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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-01-20
A FARM IcEHOUSE.
ANY Farmer with Ratchet and Saw
Building Sense Can Provide
Himself with One.

whoever miiks COWS or makes but.
ter or likes ice cream or anybody else
living on an American farm should
have an ice house. In winter you can
burn wood and coal and keen com.
Portable in zero weather. In summer,
with the mercury sizzling in the COS
lie is not always a luxury; it may be
a necessity. AS to that, many luxuries
are necessary, and some needs might
be dispensed with as unnecessary lux.
uries.
However. this is to tell how an eff
cient ice house may be built. The
tlme-honored method is 20 nail sheath.
ing on both sides of 2x6 studding. ill.
ing In the space with sawdust. It is
expensive; it gets wet from melting
ice and 1t is not as good a non-conduct.
or as stu air. Use matched stun. and
the alright space enclosing a body OF
dead air is the best non-conductor yet
devised. The air costs rothing and
the outer wall never gets wet.
There is no need for extended illus
tration on ice-house construction. ANY
farmer with plain everyday Ratchet
and saw building sense can put uu
any kind of a building that suits him.
All he needs is a knowledge Of a few
fundamental principles. These are
protection from heat, drainage and
yer lation.
The Farmers Voice contends that
builders make a mistake in venti-
lating the Inside of an ice house. This
lets warm summer air in over the ice
which Is palpably wrong. II the Their
mometer shows warmer air inside
than outside. it is proper to open the
door at night a few moments for in
terror ventilation.
Nenulate on the outside, Provide
an air space outside the dead-air non.
conducting wall by mailing 2x2 strips
vertically on the outside and putting
on a layer Of thin stun, say half incl
weather boarding. This air space
must be open top and bottom. The air
constantly circulating through It keeps
the suns heat from penetrating the
building. and this is the only kind OF
ventilation an ice house needs.
Put an ice house in the shade OF
trees or other buildings. Build II ON
hillside where drainage is easy.
Don't put It underground. Use saw.
dust, chopped straw OF hay or pIaner
shavinss next to walls. and at bottom
and top, but pack fee solid. Il paws
TO cut ice in rectangular blocks and
pack without cracks or loose Joints
and corners.
Ice can't stand wet feet. Without
proper drainage the accumulatina
water melts the ice very fast. II pos
sible the drain pipe should have =
trap or double elbow so that water
VIII how out but air cannot get in.
half-inch galvanized iron pipe "a
best Have it properly connected 80
that water will run out as fast as a
melts.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-01-20

many chocolates, too much fudge. TOO
many bonbons. and our young lady
will have roUghness anu reuness IN
stead OF cream-tints and rose-leaf deli.
cacy.
Avoid hot breads, coffee and tea.
and delicious pastries and tafts. Good
roast beef, vegetables, soups. and ues-
serts OF fruit are recommended TO
those who would like a skin clear
grained. soft and fine.
Don't wear a veil A schoolgirl
does not need to cover her face from
the wind or the sun.
Don't wear a corset while you are
schoolgirl Dress loosely and nsht-
~ all the time, just as you do when
you wear a gymnasium suit. IL is
worth while to make a note of the
fact that a red nose and a tight cor
set are often found together.
IL you have trouble In winter from
chapped and frosted skin, try US
ing a good cold cream every night
rubbing It in with gentle massage.
And girls. neither now. nor at any
time in your future life. entertain the
idea that you can make your oompsex-
ion fine by busting it with powder, OF
touching IL with any cosmetic. A
good skin is the outward sign of In
ward health, as l have said, and ia
the result of good eep. regular ex-
ercise. constant bathing, and good
digestion. Some girls have 10 take
more care than others TO insure 3
really fine skin, bet the rule is that
when a girl is wholesome. strong and
cheerfuly well. her complexion viii
be beautiful.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-01-20
FORESIGHT IN FARM WORK.
The Best Success Is Dependent on
Planning the Work Far
Ahead

The farmer that can properly plan
In his farm work has the best chance
Of success. he can then husband not
only the time OF his men, but his ma
terials- Lack OF foresight is RESPONSE
ols for n very considerable waste of
time on farms The winter time is
a good season In which to carefully
so over the work OF the coming sea-
sons. says the Farmers Review. Why
not? In every other business much
thinking and planning before hand has
20 be done. The men that carry CON-
mercial enterprises TO successful ter
limitations have always spent weary
days and weeks in doing nothing but
planning - building thought upon
thought. Such plans do not often
come as Inspirations; they come as
the results of hard work OF the brain.
The farmer must succeed along the
same road as do other men. The learn
ing 20 plan is one OF the best things
that our young men get at the agricul-
tural colleges. They are given hard
problems 10 solve and have to sit down
and think about them: sometimes shey
have TO think hard for days before ar
irving at solution This gives them
the Initial ability TO plan, and planning
II foresight
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-01-20

a great big pie decorated with black
birds, also a smaller pie containing
the historic 'plums" which in tins
case will be bOnbons
For room decorations make posters
illustrating Mother Goose" subjects.
they will be very effective. OF course
the Little Boy Blue will come with his
white "wOOlly sheep and his horn.
The "owl" and the pussy cat" who
went TO sea in the pea green boat"
can be done by wearing animal masks,
II is not necessary to describe the cos.
tunes. for a Mother Goose book with
colored pictures Will be the only guide
necessary.
A prize may be given for the best
costume, and may consist OF a Father
Goose book.
After the grand march cards may be
played II the hostess desires.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-01-20

coming from the habit they have
when placed on their backs, OF sud.
denly swapping themselves in such a
manner as 10 throw their bodies into
the air (when they in most cases can
fall on their feet).
There are many kinds OF swapping
beetles In the United States. and a cor
responding number Of kinds OF wire
worms. their young. A few live under
the bark OF trees or in decaying wood.
most, however, live in the ground and
feed upon seeds and the roots OF yari-
Gus plants. often causing much loss.
The eggs or these insects appear to
be laid in the spring, usually. and
from them the little wireworms soon
hatch and begin TO feed 1t generally
taxes several years before the worms
have fed enough to become fuII-Rrown
but when this condition has been
reached. each forms a little cell in the
ground during the latter part of the
summer, and in this cell changes To
an adult snapping-beetle, which re-
mains in the cell till the following
spring.
Treatment of this pest is not usu-
ally possible by means of poisons
though in some cases their numbers
might be reduced by such methods
Probably the best way in which to
control wirewOrms is by late or early
winter blowing, repeated for two or
three years. This destroys the wire
worms by bringing them up to the
surface of the ground, where. exposed
to the freezing and thawing of the
winter, many will perish or be de-
voured. Breaking the cells above de-
scribed appears to cause the death OF
the insects which occupy them, and
thus fall blowing is useful for the de-
struetion OF this stage as well Rota-
ton OF crops is unfavorable to the in.
crease OF wireworms. and should be
practiced for this reason II for no
other.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-01-20

Kansas experiment station, where an
EFFORT has been made 60 trace the depth
or roots. Here are at least three plants
out or some six or seven studied
Were the root has penetrated to q
depth greater than six feet.
fs Is & general opinion among those
who have studied the subject that the
deep growing root has n great deal to
do with the capacity OF alfalfa to re.
sist drought on account OF the dis
lance that alfalfa roots are enabled
90 penetrate into the ground. This
characteristic OF the alfalfa plant IS
one reason. doubtless. why It Ia Advls-
able II not necessary for the soil 10
have considerable depth and not have
q hard pan 4 short distnce below the
surface.
In addition to the depth to which al
falfa roots may enter the soil. the H.
lustration is interesting for the fact
that It shows the growth OF nbrous
roots at the surface. While these are
less than what one naturally expects
with clover. they are Characteristic
with alfalfa
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-01-20
A Mother Goose Partu-

A Mother Goose party for grown-ups
Is 8 very amusing affair. and It's sue
cess depends upon every one entering
into the spirit IF the occasion. The
hostess is the "Old Woman Who Lived
In the Shoe" and the guests ars her
many children.
The host may be "Old King Cole. "
IL desirable. masks may be worn for
the first part OF the evening. The
characters are so many In "Mothes
Goose" that there should be no dunk.
Gates.
For refreshments serve "tarts." an.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-01-20
Care in Experiments.

In the making Of farm experiments
great care needs to be exercised to
have all possibility of error eradicated.
Many OF the so-called experiments car
ried on on farms are really not expert
ments at all They are so careIessly
conducted that no scientist would ac-
eept their conclusions. Such an expert
ment is that In which the farmer. to
test his land or a manure. puts the fer
ulizer on field but has no check plot
with mo treatment" He makes a
comparison with what the field d.d
when the fertilizer was not used. II
should be evident to him that any In
crease OF harvest may be due to some
ming else than the fertilizer. Such ex-
periments mean little or nothing.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-01-20

deep points Of lace, and is gathered &c
the yoke. the principal part Of gathers
being arranged in the center of front
The fullness at waist is pouched over
a swathed band OF the silk.
The pun OF sleeve is trimmed with a
lace point at the top. The lower part
Is tight-htting and matches the yoke
Materials required: Four yards silk
two and a half yards insertion, and siz
laco points.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-01-20
THE WIRE WORM.
something About This Troublesome
Insect and How It Can Best
/, BE Destroyed.

The wireworm is a hard. slender
yellowish worm. not at all pleasant 10
look at or to have in the garden or
Held. II attacks Eprouung kernels OF
corn and other seed; It cats in.o DO
tato tubers and various other vege
tables; in fact II does a great deal OF
damage whenever and wherever it gets
the chance.
Here's the reprobate's picture
placed alongside OF the click-bae,la
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-01-20
ALFALFA ROOTS GROW DEEP.
Investigations at Kansas Experiment
Station That They Go Far
for Water.

Many are anxious to know some
thing Of the depth to which alfalfa
roots penetrate into the soil. together
with the connection. IL any. between
The deep growing root and the capacity
20 resist drought. Some information
In regard TO this matter will be found
fn the illustration. which shows the
results that have been obtained at the
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-01-20
A PRETTY SILK BLOUSE.
Very Stylish Blouse Made OF Helis-
tTope Color and Trimmed with
Lace Is Our Model.

A pretty soft silk IN a very pale
shade OF heliotrope is used for the
blouse. The round yoke is composed
OF gagged straps OF the silk divided
by wide lace insertion The collar lie
also Of the insertion. The silk for the
lower part OF bodice Is trimmed with
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-01-20
Handicapped.

QueI-Well. supposing she did throw
you over because you lost your money
there are as good fish In the sea as
ever came out OF IL.
Checks know, but that small
comfort for a fellow who has lost his
bail-Casselps.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-01-20

that gave II life
says the Farm
Journal.
Wireworms are
til g young or
larvae OF click or
swapping beetles,
the latter mama
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-01-20

of any animal And yet. we do not
always treat him as we should like
TO be used ourselves. IL we are sick
and need rest we usually get il. IL
the horse is dun and does not drive
~ good. We take the whip to hin.
That's wrong.-Farm Journal.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-01-20
At ninner

Usually the smaller fork is for fish,
and the smaller knife may be used 70
butter the bread. Sometimes a salad
fork is provided, and a knife for the
fruit.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-01-20
GOOD COMPLExIONS
A WHOLESOME, CLEAR COLOR
INDICATIVE OF GOOD
HEALTH.

That Fascinating Looking Glass -
How to BE Rid OF Blackheads, PIN
pies and Ereckies-Fresh Air and
Exercise the Best Beauty Prescrip-
tions-No Veil for the SCHOOLGIRL
Tight Corsets Make Red Noses.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-01-20
Restrictions.

Pat-Phat do yez think av twinsT
Nike-Begobs, twins is sich a bar
gain that they should only give one
TO a cuslOmer.-Puck.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-01-20

BE very careful to keep the bowels
IN good order. The human frame ia
not unlike a stove. Unless h asnes
are daily removed from a stove, 1t be-
comes clogged, and the fire does not
burn freely. The debris OF food must
be removed from the body, or con-
stipation will result from neglect, and
all sorts of trout les march after con-
stipation. A girl should be as con-
scientious in maintaining her physical
health in this particular as in any
other. The root of outward beauty
is in inward cleansing every day. Take
plenty OF outdoor exercise. Kun
jump. skate in season, play tennis I'D
basl etball, an live In the open air
all that you can. Sleep in a cool room
With the windows open Fresh air
and exercise are good beauty pre-
scr.ptions.
Among the things not to do let me
nrst caution you against eating too
many sweets. The candy habit is re-
sponsible for most of the hateful
pimples and the sallow skin that syir .
SO much dread. w nm 4 hear that
much OF a schoolgirl, allowance oes
Into the coniectioner's money-drawer,
1 need TO know nothing more. loo
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-01-20

Dunn-Fortune knocks once at every
mans door.
Dyer-Fortune needn't stop to knock
at mine.-Town Topics
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-01-20
BY MARGARET &c. sANGsrER.


Copyright. 1905 by Joseph b. Bowles)
a schoolgirl OF IA is old enough to
care good deal about her looks. and
nobody should blame her or accuse
her OF vanity. if she wishes for a
good complexion and bewails a bad
one l have known mothers who vor
ried not itue because Jessie and
Jenny liked to look in the glass as
they passed it. and who seemed 10
think the custom worthy of rep.oof.
Now, girls, please don't tell anyone.
II l whisper my own little secret. l
have always loved to see myself in a
mirror, and, to this day, l cannot re-
sist its fascination, and am sure. I'M
less in great haste to keep an an.
pointment, to pay my respects to it,
as l go through the room where 1t
hangs.
A friend of my girlhood had a love
ly room in which were four long mir
rors set in four high doors. 1t was my
delight TO take a book to that room
and seat myself on a sofa In the
middle OF IL, with looking-glass in
each corner, repeating the furniture
and books as well as the young per-
son in the center. Later / slept dur
Ing a visit to the south, in a cham
Der of which one side of the wall was
a great, cleaning sheet OF glass, from
Dashboard TO ceiling. In that room
colonial bellies had dressed for colo
NAL dances in the days Of long ago.
In these days when l look in the
glass. do not see my own face only,
but often seem TO see faces OF dear
ones who are not with me now; my
mother, my sister, and others who
were once here. You are too young
TO have the sort OF pleasure in a
looking glass that you will have by
and by. Meanwhile. when you come
10 visit me, you may look in the g,ass
as much as you like.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-01-20

I hope you will see a pretty COM
plexion reflected there.
a complexion has great deal to
do with girlish beauty. For one
thing ii is an index to your health.
sickly complexion showing unertlnE-
ly that the body is out OF order. A
rough, sallow. OF pimply complexion.
with red spots or the ugly things
called blackheads. disdgure any girl.
and spoil the effect OF regular fea-
lures, as a blotch or blur would spoil
a picture.
There are a few things TO do. and a
few not TO do. IL you would have a
nice skin, and a good color, and be
free from boils, pimples and insight
ly patches upon your face. Indis-
pensable 70 a good complexion Is a
bath from head 10 foot every day. ~he
best time for this bath Is in the morn
ing as soon as you rise. Wash thor
ouShly every inch OF the body. and dry
with n rough towel, 50 that the fric-
ton will bring n warm glow to ne
surface. A tub-bath is not necessary
A sponge-bath is quite as good, II YOU
have no tub.
Some girls fancy that soap must not
be put on the face. This Is an old
fashioned prejudice. Everything de-
Ponds on the soap. which ought to
be OF the best quality. In a toilet
soap II Is wise TO purchase a delicate
variety, not OF the very cheapest.
either. Wash the face thoroughly
every night at bedtime with nne roam
and tepid water, rinsing it well and
removing the lather, and drying IL
with soft towel. Once a day Is often
enough TO use soap on the face. but
this one using should never be
omitted.
Blackheads are accumulations of
dust and dirt in the pores OF the skin.
To press them out with a watch-key.
or TO fuss with them at all is very
foolish. A little cold cream may be
applied, after the thorough washing
with soap. but this is seldom neces-
sray. A schoolgirl whose face is
really clean will have no blackheads
to bother her.
AS for treckles, they are the kisses
OF the sun on a fair skin, and NO one
should be worried over them. II
they do distress a girl. she may re-
move them by using lemon juice free
~. adding to 1t an equal portion of
much diluted glycerine. Never use
glycerine either with rose water or
lemoA juice. unless you dilute II free
ly with water. A country girl nay
drive away freckles by washing her
face frequently with butternliIk,
which is one OF the best possible To-
lions for the skin. Be very particu-
lar never to use another persons towel
and wash-cloths.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-01-20

The Hessian fly cost wheat growers
about S40,000.000 In 1905 A.a.aer an
expensive little insect
During the Quarrel.
You are a cad. sir. I think I'll lend
you book on etiquette"
"Delighted-but can you spare lit"
Cleveland Leader.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-01-20

BOARDING & LODGING
Rates Reasonable. All the Comforts
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-01-20

horse Human-Like In Makeup.
The horse is the nearest like a man
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y y OF Home "a
The Washington times., 1906-07-15

maids The Lancet hopes that this
example VIII be followed in England.
A man who was arrested for breaking
in.o q house IN Berlin explained that he
only wished "a pair OF shoes belonging
TO a celebrated Russian woman pianist
who was staying in the house A COLI
lection Of womeD's shoes. all docketed
and catalogued. was found Ia mis- room.
MotorbO0ts OF all sorts are becoming
more and more numerous on the Vene-
tian canals. threatening 10 displaCe the
Old-time EOndCla- The EOndolieTs are
much disturbed In a dispute between
TWO OF theu and two electric launch
mon the latter were stabbed. one fatally
Some Polish editors have a hard time
In a parting word TO his readers the
retiring proprietor OF the Polish paper
GornOslazak says that during the five
years Of the papers existence the re
suonsible editors have spent four and
a half years Ia prison, while S3,150 has
been paid in fines.
Can a dog be convicted OF murder
Last December a man was murdered
and robbed at Interlaken. Switzerland,
and a curious feature OF the crime was
the large part played by dog. The
Trial OF the two men who were charged
with the murder has just come 10 a
conclusion. The two men we're sentenced
to penal seryitude for life and their
dog to death.
j. D. McFaH, Of Wichita, Kan. has
had half OF a grapeshot removed from
The Washington times., 1906-07-15

new automatic repeating rifle capable OF
firing five shots Ia ten seconds. II the
tests are successful its adoption by the
army is considered probable.
The Emperor OF China rises al 4
o'clock in the morning to study English
and Manchu before breakfast which
meal is at o. He makes up for this OUT
put OF energy. however. by retiring 10
bed at suuset--Tit-B
A Chinese murderer, before being
hanged in Batavia. asked TO be supplied
with ticket 10 Singapore. 50 that he
could have Il on his person after death.
The request was granted and ne died
with a smile on his face.
Leoncavallo, the composer conductor,
who VIII visit this country next season
with an orchestra Of siXty-five musi-
clans. win give entire opera and misCei-
laueOus numbers, without costume or
scenery, and viii bring eight singers TO
aid him.
a short time ago on remote part OF
seas, say that they escaped from the
penal settlement Of S0umea, on a raft
constructed OF slaves Of beer barrels,
and sailed 1000 miles on H.
After a struggle lasting several years,
the respectable portion of the English
community in Burma has succeeded in
securing the passage OF a law forbid
ding the employment Of women as bar
The Washington times., 1906-07-15
q. A. R. Movement to Erect
Monument in Arlington
Cemetery.
ALL POSTS TO CONTRIBUTE
Resolution Adopted and Appropriation
Voted by Potomac Post,
No. II.

A suitable monument to the memory
of the wife Of Corporal Tanner. COM
mander-in-ehief of the Grand Army OF
the Republic. is the object OF a move
ment that was inaugurated Friday night
al the meeting Of Potomac Post, No. II,
Grand Army Of the Republic, and which
Il is believed will become national in its
scope within a very short while.
The resolution. which was introduced
BY Commander W. A. OMeara. carried
an appropriation OF s. and with It a
request that each Of the $500 posts
throughout the United States make a
similar appropriation.
The resolution cOmmends Itself 70 the
department commander and circular
Is IN course of preparation which Will
place the appeal before every post al d
every Womans Auxiliary IN the cou 4
try. with a request that the appropria-
tion Of eacn post be sent TO Minneapolis
on the occasion OF the annual meeting
In that city next month