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The Detroit times., 1910-03-29

greatest economy-the food chopper
and the ireless cooker. We can buy
the gery cheapest round and flank
steak and with our food chopper NIX
II for loaves and other yiands fit for
any table The cooker bakes beans
cheaply and anything that must be
stewed or baked. for it keeps the gas
bill low.
Constance herself bakes pie and the
less rich pastries. Because of our
slight consumption of y, We found 1t
no economy to bake bread. We have
kept our health good by eating salads
in moderate quantities.
Our gas bill hasn't been over 30
cents any month this winter, yet
every cold night we have had an open
fire in our living room Early in the
winter | bought one OF those new big
incandescent electric lamps for 90
cents and installed IL in our living
ROOM IL has given us a beautiful
light and is apparently in as good con-
dition today as when | bought it, Yet
our electricity bill hasn't been over
$1.i5 any month this winter. av-
eraging 80 cents below any other bill
that comes to the building.
Constance has taught me to wear
things that have been fixed over. So
now | cheerfully get my hats cleaned
and reblocked my shoes half soled,
my clothing repaired. Before | was
married had false sense of shame
to do such things. But when the girl
fellow has courted tells him he looks
just as we'll In repaired clothing as IN
new. he Is apt TO believe IL.
As for Constance's clothing don't
know how she does il, but she buys
less than I do. but always has more
and better-looking clothes than have.
She has taught herself to be an ex-
pert needlewoman. Each spring and
fall she patronises sewing school,
paying s. for 10 all-day lessons"
The school simply amounts TO
this: The pupils" make their own
clothes, under the critical direction of
expert dressmakers--the teachers"
This spring Constance is adjusting TO
the present styles two old suits CT
hers buying perhaps. 50 worth OF
materisls-cost OF the two new suits,
$40 She expects TO take a second
term OF lessons" and make herself
number OF summer frocks.
Neckties are an expense 10 any
young fellow who must appear mod.
erately well-dressed on his job Ties
are costly, and they soon grow dirty
The Detroit times., 1910-03-29
I'm G
.MNOOCIETY

"The Girls OF 1908" will give q
cancing party In Dufield hall. Thurs
day evening. March 81.
Branch No. 2S6 l.. c. q. A., will give
pedro party and hop Wednesday
evening. March so, in Knights OF CO.
: lumbus hall
Annunciation parish will give n
hard time" pedro party in O'Neilrs
nan, wednesday evening, March 80,
Tor the benefit OF the church.
The final Sunday evening popular
concert OF the series given the pas.
winter by Detroit lodge OF Elks III
their temple, presented brilliant pro
gram and those taking part were
heartily apRaudcd.
Among Detroiters sailing from New
York on the Kocnig Albert, Saturday,
7 were Mrs. Cameron ID. Waterman.
Miss Margaret nepdrle and Emanuel
J. Berger
Great success attended the candy
an6 egg festival held Easter Sunday
at st. Francis orphanage. for the chill
dren or that institution. Gaily colored
eggs and lots OF cardy brought Joy 10
the hearts of the boys and girls, and
the large number of visitors attend
Ing were made az joyful in seeing the
pleasure of the children.
There is a great deal OF interest in
the appearance Tuesday evening IN
Holy Rosary church of the Paulist Boy
Choristers, OF Chicago. This fine or
Ganization is unique in Roman Cath
ole circles, and II said 30 compare
very favorably with similar organize
tons in Europe. Tickets for the con-
cert may be secured at the door OF the
church, Tuesday evening,
The last OF the winter series of Sur
day afternoon lectures in the Museum
of Art was given Easter Sunday. Di-
rector Griffith, in The course OF mis-
talk on American landscape painters,
cited the large number OF Michigan
artists who had become famous in
Europe Director GrifIlth plans TO de-
vote his energies this summer to push
ing work on the new Museum OF Art,
but hopes TO find time 10 make several
short trips In search OF material for
next seasons lectures.
The Easter vacation trip taken by
n party of Detroit school teachers 10
Washington, -. C., and surrounding
|points. proved very pleasant aud
profitable outing according to the
members of the party, which returned
| TO Detroit Saturday evening. The
Irarty. under the personal direction OF
Principal w. A. Ellis, of the Dufiie!d
school included the following: Mr.
md Mrs Jerrold Walton. DR.. and Mrs.
|G0ux, Mrs Roesman and sin Richard,
Mrs. Lulu Butler ard son Louis, Mrs.
. knoblock, Mrs. VIM N. McLennan ana
sen VIM. ~. Jr., Mrs. > landlord,
Jonn Naylon AMI John 7. Naylon. and
the Misses c. NJ. Flaherty. Jean L.
Knight. Irene Thompson. Abbie Kircf'
|ner Av6de Straw, Emily Daniel,
Madge Slattery, Madge Carroll, Min
nie Schrader, Emma Radcliffe. Flora
Burlage. Matilda Henris. Isobelle HUI.
Mary Tower, Laura Nayion, Grace HUI
bel. Mabel Cross. May Johr, MAJ
Northrup. Emmn Hemenway, Flora
Millet and Ethel Plckard.
The Detroit times., 1910-03-29
Copyright. 1910. by the Author)

At the next meeting of the Story
club, DOllchild arose and read heI
story, which she had very carefully
Written out. Frecklcberry said bis
wasn't fair, but he was overruled
The story was about the Gonagain
and how he hides himself
Every animal has some way to pro.
'tcct itself against its enemies read
the Dollchild. This must be SO. be-
cause every writer on natural history
say IL is so. and anyway you can see
IL for yourself Life is just one long
game of hide and-seek among the ami
mails, only 1t isn't a very pleasant
game for the animal caught.
But ] am quite sure you have
never heard Of an animal which pro-
tecls itself as the Gopagain does. Have
you ever heard OF the Gonagain2 No?
Well neither have / but that makes
no difference
The G3naeain is a very voracious
animal That means 1t can eat a great
deal. Some writers call il the Greedy
Gonagain, or they might call IL that
II they had ever written about IL. II
really isn't fair. though, TO call the
Gonagain greedy As matter of fact,
it must keep its large stomach nearly
empty as a means OF defense
THE flesh OF the GOnagain Is the
very daintiest mOrsel ever tasted, or
It would be If anyone had ever tasted
II. Itshas the favor OF a trufne. with
just a tinge OF wild strawberry and
honey. and Il smells like cookies just
out OF the oven. II you can think of
anything better than these. why, II
tastes like that. too.
This delicious flavor OF the Con.
again makes IL very much sought af-
ter Every animal hunts II day and
night, or,would hunt Il. II II were only
known that there were such a thing
The Detroit times., 1910-03-29

as the Gonagain. Why, once Con
again was chased by a horrible, hun
cry crocodile behind him and by a
man-eating lion on one side and a
half-starved royal Bengal tiger on the
other. and they chased him right TO
the edge of cliff which hung over
the deep, deep ocean, and i'm the ocean
he could see the black fins OF sharks
waiting 10 get him II he jumped i'm.
There was a tree on the cliff, and the
Gonagain was just going to climb It
when he saw the biggest boa con
strictor ever constructed up in the
tree. So there was no possible means
OF escape for the poor Gonagain; that
is, there would have been no possible
means of escape, if he had been any
thing else than a Gonagain.
Luckily for the Gonagain. he
hadn't had anything 10 eat for three
weeks, so he bit off his tail and swal.
lowed II, and then he unjointed his
hind legs and swallowed them and
then he crowded his stomach up be-
hind his ears and swallowed the back
part of his body right up 90 his head.
and then he turned his long lips in
aud swallowed his head. After that
there was nothing else TO do but to
swallow his stomach. and when the
lion leaped and the tiger sprang and
the crocodile brought down his Jaws
and the boa constructor dropped TO the
ground. Just who're they thought the
Gonagain was. why. there was nothing
but a nice smell OF cookies just out Of
the oven.
And they all rolled over the clin
into the ocean. and then the Gonagain
Just unstomached himself and ran
away"
The Detroit times., 1910-03-29
Gym THIA GREYS
CORRESPON DENTS

4
Dear Miss Grey: ID What does
alma mater mean?
CD | am not permitted to so GU;
with young men. How can | refuse
Without hurting their feelings
A STUDENT.
ADA Latin phrase meaning fos-
tering mother, applied 10 colleges by
those who have studied there.
CD Thank them. and tell them why
YOU must refuse. II they are sensible
they will appreciate the situation and
admire you for your obedience TO your
parents.
Dear Miss Grey: | have been go
Ing with a young man for two years.
love him and | think he loves me,
rs he has given mp all others for me.
Yet he never speaks of marriage.
What would you do?
JENNIE C.
"A girl cannot take the initiative
in heart affairs. Why not try the old
bluff" of going with another fellow:
II that does not work, better quit him
altogether.
Dear Miss Grey: (1) What can |
dc to prevent blushing? (2) How shall
| dress in the evening when receiving
caller? go Are dreamy eyes con-
sidered pretty? READER.
A.-Q). Nothing. Blush all You can.
(2) Wear a pretty wash dress II
your house is comfortably warm.
CD Yes.
Dear Miss Grey: What was Poe's
inspiration for writing The Raven"
BEATRICE.
Ale was naturally morbid, ana
the death OF his wife cast just such
shadow upon his life as is pictured In
this poem.
Dear Miss Grey: % When boy
walks TO school with a girl and does
not offer to carry her books, should
she hint for him 10 carry them? GU
Should a girl allow n boy TO wear her
jewelry? DiAlh.
A-Tho answer to both these ques-
tlons is-certainly not.
Dear Miss Grey: What is the mean
| inc of Erin go Bragh, and the pipe
and the pig on post cards?
IRISH GIRL.
A.-Erin go Bragh means Ireland
/ forever" The pipe and the pig are
merely used for decorative purpose.
Dear Miss Grey: | would like re-
cipes for old-fashioned doughnuts anu
ieIIv roll X A. Nj.
A.-Take a pint of bread dough ana
mix with it one-third cup shortening
one cup sugar. one-half grated nutmeg
and one well-beaten egg. Add enough
flour to stiffen. so that IL may be role
and cut. Let rise and when light Try
in hot fat.
Dear Miss Grey: What kin Is my
step-grandmother' sisters child 10
meq DAILY READER.
A.-None.
The Detroit times., 1910-03-29

But mine do longer service than most.
For Constance rips them up, washes
them, turns them inside out, stitches
them up again. and their second life
is usually longer than their first.
But our experiences are just illustra-
tons of how we follow the two rules
Of low rent and not wasting. Every
one must work out their own expert
ments. But If all kept these rules
high prices and high rents would
tumble.
The Detroit times., 1910-03-29
Saved A Soldiers Life.

Facing death from shot and shell In
the civil war was more agreeable to j.
A. Stone, OF Kemp. Tex. than facing
II from what doctors said was con-
sumption, IL contracted stubborn
cold" he writes. that developed a
cough, that stuck to me in spite OF all
remedies for years. My weight ran
down to 100 pounds. Then | began
to use DR.. Kings New Discovery,
which completely cured me. | now
weigh IT'S pounds" For Coughs, Colds.
La Grippe, Asthma, Hemorrhage,
Hoarseness, Group. Whooping Cough
and lung trouble it's supreme. Trial
bottle free. Guaranteed by Il. c. Kin.
sell Central Drug Co.. Gray & Worces
ter.
Some Of the cotton foulards are as
beautiful as the silk.
The Detroit times., 1910-03-29
Good Spring Tonic

I'VE have taken Hoods Sarsaparilla
Tor a spring tonic and as blood puri-
her. Last spring | was not well at all.
when I went to bed | was tired and
Nervous and could not sleep well. An
he morning ! would feel twice as
Iired. my mother got n bottle OF Hoods
which | took. | felt like
new person when ! had finished that
Hottie We always have some OF Hood =
S,edicines in the house" Hilvey Ro-
3elie. Marinette, Wis.
There Is no lust as good" medicine.
insist on having Hoods.
Get a today I'm usual liquid form or
ShocoIated tablets called Sarsatabs.
The Detroit times., 1910-03-29
|ALL AROUND
| THE HOrRI
By Cynthia Orgy

Warm water, soapy lather and soft
brush Is the best recipe for cleaning
gold and silver jewelry.
Decorated china plates should be put
hway with round pieces OF canton han-
iei between them.
Wash your hosiery before wearing
Dc. 1t will weac better N
II corn does net pop we'll soak 1t in
rold water Is minutes, drain and try
bgain.
Mend broken articles with liquid
tourt plaster.
Wash cocoa stains on linen first III
told water without soap before wash
ng in the usual way
Use discarded safety razor blades
Tor removing button hooks, eyes ana
snaps.
Sprinkle enough flour for gravy on
he bottom Of the tan after the roast
9 hot. DO not season nor put water
n until 1t is heated through. ThuS
here will ,be a delicious brown gravy
ready when roast IL done.
Use soda to vast your hair Drush'
Il cleanses quickly and does not soften
tristles. as does soap.
White cornmesl and gasoline mixed
nto a paste will clean white, yellow
Ind gray straw hats
Among :he hes: vegetables for puri'
wing the blood are spinach, carrots
nd parsnips. when contain an abund-
nee OF iron. Lettuce, cress and celery
hould be eaten freely.
The scum must be removed from
hin pickles every day. else they viii
ret soft. The addition of a few horse
adish roots Will help to keep The
bickles sound and firm.
When making pie dough. make
Enough for several pies. After max
ng one pie. wrap the dough that IL
eft in waxed paper and put In cooi
blace Thus it is easy to make fresh
bic occasionally.
81 hn
The Detroit times., 1910-03-29
WHEN CARRYING BUNDLES.
5Y ROSE STAHL,
Gtar ~ oTha Cb0rue 4 ADV

ON"' ~ -" O''0' TO I""J'
The gentle art i lifting ones skirts
Is one that every woman should learn.
When you are loaded with packages
and are about to take a car, gather
the skirts well up anc bend so that you
can get better purchase on your par
cells, saving them from flying in all
The Detroit times., 1910-03-29

directions as you step aboard.
When mounting the stairs the skirts
should be held up in the front only
They should be let trail as much rs
possible in the back. They will moi
hinder the carriage in this way, and
Will add to the grace OF the ascent
Take the skirt by each side near tie
'front.' do not try to hold the skirts
III one hahd.
The Detroit times., 1910-03-29
TIE LIVING PROBLEM - SOLVED!

John Youngove This City, Did John Writes
the Whole Interesting Story for the Daily Times
The Detroit times., 1910-03-29

Many of the large hats of the sea-
hon have straw crowns and black
faced brims.
The Detroit times., 1910-03-29

Tomorrow the Storyman will tell of
Mother Natures Christmas TJee-"
The Detroit times., 1910-03-29

The one time 10 hold the skirts high
10 when one is crossing a muddy
street it is false pride that lets 4
woman allow her skirts TO drag IN
the mire and filth Of wet road. You
dc not consider II immodest TO be seen
on the beach in bathing suit cut 70
the knee--why then, is it immodes'
10 cross the wet payements with the
skirts held well above the ankle?
The Detroit times., 1910-03-29

Dear Miss Grey: What kin Is my
step-erandmother's sisters child 10
me? DAILY hEADEn'
A-NOne,
The Detroit times., 1910-03-29

Dear Miss Grey: What was Poe's
inspiration for writing The Raven
BEATRICE.
Ale was naturally morbid, and
the death OF his wife cast just such
shadow upon his life as is pictured IN
this poem.
The Detroit times., 1910-03-29

The scum must be removed from
HIN nickles every day. else they viii
ket soft. The addition OF Few morse
fadish roots Will help to keep ths
bickles sound and firm.
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-06
Believes I'm The Progressive Farmer
and Gazette and Raises Rice.

Messrs. Editors: Your good horse
sense, coupled with your clean open
and above board policies, ought to
particularly appeal to every farmer
Tell the 1S-year-old young man if
we would look to our interest and
support The Progressive Farmer and
Gazette as we should, it would be as
good a college as he needed, provid-
ed he would buy an Avery 3-mule
disk and 2-horse Avery cultivator
and some of same make of steel
beam 7inch-cut turn plows and a
14-disk harrow. Keep these tools
going and make cotton side show
The man working for 500 per
month won't be in it. OF course,
the young farmer must get down
into the dirt as you always advise
and make we'll pulverized seed bed
and fill his ground with humus. If
we will adopt these plans we will
soon change the name of "hayseed"
and elevate our profession to one of
power and influence we never dream
ed Of.
Tell us hayseeds anything and we
believe it. Tell 1t over and over in
strong and vigorous terms and a
majority of our sort will take for
granted what our friends, the specu-
lator, professional politician and
patent medicine fakir, tell us with
out any further proof.
Keep up your sledge-hammer
blows and if possible increase the
weight of your sledge.
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-06
Soy Beans for Hay.

Messrs. Editors: | see in a recent
Issue that Prof Massey says he would
like to hear from some who have
sown sofa beans broadcast.
have sown them broadcast, alone.
with sorghum and kafiir corn, and
with cowpeas.
| first tried them with black peas
planted about June Sth or 10th. AL
though this made an enormous crop.
II was not quite satisfactory. In the
first place. since grew It especially
for hay. | had to wait for the peas
10 develop till the beans had rather
passed their best stage for hay. hav-
hard as to hurt the mouths OF stock
when thoroughly dry.
Next. they were so tangled that
found 1t very difficult TO NOW and
stack. and very mean to bale.
But with the Iron pea. which
grows In much shorter time land for
many reasons the best OF all cow
peas). planted about July LIST. the
result has never failed to please.
prefer to plant each separately
rather than sofa beans and sorghum.
For hay | prefer them mixed with
Iron peas at the rate of one-half
bushel OF each 10 the acre. For green
feed they are hard to beat. and are
most profitably sown alone in rows
and cultivated.
ZENO MOORE.
Edgecombe Co., n. c.
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-06
Another Cheap Waterworks system.

| want to give you our system of
home waterworks as requested in
your most valuable Progressive
Farmer and Gazette.
My tower, rs feet high cost $40:
cistern, capacity SKIS feet, cost $40;
gasoline engine, 6-horse-power (sec-
ond-hand), cost $125. This engine
runs grist mill and crusher, and
furnishes water to five different lots.
for all house purposes, including
bathroom and kitchen I am about
to put water fan in dining room.
All pipes and connections are sec
ond hand, costing six years ago $50.
The whole plant was put up by my
two boys, except foundation of en-
CINE which cost $14.
| hope this system Of water works
will induce many others to do the
same, and will help to keep many
boys at home.
l.. c. GAUTHIER.
st. Martinsville, La.
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-06
About Chloroform for Chiggers.
HAYSEED.

Messrs Editors: The remedy given
by Mr.. Worden for chiggers has one
serious drawback, and that is, if you
put people to rubbing chigger bites,
and chiggers with chloroform, you
will have some folks who do not
know its local effect, blistered all
over, and as I read the prescription,
and thought of the possible conse-
quence, l was more or less amused,
as I thought of the fact that the rem
edy would be worse than the disease
unles properly and carefully applied.
If chloroform is to be used, or if
chloroforming Mr.. Chigger is good
means of stopping his depredations,
rather than apply it as most people
would do, not knowing it's local irri-
tating effect, I would rather put a
twist on the chigger's nose, then
chloroform him and hang him on a
pole, like the farmers do hawks, or
bury him like all thoughtful farmers
do dead hogs, etc., from cholera, or
leave him out in the sun and let him
warp out of service, like some of
them do their machinery and farm
implements.
Dropping chloroform on in drop
doses would be all right, but rubbing
it on, as many would do-excuse me
please. I would rather scratch.
w. B. CRAWFORD, M. D.
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-06
Why Corn Fires.
ZENO MOORE.

Messrs. Editors: | notice an ar
ticle In The Progressive Farmer and
Gazette as to why corn fires. 1t looks
like any man with ordinary intelli-
genee could see the reason, by CIV
ing the subject a little thought. One
reason is that the land has been
in cultivation for years and nothing
put back to restore the fertility, and
the consequence is it gets poorer
year after year. II the land was
planted in some legume with the ad-
ditlon OF phosphoric acid, he could
keep up the fertility without the use
of commercial fertilizers. | doubt,
taking the country at large, that the
use of commercial fertilizers has in
creased the crops enough to pay for
the fertilizers.
Another reason why corn fires is
for the want OF proper cultivation.
Some people pillow out their corn
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-06
z PLOWHANDLE TALKS. [11

with turning plows and leave it to
take care of ITSELF hard rain comes
and the land bakes, and firing sets
in. If they would cultivate differ
emily and keep the land stirred late
as possible there would not be so
much firing. 1t does not matter
how thick corn is provided your land
has been properly prepared and Gull
tivated and rich enough to sustain
thick corn. The greatest reason, 7
suppose, is the lack of proper cult
walton. R. S. JONES.
Terry, Miss.
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-06
The Sort of Papers Not to Read.

Messrs. Editors: I am very much
disguised to see great number of
people take cheap Northern farm
papers which are filled with patent
medicine, stock food. and other
humbug advertisements.
You take very advanced stand
on these things in The Progressive
Farmer and Gazette, but a very cor
rect one. You are ahead Of the re-
ligious papers, for all of them I have
seen advertise patent medicines. But
not many carry the stock food hum
bug ads. C. S. ARCHER.
Baldwin. Miss
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-06
Value of Rye as a Cover Crop.

Messrs. Editors: When I was
much younger than | am now, my
father had fine farm on which
worked for several springs and sum-
mers and we always made big crops
of corn and wheat. | remember that
he, every year, sowed rye in the fall
and plowed it under in the spring or
late winter, and these places which
were thinner and less productive,
made as good corn as the richer plots
in the same field which needed no
soiling crops.
have seen statement that a
man from the Northwest went to
Georgia, bought a very poor place
and after the first crop he sowed
rye on 1t in the fall plowed it under
in the spring, for two or three years,
with the result of an increase OF two
or three barrels of corn each success
sive year.
JAMES ID. TILLMAN.
Harms, Tenn.
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-06

Mr.. A. L. French's article on
broomsedge is just what l have been
doing. | go little farther,-T litter
my lot and cowpens, and l f1at-bed
and sow II bushels of rice per acre
broadcast on the poorest land l have
and cover about 4 inches deep with
the straw. The rice will work it's
way through the straw and make SO
bushels of as plump grain per acre
as you ever saw. Then stack your
rice straw and get all the broom
sedge and fine straw you can for the
next crop. Don't plant in pen
or where water will stand, as
heavy rain will lift the straw and
when the water falls your mulch will
smother your rice.
HAYSEED.
Grangeville, La
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-06
Editorial Comment

testimony. IL more were needed, to
the value OF winter cover crops
While on most lands a winter-grow-
ing legume would be preferable to
the rye, still rye will help greatly.
and do not leave any land bare this
winter.