FINANCE AND TRADE REViEVY
THE g ' d
Mrs. Speyer"- Gifts to Charity.
In Its liberality toward medical char
ities, the will of Mrs. Fnuiclaca Spey
r, who died In Frankfort, Germany,
wt week, recalls that of John B. Ken
nedy of New York. Mrs. Speyer was
jthe widow of Georeo Spoyer, many
times a millionaire and a member of
th great Speyer banking house, with
branches In New York, London and
Frankfort The greater part of the
fortune Mrs. Speyer left" Is divided
among institutions that are especially
devoted to the discovery of new meth
'ods for the treatment of diseases, and
'the Speyer Institute alone, founded In
Wmory of her husband for investi
'gatlng means of curing epidemics, re
ceives $2,250,000. Research for the
auppression of tuberculosis, cancer,
and lupus also Is liberally endowed,
and special provision Is made for the
Extension of cheaper and improved
'dental treatment among the poor.
New York Press.
Good 8ense Only Requisite.
"I was told," Mrs. Spofford writes
from Paris In a letter to a friend in
New York City, "that when we were
In a Japanese or Chinese city I must
always have my daughter walk before
me, since otherwise she inevitably
would be an object of insult; but we
proved this to be false over and over
again. For similar reasons we were
advised not to go shopping alone In the
native quarters in Pekin, Hong Kong
Or Shanghai. We obeyed these in
fractions at first, until we knew our
way about and the tricks of bargain
ing, but after that we became inde
pendent and never experienced the
slightest trouble. In India, besides
taking in all the ordinary Bights, we
Baw a cremation on the banks of the
Ganges and went far oil from the beat
n track, but our whole experience
was delightful, and we found that or
dinary American sense is all needed
to enable women, even when travel
ing alone, to get along with perfect
ease In the East."
Working Girls.
Mrs. Charles H. Israels is chairman
Of the committee on amusements and
Vacation resources of working girls of
the Woman's Municipal League. At
Its latest meeting it was decided to be
gin an agitation for municipal dance
platforms in the public parks of New
.York City. Mrs. Israels believes that
they will do more than legislation to
tolve the dance hall problem. It is
intended to enclose these platforms in
glass so that they may be used in win
ter as well as in summer. The com
'mittee is preparing to open a number
Of model dance halls, and early next
month a public conference will be
called to consider legislation which
tas been drafted in consultation with
dancing masters. A list of saloon
dance halls, of which there are now
800 in Manhattan and The Bronx, has
.been secured. The committee's next
Btep will be to Btudy the public schools
and recreation centres and determine
to what extent it would be advisable
to introduce dancing. Now York Sun.
A Rhyming Social,
I attended one social of this sort.
It was in my glad girlhood when life
had the hues of the rainbow. Our La
dles' Aid Society discovered something
new and Its originality drew a large
crowd and that meant a financial prof
it to the sisterhood.
I look back to those early environ
ments and now believe that our Ohio
Tillage among the hills of Old Ash
land county possessed families of lit
erary ability. The committee on so
cials started into a new channel
Those of the village folks who were
amateur "poets" were invited to each
write an original poem, ditty, rhyme
or doggerel and read on this evening.
Some were pensive, some gay, some
were religious and a few were liter
ary gjms. A few wrote parodies and
bthers ground out machine poetry. No
matter, It was Interesting and funny.
Writing verses "runsi" in some fam
ilies Just the same as consumption and
cancers.
The program was Interspersed with
music and the audience grew happy
and giddy. It was home talent and
"all went merry as a marriage bell."
Of course there followed refresh
ments those who could not appre
ciate literary efforts did relish "vic
tuals and drlnkl" The entertainers
Were of all ages gray-haired sires and
dames, school teachers and house
mothers, young men and maidens, and
the variety of the whole affair was
amusing and we all appeared to be
long to the Smile Club. Lillie Rice
etahl In the Indiana Farmer.
Odd Wedding Customs.
The "old shoe" custom is generally
supposed to come from the Hebrews,
and is -supposed to have originally Im
plied that the parents of the bride
gave up all authority over her.
In Anglo-Saxon marriages the fath
er gave a shoe of the bride to the
bridegroom, who touched her on the
bead with it to remind her who was
now master. The wedding ring was
used among the ancient Hebrews, prin
cipally with the idea that the delivery
of a ring conferred power on the re
cipient, and thus the wife wearing her
husband's ring shared his authority.
The ring in the Roman espousals was
.a pledge of loyalty, and the idea that
it should be worn on the third finger
of the left hand because "a nerve con
sooted this finger with the heart" ori
ginated with the Romans. Orange blos
soms ware worn by brides among the
Saracens because they were held to
symbolizo frultfulness. The very gen
eral use of these flowers in Bui-ope
and America for bridal adornment is
comparatively a modern custom. The
use cif a bridal veil is a rello of the
far-off time when the husband was not
allowed to see his bride's face till af
ter marriage.
It is said to be a curious (act that
the wedding cake, that elaborate indi
gestible compound so Indispensable at
the modern marriage ceremony, is the
direct descendant of a cake made of
water, flour, and salt, of which at the
Roman high-class weddings the mnr
rled couple and the witnesses partook
at the time of the signing of the con
tract Ainsloy's.
Etiquette Governing Calls. '
Persons in deep mourning are not
expected to return calls of condolence,
but they are expected to take some
notice of the visits. To a widow, for
instance, who has a daughter, or a
daughter-in-law, the matter is not diffi
cult, because the younger generation,
in this instance, the one less bereaved,
pays visits after a few months, and
the cards of the widow are taken by
them.
Except when a woman has been wid
owed, or lost a child, she may return
visits in three months nftw her be
reavement. She is not expected to
appear at tea3 or receptics, even
when mourning is for a father, broth
er, sister, or other relative, but it is
correct for her to visit hor friends In
formally, and the fact of leaving a vis
iting oaj'd does not make the visit a
formal one.
For the pasteboard is merely an as
surance that the maid or butler will
not neglect tot inform the mistress of
the call.
It Is when paying these visits that
the widow is able to acknowledge the
calls of condolence that have been
made. Her cards are given to the
daughter, her sister, or sister-in-law,
whoever the close relative may be.
When the door is opened the caller
sends her cards, and those of her hus
band, if she is married, upstairs. On
going into the drawing room she
leaves the card of the widow on a
table where It will be seen, one card
being required for each person In the
house who may have called upon her,
always excepting the host. The paste
board thus left is a tacit expression
of thanks for the consolatory visit,
and the fact that it was not sent up
stairs indicates that the person bear
ing the name Is not paying visits.
To omit leaving the card is entirely
to ignore those who have called, and
this, obviously, Is always rude.
A relative by marriage is not re
quired to wear as deep mourning as a
member of the Immediate family, and
therefore the emblem on writing pa
per and visiting cards is not so hoavy.
A widow may have Just as wide a
border as she chooses, and a daugh
ter or Bister may exercise the same
privilege, always with the qualification
that the border shall be loss wide than
that of the widow. A son-in-law or
daughter-in-law needs only the narrow
est border, the black being scarcely
more than a line. This applies to sta
tionery and visiting cards. Rosanna
Schuyler in the New York Telegram.
Fashion Notes.
Very long coats come with tailored
suits.
Every other hat is turned up on the
left side.
Long Jeweled gold chains are worn
Outside the coat
Fluffy malines are usurping the
place of the Jabot.
An artificial gardenia pinned on the
outside of the coat is pretty.
Furry beaver cbapeoux are for Juv
eniles, school girls, debutantes and
matrons.
A Cossack turban of chinchilla,
made up with rose colored velvet .and
silver tissue, Is one of the smart new
hats.
It is to be a season of many trim
nidngs, puffs, pipings, bias bands, nar
row silk fringes and zigzags of all
sorts.
An extraordinary amount of gold
and silver is being put upon dresses,
both tailor-mades and those for eve
ning wear.
Silk scarfs, especially those of plaid,
are being used much for trimming the
wide-brimmed felt hats so becoming
to children.
The most popular blouses Include
chiffon over laoe and clear ecru net
over a foundation for chalk-white Ir
ish guimpure.
Combinations of moire and velvet
with cloth are being "exemplified In
some of the most stunning of the new
tailored suits.
Pearl ornaments of most elaborate
design will be used for fastenings on
the new fancy capes, especially the
Capes' fashioned after the Arabian gar
ment Among evening gowns the bayadere
or oriental style of sashing the skirt
Just above the knees Is one of the
most notable and daring innovations
of the season.
Corded shirrings will be a favorite
method In the making of muffs. Bro
cades made excellent centres, and,
some muffs haxe excluded high-priced
furs only to go into an excess of me
tallic cloth, fur edged.
New York City. Every form of the
loose blouse or Jersey is being worn
this season, and this dress Is lust fan-
, cy enough to be becoming and attrac
tive without losing its simplicity. In
the illustration It is made of rose col-
ored serge with trimming of bands of
Bilk, but while serge Is a favorite for
dresses of the sort, cashmere also is
being much used, plaid, checked and
other fancy materials are greatly in
vogue, and there are, indeed, almost
numberless suitable fabrics from
which to choose. White serge with
trimming of handsome braid and yoke
of silk would be charming, the dress
illustrated Is dainty and pretty, while
the same model made from navy blue
serge with trimming of black braid
would become adapted to harder
usage, and the pattern suits all equal
ly well.
The dress Is made with the body
lining, to which the straight pleated
flounce is attached and in which the
sleeves are inserted. The blouse con
sists of front and back portions, that
are held by straps beneath the
arms.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size (ten years) Is
six and three-eighth yards twenty
four or twenty-seven, four and three
eighth yards thirty-two or three and
a quarter yards forty-four Inches
wide, with eight yards of banding.
The Pleated Frill.
We have Indeed returned to the
days of the pleated frill. Nearly
every blouse of the chic Parlslenne is
finished at the wrists with frills so
deep that only the rosy tips of the
fingers peep out from under them;
and, if the opening in front is not
concealed by a Jabot, then a similar
pleating must be worn down the
front facing towards the left. The
pleatings are made of the same ma
terial as the blouse Itself.
Long Hatpins StyllHli.
Long pike hatpins of etched ster
ling silver are stylish.
Skirt With Pointed Tunic.
Every variation of the tunic skirt is
being worn this season, and here is
one that Is graceful In the extreme
while perfectly simple. It is adapted
to all the fashionable soft materials,
for they all drape successfully, and it
can be utilized for one throughout or
for combinations as liked. The triple
box pleat at the back gives the long
lines that are so desirable, and be
neath the tunic Is a circular flounce
attached to a foundation. In this case
the entire skirt is made from one of
the beautiful new soft silk crepe ma
terials with a band of moire edging
the tunic. Tunics are being exten
sively made from chiffon, Jetted nets
and materials of the sort over skirts
of chiffon or of silk, however, and
again such combinations as crepe with
satin, crepe with velvet and silk with
heavier materials are greatly in
vogue. For the trimming any pretty
banding Is appropriate.
The skirt is made with a founda
tion which is cut in five gores and the
circular flounce that is attached to it.
The tunic and the long box pleat are
Joined one to the other and arranged
over the foundation. When the Bklrt
is made with a girdle the foundation
is cut slightly above the waist line
and the girdle is draped over It.
When the belt is desired the founda
tion Is cut off and Joined to the belt.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size is seven and
three-quarter yards twenty-four or
twenty-seven, seven yards thirty-two
or five and a quarter yards forty-four
Inches wide, one yard twenty-seven
inches wide for the band, width ol
skirt at lower edge three and three
quarter yards.
High Stocks.
Trim high stocks are taking the
place of Dutch and Eton collars la
popular favor.
EPICURE'S
CORNER
Plowed Fli'ld.
.Put Into a saucepan a pint of gran
ulated sugar with three tablcspoon
fuls of water, one cupful shaved choc
olate, a piece of butter the size of an
egg and a tablespoonful of vinegar.
Place the pan over the Are and bo'.l
twenty minutes, stirring enough to
prevent burning. Test by dropping a
little into Ice water. If found too
brittle, stir very hard and pour Into
a buttered tin. When partly cool,
mark the candy into squares. New
York Telegram.
Potato Snlnd.
Boll six medium sized potatoes in
the "Jackets" and peel them while
warm. Cut them Into pieces about
a quarter of an inch thick. Boll five
eggs hard, remove the yolks and cut
the whites up with potatoes. To this
add a bunch of celery, cut in small
pieces, a small onion, chopped fine,
pepper and salt to taste. Mix all this
by shaking it up, as using a spoon
would break the potatoes. Mash the
yolks and add a little salt, mustard
and pepper. Then stir in gradually
three tablespoons of melted butter.
Make this into a smooth paste; add
enough vinegar to reduce it to the
thickness of cream. Boston Post.
Oysters Indian Style.
Put one-half tablespoon each of
flour and curry powder In a small
saucepan, mix in gradually one-halt
pint of cream, a tablespoon of finely
chopped onion and a teaspoon of
grated apple. Season with salt and
pepper, simmering gently for twenty
minutes. Have a cup of rice that
has been boiled, and with this form a
narrow border on a plate. Set In oven
to keep hot. In the sauce put to
heat a pint of small oysters; when
hot dish in the centre of the rice
border. Instead of using the cream
you can make a thin white sauce of
flour and milk. The rice need not
be used at all, simply serving in a
round dish. Boston Post
Savory Mutton.
Cold mutton is not the most sav
ory of meats under ordinary circum
stances, but It may be made into
tasty dishes when some snappy sauce
is added. A curry is one of the prac
tical ways of utilizing it for curry
lovers. Cut the cold mutton into
small pieces and fry them brown with
two onions cut into slices. Butter
or drippings may be used. Cut two
sour apples into slices, add them to
the meat and onion, turn In a table
spoonful of curry powder, two table
spoonfuls of sugar, a teaspoonful of
salt, a scant tablespoonful of vinegar
and three cupfuls of gravy or water.
Simmer the mixture for two hours
and serve with boiled rice. This
recipe calls for about two pounds of
meat. New York Sun.
rarker House Rolls.
To two cups of scalded milk add
three tablespoonfuls of butter and
two of sugar. When lukewarm add
one yeast cake, dissolved in one-quarter
cup of tepid water, one teaspoon,
ful of Bait and three cups of flour.
Beat thoroughly, cover, let rise until
light, cut down and add sufficient
flour to knead. Let rise again, toss
on a slightly floured board, knead,
pat and roll out to one-third inch in
thickness, then shape with the bis
cuit cutter, first dipped In flour. With
the blunt edge of a knife make a
crease through the middle of each
piece, brush over one-half with melt
ed butter, fold and press the edges
together. Place in greased pans an
Inch apart, cover, let rise and bake
in a hot oven fifteen to twenty min
utes. If the sponge is made over
night one-third of a yeast cake will
be sufficient Boston Post-
householdJ
Fresh meat, after beginning to
sour, will sweeten if placed out of
doors in the cool of night
Milk which is turned or changed
may be sweetened and rendered fit
for use again by stirring in a little
soda. y.
Boiled starch is much improved
by the addition of a little sperm salt,
or gum arable dissolved.
Salt will curdle new milk; hence,
In preparing milk porridge, gravies,
etc., the salt should not be added
until the dish is prepared.
Clear, boiling water will remove
tea stains, and many fruit stains.
Pour the water through the stain,
and thus prevent it spreading over
the fabric.
Ripe tomatoes will remove ink and
other stains from white cloth; also
from the hands.
A tablespoonful of turpentine
boiled with whlto clothes will aid in
the whitening process.
Kerosene will soften boots or shoce
that have been hardened by water and
render them as pliable as new.
Kerosene will make tin teakettles
as bright as new. Saturate a woolen
rag and rub wHh It It will also
remove stains frcia varnished furniture.
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WEEKLY TRADE SUMMARY
Wall 8treet Disturbance Without Ef
fect on Industrial and Trade
Conditions.
New York Bradstreet's says:
"Trade reports are of the usual
wldwlnter character, reilectlng wide
spread Inclement weather, and also
considerable uusettlement due to com
modity price fluctuations. Outdoor
activities, such as building, are ol
course retarded, and bad roads affec.
country trade.
"Traveling men are now on the
road and good spring orders are being
received by Jobbers, while the reports
as to far-future trade are still very
satisfactory. Retail trade varies
with sections reporting.
"Reports as to collections are irreg
ular. It Is noted that a good deal of
money is tied up at present in grain,
which has been in transit for some
time, owing to trafflo Interruptions
due to storms and to the Northwest
ern switchmen's strike. Finished
steel is less active, demands from rail
roads be apparently held back, but pig
Iron Is in better request.
"The commodity price situation will
bear olose watching, both because of
its possible effect upon demand and
because of the growing importance of
the question of wages scales. Some
thing like a country-wide revolt
against high food prices Is to be notel,
anti-high price agitation being report
ed in a score of Western cities.
"Shoe manufacturers are still at
work on spring goods, and shipments
are going forward In good volume.
"Business failures in the United
States for the week ended with Jan
uary 20 were 275, agalnstn 291 last
week, 307 in the like week of 1909,
408 in 1908, 252 in 1907 and 276 in
1906. Business failures in Canada for
the week number 44, which compares
with 44 last week and 40 in the same
week of 1909."
MARKETS.
PITTSBURC
Wheat No. I red t
Rye-No. 2
Corn No. 2 yellow, ear 71 H
No. yellow, aliened 72 78
Mixed ear 7 S
Oata No. 8 white M f 8
No. I white 60 81
Flour Winter patent 6 25 0 bO
Fanoy straight wlntora
Hay No. 1 Timothy 20 80 81 01
Clover No. 1 17 6) 18 60
Feed No. 1 white mid. ton 8200
Drown middlings 27 til 2S 00
Bran, bulk 2W 28 "J
Straw Wheat 9 0) 9S
Oat 9 no 160
Dairy Products.
Batter Elgin creamery 89 40
Ohio oreamery 86
Fanoy country roll 6 24
Cheese Ohio, now IS 19
New York, new. 18 19
Poultry, Etc.
Hers per lb t 17 19
Chickens dressed ) 21
Bggs fa. and Ohio, fresh 28 87
Fruits and Vegetables.
Potatoes Fancy white per bu.... 60 7
Cabbage per ton 19 Ol H Oi
Onions per barrel 183 9 81
BALTIMORE.
Flour Winter Patent I 6 60 t 70
Wheat-No. 8 red 1 W
Corn Mixed 70 71
Eggs 97 88
Butter Ohio oreamery 86 88
' PHILADELPHIA.
Flour Winter Patent I J 60 J J
Wheat-No. 8 red . 1"
Corn No. 2 mixed 63 b
Oats-No. 9 white J
Butter Creamery ' j"
Eggs Pennsylvania firsts "
NEW YCRK.
Floor-Patents 4 ' 5 80
Wheat-No. 8 red 1 Zi .a
Corn-No. 8 Jj
Oat-No. 8 white JJ JJ
Butter -Creamery J M
Eggs Stale and Pennsylvania.... "
LIVE STOCK.
Union 8tock Yards, Pittsburg.
CATTLB
Kxtra, HfO to 1600 pounds .'. C75 4 710
1 rime, 1800 to 10 pounds. 6 40 4 6W
Uood, 12UU to laoo pounds 600 4 85
Tidy, 10W to 1150 pounds. 6 M OiO
(air, WXJ to 1100 pounds 50 )
Common, 701) toOuO pounds. 8:0 6 8
Bulls.... 0U 660
Cows 20 0066t0
BOOS
Prime, heavy 8 85 890
Prime, medium weight tJl 85
Best heavy Yorkers 8 8)
Light Yorkers. 8H0
Pigs 8 75 4 8 83
Houghs. 7 7 4 8 i0
Stags. 7 U) 7 74
SHEEP
Prime wethers 6 10 6 S3
Good mixed 6f 4 6 00
fair mixed ewes and wethers 5 1 0 4 6 60
BUSINESS CKRDS.
JUSTICE OP THE FEACI,
Pension attorney and ReaKEstat igssi
RAYMOND E. BROWN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Brookvillb, Pi.
m. Mcdonald,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Real estate agent, patents secured, coll
ection? innUe promptly. Utiles In ByndlcaM
wilding, Uuyuuldsvllle, Pa.
SMITH M. MoCREIGHT, '
ATTOKNEY-AT-LAW,
Notary public and real estate agent. OoV.
lections will receve prompt attention. Oflloa
n the KnynoUUvlllo Hardware Oo. building,
Vlalu street, Key uolilsville, Pa.
QR. B. E. HOOVER,
DENTIST,
. Resident, dentist In the Hoover bulldlaa
dulustioet. OonileuuHS In operating.
)R. L. L. MEANS,
DENTIST;
Office on second floor of '.be First Nations
sunk building, Main atroer.
DR. K. DeV eke kino,
DENTIST,
nffl'-e on second floor of the Syndicate ballef
ng, Main street, UuynoliUvllla, pa.
HENRY WESTER
UNDERTAKER.
Black and white funeral can. Mala streets
BeynoldsVUle, Pa.