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ARE FARM HOMES UNDER EQUIPPED? Tlte Average Caiuufian Wooian Carries Over a Ton of Water Each Day. BY F. E. FOGGLE. Agriculture or farming, unlike time it is handled. It will be a ton teaching, storelce«ping, banking or , <>'^ more. r . â-  » -1 ^ â-  iJ Second, running water offers new manufacturing, is a fanuly affair. It; opportunities for health, comfort and is a rare thing whfn a single man ] increased efficiency. Piped to a con- . manages a farm, for profit, success- veniently located sink in the kitchen, fully and continuously. The wife is a it wiU take some of the dread from necessary partner in the farm busl- dishwashing; piped over the tubs ma, nesB. She has an equal part in mak- laundry room it will take some of the, Ing " a full and comfortable living lUbor out of wash day. It will make' from the land," and in leaving "the ' possible a plumbing system and a rick rack braid. But when deve'.oped ' in eoft dimity, lightweight muslin or ! linen, the housewife finds she has a dress ready for duty any time of the I day. Cut in sises 34 to 48 inches bust. I Siae 38 requires 3>/4 yards of 36-inch I material. Pattern 20 cents. farm more productive than when taken," and hcr's is the major part in rearing a family carefully and well, and being of good service to the com- munity. If these statements are true, equip- ment for living is as important as equipment for operation. Machinery and labor-saving devices have bene- fited the farmer greatly. Modem im- provements have entered the farm- er's home and benefit*^ the farmer's wife relatively to a very small extent. Imagine the average farm home with no modern improvements. Picture the wife rising early to light a fire In a cold kitchen; follow her through the routine of the day's work; bear with her until the children are in bed and the mending done. Now let us bring into play the magic of Aladdin's lamp. Give her a modem kitchen and the plain home conveniences. Just tho-^e that would be found in any mod- erate city home. A sink with hot and cold running water, a heating plant, a bath room, with septic tank for sew- age disposal, a lighting plant, pos- sibly a power separator, an electric flat iron and vacuum cleaner. Now view the picture at the end of the day. The hardest work has been removed, the work ay ha3 been made shorter. fully equipped bath room Third, a water system is one of the most economical conveniences to in-] stall and the operating expenses and, depreciation are low. A system to] furnish hot and cold water may bei had for about thirty dollars and all] the parts may be used later when a more complete system is installed. Before extensive plumbing can be installed in a farm home, it is neces- sary to have a heating system to pro- tect it from freezing. To attempt to heat the whole house by stoves would cost much more than with a central heating plant and the house would not be well heated at that. Of the methods of heating farm houses, other than stoves, that of the hot-air furnace is the most common Since a water system must precede plumbing, and a heating plant is nec- essary to protect pipes, plumbing must at least take third plnce in order of installation of improvements in tlie farm home. The facts that commercial concerns have persistently and consistently ad- vertised lighting plant.:;, and that light makes a better display than other im- provements, are reasons why many farmers have Installed lighting plants before they have water systems, A "Change-About" Kitchen. WILD STRAWBERRIES BY I.L'OV RANDAF.I. CO.VIFOUT. "You are very quiet thin evening, 'was already so unpleasantly scquaintt Kitty," said Grandmamma ('orbin.'*«d with the nature of electricity; bui Kitty Kat in her usual place at the Uhe faster and faster she ran, the mom round table, wher*? th'.- ihwrful light hopelessly she seemed lo Ic^e herself of the student-lamp fell upon tlte in the gloomy depths of '.he forest. Have as many things as possible ^ p^g^^ „f ),pr geography; but she wiis' The scared rabbits that dashed in your kitchen fitted with casters ; j „,,( studying. She sat staring down across her path seemed panthers, or as, the kitchen table, the stool on | ^^ ^\^^ red-aiid-blaek pattern of the| wolves; the harm'.eas Httl* striped which you sit when preparing foo<ls> table cover, with her cliin resting in' snakes that writhed theina«lv« into the woodbox, the flour chest, the fire- 1 jjj^ hollow of her hands. i rooky crevices became, in Iter startled less cooker, and so on. If you use a coal oil or gasoline stove, • have it fastened securply onto t< low wooden platform that is fitted with strong casters, so you may move it to suit 'Yes, grandniumma, I am ([uiet,"] eyes, rattlesnakes or poisonous adders; »aid Kitty, with a sigh. ! the dense hemlock woods grew darker "Aro your lessons '.lard to-night?", and more tangled; and, although it "It isn't my lessons, «:randmainma." I was scarc<-ly more ihiin sunset, the said Kilty, with a big sob in her 'darkness of twilight Imd settled over your convenience. All this will not be|t.),pgm. "jt's niy cons'-ieiico." I everything, as the rain began to pat- expensive and will bo well worth it.] "What on earth dues the child ter down in swift, g;ist.?ning sheets. A kitchen arrangement, you see, l^g^,,?" s^jfj Grandinamma Corb'.n.i .lust at tliat monienl, when Kitty that is good at one time of the year | peering over her spectacle.'*. ! was about lo .sink down in despair, ! may be just the reverse at another gj,e was a nice old Uidy, in a black' convinced that she had lost her way in ' time, because of light or heat. dress and ii white lace cap. with h the tempest, a cheerful red light Also the kind of work you are do- string of gold beads around her necK streamed through tho stoi-my dark- ing makes a difference as to conven-! ju^t the sort of graiulmuther to go ness. The sound of a human voice ience. For instance, when ironing it 'to, in any sort of trouble. So Kitty j struck upon her ears. is best to have the ironing board and I jun^pe^ (lovvu, and ran to hide her face "Little girl! Jittle girl!" it said the stove near together, to avoid extra ^n the old lady's shou.der. | "what is ihe matter?" steps. If the ironing board can not I "You said our con.sois'iice.^ wevc liko' "It's the fairies!' cried Kitty, be moved near the stove because ofjaiar^ clocks, grandmamma," sa'id breathlessly. the light, it is nice to be able to roll; Kitty, "and mine keeps trikinj;, strlk- But it was no fairy-palace that she your coal oil or gasoline stove near jij^g all the while. Oh, grandmamma!, saw. It was a little iog-cabin, built THE REQUIREMENTS OF A GOOD FARMER Someone has given us four requirements for a good farmer: 'â- â- ' First, the ability to make a full and comfort- jtble living from the land. ''' Second, to rear a family cerefully and well. Third, to be of good service to the community. Fourth, to leave the farm more productive than it was when he took it. Imagine the joy and <atisf action at having some leisure time over and above that required for sleep A NEAT HOUSE-DRESS. Every woman, wheUier a bride of a few weeks or of mature years, de- sires to look her best on all occasions. This simple house dress or apron, No. 1066, is easily niade. It has but two pieces, front and back, with fullness in the skirt, obtained by means of slashes at low waist-line. We illus- the ironing board, so you have only to reach out to get a hot iron. When canning fruit, or doing any other sea- sonal work, it may be desirable to move your table or stove. And on wash days you may like many things moved out of your way. This "change-about" plan is emi- nently practicable. If you once try casters on everything, you never again will be willing to work where every- thing is stationary the year roundâ€" unless yours is a "model" kitchen. Pineapple Vegetable Salad. One c;ip chopped cabbage, 1 cup celery, 1 "^up drained grated pine- apple, Frencii dressing. Mix cabbage, celery, and pineapple trate this pleasing pattern in gingham thoroughly with French dressing. Let with plain chambray pockets on which j it stand for one hour before serving, are appliqued a simple design. The then serve on crisp lettuce kaf.â€" - neck and sleeve edges arc finished with Mrs. A. P. JUST INSIDE YOUR DOOR Your Hall Makes the First Impression on Your Guests â€" Is it Favorable? BY JULIA WOLFE. Pobably your liall is quite small,! and by reflection it will make your and has at least three doors opening hall seem very much lirighter than from it, and a flight of stairs to be, before. fitted in somewhere; not much chance! And now you most likely have room plumbing, or a heating system,. The] of making it look interesting, but yolij for a "hall chair," but all the same I electric plant makes possible many can make it a cheerful spot, never let would not buy one if you have not one J'yA what would it cost? A long cleaner, electric washer, flat iron, speii of sickness with the incident loss I toaster, etc. But it is doubtful even of time would put in the most import- 1 when this is considered, whether, from ant of the conveniences. The price j the standpoint of comfort derived and of an enclosed model of a popular labor saved, the light plant can be make of small car would buy the whole j given higher than fourth place am- plant. ' ong home improvements. Equipment for efficient farm living! The remaining item of the "Big electric driven appliances, as vacuum it be a dull one. First of all, it wants some color in it. The walls should not be dark red or should have equal place if not prefer «ice over equipment for operating. No farm can be considered equipped for efficient work until the commissary and sanitary departments aro on an efficient basis. Let us consider the cost and rela- tive importance of what we shall call, "The Big Five" of modem improve- meots, water supply, heating, plumb- ing, Mghting and power equipment. "I have $400 to spend on improve- Five" in home conveniences is power equipment. This includes power wash- ing machine, power driven cream sep- arator, churn, and vacuum cleaner. While electricity is most convenient brown, or even that soft deep gray already. Who sits on there.? You don't, your family does not, and most cer tainly your guests do not.. If you must have a chair in the hall, see that it green you may have in mind as "use- is very plain ful." Leave such colors for spacious] ^ g^^jj hall-table is always con- halls with plenty of light. Have your venient; one with a drawer that you can keep shoes, etc., in when you are in a hurry. One of plain dark oak, oblong in shape â€" about two feet by walls cream, yellow, or even a pretty shade of light blue, and then you can have dark painted or stained wood- work to show it up. Whether the ] ^f^^^" jn^jhes, "is a good size. Such a walls are painted, papered or whatU^^le should have no cover and no not, the small hall must be light. I ornament save a bowl of flowers, and . - Your floor covering may be stamed. t,hat is where you can bring in an- for operating these machines, the gas- boards, linoleum, or any "^one of the ^^jjer bit of color. Get a gaily colored oline engine has solved the problomlmany commercial floor coverings. But \^^\_ Pictures, if any, sliould be black and white sketches or etchings, or on many farms. The gasoline engine' with the two first-mentioned those gay has been a great boon for farmers. It! oval rush mats are the best things for is a self-contained, compact, conven- bringing in a splash of color. One in ^ ^,^^ ^ ^^,^^j prints-don't mix lent power plant that may be added in yellow blue and green, would be a ^ ^^^^ Never have big pictures in the large or small units. good choice with cream walls. | ,^^jj_ ^^.^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^ meats in our home. Which shall I put! From benefits derived and the low You can buy a plam square "m- j^^^^^ in, alighting plant, a furnace, a water'cost, it appears that the first improve-' brella stand and place it in the most â- ysiieis. or can I put in a bathroom?" TMs question wsts recently asked by « farmer. Many farmers have the same question to decide. "The ans- wer will vary In individual cases. However, in the majority of cases, •fter careful consldecation, the ans- wer will be the same. Hot and cold running water in the farm home offers three distinct ad- vantages. First, the saving of labor â- nd strength is great. It would be enlightening to every farmer and his wife to calculate the .actual pounds of ment to install in the farm home is running water. The heating plant 'must be installed to protect the plumb- ing which comes third, followed by the': but not the old-fashioned stand Inconspicuous corner. The old-fash- 1 Ttou may have a little wmdow that ioned hall-stand always had a mirror "^ds curtains but do not shut out all and you surely should have a mirror, the light. Why not make curtains of - A' I"*'" "•'t? It gives you privacy, yet lighting plant. Power equipment, not being dependent on other improve- ments, may be added as occasion de- mands. water handled in a day, including each convenience.'; as finances permit. plain oval or oblong one, framed in «dmits the ma.ximum of daylight In wood to match the umbrella stand, is! orange, or leaf green, it will just suit much better taste than an "oxydized"| >'""'â-  "'*"• one. If at all possible, hang it op- Have as few things as possible in s'uVely everyone believes that life posite the principal source of light, the small hall. on the farm should be satisfying, hap- py and prosperous, and that it can- not be so without some leisure time for every menjber of the family. Then let us determine to provide modern Chase Dingy-Lodking Colors Out of Your Kitchen. Why not bighten up your kitchen after the dinginess of winter? It can be made attractive for summer by using paint and varnish, making fresh curtains, and possibly getting a new covering for the floor. Dingy-looking colors arc to be avoid- ed in the kitchen. Clean and clear, ywt subdued colors, mako a much more cheerful looking and comfortable workshop. with a little paint and enamel. These, finished in gray, blue, ivory or green, with a simple design of two or three i bright colors stenciled on them, help i to make an unattractive kitchen cheer- { ful. Old coffee and baking powder, cans painted and enameled in bright] colors can be used for cereals andl spices, and at the .°ame time add, bright spots to a white kitchen. A plant or a small window box also; help to add freshness. Crisp white curtains add freshness . and attractiveness to the kitchen. Ivory and cool shades of gray, tan, Japanese toweling, colored cambric or and blue-gray can be used for the' ^oi'e, and gingham make effective cur- walls, with a lighter shade for the! tains that are washable, and help to ceiling. Additional color can be used j carry the color scheme around the In the curtains, the linoleum, or in a room, border stenciled around th«-wal> next to the ceiling.. Cool tones of gray with pink or blue check curtains and white •nameled woodwork, or ivory walls and blue painted furniture do a great deal to freshen up a dull kitchen. Calcimine is a cheap,, sanitary fln- iah for th« walls, and gives a fresh, alaaa-looking surfncc. This finish can M put on by the average hou.sewife. Taint is a much more durable finish and it (;an easily be washe<}, but it is a Httle more expensive and harder to put on. Paper is not practical for the kitclien. Refirish jou; <)-d tables and chairs My garden marker is made thus: I took a rear wheel from a flivver and knocked the iron rim off. Then I drill- ed three-eighths-inch holes in the wooden rim l)etween the spokes and 1 bolted tapered lugs two inches wide by three inches high to it, and mount- ed the wheel on a frame made of onc- half-inch gss-pipe, similar to a wheel- barrow frame. By wheeling this down the row I can space my hills or plants six inches, twelve inches. Id inches, etc., by spacing the lugs. â€" F. K. The I'rince of Wnles. stiintling be-ide AMmlrwl H.i'.sf.v. aokniiwlo.lRes cheers from the quarterdeck of H..\I.S. Uepulse, voynglng along the coast of A rut la the line of least resistance. Africa, with a vUll to South America to folio* I've been a naughty, -.vicked liitle girl! : thei-o beside the brook, in the thick I ought to be eaten up by forty b^-.^rs, | forest, where lived Indian Nita, the like the children in the Bible, or else basket-maker, and little Trudy, her thrown into a lion's den!" I child. "Tell mo about it, my dear," saidj ."Vnd the next moment, Kitty found old Mrs. Corbin. "Perhaps it isn't; herself seated by a briijht fire pf pine so bad, after all " J logs, with Trudy wiping the rain from "Oh, it Is!" said Kltfy; "it's awful | her hair and face^, for the little ging-' bad! You know old Nita, tho Indian! hum sun-bonnet hod somehow got» basket-maker? She lives up in the lost in the general confusion, forest â€" I don't know whereâ€" but <he: "Don't cry," said Trudy. "You are comes down here sometimes, with ".ost, but it's dry and warm here. I'll mats and baskets for mother." i give you some supper, and when it "I know there is such a person," ; stops raining I will show you the way said old Mrs. Corbin. ^ | lioime. You are Kitty Corbin â€" I know" "Well," pursued Kitty, "her little j you!" girl Trudy came to school to-day. Oh. | At this, Kitty cried more bitterly she was dressed so funny, in a red than ever. cloth shirt, embroidered with white; "Yes, Indian Trudy," said she, "I beads, and black leggings and her hair' am Kitty Corbin. I am the nautrhty, braided in a long tail down her back; little girl who laughed at you yest2r-| and she hasn't any fIiops or hat." i day, and called you bad names, andi "1 hope you were kind to her, my threw water over your poor little feetlj dear," said Grandmamma Corbin. j Oh, Trudy, I am so sorry and asham- "No, grandma, I wa.'^ii't," confessed ed! You would sen-e me right if you Kitty. "They all laugned at her, and! put me out into the rain again. Oh, I among the rest. W<> pointed at her, I Trudy, will you please forgive me?" and called her names, in the recess,! "Of course. I will forgive you,"- and I threw a tin-cup cf water over: said Trudy, patting her cold handa.! her bare, brown feet." I "And here conves Mother Nita with' "Oh, Kitty!" the milk, and we'll have some supperJ "Yes, I told you it was dreadful, [Do you like strawberries and milk?" grandma!" sobbed Kitt:'. "But the; "But I â€" I've lost all my strawberH other girls laughed, and it seemed as ries, and the basket, too!" if it wasn't me at all, but a mischiev- 1 "Never mind," said cheerful Trudy, ous, evil spirit inside of me, urging! "I'll give you more strawberries. I! me on, and then she cried, and ran ; picked a lot to-day. and Mother Nita away into the woods, and said she j will lend you a basket to carry them nevLr wanted to come to school any home in." more." So the two little girls nte their "I do not wonder at that," said old : supper side by side, and when the Mrs. Corbin, gravely. I summer shower was over, Trudy went "And, oh, my conscience does ache ! down the mountain path with Kitty, and smart so!" said Kitty, dolefully. ' until they came in sight of the Cor- "Grandmamma, what shall I do?" ; bins' farmhouse. "If you knew whera she lived, my "Now, good-bye!" .said Trudy. "I. dear," said Mrs. Corbin, "you might must run back to help Mother Nita go and ask her pardon." ' gather rushes for the baskets." "But I don't," returned the child, 'â-  Kitty looked wistfully at the Indian piteously. I child. "Then you must wait patiently until I "Won't you kiss me, Trudy?" said some opportunity offers Itself to set | she. matters straight." | Trudy kissed and hugged her right "Do you think it will come soon?" heartily, 'said eager Kitty â€""the opportunity, ' "And you'll come to school on Mon- I mean." i day? I'll keep a seat for you close to "I don't know, my dear," said ; me, and no one will dsiro laugh at my^ Grandmamma Corbin. "It isn't often j friend." that we can atone immediately for our i Trudy promised she would come, faults in this world." | and, what is more, she kept her proni- The next day was Saturday, a ^ ise when rhe time came, bright, sunshiny day. and Kitty re-; Kitty ran home as fast as she could, solved to go strawberrying, up at the and related the story of her day's mountain. , adventures. "The Rice children are going, and! "Wasn't she a dear, good littl* so are Ruth and Phoebe Hull," said, Trudy, grandmamm.i?" said che. .she, "and Mr. Smith's boys. I'll take "-'^nd, oh! didn't I feel awfully asham- my dinner m a basket and stay nlljed of myself?" day. I can bring home the bcn-Ies in : "Ah, my dear," said Grandma Cor- the dinner basket, you know. Phoebe, bin, "your 'opportunity' has coma Hull says- the fields are all red with sooner than I thought it would." them, up beyond the stone quarries.") ~~ r*;ir''^^ â€" ' And 80 Kitty Corbin started off, in | Tacks Talk. her Wttle gingham sun bonnet and: Many accidenUs occur which could calico drf ss, singing gaily as che went. ; casilv have been prevented if someone But either she took the wrong path had taken time to tack carpels rugs by the stone quarries, or else she had and other floor coverings properly misunderstood the arrangements made Small rugs thrown loosely over other by the other children, for when she oarpeta to prevent wear shouM be reached the sunny pastnres, high up ftmily tacked in place. Otherwise --ome on the mountain, where the wild member of the family is likely to strawberries blushed tM-neath tlieir stumble over them. A few ^pcko" will leave-, as if the who!e field was strewn ; also do away with the i-epeated nd- with red jewe;s. tiiero was no oneljustment of such nigs, since they >W11 fiere. ; stay where they are put. "After all, I don't cnre much," said [ pieces of carpet used as oulaide independent little Kitty. "I can pick ; doormats wiM not be tossed about and berries by myse.f, and I can think of, blown away if i-ecuralv tacked at the nil the fairy .stories I ever read. I four cornirs. .'-'ho^s can also be mor« don't suppose there arc any faries up! firmly tacked in place, in these mountain ukM:^, but if there' To" clean wnler bi>tt!ci or vinegar should be" (gaziivg wistfully around) I orueUs put some tacKs and crushed "they'll be a deal mor^ likely to c6me : eppshe'.is into tlieni, then .ndd strong i out and talk to me, all b.v myself, than . soap suds and ?hake <';goroui»ly. After i if t^-:.?re was a lot of noisy children ] they are rinsed with c'.ear water thev Phouiing and ?creamin<t around!" 1 will look like new. " Hownver, tho fairies did not come.j It is easier to remove protr-.iiing but Kilty picked her liasket noariy; tacks than to mend tc-ara or heal fuH c.r fragrant, delicious strawin^rries I ccvatches. See to it that treks not before sh*. perceivetl th.1t lhr> ^ky was; usefully f>mployed dv not .cm into clouding darkiy over, nnd a certain ' laiechief. mvKterioua hu.sh had descended upon] .*>._. â€" tlio solitary scene as if all nature wris holding its breath and waiting for some signal. "Oh, dear!" cried Kitly. droppir,;; the basket of strawberries in her con sternation: "there's going to be nii awful thunderstorm! .\nd tho big pin^? tree !)y the brnok was struck with lightning tho Inst st-rm wo had--snd! ! -^-oh. ilear! what shall I do?" I ' She started to run headlfr.g down ^ â- â- *" ^ '^* " "'''"'• th<» ;Ur.n pnth of the mo-.intaln-sidc.i "Such a Rweec Kirl she-.* as gerMIe her or.y idf.i l>cit!g to get as f.ir as as a dove." possibif from t!» big i>ine tree, which ' "Aad pigeon-toed, too."