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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-07-10
Facts About Child Labor.

DR.. A. S. Daniel, of the New York
has dug up some facts about child
labor that make mans blood boil.
In the New York sweatshops he has
seen children required to sew on but
tons at the age of three and to hem
trousers at the age of six. He as
serts that he found an eighteen
months-old baby earning fifty cents a
week; the baby was sick, but its
mother wouldn't let it be taken to the
hospital, as she needed the money"
DR.. Daniel reports that children of
three and four years work with their
parents, the elder children, and pos
sibly dodgers in the tenement work.
room. Children of six stitch the
hens OF trousers, and those of three
or four, when not sewing on buttons,
pull out the basting threads,
"These little ones, in artificial
flower making, put the strings
through the petals and leaves, do the
pasting of boxes, and put the paper
over the rough cardboard. Then, too,
they press tobacco leaves, generally
standing up to do it, and this work
they do for hours at a time. The
child labor laws do not protect these
children, as they are not employed in
shops or factories. Tenements are
supposed to have a labor license, but
it would require an inspector at the
entrance and on the roof of every ten
ement to prevent work going on in
unlicensed tenements. The only REM
edy is absolute prohibition of any but
factory work"
This damnable outrage defies the
utmost resources of imprecation. 1t
lifts Hoods "Song of Shirt" to the
rank, of lyric. 1t makes Victor
Hugo's chapter about the Thenardiers
and little Cosette a dainty pastel in
prose. Nothing that was ever written
compares for grim horror with those
awful sentences, so artlessly put forth
by Mr.. Daniel, and If New York
hasn't manhood enough left in it to
put stop to this crime against child
hood, it doesn't belong in America
Boston Transcript.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-07-10
THE NATIONAL GAME.

Flick and Lajoie have knocked in
forty runs for Cleveland this season.
The Hudson River Baseball League
disbanded at Poughkeepsie, on ac-
count of poor attendance.
Figures will show that Bill Cough
lin has hit in more Detroit runs than
any other member of the Detroit
team.
West Point has a classy shortstop
in Pritchett. No big Lacquer has
more finished style than the soldier
player.
Bill Sweeney, shortstop, and out
fielder Randall were traded at Chi
cago to the Boston National League
Club for Howard.
For assaulting Umpire Mccarthy
at Toronto, Pitcher McCloskey, Of
Baltimore, was fined $50 and sus-
pended for ten days.
Otis Clymer was released by the
Plttsburg Club to the Washington
American League Club. Mike Lynch
was released outright.
Lave Cross baseball star is on the
wane. The once noted third basenan
has been relegated to the minors and
will play with the New Orleans Club.
In an effort to stamp out betting
In the local American League ball.
grounds, the Athletic management at
Philadelphia engineered a raid on the
gamblers.
Ezra Sutton, one of the best known
of the old-time baseball players, and
at one time third baseman on the
Boston team .of the National League.
died in a private hospital at Brain
tree, Mass.
It has been definitely settled that
Thoney will finish the season with
Toronto. Grimshaw will also stay
with the Boston Americans until the
time for completing the deal Schafy
is now playing with the Canucks.
Wallace, OF the st. Louis team, is
the first American League player to
make fifty hits this season.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-07-10
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How to Utilize Broken China.

When the next breakage takes
place In the house l would suggest
that my readers collect all the pieces,
great and small, and carefully put
them an one side. | have no doubt
by the time the long winter evenings
are here the collection will have
grown rather formidable. want
to tell you how to make them into "a
thing of beauty"
A large pudding dish makes a very
handsome flower-bowl when decorat-
ed in the following manner: Procure
some putty, and spread on the bowl
with a palette knife. Take your
pieces of china and press them into
the putty; put them as close ;ogether
as possible, but do not let them over
lap each other; no piece of china
should be large. Before the putty is
put on the dish the pieces of china
should be arranged on a piece of
paper as they are intended to be
placed on the bowl, so that all the
pieces may be quickly laid on the
putty before it hardens.-Florida
Agriculturist.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-07-10
SkOrn and Skouse,

| was invited by one of the men in
the family to go with him one morn
Ing for a drive of ten miles, as he
was going on business to see bach
elor. 1t was near noon when the
business was completed, and the
bachelor invited us to stay for dinner,
and as a clincher to his invitation,
added: "I'm going to have skorn
and skouse for dinner"
"That settles it," said my COM
panion; "we'll stay"
AS l had read all the newspapers
In sight, and several stories in a mag
azine l had found on the table while
the business was being attended to,
I now had nothing to do but watch
the preparations for dinner.
The "skouse" was made by putting
some beef drippings into an old-fash-
ioned iron kettle, then two ,good-sized
onions were sliced into the drippings
and fried brown, then a quart Of
boiling water was added and several
large pieces of the day-before's pot
roast; now four potatoes were cut
into rather small pieces and put in
the kettle with the onions and meat.
When the potatoes were cooked, a
little thickening was added and I as
sure you the odor of that "skouse"
did make me hungry.
The "skorn," a kind of hot bread
the "home folks" had taught the
bachelor to make, was quickly put
together, and l have never eaten any
bread of the kind that was more pal
atable. Two teacupfuls of -four, two
teaspoonfuls of baking powder, one
half teaspoonful of salt, two table,
spoonfuls of sugar, two eggs and one
cupful Of water were put into a milk
crock and stirred vigorously, then put
into gem pans, and baked half an
hour in pretty hot oven. When the
"skorn" was baked, they, for there
was just a dozen of them, were beau
tifhly Drowned, and looked most in
viting.
When the dinner was put upon the
table there was added to the above
good crisp cucumber pickles which
the "home tolks" had made for him,
and they also made the shells for
impromptu pies. This pie was made
by pouring a glass of raspberry jam
into the ready-made crust, or shell,
then a cupful of whipped cream
poured over the top. Now, with good
country butter and rich cream for our
coffee, we had dinner, it seemed
to me, good enough to serve to the
most fastidious.-MaryL L. Kimmerly,
Gage County, Neb., in The Country
Gentleman.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-07-10
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Salad With TOmatOes.-C Into
thick slices the remains of any cold
boiled potatoes, and arrange on
dish with layers of fresh tomatoes cut
in slices. Sliced onions may also be
added If the favor is liked. Make
dressing by mixing together little
oil, vinegar, pepper and salt; pour
over the salad and allow it to stand
for little before serving.
Cream Soup.-To make a delicious
tomato cream soup place a cupful of
tomatoes over the fire to heat, adding
pinch of soda and a little water.
When heated through strain carefully
to remove every seed and add to one
pint of boiling milk that has been
thickened slightly with flour and but
ter rubbed together until smooth.
Boil up once, season with salt and
paprika and serve with croutons.
Corn Bread.-A very nourishing
corn bread is made with a cupful of
corn meal, two cupfuls of cold boiled
rice, one cupful of milk, one egg, half
q teaspoonful of salt, tablespoonful
Of sugar, butter the size OF an egg,
and a teaspoonful of baking powder.
Mix corn meal, salt and baking pow
der together; add the other ingredi-
ents after melting the butter and put
ting the rice through the colander.
Bake half an hour.
Strawberry Marguerites,-Spread
unsalted waters on ordinary crackers
with strawberry Jam, leaving a little
margin at the edge, to keep 1t from
running over when heated. Beat the
whites Of two eggs to a stiff froth,
add half \ cupful of sugar, folding 1t
in lightly, half cupful OF chopped
nut meats of any kind, md flavor
with vanilla. Spread tbs mixture
thickly over the tops of the crackers,
completely covering the lam and bake
until firm in slow oven.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-07-10
Bishop Potter on Women.

The Right Reverend Henry C. Pot
ter, Bishop of New York, is writing
for Harpers Bazaar remarkable
series OF papers on women-their
recreatsons, their progress, and the
rest. Concerning the progress of
women, Bishop Potter says:
I'm word, no more tremendous
change has come to pass in the last
half-century than that which has oc-
CURED in the realm of woman. That
change has not, of course, been SO
great in Western as in Eastern lands;
for, in the former, those great ideas
which had been at work, as in Eng
land, from the times of King John
and the barons, have produced their
appropriate results in the emancipa-
tion not alone of men, but also of
women. But whether in Europe or
America, two forces have been at
work in connection with the status
of women, one of them progressive,
and the other onservative-one of
them demanding for both sexes equal
rights and privileges, and the other
appealing to the Bible for the Scrip
tural warrant for regarding woman
as an inferior and for keeping her in
bondage. A Chinaman, when remon-
strated with for holding the women
of his house fast bound to the ancient
custom of deformed feet, replied, My
wife can't walk, and so she stay at
home;' and even an Apostle, in recit-
ing, as becoming in woman, graces
which he accounted as pre-eminently
praiseworthy, brackets with some of
chiefest value the words keepers at
home
"1n other words, it is undeniable
that half century ago the ideal
woman was domesticity; and the vir-
tues which find their fittest sphere in
the retirement of the home were ac-
counted of pre-eminent value. But
all that is changed, and it can never
be forgotten (and pray Heaven that
it never may be) that such services
as Dorothea Dix and Florence Night
ingale and Sister Dora and their kind
have illustrated were not rendered by
staying at home"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-07-10

the legislators and their families, but
from October to February the town
was a desert with the exception of
few people hurrying through or do
ing some Christmas shopping. AS
winter resort London is becoming
most popular, not to say fashionable.
Amusements of all kinds are provid-
ed, an opera season, promenade con-
certs, skating rinks and exhibitions
bring people up from the country.
The restaurants are crowded, and
when an autumn session is provided
by a Government and party greedy
for work, it is not to be wondered at
that many prefer the winter in Lon
don to the bleakness of the country
at that time of year. Reversing the
old order of things, people are begin
ming to let their town houses for the
ural beauty of the country in prefer
ence to the heat, dusty and noisy
pleasures of the town. Two principal
reasons can easily account for this:
one is the material discomfort of Lon
don with its increasing traffic and
noise, and the second is the growing
love for open-air life and pastimes.
Motors have made the country so ac-
cessible that 1t has opened the eyes
of all sensible people to the folly of
wasting weeks, if not obliged to, in a
hot, evil-smelling and noisy metrop-
oils. Even during the few weeks
when the Season with big is at
its height, the fashionable world flies
from it every Saturday to Monday.
Innumerable are the weekend coun-
try house parties, with golf, lawn ten
mis- or the river to amuse and keep
one out of doors. Mothers with
broods of unmarried daughters find
this kind of entertainment better
market to take them to than the
heated atmosphere of the ballroom,
the greater attractions of fresh air
and exercise.
"The lovely gardens which former
ly were left by their owners to bloom
unseen are now eagerly sought and
revelled in. Consequently, the craze
for gardening is much on the in
crease. Every one aspires to be a
Miss Jekyll or a Mrs. Boyd, and the
merits of rival Japanese, rose, and
friendship gardens form favorite
subject of discussion.
"There is no doubt that luxury Is
greatly on the increase, although it
may take other forms; the mode Of
living is becoming more extravagant
every day. The young people who
were thought to be well provided
for with $4,000 a year barely subsist
now on $4,000 or $4,000. Every one
lives we'll, bad dinner is surprise.
Houses are better and more artisti-
cally furnished, and every one enter
tains more or less"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-07-10
New Use For Chicken Feathers.

That it pays to breed the best
fowls, and only the best, true to color
and shape, is truly exemplified by the
latest law of Dame Fashion. Some
time ago the Audubon Society, with
a great amount of zeal and the far
ing of trumpets, succeeded in having
passed a law which prohibited the
wearing of wild birds feathers upon
women's headgear. Their great hue
and cry about depicting the woods
and forests of their gay plumaged
and sweet songsters to supply wom-
ans vanity, which they declared was
both unnecessary and cruel, led to
the passing of the law that forbids
woman from adorning her crowning
creation with the pretty and fancy
feathers which added so much to her
appearance.
While the gay and happy wild birds
are singing their lay, and gaily hop
ping from tree to tree in the woods
totally unmolested by the millinery
hunter, the chicken, which is really
a bird, but not considered as such
by the mandates of the law, and is
scorned by the members of the Audu-
bon Society, has been literally
pounced upon by the millinery hunter
as an able substitute for his erstwhile
prey, the bird of the forest. How
well the chicken, the ordinary "bird
of commerce." has succeeded in full
filing its mission may best be seen by
the innumerable number of chicken
feathers" being worn on the new
spring hats. A prominent milliner
is authority for the statement that
the feather decorations on the fall
and winter hats will have to be sup
piled by the hitherto despised chicken
feathers. Several unique and very
pretty specimens of fall styles were
shown by this dealer and possibly
the most "chic" confectfon was one
which was covered with the body of
pure white Wyandotte, all of the
plumage being used except the head.
The wings and breast were strikingly
pretty and the whole so arranged as
to form dream in white"
The average person has no concep-
ton as to the beauty of the fowls
plumage-particula the residents
of New York City, who see fowls only
In their market state. The innova-
ton bids fair to become popular, and
In so doing will add material side
line to the poultry business. This
will be felt only by the breeder of
pure blooded stock, as the require
ments of the milliners demand that
the plumage must be perfect and of
an even color. The poss Utilities for
combinations are numerous and the
most exacting tastes can be gratified
by the various colored and bi-colored
plumage only of the pure bred fowl.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-07-10
Eton Jacket With Mandarin Sleeves

The jacket with the Mandarin
sleeves is a graceful and attractive
one that just now is in the height Of
style, and here is an exceptionally
charming development of the idea.
AS illustrated 1t is made of pongee
with trimmings of banding, collar of
lace and edge of velvet ribbon, but
the style is appropriate alike for the
suit and for the separate wrap and
consequently can be used for great
many materials. For the jacket to
be worn over any gown black taffeta
or natural colored pongee are favor
ties, but light weight cloth also is
used, while available suitings are
almost without number. A pretty
fashion is the use of dark colored
banding on light for the skirt with
the little wrap made of material to
match the bands, but there is almost
no limit to the many possible varia-
tions.
The Elton is made with fronts and
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-07-10

and is adapted to silk, to voile, to
marquisette and also the simple silk
and cotton mixtures, that are so eX-
ceptionally beautiful this year and
that make such attractive warm
weather gowns, while the yoke and
the guimpe sleeves appropriately can
be made from all-over lace, embroid-
cry, net or lingerie material. In
deed, embroidered muslin is especi-
French designers and always gives
an air of daintiness to any gown. The
trimming in this instance is bands
of taffeta with the Greek fret exc
cuted in soutache braid and with a
finish of the braid but applique or
embroidery can be substituted. In
deed, trimming is always matter
of individual taste and preference
and can be varied again and again.
The waist is made with fitted
lining, which is faced to form the
yoke, and itself consists of front and
back. These last are tucked at their
upper edges and are softly full be-
low while there is a trimming band
arranged over the upper edge. The
guimpe sleeves are simply full,
gathered into straight cuffs while
the sleeves of the waist give a sug-
gestion of the kimono style. If de-
sired the blouse can be made entirely
separate and worn over any guimpe
or the lining can be used as guimpe
and the two finished separately.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size is three yards
twenty-one, two and a quarter yards
thirty-two or one and a half yards
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-07-10
German and other warsInps.

The revelation of the general trend
Of naval policy in the United States,
Great Britain and Japan toward un-
paralelled concentration of fighting
power in colossal ships has been un-
welcome in Germany, because the poll
icy of construction followed in the
case of recent American, British and
Japanese ships bids fair to render
the German navy obsolescent long be.
fore even the scheme Of augmentation
passed in 1900 is actually complete.
"A. s. Hur'i, in Casters Magazine
London.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-07-10
Social Changes in London.

Mrs. George CORVALLIS West, for
merly better known as Lady RAN
dolph Churchill, has an interesting
article in Harper's Eazar in which
she tells about London society as it
was and is. Certainly no one should
understand the subject better than
she, and she says some very interest
ing things-this, for example:
''If material London has changed,
so have the habits and tastes of the
social world. The season proper, as
formerly understood, began on the
1st of May and ended on the last day
OF July. The winter session, which
usually assemblies in February and
ats for six weeks, brought to London
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-07-10
White Shoes.

White shoes of kid and canvas,
ooze leather and linen duck are to be
as much to the fore as they were last
season, which is saying much, but
they will more often have touches of
contrasting color in heels, bows and
the "collar" trimmings that are
smartly worn.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-07-10
The "Sscredp Devil.

"Toodles," a little Washington boy,
is.4 years old and his mamma and
papa think he's just about the best
boy that'"ever lived; but the other
day. he got a bit cross about some-
thing or other and an ooh, the devil!,s
slipped out before he knew it. Of
course, his mother was grieved and
hurt. and she told Toodles So She
explained that he mustn't be naughty
and that above all things he must
not swear. But, mamma" said
Toodles, 'ft ain't swearing to say
that cause there is a devil. "But,
my dear" said Toodles mamma,
you must not make light of sacred
things" Buffalo Commercial.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-07-10
Pineapple Muslin For Gowns.

Pineapple muslin, many dressmak-
ers say, will be the most fashionable
fabric for light gowns. Mrs. Roose-
welt has decided liking for 1t and
it's the material for several gowns
she is having made which are masses
of lace and tucks.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-07-10
Wide Steel BuckIe.

A very wide cut steel buckle con-
fining the many velvet ribbon loops
at the back of Ae tr-to-date hat is
not considered extreme.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-07-10

backs and sleeve portions. The
sleeve portions are Joined to the
fronts and back beneath deep tucks
and terminate in points at both front
and back. The collar finishes the neck
and the closing is made invisibly at
the front.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size is four and
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-07-10

forty-four inches wide with two and
one-eight yards eighteen inches wide
for the guimpe portions, soutache ac-
cording to design.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-07-10
3 k',0BIN1ERESTaO:N0MEN,,2 s

New York City.-The guimpe
waist is unquestionably the favorite
one of the season and many and
charming are the variations thereof.
Here Is an exceedingly attractive
and dainty design that as illustrated
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-07-10
Hand-Paintcd Skirt Border.

The hand-painted skirt border is
a thing of beauty.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-07-10
Short skirts FashionabIe.

Very short skirts seem to be quite
the fashionable cut for general wear.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-07-10
Hats Are Neater.

Hats are getting to be less Quaint
and neater in appearance.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-07-10

One or the NEST pleasing features
of courting a widow to the Charleston
Post, is the mas1erful and artistic way
she assists in boosting the game.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-07-10

Is made from chiffon taffeta trimmed
with narrow soutache braid and with
guimpe portions of filet net, but
which can be utilized for almost
every fashionable and seasonable ma
terial. The waist itself is full enough
to be becoming without being bulky
Omaha daily bee., 1907-10-31
TAFT CHANGES HIS PROGRAM
Secretary of War win Hasten TO Ger
many, where His Presence
f. Required.

MANILA, oct. 3O.-As the result Of vol
luminous cable correspondence between
President Roosevelt and Secretary Taft, Il
is understood that the latter will leave
Manila on November 2 in order to reach
Berlin at the earliest possible moment. l,
is impossible to communicate with the sec
retary at present and the officials are silent
regarding the change in his plans.
It is understood, however that he will
leave here on the flagship Rainoow. Rear
Admiral Hemphill received a cablegram on
Monday asking whether or not he could
make the cruiser ready to sail on Sunday.
He responded in the affirmative and was in
formed unofficiaTly that a mater of utmost
Importance is pending in Germany and
Secretary Tafts presence there is neces-
sary Immediately. The hasty departure OF
Secretary TAFT will cut short his stay In
the Philippines one week. He originally in
tended to leave on sunday, but recently
changed his plans 80 as to permit Of q
longer stay so as ia clear up important bus
mess. The summoHs he has received from
President Roosevelt will shorten the pro-
gram made for his entertainment in Ma
nila. He and his party are due from
Baguio tomorrow evening. when he is ex-
pected to attend banquet in his honor
given by the American residents of the
city.
WASHINGTON, oct. sO.-Nothing is
known at the War department regarding
the change in the plans OF Secretary Taft.
The last advices were that he would pro-
long his visit in the Philippines a week. de-
laying his arrival at Berlin so as to meet
the emperor. who will be away from the
German capital at the time scheduled for
Mr.. Taft's arrival there. Secretary Taft's
original plan was to leave Manila Monday
next.