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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-08-26

raj OTHING was ever quite SO alto
gether fit and good for daily
wear as the pretty little ruff
fed and starched sun-bonnets which
the grandmothers of today wore in
their childhood. Made of washable
ginghams and chambrays, more or
less ruffed and embroidered, they
constituted a part of every girls
wardrobe. An assortment Of two or
three did service for a summer, were
consigned to the tub when soiled and
emerging from their laundering fresh,
delightful and as good as new.
But for some reason, or lack of rea-
son, people Of the towns and cities
gradually discarded the sunbonnet and
substituted for it straw hats, more or
less practical. Recently favor has
started back to the washable article
and as a compromise the washable
hat has been steadily growing in
popularity.
In the meantime ohildrens' hats for
daily wear are made of a number of
durable straws in the lovely natural
straw colors, in white and in all
cOlors. The best-liked, with very
good reasons, are the rough glace
straws in natural color. These stand
a vast amount of wear and a certain
amount of rough handling.
There are hIilans for those who are
willing to pay the price, the coarse
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-08-26
Tons of Water.

3 A grass plant will, in the course OF
a hot day, exhale its own weight of
water, and young leaf of wheat or
rye exposed to the sun may even ex-
hale its own weight in an hour, is a
surprising statement to be found in
the Agricultural Year Book Expert
ments summarized by Storer indicate
'that more than 800 pounds of water
Ipass through plant, and are trans
5pired from its leaves for every pound
of dry matter fixed or assimilated bv
the plant" In Wisconsin, King found
the mean amount of water used by
barley, oats, corn, clover, peas and
potatoes in producing a ton of dry
matter ranged from 270 tons for corn
TO SIG tons for clover, 1.-THE average
Tor the six crops being nearly $50
tons. or four acre-inches, for each ton
OF dry matter"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-08-26
Birds of Montana.

81 can remember" said an old resi-
dent of Miles city. when there were
only a scattering few of song birds in
this section of Montana. Today there
are American birds Of every descrip-
ton, the robin, the meadow lark, the
yellow hammer, blackbird. the wren,
the dove. catbird, kingfsher and in
fact evc~y kind except the English
sparrow. There are more of these
birds every year.
'The English sparrows, so common
in eastern cities, have not as yet
gained place in Montana, and taking
in consideration the trouble they
cause, they are not to be encouraged.
OF course there has always been the
cowbird in this state, but the real
blackbird has only been coming in re-
cent years"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-08-26
SPORT ON ISLAND OF sULU
Uncle Sam Owns 1t Now-The Old
Sultan Seems to Have Been
Some Fancy in His Day.

The common sport of the old sultan
of SuIu was boar hunting, carried on
with a fine breed of native ponies. An
English traveller at one of these hunts
thus described the sultana, typical
Suiu woman: she wore full Turkish
trousers of blue silk richly embro1d-
cred, and a blue vest fitting very
tight and ornamented with gold but
tons, lace in front, using the universal
sarong as a covering for her shout
-ders; around her head clear bum
kerchief was tied turban fashion;
white cotton stockings and pair OF
Chinese slippers completed her out
ward Visibilities. Nearly all the Sulu
women wear a deal of yellow, which
contrasts wildly with their luxuriant
black hair, and like the men they ride
well and also in the same style"
Capt Edward L. King Of Bridge
water, in whose arms the famous Gen.
Henry Ware Lawton fell dying when
picked off by sharpshooters at San.
Mateo. the Philippines, December Is,
1899, has recently been appointed
governor of the Sulu archipelago, the
most southern of Uncle Sans terri
torial possessions.
Deer are plentiful on the islands
There is an enormous day flying bat
which is said to present a most weird
and supernatural appearance. There IS
no elephant or tiger hunting on these
islands as on their near neighbors.
The two highest mountain peaks on
Sulu proper are still covered with
the primeval forest. The highest is
known as Bu'aat Timantangis or Hill
of Tears"
AS a reason for this name the ma
tives assign the fact that it is the last
bit of their native land which is Wis
Ible when they go away On their
trading excursions.
Men and women ride ponies, buf1a-
1oes and even COWS to the markets.
There are displayed for sale sweet
potatoes, mangoes, bananas, vans and
corn cobs, the universal receptacle is
a neatly woven basket of cocoanut
leaves. Nuts for the betel chewers
are on sale together with little pack
cts of the leaves of the piper beteL
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-08-26
Indian Ruie for Orators

the savage often appears strange to
us, but there is sometimes reason in
what at first sight seems eccentric
A South African tribe has an eff
-fectual method of dealing with bores
which might be adopted by western
peoples. This simple tribe considers
long speeches injurious both to the
orator and his hearers, so to protect
both there is an unwritten law that
every public orator must stand on one
leg only when he is addressing an
audience. AS soon as he has to place
the other leg on the ground his ora
ton is brought to a close.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-08-26
BETRAYED HER LONELINESS
Old Lady on Getting Ready to Go
Home Enumerates Every Train
That Passes Through Town.

That dear old Connecticut lady
with whom I board for two weeks ey-
cry summer got pretty homesick on
her visit to New York." a woman said.
She did not complain. From prayer
meeting to Coney Ialsnd she was game
for every metropolitan wonder the
younger members of my family offered
to show her, but the day she got ready
to go home she unconsciously betrayed
row lonesome she had been.
I'll leave here on the 1918 train,
she said. That will get me to the
station = home at lao and out to the
house about o'clock
Then she went on and enumerated
every train that passes through her
town in the twenty-four hours and
named to the second the time of its ar
rival and how long it stayed That
was how I knew she had been home
sick. Last summer q time table was
a literary and mathematical mystery
whose complexities she never attempt
ed to grapple with. Tell her every
day in the week that there was a
train due at $40, and half an hour
later if questioned she would reply
Is there, dear? I never can remem-
her,
But in her inconsistencies she
turned to that despised time table
for companionship and learned its
trains by heart. In imagination she
went home on every one of them and
never again will she forget when the
LAO or any other train is DUE
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-08-26
Work of Dust Storms.

Seward flowing waters are not
alone responsible for the denudation
OF soils Those who have watched
dark dust storms approaching viii be
interested to know that estimates OF
solid material suspended in the air
run from $50 to $4,000 tons per
cubic mile Of air where such storms
are prevalent The aeolian geologist
Ud6en, taking conservative values
and using fairly accurate data for
the number. velocity and duration Of
the dust storms in the western states.
concluded that "on the average about
$50 million tons Of dust are carried
LAO miles each year, thus doing in
this region alone about 1,225 billion
mile tons Of transport" The dust
whirls run each an average of 2Is
miles.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-08-26
TO CLEAN THE STRAW HAT
Mixture That viii Restore Natural
Color After the Sun Has Bieached
Head Covering.

To restore the natural straw color
of q hat clean with a paste Of lemon
iuice and sulphur and cream OF tar
TAR First brush the hat thoroughly
with this mixture and then rinse on
with clean water and press Sailor
hats are beautifully cleaned In this
wav Wash white straw with oxahc
acid which has been diluted with wa
ter. A Ieghorn hat can be cleaned
with water or acid-dampened corn
meal Brush It lightly and place 1t
over burning sulphur to bleach the
straw. The sulphur may be burned IN
a can in the bottom Of a barrel and
the hat may be suspended at the top,
where it will not scorch- one can
freshen a colored straw hat with dyes
or water color paints diluted IN gaso-
line. If properly applied to nat
these dyes will give the desired color
When a hat cannot be given its orig
inal color. it can be dyed black, and
black is always practical.
If your black hat is little worse
for wear and the crown has become
somewhat loppy through acquaintance
with the spring rains, renovate it by
dampening the crown with cloth
moistened with water and then press
it dry with a warm iron. Cover the
crown with H,acs, with a pink rose
peeping out every now and then The
effect is very artistic, and this meth
cd of trimming is fashionable as well
as handy in concealing the limp side
crown
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-08-26

institutions given up to the care OF
the sick Probably the best known
society nurse is Lady Annesley, one
of the most beautiful and popular
women both in England and Ireland
She spends much of her time in the
wards of the Dublin hospitals and has
founded a village hospital in the
grounds Of her country home in Ire
land Even as a young girl she was
passionately devoted to that particu-
lar line Of work and but for her mar
rage would have adopted nursing as
a profession She is the second wife
Of Lord Annesley, one of the repre-
sentative peers Of Ireland, and is re-
n0wned as a charming hostess She
has been instrumental in forming the
first aid" classes which are now an
important feature of the practical
side Of society life in London
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ing by mine. don't want to be
with any one else when l can have
you, and l had hoped you felt the
same way
4 have asked you to be my wife, -
was the reply. Isn't that enough?"
Il am not sure her voice was trou-
bled. Il am not sure, Bruce"
When a man says that" was the
cool rejoinder, "a woman should trust
him AS / said before, | don't see
why you should make a fuss. Mar
1orie."
She stood very still and pale in
the door of the summer house. Per
haps | am foolish" she said, but |
cannot be happy when you treat me
this way"
Bruce came up behind her and thus
brought himself into the visoin of the
near-sighted old man.
Silly he said, and leaned over
Marjorie and kissed her.
Then from the other side of the
hedge came voice: She is not silly"
said Jonas Kent; sit is you who are a
fooIi"
They stared at him in amazement
Never before had they seen the re-
cluse of the rose gardens. People had
talked to them of him, of his almost
forgotten love affair which had made
him withdraw from the world. and
live alone with his books. He stood
before them now a shaking old figure
In shabby suit, but there was about
MIN dignity which made ridicule i'm
possible
He beckoned to them with his long
forehnger. Come over here and let
me talk to you" he said.
In spite of themselves they obeyed.
He had the air of one who had al
ways commanded
But when they sat on the stone
bench beside the fountain Bruce said:
You called me a fool. sir, will Won
explain why?"
The old man locked at him thought
fully Il called you a fool because I
was one In my young days 1 tested
Woman's love as you are testing
tnls girls, and one day she rebelled.
and let her go, and since then there
has been for me-nothing." His old
voice quavered- Il could never for
get"
oA- ~ lAO IOSO garden ne told his
little story to the lovers.
She was such pretty little thing !"
he said. In those days women were
praised for their gentleness and their
meekness, and loved her because she
was different She was a beauty too
and wore her hair in curls that fell
about her white neck and made
frame for her fair face Pink was her
IaVorite color. ana she used to look
like rose when she came to meet me
here in this old garden loved her,
and at last l won her. We were to be
married in the fall Then one June
day there came a visitor from the
city She was a dark beauty as i'm
perious as my own little lady. From
the first moment they were friends. I
think was bit jealous of their Hk-
ing for each other. for would have
my sweetheart think of no one but
myself l think. too that / wanted
to test her. to have the thrill OF con
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-08-26
Lace MItts Are Worn.

Lace mitts continue to be kept at
glove counters and to find buyers
They range in price from dollar or
so to almost anything, according to
quality Of the lace. And 1t is the high
est priced ones that are taking with
the shoppers The mitts are worn on
hot nights for dinners and for dances
and they are sometimes seen IN fash
ionable afternoon turnouts with rich
costumes. Mitts never 90 quite out
OF use, though little Is seen Of them
on the city street and In public places.
Still, the woman who would have her
hands comfortable and at the same
time make a pretense Of covering
them can always resort to mitts-
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-08-26
Beyond the Law

When Farmer Fairweight came to
London on a flying visit he discovered
many things-that buses could 20
without horses; that you could walk
for whole hour without striking a
field or an acquaintance, and, finally,
that you couldn't hit a policeman sim
ply because he compels you to move
out of other peoples way
AS he was being taken to the sta
ton he inquired what the policeman
intended doing with him.
You'll find out soon enough said
the policeman. grimly. Seven days,
probably"
Seven days! All, that's where l
have We, old bluebottle!" chuckled the
farmer triumphantly, producing the re-
turn half Of his tickets I've got to
go back home on yI''-Answers
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An Idea for Packing.

As you pack your bag or suitcase
keep an account of the articles you
take with you This viii help you in
many ways
When you start for home you viii
know whether or not you have lost or
mislaid anything.
And should the baggage miscarry or
get lost or damaged in any way list
Of your belongings will be most help
full in settling matters
But don't, when you have made it.
do as one girl did-pack It away In
the trunk
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Concerning Skirts.

Skirts are being made slightly full
er than they were in the early part Of
the season, but they are still cut with
the long slim lines which will prevail
during the fall season.
The popularity of the panel back
and front still holds. The newest skirts
have plaits inset at the sides to give
the desired fullness.
The raised waist line with an inside
belt to keep 1t firmly in place is 3 fea-
ture on the modish models
Separate skirts are strictly tailored.
and those that do not show the, panel
effects are either cut perfectly plain.
trimmed only with stitching orihaTe a
simulated tunic effect obtained by the
use Of blue bands.
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Exhibition 81 Real EaIth.

William Spills little girl, who had
been playing at making mud pies.
aided by a tiny sprinkling can for a
reservoir, ran to her father as he
alighted from a car, bearing q pack
age Of dry-cleaned wearing apparel.
Pointing to her muddy little boots Fa-
ther Spill admonished his tiny daugh-
ter, impressing her with the value Of
2 neat appearance
That night the young lady offered
her usual prayer with great earnest
ness And don't forget, dear Lord, :"
she prayed feFerishly, ito dry-clean our
streets, and my shoes, for Jesus sake.
amenf"-CIeVeland Leader
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tips, which are virtually forced out OF
guests made indignant by, the con
slant lowering OF the waiter over
their shoulders, but the real profit
producing tips which come from
faithful service and diligent +just-the-
Embellishments" attentions pro
n0unced abnoFmaLat,2 49a5z1f =
}The last mentioned species of tips
is, the kind Juan always went after
He has made q study of the art It
is his profession, and his progress in
the chosen line speaks for itself
Forty-six thousand dollars saved from
tip earnings in Chicago hotels and
$4,000 saved in the same profession
at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York
is the extraordinary record of this
phenomenal waiter
The tipping system, which in many
instances has degraded the true pro
fession, causing a decrease in hotel
receipts, is upheld by Muller.
Always be on the Job and forget
yourself is the motto of this capital
fst
When 7 first went into the bust
ness" says Muller, 81 made a thor
ough study Of human nature. I took
note OF how other walters made them
selves disliked by patrons 1 OBJ
served the scoWl on mems faces and
the look Of irritation when a waiter
persistenuy lowered about the table.
That was a lesson / never forgot and
the one which meant success for me.
If there is any one thing more
than another which q patron detests
it is the self-evident greedy intentions
or waiter who is constantly lifting
up the water bottle, shifting the
dishes, smoothing out imagined
wrinkles in the tablecIoth at the i'm
mediate right Of the diner, and max
ing himself conspicuous and his wants
evident. That kind Of service never
makes hit in any hotel, and, while
the waiter who practices IL usually
gets tip, 1t is small and a disgrace
to the real profession
Human nature is the same the
world over. and when a person thinks
your sole desire is to get his money
he dislikes you, and in the waiting
profession TO have the good viii Of
your patrons is essential to success"
Juan Muller is thirty-five years old.
He was born in the northern part OF
Switzerland and came to New York
at the age Of twenty. For four years
he was employed as head waiter at
the WaldOTf-Astoria, and in 1900 he
went to Chicago. Besides saving
$4,000 he has purchased a home on
the north side Of Chicago.
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The Hem of : skirt.

A skirt may be finished in much the
same manner as a mans trousers, If
the binding braid be stitched in the
bottom in the usual way. Put in a
strip of mending tissue the width Of
the braid when turning it up to haste
and press with hot iron
The braid should be fastened at
each seam and the effect will be by
far heater than that obtained by the
old method
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-08-26
Pretty Well Fixed.

Visitor-"Was old man Jones well
fixed. do you know?" Native-"You
bet! He left prize contest coupons
good for s45 on a thousand-doIIar pi-
ano, IS credit on a sewing machine,
another one for first payment of SO
in series of seventy-fve payments
on a Long Island lot, and a missing
word coupon good for 81 worth of
groceries in a Chicago house If you
bought 500 worth hrst"-Puck.
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Eor MendIna EnameIware.

To mend a hole which has been
made in an enamel pan the following
is very effective: Take equal parts
sifted coal and sffted table salt. mix
ogether and pack into the hole Place
the pan on the stove with a little wa
ter In It until the cement hardens. Il
viii 500 become a. hard IS the
enamel Itself
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-08-26
Lac Deadly Eorelan submarins.

Apropos Of the numerous accidents
that befaH foreign submarines, Lewis
Nixon, the shfpbuilder. said at the On.
ion Club in New York:
Two French government officials
we're once discussing naval affairs.
g To what account said the first
hay our new submarines. the x and
XI, best be charged%
=. To the sinking fund, Of course.
was the reply"
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DON'T BUY WATER.

When you buy bluing for your IagT4-
dry work, get RED CROSS BALL
BLUE A pure solid ball Of blue, not
a bottle Of colored water.
Used in thousands Of homes for 20
years. Makes clothes pure white.
Two sizes and 10 cents AT ALL
GROCERS.
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est fashionable
craze, that Of
nGrsing. The
aristocratic Lon
don women who
do not go in for
this decidedly
practical art are
few and far be-
tween, Queen
Alexandra her
self having re-
peatedly eTidenc-
ed q decided in
terest in various
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-08-26
Encouraging HIS appetite.

When l have any difficulty IN get
ring my boy OF three and a half years
to eat his food at the table we start a
little game We name each bite for a
member OF the family or for = little
playmate or some place he has been.
and It is surprising what an amount
he wiz eat sad en5oy-HAFper's Ba-
E~.
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A Reforming influence

What has become OF the sea ser
pent that used to show up every sum
mer?" asked the hotel guest.
Had to chase him OF the coast. "
replied the clerk He caused so
many men to take the pledge that ne
was killing business for the bar"
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J0eSDected.

Suddenly the umpire called time
Jaw, what's the matteri" demand
ed the catcher
Somebody in the grand stand sp-
plauded me-" he said, wiping the
binding tears from his eyes, and I
wasn't prepared for that
Play BALI"
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This useful little garment can be
made in many different materials.
such as zephyr, linen or serge; it is
cut Magyar and has buttons sewn
down front, some of these form fas-
tening, others just trimming; striped
material is used for the collar, cuffs.
waistband, and to edge skirt
Materials required: IL yard -
inches wide, q yard striped material
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Consistent.

Jaggs prides himself on his con,
sistency doesn't hep"
ITO such an extent that when he
went on a spree while he was in
mourning, he declares he saw only
black snakes
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One. at Least.

she-You are just like ali men; you
would not admit that you ever made a
mistake to save your life
He-As If hadn't told you time and
time again that the mistake of my Iift.
sWas. In marrying you
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He'd Get II.

Howell want to get all that's COM
ing to me-
Poweu-We1. stand right where you
are; theren be an automobile along in
q minute or two.
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Recovered Later.

You were absent yesterday on ac-
count of sickness
81 was
Were you really sick?"
Well. l was pretty sick along about
the sixth inning"
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Oh, So Suspicious

Very suspicious man, they say"
Very. Bought a dictionary last
week, and now he's counting the
words to see if it contains as many
as the publishers claim"
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snendina the surnIua.

Talk about Napoleon. That fellow
Wombat is something of a strategist
himself"
"As to how?"
Got his salary, raised six months
ago and his wife hasn't found It out
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Her Privilege.

He's the man of the hour"
Isn't there ever a woman Of the
hour?'
Yes; but it takes her an hour and
q half"
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Where Property Is eoino TN.

Prospective Tenant like the
house. but don't like that huge build
ing in front. It's such a dreary out
look.
Agent-Oh, but that's only a gun
powder factory. It might explode any
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A Game7

What was that tiresome old ex-
plorer talking about?" inquired the
languid lady.
Progressive Patagonia"
And how do you play it?-
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dies have dene Tor
me-, For two years
1Eufe1ed The doc
tors said I bad tn
mors, and the only
remedy vas the sur
geon's knife Ny
mother bought me-
Lydia E. Pinkham's
We ge { q Bile Com
pound, and today I
am q healthy Wo-
man. For months
I suffered from In