The Athena press., May 08, 1908, Image 2

When a Olrl Marries.
So many women find matrimony a
little disaiipolntlng, and though many
onfess the fact, they rarely see that
Jhey may themselves ho to hlame.
When a girl la engaged she Is always
careful to look her best, that her lover
may admire her. She often falls to do
the same for her husband. This Is a
mistake; men like always to admire
their wives and they will do so all the
more when they see that other people
jflmlre them, too. The untidy, dowdy
foinan may have solid virtue, but one
has to remember the fact as an excuse
for her appearance, and the man who
la mentally apologizing for his wife's
shortcomings is in danger of finding
Borne one else more attractive than she
Is.
Then It Is n mistake of young wives
to drop their old friends and expect
thelv husbands to do the same. The
married lovers may for n short time be
Intensely happy in each other's society,
but sooner or later outside Interests
will be missed, and if happiness is to
continue they must both mix with their
fellows and take their share In the
pleasures and the work of the world.
Wider Interest will not make either
less fond of the other, and the woman
Who wants to keep her husband's love
will never do so by tying him to her
apron strings und expecting him to
spend all the time he can spare from
his business within the four walls of
borne.
A wife should not merge her Indi
viduality In her husband. An echo
may be sweet, but It Is always monot
onous, so she should have her own
Ideas and opinions. She need not ar
guethat's fatal, but a little tact
prevents the necessity.
Health and Beauty.
When a cut will not heal, saturate
a piece of absorbent cotton with coal
oil and bind on.
To prevent hair from falling out, rub
the scalp well with olive oil two or
three times a week.
Two-thirds hot water and one-third
glycerin, well mixed, makes an excel
lent gargle for a sore throat.
Cloths wrung out of very hot water
will relieve almost any pain and will
act much more quickly than a plaster,
In escaping from a Are crawl along
the floor. Smoke ascends and there Is
always a current of air along the floor,
Dousing alternately hot and cold
water on the head after a shampoo will
make the hair soft and glossy and pre
vent a cold.
Sprains should be treated as quickly
aa possible with hot water, after
which the part affected should bo
rubbed with liniment.
Green figs form an excellent food.
Dried figs contain nerve and muscle
food and produce heat and waste, but
they aro considered had for the liver.
The best all-round softener for tlie
skin that chaps Is almond meal. A
box of tills should ho kept on the wash
stand and used Instead of soap. If
you do not like the sensation of the
raw grain of the meal it can bo put
Into small cheesecloth bags about four
Inches square.
Larue Mushroom Hat of Black Satin.
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The hat Illustrated Is n most attract
ive model both for day and evening
wear. The model was a very large
mushroom of plain lustrous Mack satin,
the crown being a tnui o'shnnter, ex
tending quite far out over the brim.
It was encircled by sprays of green
roe leaves, and on one side of the cen
ter front was a huge pink rose, with a
bud or two ami foliage. The hat Is
especially recommended to the home
milliner, as It Is not dlllleult to make,
after the mushroom frame Is neatly
covered, and no trimming Is required
niter the tine rose foliage.
Cultivate llnmiluesw.
Every girl inn do one thing well If
she will only take the trouble to And
what that thing is. There are great
talents In reach, it one will only look,
nid tlu' talents may be a comfort In
dark hours that will make life better
inut happier, Inith for ourselves and
these about us. It Is the girl who
does things that Is attractive. This
dies r.i't menu painting great pictures,
or Kui;;big lo grni.d opera, or- writing
the pi' pular boo!;, but It does mean
cultivating the faculty of saying bright
thlugs, playh.j; ll'jt, catchy airs, ac
Ski.. i-Yv
quiring the art of being sympathetic.
The girl who puts her own griefs as
much ns possible aside who takes a
wholesome Interest In life, who culti
vates looking for the -best In the peo
ple with whom she comes in contact
is happier herself and makes those
about her happy.
fN A K. A
Black silk hats are brightened with
lace Insertion, though always of the
very finest variety.
Black hats for evening, trimmed with
a mass of scarlet feathers, are the
newest Paris wrinkle.
Among the prettiest motifs In neck
dressing are tiny lace bows as long as
the finger, pinned by a brooch to the
base of the collar.
Don't worry of your fur hat, muff,
coat and scarf don't mutch. The chle
thing is to wear at least three different
furs at one time.
There is a strong tendency to boned
waists which follow the natural lines
of the feminine figure, curving over the
bust and tapering Into belt set at nor
mal position.
Toreador ties of green satin or silk
are fashionable. They are very ample,
quite tilling up the front of the Jacket,
and It Is a fad to have a belt of exactly
the same shade of kid to match
French beauties have adopted the
Jaunty three-cornered hat of felt, vel
vet or beaver, edged with galon and
trimmed on the sides with a dashing
nirgette rising from a ribbon rosette,
I'osed smartly on the broadly waved
HINT3 FOK PEETTY COIFFURES.
On the left the coronal plait Is shown, a fashion always selected by
the dignified girl. The maid in the center has her hair adorned with a white
aigrette, which protrudes from a bow of gold ribbon. The girl at the right,
has the simple, but picturesque, ribbon band, which Is always charming for
young faces, If becoming.
hair, it has a most attractive appear
ance. For full evening dress there Is a ten
dency to elimluate the sleeves entirely,
a mere fold of tulle or lace being made
to serve, or a transparent drapery,
more or less of -the wing order. The
elbow sleeve Is still in evidence, but
upon the newest model It does not take
the puff form so often as It did. In
stead, one finds tho closely fitting
sleeve or some form of the loose sleeve
fulling away from the arm.
To Keep Domestic.
Tay good wages and always be punct
ual in paying.
Be liberal in the matter of food, re
membering that good work cannot be
done on an empty stomach.
Never nag. When reproof Is needed
give It with firmness and without fear,
but kindly.
Give praise whenever It la due. It
Is well to acknowledge good work and
thus encourage good service.
Never allow yourself to get familiar
nor In any way become Involved In the
family affairs of the domestics.
When things go wrong take time to
Investigate before reproving, and never
seold or rebuke wheu angry,
1 huutfe ot Collar.
Changing the collar of a blouse will
give the whole thing character. Hlght
enlug the collar and boning It well Is
always necessary ; adding lace bows,
twists of narrow velvet ribbons and
tiny buckles are all methods of re
source which only depend upon whether
they are becoming or not. Black vel
vet ribbon run through the lace of a
blouse Is often a smart touch for collar
or sleeves. If extremely coarse lace
Is used la a blouse this may be fre
quently made unusual by having the
center motifs of the lace worked In silk
floss, la black, white or color.
To Clean Wall.
Burlaped or papered walls may be
brushed w ith a new broom covered with
a hood of cheesecloth, which must be
removed aud shaken whea dusty.
Bread crumbs and a pencil eraser will
remove many ugly marks from wall
paper. Magnesia often removes grease
marks. A weak solution of borax and
water will remove the greasy black
stains that mar delicate wood or paints.
Use kerosene In the water when will
ing varnished wood work. No differ
ence how good a furniture polish you
use, always rub off every particle of
grease with dry cloths, or It will accu
mulate dust and the dust Is more dif
ficult to remove than the grease.
In the Home.
An open Are is certainly a happy
feature in It.
Readable books and magazines lying
around loose are one of the Important
things.
Chairs that can be sat upon are a
more necessary essential than soma
housewives think.
In the living room there must be a
softly shaded light placed low for
reading and sewing.
Stilted "suits" of furniture are a
good thing to avoid; also loud papers
and highly colored pictures.
A carpet that can be walked on by
the family Is much better than one re
served for the sacred feet of strangers.
As to tobacco smoke and dust well,
there have been homes with them and
places without them that utterly failed
to be homes.
Cheerfulness and love and mutual ac
commodations as to tastes go farther
to make a real home than overzealous
spotlessness and everlasting oversight.
' Hair Curling Lotion.
No preparation will make hair grow
In curly. One may be able to make It
wave by forming the new hairs Into
curls and dampening them so that they
will dry into shape. This lotion may be
of help to you : One ounce of gum
arable, one-half ounce of good moist
sugar, three-quarters of a pint of pure
iiot water, two fluid ounces of alcohol,
six grains of bichloride of mercury, six
grains of salammonlac. The last two
should be dissolved In the alcohol be-
fore admixture. Lastly, add enough
water to make the whole measure one
pint. Perfume with cologne or laven
der water.
Moisten the hair with the fluid be
fore putting it In the papers or curl-
ers. I
This Is too strong a solution to be
applied repeatedly, as it would surely
have a destructive effect on the hair'
folliclea Therefore, It should not be!
too frequently applied and not at too
short Intervals. Occasional use, how
ever, Is practically harmless.
Treatment for Spralus.
The best treatment for a sprain is
rest. At the time of the accident apply
hot cloths to reduce the swelling and
pain. If the skin Is not broken apply
thirty drops of arnica In a wlneglass
ful of water by means of linen ban
dages. If the skin Is, broken reduce
the amount of arnica to five or ten
drops. If any redness or Inflammation
occurs la consequence of using the lo
tion discontinue Its use.
Air a Cold Cor.
Take a long, deen breath as soon as
you go out of doors. Then bold It as '
long as you possibly can. Repeat this '
several times as you walk along. You
will be surprised the way It will make
your blood circulate. Hence a sure'
preventive, also cure, If faithfully tried,
as a cold can be summed up In the one
word, "stagnation."
Restorlnor Laee.
Lace may be cleaned satisfactorily
and will dye equally well. Of emirav
white will take any color preferred, as
well as black. Dark colored laces do
not, as a rule, take s good black, but
may be restored to their original ton
ana will look like new.
Bath Water.
The water used in the bath should
be softened either with borax or blear-
bonate of soda ; even ammonia will be ;
effective, but of all three It Is better to '
use too little than too much.
Motherhood.
The new movement for the teaching
of motherhood Is one which appeals
alike to the humanitarian, to the biol
ogist the physician and the patriot
Dr. Saleeby, In the Lady's Realm. '
Good Sheep Barn n Poor One. '
A good sheep barn Is a poor one.
This may seem to be absurd, but the
facts support such a statement. There
la no question but that many flocks are
rendered unhealthy and therefore lesi
productive by reason of too close
housing. In few sections do sheep need
more than a'windbreak and rain shed.
Some of our best shepherds have kept
their flocks for decades with only such
sheds as would prevent the flock being
exposed to direct winds, rain and snow'
storms.
The cut shows the type of sheep
barn found on the farm of a success
ful shepherd, which might be copied
with success. In this instance the
sheep are kept upon forage crops grown
In four adjacent lots. The flock may
be turned Into any lot at pleasure.
It Is well to have this . building
equipped with a large ventilating win
dow In the end near the gable or two
small windows such as shown In the
sketch. These, however, should be
SOILING SHEEP FOLD.
equipped with a- sash that may be
closed In severe weather.
Many farms where sheep are kept
are equipped with a barn cellar In
which the flock has been kept with
varying success. The barn cellar Is
an excellent place for sheep If, rightly
arranged. There should be plenty of
openings to the south, allowing sun to
reach all parts of the stable so as to
keep It thoroughly dry. Thorough
drainage Is essential.
There must be ventilation at the
rear of the stable. A' bad practice Is to
keep the sheep In stables on stable
manure, says Farm and Home. The
fermenting manure destroys the color
and texture of wool. A hint which has
been worth many dollars to me Is to
use only long straw, hay or weeds for
bedding sheep. If short straw or saw
dust Is used It gets Into the fleece and
Is an everlasting nuisance.
Profitable Cattle Feeding;.
The Missouri Experiment Station at
Columbia has Issued a very elaborate
and handsomely Illustrated bulletin on
the most successful methods of fatten
ing cattle, by Dean H. J. Waters.
This bulletin summarizes the expe
rience and conclusions of about 1,000
of the most experienced and successful
cattle feeders of Missouri, Illinolsand
Iowa, and contains also a summary of
the results of a large number of tests
with different kinds of feed, different
ages of cattle, etc., conducted by the
Experiment Station of Columbia. '
It considers such practical questions
aa the most profitable age to fatten cat
tle, the proper weight, the best season
of the year, the best method of pre
paring feed, the best of shelter, the
market demands, the best sort of
roughness, etc. It Is Illustrated with
cuts of the different types of beef
cattle, including excellent illustrations
of the fat steer herd exhibited by the
college this season at the Interstate
Fair, Kansas City, the Missouri State
Fair, Sedalia, the . American Royal,
Kansas City, and the International
Live Stock Exposition, Chicago. These
steers won nine championship prizes,
seventeen first prizes, sixteen second
prizes, seven third prizes and two
fourth prizes. Every steer, won at
every show excepting one steer In one
show.
Hoots (or Farm Animals.
If roots are stored In a pit In the
field a high, dry : plaee should be
chosen. If the ground Is clayey the
roots should be placed on top of the
ground. If It Is gravelly and drainage
la good a shallow pit about 5 feet wide
and of necessary length may be shov
eled out The roots should be carefully
placed la a gable shaped pile about 5
feet wide and as long as convenient A
thin layer of straw should then be
laid over the pile and this covered, with
six or eight Inches of earth. Another
and thicker layer of straw and a final
layer of earth will complete the work.
Ventilators should be, placed at Inter
vals of ten or fifteen feet, which should
be closed wheu sweating has ceased.
The pit should not be opened on warm
days lu winter. A ditch for drainage
should be cut around the pit Roots
stored In this way do not keep as well
as when stored In a good cellar ; there
fore, they should be fed out as early as
possible. New York Cornell Experi
ment Station.
Apple Tree Canker,
Treatment recommended for canker
of apple trees by one of the experi
ment stations Is to paint the affected
trunk with a combination of one pint
whale oil soap, three pints slacked
lime and four gallons of water ; thicken
to right consistency with wood ashes or
With Bordeaux mixture, thickening
with lime until like whitewash.
lax In the Northwest.
The second factor making for tlw
new prosperity may be termed "the dis
covery of flax." For years there had
been a few scattering flax fields, but
it was only In the middle Ws that the
Northwestern pioneer awoke to the dis
covery that linseed oil was of more
truly golden hue, not only than the
wheat field, but than any gold-bearing
quartz California ever saw. Aud
so the endless golden yellow of . the
fields In August and the tinkling bells
In September or the flax field.
Those who have never heard the
ringing of "the flax bells have missed a
truly wonderful sensation. The round
seed pods, smaller than peas, which
contain the seed, give a faint metallic
sound which as one drives or walks
through a field, setting thousands in
motion, seems like myriads of Infinitesi
mal bells tinkling so faintly as to be
all but inaudible. Nor is the mere
sight of a flax field In the mellow Au
gust soon to be forgotten. Imagine a
100-acre field, filled with flowers of a
blue more delicate than violets. And
of Its profitable character one Illustra
tion will suffice. In June, 1000, Ole
Jannsen bought 1G0 acres In the heart
of the great flax belt for $10 an acre
on the crop payment plan. Ole "broke
up" that fall and the next spring 135
acres and planted It In flax. In round
numbers, he thrashed In the fall eigh
teen and one-half bushels to the acre;
sold It for $1.39Va a bushel, total,
$3,500; a little more than twice enough
to pay for his land out of his first crop.
Not only was the flax Immensely profi
table Itself, but It removed from the
country the stigma, "one-crop country."
World Today.
Burled Seed.
The Department of Agriculture has
undertaken a series of experiments in
tended to answer, If possible, the old
question, "How long can seeds remain
burled la the soil and still retain their
power of germination?"
Many extraordinary stories have
been told of the prolongation of the vi
tality of seeds during many years, and
even centuries, but very few actual ex
periments have hitherto been made.
Dr. Beal has reported that he has
found seeds that responded to germina
tion tests after having been burled
twenty years. The seeds burled by the
experts of the Agricultural Department
at the Arlington farm last year were
packed with dry clay In porous clay
pots, covered with saucers and placed
at various depths from 6 Inches to
8 14 feet There are 32 complete sets,
in 3,584 pots, representing 100 spe
cies, 84 genera and 34 families. Tests
are to be made at the end of one, two,
three, five, seven, ten, fifteen, twenty,
twenty-five, thirty, . forty and fifty
years. . . "
Hire Frame Spacers.
The arrangement here shown, If
properly adjusted, Is excellent; but
says the Gleanings in Bee Culture, in
the first place It Is difficult to bend the
nails, aud, In the second place, it
would, be more difficult still to bend
them all with exactly the same curve,
for It would be Important to have the
bee spaces alike. In the third place,
one would have to bore a hole in order
to drive them Into the frame for the
reason that the hammer head would
strike one side of the line of penetra
tion of the wood, bending the nail
over. Taking It all In all, the ordinary
staple Is much easier to Insert and
far cheaper.
Location of Beehives.
Beehives should never be faced to
ward the north. In a northern lati
tude a northern exposure In winter la
almost sure to cause the loss of the
colony, by the rigorous north winds
blowing In at the entrance, and the
confinement of the bees, caused by the
entrances being shaded on mild, sunny
days when the bees In the hives fac
ing southward fly freely.
Slse and Capacity In Clsteras.
In digging a round cistern, 8 feet In
diameter and 17 feefdeep, will hold 202
barrels of 31 gallons. If 10 feet In
diameter and 11 feet deep, It will hold
205 barrels.
Farm Notes.
Do not have the sheep pens too
warm. The natural coat of the sheep
makes It able to endure severe weather.-
... -
If the members of the. poultry flock
which seldom or never lay could be
weeded out, the-, feed bills would be
less and the egg profits more.
Change the hog pasture often, nave
a small house built on skids so It can
be dragged around to a new pasture
as desired. If hogs are fed long In
one place the grass Is killed out .
One poultry raiser says he feeds
roupy chickens whole corn that has
been , well soaked In kerosene, and
bathes the swollen heads and eyes
with a mixture of equal parts of kero
sene and lard. .'
la-the highly fertilized gardea the
aim Is to keep crops coming on la as
rapid succession as possible. Plan so
as to have one variety mdy to iske
the place of the crop which has been
matured and harvested.
BENT NAILS IN Fit A ME. ',
THEWEEi&Y
,1illlWI1
1437 Murder of James I. of Scotland. .',
1525 Imperialists .defeated the French
at battle of Pavia. .
1544 Diet of Spires opened.
1547 Coronation of Edward VI., when
only 10 years of age.
1587 Thomas Cavendish passed the
Straits of Magellan. -J
G21 Miles Standish chosen captain of
Plymouth colonies.
1748 Brussels taken by Marshal Saie.
1770 William Scarbrough, one of the
builders of the Savannah, the first
steamer that crossed the Atlantic,
.born in Belfast S. C. i.
1777 Col. Neilson, with a party of
American militia, defeated British
troops under Major Stockton...;".
. American. Congress commissioned five
major generals.
1778 Lord North's conciliatory bill, pre
sented in Parliament.
1780 New York ceded her' rights In
western lands to the TTntted Statm.
1781 Congress appointed Robert Morris
superintendent .of finance. . ;
1793 British flag raised over Corsica. -V
1797 Trinidad captured by the British
under Sir Ralph Abercrombyi...
French and Austrians resumed hos
tilities in itaiy.
1803 Ohio admitted to the Union. "
1809 Drury Lane theater, London, de
stroyed by fire. .. , ., . . ,
xaio Andreas Hofer,,the Tyrolese pat
riot, shot by the French. .
! 01 o i ; . i . . i. 1 g ..1
mo Ajiiusu uhu Lauuoian eoiuiers
t captured Ogdensburg, N. Y.
1814 Henry Kirke Brown,-who produc
ed the first bronze statue ever exe
cuted in the United States, born at
Leyden, Mass. ': ' . . ,
834 United States concluded . an ( In
demnity treaty with Spain. '
1858 City of Corinth, Greece, badly
damaged by earthquake.
1802 "Thad". Lincoln, favorite son of
the President died at the White
House. .. .JefferBon Davis inaugurat
ed President of the Confederate
States at Richmond. . '
1803 Arizona territory formed from
New Mexico.
1804 Second Confederate Congress met
at Richmond.-
18G0 President Johnson publicly de
nounced the reconstruction commit
tee and declared Congress to be in
rebellion against the government of
the United States. .
1807 Maximilian entered Queretaro.
1808 House of Representatives resolved
to impeach President. Johnson.
1S74 TtllKinpKa Rppflnn-' nf Pffnnmll ill.
stroyed by fire .
1880 Attempted assassination ' of ' the
Czar of Russia. : , ,
1881 Orange Free State declared to be
"neutral territorv.
18S2 Charles Bradlangh expelled from
the British House of Commons.1
1884 Gen. Gordon entered Khartoum.
1S87 Congress passed a bill to retire
the trade dollar.
1894 Capital of Honduras captured by
the insurgents under Ortes.
1890 The Confederate States' museum
- dedicated at Richmond, Va.
4.898 Court of inquiry began its Investi
gation into the blowing up of the
- battleship Maine.
President O'Brien of the American As
ociation has signed Gerald Hayes as
umpire.
The Northern Baseball League has
abandoned 11 idea of entering St PauJ
add Minneapolis.
Jack Palmer of - Newcastle, formet
champion of England,' lasted four rounds
before Tom Burns of America iu a Lon
don. fight. '
j EL C. Ccwdin has leased the racing
j to the Newcastle stable. Both are 2-year
old fillies. ' ;
f The Lake Michigan Yachting Associa-
tion has decided to start the annual
Mackinac cruise of the Chicago Yacht
IClub on July 25. '
j The youngest and smallest ski rider
a tin ho t t na tai In tVia notional
ment at Duluth was Carl Taleen, H years
of age, 01 lsbpeming.
1 - At iue uweuug ot me oienniai congress
I ... .L .! 1 V . ,
nf thfl Minnnn I pnttmi, A . V.
doors were opened to amateur raclnr un
der the association s rules. . -
. ...The racing discussion in Kentucky has
been ended for this season by granting
licenses to four tracks Churchill Downs
'and Douglass Park, Latonia and Louis
ville. . j
CI CI WhHW nf "Vpoj Tnrfc So hnlM!.
. . . wullulua
a motor boat for the purpose of defending
the British international cup, which was
won last year by the Dixie and has been
challenged for by the British Motor Boat
Clu