The enterprise-recorder., June 24, 1909, Image 2

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THAT OLD, OLD TATUWAY.
W cry, "
We talk,
We laugh.
We walk:
Our mothcr'i pride and joy.
We fight.
"e .wear,
Anl pant
We wear:
Our father's little boy.
We dance,
We untoke,
Hold hamla.
And joke;
A girl, and then u row.
We drink.
We eat.
Day i-ard".
And treat :
The fellow claim u now.
We love.
We're led.
We woo.
We wed:
.t leisure we recent.
We work.
We 8iuli,
And tiOhii
We die;
So many u life it ppent.
Cornell Widow.
Feathers for
uertrude.
Gertrude gave a little gasp as she
entered the room and taw the cloth
ing her hostess' maid had laid out. A
handsome evening gown lay on the
bed, and a heap of fluffy, flouncy
things beside It but It was not one
of her dresses. Instead of the simple
little mull gown she had planned
with such care, and the sewing of
which had cost her so many hours of
painstaking labor was a creation of a
fashionable Parisian designer.
"Ask Mrs. Borden to come here,
please," she said to the maid, who
stood lost In admiration before the
finery.
"Mademoiselle will he the belle,"
breathed the little French woman as
she hurried off, but Gertrude shook
her head, and sunk limply Into a
chair, regarding the dress with tear
filmed eyes. Not until Mrs. Eorden
entered did she rouse herself, nnd
then with a little cry she started to
ward her friend.
"Emily," she cried, sobbingly, "It's
perfectly dreadful. Somehow 1 have
gotten the wrong trunk, and good
ness only knows where mine Is."
Mrs. Borden's brisk glance tcok In
the glistening satin robo and the
fluffy things,
"Will they fit?" she asked, practi
cally. Gertrude gasped.
"What difference does It make?
They are not my things."
"Very true," assented Mrs. Bor
den, "but, my dear, you must wear
something, and you can't wear one of
my dresses."
She glanced smilingly over her own
plump and diminutive person and
then at her friend's slender, stately
form. Clearly, that,sftlutlon was out
,of the question, and Mrs. Eorden ran
briskly on.
. "The fault is not yours," she ar
gued. "I suppose the baggageman
got the checks mixed, and you can
get It stialgktened out In the morn
ing, but In the meantime you have
come out to the party, and you can't
feel comfortable In a traveling dress.
Felice, try It on Mademoiselle."
She seated herself comfortably on
the sofa and watched approvingly
while the trim maid assisted her
guest Into the strange gown. Mrs.
Borden was very fond of Gertrude
Dyckman, and the girl was welcomed
even in the simple, home-made gar
ments that were the best her compar
ative poverty afforded. But Mrs. Borden-
appreciated the fact that Ger
trude was more than usually good
looking, and she had an especial rea
son for wanting her to look her best
to-night. The fairy suit costume was
admirably designed in Its color
scheme to bring out Gertrude's best
points, and her hostess breathed a
sigh of satisfaction when It was found
that the dress was an almost perfect
fit.
"Take the gifts the gods provide,"
she commanded, as she rose to hurry
to her own dressing.
Emily breathed a happy little sign.
She bad made a rich marriage, and
the visits to her husband's country
place were Gertrude's only glimpses
of fairyland. For a month the latter
bad been planning for the party, de
nying herself the occasional candy
and luncheon treats that her slippers
and gloves might be good, though ber
dress had been made oler twice.
Now she bad not only saved the
evening, but she was to wear what
would doubtless be the handsomest
gown at the dance. With a delight
ful thrill of anticipation she at last
descended the stairs with other mem
bers of the house party. Men who
had met her before gasped at the
sudden realization of her beauty, and
women exchanged wondering glances.
deciding in their own minds that
Emily Borden had paid for the dress.
Gertrude gave no heed to the
tlr.BC3s. Ehs was conscious only of a
new sense of power. The timid wall
flower became, as Felice had predict
ed, the belle of the ball. . Men
Booked about her chair as she rested
and pleaded for the next dance, but
Dick Borden, the brother of her host,
fought all the others off and cleverly
maneuvered to keep her to himself.
"I'm not going to have you carried
off under my very eyes," he ex
plained In one of the Intervals when
they had sought the conservatory. "I
wish you would give me the right to
keep you alwaysto myself, Gertrude."
Gertrude had always felt a bit con
scious with Dick Borden, but to
night she was a different being. In
stead of fenrlng the responsibilities
that would be hers as the wife of a
rich man, it seemed perfectly natural
that she should accept without doubt
the proposal she had dreaded, even
while she longed to hear the avowal
of love.
The last guest had departed and
Gertrude was already dreaming hap
pily of the future when Borden en
tered his wife's room and sank Into a
chair beside the open fire.
"Dick's gone and done it," be an
nounced with very evident relief. "I
was afraid that he was going to make
a mess of It with that Russian woman
who calls herself a countess, but it's
that little Dyckman girl. She's more
to my liking. She was a ripping
beauty to-night. I wonder how she
managed that dress. You told ma
that she made all her own, but this
one looked like Paris."
"Bobby Borden, don't yon ever
breathe a word and I'll tell you," of
fered his wiser half. "You said you'd
give a thousand dollars If Dick would
marry some sensible girl like Ger
trude, Instead of that odious woman.
Well, the dress only cost $750."
"You bought It for her? "asked Bor
den. "She doesn't look like a girl
who would accept clothes from other
people."
"She Isn't," explained Mrs. Borden.
"I had the most awful time. I got
one of her old dresses on the plea
that I wanted to copy it. From those
measurements I had a drSss Imported
and when she came I gave Felice her
keys, and Felice hid Gertrude's things
and put this in place of the little
dress that she has to wear every tims
she goes out. I persuaded her to
wear it since the other woman was
probably wearing hers, and the
scheme worked beautifully.
"I knew that If Dick ever saw
Gertrude dressed properly he would
know where his heart lay, and I won.
To-morrow she will be told that the
expressman came for the trunk before
sho was up, and everything will bo
all right. Fine feathers do not al
ways make fine birds, Eobby, but Ger
trude needed the feathers to show oft
her beauty to its best. That's all."
New Orleans Picayune.
scr.cn ri.E for taper, making
Long Neglected Tree Has a Fibre Fit
Pel-haps For Ledgers.
The long neglected scrub or Jersey
pine, growing on abandoned farms
and cut-over land of the East seems
destined at last, the Forestry Bureau
reports, to have reached its rightful
place as a material of value, accord
ing to the results obtained through
re'eent pulp and paper making tests
at the forest service laboratories at
Washington.
Scrub pine might have been used
to good advantage long ago, hut it
did not seem to the practical payer
maker worthy of trial. By only
slight charfges of the treatment or
dinarily accorded pulp wood In the
sulphite process, It has now yielded
a pulp product which it Is thought
can be used as a substitute for spruce
sulphite in the manufacture of news
paper. One advantage for paper making
which scrub pine Is said to have is the
fact' that there is less loss in barking
it than with ordinary spruce. The
wood yields quite easily to the sul
phite treatment.
The fibre is strong and durable.
The yields obtained by the forest ser
vice are about the same as those ob
tained from woods now in general
paper making use.
Practical paper makers who have
seen this product are almost unani
mous in claiming it to be a strong,
long-fibred and bard wearing pulp,
which seems especially desirable for
making bag, news and wrapping pa
pers. Several even went so far as to
say that It would make One bank
or ledger papers when properly han
dled, and that this wood gave one of
the best fibres which has been pre
pared from pine wood.
The Last Resort.
In answer to the returned summer
visitor's question as to the welfare
of Mr. Macomber and bis where
abouts, Mr. Davis replied that "Jake"
was teaching at the little red school
house on Bowen's Hill.
"But I thought"
"Well, he is," admitted Mr. Davis,
understanding, "an" he gets more'n'
more muddle-headed all the time.
But what else could we do? We
had to put him In schoolmaster to
keep him off the town.
"We ain't goln' to pauperize a
man," he added, loftily, "If we can
End. anything for him to do."
OOCXJOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
erry Side
....of Life
JOOOOOOOOOOOC
BUSY AS A B.
Petty Botter bought noine butter;
"But," alt- .aid, "thin butter', bitter.
If 1 jmt it in. my batter,
It will make mv batter bitter;
But a bit of Iwtter butter
Will but make my batter better."
Ho .he bought a hit of butter,
Better than the bitter butter.
And made her bitter natter better;
So 'twaa better Hetty Botter
Bought a bit of better batter.
FASHION.
Stella "Does she wear sackcloth
and ashes?"
Bella "Not enough to sit down
In." New York Sun.
TO-DAY.
"I ran across an old acquaintance
the other day."
"Casually, or in your automobile?"
Baltimore American.
AFTER MARRIAGE.
"He used to send me ten letters a
week."
-Well?"
"And now he can't even bring home
one payenvelope." Washington Her
ald. WHEN MOST MEN PRAY,
Towne "Scauffer says be never
prayed In all his life."
Browne "Well, well, what a mo
notnnous life he has led! Evidently
he has never been in a tight place."
Catholic Standard and Times.
FEARLESS.
Cockney "The fox went down
there of an hour ago."
Huntsman "Why didn't ye holler
then?"
Cockney "What did I wan to 'oi
ler for? 'E never bit me." Punch.
IS THE BARBER SHOP.
Mr. Looseum "Does a man with
as little hair as I've got have to pay
full price to have it cut?"
Mr. Cutum "Yes, and sometimes
more; we usually charge double when
we have to hunt for the hair." Phil
adelphia Bulletin.
A MYSTERY HERE.
"I can't understand my wife," said
the man with the worried eyes. "She
vows she will break me of smoking."
"Lots of women are that way," ob
served the other man.
"But she keeps fn buying cigars by
the box for me." Judge.
AMONG GIRLS.
"I don't like the way they run the
theatres. "
"They ought to have floorwalkers
instead of ushers, and let you exam
ine the seats befoce purchasing."
"Yes, and maybe see one act of the
play." Kansas City Journal.
NOT FOR HIM.
"Mean thing! " exclaimed Mrs. New
llwed, "it's just brutal of you to call
It 'this stuff.' You said you'd be grad
If I baked my own bread "
"Yes, dear," replied the great
brute, "but I didn't say I wanted you
to bake mine." Catholic Standard
and Times.
PAY-AS-YOU-ENTER MANNERS.
Little Helep "Sister, that new
beau of yours makes me tired."
Elder Sister "Why, dear?"
Little Helen "He has the manners
of a street car conductor. When I
went into the parlor last night he
said, 'How old are you, little girl?' "
Chicago Dally News.
REASON.
"Mamma," said small Gregory, who
had been reading proverbs, "1 know
why a burnt child dreads the fire."
"Why, dear?" asks his mother.
"Because when he gets burned
once, the burn makes him smart
enough to keep away from the stove
again." Chicago Daily News.
HER INTENTION.
Miss Meanley "It may not be
your intention to offend, but doesn't
it occur to you that your treatment
of me Is rather calculated to make us
bad friends?"
Miss Cutting (coolly) "No; I had
the hope that it would make us good
enemies." Catholic Standard and
Times.
WHY NOT!
"Can you," inquired the star,
"write me a play in which I shall be
the only speaking character?"
"I think," replied the playwright,
"that by having you mention the
other characters and by the Judicious
use of shouts outside, It might eas
ily be done." Louisville Courier
Journal. LOOKING AHEAD.
"I am not wealthy,"-he said, "but
if the devotion of a true and tender
heart goes for anything with, jou,
Miss Clara " ,
"It goes very well with me, Mr.
Spoonbill," interrupted the fair glri,
with a penBlve look on her face, but
how will it go with the groce and
the butcher?" New York JournaJ.
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WOMEN- T3HE.RlffDS
THEIR
IN THE PRESS GALLERY.
A woman Journalist, Mme. Flamon
kova, has Just been allowed to sit in
the press gallery and report the pro
ceedings of the Berlin Landtag. Nev
er before has one of her sex had this
privilege in Germany. -In England,
of course, the same rule prevails. A
woman cannot report parliamentary
dolng3 and is not eligible for the
press gallery. Detroit News.
CONFIRMED MAN HATER.
Miss Harriet Evans, an elderly
spinster on whom an Inquest was held
at Hackney, was said to have been a
confirmed man hater. "She was so
much against men that she would
not have a coin with a king's head on
It," ber landlady said. "If one was
given her she would throw It into the
fire. She would only deal in money
bearing Queen Victoria's head." Miss
Evans went to the office of a local
newspaper some time ago, but re
fused to enter It until a woman was
sent to transact business with her.
An advertisement for apartments
which she published stipulated that
there should be no man In the house.
She even declined to receive letters
because the stamps bore the King's
head. Pall Mall Gazette.
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11 ER COMPARISON.
The men seated before the fire In
the hall of the country club looked
very smart In the soft greens and
grays and browns of their golf suits.
The shapely coatB lent to their waists
an added suppleness and to their
chests a greater girth. The knickers,
cut like riding breeches, gave the
prosaic legs of bauk clerics and sten
ographers the dashing elegance of
the legs of cavalrymen. But the
PincHpple Cuke. This is a layer cake, and a very good
one. To make it cream together one cupful of sugar and '
one-thjrd of a cupful of butter. Add the beaten whites of ,
two eggs, a half cupful of milk, two scant teacupfuls of '
flour, one heaping teaspoonful of cream of tartar, thor
oughly mixed with the flour, and an even teaspoonful of
baking soda disrolved in the milk.-' Bake in layers. The
filling consists of grated pineapple, sweetened to taste and
beaten with the white of an egg that has previously been
whipped to a stiff froth.
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women! "We women," said a
young lady Journalist, "look like the
deuce beside you men! You men
have a regulation golf suit, just as
you have a regulation evening dress.
But we women disfigure the links in
an oM skirt and a sweater. Whfre
is the future Worth orJPaqtiln who
will invent for women a golf dress at
once neat and elegant?" Philadel
phia Bulletin.
THE CLEVER WOMAN.
With all the discussion that is now
going on about what constitutes the
clever woman it is Interesting to get
the opinion of a great English au
thor arjd editor.
A clever woman, ns a wife, is a
woman who is skilled in the conduct
of life, in the control of the house
hold, and, above all, 1n the manage
ment of her husband, says William
T. Stead in the Delineator. A woman
who could neither read nor write
would be a bad wife for any ordinary
man In a civilized community, but
such an Illiterate woman. If she were
clever In all the arts of domestic
economy, in the rearing of children
and in bringing at once the inspira
tion and comfort of ber husband,
would be clever eiiough for the clev
erest man in existence, and Infinitely
preferable to the cleverest woman in
book learning . that has ever been
turned out by university.
FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD.
Thirty women were nominated for
places on the School Board in Phila
delphia. Among them was Miss Em
ily Hallowell, sister of Miss Anna
Hallowell, the first woman ever ap
pointed to the Philadelphia Board of
Education. Miss Emily Hallowell
was for a number of years the head
of a private school for girls, the only
one in Philadelphia for a long time
where girls could be prepared for
college. Among the candidates from
the other wards were Dr. Clara Mar
shall, dean of the Woman's Medical
College; Dr. Sarah Lockrey, president
of the Woman's Medical Club, of
Phijadelphia; Mrs. Edwin C. dice,
member of the council of the Na
tional Educational Association; Miss
Mary V. Kemp, head worker In the
Church Settlement House, and Mrs.
Catherine Tullldge, founder of the
Woman's Educational Improvement
Association, which Is now trying to
secure the appointment of a matron
in each public school. Detroit Free
Pi-ess.
YOl'R BABY'S WORTH.
How does dear America hold Its
tables? What is America doing for
; fashions
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WORK.
her babies? Mortality statistics tell
an awiui story oi me waste of hu.
man energy witnessed by the high ,
death rate among Infants. Almost" '
one-fourth of those who die annu.
ally in this country are babies under
the age of five years! Almost one.
fifth are Infants not one year old!
The life of a child under two years
old in New York City Is computed by
economists to be worth exactly
$69.45. Why so little? Because of
the unlikelihood of its growing to
manhood. It has practically no life
expectancy, therefore no Insurance,
company will Insure a child under
two. The courts have repeatedly de.
clared that the life of a baby was
worth absolutely nothing, when pa
rents have st'.ed for redress for a baby
run over in the streets! Just last
week a baby was run over in a crowd,
ed street not far from here, and
killed. So angry were the people
that they dragged the man o(f hi
wagon and would have torn him to
pieces had not the police interfered.
Yet every day in that same street,
dirty milk Is sold, contaminated
meats bought, dust and dirt and gar
bage spread in the air, to kill hun
dreds of babies, and not a finger of
protest is raised! It Is not because
people do not value babies, but be
cause they do not see what it is that
kills them.
This Is a matter for State legisla
tures and beards of health. So long
as ignorance persists, to long will the
law be evaded; and no attempt at en
forcement, however persistent, can
avail. A campaign of education is in
order, so that no parent, no citizen
of this country, can fail to know that
carelessness In sanitation means lit
erally slaughter of innocents. The
Delineator. .
The scarf remains.
Skeleton bodices are popular.
Long sash ends are a novelty.
The Japanese wash silks are love
Her than ever.
Fine mull ties with colored dots are
very pretty.
Darned effects continue In favor In
the matter of embroidery.
Eyelet embroidery will maintain Its
vogue the coming season.
Large spots ard tiny ones are mixed
in some of the new veils.
With the tailored suits coaree
mesh net waists will be much worn.
5ne of the prettiest toilette "re
freshers" is a collarette made of os
trich feathers.
A ch&ming finish to the waist 1s
the tie known as the Directolre, made
of crochet lace.
The Irish crochet buttons will he
In the greatest evidence on the spring
and summer gowns.
Everything buttons. Crochet but
tons are used, but there is a prefer
ence for jet and pearl.
Sleeves are long and clinging, with
no fulness at the top and no cuffs,
or closely stikhed ones.
The long lines of the plain skirt
are made to seem even longer by the
waistline being placed high.
There are Just the same color!
ns
ier among the silk petticoats that thet
are among the dress materials. ,
E;tra smart blouses are of a coarse
gold net, embroidered in dull rich
shades, and these are supposed fo
carry out the color scheme of the
costume.
Elegant gowns are seen with no
trimming save large buttons, made of
seml-preclous stones, or clever coun
terfeits of them, set in rims of gold
' and silver.
The three, four end six-piece skirts
are most used among the gored varl-
, etles, as they can be more satisfa
torily adapted to the new form ot
Directolre.
One of the prettiest new boleros
Is of the brassier or shoulder strap
type, with much more material used
at the front than at the back. , The
, effect is quite novel.
The fine French cotton crepff and
the handkerchief linens seem to he
the two materials oftenest selected
for fancy blouses of the- elal:o:at
hand embroidered llngeiio U.e.