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The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-24
GOOD MANNERS.

Good manner are something more
than a veneer of po%liteness and con-
formity with the strict rules OF the
complete book OF decorum. They should
not be COMPOUNDED with the fashions
The latter have been described as a
perpetual setting up of a certain
standard of taste (which yesterday was
ridiculous because 1t was so new, and
tomorrow will be ridiculous from its
being m The modes change
suddenly and capriciously, at the ar
bitrary command of some mysterious
censor of style, says the Philadelphia
Ledger. Good in the essence
survive from generation to generation
The well-bred person of today is very
much like his well-bred forbears in es-
sential things. A man or woman who
performs an act of mere pollteness
awkwardly may exhibit fine manners,
Good manner are good conduct ac-
cording to the time and circumstances,
The begrimed son of toll, riding home-
ward after a weary day, who surren-
ders his seat in the crowded car to a
woman, to an aged or decrepit person,
performs IN act of true gentility which
puts to shame many of the gracious
things done in polished circles.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-24

Have you ever stopped to think thai
You can have Just as much happiness every
day of your life as you care to possess4
1t all depends on the way In which you
look at things. All the joys In the world
will give you little satisfaction unless you
accept them 1oyously, and II you are look,
ing for the gloomy side of things you VIII
be pretty sure to find. 1t.
Cor slider that each day is a life oy
itself, and try not to make it as sunshiny
as possible. 1t will not be much trouble
after you try 1t a couple of times,
You are under a moral obligation 10
help your fellow creatures all you can. ana
how are YOU going to do so II you con
tinue to let that unsilghtly scowl ana DIS
c~ontented expression remain on your race
Smile a while.
The woman who is always declaring that
she says just what she thinks, seidom
thinks what she is saying. In fact' she
is so busy talking that she has little time
to think at all.
Her neighbours business is always founo
most interesting, while her own Is usually
sadly neglected. And there Is no happen
ing among her friends families which sne
considers none of her affairs" Her al
vice is always on tap, to be turned on
whenever she thinks 1t is needed.
Other women are usually a little Dill
afraid of her. for she has the kind OF a
tongue which is prone to wag mot wisely,
but too weIl,' and she is just as liable
to be malicious as not, II she has a grieV-
ance against a person.
When you meet such a person as she,
steer clear of her, for she has a way OF
extracting your family history from you
before you know it, passing 1t on to the
next neighbor, and speaking her mind
about its various chapters.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-24
WHEN CANNING FRUIT
AN VEGETABLES.

Before putting fruit in glass jars wash
them In soapsuds containing a little soda.
Then rinse well with sealding water, and
set in the sun to dry.
If you want the flavor of the fruit to
come out well do not use an excess of
sugar.
Never use poor fruit for canning. The
best is none too good. Let 1t be as fresh
as possible, and not over-ripe.
Handle 1t as little as possible.
Have everything in readiness before you
begin operations. The woman who has to
run to pantry or kitchen every time a
thing Is wanted makes herself double the
work that's necessary.
Use the best grade of sugar. 1t may cost
a little more than the ordinary, but 1t will
make your fruit enough better to pay the
difference in cost.
Do not stir your fruit when it is cooking.
If you want to know how 1t Is coming
along, take out a piece of 1t without dis
turbing the rest.
Give it a brisk boiling. If allowed to
stand and simmer 1t will not retain its
shape well.
When the cans are ready for sealing see
that the covers fit perfectly. Never use
one that does not hug down tightly to the
shoulder of the jar.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-24
DAINTY SETS OF
CANDY BOXES.

II want to make a pleasant and
lasting impression upon the girl to whom
you send candy, remember that those
ent boxes of different shapes and sizes,
all decorated in the same design and
%colors, will appreciate a series or set for
their bedrooms or boudeirs.
Select a box in the color which you
know your friend likes, and see that the
ornamentation Upon 1t is embroidered or
painted prettily In Louis XVI. style1for
that Is very much in vogue. Your first
offering may be a square box, to hold
handkerchiefs: your next. a long box for
her gloves, FOLLOWED by still longer ones
for her evening gloves and ties.
1t will then, says an exchange, not be
amiss to remember a box for her jewelry,
and then one for her stock collars. By
that time a hairpin box and a sewing box
will show indications that o have
progressed far enough in her good graces
to be mindful of the practical things which
she may require. She will, too, then be
fitted out with n beautiful set for hei
room-for all these boxes are properly ar
ranged inside for the purposes for which
they are deslgned-and care Is taken mol
to let them be injured by the candy which
they contain.
Few girls can long remain Indifferent to
a man who will take the trouble TO buy
her candy, boxes in sets for her enjoy
ment, instead of inundating her with a
promiscuous heap of boxes of all sorts and
colors of which she can make little or no
use and seldom keeps.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-24
THE WAY SHE KNEW.

NO. ma'am." said an Irish maid of
much experience, as she returned to an
intelligence office the other day. II didn't
engage with the family. 1 didn't like
the looks of their cat
"Of their cat?" repeated the owner of
the Office in amazement. why, Katie,
I'm sure they wouldn't keep a c.. h a
was in any way dangerous"
Not dangerous. no. ma'am, but a rest
less. unhappy looking creature that didn't
speak well for the family replied the
girl. IT always judge a family by their
cat-if they have one. A sleek. comfort
able pussy who comes up and rubs against
you means a quiet, ~good-natured family,
and one that's not worrying about ways
and means: but a nervous. unfrlendly
looking cat reflects a household which is
on the verge of nervous prostration or
financial ruin or some other horrible trou-
ble.'' SAYS the Philadelphia Daily Evening
Telegraph.
i've been living with families and
studying their cats for twenty-five years,
and I've never known the sign to fail. A
family that can't make Its cat happy is
one to make any servant miserable"
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-24
CONFESSIONS OF A
PROFESSIONAL WOMAN.

In Harper's Bazaar Ane O'Hagan, who
has been writing brilliantly of spin
sters, now turns her attention to the
spinster as a professional woman. Miss
O'Hagan knows her sex and writes of
1t frankly and entertainingly. If she
dispels some of our fondest illusions,
she gives us in their place the sunny
elements of humor and common sense.
In the September Bazaar she says:
"And there you have one great re-
ward-perhaps the greatest-of a pro-
fession. 1t so moulds its followers to
it's requirements that there is ne room
left in them for ~bemoaning the loss
of the good things which it has cost
them. That 1t does cost them good
things is undeniable, and is perhaps
the measure of it's own value; those
are trifling benefits for which we pay
nothing. My career has doubtless cost
me the realization of that house and
garden-not, of course, that / ever held
sonorous debate upon their respective
claims, not that I yer crushed my
instincts at the command of
or subdued womanly long
ings for the sake of-let us a. a pic
ture on the line. 1t is, I think, only in
stories that things happen so crudely.
In real life the matter is more subtly
adjusted. We've professional women
are busy, we are interested in our
work, we are profoundly interested in
getting ahead. The atmosphere which
surrounds us-our aura / suppose
call 1t in esoteric circles-partakes
of the nature OF thoughts and am
billions. Ours is not the atmosphere of
invitation. In the circle of our in
fuence a man is not led inevitably to
breathe an air impregnated with fam
cies of love, passion, marriage, as he
is with those unmarried women from
the immediate foreground of whose
fancies the house, garden and children
have not been banished by other tenn
porarily more insistent ideals. There
fore. men are not so likely to fall in
love with us and we with them, and
marriage is not so likely to com to
pass as in those youthful circles sur
charged with sentiment"
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-24

Please tell me the best way to fix my
cane chairs. which sag in the seats and
look very u%nsightly. and oblige
MRS. C. II.
Try turning the chairs over and wash
ing them with strong s%oapsuds, soaking
them thoroughly. When dry they will
stiffen up to former shape.
Kindly tell me how to clean a dark
leather library table cover. which Is dull
and grimy. Thanking you in advance,
I remain. DAILY READER.
Rub the leather well with a cloth slight
w moistened with boiled linseed oil and
vinegar mixed together in equal parts,
and afterward rub well with soft cloth
busters until every vestlge of the oil is
removed. This treatment will improve the
cover wonderfully.
Another way is to dust the cover well,
dip a cloth in hot milk, wiring 1t out and
rub the leather thoroughly. When clean
rub dry and polish with the white of an
egg applied with a cloth.
VIII you kindly let me know the way
TO make maple walnut sauce, similar to
that served with sundaes at soda foun-
tafns? I would like to serve it with va
nilla ice cream. ! expect company Sun
day and wish you would. please try to
answer in Saturdays Question Box.
Thanking you in advance, I am,
ELSIE B.
Maple Walnut Sauce for Ice Cream
Boil one pound of maple sugar with a very
little water until it begins to thread.
Stir into 1t a half-cupful Of shelled Eng
fish walnuts. broken, not chopped. Re
from the fire and stir until the nuts
are well mixed through 1t. Pour, either
hot or cold. over vanilla ice cream.
Kindly publish a recipe for jelly roll.
I have som strawberry Jelly which
sngared. and ]. wan to use 1t in that a
Thanking you. I am. A. S. d.
jelly Roll-Beat three eggs very light,
add a half-cup Of brown sugar and five
te~aspoonfuls OF fiour sifted with a tea
spoonful of baking powder. Bake in a
sheet in a broad. shallow tin. well creased.
While hot. spread with Jelly and roll.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-24

which few women enter: AT 25 I re-
turned to my native village from college.
I had not decided on any career. but when
1 got back to the quiet town something
ralled upon me. 1t was the mem I had
known them all from y~outh-niee. prosaie
fellows, NIXON to settle down under thell
respective ancestral roof-trees-and I fec
the scene. In a larger city, AMONG
/ ustling business interests, | would find a
congenial mate. From the start / was n
business success. One small triumph fol-
lowed another. but I didn't marry. ]
found myself measuring men by their busi-
hess Qualifications. not by their personal
or domestic standards. At 40 l vol to a
realization that men were no longer In
terested In me as a woman. but as a dan
gerous business rival, a person who needed
to be watched, a creature to be f1attered,
alas, not because OF her womanliness and
feminine charms, but because her infu-
ence was valuable? Was I BATTERED at this
realization? MOI l was furious, and 1
have hated men ever SINCE"
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-24
CUPID IN BUSINESS.

The head Of a large clerical stnn COM
posed entirely of women said: Though
they will not admit it, nine girls out OF
ten look upon the business world as q
matrimonial field well worth working
Thousands enter 1t to find a husband and
emain In 1t TO avoid needing one, says
Anna Steese Richardson in the Woman's
Home Companion.
Cupid does not find the average shor
or office a %congenlal atmosphere in which
to labor. Women who work shoulder to
shoulder with men have few Illusions left
at the end of the first year. And say
what you win about the weakness and
%credulity of the old-fashioned women, II
Is not a kind hand that tears away every
Illusion. With the departure Of certain
ideals, women realize that certain reasons
for their existence, certain possibilities OF
happiness. have slipped out of their grasp
The girl who has won her first little com
mercial triumph Mt % does not understand
this, but the IN OF 30 or AZ, who has
drI nix the full measure Of business success
does understand, and suffers accordingly
Said n woman who a. a comparatively
young age has scored success in a field
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-24
MODlSH GREEN.

Green volles have been. perhaps. more
worn than anything else this summer. es-
pecially for country wear. They are made
in a simple style with plaits and tucks.
the waist invariably touched with white
lace and silver trimming. The taffeta boz
lero accompanies a costume of this kind.
while invariably the woman who really de-
sires to have the complete outfit, does not
omit the green parasol and green trimmed
hat. A wolfe of this kind has many good
features. though a dress of this particular
color Is a one season dress, for it is hope
lesslv old-fashioned after that time, for
colored dresses soon grow old and decided
" shabby, especially when the colors are
u%nusual. as they invariably are In green.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-24
WORTH CLIPPING.

Needles and pins will never rust in a
cushion filled with coffee grounds. Pour
the coffee from the grounds and rinse them
in cold water. Let them dry thoroughly
before using.
The bent point of a sewing machine
needle may be sharpened on a milestone
and need not be discarded.
Put a small bag of talcum powder In a
box with a cover and keep in the work.
box to rub OH the fingers when they per-
spire.
When you have occasion to use plaster
of paris wet it with vinegar instead of
water; then 1t will be like putty and can
be smoothed better, as 1t will not "set'
for half an hour, while plaster wet with
water hardens at once.
To string very fine beads cut one strand
of silk thread a little longer than the rest.
Wax and twist firmly. This can be thread
ed through fine beads without using a
needle.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-24
WITH FRESH EGGS
AND lei PEPPERS

Scrambled Eggs with Green Peppers
Toast as many slices of bread as
there are persons to serve. Butter
lightly and lay on a hot platter, where
they will keep warm. For four per-
IONS break a half-dozen fresh eggs into
a bowl and add to them six tablespoon
fuls water. Put into a frying pan a
level tablespoonful of butter and set
over the fire. When the butter is
melted and bubbly turn in the eggs.
AS the whites begin to set stir with a
silver fork. After they have cooked
half a moment, sprinkle over the top
two sweet green peppers, chopped fine
(seeds removed), and a half-teaspoon-
full salt. Lightly stir the peppers
through the eggs, ook a half moment
longer, then cover each slice of toast
with the scrambled eggs. Garnish with
little sprigs of parsley and serve.
Green Pepper Omelet.
Beat three eggs, whites and yolks
together, until rather light. Add to
them three tablespoonfuls of milk or
water, a quarter teaspoonful OeveD
salt and a little pepper. Take the seeds
from a sweet green pepper and chop
with an onion until quite fine. Put
half a level tablespoonful of butter in
a frying pan, and when hot our in the
egg mixture Let 1t cook slowly, slip
ping the blade of a knife under oc-
c~asionally to prevent its sticking.
When set sprinkle over one-half the
omelet the chopped pepper and onion.
When a delicate brown crust has been
formed on the under side of the omelet
fold one-half onto the other and turn
the omelet onto the centre of a hot
platter. Tuck sprigs of parsley or
watercress under the sides and gar
nish attractively and serve hot.
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this to dry three or four minutes before
using the hands. 1t will form a hard,
smooth scale. which sticks very tight. In
order TO remove 1t the child mrst willfully
bite 1t off. and most children only bite
their nails through Renew
the application every other day, soaking
the previous plaster away and stimulate
the pride of the ,hild by a talk on the
improved appearance of the nails.
A most superior tooth powder is made of
areca nut charcoal, five ounces; euttlefish
bone. two ounces; raw areea nuts, pound
ed. one ounce. Pound and mix. Two or
three drops OF oil of cloves or of cassia
may be added if a perfume Is desired.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-24
A SALAD OF NUTS,
APPLES AND CELERY.

Clean the celery nicely, wash well, then
crisp by keeping in a damp napkin on the
ice. When ready TO use, cut in crescent
shaped slices and put in a bowl. For one
cupful of celery add one cupful thin slices
of tart apple and a half cupful pecan5or
walnut meats. Marinate with a French
dressing and serve in lettuce cups. Other
celery combinations that go well for salads
are equal parts fine dried potato and
celery, equal parts of shredded cabbage,
fine cut celery and English walnuts, with
mayonnaise, celery and pineapple in equal
quantities marinated with lemon juice,
then dressed with m~ayonnaise and gar
nished with lettuce leaves and pistache
nuts; canned behring's broken in pieces
and mixed with celery and cooked with
beets in equal parts, celery and sweet
breads with ~mayonnaise; celery. green
peppers and tomatoes. att
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-24
POLISHING THE NAILS.

Do not use gritty substances In clean
ing the hands more than once a week. and
Mt other times use the polish which Is so1t
like v~aseline. Never brush the nails until
they are heated. This causes a certain
amount Of roughness and the nails soon
get brittle. 1t is best to polish the nails
with a soft towel or on the palms OF tne
hands. Some nails have small corruga-
lions on the surface. 1t is seldom they
ever grow smooth, but by keeping them
clean, neatly shaped and polished, they
will be greatly improved in appearance.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-24
THE TRUTH ABOUT IT.

When I say I think you sweeter
Than ever maid before you,
And sing that I adore you,
o please do not believe me;
For it's only rhyme and meter
Written to relieve me-
I don't really think you're sweeter.
When I say you wake a passion
Tragic, deep, sublime,
1t Is likely that the rhyme
Was twined around your name
In that amatory fashion
Cause the rythm fit the same
I don't slzzle much with passion.
II l really loved a woman
l think I'd not rehearse
The whole affair In verse,
But put the case before her.
IN some manner less unhuman-
WY tn devil should l bore her
II I really loved the woman?
From the -"TribuIatinns Of a Rhyme
Factory. By Don Mafal,is. Ia uncl
Hemuas Maaaxiu4 for HuItmDtT.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-24
THREE NEW RS.

School children may need to learn the
three RS, but no more so than parents who
need rest, recreation and retirement during
a part of the vacation season. Get away
from home and learn some new ideas. The
hance are that even a week will build up
the jaded spirits which a been dropping
for q year.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-24
IN BLACK AND WHITE.

Now that lac and white is adopted
for fine dresses. the women who are fond
of wearing pet beads are having the black
strands interviewer with white pearls. The
combination is very neat. Black beads
with blue ones. or black with pink coral
make neat ornaments for evening cos
tunes. The mixing of beads is merely a
new fad. and the colored ones are mostly
smaller than the black ones.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-24
TO REsTAY CoRSETS.

will break at the hips. To make them as
good as new, cut strips Of featherbone
about four inches long, finishing the ends
the same as for collars, and stitch these
over the broken steels. Where a large
steel is broken, double the featherbone to
make 1t more durable.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-24
TIMELY HINTS.

With a shampoo once every two or three
weeks. a scalp treatment in between times
and a regular brushing every night there
is no reason why a woman should not have
hair that is beautiful and healthy.
Never. think that the feet will grow
larger from wearing proper shoes. Pinch
ing and distorting make thcm grow not
MY large, but unslghtly. A proper, nat
ural use of all muscles makes them conn
pact and attractive
To prevent children from biting their
nails u o tube OF LIQUID court plaster
After cleansing the hands thor9ughly APP
ply a drop to each hnscrnail. epfeading u
1.-enl1 n.an ~ tom ~ aanh NIL Allow
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-24
THE FALL WAIST.

The fall shirtwaist partakes OF proao
shoulder effects, mandarin sleeves in many
waists. bishop sleeves, surplice fronts witn
yoke effects, military styles, waists WITT
small square yokes in the front and back
High linen collars, small ties, leg o NUT
ton sleeves and the Chinese sleeve is whoi-
ly eliminated only in kimonos.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-24
SILVER AND
GOLD TRIMMING.

The buyers of the great clothing houses
are supplying a large amount of gold and
silver trimming for fall clothes. Even the
belts are taking on more tinsel than usual,
and the braids seemingly are not complete
without a touch of one or the other. Green
and gold in soutache is very handsome,
and will be extensively used for fancy
dresses, while brown and gold is very rich
and will be a part of many brown broad
cloth costumes.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-24
CREAM PIE

Pour a pint Of cream over one and one
half cups Of sugar; add the stIff froth Of
three eggs, whites only. flavor with nut
blisters while baking, run the tines ~ ~
fork into tho crust. breaking tie air cells
Many cannot make cream pies in raw
dough crusts. In which case the crust
should De baked first and Allied with he
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-24

TAR STAINS.

Rub the stains first with a few drops Of
salad oil. They can then be completely
removed by the application Of benzine.
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MO5EaZE9
You and Your Friends.

When your friends are going away
on their vacations be as nice to them
as you know how; help them to get
ready, and, II you care to, escort them
to the station, but no matter how great
your affection, refrain from offering
to are for their plants or their pets,
for 1t will be at best a thankless job,
besides causing you unutterable worry.
Not long ago a certain Newark
~woman-it's not safe to mention names
-went to the shore for several weeks,
leaving with her best friend her pet
canary, whom she called Wag-short
for Wagner, by the way. Wag was a
beautiful singer, and every day he
would pour forth his soul in the most
exquisite notes imaginable, and the
friend of his owner was only too glad
to have him in her home.