Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 96, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 April 1916 — Page 2

How to Attract Biords to our Homes

I Appreciation of their value as insect destroyers . jis growwg-~and the Department of Agri - ; culture \s distributing Valuable thfor- ; —vmmkron hbout them. J

By W. L. M’ATEE.

IRD lovers throughout the land are seeking ways and ! means of Increasing the (P V number of birds and of attrading them to the viclnfty of homes. While the basis for this movement is <fc||gßWa in part esthetic, to no small uSwmlIM& degree such efforts are 7 based on a growing appre-

ciation of the usefulness of birds as Insect destroyers. The increase of interest in wild birds throughout the United States during the past decade has been phenomenal, and organizations having for their chief object the care and protection of birds are numbered by hundreds, if not thousands. Civic leagues and women’s clubs have been especially active in attempts to attract birds to city parks and suburbs, with a view to bringing wild life to the doors of those denied the privilege of knowing it in wilder districts. Pood supply is the vital factor in bird life and the Boost important single offering we can make in our efforts to attract birds. It is important to note that an ample supply of food prior to and during the nesting season tends to increase the number of eggs laid and also the number of

Cocoanut Larder.

broods in a season. Bird food may bo supplied in two ways—by planting trees, shrubs and herbs which produce seeds or fruits relished by birds, and by exposing food in artificial devices. The most familiar phase of the latter method is winter feeding. During the season when the natural food supply is at its lowest ebb birds respond most readily to our hospitality. Winter feeding has become very popular, and the result has been to bring about better understanding between birds and human kind. The winter foods commonly used include suet or other fat, pork rinds, bones with shreds of meat, cooked meats, worms, cut up apples, birdseed, buckwheat, crackers, crumbs, cocoanut meat, cracked corn, t/roken dog biscuits or other bread, hemp seed, millet, nut meats of all kinds (especially peanuts), whole or rolled oats, peppers, popcorn, pumpkin or

Food Tray.

squash seeds, raw or boiled rice, sunflower seeds, and wheat. The methods of making these supplies available to birds are as varied as the dietary itself. A device very commonly used is the food trhy or shell This may be put on a tree or pole, by a window or at some other

TAKEN FROM EXCHANGES

The price of sugar was recently increased 25 per cent in Hungary. The army of Monaco, though sipall, was resplendent during peace times, hot-now that- war Is- under way hasbeen dissolved because the professional soldiers who composed it have all been called home and are fighting under the French or Italian colors, as the case may be, or drawn up in the Swiss contingent guarding the frontier.

point about a building or strung upon a wire or other support on which it may be run back and forth. The last device is useful in accustoming birds to feed nearer and nearer a comfortable observation point. A fault with food shelves is that wind and rain may sweep them clean and snow may cover the food. These de-

Food Hopper With Detachable Roof.

sects may be obviated in part by adding a raised ledge about the margin or by plaoing the shelf in the shelter of a wall or shielding it with evergreen branches on one or more sides. Feeding devices not affected by the weather are preferable. An excellent one is a cocoanut with a hole bored in one end. The cavity is filled with chopped suet and nuts or other food mixture, and the nut is suspended by a wire from a limb. The size of the hole regulates the character of the guests; if small, large birds cannot gobble the supply, and the cocoanut meat as well as the stuffing is eaten. Cans with small openings may be substituted for cocoanuts. Food baskets of any desired size made of wire netting or a metal grating may be hung up or fastened to the trunk of a tree. Food mixtures in melted fat may be poured into holes made in a branch or piece of timber or in cracks of bark or over evergreen branches. Ail of these devices minimize or obviate the disturbing effects of stormy weather. Game birds and sparrows may be provided with feeding places by erecting low hutches or making wigwam-

Food House.

like shocks of corn or grain sheaves under which food may be scattered. The opening should be to the south. Those who desire to have about their homes should not feel that their power to attract them is gone when winter is over. Winter feeding easily passes into summer feeding, and experience proves that some birds gladly avail themselves throughout the year of this easy mode of getting a living. We have thus far considered ways of feeding birds titbits we ourselves have gleaned. We may feed them by another method, by cultivating their natural food plants and allowing them to reap the harvest in their own way. Less has been done in this respect for the true seed-eating birds than for those fond of pulpy fruits. The reason in obvious, however. Our seedeating birds largely patronize weeds, which we do not wish to cultivate, while the , fruit eaters depend upon many plants which we hold in such esteem for their ornamental value that they are generally cultivated. Something can be done to attract the Beed eaters about our homes, however. A number of commonly cultivated. plants, belonging to the same groups as those upon which the birds feed extensively in nature, pro-

The dissatisfaction of the railroad companies in the United States with the payments made to them by the government .lor mail haulage, is as nothing compared to ' the attitude of the British railroad* companies. The -British post office department ~diß%v : ered that for short haulage, up to about 125 miles, the motor truck or tractor Is far cheaper and better than the railway. For this reason the great bulk of British mail transfer over distances within 125 miles Is now made with trucks.

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duce good crops of seeds. The height and stiffness of stalk of varieties of sorghum should make these abundant seeders valuable in winter. Japanese millet holds Its seeds well, and, if planted thickly where it can grow up through a horizontal lattice work, makes a valuable cover and feeding place for winter birds. .Canary grass and various species of Pennisetum also are good for seed-eating’ birds. Alders and birches bear in their numerous cones a supply of seeds which are eagerly sought for by redpolls, siskins and goldfinches during the winter. We can cater to still another group of birds by planting

Feeding Stick.

ashes and box elders. The winged fruits of these trees are opened and the seeds eaten by pine and evening grosbeaks, the visits of these birds being largely regulated by the supply of this kind of food. Larches, pines, and other conifers are attractive to crossbills as well as to some of the species just mentioned. Birds devour cultivated fruit principally because the processes of cultivation diminish the wild, supply. The presence of wild fruit in a locality always serves to protect domestic varieties, especially when the wild trees or shrubs are of the same kind as the cultivated ones and ripen earlier. The following shrubs may be planted for the use of the birds for the protection of cultivated fruits: Wild strawberry, wild blackberry, wild pepper, red and white mulberry, Juneberry, wild red, Japanese, Sangent and Mahaleb cherry, fly honey-

Food House on Pivot.

suckle, red berried elder, silky-leaved pear and crabapple. Although a considerable number of our native birds build their nests on the ground, the majority place them in trees or shrubs, either in holes or on the limbs or in crotches. Shrubbery and trees for nesting sites, therefore, are essential for making a place attractive to birds, and a double purpose is served if the kinds planted are chosen from the list of fruit-bear-ing species already given. Shrubs should be allowed to form thickets and should be pruned back severely when young so as to produce numerous crotches. The most common errors in putting out bird houses are choosing poor locations and supplying too many boxes. A bird house in a bald, glaring location is not nearly so likely to attract tenants as one in a partially shaded place, martins, only, prefer a house standing apart from trees. Entrances to boxes should be shel-

Food Shelf.

tered by projecting roofs and should face away from the prevailing wind and rain storms. If we would protect ground-nesting birds, as bobolinks, meadow larks and bobwhites, grass In the nesting fields must not be cut during the breeding season.

MEN AND MATTERS

Royalties in the German army cannot wear mufti without the permission of the kaiser. It is said that President Wilson. has great faith in dr?ams as revelations of future events. The Duke of Devonshire 1b one of the best Judges of green crops in England. Great philosophers and statesmen have been noticed to have large and sloping ears.

DAINTY AND USEFUL

BMART FROCK THAT WILL APPEAL TO ALL WOMEN. Nothing Prettier Has Been Bhown In Many Year* Than This Model — Makea Up Well In 8111 c, Cotton or Linen. You could hardly find anything prettier or more practical than this dainty frock for the college girl or small woman. It Is easy to slip Into, because It is In one piece, and it has all the

Smart Double-Flounce Skirt.

fullness necessary for both comfort and fashion. This design is built of sports silk, in one of those new heavy weaves that have such lovely surfaces. Some like linen crash; some like uneven ripples of grass-cloth. This dress is of delft blue, with lit-

APPLY POWDERS WITH CARE

Much Harm May Be Done to the Skin If It Is Laid On Too Lavishly. : Many women whose complexion is blotchy, red and unclean looking, can trace the source of their trouble to a superabundance of powder. Even the best, purest powders on the market will clog the skin pores, if applied too heavily a.nd often. Powder was not meant to cover/the face so it looks as if the flour barret had been visited head first. It was intended as a means of removing the shine from the skin. Is there anything a more disgusting sight than a woman with her chin and nose white with powder? It seems that the women who affect the “headlight powder system” have the largest noses, the homeliest chins. Of course, the powder only focuses attention on these features. The tint of the powder used must depend on the coloring of the user. Blondes must use one color, brunettes another, and according to the degree of fairness or darkness. Also for evening use there are certain shades of powder which are much more becoming than the tints most attractive in the daylight.

DESIGNED TO HOLD PENNIES

Bag Is One of the Prettiest of the Trifles Which Women Like to Have In Profusion. This bag should, of course, be made Til quite a tiny size, and it is carried out in dark brown silk and lined with pale pink soft silk. It is cut out in two pieces and sewn together at the sides, the seam afterwards being hidden with two pieces of fine brown silk cord, the ends of which are knotted at the bottom of the bag and frayed out in a tassel. The material at the top of the bag is

turned over and hemmed down andsome of the same silk cord run through, and to the end of the cord a Email ring is attached* (a small keyring will quite well answer the purpose) that may be slipped over the finger, and In this way prevent the pos sibility of the bag being dropped or

tie shirred trimmings down the front and around the sleeves. The sash is of dark blue and the skirt consists of two simple and very full Spanish flounces —that is, the effect is in the Spanish flounce style, but the two portions are put on a lining that reaches to the lower portion. The same design is equally pretty in any of the. season’s silks or * thin cottons or linens. In the case of taffetas there should be trimming of quillings, scallops, ruchings or cordings around the flounceß, and if cotton goods are used the skirt portions should be finished with small ruffles. These are always fetching, and they wash better than any other decoration. Lace or embroidery may be used as an edging, either with or without the ruffles.

HANDS REQUIRE MUCH CARE

Woman’s Attractiveness Depends • Great Deal on Their Dainty and Proper Appearance. Beautiful hands are a sign of good breeding, it is said, and certain it is that no one who neglects her hands can expect them to look well. Only regular attention and steady care bring forth any results in beautifying the hands. The girl who works for her living need not despair, however, for if she will devote a few moments each night to hpr hands they will look almost as well as those of the lady of leisure. Be careful first of all as to how the hands are washed—in tepid water is the most satisfactory, for it is not too cold to remove the dirt and not too hot to redden the flesh. Constantly changing soap is very bad for the skin. A good soap should be selected and be used regularly without change. Be sure that all the soap is off the hands, then dry thoroughly, so that the flesh is not left damp and moist. Once a month is none too often to go to a professional manicurist, but by watching attentively how the work is done, you may be able to do your manicuring at home the rest of the time. The monthly visit will just serve to keep the nails shaped rightly if you do them yourself once or twice a week. Invest in a good nail file, some emery boards, a cuticle scissors, a nail bleach, an orange stick, a polish and some powdered pumice stone.

NEW PETTICOAT

Miss Justine Johnson In a charming Heatherbloom creation. The novel gown is made of Heatherbloom pompadour taffeta with a plaited flounce design. The charming dressing sacque is of blue taffeta with flowers and buds embroidered in white silk. Miniature hearts of white embroidered silk dot the sacque here and there.

otherwise mislaid; in fact, the hag can be allowed to hang from the finger and thus leave the hand free to hold a paper or magazine. Upon each side of the bag appears a butterfly worked with silk.

Panels of Ribbons.

Ribbons are used generously as* trimmings for afternoon and dance 'frocks these days. They are made into panels, loop upon loop, and are sewed around ..wide skirts in graduated widths. Very broad ribbons of soft brocade pattern are draped over the bodice under a veiling of tulle, and very narrow ribbons are plaited and used as an edge trimming. Gay little bow knots and rosettes of ribbon flutter from dance frocks in captivating fashions.

Homemade Picture Dress.

Who cannot afford a Btriped dimity, say yellow and white with a tiny blossom running in alternate rows? Make a plain gathered skirt, with four bands of plain yellow in graduating widths to trim. A simple waist with puff sleeves set in the low shoulder and caught into star-pointed cuffs of yellow to correspond with a deep star-pointed yoke, above which a softly plaited ruche.

Gayly Colored Veils.

Brilliantly colored lace veils are the new fashion note in veildom. These are composed of both the large knd small hexagon mesh, and are run with heavy silk in the same color,, or in chainstitch, in tine and in scat* tered leaf design. Colors are purple, »”.auve, green, blue, gray and a rich shade of brown.

Glass of Hot Water Before Breakfast a Splendid Habit Open sluices of the system each morning and wash away the poisonous, stagnant matter. Those of us who are accustomed to feel dull and heavy when we arise; splitting headache, stuffy from a cold, foul tongue, nasty breath, acid stomach, lame back, can, instead, both look and feel as fresh as a daisy always by washing the poisons and toxins from the body with phosphated hot water each morning. We should drink, before breakfast, a glass of real hot water with a teaspoonful of limestone phosphate in it to flush from the stomach, liver, kidneys and ten yards of bowels the previous day’s indigestible waste, sour bile and poisonous toxins; thus cleansing, sweetening and purifying the entire alimentary canal before putting more food into the stomach. The action of limestone phosphate and hot water on an empty stomach Is wonderfully invigorating. It cleans out all the sour fermentations, gases, waste and acidity and gives one a splendid appetite for breakfast and it is said to be but a little while until the roses begin to appear in the cheekß. A quarter pound of limestone phosphate will cost very little at your druggist or from the store, but is sufficient to make anyone who is bothered with biliousness, constipation, stomach trouble or rheumatism a real enthusiast on the subject of internal sanitation. Try it and you are assured that you will look better and feel better in every way shortly.— Adv.'

Same Thing.

"Ckn you play the lyre?” “I can tell a good fish story.”

TENDER SKINNED BABIES

With Rashes and Irritations Find Comfort In Cutlcura. Trial Free. w Baby’s tender skin requires mild, soothing properties such as are found In the Cuticura Soap and Ointment Cuticura Soap is so sweet, pure and cleansing and Cuticura Ointment so soothing and healing, especially when baby’s skin is Irritated and rashy. Free sample each by mail with Book. Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept L, Boston. Sold everywhere.—Adv.

Fine Resin From Desert Cactus.

A high-grade resin, golden yellow and firm, and in solubility resembling Dammar resin, has been extracted from samples of dried desert cactus sent to the University of Washington chemistry department from the Southwest. It was there that the discovery of how to extract resin from wood by using ammonia as a solvent was discovered. Ammonia, however, would npt dissolve the resin in cactus, so Prof. H. K. Benson started a search for another solvent and found that denatured alcohol was the best. The yield is about 20 per cent, and the cost will be less than that of extracting it from wood, as nearly all the alcohol can be recovered. TT ~~~

Poor Substitute.

"Mamma, won’t you buy me a little puppy, dog?” "No, Ethel. You’ve got that little kitten Aunt Mary gave you. Isn’t that enough?” "No, mamma. I don’t like Kitty a bit I tried to give her a bath this afternoon and she scratched me something awful.”

From Different Viewpoint

"I’m so sorry you don’t like my new gown,” said Mrs. Growell. “Everybody else says it is perfectly lovely.” "Oh, its easy for others to pay compliments," replied Growell, “but I have to pay the bills.”

HANDY HUBBAND Knew How to Get Part of the Breakfast.

" 'I know one dish I can prepare for breakfast as well as any cook on earth,* said my husband one morning when the cook was ill and he had volunteered to help get breakfast. He appeared with his dish and I discovered it was Grape-Nuts whioh, of course, was easy to prepare for it was perfectly cooked at the factory, but it was a good illustration of the convenience of having Grape-Nuts about. “We took up Grape-Nuts immediately after returning from a five years' sojourn in a hot country. Our stomachs were in bad condition and we were in poor health generally. “In a day or two we liked GrapeNuts better than any other kind of food on the table. We both gained steadily in health and strength, and this was caused by Grape-Nuts and Postum. "A friend of ours had a similar experience. She was seriously ill with Indigestion and could find nothing tp eat that would not give her heartburn and palpitation, especially at night "She found that a small dish of Grape-Nuts with cream made her a satisfactory supper and gave her a comfortable night's rest in a short time she gained several pounds in weight” "There’s a Reason." Name siren by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Ever read tic above letter? _ A_aew •n« appears from time to tlme.. are aeaalae* tne aad fall Sf fceatae Interest.