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Sheath Stocking Shocks a
Few Fortunate Beholders.
DU MAURIER HAT EFFECTS.
.New York Belles Wear Beauty 8pti
Revived From Marie Antoinette's
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Day 8emi-emplre-directolre Model
Reign Supreme at the Garden.
My Dear Elsa So you thought the
bono show wasn't worth coming on.
QRSESHOW
bo another "social frost," did he 5
iiWell, there were many such Rich
monds In the field with Uko dolorous
prognostications, but I counted upou
your sporting blood making you rlstc
) a fighting chance. As usual, all signs
tailed, for Society, spelled with a big
'S, took the bit In Its mouth and bolted
for Madison Square Garden In fine
f form. Horsy? Yes, dear, but then
you know I've been Inhaling tanbark,
dreaming hackneys, cobs, roadsters
and Jumpers for Ave blissful days, and j
ythey'vo got on my vocabulary, But
it was great to see the old enthusiasm i
I displayed once more, not only In the
rfrifr hnt nmnni- flip crowds nround the
, --n , " - r. i
f oval, In the boxes and the seats. One
met during the week at the show
overy one one knew and a few nun-,
drcds one didn't. Now, Calamity
Jane's a character I loath to personate,
but, my dear, there are rumors .that
the last bugle has been blown for en
tries in the ring the old Garden's fot
sale and the swan song of the na
tional horso show In Its present quar
ters sung. Aren't you sorry you miss
ed tho music?
The decorations were charming this
year. Amerlcnn flaps draped the walls
near the celling, and below these pa
triotic emblems wore festoons of whlto
cloth caught up with rosettes of hunt
ing pink alternating with branches of
autumn leaves. I never liked the old
trimmings of yellow and blnck, did
you? They made mo feel like a spec-J
tator at a Princeton football game
with the gridiron and tlio yells left
out And, speaking of lifting up ones
voice, there was deafening applause
when Sirs. Wntsou Thursday after
noon drove her celebrated team, Lady
Baltimore and Maryland, in the mail
phaeton class to victory and another
blue ribbon. The band played "Dixie"
and "Mnryiand, My Maryland," and as
this, you know, is my native state the
compliment seemed partly mine.
I I was convinced that things were
as they should be, for my spine shiv
ered, and this Is a psychological fact
that one's artistic temperament is all
J right If you don't get the shivers
when you listen to beautiful or in-'
' spiring music or read a lovely poem i
or look at a superb painting or a
superb equine specimen the gates of
art are closed to you forever.
Did 1 get the shivers over the
clothes, you ask? 1
I did, my dear; I did. Indeed, 1
might enlarge upon the statement and
say I got n shock when gazing at a
stunning creature artistically holding
up her trailing sheath skirt and dis-.
playing thereby a sheath stocking.
No, It's not n joke. Sheath hosiery's
the latest from Paris, and this girl was
a pioneer. I have learned since that
these unique foot coverings are slit
up in front as well as at Hie side.
The open space is two inches wide at
the top and graduated to a quarter of
an inch at the foot, laced with a half
inch black ribbon. This ribbou is
finished with a largo flat bow at the
top. Shocking, positively shocking, oh 3
Should you ask mo to make a sum
mary of the dress situation at the
show 1 would say leading color, dull
amethyst; fur, white fox; llower, gar-
THE SHEATH STOCKING,
denia. Unsatisfactory? Well, to be
more explicit the gowns for the most
part were in- dark colors both in the
afternoon nnd evening. Of course you
know that in the morning nothing but
the strictly tailored cloth suit Is ever
permissible. But tho dnrk frocks had
nothing of gloom about them, for num
berless rows of buttons embroidered,
Jeweled and bedizened in various wnys
gavo a festive touch. Ilut these same
buttons contributed u comedy part
to some very remarkable costumes
worn by women with right modistic
Ideas gone horribly wrong, Yes, in
deed, tho horso show proved conclu
sively to my mind that the semi
empire dlrcctolro period has "arrived."
Hlpless coats nnd gowns wcro numer
ous, on tho promenade, and, although
nrauy oi me gowns wens oranora to cre
ations, few of them could bo called
beautiful. Still, all represented an enor
mous lot of money.
Thcro wcro grotcsquo attempts of
tho picturesque and classic gown to
bo seen, and when seen ono was filled
with tho Pharisaical sentiment, "Thank
God, I am not one of them!" and a
feeling of gratitude for dlrcctolro
styles and tho biggest of hats stole
over one. And that Is saying a whole
lot for the hats. Despite the "latest in
formation from over the water" pre-
dieting the small chapcau, ono saw
bothlng of this chic thing at the Gar
den last week. Hats so huge were the
rule that they sat all over tho head
and nestled confidingly on the shoul
ders of the wearers. The Russian
turban was very much In evidence,
and Mrs. Reggie Vanderbilt one after
noon appeared In a Persian lamb tur
ban so large that it almost hid her
piquant face. These Du Maurler hat
effects, shadowing the faco as they do,
are really grewsome affairs. That day
she wore a dtrcctolre coat of the same
dark fur over a white broadcloth
frock, one of the few light costumes
seen In the boxes. But the funniest
things of all were the beauty spots
some of the women were wearing on
their faces. These spots have come In
with the other French fashions and
are, as you know, revived from Marie
Antoinette's time. Tho twentieth cen
tury girls call them the "telegraphy of ,
A STUDY IN 1JUTTONS.
the face," and they arc placed to em
phasize a good point mouth, forehead,
dimple or what you are fortunate
enough to possess in the way of facial
loveliness.
You know, Mrs. Van S. always goes
a stylo ono better. She lias a mole on
her faco that lias always boon the
pride of her life, so when tho patch
became the thing this lady simply en
larged upon her mole and left the
court plaster, or velvet beauty spot, se
verely alone.
Saturday after the show our "bunch"
were having tea at Sherry's, with Mrs.
Van S. as chaperon. While sitting at
table a drop of water from some flow
ers that wore handed to her fell upon
her cheek. She took out her handker
chief and daintily wiped the spot.
But, alas, forgetting tho enlarged
mole, she wiped it off, too, and gave
away tho secret of its origin. .V few
minutes later she excused herself and
returned with tho mole once more in
its original shape and size that Is to
say, the original size It had been paint
ed. Moral Stick to tho old time meth
od. Ever most sincerely yours,
MABEL.
New York.
Animal Oddities.
Tho elephant smells, not with, his
trunk, but with the roof of his mouth,
which contains a nostril nnd olfactory
nerves.
When moor hens dive they swim
with their wings, practically lying un
der water. Most birds that swim do so
with their webbed feet.
The pculophtbalmus or walking fish
Is found In the south Pacific. At low
tide It crawls over the lonely coral
beaches on two shimmering, yellow
scaled legs In search of sand crabs.
The marabou or adjutant Is a tall
Indian bird of the stork species. At
ono meal It will devour tho whole car
cass of n hare or a cat. It stands Ave
feet high, nnd the expanse of wings Is
nearly fifteen feet.
A Christmas Letter.
If Santa Claus were not a myth,
As also Is his reindeer,
Today I'd bo contented with
My lot and not complain, dear,
For then I mlcht ask htm to take
To you a gift that's very
Particularly opt to make
The heart on Christmas merry.
Dut I should bid him bring to me
Precisely this samo present.
A fair exchango would seem to be
Approprlato and pleasant.
So, sweetheart, In these mythless times,
Since I can do no better,
A merry Christmas, with tho rhymes
That lock lovo In my letter.
New York Lite.
The Santa Claus Question.
If bo's a myth, as sagos tell,
Lot them make this much clear:
Who is It thnt contrives so well
To see me broko each year?
Washington Star.
Speaking of Molars.
"Your dentist Is n very polito man,
isn't ho?"
"Painfully 8o."-Judgo.
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Farm and
.Garden
GOOD HORSES.
The Preservation of Our Best Native
American Types.
By GEORGE M. HOMMEL.
Pedantic persons may express some
astonishment at the Idea of looking
to a breed of saddle horses for car
riage horses, but the records of horses
with pedigrees are sufficient proof of
the claim that the American saddle
horse register contains somo of our
best carriage blood and that breeders
who are using that blood judiciously
are acting wisely.
There 'are certain lines of breeding
found in the saddle horse register
which can be relied upon to produce
carriage horses. In Kentucky the
CARMON, CAHHIAQE STALLION AT HEAD OF
OOVE1INMENT 8TDD AT COLORADO EX
PERIMENT STATION.
breeding of horses for Individual ex
cellence of conformation, quality and
action is carried to a greater degree
than In any other state, and, contrary
to popular opinion, the most of the
men outside of th'e thoroughbred es
tablishments who make their living
from horse breeding In Kentucky In
the blue grass counties at least are
breeding not for speed, but for type.
This has been going on for years, and
for this reason the good, hnndsomo
horses of Kentucky have usually been
appreciated, their history traced and
their descendants accounted for. If
the same careful attention to points
of conformation and action had been
shown fifty years ago by Morgan
breeders In New England and had
there been displayed the same enthu
siasm for aud loyalty to a valuable
local typo of horses there would now
be no necessity for government aid to
save the Morgan from destruction.
If horsemen In the limestone sections
of the corn belt had paid less atten
tion to the speed records of the stal
I Hons In their localities and more to
, their Individuality the carriage horse
work of the department of agriculture
would be odt of place.
Specille work in horse breeding by
the rutted States government was
llrst made possible by the Inclusion In
tho appropriation act for the fiscal
year ended June 30, 1510.", of 1111 Item
of ?25,000 for experiments In animal
breeding and feeding in co-operation
with state agricultural experiment
stations.
The reasons for taking up the
breeding of carriage horses have boon
fully set forth in various publications.
In articles for the press and In public
addresses, but a recapitulation here
may not be out of order. Briefly
stilted, they were: That carriage
horses are, as a rule, the most valuable
class on the market, that as a result
of the strong demand the supply was
grndunlly diminishing and that, not
withstanding all tho Importation:! of
the carriage type from abroad, the
preferred horse was the American
horse. Most Important of all, how
ever, was tho feeling that steps
should bo taken to correct tho practice;
of castrating valuable stallions and
selling valuable mares for other than
BELMONT, OFTEN FOUND IN l-EDIOREES OP
AMERICAN CA1UUAGE HOUSES.
breeding purposes. Tho department
also felt that, although probably
nothing could wean the American
horseman from his attachment to the
standard bred horse, the most useful
characteristics of this horso should bo
preserved If it would continue to be
of high value to tho farmers of tho
country.
The Farmer of the Future.
Tho future farmer will sublrrlgate
his laud and defy drought as well as
floods. He will become n scientific
forester, and every farm will produce
wood and lumber as well ns wheat
and npples. Women will work out
doors as heartily as men In fact, they
will be tho horticulturists and the
truck gardeners. There will bo closer
.elation between tho producer and tho
consumer, Ignoring a horde of middle
men who frequently wasto more than
Is destroyed by Ignorant help nnd In
sect foes combined. Under tho alli
ance with the school tho farm will bo
valued not only for Its gross weight
of products, but for Its poems nnd Its
education.
STOCK FOOD FOR PIGS.
Boms Experiments With Commercial
and Homemade Feed.
In a report from South Dakota to
tho Experiment Station Record, Wash
ington, the subjoined about stock food
for pigs appears:
In the first of the two series of tests
reported, which included two years,
fivo commercial stock feeds with
ground corn and barley were fed In
comparison with ground corn and bar
loy one to one. The feeding period in
tho first year covered ninety-two days
and in the second Blxty-threc days, and
the lots included from eight to ten
pigs. In every case the pigs bad ac
cess to rape pasture.
On the check ration the average dally
gain per pig for the two years was
1.1 pounds, the feed required per pound
of gain 5.10 pounds and the cost of a
pound of gain 4 cents. On the ration
including stock feeds the dally gain
ranged from 1.17 pounds per head to
1.34 pounds, the grain eaten per pound
of gain from 4.54 to 4.8G pounds and
tho cost of a pound of gain from 4.1(1
to 4.58 cents.
In the second scries of tests corn
meal was compared with corumeal and
n commercial stock feed aud with
cornmeal and a homemade stock feed,
using three lots of eight pigs each, fed
for sixty-one days. All the lots had
the run of blue grass pasture In addi
tion to the grain or grain and stock
feed. The total gain was 514 pounds
on corumeal alone, 483 pounds on corn
meal and commercial stock feed and
551 pounds on corumeal and home
made stock feed. The feed required
per pound of gain in the three cases
was 4.01, 5.49 and 5.11 pounds and the
cost of a pound of gain 3.85, 4.60 nnd I
4.4 cents.
From the above table It will be seen
-that It required more pounds of feed I
for 100 pounds of gain In this cxperl-'
ment than it did for tho average of the
lots in the previous experiment. This
can bo accounted for from the fact
that the rape pasture furnished a more
succulent feed than did the bluo grass
pasture.
from the data presented In this
bulletin tho reader must draw his own
conclusions as to the value of any of
the stock foods tried.
Tho homemade stock feed, according
to the authors, was made up ns fol
lows: Gentian, two pounds, cost 50 cents;
ginger, ono pound, cost 40 cents; so
dium bicarbonate, Ono pound, cost 10
cents; fenugreek, five tenths of a
pound, cost 10 cents.
Purchase these materials at a drug
store and have them mixed Into fine .
powders. Then mix with five pounds '
of common salt ond twenty-five pounds
of shorts. This compound will cost
about 4V& cents per pound. For tho
, pig mix a pound with every forty
eight pounds of grain.
Pasturage For Pigs.
Thirty shoals averaging fifty-two
pounds in weight were divided as
nearly equal as possible Into three
lots of ten each. Lot No. 1 was fed
on a grain mixture of shorts ono-half,
cornmeal one-fourth and Kaffir corn
meal one-fourth in a dry lot. Tho
oth'T two lots were fed tho same
grain ration, but one received rape
pasture and the other alfalfa pasture
in addition. Each lot was given what
grain tho hops would cat up clean, and
each had access to water and ashes.
The gains of the three lots were very
nearly equal. The dry lot consumed
55" pounds, or "0 pounds for every 100
pounds of grain, more gain than tho
pasture lots. The lot on rape required
one aero of pasture, while tho alfalfa
lot used a trifle less than one-half acre.
Farm Labor In New York State.
The American Agriculturist contains
brief statements from several farmers
In different parts of New York state
, relating to the farm labor problem.
Tho general trend of the replies indi
cates that good farm labor is scarce,
that wages for day labor range from
$1.25 to $1.50 per day nnd monthly
wages from .$20 to with board for
ten hours' work per day and that the
scarcity of work In cities Is bringing
! back to the farm those who were born
nnd brought up thereon. The encour
agement of the immigration of farm
labor from tho United Kingdom, Ger
many, Sweden and other European
countries Is advocated as a remedy.
Jack For Raising Buggy.
To make the Implement shown in
the accompanying Illustration use two
pieces of oak 22 by 4 by 1 and one
piece 15 by 4 by 1. Kail the smaller
piece between tho larger ones at one
end. To the lower end nail two pieces
of 12 by 4 by 1, one on each side of
tho three pieces already Joined for a
supporting base.
Three Inches from the top of the
boards bore a half Inch' hole. Take
another piece of wood 28 by 1 by 1
and boro a bole in It seven Inches from
one end. Placo it between the two
boards aud bolt with a four inch bolt.
Tack n notched piece of wood about
fivo inches long to tho short end of
this lover. About eight Inches from
tho other end fasten loosely a pleco of
strap Iron nineteen Inches long which
has a hook on the opposite end. Drive
two nails in tho upright boards to
regulate tho height, and, says Pralrlo
Farmer, you have a convenient, light
and inexpensive buggy jack.
IT"1-,: I X
II . C. HAND, President.
W. B. HOLMES, Vice Pres.
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