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JOHN HENRY ON OBESITY BY GEO. V. HOBART, (“HUGH M’HUGH.”) Dear Bunch: Your letter from Vienna received, and glad we are to know that you and Alice are crowding the occasion with the joy of living. On next year's trip Peaches and I hope to be with you. and what we’ll do to Europe will he a pitiable shame. 1 met Jack Golden the other day, and he sends his kindest to you and Alice. Jack says he's going to get married some of these days and do that Eu rope gag himself. Can you imagine Jack with a thou sand dollars' worth of blushing bride hanging on his elbow, hiking through Europe and stopping in at the Louvre occasionally to make faces at the paintings? I can’t. If ever a bride drags Jack away from Stone street she'll be the limit in ladies' dress goods, and that’s no jovial outburst. We are all well at home with the exception that some fresh friend told Aunt Martha that she was getting “The Muscle Goods Arrived.” stout, and the old lady promptly fell for every obesity cure known to mod ern science. Even at top weight Aunt Martha doesn't go over 154 pounds, but she got the idea in her head that com pared with her Barnum's original fat lady was a plkerette, so she decided to go after that obesity thing with an ax. We tried to flag her and talk her out of it, but she waved us all back, and said she’d made up her mind she wasn't going through this world lead ing a double chin. Well, Bunch. Aunt Martha started in to put the sabots to the fatty tissue, and for a week Uncle Peter's peace ful home across the road looked like a moving picture entitled “The Original Rough House." First flop out of the box Mrs. Grim shaw, who weighs 278 in her war paint, told Aunt Martha that exercise was the only thing to keep down the weight, so Unde Peter was chased off to town for a rowing machine, a set of Indian clubs and a proud assort ment of deaf and dumb bells. Presently the muscle goods arrived, and next morning about daylight Aunt Martha jumped on board the rowing machine and bore away to the north west, with a strong ebb tide on the port bow. She was about four miles up the river and going hard when a strap broke, whereupon Aunt Martha went overboard with a splash that upset most of the furniture in the room and knocked her manicure set down be hind the bureau. One of the oars went up in the air and landed on the bridge of Uncle Peter's nose, because his face hap “One of the Rubber Strings Broke.” ■ pened to be in the way when the oar came down. When loving hands finally pulled Aunt Martha out of the interior of her rocking-chair, she found that, with the help of the rowing machine, she had l«3t nearly two pounds, mostly off the end of her elbow. The next day Mrs. Cooper, who weighs about 246, told Aunt Martha that she w'asn't using the best kind of physical torture, so Uncle Peter was once more chased off to the store, where he bought one of those rubber contrivances you fasten on the wall and then try to pull it ofT again with the handles. v Bright and early the next morning Aunt Martha grabbed the handles, and was getting away from her obes ity at the rate of an ounce an hour, when suddenly one of the rubber strings broke and something kicked ! Aunt Martha just where a good singer j wjfets-?her .coloratura. When Aunt Martha fell wounded on ; the field of battle every picture on the walls fell with her-, and there | was such a crash that the cook thought the end of the world was coming, so ! she ran screaming in the direction of j Paterson, N. J. * They had to pour about a bucket ! of water over Aunt Martha's map be ] Kidnaping Boys. '“Speaking of kidnaping." sighed the mother of the grown boy, “something ought to be done about this kidnaping 01 "boys by older women. You see I have no jewelry on, that I never wear it Well, wait till I tell you. My beautiful boy, just 20. began to wait on a woman of 35. who led him into marrying her. After they had been married a day or two my baby boy, he was nothing else, came to me heart broken, saying he didn t want to be married, he didn't want to be married. fore she came to. and then she found that all she had lost by this new proc ess was her breath and a couple of side combs. Mrs. Gaddings dropped in that day and told Aunt Martha that the only way to reduce the flesh is to take a long walk; so Auntie picked out a long walk and took it. After she was gone about six hours, and it was getting dark, she called Uncle Peter up on the long distance telephone and broke the news to hint that she had walked 15 miles, and that she had been so extravagant she had used up all the walk that was in her, and that she would have to stay there in a foreign land alone, among utter strangers, unless he sent a cab for her. Wheij Aunt Martha got home that night she found that all the flesh she had lost was her pocket book with ten dollars in it, and Uncle Peter lost About ten dollars for cab hire, making a total of four pounds, English money. A day or two later Mrs. Carruth ers told Aunt Martha that the only sure cure for obesity was to take elec tric baths, so Uncle Peter had one rigged up which was a great shock to his pocketbook. As soon as it was up Aunt Martha went inside of the frame-work and sat among the electric lamps with only her head out in the atmosphere for about two hours. Then she came out smiling, and said she felt fine and that she must have lost ten pounds. Uncle Peter peeped inside to look the bath over, and found that she had forgotten to turn the current on. Next morning when Aunt Martha went after the electric bath Uncle Peter turned the current on himself to make sure, and when Auntie stepped in it she accidentally put her foot on an ohm or something, which tickled her so that she let a blood curdling yell out of her that could be heard for 27 miles as the crow flies. Then she put her other foot down, and that landed on a volt or an am pere or some foolish dingus which “Could Be Heard 27 Miles.” caused Aunt Martha to become short circuited. Hunch, she was the shortest circuit that ever happened. . Kor a couple of minutes that room looked like a thunderstorm, with Aunt Martha playing the thunder. When Uncle Peter finally got the current turned oft and all the live wires out of her hair, Aunt Martha collapsed on the sofa, screaming: "Take it away! Take it away! Now I know what a hard life the third rail must lead!” I think the electric treatment has cured Aunt Martha. At any rate all the exercising par aphernalia has been thrown out in th§ back yard, and I think that now she will be perfectly satisfied to go through life leading a double chin as nature intended. Yours in the current of friendship, JOHN. (Copyright, 1908, by (}. W Dillingham Co.) Why He Escaped. Two men who had not seen each other since they parted after an ocean voyage that was noteworthy for its roughness stop|»ed to talk about the journey. "Do you remember that particularly rough day on the Banks." one of the men asked the other, “when you were the only man who went to lunch?" The good sailor allowed that he did. "Well, sir.” pursued the other, "you never knew how near you came to death that afternoon. When Gillen and I saw you coming out on deck with a novel in one hand and a cigar in the other, looking disgracefully well, Gil len said to me: ‘Any man who has the nerve to flaunt his ability to stand this rolling in the face of men as sick as we ought to be thrown overboard.’ I agreed with him. But you escaped be cause neither of us was able to get up to do it/’ Thrift in Children. Some day the plan of providing f*r children by starting a bank account for each baby at birth and adding to | it on each birthday will become gener al, and there will be a hope of foster ing thrift in growing children. The possession of a bank book which they cannot wholly own till legally free j from the guidance of parents is often a matter of pride which prompts sav i ing. Kverybody knows how hard it is 1 to save the first hundred dollars, and how much the difficulty lessens with every addition to that. Do you suppose I drove him away from me? No, indeed. I kept him at home and comforted him. And what does his middle-aged wife do but sue me for alienating his affections. That is why I can’t wear my jewelry. While the suit is pending, if she caught me wear ing it, she could take it away from me. Yes. That's one of the lovely just rules here in New York."—New York Press. The man who masters himself is free.—Epictetus. Pfew ffcDir TBikd)§(£ nun MdDEmnimgj By cJy?a3i BottemrjE^y However indi viduals may feel on the subject of wearing mourning, the fact remains that people in the highest walks of life continue to show respect for their dead, and command respect for their grief, by putting on mourn ing apparel. Good judgment has. However, modified materials used and heavy fabrics have been supplanted by those of lighter weight, in rich, deep black. All white, or a liberal mixture of white with black, in suit able materials, is accepted as correct mourning. In millinery nothing surpasses the beautiful hats of white crape and the combination of this material, both in black and white, with other fabrics, in making up elegant mourning. Crape is the insignia of mourning and by using it as a trimming, or finish, light weight and elegant hats and bonnets are made. Mourning millinery is con ceded to be the highest type of milli nery art. Recently a medium large hat was shown in Paris, made of white silk with a wide border of white crape about the edge of the brim. A cluster of bows of white ribbon at the front, studded with white orchids, trailing off into a half wreath about the crown, was chosen for the trimming. As an example of elegance in millinery and exquisite beauty in itself, this hat created a sensation, even in the city of wonder ful millinery. The white orchids were almost like shadows of that ethereal Rower, and might be termed Angel orchids very appropriately. The mourning millinery illustrated here shows the combinations of net and crape, silk and crape, and white crape alone. In the sailor hat the shape is covered with folds of crape. The ruche about the crown and the veil is short and full and the model one of the best, always in style and becoming to nearly every face. A very smart hat of white crape Is shown. This is intended for a young woman. Bonnets anil veils of this exquisite fabrtc are worn by women with white hair and the effect is very striking and charming. For a widow or moth er in mourning the | bonnet of black silk grenadine trim m e d effectively with folds of crape is serv iceable and very appropriate. The veil, when worn in the summer, is of net bordered with crape or silk grenadine. For winter it is of silk grenadine bordered with crape, except when one is in deep mourning, when it is entirely of crape. A word of caution to those buy ing crapes and grenadines. These fabrics are sometimes almost imper ishable. There are varieties, how ever, that are easily ruined by mois ture. Always test the material by immersing a piece of it in water. In the right kind the color will not run. nor the crimp come out. These fabrics may be successfully reno vated and made to look like new by steaming them, when the mois ture-proof kind is bought. FOR A BIG FAMILY. Twirling Tray Does Much to Expedite > Table Service. There is a novelty extremely smart as well as sensible, that solves a problem of many a housekeeper, both those with plenty of servants and those with none. This is a twirling tray to expedite table service. To have the meals of a large family daintily, even comfortably, served re quires a skilled waitress. Even so there are apt to be long waits or shoving. The English fashion of being more informal for breakfast and luncheon than for dinner, is gaining headway with us. While the side-table serv ice. with each one helping his or her self, has by no means become gen eral. it is being more and more adopted, especially in country homes. A convenient substitute is found in one of these trays. They are made to match the table, either mahogany or oak. and are about 24 inches In diameter, though they can be made to suit any width table. The twirler is placed in the center of the table, in reach of all, and on it are placed, butter, preserves, bread and rolls, the molasses pitcher, and such relishes as radishes, celery, or cheese. As these are the things that are in constant demand, and keep the i waitress busy, it is a great time saver to have them reached by simply a twirl of the tray. ITgly? Not all all; rather un usual looking at first, but the tray can be made very dainty with its snowy embroidered cover, a vase of flowers in the center, and the other dishes en circling it. If one cares to go to the expense there are sectional dishes made that just fit these trays. They are shallow anu rimmed, and have a circular dish in the center, with six or eight tri angular dishes radiating from it to form an outer circle. When the family is extra large two trays are used, one at each end of the table. While these trays are only consid ered “the thing" for breakfast and luncheon, and are generally used on the bare table; when there is no maid they can be used as convenience dic tates. Voile for Traveling. Few women can afford to keep a pown entirely for traveling. It must lu utilized for walking and for simple and informal occasions, and it should be a gown that can be worn in town in the fall. With all of these things pressing upon her mind the woman who goes out to buy a traveling dress has much with which to contend. Voile makes a light traveling dress, and it is durable if one understands voile. A certain modiste displayed a lilac voile which she said had been worn two seasons by one of her cus tomers. This year, after a little reno vation. it was being treated to a nar tow trimming of braid upon the collar and cuffs and to a braided design down the back. A coat of lilac colored braid, three-quarter length and fastening loosely down the front, was to complete the renovation of the lilac costume. A black straw hat faced with lilac silk and trimmed with lilac flowers makes the costume one of har mony. Difficult at Firat. All things are difficult before they are easy.—Danish Proverb. MATERIAL FOR THE COLLAR. Fine Mull in Thread Tucks Is Now Much Worn. The new separate eullar to attach to a thin white blouse is made of very fine mull in thread tucks, edged with a tiny border of black silk muslin at top and bottom. A line of this is also run up the back and it is fastened with tiny round silk buttons and cord loops. The little bow attached to the front is of plaited mull edged with the black, and in the center there is a butterfly of Irish lace. This stock is especially effective with an all-white suit and carries out the color scheme if there are black pumps and stockings and a white hat trimmed with black satin. It is quite the fashion to finish the center of the stiff little bows worn in front of stock with a motif of heavy lace. These can easily be picked up by the half dozen at sales. Another pretty idea in neckwear is a large bow of messaline made with equal loops and ends finished with a heavy silk cord to match at all edges. These sell in some shops for $1.50. but if a girl has a bit of messaline in the house she can make one for the price of the cord. They are worn at the base of the stock as well as with the thin turn over collar which is taking the place of the thick linen turnover. Well-Spent Time. I.et a woman who has been working all the morning over the countless details of housekeeping put on her hat and go out for a brisk walk. If it is only for 15 minutes it will do her untold good—her head will be clearer and her heart lighter. Time thus taken is not wasted, but the best kind of an investment, as she will find she can do much more in the long run. Making Essence of Lemon. Do not throw away the rind of lemons, for it can be utilized nicely. Fill a bottle with rectified spirits ami when using lemons cut away the yel low part from the lemon and place in the spirits. You will find this quite as good as the essence of lemon which you buy. Essence of orange can be made in the same manner. Magpie Effects Fashionable. That the trend of the times is to ward magpie effects is evidenced in the large number of such semitrans parencies as Marquisettes, grenadines and voiles, made up in black and white and white and black, a differ ence more marked than distinguished. Many of these materials are bordered and afford opportunity for the carry ing out of tunic draperies and class ic effects. They are perfectly adapt ed for the modest modifications of the much-discussed ‘‘split” skirt, for the borders may be arranged into draper ies that fall apart and disclose a plai ted skirt or chiffon underskirt. This idea will be extensively utilized dur ing the autumn and coming winter in the case of costumes combining smooth-faced cloth and sicilienne. a material which is to be one of the fashionable fabrics of the year. Impossible. It is difficult to understand how the young man with the turned-up trousers and the striped hat band can be as foolish as he looks.—Chicago Record Herald. ECONOMIC ARRANGEMENT OF FIELDS FOR FENCING Carefully Worked-Out System of Crop Rotation for Hog Pasturing—By D. A. Gaumnltz. M. S. Minnesota. Since fencing is quite an iiem in the cost of pastures and in hogging off corn, the arrangement of fields in such a way as to use the least possible amount of fencing and still have the hogs near the farm buildings so they may be sheltered, watered and fed economically is essential. The fact that clover is one of the best crops for pasture and that it cannot be depend ed upon to live for more than one year's pasturing, will suggest at Contented Huskers. once tlie idea' of a rotation of crops on a few small fields near the farmstead in which the crops may be conveniently pastured. A hog pasture plowed up makes one of the most de sirable places to 'grow corn. Such a piece of corn land, if fenced, could very easily and profitably be fed off with hogs. Corn land disked and well prepared is an excellent place to grow any kind of a grain crop, and clover sown with the grain crop on such soil has an excellent chance of being in good condition for pasturing the following year. Thus a productive three-year rotation is naturally worked out. See Fig. 1. Fig. 1.—Three-Year Rotation for Hogs. Crops Underlined Are to Be Fed Off. Four fields permanently fenced near the farmstead would make a i more desirable rotation than would three fields, and ihe cost of fencing will be less since the fence would be in use three years out of four, rath er than two years out of three. In laying out a rotation for hogs the number that it is desired to keep should be decided upon—then the size of the fields can be determined. The larger the fields used, other things be ing equal, the cheaper the cost of fenc ing per acre, and the more convenient Fig. 2.—Four-Year Rotation for Hogs. Crops Underlined Are to Be Fed Off. ly the fields are worked. However, it is not advisable to fence hog tight very much more land than can be conveniently utilized by hogs, as cheaper fences that are just as effec- | tive may be used for cattle. Some of the important points to consider in laying out a practical ro tation for hogs are: First, number of animals to be kept; second, con venience in feeding while in the field; third, shape of fields so that they may be easily worked; and fourth, the least possible number of rods of fenc ing to the acre inclosed. With these points before one, and each consid Fig. 3.—Eighty-Acre Farm. Original Plan. ered, a rotation may be laid out in telligently and to fit most any farm. The following plans are offered as suggestive of how several farms have been replanned to allow for a rotation for hogs. These plans are chosen to show how the suggestions in this arti cle may be applied to farm condi tions. They also show the value and economy of planning a farm for a definite purpose. The amount of fencing required per acre to inclose the hog lots on these different farms varies from 16 to 29 rods. Note.—Figs, I! and 4 show an 80-acre farm situated In southeastern Minnesota. The 11-acre field in the northwest cor ner has been divided into three fields which, with the four-acre field in the southwest corner makes four fields of approximately the same size. This pro vides for a four year rotation for hogs. Three hundred and forty-eight rods of fencing are required to inclose it. or about 29 rods per acre, when the whole is Fig. 4.—Eighty-Acre Farm.. Revised Plan. the prosper t of profitable returns is good, for Hit- labor cost of producing pork is here reduced to the minimum. The remainder of the farm is divided into three 18-acre fields, for a rotation of corn, grain and clover. The whole ar rangement makes the farm well adapted to dairying and hog raising. Fig. 5.—Original Plan. Note.—Figs. 5 and 6 show a 240-acre farm also located in southeastern Min nesota. The arrangement, shape and size of the fields In the small rotation for hogs is better than in the preceding plan, and the cost of fencing is less. But 372 rods of fencing are required to inclose the four five acre tields. If the whole of the fencing is charged against the three Helds used, 25 rods of fencing are re quired per acre. The cost of building and maintaining that amount of fence divided by the number of years it will last will Fig. 6.—Revised Plan. give the average annual cost per acne of fencing. Tlie fields are so located that each is easily reached from the farm stead and t hey are large enough to ac commodate ten to fourteen sows and their litters. The remainder of the farm is divided into five 3»-acre fields for a. five year ro tation. The irregular strip or ravine through the center of the farm is used for a lane and for permanent pasture. Grade Your Produce.—When the markets are loaded down with all* kinds of truck, careful grading and packing are of vital importance to the grower. Good stock neatly and hon estly put up in the right kind of pack ages will always sell for a fair price. Keep the immature, imperfect stuff at home for the pigs and poultry. This will reduce packing and freight hills, and help to hold up the market. Don't kill the "goose that lays the golden egg" by shippink everything you raise regardless of quality. Observation at the loading stations and in the markets shows that many growers are doing this every year. Scours in Pigs.—Pigs suffering from scours may be helped and many times cured by feeding them milk that has been boiled and to which a pint of scorched flour has been added for each gallon. Alfalfa.—Alfalfa not only provides an excellent crop during its own life time. but it prepares the soil for much better subsequent crops. Clear, Cold Water.—Do not force the stock to drink filthy, warm water. Let them have it fresh every day AVOID RISK IN BUYING PA You take a good deal of r. i >u ituy white lead without havm, . so lute assurance as to its purity and quality. You know white lead is often adulterated, often misrepresented. But there’s no need at all to tak* any chances. The “Dutch Boy Paint er" trade mark of the National Leal Company, the largest makers of gen uine white lead, on a package of White Lead, is a positive guarantee of purity and quality. It’s as depend able as the Dollar Sign. If you'll write the National Lead Company, Woodbridge Bldg., New York City, they will send you a simple and cer tain outfit for testing while lead, and a valuable book on paint, free. A Doctor's Disadvantage. “Tn one way,’’ said a collector, ' it is easier to get money from a doc’or than anybody else who is slow pay. It is more difficult for him to swear that he hasn’t been able to make any collections himself since the first of the year. A doctor's reception room is open to all possible patients. A co] lector with a grain of ingenuity can find a way to worm out of the men on the waiting list information as to >h terms of payment. After an ino-i view with three or four persons who have paid spot cash for treatment and who have told the collector they pai 1. it takes a mighty nerve on the par' of the doctor to insist that he hasn't a dollar to his name ” tven tne nasn. Embarrassed in the fashionable restaurant by the menu written in French, the Wall street man of bu-: ness exclaimed: “Hang these froids, entrements and hors d'oeuvres—bring me a plate of good plain hash, if you've got such a thing on the premises.” “You mean an olla podrida. sir,” said the waiter, in a tone of dignified reproach. “And afterwards?" The extraordinary popularity of fine white goods this summer makes the choice of Starch a matter of great im portance. Defiance Starch, being free from all injurious chemicals, is the only one which is safe to use on fine fabrics. Its great strength as a stiffen er makes half the usual quantity at Starch necessary, with the result of perfect finish, equal to that when the goods were new. Close Quarters. The following extract from a letter of thanks is cherished by its recipient: “The beautiful clock you sent ua came in perfect condition, and is now in the parlor on top of the book shelves, wfhere we hope to see you soon, and your husband, also, if ho can make it convenient.” WE SKI.I, GI XS AX'D TH'tPS CHE 11* & buy Furs 4 Hides. Write for catalog lu.1 X. W. Hide & Fur Do., Minneapolis, Minn. Had Something Coming. “That’s the parson that married me.” “Shall I soak him one for you?"., Simplicissimus. Lewis’ Single Binder — the fimoiis straight 5e cigar, always best quality. Your dealer or Lewis' Factory, I'eoria. III. Married life should be one grand, sweet song, but the divorce courts fre quently make a duet of it. Mr*. Wlnilow'i Soothing Syrop. For children teething, eofiene the gums, reduces to Bemmetlon, alleys pela, cures wind colic, ig>c e tjottle. There is nothing little fo the really great in spirit.—Dickens. It Cures While You Walk Allen's Foot-Eas** tor corns and bunions hot. s callous aching fen. 25c all hruitifists. He has no force with men who has uo faith in them. HELPFUL ADVICE i ou won’t tell your family doctor the whole story about your private illness — you are too modest. You need not be afraid to tell Mrs. Pink ham, at Lynn, Mass., the things you could not explain to the doctor. Your letter will l>e held in the strictest con fidence. From her vast correspond ence with sick women during the past thirty years she may have gained the very knowledge that will help your case. 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