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'•? . VV,; 5 J-, "" - "> e '•TO }L~*P*> f% > ';• * =*£ V.J.'1. ' . 1 \ ". ' • i^gigp* ? , " . - n ,-J;f *C T " " ' ^ i ~ S 8 & • * -K'/n $-••. ••?'..•?. c Si. more than highly differentiated fire- crackers might be said with almost literal truthfulness, ^inasmuch u nil a# tK«' nvw^A/kl1^Intta CMS, V* wHv |r^tv*vvUU.v w/« employed for the purposes of celebra­ tion on the Fourth of July depend primarily upon the paper tube loaded with combustibles of one sort or an­ other, as the fundamental element, so speak, !n their construction. Even the great"set nieces"which might 'be called fire pictures, and which are erected upon scaffoldings sometimes as much as a hundred feet in length, depend for their effects Wholly upon such paper cylinder*, no bigger than good-sized firecrackers, •tuck all over the lattice work of the skeleton structure employed by the Are-painter In lieu, as one might say, of canvas. Something more lu u stall about these lire pte- tares will be said later on; but meanwhile It may be as well Jto speak descriptively of the processes in the manufacture of the more simple and g&mili&r kinds of fireworks--such, for example, «s reman candles, bombs, rockets, plnwheels and the like. AH of these, excepting the bombs, are substantially nothing more than cylinders of pasteboard, jGUed with combustibles and fash­ ioned in different ways. One of the greatest fireworks factories in the world is located on the outskirts of Brooklyn, bat the stranger who passes by it on a trolley car on the way to Coney island would scarce sus­ pect the character of the outfit, which is scat­ tered over about twenty acres of land in a series of small buildings, some of them being so tiny as to accommodate only a single workman. The obiect of this arrangement is to minimize the consequences of accidents. 11 uw-nnro- ~*l"> ooeapies any one of the tiny houses should hap­ pen t6 be blown up he alone would suffer. f It naturally happens that the only building of considerable alee on the premises Is one in which no explosives or other lively combustibles are used. Here, in fact, is where all the paper Is stored- tons upon tons of it, for the outer wrap­ pings of the fireworks. Pyrotechnic toys, of course, must be pretty to look at, else they would not sell to advantage and the papers utilized for the purpose are of all colors of the rainbow and a great variety of ornamental patterns. For «xtra fancy goods more or less gilt and silver paper is employed. Upstairs in the same building alt* of the pa­ per cylinders are made, the process adopted be­ ing so exceedingly expeditious that one person «n turn out as many as 18 gross of them in a day. Of course they are of all lengths and diam­ eters according to kind and size of fireworks for which they are intended and though the vocket cylinders are rolled by machine all of the others are made by hand. With the aid of a long, round stick of metal and a pot of paste the oper­ ator converts sheets of thin, brown pasteboard Into neat and compact tubes at the rate of three m lour a minute. * A doren work people engaged in this occu­ pation can turn out an immense number of cyl­ inders in a day and the manner in which they are utilised in .the manufacture of different kinds of "fireworks will presently be explained. It might be well to say incidentally, however, that In this same department are made the bombshells, which in stamped by a machine out of papier-mache tn halves. When they have become dry the halves are Joined by strips of thin canvas soaked . In paste, each sphere thus produced having a rofctnd hole at one end for loading. i Bombs are among the most Interesting and beautiful of fireworks and some of theiji are of great sice--as much as five feet In diameter. They are discharged from mortars aod, reaching a height of 1.000 feet or more, explode with a great noise, liberating showers of many-colored •tars or golden rain, pr sometimes parachutes carrying trains of stars., Some are made as •mall as two inches in diameter--baby ones, suitable for family use. The method of their construction is always the same and is at once simple and Ingenious. The papier-mache shell Is filled with "stars"-- that is to say, with little pieces of cylindrical paper tubing packed with different chemical com­ positions. Beneath the shell thus loaded Is At­ tached and firmly glued a paper receptacle con­ taining a slow-burning composition similar to gunpowder. Then a fuse is so fixed that being ignited at the instant of the bomb's discharge it will burn Just long enough to explode the shell at the moment when the projectile has reached Its greatest height in the air. When this hap­ pens the paper shell Is blown to pieces and the stars, incidentally Ignited, are thrown far and wide. Being light, they fall slowly and the effect produced is very beautiful. Even the stars, you see, are paper cylinders, though &ily half an Inch perhaps in length. But they vary much in size, according to the uses to 'Which they are to be put A man cuts them by •the millions with a small circular saw, taking a ^handful of paper tubes of small diameter and vising the saw to chop them into short pieces of equal length. Then the little sections are'filled with chemical mixtures of various kinds, nitrate and chlorate of baryta being used for green, car­ bonate of strontium for red, oxylate of soda for yellow and (oddly enough) parls green for blue, with various admixtures of chlorate of potash* shellac, etc. It should have been said that, in order to strengthen the papier-mache shells and so to en­ able them to scatter their stars more widely when shattered, they are wound with strong gro­ cer's twine, outside of which the final dpcorative paper cover Ip pftt on. There is, however, an­ other and quite new kind of bomb, which is made in the shape of a cylinder.- It Is BO constructed that during its flight through the air it makes a series of "breaks," sometimes as many as ten, throwing out each time a shower of stars. This, as might be imagined, is a very beautiful effect, and is achieved by dividing the containing cylin­ der into a series of compartments holding stars, each compartment being set off la its turn. Some of these cylindrical bombs contain par­ achutes, which are arranged like the parachutes dropped from rockets. Inside of the pasteboard case is a circular piece of tissue paper, around the circumference of which are attached a series of very long 8trln88 To each of these strings : ,*r® fastened at Intervals a number of the little "paper stars already described and the arrange- IN VACATION DAYS MATinjAL* AMD STYLES THAT ARE POPULAR. ment is such that when the paper disk, which la the parachute", is thrown out of the receptacle It instantly expands and drifts slowly downward, while the ignited stars, dangling along the strings beneath, make an exceedingly pretty display. The methods adopted in the case of parachute rockets Is exactly the same, the parachute and it* attachments being packed Into the "head" of the rocket. A rocket, of course, consists of two parts, the lower portion being a pasteboard cyl­ inder, made especially thick, containing the ex­ plosive that makes the thing go up, while the upper compartment is simply a receptacle to hold stars, parachute, golden rain stuff, or whatever is to be liberated when the projectile has reached its highest point in the air. What is called a "mine" is a big cylinder of pasteboard, which may be four or five feet high and which Is attached to a square wooden base. In order that it may be stood up. Inside of the* oylinder is put a propelling charge of the slow explosive and on top of it a paper bag filled with •tars.* ^At the top is an ordinary roman candle, which serves as a sort of spout. When the roman candle 1b lighted It shoots a.few fiery balls successively in the customary manner, and then, the explosive inside having been reached, the whole affair explodes, throwing a multitude of stars In all directions. Comparatively new are the so-called "bat­ teries" of roman candles, which, In proportion to the number of candles going off simultaneously, produce a brilliant display. "Gerbs" are cylin­ ders filled with iron filings, which are thrown out in an Incandescent state by the slow-burning explosive. They are Intended to be tacked upon a fence or to some! such place, at a height of six feet It is a fact worth mentioning incidentally that all of the marine night signals, which are carried on every vessel, are made by the fireworks con­ cerns. The Brooklyn factory supplied those used on the yachts during the recent race across the Atlantic. They are made on the same prin­ ciple as "bengola" lights, a familiar pyrotechnic toy, but with a wooden handle. Such a contri­ vance is a pasteboard tube divided into compart­ ments, usually three in number, containing in­ flammable compositions of different colors. Oc­ casionally stars are added. Inasmuch as the colors--green, white and red--may be arranged In various wayB, one can talk across the sea by the help of these lights on the darkest night In the tiny houses already described all the filling of roman candles Is done. For this pur­ pose machinery is used and it is always a possi­ bility that a spark might Ignite the gunpowder and composition, of which considerable quanti­ ties have to be kept Immediately at hand. But these explosives and also the Btars (which tak« the form of fiery balls as they are ejected from the candles) are stowed in cubbyholes protected by swinging metal shutters. Each time the lone workman helps himself to stars or powder he Is obliged to push aside the shutter, which falls again In pla«e the Instant that he has obtained what he wsnti. The cubbyholes open to the out­ side by wlndojws, eo that if there were an explo­ sion the flame would be thrown outward from the building and not Into it. rm/mv mmoMJTjro soft Aomtn} mo Thus safeguarded against mischance, the lone workman manipulates a machine by the help of which he leads two dozen roman candles at one time. Into them he puts gunpowder, composition and stars successively, layer after layer, ramming down each portion of the charge after the man­ ner of loading an old-fashioned musket. Where candles that hold ten stars are being made the operation is somewhat complicated and hence the Importance of dofng as many as possible at once. Most interesting of all, perhaps, Is the making of the fire pictures, the construction of which be­ gins with a latticework put together by a skilled carpenter. It is made as light as possible, and upon It is tacked the rattan which forms the out­ lines of the picture. Rattan is chosen for the purpose because it is pliable and can be bent Into any sort of curves. The carpenter has be­ fore him a drawing, made by the artist erf the company and executed to a certain scale. It is a simple matter to reproduce the lines of this drawing In rattan, so to speak, on an enlarged scale. Having thus made the outlines of the picture .tn rattan upon a background of lattice work, the carpenter drives at short intervals along the rat­ tan a series of little nails. Upon each nail Is to be put a small cylinder, a quarter of an' inch in diameter and three inches long, loaded with some colored fire composition. When this opera­ tion has been completed the artist comes along, and with his pencil marks upon the latticework the different colors, "red," "green," "blue," etc., that are to appear In flame in various parts of the design. In obedience to these indications the loaded cylinders, which may number thousands, are stuck upon the nails subsequently by skilled young women. Finally all of the cylinders are at­ tached together by a "quick match," which is lampwick saturated with a mixture of gunpowder and starch and threaded through a thin paper tube. Thus when fire is set to the fuse it will run • in a few seconds all over the lattice work and the fire picture will be presented to view in gorgeous colors. CUSHION THAT WONT SLIP Really Comfortable and Dainty Ao- compapiment of the Always Restful Armchair. Practical suggestions for really com­ fortable and dainty head cushions for armchairs are always useful, and the kind of cushion shown in our sketch will not slip out o* place, and Is slm- WOMAN FINOS A WAV. Two burglars were on their trial and had en­ gaged a smart lawyer for their defense, who, on cross-examining one of the witnesses, Bald: "You say that on the night In question the moon Was so bright that you could see the bur­ glars In the room. Was your husband awake at the time?" Witness--I don't know, "Was his face turned toward you or not?" The witness answered that she did not know. "What! You don't know? Now, come, tell me, was hlB face turned toward you or the wall?" T don't know." "Ah, ha! I thought so" (turning to the Jury). "She could not see. She who Identifies the pria> onerp oould not see which way her" husband's face was turned. Explain that if you can." "Well, air, my husband is so bald that In a dim light I can't tell his face from the back of his bead."--Tatler. THE MI8TAK&.OF A NIGHT. He saw her sitting In the dark corner ^and knew that his chance had come. Noiselessly he stole up behind her and before she was aware cf his presence he had kissed her. "How dare you?" she shrieked. "Pardon me," he bluffed, readily; "I thought you were my sister." She stepped out Into the light. "Yon silly fool!" she giggled. "I am!"* He fainted.--Cleveland Leader. L-bmhiJ pie to make. It consists of two narrow cushions Joined together in the center, the one hanging in front of the chair and the other at-the back, so that the weight of the two cushions balance, and keep each other in place. This scheme Is clearly illustrated by the lower sketch, whicn shows the cush­ ions in perltlon on the back of the cnatr. COME IN NUMEROUS SHAPES i mimum Descendant of Avon Bard the midst of the Shakespeare^ fesflvi.1, and within a few weeks of the banquet to the descendants of po- S,»#ts, & sepresentative has discovered at jjvasperton, a little village ne'ar Carle- *-%ote, a thriving old gardener, named Shakespeare, whose ancestors V'Jbave lived for generations near Strat­ ford. That he comes of the family of the poet appears to be a most reaeota- 4&if belief. He was found tending his flower beds, unregarded by the festival crowd. "Quite apart from Stratford's pomp and pageantries he has his own little celebrations, and each April 23 his country neighbors call in and wish him 'many happy returns' over a glass of home-made rhubarb wine. None the lees, at the very hour when pilgrims _ _ from fir and near were making1 the swans sailing by In the twilight he told, with Immense conviction and gusto the story about the poet having £one to sleep for 24 hours under a crab apple tree, after a convivial ev» tilng, and 'missing a day.' 'You may be certain sure that it's true;' said he, for I had it from my father, and the tree is still there. And d'you know what he said when he woke up? "Why, bless me," he says, "Today's tomor­ row !" Them was his very first words! You may be certain sure they were!'"--London Dally Chronicle. speeches and scattering flowers over the grave of William 8hukespeare the departed. William Shakespeare, the living, was tolling in 'the eye of Phoebus' alone and unremembered, over his garden borders. "He happened, with it all, to be a cheery old fellow, unglven to philo­ sophize upon 'man's Ingratitude* like i his supreme relative, and perhaps a | Uttle disappointing as a literary heir. As he chatted at his cottage door, with Picturesque and Extremely Comfort­ able Are the Various Designs for Lawn Shelters. Charming lawn shelters of canvas and wicker are three sided with a roof or canopy of the canvas. There are many different designs in these shelters, one of the most attractive being made with a seat which es- tenda along all three sides. This seat Is of canvas with wicker standards and ends, and is,fitted with a mattress and upholBtery. There are separate cushions in abundance. Between the two end Beats there is room for a low wJcfccr table, which holds tea things M» top and a closet for provisions or iced drinks underneath. A wicker rack along the long side of the shelter holds laarrazJaec and books. ^ Another Lawn shelter for the country place is like a huge umbrella fastened to an upright standard about which Is built a circular table for holding a tea tray, magazines, books, etc. Under this table also are closets for ice palls, tea thtagi, glasses, etc. The canvas Garments for the Hoars of 8port Fol­ low Closely the Trend Other Fashions--Mohair Always s Favorite. Sporting garments always follow the trend of other fashions and so it fol­ lows that those now provided for up- todate wearers are dashing in the ex­ treme. So fine are the materials at bathing suits, so dazzling their colors, that it seems difficult to realize that such fabrics are really to be coo- signed to the mercy of the waves. Those who understand the vagaries and tricks of fashion are not dis­ quieted. It is long sinoe the good dame brought her tints and textures down to such a fine point that the bathing suit that will not withstand at least one season's wear is worth­ less indeed. The salt water guaran­ tee may be relied on for silk as well as for mohair and flannel, and, as a rule, the finer the material the longer it outlasts the sousing. Mohair is still the favorite mate­ rial for women who have no ambition to be conspicuous, but to be genuinely up-to-date the dark color is piped with a flashing one--red, yellow or of a brilliant annle trectn with dark hlufl-- I with the buttons of Jet and of the most decorative sort Silk suits and those of novelty mohair suitings mixed with silk ran largely to plaids and checks, a small black and white check in these, or a black and white dot, responding hand­ somely to trimmings of plain silk. Upon white mohair black will be used with excellent effect For the general buyer, the girl or matron who does not prefer or cannot afford anything more elaborate, there are the usual ready made suits In blue or black mohair and In flannel, these with the conventional1 white braid, sailor collar, belt and cuffs, but all are invariably smarter in style than the shop suits formerly seen. In almost every case tights or bloomers are sold with the suit, and not in­ frequently these needed details are cunningly attached to the outer gar­ ment For tennis wear a plain gored skirt and modified sailor blouse afford a combination much liked by girls who wish to preserve a trim look in the courts but a short plaitad skirt topped by a loose mariner's shirt is a get-up quite permissible and one much liked by the younger girls. Con­ cerning the shirts, one of which Is picture^ herewith, they may be made of a coarse yellow drilling and worn over a skirt in chantecler red serge.. The mariner's shirt for misses Is shown In the illustration, and the gar* ment is made without any other open­ ing than the neck; so it must be slipped over the bead when donned. Th« yellow drilling suggested for this shirt will give it the sea look, for the real sailor garments In this style are always in this coarse material. Only stitching is used with the drill- Pftfuri Tells J? Story" „ ; - W D A G G E R . S I G N A L S . ' Sick kidneys give unmistakable v nals of distress. Too frequent or scanty ' urinary passages, backache, headacher'r>/V J and diwy spells tell of disordered Beys. Neglect of these warnings may&Ov'-/ prove fatal. Begin using Doan's ney Pills. They cure sick kidaejta. Mrs. M. A. Gam-' b 11 n, Russellville, Ark., says: "I was in such bad shape from kidney disease that I gave up hope of my recovery. I could rest neither* night or day, the pains in my back nearly driving me _ frantic. There were decided, dropsical symptoms such as swelling of my feet and ankles and my heart palpitated violently. After doc­ toring without benefit, I began with Dean's Kidney Pills and when I had used two boxes I was as well as ever." Remember the name---Doan's. Vot sale by all dealers, so cents & boa. Fbeter-Milbura Co., Buffalo,N. Y. im i w in lng, but a white flannel shirt in this design would be effective with red or pale blue on the sailor collar and cuffs. The skirt would look best if It matched this color, although an all white one would go with anything. The "college" and "middy" blouse are other names need for this comfort­ able garment For the sixteen-year size 3H yards of material 24 Inches wide will be re­ quired. For 8llppers. It la comparatively lately that the slipper case of chintz has been made to fit the slipper. Heretofore the closet door seems to have been the final aim and object of the cutter. The pieces of applied chintz that hold the slipper are now made toe shaped, so that each dainty slipper fits perfectly Into its own socket and is held in place. When all is said and done, the hanging case that accom­ modates a full line of shoes and an­ other case for the daintier pumps and slippers will prove more useful than separate bags for each pair. The material In which the cushions are made Is, of course, a matter of choice, and the dimensions given in the upper diagram, though useful sugges­ tion as to size, need not be aaaered to, as in a measure the shape and size of the cushion will be governed by the shape of the back ox the chair over which they are to hang, but at least twelve inches of material should be allowed between the two cushions In the center If for a padded chair, and they may be finished off at either side with a ball fringe and some pretty floral design might be worked upon them. Paisley Designs a Crase. Paris is said to be devotedly follow­ ing the Paisley fad and there are In­ dications that the vogue for trimmings and accessories patterned after the de­ sign and coloring of the treasured Paisley shawl of our grandmother's day has reached these shores. Coats for evening wear of black and bright tint­ ed satin and silk show wide Paisley borders and linings of tucked silk in blue, ping or orange, and Paisley bor­ dered fabrics of all. sorts are used for afternoon and evening frocks and also for Lata. have in her auto party?" Wellington--A lawyer, a surgeon, a nurse and a doctor. SKIN HUMOR 25 YEARS "Cutlcura did wonders for me. For twenty-five years 'I suffered agony from a terrible humor, completely cov­ ering my head, neck and shoulders, so even to my wife, I became an object of dread. At large expense I consult­ ed the most able doctors far and near. Their treatment was of nq avail, nor was that of the ---- Hospital, during six months' efforts. I suffered on' and concluded there was no help for me this side of the grave. Then I heard of some one who had been cured by Cuticura Remedies and thought that a trial could do no £arm. In a surprisingly short Hme I was com­ pletely cured. S. P. Keyes, 147 Con­ gress St, Boston, Mass., Oct. 12, '09." Face Covered with Pimpies "I congratulate Cuticura upon my speedy recovery frt>m pimples which covered my face. I used Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Resolvent for ten days and my face cleared and I am perfect­ ly well. I had tried doctors for sev­ eral months but got no results. Wm. J. Sadlier^ 1614 Susquehanna Ave., Phllar delphia, May 1, 1909." Most Useless Ever. "Can you imagine anything more useless than a comb without any teeth?" "Yes; golf links without a club­ house."--Birmingham Age-Herald. DR. MARTEL'8 FEMALE PILL8. Seventeen Tmn tl»e Standard. Prescribed and recommended for Women's Ailments. A 'scisntiflc&lly prepared remedy of proven worth. The result from their uSe Is quick and permanent For sale at all Drug Stores. The Work Bssket. A work basket made from berry ,boxes. Take a piece of any kind of goods you would like, nine inches wide and 91% Inches long. Sew the ends together, slip over the box. let It come down Inside so It lays about one inch In the bottom, then smooth down on the outside and tack flat on the bottom of the underside; fit a piece in the In­ side; paste on cover four of these boxes, tie the four corners with baby ribbon and put a large bow in the mid- die. Boxes covered this way make a nice separation for bureau drawers. umbrella is matched in color and de­ sign by ti e cushions with which the wicker chairs and benches are equipped. The old English patterns for garden furniture are very popular Just at present Teakwood is also being much used for verknda and garden furni­ ture. 7j- i'liiV - a; A Tray Cloth. In the first place a tray cloth should flA exactly the tray for which It Is de­ signed. Lay the tray over paper and trace the outline of the bottom on It, or draw the design upon linen material aid with a small stiletto punch the holes, if your aim be the effective Ms. delra work, being careful io secure small and even openings. Now bind, very evenly, each hole in the regular eyelet stitch and flpish the edge with simple scallops. Of course, the design depends upon the neatness and ac­ curacy of stitch, and the amount of work is regulated largely by th« time of the maker, but whether few eyelets or many, the charm of this broidery is indisputably The average man cant understand why he has enemies. ' I PI0KA8E MAILED FREE IIIIQOIST OF MUNYON'S PAW-PAW PILLS The beat Stomach and Uver FUls known and a positive and speedy cure for Con­ stipation, Indigestion, Jaundice, Biliousness, Sour Stomach, Head­ ache, and all ailments arising from a disor­ dered stomach or slug­ gish liver. 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