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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-07-08
When Young Men Call.

How often a girl says, Il don't ask
my friends to the mouse because my
mother sits in The parlor and talks
the whole evening. l go over to my
girl friends house and We have jolly
good times. Her mother lets us GO
ahead and have fun just so we don't
keep the house awake with our
racket"
The girls mother can't understand
why it is that her daughter won't stay
at home. She reasons to herself that
it is her duty to see her daughters
friends, to approve or disapprove
them; or else she thinks her daugh-
ter must be ashamed of her for not
wanting her around.
One feels like saying to all such
mothers, Give your girls the right to
entertain their friends in their own
way. Rest assured, If the company
they seek would not be such as you
approve, they would not invite them
to the house. If your daughter calls
you into the parlor to introduce her
friends, which she should always do,
stay and talk few minutes; make
your mental opinion of the callers
which you can tell to her afterward.
II you give your opinion in the
right way 1t will probably be regard
ed, but do not monopolize the even
ing. Her friends may respect and
like you. but they are not calling on
you.
Do not force her to have "jolly
times" in other houses. Do not keep
all the men from calling by your
continual and watchful presence.
No one will regret 1t more than
you when she is left without callers
and invitations. while the girls she
goes with are up to their ears in
good times.-New York Times.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-07-08
Want the Laws Published.

At recent meeting Of the County
Association at La Sale, ILL.,, the sub
iect of requiring the publication of
the session laws of the State was ably
discussed in an address by President
Terry Simmons, of the Marseilles
Plaindealer. Mr.. Simmons advanced
the passing of resolution looking to
the enactment of a publication of the
laws in manner similar to that by the
State of Wisconsin, to submit that in
dorsement to the Illinois Press Asso-
citation for its approval and favorable
action, then have the combined ener-
gies and power of the press of the
State directed toward securing the
enactment of publication law and
to continue it in force. The resolu-
tion was adopted.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-07-08

with the same size ad., commands 90
great an amount of space. He oyer
looks the fact that only few persons
may be interested in can Of lard.
while tens of thousands are deeply
concerned In racing. The theatrical
equivalent cannot be estimated. A
hundred thousand people. 100000,
1000. 900, may be anxiously waiting
Tuesday morning for a critique on
Marx Lankershine's new play of "The
Tschuern o. di Stearxwier." The ad-
vertisement of the drama may amount
to $40. but that cuts no ice with the
newspaper. 1t does its duty by allot-
ting as much space to the perform-
ance as the critic thinks the play is
entitled to.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-07-08
Newspapers oyerburdencd.

The newspaper gives as a rule about
twenty to one as its equivalent" No
other institution on earth could af-
ford TO do this and live. The news
paper is the maker OF all men and all
corporations, the supporter of all.
the adviser of all. Mind you. do not
say CREATOR. Without its free pub
licity most of the men in political and
commercial life to-day would be in
their graves. We are really too gen.
erous. The chief trouble is we do
not draw tight enough the little line
between news and notoriety.. The
theatres get an awful lot of free ad-
vertising because vast majority Of
the people patronize the drama and
demand good report of it. So of the
opera. So OF horse racing. Etc.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-07-08
Trousseau Gowns.

"Trousseau gowns are lovelier than
ever" says the fashion editor of the
Woman's Companion. "but as they
have increased in beauty, they have
lessened in number. Very few brides
of to-day, no matter how fashionable
they may be, order trousseau con-
sisting OF a great number OF cos
tunes. The .'eason Tor this is that
fashions change so that it is neces-
sary every little while to have a new
style gown if one is to keep pace with
the capricious modes.
The bridal princess gown Is a
style which will be in fashion for a
long time to come. One can wear IT
as long as the material lasts by mere-
ly changing the sleeves 70 meet the
requirements of the prevailing fash
ion."
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-07-08
WEAK FATHERS HAVE SONS.
Weak Mothers Have Daughters
New German Theory of Sex
Determination.

Dr. Romme, following up Profes-
sor Schenck's researches regarding
sex, has reached the conclusion that
boy is born when the father is the
weaker of the parents and girl when
the mother is the weaker. He con.
tends that 1t is law of nature that
the child resembles the weaker par
ent r.--sss,ss "a lggs.,ss yStsss,s,S
He points out that in all countries
los or LOG girls are born to 100
boys. This proportion is mathemati-
cally regular except only after a
great war. Thus among barbarous
races in Africa and Oceania, which
are constantly warning, the births
show an overwhelming preponder-
ance of boys. DR.. Romme contends
that this proves his law, as the best
and strongest men are sent to fight
and get killed while the weakest re-
main at home and survive.
Again, when an old man marries
a young woman their progeny are
most often boys nd vice versa. DR..
Romme asserts there are practically
no instances where the strength of
both parents is equal. Worry, a
passing illness or mental depression,
is enough to turn the scale ana can5e
the temporary weakness of one or
the other.
He cites the case of the Kaiser.
who had five sons in succession, and
the Car, who had four daughters
New York Sun.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-07-08
A Remarkable Cave.

The President has signed a procla-
nation creating the Jewel Cave Ma
tional Monument within the Black
Hills National Forest, South Dakota.
This remarkable cave, thirteen miles
west and south of Custer, the county
seat of Custer County, in limestone
formation, is believed by biologists
to be an extinct geyser channel. The
national monument will embrace an
area of 1880 acres. This cave, which
was explored as late as 1900, has
been found to consist of series of
chambers connected Dy narrow pas
sages with numerous galleries, the
walls OF which are incrusted with a
magnificent layer of calcite crystal
The opening of the cave is situated in
He'll Canyon, the walls of which are
high and precipitous. The surface of
the country in which the cave Is To-
Gated consists of high rolling lime
stone plateau, about 6000 feet above
sea level. The area Is almost entirely
covered by a forest of bull pine, a
considerable portion OF which is mer-
chantable, while the remainder con-
sists OF a vigorous young growth. The
Jewel Cave National Monument will
now be given permanent protection
by virtue OF the act OF June s, 1906.
which provides that objects OF scien-
tific interest may be declared national
monuments, If such action is deemed
necessary for their preservation and
protection.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-07-08
The Summer Fashions.

Grace Margaret Gould, the dress
expert, says in Woman's Home Com.
panion:
There are two distinct types OF
dress this summer, both emphasizing
the straight up-and-down effect One
is the tailored coat suit showing in
many instances cutaway coat, which
gives the hipless effect. and skirt
comparatively narrow at the bottom
that is, 1t is made without the sud-
den flare that the tailored skirt used
to have.
1.-THE other type of dress is the cut
in-one gown, and great will be its IA
vor throughout the summer. In the
form of the new princess jumper this
cut-in-one dress is most practical
gown to own. 1t can fasten in the
front quite as easily as the back, and
It is a model equally good for silk or
linen.
"This style dress is always cut out
at the neck, and is generally sleeve
less, to show the guimpe, or trimmed
Just sufficiently over the shoulders to
give a modified large armhole effect.
Or 1t may be made, as aGnumber OF
the imported models are, so that it
has much the effect of polonaise cut
out at the neck, but having a sleeve
which is cut in one with the bodice.
Nov, of course, there are many
variations of these two basic ideas in
dress, but whatever the fashionable
model this summer, it is sure to be
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-07-08
A Subtle Difference.

Mrs. Blank, wife or prominent
minister near Boston, had in her en-
ploy recently engaged colored cook
as black as the proverbial ace OF
spades. One day Mrs. Blank said to
her:
Matilda, I wish that you would
have oatmeal quite often for break
fast. My husband is very fond of it.
He is Scotch, and you know that the
Scotch eat great deal of oatmeal"
"Oh, he's Scotch. is her" said Ma
tilda. well, now, do you know.
was thinkin' all along dat he wasn't
des like us."-Womans Home Com
panion.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-07-08
WHY HIND00S
WORSHIP silva.
Romantic Legend Tells How
the East Indian Deity Came to
Bless a Poor Uniucky Hunter

Hindoos young and old solemnly
observed the fast of the Sivarathri,
on recent Sunday, and gladly en-
dured its deprivations. For twenty
four hours no religious Hindoo took
morsel of food nor slept moment,
but constantly prayed the god silva
to grant his wish and relieve his suf:
ferings or unhappiness.
The Sivarathri rests on a legend
that comes from the misty past. A
penniless hunter went out one morn
ing, but when night fell only puny
bird had rewarded his long days
hunt. Weary and fearing ferocious
beasts, the hunter took refuge in a
bale tree for the night, and hung the
game" on twig.
1t so happened that silva, in the
course of his accustomed nocturnal
wanderings, seated himself under the
bale tree. The wind was blowing
freshly, and leaves and the water
they held from shower fell on the
god. This libation and the bird, pre-
sumably an offering, made silva be-
lieve that some one in the tree was
worshiping him at that late hour.
Pleased, the god invited the person
so devout to descend. The hunter
climbed down and told OF his sor-
row and needs. silva gave him many
blessings and he lived happily to "a
ripe old age. So, now, he who fasts
and, sleepless, worships silva at night,
will be blessed and enjoy eternal bliss.
-Simla Undia) Correspondence Of
the New York World.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-07-08
Hunting and Fishing.

Nc other paper in New York is so
much read by fishermen and hunters
as The Press. Here again the "eqliiv-
alent" is altogether on our side. We
give 100 times as much as we get out
of it, but the Rod and Gun column Is
expected daily by multitude of
sportsmen, and to stop 1t would de-
stroy a prominent feature which
pleases many who neither fish nor
shoot.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-07-08
Working Women and the Ballot.

"But IT, both for their own sakes
and for the good of the republic, wo-
men of property and women of edu-
cation should be enfrahchised, ~
writes Jane Adams in the Woman's
Home Companion. "far more is the
power of the ballot needed by the
working woman, whose stake in the
country is represented by her life, her
health, her virtue and the safety and
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-07-08
Baseball.

Baseball gets 1000 times its
equivalent" Why? Because it is
an amusement for vast multitudes of
readers. The advertising of the game
amounts practically to nothing, that
is, from business Office view. mo
money in It," But no paper could af-
ford to cut out its baseball reports.
The Press baseball articles are the
best, and they cost us great deal Of
money.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-07-08
An Autograph Cook Book.

A gift suitable to any time of the
year. original, home made. one that
will bring Joy to any housewives
heart. is described in the .!oman's s
Home Companion. Have you ever
thought of making an autograph cook
book? 1t only requires a little care
and patience to have cook book
filed full OF original recipes of dishes
1T for king.
First make list of your intimate
friends. Those noted for taeIr good
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-07-08
Trial BY Newspaper.

The publisher, a commercial fellow.
was for economy.
Seems to me five columns a day
ought to be enough for that murder
trial." he whined.
But the editor. a man Of ideals.
was sturdily for the better part.
let justice be DONE" he cried.
though the price Of print paper goes
up!'--From Puck.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-07-08
Food For Man and Beast.

Lady (after rendering a shilling
for fare)-"And here are two buns
you can have. my man."
Cabby-"Thank you kindly, lady.
/ suppose you don't 'appen to ave a
wisp of 'ay for the 'nrse?"-Cassells
Saturday Journal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-07-08

simple in design, lacking entirely an
exaggeration in form.
Perhaps this idea is better shown
in the sleeve than anywhere else,
which has diminished in pronounced
way in size within the past six
months, and now in most cases fol-
lows very closely the outline of the
arms
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-07-08
Elbow Sleeves.

Elbow sleeves are still de rigeur
for the more elaborate blouses, unless
supplanted by the short straight up
per sleeves reaching half way to the
elbow with tight fitting under sleeve
of tucked tulle or lace which extends
beyond the wrist and almost to the
knuckles.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-07-08
Just an Illustration,

The man who has can of lard to
sell fails to understand why he does
not get column or two day Of
beautiful description for his ten-llne
agate ad., when racing association,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-07-08

A Montreal grs-in merchant recent
ly sent an inquiry to Dndon by the
wireless systeL, aud received an an
swer In less than two hours.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-07-08

New Orleans Omelet.-Two potatoes peeled, sliced
and lard When they nearly tender
enough small finely minced onion is stirred in and
until they quite tender Then three
or four seasoned with salt and
turned potatoes spread evenly When the under
side DONE plate the the omee is turned
slipped into the for the other side
to brown.-American Home Monthly.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-07-08

In London there is one clergyman
to every 2600 persons.
1t was 230 years ago that the So.
ciety of Friends founded its church in
Lynn, Mass.
Printing presses are being import-
ed by the officials in Lhassa, and a
Tibetan newspaper is to be Issued.
Over 700U persons were assisted
in some way by the Travellers Aid
Society of New York during 1907.
Much of the tobacco grown in East
ern Bengal Is marketed in Calcutta,
whence 1t is shipped to Burma, where
1t is manufactured into cheroots.
Experts have decided that the fa-
nous st. Paul's Cathedral, in London,
is safe so long as thebuildings around
1t are not disturbed, and thus ends a
long controversy.
The Bishop of London, who made
such a notable visit to this country in
September, Is now planning to tour
Russia next year and visit some chap
laincies in that country.
About the first ship subsidy ever
known was that given by Ferdinand
and Isabella of Spain to Columbus
when he sailed west for the Indies
and found America.
Fishes have no eyelids and necessa-
rily sleep with their eyes open; they
swallow their food whole, having no
dental machinery. Frogs, toads and
serpents never take food except that
which they are certain is alive.
The narrowest building in the
world, three stories high, on a plot
twenty-six inches wide, has been con-
structed on Centre street, Reno, New,
by H. c. Gordon, shoemaker, who
leased the ground from bank. ole
sleeps on the top floor, has his mar
row bench on, the second, and his
show windows and entrance on the
first.
When, in days gone by, one hon.
ored in the church died it was GUS
tomary to burn sweet smelling in
cense in the deathroom as q token
that the memory of the deceased was
grateful to God and man. AS early
as the time of Homer it was custom
L.. 4.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-07-08

Printing presses are being import
ed by the officials in Lhassa. and a
Tibetan newspaper is to be issued.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-07-08
Are You Ready For Your Children?

Are You Ready For Your Children?
Are the great majority of men
and women ready for their children
when these come to them?" asks
Christine Terhune Herrick. in the
Woman's Home Companion. Would
parents an important enterprise in
which you were especially interested,
and to which they had given no more
study than they have to parenthood,
secure that right feeling and good
will would insure an ultimate happy
result?
I'm spite of the apparent light
heartedness with which the RESPONSE
bility is usually assumed, 1t Is not an
easy thing to be parent, to fill this
profession into which men and wom-
en- rush without 1.-THE of the thought
and preparation they would bestow
upon calling of infinitely less i'm
portance. TO take charge of the bod
lily welfare OF little child is no such
trifling matter that a needless girl
with no knowledge Of life forces, of
hygiene. OF dietetics or Of ordinary
sanitation should assume it as lightly
as she would the care OF new doll.
More perilous even than this are the
issues involved in the drill of child
in habits of obedience by a woman
without self-discipline. in self-control
by woman who does not know her.
self. In knowledge by one who is her
self an infant in her perception of
all that underlies life and death. NOR
tally and Immortality"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-07-08

happiness of her children. The bal
lot is not demanded for ner because
she is good or wise, or because she
will make no mistakes in its use.
Neither goodness nor wisdom is the
cole possession of one class, and free
som from mistakes is the privilege
OF none. Working women need the
ballot because they must possess
some control over the conditions of
their lives and those of their chill
dren; and, in this twentieth century
world, the ballot box Offer the only
channe. through which they can give
expression to such legitimate con-
troll"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-07-08
The ART OF GETTING
INTO THE NEWSPAPERS
The Short Cut to Publicity Revealed
ny One Who Knows Every Road
and By-Path.

The following clever and readable
article on the subject uppermost in
every newspaper mans mind, "adver-
tising," is. by Victor Smith, the "On
the Tip of the Tongue" man of the
New York Press
Advertise.
Dear Tip-What is the short cut to
publicity? | have been striving in
vain to get into the newspapers these
seven years. What can do?
Hackensack PUBLICITY.
Strive your hardest NOT to get in.
Steal million. Rob another fellow
Ut his wife. Spring a sensational di-
vorce. Beat the bank at Monte Carlo.
But the best plan of all is to adver-
tise. am in favor of the pay-as-you-
enter proposition. Commercial houses,
theatres, circuses, ETC., pay their way;
why should not society and the pro-
fessions do likewise? The general
press is under no obligation to you.
Address the business office at so
much a line, and you. can obtain all
the publicity you require. Some
newspapers are not profitable because
they GIVE AWAY vast quantities of
space in free advertising, or puffs, to
the undeserving. The time is close
at hand when everybody and every
institution will have to pony up"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-07-08

1t was 23o years ago that the So.
ciety of Friends founded Its church in
Lynn, Mass.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-07-08

Over 1000 persons were assisted
in some way by the Travellers Aid
Society of New York during 1907.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-07-08

In London there is one clergyman
to every 1900 persons.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-07-08

Much of the tobacco grown in East
ern Bengal is marketed in Calcutta,
whence 1t Is shipped to Burma, where
1t is manufactured into cheroots.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-07-08

d. II. YOUNG,
ARCHITECT
Corner Grant and Fifth sts.. Rsynolds-
vile. Pa.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-07-08
PlTTSRuRG.
Poultry, Etc.
Fruits and Vegetables.

Hens-per lb..................... II
Chickens-dressed.. ed................ i.
Eggs-Pa, and Ohio, fresh. !,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-07-08

Potatoes-Fancy white per bu.... % %
Cabbage-per ton ........... :. ID ~
0nions-per barrel. =. D 90 100
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-07-08

Experts have decided that the IA
nous st. Paul's Cathedral, in London,
is safe so long as thebuildings around
1t are not disturbed. and thus ends a
long controversy.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-12-24
Mothers Coronation pax.

That first Christmas was the moth
ers coronation day. Each recurring
Christmas perpetuates the memory Of
her great glory. In public and in pri-
yate celebrations of it hers should be
the central figure. Solemn gladness
akin to the Creators satisfaction in
his every good work should fill her
soul.
In MI. Harrison S. Morris beautiful
poem, "Incarnation, we read how a
laborer laden with "a tray of tools,
timbered frame walked in the sun
shine through a city street
Nor knew that out of myriads one
Beside him saw a shadow run
That clasped the centuries in its shade.
But, like loving spirit, there,
In even football at his side,
A shadow walked the pavement wide
With Bonded head and humble pride
And angled cross aslant the air.
1t was as If the datelcss sun
Forgot the years, the far abode
And, 10. upon the sordid road
The cross worn NaZarean trode
Holding the journey never done.
Every mother who holds her baby in
her arms repeats, unconsciously or con-
sciously, the story Of the incarnation
The blended shadow CLASPS the centu-
RES past, present and to come, and
eternity itself Gin it's shade. Marion
Garland in Independent.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-12-24
Fortune For Toys For the Poor.

The poor children of Pittsburg and
Allegheny are to benefit through the
expenditure Of an estate valued at
$31, 900. left by the late George b.
Mutt. The will provides that the es-
tate shall go to the wife during her
lifetime and then is to be divided
among his children equally. If the
children all die before their mother, at
her death the estate is to be spent for
the purchase Of gifts and playthings
for poor children, especially those in
institutions. 1t was the wish of the
decedent that the money be expended
in small sums, to distribute it over as
large an area as possible and benefit
as many children as possible
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-12-24
The Navy's Christmas.

Christmas in the regular navy IS OBJ
served as one of the big holidays of the
year. Starting off with grand dinner
in the middle Of the day, discipline is
from then on relaxed, and the fun is
fast and furious till shutdown, and Of
ten the evening is enlivened by amateur
theatricals. The vessel is gayly deco
rated with bunting. and at each mast
head and at the bow and stern green
trees are dashed if procurable.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-12-24
Self Helm.

Dasha way-Well, Uncle Jasper how
are you getting on with your Christ
mas dinner?
Uncle Jasper-Fust rate, sab. Colo
mel Winterblossom done guy me a
present of fine fat turkey, sab.
Dasha way-That's very strange. I
just left the colonel, and he didn't. say
anything about it.
Uncle Jasper-No, sab. He's got to
count dem turkeys fust.