit that piexenl them Sticks and a Sheet, or Blanket. trout providing themsilvea with a tino giound if they set about it in like manner and both edges wifi overearliest lap In the center, as shown In the Hie lust hiffg to do Is to txcavatn akplqh, which ulso illustrates the way the soil to the depth of about eight to make up a atfhtcher quickly. The Inches Stake out the ground, and go weight of the. body on the edge at it aii though you meant business cauge frictiop enough to prevent the Wheel away the soil as fast as it Is cloth from slipping. Tvto sticks of wood are placed .bedug up When the excavation is comtween the parallel rope at the end mix bottom for concrete the your plete of the cloth to hold them apart aa In course. hammock. Ilace a pillow at one This should be made of coarse sand or gravel and ciment In the proper ofid and enter, being careful not to lion of alx parts sand to one part disturb the overlapped edges of the jement Mix the two while dry, aut cloth After hanging the hammock bed men add water enough to make I stretch another rope between the sup- i the consistency of soft mud. Only a small quantity ahouliL. be mixed at a time, as the mixture -sets or harderiA vCTyTarddlyr' Applj" to the depth ot srx indies, pounding it down well as you go along When you get to the places whefe the arches, are to stand, set Iron sockets to receive them in the concrete. letting about an inch and a half extend above It to bring the tops of them even with the finishing coat. I)o not allow the concrete to dry A Hammock Bed Placed Between Two rapidly. Sprinkle frequently, or shade Supports, and a Covering, 8haped if the aun la hot. Like a Tent , The finishing cost should be made of clear, sharp sand three parts, anf porta, about two feet above the parone part cement. Mix as for con- allel lines A sheet of canvas or crete. and use enough jxaterjto make waterproof matertat li thrown over It soft enough to run when poured this rope and the hanging edges are over th4 first coat Smooth it with weighted or staked to the" ground. a trowel and level It with a straight Hues of cord first being attached to edge, to tnake sure that there are the corners Ons of the Illustrations no Inequalities of surface. hows the finished bed and cover. These directions, carefully followed, will give you k ground upon which TWO' NEAT TONGUE TWISTERS you can calculate your play almost as well as the bllllardlst does his on Typewriter Is Ons Who Typewrites on the billiard table. Typewriter Beeond Refers to 1 Of course yon will have no cushion Miss Betty Bottsr. J to reckon with, but there will be ample chance for tery skillful playing A reader submits this tongue twls-- , in a great many ways, and you will ter: find that the gamee becomes tar more Dear Sir: A typewriter" Is oas attractive than it Is possible for it who typewrites - on the typewriter, to be when played on the ordinary and the typewriter la a machine on playground. which ths typewriter who typewrite In selecting the location for the on tho . Noir, typewriter typewrite croquet ground! would advise hairing the typewriter who typewrites on the it at on side of the home grounds typewriter typewrites on the type and somewhat screened from the road writer until there is no more typeor street, as It detracts from the pleas- writing te be the ure of It LThave it ao exposed to the writer on tho typewritten onbywhichtypethe typewriter view of the paaser-bthat it becomes typewriter Who typewrite on the almost pubilo property. typewriter typewrites." Most croquet grounds and tennis His second, which refers to a young grounds are lacking In one Important woman called Betty, Is as follows: at feature so far as tha lookers-oBetty Botter bought some butter. these games are concerned, and that but ihe said this butttr'i bitter. If I Is comfortable seats provided with put It in my batter It will make my hade. hatter bitter, but a bit o better butter The boys of the family can make would make my batter better; so aha . eats at very small expense, and not bought a bit o butter better than the only get. much pleasure rut ot the bitter butter. 'and It made lier hitter making of them, but a good deal of batter better, ao twas better Betty good experience In the handling of Botter bought a bit o better hut- t tools, which will be beneficial In other tar ' Undertakings.' v These seats can be mads by setting TOY IS QUITE FASCINATING four posts preferably cedar, unpeeled a sufficient depth In the Makee Showers of Harmltaa Sparks ground to make them firm. I would Amusement of ths for Especial suggest two feet for the width and tho Folks. Young lx feet for the length. Let the front post stand about six Among the latest devices for amuse- -; feet above, the ground. and the rear the young folks Is a toy that Ing ' ones about five and a half. Tbia will give a little slope to the root. At a convenient height from the ground nail stout strips of wood around ths framework formed by the polea, on which to make the teat, which can bd of boards or slats or canvas. ' For the roof-o- f the seats fasten strips of wood to the posts, both lengthwise and crosswise, letting them Fascinating Toy. project at least about a foot or more in ail directions so that ample shade throws 'showers of harmless sparks , may be secured. khich are especially effective in Then tack on lath orstrips of thin, illuminating in the evening. wood in such a manner as to form a support, for the vines that will be The Reward of Virtue. trained over them. The Teacher You see, lmd the The best vine to .train over these lam,b been obedient and stayed In the seats is the wild cucumber and the fold it would not have been eaten by morning glory. Both of these are of the wolf, would ltt very rapid growth and e&jy culture. No. ma'am; It Boy (promptly) By midsummer the plants will have would have been eaten by us. The and covered tt. reached Tatler. throo-llmd- i r'' t the-nnh-ri- al xx -- goes by post? The telephone didall that the electric telegraph did but exercised its influence primarily within the cities and towns immediately concerned at first. Then as the use of the service grew and long distance telephony developed there was an extraordinary expansion of business industry within every twenty-fou- r hours. Something had to be done to make the speedy preparation of letters possi- ble, and the typewriter came into being It would be difjvwjsiTRfJS c&mzsx. S7ZZ2icwZZ) ficult to estimate accurately JfCZZS-J- . JUT SOOM&& 500 - just how much the ' telephone nd the;. typewriter have-do- ne will see Its accomplishment within our time is of toward swelling Increase the vetosity and the volume .of the pos- the vast postal activity of today, but that they tal matter to be carried from point to point withcourse debatable, but the elements of risk are have outranked all other influences in this 'direcin the limits specified. In this movement toward less than most people would Imagine, thanks to tion cannot be gainsaid. better service New York is following in the wake the stabilizing powers of the groscope, improveWhat is capable of being traced is the bulk of kindred efforts abroad. ment In electrical propulsion and the metallurgiof the first class mail, which has grown since cal advances which make it possible to obtain The undergrouhd .conduit or tube, which is these two Instruments of latter day intercourse pretty costly to install, is not thetype-generall- y lighter and stronger materials thhn could be had have come into widespread use, and the figures a few years ago . recommended for intercity or interstate service. are astonishing. In a period of three years the The majority-o- f the installations are virtually eleAbout a year ao the engineering world was vated viaducts of one sort or. another which can railways supplied the post office with an increase decidedly Interested in the demonstrating per in mileage of nearly 12 per cent., this indepenbe laid ovef the country without any particular formances of a small levitated railway, the climax of years of study on the 'part of Its Indently of the volume of the postal matter carregard to territorial contours, most of the systems being good hill climbers and intended to ried. and the figures have been mounting steadventor, Emile Ilachelet. Certainly that small Infollow the shortest route between points, in this ily since these were taken for comparison in stallation did some remarkable things, and the 1910. In 1907 the railways furnished the post feature showing a radical difference from the question Is. can a plant be made to office 387,557,165 miles of transportation and in run as effectively and within the limits of comprocedure in laying out' the regulation trunk -- 1910 the total reached a mileage of t 26,922, 109. mercial economy? ljn8. This is a pretty fair indication of the part the Mr. Rachelet made a novel use of the repulsive As might naturally be expected, the monotrunk lines play In. getting letters to their destiforce of certain magnetic stream lines, and hla rail system has been strongly urged by some .of nations and Incidentally emphasizes the need of the people very much concerned In promoting carrier or car was actually made to float in the more rapid means of transportation for letters air, thus avoiding rail friction and other associate rapid transit both for mail and for passenger ind registered parcels going beyond the limits hindrances. His purpose was to provide a means service, and one of the most interesting of these af the city. Compared with the telephone service of transporting mail and some kinds of valuable contemplates doing the double duty of carrying and the typewriter, the limited express matter aggregating in unit weight, with people and postal matter at a rate of 200 miles an hour. The engineers have figured that this trains as an agency of intercourse trail over the the car, a total of about 500 pounds; and from cost-nIf New York to Boston he prophesied a speed In as could a at three fuel be done relatively weighted landscape, speaking, exceeding n with leaden heels. cents a mile. Whether this ambitious project transit of quite 300 miles an hour. Before it Is possible to appreciate what is coming in the future to make postal Intercourse julcker between business centers of the country it Is necessary- to consider the germ of revolution as it is developing withinrtbe urban limits of big cities. Perhaps you know that there is a mail tube service here in Manhattan which has been doing effective but restricted duty for some years. This Is an installation extending from Brothers Divide House and Do Not Speak to Each Other for' 23 Years. i the main office downtown to Harlem. Thla.tube Is only eight Inches In diameter, and e mail despatched to the uppermost limits of the to bare it and so did Matbew. At first they It was a grandfathers chair a plain, old It as must be relayed a number Of times before It en rocker appeared. but, insignificant joked about It, then they argued and finally quai tube is was sufficient cause for spoiling the best part of. .reled Luke came heme one night and announced reaching its destination. The eight-incloo small to take a peueh of the regulation size that the girl of ble choice bad promised to marry two lives, says an exchange. Just because of the and the letters must be packed in the container chair Luke and Mathew Gregory, twin brothers,, him. and taken out and again packed for forwarding Ye maun gle me the cheer ae a weddln geefe," made for themselves an existence as queer as In passing on from station to station. he told Mathew. The 1m- any recorded in the pagea of fiction. Because of That I will na, Answered Mathew. anise is compressed air, and the tnbe is utilized the chair they dwelt side by side in a house liter- to most The next night came Mathew with a similar 3nly leisurely transfer by supplant the ally divided. They gave up love, friendship and -- social intercourse.- - For twenty-thren vehicle la the-pr-eyears They' announcement and a similar request The an.wagons, etc. - The swer of Luke- van I wlllna." met every day without exchanging a word. For vailing mode of getting the mail moved from Dolnt to point Fortunately motor vehicles will twenty-thre- e Nothing could be done. The prospective brides years they glowered at each other n waited tearfully month by month. They grew at affairs and to toon supplant these from opposite sides of a living room. For twenty-thre- e first angry, then Indifferent and finally sought will marked a be lhat extent there Improvement years each sat in the chair every other day husbands elsewhere. Put this change la not the, one needed moat. and read out of the same blble turn and turnA measSome months ago Postmaster Morgan and a year passed and Luke and Mathew were no about The house was divided by actual nearer a solution. Then, after a discussion tn commission appointed .by the federal postal auurement and continued ao divided until it fulblack anger, Luke declared that they would dithorities took up the question of bringing the filled the prediction of the scriptures and fell In vide the house sad all In It and never speak and to facilities here up date, they propostal reality. Luke and Mathew Gregory were simple, hardagain. Mathew agreed. The two brothers set posed the Installation of a double mall tube servto work silently. They drew a line across the ice which should connect the branch post offices working miners. Each day they went to the center of the front walk, up the porch steps and on labored at collieries at the two great railway terminals; the Grand Wilkesbarre, great Central and the Pennsylvania stations. j together directly through the middle of the house.' The through the day, chatted with their other fellowa stove In the front room was on Lukes side of the with a supplemental line reaching down to the and returned home at night Yet they never had house, but the stove In the dining room was on main post office in the heart of the business seca word one for the other, despite the fact that -tion of New York The proposed tubes are to be they cooked at the aame stove and ate. from the ' Mathews. Where the line bisected the dining room the table was set a6 tbit' each had his M inches la diameter and capable-of same table. handling Just portion. the regulation mail bags. This would do away The Gregorys were of Scotch birth and came to A mark was drawn through the center of the John with the present, loss of time in repouching and with their father, Gregory, Wyoming valley cook stove and up the stovepipe. All the chairs would immensely Increase the honrly mall transwhen lads of only three years. The elder Gregwere equally divided, but the grandfathers chair ory had been a miner in Scotland. .With him he ferring capacity. remained. What to do with that was still a probwere which Pennhousehold hia and Central Grand among between effects, the brought Today lem. Finally It was decided to place it exactly the chair. With thrift and energy the father sylvania stations the wagons run nearly the full In the center of the front room. It was agreed twenty-fou- r made his way little by little. From his meager hours in order to carry the 4,000 or it should be used by the brothers on alterskill that his and more pouches of mail involved. It is estimated saved he through something wages, nate days. The doors mere sawed In half and the reached until he was advanced step by step that these bags have an average weight of 100, eo that neither whbuldtohch the property When he btnged of mine. the 200 boss died, tons of of this means and that postal pounds position other. Bricks and copper divided the of the of seventeen, matter must thns be handled and disposed of after the boys had reached the age cook stove, fire space, oven and all. . When the over this route every dhy. This of course does the lads were well able to look after themselves. grim details had been settled the brothers retired ftot represent the total of the citys service by The twins had always been Inseparable and the each to his own portion of the house and comIn he what difficulties no leaving father foresaw any means and does not include the transportamenced the long silence. In . .the . tion of mail from downtown to and from these had to them share and share alike. Including the that followed neither stepped over the ' " cottage." railway centers of shipment. boundary line. They cocked their own meals, When they celebrated their thirtieth birthday The new line v:ould do this work speedily, each en his own part of the cook stove, carried would not be liable to interference by reason of each announced to the other that he was think food to their respective ends of the table and the hands shook and wife. a blocked streets or weather conditions, and the They ing of taking ate without speaking At evening, when Duke went to bed Joyfully. The brothers had no Idea bags would be despatched from point to point a was entitled to the chair, he pulled It over Into a rate" ranging anywhere from twenty-fiv- e to sevenof partirg after thirty years, and determined to his part of the bouse and sat down and smoked. second a build cbttage and otf. retheir ty-five as earnings occasion might miles an hour, pool next night Mathew enjoyed the same priviThe Of course, the the lot they owned next door. quire The problem before the local authorities lege. is to decide which system of a number submitted household goods would be divided. Bit by' bit 1b the portion Jhem out without ' dlsagreeroe onebest fitted tq. jneeLMa-uhattan',!fcey THE LEAVEN. until they came to the chair... There was nothing z. needs , ' Bids to f of furniture value the intrinsic piece the .in and the have been submitted already Artist (to class of ydung women) Now, I think rchemes are either pneumatic or electrical la provoke dispute. To one uninterested It was Just tho composite picture of this class would be artlA too To none the worn-ouattractive. old t affair, a their method of propulsion. AH of them have J been tically beautifuL been tested either practically or fipcrtmeutally. brothers that mattered not at all. Pretty Student (aside) Strange that one face nc apart from their individual merits each alms their fathers before that It va hallowed by could yo bring up the average! Puck. ne that Luks felt might associations. to da away with countless to and existing surface wagons t MSrooy ittmcifzzzr noir -- full-size- d - g ot - TWINS IN STRANGE FEUD wood-rout- h horse-draw- e - horse-draw- - - - -- -- twenty-three-year- - -- s .. tdeai Foundation tates carriage line' railways is not meeting the pressing demands of today. At the present time the mail cars are almost invariably integral parts of passenger trains - Their speed is restricted. Therefore the chances of materially expediting the Tnailsupon the Trunk lines are not particularly, protnising." What, then, can.be done to meet the growing needs of 'business? Every new agency that has bettered the means of written or vocal communication has increased greatly the volume of business and the number of letters. The cuuiiug of thtrielegrarfl was followed by a re sponslve increment in first class postal matter. In commercial practice a letter gen erally confirms a telegraphic order for the sake of the legal value of the record and, because of the greater details which ate incorporated in the communication which -- Materials Needed Are Piece of Blanket and Seventy Five mJeTr5tro'n gSa xhC ardT PEOPLE k - OUTFIT FOR CAMPERS A piece of canvas, unbleached muslin. a blanket, or an other piece of goods, and "5 feet of strong sash cord are all the materials necessary. No MAKE .GOOD pROQUET GROUND sewing is lequired and the outfit can be entered - tn a few minutes It is RE we on the ere of & revoiuuon In the - y stem,- - of transporting postal matter-ove- r' long distances? Are the railway trains to hare a formidable rhal In this service? Many signs point in this dl- rectlon. E. M. Morgan, New York's postmaster, is quite convinced that a Is near. He frankly admits that letter-producin- HANDY d s -- y n 1 the-roo- f Tinkle! Tinkle I Boys Will Be Lifters. Wilbur Do they always keep that Mrs. Church I see by this paper a household novelty Is a, lifter for re- big bell on the cow J Papa Yea. "Wilbur, moving jars from high shelves. Wilbur I u rrese U la tv Mrs. (Gotham Yea, we've got two key s from falling aaleep tn this c of em. Tommies aged seven and Harpers Young Peoria just ntna. . .Sam-mid- hr; n |