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SHORT TALKS ABOUT MATTERS
EXCLUSIVELY FEMININE.
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Autumn and Winter Coat That Will
Be Found ! Becoming to Most Women
-Cashmere Dress for Little Glrl-
Hints for the Housewife.
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White Fur In Favor.
White furs are In high favor. Er.
mine In all its exquisite purity and
with the accentuation of its / Hlllnrt little .
lie hlack - tipped ) tails , Is to he tlli much
IIIwll liS ever. The tails give just the
smart touch IICCCSRar to squirrel anti
many an otherwise tame neckpiece of
squirrel la made desirable hy a judi
{ 'Iot\fl \ addition of these tallH White fox
IR lovely either for stole allll muff sets
or for facing evening wrallH 1'0 go to
the other extreme , black Alaska fox
IH Hlnart. The new slelllH have been
pointed with white , which adds zest to
this lovely , glossy , flexible 1101t.
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White llllnt ) when dirty shoulcl ho
washed In 11I111" Colored paints ) may
also he treated In this way .
Glass can he cut with a pair ) of ordinary .
nary shears If glass and shears and
hands are all kept under cold water.
Before using a clothes line boll It
well. This will keep ) Il frolll stretching .
ing and makes Il last an extra long
tlmo ,
If lamp chimneys are helll over
nteam for a few minutes , then 1101.
fished with 11 dry cloth , they will not
break so easily as when wl1shell
Wholl storing blankets cut uJl a bar
of well , dried yellow soap amid place
the pieces among the folds This
will keep away molhR .
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Becoming to Most Women.
Here Is an aulullln and winter coat
that defies the wind and rain It is
IIIIHlo of crn. venotte , The long box
effect In the front Is especially good , I
atlll the broad shoulder collar makes
the coat becoming to most women
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The narrow shouldered long coats are
always unbecoming , because they
give to the figure an unbalanced ap-
l1ellrancc The hat worn with this
coat is a simple tan felt , with red
feathers across the tront. The feathers -
ers are confined by tell bands.
The Winter Coats.
rc long , tight rellingotes and
hasquod Jackets are all the rage , the
little , short , loose paletot has cm"
tainty not disappeared , for wo see
many editions of it among the new
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wlllior modelll , and gladly hall its
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1IllllCIII'llIue : , for It 113 so useful and
COI1Vell/l'nt / and looks just the thing to
wear with a simple skirt for morning
nxpclIllIolls ) , shopping / , etc The new
"Cnl'ricles" are cut In much the salllc
shape amid \ have capes that come over
the IIhoulllerll , but without covering
UJI lift cQnt comJllotolr. 'rhey are
fastened to the HIde seams and so
110 not interfere with the grace of the
snhoutto Many Carrlcts are unlined ,
the big pelel'lne being sufficiently
warm , These outer sleeves or capes
are fastened with automatic buttons
so that they can he taken ort iC dc ,
sll'ed-PlI'IB Fashions
Little Girl's Winter Dress.
LIllie girl's dress of old blue cash-
mere The plastron and skirt are
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plaited and bordered with a fancy
braid 01' with velvet. Tim yoke Is oC
cream embroider , as are also the
deep cuffs , the latter trimmed with
the braid or velvet.
The girdle is of velvet , finished on
the left side with a knot of the same
Her Color Scheme.
What Is your color scheme this sea-
son ? Are you a study In brown or
a. study in scarlet ? Are you 11 melody
In yellow or a symphony In green ?
Arc you a white cloud or a black
shadow ? Are you a poem in purple
or _ song In cerise ?
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Every girl Is nowadays a symphony
of some sort She does not necessarily .
lIy cling to one shade as she did last
season , but she runs In little crescen
dos of a color from a deep base vie ,
let skirt to a thrill of light lilac in
her hat ; from a wine . colored frock
to a delicate pink rose in her bonnet.
The pretty woman who wishes to
ho prettier and the plain woman who
HItes to look less plain will first match
her e'es Are they brown ? Then her
frock 01' her walking suit is of brown ,
and its accessories may run from that
shade into all the burnt things-to.
mate onion , olivo-and from there on
into lemon or cream Are her eyes
violet ? 'rhen let her try a violet vel
vet gown , with the corresponding
shades at lavenllol' and blue . white .
Are they blue ? Nothing will bring out
their color like a suit at military
blue. Is she the redheaded girl with
the green eyes ? Then let her be n
symphony in sage-green-Ne" York
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Pockets Are Coming In.
A sure.to.he.welcomed-with.jor bIt
of information is that pockets are
coming in again It is not only that
the winter coat wlll show more pockets .
ets than for many 1\ long season , but
actually that the tallor.mado dress.
skirt wlll be made with a big , roomy
1I0cket. However , the dressmakers
who have at last consented to make
a. skirt with a pocket , are issuing
notices to their patrons who order
these skirts to the effect that the
pocket is not to bo used as a sub.
stituto for the generous "Peggr from
Paris" bag or any at the other big
wrist-bags which the shops are show.
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Electrical Clock Regulator.
A new method of driving and regulating '
lating clocks electrically by the use of
selenium / cells has been devised by
Herr K Slegl. The selenium cell , by
Huhmer , In an exhausted pear.shaped
bulb , wits placed in the focus of n
parabolic cylindl'lc mirror , so that the
light from an incandescent lamp could
impinge upon the cell whenever a sec-
ends pendulum passed its lowest
point , at which a slit In a card
fastened on the pendulum coincided
with a slit on a fixed screen. The ef-
fect on the selenium Is made to actu
ate an electro magnet-placed just to
one side of the point of highest velocity -
ty , owing to the lagging of th9 cell-
so that an impulse is Imparted to the
pendulum at the right moment An-
other selenium cell can he used for
Imparting motion to a series or other
electrically operated clocks , which can
bo of the step . bystep tHe A clock
on these lines has given satisfaction
and demonstrated that an electric
clock without contacts can be made-
London Engineer
Candle Extinguisher.
There Is always great danger in car-
rying a lighted lamp , especially in going .
Ing up or down stairs , and so many
people realize this danger that they
prefer to use candles The device
shown here is simply an extinguisher
for candles , being adjusted to extinguish .
guish the candle after a predeter-
mined amount of the light has been
consumed An alarm bell Is attached
to the extinguisher , so that It may be
sounded a few minutes before the extinguisher -
tinguisher can operate to enable the
user to adjust It. The cap on the left
of the candle is In the form of a hol-
low cone , pivotally hinged to the
cylindrical bracket which Is secured
to the candle A small prong pro-
jects upward from this bracket , rest-
Ing against the candle , while another
pivot pin on the opposite side presses
Into the candle a short distance above
the prong This pivot pin works In :
Extinguishes the Candle.
connection with a striking head for
the bell , so that when the candle
burns to the pivot pin the latter is released -
leased , permitting the head to strike
the bell. When the candle burns far'
ther down to the prong , a called
spring releases the cup , which rises
and descends over the flame of the
candle , extinguishing It.
George Stevenson of Dunedin New
Zealand , is the patentee
Can See Bed of Stream.
Capt. Louis Larsen , a Michigan sailor .
01' , has devised a pleasure boat with a
glass bottom , which has under the
bottom an electric light that can be
used to Illuminate the bed of a stream ,
not too deep , of course , and enable the
occupants of the craft to take photographs .
graphs at whatever may bo Interest-
ing under water There Is also a
hooded reflector which makes It possible .
ble to sit quietly In the bow or stern
at the boat and see fishes or any form
of aquatic life which may happen to
come near the transparent bottom of
the boat.
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PLAN FOR CATTLE BARN.
Gives Accommodation for Forty Cows
and Twenty Calves.
Sub-Wlll you kindly give me a
plan for u cattle barn for forty cows
and twenty calves , with three or four
box stalls I have a bank on the north
side about ten feet high , from which.
I should like a driveway in the base- .
meut ( which I propose to be of stone ) .
running from east to wost. I want a
part of loft to he a granary with a
room below it for preparing food. The .
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cheapest way to supply water to the
cattle In the stalls t intend sinking
a well in the barn and erecting a wind.
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The plan shown provides 39 single
cow stalls , 14 calf stalls and 4 box
stalls , with feed room under the gran- 1 . .
arr. For cleaning the cow stables rl.
there is a passage nine feet wide between -
tween each row of cattle running the '
full length of basement , so that a carter
or boat may be driven through and
manure taken out. The barn ( begin- .
ning at the east ) consists of a 16-foot
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bent , then a 14 , a 12 . foot driveway , i
then two H.feet bents , making 70 feet
in all There should be an overshoot 1 '
of six feet on the east side of drive-
way in the barn to give room for a \
team to pass under if there should be \
a loaded wagon all the drive 0001' If "
desired a window In any of the feed .
alleys at the west end of barn may be !
made Into a door to get Into the base- "
ment. 6
By having a large tank kept full of ' ) ,
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water and another small one connected -
ed with It , and the water trough in
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front of the cattle , the animals will "
always have a continuous supply at
water The small tank is so arranged
with a float that as the cattle drink
the water In the trough the water in
the small tank is lowered This
causes the float to fall , opening the
valve and allowing the water to come
In from the large tanl As the water \ ,
rises in the small tank It also raises
the float which shuts off the water
from the large tank The water In
the troughs in front of cattle Is therefore .
fore always kept l at an even height.
The water troughs are put In front of j
mangers , and can be arranged so as to
have a lid on hinges at one side of . . . . - .
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manger which the cattle wlll learn to
lift when they wish to drink The lid
wlll drop back of its own accord
Hazel Brush. .
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Subscriber-How can I rid my land
of hazel brush without plowing it up ?
Loosen the clumps by digging " i
round them and after cutting the I > . :
roots close to the stems with an axe ,
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pull them out with a horse : and chain. "
This wlll probably be easier than cutting . {
ting the bushes and burning the brush
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and then plowing , and the land wlll
be In much better shape for using at
once I don't quite understand your / '
objection to plowing your land , but it .
It is to save pasture among the bushes
I think you would have better results '
by cleaning your land of the hazels
either by slashing and burning or . .1f
hauling out , and then plow and reo .r
seed the land-J F.
Material Needed for Concrete Wall. '
D. W. S-How much Portland ceo 4
mont , sand and gravel would be required
quired to bund a wall 7 feet high for a .
building 16 feet by 32 feet ?
It would require 25 yards of gravel . . . ' ,
and 19 barrels of Portland cement , using .
Ing all gravel : or 15 barrels , using
stone for fillers. This is estimating ' : . . ,
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on the proportion at one of cement to = .
nine of grovel , and the wall one toot
thick.