WASHABLE LINGERIE
„ A NY CHARMING ANO PRAC
TICAL DESIGNS SHOWN.
■reneh Ideas Improved Upon by
American Makar* of Underwear
—All Kinds of Laeea Have
Sanction of Fashion.
The beat of French Ideas hare been
ulopted by American designers snd
transferred into washable lingerie.
Such a display of charming and prac
tical conceits are glimpsed In the
lingerie Held that each one aeems
prettier than the other. It Is gratify
ing to note that even In the moderate
priced undergarments the quality Is
not sacrificed for the benefit of cheap
er showy trimmings and workman-
Ship
Laces of all kinds are used on fem
inine underapparel. Valenciennes,
binche. fancy net laces, mllan and rib
bon laces such as bruges. are amply
used. Openwork embroidery In Eng
lish and Madeira styles In the form of
motifs, wheels and flowers meet In va
rious ways with lace trimming Little
tiny plaits alternating with handmade
openwork are feat urea of the white
lingerie, which does not permit of a
touch of color to mar Its snowy fair
ness.
The newest lingerie Is of silk voile
trimmed with a succession of frills
and footings.
A nightgown trimmed with- ribbon
threaded through puffs of net In em
pire style had rather wide satin rib
bons used to draw the tucked upper
part together and relied more upon
the grace of outline and daintiness of
material for Its charm than upon any
adornment of lace.
Nlghtrobes of lustrous pussy willow
taffeta are made In redlngote style,
trimmed simply with bows of ribbon
and picot. edging. A row of large eye
lets Just below the bust and another
row just below the knees allow wide
ribbons to be drawn through and tied
in bow knots. Deep square scallops
at the hem finish the rather full skirt
portion.
Almost all the chemises have re
movable shoulder straps. They are
made shorter than usual and havo
gained in width what they lost in
length.
EDICTS OF FRENCH MODISTES
Likelihood of a Return to the Bmall
Waist—The Lateet Thing In
Dance Petticoats. N
The French designers say hlpa are
still flat, and there Is no sign of a
curve in them, but the normal waist
mo may lead to the small waist, which
n turn, will call for rounding hips.
Designers show a desire to revert to
1 10 Louis V fashion of the small elbow
aleeve, with its deep ruffle of lace.
Quite the latest thing In dance pet
ticoats are the loose-scalloped, or
petal-flounced skirts, as they are
*' a md. The petticoat la of organdie,
m sheath model to the knee. From
1 depends a flounce of acallopß or
pctals Bl * inches wide, gathered full
'mough to hang cloae together, though
u > scallop la trimmed all the way
;7r n < the fl °u“ce by a beading
ough which the ribbon la run.
ibe flounces are of dotted Swiss
meand Insertion trimmed,, of dainty
‘ ,° w embroidery, In dainty ruffled
’ - and In Istee medallions, with lace
sertion antf edging. Two other new
pe.ticoats wor th mentioning are the
a in pique and ssttne. They have
3 enough to fit well without being
cr it y ’.^ Dd are fl nlßlied with six-inch
/•- broidered or tucked ruffles at the
tjiot m ‘ The,r "Pooial appeal la that
guwi ar ° DOt tran ®Parent under thin
WITH PANTALETTES
French Modiatea Were *o Charmed
With the Pantalette Idea (Although
they Were Worn Way Back In 1863)
That They Decided to Adopt It and
Worked Out Thie Charming Model
for Fall Wear. So Popular Has It
Become Abroad. That Over Here,
the Petticoat Manufacturers Are Al
ready Beginning to Make Plana to
Offset Its Effect on Their Industry.
The Model I* a Three-Piece Btreet
Coatume. The Pantaloon* and Waist
Are Combined. The Material Used
la Black Broadcloth Trimmed With
Russian Fitch.
BETTER THAN NURSERY BIB
Little Eating Apron That la Sure to
•Become a Favorite With Mothers
of “Kiddies.”
Away with the bib and its naughty
strings that will knot or the buttons
that will not button! Here Is the dear
est little eating apron that ever cov
ered dainty ruffles or Dickens suits,
and when mother realizes what a very
simple matter the making of such an
apron can be, she will hasten to fash
ion one for the little girl or boy In
the nursery. A Turkish towel or a
simple huck affair can be turned with
a snip of the scissors and a few
stitches into a comfortable, easily
managed apron. At about two-thirds
of the length of the towel cut a hole
large enough for the little head to
slip through. Bind this with tape,
or scallop It If you wish a little extra
fanciness. The shorter side Is then
gathered or plaited into a belt, made
from wide tape on a piece of old towel
ing. which passes around to the front
and holds the apron in place. Cross
stitch may make the little apron still
more attractive, especially if the de
sign be the favorite nursery chicks,
bufinles or kittens. While the linen
or buck toweling is prettier, the
Turkish toweling is really more prac
tical because of its absorbent quali
ties. It saves crying over spilled milk.
\
Coats Button High.
Many of the coats are , being made
to button up high on the chest, with
deep collars at the back. This will
permit.the Btoles of fur to fall grace
fully on either side, and not necessar
ily to be drawn up very high to th*
throat.
THE KEOTA NEW*.
FEEDING IN A DAIRY
Error Made In Giving Too Much j
Cheap Concentrates. !
i
i
Chief Problem Is to Furnish a Buffi- 1
eient, and at Same Time Not Too 1
Costly Supply of the Best
Protein Foods.
»U>- W. M. KKLI.EV.)
According to accepted standards, a
cow weighing one thousand pounds
will require about one pound of pro
tein a day in a maintenance ration,
und one producing from thirty to
rorty pounds of milk a day will re
quire from one and one-fourth to one
und three-fourths pounds additional,
or a total of from two and one-fourth
to two and tbree-fourtha pounds a
day. Our dairy business, especially
In the East, has been developed large
ly upon a basis of cheap protein
tooda; and as a result many dairymen
have been buying and ffbdlug 100
many protein concentrates, for the
purpose of stimulating a large How ot
milk.
Some dairymen are feeding each
cow dally from eight to teu pounds
of gluten and other highly-concen
trated protein feeds; hut It Is my
Judgment that they are making a mis
take and cannot obtain profitable re
sults In the pail or by added fertility
In the manure heap.
Our farm crops, clover and timothy
hay. corn and other fodder, and for
age, with oats, barley, wheat-bran
and corn for concentrates, and a little
of the more highly concentrated pro
tein foods form an Ideal combination
to promote health end vitality. We
may get a little less milk, but our
cows will breed more regularly, and
we shall have better calves.
The low percentage of protein, and
the high percentage of water In corn
ensilage makes It desirable to feed
with It an abundance of good clover
hay, which makes a better ration
than either alone, but one that Is far
from perfect.
When feeding eusllage and clover
hay, a liberal admixture of home
grown grain foods should be added to
balance the ration with protein We
should make a constant effort to pro
duce various kinds of proteinaceous
forage and fodder crops.
This brings up the question of ro
tation of crops best suited to the feed-
lng of the dairy caw, and 1 say un
hesitatingly that a rotation of corn,
oats and peaß, and clover three-year
rotation, will prove the most efficient
In a northern latitude. By this ro
tation, it is possible to get along with
a minimum of grain foods, and that
only of the highly concentrated sort,
worth almost as much for fertilizer
as for food
Corn ensilage Is the cheapest food
for the dairy cow. Every man who
has fed dairy cattle knows that sue
culence adds value to the cow s food.
Head of Superior Dairy Cow.
and that thsr* la no crop that will
afford this aa cheaply as ensilage from
well-matured corn.
The advantage of a crop of mangels
or rutabagas Is not so much In their
nutritive value ns In ths fact that tsey
furnish succulence, when the cows are
being maintained on dry foods. While
root crops are very generally used
In England snd Germany and are held
In high esteem as an appetizer and
conditioner in this country, their use
on dairy farms is quite limited.
PROVIDE BIRDS WITH FRUITS
Robins. Catbirds and Brown Thrashers
Are Fond of Fruit of Redosler
Dogwood and Mulberry.
•By D. I.AKET.)
If s person wishes to make a birds*
paradise, not one of the plants and
shrubs In the following list should be
left out. It would be well If nursery
men would cut out this list and pre
serve It:
Mulberry. red. Russian and white:
Mahaleb cherry, wild black cherry,
wild red cherry, wild chokecherry.
Friend of the Fanner.
European bird cherry, shad tree, na
tive thorn trees, flowering dogwood,
altornate-leaved dogwood, mountain
ash. wild crabapple. hackberry. buck
thorns. hemlock, staghorn sumac,
smooth sumac, larch and pine trees for
winter food for grosbeaks, crossbills
and pine finches: yellow, black, white
and canoe hirenea for goldfinchewand
partridges: elderberries; seven varie
ties of Cornua. Herberts Thunbergl
for quail; Myrlca cerifera for winter
birds; red cedar and all Junipers.
Lonicera ruprechtlana and bells Can
dida, rlbes aureum, rubus odoratus.
chokecherry. viburnums e|ght varie
ties, partridge berry. Daphne mezer
enm. Buffalo berry, black locust for
quail; cercls canadensis. Eleagnus
four varieties, malus flortbunda cat
nip sunflower, bacehelor buttons, wild
roses, crataegua. Hall’s honeysuckle,
red flowering horse chestnut, privets,
hypercums, all native wild roses, poke
weed, box elder for evening grosbeaks,
and Diervilla bybrlda.
For summer food, the fruit of the
redosler dogwood. Cornus stolonlfera,
is eagerly devoured by soft-billed
birds like robins, catbirds and brown
thrashers. The mulberry furnishes
food for a long time In summer aud
is one of the best in the list.
For spring and fall, the mountain
ash and the Japanese crabapples.
malus floribunda. are eaten by robins
and cedar waxwlngs. All thV honey
suckles are excellent, but the two.
Lonicera ruprechtlana and L. bells
Candida, seem to be preferred. The
fruit of the Japanese oteastqfj eleag
nus multiflora. Is greatly relished by
many birds In summer.
Making Good Hog Pasture.
The following all make good hog
pasture: Rye, wheat, vetch, crimson
clover, red or mammoth clover, Can
ada peas, cowpeas, soy beans, aweet
corn, aorghum. Held corn, rape, alfalta
and artichokes.
Valueless Fowls.
Some prize-winning rowls or ani
mals are utterly valueless for real util
ity; and sometimes a nondescript lit
tle’ scrub wIL turn out more real
profit