PAGE SIX
THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER n, 1912.
FOR THE WOMAN
WHO CAN CROCHET.
Christmas Gills Thai May Be
Fashioned by Her Needle,
The girl who crochets litis n groat
opportunity to display her skill, espe
cially In this ilny of beautiful hand
work. A young girl will bo delighted to re
ceive n crochet party bag for Christ
mas. The one Illustrated Is crocheted
of rather heavy cotton and finished at
the corners with hand made balls of
U10 cotton.
The bap may be mounted over a lin
ing of silk or satin In any cplor that Is
CBOCIIET TAHTT BAD.
preferred. It Is made to accommodate
the fan, buttonhook and other dainty
trifles that a girl Is likely to require ut
a party or at the dancing class.
Charming For a Young Girl.
In crocheting a bag on this order It
Is not necessary to adhere to this pat
tern. Any motif used in Irish cro
chet may be substituted for the rose
shown here. By the use of judicious
ly adjusted chains re-enforced with
rows of double or triple crochet made
to look like scallops it may bo worked
out to form an oblong piece of crochet.
This supplies one side of the bag.
Rows of chains or scallops are run
around the edge when the two sides
have been drawn together with the
crocheting needle In a row of single
crochot.
To Keep Handkerchiefs Neat.
This little handkerchief case may be
made In a short time and will prove a
most acceptable gift to any friend, man
or woman. It Is fashioned of coarse
crochet silk. The pattern is a diamond
achieved by crocheting a chain of
seven and catching It In the center of
the chain beneath It.
A square is flrst crocheted of these
chains, and then the sides of the bag
nro crocheted arouud and around that
A piece of cardboard padded and cov
ered with silk Is tacked to the bottom
of the bag. Tills square is scented and
made the same size as a folded hand
kerchief. Ribbons are run through the top of
the bag so that It may be drawn to-
TBAVBLEU'S IIANDKKIICHIEF CASE.
gether. Then the handkerchiefs placed
lnsldo will be held flrmly In place.
Such a bag Is 11 great convenience for
ho traveler, for tho handkerchiefs
may be thus compressed Into the small
est possible amount of space, and there
will bo no danger of their wrlukllug.
Useful Crochet Gifts.
Irlsh crochet belts lined with a soft
Trhlto ribbon are pretty accessories to
a white toilet. Ruckles to tinlsh off a
protty neckpiece can also bo crocheted.
Handkerchief bags to match tho Irish
belt are also charming, and opera bags
ttp mado of lace.
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18 SULPHUR A FERTILIZER?
Until two or three yenrs ngo sulphur
whs supposed to bo nu Incidental and
practically negligible chemical constit
uent of the soil. Recently feints nnd
experiments which have bi conduct
ed In Germany, Front and tills coun
try provo conclusively that tho nlovo
notion Is a mistaken on and that sul
phur 1b nn Important and vital factor
In plant growth nnd that tho Applica
tion of It to soils greatly lncrcasoa lux
uriance of leaf nnd stem and slzo of
vegetable product. Perhaps U10 most
striking results In the research work
referred to havo been Hocurod by two
experimenters of tho Unlvomtty of
Wisconsin station, Messrs. Hart and
Peterson. While Investigating the sup
ply of sulphur In feeds nml Its relation
to wool production thesu men found It
necessary to ascertain the amounts of
sulphur In the common crops used ns
feeds. Tho old method of determining
tho amount of sulphur In plants was to
burn them and measure the element
found In the nsh. The Wisconsin ex
perimenters questioned the accurncy of
this method nnd Instead of burning the
plants nnd products to bo nnnlyzed
dried them In the nlr. According to
their analyses, thcro were removed
from the soil in n thirty bushel crop of
wheat 15.7 pounds of sulphur Instead
of 3.55 pounds, according to tho old ta
bles. In tho case of barley, oats and
corn they found that tho per cent of
sulphur removed was correspondingly
greater than tho amounts Indicated by
the former test In 0,000 pounds of nl
falfn they found that there were taken
from the soil 01.8 pounds of sulphur In
stead of 37.8, that with turnips the
crop from an acre contained 02.2
pounds of sulphur instead of 4-1.4
pounds, while -with 3,300 pounds of po
tatoes there were removed 11.5 pounds
of sulphur Instead of none at all or a
trace, as Indicated by old methods.
The application of sulphur to tho soil
by Gennnu experlrncntorH was found
to reduco potato disease nnd Increase
tho yield. A French experimenter
found that tho nddltlon of 1,000 pounds
of sulphur per ncro doubled the crop
of beets nnd increased the yield of tur
nips u third. The facts made plain in
these experiments prove that sulphur
will have to bo classed with other
needed soil fertilizers, and the tiller of
tho soil who is Interested in tho con
sorvatlon of fertility would do well to
bear tho fact In mind. Sulphur may be
ndded to the soil as flowers of sulphur,
In gypsum (calcium sulphate) and In
superphosphates. In sulphates of potas
sium and ammonium and In stable manures.
ORCHARD RENOVATION.
A friend who lives in north Iowa,
who lias recently been in the vicinity
of Oswego, N. Y., to pack winter op
ples, states that there nro literally
thousands of carloads of apples In
New York state In old and neglected
orchards that range In size from 11
sliver quarter to a dollar thnt arc not
worth anything gnarly, scabby and
diseased. Hut he also reports that ad
Joining such neglected orchards are
those which have been renovated by
pruning nnd have been cultivated and
sprayed carefully, In which thero Is a
nice crop of fruit of good size and
fine quality. Tho writer has never
had tho privilege of a personal in
spection of theso New York orchards,
but from a knowledge of instances of
orchurd renovation In central and west
ern states ho flrmly believes that there
Is a good opening In the purchase of
somo of these rundown orchards by
men who havo tho courago to prune
heavily and the patience to wait for
results. With pruning, fertilizing,
spraying, cultivation nnd thinning of
fruit where needed, one would not
need to wait long for substantial re
turns. PRUNING SHADE TREES.
The writer has taken noto lately of
n number of shado treos In tho locality
In which he Uvea, which aro in bad
shapo as a result of tho careless and
faulty way In which largo side limbs
have been removed. In taking off
theso limbs inoro or less of a stub has
beeu left, which In the growing proc
ess will probably nover bo covered.
Hut worse than this Is the fact that
these stubs are likely to begin to de
cay and thus weaken tho trco and
ultimately cuuso Its destruction. When
such limbs aro removod tho final cut
should be made as closo to tho trunk
us possible, nnd If tho diameter of the
tree Is conslderablo two secondary cuts
should be made, one on either side, so
us to make the exposed stub or surface
inoro nearly conform to tho conical
surfaco of tho trunk. When tho sur
face has been properly trimmed It
should be given n thick coat of white
lead paint to keep out the rot fungus.
INJUSTICE TO DAIRYMEN.
The makers of oleomargarluo bid
fair to again put forth a strenuous
effort at the coming session of con
gress to securo tho passage of legisla
tion which will make it posslblo for
them to palm off steer fat at a fancy
prlco under tho delusion on the part
of tho consumer that it Is dairy but
ter. If congress sees fit to pass a law
that will prevent oleomargarluo from
masquerading In the gulao and at the
I price of butter, but will give It a plain
label which It will bear whon It conies
Into tho cousumers' hands, well and
good. Rut any arrangement which
will enable It to roach tho market
under tho gulao of dairy butter should
be squelched as simply dishonest uud
a gross Injustice to the dairy Interests.
CHRISTMAS AMONG
THE MIKADO'S PEOPLE
WORDS adequate to n descrip
tion of th fcstlTc season la
Japan or dlillcult to com
mand. Oven the camera and
brush wonld fall to do Justice to n
scene of soch gay activity nnd color.
As Christmas approaches city, town
nnd village take on a now nppoaranco,
and tho diversions of tho people a now
turn and tono. In Japan Christmas la
not a mere holiday. It represents a
holiday waton In tho fullest sense of
the term.
For weeks before tho dnwn of Christ
mas day preparations elaborate In kind
and degree arc under way. Men in
tight fitting costumes, their profes
sions, or tho contractors' names print
ed on their backs, spend day nftcr day
decorating tho streets and houses.
Stands for tho lanterns nnd the fcstlvo
greening must be erected, nnd a thou-
mi! 8THEETB IlESBiintili WINUINO AVKNCRS
OF CIUIIST1IAS TREES.
snud little mntters have to bo seen to
before all Is In complete readiness for
Hie burst of gladness.
Evory house of the many that shel
:er tho fifty millions of the Japanese
nnplre, however humble the abode may
be, has some sign of the New Year
(den. Before every gate and doorway
is placed the chief symbol of tho sea
son, what the Japanese call tho kado
raatsu, or pine tree of the houorablo
date. At each side of the entrance to
tho house or garden three short pieces
of bamboo tree, cut at an acute angle,
stand tied together as n pedestal from
which rises the over glorious pine tree,
In shapo something like n Christmas
treo, for the young pine is the emblem
of a loynlty and life that are ever fresh
and green.
In addition, over the door of each
house Is not up a lobster attached to
nn orange. Theso are usually the gifts
of a friend to express tho good(?) vvlsh
that tho recipient will live till tho loins
aro bent up llko a lobster. Whether
the orango represouts orango blossoms
and plenty of weddings In the family
Is not clearly known. Above the orna
ments of tho doorway Is stretched a
piece of artistically woven straw rope,
tho shluto sign of rcverenco for the
ancestral gods. As ono goes along tho
streets they seem gradunlly to be
transformed Into long and winding nv
cnues of treos, suggestions of the an
cestral hunting grounds, and at night
tho wholo Is lit up by Innumerable
lanterns that shed a varicolored light
on tho decorations nnd tho crowds that
throng tho thoroughfares. Tho blaze
of lantern color lends tho scene n mag.
lc touch that charms tho Japanese
mind nnd has no little attraction for
tho foreigner.
To toll of tho endless array of gifts
that at this season pass between friend
nnd friend, neighbor and neighbor,
would bo Impossible. Among tho inoro
common may bo mentioned n basket
containing n dozen eggs or oranges, a
box of sponge cake, or a cake of soap,
tho latter gift being in no way intend
ed as n reflection 011 tho beneficiary.
Now York Post
Graphite Is of two general classes,
natural und artificial, and natural
may again bo divided Into two classes,
irystnlllno and amorphous.
Hammers.
Hammers are represented on the
monuments of Egypt twenty centuries
beforo our era. They greatly resem
bled hammers now In use, save that
thero were no claws on tho back for
tho extraction of nails. Tho flrst ham
iner was undoubtedly a stone held In
tho hand. Clawhammcrs were Invent
ed somo tlmo during the middle ages
Illuminated manuscripts of the elev
enth century represent carpenters with
clawha turners.
The Oldest Museum.
Tho oldest museum in the world Is nt
Nnra, onco tho capital of Japan. It
was established In tho year 7C0 aud
has remained practically unchanged for
oleren centuries.
WHEN THEY FALL DOWN.
There la one rcspoct In which a num
ber of oxporlment stations In tho north
ern portion of tho corn belt aro open
to serious criticism, and this U In con
nection with tho Introduction of types
of puro bred com which nro entirely
too largo to properly mnturo In tho
sections whore thoy have been Intro
duced. Too much stress has been laid
upon slzo of car nnd depth of kernel,
whon for the northern portion of tho
corn belt the most vital consideration
Is not these at nil, but whether a given
typo of corn will mnturo properly in
1 tho growing period botween frosts
which can bo counted on for It Thero
nro tons of thousands of bushels of
soft corn this year In the district re
ferred to which will never go to crib
I and which It will tako n lot of tlmo
nnd trouble to sort nnd feed so as to
get a fair return out of It. Tho aver
age farmer Is onough of n gambler so
that ho ought not to havo nn en
couragement from college professors
In tho mnttcr of growing corn that
can hardly ripen ono year In half a
dozon.
8UCCES8 ON THE SOIL.
There came to tho writer tho other
day tho interesting account of two
brothors, one of whom had fitted him
self for the law and tho othor for a
medical enroor. After a short period
of practice tho doctor concluded that
the application of a fair amount of
brains and U10 oxerclso of a certain
amount of fnlth would give him larger
returns If devoted to agriculture, so
he quit tho pill business nnd took up
farming. Ills brother, tho lawyer,
mado sport of his change, saying that
nny old lubber could succeed at farm
ing. The years passed. In the Inter
val tho one who changed to farming
has become Independently wealthy,
j lias traveled all over his own country
and made numerous trips to Kurope.
Tho lawyer, who stuck to his profos
1 slon, Is Just barely making n living
I and today, when it is too late, realizes
t that ho missed it by not doing ns his
brother did.
A HELPFUL DEPARTMENT.
The Kansas Agricultural college hns
a department that Is rendering a serv
Ico to the apple growers of the state
that Is worthy of emulation by the
stations In other states. Briefly, this
is what might be termed an apple
clearing house, its object being to And
buyers for the growers nnd growers
for thoso who want to buy. Tho sta
tion representatives also gave direc
tions to tho growers ns to tho harvest
ing and packing of their fruit so that
It would bo In tho most acceptable
shapo posslblo for the buyers. All too
often, the agricultural college gives
abundant Instruction ns to the care of
orchards, while tho grower Is left to
his own resources In tho matter of
marketing, and, if n novice, then more
than at nny other time ho needs sug
gestion nnd advice. Tho departure of
tho Kansas college Is surely an ex
cellent one.
A BOGUS ARTICLE.
A whole lot of stult that passes under
the gulae of piety and religion Is not
religion In the best senso nt nil, but
mcro hypocrisy and sham, Just a form
that adheres to tho letter, but denies
the spirit and essential principles of
religion. It Unds expression In some
instances in long prayers and due ob
servnnco of church services nnd regu
lations on the Sabbath, but ignores tho
fundamental qualities of kindness, con
sideration, forbearance and common
courtesy on Sunday and tho other days
of the weok. While passing under a
different unmo todny, thoro Is little
question that this type Is tho same
Pharisee that was roasted so roundly
by tho Man of Gallloo In ono of the bit
terest Invectives contalnod In nny Utcr
nture. All folks who Book to bo truly
religious should aim to realizo what
theuo traits wero that tho Master con
demned. CARE OF HOUSE PLANTS.
If any of tho house plants become
spindly, unthrifty and hidebound, us
It wero, much may bo dono In way of
renovating thorn by pruning them back
rather heavily. Thoy may bo further
helped by fertilizing with mnnure
water, ammonia wnter or with com
mercially prepared plant food, which
may bo got at tho drug storo. Some
times a causo of unthrlftlnoss with
plants that havo bocn n long tlmo In
the pots Is that tho roots have so
completely filled the spaco they have
Httlo room In which to develop. In
such cases It Is well to ropot and be
foro resetting cut away a consider
nblo portion of tho roots. One of tho
secrets of success connected with the
enro of limits in greenhouses Is tho
continuous mid heavy pruning given
them to produce rauknoss nnd thrift!
noss In plant growth and slzo of blos
soms. WIND OR GASOLINE.
Windmill power under favorable coi
dltlous, which lncludo ti tower that Is
not more thaii forty foot high, Is with
out question the cheapost power to bo
hud for pumping water. But where
tho power generated Is wanted for
grinding feed, sawing wood und doing
other jobs tho gasoline engine Is much
to bo preferred. Tho advantages of
tho engine power nro thnt Its olllclcucy
docs not depend upon tho caprlco of
tho wind. Nclthor Is It put out of
commission as a result of a heavy
Windstorm, ns Is so often tho case with
tho windmill. Mora than this, tho gaso
ilno engine Is a good developer of pa
tlcnco for the fellow In charge
YULETIDE GIFTS
FOR THE BABY.
Pretty Things That Will Delight
the Heart of His Fond Mother.
Do not fall to remember tho baby
ivcn should It bo his or her flrst Christ
mns. Nothing will delight the hearts
of parents more than some trill be
stowed upon their darling. Ho many
Inexpensive toys or dnlnty trifles may
bo fashioned out of bits of silk or lace
nnd othor odds and ends that accumu
late In the scrap bag that so far ns ex
penso Is concorned baby's Christmas
need cost nothing.
A handy bag in which may bo tucked
n few toys to aruuso the little one when
tmvollng Is Illustrated here. It may bo
lined with tiny pockets In which baby'
small toilet accessories can be slipped.
Doll and Bag Both.
Tho bag looks like n doll, the head
nnd nrtns bulirg dressed In a tiny coat
of Dre.sdon ribbon. Tho lower part has
a round flat section of cardboard cov-
A DOLIi BAD.
ered with wide watered silk. The up
per part is mnde of the watered silk or
of ribbon stitched to the round of cov
ered pasteboard. A casing with ribbon
run through it finishes the neck of the
bag, and tho two ends of tho ribbon
are passed through tho coat so that It
may be drawn down over the bag and
tied In place when baby wishes It for
n plaything. Being collapsible, tho bag
may bo slipped Into a satchel and will
take up loss room than nu ordinary
doll.
A Hoop Rattlo.
A homemade rattlo may bo fashion
ed of ribbon, an embroidery hoop and
several tiny tlukllug bells. Ribbon Is
wound nround the hoop, crossed from
side to sldo several times nnd tied In
tiny bows, the center of each bow hav
ing one of the bells tacked to It. When
baby shakes tho hoop Joyous music Is
heard nnd baby Is happy.
A sachet cushion of ribbon Is a nov
elty If woven In the birth month colors
of the recipient of tho gift. This color
Is combined with white, narrow widths
of satin ribbon being used and Inter
laced ns tho children make their kin
dergarten mats. When squares for tho
top and bottom have been woven thoso
must be stitched together and a silk
cord used to outline tho edge of tho
pillow. The pillow may be tilled with
cotton sprinkled with sachet powder.
Crochot Bottls Cover.
A pretty nnd useful gift for the baby
Is n crocheted cover for the nursing
bottle.
The glass surfaco of tho bottle is
very apt to slip away from an Infant
BABY'S BATTLE AND SACHET.
Mint Is too young to hold tho bottle In
place, but if it Is covered thero will
bo no dltllculty In making It rest com
fortably by baby's pillow while ho or
sho Is taking food.
Select fluo, soft zephyr white Is
best nnd, using a simple stitch, cro
chet u case that Is long nnd wide
enough to tit over tho bottle. Draw
up about IU neck with a narrow rib
bon run through tho top. Such n cov
er can bo made of silk or cotton yarn
If you wish.
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