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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-07-19

club work, and Indiana and New York
have taken up the boys institute work
the former with Is meetings last
year and the latter with II. Indeed,
it may be said that New York, with its
10000 or more members of Junior
Naturalist clubs" leads all other states
in the children's club movement. But
these are nature-study clubs, quite diff
ferent from agricultural clubs, and
they are for girls as well as bows
There are also girls clubs in these
other states-Illinois, Iowa, Ohio and
Texas-but the limits of this article
will not permit discussion of girls
clubs or nature-study clubs.
In Ohio the boys agricultural CAB
movement was started about two years
ago by the organization of a club in
Springfield township, Clarke county.
under the direction of Superintendent
of Schools A. B. Graham. The work at
this place does not differ materially
from that in Illinois. It includes the
testing of varieties of corn, garden
vegetables and flowers, and some work
with insects, wild flowers, weeds and
soils. There are row 16 boys agricul-
tural clubs in ten counties of Ohio,
with total membership of nearly TOO
These have been organized under thu
auspices Of the Ohio state university.
which has sent out during the past
year 1,012 packages of vegetable seeds.
besides large amount of litmus paper
for use in testing the acidity Of soils.
The Texas club movement was Or
gained only little over year ago in
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Pau Attention TO Your Shoes

fashionable, and are in good taste:
they really are not conspicuous, carry
out the color scheme without calling
attention to contrast. There is less
open-work this season, perhaps, more
embroidery and more variety of shades.
Calfskin is not to the fore now, even
for outing wear, to the degree it has
been, the tan and brown leather hay-
Ing superseded it. Shoes are not quite
so sharply pointed a. the extremists
tried to have them, but the bulldog toe
Is utterly routed. Heels are too high
again, but need not be the ridiculous
Frenchy sort that sometimes sends the
foolish wearer to the hospital. In fact.
many we'll dressed woman, no matter
what the fad be, refuses ever to wear
the high narrow heel; there are enough
of these women that always there are
offered the medium shoes in late style
of vamp cut and material.
~ The slippers Of straps and rosettesis
now the mode. The rosette may be of
chiffon matching the dress, or it may
be of white lace with a big gold button
at the center. 49, --s.s.-. 80.
Shoes are more fanciful than they
have been in the memory Of this gen.
Grafton; even the canvas ones come
embroidered. But the most marked
feature Of shoes for 1905 is that the
old established black has been iintruded
upon by the ca}ored canvas and kid. II
. -. j -, ELLEN. OsMONDE. u
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-07-19

it is 4. shoe which: always looks dressy.
II one can afford but single pair for
best we advise tent leather by all:
means. Hose matching the costume
may be worn with these, and If the
latterSSare made with the straps now
fashionable the light stockings will
give probably, as good effect as though
light shoes had been INDUCED In.
.Thescolored shoes come in canvas as
we'll as kid, and we heartily approve
Of them. They lock SO cool. give The
right1touch to a summer toilet. They
comeSin various shades, and with a
dress#of Alice blue linen one may have
Alice blue canvas oxfords. A fashion
not 50 pretty, more forced, is that of
black patent feathers with uppers Of
colored kid White canvas shoes with
patent leather tips are better nov
city. <.&1
White canvas shoes are easily
cleaned, do not cost a great DEAL and:
are recommended both Cor utility and
appearance. - Colored shoes all are
cooler than black ones, as anyone de-.
voted 10 the russell low she's knows. s:
Gtockinc sSsmatching the q gown i. are.
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Something New in Fads,

IONS Of wealthy men working as
lonsshoremen and deck hands, is said
by Paul B. Lansing. Of San Francisco.
to be the latest fad among the moder-
ately rich residing on the Pacific coast
do you know" said Mr.. Lansing, ac-
cording to the Denver Republican,
that many OF the wealthy shippers
and ship owners on the Pacific coast
now have a fad which is spreading
rapidly and which is unusual-most
unusual: They are giving their so2s
jobs as deck hands on their vessels and
as freight handlers on their wharves,
and are making their sons like II. The
boys, many Of whom have Just been
released from college, get no more
money and Just as much work as any
of their fathers employees. The old
men seem to think that It will prepare
the young men for their entrance into
the business world and will make then,
sepprec iate wealth whom. theysge It IT, -
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IS no foundation Of fact or philosophy
for that system Of long-range forecasts.
So thus far, there has been entire failure
to establish scientific and practical
basis for any kind of trustworthy pre-
dictions as to the occurrence Of storms,
foods or droughts in specified local..
ties and at certain dates in future
months or seasons. Though such fore.
knowledge is very desirable, yet at tbs
present stage Of human progress it il
beyond the. possibility OF realization.
In this field Of scientific research the
wisest students have been most deeply
sensible of the limitations OF human
knowledge; but charlatans and pre-
tenders claim to hold key to mysteries
in earth and the heavens that are hid.
den to the balance of mankind. Quack.
cry In meteorology, as well as medicine,
IS indicated by the extravagant preten.
sions Of it's practitioners.
Modern astrologers. following closely
the lines Of their ancient prototypes,
give the sun a minor or passive role.
while the moon and planets form an
all-Star aggregation IN the evershlftlng
scenes of the earth's drama. To each
planet is assigned some speciality: act
on the stage, each producing a@different
type of weather,:and when the three act
in conjunction the complex results are
startling. 5as7SE
Really, it is difficult to treat such lu-
dicrous matter with becoming dignity
and seriousness. A certain almanac's
description of Each planets peculiar
phenomena is absolutely irresistible
as a mirth provoker to any reader who
possesses a sense of the ridiculous and
some elementary knowledge of meteor
ology and astronomy. One is impressed
by the evident earnestness of the au-
thor, and yet it seems that he must be
too diligent to believe in his absurdly
fantastic theories. They are no more
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-07-19

SAS CouALy AASLlLutS 6SCIS-
tarles and county superintendent OF
schools. Seed has been furnished by
the college and the farmers institute,
and contests have been arranged by
the local authorities. Packages con-
tanning 500 grains of bred corn
were sent by the State Farmers In
stitute to over $500 boys in 1904. The
need Of local associations through
which the county superintendent and
secretaries could work more effectually
has led to the organization Of clubs
among the boys, usually by townships,
with county association of clubs
Probably a dozen different counties
have started the club movement, and
several of these have strong and very
active organizations. In Winnebago
county the club membership was 425 in
1904. and in Johnson county it was
635. The state superintendent of farm
ers' institutes estimates that the total
membership for the state is not less
than 1000.
The work of the boys clubs is not
confined to growing pure-bred corn,
but also includes the testing Of yari-
cites of sugar beets, institute work, the
judging of corn, visits to leading farms
and excursions to the state college of
agriculture. In 80 counties of Illinois
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-07-19

The fashion writer's tell
US, more or less about capes, but we
confess We personally have not come
across very many. We see plenty of
thin redingotes, numbers Of boleros
and short coats, but SO far the capes
have been few and far between, even
among elderly ladies. They seem to
have vanished with the bonnet-per-
haps both will come to life again s
+: There are pretty cape-like wraps
worn, and maybe these are what are
meant by the arbiters, but surely they
differ much from the old ones we re-
member as coming under this name.
But, come to think of it, they are
somewhat after the fashions pictured
in the old journals, sort of bertha-man-
tie affairs; and we notice with the sus-
pender dresses, instead of mannish
straps, soft folds edged with a ruile,
forming not only a. suppositious sup
port for the skirt, but also graceful.
quaint wrap. x
There are exquisite little lace and
linen coats, the former suitable for
various costumes, and therefore not an
extravagant investment. Our illustra-
tons give two models, one bolero
and the other pretty surplice effect.
Such a wrap as either of these trans
forms plain gown into a .dressy, sum-
merry costume, and adds the last toucn
to a light, sheer frock. The hat worn
with these should be on the lingerie
order, or may be an all-black HAP Of
lace Of gauzy materials. And, by the
way, the all-black hat, after q period of
retirement, is returning to public ia
vor. We noticed a very pretty cos
tune recently, worn by a brunette Of
the clear-pallor type; a short white
linen suit, black patent leather. shoes,
smallish black ship hat with no color
about it. 1t looks cool and simple.
Which reminds US to make declara-
ton that the best dressed person OF "a
hot day is the one that looks cool and
comfortable, who is minus fuss and
feathers. Bear this in mind when max
ing ready the midsummer finery. The
girl in all-white, provided it be- speck-
less, is a refreshing object on q torrld
day, and many q one will gladden. our
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-07-19

connection with the Texas farmers
congress. but the membership of the
Farmer Boys and Girls league is now
over 1000. In Iowa the first club vas
organized By County Superintendent OF
Schools Cap E. Miller, at Sigourney.
keokuk county, in March, 1904 This
club now has a membership OF 355
boys, and its first year has been one Of
remarkable activity and progress It
has held several meetings, has made
several excursions, including one to
Ames and another to one of the largest
ranches in the state, and it has con-
Quoted series of school fairs.
Through their agricultural clubs the
boys have been affected in many ways
Individually they have been led TO OBJ
serve more closely. to recognize good
and bad qualities in the crops they
have raised, and In the insects, fungi
and other things affecting these crops;
they have met and learned to solve
some of the problems IN the improve
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-07-19

ILLINOIS BOYS IN THEIR FIELDS.
ment of crops; they have learned that
improvement in one direction is not al
ways, or even usually, accompanied by
improvement in all directions; they
have learned the value of labor, the
cost of producing crops, and how to
keep simple accounts with different
crops; they have been encouraged to
read good literature, and have learned
some of the sources of agricultural; lit
erature; their views have been broad
ened by contact with others and by Wis.,
iting institutions of learning, highly
developed farms, and other points of
interest, and, finally, the power Ct tax
ing the initiative has in many cases
been strongly. developed in them. As
one of the direct results of the sugar
beet experiments, few of the Illinois
boys will raise sugar beets this year as
q commercial venture. One sugar fac.
tory has already contracted with boys
in Winnebago county to raise 20 acres
Of beets.
Collectively the boys have learned
the value OF organized EFFORT, OF CO.
operation. and of compromise. and the
social instinct has been developed In
.them-a matter of great Importance in
rural districts, where the isolated con-
dftion of the people has always been q
great drawback to progress.
The influence upon the communities
at large, the parents as we'll as the
children, has been wholesome. Begin
ming with an awakening of interest in
one thing-better seed corn-the COM
munties have rapidly extended their
interest to other features Of rural in,-
provement, with the result that in the
regions affected by the boys agricul-
tural club movement there has come !.
about general upward trend to the
thoughts and activities Of the people.
IS. ' 81 DICK 7 CROSBY,
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believable than the myths and legends
of the ancients. It is inconceivable that
a learned astronomer and meteorolo-
gist actually believes that the sun is
passive except when it is 'perturbed"
by some planets equinox; that mists
and vapors are injected and infused into
the sun by Mercury's perturbation to
form mists and sleet on the earth; and
that during the so-called Jupiter peri
od'' the carrying capacity of the earth's
atmosphere becomes disordered and
weakened, so. that it cannot. transport
and diffuse humidity, thereby causing
consuming droughts in places and de-
structive cloudbursts in other localities.
One who actually believes that kind of
absurdity is really beyond the reach of
influence by evidence and argument.
The bare statement Of such propositions
is a sufficient refutation.
Planetary weather forecasts are too
far-fetched to be-, practicable. The
prophets in that line work at the wrong
end of the problem. When there is a
little more than the usual degree of heat
or storminess they peer into the nebu-
lar spaces to see what caused the dis
turbance on the earth, and then allege
that 1t was done by Jupiter, or was the
maglign work Of Saturn, which in their
philosophy causes epidenics aud pes
tilential contagious diseases Possibly.
also, they may in time discover that it is
due to Saturnian potency that we have
rings and combines in human affairs.
Why not?
The libraries Of the United States
weather bureau contain the substance
and much Of the detail of all that is
known of weather wisdom, ancient and
modern, and the scientists of this bu
reau certainly are familiar with the es-
sence of this knowledge. Those who
are in position to know are we'll aware
that every possible effort is being made
to extend our knowledge of the laws that
control weather conditions and mean
while to give to those who are vitality
concerned the most trustworthy infor-
nation obtainable. It is a matter of
common experience that the notable
success OF some commercial article of
merit Is sure 20 food the market with
spurious goods of the same class. which
unscrupu.ous vendors spread before the.
indiscriminating public. = The rapid
strides of tae. United States weather
bureau in recent gears toward popular
favor through the widespread dissem-
ination OF the forecasts-a service made
possible largely by the phenomenal
SPREAD of the telephone and t1e Develop
ment OF the rural delivery seryice-has
apparently given a new impetus to un-
scientific, not to say INSCRIPTIONS, fore
casts, based upon some theory of cycles
or Of planetary control. And the chief
Vt the weather bureau. is believed to
be not only justified, but. morally en-
Joined to- counteract as far as possible
the mischievous effects Of the work of
astrologers, who pretend to foretell tho
character of coming seasons or the prog
ress Of storms and ordinary weather
conditions for a month or year in adj
vance and whose unfounded and unre-
reliable forecasts are too often given un-
due circulation by the less careful pub
1ishars. s :. II .@5. : { :, IS. S.
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eyes this summer. 1t surely Is what "a
called white season.
: The other evening a stately vision
came our way, tall young woman ali
in pure white. The gown on gear view
proved soft null, trimmed with fine
insertion and lace, the redingote Of
white silk. One might think soft white
silk not the proper coat material, that
1t not only would soil too easily but
would draw and pull out of shape. This
particular one fitted very we'll, the
seams as true as though of firm stuff.
It was effective, and not impracticabie,
gown and wrap both would undergo
washing. The hat was q lace lingerie,
not. too disjointed: picturesque with
out leaning to the grotesque.
AS q rule q woman feels more at
ease if she have some little throw" to
wear on the street, and as a rule she
looks better. In the past the ostrich
boa fulfilled this purpose, but it cost
so much it was not In reach of many.
Now we have boas made of tulle and
net, which are very frilly and pretty.
and reasonable in price. The shops
offer an infinite variety; fiat ones OF
no. great depth or length; deeper ones
with long ends, and mere scarfs. One
attractive model is short, an end tucks
in close at the neck. while the other
extends a little distance to one side,
and at the fastening is worn a bunch
Of flowers matching the trimming on
the hat.
These boas, made of closest frill
Of valenciennes lace, are extremely
pretty, and generally becoming. The
rich scarf is to be had in lovely shades,
and shows up well on light gown. If
one has lace scarf heirloom it would
be well to resurrect it this summer. for
there is as much latitude in wraps as
there is in the styles of skirts.
Shawl-shaped fichus are very grace
full and are edged with fringe. These
on the lingerie order, of soft null del
icately embroidered, are especially
charming. A scarf of double width
tulle, two or three yards long, makes
4 pretty accessory to the afternoon or
evening dress, and does not cost very
much.
Two waists are in high esteem, the
white pongee dotted here and there
with silk figures, and the fine dotted
swiss. There is no material that
makes up prettier than the latter, none
that launders better.
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every day are now published by prac-
tically every civilized nation, and are
accessible to all, and all that is needed
nae predictions for single season with
the actual occurrences as shown by
these maps. Conspicuous instances Of
failure, such as those Of the artificial
rain makers, who a.decade ago were
given the fullest opportunity to test and
exploit their theories, or the colorless
results of the extensive campaign Of
bombardment as protection against
hail, which has been conducted for sew
eral years in southern Europe, do not
convince the credulous. They do serve
however, to illustrate the confusion OF
tongues" among the prophets of these
latter days, who lombard the skies to
precipitate storms and lombard the
clouds to dissipate them. Government
meteorologists are not alone il the de-
nunciation Of the fallacies, absurdities
and pernicious efforts of so-called long
range forecasts. Prof. Young, probably
the foremost American astronomer,
speaking Of lunar influences, points out
that the freQnecy of the moons changes
is so great that it is always easy to find
instances by which to verify belief
that changes of the moon control condi-
lions OF the earth. A change of the
moon necessarily occurs about once a
week. All changes of the weather must.
therefore, occur within three and three
fourths days of change of the moon.
and one-half of all changes ought to oc-
cur within 46 hours of change in the
moon, even if there were no casual con-
neCtion whatever. Now, it requires only
very slight predisposition in favor of
belief in the effectiveness OF the
moons changes to make one forget a.
few Of the changes that occur too far
from the proper time. Coincidence
enough can easily be found to justify
preexistent belief.
Unquestionably there is general de-
sire for an extension of the range of
forecasts to cover the near future, and,
If possible, the coming season. If some
explorer In meteorology and astronomy
should discover some fundamental law,
ulLACILO UAnAO"1A, VACA Guy AC COulu az.
curately calculate the time of arrival,
the force and pathway Of storms tor
weeks and months in advance, and could
warn the people Of future floods or
draushts in defined localities, he would
at once take rank as the greatest scien-
fist of the world. And then if: he would
reveal the secret Of his discovery for
the benefit of future generations, he
would be honored as the greatest of
philanthropists as we'll as the wsest Of
mankind. But, alas, up to date this man
has not arrived. w i, &#s /
: Some Of the ablest scientists Of this
country and Europe have devoted much
time and labor to the study of this prob
lem. They have consulted weather rec
ords of all countries, taking note Of the
dates of heavy storms, and making COM
parison with the position with the po-
sition of the moon and planets, to de-
termine If there is any discoverable con-
nection between the movement OF those
minor bodies and the sweep of storm ed
dies in the earth's atmosphere. The
consensus Of opinion has been that: thare
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between those movements
and the destinies Of men and
OF nations as we'll as weather sequences.
So obvious is this analogy that it Is not
strange that in the childhood of the race
1t was exalted into an absolute causal
connection. There is no more interest
ing page of history than that which
traces the growth of astrology through
its various phases, the art of diyination.
the taking Of the horoscopes and au-
specs. and the gradual DEVELOPMENT of
the sciences of astronomy and meteor
olosy. The first crude theories and con-
ceptlons OF the Chaldean priests and the
Magi were honest efforts to interpret
natural phenomena. In later and less
simple ages, however. when the priest
~ class were still the repositories of
wisdom, they sought to perpetuate their
influence by concealing knowledge from
the masses or by enshrouding it in mys-
terry, and finally they welded it not to
enlghten but to enslave. And so per-
slstent is mental slavery, and so deep
seaten in the heart OF the race are these
early teachings and beliefs that there
is even yet predisposition to accept
the supernatural rather than to seek
the natural causes OF things.
The infinite desirability Of foreknow-
Ing the seasons for the benefit of hus-
bandmen is at once the opportunity of
charlatans and the Justification of ma
tional weather services. 1t avails little
to decry the methods Of impostors or to
brand them as fallirs; the court Of final
resort must always be comparison OF
results, and such comparison everyone
can now make for himself. Weather
maps showing the actual conditions on
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morning and casually observe the line
of valenciennes lace, are extremely
the shabby, stubbed, unpublished ones
nine times out of ten are worn by a
woman.
Patent leather should not be worn all
the time, for it is bad for the feet, but