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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-09-23
Girls Tucked Dress.

Just such a pretty little dress as
this one is needed for every school
girl, and this model can be made from
lawn or batiste or from similar wash
able material, from the thin silks and
pongees, that the girls are wearing
so much, and, indeed, from every
childish material. The skirt Is an
exceptionally pretty one, with an odd
ly shaped flounce, while the blouse Is
made with yoke shaped in harmony
Herewith and with double sleeves
that are distinctive and novel. AS
illustrated handkerchief lawn Is
trimmed with a simple lace banding
and combined with yoke Of cross
barred dimity on which little en-
broidery Is seen.
The dress consists Of the blouse
and the skirt, which are Joined by
belt. The blouse is tucked at It's up
per edge and Joined to the yoke, while
1t also is laid in wider tucks above
the belt, which give needed weight to
thin materials. The over sleeves are
tucked below the shoulders, so that
they are prettily and becomingly full
while those beneath are of the simple
puffed sort gathered into straight
bands. The skirt is made in one
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-09-23
WOMEN AS PARTISANS.

To those who fear the fierce parti-
sanship of women it may be rather
startling to know that such thing
as a party measure has never been
espoused by women in any Legislat-
ure, in Colorado at least. Women
want the same things, and they have
worked together in perfect harmony.
They wanted pure food law, and Sc
cured one in line with the national
provision in the last Legislature; they
want civil service, and they have OBJ
tanned that in measure, though the
ideal thing is yet to come; they want
honest elections and the elimination
of graft. During the last Legislature
an attempt was made to change the
law in regard to the control of the
State Bureau of Child and Animal
Protection, taking it from the Color
ado Humana Society and creating a
political board. Every federated
,b in the State besieged its Senators
ID Representatives, and the vice.
nairmen of the two dominant par
8os waited on different members of
tie Legislature to enter their protest.
nIen understand that. in legislative
matters when they oppose the women
it is practically all the women, and
the great independent vote of the
State.-Ellis Meredith, in the Allan
tsN
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-09-23
THE SMALL FRUITS.

Mulch the roots of the gooseber-
ries, raspberries and blackberries.
If you have not mulched the straw
berries, the rakings from the lawn
will now make good mulch. Don't
let the fruit get dirty.
Do not let the strawberry plants
that have been newly set out bear a
crop. Pick off the blossoms.
When the Strawberries have
stopped bearing plow up the bed that
has borne two crops, and use the
ground for some late crop, such as
turnips or late cabbages.
Cultivate the bed that has borne
one year. Have 1t we'll weeded.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-09-23

and can be made either high or with
square Dutch neck and with plain
long sleeves, or with those of elbow
length, SO that 1t really supplies a
great many needs. When made as H.
lustrated 1t is adapted either to the
separate waist for morning wear or
to the shirt waist dress of linen and
other washable material, while when
made as shown in the small view, 1t
becomes much more dressy and
adapted to thinner, lighter fabrics,
as lawns, batistes, foulards and the
like. For the finish of the square
neck and elbow sleeves any banding
or similar trimming that may be
liked can be used, and with the high
neck waist can be worn any one of
the fashionable collars of the day.
The waist is made with frsnts and
back. 1t is tucked over the shoulders
in way to mean both breadth and
tapering lines and again at the centre
front. The long sleeves can be tucked
or gathered at their lower edges and
are finished with straight cuffs. The
elbow sleeves are simply gathered
into bands.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size is four and three
eight yards twenty-one or twenty
four, three and one-half yards thir-
ty-two or two and one-half yards for
ty-four inches wide, one and three
quarter yards of banding when Dutch
neck and elbow sleeves are used.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-09-23
THE BUSIEST WOMEN.

The French-C Canadian women IN
the provinces of Quebec are the bus
lest of their sex in the world. They
are miracles of industry, and yet
from morning to night their work
never seems to be finished. They
have the breakfast ready for the men
folk at six in the morning; attend
to the numerous children, for the
| French "habitant" always has a
large family; give the floor of the
living rooms its daily scrubbing un-
til it shines like new pin; put on
the soup for dinner; make the bread,
spin, weave and sew, feed the chick
ems, lend strong hand in the field
work, keep their husbands cash and
accounts and lead the family prayer
fter the days work is done.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-09-23
THE PEONY.

There Is no reason why any one,
with country premises or room5
yards, should not succeed in growing
peonies. Planted in deep shade, they
are not particular as to soil or loca-
tion, and once established will bloom
better If never disturbed. They are,
in truth, as hardy as oaks, and large
clumps being always more effective
than small ones, that is the way in
which they should generally be
grown.
Autumn is the best time of the
year for setting peonies, and if strong
plants are only procured they can
usually be made to blossom the first
summer. My method of setting the
plants is to dig the holes deeper than
they require and put some fertilizer,
like well rotted horse manure, in the
bottom of them. Having sprinkled
over this some dirt, l place the plants
In position and then fill around them
with earth, packing it in well, until
level with the surrounding surface is
reached. I have set out peonies many
times in this way, and never once had
them fail to do we'll Further than
keeping the grass from choking"
them, I give them no cultivation
whatever. but apply liquid manure
around them from time to time dur
ing the summer. In this way l have
made peonies do exceedingly well
where there was no shade at all for
them except late in the afternoon
Fred o. Sibley.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-09-23
is 1T WORTH WHILE?

"Pshaw! l do not care whether
they like me or not!" was what a
young girl said, partly to herself and
partly to her friend, as a group of
girls passed by with only careless
mods.
And yet it was this very apparent
feeling of Indifference, this uncon-
cerned manner, which has caused the
half dislike and the avoidance on the
part of the other girls.
In all social life it is the cheerful
girl-not necessarily the gay one
the cheerful girl, who has pleasant
word, kindly smile, or moment to
spare for each, who is the most liked
and the most popular
"A good listener is always in de-
mand," says some one. Why? Sim
ply because good listener is one who
is willing to listen with apparent and
kindly interest to the words of her
companion, and who will show more
or less sympathy with the subject in
question.
Shakespeare said, How much bet
ter 1t is to weep at Joy than to joy at
weeping"
WELL" says the Indifferent girl
again, with a weary tone to her voice,
what is the use of trying to make
so many people like you by appearing
to take an interest in them ! 1t is
hyprocritical, think, to pretend to
cake in interest in all people. Grant
ing that 1t is pleasant for them, what
benefit is 1t to me? Is 1t worth while
to try and make people like me?"
Let us consider a moment.
From a moral and unselfish stand
point, you will concede that the
golden rule should. be employed in
this, as well as other instances. and
that since you would like others to
consider your interests and pleasure
on all occasions, which is but human
nature. you ought to do likewise unto
them.-From the Family Doctor.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-09-23
is THIS YOUR HOME!

& In the home of a tax assessor, a
writer says in prominent New York
paper, was emphasizing the impor-
tance of having In every home good
reading matter, books. magazines
and papers. YES" said he. you are
right. Why, am just ashamed to
turn in the report of my district.
Let me tell you have found in the
homes an average Of only SO worth
of books, including school books, and
most of them are school books. /
found from $40 to s25 worth of
.hes and jewelry, and al average
worth of miscellaneous which
lostly dogs" ~
Books SO and dogs sS and watches
Thus equipped, one may get
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-09-23

make the eyes seem larger. Lower
ing the chin causes wrinkles. and also
has tendency to form double chin,
which is a special bugbear of every
woman, thin or fat.
If double chin has already made
its appearance, one of the best exer-
cises for remedying it is to lift the
head as high as possible, then from
the point of the chin with open hand
press firmly down, keeping the head
thrown backward at the same time.
Battle the chin and throat frequently
with cold water. Another method is
to apply some good skin food, pick up
the flesh in tiny folds and roll it firm
ly between the thumb and forefinger.
this having tendency to dissolve the
excessive fat cells.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-09-23
PROFIT IN GOOD TREES.

At recent session of the Michigan
Horticultural Society j. H. Hale, the
noted tree specialist, told the orch
ardists present that the old cider or
chards are passing out of existence
and commercial orchards must sup
plant them. The apple is the all-the-
year-round fruit. He made these
points:
Give the orchard the best soil you
have, rolling land preferred.
Prepare this land thoroughly and
continue thorough tillage.
Get good trees. Plan ahead and
transplant trees two or three times
before setting in permanent place or
pay nurseryman for doing it.
Head your trees low. Manufacture
them to suit your idea. Get them
down where you can handle them
easily and cheaply.
Prune annually and spray often
and thoroughly.
Thin apples. Good trees overbear.
This Is che most paying operation of
all
Pick two to four times to get all
or crop at proper stage of ripeness.
We don't pick the whole of any other
fruit crop at once; why apples?
Don't plant dwarfs, but rather
dwarf your standard trees by sum-
mer and root pruning if over-vigor-
Gus. I have thrown such trees into
bearing by plowing deep and subsoil-
ing.
Cultivate early and thoroughly un-
til middle of July. then seed to cover
crop and let alone. I have no use
for mulched trees unless 1t be an ex-
pedient to throw over-vigorous trees
into bearing.
/ have used commercial fertilizers
supplemented by cover crops for
forty years and think them equal to
barnyard manure. | have secured
results in color and quantity with
potash.
Use care In harvesting. II possi-
Bile put apples in cold storage every
night. Communities should unite
and build storage plants.-Indianap
oils News.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-09-23
THE CENTRE OF JOY.

Home making means study into
b ngs strange and complex, an in
V Try into the greatest questions of
e. Here under one roof clusters
little circle Of wonderful beings
human beings. They are quite diff
ferent one from another. Each has
his queer little ways. Some even are
thought to be most peculiar, !"
though If the truth were known some
good cause lies underneath it all.
And some are fond of this and some
of that. Yet here they must live,
and live in harmony, just as colors
must blend and contrast to give JOY
for the home must be centre of
Joy else it is not really home"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-09-23
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THE GERANIUM.

For bedding plant there is not
anything that is so little trouble and
gives such satisfaction as collection
of geraniums. They will do their
best when the weather is very dry
and other plants are failing. The pe-
largoniums are but little more trou-
Bile, and are gorgeous early in the
season. The popular name for these
is Lady Washington, but our best
nurserymen can furnish dozen va
rieties, both single and double.-Sub-
Urban Life.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-09-23
FOR BLACK TONGUE.

A good remedy for black tongue
is to swab the mouth out several
times each day with a mixture of the
following: Three ounces powdered
burnt alum, half gallon of finely
ground cornmeal, two ounces OF
chloride of lime. Mix we'll before
using. Continue swabbing until all
appearance of the trouble has been
removed. 81 s4tai';,sSw
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-09-23

If any letters had come for Sister
Rernadine. The rural postmaster
, oked bewildered
Sister who?" he asked, incrodu-
I asly.
Sister Bernadine," repeated the
,dy, "a sister of st. John the Bap-
Ilst."
Il think not" he answered, du-
biously. Then, after some hesitation,
he added:
Say, amt he been dead pretty
near a hundred years now?"-Har-
per's Weekly.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-09-23

on in fast time, but he will not be
loaded with intelligence. In the
same section a farmer told me that
he had made three attempts to get
started in the sheep business and ev-
cry time the dogs had killed sheep.
More books and less dogs would add
to both the intelligence and prosper
ity of the community.
Said a mother: 'I don't know
why it is, but my children do not
care to read. And I'm sorry" A
little inquiry generally reveals the
fact that as boys and girls they had
nothing to read that suited their age,
nothing that would help them to
form a taste for good. wholesome
reading. ''Td be willing to buy good
reading matter for them, but they'd
not read it II I did," OF course not.
It's too late for the grown ones. They
will probably never care to read
much, but will live mainly on the
animal plane. Too bad-for twen-
tieth century men and women. REM
edy: More books and papers and
less cheap jewelry and worthless
dogs.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-09-23
PLUMP NECK AND FIRM CHIN.


The neck is a give-away of wom-
ans age, says the Delineator. 1t is
here that every woman shows her
years first. Worry will bring deep
wrinkled lines under the chin; insom-
mia makes queer little wrinkles un-
der the ears and eyes, and only pro-
per massage can erase either. Mas
sage of the neck and throat is always
a good thing, but 1t must be done
regularly and with some knowledge
of what one is doing. The time for
the good work is at night. Take
plenty of hot water and battle the
neck until it is red. Follow this by a
massage of cold cream, dash of cold
water, and then carefully wipe off all
superfluous cream. In massaging
the wrinkles use the thumb and fore
finger, rubbing them in an opposite
direction from that in which they
have formed. Rub each wrinkle its
full length for at least five minutes.
One should also be careful in select
ing a pure massage cream.
Another important consideration Is
the poise of the head. 1t should be
tipped slightly backward, so as to
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-09-23
UNPRoFITABLE PORK.

Too early killing of the breeding
sows is one of the reasons why pork
growing is not more profitable. Cen
orally sow does her best service
with her second litter and from then
on until she is six years old. Recent
experiments at the Iowa State Col
lege show that two-year-old sows pro-
duce on an average twenty-five per
cent. larger litters, farrow heavier
pigs at birth and grow their pigs
much more rapidly than do one-year-
old sows. This being true, why do
our farmers persist in keeping young
sows for breeding purposes? The
mature ones are always the best
Professor w. ]. Kennedy, Iowa Ex-
pertinent Station. !,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-09-23
RUNTS EXPENSIVE.

The runt seldom IL ever pays. The
animal that pays is the one that gets
good start in the world and keeps
it. 1t may pay to raise the runt II
feed is no item. If feed is bought.
the owner is better off II the runt is
in the other mans pen.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-09-23
ACCORDING TO HISTORY.

A woman in Western city. who
,elongs to a community called the
Sisters of st. John the Baptist" not
long ago spent a month in the back
woods district.
Shortly after her arrival she went
to the local postoffice and inquired
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-09-23
PIGS WILL THRIVE.

Everyone who has tried it knows
that pigs will thrive on clover pas
ture. They eat it with relish and
tramp less than cattle. With good
clover run during the summer they
will finish into fine pork by Thanks
giving.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-09-23
His Fortune.

"They say you have goodly for
tune" said the political associate;
Il hope your wea~Sh is not preda-
tory?"
NO. answered the candidate.
Its not predatory. It's oratory.-
Selling the psychological moment
he sat for another smiling photo
graph. Star.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-09-23

Crumpets-Set pounds of -four with little salt
the fire till quite then mix with warm milk
and water till be stirred; let the milk
it be borne with the finger put cupfu
three eggs we'll beaten, and mixed with three
spoonsu very thick yeast then put this to the batter
and all we'll together in large or bowl add
much milk and water will make into thick batter;
before the fire to rise put bit of
butter in piece of thin muslin up and rub it gently
frying pan; then sufficient quantity OF
batter make crumpet; let it go slowly and
it will be very light. Bake them all the way They
should not be brown, but of fine yellow.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-09-23
SPADE THE GARDEN.

AS soon as any crop of vegetables
is finished in the garden spade the
location, and if any seeds are in the
soil many of them will sprout. II
so go over 1t again, which will save
much time and labor in the spring.
Late summer and fall is the proper
time to clean a garden, especially II
weed seeds are to be gotten rid of.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-09-23
MARRIAGES IN KANSAS.

When man and woman are first
married they try to look unconcerned
on the streets, but If you will notice
they always lean over a little toward
each other. But they gradually drift
apart, and in five or six years they
occasionally lean the other way
Atchison Globe.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-09-23
EAT IN FOODSTuFFS.

The fat contained in foodstuffs can
only serve as fuel or energy pro-.
ducer, or to build fatty tissue. Fatty
tissue furnishes potential energy and
is reserve fuel supply for the ami
NAL Protein may also in case OF
need serve as an energy producer and
may be used to form fat, but the use
for such purposes is uneconomical.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-09-23
Earrings.

Earrings are as popular as ever,
but they are Of more modest dimen-
sions than the enormous drops with
which women weighted their ears
last season.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-09-23
M Farm Topics. M
THE HORSE STILL LIVES.

The horse is not yet down and out.
with all the autos that are swarming
over the country. The farmer who
keeps on raising few good colts
not scrubs-every year will never re-
gret it.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-09-23
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Good Figure Gone.

The good figure" is in such dis
favor that one close observer states
that within a certain circle it is con-
sldered vulgar to have such figure.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-09-23
ALFALFA PASTURE FOR HOGS.

AIR ALI n 40 NE II OR l1OGD.
Mr.. E. S. T. writes us: "Will it
pay to run hogs on alfalfa pasture, or
would it be better to cut the alfalfa
and feed it green to the hogs?"
No doubt greater tonnage OF
green stuff can be secured by cutting
it daily and carrying out just what
the hogs will clean up nicely, but
would favor pasturing rather than
green feeding. The hogs seem to do
better. They like to get their noses
into the ground in search of roots;
and while they may do a little dam
age in turning up turf, let them go.
Alfalfa is our best pasture crop in
making pork cheaply. 1t comes on
earlier, makes rapid growth and stays
with us later than red clover. BY all
means grow alfalfa, IL you can, and
give the hogs chance to turn 1t into
pork.-Indiana Farmer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-09-23
CABBAGE MAGGOTS sUBDUED.


The growth of cabbage plants for
late setting has been a very uncertain
venture in parts of New York State
for several years. Maggot flies and
flea beetles have become so plentiful
in cabbage sections that only small
fractions of the seed sown give plants
worth setting; so that many growers
had to import numbers of plants from
other States, with greatly increased
expense and liability of introducing
disease. A simple, and, so far as test
ed, feasible and cheap method for
controlling insects on seed beds was
tested, not originated, by the Geneva
station last year, and the details of
the experiment are given In Bulletin
No. 301. A small bed was covered
with cheesecloth screening and the
plants completely protected from
maggots. From 1900 square feet of
bed $4,000 insects were taken, while
from check plat intended to set
forty acres only plants enough for a
little over four acres were secured.
By taking off the cover for a week
before setting the plants were
hardened" so that there was no more
whiting than with plants grown in
the open air. The screening method
is very inexpensive. and is apparently
more promising than any spraying or
soaking of the soil with insecticides.
Cabbage growers should secure the
bulleting by sending to the stafio,
for it.
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1908-10-07
A CARD.

Having been nominated by the dem-
ocrats at their convention for the
eff1ce of clerk of the district court.
I wish to state that, without any
disrespect to the voters Of Chouteau
county, / will be unable to make a
house to house canvass during the
campaign. Such canvass costs a
good deal of money to the candidate,
and takes up the time Of the voter
unnecessarily, and the money that
the candidate spends on his campaign,
say Ave or six hundred dollars to OBJ
tain county office, is looked upon,
by the people generally, as an invest
ment which the candidate will REIN
burse himself for, whenever he can do
50, to the detriment Of the county.
If elected I will endeavor to make
a good and honest county official, with
credit to myself and the respect and
Of those who elected me.
Very respectfully,
W. C. KESTER,
Democratic Nominee for Clerk of the
Court.
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1908-10-07
BIDS FOR COAL AND WOOD,

Bids for 125 tons of coal and 10
cords Of wood for use in the Pub
lie School buildings of Havre, Mont
ana, VIII received by the trustees
and including Monday, October--12 tn
of School District number Is, up to
1908, at 8 o'clock, p. m. Bids must
be sealed and marked Bids for G,
and Wood" and must state the price
delivered either at the East or West
side buildings in the coal bins and
must be good, clean coal, suitable for
furnace purposes.
The bids must SPECIFY the kind
and quality of wood and the builder
must be prepared to enter into a
contract with bond Tor the faithful
performance of the " rk. a
The Board reser c, the right TO
reject any or all bids, Or any portion
Of them.
Dated at Hayre, Montana. Oct-5 tn
1908.
l.. K. DEVLIN,
E. G. CARRUTH, Chairman.
Secretary.