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The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1910-06-30
ALL HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY
nents Are Many and Usually
lll.Natured.

Mr.. Binney failed in business.
. One of his neighbors said: AT
last?"
Another neighbor said: Il thought
tley were going it pretty strong for a
man of his income. Still, didn't like
to say anything at the time"
A third neighbor said: "Oh, I'm so
sorry. My dear, we must go over
and give Mrs. Binney our deepest SYM
pathy. I'm dying to see how she Is
taking it."
One brother-in-law said: IF he had
lent me that $500 I asked him for
last year he'd have been that much
ahead. anyway. Much good it did him
to keep 1t. Too bad, though, of
course"
Another brother-in-law said: "Sly
old boy, Binney. He's got 1t sailed
away somewhere, all right. Don't you
worry"
His butcher said: Now. a poor
man like me has to pay his debts as
he goes along. All the same, I'm not
worrying about the $40 he owes me,
but I'll bet you II owed anybody $40
they'd make my life misery till they
got It,"
His wife's best friend Ito Mrs. Bin.
ney): Now, my dear, you mustn't
mind any of the awful things you
hear. At time like this people will
talk"
A friend: "A man must either have
exceptional capital or exceptional abil-
ity to succeed in business nowadays.
Poor Binney, as 1t happens, has
neither"
A second friend: How much will
he be able to pay? twenty-five cents
on the dollar? How did there come to
be SO, much? Did Binney overlook
IT."
A third friend: "Ninety-fve per
cent. of business enterprises are I'M
profitable. There's nothing like
steady, well-paying position"
A knowing acquaintance: Wise old
Binney!"
His daughters: I'VE must hold our
heads up higher than ever or people
will say that we are ashamed"
His wife: He'll be home more now.
and that is everything"
Binney: "Whew! Thank heaven it's
over. Now I've got to hustle and get
a Job"
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1910-06-30
Persian Bordered Scarfs.

Lovely scarfs are fashioned from tho
Persian bordered chiffons and mar
quisettes combined with maribou.
The tones known as natural and the
white feathery stuff combine prettfly
with the fragile fabrics.
In using the printed materials only a
border Of the maribou is necessary for
good effect, while when a solid color
forms the foundation third strip must
be added through the center of the
scarf. Otherwise the little wrap may
look skinny and lack character.
Another pretty idea In scarfs ia tn
place two different colors over each
other and then edge all around with
the maribou.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1910-06-30

the father was torn from his shrieking
famfly-and traitors and hirelings ap-
piled the torch which drew from the
peaceful cottage its inmates whose
flight was facilitated by the flames
and by the crash"
A swapping play upon words was the
toast that sparkled most to the fancy
of early Fourth of July banquets, and
few could have outdone the following
qiquant flashes:
Il. America!-trail arms 2. Great
Britain!-'ground firelock.' 3. France
-'as you were 4. Spain-'wheel to
the right s. Freemen-'display col.
umn.' 6. Tyrants-'take distance z.
South America-'close to the front.
forward march, halt 8. Nations of
the globe-'order firelock, stack arms.
rest"
The most unique of the early cele-
brations was the new and solemn
style" in which the Fourth was ceIe-
brated at Castleton. Va, in the year
1920. On the 9Th of July, 1777, Cant.
Nathan Williams had been killed and
scalped while fighting the British and
Indians. His body left on the ground
had been buried, wrapped in an Indian
blanket. After 43 years, It was the
happy inspiration Of his surviving com.
panions to disinter the remains and
honor him--and Independence Day
with the pomp OF q public funeral.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1910-06-30
HAT STRINGS MUCH IN FAVOR
UndeniabIy a Picturesque Adornment,
But Are Occasionally Out
Of Place.

They must be worn with a certain
piquant smartness, or you will defeat
your purpose and bring down upon
your head the ridicule of those who
know. 1t Is not to be denied that
there is a decided acceptance of the
fashion for a certain type of pictur-
esque costume.
1t would seem trite and unnecessary
to suggest that hat strings belong to
the afternoon hat; but II the fact be
recognized that there are many crimes
against good taste committed In the
name of fashion, It will be realized
that some facts must be reiterated.
The large fiat hat is beautiful
model upon which the hat strings can
be placed with impunity. The droop-
ing mushroom shape, with its quaint,
old-fashioned garland of silk roses, Is
another type that will carry the hat
strings.
OF velvet, silk or chiffon these may
be. Perhaps velvet holds first place,
giving a black contrast for the flower
trimmed shape, as It reaches from one
side under the chin rather faulty to
the other side, from which 1t may
hang in loops and ends.
Silk and chiffon, being more supple,
are treated in a different way. They
hang loosely from the sides Of the
shape, and are knotted and caught to
the corsage. Some models have the
bands tied at the back-a line that
must be discreetly adopted.
It Is needless to say that beauty
is its own excuse for being" for the
hat does not rely. upon the tied bands
for Its security. Modern women will
never relinquish their hold on the vii.
famous hatpin. SO II you wish to
carry out a note of your costume that
Is an echo Of older times, and II your
features are suited to the style, tie
your hat with the bands.
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Stories Of the Fourth
~ Recollection. Of Some Early Celebrations -
~ of Independence Day ~

ter you from engaging In 80 glorious
task. Whatever censures may be
thrown out by men and illikeral
minds, your character will rise in the
estimation of the virtuous and noble.
1t will appear with luster In the an
mails of history and form q glorious
contrast to that of those who have
sought to obtain conquest and crafty
their own ambition by the destruction
of their species and the ruin of their
country"
Paul Lister Ford gives us tense
snatches of description of some of the
earliest celebrations of our Independ-
ence day. .......
The first Fourth was on the 9Th.
Countless times since has the day
been honored by the reading aloud of
the declaration, but never has the
event had the dramatic thrill of that
flashing moment in the courtyard Of
independence hall when it was read
aloud to outsiders for the first time,
and never again could bonfires, rock
cts and the ringing of bells mean all
that they did that night in the his
toric city of Penn in the year 1776.
New York celebrated the following
day, and thereon hangs a tale-no less
an incident than the beheading Of q
king.
On Bowling Green stood magnifi-
cent equestrian statue of his majesty,
George the Third, torn down and I'M
officially executed in a half-mischiev-
GUS. half-patriotic Fourth of July
spirit. But the delicious end was not
yet. George was of leaden nature
we refer merely to the equestrian
statue, Of course!-and later his bro
ken fragments were nodded into bull
let's to fight the British.
1t was not until 1882 that congress
celebrated the Fourth for the first
time, having decided to adjourn over
that day and dine together-which
the members impressively did at the
fashionable hour of three o'clock, a
unique feature of the entertainment
being the music rendered by a band
Of Hessians taken at Trenton, while
between the drinking of every toast
patriotic volleys were fred off by
soldiers drawn Up outside the door of
the city where the country's lawma-
kers had congregated.
That same night, the city was flu
minated by lighted candles placed in
every window-with the exception of
a few dark houses still loyal to a lost
cause.
AS an example of some of the posi-.
bilities of the impassioned oratory Of
early-day Fourths we quote a few of
the vivid words of a New Jersey
divine In a memorable" address of
the year 1923.
For more than seven years, the
savage foeman and the fiend Hessian
exhausted their murderous propensi-
ties. The old man, trembling beneath
weight Of years-the infant smiling
at the glittering bayonet pointed at it's
bosom-and the tender female, swoon-
ing amidst her fears, were alike disre-
garded. Then, beneath burning sun
or through almost impenetrable SHOWS.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1910-06-30

comes as a quick suggestion. Ths
short ends are hemmed down ami
stitched In a double row for the draw
strings. The bag is q matter of a few
minutes, and can go into the washtub.
with the small pieces that it holds.
These are but a few suggestions for
the towel that perchancs you are able
to pix up at white sales, or II you ara
blessed with an ample supply. You
might turn one to a use little differ
e.. from that of the bathroom.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1910-06-30

phia, but a little nefghbor across the
way, New Jersey forsooth, calls atten-
ton to her finger in the pie Of honor
able mention by claiming that In the
day of exciting debate over the pass
age of the declaration 1t was one of
her representatives who "by laconic
speech, signalized for its energy, its
disinterestedness and its burning
patriotism, turned the scale which was
at the moment equipoise."
There u.s." said this venerable
Witherspoon, when he perceived the
house wavering, there Is tide in the
affairs of men-a nick of time. We
perceive 1t now before us. To hest
tate is to consent to slavery. That
noble instrument upon your table.
which insures immortality to its au-
thor, should be subscribed this very
morning by every pen in this house.
He who will hot respond to its accents
and strain every nerve to carry into
effect its provisions IL unworthy the
name of freeman. For my own part,
of property I have some-of reputa-
ton more. That reputation is staked
on the issue of this r contest-that
property is pledged. And. although
these gray hairs must soon descend
into the sepMcher. I had infinitely
rather they would descend thither by
the hands of the executioner, than de-
sert, at this crisis. the sacred cause of
my country"
The present-day big little boy of six-
the present-day little big boy of sixty
lin the blissful midst of the bang
banging hullabaloo of q glorious
Fourth has no idea of the narrow es-
cape the Fourth-of-July firecracker
had from death and humiliation.
Rev. Jacob Duche is the profane
meddler who would have stamped out
the spluttering Joy from the life Of
the small boy forever. Duche, a ma.
tive of Philadelphia, began the Revolu-
tionary period SO periodically that
when chaplain of congress at the out.
break of war he gave up his entire
salary for families of patriots fallen in
battle. But by TIT he had undergone
SO mysterious a change of heart that
he wrote Washington a letter In
which he pictured the patriotic cause
in the most dire fashion possible and
then plunged into the following en-:
treaty:
"Your penetrating eye needs not
more explicit language to discern my
meaning. With that prudence and
delicacy, therefore, Of which know
you are possessed represent to con-
gress the indispensable necessity of
resembling the hasty and ill-advised
Declaration Of Independence. Recon-
mend. and you have an undoubted
right to recommend. an immediate
cessation Of hostilitie5. Let the con.
troversy be taken up where the dec
laration left 1t and where Lord Howe
expected to have found II. Let men
CT clear and impartial character, in
and out of congress, gentlemen, lib
eral in their sentiments. heretofore in
dependent In their fortunes, and some
such are surely to be found in Amerf-
ca. be appointed to confer with his
IL ajesty's comm, ssicners. o! Sir.
Iet 20 sa;ss IDEAS Of worldly honor de-
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1910-06-30

edges and then in two lines to form
three compartments. This division al
lows a distribution of the weight and
prevents sagging. Gather the fulness
into band with narrow strings.
A fine damask towel furnishes the
material for a quickly made combing
jacket. Fold the towel in order to get
the longer center line and cut up al
most to the center of the form.
Now fold into quarters and mark a
circle that will be large enough to fit
around the neck.
~ the towel has colored border, 1t
is we'll to match III J., colored tape or
washable ribbon for the binding that
Is used for the front, around the collar
lin" and for the short strings that tie
the convenient thing.
The quality of this jacket makes It
possible to wash 1t and insures fresh
ness always.
AS laundry bag, the white towel
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1910-06-30
USE FOR TOWELINC
CAN BE MADE VALUABLE IN vARl.
ETY. OF WAYS.
ServlceabIe When Fashioned Into an
Apron-Makes Useful combing
Jacket-Laundry Bag Also
10 Good Suggestion.

It Is the clever woman who can
make one article serve two or three
purl ses. A very usual, unpretentious
towel can be fashioned into other &C.
cessories for woman's use, and from
the coarse kitchen toweling to the fine
damask squares there Is an excellent
field for clever manipulation.
From the unbleached kitchen ma
terial, witt its rec or blue stripes, a
very practical apron can be fashioned
for washday.
NJ sure length of the toweling
from waist to knees, and allow for a
deep turned-up portion that will form
a convenient pocket for clothespins.
Turn this up and stitch on the outer
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1910-06-30
A Dainty Ornament.

A pretty ornament to be worn with
tulle or maline bows is a bowknot of
beads strung on wire. These vary in
size and are either a deeper tone than
the tulle or In contrasting color.
Such bowknots arr very smart when
made up In seed pearls. but quite as
good effect can BIO had by making them
at home on gold or silver wire using
small wcx or glass beads.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1910-06-30
The Record.

Whats the highest price word
you have ever received" asked the
reporter.
The celebrated author reflected a
moment, then replied: "One thou
ss.rd dollars. I once wrote the two
words: Two thousand, on a check.
and bank paid me at the rate
named"
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1910-06-30

nation. it happened that Charles Car
roll Of Maryland jostled elbows with
Carter Bruxton of Virginia, the for
mer q thin, angular gentleman Of
skinny pattern; the latter built on
broad lines, luxuriantly padded. tip
ping the scale at ITO pounds.
well, Mr.. Carroll" Bruxton club
billy grinned, "the British say they
will hang us as rebels If they catch
us. II they do, will have greatly
the advantage, for as am heavy, my
neck will be broken at once, while 1
fear you will dangle in the air and
hang on for some time
1t is the cherished pride of Virginia
that the declaration was drawn up by
a native son, the boast Of Pennsylva-
MIA that it was signed in her Philadel-
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1910-06-30

A very serviceable and at the same
time artistic shopping bag is shown
here. It is made Of gray linen, en-
broidered with two shades of green
and brown. The centers of the con-
ventional flowers are buttonholed eye
let's in brown. The short petals arc
in the dark green and the long petals
in the light green. A heavy gray sik
cord ia run through the casing near
the top OF the bag. and the same cord
is sewn round the bar.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1910-06-30
IKE a jolly little firecrack-

IKE a jolly little firecrack-
er going OF in the solemn
midst of a Fourth Of July
grafton crackles a mirthful
tradition anent the sign
ing of the Declaration OF
Independence.
During the GREATNESS
gathering about the table
where lay the eopch-ma-
king document awaiting
the signatures that meant
the life mr. death of q new
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1910-06-30

EW people know that the can Of
salmon served on their tables
has reached them by being
shipped around Cape Horn in
rtaad Of hainU cant hu rail To
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-09-26

Leader Want Ads bring results.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-09-26
Popular Jokes.

Tho most popular Joke which has
been published I'm any language In the
history OF the world Is stated 10 be
that which appeared in nm obscure cor
neT OF the Punch almanac for 1915 IL
read. Advice to persons about 10 mar
ry--Don't" IL would be interesting t.
know who was its author. Another
founded on similar subject, was thol
love'-Foll out" One OF the most bril-.
liant things that ever appeared IN our
contemporary was the brief dialogue
between an inqulrlng child and his i'm.
patient parent. what Is mindY No
matter" What is matterT Never
Westminster Gazette
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-09-26
THREE YEARS LATE.
A Train That Won the Behind limo
Record Medal.


A train OF a railway system I'm fhe
southwest once arrived at its dcstlna.
ton nearly three years late. The cir
cumstances were these:
The train left Bolivar, just across
Galveston bay from Galveston, on
Sept. 8, 1900, and was caught in the
great storm that so nearly DESTROYED
the Texan city. Bolivar is seventy.
five miles from Beaumont, which was
the point Of the trains destination.
Before the train had Travelled far on
its journey IL was caught I'm the storm.
Thirty miles OF tho track were washed
away. and the train was left stranded
on sandy waste. Many persons who
lived on Bolivar peninsula were saved
from death by taking refuge in the
train. After the storm subsidized they
walked 20 Bolivar with the passengers.
but the abandoned train was left on
the prairie.
The storm bankrupted the railway.
and no effort to rescue the engine and
cars was made until 1903. Had not
the road suffered so seriously I'm that
storm the property would have proved
OF great value a few months later.
when oil was struck nj Beaumont In
1903, however, the road underwent 70.
pairs, when the train was drawn into
Beaumont where II was greeted by a
cheering crowd.-New York Press.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-09-26

dence, Navy vs.. ST. Johns at Annapo-
lis, Carlisle vs.. Western Maryland at
Carlisle.
Automobile race for the Vanderbilt
Cup will be held on the Long Island
Motor Parkway.
New Louisville Jockey Club will be
gin nineteen day racing meet at the
Churchill Downs track.
White Marsh Valley Hunt meeting
Will be held at Flourtown, Pa.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-09-26

1t Is claimed by n correspondent that
the frst person to grow potatoes in
the open field I'm Scotland was Thomas
Prentice. a day laborer in the West
Barony OF the parish In Glasgow, near
Chapel Green. That was in the year
1928. II wos about four years after
that date that he Prentice) entered
the market with them and was very
successful with his experiment, as he
made 1900 Of It, which he sank In
double interest and died at Edinburgh
in 1762.-Glasgow Herald.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-09-26
Today

Women's singles ond doubles mix
ed doubles tennis tournament at the
Longwood Cricket Club. Boston.
Fishermen OF England will compete
for national angling championship on
the Derwcnt River, at Dalton.
French aviators will attempt flight
from Paris 30 Brussels for 100000
prize offered by municipality OF Paris.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-09-26

Leader Want Ads bring results,
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-09-26
WednesdaY

College football: Yale against Yves.
leyan at New Haven, Pennsylvania
VS. F. & VI. at Philadelphia, Mullen.
burg VS. Carlisle at Carlisle.
Sixteenth annual exhibition OF the
Bryn Mawr Horse Association opens
at Bryn Mawr Pa.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-09-26
SATURDAY

College football Yale VS.. Syracuse
at New Haven, Princeton VS.. Stevens
at Princeton, Harvard VS.. Bates at
Cambridge, Cornell VS. Rensselaer, at
Ithaca. Dastmouth VS.. VI. A. c. at Han
over, Brown VS.. Norwich at Provi-
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-09-26
Strictly LEGAL.

What Is a young man to do when
his attention has been arrested bv a
pretty girl"
why. carry his case to court of
course."-Red Hen.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-09-26
The Postage Stamp.

Consider the postage stamp. It says
nothing regarding the difficulty of tho
task assigned to It, but by dint of close
application It usually gets there: also
1t delivers the goods.
Again, II one isn't enough to carry
the thing through. two or more by
working tremendously together see the
thing TO a finish.
No matter II the (maiD matter be
weighty, IT puts a good face tof Wash
ington) ON It aud goes directly 10 tho
point IL gets licked and stamped
upon, and men besmirch its fair fea-
lures and ofttimes give 10 more TO
carry than the CpostaD union allows.
But, In spite Of all this. It sticks un-
hinchtngly 10 the matter In hand By
virtue of Tho fact that It knows that IL
has good backing.
It's stick-toit-ivity II worthy Of em-
uiat1on by you,-Judgs's Library
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-09-26
Tuesday

Annual Canadian national horse
show will open in the arena at Mon.
Lreal and continue through the week.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-09-26

us she a great singer?7
NO shouldn't call her great. You
tan understand cvcrJ word she sings"
Detroit Free Press
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-09-26
FRIDAY

Golf team matches between Boston
Philadelphia and New York for the
Lesley Cup at Myopia Hunt Club.
Mass.
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STRENUOUS LIVING.
A Long Day In the Life Of an English
Lady In 1871


AS for Industrious idleness. which is
held TO blame for the wrecking OF our
nervous systems, II was not unknown
TO an earlier generation. Mime. la
Brun assures us that In her youth
pleasure loving people would leave
Brussels early In the morning, travel
all day to Paris to hear the opera and
travel all night home. THAT" she
observes-as well she mny-''was con-
sidered being fond of the opera"
a paragraph I'm one OF Horace Wal.
poles letters gives us the record OF
day and a night I'm the life OF an
English lady-slxteen hours OF strain"
which would put New York TO tho
blush. II heard the Duchess of Cor.
don's Journal OF last Monday" he
writes To Miss Berry I'm the spring OF
1871. "She first went 20 hear Uandel,s
music In the abbey; she then Chamber.
ed over the benches and went TO Hast
ing's trial in the hall, after dinner to
the play, then TO Lady Lucan's Assem-.
bly,, after that TO Ranelagh and return.
ed to Mrs. Hobert's faro table; gave a
Dali herself in the evening OF thnt
morning, into which she must have got
a good way, and set out for Scotland
the next day. Hercules could not have
accomplished q quarter OF her Iabors In
the same space OF time" Atlantic
Monthly.