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GRADY COUNTY PROGRLSS-PACE
HIGHLY COLORED BATHING SUITS
T HE latest bathing and beach costumes show novel touches of high col
ors, Bulgarian and Russian, which add a distinctive note to costumes of
dark colors. The bathing wrap, matching the suit In material and color,
is a new idea in America, brought from the fashionable watering places
:of France.
FOR NIGHTGOWN OR NEGLIGEE
Exquisitely Pretty Robes Serve Both
Purposes—Crepe de Chine and
- White Lace Chiefly Used.
■ Alluring robes in delicately colored
crepe de chine and white lace are list
ed as nightgowns, but may quite as.
properly be worn as negligees, and
most women buy them for that pur
pose. The back and front, each cut
from a single breadth of double-width
crepe de chine, are so gradually sloped
from the lower edge—finished with
an a-jour-headed hem—to the bust,
that nowhere is there an atom too
much fullness. At the top the crepe
de chine width at back and front are
opened at the right side and drawn iq
a point to that shoulder, while the
other side is caught under the left
arm. The entire lower section is
swung from a deep yoke of white lace j
whose neck Is drawn taut by a rib
bon run beading after the robe is on, 1
for there is no other opening aud no
fastening to bother with The elbow
eleeves are simply wide puffs of lace
ending In narrow ruffles gathered with
ribbon and beading. I
MISSES’ DRESS
YOU MAY
PAY LESS
But you will not get work that is
so good.
YOU MAY
PAY MORE
But you will not get work that is
any better.
These statements refer to job
printing. Our facilities are com
plete. Wo use only the best ma
terial, and our prices are based
on a living profit for first class
work. We will do no other kind.
Misses’ dress of royal blue crepe
land light blue accordion pleated voile.
Broad geisha belt with stiff bow.
Rose Flavoring.
Fill a glass bottle with fresh, fra-
rant petals, crowding them down to
is fullest capacity, then pour in
aough pure alcohol to submerge. I
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Plaza,
UPON THIS
TELEPHONE
NUMBER
hinges the plot of
one of the most
powerful stories
you have read in
many a day, which
we have secured
for our next serial
The -
Woman
A novelizatioji of
Belasco's production of
de Mille’s famous play
by
Albert Pay son Terhune
Wanda Kelly, a plucky
little telephone operator,
possesses the secret'that.
powerful politicians try
to wring from her.
A remarkably interesting
story of love and politics.
Be Sure to
READ IT!
Farmers’ Educational
and Co-Operative
Union of America
Matters if Especial Moment to
J the Progressive Agriculturist
When cutting off a dog's tail, strike
as close behind the ears as possible.
The Bhady pasture Is a splendid
work room for the profit making cow.
If all men are born equal, that Is the
only time in life that they are equal.
The binder engine has solved the
question of the peak-load In harvest
ing.
“No Slump in neef" reads a head
line. Yot It is “going down" every
where.
The man who wants to sell 1b al
ways more polite than the man who
Is asked to buy.
Discretion is tho art of being on
the other Side of a fence when you
call a man a liar.
Salting the Btock is one of the may
be-forgotten chores—how long since
It was last done?
Why not think of a man as a soul-
possesBing body, rather than as a body
possessing a soul?
Sleep mnkes women lovely, accord
ing to a lady doctor. Kvery nagged
husband will agree.
As warm weather comes on give the
little colt a place where he can get
away from the flies.
Growing corn for its total feed value
Is better and more profitable than
growing It for grain alone.
Men, says a writer, make better
chaperons than, women. Yes, they
are used to looking after glrlB. „
When a man tell you how honest
h-i Is and how crooked other men ure
put your money In your stock and
hldo your watch until he goes.
Knock off work In the fields Satur
day noon after the first big rush Is
over and put in a couple of hours
pushing the lawn mower and helping
mother and the girls clean up the
yard
m ho only way to rid ourselves of
our troubles Is to look about us tor
greater onos that are borne by our
neighbors. If we sit around and brood
over our misfortunes they do not van
ish but only hatch out new ones.
KANSAS SCHOOL IS UNIQUE
Each Class Has Course In Agriculture
and Puplle Are Taken Into Fields
of Adjacent Farm.
Eight miles out'of Blalrstown, in
Henry county, Kansas, -is a crossroads
country store. In the second story of
this store building Is a room forty feet
by .twenty, In which is conducted a
regularly accredited high school. Four
Henry county larmers conceived the
Idea, the manager of the country store
tendered tlio use of hiH| room and at
present Ralph Lionberger, who was
born within a milo of the school, is its
teacher. Tho object In view by the
founders of tbo school was twofold—
to keep tho boys and girls at home
and to save the expense of sending
them away to tho town high school..
Mr. Lionberger is a graduate of the
College of Agriculture at Columbia,
and each class takes a course in agri-
culturo In hi3 school. He takes the
boys and girls right into the fields
of ndjacont farms whore the actual
work Is done. He and his pupils also
help tho farmers when the Beason
oomes to test tho seed corn and the
grass seeds.
This school has Its regular :;rad; at-
Ing exercises, this j ear's class num
bering seven. The diplomas carried
by theso young people will gain ad
mission Into the fn shmaa class of
the state university. It Is the only
school of its kind In the world unique
l nevory respect. “It is truly a school
of tho farmer, by the farmer and for
the farmer.”
Cultivation of Corn.
After the growth of v corn Is well
started, the roots spread out -often
from one row to another. Interlacing
in the middle. A plow ripping along
1 otween tho rows at a depth of from
:.ve to six inches will cut oft the
roots and very materially slacken the
growth of the plant and cut short the
yield.
The first cultivation may be fairly
deep but niter that the surface of the
soil should be stirred lightly, how
ever,' In cider to create a dust mulch
and mat Main the moisture about the
ruut8 pf the corn.
Poisoning Cut-Worms.
•In the garden where corn, onions
and other similar crops are grown,
the cut-worm can be destroyed by the
use of a composition made from 25
pounds of bran and one pound of parts
green, or asenate of lead, moistened
with sweetened water or molasses. A
teaspoonful ou each hill of corn does
the work.
Sometimes mliidtngs are used In
stead of bran, and the mixture Is
then rolled Into pea-sized pills for
scattering through the field. Chick
eus should be kept out of the garden.
When to Cut Alfalfa.
Don't let the alfalfa get moody; It
Injures the hay. Cut when about ten
por cent. In blossom and the new
shoots begin to start from the crown.
NEW PLAN OF CO-OPERATION
National President of Equity Union
Sfets Forth.Ideas and Principles
of His Organization.
(By C. O. DRAYTON, Greenville, III.)
1 think so much of tno,Equity Union
plan of Golden Rule co-operation, thut
I want to proclaim It from the house
lops. This high standard of hustncBB
co-operation is being worked out In
ten states by the young giant. Equity
Union. A lively campaign of educa
tion Is'being carried on at 100 good
markets, and Equity exchanges es
tablished.
Whon strongly organized, tho Equi
ty Union will prevent gluts of central
markets, which now cause farmers to
lose millions of dollars. When thero
Is sufficient co-operation by our Equity
exchanges, the price of farm machin
ery will be reduced 50 per cent., coal
one dollnr to two dollars per ton;
Hour, feed, fertilizer, and all neces
saries, will come down, and consum
ers, as well as producers, will be bene
fited.
Local unions are organized at the
best shipping points. When we have
100 or more members at one place,
we Btart an Equity exchange with 100
stockholders and a capital of $10,000.
We work continually for more stock
holders and more capital. The stock
holders control this capital and run
their own business.
The National Union Is organized
without capital. It is an organizing
force, which carries on a continual
campaign of education, absolutely
necessary to the success of this move
ment for economic freedom.
The shares In our exchanges are
$25 each. The limit is four shares.
The manager Is bonded by a reliable
bonding company. His books are care
fully audited every quarter and often-
If necessary. Our commission firm In
Minneapolis gives each exchange a
set of books, and continual directions
and assistance in buying grain. We
work for honest, efficient manage
ment.
Each manager is required to buy
and sell on a safe margin. All profits
are prorated to stockholders according
to their patronage. A large volume
of trade from 200 or 300 farmers re
duces the cost of handling and in
sures the success of the business. No
danger of assessments here.
Out of the gross earnings are taken
expenses, national dues, and five per
cent, dividends on the stock sub
scribed. Never allow more thaq five
per cent, dividends on the stock sub
scribed. . All over this Is profit, figured
as a per cent, of all the business fur
nished by tho stockholders, and ls‘ pro
rated back to stockholders according
to patronage.
Every patron who Is a stockholder
gets back all that he earns by his pa
tronage. Only patrons can draw out
the earnings of the company, aB pa
tronage makes the earnings. This
plan Is just. A small per cent, paid
for capital, and as large an amount
as possible paid back each' year for
patronage, will bind farmers together
in a union that will be powerful and
beneficlent. (
Each member’s produce and mer
chandise is handled at actual cost,
without profit, and a large volume of
trade reduces the cost of handling.
Non-members are paid the s^me us
members for their produce, but do not
share In the profits.
We pay all the earnings of the com
pany to patrons who are stockholders.
They must be both patrons and stock
holders to get a share of the earn
ings Non-members will soon see the
difference and come in.
The central Idea In this plan is the
union of a large per cent, of our farm
ers. ’ The entrance fee is three dol
lars. Each member has one vote and
only one. To all members who have
less than four shares, we prorate In
shares for their patronage until they
have four shares, the limit. We will
finally have 200 good farmers united
In each exchange, with a financial
standing of $20,000 in the business
world, and If this is not sufficient cap
ital, the limit of shares can be
changed to five or six.
All of our Equity exchanges must
co-operate In buying and selling. It
will take time and patience to work
this out. We leave our exchanges
free, as we do our members. We
never drive nor coerce.
We are now arranging to buy a con
trolling Interest In a coal mine for
our southwest unions. We will do the
same for our northwest unions. We
urge every farmer to rally around
the Equity Union banner. Leave the
profit-system, become a golden rule
co-operator, and your success as a
farmer is assured. Send ten two-cent
stamps for the Equity textbook which
gives a full explanation of our plan of
co-operation.
TEAM
WORK
That is what counts. There must
be co-operation, mutual aid and
assistance. We are* eager to help
you, and our expert advice and long
expedience are at your disposal.
When you want
PRINTING OF ANY
KIND come see us and
we will do a little team
work that will insure
the artistic results you.
desire.
Novel Hard Times Party. 1
Here is a new version of a "hard
times" or “poverty" party. The invl- 1
tatlons were written on brown paper
such as butchers use for wrapping
meat, and the lettering was done with ‘
a heavy lead pencil. At the top of the
sheet was this nursery rhyme:-
Hark hark; the dogs do bark;
The beggars are coming to town—
Some in rags, and some In tags,
And some in a silken gown,
followed by the request to dress "In
gladdest rags” and come to tho ad
dress on the day, date and hour given.
Masks to be removed at 10:3Q. The
hostess handed each “beggar” a dance
program number as high as the num
ber of her guests, and as each entered
the lasge living-room, which had been
cleared for dancing, a number was
pinned upon the back so votes could
be registered as to "who was who,"
for the best (or worst) costume. One
may imagine the - fun such a party
would make. Prizes were awarded and
card tables were provided for those
who.did not care to dance.' Refresh-
r
Giving Little Ones a Show.
When there are different sized i
chicks In the yards care should be '
taken to see that the little ones get :
their proper share of the feed. The '
big ones are apt to overcrowd the lit- 1
tie fellows and push them aside. With j
stats not too far apart you can arrange
a place for the, little ones to feed In
peace, and feed the large chicks out-
side.
Cure for Colic.
For colic In horses: Chloroform,
one ounce; laudanum, eight ounces;
sulphuric ether, two ounces; Jamaica
ginger, eight ounces; raw linseed oil,
two pounds. Mix well and divide Into
ten doses and give one each hour till
relief comes. This remedy 1b used at
the fire stations In a number of tho
cities and has rarely been known to
fail.
Cleaning Up Old Nests.
The Incubating season is over wit!
poultry as far as profit to the ownei
Is concerned, and the Minnesota ex
periment station advises that all ole
nesting material be taken out anc
burned, and that all nesting boxes be
disinfected and given a coat of liquid
lice killer, after which fresh straw
may be placed in them for late lay
ers. ,
The creosote preparations sold al
lumber yards for wood preserving
have been used with good effect at
lice killers.
Currant Worms.
Currant bushes should be di
with white hellebore or paris gi
or sprayed with a decoction of I
bore at the first appearance of
worms.
Thorough cultivation should be
ticod at all times.