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RESULT INDIVIDUAL little Village of Oberammergau Hm Resolved 8p!r!tualand Physical Blow m ...... %, ' •- •' i £*> v , lFC <4s.-,u, * . Sprfngfleld.--synopsis of weath- V; ;:er and crop conditions la Illinois for r C the week ending June 18, issued by Cbutence J. Boot, district section di- V" ' tector, shows that much progress was v ^inad® in farm work, although some st\ ';raln is needed in certain sections. The v; -synopsis is as follows: "The week ; "Was warm with little or no rain, and *" . "|;it was highly favorable for farm work, '%- ^.but oats and pastures are feeling the effects of dry weather and rain is " needed for the corn. Crops are about v, one week ahead of the normal. Corn ifeis growing fast and the fields are clean. i&lS life? Some oats are heading low in the cen- ;V tml counties, but they are in good to .v * V' - excellent condition generally, and will g, V-'be harvested in Champaign county by July 5. The wheat harvest is now >,?« general in the southern counties and |k < , to some of those in the west-central IP? part of the state. The harvest will reach Fulton county by July 1, and %'f\ ^.Grundy county by the Fourth. Hay- •vv operations are general, with ideal 'weather conditions. Rye is being cut Is*' v;fn the south, and will advance to other >a eectious soon. Cherries are in market the northers and central counties, , ?. -^and early apples are ready to harvest Jk,'in.the extreme south. There is com- yjplalnt of chinch bugs In CMnton and Madison counties." Chicago.--C. W. Potter, chairman of an-• Xthe Milk Producers' association, ii&U i ; Bounced that the members of this or- Jganlzation have agreed to demand of j^the milk distributors during July $2.75 "J^jper 10() pounds for milk testing 3.5 "**;• ;ljper cent butter fat, $8 per 100 pounds v .^pduring August and $3.25 during Sep- f^tember. Mr. Potter said the producers ^f§|also Agreed that If the dlstribu- ^ »-,ter« in Chicago would not increase ^ 4ffltheir price of milk to the consumers -above 12 cents a quart, the dairymen would accept $2.50 per 100 pounds for their milk during July. Mr. Potter v added that these prices "are the best , the farmers are willing to submit." E. Lamb of the United States food administration is expected in Chicago a few days to take up the question IfT.-"••*>' summer milk prices in the Chicago 'district. At that time the demands of £* " "the producers and th§ attitude of the ..distributers will be considered. The . distributers have offered the producers t .$2.12 for July and $2.30 for August j* 'V -and September. =>5" 'i Springfield.--Crop conditions In cen- j,r4"" ;4tral Illinois for the week ending June 111 were favorable according to a gov- ternment report Issued here. It says: a - '/The temperature was moderate, the fe;* '."" sunshine ample, and although good I'.** showers fell in parts of the state, 1 many localities need rain.. The condl- fv; ' ^..tion of corn, grass and grains is good , s to excellent. Corn is mostly planted .*// and cultivation is well under way, but ^ . the fields are weedy in some sections. ^f J'<|SOats are heading. Clover, and alfalfa g*.r " * «re being cut. Fruits are in a satis- factory condition. Cherries are being rpicked. Harvest will begin: Wheat, J-1,-Shelby county, June 21, and Adams, '•» June 24; rye, Kankakee, June 28; I.A^ .oats, Saline, June 25." K , Chicago.--By a unanimous vote 600 j ^bankers representing 338 counties " ^comprising the Seventh federal re- -, teerve district in session here, agreed V Vto fulfill every demand made, upon W, jthem and their respective communities ^by the government in .connection with -the financing of the war Interim be- , tween the third and fourth Liberty f$oan§. The bankers met in response C ' jto a call from J. B. McDougal, gov- «roor of the Federal Reserve bank of "^Chicago to arrange for the sale of I^^^Unlted States treasury certificates of ^/^.'indebtedness in anticipation of the (&»"-jf2®ext Liberty loan scheduled Itf be launched next October. Springfield.--Reports that army •^registrants in the Eighth federal dis- ;"^%rict of Illinois are leaving the state ' -^ytor Mexico and Canada to avoid mlll- J Itary service are reaching United States ; ,ifDistrict Attorney Knotts. He is con­ ducting a search for these slackers pL~*a^and asks the public's aid. Persons V- -Jwho know "selects" leaving the state *" „ Jshould report them to the authorities , ,'i*/:.-|ie says. Criminal charges will be preferred against them, 'Attorney •f ; jKnots says. y ^ Chicago.--Twenty thousand farm . tiands are wanted for immediate serv- - Ice in the grain fields of IlUnols, ac- ft . -^cording to the survey made by the r - * tfarm labor aummistrauon 01 the state >?'council of defense. They are needed 1 fto save the wheat crop, which Is al- ip£.;: ?*eady ripening, to take care of the •T; fiay and oats harvests, which are com- -Ing on, and to cultivate the great corn .• •' ::|crop, which has been planted and ' slaeeds Immediate attention. ' Springfleld.--Governor Lowden has v- |appointed Leon J. Colp of Marion sec- « ^i^retary of the Illinois public ntlUtles ^commission to succeed Robert V. rlPrather of Olney, resigned. ^ 'i Chicago is the healthiest city In the Country today, says Health Commls- >: ..'^sloner John Dill Roberts, i' , Chicago.--Eight of the 110 alleged W. W. leaders, on trial in Federal e Landis' court here charged with on, were freed when the govem- if'^nent entered nolle prosequls, but ef- i. t|forts of Attorney George F. Vandever -„|for the defense to obtain the lease of ^ 435 were overruled by the court. The ; • ^defendants who were discharged are «^Roger S. Culver, Globe, Ariz.; Harri- : - ison Haight, Rockford, 111.; Qtto Juste, tl^petroit. Mich.: Joseph Laukis, Ham- |^{ |>nond, Ind.; W. E. Mattlj^gly, Minne- y*,3;%polis, Minn,; Paul Pikl, Chicago; 1WTaIter Reeder, Wilson, Okla., and sAbraham Rodrigues, Lordsburg, N. M. Washington, D. C.--Charges that a cago firm is profiteering on the sale watches to American soldiers and 'ifthat an Ohio and an Illinois watch infacturing firm have been discrim- ited against by the government were »de by Representative Rodenberg of llinols, who Introduced a bill direct- vslng the government to equip soldiers - 8j|md sailors with watches at cost The .^rm of Norrls, Allster & Ball of Chi- > ^rago, Mr. Rodenberg said, has an ex- ?|lclnslve concession to sell watches at - Ipamp Funston and is making a profit %f more, than 100 per ce|\t on every ijcb ikj. .. Swffc* era niinols, Wlsconsin and the lOdi* iffin penlnmte Met here with B. A. B^hart, milling chairman of this di»- trict They present 350 mills. A committee composed of Lew W. Pow­ ell of Mllwaukee' and E. O. Wright of Menominee, and Fred E. Bennett of Geneva was appointed to represent thl^ district at a general convene* with Milling Chairman Bell at N4w York. They are to fix maximum prices at which flour and offal is to be sold after July 1. None shall be sold above that figure. The price is to be base<T on the cost of wheat The latter can- be bought without restriction as to quantity under the competion system, the same as of old. Mills are to be permitted io make as much flour as they can. The price of the offkl is to be based on 40 to 45 per cent of the cost of wheat, which Is yet to be de­ cided upon. Extraction of flour is to remain at 78 per cent for stand­ ard grades, millers to use 28# pounds ; or 4.4 bushels per bar­ rel of 198 pounds of flour. Flour is to be exported Ur place, off wheat to save space on steamers. In the way of substitutes 20 per cent of corn flour and barley flour is to be used. After all tentative plans have been agreed upon by the committee at New York, the plan Is to be submitted to Mr. Hoover for approval. \ Springfleld.--Gov. Frank O. Low­ den as the Centennial governor of Illi­ nois will lay a wreath of flowers on the tomb of Shadrach Bond, the first governor, at„Chesetr on July 4, it was announced today. The governor speaRs at the Kaskaskia celebration at Fort Gage and Chester on that day and some time during the day the of­ ficial party will go to the little ceme­ tery at Chester where Governor Bond is buried, and a brief cermony will be held culminating in the placing of the wreath on the grave. The governor also will visit the pioneer cemetery near Fort Gage where many of the pioneers of Kaskaskia, the first capital of Illinois lie buried. A brief cele­ bration will be. held at Fort Gage late In the afternoon following the Ches­ ter celebration, and the governor will speak. Springfield.--The old honor system in Illinois penitentiaries has disap­ peared, and in its place the depart­ ment of public welfare, through John L. Whitman, superintendent of pris­ ons. has inaugurated a co-operative system of prison management So quietly was the old system done away with that nothing of the move was heard about the state, and it created no furore within the institutions themselves. In conformity to the change In the method of rewarding worthy prisoners, the sign "honor farm" at Jollet penitentiary has been torn down and in Its place Is one bearing the words "state farm." No less emphasis is placed on the worth of honorable conduct under the new system, but an attempt is being made to reach the men by appeals they will understand rather than by lectures. Men are sent to the state farm under the weight of responsibility, being told before leaving that commutations or pardons depend entirely upon the sort of service they render and the disposition they show to lead right lives In case they are released before their terms expire. The cases of men are reviewed every year and recom­ mendations are made according to their records. Springfield.--Sentences of 14 yean each imposed by the circuit court of St. Clair county on ten men convicted of murder in connection with the East St. Louis race riots of^iast July were sustained by the Illinois supreme court. The men are now serving their terms. S&ey are Fayette Parker, O'Fannie L. Peoples, George Roberts, Horace Thomas, Marshal Alexander, Dee Smotherman, Albert Hughes, Bud Townsend, William Paimer and Charles Foster. - * Jollet.--Fifty convicts from the Joliet state penitentiary will be liber­ ated on parole soon, and will take po­ sitions which have been offered by the government in the Rock Islnnd arsen­ al. The men have been prisoners on vacious charges, and while at Rock Island they will be paid by the govern­ ment, and In charge of a parole offi­ cer, to be designated by the state de­ partment of public welfare. Washington, D. C.--Announcement was made by the food administration that Harry A. Wheeler, recently elect­ ed president of the Chamber of Com­ merce of the United States, will con­ tinue to act as food administrator for Illinois until Mr. Hoover can select an acceptable man to take his place. Circuit Judge J. E. Glllman, presid­ ing in the Third circuit court at Ed- wardsvllle, dramatically tore up the bond which was offered by Chicago people for the release of "Big Gus" Zeidler, who Is under indictment in Madison county for robbing the Trl- City State bank of $18,000 in a day­ light holdup last month. Virginia.--Farmers are busy cutting rye. and will soon enter upon the bumper crop of wheat in the fields. A long list of all men In all branches of local business have signed an agree­ ment to lend aid In the harvesting. Champalgpft--Because of the urgent need of the government for trained men in the signal corps, the Univer­ sity of Illinois will offer a course in radio communication during the com­ ing summer session. Petersburg.--The organisation of the farm administration In this county that was consummated two weeks ago with J. C. New of this city as county and city chairman for Menard, Is mak­ ing progress along the line of signing up men in the county for the relief of farmers who have run short of help in harvest time, or In any time of crisis on the farm. Springfield.--Health conditions in Illinois are steadily Improving, a re- port submitted to the federal au­ thorities by the state health depart­ ment shows a decided decrease In the number of contagious diseases through­ out the state during the week ending June 15. There were <>nly 34 cases of smallpox, against three times that number the week before: Diphtheria claimed the largest number of patients. A total of 100 cases were reported. Thirty-seven cases of scarlet fever were noted. * The majority of the cases of all diseases were In the brdttas. "W "•j&k > . , . . 1 ^ Y ; " - » - * • > * • * • Dandelions Gone to Seed, Illustrating One Method of Weed Distribution. (Prepared by the United StatM Depart­ ment of Agriculture.) The problem of suppressing weeds Is a many-sided one and an Important part of the management of the farm. Successful crop management Includes successful weed management Larger Crops Mean Fewer Weeds. Generally epeallng, the larger the crops, the fewer the weeds present This Is especially true with small grain and hay, since good stands of these crops will tend to smother out weeds. Furthermore, pastures that are given good cafe by top-dressings and by not over-grasing always con­ tain fewer weeds and more grass than those poorly managed. 8peclfcl Methods of Handling Certain Weeds. , The fanner should know the kind of weeds which he has to fight, because In the case of some of them special methods have been discovered which greatly reduce the amount of work necessary. The United States depart­ ment of agriculture has Issued bul­ letins treating Individually a number of the worst weeds and these publica­ tions may be obtained on request. Rotations and Weeds. An important benefit from practic­ ing a rotation Is in the control of weeds. If land is planted to the same crop year after year, certain weeds have ample opportunity to make top growth and mature their seeds, and these weeds therefore become firmly established; but If the land Is planted to different crops in succession these weeds do not have the opportunity to make nearly as much headway. Fur­ thermore, adopting a rotation usually means the growth of grass, clover, or other forage crops. These crops not only discourage many kinds of weeds by their shading effect, but also give SPRAYING POTATOES Experiments Prove that Bor­ deaux Mixture Is Effective. Results Given of Teats Conducted Last Year In Aroostook County, Maine, by the Department7 1 ftfAgricultur*. •K.V weeds a poor chance to mature seeds, as they are cut for Hay before most weeds ripen. Again, adopting a rota­ tion often means growing cultivated crops on land where such crops have not been raised. The value of culti­ vated crops In cleaning land of weeds has already been emphasize^. Demonstrations of the value of a rotation in controlling weeds are avail­ able in many localities. For example, in western Kansas wheat is usually grown continuously, and when this is the case weeds are very troublesome; but when a rotation, including a cul­ tivated crop and a forage crop, is adopted, the weeds that are so com­ mon under continuous wheat growing do not have so much chance to make growth and to mature their seeds. Hence, weeds become very much re­ duced. Another example is furnished in parts of eastern New York, where It is customary to keep land in mead­ ow for many years. These meadows become foul with orange hawk weed, ox-eye daisy, wild carrot, and other weeds. Introducing a cultivated crop and a grain crop soon disposes of moat of these weeds. Co-operation in Controlling Weeds. Probably no feature of weed control is more important than co-operation among those concerned. Weed con­ trol Is a community problem rather than one for the individual farmer to solve, and without the co-operation of ills neighbors the results of the In­ dividual farmer's efforts are more or less discouraging, because where weeds are allowed to grow undis­ turbed they produce sufficient seeds to Infest the adjacent lands. The nec­ essary co-operation might be arranged through agricultural clubs and other farm organizations. Comparing this with the averages of the unsprayed check plots mentioned above, shows a gain of 123.8 and 08 bushels per acre, respectively, or over 86 and 53 per cent In none of the above figures is any account made of the extra loss resulting from tuber rot in storage in the crop produced on the unsprayed plots. Nineteen hundred and seventeen was one of the worst blight years In the history of Aroostook potato grow­ ing. The results cited above show conclusively that, even under the con­ ditions that existed, late blight can be controlled by a grower who sets out to do the job thoroughly. Moreover, they indicate that it can be done at a fair profit when the cost is considered in connection with uie value of the increased yield resulting from ~ the treatment. These recommendations apply par­ ticularly to the potato sections lying north of a line draaa from |%wT^ork to Chicago. * KEEPING THE TRACTOR BlISY Owners of Power Outfits Urged; to Make Good Use of Them In In­ creasing Food Supply. (Prepared by the United State! Dej>art- ment of Agriculture.} Owners of tractors which are not kept busy through the plowing and seeding season will perform a patri* otic uci^iiuOily duty by grautlui of these outfits to neighbors, who may be short of labor or hands to prepare seedbeds. A reasonable rate of hire for the tractor would enable the trac­ tors to make a return during other­ wise idle periods, but, most important, will make it possible for others at rea­ sonable expenditure to have a full acre­ age and add to the nation's important food supplies. The same might be fol­ lowed with regard to horses and va- (Frepared try the United StatS ment of Agriculture.) That thorough spraying will control late blight in seasons of bad infec­ tion has been proven many times in the past and most recently In tests conducted last year In Aroostook county, Maine, fc^y the United States department of agriculture in co-oper­ ation with the Maine agricultural ex­ periment station. Some potato grow­ ers have expressed their opinion that It does not pay to spray potatoes for this disease. Growers of this opinion claim that when the weather condi­ tions are such that the blijpit Is se­ vere, spraying does not control it suffi­ ciently to give an appreciable increase in the yield, and that in seasons when the attack is light the increase in the yield from spraying Is not sufficient to cover the added cost In one block v> livn: BiuDii liijt plwtv aj cu "wiui ^vuv uv IJ uuij standard bordeaux mixture Were In­ terspersed with untreated check plots, the average yield on 11 of the former was at the rate of 181.2 bush­ els per acre, while that on an equal number of untreated plots was at the rate of 143.5 bushels per acre. This was an Increase of 37.7 bushels per acre, or more than 28 per cent In favor of bordeaux mixture, , In another similar block the aver­ age yield of five plots sprayed with rl°us farm machines, which should not bordeaux mixture was at the rate of be allowed to remain idle when(a food- nearly 237 bushels per acre, while that of the four untreated check plots In the same block was 174.3 bushels. The gain here was 62.5 bushels per acre or about 36 per cent due to spraying. Six applications were made on all the above-mentioned sprayed plots. *> On these experimental plots, spray­ ing ought to have been started ten days or two weeks sooner, or by the end of the first week in July. In spite of this fact, the yields given above indi­ cate quite plainly that spraying paid. Moreover, many persons who saw the plots during the latter part of the sea­ son have testified to the striking dif­ ferences on sprayed and unsprayed portions. On all the treated plots, the spraying was done with a traction sprayer which maintained a good working pressure of at least ISO pounds per square inch. Adjoining one of the experimental blocks was a field where spraying was begun earlier and eight or nine appli­ cations were made. It was planted with the same lot of the same variety of seed, fertilized the same, and, ex­ cept for spraying, received similar treatment in every respect. The yield on the portion of this field immediate­ ly adjoining one of the unsprayed tibsck plots was 267.3 bushels per acre. producing neighbor can keep th< on victory crops. busy STRAWBERRY FIRST TO RIPEN It Bears Quite Regularly Under Ordl- naiy Circumstancee--txcaUcnt, " ^-^vr-as Table Fmit. The Strawberry is the first of the berries to ripen. It Is one of the best If not the best. It bears quite regu­ larly under ordinary circumstances, and none of our fruit can excel it as a table fruit. It thrives in many dif­ ferent conditions of temperature, and no fruit is a surer bearer. Should a late frost come, ordinarily, unless ex­ tremely late in the season, the plants will bloom again and bear fruit, at least a short crop. 4 ?i r: Simplicity in Machine ̂ Simplicity in farm machinery is Im­ portant. Complicated parts cause trou> ble and are difficult to repair when a machine or Implement gets out of or­ der. Oberammergau, the little village ttr Bavaria that became world-famous aa the home of the Passion Play, Is vir­ tually a deserted village where sorrow broods. All of Its male inhabitants capable of bearing arms have entered Uw ranks of the Bavarian army, and many have fallen In battle. ^BOas Madeleine Doty, who ha* vis­ ited- the village, in recording hep ex­ periences relates a conversation that she had with a waitress at the little hotel. "The town la sad," we averred. "Why shouldn't It be?" she retorted. "We have lost so much." "How many men have gone to watf* we asked. "Every one under 45. Five hundred and fifty out of a population of 1800." We paused a moment It seemed brutal to go on now, but we wanted Information, "There were 40 fcilled and 48 wounded the first year. I don't know the number now." "Will there ever be another Passion Playr She shrugged her Shoulders. "How can I tell? Some of the players and musicians have lost an arm or a leg and others are' dead. The town no longer has any money." We pushed back our chairs and want out into the golden sunshine. No one moved about the streets. It was like a village swept by a plague and deserted. War has been a special dis­ aster to Oberammergau. It has dealt- a blow at its spiritual as well as Its physical welfare.--Atlantic Monthly. Legend of Alsace. * line la a quaint old legend of Alsace concerning a family of giants who, once upon a time, lived In a cer­ tain castle In a certain valley of the old couutry. The moral of the story seems appropriate at a time when the French minister of agriculture, to men­ tion but one of the allies, is making special effort to encourage the culti­ vation of land. The giants lived, says- the legend, far from the peasants of the plain, and one day the daughter of the house, who, though quite a child, was already 30 feet high, strolled toward the plain and saw a laborer peacefully plowing his field. She picked up the peasant the horse and the plow and put them In her pinafore and returned to the castle to show what she had found to her father. "What you think is but a toy," said the giant "Is what produces the food which enables ns to live. Put back the laborer and his horse where you found them." From that time onward, adds the tale, the peasants were never more molested by the giants.--Christian Science Monitor. m i -- * • r ' • : First Settlement en Manhattan. The first habitations of white men on the Island of Manhattan were erect­ ed In 1613. The first structures In the American metropolis were four small houses, or, rather, huts, and they were on the site now occupied by the skyscraper at 41 Broadway. A bronse tablet on the building at that address commemorates the beginning of New York city. The collection of hovels gradually grew into a town,, which was almost wiped out by fire in 1826. The first fort was commenced in 1632, on a site now occupied by the customhouse, the main gate of Fort Amsterdam, as it was called, opening on Bowling Green, where the first settlers played their games. In 1653 a wooden wall was constructed as a defense against a threatened Invasion of New Engend­ ers, and the site of this wall afterward became Wall street Women Soldlera. There were literally scores of wom­ en who served In the Northern and Southern armies. Since the war with Germany began more than one woman has been discovered In a soldier's uni­ form. One, at least, got almost to France before she was detected. We men of America who, for what­ ever reasons, are not In the military service honor very greatly the Rus­ sian women who entered the army "In the hope of inspiring the men of Rus­ sia." We beg to assure them that in case of desperate need the women of America would not hesitate to serve also in the war against the Hun. They have proved their valor in past wars. Quick Action. Qnlck action has become the byword of commerce. Fortunes have been made and lost and remade in the time the undecided person wavers in his or her decision. But quick decision must not to be confounded with jumping im­ pulsively to conclusions. This ex­ treme, which admits of little or no thought at all. Is always as bad as the other. * Train yoar mind to act quickly. Plunge forward or draw backward, but don't stand falterlngly in the mid­ dle, for you stand In danger of being laid low by indecision. Record of "Milking Shorthorn." . An imported "milking shorthorn* cow, of good beef conformation, has made a record of 10,240 pounds of milk la. ; • ^ A -so' - W t T<\ . . > . '*SI A Sane Outlook. Exaggerated outpourings of our physical ills and troubles tend most certainly to their verification. Our minds respond to salacious scandal (If we allow It to be retailed to us) until we also are vitiated. Exaggerating the faults or the merits of children give them an unduly distorted idea of their importance. The reading of sensational fiction unfits us for a proper appreciation of standard litera­ ture ; and exaggeration of architecture and house furnishings places us un­ mistakably in the rauk ̂of tbf arrived. : In Plain 8ight • Willie Stone had been sent on an errand to the home of the rich Mr. Lot* He returned with the astonish­ ing news that Mr. Lott was going blind. "What makes you think that?" bis father asked, "The way he talked,** said Willie. "When I went into the room where wanted to see me, he said, 'Boy, where is your hat?* and there it was on my head all tile time t--Harpers -* 1 ^i&.--T&e radicals are at it afaln. ^ They are agitating for the standardization of women's dress as a war measure of equal Importance with the conservation of food. Rumors of frocks all alike, cut by the millions and placed on the market for the col­ onel's lady and Judy' O'Grady, so that they may become sisters in their attire as well as under their skins, com­ ments a fashion authority, reach us from time to time through the sec­ tions of the daily press devoted to women's affairs. Sometimes the arguments are quite learned. The French revolution Is freely quoted as being the event final­ ly responsible for the standardization odC men's dress. To be sure, one of the first things that Napoleon did, when he reached the position of being able to set the fashion, was to make men's clothes as gorgeous and as com­ plex as they had been before the abo­ lition of the Bourbons. But the effect did cot last long. "Sans cuiottism" had taken too firm a hold on men's af­ fections. They soon went back to that dignified but ugly garment the long trousers, and they have remained faithful to them ever since. Students of the history of costume cite this as an example, and tell us-- some hopefully, some regretfully--that the present Armageddon will do the same for women. But then come oth­ ers--students, too, but students of the human nature back of the clothds, rather than of the clothes themselves' --and they give an emphatic No! to the whole proposition. "The standardization of women's dress has gone as far now as It ever wiH,** is their contention. k % , laay to Get Irifebw ' Very busy women--and tvhaf^bMer kind is there at present--may make Insistent demands for clothes that are easy to get into. "Easily adjusted, madam," will sell more gowns this season than the catch phrase, "This is what they're wearing." Coats and suits and one-piece dresses will main­ tain their popularity; "shirtwaists" that launder like a man's shirt will refuse to be ousted. But there will always be more variety in women's dress than there is in men's, and wom­ en as a whole will continue to be more preoccupied with the question of wherewithal they shall pe clothed. One reason for the continuance of variety In feminine attire, in spite of wars tfud rumors of wars, is the fact that women as a whole are rested by s change of occupation. So the busi­ ness woman, on her return from her office, is quite willing to sit down to stocking darning, so that she may con­ tinue to wear the thread-bare hose tn which her heart delights; she sits up late to run ribbons in her lingerie; die will wash out and Iron her own neckwear in order that she may make her serge suit or frock more becoming by softening it with frills at the throat. Did anyone ever hear of the man who washed his own collars? He will pol­ ish his own shoes--tradition says that he will perform this operation more willingly and oftener than any woman; he will brush his clothes--but there his sartorial measures of preparedness end. So he is naturally restricted to a form of garment which Is easily kept in order. Man's Insensibility to Temperature. Another reason Is the average man's absolute Insensibility to changes in temperature--at least from the wom­ an's point of view. He declares that there is a vast difference in warmth between his winter-weight blue serge and his summer weight but no wom­ an can see it To her he Is a mys­ tery as he goes to his office on a boiling August morning, clad complete­ ly In wool, with a high-starched collar MAKING LACE AS GUNS ROAR round his neck and thick leatteB on his feet. Just as great a is she to him in winter, georgette sleeves, thin stockings and paper-aoled pumps. Probably It Is si* ,4; ̂ of one and half a dozen of the other. ' iy But there Is an army of women who go clothed In cotton and linen from May to October; who will pay extrav- agant laundry bills if they live In the > city; who will travel with an electric , iron in their trunks when they visit ' V the country; who will pay almost any ' J price In time, money and convenience for the privilege of wearing clothes throughout the dog days. * There is a great army of them who still, in spite of war work, make their own summer frocks, by the aid of a f J tissue paper pattern. There Is anoth- ; j er even larger group who solve six " months' dressmaking problems by buy- lng ginghams and muslins and hiring ^ the services of a dressmaker "by the • * day." Are all these women going to bo bound down by standardization t Of * - * course not ^ ,/Jj Summer Fabrics FaaetaattaQ. ct Besides the feminine felling of bay- 1 lng a thing, not because one needs It but because it is cheap, to which the makers of summer fabrics have al- .vv'V ways catered, there Is the eternal fas- - : clnation of the materials themselves-- * their sympathetic surfaces, their , freshness, their delicious color. / -"f This year we are more discreet Brilliant tones are still to be seen, but the general feeling Is one of moder­ ation in all things, even in color. Fabrics, too, are discreet Very popular are net foulard and organdie. One may be gay In foulard, it is true, but one is more apt to be navy blue or black or gray in It Organdie is subtle In Its color range, not striking, and the clothes that we construct of it have an atmosphere of "old-timey- ness" far removed from anything so smashing, dashing, as the Russian bal­ let color combinations. In less expen­ sive fabrics, which are among the few things that remain within the reach of the woman of modest budget there are the printed voiles, the ever-popu­ lar ginghams, and the season's revival. calico, or percale, to give it the name under which it is sold in most ptacsa. (Copyright, tfis, by the McCiore Newaaa- '--681 per Syndicate.) VERY PRETTY TABU NOVELTY •f i". : Flower-8catterad Effect for Center- , piece Gives Summery Appear­ ance and Uurta Lang. Sounds rather extravagant for war time, doesn't It? However, you need . not be excited, because they are not f| really real flowers, relates a writer. The effect Is achieved by taking a yard or two of cretonne with a very large ; flower motif In it, cutting out one of the motifs on its outline, then button- ^ holing the edge with crochet silk or -0 cotton. When used as a dolly, this will look Just like "the real thing." To make the pretty centerpiece take one ̂ flower motif and attach four others to it so that it has more or leas the shape of a cross. This should be laid ^ ft on the table with each end pointing to one corner of the table. Then the dollies tflll fit In nicely. % j This set will give a very summery v? and unusual appearance to the table, \,;i and has the advantage of lasting tat ̂ a long time without requiring a tub- -f; blng, which is a decided recommenda- -y tion In these days when the hovsewtSe la so busy with war work. Nancy, One of France's Historic Cit­ ies, Has Resumed Manufacture of Lortraine Embroideries. Within sound of the roar of German cannon and under constant menace of attack, Nancy, one of the heroic cities of France, has taken up again the manufacture of Lorraine lace and em­ broideries, an industry that had al­ most disappeared in a half-century of peace. Mayor Simon of Nancy, in an Interview in "Lectures Pour Tons," Paris, says of this Industry: "Several months ago we opened a workroom In the center of the city and called there our best workers and several renowned lace artists. It was a success from the start and the Industry soon surpassed all of our hopes. We were not satisfied with copies. All of our designs are orig­ inal. As a municipality, we could not engage In manufacturing, so a com­ pany was formed with a capital of 150,000 francs ($30,000). The com­ pany has established a store and the embroideries and laces on sale there, Test for Coal Tar. In order to test for coal-tar dyes la red canned goods, tomatoes or Jellies, follow the follow lng rule: Take a tea- spoonful of the jelly or Jam or the pulp of the tomato in two cupfuls of hot wa­ ter and boil slowly in enamel saucepan till the contents are dissolved. Then strain through a closely woven white cloth. Take a cup of this liquor and add two drops of muriatic acid and heat in enameled pan. Put Into this a small piece of pure white woolen goods, or a few Inches of pure white woolen yarn that has previously been washed in soap and water and rinsed. Keep the wool In the mixture for ten minutes over the fire. Then take oat and if it shows a decided color £ou can make up your mind that the canned goods have been artificially dyed. A faint color on the wool might ha (be result of the natural fruit dye. . - 1 Short Coata. ' 1 Bhort coats are worn as a tute for the Zouave Jacket, wMfch avarf woman cannot wear. made almost on the firing line, have commanded the admiration of connois­ seurs. Mme. Poincare, wife of our president boughf lace in the store.** For Washing Powder. A great saving may be effected in the use of washing powder, so useful In the kitchen, by putting it in a tin shaker, which may be extemporized Iff punching holes In the cbver-of any Sumptuous Weaves. It Iff plainly noticeable among ths French importations that the French fashion leaders have not thought It* at all necessary to use cheap and plain materials. Indeed, in some instances the stuffs seem more lavish than for some time past. To be sure they are not at a!! flaunting. They hide Hwi* gorgeousness under a bushel, aa it were. Cloth of gold on evening and dressy afternoon clothes is Seen re­ peatedly, but It Is veiled wttli chiffon or with tulle, only being allowed to peep through and disclose the sump* tu^psness of its weaves. w Table for Sugar. . Two cupfuls or one pint 'dit pound; eight ounces equal one cupful; two ounces equal one-fourth capful; four ounces equal one gill; one gill equals one-half cupful or one-eighth of a quart. (As a gill Is a measure* not a weight It la the same always.) tin box. The powder goes many times further than when shaken from the original package and la equally effica­ cious. Unless flushed often with powerful solvent to remove the grease, the kitch- en sink will clog. A strong solution £ of washing soda made with boillag wa* • ter is most effectual and should be used very hot immediately foSsstiig % thorough cleaning with wan*' asa ̂: suds. Prepare a sufficient ^maftUQ* that the drain pipe also mai hfc-ifcaa* onghly flushed. • Triple Capes In vag^Y;*""-^*- The vogue for capes has laiaAted te a great variety of treatments of the original idea, and one of the aioet ; popular of these la said to be the triple, cape. As its name lmpUee, it is three t capes In one. They are of graduated : lengths, the shortest 00 the outside, and usually the longest only reachus to the waist Lately cape® of tMa type have been used extensively wfffci less coats of the samo. seem to be attracting a attention and OMtf a dreas of aljnoet an? at •! .