By William Hervay Woods.
(“The Prayer of Beaten Men")
We are the fallen, who, with helpless
faces
Low in the dust, in stiffening ruin
tay,
the hoofs beat,
rattling traces
Ax o'er us drove
the {ray.
*
Feit and heard the
the chariots of
gory,
Awaiting death,
shouts begin,
with our last
the victors
heard the
And glance glimpsed
glory
rot win.
“We were hut men
were holden,
could not read
walled us round,
Always our eves
Wa the dark that
enfolden—
We
fought
on the ground
she sald, marveling at her >wn words,
She spoke as one who is moved by
great, alien forces and realized that
i was the man's dominating will
which over-powered her
the horrors of which he told,
A few hours later
self following him through squalid
disorder and saw as in some tor
menting dream the swarm of sullen,
dissatisfied faces which peered
her own. At last, when he
with troubled, remorseful eyes,
“I did not know,” she faltered
His face retained Its sternness
and the hard lineg did not relax.
“You should have known,” he re
She was looking at him with a new,
attentive scrutiny, searching his face
his
“What she asked at
last,
“What
She
can I do?"
you willing to do?”
for a moment,
are
thought then
“Give us our own; and though
realms eternal
potsherd and the pot, belike,
are one,
Make our old world to know that with
supernal
Powers we
the
The
were matched, and by!
stars o'er thrown.
“Aye, grant ears to hear the
foolish praising
Of men—old voices
home-land,
Or else, the gateways
world raising,
onr swords again, and hold
band.”
our
of our lost
of this dim
Give us
thy
- From
Broken
zine.
Poem, “The House of
"—Scribner's Maga
Lae
Swords
«
ARAL tI E
The
Awakening.
By Adcla Louise Kimball.
XXL
When Bretton first ushered
into her presence Harriet led
carelessly, then turned and at
rprise and
] have
was
nod
gazed
hin
was whicl
efore her, tall and alert,
and eyes
inching
NCAR
thrown back
n clear, unf]
ed in a low,
man of t
nes i8
he Clayville mills.
Mr. Dresley
Harriet could not
tone vel
and disregard o
which she aw Delw
her
regard him with
with
AgRressive,
apes
them
to straighten her shoulders
an added aloofness
Mr. C attends to the busines
of the she said coldl
shall be abl ged to refer to him.™
The hot Hlood flow
to Breuton's cheek
flashed with a glint
“1 must insist upon
Drreglas it is of
mills.”
vou
of resentment
and his eves
anger
seeing Mr. H
the utmost im
of
c
portance.”
Harriet laughed
Insist!” she ret
Dresley, but it is
bother.”
“You!” His tone was harsh and full
of scorn the
elaborate faultlessness of 03
tume ‘and the rare, exquisite
ness of her face “You!” he
on, “and the lives of over 2000 are in
the hands of ——" He oft
sharply and turned aside
Yea!" she flashed back
“Go on!”
‘Of a thouzhtiess
an.” His fare was
eyes met
Harriet
“You
H C
hot to
on
am
really too
His quick gaze swept
her «
loveli-
went
broke
sell-loving wom-
stern and
8 the clashing of
drew a sharp breath.
her . gaze wavered ind fell
length she motioned
to a chair she
more gently, *
He did not
near the door
ward toward
with a flash
‘Dio
their
tee]
then
At
him
said
"e
turned and
Please go on™
what have you to sas
move from his place
but leaned a little for
her, face lighting
of eagerness
you know the conditions in
Clayville, of the cold and desolation,
the hunger and scanty waces or of
the inadequate, rotting buildings? Do
You, their owner, know anything of
this?
Her face had grown pale and she
paced the length of the room, then
slowly turned to him ;
“No,” she sald through tightening |
Hps, “the mills are paying”
“Paying!” he tossed back “Yen,
the mills are paying, but they pay |
with the lives of children and the!
food of women.” i
She faced him with wide, indignant |
eves. “What do you mean’ How,
dare you say such things to me?”
“How dare you not know them?” |
he taunted. “Come with me to Clay- |
ville and see what { mean” {
Harriet's face flamed and she won.
dered why she did not at once dis.
mise him, but the man's sturdy
strength dominated her even while |
she resented his attitude. She had
opened her lips to utter a sharp re
buke, but Bretton's words carried a
conviction which was filling her with |
steady, overwhelming dread, and
when she spoke it was In a low, re
pressed tone.
“% will go with yom to Clayvills,™
hia
she declaged An
excitement quivered
“Evemything,”
of
in her voice.
“You mean it?" he cried
clean buildings, higher wages,
You really mean-—
“New,
ade
instant they faced each
challenge and hostility
being replaced by a long
of understanding
Ag the months passed she
his plans with an eager
She became dominated by the spirit
of his forcefulness, and at length
when the work was co eted
Harriet went him over the m
she experienced a new,
exultation
When she and
Bether apon the
the train which was t arm
Harriet
which she
For
other;
was slowly
steady look
an
the
entered
zest
and
with is
strange sense
of
stood to
and
her from
that the
{faced
Clavville
world to
luxuries
would
had
sprung
Hretton
which must
take on new meanings
seen the toil fron
her
new,
bent abote
held a
which set
Harriet's
the
flashed
which lay
mind
life
he assented
noved forwar#®
Post
toward the mills Boston
Professional Woman in Italy.
if, to the
woman who earns her own living the
personal her income, it
larger freedom
from
however, custom forbids
control of
far
ition
As a
exactly
man bread
her profession
out tt
gives to her the
of complete exem house
i Care
eld in
the
fan
bread-win
the same
hold or
ne
esliocem as winner.
like him,
ke him. she FOS into ne
vorld to pra » it. fdke him, when
returns her home she returns
for rest and recrea She assumes
no houzehold
she 10
aon
She participates
She
Cares
drudgery
room--gept
always
her
in no household is
given her
dark, and
ready. and
her
own it
fresh,
ng
and cool
always awaiting
writing table,
with ink and
the
paper,
orderly array,
others in it also
with at one end
ar
pret
and
and
osgible,
ens, stacked in
var touched by
her
work
vy little i
be may be busy
personal adornment
Loo, is
table
box, together with any
ete of neodle or pillow lace
for her own
this
Wore
about
In
third
same
yet a table, and
the largest, standing
length of the room. and this ta.
ble Fortunata keeps her silk worma,
for, like every other woman in Asolo,
Fortunata is not above turning a pen
ny when she can, only in her case
the industry must always be a neat
and attractive one. And silk-worm
cuiture is all this. It is clean, quick,
taking but forty to forty-five days,
and pretty work, carrying, too, =a
high net percentage of profit. —Atlan
tic.
hy far the
0
—————— i do
Temperamental Toilet Table.
A very aged Englishman many
Years aco gave this advice to
daughter in a letter as to what a
lady's dressing table should contain:
The best beautifier a young lady
can uze in good humor. The best
renovator truth; the best rouge Is
modesty; the beat eyewater is the
tears of sympathy: the best gargle for
the volce is cheerfulness: the best
wash for smoothing wrinkles is con
tentment; the best cure for deafness
is attention; the best mirror is re
flection, and the whitest powder is
innocence.
“we
Held Her Age Well,
“Ah, Mr, Jimsoll!'” exclaims the kit
tenish lady with the plenitude of pow.
der on her face. “Yon must remem:
ber | am a daughter of Eve”
“Well, honestly,” replies the blun.
dering man, “you don't look balf that
oild."~Chicago Post.
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E
A
EY gh en / /
}
Ko 2 /
CLEVER MOTHERS.
“I say, who are you?” asks a clear,
sweet voice, as you glance about,
above, below, to wander beneath
green trees on the hillside.
right and left when it comes again
seemingly from just above your head:
“Who are you?’ and you catch a
glimpse of gray-green wings among
the cat briers. Ah, Madam Red
Eye! You will recognize her by
distinct black and white lines
her How she peers this
and that, as if she were eager to see
everything that is going on in the
trees about her, writes Margaret W
ledghton, in the Churchman.
In the scorching summer
tides, when the birds are all
except, perhaps, Mr. Grosbeak softly
warbling to his mate, Red Eve, the
Preacher, as some people call
earnestly inquires: “You see it
know it. Do you hear me? Do
beleve it?"
These little virecs, Madam
Eye and her hushand, are most
ticular about the materials
cradle, and the situation where It
to hung. After spending thre¢
days in considering first one tree and
then another, they at last fix upon a
tall, slender oak, and the nest ‘'s
swung from a forked twig. Oh,
a dainty little affair it is, and yet
firm and strong to withstand
driving summer showers and the wile
winds that with the thunder
storms. The inside {8 lined
hair, so
the
in
\'A/
TEN
Rs
eyes, Way
noon
Red-
for
is
be
BO
come
horse cool and
be low neatly-turned rim
cord wound six times
ly about the in and
among and
shreds w hit
er t
of
nest, woven
the fine
Here
Erass
and there
paper, r to the outside
"Just t mak pretty,”
am Red-Ey
Now
the
when
scarcely
little lady's
a 8st:
Of to
ns
gh
ange an terrible event
occurred the ecastward the
woods looked
had swept throu them
green br
day the
nearer
America we're
fix
tern it
don’t have the cheap,
tle
Europe
heap is get
jo ted 8 woman
persons’ lives
does seem
inns you fing
res
ob
The cafe life
people in Europe, but
ideal horn 1
Sach places are
cause of the conditions
mitted
er. "The
which wouldn't
European
ought to
They are
be small
tion on the water,
working giris can
in a nice way. At
driven on the stroet,
what that means
need decent places
sometimes wonder how on
these girls, with their wages,
to exist in New York
“The big hotel that was started
here some years ago supposedly for
working women has become so povu
lar with women who don't have
work that a girl with ordinary wages
even, couldn't possibly live there
The right sort of homes for work.
ing women are needed, but above 4
let us strive to gef wages up to a
living level."iNew York Tribune,
"i
LNGERIE RIBBONS,
fron
uere Le
immoral
that
Me Der
system, for instance
be
cadet
tolerated In son
cities The municiva.i®
do more for working girls
taxpayers. There ondlt
chances {or recrea
places where
oung men
thev're
know
the
parks.
meet ¥
present
and
Above all.
you
earth
manag
Launderable or lingerie ribbons are
merly in general use.
The majority of the threadings for
the tops of underwaists, chemises,
inch wide, while those used on petti
coat flounces, night robes, and negli
geer measure fully two inches
across,
This fashion so materially In
creases the expense of keeping up
the lingerie that the care of the re
serve supply of delicately tinted rio
bons is of importance.
As Mt is more economical to pur
chase these ribbons by the bolt, they
should be kept rolled up in their ur
inal paper ribbons, which should be
extended as nearly as possible to the
outer end of the roi.
Long-eyed bodking are specially
provided for running these wide rib
bons through lingerie beadings, but
for the traveler who Is prone to
misplace her toldst utensils there are
&
Pe?
- .
ZS
“ —
tag-enaed ribbons which come in two
yard lengths,
While all the staple pink, blue,
green, and yellow tints are still po pl
lar, ultra-fashionable girls are using
rose. vine, grape, dahlia,
and the virious
shades in lingerie ribbons,
Republic
St. Louis
DEVOTED TO HER BABIES.
Those who have known Mrs. O. H.
jelmont only in more recent
an able business woman.
ed at a desk where everything is in
order and goes the
all wellorganized offices
they ever ]
mother
the Duchess
W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr.,
nursery stage Mrs
Belmont never relegated
care of servants. Their
her
VEeRrs
by
forget,
knew, Hal a
she wus
of
and
the
were
0. H
them to the
Cots
in
i
i
’
the
little Her
still is pinned on
is starting
the belief that
rests in each
The
Mrs
she herself awoke at
wakefulness of the
faith in the future
the children, and
new magazine in
future of America
ing generation,
‘Baby's World"
it, will
Interests of ch
will
first
anes.
ery
she
the
ris
Belmont
entirely (0
as
plans be devoted
the
necessarily,
and thus,
ap
of
latest
idren
make its direct
All
infantis, all
in the treatment of in
4 .
peal to mothers the details
11 care of the
of the Woman's Christis
The statue
State of Illinois
eunlogizing Miss
made
she had
ed there &yv the
Addresses
were
the speakers declared
women and hap
Mra, Margarot
superintendent of
world “wider for
humanity
national
intion: Miss Bell Kearney, of Mis
giasippl, national Mre
Han H. Stephens, resident.
Miss
r
Ellis,
lecturer:
national
Anna Adams Gardner, na
president, were the speak-
glatue was decorated
carnations
Shelton,
1 and the
The with
and white
E. B
pink
Mrs
district secre.
Henry N
Ho i5e, Or
Rev
the
prayer,
BELMONT CHILDREN'S
FRIEND
There another side
H. P. Belmont besides that which hi
her to take a foremost place
ranks of the militant suffragettes
10 espouse the cause of striking
women. She is an ardent
children. Anything that con
the interests of the litt in
the cradle commands: her
and unbounded
and, busy though she still is with the
cause of Woman-—spellegq with a big
WeuMre. Belmont's main efforts in
the immediate future are to be con
centrated on the cause of children
Mrs. Belmont intends shortly to is
Ste a magazine under the title, "The
Baby's World,” and she hopes to
make it the most powerful mouth
plece of the neadd and demands of
children that ~an be heard anywhere
in the world.—~Neéw York Press
——
FASHION NOTES,
Jet is again used for hair oran
ments,
Hats are now made to match the
coat,
Most of the pretty wraps are of
mousseline with fur trigpmings.
The newest veilings are the six
sided mesh ones, of a heavy thread
Never were real laces more valued
from a standpoint of correct fashion
There are charming hats with huge
crowns of tulle.
Materials show a very riot of the
soft pastel colorings.
All of the old shades that were
used In cloths and silks are repro
duced fn linens and other washable
materials for the coming season.
MRS
in to Mrs. O
the
and
working
lover of
erns
mates of
fo
The Rational Hote
MILLEmIM, PA.
b A. BHAWYER, Prop.
for Whe travels
sleeping & partments
Que boot bo by
and from all trains on the
and Tyrone Ralirosd, at Osbureg
EE a a
Jno. F.Gray & Son
Buccdisors to. . ,
GRANT HOOVER)
Control Sixteen of the
Largest Fire aad Life
lnsurance Companies
lo the World, . ...
THE BEST IS THE
CHEAPEST . . . .
No Mutual
No Asessruents
Before insuring r life sce
the contrsct of B HOMB
which in ease of death between
the tenth and twentieth re.
turns all premiums paid in od.
dition to the face of the policy.
Momeyr to Loam om Fires
Mortgage
Office tn Crider’s Stone
BELLEFONTE Pa 208
‘Telsphons Conpretion
TIT IrIrTrererereTeeroeey
4
BEAR WITH BPEARS.
few
action of
HUNTING
During
had
number
years 1 have
killing a fair
biggest and
resting game of
and
last
the ga
the
of bears,
perhaps the most inte
"
Northern
the
Europe,
of these ani
and in
where | bh
thirty-six bears altogether.
WaYR
Finr
Bwede
occasion the lair
, and we soon
ide which 1
with my
:
h pole
ned
with
“W o »
iE
bear
} left to snap
ar with
r big
teeth
such
marks
My
FET ITF IFS SR TIT ITY YT yy
ATTORNEYS,
b. P. OREN EY
ATTORNEY -AT-LAW
BELLEFPONTR Pt
Oflos Merth of Court House
eee
wv. HATRINON WALKER
ATTORNEY -ATLAW
BELLEFONTR Pa
Cra, BOWER & ZERBY
ATTORNEYS AT-LAW
Eason Broox
BELLEFORTE, Pi
CLEMENT DALE
ATTORERY AT-LAW
BELLEFONTE, PA.
Office B. W. corner Diamond, two doors from
First National Bank. free
Ww G.RUNKLE
ATTORKEY-AT-LAW
BELLEFONTE YA.
All kinds of logs! business stiended wo prompely
Special attention given to coliections. Ofoe, 8
Boor Crider's Exchange. re
H. B. SPANGLER
ATTORNEY AT-LAW
BELLEFONTR PA,
Fractioss in all the courts. Consulietion
Eoglish and German. Ofos, Orider's Exch ang
Building yet
0 For Hote
EDWARD ROYER Proprietor,
Location 1: One mile Bouth of Centre Mall
gpear. The
tes
tie a bear with a spear in
» gummer time when the ground is
a serious business, although i
ard of Laps doing it, but the
is as lithe as a cat and uses his
with surprising rapidity and
Even in winter, when snow
hinders his movements,
needs a cool head and a
paw a
faree
somewhat
one
arm.
A well known Norwegian bea
hunter, commenting upon the use
of spear, when bear hunting,
her when rousing a bear from his
lair or when in pursuit of 8 wounded
tho
& 31
that
botiom end and the point held a little
behind body. When the bear
rushes at the hunter the latter steps
back one step and the bear spits it
one's
end finds support on the ground.
It is more especidlly in northern
Norway that the spear is used at
handed down from father to son
through several generations, the game
spear often having been the death of
many ® bear, Its handling requires
both great coolness and adroitness
and now that both magazine rifle and
revolver are used in bear hunting the
use of the spear is less frequent than
formerly. A member of the recent
Danish Literary Greenland expedition
relates how the polar Eskimo hunts
the ice bear with a spear, considering
it below the dignity of a bear hunter
to use fircarms.—From the Field.
sn ss ——————cs
Name Does Not Matter,
To attempt as Senator Conger does
to distinguish between blackmail and
bribery in the payment of money to
influence legislation Is merely to
quibble over the meaning of words.
The Senate has not gone into come
mittee of the whole to discuss defini-
tions but to investigate the use of
money to defeat a bill that was ine
imical to the business interests of a
member of the Legislature. The
question fs mot by what name the
transaction should be called, but
what its essential nature was and who
srofited by It. The rest may be left
to the lexi The offense
wishing to enjoy a5 evening given
attention. Meals for such ooeasions
pared on short notice. Alwam ln.
for the transient trade.
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