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,©MneJ:>V^F^baorVs V* 'Di^vry V •«'*».*• v' .'t FOR THE HOUSEKEEPER BECOMING ATTIRE DESIGNED TO BE WORN AT WORK, Pretty and Practical Garments Ar« at Command and May Be Pro­ cured at Cost That is Really Remarkable. Never were housekeeping garments more coquettish than now, and the woman is foolish, indeed, who goes about her home duties unbecomingly .ttlred. From the housekeeper's work- ng gown Itself--that useful garment which must often stand a deal of drudgery, down to the apron In which m »he does her preserving and canning, styles are immensely pretty, while osing nothing of practicality. This is an excellent season for the sewing of working clothes, but If there Is no time for the larger pieces of work, the frocks needed can be ready made at small cost. All of the shops keep the little wash cotton gowns needed, dubbing them house dresses or maid's dresses, and they are as heap as chdap, good models in durable materials selling as low sometimes as 98 cents. The frocks are in one- piece style, with white bands upon color, and plain bands upon figured fabrics, and the buyer who lovea dainty effects may indulge in charm­ ing colors--violet, pale blue, or some shades of green, yellow or pink. Why wosh dishes In an ugly dress when you can get a pretty one that washes quite as well, perhaps better? The unsightly home gowns are commonly made iu dark colors, and these are less likely to stand soap and water than are the light colors. Our sketch presents the working apron in a very desirable phase, and the material used In this case is blue and white percale. The front and sides of the apron are cut separately so that a narrow goods could be used, and the capacity of the pocket is decidedly strengthened through its being put Into the seam. Checked gingham, denim and crash would make the more sturdy aprons which would be wanted in this style, but the gayer cottons, white with floral figures, are very pret­ ty and much used. A sleeve protec­ tor in the same material as the apron is a useful detail, and a good model for this is also shown with the pic­ ture. The p is of sheeting in a loose weave, and it is gathered in a tape, which is removed for laundering. Mop caps are always becoming to pretty faces, and when in correct fab­ rics they seem to give a proper finish for working clothes. Besides, they protect the hair from dust and kitch­ en odors and seem to Indicate a punc­ tilious neatness in all kitchen mat­ ters. Some charming house caps of workaday sort are made of big ban­ danna handkerchiefs, arranged so that two points will fall over the ears. Caps for afternoon use are bewilderlngly pretty, little fooleries of muslin and ribbon, which in many cases are worn with a tiny matching apron. The two pretty things are for afternoon tea use, and they are likewise donned for the club's sewing spree. The aprons for this dressy use run to exceeding smallness. They are mere wisps, covering only the front of the skirt, and generally gathered over a ribbon waistband. Ecclesiastic Chemises Now. The latest eccentricity of fashion is underwear decorated with a cross motif. The cross is made of lace, or Is embroidered by hand, and is placed on the front of the chemisette or nightgown, exactly in the center. When lace Insertlou is used to make the cross, one piece is laid over the other and the fabric is buttonholed over the lace all the way around the edges and then clipped away. The Mal­ tese cross, with four equal sides, is used. HANDSOME FROCK OF LINEN SUMMER NOVELTY With Accessories It Makes Most At­ tractive Costopne for Out-of-Door Entertainments. There is a kind of linen which is al most as thin as muslin, having a loosely woven mesh which makes it nearly transparent. This is trimmed lavishly with drawn-thread wortt, through the large open squares of which is visible the foundation of white sponge cotton. This dress in saxe blue or cherry color is equally handsome, and is smart enough for dress occasions, for race meetings, garden parties, and so on. To wear with the* frock there is a quaint and pretty hat of Le|horn straw, curved and bent after the man­ ner of a shepherdess hat. with a low dome crown entirely veiled in very fine black tulle illusion. The tulle is raised rather high above the crown, and rising In billows toward the back, while the hat Is apparently held in place with a long tulle scarf carried round the throat in front, pinned on the left shoulder and left to float in a streamer from thence. Smart Coat and Skirt. Even in plain coats and skirts there is a fancy for certain forms of trim­ ming, or the introduction of another fabric of contrasting color to obtain the requisite variations. One very charming coat and skirt was composed of the fashionable lemon shade of crash linen, with revers of black and white galatea, which form a pointed cape collar at the back. A narrow strip of the galatea outlines the basque of the coat and appears as a panel let in to the skirt from the under-petticoat. Tuscan Hat, Simply Trimmed With a Large Rose of Paisley Silk and a Black Velvet Knot. Skirt Widths. Much has been heard regarding fuller skirts for suits next season, says the Dry Goods Economist. The few house that brought out a real full skirt, however, did not meet with success. The skirt now being made by manufacturers is a happy medium between a full skirt and the very narrow one in vogue a year ago. This will no doubt be the popular width I for fall and winter. It Is still made to give the straight narrow lines, but has enough fullness to permit of per feet freedom in walking. A few plaits are Introduced in a clever manner in the back, front and sides, but are pressed or stitched so as not to give any flare. two and a half yards long and a yard wide. Soft faille silk and silk and wool •oliennes are returning to fashion. Extremely smart little frock# for children are trimmed with cross stitch. A tendency toward the old-fashioned square cut. low necked gown is no­ ticeable in many of the models. For the seaside the ratine jacket Is fashionable and serviceable. The reefers with white collar and cuffs are as popular as ever. The Russian effect in blouses is quite new and becoming, and may be made in allover embroidery, com­ bined with fllet lace. Soft rose, palest blue, and delicate lilacs are favorite bleadlngs in pan­ sier frocks. With white costumes, white boots <*r white pumps are worn, although the novelty pumps in combination of black and white are good. Dainty scarfs are an absolute ne­ cessity. They are of changeable chif­ fon cloth In rainbow tones, and are How to B« Graceful. If you want to be graceful, don t look at your feet, but hold your bead up In the air. Don't shuffle A little thougbtfulness and practice in high stepping soon breaks you of this ugly habit. Don't bend your back at the waist under the impression that you are thereby working erect. It throws the stomach forward and Is almost as inimical to grace as round shoulders. Finally, don t allow yourself to walk pigeon-toed that is, with the toes turned in or straight. You can never be graceful in movements while you •do. _ Shoehorn Novelty. Convenience is the keynote of mod­ ern life, and daily something is seen which emphasizes this. The latest ad­ dition in lines with this fact, for mad- ame's boudoir, Is a shoehorn .of silver plate attached to :\r *>hor.y handle three feet long; the»e cost $1.94 and 2.25 PAVED LOTS FOR THE FEEDING OF STEERS CQNCJ?&T£* CZ/&&-&X6* BJPTCKZjUZ? 2ZAT )S7N CEM£NT ASAjyjy tfGJzavzrz" &4i?ri£ CJZOSS SZCTTOrt Of 3 rzooR or By W. H. SMITH, Instructor in Animal Husbandry, Uni­ versity of Illinois College of Agriculture. One of the factors usually neglected which figure in the profits of steer feeding is the condition of the feed lots. The average lot during a great part of the feeding period Is a "mud lot" which makes the feeding opera­ tion disagreeable to both man and beast and prevents the complete utili­ sation of waste products by hogs. Different ways have been trfcd to overcome these adverse conditions. Some keep the lot well bedded, which does very well, but the present high price of straw prevents the use of this system. Others use gravel and cin­ ders, but this is not satisfactory un­ less kept well covered with bedding, as sharp particles work up the cleft of the hoof and cause severe lameness which usually throws the animal off feed and causes a loss in weight. The most satisfactory and lasting way is to have the surface of the lots paved either with brick or concrete. The feed lots at the University of Illinois are paved with brick. The lots are 36 by 48 feet with a twelve foot open shed extending along the north side. This provides space for feeding twenty steers, about 100 square feet to each animal. The grade used in paving these lots was one slightly above the surrounding level and was given enough slope inches from north to south and 3^4 inches from east to west of each lot) to allow the water to run the south­ west corner of each lot. Then six inches of gravel was rolled and tamp­ ed down Folid, and covered with one inch of fine sand upon which No. 1 paving brick were laid flat. The space between the brick was filled with a filler consisting of one part clean sharp sand and one part Portland ce­ ment, thoroughly mixed. Great care was taken to fill all cracks or joints between the bricks In order to prevent water from getting nnderneath and loosening the bricks in the pavement. Around the outside a retaining curb of 2x8 oak plank WBS placed to pr^ vent breaking off the edges of the Crick. Later these planks began to rot and were replaced with a six inch layer of concrete. The cost of paving, which is the fhief disadvantage either with brick or concrete. Is from 9 to 10 cents per square foot or from |8 to $10 per steer. But when one realizes that such a lot Is permanent the cost does not stand out so prominently. Steers fed oq paved lots at the University of Illinois sold for 10 cents per cwt. higher than those fed in mud lots and 25 7 pounds more pork was produced per steer by hogs in the paved lota during a six month feeding period. Figuring the gain In pork at 7 cents per pound and the extra selling price of the steers we find the psved lots practically paying for themselves In two six month feeding periods. » '•* - „ ^ jjj| kV * * * W " A '*? ' , * X. : V ' . ydi. - **' V:: , v&F ?%.? . X. , v. 4 ^ , .v. » ' " . ^ fi * mm? A •I! r*"* > '4i The above picture shows Uncle Dick and Dad, two capons who are taking the place of mothers to two thriving families of little chickens. Uncle Dick resides at the poultry farm of the University of Illinois, while Dad makes his home with one of the professors. They are both very large White Wyandottes and can hover with comfort a bro&d of over fifty chicks. Mr. D O. Karto, associate in poultry husbandry at the university, in­ tends making the capons a part of his brooding system next year. At present there are over forty capons on the farm. . The fl^sh of capons is of fine quality and brings high prtces on the market. The heavier breeds of chickens are most satisfactory. Forest and Orchard 8tudles. The University of Illinois advises: "Study Agriculture In the Public Schools." It believes In scientific agriculture and believes that the young people ought to learn about it in the high schools, the rural and the grade schools. In order to help them do it, the extension department has prepared a little book to be used as a suggestive guide or text in the study of the orchard and the forest. The outline was prepared by ' Assistant Professor A. W Nolan, who has had wide experience in teaching agricul­ ture In the schools of West Virginia, Indiana and Illinois. Experiments With Steers. The results of seven years' experi­ mental work by the Pennsylvania agricultural experiment Btation indi­ cate that an open shed, boarded up clofeiy on three sides, and kept well bedded at all times, is more efficient for fattening steers than the base­ ment oi a barn. During the winter of 1909-10, cattle fed in an open shed made more rapid gains, attained a higher finish, sold 'or 15 cents per hundred more, and returned 11.6 cents more for each bushel of corn consumed than similar steers fed in the barn. They also required less labor in feeding, and ( more straw was used in bedding. Starting the Fruit Garden. August is a good month In which to plant a fruit garden, if you have not already got one. Visit fruit par- dens having soil similar to yours and test the varieties which you find, be­ ing particular to notice which bear the best crops. Even little differences of soil and situation will make considerable dif­ ference in the crop After you have The subject of forestry is taken up in six parts or divisions teaching the identification of trees, how they live and grow. It tells of actual forest conditions and influences, of the far­ mer's woodlot and its care, of the nut crop and of the use of trees in landscape gardening Practical les­ sons or exercises are Included with directions such as taking a census of the woodlot, planting a forest nursery, beautifying the school grounds and many others. Copies of "Lessons in Forest and Orchard," may be obtained free from the Agricultural Extension Depart­ ment of the University of Illinois. made these visits, then make a plan of your garden and begin to get ready to plant, far the apples, pears, quinces and the brambles can be planted this fall. Get your order In early. Fertilizing the Orchard. Barnyard manure is, in general, the best fertilizer for the orchard, says C. M. Burritt of the depar;ment of agriculture. This should be applied at the rate of a load 10 from three to five trees, at least once in three years. The use of commercial fertil­ izers is hardly advisable, except where rsreful experiment has demon­ strated its value. Grain. Feed In Winter. Nature does not provide green feed during the winter months for the fowls, but occasionally cabbage or green alfalfa hay is beneficial. For Dry Spells. We cannot bring rain when It is needed, but we can keep the culti­ vators going during the worst drouth that ever happened. ELECTRIC LIGHT IN DENMARK •very Town In That Country of Over 5.000 Population Has Public Service. According to recent information about the progress of electric light and power industries in Denmark, It Kppeara that all the towns of 5,000 Inhabitants and over are now provid­ ed with public electric service, says the Scientific American. As to towns Slaving between 5,000 and 3,000 inhabit­ ants. there are only three in which electric mains are not installed, so that It will be seen that Denmark is one of the most progressive countries In this respect. The largest sized elec­ tric stations are to be found at Co­ penhagen and at present there are three large plants in operation giving a total of 27.000 horse power. Cur­ rent Is supplied for the city malnfc. as well as for the tramway lines. As regards the Danish stations in small towns. In general each town has its own plant, and there is but one ex­ ample of an intercommunal system. This is at SkoVshoved, near Copenha­ gen, and the central station extends Its power lines over all the suburban regions, also supplying the tramways of Hellerup and Klampenburg. In most of the town electric stations the Diesel heavy oil engine !s used. A VARIATION. I ERUPTION LIKE PIMPLES Wathena, Kan.--"My child's scalp trouble became so bad that I was ashamed to have anyone see him. His head had a solid scab on It. He also had a terrible breaking out on his face which was gradually growing worse. £ eruption was like pimrles which eveloped into sores when he scratch­ ed, which he did almost constantly. Baby would almost scratch himself raw. "I had used several different kinds of fcalve, none of them helping In the least bit, when I saw the Cuticura ad­ vertisement in the paper and It made me think of the good results my sister had when she used It for her children I had only used Cuticura Soap and Ointment about two weeks before I noticed that the sores were almost en­ tirely gone, and it must have been a month or six weeks he was troubled before I begqp the treatment. He would get easy when I would put the Cuticura Ointment on him. Cuticura Soap and Ointment completely cured him and he has a clear complexion now." (Signed) Mrs. W. H. Hughes, Dec. 31, 1911. Cuticura Soap and Ointment soM throughout the world. Sample of each free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address «ost-card "Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston." "Your husband frequently misses his dinner." "Yes. Whenever there is a ball game in town he devotea himself to finding fault with the umpire Instead of with the cook." Adulation Pleased Rousseau. Rousseau, whose bicentenary cele- ^ bratlon occasioned a riot in Paris the other day, created a sensation when he visited England in 1766, "Rousseau and his Armenian dress," wrote Lord Charlemont, "were followed by crowds when he first arrived In Lon­ don, and as long as thiB species of admiration lasted he was contented and happy. Garrlck not only gave a supper in his honor, but played two characters specially to please him Rousseau was highly gratified, but Mrs. Garrick declared that she had never spent a more unpleasant eve­ ning in her life, the philosopher be­ ing so anxious to display himself, and hanging over the front of the box so much, that she was obliged to hold him by the skirts of his coat to prevent him from falling over into the pit." WHAT WILL. CU?»E. MY BACK? Common sense will do more to cure backache than anything else. 'Twill tell you whether the kidaeya are sore, swollen and aching. It will tell you In that case that there is no use trying to cure It with a plaster. If the passages are scant or too frequent, proof that there la kidney trouble Is complete. Then common sense will tell you to use Doan's Kidney Pills, the best rec­ ommended special kidney remedy. -An Ohio Cmmm w. E Ttry Ae»ur« ma Harrla. Jef- feraon. Ohio, •ayi: "For j-rUt ten year* I Story' Buffered from kidney trou­ ble. I had c o n s t a n t biekac ha, d r o p a l c t l aymptoma b*> cams mani­ fest and I bfcamt so bad I was laid up la bed. After doctora hai failed. I be­ gan takinar Doan* KMnef Ftlli. They eared tc» completely." Get Dosn't it any Drug Store, 50c. a Box Doan's Child's Popularity Explained. A winning lottery ticket of $100,- 000, In connection with the Nobles Bank was recently presented for payment at the State Hank in St Petersburg, and It now transpires that thi owner is an eight-year-old orphan, an inmate of the orphanage at Pskoff. The lottery ticket was her sole possession. Her relatives have hitherto done nothing for the child, but when the news of her good for­ tune became known they were one and all eager to adopt her. The au­ thorities have placed her In the charge of an arch priest, a distant con­ nection ot her father. UNCLE DICK AND DAD RAISE LARGE FAMILIES Best Books for Children. Eugene Field, asked for the best ten books for young people under six­ teen years of age. is said to have given thiB list: "Pilgrtm 'B Progress," ' Hohinscn rrusce." Andersen's Fairy Tales. Grimm's Fairy Tales. "Scottish Chiefs," "Black Beauty," "The Ara­ bian Nights," "Swiss Family Robln- pon.' "Little Lord Fauntleroy," "Tom Brown's School nays," for boys, or tor girls, "Little Women." Instead of liquid antiseptics, tablets and peroxide, for toilet and medicinal uses, many people prefer Paxtlne, which is cheaper and better. At drug­ gists, 25c a box or sent postpaid on re­ ceipt of price by The Paxton Toilet Co., Boston, Mass. Irrigation In Australia. Australia is irrigating more than two million acres of grazing lands with artesian wells. His Weapon. "Did you see where an escaping ma­ niac somewhere struck down his pur­ suer with a cake of soap?" "Then I suppose he made a clean getaway " Keep on trying; It's often the last | key of the (pinch that opens the door. 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Csmpaicn Fbot<l> < graphic llurcau, 1544 Broadna;. Nfs Yotl BALSAM tb*Saia •MS © Suxuriaai (teeth. 1'alta to Bents** th** :• t® its Ttmttral Ct3m, ntm hair faMtog. jSas4SSaiieaBtii& MtjOTe'SIJWaiE JyfwW" ft*#' t# 6 "••rist Pi lla-ii „ 'klflCKV anfcB rH pt-8| iiMibhiSVJUui alwata auuiu DEFIANCE STARCH--» oodcm tt the paekaas --other «t»rrh«s only 12 •'DEFIANCE" IS SUPERIOR QUALITY* Some people boast In order to keep others from doing so. W. N. U^CHICAQO, NO. 37-1912. Don't Poison Baby. FORTY YEABS AGO almost every mother thought her must h&vQ PAREGORIC or laudanum to make it sleep. These drugs will produoo sleep, and A FEW DROPS TOO MAFT will produce the SLEET PROM WIX0H li-'H KRT! IS NO WAKING. Many are the children who have been killed or whose health has been ruined for life by paregoric, laudanum and morphine, each of which is a narcotio product of opium. Druggists are prohibited from selling either of the narcotics named to children at all, or to anybody without labelling them poison." The definition of "narcotic" is! "A m^dicirie which relieves pain and produces sleep, but which in poisonous doses produces stupor, comcu, convul­ sions and death." The taste and smell of medicines containing opium are disguised, and sold under the names of "Drops," "Cordials," "Soothing Syrups," eta. Yon should not permit any medicine to be given to your children without yon or your physician know of what it is composed. CASTORIA DOES NOT CON­ TAIN NARCOTICS* if it bears the signature of Ghas. H. Fletchers Letters from Promineot Physicians addressed to Chas. H. Fletcher. Dr. J. W. Dinsdale, of Chicago, 111., says: "1 nse your Castor la saA ad rise Its use In all families where there are children." Dr. Alexander E. illntie, of Cleveland. Ohio, says: "1 havs frequently prescribed your Castorla and bare found It a reliable and p1--r*-* edy for children." Dr. Agnes V. Swetland, of Omaha, Nebr., says: "Tour Castorla is the best remedy in the world for children and the only oos I oae sad recommend." Dr. J. A. McClellan, of Buffalo, N. T, says: "I hare frequently prescribe# your Castorla for children and always got good results, la ffcet X SSS Castorla for my own children." Dr. J. W. Allen, of Bt Louis, Ma, says: "1 heartily endorse your Oto* * tor La. I have frequently prescribed it in my medical practice bavs always found It to do all that is claimed for It." Dr. C. H. Glldden, of £'_ Paul, Minn., sc.73: "My experience as a yrM> t l t i a n e r w i t h y o u r C a s t o r l a h a s b e e n h i g h l y s a t i s f a c t o r y , a f t d I -- t t an excellent remedy for the youn£." Dr. H. D. Benner, of Philadelphia, Pa^ says: "I have need your Cfc* torla as a purgative In the coses of children tor years past Uth the -- happy effect, and fully endorse It as a safe remedy." Dr. J. A. Boarman, of Kansas City, Mo., says: "Tour Castorla Is a gplen* did remedy for children, known the world over. I use it la ej practice and have no hesitancy In recommending it lor the of and children." Dr. J. J. Mactey, of Brooklyn, N. Y* says: T consider your Castorla sa excellent preparation for children, being composed of reliable medicines and pleasant to the taste, A food rtmedj for all disturbances at tha digestive organs." G E N U I N E C A S T O R I A A L W A Y S Beam m ot ALCOHOL 3 P E R CfcNv. AVige (abte Preparaf tor i ion«.i, siitiifaling list Food and JRc^ufa ling fe SiOitiadis andBowefc-of Jhroiautes jPign^lkinJObrrduf-l nessittid Rest-Coiuatas matter f Omuiu^larphiue tturMuux? NOT NARCOTIC. Mw c'mnk̂ nxumsa Smi~ ,,&x.Sama * AdtlfrS^U-Aoittiml • J&esJ&w/- Aperfecf Remedy forOawflp- tiort, Sour Stomach.I)tarrtwa Worms jCoiivalsionsievi'fish ness andLoss OF SlMB. ftjcSkwie Signature at NEW YORK. 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