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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-01-13

f0Ened by the design. Cashmere
Sfth bands of silk or satin would be
pretty and effective for cold weather
wear. while net, lingerie materials
and lace are charming for certain oc-
casions at all seasons.
The waist is made with a fitted
lining, which can be used or omitted,
as liked, and consists of the front
and the backs with the shaped yoke.
The waist itself is tucked and joined
to the yoke and the trimming is ap-
piled on indicated lines. The sleeves
also can be made with or without the
fitted Innings, and can be tucked, as
, illustrated, or gathered, as liked.
The quantity Of material required
for the medium size is four and three
fourth yards twenty-one or twenty
four, three yards thirty-two, or two
and three-eighth yards forty-four
inches wide, with ten yards of band
ing and one and five-eighth yards of
edging.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-01-13
Rug MuT and Neck Scarf.

Scarfs that fit closely up about the
throat are among the latest features
of fashionable dress, and such a one
as this, combined with the muff Illus
trated, makes an exceedingly hand
some as well as smart set They can
be made from any fur or fur cloth or
from velvet or almost any fancy ma
terial.
The muff Is made with the founda-
tion and the over, or rug, portion,
which are quite separate. The founda-
tion is made complete and the rug Is
lined throughout, then arranged over
1t and the two are tackled together.
The neck scarf is simply lined and in
terlined, while one end Is slipped
through band arranged over the
other by means of which 1t Is drawn
up closely about the throat.
The quantity of material required
to make the rug and the muff for
either the woman's or the misses size
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-01-13
Partially Toward Sons.

The partiality which mothers are
supposed to show to their sons-and
which some mothers certainly do
show-may do little harm in the ear
lier years of family life, when the
father, perhaps, balances it by spe-
cial fondness for his daughters, and
when the buoyancy of youth carries
such injustice lightly. But on daugh-
ters of mature age it often bears very
heavily. The lot of the unmarried
woman on whom falls the care, and
even the maintenance of a widowed
and aging mother is a laborious and
exacting one. Many such women
there are, rs every one acquainted
with our cities knows, working hard
all day and struggling to carry home
evening cheer to one who makes less
effort than she might to greet them
brightly. There is a brother who
comes on a flying visit now and then,
bringing gift none too generous, but
seeming large because it is received
all in one sum, and on him the moth
er's appreciation and gratitude are
lavished. When he is gone, his ad-
vice proffered without much knowl-
edge of real conditions, is quoted and
urged with an insistence discouraging
to the sister, and even the contrast
between his light hearted merriment
and her seriousness is harped upon.
There are sadder cases still where the
money earned by a self-sacrificng
daughter is persistently shared with a
reckless and improvident son, and.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-01-13

Now, there's Mrs. Blank, for in
stance. She is so thin and lank that
all comparisons fail. OF course she
looks perfectly stunning in the new
hipless gowns, while I-well it's SIM
ply impossible for me to be COM
pressed within one of them. look
= fright, to say nothing of the pun
lshment to my vanity of having to try
to hide all my symmetrical curves
lnd then not succeeding. When prin-
cess gowns of closest fit were all the
rage, Mrs. Blank had just as many
Burves as l have. Oh, no, my dear
I don't know where she got them.
] am not Mrs. Blanks dressmaker
nor her tailor. l only know she had
them. New York Press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-01-13
GOLDFISH Ala COCOTTE.

Pick cold boiled cod into bits, TAX
ing care to remove all bones; place
a piece Of butter the size OF an egg
over the fire in clean saucepan;
when it bubbles, add tablespoonfuls
of butter; mix thoroughly, then add
l pint milk, slices OF onion minced
fine and l sprig Of chopped parsley.
Cook, stirring constantly, until of the
consistency of thick cream. Have
ready a sufficient number Of butter
ed cooottes. Qf these useful little
individual baking dishes are not at
hand, use buttered ramekin). Fill
the cocottes with alternate layers of
fish, sauce and cracked crumbs, fin
ishing or with crumbs. Dot with
butter and brown in steady oven.
Serve without re-dishing. Garnish
with sliced lemon and parsey.-Bos-
ton Pest.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-01-13
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Bouillon lace Is constantly en-
ployed by French dressmakers as a
furnishing.
The dealers are making no display
OF fans so far, and there are predic.
tions that the fan is not to be stylish
the coming ball season.
The high collar has come in again
on fur coats and jackets, and is often
made of different fur from the gar
ment on which it is used.
Little novelty stocks, often copied
from French models, are one of the
most striking features of the season.
They are charmingly made up of rib
bon of almost any fur-even pointed
fox and black lynx.
This is a day when bags, little or
big, ostentatiously plain or elaborate
ly decorated, are put to a hundred
uses, from the shopping and automo-
bile bags down to the delicate little
wrist and vanity bags.
While no skirt at the present time
Shh oC SoiiCu luiip tuOoc ucSlSu6u lOI
soft, thin materials are often made to
fall in voluminous folds, but they
have the top closely laid in tucks t.1at
produce the sheath fit.
The shortened waist and straight
clinging lines of the skirt are features
that strongly influence the winter
modes, characterizing evening gowns,
dressy coat suits for afternoon and
other affairs of ceremony.
In gowns having the high waist.
line, the top of the skirt is often
tucked, but If the gown is of chiffon
or anything of this nature the gath.
cred top permits the soft folds of the
material to cling to the figure and fol.
low the outline becomingly.
Each one of the puffs arranged al
the back of the Psyche knot is held
in place by large hairpin, and the
pompadour is now held by pin in.
stead of comb. Some girls, too
have gone so far as to add one to each
side of the knot
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-01-13
Backbone" Superfluous.

"The worst thing about having no
backbone" said the woman who had
been born without that supposedly in
dispensable member, sis trying to get
one. 1t is a perfectly useless agony,
too, because if nature hasn't given
you backbone, you can't get it by
any other means. If you once recog-
nize this fact and submit to your lin
itations you'll find that you can get
on fairly well without backbone,
lnd when you realize how often the
thing that passes for determination is
q mere disregard for or inability to-
comprehend other peoples rights and
feelings, you can bear up under the
contempt commonly meted out to the
'spineless.'
"A backbone is not nearly so nee
essary as people imagine, and very
often one gets on great deal better
without it. If you haven't any back
bone, you won't be tempted to butt
your head against irresistible forces.
we are most of us helpless victims in
the hands of fate, and ordinarily we
might as we'll let ourselves drift as
try to mold circumstances to our will.
The drifting may be a mistake, to be
sure, but pulling against the current
may be a mistake equally. and the
first is easier.
"If can't decide, I do nothing,
when that is possible, and let events
shape themselves as they will, and If
/ must do something l do what like
best or dislike least, as the case may
be. My own inclinations are the most
reliable guides have ever found, and
I wish that / had earlier learned to
rate them at their proper value. The
powers that presided over my early
education contrived to inoculate me
with the idea that inclinatfons exist,
as Herbert Spencer says, not for our
guidance, but solely to mislead US,
and 1t took me long time to learn
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-01-13
Leather Shoes For Horses.

A French inventor has been trying
to solve the horse shoeing problem.
He has produced horseshoe of leath-
er which is secured to the hoof by a
mixture of cement and asphalt. Sue
cessful trials Of the device are said to
have been made in Paris. Horsemen
will be skeptical. The iron shoe is
not satisfactory, but has never been
improved upon.-Boston Advertiser.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-01-13
Dseee Osssssssesesssss
{ THE BOY AND LIFE :
! ON THE FARM :
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The following very sensible article
is from the New England Farmer.
and we commend 1t to every father
on the farm
If you are a farmer and you want
your son to be farmer after you,
teach him from his earliest boyhood
to respect his fathers calling. Instlll
into his mind the fact that the great
men of all ages were sons of farmers.
Teach him never to feel ashamed at
the senseless and threadbare jokes Of
would-be humorists over old Hayseed
and his numbering old market wagon
and his quaintness OF speech when he
visits the city and stares at the sights,
and does not make half SO much of
fool of himself as the average city
man when he comes to the country.
Do not fill his life entirely with
work. Recreation is as necessary to
happiness and to healthful devel-
opment Of the spiritual and physical
faculties as is pure air, and there is
untold wisdom in the old saw, "All
work and no play makes Jack dull
boy"
Encourage him when he tries to
do, even IL he fails. Failures which
teach us how to avoid future disast-
ers are successes. Make him feel
that you rest upon his faithfulness
and truth in whatever you intrust to
him.
Do not blame him when he is not
at fault, even IL things do not turn
out as you have expected. Never dis
parage his efforts Continual dispar-
agement breaks his boys spirit, and
there is nothing more inspiring, moth
Ing more refreshing in this world
than the broad, courageous, undis-
mayed hopefulness of manly boy.
Take him into your confidence
early. Let him know what you are
going to plant in the ten-acre field,
and how you propose to make the up
land fields pay.
Don't snub him. The man who
snubs a boy is unworthy to be the
father of a son. Let him have the
money he earns. You would have to
pay the hired man for taking care of
the calves and the colts; why not re-
munerate the boy?
Do not disgust him with farming in
the beginning by telling him that he
does not need anything but his board
and clothes now, because he will have
ut all" when you are gone. Five
dollars when boy is ten years old is
more than $4,000 will be when you
are dead and gone and he has the
farm.
DO not devote all the land to corn
and potatoes and "things that pay"
The garden and the orchard are inn
portant factors in the life of the
farm, and the flower bed ought to re-
ceive just as much attention as the
onion bed where you expect to raise
the strongly favored candidates for
the first premium at your county fair
next fall.
Do not starve your family for the
sake of taking the best of everything
to market. A broad and generous
soul cannot develop in a starved body.
Live in just as good house as you
can own, free from mortgage. Have
a pleasant, sunny living room with
the books and papers and music.
Encourage your boy to invite his
friends there, and you yourself greet
them cordially when they come. The
lack of social privileges at home is
one fertile cause Of the temptation
exerted by city life on the country
young man.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-01-13
Wearing Green Tulle.

There is going to be good deal OF
tulle worn. Its new, heavy weave
makes 1t available as serviceable
accessory. Bright blue will be more
favored than light blue, but parrot
and apple green are to be In the
lead. Bows of this will be worn at
the neck on an evening bodice, in
front of the hat and to tie flowers.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-01-13
Queen Has Auto Craze,

Queen Helena Of Italy has taken
the keenest interest in motoring ever
since its earliest days. She and her
husband possess five beautiful cars,
and the Queen not only drives, but
also has had lessons in the working
of motor machinery, and could, at a
pinch, effect repairs with her own
very capable hands. - indianapolis
News
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-01-13
A Lovely Gown.

A picturesque gown is of crepe de
Chine In that shade of blue best de-
scribed as hyacinth, with draped
sash, also of crepe, in dull purple,
and adorned with embroideries of
purple and blue foliage and little sill
yer bells threaded in and out of the
leaves upon a slender gold ribbon.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-01-13

bitterest of all-it is to the perpetu.
ally returning prodigal that the warm
est affection seems to go. Habits
like these can hardly be corrected,
perhaps, in age. But mothers in
younger life should be on their
guard against forming them.-Con-
gregationalist.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-01-13
BLACK Walking Skirt.

A street toilette that is becoming
to great many women, and that has
style, though perhaps not as much as
when all of one color, is the black
skirt in walking length, large hat of
black, and perfect-htting coat of the
new striped coverts.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-01-13
Corduroy Stockings.

The royal ribbed stockings in two
toned stripes, which are often called
corduroy stockings, will be much in
style. They are in spun silk and in
Isle and silk. They are not inexpen-
sive, but the spun ones are SO heavy
that they would last forever and a
day.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-01-13

Doughnus-To four pastry flour (once sifted) add
and onehaf teaspoons SALT and theefourths tea
soda and hreefourths tartar
and onehalf teaspoon grated nutmeg. Work in onehaf
tablespoon butter using the tips of the fingers; then add
cup sugar. milk and egg well beaten
Mix thoroughly and board thicky dredged with
-four Knead slightly and roll to one-fourth thick
Shape with doughnut cutter fry in deep fat until
Drowned both sdes drain brown paper; dust
poWdered sugar
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-01-13
An Odd Hat.

A decidedly odd hat is one of white,
furry beaver, with band around the
crown and long, t bow at the
side of chamois ~
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-01-13
With and Without Curves.

whats the use," exclaimed the
tall, handsome woman, mournfully,
"of having a fine figure like mine!
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-01-13
k0BINT7ElRESTaO!N WOVEN. 5

New York City. - The latest
blouses are made with just such long,
pretty sleeves as these and this model
can be utilized both for the separate
waist OF net, thin silk, lingerie ma
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-01-13
Soft.Clinging Skirts.

The tendency toward soft-clinging
skirts now extends to below the
knees.
New-York tribune., 1909-03-21
INFANTS AND CHILDREN
DAINTY DRESSES FOR
.R4BES And LITTLE TOTS.
The Early Victorian Bonnet Is Most
Picturesque for Child from
T5co to Fire Years Old.

fireness. daint3ness and exquisite quality in ma
terias and trimmings the characteristics OF the
dear little clothes intended for the infant and
small child. some of the little dresses are beauti-
ful in their simplicity, and even the most costly
Christening robes with their manifold conbina-
tions Of lace and embroidery bear the same gentle
ar Of dainriness and elegance
PRINCESS AND YOKE ROBES.
The long robes and first short dresses are made
OF the finest nainsook. Infants robes are made
IN both yoke and princess styles The yoke styles
may be o-namented only that portion Of the
garment. OF they may have horizontal trimmings
on the skirts. consisting Of tucks and narrow lace
insertions. IN the more expensive ones. real lace
and hand embroidery are used. and in those Of
moderate price machine tucks and fine imitation
lace. For this purpose Valenciennes lace is most
employed.
A princess robe 1T indeed for a small princess
has the graduated panel front made OF hand en-
brodery inset with fine lace medallons and hand
run tucks that marvel to behold. It is made
New-York tribune., 1909-03-21

ners and edged with sCallops while the sprays OF
flower embroidery repeated in the corners
of the skirt. There IS a tiny little turnback cum
the sleeves, which also is edged with scaloP
embroidery. A still more practical coat for child
Of This age is made Of black and white shepherds
check With pique collar and oufs.
CRIBS. CHAIRS AND THEIR FITTINGS.
Afghans for the baby are made of hand crochet
wool in the star pattern. For both crib and car
riage there hand embroidered nainsook
afghans. Carriage and crib pillows are in heart
and oblong shapes. and covered with emoTo1dered
white nainsook, which may be slipped over
white pink blue pillow.
The infants feeding plate is useful novelty.
as II is almost impossible for the baby TO dash
the food from the plate on account Of the fancy
half inch rim that extends up around the edse
Of the plate. This is decorated with picture and
nursery rhyme. Baby's feeding and toilet chairs
now have China silk cushions tufted with baby
ribbon and edged with Valenciennes lace, so as
10 keep the air away from the small back.
The newest cribs are made OF gold finished
wicker with a festoon Of roses about the sides
These are either lined with tufted cushions have
the sides laced through with satin ribbons. The
white cribs have part Of the design picked ou;
with gold and decorated with the gold rose fes-
toons along the sides.
BONNETs AND HATS FOR TINY GIRLS
The quantest most charming little hats and
bonnets are 10 be by the tiny tots this spring
and Il IS easy to imagine the delightful pictures
Of their spring attire. Dear little blossoms and
ribbons are used for the decorations Of the little
girls from FIVE years, and for the older girls
there are hats with larger brins. poke bonnets
and mushrooms that closely resemble those tnelF
mothers will wear. And what gives more delight
to the half grown girl than TO nave her hats and
dresses look like mothers?
The most picturesque Of all the bonnets for the
child from two to iye years is the early Victorian
bonnet. This is tiny poke with a big crown.
and IS made of rough straw. Around the crown
there is twis- of pale blue velvet ending In big
stiff bow at the top. while the brm is a
quilting of one inch velvet ribbon. It ties under
the chin with blue strings. and is intended both
for street and motor wear.
Charming little soft bonnets are rade OF hair
braids and lace with a thin silk lining.
These are round affairs which rather broad,
The trimming enhances this width, as big chouX
OF ribbon are placed at-the sides. Only one or two
sprays of tiny flowers used on these OF
course they are tied under the chin and theT
are SO soft that if the wearer should fall asleep
in her carriage she can rest comfortably.
The first caps by the baby are Of fine
embroidered nainsook. trimmed with baby Irish
New-York tribune., 1909-03-21

leather strap handles. and Is fitted with small
mirror and a small fat moIre silk bag that holds
a tiny powder puff. Another OF the fitted purses
with long strap handles has square mirror and a
small leather purse for the powder puff and thsre
is a double purse for money, the outer one being
intended for bills and the inner for silver
THE BUTTON PURSE
An oddity TO be slipped inside the gold and silver
chain purses soft leather purse that is securely
fastened by what looks like gold collar button
with a coored stone IN The top, and which slips
into a regular buttonhoIe worked in the leather
flap. These come in all colors-
Pigskin promises be the most favored leather.
because II harmOnizes in color well with many
of the new spring colors- Snakeslin IN the gray
tones looks well with the new taupe shades, while
all the mauye and purple shades viii look well
with gowns Of contrasting color. as well those
of the same hues-
New-York tribune., 1909-03-21
NOW THE "SALOME" PURSE
Made an Patent Leather and Mo-
rocco. and Is almost Square.

The "Saome' purse is one of the most convenient
Of the new purses. 1t comes in patent leather,
well as morocco. Its novelty lies IN its shape.
which is almost square. though trife higher than
II is broad Another purse is oblong in shape.
with a fastening that is to be commended This is
a wide goId-tipped leather flap which slips under
leather strap.
new purse that comes in the stunning purple
morocco which promises to be such a favorite
this season is about the size and shape OF the large
square envelope only that the upper edge is slight
Iy narrower than the lower II IS finished with
New-York tribune., 1909-03-21
st:poFRs FOR CHILDREN.

Cunning little slippers for children are made
with the one button ankle strap. just the kind
Of slipper our grandmothers wore. These arc
to be used for street as well as dress use
Then there are sturdy little two-eyelet ties Tor
the summer promenade, while for the spring
there are boots with high. medium and low tops.
The extra high top is considered the most fash
ionabIc by all odds. The top of medium height
has Just been introduced this season. to suit
those who do ns, like the extra high boot. yet
want sometime different from the ordinary
height.
New-York tribune., 1909-03-21
cHLpRgNs SHOES AND STOCKINGS.

There is quite a new wrinkle in children's
socks this year that quite takes the crease out
of every other old wrinkle. This is a wristlet
top that is sufficiently elastic to slip on easily
yet keeps the short socks up so snugly ABOUT
the little legs. They come In white and tan
with plaid tops. and in other colors as well as
white and tan with plain tops. They are to be
had in Isle thread, silk and spun silk, and are
cartainlv q decided Improvement upon the old
New-York tribune., 1909-03-21

with the round neck edged with narrow lace. AS
price is szS5 the lace and embroidery are both
Of the hand variety. But there are less expensive
robes OF the general style that are suited
20 purses OF moderate means
FRENCH. DUTCH AND PRINCESS DRESSES.
Fabv Irish. Irish crochet valenciennes and Cluny
lsces are used In narrow bands and edgings for
the oruamentation of the first short dresses These.
too are made Of fine nainsook- They are made
with full length. three quarter and short sleeves
and with round square necks-
For the child from two TO three years old there
are the long wasted French dresses finished with
a narrow hounce about the bottom These have
pink or blue ribbon sash TO conceal the joining
OF nounce and waist. Then there are Princess
dresses with the one piece front and founce in
the back. and with the sash ending under RIB
bon rosettes at either side Of the front The
Dutch dress has a square neck short waist and
snort sleeves and will make any child look ike
me picturesque little Dutch madens Of the story
DOCKS All Of these styles have lace trimmed
SKIRTS or may be selected with the tucks for the
sole establishment of the skirts
= material that Is quite the small child's
ear IS cotton crepe This is shown in shocked
- s,H,, %Lleh are quite new. and several styles
sHiOCAHae are shown. In the finest French
crepe these little dresses are S. and they are
ceng chosen by the richesz mothers
~--'S wrappers and sacques made Of crepe
ue onne nessaline and cashmere, with delicate
siik eInbroideries and scaIlops The white en-
hroidery is sometimes accented bv a faint touch
P&ie oioe or pink and the garment is fastened
a. the throat with ribbon ties
SHORT COATS
sOon as the warm weather the infant
Is Put into short dresses and TO cover these are
coats CT crepe. corded silk and cloth all Of course
Al White. They are trimmed with shoulder capes
% inc material embroidered with sprays Of fow-
~, ie IN me corners and scalIoped cages Mesa
.ine coats are somewhat more elaborate. being
uI4-inea with narrow puned shirrings of the
material
For children from two to four years there are
eOAu OK white washable corduroy, made cape col
'af ana fastened with pearl buttons They are
phlned or lined with silk They should be washed In
iuke"arm water and soapsuds mede with wool soap
1ho f1nseo our IN water Of the same temperature
fashnere coats that are silk lined are OF the
pane DESCRIPTION except that the collar is en-
sroiasred with sprays of flowers in the front cor