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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-20

revers and collar, so satisfactory in a
western climate. She did, however, per-
nit herself the fashionable light brocade
lining and huge metal buttons.
Her second street hat was of brown vel
vet edged with fringe.
She soon realized that to have different
sorts of coats for every occasion Is one of
this winters fads. For afternoon use to
wear to teas and matinees and various
dressy daytime functions, she decided
upon a long, graceful coat Of peau de sole.
yet with a tailor made effect. It was
lined with White satin, faced with metal
bead braid. The double cape, which gave
the necessary, wide shoulder effect, was
Of self material exquisitely fitted. With
this cot, she wore white gloves, with a
lovely flower hat.
The western girl rebelled at a third coat,
but the city cousin insisted.
why, you have nothing at all for
opera and evening receptions, as you will
See" she explained and in the end the
western girl succumbed to a wonderful
three-quarter, royal ermine coat.
It was entirely unadorned, cut rather
loose, and finished with a. broad collar,
wide short lapels and heavy cuffs.
/ OF course, another hat was essential
with so elaborate coat and she decided
upon a novel one of channels and lace.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-20
A TEN-CENT CHRISTMAS LIMIT
GREAT FUN EXTRACTED FROM AND MAKING SUIT
ABLE GIFTS AT AN EXPENDITURE R1GIDLY LIMITED TO
TEN CENTS EACH

A lot Of money Is not at all essential to
a merry Christmas, although one cannot
deny that the lack Of any would sadly in
terfere with the gaiety of the day. 1t is
mot so much what one gets as the en-
ljoyment one receives from a gift which
counts and there are the same possibilities
in the inexpensive gift as in the more
elaborate. Most people are so we'll sup
piled with articles Of medium value that
there is nothing to give them unless one
dips into the future allowance and spends
more than Is wise or else falls back on
things so cheap that they have been
pushed aside by the shopper whose main
idea is to get something which will look
as if 1t cost more than it did.
All Of these things have been realized by
a clever Minneapolis family whose men,
bers have unanimously decided to try
something different. A stringency in the
family finances prevented any thought of
expensive gifts and parents and children
declsred that they did not want any more
of ne trifles which can be bought for
any sum ranging from so cents to s..
Each Of them had more than they could
use and to add to the store would only
increase the bother OF taking care Of it,
Let us have ten-cent Christmas"
suggested the youngest member Of the
family.
The suggestion was first laughed at,
then considered and finally adoped. A
resolution was drawn up by the oldest
member and signed of everybody, where
by each bound himself to make a gift to
every other member of the family and the
cost of the said gift was not to exceed
ten cents under penalty Of the loss of
Christmas dinner. Candy and fruit were
prohibited as being too simple q solution
Of the perplexing problem.
The resolution was drawn and adopted
on Thanksgiving day and there has been
much scurrying to and fro to attend bar
gain sales, much overhaultng Of boxes of
ribbons and laces and very many private
consultations.
IF we have one tenth of the fun on
Christmas day that we have had making
our preparations, we shall be more than
satisfied explained the oldest girl. II
haven't enjoyed the preliminary Christ
mas days SO much since / was a small
child and believed in Santa Claus. When
1t was first suggested that we have a ten
cent Christmas the idea seemed absurd,
but 1t is really surprising what can be
done with q dime. The best results, I
found, are obtained by making the same
thing for everyone.
my total capital was just so cents, out
of which I was to get six gifts. We are
not following the same plan with our
friends, but are keeping the 10-cent gifts
and the fun Of them in our immediate
family. After calculating and planning,
I decided to make some Of those little
crocheted powder bags. A skein of blue
and one Of white zephyr cost 20 cents, but
1 bought the talcum powder for cents at
sale. The muslin for the inner bags I
found at home. I couldn't afford ribbon
for all Of them. but made cord out of
the white and blue zephyr, and I am not
sure but it is prettier than the ribbon 1
had one OF the puffs given me last year,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-20

and the whole family offered to borrow 1t,
so am going to give each one for himself
this year at a cost Of less than 10 cents
apiece"
The middle-size girl bought q third of
yard OF handkerchief linen for 20 cents
chiefs and marked them with dainty mon
ograms. With the cents which was left
from the sum which could be used for
three gifts she bought a remnant Of lace
to put around the handkerchief intended
for the mother. For the other three peo-
pie in the family she Is making bath bags
filled with almond meal orris root and
shaved CASTLE SOAP. The bags are Of
coarse cheesecloth buttonholed in blue
worsted and there are half a dozen for
each. = ~
The youngest girl has learned basketry
in the public schools and she invested her
so cents in rattan and raffia. She has
made a large work basket for the mother,
a smaller affair for the eldest sister,
jardiniere for the middle sized sister and
quaint little oblong box with a cover to
hold pens and pencils for the fathers
desk. For the brother she braided the
rattan together to make a strong rod,
ends into. knots and braided raffia by
which to hang it. After Christmas 1t will
hold the brothers neckties which at pres
'ent bangle over the gas fixture.
Mrs. Blank ruthlessly took two new bath
towels and ripped up six pairs Of old
lounging Shoes The soles were cleaned
and covered with the Turkish toweling
which was rolled to form vamp across
the front The only money she found 1t
necessary to spend for these very smart
bed room slippers was for the ribbon bows
which ornament the front. {
|. 1t has been much easier for the feminine
members of the family to keep within
the 10-cent limit than for the men. Girls
can supplement their money with dainty
needlework but a man must let gift
stand it came from the store. The old
est boy attended art sales and studio teas
and was clever enough to pick up ideas
he could utilize. He was quick to see the
possibilities in the Christmas magazines
and some Of the colored plates were cut
In the attic and the little pictures when
framed in passepartout were very effect
i've. He could not afford new glass, so
the pictures had to be reduced to match
the pieces that he had. I. Other drawings
and colored prints were mounted on gray
mats with a small calendar on each.
Mr.. Blank roamed uncertainty around
the Decent counters and then went back
to his office and decided to write the
checks as usual, but instead Of the $40
for which each has always been made out,
they will read for only 10 cents.
Il never realized before what a help q
piece box was" laughed the middle sized
girl, who was so delighted with the sue
cess Of the plan that she was telling all of
heF;sfriends about it, land I have firmly
resolved to save ribbons, bits of silk, lace
and embroideries, no matter how small
they are. We would have had consid-
cradle more bother over our Decent
Christmas If it had not been for mothers
piece box. to which we all made surrepti-
tious visits"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-20
SUCCESSOR TO PING-P0NG
Plff Puff Is Played With Pair of Bel.
lows and

The successor to ping pong has been
invented in a new game on which the
title to piff puff has been conferred. The
new pastime, which may eclipse ping
pong in its, own field. is described as
table game played with miniature pair
Of bellows and an air ball which is very
light.
At each end Of the table are outstanding
goals, and the play lies in directing the
ball through the opponents goal. This
by a stroke of luck may be done In a
few minutes, or it may not be accom-
plished in a night.
The authority on piff puff comments on
the hazards of the game as follows:
1.-THE ball in no way confines itself to
the table, as a too vigorous puff may
send it circling upward to the ceiling,
and the player. nursing his Impotence,
stands awaiting his opportunity to gem
thy blow it back into place.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-20

in Wright county. Her duties as the
guiding spirit of newspaper naturally
created an interest in politics, for she is
firm believer that every intelligent
American citizen should be patriotic
enough to follow the trend Of public events
that are making history every day.
She was born in western Illinois cher
parentage being Scotch She isSSstrong
physically and is at all times on the alert
for opportunities to advance herself intel
lectually., She has had the benefit Of but
one year in college. Miss Keith's success
has been the result of her self-reliance and
her natural abilities, which seer, to have
been used to the best possible advantage
She Is a strenuous advocate of the indus
trial rights Of women and believes in
eliminating sex and allowing men and
women to be judged on their own merits.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-20
the great flood had come to reckon these
runway jessamines among street null

LIE great gllOOu IdO NCOIIlG 10 reckon IneSe
runway jessamines among street null
sances.
But these runagates cannot interfere
with the hothousemans profits. Garden
las will not bear shipment for any great
distance The flowers keep shape and
odor, but turn from creamy white to
duh yellowish brown, no matter how
carefully they may be packed. So the
wholesalers are quite within season in
setting winter prices for the flowers at
$12 a dozen. The summer price was not
much less.
Newport is in way responsible for the
revival. The summer colony took up the
flower as soon as it was offered. In pass
ing 1t may be said that the Newport set
is the court of first and last resort for
any floral innovation.
The gardenia will again be buttonhole
flower and used sraringly in beautys
breast-knot. 1t is unlikely that it will
figure to any degree in decoration, less on
account of price than because it Is so lit
tie decorative1 Nesting snugy amid
glossy green leaves it makes almost no
show in the natural state. and fashion is
all against wiring and massing stemless
things after the manner Of forty years
-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-20
back. Thus the gardenia is unlikely in
any way to conflict with its compeers in
fashion, the orchids American beauty
roses, violets and lilies of the valley.
WRIST BAGS ARE ELABORATE

Wrist bags have ceased to be simple
suede affairs. The very newest ones are
deliberately spangled or embroidered in
in steel Deeds. One of cream undressed
kid has an arabesque design of different
colored beads that give it brilliant me-
'taalfc luster An oriental effect is given
by iridescent pailettes, sewn on in inter-
mingled scrolls. The soft black morocco
of which the bag Is made sets off the
spangles admirably.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-20
BANANA sHoRrcAKE.

An excellent banana short cake is made Of
rich tea biscuit dough. Bake In jelly tins. not
too thick. While still warm split with forks
and butter delicately. Shred finely several ba-
nanas with silver forks "a knife hardens and
four layers. two OF biscuit and two OF banana
The fruit should be sprinkled with sugar. The
outside is always banana, spread on thickly, like
very thick icing. This is eaten cold. with
either cream or soft custard.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-20
CARDINALS AGAIN A FAD
A Former Popular Flower Is Once More
Flower Of FASH

ia f eraz 7. - x 2 . . ~
Only one of the flowers Of the hour is
new. It is the gardenia, and even it is
not novelty, but rather a discrowned
queen coming back to her own.
Years ago-so many that the cut-fower
trade was scarcely well begun-the gar
denia disputed supremacy with the ca
melia, especially for buttonholes. and for
nesting behind beautys ear, or crown
ing her tangle of curls. Cost and scent
were against its use in mass. The odor is
exquisitely delightful in the open, or any
where when lightly inhaled, but heavy and
scloying, If too strong, and especially so
within a confined space. The flower comes
originally from the Cape of oGod Hope,
hence it's common name. Cape Jessamine.
In state of nature 1t loves warm sands,
with a tang Of salt moisture, and warm
wet winds blowing. In the southern part
of the United States it not merely lives
outdoors, but breaks garden bounds and
riots over the wilds. Galveston, whose
seat is a low sand pit, before the era of
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-20
WOMAN EDITORS REWARD
Miss Jennie Keith's Interest in Iowa
Politics Recognized by Her Elec-
tion as County Recorder.

Special to The Journal --.7-s y
Iowa Falls, Iowa, Dec. 2O.-On the first
of next month one of the bright newspa-
per women of this state will lay aside
the editorial duties to assume those of
county. recorder of Wright county. This
lady is Miss Jennie G.. Keith Of Goldfeld,
who was elected to that office by, a fine
majority of 1,341.
Miss Keith has been engaged in the
newspaper business for five years, three
of them being spent in that line of work
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-05-21
WHITEWASH IN THE HOUSE.

There is more virtue in whiteWash
for the poultry house than most PEG.
pie are willing to credit There are
two ways to apply whitewash to q
poultry house. One is with brush
and the other is with a spray pump.
These pumps are obtainable almost
anywhere now and are the best i'm
plements for putting on the white
wash. The sides and ceiling of the
poultry house should be given an APP
plication of whitewash. The roosts
and nest boxes should not be neglect.
ed The whitewash should be of the
consistency of thick cream and it will
be found good plan to put some ker-
osene in each pailful. Mites can be
killed and lice will not survive where
frequent and thorough application
OF whitewash is given. One can put
on some old slip of garment, an old
hat and with spray pump can in a
few minutes have a good application
of whitewash that will make every.
thing sweet and clean. What falls on
the floor will make good floor itself
when mixed with the hard dirt or
coal ashes, or of whatever material
the floor is made. Make free use of
whitewash from now on during the
active season of lice and mites, and
see how few of them will be found
at the close of the season. The fight
against vermin must be persistent and
continuous. One application will be
good as far as it goes, but it is made
quate. -Texas Stockmen.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-05-21
SELECTING BROOD MARES.

In buying brood mares for a trot-
ting horse breeding farm much else
than pedigree needs to be looked after
and constantly kept in mind. Moth
ing adds so much to the lack of sue
cess so often met with as a promiscu-
Gus lot of mares bought without any
definite consideration as to their fit
ness to mate with the farms stallion
or stations. When one makes up his
mind to start harness speed breed
ing establishment he should first Sc
cure his stallion and select mares suit
able to breed to him, or first select a
uniform lot of brood mares and then
take up the task of finding a stallion
suitable to cross on them. keeping in
view the fact that many things be-
side good blood lines are essential.
There is nothing, probably, which
so helps man to do thing right as
to do it wrong once, and then 'back
up, and do it over again, but in es-
tablishing a horse breeding farm this
is an expensive lesson. Nothing so
cheapens trotting horse breeding es-
adjustment or contributes more to
only mediocre success as a promiscu-
Gus lot of brood mares, only few of
which are individually suited to the
stallion, or stations, in use, and three
or four really good brood mares will
do more toward bringing fame to a
sire and a breeding establishment,
than half hundred mares possessing
no special merit or particular fitness
for mating with given stallion.
The successful breeder is always one
who studies deeper than mere blood
lines. He studies the compatibility
of sires and dams, and also looks well
to size, finish and general individual
ity. a proprietor of q trotting horse
breeding establishment, to interest
the visitor and prospective buyer,
must be able to show uniformity in
the produce of his establishment, and
this he can do only by stocking his
harem with mares possessing uniform
ity in size and general characteris-
tics. From a harem of this kind,
with stallion of quality, he will be
able to produce uniform looking and
well acting colts, and will be able to
establish for his stallion the reputa-
ton of being an impressive sire. -
Western Horseman
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-05-21

pounds of the digestible food in oat
hay contains or pounds of proteine
and 33. 35 pounds of carbohydrates.
while the timothy contains t. so
pounds of proteine and 49, SO pounds of
carbohydrates. For milch COWS there
is no better rough feed than well
cured clover hay, which should con-
tain nearly seven and ne-half pounds
of digestible proteine and thirty eight
pounds of carbohydrates AS proteine
is an important feature in producing
either muscle or milk, if entirely pal
atable, then the hay that contains the
most of the material should be best
suited for either horses or dairy cows.
We have been feeding oat straw to our
horses all winter with good results
but now with the hard work of plough
ing they are feeding on timothy. Dat
straw is not to be COMPOUNDED with
oat hay, for the latter is cured as hay
and contains nearly four times as
much digestible proteine as the oat
straw does. &C, S. Plumb, Indiana
Experiment Station in Indiana Farm
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-05-21

the case here in the West, then it will
be necessary to employ different meth
DDS in cultivating the corn crop.
When the ground is very dry it should
never be stirred to depth exceeding
two or three inches, or just enough to
keep it loose and finely pulverized on
top, which is so essential for the pres
ervation of what little moisture the
soil under this condition contains. If
the ground is ploughed to a depth
where moist dirt is turned up the
moisture is caused to evaporate more
rapidly and the corn plant will be
worse off than if the ground had been
left entirely alone. Under normal
conditions and as a general rule, it is
a good plan to cultivate it to a fair
depth and close to the plant the first
time, and later. when the corn has at
tanned greater size, aud the roots
commence to spread out, the ground
should never be ploughed so deep as
to disturb or injure the latter. A
q
throwing the dirt up in high sharp
ridges along the corn rows the last
cultivation. To accomplish this the
cultivator is run to depth of five or
six inches and consequently the roots
are cut and injured to a very great
extent, and when rain is falling the
water, instead of going down to the
roots Of the corn, where it is most
needed, will run into the bitches be-
tween the rows and, if the field is
billy, will proceed down to the hol-
lows, taking a good part of the soil
along and in a few hours the ground
is as dry as ever.
Probably the best way would be to
leave the ground as level as possible
but if the ridges are desired, it would
be best to make them wide and fiat on
| top. This can be done with the four
shovelled cultivator, by setting the
front shovels to run very shallow, say
not over two inches, and the hind
shovels somewhat deeper, throwing
the dirt towards the corn. This will
leave a ridge plenty high enough and
wide across, giving the rain a chance
to soak down in the rows, where it
will do some good, hoping in the
meantime that the weatherman this
season will be little more generous
in distributing his wet element. -
Carl Anderson in the Homestead.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-05-21
LIVE STOCK

The receipts at the different local yards
for the week ending May were: 2555 cat
tie 1854 sheep. 1919 swine and 2763 calves.
OF this aggregate 1905 cattle, 1914 sheep
and 63O5 swine were from the West The
balance We're from New England, New
York and Canada.
For Northern and Eastern beef cattle
the market was distinctly slow, but prices
nevertheless We're fairly well maintained
Butchers, however, are not sure of the
continuance of the present level, fact
which accounts for the lack of animation
in the demand. Sales included: beef
cows, averaging 700 lbs, Sc; 2, $50 lbs, 4c; ],
$50 lbs, S2.60 cwt.; |, 1l20 Tbs. l-4c; l, 900
lbs. 3-4c; cattle, averaging 1910 lbs
lie; 2, 1865 lbs, &c; 80, 1850 lbs, 3 l-2c.
For mich COWS the demand last Tues
day was very fair and prices showed a
tendency to improve.
In the price of veal calves there was no
quotable change, but there were indi-
cations here and there of possible weak
eniug in the near future Sales included
10 calves, averaging l02 lbs. 3-Sc; %, III
lbs, 8 lie 4. 10 lbs, s 1-4c: 20, lO6 lbs.
l-4c; a. ITO lbs, l-2o;} 81, us lbs, 6 l-4c;
81, 100 lbs, 1-ic
Live hogs sold at $40 to 7.SO per cwt.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-05-21
DEEP OR SHALLOW CULTURE
OF CORN.

Whether corn should be cultivated
deep or shallow depends largely on
the condition of the soil. If the
ground has been thoroughly plowed
and prepared before planting it would
not be necessary to cultivate deeper
than three inches, unless the soil is
of heavy clay variety, or contains
an excessive amount of moisture in
which case it would be advisable to
cultivate to greater depth The
ground should not, of course, be
worked when too wet, but this is
sometimes unavoidable in an extreme
ly wet season when the weeds are
growing with alarming rapidity and
the corn presents sickly, yellow APP
pearance. Under like conditions it
would be well to stir the ground to a
good depth in order to destroy all
weeds and at the same time hasten
the evaporation of the soils oversup-
ply of moisture. If, on the other
hand, opposite conditions prevail, or
when the showers are few and far be-
tween, which is perhaps more often
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-05-21
TO CURE EGG EATING.

Almost everyone has had trouble
with hens eating eggs. Any one who
has learned much from it will be glad
to learn any way to prevent or cure
it, A poultryman of experience says
There is nothing more provoking
and more Improbable than a flock of
hens which have acquired the habit
of eating their eggs. This is habit
more easily prevented than cured
Give the hens plenty of exercise with
variety of food. Gather the eggs
frequently, provide sufficient resting
places and keep one or more porcelain
eggs upon the floor of the house
Dark nests are advisable and a meat
diet is excellent.
To cure the habit provide dark
nests and add meat to the food Re-
move the end from several eggs and
pour out the contents Make a mix
ture of flour, ground mustard and red
pepper, adding little water to hold
the material together. Fill the shells
and place upon the floor of the hen
house. The hens will make wild
scramble for these prepared eggs, will
gobble down some of their contents
and will soon be gasping with open
beaks, Follow up this treatment un-
til the hens refuse to touch an egg
1t seems ana perhaps is somewhat Sc
we're, but no permanent i'll affects will
follow. The hens will soon learn that
eggs are not so palatable as they re-
garded them, and will desist from the
bad habit. Positive cures have fol-
lowed this method. -Tri- State Farm