A WONDERFUL DRESS,
A wonderful dress was seen on a tall
and stately recent
party. It taffeta,
tirely plain,
at a
black
Princesse
beauty
wis
and
of en
of
three small straps of pearls,
and pearls were worn round the neck.
BOLERO OF ROSECLOTH.
has sprung mtu
bolero built of fine cloth in
coor of green or
a coatee destined to complete a
lete jupe of white
Lhere
some faint
rose,
COrse
pique or
e whole forming a gown of particular
“plage” and
picture the
rendering of
alliance,
casino, It
typical
ot
itis
*vachet” {|
is not difficult
enchwoman’s
{0
A + the
Hous Lig
wugh
ornamental
in
and
‘tive and tune,
BLACK VELVEL ROSETTES.
Black velvet rosettes are frequently
seen, and al good effect
s where the velvet is used as trim
and
ne gown
short
wi
often
which 13
pointed bolero
of
well separated and strapped across witl
haif-inch-wide bands of velvet finished
with fancy buttons. The choux of the
narrow velvet con
'n on the left
ther worn on
wolero about in
loep ends some three
ing below
hloused bodice lace,
11
1¢ in, one at the neck,
side of stock, and
right
centre,
tne
he the side
3 ‘4
the 1} the with
' ¢ 3 t
the edge f the bolero.
O
WAY OF WEARING
LONG CHAIN.
A new way of wearing the long chain
formerly used : vatch cl i
Pm Aron
t
NEW THE
ciiains
ill per
together
of
that mat
if
the tw with
handsome
or any
asten
large
\
t
turquoise
baroque
pe:
woman had
earrings,
ngenious
tashioned
fa stened
large
Alexander T. Stewart,
an merchants of
his wife.
ity know
start, their Srat
long ladder
know that
Men
i
Wf
investment
fa shi MIS
ige,
toward a
prest
aided it i
of universal
with it,
FOR POVERTY.-STIR
SPINSTERS
of the late Mrs.
. Evansville, ar
3 hushand at
eave his property fo
a home for
During her
uccessful business
head of a large
tablishment for years
old
life Mrs
the dressma
and made
deal of money in business.
judiciously invested, and ot
f her death it amounted to a
Her husband has heen successful
business and made considerable money
The couple have )
relatic conse
property to
gestion that he use it to
The idea of having such a
founded was the result of Mrs,
mody coming in contact with her busi.
ness career and seeing the sufferings
and privations they were subjected
because of a lack of means or way to
provide for life.
Since her death Mrs, Carmody has re-
ceived numerous letters on the subject,
and a few widows of means have asked
for details, saying they have no heirs
and are desirous of adding what they
leave to the Carmody home.-~Chicago
Tribune.
This wa
th #4
ie “i
no children and no
juently the wife left h
ns, 1 \
husband with
le
her th
STRANGE PROFESSIONS FOR
WOMEN.
Women breadwinners have chosen
strange carecrs for themacives in varie
ous parts of the earth. If not to adopt
like professions, to act upon the prin.
ciple which guided them to choose the
one thing they could do that was near
at hand.
For example, in Georgia a woman not
only personally delivers mail over a
forty-mile route, riding over the scan-
tily settled region of Montgoinery Coun.
ty thrice weekly during the entire year,
but manages a large farm as well, do-
ing much of the manual labor, such as
plowing, harrowing, sowing and har.
vesting, and supports by her cnergy
and cotirage a family of four, relates the
Utica Observer.
Not twenty miles from Savannah
1
there resides a widow who has for the
last two years made more than a coms-
fortable income government
tractor, bidding for the removal
i
as a Con-
of
Fe Ww
London
New
aware
the
are
persons riding over
Northern Railway
Her
man train dispatcher in the world.
7 in the morning until 9 in the evening,
tal strain.
road
Recently the directors of the
complimented her upon her effi-
she receives the same compensation paid
the men occupying similar positions.
A Virginia girl has male a wide-
account as a trainer of saddle horses,
ON A WOMAN'S POULTRY FARM.
One of the successful woman poultry
Mrs. Alma Cole
of Wisconsin. S i
Pickering,
l poultry
lished
th
gusting
the vards
ot
overseeing
single comb
f which she has
Mrs, Picker
¢ active manager the
and
The
all 1mprove
white Leghorn,
varieties, 1s
one
soned
ct
a Hit
grown chickens were by
ing a rank growth of
after the heavy and frequent
wa summer rains i had
never hefore known to the
toadstools, and Mrs. Pickering has since
had to all t i
ad
{ 3
feed-
Lac ols
sprang up
1
i he chicks
1
been eat
careful to
ols are kept out
g grounds.
She makes
ing eggs for
for breeding
found a large
orders ning
a dista
be see
that
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FE the chickens
Sid of Ihe Chickens
Cui
in one
a soft and silky
of the foremost nov
1
will prove very
of ind
former
single strand necklets to
wide bands, pearl
imit
barogqume
par excellence.
A new way of wearing a lace veil has
appeared, he
straight from
course,
effect
ng.
Modistes hope to introduce
or at
silk. winter
and louisine are now
(arte,
Pearls
many
- 1 x
and pearls m e
perfect and
to the
eipecial
rowed s genuine
vig ll * . 1
LCeient 43100, paris
pearls are the
summer neck ornament
veil ie pleated and hung
hat which, of
be large. {he
and becom
the brim,
must
genera
not too
lly pretty
old-fash
least such effects
Taffeta,
favored
this chiffon
silks, the
fabrics,
The new toat of thick which
is one of the season's whims, is collar-
less, and demands that the blouse,
which it entirely covers, except for an
inch or zo at the waist, shall be collar-
less also,
Although the Gainsborough seems the
feature of the fall millinery world it
will be by no means used to the ex-
clusion of all others. The marquise
shape, the three-cornered, the flat and
numerous other shapes will still be to
the fore.
Feathers as garnitures are almost a
craze this autumn. Ostrich plumes for
tre Gainsborough, nageois, pompoms,
heavy breasts and wings, quills, whols
birds, cocque plumes, etc, are to be
almost indispensable to the correct
chapeaux with the advent of cooler
weather.
Among Parisian novelties of the mo-
ment must be mentioned the new par-
asol frame with several covers, includ-
ing one at least of lace, to be worn
over a silk lining. The covers are so
made that they can be taken off and
‘put on at will, and the parasol may
thus be varied to suit the toilet.
lace,
LATE CROP OF
STRING BEANS
On rich and warm soil, if frost does
not appear a late crop of
string beans may be grown for pickling,
as they can be picked at any stage ol
growth, The should be planted
tO) SOO,
S80 eds
variety used. Pack them brine and
use them as wanted for pickling of for
the table in winter.
i
CORN OIL.
The corn grain has, in addition to
its starch element, a tiny germ in which
lies its life principle his
formerly separated and thrown aside as
waste, Lately it has found that
this germ is rich in oil which be
utilized. The ge
from the st and en
gathered finds
and within the last f
1
of dol worth of this oil has
germ was
been
can
m is now scparated
The «
narket,
arch 1
from ut
millions
‘ ' '
ars been
exp irted to Europe. i
taken
ENRICHING
of
y fertility, 1
THE
cre i
1,000,000 pound
pounds
}
represents
stistances that
i are
Ei Are
others
mioht al 1
might also des
were allowed to get
: ; ;
few 1}
y
our
any ot
birds will go there, as v do
not feed with the poultry.
BEST CROPS FOR THE DAIRY
In dairying it is not
crops are best adapt
feeding, for th ference
] widely differ
is po
down to a pretty
a J ans . $5.
AIWaAYs possi
3
1ust wiat
ssible
o that even a beginner
will not go astray hardly wise to
accept
the
1
produce,
hinds growing
on
othe tf
past
Jim
Crops may soon
farming has been all
‘
t
shonid be to find
convymce
wrong.
out which of &
half a dozen crops prods
profit to pe,
ces the greatest
hen our attention can
devoted to the improvement and devel
opment of and we cannot
fail to make advances in farming that
will prove of benefit to us and to others
will listen to our experiences.
Now, in the matter of raising crops
for dairy purposes it bas been pretty
conclusively proved that, acre for acre,
COW peas give a greater amount f awd
milk and butter fat than any otLu 1p
that we can raise. It is not only the
abundance of the crop produced to the
acre, but the amount of nourishment
which the crop furnishes. The cows
like the cow peas, and they have their
milk flow and quality improved. But
there are soils and climates where
may not be wise to raise cow peas
3
in
those crops,
who
fats. This crop has many advantages
which are thoroughly appreciated, and
where it thrives well it cannot be ex-
celled for dairy purposes, In consider-
ing these two crops, however, for dairy
purposes, it must be remembered that
they both increase the dairy output
much more when pastured green than
pastured grass never yields nearly as
much to the acre, In fact, nearly all
the crops yield two or three times as
much when cut and fed than when pas-
tured, But the cows enjoy the pasture
i better, and the grass enters more quick
] } of life,
of
of
pasture and
iV Imo ix
nid
mill
the cow's
tnd quaniny
Undoubtedly the ideal
practice 1s 10 part
ent and feed the grass. In this
increase ‘the milk and butter
products, and at the same tune get more
{ from a given field, A good deal of the
| success of dairying depends upon the
proper balancing of these two methods
| of feeding.
In respect to corn, rye, sorghum, oats
and other said that
they all have in dairy
practice, and most of them rials
| ed with direct benefit; should
| be regarded more as incidental parts of
business. The dependence
should be placed upon the three
crops which give the highest results off
given land.—\W. FE, Eé-
¢fonomy
mereases quality
way
3
GAaITY
part
way we
grisses, it be
their
may
usefulness
can be
but they
the main
two or
a amount of
MEADOWS
DROUTH
y \
when the pla
large
iten as they
beg
flower stalks,
ahrout
:
Waves,
plants
thriftiest
Atiot her fe
|
1a
plant
mmend it
of the
Aur
Riv "
1 Goes not ge
sy
stthurbanite, ie the docided ai
that it is for cats. In
dear to the
hocks is a center of rivalry and feast
for the numberiess the
Farm, Field and Fireside.
tra
garden,
clump of holly
-
a tea
OUurseives,
0h
Cats
neigh-
bors,
POULTRY NOTES
vou been feeding your
hey will relish it and
two.
Have
milk ?
Pan egg
The soil in the yards
ed over at least once a month to keep
out germs of disease,
The older broods should not be neg-
| lected simply because some voung ones
require attention,
Don't be too strict
require them to lay every day.
is an impossibility.
| Sow a patch of ry: for your fowls
| next spring. It will make early pasture
{ for them just at the time when there is
| nO grass,
i AH meats for fowls, il raw. should
| be fresh,
flavored eggs and are apt to have dis
ease germs mn them,
Don't let the young ducks starve be-
cause they seem to eat their heads off,
They will grow fast and make up for
the large amount of food they consume
If you have no trocs in your poultry
fow is
give you
Or
<hould be spad-
cn the hens and
1 hat
i
THE SUBJECT TREATED BEFORE
THE INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION,
Creat Aid to Agricuiture Fully Set
Forth The Area Requiring Assistance-
Enormous Values to Land Thereby.
| he of an aid
agriculture and the enormous value t
mild be added to the land of the ard
region by providing uf ith
di
value irrigation as to
Ww
Ww water was
SC etl before the
Ps
industrial coma
rofess :
Eiwood Mead
State Engineer
sion by
Mead
of
now
was formerly the
irrigation of Wyoming, : he
irrigation of the Depart
He declared that
future
expert m
ment of Agriculture,
irrigation is de
to
PIA pia 5
Heretof
Hp ii
tinea un il near
occupy in the United States a lead
peri
northern half of the arid regu
0 to $1,800 an acre in the
high-
rnia and
the greater
the
Calife
of
of
southern
the cause
th [he enhanced value
only evidence of the wealth
created by irrigation in the arid West
It is more kingly shown in the aug
mented of rivers. To illustrate
this it may be stated that a right to fifty
inches of water in California recently
sold for $30000. This was a wholesale
It is worth more at retail. The
estimated value of the rights to Color
streams 1s $00000,000. This does
include structures for diverting
but represents the value of the titles
to the streams in their natural channels
In the East the use of water has not
as vet become sufficiently systematized
to assign it any particular value as a
merchantable commodity. In Texas
and Louisiana the party furnishing
water for rice irrigation receives one-
third of the crop. In other sections of
the East it depends on the cost of the
service, and is but little influenced by
the value of the water itself”
“The area thus far reclaimed is far less
the
Re
sili
values
: price,
ado
not
{
i
{
wend
cotnpany that contain some
ent of fraud, 1t accident that
vould cause an uninsured man no in-
: i if he hap-
erirrying an accident policy.
are largely with this class of
and the amusing experiences that
1
cies
110¢, LECOMICS SETIONS
be
met with would 6! a book.
few days ago 1 was summoned to
a hospital to examine a man who claim-
] i had bis hearing totally de-
by the premature explosion of
powde I had an idea
start that the man was schem-
that I could apply
whatever, and apparently
} Still, I wasn't satis-
fied, and resclved to try a bittle strat-
lave
pit ye ad
se
$d
masting
from the
SHI er Ht a iYigs sit i
® 1 ai
had
he ne deaf,
Was 0
egy. Coaching the nurse beforehand bow
10
act, 1 entered the room hastily and
cried: “The
{
mma
N ever
late to
4 :
hospital afire!
4 r
the deal 100
BV
$ 1
nun
was up,
Detroit
ANG Ne
Lree Pre is
it Holds Forth Splendid Promises to
Young Men of Ambition,
ne to be
iiture opens a
¢ and pow-
), ti to reple-
ids most splendid
for young men of ambition. It
herals
41 forth {he
to speak, but
I ‘ t
cade
wisdge,
inOrtant
portant
great
de
their
ris who are seeking
to
bean-
ains and
those
sweetest
has
her na-
ne res-
world of frivolity and
true woman
happs of wives wd the best of
mothers such a home of such a wife
ir highest 34 of human
It is 1 home where inteili-
work, and
gence with honor and
realizes 5
happiness,
gence reigns and
work crowns inte
profit
A
easy
ennobics
yOUng ho is in search of an
place, with no responsibilty, will
never be a master and wili never control
others. He who selects a vocation be-
is easy is already cfieminalp
Southern Farm Magazine.
Cause it
The Art of Photographing Birds.
Strangely enough, it is not always the
more rare and shy birds which are most
difficult 10 photograph, but, on the con-
trary, very common and usually unsus-
picious species, when approached with
photographic intent, are exceedingly
wary, This is the case with our familiar
robin, and alto with the kingbird or bee-
martin. Time and again have I spent
anentireafternoon endeavoring to photo.
graph this saucy flycatcher, but without
avail, and it is only very recently that
I succeeded in inducing one to sit for
his portrait, and even he condescended
| ratouched. Practically all their waters
' run unused to the sea. The area irri:
‘gated by the San Joaquin and Sacra
lan be doubled, and similar illustra
tions could be made in every State and
begun, but the fact that during the past
five years Louisiana has brought a lar
ger acreage under irrigation than any
{arid State shows the possibilities of this
form of agriculture in the humid East
The thing most needed to promote this
growth is to define the status of water
and enact adequate laws to govern js
diversion and use. When this has been
settled it will be time to determine what
provision shall be made for the construc.
tion of works of too great magnitude
and cost for private enterprise, of which
there will eventually be a large num:
ber.”
| The Inter-State Commerce Commis:
sioners receive $7,500 a year,
tude was aroused and I disturbed the
peace of his young family. On the
other hand, bine jays, which are no-
toriously wild, I have kad no difficulty
with, provided the time chosen was late
I find that
at this season ihey readily a
within range of my lens if their "eries
have habits which greatly facilitate mat
ters once they are learned. —A, H. Ver-
rill, in Frank Lesie's Popular Monthly,
Lunch in the Water.
In the recent heat wave in Rome four
swimmers made up a party at 11 o'clock
in the morning and proceeded to take
their breakfast in the Tiber. They ap-
peared on the river bank carrying a table
loaded with dainties, pushed off and had
their meal without returning to the bank,
and, what is more surprising, without
touching the bottom.
Bamboo Pens.
Bamboo pens have been in use in In.
dia for over a years, and are
still preferred to steel or quill pens,