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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-09-14

A Pocket Book Of White Embroidered
Linen.
white linen being used as material.
The pocket book was embroidered
with white embroidery cotton in a tre-
foil pattern, round dots also being set
on at regular intervals. A double
line Of the embroidery cotton formed
the border.
Another style Of pocket book is an
exact copy of the popular strap peck
ct book, with a handle on the back,
which may be slipped over the
fingers. When finished it should be
seven inches wide and four and a
quarter deep. The strips should be
about II inches long to bring this
SIZE when finished The strips are
folded up much like an envelope with
the turned-over flap coming to within
an inch of the bottom of the pocket.
he foundation for the purse is made
OF heavy white canvas, cut just like
the linen covering except for the flap.
The stitched handle was made of
canvas, covered with the linen, and
was sewed to the back of the purse.
II a monogram has not been used on
the flap, the owners initials may be
embroidered in small letters on the
handle. The flap was folded down
with hot iron.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-09-14
LONG LIST OF BIRDS THAT -.
EAT SCALE INSECTS
Valuable Service Rendered Holding Check-By
w. L. McAtee, Asst Biological Survey.

The Importance of birds to the farm
or in his warfare against insects is
everywhere recognized; indeed, it may
be said that successful agriculture
would be well-nigh impossible with
out their aid. One important role,
however, is filled by birds, in which
the value of their services has not
been appreciated, chiefly, no doubt, be-
cause the facts are not generally
known. This is as destroyers of scale
insects. Very little has been pub
lished on the subject, although at least
six foreign species and about the same
number of native ones have been re-
ported as feeding upon scales. These
facts have been either overlooked or
little weight has been attached to
them. > Indeed, only recently currency
has been given to statement that
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-09-14
The Linen Crock.

Linen robes, Faithfully hand en-
broidered, are on view in all the
shops, and there are, too, embroidered
bcrdure linens-that is, linens with a
deep embroidered border. This bor-
der is most often executed in fine
soutache, with French knots and &C.
casional embroidery stitches scattered
throughout the intricate design, and
the result is often exceedingly ef-
fective. Linen laces dyed to match
the material are used upon some new
linen frocks and coats, and such dyed
lace in cluny, filet or antique forms
most successful trimming, some soft
lace, such as valenciennes or fine
batiste embroidery, being necessary,
however, near the face and in the in
evitable undersleeves.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-09-14
BELTS FOR THE SUMMER.
So Many Varieties That All Tastes
May Be Suited.

AS long as the shirt waist survives,
belts must remain in fashion, and
every year the variety appears new
and unlimited. Just now general at
tention is centered upon belts for linen
and silk suits. !.
IN white kid there are many novel
ties, and all are more or less ornate,
at least so far as the detail work is
concerned, for the general effect is
sufhclently plain to go with tailored
SUITS. But the soft kid is tucked and
shlrred and treated in marvellous FASH
ION, as though it were so much white
satin ribbon. Sometimes when the
pliable leather is quite wide it is
drawn through smaller buckle, with
IN which the surplus fullness is drawn
into the narrowest possible corded
tucks. Again the leather is ornament
ed with a delicately tinted floral de-
sign IN silk embroidered applique. In
all these cases there are two buckles,
one front and one back. These are
usually not ornate for ordinary wear.
Chamois and undressed suede are
also used for betting in natural colors
with plain gold buckles, and in the
elastic ribbons bead trimming is also
used. Taffeta ribbon belts to match
the tie are also perennial favorites,
and are always in good taste with the
linen suit.
A woman requires several belts for
summer If she wears tailored suits at
all. She should have one to match
the suit, and one elaborate jeweled or
handsome silver 'ceinture. For her
"hlte linen suits and ginghams she
may add as many more as her fancy
and her 'pocketbook dictate.
The short-waisted frock has by no
means done away with the need for
oelt or girdle. Its position is shifted
upward, but wide belts or girdles of
satin ribbon with large buckles are
feature OF many of the modified en-
pire modes.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-09-14

ed scale (Eulecanium pruinosum).
which attacks fruit trees such as april.
cot, peach, prune and cherry, and Is
already important economically, with
possibilities of becoming serious pest
if unchecked. It relishes also the apri.
cot scale (Eulecanium armeniacum)
which is an enemy of apricot, prune,
pear and other trees.
In the southeastern United States
occurs an allied genus of scale insects,
Toumeyella. The cardinal feeds upon
at least one species of this group.
Distributed chiefly along the Pacific
coast is scale which is closely re-
lated to those of the aforementioned
genera and is preyed upon by many
birds. This is the black olive scale
(Saissetia olea, fig. u.
Another scale insect which Is eaten
by several birds, but which differs
from the aforementioned species in that
it confines itself to single host plant,
is the oak scale (Kermes). Oak scales
are not conspicuously injurious, but
this fact does not detract from the
value of the birds which feed upon
them, since we can be assured they
do not neglect other kinds which are
destructive. In fact, one of the oak
scale feeders, the. rose-breasted gros-
beak, is already known to feed upon
other and harmful scales.
The following species of birds have
been found to devour the oak scale:
Rose-breasted grosbeak, red-eyed
vireo, white-eyed vireo, worm-eating
warbler, magnolia warbler, blackpoll
warbler, Canadian warbler.
The oaks, infested as they are by
the comparatively innocuous Kermes,
are fortunate in comparison to the
naples, which are attacked by Pull
vinaria. The cottony maple scale
(Pulvinaria innumerabilis) is a special
pest of the tree from which it derives
it's common name, but it is found upon
scores of others.
Among scale insects eaten by birds
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-09-14
The "ChasubIe" Coat

Automobile enthusiasts have taken
an interest in the new chasuble coat
with open sides which falls absolutely
straight at back and front like the
ecclesiastical robe for which it is
named. It is made of heavy linen or
pongee and so far has been finished
with bands of heavy lace around the
whole garment. On the fronts and
sleeves it is usually finished with cot
ton passementerie and brandenburgs.
The first qualification of this coat for
summer use is the readiness with
which it clasps.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-09-14

lished observations on this point are
those Of R. Newstead, Chester, Eng
land. He mentions four scale insects
which were preyed upon by five spe-
cies of birds, and it is to be noted that
two of the scales and two of the birds
are identical with species occurring in
the United States. The house spar
row was found apparently feeding
upon the hawthorn scale (Eulecanium
genevense), which occurs only in Eu-
rope. Another scale insect, neverthe-
less, and an injurious one, the oyster
shell bark-louse (Mytilaspis pomo-
RUM, which was eaten by the birds
Mr.. Newstead studied, is a common
pest in the United States. 1t was fed
upon by the tree-creeper, a near rela-
tive Of our brown creeper.
Recent investigations show that a
very much larger number of our North
American birds prey upon scales than
was expected, and some eat them to a
considerable extent. Their influence
upon the number of these pests, while
ceous insects, is of far more impor-
tanc ethan has yet been recognized.
Among the scales they devour are
some most notorious pests.
At least two native birds eat the
plum scale, which is destructive to
cherry and plum trees. One of them
is the beautiful rose-breasted grosbeak
(Zamelodia ludoviciana). A female of
this species collected by the writer in
Indiana had eaten So of these scales,
composing IS per cent. of the stomach
contents. Two other grosbeaks from
Illinois did still better. One consumed
about IS plum scales, which made up
IS per cent of it's food, while the other
had eaten nothing but plum scales, of
which it's stomach contained more
than 100. The cardinal or redbird
also feeds upon the plum scale, one
taken in Texas in April having con-
sumed a number sufficient to form "a
per cent. of it's stomach contents.
These two species of birds devour
other scale insects also, some Of which
are closely related to the plum scale.
The rose-breasted grosbeak has been
found to eat the hickory scale (Eule-
canium cary@) and the tulip scale
(Eulecanium tulipifer@). The latter
is very destructive to shade trees in
some parts of the eastern United
States. While both the rose-breasted
and the cardinal grosbeak eat scales
of the genus Eulecanium in large num-
bers, we have been unable to identify
specifically any others, with the prob
able exception Of the locust scale,
Eulecanium robinarium (Douglas),
from the stomach Of a cardinal collect
ed in Texas. Another grosbeak, the
black-headed (zamelodia melanoce-
phala), at home in the western United
States, preys upon scales of the same
genus. It is knownsto select the frost
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-09-14

to the tidy, while they are also very
useful in keeping the sticks in place.
The tidy itself is of pale linen made
in pocket form, and fairly deep, so
that the combings will always be out
OF sight. It is bound at the edge with
heavy. white cord, and finished in
front with a single pale pink rose with
green foliage, embroidered in washing
flax thread and in the natural tints Of
the flowers and the leaves. Linen is
suggested rather than silk, as the tidy
can then be washed and replaced,
when occasion requires.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-09-14

Generally the only entertainment
necessary is the musical programme.
You can have musical quotations on
the cards bearing the programme and
If you wish to give favors, get the
pretty candy boxes which comes in
all sorts of musical forms. You can
serve elaborate or simple refresh
ments. l think a bowl Of frappe with
ice cream or an ice all sufficient in
the summer time.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-09-14
Women in Postal Service,

One of the signs of growth in our
postal system appears in the employ.
ment Of women. UP to 1862 women
had never been employed in the ser
vice. Then they were admitted to the
dead-letter ofice-eight of them. Now
of the 1875 employees in the depart
ment in Washington 800 are women
and there are in the whole country
27,6O0 women employed, generally in
the stamp delivery or, money order
Offices, and receiving salaries running
from $500 to $1,700 year.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-09-14
MAKE HALL PRETTY
TO NEGLECT ENTRANCE
TO HOME.
Proper Decoration and Arrangement
Gives Visitor Good Impression of
House-liIustration Shows A.
propriate Furnishings.

Our first impression of the home
we enter is often decided by the hall
appearance, and if this is badly ar
ranged and decorated the other rooms
are likely to be in keeping with it.
Little can be done with the average
hall in narrow city houses, but it may
at least be kept from being dreary
and forbidding.
A well-chosen stair carpet, wall
coverings of good rich color, and
doorway draperies in tones to match
go far to bring about this result. The
less furniture the. better. An UNI
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-09-14
Zap" Effect in Sleeves

A variation Of the fashionable jana
nese and sling sleeve effects is found
in some Of the little coats of striped
SILK, showing the sleeve and underarm
section cut in one. This is quite un-
like the Japanese sleeve, for, though
1t gives the long shoulder effect, it fol-
lows the line of the arm. The coat
has the most charming little empire
vest formed of embroidered taffeta,
the scallops of which are turned back
and stitched down very close over
fancy lace braid, of which only enough
shows. to form a piping beyond the
edge Of the scallops of taffeta.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-09-14
FOR THE DRESSING TABLE
Novel Toilet-Tidy Will Make a Prett,
Ornament.

The dainty little toilet-tidy shown
in our sketch is made on something
the same principle as an easel or a
standing photo-frame, and would prove
a pretty ornament for the dressing
table.
1t is arranged with three long and
slender pieces of wood, some seven OF
eight inches in length, and one short
er piece to go across the top. These
pieces of wood are kept in position by
firmly tied bows of pink satin ribbon,
which are connected by twisted ends
and which serve to give pretty finish
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-09-14
Pin Cushion Covers,

Lingerie pin cushion covers are at
tractive for the daintily equipped
dressing table. They are oval in shape
and Of sheerest linen, hand embroider-
ed, and finished with frills, which
are button holed in deep points, and
outlined in real Valenciennes lace.
The covers are fastened to the cush-
ions with tiny buttons and can be
easily Numbered. They sell for eight
dollars.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-09-14
Priest Cane for. Bridesmaid

Little priests capes" of creamy
Venetian lace, which are caught in
the center of the back with huge
buckle and fall in long graduated ends
to the bottom Of the skirt, represent
a very pretty finish to net gowns for
bridesmaids. The lace is repeated
again as a covering to hat of white
crinoline, which requires no supple
mentary adornment save huge
feather secured with a large buckle
repeating exactly the tones of the
flowers in the bouquet.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-09-14
The New Combination of Lacee

One Of the combinations Of lace
that seem the most modish this year
is that of Valenctennes and flet. The
lighter lace is used to edge patterns
In the f1let or, in the form of entire.
deux, is incrusted in the heavier lace.
AS rule rather heavy Valenciennes
and a light flet are chosen. This
seems to replace the Irish and Valen.
c1ennes OF last season. III. IL.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-09-14
LINEN POCKET BOOK
WHITE MATERIAL Is BEST FOR
THIS DESIGN.
Can Be Made by the Home Worker at
Comparatively Little cost-Neat-
iy Embroidered, It Makes
Pretty Trinket.

Linen is coming more and more
into favor as a material for small
articles, and calendars, desk sets.
purses, bags and many other such
things are seen in the art needlework
stores and their popularity is due to
its strength and it's neat and fresh
appearance. A design for a linen
pocket book is shown in the drawing,
which might very easily be carried
out by the home worker at small cost.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-09-14
friends who conspired with the host
ess to make the party a success.

friends who conspired with the host
ess to make the party success.
On "the" four chairs at the dining
table four bibs were tied. The favors
were dainty celluloid rattles, while
white storks bore the place cards in
their bills, but at "the" four plates
each bird had tiny doll baby done
up in small square Of linen. The
table centerpiece was a good-sized gilt
cradle, with canopy of dotted Swiss,
tied with pink ribbons. Tiny pink
rosebuds were scattered over the table
with maiden-hair ferns.
The napkins were folded like doll
babies and fastened with safety pins.
Candies, fairy lamps and number of
little night lamps furnished the illumi.
nation, while advertisements of all the
baby foods adorned the walls. These
had been cut from magazines and
mounted on cardboard. There were
also numerous lads" of go-carts, cribs
and high chairs.
The menu consisted of celery soup,
chicken outlets, mashed potato in
ramikins, tomatoes and spaghetti,
fruit salad, ice cream in round ring
molds, with wee bottles of paregoric,
angel food and chocolate
The afternoon was spent in working
on various articles for the little
strangers, and at five o'clock the host
ess served what she said was camomile>
and aniseseed tea" with baby "educa-
tor" crackers.
On departing the guests received
small boxes which contained a minute
cake of soap and a dolls hot water
bottle.
My Dear Madame Merri: Is it prop
er to have shower for a bride at
breakfast? If so, what time? Is this
shower supposed to be a surprise to
the bride?
What would' be proper for the
menu?
Should the parcels be sent to the
hostess before the appointed time and
when and how would be the most ap-
propriate time to give them to the
bride.elect? Would it be proper to
invite married ladies'? BEATRICE,
A breakfast is served at IL, half
after or one o'clock, not later, and the
same menu is served as one would have
at luncheon, with the exception of
soup. The bride-elect may or may not
know of the shower. I think it is in
teresting to have it a SURPRISE The
parcels should be sent to the hostess
before hand and they should be given
after the lunch. 1t would be perfectly
proper to invite married ladies.
MADAME MERRI,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-09-14

l should write little notes, wrap
them in cotton, then place in envel-
opes, saying nothing that it was in
honor of t3le anniversary. Then at
dinner the wedding day have all the
decorations of white, using cotton in
every available way. I knew of a
first" anniversary dinner where wigs
of fluffy cotton were provided: this
made a lot of fun. Down south one
can buy little cotton bales that would
be fine for favors.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-09-14
The Listeners Excuse.

1t we always directly turned the
other way when We heard anything
obviously not intended for our ears,
we should lose vast deal: of amuse-
ment.-Eton College Chronicle. p, =.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-09-14

0rella stand, chair, a chest and mir
TOR with hooks, are all that is neces-
sary. Pictures should be of rather
formal style, carefully chosen and
sparingly used.
In summer homes or suburban
houses the widest latitude is allowed
in the treatment of the hall. The
illustration shows a simple and at
tractive way to furnish the ordinary
hall. The first three feet of side
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-09-14
moiogy.)

other than those above mentioned is
very abundant and widespread spe-
cies, the oyster-shell bark-louse (Myt1-
laspis pomorum, fig. -, which is some
times quite injurious. Indeed, It Is
said that in some sections the oyster
shell bark-louse is, with the exception
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-09-14

Dear Madame Merri: am going to
give party and want it to be a must
>ale. What should be done to pass
the evening besides music, and what
should be served, etc.? ROSE
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-09-14
OLD SUBSCRIBER.

1t is impossible to give names and
addresses in the department. If the
reader will send a self-addressed
stamped envelope to Madame Merri,
IN care of the paper, the information
will be forwarded.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-09-14
New Works Bio Debt.

New York city is the second in the
Union for size Of per capita debt, ii
being $685., Newton Mass, com
ing first, with $125.58. a z ..s..>... .z>s=.-
WASHlNGTo N-218 SO. , .s5 s,zs 80
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-09-14

Fig. 3.-Oyster-sheIl Bark -louSe (Mytl
laspis pomorum). (From Howard,
Bureau Of Entomology
of the San Jose scale, the most de-
structive/ scale insect.
Following is a list of birds ascer-
tanned to feed upon scale insects none
of which were specifically Identified:
Hairy woodpecker Dryobates villosus).
Northern downy woodpecker Dryobates
p. medlanuS).
Red:cocKaded woodpecker Dryobates
borealis).
Arctic three-toed woodpecker Picodes
articus).
Yellow-bellied woodpecker (sphyrapicus
varius).
Red-headed woodpecker Melanerpes
Blue jay (Cyanocitta cristata).
Orchard oriole Qcterus spl1rius).
Baltimore oriole Qcterus galbu1a).
Cedar waxwins, (AmpeIs cedrorum).
Townsend warbler Dendroica town
Tufted titmouse Baeotophus bicolor).
Bridled titmouse (Baeolophus wollwe-
Carolina chickadee Parus caronnens1s).
Ruby-crowned kinglet Regulus calen-
dula).
Varied thrush Qxoreus naevius).
= All told, 81 species Of birds have
been found to eat scale insects. It Is
interesting to note that this number
comprises representatives of II fam
lilies, differing widely not only in struo-
ture but in habits. They are distrib-
uted as follows: Nine woodpeckers,
2 jays, 8 orioles, 8 sparrows, 1 wax
wing; 6 vireos, II warblers, 2 wrens,
1 tree creeper, 2 nuthatches and 8 tits
of the titmouse family, kinglet and i
gnatcatcher of the Old world warbler
family, and the varied thrush and the
bluebird.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-09-14
For a Cotton WeddinQ,

l am thinking of giving a house
party for some girl friends, celebrat-
ing our first wedding anniversary, and
l am writing for suggestions from you.
How shall I word the invitations or
should they be informal notes?
MRS. HERBERT T.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-09-14
When to Cut Alfalfa. =. Alfalf

When to Cut Alfalfa. - Alfalfa
should be cut when coming into
bloom, and not too close to- the
ground. Hay caps to cover alfalfa
and protect it from dew, rain and SUM-
shine are desirable. One-half the
value of alfalfa hay may be lost it it
is not properly protected.-Prof. r, A.
Moore. - ~ III - : 2 8 :.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-09-14

For summer wear this will be found
a very cool and becoming little bon
net; although our model is in embroid-
cry, the pattern is equally suitable
for silk, velvet or fine cloth.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-09-14

The above request has been the bur-
den of many letters received lately. I
think the best way to pacify the stork
is to reprint the party" in as con-
densed form as possible.
In the affair described there were
four honored guests and six intimate
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-09-14
a Stork PartV,

Some months ago description of a
stork party appeared in Madame Mer-
ri's department. I have lost the paper
and ask you to kindly repeat and
greatly oblige one who is a constant
reader of your paper.
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ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS
Advice and Suggestions Furnished
by Nine. Merri.

Dear Madame Merri: Please send
name Of book on the niceties of So
ciety and oblige
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-09-14

birds never feed upon scales. Not
only is this statement not true, but in
vestigations by the biological survey
prove conclusively that scales are
eaten by many species of birds and
that with some species they are a ia
vorite food.
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