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ii Blinola sre to bervo beef ooiy once m day hereafter. Steaks andioasts are * to h* plfCed.on «ho noonday bill of fare on i*«|ajr7liain»r«*y. 8«nday and Mon­ day of each week t*o?n 10:30 to 5 : o'clock. On the remaining days beef Is to be served at the evening meals, front s to 9 ofclock. This the former plan of four beefc a week was m»ide because of a request from the office of Herbert Hoover, who wishes the regulations In all states to be uniform. By-products of beef, such as oxtails, liver, tongues, sweetbreads, hearts, etc., may be served at any time. The new rules are in effect. A. S. Adams, chief of the bureau of enforce- , merits, said that violators would be /dealt with without farther notice. Within a few days a sign will be graced on every sugar bowl in public anting places, which will read: "Save a spoonful of sugar for the boys in France." Placards carrying, the same Appeal will be placed in the cafeterias. All large spoons are to be taken out of the sugar bowlsand only teaspoons Krfll be used. * Springfield.--Dry weather In the southern and northeastern parts of Illinois is hurting corn, but In other sections of the state heavy rains, al­ though beneficial to corn, pastures and vegetables, hare interfered with thrashing and have caused oats to *$odge," according to the crop report /«f the federal weather bureau for the week ending July 9. The report con­ tinues : "In the central and north corn is In- excellent condition, is well cultivated, Is tasseling and Is entering the critical period under fa­ vorable circumstances. Oats are turning in the north, being harvest­ ed in the central and thrashed in the south. The wheat and rye harvest has reached the northern counties and thrashing operations are general in other divisions. Fruit conditions are favorable." , Springfield.--Diphtheria Is the most '^rievalent of the contagions disease* In tills state at present, according to the r3|^ft made by Dr. C. St. Clair Drake, director of the state depart­ ment of puhUCTtiealth, to Surgeon Gen- oral Rupert Blue of1 the department of public health at Washington, D. C. There were 127 cases of this disease In the state, nearly all--101--being In Chicago. Other contagious diseases reported were; Smallpox, 15, scat­ tered throughout the state. One case of meningitis was reported from Rock- ford and four from Chicago. One case of poliomyelitis has been reported from each of the following localities: Pierce township, DeKalb county; Kanesvllle, Sugar Grove township, Kane county; Kankakee and Chicago. Carllnville.--The wheat is turning out better than was expected this year, According to reports received from the thrashermen and those who have thrashed. During the past week thrash­ ing has been in full blast In the Ma­ coupin bottoms below Chesterfield and on one farm the wheat made 42 bush- «ls to the acre. Others In the same neighborhood had a yield of 37 bush­ els per acre. On the uplands the thrash­ ing has just commenced, and from re­ ports It is running from 30 to 35 bush- /«ls per acre. The quality of the grain Iff exceptionally good. Chicago. -- To promote Industrial peace after the war, to force participa­ tion by labor In the profits and mange- ment of Industry and to help win the war by naturalization and Americani­ zation of aliens, the League for Indus­ trial Justice was formed here. Three •Chlcagoans are among its officers. They are Stephen A. Day, lawyer, as president; John Metz, president of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, as treasurer, and Arthur E. Uchultz, secretary. Chicago.--A campaign for strict en­ forcement of regulations governing Side of sugar was put into effect by the United States food administra­ tion. A large amount of sugar to have been sold St auction was seized, a -retailer was ordered to make no more sales of su^nr, end a plan was adopted for checking household pur- Ceases at department stores. , Litchfield.--Reports from Bois d'Arc township, this county,, are that the Average yield of wheat this year Is 33 bushels to the acre. The highest yield reported is 88 bushels. Thrash­ ing Is on In full force In this county, snd many business and professional men of this city are assisting in tak­ ing care of the grain. Bloomlngton^--J. H. Howard, gen- • efcal claim agent for the Chicago ft Alson, has been appointed national di­ rector of claims for railways of the United States under government own­ ership, with headquarters in Washing­ ton. This is a newly created posi­ tion, made necessary by the abolish­ ment of railway litigation. Itockford.--Congressman C. EL Puller Will soon Introduce a bill in congress fear the construction of a bridge across river at Camp Grant. Vandalla.--The farmers who have thrashed wheat the past week say the yield the county over Is considered good, averaging about 27 bushels to the Seme are doing better. One fAnper reports his farm ayeraged About 40 bushels to the acre. Quite a lao-ge strip of the farm thrashed out Al*outll27 bushels, to the acre. Quincy--Members of the Letter Carriers* association of Illinois will assemble here in annual convention July and 27, Reforms lq the serv­ ice will be. recommended and resolu­ tions adopted for the consideration of the department at Washington. JSpringfield.--Applications for par­ dons and commutation of sentence were heard here by the Illinois di­ vision of pardons and. paroles. For the most part those seeking clemency are serving sentence for murder. Their CAsee will be considered by the par­ dons and paroles division and de­ cisions will be given later. Sterling.--Two carloads of wool, gathered In this section* has been shipped in the last few days. The producers were paid CO cents a pound, and the value of the two cars Is reck­ oned at $24,000. A third car Is al- had decreased mecOllMi 0 per and that the snpply af men on at preafei* was gKSISt*#than the de­ mand. Harvest workers in Sangamon county arebelngpaid 13 to f4J*0 per .day, .4QbSL«£ri|*.$fap wHI be handled with Uttle tronUe, Administrator Pra- ther says. The volunteer services of of Springfi<j>ldhnslness men to d a day o# two dn some farm to help .out will not bo needed, he says. Reports from the Farmers' associa­ tion show that as well as Sangamon county having a record production of wheat, it will also prpd*ce a greater supply of corn than efer before. There Is a greater acreage of corn In the county than any other grain. The corn crop, farmers say, is three weeks behind the crop of last year. The cold nights during the month are held responsible for v the setback. The first wheat In the county to be thrash­ ed shows a yield of 80 bushels to tho acre, machine weight. Seven acres in spring wheat thrashed before the rain, t yielded 30 bushels to the acre. The farm of Edward King, west of Springfield, Is said to have the largest acreage of wheat of any farm in the county. He has 130 acres planted and his flefds are reported In first class cobdition. s Peoria.--Lil̂ e some ghost craft come to strike fear with Its hoary outlines, the steamer Columbia, which crumpled up in the Illinois river with more than 500 persons aboard, rose abruptly out of its grave and floated almost to the water front of Pekin, 85 of whose citizens lost their lives in the wreck. When finally the wr^ck stopped and was boarded by rescue workers two more bodies were recovered. This makes a total of 85 lives lost. It Is not believed there are any more bodies and work is discontinued;- Coroner Clary and Sheriff Wilson of Tazewell county, together with 15 or more work­ ers, were aboard the Columbia when It suddendly popped to the surface. A, number of small launches were moored about the sides of the submerged steamer. These were lifted out of the water and carried downstream. An examination of the steamer was made to determine the cause of the sudden rising. There is A suggestion that the snag which caused the wreck clung fast to the bottom until released by the action of the current, permitting the steamer to rise. With the federal investigation completed and investi­ gators finishing their report to be sent to Washington, Coroners W. B. Elliott of Peoria county and E. L. Clary of Tazewell county are conducting their Inquests. New York.--A new locomotive plant Is to be built at East Chicago by the Baldwin Locomotive works on ground purchased several years ago. Speci­ fications for the various buildings are now before structural mills and fab­ rication shops calling for 12,000 tons of steel. It is estimated that the plant will cost about $5,000,000, the steel work alone costing $1,200,000; equipment will probably cost between $2,500,000 and $3,000,000. The Bald­ win works already has large contracts from the government, and Is expect­ ed to be awarded an additional con­ tract for 100 to 150 locomotives by the railroad administration, which is preparing to order 800 locomotives for domestic service. Additional large or­ ders for motive power are also expect­ ed for export to France. Alba B. Johnson, president of Baldwin, admit­ ted his company owned a site In the calumet district, Intended eventually for a large midwestern plant, but de­ nied that anything was contemplated at present. He would not deny, how­ ever, that tentative plans were be­ ing considered. Chicago.--Thirty thousand suits, enough to clog the records of the Cook county courts for years to come, are about to be filed through co-operation of Attorney General Brundage and State's Attorney Hoyne. They are the outgrowth of legislation passed by the last general assembly, aimed to make the enforcement of the "blue sky" law aa easier matter. Since 1901 more than 100,000 domestic cor­ porations have been organized in Illi­ nois. All are listed on the books of the secretary of state at Springfield^ and according to the law are compell­ ed to make annual reports to this offi­ cial. More than 90,000 of the corpora­ tions failed to make these reports. Camp Grant.--Seventeen conscien­ tious objectors held here by the mili­ tary authorities will be given farm fut* loughs for the duration of the war, It .was announced. This decision was reached upon the recommendation 'of a special commission, which investi­ gated the cases of the objectors. Shelbyville.--Fifty-four Shelby coun­ ty boys who left In June for Camp Taylor, Ky., returned here and scat­ tered to their farm homes, where they will assist in harvesting the farug crops that are ready for handling be­ tween now and July 25. The boys have been granted 20-day furloughs. Chicago,--Cook county and northern Illinois probably will receive all of Illinois' allotment of approximately 1,700,000 tons of anthracite this year. The normal consumption of anthracite In Chicago alone Is 1,500,000 tons a year. Cook county probably will re­ ceive about 1,000,000 tons this year. The south half of the state, with plenty of bituminous coal, probably will be required to give up anthracite alto­ gether.' Representatives of anthracite coal operators met here with the coun­ ty and state fuel administrations to consider apportionment of the anthra­ cite for various sections of the state. Washington, D. C.--City officials of East St. Louis, 111., were severely criti­ cised and the conduct of Colonel Tripp, Illinois National Guard officer, was characterised as reprehensibje in a re­ port submitted to the house by the congressional committee appointed to Investigate the race riots there last year. •' ; Rock Island.--The peach crop of Rock island county is a total failure and apples are only "25 per cent of normal.' riowever, small fruits are more abundant than usual, the black- 'ir sk *>#>f VV berry and raspberry yields being the 4*SL. '•* , i.' *" . x • > ,\-*f. ' : ^ . * „ * . r - < - 8PRAYINQ POTATOES WITH A POWER OUTFIT. the United 8tat*a Depart­ ment of Agriculture.) Spraying will control Insects and dtts- eases which cause the yearly loss of more than 100,000,000 bushels to the potato crop. If spraying were not now practiced, the present enormous loss would be even greater, but sprays are not used as widely or as thoroughly as, they should be. ' Proper spraying controls the Colo­ rado potato beetle and late blight--the worst enemies of the potato--blister beetles, flea beetles, cutworms and oth- KEEP FARM RECORDS is TO SHOW ACTIVITIES Mi Cash Accounts, Properly Assent* bled. Are of Importance • rfWi'h t- - -m fiiin lawi*II : wrwi UVVfOOVifCl rrwjfro Nearly as Much Money as Obvi­ ously Important -- Carefully ' Avoid Sudden Chans**,' States' tSepart- t1 ---- (Prepared by the United ment of Agriculture.) When a record is kept of All the money taken In and spent on the farm, at the close of the business year the cash accounts can be assembled under headings that will show exactly what branch of the farm activities produced the dollars and what each required In the way of cash expenditure to keep going. Some fanners are apt to judge of the importance of the various farm projects by the time it takes to put them through. To such, a complete cash record for a year, properly as­ sembled, will be an eye-opener. Often seemingly unimportant things on the farm, such as the flock of poultry, pro­ duce nearly as much net cash as the obviously important. The year's cAsh summary helps the farmer to get a better perspective of these things. In using such records as an aid to future plans, hasty conclusions should not be drawn, nor should snap judg­ ments be taken. The fact that the hogs or the corn crop brought In the most net money last year Is no reason for assuming that all the activities of the farm henceforth should be,devoted to the sole purpose of hog or corn raising. It may be that the keeping of cows was partly responsible for making the hogs so productive of net cash, or that the growing of wheat, clover, or other crops in rotation with corn made the latter crop much more profitable than It would have been if grown alone. Similar conditions will be met with on all farms, and there­ fore no sudden changes should be made on the basis of what a few ac­ counts may show. On the other hand, a single year's figures will occasionally Indicate that something Is radically wrong; will show where the net expenses of one farm enterprise Is a great drain on the net cash returns made by the others. All phases of such an enterprise should be carefully studied and un­ less the losses can be assigned to some - reason, such as a bad season, temporarily adverse market condi­ tions, epidemics, or similar unusual conditions, it may often be dropped with profit. Comparison of the annunl figures year by year Is nother source of profit from the use of accounts, since by such comparison a true perspective And Insight Into the makeup of the business is gained. STAMPS FOR FAIR PREMIUMS Bureau of Agriculture of Lake Charity Louisiana, Makes Splendid ' Recommendation* (Prepared py the United States Depart­ ment of Agriculture.) Why not give War Savings stamps to prize winners at agricultural fairs? The bureau of agriculture of the Lake Charles (Louisiana) chamber of commerce has suggested that all pre­ miums given by state, county and other fairs this year be paid in War Savings stamps. A resolution expressing that proposal was recently adopted by this bureau of agriculture-and is being sent to all federal and state officials Interested and to the proper represent­ atives of fair associations in every part of the country. The idea Is meet­ ing with hearty approval. IDLER MUST WORK OR FI8HT Every Loafer Put to Work Keleasss a .-ffrn Who May Help on Farm-- Farmer Needs Help. (Prepared |>y the United States Depart­ ment of Agriculture.) Work or fight I The government makes that man­ datory upon every man within the draft age. y Self-respect makes It mandatory up­ on every man of every age. If, perchance, there are any Idlers and loafers continuing to lead lives of nselessness In your town despite war needs for man power, you can do a great deal to cause them to change theircourse, «» »»*# * **** er caterpillars, leafhoppers, apnlds or plant lice, early blight, and other foli­ age diseases. For most of the insects and for the diseases spraying with bordeaux mixture and arsenate of lead is recommended but for leafhoppers and plant lice contact sprays, such as nicotine sulphate and emulsions, are the best. For blight bordeaux mixture Is an effective means of control. Other methods calculated to help protect the crop are jarring And driving, crop rota­ tion and 61ean cultural practices. plaint to the aherlff or chief of police or any officer, charging them with va­ grancy. If the vagrancy laws are not being strictly and unrelentingly en­ forced in your community, yours is one of the very few places In the Unit­ ed States where those laws are not be­ ing enforced. You can help to see they are enforced. You can see that loafers In your section get a job or go to jail. Every loafer put to work re­ leases a mAn who may help on the farm. Farmers need hands. Soldiers must have food. Farmers can't produce ifood unless they have help. The loaf­ er Is aiding the enemy whether he means to do so or not. The man so dead of spirit as not to realize his pa­ triotic obligation must be forced to see It Give the loafers of your town a straight-from-the-shoulder under­ standing of their alternatives. This Is no time for word mincing or baby talk. HAke him go to work or go to JalL • d + i i i i i n n » i I H H I M I I I 1 CITIES MUST HELP (Prepared br the United States Department of Agriculture.) In any American city it may come to pass that men who know how to chop wood or pick cotton or harvest wheat will have to close their offices and stores dur­ ing the periods of seasonal strain and come out and help the farm­ ers. All the other countries at war have done that and we must do it if the need appears.--Clar­ ence Ousley, Assistant Secretary of Agriculture. ij Has FoBowri M Efforts. < 4fi 11 h 11 n in tin 111 t»f FARM MACHINERY GREAT AID How One Farmer by Fully Utilizing His Implements Did the Work of Two Men. CPmpamd by the United States Depart­ ment of Agriculture.) Farm machinery makes it possible in some places and at some times for one man to do the work that two did be­ fore. "On A recent trip through the corn belt stAtes I saw on one farm two big strong men, each with a team of horses and a single mold-board plow, following each other around the field,* said G. L Christie, assistant to the secretary of agriculture, who is super* vising the department's farm labor ac­ tivities under the direction oi Assist­ ant Secretary Ousley. "On an adjoin­ ing farm a boy not more than seven­ teen years old was driving four big horses hitched to a two-furrow plow and doing a work equal to If not great­ er than that accomplished by the two men. "On another farm there were two men on one wagon spreading manure with forks, while close, by another farmer with three horses and a ma­ nure spreader was accomplishing a larger amount of work in a more effi­ cient way. "In a similar way the double cut­ away harrow, the wide cutter bar of the mowet and the binder, the sheaf carrier on the grain harvester, the milking machine, the farm tractor, haying tools, and other machinery are making It possible for farmers to han­ dle their work with a mnteriAUy re­ duced number of men." UTILIZING ALL CHLL FRUIT England Grower Never Loses Anything From Hie Flfty-Acre Tract--Surplus Is Used. Itoosts as much to grow etll AS first-grade apples, and If they are not sold above the cost of production there is a loss. In speaking of this subject recently, Prof. W. W. Cheno- weth of Massachusetts told of a large New England grower who never loses anything from hts 00 acres of small fruits. He employs A woman and two or three girls to make the surplus into jam, jelly, etc. which sells- at A good price. v About one-third of the apple crop of many states Is classed as cider ap­ ples, which are generally worth about 12 cents per bushel. Only part of these are utilised by local cider mills; much goes to waste. Apples are worth but 10 cents per bushel to feed stock, while the pomace from a bushel of apples Is worth 4 cento to feed dairy cows. The cull apples can be converted Into cider or vinegar, boiled elder, boiled sirup, apple jelly, apple bntter, 1«liy Tork.--Hie American govern­ ment Is Interested la the exploitation Of eealskin. That is a sentence preff- BAht with significance. It means one fltfng: to Hooverize on the other furs And use the kind which the Pacific coast produces, writes a leading fash­ ion correspondent "" f It Is said that the dyes and the pre­ paration of fur for costume usage are exceptionally good. The story goes tint qplte a degree of sharp irritation has been caused among certain groups of Individuals concerning the dyeing knowledge that St. Louis has made her own. Whatever the outcome of the "Irritation, the fact remains that the fur people say that women have noth- m to fear from the grade, the quality Or the coloration of the fur that will liSAr the American label. Everyone does not know the actra- ordinary situation which was develop­ ed In the fur trade before the war broke. The simplest piece of Ameri­ can peltry that an American girl wore had probably made a little journey half around the world and was far more traveled than its possessor. Yon could catch a 'coon In Georgia, send It to London for preparation, across the English channel to France to have style and finish put into It, then, from a port in France to an Atlantic port, and finally journey It across the con­ tinent, drop it into various places, well known and unknown, and sell It to an American woman. Sudh was the fate of a piece of fur. Today our peltry stays at home. We can catch a 'coon in Georgia, an opos­ sum in Alabama, trap a mink In New England, get together all the cats and rats the nation does not need, and turn them out between St. Louis, New York, Chicago and San Francisco into a mot­ ley array of admirable furs. Will Push Native Sealskins, Fostering this condition is the Amer­ ican government. Our native seal­ skin will be pushed to the limit of ex­ ploitation as a fashionable fur, and there Is no reason for women to linger far behind tthe government In Its de­ sire to have these skins sold In a steady fashion. The reason for the enthusiasm on the part of the majority of women for this soft and pliable fur, Is its effect upon the human face and figure. It is singularly attractive to flesh and bone. It falls Into supple folds; It brings out the best In a complexion. Raccoon, opossum, skunk and all the other long­ haired furs are stylish, one admits, but they are not becoming. Sliver foxes are graceful enough In their undula­ tions and the hairs are soft enough to keep a woman's face gentle and fem­ inine, but when a stiff-haired fur Is put against the chin, the features are hard­ ened as though A cold wind had passed over them. Paris is augmenting the use of seal­ skin. Capes are made with 18 and 20- inch . borders of It; skirts are made with floating panels of It lined with chiffon; medieval cuirasses of heavy embroidered satin that show a glint of silk and metal In the design have long, medieval sleeves of American sealskin which flare over the knuckles. The sealskin sacque will come back with the ostrich feather. These have always been associated In the minds of those who remember the days of old, when the height of bliss to A fashion­ able woman was a summer In Sara­ toga, a pair of drop solitaire earrings, A short, untrimmed sealskin sacque and a hat ornamented with two or more long, floating ostrich plumes. The diamond earrings will not re­ turn to fashion, but the ostrich feather and the sealskin coat will come out on the primrose path of fashion In the early autumn. The women of England and France have led the WAy. The ostrich plume WAS first demsnded by thoiw who rand* money In munitions and had to spend It on the symbols of luxury; but soon the French women took it up for its beauty and again we have soft felt hats with blue and rose pink, black and brown thickly curled ostrich plumes floating around the crown and drop­ ping down on the shoulder. One of the new bits of millinery shows a hat that has a Joffre blue plume pulled around over the left shoulder like a curl, and one gets A quick, flashing backward glimpse of those women of royal France who hunted through the forests with a plume down their back and a falcon In their hand. New Suits 8how Peltry. The American designers, as well as those in France* are taking time by the forelock and exhibiting autumn gowns that may be bought at the pres­ ent moment and worn at summer re­ sorts cool enough to make fur endur­ able. . To the outsider, the very thought of peltry In our hot, humid climate dur­ ing July and August, is depressing; but there are thousands who ore not so easily depressed by a circumstance TV ' • > $8 . 'ili : V ' .;i r €' -M- •; M'T T^'#, This frock Is In medieval effect And Is built of green cloth and black satin, which Is embroidered with white An­ gora wool. There is a band of white fox on the skirt, and A COIIAT of this fox At the bAck of the bleuse. over which they have full control. They want fur; they like to wear It, and It pleases them to make a piquant contrast between their rostnme And the thermometer. ^ Therefore, the designers will let them have their way. They not only give them separate pieces of fur, but gowns trimmed with it, capes bordered with it and blouses heaped with it. Mind you, they are not stingy about fttr on these new clothes. There is not A tiny fringe of It on a chiffon ruffle, as In other days, but It is used in a bold and lavish manner, such as 20- Inch bands, medieval sleeves and huge girdles with bows at the back. It does not take superfine reckoning to realize that the American sealskin is about the only fur that can be used In this generous fashion. The stiff-haired pelts cannot be manipulated into pieces of a garment; they must remain as separate entitles used as accessories. (Copyright, 19X8, by the McClure Newspa­ per Syndicate.) Beaded Motifs Are Used Ute fashion-for black evening and dinner gowns, now that dancing is los­ ing some of Its popularity, has led to corresponding changes In other details of dress. Many women wishing to be properly gowned for various occasions, without much effort on their part have adopted rather elaborate dark dresses. Dark accessories are the natural se­ quence to this almost universal epi­ demic of somber frocks. Iridescent beads, spangles and sequins are used to relieve the monotony and a flash of light Is the effect of a waving fan of Iridescent spangles. A frock recently displayed was of black taffeta, dull enough by itself, but Iridescent beads, applied in fan-shaped motif on* the Apron transformed It. f i . Q a u d y U n d e r w e s r . Wmn underclothes set out to b# dif­ ferent these days they take to chiffon And all sorts and conditions of bright and outer shades. Judged from a standard ol some years past, they look like afiythlnr ha* underclothes, hot once the mind becomes attuned to the idea they grow more and more fascin­ ating. For Instance, there Is a com­ bination of camisole and petticoat made of orchid georgette frilled all round its edges with tiny plaltings of the same material. Then, by way of diversion, there are o|d blue ribbons put on In sort of garlands, looped here and there In unexpected places, and knotted In beautiful little rosettes. Black and deep purple for nightgowns and combinations are lovely to look upon. There are many cases when white Is not the most becoming color In the world--and pink has had Its day. Women will forever love pink, but they have loved It too well for un­ derclothes, and it has grown monoton­ ous. The Collar That Ties. That long bias fold of satin or, mus­ lin that rolls at the back of the neck Into a collar and ties at the end of the V-llne In front Into a loose knot Is decidedly becoming to most women, and therefore it is in for much favor. It is easy to make--simply fold a bias strip anywhere from eight to fourteen Inches wide, and anywhere from a yard to a yard and a half long, length­ wise through the center, and stitch the raw edges in a seam, leaving an open­ ing large enough to turn the collar right side out Then turn It and press It, and sew up the little opening and the collar is done. . v Organdie Blouse. Organdie printed In little colored checks and also ornamented with lines of colored stitching, making an all-over design. Is being used for some of the most attractive new blouses. Colored hemstitching also Is a feature much osed. '*.4C * , ' ' :K - * c! * > ^ • \-c »' >. • • i- .-r-fHf-v • I -ji "f'" f Good Shopping flNS «ret< Hk Iff' treat . 4 y f . j&i bag seems It oppfng bag. Edging for Veils. Paris fsvors ribbon of a contrasting hue as an edging on even the most deli­ cate tulle veils. Indian Bead Fringe. JMIan bead fringe has been Ad­ vanced by Paris and exploited by America. Strange to say, the two countries brought out half a dozen fea­ tures of dress at the same time, and fringe is one of them. It Is.made of colored wooden beads and hangs In panels over evening skirts or Is from six to twenty Inches deep at ends of girdles or dropping from middle of waist, back and front. Red and blade beads, blue and yellow beads and gren and gray beads are nasi Saving the Linen.; When towels are wearing thin join tta> together, and make one strong tov el. They should be as nearly alike as\ isslble, of course. Corresponding threa is on under and upper towels are not ab vays equally worn, and by darn­ ing ov\ r worn parts they may be mad* to 1as4a long time. ^ ̂ ) Wash-Silk Suits, c ' , . Wash' juits this summer wfll often mean shantung, pongee, rajah and habutal f Ilea, for they lose none at their newness to A trip to the lanndrĵ On the train from Edmonton to Wc|m» atpeg the writer took a sent beside it soldier who had returned frem tts front On his breast he wot* th» beautiful distinguished service One coat sleeve was armless, and oa> his left chetik he bore A scar that ho would carry to his grave. He hid served his country faithfully and wsU» At the first call for soldiers in August; 1914, he hastened to the recruitiAtf office, leaving his 320-aere farm, with its crop ready for harvest, a full equipment of farm implements; plenty of horses, and a wife. The wife i not be last on the list for the master of the situation, and lop- illy took hold of the question of pro* duction, while her husband WAS «MI hit way to fight the Hun. ceeded. In 1915 she agate. In 1916, and when her returned in 1917 she was able to some contemplated farm hnllfflap completed, the Indebtedness of the farsat paid off, a considerable addition to tbs stock, and the land ready for a 121T crop. This was the story told by tho> soldier, and wasn't he a proud maaf He was now ready to do what ho could, to keep up the period of prosperity and provide food for the allies. Tho- women of Canada have done nobly during toe struggle. Among the most successful fat urns- of the Oak Lake district, Manitoba, are the Misses Clara and Beatrice For­ ward, who, for the past fourteen yeara, have farmed their own land, doing all the regolAr work on the form, soeh sa plowing, seeding, summer fallowing and reaping. They have been espe­ cially successful with stock, and have a splendid herd of shorthorna, both purebred and grade. At too recent Brandon sale they purchased A new purebred stock bull for $700. Their herd was last year Increased by 31 calves. Miss R. If. HUlman of Keeler, 8m» katchewan, la another successful woman farmer. She has gone In ex­ tensively for grain growing, and farms 1,120 acres. She also owns some et the finest Percheroa horns hi SM» katchewan. The prairie now bouts of women who have had more or less i cess, though few are farming sa tho same large scale as Miss HUlman and the Misses Forward, These wgmia have demonstrated, and are still dem­ onstrating, that a versatile woman may be just as good and successful a farmer as her brother. There are other women, too, oa tho Canadian prairies, who, though they hsve not hsd thrown uponr them the re­ sponsibilities of "running a flurm," have been decided factora la ""Mf the farm A success. They AStf* their husbands by keeping the fATm AO- counts, reducing the grocer's hills by their management of tho poaltry and butter, taking care of tho hoas% sod, very often, proving food aditom In tho economic management of tho men and general conduct of the turn work. The man who moves to Canada cai* ries with him a wonderful asset la a good managing wife--AdvortlaiflaMt SAW OMEN IN HAWTHORNS Had Berries Growing In Place of Whlto Had Oeep SlgnMcance ^ .r/"Thla Irishman. ^ Bveh the humor of Ireland ts a new hue by the WAT. Nothing asr cap*s Its Influence. * Two of us were seeing a bit of Dub­ lin from the vantage point offered by a jaunting car.. And no Irishman la more filled with the effervescent spirit of the old sod than the "garry** driver of Dublin. We crossed the river Llffey--a river mice fragrant with the fragrance desirable. Now It Is spick and span. The driver made comment. "Sure, life, usen'i to be so classic," he said* with a brogue as broad as the clean-swept walk along the now "classic" bank. "They'll be catchln' salmon in tho Llf­ fey yet. It's that clean an' swate sow.** We passed a square, all blooming with hawthorns. "Now look," safd oar driver, philosopher and guide. "Tho hawthorns are all red this year. I'm thin kin' It's an omen. They've been white in other years, but this year they're all red. Sure it's an omen., don't know what it means, bat Ifa s&t omen o' some kind." His tone was lugubrious, but his me­ lodious rounding of the turns in his pronunciation was delightfnL Tho* blooms were red--and, omen, they were beautifuL "IS! • r:i.M 1 * ^ * *6 ' & •.'4 "v/i Not Equal to Throe. They had not been married long, but she had grown cold and HSt- less; so one evening, after she had yawned about seventeen times, h0> said: • "Yon seem to he so cold and IndJ ;̂ ferent, Matilda. Have you forgottt% those happy days when I was P*/LVF you my addresses V "I should think I havent! I wLJrifi think I haven't forgotten those days. I never had less than thl* lows every evening calling on "But, dear, haven't you got me tofgi pay you attention now?" ^ "Yes, I suppose I have. Yon are do- tng the best you know how; bat yoft dont flatter yourself that equal to three, do your* -r V, -j- ' • Had Wis Indorsement. B*v. William K. Barton tells of % rather disconcerting Incident of Ids early ministry. "It was a dnepjy !xnpr<*8ive oc<*- slon," he says: "a general memoriil service, I believe. I had leached tho point in my discourse whfre I |p|t< The Lord giv t̂h and tho t̂ ord taketh Away." "Suddenly from the rear |sw • derelict rose uncertainly to ^ and In a voice reminiscent ofcjNafS 'Raven' announced solemnly to fie ate tire congregation! Nothin* esnld ha ffctrarl KMUtf be fairer r «*t sat r -k y 2 . _ V % ';£i£