THE first sketch shows a smart costume In navy blue face cloth. The skirt
has a wrapped seam down each side of front; it is trimmed at the lower
part by straps of material with pointed ends, below two tucks are made, and
at the other part there are three tucks. The coat is tight-fitting, and has cut
away fronts; it is trimmed with braid and buttons; the edge is braided, so
also is the waistcoat. Velvet is used for the collar. Hat of straw, trimmed
with ribbon.
Material required: eight yards cloth 4G inches wide, three dozen buttons,
one-fourth yard velvet, one dozen yards braid, four yards coat lining.
The second would be very handsome made up in oak-apple brown chiffon
cloth; the skirt is quite plain, and is cut at the foot so that it hangs in graceful
folds. The coat has a waistcoat of embroidered lace, also a panel of it down
center of back and each side of front; the back fits tightly and the fronts are
semi-fitting; buttons and cords are sewn on either side of waistcoat, also on
panel at back. The long, tight-fitting sleeves are trimmed with strips of lace
at the wrist. Hat of coarse straw to match, trimmed with roses and a
feather.
Materials required: Eight yards cloth 28 inches wide, 3% yards of em
broidered lace, 1 yard braid, one dozen buttons, yards lining for coat.
SUITABLE IN MANY SHADES
Graceful Gown of Cashmere That
Would Be Appropriate in Al
most All Season's Colors.
Alligator-gray is the color chosen
for this graceful gown, but it would
look well in many of the beautiful
shades there are to be had this sea
son. The plastron down center of
front and back is trimmed each side
with satin covered buttons to match,
the other part of skirt is plain, and
rests slightly on the ground all round.
Two folds are arranged on each shoul
der, and brought slightly toward the
plastron, both front and back. The
revers are trimmed with braid, and
edged with ball fringe, the sleeve is
trimmed to match. Tucked silk forms
the yoke, and plain silk slightly
tucked is used for the deep cuff edged
with frilling.
Hat of stretched satin trimmed
with roses and ribbon.
Materials required: Eight yards
cashmere 48 inches wide, four dozen
buttons, three yards ball fringe, one
half dozen yards braid, two yards silk,
1% yards satin.
THE IDEAL IN BABY BASKET,
Of Wicker, Lined with Mercerized
Satine and Covered with
Paris Muslin.
A fascinating baby basket just made
for a young mother was of wicker,
shallow and oblong. It was lined with
mercerized satine, pink, of high luster,
and covered with Paris muslin, which
is as dainty looking as organdie and
much more durable.
The pink lining was put in plain, but
the muslin was gathered slightly at
top and bottom of the sides, the bot
tom being plain. Double strips of
inch-wide Valenciennes insertion were
arranged across the bottom to form a
diamond.
Along each side were pockets of the
muslin gathered at the top on an
elastic and edged with narrow lace.
The fronts of the pockets as well as of
the long pin cushion across one end
and the equally long, stiffened cover
with leaves of flannel underneath to
hold safety pins at the other end were
also stripped with insertion in dia
mond effect.
Where each pocket and cushion
joined the basket the sewing was con
cealed under fluffy rosettes of pink
baby ribbon.
The ruffle that fell over the sides
was made of straight strips of the
Paris muslin, with an inch-wide hem
at the bottom, and above it eighth of
an inch tucks a half inch apart, with
baby ribbon sewed between each tuck.
The ribbon was put on plain, though it
would have been equally pretty if a
width wider ribbon was used and
gathered at the upper edge.
I --
Lingerie Bag.
A pretty summer fashion is the
lingerie Dorothy bag. Dainty little
bags of open work embroidery of the
broderie Anglaise order, with linings
in delicate shades of pink, primrose,
blue, green or mauve and ribbon
handles to match, will be carried.
The color chosen for the lining will
be repeated in the draped ceinture
round the waist, the ribbon on the
lingerie hat and the bows of the sun
shade.
It is a quaint and pretty fashion,
the lingerie bag. and during the hot
part of the year the familiar leathei
handbag will take a back place.
The New Sailor.
The new sailor has a low, broad
crown, with a wide brim a little wider
at one side than the other, the sides
curling up very slightly.
Caught in the Rain.
It is scarcely necessary to state
that the first thing the average wom
an thinks of when it' begins to rain,
is her hat. Though all else becomes
soaked and drenched that hat must
not become even so much as damp.
When caught in a sudden rainstorm
various expedients are resorted to. If
a newspaper cannot be obtained, even
the handkerchief is quickly fashioned
into a cover for the precious hat.
Here is a suggestion when caught in
the rain, but it must be prepared be
forehand.
Purchase a square of oiled silk suf
ficiently large to cover your hat. Cut
it round and put an inch wide hem
all around it. A silk cord run through
this makes the drawing string. This
article can be tightly folded aud car
ried in your shopping bag. Then
when it rains, and you find yourself
without an umbrella, take out the hat
protector, place it over your hat and
fasten the end of the string under
your chin. Of course, it is somewhat
ungainly in appearance—but it saves
the sorrow and expense of a ruined
'hat.
Oriental Silks.
Oriental silks have a way of coming
in on the market and meeting with
popular favor because of their ganuine
oddity among fabrics. They are al
ways sought by persons who look for
the exclusive patterns and this is
possible among oriental silks where
two patterns may be alike, but of dif
ferent colors. The trimmings fcr such
are plain silks, soutache and crochet
buttons. One of the dashing dresses
constructed of this material was a
brick red. with clouded effect. It was
trimmed with black-red grosgrain
silk and an edging of black soutache
in sawtooth fashion for bands. The
dress was a very good example of
what can be produced with a foreign
silk.
Paris Adopts Tailored Hats.
The chapeau taileur is hating *n
astonishing vogue in Paris. So great
is the demand for this particular kind
of headgear that the leading Paris de
signers and even those whose spe
cialty until now has been the elaborate
hat exclusively do not disdain to de
vote some of their attention to it.—
DETAILED PLAN FOR
PRACTICAL FARM BUILDING
Complete Instructions Given for Erection of Structure
That Will Accommodate Horses. Cattle, Feed
and Other Accessories.
Method of constructing a fresh air in
or an opening made for the purpose. F
side opening for the fresh air C. is mad'
and studding. In this way we have the
stable, allowing it to enter near the ceil
The great demand for information
relating to the construction of dairy
buildings led the dairy division of the
bureau of animal industry to start a
line of investigation for the purpose
of developing the basic principles of
such construction. In order to make
the work thoroughly practical, these
studies were extended to the planning
and actual supervision of construc
tion of a number of dairy buildings
in different sections of the country.
The work is still in its formative
stages and far from complete, but al
ready promises valuable results In
securing better methods of construc
tion. In order to place the matter now
available in form for wider distribu
tion and usefulness, a number of
plans are here presented, with brief
descriptions.
The designs are not intended to
represent the only constructions ad
visable for the purposes indicated,
but are intended to be suggestive of
certain principles of construction
which any architect or builder may
use in designing a barn or other dairy
building for a special location. No two
locations will require or even permit
of the same treatment so far as ex
posure, size, form, or building mate
rial are considered; but the prob
lems of ventilation, cubic air space
per cow, light, floors, ceilings, etc.,
are nearly alike in all cases. The de
signs shown represent feasible and
Inexpensive dairy buildings, planned
by the dairy division and built in vari
ous sections of the country. Plans and
specifications were furnished to build
ers, with the understanding that they
would keep account of the co»t of
construction and furnish such other
data as might be necessary for a com
plete description of the work.
A detailed description is given of
one design, but the principles are
largely the same in all of the plans
shown.
The arrangement of the space can
be adapted to the needs of the par
ticular location.
Bull pen and box stall. These are
approximately 10x10 feet. There Is a
full window in each stall, providing
an abundance of light.
Feed room. This is centrally locat
ed; a chute from the silo enters it,
also two grain chutes from the upper
floor. A hay chute from the loft
above deposits the hay in the feeding
alley.
Wash room. No dairy barn is com
plete without a wash room for the
nr,560n0! J.. hrdl anhrd anhrd anda
milkers and barn attendants, and lock
ers for their clothes. This room
should also contain a small boiler for
providing hot water and steam as this
is a necessary part of the equipment
of a modern dairy barn. Milk scales,
record sheets, milk stools, etc., may
also be kept there when they are not
in use.
Watering. Watering devices may
be put in the stable or provided for
outside at the option of the builder.
Silo. The silo planned for this barn
is 14 feet In diameter and thirty-two
feet high, and has a capacity of about
110 tons. This will provide silage for
24 animals for six or eight months.
Details of construction of stalls,
stanchions, silos, etc., will be found
later on.
The stalls are so designed that,
stanchions or chain ties may be used.
Builders who desire to use patent
stalls will find the arrangement of
gutter, platform, and feed manger ap
plicable to their use.
Storage of feed. There is no ob
jection to storage above the cow sta
ble proper so long as the floor is sim
ilar in construction to the one in the
drawing, so as to be kept perfectly
tight.
Ceiling. In colder climates tt is
deemed better to have a comparative
Parisian “Cat Exchange."
Paris has a cat exchange, a
“bourse aux chats.” This establish
ment is situated in a big chamber at
the rear of a wineshop. Here are le
gions of cats of all sizes and color,
which are to be seen jumping and
heard "miaulent.” It is said that the
customers are by no means tender
hearted old ladies, but for the most
part furriers, glovemakers and cooks.
A good, sleek “matou” realizes from
50 centimes (2% cents), to one franc
(20 cents). The skin has a number
■t:ike in an old barn, using an old window
:mt elevation A and cross section B. Out
* by using matched lumber, tarred paper
opening CD. which furnishes air for the
ins at D.
ly low celling; on account of the tem
perature, anil this construction admits
of chances in this respect.
Ventilation. The plan adapts itself
to any system of ventilation. The
openings shown give a suggestion as
to where the tresh air may be taken
in and the impure air discharged.
Driveway to second floor. This is
located i n one side of the barn, at the
end. The main reason for locating the
driveway at this point is because it
does not shut out any light from the
floor below.
The width of this barn is 3G feet 4
inches outside. This allows ample
room for the stalls and passageways,
and permits of the most economical
use of lumber in building. While the
length here shown is 84 feet 9 inches,
this depends on the number of cows
to be handled. The side walls are
built of stone or concrete up to the
window sills, the balance of the walls
being frame. The end walls are con
structed of stone or concrete up to
the ceiling. A partition extends across
the barn so that the cow stable can
be entirely shut off.
HANDY SELF
FEEDER FOR HOGS
Works Satisfactorily- and Pre
vents Filth Getting in Feed.
W. E. Gilmour, Henderson Co., 111.,
sends an illustration of his method
of making a self-feeder for hogs. This
feeder is said to work satisfactorily
and prevents the hogs from getting
their feed filthy.
This self-feeder is attached to the
lower side of the corn crib. Our cor
respondent states that his crib is 10
Self-Feeder for Hogs.
feet long, 10 feet wide and 10 feet
high. In the sketch the self-feeder is
represented as it would appar at the
bottom of the crib on one side.
The trough is 1C feet long and made
of two boards 12 inches- wide—one for
the top and the other for the bottom.
The board from C to B is on a slant.
The holes shown at E, which are Just
large enough for the hogs to get their
noses in, are eight inches apart.
Lame Shoulder in Horse.—When
ever a horse owner is in doubt in re
gard to the location of lameness in
one or both front limbs, he invariably
selects the shoulder or shoulders, as
it may happen, as the probable seat of
the lameness.
In the majority of cases the theory
of shoulder lameness proves to be a
grave mistake on the part of
the owner, and an unnecessary
cruelty to the patient. It is a well
known fact which has been well dem
onstrated by practical experience that
there is no such thing as denying
the truth of the assertion that the
foot of the horse is more commonly
the seat of lameness than any other
part of the fore limb.
Subacute lameness, sometimes
known as chronic founder, is a very
common cause of lameness, located in
one or both feet of the horses, and
if I am not very much mistaken, the
patient I am required to prescribe for
is the victim of this indescribable
lameness. The only treatment I car
suggest for horses with chronic found
er is to use them exclusively for slow -
work on the farm.
of usages and the flesh, according tc
the story, finds its way into the stew
pans of certain restaurants possessing
more enterprise than scruple.
What She Came in On.
“Mrs. Jinx came in while we were
playing poker the other night and
joined us. She stayed for the first
jackpot and said she came in on a
pair of twos.”
“What a story teller that woman
isl She wears sixes to my certain
knowledge!” - - - - — —
LOAD/HfJ the LOG
Following the movement of the
larger part of the executive force of
the forest service from Washington
into the field, and the division of the
western country into six forest dis
tricts. each in charge of a district for
ester. the practical management of
Uncle Sam’s forests on a business
basis is being pushed forward even
more effectively than heretofore. Only
the general administrative heads of
the service and the men engaged in
government forestry work in the east
ern part of the country retain their
headquarters in Washington.
For the better administration of the
194.500,000 acres of national forest
laDd. this vast territory is divided into
149 national forests, each in charge
of a forest supervisor. In all cases
the supervisor is selected for his wide
practical knowledge of the west, and
of lumbering and grazing particularly.
He may or may not be a trained for
ester. If not a trained forester him
self. he has such a man to assist him
It is the business of the forest super
visor and his technical aids to bring
their forest gradually to a condition
of maximum productiveness. To do
this requires a great deal of detailed
study and skillful planning. Each
step, from the care and protection of
the young growth to the lumbering of
the mature forest, must be carefully
considered, and as carefully executed,
if (he forest is to go on producing
trees indefinitely.
For each of the many lines of work
to be carried on in the forest men
with special experience are required.
Those who prepare and tend the nur
series must be experienced in raising
and caring for young trees. The lum
berman who cruises and estimates
timber helps to plan logging opera
tions. and sees that the scaling is cor
rectly done, and that the rules for
logging are properly observed, must
be an experienced and capable woods
man.
the rorest ranger patrols his dis
trict of the forest to see that fire and
trespass are prevented, that the range
is not overgrazed, that logging regu
lations are enforced, and that the
privileges granted by permit for the
use of the various forest resources are
not abused; he also must be hard
beaded, practical and thoroughly hon
est, an able-bodied citizen of the west,
with plenty of experience in all the
problems with which he may have to
deal.
The trained foresters are usually
forest school graduates. Their train
ing is somewhat parallel to that of the
civil engineer, but particular attention
is paid to the study of botany, to the
life and growth of forests, and to all
that affects their development and
usefulness.
In addition to bis scientific training
the American trained forester must
have abundant practical experience In
the woods, on the range and in the
milts, for be must have a thorough un
derstanding of all conditions* before
attempting to work out a system of
good business management of any for
est .
For the general administration of
the national forests, the western half
of tbe United States is divided into
six districts, with headquarters at Mis
soula. Mont.; Denver, Col.; Albuquer
'ULTIVATIHG <5 ECO BED-S
que, N. M.; Ogden. Utah; San Fran
cisco, and Portland. Ore.
The object of the forest service is
to foster proper use of the forest re
sources of the country, including pri
vate and state, as well as national
forests. On the latter every resource
is for use in the best interests of all
citizens of the United States. Every
waterpower site, every piece of min
eral land, every bit of grazing land or
of good agricultural land is for use.
provided it is not required for publi»
purposes.
The remainder of the land which is
forest is of course put to the best use
by the practice of forestry when it is
made to produce as much timber as
possible. In order that the adminis
tration may be most effective the vari
ous offices have been established at
Washington and at the district head
quarters. each in charge of trained
and experienced men directing spe
cialized lines of work.
The office of operation attends in
each district to the protection and ad
ministration of the national forest and
employs engineers, expert miners and
foresters to investigate claims, make
surveys and maps, and suprevise the
building of telephone lines, trails,
roads, bridges, ranger stations and
other improvements.
The office of grazing looks after the
range, co-operating in the enforcement
of quarantine regulations and issues
permits by which the grazing of stock
within each national forest is so reg
ulated as to improve rather than de
stroy its grazing capacity. It studies
the best means of re-seeding the range
and conducts investigations and de
vises means of checking the growth of
poisonous plants which are injurious
to livestock.
The office of silviculture makes a
special study of the management of
timbered lands in order to make them
yield the largest permanent returns.
It makes timber sales on the national
forests, plants trees on bare national
forest land, makes estimates and for
est working plans, investigates forest
conditions and all problems connected
with the life and growth of trees and
gives advice where possible to private
parties who are interested in similar
lines of work.
The work of the office of products
is the determination of all ways and
means possible for utilizing wood and
timber, in order to make the business
of forestry economical and profitable.
Markets and wood-using industries
everywhere are being investigated,
statistics of forest products are being
collected and the comparative strength
of building timbers with reference to
their use for various purposes is be
ing determined by acurate scientific
tests.
The office of products also makes
a study of the best ways of preserv
ing timbers and co-operates with pri
vate telephone companies, railroads
and other timber-using interests in de
termining the best methods applicable
in each case. Experimental treating
plants for this purpose are being es
tablished throughout the country.
In short, the forest service is en
deavoring to bring about the practice
of true forestry—“the preservation of
forests by wise use." And the key
note of the entire service, the watch
word of each member, from the chief
down to the forest guard. Is conserva
tion—the devotion of every resource
to the best possible use and the pres
ervation of all renewable resources
for the use of future generations.
Terms.
Her—You said you'd make papa
come to terms.
Him—I did—and they were the
vilest anyone ever applied to me.
It Is.
"Speaking of automobile jokes."
"Yes?”
“Isn’t it about time for the 1009
models to be out?"—Puck.
Those Women.
"Why do you have a full length
mirror in your room?"
“Well. I'm a woman, and I want to
see everything that’s going on.”
What’s In a Name?
An old German, wearing a faded
blue coat and a campaign hat. limped
into the office of a palatial dog and
horse hospital, bequeathed by a hu
mane millionaire to the tcwn of X.
“1 wish to be admitted to dia hos
pital," be announced to the superin
tendent. “I've got heart trouble. I'm
a G. A. R. man. und I can prove it."
"But you can't enter this Institu
tion. my good man.”
"Sure 1 can. 1 fight at Gettysburg.
I haf got a veak heart efer sence. I
can provo It.”
“Yes, but you can't enter this hos
pital; It’s a—”
“Can't, huh? Vhy not? I vas a
solcher. 1 can prove it.”
“But this is a veterinary hospital.”
“1 know dot. Ain'd I choost tellln’
you dot I’m a veteran?”—Lippincott’s.
Wish Granted.
“You don’t catch me getting too
sanctimonious again in a hurry,” grum
bled the youngster in the green
sweater.
"What's the trouble now?” asked his
chum.
"Why, I felt so good I started to
sing, ‘l Want to Wear a Golden
Crown.’ ”
"And did your mother take you to
Sunday school?”
"No, she took me to the dentist’s.’
Sentiment in Life of Frohman.
Charles Frohman denies that he Is
a business man. The denial was
brought out by numerous articles
written in which he has been referred
to as ‘‘an exemplary man of busi
ness.”
“Nonsense.” says the famous play
wright. He continued: “If I were a
good business man 1 should be a rich
man by now; but I am not rich, and
the last place I want to visit is the
office where the business side of my
affairs is transacted. I do not. like
figures, and when I see a column of
them I only look at the bottom line.
I like plays, players, theaters and
stages. I enjoy reading plays and
buying plays, and I enjoy producing
them, but I have bought more plays
than I can ever produce, and so
proved myself more of a sentimental
ist than a business man.”
WERE BOTH 0!-' MIXED BLOOD
Points of Resemblance Between Eng
lishman and Cowboy, as the
Latter Understood It.
“The countess de Pourtales was a
New York Lorillaril," said a New York
tobacconist. “So on both sides, of
course, she has blue blood. Yet she is
without false pride.
"At a recent tobadco men's conven
tion a director told me of a remark
the countess made in Biarritz to an
arrogant Englishman.
“This fellow boasted of his ancestry.
The countess said that sort of talk
wouldn't be understood in the wil l
west. She said an Englishman said
to a Texas cowboy once:
“ ‘i have Tudor blood in my veins
on the maternal side and through my
father's family I am a Plantaganet.'
‘“Is that so?’ said the cowboy,
brightening with keen interest. 'My
blood's a leetle mixed, too. My gran I
father was a Jersey tenderfoot and my
grandmother a Digger Indian squaw
We're both half-breeds, stranger.
Come and liquor up!’"—Cincinnati
Enquirer.
A PROUD PAIR.
“What makes that peasant so proud
to-day?"
“Oh, he has the biggest rooster ia
town—and his wife the biggest hat."
—Fliegende Blaetter.
WOMEN SUFFER NEEDLESSLY
—
Many Mysterious Aches and Pains Are
Easily Cured.
Backache, pain through the hips,
dizzy spells, headaches, nervousness.
bloating, etc., ar t
ter/iar ibua w-l troubles that co:1J
momy come iroiu
sick kidneys. Don t
mistake the cause—
Doan's Kidney Pills
have cured thou
sands of women af
flicted in this way—
by curing the kid
neys. Mrs. C. R.
Foresman, 113 S.
Eighth St., Canon City, Colo., says:
“Three years 1 suffered with rheuma
tism, dropsy and kidney complaint,
and became utterly helpless. I found re
lief after using two or three boxes of
Doan's Kidney Pills and kept on until
cured. Doan’s Kidney Pills have
been a blessing to me."
Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Flies.
God bless the man who first invent
ed screens, and God pity the man who
Is too indolent or indifferent to place
them between his family and the
spreaders of deadly disease. There is
absolutely no excuse for the man or
woman whose place of habitation
swarms with flies and whines with
the voices of mosquitofes. They can
be kept out, and 25 cents spent in
keeping them out is equivalent to
keeping out a doctor who would cost
$25. or possibly to keeping out a much
less welcome visitor.
Sees Extinction of Tuberculosis.
Dr. William Osier says: “Wheth
er tuberculosis will be finally eradi
cated is even an open question, it is
a foe that is very deeply intrenched
in the human race. Very hard it will
be to eradicate completely, but when
we think of what has been done in
one generation, how the mortality in
many places has been reduced more
than 50 per cent.—indeed, in some
places 100 per cent.—it is a battle of
hope, and so long as we are fighting
with hope, the victory is in sight.”
The Novel Type.
In a late magazine story a perfectly
lovely girl is described as follows
“She was very small and dark, and
very active, with hair like the color of
eight o’clock—daylight and darkness
and lamplight all snared up together,
and lips like all crude scarlet, and
eyes as absurdly big and round as a
child's good-by kiss."
How do you like it? Would a girl
who answered that description be
worth shucks in everyday experi
ences?—Atchison Globe.
WON’T MIX
Bad Food and Good Health Won't Mix.
The human stomach stands much
abuse but it won’t return good health
if you give it bad food.
If you feed right you will feel right,
for proper food and a good mind is the
sure road to health.
“A year ago I became much alarmed
about my health for I began to suffer
after each meal no matter how little I
ate,” says a Denver woman.
I lost my appetite and the very
thought of food grew distasteful, with
the result that I was not nourished
and got weak and thin.
‘‘My home cares were very heavy, for
besides a large family of my own I
have also to look out for my aged
mother. There was no one to shoul
der my household burdens, and come
what might, I must bear them, and
this thought nearly drove me frantic
when I realized that my health was
breaking down.
“I read an article ’n the paper about
some one with trouble Just like mine be
ing cured on Grape-Nuts food and act
ing on this suggestion I gave Grape
Nuts a trial. The first dish of this
delicious food proved that I had struck
the right thing.
‘‘My uncomfortable feelings in stom
ach and brain disappeared as if by
magic and in an incredibly short space
of time I was myself again. Since
then I have gained 12 pounds in
weight through a summer of hard
work and realize I am a very different
woman, all due to the splendid food.
Grape-Nuts.”
“There’s a Reason.” Trial will prove.
Read the famous little book. “The
Road to Wellville,” in pkgs.
Kver read ithe above letter f A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full of human
Interest.