Novel Things in Neckwear
THE new collars give one the choice
of baring the throat, leaving it more
or less veiled, or covering it com
pletely. But almost without exception
they are high at the back, many of
them very high, and the neck is lost
to view. In the greater number the
throat is open, there are flaring revers
at the side and a turnover portion at
the back. Within these lines the va
riety of ways in which the collars are
cut is really bewildering. To judge
by this, everyone is to wear novel
things in neckwear, and every style
is to be suited.
Besides the turnover collars, with
revers at the sides and vestees at the
front, there are smart styles with
standing plaits across the back. These
are cut squarely off at the sides, leav
ing the throat uncovered, but are fin
ished with a long vestee at the front.
These, like other standing effects, are
supported by fine wires. They are
very high, reaching not much below
the top of the ears.
Then there are the graduated ruffles
tf fine lace which are favorites on
gowns of lace and net and on after
nooh gowns of taffeta or faille or
crepe de chine. They are not so high
I at the back and gradually grow nar
rower at the sides and front, finally
disappearing at the top fastening of
the bodice. But they also require wir
ing with the finest of silk-covered
wire, to give them the sprightly pose
required.
One of the new collars of sheer ba
tiste finished with fine embroidery is
shown in the picture given here. It
is a good example of a type of collar
which is featured among the new
dress accessories for spring. Equally
strong as a novelty, the new very
high, standing collars (hign at the
front as well as the back), attached
or unattached to the blouse, are com
manding much attention and may
prove the favorites. Just at the mo
ment the sheer collar, high at the
back and turned over, open at the
throat, is liked finished by a band
of narrow black velvet ribbon which
ties over it around the threat and ap
pears to support it. although fine
wires really do the work.
■ There is a lot of wear in the col
lars of embroidered batiste; they pro
vide an inexpensive and dainty means
of freshening up the dress.
On the Subject of Boudoir Caps
THE plainest of boudoir caps, such
as that one pictured . ere, will
serve to introduce a coterie of others
far more elaborately made. The sub
ject of boudoir caps is inexhaustible;
they are as varied, almost, as the
faces they so prettily set off. Dain
tiness is the most lasting of fem
inine charms, and the boudoir cap is
an expression of this. 1
Displayed in a New York shop are
a half dozen or so styles, that run
the scale from the simplest to the
most elaborate. The first one con
sists of a puff of plain crepe de chine
for the crown, which is gathered over
a circle of wire that fits the head.
Lace, about three inches wide, plaited
in narrow side plaitings, is sewed in
side the edge of the cap about the
front, extending from one temple to
the other. A second length of the
plaited lace is sewed in, extending
from ear to ear. The lace is then
turned back off the face and tacked to
the crown, forming a coronet of lace
about the face.
tVhere this plaiting leaves off, a
third length is sewed in the cap and is
left hanging over its neck. A ro
sette of narrow ribbon is sewed to
each side.
The next cap is made of all-over j
shadow lace with the puffed crown
shirred over a circle of wire. A !
frill of very narrow lace extends about ]
the front of the cap. Across the back j
there is a scant frill of wider lace j
that is wired with fine wire, to curve
outward from the ears and neck
This smart little affair is trimmed
| with a twist of narrow satin ribbon
aud occasional clusters of the smallest
chiffon roses set about the face. It
is finished with a rosette of the
ribbon at each side.
The third cap was made of fine dot
ted swiss and shaped like a baby’s
cap. A frill of eluny lace, very scant,
fell about the face, and an insertion
of the same was set in about the
crown. Between the insertion and
the frill a narrow band of ribbon ex
tended about the cap, ending in long
loops and ends at the left side.
The fanciest and most no- el of caps
in this gay array had a puffed crown
of colored silk set in a hrim of Irish
lace. The lace was wired Jo stand out
in four points, one at the front, one
at the back, and one at each side. It
had no trimmings, the richness of
the lace making this unnecessary.
Many simple caps were shown made
of flowered voile and marquisette.
They have puffed crowns and short
capes of the material and were
trimmed with lace and little ribbon
roses in several colors. One of the
prettiest of all was made of sheer
openwork swiss embroidery for the
puffed crown, and a double ruffle of
lace about the face. Satin ribbon two
inches w-ide was twisted about the
crown and tied in a bow at the front.
JULIA BOTTOMLEY.
Picot Edges.
The picot edge is lavishly used as
a finish on modern costumes, and not
only is this form of edge-trimming ex
quisitely soft and dainty, but it does
away with the necessity of hemming
—always a tiresome propesj where
chiffons or tulle are concerned. A
sulphur-colore' tulle dancin^ frock
has three skirt flounces, eacl- scal
loped and picot edged, and the tulle
straps which form the upper bodice
are also picot edged. Even tulle
bridal veils are finished with the
dainty picot edge. This edge is really
hemstitching cut in half, and will be
done at any place where hemstitching
is done. It is the ideal finish for tulle,
silk net, daphne silk, pussy willow silk
and crepe de chine, but it is not as
satisfactory on satin or chiffon
Modern Improvements.
"They certainly are improving on
the old style of sending things. They
can even telegraph photographs now.'
"Yes, and 1 notice thai presents ot
flowers can be wired.”
NOTES FOR HORSE AND MULE BREEDERS
First Prize Clydesdale Stallion.
Heavy farm horses help to solve the
labor problem.
Promiscuous experimental breeding
has been the bane of the horse-breed
tng business.
A well-conditioned draft colt, with
its early education largely completed,
Is one of the most valuable finished
products of the farm.
The farm mare fills a most impor
tant place in production.
Oats, and bran in equal bulk, with
one-fcurth corn added, make a good
ration for a mare giving milk.
Foal shows should be made a great
'actor in encouraging the improvement
of farm work horses.
As long as inferior horses are so
high in price there is no inducement
for the penurious breeder to patronize
the grade stallion.
If a breeder desires to maintain size
in his horses he must feed them liber
ty.
Growing good horses to sell among
ihe better class of farmers is the saf
?st branch of the business for most
"armers to practice.
Grooming instills vigor into the
horse, and the removal of dirt and the
stimulation of the skin go' far toward
preventing harness sores.
Soundness should be the basis in
the selection of a draft stallion.
It takes two or more crops of colts
to establish a stallion in any locality.
The man who uses draft mares to
perform his farm work cannot afford
to put them in the hands of an incom
petent hired man.
Many men have obtained profits
from a moderate beginning in breed
ing draft horses.
The deceit and trickery practiced by
dick salesmen 'jji ■ selling draft stal
ions on the company plan has done
great injury to the cause of horse
Breeding in many sections.
A horse with a good disposition,
ouilt on good, clean legs, with ample
3epth of chest and middle, will keep
in pood condition on less feed thaD
one of the opposite type.
The average brood mare on the
farm will do better and raise a better,
healthier colt if worked moderately
nearly up to the time of foaling than
if pampered and kept in idleness.
Start to educate the colt while he
is quite young. Give him a little of
his way, but a little more of yours,
gradually bringing him to your way of
thinking.
Sundays and holidays or days when
horses are standing in the stable, the
grain ration should be reduced one
half.
Gentle colts mean easily handled,
valuable horses.
Using the whip only puts more fear
into a skittish horse.
A kicky horse is a bother and a nui
sance. besides being a constant danger
to every member of the farm family.
You may just depend upon it that
the colt will not possess any more
virility than his sire—and he may not
possess even that amount.
The quickest and most effective way
for you to learn the difference between
a scrub and a well-bred horse is to
offer one of each kind for sale on the
market.
If you do not speak to the horse
every time you pass behind his heels
you may wake up some morning with
a skinned head or a broken bone.
When a horse hears a racket behind
him, sometimes he does not wait to
see what it is, but whacks away at it
with both feet.
The farmer cannot well keep the work
horses in poor condition through the
whole winter, then shape them up and
go right into the heavy field work next
spring, with them looking well and
ready to do maximum work.
Keep the horses in prime condition
during the entire winter. It will not
only mean a saving of feed, but it
will insure the animals being ready to
go right to work when needed.
PRESERVATION OF
POULTRY DROPPINGS
Farmer Can Materially Add to
His Earnings by Caring
for Hen Manure.
A recent bulletin of the Maine ag
ricultural experiment station shows
hat the poultry man or farmer can
materially add to the profits of his
business by properly caring for the
Iroppings of his fowls. For example,
t is shown that the droppings from
1.000 fowls, if preserved without need
,ess loss, are worth at least $300 per
tnnum. and this estimate is based on
;he assumption that less than half of
the droppings, or only 30 pounds per
aen per year, can be collected.
According to the Maine station, the
Iroppiirgs should be collected daily
ind mixed with substances which will
(1) prevent loss of nitrogen, (2) add |
•uflicient potash and phosphoric acid
lo make a better balanced fertilizer,
and (3) to improve the mechanical
condition of the manure so that it can
be applied to the land with a manure
spreader.
This can be done as follows: To
>ach 30 pounds of the manure add 10
pounds of sawdust, good dried loam,
jr peat, 10 pounds of acid phosphate
ind 8 pounds of kainit. Such a
mixture will contain about 1.25 per
cent of nitrogen. 4.5 per ceift of pho»
phoric acid and 2 per cent of potash,
which, used at the rate of two tons
per acre would furnish 50 pounds of ,
nitrogen. 185 pounds of phosphoric I
scid and 80 pounds of potash, and at j
the present price of fertilizing ingredi- I
?nts is worth about $10 per ton. The 1
mixture would furnish a well-balanced !
stable fertilizer, which, although not '
fine enough to work well in drills, can !
be successfully applied with a manure 1
spreader. The treated manure should
be well sheltered until time to apply
to the land—that is, shortly before
plowing.
Keep Salt Around Stable.
t'se rock salt around the stable, i
keeping a piece the size of an apple
In each grain box for the horses.
Prevent Bowel Trouble.
A tablespoonful of baking soda
placed in the water two or three times
a week will prevent bowel trouble.
Steer Pay* Grocery Bill.
A steer or two turned off the farm
each year will pay the grocery bill.
Avoid Icy Roads.
Do not drive a smooth-shod horse
on an icy road.
Attend to Bedding.
Keep the stock well bedded
HAUL MANURE FOR
VEGETABLE GARDEN
Fertilizer Should Be Piled During
Winter So It Will Be Ready
for Spring.
Manure should be hauled and piled
during winter so it can rot and be in
good condition to spread broadcast or
in the drills for the early vegetables.
Two loads of coarse, strawy manure,
when rotted, will make one load of
rotted manure.
If manure is t» be broadcasted it
will take fully twenty loads of coarse
manure when rotted to cover one acre.
Truckers and farm gardeners spread
the manure in the drill or put it in
the hill. When used this way six two
horse cartloads of rotted manure will
be enough for one acre.
Owing to the scarcity of manure
in the city, rye and sand vetch, cow
peas aud buckwheat are largely sown
for green manure. These crops are
plowed down when in bloom, ground
rolled after plowing and the top sur
face kept mellow with the slanting
tooth harrow.
Animal bone fertilizers drilled in at
the rate of 800 to 1,000 pounds to the
acre in connection with a green ma
nure crop plowed down will bring as
good a crop of roots, tomatoes, cab
bage. or sweet corn as a heavy dress
ing of stable manure. This method
of fertilizing land is found to give
very satisfactory returns; there are
few weeds and if the green mass is
plowed under several weeks before
the vegetable crop ts planted so as to
be well rotted, there will be a mellow
seed bed, well filled with humus,
capable of holding the rainfall needed
for plant growth.
The manure for vegetables should
be made up in compact heaps, the
horse manure should be eoxered with
a load of cattle manure and each load
given a half bushel of plaster. Make
large, compact heaps close to where
it is to be used. This saves extra
work in the busy season. If the heap
is covered with a six-inch layer there
will be no loss of ammonia, as the
earth will absorb it.
Profitable Turkeys.
Turkey hens are profitable until five
years of age, but it is a good plan to
change the gobblers every year. It re
quires 28 days to hatch a turkey egg,
and seven eggs is considered a setting.
The nests should be on the ground.
Keep Stock Comfortable.
Meat is high, so is grafu and rough
age. It Is, therefore, necessary that
the farmer who is feeding stock
should get the most jut of his feeds.
Stock must be comfortable to give a
good account of their food.
Slip OF FI6S FOB
IICHILMWELS
It is cruel to force nauseating,
harsh physic into a
sick child.
_
Look tack at your childhood days.
Remember the "dose" mother insisted
on — castor oil, calomel, cathartics.
How you hated them, how you fought
against taking them.
With our children it's different.
Mothers who cling to the old form of !
physic simply don t realize what they i
do. The children s revolt is ■well-found- j
ed. Their tender little • insides" are |
injured by them.
If your child's stomach, liver and '
bowels need cleansing, give only deli- 1
clous “California Syrup of Figs.” Its |
action is positive, but gentle. Millions j
of mothers keep this harmless “fruit ;
laxative" handy; they know children <
love to take it: that it never fails to !
clean the liver and bowels and sweet- ,
en the stomach, and that a teaspoonful
given teday saves a sick child tomor- i
row.
Ask at th? store for a f.O-cent bottle ’
of “California Syrup of Figs," which i
has full directions for babies, children !
of all ages and for grown-ups plainly
on each bottle. Adv.
The Proof.
“Is that a joke?"
“Yes, certainly.
“How do you know?"
"Why. a professional humorist said
it was.”
“Hov.- did he know?”
“Why, he wrote it himself."
FALLING HA!R MEANS ,
DANDRUFF IS ACTIVE
Save Vour Ha rl Get a £5 Cent Bottle i
of Danderine Right Now—Also
Steps Itching Scalp.
Thin, brittle, colorless and scraggy
hair is mute evidence of a neglected
scalp; cf dandruff—that awful scurf. •
There is nothing so destructive to |
the hair as dandruff. It robs the hair !
of its luster, its strength and its very !
life; eventually producing a feverish
ness and itching of the scalp, which
if not remedied causes the hair roots
to shrink, loosen and die—then the ,
hair falls out fast. A little I>anderine
tonight—now—any time—will surely
save your hair.
Get a 23'cent bottle of Knowlton's
Danderine from any store, and after (
the first application your hair will
take on that 3ife, luster and luxuriance
which is so beautiful. It will become
wavy and fluffy and have the appear
ance of abundance; an incomparable
gloss and softness, but what will
please you mcEt will be after just a
few weeks’ use. when you will actual- ]
ty see a lot of fine, downy tair—new 1
hair—growing all ever the scalp. Adv. '
Covered.
“Isn't that a new door-mat you
have? Strange. I didn't notice it be
fore."
“You were standing on it before.’’
4 if if pure:
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More than 30 years ago Saber s Catalog ;
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men though: if its value. Today Salzer
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For 70c in Postage
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Carrot. Cucumber. Lettuce,
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Spring and Summer.
Or send to John A. Salzer
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and receive both above collec
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According to statistics, there are
more men with blockheads than wood
en legs.
II EMBARGO
ON WHEAT
The United States Wheat Pro
duction Admits of 100 Mil
lion Bushels for Export.
The talk in the press some little
time back of placing an embargo on
wheat, brought forcibly to the minds
of the people of the United States a
condition that may at some time in
the near future face them. 100 mil
lion bushels of an export of wheat
means a splendid revenue to the
country as well as to the farmer,
and if this were assured year after
year, there would be reason for con
siderable congratulation. But last
year's magnificent and abundant
crop, which was estimated at 891
million bushels, cannot be expected
every year. With a home consump
tion of 775 million bushels, and a
production in many years of little
more than this, the fact is apparent
that at an early date the United
States will have to import wheat. It
will be then that the people of the
United States will be looking to other
markets for a supply. And it Is then
that the value of Western Canada
lands will be viewed with consider
able favor. The great area of wheat
lands in Canada will then be called
upon to provide the greatest jmrtion
of the old world's supply, and also, in
the opinion of the writer, that of the
United States as well At present
there are only about 12 million acres
of these lands producing wheat. There
are five times that many acres that
’can be brought under successful culti
vation. Apart altogether from the
value of these ’ands as wheat pro
ducers there is an increased value to
them from the fact that the soil is
especially adapted to the growing of
many other kinds of grain as well as
all manner of cultivated grasses,
while the native grasses are a won
derful asset in themselves. Th« cli
mate is especially favorable to the
raising of live stock, such as horses,
cattle, sheep and hogs. All these
bring into the limelight the adapta
bility of the soil, the climate and
all other necessary conditions, to the
carrying on of dairy farming, in a
most profitable way.
I here is no question that high
prices for all that the farmer can grow
or raise will continue for some years,
and this is the great opportune time
to take advantage of what Western
Canada offers. Lands may be had as
a free grant. These are mostly lo
cated some little distance from rail
ways at the present time, but sooner
or later will be well served by rail
ways that are projected into these
districts. Land may also be secured
by purchase at reasonable price, and
an easy terms from holders of same.
In many cases farms partly improved
may be rented. A Winnipeg paper
said recently: “Canada wants Ameri
can immigrants. They make good
Canadian citizens." And then speak
ing of the erroneous impression that
has gained some publicity in a portion
of the United States press, says: "It
cannot be too forcibly impressed upon
the American mind that in coming
to Canada they place themselves un
der the freest democracy the world
knows No citizen of this country,
whether native or naturalized, can be
compelled to military service. The
only compulsion is the compulsion of
conscience and patriotic duty. That is
the motive that has prompted thou
sands of Canadians to offer their lives.
They are fighting as free men."—Ad
vertisement.
Reason.
"There's no use talking,” began
Mrs. Nagg.
"I know it," interrupted Mr. Nagg.
"and the fact that you persist in talk
ing after making that declaration
simply proves what I have often as
serted, regarding the lack of logic
exhibited by some women. Now pro
ceed with your lecture.”
When Your Eyes Need Care
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25c and 50e. Write for Book of the Ey Free.
Murine Eye Remedy Company, Chicago. Adv
Probably nothing makes a woman so
angry as to esk a man for liis candid
opinion of her—and get it.
Many a man imagines he’s the w hole
circus who hasn't the ?host of a show.
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Changed Views.
' Time makes a big difference."
i "What are you thinking of?"
"My wife's father. I used to think,
j him a stubborn old fool. Now 1 re
spect his judgment.”
“What’s happened?”
‘ Nothing, only he did his duradest
to prevent my eloping w ith his daugh
ter.”— Detroit Free Press.
The Climbers?
j He—Men are descended from mon
: keys.
She—Some haven’t descended y, t.—
I Judge.
Quite Happy.
"Did the play have a happy ending'"
"Comparatively so. All money was
! refunded al't^r the second act."—Hun.
—
Millions of pa-titular women now use
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Many a callow youth has been hard
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Many a marble heart doe6 business
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Most people are too polite to speak
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• Retained Afterbirth, Barrenness, Milk Fever, 3cocr»
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Winter Chills Bring Kidney Ills
A spell of cold, damp ■weather is
always followed by a fine crop of kid
ney troubles and (backache.
Colds and chills damage the kid
neys. Other troubles common to win
ter weather are just as bad. Grip, ton
silitis. quinsy, pneumonia or any other
infectious disease hurts the kidneys
by overloading the blood with poisons.
The kidneys get worn, weak and in
flamed trying to work it off.
It isn’t hard to strengthen weak
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Whole System Affected
Disordered Kidneys Brought
Weeks of Intense Suffering
O. K. Booth, painter. Randolph® Intel
Randolph. Neb., pays: **I was afflicted wltl
a serious caa c.f kidney trouble and dropsy.
At first my back began to ache a&d the*
•harp, darting palna shot through my atirw
body. My feet and hands got . ^d and
numb. This was followed by swelling’
my limbs ami puffy spots appeared tinder
my eyes. »n fact, I was all bloa: d up. <—
I came to the conclusion that I had drspsy.
I had to neglect my business f.»r nearly a
month. I was all doub-ed up and at r.lgat
could g« t no rest. I had chills and often
had a high fever. .At night in order t3 get.
relief from the pain in my back I had t#
lie In bed, propped up with pillows. 1 had
a constant desire to pass the kidney reere
tlons and they were scanty, painful and
tained sediment. Nothing helped me ur.u
took Doan's Kidney Pills. They cur el m«
and since then I have been free from t*
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