WOMEN; THEIR FADS.
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MARRIAGES IN KANSAS.
When a man and woman are first
married they try to look unconcerned
on the BtreetB, but it yon will notice
they always lean over a little toward
each other. But they gradually drift
apart, and in five or six years they
occasionally lean the other way.
Atchison Globe.
THE CENTRE OF JOT.
Home making means a study Into
V Ings strange and complex, an in
K Iry into the greatest questions of
Here under one roof clusters
a little circle of wonderful beings
human beings. They are quite dif
ferent one from another. Each has
his queer little ways. Some even are
thought to be most "peculiar,"
though it the truth were known some
good cause lies underneath It all.
And some are fond of this and some
of that. Yet here they must live,
and live In harmony, just as colors
must blend and contrast to give joy
-for the home must be a centre of
l Joy else It is not really "home.'
THE BUSIEST WOMEN.
The French-Canadian women in
the provinces of Quebec are the bus
iest of their sex in the world. They
are miracles of industry, and yet
from morning to night their work
never seems to be finished. They
have the breakfast ready for the men
folk at six in the morning; attend
to the numerous children, for the
S French "habitant" always has a
large family; give the floor of the
living rooms its dally scrubbing un
til it shines like a new pin; put on
the soup for dinner; make the bread,
spin, weave and sew, feed the chick
ens, lend a strong hand in the field
work, keep their husbands' cash and
ccounts and lead the family prayer
Iter the day's work is done.
ACCORDING TO HISTORY.
A woman in a Western city, who
jelongs to a community called the
"Sisters of St. John the Baptist," not
long ago spent a month in the back
woods district.
Shortly after her arrival she went
to the local postofflce and inquired
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Crumpets Set two pounds of flour with a little salt
before the fire till quite warm; then mix It with warm milk
and water till it is as stiff as it can be Btirred; let the milk
be as warm as It can be borne with the finger, put a cupful
of this with three eggs well beaten, and mixed with three
spoonsful of very thick yeast; then put this to the batter
and beat them all well together In a large pan or bowl, add
as much milk and water as will make It Into a thick batter;
cover it close and put it before the Are to rise; put a bit of
butter in a piece of thin muslin, tie It up and rub it gently
over the frying pan; then pour on a sufficient quantity of
batter at a time to make one crumpet; let it go slowly and
it will be very light. Bake them all the same way. They
should not be brown, but of a fine yellow.
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If any letters had come for Sister
Rernadlne. The rural postmaster
i jked bewildered.
"Sister who?" he asked, incrodu
I tsly.
"Sister Bernadlne," repeated the
Jy, "a slBter of St. John the Bap
tist." "I think not," he answered, du
biously. Then, after some hesitation,
he added:
"Say, ain't he been dead pretty
near a hundred years now?" Har
per's Weekly.
WOMEN AS PARTISANS.
To those who fear the fierce parti
sanship of women It may be rather
startling to know that such a thing
as a party measure has never been
espoused by women in any Legislat
ure, in Colorado at least. Women
want the same things, and they have
worked together In perfect harmony.
They wanted a pure food law, and se
cured one in line with the national
provision in the last Legislature; they
want civil service, and they have ob
tained that in a measure, though the
Ideal thing is yet to come; they want
honest elections and the elimination
of graft. During the last Legislature
an attempt was made to change the
law In regard to the control of the
State Bureau of Child and Animal
Protection, taking it from the Color
ado Human Society and creating a
nolltlcal board. Every federated
ib In the State besieged its Senators
i4 Representatives, and the vice
airmen of the two dominant par
tes waited on different members of
iue Legislature to enter their protest,
slen understand that, In legislative
matters when they oppose the women
it is practically all the women, and
the great Independent vote of the
State. Ellis Meredith, In the Atlantis
THIS YOUR HOME?
tn the home of a tax assessor, a
writer says In a prominent New York
paper, I was emphasising the Impor
tance of having in every home good
reading matter, books, magazines
and papers. "Yes," said he, "yon are
right. Why, I am just ashamed to
turn In the report of my district.
Let me tell yon I have found in the
homes an average of only $3 worth
of books, including school books, and
most of them are school books. I
found from $10 to $25 worth of
:hes and jewelry, and 63 average
8 worth of 'miscellaneous,' which
lostly dogs."
iooks (3 and dogs $8 and watches
, Thus equipped, one may get
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on In tast time, but he will not be
loaded with intelligence. In the
same section a farmer told me that
he had made three attempts to get
started in the sheep business and ev
ery time the dogs had killed sheep.
More books and less dogs would add
to both the intelligence and prosper
ity of the community.
Said a mother: "I don't know
why it Is, but my children do not
care to read. And I'm sorry." A
little inquiry generally reveals the
fact that as boys and girls they had
nothing to read that suited their age,
nothing that would help them to
form a taste for good, wholesome
reading. . "I'd be willing to buy good
reading matter for them, but they'd
not read it if I did." Of course not.
It's too late for the grown ones. They
will probably never care to read
much, but will live mainly on the
animal plane. Too bad for twen
tieth century men and women. Rem
edy: More books and papers and
less cheap jewelry and worthless
dogs.
PLUMP NECK AND FIRM CHIN.
The neck is a give-away of a wom
an's age, says the Delineator. It is
here that every woman shows her
years first. Worry will bring deep
wrinkled lines under the chin; Insom
nia makes queer little wrinkles un
der the ears and eyes, and only pro
per massage can erase either. Mas
sage of the neck and throat Is always
a good thing, but it must be done
regularly and with some knowledge
of what one is doing. The time for
the good work is at night. Take
plenty of hot water and bathe the
neck until It Is red. Follow this by a,
massage of cold cream, a dash of cold
water, and then carefully wipe off all
superfluous cream. In massaging
the wrinkles use the thumb and fore
finger, rubbing them In an opposite
direction from that In which they
have formed. Rub each wrinkle Its
full length for at least five minutes.
One should also be careful in select
ing a pure massage cream.
Another Important consideration Is
the poise of the head. It should be
tipped slightly backward, so as to
make the eyes seem larger. Lower
ing the chin causes wrinkles,. and also
has a tendency to form a double chin,
which is a special bugbear of every
woman, thin or fat.
If a double chin has already made
Its appearance, one of the best exer
cises for remedying it is to lift the
head as high as possible, then from
the point of the chin with open hand
press firmly down, keeping the head
thrown backward at the same time.
Bathe the chin and throat frequently
with cold water. Another method is
to apply some good skin food, pick up
the flesh in tiny folds and roll it firm
ly between the thumb and forefinger,
this having a tendency to dissolve the
excessive fat cells,
IS IT WORTH WHILE?
"Pshaw! I do not care whether
they like me or not!" was what a'
young girl said, partly to herself and
partly to her friend, as a group of
girls passed by with only careless
nods.
And' yet it was this very apparent
feeling of indifference, this uncon
cerned manner, which has caused the
half dislike and the avoidance on the
part of the other girls.
In all social life it is the cheerful
girl not necessarily the gay one
the cheerful girl, who has a pleasant
word, a kindly smile, or a moment to
spare for each, who Is the most liked
and the moat popular.
"A good listener is always in de
mand," says some one. Why? Sim
ply because a good listener Is one who
is willing to listen with apparent and
kindly interest to the words of her
companion, and who will show more
or less sympathy with the subject in
question.
Shakespeare said, "How much bet
ter It is to weep at Joy than to joy at
weeping."
"Well." says the Indifferent girl
again, with a weary tone to her voice,
"what 1 the use of trying to make
so many people like you by appearing
to take an interest in them ! It is
hyprocrltlcal, I think, to pretend to
lake in interest In all people. Grant
ing that It is pleasant for ttem, what
benefit Is it to me? Is it worth while
to try and make people like me?"
Let os consider a moment.
From a moral and unselfish stand
point, you will concede that the
golden rule should, be employed in
this, at well as other Instances, and
that since you would like others to
consider your interests and pleasure
on all occasions, which is but human
nature, you ought to do likewise unto
them. From the Family Doctor.
New York City. The simple blouse
b always the useful one, and this
model can be closed with big buttons
as Illustrated or invisibly as liked,
and can be made either high or with
square Dutch neck and with plain
long sleeves, or with those of elbow
length, so that it really supplies a
great many needs. When made as Il
lustrated it Is adapted either to the
separate waist for morning wear or
to the shirt waist dress of linen and
other washable material, while when
made as shown lnf the small view, it
becomes much more dressy and
adapted to thinner, lighter fabrics,
as lawns, batistes, foulards and the
like. For the finish of the square
neck and elbow sleeves any banding
or similar trimming that may be
liked can be used, and with the high
neck waist can be worn any one of
the fashionable collars of the day.
The waist Is made with frsnts and
back. It Is tucked over the shoulders
in a 'way to mean both breadth and
tapering lines and again at the centre
front. The long sleeves can be tucked
or gathered at their lower edges and
are finished with straight cuffs. The
elbow sleeves are simply gathered
Into bands.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size is four and three
eight yards twenty-one or twenty
four, three and one-half yards thirty-two
or two and one-half yards forty-four
Inches wide, one and three
quarter yards of banding when Dutch
neck and elbow sleeves are used.
Earrings.
Earrings are as popular as ever,
but tbey are of more modest dimen
sions than the enormous drops with
which women weighted their ears
last season.
Good Figure Uone,
The "good figure" Is In such dis
favor that one close observer states
that within a certain circle It Is con
sidered vulgar to have such a figure.
Girl's Turkrd Dross.
Just such a pretty little dress as
this one is needed for every school
girl, and this model can be made from
lawn or batiste or from similar wash
able material, from the thin Bilks and
pongees, that the girls are wearing
so much, and, Indeed, from every
childish material. The skirt is an
exceptionally pretty one, with an odd
ly shaped flounce, while the blouse ts
made with a yoke shaped In harmony
therewith and with double sleeves
that are distinctive and novel. As
lllustrnted handkerchief lawn Is
trimmed with a simple lace banding
and combined with a yoke of cross
barred dimity ton which a little em
broidery is seen.
The dress consists of the blouse
and the skirt, which are joined by a
belt. The blouse Is tucked at Its up
per edge and Joined to the yoke, while
It also is laid In wider tucks above
the belt, which give needed weight to
thin materials. The over sleeves are
tucked below the shoulders, bo that
they are prettily and becomingly full
while those beneath are of the simple
puffed sort gathered Into straight
bands. The skirt Is made In one
piece, which is Joined to the flounce
and the flounce is finished with a hem
and tucks.
Natty Corday Caps.
One of the nattiest of the Corday
caps that are so becoming to youthful
faces Is of smoke-colored silk net
with velvet band and soft, upstand
ing plume of glowing cerise.
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THE GERANIUM.
For a bedding plant there Is not
anything that Is bo little trouble and
gives such satisfaction as a collection
of geraniums. They will do their
best when the weather Is very dry
and other plants are failing. The pe
largoniums are but little more trou
ble, and are gorgeous early In the
season. The popular name for these
is Lady Washington, but our best
nurserymen can furnish a dozen va
rieties, both single and double. Sub
urban Life.
THE SMALL FRUITS.
Mulch the roots of the gooseber
ries, raspberries and blackberries.
If you have not mulched the straw
berries, the raklngs from the lawn
will now make a good mulch. Don't
let the fruit get dirty.
Do not let the strawberry plants
that have been newly set out bear a
crop. Pick off the blossoms.
When the strawberries have
stopped bearing plow up the bed that
has borne two crops, and use the
ground for some late crop, such as
turnips or late cabbages.
Cultivate the bed that has borne
one year. Have it well weeded.
SINK WATER IN GARDEN.
Along the top of the garden lay a
flume of timber, iron or concrete, Into
which the drainage flows. Outlets
from this at distances apart of six
feet will feed furrows or gutters run
ning down the slope. The drainage
should be allowed to flow on to dug
up land until It Is saturated, and
then turned on to another place. The
saturated ground should be again
turned over and planted. No exact
rules can be laid down, the cultivator
must use his own observation, but
the drainage of a large house can be
efficiently and proflably dealt with on
a very small area of cutlvatlon with
out creating any nuisance. The ad
dition of fertilizers to the ground
should be made when cultivating and
not by medium of the drainage.
American Cultivator.
THE PEONY.
There is no reason why any one,
with country premises or roomy
yards, should not succeed In growing
peonies. Planted in deep shade, they
are not particular as to soil or loca
tion, and once established will bloom
better If never disturbed. They are,
In truth, as hardy as oaks, and large
clumps being always more effective
than small ones, that Is the way in
which they should generally be
grown.
Autumn Is the best time of the
year for setting peonies, and if strong
plants are only procured they can
usually be made to blossom the first
summer. My method of setting the
plants Is to dig the holes deeper than
they require and put some fertilizer,
like well rotted horse manure, In the
bottom of them. Having sprinkled
over this some dirt, I place the plants
In position and then fill around them
with earth, packing It in well, until
level with the surrounding surface is
reached. I have set out peonies many
times in this way, and never onc9 had
them fall to do well. Further than
keeping the grass from "choking"
them, I give them no cultivation
whatever, but apply liquid manure
around them from time to time dur
ing the summer. In this Way I have
made peonies do exceedingly well
where there was no shade at all for
them except lata in the afternoon.
Fred O. Sibley.
PROFIT IN GOOD TREES.
At a recent session of the Michigan
Horticultural Society J. H. Halo, the
noted tree specialist, told the orch
ardlsta present that the old cider or'
chards are passing out of existence
and commercial orchards must sup
plant them. The apple Is the all-the-year-roiind
fruit. He made these
points:
Give the orchard the best soil you
have, rolling land preferred.
Prepare this land thoroughly and
continue thorough tillage.
Get good trees. Plan ahead and
transplant trees two pr threo times
before setting In permanent place or
pay nurseryman for doing It.
- Head your trees low. Manufacture
them to suit your Idea. Get them
down where you can handle them
easily and cheaply.
Prune annually and spray often
and thoroughly.
Thin apples. Good trees overbear.
This it the most paying operation of
all.
Pick two to four times to get all
oT crop at proper stage of ripeness.
We don't pick the whole of any other
fruit crop at once; why apples?
Don't plant dwarfs, but rather
dwarf your standard trees by sum
mer and root pruning if over-vigorous.
I have thrown such trees Into
bearing by plowing deep and subsoll
lng. Cultivate early and thoroughly un
til middle of July, then seed to cover
crop and let alone. I have no use
for mulched trees unless it be an ex
pedient to throw over-vigorous trees
into bearing.
I have used commercial fertilizers
upplemented by cover crops for
forty years and think them equal to
barnyard manure. I have sacured
results In color and quantity with
potash.'
Use care In harvesting. If possi
ble put apples in cold storage every
night. Communities should unite
and build storage plants. Indianao
olls News.
THE HORSE STILL LIVES.
The horse Is not yet down and out,
with all the autos that are swarming
over the country. The farmer who
keeps on raising a tew good colts
not scrubs every year will never re
gret It.
PIGS WILL THRIVE.
Everyone who has tried it knows
that pigs will thrive on clover pas
ture. They eat it with relish and
tramp less than cattle. With a good
clover run during the summer they
will finish Into fine pork by Thanks
giving. RUNTS EXPENSIVE. .
The runt seldom If ever pays. The
animal that pays is .the one that gets
a good start in the world and keeps
It. It may pay to raise the runt It
feed is no Item. If feed Is bought,
the owner Is better off If the runt Is
In the other man's pen.
FAT IN FOODSTUFFS.
The fat contained In foodstuffs can
only serve as a fuel or energy pro-,
ducer, or to build fatty tissue. Fatty
tissue furnishes potential energy and
is a reserve fuel supply for the ani
mal. Protein may also in a case ol
need serve as an energy producer and
may be used to form fat, but the use
for such purposes is. uneconomical.
SPADE THE GARDEN.
As soon as any crop of vegetables
Is finished in the garden spade the
location, and it any seeds are in the
soil many ot them will sprout. H
so go over It again, which will save
much time and labor in the spring.
Late summer and fall is the proper
time to clean a garden, especially If
weed seeds are to be gotten rid of.
FOR BLACK TONGUE.
A good remedy for black tongue
Is to swab the mouth out several
times each day with a mixture of the
following: Three ounces powdered
burnt alum, half gallon ot finely
ground cornmeal, two ounces ot
chloride of lime. Mix well before
using. Continue swabbing until alt
appearance of the trouble has been
removed. (..i ; 1
UNPROFITABLE PORK.
Too early killing of the breeding
sows Is one ot the reasons why pork
growing is not more profitable. Gen
erally a bow does her best service
with her second litter and from then
on until she is six years old. Recent
experiments at the Iowa State Col
lege show that two-year-old sows pro
duce on an average twenty-five per
cent, larger litters, farrow heavier
pigs at, birth and grow their pigs
much more rapidly than do one-year-old
sows. This being true, why do
our farmers persist in keeping young
sows for breeding purposes? The
mature ones are always the best.
Professor W. J. Kennedy, Iowa Ex
periment Station. .
ALFALFA PASTURE FOR HOGS. ;
Mr. E. S. T. writes us: "Will it
pay to run hogs on alfalfa pasture, or
would It be better to cut the alfalfa
and feed It green to the hogs?"
No doubt a greater tonnage of
green stuff can be secured by cutting
it daily and carrying out Just what
the hogs will clean up nicely, but
would favor pasturing rather .than
green feeding. The hogs seem to do
better. They like to get their noses
Into the grouud In search of roots;
and while they may do a little dam
age in turning up turf, let them go.
Alfalfa is our best pasture crop In
making pork cheaply. It comes on
earlier, makes rapid growth and stays
with us later than red clover. By all
means grow alfalfa, if you can, and
give the hogs a chance to turn it Into
pork. Indiana Farmer.
CABBAGE MAGGOTS SUBDUED.
The growth of cabbage plants for
late setting has been a very uncertain
venture in parts of New York State
for several years. Maggot Hies and
flea beetles have become so plentiful
In cabbage sections that only small
fractions of the seed sown give plants
worth setting; so that many growers
had to importnumbers of plants from
other States, with greatly increased
expense and liability ot Introducing
disease. A sinple, and, so far as test
ed, a feasible and cheap method for
controlling Insects on seed beds was
tested, not originated, by the Geneva
station last year, and the details of
the experiment are given in Bulletin
No. 301. A small bed was covered
with cheesecloth screening and the
plants completely protected from
maggots. From 1800 square feet ot
bed 50,000 insects were taken, while
from a check plat Intended to set
forty acres only plants enough for a
little over four acres were secured.
By taking off the cover for a week
before setting the planta were
"hardened" so that there was no more
wilting than with plants grown In
the open air. The screening method
is very Inexpensive, and is apparently
more promising thad any spraying or
soaking of the soil with Insecticides.
Cabbage growers should secure the
bulletlng by sending to the station
for it.
His Fortune.
"They say you have a goodly for
tune," said the political associate;
"I hope your WeoTlh Is not preda
tory?" "No," answered the candidate.
"It's not predatory. It's oratory."
Seizing the psychological moment
he sat for another smiling photo
graph. Washington Star.