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ing is of heavier lace, while the inser-
tion and the all-over are of thinner,
but various combinations will suggest
themselves at once. Irish crochet or
Cluny with Valenciennes is much
liked; embroidery is pretty combined
with lace, or the space between the
narrower landings could be embroid-
cred in some simple design. The
sleeves are of the very newest sort,
slightly full at the shoulders and close
fitting at the wrists. The neck can be
finished with the stock as illustrated,
or collarless, as liked.
The blouse is made with front and
backs, the backs being tucked for full
length, the front to yoke depth only
There is pointed chemisette which is
Joined to the yoke, and the trimming
is arranged at its outer edge. The
sleeves are cut in one piece each,
tucked to form the deep cuffs.
The quantity of material required
fol the medium size is four and an
eighth yards twenty-one or twenty
four, two and quarter yards thirty
two or two yards forty-four inches
wide, three-eighth yard of eighteen
Inches wide for the chemisette, one
and a half yards of wide banding, six
and half yards of narrow
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TREES FOR BARREN SPOTS.

Ailanthus trees are not very at
tractive in appearance, especially
when young; and many of them,
though not all, give off an unpleasant
odor during their time Of bloom, yet
they possess advantages that more
than counterbalance their poor quail
ties. In the first place, they grow
very rapidly on the poorest soil and
also under adverse conditions. They
spread fast, and in comparatively
short time there will be good
growth of wood on a piece of ground
planted to ailanthus, or where they
have grown up naturally, that might
be useless otherwise.
They will grow among other and
larger trees, as they can get along
with little sunlight. In this case,
however, they should be cut out at
intervals so that they will not,
through their rapid growth, crowd
the better trees about them or hold
them back in development. In this
rapidity of growth they bear close
resemblance to weeds, and seem to
take the place among trees that weeds
do among smaller plants.
Ailanthus trees are easily cut.
sawed and split, and while the wood
from them will not burn as long as
most woods, 1t answers fairly well
in this respect, but does best when
used with other woods. such as locust.
hickory, chestnut, etc. Posts for
light fencing, such as wire or lath,
are easily and quickly made from
ailanthus. These posts, however,
should be dipped in boiling tar when
green, or treated with some prepara-
tion like carbollneum before being
set in the ground; otherwise they will
rot more quickly than If made from
harder woods.
No insects trouble or harm the foli-
age of ailanthus trees. In fact, in
sects seem to have a great aversion
even to the wood itself. 1t therefore
can be used to advantage in perches
for chicken houses, and II boards
from the wood could be readily OBJ
tanned it would make fine lining
for poultry house. The chief value,
however. Of ailanthus trees is for
firewood. With the continued de-
crease of the forests, wood is becom-
ing more and more valuable. Allan
thus trees growing so rapidly in poor
soil, under adverse conditions and
in shady localities. act as a substi-
tute for other woods, and thus q
good gain can be made through them
in retaining the better woodland on
the farm.-Indianapolis News.
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TRUE ART IN DRESS.

The twenty-five Chicago young wo-
men who propose to apply to the art
of dress the principles of color, form
and line practiced by the great Ra-
phael may change their minds when
they investigate a bit.
The angels and saints of Raphael
are frequently arrayed in gaudy COL
'ors. and display profusely biceps of
the blacksmith variety and lines that
are very near Falstaffian. In fact,
the marvellous art of Raphael leans
extravagantly and often to the pudgy.
His ideal female appears to have been
an overfat Amazon, and his idea of
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)H s,rsTIsHEMS rIsHEMS NV
GZSS.AAMrS

Cool. dainty little matinees or
dressing sacques increase in popu.
larity.
Scarfs Of black tulle, draped
around the shoulders, are very smart
for evening wear.
Linen bags, braided with linen SOU
tache, are very smart, as are also
the linen pocketbooks.
Cashemier de sole is the latest Of
expensive materials for mourning.
1t comes in pure silk and in a mix
ture of wool and silk.
Many children's dresses are being
made from the striped and figured
dimities, dotted lawns and swisses
and flowered organdies.
Navy blue, faded cadet, dull stone
green, khaki brown and the brides
first favorite, gray, are smart shades
for going-away gowns.
Dead white straw is very smart
among the hats, especially when
trimmed with chaplets of black
feathers and black foliage.
The colored slip of silk or lawn
made to be worn under a negligee or
tea gown of transparent material is
pretty idea.
Some of the fashions for small
girls are in their way as smart as
those designed for their elders. All
kinds of bright colors are used.
Matinees or dressing sacks are, If
anything, more in demand than the
full-length negligees, for they are so
convenient to slip on when one is
tired.
Silver wheat is a fashionable hat
trimming, and when mixed with
feathery fronds of white plumage
gives an effect most graceful and
pretty.
Pretty ties to finish the lace collar
of an evening dress are made of
black velvet embroidered in imita-
tion jewels in the proper color
scheme.
Some of the dots that mark the
new veilings are squares fully an
inch across. They are exceedingly
trying to the wearer as we'll as to the
beholder.
Hats Of the sombrero type are
growing in favor with the young
girls. 1t is trimmed with soft fold
of satin, finished with corded rosette
and quill or two.
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GROW BETTER FRUIT.

One-third of our fruit is fit only
for the swill pail, because we neglect
to feed the trees, work the soil and
protect from insect pests.
The first thing to do is to stop the
incoming of apples selling to-day for
ten cents each, by making more crit
ical selection of stock going to mar
ket.
Very few take pains to grow good
fruit.
1t is not a question of "can" but
"will."
Instead of q few firsts and many
seconds, make 1t the reverse. We
have two broods of insects in Massa-
chusetts against five in Utah, yet they
produce better-looking, more uniform
fruit, because they spray five to seven
times.
The end tests of our packages are
not the true measure. Make the mid
die as good and the market will re-
spond. Grow more fruit, but grow
better fruit.-Massachusetts Station.
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AERONAUTS' CLUB.

Nine. Surcouf, wife of the French
sairship constructor, has formed club
for women aeronauts, to be known as
the Stella Club. According to Nine.
;Surcouf there are about 100 women
in France who are entitled to become
members of the club, though at pres
'ent the membership comprises only
.iabout thirty of her personal friends.
The subscription for active member
ship is $40 year, which entities
member to one balloon fight each
year. The Aero Club of Paris has
placed the balloon park at st. Cloud
at the disposal of the Stella Club and
until 1t has balloons of its own it will
make use of those belonging to the
Aero Club. While short skirts with
light but warm clothing will be worn
for those making ascents, there will
be no special costume. Nine. Sur
couf is the only woman who holds
the French Aero Clubs pilot certif-
cate. She has made twenty-five bal
loon trips, six CT them accompanied
only by women.-New York Sun.
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StatuesQue.

An evening wrap of simple kind
is made in white crepe de chine, anc
arranged with statuesque folds, held
In place on each shoulder by a dia-
mond clasp, and so cummingly con-
trived, that by the fastening of sim
gle loop of silk cord round a button,
they can be draped round the arm to
form sleeves, when necessary. AS a
rule, however, they will hang in long,
unbroken lines from the shoulder,
adorned only by a Greek key pattern
design, worked in silver.
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Cheaper to XIII a Whole Family.

1t Is much cheaper for a railroad to
kill a whole family in a train wreck
than any part of a family. This is in
accordance with well settled rule of
law which, however, does not often
find opportunity for application. But
Missouri is lately provided a case.
In a train wreck on the Missouri Pa.
cif1c road some time ago an entire
family composed OF parents and three
children were wiped out. The execu.
tor of the estate sued for damages,
but the lower court and now the state
supreme court have decided that the
estate has no valid claim-the inter.
ests of the collateral heirs not being
such as to support a demand of COM
pensation for losses suffered Spring.
field Republican.
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Bridal Gowns.

The fourteenth century lines now
coming in are at their best in the bri-
dal gown, whether 1t be severely
straight and simple, of the paneled
sort, or that half yelled in stoles of
lace or tulle, says Harper's Bazaar.
They are even adapted for and are
charming in sheer mulls, which so
perfectly dress the very young bride.
OF all the materials lately brought
forward for the classic bridal gown
the ivory-toned silk cashmere, richly
embroidered and molding the figure
perfectly under the floating Rowena
veil, is perhaps the most suggestive
of the early period from which such
gowns are modelled.
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USE HAY CAPS.

An Eastern farmer, who has used
hay caps for several years, says he
has saved the cost of the caps in a
single season, while they are good for
a score of years, II properly handled.
He uses heavy unbleached cotton
cloth forty-flve inches wide, and cut
in squares. This cloth may be made
water proof and durable by dipping
Ut into good raw linseed oil, or paint
ing 1t with a mixture of three pints
of this oil with one ounce sugar Of
lead and four ounces white resin;
heat together in an iron kettle and
apply hot with a wide brush. The
caps are held in place by pins foot
long passed through loops in the cor
ners of the cloth, into the shock Of
oats or hay.
Among the advantages of the hay
caps are that they allow you to cut
without reference to the weather, and
save the crop in good condition, no
matter how long the rains continue.
One farmer testifles that his hay,
protected by the caps, was worth on
the average one or two dollars a ton
more than his neighbors hay that
was not capped. Others say that they
often pay more than their cost in one
season, by the increased value of the
protected hay over what It would
have been worth IL left to take the
rain.-Indiana Farmer.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
ORCHARDS MUST BE FERTILIzED

ORCHARDS MUST BE FERTILIzED
The constant return to orchard soil
of all vegetable matter produced will
keep up an adequate supply of nitro
genous material, which will be an
nually increased IL the application OF
acid phosphate is kept up in liberal
way. Few orchardists realize the
amount of these mineral matters TAX
en- from the soil to produce a great
tree, or in the production of apples.
A good crop of apples will remove
from the soil three times as much
potash as a crop Of wheat on the
same soil, and while in the decaying
vegetable matter we can get what nj
trogen the trees need the supply Of
the mineral matters must be kept up
II we expect to get large and perfect
crops of fruit.-Farm Progress.
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this alone is impossible, but few
women cannot, after all, command
the services Of some one else who can
be intrusted with this duty.
LEARNING TO COOK.

What secret relationship there is
between matrimony and needlework
is one of the seven wonders of the
world. AS soon as the engagement
ring is safely on the girl files to
sewing machine or embroidery frame.
and there she stays up to the last mo-
ment, says Helen Corinne Hambridge,
in the Delineator.
There is no prettier sight than
woman engaged on a dainty bit OF
needlework for her trouuseau-art-
lists have made 1t study for painting
name of all that is reasonable, where
is the necessity for providing dozens
and dozens of undergarments, dresses
enough to last years, and hats ditto.
I know young bride whose boast is
that she tied 700 baby ribbon bows
Tor her lingerie and worked 1000
eyelets in the same. Before marriage
she was perfectly capable of existing
without all this prodigious stock of
undergarments and was content to be
oiLpiy Mtli ouppiiCu. ohC was HOI
going to the far north or darkest
Africa, where white goods are practi-
cally unobtainable, but intended to
stay in her home city, where she
could buy what she wanted right
along, and get things at bargain sales
occasionally.
Instead of the girls effort to pro-
vide so much in the way of clothing
for her marriage being commend
able, 1t is actually the reversal
vanity of vanities. A sufficient sup
ply for years wear is all that should
ever be made for the lingerie part of
the trousseau, and as to hats and
gowns, only enough for the season in
which one is being married. There is
something distinctly vulgar in this
mad rush for clothes during the en-
gagement period. 1t is not the finest
way by any means to fit ones self for
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-08-18
HOW TO BE WELL DRESSED.

Everything in the realm of dress
appears to depend nowadays on the
manner in which a woman wears her
clothes, and, despite every assevera-
tion of our grandmothers to the con-
trary, detail can hardly have counted
for SO much in the days of hoops and
coal scuttle bonnets.
Punctilious attention to detail Is,
moreover, the determining note in
the dress Of to-day, and it is often a
difficult problem to account for the
reason why one woman, whose dress
budget totals much more moderate
amount at the end of the year than
her richer neighbor, always manages
to look infinitely smarter and better
dressed.
Much, however, depends on what
appear to be insignificant tribes, and
ninety-nine women out of hundred
for instance, would never stop to
consider the wisdom of buttoning or
1acing the boots or shoes before pro-
ceeding to put on their gowns.
Yet 1t is an undeniable fact that
nothing spoils the hang of skirt SO
1rremediably as the habit Of STOPPING
in a forced position, straining every
hook and forming creases which no
amount of smoothing, will eradicate,
says Woman's Life.
Another fatal mistake which is
often perpetrated is that of omitting
TO pull down the skirt in front after
fastening the waistband. To manage
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-08-18
CHILD HAD SIXTY BoILs
And Suffered Annually With a Red
Scald-LilSe Humor on Her Head
Troubles Cured by Cuticura.


when my little Vivian was about six
months old her head broke out in boils.
She had about sixty in all and / used Cuti-
cura Soap and Cuticura Ointment which
cured her entirely. Sometime later Q
humor broke out behind her ears and
spread up on to her head until it was near
ly half covered. The humor looked like .
scald, very red with sticky, clear fluid
coming from it. This occurred every
spring. / always used Cuticura Soap and
Ointment which never failed to heal it up.
The last time it broke out it became SO bad
that / was discouraged. But / continued
the use Of Cuticura Soap, Ointment and
Resolvent until she was well and has never
been troubled in the last two years. Mrs.
NJ. A. Schwerin, o74 Spring Wells Ave-,
Detroit, Mich, Feb. "a, 100s."
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp, Sole Props.
of Cuticura Remedies. Boston, Mass,
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mmeness' weakness and stiffness
caused by disordered kidneys. suf-
Tered awful pains and also had urin-
ary arrangement. After using
Doan's Kidney Pills short time I
discarded the crutches and now 1 am
well and strong again, being com
pletely cured"
Remember the name-Doan's. Sold
by all dealers. so cents a box. Fos-
ter-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
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1t is not necessary, for the yoke could

1t Is not necessary, for the yoke could
be trimmed with embroidery or lace,
or could be left plain If something
simpler is wanted. In the back view
the same garment is shown with the
neck cut high and finished with stand
ing collar and with long plain sleeves,
and treated in such way 1t becomes an
entirely different garment.
The negligee is made with fronts
and back, which are gathered and
Joined to the yoke. The edges of the
short sleeves can be held together by
ribbon ties or tackled one to the other
as liked. The long sleeves are plain
and cut in one piece each.
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Round Yoke Negligee.

The negligee that is made slightly
low at the neck and with short sleeves
is desirable one on warm day, and
this model is essentially dainty and
attractive. In this case 1t is made OF
lawn, and the yoke and long sleeves
are embroidered, but while such fin
ish is both fashionable and attractive
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-08-18

Corn PorTdge.-Chop the contents of half a of
until fine, then add to quart milk and bring the
smmerng point; put through sieve pan,
adding tablespoonful of butter rubbed smoothly with
rounding tablespoonful Of -four stir until the milk creamy,
then add the beaten yok of slowly stirring
moment, then removing Immediately prevent the yok
curdling Season with SALT pepper and to suit the
taste and for luncheon with hot crackers
fried bread If liked grating of nutmeg be added
before removing from the fire.
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color was to use red wherever pos

color was to use red wherever pos
'sible.
Dressmakers who seek to apply art
to anatomy with success to their GUS
toners and their bank accounts will
find better examples for study among
the works of Chicago painters of to-
day than in those of Raphael and his
contemporaries, art critics to the con-
trary Notwithstanding. - Chicago
Journal.
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Woven of Linen.

For the stout woman there are
beautiful combination garments even
thinner than the usual batiste and
linen affairs made by the perfect
seamstress. They are low necked and
of knee length, made of a woven
linen.
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BUSY Folks.

I'VE New Workers are a busy lot"
You bet you are. Within the past
hour you have superintended the
starting of a balky horse, watched a
safe hoisted, and helped provide audi
ences for three street takers. You
New Workers really try to do too
much"
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The Popular Mimosa.

The quaint flower which, with the
violet, has stood for trembling shy
ness. is the popular flower Of the mo-
ment abroad. 1t is used on every
manner of hat with green foliage. 1t
is worn on the corsage and in the but
tonhole.
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Strings on Hats.

A number of the wide brimmed
hats have loose, floating strings that
tie on the shoulder or knot we'll below
the bust. They do not tie beneath
the chin In the old manner.
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Popular Princess.

The popular princess will dominate
the season. 1t is used for everything
from morning toilet to evening gowns
and in all materials from gingham to
real lace.
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A Youthful Look,

The overskirt never fails to give a
youthful look to the wearer. These
skirt draperies are becoming popular,
but girl must be tall to wear them
we'll.
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Heavy Gold Braid.

The latest belts of heavy gold braid
differ from their predecessors in that
they are of the dull rather than the
bright gold.
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or Bright's disease.
The cure is easy.
Treat the cause.-the
kidneys with
Doan's Kidney Pills
John Corey. consta-
BILE, Attica, N. Y,
says: For months I
hobbled around ON
crutches owing to
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.COlored Waists.

Colored net waists are much worn
this season with cloth skirts (or silk)
matching In color.
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the new duties of life. Half of the
sewing hours devoted to cooking les
sons and the study of domestic econ.
omy would prove far better invest-
ment.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-08-18

There are two Pasteur institutes
in India In the last year the one at
Coonor treated $40 cases, only two
resulting unfavorably.
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@hggA MODES + - W&w
W. THAT BLOSSOM TX
~ = + THIS SEASON ~

New York City. = The separate
blouse is really indispensable to salts
factory dress. and this one will be
found available for all the dainty
muslins, the thin silks and all mate
rials that are made in lingerie style.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-08-18

The quantity of material required
for the medium size is three and
three-quarter yardstwenty-four, three
and three-eighth yards thirty-two or
two and five-eighth yards forty-four
inches wide.
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AN EASY WAY.
How to Curc Kidney Troubles Easily
and Quickly.

It is needless to suffer the tortures
Of an aching back, the misery of head
aches. rheumatic pains, urinary dis
orders, or risk the danger of diabetes
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COURTESY AS A BUSINESS ASSET

COURTESY AS A BUSINESS ASSET.
: Everything else being equal, we
do business with the man whom we
like the best" writes Richard A.
Harte in an issue of Harper's Week.
ly. Good breeding, good nature, ex-
pressed in an attitude of universal
courtesy, constitute a business asset
as valuable on one side of the desk
as on the other" The average
American, says the author, has no
use for chronic CROUCH" a pickle
face" or "knocker." There is the
type of anthropoid ape who paints
the word private on the door of the
inner room in which he sits and
around the outer door of the outer
room he places railing with a gate
that swings out. "He then hires an
Office boy, or, preferably, an office
girl at $40 per week, to sit in the
outer office, answer the telephone and
furnish information as to when the
great man within will see those who
come on business bent"
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MILK NOT MADE.

When a young man went to a
neighbor's dairy to see his we'll be-
loved, who had charge of the institu-
tion and asked timidly of the man.
SLOW is the milk maid?" the old
man angrily slammed the door in his
face, saying: Our milk isn't made (;
it's got from the cows!"-Home
Notes.
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It can be utilized for the entire gown,
too, and 1t is graceful and attractive,
while 1t includes sleeves Of the latest
sort. Mercerized sheer batiste with
yoke and trimming of lace make the