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Immense hatpins are still used.
Pink linen is extremely fashion
able.
Fans are so huge that they are
most awkward.
All the new neckwear shows the eff
feet of the frill.
The girdle is a pronounced feature
of the best gowns.
Cotton voile is in vogue for both
children and grown-ups.
Negligees of soft colored silk null
are shown in the shops.
The kimono to or below the elbow
leads all others in sleeves.
The new stockings are embroid-
cred in vivid colors on instep and
ankle.
Foulard, yelled with chiffon, makes
up simple little afternoon or visiting
gowns.
The newest shoes are arched for
the shortening effect, and have a me-
dunn vamp.
Children's silk socks are embroid-
cred in small detached flowers in self
tone.
The old-fashioned mixture of pals
ley and fringe is shown in most of the
shops in many articles Of clothing and
other accessories that women use.
Black and white, gray and dull pur-
pies are all allowed for second or half
mourning.
Girls with gowns to their knees are
wearing embroidered stockings in silk
and Isle.
Most Of the French frecks are short
enough to show the instep.
Dotted Swiss is much used this sea-
son. 1t is very striking to have the
dot done in black.
Embroidered chiffon gowns are
made over heavy satin; black over
white is especially smart.
A novelty in hats is to have a Diff
ferent color from that of the brim.
but matching in shade.
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Dresses For Children.

Shirts are sometimes discarded
when only slightly faded or a little
worn at the neck, so a:good use is
made from them into dresses or
rompers. Cut the shirt straight
across from the bottom of the arm.
hole. This makes the body part OF
the dress. From the upper part of
shirt sleeves make the sleeves for the
dress. From the bottom of the sleeves
save a piece to be inserted where
the shirts split at the bottom. This
makes the skirt part even and ready
to hem. Now use the box pleat of
the skirt for the opening at the back
of dress and you won't have to both
er with buttons and buttonholes. To
form a shoulder seam begin an inch
or so from the edge or side seam of
shirt and stitch about two inches
leaving the rest to be gathered to a
neck band for Leck. Stitch in your
sleeves and yoI have a plain little
dress just gathered at neck.
A different style can be maze from
stiff bosom shirts by making a yoke
dress. Stitch your. shoulder seam
longer to allow for a wide tuck to ex-
tend over the shoulder and this
makes a still different way.
BY slipping the top of the dress and
also the sleeves to match them, gath
er sleeves and alton one neckband
and you have bishop style. Rompers
are made just the same. using the box
pleat for opening in the back. The
front half of the bottom Is used for
one little boomer and the back part
for the other. The sleeves make
from the top Of shirt sleeves. A piece
saved from any other part will make
pockets, etc.
These dresses are just the thing
for the little ones for house wear and
the rompers are fine for the little
tot that creeps or the little man that
sits in the dirt and sand to dig
Mrs. F. NJ. Herzlg, in the Boston
Post.
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Words to the Shop Girl.

Standing behind a counter eight
long hours, and sometimes ten hours
a day, is weary work and your temp
tations to say snappy things to incon-
siderate shoppers is strong indeed.
But it does not pay, either from a
business or a personal standpoint.
When you get home and sit down in
your own quiet little room to think
it over" you will be glad that you
did not meet discourtesy with discour-
tesy, but remembered the soft an
swer that turneth away wrath.
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"If you had seen the advertisement
in that home paper washed in shore
you would have read, If Abbott
wishes to return home his father will
be glad to talk over a little business
scheme with him. Your father felt
surer than I that you would let me
know where you had gone, and asked
me to send the paper to you. AS it
happened, the turning tide was my
postman-"
Then all business conversation
ceased.-Boston Post.
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History Cleared Up.

- The third grade was having his
tory" Forty youngsters we're ma
king guesses about the life and char
acter Of the Father Of His Country,
when the teacher propounded a ques-
ton that stumped them all.
why did Washington cross the
Delaware?" 49,. ..'
Why, indeed?. Not a child could
think Of anything but the answer to
the famous chicken problem: ITO get
on the other side," and, Of course,
that wouldn't do. Then little Annte,s
hand shot into the air. Little Annie
crosses the Delaware every summer
herself, hence the bright idea
well, Annie?"
. BECAUSE he wanted to get to Allan
tic City."-Philadelphia Times.
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Bacteria.

Not long since it was announced
that Regnault had discovered bacte-
ria in coal. Continuing his researches
he found evidence that bacteria were
probably coeyal with the first appear
ance of organic life on the earth.
They attacked vegetable tissues, as
we'll as the bones and teeth of ami
mails, but as a rule they belonged to
species distinct from the bacteria OF
to-day.-Philadelphia Record.
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NEW YORK's TASTE.
She Wants What She Wants When
She Wants 1t.

Henry Pruger, Of the defunct Cafe
de rOpera in New York, said Of his
failure a few days before he re-
turned to Europe:
II didn't understand, I'm afraid,
the taste of New York. 1t is peculiar.
New York contains a good many
Judge McCorkles.
"Old Judge McCorkfe, so the story
goes, made his pile in Arizona. He
then repaired to San Francisco to
spend the rest of his days in luxury.
He had 100000.
"The judge was dazzied by the
splendor and opulence of San Fran
cisco, but he did not let this be seen.
Quite the contrary, in fact.
"The morning after his arrival
Judge McCorkle entered the break
fast room of San Francisoo's largest
hotel, and, having studied the COM
pick mem a long while, he said to
the waiter:
Young man, some frijoles.'
"'Beg pardon, sir. Some what?'
said sthe waiter.
1.-THE judge sneered.
"'You don't speak Spanish, hey?'
he said. We'll, then, bring me some
beans =
"'I'm sorry, sir said the waiter,
but we don't serve beans for break.
fast
"'You don't hey?' said the judge
sarcasticaliy. You don't serve beans
for breakfast, hey?' His voice quiv.
cred with scorn. Wall, young man.
I come from Arizony, the poorest
kentry on this here globe; but even
in Arizony we git beans three times a
day.'"-Washington Star.
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The Wrong Sort

, An old Irish peasant was one Sum
day sitting in front Of mis- cottage
putting away furiousiy at his pipe.
Match after match he lighted, pull
ing hard at the pipe the while, unti
at last the ground all round his feet
was strewed with struck matches.
Come IL to your dinner, Patsy" at
length called out his wife.
Faith, and OF will in a minute, Btd-
dy," said he. "Moike Mulrooney has
been a-telling me that II OF shmoked
a bit av ghlass OF cud see the shpots
on the sun. OF don't know whether
Moike's been a-fooling me or whether
Owe got hold av the wrong kind OF
ghlass."-Scraps. .si
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CurTant Tea Cakes-Cream onefourth Of a cupful of
butter and add gradually while beating constantly, one-third
Of a cupful Of sugar; then add one egg we'll beaten. Mix
and sit two and one:third cupfuls Of flour, one-half tea
spoonful of salt, and four teaspoonfuls of baking powder.
Add to first mixture alternately with one cupful Of milk; then
stir in %two-thirds of a cupful of fresh currants mixed with
onethird of a cupful of -four. Bake in buttered individual
tins in a moderate Home Companion.
Quickly Made SaIads-For. a tasty potato salad, slice
cold boiled potatoes very thin, toss together with them half
their quantity in pecan nuts, as much minced watercress and
dress with oil and vinegar. For a quickly made salad, slice
cold boiled potatoes very thin, mix them with finely diced
celery and blend with French dressing. A few drops of
onion juice may be used if it is wanted.
Rice For the Invalid.-It is the starch in the rice that
makes it hard to digest, but cooked in this way any one can
eat it. Use two quarts of water to boil a cup of rice, salt
it we'll, and have it boiling hot. Into this plunge the washed
rice and boil twenty minutes, pour into a colander and drain;
every kernel will be separate and tender. Serve as a vegeta-
BILE or with sugar and cream. To any that is left add one egg
and a tablespoon of milk and fry in a little hot fat. An
excellent luncheon dish.
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II Wouldn't Stretch,

The assessor was doing the very
best he could, but the farmer was
shrewd and wary. !.g@ {
How many acres Of farming land
have your" he inquired warily.
bout 20. I guess" said Reuben.
Twenty: Why, 1t looks to me Ike
nearer 120. Come. now. can't you In"
crease that & little? There are surely
more than 20 acres In that tract. Sup
pose you stretch that a little"
"Say, ~feller," said the farmer, this
amt no rubber plantation."-Harper's
Monthly. -, 49,.
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kHRoPUKkR:
|AScXM6E

All starlings have a very peculiar
formation at the extremity of the
tongue, which gives the appearance
Of a piece having been nipped out OF
it. This fact gave rise to the mis-
taken idea that q starling's tongue
must be cut before it can be taught
to speak.-Scientifc American. 81"
It Is reported that the Lehigh Val
ley Railroad will soon put in service
a dining car which is practically
germ-proof. The usual gingerbread
carvings, holdings and hangings' will
be dispensed with. The woodwork
will be of smooth finished mahogany,
so that a microbe, according to the
Superintendent Of the road, would
slip off and break its neck."-Scien-
tiic American. .
The Wal Department has consid'
cred the ACCESSIBILITY of immunizing
soldiers against typhoid fever by vac
cination. It has decided that inocu-
lation as a preventive against typhoid
has been so. thoroughly demonstrated
in foreign countries and its efficacy
so we'll established that the vaccina-
ton method is to be adopted in the
United States army. - Scientific
American. ],
Cornish miners Of half a century
ago sought for what are known as
simple ores and threw aside the COM
plex ones as refractory. In this way
they found uranium ore and sent 1t
to the smelters as "black COPPER"
only to have it returned to them az
rubbish, and so some 10000 tons OF
ore containing perhaps ten per cent.
of pitchblende estimated to be worth
$3.50 "a pound, has been found
dumped at the head of the Wheal
Trenwith mine near st. Ives.-Scien-
tifc American. :
The use Of the telephone for train
dispatching on electric roads is be-
coming very common. The various
systems employed were discussed in
a recent paper by Frank W. Fowle.
The relative advantage of stationary
and portable telephone sets was con.
sidered, with the arguments favoring
the former. The objection to the lat
ter being that at night it is difficult
to make the connection with the wires
by means of the so-called "fshpole,"
without coming in contact with line
wires.-Scientifc American.
A prize offered by a German 50.
ciety of manufacturing chemists for
a method of removing arse9iureted
hydrogen from crude hydrogen gas
has been awarded to o. Wentzki for
the following process: The impure
hydrogen is caused to. flow through a
cylinder filled with a mixture of two
parts of dry chloride of lime and
one part of moist sand or any similar
inert material. The cylinder should
be vertical and the gas should be
admitted at the bottom, Immediately
above which it is advisable to place a
piece of fine wire netting. The cylin-
DER should have about one-third the
capacity Of the hydrogen generator.
Scientific American.
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Three Royal Georges.

There are now three King Georges
George V. Of Great Britain n
Ireland, George I. of Greece and
George n. of Tonga. The last named
is now little more than a nominal
sovereign, but he is still on the roll
of reigning moparchs.-Detroit Free
Press.
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to keep the whole suficiently firm and
reliably secure.
Such garters do not compress the
limbs nor injure the circulation, o
do they strain the strength Of growing
girls.-Lcndon Mail.
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11s Years Old When He Died.

11e Years Old When He Died.
Paddy Blake, who was born at Bal
lygireen, parish of Kilnaso8agh, Couns
ty Clare, Ireland, 119 years ago. has
died in the Corofn Union hospital
Paddy had a clear memory Of events
that happened a hundred years ago
and was one Of those who went to see
Daniel O'Connell passing through Bun
ratty Pike on his way to Ennis Tor
the great election of 1928. -.
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uey Pills helped me right away, aid
soon I was cured. I am better and
stronger than in years."
Remember the name-Doan's. For
sale by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
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the kidneys were
weak and I had dizzy
spells. For a long
time ! was unable
to attend to my
work and was con-
fined to bed for
weeks. I doctpred
constantly to no
avail Doan's Kid
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coNFlNEpTo BED.
Rldsway, Pa, Woman Endures Terri
bio Suffering.

Mrs. Jacob Farr, 4cS Broad street.
Ridgway, Pa, says: II suffered the
worst kind Of pain through my back.
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LOVE ~RESURGENT,

"MP E5ve no longer loves me-let me die!
The glory is gone out upon the hills.
And the gray downfall of its ashes fills,
The old bright places of the earth and sky.
Why should 1 wander up and down and cry.
To every ghost of Joy whose presence thrills
I will lie down upon my face and die"
One bent above him with Respondent wing:
"'Twas not her love for thee set earth aglow;
Twas thine own love for her-that still. is thine"
JOY sent him like an arrow from the string:
"Show me the rough ways where her feet must go
never loved before, o Love divine!!"
From Dorian Days" by Wendell Phillips
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North Carolina, South Dakota, Col
orado, Alabama and Virginia, in tile
order named. lead in the production
ct mica.
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Mrs: Charles Bunger. Mrs. Frank
Smarter, Mrs: ]. NJ. Wallace. Mrs w.
Fl. Wood. Miss Startzman. Miss Laura
Startzman, Mrs. George McEntire. Mrs.
J. w. F. Hughes. Mrs. w. ]. Drum,
Mrs. F. ]. Brown. Mrs. w. A. Card
ner of Meriden. Mrs. J. F. Taylor of
Meriden and Mrs. T. E. Sabin.
The regular meeting of the Minerva
club was held at the home of Mrs.
Morton Albaugh, 1924 Harrison street,
Monday, March IA. The following pro-
gram was given:
Roll caII-Quotations from Victor
Hugo.
Paper, Les MiserabIes-Mrs. stone.
Readings from Les Miserables:
The Despair of a Soul-Mrs. Mays.
The Triumph of Duty over Gratitude
Mrs. Ames.
The Battle of Waterloo.
The Death Scene-Lillian Stone.
Samson.
Music:
Duet, Torch Dance. Meyerbeer
Mrs. Albaugh and Mrs. w. D. Davis.
Aria, oh, Robert (Robert lie Diable)
Mrs Foster
Andante, from Sextette from Lucia.
Miss Erwin.
Shadow Song (Dinorah)
Miss Walter.
Solo, If Were a Rose.
Mrs. Atkinson.
Solo, Laughing Song. .........
Miss Walter.
Guests of the club were Mrs. Berg
son, Mrs. Emahizer. Mrs. Atkinson,
Mrs. Biddle, Mrs. Clarke. Mrs. Rogers,
Mrs. Sanders of Chicago and Mrs.
Phaler of Kansas City.
The Chandos club met Wednesday
afternoon with Mrs. L. E., Anderson.
The next meeting will be held in two
weeks at the home. of Miss Ellen Park
hurst The club is studying Richard
Third. ... -.-,--
The Current Literature club will be
entertained next Tuesday by Mrs. G.
P. Bolmar and Miss Sadie Ebey, in
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state and club presidents and general
federation state secretaries will be well
coined. This council aims to be educa-
tional, taking up some of the subjects
that will come UP in convention. The
evening of May 10th q concert will be
given complimentary t. the club wom-
en- by the Cincinnati Symphony Or
chestra. The Ohio federation women
will be hostesses. May 18th the work
of the convention will begin in ear
nest. Reports will be made in the
morning, and the afternoon will be
given up to art, and will close with
a reception in the Art Museum. Fri
day morning forestry and waterways
will be considered, followed by con-
ference in the afternoon. Saturday
morning the subject will be House
hold Economics and Food Sanitation"
Sunday morning the visitors will have
an opportunity to attend the churches.
and vesper service in Music hall will
be given in the afternoon. CiVics and
civil service reform will be considered
Monday afternoon. Committees on
industrial and child labor and legis-
lative matters will report Tuesday.
Wednesday there will be final bus
mess session on resolutions and rural
conditions, and in the afternoon
round table on education The even
ing sessions will be brilliant with no
table addresses and musical numbers
Recreations are arranged fora river
excursion, with refreshments and fire.
works, and recreation at the club
house. Thursday morning the closing
council will be held to look into the
future. The Kentucky State Fedora
ton is planning to give the delegates
a trip to Mammoth Cave as a fitting
finale to what is hoped Will be the
''best ever in biennials.
A list Of delegates and alternates to the
biennial should be sent as early as posi-
BILE to the chairman. Mrs D. l.. Murray,
Room 1951. Union Trust Building, Gin
cinnati, Ohio Credentials should be PEE
sented as early possible. Fares viii be
one and one-half for the roun1 tip fer
the convention. Tickets are good going
and returning by the Same route only.
and in the western territory will be on
sale May 9Th, 9th, 10th and 11th. The re-
turn limit will be to reach original start
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MWOMEN'SM
E,ssCI1BSs

The Portia club gave its guest day
entertainment Thursday afternoon at
the home of Mrs. L. NJ. Powell. 703
Taylor street. The paper of the after
noon was read bv Mrs. G. f. Worley
and Mrs. d. c. Tillotson led the dis
cussion. Miss Agnes Bionell of Con-
cOrdia and Mrs. f. G. Foster furnished
music. Master Horace Bowman also
sang a solo. with Master Frederick
Worley as his accompanist- The men,
Mrs. Powell. Mrs. w. w. Bowman,
Mrs. ]. x. Codding. Mrs. S. j. Crum-
bine, Mrs. E. G. Foster, Mrs.
J. H. Frizell, Mrs. ]. d. Gard
D. E. Barton. Mrs. B. F. MeGiftin. Mrs
c. H. Searle. Mrs. NJ G. Porter. Mrs.
Z. ]. Shakeshaft, Mrs. d. c Tillotson
and Mrs G. T. Worley. The following
guests were asked: Mrs. Lee Monroe,
Mrs. ]. ID. Mcfarland. Miss Gertrude
Barnes, Mrs. w. r. Stubs, Mrs. ]. P.
Kaster, Miss Elizabeth Barr. Mrs. Z. H.
Anderson, Mrs. ]. W. F. Deacon. Mrs.
w. Thompson, Mrs. F. NJ. Bonebrake,
Mrs. A. NJ Baxter, Mrs. E. c. BrowneH
Miss Laura Ewing, Miss Eta Hadley,
Miss l.. N. Stricken, Mrs. ID. H. Pugh,
Mrs. j. n. Brandon. Mrs. E. S. Petty
john, Mrs. George Straebler. Mrs H
A Perry, Mrs Walter Dickinson, Mrs.
L. NJ Sans, Mrs. w. G.. Robinson of
Clay Center, Miss Lillian AxteIl of Clay
Center, Mrs A. B. Poole. Mrs. ]. A.
Campbell, Mrs. Roy Bone. Mrs. Will
Mrs. Glenn Smith. Mrs. b. T. WEIGH,
Mrs. o. E. walker. Mrs. r. S. Magee,
Mrs. S. c. drummer. Mrs. E. w. Ran
kin. Mrs James Brier. Mrs. J. b. Iar1-
mer. Mrs E. G. Bunker Miss Mary
Bunker, Mrs. F. w. Parks. Mrs. En-
NETT Turner. Mrs. w. A. Organ, Mrs.
w. F. Kemper, Mrs. Albert Purdy, Mrs.
w. p Hemphill Mrs. V. 3. Kistler,
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general federation of women's clubs will
convene in Cincinnati in May.
Many of the leading railroads of the
country have raised a cry about their
inability to obtain the kind of lumber
they need i'll their work. and Plan has
been formulated by some of the leading
officials of the larger western lines to
grow certain kinds of timber along
their right of way. The project seems
to be on good footing and further ar
rangements will be made to carry out
the plan. Aside from being of direct
practical value, the reforestation of the
right of way would tell on the passen
ger department revenue. To travel
through a long lire of shade trees
would make the passengers a thousand
fold more comfortable. This new scheme
will interest the forestry clubs.
The music festival in Cincinnati next
May will be held just prior to the bien-
NAL of the General Federation. and
many of the delegates to the biennial
will go in time to attend the festival
Among the principal works to be per-
formed are: Beethoven's Fifth Sym
phony, The Trojans in Carthage by
Berlictz, Judas Maccabeus by Handel,
The Children's Crusade by Pierne,
Schumann's Fourth Symphony. a new
symphony by Stock, and The Merry
Franks of Till Eulenspiegel by Strauss.
A bronze statue of Theodore Thomas,
the founder of the Cincinnati May
Music Festivals, will be placed in the
foyer of Music Hall.
A general outline of the program for
the Biennial has been arranged. The
sessions will be In the usual form. a
long session in the morning, confer
ence in the afternoon, and the evening
session open TO men as well as dele
gates and alternates. The biennial is
preceded by a council Wednesday
morning, at which officers, directors,
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ing point not later than May 22nd, unless
an extension is secured.


an extension is secured.
The following state declarations maintain
loan funds for scholarships: Colorado,
Idaho, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Ore
gon, Texas and Wisconsin. The fund for
Kansas is only $50, less than any of the
others, but we have the promise of an
being 5000. The following states maintain
federation scholarships: Alabama, Ar
kansas, Florida, Louisiana, Maine, Mas
sachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey,
Texas and Utah. Utah excels all the 9TH
ers by supporting five scholarships. Con-
necticut is raising fund of 5000 for a
memorial scholarship at Yale; Michigan
5000 for a memorial scholarship to Alice
Freeman Palmer, and Pennsylvania SIS
900 for memorial scholarship to Kate Gas
satt Mcknight.
The following is written by Mrs Philip
Moore, president of the General Fedora
ton to all the clubs: las the time draws
near when our department chairmen are
considering their returns to you of work
accomplished and their recommendations
for the future, realize more and more
how fine they are, how persistent, self
sacrificing they are. ask careful con-
sideration for their sake. as well for
the work itself, of the blanks that are
coming this month to every club.
1T has been brought to my attention
in many states, showing careful work in
education. This remarkable work Is be-
ing carried on in 10 states, five having
also the award, by courtesy Of appointment,
of number Of high school and universe
ty scholarships. I shall appreciate It IL
every state having loan hInd viii send
me exact facts and figures"