Dakota County herald. (Dakota City, Neb.) 1891-1965, April 22, 1915, Image 6

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Miss Stonehouse in
MIsa Stonehouso, whose high-bred
tjpo of boauty carries off the splendid
things in clothes, scorns fitted to mas
querado as silkon-robed princesses and
!queens pictured in romances of long
ago. The strenuous life of tho mov-lng-plcturo
actress is not reflected In
tbo calm eyes and serono brow that
tho "fans" know so well in this actresB
of tho silent drama.
To her typo belong just the sort of
clothes in which wo catch a gllmpso
of her through the oyo of the camera.
!Her cloak, or mantle, of a rich, high
luster silk, Is mado of a weavo so
Bupplo that It is easy to reveal a
graceful carriago in It It falls and
clings and adapts itsolt to each motion
of tbo wearer.
This silk has a brocaded surfaco and
Is wovon In many colors, but Is most
beautiful In rose or bluo and in cop
por shades. But in any color tho bro
cadod' Burfaco and tho lustrous weave
allow a fascinating play of color.
Tho big midsummer hat is a plctur
osquo sbapo with a wido brim mado
of chiffon having a broad bordor of
leghorn braid. Narrow black chan-
Now shopping bags fancier than
thoso of leather, and now combs in
odd shapes are among tho latest of
novoltloB In accessories of dross that
are alluringly displayed in tho shops.
In the picturo given here two of theso
bags aro shown, together with a
comb, Tho bags aro mounted on
the new clasp, which has boon chris
tened tho "Panama Gate." It spreads
when pulled out to open tho mouth
of tho bag, and when pressed to close
It fits under a cap of metal.
At tho left tho long bag Is mado of
gold-cplored molro ribbon of a heavy,
Boft quality. This Is gathered to a
flat bag mado of gold beads, having
a flowered pattern In beads of vari
ous color and finished at tho bottom
with a taBsolcd fringe of boads. Tho
clasp 1b of French gilt and tho cap la
of the same.
At tho right tho bag Is mado of
black tnotro ribbon in a flno quality
mounted on a clasp of gunmetal. It Is
lined witli a flavored silk in lavender,
and tho cap which confines tho clasp
is of gunmetal sot with an amethyst,
Tho small coin purso of silk is at
tached to tho bag by a flno chain of
Foot Comfort.
The more tho feet aro bathed and
rubbed tho moro comfort you will
have. Rubbing tho soles of tho foot
with n raw lemon Is very restful nfter
the bath. Keep tho toenntl cut straight
across, never cut down on tho sides,
and tho cuticle around tho nails should
bo kept loose, A strong hot salt bath
la very restful for tho foot.
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. Heart Pincushion,
Tk moat attractive'llitloJplncuBhlon
to bask fiy tho sldo of tho dresser can
Novelties in Dress Accessories , '.JhLI
Leghorn Picture Hat
tilly laco outlines tbo flange of leg
horn whero it is sot on to tho chiffon,
and tho underbrlm is faced with chif
fon which allows tho black laco to
show through. Tho round crown is
set on tho brim without a band.
A beautiful wreath of moss roses
and buds and an occasional huge pansy
blossom make up tho decoration of tho
crown. They aro wonderful copies of
tho natural flowors. A bow of wide
velvet ribbon with long hanging ends
Is tacked ngalnBt the underbrlm at
tho back. A spray of tho moss roso
buds and a slnglo pansy mako up a
bouquet that is sowed to the long endB
of velvet about midway of their
length.
This is an elegant examplo of the
plcturesquo In millinery which is car
ried well by women of tho typo of Miss
Stonehouso or other tall, youthful
wearers to whom large hats nro be
coming. Thoso who possess leghorns
are fortunato; thoy aro In great de
mand and aro among tho easiest of
hats to reblock or remodol as may be
desired.
gunmotal. Tho bag la suspended by
n handsomo silk cord. Tho gold-colored
bag has handlos mado of folds
of tho Bilk run through small gilt
slides.
Tho comb Is an excellent imitation
of tortolso shell in a composition of
celluloid. Tho curved tooth aro set
on to a back which Is scrolMlko In
shapo and sot with small rhlnostonos.
Tho shapo of tho scroll has given tho
comb its name It Is ambitiously
called "Tho Eternal Question." It is
cleverly curved both In tho back and
tho tooth to lit well to tho head and is
Intended to 1 worn with tho now long
roll in whtcn tho hair Is arranged at
tho back and over tho top of the
head.
JULIA BOTTOMLEY.
An Every-Day Gown.
A pretty little "ovory-dny" gown I?
of mouse-colored cloth trimmed with
graduated bands of deep sapphire vel
vet; It has tho yoked skirt and full
hem of today, and a quaint high belt,
nlso an exceedingly pretty high collar,
In striped mauvo and sapphire faille
and satin.
bo mado with two heart-shaped pieces
of Hardanger canvas.
Embroider a wreath of pink roses
and leaves and crass-stitch on wrong
Bldo, leaving an opening nt tho top.
Turn and fill with lamb's wool, then
top bow tho opening and add a loop of
pink ribbon to tho center top, so that
tho little rose heart can bo suspended
by tho Hldo of tho dressing tublo.
Turkey feathers aro being mounted
with gold and pearl and posing as aris
tocratic fans.
DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD; DAKOTA CITY.
GERMANS
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Below, General von Dulow (In cap at left) holding a consultation with his
a German advance guard marching through the snow to Przasnysz.
DISMOUNTED
This picture, taken at tho risk of the photographor's life, showing an actual charge of hussars on a battlo
field in tho Carpathians. Thoy aro seen advancing to tho attack with their rifles clubbed. One of their number
has already been hit. ..lM&S
CARRANZA LOBBY
This flno rosldenco, formorly occupied by tho Mexican embassy in Wash
ington, is now in tho hands of tho Cnrranza junta, tho head of which, Senor
Ellsoo Arredondo, is shown in the insert. Though not rocognlzed officially
by our stato department, Sonor Arredondo directs tho doings of all tho Mexi
can consuls In this country
RESCUE WORK ON THE F-4 AT 'HONOLULU
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Ilerolo offortB wero mado to rescuo tho crow of tho Amorlcan submarlno
F-4 which sank in Honolulu harbor. Tho photograph shows a diver being
lowored Into tho sea to search for tho vessel.
STAGE FOLK OF YESTERDAY
Thounhtful Persons Find Patho
tho Brief 8way of Popular
Actresses.
In
A theatergoer of a decade ago might
search tho frames In which photo
graphs of acLrcsBoB aro displayed lit
front of theatbrs and Btudy the pages
of maRizlnoa devoted to the stago
without finding ten familiar faces. For
tho professional llfo of an actress la
pitifully brlof nowadays not much
IN THE EAST PRUSSIAN
AUSTRIAN HUSSARS
IN WASHINGTON
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longer than that of a prlzo fighter.
It Is tho immature fruit of tho
dramatic acadomlos whoso portraits
glisten in tho photograph frames
along Broadway. Tho press agents ore
busily exploiting tho charm and talent
of tho young woman who has "como
up through tho star trap," or, in other
words, gained Btollnr honors nfter n
season In Mllwuukeo stock and an
other on tho road with the No, 2
"Fated Yet Free" company.
Beauty, kittenish ways and an Inane
grin can outbid talent In tho theatric
NEBRASKA.
SNOWS
staff officers in East Prussia. Above,
CHARGING
FROM KAISER'S GREAT GUN
This tremendous sholl 1b ono ol
thoso Hred by the giant 12-contimoter
howitzer of the German army. It fell
In soft dirt near Verdun without ex
ploding and was dug up by the British.
Beside It, on tho loft, ia a French 75
mm field gun shell, and on tho right
a German 77-mm sholl, each of which
Is about three inches In diameter. Tho
big shell is flvo feet long and wolghs
almost a ton.
WHO SAID ZEPPELINS?
Woman looking out of a roof win
dow in Paris during tho recont raid
of German Zoppollns on that city.
market place, and rannagorlal faith In
tho trio of gifts Is greater than ovor.
Scores of actresses of taloift. and ox
perlenco to whom acting Is nn art and
not a medium for tho display of physl
cal beauty and activity dally pass by
tho framed photographs of thoso
youthful stars on a round of tho dra
matic ngenoles. To the thoughtful tho
spoctaclo Is ono of infinite pathos and
tragedy, Now York Herald.
There aro some peoplo In whom vli
tuo -ceorns worso than sin.
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MEADOW LARK EATS
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Meadow Lark
(Prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
May Is tho month when tho meadow
lark does somo of its best work in
aiding tho farmer, for that is when
tho cutworms bogln their career, and
this llttlo bird devours them by thou
sands. It nlso eats many caterpillars,
and in the same month theso crea
tures form ovor 24 per cent of its
wholo diet Caterpillars which aro
ground feeders aro often overlooked
by birds which habitually frequent
troos, but thoy do not escape the
meadow lark. Ants, wasps, spiders,
and chinch bugs aro other harmful
pests eaten by this feathered friend
of humanity.
In 1,514 stomachs of tho meadow
lark examined, animal food (practi
cally all insects) constituted 74 per
cent of tho contents and vcgetablo
matter 26 per cent. As would natu
rally bo supposed, tho insects wero
ground species, as beetles, bugs, grass
hoppers and caterpillars, with a few
flloa and wasps and spiders. A num
bor of the stomachs wero collected
when tho ground was covered with
Snow, but oven theso contained a
largo percentage of Insects, showing
tho bird's skill In finding proper food
undor adverse circumstances.
Of tho various insects eaten, crick
ets and grasshoppers are tho most im
portant, constituting 2G per cent of
tho food of the year and 72 per cent
of tho food In August It is scarcely
necessary' to mention tho beneficial
offect of a number of theso birdB on
a field of grass in tho height of tho
grasshopper season. Of tho 1,514
stomachs collected at all seasons of
tho yoar, 778, or moro than half, con
tained remains of grasshoppers, and
ono wan filled with fragments of 37
of theso insects. This Beems to show
conclusively that grasshoppers aro
preferred, and nro eaton whenever
thoy can bo found. Especially nota
ble is tho great number taken In Au
gust, tho month when grasshoppers
roach tholr maximum abundance.
Next to grasshoppers, beetles mako
up tho moBt Important Item of the
moadow lark's food, amounting to
25 per cent, about one-half of which
are predaceous ground beetles. Tho
others aro of harmful species.
Forty-two individuals of different
kinds of May beetles wore found in
tho stomachs of meadow larks, and
there wero probably many more which
wero post recognition. To this form
and several closoly allied one3 belong
tho numerous white grubs, which aro
among tho worst enemies to many
cultivated crops, notably grasses and
grains, and to a less extent strawber
ries and garden vegetables. In tho
larval stago they eat tho roots of
thoso plants, and being largo, ono In
dividual may destroy soveral plants.
In tho adult stago they feed upon tho
follago of trees and other plants, and
in this way add to the damage which
thoy began In tho earlier form. Ab
theso onemles of husbandry aro not
easily destroyed by man, It Is obvious
ly wiso to encourage their natural
foes.
Among tho " weevils found in tho
stomachs tho most important econom
ically are tho cotton-boll weevil and
tho recently introduced alfalfa weovll
of Utah. Several hundred meadow
larks wero taken In tho cotton-growing
region, and tho boll weovll was
found In 25 stomachs of tho eastern
meadow lark and In 15 of tho western
species. Of tho former, ono stomach
contained 27 Individuals. Of 25 stom
achs of western meadow larks taken
In alfalfa fields of Utah, 15 contained
tho alfalfa -woovll.
Tho vcgetablo food consists of grain
and weed and other hard seeds. Grain
in general amounts to 11 per cent and
weed and other seeds to seven per
cent. Grain, principally corn, is eaten
mostly In winter and early spring and
consists, therefore, of wasto kornels;
only a trlflo is consumed in summer
and nutumn when it is most plentiful.
No trace of sprouting grain was dis
covered. Clover seed was found In
only six stomachs, and but llttlo In
each. Soeds of weeds, principally rag
weed, barnyard grass, and sraartweed,
aro eaten from Novombor to April, In
clusive, but during tho rest of tho
yoar are replaced by insects.
Briofly stated more than half of the
meadow lark's food consists of harm
ful Insects; Its vogetablo food la com
posed either of noxious weeds or
waste grain, and tho romaludor Is
mado up of useful booties or neutral
insocta and spiders. A strong point
in tho bird's favor Is that, although
naturally an insect eater, It Is able
to subsist on vegotnblo food, and con
sequently is not forced to migrate lu
MANY FARM PESTS
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(Sturnella Magna.)
cold weather farther than la necessary
to find grounds free from snow.
Tho eastern meadow lark la a com
mon and well-known bird, occurring
from tho Atlantic coast to tho great
plains, where It gives way to tho
closely-relatod western specloa, which
extonds thenco westward to tho Pa
cific. It winters from our southern
bordor as far north na the District of
Columbia, southern Illinois, and oc
casionally Iowa. The western form
winters somewhat farther north. Al
though it 1b a bird of tho plains, and
finds its most congenial haunts in tho
prairies of tho West, It is at homo
wherever there Is level or undulating
land covered with grass or weeds,
with plenty of water at hand.
"Somo Common Birds Useful to tho
Farmer" is a new Farmers' Bulletin
(No. 630) of tho United States 'de
partment of agriculture, which de
scribes this and other interesting and
valuable birds.
FOREIGN BODIES AND CATTLE
More Care Should Be Taken to See
That Animals Do Not Eat Nails
and Pieces of Wire.
(By I. B. NEWSOM, Colorado Agricul
tural Collesc.l
The average person does not seem
to realize how many good cattle dlo
from foreign bodies such as nails and
pieces of wire that pass from tho
second stomach forward In tho
heart sac. Moro cattle, partlcu!jfcrly
thoso which aro kept up around tho
cities, pick up foreign bodies in their
food and these are nearly always de
posited in the second stomach. This
nfomach lies just back of the dia
phragm, whereas tbo heart lies just in
front and on tho opposite side of this
partition. Consequently, if ono of theso
sharp bodies starts forward, owing to
tho movements of tho stomach, it is
very apt to pierce tho heart sac. This
carries infection and tho heart sac
fills with pus; Anally after somo week,
or oven months tho animal shows
symptoms of disease and dies, even
without tho owner knowing tho real
cause of tho difficulty.
Prevention is not easy, but moro
caro should be taken to see that tho
cattle do not eat out of tho mangera
or In feed lots whero there aro many
nails and pieces of wire. It Is not at
all uncommon to find twenty-flvo or
thirty nails In tho stomach of a cow.
FOR SUCCESS WITH TURKEYS
Young Poults Should Be Penned Up
for First Week or Two Give
Old Ones Free Range.
There Is no doubt but grown tur
keys must have free range to mako
any success with them, but I believo
that tho young poults should be penned
up for tho first week or so, as tho
mother turkey hen always starts out
too early in tho morning, whon tho
dew gives tho young ones a chill and
as a consequenco many of tho poults
are lost.
So many advocate, "there's nothing
like giving tho turkeys free range with
their poults." This jnay bo entirely
all right In a dry season, but tho morn
ing dew and sudden rain showers aro
opt to catch you any tlmo and a num
ber In my vicinity lost over half of
tholr freo-rango poults last year on
account of tho sudden rains and heavy
dew during tho hatching season.
POWER HAY HOIST IS HANDY
Work Can Be Done Much Faster Than
When Horse Is Used Device
Becoming Quite Popular.
Power hotsta are being used to an
Increasing extent In lifting hay. It
ono hns a hoist attached to an engine,
tho work can bo done faster than
when a horse Is used, and It la not nec
essary to havo a horse standing
around in tho flies. Power can be em
ployed very profitably In this way.
An ordinary farm engine can bo
used for tho power. Tho hoists coma
in soveral sizes, and tho lighter kinds
that are suitable for haying aro not ex
pensive. This equipment is bolng used
In haying qulto a good deal on tho
larger farms.
Test Out Infertile Eggs.
Test out your infertile eggs and boll
them, then glvo them to tho chlcka
when hatched out.
Feed All You rtalse.
Try and rnlBo all you feed and feed
all you raise.
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