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Entertains By GEORGE Clara J. and I had taken possession of our cute little dent in the middle of an Imposing stone pile with a Pullman car moniker, and for two weeks we roamed among the furniture stores measuring chairs and things to see if they were small enough to go in the flat Finally, however, the toy home was ready, and we moved In. Clara J.'s delight was boundless when mamma and papa and Tacks cam up that first evening and took I inn er, with us. . It's true we all had to sit edge-on at the table and get our meat cut in the kitchen so as to avoid hitting each other on the funny bone, but the idea was gosd, nevertheless. Surely it makes a chap's heart swell up and beat faster when he realizes that for the first time In his life he's paying hotise rent for himself and a good man's daughter, even if the housa isn't any bigger than a minute. Our first experiment in the kitchen was a colored lady named Malvina. She cooked entirely by hand, and talked by machinery. As a conversationalist she was a faster tongue trotter than the Jaaitor, although his assortment of words would probably get him the decision on points. Malvina was Inclined to be stout, and every time it was her cue to come in and wait on the table I got up and left the room, so that she could move about without Injuring our guests. In the first round Malvina spilled a bowl of hot soup over father's cowlick, which showed a pretty anxiety on her part to make his visit a memorable one. Papa expressed a desire to swear, so I led him out to the kitchen, put his head in the dumbwaiter shaft, and told him to cut loose. He fractured the walls and stopped every clock in the house, but it made him feel better. During the third round Malvina came in with the lamb chops! slipped 'Jim Framed His Face In the on the soup-painted floor, and handed the whole plateful of hot meat to Tacks. ' He reached for one chop with his left eye and took the rest In his lap. : Malvina rushed out in the kitchen. Scrawled behind the gas range, and refused to be comforted. She declared that some one had "cernly conj'abd" her, and then she raised her voice in lamentation and didn't stop talking for three mortal hours. Otherwise our first dinner party passed off very pleasantly. Mother expressed herself as charmed with our Entourage, end papa said that with the exception of our facilities for landing soup at the right wharf we were all to the good. : The next day Clara J. suggested that we give a house-warming to o.r friends. "I'm for it," I agreed, "but you must xemember that we have quite a bulky 'bunch on our list, and as we can only rXt a sprinkling of them in here at ne time well have to give a continuous." Clara J. undertook to arrange that detail, and shortly thereafter we gave our first public performance, j Eicht friends arrived at the appointjed hour, and as there was only room jlor six of them in the flat we stood jthe surplus out in the main hall and told them to hold an overflow meeting, j During the first half hour we enterstained each other by getting wedged !ln th sitting-room so tightly that 'Malvina had to pry us out. j Afer that we made a solemn comjpact never to try to enter any room In which four people had already as'seiybied. This plan probably saved jtba' lives of many present, j After a time my wife started to play jthe piano, and two minutes later the jman who lived in the flat above us 'sent down word that his kid was asleep, and if we didn't stop beating jthe music box he'd have us idl pinched. j I sent a nice, diplomatic message tn tfiA man nvprhon r? in wViltK r loned the name of a place that I'd permit him to go to. Then the man sent the Janitor after me. I told the Janitor that this is a jfree country, and he replied: "Maybe ;ft It, but you can't prove It" I So we started to cut out the music (and started a quarter limit game of poker. The players were Jim Nelson and ibis wife. Charlie Payne, Fred Parisons, Clara J., and myself. ; Jim Nelson thinks that when it comes to poker he's about the warni;est little bundle of nerves that ever jtapped a Jack. To hear him talk THACKERAY'S DAMAGED NOSE Inquiry About It Embarrassed Dinner ' Table Guest, Who Was the ! One Who Broke It ' Thackeray I occasionally met in society, and I remember perpetrating a 'dreadful blunder during a dinner at jwhich he was one of the guests. As luck would have it I chanced to be placed next. to a Mr. Venables, to whom I had only been Introduced that 'evening. He seemed pleasant man

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Friends V. HOBART you'd think he wrote the same. He's one of those fluffs who whistle for the police when they lose SO cents and get the frosted Trilbies wren they win a dollar ninety. Charlie Payne plays tbm close to his shirt studs and always forgets to ante. His bad memory hra saved a lot of money for him. Fred Parsons Is one of those loud players. Every time he wins a pot he bubbles all over like a neltzer water going In a. glass. Wlrsn he loses he hits the table and sayr.: "Dammaluck! Why didn't I thro away the other card?" I wasn't wise to the abilities of the others, although I had a trong suspicion that cmom j. wou'd put up a regular Cherry Sister gace. I had never heard her speak oi cards, and I was prepared to hear äer ask any minute if the king of trtmps beat a four flush. We. played along for 1 slf an hour without anything painfu; happening. Clara J. handled her earns as though Lhey wer perfect strangers to each other and she was a trifle nervous, but she trailed along with the bunch. For Jim Nelson they were coming in carriages. He must f ave been ,slx dollars in, and, consequently, he was bursting with an Inward Joy. Then came a Jack-pot. which went around three or four tinges, and was finally opened by Jim. We all stayed In, and after the draw it was just beginning to look cheerful, when Clara J. said eagerly, "Oh, John, do sixes beat fulls r Everybody present dipped up a titter, and xhe poor girl looked ready to faint. "Surfe!" I said, just to bring her back to t arth, and the game went on. Jim bet his quarter and Charlie Pae raised blm. Clara J. was next, and she hoisted them both, to my painful surprise. The rest of us dropped out, and so did Charlie on the next lap. It was Jim and Clara J. for it, and Sickliest Smile I Ever Saw." I had to sit there and watch her being dragged to the shambles, powerless to help her. Every time Jim said his little speech she was back at him with a raise. 1 could see a whole month's household expenses traveling hone in Jim's pocket During those few terrible moments I'll bet Mrs. Jim bought two new hatB and a tailor made with the spoils her robber husland was going to haul In. It was Ciwl. I trleC 't.- give Clara J. the bugle to cease Crir.g, but she never once looked in riy direction. Jim had nearly all his chips In and Clara J. had reached over and touched my stack for a handful. The pot looked as big as a bunch of Christmas money, and I began to "Maybe It Is, but You Can't Prove It" see visions of deputy sheriffs running on with our furniture. Jim was breathing hai, an.d 1 fancied I could almost hear him sar ing over and over to himself, This is a sin and I hate to An it, hut I need the money: Presently, when ajl his chips were in. he repented and called Clara J As he did so he threw a king full or ouiiets down on the table, and with an apologetic smile proceeded to pul In the gate receipts. Clara J. said very coolly. "Won1 you walk slowly, Mr. Nelson r and and wo were soon engaged In an agreeable conversation, which eventually turned upon the great satirist sitting some little distance away, with wb,n I observed my neighbor appeared to be well acquainted. Thinking this was a good opportunity of clearing up a point about which at that time I was completely ignorant, I asked him: "Perhaps you can tell me whether the malformation of Mr. Thackeray's nose is natural or the result of an accident?" i To my great surprise, Mr. Venables

with that she spread her hand out on the table four sixes and a seven-spot! Stung! Jim framed his face in the sickliest smile I ever saw, and Mrs. Jim awoko from her dry goods dream with a start that nearly upset the table. Clara J., the bunco girl! Did you hear her pay, "John, do sixes beat ftrllsf Izs't he a wonder, though? After that the game seemed to drag, and finally, when it broke up. Jim was so much to the bad that Mr Jim had made up her mind to discharge their servant girl as soon as she reached home. When the company was gone I said to Clara J.: "Where did you get that fourth six, and who taught you the game?" "Oh," she answered with a smile, "I Just picked it up!" "Which." I said, "the game or the six?" She never did answer me. (Copyright by O. W. Dillingham Co.)

ARTIFICIAL EYEBALL OF GOLD Surgical Feat That Is the Most Diffi cult Performance Known to the Profession. Gold, for the first time in the history of ocular science, has been substituted for the natural jellylike substance in which an artificial eye is ordinarily set. In an operation at the. Jefferson hospital at Philadelphia gold was used to form the eyeball, with the result that the glass eye has all the appearance of a real eye. The fixed and stony stare which fol lows the insertion of a glass eye is replaced by the life and light associated with the sparkling eye of nature. This surgical feat, one of the most difficult of performance known to the practise, is considered by specialists as unique in the annals of marvelous operations. William Senseman, a fifteen-year-old boy of Buffalo, is the person who is now carrying gold in his eye with the same composure as he might carry that precious metal In his teeth. Ten days ago he was playing In the basement of his home. With a hatchet "he struck the concrete floor-, Ing. The cement was shattered and one of the bits flew Into his eye. The tiny bit of cement pained his eye for a time, but as the pain soon vanished, the boy and bis parents thought that the particle had been naturally dislodged. Unfortunately, the sight of that eye grew fainter and fainter. Then one day the boy realized that blindness, total blindness, had set in. The boy and his parents came to the Jefferson hospital. The X-ray failed to locate the particle. Ma the-, matical methods were then employed.! and the exact position of the bit of; cement was determined. Then an incision was made, so that the magnet could be used to draw it out. But the magnet had no attraction for the cement and that plan failed. Blood poisoning was feared, and it was necessary to remove the whole eye. To this the boy and his parents objected on the ground that a glass eye was so conspicuous. Thereupon the surgeons were inspired to at tempt the daring operation by which the golden eyeball was set In the empty socket. Then the glass eye. or pupil, was fitted carefully into the golden ball. The trained observation of the spe cialist would be required to detect the real from the false eye. MEN BARGAIN HUNTERS, TOO Department Store Manager Says That Women Haven't Anything on Male . Folks In That Game. The manager of the men's section oi a department store uncoiled a little slam at the he-sex the other day. v "The time has about arrived," said he, "for male persons to stop giving their women folks the comic supplement chortle over their, the women's, bargain-hunting activities. "Why for? Because in these days women haven't got a single thing o'a the male folks as bargain counter fiends. Then men are just as keen on the trail of the marked down stuff as the women, and they're every bit as pushy and scrappy in their method of swooping upon the bargain junk at that. "Can't you see that it won't fit you, you lob?" growled the grabber at the man from whose head he had itnatched the hat. "And it's Just my fetze." he added as he put It on, and he loped up to one of the clerks, stuffed $1.25 into the clerk's hand and vamoosed like a man running away from a cloudburst "Well, of all the gall!' grunted the man from whose head the bonnet had been snatched. " 'He was dead right,' growled the fellow in the rear rows who'd observed the incident 'Whatchoo want to do hang around up front there all day and give nobody else a chance? "It's only in quite recent years, you see, that men have come to appreciate the cleverness of the woman's Idea In buying bargain stuff out of season. "Yes, it's time to dispense with this comedy about women bargain hunters' They're keen and nifty at that work, but they haven't got anything what ever on the male folks at that kind of work these days." This Cat Hard to Kill. When threshing operations were in' progress at a farm in Sherwood Forest, near London, England, a few days ago. two workmen heard a faint mew ing proceeding from the inside of the stack built seventeen days previously and presently discovered the farmhouse cat that had been missing during that interval. Would Still Be Work. Rusty Rufus Say, Tom. wouldn't it be great ef youse could git all de eat an' drink youse wanted by Jist pressln' a lectrlc button? Tired Thomas It shore would ef I hed somebody ter press de button fer me. Dangerous Weapons. Redd Do you think they will ever use automobiles in battles? Greene Well, if they want to make a slaughter house of the battlefield I they will! Yonkers Statesman. seemed much upset by my question, stammering out, "It was injured In an &cc!dent at school." I could not un. derstand his confusion, but, asking some one its reason after dinner, ful Iy realized what an unfortunate question I had. asked, when I learned thaj It was Mr. Venables who, as a boy at school, had broken Thackeray's nose In a fight Exchange. "The wise man treats h's friends well," says the Philosopher of Tolly, "but not often-

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MKT DEVICE FOR MILKING COWS Apparatus Arranged to CU't as Near Perfect Imitation of Suckling Calf as Is Possible. The illustration show3 a pulsating device that has been devised to give aj perfect an Imitation of the suckling operations of a calf as possible. The pulsator is connected between the service and pump pipes of the milking apparatus, and Is provided with a valve subject to the drawing force or partial vacuum of the system. A controller, provided with connections for r'ulsating Device for Milking. effecting the movement of this valve, cuts off and opens the air communication, thus providing pulsations. TO MAKE SUPERIOR BUTTER Several Essential Suggestions for Ca I ry men That Insure Success In Quality and Flavor. (By BESSIE L. PUTNAM.) Better of the best quality is oh taincd only when the cream is churn ed twice a week, though a product of fair quality may be secured from a weekly churning if extra care is taken of the cream during the gathering process. It must be kept in a well ventilated cellar or room free from objectionable odor. If vegetables are kept in the same compartment see to it thai there are no decaying members among them. Cabbage is especially prone to affect the flavor of milk or butler. If you use ensilage never feed the slldfce until after the milking is done and the milk cared for. Milk readily absorbs odors and the butter will be of inferior quality as a result. Always scald pails, strainers and separators In fall and winter, with as much care as in midsummer. Because the milk does not quickly sour Is no reason why vigilance in this direction should be relaxed. The bitter odor is bound to creep in unless this detail is carefully attended to. - If the butter is hard to come keep the cream in a warm room 12 hours before churning. This is much more satisfactory than putting in hot water to raise the temperature of the crtam. When packing butter away, scald til the crocks and pails thoroughly. Doe that has had rancid butter in cf.u seldom be cleansed sufficiently 10 keep butter well afterward; though If it Is necesary to use such a crock, perhaps the best method of sweeten ing It is to fill It with clay for a short tine. This soil has the power to Jraw out objectionable flavors as nothing else can do. When packing butter for the winter months always use the best of salt und cover with a c!oth well sprinkled with salt Avoid coloring material Strive to keep the cream at the proper temperature before and during the process of churning and artificial tints will not be. required. More butter Is spoiled by being ver, rather than under-worked.. Don't, churn when you are cooking unions and then be surprised if the butter is "off." If the process Is car ried on in any part of the kltc'ien it Is necessary to have the air freed from other odors at the time. The 8Ize of the Silo. The size of the silo should, of :ours9, depend upon the number of rattle to be kept The diameter ihould be such that a layer of at least jne and one-half inches will be taken off the top dally, in feeding, to Insure fresh silage, as it spoils if left exposed to the air more than 24 hours. A cow will eat about one cubic foot or about 40 pounds, a day. At this rate, to feed cattlo six months, the di ameter of a 30-foot silo shoved be such as to allow about five squa?e feet of surface for each cow. Two small si los are better than one larfe one. be cause the silage will alw?s be in better condition as It is ur.ed off the top faster. Forage Figures In the Profits. In the production of milk and cream on the farm the farmer seldom atnn to consider that there should be placed i. value on the forage which the cows :onsume when on pasture, or that the labor necessary to feed, milk and properly, care for the cows, and the milk snouia do considered as an ex pease. On this account too often, the farmer falls to fully understand the actual cost of his butter when ready or market. Pumpkins Are Good for Qheeo. Pumpkins are good feed for sheep in the fall of the year. Whou winter comes on and the pastures do not fur nish enough feed to keep them thrifty and growing nicely begin feed Ing corn and fodder, cowpeas and clover nay and sometimes threshed oats or sheaf oats. Freshen Cawa in r,n It has been found that the cow fresh -A mm in me rail gives the largest returns Your cows mar nnt ha w w w I VSli tA W TW WMfc vou can arrange to have them freshen .4 V u mo most profitable season. 1 Tood dairyman will study breeding well as milk production. The as The Maroln nf Pmi. If the dairy cow Is In a mrA h1fhv condition, and her milk supply profits counteract her actual expense of keeping, she . Is worth the timo and trouble of keeping her, but on the other hand, should she consume more ,feed thui her profit warrants, get rid ;of her as soon as possible. Care of Utensils. The utensils used in working the butter should be thoroughly aired and dried after using each time before belts put away.

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Nothing Allowed in Room but Neces esary Utensils Free From Contamination of the Barn. This is a picture of the interior of a farm dairy in Suesquehanna County Pennsylvania. It is located near the house and far enough from the barn , A Clean Farm Dairy. to Insure freedom from contamination. Water from a spring is conveyed to it by means of a one-inch pipe, and a small stove on which is fixed a large boiler with a faucet near the bottom which provides plenty of hot water. Nothing except the dairy utensils is permitted to remain in the room. The walls are painted white and are frequently washed down with hot water and sal soda. As soon as the milk is brought from the barn it Is placed la clean pails and set in a trough through which cold water from the spring constantly passes. DONT NEGLECT . THE COWS Allowing Animals to Shift for Them selves When Becoming Dry Is Costly and Inhuman. (By RALPH M. WHITESIDE.) This is a picture from a photograph of a cow owned by a well-to-do farmer who allows his cows to shift for them selves when they become dry. The Ill-Treated Cow. writer has seen in the early spring many cows that are too weak to arise from the ground without being as sisted. This is a splendid way of los ing money fast and it is inhuman as well. Utility of the Cream Separator. Those who have nerer used a cream separator do not know of Its actual value in dairy work. One great econ omy in using the cream separator in summer is the small space required to keep the product to be saved. The separating is done immediately after milking, and all of the bklm milk not wanted for household use is fed to the calves, pigs or pou'.try. There is no trouble in storing it away for the cream to rii and no large number of milk vessels to clean and handle. The separator, of course. must be cleaned, but the work of cleaning Is x not nearly so great m the work of cleaning all the milk ves sels necessary for holding the milk it Utes care of. There are brushes for cleaning which make the work easy, and there is no drying, as scalding water is used and the heat from this dries the parts without the use of a drying cloth. Proper Ration for Dairy Cow. It has been determined' that cows fed on soiling crops alone without pasture consume 75 to 100 pounds of tor age a day. Here the protein content of the forage comes in for consider atlon. as a dairy cow In fulh milk neds nearly two pounds of digestible protein per day. Alfalfa contains 3.1 pounds of protein per 100 pounds; red clover, 2.9; oats, 1.8; sweet corn. 1.5: millet, 2; flint corn, 1, and sorghum. 6. The clover and millet furnish enough protein, while the rest art short in that element of food. Importance of the Sire. The sire is at least half of th fu ture herd. Is your half of your fu ture herd to consist of dairy cows or Just cows?. Kind words bear fruit even with a cow. '

Have stable light , airy, clem, and comfortable. Mixing cold and hot milk hastens decomposition. ' Wholesome food and pure water are necessary to keep the cow healthy. The poor unprofitable cowl are a fearful load upon the dairy farmers of today. The keeping of a herd of dairy cows in the risht condition is not an Ignorant man's business. Strong thrifty calves cannot be ex pected from cows that have been fed starvation rations for a few months before calving ' Dairymen do not seem to realize that good milk and butter Increases consumption while poor milk and butter decreases it The best results will not be reached by fighting the dairy and food commissioners, but by working in harmony with them to produce clean and palatable articles. Let the blessed sunshine in, clean up, whitewash the stables and disinfect and make a good fight and stop the insidious ravages of the dread disease, tuberculosis. The time has come when the consumers are demanding their rights and it is iaore than right that they should know the kind of products they are buying for their families. The activity of milk secretion de. pends in a large measure upon the vigor of the circulation of the blood. Twenty years from now dairymen will look back and wonder why they did not clean up their building, yards and cattle and pay some attention to keeping systematic records of . what each individual cow is producing. Cow testing association are .certain to become the instrumenta of making yearly records of farmers' cows. Evcr7 dairying community should organize nsss'.claticn and hire a compotect vitv '. take full charge of the vok. f

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USE OLD FINERIES tACE WAISTS AND SILK SKIRTS FOR NEW BLOUSES. Practical Woman Can Make Good Use of Ancient Materials Everything Can Go Into Bodice Nowadays. The woman who has old lace waists on hand, or a skirt or two in figured or plain silk, may now find use for these dilapidated fineries. A little study of the shop models in both elegant and practical blouses for winter wear will demonstrate how these ancient materials can be used up, tbr All-Over Lace With Jumper. Marquisette everything can go Into a bodice nowadays, and veiling one stuff with another is the madness of the moment - Granted there must be a little good lace for the yoke and sleeve bottoms, all the rest that goes into a corsage, made after the present st) les, may be patched to any extent As for silk, all that is necessary is for it to be of a rich color, for the sheen of red, blue, orange, or violet must be visible LACE BAG LATEST NOVELTY Great Saving of Time and Lace Ef- - fected by Country V man's System. A morning visitor at a country house' found her hostess busy with mysterious little dimity bags, that ffere about ten inches square and fastened with a draw string. In answer to. her query she was told that these were "lace bags," and that samples of the kind of laces they contained would be sewed on the edges like tags. She was furthermore told that although the proceeding might seem fussy, it was a great saving of time as well as of lace, for these fragile bits of trimming get tangled and torn if put in a box. even if folded at first After a few hunts for a particular piece the loosened ends seem possessed to knot together, and it requires great patience to undo them without tearing the edges. The samples show just what kinds of lace are bundled and safely pinned at ends, and just the one bag need be opened. All the bags are put in a large box. labeled "lace,' and this has a particular space in the sewing room closet Cracks In Furniture. Cracks in furniture can be filled In with beeswax so that the marks will scarcely show at all. First of all, slightly soften the beeswax until It becomes like putty, then press it firmly and neatly Into the cracks and smooth the surface over with a thin knife. Next sandpaper the wood surrounding the crack and work some of the dust into the beeswax. This gives the work a finished look, and when It Is varnished the cracks will have disappeared. Putty is sometimes used for this purpose, but It is apt to dry and fall out while beeswax will remain In practically forever. To Cleanse Tatting. Tatting can not be properly washed to look as good as new, for it is almost Impossible to restore the plcots to their natural shape. Soak the pieces in gasoline and while wet dust them with cornstarch. Wrap them in a clean towel and leave them for several hours. Deat.the towel lightly, lift out the lace and shake it free of. starch. Press the plcots into shape and iron lightly on the wrong side. SOME USES FOR OLD HATS Work Baskets and Bags May Easily Be Constructed From Discarded Headwear. They may be converted into worlr .baskets. Also bags. ! The crown of an old felt hat makes a good foundation for a bag, having stability enough to withstand being poked into holes and not worn out easily. Cover It with some pretty material, and it illl look like some flimsy bag. jwhlle actually It will be as substantial as one made of leather. I More interesting even to fashion is (the work basket made from an old straw hat. Trim off the brim, line the inside of the crown with silk, bind it around the top edges and finish in any way your fancy and ingenuity may suggest The leghorn hat, turned upside down and eupplied with a ribbon handle, makes a pretty basket to use when gathering flowers, or a holder for various articles, which may be hung up.

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e. HOME DEPARTMENT through the covering of veiling, marquisette or chiffon. A summer foulard in black and white since these materials wash like rags would be invaluable, for this combination if stylish under a veiling of any sort in any color. , The veiled waists, especially If they have three-quarter sleeves, are shown principally for dressy uses, but the style is too useful for the home dressmaker to ignore when making over old - textures, and If trimmings and models are sufficiently simple, such designs are suitable for the plainest tailor gowns. The i veiled bodice with lace undei part, commonly begins with a complete blouse made with a high stock of an- all-over lace. A plain or pat terned silk, or a Persian gauze founda tion, which is very stylish, will stoi at the line where the jumper is tc cover it and e filled in there with e stock in appropriate materials. The jumper, which -is of gauzy veiling in the dress color, is the easiest thing in the world to make. The kimono model is the favorite for this over-bloune, and is fitted with one or more Gibson pleats at the shoulders, or else tucked back and front, or across the shoulders only. One strikingly effective device with such waists is a broad band of some rich trimming going around the foundation at the best point and showing richly through the thin outer material. Narrow velvet ribbon, or plain satin bands, trims the white stocks and undersleeves oi these bodices effectively, while the blouse itself may have quite another trimming. Persian silk and Indian cottons in a blur of rich color shape the more practical waists, those intended strictly for the plainer tailor gowns; but when these gaudy textures are veiled with something else, they at once become things for dressy use. Our illustration displays a blouse ot a simple all-over lace in a rich cream, covered with a kimono jumper ol king's blue marquisette. A lace in blue and black encircles the round neck, with a stole drop at the front The same lace edges the sleeves of the jumper and forms cuffs for the gathered undersleeves. This bodice, like all the others, li adapted to simpler materials. If a gray dress on hand must be fitted out with a waist, use any colored silk; blue, old rose, violet creen or white for the foundation, and then gt s veiling la the dress color for the top Moire or silk in a matching coloi could be employed Instead of the lace here used. A well-made waist in thli style would be suited to a handsome tailor suit and if liked ' - jumpei part alone might be emp.uyed as a model for' a collarless short-sleeved house effect In fact there is no end to the possibilities of this jumper, foi it is adapted equally to plain and dressy uses. TASTY DRESS FOR A GIRL Navy Blue Serge Is Most Attractive of Materials for Misses' Costumes. No material is nicer for girls costumes than navy blue serge. The one we show here is in a thick make of this. The skirt is a plain gored shape, turned up with a deep hem at foot The semi-fitting Norfolk is cut threequarter length, and has material straps taken over shoulders to lower edge back and front They are left unsewn at weist where a band la taken and fastened in front Hat of coarse straw trimmed with black satin bows. Materials required 6 yards 48 Inches wide. 2 yards sateen for lining skirt. 4 yards silk for lining coat ' Such bags and baskets may be made into most acceptable articles for sale at the fairs and bazaars which will overtake one with the coming of the winter months. Study the Child's Style. Children, as well as grown-ups, have a style of their own . which should be carefully considered in dressing them A child with a really pretty fac. may look positively dowdy If she Iii not becomingly dressed. For instance, a thin, lanky little girl at the "awkward age," has her peculiarities distressingly emphasized by the snug, kimono-sleeved, roundnecked blouses and scanty little skirts of her plumper sister. The roly-poly, on the other hand, may be made to resemble a &mall, but active barrel by weiring stiffly starched, frilled skirts and full ruffles over her shoulders. More than that, some children look better in perfectly plain clothes, and some in frill. While good taste prevents elaboration in children's frocks, this distinction of the plain or the fluffy may be tdapted in moderation,

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