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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-01-26
cnrioaltx Aid 70 Divorce.

The Jewish women in Russia have
presented their first petition to the
Douma. In it they request legislation
to prevent husbands from sending
their wives a bill of divorce by mes
senger. Under the present law He
brew husband can divorce his wife by
giving her q bill of enforcement. II
the wife does not accept the paper she
is not divorced. But If she unwitting-
ly receives the document from the
messenger she forthwith ceases to be
a wife. The petition sets forth that
many Jewish wives have been cast
Off by receiving bills of divorce in
sealed envelopes from messengers
conniving with the husbands. A mem
ber of the Douma said he had discov-
cred by investigation that the average
wife was so curious that she had been
unable to reject an envelope which she
had every reason TO suspect held
bill of divorce, and because OF that
fact he favored revision Of the law
New York Press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-01-26
In The Sahara.

A French explorer who has Just re-
turned from Africa has addressed
letter to two leading feministes ad>
yising them to leave at once FOR tne
Sahara, or rather that portion OF II
which inhabited by the Touaregs. The
Touaregs are crafty, cruel and treach-
erous, but among them feminism
reigns. They have camels OF th@r
own which their husbands are not al
lowed to mount, and their household
duties are nil. Each one has male
attendant who saddles her cameis ana
runs errands for her, but who must be
careful to remain strictly platontc IN
his attitude. Should he forget himself
so far as to make love to his Mistress
her husband flies into rage. Touar-
eg husbands evidently consider thaI
they have some rights. The rou%eg
woman does not follow her husband
unless she feels inclined to, and Is not
expected to serve him The women
learn to read while the men do not,
and for this reason they take the
lead in all public affairs.-New YORK
Tribune.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-01-26
The Wise BUYER.

The wise buyer does not get things
just because her neighbor has them.
She does not get a thing because it
1t cheap, nor does she think that cost
means beauty.
She does not buy things just be-
cause they are in the height of style.
She purchases neither more than
she needs nor less. Both methods are
spoilers; the former of goods, the lat
ter of ones temper.
Nor does she get into the habit of
buying hastily with thought of the
exchange desk. This is unfair to the
shopkeeper and to herself.
She does not buy more than she
can see her way clear to pay for. To
make purchases with no money In
sight may not land you in jail, but it
will ruin your credit and make you a
professional dodger of duns.-New
York Times.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-01-26
Belnu Careful.

The warning to be careful" is one
of theS most commonplace sentences
in all our vocabulary Of universal ad-
vice. The need for accuracy Is insist
ed upon with equal emphasis in ad-
dresses TO school girls and stenogra-
piers, detectives and governesses,
mothers and wives. We are told to
be careful" so often that we are heart
lily weary of the phrase and ready to
cry out in evaporation that there are
many other virtues quite as important
and far less trite. And there aren't.
A few days ago in this city young
woman died, presumably of a very
real broken heart" She had been
accused of accidentally causing the
death Of a patient Of whom she, as
trained nurse, was in charge. And
the weight of the burden thus cast
upon her literally wore out her
strength and sapped her life. She had
been, whether rightly or not, accused,
not of crime but of care lessness,"
not of wrongdoing, but of fatal mat
tention to detail.
That is an extreme instance, of
It's sheer horror. And yet there are
women every day who are falling in
business because they do not pay at
tention to details. There are girls
missing big opportunities because they
refuse to notice the little things"
that are opportunity's guideposts.
There are wives whose married life is
beginning to spell misery because
they are not careful" whether OF
money or time or the breakfast menu
And there are mothers who are con-
demning not only themselves but
their children to hopeless inefiiciency
through this same foolish, feminine
failure to look after details.
For if there is one lesson that
every woman must learn it is this
leson of simple carefulness. Women,
curiously enough, do not find it easy
to be careful. Their boasted intui-
tson, their ability to jump at a conclu-
sion. makes them impatient of weary
steps and studied courses of thought
and action. They are prone to seek
the easiest way, the quickest mental
process. It is far less difficult for the
business woman to be industrious,
loyal, enthusiastic, really conscien-
tious, than for her to be minutely
careful OF the little things that makes
so much difference in business life.
And so it is this principle, perhaps,
that is the most important thing Of
all for woman to fix in her mind and
in her life. Il didn't think" cannot
be the justification Of womans mis-
takes any more than of mans
wrongdoing. 1t is the excuse of a
child.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-01-26
FINANCE AND TRADE REVIEW
WEATHER HELPe TRADE
Recorders In Fair Volume Reported by
Jobbers, but Distribution
Hindered.

New -"Bradstreet's reports
as to trade and transportation reflect
variations Of weather irregularity, af-
fecting sales and movement of farm
products and coal supplies and OF
spring goods to various markets. Re-
tail trade in winter goods has been
helped by cold, stormy weather and
the usual January price revisions. A
very fair volume of recorders Is re-
ported by jobbers, while the volume
of orders for spring reaching whole
sale houses from travellers is fairly
good. Transportation lines, particularly
in the North and West, have been
hampered by stormy weather, and the
movement of crops has been interfered
with. Something approaching a coal
famine still exists at many Western
points. Building operations have nat
urally been retarded by stormy wealth
er, and there is promise of some dam
age ON Western rivers from ice gorges.
Indoor industries seem to be actively
employed, notably iron and steel and
shoe manufacturing.
Best reports as to business in steel
and iron come from the West, while
There is some disappointment at the
volume of buying of rails by Eastern
roads. Collections have been inter-
fered with by interruption to crop
movement, and are rather irregular,
especially from country districts.
''The question Of higher costs is be-
ing considered by many manufacturers
who are finding higher prices for raw
materials and requests for advances In
wages.
Business failures in the United
States for the week ending with jan
uary 1S were POI, against 271 last
week, 319 in the like week of 1909,
431 in 1908, 234 in 1907 and 279 in
1906.
Business failures in Canada for
the week number A, which compares
with 33 for last week and SO for the
like week of 1909.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-01-26
instruction in Finance.

Because the very contrary condl-
tion exists in the human family, the
married woman who endeavors to sup
ply her own economic wants Is met
with difficulty on every side. THIS
state of affairs, declares Montgomery
Rollins in Success Magazine, Is due
somewhat to customs which have grad
ually grown to DE almost rules, but
largely to the universal lack OF ap-
preciation OF the seriousness OF this
problem. Women ought to know
about investments, especially those
who expect to be left as guardians OF
children's funds, to say nothing OF the
care of their own inheritances. Why
it is that certain firmly underlying
principles can not be understood by,
or taught to, womankind is vexing. Ma
turally she Is, probably, more OF a
gambler than man, and prone to take
risks which would stagger a man with
no greater experience.
A house owner who was seriously
considering whether it would not be
the cheapest method of settlement to
turn over the house and lot to the
plumber to Offset bis bill. declared, in
some anger, that there were some sub
jects which could be wisely dispensed
with IN the public school curI5culnm in
exchange for good cofnmon-sense
course in plumbing. The writer OF
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-01-26
Recipes.

Rice Puding-One cup of un-
cooked rice, / quart of milk, 1-3 cup
of molasses, 2 tablespoons of sugar,
1 teaspoon of cinnamon, piece of but
ter size of egg. This pudding is to be
stirred occasionally and baked four
hours in slow oven.
Vegetable Hash-Equal parts Of
cabbage, beets, turnips, and as much
potato as there is of all the 9TH
er vegetables. Chop all very fine, add
little salt and pepper, put spoon
full of drippings in the frying pan,
when hot add the hash, cook slowly
until warmed through.
Beefsteak Pie-Chop 1 pound of
best round steak till it is a soft pulp.
Season highly with salt and pepper,
add little of the tender fat also
chopped fine. Mix one well beaten egg
with l pint of milk. Pour this slowly
into l cup of -four mixed; stir it
thoroughly into the meat. Bake in
moderate oven an hour.
Sndi lOIJG IluSSC-OOdh u SllgnIly
rounding tablespoon of gelatine in
one half cup of hot milk half an hour,
stirring to dissolve well, then strain.
Beat one pint of cream light, add one
half cup of powdered sugar, a scant
teaspoon of vanilla and stir in lightly
the stifIly beaten whites of two eggs.
Add the gelatine, stir enough to mix
and turn into dish lined with sponge
cake or lady fingers, Let stand to be-
come firm.
Liver Soup-One pound calf's liver.
soak in cold water one-half hour. skin
and take out strings, add medium
sized onion and chop liver and onion
fine. Mix with this or 2 eggs, salt
pepper and cracker crumbs to make
thick so they will not fall apart. Have
your broth ready, of about / popund
soup meat. Put your liver mixture in
with q teaspoon, try 1t so that they
won't fall apart, let them boil up
about 20 minutes. Good; like nodes.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-01-26
Straight Pleated Skirt.

Short or apron draperies are very
fashionable just now and this one,
with points at the sides, Is extremely
becoming. 1t Is arranged over
pleated skirt, and this skirt is at
tached to a smoothly fitted yoke. 1t
can be made either with a slightly
raised or the natural waist line. In
this case the skirt is made of cash
mere with bands of satin, but 1t will
be found available for almost every
seasonable material. Fine wcols are
exceedingly light IN weight, and
everything that can be pleated sue
cessfully Is appropytate. Made In
floor length and of silk voile with
bands of satin 1t would become very
much more elaborate In effect. Made
from French serge and finished with
stitched hens only II would become
simple, practical skirt adapted to
everyday wear.
The skirt consists of the founda-
ton, the pleated portion and the drap-
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-01-26
Doomed To Celitacy.

If the Masculine League Of France
accomplishes it's purpose every woman
who takes up professional work in
that country win doom herself to cell
bacy, for the members of the league
pledge themselves not to marry any
woman who competes with man IN
any professional field. 1t is not stat
ed that Cupid is party TO this ar
rangement, nor do the bachelors
pledge themselves to support their un-
married sisters. cousins and aunts.-
New York Tribune.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-01-26

this article, however, feels that great
safeguard against finannial loss, with
resultant increased contentment to
thousands, could be brought about by
injecting a good course in simple fl
nance-the handling OF money and its
investment-into these self-same
schools. And why not? Is not the
wise conserving Of money the making
of any nation? 1t has done everything
for the French, and why should it not
receiving the most serious kind of con-
sideration in America?
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-01-26
Simple Cure for a Burn.

Burns in the kitchen are so fire.
quent that it is fortunate that the
kitchen, or rather, the bin in the eel
lar, provides a quick and easily ap-
piled cure fer such injuries.
When one has been scared by fire
Immediately cut white potato in two,
scrape out the inside, and make 1t
very fine. Bind this scraping on the
burn and the pain will quickly be nit
igated.
Should the burn be very deep 1t
may be necessary to make a second
application. This is an old fashioned
remedy but one that has proved sue
cessful in many severe burns. New
York Times.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-01-26

cry. The foundation is gored and
snugly fitted. The pleated portion is
straight and laid in backward-turn-
ing pleats, and the drapery is ar
ranged over 1t. There are also tive
box pleats at the back and the closing
is made invisibly between the two.
When the natural waist line is de-
sired the foundation and the drapery
are cut off on indicated lines and the
skirt Is joined to a belt.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-01-26

are new and comfortable and smart.
In this instance the material Is plaid
silk piped with plain color and
trimmed with little silk buttons, but
the waist is equally we'll adapted to
wool, silk and washable fabrics. If
the full sleeves are not liked plain
ones can be substituted as show in the
back view. Moire silk and cashmere
promise to be favorites for separate
waists, and either would be attractive
made after this model. Also. the
waist Is we'll suited to the entire
gown. The closing can be made eth
er at the front or the back as liked.
When made at the back 1t is designed
to be invisible, when made at the
front 1t can be effected either by
means of buttons and buttonholes
worked through the box pleat, or by
means of bcttonholes worked in fly.
The waist consists of front and
back portions. When made with
closing at the back, the backs are
made separately, but when the front
closing is preferred the back is seam
less. The tucks in the fronts are
stitched for a portion of their length
only, but the full length box pleat
gives long lines at both front and
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-01-26
Cleaning Poultry.

When cleaning poultry 1t sometimes
happens that the gall gets broken by
accident. The unpleasant taste thus
given to the meat may be removed by
soaking it for half am hour In cold
water, to which tablespoonful OF
baking powder has been added.-Ev-
eryday Housekeeping
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-01-26
Evening Costumes.

Ribbons after the pattern of old
fashioned brocades will help those
who are desirous of using this domin-
ant Partisan note in evening cos
tunes.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-01-26
Smart Models.

The cuirass gown is still seen
among the smart models, but it is
now fitted in at the waist line, where
last season 1t dropped over with less
clear definition.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-01-26

The quantity of material required
for the medium size is six and quar-
ter yards twenty-four or twenty-seven,
four and three-quarter yards forty4
four or fifty-two inches wide with one
yard twenty-scven inches wide for the
bands.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-01-26
Plaids Conspicuous.

Plaids are again conspicuous.
Great variety is offered at the ribbon
counter. Dresden colorings having
wide. irregular borders attract the
lover of pinks and blues.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-01-26
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New York City.-The shirt waist
that Is made with yoke is one of the
smartest Just now, and this one is ex-
ceptionally pretty. The yoke is cut
to form tabs that give novel effect.
and the sleeves with their deep cuffs
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-01-26

back. The full sleeves are finished
with deep cuffs. The plain sleeves
are cut in one piece each.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-01-26

Potstoes-Fancy white per bu.... go Is
OepDage-per ton ........... -. l2OI II u
0nions-per barrel. l8j 225
The Washington times., 1910-02-04
BARS WOMEN CLERKS
FROM COMPETITION
Forestry Service Specifies
Males" In Filling Re
mote Places.

The Forest Service IS putting the ban
on women clerks IN 5ts isolated offices,
and announcement was made today that
an examination VIII be held for forest
clerk Cmaiel." with the emphasis on the
word in pd-enIhesis. in al parts Of the
country. March 10 md u. for the pur-
pose OF securing eliCiBIes 20 nj seventy
i've places in remote sections Of the
forest disyriCts-many Of which are now
filed By women.
TIE positions pay E-Io1 and SI-5lo. and
require a knowledge. Of bookkeeping,
stenOErs ply and tyDewriJinE- Any
person who can qualify can get an ap-
pOiumeut- as there are now but tenn
porary employees in the places
The officials IN charge OF the forests
have been trying 10 nh these places for
two years.
Formerly the Invitations 40 compete
for the places merely specified forestry
clerks, and more than half of the sue
cessful applicants were women These
were the only ones VINO would accept
The positions when the real conditions
were made knOwa TO them
While the forest bureau Is very. proud
of It's large corps of women clerks, u
is nevertheless considerably --Peeved-
that iL can not set men 10 MI these
particular Offices, and this year has an
nOunCed that no women need apply
The Washington times., 1910-02-04
TELEPHONE SOCIETY
HEARS PROF. BELL
Emil Berliner Will Be Asked to
Speak to the Organ
iZatiou.

Prof. Emil Berliner, one Of the in
ventors of telephone appliances. viii
be invited TO address the Washing
ton Telephone Society and tell some
thing Of his experiences with the tcIe-
phone IN its infancy.
Prof Alexander Graham Bell. the
Origina- inventor Of the telephone
addressed the organization at its
monthly meeting last evening Among
other things DR. Bell told the tcle-
phOnists that his invention was an
accident due largely to his lack of
know edge Of electricity He said ne
was an instructor in 2 deaf mute in
st51uuon in Boston and was endeav-
oring TO utilize an electric current To
help Improve the hearing of the deaf.
The Washington times., 1910-02-04
Assistant Treasurer BoIden-
week Is Reim-
burSed.
THEFT MYSTERY
REMAINS UNSOLVED
Government Has Paid Out
Millions in Similar
Cases.

Congress 4.as just passed the bin di-
recJing the Secretary of the Treasury
and the proper accounting officers OF
the Treasury Department TO credit the
sum Of S175.0O0 10 William Boldenweck.
assistant treasurer q the United States
aJ Chicago The bill mas been signed
by the President The money repre-
sents the sum which was stolen from
The subtreasury at Chicago in 1907. Ia
spite of the huge nature of the theft,
no trace Of the thief has besn found.
at least no trace of sufficient distinct
ness 10 warrant an arrest and indict-
ment by the Federal authorities.
The Chicaso subtreasury mystery was
pretty thoroughly threshed over in the
House lately in the oebate on the bill
Representative ShacklefOrd or Mis-
sOuri, who opposed the btl, spoke high
" Of the honesty and integrity Of BOI-
denweck, and said he could find nOth-
ing that cast the slightest suspicion on
him M Shackleford. however, urged
that il was bad policy 10 relieve public
officials from losses 5f funds intrUsted
to them
u is taken for granted by the Sc
cret Service and other officials who have
looked into the robbery of the sub
treasury that the 5oO was the work Of
an inside man But there has never
been evidence gathered against anyone
sufficient 10 convict The money disap-
peaTed from the case Of tne ass9rtlns
teller II was IN bills Of the size OF
81 900 and $1,000. The Government has
pafd out over $4,000, COO 10 repair losses
through undiscovered thefts and defai-
cations This amount Is Tar TOO nlEn.
it is said at the Treasury Department.
and should be something less than
s. .e90.O00.
The action OF Congress IN the Bolden-
week case recalls that other mysterious
Chicago robbery where burglars yUn-
ueIed under the stamp. and money
vaults OF the pOstOniCe, drilled through
the steel floor and store something like
cTn0 0l0 IN stamps The criminals were
never discovered II remains a mystery
10 this day Congress granted relief, as
il has done IN this instance
The Washington times., 1910-02-04
CLAIMS
WILLIAM LOWERING
Congress Adjourns In Honor
of Massachusetts Repre-
Sentative'S Memory.
Continued from First Page

Continued from First Pagey
Ia the var ne having been retired an
invalid He served two years in the
Massachusetts state senate, was a dele
gate 10 the national Republican conven-
ton that nominated Garfield in 1870
Enters Politics In 1870.
Mr.. Lowering entered politics in GSIL
being elected that year TO the Efassa-
chUSettS senate Tor two years. lie was
delegate 10 the Republican IationaI
convention that nominated Garfield for
The Presidency in 1850
Entering the fight for Congress,
he was nominated by aCClamatiou
iu TIE Congressional convention OF
the Twelfth tt-triCr, September -
1895, and was e.eCted TO the Fifty
NTH Fitty-SiNth. FifJy-seventn. Fifty
eighth Flfty-uinth. and SiXtieJh
Congress- Urged TO run again. he
was re elected TO the Sixty-frst Con
EresS, receiving 21.q59 votes over his
Democratic opponent, Eliot l. Packard.
Besides his home in Washington. at
ls52 Massachusetts avenue M Lover
ing maintained a handsome home at
Taunton, Mass.
Ar- lowering has been one Of the most
active members OF the iusuVgeut move
menJ IN the House IL was al his home
that the iuSuI gents frequently net TO
make plans for the future and Mr. Low
81 ing = advice always was sought.