Woman and fashion Nw Flv Hundred Button Dress. Decidedly tho most radical crcntlot of fashion was exhibited by Miss KHz abcth A. O. White at tho opening ol the dressmakers' convention at Ma ' aonlc temple, New ork. It was a Pari elan gown of ecclesiastical design hav ing BOO buttons. In fact, there was 8uch a buttony effect on all the exhib its that when several Inquisitive men wandered Into the exhibition and be- GOWK WORN BY MISS WHITE. held their wives take a fancy to the gowns with the many hundred buttons they fled In dismay. Tills style of gown is said to have met with success in Paris. If It be comes popular lu this country it will Berve to relegate Colonel Hooker to the background, for even with the most nimble lingers and with the aid of a button hook it takes over an hour to button tlie dress. Tho buttons begin at the neck and wander up and down, Anally ending with a flourish at tho end of the train. The particular gown with 500 buttons was made of Salonio silk. The Question of Collars. There has been so much talk about the elimination of the turnover linen collar that girls arc Interested to know just how the matter stands. The shops say they have sold as many this sea son as ever before, but the wide pref erence is given to tho transparent col lar. The stilt mannish one, no matter how handsome, has been relegated to second place. Irish lace, real or imitation, and point do venise, which Is a fllct lace, are both used and give quite a smart touch to any kind of blouse. The stork of the material is in high fashion and gives a dressier look to n Mouse than a color does. In tho cause of cleanliness It should be detached that it may bo sent to the wash after n day's wearing. If a girl adopts the fashion of stocks rather than collars she should make two at least for each blouse. The Ultra New Hat. In the millinery openings the hat shown In the sketch has a dominant place. That it is ugly no one doubts. That It is fashionable every one nc cepts. This one Is of ecru straw, rath er loosely plaited and open. It is lined with pink silk,, as It Is quite the fash- COLV, HUT BMAltT. Ion to put a colored lining In a -straw hat of open weave. There Is a wreath of wide open pluk ruses ut tho base with very little foliage between them. At tho left front Is a scanty black algret caught under one of the roses. This lint Is worn without n veil nnd lias u false crown which goes straight ncross tho hat with a slight opening In tho center Wider Skirts In Vogue. Skirts all show n tendency to widen, Ihls effect lielng obtained either by panels of narrow plaits running to the waist In front or back or in godet folds set in at intervals around the bottom. In one mode! those folds, which are formed of a pointed piece of material Willi bias edges, nro repealed nt the bottom of the long rcdlngotc. each fold being braided In hoary soutucbo In a wide conventional pattern. NOUS C.M.BARNITZ FA. (CORKUPONI&NCE SOLICITED ICopyrlght, 1903, by American Press Asso ciation. These articles and Illustrations must not be 1-eprlnted without special permission. SHIP THE BOYS; GRANDPAP'S READY. Mutllcln, when you Rlt to town Lay In somo colic cure. Fur Susan Ellen Jlst writ down Her boys are comln' sure. Them kids will cllmli the apple tree An' eat preen apple snlts. They'll double to a horseshoe curve An' pit the cramps an' flts. He sure to buy some camphor, too, An" pit tho very best. Them boys, you bet, will git bunged up In tlRhtln' hornets' nests. Yes, sit some real strong arnica. I fear that yallcr mule Is apt to kick our Susan's kids When they around him fool. An' ko an' see ole Dr. Brown About our gran'sons' comln'. Tell him he'll have a Job or two When they Bit things to hummln'. Tell htm to git a ready on To como out on the fly. He'd better keep his boss hitched up To git here offul spry. Fur when our John an' Henry come There's surely" somethtn' doln'. They've got us laughln' till wo cry Or else they've got us stewln'. But I wouldn't give a burned red cent Fur boys that ain't like colts A-klcktn', rlppln', roarln' round I.Ike human thunderbolts. C. M. B. THE SINGLE COMB BLACK Ml NORCA. If vou breed nure Black MInorcas you certainly should be mobbed for , eggs at n bon ton price, for these per fectly built egg machines' do lay beau tiful big white eggs. Why, It's nothing for a fancier with a correct strain to get 180 eggs per lien per year, these eggs averaging six to nlirhr. to tho nnnml. You're lust rlzhr. the S. C. Black , Minor ni.ni will lm In It wbon o??t ! nre sold bv welcht Tho S. C. Blacks weigh one pound more than tho Bose Comb Blacks and J the Whites, and their blstorv Is traced i back over 100 years to the Isle of A. It is likely the fault of your In Minorca. In the bin Mediterranean. I eubator. The heat has not been even Here's n chance for those folks that1 want great layers, but discard Leg-1 horns because they can lly over a Mult-Mi ctormlr. nml nron't Inrcnr tlmn a skeeter (not a Jersey skecter) when 1 thin. If you have run machine nc vou come to eat 'em. 1 cording to rules you had better throw MInorcas nro built somewhat on a ! Leghorn strlo. weigh nearly twice as I much, nre not so restless, lay as many eggs bv weight, and their juicy, ten- dor, close ftbered, pink flesh Is de clared by epicures to bo as sweet nnd succulent as turkey. S. C. BLACK MINORCA WEIGHTS. Pounds. Pounds. Cock 9 Hen "4 Cockerel 7H Pullet 6 I K1E v? I ? TT Tin IWIM 1 THE STOLEN NEST MODEL MIXOBCA SHAPE. This beautiful hen is a perfectly shaped egg machine ns sho stands guard over her nest of big eggs, hid den among the fragrant ferns nnd flowers. Are you a Minorca cnuiusiasw uu i blame you for shouting for a breed thnt lias been a favorite for over a - - ..tio.,inM i i,,. -";tw rouowing - Ing: Male sliould have medium long, deep head, carrhxl high; firm, large, straight, even six long pointed single comb following nape of neck; dark uazei eyes, oiiick ncai;, rca iace unu i long, round wattles; largo white aim ond shaped ear lobes, broad, sloping back, broad chest, full round body, stout thighs, long, strong, dark slate shanks nnd toes, tall medium size, moderately spread, carried at an an gle of forty degrees, and plumage shining greenish black. For hens breed like our illustration, and you'll win cups "like all creation." FEATHERS AND EGGSHELLS. It's a mighty careless squab breeder I who allows rats to multiply, overrun ' the pigeon plant and manglo the breasts of. poor, defenseless squabs. This is tho caso when sills nW right on tho ground instead of two feet above. Tho hopper that prevents fowls from mncl I m fnml Itna nnt lkAitM III V..II 1 ml Our main objections to hopper feeding of ground feed nre; Balny weather molds the fced, chickens scatter lt on tho ground and also carry it to tho water vessels and the water gets sonr. POINTERS FOR EGQ FADDISTS. Somo persons really believe that tho tolor of an eggshell controls the quail, ty of lto contents. But, no; the age and surroundings of tho egg and the health, feeding and environment of the hen decide tho matter. Boston wants brown eggs, New York wants them white, while some cus tomers wish both colosB. Fortunately for the egg farmer thero are twenty-nine breeds with eighty four varieties that lay these colors, so If you are an egg faddist and arc se lecting hens to lay your favorite color Just select from the following list, and you'll get what you -want: Breeds Hint lay white egfs: 'Anco nas, Andaluslans, Crevecoours, Games, Haml'mrgs. Ilnudans, La Flechc, Leg horns, Minorca, Polish, Bed Cops, Silkies, Spanish, Sultans, Sumatras. i Breeds that lay brown eggs: Brali 1 mas. Buckeyes, Cochins, Domlnlques, 1 Dorkings, Fnverolles, Indian Gamqs, .lavas, Langshans, Malays, Orpingtons, Plymouth Bocks, Bhode Island Beds, 1 Wyaudottes. KURIOS FROM KOR RESPONDENTS Q. Will you please solve a hard puss , zlo for mo? My white chickens will I get yellow. If 1 buy the whitest birds 1 lu the fall t hoy stay white till spring. Then, when turned on range, In a few months they are yellow and spoiled for show. I send you feathers from t the same fowl, plucked In winter and summer, and you can see the differ ence. My birds are shaded and get no yellow corn. If you can give the , cause you will be the first. , A. Send gravel from your farm to I chemist. It likely has an excess of 1 Iron that affects the plumage. Sorry, but fear you must change location or I variety. Better change from White to I Buff Bock. Q. Will you please inform me what ! While- Wyandotte eggs should weigh? j How do you keep your Wyaudottes white? Do you wash them for county I fairs? i A. We notice an egg schedule in ! Farm Toultry gives 23..r ounces to the ; dozen. This Is without doubt correct I for the strain from which eggs were I secured, but we have a number of hens whoso eggs weigh two pounds to the dozen. Our Dottes are the silvery I sh'Jen stay white kind. Not always. When head, breast and legs only are soiled wo wash those parts only. Bc member, fairs come at molting time, and you must le careful, for a cold then often kills. O. Can you tell why I can't hatch two chicks from a double yolk egg? I tried six last summer aim union. At The main reason why two chicks cannot lie hatched is because there 's"'t enough air for two in the shell. Q- Why do my chicks come from the Rl" w egg? and up where it should be. Hence chill affects intestines of chick, they do not draw In yolk, yolk smears Chick, and chick. Hot getting yolk. Is it out. for both machine nnd chicks are N. O. 0- Can you tell mo how to get n larger proportion of pullets than males In hatching? A. We have found more pullets come from matlngs where tho sexes are even in age. DON'TS. Don't be like John Bughouse, who raises every variety of lice. Don't lay those corncrib sills down low, or off with the rats' the corn will Don't keep wheat in the heat. The weevil will hatch, destroy your feed and overrun the place. Don't feed strong smelling meat scrap or tainted meat and cut bone. That brings deadly Hmberueck. Don't think you know it all. You will surely get a fall, and then you'll feel so small. Don't forget to put up booths for shade, and always keep the water vessels in u cool spot. Don't neglect to sow sunflower seed ill will ui'Huuiy juui iiiuuu .mu nuu to the ration Don't publish your failures or hang your profits "on everybody's nose.' Plod to prosperity. Don't fall to provide for next win ter's cut clover crop. It certainly is the tonic to make the e'rs drop. xont spend your time criticising the otner feIow.s stocli lt vom.g ,s so superIori wuy doesu.t ne Uuy uiocU? Don't forget to mark your chickens , ...m, wni. nL.i, if 8t0in vou can 1 enslly jdontIfy Ulem uy your mart, , Vm,t fced k i u(1 m(,at L,ke B0Up cornmei lt ls tncr fini8il Don't let mice lodge in the pigeon nest. It menus cold eggs nnd deserted squabs. Don't let the clucks cat cut bone, grass and soft mash. Such feed for chicks Is very rash. Dos't let tho pigeons bathe In the same water twice, nnd be euro to put creolln in for lice. Don't expect culls to breed thorough breds, nor sell bum Dottes, Bocks nor Beds. Don't say "Honesty the best policy," but "Honesty the only policy." Then you'll not be a skinner, but a first prlzo buslnei-s winner. Don't breed n Barred Bock Just foi line feathers. We like- Juicy breast meat and fat drumsticks. Don't buy high priced sirloins nl "0 cents and sell chickens to the ',",tn(' How They Struck Oil By FRANK H. SWEET. Copyright, 1500, by American Press Association. HAD Cicely's aunt died nnd left her tho. farm lu midwinter, when the mercury stood at zero and the wind was howl ing around tho street corners, It is more than probable that tho outcome would have been different. But the news of her Inheritance reached her early In tho spring, when the buds were swelling on the trees nnd tho corner groceryinau was selling radishes not ns big as the end of your thumb for 5 cents a bunch live in a bunch. It was tho radishes that Anal ly decided Cicely. She had read of women who had mnde fabulous sums out of just such radishes, together with lettuce and peas and new laid eggs and young broilers. Cicely was tilled with a string desire to go and do likewise. She resigned from the kl'J'garicn where she taught, and she humccd her Jearest friend, Madge Carton, who worked In a downtown olllce, to do likewise. Madge had been born on a farm, so naturally sho would be a tt.ost desirable partner in the chicken raising and truck gardening Industry. On tho Journey Cicely wns dreamy ind pensive. Occasionally she wept a little. She had never liked her aunt. and she had fancied her dislike re turned with Interest. Now she suf fered the pangs of remorse. When after two days and nights of travel they reached the farm she wept again, tears of good, honest rage. 'I always knew Aunt narrlet dis liked me," she walled, "but I didn't suppose she hated mc like this." The outlook was certainly discourag ing. Tho farm was for tho most part rocks, tho kind that go deep down un der tho surface and multiply as they go. Tho house was no bigger thnn it should be to shelter two people nnd no better than It had to be to keep from tumbling down over their heads. Madge undoubtedly would have wept, too, had sho not recognized the neces sity for nt least one of them keeping up a good, stiff front. When Cicely's angry sobs had sub sided Into pathetic gulps they started on a tour of Investigation. Flowers or shrubbery thero were none nnd but ono tree, a forlorn and stunted maple with a few sickly green leaves strug gling out on its bare branches. Half a dozen bedraggled fowls were scratch ing about Its roots, nnd a dejected mule was biting nt Its lower branches, lie was thin nnd hungry looking, but In him Madge saw possibilities. 'He's our only hope," she said. "We'll fatten him up nnd sell him. Perhaps lie'Il bring enough to got us back home." Cicely sniffed dolefully, and they went back to tho house. At the back door they found a man waiting for them. He said his name was Victor Ellwood nnd that lie lived on the farm next theirs. Ho was a young fellow, tall and broad shouldered. His hands were tho hands of ono who tolls, and his face was tanned by sun and wind. But his eyes wore humorous nnd kind ly, and Ills smile warmed you through and through. His nrms were full of suggestive brown paper packages. "Some groceries tho last people left here." ho explained. "I took them homo with me for cr safe keeping. He was drawing somewhat upon his Imagination, but tho two girls, lonely "OH, TUB, I KNOW," SAID MAIX1E. nnd homesick nnd hungry, blessed him for his kindly tact and forethought. "They told me In the village," he went on, "that you had come." Ills eyes rested on Cicely, small and slen der and dainty as a Dresden shepherd iss. "It's a shame," he blurted out Indignantly, "a howling outrage! If I bad known to whom this pllu of rocks had been left I would have writ ten you not to come," Clealy's lips begun to quiver, and Madge hastily Interposed. "Wc'ro going to fatten up tho mule," nho wilil, "and sell him for money to go back on, And," she added, "we'll throw in the farm." Mr. Kllwood grinned appreciatively. "That's a good scheine," he said. "And whllo bo's being fattened wouldn't you llko to make him self supporting'" "Yes," said Madge, "wo would, imp tlcuJarly If be bos a large appetite." "Then," said Mr. EUwood, "with your permission Pll take him home witn me. Yon see," he explained, "I hnre n lawn, and If he'll eat the grass for mc It will savo cutting-It" Mndgo thanked him and invited him to stay for supper. In view of the fact that he had furnished the supper Bho could not well do otherwise, even had sho so desired, which most emphat ically she did not. He looked at Cicely a good dcnl while they ate Cicely wns very good to look upon but his conversation was ad dressed for the most part to Madge. As a matter of fact, lt had to be that way. Cicely's accumulated woes pressed so heavily upon her that sho wns utterly incapable of nuythlng be yond an occasional subdued "Yes" nnd "No." Madge, however, chatted gayly. To her mind the situation wns decidedly tolerable nnd growing more so every minute. And when next she looked upon the bleak vista of rocks tbaf made up the Immediate landscape sho found It almost attractive. "Tho only hope," observed Madge, "has come homo again." Cicely Joined her In the doorway. "Anil he's thinner than ever," she de clared pessimistically. Then Mr. Kllwood came Into view Ho wns doing an elaborate Imitation of n man who has been running fast. ' "Ho got loose." ho panted. "And I've been following" "Yes," Madge broke in genially. "I know you have. 1'vo been watching you down the road for the last five minutes." She waved a hand toward tho mule. "I never In all my life," she said, "saw anybody so reluctant to take advantage of a handicap. How on earth did you Induce him to got here first?" Mr. Ellwood had the grace to blush. "It It's a very warm day," ho stam mered, tactfully trying to shift the conversation to a safe topic of general Interest. "It ls," Mndgo agreed. "And I don't believe so much exercise ls good for the mule. Besides, lt will take a lot of your time to lead htm home with you every night nnd dri follow him back hero every morning. Why don't you bring his meals to him?" f"Every day?"' Inquired Mr. Ellwood hopefully. "Well, I really think he ought to be fed every day, but I'll leave that to you." Cicely, who wondered miserably nt her friend's high spirits, had retired into the other room, mopping her eyes. "Sho doesn't like It," Madge observed confidentially to Mr. Ellwood. j "And no wonder," he rejoined sym I pathetically. "You're going to stay?" I he added. i "We must," said Madge, "for we've ' no money to get away on. And nny i way," she added after a moment's j pause, "I believe it isn't going to bo 1 half had." "If I can help It," said Mr. Ellwood heartily, "it's not." Ho was as good as ills word, and j better. For Cicely ho brought a ham mock nnd flowers in pots and many little comforts that helped to render her life more tolerable, no treated her 'as might an elder brother a lov able but Incapable sister. But Madge was his comrade and friend. She had assumed tho burdens Cicely was Incapable of bearing, and he very naturally thought her tho own er of the farm. Ho liked her pluck that wrested her hardly won garden from tho rocky soil and her sturdy In dependence that always returned favor for favor. His own little place took on an added value because sho had approved lt. He gave tho house a new coat of paint and planned when tho crops should have been harvested to build a bigger porch. And ho evolved Httlo conveniences for tho kitchen, shelves nnd closets nnd a flour bin, things of which his masculine, housekeeping had not felt the need, no whistled as he worked, and before him there was ever a girl's face, a laugh ing face growing dally rosier and moro sunburned and happier. "The only hope," observed Cicely complacently, "is certnlnly growing fat. If we could sell him by the pouud as they do 'beef on tho hoof,' I think they call It, we'd get quite a lot for him." "He's too fat," Madge objected. "He looks stuffed. I think you feed him too much. Cicely, If Mr. Ellwood were nt home I'd ask him to take a look at him. I'm quite certnln his eyes ought not to havo that glassy stare." Later in the day tho only hope suc cumbed. I don't really blame him for dying," said Cicely, who was weeping over tho remains. "I suppose he was just nat urally tired and discouraged and didn't care whether ho lived or died I'vo felt that way myself but I do think It was most inconsiderate of him." "lto might at least," said Madge, "hnve gone off nnd done It somewhere else. Then wo could have pretended ho wasn't ours. As It Is, we'll havo to bury him, nnd how on earth we're ever going to dig a hole big enough to hold him I'm suro I don't know," "We'll leave It to Mr. Ellwood," Cicely suggested. "We can wait till ho gets back." "1 suppose we can," said Madge, "but thero are reasons why the only hoto cannot. I'm going to tho village tp securo expert assistance." It was growing dusk when sho re turned. Sho was dusty nnd disheveled, but In her eyes was the light of tri umph, "I havo exchanged half tho chick ens," she announced, "for n stick of dynamite and a man to t.el It off. Tho only hope has phived us a shabby trick, hql he's going to have n first class funeral, Httlo as lie deserves It." Tho next morning the man came, bringing the dynamite. Tho explosion rent tho roots and shattered all tho windows. Then things began to hap pen. "There's such a peculiar odor," said Madge, who wns first to venture out of doors. "Don't you notice It, Cicely?" But Cicely, divining what had hap pened, thrust her friend aside nnd sped on ahead. Madge found bcr staring down into a ragged hole from which there oozed up something that decidedly wns not water. Cicely turned nnd threw herseir Into the other girl's nrms. "Oh, Madge!" sho cried hysterically. "Oh, Madge, wo'vo 'struck lie!' The only hope has saved us!" ' "It'll make you a mint of money," said Mr. Ellwood glumly. "You don't seem nt nil glad," said Madge, who always went straight to the heart of things. "I'm not," said Mr. Ellwood bitterly. "You'll bo rich, and you'll go away. Mi1 "IF I WANT YOU," HIS SAID. I'm a boast and a cad, and I know lt, but I cau't help lt. I don't want you to be rich. I was glad you were poor. All summer long we've worked to gether and helped each other. And I wanted It to go on just that way, for I loved you, Madge, and I wanted you to stay with me. But now" A cool little hand slipped into his. "I'm just as poor as ever I was," a voice whispered very close beside him. "Didn't you know? The farm and the oil and the money nre Cicely's. And If you want me, dear" Victor Ellwood turned and swept her Into his arms. "If I want you!" lie said. "Oh, Madge!" No Wonder He Felt Hurt. John Jeffs, who was remarkable for his large ears, has had a falling out with Miss Esmeralda Strype, toward whom ho had been suspected of enter taining matrimonial intentions. Some body asked him the other day why he, and Miss Strype were not out driving as much as usual, to which he re plied that ho did not propose to pay trap hire for any woman who called him a donkey. "I can't believe that Miss Strype would call any gentleman a donkey," was the reply. "Well, sho didn't exactly say that I was a donkey, but sho might just as well have said so. She hinted that much." 'What did she say?"i "Wo were out driving, and It looked very much like rain, and I said It was going to rain on us, ns I felt a rain drop on my car, and what do you sup pose sho said?" "I have no Idea." "Well." she said, 'The rain you felt on your ear may be two or three miles off.' "-London Tlt-Blts. Had None to Spare. Tho boy had been taking piano les sons for just n week. Then his mother went to tho musical college, bunted up bis teacher and complained that, though her sou had received three les sons, ho could not yet play a single tune. The instructor politely explain ed that it was necessary to first teach scales, then exercises and after these were mastered his mother's wish could be gratified. The fond parent was not satisfied, but sho concluded to try lt awhile longer. At the end of another week sho was back again nnd loud in her denunciation of tho teacher nud his methods because, so far as sho could see, her son had inado no ad vancement. "Well, madam," said tho exasperated professor, "I'can leach your boy some thing, but I cannot give him brains." "No," answered tho mother scorn fully, "you poor man, you don't look as If yoii had any to spare." Civility of Cornish Folk. It Is pleasant to travel about lu the country districts in Cornwall. Few of the people you meet cross your path without passing the tlmo of day. It voir ask the way you nro Invariably answered civilly. You uro not told to go straight on nml then ask ugalu. No. you nro directed with great min uteness of detail as to tho proper ccftirMi you should take. As likely as not, so I hnvu found It, your casually picked up friend will say nfter an elaborate explanation of the right way that you will never find It nlono ami tut off with you to the point you wish to gain. Antiquary.
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