glance.
There seemed no graceful
W O O L S E T FO R W IN T E R W EA R
way of escape. So Bill threw back
the long French window und stood
bravely waiting for events to happen.
“ Irene, this Is my nephew, Bill Shel
don, from the East,” called Auntie
Bascom from the the other room.
Bill gravely acknowledged the intro
duction with a bow, striving meantime
to down the rising reserve which was
By A N N A REDFERN
always Intensified by a meeting with
a stranger.
(Copyright, 1019, by the McClure News
“ I ’m pleased to meet you.” Irene’s
paper Syndicate.)
full-throated voice rang out pleasantly
Big BUI Sheldon was decidedly not as she extended her firm white hand
a Westerner. One coulil have guessed and raised her blue, blue eyes to his.
that fact by his air of reserve— u re She waited for no reserve to melt. In
fined, courteous, but nevertheless clear fact, she neither felt nor noticed any
ly obvious I-aui-sulficleut-for-uijself such thing.
G R O O M IN G C O W S IS F A V O R E D
manner. The manner, however, was
“ Do you play tennis?” she Inquired,
not o f B ill’s own choosing; rather wus with a glance toward the racket In her
Animal le Naturally Clean and It Is
it a product o f environment. More hand.
Dairyman’s Duty to Keep Her
over, It wus a source of deep grievance
Then Bill surprised himself. “Just
So— Means More Milk.
to him, for try as hard as hs might he try me,” he answered, "when you finish
could not make friends, with a reserve your errand.”
(Prepared by the United States Depart
ment o f Agriculture.)
as impenetrable os the Bock o f Gibral
Auntie Bascom heaved a sigh o f re
Sightliness and attractiveness are
tar rising between himself and every lie f as they walked off together.
feminine assets which extend even to
one he met. Even the glad spontaneity “ Ireue’U keep him amused fo r u little
the dairy cow. Naturally she is a
of a merry Western city, where friend while,” she ejaculated, “ although I
clean an tidy beast.
Unfortunately
liness was the rule, rather than the re know he won't approve o f her romp
verse, seemed not to melt the Ice. ing ways.”
man has been obliged to confine the
dairy cow closely in stables during
Uow could Ills new-found acquaint
Somehow there was not any more
certain periods o f the year, with the
ances divine for themselves that with talk of going home, und somehow Bill
in his six feet bulk o f calm, blond non began to take an Interest in his visit.
consequence that unless he dally
chalance lny a desire for adventure as Never did Aunt Dellu attribute this
brushes and grooms the dairy mat
keen as that of some twelve-year-old change to the lively Irene, for there
rons, their sleek, seemly coats soon
devotee o f Nick Carter; or that the was always a crowd of young people
lose their gloss and luster and be
wistful look showing forth every now together. Her enlightenment came sud
come densely matted with dirt and
und then from his deep gray eyes be denly and unintentionally.
litter. F or the same reasons that It
tokened only the strong desire that
pays to groom horses— greater effi
Bill had gone uway for the evening.
somewhere, sooner or later, some one The dishes had been carefully washed
ciency from neat, spick-span coats— it
would notice him and really like him and dried. The soft evening breeze
also proves invaluable to “ doll up”
In spite o f himself. No wonder he blew by the open door with a pulling
the dairy cow dally by vigorous appli
moped; and no wonder Aunt Della force. Throwing a shawl about her
“ Great" fo r fall and winter days cation o f brush and curry comb. Cow
stood at her wit’s end to entertain him. shoulders, Aunt Della stnrted across when one lovea to feel the “ bits" of comfort— that lnexplainable condition
She had fed him to the fattening the garden patn to her neighbor’s, Mrs. the crisp air yet wants to be properly o f well-being which means animal
point; she had introduced him In turn Itoberts, for a chat. It was a walk protected from treacherous chills and satisfaction and the economical pro
to every one she knew ; she had waited that she loved. The moonlight was drafts. It Is In tan and brown. The duction o f the maximum flow o f milk
on him more tenderly than his own soft and scented. Her thoughts turn little cap is made In much the same — Is fostered by careful and persistent
mother would have done, und still he ed fondly back to the time when she style as the United States overseas grooming during the season when the
looked bored.
cows need such extra attention, as
hud not walked this path alone. Fuss cap.
“ I think, auntie,” he suld after the ing slowly along, she stopped for a
ordinarily during the pasture period
first week of agony, “ that I shall have moment by the summer house. Her
U P - T O - D A T E T A B L E S E R V IC E the animals o f their own accord keep
to be starting for home. Father can attention was caught by a familiar
themselves clean.
scarcely run the shop without me— voice:
The enthusiastic use o f the brush
More Favorable Comment From Dain
much as I would like to stay,” he
and currycomb, supplemented by a
“ But, Irene, are you sure that you
tiness Than From Amount
added as a polite afterthought.
moist cloth, as siege guns against
can put up with an old stupid like
o f Solid Food.
There wus no doubt that Bill was me?”
dust and dirt, are good mediums fo r
homesick. And whether 6 feet 200
Then a tremulously happy voice
The hostess who would be smart Increased production, according to the
pounds suffers proportionately more replied:
and modern must keep up with all the opinions o f progressive dairymen re
than does 5 feet 100 pounds, even Bill
"Oh, Bill, are you sure you will nev latest notions nnent table service and ported to the United States depart
had no heart to unswer. Blue to the er call me a tomboy?”
food garnishing. A square meal well ment o f agriculture. They maintain
bottom of his No. 8 boots, he paced
Aunt Della wunted to pass quietly cooked Is well enough in Its w ay; that the clean coats and luxurious
gloomily nround Aunt Della's sunny, along, but her astonishment held her
more Important— vastly more Impor feelings o f contentment induce In
comfortable living room, lmputieutly rooted to the spot. Bill sensing the
tant— Is the service thereof, and a few creased production o f milk. I f you
bumping ugulnst knick-knacks and presence of an outsider discovered her.
light edibles perfectly served will give doubt the profits from grooming dairy
chairs. Fourteen times without stop He drew the gentle Irene out into the
that hostess a higher reputation cows, put It up to Bossie and her
ping he paced. On the fifteenth round soft glamor of the moonlit night.
among her women friends, at least, stable mates via the referendum-vote
he stopped by the long French window
“ You may kiss Irene, auntie," he than any amount o f good solid food method.
yvlth a Jerk, lie pulled aside the blue generously offered in bold confidence.
From a sanitary standpoint,
the
minus the little touches that bespeak
cretonne curtains, und drawing him "You may have known her ever since
densely matted, filthy and caked ,coat
up-to-dateness.
self erect in the soft spring sunshine she was a baby, but I shall even that
For instance, the butter knife is an o f the dirty cow is one o f the main
he drank in the pleasing sight through up, for I expect to know und love
In milk.
obsolete affnir; almost as obsolete as sources o f contamination
eyes and nose and mouth.
her for the rest of her lifetime.”
the ancient soup ladle no more seen Filth dries on the body o f the animal,
The morning wus clear und fair und
on the modern dinner table. Soup Is nnd, unless It Is removed previous to
radiant; the clouds were blue and soft
served in plates by the maid— no milking, a portion o f It is likely to
Murderer’s
Oversight.
ami fleecy; the lawns were lush and
fall into the milk pall and carry un
Perlinps the smallest creature thnt tureen or ladle are In evidence*
green with young g r u s s; the tre e ^ f
As fo r butter, the little squares or desirable bacteria with it. Hence,
ever
unrolled
the
curtain
from
before
were newly In leaf. But a fairer sight
cubes— now much smarter than roly-
than ull tills caught und held his at an unsuspected murder was thut
poly butter balls— are taken up with a
M rs . G o d d e n T e lls H o w It
tention. In a neighboring yard, scarce which convicted the murderer o f Mr.
dainty silver two-pronged fork, or
ly two rods away, there flashed a nnd Mrs. Newtown in 1898. A sta-
M a y b e P a ss e d in S a f e ty
"butter
pick.”
The
same
little
fork
maiden back and forth with move tloninaster sold a ticket nt a small sta5
a n d C o m fo rt.
may be used at tea hour fo r picking
ments as graceful and dainty as those tlon nnd received a silver coin dated
Up
lemon
slices
fo
r
the
teacups.
1826, rather oddly marked. He put
of some wood nymph.
Small sliver butter spreaders are
Fremont, O.— “ I was passing through
With a few deft movements she the coin in his pocket und placed an
still correct at the Individual places
other
In
the
till,
and
that
afternoon
the critical period o f life, being forty-
drew up the sagging white-string net
and the smartest butter plates now
six years o f age and
and fastened It taut across the tennis showed It to some o f his friends. A
ore o f silver, plain and rather flat,
had all the symp
court. She tried out her balls and man recognized It Immediately as one
toms incidenttothat
about the size o f a saucer and
that
Newtown
had
kept
for
some
time
ruckets with a bubbling, boylike ex
change—heat flash
engraved with a monogram in the cen
as
a
pocketplece
nnd
lucky
coin,
nnd
ultancy, as If the tonic of springtime
es, nervousness, and
ter.
wan in a general run
had found affinity with her feet. tills was the first hint gained by the
N o housewife now is completely
down condition, so
"Yougli,” gasped Bill, and “ Youghl” detectives as to where they should
happy
until
she
has
coaxed
a
set
of
it was hard for me
“ Oh, auntie, who's the young lady next look for the murderer, who was sub
to do my work.
sequently upprehended and convicted. silver vegetable dishes from her bet
door?”
ter half. And if her cup o f happi
Lydia E. Pmkham’s
Aunt Della carefully set her pie It mis a minute trifle, this banding
V e g e t a b le C om
ness Is to be full he will provide also
crust in the yellow mixing bowl, wiped over n coin, but It brought the mur
pound was recom
one o f those stunning silver plate
derer
to
the
just
punishment
which
her hands and came at her young
mended to me as the
his crime deserved. Had he chanced meat platters with n gravy “ tree”
nephew's excited call.
best remedy for my
grooved
out
in
the
center,
like
the
old
troubles, which it
“ That’s no young lady,” she correct on any other piece of money in his
Sheffield
plate
meat
platters.
surely proved to be. I feel better and
ed.
“ That Is Irene Itoberts.
Why, pocket—nnd It was afterwards known
In solid sliver these table belong
stronger in every way since taking it,
I ’ve known that child ever since she thnt he had a pocketful of money—
and the annoying symptoms have disap
lie would In all probability have re ings are rather costly: but silver plate
was born.”
peared.” — Mrs. M. G o d d e n , 925 Na
Is not to be despised and meat and
mained
undiscovered.—London
Mall.
“ How long Is thut, auntie?” Bob per
poleon S L, Fremont, Ohio.
vegetable dishes o f good plate are
sisted.
Such annoying symptons as heat
found In many well-appointed homes.
flashes, nervousnsss, backache, head
“ Well, now, let me see. It must be
If Your Eyes Are Tired.
Dinner napkins are not the mam
ache, irritability and “ the blues,” may
twenty years or thereabouts.”
Boh
Scat yourself on one side o f the moth affairs that they were— perhaps
be speedily overcome and the system
raised fils eyebrows quizzically, but room, fnclng the wall opposite. Hold because linen became so scarce and
restored to normal conditions by this
Aunt Della rattled on. “ Yes, and just the head still and raise the eyes slowly precious during the war.
But the
famous root and herb remedy Lydia E.
ns you see her now she’s always been until you are looking ns nearly ns pos really handsome napkin, o f moderate
Finkham's Vegetable Compound.
—Jumping, running, playing tennis, sible at the celling above you. Now size, has an lnch-wble hemstitched
I f any complications present them
selves write tlie Pinkham Medicine Co.,
riding horseback. She's a regular tom lower the eyes, looking nt the floor lie- hem and n beautifully hand-embroid
Lynn, Mass., for suggestions how to
boy.”
fore you.
Tnke care, when looking ered monogram or initial across one
overcome them. The result o f forty
To Aunt Della Irene was Just the down, not to focus the eyes on the comer.
Sometimes the embroidered
years experience is at your service and
same madcap little girl that she had nose, but on the floor at your feet. Re m otif is In the exact center o f the
your letter held in strict confidence.
always known front childhood up. Not peat this ten times, but take care not napkin, which Is folded by the laun
to
over
weary
the
eyes.
T rap p ers N otice — Wanted furs, all kinds.
so to BUI 1 He stood by the window
dress so that the monogram conies in
Ship now while the price is up. Your
and watched his lively young neigh
Now look as far to the right ns pos the center o f a square.
money same day furs received and top
Grooming Increases Cow Comfort and prices. Send for quotation cards. Those
bor’s gyrations with distinct approval. sible, then slowly shift the gaze to the
furs, keep them coming to us. O. M.
Makes for Clean Milk.
“ She Is flame and action,” hs mused left. Repeat ns before.
Bunting & Co.. 57$-46th St. Brooklyn,N.Y.
H E A D -D R E S S
MORE
O R N A TE
ns her red-brown bobbed curls flashed
For a final exercise, imagine a huge
grooming cows Is a fundamental safe
In the sunshine.
Altogether he ap circle In the air before you, ami with
It’s a queer world.
I f you don’t
inferior,
germ-laden
French Milliners Inaugurate Style guard against
proved of her—of her trim white flan out moving the head, follow the out
milk.
Where
cows
are
groomed
dally
think
so
try
to
count
all
the good
Hailed aa Omen of Lavish
nel dress and high-cut russet hoots, of lines of this circle with your eyes, be
during their period o f close confine friends who have been away on vaca
Season of Old.
her well-knit, graceful figure swaying ginning at the left, nnd going to the
ment an attendant requires only about tions that you haven’t missed.
In the sheer delight of motion, nnd her right for ten times, then heginnihg nt
French milliners have shown the e f two or three minutes a cow to prepare
frnnk boyish activity. So much did tie the right nnd moving toward the left.
fect o f the dnwn o f peace more In the and gloss up the animals as though
Governor Sends Troops.
approve that the wistful look came
When your exercises are over, bathe creation o f their elaborate and ornate fo r a banquet. On the other hand, it
back Into his deep brown eyes, nnd the eyes In warm water to which you
Seattle, Wash.— Company F of the
head-dresses than In nnythlng else, for Is difficult and time-consuming to
the homesick feeling formed a hard have added a pinch o f boraclc acid,
these ornaments are so essentially a clean off cows which have been kept Third Washington infantry was order
lump and settled In hts throat.
then close them and rest for five min
luxury nnd Intended to be worn only without grooming In a dirty stable.
ed to Contralla Tuesday. Tbe com
That she had no companion In her utes.
The commendable practice is to
with the most sumptuous o f gowns.
game seemed not to bother Irene nt
pany was said to be about 75 strong.
groom
and
clean
the
cows
daily
at
The most costly fRhrlcs have been
all. Back nnd forth she scintillated,
Telling Fortunes With Oil.
employed In their making, nnd French such a time between the milking A t the office of Brigadier-General
her tennis ball now on one side of the
Among the Kherrlas of India a very pearls are used in large quantities. periods that there w ill be abundant Moss, adjutant-general o f the state,
net, now on the other.
curious marriage ceremony Is report Paradise branches finish the ends o f opportunity fo r the dust put Into cir here, it was said by General Moss
Suddenly she threw down her ball ed. Taking a portion of the hair of many o f these pearl bandeaux, and culation to settle so that it will
nnd started toward Bill’s point o f ob the bride and bridegroom In turn from heavy cloths o f gold anil silver are not contaminate the milk as It is that whether further troops would be
servance. "Auntie Bnscoia,” she call the center o f the forehead, the priest bonnd about the heads, hardly show drawn from the cows. It Is necessary sent would depend upon the situation
ed, " I ’nt coming In to see you."
fo r best results to wipe off the udder at Centralia after the arrival of Com
draws It down onto the bridge o f the ing the hair.
Bill's experience o f
twenty-two nose. Then pouring oil on the head,
and
flanks o f each cow with a moist, pany F.
Many o f these head-dresses or ban
years, did not Include Instruction In he watches It carefully ns it trickles deaux were worn showing the elab clean cloth just before milking, in or
chain-lightning action. Of course, he down the portion o f hair. I f the oil orate use o f paradise. Some bandeaux der to remove all the surface dust
Locusts in A lgeria have found a
wanted to meet the girl. For what tuna straight onto the tip o f their o f sliver or gold braid supported a and dirt which has escaped the previ dangerous enemy In a fly which fol
else had he bees planning during the nose their future will be fortunate, coronet o f nnefirled pastel-tinted os ous clenn-up processes. It Is recom lows them and lays Its eggs where
last fifteen minutes hut for this? How hut If It spreads over the forehead or trich handing standing high about the mended that dairymen exercise spe
they lay theirs.
ever, this was sudden action. As Irene trickles off on either side of the nose. hair and allowing a knot o f It to come cial care to provide plenty o f material
called he hnstlly drew back from the Ill luck Is sure to follow. Their fo r through the crownless top.
so that at all times they may use
window and began measuring with his tunes told, generally to their own sat
Keep your Eyes
This Item In particular railed forth clean cloths In preparing the cows for
eyes the distance from his window isfaction, the final part of the cere much comment fo r the reason that milking, as too commonly the wiping
Strong ai
and Healthy. I f
they Tire, Smart. Itch, or
to the kitchen where Aunt Della kept mony takes place. Standing up side every one hailed It as the omen o f a cloth, unless carefully handled, be
Burn, if Sore, Irritated,
busily at work. In the open he could by aide, but with faces strictly avert lavish season and the return to the comes a source o f contamination. It
Inflamed or Granulated,
have covered It with three leaps, but ed. the bride and bridegroom mark old-time seasons when dress hats
is also advisable to clip off the long
nee Murine often. Safe for Infant or Adult
here there was furniture to Intervene, each other's forehead with “ alndur” ■0 much in demand.
hairs from adder and flanks o f each At all Druggist a. Write for Free Eye Book.
cow.
lo o , Irene had seen him at her first (vermilion).
.
■«Me E y i w i fy C f » —y.Ofc—o.B.S.i.
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