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Advanced, But Still Eve-Lilsc.

If the changes wrought by electric
fly are stupendous, the changes
brought about by the new occupa-
tions and aims of women are scarcely
less so, says a writer in Appleton's.
Within the last twenty-five years
an astonishingly short period for so
great observation-disclosures en-
erging from the home, from the old
conventional narrowness Of spinister-
hood and the uncertain conditions of
dependency, whether happy or un-
happy, have entered almost every
field of activity once sacred to men.
They demanded first higher educa-
tion, and obtained it, so that in less
than generation an unheard-of
thing became a commonplace. Som
ber, intense women of the early sew
enties made it possible in a few short
years for any pink-cheeked child OF
eighteen to enter college and take
her curls and picture hats and airy
graces with her, square waists and
fat heels being no longer synonymous
with a knowledge of Greek.
After they had become trained In
the higher branches the next step was
easy They entered the professions
of medicine, OF law, of architecture
They invaded newspaper Offices and
business Offices; and there are now
strong signs that they are invading
politics. though it is probable that
they are taking their femininity with
them, according to the evidence Of
Mrs. Golden Sanderson, who told
in a speech at Cooper Union that the
first remark made by one of her de.
voted band. after she had been hus,
tied into the Black Maria, was the
immortal "Is my hat on straight?
AS long as women still care for tho
proper tilt of their millinery YOU may
scratch a suffragette and find Eve.
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cuss with pain, and he knows 1t. Hes
knows also that I have to hunt
around until 1 find some freak shoe
that will fit his misshapen old loot,
but all the time he declares that he
never has bunions Or corns like most
people. Women who seem to be sens
ible enough in all other ways come in:i
here and declare that they do not
know what corn is, when they
vince with pain every time I touch
their little toe. When they are forced
to declare that the shoe hurts in one
spot or another they insist it is be-;
cause their feet have a shape par
ticularly their own. Sometimes they
will admit they have a little call
loused place. but a corn, oh, DEAR
no. Sometimes in a thin, lightweight
shoe can fairly see the corns bunch
ing out under the leather, but I have:
to say automatically that the fit Is
not good or that the customer has
a peculiarly sensitive foot or some
other nonsense. if I want to keep
their trade. New York Press.
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Seven Sisters in Wedding Party.

Mrs. John Sweeney. 1879 Kenmore
avenue, and seven of her eight daugh-
ters helped to make up unique We'd
ding party Wednesday night when
two of the daughtcrs-Miss Kather-
inc and Miss Alice-were married in
St. Mary's OF the Lake Church to
Thomas J. Hyland and Gerald Dunno
respectively. Because of the close
family resemblance between the
young women. much facetious appre-
hension was expressed By spectators
lest the young brides to be experi-
ence embarrassment at the altar.
The brides were attended by tho
twin sister of Miss Katherine, Mrs.
Walter Birmingham. while four other
sisters fell in line as bridesmaids,
one sister being i'll. The bridesmaids
were all similarly attired.-Chicaga
News.
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INDIANS.

AS spent two months of the past
winter in California, I thought /,
would tell you of some OF my expert
ences on the way out. On the second
day after we left Chicago the scenery
became so very interesting that l
spent most of the time on the obser-
walton platform at the end of our long
train. In the morning, after we had
crossed the Canyon Diable, we COM
menced to see the mud huts and
adobes of the Indians. Every once in
a while we would catch glimpse of
the Indian women in their shawls
and Navajo blankets. Some Of them
would have their pappooses strapped
to their backs. We would wave 20
them, and while some jnst stared at
us, others would wave back. Outside
of the adobes were their mud ovens,
where they cooked their meals. Fur
ther on we would see the male In
dams plowing in the fields. They
would stop just long enough to wave
their hands, and then take up the
plows and trudge on. Whenever the
train stopped to get water. the Indian
women would come down to the train
to sell their pottery and bead work.
They would come to our platform
and lift up their wares, saying, "Ten
zentz; twenta-vive zentz," etc. AS
they had very pretty things, almost
every one bought something. About
moon we stopped for about forty min
utes, at Albuquerque, most interest
ing place. Next to the station is an
Indian building where the Indians
rugs, pottery, baskets and bead work
are displayed and sold. In one cor
ner of the room saw great many
people collecting. I soon found out
the attraction. There was an Indian
woman weaving wonderful Navajo
rug, and beside her was tiny Indian
girl weaving smaller rug on her
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MF. 5 FASHIONS
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Metal buckles appear on many
hats.
Many of the new skirts are crossed
in the front.
voluminous coiGures are predicted
for the winter.
Wings are larger than they have
ever been before.
Feather trimming upon hats con-.
tinues very profuse. q
There are fewer quills on autumn
hats than last year.
A key design OF pearls and silver is.
the decoration on Greek costume OF
Nattier-blue satin.
The close, small hat is ideal for.
motoring and among the prsttiest OF
them are the feather toques.
There seems to be no limit to the
width OF the barettes being worn
below the knot of hair, at the back.
Few light browns will be used, ex-
cept as trimming or for an evening
wrap, the colors being dark and rich.
Among narrow trimmings there are
all sorts of braided designs in one
half and three-quarter-!nch widths in
gold or in blends Of all colors or,
black.
While the styles are on the soft,
clinging order, the fabrics are as a
rule quite glossy as TO surface-ncs5
stiff or stand-outish, be it understood.
but bright.
Pale mauye flannel of very fine
quality is used for a morning house.
gown cut princess that has panel ex-
tending from the throat quite to the
edge of the dress.
Nile green and a shade known as
aubergine or eggplant are used for
some of the hats. These are Won
drously rich in tone. The two tones
are very prominent.
Women are fascinated by the new
ribbed silk-coyered hats with their
traceries of soutache upon the brims
and sometimes upon the crowns. and
with edgings of silk cord.
Dark-eyed women can wear most.
OF the brown shades, but she who mas
been fair in her youth will, with
profit, select the deeper, richer shades
of brown, rather than those inclined
to golden.
The woman VINO studies effects in
dress never buys house dress or
even kimona just because it is
pretty. She buys a color and design
that will harmonic with the sur
roundings among which it will be
worn.
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own little loom. My smaller sister
was quite interested about her and
after giving her few coins, asked
how old she was. She held up six
little copper-colored fingers and then
motioned to find out my sisters age.
1t happened that Louise was six also,
and it pleased the little girl very
much. After buying a few things we
went back to the train and started
once more on our journey.
AS my letter Is already, too long, I
will have to finish telling about the
happy times had in California some
other time.-Marion Hall, in the New
York Tribune.
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Pretty Carriers

So many women complain that the
patent fasteners on the garters, which
are attached to the corsets, tear out
the stockings, but there is Il clever
woman who has found way out Of
the difficulty. She sews two bits Of
white tape to the top Of her stock
ings and places them so they are
each just where the patent fasteners
usually come In contact with the
stockings. She then removes the
fasteners from the garters and uses,
in their stead, little pieces of ribbon
which match the color used in her
corset cover. When she puts on her
stockings in the morning she slips
the ribbon in the loop of the garter
and then through the tape in her
stocking, tying the end in a neat
bow.
Not only does this method save
the stockings and lengthen their
period of usefulness, but i. makes a
pretty finish far more dainty than
the patent fastener could possibly
be.
The form Of the arrangement
might even be varied. Brown tape
might be fastened on brown stock
ings, and one might even have bit
of brown ribbon. Again, button
hole might be worked in the top Of
the stocking, in which case the tape
might be dispensed with. Surely it
would be better to even go to that
much trouble than to spend count
less hours in the uncongenial task of
mending slipped threads.-Pittsburg
Dispatch.
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Queen Renairs an Auto.

Queen Helena Of Italy probably is.
the only woman automobile enthus-,
last who. has surprised baff1ed
chauffeur by pointing out to him the
desect in a motor. The Queen did
this on country road near Napless:
and for a couple of weeks all Italy
has been singing ner praise. Thus
we see on what slender thread the
popularity of crowned heads mar
hang. Helena always has been popE:
ular in Italy, but it took a little in-
cident like this to draw the warmest.
expressions of admiration since snlsi
mounted the throne with King En-
manuel. There was no chance In heis,
work, either, for it meant only that.
the Queen turned to the advantage
of the moment the experience She
had gained in automobiling with heif;
husband Emmanuel is one Of tho,
most enthusiastic drivers in Europe.
He seldom is accompanied by chauf..s
feur, but almost always by his wife
He has ten cars and every enc of the.
ten motors was assembled by him.
When he buys car an expert work
man attends the royal garage until
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-12-16
A WISE PROVISION.

If the world were to become bird
less, it is estimated that 1t would take
only nine years for the bugs and in
sects to eat up all the crops and
orchards, so that man simply could
not live, in spite of all the sprays
and poisons that ever were or will be
invented. When boys kill birds they
destroy their best friends. If we fool
ishly kill them in order to protect
the crops, we may find that we have
only protected destructive insects,
and that they will eat a hundred
times more than the bird would have
destroyed. Record.
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bal HUNDRED YEARS FROM NOW.

A HUNDRED YEARS FROM NOW.
There's picture in the window
Of a little shop I know,
With boys and girls dressed as they wer
a hundred years ago.
And since saw it, have thought,
And keep on thinking how
The children, maybe, will be dressed
A hundred years from now.
Will girls wear caps or farthingales,
Or hoops in grand array?
Will they wear bows like butterflies,
Just as they do to-day?
Will boys wear jackets short, or tie
Their hair in queues? Just how
They'll really look, I'd like to know
a hundred years from now.
What do you think the girls and boys
Will eat in those far days?
Will they be fed on breakfast foods
In many sorts of ways?
Will all the good and tasty things
Be worse for them than rice?
Will ice cream soda make them sick,
And everything that's nice?
Will children's books have pictures then,
Or Just all reading be?
Perhaps they'll be hand-painted and
Most beautiful to see.
But when / think of those / have,
truly don't see how
They can be any prettier
A hundred years from now.
Sarah Noble-Ives, in st. Nicholas.
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A WHALE.

Perhaps you would like to hear
about the whale I saw on my way to
Maine this summer. We were sitting
on the deck OF the steamer when.
away in the distance, we saw large
Jet of water shoot into the air. The
people all hurried to the side deck,
and when the fountain Of water had
stopped we could see the whale. 1t
looked like a large, black rock pro-
jecting from the water. Every once
in a while it threw up Jets OF water,
until it was lost to sight.-Helen
Henderson, in the New York Tribune
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the King takes the car apart and fits
it together in perfect running order.
The Queen went to watch him at
work one day and found it SO inter
esting that he since has enlightenF&
her as to the construction of all the
cars. Thus when the breakd down oc-a
Cured on the Naples highway the
Queen was in position to teach the
chauffeur his business. Thousands of
American women could have done it.
but to the royalty loving minds Of
Europe the fact that a Queen should
know the intricacies OF piece Of ma
chinery is looked upon as marvellous.
New York Press.
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Hospitality.

Webster defines the word as
treating guests with generous kind
ness" without reward; liberal en-
tertainment. I have often noted
the slurs cast upon poor anxious
Bible Martha. If the truth were told,
she deserves more credit than her
spiritually minded sister, who sat at
His feet unconcerne6 as to the prep
aration of dinner.
The common heroes of life do not
usually wear the laurels.
Hospitality means a giving our
friends of our common fare, as did
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RARIEs TO SELL

fDear me! What do you call
that?"
The missionary shaded her eyes
from the setting Indian sun and
peered down the road.
At first, a tent woven Of straw
seemed. to be walking straight to-
wards her, but soon she saw three
pairs of brown legs were beneath.
She watched with growing interest.
Straight on. they came, and halted
under spreading banyan tree on the
mission premises. Then the tent be-
gan slowly to come down, and settled,
as IL for the night.
Dear mel" said the new mission
ary again, II wonder if they are going
to stay here. I must see what they
want-in the morning And SO
when morning came and the mission
ary felt very brave, she walked out
to call on her new neighbors.
! A big man with no shoes or stock
ings or hat or shirt was cooking
breakfast in tiny brass pot placed
upon few stones. A little girl was
securing her shining white teeth with
piece Of charcoal.
-Salaam," said the man, putting
his hands together at his forehead
and bowling almost 20 the ground.
"Salaam,'" said the little girl. shyly,
and then running towards the tent
she pulled away the straw door and
looked as If to say, Wont you so
in?n
The missionary stopped and put
her head inside, and what do you
think she saw? The dearest, littlest
mite of brown baby lay on the
ground blinking its eyes in the light;
and over in the corner, on pile of
weeds, lay the poor, sick mamma.
The little girl carried the baby out
side in her arms. "It's a nice, fat
baby" she said, kissing it.
Tie man frowned. @The gods are
angry with US. They send us only
girls" Then he Strengthened him
self up and looked at the missionary.
will you buy it, your honor? We
are too poor to fill so many mouths,
and this is but a girl"
The sick mamma, hearing the
words, crept to the door. ooh, Miss
Sahib." she pleaded, "do take her.
Your face Is kind; you will be good
to her. She won't be much trouble.
Soon she will be big and can serve
you. Please take her, Miss Sahib.
Don't leave her," and the face had a
piteous, frightened look.
"I won't buy your baby, but will
take care of it if you will give it to
me-" said the missionary, soberly, for
she knew that every year in India
many little girl babies, which are not
wanted, die mysteriously, or are sold
to wicked men.
"Take her. said the father,
Grossly.
The mother lifted her head for one
long kiss and parting caress. The
big tears ran down the little slrter's
face.
The next morning, when the mis-
sionary looked out, the straw house
was gone, and only a few ashes
showed where the visitors had been.
But the new baby, who one day1God
willing-should go back to teach her
people about the kind heavenly Fa-
ther who loves little girls as well as
boys, slept sweetly on her clean
blanket.-Mabel Losing, in Chill
dren's. Missionary Friend.
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Lies About the Feet.

"I don't see why people always lie
about their feet" said the shoe clerk,
as his customer departed after CIV
ing him a bad half hour. 81 don't
mean On the size of their foot, for
it's only natural to wish to have. or
rather to make other people think
you have, small feet. But why a
great, burly man with his feet nubby
with bunions should insist that his
shoes never trouble him and that he
never has any trouble in getting fit,
is beyond me. Why, if put an ord
mary shoe on such a man ne would
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-12-16

The beneficial effect Of storage up
on the sanitary quality of water is
now we'll established. A further con-
tribution to the data on the subject
has just been made public in the
form of report by DR.. A. G. Hous-
ton, director of water examinations.
Metropolitan water board, London.
Eighteen 1000 C. c. portions Of water,
divided equally among the Thames.
Lea and New Rivers, were infected
with from forty to 100000 typhoid
bacilli. At weekly intervals bacter-
ial counts were made until no ty'
phoid germs were found
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RETURNING GOOD FOR EVIL.


Among the captives carried away
from the land Of Israel by the army
of the King of Syria was little girl.
who became handmade to the wife of
the captain of the Syrian army. Now,
when the little captive maid found
that her master suffered from ter
rible illness, she remembered the
great prophet in her own land, who
was able to heal people of disease.
And she told her mistress that If
only her master could see the prophet
who dwelt in Samaria he could be
cured. So the Syrian captain went
to the land Of Israel asking to be
cured. Now the King Of Israel feared
that he had only come to seek a
quarrel. But when the prophet
heard OF his visit he sent and told
him to wash seven times in the River
Jordan and he would be cleansed.
But the Syrian captain was too proud
to do as the prophet bade, saying.
"Are not the rivers Of Damascus bet
ter than the waters of Israeli" And
he went away in rage. Afterward
his servants persuaded him to do as
the prophet had said. And he went
and dipped seven times in the Jordan,
and was at once cleansed Of his dis
ease.
Do you remember the names OF
the Syrian captain and of the prophet
to whom he was sent by the kind
hearted little captive maid?-Wash'
lngton Star.
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Empress Cae-Have ready six of butter and the
same of caster sugar. eggs of -four half
easpoonfu baking powder grated rnd of lemon and four
ounces cherries cut into halves Line cake tin
with buttered paper together the butter and
Well whisk eggs Sieve together the flour and baking
powder add the lemon rnd tot Nsxt add alternately
some and the butter and till all mixed
in Pour the mixture into the n then sprinkle in
layer of the cherries halves Next add the of
mixture Bake in quick oven then in cooler for
about three-quarters of hour. ~
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LILY OF THE VALLEY.

Once upon a time, long while
ago, there lived in a tiny house near
large garden fairy mother with
ever and ever so many fair children.
All the children were dressed
alike, in green slippers and stockings,
white suits and white pointed caps
with dewdrop shining on top.
One evening the fairy mother said:
"You may take your small ivory buck
cts and fill them with dew from the
flowers in the garden, but be sure to
come home before the sun rises.
Off they started, running and
swinging the buckets in their hands;
instead of working, they began to
teeter. on the grass blades and play
hide-and-seek among the flowers.
And do you know, they played and
played all that night, and forgot all
about the dew and the ivory buckets,
till the great red sun could be seen.
1t was past time for going home
and too late to gather dew.
What would the fairy mother say?
well hang our ivory buckets on
these stems, and tonight come and
fill them" they said.
Then they went home, and they fell
very sorry when they saw how sad
their fairy mother looked.
AS soon as the sun went down, they
hurried to the garden. First one lit
tie fairy, then another and another.
tried to pick his bucket from the stem
where he had left it. but it was Of no
use. All the buckets were tightly
fastened to the stems and turned up
side down.
They have been fastened that way
ever since, and perhaps if you look in
your garden you will find some of the
fairies ivory buckets.-Emma l..
Hammond, in Kindergarten Review.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-12-16

A quadrangular screen. which
opens or closes as o door to which 1t
is attached at the top is opened or
closed, invented by Kansan. is said
to prevent flies and other insects
from entering house.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-12-16

Although the name of Pasteur gen.
orally is associated with the treat
ment Of hydrophobia which he dis
covered, he also discovered the way
to kill the heterogeneous which
sour new wine, and an effective rem
edy against the parasites which kill
silkworms before they spin their CO.
coons. .a:S ..tes.aa.s.. -.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-12-16

Paradoxical as it may seem, farm
ers' wives of Berks County, Pa, keep
sweet corn perfectly fresh all winter
by sailing it down in stone crooks or
cedar tubs.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-12-16

A horse can live twenty-five days
without solid food, merely drinking
water; seventeen days without either
eating or drinking, and only five days
when eating solid food without drink
ing.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-12-16

At cost of nearly s5,ooo,ooo the
British Admiralty will construct a
line of huge concrete blocks at Spit
head to force vessels to use de-
fined channel. Naval maneuvres have
shown that it is possible for small
craft to creep up to the shore ut
night,
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AatA3IElssA:GS.

What do ve know, in truth, about sleep:
5 Only that dreams sometimes, pursuing, creep
Over the unseen bound call awakng;
Enow that gained reresnnlent unrest.
Whether the dream waking more blest,
that there change when day was breaking.
What do we know about little life
It's toll and pleasure misery AID strife?
What shall we know when have passed its portal?
Perhaps we shall remember that dreamed,
That time with sweet troubled visions teemed,
Ahvu wideawake alive Immortal
Ethel NJ Coleman. in The Century.