SUGGESTIONS FOR TREATING THE COLTS
F.r»« Work Team, Gentle and Strong.
»**«** i»r»-.-dcr» are bold enough to
cast rale ihr.T oars animals, still more
'mplsr • man a be makes a living as
a geider but does not pretend td be a
»e*enaary surgeon. The danger In
enmrMiua is in rupture
bo king aa the testicles are m the
• purse, and their cords are occupying
to a great extent the ondres in the
briir the obtrusion into the scrotum
mi a smail knuckle of .ntestine mar
he overlooked unless a very careful
exam mutton is made, indeed it may
* eucape the intending operator t
aottee if the colt has bee* well fast
emed ate placed upon bis buck re
main. ng there for a minute or two as
during this time the small portion of
gw* win often slip buck into the abdo
For this among other reasons, as
aid baud will prefer to have the aai
mal ou his a.de while making an ex
amtuaftoa tw-e* will squeeze the
.Ikrya* to take the ktumkJ cough by
way dt a best !f another person doe*
the auuiiegiag as for w.nd patients of
adults the eastrator * fingers upon
the cords of the testicles will tell him
of a bulge and he will then exercise
■Uii'Hul precaution -
It jt far better to let th* colt get up
again and aaerihe* the nme than to
pruut'd without all oe- ■ sssry appli
unewu Raptured emits should never
he entrusted to geiders without ana
tomical knowledge or nut possessing
i reputation far operating upon such
Tfrr bfuraai should b* prepared by
lo&C tamuag piar*-d uprn tu* berk
rewdered limp by tfrr iehaiatlon of
efrtoeotarta and the tret idea removed
•hike tbe bora* tg mat aalM* tsd no
8My a «tr-_cr e
Tfrr r*t»maarj surgeon may choose
to pet to two m more at cbe* of aohi
Mr «sat«-r»ai icnw the urthee bo* bo
loader jiwrtly occupied fry the cord
If baa teed* tad all U tea used by
haw bate bees rendered antiseptic
tbaa mm pronably be the best plat
"•frere ell! fre joat cnouce adhesive to
Taw-mat tat art up by tbe sutures to
GOOD TREATMENT
OF ANIMAL WOUNDS
Fe* him Are Materially Bene
fited Ur.!ess Treated by
Professionals.
». OR M Si REYNOLD*. V. S
'arm** pr-parsuoa* at turpentine.
*-*xa<4, i negar carbolic acid, smtat
'** otia. and »>*t mtf rai acid* are
freosep;.' used l» the. trea'sent of
a*i.ir,ai «vaU> and then because the
hat ett rmiim in spite of a-tiarouf
treatment pet-pk- erroneously con
chide that the mecjt-ine cured
Hioedias can usual s be checked
d«tt* easily if the Mood is from a
-arse number of small vessels,
bi — i rtnae car te checked and final
If stopped by the means of .ce and
hj *er> Ik* or very cold water, or
the wound may he packed in clean
cooos or uaaam and neb t If bandaged
la case a -arye hiood vessel is sev
ered the artery may be secured by
•town* of email torceps or even a hook
mad* by amdit* a pm or piece of
•m*
is. some race* hemorrhage can t#t
»•*.!» cwotriiiied by a t .ah', bandage
pieces chore er below the wound If
the Moot Sew, xn b steady stream
the hand* re should be oa the side
farthest from, the heart.
If a flow* la Jets the bandar*
«haM be tied between the wound
aad the heart
■ omparat >*<j few wounds are ma
terially benefited by sewing, band
aging or washing except in protes
ts made lengthwise of
maj be considerable
advantage xa holding the sides to
gether by »■ elllg So special form
af as-dle or thread is necessary **
eept that both should be dean and the
A darning a*«dl* and ordinary cotton
thread artU do eery well In an etner
•- made across the
w <dely « t* usually
for the stltcbes will
rat opt in a tew da » and make the
scar match worse than if It had hern
PROFITABLE FEED FOR BEEF
Mopelar ty la One of ttie Moat Impor
U«t Factors W.tti Cattle—Have
boueeant Water Supply.
Those a ho are feeding beef cattle
w® Sad it pro®table to not only make
no sodde* chances la tbe kind or
pnnnuty of food, bat to also see that
tbe feeding is don* at tbe same dme
story da? Seeen o'clock tbis mom
tat and t 10 or MS tomorrow mom
tns -a not regular feeding Water in
make a p.ug and stop the -scape or
the gut afterwards The suturing ma
terial itself a ill be dissolved and ab
sorbed in a few days
This suturing material is at once a
great gift to the surgeon and a dan
ger if he trusts it too much. It may
be absorbed in forty-eight hours be
fore sufficient or sufficiently strong
plastic material has been thrown out
to guard the entrance to the abdomen,
or exit for the bowels as we fear it
might prove
A further precaution may therefore
be taken by putting a few stitches of
it-oluble silk through the empty purse
rather close up to the belly This
should be well saturated with an anti
septic as we do not want a formation
of pus although we may have to leaTe
ft for three daya or more, if the sub
s-cjueiit swelling outside the belly does
not satisfy us that It is safe to remove
these ontside stitches
1 ales* any foreign substance has
gone n while operating, there is ap
parently tittle danger of peritonitis or
other 11 results The-e are other
methods of operation the details of
»fcicn more concern the practicing
veterinary s»s-g«*on than the horse
breeder who should neither attempt
the performance turns if nor iet an
other whom he cannot tttlly trust
It is to put our readers on their
guard against the reck!e>s assumption
thai every colt is normal, and that no
such precautions need r^- taken that
«e offer these suggestions, there being
ao uae in idle regrets when an hour
after castration a colt is found with
his bt wels hanging out and oeyond as
•lstance
One may say ’hat such cases nave
been successfully desi: with, but the
delay Is nearly always fatal If the
an ,o.r 1 can be secured and the bowel
held op by a sheet saturated with a
disinfectant until the veterinary sur
geon arrives it may oe possible to re
turn -hat portion of intestine and re
tain it while anticipating subsequent
inflammatory troubles by proper
treatment
Vfr alone. Occasionally a wound is
such that the edges tan be held to
gether b> means of bandages. If this
can be done there may be consider
able advantage In doing so. but these
wounds are rare Bandages should
tie cfcangej frequently and the wound
kept clean
^***ots may be prevent ,-d in small
»ootids by smearing the following
m' store around the border Turpen
t t.e. on, par tar. three parts, fish
oil. two parts.
If a wound becomes infested with
maggots, ise chloroform by spraying
or sprinkling the pars by throwing it
from a sponge.
FEW TIMELY HINTS
FOR POULTRY YARD
Pleasure and Profit Found in
Fowls When Rightly Fed
and Sheltered.
KighMy bred, rightly fed. warmly
and cleanly tious-d the fowls at Snow
bird poultry yards are a never fail
ing source of pleasure and profit.
The ground feed :f compounded at
h me was composed of one scoopful
of w neat bran to one of chopped corn
and oats equally halved.
Vegetables were substituted for the
e-mmerume green food Cabbage
hung by the roots within easy reach,
mangel w urrels split in half then im
pal-d on spikes so the biddies might
pick the flesh from the outer covering
:n a cleanly manner, with added suc
culeucy in the form of chopped onions
and uncooked potatoes together with
clover-chaff and dried leaves as
scratch material and roughage, mini
tr .zed be grain bill and kept the
fowls comfortable, vigorous, produc
tive.
Meat was either ground green bone
or beef meal If the former, one-half
ounce to the fowl daily, if the lattei. it
was hopper fed they eating as much
as desired and whenever inclined to.
A triweekly cleaning of drop
boards: a weekly spraying of jierches;
a semi-annual house-cleaning, together
with the usage of effective insecticides
kept down the vermin.
abundance, where cattle can get it
without wading through mud. belly
deep U favorable to good gains Prob
ably the most common trouble in the
feed lot is scours. When a steer suf
fers from scours the feeder is losing
money. The most common causes of
scours are over feeding, irregular
feeding, changes of feed and some
times toe much ralt.
A handful of shelled grain is always
more effective than a clvh in inducing
a pig to travel where you want It.
UNCLE SAM, M. D.
Specialist in Cereal Diseases
! ,lTrpar°d by tb«* United States t>epa.rt- ]
ment pf Agriculture.) j
The total annual loss from cereal
diseases in the United States is esti
mated to be $45,000,000. Moreover, over
I one-half or nearly $25,000,000 of this
i loss Is caused by preventable diseases.
! remedies for which have been devel
' oped and placed in usable form for
the farmers by state and federal au
thorities.
The department of agriculture,
through the office of cereal investi
i gations of the bureau of plant indus
try, has specialists in grain diseases
working in laboratory, field and green
house in an efiort to solve many sci
entific and practical problems of dis
i ease control which confront the
grower of cereals. The state experi
ment stations of Minnesota. Kansas
and Washington are co-operating with
the department with a view of con
trolling and eliminating plant dis
eases that are causing such an enor
mous loss in the grain- fields. In ad
dition. a well-equipped laboratory is
maintained at Washington, where mi
. croscopic, cultural and other studies
of the disease-causing organisms are
carried on during the greater part of
the year.
While rusts and smuts of cereals
ire perhaps the most widely distrib
uted and most harmful diseases which
have been studied, there is another
class of ’cases" which our plant doc
tors must now consider. These dis
eases are commonly called scabs,
wilts, blights, a number of other
popular names. They are nearly all
of them properly called soil diseases,
because their spores have the power
of living in the soil, as well as on the
straw, leaf or seed of their host plant
They are caused, as is the case with
rusts and smuts, by parasitic fungous
plants which get their nourishment
from our cultivated green plants.
Among the preventable cereal dis
eases is the stinking smut, or bunt
in wheat, common in all grain-growing
sections and especially troublesome in
the f’alouse country of the northwest,
where it is harder to control, owing
to the fact ’.hat It lives over winter in
the soil. The estimated average an
nua. loss is two per cent, of the crop.
Thie smut is easily distinguished in
the field when the grain is almost ripe
The smutted plants are usually slight
ly stunted and the heads stand more
erect than the heavy, sound heads
The chaff is spread apart more or less
by the dark, swollen kernels, giving
the head an open appearance. When
the tough membrane, or skin, of such
a kernel is broken, a dark, smeary,
dust-like mass is disclosed which has
a peculiar fetid odor like that of de
cayed fish.
The smut can be controlled and
practically gotten rid of by any one of
the seed treatments which have been
worked out and recommended for a
number of years by the state experi
ment stations Of these the forma
lin treatment is probably the best.
There are several ways of applying
this treatment. It may be either
sprayed on the grain or the grain may
be soaked In the solution. The fol
lowing method of treatment is recom
mends by the Washington experi
ment station:
Construct a water-tight trough 8
feet long, 14 inches deep and 24 inches
wirje Kill this two-thirds full of the
formalin solution, which has been
made up by dissolving one pint (a
pound i of 40 per cent, formaldehyde
In 40 gallons of water Into this pour
slowly the seed wheat until the trough
is nearly half full of grain. Then stir
thoroughly with a long-handle shovel
in order to float to the surface any
smut balls that may have been car
ried in by the grain. These should
be skimmed off and cieetroyed. Leave
the grain in the solution about one
half hour. It may then be lifted out
and piled op on a granary floor or on
•he bottom of a‘ wagon box and cov
ered with moist sacks, where it is left
over night. On the following morning
it will be ready to sow. If it is de
sired to sow the grain in a dry condi
tion, it will be necessary to spread tbe
Treated seed out on the floor to a
depth of two or three inches, stirring
frequently in ordpr to hasten the dry
ing process. If the seed is sown wet.
allowance should be made for its
swollen condition by setting the drill
to sow a larger quantity per acre.
The oat smut, another destructive
disease, is widely distributed, some
fields having shown as high as 30
per cent, of smutted heads. Estimated
average annual loss is about two per
cent, of the crop. This smut is most
easily noticed a little before the grain
i is ripe, when smutted plants are found
to be shorter and to stand more erect
than sound ones. In place of the
kernels there are dark masses of smut
dust which, sometimes, are covered by
the chaff or glumes and sometimes are
left fully exposed and are then soon
blown about by tbe wind, leaving -vbe i
stalk of tbe head bare.
Oat smut may be preven-.ed by a
similar seej treatment to the one
given for the stinking smut of wheat.
There is not as much danger from
smut balls remaining in the treated
seed, but if any smut masses are seen
they, of course, should be 6kimtr.ed
off and destroyed just as in the case
of wheat smut.
The covered smut of barley is an
other cereal disease with an estimated
average annual loss of two per cent,
of the crop. This smut is most no
ticeable several days after the barley
has fully headed out. The smutted
beads are darker in color than sound
heads and the kernels are composed
of greenish-black masses of smut.
These are not blown away by the
wind but remain until tbe grain is
harvested and threshed, w hen the
smutted heads are broken up. Many
of the smut masses are not blown out
by tht threshing machine but remain
with the grain, smearing it with smut.
The spores of the smut get on to
sound seeds and are lodged in cracks
and crevices of the seed coat until the
seed germinates in the spring, when
the young smut plant also begins to
grow inside of the barley plant. This
smut also can be prevented by treat
">g the seed with formalin in the same
manner as for the stinking smut of
wheat and os.t smut.
The kernel smut of sorghum is seri
ous tn crop* of kafir, broomcorn and
the sweet sorghums tcaoe*. particu
larly in the arid regions of the West
and Southwest. It is not so easily ob
served by the farmer as are most of
the other grain smuts. The young
smut head takes oc a gray or whitish
appearance, and as it develop* the
smut masses in the kernels become
dark brown or black Usually smut
masses are not broken and blown
r.bout to any extent in the field but
remain as they are formed until har
vest and threshing time. They are
then broken up and the smut spores
get on to clean seeds, w here they stay,
just as in the case of stinking smut
of wheat, until the seed is planted and
the sjoros grow and infect the young
seedlings. As in the stinking smut of
w heat, careful seed treatment wiil kill
the smut spores on the outside of the
seeds. The treatment recommended
is as follows:
Mix one pint tone pound> of full
strength 40 pier cent, formaldehyde
with 30 gallons of water and use this
solution in the same manner as di
rected for stinking smut of wheat.
The loose smut of wheat is widely
distributed wherever wheat is grown.
The estimated average annual loss
is one per cent, of th° crop. This
smut is most noticeable at the head
ing time of the stain. In smutted
heads the kernels and chaff are re
placed by dark sooty masses, which
are soon blown away by tfae wind,
leaving bare stems that are usually
not noticed at harvest time.
The smut matures and ripens its
spores when the wheat is in bloom,
that is. soon after heading time. The
spores do not remain inclosed by the
chaff, but are loose and are immedi
ately blown about by the wind, fall
on healthy wheat heads and some of
them get on to the young ovary or
seed of the wheat flower. Here they
germinate aud send little filaments or
| germ tubes into the youug forming
kernels. As the kernels grow ar.d en
large tiny smut plants are formed in
side of them, but remain hidden and
allow the kernels to develop and fill
out like other seed.
The loose smut cannot be prevented I
by the ordinary' formalin seed treat- j
ment. as it lives over the winter in
side of the seed instead of on th; j
outside of the seed coat. The only
seed treatment which has proved to be
a preventive for this smut is the hot
water treatment. This is a delicate
operation for the average farmer to
perform, as the death point of the j
wheat seed itself is so closh to the
death point of the smut in the seed
that very accurate thermometers and
careful handling are necessary.
The estimated average annual loss
of loose smut of barley is two per
cent, of the crop. The time of ap
pearance and other characteristics of
this smut are almost identical with
the loose smut of w heat descrioed |
above This smut cannot be pre- j
vented by tire formalin treatment be
cause the smut passes the witte* in
side the seed. The hot wer treat
ment will prevent it. but it is not rec
ommended for the average fanner
who must treat a large amount of seed ,
in a short time at his busiest time of
the year
Tm* study of corn smut is receiving
considerable attention by the depart
ment. The losses are variable, being
largely dependent upon the locality
and the season, but are often serious.
No adequate amans of control are at
present available, though it is kn)«
that the losses from corn smut are
less where a rotation of crops is
practiced and where care is taken not
to teed smutted corn to livestock and
then .use the fresh manure on i-orr
land: because corn smut spores pass
through the digestive tract of farm '
animals uninjured and can live and
multiply in the manure.
Each of the cereal crops has one or
more kinds of rust affecting them
The black, or stem.»rusts of wheat,
barley and oats are the most serious.
Each of these three crops has an
early or so-called leaf rust, which
nearly always is present, but seldom
does serious damage. The rusts, as
their name would indicate, first appear
as reddish or yellowish spots on the
leaves or stems of the grains. The
stem rust forms long spots of this yel
lowish powder, which turn black as the
grain ripens. It is this black rust
stage with which most farmers are
familiar and which they fear the most.
The rusts we perhaps the most se
rtous of all cereal diseases, for no
practical preventive measures are at
present know, other than the use of
wheats of the durum group, and the
selection and breeding of new vari
eties resistent to rust.
No seed treatment is of any use
whatever, as the rust is an external
parasite, not living over in or on the
seed. Neither has any spray for the
growing plants been devised which
will give results at all in proportion
to the cost of its application on a
large scale. In fact, experiments car
ried on with sprays on small plo's
have not given very promising re
sults. •
It is hoped eventually to furnish the
farmers of the great grain-producing
sections with new varieties which
shall be equal to the old. commonly
grown sorts and. in addition, will have
the added value of being immune, ir
, at least resistant or tolerant to rust.
L03~-f *N{> STINK.N G SMUTS OF WHEAT.
A. Normal Head of Wheat, Showing Kernels Below. B, Head of Wheat.
Affected by Stinking Smut, Showing Smut Balls at a. C. Loose Smut.
Fox a God in Japan.
Hiet Takahasbi. the quaint ata of
( Nippon who attends William Jewell
college and labors betimes in the
Advance office, is always talking in
terestingly to his fellow employee
about his country and its customs
and superstitions Chief among the
superstitions is the few of the fox.
which is believed to have superna
! tural powers. Thrones called “In&ri |
Jinsha. in which the fox is enshrined j
as a deity, are numberless. The name
of the deity written in Japanese char
The Man and the Machine.
“No; 1 don’t want any more of your
labor-savin’ machines.'' said Farmer
Jones, reflectively. *Tve had enough
of 'em! Look in that cupboard.
There's a typewriting machine in
there. The missus spent all her egg
and butter money to buy that for me.
'cause I ain’t so overhandy with the
pen. Just look at the swindlin' thing!”
‘‘What's the matter with it?” said
Farmer Bfown.
“Matter!" said the old man Indig
nantly “Why, you can't even write
•cters signifies fox. and fr>rr this
it flat to be believed that the deity
really was a fox. Its natural con
ntag la greatly enlarged upon and It
la bettered to be . capable of mis
leading and deceiving bcman beings.
—Liberty Advance.
Enjoys It.
Gabe—There goes a fellow who en
joys ill health.
Steve—Enjoys it? What is he, a
hypochondriac ?
Gabe—No, he's a physician.
your name with the confounded thing
unless you know how to play the plan
ner or a church organ!"
Truth From the Child Witnesses.
“Children are .always the best wit
nesses at this age,” said Mr. Walter
Schroder at a St Pancrns (Erg.) In
quest. after hearing the evidence of
a boy of twelve. "They are at an age
when they have no desire to varnish
the truth or diminish its significance.
It is Just a plain, simple tale they
tell.”
One on Ginter.
Jesse Carmichael was walk ng down
town in New York with his tri end. Bob
Ginter. Bob was pulling industriously
on a fat. dark cigar, and had succeed
ed in consuming about half of It caus
ing the covering to curl up with the
heat
"What in thunder are you smoking T”
asked CarmichaeL
“A fine cigar," replied Ginter.
“Oh," said Carmichael. “1 though*
it was an umbrella."—Popular Maga
zine.
Cabling for a Doctor.
An example of how the world has
been reduced in size by the telegraph
is forthcoming from Vaientia island.
11* miles off the west coast or Ireland.
A woman was seized with illness, and
the nearest doctor was on the main
land at Waterville. The Vaientia
cable operators sent a message to
Newfoundland, whence it was trans
mitted to Waterville, and thr doctor
was on the island within two hours,
landing amid the cheers of the island
ers.—Cardiff Western Mail
l
Dancing Frocks for Sweet Sixteen
OCWEET SIXTEEN'" must be con
W s trued these dirts to mean, in
reality, sweet eighteen to twenty-four;
for sweet sixteen of these days is a
little too young to prove interesting
outside her own circle of relatives or
schoolmates. The two pretty frocks
for a young girl, pictured here, are
suitable designs for any of the festive
occasions.
It will be seen that they allow
plenty of freedom for the frolicsome
dances to which youth is just now so
devoted. The materials are supple, and
the skirts sufficiently full.
for these fascinating dresses soft
sheer fabrics are to be chosen. There j
are plenty of them. Voiles i plain or 1
flowered), chiffon, silk or cotton \
crepes, wool or cotton challies. nets,
chiffon taffetas and other light silks,
crepe de chine, flowered mull, besides
numbers of novelties that have been
brought out. Probably the two most
satisfactory materials are chiffon taf
feta and voile.
The frock with the accordion plaited
skirt is worthy of some study. It is
of cream-colored Toile with girdle of
rose-colored moire ribbon and long
ends crossed at the front. They are
fastened there and brought to the
back, where they tie in a bcw with
short loops under a narrow scant
flounce of the material. This flounce
is double, having the effect of a hang
ing puff.
Added to the girdle at the back is
a ruffle of the ribbon, giving the effect
of a short basqne finish. There is an
apron of lace at the front, with bands
extending upward to the bodice, over
the shoulders and around the low
neck The sleeves are short puffs fin
ished with double ruffles and lace.
Very small flowers of narrow ribbon
make a slender wreath which outlines
the apron and bodice and follows the
line of the flounce at the back.
Chiffon taffeta and lace are used,
with a little plain chiffon for the sec
ond dress. The picture shows so plain
ly the composition that it hardly needs
description.
The skirt of chiffon taffeta is nar
row and extends to the calf of the leg.
It is finished with a wide flounce of
lace and is caught up in front with
two ribbon roses. There is a tunic,
girdle and tiny eton jacket of the
silk, with underbodice and sleeves of
chiffon in the same color as the silk
Tfce tunic is finished with a pattern
cf light embroidery about the bottom,
and the bodice is embellished with a
big butterfly bow of the silk mounted
above the waist line at the front.
Each of the youthful wearers is pro
vided with a strand of pearl beads for
her neck and black satin slippers for
her feet. These are simple and taste
ful dresses, not at all expensive and
entirely appropriate to young girls
Nothing more elaborate is to be con
sidered for them
Petticoats With Hand Embroidery
HERE are two beautiful new designs
in petticoats to which a little hand
embroidery gives a touch of real ele
gance. The designs are simple and
the work not of the kind which proves
trying to the eyes. Now that Lent is
here and our time is not too fully
occupied it is a real pleasure to sit
down to a little old-fashicned sewing.
One of these petticoats is of white
nainsook with a ruffle of batiste ma
chine stitched to the bottom. The ruf
fle is scalloped and buttonhole-stitched
along the lower edge. It may be pur
chased with the edge ready finished.
The buttonhole stitching is extended
to form smali panels.
in each of the panels a spray of
flowers, very simple and easily done,
is embroidered. The sprays are not
all alike: twoi or even three, pat
terns are used, or only one. accord
ing to the choice of the individual.
The top of the ruffle is cut into
short slashes, the edges carefully fin
ished with the buttonhole stitch, and a
satin ribbon threaded through these
slashes by way of a dainty finish.
Bine. pink, lavender or a soft geld
color are shown in satin ribbons to
be used for this purpose
A practical petticoat to be worn
with street suits is made of un
hreached linen or chum bray. Plain
ginghams also provide a suitable ma
terial. The petticoat is plain and nar
row, about a yard and three-quarters
wiae. It is slit up at one side along
a seam. The bottom is finished with
a shallow scallop button hole stitched
with a coarse floss.
Two sprays of embroidery, placed at
the sides of the slash in the skirt,
finish its decoration. The embroidery
is done in white. Stitches are long
and easily done
Skirts of this kind are made up
in blue, pink, lavender, tan, linen
color and white. They are easily
laundered. Worn with a fancy corset
cover they provide a foundation for
wh te dresses in the new crepe-like
fabrics which axe not sheer but still
allow a color to glow through them.
But these durable and attractive pet
ticoats are to be worn with utility
dresses and are not made for those
of airy fabrics, which will be used
for other wear. •
There is a certain satisfaction in
hand-wrought undergarments, and a
certain pride in one's own work which
more than pays for the time spent
upon such simple and practical gar
ments.
JULIA BOTTOMLEY.
Extension Side Girdle.
!£ost effective of ai] the new fur
bishes for costumes is the extension,
side girdle. So broad that it gives the
very becoming Empire effect above
the waist line, below that line it fits
smoothly over the hips and lends to
them the much-desired appearance of
extreme slenderness. At the left side
this girdle extends into a single broad
sash end—cut in one with the acces
sory—which tapers gradually toward
the knee, where it terminates In a
deep fringe. The girdle, which obvi
ously must be carefully fitted to the
fig Jre and skillfully boned into perma
nent shape, is most effective in velvet
but often a very heavy silk Is used
anl occasionally duvetyn or thick
broadcloth. The choice of the fabric
defends, of course, wholly upon the
street or house coetume with which
it Is to be worn.
Cleaning Piano Keys.
Water should never be used to clean
the keys of a piano, as It removes
t&sir polish. Rub them with a cloth
dampened In alcohol, which will re
move all yellow stains and make the
keys perfectly white again.
