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Bellefonte, Pa., October 3, 1980.
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MARRIAGE SUPERSTITIONS.
Married in January's hoar and rime,
Widowed you'll be before your prime.
Married in February's sleety weather,
Life you'll tread in tune together.
Married in March winds shrill and roar,
Your home will lie on a foreign shore.
Married ‘neath April’s c¢hangeful skies,
A chequered path before you lies.
Married when bees o'er May blooms flit,
Strangers around your board will sit.
Married in month of roses—June—
Life will be one long honeymoon.
Married in July, with flowers ablaze,
Bitter-sweet memories in after days.
Married in August's heat and drowse,
Lover and friend is your chosen spouse.
Married in golden September’s glow,
Smooth and serene your life will flow.
Married when leaves in October thin,
Toil gad hardship for you begin.
Married in veils of November mist,
Dame fortune your wedding ring has
kissed.
Married in days of December's cheer,
| you, and to all those lovely clothes
' you brought back.”
| She thought that was pretty good,
, and so did Maxie, evidently, for she
“Pelder, Donald Pelder. How do
you do?”
Mr. Cort was older, fatter and if
anything, browner than Pelder. He
offered his arm to Maize, and the
other two followed. ;
“The races, en? That should in-
terest Don.”
“We must look a pair of Indians
to you. That Florida sun certainly
burns you up, doesn’t it, Donald?”
+ He led the way into a restaurant
and as they seated themselves
Mazie put in a little travel talk
herself.
| “Yes, the sun and air are a great
combination. I myself was quite
burned when I got back from
France—lying out on the deck in
'my chair, all the way over and
back. Wasn't I, Miss Hale?”
| “Yes, indeed,” said Dotty loyally.
“But it—it was very becoming to
gave her fur collar an extra tweak.
“See much of Paris life while you
were there?” inquired Mr. Cort.
“Oh, yes, it was marvelous! The
—ah—the theaters and the —well,
i of course, I was pretty busy—butI
aie get to the races a lot.”
“Talk to Donald, Nothing he
{loves like seeing them go around, '
1is there Donald?”
The young man, who had been
rather silent, grinned.
“Yes,” he said, “I love the horses.”
“Oh," breathed Mazie, “do you fol-
Love's star burns brighter year to year. | low the races?”
I BLIND DATE.
It was a “blind date” Dotty was
going on. Not that she liked “blind
dates,” nor Mazie Killgore, who had
arranged this one. But she was so
terribly lonely. She couldn't show
how blue she was, because a stock
girl at Klein's has to keep smiling
—and keep moving or lose her job.
And Dotty couldn’t lose that job.
The job was what kept the city,
with all its roar and bustle, from
swallowing her up entirely. Sev-
enteen dollars a week isn't exactly
enough to show you a lot of big
town night life either.
Dotty’s years on her grandmoth-
er's farm in the country had put
the roses in her cheeks so thorough-
ly that the long hours in the store
couldn't drive them away. Better
than the best rouge, Dotty’s color
was; and the way her hair curled
around her small ears couldnt
be copied by the best permanentin
town. Dotty was only 18.
She hadn't really any friends
among the girls in the store—too
standoffish, they said. So when
Magzie, in the dressing room at
lunch time, said, “Say, Dotty, a
gentleman friend of mine is in town
and wants me to go out dancing
this evening. He has a man with
him, who hasn't a girl. Want to
come?” Dotty had said yes.
Mazie worked in the sports de-
partment. She had red hair that
used to be black. And usually she
didn’t even see Dotty. She had a
lot of girl friends in the store who
were always standing around and
talking over their ‘dates— (“He said
to me—and I said to him, go on,
big boy’"—)
“All right, kid,” said Mazie,
“Meet me here at closing time.
a -
“No, rn
Mr. Cort interrupted him. “Donald
owns his own horses. Twelve of
em. Beauties. Horses to be proud
of.”
“Racers, Mr. Pelder?”
“Yes, they're racers. I've had
them in Florida all winter, and now
we are at Bound Beach for the
summer.”
(“I bet you do!” thought Dotty.)
All during dinner very high-class
talk whirled around the table, led
by Mazie. Little stories about Cort’s
yacht, and Mazie’'s foreign business
connections (The Frenchmen are so
attractive, don’t you think?),
descriptions of Pelder’s horses—the
brown thoroughbreds, the gray
Arabian, and all the rest of them.
Dotty was not so chatty, but at the
right places she said, “Yes, indeed,
Miss Killgore,” and really enjoyed
the whole business a great deal.
After the excellent dinner a mo-
vie. And after that night club of
a glittering kind. The music was
wonderful. The floor was glass. and
Donald Pelder was the best dancer
Dotty had ever met. They swung
Lo the rythm as if they had prac-
ticed together for months. And
soon they talked as if they had
known each other for years. In
fact, Dotty found herself so much
at ease with him that she found it
hard to remember that she was
Miss Killgore’s secretary, and not
just the stock girl in children’s wear.
But Mazie was making headway
with Mr. Cort, the boating man,
from all signs, and Dotty felt that
she must stay with the masquerade.
She could see that only a little per-
suasion on the part of the owner
would convince Miss Killgore that
“Well, it must be a wonderful!
life. My work is interesting, of
course, but I often wish I didn’t
have to be in my office every day.” |
and |
she could really bear to give up her
job as head buyer.
Dotty and Pelder sat out thelast
dance, while Mazie and Cort circled
to the latest Irving Berlin moan.
Suddenly Pelder’s nice blue eyes be-
came serious.
“Look here, Miss Hale, I want to
tell you something before Cort and
Miss Killgore come back. This par-
ty was sort of a lark. DBut—well
I didn’t know .a girl like you was
likely to turn up. I'd like to see
you again. Only—you see I'd like
to explain—"
Just what he was going to ex-
plain at this point Dotty never
knew. At this second Mazie and
Cort joined them, and there was
the bustle of departure, and the
verbal struggle which Mazie put up
by insisting that she and ‘her secre-
tary” would go home alone togeth-
in the taxi.
“My mother is so particular, you
know. And it’s just over on East
They're meeting us at the corner.
I—er—I want to tell you about this
fellow who is my friend before we
start.”
The @oor slammed on Mazie.
Helen Sims, hosierj—casta satirical
eye after her.
“Oh, yeah?” she queried. And
then, to Dotty. “Take a little ad-
vice from momma, kid. Mazie has
some deep, dark reason for asking
you tonight. Watch it lady, watch
it.”
Dotty ran the comb through her
hair, and sort of wished she hadn’t
said yes, and sort of wondered her-
self—oh, well, if Mazie had some
plot she would know soon enough
and she was so darned lonely.
At 5:30 Mazie lingered till the
other girls had snatched their coats
and hats and chattered off. Then
she explained the date to Dotty—
and Dotty saw why she hadn't ask-
ed any of her own friends on the
party. Mazie lecoked Dotty over,
“Pull your hat down over your | Fiftieth. I said I was going to a
left ear a little more, kid. That's |concert—I so seldom do this kind
the way—get a little more swagger | of thing.
(“She’s telling the truth there!”
thought Dotty.)
So they parted at the curb, Mazie
all aristocratic languor—“and call
me again soon, Mr, Cort.” Dotty
and Pelder exchanged a look as the
taxi door slammed. She wished she
would see him again—but if he knew
she was only a stock girl, and that
the whole evening was a bluff—
her last sight of him was standing
on the sidewalk, his curly, bare head
towering above the crowd.
Once around the corner, Mazie
stopped the cab briskly, paid the
quarter, and started toward the sub-
way entrance. Her mother, up in
Harlem, probably wouldn't be in the
in it. I'm awfully glad you could
come this evening, because I picked
you for a good little sport. You
see, this man—well, I met him last
summer, and he’s sort of a swell
He has a yacht down on the Jersey
shore now, and he’s been in Florida
all winter.
“And he—well, I'll tell you, Dotty,
you can’t tell a fellow like that
you're only a salesgirl. And I
didn’t. Said I was the head buyer
for the store. Now he turns up
with this friend and wants me to
bring another girl along, and I
know I can’t trust any of the oth.
ers to keep my story for me. But
you will, won't you, Dotty? I'm the
head buyer, see? I've been in Paris |least surprised, no matter what
this winter, for Klein's. And you— | rv she got home.
you don’t mind saying you are my | ‘Gosh,’ I'm tired,” she yawned.
secretary, do you?
Dotty smiled. It was
harmless, and rather funay.
“You did great, Dotty, I,m making
headway with that fellow. How was
your horse friend?”
perfectly
“No, Mazie, I'll be your secretary. “All right. Good night, Maazie.
Was I in Paris, too?” Thank you.”
“No—you stayed right here, I “G’night.”
don’t think you’d be so good on the
Paris stuff. And—would you mind
calling me ‘Miss Killgore’ for the
evening ?”’
So it was “Miss Kilgore and secre-
tary” who met the two men on the
corner of Fortieth and Fifth. “Miss
Killgore’” had a good deal of man-
ner.
“Oh, good evening, Mr. Cort.
This is delightful. I thought after
you phoned that you might both
just as well have waited in my of-
fice at the store. Though we were
quite rushed at the last minute—a
style conference, y'know. This is
my secretary, little Miss Hale, Mr.
Cort, and Mr.”—
The tall young ‘man with the
sunburned face supplied the name,
as he shook Dotty’s hand in a firm
grasp. . :
A drench June rain gave Dotty
bronchitis, and for two weeks she
was miserably sick in her lonely
little room. She dragged herself
back to Klein's only to be told that
her place had been filled. They
were so sorry, This was the slack
season. But in the fall—
The rent was due. She heard the
landlady coming up the stairs, and
lay very quiet. If the woman didn’t
hear her maybe she would go back
downstairs again. If she came in
she would want her money. And
Dotty couldn’t give it to her, be-
cause if She did she would scarcely
have enough left to live on until she
found work.
The knock sounded. Again.
Then the door opened. The wo-
man came in.
“Ha! Thought you’d fool me, didn’t
you. - How about the rent money to
day? She looked very imposing as
she stood over the small figure that
had suddenly sat erect on the bed.
“Sure,] know your story. You've
been sick, haven't you, and now
they've laid you off? Summer and
the slack season. But I've got to
eat, I've waited two days over
time now, but I can’t keep on.”
“I can’t pay for the whole week
in advance,” Dotty began. “‘Couldn't
I just give it to you every night
until I found something?”
The woman laughed.
“No chance. You pay me for
these two days and skip. Theresa
man wants it, anyway. A gentle-
man. And he'll pay this minute.”
“All right.” Dotty counted out
the change. Then she packed her
suitcase, carried it downstairs very
slowly, and checked it at a hotel.
She couldn’t carry it around with
- her.
' go some place.
She found herself wandering along
Fortieth Street, discouraged, and
still too weak to think about where
to find another job, It was scorch-
ing hot. A sign in a ticket office
caught her eye. “Excursion to
Bound Beach, N. J. Every Day at
i Noon. Return 10:30 P. M. Round
Trip, $1.25.”
Pelder!
; Well, she wouldn't see him, but it
was country, and Dotty longed for
country today. Noon found heron
the crowded exsursion train. People
| with baskets and babies. Fat, un-
fashionable, comfortable women and
! men. They must be going to a
part of Bound Beach very far from
Cort’s yacht and Pelder's racing
stables, But after an hour the
‘sweet sea breeze swept into the
stuffy car, and when they piled out
at the little station there was the
sound of ocean in Dotty’s ears.
She let the crowd from the train
pass her, and wandered slowly along
the sandy road. Over by the beach
flags were flying and the sound of
, a steam piano came to her —a jolly,
i childish sound. Some sort of tent
show, playing there for the sum-
mer? Dotty drew nearer, and found
herself ona miniature midway. lined
with bright, clean booths. The mu-
sic was from the merry-go-round
and she came nearer still, to watch
the delighted antics of the children
who clung laughing to the wooden
horses. The merry-go-round halted—
“All right, folks! Just getting
ready for the next horse race! Let
the children ride these wild Arabian
steeds! Catch the brass ring, kids,
and get a free extra ride! Here,
little lady”—
The tall figure on the platform,
as he swung a curly-headed baby up
to ‘the back of a shiny brown horse
caught Dotty’s eye. Something fa-
miliar. And then the voice again—
“come on, now! Let's go! That's
the boy—and sister!” As the man
hoisted another chubby youngster
up, Dotty's eyes met his—Donald
Pelder! The horseman! Well, of all
the liars—but she had barely time
to catch her- indignant breath when,
with a hasty signal to the man who
started the carousal, Donald had
jumped down from the platform and
was at her side.
“You!” he said. “And just when
I'd decided that I'd never see you
again! Here—come over here and
sit down—I want to talk to you.
Don’t be mad about that swell
horseman business—I want to tell
you—"'
The bewildered Dotty found her-
self sitting on a small iron chair,
and listening to the flood of eager
words. She mustn't, he said again,
be mad at him. It was all a joke,
He'd just as soon have said that
night that they were wooden horses.
But Cort (Cort ran the boat on
the sea slide) had met this Kill-
gore woman, and she put so much
big talk that he thought it would
be fun to string her along. Donald
hadn’t minded—until he saw Dotty.
Then he was sick of the whole
thing, and wanted to tell her. But
he didn’t know how to go about it
—particularly if she was secretary
to this head buyer woman. He had
started to explain—did Dotty re-
member that? Well, Cort had tried
to get hold of Mazie again and
make another date for the four of
‘hem, because Donald wanted to see
Dotty. They found that Killgore had
left the store, and Dotty was away
sick—and they wouldn't give em-
ployees addresses—and she was a
stock girl, not a secretary—and the
‘head buyer” was a clerk!
Donald broke off. It was Dotty’s
turn to apologize.
But he wouldn't let her. What did
it matter, now she had turned up?
But one thing—his job. He really
loved it—he wasn’t ashamed of it.
He was badly shot up during the
war, and had to do something out-
doors. Now that he was well he
wouldn't give it up for any other
job in the world, His own boss,
making good money. Outdoors all
the time—south in the winter—here
in the summer. And a fine lot of
people in the show, really. Lots
better than any city job he had
ever heard of. Look—look at the
ocean.
Dotty looked—and decided that it
was. The sea was only a little bluer
than Donald’s eyes.
She found herself telling him about
having lost her job, and how she
didn’t know now just what to do.
“Poor. kid,” he said. “Look here—
would you? You know these little
carnivals aren't the tough joints
people think they are. Not ours,
anyway. We watch out pretty sharp
—and the patrons are mostly fami-
lies, ‘and children. No rough stuff.
If you'd like to help out old Mrs,
Kelly, at the toy booth, you'd make
more than you do in town—and she’s
a nice old girl. Has a little house
of her own here. The sea air would
do vou good—and I'd see you of-
ten.”
Maybe that decided for Dotty.
Anyway, the 10:30 went back to
New York without her: Those 12
horses suited her just as they were.
—Read the Watchman and get all
the news.
She had to do something now
Bound Beach—that meant Donald
REMOVING ROADSIDE “SIGNS.
Caretakers of the Pennsylvania
Department of Highways have just
completed the destruction of 32,-
225 raodside signs embodying every
type of blur, daub, scrawl and tat-
tered legend that came within the
definition of illegal advertising. A
reported submitted to W. A, Van Du-
zer, Assistant Chief Engineer of the
Department, tabulating the results
of the six-weeks’ clean up cam-
paign instituted by the Department
, Forester, who is in charge of road-
side beautification. :
To Erie county the award was
made for the most notable improve-
ment in roadside appearance. In
that county alone caretakers hauled
out 6,427 of the noxious embplems.
Employees in nine other northwest-
ern counties took down more than
7000 signs.
The campaign was State-wide.
Orders were issued that illegal signs,
including those on the highway
right_of-way and those erected on
private property without specific
permission or lease, were to go.
Each caretaker was instructed to
scour each foot of his section, ques-
tioning the property owners along
the roadway as to the legality of the
: signs on their land.
While Erie county saw the record
number of signs pulled down, five
| other counties yielded from 1000 to
2000 signs: Armstrong, Butler, Clin-
ton, Cambria and York. Other coun-
ties rid of from 500 to 1000 signs
were: Crawford, Venango, Schuyl-
kill, Luzerne, Beaver, Greene, Wash-
, ington, Blair, Somerset, Berks and
Bucks.
i Signs constructed in imitation of
the Department's official markers
‘met with the official taboo and the
perpetrators warned that such imi-,
tation is illegal. Prominent among
this class, according to the report
'are signs erected by roadside stands,
‘bearing the words ‘‘Stop,” or ‘“Warn-
ing.”
| =
| RIGID RULES FOR SCHOOL BUS
In order that the public may be
! informed as to the character of
| school busses and bus drivers re-
quired by the Department, Assistant
Superintendent of Schools E. E. Mar-
vin has asked the following rules to
' be published:
{ «All vehicles must comply with
| the provisions of the motor code.
i Conveyance may be either horse or
motor drawn.
“Construction: The vehicle shall
| be easily and quickly closed or have
ja closed body, or one that can be
i easily and quickly closed on both
| sides and rear. Proper ventilation
| shall be provided. Curtains, when
{used. shall fit snugly. Provision
shall be made for adequate light.
The driver shall have an unobstruct-
ed view to the front, both sides and
rear. All exits shall be but one
compartment for both driver and
pupils. Aisles leading to doors used
by pupils shall be unobstructed.
Steps shall be provided for all exits
used by pupils. At least twelve
inches of seating space shall be
provided for each pupil. = All seats
and back rests shall be well padded.
‘School Bus’ shall be printed in large
letters on rear of vehicle.
“Equipment: See section 811 to
820, Motor Code. Brakes and all
other equipment shall be in good re-
pair. Blankets or other means to
keep the pupils comfortable shall be
provided, Motor-drawn vehicles
shall have in addition to the above
extra tires, chains, windshield wiper,
and outside mirror.
“The driver shall be in good
health, thoroughly reliable, of good
moral character and good repute.
“Jf the vehicle is motor.drawn the
driver shall have a driver's license;
shall have good use of both hands
and both feet; shall not be under
the age of twenty-one (21) years.
See section 605, Motor Code.
“Proper schedule for each vehicle
shall be maintained as provided for
in contract. All vehicles must
come to a complete: stop before
traversing railway or trolley grade
crossings whenever any signal gives
warning of the approach of a train
or trolley. (Section 1003, Motor
Code). All motor vehicles uesd in
the transportation of school children
shall come to a complete stop im-
mediately before traveling railway
or trolley grade crossing. (Section
1027, Motor Code). fhe contractor
shall satisfy the board of school
directors as to his financial ability
to carry out the provisions of the
transportation contract and other
legal obligations.
“The party of the second part
shall report immediately to the party
of the first part or its designated
representative all misconduct while
said children are in his charge. He
shall treat all children in a cour-
teous and civil manner, shall see
that they are at all times protected
from the storm, and shall care for
and safeguard them to the best of
his ability. He shall cause the ve-
hicle to come to a full stop before
crossing any steam or electric rail-
way and ascertain positively that
fore attempting do so.”
CRUSHED TO DEATH
IN COAL MINE SHAFT.
As he was about to quit work,
Monday afternoon of last week,
George Padisak, a miner of Clar-
ence, stepped into the shaft of one
of the Lehigh Valley Coal company’s
mines, was caught under the cage
and crushed to death, He was 42
years old and had been employed at
the mine about fifteen years. He
is survived by his wife and six
children. The funeral was held on
Wednesday morning following, buri-
al being made in St. Michael's
cemetery.
——The annual meeting of the
Centre County hospital corporation
will be held in court house on the
evening of October 13th.
m———— moni,
“FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN |
Supposin’ fish don’t bite at first—
What are you goin’ to do?
FARM NOTES.
—Wheat can be used to replace
.corn wholly or partially in the
Throw down your pole, and chuck , ration of fattening pigs County Agent
your bait— Rothrock says. ’
And say your fishin’'s through? | In fattening ration ten parts of
You bet you ain’t—you're goin’ to fish wheat and one part of tankage can
'N’ fish 'n’ fish, 'n’ wait be used, Since wheat isof a hard,
'N’ use up all your bait. flinty nature, it is difficult for hogs
Supose success don’t come at first— to chew and, therefore, should be
What are you goin’ to do? ‘ground before feeding: If corn or
Throw up the sponge ’'n’ kick yourself oats are available, adding some of
’N’ growl and fret and stew? these grains to the ration make it
You bet you =zin't—you're going to fish, more palatable and easier to eat.
1 You'll bait 'n’ bait ag’in, - | Where wheat is to be fed to fall
Until success jest grabs your hook, pigs during the growing period,
For grit is sure to win. Rothrock urges that other grains be
—From ‘The Railroad Trainman.” added. He suggests as a good mix-
i ture the following: 4 parts of corn,
3 parts of wheat, 2 parts of ground
whole oats, and 1 part of tankage.
—Woman suffrage in this coun-
tiy is ten years old and its op-,
ponents asks scornfully, “What have
women done?” {
They have done many things, and,
most important, they have made
politicians ask, “What do ‘he Wo-
men waat?”’
Women want what is right, and
when they are not deceived concern-
ing prohibition or pacificism, they are
the most powerful and useful in-
fluence in politics. :
i —“When the pasture drys up and
the grass becomes rather unpalat-
able, it is time to increase the
amount of grain being fed to the
dairy cows,” says John Toliver.
deputy Colorado state dairy com-
missioner. “It is also advisable to
make sure that they have a good
supply of fresh water. From 12
to 30 gallons of water are needed
w a Sow at this time of the year,
; depending upon the size of the cow,
—Lots of sleeves are feeling very the nature of her feed and the state
puffed-up these days. And right.’ of lactation period.”
ly so, for sleeves are receiving all| Too often a close examination of
sort of attention from designers. the pasture will reveal far less
Tight cuffs, over-sleeves, little grass than a glance would indicate.
sleeves, cape sleeves, and now the Tt become dry, short and few cows
leg-o’-mutton and the all- puffed-up can maintain their body weight, let
sieeve, that is being shown onsome alone enough to provide for milk
of the newest frocks. | production.
Coat sleeves are also being ac-| Toliver recommends at least one
corded all kinds of attention, as pound of grain for each five pounds
, you have no doubt noticed. | of milk produced, if the cow is on
i — pasture. If not, add another pound.
-——Want to experiment? Take A suggested grain mixture would
your favorite shade of last fall's include: One hundred pounds ground
stockings and try them with one of oats, 100 pounds bran, and 50
this fall's new costumes. | pounds barley chop. The barley
They look abit queer, don’t they? , chop should be fed where corn chop
As if they didn't quite belong. cannot be had or 25 poundsof cot.
It’s because costume colors have tonseed meal may be substituted for
changed, They're dark bright ! the ground oats. If possible, it is
shades this year, instead of just a good idea to cut and feed cornor
bright. So fall stocking colors some of the kaffirs. They may be
have changed. too, to fit into the cut each day as used.
ensemble. Stockings are a little; “Remember,” says Toliver, ‘thata
darker than they were last fall— cow producing milk will drink three
noticeably darker than they were or four times as much water as a
this past spring. !dry cow, and that walking a long
But—this does’t mean that fall distance to and from the water hole
stockings are dark brown or black. takes additional energy as well as
They're still lighter than the cos- reduces the amount of grass con-
tume, but they're dark enough to sumed. Be sure that the creek has
harmonize with the darker colors of not dried up or that the water hole
shoes, gloves and costumes, {has not become stagnant and any-
Let's see what the fashionable thing but attractive and fresh. :
colors are. —
And right here—a suggestion as |
to the way fashion-knowing women
are choosing new fall stockings.
Whenever possible they're taking
with them a sample of the costume
color that the stockings are to be
worn with. And they try various
shades to determine just which goes
best.
They're trying these stockings!
over the hand, too, to see what ef-
fect they have over the skin. And
they're looking at the colors in the
daylight—if they are daytime stock-
ings. °
Our check_ups show that women
are buying more taupe shades than
for many seasons. In fact, they're
a first favorite. Not the old, rather
uninteresting taupes that you used
to see, but new shades especially
designed to go with the new tone
a
—=Silage is an excellent roughage
{ for dairy cows. Its succulence makes
| it especially desirable, but it is
well to remember that it is _very
low in protein. Alfalfa hay or
grain containing protein feeds would
be used to supplement the silage.
—Breeding records eliminate guess
work as to calving dates and per-
mit the dairyman to dry up a cow
a reasonable length of before
she is due to freshen.
—Dairy cows should
the roughage they will
grain mixtures should be fe
rate of one pound for each four
pounds of milk produced by cows of
the Holstein and Ayshire type, and
one pound for each three pounds of
it is safe to cross said railway be-
of fall costumes—ireally browner than
they are gray, but still gray enough
to look well with black,
There's a light taupe that’s neu-
tral in tone, but that takes on more
color over. the skin. And this is
fine with black costumes as well as
some of the browns, greens and
blues. f
Mauve taupe is a warm, rosy
tone that can be smartly worn with
black. the new browns and red.
Beige taupe has more brown in it,
and so is a good choice for the
brown costume.
Browns are running a close sec-
ond to the taupes in the choice of
fashionable women. They're choos-
in them for brown costumes and for
other colors when the coat is trim-
med with brown or beige fur.
Their first choice is a rather neu-
tral brown that can be worn with
many shades. And second, a mauve
brown with a slight purplish cast
that goes well with some of the
new browns that have this same
cast.
Beiges are still being worn—but
they're darker, neutral beige that
blend into the costume. And gun-
metal is another important color.
This new, gunmetal, like the new
i taupes, has a slightly brownish tone
which harmonizes better with fall
costumes than the old gunmetal.
Fashionable stockings have square
heels of medium width and height.
They're the most inconspicuous—and
‘the stocking role in the smart en-
semble is an inconspicuous one.
There are all sorts of stockings to
choose from, Chiffon is the first
choice of fashionable women for
general wear. But the dull lustered
ones are growing more important,
too, because they harmonize with
the dull finish of most costume fab-
rics.
{ And for your tweeds and sheer
“woolen dresses—try the pin point
“mesh. You'll see them every-
where these smart woolens go.
—For mint jelly take a large
bunch of the fresh leaves, picked off
the stems; wash thoroughly, pour
over them two cups of boiling water
and set where it will simmer slow-
ly for half an hour; strain and add
half a package of dissolved gelatine
or two teaspoonsfuls of the “minute”
sort; sweeten to taste and add as
i much lemon juice, strained as liked
This can be pouréd into molds just
as itis or a tablespoonful of capers
added, if for a meat relish; then set
"aside to cool. If for regular jelly,
pour into glass tumblers and seal;
jit should always be used with
‘some other jelly, as mint is not
strong to “jell,” like fruit juices.
It makes a pretty addition to the
| table by turning out of the mold
jon a glass dish and sticking a few
| sprigs of fresh mint upright in it.
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‘thing of the sort.
milk produced by cows of the Jer-
sey and Guernsey type.
—Some people have objected to
the early layers in the fall, as they
will often molt in the early part of
the winter and thereby slacken up
in the egg production. On the
other hand, when such birds do go
into the molt, they will again start
laying in the early part of the year
and the eggs will be especially
suitable for hatching purposes, as
the birds will be better matured.
In fact, many hatcheries prefer eggs
from this age of pullets for hatch-
ing purposes.
—The future lives of some 50,-
000,000 bees. a rough estimate of
the number which now inhabit the
hives of Monroe county, is in the
hands of half a dozen human ex-
perts,
The apiary kingdoms, which great-
ly aid the pollination of the trees
in the county's famous fruit belt,
have become weakened by a scourge,
and a half-dozen experts from the
State Agricultural Department at
Albany are here to their rescue.
The men arrived several days ago,
and set out, armed with face veils,
mufflers and gloves, to sack and
burn the homes and members of the
weaker tribes, and transport the
stronger ones to new hives, with an
eye to a heartier and more abund-
ant fruit crop next year.
The disease, which has particular-
ly affected the apiaries of this sec-
tion, has been killing millions of
the creatures, still in the larvae
stage, and the fruit growers have
become worried. However, farm
bureau officials believe that before
the summer is over, the bee colonies
will be in strictly sanitary con-
dition, and destined to be the fore-
bears of a healthy generation.
—One of the problems connected
with worms in. poultry is building
up health and vigor and condition
after the worms have been removed
by the proper drug. Prof... J..J.
Halpin, of the University of Wis-
consin, makes a recommendation in
regard to the use of cod liver oil
that appears sound and worth try-
ing, to the extent of making 2 or 3
per cent of the mash cod liver oil.
Professor Halpin says: “Some of
our correspondents have had trouble
with worms in their flocks; after
they fed cod liver oil, they found
the trouble from worms practically
disappeared, I wouldn't recommend
cod liver oil as a treatment for
worms, but I think cod liver oil
will undoubtedly prove of benefit in
any flock where resistance is low-
ered, due to cold, worms, or any.
Naturally, the
more practical | thing to do is to
give a good worm remedy, and then
use cod liver oil to help build up the
flock.”