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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (June 9, 1918)
THE SUNDAY OREGONTAX. PORTLAND. OREGON RECRUITS IN VARIOUS BRANCHES OF COUNTRY'S SERVICE BRIEFLY MENTIONED Maurice Briskett and His Brother, Charles, in France Captain Rosenberg, on-Furlough, Is Visiting With His Family at Prineville Corporal Akers in Aviatioa Corps. r .i , , i. i l . .. j i ii i'l III in lil -Jll i" L 1 MAURICE BIEKETT is in Prance, where he is a. Corporal in the Headquarters Company of Com pany B, of the 162d Infantry. He is a former Portland boy, formerly em ployed by the Lumberman s Bank, now consolidated with . the United States National Bank. Young Birkett is the 20-year-old son of Mrs. O. N. Birkelt, now of Lyle, Wash. Charles Birkelt, brother of Maurice, is in France, also, where he is a telegrapher with the Signal Corps." Both boys write that they are feeling rine and are enjoying their work in France. Among the new Third Separate Bat tery pf the Oregon Guard are three of ficers, all residents of Roseburg, who have received commissions in the Ore gon Guard, and are said to be com petent enough to lead their men in any undertaking. Major F. W. Haynes Js a Spanish War Veteran; Captain Percy Webb is with Company A, and Captain T. A. Rafferty is with B Company.' Another officer in this bat tery is Captain Charles F. Sowersby, of Company C, who is a resident of Riddle, Or. Sergeant P. A. Leipzig was the agent for The Oregonian at Lents, Or. He Is now stationed at Camp Joseph John son, Jacksonville, Fla. "Plenty of Logan Juice, made at Sa lem, is being sold down here," he says In a recent letter. "It keeps up our pep. No matter where you go, Ore gon is represented." In a picture which was sent by Ser geant Leipzig, are four boys from the Mount Scott district. They are Roy Pheneuf, Emil Heiman, Eddie Meing and Paul A. Leipzig. Corporal R. D. Akers was home on a. furlo.ugh recently, visiting with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. Akers. Corporal Akers enlisted soon after the United States declared war, in the I i 1 '-TV J 'ji USA 3. 2 ' 1 " m,, ' " " k- AArvtif Sfirxsoj?. j-jxmt J1C fzi&Jbt . Aviation Corps, and at present is sta tioned at Fort Sill. Oklahoma. While home he said it is doubtful whether he will go to France soon, as he is with a training squadron. ' Corporal Akers has many friends in this city, and while here was guest of honor at several affairs. m m Captain' J. H. Rosenberg, who has been in the service since last July, is on a furlough, and is visiting with his family in Prineville. At present he is stationed at New Orleans, La., where he is with the Medical Corps. Previous to his enlistment he was a well-known physician of Prineville. Ernest W, Stauble left recently for Fort Leavenworth, Kan., where he will be stationed with the Radio branch of the United States Army. He took the preliminary studies in wireless teleg raphy at the Y. M. C. A.' Six years ago Mr. Stauble came here from St. Paul, Minn., and has been em ployed for the past five years by the McCarger, Bates & Lively Insurance Agency. For the past year he has been with the Coast Underwriters' Agency. Six months ago Stauble was married to Miss I. Simonson. Harold T. Maison is a former Uni versity of Oregon student, who recent ly received a call into the United States Aviation Service. Had he remained in college - he would have graduated this 'June. At the university Maison was a member of the ICappa Sigma fra ternity and was prominent in athletic and student affairs. - Maison is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Max Maison, of this city. . Roy FJynn is a Sheridan, Or., boy, who is a member of the Submarine Chaser Service. He is the son of A. J. Flynn, post master of Sheridan, and was one of 11 high school students who enlisted from Sheridan a year ago. He was sent to the Mare Island Navy Yard, and after a short period of training was sent to San Pedro, where he was stationed on board the U. S. S. Chey enne. In the last letter received from young Flynn he says he has joined the submarine ' crew and is fighting the "Hun under-sea devils." 0 Lieutenant Clinton M. Cameron is in France with Battery A, of the 147th Field Artillery. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Cameron, of 390 Twelfth street, this city. He was a member of the Oregon National Guard for a number of years, and served on the border at the time of the Mexican trouble. along the line of production and con servation and substitution mean the other fellow and not them. People Should Show Color. In order that this class may be brought into line along with the will ing volunteers. I believe it is high time to "go over the top" and give up all our wheat as suggested by the tele gram from Food Administrator Hoover, which was read at the conference of the Council of Defense here last week. Several other states, Mr. Hoover says, have already done this. Surely, with our splendid record for "going over the top," first in practi cally every call for men, money and material, we will not be slackers at this critical time. We have learned to use the suggested white flour sub stitutes very successfully, and can surely get along from now till harvest time without any white flour. If we go along without bread alto gether and only eat half as much of other things as we have been eating, we would pull through (and no doubt most of us would be better off), and then we would be making no sacrifice at all, compared with what our allies on the other side are making, or with what our boys are making over there, risking and giving up their lives for our protection. May there be prompt and hearty response to the resolution passed by the Council of Defense in reference to Mr. Hoovers urgent re quest. Rabbits Sold oa Market. But I diverge. Referring again to thq original question tne "boy" and the rabbits, I am wondering if there Is not another side to this question, as there usually is to all questions. I am wondering If this "boy" had his rab bits fat and in good market condition when offered for sale, and if he has tried the Public Market and the butcher shops. I see them offered for sale at these places at 30 to 40 cents a pound, and am told that they are meeting with ready sale. . One man who sells regu larly on the Yamhill Public Market, told me today -that- he sold readily all he had to offer, and could sell more. He said he sold 300 last month and 2200 last year.y We are met with frequent inquiries as to where breeding stock can be bought, and have been led to believe that the supply Is not equal to the de mand and that there are considerable possibilities in the development of this industry. Woman's Taste Is Revealed in Letter Paper. Please Pardon Tola Matei-tal" No Longer Valid Excuse. JUNE n, 1918. 9 , 1 1 il ft ThIMM 1 D' RABBIT-EATING 'DRI VE URGED . . BY CORVALLIS FOOD EXPERT Camouflaging Title of Dish on Menu Thought Practical Way of Encourag ing Consumption of Inexpensive and Delicious Ration. PORTLAND, June 1. (To the Edi tor.) Judging from an item in a re cent issue of The Oregonian there is need for a patriotic educational cam paign on rabbit eating. The item re ferred to was signed "A Boy," and had the heading "Rabbits, but No Market." Realizing that this is a matter of very vital importance, not only to this boy but to hundreds of other boys and girls in all parts of Oregon; also a matter of dietetic and economic im portance to the public. I am going to ask your indulgence in the use of a little of your valuable space in which to reproduce the item referred to, your comment and further comment of my own. Rabbits, But No Market. PORTLAND, May 20. (To the Editor.) Seeing so much about raising rabbits for the food of my country and everybody, I went to work and saved my money and have got the dandiest bunch of rabbits you over saw. But I'll be blest if 1 can sell them not a bit of it. So what's a fellow to do. for they surely eat their heads off. The markets don't want them and I wish you could hear the hotels say "no!" I wish you would help me, for honestly, I don't know what to do. A BOY. If this "Boy" has made a mistake it is a patriotic mistake Inspired by the patriotic, honest, good-intentioned though possibly illy-timed advice of the extension department of the Ore gon Agricultural College and many other enthusiastic volunteers and paid workers in the food production and food conservation campaign. There is a time in every boy's lito when he wants to raise rabbits. Ever alnce we have been carrying on the In dustrial Club work we have been con stantly besieged by the small boys to . know if they can raise rabbits as club work. Experts claim that meat can be pro duced with rabbits more cheaply than with any other animal or with any kind of fowl. Rabbit Real Delicacy. Rabbit meat is a real delicacy, highly prized by those accustomed to its use especially in England, where no sort of meat is more popular. In considera tlon of these facts and of the scarcity and high price of meat of all kinds the agricultural college this year added rabbit raising to the other projects of lered club members. While they are permitted to select from the list of 14 any one or two of the projects best suited to their tastes and opportunities, we have constantly emphasized the importance of their taking, this year, those projects that help to increase the food supply of the world, such as vegetable gardening. corn growing, potato growing, poultry raising, pig raising, sheep raising and rabbit raising. As in each other project, the winner In the statewide contest will be given a trip to the Oregon Agricultural Col lege and membership in the two weeks Summer school with all expenses paid, the Routledge Seed & Floral Company providing for the expenses of the win ner in rabbit raising this year. The project is proving a popular one and there is a large enrollment about 60 in Clackamas County alone, where happen to be working Just now and have the enrollment list at hand. Dish Held Inexpensive As I have already said, the small boy likes to raise rabbits and can, at small expense, in the village, city or on the farm, produce a large part of the meat supply of the'family In this way. vHe has been told that he can do his bit In this way and in so doing serve his country Just as patriotically as his older brother who shoulders his mus ket and goes to France to fight in the trenches. fuses to eat the rabbits, as the above quoted article would indicate that it is doing, and perhaps his own family, through prejudice, does not take to the economic and patriotic idea, the boy will soon be up against a discouraging proposition somewhat sim.ilar to that of the station agent in the story "Pigs Is Pigs." If we are to draw conclusions from this boy's experience, it would seem a. proper thing to have a rabbit-eating campaign similar to "potato-eating" week. Let the food demonstrators in struct in dressing and cooking his hareship and let the restaurants and hotels give his honor a conspicuous place on the menu card. With the great scarcity of food in the world, and the pressing need, of our resorting to the use of substitutes of all sorts in order that we may have the staples white flour, pork, the beef and- sugar to ship to the allies and to our soldiers in France, it seems a poor time to be guided ' by 'our prejudices. It is a case of duty and not preference now. Too many of us eat with our minds Instead of our mouths anyway. The name muskrat Is repulsive and hardly any one would think of eating it. no matter how attractively It might be served under that name; but when camouflaged under the name of marsh rabbit, it is said that people rave over its deliciousness. If it should yet hap pen, and the possibility exists, that we should get as hungry as the little children in. the Holy Land who were recently seen eating the putrid flesh off a dead camel, it would not be necessary to camouflage by name any article of diet set before us. In the campaign for voluntary food conservation and substitution, wonders have been accomplished. The mass of the people are doing their duty as they see it, but I fear none of us realize the seriousness and importance of the situation as we should. And there are slackers, not a few, who are living, eating 'and indulging in luxuries .just as they have always done, seeming to think that all requests and instructions IUH breeding ana line taste are always revealed by a woman's habits in letter paper. Not, mind you, by her choice of letter paper, but by her habits in letter paper. Anybody with good training and fair taste can select irreproachable stationery, but carelessness and slovenliness are soon er or later . inevitably revealed by a lapse in its use. The fastidious woman would rather put off writing a letter than send It on an Inferior grade of paper or some scrap torn from a pad, or on paper 111 mated to Its envelope. She seldom has to face such an al ternative, for her desk Is kept care fully supplied with stationery, just as her frocks are kept supplied with hooks and eyes and her spats with firmly sewed on buttons. She does not leave the ordering of letter paper until the last minute and then scribble off an important note on inferior paper with an apologetic "please pardon this paper, ' am all out," scrawled at the foot of the communication. Have you ever done that? Most folks have, at one time or another some of us a good many more times than there was any valid excuse for. had fresh letter paper been ordered in good sea son. For long, newsy letters to intimate friends or relatives, use a pad. by all means; a pad of fabric or thin bond paper, with envelopes of convenient size. For more formal communications and for general correspondence with acquaintances use the best paper you can afford and cultivate the habit of writing what you want to say in as few words as possible, but without a suggestion of abruptness of seeming lack of cordiality, so that one sheet will be enough for the letter, and that sheet bear a neat appearance and no over-crowding toward the end and fair margins to set off the written words. Fashionable just' now and In very good taste is white or tinted paper with envelopes lined with silver or with smart black and white stripes. Pale brown paper, gray or a soft gray blue may be selected. Keep to one kind of paper to lend your letters and notes individuality, and have every sheet engraved with your monogram or with the street address in small, neat .letters and In a darker tone of the tint used, giving the attractive two-tone effect to paper and engraving. EAR Friends. Here is a para graph I have Just read in a book on gardening: "Get it firmly fixed In your mind to start with, that if your garden does not yield adequate returns upon your labor, the fault is yours. You are working unintelllgently. and deserve no more than you are getting." That seems rather severe when we con- Ider how much we have to contend with In raising a garden for which we are not responsible. First, our soil we take as it is, good or poor. Yet we can make any soil we have good by careful tillage; deep and fine, early In the Spring, shallow and frequent from now on (keeping down all weeds), and by applying needed fertilizers and "soil amendments." Second, the weather is entirely out side our control, yet it is a vital factor in our success. But we can learn to work Intelligently with the weather. Instead of blindly without reference to it. We must not plant our crops too early; we must plant, as far us possible, with reference to the weather at the time of planting, and, above all, we must not "water our plants to death" by furnishing an unnatural and unhealthy spraying with the hose that keeps the surface soli only wet and brings the roots to the surface instead of forcing them to go down deep for moisture as nature Intended. Third, we are not responsible for the Insect pests that assail us, and the plant diseases whose spore "seeds" the wind brings to us; yet we can use the plain formulae for sprays and dust powders to kill these Insect pests given us, and we can use the proper remedy lor diseases which I will give today. Inaeetlcldea and Knnn-lclde. These have become as much of a ne cessity as fertilizers in the growth of farm and garden crops. A fungicide is any substance that will prevent the growth of fungus. These produce dis eases known as rust, smut. mold, mil dew, blight.' rot. -etc.. on Vegetables or fruit, and are really minute, thread-like plants that, growing on the surface of other plants. Just as corn grows in the soil, weaken these fruits or vege tables so that the leaves sometimes fall off. the fruit Is spotted or decays, etc. These fungus plants are so minute that we cannot ee them without a magnify ing glass. Their seed-like spores are carried about by the wind, for miles at a time, so there are few localities where these spores cannot be found, ready to grow under favorable conditions. These conditions. In. general, are moisture and heat combined. These spores need actual water, like rain or dew. to germinate, and after becoming rooted, grow off the juices of the plants. This robbing the plant of Its life fluid causes an Injury similar to robbing the body of blood. The amount of Injury done will depend upon, first. the condition of the weather, little or no Injury being done in cool, dry weather (like our weather last Sum mer); second, on the condition of the plants, strong, robust plants, like strong, robust people, resisting disease of all kinds, and delicate, weakly ones succumbing to it. We cannot help the weather, except in not watering our garden too much artificially, but we can strive to have our plants strong and vigorous to resist disease. This Is lnl-gTly accomplished by keeping them free from destructive insects. Use the formulae given recently in these let ters for Insect pests, and also use the old home remedies you have tried and found efficacious, like soapsuds for aphis, etc., ashes and soot for bugs and worms, etc. It is always a good thing to have the chimney sweep save all the soot from the chimney and put it around your vines in particular cu cumbers, melons. squash, etc., are greatly benefited by It. Above all things, when you do use any of the sprays recommended, spray thoroughly. Partial spraying is little better than none. See that the whole plant, from root to top. is thoroughly satsrated stem, branches and leaves. One spot untouched by the spray makes a sure refuge for the bug. ilordeaax Mixture. The sprays given are for Insects: for plant diseases and some insects as well, nothing is so good and so universally used as Bordeaux Mixture. I recently heard an Interesting account of how this was first discovered. A grape grower, near Bordeaux, France, was greatly troubled by boys stealing his grapes along the highway. In order to make the grapes unattractive he tried the plan of putting blue vitriol over them, and as this stopped the boys depredations he continued the practice for some years. Finally he no ticed how much finer the vines and grapes were than the others and be gan treating his whole vineyard with this blue solution, and from this came the universal use of "Bordeaux Mix ture." Bordeaux Mixture is a cure for al most every variety of plant disease. It can be safely used even before there la, any sign of disease, as a preventive. I Where the dtsease Is severe, apply It every few days, because new shoots of fer so many breeding places. The objec tion to It is that It is a "blue white ash" and discolors the plant and that it should be mixed fresh with each spray ing, though the vitriol and lime may be prepared ahead and kept in quantity if they are not mixed, and are kept cov ered to prevent evaporation. The prin cipal use of the lime Is to make the mixture stick to the plant and to ren der the copper sulphate less caustic, and one thorough spraying, if rain does not come in a day or two, will cling to the plant for a couple of weeks. Bor deaux Mixture cannot cure internal diseases of the plants. In case of an incurable bacterial trouble the plants must be dug up and destroyed, but It will cure surface diseases of leaf and stem. To make three gallons of Bodreaux. use lb. copper sulphate and lb. stone lime. The Conner sulphate, or blue vitriol, is very corrosive, so it must be made in a wooden pail, or granite. etc., container, as It eats tin. Put 1 qt. to lVi Qts. of water In the pall, tie the vitrol up In a small piece of bur lap and let this burlap bag hang down In the pail over night, so that It Just touches 'the water. In another pall or granite dish slake the lime by adding water to it as fast as the lime takes it up and no faster. When both are dissolved, add about 1 gallon of water to the vitriol solution and add enough water to the lime solution to make from gallon to 1 gallon In all. and then strain this slacked lime into the vitrol solution. Strain through a wire fly-screen, or through two thicknesses of burlap. Add to the mixture enough water to make 3 gallons in all and stir very thoroughly. Also stir it thorough ly every few minutes while spraying, Bordeaux Mixture should be made fresh for each spraying but the vitriol and lime may be prepared ahead in large quantities, if they are not mixed. as has been said. If you expect to need a considerable amount 40 lbs. of blue vitriol may be dissolved In 40 gallons of water, and 40 lbs. of lime slacked in 40 gallons of water, 4 gallons of each. mixed, making a basis for 60 gallons of Bordeaux Mixture. Or the proposl tlon is sometimes given as S lbs. (un slacked) lime and 6 lbs. blue vitriol to 50 gallons of water. This is put on from a spray barrel with a force pump In large quantities, but a galvanized hand spray will do for small amounts if you "are careful to spray it on thoroughly all over the plants and un der leaves, if infected. It is good to use on almost any plant, or fruit. It cures mildew in goose berries, it is fine to use on potatoes tomatoes, etc., it is a sure cure for the mildew on rose bushes and is the one general fungicide needed for the gar den, good to use as a preventive as well as a cure. Spraying for Plant Lice An Oregon Agricultural College circular letter by H. F. Wilson, entomologist, gives airec tlons for getting rid of aphis, etc which is very timely now, as this last cold, wet spell made them a pest to nearly all of us. on our rose bushes if not in our gardens. Indeed, we read of some sections where the crops are nearly ruined by them. The letter says The sprays in common use -against plant lice are, first, tobacco sprays second, oil sprays; third, soap sprays. Any one of these are efficient agalns all species of aphis, but it Is better to add a small amount of soap to the to bacco sprays to make them spread well. (Our seedsmen advise using whale oil soap with "black leaf 40" fo this purpose.) Plant lice secure the! food by sucking and must' be sprayed Arsenate of lead and other dust poisons are not effective against them. Tobacco Sprays These are more commonly used than the others and are more effective. Different preparation are made. Nicotine sulphate. 40 per cent. Is i concentrated tobacco solution sold on the market by various firms under dif ferent names, usually all good. "Black Leaf 40" Is a commercial preparation of the above made in Ken tucky, has been found satisfactory used alone and in combination with lime-sulphur. When combining with lime-sulphur dilute the lime-sulphur to the required strength for it. then add "Black Leaf 40" at the rate of one part to 1000 or 1200 parts of the diluted so lution. Trees upon which the leaf buds open before the flower buds may be sprayed to advantage with the combined spray.' just after the buds open. Those where the flower buds open first should be sprayed In the Spring lust as the buda open, so it is now too late for that. -Dilute lime-sulphur 1 to 12 and add three-quarters of a pint of nicotine sul phate to each 100 gallons of diluted lime-sulphur. If scale and moss are not present, use nicotine sulphate alona- and add one pound of whale oil soap to each 100 gallons of spray. Later ap plication will not do much good if the leaves are curled up tightly. Tha spray must be applied to the under side of the leaves. When It Is desirable to wse the to bacco sprays without the lime-sulphur, a small amount of soap helps to spread tne spray over the leaves. The water may be made sudsy with any soap, though whale oil soap is especially recommended. If the leaves of your plants are badly curled up the spray should be applied with great force, so -as to force It into the folds where th " plant lice are working. . Oil Sprays. Emulsified oil sprays are made of - oils made Into an emulsion with soaa. tne most common oil in use being kero- sene. Kerosene emulsion is usually prepared as a stock solution and then Z diluted as needed to the required -strength for spraying. It Is made as tuMuws. nara soap, pound: water.' one gallon; kerosene, two eallons. The soap should be dissolved in boilinc' water and when thoroughly dissolved t should be removed from the flr and kerosene added. The mixture must then be powerfully agitated together until it becomes a creamy white emul sion. This is best accomnlished hi forcing the mixture back and foritj through a hand pump for 15 minutes or more. When this becomes a smooth emulsion we have three gallons of a stock solution which can be kept and anuiea in quantities as desired. If you ish a 1 per cent solution, add 10 1-3 gallons of water to the three gallons of stock solution, or uwe part of it in the same proportion. Another authority says: "For use on trees it is diluted with 10 to 15 times its bulk of water. but can be used stronger in Winter. It is sure death to scales and plant lice if applied early enough. For large growers pumps have been Invented which will perfectly blend kerosene and water without the addition of soap. and this l far Vt.rl.r am in hi. ....... the proportion of kerosene can be in creased to even one-fourth the quan tity of water without injury to the plants if the application is made while the sun is shining. This emulsion Is fatal to even the dreaded San Jose scale." Soap Sprays, The O. A. C. circular says that soap sprays are made from several differ ent soaps, some of which are especially prepared for the purpose. Whale oil soap is generally used. and. in combina tion with quassia chips. It makes a splendid spray for use against the hop louse. It is very effective alone ap plied thoroughly at the rate of one pound of whale oil soap to six or seven gallons of water. (Another authority says:. "Whale oil soap, one pound of soap to four or five gallons of water, used to be a popular remedy, but is rapidly giving place to kerosene emul sions, which are mose easily prepared and less offensive.") Those of us who had a New England mother or grand mother always helped carry out the washing suds every Monday, Just as sure as the washing was done, in growing weather. With palls and tubs WA lahnr.fl frnm cmnll 1 1 .1 ,n . a put it on and around the rose bushes. c i v, Btirnue tromes in ana tells us that a soap solution Is good for aphis, and we have the approval of. science on our youthful endeavors. Why not do that here and empty the washing suds on our rosebushes or any plants affected by aphis, washing well over the foliage? Beside the value as an lnsecticiue the wash water enriches the soil as a fertilizer, but be sure to stir the soil well afterward don't let it crust. Muaa Km i ( . Ornamentals. Roaea. Ke- O. A. C. bulletin says spray as for fru-tt trees, except that oil sprays or soup sprays can be used if more con venient. They should be sprayed when ever lice are found, and if the lice are on the under side of the leaves, the spray must be applied so as to reach them, or branches dipped into a pail of suds. etc. If you use kerosene emul sion dilute it to 10 per cent. Vegetables. Peas. Cabbage. Etc. Nicotine sulphate 40 per cent, three fourths of a pint to 100 gallons of water or one teaspoonful to each gal lon and add a small uni'-int of soap, preferably whale oil soap, to give bet ter spreading qualities. If this spray does not' prove satisfactory for any particular plant use kerosene emulsion made 10 per cent strength. YOl'R ;artkn NEIGHBOR. DOUBLE-THUMBED WRISTLET. In connection with the need for socks and sweaters among our men in the Army and Navy there is a third need. Wristlets are wanted and in large quantities. Physicians say with reason that one of the weakest spots In a If, however, the public re-Jnian's physique is his wrists. Let that part of his body be chilled or wet and to lay aside, and make wristlets for the discomfort is distributed over his whole frame. Afford ample protection there and much illness is avoided. - The moral of the homily Is clear: The soldiers must have that which will keep them in the best of health and spirits, so out with your knitting needles, that these hot days urge you your boys. Directions for the wristlet: The dou-ble-thmubed wristlet shown In the picture is a simple contrivance to give the wristlet a longer life. The open ing for the thumb is made at either end in exactly the same fashion as the opening described In the following di rections. The instructions are those of the lied v'rows and may be secured from it at SO East Washington street. Chicago. The wristlets when finished. If turned In to the Red Cross shop at 60 East Washington street, will be sent directly to the men. Materials: Half a hank khaki-colored wool; four steel needles, size 3 bone or 10 steel. Knit loosely. Cast on 6J stitches on three needles; lo-lt.-20. Knit i. purl 2 for 8 inches. To make opening for thumb, knit purl 2 to end of "third" tieedle. turn; knit and purl bark to end of "first" needle, always slipping first stitch, turn. Continue knitting back and forth for 2 inches. From this point continue as first for 4 Inches for the hand. Bind off loosely and buttonhole thumb open-Ing. Girls! Use Lemons! Make a Bleaching, Beautifying Cream i 1' 1 - ill 1 1 r 'wntiii. .... a.,., .,, vSinii ii The juice of two fresh lemojs strained Into a bottle containing three ounces of orchard white makes a whole quar ter pint of the most remarkable lemon skin beautlfier at bout the cost one must pay for a small jar of the ordin ary cold creams. Care should be taken to strain the lemon juice through a, fine cloth so no lemon pulp gets In. then this lotion will keep fresh for months. Every woman knows that lem on Juice la used to bleach and remove such blemishes as freckles, sallowness and tan and is the Ideal skin softener, smoothener and beatifter. Just try it! Get three ounces of orchard white at any pharmacy and two lemons from the grocer and make up a quarter pint of this sweetly frag rant lemon lotion and massage it daily Into the face, neck, arms and hands. It naturally should help to soften, freshen, bleach and bring out the roses and beauty of any skin. It is simply marvelous to moo then rough, red bands. Ad T.