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Fun With Buttons.
"But wo don't know how to play
cards," walled tho fourteen-year-old,
"and wo do want a progressive party
with prizes and score cards." So
that is how this amusement camo
about ahd as It was such a grand suc
cess I am going to tell my readers all
they did and how they did It.
There woro sixteen guests, so four
card tables woro arranged with a pile
of assorted buttons in the middle of
each. Cloth-covered buttons and
shank" ones were barred. Partners
were chosen by matching four but
tons of a kind which were passed
on trays. This made a Jolly prelimi
nary time. A fifth button was sewed
to a corner of the table; thus tho
four whlto agate buttons found their
table', tho four shoe buttons and four
black buttons and the four smoked
pearls. On tho tablo four needles
were placed (No. 7) threaded with a
stout whlto thread about eighteen In
ches long; longer than this will tan
ble. It is n good plan to wax the
thread a bit, too. When the bell rang,
tho play began, threading buttons,
using ono hand only; at the expira
tion of the time, say four or five min
utes, tho ring of a bell stops work and
the two having tho most buttons to
their credit progress to tho next table.
Before going tho number is placed on
score card and the buttons replaced
in tho center of the table.
Very cuto score cards may be made
by gluing bono buttons such ns aro
ised on underwaiBts to tho card, they
have only eyes find tho nose, mouth,
hair and eyelashes are painted on.
Queer bodes are drawn or painted
on tho famous "goop" order and the
result is laughable in the extreme.
Hero is another button Btunt: Choose
partners by matching ribbons on
,which a button is sewed on tho ends
just for decoration. Then furnish
each couple with a small square of
cloth, six buttons, a needle and thirty
inches of thread. The girl must hold
tho needle for tho boy to thread, then
Bho must hold the cloth for him while
he sews on tho six buttons. Tho
couplo who finish first win the prize.
Suggestions for prizes would bo a but
ton bag, gold collar buttons, collar
button box, and at tho favor counter
candy boxes are obtainable in shape
of spools of thread or silk, also thim
bles. They would make appropriate
Bouvenlrs.
' Kimono Slumber Party.
Young girls aro vory fond of all
night parties, and among a set who
aro from fifteen to seventeen years of
ago these kimono slumber gatherings
have been quite a fad. Six or eight or
sometimes only four girls aro asked
to come for dinner if convenient; if
not, tho hour is set for 7:30. Each
girl comes with her own kimono and
breakfast or boudoir cap, and when
theso aro donned tho fun begins. If
tho room has an open grate fire so
much tho better. Candles are lit and
tho hostess Invites each one to help
themselves to a pointed stick, and
marshmallows aro roasted. Individu
al candles with a box of orange wood
sticks or meat skewers will do if the
fireplace Is lacking. Corn may be pop
ped and sometimes fudge is made,
without which no girlish confidences
Milliner Expert Regards
This as Triumph of Art
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La Princess do la Rose" Hat With
' do Sole: Trimmed With
seem complete Tho girls aro nsked
to tell tholr most thrilling adventures,
and If tho hostess wishes to award a
prize for tho most startling tnlo It
should bo something like a corset bag,
a night gown caso, a dressing jacket
or somo bit of lingerie. Breakfast Is
served at eight and should be especial
ly dainty.
A Novel "Shower" Tea Party.
A hostess wishing especially to hon
or a girl who was soon to bo married
invited twelve young womon to what
Bho wrs pleased to call a "Cupidltca."
This nnmo alone was enough to oxcito
the curiosity of thoso invited. After
all had arrived cards cut In tho shapo
of llttlo teapots woro passed, bearing
tho following questions, all to bo an
swered by words ending In "ty" (tea).
I know a maiden fair to sco,
They call her sweot Miss (1) .
Sho loved a youth nnmed Albert Lee,
A youth of great (2).
Ho said, "I tako tho (3)
To ask you to bo Mrs. Loo.
And dwoll in (4) .
We'd havo no quarrels, for we'd agree
To live in sweet (C) .''
Tho maiden said with (C) ,
"While I admire your (J) ,
I do not caro to wedr you see,
And live in married (8) ,
And though I know you love but me,
I know a great (9)
Who preaches with (10)
Against a marriage (11) ."
Ho answered her with (12) ,
"I do not like your (13)
Upon a subject which should bo
At all times ono of (14) .
If you don't care to marry me,
Please tell mo so with (15) ,
And I'll seek an (16)
Who gladly will bo Mrs. Leo."
She answered with (17) ,
"I'm -yours for all (18) ."
Tho words to bo supplied as as fol
lows: 1, Charity; 2, Sagacity; 3, Lib
erty; 4, , Domesticity; 5, Felicity; C,
Modesty; 7, Honesty; 8, Poverty; 9,
Divinity; 10, Intensity; 11, Unity; 12,
Frigidity; 13, Levity; 14, Gravity; 15,
Brevity; 1C, Affinity; 17, Alacrity; 18,
Eternity.
The guests had been asked to glvo a
cup and saucer, vbut to say nothing
about It to tho honored guest. When It
came time for refreshments, a tray
was brought In containing twolvo
lovely cups and saucers, each tied with
a card bearing name of donor and a
sentiment to bo read aloud. Tho tea
pot was the gift of the hostess. Each
girl drank her tea and tho brlde-to-bo
realized that she was literally bejng
"showered" in a most unique manner.
The pretty china was washed and
packed in a basket ready for tho de
lighted maiden to tako home with her.
Japanese Tag.
Observing a bunch of children going
through all sorts of comical stunts, I
asked what the game might bo and
waB told it was Japanese tag. Now
that wo aro outdoors again for our
play times, try it. Tho child who is
tagged must place .his or her left
hand on tho spot touched and keep it
there until ho is fortunate enough
to tag someone else. Then the ono
who is "it" tries to tag someone on
tho kneo or foot, so that his ondcavors
to tag the next one with the hand on
that part of the body will be most
difficult as well as very amusing.
An After-Dinner Trick.
This sounds very easy, but try it
and see. Boys will enjoy it, and I am
told even men are not averse to at
tempting what is apparently so simple.
Tell tho victim that he is to brush a
coin out of your hand. Proceed to lay
a quarter in the middle of tho palm
and hand "him" a whisk broom. Tho
motion used must bo only a brushing
one, no fair digging tho coin out with
a corner of the broom. Sometimes
as many as a dozen people will try
to brush tho quarter out and not ono
will succeed.
MME. MERRI.
Turned Up Brim, of Deep Rose Peau
One Large Roso Branch.
NOTES ojy7
rH FARM
7 vn Bbm&uvm.Hdt
Buy u manure spreader.
Hnpo Is a profltablo crop.
Don't let a tree grow wild.
Oil Is cheaper than machinery.
The consumor prefers fat lambs.
Cheap seeds usually cost most In
tho end.
The grade slro has no placo In tho
dairy herd.
Tho farm Is often judged by the
cow It supports.
The selection and caro of tho brood
sow is most Important.
Tho bost way to sell feed 1b
through tho cream can.
Tho best lubricating oil Is tho
cheapest for tho separator.
Lumber to build sheds Is costly, but
good machinery is more costly.
Blackberries do best In a cool, moist
soil where tho roots can feed freely.
The onrly spring pig may bo ready
for market sooner than tho later one.
(live tho children a few pets. It's
tho best way to keep thorn contented.
A uniform production of good fruit
cannot bo obtained from wet, heavy
soils.
It Isn't luck that makes people suc
ceed bo much as careful, systematic
planning.
It 1b still a question whether pas
teurization of milk Is beneficial in
every respect.
For nn early tomato in this part of
tho country, Chalk's Early Jewel Is
hard to beat
Maximum crops on small farms aro
more profitable than minimum crops
on largo farms.
Vetch Is a very good food. It Ib
richer In protelln and total digestible
nutrients than alfalfa.
Never compel pigs to sleep outside
in damp muddy nests und never allow
them to become chilled.
If a man Is offering an exceptional
cow at a low price at private Bale, bo
suro you find tho reason before you
buy.
Every dairy farm should bo sup
plied with at least some fruit. There
Is a placo for an orchard In your farm
economy.
Some men nro so short-sighted that
they only half feed their coxvs nnd
thus loso on the Investment In both
stock and equipment.
A spud made of sharp blado set In
the end of n broom handle will servo
exactly for cutting the blossoms off
strawberry plants,
Noxv Is a good time to fix up the
tool room so thnt the tools will bo
handy for use. Perhaps a few should
be made or purchased.
Bo particular always about tho hay
fed to foals, and never let them get
hungry, enough so they will stuff
themselves full of forago.
Tho ideal winter ratlpn for cows is
ono that may bo grown on tho farm,
and ono that still supplies everything
necessary for giving best results.
Tho most valuable farms woro at
one tlmo sloughs and swamps and
considered worthless. Drnlnago has
made them what they are now val
uable. T
If you milk before tho sun goes
down xvhon flioa aro numerous, throw
a covering of some kind over the
coxv to keep off tho filch and she will
bo quiet.
When cleaning the incubatot, acrub
it with hot water and Hoap. Dry It
thoroughly, and then disinfect It by
wiping all Inside parts with a cloth
dipped in alcohol.
Potatoes planted In old land or rich
garden Boll aro apt to bo scabby and
worm eaten; a toaspoonfnl of sulphur
thrown onto tho tubers when dropped
will prevent both evils.
A good hedge on tho west and
south of tho paddocks and farmstead
makes it more comfortable for stock
and man. Willow, ash and Norway
poplar mako good quick-growing xvlnd
breaks. Elm, hnckborry, and among
ovorgreonB, tho spruce, make slower
growing but longer-liver wlnd'"-Va
Keep breeding" records.
Bo sure of tho seed corn.
Don't fuss with tho chickens.
Farm horses Bhould bo clipped.
The silo agent Is abroad In tho lnnvl
Cowpeas are sown broadcast or in
drills.
Onts and peas mako a vory satis
factory hay.
Irregularity will work disaster in
oxen the bost dairy.
Tho profltablo dairy cow 1b tho ono
that 1b tho best mother.
In preparing a seed bed for sweot
clover do a thorough Job.
Draining butter well bofore salting
will help its keeping qualltlos.
Every animal carrying meat fit to
eat Is selling at a good prlco.
A pall of scalded bran Is a good
teed for the cow right aftor calving.
Intelligence Is of tho utmost Im
portance In handling coxvs profitably.
It Is tho wisest policy to feed well
oven when tho cnttlo aro on rich pas
ture Corn, wheat, clover, moadoxv a
Boll-onrlchlng and money-making rota
tlon. Stormy days nro seldom Idle days
on the farm that has a well equipped
shop.
The garden will furnish pleasant
reacreatlon as xvell as profitable em
ployment. By letting out beets and turnips
from tho cellar now, you can ralso
your own Bood.
Mnnuro Intended for tomatoes
Bhould be thoroughly decomposed bo
foro application.
Horses should alwnys bo watered a
short tlmo boforo being fed and novor
Immediately after.
The cow's coat Ib a pretty good in
dex of her condition, especially at this
season of tho year.
Summer or wlntor a good dairy
thermomoter pays Its x-ay whorovoi
dairy cows aro kept.
Tho calf's digestive organs are
very easily Impaired. Keep them In
good working condition.
Ono of tho big leaks In tho dairy
business Ib tho keeping of two cowa
to do tho work of one.
- When you pray for potatoes be cer
tain to hoo them whon they need it
and keep tho bugs, off of thom.
A feed of something xvhllo milking
will often mako a cow let down hoi
milk when slow about It othorwlso.
If chickens range over tho straw
berry patch they are very apt to In
Jure the plants by picking tho crownn
A poorly prepared, lumpy or shnl
low seedbed is a poor placo In which
to expect to produce profltablo cropa
Clean barnynrd and a clean, at
tractlvo lawn nro both Importnut
Too often tho lnttor only Is given at
tentton.
The dnlry coxv offered for salo cheap
these days Is an unsnfo Investment
Some of tho high priced onos nro un
safe, too.
Tho dairy cow Ib sensitive to bad
weather, and must not be exposed to
cold nnd storm, but must bo properly
housed and protected.
Scrape off tho loose bark from tin
trunkB nnd larger limbs of tho apple
trees, under which many xvorms hlbor
nato and pass tho winter.
Tho dairymnn xvill bo successful
with cowb to tho extent that he li
able and willing to maintain summoi
conditions throughout tho year.
That gllt-cdgo butter can bo made
on tho farm Is being proved every
day, but not whero strict attention li
not paid to cleanliness and detail.
Tho dlfferonco botwen tho Income
from dairying and tho cost will bfl
modified by the amount of feed that
is produced on the farm this season
Manufacturers of tho United States
use annually twlco as much wool aB li
produced In the country, nnd yet there
are many folks who can see nothing
In sheep.
Set out bedding plants it you must
have them. But think twlco. Don't
you really xvant something Icsb gaudy
and moro permnnont, namely, hard;
perennials?
There has not been a greater de
mand for dairy cattle for years than
at the present tlmo. Prices aro good
and tho people seem to havo the
means with which to buy.
A cow that has not tho capacity to
produco milk can easily bo overfed,
but tho coxv that will give a large
How of milk Is the ono that should
havo the extra feed and tho one that
usually does not recelvo enough.
G00KED AND UNCOOKED FEED FOR PIGS
Ploa In Alfa Ifa Pasture.
(By PROF. C. 8. l'LUMU. Ohio Htute
University.)
Years ago among some of tho ear
liest fooding experiments conducted
with pigs xvas a comparison of the
rolatlvo morlts of cooked nnd un
cookod food. Various agricultural col
legos and experiment stations rondo
studies In this field, nnd tho results
woro that vory generally it was clear
ly shown that hogs gained faster nnd
moro economically on tho uncooked
food than on tho cookod. Not only
was this demonstrated as a practical
proposition, but from n scientific point
of vlow it was shown that tho digesti
bility of tho food xvas lowered by
cooking, tho protoids especially being
affected. Thero is no doubt but thnt
tho work of the American Investi
gators In this field vory generally put
un end to cooking feed In this coun
try. Tho xvrltor xvoll remembers vis
iting a very largo hog-feeding plnnt
in Indiana some fifteen yonrs ago,
with the rsquost to suggest any Im
provements In methods, and found nn
extensive plnnt for cooking feed In
full operation, Involving moro labor
thnu ono might suppose Tho reuult
of my visit xvns tho abolishment of
that method of feeding hogs, nnd n
considerable saving of oxponto. Only
very rarely does one noxv find food
being cooked. In winter n warm slop
Is desirable, but that is quite a differ
ent proposition from cooking the feed
in big kettles or tanks.
Our British cousIiib nro great stock
men, and ono must glvo them duo
respect for tho high piano to which
they havo elevated tho livestock in
dustry. However, they nro vory con
sorvntivo, ana cuange very reluctant
ly from tho old to the new. Probably
this conservatism ls responsible for
tho magnificent breeding so generally
practiced In the British Isles. Yet
thoy aro still feeding cooked food,
and aro slow to believe that tho un
cooked can havo oven tho virtue of
tho cooked. In order to secure somo
British light on this now old subject,
a sorlcB of feeding experiments was
conducted at tho Agricultural Experi
ment station at Clonnkllty, Iroland,
"to ascertain if pigs could be success
fully fnttoned with meal fed raw." In
vlow of tho fact that moBt of the pigs
fattonod In Ireland nro given cooked
feed, this experiment was to furnlBh
Information ns to whother tho policy
wnH sound or not. Four experiments
xoro conducted. Both lots of pigs re
ceived nn equal quantity of the surae
foods, and xvero treated in tho snmo
mannor, except that tho meal waB
glvon raw to ono, nnd cooked into
SILO IS AID OF
MODERN DAIRYMAN
Improved Machinery and Huge
Food Tanks Do Away With
Much Manual Labor.
lliy N. B. FRENCH. California.)
Not uo very long ago It seemed ra
ther important that "tho man bohlnd
tho cow" should bo an athloto, at lenst
nblo to do not only ono hard day's
work, but many of thom. Sixty or
seventy yenn ago, when our cities nnd
railroads woro young, aB was also tho
dairy busInosB, tho principal surplus
ago of dairy products camo from tho
northern and New England stutcB1, and
oastern provinces of Canada whoro
tho greatur part of tho summer had to
bo spent In raising, harvesting nnd
storing up feed for tho long, cold win
ter; and tho mnn xvho coujd swing n
scytho from 4 to 11 a. m. and xvleld a
fork from 1 to 0 p. m., or till tho Inst
load xvas safe In the barn, xvns gen
erally considered to bo about tho
right sort of a man to mako a success
of a dairy furm.
Food must still bo stored up for the
wlntor and times of short pasture, but
tho many machines now to be had to
facllitato this work, havo reduced tho
actual labor part of this work almost
beyond computation. Young men may
hardly rcallzo It, but thorc aro a tow
yet alive xxho can remember xvhat It
was to lead a gang of mowers In
heavy clover and hord-grasa; It was
not called timothy then. It may not
require any higher degree of bruin
power to run theso now machines thnn
It did to rightly Blutrpon and hang
a scythe, for this could not be well
dono by nnyono who was either men
tally or physically weak Now tho
mowing machlno, tedder and rako aro
all equipped with easy spring seats,
whllo tho power loader and horse-fork
do tho rest; nnd weathor permitting,
tho hay crop Is easily secured on tlmo
and In good order. Then, If tho dairy
man linn n silo, ho can command suc
culent cow feed as good or better thnn
green grass for every day of tho year,
and ho needs It.
porrldgo with steam for tho other;
tho portion of meal being weighed bo
foro cooking. Tho meal fed raxv wan
merely dnmpenod with cold wator and
mixed with tho separated milk at tho
tlmo of feeding. Tho meal consisted
of Indian corn and barley, principally
tl.o former, both being coarsely
ground. Tho pigs at tho start were
from cloven to fourteen weoks old.
Boforo starting each experiment, tho
plgs were fed alternately xvlth raxv
nnd cooked meal In ordor to start
each lot on nn equal basis. Green al
falfa xvas fed tho pigs In experiment
No. 1, nnd boiled potatoes or boiled
carrots In experiment No. 4. All the
pigs xvoro also fed 3omo skimmed
milk.
Tho following figures glvo tho more
Interesting fncta regarding thoso ex-
porlmonts: '
Experiment Kind Av. daily Dry mutter,
.of Knln to produco I
food. 1 lb. llvn wt,
1 Cooked LSS lbs. 2. lbs.
1 Kuxv 1.41 ll. 2.14 lbs.
2 Cookod LOT lbs. 3 6H 11m.
2 llnxv LIS lbs. 3.0S lbs.
3 Cooked 1.12 lbs 3 SJ lbs.
3 llnxv LSI lbs. 3 27 11m.
4 Cookod 1.44 lbs. 2.SI lbs.
4 ItitW 1.62 lbs. 2.G3 lbs.
Avornito Cooked 1.20 lbs. 3.23 lbs.
AveroBU Ruxv :.Si lbs. 2.W Ibu.
Thero woro seventeen pigs foil
cooked food, nnd soventeon uncooked;
nnd tho results aro nbsolutoly In koop
lug xvlth Uiobo genojslly secured by
American InvcBtlgntoro. However, 11
Is xvorth quoting tho summary of the
results, asglven by Mr Jamos Adams,
xvho conducted tho experiment;
1. Pigs can bo fnttencd successful
ly with raw inenl.
2. Tho avorago dally gain In live
wolght xvas grentor when monl wn
raxv than xvhon cooked Into porridge;
fl. When meal was fod raxv, loos
food was required to put on onq
pound Increase In llvo weight.
4. Tho proportion of dead to llvo
weight xvns higher In tho caso of tho,
plgB fed with raw meal, that Ib to
say, they killed bolter.
5. Raxv meal can bo fed to plgn
after weaning, say at elovon to twolvo
xvp'oks old.
G. On raw meal pigs clean up their,
food xvell, look clean and healthy, and
handle firm.
7. PlgB fed on raw moal roqulro lesn
litter and cleaning than thoso fed
with cookod meal.
This Irish soHob of experiments, 1C
properly regarded by tho pooplo of
Ireland, will turn many feeders into
tho right path, and enable thom to
feed with far moro profit than by tho
old method.
DIPPING SHEEP TO
ERADICATE PESTS
Promotes Health of Skin and Al
so Furthers Growth of
Wool of Animal. :
By FRANK KLUINHISIN'g, Wisconsin
ColleKo of Agrlsulturo.)
In order to kill ticks and llco and
thUH promote tho health of the skin,
and also further tho growth of wooU
dl psheep every spring. Dipping irf.
too often neglectod by Hock ovnors,.
with tho result that tho sheep aro an
noyed day and night nnd aro kopt
buoy rubbing against e-ory post nndi
corner, xvlth consequont loss of floBUv
A warm, sunshiny day, at least ton
days afte'r tho Bheep havo been
sheared, should bo solected for thla
work. It should preferably bo done
In tho morning, so as to glvo tho
sheep a chanco to dry out before
nigut. Any ono or tiio many coal tar
dips may bo used if tho directions;
accompanying them are carefully fol
lowed. Thero aro Bcvorul forms of vnto but
tho majority of (lock masters use ono
made of gnlvanlzod Iron. Tho slzo ofJ
tho vat necessarily depends upon tha
Bizo of th o flock, A draining pea
should bo so arranged that all tho
dip which runs off the sheep whllo'
thoy are dripping Is returned Into the,
vat.
It Is not necessary for tho bend to
get Into tho dip, sluco tho aboop can
keep It freo of ticks or llco by rub-j
bing or scratching. Furthermoro, it
is best if no dip gets into tho mouth,
eyes or ears. However, nil other
parts of the body up to the head!
should bo kept In tho dip not lea,
thnn one mlnuto. Tho dip will bo
most affective it tho solution is luke
warm, and the sheep will then not bo
chilled whllo In it.
Daffodils Valuable.
An aero of wheat or potatoes la
I'Juglnud Ib worth from $70 to J100.J
but an acre of choice daffodils or nar-'
cIsbub may bo worth any v. hero from
$260 to $2,000.