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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-02-05

so precise that there should be no
excuse in making an error.
Invitations to a church service,
unless the ceremony is to be small
one, require no answer when re-
ceived, but under no circumstances,
except that of mourning, should a
call be omitted within fortnight
after the wedding. say call upon
the parents supposing that the invi-
tations were issued in their names.
If for any reason others, such as
guardians or relatives, send out the
invitations the visit should be made
to them. The point is that whoever
was so courteous as to send the in
vitation should receive the return po-
liteness-a call. If a widower issues
the wedding invitation a woman re-
ceiving one posts her card with that
of her husbands as an acknowledge
ment to the sender.
Reception cards require no pre-
vious acknowledgment, but are treat
ed like any other invitation. A visit
ing card Is left by those who are
present at such an affair, and those
who are unable to go post cards to
be received on the date Of the func-
tion. OF course IL one is bidden to
the breakfast, or the number of In
vitations to the house is small, these
are acknowledged as soon as received.
In this case, however, such requests
are usually written by the bride or
her parents, and are quite informal,
so that the answer is note written
In the same style.
Whenever the engraved invitations
bear the letters r. s. V. p, an an
swer must be made at once. This is
sometimes done on cards of invitation
to a reception, that the host may
have some idea of how many persons
to. provide for. Such response
should be made formally, in the third
person, repeating the form on the
card. AS, for instance, "Mr. and
Mrs. Jones accept with pleasure Mr..
and Mrs. Smiths kind invitation to
the wedding reception Of their daugh-
ter on December l."
I When there is q church wedding
and no reception it is expected that
the bride will be called upon, when
one knows where she is, unless "at
home" cards have been sent out and
one has been omitted from the list
This is equivalent to declaring that
the bride does not care for ones ac-
quaintance. Before accepting this
cut, however, one cannot take too
much pains to be sure that the omis-
sion was accidental and not designed,
and in any case the parents should
be called upon. -
Cards announcing the wedding Of
friend must always be acknowl-
edged by posting visiting cards at
once to those issuing the invitation,
not to the bride. One calls upon the
bride when she is lat home"
True courtesy and politeness does
not delay in making simple and
proper Acknowledgements within the
time specified, and failure to do so
dubs one either ignorant or careless.
Washington Star.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-02-05
COULD NOT BE DECEIVED.
Russian Peasants Did Not Understand
a Polite Conductor.

An Englishman travelling in Russia
furnishes the following incidents to a
London paper-an incident which he
personally witnessed and which he
says Shows better than volumes of
description the customs and social
conditions of Russian peasants: "At
a railway station the train is on the
point of starting. AS usual in Russia,
the bell rings three times before de-
parture, to warn the passengers to
take their seats. At the first ring
the chief conductor, seeing on the
platform group of peasants standing
humbly and cautiously together, says
very politely to them: Gentlemen,
the first signal is given; please take
your places"
One of the peasants, turning to his
comrades, says: "Dimitri, Ivan, Ste
ven, do you hear? The master tells
us to enter the train" "Oh, you stu
pid," says another. "Are you a gen.
tleman? You heard him say gentle
men, He invited the gentry" There
is second ring of the bell. The con.
ductor calls, hurriedly and angrily:
Please, gentlemen, take your seats;
you hear the second signal"
The same peasant says to the
others: ut is for us. We must take
out seats. The train will start" "You
asst" says his companion. "Do you
think you are called a gentleman?
Were you ever gentleman The
third ring of the bell is heard. The
conductor, losing his temper and
hustling the peasants forward cries,
Idiots! Pigs! Beasts! Do you hear
or not? Be off and take your seats!"
THAT is for u.s." say the peasants.
"Dimitri, Ivan, hurry up. We must
take our seats"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-02-05
Show Your Hand,

If you've a point on fellow, don't
make It;
Just stop and consider this fact,
That he sometime or other, with interest,
May insist on returning the act.
Then moment with strife ne'er embitter,
Forgive and forget If you can,
Lest Time, with dextrous shuttle,
Deals trumps to a worthier man.
No matter for clothes or condition,
TIL, man may be found under all;
There's neer been spark of humanity
lost
To the race since the time of the fall;
It's there II you only can reach 1t.
But the heart can't be opened with
blows,
And kicking man when he's already
down
Will ne'er raise him higher, God knows.
For body and soul there's many a man
Battling with life and its brunt,
That just by the flip of penny, per-
chance,
May come smilingly UP to the front,
So this fact 1t were well to remember,
AS n point in ones own int'rest to
make,
That the hand giving help to another
May sometime itself need a stake.
La Porte City Qowa) Press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-02-05
The Exuberant CoifYures.

Never have heads been so much
dressed, never has hair been in such
demand and the art of dressing it
been of such Importance. Frosted
orchids and gardenias from which
spring clusters of floating feather
fronds, which sweep away to the back
of the head, are highly popular hair
ornaments in Paris, although there
is also a fancy there for little fiat
punches of ribbon work flowers car
ried out in the palest tones and laid
against the waves of the hair instead
of being placed upright. Another
dainty trifle for decorating the coif-
fure is the loose pleat of silver ribbon
which is draped toward the fore
head something like fillet, but is
caught on each side with tiny clus-
ter of violets and silver leaves, little
silver tasseis falling like earrings
Hrom the cluster.-New York Press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-02-05
R8Sa5EH5SiA
.AAGaNEWEST
MsNEASHI0NS.
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Hat pins, like hats, grow larger
and larger.
Jabots are growing larger and
fiuffier every day.
Velvet and plush make some of the
most admired wraps of the year.
Pearl gray is always attractive, but
the pearl shades are not fashionable.
Hand painted gauze embroidered
with tiny gold spangles is a gorgeous
hat trimming.
The mandarin coat-with its no
shape and little Trimmings the
most stunning wrap.
The newest sleeves for frocks are
arranged in deep tucks, and cut in
one with the coat or bodice.
A morning dress that consists of a
brown skirt and a white blouse with
brown accessories is neat and smart.
Fringes, though not yet very abun-
dant, are a graceful garniture that
grows in favor, even though some
what slowly.
Black chenille embroidery and sill.
yer spangles upon a gown of gray
chiffon over pink make it indeed "a
dainty thing"
Skirts are more close fitting, 9TH
erwise similar, and so the modes that
prevailed last season are by no means
out of date as yet.
Coque plumes in delicate colors
are more novel than the greens,
blues and blacks that we have be-
come so accustomed to.
With the exception of the reap
pearance of the long sleeve and the
draped clinging skirt. there is not
much change in the fashions.
Black braid for trimming brown or
blue serge gowns is one of the most
serviceable garnitures for these
hardy gowns for every day wear.
The vest does not signify that the
garment is closely fitting one, for,
on the contrary, 1t is almost kimona-
like in shape, the wide, short sleeves
falling over undersleeves of silk and
lace.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-02-05
Cool, But Cleverf

An iron hoop bounced through the
area railings of suburban lady's
! house recently and played havoc with
the kitchen window. The lady wait
ed, anger in her heart, and fighting
light in her eye, for the appearance of
the hoops owner. Presently he
came.
"Please, I've broken your winder,
ma'am," he said, "and 'ere's faiths, 10
mend it,"
And sure enough, he was followed
by stolid looking workman, who at
once started work, while the small
boy took his hoop and ran off.
"That'll be two-and-threepence
ma'am," announced the glazier when
the window was whole once more,
says Home Chat.
acknowledgement" gasped the
lady. But your little boy broke it.
The little fellow, with the hoop, you
know. You're his father, aren't
you?" m,g
The stolid man shook his head. \
Don't know him from ADAM" he
laid. HE came around to my place
and told me his mother wanted her
winder mended. You're his mother,
amt you?"
:, And the lady shook her head also.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-02-05
Women Ride Astride.

The long riding habit for women
is now a back number despite the
horror openly expressed by persons
of puritanical ideas few years ago
who derided the then unusual custom
of riding astride. Women who ride
in breeches can be seen in numbers
every morning and evening on the
bride path in, Central Park, and the
custom of riding astride is more pop
nlar than ever before. A leading rid.
Ing academy which some months ago
refused to teach women to ride
astride and stood out for the side
saddle was forced to shut up shop.
The owners found that by sticking to
their resolve they were simply help
ing other riding schools. i The wom-
en- have gone a step further than the
mans saddle. Many have discarded
the divided skirt in favor Of riding
breeches almost fac-simile of those
worn by men, pistol pockets includ-
ed. The women riders also wear
mannish coats and derby hats. In
deed, it's difficult matter to tell
who's who on horseback in Central
Park these days.-New York Corre-
spondence of the Pittsburg Dispatch.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-02-05
SOME GOOD HEALTH MAxIMs.
Physicians Ideas That May Be Worth
Remembrance

A physician gives these common.
sense health maxims:
Have no faith in the popular notion
that catarrhs and colds are due to
cold weather. Most often they are the
result of impure air breathed in badly
ventilated, overheated dwellings. Adj
rondack guides, northern trappers or
Klondike miners seldom have colds
The inference is obvious.
Pay no attention to the idea that
late suppers are injurious. The most
vigorous and healthiest of natives
have eaten their principal meal at the
close of the days work. Let the
brutes, guided unerringly by instinct,
be our teachers. They eat heartily
before going to sleep. In healthy per-
sons the stomach knows when 1t has
appetite. 1t has a voice of its own.
Disregard those who say night air
is poisonous and advise you to shut
tight the windows. The air without
is infinitely purer than that within.
Absence of sunlight does not poison
it, else the millions who pass the night
under the stars would soon perish.
But they don't.
Never be persuaded that bodily
strength depends upon eating much
flesh food. Meat yields fat, and fat
is needed by the human system; but
olive oil, nut food, milk and butter
would answer the purpose just as
well.
Finally 1t is prudent to bear in mind
that alcoholic stimuants are not in.
dispensable in cold climate; and
that missing a meal often saves a
sick man a doctors bill and a course
of drugs.-New York Press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-02-05
Dog Pets in HoteIs. ,


"The one thing we have more trou-
BILE with than anything else," said the
manager of one OF the large hotels in
upper Broadway, "is the fact that
women insist on smuggling their pet
dogs to their rooms. We have no
objection to dogs as dogs. II the
animal is not too large or too fierce
our guests may take them to their
rooms during the day and may even
feed them there. But we draw the
line at having dogs in the bedrooms
at night. Any woman with pet dog
can have the beast cared for by the
porter at night, and we have specially
constructed kennels for all kinds Of
dogs and we give them the best of
care. But owners Of pets seem to
think that no one save themselves un-
derstand Fido or Gyp. The women
Seem to think that If doggie has not
the comforting assurance of the own
er's nearness, then doggie will not
sleep well. So women try to smuggle
their pets to their rooms under their
cloaks or by back ways, or even bribe
one of the porters to take it to their
room, believing that we will not hear
anything about it.
"As matter of fact, the first thing
the porter does after getting his tip
is to tip me, and a couple OF hours
later the woman is called upon by a
clerk who tells her dogs cannot stay
in the bedrooms all night" = New
Yonk Press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-02-05
Foreign Bibles.

Grants by the British and Foreign
Bible Society to DR.. Morrison and his
assistants for producing the first Chi
nese Bible totaled $4,000. while to DR..
William Carey and his associates in
the various Serampore versions the
grants of money and material exceeded
s25, 900.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-02-05
Prohibition Districts.

According to statistics recently gath.
cred about 3O,O00,OOO people are living
in prohibition territory in this coun.
try. This is more than one-third Of
the entire population. In Maine, Kan.
sas and North Dakota they have pro.
hibition by state law, and in thirty.
eight other states they have it by 10.
cal option.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-02-05

Antarctic
Edwards Land, the
point This point Is
being
this shakn will penetrate by three distinct
sledge expeditions which the motor
specially built for the task at the Arroohnston works Paisley The
spirit
which provided
three varying softness
Its traction but Is
recognized that its employment experiment and the OF the
expeditions being novel means
Antarctic also in the
hardness strength they have de-
veoped they
through the winter justify the hope that
the will a success.-The Sphere.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-02-05
New Uses for Soldiers.

The British soldier in India is to
become a baker and a butcher as
well, for recommendations were re.
Gently called for non-commissioned Of
ficers end men from commandants
of units with view to the formation
of classes for instruction in bakery
and butchery.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-02-05
Through the Telephone.


"Are you there?"
eyes"
"Who are you, please?"
watt"
What Is your name, pleace?"
watts my name"
Eyes; what Is your name?"
"I say my name is Watt"
"Oh, we'll, I'm coming to see you"
"All right. Are you Jones?"
"No; I'm Knott" --- -
"Who are you, then, please?"
"I'm Knott"
"Will you tell me your name,
please?"
"Will Knott"
"Why won't your"
81 say my name Is William Knott"
"Oh, l beg your pardon"
"Then you will be in IL I come
round, Watt?"
Certainly, Knott"
Then they were cut off by the ex-
change, and Knott wants to know IL
Watt will be In or not.-Tatler.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-02-05
Medals for Firemen.

The Rev. Father McKeever, rector
of the st. Rose of Lima church of
Newark, N. j., announces that he will
offer gold medals as a reward for fire.
men wAo save lives.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-02-05
Queen Alexandra.

The closest examination of the ca
reer OF Queen Alexandra, from the
day that she took her place as
Princess of Wales. will triumphantly
demonstrate that she was never
guilty of single breach of tact and
good taste, and that her life has
been uniformly that of an exemplary
wife, mother and leader Of society
Newcastle Daily Chronicle.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-02-05
Double Color Brush.

Artists and wielders Of the bursh
will instantly recognize the advan-
tages of the double color brush
shown in the illustration below, the
invention of New Jersey man.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-02-05

Having two brushes on the one han
die to work with, more work can
naturally be accomplished by the
operator. In applying plain washes
over large surface the two brushes
can be manipulated with as much
ease as one, the large volume Of
color carried by the brushes insur-
ing the wash being more even in
color, as the entire surface can be
covered before one part dries. When
the latter is the case 1t Is almost
impossible to get the color to lie
evenly. Two colors can also be car
ried on the brushes-one on each
which would materially assist the
artist where two colors are being ap-
piled at the same time.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-02-05
MASTER AND EXAMINERS
Iu NOTICE.

rCbe porouob n, In the Court OF
Sykesville common fieas OF
VS.. GEnuitvI
winslow Township. No No; ,dso s January
having been, on Nov. Goth, 1907 appointed
Master and Examiner In the above entitled
case, to equitably adjust and apportion the
Indebtedness between the borough Of Sykes
vile and the township OF Winslow, all per-
sons interested are hereby notified that I
will perform the duties OF my appointments
at my Office in the borough OF Reynoldsville.
Pa, on
Monday, the 9th day of April A. D. 1905
at nine o'clock n. m. All persons having
claims against the said township are hereby
notified to present them on or before the date
above mentioned, or they will be forever
barred.
Dec. 31st, 1907. CLEMENT W. FLYNN,
Master and Examiner.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-02-05
Some Polite Forms.

Wedding cards come thick and
fast In the autumn. and etiquette
GOVERNING their acknowledgment is
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-02-05

The fastest elevators run at a speed
equal to about seventeen miles an
hour.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-02-05

A half-century ago William H.
Parkin discovered the coloring prop
critics of coal-tar.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-02-05
MASTER AND EXAMINERS
1A NOTICE.

lA NOTICE.
THE School District Tn the COURT ~
ough. Jeffer Countv
vs.. ( (Equity)
The School District No Jonuarv
ship.
having been, on Nov. 29 1907, appointed
Master and Examiner in the above entitled
case, to equitably adjust and apportion the
Indebtedness between the school District of
Sykesville borough and the School District
OF Winslow township, all persons interested
are hereby notified that L will sit for the
borough of Beynoldsvilie Pa, on
Monday, the 9th day OF April A. D., 1908,
at nine o'clock, a. m. All persons having
claims against the said School District OF
Wlnsow township are hereby notified to
present them on or before the date above
Dec. 31st 1907. CLEMENT W. FLYNN,
Master and Examiner.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-05
SCHOOL CHILDREN BURNED
Seventy-five Lives Lost in School
House Fire

A fire started in an owe heated
school house furnace at Cleveland,
Ohio yesterday. There were 400 child
rem in the building which had two
exits. One of these was used freely,
but the other soCn became choked.
Those who fell in the doorway were
trampled upon by those behind, and
soon the doorway was impossible.
The panic-stricken children turned to
the windows. but the escape was cut
off by the flames. The building was
of brick, yet this did 0 retard the
progress of the fire. In a few minutes
the lower floor fell. precipitating
cores of children to the basement
among the burning embers.
The scene about the building was
heartrending. Quickly the news of
the terrible catastrophe spread and
hundreds of parents were crowding
about the building in search of their
girls and boys. Practically every am
bulance in the eastern part of Cleve-
land was called, as we'll as every avail
able physician. Many children res
cued are believed to be fatally injured,
either by the fire or being trampled
upon. Scores of children have been
taken to city hospitals.
Three little girls net instant death
in attempting to jump to safety from
the third floor Of the burning building.
A nan named Dorm, who arrived upon
the scenes early. and at the time the
children were crowded in the front
door, discovered his little girl among
the mass of injured and crushed. RE
caught the girl by the hands and, in
frantic efforts to ave her. pulled her
arms from her body.
The greatest loss OF iife was caused
by one of the exits being closed. 1t
was to this point that scores OF the
children rushed. Their escape was
blocked by a door hat opened inward.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-05
IMPORTANCE OF ADVERTISING

Fight the devil with fire. Any plans
for the protection OF the retail mer-
chant and the jobbers and the manu-.
facturers who sell~to the trade must
go to the very root OF the evil-must
o the catalog house competition
at every point and on their own
grOundS-the advertising field.
The catalOg houses are conducting
the most comprehensive. systematic,
and ~far-reaching advertising campaign
that was ever planned, and they nave
been at it for years, spending dollars
where the retail merchants have spent
cents They have the business cour-
& to put their money into publicity,
knowing hat they would get it back
multiplied a hundred fold, They
have created the demand for their
goods and educated the people to look
upon the mail-order business as a god
send.
What has been done in an organ
lied way to Offset this avalanche of
mail-order journals and catalogs?
Nothing.
Some of the local merchants have
advertised literally in the local press.
but a larger number have utterly
failed to keep up with the procession.
The people often 10 not know what
the local merchant has in his store
neither do they know the prices, but
they do know what the catalOg has
to sell, and the price is always before
the eye.
If the retail trade is to hold it's
ground against the competition of the
catalOg houses, they must meet them
on the broad field of advertising and
publicity, as well as on the field of
prices. And this must be done
through the local press.
In nearly every town the local pub
Usher has stood manfully by the in
tersts of the community by refusing
to run mail-order advertisements.
Further. he stands ready to prosecute
an aggressive campaign against the
mail-order idea. What is necessary
is concerted action among the mer-
chants and a liberal use of the local
columns to convince the people that
they a save money by trading at
home.-MaXwells Talisman.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-05
COLLEGE DEBATING TEAM
Young Orators Chosen to Represent
State College Of Agriculture

The preliminaries to choose the
team to represent the State college
in the annual debate with YanktOn,
were held at the college chapel Thurs
day evening. Howard Biggar, Elmer
Sexauer and John Sperb were chosen,
with Grover Caylor as alternate, and
each member of the team vas pre-
scented with twenty dollars in gold,
that amount having been raised by
the business men of the city IS an
incentive for the students to take up
debating. The debate with Yank-
ton will be held in this city about
the first of April. The question for
debate will be: Resolved, That con
gress should aid the shipping indus
tries of the United States by the pay
ment of subsidies to steamships, built
in the United States. registering under
it's laws and engaged in foreign trade:
said ships to be at the service of the
national government in time of war"
B~rookings will have the affirmative
side of the question.