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New-York tribune., 1907-03-03
He Was a Gentle Man

HOW many times has II been said of Booth,
wonder, that he was gentleman in the true
sense-a gentle man? / have seen him bully
rag a stage hand for some piece OF laundering
Stupidity-aS who of Us have not done, But
IN the next five minutes have seen him in
effect penitently beg this mans pardon-as
how few Of US ever do, When ] was first with
him a special performance OF "OJhello' was
10 be given for some medical association, and
Frederick Robinson was 10 play the name part
10 his lago. Robinson was rather important
sort of person: but the rehearsal went smoothly
enough for a time, TIL suddenly he stopped,
looked around him, and said authoritatively:
Mr.. Booth, when / have PLAYED Othello
I've always had my lago on the other side
here"
There was deadly hush We all expected
an out burst OF magnificent rage from the great
star, a towering blank verse passion that would
sweep this Robinson person away. But in the
hush Booth moved quietly 10 the other side
There was not even a twinkle IN his eyes
Here. SIR" ne asked humbly. Quite con-
tented, sir. Thank you"
The hush was slowly dissolved in murmurs
then II speech. The rehearsal went on. And
Robinson never knew
Ten years later / was playing with Booth
once more. He was an invalid then, nervous
and unable 10 eat. He was on tour with
Modjeska, and | was engaged 10 play the
parts Barrett had formerly taken. Booth.
his manager, and ! travelled and slept in
private car.
As on all private cars, the food was cooked in
grease, hopelessly rich and ndigestble. Booth
could eat nothing He used to sit all day,
smoking long black cigars and trying to sip
beef tea growing more and more despOndent
over his digestion.
New-York tribune., 1907-03-03

II NEVER play in Boston to this dav or pass
i up Brattle-st. in Cambridge by the old
Craige House without recalling the wrath
OF Mrs ID. p. Bowers al Longfeow. / was
youth in Edwin Booths company, and Mrs.
Bowers was the leading woman. We were
playing Richelieu" in Boston, and Longfellow
had come over from Cambridge TO see the
performance.
After the second act he came behind TO call
on Booth, and the two retired to the stars
dressing room. The call came for the third
act; but Booth had not reappeared We were
all waiting rather impatiently in the wings
The audience was doubtless waiting with
equal impatienoe on the other side of the
curtain.
Mrs. Bowers swept up and down in robes of
rustling magnificence. Still Booth did not
appear Then she asked me what had become
Of him. ] told her Longfellow was with him
IN his dressing room She drew herself up with
all the wrath and majesty OF a tragedy queen
"LOngfellow, Longfellow?" she said, with a
scorn the printed words cannot reproduce nor
long waits. II seemsi"
New-York tribune., 1907-03-03
Fascination of the Spread

WYE reached Cleveland in the course Of time,
w side tracked the car at the station, and
went to the theater. The house that night was
bad, and we drove gloomily back 10 the internal
railroad depot least It was an internal
station then, 4 hole in the ground, dark, dingy.
depressing.
That midnight it was abysmal 1t was
shrouded IN a sort Of gaseous gloom, and the
only light came from q deserted lunch room,
where through dirty window We looked in on
a most melancholy picture the ghostly setting
for the horrid drama Of indigestion Pale,
soggv doughnuts were stacked up in wire cages,
check by iowl with cages Of yet more soggy
pie. Sad flies crawlcd over the nickel surface
Of the cold coffee urn. The deserted stools
before the counter suggested occupants dead
and gone, slain by the food We wished to
hasten by, the manager and !, but Booth
paused fascinated III 60 III there and eat
some lunch," he finally SAID.
We were horrorstruck, and tried TO dissuade
him but IN Vain. He entered with a deter
mined stride, climbed up on stool, and
devoured several hard boiled eggs a number
of doughnuts, and a large piece OF PIE Having
finished this ghastly repast, he went TO the car
and climbed checrfully into bed.
But we were anything but cheerful We sat
in momentary dread Of a run to the doctor s.
We had visions OF no performance the following
evening, perhaps in several evenings. We
crcpt frequently TO his bedside, but he sum-
lered peacefully, so finally we too went 10 bed.
The next morning he got up more cheeTy than
he had been in weeks, and announced that he
had slept ike a top and was feeling better
than he had since the tour began.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-11-06
Regular Hours For Feed.

Many farmers do not realize the
Importance of feeding their stock at
regular hours, but it is of great inn
portance. Take a lot of hogs which
have to wait after their regular time
for feed and see how restless and
noisy they become. And what is true
of them is true in a great measure of
other animals. The man who Is regu-
lar in his habits, eating at a regular
hour, will, other things being equal
thrive best and be healthiest and
strongest; and what is true of man in
this regard is correspondingly true
Of the lower animals. A farmer can
readily get into the habit of feeding
his stock regularly and they will
learn to expect 1t at a regular time
and rest patiently until the next feed
ing period comes about. Experiments
In this direction would soon satisfy
the most doubling person of the truth
of the value of regularity in feeding
Epitomist.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-11-06
SPORTING BREvITIEs.

Martin Sheridan, of New York.
won the .irst javelin throwing con-
test held in this country.
Edwin P. Larned won the lawn ten
mis- championship of New Jersey by
defeating Frederick G. Anderson by a
score of ca, Sc, 6-3.
It is said that Johnny Killing, the
star catcher of the Chicago National
League team, will succeed Hanlon as
manager of the Cincinnati team.
Prince Adolphus will head the
subscription list to be started for the
purpose of building a Swedish chal-
longing yacht for the Americas Cup.
At Birmingham, Ala, Christie
Strang lowered the worlds mile auto
mobile record for circular track
by covering the distance in 81 3-5
seconds.
John r. Spears, yachting expert
and naval historian, defended the ac-
tion taken by the New York Yacht
Club in declining Sir Thomas Lipton's
challenge.
Allan c. Hinckley an American
vocalist, defeated Gilbert McMasters:
tuOthCl hinCl Wy up III ShO
final for the gold championship of
Germany at Hamburg.
Rowing seems to be making great
headway at Princeton. There hava
been a number of candidates for the
four-oared crews which will race on
Carnegie Lake after the football sea-
son.
The worlds record for circling the
bases was broken at field meet at
Pittsburg by Tommy Lynch, centre
fielder OF the Pirates. He covered the
round of the diamond in fourteen
seconds.
Lotta Crabtree wants the greatest
trotting match Of years to be decided
at the Readville track, as sk) is out
with a challenge to match Sonoma
Girl, 2.05A, for any amount OF
money against any trotter in the
world
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-11-06
Miss French's Shawl Wrap.

Young women who are fortunate
enough to have heirlooms in the way
of laces and jewels and shawls contin-
ually appear in beautiful new cos
tunes which come from among family
treasures. About the most becoming
evening wrap seen in Newport this
fSason is one which has been worn
a great deal by Miss Pauline French.
It was one of the most beautiful of the
old Chinese embroidered Grape shawls,
30 large that there was plenty of ma
terial to make long flowing toga-like
garment, which was made for her In
Paris. And the incest part of it is
that 1t has not been cut at all, only
caught up and draped skilfully. This
shawl was one of the French heir
looms, but 1t belonged to Mrs. AL
fred Vanderbilt, one of the daughters
Of the family. AS Mrs. Vanderbilt is
devoted to her niece, who is not many
years younger than she, she gave it to
the youthful spinster.-New York
Press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-11-06
Clipping Alfalfa,

A bulletin issued by the Indiana Ex-
pertinent Station, says:
THE information we have concern
ing the clipping of alfalfa during the
first season Is too contradictory to
permit of making any general rule.
1t seems, however, that clipping has
sometimes been overdone, and that
young alfalfa should rather be allow
ed to grow undisturbed so long as
1t is doing well and does not bloom.
With early seeding, one clipping in
the latter part of August will gen.
orally be advisable. Otherwise, clip
ping should only be practiced when
the growth seems checked, or the tops
OF the plants turn yellow. If not too
heavy, the cut material should be left
on the ground to act as a mulch All
growth after the middle of September
should be allowed to die down natur-
ally for protection to the roots over
winter.
when alfalfa is used for haymak
Ing, 1t should be moved when about
one-tenth OF 1t has come into bloom.
regardless of size. In ordinary sea
sons, this will be about the end of
May, the first of July and the early
part OF August and good field will
often yield four cuttings"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-11-06
Fashion Notes.

One frequently sees purple COM
bined with blue this season.
A real lace blouse is a noticeable
feature in this seasons fashions.
Net, closely dotted, is ti,d in big
fluffy bows, to be worn under the big
chin.
Striped costumes have had a far
longer vogue in Paris than is usually
the case.
Huge white roses are used on large
hats of white tulle and felt, and are
used, too, upon hats of palest pink.
Net coats lined with tinted silks Of
entirely unlined are among the attrac-
tive possibilities of even smaller ward
robes.
Some nets are white with colored
dots, and others are in the palest Of
pinks, lavenders and blues with match
ing dots.
Filmy chemisettes are worn with
the tailored costumes, and white waist
belts, fastened with a broad oval or
square gold buckle.
All the smart frocks now making
their appearance have the long nit
ten cuff attached to the sleeve at the
elbow, made of lace and the material
of the gown.
The girl who makes her summer
frocks do duty through the winter for
house wear should have a couple Of
thin silk or mercerized cotton princess
slips with which to vary them.
There is a new trimming for can
vas, pigue or other wash gowns CT q
solid color, which is formed of bands
of small patterned cretonne. Blush
green is very fashionable for some
gowns.
The plainly made striped coat, sim
ply hemmed with braid or taffetas and
unadorned with any trimmings what.
ever beyond strappings of its own ma
terial, has been taken up enthusias-
tically.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-11-06
Grit Does Not Make Beauty.

One of Americas physicians, known
we'll In Paris, London and Vienna as
well as in his own city, is amused at
the utterances of DR.. Emil Reich on
the national value of beauty. He is
not opposed to the theory that it is
q good thing for nation to have a
large percentage of beautiful men
and women, to say nothing of children,
but he denies the proposition that
character, grit and will power neces-
sarily make for beauty. That does
not follow" says he. ''In fact, should
say it usually is the opposite, so far
as external beauty is concerned. The
features which, as rule, make for
character and will power are not beau
tiful. l can see no facial beauty, for
instance, in a bulging, prominent fore
head, hard mouth ard square jaw.
Nevertheless, they are the type of fea-
lures which make for moral strength
and brain. Your beautiful woman
may have many fine qualities, such as
sympathy, refinement, great musical
or histrionic talents, and so on, but
In nine cases out of ten she will not
have strong will power or much force
of character. New York Journal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-11-06
FINANCE AND TRADE REVIEW |
CHEERING TRADE REPORTS
Despite Bank Flurries the Railroads
Handle Promptly All Traffic Of
fered-OutIook Satisfactory.

R. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review
of Trade says
Monetary pressure eliminated this
week in the closing of several bank.
ing institutions, but serious panic
was averted by the prompt action of
Mr.. Morgan, who assumed the leader
ship of concerted movement to
strengthen the situation, while the
formation of trust company commit
tee similar to the Clearing House
committee did much to restore conf
dence.
events of the week in this city tending
to cause conservatism in prepara-
tions for the future, but current re-
tail trade is active throughout the
nation, and the leading industries,
maintain active machinery at most
plants. An encouraging sign Is the
absence of cancellations. Transport
ers are unable to handle promptly all
the freight offered and railway earn
ings In October thus far surpass last
years by 6.S per cent.
It is most encouraging to note in
dispatches from Pittsburg and other
leading centers of the iron and steel
industry that no cancellations have
been received, and that specifications
on old contracts maintain activity at
most mills and furnaces. New busi-
ness is light, rs might be expected at
such time, but plants are fairly
well occupied, except tin plate mills,
which have shut down about so per
cent of their capacity. Many plate
and structural steel mills have con-
tracts covering output up to the end
OF the year.
Bradstreets says: Trade and in
dustry have tended toward quiet in
sympathy with reports Of financial un'
settlement at New York and a few
other cities; the continuance of mild
weather, affecting as it does retail
distribution; the natural seasonable
slowing down of jobbing trade and the
influence upon retail trade and collec-
tions of the continuance of the hold
ing movement of crops. On the other
hand the financial situation at New
York, generally speaking, seems to be
well in hand.
Business failures for the week end
ing October "a, number PIT, against
1874 last week. 1S4 in the like week of
1906, ITS in 1905, 1S0 in 1904, and 217
in 1908.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-11-06
Squash Borer.

For two seasons my Hubbard squash
vines have been killed by borers.
Please tell me how to prevent their
ravages in future. R. M. d. [This
pest can be largely circumvented by
recourse to strategy. It is advisable
to plant few seeds early to serve
as trap vines. The prospect Of in
jury may be further lessened by u.s.
Ing few extra seeds in the hills, thin
ming as late as possible. Keep close
watch for whiting runners and on their
appearance examine close to the base
OF the stem for the borers. The lat
ter should be removed by making a
longitudinal slit till the pest is uncov-
cred, then bury the wounded portion
with a inch or two of soil. This
operation, IL properly performed, will
scarcely injure the plant, as the latter
soon roots when portions are covered
by soil. A little watchfulness is usual
ly sufficient to prevent material in
jury.]-Country Gentleman.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-11-06
Americans Amerlcaniores.

Frank A. Piekarski, former Univer-
sity Of Pennsylvania football star,
was welded this morning to Miss
Martha Szpotanski at Hudson, near
here, by Father Szpotanski, brother
of the bride. Piekarsh is now an at.
torney in Pittsburg and he has also
been for the past two seasons the
coach of the Washington and Jeffer-
son college football teams.
The wedding was an elaborate af-
fair. Mox Szpotanski, brother of the
bride, was best man, and the maids
of honor were Miss Eleanor Piekarski,
the bridegroom's sister. A large num-
Der Of friends. and relatives Witnessed
the ceremony.-Pbiladelphia Ledger.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-11-06
The Tactful Girl Is

The girl of many invitations.
The one you can count on to fill In
gaps in mixed party.
She who makes friends and does not
lose them.
The girl who is really kind at
heart. There is sort Of tact that
comes with polish but IL frequently
slips up.
The one who would rather do her
friend or foe a physical injury than
wilfully wound his feelings.
She who really thinks nice things
to say rather than says them because
she thinks it the nice thing"
Unselfish; therefore not thoughtless
of the rights of others. Tact is as
much shown by what we do as by
what we say or omit to say.
The girl who will not justify her
self for an unpardonable blunder that
has caused some wound to bleed by
saying, ooh, forgot!" She makes it
her business to remember.
The one who makes a hostess for
WuOot iuflldtOno every OuS Sldhioi D.
There will be no hodge-podge of un-
congenial elements or meeting of war
ring relatives under her roof.
She who will never permit an argu-
ment to go to the lengths of unpleas-
antness when by jest or change
of subject she can restore good feel
ing.
Usually not the one who prides her
self on her tact. In fact she never
thinks anything about it, but with an
instructive dread of npleasantness
avoids 1t by making every one with
whom she comes in contact happier
for having met her.
Not doubled faced. There are many
who think tact synonymous with de-
ceit. Which is the sreatest possible
mistake as the girl who poses as tact
full rarely deceiyes anyone but her
self.
Not necessarily the witty, or clever
girl, but nevertheless the one whose
popularity cannot be gainsaid, and
whose good times are apt to last to a
ripe old age.-New York Press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-11-06

thing from their actual appearance
and then strive to attain that ideal
She must somehow make nervous.
disheveled, unattractive woman mi
racle of charm, and all without such
gross flattery as to cause suspicion.
None of the other feminine arts Will
come amiss in her makeup. She must
know just what clothes and what al
terations in the dress will work the
transformation, and she must in a way
play the hostess and put her subject
at her ease. 1t is difficult art, but
those who do succeed find that in
every way they are repaid for the trou-
BILE it took them to reach their pres
ent status. And the best of all is that
the over aesthetic photographer will
find that by suppressing her early
artistic" Tenderness she has arrived
at that true art which is only ex-
pressed in simplicity and naturalness.
Kansas City Star.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-11-06
Farm Notes.

No 5rooder pen should contain over
fifty chicks.
1t takes about three months to
grow broiler.
Potatoes are a money crop that will
lift the mortgage.
Broilers shrink about half a pound
each when dressed
Forty dressed ducklings are packed
in barrel for shipment.
The shell of an egg contains about
5 grains of salt of lime.
Barn and stable manure we'll mix
ed and tramped will not ferment.
AS rule, 100 acres of land offer
sustenance for 200 sheep or 33 horned
cattle.
White huclleberries have been
found in the mountains near Schuyl-
kill Haven, Pa
AS alfalfa will not grow on weedy
ground great care must be taken to
have soil free from weed pests be-
1Ore Seedlng.
A horse cannot be kept sleek, no
matter how much grooming may be
bestowed upon 1t, without good feed,
water and exercise.
Alsike Is a finer plant than red Glow
er, and when grown on low land with
fescure or red top makes good hay.
Only one crop may be taken; that Is,
1t cannot be cut for hay and after
wards mature seed, as does red Glow
er.
The record of the six ducks which
lail 207 eggs between March and
May II is beaten by the performance
of four ducks belonging to Mr. AL
bert Allmutt, Witenham, Abingdon,
England In the same period they
laid 240 eggs.
The incubation of chicks and the
shipment by express of the young
birds alive to customers is becoming
quite a feature in the poultry busi-
ness. In some ways 1t is thought to
be better than shipping eggs intend
ed for Matching.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-11-06
Photography for Women.

It seems strange that so few wo-
men succeed as photographers, for
women prefer to go to their own sex
to be photographed, rather than to
an obviously professional" man,
whose attentions remind them un-
comfortably of those of dentist. The
trouble with the feminine photogra-
pher is that she endeayors to be too
artistic at the expense Of the wishes
of her patrons. People get their pic
lures taken because they desire like
ness, and they do not relish an impress
sionistic portrait vanishing into the
shadow. Furthermore. she disragards
her subjects individuality. She should
first Of all try to find out how they
imagine they look-a very different
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-11-06
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

George Bernard Shaw is to write a
musical comedy.
Jerome X. Jerome, the English au-
thor, is visiting in this country.
President Mellen, OF the New Ha-
ven, says that his road maintains no
lobby.
Senator Nathan Bey Scott, of West
two women.
The Japanese Crown Prince left
Seoul for Japan. His visit has made
an excellent impression on the Kor-
cans.
King Edward has been passing
much of his time at Balmoral playing
croquet. There is the strenuous life
for you.
William J. Bryan, in an address be-
for the striking telegraphers, advo-
Gated State and National courts of ar
bitration.
Major Frank o. Briggs, the Senator
from New Jersey, is said to be one of
the finest amateur boxers in the Uni
ted States.
Albert L. Wilson, we'll known
Phiadelphian, more than sixty years
cid, left for Paris to take bride of
twenty-five.
Governor Hoke Smith, of Georgia.
and Clark Howell the Atlanta editor,
named w. ]. Bryan as the Democratic
candidate for President while the Me-
braskan was in Atlanta.
The German Crown Prince is SUBJ
scriber for all clippings concerning
himself, the Crown Princess, their
young son and his mother-in-law, the
Grand Duchess Anatasia of Mecklen-
burg.
President Roosevelt spoke pleas
antly of Jefferson Davis at Vicksburg,
Miss, where he was warmly well
coined; outlined system for the i'm
provemeDt of the Mississippi, and said
he could not be driven from his poll
cies because reactiouaries or dema-
gogues adopt them.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-11-06
Etruria's Permanent Passenger.

Mrs. Elizabeth Rohrbach of Evans
ton, H., who died on the Etruria re-
Gently had made the steamship her
home for several years. Her mother,
Mrs. James Carson, was for about 20
years in the habit of travelling back
and forth across the ocean on the
Etruria, and some time ago Mrs. Rohr-
bach made an attempt to get Mrs.
Carson legally restrained from spend
ing her money in this way. When
Mrs. Carson died, her daughter ac-
Quired a longing for the sea, and be-
came what was practically perma-
nent passenger on the Eeruria.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-11-06
GARDEN, FARM and CROps

tains enough bacteria to partially In
oculate the SOIL But to be sure of
inoculation, it Is always safer to get
soil from some inoculated field and
SOW from two hundred pounds up per
acre. This advice holds good with all
the legumes. Burr clover should be
put In at once. Crimson clover, In
the higher and cooler sections, should
also be put in at once, and we think
1t will be safer in all sections to put
1t in in September rather than wait
later, provided there is sufficient mois-
ture In the land to make it germin-
ate readily. When crimson clover
has not been tried, and it Is unknown
whether it will grow or not, it will
be safer to SOW rye with it, say one
bushel of rye and seven or eight
opunds of crimson clover seed pr
acre. This can be sown on clean land,
in stubble, after running over the
stubble with disc or cutawAy har-
row, or in growing crops, wnen the
crops are not dense enough to kill
out the clover by shading it. On az
count of the value of these crops as
soil-improvers, we insist that each
farmer try at least one acre in this
ard in that way make test of heir
virtue as soil-improvers.-P
Farmer.