Hale Center Live-Wire. (Hale Center, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 38, Ed. 1 Friday, June 13, 1913 Page: 3 of 8
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DAHLIAS GAIN FAVOR JUDGING the value of eggs qainjy DANCE GOWNS1VANITY BAG AS A GIFT
Center of Floral Attraction at
Agricultural Fair.
Flower of Today Mas Much More of
Grace Than Did Farller Type*
Many Things In Culture to
Urge to Its Success.
Fashion moves In cycles, even in
Flora’s realm, and the flower over
which people laveu u generation ago
Is again before us, the center of lloral
attractions at the agricultural fair.
But the dahlia of today has much
more of grace than did the earlier
types; and in its culture there are
many things to urge to success.
It pays to be neighborly with
dahlias. A single root will soon mul-
tiply to a dozen; uiul If each of * half
dozen neighbors purchase Borne choice
variety, at the end of the Hist or sec-
ond season the exchanges can be most
profitable.
For those who like single varieties
there is a bonanza in a seed packet.
Types of Dahlias.
Borne beautiful colors will be Included.
Sow the seeds iu the window early.
The plants germinate quickly, and
may be shifted Into pots as they be-
come larger. Transplant to rich gar-
defi' koil as soon as danger from frost
is over, and they will bloom nearly
as soon as those started from tubers
UuUic may uul titiveioj) Buiiicieni
root growth to keep through the win-
ter; some will. Even if they do not,
you will have the pleasure enough
during the one season to repay the
small cost.
Try one variegated variety, thus
getting a whole''bouquet with no
alike from the Banie plant.
Do not try to make too many roots
by subdividing. It Is better to have
one strong than two weak plants.
Plant deep, stake, and feed well.
Dahlias require a sunny location in
a liberally manured, Bandy loam.
Their position Bhould be such as to
receive plenty of air, and spreading
space, and the sun for the best part
of the day. The soil should he kept
loose or stirred by liberal cultivation,
especially after a rain. Under no con-
sideration allow the soil to become
baked. If the soil has a tendency to
be stiff or contains clay deposits It is
well to Incorporate well into the soli
where the dahlias are to be planted
some coarse material such as sand,
wood or coal ashes, or in fact any-
thing that will give the soil perfect
drainage.
How to Make Grafting Wax.
Grafting wax Is made by melting
4 pounds of resin, 2 pounds of bees-
wax and 1 pound of unsalted tallow,
pouring the liquid into a bucket of
cold water and poiHcg i<V« Teelarsrr
candy until the grain is smooth; then
form Into halls and store In n cool
place until used. It may be softened
by throwing Into hot water when
needed for use.
Size of Poultry House.
As to the proportionate size of the
house to the number of fowls kept,
only he who remembers that "there
Is more profit in a house half full
than in a house twice full" is a safe
from blundering at this point. The
most'' level-headed practical poultry-
men Insist upon ten square feet per
fowl. Constrast this with the room
afforded 100 fowls In a 12x20 house,
lesB than 2 1-3 feet of space to each
(which is a common sight) and Judge
as to the chances for eggs In the lat-
ter case, and take warning.
The Pigeon Business.
Few people realize how many thou-
sands of people are engaged in the
raising of plgeone, both for the mar-
ket and the‘show room. It Is an im-
portant branch of the poultry Industry
and la becoming more popular each
year.
Should Be Careful With Team.
Don’t fail to be careful with the
team. Leave plenty of space between
you and them. Any chance taken
merely to "show off” may mean seri-
ous damages or loss of Hfs.
Color of Shell Should Not Be Taken
Into Consideration In DeterjjjJjj-____
ing Worth of Contents
| -
It Is a curious fallacy that the
brown egg Is better than the white
The difference in color' is merely the
Indication of the strain of the bird
and aothliife ehse. sa leading au
thority.
It Is a fact that, generally speaking,
brown eggs ure preferred over white
ones, and dealers have learned to ca
ter to supply this demand ut small
cost. If their customer* want brown
eggs, they supply them as long aB
they have them In stock, and then
color the white ones to 1111 out.
It is a very easy matter staining a
whit- egg a beautiful dvlL.de brown
by dipping It in weak coffee or an-
alyne dve Eggs colored in this way
sell just as readily and please the
customers as well as though they had
bought genuine brown eggs.
There Is quite a difference, how-
ever, In the lucrative value of very
light, colored yolks ami those which
have a rich reddish yellow color. The
pale yolk indicates poor feeding
and had conditions, but the reddish,
yellow yolk Indicates that the hens
have been fed on the right kind of
rations, and are therefore better food.
Iron in the food gives color to the
yolk of the egg, and anaemic persona
whose diet embraces eggs should al-
ways select those of the rich reddish
color, because they contain more iron
than the pale ones.
Judging the value of the egg as
food, therefore, do not take the color
or the shell as an index of its food
value, but its contents.
NETS ANO LACES NOW USED FOR
ENTIRE DRESS.
Only the Simplest Method of Draping
Can Be Used In These Delicate
Lacy Frocks, and It Looks
Best.
Nets and laces, instead of appearing
merely hh trimming, nre now being
UBcd for entire dresBes or foi diesa
tunics, and, when combined with a
pale satin, the effect Is charmingly
soft and youthful. It will not bo pos-
sible to use more than the simplest
method or draping In these delicate
lacy frocks, but after all the simpler
draping Jook.~> best, and a most eftec-
WATER FOR POULTRY HOUSE
Important "rhat Convenient Place
Should Be Provided for Chickens
—Small Stand Is Best.
(By J. IIALP1N.)
A convenient place should be pro-
vided in every poultry house for water.
It is best to construct a small stand
about one foot above tho floor and
place the water dish bn this. The
Btand can bo constructed In tho parti
tlon so that the hens in two pens can
drink from one dish. It is, however,
usually better to give each pen a sep-
arate drinking dish. The water stand
should be placed where it is light,
and also where jt Is convenient to
emntv the aui* ...a --•.nil u a «.........a-
ihe water disn will keep cleaner If
Most Appropriate Offering for the
Young Lady Who la About to
Graduate.
Many of your young friends will
graduate this year and you are, no
doubt, wondering what to give them.
Why not make them each a vanity
bag: They are dainty and extremely
useful, therefore any girl would be
delighted to possess one. It requires
twelve inches of four Inch w ide ribbon
of a plain design. Baste an inch-wide
horn at each eqd and embroider a row
of briar-stitching un inch from the
edge on all sides of the ribbon. Fold
the ends over and neatly whipstitch
the sides together.
Thread narrow satin ribbon through
the top to form a drawstring, and fin-
ish the ends with rosettes of the rib-
bum fr desired, the center ot ihe liny
vanity bag can be decorated with an
embroidered monogram or a wreath
of forget-me-nots and foliage em-
broidered with pale pink, blue or
white silk to match the ribbon used.
This latter makes an especially dainty
decoration, and Is easily done, as the
flowers nro not padded. A wreath
formed of miniature rosebuds, daisies
| or violets would be equally effective.
Within tho hug place a handkerchief,
tiny mirror, powder puff, cake of pow-
der and a piece of pinked flannel con-
taining black and white pins. This
little vanity bag can bo placed In tho
pocket of the evening coat or In the
muff and is always ready to aid
miludy when the occasion demands.
It Diptnda
"Don’t you adore the voices of the
night?"
“Not tf the baby has the colic.’*
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Clean Water Insured.
near the south sido of the building, as
the hens'scratch the litter toward the
north much more than toward the
front of the house. A hen faces the
light usually when digging in tho
straw for her feed and the result is
that the litter works back
Care should be taken not to use
watering devices of any kind which
have parts that cannot be readily
cleaned. A dirty drinking- vessel is
frequently a source of disease among
the fowls and should never be per-
mitted in any poultry house.
PouLTRYNoms
10,rtr, )
Parched meal In good for chicks to
pick when two or three days old.
Chopped^p onion tops make good
chick medicine at this time of year
Duck raisers claim that a hawk
will never attempt to steal a duckling
Eleven dozen eggs per year Is a fair
average for hens and pullets kept In
large flocks.
Better keep the hens In the house
on cold, rainy days, or they will get
soaked and take rheumatism.
Do giro the later summer hatched
chicks a chance to cat their meals
without being run over by the other
birds.
During breeding season use two
cocks, keeping one penned up three
days while the other Is running with
the hens.
The vices of feather pulling and egg
eating are always more common In
overcrowded flockB, than in quarters
where there ia plenty of space for the
(owls to exercise
Lace Tunic Flower Trimmed.
tlve method Is followed in the dress
of the sketch.
Th > foundation uress consists ol a
skirt of blue crepe meteor gathered at
too waist and opening down one side
with the front edge tprned under,
draped a litle and rounded away juBt
above the Instep In front. The under
blouse is of white chiffon, “Cut with a
higher neck and long sleeves than the
tunic, so as to form soft finishing
edges. The blue crepe meteor Is con-
tinued above the belt In a straight
line, covering tho chiffon under blouse
just below the bust.
The tunic 1b made of Chantilly net,
with rows of fine lace Insertion run-
ning lengthwise for trimming. The
blouse part is surpllced and draped
under the1 left side of the bust by a
line of gathers covered with a row
of small pink roses. The sleeves, too,
are outlined with roseB, and there is
a girdle of sliver gauze about the
waist. The skirt part is gathered
slightly at the belt, and extends some
ten or twelve inches below the hips.
It consists of an under part of white
chiffon and the over part of Chantilly.
The draping of the Chantilly Is so
arranged that the left side is consider-
ably shorter than the right, but the
space is filled in by tho plain chiffon
Under part, which hangs evenly with
the right side. Roses trim the edges.
Probably the most natural and effec-
tive roBes to use for the purpose are
the small silk or muslin ones that
come in bunches In the millinery de-
partment, and incidentally they are
the least expensive.
is Found in Happy Combination With
tho Tailored Hat—Straw Shapes
Used.
A new combination of tailored hat
and veil has come In with tho small
hat. Any of the Binall straw shapes
is taken and left untrimmed, unless
for a narrow wreath of cherries, ber-
ries, silk fruit or flowers placed on
the narrow brim and almost covering
it. Over It a black Chantilly veil la
draped, rb If It wen* placed there care-
lessly by tho wearer, but It Is really
carefully tacked under the wreath af-
ter passing over It. It falls about
the face and hair, caught In or not,
as the wearer pleuses.
On some other small shapes there
Is absolutely no trimming, hut the
top of the Chantilly veil Is run with
through It covered with ribbon it
ties In a bow at the back when the
veil Is placed over the face and this
band rests on the narrow brim
To Remove a Perspiration Stain.
T,av tho wtaln over blotting par0**,
and sponge with equal parts of alcohol
and ether mixed. Huh dry, then touch
lightly with household ammonia! If It
leaves a blur, rub well with powder id
French chalk on tho wrongfside.
Hats of Hemp Braid.
Hemp promises to bo tho leader for
spring hats, though mllan, horsehair
and panama will hold their own.
WALKING SUIT.
ALL SORTS OF NEW GIRDLES
Becoming Daily of Greater Importance
and Every Kind of Material
ia Used,
Girdles and sashes are becoming
dally of greater importance, and every
Imaginable kind of material is used.
Braid manufacturers, ribbon houses
and silk und cotton merchants are
bringing out special lines of goods
for making gIrdTos.
These girdles are worn both with
simple and with elaborate dresses and
on the outside of suit Jackets and also
wraps.
Curious bead girdles and head neck
laces, In the bright Bulgarian colors,
are being shown for autumn.
In handbags glaring colors and crude
patterns are seen In the form of orna-
mentation. These effects, however,
are more likely to become popular In
buttons and as trimming touches —
Dry Goods Economist
ASK FOR ALLEN’S FOOT BASE,
IX* Aull**ptlo powder to ahak* into your
•ho**. R*lt*v** Corn*. Bunions, Inarowlnff
Natl*. Swollen and Sweating feet. Ii!lat*r*
Mid Callous spots. Hold averywher* Ifto
Don’t accapt any subatllut* Maniple KHKK
Address Allan a Olinatsd. Daltuy. N. Y. Ada.
IU Kind.
"The cream of the general’s army
was defeated by the foe."
“II* hoi Then it wua whipped
cream "
THE BEST TREATMENT FOR
ITCHING SCALPS, DANDRUFF
AND FALLING HAIR
To allay Itching and Irritation of the
scalp, prevent dry, thin and falling
hair, remove crusts, scales and dan-
druff, and. promote the growth and
beauty of the hair, the following spe-
cial treatment Is most effective, agree-
able and economlcaL On retiring,
comb the hair put straight all around,
then begin at the side and make a
parting, gently rubbing Cutlcura Oint-
ment into the parting with a bit of
soft flannel held over the end of the
finger. Anoint additional partings
about half an inch apart until the
whole scalp has been treated, the pur-
pose being to get the Cutlcura Oint-
ment on the scalp skin rather than on
the hair. It lg well to place a light
covering over the hair to protect the
pillow from possible stain. The next
morning, shampoo with Cutlcura Soap
and hot water. Shampoos alone may
uo ubvu as often as «g rename, DUl
once or twice a month Is generally
hhflleient for this special treatment
for women’s hair,
Cutlcura Soap and Ointment gold
throughout the world. Bample of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address
poet-card "Cutlcura, Dept L, Boston."
Adv. _ i
Convicts College Students.
Moro than 60 convicts are enrolled
at tho State Agricultural college at
Manhattan, taking the various courses
offered at the college. They are, so
far ns 1b known, the only convict col-
lege students In the United States.
Few, If any, of tho convicts have ever
Been tho college building, and It will
be Bomo time before any of them can
see it, but nevertheless they are en-
rolled students doing regular work.
All the convict college Btudents are
!r.mates of the United States peniten-
tial y here. They do their class work
in their cells and mail their lesson p*r
pers to the college for correction.
Some of the convicts are studying ag-
riculture. some civil engineering, oth-
ers mechanics, and some are studying
dairying. Nearly all of the students
enrolled In the agricultural or dairy
courses are men employed on the
prison farm or In the dairy.—Leaven-
worth Dispatch to Now York Times.
All Dssd.
Do you suppose there are any men
who can prove they had no vices?"
"Certainly."
“Where’s their proof?”
"On their tombstones."
that
Monotonous,
"Whatche gonna do with
knife?"
"I’m gonna play I’m cuttln’ you up.”
"Aw, you always want to play doo-
tor."
Chemicals are more effective in
fighting mine fires than water.
MEMORY IMPROVED.
Since Leaving Off Coffs*.
A spring walking suit of maroon
colored wool with large collar and
buttons of fan broadcloth -By Linker,
Pnrls.
Many persons suffer from poor
memory who nover suspect coffee has
anything to do with it
The drug—caffeine—In coffee, acts
Injuriously on the nerves and heart,
causing Imperfect circulation, too
inutfi blood in the brain at one time,
too Illtlq in another part. This often
causes a dullness which makes a good,
memory nearly Impossible.
"I am nearly seventy years old and
did not know that coffee was the
cause of tho stomach and heart trou-
ble I suffered from for many years,
until about four years ago," writes a
Kansas woman.
"A kind neighbor Induced me to
quit coffee and try Postum. I had
been suffering severely and was
greatly reduced In flesh. After using
Postum a little while I found myself
Improving. My heart beats became
regular and now 1 seldom ever no-
tice any symptoms of my old stom-
ach trouble at all. My nerves ars
steady and my memory decidedly
better than while I waa using coffee-
"I like the taste of Postum fully as
well as coffee.”
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Write for booklet, "The
Road to Wellvllle.”
Postum comos in two forms.
Regular (must be boiled).
Instant Postum doesn’t require
boiling but is prepared instantly by
stirring a level teaspoonful in an or-
dinary cup of bot water, which makes
it right for most persons.
A big cup requires more and pome
people who like strong things put in
a heaping spoonful and temper it with
a large supply of cream.
Experiment until yon know the
amount that pleases your palate and
have It served that way in the totoi%
"There's a Beeson" tor roe tern
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