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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-29
The Steaming Method.


At first glance one would naturally say
that the steaming process is nearest. But
think of what the face steaming method is.
Water is brought to the boiling point, the
steam is allowed to escape through a chan
mel. the patients head is enveloped in a
towel so that the steam can be concentrated
on the portions of the skin to be treated.
The steam is very hot and the application
unnatural. No fog ever comes against your
cuticle boiling hot and in gusts like the
blasts from a suddenly opened furnace.
There is anotRer method of cleansing the
face which approaches the conditions of
fog more nearly, Try it.
Lay a large towel over your pillow dress
yourself IN a neg.igee that, can be spattered
without har I'm, lie on your back with bowl
OF hot water beside YOU Shave an extra
towel in readiness in, case you should find
the water dripping during the process. Pro-
vide yourself with a soft cloth two or three
times as large as a handkerchief.
You are to dip this cloth'in the water and
apply 1t warm, not hot. to the face. 1t must
reach every spot of the cuticle. Perhaps
you will find it more convenient and rapid
to use several cloths. applying to forehead
cheeks and chin at the same time. Let the
cloths lie III position until they begin to dry
then wet and apply again. Let the process
last for IS much as quarter of an hour
1t is well to take this treatment in your
hour after lunch when you rest-if you hap
pen to have such an hour, or half an hour
You will find the warm, damp cloths ex-
tremely restful. If you have no time during
the day, let the treatment take place at
night, but it is better not to have it come
Immediately before or after the face scrub,
which should be the good night process.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-29

A lotion for a red nose rs made by mix
ing any amount of rose water with 2 pei
cent of its bulk carbolic acid. Cold baths
and brisk rubs afterward with a flesh brush
will help you. Increase your weight by
the use of sweets, dairy products and
starchy vegetables
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-29

A simple exercise for charging the fore
arms is: Stretch the arms out horizon
tally and rigidly before you, then clasp
and unclasp the fists strongly and rapidly
Walking develops the calves of the legs,
also dancing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-29


face brush can be bought. There are many
pure soaps in the market, but unless YOU
know them well it is best to stick to CASTLE.
for that soap, sold by a reliable pharma-
cist, is sure to be harmless Let your first
water be as warm as, you can bear com
fortably, provided you are trying to cure
a bad complexion. II you merely wish to
keep good one, the water need not be so
hot th
Soap the brush Thoroughly and scr,,b
You may begin somewhat gently but YOU
should soon be using the implement with
vigor. Mind, this system is not recon-
mended for a face seriously afflicted with
pimples If you are troubled in this vav
use lotion for the pinpes and heal them
to some extent before you try anything so
drastic.
After the scrub, the face should be washed
thoroughly in another water to get rid of
all the soap. Let this be cooler than the
first, but still warm You should go to
bed with the skin relaxed and the pores
open. A cold dashiris recommended nv
some, but this is a great mistake. as # is
desired that the pores be open overnight
and the oil of the skin be freed instead Of
clogged. A cold bath closes the pores. and
this is desirable in the morning when the
face is to be exposed to outdoor air.
Finally, dry the face thoroughly with q
towel and do not worry as to the kind of a
towel, so long as it be clean Turkish
huekabaek-they are not too harsh for the
race HaNs 1'i'',t.us IA iioIneS where the
face towel offered by well-meaning and
ignorant hostess was 50 delicate and linn
an affair that it seemed little more than y
handkerchief and my face missed the stImu-
lation of the SITTER towels scrub.
Use Cold Cream.
If your skin is inclined to lack natural
oil, you may rub in a cold cream after the
face bath. wiping away all the cream that
will come off with a dry cloth 1t is NOT
best to leave the pores ciogged with tbe
cream over night In rubbing the face
whether in wiping 1t dry. applying the
cream, or scrubbing with the brush, always
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-29
Routs the Blackheads.


This form of steaming is most beneficial
in cases of blackheads. These tiny black
dots, you know, are nothing more or less
than the unclean matter that has accu-
mulated in the pores-oil and dust COM
mingled. The mixture hardens, blackens
and the spot appears, marrying the most
beautiful face seriously-all the more so
when one realizes that the spot is really a
mark of uncleanness., OF course many wo-
men who are the pink of neatness in every
other respect have these marks. l do not
mean to accuse them of anything worse
than ignorance as to the proper care of the
skin.
The steamfng process reIaxes the skin
and puts 1t in a willing mood to throw off
its impurities. 1t is softened The natural
moisture is coaxed to appear by the warmth
and this moisture exudes through the pores
helping them to throw off the matter which
is hardening in them.
This process Is merely auxiliary to the
scrubbing, which actually rubs the dirt
from the skin, brushes off the dead and
diseased skin, and leaves the face clean.
This is the bedtime treatment and IL would
be safe to say that not one pretty face in
a hundred gets it in anything like a regular
way. Some skins act so perfectly of their
own free will that very little effort need
be expended on them, but as soon as the
danger signal appears, the tiny black spot
on chin or forehead or temple go to work
with your scrubbing brush and treat the
pretty face as thoroughly, although not
as strenuously, as a good housewife treats
her floor.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-03-02
The Tamest Birds.

Naturalists commissioned by the
United States government have dis
covered on the distant island of lay
san, in the Pacific, some new birds and
many novel fcets in regard to known
species. The visiting scientists were
perhaps the first human beings whom
the myrlads of birds that crowd this
tiny speck of land had ever seen. In
consequence, birds representing spe-
cies which in other lands wing hurried
ly away at the sight of man, came up
to the naturalistS, looked curiously into
their faces, pcrched on their writing
tables, wonderingly inspected the tri-
pods and other accessories of the cam
eras and permitted themselves to be
stroked. The fact that these birds are
ordinarily regarded as the widest spe-
cics made a profound impression on
tho visiting scientirta
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-03-02
WORLDS FAIR TOPICS.

No foreign Government will have 4
finer showing at the Worlds Fair, in
point of its national pavilion, than Bra
zil.
The st. Petersburg Finance Depart
ment, anxious to economlze on account
of the war, has decided not to exhibit
at the Worlds Fair.
Germany has appropriated $4,000
for itsfexhlblt at the st. Louis Exposi.
ton. Only one vote in the Relchsiag
was recorded against it.
Mlssouri's forestry, fish and game ex-
hibit at the Worlds Fair will cover
nearly two acres Of ground, and will be
situated west OF the Forestry. Fish and
Game palace.
The two-story log cabin. which will
be Names building at the st. Louis
Exposition, is 40 feet long, fifty feet
wide. In its construction 10000 feet
Of the best spruce logs were used.
The Trench pavilion at the Worlds
Fair Is replica of the Grand Trianon
at Versailles. The walls of the central
room will be hung with fine old tapes
tries from the royal apartments at ver-
sailles.
The great dome OF the Festival Hall
at the Worlds Fair is practically
finished. The dome is larger than ST.
Peters at Rome or st. Paul's at Lon
don. 1t is the largest dome ever con-
structed on building,
The windows of the Idaho Building
at the Worlds Fair will be Transparent
cies showing the wonderfully beautiful
scenery of lhe Shoshone Falls in Idaho,
which are 220 feet high, sixty feet
higher than the great Niagara Falls.
The Niagara Falls exhibit will be To-
Gated at the entrance TO the Mines
Building, and is thirty-two by sixty
four feet. There will be on exhibition
a model of the Niagara gorge from Il
point One-half n mile above the Falls to
the lake and showing the Falls in
perfect manner.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-03-02
LABOR WORLD.

Mattresses in Philadelphia will form
q union.
Glassblowers are on a strike at San
Francisco, Cal.
Engravers of the country are soon to
have an international union.
Garment workers at Fort Worth,
Texas, have organized union.
Reorganization of labor in England's
Royal Dockyards is being carried out.
1t is said that fifty per cent. Of Eng.
llsh employers absolutely favor union
ism.
st. Paul lIinn) unions have deter
mined to take hand in politics at the
spring elections.
The Clgarmakers' International Union
has SIJO,000 in the treasures of its su-
bordinate unions.
The Brotherhood of Carpenters and
Joiners has membership of more than
1900 in Massachusetts.
Chicago Qll.) painters are to take a
referendum vote OH their proposed
wage scale for this season.
Laborers in the clay pits at Revere,
Mass. have struck because of reduc-
tion of ten cents a day in wages.
Less than one-tenth of one per cent.
of railway employees in the United
Kingdom get more than SLIGO week.
The American Union label for cloth
ing has been copied and adopted by the
United Garment Workers of Great
Britain.
Bell Telephone linemen at Pensacola,
Fla, have gone on strike because of a
refusal of the company to sign an
agreement.
Eight cotton mills, with 2000 en-
ployes, at Concord, n. c., will reduce
their working time from seven to four
days week.
The yearly income of labor unions in
Great Britain is nearly $1O,O00,OOO, and
they have in their treasures the sum
Of $1S,330.000.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-03-02
THE NAVAJO BLANKET.

Out in the land of little rain,
OF canon-rift and cactus-plain,
An Indian woman, short and swart,
This blanket wove with patient art;
And day to day, through all a year,
Before her loom, by pattern queer,
She stolidly a story told,-
legend of her people, old.
With thread on thread, aud line on line,
She wrought each curious design:
The symbol of the day and night,
OF desert and of mountain height,
OF journey long and storm-beset.
OF village passed and dangers met,
Oh winds and seasons, cold and heat,
or famine harsh ana plenty sweet.
Now in this paleface home IL lies,
Meath careless, unsuspcCting eyes
Which never read the tale that runs
A course of ancient, mystic suns.
To us tis simply many-hued,
OF figures barbarous and rude;
Appeals i'm vain its pictured lore;
An Indian blan<et-nothing more.
Youths Companion.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-03-02
Wien VIII Coal Give Out.

It appears that there is coal in the
United kingdom to depth Of 1000
feet, sufficient, at about the present
rate of output, to suffice for 371 years,
but that this period will be consider
ably extended, seeing that there is
every probability that mining can be
carried on to a depth of 1000 feet,
though at this depth there will not be
anything like the area of coal that
there is at the former limit And II
further seems probable to expect that
this period of supply may be still fur.
ther extended by the more economical
use of fuel, due to the establishment
of central electrical supply stations,
and the utilization of Mend and other
gas-producing processes, and of gas.
driven engines, as well as other means
of obtaining a higher percentage of
the heat value of the fuel.-Engineer.
ing Magazine.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-03-02
SHERIFF AGGRlEvED.
Pcstmistress Of Red Dog Handles
Armament Flippantiv.

PostrnIstress OF Red Dog Handles
Armament FIippantly.
The sheriff ofRed Dog, whoo has been
asking the postoffice department at
Washington to tone down some" the
local postmistress for enforcing her
idea of etiquette with a pistol, has
written again urgently. He says:
There amt no inspector showed up
in these parts yet, and we'd like to
know if one is coming. When l wrote
you last week things wasn't exactly
calm and peaceful, and since then the
situation has sure become acute and un-
satisfactory. This lady postmaster
here found out in some wayne amt
yet decided how-that the mayor and
me and the other leading citizens of
this town was some vexed and annoyed
with her, and since then the postoffice
amt done any business to speak of. II
it was a man dealing out stamps and
handing over our mail you can rest
easy we wouldn't have TO bother you.
But We amt making war on women,
including this one, which can handle
her armament quite casual and flip
pant, so we want you to do something.
This town respectfully protests to
you against the way in which this ac-
credited postmistress is urging her
views on politeness; this town respect
fully protests that it amt got time to
leave it's hat outside the door when get
ting its mail this own respectfully pro-
tests that its duely elected mayor is i'm.
portant in the eyes of its citizens and
that there amt no call for him to act
humble when he's getting his mail
This mayor amt felt right since he
skipped out Of the postofiice last week,
some undignified and frisky. owing to
the fact he forgot to take of his hat
and bow. and he's going to resign if
something amt done. Please attend
TO it, for We are getting snippish and
fretful in our tempers and are liable to
do something we might regret. Tell
the inspector he'd better come 10 see
me first. She heard he's coming and
there amt no use of his being rash and
careless.-New York Tribune.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-03-02
THE WASHINGTON OF JAPAN.
General viscount katsuma Is Famous
for Courage.

IoT SouTbHCs
Il is generally believed that the Japs
are brave soldiers. but few know who
is the bravest and greatest of them
all. The Washington of Japan is Gen
eral Viscount Katsura, who became
prime minister two years ago He be-
gan his fighting career in 1867, dur
ing the civil war which resulted in the
overthrow Of the old order of things
In the Land of the Rising Sun and the
adoption Of western civilization.
Though only a lieutenant then, he be-
came famous for extraordinary cour.
age. He was always in the thickest
OF the fight, always the first to volun-
teer to lead forlorn hope.
After the war his government sent
Katsura to Germany to study military
matters. On his return he took lead
ing part in reorganizing the Japanese
soldiery on the European model, and
was practically creator of the modern
Japanese army. In 1876 when a
colonel, he was again sent to Germany,
In company Of the late General Ka.
wakami, to inspect the German mill
tary system. The two officers we're at
that time regarded as the most prom
Using men in the entire Japanese army.
Katsura became a major general on
HE return home and was vice minister
OF the war Office under Oyama. In
1891 he was made lieutenant general
IL the Chino-Japanese war he led his
army through Corea to Manchuria,
and later, under General Norzu, won
many victories. His name became
a terror throughout the invaded coun.
try. In 1898 he was appointed war
minister, which office he retained until
the downfall of the Yamagata cabinet
in 1900. He became premier in 1901.
Katsura was born in 1S49 in the
province OF Nagato, generally called
Choshiu, in the western part of the
main island of japan. This province
has given birth to many illustrious
statesmen and generals, among them
Marquis Ito, Field Marshal Yamagata,
and Count 1nouye. The viscount be-
lieves the Japanese are the best sol
diers in the world, and says he would
not fear the result IL he had to lead
them against any white troops. One
thing much in favor on the Japs ia
that they are so small the enemy can't
find them. Nothing in Japan is too
good for Katsura. He is the idol of
the people. All kinds of honors have
been showered on him. At IS he is
ready to take the field.
What is to be the future or Japan7
The Greeks and Romans built splen-
did temples of stone. All architecture
was on a grand and imposing scale, de-
signed to last as long as the world.
Today the Greeks are a nation of harm
less fruit vendors and sapless artisans.
The Roman empire sustained by mac
aroni. Japan boasts no antiquities be.
yond coins and idols. Her temples
and palaces are constructed of pre-
cious woods There were no chairs or
tables in the kingdom until in recent
years. The people sat upon straw
mats and ate out of small wooden salv-
ers. What can be the future of ma.
ton built upon straw?-New York
Press
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-03-02
The Stomach Not Indisp ensabIe.

At meeting of medical men in Vi
emma the other day Dr. Ullmann pre-
sented woman of 81 years whose en-
tire stomach had been removed in an
operation for cancer. Nevertheless
she digests all her food and has gain
ed weight since the operation. The
Doctor stated that the operation of re-
moving the stomach had now been sue
cessfully performed over 20 times.
The stomach really plays only a small
part in the complex act OF digestion,
its principal use being that of a reser-
voir. Hence 1t is that without this
organ meals have to be taken incon-
veniently often and unusually small.
There are seven little organs, of com
pick chemical function, far more in
dispensable than the stomach, which
are seldom heard of. We could not
exist, for instance, without the supra.
renal capsules and the pancEeas.
-Harper's Weekly.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-03-02
An Indian Menu.


The shin bones of q deer broken
up and mixed with parched corn
meal and cooked all night over a slow
nre IN dirt oven. Jerked deer meat
pounded in mortar with a pestle un.
I'll 1t looks like finecut tobacco. Jerk
ed deer meat with warm bear grease.
Bog potatoes with mashed nuts smoth.
cred in white acorn oil. Kontee pow-
der, soused in wild turkey grease.
Bears paws cooked with corn until
very tender Tuck-hep.it-ka hominy
seasoned with lye, scented with a
beavers tail and boiled in petroleum.
Skunk, roast, ragout or fricasseed.
Here is the recipe for catching this
animal before cooking him: Shoot
his head on when he Is thinking you
are over in Europe having a time, dig
nice little ditch right where he
rails and bury him, wipe your gun
out. tie the rags you clean your gun
with ON a switch and stick the switch
In the mound above the skunk and go
about your business. The powder
smell on the rag will keep of the var
mints until YOU go to dig him up in
the morning. Clean him slowly but
surely, cook him a la possum and you
will swear that 1t is the best meat
you ever ate In your whole life."--
Kansas City Journal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-03-02
Author of Marv's Lamb.

Who wrote "Mary Had a Little
Lamb?" Not Mother Goose, as many
persons suppose. There are two
claimants to the authorship of the I'm.
mortal jingle: John Roulstone. who
is said to have written the lines TO
Mrs. Mary d. Tyler, and Mrs. Sarah
Josepha Hale. Richard Walden Hale,
a great-nephew of the latter, has ex-
plored the evidence and prepared the
results of his investigations for read.
ers Of the March Century. He explains
fully the Tyler myth" and its improb-
abilities, and tells in detail the story OF
Mrs. Hales writing of the children's g
classic.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-03-02

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Price, 75c. per hottie. Sold by all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-03-02

Smltn ~ GraySOn. could there be any
connection with one of them and the
gambler Of the club? With that
thought in his head Dick made tracks
for their offices; he would set his
mind at rest on that point at once.
Mr.. Grayson was in. Yes, he was q
dual individual-a man of business in
the daytime and gambler by night.
He looked up on seeing Weiby, and
Dick plunged into the matter at once.
You're auditing Bransom & Bran.
SONS accounts. and I've been appro.
priating money from the firm-in all
about a thousand dollars. Mr.. Gray.
son." and his voice trembled, you
hold the ruin Of man in your hands.
What are you going to do?"
The man looked at the other calmly.
What if l do what you want me to
dc-prevent your exposure?"
I'll never touch a card again"
1t was the gambler who laughed.
do you think that's possible? I've
said that to myself scores of times, but
the fever's got too tight hold"
But I've wife and child swear
IL. for their sakes!"
why didn't you think of that be.
fore?"
He went to a desk. and from a
drawer produced pack of cards.
"Sit down." he cried. You win,
and the shortage is made good and
your debt cancelled, but on conditions
only"
He looked straight into his CON-
panion's face.
And those conditions are that you
never play game of chance again,
and take care of your wife"
He dealt out the cards, and, the
other not replying, the two commenced
a battle to be fought under such ter
rible circumstances and with such mo-
mentous issues. Dick Welbys face
became ghastly pale and his hands
trembled as he turned up the cards
mechanically. But something seemed
to tell him that Grayson. the inveter.
ate gambler, was once playing reck'
lessly and carelessly.
For a few minutes-it seemed an
hour there was a deadly silence, and
then Dick rose eXcitedly to his feet.
Thank heaven!' he had won.
George Grayson gathered up the
cards and carefully locked them in his
desk again. He had crossed the room
and shook his companions hand.
"Welby, | can't help thinking I've
been assisting your ruin. You must
look after your wife. You don't know
the treasure you've got"
Dick glanced at the speaker in as
constituent
my wife! Do you know herr"
"Yes. Were in your place | should
be a different man. Listen. Welby,
you've usurped a position l once
hoped to obtain. reckoned on Mabel
becoming my bride. But it wasn't to
be. She sought me here yesterday as
an old friend to assist her in some
temporary difficulty. And now you
know. Good-by. Dick, and heaven
bless you." stretching out his hand
again.
Dick remained silent for a moment,
unable to grasp the situation at first,
and then replied:
you say you would be a different
man had you been in my place. Come
home with me tonight; We both owe
you so much-let us thank you"
The man hesitated. and then said:
well, yes. ! promise"
And Dick Welby LETT the Office with
a light heart.
He is wealthy man now. and has
kept his promise never to gamble
again; and Grayson himself, since
that memorable afternoon in his Of
flee. never touched another card.-New
York News.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-03-02
A liuht ALLOW,

The new alloy magnalium is being
used largely in the manufacture of
scientific instruments, for which it is
adapted on account of its low specific
gravity and the ease with which it can
be worked. An alloy containing sc
per cent aluminium and 13 per cent
magnesium is about 25 density.-En.
gineering and Mining Journal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-03-02
He Said No More.

Mr.. Elder-There is something
want to say to you, Bessie-er-that
is, Miss Kutely.
Miss Kutely-Call me Bessie If you
wish.
Mr.. Elder--Oh, may I?
Mis- Kuteiy-Of course; all old gen.
tlemen call me Bessie.-Philadelphia
Ledger.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-03-02
Mexico,a Chief uarhnr.

Tampico expects to be the chief Mex
lean harbor before long. 1t is twelve
hours distant from the capital by
train, and its waters are deep enough
for the largest vessels and fully pro-
tected against storms.