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fairs, and he is ever on the go looking
to the interests Of the people.
The people like to be entertained
and they will come many miles to
some amusement given by the mer-
chants of the town where they are
ever ready to 90 to sell their farm
products. The merchant cannot give
these entertainments unless he has
the support of the people and It is not
fair to expect this of the men that are
striving for livelihood. when the peo-
pie send their money to concern In
some far away city that will neither
contribute to any of these enterprises
or take an interest In the surround
ings thereof.
Home trading makes home indus
tries, brings more to the town and
keeps them there, and 1t helps to build
up the place. But the town will be at
stand-still so long as the people per-
sist in this way of robbing the home
merchants of the right to live and do
business among them.
II the people will keep their money
at home there will be no need for
complaint The place will assume q
lively air, 1t will take on metropoli.
tan look. and the people will say to
their neighbor that business is good
and it will be, as long as the people
continue to trade In the home mar
kets. The least that q person can dc
toward the betterment Of the com
munity and his own interests. is to
keep the money at home and see to II
that it is put where it is most needed
and wanted.
This should be a vital question t.
all concerned in the welfare of hii
community and 1t should be an estab
lished rule that one should not seel
for things in other parts that he car
get at home.
FENTON ]. LAWLER.
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from the wholesaler or manufacturer
and II win be sent to the purchaser
in as good condition and short time
as II 1t had been ordered from . cata-
logue house. The home merchants
business must be kept up and IN order
to do this u is absolutely necessary
that the people at home patronize
aim and help him keep up with the
times, or else he will soon be out OF
the struggle for existence among the
country people.
The home merchant should not be
expected to pay the highest price for
produce and farm products and then
be turned down by the seller OF these
articles when he wants anything In
the merchants line. He should be the
first one to be consulted when the
farmer intends buying. He should be
seen and arrangements made Tor the
purchase of the article. II he does not
carry 1t in stock.
The home merchant advertises or
should advertise. In the home paper.
This keeps the home paper in the field
and helps the community along. The
people take the home paper because
1t gives all the local news that they
cannot get any other way and thus the
advertisements of the merchants are
read by them. II the people do not
patronize the home merchant he can
not afford to advertise. and without
advertising . paper will soon prove
failure. Soon the home paper 10 sent
to the wall for the want Of support
from the merchants; 1t may have q
large circulation, but without the mer'
chants help It will soon be lost to
sight. Then the merchant Ia next to
get out of business for the want OF
support, and the town will decrease IN
population, and the people will won
der what the trouble is when the
| editor and the merchant lesVe town
together.
The home merchant contributes to
| the support of the church, he pays
his taxes to keep the schools up, ne
! contributes to the horse show, the fal
festival. and the hundred and one
things that he is supposed to help out
and give his support to. He is at the
head of the list for everything that II
| for the good of the community and n
deserves the honest and hearty co
operation of all the people, all thu
time. that are interested in the vel
fare of the community In which the,
live. The merchant helps to elect thu
men that are to represent them in thu
city. county, state and national 81
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to be popular. fashioned Of aIi-over
embroidered linen, worn with one Of
the pretty simple skirts. Another sug
gestion for spring models Is the Resto-
ration, or one-piece effect. which par.
takes of some Of the characteristics Of
both Directoire and Empire. In 1t the
waist-line is just below the bust, and
Is always defined either by belt or
some arrangement which clearly slim
ulates one, as tucks, straight rows Of
braid, or q bias fold. From under
meath this hangs long. straight skirt.
gathered to give II fulness, and quite
plain. az is the whole costume, except
for q broad band OF nat embroidery
down either side Of the skirt The
model shows the new shoulder treat
ment. the sleeve cap being . continue
ton Of the upper part Of the waist.
and cut without seam. The long
shoulder Is well defined In one way or
another IN all the advance designs
that have been shown, and most Of the
models are given the short, or three
quarter sleeve. even In tailored ehectA
To accompany the sloping shoulders
and blousing fronts, we are to have
the position back. That does not mean
that it is to be used only with tho
blouse coat. for. on the contrary. quite
a feature win be made of cut-a-way
coats and boleros. which swing loose
in front. in connection with this postil-
ion back.
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Are Being Shown Of Every Sort and
Description.

Sleeves of every sort and description
are the ultra fad of the season. There
are short sleeves, of heavy thick ma
terials, short fur sleeves. short sleeves
30 sheer they may be seen through,
and demi ones of middle weight fab
RIGS. The long sleeve is equally mod.
ish.
Shoulder pieces, such as shown IN
the Illustration of No. 1, are decidedly
popular. This model Is for an evening
gown. The sleeve proper is a mass
of tiny full frills, and is surmounted
with the fabric which forms the gown
The frills are of some delicate mate
rial, such as chiffon. mousseline de
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that they are in reality paying more
for an inferior grade of goods than
those sold by the home merchant,
which probably cost them few cents
more.
Since the catalogue house has
sprung into the commercial world ana
begun operations in the United States,
all kinds of schemes have been tried
and worked to get the money from
the people that are always looking for
bargains. No expense has been spared
in their struggle for the almighty doi-
lar of the country people, and they
have been so far successful, at the
great expense of the home town OF the
people that sent their money to these
concerns.
Magazines have been started Tor
the sole benefit of the catalogue house,
and these circulated among the coun-
try people at ten or Is cents year.
They build up circulation on this
low price Of hundreds of thousands;
this circulation brings to them MIL
lions of dollars in advertising from the
catalogue houses and this money ex-
pended for advertising is more than
doubled from the sales of these con-
Germs to the country people who are
losers by the transaction.
Catalogues are sent out telling the
people that the house from which they
came is the cheapest place In the
country to buy, and it is. If the person
receiving this catalogue wants cheap
article, not only in price. but also IN
make and material. The farmer re-
ceives this catalogue, looks it over.
and after reading the well composed
guarantee or assurance that the goods
described in 1t are the very best that
can be found anywhere. sends in an
order. The house receives the order
and Immediately ships the articles
wanted. The farmer drives many
miles to get them and when the box Il
opened 1t is found to contain some
thing much below his expectations
Int this does not satisfy his mind on
the fact that he has been duped and
that he is not getting his full money
value. In a second order he may De
treated the same as the first one, ou'
still he may think that he has saved
money by buying 1t where he coulf
get it cheap.
At the same time the merchant a
home has the goods on the shelf IL
his store waiting for them to be takeI
away SO that he can repIlce them witt
newer goods. thereby keeping nj
stock fresh and up-to-date. II he ha
not the article wanted he can order
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ALL COIFFURES HIGH
loW-pREssED HEAD NOW THING
OF THE PAST.
Some Of the Modes Are Trying and
Not Altogether Pretty-Sketehes
Of Ornaments That Are
Popular.

The low-dressed head is thing OF
the past. Every fashionable couture Is
high, and there is a great vogue IN
hair ornaments. All sorts Of pretty
things are requisitioned for the decora-
ton of the hair, back-combs playing
an important part in the scheme OF
adornment, while such trifies as high
bows of spangled and pailletted net
and lace, butterflies of velvet and Sc
gums, semi-wreaths of flowers and
foliage. knots of roses, wisps OF tulle.
and plumes of various kinds are more
or less worn. According to present
fashions the hair is drawn up high
from the nape of the neck, fixed mid
way with an ornamental comb, and ar
ranged in various fancy ways on the
top of the head, the decree being that
the dressing shall be forward for the
winter season. The hair in front is
either thrown well over the forehead
or drawn straight up from the brow in
series of puff-curis. the couture
shelving on sharply at the back, in q
way that, it must be admitted, is
sometimes very trying, and far from
pretty. The really artistic couture is 80
arranged that 1t forms sort Of frame
to the face: but the ultra-smart are
prone to lose sight Of the artistic ele
ment in their mode of couture, think
ing only of the importance Of illustrat
ing the last word In hair-dressing fash
ions. Nothing could be uglier thar
some Of the modes of coiffure that an
reckoned as smart" where the hair Il
dragged up to the top Of the head in
way that is at once hard. ungraceful
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HOME MERCHANTS
GOOD REASONS WHY THEY DE-
SERVE YOUR SUPPORT.
MEANS MUCH TO COMMUNITY
He 10 at the Head Of the ThIngs
That Are Good for the
Town and Your
self.

Copyright. by Alfred c. Clark.)
The above head is a subject that
can we'll be treated as open for dis
cussion and consideration at any and
all times. 1t is also subject that
should interest all persons who have
at heart the welfare OF the community
in which he lives and who wishes to
see 1t grow and prosper.
No person can afford to do what he
knows will work an injury to the COM
munity In which he lives. In justice
to himself he cannot refuse his sup
port to the home industries that are
striving for existence and the welfare
of the town in which he goes to do his
trading.
In considering this question 1t
should be borne In mind that the coun-
try people, like all other American
citizens, are always on the lookout for
q place to invest their money that
will bring them the biggest returns
for the least expenditure: in this they
are right and are justified in so doing.
but, at the same time they should re-
member that they are dependent on
the home merchant for the money that
they send to foreign markets.
II they should stop to think how
these catalogue houses are operated,
and look into. and know. the true con-
dition of affairs, probably they would
reconsider the stand they had taken
toward them. In many cases the peo-
pie are ignorant Of the true surround
ings and inside operations Of these
concerns and think they are doing
right In sending them their money.
They are led to believe that what they
get from the catalogue house Is the
same article that the home merchant
sells, only at much lower price. The
majority of the people do not know
that they are buying the cheapest
article that can be manufactured and
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SCOTS URGED TO SAVE IT FROM
RAPAcious AMERICANS.
Lord Rosebery Fears That Million
aires Of This Land Will Snap
Up and Transport His
torIe Bridge.

The American millionaire has come
TO be known in Europe as the con-
:noisseur of everything which Is old
and rare, and his money has not only
bought many q priceless art treasure
but entire castles as well which his
energy has torn down, shipped across
the ocean and reared again on Amer
lean soil. This has led the European
to realize that nothing is sacred to the
European that an American with push
and gold may covet.
The latest object Of concern to the
Britisher is the AUD Brig of Ayr"
which Lord Rosebery Is urging the
Scotch to purchase and hold lest 1t
catch the fancy of some American and
it be transported bodily to American
soil.
So concerned was the titled English
man over the matter that he recently
made a trip to Glasgow and in pas
.sionate appeal urged Scotland to pre-
serve the old bridge for the sake OF its
association with the name of the poet
Burns. He charged that the Scots
we're open to the charge of cant, a
thing that Burns hated, when they
shonored and reveied his memory ana
could not raise $4,000 to preserve its
most cherished associations.
All this presents an interesting and
new phase of the American terror Ia
Europe and the British Isles. Even
their old bridges they feel are not safe
to them. There is touch Of humor
to the American reader at least IN
the substance of Lord Rosebcry's ap-
peal as reported in the Manchester
Guardian
He said he had come to Glasgow in
many different characters, bus he
never before came in the character
of what the poet whom they were
thinking of that day would have called
q Jolly beggar.' He was jally beg
gar that day, at least as jolly as he
could be under the circumstances, be
cause the ayocation of beggar was
DOT very congenial to him. from want
OF practice. He had begged in Edin
turgh; he appealed to the old 'Chuckie
Reekie.' as Burns called Edinburgh
and he hoped the ola 'chuckie' was go
ing to lay some eggs. If she were
slothful the Cock of the West would
be down, and would rival. ard more
than rival, all her efforts. 1t was ne
secret that what he was asking from
them that day was a certain sum o.
money. to be got within a very limited
line, to save what was not merely thu
sr5ject Of one OF Burns famoui
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PLACING IMMIGRANTS

place is determined upon by the 70
moval Office.
The success of this system has been
very marked. To take the Russians
sent to Toledo, Ohio, as an example,
one Russian immigrant there Is now
earning $40 month, another $50, an
other SIG a week. To show the
diversity of occupations, one Is en-
ployed in the Wheeling & Lake Erie
railroad shops, another in the Pope
Motor Car works. another In the
American Can company, another IN
the Gendron Wheel company. These
men had been in the United States
only a few weeks at the time they
were sent to Toledo by the removal
office.
In Omaha, Neb., men sent away
from New York city by the office are
now working as upholsterers, plas.
terers, butchers, carpenters, tailors
and as mechanics in the Union Pacific
railroad shops, at wages raging from
SIS to $25 a week.
In short, estimating the average
earnings of men sent away by the
removal ONCE at $500 per annum.
which is far from high figure. II
may be said that they are earning
| $S,OO0.000 per annum. which is no
mean addition to the industrial wealth
of the country, when the fact is borne
in mind that the great bulk Of those
earning this amount came to this
country as helpless foreigners.
A recent investigation by agents Of
the once showed these facts: Siz
men sent to Columbus, Ohio, had
savings in banks ranging from SIS tc
$500. and aggregating 1850, notwith
standing the fact that three of then
were sending money home to Russia
and two of them had brought theiI
| families from there. OF nine men sem
to Nashville, Tenn, three have theil
own stores already. Two carpenter
sent to Minneapolis have savings o.
$500 and 500, respectively, and ont
shoemaker sent there owns his owl
/ house. A Pittsburg machinist Is earn
ing $40 week; another s. q day
Three of the four have bank account!
| ranging from $500 to $500. OF thos'
sent to Rochester. six have purchases
houses and others have bank account
as high as $500. Twenty-nine mel
sent to that city have aggregate banl
savings and holdings in real estat'
amounting to $1,000.
1t must be borne in mind that nom
of these men, when sent away. hal
employment of any kind in New York
Every one was out of job whel
sent. 1t entails more responsible.
than the removal Office is willing t
assume to take man out of payin
job here and send him elsewhere
where he may or may not succeed
The bulk of the men whose cases ar
cited above came here as immigranti
many of them destitute.
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Comfort and Health Depend on Proper
coJering for the Feet.

1t Is not unusual to see q beautiful
toilette spoiled by coarse and i'll
shaped shoes, which destroy all the
charming harmony cs tie entire cos
tune.
The necessity OF being well shod. Of
having neat foot and good gait has
been recognized ever since people be-
gan to wear coverings for their feet
The shoemaker's art to-day consists
in concealing undue length of foot or
undue size without In any way confin-
ing the foot or causing the least dis
comfort. There is nothing in worse
taste than to try to make the foot
small out of proportion to the size Vt
the person it must support.
Ridiculous pinching of the foot does
cot make 1t beautiful. and high heels.
especially under q good-sized foot. only
tend to make the foot look larger.
The woman who sees her own foot
only from the arch does not know how
ridiculous the high heel makes her
look. Put pair Of high heeled shoes
on a table with the heels toward you
and then put alongside Of them pair
Of shoes with sensible. safe, comfort
able heels, and 1t won't take you long
to see that the beauty Of the French
heel Is not what 1t IL cracked UP to De.
The high heel distcrts the foot.
throws the whole body out of position.
spoils the gait and is generally dangc~
GUS.
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oricin Of .HeIpmeet. =

"Helpmeet" has had curious his
tory which began with the biblical
account of the creation. when the
Lord God said, 1t is not good that
the man should be alone; will make
him an help meet for him." That is
to say, fit assistant. But the two
words hove become curiously combin-
ed into a "helpmeet," and they are
constantly used as one. Moreover.
the confusion is increased by the cor
ruption of the words into "helpmate,'
and Macaulay writes OF the waiting
woman who was generally consider
ed as the most suitable help mate fos
a parson."
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and unbecoming. Quite now ornament
is the tiara of lace. which may be seen
sktched In the accompanying group.
1t Is generally mounted on q rolled
bandeau of gold tissue or net, and is
suitable for the middle-aged woman
Sketched also is the new hair ornar
ment, consisting Of drapery Of gold
tissue with full-blown pink velvet
rose at the right side and lunches Of
gold grapes and vine leaves at the left
The combination of color In the real
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AUD BRIG OF AYR

poems, but was also an object of ma
tional and antiquarian interest.
HE regarded it as absolutely neces-
sary to save the Aud Brig. Other
wise, supposing they failed to find the
money, they might have the Aud Brig
purchased by some great American
multi-millionaire, who would have al
the stones numbered and have them
again built together in his back yard
at Chicago. If they did not save the
Aud Brig-if he could embark on such
a hypothesis as that-he would wish
that that should be its fate. That act
in the New World, would be ar
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article is truly lovely. Another ornar
ment in the group Is q little cap of en-
broidered velvet-pale blue worked
with pearls and gold thread-wfth
knots Of black or blue satin ribbons at
each side. This little head-dress is
copied in black MORE and in fur for
matinee wear at theaters. Beneath u
win be seen q sweeping paradise
plume, this. in black or amber. form
ing a picturesque accompaniment to an
Empire toilette. The remaining
sketches show q couple of hair ornas
ments Of pailletted net and Spanish
BACKBONE Of carved tortoise she'll
Montreal Herald.
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SPLENDID WORK OF A NEW YORK
DISTRIBUTING AGENCY.
Congestion In Cities Relieved BY
Sending Out the Russian Jews
Into Places Where They
Are Needed.

The immigrants are pouring into
this country in ever increasing num-
bers. and. there is always tendency
on their part to herd in the large
cities, especially New York. This is
true especially of the Russian Jews.
who, because of the prosecutions in
the cars dominions, are flocking to
this country. To correct this over
-crowding an industrial removal office
has been established in New York
city. which is doing remarkable
work about which the general public
knows little or nothing. The Office
was started little over five years
ago and since that time it has sent
away from this city 29,413 persons,
almost all of them recent arrivals
from Russia. who knew no English
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and were, in many cases, practically
spenniless. OF these about 10000 were
wage-earners; the remainder their
wives and children.
When an immigrant. just arrived
from Europe, is directed to the re-
moval office by some acquaintance he
gives a record of his antecedents to
some employee there. This record Is
Investigated by the Office staff. If the
applicant is adjudged to be suitable
person, he is sent away to some place
in the United States where he will
have an opportunity of earning his
living. II he has friends or relatives
in some particular town, he goes
there; otherwise he goes to whatever
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The woman who embroiders 70
longer confines her efforts to lawn AID
linen, but is dividing her attention
with silk, cashmere. etc. for blouses.
Such materials worked in East Indisn
effects with soft pastel shades arc shs
latest CRY for waistf and halts
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How He Could Tell.

Give me two boys in school for Z
year." said teacher. "and can fore
cast with much probability Of correct.
ness the future of each. 1t has been
my observation, strengthened by my
experience, that boy does not change
his habits when he leaves the schscl
room. II he is industrious. honest.
earnest, careful. and conscientious
during his school days. it is pretty
certain that these same qualities will
dominate in his after life; but II he is
lazy, untrustworthy, listless. careless
and INSCRIPTIONS in school. his
chances for becoming good citizen
and q success as 4 man are about
equal to the opportunity the Scrip
lures grant to camel to pass througs
the eye Of needle. Boz
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eternal reproach to Old Scotland Tie
real feeling he had at heart in this
matter was to avert that stain from
Scotland and from the Scottish es
cutcheon, which he thought would be
absolutely indelible. They had not
many monuments in Scotland. Their
principal stone monument was the
coronation chair In England-the
Stone of Destiny. but after all the
Stone of Destiny was only stone. 1t
was associated, no doubt. with many
tragic and interesting traditions, but
he was not sure that IN itself it was
so interesting as this Aud Brig OF
Ayr" 8