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Queen IIus Auto Crnzc.
Queen Helena of Italy baa taken
the keenest Interest In motoring ever
since its earnest days. She and her
husband possess Ave beautiful cars,
and the Queen not only drives, but
also has had lessons in the working
of motor machinery, and could, at a
pinch, effect repairs with her own
very capable hands. Indianapolis
News.
Does Not Wear Algret"..
Queen Alexandra has iRsued a pub
lic statement to the effect that she
does not wear dlgrets, and this, of
course, Is intended as a rebuke to a
cruel and horrible practice. The offi
cial statement means something more
i even than that. It means that no
lady can venture Into the Queen's
presence with these feathers upon her
head, and It means thnt the algret Is
stain pe J as unfashionable throughout
every rank in society. Royalty hns
Its undoubted disadvantages, but
something may be written also upon
the other side of the slate. The
power to make cruelty unfashionable
Is one to be envied, and every country
would be the better for an Influence
that is no less real because It has no
coercive laws to back it. Argonaut.
Inspiring nnd Otherwise.
"Isn't It an inspiring book?" ex
claimed the enthusiastic woman. '
"Oh, yes," admitted the' other,
wearily. "Many things are inspiring.
When I see a good play or read of
heroic characters, or the organist
plays something from Beethoven's
mass In D, I feel that life Is grand.
I am filled with zenl and eager for a
chance to prove my noble, elevated
point of view.
"Then I am called up on the tele
phone by some stranger who asks me
If I will please go up to the top floor
and ask Mrs. Blank to come to the
telephone Mrs. Dlank being a per
son I do not know and to whom I am
Indebted for nothing and the broth
erhood of man suddenly takes on a
pale, cold, blue tinge that doesn't in
terest me in the least. I wonder why
It Is?" New York Press.
With nnd Without', Curves.
"What's the use," exclaimed the
tall, handsome woman, mournfully,
"of having a fine figure like mine!
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Doughnuts. To four cups pastry Hour (once sifted) add
one and one-balf teaspoons salt, one and three-fourths tea
spoons soda, one and three-fourths teaspoons cream of tartar
and one-half teaspoon grated nutmeg. Work In one-half
tablespoon butter, using the tips of the fingers; then add
one cup sugar, one cup sour milk and one egg well beaten.
Mix thoroughly, and toss on a board thickly dredged with
flour. Knead slightly, and roll to one-fourth Inch in thick
ness. Shape with a doughnut cutter, fry in deep fat until
browned on both sides; drain on brown paper; dust with
powdered sugar.
"Now, there's Mrs. Blank, for in
stance. She is so thin and lank that
Ell comparisons fall. Of course she
looks perfectly stunning In the new
nipless gowns, while I well, It's sim
ply impossible for me to be com
pressed within one of them. I look
a fright, to say nothing of the pun
ishment to my vanity of having to try
to hide all my symmetrical curves-
and then not succeeding. When prin
cess gowns of closest fit were all the
rage, Mrs. Blank had Just as many
turves as I have. Ob, no, my dear
I don't know where she got them.
I am not Mrs. Blank's dressmaker
por her tailor. I only know she had
them." New York Press.
"Backbone" Superfluous,
' "The worst thing about having no
backbone," said the woman who had
been born without that supposedly In
dispensable member, "is trying to get
one. It Is a perfectly useless agony,
too, because if nature hasn't given
you a backbone, you can't get It by
any other means. It you once recog
nize this fact and submit to your lim
itations you'll find that you can get
on fairly well without a backbone,
nd when you realize how often the
thing that passes tor determination is
a mere disregard for or inability to
comprehend other people's rights and
feelings, you can hear up under the
contempt commonly meted out to the
'spineless.'
"A backbone is not nearly so nec
essary as people Imagine, and very
often one gets on a great deal better
without it. If you haven't any back
bone, you won't be tempted to butt
your head against irresistible forces
IWe are most of us helpless victims In
the hands of fate, and ordinarily we
might as well let ourselves 'drift as
try to mold circumstances to our will.
The drifting may be a mistake, to be
sure, but pulling against the current
may be a mistake equally, and the
first Is easier.'
"It I can't decide, I do nothing,
when that is possible, and let events
shape themselves as they will, and If
I must do something I do what I like
best or dislike least, as the case may
be. My own inclinations are the most
reliable guides I have ever found, and
I wish that I had earlier learned to
rate them at their proper value. The
powers that presided over my early
education contrived to Inoculate me
with the idea that inclinations exist,
as Herbert Spencer says, 'not for our
guidance, but solely to mislead us,'
and it took me a long time to learn
an
that when I went against them I was
certain to be wrong, and Bometlmes
disastrously and fatally wrong.
"Another thing I do Is to lean
shamelessly on any one I have found
capable of supporting my weight.
That, of course, has to be done with
discretion, because It Is painful to
lean on the wrong person, but when
you have found a Btaff that you can
rely on It Is foolish not to use It. The
strong like to exorcise their strength,
and It must be pleasanter for your
friends to give you the benefit of
their superior wisdom than to sea
you come to grief.
"It is also possible to avoid cir
cumstances that call for decision. If
you can't make up your mind quickly
you don't need to drive a motor cur
or steer a boat. Leave that to other
people, and let who will sneer at your
Incorrmetence nnd lack of courage."
New York Tribune.
Partiality Toward Sons.
The partiality which mothers are
supposed to show to their sons and
which some mothers certainly do
Bhow may do little harm In the ear
lier years of family life, when the
father, perhaps, balances it by a spe
cial fondness for hla daughters, and
when the buoyancy of youth carries
such injustice lightly. But on daugh
ters of mature ago it often bears very
heavily. The lot of the unmarried
woman on whom falls the care, and
even the maintenance of a widowed
and aging mother Is a laborious and
exacting on". Many such women
there nre, as every one acquainted
with our cities knows, working hard
all day and singling to carry home
evening cheer to one who makes less
effort than she might to greet t'nem
brightly. There Is a brother who
comes on a flying visit now and then,
bringing a gift none too generous, but
seeming large because it is received
all in one sum, and on him the moth
er's appreciation and gratitude are
lavished. When he Is gone, his ad
vice proffered without much knowl
edge of real conditions. Is quoted and
urged with an Insistence discouraging
to the Bister, and even the contrast
between his light hearted merriment
and her seriousness Is harped upon.
There are sadder cases still where the
money earned by a self-sacrificing
daughter Is persistently shared with a
reckless and improvident son, and
bitterest of all it is to the perpetu
ally returning prodigal that the warm
est affection seems to go. Habits
like these can hardly be corrected,
perhaps, in age. But mothers in
younger life should be on their
guard against forming them. Con
gregatlonallsU Bouillon lace is constantly em
ployed by French dressmakers as a
furbishing.
The dealers are making no disDlav
of fans so far, and there are predic
tions tnat the fan is not to be stylish
the coming ball season.
The high collar has come in again
on fur coats and Jackets, and is often
made of a different fur from the gar
ment on which it is used.
Little novelty stocks, often copied
from French models, are one of the
most striking features of the season.
They are charmingly made up of rib
bon of almost any fur even pointed
fox and black lynx.
This is a day when bags, little or
big, ostentatiously plain or elaborate
ly decorated, are put to a huudred
uses, from the shopping and automo
bile bags down to the delicate little
wrist and vanity bags.
While no skirt at the present time
can be called full, those designed for
soft, thin materials are often made to
fall in voluminous folds, but they
have the top closely laid in tucks t.at
produce the sheath fit.
The shortened waist and straight,
clinging lines of the skirt are features
that strongly influence the winter
modes, characterizing evening gowns,
dressy coat suits for afternoon and
other affairs of ceremony.
In gowns having the high waist
line, the top of the skirt is often
tucked, but If the gown is of chiffon
or anything of this nature the gath
ered top permits the soft folds of the
material to cling to the figure and fol
low the outline becomingly.
Each one of -the puffs arranged at
the back of the Psyche knot is held
in place by a large hairpin, and the
pompadour is now held by a pin in
stead of a comb. Some girls, too,
have gone so far as to add one to each
side of the knot.
felMiERBT(yQMElj
New York City. The lateBt
blouses are made with Just such long,
pretty sleeves as those and this model
can be utilized both for the separate
waist of net, thin silk, llngorie ma-
terlal and the like and for tho entire
gown, in the Illustration it Is made
of fine lawn combined with banding
of Valenciennes lace and with hand
embroidery worked In the squares
famed by the design. Cashmere
vt.h bands of silk or satin would be
pretty and effective for cold weather
weKr. while net, lingerie materials
and lace are charming for certain oc
casions at all seasons.
The waist is made with a fitted
lining, which can be used or omitted,
as liked, and consists of the front
and the backs with the shaped yoke,
The waist itself is tucked and Joined
to the yoke and the trimming is ap
plied on indicated lines. The sleeves
atan ran hA irinitfl with nr withnnt thfl
f fitted linings, and can be tucked, as
, Illustrated, or gathered, as liked.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size is four and three
fourth yards twenty-one or twenty
four, three yards thirty-two, or two
and three-eighth yards forty-four
Inches wide, with ten yards of band
ing and one and five-eighth yards of
edging. '
Black Walking Skirt.
A street toilette that Is becoming
to a great many women, and that has
style, though perhaps not as much as
when all of one color. Is the black
skirt in walking length, large hat of
black, and a perfect-fitting coat of the
new striped coverts.
An Odd Hat.
A decidedly odd bat Is one ot white,
furry beaver, with a band around the
crown and a long, f t bow at the
side of chamois, W
, A liovely Ooivn.
A picturesque gown Is of crepe ds
Chine in that shade of blue best de
scribed as hynclnth, with a draped
sash, also of crepe, in dull purple,
and adorned with embroideries of
purple and blue foliage and little sli
ver bells threaded in and out of the
leaves upon a slender gold ribbon..
, Wearing Green Tullo.
There is going to be a good deal of
tulle worn. Its new, heavy weave
makes It available as a serviceable
accessory. Bright blue will be more
favored than light blue, but parrot
and apple green are to be in the
lead, llows of this will be worn at
the neck on an evening bodice, in
front of the hat nnd to tie (lowers.
Rug Muff mi) Neck Scarf.
Scarfs that fit closely up about the
throat are among tho latest features
of fashlonnblo dress, and such a one
as this, combined with tho muff Illus
trated, makes on exceedingly hand
some as well as smart set. They can
be made from any fur or fur cloth or
from velvet or almost any fancy ma
terial. The mull Is made with the founda
tion nnd the over, or rug, portion,
which are quite separate. The founda
tion is made complete and the rug is
lined throughout, then arranged over
It and the two are tacked together.
Tho neck scarf is simply lined and in
terlined, while one end is slipped
through a band arranged over the
other by means of which it is drawn
up closely about the throat.
The quantity of material required
to make the rug and the muff for
either tho woman's or tho misses' size
is one and seven-eighth yards twenty
one, one yard forty-four or fifty
Inches wide, with two and one-half
yards for the lining for rug muff and
scarf and making the foundation
muff.
Corduroy Stockings.
The royal ribbed stockings In two-
toned stripes, which are often called
corduroy stockings, will be much in
style. They are In spun silk and in
lisle and silk. They are not inexpen
sive, but the spun ones are so heavy
that they would last forever and a
day.
Soft-Clinging Skirts.
The tendency toward sott-cllnglng
skirts now extends to below tho
knees.
: THE BOY AND LIFE :
X ON THE FARM :
The following very sensible article
is from the New England Farmer,
and we commend it to every father
on the farm1
It you are a farmer and you want
your son to be a farmer after you,
teach him from his earliest boyhood
to respect his father's calling. Instill
into his mind the fact that the great
men of all ages were sons of farmers.
Teach him never to feel ashamed at
tho senseless and threadbare Jokes of
would-be humorists over old Hayseed
and his lumbering old market wagon
and his qualntness of speech when he
visits the city and stares at the sights,
and does not make halt so much of a
fool of himself as the average city
man when he comes to the country.
Do not fill his life entirely with
work. Recreation is as necessary to
happiness and to a healthful devel
opment of the spiritual and physical
faculties as Is pure air, and there is
untold wisdom in the old saw, "All
work and no play makes Jack a dull
boy."
Encourage him when ho tries to
do, even If ho falls. Failures which
teach us how to avoid future disast
ers are successes. Make him feel
that you rest upon hit faithfulness
and truth In whatever you Intrust to
him.
Do not blame him when he Is not
at fault, even if things do not turn
out as you have expected. Never dis
parage his efforts. Continual dispar
agement breaks his boy's spirit, and
there is nothing more inspiring, noth
ing more refreshing in this world
than the broad, courageous, undis
mayed hopefulness of a manly boy.
Take him Into your confidence
early. Let him know what you are
going to plant In the'' ton-acre field,
and how you propo30 to make the up
land fields pay,
Don't snub him. The man who
snubs a boy Is unworthy to be the
father of a son. Let him have the
money he earns. You would have to
pay the hired man for taking care of
the calves and the cu'As; why not re
munerate the boy?
Do not disgust him with farming In
the beglnlng by telling him that ha
does not need anything but his board
and clothes now, because, he will have
"It all" when you are gone. Five
dollars when a boy is ten years old is
more than $5000 will be when you
are dead and gono and he has the
(arm.
Do not devote all the land to corn
and potatoes and "thlng3 that pay."
The garden and the orchard are im
portant factors in the life of the
farm, and the flower bed ought to re
ceive Just as much attention ,as the
onion bed where you expect to raise
the strongly flavored candidates for
th3 first premium at your county fair
next fall.
Do not starve your family for the
sake of taking the best of everything
to market. A broad and generous
soul cannot develop in a starved body.
Live in Just as good a house as you
can own, freo .'rom mortgage. Have
a pleasant, BUnuy living room with
tho books and papers and music.
Encourage your boy to invite his
friends there, and you yourself greet
them cordially when they come. The
lack of social privileges at home is
one fertile cause of the temptation
exerted by city life on the country
young man.
Sultan's Mangled Nome.
American and English newspapers
have a way of mangling the name of
the Sultan of Turkey. Often he is
called simply "Abdul" notUSng
more. Sometimes it is "Abdul the
Artful," "Abdul the Wary." The
proper way to write the name, accord
ing to the London Chronicle, Is "Abd-ul-Hamid,"
or, as some would trans
literate it, "Abd-ul-'l-Haraid." This
means "Servant (or slave) of the
Praised One," i. e., God or Allah. The
"ul" or "1" merely represents the Ara
bic definite article, which in writing
Is always Joined to the following
word. "Abd" is a common first name
with Mohammedans, as in Abd-ul-Kadzir,
Abd-ul-Latif, Abd-ul-Azlz.
"Abdul," with or without the Ha
mld, makes nonsense, but no one
seems to notice it. On this principle
George du Mauricr might be called
'Georgedu" for short, and T. P.
.O'Connor would lose his nationality
under the Italian looking disguise
ot "Thomaso." Kansas City Journal.
Vainest of Efforts.
Very rash was that young O. S. U.
professor who openly announced tho
other day that he had a strong aver
sion to the popular "rat." "No worn
'an who wears a rat shall ever become
my wife," were his exact words. As
if he knew!' As if he were capable of
understanding the mystery of a wom
an's hair to begin with, and as If, in
the second place, he knew who was
going to set her cap at him. Why,
some woman with very widely padded
tresses may decide to marry that in
nocent young professor, and in all
probability he will be as helpless un
der those circumstances as many an
other young man has been. At any
rate he probably will be convinced
that his fiancee has a luxuriant crown
of glory all her own. Ohio State
Journal.
leather Shoes For Horses.
A French inventor has been trying
to solve the horse shoeing problem.
He has produced a horseshoe of leath
er which is secured to the hoof by a
mixture ot cement and asphalt. Suc
cessful trials of the device are said to
have been made in Paris. Horsemen
will be skeptical. The iron shoe is
not satisfactory, but has never been
Improved upon. Boston Advertiser.
JUSTICE OF TBI PEACE,
Per.slon Attorney and ReaKKstate Ageae,
RAYMOND E. BROWN,
attorney at law,
Drookyillk, Pa.
rj, m. Mcdonald,
attorney-at-law,
Real estate agent, patent secured, col
lections mad promptly, utiles lo Syndicate
valuing, Ueynoldsvllle, Pa.
SMITtf M. MoCKElOUT,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Notary public and real estate agent. Oct
lections will receive prompt attention. Office
In the ReynoldHville Hardware Co. building,
Main street lluynoldsvllle, Pa.
QR. B. E. IIOOVEH, '.'
DENTIST,
Resident dentist. In the Hoover buildlnf
Main street. Gentleness lo operating.
1)11. L. L. MEANS,
DENTIST;
Office on second floor of tlie First Natloaal
bank bulldlnic, Main street.
L)R. R, DkVEUEKINO,
DENTIST,
office on second floor of the Syndicate balls
jig, Main street, Keynoldsvllle, Pa.
HENRY PRIESTER
UNDERTAKER,
Black and white funeral can. Main street,
tteynoldsvllle, Pa.
NEWSY GLEANINGS.
John T. Fay, mind reader, com
mil ted suicide In Oakland, Cal
Dr. Paul is to settle the disputes
between Venezuela and France and
Holland.
Plans were made for America's ,
army of occupation to begin to evacu
ate Cuba.
Castro said he should put no obsta
cle in the way of Venezuela making
her peace with other nations.
Five hundred guests attended the
dinner of the Pan-American Scientllio
Congress at Santiago de Chili.
The American Roentgen Ray So
ciety comploted plans for Its three
days' convention In New York City.
Advices from Caracas say that the
people in all parts of the country wel
come the policy of President Gomez.
Patrick T. Alexander, an English
experimenter, predicted that aero
nauts would learn to fly without mo
tors. It was announced nt Buffalo that
tho foot and mouth disease quaran
tine in New York State had been mod
ified. Eleven men were killed In a riot at
Tungan, twenty miles north of Amoy,
following an endeavor to enforce the
anti-opium edict.
Venezuelans freed from political
prisons at Maracalbo touched at Car
acao on their way to Caracas and
were enthusiastically received.
The Central Federated Union In
S'ew York City passed resolutions pro
estlng against the sentencing of Gom
pers, Mitchell and Morrison to Jail.
Fears of a Balkan outbreak are
subsiding In London,, The opinion la
expressed in authoritative quarters
that there will be no general election,
SPORTING BREVITIES.
Gerard Melster, a French swimmer,
won from an Italian opponent and
four others in a race in the Seine.
G. Grelff won the holiday cup and
R. M. Owen the monthly trophy at
the New York Athletic Club shoot.
George Standing defeated Peter
Latham, of England, at racquets at
the New York Racquet and Tennis
Club. . A
The Royal Swedish Yacht Club
elected Prince Wllhelm of Sweden
president at Its meeting held in Stock
holm. Arnold Lawson's Imported bulldog
champion, La Roche, died In Boston,
Mr. Lawson purchased her in England
in 1902.
"Jack" Johnson defeated "Tommy"
Burns for the heavyweight pugilistic
championship of the world at Sydney,
N. S. W.
New steam yacht building at Mor
ris Heights for M. C. D. Borden, N.
Y. Y. C, will have a speed of thirty
miles an hour.
Calhoun Cragln was defeated In the
indoor tennis tournament for the
championship of the Seventh Regi
ment, New York City. .
F. A. Hodgman broke ninety-seven
out of a possible 100 clay birds in the
holiday shoot of the New York Ath
letic Club at Travers Island.
At Los Angeles, Cal., James J. Jef
fries issued a statement declaring pos- .
itively and emphatically that under '
no condition Would ho re-enter the
prize ring.
Great things are expected from Co
valeskl, the crack left hander of the
Philadelphia Nationals, who virtually
beat McGraw's men out of the pen
nant last season.
Matthew Maloney, Trinity Athletic
Club, New York City, won the Ama
teur Athletic Union Marathon race,
twenty-six and a quarter miles. In 2h.
3 Cm. 26 l-3s., a record.
CODFISH A LA COCOTTE.
Pick cold boiled cod Into bits, tak
ing care to remove all bones; place
a piece of butter the size of an egg
over the fire in a clean saucepan;
when it bubbles, add 2 tailesipoonfuls
ot butter; mix thoroughly, then add
1 pint milk, 2 slices of onion minced
fine and 1 sprig cf opped parsley.
Cook, stirring constantly, until of the
consistency of thick cream. Have
ready a sufficient number of butter
ed cooottes. (If these useful little
Individual baking dishes are not at
hand, usw a buttered ramekin). Fill
the cocottes with alternate layers of
fish, sauce and cracked crumbs, fin
ishing off wtth crumbs. Dot wJtn
butter and brown In a steady oven.
Serve nithout re-dishing. Garnish,
with slioed lemon and parsley. Boa
ton Post.