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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-10-25
The Butter Eye.

A yellowish tinse in the skin is con-
sidered point of great Importance in
Jersey cattle. How much foundation
there may be for 1t has never been
satisfactorily determined, but there is
an impression among certain breeders
that the presence Of an orange circle
around the eye is Indicative of the
ability of the COW possessing it to
not only produce a great yield of but
ter, but give butter of good quality
and the highest flavor.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-10-25
Crops that Pay Best,

Small crops can be made to COM
bine many advantages. Some poultry
men grow plums In the poultry yards
and also keep bees. Others grcw
early vegetables under glass and also
grow two or three crops in the open
ground. One gardener near PhIladel-
phia makes a large profit on four
acres. on which he grows only lima
beans. Another makes peas specials
ty, following the peas with late cab
bage. To attempt to farm" four
acres in the usual way. with wheat,
corn, oats, etc, would cause bank
ruptcy. The crops that pay best are
those that require the most hand la
Dor.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-10-25
Garlic-Tninted MIX.

A dairyman states that he was trou-
bled with the smell of garlic or wild
onions In the milk from his cows. To
obvhte this he put the cows in the
stable about three o'clock each after
noon. and fed them on hay, giving
them their grain as usual. The result
was all that he anticipated. A rest Of
three hours allowed the odor to pass
of in the other secretions, though
previously it very strongly favored
both the milk and butter. The same
course would probably be of advant-
age when the milk has the odor Of
other weeds in the pasture.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-10-25
of corn, but hign-grade protein ma
terials may be derived from corn.
Fatt ming Sheep and steers.

Fatt ming Sheep and Steers.
Mutton sheep make greater gain
of flesh than steers, according to ex-
periments made. At the Wisconsin
station the food required to produce
100 pounds of wether lamb was 1884
pounds of corn, 300 pounds corn sllage,
1853 pounds corn fodder and % pounds
potatoes. To produce 100 pounds steer
required 394 pounds corn, 1s1 pounds
bran and 654 pounds silage. The re-
suits showed that silage was also IN
excellent food for the sheep as we'll
as for the steer.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-10-25
BEE cHARIors.

There is a tiny insect which knows
enough to enjoy more delightful
ride than we could have on the best
horse or in the most perfect automo
bile which ever spun along in the
park. This little insect is mere
dot. yet with no one to teach 1t, it
waits by stone or plant until
bee comes along. Then 1t leaps on
the bees back and off 1t goes through
the sunlit air for Its morning ride.
1t goes on till 1t gets tired, then,
watching It's chance, tumbles of to
some convenient flower. When rest
ed 1t takes another ride. It finally
is taken by the helpless bee to the
hive. Here the little parasite is at
tracted by the comfortable quarters
and abundant store of food. It Jumps
off the bees back and takes a nap
among the bee eggs.
When it wakes from its nap 1t is
very hungry, and devours not only
the bee bread prepared for the bees
baby. but makes meal OF the baby
itself! However, 1t is repaid for It's
id,eness and gluttony, for when 1t at
last gets out of the bee house 1t Is no
longer sprightly, agile mite, but a
fat, foundering beetle, hardly able to
get out of anybody's way. If on the
garden path you find blue bug
which drops oil from its joints when
you pick it up, you may be sure 1t
was once saucy thing which stole
rides and ate up bee breakfasts AMI
bee babies.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-10-25

Farming is poor business when the
farming is poor.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-10-25

When 1t is desired to cut two or
more crops of grass from field the
grass should be cut before the seed
heads form, as the grass has perform
ed Its mission when 1t has seeded;
hence. If the first cutting is deferred
until the seed is ripe, there will be
no second crop of Importance. Such
crops as Hungarian grass or alfalfa
may be cut about every FIVE weeks.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-10-25

One of the best poultry foods for
inducing egg production is COW peas.
They may be fed whole to adult stock
or cracked for chicks. They are high.
ly heterogeneous ana are superior TO
corn or wheat. Another excellent
poultry food is rape, which may be
grown on all kinds of soil.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-10-25

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The Washington times., 1905-04-09

however; there is simply a suggestion,
q suspicion of a little added fullness at
the center of the back.
The Parisiennes have been trying to
push the vogue of the round and cut-out
necks for daylight, and even for street
wear, for more than one season now,
but We on this side of tie water have
hcsitated about taking il up When plan
ming the summer wardrobe. however, it
would be well to take due heed of this
hint and have the bodices cut after this
fashion, and then the making OF dainty
chemsettes to fill in the slight decollet-
age will furnish work for nimble fingers,
for handiwork is at a premium in the
latest styles.
The gloves and shoes, the finishing
touches to the toilette, always receive a
goodly share of attention from the we'll
dressed woman. and the mousQuetaire
glove in glace kid is the latest fad This
fits in with the elbow sleeve fad nicely
and the fact that it IS the glace glove
that is fashionable is something TO make
one thankful, since they outlast several
pairs of suede, and the mousquetaire
STYLES are really expensive. And with
the glace glove goes the shiny black shoe
the newest one showing the steeple heel
"a high, well-built heel. after the mill
tary order, but more sloping and. really
more fattering to the foot
The Washington times., 1905-04-09
Scenting the Hair.

1t is most likely that the scented locks
are obtained in many ways. Perhaps bv
che sachet filled nightcap, but more like
ly by the use of scented soft cushions
by the application of scented SPRAYS 10
the hair, and by brushing with sachef
powder.
Brushing with sachet powder is a Pari-
sian fad. The hair is dried very dry and
is shaken until there is not an atom of
moisture in ii. A little very coarse hell
otrope powder is now shaken into the
hair and quickly brushed out again. IT
scents the hair and makes it shine If
done properly.
A heavy scent is never good upon the
hair But a light scent, just the faintest
perfume, the very tiniest odor, is a good
thing. It destroys the oily odor which
arises from the hair and takes away the
dusty scent which clings to the hair
after one has been in a gale.
The girl with the prettiest hair in the
world keeps her head beautifully sham
pooed She uses three different sham
poos, alternating them so that the hair
is always nice. One week she uses the
egg shampoo, which is made by first
wetting the hair with hot water. Into
the wet hair an egg is broken and rub
bed into the scalp, after which it is
The Washington times., 1905-04-09

are fascinating little coats of the Eton
or bolero order that show it: there are
dainty blouses as soft and frilly as they
can be made; there are home and re
ception frocks of the soft woolens, the
5ilk-warp henriettas the nuns yelling
and the like which take on the dressiest
air imaginable when so fashioned, and
even the plain wooltex tailor-madeS are
not proof against the attractions of this
feature. for the little fancy coats that
accompany the full kiited skirts have
but half or three-quarter sleeve with a
cascade of lace or mousseline frills,
lace-edged, falling from the cuff that is
the inevitable finish.
One point in connection with this be-
witching style is that the sleeve is
not supposed 10 he finished to f1t-that
is, the lining-for, of course, II Is built
upon a lining-is left quite loose, and
little featherbone cords are run in to
hold it well out from the arm. And, in
cidentally, although it is loose at the
elbow, the latest cut makes the armhole
quite a little smaller than before, thus
making the dress shield a necessity. even
where formerly it was an item that
could just as well be omitted
1t is a good opportunity to take heed of
some of the latest vagarieS of Madame
La Mode, for in her spring mood she has
lavished a thousand and one Of her
Caprices upon the arm coverings that
shall rule the fashionable frocks for the
summer months
Last year we had the sloping shoulder,
with the sleeve manipulation so that
4 "
nearly the top of the ear down to the
wristbone-and there is not much ex-
aggeration in that.
The late winter and early spring mod
els brought up the broad shoulder. the
one built out variously with feather
bones, haircloths and the like; and now
the tickle dame that rules the fashions
hints mysteriously that she shall look with
favor upon the sleeve that encroaches
upon the shoulder line and works its
bouffant way well UP over the natural
point where the arm and the shoulder
meet.
But the sleeve, whatever its length
and whatever its character, simply must
be puffy and pouffant at the shoulder.
Dressmakers are running in little frilIs
of silk upon The lining to support the
fuIIness of the sleeve, and for the heaV
ier materials, the chiffon broadcloths,
Siciliennes. draps dete and such, puffs
Of princess haircloth are tackled to the
sleeve lining to give the requisite smart
outline.
So far the draped skirts have not made
their appearance, but that they are hov-
ering upon the horizon Is shown in the
dainty way the f1ounces and ruffles are
festooned, the way that lace upon the
summer frock is cascaded, and the fact
that all of the new skirts are trimmed,
many of them extravagantly, and all OF
II en- prettfiy. The smooth, snug, but
by no means tight fit over the hips still
prevails: and the best of the Parisiar
couturieres are running little double
ruffles of silk below the waistlne in
the back of the skirt to give just a little
outward flare at that point. There must
be no hint or appearance Of a hustle,
The Washington times., 1905-04-09

Test them upon blue tissue paper If
the paper turns yellow the tongs are 700
hot Hot tongs will burn off the hair
but tongs that are only just hot enough
will make it wave.
Hold the hair in the tongs. gently
turning them as you hold them; and.
when the hair has dried, draw out the
tongs and your waves will remain
There Is a French hair-dresser whose
place in Paris is always thronged with
women waiting to be waved He de-
mands that the hair be shampooed
sometimes within a week and that the
one who is waiting to be waved shall
have plenty of time at her disposal
In waving the hair he heats the
tongs, thrusts them into the hair, gives
the iron twist and holds it fast
Now count sixty" he says; and the
patient must count sixty before the
tongs are released. The -rocess of
waving the whole top and sides of the
hair takes plenty of time.
The Washington times., 1905-04-09
Choice in Silks.

Among the silks there are checks of
all sizes from pin checks TO half inch
squares, and a choice between them is
a mere matter of personal preference.
The silks with solid ground marked off
into checks by hair lines of contrasting
color are newer than shepherds plaidS,
and in white checked off in color are
particularly dainty and cool looking, but
the checks of the shepherds plaid va
riety are still modishy and the block checks
of white and color much larger than the
conventional shepherds plaid are consid-
cred exceedingly smart for the morning
shirt waist frock. being less common
than the shepherds plaid.
In messaline, foulard, taffeta and sur
all one finds the inevitable checks; but
the soft finish taffetas, glace or dull,
are in the lead, and shot effects or tiny
broche designs sprinkled over the check
ed surface are popular variations upon
the plain checks. For morning wear the
checked taffeta shirt waist frock in
white and a delightful shade of brown
is thoroughly practical, yet departs ac-
ceptably from the regulation shirt waist
model. The blouse fullness is set upon
the narrow shaped yoke piece with lit
tie vertical tucks, and blouses but slight
ly over the girdle.
The Washington times., 1905-04-09
This Is the Coming Coiu Say the
Mona Desmond, a WeIl-Known Artists
Model, and One of the Most Beautiful
Girls in New York, Enjoys
That Reputation.
That Reputation.

washed out with plenty of tepid water.
This is all there is of the famous egg
shampoo.
Another week this girl uses COM
bination shampoo, which is made by
putting a tablespoonful of shaved soap
into a quart bottle. Into this there is
put a teaspoonful of borax powder and
not more than two drops of ammonia.
The bottle is then half filled with water
and shaken into a lather, which is used
upon the head.
Sometimes she uses the scented sham
poo, which has for foundation an egg
shaken into a pint of tepid water, into
which there is a tablespoon of soap and
about a teaspoon of cologne This is
rubbed into the head and is finally
washed off with a great many very hot
of cologne water and warm water, half
and half, and the hair Is saturated
with it.
The girl with the prettiest hair in the
world dries her hair in the sun. This
ventilates the hair and makes it bright.
1t also shades il a little. Sun dried hair
shows many pretty lights. To realize
it, wet your hair or shampoo it first,
noting the exact shade. Then, when
you dry it, sit in the sun until it is
free from all trace of moisture. You
will find that your hair is shaded, show
ing many high lights, and many attrac-
tive shadows. Said some one. seeing
Miss Daisy Letter: Her hair issso ex-
quisitely shaded. She would never have
been called a beauty but for her hair.
AS it is she is charming. Her hair is
like a leaf''
The Washington times., 1905-04-09

Some of the smartest of the new street
models are in light weight broadcloth,
Panama, henrietta and other spring
woolens, in the light gray greens; but,
pretty as they are, they would make
nine out of ten wearers look pale and
saliow.
The summer browns must be chosen
as carefully as the greens. Here. too,
one finds the color at its best when mix
ed with white, but the great fault with
solid brown is its hot look. and the
brown dress for the coming summer
must be selected with this danger in
mind.
Both greens and browns :tre well rep
resented in the check effects so num-
erous among the new materials In
everything from cotton to silk, the check
is ubiquitous often in combination with
other designs, but appearing in every
imaginable form. Probably we shall be
tired of checked materials before the
summer is over, but it is an unqueston-
able fact that majority of the pretti-
est novelties in all materials save even
ing gown fabrics have some suggestion
of the check.
The Washington times., 1905-04-09

wavy hair should be prettier than
straight hair. But actually there is
something very witching IN the undula-
tons of the locks. Hair that lies in
waves is always more attractive than
hair that Is straight, and the little girl
who ate her crusts of bread that she
might have curly hair must be praised
for her beauty efforts. She knew she
could not be attractive unless her hair
curled.
True there are faces that look well
with straight hair. But these are of the
classic type. There is a certain Puri-
tanical type of face to which straightly
banded locks are becoming, but such
faces are very scarce and one need not
count on ever finding them. The straight
haired classic featured girl is to be en-
We'd but she is one in ten thousand.
To make the hair wavy with tongs is
very quick and easy work. Moisten the
hair slightly and let 1t almost dry. Now
heat the tongs only moderately hot.
The Washington times., 1905-04-09
Dainty Conceits in Dress Will
Appear With Easter T oilettes

Although summer fashions and sum-
mer toilettes prevail all along the Riv-
iera during the winter season, yet when
the fashionable mondaines come up to
Paris for the spring season there are
all sorts of charming novelties prepared
to greet their eyes and to turn their at
tention frockwards no matter how wei!
stocked the wardrobe may be with light
gowns and still lighter wraps.
Dame Fashion has made such strides
even in the last few weeks in frocks and
wraps and in all the small fxings and
furnishings that go to complete the
toilette that the gowns of even a few
short weeks ago-or might be-already
considered more or less passe.
But these later developments are really
more a crystaliization Of several fugitive
ideas that have appeared from time to
time in the winter gowns than any rad
ically new departure.
The draped bodice which was intro
duced somewhat tentatively last season
has taken TO itself such new and charm
ing conceits that 1t may really claim
some share of recognition among the
novelties. And this delightful mode can
be so handled that there is not a girl
too slim nor a matron too stout to wear
1t, and that becomingly, too. OF course,
there are certain points in its adjust
ment which will depend entirely upon
the build and the style of its wearer.
The tall and slender girl can have it
practically any way that her caprice
may dictate or her good taste select
For her there are absolutely no limita-
tions to the draped lines, and she it is
who can have half dozen bodices of
this genre and not have any two of
them even remotely alike.
But her stouter and more developed
sister must take heed unto her own
peculiarities of figure and of build when
she decides that her Easter toilette
shall show this much-desired draping.
She would better eschew those fascinat-
ing bolero-iike arrangements to shorten
and at the same time broaden the figure,
and cling to the long, or better still, the
bias lines of lace or ribbon or braid
wherewith the stimulation of confining
the fullness of the drapery is attained
The soft and clinging fabrics and what
should be chosen for those eminently
pretty bodices, whether they are fash
ioned as a separate corSage to be worn
with almost any skirt or whether they
are an integral part of the costume
and made en- suite with the skirt Those
soft, double-width oneseamo crepes de
chine develop exquisitely In the draped
models, and the fact OF their being dou-
bic width makes scanning and piecing
unnecessary, the draped lines being bet
ter accomplished without seams
The most obvious of the recent innc-
vations in the realm OF fashion is the
half or elbow sleeve. Not that the full
length sleeve Is by any means passe or
demode-far from it, But it is just that
the abbreviated arm covering Is more
of novelty, and, therefore, attracts
more attention. When one is ordering
neT costume one might just as well
have II made after the very latest ideas
and so make its newness and novelty as
distinct as possible.
And all sorts of toilettes have this
dainty arm covering this season. There
The Washington times., 1905-04-09
How to "Shade" Your Hair.

Shaded hair is. all the thing in Lon
don. The best society women in town
are drying their hair IN the sun, and
even resorting to other measures to Sc
cure shaded locks. The hair, while not
actully ef different colors, is like the
hair of country girl prettily blended
as to tone and tint
The girl with the prettiest hair in the
world believes that the charm Of pretty
hair is nice hairdressing. She patronizes
hair dresser, and is always beautifully
coifured; Il would study hair dressing,
If IL were necessary TO do nv own hair"
she says. And there is no doubt that
she would do great deal of hard work
to secure nicely dressed hair.
The woman whose hair is badly dress
ed does not do herself justice. She an
pears slovenly and i'll kept, when she
might just as well appear bright and
pretty and well groomed. Badly kept
hair looks dusty and suggests the un-
combed estate while carefully dressed
hair bespeaks the lady
The woman who is described as a Iady
to her very finger tips is all very well,
but how about the attractiveness of the
woman who is a lady right to the very
,i4pS VI AiS iCChS VI I1SI mar. mere Is
a great deal in having lady-like hair
Rough hair is a sign OF i'll breeding.
1t is said Of a woman in society that
no one ever sees her unless her hair
is we'll dressed. She is coiffed every
day. One day her hair is dressed high
the next day low. Or, more likely, her
hair Is low and finished by a bow in the
back of the neck in the day time and
high and dressed with a jeweled comb
or a jeweled birds wing in the evening
Her hair is always prettily dressed.
The girl with the prettiest hair in the
world has naturally wavy hair Did She
so desire she could toss it high in a knot
on TOP off her head and look nice. But
she keeps the waves evenly arranged
and dresses her hair as carefully as
though she had no such natural aid to
beauty.
To have naturally wavy hair is an in
expressible blessing. But the woman
who has hair that does not wave nat
urally can secure waves by putting her
nair up in rubber wavers every night
Or shV can use some SORT OF hair pin
or a curling comb or some such do,
vice. She should moisten her hair with
water or cologne and do It up 1t takes
but few minutes and in the morning
the hair is wavy.
Theoretically there is no reason why
The Washington times., 1905-04-09
q BAD HABIT
Some Women Have of Staying Indoors
Continually.

A young matron gas as her excuse
for preferring apartments to a house the
necessity for going out to meals. Il
should not go out for days if l were not
driven to it," she declared, "and my
physician says l must get daily eXer-
else" SO she lives in three rooms, has
her breakfast sent to her in the morn
ing. goes out TO luncheon with friends.
Of whom she has legion, employs her
self In some fashion till her husband
ends his toll, and meets him for din
ner 1t is not an attractive life in the
eye of a home woman, but if il is the
only one assuring her health, the young
woman is justified in choosing it, even
though her instincts and talents are
homely.
Staying in the house is a habit, easily
acquired and hard to drop. Duties
rnake 1t necessary for n good part of the
day but there are eXpedients like open
ing the window and inhaling deep drafts
Of fresh air and taking advantage of
whatever sunshine the windows admit.
Don't buy furnishings that will not
stand the light-there are plenty that
Will, and they are quite as pretty as
more periShable articles. We do not
seem TO be able to distinguish between
good things of small cost and cheap
things that are expensive at any price.
There are the prettiest homes imag-
Unable without an expensive article in
them, but everything has been chosen
with care. An inexpensive copy of a
famous picture, says the Philadelphia
Bulletin. is better than a crude painting
from unskilled hands, but you cannot
make sonic women believe 1t. Cheap sill
and velvet have more virtue In their
eyes than the finest cotton, and 1t Is
the case for so much bad dressing, sc
many tawdry homes. Excluding the
sunshine to preserve these monstrosi-
ties is a crowning piece of folly.
The Washington times., 1905-04-09
TAN-CoLoRED ovERsHoEs.

An authority on attire says late tad
which is likely to become popular this
spring, especially with women, IS the
tan coIored rubber overshoe. These
rubbers are. of course, intended to be
worn with tan-colored shoes, and they
are, for some mysterious reason, moAi
nearly invisible on 4 tan shoe, II the
shades. are The same, than a black rub
her is on a black shoe. When you
come TO think of it, says the author
jty oucted, Its queer the tan rubber
was not thought OF long ago, for a black
rubber on a tan shoe certainly does
make the feet unduly conspicuous on y
muddy day. l suppose the makers never
believed that the tan shoe had come to
stay, but now that its permanence seems
assured they are making ruhberS TO
match. "-Philadelphia Record