The Elbert County tribune. [volume], August 20, 1915, Image 2

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Coiffures for the Small Turbans
Just liow the modish girl manages
to achieve certain things is the ques
tion that ' engages the attention of
other girls and inspires the wonder
ment and awe of the sterner sex. How
does she get on a tiny turban over the
mass of fluffy hair which crowned her
head aforetime? Where has said hair
disappeared? How does she take on.
with the foolish little turban, a "no
body home" expression that suits it
exactly but makes one look twice to
be sure of her Identity? Some of these
questions can be answered and some
cannot, because the maid herself hard
ly knows how she manages.
Just now some of the new hair
dressing styles demand that the fore
head shall be uncovered and that sim
plicity in the coiffure be made a
feature of its attraction. Some daring
souls have even gone to the extreme
of combing the hair straight back
from the forehead and twisting the
ends Into a plain, high coil at the top
»©f the head. A round, young face with
an abundance of hair to frame it may
manage a colffuro of distinction by
such simple means, but nearly all
people need soft, curving lines about
the forehead.
A clever coiffure Is shown in the
picture, in which the hair is not
waved but laid in pretty curves about
Made Elegant by Needlecraft
No one fails to appreciate tho charm
of the lace-trimmed and fluffy night
dresses that make up ihe mass of
these garments. Always their pro
ducers are presenting new designs
that captivate the eye with the dainty
combination of ribbons and laces.
But there is another charm which be
longs to the hand-embroidered gown —
It is the charm of elegance as well as
beauty. There is nothing quite equal
to find hand embroidery in expressing
a refinement of taste, in undergar
ments and other lingerie.
The needlewoman who can do fine
work can provide herself with lingerie
fit for a queen by virtue of her needle
craft. Or if she wishes to turn her
accomplishment to profit she may be
sure that an appreciative world Is
ready to admire —and pay for—expert
needlework. No one should put a low
price on flrst-claßs hand embroidery—
not time alone, hut ability to do and
quality of workmanship are to be con
sidered in fixing its price.
A fine hand embroidered gown is
shown In the picture. All edges are
scalloped and finished with even but
tonhole stitching A floral spray and
butterflies are portrayed on the sheer
batiste surface by means of the needle.
A graceful pattern, small flowers and
butte'and tbe use of aopropriate
the face by pinning locks of it at each
side to form what are called "water
waves.” One way of doing this is to
dampen the hair and comb it back. A
band is then bound tightly about the
head and the hair pulled forward in
curves by means of the toilet comb
The waves are then pinned with small
wire pins in the position left by tho
comb
The back hair may be arranged In a
psyche knot, as shown in the picture,
or in three flat coils across the back
of the head. Or it may be worn in a
high coil at the top of the head. In
any case the band in not taken off
until the hairdress is finished.
Narrow velvet bands about the hair
are very fashionable, and they are
also very useful in holding the hair in
place.
Stripes Popular.
A season of stripes —everything;
gowns, hats, sunshades, furniture!
’Twould be easier to delineate what la
not striped than what. Is. The modish
stripe of black and white, red and
white and white with green, has found
its way to square-shaped candles, too.
Twenty cents each are these, and Just
the thing for some room possibly
yours.
stitches combine to make the success
of the design.
Gowns of this kind are prettiest
when cut by the simplest patterns In
tho example shown here the sleeves
and body are in one; the shape of a
flaring sleeve is outlined by scallops
embroidered in lines on the body.
They merely add graceful lines and
pleasing workmanship, that is. they
are a part of the "finish" which makes
the hand-embroidered garment elegant
above others.
Lightweight, smoothly woven linen
or tho best of fine cotton fabrics are
the materials which it is worth while
to choose when handwork ir to be
used in decorating lingerie.
JULIA BOTTOMLEY.
Gold Fringe Trimming.
Do you remember the time when
the mere mention of fringe as a trim
ming for gowns caused you to curl up
your lips and elevate your nose? Do
not distort your features when you
read of gold fringe trimming an eve
ning gown of point d’esprlt. for It Is
most effective and really enables the
gown to be described at gorgeou*.
The fringe is used around the bottom
of the skirt, in a diagonal line across
the front of the bodice and along the
edge of t»*c .lowing sleeves of tulle.
ELBERT COUNT? TRIBUNE.
GATHERED
SMILES
FIRST AID.
The patient writhed In the chair.
Anger made his face crimson, but the
rubber dam in his mouth prevented
speech.
The dentist stepped quickly into bis
laboratory and came back with a
placard which he hung up on the wall
high enough to be seen by the patient
in his serairecumbent position. On
the card were printed in bold type half
a dozen lines of profanity that fairly
sizzled.
"Is that how you feel?” asked the
dentist, sympathetically.
The patient nodded his head.
"Well, keep your eyes on the card.
I’ll soon be through?’
Modern Blihdln.
Passerby—What are you kids do
ing?
City Urchin —Chlmmie’s de prize
boy in de block at runnin' across de
street in front of de autos, and to
day he's going to do it wid 20 pounds
of bricks and his kid brother on his
back.—Puck.
Expensive Feathering.
"Why do you keep such a heavy
guard around your ostrich farm? No
body would try to steal an ostrich.”
“No; but the boys around here are
fond of tar and feather parties. They
wouldn’t hesitate to use ostrich plumes
when the excitement was on."
The Outdoor Life.
"The doctor says I don’t take
enough interest la outdoor pastimes."
"Are you going to profit by his sug
gestion?"
"Yes. I’m going to clt down and
read every word on the sporting
page.”
RANK AND FILE.
Mrs Swell—Tell your captain I’d
like the pleasure of hie company to a
dance next Thursday evening.
Corporal O’Brien —Ol will, ma’am,
but Oi'm afraid some of ’em can’t
danc^
An Irate Husband.
He gave his wife an ungry look.
Used language far from nice.
It seems the dame his razor took
To shave some ice.
inexcusable Ignorance.
"How did Good Friday originate,
anyway?” asked Tommy Jones.
“Huh!" rejoined Johnny Smith with
an air of disdain. "Didn’t you never
read ‘Robinson Crusoe’?”
Don’t Let Them Get Away.
Patience—Don't you think there
should be some sort of tax for bache
lors?
Patrice—Tacks are not enough. I’m
in favor of “nailing" ’em.
Holding the Floor.
"Why does the senator keep talking
in that rambling way? I don’t kuow
what he’s uimlng at, do you?”
“Sure I do. He’s filibustering to
keep his daughter from singing.”—
Puck.
Below Standard.
Bix—Shakespeare speaks of music
being the food of love.
Dlx—Well, there's a lot of It that
couldn't be guaranteed under the pure
food law.—Boston Evening Tran
script.
Some Work.
“Did you ever work on a farm.
Sam?”
“Oh. yes. boss.”
“What did you do. Sam?”
“I had *' sit out under a tree, boss,
an' wait for de dinner horn t’ blow."
Bense of Humor.
"Has your wife a sense of humor?”
“She must have,” replied Mr. Blig
gins. "She buys me the funniest
clothes and gives our son the funniest
hair cut to be seen in the neighbor
hood.”
Ca6h Prize
Flatbußh —He always was a lucky
guy.
Bensonhurst—What’s happened?
"He’s got the cash prize in a lot
tery.
"Really?"
“Yes. he’s Just married money.
Eating Time.
"Will you buy me a string of pearls.
George?" asked the sweet young thing.
Vo i won’t ’• replied George; "but
If you come with me I’ll get you a few
atrine« of snaebetti.”
IN OLDEN TIMES.
"There isn’t much chance for an old
man.”
"That’s so; it’s getting so that a
man can’t get a Job after he gets to be
seven or eight hundred years old.”
Superficial Impression.
The classic dance, with graces rare.
The dry goods trade may mar.
Apparently the Ivhb you wear.
The clusslc-er you are.
A
Fine Graft.
Madge—l don’t think there’d be any
fun In voting, anyhow.
Marjorie—Sure there would. If a
woman you didn’t like were running,
you could get all the fudge and soda
you wanted out of her anft then vote
against her. —Judge.
Nothing Like the Old Fool.
Mrs. Crawford—l hope you son and
daughter haven’t taken up the new
dancing.
Mrs. Crabshaw —They indulge very
little, my dear; but their father is at
it all the time.—Judge.
He Agreed.
"Don’t you think women are natu
rally more courageous than men?”
challenged the champion of her sex.
"Of course." said the horrid cynic.
"No man would dare to get off a car
the way the average woman does.”
A Pretty Problem.
"Think of a ‘plant wizard’ actually
improving on the cactus!”
“Remarkable. I shouldn’t be at all
surprised if some scientific fellow
didn’t eventually find a use for the
cocklebur.”
Her Idea.
"See those fine folding beds, ma
dam,” said the gushing salesman.
"They speak for themselves.”
"Oh. indeed.” replied the woman;
“I theught they were made to shut
up.”
True.
"A noted stage beauty who has tried
it says there is nothing to being an old
man’s darling."
"Ah! But she overlooks the advertis
ing."
A Radical Position.
“Of course, you are in favor of
peace?"
“So much so that I don’t even want
to get into an argument about the best
way to secure It.”
Queer Resemblance.
“A philosopher and a sneak thief
are alike in one respect.”
"What might that be?"
“They both take an abstract view
of things.”
WISE KID.
Mamma—Now, Harold, at the party
if anyone asks you to have some
thing, you must say, “Yes, thank you,”
and if you don’t want it you must
say—
Harold—Don’t bother, ipamma, 1
don’t expect to refuse anything.
Slack Business.
Patience —St. Louis, Mo., reports
fewer marriages than usual at this
season and blames business depres
sion.
Patrice—Should think it would cause
business depression with the minis
ters.
The Only Way.
"This notice of old Millyun’s death
says his widow survives him."
"1 suppose she realized that was the
only possible way she had of becoming
his widow."
GO SLOW IN FEEDING NEW CORN TO HOGS
Healthy, Vigorous Bunch of Hogs.
With new corn the greatest danger
Is in overfeeding. Farmers who have
old corn left over who will take the
trouble to mix It with the new, can
feed the new crop to very good ad
vantage because the green stuff is
greatly relished by the pigs and it
adds to the palatability of the old
corn.
But it is a mistake to start hogs on
now corn alone and all well Informed
feeders know that it takes more grain
and longer time to make fat hogs from
new than from old corn.
Another thing; It is believed by
many hog raisers that heavy feeding
with new corn produces cholera.
While this is not likely, It Is almost
certain to produce disturbance of the
digestive organs and prevent that
steady laying on of fat which is the
aim of all feeders.
We all know that corn is the most
fattening feed that can be used but
many of us have not yet learned that
constant and heavy feeding of this
grain alone produces seriouß trouble
and does not make as good pork as
when fed Judiciously with other kinds
of food.
When a hog is stuffed with corn and
nothing else, he soon becomes over
fattened and his growth stops, simply
because he does not get the proper
material In his food to make bone and
muscle and his fat is piled on a small,
weak frame.
A corn-fat hog Is also deficient in
rich blood, lacks stamina and is in a
DESTROY WHITE FLY
ON TOMATO PLANTS
Department of Agriculture Rec
ommends Fumigation With
Hydrocyanic Gas.
For white fly on tomatoes the -ex
perts of the department of agriculture
recommend fumigation with hydro
cyanic acid gas. Special care is ne
cessary for the use of this poisonous
gas. however, and In some cases it is
undesirable or impractical. In such
cases an all-night fumigation with a
tobacco extract is recommended. This
should be followed the next day by a
syringing with whale oil soap or its
equivalent. The best brands of whale
oil soap, ÜBed in the proportion of one
to one and one-half ounces per gallon
of water, have been found to destroy
all of the white flies except the eggs,
a small percentage of the nearly ma
ture pupae, and from 25 to 50 per
cent of the adults which escape the
spray by flying from the plants. It Is
not advisable to syringe tomato plants
in greenhouses at any time, when
avoidable, as syringing Interferes with
pollination and produces a damp at
mosphere which promotes rot, but the
injury by syringing may be as noth
ing compared with that which Is
caused daily by the Insects.
HARNESS OILING IS
JOB FOR RAINY DAY
Little Use in All Kinds of Weather
Works A Great Change
in Flexibility.
Harness oiling is a rainy day Job on
the farm and a regular part of the
stable work in the city.
It’s a vitally necessary part. too.
There’s no trouble about spoiling a
harness —the question with the horse
owners is how not to spoil harness.
A very little use in all kinds of
weathers works a great change in the
flexibility and “snappiness” of harness
leather. It gets hard. dry. lifeless —
crossed and recrossed with little
checks which eat into the leather and
soon bring it to the breaking point.
Every man who owns or drives a
horse knows that the preventive and
cure is oiling.
Up-to-Date Dairying.
A visit to a first-class dairy farm
In these days will show how every
modern Invention Is seized upon and
applied to expedite the business of
caring for the animals and milk. The
stables are almost as cleanly as par
lors while everything is carried on so
systematically and methodically that
there is a great contrast between the
methods of today and the olden time.
poor condition to resist any disease
that is liable to attack him under such
condition. It is all right to crowd pigs
from birth to maturity provided they
are crowded with growth as well as
fat.
The first two months must be spent
in building up a frame work and con
stitution which will carry a load of fat
which is to be put on during the close
of the feeding period.
The wise feeder does not figure so
much on the amount of fat he can put
on his hogs as he does on how quickly
and cheaply he can prepare them for
market and how much profit he cajx
make during the feeding period.
The farmer who has a hundred
acres of corn and no clover pasture or
alfalfa Is not In a good position as re
gards hog feeding. Clover, alfalfa,
wheat bran, pumpkins and skim milk
are all necessary to the proper feed
ing of hogs from the time they are
pigs to the time they are sent to mar
ket. If a man has no oensible knowl
edge of balanced rations, ho can, if
he is a close observer and possessed
of common sense, generally tell when
his hogs are making the right kind of
growth.
If he observes his hogs becoming
chubby with rolls of fat, skin pale,
showing anemic conditions, listless
and lacking in snap and vigor, he will
know that they are getting too much
corn and will change or vary his ra
tion to overcome these unfavorable
conditions.
MAKE PROFIT WITH
SHEEP ON ANY FARM
Properly Cared For, They Have
Fewer Ailments Than Any
Other Farm Animal.
For the man who has rough or poor
land with short pastures, sheep are
much more profitable than cattle.
On a farm of 100 acres or over, it
pays much better to sell sheep as mut
ton instead of stock for other people
to fatten.
Sheep should be graded according to
size, putting the prime ones in a lot to
be fed by themselves, and if you are
determined to keep the poor ones put
them in a different lot and do the
best you can with them. Better sell
them, though.
If your ewes drop their lambs and
these are in need of attention which
their mother cannot give them, dilute
cows* milk with about one-third wa
ter.
There Is nothing better for sheep
than clover, except possibly alfalfa.
Some farmers say they do not keep
sheep because they are subject to
disease, which is a great mistake; be
cause properly cared for sheep have
fewer ailments than any other farm
animal.
No animal on the farm is an dainty
as the sheep when it comes to drink
ing water. It must be clean before tho
sheep will touch iL
If you have had no experience with
sheep do not buy a ram on your own
judgment, hut get some man who
owns sheep to buy it for you. And
don't be stingy in the matter of price.
The big fairs are g’-eat object les
sons which the farmer who tries to
keep up with the times cannot afford
to miss.
If you intend to go into the sheep
business better go to the state fair
this fall.
CHICKEN DRIVER IS
NOT HARD TO MAKE
Simple Palm Leaf Fan Wired to •,
Long Stick Will Prove En
tirely Satisfactory.
Not very easy to drive young chick- *
ens where they don't want to go. "Shoo
ing with the apron or throwing up
the arms only serves to frighten them,
and rarely accomplishes the object de
sired.
A simple palm leaf fan wired to
a long stick, used gently, the young
chicks may be guided In any direc
tion, and are never frightened.
This device is especially good for
the purpose of driving ducks, as they
are extremely nervous and easily
frightened.