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The Irish standard., 1915-02-06
y j FASHION cLEANlNGs FROM PARIS.
Separate Blouse the Addition of High Collar
Sand and Putty Colored Waists.

been the newest note in these waists.
A few good models have been made
with the high collar, but it is much
harder to achieve than the waist with
the round wedge or rolling collars.
Some of the waists are made with
a V neck and high collar above it,
leaving a little of the neck or chest
exposed. This is unique, but gives
such a look of something left out,
or unfinished that it is scarcely popu-
Lar. Others are made with straight
band around the neck and a ruff of
net or chiffon above and below it.
The best Of the high-necked waists
button straight up the front, from
the waistline to top of the collar. A
stunning waist which I saw not long
ago was made with the collar in one
with the body Of the waist, the
shoulder seam extending into the side
seam of the collar. This collar
wrinkles around the neck charmingly
and was held from working down
into a string around the neck by
bones at the back and sides of the
collar.
1t does not seem possible that these
high-collared blouses and frocks will
altogether supersede the low collars
which we have been wearing for so
long. The women have felt the COM
fort of doing without anything about
the throat, the necks have revived
from the old tight collars and become
more beautiful, and it does not seem
as though they could consent to the
wearing them on everything else.
There is no way to tell just what
the lingerie waist of the summer will
become. There is said to be a revival
of the old -the-back' waists
and trimmings of braid and buttons
in military effect in the front.
The Irish standard., 1915-02-06

act creating the rank of lieutenant
general of the army said Mr.. Rich
ards. while it was we'll understood
at the time that it was for the benefit
of General Grant, he was not named
in the bill. 1t was the first time con-
gress had authorized the rank to be
conferred in the army since General
Washington held it.
president Lincoln summoned Cen
eral Grant to Washington from the
field to confer about the appointment.
Grant arrived at s p. m. at the old
Willard hotel At $3.50 he showed up
at the White House. was there.
1T was kind of reception, as l re-
call. The affair was proceeding in an
informal way, the president, some
members of his cabinet, and Mrs. Lin
coin being in the red room, where
persons were being received.
"The affair was suddenly Interrupt
ted by cry, Here comes General
Grant,
president Lincoln Immediately left
his place i'll the receiving line and
hurried to the door leading to the red
room from the vestfbule, where he
met President Grant. He promptly
recognized the general, although they
had never met before. My curiosity
had led me to the center Of interest.
Il heard Mr.. Lincoln say: General
Grant, l believe this Is the first time
we have ever met
ITO this General Grant replied:
Yes, Mr.. President, you are right.
You are right; this is the first time
we have ever met
THE rest Of the conversation was
lost to me, as the two men came closer
together and moved away, talking in
lower tones recall that Seward
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and somewhat bored by the attention
shoWered upon him.
II do not believe there is another
man alive who witnessed that affair,
and l surely doubt il there is another
alive who can recall the first words
that ever passed between Lincoln and
Grant
1T was understood in Washington
at the time that there was some doubt
about Grant accepting the commits
sion. He took the ground that if it
required him to relinquish active duty
in the field and come to Washington
he would prefer not to accept it. 1t
was finally arranged that he should
continue in active duty in the field
and take charge Of the movement ON
to Richmond which was much talked
about in that day."
The Irish standard., 1915-02-06
ORCHARD AND GARDEN NOTES.

Seed of pansies and other early
flowers may be sown now and the
plants transplanted as soon as large
enough.
Plant few currents, gooseberries,
and raspberries this spring. They are
easy to care for and will repay any,
one.
Cuttings of geraniums, begonias,
coleus, and other bedding plants may
be struck now, and rooted in moist
sand. Some Of these plants often
root we'll in water in the kitchen.
Order a collection of zinnia seed.
They may be planted in cold frames
and later transplanted in the open.
They do not yield good cut flowers,
but are good as bedding plants.
Far-sighted gardeners purchase
seed of plants, such as lettuce, cab
bage, and cauliflower, year or two
in advance and try some of it in the
field in order that they may know
what crop to expect when the seed
is used.
Good seed is an important matter
with the gardener as we'll as the
farmer. 1t never pays to buy cheap
seed. Experiments were carried on a
year or two ago by the Pennsylvania
Experiment Station with some ten or
more strains of cabbage seed of the
same variety from different firms.
They found variations of weld from
to 10 or Is tons an acre, according
to the strain of seed. The seed of
the highest quality meant several
dollars more to the acre in net re-
turns, even if it did cost few cents
more a pound.-LeRoy Cady, Asso-
ciate Horticulturist, University Farm,
St. Paul, Minnesota.
The Irish standard., 1915-02-06
MET IN THE CAPITAL
First Time That President Lin.
coin and General Grant
Greeted Each Other.

HERE is a man in the public serv.
= ice in Washington who saw the
first meeting between President Lin
coin and General Grant in the White
House nearly sixty years ago.
Charles H. Richards. who for more
than fifty years has worked in the
stationery room of the senate, saw
the meeting. In an interview Mr..
Richards narrated the incidents con.
nected with the meeting and recalled
the first words ever exchanged be-
tween the two great figures on the
Union side Of the Civil war. Mr..
The Irish standard., 1915-02-06
MISFITTING STANDARDS REGU-
LATED.
REGU-

One of the causes of the disagree
ment of good people is that they are
prompted to think and to act from
differing planes of conduct. 1t is GER
tainly very difficult for anyone ac-
tuated by high-minded motives to be
forced against another whose chief
impulse is sordid. 1t is a keen shock
to chivalrous nature to have a bit
of handsome conduct rated as any
amusing vagary. Nothing chills a
cordial relation sooner than when a
delicate reticence is taken for SIM
plicity. 1t is natural to resent injus-
tice and submission to injustice is not
forgiveness. We all have a right to
be ourselves and no one wants to
commonize superior grade of being
by yielding to an inferior. Noble ma
lures think too we'll of others and
mean natures think to i'll of them.
Each kind sees in others the contin-
uation of themselves and yet harmon
ious living is desirability. 1t is al
so duty. And if a duty it must be
done. How, then, achieve it? Per-
haps by refraining from being too
self-expressive. Without parting
with the least principle or the least
shade of sincerity, it may not be al
ways necessary to deliver the whole
of ones temperament upon every is
sue under consideration. 1t may be
possible to do considerable business
with others and not live with them
at all and, although this extreme of
withheld personality is never desir-
able, perhaps some degree of it often
is. Without becoming callous or
cold, judicious estimation of the de-
gree of expansiveness desirable might
be wise habit to cultivate. 1t is the
shock of unwanted returning self
that hurts. The pain might perhaps
be saved and lessened by an instinc-
tive sense of how much of self should
be paid out to each occasion. In
other words, to be composed and self
regulated and adjusted to people and
to places. Personality is contagious
in the degree of its vitality. Its
strength and it's compelling force may
increase when not wasted upon every
occasion. But this self-retention
should never mean the least mini
MIXING of genuine feeling or original
thinking.
To increase ones personal force by
absolute sincerity all the time and yet
to put forth only just the amount Of
force required ought to help solve the
problem Of dealing with those about
us. G. H. X.
The Irish standard., 1915-02-06
New York, February 6.

New York, February 6.
1t is said that Berlin has been
much. the same during the war as
at other times, excepting for the war
spirit. and the grief of the bulletin
boards. 1t has been the Kaiser's
wish that things should be as unaf-
fected as possible, and, as he is we'll
beloved, as we'll as feared, the peo-
pie, especially the women, have
shown their grief but little.
In Paris the fear of invasion was
great. and Immediately things were
closed-no lights were allowed, the
cafes could not be open. the theatres
were shut down, and curfew told peo-
pie that their lights must be out. 1t
was natural that this should affect
The Irish standard., 1915-02-06
1heH ONE Circle
smothered Chicken.
BY Celia Hord Kenny

Split open in back; roll fiat as pos
sible; salt; put in frying pan with a
little water. Cover closely, putting
a'weight on lid so that the steam may
not escape. When tender, butter;
dredge with -four, and brown in oven.
Make nice gravy. (Copyright.)
Coffee custard With chestnuts.
Shell one quart chestnuts, cover
with boiling water and cook until
tender. The nremove the brown skin.
Put one cup of water and half cup
of sugar on to boil; when clear, add
the chestnuts and simmer gently
about ten minutes. Then drain and
place in a glass dish. Add cup Of
milk or cream to the syrup; put into
double boiler. Beat two eggs until
light. Pour the hot milk over them,
beating rapidly, return to double boiler
and cook over fire until it thickens,
like cream, then turn out to cool. Make
q tablespoonful of very strong coffee
extract and add to sauce and pour
over the chestnuts. This can be served
with the addition of whipped cream.
Stuffed Cabbage Steamed.
Select a small, rather loose head of
cabbage, press leaves apart; pour
boiling water over it and let stand 20
minutes, drain and scald. again and
stand for 20 minutes longer. Then
drain and shake out all the water.
Mix together a cup of plain boiled
rice, half pound of sausage meat or
boiled ham, a tablespoonful chopped
parsley, teaspoonful onion juice and
a pinch of sweet marjoram. Open
the leaves carefully and fill with this
force-meat, putting tablespoonful be-
tween each leaf. Press all firmly to-
gether and tie closely in a piece of
cheesecloth. Boil in sailed water for
two hours. Serve in a deep, round
dish with cream sauhe.
The Irish standard., 1915-02-06

business, but now things have
changed and are taking on a much
more normal outlook.
The dressmaking houses which
have kept open are doing business,
with the United States at least, and
Rodier, the great manufacturer of
fabrics reports that he is furnishing
materials to the Callot Sisters, Che
ruit, Premet and Beer.
The theatres are open and many
are crowded, but not by the fashion
able audience that one would expect
under different circumstances. The
women of Paris are avoiding the ex-
tremes which have always been their
hobby in style. The very tight skirt
has been discarded, but the very full
skirt, which was thought would, by
this time be the Partisan style of the
moment, has not yet been fully ac-
cepted. However, the gowns which
were worn by the actresses had GER
tain elements worth remembering.
A dress of black velvet, which was
worn by French actress, had long,
tight-fitting sleeves and square, low
neck with Medici collar in the
back. The skirt was full and drawn
in around the bottom. A length of
the velvet was draped over the hips
and ended in a train. The entire
gown was devoid Of trimmings,
which gave a richness that no amount
of establishment could have aided.
Long sleeves are to be seen on all
gowns. I asked a prominent New
York dressmaker not long ago if she
would make long sleeves for summer,
and she replied: II most certainly
will unless my customer insists other
WISE"
A charming afternoon dress is pic
tured herewith which shows some
what the bolero effect, together with
the long sleeves. which are most
striking features of the present
styles. The waist is made with an
underwaist of crepe de chine with the
bolero effect in wide lace. The sleeves
of this outer waist are short and of
the lace, while long net sleeves ex-
tend to the wrist. The skirt Of crepe
de Chine is shirred several times at
the waist and hips, and is finished at
the top with a frill of itself. Three
graduated bands of net are the only
trimming on the skirt. This is frock
which may be worn again and again,
as it's long sleeves and high collar
give 1t a distinctly daytime air, while
the material makes It elaborate
enough for many evening functions.
The separate waist takes on Diff
ferent features with the changing of
the season, and there is no end to
the numerous models, although they
all bear a resemblance one with the
other.
This season the high collar has
The Irish standard., 1915-02-06

a II u 5 t Il II t o n
crowded forward
and greeted the
general and that
Mrs. Lincoln also
greeted him cor.
daily.
General Grant
soon was hustled
into the east room
and as he sat on
a sofa he was
surrounded by q
great crowd. He
apama1 nnodnct
The Irish standard., 1915-02-06
STATE SEED LAW PAYS FOR
STUDY.

It is the intention of the Minneso-
ia seed law to assist the farmer in his
seed purchases. Many farmers are
not acquainted with the provisions Of
this law. An evening or two could
be spent profitably in becoming ac-
Quainted with the Minnesota Seed
The Irish standard., 1915-02-06
THE DOCTOR AND THE FARMERS
WIFE.

DR.. Clarence J. Blake, of Boston,
tells the following story:
A farmers wife was found too
run down from overwork to respond
to treatment. She told him that she
and her young daughter did all the
farm house work for a family con-
sisting of her husband, two hearty
sons and two hired men, "And some
times when I go to bed at night and
think over what's on hand that must
be used tomorrow and what will keep
over and what must be cooked and
bought and all the rest I just wish
that my folks could have their Wet
uals made up into an inte-ment an
rubbed into 'em." journal of Home
Economics.
The Irish standard., 1915-02-06

Because Of mines beneath 1t, the
handsome 100000 Passionist monas-
terry at Scranton, Pa, has been dam
aged to the extent of about 1000.
The citizens, so far, have raised &c.,
900 for further safeguarding 1t and re-
pairing 1t.
The Irish standard., 1915-02-06
GERMANY RELEASES $40 HOS
TAGES.

Amsterdam, Feb, 3, via London
The Tijd, in its issue of Feb. End,
describes the return to Malines, Bel
GUM. Of $40 Belgians, who have
been interned and held in Germany
as hostages since the beginning Of
the German invasion Of Belgium.
The Irish standard., 1915-02-06

Richards was ap-
pointed to his
position in the
senate stationery
room on the rec
Ommendation Of
Charles Sumner
and Henry viii.
son. He is q ma.
tive of Massachu-
sets and was ap-
pointed from that
state.
Congress had
The Irish standard., 1915-02-06

Law, and its operations. A copy of
this law will be sent to by the Min
nesota Seed Laboratory, University
Farm, st. Paul, on application.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-02
PITTSBURGH IMPROVEMENTS

tFrom the Kansas City Star.l .
Thanks to Governor Brumbaugh, of
experiment Instituted by the city Of
the insistence of interested parties,
For many years Pittsburgh had a
hagrantly unjust system OF taxation.
Real estate was divided into classes
Homes in the crowded district paid the
dence neighborhoods paid less, and
tracts held out of use for speculative
purposes paid least. 1t was found, for
instance, that a man in a crowded fac
no lights, was paying $3.50 on the hun
dred dollars valuation. The owner of a
section was paying S1;O5, and a specula-
tor owning los acres in the middle Of q
densely populated neighborhood. was
paying eighty-thr cents.
Through the efforts of civic organiza-
tions public sentiment was aroused
and law was obtained from the Legis-
lature wiping out these inequalities.
This sentiment was used as the basis
for another advance in 1918, fixing the
tax on buildings at so per cent. that OF.
land, the reduction in the building tax
TO be made up by increases in the land
tax. The change was not to go into ef-
feet at once. but was TO be distributed
over a series of years, reaching COM
The first reduction of 10 per cent. in
the building tax was made last year. A
protest at once went up from specula-
J.
These interests were able to control the
Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce and
the city administration, and through
them the Legislature. But the repeating
law was vetoed by the Governor. In his
message Mr.. Brumbaugh said:
'1nasmuch as there is such a conflict
of opinion, and inasmuch as the law has
scarcely YET been tried 1t is well to al
low il to operate until a comma ndin e
judgment DEGREES its fate. Let the peo-
pie concerned study freely and fairly
the operations of the present law and,
If found after two years to be made
quate to the needs of the cities or un-
fair in its provisions. it can then be
repealed. To disturb 1t now when a
preponderance of opinion favors it is
unwise."
The attacks are likely to be renewed
with each session of the Legislature.
But the advocates of the new system
believe that as its workings are more
fully understood, its popularity will in
crease. Its effect will be to encourage
building and to discourage the holding
of land out of use for speculative rea-
sons. Such an outcome will be of ad-
vantage to the whole community. AL
though 1t will bear hard on special
interests that were expecting to make
money out of the growth OF the city
without making any return to society.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-02

brass tacks." as they say, how can
the farmer actually save money?
He must not be tight-hsted or his
farm will not be kept up: he must not
be a spendthrift or he will get into
difficulties that way. In approaching
bank for loan the man without a
bank account is handicapped.
The farmer who says, II wish to
buy twenty steers to fatten for mar
ket; will you loan me some money? -
Will stand a good chance of getting
the loan. If he says, "our best horse
died and we are hard up; the rent is
coming due and the insurance expires
tomorrow; won't you please loan me
S2o0?" the banker feels very sorry for
him but dislikes to risk two hundred
perfectly good dollars on a farmer
with such an unpromising outlook.
Close cooperation between farmer
and banker ought to enable most ten
ants to become owners If they really
want to own their farms. as they
should. Throughout the Central
Pennsylvania district, especially. this
relation is becoming closer each year,
to the mutual benefit of farmer and
banker.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-02

souled devotion to the cause and some
military brains. And she also will
have to free herself from the waves of
timidity that sweep her people almost
weekly. II 1t should develop that dur
ing the heroic struggle which the Rus
sian armies made against overwhelm-
ing odds England was retaining o.
100000 or more men as we'll as the
huge British navy for home defense
Englishmen will find it difficult to hold
up their heads in the presence OF their
allies. or anywhere else for that mat
ter.
The trouble with England is funda-
mental. There is a great deal of talk
there about consumption. But it Is
pure nonsense, for lack of sufficient
soldiers is the least of the difficulties
England faces. Conscription would
merely comphcate the matter BY filling
the armies with unwilling men. The
soldiers England has put in the field
are brave enough. although badly Off
cered, but the country as a whole lacks
the solidarity and real patriotism
shown by the French. France has
compulsory military service, but that
is not what is making the French army
the real wonder of the war. Every
Frenchman capable of serving in any
capacity is at the front now because
it would be impossible to keep him
back. He would be with his regiment
II he had to fight for the privilege.
The war, in short. has given a new
France to the world, but it is at the
same time confirming the suspicion.
felt first during the Boer war, that
there is dangerous decadence in Eng
land. II the real issue OF the great
struggle were between two democra-
cies instead of between democracy and
autocracy the possibility Of the utter
defeat of England would be viewed
with indifference by enlightened peo-
pie throughout the world, If not act
ually welcomed as a potential benefit
TO the human race. 1t is not too much
to say that England needs nothing so
much as a test by fire such as the
French people went through after Sc
dan. That might give them a renewed
lease of national life: renaissance of
national conscience; Jolt out of their
complacency and materialism. If they
come through the war with inal VIC
tory. but without a spiritual awaken
ing, the most sinister fears for the fu-
ture Of the empire will be warranted.
The huge national debt and the COM
mercial and industrial upheaval which
will be corollary of the readjustment
to peace conditions are apt to prove
too great a burden for such thor
oughly selfish and narrow-minded
people as they beyond a doubt now
are.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-02
PEACE AT ANY PRICE
louisville courier-Journal.I ]

louisville Courier-Journal1
1t Is one of the misfortunes of man.
kind that peace is not purchasable at
any price. 1t may not even be bought
as a continuing condition by huge
military and naval outlay. as the his
tory of all warfaring nations amply
proves. If the Rev. Mr.. Holmes
peace-at-any-pric league had upon
its membership list 100, 600, 900 Ameri-
cans, instead of 10000. their willing
ness to accept any insult rather than
accept the hardships of war they
would be compelled eventually to
bear, would bring upon them not only
insults and infringements of liberty,
but also conquest. And 1t is perhaps
for the good of the world that ma
tional fiabbiness of muscles, mind and
heart cannot become a national char
acteristic without becoming a national
danger. However horrible war may
be peace-at-any-price would be more
horrible. 1t is better to die with the
backbone standing up to the last as
the chief column of the temple, than
to exist supinely with the backbone in
a jellied state. Those who advocate
peace are righteous, and often braver
than those who noisily and thought
lessly shout for war. But those who
pledge themselves to peace REGARDLESS
of the price are either greatly mis-
guided or utterly contemplate. And
in America they always will be an in
significant minority.