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Youth and Grace in Woman’s Dress Poor randame ! Having a love of beautiful and a discriminating I'm dress, and being fortunate in Z Possession of a long purse, she •f a a s badly off as Flora McFUmsy, J nothing to wear unless she has llceeded in retaining that slim sil houette Fnder the nutocratlc rule ? f Lstuers, observes a fashion writer in J, N e\v York Times, an ideal has heen created and a standard estab- Sed, and life, as to clothes, Is sim ile for the woman who meets the re auirements, though otherwise it is a Lblem requiring devoted attention or( l involving many difficulties. It is as if the whole world of fash ion makers had conspired against the , vo,nan who is smart, yet not neces- l Maize Silk Etamine Embroidered In Scarlet Floss With Corai Ornament. k sarily slim curveless. The most tempting models are for fig ure, and to place them further beyond the reach of any other, the original French models are confined to sizes no larger than “35.” The saleswoman usually displays this to the timid, ai* most apologetic customer, as being “the very largest size we carry.” This applies, of course, to the wom an who longs to possess the original and wishes to avoid, if possible, the Irksome experience of being fitted. She of the youthful figure, with fresh skin and hair of natural shade, still finds that, unless she has kept her figure and avoirdupois within bounds, she is “hard to fit,” and, being a plump 40, is distressed to find that the type of frock that was charming on a “per fect 36” looks quite different on her. To be unsylphlike is handicap enough, but to have arrived at the period when one must acknowledge or he reminded that moyen-age styles are the correct thing for one Is to realize, ,lle y say, the first gray In the other wise bright sky of a merry world. For Hie woman of fashion who has put off Hi s somber day by being industrious in training, the way is still pleasant md the best and most beautiful things created by Parisian artists are for her ns long as she desires them. Hair cun Shown in Knitted Wear For dress and semi-dress occasions, 'tie beautifully patterned and colored plain goods of this season are deligbt f'all.v adapted, and the possibilities of ha PPy results with these In the hands °f artists are almost unlimited. It is 'be sports dress and the tailleur that present the real problem. Each of these, in the strictest sense, belongs to 'he jeunesse, the slim, the willowy 'JPe, hut must be adapted to the ma ''irer figure. This is accomplished h ‘■mart effect and much charm in 'he one-piece frock, cut very coatl'ke, ''might and belted loosely; in the tunic, and in the overblouse and skirt. A " these are successfully illustrated ln the knitted goods—light, gossamer woolens, silk jersey, roshanara crepe eponge, pongee and alpaca. I ! a its— the tunic of narrow plaiting e “ tlre —!°ng, slender panels, and rows rjf buttons outlining the frock from '°P to bottom, accentuate length and :,e a slenderizing effect and are 'omehow younger and more chic than he Plainer models. Home of the most delusive shops in New York are offer ln? tljese semi-tailleur suits in white. he camouflaged, dog collars are for telltale necklines, angel sleeves soften sharp angles—and many another trick may be turned. But when moyen-age adds silver to the hair und pounds to the figure there Is cause for despair and the question of dress becomes acutely important. French Women Reticent. It is something u French woman never admits except to herself. What ever is becoming she will wear, and she critically views herself and de cides that illusion and effect come of emphasis of her points of charm and of subordinating, negativing, as It were, the marks of the years and the evidences of too much enjoyment of ease. She knows the value of having hair perfectly coiffed and hands and feet immaculately clad. Some of the older artists, Worth, Paquin, Drecoll, Itedfern—master hands in the art of gowning women— seemed to have a special sense in this important service, and their clients looked always /so well and so becom ingly dressed that the evidence of age was artistically softened and dignified. Judged by her silhouette—so it be de rigueur—any woman in these times may wear anything she chooses, and usually she Is successful, for Ameri can women are graduates in taste and style. For them the best designers of Europe and America have worked out models that will please the fancy and coinfort the heart by keeping youth and grace in the figure. The fashionable woman of a genera tion ago was unaware of the archi tecture that reconstructs the figure to the present model. To summarize, she wore stays, and crinoline, and bones. These belong to the Dark Ages, as far as concerns the modern woman; which greatly simplifies the task of the modiste who helps the middle-aged woman to express taste and style In her appearance. The waistline dropped to the point of the hip was the life-saving innova tion. To that is drawn the ling V-shaped neck, the gracefully tapered shawl collar, the wide cascading cape, the jabot. The skirt, In slight drapery, is caught usually with a motif of flow ers or jeweled ornament, or a garni ture that trails in lengthwise line to the bottom of the skirt. One-Piece Gown, Real Test. The one-piece gown, the real test, lias many variants, the essential of which is the coat dress. This, In light or heavy materials, is becoming to every figure of any proportions. The gown proper is made In a straight model, with a panel, like a full-length waistcoat, whether plain and fitted, or plaited and held by a belt or girdle. The tunic, which may be three quarters, seven-eighths or full length, is one of the most comfortable and en tirelv satisfactory models suitable tor older women. The silk Jersey tunic for daytime and the beaded tunic for evening wear were brought out several years ago, isolated, single and ex treme” styles, that took at once. Worth, Beer, Jenny, Molyneus. Cheruit are now giving us one-piece gowns. Jenny, Alice, Bernard, Louise boulanger, Preinet, Doeulllet, Drecoll, to mention special and representative designers, present Interesting variants of the tunic, and Poiret. I.anvln. Jeanne Hallee, Doucet, Patou are among those who Illustrate the savins grace of a slight lift of the sklA la draped lines. No preceding season has offered as much inducement in material for slen der modeling and graceful drapery The soft silks, crepes, voiles, marqul sette, and all the shades of weaving In sheer fabrics respond to the artistic designs cannily established for the clientele to whom It matters so vitally wliite-and-black or collars in stripes, and sharply marked bars. One that It liked by ultra-fashionable women Is ac informal outfit—skirt of white Jersey plaited; overhlouse of crepe, embroid ered In colored crewels, and three quarter svventer coat of the Jersey with deep shawl collar, large pockets and narrow belt of glace kid. The overblouse, touching the knee is the answer to many difficulties it the summer outfit for moyen-age. Ii 1b soft, supple, yet straight, dropplnf with its own weight, and Is worn un belted. The skirt beneath, whether I* is plain, kilted or flaring, adds grnoi to the figure and is flattering to fee and ankles. The cretonne coats that wen brought out with the first suggest lot of seaside dress are having a vogue They are so picturesque, summery sin< serviceable that they and their vari ants, whatever they come to he, ur likely to have a long run of popularity They nre the simplest type of gar ment. cut ns straight as a man’s smok ing jacket, and with no more elaborr tion in outline. THE DANIELSVILLE MONITOR, DANIELSVILLE, GEORGIA. wuUyslvening Fairy lalg Bonner /$■ MRS. SCREECH OWL “I’ve always thought it n pity," said Mrs. Screed) Owl to her dear mate, “that they called you u screech owl Instead of calling you some name such as Melody-Owl. "To me your melody is very beauti ful. It sounds like the wild and won derful woods at night. It has a beau tiful tremble about It. “And oh, you sing ns though you so loved ine. That makes me think It Is 60 beautiful.” “Ah, Mrs. Owl,” said Mr. Screech Owl, “to you my song Is beautiful be cause you love me. And it Is nice that it is so. For lots of us aren’t blessed with many of the qualities and the charms which those who love us think we have.” “But Mr. Screech Owl,” said Mrs. Owl, “I have heard others say the same. Sometimes when we have been sit ting here with our eyes half shut and our feathers close to our bodies so tlmt w’e look so much like the part of the gray-brown-red bark of the tree, I have heard people talk, and they did not know I was here to listen. “I shouldn’t wonder but what you, too, have heard these speeches, but you are too modest to repent them. “Yes, I have heard that others think your voice Is really very musical. “They think It Is a bit strange at first, a trifle wdld, a little unusual, but they think, too, there Is beauty In your song. “To me It Is the most wonderful song In the world. Other birds may sing pretty little songs, but your song Is so different. “It trembles forth through the trees and the woods and its long, drawn out, marvelous notes are to me so glor ious. "You sing with such earnestness, too. Oh, you should never have been named screech owl even If you can screech If you want to —no, with your beautiful voice you should not have been named screech owl.” Mr. Screech Owl smiled at his mate and his eyes looked very big and hand some. “I want you to like my singing. That Is why I fring as I do—wlfli so much earnestness ns you say. “I wanted you to share my home with me. Together I knew we would Mr. Screech Owl Smiled at His Mate enjoy the hollow tree where we built our nest and where you laid the white eggs in the old bits of soft wood and lining we fixed. “That is wliy I sing with all my pow er. And now, that we are mates, I (Still want you to think rny voice Is nice and so I sing my song to you on the summer evenings. “What does It matter If there are many who say it makes the shivers go up and down their hacks to hear me? “You like It and that is enough for me. “I feel satisfied. But yet again 1 want to feel sure you will continue to like It. “So I sing on and on, often far Into the night. “But let us have a mice dinner now. What do you say, Mrs. Owl? “It seems to me a mice dinner would be excellent for us." Mrs. Owl agreed to this. But ns she went forth with Mr. Screech Owl she could not help say ing to herself agnin and again: “He shouldn’t have been named Screech Owl. His voice is thrilling, that Is what It Is.” And that satisfied Mr. Owl. If she liked his song of love and devotion to her what did he care If there were people In the world who said It made the creeps go up and down their backs? What did he care about their backs? Nothing, absolutely nothing at all! Riddle* Why did the chicken run? Because It saw the fox-trot. • • • Why are eggs unlucky? Because thev often get beaten. Much Corn Fails to Attain Grade Large Portion of Loss Sus tained Can Be Saved by Better Handling. (Prepared by the United StatCH Department of Agriculture.) Much of the corn shipped from coun try points to terminal murkets that is inspected and graded by federally li censed grain inspectors fails to meet the requirements for grade No. 1, ac cording to grain Inspection statistics of the United States Department of Agriculture. The proportion of corn receipts in spected at terminal markets from 1917 to 1921 which met the require ments for grade No. 1 runged from 1 per cent to 27 per cent of the total crop. The remainder of the corn fell Into one of the lower grades and was consequently sold at n reduced price. Loss to Producers. Considerable money loss to produc ers results from marketing corn which does not meet the requirements for grade No. 1, a large portion of which loss can be saved through better han dling of the corn on the farm, the de partment says. The principal factors that affect the commercial grnde of corn are qual ity, condition, color, test weight per bushel, moisture content, foreign ma terial ar.u cracked corn, total dam aged kernels, heat-damaged kernels, odGr, temperature und live weevils or other insects Injurious to stored grain. Any shelled corn which has n nat ural odor, Is free from live weevils or other injurious insects, and has a test weight of at least 55 pounds per bushel, a moisture content of not more than 14 per cent, does not contain over 2 per cent of foreign materials or finely cracked corn or more than 2 per cent of total damaged corn, and no heat-damaged kernels, will grade No. 1 under the government stand ards for shelled corn. Most of the corn which fails to meet the require ments for grnde No. 1 usually receives one of the lower grades because of a single fnctor, although some lots nre assigned the lower grnde on account of two or more grading factors. Careful Study Made. The department has brought togeth er In a mimeographed pamphlet the recommendations of severul Investiga tors who have made n careful study of the problem of how to handle corn on the furm so ns to assure a high grade and consequently a high price for the corn when It Is sold on the terminnl markets. Copies of this pamphlet may he obtained upon re quest to the bureau of agricultural economics, United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. O. Potash Makes Much Land Profitable for Farmers One may safely say that crops can not be grown profitably on muck or peat lands until potash has been sup plied to them In generous quantities. These lands are of vegetable origin, most of them containing possibly ten times as much ammonia as phosphoric acid or potash. The seriousness of such a condition in relation to plant growth Is understood when It is re membered that plants usually require these three materials In practically the reverse proportions. Thus we find muck land farmers In Increasing numbers using fertilizers relatively high in phosphoric acid and potash. For example, the Ohio sta tion is recommending a 2-8-8 fertilizer for onions and celery on muck Innd, while New York suggests an 0-10-10 for onions and 4-8-10 for celery. In diana recommends an 0-12-12 fertilizer for cereals and general crops in case the soils are acid, while on non-ncld soils, 0-8-24 or straight potash Is ad vocated. Banking With Earth Is Best to Blanch Celery Banking with earth is the ordinary method of blanching celery. Have the rows of plants at least 3H to 4 feet ipart and draw the earth from be tween the rows up to the plants as they grow. Boards placed at each side of the row and held upright with stakes are sometimes used. Specially prepared paper is also used in this way. Paper hands may he used and an ordinary three-inch drain tile set down over the plant will be satisfac tory. Celery properly protected can be left in the ground until long after freezing weather or It can be taken up and placed in boxe® in a dark, cool cellar. Lice on Cattle Lice on cattle cause them a lot of trouble and cut down the gains during a feeding season. The best remedy la to use a coal tar dip or good fly spray. Borne farmers mb the dip Into the hide, but this is hard to do on a feed ing herd. A small hand pump or spray 1® usually Study Operation of Farmers’ Elevators Many Avenues of Possible Loss Due to Small Capital. (Frepnted by the United States cf Agriculture.) A study of the operation of farmer*'! elevators throughout the mid weed grain-growing states is being inadet by the United States Department of] Agriculture and the University of] Minnesota in an effort to bring out! the methods found to have produced! success and those which may bavej been responsible for fuilure. There are more than 5,000 such ete-t vntors In the midwest grain-growing* states. Many avenues of possible lesa nre open to these elevators, due !■{ part to limited capital, small volume* of business, and the nature of thej business Itself, the study has revealed.! Other causes of financial difficulty: may he the failure to insure property: the grain and other merchandise,! building and equipment; failure t®j bond officials, bail accounts, failure; to provide sinking funds to replace, depreciating property, failure to cot-; lect full charges for services, failure; to detect erroneous charges, losses laj weighing grain, losses from overgrad-| ing grain, losses from dockage, and losses from Ineffective hedging. Preliminary results of the study, have been prepared In a mimeo graphed pamphlet, entitled “A Study of the Operation of Farmers’ Eleva tors,” copies of which may be ob tained upon request to the bureau of agricultural economics, United Stater Department of Agriculture, Washing-* ton, D. C. New Fertilizers Reduce Freight Bills One-Half High freight and labor charges h*v® caused the state agricultural experi ment stations to develop fertiliser® which contain no useless substance®. These high analysis fertilizers, as th*y, are called, reduce freight bills from one-fifth to one-lmlf. When all tf® other handling, hauling, and spreading operations nre considered, the saving to the profit side of the farmer’s ledg er Is not to be scoffed at. A. W. Blair, professor of agricul tural chemistry at the New Jersey State College of Agriculture, give® some figures to show what n large sav ing In freight results from buying the high-analysis fertilizers. “Sixteen hundred pounds of a 5-10-5 will furnish Just as much plant fo®d ns 2,000 pounds of a 4-8-4 ; one-flftU less freight and handling charges. “Four hundred pounds of a 3-12-3 will furnish as much plant food as 600 pounds of n 2-8-2; one-third off for freight and handling. “One thousand pounds of a 0-12-5 will furnish ns much plant food aa 2,000 pounds of a 3-0-1 % ; a reduction of one-half in freight and handling charges. ‘‘There Is a reason for the hlgtv nnalysls fertilizer; hence, the high* nnalysis fertilizer has come to stay." / It never has paid to feed lice. • * • Overconfidence often results In over throw. • • • Good artillery for garden and or chard—a loaded spray pump. • • • You are on the wrong track If yol use a scrub bull; he may be followed by a long train of evils. • • Horses like pasture at any time, but It Is not enough by ltseif to keep ap the strength of work animals. k • • Don’t he too sure that your daily stock will win at the show. Put yor best animals in training now. • • * Sudan grass and millets make good smother crops, and smothering 1® a very efficient method of cleaning out quack. • • • Sudan grass should not he sown o>- til the soil has become thoroughly warm. Perhaps about the best tlm® is after corn planting. * • • No direct harm Is done by selling ungraded products, except that yo® must he content with a low price, aud probably u smaller market. • • • Before making hay while the bur shines, better call up the farm bureau office and find how long the weather man thinks it Is going to shine. • • • Bye should he cut when the grain® are in the early milk stage and before the beards harden. Cut at this stage, it makes a bright, dust-free hay. • • • Swapping quarters for dollars to, the way one farmer describes grow ing legumes; he says he gets a dol lur in soil improvement for every’ juarter he spend®