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friends after an absence OF two years
i'm Europe Mrs Joseph, who was Miss
Emily Rosenstirn, has been abroad
since her marriage and has been
missed by wide circle OF friends
Mrs. SaIIie Stetson and her daughter.
Miss Ruth Winslow, expect to leave
early in January for Europe where
they will pass several months in travel
1t is probable that Miss Winslow will
be one of next seasons debutantes-
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Galptn are es-
tablished in the house at 1915 Cough
street formerly occupied by Mrs. Rob
ert Chester Foute-
Mrs. George Boardman will enter
tain at a dancing party to be given
Monday evening. December %, at her
nome in California street The cOmpli
mented girl will be Miss Dora Winn.
granddaughter of the hostess. A large
number Of this seasons Gebutantes
have been invited and several members
of the very young set.
Mr.. and Mrs Frederick Sharon en-
tertained house party at their coun-
try home in Menlo, and among the
guests who enjoyed the trip out OF
town were Miss Mary Keeney, Frank
Michaels and Frank King
Major Charles Wa1eutt. L. 5. A., and
Mrs. Walcutt. arrived last week from
Los Angeles and are the guests or
Mrs walcutt's cousin. Mrs. Bernard
Peyton. at the home of the latter in
Sacramento street. Major and Mrs
Walcutt have been travelling in the
eastern states for the lest few months.
and at the expiration of Major Wal
cults four months leave OF absence
they will return to their home at
Prescott, Ariz. During their visit In
this city they will be the center of
round of entertainment. They Will re7,
main over the holidays.
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ing at the Paxton home in jackson
street. Contrary to the expectations
of her friends the pretty bride decided
to celebrate her marriage very quietly,
and the guest list was restricted to
relatives and a few close friends. The
ceremony was performed by the Rev.
Edward Morgan in a bower of chrysan-
themums and smilax. The house deco
rations were in white and green, max
ing an effective setting for the cere-
mony and reception. The bride was
una ttended, but a number of the young
naval officers friends were present.
Lieutenant Leonard, u. S. N. acted as
three friends of the bridegroom. and
included Lieutenant Robinson, u S. N;
Lieutenant KurtZ, Z. S. N, and Pay
master Beecher, U. S. n.
The bride is the caughters of Mrs.
Bessie Paxton and a granddaughter of
Colonel Emerson of New York. Her
early childhood was passed in the east.
where she has many relatives and
friends. Lieutenant Austin's home is
In Iowa. and among the guests at the
wedding were his parents, Major and
Mrs. Day of Dubuque, who came here
to be present at the marriage of the
sou to the attractive San Francisco
girl. Major and Mrs. Day will remain
here for a brief visit and are at the
Fairmont during their stay.
Lieutenant Austin is stationed on
the Albany. at present in San Diego
bay, and after a brief honeymoon trip
the couple will pass the winter at
Coronado.
Mrs. Phebe Hearst passed the week
in town and entertained at a series of
small affairs given at the Fairmont.
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Martin left New
York last week and will soon be es-
tablished in Paris, where they will pass
the winter. Mrs. Walter Martin is
expected home from New York this
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The Outsider
Other Social Events

Dr. and Mrs. Wesley c. Sawyer an
nounce the marriage of their daughter.
Miss Edna Mercy. to Richard G. Me
Gill Jr., which took place December
at San Jose. Mr. and Mrs. McGin will
be at home TO their friends after jan
uary l at the FL Granada, in Berkeley
Mrs. Mary w. Compton, who has re-
turned from an extended visit in the
east, will pass the winter as the guest
of her daughter. Mrs. George D. Perry.
at $50 Twenty fifth avenue.
The engagement is announced of
Miss Gertrude Stern of New Orleans to
Harry Levison-
The marriage is announced OF Miss
Pearl Coleman and J. NJ Davis. which
took place November % Rabbi III. s.
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will be followed by a dance, and a
number of young people are anticipat-
ing the affair. Among those who will
take part in the play are:
Audrey Williams Miss Miriam Beaver
Elizabeth Kruse tSbeldon Pennoyer
Ralph Kerr Miss Patty Stringham
Kenneth Williams Miss Marie Whiting
Miss Ruth Boericke Miss Dora Winn
Miss Carol Day Harold Jones
Miss Florence Williams Edward Elan
Miss Olive Wheeler Wethered Woodworth
Miss Muriel williams Miss Isabel Beaver
Miss Corona Williams Miss Mary Gayley
Paige Monteagle Rufus kimball
Samuel Day Miss Dorothy Boercke
Miss Alice Jones Miss Harriet Stringham
Miss Dorothy Wood-lChristian Miller
worth Paul Pennoyer
The proceeds of the evening will be
given to the West Berkeley day nurs-
cry and the Telegraph Hill neighbor-
hood association. Society in Berkeley
and in this city is interested in the
success CT the benefit, and the patron
esses in San Francisco are:
Mrs. Frederic H. Beaver Mrs. Edwin NewhalI
Mrs. George C. Board Mrs. Carter z. Pomeroy
man Mrs. Frederick W. Tai
Mrs. J.. Athearn Folgerl liant
Miss Alice s. Grifhfh Mrs; William c. Van
Mrs. William !. Kip Fleet
Mrs O. o. G. Miller Mrs. /. w. Walter
Mrs Norman MacLaren Mrs. Henry Williams
Mrs. Louis Il. Mont Mrs. Charles s. Wheeler
eagle
The patronesses in Berkeley are:
Mrs. Thomas II. Bacon Mrs. William Boericke
Mrs. Charles M. Gayleyi Mrs. Lewis A. Hicks
Mrs. Virginia T.. PEN Mrs. I. Arthur Rickard
noyer Mrs. Sidney V. Smith
Mrs. Frederick Slate Mrs. Benjamin Ide
Mrs. james Spiers Wheeler
Mrs. Harry Aston VIII Mrs seiim E. Wood
liams worth
The marriage of Miss Aida Hastings
and Newton Standish kelsey took place
last Wednesday at noon in All Saints
church. The service was read by the
Rev. w. B. Hayes in the presence Of
several hundred guests. The bride
wore an effective gown of lace over
satin. made in the empire mode, with
a yoke and sleeves of net She was
attended by her sister. Miss Zita Hast
ings as maid of honor Miss Hastings
wore gown of pink poplin, with a
pink hat and muff. The little flower
girl was Miss katherine Adams, who
wore a dainty frock of white silk
Vernon Alvord acted as best man. and
the ushers were DR.. Chester Moore,
Albert Clark, Walter Gabriel and Ward
Esterly. The attendants of the bride
groom were fraternity brothers in Psi
Epsilon. Mr.. Kelsey is a graduate of
the University of California and also
of the University of Michigan.
The bride is the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs George A, Hastings, who are pio-
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Davis. returned last week to their
home.
The marriage of Miss Mercedes Huff-
man and Lieutenant George Edgar
Nelson, U. S. A., will take place We'd
nesday, December 80. at . o'clock, at
the residence of the brides mother,
way The wedding will be attended
only by the closer friends of the fam
ily- Miss Huffman is a society girl
who has found time to devote attention
to serious study, and is an accom-
plished musician. She has been the
incentive for number of informal
affairs. but her marriage will be
marked by simplicity. Tho military
details will give color and pomp to the
otherwise simple service. The Huff
man home in Broadway is the hos
pitable center for many enjoyable af-
fairs.
Miss Christine Judah. accompanied by
her father, II. r. Judah, left last week
for Mexico. and expects to pass month
or more in that picturesque country.
The wedding of Miss Pauline Dun
can and Richard Girvin took place
last Tuesday at the home Of the bride
in Illinois. The bride was attended by
her cousin, Miss Sara Coffin of San
Rafael, and among others present at
the wedding were Mr.. and Mrs. Richard
d. Girvin and Miss Lee Girvin- After
honeymoon trip through the east
Mr.. and Mrs. Girvin will make their
home in this city.
Mrs. George Eldridge is the guest OF
Mrs James Monroe at her home in
Washington street, but will probably
leave for the east soon after the holt
days.
Mr.. and Mrs Sidney Joseph are re-
ceiving a cordial welcome from their
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neers of the state. Mr.. and Mrs. kel-
sey will make their home at Paso
Robles.
The final meeting of the Monday
Night skating club was held last week,
and the group of young people who
have enjoyed the series of Monday
evening reunions regretted that the
club had to be disbanded. In the alb
senee of Mrs. Shorb- Buck, the respon-
sibility of the club was taken by Mrs
j. de Barth Shorb, but with the nu-
merous affairs of the new year 1t Will
be practically impossible for Mrs.
Shorb to guide the club through an
other season. OF course, there is
possibility that the club may give an
other series of meetings after the hol-
idays, but it has been decided to leave
the matter in abeyance. with the prob
ability that the meeting last week was
the conclusion of the series.
Among those who attended the last
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Mrs. Alston Hayne and Miss Heath
will leave this week for Santa Barbara,
where they will remain over the holi-
days.
Mrs. Frank Norris will leave Decem-
ber 2s for Santa Barbara, where she
viii pass the winter.
II. ]. Small and Miss Barbara Small
returned last week after several weeks
absence in the east and a visit to WASH
ington, D. c.
Miss Virginia Bogue. who has been
travelling In the east and Europe for
the last year, has returned to San Fran
cisco and is receiving cordial welcome
from her friends.
Miss Genevieve Harvey of Gait is
spending a few days in town as the
guest of friends.
The wedding Of Miss Roma Paxton
and Lieutenant Lawrence Hamilton
Austin took place last Thursday even
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Mr.. and Mrs Sidney Joseph are re-
ceiving cordial welcome from their
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-20

Mr and Mrs. Walter Dean enter
tained half a dozen friends Thursda.
evening at dinner given at the Fair.
mont.
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Mrs Frederick Sharon was hostess
At an afternoon tea given last week at
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Mrs. James Flood entertained at one
Of the elaborate luncheons of the week
given in compliment to Miss Katherine
Donoloe. The affair was given at the
Fairmont and among the friends of the
debutante who were hidden on this oc-
,,aeso,, ..-ora-
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Mrs. Bernhard B1umenthal and Mrs.
Emil Blumenthal, who are residing at
3442 Clay street. will be at home to
their friends on Wednesdays.
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Mrs. Phebe Hearst passed the week
in town and entertained at a series of
small affairs given at the Fairmont.
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s Were
Miss Christine Pomeroy
4 Miss Grace Bulkeley
Mrs. Roy Somers
Airs. Edwin w. Newhail
/ Mrs. J.. l.. Baker
Miss Virginia Newkall
Mrs. Benjamin III. Dib-
BILE
Miss Marian Miller
Miss Katherine Donohoe
Miss Harriet Alexander
Mrs James Potter Lang
horne
Mrs. 0rville Pratt
Mrs. A. W. Foster
Mrs. Gerald Bucley
4 Nicomtesse de Tristan
Miss Helen Baker
Mrs. Robert Chester
Fopte
Miss Dolly MacGavin
Mrs. Clinton Jones
Miss Mary Heath
Mrs. II. A. MarFin .
Mrs. Randall Hunt
Mrs. Wyatt Allen
Miss Clara Allen
Mrs. Otis Burrage
Mrs. Lueius Allen
Miss Marian Newhsll
Mrs. john Harold PhiliT
? Mrs. Merritt Reid
Mrs. George Page
| Miss Dorothy Chapman
Miss Lucy Gwin Cole
man
Miss Dorothy Draper
Miss Margaret Simpson
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Mrs. James Blair was hostess last
week at an informal tea given at the
Fairmont and among the guests on
this occasion were Mrs. Andrew Welch.
Miss kathleen de Young. Miss Frances
JoHine. Mrs. William Porter, Charles
de Young, Edward Barron and Mrs.
Mortimer Smith.
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Mrs. Rudolph Spreckels entertained at
one Of the prettiest luneheons given
last week in compliment to Miss Eliza
beth Woods. over a dozen of Miss
Woods young friends enjoyed this af-
fair.
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Miss Gertrude Perry will entertain
tomorrow at a luncheon to be given
at the Fairmont in compliment to Miss
Dorothy Chapman. The pretty affair
will be only for the debutantes and
their friends.
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Miss Harriet Alexander
Miss Ethel McAllister
Miss Suzanne kirkpat-
rick
Miss Elizsbe Woods
Miss Elizabeth NeNhau
Miss Marian Ncwhall
Miss Florence Hopkins
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The Yuletide play. "On the Stairway
of Life" written by Mrs. Henry Aston
Williams, will be given tomorrow even.
ing at Century Club hall. The comedy
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in Berkeley are:
Mrs. William Boericke
Mrs. Lewis A. Hicks
Mrs. L. Arthur Rickard
Mrs. Sidney V. Smith
Mrs. Benjamin Ide
Wheeler
Mrs Selim E. Wood
] worth
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Miss Claire Nichols
Miss Gertrude JosselyI
Miss Innes keeney
Mise Margaret Calhoun
Miss Martha Calhoun
Miss Clara Allen
Miss Dolly EacGarin
Miss Florence Brecken
ridge
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-10-28

he could not appreciate how much
the woman was ashamed of him-and
new was the time to display his graf
itude.
Grip had followed the blackboard
unperceived, and was enjoying a live
ly hunt for an elusive woodchuck
when he heard the squeals of Billy,
followed by the pounding of feet and
the cries of Mrs. Bradway.
Rushing across the slope, he saw a
huge monster, with open mouth,
charging after mother and daughter,
and almost upon them.
Mrs. Broadway could almost feel the
hot breath of Prince Charlie on her
cheek, when, like an arrow, a small
er body shot between her and the ap-
preaching peril, as the dog launched
himself straight at the horses nose.
He caught it, and his teeth almost
met; but when Prince Charlie flung
down his head. prepared to strike
with his forefeet, Grip dropped back,
only to spring and cash his huge an
tagonist's throat.
Trembling with fright, Mrs. Brad
way thrust Ruth iEto the branches of
an oak, and climbed after her. Ar
rived at place of safety, she turned
and saw Grip running on three legs,
his duty done, while the horse, rem
dered still more savage by his
wounds, was wheeling to rush upon
party of men who had just descend
ed from light spring wagon. They
avoided him, but as he whirled about
to fall upon the team, shot from a
rifle brought him down, and another
quickly ended his career.
Grip had badly injured fore leg,
but he also had earned a permanent
home, and seemed greatly to rejoice
at the balance to his credit. Billy re-
covered, although he was painfully
hurt. Mr.. Parker paid all the dam
ages, merely remarking that he felt
pleased to get on SO cheaply.-
Youths Companion.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-10-28
A Loaded Woman.

An elderly patient in the Tennessee
mountain region was suffering from a
malady the remedy for which the
doctor prescribed in the form of cap.
sules. The old woman trusted her
medical adviser, but for the medicine
she evinced much suspicion.
Some time after she had taken the
capsules she was asked by her son
how she felt.
"Porely."
"Don't you want nuthin' to eat?'
"No."
Soon, however, the old woman
arose from her bed and took her seat
in rocking chair. Thinking that
the attention would be gratefully re.
ceived, the son filled her pipe and
taking a live coal from the hearth
carried both to his mother.
"Take that away, son!" yelled the
old woman, in the utmost fright.
Don't you know bettern to come
near me when I've got them cart.
ridges in me! "--Philadelphia Ledger.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-10-28

Prince Charley had been more than
unusually savage for a couple of
days. 1t was white faced, anxious
man who summoned his helpers and
set off in swift pursuit, dreading what
he might find along the way.
The road south of the Parker
Stock Farm leads straight to the
Copperknoll slashing," half
cleared woodland of several thousand
acres, from which all the best stand
ing timber has been removed. On
the three intervening miles there
were less than half a dozen houses,
and travel was infrequent.
But at this season the slashing was
beginning to be visited by the fami-
lies of neighboring farmers, in quest
of blackberries. The bushes covered
many acres, and the fruit was ripen-
ing. BY early September hundreds
of bushels would be going to waste
daily.
On the day before Prince Charles
escape, Dan Broadway, passing through
the slashing, had noted that the
blackberries on the Hogsback, bare,
isolated hill with scanty soil more ex-
posed to the sun than that of the re-
mainder of the tract, were ripening
freely. He told his mother of his
find, and she resolved to be among
the first to gather the berries.
Taking her ten-year-old daughter,
Ruth, Mrs. Bradway harnessed Billy.
an undersized road horse, to buck
board, and with an assortment OF tin
pals, drove over to the Hogsback.
She left the pony, tethered to long
rope, to Craze near the road, and as
cended the hill. While the berries
were not so plentiful as they would
be fortnight later, they were of fine
quality; and by two o'clock the two
had gathered fourteen quarts.
They had just filled the FIRST milk
pail, when a scream from Billy
the peculiar cry Of distress that q
horse never utters except in extreme
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-10-28

trees have not been cut. They could
not be hauled to the valley. as heavy
teamlng on the Government road Is
prohibited.
IL Is estimated there are 10000
sequoias in the forest, the big trees
running about twenty to the acre.
While nurseries have been estab-
lished, no marked success In the
growing OF these trees has attended
the efforts of the Government. The
parable of the acorn and the oak is
familiar to those who have been ad-
monished that great achievements
come from small beginnings. A more
striking example is the big tree and
It's seed. A single cone contains from
200 to 800 seeds, which are about
one-fourth of an inch long by three
sixteenths wide. The seed of this
giant of the forest is strikingly like
the seed of the parsnip.
Mr.. Muir says that no other sierra
confer produces nearly SO many
seeds. Millions are ripened annually
| by single tree. "Jn fruitful year, :"
says Mr.. Muir, "the product OF one Of
the northern groves would be enough
to plant all the mountain ranges Of
the world But few OF the millions
OF seed which fall to the ground GER
inmate. and of those that do perhaps
not one In 10000 is suffered to live
through the vicissitudes of storm,
drought, fire and snow crushing that
beset their youth"
All the sequolas In the giant forest
are monster trees, but the greatest Of
| them all is tree known as the Gen.
eral Sherman. 1t Is 280 feet high,
and twelve feet above the ground has
circumference of eighty-two and
three-tenths feet. Its circumference
at the ground is 103 feet. 1t is esti-
mated this tree contains 100000 feet
of merchantable lumber. A timber
cruiser who examined this tree as a
curiosity said there was enough tim
ber in 1t to fence and cross fence 100
acres Of land, build seven room
house, barn and out buildings, and
leave enough refuse to supply fire.
| wood for a year. From this tree
alone, he said, there could be con.
structed fifteen frame houses, each
two stories high.
The second largest tree is called
the Abe Lincoln. This tree has a
| diameter of thirty-two feet at its
base. At the south edge of the giant
forest, near Moro rock, is a tree
known as the Theodore Roosevelt.
This tree is not as large as the other
two, but is more symmetrical.-New
York Sun.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-10-28

pain or terror-called their attention
to the foo. of the slope.
They ran to the brow of the hill
and part way down before an opening
In the bushes permitted them to see
clearly what was happening. Billy
by this time had broken his rope,
and, limplng and bleeding, was fee
ing toward them, pursued by great
dappled horse that was biting him
savagely. So keen were flight and
pursuit that the animals were up the
hill and past them in half minute.
Mrs. Broadway had heard of Prince
Charles viciousness, but for the mo-
ment did not identify him.
She cried out, and shook her apron
at the horses as they passed. They
paid no heed to her; but on the sum-
nit. Billy succeeded In escaping down
a deep and narrow ravine, and then
his pursuer turned, caught sight of
the woman, and ran straight for her.
With her heart in her mouth, Mrs.
Bradway recognized the horse. She
seized Ruth's hand, and ran, over
rocks and through briers, toward a
patch of woodland at the right. The
| nearest tree was a hundred yards
! away, and there was no other shelter
anywhere about.
But for an unexpected interven-
tion 1t would have gone hard with the
two, who probably would have been
killed or MANNED for life, for Prince
Charlie ran five feet to their one. Hid
den in their vicinity, however, was a
humble friend, to whom they had
given only the barest liberation till
that moment.
Grip was a homeless mongrel, a
cross between collie mother and an
English bulldog father, whose owner
had turned him adrift as soon as his
peculiar qualities had become pain
fully apparent with advancing
growth. He looked neither like a
snub nosed collie nor a long haired
bulldog, but was such an absurd car
feature of the two breeds combined
that the first glance at his ungainly
form always excited smile OF deri-
sion.
He had sneaked up to the Brad
way farm house two months before,
and although driven away repeatedly.
had always returned, having nowhere
else to go. In pity, Mrs. Bradway had
thrown him scraps of food, and had
even occasionally patted his block
like head, perhaps the only caress hd
had received since he parted with his
mother. The dog was grateful, for
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-10-28
An Industrial Symposium.

A feature of the current issue OF
the Manufacturers Record, of Balti.
more, is collection Of telegraph re-
ports from the Carnegie Steel Com
pany, Illinois Steel Company, Repub-
lie Iron and Steel Company, Penn.
sylvania Steel Company, and about
100 other leaders in every line of
manufacture in the country, dealing
with the business situation. These
manufacturing concerns also give
their opinions on the business pros.
poets of the immediate future The
Manufacturers Record, begun as an
exponent of the New South, indus
trially, has grown to be "the most
national of American business pa.
pers," and this valuable symposium is
characteristic of its enterprising
methods.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-10-28
THE LABOR WORLD.

A Central Labor union has been
organized at Augusta, Ga.
San Francisco BARRIERS Union has
a membership Of more than 700.
Albany labor unions have erected
and opened a tuberculosis pavilion.
The various central bodies of Or
ange County, New York, have joined
county labor union.
A reorganization of the building
trades unions has been brought about
in Buffalo, N. Y, after many years
of warfare.
1t has been decided by the leather
workers to make universal demand
for the eight-hour day within the
next two years.
In Liverpool, England, 10000
longshoremen are idle, and the docks
are filled with idle sailors and officers
looking for berths.
The accident report of the Illinois
Bureau of Labor shows list of 100
miners killed and 2S7 injured in II.
linois from July 1, 1907, to July l,
1908.
The strike of the operatives in the
textile industries of India has ended.
Low wages and bad conditions of en-
ployment were the cause of the
strike.
International Cotton Spinners
Union has presented Samuel Ross,
Of New Bedford, Mass, its veteran
secretary, with silver service OF
fifty pieces.
The paper mills of the Interna-
tional Paper Company in Franklin,
n. H., started on full time, all the
men having voted TO accept the five
per cent. cut down.
The spinners and cardroom work
ers in Manchester, England, adjusted
their differences with the manufac-
turers, agreeing, temporarily. to ac-
cept a five per cent. reduction.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-10-28
The Gloom of Hight.

The gloom cast over New York by
the hight of its buildings has been the
subject of an investigation by DR..
John E. Hill, just made public in con-
nection with the report of the com.
mittee on the congestion of popula.
tion. He finds that along Broadway
most Offices have to be artifcially
lighted, except for about five hours in
the middle of the day; that along Ex.
change place very little direct sun:
light falls, except for two hours in
the forenoon, and that the New York
oculists testify to greatly increased
business in the region OF nearly COM
plete dependence upon artificial il.
Elimination Boston Transcript.