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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-02-12
The Call of Courtesy.

Other women when they entered
the car had been forced to walk down
to the other end before they could find
seats, but when the little, white-faced
nun came in, no sooner had she
appeared at the door than a we'll
dressed young man, two laborers and
newsboy arose simultaneously and
offered their seats. The little nun ac-
knowledged their courtesy with a
grave smile and lowering Of the eye
lashes. AS she sank into seat the
car gave a lurch. The young man
caught her by the elbow and gently
lowered her to her seat.
THAT was a beautiful sight to me"
said the man across the aisle to his
friend. did you notice how respect
fully all four of those fellows sprang
to their feet when she entered and
how tenderly the young chap handled
her as he assisted her to a seat?"
"Oh, l don't know" answered the
friend. you didn't see them jump up
and offer their seats when the other
women entered, did you? To my
mind the incident meant nothing ex-
cept those four fellows are Catholics,
and they were instinctively showing
respect to a woman of their faith"
Il think it meant more than that"
said the other. 'It was the instructive
homage that every man pays to the
woman who he knows is good. Her uni
form is badge of goodness, and the
purity and gentleness in that woman's
face would make any man feel that
yielding her his seat was a privilege.
The average woman enters a car and
by her air and expression fairly de-
mands seat. The result is that
she doesn't get 1t half the time.
dare say all four of those men felt
rewarded by the look the little sister
gave them. The average woman mere
ly acknowledges a courtesy of the
kind, when she acknowledges it at all,
by cold Thanks New York men
may not be an especially polite set,
but I've never seen a little nun stand
ing in crowded car yet."-New York
Press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-02-12
Hat Question Aeitates Paris.

81 have frequently been victim of
the mushroom" monster, and, al
though there was movement IS
months ago in Paris to suppress the
large hat at the theatre, and insist
upon women wearing small theatre
hats" nothing really came Of 1t.
Today they are bigger than ever.
At the same time it is only justice to
admit that certain theatre managers
have lent an ear to the growing COM
plants of their patrons, and the Paris
theatres may at the present moment
be divided into three categories-
those at which hats are not allowed
to be worn, those where hats are for
hidden in certain seats, and those
where hats may be worn anywhere.
1t should, of course, be understood
that in the boxes or the higher bal
comics ladies are at liberty to please
themselves.
At the Opera, Comedie Franchise
and Opera Comique, they are not al
lowed to wear hats at the Gate, Gym
nase, Sarah Bernhard, Rejane, An
tome, Palais Royal and Athenee The
atres hats are forbidden in the orches-
tro stalls, or at least in the front rows.
AT the Odeon, Vaudeville, Varieties,
Nouveautes, Chatelet, Folles Dra-
matiques, Porte Saint Martin, Ambigu,
Cluny, Deiazet, Trainon and the Grand
Guignol Theatres ladies may sit where
they please and wear the largest hats
obtainable-no one has the right to
indulge in I. word of protest.
We shall evidently have to wait
some time before the Parisienne
makes it rule when she goes to the
theatre to leave her hat behind her.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-02-12
Annie Pomace.

The milkman to whom | sell COM
plains that the milk sours easily this
time of the year, Nov. 10th. He had
the milk all summer and never COM
planned of sour milk. | take the best
OF care with the milk; yet he has
kicked hard three times within a
week, and the last time threatened to
quit taking my milk. | have done
considerable thinking, and don't know
what can be the matter unless the
trouble comes from some apple POM
ace that | have been feeding for about
10 days. The pomace has rather sour
smell and taste; could that he trans
ferred to the milk? The rest of my
feed is good hay and grain. l have
fed pomace for years and never had
trouble before, but always made but
ter. This is the first season | have
sold to a milkman. A. d. p. 1t is
probable that the sour flavor of the
pomace passes over into the milk. 1t
would noturally be much more pro-
nounced in milk than in butter. 1t
can be obviated to large extent. il
not entirely overcome, by taking care
that the pomace is fed only immediate
ly after milking.-Country Gentleman.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-02-12
Fashion Notes,

Rosettes of velvet are used on some
smart coats in place of buttons.
A handsome black waist is obtained
by using braid on black India silk.
Among all the colors there is still
none more popular for evening than
yellow.
Black caracul cloth is one of the
fur limitations that is proving popular
for coats.
Graceful galands OF satin ribbon
are effective upon evening gowns of
Brussels net.
Triple scalloped and dot-embroidered
collars lie fiat about the neck of a
dainty dressing sacque.
Among the prettiest sleeves for eve
ming gowns are those which are COM
posed of row upon row of lace ruffles.
A well-shaped petticoat is as nee
essary as correct shaping Of the
gown, to ensure proper hang" Of the
skirt.
The diagonally striped suitings
lined off in indistinct plaids are quite
popular in the larger cities, and make
uncommonly smart suits.
On one hand everything tends to
elaborateness and or the other that
severest effects have entirely super
seded overturned elegance.
Buttons made of lace gathered to
covered mould around a center Of
French knots are q very effective
decoration for lace or other blouses.
A flmy aigrette outstanding among
the cluster of artificial flowers that
composes a dainty hair ornament,
gives q graceful appearance OF height.
Gray is very fashionable, and in soft
materials it is especially beautiful.
To get the best results the woman who
wears 1t must have bright color or the
effect will be cold.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-02-12
Preservation of Fence Posts.

Experimental tests made by the
government with a number of inferior
woods have shown that it is practical
BILE to subject them to preservative
treatment by which they will be rem
dered durable and as lasting as the
soundest oak in many cases. This is
of the highest Importance in connec-
tion with the use of fence posts, tel
egraph and telephone poles, cross ties
and constructive timbers of many
kinds. 1t is of special Importance to
farmers in many parts of the country,
with whom the fence post problem is
serious.
The preservative treatment can be
employed more successfully with GER
tain kinds of wood than with others,
but it fortunately so happens that the
open-grained, quick-growing, quick
decaying timbers, are the easiest of all
woods to treat. Among these are old
field or loblolly pine of the South,
iodgepole and western yellow pine,
cottonwood, willow, buckeye, beech,
sycamore, and others in the West and
Middle West Woods which decay
most rapidly in their natural state,
with few exceptions, are best adapted
for preservative Observation-Disclosures
Farmer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-02-12

exists. Even in some cases in which
the girls have a representation on the
editorial board things are written and
published that are not kind.
The heads of the institutions go to
some length to declare at times that
coeducation is success and that the
male students really like it, but they
are not borne out by the facts, appar.
emily. The girls in some of the mid
die Western universities which are CO
educational realize keenly this feeling
against them.
They take their part in college activ,
tiles and on occasion help out the ath
letic associations. They are made to
feel sometimes, as one Michigan girl
expressed it, that the men want to
know them only when they are after
their money.
There was a lot of applause for
some girls in Wisconsin last spring
when they raised money to help to
send the crews to Poughkeepsie for
the regatta, but apparently that has
been forgotten, to judge by some of
the things that the Wisconsin girls
complain of.
Few of the Eastern universities have
coeducation and most of the men in
them are ungallant enough to say
that they are glad of it. 1t would take
a deep psychologist to explain why
there is that opposition to education
of the two sexes together.
AS one man who went to mans
college in the East says: "I'll bet ten
good looking girls could do more for
coeducation than a ream of arguments
by professors" Yet it is a safe bet
that there are many good looking girls
in the Western colleges.
They appear to be resigned out there
but they do not appear to relish coed
ucation.-New York Sun.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-02-12
To Select Glover Seed.

When 1t comes to paying from $40
to s12 bushel for clover or alfalfa
seed, one should be able to Judge some
thing of the quality of the stuff he
buys. A first rate quality of red clov-
er seed should be of fair size, purple
and yellow colors predominating and
always with luster II a sample is
small, with many shriveled, brown
seeds in it, it should be rejected, with
out hunting for impurities. Many ask
how to tell Red clover from Mammoth.
It is impossible to distinguish the seed.
The buyer must depend upon the hon
esty of the seller. Alfalfa seed has a
light, olive green color. 1t is about the
same size as red clover seed. It has
various forms. but Is quite easily dis
tinguished. The dead and worthless
seed are the brown colored ones. ANY
sample which contains brown seed
should be rejected. Shrivelled seed in
dicates that the crop was not mature
when 1t was harvested; brown seeds
indicate old seed. That is, when eth
er alfalfa or clover seed contains q
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-02-12
Farm Notes.

All milk utensils should be cleaned
Immediately after being used.
Cow comfort and good care go a
long way toward filling the milk pail.
A really good COW will lose flesh
rather than gain it when in full flow
of milk.
Do not expose the cows to a cold
rain. There is great danger of per-
manent injury.
Stop the churn as soon as the butter
graduates If you want to work out
all the buttermilk.
If the heifer calf is to become
good dairy COW she must be fed as
though she were good COW now.
With thoroughly good COW to
manufacture it we can always afford
to put in feed and take out butter.
Dairymen who keep poor scrub
cows and keep them half starved
steal from themselves twice over.
All cows do not like the same kind
of food, neither will they do so well
as they would on some other kind.
Spots in the butter are the detec-
tives that tell on the lazy one who
does not work out all the buttermil1.
Never scald the milk pals or cans,
but rinse we'll with cold water and
scald last. Sunshine and air help to
keep them sweet.
Cows chew foreign materials like
bones, boards, rags, ETC., to satisfy
craving for some element lacking
in their bodies that is supposed to
have become exhausted by giving 1t
out in the milk. They are satisfied
by feeding them salt, wood ashes and
bonemeal in equal quantities.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-02-12
Some st. Valentine "Don'ts."

Remember that lou want to enjoy
the st. Valentine party as well as
your guests; therefore observe these
rules:
Don't fret and worry every hour of
the preceding day until you are ner-
vous and sensitive to everything that
goes wrong.
Don't rush your Games too close on
each others heels Young people
like to talk.
Don't seem to be making an effort
to entertain them at every moment.
Suggest the games when the talking
grows little less spirited.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-02-12
Hampshire Sheep.

hampshire Sheep.
The Hampshire is becoming very
popular and justly so, for | don't be-
lieve there Is breed of sheep in
existence today that will bring better
results when crossed on other breeds,
or that will turn the food consumed
into more dollars than the pure bred
Hampshires. l am talking from ex-
perience, for l have bred, imported,
and sold, pure bred sheep for 35
years, and have tried several of the
leading breeds and some of them
along with the Hampshires, and have
now been breeding and importing
Hampshires for 25 years, and find
them hardy, prolific, quick growers,
well wooled and of large size; and
for crossing on other breeds they have
no superiors and few that equal them.
This has been found out in the past
few years by lamb-feeders and by
early lamb raisers, until today every
Hampshire ram of breeding age has
been picked up, and there was not
enough to supply the demand. The
south and southwest, and southeast Is
becoming a great country for raising
sheep and especially early mutton
lambs, and the call for Hampshire
rams in those places has been more
than doubled in the past year. and 1t
looks good for the Hampshires when
we see men that were leading breed
ers and importers of other breeds of
sheep, now bringing over large impor-
tations of Hampshires and rushing
to the front to meet the ranchmen, the
lamb feeder the early lamb raiser, the
general farmer and, everybody who
want to improve their flocks by in
Producing a Hampshire ram or few
ewes in their flock.
Hampshires are not delicate eaters.
But they are good strong feeders.
They will eat almost any kind Of
rough feed and will do we'll on It.
What they need Is plenty of rough
feed of a variety, and outdoor exer-
else. | believe more sheep are In.
jured or diseased by too close hous-
ing than by the rains and sto,ms.
Hampshire sheep If in fair to good
flesh can stand a lot of rain and bad
weather, for their wool is so close
that they do not get wet to the skin
and 1t rarely goes in the fleece to any
considerable distance.
A flock of Hampshres in good flesh
look very pretty, If they are of the
type that they should be. Large we'll
formed, with white wool. Black or
very dark face ears and legs, of good
strong bone, stand erect, with bright
eyes, large soft ears, and are gentle
and easily kept in an enclosure Any
one wanting to raise and keep a flock
of sheep on the farm will find that
Hampshires will pay good interest
on the money invested.-P. w. Artz
in the Indiana Farmer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-02-12
Black Lea In Cattle.

When black leg is prevalent in tho
community, mix pulverized sulphur
and salt until well colored and place
where stock will get It, This is a
good preventive. When an animal
is affected, take equal parts of sui
phur, charcoal, saltpeter and pow
dered ginger, mix thoroughly and give
a tablespoonful twice a day in half
pint of warm water until cured,
drenching the animal from a bottle.
This remedy has been known to cure
when the animals legs had become
tiff.-Epitomist.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-02-12
The Women Who Smoke.

p 1t is no news that cigarette smoking
by women Is not tolerated in the public
rooms of our hotels and restaurants
Women who smoke cigarettes in pub
!. lie are still generally accounted vulgar
: If not actually wicked, in land where
the prejudices of Puritanism still sur.
vive.
No thoroughly sophisticated Amer
lean woman of good breeding would
think of lighting cigarette In New
York restaurant, because she would
know that the men who were putting
cigar smoke in her face would con-
slider the act unladylike. When you
are in Europe you may do as you
please. BY the same token American
women visiting Paris will show them
selves in certain well-known resorts
when they would shudder at the
thought of going to New York or
Chicago restaurant of the same quail
ity.
Perhaps in few years more the
last traces of our Purltanism may dis
appear. Perhaps not. There may be
a revival of old prejudices and be-
.-uefs. Meanwhile the managers of
our hotels are to be commended for
prohibiting cigarette smoking by wo-
men, because they are acting in ac.
cord with public opinion.
Nevertheless, everybody who knows
the wa IS of the world at all, knows
that the women do smoke cigarettes
nowadays, and knows also that the
cigarette habit is no worse for them.
morally or hygienically, than it is
for the men. We are no better than
the Europeans, and they know it:
wherefore our pretenses make them
smile.-New York Times.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-02-12
A Modern Custom.

Frequently it happens that the
modern valentine is sent by men as an
expression of courtesy or to show ap-
probation of social favors received.
For this purpose a pot Of growing
flowers, a daintily bound volume. a
basket of glazed or tropical fruit or
bon-bons in elaborate receptacles OF
satin, porcelain or crystal. are all
welcome tokens to most women, who
gracefully accept them in the same
spirit In which they were sent.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-02-12

round pasteboard box can be used as
foundation for this. 1t is covered
with white crepe paper and big red
heart pasted in the centre. 1t adds
to the appearance If the edges of the
box are touched up with line Of gold
paint, as shown in our illustration.
For serving refreshments at val
entine party there is nothing more
effective than heart and arrow ice
cream or charlotte russo boxes, and
the best thing about item Is that they
can be so easily and quickly made.
Buy some rather thin bright-red
pasteboard at stationery store, and
also a sheet of white pasteboard.
Then get some of the ordinary pleated
paper cases that are used for char
lotte russo, BISCUIT glace, etc. An
arrow is cut out of the white PASTE
board, painted gold or covered with
gilt paper and pasted across the large
heart that has just been cut from the
red pasteboard. A circle is then cut
out Of the heart, through arrow and
all, the ice cream box inserted in the
opening and held in place with little
paste.
The paper baskets can be even
more quickly made, the foundation
being the same sort of pleated paper
case. In making the red paper basket,
this is given a handle formed of
wire, with red crepe paper twisted
around it and a heart and arrow
pasted at the top. The paper itself
ls simply covered with frill Of red
paper, held in place by just touch
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-02-12

of paste, and twist of baby ribbon.
The white ice cream basket is made
in exactly the same way, with the
substitution of white paper for red
and little pasteboard Cupid stuck
on the handle in place of the heart
and arrow. The favors for a valen-
tine dance, children's party or cotil-
lion are simply fancy paper hearts
fastened on slender sticks, wound
with paper and decorated with ribbon
streamers. The candle shade makes
most effective table decoration. 1t
is OF white paper, decorated with
red hearts and gold arrows, and the
top and bottom of the shade are fin
ished with twists of the paper touched
up with gold paint.
St. Valentines Day was originally
the day dedicated to the incoming Of
spring. The Romans kept it in honor
of Pan and Juno, and the festival,
which lasted several days, was called
"Lupercalia." The early Christian
church, desiring to effect a change in
this much-abused feast, very adroitly
reconstructed the old practice Of the
lottery of lovers names. In place of
the names of real youths and maid
ems, whose appellations, written on
slips Of paper, were drawn by the
young people of the time, the church
substituted the names of the saints.
The idea had it's own beauty, and the
notion of dedication was thus pre-
served in more spiritual sense than
in the old Roman festival. This feast,
and not the existence of the real st.
Valentine, is the origin of the gallant
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-02-12
Four Kind of Wives.

Some women in marrying demand
all and give all; with good men they
D are the happy; with base men they
are the broken-hearted.
Some demand everything and give
little; with weak men they are tyr
ants; with strong men they are the di'
> -vorced.
Some demand little and give all;
with congenial souls they are already
in heaven; with uncongenial they are
soon in their graves.
Some give little and demand little;
they are the heartless, and they bring
neither the joy of life nor the peace
of death.-James Lane Allen.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-02-12
The Roosevelt collara

Photographs of 103 members of
Congress. most OF them newly elect
ed, printed by the New York Tribune,
show that fifty-eight are clean-shav
en- and all save twenty-seven wear
rundown collars The New York
Mail concludes from this that the
country is drifting away from whisls.
ers and stand-up collars. II may be
added that the smooth-face era of a
hundred years ago was one also Of
high collars. Now apparently 1t is
to be one of low collars.-Springfield
Republican.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-02-12
Cows for the Dairy.

Some COWS of mixed breeds set
the dairy marks of the experts at de-
fance and give large yields of good
milk. Nevertheless, the good dairy
COW should show certain features in
size, shape and general makeup. Scrub
cows on scrub farms, fed on scrub ra-
tions, cared for by scrub persons, pro-
duce milk and butter that is hardly
worthy of the name The best kind of
cattle for the dairy are the pure-bred
dairy breeds. Very few graded COWS
equal the fine breeds.-Eptomist
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-02-12
That Little Valentine BOy,

His other name is Cupid. That is
what the old Romans called him.
He had still another name given him
by the early Greeks, Eros. But what
ever he may be called, he is the same
jolly little sprite that you paint, draw
or paste on your valentines as the
love fairy.
He looks very harmless with his
chubby-baby cheeks and his loving
eyes. But look at him closely and
you will find in those eyes sparks Of
mischief glinting through the love,
like points of mica in a quartz rock.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-02-12
Fashion Not Fickle.

people talk about the fickleness of
fashion, but as a matter of fact there
is nothing more distressingly con-
stant," says a dressmaker. How long
have we worn blouses? How many
years did boleros reign? What ages
it seems since we took to stripes? All
these things are not of yesterday. The
faithfulness of fashion is tedious. At
ter many seasons velvet is still her
only love. Some of us had hoped for
a change, but it is not to be."-New
York Tribune.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-02-12
In Shakespearc's Day.

In Shakespeare's time there was a
practice of greeting the person met
by saying, Good morning, tits Val
entine's Day." and the one who made
the salutation first was entitled to a
present. At this time the element of
choice appears to have Joined forces
with chance, for 1t is written that
divers young persons contrived to ac-
cidentally see each other before they
saw anybody else on the morning of
ST. Valentines Day.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-02-12

For February festivities that take
place on or near the fourteenth of the
month, there are this year a host of
charming novelties. The old-fash-
ioned valentines are, of course, out of
date for everybody but children, yet
the sentiment Of the day still fingers
in the hearts and darts and paste
board Cupids used on the new candy
boxes. What, for instance, could be
prettier remembrance for any young
man to give his "best GIRL or even
young woman for whom he had no
particular regard but to whose family
he was indebted for invitations to
dinner or tea, dances or other func-
tions of the season, than one of these
candy-boxes? Two different styles
are shown on this page-one covered
with bright-red paper and decorated
with big bow of red ribbon, having
In the centre Cupid himself, with his
bow and arrows; the other simpler,
but just as effective, covered with
white crepe paper and decorated with
gilt arrow pierced through two
hearts. If these boxes are wanted
for souvenirs at luncheons or parties
they can easily be made at home by
a clever girl, for the crepe paper is
very simple to manipulate. The heart
shaped pasteboard boxes can be
bought ready-made at most stationery
stores, and the hearts and arrows cut
out of red and gold paper respec-
lively, declares McCall's Magazine.
Even easier to make is the little
round box shown at the top of the
left-hand corner OF this group. Any