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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-01-07
The stem Stitch.

Stem stitch may be embroidered on
the machine as well as by hand. Here
is the method followed:
Sew with rather a short stitch along
the stamped lines. Be sure to follow
pattern directly. Then thread nee
die with embroidery silk and pass the
needle and thread, eye first, under
each stitch. Keep on the upper side
of the material If 1t is thin fabric,
put paper underneath before working.
This method results in a well-raised
cord that is obtained In much quicker
lime than by hand embroidery, and is,
besides. quite as effective.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-01-07
CONCRETE FLOORS MOST
DURABLE AND SANITARY
Material Is Also Recognized Dairy
Stable Floors and Every Effort
Be Made

wood. should be removable so that
they may be readily replaced when
worn out
In making a concrete floor be sure
that substantial sub-base is secured.
Upon this spread three inches of mixed
concrete, consisting of one part ce-
ment. 21z parts clean, coarse sand,
and parts broken stone or clean
gravel spread in one continuous layer.
Unless there IS to be excessive wear
no finishing coat is needed If such
a coat seems desirable in the drive
ways il should be mixed l part &C.
ment and 2 parts sand The finished
coat should be about three-fourths
OF an inch thick and laid on in 4-inch
squares. the grooves about one-fourth
inch deep. Finish a floor in this way
and horses pulling a load Will not
slip and fall
Stall mats should be constructed of
seven-eighths inch lumber and so
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-01-07

The announcement that the two
ends Of waterway by which it will be
possible for vessels to avoid passing
outside of Cape Hatteras have been
joined, so that completion of the route
is a matter of but short time, is of
special interest. Cape Hatteras is one
of the most dangerous points along
the American coast, particularly at
certain seasons. and anything which
can lessen its terrors for mariners
or passengers will be a most welcome
change. Incidentally the canal in
question will form one of the links in
the Atlantic deeper-waterways sys-
tenn. which is destined to play a most
important part in the development of
the country's commerce and as an
adjunct to the national defense.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-01-07

Remove not the ancient landmark, %
is a Scriptural injunction to whose
value the United States is only begin
ming to subscribe in earnest, says the
Omaha Bee Spasmodic efforts at
preservation have been made here and
there, the most notable being in the
case of the Yellowstone, but the in
sensate greed of the unitarian world
has wrought heavy damage in many
spots Of beauty and wonder ere the
people awoke to a realization of the
wantoness. The Palisades of the Hud-
son have been saved after years of
desultory fighting, during which com
mercialism was steadily at work scar
ring the noble features of the Hudson.
Similar destruction of the famous Del
aware Water Gap has been averted
with the utmost difficulty Only pri-
vate enthusiasm and ability to pay
saved and perpetuated the Garden of
the Gods, which wealthy patron has
just presented as Christmas gift to
Colorado Springs
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-01-07

up with a deep hem. The coat has a
yoke back and front, to which the ma
terial is plainly set and taken to waist
at sides and back, but to hem at front,
where 1t joins sides in wrapped seams;
the fulness Of upper part is drawn in at
waist, but the basque is cut to At plain
ly, a pocket flap is sewn on each hip.
Fur collar and cuffs form a trimming,
and buttons form fastening down
fronts and are also sewn on pockets.
Satin-coyered hat trimmed with rib
bon Materials required: Six yards
cloth As inches wide, one dozen but
tons, FIVE yards silk or satin for lining
coat.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-01-07
ONE COLOR IDEA ABANDONED
Fashions Latest Fancy at Least
Makes 1t Easy to Remodel Slightly
Worn Gowns.

The fashions have never been so
amenable to remodeling as they are at
present They have got barely over
that old idea of theirs that a dress had
to be made almost entirely Of one
material and quite entirely of one
color.
II is considered very smart this sea
son to use two or three materials and
several colors IN one gown. When
was abroad a short time ago l saw
practically no monotone dresses, and
the smartest frocks that were worn
at the race meets and restaurants
were always party-colored affairs that
looked most attractive after the long
run of the one-color idea
So if you haven't enough material in
the dress you want to MAKE over, or
If part of it is worn or soiled, you can
combine it with some other material
and it will not only freshen it beyond
recognition, but It will make it much
better style than it would be ii 1t had
been made all of one material That
is encouraging, isn't it? You can veil
a half-shabby silk or satin dress with
chiffon, net, marquisette, silk wolfe or
half a dozen other pretty things You
can combine a check, plaid or striped
material with a plain color, matching
one of the colors in the plaid, etc. You
can use two materials Of the same
color. two weights of the same mate
rial: you can combine two different
colors or two tones of the same color,
or you can use two or three different
unrelated colors, if you care to- You
see you can do practically anything
so long as it is little different from
anything you have done before.-Ex-
change.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-01-07

placed in the stall that they may be
removed frequently TO facilitate in
cleansing the stall, since it is quite
evident there viii be a small amount
OF filth collecting from time to time,
thus Poluting the sanitary condition of
the stall
IN the illustration four designs OF
cutters are shown The fan Of a gut
ter should be about one inch in so
feet but this may vary to meet con-
diJons. If q cistern is used FOR re-
tanning the liquid manure it may be
desirable to have more fall
The liquid manure cistern should be
so situated as to permit Of as few
angles as possible in the pipes lead
ing from the cutters Traps should
be so constructed where the pipes
have their beginning in the cutters
as to permit Of quick cleaning.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-01-07
MAKE MONEY
WITH CAPONS
with Little Practice Bright Boy
VIII Operate on SO to IS
Birds in One Day
Value Is Doubled.
By o. J. TILLorsoN-3

Instead Of allowing the cockerels
on the place to grow into old ROSTERS
before being sold they should be cap
onized and their value fairly doubled
by this method II is very little
trouble TO caponize a bird and with
q little practice a bright boy viii op-
crate upon so TO 10 birds in a single
day.
If capons are sold when weighing
from five to six ponds they will bring
in any good market from 20 to p
cents per pound. Indeed 1t is e poor
capon that, viii not bring round
dollar TO the producer while a rooster
weighing seven or eight pounds win
bring no more
The best prices that old roostsrs
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-01-07
Trunk SUGGESTION.

Many girls away from home use
their trunks as window seats. but
when they need anything from the l
they find 1t rather inconTenient to
remove the cover and pillows 4 bet
ter way to dispose Of the trunk is az
follows: Have a shelf as large as the
top OF a dressing table fastened to the
wall, just high enough to permit your
trunk being placed under # Hang
pretty curtains around it and you viii
have an attractive dressing table. IS
well as a hidden trunk
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-01-07

Men Were Loony About Clothes.
old-time cobblestones and mud de
manded thick, clumsy boot. and old
Yankee leather was good stun. all
right enough, but it did not agreeably
lend itself either to beauty or ease
a paper of 1850 tells of a statesman
going to big ball in velvet breeches
with scarlet satin coat lining and
scarlet bows on his pumps. Men then
used to be almost as loony about
clothes as women are now.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-01-07

bring are around nine cents, and to
get this they must be fattened
about twice as long as it re-
quires TO bring capOn 70 fine market
condition
It is not much of a trick to bring
capOns TO ten pounds At which
weight they viii sell ct from $3.50 tn
$40 But, 1t is question
whether it is advisable to fed them
long enough to bring them TO this
weight Most capon raisers md il
more profitable 10 sell their birds
from five to seven pounds and a bird
that is really fat and plump al that
weight is a highly priced delicacy-
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-01-07
cockNEY AS A DIALECT.

The efforts Of the London county
council to drive out the Cockney
speech from the schools of the English
metropolis hardly needed the opposi-
ton given in book recently issued In
defense of the dialect This book, which
is. curiously enough, the work of man
named Mackenzie MacBride, contends
that Cockney is no modern dialect, but
that it possesses an ancient and hon
orable lineage running back nearly
1000 years. When one born within
sound of Bow Bells says tibet" for
that" "benk" for bank" and by
lyffe'' for "bailif," he is using no mod
ern corruption of the English Ian
guage, but the pronunciation of those
words which has obtained not only in
London, but in Kent and Surrey for
hundreds Of years. Moreover, il an
cient times, the words were spelled as
the Cockney now sounds them. So.
too, are "abaht" and "ahtside" justi-
fed for about and outside" accord
ing to Mr. MacBride. He says that
many Londoners have been laughed out
OF these ancient recommendations, and
he advises them not to change their
speech, because of outside prejudices
against it, says the Chicago Tribune.
Certainly Cockney would seem to be
dialect or it would not have survived
for so many centuries in the midst of
speech which calls itself more cul-
tured. 1t is a curious fact that in
the Bahama islands, which were set
tied more than 200 years ago by Lon
doners, the Cockney dialect is as
strong as in Cheapside.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-01-07

all the time In the life of a leaf it
applies the brush day by day, follow
ing with its tints from budding time
until it futters from the branch. 1t
touches the valleys and the hills. the
growing grams. the Towering plants.
Never is it idle.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-01-07
Potash in Ashes.

The potash in ashes exists in a
readily soluble form, and is thus i'm
mediately available for plant food
Ashes also contain a little magnesia
and a considerable amount of car
Donate Of lime, which is Of some i'm
portance because of its effect in in
proving the texture of heavy soils
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-01-07

side, tipped with diamond dust or
with gold powder
Let me add, for the reassuring of
bird-Iovere, that the smallest possible
percentage Of the so-called aigrettes
are the real thing Rather they are
skilfully contriVed out of the stems
of discarded feathers which otherwise
would go to vaste.-Harper's Bazaar.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-01-07
Tapestry Hats.

Tapestry covered hats, the tapestry
in bold patterns of soft and old tints
on light ground stretched tightly
over the frame, come in wide picture
shapes and close mushroom models.
They are untrimmed-
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-01-07

Abdul Hamed, former sultan of Tur-
key, is reported to be happy and grow.
ing fat Certain middle-aged ladies
will wonder how anybody who is
growing fct can possibly be happy.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-01-07

A Worcester (Mass.) man. 50 years
I'D. has been sentenced to the house of
correction for ten months because he
kissed widow who is 20 years OF age.
The old theory that women, after pass
ing q certain age, become thankful for
such attentions must be all wrong
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-01-07

We are glad to have that newspa-
per clipping giving the information
that flies will not alight on picture
frames if you keep them well rubbed
with oil" but 1t would be just like us
to lose it before next summer.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-01-07

The new counterfeit 800 bill is Just
now giving the treasury agents and
the ultra rich considerable trouble.
This. however. is one OF. the worries
that the ultimate consumer escapes.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-01-07
And He Buva

when you've been calling on your
girl and you start to go home. she
says: By-by. darling. and darling
has TO buy or he gets the hook
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-01-07


med down center of front by wide
braid, also Russia braid arranged in a
simple design The coat, which is high
to the neck, and doubled breasted, is
trimmed down front to match skirt, so
also are the collar and cuffs. Hat of
gray felt trimmed with black satin rib
bon Materials required: Five yards
serge IS inches wide, six yards wide
and one dozen yards narrow braid. five
yards silk or satin for lining.
The other is in a style well suited to
face CLOTH; it has a plain skirt turned
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-01-07
WALK
Four Types of Cutters in Common u Sc.

A
thatt
n naybe
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-01-07

When pigeons are a day old they ara
called peppers" and when three weeks
old squads
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-01-07
RroIIino by Electricity.

It Is claimed that a spring chicken
may be broiled electrically st 3 eost
Of IA csats-
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-12-13
Small Army. At Work.

Briceville, Tenn, Dec. 12.-All
Briceville Las again taken on the
aspect of mourning since the day
failed to bring forth more survivors
from the Cross Mountain mine hor-
ror. Clearing weather and the hope
inspired by the rescue of five of the
ontombed men last night had encour-
aged most of the inhabitants of the
village.
Thirty-eight bodies, some of them
badly mutilated but not beyond recog-
milton, have been brought out and sew
eral more have been located.
The rescuers are sufficient in num-
Der to make small army. They in
clude miners from every mine in this
+, sior and from mines in Kentucky
and the two Virginias.
Night and day now for more than
Cighty-four hours they have worked in
tVo ana three-hour shifts, many with
ont sicrp nee Saturday nighf.
y carload of provisions arrived to-
day from Knoxville and the contents
We're distributed among the families
Of the victims.
Notices were posted about the mine
entry today requesting relatives of
the victims to give the company 4
chance to settle with them before
arranging with lawyers to institute
suit for damages.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-12-13
Other Living men
MAY Be RESCUED
Two OF Rescue Party At Brceville
Go Insane And 1t Is Believed
Are Dead.
(Bg Associated PreSS.)

Briceville, Tenn, Dec. BIT is be-
lieved Sam Miller and a party of min
ers are alive in Cross Mountain mine
in cross entries twenty and twenty-one.
a rescue party headed by DR.. ]. A.
4lolmes is working this morning in
cross entries nineteen and twenty
two and it is believed they may bring
out more living miners within the
next few hours.
Three more bodies were removed
from the mine this morning, bringing
the total up to II. No hope is held
out today that John DUFF and Arthur
smith, the men reported yesterday
as running wild in the mine as if de-
mented will be rescued. II is be-
lieved they have died from exhaustion
i'm some faraway entry.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-12-13
The City Water Supply,
and Some Facts RegardingH IL

In regard to the report current of
late that the city is confronted with a
water problem; that the present sup
ply is insufficient to meet current de-
mands and that the question of pro-
viding an adequate flow and pressure
is becoming serious, the Commission
ers state that such reports are er-
roneous so far as concerns any recent
or immediate problem. They say the
supply of water is as good now as at
any time during the year, but at the
same time with the troubles that one
of the wells has given at times, the
supply has not been up to the stand
ard desired. That the difficulties in
this regard may be entirely overcome
a new well will be put down just as
soon as the contract can be let, which
will increase the supply TO the point
where it will be adequate for al pur-
poses until such future time as the
unds of the department will permit
the installation Of better system.
This new well viii be in readiness be
fore a great while, as the money for
the purpose is on hand and the work
viii be started as soon as possible
In entering into new contracts with
the owners OF the Ross and Carter
buildings the Commissioners refused
TO contract TO supply water above the
fourth floor Of either building, but
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-12-13
NO ARRESTS AFTER
"PEACE" ROW
Different Stories Told of New YORK
Affair by Prominent
Men.
(BN ASsocfated PreSS.l

New York, Dec 13.-No arrests sol-
lowed the disturbance which broke up
the Peace" meeting in Carnegie Hall
last night. Rabbi Wise, who made an
ineffective attempt to quiet the boots
and catcalls that interrupted speakers
declared today those in charge of the
gathering told the police everyone
present had his say.
The affair was we'll organized and
carefully carried out" said Francis
B. Lomiss, one of the prominent men
on the stage. This charge was denied
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-12-13
HARVARD MAY PLAY
VANDERBILT NEXT YEAR.

Cambridge. Mass. Dec 13.-The
Harvard football management is con,
sidering an application from Wander.
bit University for a game with the
Crimson next season. Harvard is in.
clined to look with favor upon the
proposition to take on the Southern
ers and a reply has gone forward in.
dicating that a definite decision in
regard to the application will be
made on Dec. 2S.
Should Vanderbilt be added to
the Harvard schedule, one of the 9th.
er teams will be dropped probably
Carlisle. This years Vanderbilt
elevn S the unchallenged champion
team of the South.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-12-13
Some Of the Things the
Government Wants to KnolU

! ers, on April %, 1911, few hours af-
ter the arrest of James B. McNa-
mara.
Twenty-Five pounds of nitro-glyce-
rine and dynamite found in a piano
box in the outskirts of Indianapolis "A
few days later.
Thirty-eight quarts of nitro-glycer-
inc buried in shed near Rochester
Pa.
The points upon which enlightment
was sought in connection with these
instances were:
Who wrote the correspondence rela-
tive to the purchase and shipment of
the explosives
Who paid the bills and kept the ac-
counting of expense?
BY what means were the explosives
transported?
To all appearances the beadquart-
ers Of the International Association Of
Bridge and Structural Iron Workers
Wore closed today The shades were
drawn, doors locked, and the location
of Herbert S. Kockin. the acting sec
retary. became a mystery. The sud
den closing mp Of the place followed
closely Upon the announcement that
books and letters at the headquarters
had been obtained without resistance
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-12-13

harsh, | plead that provocation has
been great. For eighteen months
Vardaman has ceaselessly attacked
me in his paper attempting to scour-
age me out of public life. The oppor-
tunity will soon be his to reply-for
eighteen months | tried to get him to
meet me face to face in "A joint de
bate, that | might answer his charge,
but I have seen only the back of my
opponent. If it be thought that my
language to Vardaman is severe,
plead guilty. To use the words of
Senator Lamar (referring to Senator
Conkling on the floor of this Senate) q,
at was such as no good man would
deserve and no brave man would
wear"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-12-13
PRIZE FOR SALE OF
RED CROSS STALLS.

Hon. |. Il. Enochs, Of Jackson, Mis-
one of the best known lumbermen Of
the south, has offered a State prize
tof one hundred dollars, to be awarded
to the school in separate school dis
trict making the largest sale of the
Red Cross Christmas seals between
now and New Years Day
This prize is to be awarded under
the following conditions:
l. One hundred dollars to the sue
cessful school; Fifty dollars of which
is to be expended in any manner the
school may wish; the other fifty to
be added to the amount of the schools
sale, when turned in to headquarters
?. The total amount of the sales OF
any school must be certified to by
the Principal, or Superintendent, of
every school entering the contest.
3. In submitting the account Of
sales, the record of an individual
school rather than that of a school
system, must be submitted. This CON
dition is imposed in order to place the
schools in the small and large towns
upon an equal basis.
1t is needless to state that this gen
erous act upon the part of Mr.. Enochs
will put great enthusiasm into the
campaign by enlisting the help Of
the public schools of Mississippi in
augmenting the fund to be used in
protecting our firesides from the
dread disease, tuberculosis.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-12-13
LIFE IN PEN FOR
WIFE SLAYER, TO-.

Macon, Ga. Dec. 13.-Roger L. Nc
Call, aged 20 years, and one of the
best known men in this section, plead
ed guilty Tuesday to the murder of
his aged wife and was sentenced to
serve the remainder of his life in the
penitentiary. He shot his wife while
she lay sick and asleep in bed, the
crime being committed while he was
under the influence of liquor.
When the old mans plea was en-
tered, the judge, prosecuting attor-
rey, jurors and spectators burst into
tears.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-12-13

aud went to New Orleans, where Nor
ton finally married her. but forced
her she said, to enter house of ill
fame, and give him here earnings. In
Shreveport, later, the same thing was
repeated, Norton never attempting to
earn a cent. Some weeks ago they
came to Monroe, and the woman again
entered house of ill-fame, under
penalty of death, to live a life of
shame. The landlady, learning the
girls secret, advised her to go to
Judge Schulze and seek his aid She
did so, and, ON the charge of vagrancy
the man was fined $10O and given a
sentence of four months on the chain
gang. In passing sentence Judge
Schulze said:
81 am an officer of the law, charged
with its enforcement, which prevents
me telling you what should be done to
you
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-12-13

by Alphonso G. Koelbel, president OF
the New York state branch of the
German American citizens league,
who introduced the amendment op-
posing the arbitration treaties and
started the uproar. He made a speech
on the street corner last night, saying
those treaties are nothing more nor
less than conspiracy against Ger
many England is back of it and we
German Americans do not propose to
allow this country to be hoodwinked.
We know England's plans