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The Chinese minister. Wu Ting
Fang, has this to say of the Ameri
can women of today :
“No foreigner m America fails to he
impressed with the importance of the
role women play in t Iris country. Their
activity in the social and business
world gives certain subtle qualities to
American life not found where the in
fluence of women is less generally and
definitely exerted.
"it seemed to me once that there was
danger of woman usurping man’s place
in the world. I have come to think it
does not much matter if she does. I
believe in the survival of the fittest.
Success, surely, is the only test of fit
ness. Let the women go on, then; let
them go as far as they can.
“Those who are unfit for the race
will fall by the wayside ;and only the
truly fit can win.”
That Lary: Black J>ot.
Fortunately for the peace of fashion
able womankind the veil with large
isolated black lozenges has now be
come less popular. To get those spots
in the right place, so that they would
be beautifiers, like the patches worn
in Pompadour days, was one of the
greatest trials of last winter. If the
veil happened to slip, as was fre
quently the case, it sometimes gave
one the appearance of having lost a
front tooth, or of eyebrows meeting
with a terrific scowl.or of havinganose
of abnormal size. To such an extent
did that veil pray upon the femin
ine mind that when a certain fashion
able woman fainted in church, her first
.act. when she revived was to whisper
anxiously to her friend, who held her
head, “Please put my dots right,” and
then, overcome with the exertion, she
fainted again.—New York Tribune.
Panels of Velvet.
Cloth skirts ala mode have entire
breadths of dark colored velvet let in
to them, as deep panels from the waist
band to the hem. The panels are skill
fully gored, and are quite narrow at
the top, so as to avoid giving the wear
er u tsluntsey churn-like aspect. Seal
brown velvet is let into a cloth gown
of the same color. The most frequent
example is seen in the black cloth
gown. If only two panels are used one
would occupy the iront or middle
breadth, and tie other the middle of
the back. This effect, however, is not
nearly so good as where the hack
breadth is of cloth. If *hree panels
are used one would be n l-ont and
two at the sides. A ingle panel In
front is better than the two described
above. You could have twopanels look
well if you arranged them each one
side of the front middle breadth. Put
no lace insertions or medallions nor
any braid trimming, gilt or otherwise,
upon the velvet skirt panels. They are
intended to he perfectly plain.
Why sotie Womitti e
The work of learning to be a nurse
Is not easy, as those novices find who
enter the training school from comfort
able and even luxurious homes. Many
motives impel the choice of this pro
fession, apart from the woman's nat
ural learning to kind deeds and the
need of earning a living. Sometimes a
woman takes upon herself the long
training service because she feels that
hers is rather a useless life and ought
to bo made at least capable of useful
ness, whether or not she goes on with
nursing as a profession in after years.
It is said that this class of students
learn the hardest and most disagree
able duties with a sort of radiant
brightness in their daily rounds that
does not shine upon the faces of those
who put less imagination and more
practical necessity into the work. The
presence of an ideal illumines almost
any occupation.
Some Splendid Kansas Girls.
The St. Louis Post Dispatch pub
lishes under the head of “Hustling
Girls of Kansas” these entertaining
paragraphs:
Miss Mattie Hush of Ness county
feeds, harnesses and works four horses,
plows and sows and helps harvest the
crons on the ranch, waters and feeds
50 head of cattle, and, with her elder
sister, milks 40 cows twice a day.
Miss Elizabeth Goodman, who lives
five miles west of Galena, is 24 years
°f age. With the assistance of iier
younger sister she operates a farm of
60 acres, and is getting rich.
Miss Lillian E. Hall of Winfield has
been appointed by Governor Stanley to
be coroner of Cowley county.
Miss Grace Kennedy of Atchison
weighs only 87 pounds, and a yard and
a quarter of goods will make her a
waist. Three yards of binding will go
round her skirt, and two and a quar
ter yards of goods will make her a
skirt.
Miss Esther Searle of Cawker City
is a blacksmith.
Miss Olive Jones, the 15-year-old
daughter of “Buffalo” Jones of Topeka
has sold a story to Harper’s for $l5O.
It tells of the capture of two mountain
sheep which “Buffalo” Jones was re
cently delegated to find by the authori
ties of the Smithsonian institute.
Shirtwaist* Continaa in Favor.
The shirtwaist seems to have been
adopted as a permanent part of the
American woman’s outfit. The pre
dictions made each year by cynical ob
servers have never been borne out by
facts. This year the leading modistes
of mP only this country, but of the
great foreign centres of fashion, report
as large an assortment of these simple
ana convenient gu meats a:; ever oe
icre. Already new designs for the
early and middle spring are in the mar
ket; ami. beyond those, may be stud
ied the creations v/.iefi are to be worn
ne_\t July. For spring wear, the t. nd
ency is toward silks aim sine mixtures.
There is already a notable variety in
these attractive textiles. Taffeta, wasli
silk, corded silk. Chma and Japan
silk, Louisiue and several French com
binations of silk with other tissues are
upon the counters, and have won
merited praise. In decorative treat
ment, there is larger latitude it;a u last
season, 'lo the critic it would seem
as if women had grown tired of a sim
ple exterior and were about to replace
it with rich ornamental effects. This
is noticeable in many details. There is
a larger use of stripes, dots, figures
and geometrical patterns in the dress
goods. Lace stripes and .insertions,
embroidery in silk .floss, tucks and
pleats, straps and other ornaments are
finding a much more generous employ
ment. While this, in the main, makes
the spring shirtwaist more expensive
than formerly, it is more .attractive
and satisfactory to the wearer. Thus
far there has been no great change in
the cut and general effect of the waist.
In many the yoke has been given up;
in others there has been adopted a
slight swell or bouffante toward the
belt, suggesting a modified Russian
blouse effect so popular a few years
ago.
•Paris’s Helen Keller.
A woman we have been extremely’
interested in lately, or a young girl
rather, is Marie Heurtin, a French
Helen Keller, but even more wonderful
than Helen Kellar, since the latter lost
the senses of sight, speech and, hearing
at the age of 18 months, so that the t wo.
sensesleft may be aided by unconscious
cerebration, based upon early impres
sions or unconscious memory of im
pressions gained before these senses
disappeared. ’Marie Heurtin, however,
unlike La.ura'Bridgman, Helen Kevlar or
Martha Obrech, was born deaf, dumb
and blind. Ilp to the time when she was
ten years old she was apparently not
only completely idiotic, but also a
most impossible little person -who lay
down on the ground and rolled at the
slightest thing; which displeased her,
shrieked for hours together, only
slapped people if they tried to show
her any tenderness, and was altogether
so violent that she was sent away from
two institutions for deaf mutes, and
passed on to the nuns at Larnay as a
perfect little savage for whom it was
quite useless to try to do anything. I
know of no more fascinating story
than that of the means by which these
devoted sisters first tamed the little
shrew, then taught her. Sister St. Mar
guerite it was who gave her lier first
idea. Marie Heurtin had brought
away with her a little knife, which she
seemed to love. Sister St. Marguerite,
who had got the child's confidence in a
way, took away the knife, mak
ing meanwhile in the hand of
the little girl the sign which in the
deaf and dumb language means knife.
Then the knife was put back into her
hand with the same sign. After a time
Marie Heurtin began to comprehend
that there was a connection between
the sign and the object. From the
knife Sister St. Marguerite went on to
repeat the same experience with the
fruits the little girl liked best. —Har-
per's Bazar.
For dressy occasions ivory cloth is
made up with cluny lace and touches
of gold.
French camelshair serge is one of
the popular materials for the spring
tailor-made gown.
Silk and linen mixtures in dainty
colorings and strips are among the
new fabrics for shirtwaists.
For wear with a gown of light, then
material, the petticoat should be made
with a deep yoke, as the gathers of the
ocher kind show through.
Drap de kar is a n?w material for
shirtwaists. It is a. soft woolen, some
thing like a very fine cashmere, and
comes in various lovely shades.
Evening gloves with embroidered
eyelets and lacing at the top are one
of the new fads, and it seems to be a
useful one for keeping the gloves up
at the top.
Long ostrich plumes are now split,
then rolled over rones or swathing of
tulle, which lie cn top of th? hat brim.
This genre for evening wear has a
crown of gold embroidered tulle, and
is made upon a net frame.
Fwiss muslins in great variety are
displayed in the shops, some with
very realistic designs in lame flowers,
others embroidered with white, black
or the same color as the garment, and
without limit as to patterns.
Some of the pretty now muslins are
printed in all-over designs with me
dallion effects, while other cotton fab
les show both cashmere designs and
colors. As for the new batistes, they
are prettier than ever, especially the
embroidered varieties.
A noved plan for protecting a
dainty silk cr lawn eliirt —nist is sug
gested in an under waist of very thin
fine lawn, made with bishop sleeves
gathered into dainty cuffs of lace or
embroidery, a small, round yoke also
of lace or embroidery and a transpar
ent choker. This can be laundered,
ana the outside waist is made more
drossy by cutting it out to meet th*
chemisette yoke of the underwaist
THE WEEKLY NEWS, CARTERSVILLE, GA.
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I'roft' til V! oil-iSI-.-.l
Several steers have weighed over a
ton each at three- years old ai the. tat
stock show’s. They are evidence of
what can be done by using the best of
breeds and feeds. Farmers who ran
raise steers to come within two-thirds
of such weight can make large profits.
llnnd Sjiravor* for
The ordinary hand sprayers are now
so cheap, and also so efficient as to per
mit of the saving of labor in white
washing. By using a somewhat tir.n
mixture of lime and water it can be
sprayed on buildings, trees and vines,
the work being easy and rapid com
pared with applying with a brush by
hand. Give two or three sprayings if
necessary.
Di*t of fhe Draft Horn**
The draft horse, according to the best
authorities, should have two pounds of
food daily for each .100 pounds of
weight. A 1600-pound animal, for in
stance, should be given 32 pounds of
food. Of this, 10 to 18 pounds should
be grain, the amount depending upon
the severity of the labor. For light
work, oats w’ith a little corn are excel
lent, but with an increase of w’ork the
amount of corn should increase, as this
carbonaceous food supplies heat and
force. Of late years cracked grain and
hay run through a feed cutter is a
favorite feed. This can be mixed and
fed in the grain box. It is also the
opinion of the best farmers that the
noon feed should he light.
Good Food for the Hen*.
Oats and wheat bran with green food
in the shape of cabbages or roots are
good feed for the hens, especially if the
grain has been w T ell scalded, but they
are not nuitritious enough to form the
•entire diet for hens that are laying
eggs. In fact, they cannot keep them
selves in good condition upon such a
ration, and certainly will have no sur
plus-to furnish the rich material from
which the egg is made. There should
be corn or corn meal, wheat and meat
in some form to supply nutritive ele
ments. To be too lean to lay eggs
destroys profit more surely than to be
too fat, as they might be if the corn
and meat were given without the
lighter grains. In the latter case there
might be hopes of their working some
of the fat off by exercise, or consuming
it in furnishing heat for their systems
in cold weather. The skilful poultry
keeper is he who can so combine all
these foods as to supply the wants and
wastes of the body, and also that which
is needed for egg production in winter.
DiKonrii* Hurnln* Stubble.
Forty years ago my father quoted an
old saying: “Fire is a good servant,
but a hard master.” Although this
must be regarded as a truism, it must
also be admitted that fire is sometimes
a very unprofitable servant. We have
read of the man, who, fearing burglars,
hid his banknotes in the parlor stove,
which his innocent, wife sent up in
smoke. The ashes were of small value.
This follows the same line with the
farmer who applies the match to a
field of stubble or grass, instead of
turning it under. To the average plow
man, especially if he is young, or new
at the business, tne temptation to do so
is strong, for he knows that on the
clean ground the plow will do much
better work. And later the cultivator
will be fouled with the decaying vege
tation. These considerations do not
weigh much alongside the benefits ac
cruing to the growing crop from the
valuable humus in the soil.
Every practical farmer should en
deavor to plow under as much rough
age as possible: not only does it add to
the fertility of the field, but makes the
soil porous and mellow and also con
serves the moisture in time of drouth.
It may be urged that a great many
weed seeds are destroyed by burning
over the field, but this should not be
taken into account. In a crop like corn
or potatoes, when hard work is mostly
dispensed with, the probability is that
the ground is already full of foul seeds.
—George F. Homan, in American Ag
riculturist.
KocpJLn" Onion Sr's Over Winter.
Keep *em dry and coo). Therein is
the whole unpatented secret for success
in keeping onion sets ever winter and
bringing through in good condition for
spring planting. Unfavorable seasons
will sometimes aifect the color of them
and not give that good ripening which
makes the hardest quality of bulb
which insures with proper care the best
wintering. Again, an unwise hand
ling of them after they are ripened,
such as putting them temporarily into
barrels or boxes, will cause heat to be
developed and the sprouting which al
ways follows. Onions once sprouted
are of but little value with the best of
after care; the bulb is absorbed by the
sprout, withers up and is worthless. I
keep my sets on the platft rm of a build
ing erected for a squash house, where
I can command to a degree an even
and low temperature. They are spread
on an open-work platform at a depth
of not over three inches, thus getting
as much air to them as possible. The
aim is to keep them at a temperature
but little above freezing, as far as it
can bo done without injuring the
squashes kept on adjoining platforms.
The sets are carefully stirred occasion
ally. building itself is double
plastered and has double windows all
around. The sets are kept on the plat
forms nearest the floor. When plant
ing time comes the sets are passed
through sieves of different fineness, to
grade and separate out any waste. If
there is any degree of sprouting, which
is not apt to be the case if they were
stored in good condition, there will
have to tip some hand picking or win
nowing.—An Old Seedsman, in Orange
Judd Farmer.
Fancy Breeding of KtocU.
Few farmers find the time or inclina
tion to attempt fancy breeding of
stock, and many consider it too expen
sive and rather out of thc.r line. Never
theless there arc practical farmers who
have found this industry profitable in
connection with their ordinary farm
work and cattle feeding. There is, of
course, a good deal in fancy breeding
of stock that none but an expert can
master, hut on the other hand a prac
tical, common sense owner of stock
can accomplish results in this direction
which will, to say the leant, give great
satisfaction and ultimately prove
profitable to him. Fancy stock will al
ways prove of value in improving the
condition of the herd which may be
raised merely for market purposes.
This should not be lost sight of. U
will in many ways pay for all the out
lay of time and money.
There is always a certain amount of
valuable experience obtained in rais
ing fancy stock of cattle, and one re
ceives from it a good deal of pleasure
as well as practical experience. There
is nothing like making an effort to
raise the best in the market to stimu
late one’s ambitions and love for a
calling. By securing one or two fancy
animals whose standard of perfection
is unquestioned one has something to
look forward to that will give him a
new zest in life. There is a constant
and increasing demand for fine, full
blooded stock, and a market can easily
be found for all that the farmer or
breeder can raise. One should not be
deterred from trying his hand at fancy
breeding because of the difficulties that
must of necessity come in his way.
There are many things to learn in
breeding pure blooded stock which will
prove of great practical value in liand
ling the ordinary herd. A good breeder
of fancy stock invariably makes a suc
cessful breeder of ordinary grades.
The reason is very simple. He has be
come accustomed to methods of care
fulness in feeding, selection and breed
ing which he naturally applies to the
common stock. He is constantly look
ing forward to further improvement in
the animals, and as a result the herd
does well. It is this looking forward
to better things, the striving to make
the next generation superior to the
present, that makes success in stock
breeding of any kind, and any work
that will tend to improve a breeder's
rn' theds rPr>uld he encouraged. There
fore, a little experimental work in
fancy breeding, carried on in addition
to the regular farming as a sort of side
issue, must prove of great benefit and
value to the farmer or stockman.—
James Ridgeway, in American Culti
vator.
Spot lliifutf of the Vlobt,
The annual sales of violets through
out the United States is estimated at
not less than $1,000,000. says a bulletin
that is being prepared by the agricul
tural department. One of the most
widespread and destructive maladies
known to attack the violet is the spot
disease. This disease lias been dis
cussed in the florists’ journals under a
variety of names, but i3 commonly
known as the “violet disease,” growers
not generally recognizing the fact that
there is more than one malady attack
ing the violet.
Owing to the ravages of this disease
the cultivation of the violet has been
abandoned in many sections of the
country, and in others it has become
necessary to adopt new methods of
handling the plants during the growing
season.
In view of the general interest in
violet culture and the importance of
the knowledge of a means of prevent
ing the disease, a bulletin has been
prepared by Mr. P. H. Dorsett of the
division of vegetable physiology and
pathology of the United States depart
rnc U of agriculture, and will soon be
issued as Bulletin No. 23 of that divi
tion, entitled “Spot Disease of the Vio
let.”
The bulletin says the disease attacks
the plants at any stage of their growth,
from the small unrooted cutting in the
cutting bed to the mature plant in full
Sower. Plants making a vigorous,
rapid, but soft or succulent growth are
most subject to the disease. Its first
appearance is characterized by small,
definite, usually circular, greenish or
yellowish white spots, resembling the
bite or sting of an insect. They vary
in size from dots scarcely perceptible
to the unaided eye to spots a thirty
second of an inch or more in diameter.
The point of infection is surrounded by
a narrow ring of discolored tissue, us
ually black or very dark brown, but
changes to a lighter shade as the spots
grow older. As the spot develops,
the central portion remains unchanged
in appearance, while the tissues imme
diately surrounding it, either to one
side or more frequently in a circle, be
come diseased by the ramifying growth
of the mycelium of the fungus through
this portion of the leaf.
Various opinions have been expressed
as to the cause of the disease, and
suggestions as to the possible oourseof
treatment are numerous. Weakness of
the plants, improper soil conditions,
growing them in the open fields where
they are exposed to the direct rays of
the summer sun, and lack of attention
to properly heating, ventilating and
fumigating the houses, are among the
explanations advanced.
it is believed thc-re is at present no
effective remedy for the disease when
it has gained a foothold. The principal
fungicides in common use for the pre
vention and chock of plant diseases
have frequently beeD tried for this
trouble, but with varying results. —
New England Farmer.
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