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Scarf Fashion Is
in Milady's Favor
Overwhelming Wave of
Popularity in Evidence
for This Decoration.
Not since the Spanish shawl invaded
America has there been such an over
whelming wave of popularity for any
one article as has been evinced, for the
scarf this season, says a fashion cor
respondent in the New York Herald-
Tribune. Only Salome and the mum
mies have been more swathed In
scarfs than the ladies of the present
day. A scarf on the frock, a scarf on
the blouse, a scarf on the coat and a
scarf by itself are component parts of
every woman’s wardrobe. Even the
evening gown has not escaped the lure
of the scarf, and the newest whim is
to appear at the dance entirely draped
round with a tulle scarf.
Printed silk scarfs, gracefully deco
rative, are seen everywhere—with
morning and afternoon frocks, with
tailored suits and with evening gowns.
Their mode is varied—they are devel
oped In brilliant glowing colors and
demure pastel tints, with stripes, lacy
dots, plaids, florals, batik patterns and
other fascinating designs. They range
from the smart Ascot or four-in-hand,
worn with the tailleur, to the longer
scarfs which are tied about tlie throat
or thrown over one shoulder. The
most elaborate development of the
scarf is the silk shawl scarf, 40 inches
wide and tv. •> yards long, designed
either in a huge flora! pattern or in a
bright modernistic effect* bordered in'
each case with silk fringe.
With the tailleur the smart Ascot
is de riguer. This is knotted over like
a man's scarf, usually in front, al
though occasionally it is tied at one
side. It can be slipped inside the coat
or It may be allowed to hang over.
Sometimes It is pinned closely to the
coat with a barpin. It is chic to wind
a scarf of the same pattern around the
Canton Crepe Is Used
in This Overhlouse
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Enhancing to the perfect complexion
/s this combination of rose canton
cepe overblouse, piped in white, with
a rose broadcloth skirt trimmed with
pearlies.
Hints for Women Who
Wish to Be in Style
Among the various odds against
chic, none Is more dire In Its effect
than too many furbelows. The once
haby-faced belle who is nearing fifty,
tchose hair still shows blond beneath
the accumulating silver, whose cheeks
are "till pink, but whose mirror re
fleets unmistakable plumpness —must
Dow adopt dignified simplicity and
av °i(f the coquetry of ruffles and over
detail.
Many frills are to be repudiated;
Anything too sweetly suggestive of In
fantile coquetry; too many flowers on
the bat or in the pattern of the grown;
00 much narrow valeneiennes lace on
Anything but undergarments. This Is
ie time to dress for the figure, not the
•ce, and the figure will demand care
attention; straight corseting and
' : ma lines that are vertical. Tall,
„■ ,r ' r, raen may have belted hips,
'' n -’ sleeves, fluttering cape ef
'■ but the plump woninn should
‘••er call attention to her circurnfer-
| r ' 1 '>’ low girdles or widen her sil
‘Oheite bv any voluminous upper drap
felt hat worn with tlie (ailicur. tor
the severe tai.leur printed scarfs 20
inches wide and 72 inches long are un
usually effective. However, the block
printed square, 40 Inches to the etd-r.
is particularly smart with this outfit,
especially when tied Ascot fashion.
The scarf solves the prooiem of vari
ety in wardrobe for the summer vaca
tion. The woman who wants to travel
Canton Crepe Outfit,
Recently From Pari*
Canton crepe is much in the fashion
picture this season. This charming
white canton crepe outfit, a blouse
skirt embroidered in yellow, was
shown a short time ago at a French
exhibition in Paris.
lightly and yet have •something dif
ferent to wear for every occasion can
provide herself with one dress of the
type that can he all things to all
scarfs —such as a simple plaited dress
of white or beige crepe de chine to
be worn in combination with four ot
five scarfs of varying lengths, designs
and colors. With these site can match
every mood and accent every chnnge
in the day’s occupation.
Colored Handkerchiefs
Are Bordered With Lace
White handkerchiefs, from lime im
memorial the hallmark of refinement,
are apparently us obsolete as lace
mitts and gaiters. Real lace kerchiefs
excepted, for there are still the most
exquisite bits of hnnd-woven cobweb
Hnen with appliqued edge of rare point
d’Alencon, valenclennes, duchess and
other laces, precious but less well
known.
The last word In handkerchief styles
Is a square of violet, green flame or
orange linen, bordered with chnntilly
lace Other novelties are shown In
printed linen handkerchiefs, silk and
chiffons printed in batik and futuristic
patterns, hand-painted and stenciled.
A fancy for decorating in animal de
signs works allurements for the little
people, whose handkerchiefs are
stamped and embroidered with the
figures of all the creatures that ever
sailed in Noah’s ark or that were cre
ated by the fancy of Hans Christian
Andersen.
ery Neither must she go to the other
extreme and outline her curves In
tight garments, which ill become them.
Dresses, coats and wraps should all
be easy fitting and, if possible, of rich,
dignified mnterlnl, well modeled. A
good costume will outlast two or three
poor ones, not only because It is bet
ter cut and fitted, but because Its fash
ion will remain longer in fashion. This
is especially true of outdoor costumes.
House dresses may more often be suc
cessfully made fit home.
Tub Silks Popular
Frocks of tub silk promise to be ex
tremely smart this summer and the
shops are showing the most delightful
ly fresh and summery stripes. These
silks are particularly nice when made
up int rather tailored little frocks for
sports wear.
For Little Girls
Delightful clothes for little girls are
made of English cut work In different
pastel shades. A pink eyelet frock has
plaitings of pink organdie and a most
becoming hat Is made of the same
combination.
THE DANIELSVILLE MONITOR, DANIELSVILLE, GEORGIA.
S3IP Daddy’s
Evei\ii\&
Fairy Tale
GKAHAM BONNER
■ comicni rr wutiih Ntw*nt un.cn - ■ ■ ■
A TREE KANGAROO
Far away in Australia lived this
free Kangaroo and life to him was
very pleasant.
He was very handsome. His coat
was of thick, long fur and the color
of it was brownish-yellow. Ilis waist
coat was of white though he wore a
front belt of a pale yellow shade.
His face was black though across
ids forehead he had a grayish band
and his ears were black on the out
side and yellow inside.
His legs were of a yellow shade—
yellow stockings lie would have said
lie wore —and his paws were black.
His tail was as long as his body and
his body was of good size.
The children of the family dressed
like the ladies of the family in gray
ish suits, which were simple and
pretty.
“The daytime,” said the Tree Kan
garoo, “is for sleeping and eating.
“Sometimes a fly or ninny flies will
disturb my sleep and I have to kill
them to have peace and rest.
“I give them good hard blows, too.
"But I like to sleep during the day
and my place for sleeping Is in a
tree.
“That is why I am called a Tree
Kangaroo. I am devoted to trees.
“My home is in a tree. I would
lot lie happy in any other kind of a
Like to Sleep.
home. I like a nice mountain home
but a tree is the place in which to
be cozy and comfortable.
“At night, when it is dark, I go
out to travel and do my marketing.
'•I can jump from most enormous
heights so a tree home does not bother
me.
“People who live in houses always
have to go out of them from the
ground floor.
“But I can jump from my tree home
right to the ground without any bother
at all.
“If I lived in a house I would not
bother to go downstairs to get out
of-doors.
“I would siinpljT' jump down from
n window. But people can’t Jump ns
I can.
“They wouldn’t make good Tree
Kangaroos.
“I don’t mean to hurt their feelings
\,".ien I say tills. I hope they do not
feel badly that they can’t do more
than they can.
“I hope they do not spend their
time saying:
“ ‘Oh, dear, if only we were Tree
Kangaroos, - how nice it would be.’
“I hope they don’t say things such
as tills for as long as they are peo
ple I suppose they must make the best
of it.
“But how thankful I am that I am
really and truly a Tree Kangaroo.
“Of course they may say that ns
long as I am a Tree Kangaroo It is a
good thing that I make the best of It.
“But I’m not making the beet of it
for I love being what I am.
“And It Is so splendid to have a tail
as long as one’s body.
“That Is such a help in balancing
when one is jumping. Now maybe
people could Jump from their upstairs
windows if they could bulance with
tails.
“But they haven’t tails, poor dears!
“Oh, well, I will not feel sorry for
them as probably they are happy
enough. They don’t know the Joy of
being a Tree Kangaroo and so they
don’t know what they miss.
“As long ns they are happy In their
own way I shall not try to upset them.
“But I must make ready to go out
for a little exercise, and a good run,
for It is night time now and I’ve had
a good supper of leaves and a splen
did daytime sleep.”
Unfair Play
Willie —Father, didn’t you tell me
the other day that It was wrong to
strike any one smaller than yourself?
Father--Yes, Willie, thut’s what I
said.
Willie— Well, I wish you’d write and
tell my teacher. I don’t think she
knows of It.
Improved Fruits
Increase Trade
American Farmers Adding
to Income From Various
Crops Sold Abroad.
(Prepared by the United State* Department
of Agriculture.)
Each year adds to the income which
American farmers are realizing from
various crops which have been intro
duced from foreign countries and de
veloped and fostered by the United
States Department of Agriculture and
the various stnte experiment stations.
Some of these crops have been tiere
for so many years that we are In
clined to look upon them ns our own.
Most of them, however, got their start
in some other country.
Raisin Industry Grows.
Take, for example, the raisin Indus
try of California which has grown to
such great size In recent years. Va
rieties of grapes were introduced from
Europe and tried out under Pacific
coast conditions. For many years the
department has maintained experimen
tal vineyards In various parts of Cal
ifornia. Within the last three years
it has acquired titles to two vineyard
tracts, one In Napa county, and one In
Fresno county, which are exclusively
devoted to the problems of grape cul
ture In that stnte. Research work by
the federal department and the state
experiment stations, along with others,
hnve helped greatly in making It pos
sible for raisin producers to develop
the product which is now an Important
factor In our export trade with n num
ber of countries. According to the De
part ment of Commerce, for the eight
months ending with February, 1924,
more than three millions pounds of
raisins were marketed In China, which
Is more than four times ns many as we
marketed in that country for the same
time the preceding year. The trade
with Japan Is about twice as great ns
that with China, and Canada, which is
our biggest purchaser, used practically
thirty million pounds of our raisins
during the eight-month period In 1924.
Within the same time the United King
dom took about fifteen million pounds.
Apple Developed.
The apple may be taken ns another
example of a fruit, not native to this
country, which has been developed to
a high state of commercial perfection.
It Is largely because of plant Introduc
tion nnd Improvement, to; -'ther with
development of effective cultural meth
ods, Including the prevention nnd con
trol cf destructive diseases and Insect
pests, that it has been possible to
build up an extensive trnde in this
fruit, a trade which Is increasing
greatly. The export of npples In tlie
eight months ending with February,
1924, was 4,719,371 boxes and 1,088,114
barrels, n movement much In excess of
that In 1923, according to the Depart
ment of Commerce reports.
Although the apple was not indi
genous to this country, so far as the
list of modern varieties Is concerned
those which figure extensively in our
commercial trade are practically all
of American origin.
Large Silage Com and
Common Field Variety
Large, late silage corn and common
field corn for silage have been com
pared In feeding tests with dairy cows,
at the Ohio experiment station. The
Blue Ridge slluge com yielded more
dry matter per acre than the Clarngc
field com, but the Clarage produced
moro grain and seemed a little more
palutablc than the lurger variety. In
all the feeding tests the Blue Ridge
silage proved more efficient for milk
and butterfat production. But the
Clarage produced the larger gains In
weight. The results of the five tests
Indicate that there Is much less differ
ence per acre between the large silage
varieties and the ordinary field corn
than Is commonly supposed.
Untreated Willow Posts
Untreated willow posts have a very
short life when used ns posts If
properly creosoted, however, tfcey
should be good for at least twenty
five to thirty years. They should be
given the hot and cold treatment, and
the upper part should also he given a
slight treatment. Full directions for
doing the creosotlng Is given In free
bulletins which you can obtain from
the United States Department of
Agriculture, Washington. D. C, or
from your agricultural college.
Threshing Sweet Clover
Sweet clover may he threshed with
an ordinary gruln thresher set for
oats, a clover huller may be used, or
the seed may he flailed out by hand.
There are special attachments made
to thresh sweet clover seed In an or
dinary grain separator but If the
plants are cut at the right time and
properly dried, 90 per cent of the seed
may be obtained with the ordinary
machine. The ordinary clover huller
is not as satisfactory us the regular
threshing machine
Successful Fights
Made Against Rats
Campaigns Put On in New,
Jersey and Massachusetts.
(Prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture.)
Noteworthy nntirnt campaigns were
conducted during the iutter part of
Junuary nnd eniy in February by
county agents L. B. Boston of Barn
stable county, Mass., and ElUvood
Douglass of Monmouth county, N. J.,
in co-operation with the biological sur
vey, in which outstanding organizing
ability wns shown by these agents.
The campaign in Massachusetts was
noteworthy from the c !ucationul sldo
in the quantity and type of newspaper
publicity given it. In addition to the
destruction of about 10,000 rats. In
New Jen. y, in u well-organized and
well-conducted campaign, 40 000 ruts
were estimated to have been killed
at n cost of? 275 to the county conduct
ing it, or about seven-tenths of a cent
a rat. With the average rut causing
a loss which has been estimated to
be $2 a year, the theoretical saving of
SBO,OOO in Monmouth county gives an
approximate return of about 8299 on
every dollar invested in tlie campaign.
Dodder Dangerous Weed
in Alfalfa and Clover
Dodder, the parasitic weed which
starts from a weed but soon detaches
Itself from the soil to live entirely
upon the Juices of the plants which it
attacks. Is dangerous in clover uml
alfalfa Helds, and, according to A. 0.
Arny of the farm crops section at Uni
versity farm, at St. I’uul, has obtained
n foothold in a few sections of Min
nesota.
Dodder is n plant with stems about
the size of the lead In an ordinary pen
cil," says Mr. Arny. “These stems twine
around and take their food from al
falfa and clover plnnts. As tlie dod
der plants become mature, they turn
a golden yellow and are easily seen.
They should be watched carefully nnd
destroyed before they have opportunity
to produce seed.
"Clover and alfalfa seed containing
dodder should not be purchased or
planted anywhere In the stale. Par
ticular attention should he given to
keeping Helds free from dodder In ul|
seed producing sections.”
Anthracnose Is Dreaded
Disease of Watermelon
Anthracnose Is the most dreaded ot
all diseases on the watermelon crop.
It first appears as small dark spots
on the old leaves. These spots spread
very rapidly, and soon cause the whole
plant to die. If one vine becomes In
fected, the whole field may soon die, for
this fungus Is spread by wind, ruin and
Insects, any of which may carry the or
ganism I<> uninfected plunts. From
the infected vines the spores of the
fungus fall on the young melons (If
any), and these la turn soon show
small scabby spots which make the
melons unfit for market. If Infected
melons are shipped the spots may
spread so rapidly that the whole car
will he lost before It reaches Us des
tination.
Fertilizer Is Important
Largely for Plant Food
Plant food makes the fertilizer. In
other words, fertilizer Is Important
largely for the plant food It contains.
Thus. It has become the custom to
speak of a fetllizer as a ”2-12-2’’ or a
“4-8-4/’ referring to the proportion of
plant food It carries. Doubtless there
are few, outside of (be wholly unin
itiated, who do not really know that
fact. Still It may be helpful to stnte
again that In the symbol, for exnmple.
“2-12-2,” the first figure designates the
per cent of the ammonia, the second
figure designates the per cent of phos
phoric acid, and the third the per cent
of potash, In the fertilizer.
Farm Rente
A farmer Is Judged by the farm be
keeps.
• • •
Be sure posies are planted around
the house.
• • •
Turn hens out to pasture. They
also ore live stock.
* • •
Tickle the garden soli thoroughly
and It will laugh with an abundant
harvest
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The number of breeding sows on
farms on April 1 Is estimated by the
United States Department o' Agricul
ture to have been 11,731,000, or 89.2
per cent of the number of farms at
the same time last year.
• • •
In planting out nursery stock, spe
cial care should be taken never to ex
pose the roots of the trees to the air
and sun for more than a few minutes,
especially If the sun Is shining bright
and the wind is blowing.