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A CITY business man who sent his farmer brother a copy of “A Southerner in Europe”, writes us as follows: “ Please note the enclosed bit, cut out of a letter from my sister in reference to your book, and note that my father, now seventy years old, was much interested in it.” The “enclosed bit” cut out from his sister’s letter, reads as follows: The old man, 77 years old had never read a book through before, had to stop to rest eyes, but If your eyes are younger, you may not be able to stop. R. W. D. Connor, author of “Cornelius Harnett”: “I read it from cover to cover without stopping—a whole day of delight ful reading.” John Sharp Williams, of Mississippi says: "I read it night before last and enjoyed it very much.” Ex-Governor Aycock, of North Carolina, says: “I read the last chapter of ‘A Southerner in Europe,'the other night, having for the first time found an opportunity to look into it. Having read the last chapter, I turned back and took the book up from the beginning, and nearly completed it before laying it down.” No Farmer's Book Case Is Complete Without It You rwe it to yourself, your wife and your children to put this volume into your home—not an ordinary book of travels, but a book full of vital, throbbing facts about the big things all Southerners may learn as to how Europeans work, live, and are governed. 9 Paper, 60 cents; Cloth, $1. With The Progressive Farmer and Gazette one year, Cloth, $1.50; Paper Copy, $1.30. 1®“ Free Paper Copy to any one sending $1 in NEW sub* scriptions to The Progressive Fenner and Gazette. ————■-----1 $Qso a Month Buys a Genuine L KIMBALL ORGAN At factory piicas. Fraa Music lustructiou by our n* Miagraui system DAYS’ FREE TRIAL IF YOU WRITE US AT ONCE. You can now buy the famous Kim ball Organa direct from the makers at factory prices. We will send them to reliable people anywhere, to be paid for on our extremely easy payment plan—$2.50 monthly and upward if desired. Operating the largest organ factory in the world, employing the largest capital, buying raw material in the greatest quantity for cash —the Kimball system of manufacturing and distributing positively saves you!20 to $50 on strictly first.class organs. _ If you want an organ at all you want a good one; a mere pretty case with no music in it will E not do. Securi at ones the old reliable Kimball Organ at Factory Priest and pay on convenlet terms. B Send Today For Our Money Saving Plan and Free Catalogue I Don't think of buying an organ until you have our money-saving proposition. One-half it a century of manufacturing experience, the financial strength back of our binding guarantee. B and our 30 Days’ Free Trial Plan are your safe-guards. They give you positive assurance of K receiving greater organ value for your money than you can possibly obtain eisewnere. The I most experienced buyer, a thousand miles or more from Chicago, gets the same square deal p as the shrewdest trader who buys from us in person. Your Kimball organ will be selected B by an expert on whose judgement you can rely Stool and Now Diagram System Frao with B each organ. Write today for Free Kimball Catalogue. || W. w. Kimball Co., 35 Kimball Hall, Chicago, 111. MHMH WANTED RIDER AfiENTS™'” Mbit a sample 1910 Model "Ranger" bicycle furnished by us. Our agents every where are making money fast. Write at once forfull particulars and special offer. NO MOISEY REQUIRED until you receive and approve of your bicycle. We ship to lay one, anywhere in the U. S. without a cent deposit In advance, prepay freight, and allow TEN DAYS’ FREE TRIAL during which time you may rule the bicycle an^ put it to any test you wish. If you are then not perfectly satisfied or do not wish to keep the bicycle you may ship it back to us at our expense andyow will not be out one cent. I HU! CAPTARV DDIPCC We furnish th« highest grade bicycles it Is possible to make LllsV mUIUni s niu bw at one k mall profit shove actual Uctory coet Youuvejiato in middlemen s profits by buvmg direct of us And have the manufacturer s guar ad tee behind your bicycle. DO NOT BUY a bicycle or a pair of tires from anyone at any price uadi you receive our catalogues and learn our unheard olfactory prices and remarkable special offer. YOU WILL BE ASTONISHED our superb models at the euondeTfuFSw prises we can make you. We sell the highest grade bicycles at lower prior*than any other factory. We are satisfied with $1.00 profit above factory cost. BICYCLE DEALERS, you can sell our bicycles Sunder your own name plate at double our prices. Orders61 ledthe day received. [ SECOND HAND BICYCLES —a limited number taken in trade by our Chicago retail stores will A be closed out at once, at $3 to $8 each. Descriptive bargain list mailed free. i TIDCC ACTED PDA If 5 tear wheels, inner tubes, lamps, cyclometers, parts,repairs ■ lllCOf V UMO I E»T1 D TIM MC and everything in the bicycle lineat half usual price*. ■A l aa WOT WAIT—but write today for our Large Catalogue beautifully illustmted and containing a great fund of > fa iutr »< .ng matter and useful information. It only costs a postal to get everything. Writ* It now. W MEAD CYCLE CO. Oept. 6 282, CHICAGO, ILL. _. -- \_ THE HOME CIRCLE “AS SOME MYSTERIOUS WANDERER OF THE SKIES.” (Our human race, permitted once again after .eventy-eix year, to view the famou. comet now vi.i ble in the evening .kies, mu.t find in iU contemplation thought, too profound for word. Strikingly apropos i. this beautiful sonnet of a gifted Southern poet. Prof. Henry Jerome Stockani.) AS SOME MYSTERIOUS wanderer of the skies, Emerging from the deeps of outer dark, Traces for once in human ken the arc Of its stupendous curve, then swiftly flies Out through some orbit veiled In space, which lies Where no imagination may embark;— Some onward reaching track that God did mark For all eternity beneath his eyes,— So comes the soul forth from creation's vast; So clothed with mystery moves through mortal sight; Then sinks away into the Great Unknown. What systems it hath seen in all the past, What worlds shall blaze upon Its future flight, Thou knowest, eternal God, and Thou alone! HOME DRESSMAKING: No. 3—THE DRESSMAKER'S OUTFIT. Some of the Tilings the Dressmaker Needs—Don’t Pajr Two Prices for a Sewing Machine—Patterns and How to Make Them Fit—Little Details That Count. By Mr*. F. L. Steves*. THE GREATEST obstacle to suc cessful sewing is lack of suit able tools with which to do the work. A sewing machine of reliable make is of first Importance in hand ling the home dressmaking problem. There are a number of good makes of machines on the market. Those advertised in this paper are undoubt edly reliable. The purchase of a machine from an agent with pay ments in monthly or yearly install ments in some cases may be Justified, but fully twice the real value of the machine is paid when bought “on time.” Whenever and wherever practicable, money is used to better advantage when household articles are bought first hand direct from the makers. I have in use now a reliable make and design of sewing machine that was bought for >25 cash, which when sold “on time," in >5 and >10 payments, would cost >55. Perhaps there is no pratcice of our country people so fatal to life and prosperity as the “time” system of buying. Equipment That Saves Labor and Strain. The good machine must be sup plemented with good needles for hand sewing and basting, also pins of good quality and make, flno and well pointed, two palm of scissors, one with long sharp blades for "cut ting out,” and the other of medium size, for snipping bastings and ma chine stitches. Other necessary ar ticles are: tape measure, pencils, chalk, tracing wheel, emery, and lap board. If the household sewing Jus tifies it, a cutting table is one of the ornatAoi ^... t__ » . ^ f yi outjuKui ana time. Some home dressmakers use the dining table, which Is a fairly good substitute, others I have Been trying to use a bed, but the best and most skillful work can not be accom plished with the bed as a substitute for a cutting table, to say nothing of the physical exhaustion that would result from continued standing in this back-breaking position. An ideal cutting table may be easily construct ed at home by joining two or more smoothly planed boards on the under side, the boards long enough to ac commodate the cutting of dress skirts or one-piece garments. This table top may be laid upon a smaller _____ table and used successfully, or bet ter still, two Bupporta or •'treaties" may be made of a height to accom modate the worker, so that all cut ting and designing may be done without unnecessary strain upon the muscles of the back. A good pressing board, and If pos sible, a sleeve board, should be pro- * vided. The ironing board should b«* well padded with smooth material, with its outBlde cover tightly stretch ed, free from wrinkles, neatly and securely tacked. A dress form Is a helpful adjunct to the home dress maker, saving hours of standing "trying on" and fitting, but Involves considerable outlay. A padded sleeve lining, however, Is a possibility, and is very useful In making sleeves. Some Hints About Cutting Out, There are mauy makers of good reliable patterns. These patterns, If from a good dealer, make a study of the proportion of the flguro as well as of fashionable art. A skirl pat tern should be of the correct hip •>!*.«% iinc« 11 is easier to adjust waist than hip dimensions. To shorten s skirt pattern, make a fold In each gore, two-thirds the distance from the top, sufficient to reduce each piece to the required length. To lengthen the skirt, after pinning the pattern to the goods, cut nround the top and two-thirds the distance along the sides of the gore, then unpin and draw the pattern down to the re quired length and complete the cut ting. Another plan for lengthening the pattern Is to cut It in two, two thirds the distance from the top. seeing to It that the proportions are maintained and that all seams are of the right length. The pluln waist pattern is the f()ll II (lflt inn fur nn a/ lealui ...I* U .. -+ ■ uiiM « I v •• •• plain waist and plain Hklrt pattern as a basts, ideas of decoration and ornamentation may be easily worked out. Since paper patterns wear out I quickly, after a waist and skirt have been well fitted It Is a good plan to cut an exact pattern of cambric, tracing the seams and notching the parts, as are indicated in the model pattern. Always lay on the entire pattern before the scissors are put into the cloth. This gives an Idea of Just where each piece Is to come out