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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-01-21
NOVEL IDEA IN TEA GIVING
Passepartout Idea Work Used to Give
Enjoyment to the Invited
Guests.
accessorieI

When one of the members Of a de-
butante group sent out cards for an In
formal afternoon tea she wrote on
them Passepartout- Tea without ex-
planning what form the merrymaking
would take other than tea drinking,
and what part passepartouting would
play in IL.
The girls found the parlor table set
forth with a quantity Of pretty prints
selected from art magazines, art
photographs, etc, with shears, library
paste, mounts, glass, and passepartout
tape in different colors.
All drew around the table, and
guests were asked to choose the pic
lures they liked and to passepartout
them according to fancy. An hour
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-01-21
MUCH SUCCESS
WITH POTATOES
Prince Edward Island Produces
Annual Yield of 5000, 600
BusheI5-NewIy Cleared
Lands Prove Best.

Prince Edward Island is one of the
most successful producers OF the po-
tato. Its total area under cultivation
Is less than 100 square miles; the
annual yield of the potato crop aver
ages 5000 900 bushels
The most favorable results have
been obtained in fields that have not
been uanured for many years. The
opinion prevails that manure poI1utes
the potato and disposes it TO rot be-
fore and after digging Newly-cleared
woodlands yield large crops for many
successive years without the addition
Of any fertiIizing. To aid exhausted
soil commercial fertilizer is used. II
has been found that lime, cIinkers,
and coal ashes thrown On a field wIIl
set up scab. It would thus appear
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-01-21
AS TO BRAVERY IN ANIMALS
Man Discovers That Not All Beasts
Have the Instinct of
Fear.

Somebody at the table had said that
all animals possessed the instinct Of
fear
- don't know so much about that, !"
commended a man who looked like one
always ready to dispute anything from
the Decalogue down. Il remember
once going to the country to visit q
farmer friend of mine over the Sab
bath.
He took me around with him, and
while he was pottering about the barn
I strayed up into the haymow on an
exploring expedition. There was q
great window not far above the
ground, and I took an observation
from it.
In the barn lot just beneath my
outlook was a hired girl feeding some
chickens, ducks and geese Hanging
around, with nothing much to do ap-
parently, were a colt and a calf, two
cats, three pigs. a pet sheep, = stable
goat and yellow dog.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-01-21

rope and pulley right beside the stall
door so that the harness may be hung
on the hook and swung up to the cell
ing or out Of the way The harness
room is meant for extra harness. for
repair work and so on. With these
box-stails one viii use bedding liber
ally and clean them out only once e
month or even at longer intervals
With a trife of care the stall will al
ways be level, the manure trodden so
hard as to be air tight and with no
fermentation There will be no odor
in the stable and the horses viii be
kept cleaner and more comfortable
than where stalls are cleaned every
day.
AS do not like corncribs in stables
1 design to place a pair of round cribs,
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-01-21

4 the left is an over-bodice of
II material such as fine serge, cash
mere or face cloth. 1t has two
tucks turning from the center each
side front, on the inner ones small but
tons are sewn One wide tuck is car
ried quite over the shoulder each side,
and over the stitching passementerie
is laid; the neck and edge Of over
sleeves are bound with satin; the yoke
and under-sleeyes are bound with
satin; the yoke and under-sleeves are
mounted on a tight lining; they are
of lace, a puff OF the material being
placed at top Of lace.
Materials required: One yard 46
inches wide. IL yard lace; one-fourth
yard satin on the cross, two yards pas
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-01-21

They seemed to constitute such q
happy family that I thought it would
be a great joke for me to make a
sudden descent into their midst, as
the rural editors say. 1t wasn't much
of a jump. and out I went, landing
close to the hirAi girl
Well, you should have seen her
rum The cats went with her, lickecy-
split; the calf and the colt broke for
the open field, the fowls few to the
four winds, squawking, and the pet
sheep skipped for the stable after the
goat Everything scattered in alright
everything. that is, but the dog.
He didn't Every confounded gel
low hair on his body bristled up in a
second, and he was ready for action.
But I wasn't, and Il the farmer hadn t
heard the racket and come out 10 in
vestigate there's no telling, 1 guess.
what would have occurred between
me and that yellow dog. I have an
idea, but I don't care to bark back TO
disagreeable possibilities Don't talk
to me, though, about all animals hay-
ing the instinct of fear. Some of them
may have. but know one that
hasn't
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-01-21
CURE For anleH eRows..

The term high brow" is a bit of
modern slang typifying one whose
head is inflated with air or ignorance
instead Of knowledge 1t should not
be applied to any one with real learn
ing. Among the leading high brows
of the town are those persons who
think they think and who invariably
choose the most abstruse subjects
science. religion. the drama. state
craft-for their mental paroxysms,
says the New York Herald. No high
brow has ever been known to brood
over or lecture on OF write books
about Roller Skating as a Career"
THE Evolution of the Clothes Wiring
En-" or Bringing Home the Cows"
The organ which they call mind
leads them up from such familiar
fields to the cloudy regions OF intel
"isms" complete the destruction Of
their wits. It is, Of course, impossi-
bic to check the course of thought, or
what passes for thought, but it is
pity that the habit of attempting to
I'LL with highly seasoned philosophy
a brain that stands in sore need Of
such simple and nourishing diet as is
afforded by the Rollo books, for ex-
ample, cannot be summarily dealt
with in a Home for High Brows,
where faddists, immature consumers
of German philosophy, victims of sci
entif1c and religious quacks may take
a Kelley cure for pretentious ignor-
ance at the hands of masters of the
simultaneous school of thought.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-01-21

The incongruity of things appear
strongly in the objections one can note
in the New York papers with regard
to Central Park. For two or three
years the press of New York has been
mourning because the soil fertility of
that pleasure ground is not kept up.
Now they are up in arms over a re-
ported intention to dump street rub
bish in that park Yet if there is
any quicker and cheaper way to re-
store WORKOUT soil in large city than
to fertilize with the street sweepings
we have yet to learn of it.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-01-21
Novel Ornament.

A very pretty gown seen recently
was of gray chiffon over soft silk.
simply cut, and practically its only
ornament, besides a gold colored silk
woke with Chinese chrysanthemum
embroidery, was an enormous ribbon
chrysanthemum at the belt Each
petal Of the flower was strip of mar
row ribbon, with a triangular fold in
the middle of it, that turned it over
and gave a little heavier portion to
weigh It down. These folds were
ironed heavily into the ribbon, and
then the innumerabls petals were
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-01-21

sementerie. one yard lining. y dozel.
buttons.
The other is In rather coarse ribbed
serge; the deep 'rV' opening is filed
in with a yoke Of finely tucked spot
ted silk; turning from this is a trim
ming of satin with lace laid over it.
The box-plait in center front is
trimmed with buttons and cord loops.
The over-sleeYes are trimmed TO
match the bodice; the under-sleevss OF
tucked silk are finished at the wrist
with lace insertion.
Materials required: One and one
half yard 46 inches wide, three
Fights yard satin % inches wide, IL
yard lace, q yard lining.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-01-21

that this disease may be due to ne
chanIcal irritation IN the soil To pre-
vent rot, great attention is given to
the time Of digging The best time
has been found to be when the tons
begin to grow a dark green. not when
they have turned black When the
latter happens. the potato has already
begun to rot By observing these
methods. a white. smooth. rounded
root of medium size is secured The
best potatoes are shipped IN boxes.
carefully selected. and marketed as
No and No g
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-01-21
About Pressing.

When you are about to press q
piece of silk or ribbon, to make an
unqualified success of it, place a piece
of slightly dampened wrapping paper
over it before ironing. The paper is
something that is always on hand,
therefore it is not much trouble for
you to do this, and when you see the
result of your experiment, no vestige
of lint on your ironed piece, newish
stiffness to the fabric and a perfect
gloss, you will never depart from this
rIIlp
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-01-21

sewed in chrysanthemum shape at the
waist line with gold thread (the rib
bon itself was gold COLOR. Nearly all
the petals were allowed to droop and
fall in the natural way, only enough
being tackled back to give the fluffy
flower effect
And that ribbon chrysanthemum
made all the difference between sim
ply a charming gown and q really
stunning gown
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-01-21
For EVENING Erocks.

Bordered silk mousselines and
gauzes with borders OF plain orange,
above which are floral borders, are
made up into charming frocks with
touches of black velvet to give them
character, and there are other ex-
Quisite bordure stuffs in which the
border is OF Persian design, with or
ange the predominating color.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-01-21
Prize for Corn Yields

At a county fair in southern Viz
ginia this fall prize for the largest
yield of corn per acre was awarded tc
a man who made 169 bushels. A
fourteen-year-old boy raised 135 bush
els OF corn to the acre and won So
in gold offered by the government.
These yields demonstrate the posi-.
bilities Of good farming.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-01-21
pretty Crib Cover.

A pretty crib cover may be made
from a yard each of white and pale
blue or pink flannel On the coIored
flannel embroider a flower and bow
knot design; on the white q eonVen-
tional border and large central mon
ogram Bind the two together by
means of a wide satin ribbon and put
a bow or rosette in one corner, with
the colored side considered as the
top.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-01-21

''Grahame-White has earned $4,000
with his aeroplane during the past
season. Being successful aviator
appears to be even better than being
'Ty' Cobb" says the Chicago Rec
ord-Heraid. It is. until the aviator
breaks his neck
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-01-21

Scientists announce that the earth
will have grown so cold in a million
years from now that men will freeze
to death at the equator. Still, the
women will probably be able, even
then, to be comfortable with short
sleeves and shoes that expose their
ankles.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-01-21

A Minnesota astronomer says the
story of the Star of Bethlehem is
either "a myth. folk story of great
beauty, or a supernatural visitation
that can be regarded by individuals in
any manner they desire" AS this
leaves the story precisely where it
has always been, the astronomer
might well have spared himself his
labor in announcing his conclusion.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-01-21

Why do square-shouldered short
necked women persist in wearing the
big foppy black hats that drop to
their scapulas? From the side or rear.
these women seem to have no necks
at all. Their appearance is that of
deformity. 1t cannot be that they
have the advantage of multiple mir
rors in the shops where they get their
headgear
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-01-21

In the objections to having boys
learn sewing in the Chicago schools.
the critics overlook the advantage II
will be to the boys when they become
men to be independent of the tyrant
woman in the matter of getting
trousers buttons replaced.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-01-21

Members of the Steffansson-Ander-
son expedition to the arctic region
Toasted on whale that had been dead
four years. But that is not such an
extraordinary experience in country
of illimitable cold storage.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-01-21

such as are described in Farm Build
ings," at one enc Of the building, and
these admirable little rat-proof cribs
will prove far cheaper than putting
the corn in the stable and better in
every way As to the problem OF
straw, it is seen that there is large
provision made for hay storage. Room
may be left al each end for straw,
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-01-21
Pennsylvania Vegetables.

Pennsylvania annually grows 49,
600. 900 worth of vegetables. The Key
stone state ranks second TO New York
IN commercial importance Of garden
produce in the United States.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-01-21

There is In cold storage some seven
eggs apiece for every man. woman
and child in the country. We donate
ours to charity, to celebrate the fes-
tai season Who'll be next?
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-01-21
Denatured AIcohoI Slim.

Farmers In New York state are or
ganizing small companies to construct
and operate denatured alcohol stills
Pulp from cider mills and other b.
products will be used
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-01-21

The above model shows an attract
i've lightweight cloth suit in a pretty
shade of taupe. The velvet which is
used for girdIe, rOsettes and bands
down sides is a few shades darker
than the cloth. The buttons are cloth
covered and the stock and yoke are
aIlover white lace.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-01-21

Last year Uncle Sam smoked 1900
100000 cigars and consumed 1873 oOO-
600 gallons of spirits. which is speedy
sven for uncle.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-01-21

In feeding aged steers quality and
type are not so essential as in feeding
calves. provided the purchase prics &
propordonate
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-01-21
Ihoae Few Odd Hours.

'fHeSe's an interesting book"
What is 1t about?"
'Tt tells what street car conductors
do Whsa they are Pot working"
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-11-02

the shootin' begins, an I jumps down
stairs t the sixteent' floor :"
Bannerman opened dull eyes as
Maitland entered, and smiled family.
"Ah-h, Maitland he gasped
thought you'd come"
Racked with sorrow, nothing guess
ing of the career that had brought the
lawyer to this pass, Maitland slipped
into chair by the head of the couch
and closed his hand over Bannerman's
chubby. icy fingers.
Poor, poor old chap" he said.
brokenly. How in Heaven"
But at Bannerman's look the words
died on his lips. The lawyer moved
restlessly. Don't pity me-" he said
in low tone. This is what I might
have expected, | suppose
man of Anisty's stamp des-
perate character it's all right,
Dan, my just due. :"
81 don't understand, of course" fall
tered Maitland.
Bannerman lay still a moment. then
continued: Il know you don't. That's
why | sent for you. Member
that night at the Primordial? When
the deuce was it? can't
think straight long at a time.
That night | dined with you and
touched you up about the jewels? We
had bully salad, you know, and |
spoke about the Graeme affair. !"
Eyes, yes"
We'll I've been up to that
game for years. I'd find out where the
plumber was, and Anisty al
ways divided square. | used
10 advise him. OF course you
won't understand-you' never want
ed for dollar in your life. :"
Maitland said nothing. But his hand
remained upon the dying mans.
This would never have happened
ii Anisty hadn't been impa-
tient. He was hard to handle, some
times. | wasn't sure, you know, about
the jewels; I only said l thought they
were at Greenfields. Then | under
took to find out from you, but he was
FESTIVE, and without saying anything
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-11-02

to me went down to Greenfie1ds on his
own hook-just to have a look around,
he said. And so so the fat
was in the fire.
Don't talk any more, Zimmerman,
Maitland tried to soothe him. You'll
pull through this all right, and You
need never have gone to such lengths.
III you'd come to me-"
The ghost of a sardonic smile fitted,
anonymously, across the dying mans
waxen, cherubic features.
"Oh, hell" he said; you wouldn't
understand. Perhaps you weren't born
with the right crook in your nature
or the wrong one. Perhaps it's be-
cause you can't see the fun in playing
the game. It's that that counts"
He compressed his lips, and after a
moment spoke again. You never did
have the true sportsman's love of the
game for its own sake. You're like
most of the rest of the crowd-content
with mighty cheap virtue, Dan.
| don't know that I'd choose just this
kind of wind-up, but it's been fun
while it lasted. Good-by, old man."
He did not speak again, but lay with
closed eyes.
Five minutes later Maitland rose
and unclasped the cold fingers from
about his own. With heavy sigh he
turned away.
At the door Hickey was awaiting
him. Eyer lady," he said, as soon as
they had drawn apart from the crowd,
lis waitin for yeh in the cab down
stairs. She was gettin' a bit high
steerical nd l thought I'd better get
her away. -. Oh. she's waitin'
all right" he added, alarmed by Matt
lands expression. But Maitland had
left him abruptly; and now, as he ran
down flight after echoing flight of
marble stairs, there rested cold fear
in his heart. In the room he had just
quilted, a man whom he had called
friend and looked upon with affection
ate regard, had died a self-confessed
and unrepentant liar and thief
If now he were to find the girl an
other time vanished-if this had been
but ruse of hers finally to elude him
If all men were without honor, sll
women faithless-if he had indeed
placed the love of his life, the only
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-11-02
TRIBE HAS WATER WEDDINGS.
Hopi Marriage Ceremony Consists Of
Washing the Head.

Marriage among the Hopi, a tribe of
the Pueblo Indians, is an institution re-
garding which those most concerned
have least to say. When the parents
of girl find it expedient for her to
get married they look up an available
man and negotiate with his parents.
After the matter has been arranged
the principals are notified, the girl
goes to the home of the bridegroom's
parents and grinds corn for them for
three weeks, while the bridegroom
makes a kind of sash for the bride.
Then one morning at sunrise they
both battle their heads in cold water.
which completes the ceremony
There have been instances of the
bridegroom refusing to go through the
performance, says a writer in Outing.
1t has then proceeded without him
and been accounted valid and several
weeks later he has yielded and had
his head bathed.
The Navajo ceremony is much more
elaborate and impressive. but then the
Navajo girls are much nicer. The reg.
ular tariff on Navajo girl entering
the port of matrimony for the first
time is IL horses. On the second oc-
casion the tax is nine horses. while
subsequent marriages are free.
This is not purchase money. but is
merely tribute of respect to a moth
er-in-law and a token of appreciation
of the care and expense involved in
bearing and rearing the lady. a recog-
milton not unworthy of consideration
by civilized bridegrooms. On the 9th
er hand, and deserving of great con.
domination, is that law of MANY tribes
unwritten but of much sanctity, that
man and his mother-in-law shall
never meet after the ceremony.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-11-02
CHAPTER xVI.-Continued.


Il dunno" Hickey licked his lips,
watching with somber eye the prep
arations being made for the removal
of Anisty's body. I'D We give a farm
IL could We caught that son of a gun
alive" he added at apparent random,
and vindictlyely. "All right. Yeh be
responsible for tn lady, if she's want
ed, will yeh?"
Positively"
ress"
sIs that essential?"
"Sure. Gottuh protect myself n
case anythin turns up. Yeh oughttuh
to know that"
"I-don't want it to come out Matt
land hesitated, trying to invent
plausible lie
We'll. any one can see how you feel
about it."
Maitland drew long breath and
anticipated rashly. TITS Mrs. Matt
land" he told the man with tremor.
Hickey nodded, unimpressed. "Uh-
huh. | knowed that ell along" he
replied. "But seein' as yeh didn't want
1t talked about - And, .appar-
emily needless of Maitlands startled
and suspicious stare: IF yeh're gon'
to see yer fren'. yeh better get
wiggle on. He won't last long"
who? Bannerman? What the
deuce do you mean?'
He's the Teller | plugged in the
elevator, that's all. Put hole through
his lungs. They took him into an Of
fice on the twenty-first floor, right
opp'site the shaft"
but what in Heavens name has
he to do with this CHASTITY mess?"
Hickey turned shrewd eye upon
Maitland. Il guess he can tell yeh
bettern me-"
With smothered exclamation,
Maitland hurried away, still incredu-
lous and impressed with belief, firm
er with every minute, that the wound
ed man had been wrongly identified.
He found him as Hickey had said
he would, sObbing out his life, supine
upon the couch of an Office which the
1anitor had opened to afford him
place to die in. Maitland had to force
a way through crowded doorway
where the night-watchman was hold
Ing forth in aggrieved incoherence on
the cruel treatment he had suffered at
the hands of the law-breakers. A
phrase came to Maitland's ears as he
shouldered through the group.
&c. grabbed me an trun me
outer the cage. inter the hall. an then