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w 1- MiLK-WmON J?ff/ &JGBO?/ /=-ok AMD profit gssr ^\*ijv^ '*^ I f m ,r. %*. vL^,;;r £>, << At "> * <w«^K«^SSS8S^8^ W/Uh MP HFR MB LP- BSS/JT/IHT3 f?S4 'fX^MtI i« «»/ PHASE of European life that never fails to impress visitors from the United States is the extent to which women labor in the fields.--in many in stances working side by, side with the men and in others either performing the greater share of the toil or, mayhap, appar ently doing It all while the masculine members of the household are no­ where to be seen. This state of thing? Is not confined to any one section or division of the Old World, either Prom the west of Ireland where the tourist sees women helping with the grain harvests and aiding in the cut ting of the peat all the way to Russia where the peasant women are called upon to perform every sort of labor In the fields, the same story Is told by the sights which meet the eye in every rural district. The Americans who have rather ad vanced Ideas as to the toil which wo men should be permitted to per­ form are treated to their greatest surprise in some of the more prim­ itive provinces of central Europe where it is no un common sight to see a women "hitched" to a plow as it were, side by side with a horse or other animal, while her liege lord trudges behind guiding the plow! How­ ever a rival of this state of things is to be seen occasionally in Holland where a mother and her daughters may be seen on the tow path dragging a barge or canal boat along by means of a heavy rope while the hefty head of the household sits comfortably at the tiller of the craft. It must be admitted however that few of the European women who work in the fields appear in the least discontented with their lot. To be sure the explanation in many cases may be found in the fact that they know no other life and seemingly give nary a thought to the possibilities of an easier existence. Their mothers and their grandmothers before them went into the fields in this wiBe and with a proverbial adherance to precedent and custom they accept the responsi­ bilities as a matter of course. At the same time there are some of these women who have given thought to the subject without having the ponder­ ing malce any difference in their mental attitude. On the contrary some of them grow actually ag­ gressive in their contention that it is the duty of a wife to be her husband's life partner and co­ worker in fact as well as in name and that if the husband's occupation is tilling the soil Bhe should lend a hand in the field work just as she would expect to stand for hours daily behind the counter if her helpmate were a small shopkeeper. • .Field work by women in the United States is not so common an occurrence as it is on the Other side of the Atlantic, but neither is it suffi­ ciently unusual to cause much comment and it Jhas Increased greatly both in volume and va­ riety in recent years. There is the difference ^though that work in the field as performed by .such American women as engage in it does not %tror of drudgery as does much of that abroad and furthermore it Is engaged in, for the most part, purely because of personal preference. That is there is no masculine compulsion figuring in the matter nor is American farmer's wife or •daughter misled by the fallacy that she is not doing her share if she does not perform manual labor in the fields under cultivation. About the only circumstances in which we find the women of our farming communities going into the fields not exactly through a choice of their own is at harvest seaeon when there is a scarcity of labor. It sometimes happens that farmers, particularly those in the more isolated sections of the west and middle west, find it im­ possible to secure, for love or money, the needed harvest hands and rather than see the- ripened grain lost for lack a£ harvesters their wives, sis­ ters and daughters have,--all credit to them for it,--come to the rescue and performed the work of men in the harvest field. In not a few Instances women volunteers have under such circumstances donned men's clothing and the almost unanimous verdict is that the advantage from the standpoint •of utility more than counterbalance any detriment in appearances. But, as has been said, most of the American women who are today working in the fields are doing 60 purely because they prefer it to some other means of making livelihood. This is true of the berry pickers who if they chose could taking up "claims" and in a surpris­ ing number of cases of late these wo­ men have "worked" these claims and developed them into fine farms with very little outside help. A recent case in point was that of three former school teachers who, entirely by their own exertions, successfully carried cut a "homesteadlng" project fifteen miles from the nearest habitation- Farmer women too, are doing more work in the fields than ever before, for" all that the easier circumstance! of the prosperous twentieth century farmer has brought automobiles-and pianos and telephones and a host of home comforts that might naturally be expected to take the minds of the women folk off such things as farm work. In this sphere, too, the explana­ tion of the presence in the fields of many women who are not driven there by necessity is found in the fas­ cination of earning "one's own money." It has been the custom from earn nearly as much as seamstresses or clerks in stores and it is true likewise of the increasing number of women who are engaging in truck gar­ dening and fruit raising and like occupations. However, perhaps the most interesting phase of the whole situation is the vast increase among the women in the fields of those who are not only there on their own initiative but who are also proprietors as it were rather than hired la­ borers or even co-workers who subscribe to the policy of family co-operation. The present "back to the soil" movement is no doubt responsible In great treasure for the in­ crease in this class of women In the fields, and influence has likewise been exerted by the grow­ ing realization that a woman can woo health quite as effectually by farm work close to nature (provided, of course, she does not overtax her strength) as she can by sitting all day on a hotel portico at the most famous of health resorts. We see varied manifestations of this new fever of American women to get into the fieldB for pleas­ ure as well as profit. On the one hand we have the spectacle of women, who must needs be self- supporting, buying and working,--often without any male help whatever,--small truck and poul­ try farms located sufficiently near some large city to insure a good market for the produce of the farm at first hand and mayhap without the pay­ ment of a slice to the commission merchant, providing the woman farmer can cultivate her own circle of customers. To go to the other ex­ treme we see at every government "land open­ ing." unmarried women In increasing numbers LET GS GO The ability to rest is an art. Most women either rush and tear at things all day iong and never give their overstrained nerves a rest or they are indolent anrt indulge in an afternoon sleep, which makes them dull. A cat nap of a quarter of,an hour after luncheon is the best beauty preserva­ tive possible. Hut sleeping is not always resting. Neither is doing nothing. A change of view or of occupation is often the greatest rest and, if the art of relaxation has been mastered, sitting with the hands limply in the lap, with the head resting against the back oi the chair and the feet on a footstool will remove the strain from tired nerves. Many women find going to the theater a rest, and others make a habit of keeping a little knit­ ting or crochet work handy and can quite dismiss the cares of the day as soon as the fingers start making music with the needles. Blessed indeed is she who can sit down in the midst of dirt and confusion to finish a good book. There is a house­ keeping horror who cannot see any brightness in a ray of sunshine while there is a layer of dust on the piano. She makes one shudder at the very name of "order" and by ber uncomfortable pas­ sion for tidiness causes John to look a half hour time out of mind for the average farmer to allow to his wife the "butter and egg money" but of late years when both these commodities have mounted on more than one»occhslon to fancy prices the income has swelled so remarkably as to prove a revelation to the farm mistresses. Women who had only spending money heretofore from this source suddenly found themselves with indepen­ dent bank accounts of their own. The to-be-expected sequel was the result. Th« women of the farms receiving such object lessons of the profits that might be theirs if they took up these "side lines" in real earnest have lost no time in exploring the possibilities of the situation. Many a rural housewife who formerly kept a dozen chick­ ens now has hundreds with an equipment of incu­ bators and all the other aids to such activities. Bee keeping has "likewise had a boom and so has the raising of pigeons, the cultivation of early and late vegetables under glass and numerous other kindred activities which, though making no undue strain upon a woman's strength, and materially to the bulk of her pocketbook. Not a few of the "abandoned farms" of New England which have lately been rejuvenated owe the transformation to, women who have worked out their salvation through a sort of intensive farming in which more often than not the fair sex have had little assis­ tance,--for, be it known, hired help is as scarce in some of the farming sections of New England as it is many hundreds of miles farther west. An interesting side light on the situation Is that our up-to-date agricultural colleges are now fitting girls for work in the fields or anywhere else on the farms. In these institutions the young women are studying side by side with their brothers all the way through and gaining a clearer insight than has heretofore been possible into the practical side of farm husbandry. It is a decided innovation, this plan of teaching the young womeq, from a scientific basis, all that can be put to use pn a farm,--inside or outside the farm house. Under this scheme the farm girl acquires knowledge relative td the soil, plant growth and animal life. In short she learns (from practical demonstration us well as out of books) all that can be taught about field agricul­ ture, dairy practice, etc., as well as the mysteries of cookery and dressmaking and home manage­ ment. Incidentally it may be noted that much at­ tention is being devoted to fruit raising, an occu­ pation which seems to be proving attractive to a great number ef the feminine recruits who have lately taken to tflling the soil as a means of liveli­ hood. for his slippers and sigh for the lost ease of his bachelor den. Make yourself comfortable and everybody around you--that is a good password for this life. There is altogether too much said in encourge- ment of "temperament" and "nerves." It is well to have them, just as it is well to have teetb and eyes and feet, but they are to serve and not dominate us. Learn to rest your tired nerve# and years and the chief knows that another ten years relax from housekeeping cares. % • ?: MAKING THE PUBLIC WORK Pumper Received Only a Small Part of the Water and the Garden Qot the Rest. A disinterested charity is one thing; , ftn interested charity is a commercial f. enterprise. As an example, the late Sir Francis Galton, hi his book. Mem­ ories of My Life," tells how water is Supplied to the thirsty traveler in Palestine. The invitation to dri fcas a striae attached to it. At the other end of the string is the payment for the favor received. The soil about Jaffa is perfectly dry and wonderfully fertile, but only on the strict condition of its being am­ ply sapplied with water. Its environs are traversed by dusty roads between dull mud walls, on the other side of which the richly watered gardens lie, so pedestrians, as might be expected, are often thirsty and covetous. I saw a sort of pump-handle with a spout on the Bide of the road, and an Inscription above bearing some such encouraging text as "Drink! water." Here is Accordingly we pumped, and a little water did certainly come; but how ever hard we pumped there issued no more than a scanty streamlet out of the spout. We heard, all the same, a sound of abundance of water that never reached us, the cause of which was soon discovered to be an Ingeniously arranged division, by means of wbtch the pumper got only a small part of the water he raised, and the. garden got all the rest. It was an excellent example of the higher forms of commercial enter­ prise. They enrich all round, but the merchant to whose initiative they are due gets by far the biggest shar*.-- Youth's Companion. Ramming of Paving Stone*. The ramming of*paving stones It done now with * pneumatic tamper, doing the work of the kuman rammet in much less time. BQRDURES IN VOGUE SHOPS ARE SHOWING ABUND­ ANCE OF THESE MATERIALS. Veilings, Chiffons and Cotton Textures Respond Most ^Beautifully to Or­ namental Bands--Pretty Kimo­ no Waist With Princess Skirt- Bordered materials are to have an immense vogue this summer, and they are already seen in abundance in the shops. The veilings, chiffons and cot­ ton textures respond most beautifully to these highly ornamental bands, for such goods, while needing some trim­ ming or other, are hard to be suited with garnitures. The bands now woven at one side or both of the goods suggest striped satin ribbons, Spanish laces and the odd arabesques of In­ dian decorations, and some of the bor- derings show a riot of the richest col­ or. Again, threads of black or a heavy black band will be run along the most delicate tints, these giving the ma­ terials a very Frenchy look. Along with these handsome new things there are counters and coun­ ters of thin textiles all of which have been greatly reduced, as they belong to the winter supplies and do not show the latest touches. Neverthe­ less, these bargain goods are most de­ sirable, as it is an easy enough matter to supply the effect of a band of rib­ bon, satin or velvet, and in point of weight and coloring they do not in the least suggest cold weather materials. Of course the between-season gown calls for a new hat, and even with the winter one headgear must be lightened now to seem in accordance with prevailing tastes. So here are spring hats with us, and such spring hats--high crowned, of course, bril­ liant straws anfl trimmed always with some dashing fancy plume or other that goes up to enormous heights. Those who prefer satin or silk hats also find them everywhere, and as it i£ quite the thing to make these of one color and trim them with an­ other it is possible to use up many bits of home material if the hats can u»;l be turned out by home sewers. On a satin shape of gun metal gray a vivid blue ribbon was massed so as to hide the entire crown and shape a vast bow at the back. Black and white effects in the satin and silk hats are also much seen and surely nothing could be smarter than this combina­ tion, even though it involves a black and white effect to a certain extent all through the get-up. Our illustration shows a kimono waist and princess skirt, the two de­ tails showing admirably together in DESK FITTINGS OF CRETONNE Pretty Idea for Girls' Room l« to Match Accessories With the Fur nishlngs. F^r a girl's room that is furnished with one of the lovely flowered cre­ tonnes or chintzes it is a pretty idea to have her desk fittings in the same material. And she can make them all herself, which is an added pleasure to most girls when they are fitting up a room. First there is the large blot- tar. This Is made by cutting a piece of heavy cardboard just the size she wants and covering It smoothly with the cretonne. The best way to cover it Is to cut the cretonne a little larger *&an the cardboard and turn it over the edge of the board and glue it firmly all along the edge. The cor­ ners must be mitered so that they just fit Over the edge of the covertng is glued a gimp to finish it. At each cor­ ner fasten a little triangle of the cre­ tonne, folded on the diagonal side, to hold the corners of the blotting paper. These extra pieces are put on before a pretty gray veiling and ipolre silk in & matching color. With these ma­ terials white porcelain beads are uSed effectively. The bodice begins with a closely fit­ ting kimono waist of the moire, fin­ ished at the neck with a round yoke of the veiling, beaded over. Two crossed bib pieces of the veiling cover the lower part of the bodice back and front, these running up to the yoke band In sharp beaded points. Straight bands of the beaded veiling form the cuffs and the narrow folded belt is of the moire. In the deep fcot band of the gath­ ered skirt a novel touch is given through the shaping of the upper line, the former stralghtness of such bands being considered now a little unbe­ coming to any but the slimmest and most youthful figures. This model as it stands Is undesirable for anything but a very dressy frock, but such ma­ terials as moussellne and organdy may be used for it with some varia­ tion of the style of trimming. Veil­ ing, chiffon and cashmere, or a thin silk with some pretty wool are other adaptable materials. FOR BRIDE'S COIFFURE T Green leaves form the foundation of this pretty hair wreath for a bride's coiffure, between which the or­ ange blossoms are daintily arranged. The second illustration, showing a pretty lace cap of semi-Dutch persua­ sion is fashioned on fine silk-covered wire, lined with chiffon; a string of large pearl beads is drawn loosely round, ending in a large cabuchoa of pearl beads, which fastens the grace­ ful plume at left side, the stem of which Is also ornamented with gradu­ ated pearl beads. FOR THE GIRL WHO CAMPS Some Things That Will Add to the Pleasure of the 8ummer ^ Outing. Take along a good supply of stories to tell. Around the campflre at night a good story teller Is an acquisition. Not only is a supply of jokes good; but weird stories, ghost stories, animal stories will all be listened to with avidity. Not all evenings will be spent around the campflre, but some will, and the good talker will add mucb to the evening's pleasure. The girl who can make a good fudge or any other kind of good candy is usually voted a brick on a camping trip. If you are not expert, practice a hit beforehand; and remember that In camp you won't have all the con­ veniences for candy-making that yoi have at home. A hot water bottle, ready-made mus tard plasters, arnica, remedies for scratches and bruises and blistered feet and mosquito bites--this doesn't soupd like a hilarious time, but there'll be 4 a good time just the same--all such things are liable to be in de­ mand. New Watches. Every year watches become more beautiful and more to be compared with the exquisite ones of the eigh­ teenth century. Enameling Is an art which has been revived with great success, and noyir the most beautiful shades and blendlngs of color can be produced. Among many old wonderfully made watches reproduced this season Is a French one, very thin, its undulating edge outlined with gold leaf. The back of the watch, and almost the entire face, is covered with rich black enamel, on which are painted tiny, but very natural, roses, convolvuli. and daisies with their foliage. the gimp. Or, instead of the cretonne corners a strip of the gimp may be fastened across each corner and the blotting paper slipped under. The . next thing to make is a rack for paper and envelopes. For this buy the cheapest wooden rack to be found (unless you happen to have a brother who can make one for you) and glue the cretonne all over it, finishing it with the gimp. A tray for pens and pencils can be made to match by us­ ing the cover of a long, narrow box as a foundation and covering it with the material in the same way. The ideal may be carried out in any other things used on a desk, as a stamp box or m box for rubber bands. Hollyhocks on Hat*. There is nothing demure about thi» season's millinery, as witness the fact that hollyhocks, as well as sunflowers, are the new and important flowers to go on all kinds of hats. The hol­ lyhocks are placed In an upright stalk at the side of a high-crowned hat, in the same way we are now using straight wired plumes» LOST 61 POUNDS, Another Terrible Case of Gravs| by Doan's Kidney Pills, Charles Understein, 50 W. 44th St, Chicago, 111., says: "Kidney trouble ran me down from 196 to 136 pounds snd I was a shadow erf my former self. Oh! how I suffered. doctors mjr left side was paralyzed. I could not walk without assistance. I grew worse and went to a hospital, but was not helped. My friends all thought XfWKVJV I would die. Three weeks after I be­ gan taking Doan's Kidney Pills I passed a gravel stone as big as a pea. At intervals the stones kept passing from me. I passed eleven in one day. Doan's Kidney Pills finally cured me. My health returned and I have had no kidney trouble since." Remember the name--Doan's. For sale by druggists and general storekeepers everywhere. Price 60e. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. • DID THE BEST HE COULQ, Mr. Bugg -- Why, I expected this message two days ajfb. Snail Messenger--It's not my fault, the company only gave it to me a week ago. , BABY'S HAIR ALL CAME OUT "When my first baby was . six months old he broke out on his head with little' bumps. They would dry up and leave a scale. Then it would break out. again and It spread all over his head. All the hair came out and his head was scaly all over. Then his face broke out all over In red bumps and it kept spreading until it v/as on his hands and arms. I bought several boxes of ointment, gave him blood medicine, and had two doctors to treat him, but he got worse all the time. He had it about six months when a friend told me about Cuticura. 1 sent and got a bottle of Cuticura Resolvent, a cake of Cuticura Soap and a box of Cuticura Ointment. In three days after using them he began to improve. He.began to take long naps and to stop scratching his head. After taking two bottles of Resolvent, two boxes of Ointment and three cakes of Soap he was sound and well, and never had any breaking out of any kind. His hair came out in little curls all over his head. I don't think anything else would have cured him except Cuticura. "I have bought Cuticura Ointment and Soap several times since to use for cuts and sores and have never known them to fall to cure what 1 put them on. I think Cuticura is a great remedy and would advise any one to use It, Cuticura Soap is the best that I have ever used for toilet purposes." (Signed) Mrs. F. E. Harmon, R. F. D. 2, Atoka, Tenn., Sept 10, 1910. Harm in Too Much Exercise. Dr. Lawrason Brown and Dr. F. N. Heise of Saranac Lake, in an article on "Properly Regulated Refit and Ex­ ercise in Pulmonary Tuberculosis," In the June number of the Journal of the Outdoor Life, holds that the action of the poisonous germs of thlB disease on the body Is very similar to that of overexercise. The poisonous irrita­ tions caused by the germs gives the organs and tissues of the body a dou­ ble load to carry. Drs. Brown and Heise emphasize the importance of rest in the treatments of tuberculosis, but also Insist that properly regulat­ ed exercise is very necessary. They state their conclusions thus: "To sum up, exercise when properly regu­ lated and systematically graded is an important factor in the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis. Through it the patient Is in many cases returned to home and family with lessened chances of future relapse. At the same time part of his earning capa­ city is restored and he It. consequent­ ly financially less dependent upon others, relieving him of muoh worry, expense and hardship. ' Bribery. Mrs. M.--Who did you vote for? Mrs. N.--I don't remember his name. He gave me his seat in the street «\vr last week. Stop the Pain. Tl»® hurt of a burn or a cut stops when Cole's Carbollsalve. t» applied. It heals quickly and prevents scars. 25c and BOo by orurafsts. For free sample write to J. W. Cole & Co.. Black River Falls. Wis. The really great never seek noto­ riety, neither do they like to have It thrust upon them. They are too busy to want to be taken notice of. Smokers find Lewis' Single Binder 5e eifu better Quality than most lOe ei^n. Love is the only thing that more than pays for all It gets. Cures all blood humors, all eruptions, clears the complex­ ion, creates an appetite, aids digestion, relieves that tired feeling, gives vigor and vim. Get it today in usual liquid form at chocolated tablets called Sarsattbs,