'-., v ;a;t8 "J ' " ' - - -rr . . j&ua- i.rrVv V WC!KWWTtf K RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF HELP FARM WOMAN Housewives of Progressive Farm ers Asked for Views. Many Seek Mentis of Increasing Per sonal Income and Better Means of Marketing Produce Other Farm Topics of Interest Prepared by the United States De partment of Agriculture.) To ascertain tho fields in which farm women desire- specific assistance, a letter ot Inquiry has heen addressed to thu housewives of 05,000 progres sive farmers In all tho counties of tho United States. This letter asked no questions and left every woman free to discuss any need which oc curred to her. She was Invited to tako tho matter up with her neighbors and muko a reply which represented not merely her personal need but tho recognized need of tho women of her community. Kcpllca to this letter have been received In great numbers. Theio has not been time for a com plete analysis of thoho letters, but from thono which havo boon read It is evident that women want help in practically every phase of homo man agement, from tho rearing and care of children to methods of getting thu heavy work, such as washing, dono by co-operative agencies. Many women seek means of increas ing tho precious personal Income which they receive from poultry, but ter making, or tho garden in their care. Many asked tho department to suggest new handicrafts or gainful homo occupations, and others seek bettor means of marketing tho pre serves, cakes, or funcyworl: that they now produce. Tho overwork of farm women nnd their fear of tho effect of overwork on their children Is tho text of many of these letters. Tho difficulty of secur ing domestic help, duo seemingly to the fact that daughters of farmers no longer tako positions ns homo makers, has added to tho farm house keeper's burden. Many ask tho department to provu to tho men that their work Is worth something in dollars nnd cents. Still others express a realization that their own lot is hopeless and self-sacrlflc-ingly ask that better things in the way of education, cheaper school hooks, Improved schools, lectures, li braries, and museums bo provided for tholr children. Many request that tho department establish a woman's bu reau, Issue weekly or other publica tions designed for women and dealing with matters of cooking, clothing, home furnishing, education of chil dren and care of tho sick. Co-operation In Soil-Survey Work. With tho view of making soil sur veys more valuablo to the farmer, a new basis of co-operation has' been es tablished by tho department of agri culture with tho Btates through their experiment stations, agricultural col leges, and agricultural bureaus. Un der this plan the department will givo precedenco in conducting detailed soil surveys to thoso states which co-opor-ato with tho department in the matter and which request that such surveys be made. During the past year 19 states have appropriated money for soil surveys In co-operation with tho department. If the request for soil surveys on tho part of co-operating states absorbs all the department's funds for such work, no projocta will bo undertaken In non-co-operating states. It is believed that whero the soil surveys are made at the special request of the stato ag ricultural agency and In districts whero the stato Is actively engaged In extension work, tho state authorities will be willing and ablo to help tho farmer to gain tho greatest posslblo benefit from tho department's reports and soil-survey maps. Farm Demonstration Work. In tho boys' demonstration work In tho south, 480 members of tho boys corn clubs In tho various southern states produced yields of ovor 100 bushels of corn to tho aero. Tho work of tho canning and poultry clubs, through which tho girls of tho farm aro encouraged to proservo in a form suitable for homo uso or salo such products as tomatoes and other veget ables and fruits as can bo profitably produced for local consumption, ou many farms haB yielded satisfactory results. In the northern states a good be ginning haB been mndo In farm dem onstration work during tho year. This work is prosecuted for tho most part In co-operation with 'tho agricultural colleges through county agents, who devote tholr entlro time to tho study of local agricultural conditions and needs and act as counselors and ad visers to farmers, encouraging tho adoption of Improved methods and whoro ndvlsablo tho Introduction of new cropB. While the organization and estab lishment of this work In tho north and west 1b too recent to indlcato in any very doflnito way what may bo expected to result from It, a Bummary of tho work of tho ugents In tho 30 counties longest established discloses that moro than 0,500 farms have boon visited and moro than 1,800 farmers' meetings addressed, with an attend ance exceeding 130,000. Co-operative work has been carried on directly with nearly 2,400 farmers, many of whom aro being encouraged to select and tost carefully their seed corn. Legal Standards for Food. Tho establishment of legal stand ards for Judging foodB would rondor tho food and drugs act moro effective, less exponslve In Its administration. and supply noeded legal criteria. Un dor present conditions tt Is necessary In tho Individual prosecution to es tablish by evidence a stnndard for each Individual article. This proco duro is very expensive, and sometimes Its cost Is out of proportion to ltd value. Moreover, It may result In lack ol uniformity In different Jurisdictions. With legal standards established, the control of foods would bo more uni form and measurably less expensive. Tho lack of Btich standards Is today one of tho greatest difficulties in tho administration of tho food and drug: act. These stnndards, however, should be in the form of definitions, becnuso numerical standards furnish recipes for sophistication. The stnndnrds, moreover, should bo sufficiently flexi ble to permit Improvements In pro duction. Organization of the Department of Agriculture. There wero 11,178 employes In the department on July 1, 1913. Of these, 2,921 wore employed in Washington and 11,551 outside of Washington. Of tho entire force, 1.S12 were engaged in scientific Investigations and re search; l,'.!2.'l in demonstration nnd extension work; 0S7 In administrative nnd supervisory work; 0,021 In regu latory and related work and 4,C".5 wore clerks and employes below tho grade of clerk The Production of Eggs. According to statistics of tho de partment of agricultute, the products of the American lion aggregatt-3 a to tal value of over $000,000,000 annual ly. Poultry and eggs aro pioduced in nil sections of the country, but It is a noticeable fact that the bulk of these important products is produced by the fanners of tho Mississippi val ley. In this section thoro aro practic ally no large poultry farms such aB aro commonly found In the eastern states and ou the Pacific coast. Poul try keeping, therefore, is usually Inci dental, the hens being considered and treated generally as an agent for con verting material which would other wise go to waste Intp a salable prod uct. Consequently tho poultry and eggs produced constitute merely a by product of tho general farm. In order that the farmer may sell more eggs, better eggs, and obtain a better price for them, tho dopnrtmeut has Issued the following suggestions: Improve your poultry stock. Keep ono of tho general purposo breeds bucIi as the Plymouth Hock, Wyandotte, Orpington, or Rhode Is land lied. Provide ono clean, dry, vermln-freo nest for every four or five hens. Conclude all hatching by May 15 and sell or confine malo birds during the remainder of tho summer. Gather the eggs onco dally during ordinary times and twico dally dur ing hot or rainy weather. In summer, placo eggs as soon as gathered In a cool, dry room. Uso all small or dirty eggs at home. Market frequently, twlco a. week if posslblo during the summer. Tho department has also Issued tho following suggestions to tho country merchant and cash buyer: Candle all eggs and buy on tho loss off basis. Allow tho farmor to see you candle tho eggs occasionally and roturn those rejected if ho wishes them. Pack carefully In ctrong, clean cases or fillers. Do not keep in a musty cellar oi near oil barrels or other odorlferout merchandise. Ship dally during warm weather. Bouillon Cubes Not Concentrated Meal Essence. Tho belief ot many peoplo that bouillon cubes aro concentrated meat essence and of high nutritive valuo, is shattered by a bulletin of tho de partment of agriculture. The depart ment authorities say that whllo they aro valuablo stimulantB or flavoring agents they havo llttlo or no real food valuo nnd aro relatively expenslvo In comparison with homo-roado broths and soups. Tho bulletin compares tho contents and food valuo of bouillon cubes with meat extracts and home mado preparations of meat. Tho ordinary commercial bouillon cubes, according to this bulletin, con sist of from one-half to three-quartora table salt. As they range in prlca from ton to 20 cents an ounce, pur chasers of thoso cubes aro buying salt at a high price. Tho department's meat chemist hat carefully annlyzcd scml-solld meat ex tracts, fluid meat extracts, and com mercial meat Julco, which aro offered on the market to the American pub lic, in addition o tho bouillon cubes IIo haB also conducted experiments in making homo-mado beef broth, and meat and vegetablo soup. Doth tho bouillon cubes and the meat extracts aro stimulants and fla voring agents, but havo only a slight food valuo and aro moro expensive than home-made soups. Tho bulletin recommends a whole sale meat 'and vegetable soup which will furnish enough for a family ol five, at a cost of approximately 10 cents. This may be made according to tho following recipe: Ingredients and approximate cost (prices actually paid by department chemist) : Ono soup bono, weighing about 24 ounces (one-third moat), ten cents. After being washed it should be placed in n largo kettlo with threo pints of cold wator and heated for threo hours, when tho bono and meat should bo removed. One-quarter of a small head of cab bago, ono onion, ono carrot, ono largo potato, two small tomatoes, a llttlo flour seasoning, six conts. Chop thoso vegetables and add to tho soup. Doll tho mixture for ono hour, thicken slightly wjth a little flour and seaBon with salt and pepper. Dinner Gown in Brocade and Chiffon. ' - -m v-.' fc Ol ....J.., it?,. .,...- . .,,,, mT. -. - .-.,...-..... i. f T1IK12I2 views of a handsome dinner or reception gown aro mado pos sible by tho clover triplicate minor ar rangement, in front of which It wns posed. Tho straight skirt, with a demi-train, is made of crepe having raised velvet roses nnd foliage scat tered oyer tho surface. The roses aro very large and in a slightly darker shade than tho crepe. Tho chiffon overdress and bodlco re peat tho color in tho crepe. Tho un der' bodlco is of thin silk In a light color. There is a beaded girdle, nar row, and edged with the nnrrowest border of fur. This tiny edge of dark fur appears again on a small piece of drapery mndo of tho brocade, which Is posed on tho bodice, extending from under tho arms at tho belt to tho be ginning of tho bust. Tho neck of tho bodlco is Hllghtly pointed at tho back, but Is cut square In front. It is shirred over tho founda tion and Is very Blmple. Tho short, full Bleeves aro sot in nnd edged with a narrow band of tho brocade. A but terfly bow of ribbon Is posed at tho front finished with silk pendents. There ie a frill of boxplalted mallno about tho neck of tho bodlco which does not extend across the front Un der thlB Is a Iaco edging which lies flat to tho neck all round and Is very at tractive and becoming. Unllko many overdresses, which aro wired Into tho lampshade effect, this NEAT AND DURABLE SERVING APRON IS NOT HARD TO MAKE A SERVING apron must bo mado to Btand weekly tubbing at least, and substantial materials aro tho only kind worth making up. A good and not very sheer India linen is used in tho apron which appears in tho illustra tion, and tho lace 1b a strong cotton weavo with squaro mesh and flguro. Tho bib and apron aro cut in ono pleco, with tho shoulder pieces cut long enough to reach to tho belt in the back. - Tho ties aro long enough to mako a bow with short ends. After tho apron has been cut out tho Insertion Is basted to tho right Bide. Then tho fabric underneath It Is split and turned back. Over tho raw odges bins tapo Is bastod and then machine stitched down. This covers tho raw 'edges nnd strengthens tho apron. Tho tapo, showing through tho material, and tho oven rows of machine ntltch- sMBjaacasBsj mm Q km H mmmwsim HMt lis ilii Wm laijH aaHlaHi ' 3 x$MiH it'HsH sH Vltf Pffin ' 'M-H mmmmmH! W if wife f I B BBBf y. I Uit:ttm -i' I i ,' 1 if ' fBBBBsl Mtmwwmtm Mm ' $H?&mYMmM-''hiMm If emHi'IebU&umI km! 'i'kiMmiifi SSWmH BBBsLi2!lv!BBtBBK.1 vtiBmV&fwx&iwml BHIiSilfllilll bbbbbbbbbbbkXIB AM THPHp flhvl ? am '&' tiM-nmm LbbWibbbbbbbbbV IFH LV1EvW'7K fcV HzZSkM bbbbbbWU I i f Iff bbbB ovordress Is drawn In at tho bottom with shirring thread. It slopes down to a point at tho mlddlo of tho back nnd Is finished with a narrow band ol sntln ribbon tied In a simple bow at tho front with ends finished with pen dents like thoBe on tho bodlco Tho undorsleovo of tho bodlco 1b fin ished with a band of Iaco Uko that In tho neck, and It Is put on without full ness. Thero Is a crushed turn-back cuff above tho band of Iaco, mndo of tho chiffon. A novel feature In tho bodlco Is tho Introduction of a narrow casing In tho mallno ruff which holds a tiny support ing wire. This is for tho purposo of holding tho ruff In an upstanding posi tion away from tho nock. There is nothing lntrlcato or diffi cult In tho shaping of this dinner gown. The materials aro not unusual, and altogether It 1b ono of tho most practical and grnceful modols which Paris has furnished for tho present season. In splto of tho curious and sometimes freuklsh doparturea from tho conventional which ono sees so ofton pictured, it is tho prnctlcal gowns of this chnrnctor which havo pleased discriminating women of fash ion. Thero Is plenty, of distinction In tho wonderful materials and in the use ot color, not to montlbn tassels and bead work, without resorting to bizarre designs to get chic effects. JULIA BOTTOMLEY. Ing which faston It to placo mako an additional ornamentation to tho apron. Hems at tho bottom and at tho ends of tho ties look bost whon sowed by hand, but few peoplo feel Hko giving bo much tlmo to a detail that Is not Important. Careful, even machine stitching is docoratlvo and quito good enough. A wido binding of tho fabric is placed on tho apron at each sldo and starts at tho rows of lnsortlon. Tho ties, which aro mado separately, are sowed to this binding. All theso details of construction aro planned to add strength to tho apron, becauso Its freshness Is Its bost feature nnd that means soap and water and rubbing nnd Ironing many a tlmo hoforo the apron begins to go to pieces. Thero aro qulto a number of de signs for sorvlng nprons. It Is best to solect ono nnd stick to It. Tho oxnm. plo hero is largo enough for nny maid, and la ns easy to launder as a hand. kerchief. Four such aprons ought to insure freshness In tho maid's appoar. nnco n't all times. Kor ladles who iiorvo their guests, smaller, moro lacy and much moro elaborato aprons, rlbbon-trimmod, in fact much fussed up with bows and furbelows, are mndo. Friends mako them for ono anothor, and they aro dainty bits of finery. Such aprons aro usually made by hand. Cross-barred muslins and other shoor mnterlals nro used for them, with val or cluny lacoa In trimming. Llttlo pockets are Intro duced and many sprightly bows and rosottoB of gay ribbon. Pretty figured voiles, white ground, covered with scattered flowers, and figured lawnB, are fine for such aprons. JULIA BOTTOMLEY. Fashion's Fickleness. In the present day there uro many things needed to make tho wardrobe complete, nnd as fashions In thesd Items change with such rapidity H. means thero must bo a constant ro' nowal ofvellB, collars and such Ilka If the appearance is to bo kept en tirely up to date. Thoro havo boon many novelties In- troducod this season, somo of which, aro both practical and pretty, others, again merely eccentric BURYING Hit DEAD PRESIDENT OF MINERS' FEDERA TION SHOT AND BEATEN. WILL INVESTIGATE ASSAULT Special Jury Will Look Into the Depor tation, Shooting and Clubbing of Michigan Strike Leader. Calumot, Mich., Dec. 28. Tho west ern federation of miners burled Its dead today. Klftynlno bodies, liiiluil ing thoso of forty-four children, weto carried through tho streets down a winding country highway and laid In graos In a snow enshrouded cemetery within sight of Uike Superior. Thou sands of saddened miner formed tho vsi'ort of the funeral parties and passed between other thousands who ns iipiotutois testllled to the grief thai hiv oppressed the community since how no two men, women and children weie killed In the Christinas evenliif panic tn Italian hall. Milwaukee, Hoc. 27. lhully beaten, siiiTeilng f i oiu three bullet wounds, two in his Hhoiilders and one In his head Charles II Moyor, president of the western lederatlou of miners, to day told tho story of his ejection front the strike i Idilen copper eoiintiy. Moyor was accompanied by Charles Tanner, auditor of tho western foilota lion of miners, who was also a victim of tho nssaiilt and ejection. Tho federation president Is serious ly but not fatajly wounded. Thero nro two bullets in the llchhy part ot his back, which will he removed In Chi cago, lie Is suffering the most pali from a bullet wound in ills scalp. Aside trom the wounds his face and body aro badly bruised. Tanner was not Miot, but suffered similar cruises. Calumet, Dec. 25. Four score per sons, mostly children, wero killed at a Chrlstmns celebration held by cop per mine strikers In Italian ball bo cause of a needless panic caused by a false alarm of fire. Tho entertainment was set for tho early evening, and tho hall, which Is ou tho second floor, wns soon filled to Its limit. Tho children selected to reclto Christinas selections and sing carols had llulshed their part of tho program and the man selected to play the part of Santa Clans had apicarcd in bis gnla dress to dlstrlbuto tho presents that wero piled around tho large, brilliantly lighted troo. Tho children werj Instructed to march up tho aisles to tho tree so that 'the pres ents could bo handed to them. Tho aisles wero filled with tho boys and girls whon a largo mnn with a heavy board Uko tho ono usually pictured as belonging to St..Nlcholns, put his head In nt tho door of tho main hallway and yelled "lire." City Mourns Its Dead. On tho day sot asldo for rejoicing over tho birth or Christ, this city mourned Us dead soventy-two vic tims of a false alarm of fire. As a ro-' suit or tho tragedy, caused, It Is be lieved, by a drunken man, who thrust his liend Into tho hall cntrnnco nnd shouted "flro," all bitterness between tho different factions In Calumet Is woped out. There Ib no Ill-feeling. Thero is nothing but dumb grief which Ib beyond tho possibility of tears. A mass meeting was hold Thursday afternoon, at which a commltteo of twelve wns appointed to visit-each In dividual homo of tho bereaved fami lies and ascertain what, financial nsslstanco s necessary. Unlimited funds nro assured. Special Jury Will Investigate. Calumet. Mich. Tho deportation of Charles II. Moyor, jiresldent of tho western federation of minors and load ing tho copper minors strike, who wns escorted from Hancock after being shot and clubbed, will bo Investigated by tho special Jury when It resumes its session Tuesday. Sheriff Cruz be gan an Inquiry Into the facts of .Mey er's departure, In response to tele grams from Governor Ferris nnd Georgo Nlcholls tho Kpnclal prosecutor In chargo of the grand Jury. Kadi re quested him to mako a full statement of tho result of his Investigation. , Calumet, Mich. In a formal stnto-" niont, Sheriff Cruso, of Houghton' county, denies that President Charles II. .Moyor of tho western federation of miners had boon shot, assaulted or forcibly ejected from tho copper dis trict. The sheriff charged that the "kidnapping" nnd departure of tho lalioi leader was a frame-up on tho part of tho federation officials, Inspired to gain sympathy for tho strikers' cause. His Investigation, Sheriff Cruso declared, failed to dlscloso anything that would substantiate Moyer's state ments. Nation-Wide Action, Denver, Colo. Plnns for nation wide action to bring about an Im mediate congressional Investigation of tho Calumet strike and tho deporta tion of President Moyor havo been mado by Secrotnry Mills nt national headquarters horo. Telegrams will bo Bent to tho hcndB ot nil federation locals in tho country, asking them to hold itiass meetings of protest. Sen ators and rcproEjptntlvcs from all parts of tho country will bo Inter viewed and placed on record tor or BgaliiHt such a probe. ENDS DYSPEPSIA. KIN "Papc's Diapcpsin" cures sick, sour stomachs in five minutes Time Itl "Itcally does" put bad ntomachs In order "really does" overcome indiges tion, dyspepsia, gas, heartburn nnd Bournoss in flvo minutes that Just that makes Pnpo's DlapcpBln tho lar gest Belling stomach regulator In tho world. If what you eat ferments Into stubborn lumps, you belch gas nnd erticlato sour, undigested food nnd ncld; head Is dizzy and aches; breath foul; touguo coated; your Insldcs filled with bllo nnd Indigestible waste, re member tho moment "Pnpo'a Dlnpop sin" comes In contact with tho stomach nil such distress vanishes. It's truly uslonlshlng almost marvelous, nnd tho Joy Is Its linrmlcssnesB. A Inrgo fifty-cent case of Papo's Dia pcpsin will give you n hundred dollars worth of satisfaction. It's worth Its weight In gold to men nnd women who can't get tholr atom-lu-nn regulated. It belongs In your home should always bo kept handy In enso of a sick; nour, upset stomach during tho dny or nt night. It's tha quickest, surest and most hurmlcsi stomach doctor In tho world. Adv. Mrs. Smith Surprised. Mis. Smith wiim ou her llrst ocean voyage. "What's that down thoro?" she asked of the captain. "That's tho steerage, madam," . ha replied. "Iteally!" exclaimed tho woman, tn surprise. 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