James A. Patten, millionaire! wheat broker who once obtained: a corner on the world's wheat supply, has just made a present of a parcel of land on which the University, Ghub of Chicago stands to the Chi-cage Community Tru perty is estimated to bring in an income of $45,000 a year. Mr. Patten has stipulated that one half of the year-_ ly income is to go to the Board of Education of "the Presbyterian Church, one fourth to the Evanston (iL) "Hospital, and one-fourth to the Presbyterian Old People's Home. Educational institutions which will benefit from Mr. Patten's Blackburn College of Carlinville, M. James Milliken University of Lin coin, 11.5 Lake Forest University of Chicago; Iitinois College of Jaeksonwile, Il, and Presbyterian students at the University of Mlinois. Mr. Patten has previously made large donations to the Northwestern University at Evanston, DI, including a million dollar gymnasivim, Experiments being carried" on by according to figures just compiled by J. C. Royle of New York.
"There is no question th larity of ginghams result of the Egyotian design tilks and printed cloths which seized gri the imagination and fancy of the woman," Mr. Royle writes. "New England gingham! manufacturers date their meagre! profits from that period.'
Silks however, both natural and artificial, have gained steadily in popularity and manufacturers expect 1925 to be a banner year. On of the largest and oldest silk factories in America, however, places!
credit for the popularity of the printed silks on a far humbler, factor than "King Tut." F. W. Budd, of Cheney Brothers declares this credit rests with Syrian peddlers, who carried their wares in packs on their backs from one Summer re-hotel to another years ago in this count Printed silks were introduced in this country about 40 yeats ago for ash curtains and upholstery uses The Syrian peddlers saw these silks, thought them adaptable for kimonos and asked for Oriental designs, "Aa:
result the Syrians delighted Sum-ith Oriental silks were made in America, and they became the rage is popularity was increased by the njehary wil secromnded tess Even the peddlers did not know, where or by. whom they were made. They only knew they could secure, supplies from certain Syrian jobbers located in New York, Designs of the printed silks naturally were culled from the motifs, Syrian, Armenian, Bulgarian, Chinese and Japanese, but many were: the products of American artists Perhaps the greatest inspiration to American manufacturers, according, fo Mr. Budd, came from the ash 1,350 Miles in a Canoe 'A young Canadian has just completed the first part of 'a unique! trip that might serve asia hint for some of the sturdy members of the Rowing Club in Shanghai with' hundreds of miles of river and canal! waters at their disposal.
The Canadian, George H. G. Smyth, of Toronto, has just put in at New York after paddling his 15- foot canoe from Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. Smyth used what is known as the outside route: and, according to his figures, cover. ed 1,350 miles. He left Sydney' on Joly' 29 and fellowed the eonvolotions of the-coast, but taking to open water whenever the-opportunty offered to save distance. The longest stretch of open water be!
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