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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.
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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:
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“‘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.’ ”
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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
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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.
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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? Are
you going to study abroad?”
“No. I want to be equipped to carry
on an intelligent conversation with
any one I may happen to meet in New
York.”—Washington Star.
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