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that irresistible temptation to eStrava-
gance lies for the average woman.
woman knows how many frocks she
must have and can afford to buy, and un-
less she has phItocratic income she
hesitates before buying an expensive
frock which she does not heed; but belt
or bag or scarf or a parasol-one can
af1ord to indulge passing fancy in such
small matters.
These small matters have a most sur.
prising way Of swelling bill or de-
pleting a purse. especially now when
fneness, daintiness and perishableness
are quite likely to 60 hand in hand with
modishness. The American woman
spends far more upon dress accessories
than she did ten or even five years ago.
For that matter she spends more all
along the line OF dress.
Take the fashionable womans foot
wear. for example. The number Of pairs
of shoes and slippers which the summer
girl now considers essential to her outfit
would have been thought madly ex-
,ravagant not so very long ago. Proba-
bly, it is extravagant now. but the ex-
travagance is looked upon as matter OF
course and tan shoes, patent feathers.
white shoes. suedes. pumps. evening slip
pers to match each evening frock are
counted as necessities.
II ones dress allowance will warrant
departure from such economical self
restraint there is ample opportunity for
self-indulgence. and footwear which a
few years ago would have been consid
cred rather too fanciful for good taste
is now accepted without question.
Among the new things are some delight
full, IL audacious, low shoes in gray suede
with heels and plain leather covered
buckles in color, and the same idea is
carried out in white shoes.
A smart pair Of Colonial shoes in white
has, for example, leather covered heel
OF modish green and buckle to match.
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employers flhssv,s,s an esdss
been very grateful. TO. tho giyerh N
Eifts were always offered sraciqusz
we're invariably given Away foSS NJ
reason other than being past weas
As 70 ts I seldom have TO buy an an
OF clothing and often ! have enough u
vide with my younger sister ~ hpItief
aIf a girl will conduct hersek /
ciously she need have no fear Of d
insulted. Besides the money TO be nd
among pleasant surroundings there
the advantage of being thrown with
people. q. EaI,
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dotted net, with narrow borders Of ostrich
feather in the color of the net, are re-
cent development. becoming but some
what expensive.
Metallic net embroidered in self-thread
or merely finished with fringe on the ends
is used for scarfs and scarfs Of oolored
chiffon, shading from dark to light and
sprinkled all over in tiny beads Of crys
tai, gold or steeL are lovely things. Beau
tiful scarfs are woven. too, in all the soft
modish laoes and lace nets. and some Of
these have the lace pattern embroidered
delcately in color as border or end
finish,
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Refined people don't care to have con-
spicuously dressed woman around their
house rs an employee. A neat well .fit-
ting business suit with enough shirt
waists to keep oneself spotessly clean
is all that Ia required mornings and after
moons. The first season had only four
shirtwaists but I managed TO get along
very comfortably by keeping two in the
laundry while wearing the other two.
Another point which seems TO trouble
some girls who think Of trying for similar
work Is whether or not they should accept
articles OF clothing offered them by their
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SHOES OF MANY COLORS
THE SEASONS FOOTWEAR rs
PRETTY, If AUDACIOJiS.

Short Gloves Back In Fayor-Bags,
Belts and ParasOls OF Rania-NoveI.
ties Among the Fancy Collars and
stocks-The Popular sheer Scarf
1t Is in the little accessories OF dress
rather than in the frocks and coats and
other imposing items Of the wardrobe
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Mems Furnishings.
Latest Spring and Summer Styles. : sa~s

Latest Spring and Summer Styles ....+as . +a-s
NEGLIGEE SHIRTS Of fine imported and American - -
fabrics, coors and combinations plain ~
NECKWEAR, of choice imported silksh on' 4 81
exclusive styles and color effects, lVV' ASoo
COLLARS the shapes superior quality and hnish, IL
made expressly for A., c. Co, dozen, u S'So
STEAMER RUGS WOOL in clan tartans and fancy y IN
plain color contrasting backs value $Iooo foV
NEW SPRING AND SUMMER OF HOSIERY UNDERWEAR,
" SUSPENDERS GLOVES,
BEACH AND BATH ROBES AND SLIPPERS.
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Seasonable Dress Fabrics.

SATIN DECTOIRE CASHMERE, shades FAN
CY MOHAIRS SHEPHERDS CHECKS, SCOTCH AND ENGLISH
SUITINGS WHITE, CREAM AND navy SERGES, HEHRErTAS.
Specialists m SERGE, suitable = ~
tain wear, cream, navy and black, per yard, I.OO
BLACK CHIFFON BRoADcLoTH imported, so In. wide, :, 1r
ponsed shrunk. Regularly Sz.zs per yard i.fO
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Dress Nets.

Just spee. importation Of superior qualities Of Engah
Figured In dotted Grecan and Classic effects
SPECIAL.
1000 YARDS SILK AND COTTON NET AND ALLOvKRS en- so
Of makes Value $I.oo to $375 I'd, .o9' S.0o
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Women's Hosiery.

IMPORTED GAUzE THREAD, garter AZ
tops double oles. Value $500 doz Box y doz i.4O
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-01
WIZ DOES FoRMeR doYERNoR STOKES THANk2

Former Governor Stokes has not been quoted n MINER m the proposition
% confaate public school revenues for general State purposes Q has Mr.
Stokes as yet said anything in reply 20 the singular criticism by the Governor
n The wnin act OF Mr. stokess administration * Governor. the railroad tax
act Of 1905 and its provision that the taxes collected under the act for the.
municipalities should be used exclusively Tor the schools of the municipalities
Governor Stokes recommended that the tao income should lie so restricted. He
aas always been a srong friend of public education. Governor Forts criticism
n his special message on this notable act IF the Stokes administration was that
nno cause seems to have existed for the passage Of this act that is founded
imri in reasono or a sound policy" Mr. Stokes must certainly take issue with
us successor OF a declaration that aaaas his Judgment as a legislator am
Secaa7e and puts the seal of condemnation uroa the proudet achievement Il
lis administration When Governor Stokes went mt Of Office he left the mune-
antes of the State much richer in their school funds han they We're before
since he retired the annual appropriation to the county school taxes has lea
educed from a million dollars to 100000 and that 1o2Oo will be taken. TOO ty
his Legislature. In addition. it is proposed to take SNMG@n making $19@0o
Inverted Of the school funds received from railroad axes in the last year Of the
foxes administration. And nov Mr. Stokes is told that his act of ls6 was no
God. - Eel
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-01
THE GENEROSITY OF The STATE.

According to the view Of the writer of the Heralds Sunday correspondence
Trenton, always good and wenaavored reading The State government in
Sw Jersey is a benevolent depot viii power and authority high up above
he municipalities and the people The State giveth an the State taketh aNsy
Blessed be the name of the State! That's the proper attitude I'M spirit of the
municipalities as we'll as Of the States subjects the municipal taxpayers. When
he legislature representing the state. permits the municipalities at the
leyenth hour to GET and use parto If certain axe assessed on railroad property
ithn their borders but withheld from local assessment by state authority, the
writer is lost in admiration OF the State generosity" When the State
ner for twenty-five years compelling the municipalities to mortgage themselves
5 the money Lenders to make III deficiencies in revenues caused by a policy of
he State in granting exemptions to railroad companies amounting to about
100000 annually aboishes these exemptions and permits the municipalities to
ave the resultant increase Of railroad taxes tn Herald writer again excatms
What genorosty" These beneyoences of the state were onattons-too generous
N far for 10 the State needs the money and wants to take it lack No further
81 the pat than 1900 the annual state expenditures were not one-ha1f what they
Tow are. In eight years the States expenses have increased more than two
billions and a half a year Shall the generous Stat pc now checked in its
rcdigznty by the results IF its own generosity The state sNcth and tho State
akeh way and blessed he the name of the Smuc
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-01
But They Must Be Neat in Ap-
pearance and Willing TO Sac
ritioe Personal Comfort.

sray-haired woman. who has
risen to a responsible position
in one Of the city's department stores,
.'if the crowds of busy SHOPPERS and the
frivolous one who are only killing time
have even the faintest notion Of the in
Vulnerable good qualities which every
efficient salesWoman must possess.
we have many bright. clever sales
women whose books show their won
derful ability in selling goods. and who
steadily advance from The lowest posi-
tons through sheer pluck and industry.
for nothing else pushes a sales clerk
along. Every business firm knows the
value of the woman who a sell goods,
attract and hold customers. introduce
now things. push certain stocks. etc.
etc. and department stores accord
rapid advancement To the clever sales
woman.
she is encouraged IN other ways.
o. Credit accounts are extended to
some. and when Il young woman really
makes good in selling expensive gar
mcntS like furs. costumes and evening
wrap she often gets 4 couple of good
gowns a year made to order for her as
a present from the firm.
Buyers get trips to Europe. and no
Of a salcswoman offers no chance for a
future. Certainly it should bring good
rewards. for it Is a trying place. cs-
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-01
ALLITERATIVE ABSURDITIES.

Ii you caught a captious CITRATE killing
kippers for the cook,
In the cloisters with a club yclept a
cleek,
Would you say he was as willy
AS a cunning crocodily
Catching cookies with a corkscrew in a
creek?
il o beheld a battleboat bombarding
Biscay bay
While the big guns beloved bold from
brazen throat
Would you say it was as funny
AS a bouncing blue-backed
bunny
Blowing bubbles with a bobby in a
boat?
Ii you saw a driveling dreamer drown
ing ducklings in a ditch,
And ~deducting data dry as dust to see,
Would you say that this death
dealer
Was of ducks n brakes a
stealer.
Of or Darwin's dead ideas a devotee?
tit Bits.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-01
The Girl Who Comes Back After
all Unhappy Matrimonial Ven-
ture Is Not Useful.

must have the more important virtues.
tact, infinite patience and courtesy and
be blind to the unpleasant emark of
hasty' shoppers. Sometimes a floor
manager will have a very disagreeable
way of enforcing discipline, but that is
not allowed in most stores, at all
evepts,
You see | take the side Of the sales
woman every time naturally. l have
been through it all myself and 1 know
all the discipline the job is to a woman.
You must put Your pride in your pocket
and hustle all the time to be a success
full saleswoman.
There are some men of the masher
type who will seek to annoy some of
the girls, but we take special precau-
tons to discourage anything of this
sort. Most of the young women have
their own admirers and some of them
are engaged. They are all girls of ex-
cellent principles and of far better
class and education than the English
|shopwoman, for instance.
Many of them study music and
French II a few of them cultivate
their voices evenings. But a girl who
has been a long day behind a shop
counter is too tired at night for dancing
or restaurants. Their days are too
busy and full of excitement and events
to leave them with much desire for late
hours.
There is much discussion on the
question as to whether business life
units a girl for marriage. / think, of
course. that a good, bright business
girl who knows that money is not made
any too easily will always make a
better wife.
But, on the other hand, | have found
in nine cases out of ten that a girl
who comes back after a disastrous
married life is never worth much as a
saleswoman. ] can't explain it except
hY saying that the old active habits
are gone and a sort of high and
mighty air takes the place of the old
desire to please. A married woman
can make a good model or a head of
department, but she has lost the knack
Of selling goods.
MANY of our saleswomen make very
fine marriages, / am glad to say, and
become our charge customers-a few of
them. Life in a big shop knocks the
romance out of their minds and they
seem to appreciate that a good mar
riage means a great deal to a girl, so
they choose well"
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-01
SHE MEANT BUSINESS.

George" said the beoutiful girl as
she nestled close to him. the last time
you called YOU proposed"
II did, sweet one
And I accepted YOU
You did, love-
Il presume. George" she went on in
her most fascinating manner, that you
look upon me as merely a foolish,
thoughtless girl. but-but-" =
"Hsw can sou think so, pet?" he in
terruBt.d.
But she went on in a more bust
nesslike "a Il have something Of
the business instinct OF the new woman
in me. and-and-I shall have to ask
you to repeat the proposal again to-
night. The last time YOU called it was
Sunday, and contracts made on that
day, | learn, are not legally binding
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-01
Department Store. S~alesqUomen Are In
Line for Great Advancement In Life

pecially before a young woman has ac-
quired the poise and confidence which
enable her to curb her temper and re-
main silent in the face of rude and
sometimes ignorant shoppers.
The saleswomen have grown to be
distinguished by wcll-arranged hair,
well-cared-for skin and pretty neck
wear. These items all help in their ad-
Vancement and procure them places in
desirable departments.
"A store is made much more attrac-
tive by pretty, cheerful-looking girls
with graceful %coiffurcs. They are
Obliged to wear black frqcks to prevent
a lash of color, so to gain a stylish APP
pearance they dress the hair according
to the mode and indulge in a bit of
lace or a pretty string Of beads or 4
chain.
'To arrange that pretty couture and
those little details OF dress a girl must
often rise and get ready for her jour
hey to the store by gaslight. Some
times it is in a cold room and she must
slight her breakfast.
There are certain standards as %
hoatnesS, well-brushed hair, cared-for
hands and tidy clothing which exist
amoUg the girls behind the counter
that would anaZe many of the badly
groomed women who treat the girls as
Interiors. No girl could hold her place
among the Others who was not minute
Is careful of her appearance. There
las grOWn up a certain rivalry which
changes Il girl who begins the work
with a duh complexion and badly
dressed hair into a beauty in a month
or SO.
All this means s~elf-denial and
fewer hours IN bet. Then these girls
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-01

Assemblyman Lyon, of Morris county, is the introducer Of a bill to abolish
be expensive state Water supply Commission of five mn and substitute II
mge commissioner, at $1,000 The bill is a COPY o The oct Of 1907 creating the
onnmhdon. but it repeats the section Of that ct requiring annual payments to
be State by municipalities and water supply corp atfoua fer water diverted in
Sces of 100 gallons daily for each nhatitant at the ratno II between 81 and $40
Nr million gallons There is no record of my such payment 10 the state since
lie act Of 1907 was passed. and evidently the architect of the new bill le1eycs
here never will he any under the old act. Too much power "a given to the
yater supply Commission This power is transferred to a single commissioner
y the Lyon bill He is to decide uron The application Of private as vel as.
nunicpal corporations for approval of plans to tar new sources Of waters supply
nd divert water He can approve or reject; Ills approval will be the States
ssent to the diversion of water" and his decision will be renewable by the
ourtso only "forre asonablucss. legality and form Eut there is evidence tht
he bill introduced by Mr. Lyon. vas hastily drawn. In section e OF the bill it
s. provided that all expenses Of the commissioner shall be lad auer being
duy approve by the President Go. If MI Lyons bly, goes through in that
oan the commissions will whistle for his expenses
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-01
WOMEN


assistant in the postofice. Miss Price.
who, with her sister, owns the lead
ing department store, in which only
women are employed, says that for a
ON to succeed in business she must
know three things: She must not run
Jhc1' business with a mortgaged stock,
she must pay her bills two or three
days before they are due, so as to im-
press the people from whom she buys,
ard she must always dress WE'LL
In England the proportion Of men to
one indoor servants is as II to
three or four; in France the reverse is
TIE case, parlor maids being unknown,
the one femme dc chambre being lady's
maid as swell a housemaid. The house
wpfk-sweeping. busting, ~etc.-mainly
Fails upon the m-anservants. One ele-
ulent entailinga much extra work fol
servants in England is absent in a
French house. This is the staying
guest, the succession of visitors. out
side private hotels and in the hand
some flats of fashionable quarters there
is. indeed. no room in Partisan house
holds for friends. The words dine and
Sleep or ''week-end' visits have moi
found their way into French diction-
aries, nor have dine and sleep or week
end guests yet become French insti-
tutons. 1t is easy thus to understand
why three or four servants suffice il
France, while In England a dozen would
be needed for people of similar means
and position, and where three or foul
maids are kept in England only a gen
eral erVant is kept in France.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-01
PRIMARY NoMANA Il FOR GOVERNOR.

Assembh1nan Illness bill, numbered II, introduced in the Legislature. pro-
tes for III abolition Of state conventions and platform resolutions of the
onheaf parties by dispensing with the primary election of delegates md making
She nominations for Governor direct by primary, one thousand voters in thel
#hoe Statec an, by the bill. nut mp "a candidate for the party nomination. and
he party candidate receiving the highest number of votes sin the partyp primaries
II to be h party nominee There might be a score of candidates in the State
md the candidate Nho received - OF 20 per- cent Oft the party vote might secure
be nomination. Having been nominated by a small minority. the candidate
WOULD. if elected, represent party code or obligation, and his policy would
e purely personal As the great bulk of the popular vote is in three Or four
ounIes and less han q fourth the eight counties of the southern tier, the
INTERNATIONAL nominations and elections might be permanently monopoIzeds by
be three on our counties Voters in primary elections pay no attention tt sec
contesies They recognize only their wn sections IN candidates. 1t Isl
cry doubtful if Mr. Illness bill gets any further ehn the committee stage.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-01
CHIPS OF WISDOM.

A skeptic is a man who has lost faith
in himself.
The chiropodist believes in tight shoes
FOR others.
The loafer is willing to work--if he
can work a loan.
And the man who does the least talk
ing often has the most to say.
Unless 0 have faith i'll your effort
it will be a failure.
The brand Of popularity hat 0 can
buy isn't worth the price.
Dead men teli no tales-and ever
their epitaphs are nJt always oeiieYed.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-01
Az sxAMlNAT MOI AN INVESTIGATION

What the New York newspaper doesn't know about New Jersey affairs is on
frequent exhibition in its conpaccnt# comments on the same. An amusing in
tance is furnished by the New York Press ON Saturday. The Press writer says
Is a poor tribute to tho integrity OF Democratic legislators when it is held that
here has been acknowledgement in the states finances, particularly after noa-
artisan committees of this body have annually examined and reported correct
he accounts of the State treasurer and comptroller" That ought to raise a
angh at Trenton. The annual examinations by Il legislative committee OF the
reasurcrs accounts is simply a matter Of bookkeeping and always a mere
ormauty. 1t has no norct to do with the acts of The Legislature in approrratns
aoney than has the House fish and game omntttec
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-01
II OF CHARMS.



When the snow is on the sidewalk
Fully eighteen inches deep
And it's up to you to clean ii
When you much prefer to sleep,
Then you hardly see the beauty
OF the white and fluffy stuff,
And you think the famous poem
Was a large and chilly bluff.
But the exercise is ~splendidi"
Says the wife of your heart
AS she watches through the window
While you do the hero part,
But you cannot quite observe it
AS you slowly work away
Where to golf the sport is equal
or to placid old croquet.
And without a cent Of wage
Thus you toll the winter through,
And 1t seems the snow keeps falling
Just TO give you work to do,
you'd bet a lot of money,
Which in that event would talk,
That more snow fell OF your sidewalk
Than on any other walk.
When the first light snow of autumn
Hardly makes the landscape gray
You don't mind a little sweeping
Just to clear a path away,
But when things get down to husinese
Then it's pretty safe to state
That you dodge the heavy lifting
IF your boy is over eight.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-01
IN RIPPING GOOD HUMOR
WAY OF A WOMAN.

Howell-It is hard for a woman to
understand statistics.
POWELL guess that is SO. I told my
wife that for every passenger the rail-
roads of this country transported two
tons of freight, and she wanted to know
why the passengers were allowed to
carry so much baggage.-Harper's
Weekly.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-01
For CRY OFFICIALS.

80 you hin you would like to make
a journey to the North Pole?"
Yes answered the city official. ut
must be restful to get to some place
where nobody cares whether the snow is
cleaned off or not."-Washington Star.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-01
AMERICAN CARE FOR RE ORPHANED BY EARTH0uAKn.

a superb gift is that OF sz25Q00 by the American Rcd Cross Society to the
euen IL italy to be used Tor establishing an agricultural colony in Sicily or
satabria for the orphans in the earthquake district The American Red Cross
as alone raised and either forwarded to Italy or used for supplies etc, nearly
million dollars n account Of the earthquake sufferers It stands today the
fghest expression Of American philanthropy and it embodies tho noblest ideal
4 The Brotherhood of man
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-01
THROUGH WITH BOTH.

81 understand you have broken with
Jack
YES. for good"
THAT 50? Did his money run out DC
soon?
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-01
MORE pESsIMISM.

George Washington was first in the
hearts of his countrymen."
Yes answered Mr.. Dustin Stax.
But at present the ideal of success
seems to be the man who is first in
his countryrnen's pockets. Chicago
Tribune.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-01
QUESTION.

w
Tommy-Is the inauguration BAH "a
coming out or going in ball?-New,
York Sun.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-01
THE NEW SCHOOL.

The doctors used to bleed mankind
For every Ill that they could find,
But now they're wiser, SC it's said,
And "bleed" the pocketbook instead.