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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-10-22
HUTR1T1VK VALUE OF DIFFERENT KINDS
OF FLOUR.

DEAR AUNT JENNIE The AgEioul-
tural Department is about 30 issue q
bulletin containing the record OF
recent experiments in bread n
bread-making not previously made
public. The Investigations were car
ried on under the supervision OF
Professor W. 0. Atwater, special
agent in charge of nutrition investi
cations, and Professor Charles d.
Woods, the special objects being TO
determine the comparative nutritive
value of bread made from different
methods of making and baking
bread upon it's composition and diges-
tibility, and related problems To
determine the relative nutritive val
ues, the various experiments we're
made with all specially ground from
the same lot of wheat, thus excluding
any variations due to the relative
nutritive values of the original grain.
The results of the experiments are
somewhat surprising. Thus, it was
found that while Graham -four con-
tanned more protein and more energy
than entire wheat, and entire wheat
contained more than standard patent,
the digestibilityof the three was ex-
aotly the reverse, owing to the fact
that the particles in the two former
are than those of the last,
and therefore resist to some extent
the action of the digestive juices. Dat
meal also was found to be less digest
IDLE than any sort of -four. The ex-
periments also showed that the bread
making qualities of patent -four are
not improved by an increase in the
normal proportions of either starch
or gluten. A. B. M.
Washington, D. G.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-10-22
UNIT JENNIE's LETTER.

sit sometimes seems that a farm
er's wife has more trials, troubles
and difficulties to contend with than
women in any other calling" You
will find this expression in W. NJ. Ms
letter this week. Yes, it sometimes
seems true, but to those only who
fill such positions. Study the sub
ject and you will find the falsity of
it. There is no position, be it ever
so humble or exalted, where trouble
is unknown. Each vocation presents
difficulties to surmount, and disap-
pointments and vexations peculiar
to itself.
lam very glad that Happiness has
written again, and hope she will live
up to that good resolution with
which she closes her letter.
/ wonder if each reader of Social
Chat is doing all that he can to de
crease the number of whiskey-
wrecked lives? Only yesterday I
saw a spectacle that made my heart
ache. I had taken about a dozen
children out for a pleasant after
noon walk. We we're having a de-
lightful time and had gone over a
mile from the city when, to our dis
may, we noticed in the road, some
distance behind US, coming at break
neck speed, an apparently driverless
horse, attached to an apparently
empty wagon. I hurried the chill
dren out of the road and waited for
the horse TO pass. As it did so I saw
a young man, perhaps twenty-five,
and with a handsome face, half lying
in the wagon, but too drunk to notice
US or know bis own name, and simply
at the mercy of the horse, for the
reins were lying across the front of
the wagon. 1t has been said a thou
sand times, but is still worthy of
repetition that the boy who never
takes his first drink will never be-
cOne a drunkard. Steer clear of the
rocks that have wrecked other lives,
for you know there is danger ever
near them.
The long nights are the very ones
for letter writing, and I trust that
you, kind reader, will not forget me
when writing to other friends. Our
department needs more bright,
sprightly contributors.
AUNT JENNIE.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-10-22

dence, it is only faith in the efficacy
of the high principles which govern
our efforts and in that inner voice
which assures Us of our calling TO
the work in which we are engaged.
One of the strongest writer's of
the day has said: "There is no
clearer disclosure of divine guild
ance in the confusion of human
aims and counsels than the presence
of q distinct faculty or gift In a man,
and when such a gift reveals itself
a man must follow it, though it
oosS him everything which is most
dear" This removes all doubt as to
our place in the world, and makes it
easy TO maintain this attitude of
faith. Ib sets the seal of divine Sc
lection OF every calling and digni-
fes all alike. It makes it worth our
while TO employ every faculty we
possess in the effort 80 fulfill in the
oOmpletest measure our obligation
TO life whether it be in the making
of a horseshoe or the writing of an
epic.
1t is only when we are possessed of
such faith as this that We put forth
the highest energies that are in us,
the last effort of which we are capa.
BILE. So long as there is a doubt In
our mind we render but a faltering
and half-hearted service. We say
TO ourselves What Is the use? Per-
haps it will fail after all. There
may be something else that I can do
better. I will try this for awhile,
and then we shall see." And so our
energies Ire dissipated and our time
wasted. Let some one ask us, ''What
would you do, what would you give,
if you were absolutely sure of sue
cess2" and the answer comes prompt,
ly and earnestly CT would do any
thing, 1 would give everything, if
only 1 could be sure" Here is where
faith comes in, "tbe substance of
things hoped for, the evidence OF
things not SEEN" It is only when
we have reached this point of sub.
ifme, unquestioning effort that we
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-10-22
K Farm LIFE.

DEAR AUNT JENNIE -, a stranger
to the Social Chat, come knocking
for admission in behalf of the farm
er's wife.
have lived on the farm all my
life, married a farmer and settled
down on a farm. 1t sometimes
seems that a farmers wife has more
trials, troubles and difficulties to
contend with, than women in many
other callings. But we must not
get discouraged, for we all have our
trials Notwithstanding our different
positions in life, the rich as we'll as
the poor.
The farmers ire the most indepen-
dent and should be the happiest peo-
pie on earth. Here they raise all of
their supplies at home and do not
have them to buy. Here she wives
have their gardens, chickens and
COWS, from which they can make
their own little pocket change and
when we have short crops and low
prices, with these we can tighten
our husbands grocery bills. have
three good milch COWS from which
l sell enough milk and butter to, pay
for all our groceries and my dry.
goods bill. So, my dear farmer
friends, the farm isn't so bad a place
after all. Let US take new courage
and put our trust in Him who hath
| said, ''He that tilleth the soil shall
not hunger but shall have plenty of
bread
As it will soon be hog-killing time,
I will give a nice recipe for pick
ling meat: Kill your hogs and salt
away for three days (for the animal
heat to get out) cut off the ham
and shoulder shank bones, weigh
your meat and pack close in a tub.
Then to each 100 pounds dissolve
6 pounds of table salt, 2 pounds
brown sugar, 2 ounces of saltpeter.
Pour over your meat, then add water
until your meat is covered. Let
this soak for 4 weeks, then take out
hang up in a close room and smoke
with corn cobs and hickory wood for
6 or s days. Then you indeed have
something nice for your table.
| Union Co., N. G. w. M. M.
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FAITH IN ONES WORK..
sv MAS. ELIzAssru OAMs EIEL01a. !. n..Avnl. sAa.lI.. Aa..s..

Not long ago one of those very
wise persons whose business it is TO
write letters of advice to aspiring
young people gave his readers a So
ries of papers embodying the essen
tails TO success in life. The writer's
along this particular line are sum-
soiently numerous TO rob this state
ment of any possible personal appli-
cation.
The articles in question the
usual ground beginning with the
a r of the body, training of the
mind, honesty, frugality, going all
the way through TO the cultivation
of the very highest graces. They
were thorough and exhaustive and
very valuable, but going over it all
afterwards there still seemed TO be
something lacking-another element
cess. We Dan all think of men and
women who have oonfOrmed their
lives rigidly to these rules, whose
training has been the best, whose
natural qualifications leave little to
be desired, and whose opportunities
have been large, and yet by some
perverse circumstance they have fall
len short of a high degree of success.
So l fell to asking myself the ques
ton, What is this unnamed
factor which after all seems TO make
the difference between success and
failure, this magic Ingredient which
is necessary TO vitalize and render
effective all the rest? And by and
by the answer came to me-faith in
ones work.
What do we mean by faith in ones
work? Simply maintaining that un-
faltering mental attitude which ig
ore the possibility of failure. Fas,
tening ones eyes steadfastly on the
purpose to be accomplished, and
then moving, unquestioning and IN
fearing, toward that end. It is hard
TO separate it from faith in ones
self, and indeed the two are so nearly
related as to be inseparable, but is is
not egotism, it is not over self-oOnh'
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-10-22
Our Social Chat.
DTTED By AUNT JEFNIE, RALEIGH, NO. :

AS CONTRIBUTORS to this department of
The Progressive Farmer, we have some Of the
most W~ide-RWake and progressive young ladies
and young men and sOmeO of the most entertain
ing writer's among the older people of this and
other States, the ages of the members rang1ng
from sixteen to more thOn sixty.
o ARE REQUESTED to join by sending
us q letter on some subject of general interest,
and writing thereafter as often as possible.
WHEN WRITING, give full name and post
ONCE address for Aunt Jennie's
If you do not wish your real name to appear
in print, give name by which you wish to be
known as q Chatterer.
TWO EEK OR MORE must, as q rule,
elapse between the time q letter is written and
the date of it's publication.
ADDRESS all letters to Aunt Jennie, care of
The Progressive Farmer, Raleigh, N. c.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-10-22
HAPPINESS AGAIN HEARD FROM.
Washington, D. G.

DEAR AUNT JENNIE Il was very
much disappointed yesterday eve
ming when I opened The Pro,
gressive Farmer and found in it
no letters from the Chatterers. If
they all knew how much l appreci-
ate their letters, they would never
hesitate to write. I wrote a letter
in July to Social Chat and had been
thinking it found it's way to the
waste basket until, in turning over
some books il my desk, I found it
ready for the post but never sent.
So 1 Am in good heart to write again.
During the summer my husband
and I took a stroll on the South
Mountains about three miles. We
went to q large rock called Raven
Rock. There are three caves under
it and our guide told us that it was
a noted rendezvous for bushwhack,
ers during the Confederate war. The
rock is as large as a common small
dwelling. 1 went into one of the
caves, which was about 8 10 feet. 1
would not venture any farther back,
as the others were very dark, looked
snaky, and our guide had just told
US what large snakes and wildcats he
had killed near this rock. About four
feet from this large rock and just in
front of the entrance to the gave is a
tall rock about the size and shaped
like a chimney it is a curious sight.
I asked a woman who lived near this
rock why they called is Raven Rock.
She said is was once d home for the
birds Of shat name. They would
come in great hocks and stay there
for days. There is near this rock the
largest spring l over saw and the
water is very cold. They said they
never failed to have fruit'o of all
kinds. There were white walnut
trees growing up there, the walnut
being something like the English
walnut we buy. I thought the fam
lily that lived there seemed very
happy and content, more 80 than l
could be away off on the side of the
mountain.
Autumn days are again with US.
The hedges are beautiful with golden
rod and other autumn flowers. How
bright the different coIOrs are in the
sunshine I always think when I
look upon an autumn scene, of that
true saying, blessings brighten as
they sake their fight"
l hope many of the Social Chat
terers will. mees at our State Fair
this week and then write a letter
telling Us all about it, as Mrs Null
did about her trip to California.
How much we all did enjoy her in
teresting letters! My little girls en-
joyed them as much as l did.
This has been a very busy summer
to me. l was sick in May and there
fore my work got behind, and I am
sorry to say 1 have not caught up
yet. But, "Where there's a will
there's a way" and I think [ shall
do as Aunt Jennie advised-wrIte
every month for the Social Chat.
HAPPINESS.
Burke Co, N. G.
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CoRROBORAr1vE EVIDENCE.

DeaoOn-"Susie, I am sorry your
father was not at the meeting"
Susie-"Pleathe, no, thir he went
out walking in the woodth."
Deaoon-''I'm afraid, Susie, your
papa doesn't fear God as he should
do"
Susie-"Oh, yeth, thir I gueth he
doth. He TOOK hith gun to the
woodths with him, thir. Eek.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-10-22

A careless song with a little non
n in now and then does not mis-,
become a monarch
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-08
Continued from Page Five.

Silver, it may be remarked, is the DESPAIR
of the dress decorator, for it is very diff
cult to get effects with it, whereas steel
works in we'll and is decorative, while
gold is absolutely brilliant. Jet has
winky attractiveness, and even gun metal
looks well from a distance, but silver has
a provoking way of disappearing across
the room.
back buckle that is worn by many OF
the most fashionable dressers is in strips,
all the parts coming together at the
middle, but separating top and bottom.
This makes a wide buckle, narrow just
where you would have it narrow-at the
middle of the back.
The front of the buckle had better be
small, unless one is either very slender
or very much after effects. The wide
front clasp has way of making the alb
domen seem prominent, and is not becom-
ing to many. The little, round buckle, the
medallion, the circle, the clasp, the little
no-matter-what ornament. so long as it is
small, looks well upon all waists and can
be drawn down in the universal point.
With the Fur Wrap.
The most delightful feature of the new
shirt waists is seen in the manner in
which they are now being made TO wear
with the fur wrap. They are actually
constructed for wear with the shoulder
cape, and are not pretty unless worn with
it. True, they will pass muster when the
cape is slipped off, but by far the hand
soonest part is that which appears below
the edge of the cape. when the cape is on.
shirt waist made to wear with a
deep velvet collarette, trimmed with chin
chilla, was in de pegray silk flannel,
probably lined, for IT was to be worn all
winter, with no other coat except the
shoulder ornament.
The front was built upon the Norfolk
plan, with a big plait at each side of the
middle and big brass buttons upon the
middle, between the plaits. In front there
hung down below the belt two wide basque
ends. while the belt. with its round waist.
was cut off and in the back ii was short,
coming just to the belt line. This half
Norfolk was very pretty for a winters
day
The project Of owning two or three
shirt waists that are warm enough to
wear all winter under a shoulder cape is
a good one for the woman who is out
much in the air. This heavy shirt waist
is comfortable for walking and does not
weight the shoulders like coat. More
oyer, the little collarette protects the
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-08

Mrs. Severance has been called ''rrhe
Mother of Clubs" so often that II is sonnc~.
what of blow to tradition to be told that
she does not wish the title
Yet here is what she writes:
90 disclafm being called the Mother
OF Clubs, since, although the New
YORK Sorosis was a trifie behind our Bos-
ton-or rather, to give it the true title.
our New England Woman's Club-they
should not be rivals for that honor. but
ralI themselves twin clubs as our frien0
of San Francisco. Mrs. Horace Davis. han
ply named them. When look over the
nsts ana activities of our numberless wo-
man clubs the world over, L feel like "A
many times great-grandmother"
however, III spite of her renunciation of
tne l'tle, IL was given to her with reason
FOR she was the founder of that Boston
ciuo, the New England Womans Club,
Nnicn was the frSt of the great list to
which every State in the Union has added
lnat was founded when she was still a
young woman; to-day she is over eighty
anu t proud OF her years, for they are mile
STORES aIong the road OF much labor ac-
compllshed. If that labor had not been di-
Tected by warm heart and a cool heal
tnere would not be to-day thousands OF
organizations the country over to tell the
tale. - ~ S '"S
She began carrying off honors when she
was school girl and she has been keen
'S NP INC pIdCllC6 ever since. She has
exploded the theory that those who gradu-.
ate WITH honorS never do ANYTHING else
She went to Mrs. Records school a pl1-
vate institution in that exclusive old New
York town Geneva. 1t was a school of
the old type, where young ladies were
taught not only branches of book learning
but the savoir faire of the polite world as
well. You will notice that those who were
grounded thus in the old days have never
forgotten the lessons that were often inn
pressed by ruler over the knuckles or a
thlmhle over the Uranium. In these days
when the multitudinous facts and theories
crammed into baby heads go in at one ear
and come out at the other, it is a marvel
TO look upon the old-time pupils and see
the impression made by early training
Mrs. Severance, with all her up-to- date
ness, is an example of that old-school
training. Her courtesy is old-fashioned
and flawless. That she devoted herself
also to the more solid branches at Mrs.
Records school is proved by the fact that
she was Valedictorian of her class She
was only sixteen years old at that time.
She married young. She has never been
the one-sided woman that some of her
clever co-workers have been. She has
never found club life enough for her She
had her romance just as other girls have,
in spite of the fact that she was a vale
dictorian and an embryo "clubber."
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-08
Continued from Page Two.

should be encouraged to write their own
invitations, under the guidance of some
older person-stationery with special deco
rations comes for the purpose-and it
may be posted or the youthful hosts may
think it an added pleasure to leave them
at their destination in person.
If the invitation be for small dance,
it may be formal, written in the third
Miss Gladys Jay
requests the pleasure of the company of
Master Harry Danvers
at her birthday party on Thursday
the seventh of February, at four o'clock.
Thirty West Fortieth street
Or the invitation may be given in a
friendly little note, in some such form
Dear Jean:
Will you come to my birthday party
on \ ednesday afternoon at four o'clock?
We shall meet on the lawn, and / hope
that we may have pleasant time.
Yours sincerely,
Gladys Jay.
Thirty West Fortieth street
In winter the entertainment usually
takes the form of a little dance, lasting
from A until z, during which the playing
of games alternates with or follows the
dancing.
Inc SHdueS are QEdWH, the BttS anu
lamps are lighted. the music of a plano
or a piano and violin or harp is arranged
for, and the young hosts, simply dressed.
receive their guests, aided by the mother
or some older person who is fond of chill
dren.
The pretty courtesies and generous lit
tie sacrifices demanded by the position
of host and hostess should be made
TO appear as their pleasant duty. and
that their chief concern must be TO
play the games their visitors prefer. to
see that none are overlooked in the
dancing and at supper, and that every
one there has good time.
The refreshments may be served when
things begin to drag. Supper need not
necessarily be the final feature. The
birthday cake may occupy the center of
the table, its top either decorated with as
many small candles as the child has
years, or frosted to represent the dial
of a clock, the hand pointing to the nu-
neral that comedies With the age of the
host or hostess. A wreath of green may
surround II, if flowers are too expensive,
or instead of the cake there may be a
large low basket Of paper roses, which
is passed around after the feast and
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-08
Et7auette--5y Mrs. kingsIand.

from which each child draws a flower
al finds a little gift attached to it.
1t fulfills the child's idea of a good
time If there is something which may be
carried home-a tangible evidence of
what has passed like dream. Therefore
a simple favor may be provided, either
in the way just indicated or placed at
each cover if the children sit at table.
This is, of course, only adapted to
very small party Bouillon, sandwiches
rolled and tied with ribbons, oranges cut
in the shape of baskets and plenty of mot
toes suffice for the early supper.
In summer the birthday fete will be
the more enjoyable if held on the lawn
from to in the afternoon. In the free
dom of an Outdoor party" in the so
ciety of many playfellows children ac-
quire such bright spirits and are usually
in such holiday mood as to make any
great effort for their amusement unnec-
e5sary.
Games of all kinds may give merry
occupation until a slight weariness begins
:. threaten, and then the young folk
may be marshaled to another part of the
grounds, where little tables set under the
trees. decorated with daisies and butter
cups, will enable them to play tea
party" after an ideal fashion. A sensible
menu that will be productive of no un-
pleasant after effects may consist of
chicken sandwiches, with milk or cocoa,
ice cream in flower molds, sponge cake
and plain bonbons. The costume notices
never fail to create little fiutter of fun
and excitement. The boys like the noise
and tine girls enjoy the dressing up"
There is often a birthday cake with can
dies. in which are baked little ring and
thimble. When the cake is cut, great
interest is felt in their chance of desti-
nation. A bowl of lemonade should be
accessible throughout the afternoon.
If the entertainment is in honor of a
birthday, the guests often hring some
trifiing gift to the young host or hostess
IA book, a game, or some small mex
pensive souvenir.
Their greetings should be in the form
of congratulations Many happy returns
of the day." II wish you a happy birth
day" or, as a bright little girl once
id, II hope that you will have three
hundred and sixty-five happy days in this
year"
In taking leave, each little guest should
say to the lady of the house, "Good af-
ternoOn, Mrs; 1 have had a very
pleasant time" or Thank you, Mrs;
/ have enjoyed myself very much" and
then bid the child host or hostess good
by with some cordial expression of pleas
ure.