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Thr Term "Old Maid."
I wish the coming generation ot
romen would try amid their mora
atpectacular reform to abolish tho term
"oM maid." Impossible, you say. Not
at all. How do It? Simply by ceasing
to say old maid when you mean "un
married woman," and by teaching chil
dren to do the same.
t don't believe there Is a phrase in
tho language that has caused as much
heartache and shame as those two
-words, says a writer In the Albany
Times-Union. Show me an unmarried
-woman between SO and 40 who
-wouldn't rather be called a scold, or
ma egotist, or almost anything rather
4han aa old maid. You can't. One
feeara a good doal about women mar
a-ylag for a home. I don't believe half
mo many women marry for a home as
Marry to keep from being called old
maids. And I don't wonder, for the
idea "old maid" no longer simply
aueans an unmarried woman. In its
travels down the centuries It has pick
ed up such unpleasant suggestions ot
angularity and unlovellness that the
wort independent woman might shrink
from such a designation.
There are plenty of women who by
their dlsagreeble characteristics do de
serve such a term ot reproach as old
xaald has grown to be, but they are
net all on one side ot the altar by
i any means. I know several married
eld maids, and I know several unman-
Tied women who radiate that love and
womanliness which are "apt to asso-
, date with the married state. It is the
Insinuation that one has never been
loved that make the term old maid
aioit cruel.
Tna Beat Lift,
The surprise ot life always comes
fa finding how we have missed the
things which have Iain nearest us
I'aow wo have gone far away to seek
that which was close by our side all
the time. Men who lire best and
longest are apt to come, as the re
sult of their living, to the conviction
, that life is not only richer, but stm
v $ler, than It seemed to them at first
i Me go to vast labor, seeking after
peace and happiness. It seems to
them as though It were far away from
them as though they must go
through vast and strange regions to
set It. They must pile up wealth,
they must see every possible danger
or mishap guarded against before they
eaa have peace. Upon how many old
saea' has it come with a strange sur
prise that peace could come to rich
or poor only with contentment, and
that they might as well have been con-
teat at the very beginning as at the
very end of life. They have made a
long Journey for their treasure; and
waea at last they stop to pick it up,
2ol it Is shining close beside the root
print which they left when they set
, out tq travel in a circle! Phillips
Crooks.
New Sleeves.
"Whllo sleeves continue to be close
Sitting at the nrmholo they are steadily
increasing In width toward the lower
edge. The long sleeve Is also yielding
tto the three-quarter or "bridge" sleeve
?or dressy wear. Three of these new
$ sleeves show the oversleeve of cloth
I above an underaleeve of lighter fabric
a smart notion Just now, Thesleevo
in the center nhowB an attractive ar
rangement of wrist trimming In the
plaits, small buttons and moire silk
cuff. The two remaining models show
Marie Antoinette sleeve with elbow
rills for a house gown, and a chiffon
S
sleeve banded by cloth strappings, for
a chiffon bodice built to match a cloth
skirt.
vwv
Mrs. Lucy O. Perkins, now an ex
pert guide at the Metropolitan Museum
of Art in New York, has been on the
regular staff ot the museum for sev
eral years.
There la one woman student at tbs
Missouri School ot Mines, Miss Era
Hlrdler, ot St Louis. Miss Hlrdler,
who Is In the Junior class. Is working
for the degree of mining engineer.
England has a mounted ambulance
corps ot women. The first sis months
ot the course are devoted to first aid
and nursing. After that attention Is
paid to rhoottng and riding. The
corps Is Increasing in numbers.
Miss Llule L. Johnson, ot Casey,
I1L, during the twenty-seven years that
she was confined to hor room by Ill
ness, Is said to have raised $17,000 by
making and selling bookmarks. He
sides giving a large amount to foreign
missions. Miss Johnson assists several
rixutas for
DAXDCAU OB.TAMEXT.
The clever glri can make pretty
coiffure ornaments like this. The
bandeau Itself is of gold gauze sewn
with small pink beads and edged with
narrow gold braid. A slender wire Is
run along both edges to keep the ban
deau in shape. At the ends are at
tached big pink roses and a bit of
maidenhair, the roses being pinned
fast to the hair Just back of tho ears
and the bandeau crossing the head
Just back of the brow.
native Christian workers In the Orient
She Is said to have carried on the
large correspondence connected with
her work without assistance.
Mrs. Philip N. Moore, president of
the General Federation of Women's
Clubs, says that during her recent visit
to the Isthmus she found eighteen
clubs In tho canal zone doing work
which compares most favorably with
that of clubs In the States.
The Dureal of Education In Manila
has established a training school for
nurses. Miss Malvlna M. McKeever,
of Itoxbury. Mass., who served as a
nurse in the Spanish war and later a
matron in the civil hospital at Manila,
is to have charge of the new under
taking. The students will be Filipino
girls.
Saw Through Illra,
Bald a sorrowful spook to his wld:
"You don't love me as much aa you
did!"
"You forget" said his frau,
"I can see through you now.
From the tips of your shoes to your
lid."
Life.
Making- Plea for Hale,
At one ot the largest ple-baklng es
tablishments In this country it is said
that on an average tblrty-ono pies per
minute are turned out, and the night
ly capacity of the plant Is 30,000 pies.
Under the methods la vogue a
short tleie ago this would require the
SwoiiiJ
S&jfc BraSt SJSIH
services ot from 80 to 100 bakeni bat
the work Is now done by a much
smallor number, owing to the Intro
duction ot machinery, Tho trimming
ot the pies as formerly an operation
which required the services ot many
persons, hut a machine has been re
cently dovlied by which the task la
dono almost automatically. Indeed It
Is only necessary to have attendance
to feed the pics to the machine and
to take them away again. Tho actual
baking Is done In rotary orons, which
are operated by a single man, and a
few ot these machines will look after
the product ot a large place. In. tho
particular plant under discussion two
men nro kept busy In tho delivery
room, where tho pies are sorted and
gotten ready for tho delivery men.
Ienr Hubble" Wilt flood.
'To my dear hubble I glvo nil my
estate, real and personal, for he Is
entitled to It," was the will that fig
ured In a $3,C00 real estate lawsuit
tried In court at Iancaster, Pa., re
cently. William V. Elsenberger sold a prop
erty for 3,500 to Mrs. Sallle E. Eck
man, but the latter refused to accept
the deed tendered because Elaenber
gers title came to him through the
will ot Mrs. Elsenberger, above quoted.
The court ruled that the testatrix,
the wife ot Elsenberger, Intended that
he should Inherit her estate, even It
she did not mention htm by name, the
Inference being that she meant her
husband when she called him "Dear
Hobble."
Kat Yoar Cake, Don't Suva It.
"People are always quoting the say
ing about eating your cake to the un
fortunates whom they wish to force
to save money," says a philosophical
woman writer. "I know a lot ot peo
ple who have nover had pretty homes,
pretty clothes nor what I may call a
good time, because they are saving
the hair.
THE COSO.tET UOAID.
Invisible combs and hairpins bare
been the rule In Paris for several sea
sons, but now the tide has turned and
hairpins are monstrous affairs, which
are the most conspicuous part of the
halrdresslng. The coronet braid, at
tached with half a dozen huge shell
pins and caught underneath at the
back with a shell barette to match,
Is the modish colffuro arrangement
now.
their money for an old age which they
may never reach. I had rather live
In a poorhouse In ray old nge than in
one all my life, as some folks do, I
believe In the apostle's injunction to
fnirA nn thmipht tnr fhn mnrrnw. hut
to enjoy the things of tday. So you
cannot scare me with any tale that
It I eat my cake I cannot have It
My motto is, 'If you save the cake you
cannot have It,' and It Is much more
logical than the other."
Han&lna Plelurea,
Our sitting room wall was covered
with small framed pictures, and when
new paper had to be hung we were In
despair at the thought of removing
them. The didculty of striking lath
with the picture book was well
known, from experience. To our clurn-
ay expedient ot measuring distances
the paper hanger offered a clever Bug-
gestlon. When the picture book bad
been removed he Inserted In the hole
a small piece of wooden toothpick,
which pierced the damp paper an It
was hung. To remove the splinter
and screw the hook again Into place
was a simple operation.
The Tnbie Flower..
For a long dining table two masse
of flowers can be well used. Tho low,
rectangular form Is often built on a
discarded pasteboard suit box, which
holds a dish and Is hidden from view
by a covering of white paper and the
flower
WSWSrtSrtrtWWS
Aitranlnae of n Kiln.
Silos havo becomo one ot tho fixed
appointments ot successful dairy and
stock farms whero economy In feed Is
necessary to achieve profitable results.
The expense of a silo often prevents
Its uie by farmers who feel that they
cannot spare the money tor such an
equipment Tho Intelligent feeder
who has carefully Investigated the ad
vantages ot a silo Is the man loudest
in its praise, it has becomo recog
nized that high class results In feed
ing live stock cannot be consummated
without feeding ullage.
Deleterious results seldom follow
feeding ensilage. If such results do
follow It comes from either overfeed
ing or from spoiled silage. Silage Is
recognized aa ot great economto value
In feeding dairy cows. Where dairy
farming is made a specialty but few
dairies are operated without the use
of silage. It Is equally valuable as a
ration for young cattle and has decid
ed merits when fed to steers being
fattened for market Sheep and awlne
thrive ou silage. As a part ot the ra
tion ot roughage It could be generally
utilized for all classes ot live stock.
The dairy cow could be fed forty
pounds or sllsge dally, while thirty
pounds would be a ration for a beet
animal.
A silo enables the farmer to econ
omize In spacu In the storsge ot feed.
It requires double the space to atom
the same feed nutriments In dry
roughage as In silage. The silo can
be constructed of re-enforced cement
and become a permanent Improvement
that will cost nothing for maintenance.
A alio enables the farmer to save hi
feed with the minimum loss of nutri
ents. Feed cured In the open air suf
fers a loss ot about 25 per cent ot nu
triments, while ennllago loses about
10 per cent of nutriment
Sllago has been comprehensively
tested at nearly all the agricultural
experiment stations with uniform fa
vorable results. It insures to the
dairyman succulent feed at all times
an Important condition In milk produc
tion, as succulent feed Is best for
dairy cows. Ooodsll's Farmer.
Kami In na a llnelneee.
Science has shown that where there
fs a rami that does not pay, the fault
lies not In the land, but In the man
who Is In charge. Oood or bad farm
ing resulta from definite reasons. Suc
cess results from painstaking, reason
able operations; the application ot
practical knowledge which has been
gained by studying the requirements
which are known will bring success.
Lack of ambition results in indif
ferent work on the farm. Taking full
advantage of the resources of any
farm, and following Intelligent, up-to-date
methods ot farming will In due
time mean steady and often very tapld
Improvement In yield of crops. In n
sense, the resources ot a farm vary
with locality; but In the main there
are many Identical conditions on very
many farms. The farmer who works
to establish a well-set meadow, alms
to get the hlty, washable, waite lands
set In grass; utilizes the rocky rough
lands by setting out fruit trees;
ditches the low lands and reclaims the
swamps; Improves the slony fields by
picking off the surface stones so that
crops will take the places the stones
occupied, uses some ot the wiiys of
taking advantago or the resources of a
farm,
The farmer who owns a big farm (n
very many Instances does not aecure
crops that average as well as tho farm
er whose farm rarely exceoa sixty
or seventy acres. The reason la the
large farmer cannot, with the force
be usually keeps, properly look after
everything, seeing that seasonable
work Is done and that each farming
operation Is well attended to, Each of
these is a great success factor In farm
ing. Hasty work means, Invariably,
some neglect or work Indifferently
done.
Cora Hreedln,
The Illinois experiment station has
Just published the results or its st
forts to breed corn for high and low
protein content and for high and low
oil content. Ten generations of corn
have been bred for these different pur-
poses by selection of teed having tho
desired qualities. In the effort to In
crease the protein content the average
has been changed from 10.93 por cent
to 14.20 per cont in the effort to de-
,croase It from 10.92 per cent to 8.64
per cent Individual ears have been
found which contain as high as 17.79
per cent of protein and as low as 6.13
per cent, aa high as 8,69 per cent of
oil and as low as 1.60 por cent, But
the high protein corn has been In
every ease less productive than any
pf the other three and In some eases
.t.i,t.,4i .a i ti ilm Iwian tw
i..l...tl. .1 . r..1. Ihnn nnrn ernwn
for no particular mirpoio Just corn,
The conclusion Is reached from soint
plots that, while this continued selec-
Hon for a single purpose to tho neglect
ot all other considerations has resulted
In lower yields. et this li not a neces-
sary result. In some esses high pro-
teln corn has yielded well as compared
with standard varieties bred for uo
particular purpose
The I'rnMnhU Unlrjr Con.
Some people seem to keep and milk
cows simply became others keep them,
without any regard to whether the
cows are paying a profit For a cow
to be worth keeping she must pay a
profit on the feed and care given her.
For her to be really worth while, she
should produce 100 per rent more milk
than her feed costs, Including paatum,
ot course.
It does not matter so much what
breed a cow belong to. Simply be
cauae she Is of Jeriey or Holetaln
blood, Is not positive proof that she Is
more than paying her way, A com
mon cow may be doing better than
she. The only way to find out what
she Is doing Is to weigh and test her
milk at regular and frequent Intervals.
Let her stand on her merits and not
on her ancestry.
One reason why some cows do not
pay greater profit Is that they are not
fed all the nutritious feed they will
eat This Is especially the case with
many farmers In winter, when pas
tures are dead. Many of them keep
their producing cows on halt fed
when they are not on pasture, and still
expect the cows to make up the loss,
if a cow Is worth keeping at all she Is
worth feeding all she can be Induced
to eat,
If It Is not found profitable
to purchase extra feeds so that the
cows may have all that they will con
ume, then It la best to keep only as
many cows as feed can be provided tor
on the farm.
Make the cow produce All the milk
she can by good care and feed, and
do not let her go dry until the time
she la ready to turn dry. Keep the
best heifers from the best cows. Jour
nal of Agriculture.
Hread nnd leed.
To cheapen the cost of production
Is to Increase Ihe price of dairy prod
ucts; and the only way to lower the
"Vl aa VHf r. vmj aw ew- v. aav i
cost Is to feed and breed Intelligently
Tho scrub hull is the bane and curse'
ot the dairy Industry In Missouri and
tho Southwest, as It Is everywhere
else. And it should also be remenv
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improper feeding. If you do not own
a thoroughbred bull with good cnllk
stock In his pcdlgrco, buy one at once.
Get out of the old rut. and start right
Oo to work now and build up your
herd. The chances are that CO per
cent of those who read this paragraph
have a lot of cows that are hardly pay
ing for their keep. Hut. by breeding
to the right sort of a sire, and keep
ing the heifer calves from only the
best milkers, and feeding Intelligently,
any man who reads this can have a
herd of 300-pound producing cowa lu
five years. Mlaaourl Dairyman.
Wnale of Peed.
Wherever cattle or hogs are fea
there Is a great waste In valuable feed
reaultlng from the feeding of too much
corn, or feeding corn out of balance
and proportion to protein or nitrogen
ous food. The time has come In the.
high price ot corn to call a halt to Ihla
wasteful method of feeding. To fully
utilize feed proper digestion muit go
on, and when corn Is fed out of bal
ance with nitrogenous foods It la not
all digested and aaalmllated. Theae
are very Important facts, now that
corn Is high In price and Is likely to
stay so, What then, Is the food that
muat take the place of part ot the corn
fed In making porkT That Is the
question that should bo carefully
studied and heeded by farmors, Cheap
er production through more econom
ical use or our reeds Is an Important
matter and must be so recognized
sooner or later by our farmers, Kan
sas Farroor.
I'oullrr NotMi
Some farmers neglect the 2E to 80
cents that the battening of cracks In
the coop would coat, and each month
reed a dollar's worth or extra corn lu
order to supply the animal heat
needed.
Fowls love to thrash out a bundle or
wheat or oats, and It does one good
to step around to the door or the
poultry house and listen to the merry
chatter while the fowls are digging in
the straw.
The answer to the question, Does
winter poultry payT depends In a large
measure upon where your hens are
roosting. If on the bare branches of
a tree, on the northeast corner ot tho
barn, there can be no doubt about It !
Scatter a little grain among litter
at noon, and give a full feed at night
What Is meant by a full reed of grain
Is about a good handful for each fowl
In the pen. A mixture ot corn, wheat,
oats and barley, equal parts by meas
urement, makes aa excellent mixture
tor winter,
Camomile,
H ta Wild not OIlljT thai deCOfltlelH
w tho lenvw dried and powdered el
ne common rnmumii- -m uesiroy
Insects, but that nothing contribute!
much to the health of a garden M
number of camomile plants dl
Pred through tt. No greenhouse ot
holhotiie should be without camomile
. In "" or In a dried slatoi either
the stalks or Or flewnr. will anawtr,
On Mii'i-vealul te,
"Doctor, ou'rn not so foolish as u
think you can mnko people good by
perfortiiuug operations ou tlivm, r
ou7"
Thai depends upon what you rail
making people good. You can die, l,
their dloltltin to commit crime"
"As, for example"
"Well, I once knew n man who
cured, by a simple operation, of a ten.
deney In rob banks nd hold up rail.
way Iralna."
"Did J ou perform It. doctor?"
"Not I was merely called ou to vr
tfy the result after the operation wm
over."
"Well, who did perform II r
"A frontier sheriff" Chicago Trlb.
una.
Re I.Ike a Sinn,
"Oeorge, did you go and order that
parlor lamp 1 told you I wanted!"
"No, liurai 1 clean forgot It"
"Why, I saked you to lie a strlnr
around your finger to remind you of tt
and you said ou would,"
"I know I did, but In lha abatractlos
of the mnmtnt I tied tt around mi
pock t (book
Wnal'a In Mnme?
An amusing story has been told eoa
cernlng Mr. Phillips' claaalc drama.
"Ulysses:' When It was being played!
In America, two young girls were sit
ting together In the stalls at a raatlnei
narrnrm.nre. and btfore the eurtali
r0M thi following conversation wai
heard: "Say, Maude, I know this play
Is going to be funny" "What maket
you think sor aiked Maude. "Why,
anybody could tell that from tht
name!" was the reply M. A. I.
The carrot grows spontaneous!)
throughout Kuropa, Ails Minor, lllbr
Is, Northern Chlr.a. Abyeelnla, North
ern Africa, Madeira and the Canarj
'Islands.
injur- liana ur la,ullo.
Iiefore the draining and diking ol
England and Holland, mosquitoes, ma
laria, chills and fever were u bad ai
In our Soulhorn Btatrn today, U
- - -
M ni undralned, neither of then
countries had rlaen to Its place In his
tory, but had been balked by malarial
degeneration,
!
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CURE
Vtl tUT Hl.KlU TO. (m)C..M
For the baby often mean rest for
both mother and chad. Liltloone.
liko it too it's so palatable to take.
tree Irom opiates.
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DENTISTRY
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Oul-eMown fikllmia caa obtain parfMI oetl
and monty br caUlnar t eur oJltee.
wo HTunmrs no qks uo cocaini
All urk ruaraitlaal (t tan rear
CHICAGO PAINLESS DENTISTS
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You May
Need It
Ask your doctor about the
wisdom of your keeping Ayer's
Cherry Pectoral In (lie house,
ready for colds, coughs, croup,
bronchitis. If he soys It's all
right, then get a bottle of it
at once, why not show a
llule foresight in such maitcrsP
Early treatment, early cure.
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Miny a boy Is called dull and stupid,
when the whole trouble Is due to a laty
liver, Wo firmly believe your own doc
tor will tell you that sn occasions) dote
of Ayer's Pills will do such boys a great
deal of good. They keep the liver active.
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