The Paducah Sun-Democrat from Paducah, Kentucky • 12

S'km-'ianti tha Ladae Oil cl 1 i Even Lincoln Did; Not Rise to the I Dignity of He Shows Marked Preference for Feminine Loveliness Whenever He Coins Real Money WHEN Uncle Sam wants to who combined classic features with coin honest to goodness native charm a real American girl; money will carry his vital, inspiring, a natural represen-name and seal to every corner of the tation of the spirit of Liberty. But globe he picks the most beautiful where could he find such a girl? woman In the country to represent None of the professional models had forts that she valiantly set to work to build up her frail physique. Ihe Peace' Dollar. Fifth and last to join the ranks oi lovely women on our coins la Mrs the free, untrammeled spirit he sought They lacked vitality. Classic features were to be had In plenty, but the inspiration, the spirit, was lacking.

Then one day he found her the possessor of "the most perfect head blm. Five women and only one man! That's what gallant Uncle- Sam thinks of the ladies! Take out a handful of coins and see for yourself how he prefers to be represented In the marts of the world by feminine lone man, a certain Even that one A. Lincoln, has 'ili -Mr 7 ft; I HI i. V. i I 1 WW II Mz 1 i Xii' 7 I'- I' I never achieved the height of silver, adelphia, and had not- only beauty His copper reproduction Is only but brains.

Culture and education useful In purchasing such staples as Interested her vastly more than her stamps, newspapers and chewing fairy god-mother's gift of classic features, and It was only after great The Goddess of Liberty. persuasion that she consented to Forty-four years ago, George T. pose for Mr. Morgan. Morgan, then a rising young design- Thus was accomplished the silver er, was looking for a model for the' Immortality of the first of Uncle Goddess of Liberty on the new Sam's models Miss Anna D.

Dollar." He wanted someone Hams. But after her one and only ap Mary Terese de FranciscI, wife the designer' of the Peace Dollar. first minted in 192L Falling to find inspiration in pro 'fessional models, Anthony de Fran cisci was sulking on day in his stu dio. His wife, dutiful as well beautiful, went about her dally tasJ of tidying up after a genius. Suddenly he saw her face upturned to the light, a slight breeze stirring her hair from a nearby window.

And there, like the Blue Bird oE Happiness, he found his right in his own house. MAKES LETTERING I 'N the world of art there are man who are clever with the brus' and pen In many directions, bui they are unable to do satisfactorily the lettering that is often necessary on a drawing. Then, again, there ar skillful letterers who can not anything else. The result is that drawing is often a composite, work of several different personsi rsons irt ag part in America." She was a student at the Academy of the Fine Arts, Phll- pearance In the realm of the creative arts, Miss Williams turned back to her real hobby education and made It her life's work. The girl whose profile In silver bas relief has been seen and touched by millions, Is now a handsome, white- haired woman.

who resigned only after 40 years' service In the public schools. As supervisor of kindergartens, she acquired a national reputation, being a pioneer In this branch and having been called to many cities to give the wort a start A beautiful and intelligent schoolmistress who never married, but who used her talents and charm to train and to inspire countless young lives that is the heroine of more thai 770,000,000 silver dollars that Is the romance of Uncle Sam's "First Silver Lady of the "But what about the other four ladles?" you ask. "They couldn't all have been such exceptional women, Wasn't there a professional model in the bunch?" Shunned Publicity. Yes, the next coin to carry a woman's figure was the beautiful 1916 half dollar, designed by Mr. Adolph Weinman, of New York.

For tne figure of Liberty he selected as his inspiration a professional model a woman as remarkable as Miss Williams. She was a striking, dark-haired and Otherwise "mules" are run by a storage battery and they are coming rapidly Into general use in this country. LISTENING TO HEARTBEATS 1L STETHOSCOPE, or hearing device, that will enable 75 physicians to listen coinci- dentally to the heartbeat or murmurs within the patient's chest is the in- vention of Drs. C. J.

Gamble and D. E. Ecplogle, as reported to the Amer- lean Medical Association. The new instrument has been on trial for some time in the clinic of Dr. Richard Cabot, of the-Massachu- sets General Hospital in Boston, who aided In deterjwfning when the reproduction of sounds had been sufficiently developed to permit satisfactory teaching.

The essential part of the apparatus is an electrical amplifier, designed for three succes sive magnifications of the current changes produced in a very sensitive transmitter. Three element vacuum tubes used in radio receiving are the basis, and special wiring relays' the electrical oscillations of increasing Intensity from tube to tube without distortion. in addition, special ear pieces and chest pieces are used, the latter inclosed in a brass case to exclude extraneous noises. At each seat in the room a double contact telephone Jack is provided with which the ctuderit plugs in when he desires to listen. Attempts to use loud speakers in Miss Doris Doscher, the Girl of The Quarter.

from her simple srd regular mode of living. She had a large cirolt. of friends among the artists and posed regularly for St. Gaudens and other noted scuiptors. But it was friend to friend, rather than artist, to model, with the men bhe inspired.

"Shells the most remarkable mojt 1 I have ever seen, Mr. Weinman recently, spiaKing of His "Goddess" enthusiastically. "Yes, but you didn't' mention her name," he was politely reminded. "I know," ho renlUd, with a twinkle in his bright blue eyes, "but the lady prefers to remain anonymous. She's from a fine Southern family, sensitive and cultured, and shrinks from being known as a profetfional Lonjj Distance Kecord, Why did you choose her for 'Lib- crty' and why did you call her remarkable, just now?" t-e waa nskca.

"I chose her for 'Liberty' out of all the women I had evar seen because she had the most beautiful proportions. And she waB then over 40 years old when I made the design. But her regular mode of living had kept her form supple and healthy and firm through over 20 years of One Form of the Electric "Mule." to Miss Doscher, as "The Primitive Woman." (Above) Modeled from life the same girl as the girl on the half dollar. 1 place of the multiple receivers have girl of refinement and culture, who been disappointing, but as the form- lived quietly with her mother in a er are perfected the extra wiring and little apartment uptown, apparatus for multiple receivers may No wild studio parties, no late sup-be eliminated, pers, no midnight feasts tempted her Another Portrait of Miss Doscher. continuous posing.

And that's almost a 'marathon' long-distance record for a sculptor's model," Mr. Weinman agreed. "She was the moBt remarkable model I ever knew because she took her work seriously. She was systematic and businesslike and never forgot an appointment "A lover of art herself, Bhe was a charming companion during the long, tiresome hours of posing. So many girls are flighty and fidgety anxious get through so that they can be -i each artist contributing the which he is most adept The letter ing part of the work has been re cently simplified by the invention oE a lettering guide.

It is a small sheet metal, with a tew variousl' shaped openings, but on close examJ ination it will be found that the each bear some resemblance to soml of the letters of the alphabet specially contrived pen comprise! part of this outfit. It has a po; which supports the instruments, bi allows the ink-carrying point to react the paper on which the lettering if to be done. As the pen is held in th hand and the post moved about th opening in the guide the letter wis be seen forming as desired. By makj ing use of suitable portions of eaci of the openings the whple letter wig be formed, and will be found to hj faultless in shape and size, A' Patent Leather Finish Breathe it not abroad, but the mo ern man is almost as much given ti primping as the woman of today. is true he has not quite got to thf lipstick stage, but he has a numbel of other little weaknesses of a likf nature.

He is much occupied witj his coiffure at the present time, an the "patent leather finish" Is mucj fav0r. To get this, one must nc oniy treat the hair with the propel preparation, but he must plaster down hard and tight. This is acconj piiahed by the new hair-holder whicl has been recently, invented. It is a arrangement of bands fitting aboi the head after the hair has beet carefully combed back, and the 'idol is to hold It firmly in place until gets "set" 1 For Airmen. The swiftest winds are encoun ered in temperate latitudes at an a tltude while of from five to- seven mile above that the speed of thE wind decreases.

Photo by Underwood. iwo deserted xuttens. 1 Portrait Bast of Mrs. Stevens, the Girl on the Dime. off to this or that party.

Others in- has never married. She gave up her wardly rebel at the work and resent work as model shortly after Mr. the fact that they have to earn their Weinman immortalized her charms living by such hard work and, tedious on our currency. labor as holding a certain position Even her associates are-unaware for hours at a time. of a "Goddess" in their midst, and "All these various states of mind doubtless the trustees are tactless -r So the Reading paper got the scoop, and Mrs.

Wallace Stevens was identified as one of the few models in captivity who shrunk from publicity. Fourth member-to join the charmed' circle or uncie earn ueauues "the girl on the quarter," who ap- pears in all the majesty of perfect womanhood upon the face of the new 25-cent piece, first minted in 1917. Mr. Hermon MacNeil, the designer selected her because she combined the modern American girl's love of freedom with perfect health ana beauty. A living goddess, truly! But thereby hangs a tale.

Miss Doris Doscher, the original "Miss Liberty," was not born with the golden attributes of health" and beauty. As a child she was delicate and round-shouldered. But so firm was her belief that beauty and, health could be achieved by her own ef- 1 This monKey jnotners Vpi Mules, Electric ONE of the greatest advances in modern industry Is the meth-' od of transporting coal from the fade of the mine tunnel. In the old days It was carried out by hand, sometimes on the backs of women. Then came sleds, often drawn by boys, a method still used in some parts Of England.

The use of oxen was a great advance and was soon followed by the use of ponies, dogs and mules. The mule is still used In many mines throughout this Jfy, though the endless rope is necessary where the slopes are steep. Steam were followed by compressed air locomotives. Then came the greatest and most modern improvements in the electric mule, here illustrated, a machine that runs like a trolley car and hauls a train of mine cars after It Some of these As Oxen Used to Do It. -fa can't help but make themselves, felt, But Miss always Influenced art- ists to do their best work by her pleasant attitude of mind.

She herself was a real Winged Victory Dime. The anonymois Southern beauty When the Real Mole Is on the Job. 1 enough to pay her salary in the usual crisp greenbacks, instead of gallantly rewarding her each pay day with a shower of self-portraits. "Miss Liberty III." appears on the "winged Victory" 10-cent pieces, also designed by Mr. Weinman and minted in 1916.

The original lady, chosen among many of America's most striking beauties, was the young wife of a successful lawyer who occupied an apartment in the same building in which the sculptor had his studio. Cultured, refined; a talented musician, she represented womanhood at its highest and best Her classic profile showed character in addition to the beauty which Is an accident 'of birth. 1917 Quarter. And so Mr. Weinman begged her to pose for the head of the new coin.

Reluctantly she consented, on condition that her name must never be The vow of silence' was maintained until a "home-town" reporter from Reading, scented a story by one of the sixth, seventh and eighth senses, which all good reporters develop. 3 i 8 1 A Only be steadfast; never waver, Nor eek earth' favour, But rest Thou knowest what Cod wills must be For all His creatures, so for thee. The best Paul Fleming.