Bablet to Woman Librarian.
A tablet to Miss Alice B. Kroeger,
first librarian of the Drexel Institute,
has been unveiled, reports the Phila-
delphia Ledger.
The tablet, which is of polished
brass mounted on black Belgian
marble, is placed on the pilaster at
the entrance to the library. It bears
the fellowing inscription: ;
ALICE BERTHA ¥ROEGER,
Librarian and Disector of the Library
Scheol in the Drexel Institute of
Art; Science and Industry, from
its foundation in 1892.
Died October 31, 1909.
This tablet is dedicated to her
Memory by the faculty of the
Institute.
Neck Shows the Age.
The neck frequently shows the evi-
dence of age before the face. Little
tell-tale wrinkles in front and hol-
lows back of the ears, long lines at
the sides, a dark ring around the
neck, the double (and sometimes
triple) chin, are not beautiful to gaze
upon, or welcome to those who pos-
sess them. Yet all of these could be
largely prevented. Tight collars and
stocks are accountable for many of
the lines at the side of a woman's
neck. The carriage of the head, and
even one’s position when sleeping, has
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same as a chicken for fricasseeing. Cook one-fourth pound
of sliced bacon in a saucepan with one-half cup of water until
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chin.
The head should be carried erect
when walking, says Woman’s Life.
When reading or sewing the chin
should never be
chest, but the book or work should
be held in a position that will allow
the an to be held moderately high.
Ibsen and Freedom.
Ibsen seems to be regardzd by the
anti-suffragists as their own peculiar
property. When any one nowadays is
announced to talk on Ibsen and wom-
an it is sure to be about anti-suffrage,
and so it was yesterday when Miss
Eleanor Ford expounded, reports the
New York Tribune, ‘Ibsen on the
Freedom of Woman’s Will,” in a
studio in the Carnegie Hail building.
In a dreamy, dull green atmosphere,
induced by lowered eurtains and
closed windows, thirteen women and
one shy young man listened to the
lecture, which wasn’t so tranquil as
it might have been, owing to the fact
that a near-Caruso in the music studio
next door had taken that time for
brushing up his minor scales.
Miss Ford said she didn’t know
how many of her listeners were suf-
fragists; she herself had reached the
soul-plane where she knew there were
no such things as suffrage and anti-
suffrage, but not all women were on
that plane, and some women were
making a lot of trouble these days
by trying to exercise their wills like
men,
“It is much more dangerous for a
woman to exercise her will than for a
man,” said Miss Ford earnestly. “Men.
are so busy doing useful, mechanical
things, building houses and bridges
and keeping the world going, that
they can’t do the harm women can.”
Then Miss Ford talked about Elida,
Ibsen’s “Lady of the Sea,” and ex-
plained that Dr. Wondel’s calm, mas-
culine way of proving to Elida that
she didn’t want to leave him for the
stranger was symbolic of the way the
men of to-day are settling the woman
suffrage question. :
“All over America,” she said, “wise
men are saying to women: ‘Very
well, if you want the responsibility
of the ballot, try it’ And when
the women hear this they know they
are afraid to try.”
“OwW-OW-WOW-wow-wow,”’ remarggd
the near-Caruso next door in a de-
scending scale. And a suffragist in a
rear seat lookéd as if it did her a lot]
of good to hear ky sentiments thus
expressed.
Fashjon Notes.
The new coat buttons are goBgebus,
depending upon enamel, jewels and
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Softnéss and fullness in attractive
lines result from the shirring that
‘has again {invaded the realm of dress.
. Belts are worn in a very high,
round line, their great length making
them take a quaint, short-waisted ef-
fect.
Square and oblonz ‘buckles, huge
in size and covered with spangled or
jeweled fabrics, are seen on many. of
the new gowns.
Among the new shapes in turbans
-are the Rembrandt, the Henry III,
| the Hussar, the De Stael, the Drum’
Major and the Napoleon.
Bedroom slippers, crocheted of the
tractive. The changeable cottons are
especially attractive.
Parasols will still have the very
becoming Directoire handle, and are
to be quite as elaborate as ever. The
canopy top is to be popular. :
Lingerie garments are narrower
than formerly. Every possible pleat
or gather is omitted and the lines
closely follow those of the outer
dress.
Blouses of figured net of black and
colors are made up over white silk
linings. The net, of course, matches
dropped on the] .
the skirt with which the blouse is
worn. ; ,
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Try out the fat, ‘remove the
pieces of bacon and put in the guinea meat, turning it care-
fully until browned. Remove the meat, add four. tablegpoon-
fuls of flour to the fat and gradually add one quart of stock
or water; stir until boiling, add one slice of onion chopped,
one-fourth of a clove of garlic, a little pepper and two level
the meat and stew slowly one hour,
Remove ‘the fat from the sauce and strain it over the meat.
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The colored lace veils which have |
1 been worn to some extent the ‘past
season, will continue in favor. The
white lace ones, however, have had
their day.
There
vogue for spiral effects.and cross
bands, and especially does this idea
seem exemplified in afternoon and
evening gowns.
Buttons will be used less ar trim-
ming, but more than ever for fasten-
ings. An innovation will be the
trimmed buttonholes, fancy braid
being used’ for this purpose.
Anything Russian seems to be in
style.
of white linen, hand-embroidered, or
of a fancy white pique, piped with a a
color to match the gown.
~ An attractive hat is that made with
a crown of embroidered muslin, while
the brim is of some fine Italian straw.
The sole trimming is a crush band
or a few simple bows of black velvet.
ribbon.
Only For Baby’s Sake.
“Prof. Frear, of the Pennsylvania
State College,” said Herman B. Win-
ter, of Philadelphia, who is at the
Arlington, “not so very long ago dis-
cussed in Harrisburg the eighty-three
kinds of breakfast food that he re-
cently tested for the Government.
‘“ ‘Most of them were very good,’
said Prof. Frear. ‘The taste test in
most cases was pleasure rather than
work. ‘To make work out of it would
be to act like a little boy I knew in
Bellefonte. :
‘“ ‘This little boy’s mother went the
other day to a reception, leaving the
baby in Jimmy’s care. With an in-
jured look Jimmy said on her return:
“Mamma, I wish yod wouldn’t make
me mind the baby again. He was so
bad that I had to eat two mince pies
and half the fruit cake to amuse
him.” ’> ’—Washington Herald.
Neighborly Politeness.
“The late James Whistler and Dr.
Sir James Browne Crichton at one
time dwelt next door to each other.
Whistler had a very fine garden, and
as the doctor was fond of flowers he
permitted his neighbor to have a door
into it. Sir Jamies’ servants gather-
ing and destroying the flowers, Whist-
‘ler sent to inform him that he would
nail up the door.
caustically replied:
I “Tell him he may do anything but
paint it.”
“And tell him,” rejoined Whigtler,
‘that ‘he may say what be will, I'll
take anything from him. except
To this Cricaton
physm.’—New York Times.
heavy mercerized cotton, are most at- |
is at present in Paris a
The new Russian collars are:
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“fashion,
“Double Fruits.
Nicholas.
Double fruits may originate in
either of two ways. Sometimes,
when the fruits are very young, they
‘may become accidentally pressed to-
gether so tightly that they crush
together, as it were, and may then,
as they become older, grow into one
mass at this junction. This is a kind
of grafting. This, however, is not
the common origin of double struc-
tures. All fruits, like buds andthe
beginnings of leaves, originate in a
mags of very soft cells which are
easily affected by mechanical infiu-
ences. If one of these soft young
structures, which tends to grow as a
unit, becomes injured at its very tip,
which is the place of most active
growth, the growth ceases at that
point, but continues to grow without
making an effort to reunite the two
parts. The injury may be caused by
the bite of an insect, or by some
other externgl cause; or it may be
gome one of the various influences
we call “internal,” although there is
probably no real difference between
external injuries and internat infu-
ences. In this way originate not only
double fruits, but double leaves,
That Settled It.
‘Superintendent of Insurance Wil-
liam H. Hotchkiss said at a dinner
in New York: :
“There are not so many ‘people
buying annuities from the insurance
companies as there used to be. This,
perhaps, speaks well for human na-
ture. An annuity holder, you know,
is apt to be selfish.
“I heard the other day, though, of
an annuity holder against whom the
charge of selfishness could not be
brought.
“This man lived on and on. Year
after year his annuity was paid. Fi-
nally, when his age seemed about
{ 110, the company sent a special agent
to his house to make sure that James
Montrose in his proper person was
| really getting the annuity.
“The agent found James Montrose,
an aged man, but hale, making a
chicken coop in the back-yard.
‘“ ‘Are you Mr. James Flagg Mont-
rose?’ he asked.
“i Ves, sir, 1 am? the old man an-
swered,
““‘Are you the Mr, Montrose who
draws the annuity from ‘the Dash
company?’
** Ye, sir, I am, and my father be-
said the old man.”—Detroit
Free Press. si :
One Centenarian.
: Mrs. Elizabeth Jarrom, one ‘hun-
dred years old, the mother of eleven
children, is spending the end of her
days in Leicester Workhouse. Born
March 31, 1810, she looks no older
than seventy-five; however, her birth
record has been carefully looked into,
showing her to be a centenarian.
Though slightly lame, she is hale
and hearty for her age, and fine days
gets about with a stick airing in the
workhouse grounds. She smokes
constantly, and with clear memory
talks interestingly of times and things
long gone by. Married at the age of
eighteen, she has six living children.
Jer oldest living son is seventy-two,
and has an age pension. Her young-
est living child is sixty-two. Although
this old lady has more than a hun-
dred living great-grandchildren she
has spent the last twelve years in a
workhouse, a pitiful object of charity.’
England is a great place for ‘‘socie-
ties” of all kind. Why not one for
the old grandmothers over a hun-
dred years old?—New York Press:
Steel Barrels.
‘Not all barrels are made of wood;
there are barrels made of metal. A
steel barrel that comes from Ger-
many, used in the importation of an-
iline dye in powder form, is made
with a flat band of the ‘metal, per-
haps eight inches in width, around
the middle, at the bulge of.the barrel,
while the two ends of the barrel,
tapering from the middle section to
the heads, in. the ordinary barrel
are made of corrugated
steel with the £orFngations running
lengthwise.
The dye stuff is heavy, 600 or 700
pounds to the barrel; but the steel
barrel remains rigid and carries its
heavy load securely without racking
or twisting.—New York Sun.
Weak Legs of Ducks.
We never heard of trying the
greased trick on drakes. Now, duck
legs are” weaker than goose legs, so
the reason drakes were not used in
the .0ld-time game may be because
the legs of ducks would probably give
sooner than the neck, and the whole
duck would come away instead of the
head. All this seems to teach the
best way to catch ducks is by the
neck. Small bones in. their little legs
break easily. Never catch a duck by
the legs like a chicken. Put your
hand around her netk just below the
head, and do not squeeze too hard,
‘but lift her about as you would a_cut
glass wageer bottle, or, bmtter StH,
CAs.
From “Nature. and Scieiice: "in St. |
Now is when the house-wife will go.
all over the house, and dust the accu-
mulations of the winter's coal burning.
She will find that so many articles
need replacing with new ones. We
wish to let all know that we have just
what will be needed for the purpose.
To enumerate a few articles only: Cur-
tain Rods, Curtain Fixtures, Picture
Wire, Moulding Hooks, Clothes Bas-
kets, Chair Seats, Hat and Coat Racks,
Salt Boxes, China, Crockery, Glassware,
Toilet Sets, Etc. The most important
of all is, we have all these goods at the
right price. We mark the price all in
plain figures and have but one price to
all customers. We find that it makes
us too much trouble and very unsatis-
factory to the public, to work price
with the percentage off plan.
See Qur Hlustrated Bulletin For Dever
COME AND SEE
™F LUCAS.
MOSHANNON, PA.
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3 Gold as a Commodity
By Wiitiam Jamesbiz
OME writers on political economy pretend to “show that we
exchange the products of our labor for the products of the
labor of others; that money is merely the ‘medium or means
of effecting the exchange. This is in line with’ the specious
argument which lays to gold the cause of the ‘increasing
cost of living. In the concrete, money is commodity; it is
“goods” quite as much as hats and shoes, as they well know.
who are required te “deliver the goods” in exchange for
their daily subsistence. Gold is money, and money is com-
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| modity, governed by laws that govern all commodities.
There is absolutely no evidence adduced to indicate an overproduction of
gold. On'the contrary, if economic law is law, and that law says no quantity
of money can be forced to circulate beyond the quantity required by the de-.
mands of exchange, then, the fact that we are compelled to use other evi-
dences of value, in the shape of bank checks, banknotes, United States notes
and silver certificates to fill the demand for meney or circulation medium Of
exchange, solely because there is not enough gold to answer the purpose,
ought to set at rest the question of the gyerpraduetion of gold under present
conditions.
There is no denying the fact that extravagance and luxurious living are
factors in the cause of high prices for life's necessaries. The denial is of the
assumption that the production of gold is the cause. These conditions attend
prosperity, and prosperity has attended our efforts during periods of decreas-
ing gold production. What, then, was the cause of that prosperity, with its
attending extravagance and luxury?
The main, fundamental cause, in- a broad economic sense, of the present
: condition of affairs in relation to the high cost of living will be found in our
-| prosperity, and all those efforts which serve to continue this state of affairs
and lead to a further increase of the quantity of the means of satisfying our
wants will tend to multiply the means itself. This quantity of means—call
them dollars—represents units of smaller and smaller value as the quantity
imereases, if economic law is law, and in exchange for other commodities the
price of the commodity rises in reflecting this depreciation. - If your supply
of dollars increases and your quantities of other commodities decrease, you
have your economic law working at both ends and the middle to the discom-
fort of the vast army of toilers whose ‘waking thoughts and dreams cenire
on the question of making both ends meet.
+! Two Roads .
By William Stoncbridge
WO boys go through public school together, graduate from
the same college, are admitted to the bar and open law of-
fices a few blocks apart in the lower end of New York city.
They start on an equal footing, socially, Fnsneinlly and po-
litically.
One commenced to make money quickly by exorbitant
fees, “shady” methods and unprofessional conduct, with the
result that he never held a client, and after thirty years of
practice is now struggling along with a combination busi-
ness in a little office, with no regular income—still fishing for the unwary.
The other commenced by charging fees equal to about one-tenth. to ofie-
quarter that of his former classmate, treated his clients honestly and cane
siderately, refused “shady” cases or business, ang for years had been known
to give his service gratis when necessary, with the result that clients crowd-
ed his offiee and ever his residence, “He accumulated a large but homest
fortune, and in his Pate years: was elevated to a kigh jndicia] position, honored
and TEnces by id Irfende and Eis enemies.
ak a Florence mek, —New York iy