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length to show that they had never
been used. No well.ordered family
ever uses the same chop-sticks the sec-
ond time. The Oxen or tables, the
lacquer trays, the bowls and cups in
which your food is served nre all Of
the most exquisite workmanship anil
artistic designs. You seldom see u
plate or n saucer ut Japanese dinner.
Those are made exclusively for the
foreign trade, but the little bowls and
cups in which your food and sake are
served are works of art.
The host sets an example by remov.
ing the covers from the bowls upon
his tray and, initiating him, you find
an assortment of food that is entirely
new and often trying to your palate.
There is no use of knife. for every
thing is cooked in little morsels, but
fork would come mighty handy, and
spoon would be even better, for you
find it almost impossible to convey
anything from your tray to your
mouth with chopsticks. They slip and
wabble and cross each other with de.
pravity that seems intentional. You
drop your food into your lap and up
on the floor in u most amusing but
embarrassing manner. Your host Of
fers fork or a spoon, but the spirit
of American independence asserts
itself and you make another effort.
Finally the host remarks courteously {:
Sometimes we do it this way" and
lifts his bowl to his lips and shovels
in the food as you would shovel coal
into a cellar. This method cannot be
recommended for gracefulness or re-
finement, but it is better than starva-
| tion.
There are half dozen dishes in each
course and your host kindly tells you
what they are. First suimono, kind
of beau soup; kuchitori, chestnuts
boiled and crushed into mush kama
boko, fish picked fine and then rolled
into little balls and baked; sashimi,
raw fish cut into tiny slices and COW
cred with ice. This is dipped into a
rich sauce called scy, and really doesn't
taste as bad rs it sounds. Each course
is served with little cups of warm sake.
There is no bread or butter, and you
will not have napkin offered you un-
less you ask for it.
The second course is o small fish
broiled whole, with the head and tail
on, which is very difficult to eat with
chopsticks; umani, bits of fowl boiled
with lotus roots or potatoes; little
salad made of onions, peas and string
beans, with few leaves of lettuce or
crosses su.no-mono, sea slugs served
with eggplant, mashed rs we do pota-
toes, and chawan- -mushi, thick, GUS
tardy soup made of fish and vegeta-
bles, with mushrooms for o relish.
The third course is usually n curry
with rice and picked vegetables, such
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wAIriNG-MAIDs MAKING THEIR VERY BEST Bow.

human frailty. Chickens are used to
some extent, and pious fraud Is
practiced in calling the deer a
"mountain whale" When you see
the sign "Yamakujira" written over n
market or eating house it means that
they have venison for sale there under
the title / have given, but vt is so ex-
pensive that only the rich can indulge
in that sort Of sin Meat eating Is on
the increase, however, and markets
for the sale of beef, pork and mutton
are found in the neighborhood of all
the fashionable districts.
There are three or four eel houses
in Tokyo that are as popular for din
ing as Kinsley's in Chicago or Del
monico' s in New York, and the Golden
Koi has been made famous by Edwin
Arnold. When you enter that or any
other eel house you are led to tank
full of squirmlng reptiles and asked
to select your victims. The larger
eels are rank and coarse and greasy
and the American seldom tries them
but once. The little fellows, how
ever, are delicious, particularly when
about five inches long and broiled on
a bamboo skewer like white bait. You
can see them cooked if you like, for
true to their habit of having every
thing the reverse of what it is with us,
the Japanese restaurants place their
kitchen in the front part OF the house
adjoining the entrance and their din
ing-rooms somewhere at the end OF a
series of corridors in the rear.
The tea gardens in Japan are all
alike, and they ale all lovely, but the
houses wonld be more comfortable If
one could have tables and chairs and
knives and forks instead Of being COM
PEELED to sit on a mat in his stocking
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upon the mating and touch the fore
head upon the floor. This ceremony
is repeated with the greatest gravity
whenever they bring you a dish or
take one away, and they are trained
from childhood. A little boy or girl
of three or four years will make as
digni6ed bow as the most renowned
instructor in decorum, aud japanese
housekeeper is great deal more par
ticular about the dress and manners OF
her servant than We are.
When you are in Japan you have
to do as the Japanese do, and you can
find out their ways easily by watch.
ing. Your host is thoughtful and OBJ.
serving, and tries to put you at your
ease and help you along by dropping
little hints as to the manner of using
your chop-sticks and the customary
way of doing this and that. Some
times at dinner they give you hand
somely carved ivory chop-stioks that
are heirlooms, and may have been il
the family for generations, but it i
less ostentatious to furnish little strip
of sweet, white wood highly polished
! and split apart for only half theiI
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feet and endeavor to eat with chop
sticks. Everything is served to you
on little lacquered trays on the floor,
and the food is usually in bowls or
tiny cups which You can lift to your
mouth if you like and shovel in the
food as most OF US have to do, because
the use OF chopsticks is an acquired
art, and very few foreigners can ever
do it gracefully.
While you are eating there are al
ways two or three nesans or geisha
girls to entertain you. None of them
can talk English, but at the tea houses
usually frequented by foreigners a
few useful words have been acquired,
and, as the girls are very quick of per-
ception, it is only necessary to give
them quarter OF an idea and they
will supply the other three quarters
with their native wit. No matter what
Sir Edwin Arnold and other sentimen-
tai writer's on Japan may say, these
Japanese girls are not pretty. Their
figures are shspeless. their features
are fat, their compilations are muddy,
teeth are bad, and If they wore mod
ern garments one would never look a'
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ly wider at bottom than at top, and
hung at intervals all round.
In the way of autumn and winter
suggestions for street wear, the only
new things as yet to be seen were at
the smart tdrcssmaking establishments,
the importers of CONNECTIONS, and at
one of these places some fine samples
in novelty woods, in splendid autumn
tints, seemed to indicate that plaids
were coming in again.
The choicest tints in these were rich
reds and browns and butter and Octo-
ber leaf yellows; the patterns broken
bars in different shadings and then
squared with black, which gave tone
to the whole.
In no instance was the faded color
OF the summer seen, but bold plaid
in strange bluet, webbed over with
black, and 80 familiarly creponated
that one would have called it crepon
had it not been known that this word
was now forbidden in polite fashion
circles.
"Of course crepons will be worn,'
said the fashion light who was show
ing of the sample. "Too many have
been made for the manufacturers to
be willing to shelve them entirely.
"Only they will be called by new
name, perhaps simply 'nouveautes' s"
and the great general of fine clothes
smiled cunningly. In the way OF
stuffs for evening wear some pompa.
dour silks, gorgeously hned and OF a
! boardlike thickness, were simply awe.
some in their magnificence. green
brocade, which shades in movement
.ide a lizards skin, was patterned
with great gold BEETLES that stood out
like the figures on Chinese draperies.
In plain cloth brave blue that
limited Of bugles and battlefelds was
novel and elegant 1t was just the
tint OF the trousers worn by United
States soldiers and when later on il
WAS discovered in part-composition OF
dashing visiting toilet, one was not
surprised to hear that it had been
dubbed "soldier blue" All the dark
portion of it is black satin, the light,
the soldier. blue cloth; the buttons
are wooden molds covered with the
satin, the outline embroidery being il
copper and jet on the blue. A strik
ing bodice is carriage zouave in
'faded" peacock-blue cloth, with
square revers in whit, brocade, the
figures OF which are superbly out
lined in black ana gilt. The wide
border and smart. square lapels art
in the same gold and black embroid
cry, and the gown worn with this yer,
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anders should be allowed to govern
themselves. The experiment proved
successful, and Tavolara was declared
republic in 1856, while two years
later the State was formally recog-
nized by the Italian Government. Its
President is elected for five years, and
its public officials give their services
free of charge. Women have the
privilege of voting as we'll as men.
Once the island had narrow escape
of becoming the site of gambling
casino like that of Monte Carlo. Ger
tain British spectators desired to ac-
quire the place for this purpose, and
the proposal was likely to be enter.
tanned, but the Government ultimately
prohibited the sale. On the island
there is peculiar breed of wild goats
whose jaws and teeth are covered with
n golden enamel. IL is believed that
this is derived from the water on the
island, which contains q large guam
tity OF mineral matter. New York
Press,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-09-11

them second time. They cannot com.
pare in looks with the shop girls of
Chicago and New York, and the wait
resses in our country hotels will aver
age quite rs well for beauty. But
their kiminos are of the daintest
shades and combination of color, their
obis are of the richest brocades, and
their hair is marvel in its arrange
ment. All this makes them interest
ing, and they have pretty, graceful
manners.
The girls receive no regular wages,
but are n sort of extra that is served
with every order and are paid by the
customer and not by the house. The
habitues of particular restaurants
know them by name and order their
geishas MS they order their dinner. If
no special favorites are called for they
take their turn rs customers come in,
always gong in pairs. While You are
eating they sit around on the floor
and make themselves merry, repeating
the latest gossip, reciting little poems,
telling anecdotes and Jokes and max
ing themselves as entertaining rs pos
sible. If you want them to sing or
play the samisen they will do so, but
their musical accomplishments are not
appreciated by foreigners, who sell
dom ask them to sing twice. A Jap
anese song is a recitative in minor
key pitched very high and and inter
spersed with little squeals and
screeches. ltihas no melody or har-
mony. and one finds it difficult to de-
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-09-11
THE FLAT BRAID coIFFuRE.

A revival OF the peasant mode OF
wearing the hair in vogue fifteen or
twenty years ago is seen on the streets
of Eastern cities, 1t carries with it
an air of neatness in warm weather
that can not be got by any other style
of wearing the hair. Young women who
have not heavy head of hair eke it
out with q bow OF ribbon, but the
prettiest coiffure is that OF many Hat
braids pinned closely to the head.
Its shape may be varied to suit the
shape of the head, round knot re-
quiring mat-like effect, long colt
fure the oval face.
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THE JAPANESE HOST
ENTERTAIN TENT OF GUESTS DE-
NELOPED INTO A FINE ART.
The Graccs and FormaIities of n
Ceremonious Dinner-Giris Who
Bcguile the Time-The
Odd Menu.
: CEREMONIOUS Jnnnnes

X CEREMONIOUS Japanese
n dinner is tiresome ex.
~ pericnce for an American,
particularly Il he be in the
habit of doing things in hurry and
is given to stiff joints and embon-
point, writes w. T.. Curtis in the Chi
cago Record. But the novelty is
worth the test of endurance, and If it
happens to be in the home of rich
man, where one can enjoy to the full
measure the hospitality that is re
garded az one of the fine arts as we'll
as one of the cardinal virtues, with all
the graces and formalities OF oriental
etiquette, it will never be forgotten.
Buddhism has LETT its impression
upon the diet as well as the manners
of the japanese. The strict tenets of
the church forbid the taking of life,
and, therefore, animal food was prac-
tically abandoned in Japan more than
1000 years ago. Nine.tenths of the
people live on vegetables and dried
tish-the latter being n concession to
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-09-11
High Explosives.

According to the opinion OF Super
'intendent Barker of the arms factory
at Sparkbrook, England, and a prom
inent expert in that line, the possibil-
tiles of the industrial use OF high ex.
plosives for generating motive power
are fit subject for study. OF the
gunpowder engine he thinks only
slightly, as such an explosive merely
develops in combustion about $50 vol
umes Of permanent gases, while the
solid residues are very considerable,
soon clogging any machine; neverthe'
less, one pound OF gunpowder is cap
able OF developing ITO, $40 foot poundl
OF energy.
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4 DtOhtH ~ iuSts uuu tht uibit-
ers of styles have consented
10 lift the veil of future modes.
There was marked disinclination
to talk around autumn and winter
styles. Yet, writes the New York
correspondent of the Chicago Record,
a few of the great big wigs have been
persuaded to show here and there
scme early eonfection which, il not
pointing toward any radical changes
in cut, seem to indicate that textures
and colors are to be more splendid
than ever.
In the way of shapings likely to be
carried over to new season Mt q leao-
ing dressmaker's it was learned that
there will be doubtless the redingotes
and short "court" coats that have al
ready received catchet from elegant
Parisiennes. Round bodies will also
continue, in gauzy instances hanging
sometimes over the belt, back and
front, in complete blouse effect, and
with the round bodies, especially in
the case of evening gowns in stiff silk
for slight figures, Jared peplum tails.
shaped like the shorter ones of the
jacket shown, will frequently be
added.
Again, this peplum effect may be
made by squarish tabs of lace, slight
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-09-11
elegant eorsage will be of black peau
dc sole.
PRETTY BLOUSE WAIST.

The accompanying cut shows m nd
mirable model for blouse waist for
silk, grass lawn, or any thin texture,
and, If very light in tone, black lace
may be employed but ream-colored
lace of the guipure stamp, with front
of net, strewn with paillettes, and the
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A WALKING COSTUME.

This walking costume has skirt OF
figured crepon-a new material-in
shades of green and black. The waist
il of black satin, with white satin
sleeves, striped with cream lace inser-
tion. The waistcoat is of chartreuse-
green velvet, forming sash at the
back. The sleeves are immensely full
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-09-11
SMALLEST OF REPUBLICS.
IL Has Forty-siN Inhabitants. and the
Women Vote.

On the route from the Italian con-
tinent to Caprera lies Tavoara, an ISL
and mile wide, which has forty-fi We
inhabitants. King Charles Albert OF
Piedmont made Paul, the head of tho
Bartoloni family. owner, King and
absolute ruler of the place in 1886.
For forty-six years he managed his
little kingdom admirably and, dying,
he expressed the wish that the ISL
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-09-11

Professor Max Muller has in his
possession handsome gold cigar case
bearing the signature OF the Sultan of
Turkey, Who presented it to him.
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and set in sharp plaits, each plait
being stitched fiat at the edges. The
front of the waist is of fine cream lace,
and few rhinestone buttons will add
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-09-11
Luxilriant Hair.

1t is very seldom that so lux
uriant a growth of hair as that
illustrated is met with in Australia,
the summer heat, it is believed,
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causing decay and loss on many heads.
The length of the hair in our picture
is five feet four inches, and its color
bright auburn. The lady, who resides
in Melbourne, is native OF Auckland,
New Zealand.-S Francisco Chron.
icle.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-09-11

collar and waist bow in silk of darker
color, makes very smart combina-
ton. A blouse such as this is useful
for evening wear at country house
visits, more especially when made of
China silk in some delicate tint, and
adorned with light-colored lace.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-09-11

and stylish bodice girl pictured the above
violet wved gingham The
which the
with Russian enamel The
to bodice made o
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-09-11
SECRETS OF FASHION
THE VEIL LIFTED FROM AU-
TUMN AND WINTER STYLES.
Textures and Colors TO BE More
Splendid Than Ever-Plaids
Coming In Again "A
Brave Blue.

II UREKA the iron silence of
II fashionmakers has been
broken at last, and the arbit-
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-09-29
Eugenie and the Prince.
The Century.D

The little Prince was spoiled 10 excess
lv his father his mother naturally wish
ed TO counterbalance the latters oVerin-
diligence, but she was not always judi
cious In her energetic interference. one
Instance may be quoted among many.
The very first time that the little Prince.
a mere baby. between 3 and years old.
was seated on a pony, the equerry, NJ.
Bachon. was carefully holding him and
leading the pony, step by step. when sud
denly the Empress came up. Indignantly
declaring that she would not have such
absurd petting. and concluding by giving
a emf OF her whip 10 the pony, which
started off Bachon. terrified, uttered an
energetic expletiVe, succeeded In stop
ping the pony and brought back the
child unhurt; but ne was TOO angry 10 re-
m srnber official decOrum, and expressed
his feelings with an amount OF VgOr
very unusual in courts. while the English
nurse INDUCED IN more respectful lamenx
fations: "Oh your Majesty. fou shouldn't
your Majesty. You've only one, you
n Is evident that the Empress in no
wav intended 90 risk the life OF her
child: but she was herself fearless 10
excess and often thOughtles5 In the pres
ence OF danger. she VAS determined that
her son should not be rilksop and vhe
did not stop 10 eNahiihe 'he h'hes5 OF
''; Ths Emperor. on the other hand shrank
from giving him pain 10 an almost absurd
degree. The child was once playing with
n small mandarin orange, which he tried
10 get into his mouth. The Emperor.
. Alarmed cried: Take IL from him, he
Mill choke himeelf!" The Due de Tascher
fook the orange forcibiy from the child.
NOT without resistance on his part, and
ianghngly rallied the Emperor ON hts
NOT having done so himself. II could
not.y the Emperor exclaimed. he would
not love mel
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-09-29

dent OF the road. The new receivers
named by Judge jenkins are Edwin Nc
Henry. who has for years been chief en-
glneer OF the Northern Pacific. and
Frank G. Bigelow, president Of the First
National Bank Of Milwaukee. Judge Jen-
kins said he would not appoint third
receiver for the road now. but that he
might do so later. II II should be found
necessary for the proper administration
OF the trust.
The attorneys representing the Farmers
Loan and Trust Company nominated
Thomas II. Lowry. the street-railway
magnate of Minneapolis. and president Of
the MINNEAPOLIS and Sault Ste Marie road,
for appolntment as one Of the receivers.
The Court said that the Minneapolis and
500 road Is a part OF the Canadian Pa
ciGc system. a competitor OF the North
ern pacjfc's. and although Mr.. Lowry had
agreed TO resign the presidency Of the
500 road I'm the event OF his appointing
him as receiver, he could not consider
his candidacy.
Mr.. Walker. receiver Of the Santa Fe
system, was also proposed as a receiver.
The new receivers represent the same
lire of policy that has been followed by
Cakes. Rouse and Payne.
Mr. Rleelow Is one Of Receiver Payne's
bondsmen, and Is stakeholder with him
in the First National Bank, the Milwaukee
street Railway Company. and the Wis
consin Telephone Company.
Edwin McHenry was appointed chief
engineer OF the Northern Pacific system
under the Willard regime.
There is much discomfort among the
bondholders over the appointments.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-09-29
CLINCHES THE CHALLENGE.
Mr.. Rose Businrssiike and Generous
in Seeking the Americans Cup.

NEW YORK, September 2S-The action
Of the Royal Victoria Yacht Club in to-
day sending a formal challenge by mail
i'm the name Of Charles Day Rose confirms
the correspondence which has already
passed, ana clinches the challenge Tor
the Distant shore for the Americas cup.
1t only remains for the New York Yacht
Club to take action on the challenge. and
send to Secretary Thellusson. Of the Royal
Victoria Yacht club, a formal acceptance
Of the challenge This will be done at an
early day, and series Of races for 1916
will then be assured.
The prompt endorsement by the Royal
Victoria Yacht Club Of Mr.. Roses offer
to challenge was very gratifying TO mem
bcrs of the New York Yacht Club. There
had been some talk Of difficulty in OBJ
tanning the backing Of a prominent Brit
ish club for the new challenger, or at
least Of delay until after Lord Dunraven
had returned TO England and stated his
grievance to the Royal Yacht Squadron.
But the readiness 10 challenge by the
Royal Victoria and the willingness Of the
challenger TO leave all conditions to the
Cup Committee show that there are Bri-
tons who have confidence IN American
fairness. The challenge Is absolutely un-
conditional.
BUSINESS-LIKE PROCEEDING.
Instead OF the weeks that were spent
by lord Dunraven in correspondence by
most and cable prior to the challenges Of
1898 and 1925. there has been nothing but
an informal offer by cable TO challenge
on September 23d, a reply as 10 the form
the challenge should take. and the trans
mission Of the official challenge to-day.
The whole business has practically been
completed in five days The challenger
has named his yacht. and the length Of
the load-watcr lIle. as required by the
deed Of gift under which the cup is held.
He has left the dates, courses, and condi-
lions 70 the Cup Committee He has viz
tualIy offered to build a yacht. bring her
over. and sail match races when. where.
and under what terms the committee
pleases. As one OF the members Of the
club put il. His offer takes ones breath
away. But our people will try to Guido
him IN generosity
There will be a special meeting Of the
New York Yacht Club called for an early
date TO receive the report Of the Ameri-
cas- Cup Committee OF 1875, and to act
upon the new challenge.
VALKYRIE OUT OF IT.
The members Of the New York Yacht
Club do not look kindly upon Lord Dun
ravens desire TO arrange for cup races
for Nalkyrie III. next year. now that an
other Yacht has entered the list. He may
he given some private matches. and OPP
portunities will be plentiful for racing
in omen regattas. but the feeling Is that
one challenge for the Americas Cup Is
about as much as the club should be ask
ed 10 meet in a summer.