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In Touch With
Fashion
What the Smartest
Dressmakers Are
Now Displaying
Hints That May
Help the Undecided
T
|HE ebb and flow of a certain ex
treme fashion in one season is
interesting. If one goes deep
into the philosophy of human
caprice It Is easy enough to reason
this out; people who dress well aro
rather afraid of exploiting an ex
treme because they feel that these
who dress for the' moment will take
this fashion as their own and com
monlxe It; the latter are not struck
with It, and the former, awaiting their
time, go back to it, writes Anne Rit
tenhouso in the Philadelphia Record.
All this has come about with the
pannier. When Mme. Cheruit wore
the first one in Paris it started, as
you know, all sorts of wild rumors
and comments. In a few days all the
dressmakers in Paris exhibited pan
niers as the newest fashion, and In a
few weeks the American shops bad
them. The public did not take to
them and they fell from favor. They
were merely an advertising scheme,
after all, first for an Individual, then
for a class.
Whether or not the public or the
dressmakers molded the first pannier
into the zouave skirt of today Is hard
to tell, but the modification is most
acceptable. It Is a cross between
Turkish trousers and a flour sack
gathered at the hem, and yet it Is
most attractive and becoming to wo
men who have big hips, as well os
those who have Blender ones. It Is
probably the skirt of the day as far
as exclusiveness goes, and yet It Is
not well known enough to prevent Its
being offered on the 15th of August
as an autumn fashion.
It la quite simple to explain. The
material is soft and Is slightly gath
ered Into a high waistband, falls over
a flattened hip line to a half-way point
between the knee and ankle, and Is
gathered there Into a narrow lower
skirt, which Is plain or adorned. The
gathering is done In such away that
the fulness of the skirt bags over it
for about three inches, giving the
Turkish trouser effect.
Newest Ideas In Bklrts.
Last winter a few gowns were
worn over here which had this ef
fect at the foot line. For months pre
ceding January the smart dressma
kers had been advocating' this quaint
method of arranging a skirt at the
hem. The method was to cut the skirt
itaelf six Inches longer than the lin
ing, then turn It under and gather It
to the skirt. This produced that full
scalloped effect which is now very
smart to have at the knees.
It Is tho same method and Is the
same Idea. It Is merely moved up to
the body for six or seven inches. The
effect Is much better, as one retains
the slim, tight lower skirt with Its
dimness about the ankles. This xou
ave effect Is Just as smart on skirts
thst are long as well as those that are
short. It Is rather effective on a
si right two-gored Empire underskirt,
which is cut to a pointed train.
Using Flowered Silk*.
It has much the effect of a tunic |n
that It conceals the tightness of the
line drawn by the underskirt against
the figure In the back, and also hides
the not always graceful movement of
the knees in a tight skirt. It takes
consummate art to make a slim nar
row skirt that does not catch and
draw around the body ip an ugly man.
ner; and so the fashion for fulness
from waist to knees comes as a happy
afterthought.
Among the midsummer fashions is
the use of soft-flowered silks Instead
of chiffons, or rother they are used as
rivals, not as substitutes. The flow
ered transparent stufT is always love
ly, and in Its present form it Is allur
ing, especially for hot afternoons and
evenings. The use of silks is newer.
It came about through the revival of
many of the Louis XVI. fashions.
That was a great epoch for silk cov
ered with bunches of flowers and la
ter with stripes.
Today one does not wish to wear
the stiff brocades of those days, for
the manufacturers have gone far in
the art of weaving and can give us
marvelous stuffs of silk and metal in
terwoven In gossamer weight. We can
wear the dashing brilliancy of the
Italian fabrics and not put an ounce
of weight on our muscles.
Design Is Effective.
This is the kind of silk we are
wearing this summer. It is fashioned
Into the new kind of pannier and is
Immensely effective. It is not draped
as far down on the skirt as the thin
chiffons are; it is carried down to the
knees or a little above and la lifted
slightly In the front, it drops Into a
baglike effect there and falls close to
the slim silk or satin underskirt be--
neath.
It Is better to use satin for the low
er skirt than any other fabric, not
only because It is the first favorite of
the day, but because It presents an
artistic contrast to most other fab
rics. It has the advantage of bring
ing out to Its best all things that are
placed against It as a background, or
on which It Is placed as ac
cessory. This is the reason that
satin is so continually used by those
who put art Into dressmaking
Here Is a gown that could be cop
ied In many colors and would meet
with instant approval by those who
like quaint effects. It cannot be worn
by certain types of women, and it Is
to be hoped they have the wisdom to
know that. The foundation is narrow,
has a pointed train. Is made of yellow
satin and has an ungatbered flounce
of cream French lace stretched over
It from kneee to hem.
Zouave Upper Skirt.
The zouave upper skirt is of yellow
silk on which are stamped small
bunches of pink roses, green leaves
and blue forget-me-nots. It is gath
ered to the skirt Just above the top of
i the lace and is pulled up by three
i cordings in the middle from waist
down. It extends above the normal
waist line for two Inches, and the ful
ness at the back 1b made Into a dou
ble box plait, which Is unstitched,
and provides the fulness at the lower
edge.
The bodice Is quite slim In Its fit.
Is hlgh-walsted to meet the skirt and
Is finished with a flat girdle of the
yellow satin caught In front with a
pump bow. Above this, outlining a
deep narrow V In front and going
high in the back, Is a fichu of yellow
mousseline de sole, which Is edged
with thread lace. It Is caught at the
top of the high girdle with a large
pink cameo set in a frame of Inter-'
lace and gold ribbons.
The sleeves are small, plain, end
ing at the elbow, where they are fin
ished with deep frills of thread lace,
longer at the back than in front. At
the top of each frill is a narrow fold
ed band of the yellow mouasellne fin
ished with a tiny flat bow at the back.
This gown can be copied In black
satin, black brocaded silk and Chan
tilly lace. It is especially fascinating
when, the fichu of the black lace la
edged with a ruffle of fine white
thread lace and the large cameo In
the middle Is white, not pink.
Again Chantilly Lace.
When the fashion for Chantilly lace
came In last summer It Was thought
to be sporadic and that it would
quickly pass away, but It did not.
Throughout the winter one has seen
more or less of It, usually draped on
white satin gowns; but this summer
it has taken a stronger hold on pub
lic fancy.
The shawls of It which are bought
or inherited are not always easily
managed, and they are apt to fall to
pieces, as those who possess them
have found out. The manufacturers
met the fashion with new Chantilly
lace made on the exact pattern of.
other days, and this comes in service
able lengths that are easily utilized
and has the advantage of being'
strong.
The top of the blouse from bust to
collar Is of white chiffon cloth, and
there Is a high 6tock of white thread
lace finished in front with a fan
shaped arrangement of the same,
which cascades Itself down to the
bust. Over this blouse of black and
white Is put a slim coat of black
Chantilly lace, which has a high Robe
spierre collar in the back rolling down
into wide points In front, tight sleeves
to the wrist and a long peplum that Js
tight-fitting over the hips, doea not
meet in front and drops away-'to a
long back that is arranged in box
plaits at the waist line.
Arrangement of Belt.
The belt is of black satin fastened
in front with an oblong cameo set in
jet and finished at back with one fold
ed streamer which ends at the bot
tom of the coat and Is finished with
knotted silk frlngo. The long
sleeves are fastened with small jet
buttons from elbow to wrlßt and are
finished with small frills of white
silk net edged with a tiny Insertion of
black lace.
The Illustration shows a smart cos
tume of gray linen. The skirt Is
trimmed at left side with a row of
closely set buttons covered with linen
of a darker shade, and with braid
loops to match.
The little coat has a basque set to
the upper part under a narrow patent
leather belt; the fronts are trimmed
at the left side by buttons, and the
right by holes to match; the darker
linen is used for the collar and cuffs.
Hat of chip to match, trimmed with
a bow of blue satin ribbon.
Materials required: Four yards linen
40 Inches wide; one-quarter yard dark
colored, 2% dozen buttons.
PLOWING FOR WINTER WHEAT
Continuous Growing of Bmall Grain la
Hard on Soli and Glvn
Good Opportunity.
As a rule, we do much of
the plan of following oats or
wheat with wheat. Continuous grow
ing of small grain Is not only hard on
the soli, but It gives an unusual op
portunity for the weeds, insect pests
and diseases attacking grain crops to
do their worst damage. We are quite
sure that if winter wheat were never
grown for more than two years in suc
cession on the same land, that the
Hessian fly would not be causing near
ly the trouble it is at present
Nevertheless, It will often .happen
with the very best of farmers that it
is advisable to follow small grain with
winter wheat. To them we wish again
to give this advice: Disk *pd plow as
quickly as possible after the small
grain harvest. Se if you can not stack
the small grain, or In some way re
move the bundles, so that you can
get on the land with a disk before the
middle of July. After you have given
the land a good double disking, see if
you cannot give a good plotring within
a week or two. The disking serves to
check the loss of moisture, but does
not seem to take the place of plowing
under the conditions which prevail
when winter wheat is followed by
small grain
The Ideal seed bed for winter wheat
Is that prepared by deep plowing. In
July. This was Indicated by a Kansas
experiment two years ago. Disking
without plowing gave a yield of four
bushels to the acre; shallow plowing
In ( September gave a yield of fourteen
bushels to the acre; deep plowing in
September a yield of nearly sixteen
bushels to the acre; deep plowing in
July a yield of thirty-eight buubels to
the acre. Deep plowing in July cost
nearly $5 an acre, which was $3 In ex
cess of the expense of simply disking,
but It paid many times over, for It in
creased the net profit by more than
S2O to the acre.
Remember that the ideal seed bed
is one which has been stirred deeply
several months previously, but has
had time to become firm and compact.
There is an Inch of mellow surface
Boil on top of the firm sub-surface
soil which serves to hold the mois
ture. In such a seed bed, the mois
ture readily rises by capillarity from
the sub-soil, but Is not lost because the
dust mulch on the surface holds It In.
Theoretically and practically, the best
way to secure a seed bed Is to plow
deeply In midsummer and follow the
plowing every week or ten days with
a good disking.
RICH MILK FROM FAT COWS
Holstein Breeders Take Advantage of
This Fact—Point Is of Interest
and Value.
Cows which are fat at the time of
calving will, other conditions being
equal, give richer milk thai> though
they were thin. They takej tttto fat
from their backs and ribs Anq put
It into the milk pall. Holstein qreed
era have been taking advantage of
this fact, as is indicated by mapy of
the seven-day Holstein records* As
&n average of fourteen Holstein kows.
It was found that during seven*! days
early in the milking period. the| had
a butter fat percentage of 4.36. * But
the average for the whole year, was
only 3.42. The Missouri experlpent
station has conducted some vei*y in
teresting work In regard to this point.
It has kept record on a number of
cows which have been unusually fat at
calving time. Invariably the fat.'cows
lost rapidly In flesh after calving, and
the percentage of fat In the m|lk Is
abnormally high. In one Instance the
percentage of fat In the milk jjthreo
days after calving was 5.68. Thq per
centage declined day by day till a
week after calving It was 4.34 and two
weeks after calving It was 3.85. |
The fact that fat cows are likely to
give richer milk than though? they
weie thin Is not only a point of inter
est, but it Is of direct value. Besides
throwing some discredit on seven-day
tests. It indicates the importance of
good feeding during the period just
previous to calving. Just after* calv
ing it seems to bo necessary slightly
to underfeed if the cow Is to t>e in
condition to put the greatest percent
age of fat into the milk pail in
time.
Turn the Hogs in the Orchard.
One of the best ways of fighting
worms and other Insect pests qf the
orchard, aside from spraying, |a to
keep the Infested fruit that has fallen
under the trees cleaned up. It will
pay to gather these rots and windfalls
by hand or hogs or other stoclc may
be turned into eat them. A great va
riety of insects will be destroyed in
this way and that will mean ’fewer
numbers to fight next year. No other
method comes as near to controlling
the apple maggot as this, as spraying
will not reach it. because the eggs
are laid under the skin by the parent
fly. The young maggot on hatching
bores along under the skin and after
the apple has fallen and is rotting it
emerges and goes into the ground to
transform into a fly the next Bpring.
This peat works almost entirely on
the sweet and early varieties of ap
ples.
Butter for Customers.
Dairying Is the mainstay of my
business and I provide butter for a
number of private customers, says a
writer In an exchange. For the last
three years I have been getting 30
cants a pound and during six months
cf last winter 35 cents. I prefer
Guernseys and have a pure-bred
herd. Al! of the butter Is made at
home.
GROWING CROPS FOR SILAGE
Cow Peas Sowed In Orchard as Cover
Crop Which Are Left for the
Chickens to Harvest.
I am a trucker and fruit grower and
raise some chickens and grow soy
beans and vetches to fit this business.
After potatoes we sow rye and vetch.
The next year we cut the rye and
vetch for hay, sow soy beans, cut
these for hay, disk and sow to rye
and vetch and plow under the follow
ing season for some crop. Bays a
writer in the Agriculturist.
We sometimes, after early potatoes,
sow rye and vetch. This early sow
ing gives an Immense growth of or
ganic matter to plow under next
spring for sweet corn, melons or straw
berries. Among the fruit trees we
sow cow peas as a cover crop, and
these we let the chickens harvest.
I have talked with a number of
seedsmen, and they all tell me that
the sale of these seeds is Increasing.
I have been recommending farmers to
grow soy beans for sale. On account
of the scab germs of the potato get
ting Into my soil. I am thinking of
dropping out some potatoes and put
ting in soy beans. So far, we have
used these soy beans for hay.
All live stock take to this hay and
thrive upon it. The soil on which the
beans are grown Is Improved mechani
cally, and In its nitrogen content, as
shown by the thrifty growth and dark
green color of the leaves of plants fol
lowing the soys.
At the Ohio station they put Into
the silo two loads of corn and one
load of soy beans and find it an econ
omical feed for the production of milk.
This changes the rotation to one of
four years; corn, soy beans, wheat,
clover, thus bringing in a legume ev
ery two years, where before (corn,
wheat and clover) the legume came
in once in three years.
CLEANING IN POULTRY YARD
Make Bure to Reach All Crevices and
Cracks with Thorough Applica
tion of Whitewash.
Summer time Is the season of house
cleaning in the poultry yard. To
clean the chicken house, take out
roosts, drop boards, nest boxes, feed
hoppers, etc., and brush down the
walls. With a spray pump or white
wash brush, wash the interior thor
oughly, and apply a coat of whitewash
wjth 2 per cent, of carbolic acid in
the mixture. Make sure that you
reach all of the cracks, crevices and
knotholes. Remove the upper layer
from a dirt floor and fill up with
coarse sand or gravel. Wash the win
dows and muslin curtains and leave
open to sun and air.
Go over the house for openings that
might make drafts, and repair them.
Don't put loußy hens in a clean hen
.house. If the weather Is warm a
thorough washing In tobacco water, or
a mild solution of sheep dip will kill
the lice and not hurt the chickens. At
any rate, treat them thorQUghly with
lice powder. Give the nest boxes a
thorough scalding with hot soapsuds
in which is a handful of salt to the
pailful. Strong smelling disinfectants
and louse killers should not be used
about the nest boxes, as the odor is
absorbed by the eggs, making them
unfit for use.
Brooders and coops which are of no
further use this season should be
thoroughly cleaned, disinfected and
aired before being put away. Water
vessels and feed troughs should be
scalded daily.
Alfalfa for Winter of 1913.
For most feeding purposes, three
tons of alfalfa hay are fully equal to
four tons of any other hay. Ton .for
ton, alfalfa costs no more to produce
than clover or timothy hay. If you
want alfalfa hay In your barn loft for
feeding during the winter of 1913, now
is the time to plan for it. We are talk
ing now to our readers in the corn
belt proper. Will you grow It on
land which at present Is In small
grain? If so, you had best'plan to
stack the grain or In some way get
the bundles off as soon as possible
after harvest. Then go on with the
disk and put a dust mulch over the
entire field. The moisture saved in
this way may mean the entire differ
ence between success and failure
when the alfalfa is seeded In August.
Then when you get time, plow to a
moderate depth, and then disk every
week or ten days till alfalfa seeding
time in August. This Is the way to
kill weeds and save moisture. It la
the beat way to prepare a seed bed
for alfalfa In the corn belt.
Land in Grass.
Cutting hay off land for a series
6f years and then expecting to find It
enriched is likely to lead to disap
pointment. Something will have been
accomplished in getting rid of insect
pests by the change of crop and the
texture of the soil will have been
Improved by the organic matter from
the roots and what nitrogen the clov
ers have gathered, but where the clov
ers have early run out even this will
not be a great advantage. Grass lands
need feeding, either with barnyard
manure whore hay Is sold off or when
pastured, extra feed should be used
for the stock If the full benefit of ly
ing on grass Is to be secured. .
Market for Feathers.
To secure a market for hlB feathers
the poultryman should ascertain the
names of the bedding manufacturers
in his nearest large city and write to
them for quotations. All feathers
should be dry picked and should be
kept free from blood. Tall and wing
feathers should bs kept separate from
the body feathers.
WOMAN GOT A LESSON
INCIDENT OF TWO GIRLB AND
THE BTOLEN PEONIEB.
How th. Shobblly Dressed M*n Ad
ministered Gentle But Effective Re
proof to tho Owner of the
Pillaged Brooklyn Garden.
Two poorly dressed little girls
stood outside the garden of a hand
some residence In St. Mark’s avenue,
Brooklyn, and gazed longingly at the
beautiful white and scarlet peonies
that bloomed within. Finally the
temptation became Irresistible, and
the elder, scaling the low hedge that
separated the garden from the street,
proceeded to help herself to the flow
ers.
She had two of the blooms in her
hands and was reaching for a third
when a smartly dressed woman
dashed out of the house and seized
her.
"Now, you little thief, I’m going
to turn you over to the police,” she
said.
“Oh, please, missus,” begged the
child, groveling at her feet; “oh,
please don’t get me arrested! I only
wanted a few —ana they looked so
pretty.”
But the woman was adamant. She
was slowly dragging the child to
ward the sidewalk and repeating her
threat about the police when a shab
by looking man came along. He
gazed at the two for an instant, while
an expression of pained * surprise
came over his face. Then, raising his
dingy derby politely, he inquired
what the trouble was.
“Nothing,” snapped the woman, "ex
cept that I caught this little thief
stealing my peonies. And I’m going
to teach her a lesson if I have to take
her to the station house myself.”
A curious look Tame into the shab
by man’s eyes. Then he began to
fumble In his pockets. A few seconds
later he held out to the woman an
open palm on which two dimes re
posed.
“If these’ll pay for what damage
she’s done, I wish you’d take them
and let her go,” he said.
An indignant blush spread over the
woman’s face, and then it deepened—
Into a blush of shame. She relaxed
her grasp on the little girl’s arm and
there she paused and turned toward
the shabby one, who still held the two
dimes in his hand:
"I'm sorry,” she said, "and —I
thank you.”—New York Evening
Mail.
Got Even With Old Crusty.
Old Crusty, as his name implied,
was not a man who was gifted with
geniality. His neighbors, in fact, had
as little to do with him as possible.
However, when a new visitor came to
the town and moved into the house
next to him, and knowing not of Mr.
Crusty’s little falling, there was like
ly to be trouble soon.
Wanting a book one day, he politely
Inquired of Mr. C. if he might borrow
one from his library.
"You’re welcome to read books in
my library,” was the ungracious re
ply, "but I make It my rule never to
let any leave my house.”
Some weeks later Mr. C. was In
need of a lawnmower, and he asked
the loan of his neighbor’s.
"Certainly,” was the reply. "But
since I make It a rule never to let It
leave my lawn, you will be obliged to
use It here!”—Answers, London.
Age of Valleys.
The erosive power of water ifl hard
to estimate with any degree of exact*
ness. A method of computing the
probable age of valleys will therefore
be welcome, even if the figures may
seem to some open question. A
French scientist has lately reported
the results of-hls studies of the eros
ive action of an ancient spring in the
valley of Lauroux, near Lodeve,
France. This spring produces about
three and one-half quarts of water a
second, and In every cubic meter of
water (35,314 cubic feet), the scien
tist found 362 grams of calcareous
sand. He estimates that the spring
erodes 247 pounds of rock dally, or
over 45 tons annually. In the course
of a century a stream of this size
would be able to hollow out a circular
cave 62 feat In diameter and 62 feet
in length. At the end of 1,000 years
It would make a valley 32 feet deep,
64 feet wide and 238 feet long.
Origin of Salt in Ocean.
The origin of the salt in the sea is
usually attributed to the constant
washing of salts from the land by
rain and rivers, and the gradual de
positing of them in the sea, through
evaporation. In every 100 parts of
sea water there are about two and
one-half parts of salt. It has been
computed that there are 4,500.000
cubic miles of rock salt in the oceans,
14tt times the bulk of the continent
of Europe above high-water mark.
The Atlantic is much saltier than the
other oceans. Prof. Alexander Woei
kow, of St. Petersburg, believes that
this is due to the large amount of
water vapor that is carried onto the
continents bordering this ocean,
which are comparatively low where
-hey front the sea.
Naturally.
"Do you play any Instrument, Mr.
Jimp?”
"Yes, I am a cornetlst.”
"And your sister?”
"She’s a pianist.”
"Does your mother play?”
"She’s a zitherist.”
"And your father?”
"He’s a pessimist.”—Judge.
HOW GEMS ARE IMITATED
Nature Copied With Remarkable Suc
cess by the Men Who Make Coun
terfeit Precious Btone«.
Tho makers of imitation precious
gems copy nature with remarkable
success.
Zircons are composed of zlrconla.
Their luster is deceptive, a means hav
ing been discovered of extracting the
color, thus leaving them diamonds to
all appearances, although their false
ness promptly proclaims itself under
teßt.
Precious stones are frequently dyed
with such thoroughness that. It Is aatd,
the stone may be broken without dis
covery of the process—that Is, by the
uninitiated.
The village of Obersteln, In Ger
many, devotes Itself to the making of
imitation jewelry and the dyeing of
chalcedony and other stones. The
onyx, carnellan, bloodstone, and agate
may be enriched in color by Immer
sion In the dye-pot. The stones are
placed in vessels containing the color
ing matter and are then subjected to
great beat for periods varying from a
few hours to a week or more. In the
case of chalcedony, which shows
bands of different degrees of intensity,
certain of the bands take the color
and others do not. The ’stone then re
ceives a further stewing in pots con
taining other dyes.
Fluorspar is capable of great im
provement In tint when subjected to
a heating process and crucidollto Is
given a hue of blood-red by a similar
method.
The emerald and the cat's-eye are of
all stones the most easily imitated.
One family at Obersteln 1b said to
possess the secret of converting cru
cidollte into cat’s-eye. Cat’s-eye may
also be made of aragonite, some of the
hornblende and even of fibrous gyp
sum.—Harper’s Weekly.
On a Lasting Strike.
A man in rags, who proved to be of
good family and once a barrister at
the court of Marseilles, was arrested
in Paris the other morning for being
without visible means of support.
“Why don’t you work?" he was asked
by the magistrate. "I do not like
work,” was the ingenuous reply. The
prisoner went on to say that although
he was a lawyer in a good position,
social obligations and the necessity of
wearing good clothes became Irksome
to him twenty years ago. He left Mar-
Bellies, his family, his friends, and re
spectability to tramp the roads of
France, where he could breathe, he
says, as he cohld not breathe in the
trammels of convention. After some
years he got tired of tramping and
enlisted In the Foreign Legion under
a false name. He remained with the
corps for ten years, and then came
back to France to tramp the roads
again, begging as he went. The magis
trate offered to find this incurable
vagabond food and lodging in a home,
but he refused, and was therefore sent
to prison.
Found Use for Sawdust.
In the consideration of a change
from steam to electric drive in a St.
Paul (Minn.) saw and box mill, the
one stumbling block was the matter
of the disposition of the sawdust ac
cumulated about the machinery. len
der the old system this was made use
of under the boilers, and thus It saved
the expense of fuel and of being car
ried away, but the problem was event
ually solved by the erection of a stor
age house where the sawdust was
stored In the shape of bales and dis
posed of during the winter; when It
demanded a higher price than could
be secured in the summer. In win
ter the material is In demand for bed
ding in stables. The change from
steam to electricity proved to be a
desirable one from every standpoint
after the matter of the disposal of the
refuse was solved In this manner.
For Invisible Writing.
There are several ways In which
two persons can correspond with each
other unknown to even the persons
before whose eyes the very letter is
held. For instance, new milk may be
used as Ink. When dried this is In
visible, but if coal dust or soot be
scattered upon the paper the writing
becomes legible. Diluted sulphuric
acid, lemon juice, solutions of nitrate
and chloride of cobalt or of chloride
of copper write colorless, but on being
heated the characters written with
the first two become black or brown,
and the latter green. And when the
paper becomes cool the writing disap
pears, leaving the paper blank again.
Two good invisible Inks are made by
saltpeter dissolved In water and'equal ♦
P&rts of sulphate of copper and sal
ammoniac dissolved In water. —An-
swers.
Disagree as to Penmanship.
Today doctors In France agree 111
condemning the upright characters
which the government has decreed
must alone bq. taught, and with tender
solicitude for the future of the children
they point out that straight callgraphy
is not tolerated In the business world,
and that Its use is a serious handicap.
They are urging the government to
return to the old system. Perhaps the
most practical suggestion of all Is that
of a young doctor who would wish
every child to do Its lessons on a small
typewriter provided by the state.
His Reason.
He —Dearest, during the first dance
I have with you be sure to say some
thing to me.
She—Why?
He—Because you’re so light, if you
don’t speak I will not know I have
you In my arms.—Princeton Tiger.