WOMEN; THEIR EADS BUSINESS CXRDI, THEIR W0RK MRS. BLACK A rROFESSOR. Mrs. Agnes Knox Dlack, wlfo of Professor C. Charlcton Dlack, of Bos ton University, lias been appointed to the faculty of the College of Liberal ArtB of the university as Shnw profes sor of elccution. Mrs. Black succeeds Professor Mnlvlna M. Dennett, who recently resigned. Mrs. Dlack Is a Canadian nnd well known as an elocu tionist. She was graduated from the Diversity of Toronto, afterward lak jg a course in Philadelphia. Blio iras at one time head of the school of hitlon of the New England Con atory of Music nnd Inter connect- f , vitn .tne ismerson college or ura- li New York Sun. I 'HEIR OWN IIAin PRETTIER. fhe American lecturer who tried to fersuaOo the women lu his audience the other day that their own hnlr was prettier, not to say less obstructive to sight than their spacious bats, Ig nored the warnings of history. No mall neo hat of to-day la so high as the lofty headdresses worn by Marie Antoinette, which were the despnir of poor, simple-minded Louis XVI. But when deprived of all possibility of being able to see a performance at the opera he presented his wife with an aigrette of dlnmonds, in the hope that it might supplant a headdress forty-five inches in height, the Queen promptly hnd the diamonds incorpo rated in a new headdress which was taller than all its predecessors. Lon don Chronicle. COWN OP AMBASSADOR'S WIFE. Though she is of American extrac tion, Mine. Jusserand, wife of the French Ambassador In Washington, is Parlslenne of I'nrlslennes in man tier and in dreRS. So her gowns may be taken as the newest expressions of the views of French modistes. She Is wearing street suits that are far from startling. One Is of London moke-colored camel's hnlr, with plain skirt and folds of silk braid. The coat is a modified Empire, brald- 03 a ChiM'olnto Pudge. Materials: One cup of milk, on cup of Bugar, one pinch of soda, three squares of chocolate and butter the size of an egg. Put the soda in the milk and scrape tho chocolate. Mix all together till when you drop a HUlo In water it will make a ball In your flnjjorj. Take oft the Are then, and beat until it la stiff paste, and then spread on a buttered platter. If desired, add a cup of chopped nuts to this rule, putting thein in Just before you take the fudge off the fire. ej CO fa 2 3 d heavily, and shows on a pale lav-' ender crepe bodice, with silver and black embroidery. Mine. Jusserand's bat for morning is a stiff, walking nape, with a great bow of black taffeta caught with a dull black buckle and a few loops of Jotted lav ender velvet. In the afternoon she wears a head covering at least a yard across. Her hats are almost always black, Dlrcctolro or Gainsborough, and worn at a rakish angle which few women can Imitate with success, time. Jusserand always Is clad cor rectly In the respect that the articles of her outfit match to the last detail. Shoes, gloves, veil, fan, parasol and mall neck ruff distinctly accord with one another. New York Press, KATE BARNARD'S MAYCIt. While matron of the United Provi dent Association "Kate" Barnard be came the controlling spirit In the po litical life of Oklahoma City. She was the only one who could Tote the slum independently of the sa loon, and, it need be, against the sa- 1004L "Hello, boys! Where are you accoraea a secona place Dy tne snawi going?" she would say to a group of shaped capes that end at the waist hat-rnnm hums tnwed to th noils bv line. a saloonkeeper. And while the sa loonkeeper looked on helplessly she would remind them that Bhe had sent John's little girl .to school and bad nursed Tom's wife through the spell of pneumonia and had found a de- cent suit of clothes for Jim, and had got worn lor mem an in met, unu helped to raise the wage scale for work on the streets from 1.25 to $2.25 a day. And then she would tell the boys that they must vote against the bad candidate for Mayor and for the good one because the good one was a friend of hers, and the boys would follow her meekly to the ballot box. Thus she elected first a Republican Mayor and then a Demo- cratlc Mayor, each time by a majority of 700. American Hagaslne. ECONOMY. An - economist of world-wide re nown tells us that it Is the men who earn the major portion of the wealth of the world, but it is the women who spend the major portion of the wealth or the world. Think of the power that should lie In that. It is safe to say that there Is not " ne successful business man who does Jpjow exactly the expenditures '...il'nrAflta nt marh ftanrtmant nt him business. He knows Just where to Increase his outlay and where he ought to . retrench. Yon never see a business man search aimlessly through books and papers for an ad dress or a letter. He knows where It U ana wnniei uu un in geuing iu One reason men acsompllsn much mora fiwrotally aa the re- j tnirU of their labor loess at bigger n ' favor, because they waste very little tltnf ; . ' through lack of ayetesn, says 'jane! The city ol Milwaukee has almost Loward Latimer. Women arc more abolish id the use of horses In all mu se lea creatures of nerves, ttm nlclpal denartmenta. thelr tlmo and energy and thought li wasted on non-essential thlngs.caused In most caBes by an entire lack of system. How many women know how much to spend each year to supply their famllles with food? How many women know how much Is spent for fuel? How many women know how much of the husband's income la spent for clothes? In other words, how ninny women know some of the essential things which are given Into their hands to keep wisely and dls jxmse Judiciously. You will all agree with me, I think, that these are lead Ing questions; and, In looking about you, I think, too, you will agree with mo .that fey women are prepared to reign wisely and with Justice In their own kingdoms. New Ilnveu Reg ister. PRYINO WOMEN CAUSE TROUBLE) Curiosity makes more discomfort than many another more censured trait. It Is equally1 trying for the pryer and the "pryee." To bother about what Is none of your concern is distinctly vulgar. The well-bred woman walls until news comes hor way does not go on still hunt for It. The curious woman may not mean Impertinence, but rarely falls to be credited with It. There is no greater impudence than to seek to know what others are trying to conceal. Curiosity is a malignant growth; once get the germ and soon it will aft'ey. the most trilling aralrs of UK There is nothing too insignificant to escape the peering of the inquisitive. As a distorter and magnifier noth- Ing Is In the clnrs of curiosity. It lm nglnes dagger thrusts in pin pricks and cannot rest happily until auspic ions are verified. rue curious woman is not only a nuisance to her friends, but Is thor oughly unhappy herself. To go through llfo with the belief that everyone has something to hide from you is misery. The curious woman need not think to conceal her falling, the prying look and roving eye isan unmistakable placard. Over-inquisltlvencss defeats Its own ends. The curious woman misses many an interesting bit of news that 'people keep to themselves rather than gratify her morbid desire for knowU edge that Is none of her business. - New Haven Register, Some charming little rod slippers have tvln rosettes of red silk and crepe. i Unlike the coat sleeves, those for frocks may be of a different material. if they match the dress In color. ' For tailor-mades ruchlng of linen, pleated tiny and extremely narrow - in fact, Just a line Is fashionable, ' Tn fur norlr ntaeoa tho flof -.trtl tm The walking suit that typifies the Directolre adaptations has a coat which escapes the skirt hem by an inch. A new chain girdle In various color combinations such as white and gold, Dioe ana g0ai taupe and gold, la very pretty. A stylish shoe suitable for formal afternoon functions has a patent leather vamp and uppers of dull black kid. A smart coat Is fastened across the waistcoat with frogs of green corded silk, slung from the buttons on the mitred cloth. Blouses, coats and indoor frocks carry long sleeves. With these, will be worn the two-button glove in heavy or light kid. The gauzy frock will ask for but tons of satin, the frock of satin or silk or meteor crepe de chine for but tons of Its own fabric. Those who cannot make Princess lace are buying It, for It is one of tie most fashionable laces of the season for trimming handsomegowns. The bias-striped one-toned mate rials which one finds among the broadcloths, prunellas and serges, arc ideal for women of stout figure. The fashion of decolletage Is worn more now. For afternoon wear the high neck is correct, but after son down the decollete Is the right thing. ' For tailor-mades cloth and silk covered buttons are more nsed than Anvthlne else, althourh braid and silk piping buttons are also In great New York City. .This softly drnped Hiid very attractive evening waist hns the great merit of being adapted to nl in out nil fiiRhlonnble ma terials. In the Illustration It Is in ado from one of tho new, soft satins, com- blnrd with heavy all-over lace. It In cludes the Directolre sash nnd is nindo with close fitting short sleeves which nre distinctly novel and at tractive. For .the plain portions all over lace, tho nmterlal embroidered or braided with soutnche, the favorite Burnous Cape, One Size. bet darned or treated in any similar way, all will be found appropriate, although the satin with lace Illustrat ed Is smart In the extreme. The waist Is made over a fitted lining and consists of plain and (draped portions. The draped por tions are crossed one over the other at the back and the sash is attached to them . beneath an ornamental buckle. The sleeves are very new, being slashed to form sections, and these sections are shirred and drawn up to make the little rosettes. The quantity of material required for the medium size is four yards twenty-one or twenty-four, two nnd one-fourth yards thirty-two, or one and one-half yards forty-four inches wide, one and one-eighth yards of all- over lace and one and one-eighth yards of applique for edging. Wooden Hatpins. The fantastic hand-carved wooden parasol and umbrella handles cut in animal shapes have been copied in hatpins and are seen nestling among the other trimmings on an occasional Imported hat. . The Tucked Sleeves. Jhere is the greatest amount of Interest shown in tho new sleeve. All the new ones are snug-fitting, have little fulness, and are shaped in to fit the arm from the wrist up. The Jeweled Comb. The new combs and barettes are so exquisitely set with mock jewels, which make them more than usually expensive, that devices have been de signed to specially protect them when they are in use. Many of the combs are threaded with a colored ribbon Telvet. ; New Style of Hat. One style of hats Is called the "run about" after one has measured the dimensions. fefe p If An Idea For Braiding. Many suits nre mado with quite) plain cutaway coats In which silts iaye been made on both sides of the front nnd through which broad sou tache brnld hns been run. The samo Idea Is used also as a decoration for cuffs, and tho slits are best button' holed, so thnb the brnld will not tear tho material. The end of tho braid Is mltercd and finished !n a silk tassel. The Knotted Snsh. Snshes,. knotted nt tho left side frontward are to remain one of the smart features of long skirts this sea son. Whether of silk or-sntln, they are always on the bins, nnd must be wldo enough not to have n skimpy look. Tassels or passementerie orna ments are for bottom (IiiIbIi, as well as the more elaborate danglers In silk pnssemonterlo, or they are fringed as we have had them. Three-riete Skirt. Every variation of the skirt that gives a circular effect Is to be noted among the Inter designs, and this ono is charmingly graceful and at tracttvo, whllo It 3 qtilto novel and gives exceedingly becoming lines. In tho Illustration broadcloth lyjf I mmed with buttons and with stitching, but every suiting and every skirting mi' terlal is appropriate Tho darts in the front portion mean absolutely Bmooth nnd snug fit over the hips without discomfort, nnd the back can be laid In inverted pleats or finished in habit style ns liked, and whichever method Is used tho skirt gives long. slender lines. The Bklrt la made in three pieces, tho wide front portion and the two narrower ones, which form tho. sides and back. The front portion Is fin- Scml-Prtncesse Gown in Empire Style, 32 to 40 Bust, lshed It Its lower and side edges and arranged over the sldo gores, then attached to position as illustrated. The closing Is made invisibly at the back. The quantity of material required for the medium size is six and one fourth yards twenty-four or twenty seven, four yards either forty-four or fifty-two Inches wide. Latest in House Gowns. Even the ordinary house gown worn at home will have the long, flow ing skirt. The short, trimmed one is quite out of date. If women have not sinuous figures they must appear to have them by putting on swirling skirts and shoulder drapery. Longer Hatpins. .'V-.,ti-: The hatpin is many times longer than It used to be, or It would not reach from one side or the crown to tb other. IRON TRADE REVIEW Glx hundred Thousand Tons of Old Material Still In Dealers' Hands. Cloveland. Tho Iron Trade Review says; Although the usual holiday dullness Is being experienced, the market Is not weak anywhere. Since the tariff controversy became animated a con siderable falling off in specifications on steel products has been noted. The starting of one furnuce at the great plant at Gary, Ind., December 21 marks the beginning of manufac turing at that new Industrial center. With the year's business practically ended, some interesting statistics on the structural market are available The American Bridge Company deliv ered about 350,000 tons and contracts for about 200,000' tons aro being car ried over Into the new year. Inde pendent Interests turned out about 800,000 tons of structural material, principally on orders booked during the year, as tho tonnage was not largo. The Amerlcnn Bridge Company will furnish the 11,000 tons of steel re quired for the Chicago city hall. The principal sales of pig iron were 90,000 tons of basic to an Ehstorn Pennsylvania stoel plant by a New Jersey furnace company end about 15,000 tons of basic in eastern terri tory to othor consumers nnd 0,000 to 7,000 tons of foundry to the American Car and Foundry Company by a Tole do furnnce. The trade, generally speaking, Is quiet but firm. The Virginia rullroad contract for 1,500 steel cars has been taken by the Pressed Steel Car Com pany. The Lackawanna railroad has ordered 600 box cars and 300 steel hoppers from the American Car and Foundry Company and the New Or lenns Great Northern has contracted for 300 sttel under frame box cars from tho Standard Steel Car Compa ny. Considerable steel car business Is under negotiation and llkoly to be placed early In the year. Tlnplnte specifications were tho heaviest the past week of any week since the sum mer of 1907. A careful estimate shows accumula tions of old material In dealers' hands hold for higher prices amounting to over 000,000 tons, nearly 000,000 tons being In the Chicago district. MARKETS. PITTSBURG. Wheat No. S red Hy No. 'J Corn No 2 yollow, ear. ... ... No. D yellow, libelled Mlind ear ... 94 iM li li; 61 i 8J 14 00 K HI m oo 0) 24 SI 8 " 8 00 S7 V 61 Oats No. S white., No. 8 white 1 Flour Winter patent H0 Fancy straight wlntora Hay No. 1 Timothy 130) ClOTor No. 1 115) Feed-No. 1 white mid. ton W W llrnwn middlings '28 01 Bran, hulk Mttl 8:raw Wheat 7 04 Oat 7 00 Dairy Products. Batter Elgin oreamery I ?0 Ohio creamery 24 Fancy country roll 10 Cheeee Ohio, new 14 New York, new 14 Poultry, Etc. ITena per II) t II Chicken dressed 18 Kg l'a. and Ohio, frosh 2) Fruits and Vegetable. Potatoes Fancy whits per bu . . . . si Cabbage per ton I Onions per barrsl goo as 8 to BALTIMORE. Flour Winter Patent f 1 70 5 80 Wheat No. S red 1 01 Corn Miied ; 71 78 17 1 Batter Ohio creamery 98 U PHILADELPHIA. Flotir Winter Patent.. ...........$ SU ft 7) Wheat No. red 87 Corn No. 2mlied -18 k8 Oats No. white i,t M Butter Creamery SO 81 Psnnsylrania flrsts 8 M NEW YORK. Floor Patents 4 8 80 8 8) Wheat No. red ID Corn No. 1 81 W Oats No. S white 54 U Butter -Creamery 80 8 Kggs State and PsnnsylTanla.... 87 Si UIVE 8TOCK. Union 8tock Yards, Pittsburg. GATTX.S Extra, 14(10 to I MO pounds.. 8'0 1 7 Prime, 18U0 to 11)0 pounds... 6iS 14 8 .) Good. VAKi to 1 ft) nnnml. hlW. S I I Tidy, low to ll.TO pounds. 2V. .78 Fair, WW to 110, pounds 40J ,4 8 10 Common, 700 to 900 pounds. . 8) .4 4 DO Hull 800 .488) in 180-J ia BOJ BOOS Prime, heary.. 8 90 Prime, medium weight. 6 7Jt41 73 Best heary Yorkers 8 6) i 5 68 Light Yorkers...... 5 15 , j 25 800 4 i 10 KOUKhS. 4 Z . An " ..v.':;.:::. ,i w SHISP Prima wethers.. 4 t . I........:::::::::::: ; r; 5 ; ?; Fair m I1 - Bn .... u m Spring l.mb. . 40) 1 j Veal calTea a.,, . . Heavy to thin calres "I!";.'" 8 SJ 2 ftjj USE FOR STRAWBEERY BA3KST3. Take four quart baEk-ets, cover with a layer of cotton wadding, then shirr pretty cretonne or silk and cover leaving a half-Inch ruffle at tho top for a heading; sew together, making four compurtmirnts, and finish with a ribbon bow on centre. This makes a pretty and convenient work basket, and would also be usoful and orna mental, placed on a dressing ease, as a receptacle for Tnlsccllaneorn arti cles. If a smaller bn.s'rt U desired, use the pint ba3'ipts such as rasp berries came in. Tieptnn Tost Farmers, we are told, are at least as contented as city folk. They need no more coddling and looking after than fiaW-wellers, to put It very mild ly. Why turn the kindly search-light on tho cornfieWs, demands the Rich mond Tlmes-THspateh. nnrt nay no at tention to the teeming evils of the tenement? JUSTICE OF TM1C PEACE, Per.slop Attorney and Real'.EataU Ageat, RAYMOND E. BItOWN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, HftOOKVILLH, Pa. 57 m. Mcdonald, ' ATTOIINEY-AT LAW, Rf.il fNtato agent, patents secured, col lerp.nrn muds promptly. OOlooln Syndic! 'Hilling, Kuyiiuldsvltlo, Pa. Siimf M.MtjgitEiaiiT, ATTOIlNEY-AT-LAVr, Rotary public and real estate agent, OnV lertlnnl will receive prompt ntltintlon. Olfloa In tho Knynolilxvlllo Hardware Co. building, lain atreut ItiynoltMvllle, l'a. D. E. HOOVER, I'ENTIST, Iteslilent dentist. In the flnover buildlaf Main street. UtmllonoHS la operating. I)It. L. L. MEANS, . DENTIST; OftVe on second floor of the First Natloaat bank building, Main street. D. H. DeVEUEKINO, DENTIST, OftVsnn second floor of the Syndicate bulla ng, Main fttreot, Kuynulilsvllla, Pa. IIENIIY PIUESTEH 6, ""STAKER, Black and whlts Jneralcars. Mala street, b n 1.1 - ti - i i I, rIOMINENT PEOPLE. Ex-Judse Gary, head of the Steel TritBt, visited the Rowery Mission, and gave money to aid It. J. Plcrriont Morgan bought a Chi nese rtij? from the Governor Wlnthop Ames estate for nearly $75,000. John 1). Rockefeller was coached by his lawyers preparatory to taking the stand In the Standard on hear ing. Governor-elect Lllley, of Connecti cut, appointed -Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., as fticle-rte-ramp on his staff, with tho rank of major. Victor If. Metcalf, in his last, an nual report ns Secretary of the Navy, Nrgcd tho creation of tho rank of vice-admiral In the navy. Presldr-nt-olect Trft assured John Tlnrrett liK'.t everything possible will be done to promoto harmony among the Latiu-Amerlran republics. Rear-At'rnlral Eviins in n magazine article sni:l t'nnt. the latest ships built for the I"nit"d Slates navy are vastly; suporlor to England's Dreadnausht. Ambassador Reld, speaking at the American Society dinner, In London, predicted four prosperous years In this country for both capital and la bor. President Roosevelt is expected to lecture nt the Sorbonne, in Paris, in 1909, on tho llfo work of the Mar quis da Lafayette. He will come to Paris after lecturing In Oxford. J. Plerpont Morgan and Waldorf Astor are on the advisory committee of the Golden West, an American In dustrhs exhibition, which is to be held In Earlgeourt, London, next May, wi wiih:ii exMHimvB prepartiuons nave already been made. WInslow Homer, one of the great est of American genre painters,, has done no work for a year on account of his grief over the loss of valued: family heirlooms and relics which! were stolen by burglars from his house in. Scarboro, Me. ; FEMININE NEWS NOTES, It Is said that the women voters of Denver elected Judge Llndsey, of the Juvenile Court. f Mrs. Hattle Molr Koch, once known as "The Belle of the Switchboard," sued in Brooklyn for divorce. Ida Hawley, a comic opera star, died in a New York private hospital after an operation for appendicitis. the engagement of Miss Beatrice Ogden Mills to marry the Earl ot Granard was announced in London. Miss Madeline Edison, daughter of Thomas A. Edison, is said to be fol lowing in her father s footsteps as an Inventor. Miss Helen Chaffee, daughter of Lletitenant-General and Mrs. Adna R, Chaffee was married to Lieutenant John Hastings Howard, U. S. A., at Los Angeles, Cal. Mrs. Julia Ward Howe's reply to Mrs. Humphry Ward's paper on the suffrage question in America has been published a a leaflet and copies are being bought by the thousand. The latest American woman to "in vade," to conquer Paris and to win universal admiration for her courage and learning Is Miss Florence Hay wood, of Indianapolis. She has in stalled herself as a guide to the Louvre. Miss Margaret H. Steen, Smith Col legs, '08, has won the prize of $50 ofTered In 1907 by the Consumers' League, of New York, for the best essay on the league written by an undergraduate of a woman's college. The announcement was sent to more than 400 colleges.. It seems to most theatregoers to be but a few years since Mary Ander son, now Mme. de Navarro, in all her fresh youth and beauty, was one ot the most prominent figures on the stage. But recently she celebrated her fiftieth birthday. She is now liv ing on a pretty farm in Worcester shire. Epi,1l"lt Blind Workers in Vienna The 'promoters of the Institution for the Blind in Vienna seem very pleased with the result of the first eight months of Its existence. All tho workers are blind, and they are engaged In the manufactin ol brushes and baskets. Up bo th" pres ent about 23,000 kronen wortfi of or ders have been executed, sa-' wiroe thing like $4.000 and a-f'- nrofit -has ben realized The sort tv.haS' now . undeT consideration t - "ro posal to enlarge the worksh-" The wares are put upon the rr t In fair competition with the p- of other kindTed factories. Ph'b i'.:phla Record. .
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