Professor Herschel C. Parker, on his third attempt to reach tho summit of Mount M'Kmley,, tho highest mountain in North America. - was obliged to turn back when within 300 feet of the summit. Tho party attained a height of over 20,000 feet, and gave up their attempt to gain the highest point onlv ' wnen proceeding farther, in the face of a mountain blizzard and intense cold, meant certain death.
A'happy idea in. house'.: construction, says "County Life in America," is the new plan of combining conservatory and livingroom. The idea has possibilities both for the elaborate mansion and the modest cottage. Forns, (lowers, easy chairs, and abundant sunlight make the conservatory living-room an apartment that radiates beauty, cheMulu&s,'and .'comfort. '
Automobiles for children are the latest French novelty. These aro not the toys with which tho American public is familiar, but real motor vehicles with a throe-quarter horse-power engine. They are so designed that they cannot exceed four miles an hour in speed, even on a, grade.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1632, 26 December 1912, Page 6
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