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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-03-13
Information Bureau Run by Uncle Sam

The celluloid collar was tested for
or less explosive, and many a serious
accident has occurred by the ignition
of a celluloid collar or cuff. Funda-
mentally, celluloid is the same as gun
cotton. But there are ways of treat
ing it for commercial uses which will
reduce this explosive quality, and the
man who sent the collar wanted to be
sure that it was not explosive.
The government tests all kinds of
things. Lately a new machine has
been installed for testing the durabili-
ty of paper. Formerly the way to test
papers durability was for an expert
to crumple it in his hand and rub it
upon itself as a washerwoman does
your handkerchief. But this machine
does it scientifically. This is the way
it operates
The paper is clutched at opposite
edges by clamps and the machine
proceeds to fold it through the middle.
Then the machine unfolds it and folds
it on the same crease in the opposite
direction. This operation is repeated
with great rapidity until the paper
breaks at the fold. A dial keeps track
of the number of times the paper is
folded before it breaks, and this num-
ber determines it's durability.
And there are lot of other inter
esting tests to which paper is sub
iected.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-03-13

A T last the mystery of the apparent
IA dearth of White House callers
these days has been solved. So few
statesmen have been dropping in 80
see the president for the last ten days
or two weeks as to cause comment. 1t
is now learned that the politicians are
going to the White House in the usual
numbers, but they come and go by
secret passages, so as to escape the
eyes of vigilant reporters and CORE
.spondents. thereby keeping rival poll
-ticians in the dark as to what is 60
dng on.
The secret was let out when Frank
HI. Hitchcock, the new managerin-chief
.oe the Taft presidential boom. was dis
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-03-13

ther once more
Gave taste to the byes av his lagends
an lore.
Patrick banished the snakes and the
sinners, you know,
To a place where I hope there will
none of us go.
That's the lagend accepted, but have
1t right
A tale that bates that out O. mind, out
o. sight.
At Tara he preached to the king and
the chiefs
His Decalougues, Catalogues, Psalms
and beliefs.
Once the king says to Patrick, "The
Druids all say
That you're settin' the minds of me
Firbolgs astray.
How can one be in three, and be one
all the timer
Come, laddy-buck, answer in prose or
in rhyme"
That's aisy," says Patrick, this dear
little plant,
praise God! twill be famous the
oceans beyant)-
Has stalk all in one, but divides into
three;
Yet the shamrock is one, three in one,
don't you see?"
"Bedad!" says the king, that bangs
Banagher sure.
Now, byes Ito the Druids), ye now
have the fiure."
But the sorra a word could those
clargymin find;
So from then his respect for the
Druids declined.
Now, Patrick, me byes, you need
scarcely be tould,
Was funny an tricky, though holy an
bould.
So now of the Druids he'd got the
whip hand
Bethought him of blessings he'd show
er on the land.
To the king then says he. For the
favors you've shown,
III put eer a back and new legs to
your throne.
(Not manin' the laste disrespect, but
you see
The preachers don't speak such plain
Irish as WEI.
IN youth spalpeen taught me herdin
of swine
Your majesty's pardon. the fault was
not mine.
Let me here introduce the boneen an
I'll go bail,
Over the evils of Erin the pig will pre-
vail"
Now the Druids held sarpints as sa-
cred, you see;
In England they larned that, betune
you an me.
They would cast up in line sometimes
nearly mile
The sods all as one as sarplnt's pro-
file.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-03-13

Paris Pattern No. 1915, All Seams
Allowed-This outfit for a child in
cludes the bishop dress, a petticoat-
underwaist and drawers. Mothers will
find this little one-piece slip dress one
Of the most desirable of the seasons
models, on account of its being easy
to make and its becomingness when
worn. The petticoat is gathered into
a waistband and trimmed with tuck5
and a full ruffle of embroidery; the
drawers are cut in one piece without
seams except where the openings are
made al the sides. The pattern Is in
four sizes-one-half to three years.
For a child of two years the dress
requires four yards of material 20
inches wide, 2S yards 36 inches wide,
or two yards AZ inches wide, three
fourths yard of insertion and u yard
of edging to trim. The petticoat in
any size requires 1ss yard 27 inches
wide, or IL yard 36 inches wide;
three yards of edging to trim, and the
underwaist needs one-half yard 27
inches wide, or three-eighths yard SO
inches wide. The drawers in any size
need three-fourths yard of material 27
or more inches wide; one yard OF edg-
ing to trim.
To procure this pattern send 10 cents to
Pattern Editor" office of this paper
Write name and address plainly and be
sure to give size and number of pattern.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-03-13

When this had been done, sorrs one
burst complain
Though the land were his own and his
fathers domain.
1t was sacred, and then for the sake
of his sowl,
He must part wild it, barrin' a sigh or
a growl.
Then the snakes represented were
holy likewise
An bit at their will all the colleens
an byes.
Well, the pigs went to rootin', bedad
1t was fun
To watch the ould Druids when their
ruin begun.
Wild faces of fury and hearts full Of
hate
They would curse the dear pigs, I'm
ashamed to relate.
They invoked all the planets and far
as they knew,
The fixed stars and comets, the sun
and moon, too
Next the wraiths that inhabit the
winds and the floods,
Then they danced holy jigs in the
scantiest of duds.
But the pigs took no notice, but ate all
the more,
And the Druids saw Fate was now
hard by the door,
Then they prayed to the giants thai
ravaged the isle
When ten foot of spine was the height
of the style.
There was one who from Mona oft
waded to Wales,
And one who in coughin' produced the
wild gales.
Another in sport tried to bridge the
broad say,
The Causeway in Ulster bears witness
to-day
Then the one who at Powerscourt
drank up the fall,
An the one who complained Devils
Bowl was too small.
The priests cursed the pigs loud and
long, but no matter,
On the snakes and their eggs they
grew fatter and fatter.
oh, those were great times when the
factions forgot
What side they were of, and what side
they were not.
The thousand would follow all jeerin'
the while
The Druids who could them no longer
beguile.
When rivers they'd reach as the Bann
or the Boyne,
Baptized, they the ranks of believers
would join.
It WAS Patrick alanna, me turn at ye
plaise
Viii guyin' an Gospel the land was
ablaze.
Such dippin' an pIungin', baptizin'
confessin',
Such prayin' an preachin', such prim.
pin an dressin'!
1t was good for their souls and their
bodies by token
The record for bathing his saintship
had broken,
And thousands who'd never been lath.
cred or rubbed,
Had their skins an their sowls now
most thoroughly scrubbed.
For the saint told them plainly for eel
| they were shriven,
That nothing onclanely was wellSim
in heaven.
So the pigs ate the snakes and rooted
| up eggs
From the round hill of Howth down
to Bally-kil-begs,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-03-13
Headaehe and cold Feet.

Often it is found that a chronic suf-
ferer from headache also complains OF
cold feet. This shows bad circulation
and it should be strengthened. A sim
pie and helpful remedy is to battle the
feet in cold water night and morning
and rub briskly with flesh brush or
Turkish towel
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-03-13
Shot a WouId.bo Chicken Thief.

Springfield, O.-Frank M. Cou-
den, a prominent Republican and
q government employe In the sub
treasury at Cincinnati, fatally wounded
Fred McDermott, 40, late Sunday
night. McDermott was In Couden's
chicken coop at his home In Morrow.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-03-13

Paris Pattern No. 2153, All Seams
Allowed.-This skirt is a seven-goredl
model with a pretty flare around the;
foot The fullness around the hips is
put into narrow plaits stitched down
for about five inches from the top. Two
wide tucks above the hem give 4
pretty finish and the skirt is closed in
the back under an inverted boX-plait.
This is an excellent model for cash
mere, mohair, voile, chiffon, broad
cloth or invisible plaid worsted. In
shadow-plaid broadcloth or navy-blue
serge it would be stylish and suitable
for school as well as for afternoon
wear. The pattern is in three sizes
13 to II years. For miss of Is years
the skirt requires S7s yards of mate
rial 20 inches wide, 55s yards 27
inches wide, 49s yards SO inches wide,
or 37s yards AZ inches wide.
To procure this pattern send 10 cents to
Pattern Editor" office of this paper.
Write name and address plainly and be
sure to give size and number of pattern
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-03-13

From the Gap of Dunloe to the Glen o.
the Downs,
And Slieb-na-mon grandly Killarney's
lake crowns.
There was rootin' an preachin' an
laughter an prayer,
No wonder for Satan to leave must
prepare.
For oarrln' the Saxon and whisky I'll
say
Saint Patrick has rid us OF evil to-day.
So now you all know how the snakes
met their doom,
And the class will its studies in Gaelic
resume.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-03-13
Lamb Wants Appointments Confirmed.

Columbus, O.-Senator Lamb, the
Toledo Independent, announced Mon
day that he will no longer consent
to hold up confirmation of nearly 100
appointive state officers and trustees
of institutions whose names were sent
to the senate by the governor.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-03-13
cupld,s suprerne Power.

Love is a magician who makes the.
old young, the dull clever. the plain
beautiful. Cupid has all the othoR
beauty doctors faded.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-03-13
Raj Must Have Lived Wal

A rat recently caught at Gateshead-
on-Tyne. England. measured 1874
inches.
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Linen comes In such variety OF
shades and holds its freshness for so
long that it continues to be fayorite
material for shopping and morning SUITS.
Finely corded piques also make exceed
ingly smart costumes of this class. IN
which the skirts are usually formed Oh
gored plaits and trimmed with large put-
tons that play practical, as fell as
purely ornamental part. They fHsten the
front width of the skirt to one SIDE or
both, SO that when opened they may be
readily iaundered.
Coarse straw Sailors are trimmed
in variety of ways. The latest fad Is
to use a band of embroidery In oriental.
conventional or classic design on silk
Wide black velvet bands terminating
with broad fat bows and loops straight
across the front make smart-looking sailor
qarnishing unless the hat requires
heIghtening effect, which is to be gained
by means of quill and wing trimmings
at the side. The newest sailor is slightly
tilted toward the right side through the
agency Of velvet covered bandeau,
trimmed on the right side on the crown.
As every amateur mllllner should know,
the widest Of last summers sailors may
be adapted to the present year OF grace
by building the crown with buckram and
padding its outer side to 1T the band
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Popularity of Satin.
Bag Farcies of the Hour Attra

feathers are employed for many Of the
handsomest handbags. These are finished
without metal save for the frames, which
are of steel, covered with leather The
majority of them have widely tapped
outer pockets, to be decorated with the
engraved monogram of the owner.
Among the smaller and finer grade of
handbags are some attractive models in
alligator sealskin and pigskn of natural
hue. One style is almost square, with
sharply defined lower corners, the tops
curving abruptly toward the pelt-covered
steel frame, below which Is attached
band handle, finished with heavy stitch
ing. A second model is almost heart
shaped with deep flaps beginning one
third of the diameter from the top, which
fastens invisibly and has a long handle
Of finely twisted pelt. Still popular is
the oblong purse bag with its double
flaps, tailor stitched and rope handles.
Moire bags are considered immensely
smart. They are shaped like those Of
pigskin and alligator or have broad fat
sides with triply stitched edges, which
make them miniature replicas of little
folks school bags. To look smart they
must be kept very fat, for despite their
gussets they look shapeless II unduly
crowded with small articles. All OF
these pelt bags are beautifully lined with
glace kid, satin or MORE in self color,
and the larger of them are complete with
fittings like those on the toilette table.
In addition to the card and coin purses,
there nre tiny receptacles for the comb,
powder puff and lip rouge, and sometimes
a chamois-ine soap bag.
Beaded bags are of square and oval
shape, and elaborately Powered and bor-
dered in classical and conventional de-
signs. Those of white crystal, we'll
covered with roses and violets, are bit
too elaborate for the company of the ordl-
nary street suit and too frivolous looking
for church. but precisely the accessory for
an afternoon visiting costume. The jetted
bags ON white are rather more subdued,
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Never was there offered for the wheed-
ling of money from the tightly closed
purse so many temptations in the form of
fascinating shopping bags, bridge purses
and vanity boxes as at the present time.
Shopping bags are growing into the
generous proportions of the touring sort.
and are of the same materials There are
glazed leather novelties of practical ap-
pearance In brown and black, similar in
shape and mounting to the old-fashioned
hand satchel, and quite large enough to
hold everything needed for a nights alb
sence from the dressing table. Such a
bag is the sensible woman's companion
when she starts out for a protracted
shopping tour.
Balloon bags are still used by women
who study utility rather than style, and
in the latest developments along this
line, here are many notable improve
ments. The seams are no longer sewn,
but cemented together, as in the case of
motoring garments of similar fabrics,
and the tops close with clasps rather
than leather draw strings, although there
are supplementary handles which slip
over the wrist.
Medium sized suede shopping bags come
in all the fashionable dark shades for
1t is now a fad to have the bag match
the street costume in tone. This type
of bag is immensely smart in mole
color. 1t will hold innumerable small
articles supposed to be necessary to the
comfort of the modern American woman,
as there are shlrred outside pockets In
addition to the three compartments into
which the framed center Is divided. Like
many of the balloon and satche shapes,
the suedes are self-color, MORE lined.
Applied leather strips are prominent on
the various soft finished calfskin bags of
the practical type, the leather being of
contrasting tints of colors and most eff
fectiye from a short distance. They are
gilt and silver framed have several in
ner compartments and chain handles.
sPi&sias and other recognized auto
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purchase Persian bordered material
and SO cut it that the borders will run
vertically from shoulders to hem aud
form the entire fronts Of the wrap. As
the sleeves are multiplated and cut In
one with the coat, some OF the border
Ing should extend over the snouluer
tops The fronts are closed with widely
crossing straps in lieu of waistcoat,
and. of course, big fabric covered out
tons play conspicuous part IN tne gar.
nishing of collar, cuffs and slashed side
seams.
semi-Dress Wraps.
Various in style and shape are the race
coats provided for miladl. They are usu-
ally of cloth or pongee on simple iines
and trimmed with soutache or emoroid'
cred bands, but In nowise resemble mo
tor garments. The smartest of these COATS
are single breasted, fastening from below
a collarless neck to within Few inches
Of the waist with handsome metal but
tons and braided buttonholes. The full
ness of the front breadths begins JUST
above the bust, while the back is narrow
and widens gradually into shawl point
extending somewhat over the train Q. . sne
gown. roomy sleeve that 10 neftner
Japanese nor dolmanesque is almost
..grandmother'' nun shaped, the top be-
ing deeply side plated over the shoulder
and the lower end gathered into deco
rated band cuff that Is nearly as wide as
the arm size.
Utility Outer Garments.
Miladi Modish has new motoring
wrap each season, and II that selected
for spring and summer use be one OF the
rubberized taffetas, satins or mohairs IL
will quite we'll answer for general tour
ing. shopping excursions and storms. The
nattiest of the new utility coats are the
listers closing with large metal buttons
and provided with attached clan-plaid
lined hoods.
Head&ear Lore.
At least Ave hats are necessary for the
happiness of the woman ambitious to be
ever smartly arrayed. The shopping tur
ban, "bell" or boat must be trig aud
trimmed with nonwiltable wings and fat
bows of ribbon. There will be opportu-
mites aplenty to wear the frilly crowned
.Dubarry" of net and flowers, the pic
turesque cavalier with Its plume and al
Rrettes or the wide-brimmed sailor with
its becoming bandeau tilt and flower
decked crown. With the embroidered lin
geries will come into play the wide
brimmed, rose-wreathed and velvet
stringed Romney shapes which threaten
to GUST the lingerie hats from the ward
robes of the grown-up specimens of femi.
ninity.
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but still too ornate for shopping, though
they may quite properly attend divine
service. Their frames, round or square,
are of plain gold, silver or gunmetal, or
they are richly chased and jewel set,
while the chain handles are of cable or
link type, sometimes broken by big
spheres.
German silver, gun metal and gold-plate
mesh bags, with solid or pierced frames,
are still the vogue They are In sizes of
from two to six inches in diameter and
correspondingly expensive, but rarely now
aways does one see the mesh bags with
jewel-mounted shoppers so much In evil
dence few years ago. The fact is that
women of good taste hesitate to carry
such conspicuous looking accessories, es-
pecially about city's streets.
Bridge bags in pompadour and Dresden
silks, with both metal and silk covered
mountings. are of generous proportions,
for since the habit Of paying ones card
debts with cheques has come into general
practice, the little handbook must neces-
sarily go into the bridge bag in company
with the extra handkerchief, the lorg-
nette and the change purse.
Vanity handbags of book shape are COM
posed wholly Of metal They have three
compartments-visiti cards, change and
powder putin addition to space for
the mirror and notebook. fasten with
rod sliding pencil and are supported by
a cable chain of corresponding metal.
Some Of the silver vanity boxes are
richly chased and have spaces for the
monogram. Those of gunmetal are In
tended chiefly for women wearing deep
mourning attire. while those of brilliant
Jet are suitable for anybody save quite
young girls, who do not correctly wear
that dusky jewelry.
Cretonne bags are immensely fashion
able. They are infnitesimal AFFAIRS,
shaped somewhat like square envelope
with fringed ends and button fastening.
They are rose satin linen, and some OF
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the arms and neck bare. Yet custom de-
mands the same fabrics and coors as
those employed for private dinner gowns,
and consequently the satins. nets. laces,
chiffons and gauges seen at such places
are as deliberately embroidered, hand-paint-
ed and spangled as ball gowns-but the
shoulders and elbows are covered. pic
ture hat Is worn throughout the dinner,
and as far as the box or orchestra seat.
Duplicate Material Waists.
The value of having two waists for
one evening gown is not to be overrated
Those cut well away from the shoulders
and secured by straps over the arm
tops are conventional for formal din
ners, as are also the Greek types, which
suggest quite as much of the figure with
out actually exposing 1t. The bust or
collar bone square cut bodice Is the only
kind that some women can wear, ana
to others the pointed shape is more be-
coming With these a net guimpe may
be worn, but far better is IL to have
second waist made chiefly Of the dress
material with high neck and three-quar-
ter sleeves, in reserve for public din
ners and similar occasions.
Scarf DrRperies Popular.
To give a name to all of the new scarf
uraperle8 WOuiu NC iHoiC uAAASuAs eAN'-
to rechristen the spring hats. Everyone
is familiar with the Soudanese or gold or
silver-spangled net scarf sold to Lady
Modish by weight and worn as a dinner
scarf or opera head wrap during the
past winter. Arabian scarfs, so-called,
are really hooded and sleeved short
wraus which, unworn, look like shape
less tangle of folds. Though somewhat
vivid in colorings, they are exceedingly
picturesque. The '.Dauphine," not I'M
like a fichu with long. loosely tied loops
and ends, Is usually of striped or hand.
painted soft silks, while the peasant,
simple as its name implies, Is OF SILK
muslin. edged with self-toned satin rib
bon and about the proportions OF the
voluminous motoring veil.
Miladf's Evening Wraps.
Miladi's allowance Of evening wraps is
unstinted. She has temporarily iaid
aside the gorgeous opera cloak OF all
fur and lace and paillettes where 1t Is
not velvet, satin or thick silk. and In It's
stead is wearing one not quite so costly
and far less elaborate. 1t Is OF satin or
corded silk and preferably matches the
tone of the dinner gown, although 1t may
be of oyster gray or one of the lighter
mode shades, unless wholly of white or
black. Its lines are simple and Its folds
are long, but 1t is not cumbersome, nor
does 1t extend far below the knees. To
develop 1t attractively Mt comparatively
small expense, it is only necessary to
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Models i'm Leather and Other Smart Materials.

them are deliberately braided in soutache.
One of their chief claims to respect Ia
that they may be appropriately carried
with any costume from the simplest to
the stateliest.
Summer handbags. meaning those de-
signed to accompany white costumes, are
of embroidered or soutached linen,
shaped similarly to those Of cretonne or
beads. They are said to be launderable.
Others are of white long-welt leather. In
oblong shape and gilt mounted. while
dainty but less practical are those OF
bleached suede and white MORE. which
soil so readily that only freshly gloyed
hands should clasp them.
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with or over white. Because of the color
contrasts, such costumes may be on very
simple lines similar to those of the jump
er-princesse order having long, plain
skirts, bordered widely with velvet and
skeleton-like bodices, cabachon and che
nille-trimmed. These are worn over the
white net blouse and skirt mounted upon
taffeta which also serves as slip for
the white wolfe or lace gown that Is
trimmed wholly with big black velvet
discs or perhaps has a relieving color
introduced into the bordering of the It's
sue robe.
Popularity of Satin.
Satin, so long shelved, has come sweep
ing into vogue again, much as have the
dainty muslin embroideries. The satin
gown in the present day quality of fab
ric is light of weight; 1t accentuates the
lines of the figure, reduces its apparent
bulk and is decidedly becoming. AS an
all-year fabric it Is unequalled, not only
for gowns but for coats, alone and in
combination with a variety of materials.
Separate Satip Coats.
Satin coats of the half-htting, semi