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 Two of yjjgi undergOl^|i:fe nent and Wip j, completed:;i^iM â-  churches '"' done are the it«i|Bj||^^ tbe First ,Pwil)§||^^ tormer locftt^^p|liteii^y^^^^ ner 0f Lake Btrtwt arid Chicago aTe- line and the latter dtt (jorner. At the t txterior is bd^i^lpW^^: cement. By «bo^r|ttd>::^i^iMi^«ttfiio tools all the old *«***» wliteii J^ to the imitation oiTbricfeTtfittt"Inad^"of' iand, cement^ and^rick dl^ to* b^l^ icraped -off. V#ef ll^^i^cattoi^ mt on by a pneumatic cement gun. this ^n is qultrrli^ which the dry c^i&^d;#*nd;;f§ joured. The t!»ijitr«!^ thoroughly smlwm^^rMI0Â¥^l^ through a houk"^^^^^^- mixes the cement^e|pd; fW wnwr just as it is applied to the wall, thus •aving all the strength and vitality of the cement. First Coat l» Off*? 7 Tit* first eoar lip IIIP • is?-'1' ,â-  'j|. st resident to dead. wuMvqH.: *Jaoml Hjli,. Barker, who HJ ' the 4^^Ctton of being the oldest habitant-of Evans ton, died last . flay at the home of her daughter, James & tow, 1040 BJlmwood aljft- ||*%^:ji|^ was ^#e*i£^^ comber 19, 1811^ She was >e*#l there and made it her home utmi â- iiiwl^iiar* ^ ^atler he* hUBbanCs d^tl^ w|0<A oe^tarred' In ,j^7i|Wh|n; she, mpVedI to Waukegan, til. She lived to Waukegan until 1872, wh|a she came to Bvanston, and has ma|e that her heme ever #inc# Mrs. Barker has been quite w In spltfe of her advanced years, 1 fcer Votes iub i^pn>du(^ hy a phoq^ spend ::f#£p*^ ,|Q^;::^siaij^^.. jRay^lsJ^ijf eJp^^Ss^ ., famUy, who are vlaitl^ at Peaober- ton..' There she sang into a phono- graph and her father, Irby Wj Held, sent the dUk to Mr. Brlsmon, a «ess friend. He immediately to Pemberton ^:'^«M^:^i(i«^i^ with the owner of the rolce, and h^ persuaded the girl to substltiit# housework for ah operatlo ^Jaree*. K.^33S^SZps^«*^^ considerably. TJniil » yeaip ago as any member of the family, her 100th WrtWayJast December Veeks she has kept close to dalnie^^r^^t'weelc. She euffe no serious illness, old age causing b#r 'itSjsj&"'-Jh;V--;f"' ." .*; •â-  Was Well Posted. it has always been Mrs. Bar: . habit to keep well abreast of the ~ imm,Teaa- th^ reif portion: of the^lfttttlW^ a^ about half of the norlb|?ii^^^ PhlladelphW -jMS&lL__llSfiaSL^ the Wttl of Dr. ^ 'B:Mi!X^:$k noted ethnologist, who died in r [ tngton Wednesday, Dr. Bdwai^||| Spitzka of the Jefferson Medical cot lege, Philadelphia, can claim the body tor dissecting purposes. ::Ur1; Mf*^ died from cancer, and the will queaths the body to Dr. Spit«ka to be used "in ihe interest of science and for the benefit of manMnd.'» A number of noted men have given their brains after death to Dt, Spitika, but this Is the first time ' has been presented with an entire bod^ Dr. McQee'was for many years the soil and water expert In the de- mt of Agricultural bureau of SOllsl J..;'â- * T-: :'..'"*-vi» '*r 'm the entire building has been gone over with this heavy^ coat,^a lighter one will be pu, ind finished uiat has been on :ofe';:.'ipf daya teems as hard as rock, and pduudtng It with a hammer does not even cause the smallest partlcle^|^e^cfeThe men in charge: clalin^i^p^l-wlPlW its long as the church does. ^ T4iey iIbo say tbat they can app^ Jt to food, iron or most any building but- lace aud thai^Ii;_eM(^.^ tod cervlcOspa||^f|f|l0* .......""* first-class condition. ?4 ir The work hai^ H*n » progress about three weeks .and it. wiU H *$ wt ihree more^|>i«^^^ taiidtog wiU it finished. Some Inetrtor wood fork id beins; doie ani tbe ddoij % huo being changed, ."f^ â- ^â- ",- â- ';*1 Interior Repel ring. iittan chuwilr'liii^la^ ft has always been 1»mewTrat«tffl«sttlt "#: hear eaatty^tlfei^^Jfc^i^^^ |wrk has been|^p|:i#|fei!i^ ifcmstic proper^^^ attd^torlttm, ill the panels, Diliirs and walls have ;*0en covered .li|^pP||P;^ii^li?d I ball thick. On top of & ^»rji |» kilflomine. ^0i^^^^0B$,_ 1i; â-  to |e hands of the decorators. The #lor scheme\.ltf|^^I^^M^^|'|b| â- Hi* with" green ^e' pre^on^ »tor on the w^fe fhd a.yeU^^ #r the cellttggpna^^iad* !;*«i»: *b* of the islMili^^-li^^ ^â- t of pain^-_g^||Ka^ii^^^i|rpM lig© most old people, who so jmuch in the past and have thedrl habits so firmly fixed that they try to. avoid using and adopting new com venlences, M«. Barker waa a^wa|»f ^UBa* to'iif^ eoc^new invent%; fctria; and; use it If it was practicable. ^l^^^dV she has seen a wm* transition. Being bom before t^el :ttrsV *»45*oa<l wa<f even' thought of and; li^if • to. a" country where they wofet t first mtrodnced, and other Inventions^ tried out, she has been able to al-^ ways i;eep a close eye on the treiidl of tlm«j and the march of progress.^ m*>* read * forl^panV. -TJjs ^ |Ppr app^pi^^^^.^i^ Niftly improved and the building te other willW mor^ attriw^veas as the 11 be r anc acoustic {Sj will be nK>re^#^fa^tory to tk^^ *aker and the hew^er with the im- 3TANO ROBBEp. ... Thieves, ^--^^-^^'" I^?"1* *bat y;n%it sfiKmi's stand on grandchildren have read to ner. She was alwaya able to discuss any topic ,t jtoo J>efpre^ tbe JUnerican \ people """'In^eiils politics. Mrs, Low said that mother was a very ardent admirer of Bxwsevelt and would liked to liTM ta see- him president again, t flsiw^ji survived by «bpe daughterfl^ |lpi«fker^lj^|^^ N, Webaterof Saratoga, N. Y., a|d Iwl, sen*, lS^*i3arker di Bvansto K *F?lL Bafker of Okjahoma ices were held at ifdeflce df Mrs. Low "Wedne^ day afternoon ati4J:80 .o'eloek, In cbirie of'Jley. T>. T. Denman of the ^>afc Hanc^Baptist church. The re- vere taken to JÂ¥ef York for •fels^^lifirfk,> FASHION i^%^ils>pv%*-^ elarlng jthat "nature's handiwork** tof given its toll due in the rounded *i^rye| that the* prisent style of^ wlrns) accentuates, forty society girUf decorations go ^4Ws city have agreed not to wear liny^:;dreaae» patterned after the new? plaited full skirt. _ 'f^o intend to boycott -the nejW; »ailo«Ji of the dressmakers," said ^:i%^^p&-?|d&»: "They?. are; ^nx>t «own»-^ney *: are:, anything onV l^ie^l^s^^^^eal^^^ fttrtheT,v tiaey are not united to^cne's persona^ Ity, ns In ti^#eVsjflintlstyle of goftt ^the clinging* modified bobble sW|fc ^MiSnin^Ws^ â- *mMM%0 In^rtdnalfty