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the sofa:4 There's such a deman' for fats
we CAM + wait
There's many a night that he hasn't
gone home to dinner, but it. don't do any
good. She. jes' calls him up by telephone
an, seems If It was pleasanter to. tal1s
to janitor early in the eNenin' u early
in the mornin, which Is what it amounts
to.
Hes rented three flats already: ana
paid somethin' down to get the. chanst,
but Mrs Graham's aRys foun' some
trouble with the, rooms or the, paper ar
the janitor. She's particular bout the
janitor an, seems If, she's; 1oekim' for a.
combination English butler, nurse, girI,
French cook am washwoman..
The Hedges janitor,'' she'd tell MIR.
Graham when he came home, II help take
/ care Of the baby am wash the dishes for
Mrs. Hedge If she needs help
Mr.. Grahams seen nearly every ianf-
tor in town, but he hasn't foun' Que tlat1 u
help wash the dishes, an Mrs. Graham
| don't see why they can't. get as naach
for their money as the Hedges IT. isn't
money that smootfas things for the
Hedges, but they're young people who're
good natured an make housecieamitl. so
jolly, the janitor can't stay away.
Manners won't pay for q peck Of pe-
tatoes nor a yard of hne11,, but they help
get full measure am che out a. Mght
pocke hook, seems H.
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The Minnesota State Dairymen's asse-
ciatian has At very quiet but effective
vvoEaan's auxiliary, whose good work de-
serves to- be hepalded- Its Influence is
not measured by it's membership, far this
fs small, being made UP chiefly OF dairy
experts arpd wives of the unen PROMINENT
hi tho advaneenasMt of this important
Mfnresosas industry.
The aux1liary has been organized about
ei&frt years and meets at the same time
as Tire mems Association and IN FACT
works In the closest relationship to 1t.
The president of the auxiliary Is a Mem
Der OF the association executive comHn1t-
tee ar1d the woEaau are heard IN the con-
veutton progranas. The idea of the auxn-
iary was generated by the feeling that
wear1e1r needed the inspiration and In
struction OF the association meetings and
similar gatherings Quite SIS much as the
nsa1 but were not getting them. A large
share Of dairy work. especially OH small
scale, FALLS upesa the wonnem and the few
wine were Interested enough to attend the
associations meetings before any special
provfsJun was made for them realized the
Importance Of bringing modern methods
to tha general attention of the women.
The plan at heIpfulness underlying the
aUxjliaFy work iS OF brushing each other
up by the comparison of experiences, by
the disarfssatiGm Of Valuable literature and
by direct hEstFaetien iM better methods.
The possibilities Of Improvement to the
dairy interests Of the state Through the
work Of the auxiliary were first recognized
by the appropriation Of $50 frorn the funds
Of the association for carrying on the
progressed educational work. Later this
was raised to-. 500 a year and now the
auxiliary is i1atrusted with the expenditure
of $500 to, push scientific dairying espe-
efaI1y among the women.
( At first the plan Of work was to send a
wa7nan with the men conducting dairy
| institutes FIR districts remote from
erean1eries, and home butter and cheese
making was taught by the auxiliary rep
| resentatfve. This year the work was
! combined Wtth tEa state farmers insti-
tutes and tw@ women instructors pre-
seuted tsa dairy werk, Mrs. G. H. Rob-
bins teaeftfmg hutteF- making and Mrs.
/ vfala II. WfDctw teaching cheese making.
{ Mics Wilcox, president Of the auxiliary,
| Was tine pioneer i'm the Institute dairy In
/ struaatau and has given instruction in
| butter makiffG as well as cheese making
+ Theses tSHa lines are always demonstrated
and liz aGfdfftom to- THESE Mrs Wilcox gives
taHEs oas O. variety Of dairy subjects, for
age erepsp feeding calves, dairy COWS, etc
/ Slime Isl aEso able to- add much to the social
/ side ef Tire neighhcrhoad farmers meet
f i.aas, far sAS EE n resoNrcefu1, energetic
( waanan and q dairy maids drill or some
sfa1ilar' exercise she ean put en- on short
notice.. and these diversions are much
enjoyed
Some of Mrs. Wncex's work has beer
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Monday It's OWN to- Mrs. Moore they
re goin'. She's got 'pinions an a. tongue
to- press. 'ena. an, she made up her mini
she'd rather have a new fur coat m Keep,
house this winter. She put it, to her
father SOS he'd have to- take EN- in.
He's. a. man that's; been imposed on even
since, the nurse put. CORN starch stead o.
arrow root. in his, milk. He an Mrs.
Bailey IL spen, the winter in back
room upstairs an! leave the res Of the,
house, TO- the, Moores., Give some people
am inch an they'll take the piece, seems
if A daushters obligations ought to- bal,
ancey those Of a. father. butt tiaey. don't in.
many families I've been in.. an! I've lent
la ham In mos houses IN town,
4 "Then, the Grahamss are. goin' into a.
fiat, IL they can fin one that has fourteen
rooms, an attic. a good sized basement an
|: a. porch for s35 a month. Mrs. Graham
tsbelieves in miracles an she. expec's MI
Graham to bring EN- to pass. He's a busy
man from eight in the mornin, to six. at
night but he works harder from dinner
till bedtime an 8 paid less. At the office
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MOTHERS FAIRY TALES
Stories Told by Mrs. Carter Harrison. 70
Amuse Her Children Have Been
n,,h

Stories Ola py MRS. SaFtSf E7o' f'SS's. ~
Amuse Her Children Have Been
Published.
A book of sprightly fairy tales by Mrs.
Carter H. Harrison, wife of the mayor OF
Chicago has just been published by Nc
Clurg & Co. Mrs. Harrison became an
author involuntarily and wholly by acei-
dent. She invented fairy tales for the
amusement of her children and they.
with the keen memory of infancy. in-
sisted upon them being repeated I'M
changed. In order to facilitate the re-
quired exactness, Mrs. Harrison wrote out
her stories and in her absence they could
be read to the children by their nurse. A
representative of the publishing house,
hearing Of them asked permission to read
them, and was SO much impressed by
them that he persuaded Mrs. Harrison to
allow them to be published. The book is
entitled Prince Silverwings and Other
Stories" and is finely illustrated.
1t is a most curious fact that the most
successful children's books have erigi-
mated in the same way as Mrs. Harrison's
book. Lewis CARROTS Alice in Wonder
land sprang from a love Of his little child
friends and desire to amuse them. "a
did .Shock-IIeaded Peter
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q. woman to- save it, seems: IT,. Mr., Dut-
toms a. man who appreciates good things
to eat an" he misses EN- when they're NOT
on the table, but notice he doesnt say
anythin'' when they're theFe. Mos Pee,
ME don't speak of things lessin to- fin
fault, an Housekeeping bout as discour-
agin' work as there is. mann cam tell
what he's done durin, the day by lpekiii
at his bank book but a woman knows by
her pantry shelves, an they're always
empty, seems If.
. "The buttons grocery bill month before
las was s37. so an there's only three In the
t family countin' the girl ln Ansuss MES.
D1Itton, cut it down to. SIS, an ths only
thanks, she, got was Mr.. Dutton's COM
plaints. So when he proposed; to shew, her
how to set an appetizin' table on pothin
q, month, she caught, him up SO QUICK be
Acouldn' do anythin but gasp. II he came
out with any Of the reg lar allowance lei
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be in. demand alt over the land, and that
unhappy husbands will be seeking In the
divorces COURTS freedom fropa victims OF
this apparently hopeless paalady. 1T was
only a. year. or two ago that the coatagion
was introduced here through the medium
of an Innocent coil of rattan and a.
GRACEFUL switch OF ra.fha, and ohservehowt IT,
has spread, Once. attacked. there tss no
escape, for 1t followss its victims to- Shore
wilderness. and rnountai1l top.
1T is as, insidipus as, the. morphine
habit which 1T closely resembles. One
begins by making just one basket a week.
but soon is rising at cock crow, wasting
the. midnight electric light, desecrattng
the Sabbath and denying herself to her
dearest friends, sitting alone behind
locked doors, braiding and braiding,- hid
ing what she has done for fear some hated
rival will take note and go her one bet
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Metal Printed VeIveteen Gown

work, more study, more attention ana
more application.
If it., were asked what has the woman Of
fashion to do with this. the close OBJ
server could very easily answer, that she
had everything to do with 1t. That was
the moving force, the creative spirit The
American woman is the most liberal buy
er, and the most constant buyer her taste
is better and she is naturally an artistic
buyer, and even the most conservative
thinker must admit this. She Is the one
who is going; to make US the greatest ma
ton of manufacturers. She will see that
we have better houses, better furniture,
better cloths, and she will make papa. or
hubby. or some one else spend all the
money possible to develop American en-
terprise and cultivate better taste.
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WOMEN DAIRY EXPERTS
IN THE STATE AUXILIARY
Mrs Benson President of the Association Prae
Butter and Cheese-makerShe Is Sent Out by the Auxa
iary to Lecture and Demons Special Dairy Institutes

done in the most remote backwoods dis
tricts, where long drives were required
between appointments. Not long ago she
gave a demonstration at a meeting IN
one Of the northern border COUNTESS
where 200 foreign speaking people were
gathered in little Catholic, church. Tha
chart Of the dairy cow being before the
altar and the instruction was given
through an interpreter.
Mrs. Wilcox is not a theorizer, for fine
notions would have faded away before
many of her experiences. She has lived
for eighteen years on a dairy farm. She
learned chiefly by experience, but her
keen, inquiring mind has been very quick
to appreciate and adopt all valuable new
ideas. Experience taught her to make
butter that found a ready market the year
around at Is cents pound, but it was not
Of uniform quality and it did not satisfy
her Science added the knowledge neces-
sary to secure uniform excellence.
The Wilcox farm, at Benson, is largely
stocked with HoIstein cattle, whose strong
characteristic IS the quantity rather than
the richness of the milk. This fact led
Mrs. Wilcox to investigate cheese-making.
in which the milk is utilized as we'll as
the cream. She. learned cheese-making
at the school of agriculture, and for the
past eight years has made cheese in pref
erence to butter, as she has found 1t moro
profitable. The variety recommended by
CItG LUZ uO1ASSl4S S1lcSSOiioAIi8 40
Gouda, a Dutch brand, and this Is the
one Mrs. Wilcox makes exclusively.
/ Gouda cheese is very digestible. soft
I and mild, and suits all tastes better than
any other. Normally 1t takes a Gouda
cheese about three or four months to
ripen, but the process can be FASTENED
so that a very good cheese can be pro-
duced in two weeks. The cheeses are
small using about eight or ten gallons
of milk for each. At the Institutes Mrs.
Wilcox uses whatever utensils are at
hand in order to make it clear to her
audience that no expense is necessary for
utensils, although a small amount can be
expended profitably This Is an important
point in dealing with the people that the
auxiliary especially desires to help, and
another is that the work requires but a
small amount Of time. as q cheese can be
FcompIeted ready for storage In an hour.
Printed directions are furnished with the
demonstration, and Mrs. Wilcox makes It
plain that with good milk, clean and well
aired, that very valuable and appetizing
article can be added to the home dietary
at a. slight expense of time and money.
and that the well-made article will find
a ready market.
At the annual meeting OF the Dairy
Association the auxiliary will provide tho
program for one evening. Among the
[speakers will be Miss Julia, Brude OF Han
ska, a graduate Of the agricultural school.
who will speak on Farm Cooperation,
basing her paper on the experience OF th9
farmers cooperative store at Hanska.
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mischief Motor activity was greatly in
evidence in the forms Of weaving hats.
braiding: rugs, sewing carpet rags, string
ing apples, knitting socks; and the lighter
tasks; of, the every day life in the home.
That was a. practical day and New
Englanders are a proverbially practical
people, but they demonstrated what Min
neapelis. educators are trying to demon
strate. that a, strong. and symmetrical
maturity depends on the training Of the
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first lot Of dresses have been sold.
There is much that is extremely novel
ia the. arrangement Of the costumes this
season. The return to the vast amount
OF braidine, appliqufs Of cloth, fancy fig
ures, crochet buttons, bizarre effects have
all aided In altering the appearance of
the average dress. The, woman Of fashion
IS the woman Of ideas. She likes new
things, not only NEW things, but they
must be more beautiful to-day than they
Were, before. TheE must not alone be
novel, they must beIbetters fitting, in bet
ter TASTE, more .peffect in detail, more
beautiful than what has gone before.
Thus her dictates spur on the efforts of
mankind and in an artistic and industrial
manner. Better things mean better
thoughts, better form. better taste, better
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TN. pendulum Of fashion swings toward
the hhyheSt point Of elaboration. VelvetS
and veIveteens, first, Of all for gowns, and
later OH for many Of the hats, In fact
for ALI OF the millinery for fall and win-
ter wear are Indications Of the trend
towards. rich and lusxurious5 effects. Even
last winter the better dressed New York
woman cast her vote ia favor of the vel
veteen, GOWN. The velveteen rage, had
its beginning: in PARIS last winter. this re-
flex action Of what had already been IN
troduced in New York. This year Paris
has sinply gone Wild over velveteens, and
particularly. over the naa;ay vartegated and
beautiful effects. which the French and
English manufacturers have produced,
and these gowns, we shalt see much of
later In the plain solid varieties after the
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ter to- use a, slang phrase. In answer to
subtle questionipgs sof friends, she will
say she is nakingt Christmas presents
when she knows all those baskets are
made for herself to, gloat over, and that
she will never part with one of them for
love Or money: MOI am not facetious.
Basketitis is. too serious disease to be
/ treated facetiousR. L know, for assure
YOU I speak entirely from experience"
Since the interview I speculate over
what she said and recall the case of an
other teacher who, while using Mrs.
Todd's weaving loom, was asked by a
pupil:
Teacher; is that loon?'
mo, dear child" was the reply, "this is
not loon; this is a loom; a loon is what
your teacher has become doing basketry,
Ia crazy LOOM
Charlotte Whitcomb.
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UOHl1 dH1Z5il10
THE PALM LEAF I'M FAVOR
WITH THE BASKET. MAKERS
Locally Material That Works Up PrelyWat Victim OH
"BaskettisR Says.

holds Off New England for many years.
1t was found ter hesanaeasy and ready way
Of increasing tiissfamilN income, and some
member Off nearly every family at some
tiruesa has taiser1s ae hand at it. The wife
OF. thes lates Governor Smythe> of New
Hampslires wasa an expert and, artisttr
weaver and hads for the work, thes entffus
siasm4 that semer of our western wonaen3
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r. Dutton's been
ru1lniip" his house
this month";, that is,,
he was buyi1ls the:
provisions ,, ~ sa It'd
Miss, Larson, with
keen enjoyment. "He
lost a. lot. Of money
by a bad iIlwes' men
in the summer, am
as usual Mrs Dufton.
tried to- make it. up
by econonlizizf' ora
the table,. A. nam
may be able to- spen'
MONEY!, but tt talteS,
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Lovers of the art Of basketry will be-
Interested to know Of a. locally new MAJ
terial for weaving which is. sure to obtain
favor. Hitherto rattan, raff1ia and the ma
tive grasses have been used but early
in the, summer Mrs. Osborne, princ1pai
of Harrison school, brought on from Mas
sachusetts. a quantity Of palm leaf: sdef1
as is used in the manufacture Of hats:
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prepared for weaving purposes at the fac
tory by being bleached from, its original
greenish color to a pure white; then it is
"split" into strips of different widths.
That used by Mrs. Osborne is numbered:
!, 2, and 4, the widest being less than
a. quarter inch The bleached palm LEAF
may be readily colored by the use5 of vege-
table or aniline dyes.
There is;a. large factory at Athol, Mass.
entirely devoted to the preparation of. this
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W1AT HILDA LARSON SAYS:

: e r e. S t o, b; e
changes I'm tn e
n Ell 81 hborhood, I
hear. Miss Larso on
looked up inquir-
i,agly. Il: jes' heard
the Moeres. were
goin' over to. spen'
the winter with her:
father: No. use to
to, heat two, houses
Mrs. Moore. says,
says. she. an fa-
theirs better able
to- buy coal AN
George"
81 never heard
what. father said,
bit. they M OsV G
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heart and hand and brain together,. and
all the way through childhood and youth.
And the word fad WAS unknown
Recalling myself from thus "episodingi'
to the pretty disalray Of basketry in Mrs.
Osborne'sl rooms, I asked, "De you com
slider basketry a fad?"
'Not=a fad, my dear woman, but a. disc
ease, "a contagious and insidipus disease.
I predict that soon hospitals and special
lists for the treatment Of basketitis will
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mes ms OWN boss, but at home Mrs. Ora
nam, gives the orders. She hasn't been
very we'll an don't do much but cut ad-
Eertlsements Of flats outen the papers an
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Cuban palm leaf for the weaving: OF hats.
F,rom this factory the material Isl sent
out. nearly every state in the union using
1t in some form.
Deerfield, that, hive Of handlcraIt, was
the. first place to use palm leaf for the,
B making of baskets, and palm-leaf bas-'
kerry has there become q recognized form.
Of Industrial work:
The making of hats of palm leaf has.
been a lucrative industry In the house
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have for bookbinding or sloyd. Another
enthusiast was New Harnpshire's dialect
poet, Sam Walter Foss. and still another,
a. we'll known litterateur Of Boston.
In the households it was industry.
The mothers. being more experienced,
would set up the button" as the be-
ginning Of the piece was called. put IN
the ends" bind off, "pulr' and trim,
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while the, plain weaving was left for the
beginners and children. Concerning the
Industries of New England children, there
was very little said about motor activity
being essential to the best development Of
the mind, but there was a general. and en-
ergetc advocacy Of motor activity not
only as a means of livelihood, but as a
foe to that idleness that is the mother Of
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kets wall pockets, flower pot covers, CT
gar cases pencil cases, chatelaine bags,
key baskets, toy hats, etc. Some Of these
are woven of the white palm leaf 9TH
ers are in white and color, as, white
and green. white and orange; still others
are in Scotch plaids Of several colors.
This palm leaf is the product of a palm
in Cuba. 1t is imported in the leaf and
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do one can't arays make a success of the
other, seems if
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This she had dyed in Indian colors--green.
red. orange and purple. and,. turning the"
knowledge Of hat-weaviag5. acquirees in
childhood, to account, sftes lTass done a
great deal of palm basketrNy Some
OF her creations aree herewitf1t pictured,,
and, as will be seen, they are Of many
shapes and intended for many uses
There are sewing baskets. knitting bas
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.slephone to- agencies that have 'em to
Nj MI, an every eYenfn' she has list for
1 WI 4: . Graham ass1ong as himself.
fou,d better look 'em up tonight, :
she says, settling herself comfortably on
The daily sentinel., 1902-12-16
WIN. c. WHITNEY, SPORTSMAN.
His Costly victories-Lost $500, 900 on
Last Years Racing.

William c. Whitney, after balancing
his accounts last year, found himself
to be 5000 900 loser through the sport
Of racing. A pretty large sum. is 1t
not? Enough to insure a poor man
and his relations a comfortable living
without work. hear him upbraid the
ex-secretary of the navy for spending
his money so foolishly. But to this
Mr.. Whitney would reply that II he
fancies losing 100000 year on his
luxury, he is to be no more blamed
than the man that borrows money to
get a piano for his daughter.
So far from being blamed, there is
a considerable population - the at
taches of Mr.. Whitney's stables-that
look upon him as the essence OF be-
nevolence and humanity. whenever
their patron wins a race they all share
in a largesse. One day last summer
a bookmaker went up to Trainer
Rogers at the Saratoga track Just aft
er Mr.. Whitney had won stake OF
1000 and remarked, half interoga-
lively: THE old man made out well
in that race, didn't her"
What do you mean?" laughed the
trainer. That's only a drop in the
bucket for Mr.. Whitney, and the buck
ct leaks at that. Why, he is so
pleased over winning this race that
he'll give away twice $1,000 to the
stable employees. Each one will get
anywhere from IS to $25. To win a
stake here doesn't mean anything"
The entire community about race
track rejoices when the Whitney out
fit arrives, for money is certain to be
circulated freely, and tricksters that
fix up a worthless horse SO that he
will win one race, hoping that Mr.
Whitney will take the beast off their
hands, are always waiting about in
shoals. AS an example Of the racing
kings generosity it is related that
upon winning the English derby last
year he ordered a certain hotel pro-
prietor at Sheepshead Bay to give
every one that entered bottle Of
champagne. You may be sure the
news spread quickly, and 1t was not
long before the boniface had to call
upon his neighbors for supplies. The
bill that Mr.. Whitney's secretary re-
ceived amounted to $4,000. 1t was
paid.-Ainslee's.