NEWS FOR THE FAIR SEX.
ITEMS OF ILTEREST ON NUMEROUS FEMI
NINE TOPICS,
A Bright Woman-—Gen. Merrit's Flancee-
Changes in the Basque—The Women Owan-
ed the Hearse - Etc., Etc,
A BRIGHT WOMAN,
Colorado College has called to Its de-
partment of German Mrs. Abble Fiske
Eaton, and she has accepted the posi
tion. Mrs. Eaton was the wife of the
late Professor Eaton, of Beloit Col
lege, and is a neice of President Fiske,
of the Chicago Theological Seminary.
She Is the author of a number of Ger-
man text books, is a graduate of the
University of Wiscousin, and has spent
three years in study in Germany. She
taught for three years at Oberlin Col-
lege, and has been connected with the
University of Chicago this year. The
rapld growth of Colorado College has
made a decided increase in
ing force a pecessity for next year.
CHILD'S GUIMPE DEP 8S,
(Hints by Clara Lio)
This dainty dress may Loe developed
to be worn with a guimpe or as illus
trated for a warm day or evening
dress for a little girl. It is developed
in gauzy white organdy with a yellow
figure and is made over bright pink |
silk with white lace
double
lin at the ;
waist foundati
attached the
yoke, The
back. The
little puff is made over a lind
trimmed to h
Four yards of 30-inch
quired to make this
6 years. No.
4 to 10 years,
with
brok
a
the skirt
ordinary
trimmed
frill of
a
embroldered
of
in
which is
an
the center
a pretty
ng and ¢
dress closes
sleeve
neck.
ate the
gols are re
a child
sizes from
for
dross
371 is cut in
GEN.
Miss Laura
gagement to General
was recently wide
summered at Little Be
Rye Beach, Mass,
owns a pretty
is one af the
lar and the
women in
daughter of Mr
liams,
Arthur Caton.
attention here and
in London, where was the
Mr. Robert T. Lincol Ww
the representative his
the Court of St. James.
sented at the Queen's
with Miss Linceln.
MERRIT FIANCE.
Williams whose en
Wesley Merri:
dy chronicled
Neck,
where her
Miss Willi
the
wo
Oar's
cottage,
prettiest, most pop
most w known
th
idely
Chicago. She is
and Mrs, N¢
niece of Mr
She
and a
has received
abroad, especially
ahie guest of
hen he was
country at
She was pre
drawing rooin
WOMEN OWNED
HEARSE.
When the Woman's
Boclety of Las Cruces,
ganized four years
three thousand
possess a h
one and let
Ate price
THE THE
Improvement
M.,
iat
inhabitants
The women
funerals at a moder
have ground
for a public fenced It and plant
td It with and shrubbery. and
are now accumulating money to érec
a town hall and library building
“Thus we expect to ald our hushands
to improve town,
should do
president, Mrs, Mary 8. McFie,
ported as saying, “The women
funds for town government by giving
entertainments, suppers and balls, and
by furnishing refreshments for othe;
entertginments.’” Mrs, McFie
of the best-known and most public
spirited women in New Mexico.
was born in St. Loa, but
Tas Cruces in 1884 with her husband
John R. MeFie, who is now one of the
Associate Justices of the Supreme
Court of the
Journal,
N was or
ago, town
did
eArse,
it for
They
» park,
trees
bought
our
to
or
it for the
is r
say them.’
is
CHANGER IN THE BASQUE.
A proof that the tight-fitting basque, |
80 long cherished. is not always the |
best model. i= shown by the suceessful |
adaption of the bloused front to the |
figures of stout women. Properly |
managed, the bloused front has been
made its wearer seem to lose several
inches In ecirenmference was a hair
striped black and white organdie over
white silk. The stripes on the waist
were slightly bias, running from left
to rignt. The gown opened on the left
gide and bows of black ribbon, begin
ning at the shoulder cohcealed the
opening. Similar bows ornamented
the shoulders on the right side, and
gave the fullness fo the chest which
bas already been mentioned as a most
desirable feature. The distinguishing
mark of the gown, however, was the
tucks. This bias, slightly bloused
front was tucked from the neck nearly
to the waist line, The tucks were uar-
|
- BS A
row and terminated before the begin
{ning of the blouse effeet. The skirt
| was plain and snugly fitted over the
| hips, Aroumnd the bottom was a litth
ruffle, put on quite full. The sleeves
were tucked from shoulder to wrist
and fitted snugly, finishing with a Httle
{ruffle at the wrist and relieved by a
{eap of the organdie trimmed wita
[ lace,
STIAL"Y SHOES,
The Chinese woman's shoe Is pro
| vided with a flat heel, which alone
{serves as a polut of support for
| entire body. The point of the foot
{ does not touch the ground, and the
women walk sometimes like ¢lub
| footed persons. They are not very
| steady upon thelr feet, pad when they
| become aged have to use a cane, They
| walk with their arms slightly extend
{ead and performing the office of a bal
ance pole; and with the pelvis thrown
{back and the breast slightly forward.
i they seem to be trying to preserve the
centre of gravity. When their heels
are close together the slightest push
{ may upset them.
A foot Is so much the more apprecia-
ted in proportion as it Is smaller. The
woman Is very when
it is a question of her feet, A traveler
says he has several times attended
mandarins' wives who afflicted
with foot troubles, and who consented
only with great hesitation and blush
{ing to allow themselves to be examin
and even then they arranged
“CELE
her
modest
were
od, BO
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part.
It
all
known that
de-
more
the
generally
do
mutilation
South than
in n
may not be
Chinese
feet,
in
and
New
women not have
This
the
in cities than
York Herald,
is
in
ral d
North, is
THE SOUTHERN WOMAN,
A northern woman, wr
fleld, Mass, Republi
says that a young
universally
the rou
3
ti
riting to
can from
girl of the
Georgia, i
south almost pretty
clear
3:
inging step of heal
is
has a skin,
and spri
yress a girlish pleasure in life an
’
jousness of her own charm
likely, belongs
and Is knocking
the door of the legislature {1
education «
soft conse
mother, very
€ fubs,
is often
conten
as possible,
in
and then her
young
papers, The intellectual
ti now here more of
war
it Is stated, is
than in the stimula
ted
is
a thie
ill over
for saying ples
southern
Willie
«xl income ha
a distans
il sever
LADIES SHIRT WAIST,
extending toward
to the
Onsist
the front
fon and
according
ing
of the
Iatest fash
straight in the back
nd bw
The back
ered and stite
is gath
ful
tho
body portion
yoke,
down
stitched tc a
frouts
hed to the the
nt
at
ith.
the w
undernes and
stay
backs are joined to each other at the
shoulder and by under arm pieces,
The fulness of the fronts is gathered
at the neck and stitched into the neck
A detachable standing collar
The sleeves are the
| regular one-seamed sort gathered at
[the arm's eve and wrist which is fin.
{ished with a neat cuff and sleeve lap.
Three and one-fourth yards 38 inches
i wide are required to make this waist
for a lady of medinm size.
No. 367 is cut in sizes from 32 to 42
A WONDERFUL PIECE OF
BROIDERY,
A wonderful lace scarf made in
Bruges for the Empress of Russia is
sald to be one of the most exquisite
pleces of embroidery ever executed.
The painter, Felix Aubert, to whoin
was intrusted the delicate task of
drawing in water colors the pattern
which runs along the fine lace stiten-
es, sald they could not find among the
young working girls of Bayeux any
one able to do the fairydike embroid.
ery. They had to go from cottage to
cottage in the country round about
and into the homes of the aged poor
EM-
to y gather the | ten pairs of hands nee.
essary to accomplish the task, Ten
old women were finally found, and
they worked from early morning till
lusk for weeks, One old embrolderer
fell ill before
ished, but insisted upon being
the workrooin, where
delleately shaded narclssus
which had been working. She
was taken home aad died the same
evening that the scarf was sent off
Russia,
The
Hight that conld be
butterflies, It Is three
yard wide. The
a pattern of narcissus in delicate
From two corners start
of a rose tree bearing the
roses of France and the yellow
of Russian. A shower of tiny flear-de
Ilys covers the the flowerets
placed far apart as to leave very
light the part of the scarf to be worn
round the peck. On the two remain
ing corners are woven in golden
threads the imperial crown, surmount
ing the Initials of the young and beau
tiful Alexandrovna Feodrovoa,
to she
the upon
she
io
lace work of art Is =
carried by two
yards long and
edge Is encireled
fairy
it
one
hy
tints,
stems
pink
roses
centre,
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THE TRANSFORMATION OF ANNA
GOULD,
American tourists who caught pass
de Cas
with
Comtesse
come back
little
ing glimpses of the
tellane in Paris have
ful stories. The
plain-featured Anna
Lic, Frenchy
beautiful Ti
that is like
honey
dark
haired,
now a dashing, ¢ natron,
red and a plexion
velvet bloom of the
How did all
ought the change
tian ol
wiiite nh
ckle
What In
But
('ount oni
While A
Anna's
411 it Come
who know
those
they say,
lens
ions
little fa
nna's
plain
generator,”
brown,
an
was no longer
FASHION NOTI
kK wash
and durab
FOWNDS
fives
of
it wrinkle
features
1
de
gracefully
Among
mate and
He and most varied weaving
WOR TH
i 1
asses brocades
a soft finish are
A new
mn have
and
branching and
caded in hand-painted e
fects on grounds of peau de suede, a
closely twilled silk without the bright
luster of satin,
stately weave Lins
designs bro
r
flowers
exaunisite
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Hunting the Woodchuck.
Tn southern Pennsylvania, where
the woodchuck is unpleasautly abun-
dant, farmers have adopted a novel
method of killing the wily animal, and
about as near abating the nui
anything can Bottles are
long fuses being
The bottles are
comes
sance
filled with powder,
inserted in the corks,
pushed as far as possible into the
woodchuck burrows amd then the
mouth of the burrow is closed and
tightly tamped with dirt, The fuse is
ignited and the explosion that follows
f&« severe enough to kill every wood
chuck in the burrow. Unsophisticated
farmers often think they can see an
easy way of getting rid of woodchucks
by closing up the burrows by filling
dirt and stones in the opening. This is
labor entirely lost, for the woodchuck
that finds himself thus made a pris
oner in his home at once starts in and
digs a way out to liberty, either
through the obstructed opening or ia
another direction.—New York Sun.
as
The population of Palestine is in.
creasing rapidly. Ten years ago there
were only 15.000 residents in Jaffa; tor
day there are nearly 60,000.
“FARM AND GARDEN NEWS.
ITEMS OF INTEREST ON AGRICULTURAL
TOPICS.
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Overfeeding—Utilizing Waste Products
Etc., Eri
RAKINGR,
No kind of stock except poultry will
eat barley rakings. The he
wd nnd repels wost anlmals whenever
try to eat it. The profita
use of barley
wens, But the grain may
yt, nnd when ground, it
for any kind of farm stock,
BARLEY
did Is beard
1iost
Lie
be thrashed
is good feed]
CONCENTRATED FEED STUII'S
Any feed stuff is valuable as
yf nourishment only so far as |
digested and
ft SOUrce
is var:
yus parts can be sim!
lated. The
much more digestible
For
pounds of timothy
and half pounds
but 100 pounds of
sixty and one-third
Most yf t
feeds are high incarbobs
concent rated foods ini
than
of
the COArse
100
only forty-eight
Are tbl
COL
instance,
hay
feeds. every
ere
one diges
of
five
seen
i%
Hoine-gZ
Pou
gestil le, fe
CON Is
and comparatively
nll of
low in pertein
Nearly
ure
gostible the peenira
ted feeds
large number
to
concentrated
and Ja
are
medinm in
feeds
Arse
OW
Homegrown «
amoun
Bull
Station
to give milk
weather, it
and this good
BAY
iy autumn,
to be quite
$
dur the
ring
when
warm
UTILIZING
After
articles of produce
which
and o«
For
there
mb
WASTE
4
ROD”
umiberless
farm fo
ocd 1
good 1s
mrvest there are n
aboot
to bw
thie
there seems no
neeguently
in
ete i
or possibly
grade. All
ickles
if
ax t
perhaps,
market
make
for hot
saved
good Pp :
the winter and pu
into brine hey are gathered and
taken out and put Into vinegar when
wanted for use. Then there are greh
ard fruits more or less of which annn.
ally go to but hh ought to
be preserved or dried for family use
In the vegetable garden, again, ther
is more or less of green staff which i
will pay to carefully for winte:
feeding of stock and ponliry when #
will bring a return much beyond its
present value, Then there is the gen
eral result from clearing up which bas
no salable value, but which will form
a portion of a compost heap and can
be returned to the land In a*year or
two at most in the form of a valuable
fertilizer. These waste products
the farm will often mark the line be
tween profit and loss and are well
worth eonsidering when fertilizing
even by successful farmers,
MODEL FARMS AT STATIONE,
cleaned
waste, wile
store
of
be to the formation at every experi
ment «tation in the conntry of 8 madel
fart, run on correct principles to show
to farmers an economical and success
ful plan of farm management? Of
course, an experiment farm cannot, in
the nature of things, be a model farm,
Bat where land is sufficient for the
pitrpess, a real farmer in connection
with the station could make an object.
lesson that would be of greater value
¢ farm
We
| than n hundred bulleting to th
erg working with the same crops,
do not mean a farm kept up in the
finest style regardless of expense, but
i farm run correct principles for
profit. It the farm was kept going
merely by a lavish nse of
funds, it would be of no value
really valuable an
nist not only self-supporting,
profitable, and [is
wer open to the
farmer Proper
before
far
on
sintion
To In
object desson it
but
be |
of the
on of rin
the prople
leturer and
as
De
books should
inspection
applh i
ciples the
©YeR of
will do wore than
bulletin,
If the
model farm became a
unds of the station, It would
ite vale as
HET ol J ot desson
with the
country
"gre
nll
| owned
well
nt difficulty
parts thie
men
fine farius
of that
thint
by rien
they
iN no mnt
d
1HMIER
how are mang
the
ude
Crops
the
lie does not see and ths
around nnd nt
properly,
wl to
Lie Ite
difficulty wo
HO “eRE fare
eports of
bireeders diffs
ih
ottld
thal
that adult fowls sh
timex daily; othe hold
enongh Both classeex
reas shonld Ix fist
Young chivkens
Wwe
three rs
a day i=
the I:
roosting time
be fed
first,
may
it that pe]
intervals of
The Ee
iengthenesd till thes
old. when
and if
onght
Lours
to
at
feedings
are three months
times are enough,
igh for adults, It I= about time to
break the “chicks” to that course,
If foul three times there is more dan
of overfeeding than when fed
especially if on the range: and
overfeeding is really more disastrons
than underfeeding, as there is neually
{a chance to more or less supplement
the short f2=% To feed just the right
amount ik more Important than the
nt
period Woe
he
three
twice is
ono
fon
er
med
twice,
| given,
{ The “whot” to feed has
hoon disctisesd and answered.
variety —grain, green food and animal
food. Feed some of each every day
Because thiz is accomplished where
the smal floc is kept and given the
table merap® yecounts for =o many
| “beat ogg reconis” being made by a
{ama number of hens Multiplied bs
{hinndreds, in theory the results should
Che increased fast asx wany fold, In
{west cases this does not prove trae,
because the same variety is not malin.
Ltajned. thongh the same care other
already
stated, there ig one other element Bes.
sides “variety” entering the answer to
what shall be fed-and that is cost of
rations, Feed varlety at the least ont
lay, quality considered. These two el.
ements open up a wide range for the
thought and judgment of
Farm, Field and Fireside,
Ingenuity,
thie feeder,
ELEVEN
Keep the
before
the barn
DAIRY RULES
cows clean and wash
milking.
clean
iddders
9
- Keep £1
th walls
have it well
and free from dust
wi
Hehted, ventilated
at milking tine
3. Always
fore
clean toilet be.
milk.
4. Keep utensils clean and
Rew the milk from the
sOOn and o£
n
to
comme neing
Fowl orks
righ
wali
ave 3
as drawn and strain ¥orl
Once
to bad odors,
arm milk
sled
milk
fresh w
has been ¢
Never
Io not
ich
thie
f X pose
mix with
cows only good, whole
« and water
id
aaaq anys
pure
to ik to
liness
hing rial
and
ean
arena -
will
h-
he bomb
mbs
£1 :
tae Deg
e pers
cat
form
in
hu
provide
the
10
n.dy amd
an
Sun
re exciting maimnm i
nissiie New York
rainars
Robert Buras as 8 Joker.
Here is a story told of Robert Burns
youth. Burns was living in
of Ayr. and though still
young bad attained more than a local
reputation as a poet, One day he was
through the ain of
and saw two strangers =it-
of the inn windows, With
he wil to look at
him, and thinking that
afford fhem some
waiting. the strang-
and asked him to
Burns readily ae
B
3
1118
in
the town
£irees
the town
ting at one
idle curiosity
them. Seeing
the rustic might
amusement while
celled him in
with them.
stop
oR
dine
entertaining
When dinner was
strangers suggested
gues,
nearly finished
that each
and that the one who failed to write
a rhyme should pay for the dinner
They felt secure in the challenge, be
leving that their rustic guest would
pay for the meal. The rhymes were
written, and Burgos read the follow.
ing: “1 Johnny Peep, saw two sheep;
two sheep saw me. Half a crown
apiece will pay for their fleece, and L
Jobnuy Peep, go free” The strane
ers’ astonishment was great, and thee
bois exclaimed: “Who are you? You
must be Robbie Burns? —Newcastls
1Bagland) Chronicle.