A JTL HOUSEHOLD WtNfi lb a: 5 lli.-hop Potter on Women. Tha night Keverend Henry C. Pot ter, Bishop of New York, is writing for Harper's Bazar a remarkable icr:e3 of papers on women their recreations, their progress, and the rest. Concerning the progress of women, Bishop Potter says: "In a word, no more tremendous chEnga has come to pass In the last half-century than that which has oc curred in the rea'.m ot woman. That chnno has not, of course, been so great In Western as in Eastern lands; for, hi the former, those great ideas which had been at work, as in Eng land, from the times of King John and the barons, have produced their appropriate results in the emancipa tion not alone ot men, but also of women. But whether in Europe or America, two forces have been at work in connection with the status of women, one of them progressive, and the other conservative one of them demanding for both sexes equal rights and privileges, and the other appealing to the Bible for the Scrip tural warrant for regarding woman as an inferior and for keeping her in bondage. A Chinaman, when remon strated with for holding the women of his house fast bound to the ancient custom of deformed feet, replied, 'My wife can't walk, and so she stay at home;' and even an Apostle, in recit ing, as becoming in woman, graces which he accounted as pre-eminently praiseworthy, brackets with some of chlefest value the words 'keepers at home.' "In other words, it is undeniable that half a century ago the ideal woman was domesticity; and the vir tues which find their fittest sphere in the retirement of the home were ac counted of pre-eminent value. But all that Is changed, and it can never be forgotten (and I pray Heaven that it never may be!) that such services as Dorothea Dix and Florence Night ingale and Sister Dora and their kind have Illustrated were not rendered by staying at home." New Use For Chicken Feathers. That it pays to breed the best fowls, and only the best, true to color and shape, is truly exemplified by the latest law of Dame Fashion. Some time ago the Audubon Society, with a great amount of zeal and the flar ing of trumpets, succeeded in having passed a law which prohibited-the wearing of wild birds' feathers upon women's headgear. Their great hue and cry about depleting the woods and forests of their gay plumaged and sweet songsters to supply wom an's vanity, which they declared was both unnecessary and cruel, led to the passing of the law that forbids woman from adorning her crowning creation with the pretty and fancy feathers which added so much to her appearance. While the gay and happy wild birds are singing their lay, and gaily hop ping from tree to. tree In the woods totally unmolested by the millinery hunter, the chicken, which is really a bird, but not considered as such by the mandates of the law, and is scorned by the members of the Audu bon Society, has been literally pounced upon by the millinery hunter as an able substitute for his erstwhile prey, the bird of the forest. How well the chicken, the ordinary "bird of commerce," has succeeded in ful filling its mission may best be seen by the innumerable number of "chicken feathers" being worn on the ne"w spring hats. A prominent milliner Is authority for the statement that the feather decorations on the fall and winter hats will have to be sup plied by the hitherto despised chicken feathers. Several unique and very pretty specimens of fall styles were shown by this dealer and possibly the most "chic" confection was one which was covered with the body of a pure, white Wyandotte, all of the plumage being used except the head. The wings and breast were strikingly pretty and the whole so arranged as to form a "dream in white." The average person has no concep tion as to the beauty ot the fowl's plumage particularly the residents of New York City, who see fowls only In their market state. The innova tion bids fair to become popular, and In so doing will add a material side line to the poultry business. This will be felt only by the breeder of pure blooded stock, as the require ments of the milliners demand that the plumage must be perfect and of an even color. The possibilities for combinations are numerous and the most exacting tastes can fee gratified by the various colored and bi-colored plumage only of the pure bred fowl. Social Changes in London. Mrs. George Cornwallis West, for merly better known as Lady Ran dolph Churchill, has an interesting article in Harper's Eazar in which she tells about London society as it waa and is. Certainly no one should understand the subject better .than she, and she says some very interest . ing things this, for example: "If material London has changed, so have' the habits and tastes of the social world. The season proper, as formerly understood, began on the let of May and ended on the last day of July. The winter session, which usually assembles in February and llts for six weeks, brought to London the legislators and their families, but from October to February the town was a desert with the exception of a few people hurrying through or do ing some Christmas shopping. As a winter resort London is becoming most popular, not to say fashionable. Amusements of all kinds are provid ed, an opera season, promenade con certs, skating rinks and exhibitions bring people up from the country. The restaurants are (Crowded, and when an autumn session is provided by a Government and party greedy for work, it is pot to be wondered at that many prefer the winter in Lon don to the bleakness of the country at that time of year. Reversing the old order of things, people are begin ning to let their town houses for the summer, that they may enjoy the nat ural beauty of the country in prefer ence to the heat, dusty' and noisy pleasures of the town. Two principal reasons can easily account for this; one Is the material discomfort of Lon don with its increasing traffic and noise, and the second Is the growing love for open-air life and pastimes. Motors have made the country so ac cessible that it has opened the eyes ot all sensible people to the folly ot wasting weeks, if not obliged to, in a hot, evil-smelling and noisy metrop olis. Even during the few weeks when the Season with a big 'S'-ls at its height, the fashionable world files from it every Saturday to Monday. Innumerable are the week-end coun try house parties, with golf, lawn ten nis or the river to nmuse and keep one out of doors. Mothers with broods of unmarried daughters find this kind of entertainment a better market to take them to than the heated atmosphere of the ballroom, which the desirable partis shun for the greater attractions of fresh air and exercise. "The lovely gardens which former ly were left by their owners to bloom unseen are now eagerly sought and revelled in. Consequently, the craze for gardening is much on the in crease. Every one aspires to be a Miss Jekyll or a Mrs. Boyd, and the merits of rival Japanese, rose, and friendship gardens form a favorite subject of discussion. "There i3 no doubt that luxury is greatly on the increase, although it may take other forms; the mode of living is becoming more extravagant every day. The young people who were thought to bo- well provided for with 2000 a year barely subsist now on 4000 or 5000. Every one lives well, a bad dinner Is a surprise. Houses are better and more artisti cally furnished, and every one enter tains more or less." Facts About Child Labor. Dr. A. S. Daniel, of the New York Infirmary for Women and Children, has dug up some facts about child labor that make a man's blood boll. In the New York. sweatshops he has seen children required to sew on but tons at the age of three and to hem trousers at the age of six. He as serts that he found an eighteen-months-old baby earning fifty oents a week; the baby was Bick, but its mother wouldn't let it be taken to the hospital, as she "needed the money." Dr. Daniel reports that "children of three and four years work with their parents, the elder children, and pos sibly lodgers in the tenement work room. Children of six stitch the hems of trousers, and those of three or four, when not sewing on buttons, pull out the basting threads, "These little ones, in artificial flower making, put the strings through the petals and leaves, do the pasting of boxes, and put the paper over the rough cardboard. Then, too, they press tobacco leaves, generally standing up to do it, and this work they do for hours nt a time. The child labor laws do not protect these children, as they are not employed in shops or factories. Tenements are supposed to have a labor license, but it would require an Inspector at the entrance and on the roof of every ten ement to prevent work going on in unlicensed tenements. The only rem edy is absolute prohibition ot any but factory work." This damnable outrage defies the utmost resources of imprecation. It lifts Hood's "Song of a Shirt" to the rank- of a lyric. It makes Victor Hugo's chapter about the Thenardlers and little Cosette a dainty pastel in prose. Nothing that was ever written compares for grim horror with those awful sentences, so artlessly put forth by Mr. Daniel, and if New York hasn't manhood enough left in it to put a stop to this crime against child hood, it doesn't belong in America." Boston Transcript. German and Other Wnrslrlps. The revelation of the general trend of naval policy in the United States, Great Britain and Japan toward un paralelled concentration ' ot fighting power in colossal ships has. been un welcome in Germany, because the pol- icy of construction followed in the case of recent American, British and Japanese ships bids fair to rendei the German navy obsolescent long be fore even the scheme of augmentation passed in 1900 is actually complete. A. S. Hur in Cassler's Magazine, London, tu: a y.at v isi iiu it i s-.i 11. 111 iivii ii v:i Arnica lliT ' i m w i rT New York - City. The; gulmpe waist is unquestionably the favorite one of the season and many and charming are the variations thereof. Here is an exceedingly attractive and dainty design that as illustrated Is made from chiffon taffeta trimmed with narrow soutache braid and with gulmpe portions ot filet net, but which can be utilized for, almost every fashionable and seasonable ma terial. The waist Itself Is full enough to be becoming without being bulky and Is adapted to silk, to voile, to marquisette and also the simple silk and cotton mixtures, that are so ex ceptionally beautiful this year and that make such attractive warm weather gowns, while the yoke and the gulmpe sleeves appropriately can be made from all-over lace, embroid ery, net or lingerie material. In deed, embroidered muslin is especi ally well liked for this purpose by French designers and always gives an air of daintiness to any gown. The trimming in this instance Is bands of taffeta with the Greek fret exe cuted in soutache braid and with a finish of the braid but applique or embroidery can be substituted. In deed, trimming Is always a matter of individual taste and preference and can be varied again and again. The waist is made with a fitted lining, which Is faced to form the yoke, and itself consists of front and back. These last are tucked at their upper edges and are softly full be low while there is a trimming band arranged over the upper edge. The gulmpe sleeves are simply full, gathered into straight cuffs while the sloevos of the waist give a sug gestion of the kimono style. If de sired the blouse can be made entirely separate and worn over any gulmpe or the lining can be used as a gulmpe and the two finished separately. The quantity of material required for the medium size is three yards twenty-one, two and a quarter yards thirty-two or one and a half yards White Shoes. White shoes ot kid and canvas, ooze leather and linen duck are to be as much to.the fore as they were last season, which is saying much, but they will more often have touches of contrasting color in heels, bows and the "collar" trimmings that are smartly worn. Hats Are Neater. Hats are getting to be less juaint and neater in appearance. i i forty-four Inches wide with two and one-eight yards eighteen inches wide for the gulmpe portions, soutache ac cording to design. Pineapple Muslin For Gowns. Pineapple muslin, many dressmak ers say, will be the most fashionable fabric for light gowns. Mrs. Roose velt has a decided liking for it and it's the material for several gowns she Is having made which are masses of lace and tucks. Eton Jarket With Mandarin Sleeves. The jacket with the Mandarin sleeves is a graceful and attractive one that just now is in the height of style, and here is an exceptionally charming development of the idea. As illustrated it is made of pongee with trimmings of banding, collar of lace and edge of velvet ribbon, but the style is appropriate alike for the suit and for the separate wrap and consequently can be used for a great many materials. For the jacket to be worn over any gown black taffeta or natural colored pongee are favor ites, but light weight cloth also Is used, while available suitings are almost without number. A pretty fashion is the use of dark colored banding on light for the skirt with the little wrap made of material to match the bands, but there is almost no limit to the many possible varia tions. The Eton is made with fronts and backs and sleeve portions. The sleeve portions are joined to the fronts and back beneath deep tucks and terminate in points at both front and back. The collar finishes the neck and the closing is made invUibly at the front. The quantity of material required for the medium size is four and a t quarter yards twenty-one, two and a half yards twenty-seven or one and three-quarter yards forty-four inches wide with four yards of braid and seven-eight yard of applique. Wide Steel Buckle. . A very wide cut steel buckle con fining the many velvet ribbon loops at the back of she 'up-to-date hat is not considered extreme. Hand-Painted Skirt Border. The hand-painted skirt border is a thing of beauty. Short Skirts Fashionable. Very short skirts seem to be quite the fashionable cut for general wear, now to CtiHzo Broken China. When the next brenknirn taTroa place in the house I would sneeeRt that my readers collect all the pieces, great and small, and carefully p"ut them on one side. I have no doubt the time the lone winter evenfnes are here -the collection will have grown rather formidable. I want tell you how to make them Into " thing of beauty." A large nuddlne dish mnlrp a verv handsome flower-bowl when decorat- In the following manner: Procure some putty, and spread on the bowl Wltn a palette knife. Take vnnr pieces ot china and press" them into the putty; put them as close together possible. DUt do not let them nvnr. lap each other; no piece of china snouia De large. Before the putty is put on the dish the nieces of china should be arranged on a piece of paper as they are intended to be placed on the bowl, so that nil tti pieces may be quickly laid on the putty berore it hardens. Florida Agriculturist. Skorn and Skouse. I was invited by one of the men in the family to go with him one morn ing for a drive of ten miles, as he was going on business to see a bach elor. It was near noon when the business was completed, and the bachelor invited us to stay for dinner, and as a clincher to his invitation, added: "I'm going to have skorn and skouse for dinner." "That settles it," said my com panion; "we'll stay." As I had read all the newspapers in sight, and several stories in a mag azine I had found on the table while the business was being attended to, I now had nothing to do but watch the preparations for dinner. The "skouse" was made by putting some beef drippings into an old-fash ioned iron kettle, then two Bood-slzed onions were sliced Into the drippings and fried brown, then a quart of boiling water was added and several large pieces of the day-before's pot roast; now four potatoes were cut Into rather small pieces and put In the kettle with the onions and meat. When the potatoes were coooked, a little thickening was added, and I as sure you the odor of that "skouse" did make me hungry. The "skorn," a kind of hot bread the "home folks" had taught the baclrelor to make, was quickly put together, and I have never eaten any bread of the kind that was more pal atable. Two teacupfuls of flour, two teaspoonfuls of baking powder, one half teaspoonful ot salt, two table spoonfuls ot sugar, two eggs and one cupful of water were put into a milk crock and stirred vigorously, then put Into gem pans, and baked half an hour in a pretty hot oven. When the "skorn" was baked, they, for there was just a dozen of them, were beau tifully browned, and looked most In viting. When the dinner was put upon the table there was added to the above good crisp cucumber pickles which the "home lks" had made for him, and they also made the shells for Impromptu pies. This pie was made by pouring a glass of raspberry jam Into the ready-made crust, or shell, then a cupful of whipped cream poured over the top. Now, with good country butter and rich cream for our coffee, we had a dinner, it seemed to me, good enough to serve to the most fastidious. Mary L. KImmerly, Gage County, Neb., in The Country Gentleman. Saln3 With Tomatoes. Cut Into thick slices the remains of any cold boiled potatoes, and arrange on a dish with layers of fresh tomatoes cut in slices. Sliced onions may also be added If the flavor is liked. Make a dressing by mixing together a little oil, vinegar, pepper and salt; pour over the salad and allow It to stand for a little before serving. Crenm Soup. To make a delicious tomato cream soup place a cupful of tomatoes over the fire to heat, adding a pinch of soda and a little water. When heated through strain carefully to remove every sed and add to one pint of .boiling milk that has been thickened slightly with flour and but ter rubbed together until smooth. Boll up once, season with salt and paprika and serve with croutons. Corn Brend. A very nourishing torn bread is made with a cupful of corn meal, two cupfuls of cold boiled rice, one cupful of milk, one egg, half a teaspoonful of salt, a tablespoonful of sugar, butter the size of an egg, and a teaspoonful of baking powder. Mix .corn meal, salt and baking pow der together; add the other ingredi ents after melting the butter and put ting the rice through the colander. Bake half an hour. Strawberry Margnerite. Sprea'd nnsalted wafers or ordinary crackers with strawberry jam, leaving a little rcaigtn at the edge, to keep it from running over when heated. Beat the whites of two eggs to a stiff froth, add half a cupful of sugar, folding it in lightry, half a enpful of chopped nut meats, of any kind, nd flavor with vanilla. Spread ttd mixture thickly over the tops of the crackers, complete-ly covering the Jam and bafcs until firm in a slow oven. BUSINESS CARDS. JUSTICE OP THE PEACE, , Pension Attorney and Real'Estate A sent RAYMOND E. BROWN, attorney at law, Brookville, Pa. m. Mcdonald, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Real estate agent, patents secured, col lections made promptly, office In Syndicate building, lioynoldsvltle, Pa. gMITH M. McCREIGHT, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Notary public and real estate agent. 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Between 12th and 13th fits,, on Filbert St. Three minutes walk from the Reading Ter minal. Five minutes walk from the Penn's, R. K. Depot. European plan f 1.00 per day and upward. Amerloan clan tl OO-oer dav. ' Leech's I Planing Mill West Reynoldsville I Window Sash, Doors, I Frames. Flooring, STAIR WORK f Rough and Dressed Lumber, S Etc., Etc. I Contract and repair workiglven I prompt attention. Give us your order. My prices t are reasonable. W. A. LEECH, Proprietor. THE NATIONAL GAME. Flick and Lajole have knocked in forty runs for Cleveland this season. The Hudson Ri ver Baseball League disbanded at Poughkeepsle, on ac rnnnt of nnor attendance. Figures will show that Bill Cough lin has hit in more Detroit runs than any other member of the Detroit team. West Point has a classy shortstop in Prltchett. No big leaguer has a more finished stylo than the soldier player. , Bill Sweeney, shortstop, and out fielder Randall were traded at Chi cago to the Boston National League Club for Howard. For assaulting Umpire McCarthy at Toronto, Pitcher McCloskey, of Baltimore, was fined $50 and sus- pended for ten days. Otis Clymer was released by the Pittsburg Club to the Washington American League Club. Milte Lynch was released outright.. Lave Cross' baseball star Is on the wane. Tne once notea tmra oaseman has been relegated to the minors and: will play with the New Orleans Club. In an effort to stamp out betting In the local American League ball grounds, the Athletic management at Philadelphia engineered a raid on the gamblers. Ezra Sutton, one of the best known of the old-time baseball players, and at one time third baseman on the Boston team. of the National League, died in a private hospital at Brain tree, Mass. It has been definitely settled that Thoney will finish the season with Toronto. Orlmshaw will also stay with the Boston Americans until' the time for completing the deal. Sehafiy is now playing with the Canucks. Wallace, of the St. Louis team, is the first American League player to make fifty hits this season. The "Sacred" Devil. . "Tocdles," a little Washington boy, is. 4 years old and his mamma and papa think he's just about the best boy -that" :ever lived; but the other day', he got ', a bit cross about some thing or other and an "Oh, the devil!,1? slipped out .before he knew It. tit course,;- his mother was grieved and hurt, and she told Toodles so.' SUe explained' that he mustn't be naughty and that above all things hn must not, swear. "But, mamma," said Toodles, "It ain't swearing to say that 'cause there is a 'devil. But, my dear." said Toodle's mamma, "you muft not make light of sacred things." Buffalo Commercial. One or the mest pleasing features of courting a widow to the Charleston Post, is the masterful and artistic iway she assists in boosting tie game.
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