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'• ..^ tr. THB HtTfimtT PT.lT1tnVAT.VR v.vmniT rr T n: PS •f^ rrat Better $1,026 Average Return Made for Use of $17,490 Capi- ^ - tal and Labor. '-. .-^ftaukua by th« Unlte<l States Dtptrtmit • \ of Agriculture.) "An average cash balance of $890 was fMturned to owner-operators In 1923 on 16,183 farms surveyed by the United States Department of Agriculture. In addition to this margin of cash receipts over cash expenses these farms increased inventories of crops, live stock, machinery and supplies $130, making an average return of $i.020 for the use of $17,400 of capital and the labor of the farmer and his family. These farads also produced food and fuel consumed on the farm estimated to be worth $250 on the «nge. Better Than In 1922. & This is slightly better than shown tvy a similar survey for 1922 on 6.004 owner-operator farms which averaged * cash balance of $715, increased Inventory of $202, and produced food "and fuel worth $2D4 on capital amount- ; tllg to $16,410. The cash balance of $890 Id 1923 was ali the average of these farms made available to the owner to pay tils living expenses, take care of debts, and make improvements. Interest paid on debts during the year 1«**23 averaged $230 and the reported outlay for improvements averaged $140. Sales of crops In 11)23 on the average totaled $Sf>0 or 38 per cent of total cash receipts of $2,240. Sales of live stock or live stock products were $1,310 or 58 per cent of the .total receipts. Miscellaneous receipts were Cash expenses amounted to $1,350, vblch Included hired labor worth $350 •for the year, live stock, $240, feed $210, fertilizer $60, seed $40, taxes $190, machinery $110, and oiiscellane- «us $150. 8lze and Value. The size of the farms was 300 acres 4MB the average and the reported value of land and buildings was $14,530, the arise and value of the farms being larger than the average reported In the 1920 census. The value of crops, lfve stock, machinery and supplies on tiand at the beginning of the year was $2,960. The acreage of the farms reporting in 1922 was 252 acres and' the average capital $16,410. The department points out that the figures apply only to the farms reporting and to the farm business in each year. Many farmers have property besides the farms they work, or supplemented their farm returns with oataide work, and many drew on savings or borrowed to meet expenses not covered by current receipts. It is probable, however, that the figures give a fairly accurate picture of the state of the business of owner-operators In the years covered by the surveys, the department says. Some of Big Essentials for Sweet Clover Hay There are farmers who follow the practice of cutting sweet clover hay •with a binder and cure it In 14ng shocks. The farmers who follow this practice seem to agree that the method is a good one. The practice Is when dry to put it in the barn or to stack It in round stacks .like grain. The advantages claimed for this method are that it saves the leaves and. that the labor saved Is a much bigger Item than the cost of twine. Also, 'with the binder. It Is easy to get the ftlgh stubble that Is necessary If one not to kill the plants. For farmers who do not have a lot of corn or potato cultivating to do, It Is probably preferable to cut the sweet «lover hay with a mower at aboat the same date that the first cutting of alfalfa would come. It should be raked as soon as wilted. If , the acreage Is small and labor Is available, It may toe put in cocks and hauled to the barn when dry. If the hay loaded 1sto be used, It should be turned Into windrows with a side delivery rake as soon as wilted so as to save the leaves. In any case, keep In mind that the essential for good sweet clover hay Is to get It Into windrows or cocks as soon as wilted so that the leaves •aay be preserved. The same care In handling so as to save leaves to of almost equal importance with ordinary red or alslke clover and alfalfa as with sweet clover. If a mower Is used so use device Is necessary for raising the cutting bar if one is to avoid killing the plants. Juries of Farmers Pass Verdict on Scrub Sirea M •Outline for conducting scrub-sir* trials, recently prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture, has been distributed to practically every state In accordance with several hundred requests. While county agents plan to conduct most of the trials, surprisingly large number are being planned by school superintendents, live stock organizations, business men, debating societies, creamery organizations, live .stock breeders, agricultural officials of railroads, county farm bureaus, and, in one case, by a silo manufacturer. Judging from the plans outlined, many trials will be conducted before Juries of farmers, In connection with county fairs, agricultural clubs, and farmers' picnics, although most of them will be staged as Independent affairs. In a Minnesota locality the fate of the scrub sire will be decided in a town hall debate. Copies of the outline may; be obtained on application to the United States Department of Agriculture. BULLS FROM WILD USgD COAX AWAY v. - •'VALUABLE COWS CatHm Sapposmd to Haom B--n Stolen Fomd Running With Rantgada. Okanogan, Wash.---Scores of valuable cows, believed to have been stolen from ranches northwest of here, were really kidnaped by young bulls from a herd of renegade wild cattle, according to Deputy Sheriff Carl Fisher, who Investigated the farmer's losses. Since the earliest settler biased a path to Okanogo .county stories have circulated among the ranchers of wild cattle seeking subsistence on sparse pasturage in the foothills of the forested slopes of the Cascade mountains west of here. Hunters, trappers and surveyors 'observed telltale signs of the herd, but the approximate nuatber of the animals Is not known. Cow* Run at Random. Many ranchers permit their cows to run at random along the water courses, where pasturage is bountiful, trusting to Instinct to bring them safe- Sweet Clover for Seed Can Be Clipped for Hay Where second year sweet clover Is to be cut for seed It should be clipped for hay or pastured the first part of the season or otherwise the growth will be so tall that it will be very hard to handle, suggests the Nebraska Agricultural college. Unless this is done, the growth, especially of the white blossom sweet clover, Is very likely to be so heavy that c binder will not handle it. Where It Is clipped unless it Is cut early in the season and 8 to ro inches high, the stfeet clover Is apt to be killed. The long stubble makes It rather difficult to handle the sweet clover hay. For this reason and because of the danger of killing the sweet clover, pasturing is to be preferred. Let the permanent pasture get a good start In the spring by pasturing the second year sweet clover the fore part of the season. Preparation of Ground for Crop of Soy Beans Ground, for soy beans, should l>o prepared much the same as for corn. It is best to plow early and then keep the weeds worked down till after corn planting before planting the beans. For bay they should be either drilled or broadcast but It is much more satisfactory to drill. Use the oats feed and set to drill from 00 to 90 pounds per acre. Drill from 1 to 3 Inches deep. If soy beans have never been grown before they should be Inoculated either by using commercial llqulo material or b} mixing 2 or 3 quarts of soil from a soy-bean field with each bushel of seed when sowing. Soy beans for hay may be planted as late as the first of July but should be planted sometime during June. Many farmers are having good success, feeding soy-bean hay to horses. However, It Is a very rich hay and should sot be fed In large quantities. Carelessness Is Cause of Spread of Foul-Brood It Is best to remove diseased colonies from the apiary as soon as discovered. Carelessness Is the caus.- of most of the spread of foul-brood. Never use combs or equipment that have come from an apiary or district where toul-brood Is known to exist. When a colony shows disease every frame connected with It should be destroyed. If there Is any possibility of robbing diseased colonies should not be opened. Be careful about moving frames of honey from - one hive to another. The liberal use of hot lye water is advised in tho Inner surface of all hives that have been used. Be careful to remove and prevent bees getting at Infected combs or honey. t NO GOOD REASON FOR FARMER NEGLECTING HIS GARDEN PATCH Remember to Make Succes- :jrive Vegetable Plantings. Dry weather and being behind with the farm work are no reasons for neglecting the garden. The fellow who gets the best price for his vegetables looks ahead" and has them when the other fellow has allowed his garden to go to waste. Remember to make successive plantings, and keep in mind the surplus needed for canning, advises A. EL Schilletter, extension horticulturist at Clemson college, who suggests the following things to do In the garden at this season: 1. Insects are bad. Cabbage and tomato worms may be checked by dusting the plants (when wet with dew) with a mixture of equal parts of ' arsenate of lead and air-slaked lime. Plant lice and pumpkin bugs may be checked by spraying with nicotine. Cucumber and squash borers can be best checked by clean up methods and early planting. 2. Spray tomatoes and melons with Bordeaux / mixture and arsenate of lead to prevent and check diseases and Insects. Keep the grape vines covered with Bordeaux to prevent black rot. 8. Corn, potatoes, and beans require 'good cultivation. Keep the top «o» l«ose and save moisture. . 4. Lengthen the season by keeping tfcs vegetables gathered when ready for use. Squash, okra, beans and cucumbers cease to bear when allowed to stand on vines. 5. Shading the ground with old papers after small seeds haveJteen planted often results In better stands. Water and make a dust mulch about the plants Immediately after setting them out. In setting out large tomato plants, take up and transplant with a ball of wet soil. FARM-NOTES Give the little chicks tarflk plenty of It A small flock of breakfast eggs. hens WW Insure The estimated number of horses on farms In this country the first of the year was i&263$QQsad of males 5,436,000. _ • • • -• " If you spend a dollar's worth of labor pulling a dollar's worth of fodder which cuts*a dollar's worth from the corn yield, you have lost a doHu and yoQr time. • • •" Fowls that "get bald" or lose the feathers on the head or back of the neck are usually affected witlj, the depluming mite. A mixture of sulphur and lard nibbed on the parts will help. Many Rancher* Permit Their Cows ts Run at Random. ly back at night Now and then animals fail to return and sometimes a small herd has disappeared. The proximity of an Indian reservation set the sheriff's force on a quiet investigation without result. Then someone thought of the renegade herd up In the foothills. Plans are being formulated to round up the renegade cattle and recover the lost animals before they revert to the unrestricted life of the open. If possible, the roving bands are to be broken up or captured and sold for butchering stock. Permission Is to be sought to use brush fires to frighten the cattle out of the hills into the open country, where the cowboys can cops with them. Wife Refutes to Scratch Hi* Back; He Kills Her New York.--Being a mere laborer, Oaetano De Vito lacked the jeweled back scratchers favored by royalty a few centuries ago, but he did not lack for one of the desires of ancient royalty-- and latter-day hogs. He liked to have his back scratched. De Vlto works nights on the Brooklyn- Manhattan Transit subway system. And when he reached his Brooklyn home at 7 o'clock In the morning he demanded to have his back rubbed. His wife replied that she was too tired and sleepy to accommodate him. She dozed again, only to have Oaetano persist with his demand. Finally, In answer, he dragged her from her bed. While their four children screamed, they struggled from bedroom to kitchen, where, the police say, De Vito seized a bread knife and twice Jabbed his wife In the throat. She fell, dying, her Jugular vein severed. Neighbors who overheard the battle notified the police. A detective, entering the apartment found De Vlto eating a hearty breakfast. His wife lay dead on the floor nearby. The four motherless children still whimpered from fear. De Vlto said he didn't know what happened after he "got mad." He was locked up on a murder charge. Claimed Marriage Wat Joke; Court Agree* Charleston, W. Va.--The marriage of Jamison Meredith and Anna Victoria Shakespeare at Morgantown in August, 1924, was designated as "a student prank" and was annulled bjr the Supreme court recently. Judge J. A. Meredith, president of the court, the boy's father, absented himself from the session at which the case was considered. The annulment was asked by young Meredith, who said the marriage ceremony was gone through before a student minister of the Episcopal church In a spirit of banter. He was a student at West Virginia university and the girl was spending a vacation from a school In Philadelphia at the home of her parents In Morgantown at the time. The couple separated Immediately after the marriage, Meredith said, as neither intended to assume marital relations of husband and wife. Malm Recognizee Him Cedarville, Ohio.--W. A. Harris, Xenla, Ohio, has found the mule he drove In the Civil war. He was sitting on his front porch when he saw a Negro driving a white mule. Sure It was the animal he drove at Camp Nelson, Ky., Mr. Harris halted the driver and spoke to the mule. Recognizing his war master's voice the moment that he bad spoke, the mule brayed, wiggled his ears, pawed the ground and gave many other manifestations of mulish delight. "Go Ahead and Shoot" J ( Woman Tell* Bandit$ 11 New York. -- Defying five armed holdup men with the challenge "go ahead and shoot If you dare," Mrs. O. C. Moorehardt, wife of a member of the Columbia university faculty, prevented robbers from taking her two diamond rings In a drug store holdup near the university campus receQtly. Ignoring the command of the robbers to put up her hands, Mrs. Moorehardt removed both rings and hid them beneath her waistband. PEG-LEGGED NEGRO IS ASSET TO FARM Hig Wooden Stump Make* Hole* for Planting. Mobile, Ala.--John Marshall, legged" Negro, who was recently sentenced to the county farm for violation of the prohibition law, was a wonderful asret to the farm. In fact he could serve better than a patented machine planter. He would walk along the potato rows, and each imprint of. the "peg leg" in the soft earth would be a hole to put In the seedling potato. On his return down the row his footprint »<>uld cover the planted potato and other holes would be made automatically In the next row. Officers at the county farm saw a great reduction of expenses and time In their potato planting. But It was nil a mistake. The negro should have been sentenced to Jail on account of 'its affliction. The error was discovered and he was returned from the farm to the county prison. Famou* "DeviV*" Bible Put Before the Camera Stockholm.--One of the most remarkable books In the world, called he Devil's Bible" and also the giant of books," has Just been ought out of Its hiding place In the yal library of Stockholm, following request for a photostat copy, from the city of Prague, where It was captured at the Swedish conquest In 1648. It was written 300 years ago, and legend says that it was completed during a single night by a monk who was doomed to die. He had to have assistance from the devil, however, and in gratitude made a full page portrait of him, horns, cloven hoofs, and all, which has ever since remained In the Bible. The book Is probably the largest Bible in the world, the pages being a yard high by a foot and a half wide. It Is written on 300 parchment sheets, for which, according to tradition, 100 donkey hides were required. The lettering is beautifully Illuminated In gold and bright colors. The "Devil's Bible" when brought to Sweden was presented to Queen Krlstlna, the daughter of Gustavus Adolphus, along with a unique and priceless book, the Codex Argenteus, or "Silver Bible." The name was given to the book because It Is bound In covers of heavy wrought silver. The letters of the text are In silver and gold, stamped on purple parchment. The/J "Silver Bible," which Is about 1,400 years old, is a translation of the tour gospels made by Bishop Ulfilas, and Is considered invaluable because It contains virtually all the extant writing in the Oothlc language. It is now preserved at Upsala university, in Sweden Bee* Hive in Railway Car; Travel With Train Edlnburg, Texas--For several weeks a colony of working bees have been making a daily trip between Edlnburg and San Juan, on the branch line of the St. Louis, Brownsville & Mexico railroad. It was while a baggage car was standing on the sidetrack here that this swarm of bees Invaded the car and found a home between the celling and roof. The colony has been there ever since, and seems to be not at all disturbed over tlie fact that It Is taken on a dally trip to the other end of the branch line and back again. It Is declared by the train crew that the bees have become so used to their home on wheels that they know when the whistle of the engine gives the signal to start. The busy, working bees immediately upon the toot of the whistle hustle into the baggage car and settle down until the train reaches 8an Juan, when they go oat agate to gather honey. Trace* Weaving Art -- to Neolithic Woman Neolithic woman's crude efforts to construct a roof for her primitive hut gave rise to the manufacture of silk stockings for modern girls. Prof. Harris Hawthorne Wilder of the department of zoology at Smith college, Northampton, Mass., has traced the history of weaving back to the Stone age shelter and even suggests that the apes started the practice which Is responsible for Twentieth-century dress goods. "The chimpanzees-and orang-outangs of the present day," he says, "construct for themselves serviceable nests and twine above them the smaller branches, interlacing as well as their thick fingers and inferior brains will permit. But the primitive woman was far above this, and, in her twig-twining there soon grew beneath her supple fingers a definite system, by which, perhaps, one set of twigs Interlocked* in a fairly regular fashion with a set in the opposite direction. Next she made baskets, constructed like the hut, but made small and fastened to her back, they greatly facilitated her work of burden bearing. "She then developed the new-found art still further and applied It to the construction of large mats, with which to cover the ground of the hut. In searching the forest for plant stems she discovered the characteristics of the fibers of flax. In some way, too, she noticed the peculiar virtue of sheep's Wool, which was at first left upon the hide and employed like other furs. Twisting small tufts of wool between the thumb and finger draws them out readily into threads and this perfectly natural motion was probably often Indulged In In Idle moments before the idea was seized upon and definitely applied. A fairly good yarn can he made by the fingers alone, but the twisting can be more rapidly and easily accomplished by the use of something that can be made to rotate after the principle of a top. Thus came the spindle and spindle whorl. "The simple stitches learned in basket making were undoubtedly used first in weaving with the more pliable materials. But soon the greater possibilities were taken advantage of and the fabrics and colored patterns that were achieved In the valleys of the Danube and Rhine before the horse was tamed or the use of metals learned, rivaled in beauty the costumes of modern peasantry In countries where primitive methods are still used. "The native Inhabitants of the two Americas often use In flielr weaving exactly the same process that the women of the Neolithic age employed. Studies of the American Indians are one of the profitable ways of tracing the development of textile industries." CfflM Hospital Wall* Glass walls In hospitals are the latest outlet for potentially large quantities of that product. Glass has been used for walls and partitions In the children's wards of a new $4,000,- 000 hospital, Beth Israel, New York, so that patients with contagions or infectious diseases may be seen by their parents and relatives without danger of spreading the iufectlon. It is often the case that education authorities will realize and advocate new economic opportunities some time in advance of their Industrial application. Science and medicine have long since put the stamp of their approval on glass for Its strength, safety and sanitation and visibility. Packers and bottlers are now beginning to realize to a greater degree how existent these qualities are la the glass container. COATS AND CAPES FOR BREEZY DAYS Charon the Ferryman In classic mythology Charon was the son of Erebus and Nox. It was his duty to convey the shades of the buried dead across the rivers of the. lower world., For this service he exacted an obblus; and, accordingly, a coin of this value was always placed in the dead person's mouth. To neglect this rite was to doom the unhappy shade to wander restlessly along the shores of Acheron, since Charon refused to ferry any one across who did not pay the fee. Cliaron Is generally represented as an old man, with unkempt beard and filthy clothes. In this most temperamental season one needs to be more than ordinarily alert to Its requirements, for its moods and tenses have been something with which to reckon Judiciously. Forethought, discretion and some Imagination, notes a fashion writer In the New York Times, have beet* required In selecting the wardrobe for this summer, In providing for' all sorts of weather and In dressing suitably and comfortably for every occasion. The matter of gowns Is comparatively simple now that more and more one type as to weight Is worn the year round. It Is the wrap that signifies, and the choice of it demands attention and considerable outlay. There must be covering for days In the open; motor coats, sports coats for the games, the green and the paddock ; wraps for the beach and the promenade, and for evening dress. Designers who ordluarlly give the greater part of their time and attention to modeling wraps for the winter season are doubling their occupation this year, and the creating of many styles of coats, capes, scarf wraps for any and every kind of costume becomes an unremitting continuous performance. » The results are attractive^ First, the sports coats for summer wear. Following the wlntetu-and early spring coats of heavier weight, fabrics of Mghtgr, looser weaves and brighter colors have been Introduced In a number of variants In cut The plaids that date back to last autumn, when they were presented with caution, grew slowly Into favor and are now the last word In fashion for sp&rta or general country wear. General Utility Sports Coat English materials, translated info French, as It were, are shown in the latest sports coat models, light, warn: and swagger, suggesting cool evenings In the mountains and long drives on the open road. The new sports coat Is a dependable friend for yachting, for days by the sea when the wind blows and for general utility. O'ltossen sports coats are built of gay plaids, of the quiet two-toned colors, In Scotch mixtures. Some of the models show delightfully artistic combinations. The tans, browns and grays, In which colors are staple, retain their popularity, but the latest coats Illustrate the possibilities In contrasting vivid colors with the neutral shades. There are gold block plaids of brilliant scarlet with gray, vermilion with tan, green with beige and, conspicuously, black with white in innumerable styles of contact. Some of these are striking In the extreme, yet they have become firmly established as the mode. Most of the designers who go In tor the tallleur type of things luve turned out smart sports coats this season. The popular stuffs are rough and of a homespun, cheviot or carael'shalr character, usually In diagonal twills, the soft yet wiry, uncrushable kind. English and American women of fashion contributed to the smartness of Ascot this year by wearing not only the most chic frocks from Paris, but also stunning coats and wraps, which were more than ordinarily au fait In addition to the sports coat variously known as the driving, motor, polo, paddock coat, useful for protection, there were new and altogether smart models In a somewhat more formal wrap. One of these, new to Paris and the world at large. Is the cape, which, added to a coat frock of the same material, makes an ensemble fashionable and practical. This idea has taken so well that many models in different stuffs and along different lines .are seen In town or oift of town equally. as weather, time and occasion rtqalwi The cape 1s reproduced In lighter ft*, rics, in lightweight wools, crepe, eves In chiffon, as the dressier wrap and cover. Dlroetolre Coat Popular. The really truly "swell" of th^iM^ son is the dlroetolre coat whlcii, ti>' spondlng to the Ideal of the hour. Is s coat-wrap. This Is a model In which some of the authoritative bouses st Paris are specializing. Lanvln struck a top note with a coat made for a I Sport* Coat of English Mixture--Vermilion, Tan, Gray. fashionable patron of the races, far polo, tennis -or any swagger sports occasion In black kasha cloth, straight from shoulder and throat to hem. On the surface squares of white cloth are appllqued, each and all outlined with gilt thread, to look like a checkerboard, though with superlative style and elegance. Another, tout-a-falt empire. Is created and presented by Drecoll--a coat of blue twill, uncurved in line, but held about a low waistline with cord and tassel of black silk. Over the shoulders are three-tiered, short fitted capes, blue, tan and gray--an ensemble made complete with a little dlrectoire stiff hat of smooth beaver. This dlrectoire suggestion has inspired some of the most picturesque outfits seen this year, particularly at the ultra-smart sports events at Paris and In England. A thoroughly conservative overgarment that Is never out of style, neve* gauche. Is a straight-lined tailored coat seven eighths length, of material medium or light in weight usually In black or midnight blue, lined with plain or fancy silk, and always--this season--with a collar of some fur of light character, squirrel, summer ermine, white ermine, rabbit or any one of the many furs that are used is summer wraps. This coat answers every purpose when It Is worn over a gown of straight silhouette, tunic, blouse or otherwise unruffled costume. It la easily slipped on or off. Is easily disposed of. and enables one to present a conventional appearance wherever one chances to be. * Scarflike Wool Garment SeU*'Paper* Telling '*• of Hi* Own Kidnaping Detroit, Mich. -- While detective* were searching frantically for Billy Wood, convinced that he was kidnaped and was being held for ransom, the youngster was enjoying the time of his life living In Palmer park, selling newspapers,' unaware of the hubbub his absence was causing. Billy left home the other day. When he did not return police aid was enlisted. The family even received a telephone call purporting to come from the -"kidnaper.' Meanwhile, Billy was selling papers carrying the account of his absence and emblazoned with his picture. A cherry pie, baked for the occasion, was cut and served to the youngster-- as a thank offering for his safe ntwn.. Takes Dive Into Soft Tar Olean, N. Y.--A head-on plunge Into a barrel of soft tar was made by C. E. Tinsley of Bolivar when two automobiles collided on the state highway near Bolivar. Tinsley was brought to the Mountain clinic, where, by the use of ether, the tar, which had hardened on his face and arms, was re moved. The tar was ready for pouring on the highway, but was not hot enough to burn Tinsley eeverely, but was hoi enough to stick to his skin. Mexico'• Largest Pyramid The pyramid at Cholula, west of the city of Puebla and about 60 miles southeast of Mexico City, is the largest in Mexico. Its base Is 1,400 feet square and the cl'itude Is 200 feet. Its volume Is 130,666,000 cubic feet This pyramid In Mexico has a greater number of cubic feet of masonry, although It is not so high, than the great pyramid In Egypt. Out of Date Quickly The Oxford dictionary is far from complete, writes Ernest Weekly in the Atlantic Monthly. You will search It In vain for "aspidistra" and "appendicitis," "boche" and "bolshevlst," "cinema" and "camouflage," "decontrol" and "Dora," "broadcasting" and •"listening- in.** "bootlegging," and "dope flend," for a dictionary published today Is almost out-of-date tomorrow. Safer That Way Young Man--I want a word of advice. Mr. Wader (grimly)--Well? "What Is the best way to approach you for c loan?" "If you are sensitive you bad better write for It, and when you get my reply tear it np without reading tt." --Stray Stories. Retort Conjugal Hdb (with great irritation) --* We've lost the train. Your anpunctual habits will drive me out of my mind. Wife (sweetly) -- At least, dear, such a ride would not fatigue on account of its length, would It?--Boston Transcript. Politics Explained Politics Is the gizzard of society, full of grit and gravel; the two political parties are Its two opposite halves which grind sa ssch other.-- Thoreau (1851). The least formal and most picturesque of all the new styles In wraps Is a scarflike wool garment. In four lengths, or cleverly put together so as to wind around the figure and meet In a straight- line, buttoned down the front as a coat This Is made in a plaid material of gray, white and black, and has proved to be popular. The model, Informal and luxurious and presenting a problem of Ingenuity to the modiste, has been made quite the fad among the fashionable women whose daytime and evening social demands closely connect Evening coats, wraps and capes In* tended to be worn with summer dress are Intriguing this season. In this sort of thing the more established artists in the Parisian ateliers delight with pleasant results for the women of fashion on two continents. They are designed to provide a light covering against the evening chill, to protect an evening gown, possibly fragile, and to complete a fashionable costume. The most modish evening or dress wraps this season are made of crepe or soft silk, such as pussy willow, radium or charmeuse, of chiffon or any of the other sheer stuff* now In vogue. It Is Interesting, perhaps profitable. to observe that as a result of the fickleness of the season there are many sales, and one may find In some of the most prominent houses a large assortment of wraps for day and evening at reduced prices. This means to the shopper of Judgment an opportunity to lay In supplies for next sum- May Harmonize Large Hats and iShort Hair The Paris modiste Is making valiant efforts to counteract the effect of the bob which has been responsible for the unparalleled vogue of the small hat during ihe last two years. Despite the enormous popularity of the cloche type In recent seasons It has never been a flattering style, says a fashion cot»esjH »ndent In the New York Herald- Tribune. It has been necessitated by the short-haired mode which ordinarily make* t«»o great a contrast when worn in conjunction with the large hats. Its further and most discouraging disadvantage from the viewpoint of the milliner is the fact that It discounts the i-rvmium on artistic ingenuity. The manufacturer or form maker had only to in<oi|M>r«te a hitlf dozen different *i.vles of cloche Into his collection aitd tie could have supplied the whole feiainlne world with hats during the Inst few sea soi >s. Clearly It hi the Insthvt of self-prt-servaiion which Is mot i vat in* the dn\e '»f the French milliner toward 'arger hats. But it lb equally puleut liiut N»e more ample shapes are of themselves far more attractive to women la eral. The problem Is to harmontse large hats and short hair, and that Is the effect contemplated by the a»edlum and wide hats now being by the important Paris modistes. For Evening Wear The new evening slippers today are scarcely more than a sole and a series of straps. Of metal cloth or brocade, they are exquisitely dainty, bat so cat out and cut up that one marvels at«* their staying on the foot at alL For Summer Evenings A dress that suggests summer evenings Is of white crepe de chine with a very finely pleated skirt edged with a deep border of white nis rsli<n clipped very close. ;v" > Matron's Millinery Black lacv is playing an ImportpM part in matron's millinery. It |« fashioned Into large bow* wired across the crown tip from side to side with the knot caught flat on the crown ttp and the bow ends held down to the brim edge. For the larger type hat the wide lace veil Is draped to alDMWt entirely cover the brim iid finishes in ends or a bow on the ~.d£s. To Wash Gilded China IH> not use soda for washing china with gill on it. If you do. (tout he surprised If the gilt gradually tlisa»> peats* Ose a^goed soap sad welt. •