THE SCkANTOJV TRIBUNE- HATtUCDAY, JUJSE 21, 1902. tt9 -ll
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1 Week's Social News
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THH timrrlngn of Miss JnncL Dickson
I to Mr. Kverett Tollcs is to be the
: 1 great event or Thursday. It will
bo a Rcnulno country wedding with nil
the charm that Idea Implies. The
beautiful country place ot-Mr. and Mrs.
James P. Dickson at Dalton will be a
wonderfully effective background for
the midsummer fete, while eight brides
maids will add charm to the pictur
esque arrangements.
Mr. Dickson has chartered a train
for the guests which will leave the
Lackawanna station at 4.30 p. in., re
turning nt 10.30.
The "Hillside Whist Club" was de
lightfully entertained yesterday at the
charming country place of Mrs. John
Simpson at Lake Ariel. A feature of
the occasion was the presentation of a
cut-glass bowl to the president of the
club, Mrs. Sidney Hayes. Mrs. T. H.
Dale made a clever and fascinating lit
tle speech In doing the honors of the
occasion. Among thdse present were:
Mrs. F. W. Fleltz, Mrs, Eugene Healey,
Mrs. T. H. Dale, Mrs. I. F. Megargel,
Mrs. Vlckers, of Brooklyn, N. Y.; Mrs.
Hitzzard, of Germantown, Mrs. Tun
stall, Mrs. E. H. Davis.
Mrs. Dale has Invited the club to her
country home at Dalevllle, July 1.
Miss Amy Jessup Is entertaining a
house party at Elk Lake. Among
those who compose It are Miss Penny
packer, Mr. T. H. Dale, and Mr. Rey
nolds. Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Dale at'tonded
commencement at Wyoming seminary
this week, where their niece, Miss Mary
Dale, won the first essay prize. Mr.
Dale has returned from Des Moines
within the past few days.
Miss B. Alexandra VIPond, of West
Pittston, was visiting Scranton friends
yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Godfrey will en
tertain a house party at Lawe WInola
next week.
Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Brooks enter
tained a home gathering of their im
mediate relatives on Thursday. There
was a celebration of at least two birth
days among those assembled and the
occasion was most enjoyable.
Mrs. Thomas E. Jones has Issued In
vitations for a luncheon and card party
next Tuesday.
Mrs. Marshall Moore and Mrs. Walter
Weaver who have been guests of
friends in this city, have returned to
their homes in Johnstown.
Invitations were received in this city
to commencement exercises at Welles
ley college. Miss Sarah Mary Brown,
daughter of Major I. B. Brown, recent
ly nominated for secretary of Internal
Affairs, is one of this year's graduates.
The multitude of friends of Mrs.
William Connell are grieved to know
of her continued Illness, and deep anx
iety is now felt regarding its termina
tion. Among the private muslcales of the
season one will be given on Monday
when Edmund Thlele will be the cen
tral figure. Young Mr. Thiele has
great ability as a violinist and has been
studying In New York during the past
year.
Mrs. George du Bols Dimmick has
returned from a house party at the
home of Mrs. Thomas Dickson, at Mor
listown, N. J. The other members of
the party were all from Connecticut.
Reeve Jones will give a complimen
tary lecital next Monday at 4 o'clock
nt his home on North Washington o ve
nue, when Madame Lenore Thomson
will be the' vocal soloist.
Mrs. James G. Shepherd entertained
the Epworth League society last week
by a delightful talk on her trip to the
Holy Land. Mr. Shepherd left this week
for Carlsbad where he hopes to regain
his health.
Miss May Myers gave a delightful
tea on Wednesday. The following la
dles were present: Sirs. James Keller,
Mrs. Harry Leach, Misses Vina Justin,
Nellie Young, Grace Myers, Irene
Snook, Jessie Mead, Emma von Storch,
Mattle Warnack, Nellie Alger, Vlda
Pedrick, Vina Pallman, Etta Mann and
Carrie Clifford.
A number of young women, including
Mrs. Klotz, Mrs. Twltchell, Miss Dale,
Miss Alice Matthews and others en
joyed a picnic party yesterday morning
at the Country club.
Mr. and Mrs, J. Benjamin Dlmmirk
have, been enjoying a yu tolling trip
along the Sound and while In New Eng
land taw the Yale-Harvard game,
Mr. George Griffiths and family, who
have spent the past year In California
will boon return East to take up their
residence.
Miss Kathcrlne Kennedy will bo mar
' rled to Dr. William A, Sherman, of
Newport, R. L, at the home of her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. D, Kennedy,
next AVednesday, The ceremony, which
is to ho private, will be followed by a
largo reception.
T he maid of honor will bo Miss Char
lotto Llhdenbcrg, of Columbus, O. Tho
best man Is to bo Mr. Edward A, Sher
man, of Newport, brother of the groom,
fhe brldesmaldR aro Miss Elizabeth F,
Hitchcock, of this city, and Miss Grace
II. Floyd, of Blnghamton, N. Y. Tho
ushers aru Willlston W, Barker, of
Newport, and Dr. Lucius Kennedy.
Hotel Oneonta, at Harvey's Lake, In
opening up its season in most satisfac
tory fashion. Amqiig the Scranton
Kuesls last week were Mrs, William
Marple, Mrs. T, F. Penman, Mrs. L. G.
LaBar, Mrs, Weaver, Mrs. Murshajj
Moore, Miss Howell, Miss Garrett, Dr.
end Mrs. It, B. McKeage, W. F, Mattes
nnd son. Miss Dickinson, Mr, and Mrs.
B, E, Fist, Miss Allco Mahon, Miss M.
G. Shennan, James Gethlns.
On Wednesday a company of young
people from Bloomsburg, West Pitts
ton, Tunkhannock, Honesdale, Wyalus-
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Sho for Women.
SAMTF.R BRO.
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Ing nnd Nnntlcokc hnd a dinner, dnnco
and ping pong party at tho Oneonta.
Movements of People.
Attorney Ralph Levy Is fishing nt La
GraiiBC.
Miss Clara Hughes Is visiting friends in
Trof, N. Y.
Mrs. Gertrude Lyndc Is visiting friends
In Mrndvllle, Pa.
V. It, Jessup, Jr., nnd family are spend
ing the summer In Montrose.
Attorney Rodney A. Mercur, of To
wnndii, was nt tho Jcrmyn yesterday.
Mr. L. B. Powell Is spending some of
tho early summer nt Worthlngton, Mass.
Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Matthews nro oc
cupying their country place at Clark's
Oreen.
Mr. F. J. Plntt nnd fnmlly will go to
Wnverly for the summer In tho course of
n few duys.
Miss Alice Slebfrt, of Columbus, Is the
guest of Mr. nnd Mrs. Harry Klrkpatrlck,
on Clny avenue.
Miss Chnrlotte Llndenbcrg, of Colum
bus, O., Is the guest of Mr, and Mrs.
W. D. Kennedy.
Mrs. A. A. Law, of West Pittston, was
visiting Mrs. George Vlpond, of Laudls
street, yesterday.
Roadmnster Naelle, of the Lackawanna
railroad, was In the city yesterday, call
ing on local officials.
Mrs. Robert M. Scranton has returned
from Hurtford, Conn., where she nnd
Mr. Scranton hue been visiting for two
weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Francis J. Griffin, of
Babylon, N. Y., are the guests of Mr.
and Mrs. F. Ii. Hamilton, of Gibson
street,
Miss Gussie Brandt, of Mousey avenue,
entertained yesterday afternoon, In honor
of her cousin, Miss Madge Biandt, of
Wllkes-Borre.
John R. Williams, of the prothonotnry's
office, was receiving the congiutulntions
of his friends yesterday on the arrival of
a daughter nt his home.
Dr. und Mrs. Coolldge are attending the
annual convention of .the American In
stitute of Hoemocopathy In Cleveland,
Ohio, where they lire the guests of the
president, Prof. Jnmes C. Wood. They
will return on Monday.
Mrs. Gilbert Ferguson, of Shenandoah.
Pa., is visiting at the home of Robert
Atkinson, "13 Adams avenue. Mrs. Fer
guson Is the soprano soloist In the Catho
lic church choir nt Shenandoah, and one
of the lending musicians of that place.
Miss Hortense Uoblson. of Willoughby,
Ohio, who has been visiting her grand
father, John P. Warner, of Green Ridge,
has returned to her home. She came on
several weeks ago to attend the funeral
of her grandmother, Mrs. Cassandra
Hicks Warner.
Miss Jennie AVelr. of Wyoming ave
nue, went to Philadelphia Monday, and
Tuesday attended the commencement ex
ercises of the graduating class of Villa
nova college, of which her brother was
a member. Mr. Weir was the saluta
torian of his class and received the de
gree of Bachelor of Arts.
Mrs. Payne, wife of Rev. Thomas B.
Payne, has been entertaining her mother,
Mrs. William Y. Robinson, of Nundu. N.
Y., for the past few weeks. Accompanied
by her children and mother. Mis. Payne
left on Wednesday last for their summer
cottage, at Higglns Beach, Searboro, Me.,
on beautiful Caseo Bay. Mr. Payne will
join his family at the beach after the
closing of All Souls' church for the vaca
tion, the last Sunday In July. Mrs.
Payne will be at home again after the
middle of September.
V
1EWS OF
A WOMAN
IT MIGH'l . uilng for all of
us to read Uev. Mr. Gibbons' book,
"Those Black Diamond Men." I am
not sure that the title is a happy one,
but then the book Is not one of singu
lar hilarity. When you are writing
"the short and simple annals of the
poor" you are not apt to find them
characterized by extreme blllhsome
ncss.. Perhaps, however, I am think
ing of Mr. Gibbon's selection of a title
from a commercial point or view or the
Idea of the greatest good to the great
est number. It seems to me that the
public Is hearing so much about miners
and strikes and the conditions in the
anthracite valley that a title bearing
obviously on the same subject would
receive less recognition than one not so
much marked. I am not prepared to
suggest one that would be In any sense
better even if the gifted author should
defer to me In the matter. But he has
written a book such us has never before
been written by any one, and it de
serves a hearing such as few modern
day novels merit. It has a message
for you and for me. It does not speak
In any degree to tho world outside as
It does to us right here amid tho scenes
which aro so graphically depicted, Yet
in nil probability we shall not be
touched by tho message as much as
will the readers at Bar Harbor or Cape
May.
I wonder why It Is, Do our ears be
come dulled by the frequent rumbling
of the ambulance past our doors until
even in Imagination they cannot hear
the shrill cry of anguish In tho little
black hut at tho edge of the culm pile?
Perhaps it Is because tho ambulance
never stops at our door that It never
stops our hearts Just to hear Its clang
ing bell. Aro our eyes so accustomed
to tho gloom of tho black mountains
rising against tho green of our land
scape that tho nrmy of black figures
mean no more to us than ns if they
were automatons nnd not living,
breathing human beings with hearts In
their breasts and emotions such as ani
mate us, influencing their deeds? I
wonder.
We live In the midst of these scenes
nntl are no more touched by them than
If wo were on tiio Pacific coast. To be
sure, wo feel In a way. AVo contribute
of our substance to aid the poor. AA'o
visit the hospltuls occasionally, and
carry old clothes and Jellies and maga
zines. AVe alt in board meetings at the
Home for the Friendless und other such
benevolent institutions and receive lit
tle children whose futhers havo been
crushed by a fall of rock or inapgled
by a premature blast, AVe send our
Thanksgiving dinners to people who
would possibly munago to get a good
dinner without pur beneficent assist
ance. AVe sit long In missionary meet
ings and listen to recitals of the woes
of girl widows in India and of wives In
Chjna. Often we are moved to tears
by theso tales und we rustle around and
raise money to send more girls away to
be caught by brigands in Bulgaria.
AVe belong to temperance societies that
calls down special maledictions on men
who beguile or are beguiled by stronit
drink. And somehow or other we fast
en all the blame on tho politicians en
masse and on Senator Quay in par
ticular, Then we kneel down reverent
ly and pray to havo our maledictions
heard and go home, purring with a vir
tuous souse of duty done, It never oc
curs to us that anybody but the men
aro responsible for the wretched condl
tloim resulting from Intemperance and
that anything except oiir prayers nnd
scoldings can work a reform. It never
1 occurs to ua to go out Into tho miners'
shanties and find out why men take to
drink nnd whether we can do anything
further than our foreordained task of
praying nnd scolding, nnd passing reso
lutions of dcnunelatlom Most of us do
not realize that In one-half the homes
of the mine laborer the table Is never
set In a civilized manner, but a loaf of
bread, a "hunk" of cheese or bologna
on bare boards satisfy the aesthetic
tastes of tho housewife ns to a well ap
pointed, dainty nnd appetizing meal for
tired husbnnd and sons, and that the
women of tho family are apt to hnvc as
ctrong an appetlto'for drink as havo the
men. AVo do not seem called upon to
do only missionary work In these locali
ties where we might be regarded with
distrust and suspicion by the Slavs and
Huns nnd where the beginnings of re
form might bo attended with malodor
ous accessories and much personal dis
comfort. AVe prefer to go to prayer
meetings and temperance meetings and
listen to complaints about the apathy
of the churches which mean all others
but our own.
The work In the mining outskirts is
far more promising and far more Im
portant than the work In New York
slums, because of the permanent condi
tions which have hitherto prevailed and
of the advantages to be gained from
actual contact with the women and
children,
Tho only one of us who ever touches
these conditions, even on the outside
rim, Is the kindergarten teacher In the
Immediate vicinity of the mines. Bless
her sweet patience and gentleness, she
Is doing something while we have
neither time nor Inclination for per
sonal contact with the work. AVe don't
even like to be harrowed up with read
ing about misery, but we should all
read Mr. Gibbons' book. Somehow he
has gone closer to the heart of things
than those who would be expected to
comprehend and understand and sym
pathize. She was a little telephone girl. Now,
If there were to be a reincarnation and
everybody had a choice of what per
sonality they'd take in the next trans
migration of souls, there would prob
ably be very few demands for two posi
tions by those who had previously filled
the same the positions of telephone
girl and clerk at a notion counter. To
go on through another life being polite
to disagreeable people for a meagre
salary, scarcely offers an Inviting pros
pect. The little telephone girl of whom
I write Is rather tired of the business
already, but she must do something
in this land of strikes and queer poli
tics. It Is the women 'who are sup
porting the great proportion of families
in this valley, for women must work If
men must strike. There's little to earn
and much to dislike, so she has had
to become one of the toilers.
"I shouldn't mind the work so much,"
she said, "although the hours are twist
ed and some of the subscribers are ter
rors. There's Mrs. X on my division.
She is the most impatient person. She
won't wait a second: and the things
she says to me! And then there's Mr.
Y who purrs and calls me 'my dear.'
He's a horrid old thing and looks like
Noah when he hadn't had a shave for
forty days. I saw him once on the
street Mr. Y. I mean. If only those
old men knew how we bate to be called
'dears' by them. I broke the rules one
day and told him I'd overheard his
granddaughter making plans to elope
with an electric pole man. He was as
mad as fury and said he hadn't any
granddaughter, and that he'd report
me for being rude to subscribers. He
hasn't called one of ns 'dear' since.
Then there is Mr. Steenth, who prom
ised to send me Ice cream three times
a week if I'd listen to his wife's con
versation and find out who the person
was that she called up every day at 3.30,
1 like lee cream, but I told him I hadn't
time to listen, and any way his wife
didn't call anybody up at 3.30. He was
actually so pleased that he sent the
Ice cream three different days. (That
woman ought to send it to me every
day for the rest of her life.) "And that
i" what I'm coming to," said the tele
phone girl. I mean we have a griev
ance about lie water. They don't allow
us a bit In the Exchange unless we buy
the Ice, and really we get so little sal
ary that even a few cents a week make
a great difference, so we drink sloppy
warm water, and I think it's a shame,
so I do. AVouldn't you suppose that a
grveat rich.company might afford to give
us poor girls a little ice water when we
work so hard and It is so hot? I do
wish you'd say something about It."
So here I've said it. Saucy Bess.
STAGE NOTES.
Rose Melville, the Impersonator of tho
character of 81s Hopkins In tho play of
that name, has been granted a divorce In
tho city of Cincinnati from her husband,
Harry Hardy. Sho sued as Rose Hardy
and was permitted to resumes her maiden
name of Smoeh.
Nat Goodwin and Mnxlno Elliott have
decided to shelve ' "Tho Light That
Failed;' giving preference to tho .promised
Fitch comedy, Charles Frohman Is con
sidering n three-star production of Kip
ling's "Soldiers Three," Tho novelist has
been asked to collaborate with Clydo
Fitch In the production of a drama mudo
up from his Indian tales of that famous
trio. Miilvancy, Orlherls and Lcuroyd,
"Captain Mollcy" Is tho tltlo of a new
play by George C, Huzlcton, tho author
of "Mistress Nell," It Is stated that tho
now play was orlglnnlly Intended for
Henrietta uiosmnn, but that It will bo
produced under tho direction of Harrison
Grey Flake, with Elizabeth Tyrec at the
head of the cast. Molly Pitcher, tho Mon
mouth heroine, Is tho tltlo chaructcr of
tho play,
Edward Hnrrlgan, the veteinn actor,
recently gave n great exhibition of mo
morlzing. Ho was asked to put "Wuddy
Googan" on In Sail Francisco at short
notice, but tho manuscript wus in New
Yoik. Mr. Harrlgnn summoned u half
dozen stenographers nnd dictated tho six
parts to them from memory, Tho pleco
was produced last Monday night and
scored a success, Mr, Hurrlgan had not
forgotten half a dozen words In the entire
production,
Talmage Criticises a Sermon,
De AVItt Talmugc, It Is related, once
listened to a sermon delivered by u young
minister. The preacher, who beforehand
heard that tho great pulpit orator was to
be oce of his hearers, luld himself out
for tho effort aX his life. lie dabbled
deep Into a difficult theological subject,
reading his sermon from the manuscript
before him. Indeed, his subject was so
profoundly doctrinal that ho could not af
ford to wander from his text or to em.
hellish It with oratorical display cither by
gesture or voice. Tho young preacher
vtnet Dr, Tulmago after tho service and
tald to him:
"'Doctor, I should feel It a great honor
If you would criticise my sermon,"
"My dear young mun, you should
either put moro fire Into your sermons or
put moro sermons Into tho lire," was the
doctor's terso comment. New York Times
Magazine Supplement. ,
INSECT ENEMIES TO
PLANT LIFE AND HOW
TO GET RID OF THEM.
Edited by H. A. Surface, professor of
Bo-ology nt Pennsylvania State College.
Professor Surfnco will answer as far as
possible nil questions coming within this
llcld.1
Tree Crickets Injurious to Raspberry
Canes.
In tho winter and catty spring rasp
berry and blackberry canes may bo scon
to havo many small punctures arranged
close together and In a single vertical
row appearing at a Blight distance like
a silt In tho bark, generally about two or
three feet above the ground or near tho
top of tho cane, This Injury Is done by
tho snowy tree cricket (Occanthus nlvo
us), which Is a delicate whitish green In
sect, about an Inch long, that lives upon
shrubs, bushes and other plants. The fe
males of this Insert lay their eggs gen
erally In raspbei'ry and blackberry canes,
but sometimes In peach and plum, as wo
have found at the State College, In tho
fall, generally during October. The egg
laying Is done by puncturing tho cane
with tho long sharp ovipositor and Insei t
lng the long curved yellowish eggs, each
In a separate hole, The eggs remain In
these punctilios throughout the winter
and cnr,ly spring. At first the Injury is
shown externally only by a slight rough
ness of the bark, but afterwards the cane
or branch frequently Bpllts and dies
above the Injury. Wheie theio aro but a
few bushes the proportion of Injury Is
likely to be much worse than where there
are many. The Infested canes should bo
cut oft und burned before the eggs hatch,
which Is late In spring or eaily In sum
mer. It Is essential to burn the canes,
for If they aro dropped on the ground tho
eggs will hatch there, and the trimming
will he ineffectual. The young and adults
of this Insect feed on plants, lice and
other soft-bodlcd insocts. In this way
they are beneficial, but their valuable ef
fects aro doubtless overcome by tho
amount of injury which they inflict in
laying their eggs. F. H. Hale.
The Apple Plant-Louse.
The apple plant louse (Aphis mall) Is
a small green insect, called the apple
aphis, having a short body, four trans
parent wings or none, a sharp suctorial
bill, and long jointed antennae. These
Insects are often numerous and destruc
tive, although quite small. Thoy suck
the sap from the leaves, young buds, und
sometimes from the young lrult of the
apple tree, chiefly in the early spring
1'iom the time the leaves begin to expand
until about the first of July. Then they
migrate to the roots of grasses.. Tho
eggs are laid on the small apple twigs
in the fall and remain there during tho
winter, as soon ns tho leaf buds begin
to expand the young hatch nnd Increase
rapidly by giving birth to living young
without mating, so that there is a colony
on almost eveiy leaf. For the July mi
gration they become winged, and during
the summer they continue to feed and
multiply on the roots of grasses, in the
autumn another winged brood appears
and they return to the apple where the
females establish colonies of wingless
egg-laying forms, which lay the small,
oval, dark-colored eggs upon the twigs
In great numbers. This completes the life
cycle. The common remedy Is spraying
in the spring as the young are coming
out und before the leaes expand with
kerosene emulsion or tobacco decoction.
Whale oil soap suds Is effective If applied
early. They have many natural enemies,
such as lady bugs, birds, etc.. that ,gen
eially hold, them well In check. F. P.
Dodge.
Currant Borers and Currant Worms.
The currant borer .(Sesla tlpullformts)
Is aTmotli measuring about three-fourths
of an Inch across the wings. The wings
have blark mm kings and are only partly
covered with scales. Fiom tho glassy ap
pearance of the clear space It is some
times called "Glassy-wings." The body
is encircled by Hues of yellow scales and
halis and the abdomen has a feather-HUo
brush at the tip. Tho two sexes are
similar in color, but the malo is the moie
active. They tly by day and look like
large bees. The eggs are laid about the
last of June, usually in the angle between
the currant stalk or cane and the leaf
and under scales of bark, on canes not
less than a year old. The larva soon
hatches out and bores Into the pith of the
cane, upon which It feeds. It Is a yellow
ish grub or "worm" with a brown head
and spots and halis on the body. Only
one laiva Is found In a eune, but this may
boro out all the pith tho stock contains.
The larva spends the winter In the hol
low cane and there becomes a pupa or
chrysalis In tho spring nnd about June
emerges as an adult moth. They feed
on both currant and gooseberry. The best
method of getting rid of this pest is to
cut off and burn nil canes of these plants
whoso leaves turn yellow about the mid
dle and last of May. The yellow leaves
Indicate their presence at that time.
J. J. Mnikle.
The Saw-Fly of Currants and Goose
berries. Another more destructive pest is the
currant worm (Nemntus Ubesll) which Is
tho larva of an insect called the currant
saw-fly. The eggs nro laid In rows on
the under ribs of tho first leaves, and tho
voracious black and green larvae soon
strip the bush of Its leaves. Thero nro
two broods, and the young aio likely to
be seen at any time, They are too well
known to need description. The best rem
edy is hclleboro dusted on while the
leaves aro damp with dew or made inlo
a tea and sprayed on the Insects, or
Paris green applied either as a dust or
spray, J. J. Markle.
The Clothes Moths.
The common clothes moths (Tinea pcl
llonella and Fiucolu blselllella) are small
months with pule ochre-yellow heads and
a wing expanse of about hnlf an Inch,
In tho larval state they feed upon nil
kinds ot nnlmal products: AVoolen goods,
carpets, furs, feathers, hair, linings and
upholsterings, and skins of blids and ani
mals. Tho larva Is worm-like, with a
dull whitish head and tho upper part ot
tho next segamont ot a reddish-brown
colbr. It remains concealed In a case
mudo of tho material on which It feeds
and lined with silk which it spins, They
Indict their Injury during tho summer
mouths and In houses that nra heated
they also fried during tho winter.
Tho llfe-hlstory of a clothes moth Is as
follows; Tho eggs aro laid in the early
part of tho summer on the fubilcs to bo
eaten and In concealed places. The Jar
vao soon hatch nnd feed, making their
caso larger as they grow. Tho winter la
passed in tho larvul stuto within tho case,
and In tho early spilng tho larva trans
forms Into-a pupa. In the spring, ofton
in May, the adult moth emerges und
lays its eggs. Tho small moths that aro
attracted to lights ut night uro not
clothes moths, as tho latter fly mostly by
day and are In dark closets at night,
With these insects preventives are more
Important than remedies. Material that
would be Infested should be packed away
tightly In closed trunks or boxes with
sprigs of cedar, camphor or uaptha balls,
and sealed with stilps of paper over tho
cracks before tho eggs aru laid on tho
fabrics In tho spring. U tho eggs aro
laid before the garment are packed they
will hatch and feed, Tight paper or linen
bags will also keep out tho pe,sts and
sealed boxes are not then needed.
AVhen thu insects hayo once appeared
they can be killed by very denso fumes
ot tobacco smoke or profuse odors of
spirits ot turpentine In tightly closed
rooms for twenty-four hours.' A spray
of benzino Is also effective, but after its
use rooms must bo aired well before tak
ing a light Into them. Helen D. Musser.
The Apple Tree Tent Caterpillar,
Tho applo trso lent caterpillar (Cllslo-
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Our $2.00 Women's Oxfords
For this Saturday's trade we will offer six different styles of High Grade Dongola Kid and VicI Kid Ox
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pair are the 1902 styles, and every pair have beauty, grace and comfort, .light weight or extension t . .
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campa amcrlcana) In tho adult form Is a
brownish moth, with an expanse of
wings of an Inch and one-half. The cater
pillars, which are black with colored
stripes and spots, hutch from the eggs
In the spring about the time the young
leaves are appearing and nt once com
mence to defoliate the trees. They form
the so-called tents In a near-by crotch
to which they retire when not feeding.
The wild cherry tree Is one of their fa
vorite food plants; but they may feed
upon apple, peach, plum, cherry, pear
and auince.
They continue lo defoliate the trees
until the last of May or the middle cf
June, when they form cocoons from
which the adult moths emerge about a
month later, mate and deposit their eggs
In characteristic cylindrical clusters or
masses around the small twigs. In this
stage they jemaln all winter. Thcic Is
but one brood per year.
Preventives are more Important than
remedies. It is not dlltlcult to Und and
destroy the egg masses In winter and
cocoons in summer.
The best remedy H spraying with tho
following mixture: I'ive ounces of Paris
green, about a ciunrt of "milk of lime,"
and 40 to CO gallons of water stirred well
together, This should be applied while
the caterpillais are feeding, either bel'oie
or after the blossoms appear but not
while the trees are In bloom. A common
remedy Is burning them out, but lo be
effective this should be done while il'.e
caterpillais are In the tents and with a
broad flame that acts quickly In order
to 1:111 the insects but not tho trees.
The principal enemies of theso insects
are birds, many of which feed on them,
especially the cuckoos, orioles and vireos.
They are also subject to a bacterial dis
ease which holds them in check at times.
-II. O. Neel.
The Peach Tree Borer.
This Insect (Sannla cxltlosa) Is a moth,
but it resembles a wasp. It has clear
wings and a conspicuous band of orange
around tho abdomen. It begins life as an
egg, which Is laid on the bark of the tree
during the months of Juno and July.
Prom the egg Is hatched tho larvae or
borer which Is of special Interest becauso
It is In tills form that It does Its injurious
work. As soon as tho eggs aro hatched
the minute larvae work into tho crevices
of tho bark and soon feed upon the softer
tissue It passes the winter In hiberna
tion beneath tho bnrk, nnd In the spring
as early as tho (lrt of April In somo sea
sons the larva resumes Its feeding habits
nnd by the first week In Juno Is full
grown. It then spins a cocoon and goes
Into tho pupal stnue. The cocoon" may be
found clinging to the bark just below tho
surface or In the ground near tho trunk,
lu about six days it changes to tho adult
moth, which lu a short timo mutes anil
lays from -00 to 000 eggs.
Whllo tho borer shows a decided prefer
ence for tho peach, It may also attack
both the wild and cultivated varieties of
the plum and cherry, tho cultivated a
iletles of nectarines, apricots, flowering
almond shrubs and azalea:;. Tho applo
tree borer Is tho larva of a beetle and Is
found chiefly on apple and pear trees.
The only satisfactory preventive Is tho
application of gas tar to tho trunk. TIiIh
should first bo tiled on a few trees ns a
test, as in some cases It has been found
to contain Injurious substances.
Recent experiments in New York Indl
oato that wire cages und similar devices
Intended to keep out tho moths afford no
protection against tho borer. The "worm
ing" or "digging out" method Is tho only
successful way of killing tho boror. In
tho spring during tho month of April tho
ground should bo removed from tho base
of the trunk and tho borers cut out with
a knife, Caro should bo taken to removo
all nf thom. Masses of gum will general
ly Indicate where thoy aro feeding, After
thoy nro removed the treo .should bo
treated with tho tar to prevent tho pew
brood from laying Its eggs on tio trunk,
Tho ground should then bo thrown up
around the tree In n smnll mound. In
tho latter part of September the "worm
ing" operation should bo repeated, Tho
wash und mounding may be omitted until
the following spring.
Such applications ns "Dendrolene."
white paint, printer's Ink and a few oth.
ers sometimes rerommended uro danger
ous and will generally kill tho trceH.
At least eight different species of para
sites havo been found attacking It. lu a
recent bulletin we find the announcement
of the discovery of a fungus found grow
ing In u peach borer. I'osblbly this Is a
new enemy, A. K, Ulster,
The Codling Moth.
There Is no Insect that does more dam
uge to upples, pears and quinces than the
codling moth ,(Carpocapasa pomonella).
and none that is more surely controlled
by a little cffoit In applying tho means
that huve been recommended by the ento
mologist. The adult Is a small chocoluto
colored moth which lays Its eggs In tho
early spring on very young fruit when It
Is in blossom or about tho tlmo tho petals
fall. In a, few days tho egg hatches and
the Urva. a hhort white caterpillar,
spends a day or two on tho outside. It
then bores Into the young fruit and feeds
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around tho cote, causing whnt Is com
monly called the "wormy" npplo. When
It Is about full grown, which Is about the
middle of the summer, It leaves tho applo
run) spins its cocoon In somu protected
place, such us under a scale of the bark
of thu trees, In a short time the adult
moth emerges, Tho female lays her eggs
on the fruit generally nt the bide, where
two upples hung lu contnrt. It Is theso
larvae that aio tho "wouns" of tho full
fruit. They spend the winter lu cocoons
on the sides of tho tiees and In rubbish,
after having fallen with the fruit. They
do pdt become pupae until tho next
spring, and then the adult moths emergo
in a few days. Thus Is completed tho
annual cycle, with two broods per year.
This Intcct may bo combatted by spray
ing with ursenltles. The trees bhould bo
sprayed when the young apples uto still
stundlng uptight or Just after the petals
have fallen from the blossom. A sluglo
spraying may bo sufllcient. but It Is bet
ter to mako a second application about a
week nfter the llrut. Wither of tho fol
lowing mlxtuics will bo found effecllvo:
(1) One pound of I'ails green or London
purple to 150 gallons of water; (2) Fifteen
ounces of lead nrseualo to ono hundred
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