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The Commoner.
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green. Though flowers are the fav
orite trimming fd'r the summer-time
hat, yet fruit is considered extremely
smart, particularly currants; not only
arc clusters of red currants used, but
green and white ones, also.
To make an old waist liko now, and
to add a smart touch to a new waist,
the shops are selling the most attrac
tive of 1S30 yokes. They are made of
collar and yoke in one piece. They
button up the back and are held in
place with small pins. They come
made of coarse linen with the eyelet
embroidery, and then again they come
in the sheerest of lawn with exquisite
lace motifs as their decoration. They
are made sheered, plaited, or plain,
and a number are trimmed with nar
row lace insertion as well as the sep
arate lace design. As a substitute for
the lace insertion, lace beading run
with ribbon may be lised; or a very
narrow vine of colored silk embroid
ery. These take the place of the deep
lace collars.
The very newest turn-over collar
shows the tendency of all things in
dress to be dainty and feminine, this
season. In place of a linen turn-over,
the bewitching summer girl wears a
turn-over collar of accordion-plaited
white mull edged with a narrow band
of butter-color lace. Narrow accor-
dion-plaited cuffs of the same material
give the finishing soft touch to the
sleeves of her frock. The frill turns
back over the sleeve, not falling over
the hand. The sleeves of jackets are
still finished with a lingerie frill.
IKHBH
A BACK LICK
Sottlod tho Ctxso With Her.
Many great discoveries have been
made by accident and things better
than gold mines have been found in
this way, for example, when even the
acidental discovery' that coffee is the
Teal cause of one's sickness proves of
most tremendous 'Value because it lo
cates the cause and the person has
then a chance to get well, .
"For over 25 years," says a Missouri
woman, "I suffered untold agonies in
my stomach and even the best physi
cians disagreed as to the cause with
out giving me any permanent help,
-different ones saying it was gastritis,
indigestion, neuralgia, etc., so I
dragged along from year to year, al
ways half sick, until finally I gave
up all hopes of ever being well again.
"When taking dinner with a friend
one day she said she had a new drink
which turned out to be Postum and I
liked it so well I told her I thought
I would stop coffee for awhile and use
it, which I did.
"So for three months we had Postum
in place of coffee without ever hav
ing one of my old spells, but was al
ways healthy and vigorous instead.
"Husband kept saying he was con
vinced it was coffee that caused those
spells, but even then I wouldn't be
lieve it until one day we got out of
Postum and as we lived two miles
from town I thought to use the coffee
we had in the house.
"The result of a week's use of cof
fee again was that I had. another ter
rible spell of agony and distress, prov
ing that it was the coffee and nothing
else. That settled it and I said good
bye to coffee forever and since then
Postum alone has been our hot meal
time drink.
"My friends all say I am looking
worlds better and my complexion is
much Improved. AH tho other mem-
bers of our family havejieen benefited,
too, by Postum In place of the old
'drink, coffee." Name given by Pos
tum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
Ten days' trial of Postum in 'place
of coffee or tea is the wise thing for
every coffee drinker. Such a trial
tells the exact truth often where cof
fee is not suspected.
Look in eachr pkg; for the famous
little book,- "The-Roa'd to Wellville."
For Dandruff
In considering tho problem of tho
hair, it is wise to refer to tho fact that
the scarf-skin all over tho body is con
stantly peeling, or being cast off after
having served its period, of usefulness.
Now, some people seldom brush tho
hair, and still less frequently do they
wash the hair and scalp. On account
of thick masses of oily hair the scales
shed from the scalp are not so easily
cast off as are those from other parts
of the body, and they are therefore
liable to become matted, and these
scales, and particles of dust clinging to
tho oily hair, combine to make not
only an offensive odor, but a sight that
is not at all cleanly in itself, nor pleas
ing to the eye of others..
Soap and water are two of tho
things which are almost necessary in
such cases; but there are some scalps
that grow worse when soap is used. In
such cases, a teaspoonful of borax to
a quart of water, with about an ounce
of witch hazel added, will make a most
excellent wash, leaving the scalr clean
and healthy. With men, this cleansing
process can be applied frequently;
some use it twice a "week, and some,
daily; but women cannot wash tho
hair and scahso frequently on ac
count of the masses of hair, and other
means must be resorted to. The con
dition is liable to cause a disease of
the scalp which will make the hair
fall out, if not attended to.
Query Box.
Carrie, H. L., and Others. Read "A
Good Hair Tonic" in another column.
T. C. L. Answered both your quer
ies in last issue, which please see.
Flower-Lover. Sow the pansy seeds
now, in a cool, moist, but well-drained
soil. They will not bloom until next
year, and you must give them pro
jection during the winter.
John R. For scale on the ivy or
orange plant, wasET the whole, plant
with a suds made of common tar
soap every three or f our days; and do
not rinse off the suds. I don't know
how they get on your plants, but the
thing to do is to get rid of them.
Harry. I am glad you like flowers.
It will not hurt the palm to dry out
occasionally, but do not let It stay dry
too long. The morning and late af
ternoon sunshine is well for it, and
ou should sprinkle the leaves every
night with clear "water.
Mother. The sailor blouse is always
in good style; the shaped yoke and
long shoulders are now much In
vogue. A simple bishop sleeve, gath
ered to a band cuff completes the
blouse. The straight gathered skirt
may be finished with a deep hem and
a cluster of inch-wide tucks.
"A Reader." It is not always im
pertinent curiosity. There will always
be persons more interested in the per
sonalities of an author than in his
works; what an .author thinks and
feels, how he dresses, what he does,
will always interest some people more
than what he writes. I don't know
why It Is "bad form" to send a half
sheet of paper, even for a brief note,
but if it is, many of us transgress the
rule.
Sallie. Do not try to bleach your
hair. Nature rarely makes a mistake
in her color-scheme, and it does not
always pay to try to improve on na
ture's work. If you bleach the hair,
as it grows out from the scalp it will
be of the natural color,, and you must
be continually touching and retouch
ing and changing your methods, until
that task will become extremely wear
isome. Besides, it is very probable
that yqu will ruin your hair. Better
let it alone.
Hatchel L. Make the separate
gulmp of India linen or Persian lawn,
with or without shirring, or with rows
of lace insertion, tucks, of embroidery
insertion. If there are no tucks in the
little skirt, you might add a narrow
ruffle to the bottom, and for the larger
garment, get a pattern of a bia3 flounde
of whatever depth is necessary for the
required length, and add to the bottom
after ripping off tho facing. If only
one or two inches are necessary, sew
on a bias strip, stitching several rows
along tho scam, and it will riot look
"patchy."
A Good Hair Tonlo.
Several readers havo asked for a
safe method of restoring prematurely
gray hair to its original color. I do
not know of anything that can satis
factorily bo used, and hair-dyoing is a
troublesome business, at best, having
to be continually renewed as the hair
grows out from the roots. A few
weeks ago, in the Query Box, I gave
a recipe for an excellent hair tonic
old-fashione'd, and well-tried, the in
gredients of which can bo cheaply and
easily procured by any one. It is
something in the nature of a stain,
and Is perfectly harmless and strength
ening to tho hair roots. It should be
applied to tho scalp early enough be
fore retiring to become perfectly dry,
olse it may stain tho pillow.
Take of alcohol, two ounces; green
tea (to be had of any grocer), two
ounces; common garden sage (such
as you uso in dressing meats), two
ounces of the dried leaves, or a little
more of the freshly gathered. Put
the herbs in an Iron vessel (it must bo
an iron, not tin or porcelain vessel)
which can be closely covered, and pour
over the herbs threo quarts of soft,
boiling water: let simmer until tho
water is reduced one-third; take from
tno lire and leave in the pot for twenty-four
hours, then strain, add tho
alcohol and bottle. Wet the hair with
this lotion very thoroughly, every
night, massaging tho scalp for ten
minutes all over tho head. In the
morning, take a little weak salt water,
and with tho flnnrer-tlns. rub it well
Into the scalp not on the hair, for ten
or fifteen minutes. Instead of the salt
solution, some recommend that fine
table-salt be rubbed into the rGots of
the hair, dry, rubbing gently,' but per
sistently for ten or more minutes, af
ter which the salt can be shaken or
brushed out. Strong sage tea alone,
made in an iron kettle, Is very
strengthening to the. hair roots, and
in order to have it always perfectly
sweet, It should be made a little at a
time, fresh every few days.
Ill-health is often the cause of pre
mature fading of the hair, though
with some It is hereditary.
For The Small Boy.
The fashions for the small boy were
never so satisfactory as this season.
Their simplicity pleases tho mothers
tfhd nurse-maids; their trimness of
cut and plain trimming, almost In
variably of bands of braid or flat em
broidery, pleases the laundress; their
plcturesqueness appeals to tho eye,
and above all, the little wearer him
self Is entirely comfortable In them.
The smallest boy, who has just left
off nainsook, tucks and Valenciennes
lace, wears the little Russian blouse
dresses in colored madras or galatea,
or smartest of all, white linen or
pique. ' Some mothers think it best
to have the whole wardrobe of dresses
made of white material, for, though
it soils so easily, tho old argument in
favor of white obtains here more than
anywhere else it can be washed more
satisfactorily than anything colored.
There are, however, some shades of
navy blue arid tan in galatea which
make very serviceable dresses for hard
wear, and can be worn several times
without showing soil. This is much
used for tho Russian blouse suits
which the next larger boy wears, made
almost the same as those of his youn
ger brother, except that they have less
fullness and aro shorter, and are
worn with bloomer trousers. These
are worn up to seven or eight years,
and after that comes the regular sailor
blouse and knlckerbocker.
There is a very great variety of
head-gear for the smallboy, .ranging
I from the wide-brim sailor of fine milan
AND'
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Every loaf made with Yeaat
x'oam is sweet anu wcu
ralscd, good to look at
and better to taste. It's
the beat of bread be
cause it's raised with
Yeast
Yeast Foam is a wholesome,
vegetable yeast. Bread made
with it retain its moisture and
wheaty flavor until the last of
the batch is gone.
Tlie secret is in the yeast
Each package contains onough
iur iv loaves, ana boiih ror gc at
an grocors. " How to Make
.ureau," jrce
NORTHWESTERN
YEAST CO.
CHICAGO.
with its sumptuous streamers of wide
liberty-satin ribbon, to tho outing hat
of soft felt or stitched duck. Tam-o'-shanters
aro rather wider in tho
brim than formerly.
The separate collars of white duck
and piquo are worn with the reefer
coats, and are fastened in with the
tiniest of safety pins, so they may eas
ily be removed for laundering. Shields
are often made to match these, and
are considerable protection in breezy
weather. The belt of black patent
leather is somewhat superseded by
those of white kid, and for older boys,
belts of natural pig-skin aro worn.
All sorts of fancy pliable leather is
used for this purpose. Modern Pris-cilla.
Marking Linen
An idea for marking table and bed
linen, which is novel and pretty and
very quickly accomplished is the spool
embroidery which is sometimes used
In decorating a blouse. First, take any
spool you may desire and draw a cir
cle faintly around it on the goods to
be marked. Start at tho top of the cir
cle and brier-stitch around exactly
half; then start at the top again and
brier-stitch around the other half,
leaving a little space at tho top. This
gives tho effect of a small laurel
wreath. In the center mark the let
ter desired, kand work this in a back
stitch or finely over and over. This
makes a very pretty marking for tow
els, done in cotton. Ex.
"I have heard or read somewhere,"
mused the young lover, "that Words
worth, or somo name, the poet I be
lieve he was a poet, or something of
the kind once described a -woman, if
I haven't forgotten the way the re
mark ran, as being 'A creature not too
bright or good for human nature's
daily food I don't know exactly
what he meant very likely he didn't
know, himself but, anyhow, I do
know one thing; she Is sweet enough
to eat Gladys Jones is!" Puck.
BETTER THAN SPANKING.
Spunking docs not cure children of nrlne dlffl
cultles. It It did there wonld be few children
that would do It. There la a constitutional cause
for this. Mrs. l&. Bummers, Box 169, Norte Dame
iBd., will send her home treatment to any
mother. She asks no money Write hertoday
If your children trouble yon Iri this way. Don't
blame the child. The chances are it canU help ft
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