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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-20
FOR. OLD AND YOUNG
Smart Costumes for Winter
Wearing,
ROUGH GOODS FAVORED
BUT THE DAINTIEST OF FABRICS
FOR EVENING.
Muffs for GrownUps Are as Large as
the Proverbial Bushel
Basket.

NEW YORK, December Is, 1902.
While all the other voices in Christendom
are singing of the holiday season Dame
Fashion is not silent. she. too, chants her
Christmas Garcia carol Of saasonabie raj
ment. There are fine things a-plenty in
the market. but somehow they have, at this
moment. a leftover air. BE reasonable, he
comforta BILE, be happy" all the best of the
Christmas clothes seem to say.
In shop windows, in show rooms. in the
street, one sees warm, simple things which
are admirably suited to the holiday season.
There are shopping gowns in rough and
downy materials delightfully."- soft to the
touch, plain tailored hats Of CLOTH whose
fiat velvet and bird trimmings lend no pur-
chase to clustering winds; homely wadded
petticoats; warm knickers for golf skirts,
and muffs almost as big as the proverbial
bushel basket.
In the surging crowds which for the last
three weeks, have invaded the shopping
districts these big muffs play important
parts. Made in all the popular skins Of the
season, from precious ermine to dyed Ger
man sable, they are the satchels of Santa
Claus. Not only do they keep hands warm
and smarter up toilets, but-mOre blessed
service still-they bear the packages OF
Christmas mystery. From either end of the
huge roll you see them peeping out, and
knowing the shop novelties you hazard
guess at their contents. So hail. big muffs
swagger ENJOYS of Kris Kringle! And in
the language of the orient may your shad-
Ows never grow less.
Some of the fiat muffs. those frilled and
furbelowed pouches which look more like
pieces OF millinery, are made indeed with
carrying intent. silk bag with chatelaine
fastening IS placed al the back and into this
are put the purse and all the little trifies in
dispensable 10 the shoppers comfort. Ger
tain elegant styles in these muffs are called.
empire, and they are the privilege of the
grown-ups alone
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-20
Holiday Parties.

For the Juvenile parties, which have
grown to be a feature Of this season. the
children's out1itters have shown for some
time suitable costumes for both boys and
girls. The best of these have been chosen
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-20

'They say she Is determined to marry q
certain struggling young attorney"
well, If she has made up her mind to
marry him I guess there is no further use
for him to struggle. "-Puck.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-20

Just where the fad for pearls will end is
hard to predict, for they are being worn
with oriental lavishness not only by women,
but by men as well. At famous restau-
rant within the week a fashionable society
man was seen wearing not only the conven-
tional studs of pearls, but cuff links of
splendid pearl solitaires, and, with ques-
tionable taste, watch guard ornament
consisting Of a heart-shaped pearl of enor-
nous size and luSter
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-20


In cheap trifles the display is of the usual
Christmas makeup The picture card
books are novel and in their holiday dress
OF green leather painted in holly also at
tractive. A funny match holder Of brown
linen opens like a gate to show the pictured
form Of the devil. Above his satanic maj
esty Is printed, Matches are not all made
in heaven" On the reverse side is holder
for matches. Folding lead pencils mounted
in goats feet have superseded the famous
rabbit-foot luck charms. Another conceit
for pencil handle is most realistic car
rot.
BeadUork Is the craze Just now, and the
shops have a number Of pretty bags, chains
and ornaments made up In this. The ar
tcles / have mentioned are only few OF
the many novelties to be seen in the shops.
and those who, like Kipiings elephant chtl-
dren, are filed with Unsuitable curiosity"
and go to see for themselves will be aston
ished at their discoveries.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-20
A Wee Girl in White.

For children's wear a round roll muff is
the usual thing, but the neckpiece may
take all the shapes affected by older wear
ers
Two little maidens. hurrying along with
a shopping crowd revealed quaint adapt
tons of adult styles in their accouterments
OF fur.
a wee girl Of six. in white from head to
toe. was the more splendidly gotten up CT
the two With large hat of long haired
beaver she wore coat and leggings Of
woody cloth. which gave her somewhat the
appearance OF a stylish little Esqumau. The
hat, tied under the chin with wide satin
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-11-27

obliged to observe is much higher
than in the case of other actors, they
are not much better of in the end
In the provincial towns the standard
of pay is slightly better than in Paris,
but, ON the other hand, engagements
are more precarious and the seasons
are shorter. A curious state of
things is reported to exist in the
music halls of provincial towns. The
proprietors of these places expect
their artists to lodge and board with
them and to spend what money they
have left in the cafe. The result is
that at the end of the month the
artists have nothing coming to them.
On the other hand the artists are sure
of their board and lodging. Such are
the miseries of their ordinary ex-
istence that many of these artists con-
slider themselves lucky to obtain and
to keep employment on these terms
pockets constantly empty, but belly
constantly filed.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-11-27

how hard life is for these obscure
artists. Yet the case of the actresses
is harder than that of the actors.
For the women who fill the minor
parts the salaries are said to range
from $14 10 $50 a month, and with
such sums they are supposed to pay
their living expenses and supply GER
tain costumes. The women vaudeville
artists are paid on still lower scale.
In some of the concert gardens they
earn only so cents or 81 day. As
evidence of the misery in which they
live it is stated that often their hands
are so roughened by hard work. which
they are compelled to do to increase
their professional earnings. that the
directors of even the cheap places at
which they appear will not permit
them on the stage without gloves.
which imposes an additional expense
upon them.
Even the minor actors and actresses
at the Coincide Franchise are not
exempt from hardships. The Sc
cIetaries of the theater enjoy high
earnings, but the pensionnaries, as
their interiors are called, receive as a
rule s4S0 to $500 a year. and as the
standard OF living which they ere
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-11-27

sprawling out on his back, and the
bullet split the hide on this part of
his anatomy as smoothly as knife
Then it passed through the fieshy
part OF &c third mans hip and sped
on to God knows where. We could
rot fnd the ball. 1t had passed
tive ngh the side OF the house. wound
"a The three men in the way indicated
bored through the wall on the other
side and kept on going, ana there is
no telling how many trees the ball
had passed through before it reached
the cabin. Now, that cabin was fully
half mile from the point where the
guard was stationed, and yet the shot
he fired had wrought all the havoc we
found, The bali had plowed its way
through the weeds and into and out
o. the cabin, and l suppose it is going
vet. II shows what kind of guns we
fight with in these days. New Or
leans Times-Democrat.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-11-27
REMARKABLE SHOT.
Fired in the Dark Injured Three Men
Half Mile Away.

zone of the best and most remark
able shots made during the late war
with Spain" said a gentleman who
made an effort to get into the thick
of the fight, was, in my judgement,
made at Miami, and the man who
fired the shot was Louisiana boy
and a member of my company He
was doing duty as provost guard at
the time. 1t was late at night when
the soldiers were reused by the quick,
clear crack of Krag-Jorgenson on
the outskirts of the camp. No partic-
ular attention was paid to the matter
at first, as only one shot was fired
But with couple of officers we went
out to where the guard was stationed
in order to find out just why it was
that he had fired at that time of night
He explained that he had seen a man
slipping through the bushes some
distance away, and had called on him
to halt. He failed to obey the COM
mand and the guard blazed away at
him, more to brighten him into a stop
fellow never halted He was probably
too badly frightened to stop at that
time. While we were talking to the
guard We heard fearful noise at least
half a mile from the guards station,
and we made break for the place to
see what the matter was. We heard
several people screaming as if in
great agony. Down the road we went
at full speed, and in short while we
came upon little cabin which stood
on the roadside. The noise was in
this cabin, and | never heard such
groaning and wailing in my life. We
found three men in the house. They
were in great agony, and We asked
them what was the matter. We have
been shot they said, and sure enough
they had been shot. One was shot in
the right arm, another in the back
and the third in the hip. They had
all been wounded by the same bullet.
The man who was wounded in the
arm was lying on his right side The
ball passed through his arm. Next
to him one of his companions was
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-11-27
ALL FOR CHARITY.
contributions of Sympathetic Neigh
Dor in Aid of Suppressed Poor.

Some time age there lived in a rural
community Of New Hampshire two.
aged sisters whose circumstances
had become straitened. Their neigh
ocrs, however took fritndly and help
full interest in their welfare a-d saw
to it that they did not lack for the
comforts of life. One would haul
wood, another would cut and splft it.
and others would contribute of the
abundance which the earth supplied,
so that in amount and variety these
aged ladies found life by no means
a very serious problem In the full
ness of time they died within few
days of each other and in the settle
ment of their affairs it was leaned
that they had left $4,000 to foreign
missions. This probably made that
community, for it's size, the most
liberal contributor to foreign missions
OF any in the state.-Boston Tran
script
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-11-27

congress for some time Etheridge's
ability as debater forced him to the
front. This bill, with amendments,
repealed the Missouri compromise
bill and prohibited slavery north of
the seth degree and 80 minutes. The
southern representatives unanimously
and eagerly voted for the bill save
Emerson. Etheridge and John Bell
of Tennessee. The result was the
division of this party, the formation
of the know nothings and American
party. and soon the republican party
John Bell and Etheridge perhaps did
not go into the American party, and
they never loved the republican
party. Their exact position has been
"a question. But Etheridge's speech
in defining his position was brilliant.
thirty-fourth congress over Thomas
J. Freeman this speech had much to
do with his return.
! But defeat was in sight for Ether.
i0ge. He was not a man to accept
new theories and the many new par.
ties and new issues that were arising
all the time had tendency TO put
him out of line with his party. In
1856, he threw his entire influence
to Fillmore for president and the fol.
lowing year, without a nomination
but with the consent and recognized
exponent of the American party. he
again went into the fight for election
4 to congress, j. d. c. Atkins. a
! straight democrat, defeated Etheridge
with the Kansas Nebraska bill the
main issue, Etheridge leaned TO the
old whig policies. Two years later
/ ii was the same old candidates on the
same issues. with Etheride makins
an attack on the supposed extravs.
sance Of the Buchanan administra.
ton. The canvass lasted FIVE months
and Etheridge was elected by a
majority of eight votes out OF 10000.
He went back to congress and in the
thirty-seventh session he stood by
the union when his safe seeded but
disagreed with Mr.. Lincoln on some
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-11-27
EMERSON ETHRipGE DEAD.
Stamped for Clay and Fought for
Taylor,


Emerson Ethridge of Dresden.
Tenn. the last of the political giants
OF the old school of the south is dead
Emerson Etheridge was the last of
the wings who sat in congress. He
was the most powerful orator in
Tennessee fifty years ago. and while
his political life was short it was
linked with all of the events that
transpired during that period. He
was born in Currituck county. n. G
October, 1919. and soon after his
father and a large family emigrated
TO Weakley county, Tenn. where the
family in the future resided. Here
Emerson worked on the farm. He at.
tended school only nine days in his
life, but he was a constant reader
and was familiar with the classics.
He early decided to study law. and
went to Dresden, where, under l. A.
Gardner, he read and equipped him.
self fer the practice of the profes.
sion.
Etheridge, like his father and hts
ancestors, Was n democrat but he
was man OF his own mind, and there
was an anti-Jackson sentiment grow.
ing over the state. Etheridge became
an anti-Jackson democrat and he
fought ''Old Hickory" in the demo.
cratic county of Weakley long and
well. He stumped his county and
others for Clay in 1S44 for president;
he fought yaiantly for Gen, Taylor
in 1S4S for president. and cham
pioned the cause of Gen. Scott in
1852. He had been elected as a mela-
Der of the lower house of the general
assembly of the state in 1S4S as IA
whig, and this gave him the leader.
ship of the wings in his section of
the state. Fortune seemed to favor
him. and he was in the thirty-third
congress as a whiy leader. During
the first session the long-remembered
Kansas and Nebraska bin was before
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-11-27
APOSTLES OF EATING LESS.
Starvation Plan in Vogue for Many
Ailments.

1t has been a fine year for the in.
creasing thousands who have fads
about their food. The high prices OF
almost verything in the market
have given the opportunity. The adj
vocates of no breakfast, of meat
once a day, of no meat at all, of Ger
tain kinds of vegetables, of no kinds
of vegetables, of nuts only, of the
absolute avoidance of nuts. of raw
fruit, of fruit only when cooked, of
neither coffee nor tea nor sassafras,
and of all the otner things, or of no
things at all, have come forth, not
singly, but in battalions, and have
told us how to live to be hundred
if we don't die.
They have right to their convic-
tions. A man down in Virginia went
without food for 80 days this year.
But like as not they doubled the price
of his board for the next month.
People use the starvation plan for
many ailments. Many of them go to
health resorts and pay $50 to the
hotel doctor, who strikes off from the,
bill Of fare allNthe good things they
would like to eat. The hotels get
their savings, the doctor gets his big
fees and they get-hungry. But most
of the faddists have their magma
lions in their culinary department.
and it is not reasonable to them to
expect the robust members of society
TO follow their examples. 1t may be
wrong. but the average American
wants breakfast. 1t may hurt him.
but he will have meat. He NAV be
jeopal ,azing his very soul. but he
likes to pay with the menu all the
way from soup to satisfaction. And
some how it agrees with him. Look
at the other nations We don't know
of any that beat him when the food
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-11-27
POORLY PAID FRENCH ACTORS.
$40 Month Said to be the Average
for Men in Paris

New York Sun.-It is estimated that
there are 10000 actors and vaudeville
performers in France. OF these perhaps
80 are stars of the first magnitude,
highly paid. Some 70 others earn
from 5000 to $4,000 month. As for
the other $4,000, some surprising
figures have just been published in
Paris to show the depth of their
penury and misery. The pay of minor
actors is said to range as a rule from
$50 to $50 and $40 a month, the
majority of actors employed regularly
in minor parts receive in Paris $40 a
month. Owing to the difficulty of
getting along on such salaries, it is
common for them to marry women
who carry on a remunerative business
of some kind.
The wife in such a household often
gains four or five times as much as
the man, but the husband is able to
be useful in pushing the wares dealt
in by his wife. Marriages of actors
and actresses are rare because the as
sociations and traditions of the theater
do not encourage such unions. In some
respects the vaudeville artists are
better off than the actors, although
their pay is less, averaging in the
case of the great mass of little known
performers scarcely more than $50 a
month. Having freedom in the matter
of hours of work, they are often able
to obtain engagements in two places
of amusement simultaneously. Others
exc out livelihood by giving lessons,
worAlng as canvassers or pursuing a
mechanical trade.
But even at the best it will be seen
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-11-27
SACRIFICED

Two spirits met in shadowland And
how
Gained you the right among the
sanctifed?"
One spirit questioned. Twas for
love | came,
loved so well that for loves sake |
died"
"And is that al'?" "All? What could
mortal more?"
The other answered. Heaven must
atone
But there is more than this" the
spirit urged,
Il gave up love for loves sweet sake
alone"
Nelly Hart Woodwork.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-11-27

There is at least one lighthouse in
the world that is not placed on any
mariners chart. 1t is away out on
the Arizona desert, and marks the
spot where a well supplies pure, fresh
water TO travellers. 1t is the only
place where water may be had for AZ
miles to the eastward and for at
least so miles in any other direction.
Inc mousse consits of a tall cotton
wood pole, to the top of which
lantern is hoisted every night. The
light can be seen for miles across
the plain in every direction.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-11-27
THEN AND NOW.
Something About Early Paper Mills
in America.

|
in America.
! Daniel H. Carpenter in the New
York Christian Advocate.-In the Ad-
vocate of September II there is an
article entitled Something about
Uncle SamuePs money paper The
opening lines state that "the Ameri-
can manufacture of paper began in
Dalton, Mass, in 1901" Now if this
paragraph refers only to Uncle
SamuePs money paper, then l have
nothing to say; but as it reads it
certainly taxes in all kinds of paper,
and so l beg leave to make cor
rection
The first paper mill in America was
built near Philadelphia by William
Rittenhouse, native of Germany
Both printing and writing paper was
manufactured by him prior to 1860.
The second mill was erected in 1878
at Hampstead Harbor (now Roslyn)
Long Island; Hendrick Onderdonk
(who, by the way. was the grand
father of the late Bishop Onderdonk)
was the builder and proprietor. This
mill, as the following data will show,
has had long and interesting his
tory. The Revolutionary records of
the provincial congress, under date
of May 20, 1776, furnish this item
Charles Loosly and Thomas Films
petition the congress to be excused
from military duty, as they are busy
making paper at Hampstead Harbor,
trade they were brought up to in
England" Loosely afterward, in 1888,
advertises as a bookseller.
Bishop Asburys Journal has the
following under date of Tuesday.
May %, 17S7-Rode 20 miles (from
New York; on Long Island to Hemp
stead Harbor, and preached with
some -Jerty in the evening"" and two
days later he adds. 81 preached in a
paper mill, on If any man will do his
will, he shall know of the doctrine
whether it be of Cod"
In 400 Gen. Washington made a
tour of Long Island, and this interest
ing item is found in his journal:
April "a, 1901 left Mr.. Youngs,
at Oyster Bay, before 6 o'clock on
Saturday morning, and passing
through Mosquito Cove (now Glen
Cove, breakfasted at Mr.. Onder-
donk's, at the head of little bay,
where We were kindly received and
well entertained. This gentleman
works a grist mill and two paper
mills, the last of which he seems to
have carried on with spirit ana
profit" Members of the Onderdonk
family have made record that at the
mill Gen. Washington was requested
to drop a wire sieve in the pulp, and
from lnls pulp several sheets of paper
were made by him, which for a long
time were tenderly preserved by the
family.
Paper-making was at one time an
important industry on Long Island
and as late as 1870 there were IA
mills engaged in its manufacture
The old mill at Hampstead Harbor is
still standing and continued its
existence as a paper mill until a few
years ago, bearing the record of
being the first and the last paper
mill on Long Island
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-11-27
Could Promise Him That

Reporter-"Mr. Grayton, there have
oeeh SO many rumors as to the proba-
nliity OF your resigning your office
that the public, am sure, would be
giad TO know the exact truth of the
natter
Distinguished observation-disclosures
man, you may depend upon It that all
tell you will be strictly true. It's a
pleasant day, isn't it?"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-11-27

or the fuel within him works its way
to results in the progress and
civilization of mankind.-Saturday
Evening Post.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-11-27

minor matters and wrote a letter to
him that created sensation. After
his defeat for governor of Tennessee
in 1867. he retired from public life,
and was regarded as a republican.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-11-27
Motor Nail Vans.

The British postC ice authorities
have decided to substitute motor vans
for those drawn by horses in some of
the Manchester suburbs.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-11-19
Cheap Rates for HOmeSeekerS.

The Rock Island System announces
a new series of Homeseekers' Excur-
sion rates.
November 4th and 18th, the Rock
Island System will sell round trip
tickets to points in Oklahoma, Indian
Territory, Kansas, Nebraska, New
Mexico, Texas, Iowa, Minnesota and
South Dakota, in fact to nearly every
point west, northwest and southwest,
at one fare plus So. 90 for the round
trip. Return limit 81 days. Stop
overs allowed.
If you are contemplating change
of location or want to buy land where
it is good and cheap, these exclusions
offer the best possible opportunity.
See the nearest Rock Island Ticket
Agent and get full information or ap-
ply to L. M. Allen, G. P. A., Chic
ago, Ill. 45-4
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-11-19
Industrial Shares at 10 Dollars Each.

In established concern manufacturing
exclusive articles. will be sold to
persons Of good reputation, with view
to obtaining their active services as
the business may require.
Only limited number Of present
stock shares will be sold, but these
will entitle the purchaser to priority
on any subsequent issue made necessary
by the development of the business.
Write for prospectus and application
blank to the
American Industrial Co.,
SO g. IS S. Canal St. Chicago, Ill.
Personal calls at our Office invited.
46-4
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-11-19
HOmeseekers' Excursions.

Homeseekers tickets to nearly all
points on sale at low rates by Chicago
Great Western Railway on first and
thild Tuesday of each month, Novem-
Der to April inclusive. Available in
the through tourist sleeping cars.
For particulars apply to any Great
Western Agent, or ]. P. Elmer, G.. P.
A., Chicago, Ill. 45-9