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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-27
Middle-Aged Woman in Society.


An entertaining old lady whose friendship
I enjoyed used to say, with some impa-
thence: Because the Lord saw fit to re-
move Banbury is no reason why I should be
invited to nothing but women's lunches"
Not but that she mourned the late Ban
bury most sincerely, but her active mind
chafed at a narrOwness of environment
which accentuated her loneliness. In fact.
it is hardship to be condemned to a one
sided social life. and it is a misfortune
which happens to many middle-aged wom-
en- and need scarcely ever happen to a man
of any age: for ordinarily a man can have
as much feminine society as he chooses,
but what will the neighbors say about an
elderly woman who announces that In or
der to preserve a whole and healthy view
Of life she must seek the society of men?
1t will hardly be disputed that the ex-
clusively feminine is worse than the ex-
clusively masculine point of view. True,
one sometimes hears OF the pei. y failings
of certain classes of men-heroes at sea,
for instance, who nevertheless, owing to
that isolated life, become fussy and domi-
neering when they regain the shelter of
the domestic freside and the tales of Bret
Harte and his followers have famliarized
us with the rude heroes of the mining
camp and the plains. But does the naval
officer. welded to law, or the miner, d.
vorced from it, show great a departure
from the normal human type as the woman
who Is shut up with other women?
OF course. there are as many points of
view as there men and women: one
should always remember that underneath
all there is the human point of view, and
that people resemble each other more than
they differ; yet, when all allowances have
been made, some well-recognized dissimi
larities do seem to be fundamental. Every
body knows, for instance. that a woman
has not usually much sense of proportion;
but as to that. does everybody realize how
destructive to a sense of proportion a pure
ly domestic life is-that life which, for so
long. constituted a woman's all Of living?
Perhaps Eve may not have been lacking
in 1t before she set up housekeeping and
accumulated things. Possibly at that time
her sense of humor was not subject to
lapses 1t is. now: and It is most apt to
lapse when she turns her attention on her.
self. For the average woman Is inclined to
take herself quite seriously
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-27
The Dry Shampoo.

TT you are so susceptible to cold that you
/ fear to wet your hair during the winter
months try the dry orris shampoo, in
connection with massage and brushing.
Purchase ten tents worth of powdered
orris-it will be sufficient for two shampoos
unless the growth is very heavy-carefully
brush the hair. working 1t through with the
fngertips, tie the head up In towel and
allow it to remain over night. The orris
will absorb the oil and dirt from the hair
and scalp during the night, and may be
brushed from the head in the morning.
IL you have any doubts as 70 the eff
cheney of this method of shampooing, spread
white cloth over the bureau or. dressing
table to catch the powder as 1t falls; brush
the hair free and see the complexion of the
orris. Some little of 1t may cling to the
hair for day or two. when with the
nightly brushing it will disappear.
Not only is this an effective shampoo,
but very agreeable one, impartng a
dainty evanescent odor to the hair The
head and hair may be kept In perfect con-
dition by this means, together with fire.
quent airing, brustIings and massagings,
until warmer days make it safe to resort
to the wet shampoo again.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-27
!! llin&9rlo&lousa


1N H. DEAR.' sighed the author
twenty-five years ago she would
have been an authoress. 81 sim
ply have no brains left. There I must
finish that Coal Oil Stories series for the
Searchlight. and Grandfathers wants a
serial. Then this morning Brussels and
Sprout wrote asking about that 1907 COM
mission, and 1 haven't an idea in the
world
ITS too bad said the sympathetic
friend. land what do you propose to do
about it,"
'Nothing-just squeeze out some more
from my miserable brains. Now. IL only
my pet dream were realized and there were
an authors bureau"
What on earth is that?'' queried the
sympathetic friend. who sometimes writes
herself
piled the author. will be a great big, glori-
Gus place. The walls will be white marble
and the ceiling"
Yes, but what will happen in it?"
AT the desk will be wonderful being
an anomaly-a person with imagination.
who does not want to write. And that
being will dispense plots-plots for short
stories and novels and plays You will go
up and the being will say Novel today.
Miss Author? Then / will say, Yes, Mr..
Being: something short and snappy rather
on the Prisoner of Zenda" order and no
problem to it at ALL Maybe the man next
to me will want poetic tragedy, and the
one next to him a shivery ghost story, and
the one next Fable in Slang-it will be
all the same to the being. he will take
his fee, say good morning, and two days
later you will get your Understandable if
not entirely satisfactory. And you can de-
vote all your time to the Joy of writing
ITSELF
We'll. why don't you start one your
self?" asked the sympathetic friend.
Nonsense" said the author. Think
how 1t would look in the New York
Scandal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-27
To Keep Wells.

A DAINTY little case that can be
~ utilized either for wells or to hold
the filmy, almost invisible hair nets
that many women wear to keep their hair
IN good condition may be made from three
quarters Of a yard of satin cotton wadding
and soft silk lining and ones favorite
sachet.
Take length of satin twenty-five inches
long and ten inches wide, on 1t place a
piece Of cotton wadding OF similar size, on
which sachet has been literally sprinkled,
and lining of China silk. Turn in the
edges and hem neatly around. Or the
wadding may be placed between the lining
and satin and the three sides sewed on the
machine. Turn and sew the end in blind
seam.
Now fold over the ends till two eight
inch pockets are made. If preferred. the
whole thing may be bound with broad
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-27
Teach Your Little Girls

That happiness is matter of spirit,
not things"
That 1t is possible only when every
member of the household is considered.
That to be in her own place, wherever
that may be, a beautiful home maker is
the loveliest ambition any woman can
have.
That 1T is better TO oe beautiful home
maker than fine housekeeper says
Home Chat.
That the one indispensable quality in a
home is happiness: every home. no mat
ter how beautiful, which misses that In
q failure but no home.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-27
Habits of Thought.

~ HE mind has its habits quite as clear
ly marked as has the body. For
this reason mental phase of her
child which is distress to the mother is
very often nothing more than a mental
habit which will be discarded If no atten-
ton is paid to 1t. The mere talking of it,
to say nothing of punishment, only i'm
presses the evil. Lying, which every one
admits is a dreadful habit, attacks nearly
every child at some period of his existence
The exceptions are rare. But if the trouble
is not continually harped upon it will die
out more surely than if severe punishment
Is inflicted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-27
Place for the Nursery.

TOO often the nursery is given mino.
consideration. Any room that Is
good for nothing else is considered
good enough for this purpose. On the con-
trary, the health of the child depends great
ly upon the situation of the nursery, for
here it spends most of its waking hours.
The nursery then, should be bright light
easily heated and easily ventilated The
higher up the better. for here are purer
air and more sunshine to be found. 1t
should never be next to the bathroom IL
there is a communicating door.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-27

is more satisfactory. Nets so preserved
can be kept for long time as fresh as
when received from the hairdresser.
For wells make the case wider, about
eighteen inches, keeping the other pro-
portions the same. Then roll cardboard
into narrow rolls an inch in diameter and
Just long enough that they will slip easily
into the pockets. II wells are wound
smoothly on these rolls and put away In
the scented case each time they are taken
or their life will be prolonged many
weeks,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-27
Books and Microbes.

Fr0m the London News.
The habit Of pampering books is a char
acteristic vice of the age, and we are glad
to find Sir Lauder Brunton. in the Lancet,
writing in way that shows him to har-
Dor no weakness of that kind. Sir Lauder
has discovered that dust is often RESPONSE
BILE for so-called cold in the head. When
ever he turned over the books in his IL
brary he found that a cold followed. His
remedy Is to sponge the top of book with
q solution OF carbolio acid before opening 1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-27

a T THIS season of the year moth
~ ing proves quite SO interesting
"A to the woman who embroiders as
y patterns for lingerie blouse.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-27

silk ribbon on the edges, finished with
fine cord.
5 When such case is used for nets have
number Of postcards and wind each sep
arately on card and slip them in the
pockets. These cards may also be covered
with silk, where the case Is intended for
q gift. but as a rule the plain cardboard
The Glenwood post., 1907-06-01
sEEF MAY JUMP sKYWARp.
Chicago Stockmen Object to Having
"Cow Stuff" Held Up.

Meat prices in Chicago may jump
skyward unless the beef trust recedes
from its recently announced intention
TO delay payment on certain of its live
stock purchases until they have passed
the government post-mortem eXamina-
tion.
The packers notified the commission
firms that they would no longer stand
the loss on condemned cattle, and in
order to protect themselves they had
found it necessary to refuse payment
"on COW stuff" until it has passed the
government inspectors.
During the latter part of last week
thousands of letters and kilograms
were sent out by the commission men
TO their customers notifying them of
the action that had been taken by the
packers and advising them to withhold
all shipments of cattle to the big mar
kets controlled by the trust until the
difficulty is adjusted. This is expected
to cut the meat supply tremendously
before the week is over, and prices are
expected to go up correspOndingly.
Commission men declare ii is the in
tention of the packers to enforce the
rule with regard to Cow stuff" now in
the hope that similar action may be
taken later with reference to their pur
chase of sheep and hogs.
Cow stuff is a minor item in pack
ing house business, and commission
men say it is for this reason that the
packers selected it as the objective in
their new ruling. Less than two per
cent of this class of purchases is con
demned as unfit by the government in
spectors and the loss on it would not
mean much to the shippers and pro
ducers.
The commission men contend
though, that if the packers are allowed
to refuse payment on this class of live
stock they will extend the ruling later
to all their purchases, and this. com
mission men declare. practically would
drive most of them out of business and
make the cattle raising business an ex-
temely Improbable one.
Some of the leading commission
firms and shippers have communicated
with the secretary of agriculture at
Washington with regard to the new ac-
tion on the part of the packers. and as
surances have been given that any at
tempt TO delay payments on live stock
as threatened by the packers, would re-
suit in the Withdrawal of the inspection
service.
The Glenwood post., 1907-06-01
Burglars Steal Piano.

Denver.-Burglars entered the resi-
dence of w. H. Buck, 1888 Justina
street, while the owner was away and
stole the only piano he had. So softly
did they work that none of the neigh
bors were Jared from the arms of Nor
pheus, and so cleverly that not
even moving van or hoisting der
rick was left behind to afford detec-
tives a clew
Policeman Bosworth, copper on the
beat, came under the stern eve of the
department when the daring theft was
reported. He was assigned to the case
with instructions to keep an eye on
houses and vacant lots and prevent the
removal of any from the district pa.
troled by him. The policeman
sleuthed until nearly midnight and
then telephoned in that the mystery
was deeper than ever.
According to theories advanced by
other detectives, the burglars must
have been musical in their tastes. The
next step Will be to locate musical bur
glars.
Neighbors, wrapped in profound and
lmpenetrable sleep, did not hear the
burglars while they were skdding the
l.5OO-ponnd piano out of the house and
loading it on dray. The tracks of
the dray also became lost in other
tracks on the street and the neighbor-
hood is confused
The burglars jimmied their way into
the residence of Buck and ignored his
locks.
The Glenwood post., 1907-06-01

"Oh, yes" | said. He was the first
to tell me about the ghosts at Carney
Croft; all that story of the Bruce
woman's prophecy that the place
would be haunted, you know"
"Humph!" said MacArdel, thought
fully. And where's the Bruce woman
now?'
She lievs on the place yet" | re
piled. Miss Carney gives her the use
of little house and about 20 acres
of land rent free, and some man about
here works the property on shares fol
her. It's that hilly land about a mile
east of the house where the big elm
is You remember, | told you In
new golf links would take in that tree
and the land around it,
Our return trip from the railway
station took us past Hoskins' again,
and that individual was summing him
self in front of the house as we drove
up.
by the way, Hoskins," said Mac.
Ardel, stopping his horse and beckon.
ing the man toward him, what's the
name of the fellow that owns this out.
fit?"
"Jenks." said Hoskins, briefly.
Sam jerks, tn lazy cuss"
When is he going to marry the
widow" asked MacArdel, in a most
matter-of-fact way.
That's jest it," replied Hoskins in
obvious disgust. You tell me an I'll
tell you. Goodness knows; he's ben
a-sparkin' her long enough; ever sence
'baout a month after her boy got kill
ed. S'pose he felt kinder sorry fer
her at first, an then, after a time, he
began teh git mushy over it. | wish
teh goodness he'd either marry her or
leave her alone! What with his gal.
livantin' all over the country with her
every week or ten days, an not gittin'
his hoss in tn stable till nigh onto
daylight, there's no dependin' on him
teh meet TIL trains or do anything
else, fur that matter. Here he is now,
abed an asleep, an eff it hadn't beu
fur you gents a-drivin up teh TIL
deepo'. we wouldn't ha' got no mail
till night. in all probability"
With this remark he fished out two
mail bags which the station master
must have tossed into the back OF
the wagon as we were driving away.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
The Glenwood post., 1907-06-01
Iron and Steel Exports Increase,

Washington.-Iron and steel exports
from the United States in the fiscal
year which ends on June 30th will ag-
sregate approximately $4,000 900 in
value, against $57, ,000, 900 a decade ago
and Sl6,OOO,OO0 two decades earlier
Figures isued by the Bureau of Sta
ustics of the Department of Commerce
and labor show the value of iron and
steel manufactures exported in the ten
months ending with April, 1907. at
about Sl50,000,O00, and the figures
seem TO justify the estimate of sl75,-
100000, speaking in round terms. as
the value of iron and steel exports
for the fiscal year 1907
Cotton manufacturers were a close
second to iron and steel during a cou-
pie of decades ago, but now stand
fourth in the lis, of great groups of
manufactures exported, copper ranking
ing second, wool manufactures third.
and cotton manufactures fourth. For
the nine months of the fiscal year 1907
for which figures are now available,
manufactures of iron and steel ex-
ported aggregated S132, 900, 900, copper
s70.000,000, manufactures $50, 900. 900
and cotton manufactures $25, 500 900.
The high grade manufactures of iron
and steel exported from the United
States are accepted in every part of
the world.
The Glenwood post., 1907-06-01
Rancher May Have Drowned.

De Beque, Colo.-Joseph Sinclair. ri.
oneer recluse of this section, has mys.
teriously disappeared. He was last
seen week ago and it is feared that
he has either ended his own life or
met with a fatal accident
His absence was not discovered un.
til yesterday, and since that time
friends and neighbors have made a
thorough search of his ranch and sur
founding country without finding any
trace of him. His cabin was found
locked and nothing within was disar-
ranged. A pocketbook containing a
small sum was lying on the table. 4
This fact has caused the authori-
ties to drop the fou! play theory, as
he had no enemies. and the only mo-
tive for murder. they say, would be
robbery. Sinclair was seventy years
old
The officers are endeavoring to trace
the body seen in the Grand river at
Grand Junction several days ago. 1t
was reported that this might be the
corpse Of Sinclair, but owing to the
fact that the body was first seen as far
up as Newcastle little faith is placed
in this theory.
The Glenwood post., 1907-06-01
CHAPTER X.
Courtship and Business.


We breakfasted at Hoskins'. AS we
were rising from the table, MacArdel
said: I've got a trunk up at the sta
tion. suppose l can get somebody
around here to take it down to the
house"
There's an old fellow here who
drives what he calls an express |
replied. Il expect he'll attend to 1t
for you
Hoskins was standing by the door
as we left the room and l asked him
where we could find the stage driver,
but his reply was far from encourag-
ing.
"Ye can't find him at ALL he said.
He didn't git in till nigh mornin', an
he's abed yet. His wagons aout teh
tn barn, an eff ye want teh hitch up
yerselves an git th' trunk ye're well
come to. fur all l can see. I'd send
one O. my boys fur 1t eff could. but
they're all workin' to-day, an l can't
git hold O. one nohow."
The Glenwood post., 1907-06-01
Denver Mint Being Investigated.

Washington. - According to the
rough draft of the report made by the
commission appointed by the President
to investigate the Denver mint, a con
dition has been found which may re-
suit in the removal Of one or more
prominent heads from the Colorado in.
stitution. The coinage department,
which is under the direction of Harry
Tarbell, is said to have shown a lack
of thoroughness, and several times
coins have been found to be much
heavier or lighter than the law pre-
scribes.
On whose shoulders the blame will
finally rest remains to be seen, but it
is reported that the coinage depart
ment is responsible for these dIscrep-
ancies and that removals will be made
soon.
Director OF the Mint Roberts refuses
to discuss the report until after the
secretary of the treasury has been seen
and is ready to make his recommends
tions.
The Denver mint has been investi-
gated thoroughly in all It's branches.
While, technically, only one issue of
coins was found to be off in weight, the
commission did not stop its inquiry
with this one issue, but has looked into
every department.
The Glenwood post., 1907-06-01

patches here and there under the
trees. Whether because of his startled
remark that this was the smell os the
grave, or perhaps on account of the
nervous strain to which | had just
been subjected, l was forced to view
this operation from respectful dis
tance and was glad when the investi-
CATION was completed.
Leaving the rags, for such they
were, strewn about as MacArde had
scattered them, we returned in silence
to the house and reseated ourselves
on the veranda.
Mac" | said abruptly, moment
later, do you know that we left this
place standing wide open and that
some one may be inside by this timer
Not much danger of that" said
MacArdel slowly. Whoever was
around here is as far away by this
time as he can possibly get. Make no
mistake about it, Ware, those pieces
of cloth down there have been around
a corpse,"
shuddered in spite of myself and
we slept in the same room that night.
with the doors and windows bolted,
and a revolver under each of our pill
lows.
The Glenwood post., 1907-06-01

that I could scarcely draw my breath.
For an instant MacArdel sat as one
petrified, and then, with a muttered
cry. he sprang over the rail and fol-
lowed the fieeting things into the
blackness of the overhanging trees.
l was after him in a bound. Run
ming with all our speed, we saw the
creatures, whatever they were, sail
majestically before us as on wings of
air until they reached the river, where.
in the full glare of the moonlight,
they vanished suddenly under our very
eyes.
When l overlook MacArdel he was
leaning heavily against a tree trunk,
gasping for breath.
"Ware!" he said, as soon as he
could speak. THAT odor was the smell
of the grave. There's nothing else like
it, / tell you, man! l was a coroner
for too many years and have opened
too many collins not to know it."
He sank to the ground from sheer
exhaustion.
A moment later l heard cracking
in the underbrush not far away and
with shout, | dashed into the bushes,
followed by MacArdel. Suddenly there
was glimpse of white through the
leaves, and, with a warning cry, l drew
my revolver and fired twice with care.
full aim. The object in white fell to the
ground, and we were upon it in an in
stant, while the continued cracking of
branches showed that some one was
escaping at the top of his speed.
The white object was a bundle of
towels and odd pieces of bed linen and
the articles were permeated by the
same indescribable odor that we had
noticed as we pursued the fleeting
creatures in white down the path to
the river.
MacArdel poked the parcel open with
a stick and spread the pieces about in
the moonlight as it filtered in through
the branches overhead. making bright
The Glenwood post., 1907-06-01

We decided that we were quito
equal to this task, and, proceeding to
the stable, undertook to hitch up" on
our own account.
MacArdel did the driving, and sat
on the seat behind him in all the glory
of an escorted guest. AS we turned
the corner into the road that led to
the station, a sudden gust of wind
waited into my face the same indie
scribable odor that had Offended my
nostrils the night before and l called
him to stop.
Mac" l said, there's something
wrong here! can get that confounded
smell again!"
He pulled up his horse with a jerk
and, springing to the ground, began
with me, to peer under the seats OF
the vehicle. A moment later he ex-
tracted from pile of blankets and
laprobes, a bundle of white cloths
similar in appearance to those we had
discovered on the previous night, and
eXhaling the same odor.
Put them back" l exclaimed sud
denly, "and cover them up again, too!
After we get the trunk we can take
them to the house and see what they
are"
Great ideal" muttered MacArdel
only l was on the point of suggesting
it myself. Get in here with me. The
airs better up front"
l clambered into the seat by his side
and we proceeded on our way to the
station.
"Who is it that owns this turnout?'
asked MacArdel DO you know any
thing about him?"
Nothing more than that he makes
regular trips to and from the trains,
replied. Runs sort of local express
you know, between the station and
Hoskins' hotel. Carries the mail and
passengers, if there are any,"
Did you ever see him and talk tc
him?" continued MacArdel.
The Glenwood post., 1907-06-01
colorado.kansas Water Case.

Washington.-On behalf Of the state
of Kansas. Solicitor General Hoyt en-
tered motion in the Supreme Court
of the United States for leave to file
a petition for rehearing in the Kan
sas Colorado case. which was decided
by the court two weeks ago in the In
terest of Colorado.