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'wssaa: ,.;r »i /*.. - • ** ..* '*': .. • : '• ' 1 "•'" C\ ? * " •' ' "- * •" 'A if^nippp PLAINDEALER, McHENRY, ILL. of Potatoes ypfeASC^CS^ -'on by Department of Agriculture in Big Producing States. m d by the United stataa DeptrtmMt of Agriculture.) : X: Yield per acre Is the principal cause •f variation in the cost of producing * potatoes, the United States Department of Agriculture points out in a 4ost study in Important potato producing sections of Minnesota, Wls- , fonsin, Michigan, New York, and llalne. The survey dealt with costs in ,1919, but the conclusion# drawn are generally applicable to other years. 5Farmers who received better than !•'• ,:!jS30 bushels of potatoes per acre produced them at an average of 72 cents while those who had a yield of less than 70 bushels had an average cost .Alter bushel of $1.40. The cost per bushel of potatoes grown on 461 farms Ranged from 80 cents to $2.45, with . ritaost farms producing at • coot *i ot less per bushel. ;*"-v Important Cost items. T Man and horse labor were the most Important Items of cost In areas - Studied In Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, and New York, whereas Commercial fertilizer was the largest Item of cost In Aroostook county, Maine. In Aroostook county the fertilizer cost was larger p(er acre ' than the combined cost of man and Itorse labor. : The cost per acre was lowest in Clay county, Minnesota, being $78.- 09, and higher In Aroostook county, Maine, where the acre cost was $219.- 60. The yield per acre in Clay county, Minnesota, was 103 bushels, making the cost per bushel 76 cents, while a yield of 278 bushels In Aroostook, Maine, resulted in an average cost _f«r bushel of 79 cents. Potatoes fitted Into a fairly definite «rop rotation in all areas, except In Clay county, Minnesota, where wheat and oats were not grown in any definite rotation with potatoes. In the other areas hay, potatoes, corn, <where corn is grown) and a small grain seeded to grass constituted the rotation. The per cent of farm receipts coming through the sale of potatoes varied from 41.5 per cent In Barron county, Wisconsin, to 94.5 per Cent in Aroostook, Maine. Man and Horse Labor. In areas where none of the picking Hbor was contracted for and as a result the hours of picking up potatoes were Included, the total hours of man labor expended in raising an acre of potatoes Varied from 63.7 hours In Anoka county, Minnesota, to 92.7 hours per acre in Barron county, Wisconsin. The hours of horse Work used per acre were the lowest or 65.7 in Clay county, Minnesota, jand highest in Monroe county, New •York, where 116.0 hours were used. Commercial fertiliser was applied at the rate ' of 1,980 pounds per acre upon potato land In Aroostook county, Maine. None of the other areas studied approached this quantity of commercial fertilizer application. The amount of man labor and horae work, together with the cultural practices for each area, are given In detail in Department Bulletin 1188, Cost and Farm Practices In Producing Potatoes, copies of which may be obtained free upon request to the Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. CL Most Farm Cooperatives in North Central West More than 45 per cent of the 10,160 farmers' business organizations reporting to the United States Department of Agriculture up to April 1 are In tl|e seven west North Central states Including Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, and Kansas. Over 25 per cent of the associations are In the five east North Central states, including Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin, and more than 8 per cent are in , the three Pacific Coast states. Minnesota leads in number of associations, 1,330 organizations being reported from that state. Other states with numerous farmers' business organizations are Iowa with 1,039; Wisconsin, 879; Illinois, 640, and Nebraska, 477. Seven hundred and seventeen co-operatives are engaged In retailing. These are mostly stores and a large percentage of them are located In the following states: Minnesota, 86; Nebraska, 86; Iowa, 84; Kansas, 68; Wisconsin, 49.- Materials and Methods for Efficient Spraying In "Some Sidelights on Dusting and Spraying Practices,'* Prot. P. J. Parrott, entomologist at the Geneva experiment station, said: "The past summer was notable for the destructive work of the codling moth. Worm holes In apples were second in importance to apple scab, both being chiefly responsible for the large numbers of Inferior apples produced in many orchards. Unusual abundance of side-wormy apples In, carefully sprayed orchards proved that methods and materials which have been reasonably efficient in the past did not give as good control as usual." Speaking of the double benefits. Professor Parrott sqld it was well to keep In mind the fact that customary treatment given to prevent wormy apples serve two objects, that of keeping the apples free from worms and of reducing "the extent of the carry-over of the pest In the orchard which largely determines the degree of inflation during the following year. Cattle-Tick Eradication Now Possible Anywhere Experience shows that It is possible to eradicate cattle-fever ticks anywhere, even on swampy, brushy, freerange land, asserts the United States Department of Agriculture In an exhibit panel recently prepared for display in tick-infested localities. To convince the skeptical observer, the department shows a picture of such land, where eradication was accomplished and which has been free from ticks ever since. The average observer might think It futile to at tempt tick eradication in a region such as pictured. The grass often swarms with young ticks. Dipping cattle, however, kills the ticks before they develop to the reproductive stage, and ticks that do not get on cattle die In a few months. Thus the cattle-fever tick becomes extinct In one season In localities that conduct thorough systematic dipping. Top-Dressing Hay Land Is Profitable Practice Fertilizer demonstrations conducted by the Middelsex, Mass., county extension service, during the past year bear out the evidence obtained in previous work of a similar nature, namely, that the proper use of fertilizers on hay land produces Increased crops at good profit. The returns from both nitrate of soda or an 8-6-6 fertilizer were uniformly good on the six farms In the county on which demonstrations were carried on. In each test, a fertilized plot wag compared with a check plot, the combined average yields for all six being 2.4 tons and 1.3 tons per acre, respectively. Thus the fertilizer treatment, produced an average gain of L.1 tons of hay per acre. .. New Cropf)f Chicks Practical poultry taisers and farmers are relying upon the large hatcheries more and more each year as a source of supply for their new crop of chicks. In other words, each year sees fewer and fewer chicks hatched under hens, and the mammoth hatcheries are taking the place, to a certain extent, of the smaller Incubators which are commonly operate^, on f a r m s . w ' ' CANDLE EGGS CAREFULLY BEFORE SHIPMENT, ISURGED • : S* -- Plan Will Eliminate Bad Ones or Those Dirty. (Prepared ttM United StatM Depart niont of Agriculture.) Eggs shipped in Interstate commerce •hould be carefully candled by shippers, in order to eliminate those; that are bad or that may spoil en route, say officials of the bureau of chemistry, United States Department of Agriculture, who are charged with the enforcement of the federal food and drugs act Shipments containing eggs which have yolks stuck to the shell, moldy eggs, black spots, addled eggs, any any other eggs which are filthy, decomposed or putrid rfre In violation of the law. Federal food inspectors have been instructed to give particular attention to shipments of eggs during the warm months of spring and summer to see that the channels of interstate commerce are kept as free as possible from eggs thai do not comply with the law. Shipments of eggs that are In Tiolation of the law may be seized and the individuals responsible for the Interstate shipment prosecuted under the federal food and drugs act, say the officials. Some of the states have spe- <4fic laws requiring the candling of all eggs placed on sale. Careful candling before shipment will enable dealers to eliminate the bad eggs. The elimination of .the spoiled eggs before shipment not only removes the hazard of violating federal and state food laws, but it Is economical la that It saves shipping charges on eggs likely to be rejected at place of . receipt. . 0 ' The United States Department of Agriculture has a bulletin on the best methods and equipment for candling eggs. This bulletin may be obtained without cost upon application to the department at Washington. Ask for Department Bulletin 565, "HowtO Candle Eggs." Adopt Community Breed If a farmer is in a community where a certain breed Is already established he should by all means adopt that breed. He will thus have an advantage in obtaining cattle and in the use of sires when he has .a surplus of cattle the dairymen will find better opportunities to sell than the Isolated breeder. Buyers are attracted to localities where they, can see a large number of the breed desired. THEIR PAST UFE THEIR OWN AFFAIR "H Itn't What You U--J to Be" in Wyoming. I cannot pick out and describe, even in a line or two each, all those first neighbors of mine In Wyoming; fairly distant neighbors most of them, living anyhere from five to forty miles away, writes- Struthers Burt In the Saturday Evening Post I cannot even give a satisfactory composite picture of the acurlously cosmopolitan society, surfaced by common desires and common traditions, that distinguishes most cattle countries. In th^ case of my country, not so cosmopolitan as some others 1 have known. There was, for Instance, the handsome son of a great New York family, whQ had been sent West because he was thought to be a drunkard, but who developed--unlike most of bis fellow remittance men--Into the shrewdest and most sober of cattlemen; and there was the son of an American admiral the rest of whose family lived In Florence; and there was an ex-policeman from Pennsylvania who had shot a man justifiably but had decided to emigrate; and there was the illegitimate offspring of a iace famous In New England; and Dodge, the Harvard man; and another man whose talk was of the roughest, but who occasionally let drop a phrase astonishing In its delicacy and sureness of education; and there was the mysterious heir of a South African official, who had a photograph of two beautiful sisters. These, and more like them, and then a score of men whose real names and stories were never known at all. The heir of the South African official Is still in the country, and will be there forever. He was shot a few years ago by a boy who had worked for us, and the shooting was so necessary that the boy was never even arrested. The Boer, between whom and the boy there had been bad blood for a long while, rode over to the boy's ranch, announcing his intention of murdering him; and arriving at the door, placed his horse between him and the cabin and attempted to shont the boy and his wife through the window. A strange fellow this Boer, a charm Ing, blue-eyed, curly-headed young man with a slight foreign lisp. He had been a mounted policeman in the Canadian Northwest and a top cowpuncher everywhere, but he told me he had once fallen and Injured his head, and I don't think he had ever got over the Injury, for be was undbubtedly Insane, at moments. He could never spend a night at a ranch without taking something away the next morning, and then you would find the thing he had taken, up rhe road where he had thrown it half an hour later. One time I was riding with him through the fringe of cottonwood that bounds the ranch on the south. He sniffed the scented air. "This always reminds me," he said, in his soft voice, "of ballrooms." Favored in Tie war of engine is sttll raging, according to a Paris correspondent in the Boston Globe. Paul Polret has many faithful followers who fully appreciate the curiously oriental curves be is giving his latest models. Other famous dress designers are following the Polret lead, more or less. We are surrounded by styles that recall the gala costumes of Indian princes, by dance frocks wide at the hem and skin tight above the,hips. q But there Is another side to the picture. Many of the best dressmakers of Paris are Insistently showing a straight outline. Smart little gowns which are "tube" In character, but not really uncomfortably tight at the hem, since they are almost always silt np at one side to show a plaited nnderdress made of SQppIe material. This later outline is undoubtedly In favor with the more exclusive Parisiennes, and It Is exploited on the stage by many of our best-known actresses. It Is the herald of the Dlrectoire revival which Worth hai so confidently predicted. Changes of On« of the Alert Lord Beaverbrook, the multimillionaire, told a story at a dinner In New York. "You American business men are so alert," he said, "that it's easy to believe the anecdote about young Higginson. "Young Higginson called on Banker Bonus and said: " 'Mr. Bffnus, I will take up only two minutes of your time. I have come to ask you for your daughter's hand, sir." "Young man.' saidthewealthy banker, 'do you---* "Yes, sir,' said young Higginson, 1 do realize that Annette has been reared in the lap of luxury, but this luxury the dear girl is ready to forego.' • 'Can you--• "Yes, sir, I can. Not as you have done, of course, but comfortably and respectively. My salary, sir, Is a good one, and my prospects excellent' "Will you--' "Yes, sir, I will carry a life policy large enough to provide for Annette adequately In case I should be taken away.' . .• •"Would you--' •" 'No, sir; I would not expect to live with you in this palatial home. My savings have enabled me to purchnse in the suburbs a modest ten-room bungalow with two baths, and 1 have actually had the good fortune to secure from a cook the promise to come to us at thr§ very modest figure of $80 -a month.' "The banker held out his band cordially. i 'Young man.' he said. *1 like your style. You can have- her. Good--' " 'Morning, sir.'" -- Detroit Free Press. Qverblouse, Dotted Crepe <fe Chine; Skirt of Red and White 8tripes. fashion--I speak of radical changes-- move quite slowly in Paris, much more slowly than in New York or even London. It rarely happens that the real Paris elegante accepts, except as a passing fad, a sensational or nnduly remarkable style. She has unlimited faith In perfection of ensemble and individuality. On these two vitally Important items her mind is made up. once and forever. I want to deal exclusively with an outline In which you have an eminently Parisian model recently created by one of the most famous designers In Paris. Something original and at the same time wearable, and quite simple. Opened at One Side. The straight perfectly cut dress was made of fine navy blue serge, and It opened at one side oyer a plaited underdress of japonica-pink crepe de chine. The pink crepe was. passed through a sttt at tlie neck*just below the round opening, and It formed a scarf which crossed the back of the neck and then fell loose over the right shoulderv It was a charming little model, very original, and yet something that could be worn almost anywhere in early summer. All these straight dressea show a rather long waistline, and more often than not there Is no girdle, merely some clever arrangement of folds or tucks over the hips. I recently saw Doucet models with slits at both Bides to show the plaited underdress more plainly. Both Doucet and Doeuillet are showing many plaitlngs, short skirts for morning wear plaited all around; afternoon and evening models which have fine plaits only at one side or directly at the hem with the top notably tight. American girls In Paris are always On the alert when the pretty actress. Mile Gaby Morlay. appears in a new piece. Gaby 7«forlay Is a noted dresser, who always wears youthful garments, or at least, those which give a very Mouthful and Smart outline. Jean Patou has.just designed some stage dressea for this artist for a new production at the Vaudeville t h e a t e r , a n d t h e y a r e a l l I d e a l . F - r instance, a little morning frock made of bottle-green alpaca--a material that is at the moment in great favor-- and ivory white crepe de chine. The alpaca skirt is set in flat plaits and opens in front over a plain underdress of white crepe. The skirt Is aU tached over the hips to a sort of glorified shirtwaist of white crep.s, and where th^ materials are joined two bands of green velvet ribbon circle the figure. The white crepe shirtwaist has a loose collar, caught in by a black taffeta scarf, knotted in front and held down by a beetle pin set In diamonds. The sleeves of the shirtwaist are long and loose, caught in at the wrists by flat bands earring beetle links, similar to the pin in the tie. Extraordinarily chic, this Uttle frock. Skirt and Fitted Coat. Another Patou dress worn by Gaby Morlay is a tailleur--skirt and fitted coat--of dark blue repp piped with white glove kid and accompanied by a white crepe de chine casaquln blouse, the latter attached to the dark blue repp skirt under a bariu of fine embroidery. Tbe coat opens in a long V and shows a white crepe turnover collar caught in by tbe Inevitable black taffeta tie. So many of the new summer coats have a throw-over scarf Instead of a collar. In Paris there is a run on Batik scarfs, which show fantastic designs In riyivid color on a black, white or dark blue ground. Very often the hat has a crown covered with tbe same printed silk, or the stumpy parasol may be the chosen means for achieving a "set." Apropos of parasols these get more and more stumpy. Some of the more sensational models are so short that they look like curiously-fashioned vanity cases. They are slung on the arm by means of decorative cords, and when open the handle is so short that the arm must be raised to a curious angle In order to carry it New and attractive fte the coat dresses that have a considerable flare at the hem, while clinging to the figure above the hips. I have seen these garments made of plaid tafTeta lined with heavy crepe and of the new printed repp. Some of the best Paris tailors are favoring heavy silk crepe as a coat lining--plain or printed. This Is a really beautiful material, almost as solid as charmeuse, but very much more supple. The same crepe is effectively fashioned Uito directoirs Evening dresses. " ' y - y - i f * • ; Children' Cry "fori • f • v -3^ M O T H E R F l e t c h e r 's Castoria is a pleasant, harm* less Substitute for Castor Oil, Paregoric, Teething Drops and Soothing Syrups, prepared for Infants in aniir and Children all ages. To avoid imitations, always lookVfoTthe signature of Pngjw directions on each package. Physician* everywhere recommend ill" ;; Helpful Advice don't know how in the Nation to keep that child's clothes clean!" fiusteredly exclaimed Mrs. Johnson. "Take 'em ofTn him and let the little cuss run around naked." suggested Gup Johnson of Rumpus Ridge.--Kao- Bas City Star. FEELING OF SECURITY WHEN YOU USE SWAMP-ROOT You naturally feel secure when yetl know that the medicine you are about to take is absolutely pure and contains no harmful or habit-produciftg drugs. 8u'eh & medicine is Dr. Kilmer's Swamp- Root, kidney, liver and bladder medicine. The same standard of purity, strength and excellence is maintained in every bottle of Swamp-Root. It is scientifically compounded from vegetable herbs. It is not a stimulant and is taken in teaspoonful doses. It is not recommended for everything. It is nature's great helper in relieving and overcoming kidney, liver and bladder trouble*. A sworn statement of purity is with every bottle of Dr. Kilmer's Swamp- Root. If you need a medicine, you should have the best. On sale at all drug stores in bottles of two sixes, medium and large. However, if you wish first to try this great preparation, send ten cents to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y., for a sample bottle.. When writing, be sure sad mention this paper.--Advertisement. College Student Writer Says Classes Lack Vim Charging that some students who attend classes are "so dead, dull, dreary and weary that they are almost defunct," a student editorial writer In the Minneapolis Dally, student publication at the university, declares that Valuable Gem Probably the most expensive stone In the world is the stone known a? the oriental amethyst. This is reallj. a sapphire of amethyst color. Oat, amethysts are only quarts. Real amethysts. emeralds, rubies anil sapphires belong to the corundum series and are all of the same composition. There are only a few of these valuable oriental amethysts In the world and theseare guarded by Indian rajahs. Freshen a Heavy Skin With the antiseptic, fascinating Cotlcura Talcum Powder, an exquisitely scented, economical face, skin, baby tnd dusting powder and perfume. Renders other perfumes superfluous. One of the Cuticura Toilet Trio (Soap, Ointment, Talcum).--Advertisement , " To Grow Eucalyptus The culture of eucalyptus trees Ifflfbe largely extended in this country if experiments now being conducted by tli«» United States forest service prove successful. A forest service scout recently found a species of the eucalyptus known as the "Snow Gum," growing it. Australia under conditions that are fatal to the usual varieties of tbe tree. The "Snow Gum" is said to ba able to withstand freezing temperature at low as 10 degrees below zero. The tree Is now being raised at the forest service station at Asheville. N. and if it survives winter conditions oth<»r trees of the same species will be used to plant arid slopes In the Southwest where native trees have difficulty In becoming established. " Lineman*s Ingenious idea Albert Cornish, n lineman at Buth, Me., chased a runaway horse to a trestle where the horse's leg went" tnrough. Cornish tried to extricate the animal and was In danger of having a ' train come along and perhaps hit him as well as the horse and sleigh. So when he had freed the sleigh from the tbe professor who wears a long face I horse he placed it across the track so; Plaid Taffetas With Crepe Back FARHNOTES Plan a large acreage of feed crops • • • j Destroy all breeding places of flies. • • • Spray, or dust, the Irish potatoes with arsenate of lead to control die potato bug. • V • - Plant every acre possible In soil building crops, such as velvet beans, cow peas, and soybeans. * • • Any farmer convicted of soil robbing should be sentenced to tbe condemnation of bis neighbors^ " • • For the striped beetle In the garden use Bordeaux-arsenate spray or a 2 per cent nicotine dust,,. Advocates Old Habijts Twentieth-century man would be healthier and happier if he would sleep with a nightcap on his head and a warming pan at his feet, according to Sir James Cantlle, one of England's best-known physicians. f?lr James la seventy-three and claims he can dance as nimbly as he could at seventeen. "Don't think because you live In an age of airplanes you know all about hygiene," he declared. "Your grandmothers were no fools." Bald heads were much scarcer. Sir James asserted. In the days when men wore nightcaps. In a damp climate like Kngland, he said, a nightcap is as necessary as clothes. Warming pans, likewise, aid tfie health of the sleeper by drying out the sheets before bedtime. A novelty of the season Is plaid taffetas with a crepfr back, a reversible material with the crepe hack in e of the leading colors of the plaid silk. Plold and checkerboard stuff* are extraordinarily popular. With regard to black and white checks--the squares are often so large that they would seem absurd If the material were not very skillfully arranged and draped. I have seen black and white checked crepe so well manipulated that the big squares melted Into each other and gate the impression of long, curved lines. « Ermine--or shaved rabbit--Is decorated with black silk embroideries' or with scroll braiding done In thick, black silk soutache, and then used to border coat-dresses made of white repp or white dress linen. They have a method of shaving rabbit skins In Paris which gives the effect of plush, only the short fur Is sa much softer and more decorative than any plush could be. Embroidered rabbit Is also used for hat crowns, the brim straw or wired lace and a single rose of great beauty falling off one side. WlJe bands of marabout are also used to border coat-dresses, or oriental models which flare at the hem. Marabout Is now used In all the bright* est colors. A vivid puce-pink Is a leading favoritt and also Jade jreen. A short coatee made entirely of Jade-green marabout was to be worn with a plaited dress of black silk crepe and a smart little hat covqre4 with black and white violets. ... White and Gold for Evening Very beautiful Is an evening wrap of white brocaded silk that has a wfde stripe of brocaded gold. A white fox collar and gold ribbon ties complete the picture. needn't be blamed for his demeanor. "Professors should be honored as martyrs for even attempting to lecture to some classes." the editorial says. "The students are as Inspiring as a peanut, as eager as a piece of clay. What professor can be blamed fof lengthening bis countenance before lecturing to a group of-mourners? The wonder Is. from one point of view, that more of them do not wear gray gloves and black neckties." . The undergraduate goes on to advise students to smile at the instructor's Jokes, even If they are ancient, and grin a little broader at "professional Irony." Tills procedure, he predicts. would cause the Instructor to "burst Into a bloom of life., GUs personality would be stimulated." Another Need Apply Applicant--I hear you need a bright. Industrious, good-looking young man. Employer--I do. Whom do |$u suggest?-- California Pelican. , -r On the ocean of life many a woman sails under false colors. that the steel runners were resting on the two. steel rails. This made an . electrical connection and set the sig- r ! W nal which would have stopped a train f y entering the block. * - ^ / ! ' • A Broken Spirit **I understand that Sagebrush Charley never draws a gun or even answers back." "He's so subdued It'* pitiful." answered Cactus Joe. "He used to be the big man of the Gulch!" "Yes. But he lost his nferve when the camera man told hlw be register good." New Kind of Modestyr They were discuslng a certain M. P. "The trouble with lilm," ohslrved the cynic, "is that he takes too modest a view of his own insignificance."-- London Answers. V Some ministers do not practice what they preach, and some baseball players do not play as they practice. --Houston Post. Age 31 Has Tragic Meaning for Average Man or Woman U. S. Life Tables show health span extends only from IS to 31--Earnings fall off > : rapidly after 40 * * Splash of Color The sleeveless sweater Is more and more a splash of color. One sort has a pale tan background upon whlcbmany Irregular spots of color ranging from orange to crimson are strewn. . Monogram Fashionable on Shoes and Clothe# Finds Looting trhsosgft A maa from Lynn, Mass.. has pre sented a somewhat unusual request In the matter of employment to the Portland (Me.) Chamber of Commerce, says the Boston Globe. He seeks employment for which he can take as payment only board and room. He has a certain fixed Income, which Is given him solely on con lltlon that he doesf not take employment for wages. Lack of work has become irfcmm, beaee his unique request. Among the novelties in shoes are evening clippers of satin and kid. the vamp painted in some decorative motif, a conventional design,, flowers, monograms, or, the last word ln style, a miniature. ( The monogram on h dancing Slipper Is but one of the many ways In which It is introduced. It appears on blouses, cravats, stockings, gloves, umbrellas and now on hats, according to a bulletin from Paris. The country seems to be quite monogram mad, for it is no longer an individual fancy, nor considered eccentric, but is seen In every conceivable place where it adds to tbe costume. On the front of a little fabric sports hat a nunogram embroidered in silk is a saucy touch, and It gives snap to a sports suit or dress, embroidered on the Jacket pocket, the blouse, tie, belt, shoes Or the ends of the Jong scarf which Is essential to every smart outfit ' There ,fs a practical suggestion In embroidering a monogram on a mm* shade or emhrella, as some of the Imported ones are showing, and the 'effect is decorative as well. Hats of Red and Blu« The vogue for red and blue finds Its most tel.'lng expression In hats of tailored aspect which are of blue straw t r i m m e d w i t h c o c n r d e s of r i b b o n w i t h amusing little red parrots, or with narrow bindings and pipings. Soni<* a r e e a t i r e l y f a c e d w i t h r e d a n d t h e note of bright color Is repeated In a tiny bow that catches back the narrow brim. Slave f Necklac* To match the slave bracelets of oblong or oval gold links, there are necklaces which are worn close about the throat In the same qianner as the choker necklaces of beads. ^ Infants' Irish lace sets consist of short and long jackets, dresses, bonnets. hwfttewB and carriage rubra Physical freedom and full vigor-- what are they worth to you f This is a question the average American can answer from his own bitter experience --for at age 31 the average American begins to slip. After 40 his earning power drops off rapidly. These appalling facts are shown by the United fetates Life Tables, 1920. Age 311 The ^ge at which men and :lromen should be entering their period Of greatest usefulness and happiness 1 The beginning of the supposed "prime 0t life." , Not the prime of life. The age of decay I What causes coatribute to this fearful condition f Unwise eating. Sleeplessness. The loading of the body with drug stimulants, which appear to give added •nergy, but actually borrow this Energy from the body's own reserve. . Every school child is taught to avoid stimulants. Most mothers enforce the no-coffe« rule for children. Then comes maturity--and the squandering of the reserve strength which the body has stored up. Figures show that the average American is able to Stand the pace just 13 years. Then, with half his life yet before him, he hits the down grade. Medical literature classifies caffein as a poison. Like strychnin, it is sometimes by doctors given in cases of heart failure. The average cup of coffee contains the usual dose of caffein administered in these cases. Coffee contributes bo nourishment tf) the body. * Its only virtues, as a beverage, are its warmth and flavor. A hot, appetizing, drugUm drink is a benefit With every meal. People in 2,000,000 American homlit enjoy such a drink in Postum. 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