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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-08-12
FASHION NOTES

Tassels are formed of small lace
medallions and taffeta rosebuds,
strung on silk cord. with a knot in it
here and there to hold them apart.
The lace blouse has found it's way to
the bargain counters, hence it is no
longer ultra-fashionable.
Inch-wide strips of silk are formed
into puffs by shirring along each edge.
and these are used like braiding to
trace designs.
A quaint girdle, or rather stomacher,
noted in one of the stores, had at its
front small fiat bows of brown taffeta,
each caught in the center by half.
inch gilt buckle. THIS girdle was the
finish of a brown wolfe dress.
Travelling coats of taffeta and pon.
gee are on the shirred model. which
was SO popular in the raincoats. They
also come in mohair and cravenette.
Since the pedestrian skirt is SO much
worn. it is not necessary for the coat
to extend clear to the ground for pro-
lection. Three or four inches above
the skirt is good length. Large jap
anese metal buttons are particularly
pretty on fancy summer pongee coats
This season will see neckwear Of
chiffon. lace and drawn work and EN-.
broidery in unusually captivating of.
fects. There are neck stoles OF chif.
fon. ribbon and lace. simple in appear.
ance and yet 50 deliberately wrought
that yards and yards of the soft. filmy
material are used. Chiffon is in beau.
tiful ruchings. and in greater favor
than at any time in the last twelve
years. Some OF them are finished with
lace and fringe, which give a smart ef
feet.
WORD comes from Paris that the
linen collars with small bishop stole
SO popular here for two years, now
have very long tabs, three in number,
the centre one falling below the waist
Some are heavily embroidered. The
former modest little cuff has grown
six inches in depth. also heavily EN-.
broidered. Then there are the large
fiat collars of soft linen. With this
great assortment of neckwear II
should not be difficult to find SOD
thing to ones liking.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-08-12
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TO IRON SILK.

Smooth the silk out well on the
ironing table, place an old handker-,
chief or piece of thin muslin over 1t
and iron with a moderately hot ironxl
When partly dry remove the covering,
iron the silk with bare iron. and In
the case of scarf or handkerchief
first on one side and then on the other
to produce a gloss. II the silk should
feel in the least stiff or hard, shakg
1t out. rub it between the hands and
iron again. When finished it should
be smooth and as soft AZ when new
says the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Some silks, such az ribbons and
corded silks, are better kept covered
all the time, as the iron gives them
glaze which is not suitable; discr&
tion must be used in this matter.
When ironing bright colored silks put
a piece of muslin or old linen over
the ironing sheet to prevent its being
stained..-Mirror and Farmer.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-08-12
WOMEN AS TRAVELLERS.

One very popular and interesting
girl was greatly hurt this summer by
not being invited to join a party with
which she had travelled for two pre-
vious seasons. I'VE can't have her."
the organizers explained I'VE are
ever so sorry, for she is delightful,
but 80 unpunctual! We always were
just on the point of losing trains and
steamers owing to her delays. and for
those of us who were responsible for
the success of the expedition the
strain was too wearing" Another girl,
very pretty and belle, also failed to
receive an invitation, and the reason
In her case was, "She wanted to mo-
nopolize all the attention of every
body" Besides these two types men
toned there Is another to be avoided,
and that is the unduly sensitive girl
the girl whose feelings are always
being hurt. The writer knew a girl Of
this kind who left a party without a
word OF explanation. Long afterward
1t transpired that the cause for oifense
was that on one occasion she had
seat on the sunny side of the car,
while the others were seated in the
shade! This. of course, is so extreme
an instance as to be amusing. but
there are many who but i'll conceal
their annoyance If the exigencies of
travel place them less comfortably
than their companions.-Harpe Ba-
zar.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-08-12
ENGLISH AS SHE IS SPOKE.
Comic Test Exercise in Dictation for
the stenosrapher.

Comic Test Exercise in Dictation for
the stenosrapher.
The following is prescribed as test
exercise in dictation for new stenog
rapher:
The wind blew, so Miss Ballou care
fully pinned on her hat with the blue
bow, and at a leisurely gait went out
to meet her beau, whom she greeted
with cool bow as he stood under the
bough of the old apple tree at the
gate. At their last meeting they had
quarreled over a garden and had quite
a row. She wanted some rows of trees
preferably rose trees. He differed with
her, and she finally told him row OF
shad roes would perhaps be more to
his taste.
LOU" she said, "in lieu of the aptA
ogy which is my just due, for you dc
owe me one, you certainly know
ION, NOT. he said.
"You may take me for an hour or SO
in our boat" she serenely continued.
until the dew falls. 1t has been sew,
sew, all day, and am so tired would
be willing to sue to Sioux Indian
for row. Why. l am willing to ask
you"
81 think your manners a trifie
askew," he said, but never mind. We
will go for SAIL" Then he spoke OF
the sale of a tract where they had
mined for coal and for lead. THAT
led me to think l was on the track
of a really good piece of land, and
simply gave my friend no peace, fol
I sought in every sort Of way possible
to secure it. but in vain"
He spoke in this vein for some little
time. and as she saw he felt sore, fol-
quite a while she tried every little
vile she knew to divert his mind to
new subject, without avail. She said
this world was vale Of tears, while
she was wearing veil full of tears
where it had caught on her hat pin.
but she courted his usual reproof fol
a pun in vain. However, she finally
won him to happier thoughts by one
silly little rhyme about the hoar frost
and the rime in the winter. He was
interested when she proposed going tc
the Aquarium to see sea-lion, sea!
and a sea-eel, which she had read Of
lately. Then red bird flew by. They
saw a gull reach deep down after 6
fish, and then watched him soar far
up into the blue. She said the first
was probably feathered diva, while
the latter was a plain, ordinary, work
aday diver, who dived for his living
Divers suggestions Of his that gulls
are not divers she said were merely
Details
Just then a houseboat that looked
like an ark approached in an arc thai
threatened pretty close quarters. They
dared wait no longer, but started al
once. for their weight made the boat
sink low in the water and 10! another
glance showed the big one fearfully
near. They made for the shore, and
the maid jumped ashore, and amid
cheers from several boats crews. they
ended their cruise.
She said: Il have escaped being
the prey Of the hungry waters. but
pray take me no more. When we want
to go higher up the river. we win hire
q tug."-C. o. L., in Life.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-08-12
A BECOMING HEADDREss.

Much depends on the expression OF
the face, in which there must be q
sentimental note to produce harmony
Otherwise, do not attempt the rose
decoration with the low couture, but
gather the hair so as to produce a
triangular effect on the top of the
head, taking the width from ear to
ear at the base. or twist up your soft
fluffy puffs with OF without some short
curved ends. or roll pompadour so
that there shall be no other line above
it. the front hair alone being visible
in an rnbroken line
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-08-12
The Foolish Virgins.

Bishop Potter is amusing his
friends with an account of a recent
visit he paid to Sunday school class
presided over by staid young clergy.
nan. The Bishop was asked to ques-
ton the children so that he might BIZ
edited by their knowledge Of matters
Biblical. AS a starter he said to a
little girl whose face beamed with
intelligence. Who were the foolish
virgins, my dear?" Them as didn't
get married" was the prompt and
emphatic answer.-Kansas City Jour-
nal.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-08-12
WINDOW BOXES FOR FLOWERS.

Window boxes filled with growing
flowers add greatly to the attractive
appearance of country house and
can very easily be made. Buy planned
half-inch boards of the right length
with pieces for the ends about eight
inches wide. Nail the front boards
over the edges of the side pieces, I'M
less the boxes are mitred at the cor,
ners, which would make them more
expensive by requiring the services
of a carpenter, says the New York
Tribune. When the boards are neatly
nailed together, tack narrow mould
ing along the edges and over the cor
ner to give them finished appear
ance. Then paint the boxes the color
of the trim of the windows. Secure
them with iron brackets and fill them
first with one inch Of broken ash coal
and then well prepared earth. Bore
three small auger holes in each box
for drainage. 1t is fascinating to see
a brilliant array Of flowers above the
sill in a bedroom window and refresh
ing to smell the sweet odor Of mignon-
cite, etc.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-08-12
Emiaration from venlee.

In 1901, of the total emigration from
Venetia. over 80 per cent. (111.75S)
declared their intention to return.
while the balance (5.17S) was classed
as permanent emigration.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-08-12

senger. Write bright quotation ap
propriate to the occasion across your
engraved card, inclosing 1t in a small
envelope to prevent soiling. and ad
dress the envelope to the recipient
Plainly label the box to avoid mistakes
in delivery.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-08-12

The number of marriages In the
German empire in 1902 was 457.20S.
In s4.7ss Tor POT ger cent? Of these
cases the women were older than the
men.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-08-12

The suicide rate in the U<ited
States has increased in ten years
from Il = II mar 100000 Of paSnla-
tioa.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-08-12
TRUE GOOD MANNERS.

Here Is little item taken from
McCall's Magazine which it would do
no harm for mothers to read: The
important points of social etiquette
never change.
People who know and practice the
fundamental rules Of conduct are al
ways well bred even though they may
never have attended a single social
function. once knew a young girl
VINO had grown up in the back woods.
Her father was lumberman and he
and his family had to live where his
business was-that is. In the forest
where the great trees were cut and the
sawmill was situated. This girl had
never been to school; she studied at
home with her mother; she had no
companions; she had never seen
train nor been to a town Of any size.
When she was eighteen or twenty she
came to New York to visit cousins
who were people accustomed to fash
ionable life. They expected she would
be awkward, ignorant, ill-mannered.
To their surprise, her manners were
Y6Kl0CL. Ntu6 UCAdVO0 Will thO NOaA-
tesy she had been taught at home and
practiced every day, SO that her de-
meanor was that. Of an elegant. cul-
tured young woman. and she had
studied so diligently that She did not
appear ignorant even among people of
the great world. 1t is custom you see
that makes ease, elegance. Manners
cannot be put on and taken of. They
must be as much a part of one as
ones very fesh-always there; al
ways ready.
PARISIENNE CHARACTERISTICS.
What attributes are most charac-
teristic of Ia belle Parisienne?" is the
question recently put by Paris re-
view for women to the artists who
oftenest portray the women of the
Partisan world and half world. Pierre
Carrier Belleuse answered: THE sill
houette of the Parisienne is the result
Of the arts Of her dressmaker, her cor
set-maker. and her bootmaker. She
bends to their will, She is the slave
of that tyrannical word, fashion She
comes from her creators like this:
Her head and arms are thrust for
ward, her bosom Is prominent, her
stomach is fat, and the back of her
figure Is strongly outlined. If the
great sculptors of antiquity could see
her they would ask one another: Who
formed these strange, these curious
dolls?"
,Mousset thinks her silhouette is
more supple, more slender, more ele-
CANT than that of other women, and
although her walk is quick and rhyth-
mic. it Is little too bold. Her hair is
better combed than that of other wom-
en-. her foot Is better shaped, her limbs
are more nervous than those of her
world-sisters.
Louis Picard tries to be exact: "The
Parisienne has very characteristic
silhouette. She is neither tall nor
short. She has slender waist. bust
sufficiently developed. small hands
and feet, mobile features and nose
slightly retrousse. Her hair is dark
brown. The elegance and grace Of
her walk identify her."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-07
TIE DETECTED FRIEND OF Hill.

The Hon. Oscar S. Straus, a Democrat dis
tinguished by the friendship and official con
fdence of President Cleveland bur an earnest
supporter of Roosevelt this year, has expressed
the keen disappointment which he felt when
Judge Parker descended from the high nosi
'uon he assumed at the beginning of the cam
''paign to make these insinuating charges di-
''rectiy rejecting upon the character and hon.
''esty of President Roosevelt" Mr. Strauss puts
the general feeling into these luminous words.
Many OF us are compelled to conclude that
the manager Of the Hill campaign had not
entirely lost himself under the judicial or
mine"
There we have the truth and the explanation.
The Judicial ermine was an excellent mask
but the pupil, admirer and confidential friend
OF Hill, the election thief, was behind il ALI
the time. Judge Parker had lest the outward
appearance Of political degradation, but he
had not lost himself. Consider the plain facts
When tens of thousands of Democrats of all
conditions revolted against the scoundreI who
had stolen legislature Judge Parker stood nv
him. After he had become an object of we'll
nigh universal execration and contempt Judge
Parker remained his devoted friend. And nor
only that. Their mutual confidence and adj
miration grew str niger as the years went on
until, when the hope of Presidential nonoi
nation had taken possession of Judge Parkar
lie instinctively chose Hill to manage his can.
vass and promote his interests at St Louis A
majority Of 10000 Of the voters of New.York
sustained the judicial determination that nm
was the deliberate author of mopstrous
crime. He is to-day, as he has been for TWEEN.
ty years, the intimate trusted, congeniaI as
sociate of Alton B. Parker
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-07
ROOSEFELTS CHALLENGE.
1t Rang High and Clear and Cannot
Be Net by an EUasiUe AnSzcer.

From yesterdays Washington Post-always
anti-Roosevelt till now.
The most important suggestion conveyed by
Mr.. Rooseveits somewhat passionate and dis
tinctly sensational reputation of the Demo-
cratic charges against the character of his
campaign and its managers is that he is an
honest gentleman whose temperament will not
permit him to rest under dishonoring attacks
1t seems to be understood that he acted against
the advice of some of his most conservative
counsellors, who opposed the course he finally
adopted. insisting that the President of the
United States should refuse to notice In any
personal way the slurs and accusations of his
antagonists. But there can be little doubt that
their sympathies and their confidence. His chaI-
lense rings high and clear II may may not
be dignifed on his part and from hie lofty place
to denouRCe aspersions that wound his tndi-
vidual sense of honor and self-respeet. But the
country will applaud the impulse and generous
ly respond to that touch of human nature which
makes the whole world kin.
One thing, however. Is quite certain. M
Roosevelt's challenge cannot be disposed OF by
room here for argument or specious pleading.
Wisely unwisely, Mr. Roosevelt has stepped
down from the official eminence in which he
might easily have taken a conventional refuge
and demanded fair battle In fair field, asking for
no immunity or privilege. standing simply on his
outraged personal manhood. 1t does not meet
his overture to say that appearances gave color
to the theory In question or that logic war
ranted this or that conclusion. The charges
were explicit. And the Democrats, having
chosen their ground. can hold II only by
clear proof Nothing short of this will satisfy
the country. Mr.. Roosevelt has rung his bold
defiance on Judge Parker's shield-rung II with
no uncertain blade.
We have In no respect modified our original
opinion, frankly expressed at the time. that the
appointment OF Mr.. Cortelyou. an honorable and
high minded gentleman as chairman of the Re
publican National Committee. was unfortunate
and Ill advised 1t WAS easy to foresee that his
removal from the Department OF Commerce and
Labor and his assignment to the conduct OF a
political campaign in which the money of cor
porations and trusts would cut a figure must
inevitably suggest Injurious and unpleasant
comment But THE Is not to say that there can
De any warrant, save that OF absolute and un-
answeraole evidence, for the indictment that
Judge Parker and the Democratic orators and
organs nave proclaimed. That corporations
nave contributed TO the campaign funds of both
political parties every body believes. but that Mr..
roosevelt and Mr.. Cortelyou entered into a con-
spilacy 10 levy tribute upon such corpora tons
is too astounding to be entertained by fair
minded men even Ia the heat OF Q campaign
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-07
MORE PALACES.

Judge Parkers ignorance Of national condi-
s,ons and economic processes and his readiness
TO accept ar second hand any suggestions which
rlease his fancy are demonstrated conspicu-
ossly in mis- recent comments in Madison Square
Garden Oh the stacking" of foreign trade by
our present protective tariff. He takes up and
exploits the old Cobdenite assertion that for
eigr trade must shrink and dwindle under
high tariff and that only raw materials can
be exported so long as we maintain the higher
wage system guaranteed our industries by
really protective tariff schedules. I'VE should
, have great foreign trade says the Demo
cratic candidate. But. ne adds, we do not have
It and cannot have it so long as we adhere
70 the protective system. Says Judge Parker
with imposing sententiousness: Foreign trade
cannot be won by people which consents TO
put itself into the leading strings Of second
childhood"
The Democratic candidate is persuaded that
the United States has no foreign trade" Pos
sibly he las never heard that there is a Blu
reau of Statistics in the Department of Com
naerce and Labor at Washington. which col
iects and publishes official returns showing ex-
ectly what this country's foreign trade is from
year to year. If Judge Parker should consult
. these official figures for the fiscal year ending
June 90. he would probably be astounded to
find that the United States not only has an ex-
o.
the export trade Of any other nation on the
globe Our exports for 19o3'o4 reached the
enormous value OF 81, 400. s29. 900, and the value
Of our imports and exports together was So
z5l574Oo0 This total is the largest ever re-
corded under any conditions for American for
eiGn commerce.
The Dingley tariff, Judge Parker argues.
checks and stunts the growth of our export
. trade Yet strange to say, under the Dingiey
tariff our exports have risen in value from
1882. 100000 in 1896 TO 81. 460. s2a.o 600 In 1904
70 statesman dealing as largely and loosely
IN figures Judge Parker does this gain may
seem inconsequental But the serious student
OF economics will hardly find IN such show
zfng a substantiation OF Judge Parkers charge
that our export trade cannot grow while we re-
main "tied IN the leading strings" of the pro-
teetive system.
But, says the Democratic candidate, under a
protective system we can send abroad only our
surplus agricultural products. This. he con-
tends. is a symptom not Of strength. but of
weakness We ought TO send abroad our manu-
features. instead OF our raw materials SAYS
the Judge:
In due time our farmers, who now furnish SO
large e proportion Of exports will either
reach the limit Of productive power or our own
population will consume what the country can
grow. What then viii become OF our deusiye
, balance of trader
Evidently Judge Parker does not know that
a our export trade the proportion of manufact-
Ees is increasing yearIy, and that 1t has now
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-07

mounted to nearly 40 per cent Of the total an
nual volume Free traders have always ar
gued that an export trade In manufactures was
impossible under high protection. YET under
the Dinghy tariff exports of manufactures have
grown enormously, For the nine months of the
calendar year ending September go 1904 the
manufactures we exported were valued at $685.
100000. against s31100o.noO for the corresp md
ing period last year and only S145Oo0.oo0 for
the corresponding period in 1865. The proper
ton of manufactures is now 37s7 per cent
against $50 per cent in 1908 and 206s per cent
in 1895 How does this extraordinary growth
In manufactured exports tally with Judge Far
kers contention that shrinkage OF foreign
trade. with 'idleness and Generalization. must
"of necessity come as the effect of our present
protective policy? The Democratic candidate
is as irresponsible when he talks OF trade ana
tariffs as when he talks Of administrator ana
expenditure. He seems to know nothing anu
10 have mastered nothing but the foolish dlstor-
tons of the Democratic campaign book
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-07
FALSE WITNESS.

Judge Parker in his letter of acceptance nro.
duced a garbled quotation from McKipIev.s
last speech. at Buffalo, September .. 1901. Pro.
Tossing to quote literally. he declared that Nc.
Kinley said 1--WE must make sensible trade
arrangements If we shall extend the outlats
for our increasing surplus"
This Is what Mckinley did say: by sensible
trade arrangements which will not interrupt
our home production' we shall extend the out
iets OF our lhere"slng surplus Judge Parker
omitted entirely McKinley's further statement
that 1--WE should take from our customers sroh
'of their products as we can use without barr,
Ito our industries and labor." and by so dons
distorted his entire meaning. Judge Parker has
more than once thought It expedient to refer
IN terms Of respect to the great President whom
the Democratic party never tired of assa,linc
with malignant defamation while he lived bnt
be has never apologzed for altering the words
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-07

responsibilities could have been discharSed by
handing the islands over to Aguinaldo that
''protectorate' by the United States would not
have served the purpose, but wouio nave given
rise to intolerable complications; that 30 per
cent Of the Filioinos never had any wish for
independence" that the cry Of independence"
which was raised In the islands after Agulnal-
dos landing was largely OF American manu-
facture and rests to-day upon an American
propaganda; that the Filipinos are lamentaply
unfit for complete self-government' ana that
the various departments of American admins
tration in the islands, especially that of Public
Health. are doing admirable work for the gooo
of the people.
We are inclined to think that such state
ment as Mr.. acknowledgements, unprejudlced
and marked with the authority OF ample KnoWi-
edge-will have more weight than all the recK-
less sangwhanging that can be emitted from
Boston and repeated by the Great Garhler OF
Esopus