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OF mm*M DESK*# • • bd&t- WORK AT BELTSVILLE GOVERNMENT FARM EH PARTICULARLY WCMSN OF 8L&NOER ^IQURg^ jr-"-*•"£? ilflijWfl Better In Bummer evening IVadks Has Been Offered Then T/Wa Typically French Cortt ̂ tlon Described. The Brilliant, British Baric, ar­ ises in New York Alter Event ful 115-Day Trip. your thirst NO SLEEP FOR.CBEW Chinese and Hindu Deck Hands Add to Danger by Fighting Afnong Themselves -- Orientals Afraid of the Reptiles. thins Cola. Arro Herat Barn CfwM In 1IH « you are slender and rather tali can wear the dresBof the sketch fend know that it was designed jrour particular type, but if you "Welfc if you are not. It will certaialJ never do. It was worn by a young. "Woman to wbom it was not at all •uited at a recent private dance, but the dress itself was so altogether 'dainty and youthtal that I am sending home a sketch in ease any one wishes to copy it for a lovely summer eve­ ning frock, writes Lillian E. Yowqs In a letter Staaa Facte to the Washington Star. * > These many ruffled Skirt# ire <sx* t(en»5jy jaodisih just now, and are piost becoming 'to the type that suit^ tor, naturally, ihe design lends fuXt E»«SB to n. slight figure and fiqte the height BB weH. • . , ' \-ln Jhte rmfitance dawn-ptnt ©hi ffon .used .throughout, ttuuu^h iii «oiae- ling a little more substantial is pre­ ferred the skirt may be of taffeta, and the bodice of chiffon to match. The Ifttle bow .knots set at the top bf 'each" 'flounce down the left side of the skirt; •Were ifo azure3>lue velvet Tibtxm, anil tant a deJt^htRully quaint touch to the •oostume. The sleeves were similarly jtfjmmed. •^vBsmt iget^the ddea that audh a Skirt H hard to mak<8>. It ianit--'hut it will aosouire some time aniilcare to arrange the flounces evenly. They are •simply tatraight strips of the-' material ' (floubleS if of chiffon, tbut single in taffeta) .about six to seven Inches •fleep and evenly gathered at the top ma attached to .a ;plain foundation leath. Thlsfjrmy •fce.sgf I ««.- ? ( ' ' : " \ ^ •> : •' strong 'auk' o* <i( <Uoa sltlF«r seline. The bodice will aeed a net inner waist. The chiffon over-part was cut with short kimono sleeves finished with a frill of chiffon, and the open neck, too, had a finishing trill. The girdle was rather broad and topped by an upstanding ruffle of the skirt material. It tied at one side with a long end and loop caught un­ der a natural-looking rose. , The same dress would be delightful in taffeta and chiffon of that lovely cream shade that suggests it might have lain for years in some old at­ tic chest, and the girdle could be of turquoise blue velvet caught with a silver gauze rose, while the small bowknots in the skirt jcould be made of very narrow silver gaase ribbon. Again, flowered taffeta, in one of the small wreath patterns, will make an­ other charming variation. Ton will probably be able to guess from designs such as this that fuller skirts are really on the way. BEST CURE FOR DANDRUFF Distressing Affliction May Be Gat ftid Of by Application of Mmpa> Remedy. ( • 7 Many of my girl friends have been troubled with dandruff. I believe Hor- tense is right when she says that dandruff is infections, and that the public use of combs and brushes found in the dressing rooms at receptions, and other social affairs, is a very dan­ gerous practise. ̂ Every one's best friend may have dandruff and unwittingly Infect one's hea4 with It. by the trying on of a hat However, if you are so unfortu­ nate as to have it the beBt treatment is a simple one. Rub olive oil into the scalp every night with'the finger tips. This is bound to be effective. For several nights I have been unable to sleep. Sometimes it is far in the morning before I am really soundly sleeping, and in the meantime I toss and turn fretfully. Hortcnae is going to put me under one of her pure*. V; • •Mat made of white straw ; trimmed with (nan white wings,. WMST SHOULD BE NORMAL Correct Corseting Always One of the •Most Important Aids to Health and Beauty. - -M root of the flls H» feminine flesh is heir is incorrect <nnr- seting and tight lacing. These «r» by jxo means synonymous terms. One may" he ..incorrectly yet loosely oor- seted. Today it Js tbe "exceptional woman who laces her aorset so ttghfly that her figure assumes an unnatural contour. Ten years ago many .women (did. This improvement is to some degrfee to the ^credit of the wearers of axmets, hut to a still greater degree It iB to the credit of .corset manufac­ turers .and the mandates of fashion. Women who have ju&t regard for their ihealth and ibeauty taalize that the normal waist meaeinreantent is an im­ portant adjunct thereto. This la $ roved !by the fact Chat all ready-made garments are two Indies larger .around the waist than they were two years ago, which means that most women who tueed to wear a 22 corset <nOw wear a 24, and as on tentfi the (dif­ ferent sizes. . (Leading iphyBioians All admit that women require support lor the .abdo­ men. Support is entirely different from suppression. If the Abdomen Is suppressed, a lot >of trouble is -brought on, the first sign of which Is constipa­ tion. The colon (cannot function prop­ erly. More depends upon the colon than anost people are aware of, even some physicians. The direct ueaults of restricting the action of the colon are weakneps, insomnia and dyspep­ sia; the Indirect results are too nu­ merous to mention and would be su­ perfluous, because the prevailing styles in <coreets conform in a great degree to nature's demands. The wise phyBioian raises his *ok* not .against the use but the abuse of the corset. A corset which supports the abdomen will never be condemned by those Whs are conversant with the structure of the tinman body, mascu­ line or feminise. More men wear abdominal belts Chan is dreamed of by the public, Seme of the asost ad­ vanced. scientists state that women fAn wear corsets now which conform to the latest fashion without saeri ficlng their health.--Harriet Edwards FayM, in Woman's World. ' New York.--Two hundred deadly East Indian snakes overrunning the ship, five heat, crazed yaks doing every­ thing bat climb aloft and a crew k of 35 Lascars, Hiadus and Chinese threat* ening every minute to cut one bs- others' throats--such was the cosaht- nation which added tau years to the age of >Captafo Grant of the BriUisstL The Brilliant recently jurrived New York harbor after a voyage 115 days from Hong-kong. Life %e- Su to he just one strenuous minute after another almost beware Victoria island had faded over the horizon, tfee -excitement continuing ncabated until the Jersey coast was sighted. The Brilliant, carrying oil stores, bad an imeventM swyage outward bound to Hong-kong and Kofce. She. carried «n able crew of Swedes and Norwegians, hut they tired of tlie long grind .and deserted the ship between watches a few hours after the vessel dropped anchor in Kobe harbor. With the holds filled with Japanese mer­ chandise. •.Captain Grant was compelled to sign ;a nondescript icre<w composed of no ileas than ten nationalities in order to man his vessel for the home­ ward hound trip to New York. Me cleared At Kobe, stopped -at Hiogo u^til December 18, and made Hong-kong in •two weeks. The entire <cvew deserted at this port and the seamen eigned In their place represented, said Osqptafhi Grant, the scum of the port. Squared away to the southward with the Straits of Sundae aB the objec­ tive. the Brilliant became the theater for a series of -events which anade sleep a matter of three winks ait .a time for the officers. First of .all 4t was found that most of the "ab3e eeamen" had never seen any more experience than would he necessary to handle a row boat. When most of the men were <PVepare(i by the United 8tate« Depart­ ment of Agriculture.) « In the nwTnmsr of 1810 the depart­ ment of agiicalture purcliased a farm <f 475 acrfta at Beltsvilie, Maryland, which is about twelve miles from the city of Washington, to be used for experimental work in animal breeding and feeding, and related subjects. Ahont 180 acres of this are devoted to dairy interests, and the remainder (of which about 95 acres are timber land) to other branches of hus­ bandry. On this farm many problems of economic importance - to the public, and particularly to the agricultural public, are given much attention. The farm work is done largely by mares, •scne of which are purebred Percher- efts, and the other grades. These mares are bred to a Percheron stal­ lion, and therefore not only earn their living by the farm work they do, but in addition produce foals. In the sum­ mer of 1913 the imported Percheron stallion Isolant 65096 (78859) was pur­ chased by»the department He Is a On Dainty Aprons." On dainty aprons it is well to Wf beading instead of the regulation bind­ ing and strings. This beadlpg should be about an inch in width, aud wash ribbon should be run through it. This ribbon serves for strings, and at the same time lends to the beauty of the apron. The ribbon can be slipped out when the apron is soiled. It can then be pressed out, freshened up and re­ placed when the ajjron has returned snow white from a visit to the tub. :r. Dae and Her Kid, Tsggenhorg Bock. large, black stallion, compact and weil ssuscled, standing 17 hands In height and weighing more than a ton. During the fall of 1S12, 20 weanling horse foals and 20 weanling mule foals were purchased for the purpose de­ termining the comparative costs of raising these under farm conditions from the time1 of weaning until they are oid enough for work purposes. A careful reoord is being kept of all costs, including that of- breaking, and full credit will be given to the animals for the amount of work done by them. It is expected that the test will be closed in 1916, when all of the ani­ mals will be old enough for work pur­ poses. There Is on the farm a flock of the Barbados woolless sheep. These sheep are very prolific, commonly having three and occasionally four lambs at been great~interest in the milch goat, which has often been hailed as the poor man's cow. Today, however, goats in this country which are good milkers sell for as much as the aver­ age dairy cow On the- continent of Europe,, particularly Switzerland, breede of goats which are heavy milk­ ers have bean developed, but on ac­ count of the prevalence of animal di­ seases in continental Europe their im­ portation is prohibited. In order to de­ termine the value of the milch goat blood in crossing on our native stock, a flock of common does was obtained, and these were bred to Saanen and Toggenburg bucks. Milk records were kept of the native does, and such rec­ ords will be kept of the half-bred does, in order to obtain a comparison. A herd of hogs is maintained for the purpose of studying breeding and feeding problems. A modern, sanitary house has been built, and equipped for conducting thiB work. There are also a number of small portable houses with sufficient space for a sow and lit* tor or two or three mature pigs. At. ffaft farm house there is also a laboratory Cor the study of breeding questions. There are usually about 1,000 guinea pigs on hand, represent­ ing 30 families. The effects of in­ breeding ar€ being studied as the re­ sults from such investigations with guinea pigs throw light upon princi­ ples that operate in larger animals. Results •'but suggest the existence of laws of Inheritance in these small aniiMUs •°*'n he tested out on larger animal*. By using guinea pigs a great saving in time is effected. It is possi­ ble to secure three generations in a year, thus showing the effects of any special method of breeding in a frac­ tion of the time needed with sheep or cattle at much smaller expense. The poultry on the farm is located in and on the edge of a beautiful oak grove, which tarnishes ideal shade and range for the fowls, and especially for the young chickens. The equip­ ment consists of one long breeding house, 16 by 108 feet, attached to a feed house containing an office and laboratory, the basement of which Is fitted up as an incubator cellar. Most of the poultry houses are of the colony , type, and are built on runners so that they may easily be moved onto fresh ground. The front of the long house contains large muBlin curtains for ven­ tilation and glass doors for light when the curtains are closed. Lamp ineo- Skirt Without s Seam. ̂ Charming and altogether practical are the gowns whose skirts are formed of but one piece. Clever is the dress­ maker who insists on making the gown, especially the skirts, on her customers. Really this does not take nearly as long as it used to take to turn up one of the very full skirts, and we all manage to get through that some way. The skirt known as the wrapover usually has a silk or lace underskirt •-Pitfalls of Earrlnfjhi Barrings, particularly of the bar­ baric order, are becoming extraordi­ narily popular. For some months past they have been worn by the ultra fashionable, but It is only during thU spring that they showed any sign of becoming general favorites. They are difficult things to ^ear, as they have a distressing knack of making most faces look extremely common--' or worse. before retirfng'wlth a good spftife'ruh, and a glass of hot milk. She says the room must be cool, and 1 must not try to play or do any mental prob­ lems after retiring. The brain must be inactive, and the environment quiet and conducive to feet.---Utts- burgh Dispatch. TO 8st Colors. " Nitf <s the time when the "fore­ handed" woman is getting some of her summer sewing done. Before making up the colored wash materials ehs shrinks them and "sets" the colors- Green and lavender materials will re­ tain their coloring, unhurt by laundry work, if they are soaked at first 16 minutes in about two gallons of cold water to which half a cupful of strong vinegar has been added. Salted water, or water to which a turpentine hat been added, will set pinks and blues Colored silk stockings may be suo^ oessfully washed • by following the same rules. Dresses are made of striped silk, with scalloped flounces and natty Uttls Snakss Had Been Given the Liberty of the Brilliant. suffering from seasickness and Uvlnc In their bunks a big Lascar deserted his post at the wheel and made for the forward hatchway like a. streak of brown. Two seconds elapsed and be came up from below with the . entire crew at his heels. Ill or well, tbejr were in the rigging at one leap snd air gesticulated wildly as they directed the attention of Captain Grant to sev­ eral squirming objects on the deck. Four boxes filled with cobras stu. other poisonous reptiles had brokei. loose from their fastenings. Two hun dred snakes had been giveu the liberty of the Brilliant The orientals would not go near the snakes and Captain Grant and his officers were compelled to kill them with clubs. Snakes ap­ peared from hiding places, however, /for three weeks after the boxes had been broken, and until the crew were 6ure that the last had been done away with they persisted in sleping in the rigging. They had to make them­ selves fast with rope duilug rough weather, but it was better than sleep­ ing below, with the possibility of wak ing up and finding a full grown cobra as a bedfellow. After passing through the Straits of Sundae the five yaks on board began showing signs of suffering from the heat. As the Brilliant hovered near the "line" they ^wanl craty on* by one. "They couldn't do *it In a bunch." said Captain Grant. "They had to do it one at a time in order to prolong our agony." „ The snakes and the heat-crased yak» had practically scared the crew out of their wits before the "line" was well to the stern. About the time the last yak had been killed and cast over­ board the Lascars and the Chinese en­ gaged in a pitched battle. The Hindus and others took sides in the argument Their fights were a dally feature until long after the cape had been rounded. Instead of trying to prevent trouble, knowing that any interference on his part would only complicate matters. Captain Grant al lowed them to fight it out among them selves. At times, however, the fric­ tion assumed a seriourf turn, when some of the men displayed knives. Al­ though they never actually carried out their threats to cut each otter's throats, the situation continued to be tense and called for the utmost dipln mMcy <M| tha ^ :. ^ Sheep Barn Crsotod In 1912. Every stage has wings, but that Isn't what makes the chorus girls fly. ITCHED AND BURNED V Bilverwood, Mich.--"My baby waa about six months old when he first be­ gan to break out with little pimples on his head and face. Then thoy^would run water and keep getting worse un­ til his head was a regular sore erup­ tion and water would run and stream from it and his face also. His whqle body was affected. They were little white pimples which itched and burned something terrible. His cloth­ ing seemed to irritate him and it was almOSt impossible for him to sleep at Bight They also disfigured him as they were on his face. "We tried medicine but without suc­ cess. The trouble must have lasted three or four weeks when I thought I would try the Cuticura Soap and Oint­ ment. I would bathe him with warm water, as warm as he could stand and Cuticura Soap, then apply the Cuti­ cura Ointment. The very first time that I did this .it seemed to relieve him as he slept well and inside of two weeks he was completely healed." (Signed) Mrs. L. White, Jan. 29, 1914. Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold throughout the world. Sample of each tree,with 32-p. Skin Book. AddresB post- oa*4 "C^iUcura, Dept. L, Bonto|jt."-->Adv. V* » 1 '* •J The Same Thing. ,• , v Vincent Astor, at a dinner in New York, said of the French evening gowns that have caused so many shocked women to unite in protest: "I heard a story about one of these gowns. A headstrong girl had pur­ chased It in the Rue de la Paix with­ out her mother's knowledge/ and she insisted on wearing it, the evening It came home, at Armenonville for din­ ner and at the opera afterwards for the Russia ballet. Her mother, how­ ever, protested. But the girl, In her headstrong way, declared: M 'I'll wear that gown or nothing.' "With a shrug and a faint smile, her mother answered: *"Well, it comes to about the same thing.'" That Whiff of Violets. **My! what a flowery whiff! That handkerchief must have been literally steeped in violets," exclaimed one girl to another who had just shaken out from Its folds a fragrant square of linen. "Not steeped in violets, my dear," was the answer, "but boiled in orris water. The effect is the same. On washing day I supply the washer­ woman with a good-sized piece of or­ ris root, and she throwB it into the water where my handkerchiefs are boiling. When they come up from ironing they are as redolent of orris as can be. Then I slip them between the folds of a sachet filled with violet powder, and they never lose their fra­ grance. Violets and orris scent to­ gether make a real violet odor." birth. They will-* also conceive at any time of tho year. Barbados ewes are b»<ng graded up by the use of pure­ bred Southdown rams and selections are determined mainly by the prolifi­ cacy and frequency of lambing, with a view to producing good mutton confor­ mation with ability to breed early for winter lambs. The Barbados have also been crossed with Merinos. The <a^Tciv/uC^ in the iicctts and breeding habits of the Barbados and the Southdown and Merino yields very valuable material in the crossbreds and their offspring for studying the manner of inheritance of wool and breeding characteristics. Another industry attracting consid­ erable attention is that of the produc­ tion of Persian lamb skins, which are the product of the young of the Kara­ kuls or Arbi sheep which are native to Russian Turkestan. The industry in country is in its infancy and there is great need of more informa­ tion regarding it. The department in Its work at the farm is crossing a Karakule ram on Cotswold, Leicester, Cheviot and Lincoln ewes, and has also made crosses on Barbados ewes. This work has not been carried far enough to determine just how valu­ able the skins from such cm--es will be in this country. In connection with the two experi­ ments mentioned, about 100 head of ewes are kept A roomy and conve­ niently arranged barn for bousing sheep and goats has just betrn com­ pleted and will render it possible to test methods of winter feeding of "hot­ house" lambs and breeding ewes. Dur­ ing summer months the sheep aw car-, ried upon ^succession of'forage crops with a view to determining the best plans of planting and graging forage crops In eastern states. bators and small outdoor brooders are used in hatching and rearing the stock, while many of the chickens are reared under hens. & The stock consists of selected foWls of the following varieties: Barred Ply­ mouth Rock, White Wyandotte, Qhode Island Red, Single Oomb White Leg­ horn and Buff Orpington, with a few White Plymouth Rocks, Buff LegliOiiib and Dorkings. The foundation stock was secured from some of the best poultry breeders la this country, and is being kept up to a high standard of excellence, both from exhibition and utility standpoints. Feeding experiments were begun in November, 1912, with pens containing 30 bens, using simple rations and grains which may be secured in all sections of the country and are to be found on most farms. One of the ra­ tions which has given good results Is composed of a scratch feed of equal parts cracked corn, wheat and oats, fed in the litter twice daily, with a dry mash of equal parts corn qieal, bran, middlings, and beef scrap, kept before the hens all of the time In a hopper. The amount of grain is limited so that the fowls consume about one-half mash and one-half scratch grains. Sev­ eral of these pens are on free range, and therefore do not require feed, while those which are confin •mall yards are fed sprouted 'iti Shift Sheep Paeturea. Where the pasture is big enough and the number of sheep will war­ rant It the best possible method is to out the pasture up into tracts of several acres each, and shift the sheep from tract to tract during the sum­ mer. Two or three weeks is long I enough for shaop to remain o» a paa- For tjie past few yean there has j tare tract ̂ * O n l y a P o r t i o n . "You women are too extravagant" he stormed. "Last year 1600,000,000 was spent in this country for frills and furbelows." "Well, I didn't spend all of it," was her defense.--LouiBville Courier-Jour­ nal. HIT THE 8POT. ( Poetum Knocked Out Coffee Ada. There's a good deal of satisfaction and comfort in hitting upon the right thing to rid one of the varied and constant ailmenta caused by coffee drinking. "Ever since T can remember," writes an Ind. woman, "my father has been a lover of bis coffee, but the continued use of It so affected his stomach that ho could scarcely sat at times. "Mother had coffee-headache and dizziness, and i£ 2 diuiik coETO for breakfast I would taste it all day and usually go to bed with a headache. "One day father brought home a pkg. of Postum recommended by our grocer. Mother made it according to directions on the box and it just "hit the spot" It has a dark, seal-brown color, changing to golden brown when cream is added, and a snappy taste similar to mild, high-grade coffee, and we found that its continued use speed­ ily put an end to all our coffee ills. • "That was at least ten years, ago and Postum has, from that day to this, been a standing order of father's grocery bill. "When I married, my husband waa a great coffee drinker, although he admitted that it hurt him. When I mentioned Postum he said he did not like the taste of it I told him I could make It taste all right. He smiled and said, try. it The result was a success, he wont have any­ thing but Postum.'* Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek. Mich. Read "Tho-Road to Wellville." In pkgs. Postum now comes in two forms: Regular Postum--must be well boiled--15c and 25c packages. Instant Postum--is a soluble pow­ der. Made in the cup with hot wa­ ter--no boiling--30c and 50c tins. The cost per cup of both kinds is about the same, ' *Hkere's a Rasaon" for Postum. --«old by Grocers. Thinking It Over* "What makes you keep hang! around that jewelry store?" "I have an idea," replied the 1 man. "These jewelers have the right theory about weights. I'm going tq quit selling ice by the pound astd fte&( it by the karat" - , •!, Important to Mothers . Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy fol( Infants and children, and see that it Bears the y / <T7T". /r Signature of | In Use For Over 30 Years. Children Cry for Fletcher's Castorf^ The Locality. , - "Did you see that star actor'in ertoire?" "No; I saw him itft Philadelphia.**, L. TOUR OWN DRUGGIST WILI. TKLLTO0I Try liuriDO Kyc Kt-mottj- for Red, Woak. WllllH Ky«w and Granulated Kyclids: No 8 "-- iast Hso Comfort- Write for Book of by Mil Vn*. Marine Kyo KeraedF Co. is* Precisely So. Wife--In a battle of tongues woman can always hold her own. Husband--But she never does. 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