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CARD SERVES AS DIAPHRAGM
Interesting and Instructive Expert
mailt May B Tried With Any
Talking Machine.
Mere ia an amusing and Instructive
experiment thut may he tried with
any talking machine. Heretofore it
1iaa been supposed that the needle
and aound box were necessary to
transmit the words or music etrhed
tin the disks or rolls used as records
o these machined. Too may be sur
prised to know that an ordinary visit
ins card, or any similar rani, will be
quite effective aa a diaphragm. An
the disk revolves push aside the
needle and apply the corner of the
Card as Diaphragm.
card to the surface. It will receive
aod transmit the sounds perfectly
clearly. Of course, such a primitive
transmitter has neither the volume
nor the expression of the regular ap
paratus, but It Is most interesting aa
a scientific experiment and will af
ford a great deal of amusement as
well as furnish food for thought.
REAL MEANING OF "POTLUCK
'Inhabitants, of Llmogss Make One
Plunge With Ladle and Take
Whatever They Can Gat.
The real origin of the word "pot-
cklsunkDon to moat. of the ppo
le who 'use it In Limoges, France,
however one runs Into potluck itself,
remarks the New York Sun. In a cer
tain corner of that quaint city of Jost
ling roofs there is still segregated,
enuch aa if in a ghetto, a Saracen pop
ulation, probably a remnant of the
wave of Saracens that swept over
Europe hundreds of years ago. Here
they live In their crooked, narrow
treets, following old customs handed
down from generation to generation.
There are many butcher shops In the
quarter and outside of each steams a
great pot of soup over a glowing bra
eter. In each pot stands a ladle aa
ancient aa the pot
When a customer comes with a pen
ny In goes the ladle and comes op full
ot savory broth and chunks of meat,
odds and enda that the butcher haa
had left over. And what conies up the
customer has to take. One can imag
ine how anxiously the hungry urchin
r the mother of seven must eye the
Inexorable ladle and how a pretty girl
tutght get another draw from the
"butcher's boy.
At any rate "to take potluck" means
o take what you get and say nothing
whether the pot Is in Limoges or in
the flat of the man who eagerly In
vitee a friend of bia youth to dinner.
RIDDLES.
Which is the largest room in the
world?
The room for Improvement. v
. When can you dritik out of a flag
staff? When it holds a flagon.
How high ought a lady to wear her
dress?
A little higher than two feet.
Why do tittle birds In their nests
agree?
Hecausethey are high men (Hy
men). Which Is the most dangeroua bat
that files ia the air?
A brickbat
Why is a flirtation like plate pow
der? Ilecause it brightens up spoons.
How long did Cain hate bis brother?
Aa long aa be was Abel.
Why la a bad cold a great buxnllla
Uon?
Because It brings the proudest man
-to hie sneesa (bis knees).
Why le a tumbler like a pugilist?
Because bs can't get bis living with
out soma assaults (somersaults).
Why la Ivy climbing a tree like a
watch?
Because It's a stem winder.
Whee are roads llks corpses? '
Whea they are men ded
Why la cold cream like a good chap
eron? Beeaase it keeps off the chap.
Whe Is a blow from a lady wal-
Mt?
When she strike yea agreeably.
' What aufftakef to that whose bos
ts fuller Us snore sauff ke takes T
, A. pair of snuffers.
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PLAY FOR WINTER EVENINGS
Much Amusement May Bs Obtained by
Use of Ordinary Dinner Plate
Covered With Lame-Black.
rrepsr a plate by covering the
bottom with thick lamp-black. Then
when your friends arrive, tell them
you are able to perform a great trick.
Your are an expert magnetizer. Vou
may aey:
"I do not often perform in public,
but among friends I do not object to
giving a proof of my skill. The only
point upon which I must insist Is per
fect grsvity and quiet among the au
dlence. I will now see If I can select
a subject who Is susceptible to the
magnetic Infloeneea."
You now pass from one to another,
making pissna, snd looking steadily
Into eyes of several of the company,
feeling the pulse of one snd another,
till finally you select one Individual
whom you declare to be the man for
the experiment.
Yen now clear one end of the room
and place Iwo chairs, face to face,
some three) feet apart. In one of these
you seat your Intended victim and ask
for two glassea of water, stsnding In
two plates. This produces the black
ened plate, snd a clean one, upon each
of them a glass of clear water.
Handing the blackened plate to the
subject who Is to be magnetised, you
take the clean plate and say, fettling
yourself in the vacant chair:
"Fix your eyes steudlly upon mine.
Rtid make exactly tint motions that I
do."
You now proceed to make several
motions with your open hand, keeping
your eyes Oxed upon your victim, till
you have his undivided attention.
You then dip your finger In the water
and drawing it across the bottom of
the plate make a cross upon your fore
head; the subject doea the same; a
second puss over the bottom of the
plate and the face draws a long black
streak down the victim's nose; a third
smears one cheek; a fourth the other.
When the victim resemhlea a black
amoor the operator gravely rlnea and
says the sublet has proved thut his
will la too strong to yield to that of
another man, and he must try a new
one.
Then lead him to a mirror.
TEST WITH MAGNETIC MOTOR
Experiment Illustrates the Principle
en Which All Electric Mo
tors Are Based.
This experiment Illustrates the
principle on which til electric motors
are based. All that is needed ia five
needles, a cork, a bar magnet and a
small piece of wire.
Magnetize four of the needles and
stick them Into the cork so that every
other one will have a north pole pro-
A Magnetic. Motor.'
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trading. Then push the remaining
needle through the cork for an axle,
making a support from the wire aa
shown.
To operate, bring one end of a bar
magnet between needles A and B,
then A will be repelled and B at
tracted by the bar magnet and the
wheel turn, quickly lower the magnet
Motor in Operation.
and raise It again when the needles
C and 1 come around. The direction
of the motor can be changed by using
the other end of the magnet
Bobbls Knsw.
Hobble and Little Willis had been
given orders by mother not to go
swimming alone. Once In a whlls.
however, they Indulged In their se
cret pleasure without telling their
fond mother.
One day they were returning from
a awim and both had entirely forgot
ten about the necessary excuse. Lit
tle Willie bravely entered tho house,
butliobbio prudently turned the cor
ner and waited outside on the cellar
door.
The first question mother put tc
little Willie took the little one un
aware. "Where have you been. Wil
lie?" asked mother sternly. Willis
hesitated, looked at the door longlugly
snd finally replied. "Walt till I go aod
ask Rob" National Monthly.
The Compliment.
Hs bad banded the child a banana
and the latter, la bis delight, forgot
his customary "Thank you."
"But what do you say. Harry?
Tor a moment the child was pus
sled, then with a smile he handed It
back.
"Peel It!" Harper's Bazar.
Not te Be Caught.
Teacher What to the staff heroes
are made of. Tommle?
Tommls You'll have to excuse me.
teacher, but I'm sot boomlog any par
Ueular breakfast food I
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N"C. 5
LOCATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF HOTBED
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T- . "A fll'iniilii.isim inMinn
A well-made hotbed and thoroughly
the tool house. Any deslsr in sssh csn supply them. Two sash three
feet wide and six feet long will make a bed big enough to take cars of
all the plants needed for a large family. Ths right use of the hotbed
and coldframe will give you vegetables from one to two weeks earlier
than without. This helps If you are selling stuff. -
The place selected for the hotbed
ihould be well drained and, if possible,
on the south side of a barn or other
protecting objects. In middle latitudes
where the ground Is not likely to be
froten much after the bed Is made. It
should be excavated a foot deep, but
In the far north where the ground la
very cold. It would do better to make
all above ground and Inclose with a
frame of boards.
If an excavation is made, throw up
the dirt on the north side and use a
narrow board on the south aide, while
several wide ones are used on the
northwall to hold the dirt
A foot of fresh stable manure
should then be tramped In and as
soon as this begins to heat add four
Inches of loose soil of a sandy nature
If It can be found. The temperature
will rise quickly, too hot to plant in
for a few days. As soon as the cool
ing begins and It roaches a tempera
ture of about 80 degrees, whichv will
be the third or fourth day, plant the
seed.
If sweet potatoes are to be bedded
for slips they should be covered to a
depth of an inch or more, as the roots
of the slips will be too short If cov
ered shallow. A hotbed should be
made about three feet wide and aa
long as needed.
Such plants aa tomato and pepper
GROWING POTATO
. UNDER.. A
Straw Keeps Soil Cool and Moist,
Right Conditiorj for the
Best Field.
Potatoes may be grown under straw
aa well as in the soil. The straw
keeps the soil cool and moist. Just in
the right condition for best yield.
The following method of culture is
given by a Maryland farmer who has
followed this system for several years.
He says: "My ground was plowed In
the fall of 1911. Laat spring, when the
ground waa dry, the land waa well
harrowed and the rows marked out
two inches in depth. Early Rose po
tatoes, cut to one eye and dusted with
plaster, were dropped ten inches apart
In the furrow and covered about two
luches In depth with the fine soil.
Two weeks after planting the en
tire ground waa covered with six
Inches of partly rotted wheat straw
and chaff. The shoots pushed above
the straw three weeks after planting,
and mado a strong growth. No culti
vation waa given. The vines were
dusted with plaster and paris green
as soon as the bugs appeared. Two
applications were made, as worms
were pretty thick In midsummer. The
potatoes were ripe and fit to eat by
the middle of July. When boiled the
flesh was dry and well flavored, and
when roasted In the ashes the potatoes
when broken open were of a floury
jtiallty From the two bushels plant
ed I obtained 2114 bushels of good
vised and two and a half bushels of
small potatoes. This waa not a large
yield. I am satisfied that the yield
could have been Increased by the use
of a good kind of bone fertiliser. The
grouud v. us not manured or fertilized
for the potatoes, as the ground bad
been heavily dressed with yard ma
uure the year before for growing
truck. Tbia Is a good way to grow
potatoes for family use by those hav
ing plenty of straw. Kotted atalka
may be used if straw cannot be had.
, A Future Guaranty,
farming without a crop rotation of
some sort. In my opinion. Is most un
profitable. On my farm my rotation
consista of wheat, followed by oata,
then barley and corn. Rotation tends
to produce bigger yields and keeps
the land clean, says a writer in aa
exchange. Com Is almost necessary
to st good rotation, as It incresses the
yield of the crop following. In pre
paring my ground for seeding, I plow
as esrly as possible, then work the
sail Into good condition with a disk.
I have a set time for seeding. I aia
governed by the w eat bur.
High Class Rams.
No rums produced are too good to
use on tin grade lock aod the higher
the class of rams used the greater the
(reflis.
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protected as It Is en the south slds of
should be grown where one has a hot
bed, and as soon as large enough be
transplanted to a coklliame, where
they may stand two Inches apart until
ready to put In the open where they
are to grow. These plants cannot
stand cold and should not be exposed
to cold, damp weather even If several
degrees above frost.
Melons and cucumbers may be start
ed In the hotbed by taking old ens
from which the ends have been melt
ed and planting the seeds in them in
the hotbed. When ready to transplant
them, take up can with the plants
and dirt in It and put in the hill that
tins been prepared. Tho can may
then be lifted up leaving dirt and
plant. If the side aeam of the can
has been melted It will have to be
held in place with a string tied around
it.
Cold rains should not be allowed to
fall on the botbed, though a light
shower will not cool it. Warm well
water should be used for watering
Boards will do for a covering till ths
plants are up, then sash or muslin
should be used when too cold to leave
open. The plants must have air and
the top sash should be left open dur
ing the middle of the day.
I have been successful without
other covering than boards, as the
sun is warm at that time of year.
FERTILIZER MIXING
V vASILyl1ASTEREDv
VSftk Can Wei! Be Done in Late
February or Early March
Equipment Needed.
tBY M KORKRT8 CONOVEFU
Mixing one'a fertilizer Is a distinct
advantage aa it Insures a proper pro
portion of Ingredients ss well aa purity-
Although there are reliable fer
tilizer dealers who will mix up the
desired quantity of fertiliser according
to a given formula at very reasonable
prices, knowing one's soil snd how to
augment Its plant-growing properties
by contributing the right elements of
plant food lifts the farmer above the
grade of the blind, haphazard struggle,
to the level of the scientific worker.
Although the proper proportion oi
ingredients for certain crops is the re
sult of experience and research, the
actual work of fertilizer mixing Is sim
ple and easily mastered.
The work can well be done In late,
February' or onrly March for the mix
tures needed eurly and ou rainy days
later in the season for the Inter lots.
The least experienced of hired men
can do the work if one sets the ex
ample and superintends the process.
The needed equipment is a dry
floor, a reliable platform scale, a wire
screen of half inch tueab. a scoop, a
heavy implement for breaking up
lumpy ingredients and some bags to
receive the mixture.
Dried blood, ground bone, acid phos
phate, tankugo. sulphate or ammonia,
nitrate of soda, cottonseed meal, etc ,
present no insurmountable difficul
ties. Nitrate or soda and other In
gredients inclined to he lumpy are
easily crushed They hlinuld be sifted
before adding them to the other ma
te rials.
It is easier to work up the fertilizer
In half-ton lots. First spread upon the
floor the proper proportion by weight
of any one Ingredient and spread the
others upon it in layers
Ponloi.s of any Ingredient used in
much larger quantity than tho others
sbould be Interspersed through the
heap In several layers. For instance
finely ground bone, being very light,
mixes much better wheu layered In
small quantities between the other In
gredlcnts.
After the heap la completed shovel
It over three times, shoveling down
Into the mess te Insure thorough mix
ing. After mixing screen It by shovel.
Ing through the Inclined screen
Ail of the aitrsie of sod required
by any formula need not be mixed
Into the fertilizer but reserved for ap
plication to the crop upon tbs surface
Of ths soil after it Is grow lug w ell
It is really better to mis the fcrtlli
ser at least two or three weeks before
It to neded than to apply it freshly
rolled
LINES LITTLE CHANGED
NEW TAILORED COSTUMES SHOW
NO RADICAL DEPARTURE.
Choice of Style Largely Left to Indi
vidual Taste 8erge Among the
Most Popular of the Materials
to Bs Worn.
Spring costumes of a conservative
type do not show very decided changes
of line. A woman may have almost
any sort of coat that Is most becoming
to her and yet not be conspicuously
an t of stylo.
Oencrally speaking, however, cus
omary lines prevail. Coat fronts
are sharply cut away anywhere from'
the bust line to below the waist
line. Coats with fronts cut away from
the bust line and revealing chic little
In Navy Blue French Serge.
waistcoats are favorites with the Par
isian tailors, but can be successfully
worn only by the exceptionally slen
der woman, and the cutaway models
most successful here fasten down to
the waist line or a little above, and
are sloped away gradually from
there. In this model, too, there is
often a waistcoat, but It appears above
the button line, not below IL
Serges, wool eponge, tweeds, new
chamois cloth, bailie do lain (a very
fine corded wool, soft and pliable In
texture), and stunning English suit
ings are the materials most used for
the wool tailored costumes, while for
NAPKIN RINGS MOST ORNATE
Elaborate and Dainty Dining Table
Accompaniments Made Both In
Silver and Gold.
Oblong napkin rings with squared
vff ends are among the novelties in
table furnishings. They are developed
In sliver and gold, decorated with an
engraved pattern or repouaae pouud
ed into an oriental design and in
carved Ivory or painted celluloid.
These oblong rings are found cheek
by Jowl with the holders of circular
type which, instead of being rather
ponderous affaire, are now decidedly
narrow and rather sparaely decorated.
kThey alto lack the rolling double rims
which erstwhile distinguished sucli
rings.
Not especially substantial, yet won
derfully attractive, are the napkin
rings of filigree silver. Of the most
delicate design and Irregularly edged,
tbry look whea draws over a roll of
damask like a tracery In frost. If
carefully handled they do not bend
out of shape or break, but It to necea
Kary to use extreme deliberation in
clianlng.
Modish Coiffures.
Fringes both straight and curled
still persist, but only a few strands of
bslr are cut upon the forehead. Puffs
and curls are arranged front back to
front, laatead of following the line of
the brow, and the dressing to dune
veiy softly and with a strong bias In
favor of the side parting.
There are no longer any euito show
ing on the top of the head, bet the
back Is covered with puff so soft and
flat tbat tbey look like wave.
the silk two or three piece costumes
are the new and dainty checked and
finely striped taffeta, heavy cordHI
surah or silk serge, bengallne or pop
lin or tussore.
The dark, soft tartan taffetas are
cleverly used with dark blue or black
Wool, and the one tone taffetas are
still much In vogue for tailored ef
fects. The fine French sergea are much
used for the one-piece frock. This
material Is extremely popular In
ceam or Ivory white, beeswax, cham
ois, blue and biscuit color.
Tho practical and attractive one
piece frock shown Is of navy blue
French Serge. Tho blouse bodice. Is
made! with long sleeves, trimmed at
the wYitit With pipings of white and
button of blue, with rims of white.
There Is a large, round crepe collar of
blue satin, piped with white. blue
buttons, the sides of the blouse Trout
at the opening and also the upper
part of the skirt The lower part
of the skirt Is attached to the up
per parfa which Is a shaped affair, the
joining lf:ie shown by a cord or piping
of white.
Another model ia made of striped
woolon material and Is trimmed with
plain, one-tone silk and silk buttons.
The skirt is made with the new short
hip yoke, with the stripes running
diagonally.
One simple, one-piece frock of soft
woolen material is made with tunic
skirt, ( which slants away toward the
back. The underskirt and front of
the bodice are trimmed with large
buttons. There Is a gulmpe of tulle.
MARY DEAN.
NEW FEATURES IN PARASOLS
Distinctive Ideas Mark ths Dainty
Sunshades That Wilt Be In Vogue
This 8ummer.
One of the new parasols has an In
laid piece of different colored silk In
each fold set in like gores. The
sticks are plain. Hemstitching Is also
a feature. - Hut comparatively few are
yet In the market, and these merely
as concessions to the curiosity or
seekers after novelties. They look
nice with summer fabrics, and now
the display of the less expensive thin
goods, such aa women like to make
up at home during Lent. Is at the
full. '
The new madras is not very differ
ent from that of former seasons, but
some of the "better ready-to-wear
shirtwaists have1 plaits, very narrow
indeed, but decided, on tbs fronts...
Plaiting is positively In evidence on
the summer skirts, accordion plaiting
especially. An accordion plaited gown
of aeollan silk with a waist of cream
colored chiffon over silver net was
something the gaze lingered over at a
recent exhibition.
Silver and gold lace are very fash
ionable, but so very unsatisfactory on
account of their tarnishing quality
that they can scarcely be worn out of
doors. A touch of gold Is frequently
seen on the new turbans, however,
often as the sole bit of trimming on
a simple Turkish sort of hat tbat Is
almost an exact reproduction of a fez.
imitation cun go no further.
To Hold Buttons.
When sewing buttous on. If a nar
row piece of tape Is threaded through
the button and a small hole pierced
through the article and the tape
drawn through and the ends of the
tape etltched down flat on the wrong
aide, the button will be found to last
as long aa the article,.
CHARMING IN ITS SIMPLICITY
Toque of White Valour With Incon
spicuous Trimming Is a Wel
come Innovation.
This charming toque of white
velour sets down snugly ' and closely
to the head and
(urns back In a
wbite brim about
a crown of white
sKk beaver. Oul.v
at the front Is the
toque trimmed
and that most In
conspicuous) y
After the serlet
of bata wtibse
feathers "wave
wildly In many di
rections," a hat ol
this style has the
refreshing effect
ox an oasia in
desert. Another thing which makes
it Irresistibly, attractive to tbat , Its
smart trimming may be made al
heme eud that extra five or tea dol
lars according to one's taste and
limitations wbtch would hava gone
for plume or aigrette may be' put buck
In one's purse for other uses. Puck
ered bits of satin ribbon and little
silk cords are cleverly arranged to
form the green leaves, and flat pieces
of satin rlblxiu In different shades
of delicate pink make the roae.
Sour Milk as a face Lotion.
Sour milk to au excelleut lotion for
both habds sud face, albeit a bit dis
agreeable. It sbould be allowed to
dry on the skin, then washed sway
with wsj-id water