BEET PULLER IS
LATE INVENTION
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MAE MURRAY
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Stolid, pink-eyed, flaxen-haired John
Hansen, crew o f the Mary H., had
gone below to look fo r the skipper's
pocket-knife.
The skipper himself had stepped
from the sloppy fishing-sloop to the ad
joining wharf, while the lowered gaff
on which he had been working lay In
a disorder of canvas on the deck.
H e walked along the wharf to the
schooner In the next berth, and asked
a man sitting In the shadow o f the
forecastle fo r a bit o f spun yarn.
"M y fore speak’s gl’n out on me,” he
explained.
The man on the schooner dropped
his newspaper, stood up, sput over the
rail, and remarked that It was Sun
day. From the flshlng-sloop, the crew,
John Hansen, now resting on his el
bows half out of the cabin, grinned
under his thin, com-sllk mustache.
The man on the schooner dropped
belowf to look In his stores, and the
skipper waited, puffing on hts pipe.
The man on the schooner came on
deck again, shaking Ills head, and
tossed the skipper a handful of tun-
gled cord.
"They got no spun yarn, John,”
hailed the skipper.
“ W ill marline
do?"
"E e— y a h !" returned John.
"Thank ye,” grunted the skipper to
the schooner's man. "Sorry ye ain’t
got nny spun yarn.”
"A ll right,” mumbled the other, re
suming n colored supplement where
he hod left off.
The skipper returned to his sloop.
John Hansen did the repairing, and
the skipper assisted. Before long the
Iron was rewound, the ropes strength
ened, and the halyards rebent.
“ Now,” said the skipper, “ ye can
go nshore. We'll sail airly In the
mornin’ so ye better sleep aboard. Ye
goln’ up to see Christina this after
noon ?"
John grinned.
“ Ee-—yah,” lie drawled. “ I tank I
go see her.”
"She’s a mighty stanch gal, Chris
tian,” admired the skipper, "You nn’
she goln' ter git spliced soon?”
The crew blushed.
" I ain’t asked her yet, but I tank
Toweling, Crash, Awning, Hammock
Material and Denims Are Now
Fashioned Into Dresses.
INJURY »VOIDED BY WHEELS
“ Fannie” — he spoke steadily— "you
nil' me ban promised four years ago.
When T came In from that trip an’
found you gone to New Y’ ork I didn’t
follow.”
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Fannie wns gazing nt him from un
der half-shut eyelids, but made no re
ply.
John Hansen continued:
"Y ear ago I know better, but I ’ll
stow that now. I ban older than you,
nnd I tank my place to stand between
you nn’ the wind. Now I ban goin’
to pay.”
"Y'ou mean,” she whispered*-",vnu
mean—you’ll marry me now—after—
In spite of everything?"
He nodded silently, nnd for n few
moments she gazed Into his eyes.
"John Ilnnsen I"
sho ejaculated
Anally. "Y'ou’re a fool I You’re as
Idg a baby ns you were four years
ago I You need some one to take care
of you. i'll marry you !"
As he opened his mouth she cut off
his words with a wave o f her hand.
" I ’ll marry you, yes, on one condl-
tlon. That Is, that you’re not In love
with nny other girl. Are you?” she
snapped.
” 1— 1---- ” hegnn the bewildered
John.
"You are! Then, John Ilnnsen, you
can have her. I don’t love yon. I
don’t want you or any other man. Yon
were sent to me, an’ you’ve brought
me home nu’ given me hnok this.”
She waved her hand toward the
town and the sen.
"You’ve given me hack this.
I’ll
give you hack your girl. Now go to
her.”
Power of Sentiment.
Without sentiment we shall reform
In vain.
We shall start to pile up a
crass, utilitarian building, that makes
no appeal to the soul o f man.
We
stall miss Immeasurably the finer side
o f reconstruction. Blockheads deride
sentiment They want something tangi
ble. they tell you. They «a n t the
"stu ff"— none o f your poetry and nam
by-pamby nonsense." But blockheads
miss the fact that sentiment ought to
play a mighty part In the reconstruc
tion of the country; we ought to have
It In full measure, brimming over—
pro’ Med It be o f the right kind.— Ex
change.
That Didn’ t Suit Her. Either.
The Bride—Oh, Dick, you shouldn’t
kiss me before all those girls.
The Groom— I ’m glad my little w ife
Is so unselfish, and Just to please yon
I'll kiss all those gtrla first. — Boston
Transcript
This charming little “ movie” star
has been featured in à number of large
productions. She it a native of Nor
folk, Va. She went on the stage at the
age of fifteen. Her success as a dancer
resulted in her being starred, follow
ing which she entered the motion pic
ture field.
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Beauty Chats
By EDNA KENT FORBES
SLENDER LINES
W OM AN who lived on a farm
who claims that her diet is neces
sarily limited to farm products, wrote
me recently, asking how she might re
duce. The things which I particular
ly stated were to be avoided, were
things she said formed the chief dishes
on the table. Fork, potatoes, wheat
bread, butter, milk, eggs— all fatten
ing, but all raised on the farm.
Now, of course, the woman who
lives near some large market can pick
and choose from a great variety for
her table. But the farm woman can
follow the reduction diet more easily
than she thinks. She can cut out the
milk and cream atid butter from her
diet, she need not eat pork products,
and she can stop eating the rich home-
baked cakes and pastries. This means
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FIGURING CAPACITY OF SILO
In Estimating Diameter and Height
Allow Each Cow Four to Five
Square Feet of Surface.
I f your cows are fed 40 pounds sil
age daily for six months they will
need nearly 7,500 pounds or n silo
capacity of four tons each. In esti
mating diameter and height, allow each
cow four to five square feet of feed
ing surface In the silo. Ten cows
would require a feeding surface of
50 feet. A silo eight feet in diameter
would have a cross section or feeding
surface o f 50 square feet. For ten
cows therefore, n silo should he eight
feet In diameter. Fifteen cows should
have a silo 10 feet in diameter (if
20 feet high It has a capacity of 2(5
tons and If 32 feet high, 51 tons) ;
20 cows should have a silo 12 feet in
diameter.
Forty cows will need a
silo 10 or 18 feet In diameter and
about 80 feet high.
TREATMENT OF ARMY WORMS
Pests Can Be Kept Out of Field by
Plowing Up a Furrow in
Front of Them.
A fter army worms once get into a
field there Is nothing practical which
can be done to stop them. They can
he kept out of a field, however, by
plowing a deep furrow In front of
them. Plow a furrqw about eight
Inches deep and square up one side
o f the furrow with a spade. Every
ten or fifteen feet In the furrow dig a
shallow posthole. As fast as the army
worms accumulate In the fu rrow j and
especially In the postholes, sprinkle
them with kerosene.
Army worms
move fast and It Is necessary to ap
ply this treatment promptly or they
will have moved into the threatened
field and there Is nothing whatever
which can be done.
I f the trench
treatment is applied promptly It proves
very satisfactory.
GRAIN FOR EWES AND LAMBS
Unless Animals Are Being Condi
tioned for Market Pasture and
Forage Are Sufficient
I f the ewes nnd lambs have good
pasture and forage crops it will sel
dom pay to feed any grain feed, unless
the lambs are being conditioned for
the summer market. Pumpkins plant
ed In the corn field make an ideal sup
plement for the fall pastures.
STRONG FOR HIPS
Midsummer Fashion Makers Cite
Styles Now in Favor.
Machine Designed by Californian
for Doing This Hard and
Expensive Task.
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“ That’s right," approved the skip-
per. “ Don’t ask her till ye’re sure,
right an’ tight.”
"Ke-yiih,” corrected John. “ I tank
one ting can break It. Suppose the
girl go awny?”
“ What d'ye mean?”
" I tank I got promised to mnrry n
girl once myself. 1 went on a fishing
trip, and when I come buck the girl
bnn gone away."
“ A gal at home?”
"No, a girl named Fannie, here,
when 1 first came to Ilurdyport. She
went «w ay. I tank 1 ain’t promised
to her longer, eh?"
The skipper thought rapidly. For
two years John Hansen bad served
ns lope bnnd on the shore fishing-boat.
Working on shares, bis portion o f the
proceeds bail given him a good bal
ance In the savings bank up-town, but
the (tklpper knew that the balance
should have been many dollars more.
John linil trusted the skipper's
arithmetic and without question taken
what was given him each settling day.
A watchful wife would end this, lie
would encourage anything that might
delay this marriage.
“ Yu snrtnin got ter mnrry Fannie
If ye said ye would," be began.
John looked perplexed.
"1 don’t tank so,” he considered
slowly. "She ban gone to New York
her cousins they told me. Wlmt make
It she don't write me n letter If she
want me?"
"Oh. ye never can tell about wom
en folks,” generalized the skipper
easily. "She may be breakln' her lit
tle heart waitin’, fur ull ye know."
With troubled face, John washed
Ids hands nnd face and changed his
clothes in the cabin. Then, going on
deck, he combed his hair before a
fragit cut of mirror stuck In a must-
hoop
"1 tank," he announced Dually, " I go
up an’ see the parson at the Bethel
1 got to be honest, an’ If I bnn fool
to get promised to little Fannie long
time before I saw Christina, maybe
I hnvs to pay for It. Only I hope,"
he added brokenly— "I hope Christina
she don't care— much I"
"T h at’s right." approved the skip
per.
That afternoon, when the meeting
at the Fishermen’s Bethel was over,
John Hansen did go to the parson, nnd
the parson, having untangled from
John’s broken English what seemed to
be n straight version of the story, did
tell the tall, Ilght-huIrcO flsherman to
wait.
Jol n did not go to see Christina that
evening.
Instead, he mnde his wny hack to
the v liarf.
“ I tank I don’t fish nny more," he
announced to the astonished skipper.
“ Why not?” was the demand,
t “ I tank I go to And Fannie.
“ But, ye tow-headed sculpin’ ye
can’t find her In New York!”
D oef to expostulation. John stead
ily packed his dunnage hag, w hile the
skipper swore the oaths o f a man who
bad overreached himself.
II
Three evenings John Hansen spent
under the glare o f the electric lights
In Coney Island's Bowery before he
found her.
He recognized Fannie In spite of
the bleaching of her hair, the rouge
on her cheeks, and the exaggerated
outlines o f her silk clothes. Troubled,
he followed her down a dimly lighted
street Into a cheap wooden building
with a bar In the front room. Bussing
through this apartment, they sat down
at a small table In an alcove beyond.
“ Well,” she ejaculated Anally, “ bow’s
old Hurdyport?
What brought you
down here, John?"
"T came to bring you back,” he an
swered soberly.
"Quit yer kidding,” slie broke out
angrily.
“ You don’t like this place. I don’ As Beet It Pulled From Ground Knives
on Each Side Cut Off Tops of
tank It very good place. You come
Leaves— Easy to Harvest
home to Hardyport.”
Profitable Crop.
“ L o rd !” she cried. "Don't I want
to? Ain’t I tired nnd sick of tills
hole? Wouldn't I swap this cologne
Pulling sugar beets Is one o f the
an' musk fo r a whiff o’ the wild roses big Jobs which confront the grower
an’ the barberry? Don't I want to see o f this very profitable crop. It Is a lot
the sun set behind the West Parish o f work, and work that takes time and
bills and the water all red at high energy nt least, and often costs money
tide across the marshes?
Ain’t I as well. A man in the beet fields of
choked for n breath o f air from the California has designed a machine
real ocean, for a gust of the east which he thinks Is a wonder for doing
wind, all sharp nnd salt?
this hard and expensive task. Instead
" I can't go, John. I can't g o !”
of using Inclined roils, on the principle
“ I tank you can go,” he persisted o f the gathering points o f a corn bind
placidly. “ What make It you can’t?"
er, for pulling the beets, this man uses
“ I owe money here, to the boss. Y'ou padded wheels fo r this purpose.
don’t understand about It. He wouldn’t
Cross Sectional View.
let me go If I tried."
The upright V-shaped portion o f the
"H ow much money?” Inquired John. accompanying Illustration Is a cross
“ A lot. It’s Dearly a hundred dol sectional view through the padded
lars now.”
wheel pullers.
The axles o f these
John Hunsen took from his pocket wheeled pullers extend down to the
n slim roil of bills, divided It, nnd Inner hubs o f the main driving wheels
harmed her the larger part. As If o f the machine, nnd are here driven
dazed, the girl look the money and or revolved by these main wheels.
slipped It Into her dress.
Grouters or diggers go along ahead
“ You be at the big station In Neiy o f tUe pulling wheels, on each side
York for train nt ten (¿'clock tomor of the Pew or beets, nnd loosen the
row mornln’,” John said rising.
ground around them so that they will
When the next afternoon boat from be easier to pull when the pulling
Boston had made fast at her Hardy wheels o f the machine engage them.
port wharf John Hansen and Fannie From the drawing It will he noticed
crossed the gangplank together and that the pulling wheels are set so the
lower portions are much closer to
walked slowly up Harbor street.
"You don't know how good It seems gether than are the upper portions.
to get hack,” murmured the girl. As the machine p isses forward over
"Speed up, Beau,” she babbled, "I'm
the beets In n row, these pulling
that empty I could get away with a
raw selling-plater.
Let's chase our
selves to n Joint where we can feed
our faces.”
They ate supper nt a little restau
rant nnd then wandered out over the
avenue that skirts the harbor.
The two stood leaning on the bridge-
rail, Fannie watching the bathers nnd
the slow flash o i the revolving lamp
In the lighthouse tower on the Point,
hut John with his eyes on the girl.
Once more he dully studied the
Beet Topper and Puller.
showy dress, the too abundant frizzed
nnd curled yellow hair, the powder-
wheels are rotated backward nnd up
blotched cheeks, the hard lips, and the
ward, and in so rotating they lift beets
bold, brilliant e.ies.
out of the ground.
Then he thought o f Christina, nnd
Cuts Off Leaves.
his heart rose slowly in protest.
So located between the pulling
This
alnted, young-old, made-up
wheels that they pass Just over the
creature— what had she In common
top of the beet are two knives, one
with him? W hy should he give up for
on each side. Thus, ns the machine
her the clear-eyed, clean-skinned girl
Is drawn forward and the beet is lift
he wanted— the only girl he wanted
nn the shores of the seven seas? ed up, these knives cut off the top or
leaves o f the beet; thus it Is pulled
Wlmt claim had this brnss-tongued
afltl topped nt one nnd the snme time
woman upon him?
h.v the one machine these being two
“ Aye,” he added aloud. "But I ban
separate operations In the ordinary
fool and I have to pay."
band method of hni vesting beets.
“ What say?” querlisl Fan.
Gotham midsummer fashion makers
declare fo r hips, says a . New York
fashion writer.
Manufacturers and
retailers both say that the hips are
now In popular favor all because
Puree got angry about that paradise
finned hat that was thrown Into the
boudoir of France’s ludy of the land
and Just as promptly bounced out
again, while the Parisian milliners
handed over the fourteen points that
made It a hat thrown into the big ring
of International fuslilon squabbling.
They say that Itue was angry once too
often and that American women will
not buy the toothpick or chemise
dresses thut Paris launched io r the
new season.
W hatever the cause may be, hips Is
hips, as FIf11 avenue windows all too
well display. ~ ’Tis the fashion season
of the bouffant, the billowy, the exag
gerated, the puffed and pouched. Nat
urally, this craze fo r a distended skirt
has launched cnrlonds o f coorse stiff
fabrics upon the cloth market. Bath
room toweling, crash, awning, ham- i
mock material and denims are In full
bloom as fashioned Into dresses of
every ty'fifi.
Although many r,* the midsummer
gowns use natura': colored toweling,
there Is n tendency to dip these sturdy
fabrics into dyes o f every hue and em
blazon them with weird, conventional.
Intricate patterns, ltegulnr upholster
er’s cretonne In .'olor combinations \
that fight or purr are frequent, and j To appear cool and fe e , coo)
not
even old paisley shawls are found j alway8 pos8ib|e> but the wearer of this
made up Into new hustled dresses.
| charming frock of white crepe dt
A lead!
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ousj shows a street
dress fas
j of heavy dull blue and i blue grosgrain ribbon achieves this
rose cretonne. Although nn occasion- j happy result
nl rose can be defined In the maze o f j '
Intricate patterning, the general ef
! the summer’s skirts. Most o f them so
fect Is like n dark-fir —ered cotton
j distend that they add several feet to
foulard. The material is Inset with a
j the hip circumference. Over panniers
panel of sheer white organdie upon
| or hips drapes are wired so that there
which are scattered girly-glrly bows of
| Is no danger they w ill fall Into »oft
French blue metallic ribbon nnd pale
lines. T ie r skirts o f ns many ns eight
pink rosebuds. A hustle distends the
i
skirt through the hips, while the rows o f ruffles are running amuck up-
i on the avenue, and the top three tiers
bodice is snugly Alsatian-laced.
O f pouch pockets there is no end on » »
" ,to
f hn(1el Bn'' cl*nn’
_______________________ ;_______________ ! deller effects.
I larlng bottoms of
; skirts have completely supplanted the
| old three-Iuch-around model, nnd a
| hoydentsh, mnsculit.e stride Is rapidly
| killing off mincing footsteps.
Lowly ironing board covering Is be-
| ing mnde into dresses that .‘arry a
i price tag in three figures. This henvl-
I est, cheapest kind of crash Is embel-
| Ushed with scallops and embroideries
in Chinese red or Algerian blue, nnd
flnunts wired pouch pockets or side
j skirt drapes.
Occasionally heavy
j strips o f white kid or ordinary liar-
j ness leather are stitched Into ninm-
moth side pockets for the hip width
j effect.
Midsummer evening gowns are most
j elaborate nnd are ns heavy with vel
vet, plush and fur ns nt Christmas
time. Many o f these heavy satin or
velvet skirts are bustled nnd hand-
: painted In gorgeoua eccentric patterns,
such ns with a red pitcher plant, a
screaming parrot, or a clump of ferns.
But “ the lilps— the hips the thing.”
PARIS HAIR DRESSING STYLE
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Confetti Trimming.
A French trimming which bids fair
to prove popular In known In Paris ns
’ironfetti" trimming.
This Is used
; generally on a foundation o f sheer
i silk, chiffon or georgette, the latter
1 more frequently seen here. In Paris,
| according to recent arrivals front that
i market, it Is popular In the many
| colors characteristic o f the real con-
This is one of the latest in Parisian i fettl, the trimming being fabric, felt
coiffures; it is enhanced through the ! or leather, cut up into the tiniest of
use of a wreath of silk roses.
spots.
Black With White on Hats
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Combination Is Great Favorite and A l
'
the same arm. There are colorful
ways Affords Bit of Smartness
| bracelets o f Imitation Jude or o f am-
The stout girl should eat f.sh and
That Is Desired.
i her with narrow -rands o f imitation
oysters and such non-fattening foods.
topnz. A pair o f bracelets may vary
Women never lire of black and ;
a certain self-sncrlflce on her part, for
greatly In size, one helng large
white. In summer hats this combina- i
the fatter the body the greater the ap
enough to slip up „n the upper arm,
tion Is a great favorite. The all-white
petite. But no fat woman will starve,
the other small enough to clasp the
hat Is rnther dead looking, nnd while a
no matter how little she eats, for the
wrist.
The Parisians are wearing
white hat with colored trimming ran; •
body Immediately starts feeding it
he very pretty there Is a likelihood of smart sets of ivory bracelets handed
self from Its own accumulated flesh,
its appearing somewhat Insipid unless with narrow strips of elephants’ l.nlr,
and reduces Itself while keeping up
created by nn artist. A touch of black and to complete them there are little
the proper supply o f nourishment.
matching finger rings.
on a white hat always brings a bit of
The farm woman really has many
smartness.
advantages over the city woman In
Straw Trims Taffeta Frocks.
White organdie lints, much like the |
planning a reduction diet. She can
old-fashioned lingerie hat that women i One o f the newest and smartest
raise lier own green vegetables, and
affected for many summers because It I trimming touches used on taffeta
put up many o f them to last out the
brought eternal youth, are trimmed frocks consists o f handings o f narrow
winter. She Can eat fow l as much
with puffy flowers o f organdie. Then straw braid In vividly contrasting
as she wants, without adding flesh,
color. It Is not a stiff hat braid, hut
they are swathed with hlack tulle.
and Incurring expense. She can do
Equally effective are hats of pale 1 ■omcthlng very soft, nnd It is often
without water at meals, since this
yellow organdie veiled with brown net. j nDD**e,Y ln odd-shaped motifs ns well
adds flesh, she can get about in the
Taffeta flowers— big puffy ones of dnrk B* ln
l,Bnf'- effect. The tnllored
air, and have the real benefits of
colors— are
sometimes
applied
to street frock, whether o f taffeta or wool
work and exercise.
drooping mushroom shapes o f white fabric. Is often shown with n matching
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organdie with long, loose stitches o f I cape or mantle, cut short nnd fanciful
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hlack and a wispy transparent scarf ly trimmed.
What the Sphinx Says.
By N E W TO N N E W K IR K .
"The
loafer
looks
lazy
who
too
much at the
clock is soon
looking
for
another Job.”
Details o f the deaths of 361.354
French soldiers are unknown.
draped over all. Sometimes white or
gandie blossoms are scattered over
black horsehair hats. The versatile
organdie plays many roles, it Is not
unusual to see It ornamenting oilcloth
hats in the form o f scarfs or appliqued
flowers, and In turn oilcloth may be ap-
ptlqued to hat o f organdie.
Lace Stockings.
For evening wear Paris Is taking to
lace stockings, not only because these
are new nnd effective, but because silk
stockings are extremely high priced,
and very difficult to procure in colors
ns wanted.
Paris Bracelets.
May Take Place of Sweater.
The vogue for the very short sleeve ! The wool jersey cloth Mouse Is very
,u d the transparent sleeve has brought | practical and smart and may take
In the bracelet with a rush. Nor does the place o f a sweater.
Y am eni-
mllady always content herself with broidery and deep yam fringe are
one bracelet. She often wears several l popular decorative touches.