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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-27
Scrim Laundry Bag.

No one can know the comfort that
Is to be found in the laundry bag un-
til she tries one. AS soon as a ker.
chief or collar is soiled, into the bag
it goes, and when wash-day comes
there is no skurrylng about for the
soiled clothing.
The best and the cheapest bag is
the one that can itself be laundered.
Take two lengths of linen scrim, what
ever length the bag is to be, and sew
them together at the bottom and al
most to the top. Wind with white
tape two embroidery hoops. Over
these hoops hem the upper ends of
the bag. Line the scrim with a wash
able color or with plain white. If rib
bon is used for winding the hoops
match it to the color of the lining and
make four tiny bows to ornament the
top.
When the rings are separated the
bag should open wide enough to take
in good-sized garRent. 1t is an easy
matter to close the bag by hanging
the rings over hook
The bags lined with color are par
ticularly pretty for the baby's cloth
ing.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-27
A Farmers Vacation.

After haying is a good time for far
mers to take a short vacation. After
the labor of getting in the hay crop
a little recreation will do them good.
There is no better way to enjoy ones
self than by driving through the coun-
try and noting the condition of grow
ing crops and Of farms in general.
Stop and see different dairies and
young stock, note the difference in
breeds and the various ways OF man
agement, compare the results and
learn a profitable lesson, thus combin-
Ing business with pleasure.
Two or three days or even week
spent in this way will not be very ex-
pensive and vast amount of valua-
BILE information may be gained. and
you will return home invigorated for
the continuance of your work, and in
formed as to the best method of doing
it.-E M. Pike, in Massachusetts,
Ploughman.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-27
Recipes.

Oatmeal Gladstone and one-half
cups granulated sugar, two-thirds cup
butter. salt, 2 eggs, Z tablespoonfuls
sweet milk, / teaspoonful soda, 1 cup
seeded and chopped raisins, 2 cups
oatmeal and white -four to make a
stiff dough- drop in small spoonfIls
in dripping pan, two inches apart;
bake in hot oven.
Squash-One good squash, stewed
and well bruised; 6 large apples stew
ed tender; mix them well together;
add Z spoonfuls of bread crumbs, IL
pint of milk, 2 spoonfuls of rosewater
eggs, 1 grated nutmeg; salt and
sugar to taste beat all together until
smooth, and put in dish lined with
puff paste; bake three-quarters of an
hour.
Cream Salad Dressing-Yolks of 8
eggs, we'll beaten; 9 tablespoonfuls OF
vinegar, teaspoonful Of salt, tea
spoonful of mustard, IL teaspoonful
of pepper, butter size of walnut; pour
the vinegar, after scalding, on the
well-beaten yolks; have the condi.
ments rubbed smoothly together; stir
all the ingredients Except the butter)
together; put the mixture over the
fire and stir until it thickens, then
remove and add butter. Let dressing
cool before using. This dressing will
keep for days in cool place. When
Far odd Mint xr,I,i
cream.
Caramel Cake-Beat one-half cup
butter to cream; add gradually IL
cups sugar, yolks of 2 eggs, l cup
water, cups flour, and beat continu-
ously for about five minutes; add 3
teaspoonfuls caramel, l teaspoonful
vanilla and another IL cup -four; beat
again thoroughly and stir in carefully
teaspoonfuls baking powder and the
well-beaten whites of the eggs; bake
in three layers in moderately quick
oven. Caramel Syrup for Caramel
Cake.-Put 1-2 cup sugar tgranulat-
ed) in an iron or granite saucepan,
and stir continuously over the fire un.
til the sugar first softens, then melts
and finally becomes liquid and throws
off an intense smoke-it really must
burn. Have ready one-half cup of
boiling water; remove the saucepan a
moment from the fire. throw in the
water, stir rapidly and allow to boil
until you have molasses, like syrup.
Bottle and put awav for use.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-27
Expensive Miniatures.

Fashionable New York women are
having their portraits painted by one
OF the most successful miniaturists of
England-Lady Maitland, wife of Fred
erick Colin, Viscount Maitland, who
after his father will become the four
teenth Earl of Lauderdale. Lady Matt
land, who is the descendant of one of
the most ancient families in Wales,
takes the same pleasure in her work
and its artistic success as if she were
plain little American artist with no
future beyond the studio and although
she might be feted and made much of
by New York society. she is living
quietly, devoting herself to her COM
missions. She asks $1,000 for one of
her miniatures and is said to have
orders raining on her.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-27
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"The horse collar is made over
form and suits the taste of the maker,
and while thoroughly wet. Then why
not make the collar fit the form of the
neck that is to wear it? To do this,
select collar that will fit as nearly
as possible the horse it is intended for.
On an evening thoroughly wet cloths
enough to wrap them in that way,
leaving the collar in that condition
all night. 1t need not be a new one,
an old one may be treated the same
way. In the morning, and while wet
and soft, put the collar on the horse,
adjust 1t properly, also the names and
name tugs, and work the horse mod
erately through the day, when the
collar will be dry and adjusted ex-
actly to the form Of the neck of the
horse whose collar it must be right
along. If by getting fatter or leaner
the shape of the neck is changed, a
re-shaping of the collar may be ad.
visable, which can be done as in the
first place"
Each horse should have his own col
lar every day. Our readers should not
forget this point If attended to in
the start and then looked after there
is little danger of sore shoulders
Keep the collar clean as we'll as the
neck and shoulders. 1t is advisable
to remove the harness and collars dur
ing the midday meal. At night bathe
the neck and shoulders with salt and
water and wipe dry. When a period
of rest is taken during the working
hours, push the collar forward and al
low the air to circulate freely about
the neck and shoulders. Put the col
lars in place again before starting the
team up. The man who neglects to
provide against the possibility of max
ing gals on his horse should not have
one.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-27
WastefuI SAVINGS.

Do not try to save money by:
Doing without your luncheon. Even
II only for once, this will injure your
health.
Walking home after days shop
ping.
You can get more money, but you
cannot get new constitution after
yours has been undermined.
Sewing in the twilight. Gas is
cheaper than oculists' bills.
Wearing thin clothing. Flannel is
cheaper than druggists prices.
Using cheap soap. 1t will cost you
something in cold creams and suffer
ing to remedy the harm 1t does.
Going about in thin shoes. Leather
Is cheaper than quinine and porous
blasters; also than case of pneumo-
hia.
Trying to do the work of the uphol
,terer and the carpet layers. You
hay never feel like doing any work
igain.
Overworking. Nobody will thank
5ou. You will be so cross that the
very people for whom you are saving
lhe money will hate you and your hus
band will wish he had married a
spendthrift.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-27
How | Ventilated My Dairy.

Some years ago when | got posses
sion of the farm found dairy house
built four feet deep and eight feet
square with brick floor, which
thought would be a good place for
milk.
1t was cleaned out nicely and the
milk was placed in it, but with all my
care the milk would soon be clabber,
and was often sour by dinner time,
While my farmers share of the milk
would be sweet all day in safe which
was kept under a shady tree, although
the thermometer showed the dairy
was several degrees cooler.
I concluded the trouble was owing
to want of ventilation in the pit to rid
it Of any acid vapor which must be
the cause of the change mentioned,
the acid neutralizing the soda or al
kali that holds the casein in solution.
To get rid of the acid vapor was the
question to solve as there was no
ventilation around the milk Because
of the mobile nature of air I knew
the slightest variation of temperature
would create a circulation. To get
this | built alongside Of the old dairy
a new one, with two four-inch walls
about six inches apart giving a space
around the building leaving an open
outlet into the brick trough connect
ing the two, built on the floor, the out
let being half brick space every few
inches along the bottom of the trough.
A thermometer indicated that the air
was two degrees cooler than the air
in the trough, which difference kept
up the circulation night and day, dis
placing the air in the trough. During
my residence on the farm till about
the first of October. we had no trouble
with milk turning to clabber, and oft
en- missed the cottage cheese for sup
per, as there was no clabber to make
it, even for breakfast but plenty of
sweet milk.
Visiting the farm in November I
found the milk all in my kitchen. On
speaking to my overseers wife about
it, she informed me she had to move
it, as it was all ice in the morning.
NtlOuSsllb II Ntio lIHDOoolDlc, do VIC
had no freezing weather. So had the
nights milk put in the dairy with the
thermometer at about twenty-eight de-
grees. To my surprise the milk was
all ice in the morning and the secret
was out. The cold air circulating
around the can soon extracted all the
heat and the iced milk was the result,
while in the kitchen, with the ther-
mometer lower. there was no trouble,
the kitchen not being used in the
winter, but kept closed. For twenty
years We had no trouble from the
middle of May until freezing wealth
er.
At the present time we have no
trouble winter or summer, as the
water from an artesian we'll, temper
ature fifty-eight degrees flows through
the dairy and in the drain pipe to
the bay. My tenant informs me it
keeps his milk, melons and cold meat.
in good order without ice. The well
flows thousands of gallons in the
twsnty-four hours, discharging the
water two feet above the surface The
layer of sand from which the water
comes is $50 feet from the surface
A. P. Sharp, in American Cultivator.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-27
Seeding Down with Corn.

We raise corn, using machinery
which makes it easy We plow, put
on dressing with a spreader, harrow it
in with cutaway, put the corn in
with a corn planter, go over it with a
crusher to make the land smooth, then
use the harrow the last time, going
over it seeding the land down. The
grass is good, and we now have ten
acres of corn seeded down.
Our corn is harvested for the silo
with cutter and binder. 1t keeps
well and handles we'll A bundle
weighs fifteen pounds. Each COW has
two bundles a day. 1t keeps well, and
this is the best and the easiest way to
handle the crop-Charles Patterson,
in American Cultivator
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-27
Fall Tones,

Colors which come in hats with the
lpring season are generally carried
over or have great influence on the
tones for the fall and winter season,
but none Of the new gowns made of
voile of gauze have been ION the
Scene," and as to whether or not the
Bhades they employ will be successful
there has been no opportunity to
Judge.
Shades of red have been well to the
fore recently, and some of the au-
thorities whose predictions have been
true in the past are firm in the belief
that the soft tones-gooseberry, Capu-
chin and scarlet-will enjoy first pref,
erence, says the New York Sun.
SAKE blue has been much worn in
millinery, but few examples of it have
been seen in spring and summer goods
and blue-eXcept navy or electric-is
not an appropriate shade for the win
ter. Purple or prune has been done
to death in the capital Of the French
the past year and a half so that tone
will be voted siesta. The shades of
dahlia were greatly in demand for
spring, and will be seen to some ex.
tent next fall. but dahlla will not be
q leading color. There is no question
of green, so the choice lies between
red and brown. early spring, and it
ray influence colors 10 some extent.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-27
The Servant Problem.

1t Is sometimes asserted that be-
cause a servant girl is a human be
ing there should be pictures, etc, in
the kitchen, a nice rug on the floor
and screen before the stove or sink.
Any experienced housekeeper knows,
however, that this not practical, ana
no sensible servant will be bothered
with things purely ornamental, al
ways in the way and always collect
ing dust or grease. A kitchen is mere.
ly workshop. After working hours
are over the average servant would
rather sit or rest elsewhere, and some
place ought to be provided for her.
Where there are several servants they
can visit in a servants dining-room,
and they should have the pleasure OF
making that as cozy as they wish.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-27

The jacket is made with fronts and
back that are tucked at their upper
edges and Joined to the square yoke.
The sleeves are generously wide the
fulness being arranged in tucks at
their upper edges.
The quantity of material required for
the medium size is four yards twenty
seven, three SHd one-half yards thirty
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-27
Japanese Tooth Brushes.

The tooth brush of the Japanese,
whether at home, in the hotel or in
the field. is piece of wood about the
size Of common lead pencil, frayed
to tufty brush Of fibre at one end.
In hotels fresh one is furnished
every morning free to each guest.
This brush has been used all over the
south for centuries. usually made of
dogwood. The dentifrice Of the poor
is powdered charcoal or snuff.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-27

The lace coats are of all shades OF
white, cream, and buff. and are al
most always of Empire design.
Very intricately controved short
wraps of taffeta and lace, of fine cloth
and guipure, and of other fine mate
rials vary the monotony of the lace
coat.
Embroidered stockings are such a
feature of this seasons fashions that
the economical woman has been
obliged to turn her Industrious hours
toward evolving from comparatively
inexpensive materials elaborate exam.
pies of needlework.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-27
An Elaborate Gown.

One fashionable gown was mauve
satin cloth. and was meant for cere-
mOnious day wear. 1t had 4 shirred
skirt with two wide folds Stimulating
tucks, and was untrimmed save for
these folds. There was delightful
little Directoire jacket, sharply pointed
in front, and fastened with a double
row of enameled buttons with gilt
edges. The jacket had yoke or un-
derbody of heavy Irish crochet and
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-27
Fittinu the Collar of Horses.

Sore shoulders on horses are often
caused by poorly fitting, collars and
lack Of proper treatment of the neck
and shoulders during and after work
hours. DR.. Currier in his Horse Sense
gives some good ideas in reference to
fitting the collar for horses. He says
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-27
A Pretty tiOnf.

A pretty coat in dark blue rajah silk
was made with the waist line high
under the arms and dipping slightly in
front The waist had little vest of
velvet, and was outlined on either side
of the vest and around the waist with
fiat bias band of the silk sewed on
by hand
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-27
Fashion Hints.

Black velvet ribbon is used with ef-
feet on many of the coats.
An expensive fashion which is not
likely to be widely initiated is that Of
The three-quarters lace coat.
Plain silk stockings are not prohi-
bitive in price. Often they can be
picked up at quite low prices.
A tailor gown was of lovely shade
OF gray cloth, with tiny line of white
aiming through it.
The kimono model Is increasing pop
Aar for evening wraps.
Some of the taffeta wraps are ex-
7iisite creations. almost impossible
TO describe.
This year the favorite gown is the
princess dress Of sheer white materi-
als.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-27
White Hats Mum erous.

All white hats are numerous, the
exquisite soft felts in white being es-
peclally admired. Many blue hats are
displayed, peacock and kingfsher blues
shading into green vieing with the
clear porcelain blues so becoming to
brunette women.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-27

The draped waist is promised. This
waist had some vogue last spring, and
it was seen in many of the handsome
gowns of midsummer. The drapery is
on Directoire lines, while the surplice
and the fichu are also prominent.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-27
The Veil Importanf.

The veil plays a most important part
IN fall millinery. One sees all sorts of
handsome wells attached to hats and
apparently forming part Of the color
scheme.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-27

Paradise tails are again in request,
but only those with the largest feathers
are chosen, and these are usually
curved at their extremities.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-27

pointed collar and lapels of a deeper
shade of mauve velvet. The sleeves
were short puffs of the cloth shirred
at the bottom. The lower two-thlrds
of the sleeve were tight-fitting, and
draped in the seams.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-27

Oregon apples have been sold In
England as high as $3.50 bushel.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-27

plest and best that can be made in
fither three-quarter or half-length and
that is adapted to all suitings. 1t is
severe, but in its severity is found
smartness, while the simplicity of its
cut renders it less difficult to make
than are the more elaborate ones. AS
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-27

two or two and five-eighth yards forty
four inches wide with three yards of
insertion and four and One-half yards
of edging to trim as illustrated.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-01

denly he lost his hold and fell Mrs.
Grant was walking down Geary toward
Market. She heard the shrek and
warning cries from people on the other
side Of the street ring out just as she
raised her head to see what it was all
about-too late. She was crushed down
on the concrete pavement
After the ambulance had taken away
the victims morbid crowd congre-
gated about the corner. The pavement
was spattered with blood near the
fatal spot.
Rickenbach was employed about the
building to do occasional janitor work.
So far as is known he has been a sober
and reliable man. He is a native of
Germany and has no relatives in this
city
Mrs. Grant, as she is called. had been
employed as a domestic by Mrs. ].
de Yoe of 1860 Post street during the
month of January. She left that place,
being dissatisfied. The people at 1860
Post street have no trace of her subse-
quent- movements. The woman was
probably in search of another situation
when the accident occurred. AS far as
can be ascertained no accident of this
sort ever occurred in the city before.
r. Mrs. Grant did not regain conscious
ness. Rickenbach was able to talk
when first taken to the hospital. but
later he collapsed despite the. efforts
Of the surgeons.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-01
Y. NJ. 1. at Lyceum Theater.

The headquarters of the Young
Mems Institute in the Pioneer build
ing, "a Fourth street, are conducted
under the direction of a board Of
management composed of delegates
appointed by the fifteen councils in
this city. During the last few months
extensive improvements have been
made in the rooms and the quarters
have been entirely renovated. The
cost of the improvements has been
considerable. To afford the members
of the institute and their friends an
opportunity of furthering the work
while at the same time providing
them a pleasant evenings entertain
ment the management has arranged
for a benefit to be given. at the Ly-
ceum Theater, Odd Fellows building,
corner of Seventh and Market streets,
tomorrow evening. The price of
tickets will be 25 cents, calling for re-
served seats without extra charge A
high class vaudeville entertainment
will be presented in addition to sew
eral special numbers.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-01

With shrek thai chilled the
passers-by, John Rickenbach, a win
dow washer. fell from the third story
Of the building at Grant avenue and
sGeary street yesterday afternoon,
crushing. to the pavement Mrs. Anna
Grant, a Mexican domestic. Both were
terribly injured and Will probably die.
The corner was crowded at the time,
for. the most part with women who
were gazing at the pretty things in
Weinstock & Lubins dry goods store
The body Of the unfortunate man
struck Mrs. Grant with terrific force,
driving. her. against the sidewalk as
. Il she had been struck by a trip
hammer. >-*f..- =:
Those who did not turn aside in hor-
ror when they saw Rickenbaeh's body
piunging downward say that his skull
struck the woman's. The. sound sick
ened those that heard it.. = -.--
An ambulance was summoned and
the victims were hurried to. the Central
Emergency Hospital Dr.. Pinkham
found that the woman had a fracture
.aof the skull and that the man had
suffered terrible internal injuries and a
possible fracture Of the skull: The in
5uries Of both viii prove fatal
Rickenbach was washing a window
directly over Weinstock & Lubins
store on the Geary street side. Sud-