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Evening star., 1907-08-18

The silhouette of the ultra-modish woman
leaves peculiar kind of impression, yet
when one sees so many, all affecting the
same fashion and poise. the genre becomes
less distinctive.
The picture, as a whole, Is typical of the
extremes in summer fashons-an oversee
echo from Paris.
Long trailing skirts reign supreme, save
all for morning wear and sports. The
bodices are cut over the loose kimono style
and coats are of the mandarin order. Add
to this the huge, ungraceful mushroom
hats, pinned on by faith to the back, loaded
with large pompons. of flowers, yard-long
plumes, struggling toque or spider-like
ostrich. The chin Of the wearer is slightly
tilted, the naughty eyes raised challeng-
ingly, the shoulders thrown forward with
wearied step In accordance-this in the pen
picture of the ultra fashionable woman at
Newport.
She seems to be ineXpressibly wearied by
the burden of so many riches. and, more
often than it is pleasant to see, assumes
an expression of hopeless boredom.
Truly a lady slave to fashion, her social
ambitions and triumphs.
The fashion sketches were drawn from
life and the colorng realistically produced.
MARJORIE. e.
Evening star., 1907-08-18
Diet and Exercise.

1t is quite possible that more harm arises
from indiscretons in food than in drink.
The excessive meat eating that is SO COM
mon is undoubtedly one great factor in the
production OF so much rheumatism, head
Evening star., 1907-08-18
Collars.


From Dress.
The stiff linen collars are being replaced
with embroidered and valenciennes neck
wear purely feminine in style. Double
rows of colored baby ribbon give a pretty
finish to the top edge.
Evening star., 1907-08-18
A Thought.

There is trouble enough in the world Try
to Danish some of il with a smile and a
laugh and kind word. You owe duty to
yourself and to your fellow beings to be
happy.
Evening star., 1907-08-18

From $4,000 to $4,000, l should say"
was her quick response, without even TAX
ing time to think it over. 1 gasped.
Why, one could build lovely country
home for that amount" suggested
And so you could my dear. very COM
Portable one" she added. smiling indul-
gently.
How much do women spend on gowns
alone for the Newport season.
From $500 to $4,000, and from fifteen
to twenty gowns should be sufficient, un-
less the season is unusually long and gay"
l could not receive so much startling in
formation without getting little more, and
so l append the following list, detailed ac-
cording to the ultra-modish woman's ex-
penditures upon her elegant, even regal,
apparel vanities.
This summing up is taken according to
the wealthy society women of New York.
but doubtless 1t will tally in many respects
with women of other large cities of similar
caste:
Gowns for balls and opera 5000; dinner,
bridge and reception gowns, $1,000; furs,
including wraps, hats, neckpieces and
muffs, also those for automobiling, $1,000;
| opera cloakS, separate coats and evening
wraps, $500; gowns for afternoon teas,
! luncheons, theater. 5000; frocks for in
! formal home wear, street costumes shirt
| waists. bodiees, $1,000; negligees and house
| gowns, $1,000; lingerie, including evening
| underskirts, I,00o; hats, wells, jeweled or
! naments 81 l,5oo; footgear for house wear.
| street. ballroom, carriage, s1.o00; togs for
| sports, $500; accessories, laces, scarfs,
| oil
/ French jewelry, 5000. Add to this the
| inevitable dry-cleaning bills for so many
| perishable elegancies and you will see that
| the grand dame knows whereof she speaks
| This does not include the wages and living
Evening star., 1907-08-18
NEWPORT, August 10, 1907.

NEWPORT, August 10, 1907.
TF you want to see the best-gowned
women in America and the costliest of
modern wardrobes come to Newport
Il and be convinced.
Everything runs on lavish and
luxurious scale. with prices in accordance
for 1t has passed into history that Newport
is the most expensive city in the world, far
outrivaling New York.
Those of us who have lived there know
that most New Workers, especially if they
are wealthy, part with their money at a
reckless pace, remarka BILE indeed, even to
atiuent foreigners.
AS the apotheosis OF extravaganza at
Newport take, for example. the many bril-
liant fetes and entertainments given by
hosts of international reputation, lasting
but few fleeting hours and costing from
s. 600 TO $1,000. a single detail, the illumi-
nation, will cost from 5000 to 5000. So
il is easy TO see where the money goes.
While the season is in full swing several
of these sumptuous affairs will be given in
a single week.
Could Roman feasts surpass this royal
hospitality?
OF course. when hidden to such magnif-
cent entertainments every woman naturally
wishes, in simple Justice, to do her part by
appearing in a toilet worn for the first
time and the best her wardrobe affords
For this reason the dates of these very ele-
giant functions are set weeks. possibly
months. in advance, so that the sartorial
masterpieces may be- withheld to blossom
forth in all their ravishing beauty.
Evening star., 1907-08-18

expenses of a maid, expensive luxury
anywhere, but more especially at Newport.
Yet, if it wasn't for this deft-hngered
creature women could not get into half OF
their gowns or build their intricate coif-
fures.
Evening star., 1907-08-18

the boise or about the betting booths at
Longchamps.
Evening star., 1907-08-18

| inquired of my hostess, who knows
Newport. old and new. like the Jewels in
her casket, TO give me an estimate of the
cost of the year-round wardrobes worn by
Newports socially elect-that is, among
those who were classed as millionaires.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-10-10
The Race Problem.

Hardly a day passes but which
we see something in print about
the "Race Problem" and there are
many who see, or think they see,
in its solution cause for apprehen-
sion. The trouble with a great
many of those who are trying to
solve the problem is that they do
not know, or cannot define, just
what there is about it to be solved
Some of them might profit by q
visit here, for the problem has
been solved, Tin small Way in
this institution. Here. we have
white men, black men, red mon,
and men that are no men at all,
situated exactly on the same
footing, enjoying the same privi-
leges, the one being entitled to pre-
cisely the same amount of consider
alton as the other. The entire
absence Of friction of any kind,
and the complete harmony that
prevails, leads us to suggest that
this rule might, with some neces-
sary but slight notifications. prove
a cure for race problemism.
The race problem is generally
construed by Americans to refer
10 the Negro race only, as Asiatic
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-10-10
A Few Yarns.

Sailors are often asked many
questions in regard to their sea-
faring life, and I guess l have been
asked questions as often as any of
them. I shall try and answer a
few of them and spin a wee yarn"
at the same time. [ have often
been asked if there are any flies at
sea. There are not; it is too salty
for them. The prison fly, however,
is a plucky joker. The other day
one got between my eyeglasses and
my eye, and bless my sea boots if
the rascal didn't begin to dance a
hornpipe. When l managed to
drive him out he few up and lit on
the telegraph wire where about a
dozen other flies were awaiting q
message from home. He induced
several of them to come down and
attack me. Well, / brought my
number twelve down on few and
then the rest went back to the
wire.
/ have been asked If We have
any vermin st sea. We surely do.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-10-10

and as fast as they got whale oil,
they would empty the water into
the sea.
was recently asked by George
the pipe man whether the sea
moon is the same as the one we
have on land. I think they are
identical. At sea we have new
moon, full moon, and what they
call an old moon. The sea moon
has few characteristics, one of
which is that when she is not full
she is hnngry-at least SO the
Yankee said. A German got news
at sea that his wife was the mother
of twins, and in his hurry to get
home to see the babies, he carried
full sail. The mate called down
the hatch that it looked wicked to
windward. The captain asked
chow is the moon, and the mate
replied that it was just filling.
"Well,' said the captain, "she will
scoff it." Soon the sails were car
ried to leeward to make blankets
for the fishes. The captain rushed
on deck and asked where his sails
were. "The moon scoffed Them"
answered the mate, and the cap
tain hadn't nothing further to say.
A sailor is forbidden to sleep on
deck when the moon is filling; it
effects his eyes and makes him
blind until that moon is past.
Whenever sailor became moon.
blind We would play all kinds Of
tricks on him. We fwould lay
down in front of him and over he
would go. This0used to be great
sport for the sailors. / tried this
scheme on q chap once, but it
seemed that he had partly recovered
his sight and | got good swift
kick for my trouble. If you killed
a pig at sea and hung it where it
was exposed to the moon, you
would have to throw it overheard:
it would be unfit to eat. Fish, also,
were spoiled by the moon. I can't
explain why this is so, but it is
true. SINBAD.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-10-10
Importance Of Public Opinion.

there exists secret knowledge
that our greatness" depends very
much upon the caprice OF others,
and if we should retire within the
shadow of self our greatness would
not be hampered nor inconven-
fenced by the contracted limits OF
it's abode. Eliminate this element
from the social fabric and most
complete would be the destruction
of the whole design.
He who lives for self, and self
only, does not live at all in the
higher and true meaning of the
word but simply sustains, by gross
and selfish indulgences, an animal
existence that is destitute Of all
the attributes which make con-
scious full life; a life teeming
with love, with moral, intellectual
and spiritual beauty; life whose
are a reflection of the
divine flame within that is kept
burning and quickened by the
omnipotent hand of creation.
People of this earth are Influenced
and controlled very much in the
same manner as are the stars in the
planetary system, each person or
orb having an individual and dis
tinct motive, or motion. yet con-
forming to reciprocal law that
maintains universal harmony.
ALI worthy ambitions, all noble
desires spring not from selfish
motive but from love for others.
Base deeds and actions of the most
selfish and vicious are invariably
accompanied by attempts at con-
ceaIment, unless the depravity of
the perpetrator has developed into
actual insanity. This being true
we readily see that they respect
less their own conscience than the
opinion of others, and, no doubt
they are many times restrained
from carrying out wicked impulses
because of the fear of detection
and a consequent loss of prestige.
TO those who are good, that is
those who are sufficiently .enlight-
ened to be able.to distinguish truth
from error, it is a healthy stimulus;
and to those who are evil minded
or wicked, meaning those whose
moral perceptions have been dulled
by error, it acts as a determent.
Followed to its last analysis, it will
be seen that public opinion is
superior to any human enacted
laws; that it enters into the minu-
test details of social conditions,
impelling here, restraining there,
and everywhere acting asa govern
ing agent to maintain an equi)ib-
rum of conditions without which
all would be chaos and confusion.
PAUL
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-10-10

or did in my day. There were
rats, reaches, and several kinds of
bugs, and if we had a cargo of fat
Russians, there were plenty of
greybacks. A cargo of Rockefeller
oil, however, will clear them all
out. I don't know if it is the oil
or Rockefeller that they dislike, but
they take to the water just the
same.
/ recently seen an article in q
paper which stated that vessel
moored at certain dock had tin
shields on its hawsers in order to
keep the rats from coming aboard
or going on the wsrf. This is q
protection against the bubonic
plague. I knew of captain who
adopted clever scheme to get rid
of his rats. He lay in port at Am
sterdam. He had just discharged
q cargo of oats and potatoes and
his ship was full of rodents. A
vessel lay alongside of him taking
on a cargo of cheese for the Dutch
East Indies. The Yankee captain
was to sail in the morning, 80 he
put plank from his ship to that
Of the other. When the rats went
across for the cheese, he pulled in
the plank and sailed away without
a single rat on board. To make it
plain so you will not think that I
am drawing the long bow, | must
say that the ships are moored in
tiers; they discharge cargo over
each others decks.
These sea rats are at all times
hungry and thirsty. Back in the
seventies a peculiar incident hap
pened while I was on board the
American ship Dauntless. We
had a wooden water tank that held
six months supply of water. It
was the stewards duty to keep
fresh water in a pan for the rats.
At sea all water is fresh that is not
salty; it may be vapid, but it is
fresh just the same. l have drank
water at sea when | had to hold
my nose. But back to my yarn.
The steward failed to put out any
water for the rats, and that night
they gnawed a hole in the bottom
of the water tank. At the time
this occurred we were sailing down
the dry ATTITUDES of the Pacific,
and to make matters worse, we had
a shipwrecked crew on board.
However, good luck favored us, for
We fell in with q whaler and got q
generous supply Of fresh water.
In those days whalers would fill
their new oil barrels With water,
&. S s - ssss*'
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-10-10

Objectionable, can be, it they are
not already, excluded by immigra-
lion laws. But with the Negro it
lis different. He is here to stay,
and that fact alone should serve as
a basis for whatever there may be
to solve about the problem. The
South, in which the agitation nat
urally centers on account of the
numerical predominance of the
Negro race, is governed entirely
by the white man, and he comes
very nearly doing as he pleases
with the Negro. Then Why so
much agitation? Isthe white man
of the South afraid the Negro will
become the governing power? All
indications point to the contrary,
and to the indefinite continuance
of the white mans rule.
If race prejudice we're removed
there would be little left of the
race problem. Continued racial
agitation does more than anything
else to keep the Southern Negro
ia an unsettled and consequently
in a nonprosperous state and evil
results are the natural cOnse-
.quences. The South abounds in.
fire. eating politicians who must
have an "issue," and they seize
upon the race problem for political
capital, and so long as they can
keep it alive as an issue, just SO
long will the problem remain un-
solved. Legislators as we'll as go
ciety should treat this matter more
in the light of condition to be
met, rather than problem to be
solved. Society can ADJUST itself
to meet this condition just as
readily as itmeets other conditions.
Anyone who knows the South can
account for the illiteracy among
the Negroes, as we'll as large per
cent of the Whites, by the inade-
quacy of the educational facilities
provided. This evil should Be
remedied, for education and en-
ightenment will eliminate many
of the preiudices and obstacles
which would be hard or impossi-
BILE to otherwise overcome.
No rational being expects to
ever see the Negro and white man
meet upon a mutual social plain,
bat that has nothing to do with
the race problem, for the Negro is
not asking for, or seeking, a place
in the white mans social set. The
old adage :'birds of feather flock
together" applies tittingly to men
as we'll as birds. When the Ne
gro is treated :with fairness and
justice, insured in his right to en-
JOY prosperity and wealth if he can
attain them, when adequate indus
trial and educational advantages
are nearer within his reach, then
tinis may be written across the
"Race Problem" and there will be
no danger of the Negro overriding
or trying to break down the social
barriers that surround his white
brother, for the Negro will have
enough of his own. j. LIZ.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-10-10

Solemn Senior SO your efforts
to get on the team we're fruitless.
were theyf"
Foolish freshman Oh. mol
Not ct al. They eayeme ! lemon.
Harvard Lsnpoon,
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-10-10

How did the bookkeeper man
age to break into the safer"
He was used to making entries. 2
Harvard Lampoon.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-10-10
low we look TO others may
only be of secondary import
ance, yet much time and care
=; Given 70 tho "details which


ance, yet much time and care
is given to the details which
sets forth individuality (geniuses
excepted). This may be distinct,
if not the distinguishing mark OF
civilization. To 30 shape our
course aud control our actions that
they may be regarded with ap-
proval by our kind is, after all has
been said, the Fundamental princi-
pie of all civilization. 1t neces-
sarily follows, in obedience to this
principle, that we voluntarily con-
stitute Judges in the persons OF our
fellowmen and agree to accept
their verdicts, be they favorable OF
adverse. The scriptural command,
.iudge not, lest We be judged with
the same judgment" is disregard
ed when dealing with the material
side of human nature.
We we'll know that every visible
act will be given an estimate by
those with whom we are associated.
And we further know that this
estimate will be to US either IN
spring or humiliating according
to it's tenor and our own suscepti-
bilities, hence, we strive to have
others see us in light whose rays
and beams are composed chiefly OF
praise and appreciation. This APP
plies not only to the false and
yainglorious but to the true and
humble as we'll. No one is abso-
lutely Indifferent to the praise OF
public opinion. Many there are
who recklessly sacrifice everything.
manhood, honor, virtue, friends
and kindred, in an attempt to gain
it. There are others who surrender
in part their high ideals and lofty
aspirations that they, too, may re-
ceiye a mess of this delectable pot
tage. And there are still others
who, while spurning fattery in
any form and those who would
dare to give it, have a just sense
of appreciation for sincere and
we'll merited compliments and are
ever willing to conform to the
rules and follow the precepts OF
really good society.
AS to the first class they pay an
exorbitaut price for transitory
bauble-a vapory nothing, falsely
gained, precariously held and sub
ject to recall without notice by a
vacillating and capricious creditor,
thereby rendering their last estate
infinitely worse than their first.
Those who make partial or pro-
yisional sacrifices will be bruised
in proportion to the depth they
have fallen. They will suffer
from a complex malady; an aban-
donment of good intentions; a
shrinkage of generous impulses; a
lessening of moral courage and a
species of depravity that will re-
tard the growth and development
of the perfect man, thus curtailing
their usefulness and placing them
in juxtaposition to an inferiority
that they would blush to acknowl-
edge.
AS to those who despise fattery
and in nowise make use of any de-
ceptlons to gain some of the CLAM
ours of public applause, they are
the really true and chivalrous
knights whose clean motives and
pure actions are deserving of gen.
uine praise, and when given they
appreciate it, not because 1t Is
merely praise, but because it Is an
intelligent approval of their con-
duct which has been rightfally in
terpreted and justly passed upon
I'm fhoir falIOw creatures 1t
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-10-10
Che Optff1tfst.

@EHINGS a. lookin' rather blue?
SI2. All the world y bit askew7
Sye Then. my friend, IT'S up to yon
just to hustle out and do
Something worth the while.
Wipe the tears from out your eye;
Things win get worse II you cry:
Seek the paths whore Fuses lie;
There is every reason why
You should wear smile.
Tho the clouds are dark to view
Still behind the sky is blue.
And the sun will soon shine thru
With his golden CLEANS on you
II you work away.
Tho the world be dark and drear.
What's the use to quake In fear?
Wipe away that idle tear,
Look to see that dawning clear
OF a brighter day.
Locked within their icy tomb
Are the flowers of springtimes bloom;
In good time they'll light the gloom,
Scent the air with sweet perfume
AS you trudge along.
Life Is always what IT'S made,
Why should you, then. be dismayed?
Keep on going, unafraid
Every doubt can be allayed
With cheerful song. s.
Keep on working with will:
Tackle cen the steepest hill:
Bid each doubt and fear be still
And each day with duty fiji
Duty noble done
Try again II once you fail;
At one illsuccess don't rail:
Brayely face life's fiercest gale:
Don't sit down to weep and wall
Thus success is won.
will M. Maupin.
Middletown transcript., 1907-03-30
WARWICK

E. E. Marsh spent one day this week in
Clayton.
Guy johnson spent Saturday with rela-
tives in EIkton.
Mrs. John R. Price is spending several
days at Atlantic City for her health.
We are pleased to report that Mrs.
Archie Crawford is improving.
Miss Agnes Crowley was the guest of
tile Misses Marsh on Saturday.
Mrs. Anna Lofand has returned from
spending a few weeks with relatives in
Chester.
Mr.. William Vinyard and son Jesse
spent one day last week with relatives
near Middletown.
Miss Clara Manlove and brother Homer,
OF Cecilton, have been spending a few
days with their cousin, Minnie Smith.
Miss Ethel yinyard spent from Friday
to Monday with her sister, Mrs. Uric CHM,
OF McDonough.
L. B. Maniove and wife we're the gnests
OF Lambert Boulden and vile, OF Cayots,
on Sunday.
Easter services will be held in the NJ.
p. Church on Sunday morning at l0.3o
A. NJ, and Catholic Church near town Al
Ill A. Nj.
Middletown transcript., 1907-03-30
EASTER I'M OUR CHURCHES
Extra Music and Special Programs viii
be Rendered

The churches will all have extra music
on tomorrow Easter Sunday. The follow
ing is the order Of services in the different
churches: st. Anne's Episcopal Church
Holy Communion so A. M. Prayer and
Holy Communion 1890 A. M. Choral
Evensong $50 P. NJ. Evening Prayer
7.30 P. M. Morning, Professional, swell
come,, Happy Morning" Psalter, 2,57,
Ill. Easter Anthem l93 Gloria Patri
1893. Te Deum, Hopkins. Benedictus,
Woodward. Holy Communion. 1ntroit,
"Christ the Lord is risen to-day" Kyrie
Eleison, 2as. Gloria Tibi, 345. Sermon
Hymn, angels roll the rock away"
Oaertory. Anthem, He is risen." Sur
sum Corda. Sanctus. Communion
Hymn, 22S. Gloria in ExceIsis. Nunc
Dimittis. Evening-Processional, "Come
We faithful, raise the strain" Gloria
Patri, 1873. Magniicat-Bunnett. Bonum
Est. Nunc Dimittis-Bunnett. Dens Mis-
ereatur. Benedic Anima. Anthem, Il
know that my Redeemer liveth." Hymn,
'eThe Day Of Resurrection" Offertory.
Anthem, He is Risen" Recessional,
''1he strife is DER, the Battles done"
In Forest Presbyterian Church, the
pastor, Rev. F. Ii. Moore, will preach
sermons at the morning and evening SER
vice appropriate to the day. Special
music will be rendered at both services.
The following hymns and anthems will
be sung at the morning service: III, '"All
hail the glorious MORN" -l50, "Christ
the Lord is Risen to-day" ITO, "Christ
above all glory seated" Anthem, "Vic-
tory over DEATH" Evening Service: ISL,
"Hark! ten thousand harps and voices. "
l50, "Jesus Christ is risen to-day" 80,
"AlI hail the power Of Jesus name" An
them, Christ hath won the victory.
At the,Catholich Curch there will be
High Mass and an Easter sermon. Offer
tory Regina Coeli.
At the Methodist Episcopal, Church
the new pastor, Rev. George Jones,
will preach appropriate Easter sermons,
and the choir will give special music.