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Beauty of the Ostrich Plume
By Julia Bottomley
No. 1. A panama, trimmed with oatrivh
•nd velvet.
No. 2. Midsummer model trimmed with
met edged with silk braid.
No. 3 Smart iitreot Imt trimmed with
mtrtped ribbon and atruw ornament*.
SOME interesting facts come
| to light when one Ib looking
I up the subject of ostrich
J feathers. It Is profitable to
become acquainted with
S
these. The ungainly bird of fine
plumage, whose splendor wo bor-1
row and improve upon, is grown
In South Africa and in our own |
country. South African species fur- i
«ish the boat quality of feathers.
The birds are plucked for their plumes
once In every oight months or three
times in two years.
London is the great cenfrul market
lor raw feathers. Buyers generally
go there to obtain their stocks and buy
the feathers which have been sorted
Into different grades ami sell at so
snuch per pound.
It is curious to observe the features
Ibat make a plume more or less val
tmabie. It Ib the practiced eye alone
that can observe all the points of dif
ference. Width of the flues, quality
of the fiber, length, texture, color and
absence or presence of scars are all to
be reckoned with.
The business is fascinating in all
•departments: The buying, manufactur
ing and selling. Each season is a new
chapter in the long story of the os
trich plume. For this airy splendid
feather has nodded upon the head of
beauty and waved from the helmets
of the bravo for many years. Long
before
?The helmet and the helmet feather,
Burned like one burning plume together.
o.n Launcelot's dauntless head, or
Guinevere looked distractingly beauti
ful in the "light green tuft of plumes
the ostrich plume had lent
Its state to high occasions.
ARTISTIC NEEDLEWORK
Two Pretty Centerpieces That May Be S
Easily Made.
The wild carrot design, so well
adapted to hand needlework, is shown t
here in an unusu.lly odd centerpiece \
1
Odd Centerpiece.
■conception. It may be worked entire
ly solid or with the little eyelets to
contrast, and should prove decidedly
attractive when finished.
This graceful 24-inch centerpiece to
be done In solid embroidery, with the
blossoms in French knots, will prove
Graceful Design.
Attractive to the practical needlewom
an. It Is a new design and is exceed
ingly popular on account of Its at
tractiveness when finished.
Winter Millinery.
The advance models in winter mllll
cery strike out no absolutely new
notes and, Indeed, novelty would be
difficult after a season of such variety
AS has been shown this summer. The
drat fall hats sit low upon the coiffure,
lifter the fashion with which we have
become familiar, and many of them
Are very large and low, though odd
tittle high crowned shapes and curi
ous dlrectoire bonnets such as the
fate summer has brought forth aro in
cluded among the new felts.
ft
Ostrich, especially in high grades, is
a good investment for women who can
afford it. It will not grow leas val
uable, hut will be more expensive as
time goes on.
Although ostrich plumes hold first
place in the matter of decorations for.
the hat and coiffure, ostrich fibers are
worked up into other decorative
pieces. Pompons and many airy
fancy branchings arc seductively
placed on the latest millinery. In Fig.
1 a hat from a great French designer
Is covered with spiral tuf|4 of ostrich
and a plume that suggests In coloring
nnd form tossing seaweed.
In Fig. 2 the group of three up
standing plumes illustrates the fa
vorite way of all the myriad ways in
which plumes have been placed on
hats, a rich and stately decoration,
while in Fig. 3 a novel mounting Is
shown—eccentric, but full of style.
AUTUMN FASHION GOSSIP
Some Valuable and Timely Points for
the Woman Who Cares.
The dlrectoire waistcoat promises
to last over another season, and pro
vision has been made for very orig
inal and elegant effects in this regard.
Ribbons have been taken up en
thusiastically by milliners during the
summer, nnd In satin nnd velvet are
to have a great vogue in the winter
millinery also.
Bordure satins follow In the wake
of the beautiful bordered summer
stuffs and some exquisite effects are
secured In this line of materials.
Buttons of all kinds, but particular
ly those covered with satin or with the
costume material, aro being used more
lavishly than ever upon the early au
tumn models.
Cedar red or cedar brown—which
are one and the same thing and sug
gest the old time mahogany, though
with an added softness of tone —bids
fair to be a popular autumn color and
the chaudron or copper tones keep
their hold upon public favor.
Chiffon broadcloth appears In all the
new colorings and of a lightness
and Boftness even surpassing that
achieved by the manufacturers last
year. Fancy broadcloths in one tone
colorings and woven satin or chevron
stripes are numerous.
The deep reddish brown and brown
ish purple shades which have claimed
attention as relieving colors this sum
mer are exploited earnestly among the
fall silks and velvets. Wild [turn,
concord grape, prune and various oth
er kindred shades seem likely to figure
prominently among the winter color
ings.
To Be Agreeable.
The girl who gets a grievance, who
feels herself ill used, who Is quite sure
that nobody understands her, has a
mental ailment and needs treatment.
Now, I am going to prescribe.
The best cure Is action. Fill every
hour of the day with interests. Acquire
a hobby (many people speak slight
ingly of a hobby, but a hobby is a
great thing). Throw yourself with en
thusiasm into all you do. Try to make
everybody you meet happy. Forget
that you yourself exist, and the first
thing you know you will acquire that
wholesome, happy state of mind which
is the most beneficial of traits.
To Wash Cut Glass.
It is necessary to have a soft brush
in order to keep the cracks and crev
ices of cut glass perfectly clean. Wash
in hot water with soapsuds and ammo
nia, rinse In clear cold water and wipe
dry with a very soft cloth.
IN THE LIMELIGHT
| OPPOSITION TO NEGRO I
■wmim - ui maooatmr
setts, where he has made a good record. He is
Harvard gra<*uate, and on the football team during his college days made
a record which Massachusetts devotees of the gridiron game still recall with
pleasure. On one Thanksgiving, particularly memorable in Cambridge, when
the signs all pointed to an easy victory for Yale, Lewis was acting captain
of the eleven and played himself to the verge of a collapse, winning for his
team largely by his own desperate work.
Born of slave parents In Virginia Lewis had some school opportunities of
which he made the most. His father, after receiving freedom, became a Bap
tist preacher, and this gave the lad a chance to graUfy his thirst for reading.
When he came north he entered Amherst college, and went thence to Har
vard.
Locating In Cambridge City for the practice of law, he was elected to the
city council and then to the state legislature. Ho obtained his apj)ointment
to his present position through the recommendation of President Roosevelt
himself.
TO JOIN “CLOSE CORPORATION”
Washington society. The groom-to-be finds time during his never-ending
trust hunt to keep himself in good standing as a member of the president’s
famous “tennis cabinet” and is a trusted adviser of the executive as well as
an intimate friend. He is a millionaire and his public career began when, as
a young lawyer of Hartford, Conn., he succeeded one “Bill Jones” as a ward
captain. That'aroused his thirst for political honors and he proceeded to ac
chieve new honors in an unbroken list, beginning with chairman of the town
committee and state legislator. In the latter position he won some attention
for his uncompromising attitude toward the corporations and their lobbyists
and attorneys.
He was called to the president’s attention by President Hadley of Yale
college and engaged to assist JAmes R. Garfield, then heading the corpora
tions bureau, to prosecute the nabghty trusts. He did so well that when his
superior was taken into the cabinet Smith succeeded to the bureau position.
There he has made a great name for himself, his fight against the Standard
Oil being a particularly spectacular and Interesting campaign. He is 39 years
old and is believed to have a great future.
FLAYS MONEY~MAGNATES
other unquestionable proof to substantiate
everything that I have written," he asserts. Before the book was put in
type, according to Sinclair, he bad placed these affidavits in the hands of his
publishers, to insure them protection in case of libel or slander suits from
those pilloried in the story.
Upton Sinclair has been called the original muck-raker. He Is a socialist,
and afflicted with that uncontrollable spirit of unrest and dissatisfaction which
has been judged a blessing or a handicap by different people.
Born in Baltimore about 32 years ago, Mr. Sinclair, paid his way through
college with his pen. He has been a voluminous writer, having “done” an
80,000-word book at 17, and equaled Sir Walter Scott’s entire output at 20.
He lived in shanties and tents in upper Canada for four years to obtain ma
terial for “King Midas.” During a period of bad luck he came close to starv
ing in New York city, and then wove the story of his experiences into one
of his best books, "The Journal of Arthur Stirling?’
VETERAN OF 10,000 BATTLES
but little known to their reporters. Mr. Lord
sits in the big workroom of the Sun, in full view of every corner of the place
and In personal contact with every member of Ills staff. Perhaps that Is ono
of the reasons why the Sun alumni, men who have graduated to magazines
and other newspapers, loqk upon Mr. Lord as a beacon light of newspaperdom.
Joining the staff of tho Sun in 1872, as a reporter, Mr. Lord became man
aging editor eight years later, and for 17 years served In that capacity under
the late Charles A. Dana, enjoying the latter’s confidence and approbation
and profiting by his splendid example and marvelous ability. Under William
M. I.affan, tho present head of the Sun Publishing association, Mr. Lord has
continued his work with success.
Mr. Lord has served seven years as a member of the board of regents
of tho University of the State of New York.
Mr. Lord’s father was a Presbyterian clergyman, and fighting chaplain
of the One Hundred and Tenth New York Volunteer regiment in the war of
the rebellion. Ho has two sons, Kenneth, who is connected with the edi
torial staff of the Sun, and Richard, who is at present circulation manager
of the Sun.
William H. is to be appointed assist
ant attorney-general of the United States, ac
cording to the unofficial statement that has
reached that department in Washington, and
the news has created something of a tempest in
official circles. Washington Is pretty nearly a
southern city, anyway, and a great share of its
population is made up of former office-holders
from southern states who have been loath to
tear themselves away from the national city
when their official salaries utopped. Moreover,
many of the present office-holders are men of
southern birth and Ideas.
Mr. Lewis Is thoroughly qualified for the
office. At present he is assistant United States
attorney for the eastern district of Massachu-
Ilerbert Knox Smith, commissioner of the
United States bureau of corporations and hence
a “near-cabinet” member, has acquired so much
knowledge of the habits and benefits of corpora
tions that he is about to become interested in
one himself. It is hot expected that the new
alliance of the commissioner will make It neces
sary for him to relinquish his position under
Secretary Garfield, although it may be said
that he is to control nearly 60 per cent, of the
holdings and stock of the new concern. The
other half —or a trifle more—will be held by the
other partner in the prospective combination.
She is Miss Gertrude Elizabeth Dietrich, daugh
ter of former Senator Dietrich of Nebraska. The
wedding will take place during the fall, of which
season It will be one of the notable events In
Upton Sinclair, the irrepressible, has made
his way into the limelight again with a new
book, which seems certain to arouse as much
comment across the country as have most of
its predecessors—which is saying a great deal.
This time Mr. Sinclair, in "The Money Chang
ers,” takes a fall or two out of Wall street and
Its group of all-powerful financial magnates. He
has drawn a series of pictures of the money
kings which are not the portraits those gentle
men are accustomed to seeing of themselves
In the newspapers and magazines.
The author announces that he expects and
is prepared for a volley of indignant protests
from the men he has put in the pages of his
hook under gauze masks. "I have affidavits and
Every one of the nights upon which a news
paper goes to press is to a managing editor a
Trafalgar or a Waterloo. Chester S. Lord, man
aging editor of the New York Sun, has fought
and won approximately 10.000 of these battles.
Some member of his staff once said that In
ench of these 'kittles Mr. Lord had been arrayed
against 10,000 demons of detail which go to
make up the great army of nervous prostration.
When Mr. Ix>rd passed his twenty-fifth an
niversary of sorvice as managing editor of the
Sun, In 1905, his staff gave him a dinner as a
tribute of affection to "a supremely able man
and a just and kindly man.”
Most mangling editors of the big newspa
pers are burie* in awe-inspiring offices and are
THE SAFE WAY TO BUY PAINT.
Property owners will savs a deal
of trouble and expense In keeping
their buildings properly painted, if
they know bow to protect themselves
against misrepresentation and adul
teration In paint materials. There’s
one sure and safe guide to a pure and
thoroughly dependable White Lead —
that’s the “Dutch Boy Painter” trade
mark which the National Lead Com
pany, the largest makers of genuine
White Lead, place on every package
of their product. This company sends
a simple and sure little outfit for test
ing white lead, and a valuable paint
book, free, to all who write for it
Their address is Woodbridge Bldg.,
New York City.
SO LOGICAL.
Mrs. Sparker—Do you think she
really prefers a horse to the motor
car?
Mrs. Tyso—Well, any one must ad
mit that a horse Is more becoming to
a woman with such hay-colored hair!
The Sign of Power.
It Is the greatest manifestation of
power to be calm. It is easy to be
active. Let the reins go, and the
horses will drag you down. Anyone
can do that; but he who can stop the
plunging horses is the strong man.
Which requires the greater strength—
letting go, or restraining? The calm
man is not the man who is dull. You
must not mistake calmness for dull
ness or laziness. . . . Activity is
the manifestation of the lower
strength, calmness of the superior
strength.—Swami Vivekannanda.
It Came Off.
The fair bather was in the greatest |
danger when the heroic rescuer seized
her by the hair. It came off. Puffs
and coils and waves and rats it
strewed the shuddering sea.
For a moment the rescuer was
dazed.
Then he grasped the tiny knob of
real hair that remained on the lady’s
head and drew her into shallow water.
Did she thank him for saving her
life?
She didn’t. —Cleveland Plain Dealer.
DISTEMPER
In all its forms among ail ages of horses,
as well as dogs, cured and others in the
same stable prevented from having the
disease with SPOHN’S DISTEMPER
CURE. Every bottle guaranteed. Over
500.000 bottles sold last year. $.50 and
SI.OO. Any good druggist, or send to man
ufacturers. Agents wanted. Write for
free book. Spohn Medical Co., Spec. Con
tagious Diseases, Goshen, Ind.
Shower of Sulphur.
Charolles, a small town 30 miles from
Macon, in*France, has recently been
visited by a shower of sulphur. The
roofs, gardens, fields, vineyards, rivers
and ponds were covered with a yellow
dust, and for some time the peasants
In the fields were troubled by a sul
phurous biting odor which made
breathing difficult.
Important to Mothers.
Examine carefully every bcttlo of
CASTORIA a safe and sure remedy for
Infants and children, and see that it
Bears the
Signature of(
In Use For Over 30 Years.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Of Most Benefit.
The fault which humbles us Is of
more use than a good action which
puffs us up with pride.—Bovee.
Good for Sore Eyes,
for 100 years PETTIT’S EYE SALVE has
positively cured eye diseases even where.
All druggists or Howard Bros.,Buffalo. N. Y.
Anyway, the man who borrows trou
ble isn’t asked to return it.
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup.
mrv. lII.IUw . ouu.iuuh "j*
For children teething, soften* the gum*, reduce* In
flammatlon, allays pain, cure* wind collu. 25c a bottle
Many a man believes in eternal pun
ishment —for his neighbor.
If Your Feet Ache or Burn
get a 25c package of Allen'* Foot-Eubc. It glres
quick relief. Two million packages sold yearly
The only way some people know Is
the other way.
One of the
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of the^happy homes of to-day is a vast
fund of information as to the best methods
of promoting health and happiness and
right living and knowledge of the world’s
best products.
Products of actual excellence and
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and which have attained to world-wide
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Well-Informed of the World; not of indi- '
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ing the best the world affords.
One of tho products of that class, of
known component parts, an Ethical
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mended oy the Well-Informed of the
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laxative is tho well-known Syrup of Figs
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effects always buy the genuine, manu
factured by the California Fig Syrup Co.,
only, and for sale by all leading druggists.
W. N. U., DENVER, NO. 38, 1908.
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More proof that Lydia XL Pink*
ham's Vegetable Compound saves
woman from surgical operations.
Mrs. 8. A. Williams, of Gardiner,
Maine, writes:
“ I was a great sufferer from femalo
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in three months, after my physician
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Mrs. Alvina Sperling of 154 Cley
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that an operation was necessary to save
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an operation."
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.
For thirty years Lydia E. Pink
ham’s Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
j standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands of
women who have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera
tion, fibroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear- »
mg-down feeling, flatulency, itidiges
tion,dizziness,or nervous prostration.
Why don’t you try it ?
Mrs. Finkham invites all sick
women to write lier for advice.
She has guided thousands to »
health. Address, Lynn, Mass.
READY REASONING.
One Guess About Venus of Milo
Proved to Be Wrong.
They stood before tho reproduction
of the Venus of Melos.
“Her hands must have been beauti
ful,” said one.
“Very,” assented the other. "I won
der what position they were In?”
"I have a theory that t ie was repre
sented as busied at her toilet. One
hand probably held a small mirror.”
"And the other a powder puff, eh?
But that theory won’t work.”
“And why not?”
“Had she been at her toilet her
mouth would have been full of hair
pins.”—Louisville Courier-Journal. |_^
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mrnm I refuse substitutes.
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BSB|hair R balsam
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Pmmotaa a luxuriant growth.
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JtM 11-nr to it* Youthful Color.
scalp .Ji*rue« & hair falling.
DEFIANCE Cold Water Starch
makes laundry work a pleasure. 10 o*. pkg. 10ft #
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