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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-04-02
THE WOMEN OF JAPAN
cuaRw OF THE ARISTOCRATS
mp THE MIKADO's COUNTRY.
The Zap Lady Loves Fine Clothes
Perhaps Even More Than the
American Belle--Dresses Are Sim
NV Made but Expense Is Great.

The glamour of japan lies in Its
nute little women and the diminu-
live bits of childhood that live in
tho picturesque joll-like houses OF
The RIikado's country. where even the
Ian grandees have nowadays three
and sometimes four-storied brick
mansions that would not look out of
place in some bustling American
city.
And these mansions are now COM
Ing to be fitted up with electric
lights, freplaces, telephones and ar
tificial gas. But the strangest part
of all this new japanese life is that
rnly the Jap nobleman lives in the
new kind of houses.
His dainty little wife, still inhab-
rs his old, original Japanese home,
which lies behind the big brick man
sion and In which the Japanese no.
hility still live the old kind of Jap
snese existence. The home life of
The Jap is the old style of house.
Ne entertains English or Ameri-
ean visitors of importance in the new
brick mansion, but his wife lives and
his children are born Just as their
ancestors were--in q doll-like house
IN which the partitions are made OF
PAPER and one sits on the floor to eat
or reclines on hard mat when 1t Is
time to go to bed.
But the Jap lady loves fine clothes
perhaps even more than the belle
Of Newport or New York.
While the dresses are simply male
ns TO their cut and fashions change
nttle still the expense Is terrific. for
the material is always woven after
the design Of some special artist,
with her family crest woven on the
shoulders, neck and sleeves.
She wears cloth of gold and cloth
of silver literally, does the little Jap
anese lady OF noble birth. and her
"o5i'' will cost from 500 to $500
Ia most cases.
There are also in Japan fixed
standards of dress for the different
ages- This standard Is fixed mostly
by the colors worn. A child from
CauynOOu uutll IL lS ten VI tWci'o
years OF age wears gay-colored kimo-
nos. having designs in flowers. The
color used mostly for this period Is
bright red, used In big masses OF
=oloring.
From II to % years the japanese
lady decks herself in pale gray or
pale blue kimonos, with pink or 9TH
er colored flowers, and many use
views taken from famous Japanese
paintings. which form an embroid-
cred border around the bottom OF
the kimono. The rest OF the cos
tune Is In the plain blue or gray
coloring.
When she gets past rs years OF
age the Japanese woman lays aside
bright colors and brilliant effects
and wears a dark brown or dark
blue kimono. This is always OF the
richest material, however, and al
ways the family crest Is embroidered
on neck. shoulders and sleeves.
Bright colors are absolutely for
hidden to the Jap lady of quality at
ter passing her 25th birthday. Since
she Is usually a grandmother about
this time. or very shortly afterward
the deprivation is not as great as 8
westerner would think.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-04-02
A Trim Costume.

Mohair and Panama cloth. both
striped and plain are resuming their
wonted favor and all-around useful
ness in the development Of ultra
smart tailor-mades. The model
sketched is contrived of striped Pan
anna cloth, having circular skirt,
distinguished with rather unusual
ly cut front panel in which the
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-04-02

stripes match. Around the bottom
OF the skirt is fold of Its own ma
terial piped with moi silk In the
color Of the predominating tone Of
the stripe.
The cutaway coat is short. falling
only few inches below the hips
and fastens with three buttons. It
Is trimmed with revers moire, stitch
ed with light silk soutache. There
are pocket flaps of the MORE. also
cuffs.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-04-02
Words of Praise

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by leaders In all tho several schools OF
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than any amount OF professional tes-
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or pelyH, perhaps dark spots or specks
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ness, oSfthf arrangement OF the feminine
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ip IN, lrlI1SY lLiIe- IQmG.- 'FavorIte
Prescription Is composed OF the very best
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oNltntt iOi tIc tulc vi NOIudn
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DO not expect too much from "Favorite
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No medicine Will. II will do as much to
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YoncalLaqord to to-nccepta-secrG nos
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Sick women are Invited TO consult DR..
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DR.. Plerce's Pleasant Pellets the best
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They invigorate stomach, liver and
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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-04-02

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The Penn's Grove record., 1908-08-28
A PerpIexing Situation.

Setting out upon the ride to the
Pyramids, approached a quartet of
saddled camels waiting before the
hotel.
English?" asked a driver broken
ly, greeting the tourist with a fog
horn on his watch chain.
"Yes."
"All right, sir. You can take
Chamberlain here"
Meanwhile another driver had
found a German in the party and
given him Bismarck, and a third had
located a Frenchman and helped him
to the back of Napoleon.
The fourth tourist puzzled them.
He was a small man in glasses.
where from?" asked one of the
Moors.
UNITED States" the traveller an
swered.
The swarthy Mohammedan regard
ed him in the utmost perplexity. Fin
ally, he Joined the other three and
they all studied him closely and whis-
pered.
"Oh, don't let that bother you, y
the tourist said. "I'll ride on Roose-
welt here"
His driver at once assented, beam
ing with relief.
"We no forget the NAME" he said.
1--WE afraid you might be Mr.. Harri-
man."-St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
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WILL TEACH THEM TO FISH.
Denmark's Latest Plan to Help the
Esquimaux of Greenland.

A Danish expedition has gone to
Greenland to put the 10000 Esqui-
maux who live on the southwest coast
in the way of earning a better living.
1t is hoped to open new branches of
industry for them.
For some years they have been
depending more upon hunting the
hair seal than anything else to pay
for the supplies that Denmark sends
to them. But the quantity of sea oil
the natives have to sell is declining
every year.
The herds of reindeer in Alaska
are thriving so well that the Danes
hoped to make the Introduction of
these animals into Danish Greenland
a source of profit to the Esquimaux.
The experiment, however, has failed.
The animals did not thrive, and nc
further effort will be made to intro
duce them.
The Esquimaux catch many fish,
but their methods are primitive. They
depend, for example, upon their har-
poems to capture herrings. If they
were skilled in the use of nets they
would increase the amount of their
catch a h~undredfold.
The Danish visitors intend to col
lect practical facts about the coast
fisheries and to study the problem OF
making them more valuable to the
natives. Experienced fishermen are
In the expedition and the ship is
equipped with every appliance for
study Of the fishing grounds.
When all the facts have been col
lected the Danish Government pro-
poses to train the natives in the best
modern methods and to provide them
with the latest appliances used in
European fisheries, including motor
boats to replace the native skin boats,
The expedition will also inquire
into the question whether it is worth
while to establish a whaling station
on the Greenland coast. The Danes
are inclined to think it will pay to re-
establish a whalery in South Green
land, especially as the Scotch are
finding it very profitable to hunt fol-
whales on that coast a little north
of the Danish colony.-New York
Sun.
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Stub Ends of News,

The sheath skirt has invaded As
bury Park.
The Sultan of Turkey issued a call
for the first Parliament to meet ON
November j.
Many protests were made against
a Montclair IN. J.) mans proposal
to license drinkers.
Cincinnati shippers with a griev-
ance against railroads appealed di-
rect to President Roosevelt for relief.
At a meeting of chorus girls it
was decided to build a ten-story club
house to accommodate $500 in New
York City.
In response to a personal letter by
President Roosevelt Curator Ditmars,
at the Bronx Zoo, tested the alleged
poisonous sting of the "stinging
snake" and found it a myth.
The Lloyds, of London, were
swamped with bets offered by sup
porters Of Bryan, and odds rapidly
dropped until the firm declined to
WRIT more risks on the N~ebraskan's
election.
ASub-committee was appointed by
the International Shipping Confer
ence for the purpose Of reaching an
>4lnd erstanding between the various
transatlantic steamship lines on the
Question Of steerage rates.
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About Nored People.

i play golf just as 1 would take
medicine, says William H. Taft.
Fairfax L. Cartwright, the British
Minister at Munich, has been appoint
ed Ambassador at Vienna.
Cardinal Gibbons left Rome for
Switzerland. In accordance with his
request the Pope has made a number
OF priests monsignors.
James Kerr Hardie, a Socialist
member of the British Parliament,
sailed for this country, with the pur-
pose of endeavoring to unite the Ia
Dor unionists and Socialists into a
political party.
Zill-es-Sultan, uncle of the Shah
and a. claimant to the Persian throne,
made a vow of loyalty to his nephew
in Teheran, but was banished from
Persia.
George Wheeler Human, editor
and publisher of the Chicago Inter-
Ocean, received the degree of LID.
from Hamilfot College, of which ne
Mr.. Bryan ksaid of the S of the
photograph bA Mr.. Taft: ut looks as
if Democracy are going to have a
hard time tbs year protecting their
patents FROM infringement"
In toastirk President Roosevelt
and King Edward New Zealand. :.
{remier cal Each Is q born ruler
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Should Be More Modest.

"Queer, isn't it," said the obser-
want woman, "that though American
men are modest individuals, they
have been content all these years to
be shaven and shorn and massaged
in full view of any n who happens
to be passing. I mean that all the
barber shops are on the street level
or below it, and with a wealth of un-
%curtained glass front that allows a
man toilet to be regarded as a mat
ter of public interest. You might
think this exposure was tolerated by
the customer only because it insures
a good, strong light for the delicate
operation of shaving; but not so, for
even at night when the electric lights
are glazing down the shades remain
up, and pedestrians may gaze upon
unlovely lathered faces in any barber
shop they pass. Going over a COM
paratively small area last week /
counted two hundred tonsorial par
lors and not one of them attempted
even the gauziest screening between
Its customers and the public gaze.
Personally I don't consider that a
man is at his handsomest under the
BARRIERS hands, do you?"-New York
Press.
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100000 WELCOME
FLEET At SYDNEY
American Warships Greeted by
New South Wales P%opuIace.
GUNS ROAR AND FLAGS FLY
Shores of the Australian Harbor
Lined With Great Multitudes of
Enthusiastic People - Statutes
From Forts and Ships,

Sn0reS OF the Australian HarbOr
Lined With Great Multitudes of
Enthusiastic People - Statutes
From Forts and Ships.
Sydney, New South Wales.-A thin
veil of smoke on the horizon signalled
to the watchers on the coast the an
proach of the American warships, and
at 5.35 a. m. official notification was
sent out that the feet had been
sighted. 1t was yet twenty miles out
side of Sydney Harbor, but this word,
which had been awaited eagerly by
tens of thousands, stirred Australians
like a call to arms, and almost in
stantly those who had not already
left the city to take up positions of
vantage along the bays, were moving
in droves to line the quays, the root
tops, and other places on the harbor
front to watch the coming of the
guardships of the New World.
The day broke bright and clear. So
intense was the interest in the Amer
lean ships of war that half the popu-
lace had remained awake the entire
night and thousands upon thousands
of them long before the night was
over were on their way to the hill
tops outside the city limits, where
they massed seemingly in unbroken
lines along the coast from Bondi
Beach to Manly.
1t is estimated that hardly less
than half a million people assembled
to give the visitors a royal welcome.
Sydney Harbor, with its innumerabIe
bays, coyes and branches, never
looked more beautiful, nor did the
American sailors ever witness a more
inspiring sight than that which met
their eyes as the white ships came
through the channel past the great
headlands into Port Jackson.
A hundred thousand people, the
greatest single assemblage O; all
gathered on the south head, where a
magnificent view Of the whole scene
was to be had. Hundreds of craft of
all kinds moved up and down ever at
that early hour, all the waters, with
the exception of the fairway and the
anchorage, being dotted with little
and big vessels decorated in every
conceivable manner with flags and
bunting.
In perfect alignment, the flagship
Connecticut leading, with Rear-Ad-
miral Sperry on the bridge, the war.
ships came out of the horizon. Pass
ing in through the Sydney Heads in
double column at intervals of 400
yards, the ships looked to have a
world of speed and power under their
~glistening sides. The feet was at
tended by convoy steamers and was
greeted with a roar of salutes from
the forts as it steamed slowly along.
The thousands ashore and aloat
added their cheers to swell the noisy
welcome, and countless British and
American flags were flung to the
breeze and still were waving long
after the anchors had been swung
from the sides.
The American ships doomed forth
a salute to the port, and as soon as
they were safely moored at their
anchorage official visits were ex-
changed.
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PRESENT OIL CASE APPEAL
Federal Attorneys Hit Back at
Lands Judicial Critics.
"Penalty of $29,OOO,O0O No More
Excessive Than Imprisonment of
Mail Thief" They Say.

Chicago.-No more vehement crit
icism of a Federal judicial tribunal
in court papers has eve been made
than that contained in the Govern
ment petition filed here for a rehear-
ing by the United States Circuit Court
of Appeals of the famous case in
which the Standard Oil Company of
Indiana vas fined $29,24o,0 900.
Judges Grosscup, Baker and Sea-
man, who reversed Judge X. M. Lam
dis, are accused of having mis-stated
the latter's decision and of having ig-
nored evidence presented by the Gov
eminent. Judge Grosscup is declared
to have reversed himself by reversing
Judge Lands, and the court is adj
vised to go to the United States Su-
preme Court for a ruling on a vital
point of law in the case on which it
is asserted it had no right to pass.
Although the petition preserves the
form of legal courtesy, the criticism
is just as marked as was the COM
ment of President Roosevelt, who
characterized Judge Grosscup's de-
cision as "a gross miscarriage of JUS
tice."
The petition says: "The penalty of
$~29,000,000 is no more excessive
than Imprisonment of a mail thief"
The petition warmly defends Judge
Lands and declares that if the Gross
cup decision is allowed to stand it
will nullify all the efforts of the Gov
eminent for the past twenty years to
punish the rebating criminals.
That the full force of the Admins
tration is behind the petition is en-
phasized by the fact that it bears the
signatures of Acknowledgement Chas.
J. Bonaparte, Frank 3. Kellogg, the
Presidents special trust BUSTER"
Special Assistant District Attorney
Edwin w. Sims, who prosecuted the
case before Judge Lands, and Special
Assistant ]. H. Wilkerson.
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Cheap Charity.

Mother Alphonsa, the daughter of
Nathaniel Hawthorne, devotes her
life to those afflicted with cancer. 1t
is to her that New York owes it's ad-
mirable Hawthorne Cancer Home.
At a recent meeting in aid of the
home Mother Alphonsa spoke of
charity-a subject whereupon, sure
ly, no one could speak with more au-
thority.
She said that too many people
went in for cheap charity, that too
many resembled a certain railroad
president.
A manager came to this president
and began:
"Old John Faithful's health has
been broken down. He had to leave
last week. After his long service, /
think, sir, we ought to do something
for him, don't you? He's very poor"
"How long has John been with
us?" asked the president.
"Forty-seven years, sir"
"He always did his duty?"
"He never missed a day, sir"
"And now he's broken down com.
pietely, eh?"
"The chances are he'll never leave
his bed" said the manager.
"The poor fellow" said the presi-
dent. "We certainly must do some
thing for him."
He turned to his secretary.
Perkins," he said, make out
John Faithful a pass fer life."-
Washington Star.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-08-28
Where Women Can't Get a Drink.

Cumberland, in your good State
of Maryland, is about the only town
in the United States where they will
not furnish a lady with a glass of
beer, wine or intoxicating spirit of
any kind" said G. ]. Brooks, of Phil
adelphia.
at makes no difference whether
the lady is alone or duly accompa-
MED by her husband-she simply can
not get any liquid refreshment.
was at n of the leading hotels in
Cumberland last week with my wife,
and ordered two bottles of beer,
thinking to have her consume one of
them, but when 1 ordered the waiter
to fill two glasses he politely told me
that the Heating license bill prohib-
tied ladies from being served with
drinks of that character" - Balti-
more American.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-08-28
With the TOiIers.

Seven women in Ohio have been
appointed factory inspectors, the first
in the State.
The Porto Rican Legislature has
/ passed an act to regulate the hours of
railroad employees with sixteen hours
limit.
At Joliet, ILL.,, the quarry workers
strike has been settled by arbitration
through the efforts Of the Central
Labor Union.
There are in Germany 5000 chemi-
cal factories with nearly 100000
workers, who receive in wages over
$4,000, 600 a year.
The first annual convention of the
National Federation of State, City
and Town Employers Unions was
held in Boston, Mass.
Negro firemen in Pittsburg. Pa.
will be organized and enrolled in the
ranks of the International Brother
hood of Stationary Firemen.
Probably $4,000 men in the iron
and steel trade of the Mfdlands eng
land) district will be affected by q
five per cent. reduction in wages.
The Journeymen Bakers Society
of the United Kingdom have taken a
vote modifying their eight-hour bill.
which now permits of relays of eight
hours.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-08-28
Notes of The Diamond.

Hans Lobert, of Cincinnati. is a
pretty good imitation of Hans Wag.
ner.
The Boston Club has loaned pitch.
er ICY" Young III. to the Jersey City
Club.
Substitute infielders Merkle and
Herzog have rejoined the New York
team.
when I first came into basebaif.,s
says Fred Clarke. ave used to con-
slider 10000 a big crowd. Now we
have 10000 crowds, and 1 expect to
see $4,000 crowds some day when the
stands are big enough to hold them"
Sandow Mertes, the former Giant
is playing semi-professional ball in
Chicago.
Clark Griffith says he considers
Stone, of the Browns, the most valu.
able player or any team in the Amer.
lean League.
President Murphy, of Chicago, said
last week that his club was PLAYING
to larger crowds than ever this sea.
son, notwithstanding the talk of hard
times.
Jack Kleinow, according to a report
from Cleveland, had an attack of
ptomaine poisoning while there. He
must have swallowed part of that 16
to 3 game.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-08-28
LYDIA E. PINKHAM

Nature and a woman's work CON-
bined have produced the grandest
remedy for Woman's ills that the
world has ever known.
In the good old-fashioned DAYS of
our grandmothers they relied upon
the roots and herbs Of the field to
cure disease and mitigate suffering.
The Indians on our Western
Plains to-day can produce roots and
herbs for every ailment, and cure
diseases that battle the most skilled
physicians who have spent years In
the study Of drugs.
From the roots and herbs of the
field Lydia E. Pinkham more than
thirty years ago gave to the women
OF the world a remedy for their Pc
culiar ills, more potent and efica-
cious than any combination ofdrugs.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound is now recognized as the
standard remedy for woman's ills.
Mrs. Bertha Muff, Of SIS NC. St..
Louisiana, Mo-, writes.
complete restoration to health
means so much to me that for the sake
of other suffering women I am willing
to make my troubles public.
For twelve years I had been suffer-
ing with the worst forms of female ills.
During that time 1 had eleven different
physicians without help. No tongue
can tell what I suffered, and at times 1
could hardly walk. About two years
ago l wrote Mrs. Pinkham for advice.
l followed it, and can truly say that
Lydia q. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound and Mrs. Pinkham's advice re-
stored health and strength. It is
worth mountains of gold to suffering
women"
What Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound did for Mrs. Muff,
it will do for other suffering women.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-08-28
FRIENDLY TIP
Restored Hope and Confidence.

After several years of Indigestion
and its attendant evil influence on the
mind, it is not very surprising that
one finally loses faith in things gen
orally.
A N. Y. woman writes an interest
Ing letter. She says:
Three years ago l suffered from
an attack of peritonitis which left me
in a most miserable condition. For
over two years l suffered from ner-
vousness, weak heart, shortness of
breath, could not sleep, etc.
my appetite was but |
felt starved all the time. | had
plenty of food but it did not nourish
me because of Intestinal Indigestion.
Medical treatment did not seem to
help, got discouraged, stopped medi-
cine and did not care much whether
/ lived or died.
AOne day a friend asked me why |
didn't try Grape-Nuts, stop drinking
coffee and use Postum. l had lost
faith in everything, but to please my
friends ! began to use both and soon
became very fond of them.
1t wasn't long before l got some
strength, felt a decided change in my
system, hope sprang up in my heart
and slowly but surely l got better.
could sleep very well, the constant
craving for food ceased and | have
better health now than before the at
tack of peritonitis.
my husband and l are still using
Grape-Nuts and Postum" ~There's
q Reason"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read. "The Road TO
MELVILLE" in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? A new
n appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true. and full Of human
interest.