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f [ PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT l F I • ‘—r T T * T.—.1. T—T~ -T 1 "T ".T.4. t ». V t T ' T~ T ~ ■ ♦ ♦_2-2-:-2-2-:-S-:-x-x-x-i-t-s-z-s-a-t- ■ ■ ■■ r ■ SIGNS PRESIDENTS NAME~~ A Washington woman signed the name of Theodore Roosevelt 80,000 times to public docu ments in the year 1908, and will probably write that of President Taft as often in 1909. This unique olliee of autograph substitute, or as it is offieiallj’ termed ‘‘special secretary” to the president, is now held by Mrs. Margaret Wilson Young, a daughter of Ohio and a woman of great personal distinction and charm. Mrs. Young comes of old colonial stock, being a great-granddaughter of Gen. Stokely. one of the officers in Washington’s staff during the revo lutionary war. It was this Stokely who equipped at his own expense and personally commanded a regi ment at Brandywine. X IfUUUS l U ilLI -- retary, which was made in January, 1908; .Mrs. Wilson occupied an important position in the post office department at Washington, where she was auditor of New England accounts of the fourth class postmasters. She had hitherto made a specialty of mathematics, auditing and bookkeping, but these prosaic acquirements have not prevailed against an inborn sense of the artistic. Her delightful taste in form and color is so well recognized that the government has frequently called upon her to select the furnishings of public buildings in different parts of the country, notably at Louisville, Ky. No attempt is made by Mrs. Wilson to copy the signature of the presi dent in signing his name to public documents, and no resemblance whatever existed between hers and that of the late chief executive, which last, as some joker has said, with a grain of truth, “looks as if*it had been written with a big stick.” While the signature writing is an important detail of public business re garding land, it is not one requiring much mental work—only a tremendous outlay of patience. The appointment of women to this office dates back to the administration of President Arthur, when, through the influence of the president and other officials, the Forty-eighth congress passed a law creating the office for “one female clerk to be designated by the president to sign land patents at a salary of $ 1,200." Prior to that time a male clerk had filled this place at $1,500 a year, having his business office at the White House. Since the ap pointment of women the work has been transferred to a cosy apartment in the land office. YOUNGEST BRITISH ALDERMAN England's youngest alderman is the Hon. Neil Primrose, son of Lord Rosebery. Although but 27 years of age, he enters upon the political career as alderman on the London county coun cil under curious conditions. He has been left $750,000 by a great-aunt, Miss Lucy Cohen, on the proviso that he goes into politics. He is thus literally following in the footsteps of his father under circumstances which should make success more than assured. With such a sum behind him, and with the backing that he will receive from Lord Rosebery himself, there is no reason why the honorable Neil should not cut a big dash and make his impress on the for tunes of his country, as the political almanacs if f.'.war.vr'rVMn in„ , „ Younger sons in England fare rather badly as a rule, as the eldest brother inherits most of the property. Lord Dalmeny, Neil's senior brother, is the heir of his father’s vast landed estates, consisting of nearly 35,000 acres in various parts of England. It was because cf his practically disinherited condition that his great-aunt left him the big sum in her will. He has also been left her splendid town mansion in Great Stanhope street, near Park Lane, which will be the rendezvous for his political advisers and the home of his future activities. It is quite unusual for a London politician to attain to the honors and re sponsibilities of such a position as alderman under his fortieth year, but the son of Lord Rosebery evidently has a very strong puli itf city circles. He is a direct connection of the Rothschilds, and perhaps this accounts for a good deal. Personally, he is a handsome young man with regular features and fine eyes. He is said to be a good politician ,and to possess quite a lot of the tact for'which his father is distinguished. What is much in his favor is the fact that he is a hard worker, despite his wealth and position. Though a graduate of Oxford, he does not put on any “side” when fraternizing with the so-called lower orders; and he has been very highly praised by the English press as a public speaker. At Oxford young Rosebery was not distinguished for any special attainments, figuring only third in his classes. He was immensely popular even among his schoolmates. The Hon Neil is a well-known sportsman, and is said never to have missed an important race meeting in England. He is also a good boxer and fencer and enjoys seeing a boxing match and even taking part in ore—of course, privately among his friends. MAKING OHIO A “DRY" STATE Wayne B. Wheeler is the man back of the remarkable campaign that is transforming Ohio into a “dry” state, county by county. A year or so ago the idea that liquor could be practically driven out of the state by the ballot box would have been laughed at. But to-day nine-tenths of the state is “dry," and the balance is still de , batable ground. Very few of the counties in the state have voted “wet" majorities, and elec tions have already been held in the majority of counties. Just what led Wayne B. Wheeler into the auti-saloon fight is not a matter of explicit and satisfactory record. He declares it was the love of his fellowman—saving and excepting only the saloonkeeper and his friends and sympa mizers. diners insist uiat me lure of the main chance beckoned to Mr. Wheeler—that he found the position of state superintendent of the Anti-Saloon league had better financial rewards than almost anything else he could do. There have been league officials moved by such inducements elsewhere. Be all that as it may. however, the fact remains—the cold, dry fact_that under Wayne B. Wheeler's leadership the league of Ohio is carrying on the most remarkable and successful war of extermination against liquor "that the world has ever seen heretofore. His connection with the organization began before he was out of college, back in 1803, and has been continuous since. If ne were not an anti-saloon leader, he might be a lawyer, so far as qualifica tions and personal preferment are concerned. | TEACHING SOUTHERN FARMERS" seaman a. Knapp of Louisiana is the man who is helping the United States department ol agriculture to make successful farmers out oi the men of the south who have been unsuccess ful or indifferent farmers heretofore. He is teaching them, through the medium of what is termed the Farmers’ Co-Operative Demcnstra tion work, how to get the very best results, from every acre of the land that has heretofore been called upon to produce only a small part of its possibilities. Mr. Knapp and his corps of as sistants are proving to the southern farmer that the acre which has up to this time given him a third Of a bale of cotton will, worked according to modern methods, make that crop a bale and \lfmJFKV ////////// 'tMlUA “ «“« pronung |>y his Knapp has some of his own experience to back up his arguments. Some years ago he bought up a big tract of the great swamp belt facing the Gull of Mexico. He paid four cents an acre for the land. He drained it, planted it to rice, and to-day the same land is valued at $200 an acre. And the work of reclamation of the swamp lands is progressing rapidly. Lady Paget on Tip#. Lady Aruthur Paget, at the magnifi cent dinner given in her b&nor by Fredrick Townsend Martin at the Plaza, talked of American extrava gance. On the subject of tipping she ■aid: "Tips here are thrice as big as they are in England or France and five times as big as they are in Italy. And you tip people that abroad we never t^ink of tipping. You tip, in fact, ' ev£fy one in sight. If not—” She’spiled and resumed: "A matfs wife said to him: . ' •?,„ “‘What about this yard-long golden hair on your dress coat?’ " ’It must have come from the porter at the banquet hall last night my dear.’ “ ’Ridiculous! The porter wouldn’t put a long hair on you!” “ ’Ah. but he would, though. You see, 1 forgot to tip him for calling me a taxicab.’ ” -I’’*- 1 II t_■ ■ If you imagine that this is a co!d, unsympathetic world, tell people yon have a cold and listen to their sug gestions. Tw© BailD (K©wini§ The gown at the left is of lilac tulle made up over white liberty. The low neck of tin- corsage is bordered with a ruche of tulle, lined with a soft silver ribbon. A similar ruche, but wider, forms the skirt trimming. The little tucker is of white mousseline de soie. The scarf is of the same, starting at the left side of the girdle and fastening at the right shoulder. The other end is fastened at the left shoulder and again at the wraist with a paste buckle. The wide corselet girdle is of lilac liberty. On the front of the corsage is a shower bouquet of pink roses. The other gown is of black tulle, embroidered with corals, trimmed with a fringe of corals, and made up over white liberty. The revers are of white liberty, edged with pink velvet, and over these are little pointed revers of em broidery. The chemisette, or tucker, is of white monsseline de soie or tulle, trimmed with lace insertion: the knot is of black liberty ribbon. The little close-fitting sleeves are finished with the coral fringe and ornamented with knots of the black ribbon. The long tunic skirt is slashed open over the underskirt of white liberty. EXTENSION TO SHOPPING BAG. Idea of Practical Value That Will Be Welcomed—Idea Capable of Development. A novel shopping bag is made in exquisite leather with the usual clasp and handle, but having an added length that when the shopper starts out with her bag empty is folded up and elasped to the side of the bag. After the regular supply of small pur chases lias been made and the accu mulated samples threaten to over flow and burst all bounds the exten sion side is unclasped without even opening the bag, which becomes twice its original size. Indeed, it would hardly be straining a point to consider it. in its extended condition, a one night bag. for if the finest ol night dresses were used and the daintiest of traveling helps they could all be got in without a doubt. A look at these leather shopping bags will show the clever woman how the idea could be developed iu broad sash ribbon for a fancy work bag that would hold little or much in the way of embroidery. In making the ribbon bag the buttoning up of the extension side would have to be rather complete —three enameled buttons at least would be required to hold the wide, soft ribbon in place. Skirt Buttoned to Corset. The new trick in wearing a petti coat is to button it to the end of the corset. In this way it does not inter fere with the fit of the skirt over the hips and back, and gives a better fig ure. This is especially welcome news to the woman with large hips who is trying every trick to make them look small even if they are not. Ordinarily buttons are not used, a3 they would show through. Glove clamps are used instead. Those can be bought at the shops, as they come by the yard and can be sewed to cor set and petticoat without expert knowledge. The petticoat is cut off at shoe tops or anklets, according to the kind of skirt it is worn under. To Make the Arms Plump. The best way to overcome scrawny arms is to practice tensing exercises many times daily. Stretch the arm at right angles to the bedy, holding the muscles very taut; clench the hand and draw up to the shoulder, using as much force as if lifting a heavy weight. Repeat until the arm begins to get stiff. Massaging the arms with hot olive oil for 15 minutes night and morning will also help to make them plump. HERE IS PRETTY NIGHT DRESS i I _—I_ 1 » This is a pretty idea for a simple night dress. It would need to be made up in a tine quality material. Insertion is laid on in a pretty pat tern in the front; ihe fulness is then drawn up at the neck and set to a narow band which is edged with lace. The sleeve is drawn into a narrow band, covered with insertion, to which a friil of soft lace is attached. Materials required: Five and one half yards 36 inches wide, six yards insertion, 1% yards lace. Princess Slip Useful. The wardrobe of nearly every girl will boast of a princess slip this sum mer. It will prove an exceedingly use ful garment and is designed for wear with frocks of net and sheer trans parent materials. It will be fashioned from flowered silk, soft messaline in all the^ pale tones, or from lawn or mercerized ma terials. It is cut on long graceful lines and fits the figure snugly. When worn ex clusively with net or mousseline frocks for evening it is usually made with elbow sleeves and a low rounded neck. But when worn with day frocks long tight sleeves and high neck may be utilized. There may be a plaited or gathered flounce finishing the skirt put on with a heading of heavy lace insertion, al though in these days of scanty skirts a deep hem would probably be more in order. The slip is fastened down the back with small flat crochet buttons. MAKES A PRETTY TRIMMING. Nothing Better Than the Popular French Knot to Add Distinction to Gingham Frock. The girl who is never without a serviceably shirtwaist frock of fine checked gingham can give hers an ar tistic and distinctive touch by trim ming it with the French knot so popu lar this season. Any one who can make a French knot can do this simple embroidery either directly on the frock itself or on specially prepared bias bands. All sorts of conventional designs are used, which can be copied from books on cross-stitch embroidery, or even bead ing patterns. The one essential is that the light squares are worked with a dark-col ored silk and the dark squares with white or a light tone of the shades used. A heavy twisted embroidery silk is used, or if much work is done, regular crochet silk will be found cheaper. The knots must be firmly made and all must have the same number of twists. It is also important to work them all in the same direction, that is, bring the needle up at the same corner in each square and take it down in the diagonal corner every time. Hold the thread taut with the left hand after the twist is made and the needle is being pushqd through the material. To Prevent Chafed Heels. Women with narrow heels frequent ly have trouble with ready made foot wear. The shoe rides up at the heel and a painful blister occurs, which ef fectively cripples one for the time be ing. This is especially true of low shoes. To prevent it with your next pair cut a few inches from a piece of old velvet, or get a bit of velvet ribbon to fit between the heel and the shoe. It can be either tacked into place or pasted. This renders the heel com fortable without lessening the size of the shoe, which is the disadvantage of the felt sole. “Good Luck7’ Belt Buckles. Belt buckles in silver, in Japanese characters, which signify good luck and long life, are exceedingly good looking. , A SERIOUS PERIL TO NURSERY AND ORCHARD Brown-tail Moth Imported Into New Ycrk From Angiers, France, Causes Alarm to Department of Agriculture. Fig. 1. Sprayed three times. Picked harvest. Sound, 3152 Damaged by 99.37% Wormy, 15 Curculio, 5 .47% .15% The nursery, orchard and forest in terests of the country are menaced just now by an imported danger per haps comparable with the foot-and mouth disease in animals, and un doubtedly destined, like that plague, to be shut in and stamped out by the vigorous and enlightened methods of the present day, says a writer in the Country Gentleman. We refer to the brown-tail moth, which has made havoc for years in eastern New Eng land, but was not found elsewhere in the United States until a fortnight I ago, when living caterpillars of the creature, in their winter nests, were discovered in a shipment of apple, pear and cherry seedlings and quince stocks received by a New York dealer from Angiers, France, and possibly ex isting in nobody knows how ftiany more of the hundreds of boxes of similar stock now regularly arriving : in the United States from the same j country. So far as this state is con- ! cerned, the instant attack that was made on this invasion by the state de partment of agriculture has undoubt edly ended all danger of distribution ] add the caution that the caterpillars now found in the nests are in many cases very minute creatures that only an entomologist with a microscope can satisfactorily pick out. Our pic ture is copied from one of the publi cations of the Massachusetts board of agriculture, which gives also this de scription of the winter nest: "Each web is composed of a tenaci ous silk hibernaculum, inclosing leaves from which the epidermis has been consumed, although the outer leaves on the web may not have been at tacked. The webs are firmly attached to the twigs by stout bands of silk. Almost invariably the web commences where the egg cluster was deposited, and remains of it can usually be found on or in each web. Exit holes some times remain open on the webs throughout the winter, but as a rule they are closed by the matting to gether of the web under the influence of rain. The web consists internally of numerous layers of silk, inclosing a great many small, irregular silk-lined chambers, which are often connected, and contain from six to fifty larvae. » Fig. 2. Not sprayed. Picked harvest. Damaged by Sound, 773 Wormy, 461 Curculio, 58 59.83% 35.6S% 6.98% from this particular source; and the entomological authorities of all the states of the union having been noti fied of the discovery, it is to be sup posed that vigilant watchfulness will everywhere be exerted, with the re sult of preventing any general out break. Nevertheless, country resi dents everywhere should be apprised of the possibilities of the case, and should consult the nearest entomolo gist immediately in the event of dis covering anything like the winter nest of the creature on imported plants of whatever name or nature, the moth having a wide range of feeding. We give in this article engravings which may be serviceable, but would The usual number found in the cham bers is about a dozen each. The larvae are also often found in the galleries in the web. The lowest part of the web is usually full of fine black ex crement. and the castoff skins of the first molt occur in many of the cham bers.” Of course it is understood that these nasty nests are to be looked for only on imported stock. The figure in the center of the illustration has no bear ing on the case in this country at present, except in eastern New Eng land; and we have faith to believe it will not be necessary to study it else where. Still, there’s no knowing ; and forewarned is forearmed. Propagating Cactus.—Lobster claw cactus may be propagated by using the better ripened wood, taking the cut tings at the joints. Root these cut tings in sand, but have the sand a lit tle dry, not wet as with most other cuttings. Keep them in a warm place while the roots are forming. The insects around the roots of your palm are, I think, white fly mentioned in an answer to F. E. B. If they never fly above the surface of the soil, they may be a white midge that often in fests the soil of house plants. If so, use lime water as recommended in same answer. To Make Concrete Cistern.—Cistern walls should be eight inches thick and floor four inches thick as the cistern is very large. Material will be: Cement. 13 barrels; gravel, 13 yards: sand, one yard; concrete, mixed eight parts gravel to one part cement. Mortar for plastering side walls should be mixed two parts sand to one part ce ment. Money is accumulating in New York city more rapidly than at any time in the last two years. Banks are receiv ing much faster than they are paying, and good investments are being dili gently sought in every direction. Inoculation of Clover.—Clovers do not always grow as readily or as vig orously as might be expected from the richness of the soil. In recent years it has been discovered by scientists that the growth of plants of this class (clovers, peas and beans) is dependent to some extent on the presence of small nodules or bunches on the roots. These nodules contain bacteria which in some mysterious way assist the roots in taking up food from the soil. If these bacteria are not present in the soil the clovers will be likely to make poor growth—indeed alfalfa may not make any growth. If the proper kind of bacteria are supplied and the inoculation of soil and root is success ful the plants will show extra vitality. Cultures containing these bacteria have been sent out to fanners from the Ontario Agricultural college for the past four years, with directions for applying to the fields that are be ing seeded with clover. Last season 300 farmers reported that their al falfa crops had been benefited by the application while 140 reported that there was no gain. With alsikc clover the reports were equally favorable j over 66 per cent, of the experimenters j finding that the culture had improved the crop. With red clover the results were not so favorable only 55 per cent, having noted a gain. Peas and beans showed still less benefit from the ap plications. As the work is still in its infancy it is probable that better re sults will be obtained as the methods of application are better understood. Building a Wire Fence.—Often, when building a wire fence.it is necessary to cross a small ravine or depression in the field. In such cases it is some times a puzzle how to anchor the post in the lowest place, so that it will not “pull out” when the wires are tight ened. The accompanying drawing shows a good method of solving the problem. A wire (doubled to secure strength) is stretched from the bases of the two posts near the ravine edge, over the top of the lower post. Plain-Spoken Women. It would be of advantage to us if we could dispense with all that verbi age, that frothy flood of polite utter ances which are only too often used, and substitute a little plain speaking in their place.—The Gentlewoman. CALAMITY THAT DWARFS ALL Troubles of the Grown-Ups But Bub bles Beside Tragedy That Har rowed Boy’s Soul. People talk of calamities—the drop of a few points in some stock, the crash of a runaway horse, the burst ing of a water pipe, the cook leaving juat as the company arrives, a fellow getting mad and trading at another store, an editor writing the word ‘ damn,” the loving helpmeet, running into a dash of rain while out in her richest plumage, the lawyer losing a plain case which lie took on a contin gent fee—we say people talk of calam ities like these, and they fall back in to unspeakable anguish, but they are all the mere foibles of disappointment compared with what we saw the other day. which was this: A small boy built a kite out of sticks and tissue paper, and it had a long graceful cali co tail, and he brought it forth to sui! it in a sunny breeze. What a realiza tion of great hope was there when he held up that thing of beauty to catch the first palpitating beams of the morning! How his heart thumped with delight! Away goes the kite, borne on the sweet breath of the morning—up, up it goes, and now it sails and soars, as if it transfigured some happy dream—but look, lo.there ! is a flurry and a dart and down it dashes on a malignant tangle of tele phone wires, and a boy’s soul is har rowed with despair. That’s what we call real calamity. All the others are bogus.—Ohio State Journal. HIS LUCK. “Why didn't you come around ear lier? The snow is all meited away." "Dat’s just my luck, lady. Every time I feels like workin’ de sun comes out and does me out of a job!” Too Literal. “Well, yes," said Old Uncle Lazzen berry, who was intimately acquainted with most of the happenstances of the village. “Almira Stang has broken off her engagement with Charles Henry Tootwiler. They’d be goin’ together for about eight years, durin’ which time she had been inculcatin’ into him. as you might call it, the beauties of economy; but when she discovered, just lately, that he had learnt his le> son so well that he had saved up 217 pairs of socks for her to darn im mediately after the wedding, s>‘ ’peared to conclude that he had taken her advice a little too literally, and broke off the match."—Puck. Starch, like everything else, is ba ins constantly improved, the patent Starches put on the market 25 years ago are very different and inferior to those of the present day. In the lat est discovery—Defiance Starch—all in jurious chemicals are omitted, while the addition of another ingredient, in vented by us, gives to the Starch a strength and smoothness never &i> proached by other brands. The City of a Thousand Tongues. "Why do yoif devote so much time to the study of the languages? 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