FROCKS FOR EVENING
S U IT A B LE FOR TH E YOUNG GIRL
ATTE N D IN G COLLEGE.
Nssd Not Be Expensive, but They
Must Be of Pretty Materiel, Suit
able to Her Age, and Per.
feet in Fit.
should he a delicate baby blue.
Shadow or Val. lace will accord well
with the dainty girlishness of the
frock. The skirt Is a four-gore model,
slightly gathered at the top and meas
uring two and a half yards at the
foot. It Is trimmed with a band of
corded shirring Just below the knee,
and the skirt Is Intended to reach to
the ankles. Both frocks described to
day allow for an ankle length skirt.
If the skirt Is shorter, a little less ma
terial will answer. The corded shir
ring Is made o f a bias strip of the
silk, four Inches wldi, turned In at NEAT BARN FOR SMALL FARM
the edges over cable cord. The shir
ring should not be too full, and the Driveway Makes Convenient 8torage
fo r Wagons and Other Imple
band may be machine stitched, or
sewed on by hand over the shirring
ments— Warm In Winter.
stitches. The belt is also a shirred,
This barn should be built for $450,
corded band, with rosettes at front
and back. The back rosette Is a small especially where a man Is so situated
round affair, finished with a covered he can do most of the teaming at odd
silk button. The rosette at the front times. In size, It is 34 by 38 feet, and
is made of loops o f bias tafTeta, shir
red along one edge, over cord. The
drawing up of the silk over the cord,
at the Inner edge, gives the loop Its
rounded shape. This frock fastens
down the center back, one of the taf
feta straps fastening across a trifle,
under the rosette, the last thing.
The bodice Is made of tucked chif
fon and If the tucks are set well
apart and run by hand the frock will
be more dainty. It will be well to
mount the tucked chiffon over a lit
tle lining of thin net, but this Is not
absolutely necessary. Make the bod
End Elevation.
ice In three pieces, a loosely fitting
front and two backs, with sleeves set ihe driveway during the greater part
Into armholes.
The sleeve extends of the year makes a convenient stor
just over the elbow and Is finished age for wagons and farm Implements.
with a band of lace insertion and be As the distance is not too great to
low this a little hem of the taffeta.
back out with an empty wagon, there
Cut of the Overbodice.
are doors at only one end o f the
The only complication this gown driveway.
This should
make the
will offer to the home dressmaker Is barn warmer In winter, writes W. A.
In the cut of the taffeta overbodice or Radford In the Farmer's M ail and
bolero. At the back this Is simply In
the shape of two broad straps, which
are five Inches wide, covering the
shoulder seam from armhole to round
ed out neck; but In front broadening
out to form surplice crossover fronts.
Experiment first with a piece of old
material to get the overbodice right.
Each side will require a length of ma
terial long enough to reach from the
back
o f the
waistband over the
EW YO RK.— The young girl
going away to college or board
ing school should be prepared
for the frequent social evenings
and special festivities that will surely
arise with a pretty evening gown or
two. These gowns need not be ex
pensive—‘ Indeed
most schools for
girls forbid the wearing of elaborate
and costly raiment by the students,
but the gowns should be Indisputably
"evening" gowns— affairs of special
prettiness and delicacy of color for
dressup occasions, and each gown
should be accompanied by a pair of
matching slippers and stockings and
by a band or fillet of soft ribbon, or
some similar ornament for the hair.
The two evening gowns described
today are essentially glrllBh In type,
with simple lines and modest decol-
letage; but they are made of soft,
rich evening fabrics and the colors
are girlishly light and dainty.
Model No. 1, as planned here, Is
built of pale pink charmeuse in com
bination with shadow or filet lace of
creamy tone. A dollar and a half
charmeuse should be selected, as any
cheaper quality of satin will lack the
softness and richness of texture de
sirable In a draped evening costume.
Select a very faint pink charmeuse
and a creamy, rather than pure white
lace. If you wish to achieve a
"F ren ch y" effect.
Pale pink and
cream are always lovely together,
and deep pink with garish white
should always be avoided, as the com-
binatlon Is perilously apt to be Dutch
rather than French.
Matter of Lining.
The frock is made up over a soft
thin lining, which may be of pink ba
tiste, white nainsook —or of thin pink
silk, if one cures to pay the extra
price. Waist and skirt are Joined, the
fastening coming at the side of the
lace panel at the back, and In the
gathers of the skirt just below this
point. Make the waist lining rather
loose and hook it up the back. The
neck is rounded out In girlish fash
ion, sloping away well at the sides,
but being rather high and close to the
throat at front and back. The arm
holes are largo and the shoulder lines
long, the short, loose sleeve being set
Into the armhole of the lining These
sleeves are cut In one piece and
should not reach over the elbow The
lace band Is set at* the ends of the
sulin and not over It, to produce a
delicate effect.
The lace panels front and back are
simply strips of the wide lace inser
tion, and either shadow or filet lace
may be used. They should bo laid
over similar strips of the pink char
meuse and attached to the waist lin
ing, the lower part of the lace and
satin being gathered softly into the
waistband and the round neck finish
ed with an inch wide band o f the
satin. This band should not be cut
on the bias, or It will not fit smooth
ly. When the waist has been stitched
up at the shoulders (but not at the
side Beams) lay it out on paper and
mark around the oval which the neck
opening will make.
This will give
you a guide for the binding of satin.
For the Lace Panel.
The lace panel at the back should
be hemmed or faced down one side
and hooked down to small flat eyes
placed on the Hning
Finally, drape
the charmeuse over the lining, carry
ing long strips over the shoulders on
each side of the panel from the back
o f the waistband to the front. The
•trips should be turned under two or
three inches at the outside edge, the
fold extending over the top of the
sleeve. Similar folds extend over the shoulder and down again to the front
lace panel at the Inner edges of the of the waistband. This strip Is per
•atln strips and the satin Is gathered fectly straight at one edge— the edge
Into the waistband at the back and at the outside of the shoulder. At the
back and front. Tack and blladstltch Inner edge the strip Is straight (and
the satin to the lining so that It will five Inches wide) from the back of the
bold Its place without showing any waistband up to the shoulder. From
definite stiffness; the whole effect this point the material widens In a
should be soft, loose and graceful, slanting cut until It Is at least 18
and the waist should suggest a loose, Inches wide where It gathers Into the
easy fit.
front of the waistband to make the
The skirt Is cut from a two piece pat surplice. Put strings of the lace Inser
tern, the top being of the lining mate tion across the top of the chiffon
rial, and the skirt should be two yards waist between the silk shoulder
wide at the foot. At the left side the straps.
•atln reaches some Inches above the
Model No. 1, pink charmeuse and
knee, while at the right
side
It cream lace youthfully combined; to
reaches not quite as high as the knee. tal cost, $10.42. This frock will re
This emphatic slope of the skirt trim quire In the 18-year slie 4*4 yards of
ming will add much smartness to the charmeuse. 46 Inches wide, at $1.50 a
little costume.
The lace Insertion yard; 6 yards o f thin lining material
follows the slope and the Insertion at about 15 cents a yard; 384 yards
Is not gathered, but slightly eased of wide lace Insertion at 60 cents a
along, so that It hangs gracefully yard; \ of a yard of narrow Inser
over the narrow skirt. The pannler- tion at 20 cents a yard; three pink
tunlc Is also cut In two pieces, but silk roses at 25 cents each.
several extra Inches should be al
Model No. 2, a pale blue evening
lowed at the side seams, and also at gown o f girlish destgn; total cost.
the fold In front and beck when cut $6 88 This frock will require In the
ting out the tunic. Gather It at the 18-year else, 5 yards o f yard-wide
top, cutting the placket at the left taffeta at $1 a yard; 1H yards of
side o f the hack among the gathers shadow lace at 25 cents a yard.
to correspond with the opening o f the
Pretty Hems Dress.
waist a' the side of the panel. The
The Illustration shows a good home
tunic should be five Inches longer dress In Durbar brown rough serge-
than the space It Is to cover, gathered The skirt Is trimmed at foot by a
sltghtly at the lower edge and handsome many-colored design em
looped up under.
broidered on a black satin ground.
In Delicate Pale Blue.
On the bodice, which la Magyar, the
Model No. 1 Is an Inexpensive little embroidery la used to outline the
frock In the delicate pale blue color square neck and Is carried down the
that Is always becoming to young left side of front to end of basque;
girts. It Is made of taffeta, with a the sleeves are trimmed to match. A
bodice o f pale blue chiffon under a band of black satin
encircles the
little bolero like jacket of the taffeta. waist.
A soft, chlffony weight of
taffeta
Materials required. 38k yards serge
should be selected, and the color 46 Inches wide, 3 yards trimming.
N
Floor Plan.
Breeze. A space is left over the
driveway for putting hay up into the
mow overhead. This mow is capable
of bolding 15 or 20 tons of hay.
PROPER FEED FOR THE COLT
Something More Than Mere Filling Is
Required by Young Animal—
Don’t Use the Whip.
(B y M A Y P E IN T N E R .)
A young and growing animal re
quires something more than mere
filling. It must have nutritious and
tissue building,
blood-making food.
It is much easier and cheaper to
put two years’ growth on a colt the
first year of its age than it Is to
"make up” for a year's loss o f growth
In two or three years. A good growth
the first year o f a colt’s life costs less
than at any other age and 13 twice
as valuable to the breeder—a fact
that Is too often Ignored. Spare the
feed and spoil the colt is surely true.
In training the colt do not use the
whip simply because you have It. It
Is a very poor driver who makes a
blow the starting signal.
See that
there Is feed and water In abundance
and a clean, dry bed.
Don't neglect the shoeing; It Is
vital on slippery roads or pavements;
nor the blanket In cold weather, when
the colt Is standing out. Don’t over
load nor let the colt stand In the
sun, nor where water drops on him.
W e believe that down In the heart of
every man Is some kindness and
sense of Justice.
T o Avoid the Runty Pig.
Runty pigs stand a poor show at
the feeding trough with a bunch of
their husky brothers and sisters. As
they are crowded out o f place nstur-
ally they do not get enough to eat to
keep them growing and they stay
runty.
A trough arranged with V-shaped
partitions set strongly In the trough,
would give the little fellows an equal
show with the big ones, and the
weaker ones could get their share of
food. A handy man can make such
a trough arrangement In an hour or
so, and the even growth o f his pigs
would more than pay for his trouble.
Breaking the Colt.
The earlier the colt is made used
to the harness, the better broken the
animal w ill be when It comes time
for him to do some light work. It Is
easier to keep colts from learning
bad tricks than to break them of
such habits. For that reason have
every strap and rope used by the
colts so strong that there Is no dan
ger o f a break. Once a colt finds
out that he can get away from a
halter or other parts o f the harness
there will be trouble, perhaps for all
time.
Eliminates Hard Work.
The hardest work any farm horse
ever performed was to furnish power
for the old-fashioned horse-killing
threshing machine. The gasoline en
gine has stopped that species o f cruel-
ty.
Value of Good Halters.
It Is cheaper to buy good halters
than to pay the damages resulting
from a runaway.
CAPTURESJIM CORSON
Cowboy Then Turned the Tables and
Captured the Pretty Little
Teacher.
EXPLA IN ED
turn about fair play? You kept me
on the jump dodging you day after
day. 1 couldn't eat or sleep.
You
captured me fair and square, and I
am yours forever." There was ten
der malice In the smile he now turned
upon her.
“ Never did a man try harder to
avoid a pretty girl than I. I was a
fool, I admit, and my only excuse Is
that I never had any experience of
your fair sex, most unfair sex.”
“ Fair sex, fair sex; why can't you
sometimes say woman. I am tired,
tired of It all.” And the big tears
stood in her beautiful eyes.
A ll at once she espied Manly across
the street, and with a “ Thank G od!”
she hurried across to him.
A fter that day the little teacher
had no cause to complain o f Jim's
attention to her.
He as studiously
avoided meeting her now as he did
tru n k s
st
before she surprised him asleep un
der the trees. But he did not re
turn to his friends at the Highspire.
He spent his time riding in the hill
country.
jitffe
J û h a -
The evening before he was to leave
( o T
h e lp
Tytown to go back to the ranch he
stood outside the schoolhouse, which
was used as a place of worship.
ô ’o i"
Suddenly Jim’s attention was ar
rested by a whispering Just under
the window nearest the door.
“ Dat Manly, he ain't got no busi
L -o n \
ness having his meeting in the road
way outside my place. He's most
OUR DEBT TO BUMBLE-BEES
ruined me," muttered the voice of
Pedro Havez, the half Mexican, half
These Busy Little Workers Play Im
Indian, keeper of the gambling hell
portant Part In Fertilization of
on the edge o f Tytown. "H e got ter
Many Pretty Flowers.
go," he added fiercely.
"Maybe he show fight,” objected
Barney Hoskin Standlsh In an ar
another of the same tribe.
ticle on “ The Bumble-Bee” for the St.
"T h e boys are near by. W e’ll soon Nicholas says;
The work of
the
settle dat. H e'll not like de feel of bumble-bee In bringing about the
dis knife. He's nothin’ but a voice. cross-fertlllzatlon o f flowers Is as Im
He has no fight.”
portant as that o f the honey-bee, and
Jim quietly placed himself In the these two stand at the head of the list
shadows close by the door and wait of Insects useful In this reBpect. Each
ed. It seemed to him an eternity be has Its flowers which it alone visits,
fore the last hymn was sung and the but there are many flowers on neu
congregation dispersed.
tral ground, visited by both. So we
The little teacher, holding to the may say of the bumble-bee. as of the
landlady’s arm, came out brushing al honey-bee, the more bumble-bees the
most against her unseen watcher.
more seeds; the more seeds the more
Manly sat still for some time, his flowers— specially wild flowers, as the
head on his arm, but finally ha put tall bell-flower, touch-me-not, Solo-
out the lights and came slowly to the mon’s-seal,
gentian,
Dutchmen's-
door. He was turning to place the breeches, and turtle-head. But prob
key In the lock when he felt himself ably the most Important work this In
Jerked to one side just as something sect does for agriculture is upon the
whizzed by his ear. Corson, with fields o f red clover. There Is abun
amazing swiftness, grabbed him Just dant proof that this plant will not pro
In time, and at the same moment duce seed without the co-operation of
landed the sandbagger one with hti the bumble-bee. It Is Impossible for
left fist. The Mexican grunted one« the wind to bring about the fertiliza
and
dropped, then
Pedro
Havel tion o f the seed, as it may do in the
whistled. It seemed to Jim that fot case o f Indian corn, grain and some
the next five minutes the shadows forest trees. The tube o f red-clover
vomited Mexicans. But he was elated blossomd, too, Is so long that other In
He was a man whose spirits rose at sects (Including the honey-bee) are
the first hint of action. His fist« not regular visitants.
shot out with the regularity of clock
Here Is proof that this plant must
work. He forgot his loneliness, hll have visits from the bumble-bee. This
heart hunger, even his love. And Insect Is not a native of Australia,
Preacher Manly, too, was not behind and red-clover failed to produce seed
in the fight. His wiry agility rendered there until bumble-bees were Import
him almost unreachable.
ed. As soon as they became numerous
Jim was so joyously occupied that the plant could be depended upon for
he was actually deaf to the frightened | seed. Again, the blossoms of the first
cries of his beloved one, who, at crop o f the "medium red-clover” of
tracted by the sounds of the fray, had our own country are Just as perfect as
returned to investigate. She and ths those o f the second crop, but there
landlady stood trembling In the shad are too few bumble-bees in the field,
ows of the trees the few minutes th« so early In the season, to produce fer
fight lasted.
tilization; hence little or no seed la
Finally the Mexicans, badly bat this crop. If bumble-bees were suffi
tered, slipped this way and that ciently numerous there Is no reason
through the gloom until all had dis why much larger yields of clover seed
persed. Corson and the preachet might not be expected than at pres
bound those that w-ere left with good e n t
stout ropes and left them In ths
schoolhouse.
" I hope I shall soon be able to do CLEVER TRICK WITH FINGERS
something for you. If only to show
you how great my pleasure would bs Middle Digit May Be Turned Under
In 8uch Way That It la Entirely
in serving you," said Manly, wringing
Obscured From View.
Corson's hand.
By I. W. D. PETERS.
Jim Corson was sitting on an up
turned box outside the Iflghspire sa
loon. A frown adorned his frank,
good-looking face as he tried in vain
to hide his six feet of brawn and
muscle.
"H ere she comes now,” shouted one
of the group surrounding him, as a
pretty girl, about twenty years old.
was seen approaching from the direc
tion of the schoolhouse.
She was followed by a troop of
children, and her brown eyes were
alight with the joy of life. Jim got
up hurriedly and entered the saloon.
“ Oh, Mr. Perkins,” cried she in a
clear, sweet voice, "is Mr. Corson
there? I wish to speak to him."
“ No’m. He Just stepped down the
street.”
Jim stood back from the window
at the Highspire counter. There was
a glass of whisky before him, but his
hand trembled so that he could not
lift It to hts lips.
“ I am so sorry. When he returns
w ill you tell him there Is a meeting
In the schoolhouse tonight. W e hope
he will come and bring his friends.”
Her soft tones reached a place In.
Jim's consciousness never touched be
fore.
"Y ea’m, I'll tell him; but why don’t
you invite me?”
"Oh, you’ll be there,” she answered
merrily.
For a moment an unreasoning ha
tred of Perkins
suffused
Corson’s
being. He felt as if his friend were
poaching on his preserves. He turned
and strode out of the back door of
the Highspire saloon, leaving his
whisky untouched.
But that night at the boarding
house, when he heard her voice out
side the dining room door, he left his
half-eaten supper and slipped out
through the kitchen. From that day
— when not occupied with the busi
ness of the ranch— he spent most of
his time dodging the young teacher,
yet he longed to meet her face to
face.
His business In Tytown was to ship
the cattle sent in from the ranch to
the packers to whom they were con
signed. One morning, hours before
it was necessary, he started out to
meet a herd of young steers. He
reached the meeting place tired out,
and, dismounting, he stretched him
self under a tree and was soon sleep
ing soundly.
Suddenly he felt a soft touch on
his brow, and, opening his sleep-be
mused eyes, he looked into twinkling
brown orbs set in a pretty girl face
framed In curls that the September
sun turned into purest gold.
“Am I in heaven?” he whispered
reverently to the vision.
“ No, but I hope we shall start you
In the right direction to reach there,”
answered a masculine voice, and Cor
son frowned when he realized that
the voice came from Preacker Manly,
who was bolding the horses In the
road a few feet away.
Jim jumped up and stood hat in
hand gazing at the teacher.
“ I am the school teacher in T y
town, Miss Brennen," she explained.
"W hat a fool I have been,” mur
mured Jim.
"Mr. Corson,” began the preacher,
“ we have been trying for some time
to see you.”
"So I have heard," interrupted Jim
grimly.
"W e have concluded from careful
observation that you are the counter
Influence in this community. I Judge
It best,” went on Manly oratorlcally,
"Thanks, but I leave Tytown at
T o find out how sharp the eyes o f
"to come to you, the fountain head daylight,"
Jim
replied,
somewhat
some o f your friends are try the fol
o f the saloon group, to beg that you sadly.
lowing trick In their presence;
come to our side for the good of Ty
At dawn the next morning Jim
Place your left hand over your right
town."
came out of the boarding house, after
“ You mean to go to church?” an bidding the landlady good-by, to
swered Jim, who was only vaguely mount his horse. He was going back
aware that the good man was speak to the ranch to work, to forget. If pos-
ing.
alble.
"That Is a step In the right direc
Before he could reach his steed
tion.”
a small figure with wistful brown
"W ell,” promised Jim, his eyes still eyes and tear-stained face darted out
on the confused girl, "I'll be there to him.
sure; yes, every time the doors are
"Aren't you going to say good-by to
open.”
me, too?" she whispered.
Middle Finger Hidden.
And that moment began the
re
"Good-by, dear little teacher. Bs
versal of the order that had hitherto happy.”
so that only the tips of your four fin
prevailed. Jim attended church at
"Oh. but I don't want you to say gers show. Hand a pencil to one of
all times In the wake of the young good-by,” she sobbed.
the boys or girls and tell them to rest
teacher. Once he was started In her
He looked at her stupidly— the va the point on the end of your finger
direction he would go In no other.
garies of womankind would never bs which they think Is the middle one,
He sighed soulfully every time the easily understood by Jim— but slowly
that Is, the longest one.
memory of her soft touch came back he became aware of the meaning ol
Your friend will look at your finger
to him.
her changed expression, and the inis
One day, after Miss Brennen had ery left his face and it was filled with
been more than usually indifferent glory wonderful to behold.
to his attentions, he was sitting in his
"A fte r all. Jim,” cried Manly from
favorite spot outside the Highspire the doorway, “ there Is something 1
deep In thought.
can do for you.”
“ Nothin' but seein' teacher Is any
pleasure any more.” he mused, after
High Financing.
a prolonged scrutiny of the small
Mrs. Jones— Which shall I taka,
building at the end of Tytown's one dearie; that dress for $80 or this one
street, from which came the sing-song for $80?
voices o f children reciting lessons.
Mr. Jones (in
an undertons)— I
tips closely, and perhaps will say he
“ Even liquor has lost Its savor, and have only $80 with me.
scarcely knows which one to mark,
hare I sit day after day like a bump
Mrs. Jones
(with Inspiration)—
on a log waitin’ for school to 1st out Then we will take the $80 gown and for they all look so much alike. Final
Just two weeks ago I was a carefree charge It, and buy me a new hat w ith • ly, he will choose one. Open your
hand. Much to the dismay of your
man. and If I wasn't happy I was too the $80.—Judge.
friend he will find that he marked ths
much of a durn fool to know It.”
Reduced to Comprehensible Term#. first finger, the third, or the little ons.
Here Mr. Corson's meditations were
Let another person try his luck.
"W hat Is an afternoon t e a r ’ aaked
broken off by the eruption of the chtl
Hs, too, will meet with disappoint
dren from the schoolhouse.
The the old-time friend.
teacher followed a few minutes later. ■ "W e ll." replied Mr. Cumrox, "as m ent After you have allowed several
and. after locking the door hurriedly, near as I can explain It, It’s an e l » parsons to try, without success, dls-
she ran down the street as If she gant and refined form of what yon close the trick to them If you like.
T ell them you were able to fool
and I were once familiar
with as
were trying to escape some one.
them because your middle fingsr
Before she had gone far, Jim o v e r 'fres lunch.' ”
wasn't there at all but was folded un
took her. When he reached her side
der. The only way anyone could find
No Chanes.
she turned upon him.
"Wombat ts down for a speech at this out would be to sit behind ths
"Mr. Corson, this amounts to p er
performer.
•ecutton. 1 cannot stand It. You must ths open-air rally.”
"H e's a tiresome mutL L e t’s leave
•top following me,”
She paused
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breathless, her face flushed, her eyes him off."
The Imperial library of Parts con
"Can’t be did. Mrs. Wombat Is
angry
“ Miss Brennen. don't you think down for a dozen fried chickens."
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