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INEXPENSIVE CHRISTMAS GIFTS
, . By PEGGY POWERS
i"s;t wtainlT '(! i.ttflriised
yourself lust Christ mat that
your lulure inmio
mt-mbranc would 1 com
pleted Id atr.pe time, 'und un-
dr -'10 circumstance would the nest
Hhristmas seasa find you" In a rush
and bustle, planning and finishing be
lated Christmas gift. Whit an Idle
dfvam that was. lor here it la ChrM
n.as time approaching again, and you
are racking your brain aud attempting
tv decide hat to give at ihe eleventh
!oour, in a great fcurry and turmoil.
Isn't it 80?
What not to srfve, would be a more
appropriate phrase. For iu the selec
tion of your, yifrs some regard has
to be given to the adaptability and the
utility of the present. A wine idea is
to spend more time than money in
thinking what would be suitable and
practicable fir each individual. Your
gift would be ail the more appreciated
if it expresses something of yourself
and shows that your own personal
thoughts have been bestowed upon a
selection of the tokens.
The real essence of the Christmas
spirit is rxt expenditure. How easy
it is to purchase gorgeous (rifts ff one
has, a well filled purse! But if the re
cipient can buy the same article with
little effort, the gift idea will not be
remembered for very long. Let your
gifts be expressions of love and
tnoughtrultess. The thought and time
you put in gifts of your own handi
work will mean much more than If
you simply give something lor the
eafee of giving.
The cost of homemade gifts is gen
erally small. A multitude of gifts can
. lie contrived of materials you have at
hand, and of odd pieces of linen, rib
bons and silk. Clever fingers can
fashion charming novelties. Gladness
is the keynote of the Yuletide season.
Go at your tasks in a cheerful, blith
eome manner, and you will find your
work one of .joy. The following sug
gestions may provide you with numer
ous, ideas for attractive gifts, which
may be made inexpensively.
With little 'effort dainty sachets to
perfume your friends' gowns may be
made at a very small cost. Make six
sachets in pastel shades of satin -ribbon
about two Inches square. Fill
with soft cotton dusted with some
fragrant achet powder. Place the
sachets one on top of the other and
tie with narrow gauze ribbon. Gilt
safety pins .are .'attached to each
" sachet so the .bags can be pinned on
the different frocks.
One distinct novelty is .a colonial
pin cushion. For this unique cushion
you will have to purchase a glass can
dlestick in a -simple design. . Cover
one: side of a four-inch square of card
" board with some pretty silk which
harmonizes with the color scheme of
ypur friends' bedrooms. Form a
mound-like cushion of cotton on the
other side and cover with the silk,
The cushion is fastened to the candle
stick by fine wires or thread. Around
.the edge of the cushion sew a beaded
fringe about three inches long.
Another pin cushion has for the
foundation a four-inch wire tea strain
er. The back is fitted with a disk of
cotton covered in cretonne. The wire
part is lined with flowered cretonne
and filled with cotton. Wind the han
j , j O. thf heaven 1?
I -ftfl With the radlam-e of a star; N.
I ; .1 Yonder, In the ether, pendant N. N. N. N. N
' ' 1 1 I - Flumes its glories all afar. v
1 1 1 I I In the Kast Its splendor shin- V ( X. v
f'f riii , vtL Saife fee Itn froltlen pleam; N. N.
4fitjSBKgSSM Rem! the prrnasre. what defineth? .
K " Kollow It to HetliH'hem. I 1
Cnxttv frlf1r and adoration
)lten they with joy to bring;
Traveling from their far-off Htatlon
Com to hall the new-born King.
Still fulls, the night on Judah's
plnliiH.
tthlne noft the stars, the welkin
gem,
When shepherds cutrh soraplilc
ntraluK
F'roin angel chords borne down
to them.
JIvmn of triumph, hymn of glory,
Hlngs Hi" shining angel throng;
1 Shepherds list earth's sweetest
story
Jml the world Its gladdest song.
Rwr-eps the psean down the flges,
. Hwells the tiote of joy and praise,
i , lids' with b"l'e time s op'nlng
pages,
Wafts Its cheer to latest days.
. Earth redeemed, ,wlth heaven,
vlcst .
An It sounds the glad refrain,
"dory, glory In the highest,
I'pnrn ' on earth, good will ' to
men!"
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dle with vrrow ribbon atd finish
with a prtny bow.
The girl away at college would sure
ly be overjoyed with a shoe bag,
which she can hang Inslte her closet
door. The shoe bag should be half
the length of the door with compart
ments for shoes, slippers and rubbers
and a long compartment on one side
for an umbrella and uu the other for
book3 not in use. The materials used
shou'id be heavy denim with the com
partments bound i tape.
A pleasing notion would be to make
any articles for the girls away at col
lege in their college colors. A piece
of gay colored cretonne bound all
aTound with a pretty braid would also
be acceptable as a trunk cover.
Pear to every girl's heart are pretty
dress accessories. The new Robes
pierre collars w ith jabots of frilly lace
certainly will be a welcome addition to
your friends' wardrobes. The collars
are usually made of black satla with
the ruffles of lace about two inches
w Ide.
Chic boudoir caps are made of cir
cles of shadow lace 18 inches wide
with soft rufiles of narrow lace around
the crown. The ruffles should be made
in the back wider than iu the front
to give the effect of a Dutch bonnet.
The cap is decorated with little pink
rosebuds and a band of pink ribbon.
Exquisite La France roses are made
out of folded satin ribbon in three-inch
lengths. Turn the ends back at the cor
ners to form the petals. Group the
iipf.ilR together and ioin to a wire
stem which has been twisted with nar
ro,' green satin.
A natural looking bunch of violets
is formed of tiny bows of twisted vio
let ribbon tied with green silk wire.
Hat pins, collar pins and buckles
are wonderfully effective when eov
ered with ribbon roses made of nar
row folded ribbon grouped closely to
gether. If vou prefer you can use
satin cherries made of tiny circles of
satin filled with cotton, with petals
of green ribbon.
'be girl who dances will find much
pleasure in receiving a pretty pair of
beaded satin slipper bows to match
her party slippers.
For the traveler a small cretonne
pillow with pockets on one side for
magazines and newspapers would be
a convenience.
A set of envelopes of white linen to
hold the necessary articles, would al
so be a useful gift. K you nave time
you could buttonhole the flap in seal
lops. One envelope tor handkerchiefs.
one for the night dresB, one lined la
rubber for the toilet articles, and one
large one for the extra waist. The
pieces you have left of the linen you
can utilize for napkin rings, scalloped
and finished with a monogram, or for
boudoir lamp shades, which are much
admired when inserted with medal
ions of fine lace.
For the invalid a thoughtful little
gift would be a cover for the drinking
glass. A glass circle the size of the
top of the ordinary glass is required;
crochet a cover over the glass in a
simple stitch in two colors of mercer
ized cotton. In the center sew a cro
cheted ring for a handle.
A tray with a narrow wooden bor
der and brass handles could have a
pretty piece of embroidered linen Un
der the glass.
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1 Apron.
2 Lantern Bag,
3 Cretonne Pillow.
A Dolly Bag.
5 Sewing Roll.
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cially new and nothing could be si is- uliich attached with a narrow rib
pier to make. Sheer flowered rihboa f fcoa. in t-he center have squares of
to soft lamb's wool, draw a elastic Tv3iit Saanel for the needles and pins,
through a lacing on the upper edge, I Wbta act la use this case can be
leaving a heading about an inch- TsieJts. j Willed up And fastened neatly with a
Make full rosettes of ribbon and p'aizn I loop xid button.
one on each Instep. ! SotDeti9Qs it is a rather perplexing
A doilv case will delight the brt i
of any housewife. They can- be mad
in different sizes. Figured1 eretomaw
may be used in making one ease wilft
the inside lined in white material
Cover two circles of pasteboard witli
the material and finish neatly wits a
pretty wash bpid. Use ribboTt t kee
the doilies in place. - .'
A set of holders for handling k
dishes are made six inches square, tsi
some pretty chintz. These- ae at
tached to an apron to match the mate
rial.
A set of boxes covered with a pretty
pattern of wall paper wouhf be Hiost (
useful and acceptable to keep ia tn f;
bureau drawers Ihese must fee past- uaal & 8Uch as handkerchief8
ed neatly and the covers attache to M etnbroidered in
tte b0X- , . ' . , , I toer.
Another noveltv is a chest of draws . . ,
TtoS.srj: rs"rtT -b,ack tjz
, ... o .t.rf.i ' These monograms will be of
es are covered with the same maters! t .
. . ,,,,, .lKr' to esr in his overcoat, so that
and have little brass rings sewijcal
" , , . ,, n I b rn easily distinguish his coat from
the center of each box, so t&y i ... . , ,
I n a ,,vi, jr, E aiwtfccrs in a crowded place,
be pulled out l:ke drawers. . , , . . uu
,i,mt0. t. f TTfceTi there are whisk broom hold-
Aprons are always charming; prm.i n v
The?e are numberless suggestion fr wred in inen, and collar bags
aprons. Fascinating aprons are nsade f'reular fo ofcarlba
of sheer lawn with butterffies i(ibrocade
broldered on them. The bottom Is fn- mth old gold braid,
ished in three deep scallops edge: Ttar the man who shaves himself, a
with a fancy stitch and lace. TJtwo-S
"nd scallons form pockets for tlws
sew ing articles. The belt is formed of
ribbon trimmed with Jaunty Wttl
bows. Then there are cbafisg c3an
aprons, overall aprons, and ncASfjr
aprons you can devise with a Htt i
genuity.
We see bag9 here, there and every
where. Bags of all sortB and siawv
from the elaborate affairs ma-iJe S
strips of Japanese embroidery Kiss
thoa shown in Chinatown, to thos
of the simplest design. Sewing" hga,
opera bags, laundry bags, shoe Ban
slipper bags, corset bags, vanity to,
made of ribbon and fitted out witii &
small mirror and a tiny powder ja.
Manicure baes mar be fitted witb lis
smaller size manicuue articlea, and tot
th children vou can make marlrt
bags, school bags, bean bags aad pen
cil bags.
A useful receptacle for sewinjt ma
terials is a lantern bag made erf
plain and flowtred ribbon, or jam
could utilize any material' you Davti
Vnr th 'bottom of the bag cover s
cardboard circle three inches and a
half in diameter. Gather the flowered
ribboti to this and lieth the outside.
Run an embroidery hoop four ine&et
in diameter around the upper edge
Join the plain material to this and
about eight Inches from tliia place
another hoop about four inches in di
ameter, This is Jhe top of hag an
Is sheered over hoop. A round cover
piece of cardboard is used as a coer
and a heavy cord Is used t carry It
over the arm.
Another original bag for thread
and needles is made of two eircl&B cf
cretonne lined with satin. These are
Joined at Intervals, leaving spaces for
the spools. In the center to a little
pin cushion. A ribbon drawn tJVrtmRC
the different sections draws tbl3 Kitfe
bag together.
Use a pretty piece of ribbon tlree- i
quarters of a yard in length tvr a
other . sewing contrivance. Turn p
one end to form a pocket for tke
spools of thread, and to oJber eotf
fi Colonial Pin Cushion.
7 Chest of Drawers,
fi Collar Bag.
& Robespierre Collar.
10 Telephone Memorandum.
iVil- linn ffiiTnlSlfk Drift fimnll RelfiQrkra
c;je-Ftan t hat to give a man. Men
Blwavs KJt nsnmethine- that adds to
tinyr cemfort and personal conve-
it lire. If you can knit there is not
lunch ifficulty in deciding what to
S3e. Knitted silk neckties are much
5a -rrjgse-
GV &rm, fleecy mufflers are
Tik-ptf ty!-"the man who motors, and bed
roots iippTs are also every welcome.
A telephone memorandum with a
ycntul attached would be a daily re
minder of the giver. Cover a piece of
iwuimiia wiui mil jiiueii eiuuiumtttM
5 t n ,h nt
.wVio und paste It on the linen,
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viitC pad Is use ul Cover two
squares f cardboard with any mate
rial ywndeslre. Work the monogram
fas the; tenter of the upper one, insert
JwBTes -of tissue paper and tie together
: w&rn a 3ik cord.
k There are plenty of adorable gifts one
era mutism for the baby. An ingenious
frtfea Istneover an ordinary scale with
fftak riiaaea and slit It down the cen
ter. JRestly finishing the edges so
nMKCJser tan see every day how much
the aiew baby is gaining. I'se narrow
rfbbon to hang up the scale. Also a
cute tittle -water bag covered In soft
preWy fannel will be an acceptable
ttrt for Ms majesty..
Xtarttng little bibs are made of buck
teweOint with curious shaped animals
csestitefaed In red thread across
t border. '
A carriage strap which affords
uracil amasexnent to the infant is
tsefie of elastic with satin ribbon in
nhii tsr lilue abeered over It To this
Strap, ty means of a narrow ribbon,
si eellnloid -whistle, a rubber doll and
a teetiiZng ring are attached.
An tmchanting little nightingale Is
niae nut of a square of cashmere,
meted on the edge with silk or
botr&d TaJth -wash ribbon. Satin rib
bon ore run through a casing to fit
Ibe hea-fl.
Fr the child that Is a little older
ytno taan snake a screen covered In
xsowj lilaln material and decorated
trS&i irtctures cut from magazines and
kb. One aectlon for flowers, one
fer Trimals. and one for birds, would
tie onuidt appreciated.
A scrap book made of dark gray
Fro'ins jastefl 'with pictures, is also a
gift a child can derive much pleasure
rmtt Aftfr vou have your presents
eeiniJed. careful that they are
wrapped so that tbey have a luie
tsfie look about them, t'se plenty of
mn and -white tissue paper. Seal
tTe package with holly ribbon or gold
tort a don't forget to tuck a spray
tf or mlBtletoe among the wrap-
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CrrlBbt, by W. G. ChuPina&.V
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SOUTH FARMS
Everybody Should Join in the
Universal Farm Uplift.
FARM METHODS ARE LACKING
Farmers Can Easily Grow Twice Aver
age cf Staple Crops Many Great
Industrial Corporations cf
Country Are Interested.
(By G. H. ALFOKD.)
We have between the average and
the best in farming in the cotton belt
an attainable 1.000 per cent. This dif
ference of 1,000 per cent, against the
average farmer is due w belly to con
ditions which he can easily control
with the necessary knowledge. Every
corporation and business man interest
ed in the welfare of the country bhould
join forces with the United States de
partment of agriculture, agricultural
colleges, experiment statloLs, state de
partments of agriculture and ether
forces and conduct great educational
campaigns until the foolish and crim
inal waste that is going on every year
by reason cf unscientific methods of
farmice is a thine of the past.
Our farmers can grow easily twice
the average vield cf our btaplc crops.
This increase would pour many mil
iin r,r riiillnrti aniiualjV into our
JiJUO v - h
Inrlnotri&l channels. Such an add
tlon could cot be made without touch-
ine everv corporation, every bank
ker
nvprv storekeeuer. every doctor, eve
ry
lawyer, every editor and, in fact, every
nprr.on in the country.
Manv of the great industrial corpo
rations of the country have already
joined forces with national and state
institutions and are helping tee iarm
ers to larger production and to Iargei
lifp. and are thereby contributing tc
the prosperity and uplift of the whole
neonle. Some people may aunuu
this to pure selfishness, but from out
of that selfishness will evolve a Deue
condition among the farmers, greate
comforts in living, and more luxuries
of life and better opportunities lor tn
fn-rr.o.C tn crtl1fHlf their SOUS &tld
thUH the presumed selfish
nesa contains within it a resulting
nhllanthrony.
niirine the last ten years our acre
yield increased, but not half as much
as the increase of population, mere
UTILIZE THE CORNSTALKS.
SILAGE INCREASES VALUE OF
CORN CROP 40 PER CENT.
1 Ton Clover Hay .$15.00
175 Lbs. Cottonseed Meal at
$30 2:63
Value Zy2 Tons Silage $12.37
1 Ton of Corn Silage 4.94
1 Acre Corn 10 Tons Silage. 49.4C
1 Acre Com 50 Bu. Corn at
50c 25.00
$24.40
Cost of Filling Silo at 75c
Per Ton 7.50
Value 1 Acre Cornstalks. ... .$16.90
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good farming, and to do good farming
we must decrease the number of tno
acres of cotton and increase the num
ber devoted to pastures, forage crops
and live stock. We have all heard the
old Dutch proverb quoted before, but
wa nnnr.nt nuote it too often: "No
grass, no stock; do stock, no manure;
no manure, no crop. Holland is al
most entirely a grass and stock coun
try, and lands are worth on an aver
aee of $500 per acre. These people
have found that they can make more
out of land from grasses and live
stock than they can by cultivating it.
Unnumbered acres of hill land in
the cotton belt are making less than
one-third bale of cotton per acre, and
at the same time making poverty for
those tilling them. The cost of com
mercial fertilizer applied annually is
appalling. The razor-back terraces,
covered with weeds, grass and briars,
and the circled and short rows pre
vent the use of labor-saving imple
ments. Millions of acres of poor hillside
land now producing less than one
third bale of cotton per acre should
be plowed deep, well fertilized with
acid phosphate and some nitrogen and
some potash, when needed, and plant
ed in summer and winter legumes for,
say, two years, and then sodded in
Bermuda grass, lespedeza, crimson and
burr clovers. Only by this method
and stock raising can our wornout,
gullied cotton lands be restored to fer
tility and only -in this way can the
people of our southland become pros
perous and contented.
W'e have worn out our lands in the
quickest possible time by growing cot
ton and rigidly excluding grasses,
clovers and live stock. We bave de
pleted the soil of vegetable matter
and it has washed away. This poor
soil means a poor people, and the poor
people means bad road's, uncomfort
able homes, poorly equipped farms,
very little education, the credit sys
tem, and all that retardH civilization.
The last census shows that our pop
ulation increased 21 per cent, in the
preceding decade, while our meat- pro
ducing animals decreased mure than
10 tier cent. We ore facing tt very
aeiious sitjatiou. The moat producing
animals must be grown oa tii-i fart
The farmers will no: Ion coa::nu to
grow stock at a Ion. TUe caJUioaa
must be such that stovk t.itsg U
profitable or the farmers w.;i sooner
or later go out of the busings en
tirely.
The cotton belt has an overwhelra
ing advantage over every other seo
tion in live stock raising We have
great climatic advantages ti.it per
mit outdoor pasturing and feeing dur
ing the whole, or the greater part, ot
the year. We can obtain l-ira-i yield
of oats. leguminous crops. Johnson
and Bermuda grasses, sorghum cane
hay and an abundance or corn for
making Bilage. the most economio
form of carbohydrates. Th3 keep
ing of good cattle and the intelli
gent use of thoroughly good, perman
ent pastures and grazing crops, and
Farm Ownership and
Tenantry.
Percentage of Farmi in the V. S. Operated
by Owners or by Teannta.
Census 1Y0Q."
Cotton
Tobacco
Sugar
Hay and Grain
Rice
Vegetables
Miscellaneous
Dairy Products
Live Stock
Fruit
Flow era -Plant
Nursery Prod's
Classified
C3
1233
by Source of Income.
the economic use of the silo and cot
tonseed meal will niako our lands rich,
keep millions of dollars at home that
aro now sent to the north and west,
and make our people prosperous.
Tho calamity howler says: ' What
about the lack of lime '.a the soil?" Dr.
Tait Butler, probably the best-posted
man oa southern agriculture, says, in
summing up a most excellent editorial
on "Lime in Southern Feeds:" "We
have shown: (1) That our soils aro
not deficient in lime a3 regards the
plant food requirements of cur crops;
(2) that plants grown in the south
have as much ash as the same plant
grown elsewhere, and that the. feed;
crops of the south, especially the
legumes peculiar to the south, contain
as high a per cent, of ash aa the
feed crops of other sections; (3) that
typical southern rations arj those
made up of typical southern feeds and
contain more ash than typical north
ern feeds. The conclusion i3. there
fore, that while our animals fail to
get the mineral matter they need, it
is not because this material is de
ficient in our feeds, but because our
animals do not get sufficient of out
feeds." ' i
In the cotton belt, live stock faint
ing has been avoided mainly for two
reasons:. (1) Because all-cotton farm
ing paid better until the soil becam
poor; (2) because of the cattle tick.
Now, millions of acres are too poor
to grow cotton profitably, aal we can,
easily eradicate the cattle tick. Since
the work of eradicating the tick was
inaugurated, nearly 200,000 square
miles have been cleaned for all time:
this is an area over three times as.
large as Alabama. Tha tick injure
the hide, reduces the milk flow at
least ten per cent, makes it very dif
ficult to fatten cattle, prevents the in
troduction of good cattle to breed up
our native cattle, lowers the price of
our cattle on the markeU and destroys
more than enough cattle every year
to pay for its eradication, i
The. invasion of the boll weevil and!
the consequent reduction cf the proflts.
of cotton growing is forcing many
farmers to grow crops which must of
necessity be marketed through the
agency of live stock, and it is the func
tion of live stock on the farm to fur
nish a market for the crops that are.
erown. enabling the farmers to con
vert trasses, forage crons. cow peas
and soy beans, and so on, into higher
priced finished products and to return
to the soil the plant food take.ii from
HOW PLANT FOOD CAN BE
RETURNED TO SOIL
,1 By Barnyard Manure.
2 By Growing and Feeding
Clover, Alfalfa, Etc.
3 By Plowing Under Green
Crops.
4 By Plowing Under Corn
stalks, Stubble, Straw, Etc.
5 By Applying Commercial
Fertilizers.
it. The greatest need of the farmers
of the cotton belt at present is mor
grass and more live stock, and thosa
who assist In eradicating the cattle
tick and in otherwise helping to
create conditions that will enablo
farmers to grow two good animals In
the place of one scrub is surely aa
great a benefactor as those who cause
two blades of grass to grow where
only one grew before.
Live stock should certainly be given
i prominent place In the agricultural
levelopment of 'the cotton belt. Next
to having good and Intelligent people
In a country, good live stock la
nrobably of the most importance. Thla
being true, every state In tha cotton
belt should encourage better lira
stock by eradicating the tick and by
teaching Improved methods of stocH
breeding and raininr.
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