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j j- v r ^ " *><*"*' * N ' ' * V -v F4 -.- . . , . ;•*»'tmi&C'*?• "f^,s •<*/.<& x^v'iy.- ••'•?«•.'.•?- ,# < •-* - \«, 1 ^ '-*•*>•».' -v <5 < v,, • ,v- , '•f ' THE HcHENBT PLAINDEALER, HcHEKBT, HX. 3> '••' • •< * ' <" t V«*.% s or BRICK IRE SUBSTANTIAL JU%]fiuivi in Winter *nd Cool T in Summer. ; DESIGN WITH STRONG APPEAL Show* Seven-Room Modern Houee of Buff Brick--Makes Exceptionally Good Home Building Suggestion-- 30 by 36 Feet. By WILLIAM A. RADFORD. Hp, William A. Radforfl wilt answer questions and give advice FREE OF COST on all subjects pertaining to the rubject of building, for the readers of this paper. Oa account of his wide experience &s Editor, Author and Manufacturer, he Is, without douht, the highest authority Oil all these subjects. Address all inquiries to William A. Radford, No. 1827 Prairie •venue, Chicago, 111., and only encloso two-cent stamp (cr reply. Brick is a material that always appeal! to home builders. Homes of brirk are substantial homes--homes that are warm in winter and cool in summer. In exterior appearance they cannot be surpassed, for the reason , that the various colors of the bricks lend themselves to harmonious contrasts. Another claim to the popularity of brick is that the cost of upkeep is low. Herewith Is shown a square brick house, with exterior walls of buff brirk. The color is such that in the illustration this house might be mistaken for one with a stucco exterior. The wide, open porch is the principal reason for the fine appearance of this house, but the porch and balcony above it, coupled with the hip roof and dormer windows help considerably Inside, this house is well arranged. Fit contains seven good-sized rooms. the corners; one of the rooms opons on the side, while the fourth also is a corner room. The sleeping porch Is over the sun parlor or breakfast porch on the first floor. Every room on the second floor has a closet connected with it, while there is an extra one in the hall. This multiplicity of closets provides ample storage space for the large family that this house will accommodate. In the attic also is considerable space that may be utilised either for extra rooms by finishing them ofT, or for storage. The basement extends under all of the house, with the exception of the porch projections. Here, of course, is located the heating plant the storage rooms for fruits and vegetables and for the winter's supply of fuel. This Is one of the least expensive of homes to build, when the number of rooms are considered. It will accommodate a family of six and even more, and yet the slse is only 30 by 36 feet. All of the bedrooms are of LARGEST SEARCHLIGHT IN THE WORLD II;0«1Z 6" a', 10:6\!Z'0 tm* irtfiuo" Stoa DEDBA " I!'6'«1Z'6 Second Floor Plan. average size, while the first 'floor rooms are larger than usually is found in homes of this character. The economy in construction and the large number qf rooms in the house are secured through the manner in which the house is designed. A study of the floor plans will show that the walls all are straight--there are no "Jogs" in them. Every corner requires extra materials and extra labor, so to get the most for the least cost straight walls are Included. Prospective home builders can look at a great many house designs and not find one that gives Such excellent retogether with a den on the first floor and a sleeping porch on the second. The house may be of either solid brick construction, meaning that the wails are wholly of brick, or it may be of frame construction with a veneer wall of brick. Any of the different brick faces may be substituted (or the buff that the home pictured was constructed of. Plans of the two floors that also are shown Indicate the layout of the rooms and their sizes. The center entrance of the porch leads directly into the living room, which Is 12 by 18 feet. At the left of the entrance Is a den or reception room, 9 feet 6 Inches square. Back of the living room is the dining room, 12 by 17 feet, within a foot of being as large as the living Dim mBa It&lT-d frooo-a IZHJilW turns for the investment. This house is attractive in appearance, convenient in arrangement and economical to build--advantages that will appeal to the common family. During this year home builders in many cities are going to have to wait their turn. Contractors, material doalers and material manufacturers all say that the number of homes erected during 1920 will exceed that of any year in the history of the country. So it is mighty good judgment to start in as quickly as possible, if the new home is to be occupied this fall. During the selection of the plans, It is a good move to consult the local architect, the contractor who Is expected to build the house and the dealer who will furnish the materials. All of these men have had a great deal of experience in ^planning and building homes and will be able to give the prospective owner some good pointers on home planning and the materials to be used. But in any event it Is wise to get started early with the home balldlng project. ,i First Floor Plan. roMt. As these two rooms ttni connected with a double cased opening the arrangement makes the two rooms available as one for entertainments. Off the dining room at the back is a sun porch, or breakfast porch, whichever the owner prefers to use it for. Adjoining is the kitchen, 10 by 12 feet, with a good-sized pantry adjoining. The stairs to the second floor run out of a hall at the rear of the living room. The stairs lead to a central hall on the second floor. Out of this hall open four bedrooms, the sleeping porch and the bathroom, the latter being located conveniently to all the rooms. The two front rooms are on Device Shoots Words as Gun Shoots Shells London.--In a small room at the1 Imperial College of Technology, South Kensington, Prof. A. O. Rankine Is perfecting an instrument which shoots messages as a gun shoots shells. , A person talking into a trumpet attached to a minute mirror reflecting a strong light can send a message to any distance reached by the light without fear of the words being intercepted, It is said. The words spoken can be heard distinctly half a mile away and are transmitted thropgh projectors to an electric battery attached to a piece of selenium fitted to an ordinary telephone receiver. The larger the receiving battery the greater distance can the message be sent. . This, the largest searchlight In the world, is the invention of Elmer A. Sperry. It has 1,280,000.000 beam candle power, and Is so powerful that Its rays will light cigarettes and melt lead at a distance of 12 feet MRS. LEEDS NOT ROYAL PRINCESS Recent Marriage to Christopher of Greece Did Not Give Her That Status. PRINCE RENOUNCES HIS RANK American Woman's Only Title Now U Countess Glueeksburg, Official . Athens Gazette Saya--Similar Cases Recalled. New York.--Cable dispatches from Athens effectively contradict the assumption that Mrs. William B. Leeds, through her recent marriage to Prince Christopher, youngest brother of former King Constantine of Greece, acquired the status of a princess of the blood and the title of "Royal Highness." The latest issues of the Official Gazette of Athens publish an announcement by the Hellenic government, in the name of the crown, that Prince Christopher, before he married Mrs. Leeds, was obliged to renounce his rank as a prince of the sovereign house of Greece and his place in the line of succession to the throne. The renunciation automatically erased his name from the official roster of the princes and princesses of the royal house. Renounces Danish Rank. Nor was this the only renunciation that the prince was compelled to make In order to obtain the consent of his brother, the present King Alexander, and the consent of the Hellenic gov* ernment. He was a royal prince of Denmark, and he was obliged to re* nounce his Danish royal rank and his place in the line of Danish succession. His father, the late King George, assassinated at Salonika in 1913, was a prince of the reigning house of Denmark prior to his election to the throne of Greece. He was so apprehensive as to the tenure of his kingship in Greece that he required the protecting powers, Great Britain, Prance and Russia, to guarantee him an income of $80,000 a year as long as he lived, and to permit him to retain his royal rank and status in the house of Denmark. All of his sons and grandsons continue, therefore, to rank as princes of Denmark, all except Christopher. The king and government of Denmark agreed to give Honor Belongs to Magellan, The name Pacific ocean was given by Ferdinand Magellan, or Magalhaes. He was the first to sail over it. Probably he is entitled to rank, next to Columbus, as the world's greatest navigator. In 1520 he discovered and passed through the strait which bears hie name, and entered the mighty ocean on which his was the first ship to salL He crossed that ocean and discovered the Philippine islands, where he was killed In an encounter with the natives. After his death the survivors kept on, discovered Borneo and reached the Moluccas, rounded the Cape of Good Hope and returned to Europe along the Atlantic coast of Africa. Thui Magellan's ship, well named the Victoria. accomplished the first circumnavigation of the globe. % CAUSE LIBRARIAN TO SMILE Humorous Mlxups in the Titles of jyJMwica Are a Matter of Daily ' r j C - O c c u r r e n c e . : . The branch of the public library at Thirty-fourth and Illinois streets is heated with a large stove. A pitcher of water is kept on the stove most of the time. One Sunday afternoon the fire was booming and the pitcher singing merrily. The quietness of the room was broken suddenly by a suppressed giggle. In answer to a surprised glance from the librarian a hoy said: "I know why you keep that pitcher of water on the stove. It's to make people who are sitting where they can't see the stove think you have ateam heat" At the same branch library a high school lad threw down his schoolbooks on the table and asked for a Jhook on the high school reading list. '*• C|aw," he thought it was. "Marjory Daw," by Aldrlch. The lad was so embarrassed at his mistake that he left the library without his schoolbooks. A child recently asked for "The Priest's Cab," which the librarian interpreted to mean "The Bishop's Carriage," and "Jessie McBride" for "The Jessamy Bride." These little Incidents only serve to make a librarian's life more varied and delightful.--Indianapolis News. ALL GERMAN SHELLS LEFT Finds $1,200,000 Order; Returns It; Reward of $2 New York. -- Harry Hahn, seventeen years old, stepped on a piece of paper on lower Broadway. He picked it up and found that it was an order on the Bank of Montreal to give the bearer $1,200,000 in railroad bonds. The boy returned it to a brokerage firm and received a reward of $2 and the information that he was an honest lad. their consent to the marriage Only after this further renunciation. According to the Official Gazette, the former Prince Christopher was rewarded for the various surrenders of royal rank with the consent of the kings and governments of Greece and Denmark to the union with Mrs. Leeds and with the rank of count in the Danish nobility. His title Is now Count Glueeksburg, and that Is the only title that the former Mrs. Leeds may lay claim to. . She is not a princess of either Greece or Denmark, j ;<nd on her appearance at any monarchical court would have to be content with the title of Oountees Glueeksburg. A 81milar Case. A former instance of similar renunciation occurred when Prince Aage of Denmark, eldest son of Prince Waldemar and of Princess Marie of France, married the daughter of Count Calvl dl Bergolo, minister plenipotentiary of Italy at Copenhagen. He- was not permitted to marry the girl he loved until he surrendered his royal rank and right of succession and had accepted the rank of ordinary noble with the title of Count Rosenberg. Still another case was that of Prince Frederick of Schleswig-Holsteln, who fell in love with Miss Mary Esther Lee of New York and was not permitted to marry her, as he did in 1864, until he had definitely renounced his wtatus and prerogatives as a prince of the blood. Still another instance was that of Duke Henry Borwln of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, who married the former Miss Elizabeth Pratt of Kingston, N. Y., at Dover, England, in 1911. The marriage was declared Invalid In 1913 by the Supreme Court of the Grand Duchy because It was held that the duke had evaded and violated the laws of. his country by marrying without official sanction. In all the long list of American women that have' married foreigners of rank and title, only one, Miss Alice Heine of New Orleans, ever entered the royal circle. Her first husband was Armand, Due de Richelieu, and after his death she became the consort of Albert, prince of Monaco, a ruling sovereign in' his own right. The output of maple sugar in the province of Quebec is about 15,000,000 pounfs a year. GERMANY SWEPT BY CRIME WAVE Burglars, Holdup Men and "Aristocratic Swindlers" Are Reaping Harvest.' Triumph of the Dune*. Wordsworth, one of the greatest poets of the last century, was an ex. tremely dull scholar, and by his own experience went a long way towards disapproving one of his most famou; lines, "The child Is father to the man." Thomas Chatterton, the wonderful boy-poet, returned from school one dfe? with the message, "Your son is a foo of whom nothing can be made.'! Robert Burns, Scotland's greates Berlin.--Foreign guests at the Hotel .Adlon have been notified of a 100 per Iceot increase in their lodging rate. A movement is beginning in various hostelries, watering places and health resorts to assess foreigners heavily se a,smile and there before I of emotional tenderness which mad offset the discrepancy in ex> * wk he no doubt wished, | him immortal. poet, was a dunce at school, yet in hi turned to the shelves I career he poured forth song after son . liiui u.itu auvu fire left of a church In northern France was this font, about which, in the deep grass, a family is shown, gathered for the baptism of a child. MURDERERS ALSO ARE BUSY Cafes and American Bars Are Resorts for PickpoaBets and Thieves--- Smashed Skulls an Everyday Occurrence in German Capital. Berlin.--Berlin is being swept by a crime wave such as perhaps no city in Europe has known in modern times. A German minister remarked a few days ago that profiteering now is hardly considered a crime, and that if it were possible to tie every profiteer in Berlin to a lamp post there would not be enough lamp posts. However, it is not alone the profiteer who holds Berlin in his Iron grasp. Equally menacing is the daring burglar who will not stop even at murder; thd outlaw who defies the law and all authority and who holds up men and women in the street or in the road; the so-called "aristocratic swindler," who, with an Imposing title and a female companion, preys on the stranger and finds his victims In the expensive hotels and restaurants. It has been remarked truthfully that it would be difficult to recall In modern history a happier hunting ground for cutthroats and rogues than is the German capital. Indeed, life here has reached such a state of Insecurity that it now takes much to shock or even cause a thrill of interest among the people, so accustomed have they grown to murders and robberies and unnatural crimes. Nails Children In Barrel. Many of these crim& which are being committed in Berlin are unexpialnable from human standpoints. For Instance, a case was reported where two children remained away from their home too long on the occasion of their mother's birthday. When they returned home their mother dragged them to the garret, thrust them into a barrel and nailed down the cover. Another case was that of the murder of a feeble and aged fortune teller for the sake of a few coins which she had saved. In the midst of the daily and nightly hqldups and the murder wave which is sweping Berlin there, was one case whi<A attracted wide attention because of Its horror. It was known as the Valkenhagen Forest murders. The murderer when he was arrested was unable to femember all the murders he had committed or his outrages on lnnnocent persons. In one Instance he locked his victims In a house and set fire to it, meanwhile shooting into the house while it burned. The exploits of the Strauss brothers was another case which attracted wide attention here. Before the war these two men were burglars". One of them interrupted his criminal career to fight for Germany. He won the Iron Cross, but as soon as hostilities ceased returned home and joined his brother in the old pursuits. Finally they were arrested, but one of them managed to escape from prison. Frees Brother From Jail. He soon returned to the jail, how* ever, overcame all opposition and released his brother, with the result that they went back to the business of robbery. A nationwide hunt for them followed. When the police located them there was a battle in which two policemen were killed and two wounded, and the Strauss brothers again succeeded in escaping. Finally they were arrested In the east end of Berlin. Almost dally one hears of somebody's skull having been smashed "only a few blocks from where I live" or that somebody was stunned and robbed "before my eyes." The police seem powerless to control the situation. The so-called "aristocratic swindler" and robber is reaping a harvest. He finds his prey usually in an American bar, becomes acquainted with the man he intends to rob and offers him a "prepared" cigarette, which promptly blinds the victim." The thief then proceeds to pick his victim's pocket in a leisurely and dignified way. Street battles between robbers and persons whom they would rob are frequent occurrences. In one of these battles in the Wedding district recently two civil guards and a burglar were killed. On another occasion two parties searching fer a thief fired on each other In the dark wttfe fatal consequences. COST IS BASED ON ACCENT Berlin 8hops Charge Exchange When Buyers Have Not Mastered Qerman. j -- Big shops generally have Introduced a system of charging foreigners an exchange assessment. Shoppers who have mastered the Teutonic enunciation, however, escape this added tax. The correspondent, who speaks German, priced a trunk and the cost was given him at 6,000 marks. A colleague, whose German enunciation is not quite what it should be, was asked 12,000 marks for the same trunk. It may be true that a girl can't throw • atom,, but youth will have Its fling, .Mm„ •-£ : .. . Had 100 Descendants. Cottonwood Falls, Kan.--One hundred descendants survive Mrs. Loulsanna Naylor of Matfield Green, who is dead here. She was seventy-seven years old and was a pioneer of this county. Her descendants include 15 children, 65 grandchildren wuL ' 33 great-grandchildren. - " * With each averaging but ten miles per day, the 7,000,000 motor vehicles in this country would travel a total of 70,000,000 miles dally. . :; M CAN GET RIO OF BURDOCK FNMtt Is Hard to Kilt, but On* Ffcrmer Tilla of Finding the PUuxtff v . : V u l n e r a b l e 8 p o t . • - *" V- v ^ A pest of wide dlstTflmtflW, particularly obnoxious because ofx its numerous prickly burrs, is the burdock. Cutting It down doesn't do any good, for burdock develops a root system possessing wonderful vital tenacity, and promptly "comes up" again. Like the well-known hero of antiquity whose only vulnerable spot was on his heel, the charmed life which the burdock seems to bear really is only a semblance. The burdock has its vulnerable spot, but few know where it^is. An eastern farmer, living In a rural district where the worthless burdock had brazenly lived Its parasitic life for years, happened on to the burdock's weakness--and burdock ceased straightway to be a bad pest on that farm. t This farmer cut, using a bush scythe, the burdocks Infesting a fence corner. They were flourishing, arrogant burdocks-- the kind that grew as tall as a man nearly and for a brief period in the summer, when the green burrs make elegant balls and cushions, are a delight to the chjfriren. This farmer cut them all down with a scythe. A few hours later--it was in hot, dry weather--it occurred to him to try to pull up the roots. Thus he stumbled on the peculiar weakness of the burdock. It has a long tap root which shrinks when the plant is first cut. If the plants have been cut off about four Inches above the ground, leaving a hilt which can be readily grasped, and If the pulling is attended to while the tap root is still in the shrunken state, it is possible to pull the tap root up almost to is bottommost end. RACIAL VIGOR WILL RETURN English VSfrlter of Opinion That Matter May Safely Be Left to Mother Nature. *" Many writers have Iafif slims wpon the fact that Europe, in losing the flower of Its youth upon the battlefield, has left only the least fit and most unhealthy to become the progenitors of future races. And they cite the effect of the Napoleonic wars on the physique and stamina of the French. In answer to these pessimists the scientific editor of the Illustrated London News writes: "Against this it may be urged that the recuperative powef of nature sdbn reasserts itself, and no one who has watched year by year up to 1914 (as did the present writer) the yearly reviews on July 14 could doubt that, at the outbreak of the present war, the Frenchman had more than recovered the tall stature and the high muscular and nervous energy of his forefathers. While, therefore, we must expect a certain falling off in the physique of the children born between, say, 1914 and thirty years hence, we may be fairly confident that, given the maintenance of the present standard of living and the absence of any great epidemic, at the end of that time the English race will return to its prewar standard of physical fitness." sr Just Occurred to Her. A child's prayer has long been celebrated in song and story. Prayers from. the youthful lips of faith have ever appealed to mankind. There are few so hardened as not to be moved by such prayers, or remember with awe their own lisping of "Now I lay me down to sleep." Children also. In their innocence, sometimes say prayers which are not without their humorous side, and these, too, have been banded down to posterity. In this latter class belongs the following true account of the prayer of a little girl who lives Just on the other side of the District line in Maryland. Little Lois was completing her eva> nlng prayer at her mother's knee. "Amen," finished Lois, and then, without a pause: "Mamma, has the Lord got a bald head like daddy 7"--Washington Star. Electrification of Seeds. There appears to be much Interest In the electri float lop of seeds and the application of electricity to growing plants. A recent account of titofk along these lines tells of • new method of aiding plant growth. The seeds, ten or twenty sackj, are placed In tanks provided with iron electrodes at both ends; the electrolyte Is a solution of sodium nitrate or some other fertiliser. Particularly with cereals--wheat, barley and oats--the yields of both grain and straw are said to be increased. Some five hundred farmers have taken up the treatment of the seeds, which is followed by a very careful drying In a kiln. The treatment is applied about a month or two before sowing.--Scientific American, - ^ > - V'," ; > Papuan OIL " as AuSfffiTTA and Great Brltatn lltvs each undertaken to spend up to $250,- 000 In connection with Papuan oil development and two British geologists will probably begin work in the Immediate future, pursuing the experiment# already made by the commonwealth Papua and the Pacific. Islands generally are Interesting the universities of Australia which are considering tha need for the study Of anthropology and of native customs and languages As a -groundwork for such an investigation there exist an Interesting serle* of governmental reports by patrol officers and other official pioneers of the new Pacific. Distant. "Arent yon a cousJn of Flubdub's?" "Not any more." "Bah! Once a cousta* always • cousin." "Not after a man gets as much money as Flubdub has."--Louisville Courier- Journal. But Net i Prim One. Dauber--I hear you are palntlBf « Madonna. Gone in for religious art eh? Smlers--Not exactly--It's a prim 40UMU--Boston Transcript^ STILL LIVELY, "Just think," mused the merry old gentleman, as he watched a crowd of college boys. "Forty years ago I was like that." "Well, you haven't changed much, Sam," replied his Mend. "It's true you don't wear loud hat bands and socks and burst forth in a college yell at every opportunity, but you own the flashiest automobile in town, and I don't know of anybody who honks his horn without any particular reason more often than you do."--Birmingham Age-Herald. ' - * . TOO MODBI* *7 think you have a model >parl» "Yes, my husband sayi model of the^real thing." « -- Ill-Wlshlng. O Father ?lme, I hate t<f-see Your scythe put on parade. And when you take a hack at X hope you nick your blade! 8elf-Evident Truth. "The fortune teller told me I hav«5 a generous nature," said young Mrs. Torklns. "Of course," replied her husband. "You've got to open your pocketbook and prove your generosity before you can get a fortune teller to notice you." The Modem Figure. "Do you think this country's political affairs will ever bring forward the traditional 'man on horseback'?" "No," answered Mr. Chuggins. "The horse is out-of-date. What, you want to look out for is the man in the automobile." Something at 8take. "I thought your callejr wjeoJ awiy disappointed." ' A • "He did." • . . f i: " "May I ask what ht *»attf f • "My autograph." ; "A smhll request." ' **Not on the back of a nojbn," \ ' Lucky Is Right- Charity Visitor--Patrick, I understand that you are the seventh son In the family; have you any luck? Patrick--Oh, yes, m'um; I gets all me brothers' clothes, so Fm pretty warm cm cold days. Turtle Soup. Miss Tortoise--So you never to marry?" Mr. Turtle--Not on your life. My brother married last month and he's* In the soup already 1--Cartoons Magazine. OaU.. SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT. "Oh, Mrs. Rashly, I'm so glad to •ee you. I hear you have been away YlslUn& friends." "No. Just relatives.** Non-Production. A thinker now and then we And Who leaves approval incomplete. Be has so much upon his mind - < He does not use hla hands and fMt Has 8ome Wealth, Anyway. ' "Smith is very proud of his loofah isn't he?" said Brown. "Yes," agreed Jones, "he has more gold In his teeth than he has in the bank." „ k Good Job. Scribbles--Well, I've Just' contract with the editor of Cutto'a magazine. His Vvife--Selling stories? Scribbles--No, I'm to think up excuses for the editor so he can stay out lattl. ill tilght. A Qentle Hint. "Sir, I came to ask for your daughter's hand." "All right, young man. Whatever you want It, you will find It la tag pocket" * f Intrinsic Values. **I understand Cassius Chex has announced his Intention of turning htf eyes from earth hereafter, to fix felt gaze on higher things." "Somebody must hsve told every cloud has a s i l v e r l i n i n g . " -T\ / Good Reaeen. Miss Gulash--Why did you leave four last boarding place? Jim Skipper--Persistent inquisitiveness of the boarding lady. She contln. •ally kept askln' me, "When are yov pay your boaiilYf * V ^