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Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1910-12-22

The country place l had promised
Clara J. and which had borrowed for
a day from Bunch, hadn't been so
easy to give back Clara j. liked
ghosts, and hadn't been able to stall
her with the haunted-house yarn. She
still thought it was mine.
When finally l located Bunch and
told him the bitter truth he acted like
a zee-zee boy in wheel house.
Laugh! Say, he just threw out his
chest and cackled solo that fairly
bit its way through my anatomy.
Every once In a while he'd give me
the red-faced glare and smoker, "oh,
you mark! You Cincherine! You to
the settler bottle-fzz-fzz! The only
and original wheeze puller, not. You're
all right-backwards!"
Then he'd throw his ears back and
let chortle out Of his thirstteaser
that made the neighborhood jump side
ways and rubber for a cop.
What are you going to do?" he
asked me presently when his face
wrinkles.
Give me the count" l sighed; I'm
down and out"
Have you no plan al all?" inquired
Bunch.
plan, nothing" l said; every time
try to think of plan my brain gets
bashful and hides. There's nothing In
my noddle now but headache"
Well" said Bunch, 'Ill throw a
wire at my sister and tell her not to
move out to Jiggersville until day
after tomorrow. In the meantime
Wen have to get crowbar and pry
your family circle loose from my
premises. Nothing doing In the ghost
business, eh?'
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1910-12-22

Nothing answered, mournfully;
Il couldn't coax a SILVER"
"We-o-o-u-w!" yelled Bunch. 81
have it-burglars!
Burglars" l repeated, mechanical.
ly:
Sure! It's a pipe!" Bunch went
on with enthusiasm. you will play
Spike Hennessy and I'll be Gumshoe
Charlie. Well disguise ourselves with
whiskers and break into the house
about two o'clock in the morning.
Well arouse the sleeping inmates,
shoot our bulletholders in the ceiling
once or twice and hand them enough
excitement to make them gallop back
to town on the first train. Do you
follow me, Ell, what?"
I sighed and looked as helpless as
a nut under the hammer.
Bunch laughed again. "Oh, very
WE'LL" he said. Il see I'm the only
life-saver on duty, so I'll do a single
speciality and pull you out of the
pickle bottle"
| grasped my rescuer's hand and
shook it warmly in silence.
Leave a front window open,
Bunch directed, "and somewhere
around two o'clock I'll squeeze
through. I'll give you an imitation of
the best little amateur craftsman that
ever swung a jimmy. I'll take a late
train out and hang around till it's
time to ring the curtain up. BY the
way, are there any revolvers on the
premises?"
Not a gum" ! answered, mot even
an ice-pick. Uncle Peter won't show
fight. All he'll show will be a blonde
night-gown cutting across lots to beat
the breeze. Aunt Martha will climb to
the attic, Clara J. will be busy doing
a scream solo, and Tacks will crawl
under the bed and pull the bed after
him. Therell be no interference,
Bunch: it's easy money!"
With this complete understanding
we parted and l hustled back to jig
gersville.
About six o'clock Uncle Peter waded
into the sitting room, flushed and
happy as school boy. i've just left
the garden" he chuckled.
mo, you haven't" l said, glancing
at his shoes; you've brought most
of It in here with you"
| never touched him.
john he said. this country life
is great Early to bed and early to
rise, makes mans stomach digest
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1910-12-22

Yes" said the lady whose dress
case is covered with strange foreign
labels, the way railroads are run now
adays is a great improvement over
what they were so years ago"
But surely you had no experience
as a traveller so years ago. says her
friend
81 don't mean that. But nowadays,
don't you notice, when there is a wreck
it is always had at some point convent
ent to cluster of farm houses where
the victims can go for coffee and to
get warm?"
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1910-12-22
WIN kick7

Louis Wisna, the Newark artist,
wore a gloomy look on his usually
cheerful face.
ut has just struck me-" he said to
Charles Strasse, that my shoes don't
cost me as much as my youngsters"
Then what are you complaining
about?" asked Strasse.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1910-12-22
Possibly.

II was In remote theater which
ploried in a clever" leading woman.
The manager from New York looked
on approvingly. Finally he said to the
local potentate: Twelfth Night
would be a good play for this girl"
YES" said the local manager, rising
to the bait of a good idea Can you
get it,"
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1910-12-22
FuIHIIment.

Two great desires Of my life have
been gratifed. One was to go up in
an airship."
And the other?"
ITO get safely back to earth"
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1910-12-22
Asking Too Much.

THE count has promised that he will
never beat or kick me II will marry
him." said the beautiful heiress.
But has he promised to work for
you?" her father asked.
ooh, papa, don't be unreasonable"
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1910-12-22
Something Of That Nature.

Miss Gushleigh 1t seem to
give you strange thoughts of the other
world when you were up in the clouds.
far removed from this mundane
sphere?
Aeronaut-You bet 1t did. ma'am:
nearly froZe to death!
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1910-12-22
To OhIinn Him.

Mr.. Dorkins-Your always bound
to have the last word, anyway.
Mrs. Dorkins-Yes that's because
you always wait to hear me say 1t.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1910-12-22
TO DRIVE oTT MALARIAi ,,,,, Sxsrx,,

Take the Old Standard GROVES TAsrEL BSa
CHILL TONIC. You know what you are taking.
The formula is plainly printed on every bottle,
showing II is simply Qunne and Iron in Ia ste
less form. The Qninino drives out the malaria
and the Iron buil1s up the system. Sold by all
dealers for 30 years. Price 80 cents.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1910-12-22

Steal march on your enemy by ad-
hitting you we're in the wrong before
be finds 1t out.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1910-12-22

Perhaps our clouds have a silver
lining, but it generally takes other
people to see IT,
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1910-12-22

Wasn't That Funny7
did YOU so for that ride with Char.
ley In his motor carr" yes, 1t was
lovely. The constant OSCILLATION didn't
bother me a bit"
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1910-12-22

Colors in Amber.
Amber may be black white, brown
and green, as well as yellow,
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1910-12-22

Customer Tin grocery store)-Are
those eggs on that counter fresh?
Clerk--Yes, a'am,
Customer How long have they been
laid?
Clerk laid them there myself
ma am, 20 minutes ago.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1910-12-22

Mrs. winsiow's Soothing syrup.
For children teethng softens the gums reduces In.
aEs pal n. wi nd collie. Doc bottle
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-06-01
FINANCE AND TRADE REVIEW
TRADE AMI SPECULATION
ARE IN WAITING STAGE
Bradstreet's Reports That Disposition
Is to Postpone Future Com
mittments.

TRADE reports, except in the North
west and on the North Pacifis coast,
are of little gain in activity, and in
deed in some lines, such as textile
manufacturing quite or further cur
tilment is still the subject of discus
sion. 1t Is probably true, however,
that the evidences of crop and wealth
er improvement came too late in the
week to be adequately reflected in the
present weeks reports.
"At the larger Industrial centers,
particularly of the East, improve
ment is not as yet manifest, whereas
the quieter tone of many lines or the
evidences of further curtailment of
operations point to other causes than
backward weather having been opera
tive in holding back demand. Sons
lines Of industry, 1t is true, are still
active, prominent in these being the
building trades, with the hardware,
and other kindred lines. There Is
still evidence, however, that anticipa.
tioRs as to spring trades were keyed
too high that retail merchants have
not disposed of spring stocks to the
extent hoped for.
SOiCStlOuo dlS llIlc, IL any DCC-
ter than fair Summed up, trade as
we'll as speculation seems to be In a
waiting stage. Pending a clearer
view Of the ultimate crop situation,
the disposition is to postpone future
commitments.
Sentiments as regards iron and
steel trade conditions has improved.
This refers more particularly to fin
ished lines, which feel the impulse of
better buying Of railway cars and mo-
tive power, as well as the further
heavy contracts for steel bars from
Western agricultural implement max
ers. 81
Business failures In the United
States for the week ending with May
10, were 225 against PIG last week,
219 In the like week in 1909, 2S4 in
1908, 165 in 1907 and 10 in 1906. Bus
mess failures in Canada for the week
number 10, which compares with "a
for last week and 25 in the corre-
spending week of last year.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-06-01

and this shield can be made with 9
Dutch neck, or with collar as liked
Scotch gingham with trimming and
shield of plain lawn makes this waist
and the material is to be greatly in
vogue, but the model is equally ap-
propriate for voile and for marqui-
sette, for silk and for linen, indeed,
for all seasonable materials. Buff
linen with trimming portion and
shield of white would be exceedingly
smart and exceedingly handsome.
One of the beautiful foulards or pret-
ty striped cotton voiles would be
charming made with trimming of
plain colored material, and as the
blouse is equally well adapted to the
separate waist and to the gown, its
uses are almost without limit.
The blouse is made with fronts and
back, which are tucked on becoming
lines. The sleeves are in one piece
each and gathered into bands. The
front edges form box pleats, and the
collar is joined to the neck edge. The
shield is quite separate and closed at
the back, while the waist closes invis-
IDLY at the left of the front.
The quantity of material required
for the medium sizeais three and a
half yards twenty-one or twenty-four,
three yards thirty-two or one and
seven-eighth yards forty-four inches
wide with seven-eighth yard twenty
seven inches wide for the trimming.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-06-01
suffragettes Favor Filtration.

The question whether married
couples should flirt is now agitating
suffragettes in England. Lady Nc
Laren, author; Lady Troubridge and
Mrs. Elizabeth York Miller, author,
all agree that Irritation is an excellent
thing, provided it is confined to the
family. They do not think that a
man should flirt with another wom-
ans husband. They believe only in
,fiirtation between husband and wife.
Concerning this kind of Irritation Mrs.
Miller pungently says: Flirting
ought to be spontaneous; nothing
could be more ridiculous than mar
ried people flirting determinedly.
Husbands should flirt with their
wives, as women miss Irritation more
than men after matrimony. Flirta-
ton consists in an occasional kiss, a
frequent holding of hands, spirit
of tenderness and chivalry, and a
study of the others interests and
feelings. Filtration is the panacea
of all married peoples troubles. All
husbands and wives should cultivate
It."
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-06-01
Child's Tucked Guimpe.

The simple little guimpe that is
tucked to form its own yoke is al
ways a pretty one for the younger
children. Thisseason it is being made
from dotted, embroidered and cross
barred muslins as we'll as from plain,
but 1t is always the same simple little
garment. This one is made with mod
erately full sleeves that are gathered
into bands, and they can be made
either to the wrists or, to the elbows
as liked. 1t can be finished with a
collar or in Dutch style, so that it al
lows considerable variation at the
same time that 1t is absolutely SIM
pie. The model is made o, mercer
lied batiste, with collar and cuffs of
lace banding, but embroidery could
be used for these last or they could
be scalloped or embroidered with lit
tie dots, such finish being very fash
ionable and very dainty as we'll as
durable.
The guimpe is made with front and
back portions. The sleeves are in
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-06-01
Women Who Listen Carefully.

The person who can talk entertain
ingly and listen attentively is the best
type of guest at social gatherings, for
she who chatters necessarily is al
| most more undesirable than one who
is too quiet-for the latter gives op-
portunity for other persons to express
themselves, while the former to say
even one word is often struggle.
The balance between these ex-
tremes is the art of stimulating
temporary companion to conversation,
and at no place is 1t more important
to adopt the correct attitude than at
a dinner. More than one man has
been obliged to talk so much when
sitting beside quiet woman that he
has not eaten enough. Such conduct
on the part of woman is decidedly
inconsiderate, for If she is not willing
to add her quota to the evenings en-
tertainment she should stay at home.
At dinners and also at formal
luncheons 1t is a good idea to watch
the plates of neighbors, and II one
person has been talking so much as
to have fallen behind in the course it
is tactful to take conversation into
ones own hands, giving the other a
pchance to listen and at the same time
to eat.
1t is not good form to monopolize
the attention of one neighbor to such
an extent as to prevent him or her
from talking with the person on the
other side. Often it is temptation
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-06-01
A Fine Effect Secured.

The alliance of foulard and satin is
| one of the most noticeable features in
the new seasons fashions. The color
of the satin is usually suggested by
the pattern on the foulard, and black
satin, too, takes prominent place in
the new combination. A handsome
costume shows black satin used in
combination with black and white
foulard. The satin forms the deep
hem which comes to the knees al
most, satin in soft folds swathes the
waistline, and it is used for the lower
part Of the sleeves.
A narrow line of the black satin
also borders the top of the corsage
below short vest and collar of white
mousseline de sole.
The foulard bodice is cut in one
with the upper sleeves, and an inset
of cabochons in smoky shades of blue
centres the front with pretty effect.
These cabochons in small round sizes
are used as border above the hem
and round the corsage, while band
Of lace in new shape comes round
the bodice on the left side and runs
down the front Of the skirt to the
side, where it is caught up with a
large blue cabochon.
The hat is in the black satin, the
white, black and blue shades of the
dress being introduced in the ostrich
plume. The new shoulder wrap
which accompanies the gown is in
black, shot with blue, the ends
weighted with heavy silk tassels.
Foulard is also being used with
heavy crepe de chine with good ef-
feet. IN trousseau gown made for
one of the society brides of this week
there was a beautiful little girl"
dress made in foulard in a soft rose
shade of pink, traced with the tiniest
Of pink spots in a pale shade and
pink crepe de chine.
The baby bodice, slightly gathered
to the figure under a round frill of
fesh-colored pink tulle at the neck,
was encircled at the waistline with
folds Of the crepe de chine. A line of
tiny fiat buttons, covered with the
c3epe de chine, ran down the centre
of the front to the deep hem Of crepe
de chine, which came up to meet the
upper part of the skirt in the foulard.
The sleeves to the elbow were rucked
and caught in with bow-knots of pink
bebe ribbon velvet. - Philadelphia
Record.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-06-01
Ought Wives Object to Clubs?

"A great many folk think that after
marriage man should not go to his
club in the evening. The sensible
girl who wants to be happily married
will never seek to curtail her hus-
bands liberty. 1t stands to reason
that man likes mems society ecca-
eionally. even though he is devoted
70 his wife.
He needs change Of scene, change
of ideas and different outlook on
life to make him doubly pleased with
his home surroundings. An evening
at the club is the best thing in the
world to keep things bright at home,
and when wife interferes with her
husbands liberty she shows she does
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-06-01
FOulard Silk Uses.

Foulard makes the new separate
blouses (one-piece affairs) which
Paris is smiling so sweetly upon just
now. And great bows of it trim roll
ing straw sailor hats. 1t lines serge
top coats and tailored suits. Taffeta
dresses in plain colors show it in
quaint trimming schemes. The deli
cately printed foreign foulards make
lovely shoulder scarfs. And its fash
condolences for morning and after
noon, street and house gowns goes
without saying.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-06-01
Status of Women.

h 3. Harriet Johnston Wood re-
gent delivered an address on "The
Legal Status of Women in New Jer-
eey" before the Essex County Suf-
frage Society, in which she held that
the early right of suffrage possessed
by women of New Jersey still existed.
Mrs. Wood advised the women Of
New Jersey to go to the polls to
register, and II prevented to take the
case to court. They must be pre-
pared to fight the case to the Su-
preme Court of the United States,
where she did not believe they would
fail. Mrs. Wood is lawyer practic-
In New York City.-New York Sun.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-06-01
Latest Deceit.

"You must not imagine" said the
woman of the world, that just be-
cause the camera is of necessity
truthful one can depend upon the
veracity of photograph. One can't.
The very latest conceit, may say de-
ceit, of the fashionable photographer
seems to be worth telling about.
"Now. just about once in her life
a woman gets picture that satisfies
her, and / don't mind confessing that
when it is my picture want it to be
a fulsome flatterer. I know one wo-
man who had her one faultless pic
ture taken ten years ago. She has
now reached that painful period
when birthdays are no longer hila-
rious occasions, and the picture is
out of date in the matter of sleeves
and hair. So when she felt recently
that 1t was time to pay another visit
to the photographer, she sought out
the one who had treated her so well
"a decade ago. She took with her q
print of the old negative, and she
had herself posed in precisely the
same attitude. This was for the hair
and dress of the new picture. AS to
the face, don't know by what mys-
terious means the photographer ac-
complished it, but the face was lifted
from the old picture and put into the
new one-a picture that is entirely
satisfactory The hair and sleeves
of the new picture are of 1910 model,
and the face doesn't look a bit
younger than when the subject is in
tsr own room with sidelights and
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-06-01
The Finishing Touch.

No Chinese lady goes anywhere
without her powder box, or fails to
touch her face with powder whenever
she catches sight of herself in the bit
OF mirror in the lid of her box. When
she is going out for formal call or
q wedding party or dinner she is apt
to paint her face with paste made
Of wet rice fiour.-Home Notes.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-06-01
With Princess Dresses.

Select an undervest of good quality
and make skirt of muslin or ham,
burg the desired length and sew on
bottom of vest. BY stretching the
vest and holding the muslin on will
make fullness enough. Can be
trimmed any fanciful way; fits per-
fectly and stays in place.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-06-01

when on one side is an attractive per-
son and on the other one who is dull.
but politeness makes dividing the at
tention necessary.
If one person is kept constantly in
conversation by one neighbor at a
dinner it means that he or she on
the other side sits much of the time
with no one to talk to, for the guest
farther on is certainly giving some
time to the person on his or her other
side.-New York Telegram.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-06-01
A Silk Revival.

The old-fashioned surah is once
more in vogue. 1t is not SO stiff as it
was formerly. And it comes from
across the Atlantic. You may have it
in the new changeable effect if you
like. There are plain colors, too. 1t
is very elegant, indeed. 1t is very
wide and rather expensive as well, so
that it is not likely to become COM
mon.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-06-01
Jewel Shades.

These jewel shades in rich silken
fabrics have not been equaled in any,
thing shown before. Burnt topaz is a
remarkable shade of deep rich yellow.
Ruby is the deep red of the popular
dinner gown. Amethyst in these soft
qualities Of wonderful dress silk is
more pale than purple. The tur-
quoise is heavenly shade and aqua
marine is an indescribable pale green.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-06-01

rose colored shades. Furthermore,
the woman is so proud of it that she
makes no bones of telling how the
thing was done. She says it's every
woman's privilege to be the age sho
chose for insertion in her marriage
license and for her best photograph.
even If she can't blot out the record
in the family Bible. - New York
Press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-06-01
An Impossibility.

Farmers can't get farm hands no
more"
go to the crowded cities. Take
some moving pictures of life on the
farm and exhibit them"
"How can we take moving pictures
Of life on the farm? We can't ketch
the hired man in motion. Louis
vile Courier-Journal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-06-01
Gray Chiffon Drapery.

Each week finds it more fashion,
able to put loose drapery of smoked
gray chiffon over a colored satin
gown. This drapery may be in the
form of tunic or in one of the pop
ular decollete coats that do not meet
in front, but drop from shoulder to
knees.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-06-01
A Relic of Barberism,

Father-"What is that red-and-
white striped pole over in the corner
of your room?"
Senior-"Oh, that's relic of bar
berism. m."-Yale Record.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-06-01
Didn't Find 1t Anywhere.

Had your father discovered that I
was poet, dear?"
"No, though he told me he had
read everything you have written."-
Sourire.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-06-01

Chicken-If bird is properly trussed 1t looks
much more attractive ready serving have
roast turkey brought table with both the legs and
wings in awkward positions long neck lying the
platter This is the correct to truss bird:
thighs close to the body and hold by inserting steel
skewer middle joint, running it through the body
should out under the middle joint the other sde
Cross drumsticks securely with long string leaving two
equal length and fasen to the tail. Place wings
close body having the tip ends removed remember
and by inserting skewer through the wing body
and the wing the other sde Draw the neck skin under
the back small skewer Turn the bird
Cross string attached to the tail piece and draw
around each skewer again string and
draw each end of skewer fasten string in
knot and cut ends This may like long story but
1t is not so difficult after all.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-06-01
The Reverse Proposition.

'I got Black Hand letter from
philanthroupist to-day. Says he is de-
termined to die poor"
whats the rest of it?"
"Why, he states that he has hidden
$4,000 in a hollow tree, and de-
mands that I go get it."-Louisyille
Courier-Journal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-06-01
The Joker.

So you're way down in the dumps
Blue, you say?
Think Jou've played out all your trumps!
Oh, go way!
Life's not game of poker;
In this game you use the Joker.
It's the card you hold the longest;
It's the one you find the strongest:
Laugh, and drive the blues away!
Laugh, ] say!
Jean Dwight Franklin, in the Century.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-06-01

one piece each, gathered into bands.
The closing is made at the back by
means of buttons and buttonholes.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size (four years) Is
one and seven-eighth yards twenty
one or twenty-four, one and half
yards thirty-six or one and quarter
yards forty-four inches wide, with
one yard of banding and three-quar-
ter yard of edging.