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Living Pictures for Girls.
So many girls have written asking
"'; -what entertainments they could give
" to make money for charity, church or
Sunday school, and they all want
something "without much work";
I now, it is lmposible to get up things
without responsibility and work, but
I think "Living Pictures" may be
made ready with the minimum of la
bor, as there are no parts to be memo
rized; so I am giving you a series of
pictures arranged by Caroline French
Benton. They are called "The Girl
Student In History." I think you will
be much pleased with the production,
iand the directions are so plain you
will have no trouble in following'
them.
1. The Hebrew Girl. A large dark
girl. Her hair in two long braids; her
dress dark crimson, with a full skirt,
a rather loose waist, cut slightly
round at the neck and with no sleeves,
but with the drapery falling over her
arms. She sits at a low table, side
to the audience, and looks up at a
rabbi, a very tall dark man, dressed
in flowing robes of deep blue with a
border and girdle with ends, a long
gray wig and large beard. He holds
a roll, its top beginning, at his shoul
der, its end falling to the floor, made
like a narrow map on rollers. This
represents the Talmud. (See the'pic
tures in an Illustrated Old Testament)
2. Listening To Homer. This is a
copy of Alma Tadema's famous pic
ture. Have some palms or other
foliage at the. back of the stage and
a very long, white painted bench
across this. At one end sits a dark,
smooth-shaven young man bending
forward with arm on knee, dressed
in a thick tunic with a border, hold
. ing a roll; one arm is on the back
of the bench. Two girls sit opposite
listening, to him. They are dressed
in white tunics over full skirts. The
tunics are cut round at the neck and
fastened at the shoulders with clasps.
They should wear their hair parted.
with a Psyche knot; gilt ribbons are
wound around the head.
3. The Children of . Alfred The
Great. Alfred had a son and daugh
ter whom he educated carefully. The
girl may sit on a low stool, with a
huge parchment book open on another
stool in front. The boy stands at the
back, facing the audience, looking
down at her. She wears a dress
made much like the one described
Showing the Pantaloon Style
Paris Would Make Popular
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A gown of ruby-colored ; velvet . trimmed with beads, fur and liberty
satin of the same shade. The skirt shows the pantaloon stylo.
Just above, but with the tunic beltert
in loosely, and long sleeves, tightly
fitted; her blond hair is parted and
braided in two long braids, and on her
head is a little white caD. like a
baker's, with a band of white passing
under her chin. Have her gown of a
medium shade of blue. The boy
wears a short, full gray tunic reaching
only to the knee; his bare legB are
strapped with colored tape, in large
diagonals; he wears sandals. His
tunic has long sleeves;, his head is
bare; his blond hair cut straight
across his forehead and at the back
of the heck (a wig Is really neces
sary). Have the stage lighted with
very tall candles in tall dark hold
ers. 4. Marguerite of Navarre. Three
young women sit about the room em
broiderfng; spare frames covered with
some tapestry chair-covering may rest
on music stands made rather low.
They wear dresses of soft colors
made perfectly plain, with long tightly-fitted
sleeves; their hair is flowing;
on their heads are, first, short veils,
then tall, pointed caps of folded col
ored paper, from the tip of each of
which hangs a very light little tulle
veil. These caps ' should be about
two feet high and worn so that they
point backward. Marguerite wears a
violet-colored dress exactly like the
rest, but with a long mantle fastened
at the shoulders with clasps; this is
of dark velvet or brocade.with a rich
border made by sewing on tinsel.
Her dress, like the rest, has a small
square neck, but hers has a rich bor
der here, also. On her head is, first,'
a very short thin veil, then a gilt
crown with little clover leaves stand
ing up. A white band passes under
her chin, fastening it on. She holds
a great book, one half falling down
to show that It is illuminated (this la
done by washing in some large letters
In color). The room should have low
benches with pillows, and achair or
two with fur rugs thrown over them.
5. Lady Jane Grey. Have a large
light window frame made, long and
low, with two casements opening out.
Simulate glass in leaded panes in
these by tacking on tapes at top and
bottom. Put up thi3 window at the
back of the stage, with some green
outside to hide the curtains, and make
a window seat beneath with pillows
Lady Jane sits here, with books about
her, looking out She wears a soft.
full gray dress with long, tight
sleeves. The neck of the dress is cut
very low, down to the shoulders, and
a white tucker i3 put inside nearly
to the neck line. Embroidery turns
back at the edge of the gown and the
wrists. Her hair Is drawn back with
out parting and a small, close-fitting
cap edged with pearls Is worn. If
you choose-to have two figures In the
picture, the Bishop of London, her
tutor, may be added, at a desk.
MADAME MERRI.
Bengaline Is Worn. .
Bengaline is a silk fabric that has
thick threads or cords at intervals
from selvage to selvage. Frequently
the cord is of the wool covered with
silk and in this season the two-tons
effects are popular.
ENCOURAGE CHILDREN
FOR PLEASURE AS
When Piece of Ground Is Given to Boy or Girl it Should Be With
Understanding That It Will Be Necessary for Them to Take
Care of ItUse Care in Selecting Seeds.
I am a thorough believer in training
children to think "they . amount to
fcimethlng" by giving them something
to do that involves responsibility.
Don't make the task too hard, for if
you do that you defeat the object at
which you aim, but let it be one that
obliges the child to think something
out for himself. When he does this
once he has laid the foundation for a
habit of "thinking out things," and be
fore long you will find him depending
upon himself, rather than upon you.
in the solution of many little prob
lems that he has to face. A child
likes to feel that others think him
equal to the performance of tasks that
are put before him, and, feeling this,
he will respond nobly to the estimate
you have of his ability if you give him
to understand that it exists. Don't
take it for granted that a boy knows
all about what you think of him un
less you tell him something about it
Take him into your confidence, and
let' him know that you consider him a
man in the making, and you'll be
surprised at the effect it has on him.
"But that's another story," as Kip
ling says. What I set out to talk
about was the advisability of giving
the children a garden of their own to
work in, and showing them how to do
that work. A child is an imitative
creature, and the lessons he gets the
greatest amount of benefit from are
object lessons, always. Spade up a bit
of ground and let him see you do it
and he will do the same thing pre-
First effort of a young girl in a small town in Ohio to have a flower gar
den. Her selection is not the best but her love of beauty prompted
her to choose large leaf and quick growing plants to hide the ugly side
wall of the house. Children of this kind are hungry for intelligent di
rection in gardening and should be encouraged.
cisely as you . did it, so far as his
strength will admit of it. But don't
spade the ground without telling him
why you do it. Give a reason for all
you do. And do not get impatient
over the questions he .'asks. That's
how he. is to learn things. ,
, When you give a bit of ground to
boy or girl, as a garden, give them to
understand that in order to make it
"their very own" it will be necessary
for them to take care of it, 'and you
will find them very enthusiastic over
the undertaking. But don't let their
enthusiasm get the better of your
Judgment and result in giving them
more of a garden than they can care
for well. Impress upon them that a
little work done well Is a good deal
better than a larger amount of work
poorly done.
Spading the ground and working it
over and over to make it mellow will
be play to a healthy boy or girl.
About' all you will have to do in their
garden is to direct matters. Show
FATTEN POULTRY
FOR THE MARKET
Fowls Should Be in Good Health,
of .Large Size and Nice .
. Appearance.
(By N. E. CHAPMAN, Poultry Specialist.
Minnesota Agricultural College.)
Poultry marketed from the farm
consists of cockerels, or males under
one year roosters, pullets culled from
standard-bred stock, hens, guineas,
doves, ducks, geese and turkeys. They
are generally sold alive in summer
and early autumn and both live and
dressed in late autumn and winter.
To bring the highest market price,
market poultry, whether alive or
dressed, should be in good health, of
large size sand well fattened. The
laws of Minnesota make it an offense
punishable by a fine of not less than
$50, or' imprisonment in jail for not
fess than sixty days, for selling, or
offering for. sale, sick, diseased or de
caying poultry. - Disease Is ' usually
disclosed by a white or black comb
and a stilted walk.- , '
All poultry marketed should be fat.
This' condition Is the chief, factor in
determining the pr$ce per pound. Fat
old . hens, of whatever weight, often
command a higher price than young,
tender spring chickens. Chickens fat
tened with ground -grains and skim
milk or buttermilk are called "milk
fed chickens, and command fancy
prices. At the ' Crookston station.
Barred Plymouth Rock cockerels, 3
months : old, gained : two pounds in
t wen ty-enfe days at a cost of less than
five cents per pound gain. ; ,
TO GROW FLOWERS
WELL AS FOR PROFIT
them how to do thlng3, but, after that
leave the doing of them to the chil
dren. ';''':'.
In selecting seeds for the children's
flower garden take care to choose only
kinds which do not require coaxing
or expert attention. .Get the kinds
that will be most likely to give good
results, under the conditions they
must face. Kinds which would gin
only indifferent satisfaction are not
what you want, for these would dis
appoint the amateur gardeners, who,
naturally, expect great results from
their early efforts in the cultivation
of the soil. Strong,, sturdy, self-reliant
sorts are the ones to grow. Here is
a list to choose from:
Centaurea, or "Bachelor's Button."
Four-o'clock Nasturtium
Candytuft Marigold -
Calliopsis Larkspur
Petunia Morning Glory
Aster Portulacca
Phlox
There you have a round dozen of
kinds, all good, all pretty, all easy
to grow. I would not advise attempt
ing to grow all of them in one garden,
but parcel them out among the chil
dren, if . there are several in the fam
ily, or get only a few kinds, if there
is but one child to take care of them.
Confining the selection to a few vari
eties encourages the beginner to con
centrate his . energies rather than
spread them out indiscriminately.
Insist that the ground shall be; kept
free from weeds, and insist, also, that
the plants in it shall receive daily
attention. There may not be much
work to do in it every day, but the
habit should be formed of looking
after it.
Such an idea is not at all in har
mony with what we set out to teach
when we set the children to garden
ing. For the Important thing about
it is not so much the garden that re
sults as it is the knowledge of how to
do things that grows out of the work
that is undertaken.
Encourage the children to share the
flowers they grow with those wao
loveVjiowers but have none of . their
own. Let them bring some of them to
the Sunday school and the church,
and be sure to have them remember
the shut-ins, and the sick. This will
help them form a habit of thoughtful
ness for others, and the pleasure that
grows out of these little acts will be
strong encouragement for more ex
tensive gardening operations another
season.
LITTLE THINGS TO
DO IN AN ORCHARD
Cleaning Up and Moderate Prun
ing Makes Work Much Easier
in the Spring.
Peach trees under four years old
which are so badly frozen as to show
discolored wood must be cut off below
the snow line and allowed to sprout
again. .
Very often trees that have passed
through a hard winter show no indi
cations of freezing in the bark, but
an examination may show that the
wood Is injured. V - -
An orchard on high ground should
always be protected by a wind break
of other trees planted on the north
side. . A
Norway; Spruce, Scotch and Aus
trian Pine,, planted about 15 feet apart
make excellent wind breaks. - ,
. Cleaning up the orchard .and moder
ate, pruning now will make the work
mush easier in . the spring.
Now is the time to romeve all dead
branches and those that are weak, and
which interef ere with other healthy
branches.' .
Do not allow sheep to run; in" the
young orchard.' They are very apt to
nibble the tender .sprouts and. even
bark'the trees. "t ' , ' '
.A few years ago eastern peach
growers extensively tried out the uaa
of crude petroleum as ah insecticide
But while it kills the bugs jt often
causes great injury to. the; trees.
I? used e.t all. it should Jbis applied
in the late fall or very early spring
and never during hot weather. ..
I AY
STILL OBSCURE.
"Why don't you try to amount to
something in the world?" his wife
petulantly asked. -
-"I am trying to do that, and I think
I have reason to believe I am succeed
ing. I have made myself important
enough to be invited to lay corner
stones; I have won considerable
prominence as an after-dinner speak
er; I have done a number of things
that my children will have reason to
refer to with pride after I am dead,
and I chink I am justified in saying
that there is no man in this com
munity who has - a more honorable
record than mine is."
"What of that? You can't amount
to fuch. I notice that you haven't
been asked to testify before the Pujo
committee."
iCV' Hard to Tell.
"Old Rocks, the multi-millionaire,
is feeling awfully depressed."
"What's the matter?"
"Why, he made a bad Investment
last summer and will lose $10,000. It
breaks him all up. Says he knows he's
on his way to the poorliouse. -1 point
ed out to him that he could lose $10.
000 a year for 1,500 years without com
ing to the end of his pile. And what
do you suppose he Bald?"
"Give it up."
"He said: 'And what will happen to
me then!'"
This Is Called Happiness.
They had been married only a few
days and the golden glow of their
honeymoon had not yet begun to
wane. He had a lively imagination.
and this is what he said:
"Dearest, even if we are very for
tunate, our married life can hardly
last more than fifty years."
"Yes?" she said, wonderlngly.
"Just think! Only fifty years in
which to love each other. Kiss me
quick. We're wasting time!"
WANTS NOT CONFINED.
' What does your wii'e want for her
birthday?"
"Great Scott, man, that Isn't what's
worrying me. It's what she' wants
every day in the year that keeps
me busy."
Great Scene Missed.
When Cleopatra took the asp
And pressed It to her bosom fair.
She must have felt regret because
No moving picture man was there.
Glad Tidings.
"Well, Uncle Rastus, how are-you
getting along?"
"Fust rate, suh, fust rate. An I'se
still keepln' one ob my yeah's ter de
ground', sah." .
"Oh, the political campaigns are
ended for a while."
"I knows dat, but I'se jus' er-elis-tenln'
ter hear dat big fat 'possum
when he fall, an I'se sho gwine ter
git 'lm!"
Brute.
"Mary," he pleaded, "will you please
quit talking for a few minutes? I'm J
trying to think."
"I can talk and think," she peevish
ly replied. "I can't (understand why
you are not able to listen to me and
think."
"I can. Only the things I think
while I'm listening to you don't get me
anything."
Successful Expedient.
"I tried to sing my youngest boy to
sleep," said Senator Sorghum, "but it
wouldn't work. Then I told him a
story, and that wouldn't work, either."
"How did you get him to sleep?
"My. wife came to the rescue with
one of her clever suggestions. I de
livered one of my speeches to him."
Partially Wroog Diagnosis.
"Doctor," said the . desponding
youth, pointing . to his chest, . "my
trouble is . here.".
"Angina pectoris, perhaps."
"You got her first name, doctor," re
sponded the gloomy cUler; "it's Ange
lina, all right. But her other name is
Hlggins." .... - j, - .
. Sentlmental.-
Cook And .how- dia your majesty
find the august cutlet of your honor
able grandfather? - -: -
Cannibal King -Frightfully tough!
U It hadn't been for the sentiment
of the thing I should have thrown It
to my dog. Pele Mele.
. Professional Adviser.
"Who was that seedy; individual 1 1
saw you give half a crown to?"
"An old literary frltind,of mine; au
thor of 'Ten Thousand Ways of Ma
king Money.' -Tit-Bits.
HIS JOB.
"Miss Peach will you be mine?"
"All right. If you insist, and while
you're on your knees, don't forget that
you got down there to fix that strap."
A Grievance.
The humorist was alck and a3.
Ills mood was cross, hia manner rough;
No matter what he wrote, egad.
The public always called It "stuff."
Favorite Fiction.
"Dear Sir."
"Esteemed Contemporary."
"You Will Pardon Me, I Know, for
Interrupting You."
"Old Chap, it I Had Known You
Were in Town I Should Have Hunted
You Up at Once."
"I Am Glad You Corrected Me, Doc
tor; I'll Not Use the Expression
Again."
"I Shall Be Awfully Uneasy. Maria.
Until I Hear From You."
His One Plot.
"Where do you get the plots for
your plays?"
"I have never used but one." replied
the noted dramatist, "and I swiped
that from 'Ingomar the Barbarian.' I
have used that plot in a war play, two
rural dramas, a problem play, and now
I'm working It up into a musical
comedy."
Wasn't Strong Enough.
"Dtd you struggle against the conse
quences of temptation?"
"Sure I did."
"Ah, but you should have fought a
little harder. It you had fought a lit
tle harder you wouldn't ba in jail
now."
"1 done the best I could, leddy. It
took seven policemen to git me to the
station." P. I. P.
Under the New Regulation.
Wife Dear, dear! What's keeping
the postman?
Hub Do you expect a letter?
Wife A letter? No, I'm looking for
the crate of poultry Uncle John mailed
me from Vermont. .
More the Other Way.
"In this list of subjects for ab
stract discussion I see street pav
ing." "I wouldn't call that an abstract sub
ject. It has more of - the concrete
In it."
A Sure Clue.
"I'll bet the people over there are
fishing for scandal."
'v"What makes you think so?"
"Don't you notice they are talking
with bated breath."
Music and Mastication.
"Now the waltz is going out with
restaurant orchestras."
"I'm sorry. I hate changes. I had
gotten used to chewing my. food In
waltz time."
"BLAWSTED VERNACULAR.
Tourist We ave very much larger
fish at 'ome than I 'ave seen in this
country.
Guide That may be, mister. But
what I can't understand is why only
the suckers come over on this side!
Finishing. :
Tom -I understand that Mabel has .
been sent to a "finishing school"
Dick Sq I've heard. Suy, what da
they teach girls in a school like that, -anyway?
Tom Oh, they have a general
course of civil engineering, I tuppoae. -
Christian Register. - .' ,'
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"What do they mean by the earth
girdle?" ; : ; .. v.. ; v , -
"I suppose,. they me&& the esrtb
ouake belt." y . 1 -h
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