REST FOR WOMEN, The rest hour is quite as necessary to women in summer as in winter, There are very few people who are not better for going away by themselves, if only fifteen minutes or half an hour, during the day. Lie the bed or lounge, allow the muscles to relax, and try to banish all perplexing thoughts. Make certain that you will never be in- down on terrupted or subject to call during these habit of sleep of cven ten interruption 3 and the you. A few will come to minutes, free from : more toward soothin ee nery four r spent lying down with noisy children near, or thoughtle discussing the last fashion. The important matter is to secure I worker .ab- solute peace at the rest hour. Even wit out sleep it is better than a rest hour amid noisy surroundis is almost certain to be a moments, rest the sam times for in sleep whicl troubled on, because be more makes up rl Work ac- insistetd it it should be done after better that the time taken from work, complished witl 1¢ nerves exhausted amounts to as work done when the energies are fresh, 1s certain to 80 much never as much mg, and tints brilliant ored toilets -~ a Chicago TO HAVE CHAIR The Federation f men's Clul Madison, which toOKING COLLEGE meeting importanc is certainly who take on such matters woman h of a chair those portar 3 the Lie partment woman's further given freel Howed until “domestic science,’ a Wie Ss i art of housekeeping % De r institution for will in every the higher educa Lag tion of 1 OF women in country —Milwaukee Sentinel. LIGHT COLORS. Few women understand fully the beautifying effect of light color near the | face. Only the most perfect blonde | complexion can stand a dead black frock and the average woman, be she ever so still more lovely by delicate colors. This is one reason why | most women look in evening | dress than in their ordinary high neck | gowns. The expanse of delicately tint- | ed shoulder puts the face at its best. | For this reason all festival frocks and | house gowns should have light yokes or | vests, and where this is not possible a | collar with long ends or a bow in front! will partly supply the deficiency. If only | one gown can be afforded for outdoor | wear, including theatres and concerts, | then a light colored waist provided to wear with it. lovely, is rendered " #40 vetier EXPENSIVE CORSETS The French lead the world as makers | of the finest corsets, and it is from! France that all the high priced corsets | come. The difference between the fifty cent corset and that costing $20 or more is primarily one of shape. corset, with outer covering of Dresden | at its best, may cost from $25 to $40. By the addition of solid gold hooks for skirt supports, gold fastenings studded with jewels and fine hand embroidery on the covering, the cost may run up to several hundred dollars, The French woman, more than any other, recog- nized the importance of a fine corset. She will economize on the price of her gown rather than wear a cheap corset. This matter of fitting the individual figure is as essential in corsets as in the coat of the sterner sex, Experts in the art of corset making and fitting are employed in the workrooms to fit, suggest alterations and changes that will suit the garment to the particular figure it is intended for. Just as the tailor cuts and fits the coat to the pe- culiarities of the customer, these cor- settiers adapt the corsets. The wise woman knows that, be her gown what it may, if worn over a badly shaped corset its style is seriously impaired. i —— . SHE KN_.WS ALL ..BOUT BOOKS Among the singular means employed by women for earning a livelihood that of Mrs. Elizabeth Shuey Southward, of Minneapolis, Minn, is perhaps the odd- est. She is what may be called an or- ganizer of libraries. When a new li- brary is to be started in a town or col- lege the superintendent sends for her and says: “We have so many thousand books here in a topsy-turvy state. We want them indexed, arranged on shelves, and the whole library put into shipshape. What will you take to do the work?” Mrs. Southward names a round sum, and usually her terms are accepted. Mrs. Southward got her training in a library school at Armour Institute, Chi- cago. After that she held the position of head cataloguer at the John Crerar Libray, Chicago. She had mapped out a career for herself when st changed her mi She settled down to 1 wddenly she got married. when gor a estate Daven- f a val- for a lot proper nape. ok the job. Since she has worked at itinerant cata in a in a charge np sum i sometimes spends i book col- man- librarians in Rung and earns more pin money week than the average woman gets year. She always for her ie : r+ she go Chicag SHAI Where is the like to have pretty 1 Par manicur are inexpen f the hands, hands first bowl selvage en- This gives them a raw, sore look and increases the tendency of the flesh to grow up around nails unless little Ihe selvage should never be ragged appear. with ge stick if File remove any little rough have been left by the Touch with rosaline dust, powder and the buffer Remember that a very highly not considered good yieces - +} aile Clean the nails lip them necessary. clipping. with nail lightly. polished use nail 1s A large diamond brooch has large rubies set here and there in it. A crab with a diamond in his claws is one of the animals which figure up- on hat-pins. The Raglan sleeve, beginning at the waist and terminating at the collar, is no longer fashionable. Persian lamb is made into the up Another purse of white leather has a which peep from the leather showing no metal setting. Taffeta neck ruffles of the purest white shade, very flat and very wide, are lattized with brown finger-width fur, and hat mounts to match are sold, just loosely built ruffles bordered with fur. For women who like gloves of pro- nounced colorings there are odd cop- per-like shades, Egyptian red, vivid pur- ple, gray green, bronze, laurel, mahog- any, orange-yellow, iris, blood orange, and a vivid shade of tan, A corsage bouquet of geraniums is large, and in several shades of the flowers ranging from the salmon pink in the centre to the deep red on the outside, with foliage on the outside of that, Of taffeta is a simple and stylish stock in white. The stock proper is stitched, there is a narrow stitched turn-over at the top, and long ends of taffeta, also stitched. These ends tie into a medium sized bow at the neck, and again at the bust, into a smaller bow, and from there fall free. A pO Bl 1 HFA * i WHEN TO CHANGE MILKERS. A change of milkers may not as a rule be desirable; yet a change from a poor to a good one is always advis- able. ye p—E—y THE IMPORTANCE OF CORN, I have long been of the opinion that the area devoted to corn in New Jer- sey would be largely increased with profit to growers, providing they will use up-to-date methods all the way through from the preparation of the harvesting and marketing latter The can be frequently better done by ! the at farm turning crop into product, and All undrained wd, half and h yard of a or eaten better hunger blackberrie mash : corn and crushed vegetables, noon ne. cracked corn Saturday morn- sheaf warm mash; Sunday morning vegetables, noon whole acked green cut in litter: in wheat, evening wheat in litter, night whole and cr corn and wheat in litter, The sheaf wheat or oats fed in the morning keep the fowls busy all day, so that no more feed is required. The mash of cooked potatoes or vegetables, cut clover and beef scraps all mixed in a crumbly mass with some bran, shorts, thop feed, a little oil mea! and salt, and sometimes a little powder- ed charcoal. Clean, fresh water is given them twice a day and oyster shells and grit are kept before them at all times The houses are dry and warm and the fowls are fed only as much as they will eat up clean—~New England Home- stead. consists The bull at the head of the dairy herd should receive a large share of his food in the shape of roughage, especi ally grass or hay, and not too much of concentrated feeds. Of the latter, wheat bran, shorts, cats and a little oil meal are to be preferred. Roots are good as a relish, while corn silage, and very likely other kinds of silage, should be fed very sparingly to breeding bulis. Stimulating, rather than fattening food is fed, so as to keep the animal in a vigorous, active condition. Shock corn with éars in it, or silage from corn soiled “ears and all,” as well as ear corn or corn meal, are for this reason to be fed with care, and the latter feeds preferably not at all. Out door life in the pasture or In wintér time in an open lot protected from the weather is a great a'lvantage to the bull, as he needs exercise. Stul better is providing regular and sufficient exercise, for example by using him for light hauling or on a suitable tread- power, with a governor attached. He can thus make himself most usefui by running the separator, a small fead cute ter, feed mill, etc. In this manner he will be of great service on the farm, and will feel better from the moderate ex- ercise it will give him, Lack of exercise and high feeding are common causes of Impotency In bulls, Many a valuable bull has been rendered useless for breeding purposes after a few years’ service when he ought to be at his best, through a wrong sys- tem of feeding and management. Aj old bulls transmit their characteristic qualities to the offspring with greater certainty than young animals, a short period of usefulness in a bull means a two-fold loss to the farmer. Professor F. W. Woll, of the Wisconsin Experi- ment Station. EGGS FOR WINTER The subject of making the hens lay in the fall and when eggs are high will, 1 suppose, never Le exhaust- "ow winter ed, and although each contribution on the question adds only a very little ad- with it. The of all these little grains of knowledge make up our ex and NE sum peri prove to us in the Bile Ce, SOY Pe ager stepg tones 10 SUCCES we ” ¥ ales he pains in making the 3 3 rs © § ADsoIutely } any quart and wh «+ and ential ste ply Lice restless, get patience then mn aa a hen feels r that surface spring grain better plant feru than good rye turned under or al- Every crop seed lizer lowed to decay in the field of this the we can raise and return to the fertility, that soil should that the young a new growth The plowing of the surface in the spring need not interfere with the roots of the trees. Indeed, special care should be taken to avoid any such contingency. The soil can easily be stirred to a suf ficient depth to make the seeds grow without touching the roots. [If these latter run very close to the surface the plow or cultivatof should not be run up near the trees, but as a rule this stir ring o fthe top soil every year tends to make the roots of the trees seck a lower level, and in orchards that have been cultivated from the beginning little trouble will be experienced with the surface roots. Sow from one to two bushels of rye to the acre, so that the ground will be covered before winter. This will help to protect the roots of the trees from the severe cold, and tve following spring when turned under the rye will add rich fertility to the soil The advantage of a high crop of rye in the orchard in the fall in those States where the winter freezing 1s apt to n= jure fruit trees cannot be overestimated, The tall rye proves a most effectual blanket to the tree roots and trunks, and few trees are injured from freering when treated in this way. The thick rye is really warmer and superior to a covering of snow. the temptation to cut the rye in the or chard is great, but do not yield to 18. No orchard can thrive which is sytem. atically robbed of its fertility, Increase and old trees will m Wkee An Atchison Girl's Equipment. It is wonderful how a woman's things stay on. An Atchison girl wore two bows of ribbon, three fancy combs, two flowers, a gold pin and seventeen hair ping in her hair to a dance and had vl one on when she returned.—New Y Mail and Express, —— A - BOME CURIOSITIES OF HABIT, — a —— From Mysterious Impulse, of thirty passers-by had pulled a traveling salesman looked up at the pro prietor of the excelsior place, and, catch ing his eye, they both began to laugh. “How many does he asked the you've been do sometimes,” man told that it though he had often counted as of pa who could not resist the a pull at the bales “It is a the salesman. a them, when counting And him the same as the sales proprietor vas about the usual average, al- a% nineteen out twenty impu very funny thir nalree Bennie i Naxes peopi (0 young sales: AW el ¥ €il, Li le I i gt 3 neir selt-control can disturb their serenity.” —Stockholm Letter to the Chicago Record-Hervald. Supplivs Saws to Butchers, Decidedly a modern business is that of keeping butchers supplied with sharp I SAWS i city. {his saws file to a man that came | around, or sent them to some shop in | the neighborhood, where they filed saws, | Nowadays he can, if he wishes, spare himself all bother about his saws, by | turning the work of attending to them over to the saw-filing and supply con- cern. This concern will supply the butcher with its own saws or it will take care {of his saws, just as he may desire. In ‘the first case it delivers to him, in per- | tect order, whatever number of saws he {may require; and then, at whatever “time these saws may need sharpening, the supply concern delivers a fresh set ‘and takes up the old ones to be refiled and put in order again. And in like | manner it takes up butchers’ own saws, at fixed and regular intervals, returning them in due time. This saw-filing and supply concern les any and all kinds of saws, but the sitchers. It keeps four wagons running greater part of its business is with m this city taking up an delivering sutchers’ saws~<New York Sun, fo A Result of Higher Education, The higher education of woman asually sends the household arrange. nents away down below par~~New York Press The more grandmothers a boy has the nore he is apt to be spoiled. x During the past many ha? been transfor ricultural into r-five years Ger- med from an ag- 4 manuilacturing country, Lt Hung Chang's funeral arrange: ments were and Sut { his medical attention was the most mod- he could secure. oriental Gating f ern and o $ ern and practical that York girl’ IK girls : Tt i " and, but the a“ NCW mica if ill 1 be the first gov tablished by » 1e cate Russi supervision work as a rule, the so- individuals, who so- help Pyne 0 0K Las the work run by ¥ cielies are support from the public So quietly have women crept into in- l and so gradually have they positio that people scarcely realize what a vital part the feminine clement plays to-day in pro- olr country’s necessities, It ns with debts to meet takes some kind of work which she otherwise never would have chosen. Or, a clever and adventuresome gir? experiments with ome industrial prob. lem, along lines hitherto delegated to men, but congenial to her taste, Aside from the vocations new to women, but which have already become so common as not in excite interest, hundreds of new and distinctive ones in art, industries and professions are being adopted with CONSPpiLUtUS SUCCESS, Kaiser Wilhelm allows no chance pass that will serve to make himself and his family popular with all classes in Germany. Of course the crown prince i$ dedicated to the army and likewise Eitel Fritz. To the navy was given Adalbert, and now he has given two other sons, not to the law, nor to the church nor to medicine, but to ag- riculture. It has been announced that, Princes August William and Oscar will learn, in addition to the many other: things they are taught, practical agri-i cultuce. Their father has given them; a small farm at Pleon, and with a half dozen of their school-fellows they will dig and plant in the most scientific man. ner, selling their products at market: prices to the Empress. Not only will they dig and plant and weed, but will have to milk two cows and look! a Ey
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