Up Pike's Peak by Auto! ING MOTOR is conquering Pike's Peak. More than a century ago, Lieutenant Zebulon Montgomery Pike discovered the mountain which now bears his name, and, accompanied by his little band, made a determined effort to reach its summit. It cost him ten days of marching to reach its base, and after a laborious ascent which brought him only to the crest of one of the nearby mountains, he was forced to give up the attempt, predicting in his diary that no human would ever scale its rocky heights. Thirteen years later, however, Dr. Edwin James with a portion of the exploration party under Maj. S. H. Long, found an easier approach from the eastern side and after a hazardous climb reached the summit on July 14, 1917. Then came the United States government engineers who constructed a winding trail from Manitou to the top of the great mountain and built there an experimental station that study might be made of weather conditions three miles above Bea level. This led to the building of a carriage road from Cascade in the pass to the top of the mountain, and almost simultaneously there came the cog railroad. It was built in 1890, making the ascent in nine miles from its Manitou depot. This is one of the most famous of the world's mountain railroads. And now in 1915 comes the supreme contest of the mighty peak. The constructive ability of the American engineer has won another triumph, for since September 1, automobiles have been traveling on the "World's Highest Highway" to A point within five miles of the pinnacle of the mountain. An engineering gang is pushing rapidly the grade of this road through boulder fields way above limber line to the summit. On the first day of September there was opened to travel the first twelve miles of the highway, which connects with the Pike's Peak Ocean-to-Ocean Highway in the pass at Cascade, ten miles west of Colorado Springs and five miles west of Manitou. Built by Private Capital. Before congress closed its sixty-third session, it granted the right-of-way for an automobile road that would travel the Pike national forest and would its way up the northern slopes to the top of the peak. When the government granted this right-of-way through a national forest for a toll road, it did an unprecedented thing. But there were good and sufficient catlway or this Highway reasons. It was shown that such a highway would be a big asset in developing the national scenic wonders and it is becoming Uncle Ham's hobby to advocate "See America First" and to keep within this country some of the millions of dollars that have been going to other corners of the world. The building of this highway was so stupendous an undertaking and involved so large a financial undertaking that it was certain it could not be undertaken in many a year unless by private capital. And so the government gave its consent and its cooperation, reserving the right to purchase the road at any time at its actual cost, and in using strict regulations with reference to the usage, tolls, and management of the highway. The government and the company agreed that "safety first" should be the ruling principle in the construction and operation of the highway, and those who have made the trip over the first twelve miles marvel at the easy grades, the wide roadway, and the unusual precautions which have been taken to insure maximum enjoyment of the wonderful scenery and to give even the timid a feeling of absolute security as the motor car climbs steadily upwards. It is 27 miles from Colored Springs to the top of Pike's Peak by the new road. The actual highway is 17 miles in length from the point where it runs into the Pike's Peak ocean boat can highway in the pass, at an elevation of 7,415 feet, so that its total rise is 6,746 feet. The average grade is six degrees with a maximum of ten degrees, and there are only two places where flyt grade does not rise. Safety and Convenience. The road bed is 20 feet wide and this is increased to 20 feet on curves, making it possible to be double tracked all the way, with frequent "turnout" or stopping places provided in case of tire or engine trouble. The bridges, with concrete parapets, are located on tangents, so they may be seen at a distance of 300 feet. They are built of steel and concrete. Signs conveying cautions have been erected along the route. Six water stations have been established at intervals of three miles for cooling and refilling purposes, and gasoline stations are located at the road's terminals. Expert repair men are always at hand for duty and telegraph and telephone service. This highway or the Atlantic Pass, which is the most important part of the route, will be open to any motor car, and automobile men claim that any good driver will be able to make the trip. Undoubtedly the Pike's Peak highway takes its place as the greatest and highest in the world. Stelvio pass, the highest carriage road in Europe, in the Alps between Italy and Austria, has never been opened to the automobile. While there were many difficulties, the construction of this highway was not a hard task for the modern engineer. For part of the way from Cascade it follows the general line of the old carriage road built in 1888. Scenery is Unexcelled. Every mile of the highway to the summit is crowded with scenic interest. From Colorado Springs the route goes through beautiful Manitou and then into the pass, a 30 mile cleft in the mountain down which the U.S. Indians used to come to Manitou to drink of the mineral waters there. Amid a profusion of wild flowers, through groves of pines and aspens, the highway proceeds. Often, as the motor climbs, it will be enveloped in a fleecy cloud. Higher and higher the car climbs, but the grade is so easy that one does not realize that he is at the summit until he can see the world about him, east, west, north and south. Sixty thousand square miles of scenery—wild, massive, awe-inspiring—can be viewed from the seat of the motor car. There below is Colorado Springs, its broad avenues and boulevards gleaming in the sun. Far out into eastern Colorado are the farms, little green patches upon the drab prairie. Back in the chasms west of the peak are grotesque formations, and on the western horizon are the snow-capped Sangre de Christo and the giant peak of the great continental divide. At the summit one can show a snow-ball in August as well as in December. Pike's Peak just scrapes the snow out of the frosty clouds as they pass by. In the Pike's Peak region the motor car will find a variety of trips so great that he can suit any day's mood. THE RAYMER ENTERPRISE. Making Good Use of Leisure Hours By G. F. WILSON, Chicago Arises. Virtually all young men aim women have some hours from work which need not be devoted to exercise and sleep, two things which ought never to be overlooked or neglected. These unoccupied hours are of priceless worth, if they are wisely used. They determine the value of the working hours, because they educate a man to use and enjoy that which the working hours bring him, for a man's ability to enjoy success depends on his intelligence, his tasks and the variety of his interests. Many of the most successful business men have so many interests outside of their business that they can always give themselves the rest or a change of occupation and can get pleasure and profit out of a form of leisure. They understand that, in order to use wealth with judgment and to get satisfaction and happiness out of it, a man must grow rich in mind as fast as he grows rich in pocket. It is the use of leisure hours that equips a man to use wisely what the working hours bring him. The working hours develop his character, if his principles are good, while they increase his fortune. But they do not give him broad views of life, knowledge and love of the best things. These are the gifts and fruits of the leisure hours, for the leisure hours embrace a man's educational opportunities. No man who has a few hours each week which can be used as he pleases should remain uneducated. Education is not a matter of schools, colleges and universities. These are valuable instruments and aids to education, but they are not so essential that the man who cannot command their privileges need remain uneducated. Sleep and Bathing for Schoolchildren By Mrs. C. J. Ladman, Marion, Mo. enough sleep and frequent bathing, which promotes purity of mind in sufficient sleep affects the nerves, the temper, the digestion, the mental quickness and even the morals of children. The child who gets enough sleep is the one who grows normally and well, who eats properly and who is not peevish and irritable. Many of the little, whining, nervous children are simply suffering from lack of sleep. So many mothers notice such a difference in the behavior of children when they have started to school and are at a loss to understand the reason. It is because the daily nap has been given up. Try giving the schoolchildren all early, nourishing and easily digested supper. They should retire early and sleep in a well-ventilated bedroom and let them have ten or eleven full hours of slumber and they will wake up bright, healthy and good. Clean skin and clean clothes improve not only the physical but also the moral condition of children. New Style Whiskers to Follow War By H. A. Zorling, Washington, D. C. Living in Kentucky, the late Proctor Knott said on one occasion that the fashion of wearing beards was the result of the Mexican war. It explained that when the boys went into that war, they were clean-shaven for always at home there was a luxury to shave them. In Mexico, however, it was different, and the soldiers had to let their beards grow. When the war was over, they started the style of having the beard trimmed, and thus the practice came into general use. The first governor of Kentucky to wear a beard was Lazarus W. Powell, who was governor from 1851 to 1855, and the first president of the so adorned was Abraham Lincoln, a Kentuckian by birth. Grant Hayes, Garfield, and Harrison, who followed, all wore beards, and Arthur wore side whiskers. Reports from the trenches and the war fronts are that the soldiers haven’t much time to shave, and when the struggle is over, we may expect whiskers to come into fashion again in Europe, and it will not be long after that, I presume, until the American catches the habit. Please for Ragtime and Popular Music By P. CHADBOURNE, Chicago Country and if I could not play ragtime or popular music, I would have had a hard time finding a position. No one in the world loves good music better than I do, but I also like a popular piece once in a while. Some contributor went so far as to say that ragtime music is harmful to children. What is worse for children than seeing women dressed as they are on the streets? The sights children see in the city parts are worse than any popular song. Another contributor said that vulgar words were sung to popular songs. There is a class of people who will sing vulgar words to church hymns. People who object to a popular song should remember that we are not living in the old Quaker days. They should also remember that piano players have to make a living. Much harm wrought by the voice of scandal. By D. W. Bamberger, Philadelphia, Pa. It is gone to the hostess is asked how she can entertain “a woman of that kind.” The spoless man of the party vouchsafes the information that Mrs. X. has figured in a shooting scrape, fully exploited in all the newspapers. The hostess is nonplussed, but keeps her counsel, as she has found Mrs. X. to be a gentlewoman in every sense of the word, loiter, when they became better acquainted, Mrs. X. tells of her unhappy marriage. Thus cruelly and wantonly are facts distorted by thoughtless, careless women, who never stop to think what consequences their senseless Garrulity may have for another person. The rest are some men and women whose work is so engrossing that they have no leisure. Snell people are relatively few in number and they are, as a rule, at the head of great enterprises. The mother who has children attending school may not be able to help with lessons, but then is one thing she can do for them which will benefit more, and that is to see that they get. After this, we may expect a new style of whiskers, if we continue to follow the styles of Paris, as we have done for a great many years. I remember that while I was in Europe, the discussion of ragtime and popular music has aroused my intense interest. I have played the piano in theaters for the last ten years. I have played in some of the best in the Scandalmongers have to habit of purveying pasts for women while you wait. The following incident is one of many: Mrs. X. is a guest at a luncheon. The minute she could do nothing more, Captain’s responsibility for the safety of his passengers had been automatically ended. The dangers of travel by sea at this time have played havoc with the lives of timid passengers. Early one morning recently there was considerable commotion on the decks of a coastwise vessel plying between Savannah and Baltimore, when a scantily dud man hurried from his stateroom and dashed toward the upper deck. On the way he ran into the captain of the vessel. ‘What’s the matter,” he said. Captain?” he managed to gasp. Have we been torpedoed?” “Valin yourself, my dear sir, and be prepared for the worst.” answered the official. "Oh, don't tell me we're going down!" moaned the other. "Quick, where are the life preservers?" "They wouldn't be of any service at this stage explained the captain. "Too late?" quavered the despairing passenger. "Yes," said the captain, very solemnly. "We've done all we can for you. You'll have to look over for yourself from now on. You see, we've just tied up to the dock." "SO SHINES A GOOD DEED" Thoughtful Act of Busy Man Led Another to Emulate His Work of Kindness. He was a brisk, well groomed young man, who looked as if he were hurrying to keep a date with Fortune. He had crossed the green grass and goldenrodry place by the big hole near Union station, and had jumped the tiny ditch that is going to be a gutter some day, when he noticed an old whitey gray horse standing by what will be the curb. The dejected patience of the poor creature must have appealed to the young man, for he sprinted back to the green grass, pulled a bunch of it and slipped it into whitey gray's mouth. Old Mr. Horse munehed his treat with a sudden interest in life that expressed itself in the flicker of its palmy ears and the general bracing up that means courage. And a man who had come out of the big hotel in time to catch the inside lit also went over to the green grass, pulled a bunch and slipped it into whitey gray's mouth. Such is the force of Example.—Exchange. 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Only when shrapnel or a shell explodes in the enemy's line is there anything visible in the way of smoke, the whole purpose being to conceal the position of the guns throwing the projectiles while making the points where the projectiles explode clearly visible. The expression, the smoke of battle, so faithfully descriptive of the wars of the past, has little meaning when applied to a modern war. Popular Mechanics Magazine. Reassuring. Nervous Old Lady (on small English railway)—Oh, dear! How we're rocking! I'm sure an accident will happen to this train! Elderly Aboriginal It's along on their being short-handed with. skilled men, mum, so my son offered to drive her just to oblige, and (confidently) I don't think he knows much about it —Passing Show. Be happy. Use Red Cross Bag Blue: much better than liquid blue. Delights the laundress. All grocers. Adv. The Kind. "He was a regular furnace of wrath." "Yes—a hot air furnace." "Of living!" 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