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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-04-24

have the figure small above the waist and
an absolutely natural effect is now consid-
cred much the best style. With evening
gowns low bust corsets are a necessity. -
There Is always q great diversity Of opin-
ion as to what material shall be used in
corsets Sateen, satin and brocade are
always in fashion. and battste, which was
SO much liked last summer, comes this
year in so many different colors, 1t may
be predicted with safety to be a favorite
again. 1t is cool, does not stretch, AM
can be cleaned-three strong points in it.
favor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-04-24

From the ST. LOUIS Globe Democrat.
Ranchmen near Carbon, Wyo., under the
stimulus Of the bounty law. are preparing
to capture wolves and coyotes in large num-
bers by using Russian wolf hounds and
Siberian bloodhounds. An importation of
these animals has been made by Ranch
man Quealy and others will follow The
Siberian bloodhound is the only dog tina:
can master a gray wolf alone, and with
their assistance it is believed the packs of
gray wolves which prey constantly upon
the young stock Of the country can be
thinned out. With the bounty the sport
will be profitable.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-04-24

ooiSl AItc lHdn the
first ore described.
and is much more
becoming to some
figures, but women
whose hips have a
tendency to grow
large are not enthus-
iastic over it. For
slender figures and
for young girls it is
capital, as it allows
of development. It
can also be used for
bicycling and for
horseback riding, as
it Is short on the
hips and over the
stomach.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-04-24

70 De particular 10
choose those that are
! large enough, for IT
too wide a space is
left at the back, the
corset never fits
property over the
hips. . A serious
trouble with many
of the cheap corsets
is that they compress
the bust and ribs.
This difficulty can be
obvfated by cutting
them open at the
bust and inserting
one or even two gus
sets Of muslin in '
shape, for 1t is no
longer the fashion to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-04-24
NEW IDEAS IN coRsETs
Tight Laoing Fsowned % by,senzibls Per-
sonsIe 'a
Hints About the Latest Models which
e &c
Are FavOrites With Athletic
Women and Singers.
From Harper's Bazaar.

From Harper's Bazaar.
It would seem this season that more at
tention is paid to corsets than ever before.
Several Of the leading, 7dressmakers have
not hesitated to announce that they will
not fit gowns oyer any but the new style,
Of which. fortunately. there are several.
All discussion and assertion have proved
futile in establishing the idea that corsets
are injurious to health. Tight lacing is
frowned upon by all sensible individuals,
even by corset-makers; but that the fe-
male figure needs some support is we'll
proved, and for years the effort has been
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-04-24

to devise a corset
that will support
without COMPRISING
any vital organ. The
athletic fad. which Is
more than a fad, alb
solutely precludes
any. thought of a
tight corset about
the ribs, but does
not insist upon no
corset at all; on the
contrary, demands a
boned waist at least.
Great singers are
the most particular
OF all people in this
respect; and while
there must be moth
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-04-24
The Bluecoats' Lenten Supper,
From the London Daily Telegraph

From the London Daily Telegraph
Often threatened. Christ's Hospital still
stancs where 1t did, and the fine old dining
hall looked Its bravest on Thursday night
when one Of the public suppers celebrated
weekly IN the Lenten season took place
This Is today the same plain bread and
cheese collation. which Charles Lamb
shared and described. The beer, however
which used to be poured out of blackjacks
into wooden cups. has been abolished
Basins OF tea are served out instead, and
as a matter of fact, butter is substituted
TOT cheese. The supper is. therefore, a
very modest sort Of feast. The boys, in
their white bands. long-tailed blue coats
belts, snalls and yellow stockings, take
their seats at the long rows of oak tables
covered with snow-white cloths, and from
the pulpit under the huge Charles II pic
ture one of the Grecians gives out the
hymns and reads the ancient form of serv-
Ice, portions of which were composed by a
bishop of London 200 years ago. The serv-
ice IS somewhat long as q grace before
meat. The tall candles are now ceremon-
iously lighted, and the lads fail to their
frugal meal, consumed while the visitors
promenade between the tables, the proces-
sion being headed by a solemn beadle. fol-
lowed by treasurer, governors, etc. After
supper one of the head boys ascends the
pulpit and returns thanks In y set prayer
and the choir sings TN 4athcrn. The boys
then clear the tables, roll up the cloths.
form into columns Of wards. each headed
by Its smallest boy. who is candle bearer
He carries two tall candles. whose bases
are decorated with garlaHds OF flowers; an
other boy carries the bread basket, and an
other the rolled-up cloths. Thu procession
passes up the hall. and each couple Of boys
bows in unison to theioecdhant Of the
chair. made from oak t1aken fom old st.
Katharine's Church. There moro music
from the organ, and the boysgba at the
close Of the ceremony, nd hh this way
visitors and scholars ar(piaysd out Of the
hall.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-04-24


It's my heart, my heart.
To be out In the sun and 80! -
TO sling and shout In the felds about
In the balm and the blcssoUing.
Sing loud, o bird, In the tree;
O bird, sing loud In the sEy:
And honey bees, blecken the clover seasj
There are none Of you glad a. l.
The leaves laugh low in the wind;
Laugh low with the wind at may;
And the odorous call Of the towers all,
Entices my soul away! ss
For oh but the world u fair. = fair;
And oh but the world 10 sweet!
1 VIII ont IN tie aoad OF the blossoming mol
Ana cit at the Masters feet.
And the love my heart would speak ~
Will fold IN the Nly's rim,
That the 9pe Of the blpssOun hanse pure and meek
Nay o1er It up TO Him. ~
Then sing In the hedeerow green. o thrush.
% skyiark. sing In the blue;
Slug loud, sing clear, that the King mny hear,
And my soul shall sing with ron
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-04-24

From the Chicago Record.
IF ever get to be celebrity 1 mean 60
be gracious to everybody"
We'll. If you began by being gracious
to everybody now, don't you think that
would give you some ground for being
considered a celebrity?"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-04-24

II you want anything. try an ad. In The
win get IN answer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-04-24

Teacher-"Where were you yesterday"
Pupil (whimpering)-''It was all Billy
Smiths fault. He hipnertized me an
made me go fshin' with him."-Philadel-
phia Press.
Want" ads. in The Star pay because
they bring answers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-04-24

ting for a two weeks trip to Warren, Pa,
in order to secure rest after the labors OF
Lent. The services and parish work at
Epiphany during the absence of Mr.. Hill
ker are in charge of Rev. Herbert Scott
Smith
The ladies of Hamline Church gave a
violet tea" Monday evening at the resi-
dence Of Mrs. Quinter, 946 T street The
decorations of the rooms were in prevail
ing spring tints, and the evenings enter
tainment consisted Of vocal and instru-
mental music and refreshments.
At the annual meeting Of the Lutheran
Home for the Aged. which Is located at
Ivy City, the officers OF the board of d.
rectors were instructed to obtain plans
for the enlarging Of the present building of
ten rooms by an addition Of six more
rooms. The reports of the secretary and
the treasurer indicated that Lutherans gen.
orally are realizing the national character
of the home and responding accordingly
and that the inmates at present number
six. During the past six months 81 600
OF the Indebtedness on the home has been
pa16- Rev. DR.. HANNA and Mr.. Albert
+. FdG Vo1e requested to look after the
interests of the institution at the annual
meeting OF the general synod, which meets
at Mansfield, Ohio. beginning June i. Near
the close of the reeting Mr.. John c. Parker
Of st. Paul's Church was elected a truss
tee In place OF Mr.. John A. Swope, re-
signed, and the following selected as the
PEARSON. DID,. pastor Of the Church Of the
Reformation; treasurer. Mr.. Albert F. Fox.
and secretary, Mr.. I. C. Slater.
socIable for the benefit of Holy Name
evening at the National Rides Armory for
the benefit Of the church building fund.
Work has been resumed on the Chapel Of
q. anthony Of padua, connected COZ. g.. Win m. ~.
Carroll Of Baltimore. The handsome mar
Bile pillars forming the principal feature OF
the exterior have been put In place. and the
walI1 Of the chapel are up to q considerable
height Tha chapel Ia to have direct com.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-04-06

Somebody has been informing the
London Times that American children
are trained in their higher schools to
exercise the ritual Of 'saluting the flag
in military style, and that their mar
tial ardor is by this and other means SO
blown into flame that when these young
persons leave their schools they form
themselves into societies and take a
VOW to avenge with their blood any in
suit to their country's flag" This
somewhat vivid description has excited
the horror of another reader of the
Thunderer, and he leaps to conclusion
in the following amusing and highly
characteristic style: Apparently your
correspondent uses the expression young
person in the technical sense Of a fe-
male creature somewhere between girl
and woman. Does he really desire that
young females of this kind should in
England form themselves into societies
to avenge with their blood any insult
to the union jack in Venezuela or else
where? Seriously, / think that the
American example in this, as in some
other things, is to be avoided as degen-
crate rather than followed. Surely our
ancestors managed to conquer at Cressy
and Poictiers and Agincourt, at Blen-
helm and Trafalgar and Waterloo, with
out all this absurd civilian ritual on the
part of schoolgirls, this religious wor
ship, or rather idolatry, of the personi-
fed country under the symbol of flag,
and these silly vows by young Hanni-
Oals in petticoats. If the people of the
United States is really beginning to
worship itself as an abstract unity, it is
sure sign that it is beginning to aban-
ion the only true worship, and to retro
yrade to mere civic paganism.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-04-06

hardly knew himself for the changes in
the old town-the dear old town back
to which he had looked so fondly. Of
there in Chicago he had been in the
habit Of passing opinion on men and
saying: "Ah, you poor, hustling, de-
luded mortals, you are entirely different
from Squire Lo Stone and OFT Templar
and the other quiet, tranquil souls in
that other town where my old home is.
/ am glad 1 have that dear place. 1t
will be like an anchorage to me in this
stormy sea- And now, and now-why,
just think of It'll The old school stablel
Henry" he finally remarked, "there
is just one thing l seriously want to and
must see. There used to be big cotton
wood tree over on the river bank-you
remember it-where carved my name
one day-my name and that of girl
I'm married now, but, do you know,
I'd like to see that old tree and see if
the initials are there yet. The girl was
Ida Jordan. 1 suppose, Of course, she
has IL children and'-
''She's dead, Dave-died two years
dll6I you I'LL. Auu tuo IC0 las uccA
cut down to give way to lumber yard
and''-
Hardesty interrupted him.
Say" he cried, you sell that stuff
of mine for what you can get I don't
want to see it again Your town is too
prosperous for me. There's only one
thing more I want to know. want to
lick the man who cut down that tree.
Who is he? Where can he be found?"
"It was on my land, and I cut it
down." said his friend, the agent
Chicago Record.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-04-06

A Berlin correspondent tells as true
a story about joke that resulted some
what seriously for the man who invent
ed it. This person was incredulous
about the discriminating appreciation
of wines which distinguished friend
OF his claimed to possess, and to test
the matter invited him to dine at no
tel whose landlord had previously been
instructed to set before the connoisseu1
bottle of excellent moselle. 1t was to
bear no label or other marks to distin-
guish it from win ordinaire, " and il
questioned the landlord was to say that
1T cost only small price. The invita-
ton was accepted, and the plot was
carried out. The guest had hardly taken
a single sip from his glass, however, be-
fore he proved the injustice of his hosts
suspicion by exclaiming over the merit
of the wine. He summoned the land
lord, and on hearing that its price was
8 marks instantly ordered 1000 bottles
Of the same vintage The order was
filed, and the host, rather than reveal
the failure of his trick, paid the differ
ence between the alleged and real price,
which amounted to something over
A, 200 marks
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-04-06
FOR STARTING THE FIRE.
The Use to Which the Fisherman Puts His
Discarded Nets.

Inc use Co winch the FISHERMAN PUTS His
Discarded Nets.
In the majority Of households an old
newspaper is the material most COM
monty used tu starr fire, and the adj
justment of this material is matter of
considerable art. There should be enough
of it to make flame sufficient to ignite
the wood laid upon it, and it should be
put in with just the right degree of
looseness so that the air will circulate
through it and make it burn freely and
to the best advantage. But there are
houses in which paper is never used for
this purpose-the homes of fishermen.
Here, year in and year out, day after
day, the fire is started with chunk Of
discarded tarred netting, and there is
nothing like it.
When net gets tender, SO that it is
likely to burst when a body of kelp or
seaweed floats against it in a tide way,
or to break with a big catch of fish, it
is condemned. It may be whole and
look all right, but it doesn't pay to take
any risks with it. Some fishermen using
considerable number of nets may have
half ton of such netting in year.
They use it to start fires, and give away
some of it. Formerly they sold it for
junk, and they do SO now occasionally,
though not so much as they did. 1t
brings a cent pound.
This netting has been tarred again
and again with fine, thin tar and it is
thoroughly saturated. The net may be
6 feet deep. A length Of it is rolled up,
and the roll is then f1attened down. The
f1attened roll may be inches wide, and
it is cut off with an ak into chunks of
perhaps foot in length, just enough to
lie nicely on the CRATE of kitchen
range. 1t is thoroughly dried before it
is used. 1t all ignites quickly, and
burns tiercely and uniformly, with
blush flame and rather pleasant odor
A properly laid fire with a section of
old tarred netting to start it never goes
out. Whoever attends to the kitchen
fire in the fisherman's house prepares it,
if possible, the night before and pulls a
strand from the tarred netting out
through the bars of the CRATE in front
To start the fire in the morning all that
is necessary is to touch lighted match
to the end of that tarred rope yarn.
Some of this tarred netting has been
sold to start the fire in locomotives.
Such thing is not unheard of as the
use of cotton waste and oil for this pur-
pose, but sheet of old tarred netting
laid over the CRATE bars beats the cotton
waste out of sight Still, locomotives
have multiplied and tarred netting cuts
no figure as means of starting the fire
in them. 1t is perhaps now used for
that purpose, if at all, only on roads
running through or near fishing dis
tricts And, as said, it is now rarely
sold. The fisherman uses it to start his
own fire, and the man who has more
than he wants gives to his neighbor.
New York Sun.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-04-06
English Lawyers.

In the United States the names APP
piled to lawyers are usually attorney
and counselor at law In Great Britain
there are barristers at law, who are
counselors, learned in the laws, quail
fed and admitted to practice at the bar;
solicitors, who are attorneys, advocates
or oounselors at law, who are authorized
to practice i'll the English court of chan
Gerry; sergeants at law, who are lawyers
of the highest rank and answer to the
doctor of the civil law. Only after is
years of practice at the bar can one be-
come a sergeant Queens counsel are
eminent lawyers, who are given by the
government that title, and from their
number all the judges are chosen.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-04-06
Mr.. RUST GETS A LETTER.
Delayed Because Addressed to Him Under
His Chemical Name

Delayed Because Addressed to Him Under
His Chemical Name.
AS curious letter as has been re-
ceived in Kansas City for many months
reached the postoffice recently, and after
a great display Of learning on the part
of some of the clerks it was finally de-
hvered to the man for whom it was in
tended. The distributing clerk who first
got hold Of the letter looked at it in
despair. 1t was plainly evident that the
writer Of the letter had been burning
the midnight oil in an attempt to battle
the postoffice force.
The first line contained the letters
81. S. FE2O3." The letters were plain
enough, but what did they meanP The
next line began with a large A, then
there was a carefully executed drawing
of what had the appearance of bar
ber's comb, then a small a, and finally
a representation Of house, drawn by
one whose early education had been sad
ly neglected.
What should have been the third line
of the address was in the shape of a
more or less accurate map Of Kansas
City, showing the junction of the streets
in that vicinity. The last line was an
other map, showing the boundaries of
the state of Missouri
1t was plain enough that the letter
was for some one who lived in the state
of Missouri and in Kansas City. 1t did
not take a great stretch of imagination
to discover that the com h and the sketch
of house had some vague reference to
the Acoma building. So far it was easy
sailing, but who was the mysterious 81
S. FE2O3?"
After puzzling his brain for long
time, without any good result, the clerk
took the letter to Night Clerk Garfield,
who is supposed to be able to guess all
sorts of conundrums.
II can tell you part of it, said he
81 can tell you that 'FE2O3' are the
chemical symbols for ferric oxide. Now
if you can find out who he is you are all
right. "
Still the distributing clerk was unable
to solve the question. He went about
asking every one what he knew about
ferric oxide. He finally encountered one
man who was more of a chemist than
the others, and he impaired to him the
information that ferric oxide in common
parlance is called rust
That is how J. S. Rust received the
letter over which his friend in Concep-
ton, Mo-, had spent so much time
Kansas City Times.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-04-06

You will find true friend in Hoods
Pills. When you take them you will not
be disagreeably reminded of the fact by
gripping and agonizlng pains. They contain
none of the drastic drugs formerly so ex-
tensively employed Every ingredient
used in Hoods Pills is selected with care.
They will break up a cold, prevent the
grip, and are especially valuable to regu-
late the liver. They cure sick headache
and indigestion.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-04-06

One evening in March again wend-
ed my way homeward. l thought of
Mouse, of Johanna, of the trained nurse,
and was in the worst possible humor.
Opening the door with my latchkey, I
hung my overcoat on the rack and made
more noise than was necessary i'll tax
ing off my rubber shoes. Invent into the
dining room, and
Had Johanna been prowling about in
spite of the doctors express orders to
remain in bed? The tea steamed over
the alcohol lamp. There were fresh bread
and golden butter, ham, cold roast beef;
the evening papers were nicely stacked
on one side; on the other, my box of CT
CARS, the ash tray and the matches.
Just as Johanna was wont to arrange
things in the good old days, before hap
less Mouse interfered.
l went into the next room, where
Mouse was kept. The lamplight was
mufled, but in the semidarkness 1 rec
ognized the form of the trained nurse
bending over the baby's crib.
"'The trained nursel Was / dream
ing? I knew that head, with the dain-
tily nodded cheek, the rich blond hair,
gracefully arranged at the back.
/ had kissed it many times. A step,
and was near her. ANIMAL" l cried.
"My wife!"
caught her in my arms. She pressed
her head to my breast and whispered:
Richard, forgive metz
| Ia IA
atty. Again the lovely woman in my
arms whispers:
Can you forgive me, Richard?"
can only kiss her again and again
and listen to the story of her coming.
Johanna had written her in what a
plight was. She had told her about
the coming of Mouse, the child illness
and her own, and my helpless condition
in the face OF all this trouble And then
Johanna had lectured her about the
great virtue of forbearance and other
wholesome truths with regard to the
married life of two people who in reali-
ty loved each other.
The old woman s words went straight
to Annals heart. She came, and l held
her IN my arms and begged her to stay
forever.
By this time Mouse had been aroused
from his peaceful slumber When he
saw me, he stretched out his little arms,
and took him and laid him into those
of my wife.
"Will you be mother to him?''
asked
II will love him as you do" an
swered the sweet woman by my side.
And thus peace has once more come in
to my house.
And the cause of it all was-Mouse.
Blessed Mouse From the German
For st. Louis Republic.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-04-06

In the course of some remarks at the
London dinner to Poynter, the acad-
emy's president, Conan Doyle said: st
is difficult now to realize the avidity
with which our forefathers fell upon a
good, solid book. For them there were
no book stalls crammed with cheap lit
erature, no little pirating magazines
containing the looted spoils of a dozen
goodly books. Consequently they had
time to absorb a book, SO that it be-
came part of their mind and soul. We
could not put back the clock and make
books rarer. We would not if we could
But it would not be bad thing now
and again if we went into retreat for
month or year and swore off all
ephemeral literature and turned back to
the classics of our language.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-04-06
UNSPOKEN.

When you owe fellow money,
Il Is always kind of funny
HeW you'd Just little rather that you dadn't
chance to meet.
OF course you mean to pay 1t,
And you know he wouldn't say it
II he even got to thinking you trifte tndis-
Greet.
You know he wouldn't bone you
For the temporary loan you
Unthinkingly asserted you would very prompt
ly pay;
But, though cordially you greet him,
1t is true you never meet him,
But you wonder if he's thinking of the things
he doesn't say.
Though you grasp his hand with ardor,
Though you grip it hard and harder,
You'll still be sadly conscious of something
in between,
OF something intervening,
OF the which you guess the meaning,
For you know it's but the spirit of the cash he
hasn't seen.
Chicago Journal.