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MUDDY ROADS ARE EXPENSIVE 'I "SECOND BEST" JR; GARMENT OF EXTREMB VALUE " I N A T R O U S S E A U . J M i. ~w;;* Model Shown, Made Up in 8eml-Prin- ' ceas Style, I* Not Only Fashion- •Mti But Also Becoming fjjfr . ^ the Average Woman. ' f ; No matter how complete the hride- elect may think she has made her tr trousseau--and no matter how much proper girlish pride she may take in this belief---before she has been a bride many weeks she usually discov­ ers that after all she omitted several - ittore or less necessary things from .'life's most Important wardrobe, and - that it is Incumbent upon her to sup­ plement her trousseau with this, that or the other dress necessity, comfort or luxury. At the same time the woman who Is single, or who has been married for lo! some time, but who has begun to discover that her summer wardrobe is not as complete as she thought It was before real summer weather set in, may find some of the hints In th€ talk useful and timely to her needs. No gown is more fashionable than the one made In semi-princess style, and the model shown avoids the ex­ aggerations which are threatening to shelve such pretty fashions. It gives the slightly raised waist line whioh is so enchanting to slim, graceful figures, and provides with Its square Beck and possibility for diaphanous sleeves just the right thing for after­ noon callers, little tea parties and in­ formal dinners. It would serve excel- . lently for a "second best" dress, a garment many, many trousseaux over­ look. Any lingerie material could be used most acceptably for the model, but for a really stylish gown, which would be serviceable as well, it is advisable to Choose delicately tinted or white pon- s gee, rajah silk or cashmere, which Just now is having a very stylish vogue Then, too, often a summer gown of some solidity is needed. With any one of these materials the band­ ing employed In the model could be at lace insertion or in the form of em­ broidery on an applied band. In the latter case, if the dress is made at home, the needlework would supply pretty occupation for idle afternoon hours. ^ The quantity bf material required for a medium figure is 10% yards 24 inches wide, with four yards of band­ ing in any width liked, though the nar- Enhancing to 811m, graceful Figures. row band shown is preferable to a wider one. With the addition of a guimpe, as the rear drawing shows, the model could be suitable for any dressy street occasion. The detail calls for five-eighths yard of lace, net or embroidery 18 inchos wide. MAKES A NOVEL PINCUSHION. Little Cont-lvance in the Form of an Owl May Be Constructed from Remnants. Quaint notions for pincushions are always welcome, and the little owl pincushion which is the sub­ ject of our sketch is not difficult to make. The base consists of an oval piece of cardboard covered on both sides with any odd remnant of material. The upper part of the cushion is cut out in two pieces of gray silk, well I stuffed with cotton wool and sewn together at the sides. The eyes, beak and claws are made of thick cloth of the brightest possible yellow, and in the center of the circular piece which represents the eyes, two large black beads are sewn. The pincushion should measure about four and one-half inches in height, when complete, and the base, at the widest part, should be about three inches across. A few stitches in silk on the sides and back to in­ dicate feathers, will add to the ap­ pearance of this quaint little cushion. To Make Over Short Sleeves. In making over short sleeves these general directions are the rule: Rip your old sleeve carefully apart, and press well; provide youself with a pattern of a one seam close long sleeve, which has been cut to fit the arm exactly, for in making over there must be no mistakes. FRINGE ON EDGE OF TUNIC. Nice Work for Needlewoman That Well Repays the Time Necessary for Its Making. Some long linen fringe, looking very like the knotted fringes of a damask towel end, is shown edging the tunic of a brown French linen gown. The drapery is longer in front than at the sides, while separate and shorter tunic ends fall at the back of this interesting model, but all of them are frayed and fringed to a depth of six Inches, with a knotted heading ex­ tending an inch and a half below the tunic. This is nice work for the needle­ woman, and the drawing ont of the linen threads is delightful play for the small daughter who loves to help mother. The gown, in soft brown, with its long lines and graceful fringe, is wefi suited to the tall, slender woman. Just Like Mother. There is a fad now among ultra smart folk for having the small daugh­ ter dressed precisely like her pretty young mother. At Atlantic City sev­ eral of these twin costumes were seen lately, and in most cases the effect was rather charming, the tiny replica of £he grown woman trotting along in solemn dignity In her directoire gown and bonnet loaded with big plumes. Young girls of 18 and 20 were also dressed like their mothers, but one imagines that very few worn- ep with grown up daughters would care to risk the dangerous experiment of presenting their charms beside those of fresh sweet-and-twenty in ex­ actly the same garb. 8ome Shirtwaist Helps. The best interlining for shirtwaist cuffs is butcher's linen. Shrunk cot­ ton also may be used. The gap in the shirtwaist between the first button and the neckband, which confronts so many amateur dressmakers, is caused by the buttonholes not being placed exactly opposite each other or else by the stretching of one side more than the other. To avoid this stretch­ ing fasten both sides of the fronts to­ gether, top and bottom, and measure the buttonholes carefully. SMALL VEIL NO LONGER SEEN Midsummer Styles Conspicuous by Their Bigness and Easily Cover the Entire Hat « Midsummer veils are conspicuous by their bigness. The prettiest ones are in great squares of dotted tissue or shaded chiffon, the former with borders of satin stripes and the latter with hemstitched edges. The veil covers the entire hat and when adjusting it the wearer is care­ ful to put the center immediately over the middle of the hat crown. The ends Of •this ^delightful curtain, which makes a ^pretty woman fairly heart­ breaking, are gathered loosely at the Bides and pinned at the back of the coiffure with a veil bar. Such veils, though designed primarily for motor­ ing, may be worn on any morning oc- casion. They are, a little too masking - for the elegant alternoon gowns which go afoot and are primarily the privi- -%ge of the summer resort. Handker- thief parasols of flowered scrim are 4 fi^ikupplied for thin frocks. The name, Jpowever, concerns only the shape of |he sunshade, which has deep points • ** . * '• -v * J suggestive of those of the mouchoit when it is held up by its center. An adorable scrim parasol of this de­ scription showed strange gritn flow­ ers on a cream background, a half lining in solid green scrim and an immensely long handle in emerald wood. For every day service a parasol in natural colored pongee with a green lining is very smart. Many women have these made up from a piece of the gown material, so that the en­ semble is very harmonious. A pon­ gee dress and matching parasol and a panama or straw hat with a draped veil for trimming make a superb hot weather get-up. To Taper the Fingers. Most women in trying to make their fingers more taper will stroke them from the base to the tip. A well- known manicure has said that the process should be reversed. Clasp the tip of escb finger between the thumb and first finger of opposite hand, and stroke firmly but gently backward from U^utis aa lag on a glov«L ,' ;, f i j . _ *' f c . ' v s V , . BUILDING A CISTERN CROWN. One Made of Concrete Is Cheaper . Than Those Built of Stone ' ^ i or Brick. To build a form of wood for a con­ crete cistern crown would be rather expensive, but one made like the one shown in the illustration 1b really cheaper than where the crown is made of 3tone or brick. In % great many places a cistern may be made without walling up, just simply cut out the Mesired shape and cemented to the earth. For a cistern of this type an offset of six or eight feet about three feet from the surface of the surround­ ing soil should be made upon which to start the crown. Also cisterns that are already walled may have neifr con­ crete crowns put on. As shown in the sketch, a platform should be made of two-Inch lumber just even with top of wall. This plat­ form should fit close up to the wall and should be perfectly tight except an opening In the center 20 inches | General Co-Operation Among Farmtrs Needed to Secure Results Beneficial to Ail. One thing needed in the country is more general co-operation among far­ mers to accomplish results which can- n&t be done single-handed. Every far­ mer in the country would approve of good roads, especially at this season of the year, when there is no bottom in some localities. But comparatively few farmers are willing to dig down in their pockets and pull up the neces­ sary cash with which to pay for these good roads. There is a unanimous howl for hard roads, but no funds are available with which to build them. Owners in the big cities have to pay far the pavement in front of their property, even though they have no vehicles of any sort to wear them out. Farmers, of course, are not willing to stand a similar expense, but it does seem that some system of local taxa­ tion could be devised that would be fair and just to all. Cost of material is not great, but hauling and putting it down properly is the sticker. The cost of transportation has been fig- ured out as follows: ;-By sea freights, one-tenth of one cent per ton per mile. $y railroads, one cent per ton per mile. By good roads, seven cents per ton per mile. By ordinary country roads, 25 cents per ton per mile. Ninety per cent of every load by steamship, railroad or express must be carried by wagon or truck over a high­ way. It costs the farmers of the Unl» ted States nearly three times more than those of Europe to market an equal tonnage of farm products. A Concrete Cistern Crown. square. This should be boxed up, let­ ting the box extend a little above the ground. The space around the box may then be filled with wet, fine sand, as shown in sketch; then start directly upon the wall with concrete made of one part Portland cement, two parts good, clean, sharp sand and three parts coarae gravel or crushed stone. Mix the sand and cement together dry, moisten the stones or gravel, then mix with the cement and sand; then add water until mixture is the consistency of stiff mortar. Put on four or five inches thick and smooth with wooden float; let stand about two weeks, then open a fiole in the platform, which should be previously arranged, and let the sand run out into the cistern. The platform may then be torn to pieces and handed out. The sand may then be drawn out with a rope and bucket. A crown made of concrete will never need any repairing.--J. Wesley Griffin, Warsaw, Ky. HOME-MADE WIRE STRETCHER. Found to Be Cheaper and More Pov*. erful Then the Factory- Made Device. The writer some time ago was com­ pelled to fence a 40-acre farm. He was in McDonald county, Missouri, and and as this county has no stock laws a factory stretcher could not be se­ cured without driving to Neosho, Mo., a distance of 20 miles. A home-made device was finally con­ structed as shown In the sketch. A clamp was made as shown at D with two pieces of 2 by 4 inch studding, 43 inches long. The six-foot lever, C, was also made of 2 by 4-inch lumber. FRAME TO PROTECT VINES. Light Wooden Device to Support Young Growing Tomatoes, Peas, Beans and Other Plants. This is for use in growing young peas, beans, tomatoes or other such new, tender plants needing some kind of support. The frame is light and has hinges for packing away when the $ - f t A Vine Protector. season is over. It is strung with wire and is driven into the ground, the ends of the legs being pointed. Further­ more it is braced by a wire and sta­ ples at each end. A Wire Stretcher. The trace chains were fastened to the level and clamp with clevises; the two stay chains were also fastened to the lever with clevises, aB shown at A A. When using the device the clamp was fastened close up to a post by bolting some over the wire, the lever was then made fast to the next post with the trace chain, as shown on left-hand side of cut, by working the lever back and forward, and plac­ ing the hooks of the «u»y chains in the links of the trace chain, B, the wire was soon made tight The device was found to be more powerfud than the factory stretcher, and if anything quicker, and when we finally secured a stretcher from Neo­ sho it was set to one side and our home-made device used instead. As the entire outfit was secured on the farm the cost of the same was the time it took to make it, about two hours, the six half-inch bolts for the clamp were taken out of the hay rack. --J. E. Brldgeman. Lamar, Mo. 8enelble Road Management. The greatest expense connected with good roads is in letting that which has been made good go back to bad for want of a little attention at the right time, says the Missouri Val­ ley Farmer. To build a dirt grade, then leave It entirely alone until7 it requires entire rebuilding to make of it a good road, is the costly part of road expense. No man would think of letting his own business go to ruin by such default, but it is common in road management. There is one tool which can be used frequently at small cost, that will not only repair every damage done by heavy rains but will make the grade a little more perfect by every use. It is the road drag. By plowing at the side of the grade, when dirt gets washed down, It may all be put back on the grade, just where it is needed to keep travel out of the mire. With all the sod out of the way, a very good job of grading may be done by plow and road drag. A well-constructed drag will move a wonderful lot of dirt from side to center. Motor Tillage. Inventors of agricultural implements are now working on light automobile machines for plowing, cultivating, trac­ tion, etc., says the Country Gentleman. Two machines of this type have re­ cently appeared; one is an automobile hoe, which weighs 2,760 pounds, culti­ vates an eight-foot strip of ground, moves about two feet per acre per sec­ ond, and is easily controlled. It uses either gasoline or alcohol, is run by a 10 or 12-horsepower motor and will drag other tools, such as harrow. Anothe similar machine is a gaso­ line traction plow, weighing 3,600 pounds and cutting two furrows eadh 14 Inches wide; it runs on three wheels and is operated by a 24-horse- power gasoline engine. This motor can be used to haul other implements <W for stationary work. Good Price for Hogs. Hogs are a good price now, and indications are that they will be bet­ ter by next fall. Corn, too, is high, so make the corn go as far as pos­ sible with pasture, skimmed m«fct slops and supplementary foods. Killing Weeds. Killing weeds by spraying: To make the spraying solution, says the Farm Journal, empty a hundred-pound sack of sulphate of iron into a fifty- gallon barrel; fill to the chine with water and stir with a hoe for a few minutes until dissolved. Strain through several thicknesses of cheese­ cloth tacked over manhole of the spraying machine. Apply with a pow­ erful spraying machine, producing a real mist free from drops. Use about 50 gallons to the acre, and spray on a bright, warm day, or on a dark, damp day; it does not matter so long as rain does not come within 18 or 20 hours. This spray will not harm grain crops, and will kill wild mus­ tard and various other weeds. 8oup Beans. Small navy or soup beans are now selling in some sections for two dol­ lars per bushel. Prices alwayft aver­ age higher than for wheat. - New York and Michigan have been grow­ ing the bulk of the beans of this class, but there is no reason why other sections of the country should not engage in this profitable busi­ ness. The crop thrives well in lime­ stone and glacial soils. The smaller varieties as the pea bean seem to be the best ylelders and are most large­ ly grown. The rows should be not more than 28 inches apart and the plants should stand from two to four Inches apart In the row. Dragging Roads Systematically. In certain portions of Missouri far­ mers are said to be organizing local associations of good road draggers, says Prairie Farmer. These men are uniting and pledged to systematically handle the split log drag upon the roads near their farms. This is the most systematic method of dragging roads that has been brought to the attention of the public. There is no question but what these men can greatly Improve their local highways without notable expense. The Missouri idea might well be adopt­ e d i n o t h e r s t a t e s . - -- -- -- Honey Always Finds Market. Pure honey, the kind made by the real bees, never goes begging for a market, and the feed for the bees from which the honey is made does wit cost a fortune , v % ml u /^i Original-Germing TOASTED CORN FLAKES lor Breakfast, Dinner, Sapper, Luncheon---whenever yon want some­ thing different and better--whether yoa eat it dry from the package ever di^ 4 M Of with milk, cream or fruit juices ihis delightful food never appoints. It's all in the flavor. After yoa once try it you'll wonder why breakfast foods weren't made as good before. Get a package today from your grocer and Look for tbe StgaaUrc and Silver TROPHY for the Best Ear of Corn %tehw«mutlMW.E. KelloriT National Corn Trophy To be Awarded at the KAT:r"~ »• * it iNiTiriN OMAHA, Daca*b«r 6 la IS, 1909. Witeh thia paper for farther partfeoklSk TOASTED CORN; FLAKES •P3 VERY ABRUPT. Spring Poet Yes, sir; I can write about anything, sir. Irate Editor--Well, then, suppose you just right-about face and head for the door. SKIN ERUPTION CURED. Wan 8o 8ore, Irritating and Palnftil That Little Sufferer Could Not Sleep •--Scratched Constantly. Cutlcura's Efficacy Clearly Proven* "When about two anS a half years old my daughter broke out on her hips and the upper parts of her legs with a very Irritating and painful eruption. It began in October; the first I noticed was a little red surface and a constant desire on her part to scratch her limbs. She could not sleep and the eruptions got sore, and yellow water came out of them. I had two doctors treat her, but she grew worse under their treat­ ment. Then I bought the Cuticura Remedies and only used them two weeks when she was entirely welL This was in February. She has never had another rough place on her skin, and she is now fourteen years old. Mrs. R. R. Whltaker, Winchester, Tenn., Sept 22, 1908." Potter Drag * Cbem. Corp., Soto Prop*, Boatoo. A Baseball Prea.cher. It was Just at the beginning of the baseball season when an Episcopal clergyman, who is an ardent and en­ thusiastic lover or the greai Auiciicaii game, inadvertently remarked at the end of the portion of Scriptures which he read: "Here endeth the first lnnlnfct.". Then he woke up. How much better it is that he should speak ill of me to all the world than that all the world should speak ill of me to him.--Torquato Tasso. THE OBJECT HE HAD IN VIEW Farmer Had Not Much Expectation of Turkeys, But He Was Not Losing Anything. A Rhode Island farmer set a ban­ tam hen on 14 turkey eggs, and great was the scandal thereof throughout the neighborhood. Friends from far and near dropped in for to see and for to admire the freakish feat. "Sa-ay, Silas," asked envious Hiram Haggers, "haow many turkeys d' yew cal'late ter git outer them algs?" 'Oh, shucks!" Silas answered. "I ain't cal'latin' t' git many turkeys. I jest admire t' see that pesky little critter a-spreadln' herself."--Harper's Weekgr. Hie Benefactions. "Have you done anything to make the world your debtor?" "No," answered Mr. Dustln Stax, "I don't believe in encouraging bad hab­ its. My ledger assures me that I have managed to make the world pay as it goes." A Natural Selection. "What do you suppose would be an aeronaut's garden choice? "I-don't know, but I would suggest an air plant." Idaho OftK'j' Act Lands. Now open tor entry and settlement la tbe ebuices; agricultural the NorthwMt, TnaKnake Kiver valley, Huuthern Idaho. State Government supervision. Vbrfree Information on Irrigated Land* write C. B. Hurtt, Boise, ld&bo. Some are vocal under a good influ­ ence, are pleasing whenever they are pleased, and hand on their happiness to others.--R. L. Stevenson. It is s mother'a duty to keep constancy on hand some reliable remedy for use in case of sudden Kccident or mishap to the children. Hamlins Wizard Oil can be depended upon for just such emergencies. Nature has equipped every man for happiness, but he gets strenuous oc­ casionally and slips a cog. Mrs. Wlnatow'a BootiUnir ftyrm. itblag, soften* the goto*, redneaa t» SaaamatkNi,aUa7(pam.cai«awl&4ooUo. IBeaboUla. Tor children teet The wastes of love bring greater riches than tbe wisdom of greed. Smokers find Lewis' Single Binder 5c cigar better quality than most 10c cigara. Gifts to God can never make up for thefts from men. m lainl A Tonic ffcr The Whole Family This splendid tonic will keep every member of your family in good health. Adults suffer­ ing from dyspepsia, or indi­ gestion, general exhaustion or breakdown will find in this natural tonic renewed health and strength. Delicate, rapid­ ly growing children will find in this tonic tha assistance their digestive organs need to get tfie proper nourishment and strength from their food. DR. D. 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