Newspaper Page Text
bright colors to
be much in favor
R ; ch Shades to Vie With
‘ Black and White in
Women’s Clothes.
T l, e smart woman can never escape
the temptation to buy clothes, declares
1 fashion correspondent. It meets her
everywhere. She leaves for a winter
holiday with trunks full of enchanting
tilings with which she plans to fas
cinate mankind. She no more than ar
rives until she is further tantalized by
new offerings which make her feel as
If the dresses and hats that still remain
In their uncrumpled tissue paper wrap
pings are passe. Tints goes on the con
stant struggle to be the smartest of
the smart.
Among the novelties for spring are
bright-colored velvets. They are being
charmingly used for straight chemise
smocks to wear over shirts of match
ing or contrasting fabrics. .Frequently
these dresses are trimmed with bands
of tint fur, notably' caracul. Bright
green velvet and a deep bluish hunter s
shade are often used, with trimmings
of black fin- in the form of elbow cuffs
and choker collars.
Beautifully printed or embroidered
fabrics in two-tone or two-color com
binations are now prominent, as are
Yionnet’s new printed velvets, Orien
tal in colorings and designs. Models
made from these fabrics are cut in
straight coat effect, lapping widely In
manteau fashion. Chanel shows a
great many models of highly-colored
prints in Oriental designs. These are
reminiscent of the magnificent bro
cades of the Louis XV period, but
stronger in their colorings.
Lanvin still holds to her colorful
dresses and is showing many lovely
ne things in metal and colored em
broideries. Most of her dresses are of
the simplest possible outline. In con
trast to bright-colored things she
shows some models of black wool reps,
but these are characteristically orna
mented with embroidery in color sep
arated by applique bands of silver
metal ribbon.
One model Is Patou’s latest fancy de
veloped in a soft gray-green plaid,
'l' 0 Frocl< Developed in Soft Gray
, en Trimmed With Crimson Tassel
n ’ a Carved Crimson Buckle.
2® tin y l°nch of red in the form of
'' * lia s *' i: Uissel and a carved crim
gfdiilith belt buckle. The red tas
nlr.inl F ended froin an inside collar
!£ ° f b,l “* leather and the panel
Pkiu n ' Vl ! iCh emerge from big box
W l th , , m tl,e skir L are buttoned up
Tj hlack leather buttons.
• ie Persistence of the youthful, boy-
Save Stocking Legs for Repairing Others
JL SC,metlmos happens that a pair of
' a*ugs will suddenly show a yawn
rrii‘ oe ' or a heel will have been
! untii becomes uncoinfort
i e , tu Wear - If the rest of the stock
lh| ® §o °d. a very nent and comfort
* olj can be made by “patching” In
u e °‘ depending wholly upon darn
(j. !ton - Patching is often so clura
vne that the method has fall-
F t ° disre Pute. But for a good
excelient 6 thl ® metho<l w!11 be foun(l
e of good stocking uiate
flolu the unworn part of
k r of stockings. In fact, it
t n to have n box or small
n R legs which can be
w repairs.
Turn . Dle thod of procedure:
Bat ng Wl ’°ng side out, and
aii ‘mo it. Now cut a
bo . ' 'h cover the worn place.
” J be mistake of cutting
.. . v u ' e lf, even if tliere is a
*lll v • there, for tlie cut edges
• 1 alte a needleful of mer
Use Moire Ribbon to
Trim Marine-Blue Serge
Paris supplies thousands of varia
tions on the blue serge theme, that all
may have something different. This
trotteur is of marine-blue serge,
trimmed with moire ribbon in a light
er, harmonizing 6hade.
ish type in fashions is remarkable.
French dressmakers are preparing for
their spring collections many models of
this sort. A typical “garconne” frock
from Premet—and it was Premet who
launched the mrst model of this sort
which developed into a veritable craze
—is developed in brown crepe Stella ire
trimmed with ecru lace, wooden but
tons and smocking. Doeuillet shows a
frock of distinctly youthful and boyish
contour fashioned of black wool reps,
with a white satin giiet framed in a
bias band of black.
Accessories to Add
to Milady’s Apparel
An ornament for the evening coif
fure that only a very young woman
dare wear is formed of autumn leaves
in velvet, hand-painted in the vivid
natural colors, each leaf outlined with
tiny rhinestones. These are sewn In
a row upon a band of velvet ribbon.
Other headdresses are of elaborate
proportions, made of silver or gold
tissue, embroidered In pearls or stones,
and entirely cover the hair. One of
Oriental design has ornaments at the
side that hang over the ears In the
Chinese fashion, and a chain of pearls
looped under tfcechin.
Belts of straw embroidered In
worsted are among the new ideas.
They are narrow and dainty nnd are
attractive with the light or white
tailored frocks on a slender figure.
Xliese and other smart new belts in
kid patent leather or suede are among
the accessories that are to accompany
the regulation skirt and shirt suit now
returning to favor, particularly for
sports wear.
An extravaganza in fans is one of
jade-green silk gauze in the shape of
bat wings, with long gilt tnssels pen
dant from the top and attached to the
handle. It is an intricate arrange
ment, very showy and smart.
cerized darning cotton and fasten the
patch where it ought to be. This is
the way to do It:
First put in a pin or two to hold it
in place. Then overcast the patch
all around the edge. Do not (urn the
edge under. This will fasten the at
tached piece firmly In place, and there
will be no uncomfortable ridge. This
will only take a few minutes. The next
step is to turn the stocking right side
out. The clumsy darn can now be cut
away, or If there Is a hole it can be
mended quickly. The way to do tills
Is to darn the edge of, the stocking
down flat to the patch. Sometimes it
Is advisable to run the darning thread
right through the patch, using it as
filling. The repair is quickly made,
lasts as long as new, and Is neat on
both the right and the wrong side.
Where the repair is made in silk stock
ings cutting should he avoided, ns this
causes the stitches to run.
“Thank you” survives, but isn’t “B eg
pardon” getting more infrequent?
THE DANIELSVILLE MONITOR, DANIELSVILLE, GEORGIA.
DaJJy?lvming
Fairy Tall&t
Hilary
Bonner
lGfiYXtG#r vrrro/i
THE PARTY TABLE
“We’re going to be for a party,’' said
the flowers as they nudged each other
and smiled in their
.gjjjyqgju. pre 11 y flower
sure, we
are,” they added.
7 And sure enough!
They were all
fwtrffl most beautifully
jin 1 arranged and put
<1 ui on the center of a
11 dining-room table.
Oh, the flowers
U\ were arranged in
so lovely a fash
ion, ant * some
tlie green ferns
were put around
the outside of the.
Great Care Is vase ’ nnd * flo , wer
Taken was at each place
on the table, too.
"I'm the best tablecloth,” said the
tablecloth to the flowers.
“I hope you notice me I
“Of course I haven’t real flowers
but don’t you think the linen flowers
I have are quite lovely? If you look
carefully you will be able to tell that
I have a lily of the valley pattern.
“It’s a handsome pattern, too.”
“Very handsome,” said the flowers.
“And how beautifully you are done
up. You have been used before, haven’t
you?”
“Oh yes,” said the tablecloth. “But
great care is taken about ironing the
best tablecloth. Anew tablecloth is.
too stiff—it is not cordial and it
doesn’t show an ease of manner which
a best tablecloth does —one which has
been used but which is unmistakably a
best one.
“Yes, a best tablecloth has ease of
manner and it is cordial. It shows it
is at a party.
“But a best tablecloth doesn’t ac
cept spots hi the same way as an old
one does. An old one doesn’t seem to
care. A spot on a best tablecloth
looks as though it shouldn’t be there
at all.
“Oh yes, it is ashamed of itself in
the presence of the best tablecloth!
“But you must see the other mem
bers of the family. A pride to the
tablecloth are these relatives.”
“Yes, we match the tablecloth,” the
napkins said. “We, too, have a hand
some lily of the valley pattern worked
out upon us. We are big and magnifi
cent —really party napkins.”
“Did you notice that we’d been pol
ished and that we shine and look our
best?” inquired the silver candle
sticks. “We’re going to lie lighted—
that is, the candles within us are going
to be lighted.”
“And we’re going to he used, of
course, but we’re all shined up in our
best,” suld the silver pepper shakers
and the silver salt cellars.
“Some creatures have different
clothes for best und for every duy,”
the silver pepper shakers went on,
“hut we don’t bother with ail that
fussing.
“It would cause too much trouble.
"We’d have to have boxes for our
clothes and trunks if we went away,
nnd we'd have to have wardrobes and
clothes’ hangers.
what would a silver pepper
dish do dressed up in a dress?”
“We can’t possibly imagine,” grinned
the flowers.
“It would never do,” said the silver
pepper shakers.
“No, we’re good managers in that
way—we don’t have to fuss about
clothes. We’re just polished for best
and we get a little tarnished looking
when we’re not dressed up.”
“We’re all dressed up in the same
way,” said the forks, and the spoons
-aid:
"So are we!”
‘‘And so are
we,” said the A .
“We’re out for J
the party,” said ©/
the handsome
china dinner set, -lrf|AWi
and the coffee "1
butterfly handles \ V
and tlie tali j !
glasses all said: L
“So are we! So
are we! We all Jjj jtt .1
belong to the par- v-JJjWMI
ty table*. We do, flrxrl =*_
indeed.” “We’re Going to
Kor tliere was Be Lighted."
going to he a par
ty and the dining-room table was all
ready with its best tilings upon it,
waiting for the guests to arrive—and
—it hoped that the guests would ad
mire it, too!
And surely the table thought they
would for certainly it was handsome
ly dressed for the party!
Produce Superior
Lambs for Market
Breeding, Feeding, Castra
tion and Docking Among
Important Factors.
(Prepared by the United States Department
of Asrrlculture.)
Producing desirable lambs for the
market is dependable to u large extent
on the three following principles of
management, namely, good breeding,
proper feeding, and castration nnd
docking of the lambs. Of these three
factors, the latter is probably more
abused than any of the others, espe
cially when it is considered that dock
ing and castrating are easily done and
add much to the desirability and value
of the lamb carcass. The most desir
able, and thus the most profitable,
lamb carcass cannot he produced from
lambs which have not been docked and
castrated, says the United States De
partment of Agriculture.
Hinge Real Profits.
The farmer does not market his hull
culves ns bulls, nor his boar pigs as
boars, says the department. Why,
therefore, should he market his male
*
V' •
If** .
Docked Lambs Look Better and Sell
at Higher Prices.
uinbs as ram lambs rather than as
wethers? The correction of this neg
lect by castrating and docking the
iambs is vital, and upon a more gen
eral observance of the practice In the
farm floqks hinge the real profits and
more general success, it is conserv
atively estimated that SO per cent of
the native lambs —those marketed
from farm flocks —which reach the
markets come undocked nnd uncas
trated, and that the percentage of rain
lambs among the offering during the
last year has been as large as ever
before.
Universal in Range flocks.
On the other hand, the .custom of
(locking all lambs and "nstratlng the
males is almost universal In the runge
flocks, and to this practice in a large
measure may be attributed the fact
that lainhs produced on our western
Take Drastic Measures
for Controlling Crows
Drastic measures for the control of
crows include the use of strychnine
in corn, In liens’ eggs or In meat, trap
ping by means of specially designed
steel traps, the destruction of nests,
and shooting at winter roosts. Beef
heads or fresh carcasses of animals
may he treated with strychnine and
placed in trees or places frequented
by the crows with good results. Grp.at
care must he exercised in the use of
poison corn to prevent the poisoning
of domestic animals.
FARMER ORGANIZATIONS
DOING LARGE BUSINESS
More Than $2,000,000,000
Worth Done During 1923.
by th United States Department
of Agriculture )
More than two billion dollars of
business whs done by funner business
organizations In 1923, according to
estimates made by tlie United States
Department of Agriculture. The esti
mates are based upon reports from
6,639 organizations which did a total
business of $1,200,000,000. Reports
have been received from 8,313 asso
ciations and additional reports are yet
to come In from approximately 2.600
organizations.
Of the 8,313 organizations report
ing, approximately iX) per cent were
primarily engaged In selling farm
products, and about 10 per cent in
the collective purchasing of farm sii|>-
plies. Grain marketing organizations
comprised more than 30 per cent of
ranges outsell native or farm-raised
lambs at the market on the average
of from $1 to $1.50 per 100 pounds.
These operations have been found
profitable, and that Is tl,e big reason
that they have become so commonly
practiced on the western range. They
are likewise applicable to the farm
flock and just as necessary for the* pro
duction of the best lambs and conse
quently the most profit.
Protein Usually Lacking
in Ration for Poultry
The most popular ration being fed
by the farmers who are feeding a bal
anced ration is known as the Purdue
standard laying ration. The scratch
feed consists of ton pounds of com,
ten pounds of wheat and five pounds
of eats. The mash is a mixture of
five pounds of bran, five pounds of
shorts and three pounds of high grade
tankage. Plenty of grit, oyster sheila,
succulent feeds und water are kept
before the hens at all times. The un
balanced rations which are being fed
to some of the flocks consist of com
and wheat; coin, wheat and bran;
wheat and bran; wheat; nnd corn.
The principal tiling lacking in the un
balanced rations Is an animal protein.
The hen manufactures eggs from the
feed that is given to her. The number
of eggs she will lay depends upon Iho
kind and amount of feed she receives.
She cannot maintain her body and
manufacture a large number of egg*
from feeds which do not contain tlift
proper kind and amount of nutrients
Eggs for Hatching Must
Be From Healthy Stock
Good eggs tire the foundation of good
hatches. The best incubator in the
world can’t hatch bad eggs. Make sure
the eggs you set come from healthy
stock kept under sanitary conditions;
I lion select only those of normal sire
and shape, free from Imperfections of
shell.
Eggs for hatching should he as fresh
us possible— not over ten days or two
weeks old—and they should be gath
ered three times a day In cold weather
to prevent chilling—then kept In a
room of steady temperature at fifty to
sixtv degrees.
When an egg tests fertile at the
end of the first week of Incubation, It
doesn’t necessarily mean a chick. Be
ginners often blame the incubator
when the real fault may he that the
eggs are too old. Or they may have
been subjected to rough handling or
kept in’ too cold or too warm a tem
perature. In such cases the germ will
start, but hasn’t the strength to com
plete the process.
Soy Bean Rotation Will
Increase Soil Fertility
A rotation that Is being used to a
considerable extent, ts soy hcana,
wheat, clover and corn, the corn hein*
used either one or two years This
lias the advantage that the wheat caa
he sown in the soy boon stubble. Tim
rotation also Increases the soli fer
tility and gives n more economical die
tribution of labor.
improvement Association
Against Imported Seeds
The International Crop Improve-*
ment association, which Is coni|M>t>ted
of 17 state crop Improvement asso
ciations, went on record at its fifth
annual meeting held In Chicago aa
being in favor of national legislation
against imported alfalfa and clover
seeds.
the associations; dairy products 2X
per cent; live stock 14 per cent, u 4
fruits and vegetables 11 per cent.
Two thousand six hundred grata
organizations did n total business estl
nmted at $490,000,000; 1,841 dairy
products organizations a total busi
ness of $300,000,000; 1,182 live stock
shipping associations a business of
$220,000,000, mid 956 fruit and vege
table associations a total business of
$280,000,000. Seventy-eight cotton co
operatives did $100,000,000, nnti \4
tobacco organizations $132,000,000
Moisture for Celery Seed.
Celery seed for successful gerrm
nntlon, must never be allowed to get o*
the dry side. It requires more mois
ture to germinate successfully ihas
many other seeds Don’t wash out
the seeds or let the seed box ’ com#
waterlogged however.