i rHETTY STOCK. s handkerchief a new silk colored one can very easily isformed Into a dainty stock. f one with a pretty border, 'men he .handkerchief across the top enough for the body of the stock. rest of the handkerchief lays In pleats to form a deep Jabot. The ats which form the centre of the k are carefully stitched down. Be- fow this the fulness flares. The portion fof the handkerchief that was cut off Is not cut In the centre, and turned so that the border of each piece meets the pleated portion of the stock, where It is sewn on, and then continues as a decoration around the bottom of the stock. Woman's Home Companion. AGAIN THE LOCKET DANGLES. Lockets are In rogue once more. Time was a couple of dpcades or so ago when she who had not some such glittering pendant on her watch chain or hung by a strand of its own was as incongruous In the eyes of her sis ters as a bride without a wedding ring. Then the locket passed out of fashion almost coincidently with the custom of wearing a loved one's hair In It. Again It is here, and It will be interesting to see what the twentieth ceiitury jeweler does with Its many possibilities. Gladys Vanderbllt wears a rose gold locket crusted with diamonds and rubies and containing a miniature of her mother not much larger than a gold dollar. Beatrice Mills' dangles from ' a string of tiny pearls a Roman gold locket with a fox's iead in relief. Rey nard Is sniffing superciliously at a bunch of grapes done in blue enamel. Gwendolyn Burden's Grecian locket Is adomed with an alto-relievo of Minerva In token of that young woman's well known love of learning. THE SHIRT-WAIST SUIT. ' r-vidently the shirt waist suit is to be as good as ever. It Is certainly trim and smart, and positively distinguished as compared -with skirt and waists totally unrelated to each other. In white lawn there are dainty affairs as fetching as they will be suitable. Fine tucks, Valenciennes lace, embroid ery and French knots are noted in the decoration of these crisp suits. There arc cape-yoke effects, and there are straight up-and-down effects. The Skirts show only enough trimming to keep them in countenance with the waist. Heavy handsome linen suits are to be tiad both plain and ornate. The former needs no description. One of the latter sort, an effective creation for real oc casions of an outdoor nature, is trimmed with a quantity of heaviest roehet lace, which seems to be an mnnllque. Embroidery, deftly intra Sliced, also enriches the scheme. A Val oke is in the blouse, which shows a raduated bos pleat at both back and rqnL THINGS WOMEN SHOULD KNOW. No man is ever really in love who can say so with all the ease, ardor and eclnt of a stage lover. No man ever loved a woman just be- cause she was good The husband who never gives his wife a decent word or a compliment would knock down any other man who would treat her in the same way. The sincerest lovers are those who are tongue-tied and don't know where to put their feet. Tliero1 are two kinds of courage the - - courngi of the llmelight.which prompts a liicrf yoifng man in white ducks to Jumpoverboard after a girl s handker- chiel'Vand the real courage that makes a ma J face the horrors of a fashionable wedding, the torture of meeting the b!!Itfof a housekeeping apartment and tje agonies of walking the floor all nieht with the baby. The two are seldom coupled in. one young man. A man i like a piece of cloth war ranted to wash and matrimony is the laundry. It may Improve him, give him starch and- freshen him up, or it may take all the color out of him. You have to take the chances. Pittsburg Dispatch. THEATRE BOW. ' We may return to that old style of wearing a bow rather than a hat to the theatre. At any rate, such bows are now being bought for the purpose. As a matter of fact they are likely to be as exactly as much in the way of the person sitting behind as the hat of moderate size, the turban, for instance. And what is worse, no woman will ex pect to remove a mere Vow upon re quest. That they make an effective headdress, however, there is no deny- Ir.K. On the head such an arrangement looks like an Alsatian bow merely. It Is usually double or triple and rests crosswise, appearing to the advantage .with a low coiffure. : Of the head it looks more like a bon ftet The bow rests on a stiff, flat, ob- long with crescent tendencies. It is two Inches in width and fully seven in length. It is paved with flat roses and edged with a thick tulle pleating. In this case it is all pink, roses, tulle and bow. There is no color limit, however. charming example is done in white roses and white tulle with a dashing black velvet bow. . . . Dainty blue, crushed raspberry, re seda and ivory, and any number of col on Wnd cofer combinationi serve In these little affairs, which are In reality Dutch bonnets. Washington Times. VALUE OF FRAISE. Has It ever struck you what a sweet ener of life Is a few words of appre ciation and encouragement? How few of us take the trouble to stop a few moments and praise a servant tor work well done, or even pause to tell our nearest and dearest how we appre ciate all the daily services, which we have apparently never noticed. When our friends die we nasten to send beautiful flowers as a last appre ciation ot our love for them, nut ould It not be bettor If we had helped them by a little praise when they were orklng. or it we had cheered them In the dark days wnen tney were troubled and suffering? Only a few kind words or apprecia tion! The cost is nothing, but tne re compense Is beyond price. Let ?ie husband tell the wife how much he prizes her love for him, and the wife tell her husbaud how truly 'she recog nizes all his care for her. And the mother should reveal In words how much she values her children's affec tion, while the child who says to Its mother, "Thank you for all your love to me," has rewarded Her rar oeyona knowledge or , understanding. Wom an's Life. BOUDOIR CHAT. Women have gone in for tucking and faggoting trillings and stitches, and all the rest of it. and now the Industrious woman has the chance of turning her work to the advantage of her summer ardrobe. Crochet belts, crochet lace edgings, crochet yokes, and crochet col lars will all come in useful it oniy a good pattern be chosen, bearing well in mind that they should resemble lace as much as possible. In the impatient mood we are apt to spend far more than is required in the doing of our work, and this excess is lost. We cannot estimate tne value 01 the power thus misplaced. Reams of advice are unloaded upon woman telling, instructing and admon ishing her how to make home pleasant so that the lord and master may find comfort therein. So, then, why should not some advice be given to the said lord and master? For verily, there is more than one of them who make home mighty unpleasant. A woman of Binghamton dreamed on two nights that the postmaster was beckoning her. On the third day sue determined to go to the postofflce, and when she got there she was given a letter in which she was told that she had fallen heir to J1500. It is said thai Binehamtonians have taken to early bed going these nights. Rochester Union and Advertiser. The American puffs her hair, some times too elaborately; but she does not exnect to go to the coiffeur every othet day, and have her tresses arranged in n set nattern. Some women do, of course, but they are not In the majority Nor nre such coiffures generally ad mired. Although beauty doctors do not sing the praises of hot water treatment for th toilet there are many ways in which this is invaluable. To drink bowl of it every night is splendid for the digestion and warrants a good sleep and clear complexion. A bag ol hot water at one's feet when one has a cold; to the back when it aches and to the nape of the neck when one nas a headache or feels sleepless is one of tht best remedies. large patterns on a net or maiint ground are In better style than bor dered veils. Light spats increase the apparenl size of the feet, and white linen ones will do this even more than soft cloth The latest thing is linen spats, to b worn with tailored linen gowns. Thesi come in white and colors. A great many suspender dresses hav been noticed among the new slmpli gowns. The linen parasols are new, and will doubtless enjoy great popularity for time. An example in these tlp-tlltcd hats Is a charming little sailor In a rough violet colored straw. Monotone effects are most liked, but often the pastilles offer a color con trast to the ground of the veil. Wings and quills divide popularity with flowers on hats. Sometimes qullli and flowers are combined with gooi effect Great bargains may sometimes bt picked up in handmade French lingerie Sometimes garments become soiled nn mussed, making their sale a llttlt doubtful. These are marked fairly low although handinnde lingerie is nevei cheap. One of the surprises of the fashloi show is the comparative rarity of shir! waist suits. A ruby velvet hat with a wide and very Irregular brim is. stylish. ' Th lines of the brim are wavy and an curved, sharply upwards in the back. Gowns in shepherds' checks in blue black, brown, mauve and red, witl white, are up to date. GODS MZ'- Candlesticks of Qlass. Candlesticks and lamps made of glass after the old models are very welcome after the long period we had to endure the chins and gilt banquet lamp with ballet-girl skirt shade. When fitted with Empire shades to match the color hcheme of a room thev look extremely well. The glass candlesticks are especially good for table decoration, and when surmount ed by a colored shade make a table very attractive. The Value of Salt. That salt possesses tonic qualities Is well known, hut It has remained for a woman suffering from nervous pros tration ten use a dry sea salt rub wltn beneficial results. She BoaUs a coarse wash cloth in a strong solu tion of the sea 9alt, then dries It. After her cold bath each morning she wipes off the moisture with a towel, then rubs with the salty cloth till her skin is in a (Sow. She says she has found this to be far more invigorating than the usual bath in salt water. Feather Pillows. Pillows wear out just like anything else, says a housekeeping authority, even though one may change the tick covering from time to time; the feathers become impregnated with dust and dirt and lose the life that is in all good feathers at first. Then, too, years ago feathers were not pre pared, nor pillows made according to the scientific methods that now ob tain. A pair of feather pillows bought today of a reliable firm, are not at all like the feather pillows of our gandmother's day, as one soon finds, and it would be wise for many a housewife to go through her bed chambers and place new pillows on every bed, renovating the feathers in the old pillows, for which purpose they do very well, but not for afford ing comfortable rest and sleep at night. Household Gleanings. A hotter oven is required for small layer cakes than for loaf cakes. Broadcloth should always he ar ranged so the nap will run downward. An open box of fresh lime placed In a damp cellar makes the air pur er and drier. When the irons begin to lack smoothness apply salt, wipe, add a bit of beeswax and wipe again. When making paste for scrap books put In plenty of alum and it will prevent moth or mice from de stroying them. Piano keys can be prevented from turning yellow by leaving the instru ment open on clear days and permit ting the sun to shine on them. Cut-glass dishes should be washed in water only moderately hot, be cause the glass Is of different thick nesses and contracts and expands un evenly. Woman's Farm Journal. To Make a Tough Fowl Tender. Truss the fowl as usual and then enfold it completely in two thickness es of wrapping paper, securely fast ening tho paper with a piece of string. The fowl may now be put In the oven and roasted for three-quarters of an hour. At the end of this time the pa per is removed and the chicken re turned to the oven and roasted as long as would have been necessary had it been tender in the beginning. It must be basted often and turned occasionally. When done it should be as toothsome as a young chicken. Sometimes a chicken or turkey will brown too fast during roasting. Cov er with a buttered paper during the last hour in the oven, tucking the pa per In carefully about the fowl. When stuffing is to be served cold always add an egg, which Improves tho taste. If your family is small, or a turkey Is large, do not carve more than one side of the bird. It leaves the re mainder in more sigthly condition for a second appearance at table. Chickens, turkeys and ducks, any one of which to be good for roasting, must be young. How to choose them? There is one test that never fails tender flesh under the wing. If this breaks easily when the wing is pulled forward, or If you can easily break it with a push of yeur thumb, you need not doubt its youth. If you have a family who all desire breast, choose a short-legged breed, for the longer the legs the more sparing is the flesh on the breast. A chicken to fry well, after the true Maryland fashion should not weigh over two pounds. In buying turkeys and ducks the same rule will apply. For the autumn turkey try some time a chestnut dressing with sausage meat Boll for 20 minutes one and one-half pounds of large chestnuts. Shell and blanch and put one-half of them Into a saucepan with two cup- fuls of milk and a tablespoonful of butter, and cook until the nuts are soft Mash them smooth, and when they are cold season with salt and pepper, one-half pound of sausage meat and the whole chestnuts. Mix all well together before filling them Into the bird. Shocked. Carr Jugger was so shocked when he found his chauffeur lifeless. Nauter Yes, I can Imagine how he must have felt It is almost Impos sible to find a man that understands i his machine. Town Topics. ml ' New York City. Surplice .,v.i growing In favor week by week until they predominate every other sort. The very pretty waist illustrated is excep- tlonally graceful and shows an opening which Is wide enough to suggest a waistcoat effect, and Is finished with a shaped collar, which is singularly le- A LATE DESIGN coming. As Illustrated, the material Is amethyst colored chiffon veiling com bined with twine colored lace and trimming of braid, the collar and cuffs being taffeta In matching color. The waist is made with a fitted lin ing, which is closed at the centre front, the plain back and fronts that nre shirred at the shoulders and arranged over the chemisette, crossing one over the other and closing invisibly. The sleeves are full above the elbows and can either be cut off at that length or be finished with deep cuffs. The quantity of material required for the medium size is four and one-fourth yards twenty-one, four yards twenty seven, or two nnd one-fourth yards forty-four inches wide, with one and one-eighth' yards of all-over lace for chemisette and collar, one nnd one half yards of silk for collar, cuffs and belt, and two and one-half yards of lace for frills. Silk Fettlooat. Silk petticoats now match the gown Instead of being of a harmonizing shade. For evening wear a great deal of latitude is allowed, and white taf feta, exquisitely trimmed with lace and ribbon la worn. For all other oc casions there is a well defined policy of simplicity in the matter of petticoats. It is not now considered good taste to display bright or light colors under a Top Gown Tlpi. Of these pretty and cozy affairs there's nothing more generally liked than the Empire effect in accordloned crepe or other soft material. A lovely one in buff is trimmed with silk gui pure in an amber tone. Ceremonial tea gowns are quite another matter. The informal taffects give way to vnrious schemes. One pretty affair in lilac chiffon vot'.e is overshadowed by the coat of Pompadour silk in all the pretty light tints. this was trimmed with inllored gown. For hard wear the mohair-topped petticoats are recommend ed. They have n knee flounce of pleated or ruffled taffeta, and are well cut and stylish. They cost considera bly less than silk and give better wear. Jersey topped petticoats are warm, but look a bit clumsy. They are in great demand, nevertheless. plum Shades Populnr. Plum In its varying shades up to amethyst as well as green is to lend the fashion next season In flue faced cloths, cashmeres, eollennes, as well as silks, and white fancy mohair Is being fashioned Into the smartest of costumes. MImm' ltliu Jncket. No coats of the season suit young girls better than just such blouses ns this one lumle with smart veRt effects. The niodt'l is exceptionally desirable, being finished with a collar that is ex tended to the waist line, nnd allowing a choice of basque or no basque. It cau appropriately and effectively be made from any seasonable suiting, with the vest of silk, embroidery, or almost any other contrasting material that may be liked. In this Instance, however, golden brown chiffon broad cloth, trimmed with fancy braid, is combined with a vest of the same mate rial In cream color. The jacket Is tucked at the shoulders to give most becoming lines and it made quite simply, being fitted by means of shoulder and under-arm scams and arranged over a lining. which is faced to form the vest Tht BY MAY MANTON. sleeves are the new ones of the season, tucked at the wrists, and finished with roll-over flare cuffs. The quantity of material required for the medium size is five and three- fourth yards twenty-one, five and three- eighth yards twenty-seven, or two and seven-eighth yards forty-four Inches wide, with two and three-fourth yards of silk for lining, five-eighth yards for vest, and three nnd one-fourth yards of braid. lilac velvet cream lace. cordlngs and jabots of Wliltat Fnr Hat. A white fur hat, presumably rabbit, bad the entire brim covered with a network of seed peurls, like a chnplet There was a white liberty satin Bcarf and bow to encircle the crown, and the same kind of ribbon formed long streamers in the back. A bunch of palest mauve ostrich feathers on one side gave a touch of color. The Crop That Never Falls. I know ot only one sure crop on the farm that never falls, no matter what the weaither or the condition of the soil, and that Is the weed crop. The past season has been very favorable for this crop, and an abundant yield ot seed Is sure to follow, so that we may expect a large weed crop next summer.. On occasional farms there are comparatively few weeds, except those In fence corners, along the roads, or In places not cultivated or grazed by sheep. These places on our farms should be looked after, the weeds cut and left on the ground. It green; it ripe, burn them. It Is surprising how many such weeds cfcu he destroyed In a short time by a good scythe In the hands of a man who knows how to use It. Along the road, weeds are left to go to seed, and cause trouble to adjoining fields that would doubtless have been almost clear of weeds. Louis Campbell, In The Epltonttst. About Apple Trees. Mr. E. A. Seasons, an orchardist of Madison, Ohio, gives us the following interesting experience with apple trees: This being nn off year of my Bald win trees. I decided to experiment with them, and gave each of two trees, as early in the spring as frost permitted, an application of two pounds each of fine ground bone and muriate of potash. The middle of April about two pounds of nitrate of soda was scattered under each. Two adjacent trees of the same variety were left unfertilized. With the com ing of the leaves the effects of the fertilizers were apparent The trees which were fertilized produced glossy, dark green foliage, and the fruit was much above the average of size in other years, or a most brilliant color and of the finest eating quality, and exceeded the quantity produced by the untreated trees, whose fruit was of Inferior quality, small, tough and, to some extent, scabby. On- the untreat ed trees the early foliage was a sick ly color and very slow In appearing, as were the blossoms, which were not at all abundant. Up-to-Date Farming. Chicken Chatter. Fat hens are not laying hens. Common sense Is a good stock in trade. Don't buy cheap food; buy the best, yourself. Regularity and cleanliness Is an ex cellent motto. Look to the diet of your hens if you wish "quality" in eggs. Don't crowd; better sell some of the birds and make rooiu. If you like rich, yellow yolks to your eggs, feed the hens corn. Don't buy cheap food; buy the best. If good results, are the object. Remove the droppings and burn them, immediately If the chickens have worms. Eggs don't happen, it takes study and care to have them In abundance, remember. In killing fowls never do so before the rest of the flock as it Is apt to frighten them. See that the laying hens have plen ty of water as they need that as much as they flo food. When eggs have two yolks, you can assure yourself that the system ot feeding is wrong. . Let the fowls run in the orchard and there Will he less insects for you to contend with. Never let late hatched chickens run or be fed with older chickens, or they will be trampled and half starved. The Apiary. There are a few things which must be kept in mind to insure success. I will briefly touch thnse. points. The first rule, which has vry appropriate ly been called "the golden rule of bee keeping," is that you must keep your colonies strong at all times, if you wish to get a honey crop. Keep this In view always and work for It. The second thought or rule, and one very closely related to the above Is in relation to the queen. A good prolific young queen is necessary at all times. You should see to It that your queens do not outgrow their usefulness, a queen over two years old, as a rule, be comes unprofitable, as the queen Is the life of the colony, It is very essential that this matter be considered very carefully. The hive is a very important mat ter. Here are the points to consider In a hive: First, success in wintering: sec ond, amount of comb honey obtained; third, ease and speed of manipulation. L. L. Langstroth, the father of mod ern bookkeeping came very near solv ing all those points, or at least the first two, successfully. His ideas on those two points are the best known today. His hive has been changed slightly to secure the third, so that his hive, all things considered gives the best results of any hive In use today. Each manufacturer has some pet hobby or theory to catch the fancy; but for safety In wintering and results give me the Langstroth hive adapted for pound sections. A common mistake with beginners la to think that they can improve the standard hives. Don't try it If you want to make your own hives, send to some factory and get a sample hive all nailed and fitted up, and make your hives exactly like it Each piece and space has been carefully thought out and tested and means something. George W. Williams, in The Indiana Farmer. Best Cow Liked Alfalfa. In his interesting reference to th Jersey cow test at St. Louis, Mr. Van Pelt under whose charge it was con ducted, In the Jersey Bulletin refers to the great Jersey cow that stood at the head. He says: Perhaps no cow In the whole test was so much a subject of habit as No. 37, that averaged 42 cents a day net profit in butter alone. It will be noted by the feeding tables that her ration differed from the other cows and dif fered greatly In its own composition at different times. She was 'particularly fond, of alfalfa hay, and ate more by far than any other "row in the test; and, together with corn meal and oats, would respond more readily to these than with any other food stuffs. If it happened that oats had beea rolled and the hulls removed, so much the better. This was her great sin. Even though rolled oats could be pur chased at the St Louis feed stores for the same money as ground oats, it was thought by some that a cow should not eat the same food that they them selves had so often eaten at their morning meal, little thinking of the many times they had eaten corn meal at their supper table. Yet It was giv en the name of "breakfast food," and one feeder, rather than feed that which had been given such an unpractical name, resorted to feeding oats of such a quality that upon being analyzed by the chemist were found to be all hulls and almost entirely Indigestible? It was also found necessary to study the particular likes and dislikes of this cow In how and when she was water ed, exercised and milked; and it is on ly fair to assume that had her pecu liarities never been found and catered to she would never have produced the amount of butter she did, nor stood at the head ot the list as the best dairy cow of any breed. Yet how often we And it tile case that the very best cows, with their dairy Instincts devel oped to the highest degree, are the ones which need the greatest amount of special care! Indiana Farmer. Value of Irrigation. "The most Important factor In grow- ng crops is soil moisture," says Farm Stock Journal. "Poor soil will grow good crops If water Is supplied in just the right quantity at the right time, while the very best soil will produce nothing without water. Although agriculture is hundreds of years eld the minor details have re ceived all or nearly all ot the consid eration of agriculturists up to the present time. The most Important of all, that of the regulation of soil wat er has received the least attention. Experiments on a large scale here and there with irrigation works In sections of the country where rainfall is sup posed to be sufficient also have proved very profitable. 'The probabilities are that auxiliary Irrigation works for intensive farming in the near future will receive the atr tention that It should. Of course arti ficial irrigation In rainy sections of the country on large farms In all pro bability will be out of reach for prac tical use. Throughout the thickly set tled portions of the east and middle states, especially near large markets, such crops as strawberries, potatoes, cabbage. In fact almost ail trucking . crops could be grown under Irrigation to advantage. In many places the sost ot irrigation would be very slight as the water supply is now going to waste through small or large streams that could be run by gravitating to the land or lifted at slight expense by wind or power. The necessity of growing larger crops Is becoming more pronounced every year. Experiment stations are working out problems in irrigation and sub-lrrlgatlon that are extremely Interesting. In southern sections, where two or three crops may be grown on the same land within the year, returns' would be better than in the north, where only one crop usual ly Is grown. But some means for increasing the output of land on the smaller farms and In trucking districts must come soon. "A great deal has been done of late years to conserve tne natural rain fall with the result that better crops are grown simply by better cultivation. The habit of keeping the ground loose on top to prevent evaporation Is grow ing and extending each year. The val ue of rotation to prevent a plentiful supply of humus also is recognized by better fanners everywhere. It Is now well known that soli containing plen ty of humus also contains sufficient moisture for the needs of all crops when rainfall Is abundant When the soil is very loose water is not brought up from below with sufficient rapidity to feed the roots of growing plants. In such soils probably no means ot sup plying moisture will be found until ir rigation is tried. But other soils hav ing a clay subsoil and furnished with sufficient humus the moisture question is easier." Passing of the Veterans. Grant was a general; so were Hayes and Garfield and Harrison. McKinley was a major. Since Andrew Johnson all the presidents, except Arthur and Cleveland, down to Roosevelt, were soldiers ot the civil war. McKinley was the last. The civil war veteran has passed from the president's office to return no more. Senator Bate was perhaps the last of the old Confeder ates in the senate from Tennessee. He is also the last of the old Bchool of southern gentlemen who link the past with the present. Turner was the last confederate to serve as governor. It Is doubtful whether another old confederate will be elected governor, senator or representative. Nashville American. Prince Mirsky, Russia's reform statesman, attributes much ot his suc cess In public lite to his brilliant wife. a and ivory, nd cojr ) ' "
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