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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-07-26

these boas are masses of lilies of the
valley, heliotrope, forgetmenots and
tiny flowers sewed to tulle or black
velvet. though when the latter is used
very few flowers are put on usually
only stemming OF the flowers. sewed
at both edges of the velvet.
Summer styles demand low necks and
some women sensible enough to know
that their necks are not pretty or young
enough have adopted this method of
concealing probably the worst part of
their anatomy.
Then. again. there are lovely neck
pieces of two inch wide velvet ribbon
in color or in black, with an edge of
narrow lace at one or both sides of the
velvet Flower collars. however soon
become common, and unless one can
originate a boa that is a bit out of the
ordinary it is apt to look commonplace.
The charming little ruche pictured is
always good style. Black and white
net are the component parts, with
black velvet ribbon as the leading
motif. Such neckpiece is quite with
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-07-26

hair tightly misunderstanding which
shows carelessness or untidiness of ar
rangement-the whole effect is ruined
1t is important that a girl should
never buy a hat by merely seeing her
face beneath 1t. Viewed so 1t may suit
her, but what of the back? For ex-
ample, crowds of girls wear big hats
which fall over their shoulders and
completely hide the neck. The back
view in such a case is absolutely lu-
dicrous. Small hats and toques have
a reverse habit unless carefully cho-
sen and put on well. Many a toque
presents a bird-like appearance at the
back, showing a gaping void between
hair and hat Whenever a woman
wears a small hat she should be quite
sure that people behind can see she
has hat on and that her hair is dress
ed at the back in a way to accentuate
the good appearance of the hat.
Women who wear wells should not
be content with an attractive frontal
arrangement veil is badly arranged
when it drags unevenly across the back
of hat or the ends obtrude in an un
graceful way
Neckwear and the arrangement of Il
are bad feminine failngs. It is a COM
mon thing for girls to wear jabots and
but which are fastened in an anyhow
fashion at the back-probably with a
big, hideous safety pin. II pins are
Indispensable, and they seem to be for
some collars. use tiny gilt or gold ones
and fasten them in such way as not
to strike note OF untidy discord.
When pins are not necessary women
should provide all their collars and
neckwear with proper fastenings put
or in the proper places. The latter is
important Unless the fastenings are
in the right places on collar there will
either be irritating gaps between them
or the collar will fall crooked and the
whole back effect be altogether
wretched.
The same thing applies to blouses
which fasten down the back. Many a
woman's blouse otherwise charming,
shows a succession of little gapes
| where 1t is fastened A blouse, too.
should always be well connected with
the skirt. Women often give scanty
attention to the arrangement of the
| waist at the back. There should be
no separation between blouse, belt and
| skirt The blouse should be pulled
taut and smooth beneath the skirt
There should be no unevenness above
/ or ugly ridge of blouse beneath the
skirt. The skirt band should be fixed
| securely into position
/ That skirt should hang well is
perhaps more essential from the back
view even than the front. Many girls
pay no particular attention to the back
of skirt when it is in making. Con-
sequently many skirts look all wrong
at the back-bad length, tightness or
| hideous bulkiness caused by bad ar
rangement of material
| A girl who does not trouble about the
back views of her appearance may be
| usually depended upon to display q
similar spirit with regard to other
matters. There are plenty of people
who know this. people who scrutinize
a woman's back carefully to find out
what sort Of person she really is.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-07-26
NEW ASPARAGUS DISH.
WELL TESTED FRUIT RECIPES

for each pint of pulp, first softened in
little cold water, then more thor
oughly dissolved by pouring on it a
half pint of boiling water and placing
it over steam. Add this to the cooked
melon. stirring until it begins to cool
and thicken, then place in wetted molds
and set on ice till firm and serve with
cream. Less gelatin may be used il
preferred.
Melons For Salads.
Perfectly ripe melons are delicious
for salads when cut in cubes and
served alone or with other fruits such
as peaches or bananas. Tomatoes may
be used Serve with mayonnaise plain
or favored with liquor or French dress
ing. to which has been added a sus-
picion of maraschino. or serve with
whipped cream.
Watermelon Sherbet.
Scrape all the red pulp of the melon.
carefully saving the juice and retaining
sufficient pulp to give strength of fla
vor. Allow to one gallon of liquid a
pound of sugar and freeze. When half
frozen add the whipped whites of eggs
Zone for each quart of the mixture)
and finish the freezing.
Watermelon Half Frozen.
Break the ripe pulp of a watermelon
into fine bits with a silver fork and
place 1t in an ice cream freezer with
out the dasher Let it stand for two
hours packed in salt and ice. Serve in
sherbet glasses.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-07-26
IMPORTANCE OF BACK VIEWS

As a rule. girls do not pay nearly
enough attention to their backs.
Yet no ore can be well dressed unless
she can bear an all round scrutiny.
Many a woman would be astonished at
the character revelat 'ons" which she
carries at her back. - a great extent
a girl shows her character in her
clothes and the way in which she
wears them. but not only viewed from
the front.
When girl dresses her hair to suit
her face. with never a thought to what
Ii looks like viewed from behind, she
will probably give the same one sided
attention to other-more important,
perhaps-natters. However charming
the hair may look from the front. when
the back discloses struggling ends or
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-07-26
To Serve Melons Simply.

HAVE the cantaloupe thoroughly
chilled before using. then cut in
half remove the seeds, but be careful
not to scrape out the delicate pulp
nearest the seeds, as this is the most
delicious part of the fruit. Place the
halves of the melon on plates of crack
ed ice, reversing the usual order of
serving ice in the hollow of the melon,
which method draws out the flavor in
stead of preserving it with the pulp.
Melon Marmalade.
Take large citron melons, quarter and
remove the seeds. Weigh the melon
and to every pound of the fruit allow
a pound of loaf sugar double refined)
To every three pounds of melons al
low two lemons and teaspoonful of
ground white ginger. Crate the melon
on a coarse crater, not too close TO the
rind. Crate off also the yellow rind OF
the lemons and with the ginger add &c
the sugar. Mix all the ingredients in q
preserving kettle Set the kettle over
| a moderate fire. boil skim and stir un-
| til it is very thick, smooth jam. Put
it into warm glasses. lay a double
round of tissue paper the surface
and seal the jars.
Melon Mousse.
Place the cantaloupe in preserving
kettle with half the quantity of sugar
Stew down until rather thick. rub
| through sieve and replace on stove
Have dissolved half box of gelatin
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-07-26

rank and file. One of its delectable de-
tails, by the way, is the silk bag or
case in which the frock is to be kept
an envelope shaped affair made of the
same silk as the frock and with strap
handle of silk On the flap OF the case
is embroidered Sleeping Car Robe"
and just above is to be embroidered
the monogram OF the owner.
Could anything more useful and at
tractive be tucked into the trousseau
or travelling outfit7 Yet the whole
thing in the case would occupy no more
space than an air cushion in a case.
and it's weight is almost negligible
quantity.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-07-26
INTERESTING VACATION PAsTIr1E

A DELIGHTFUL pastime which adds
greatly to the interest of a vaca-
ton at a distance to any person of lit
erary tastes is the private illustration
of books by photographs gathered up
on the scene of the story itself.
A schoolteacher who began to form
a special library of this kind some
years ago now has a shelf of favorite
stories which exceed in novelty any H.
Illustrated copies that could be pur-
chased.
For instance, while in the far west
of our own broad land she collected
or took photographs to illustrate the
story of Ramona" During vacation
wanderings in Italy she found copious
illustrations for stories of Roman or
F1orentine setting such as THE Mar
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-07-26

Is having decided success. The model
pictured is of handkerchief linen and
Is handmade and trimmed with tiny
crochet ball buttons. The collar and
cuffs are of black chiffon, over which
Is fril Of plated shadow lace. A
black patent leather belt and a velvet
tie add the French note.
To return to the boa subject once
more. if you want to be in the front
rank OF fashion next fall you must own
one of the little boa plunes that mere
ly encircle the neck and fasten at the
back with long hanging bows of velvet
If you have several ragged ostrich
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-07-26

In the province of the amateur to make.
Some of the picturesque parasols for
lawn use have handles at the ferrule
end, and the parasol is carried upside
down This Is almost essential in the
case of fringed parasol like the model
pictured, for a fringe parasol carried in
the ordinary manner catches in every
thing and is not as graceful in effect
as when the fringe droops downward
from closed cover. The parasol in
the cut has a broad border of black
velvet. which matches perfectly the
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-07-26

BILE Faun," ''Romola," etc. Scotland
yielded many views for several of
SCOTS novels and London or England
in general for favorites from Dickens.
Some views Of medieval Paris seemed
particularly fitting for Victor Hugos
"Notre Dame"
The traveller In question has no
trouble in finding such Photographic
views at very moderate prices, while
the work of searching for them gives
a more intimate acquaintance with the
foreign quarter in which the scenes oc-
Cured,
The work OF reminding the illustra-
tions into the text can be done by the
collector herself or conflded to a small
bindery when time for this work il
lacking
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-07-26
Chamoisette Gloves
THE woman who is to travel much

THE woman who is to travel much In
the summer is adding to her shop
ping list several pairs of chamoisette
gloves" These come in white and
chamois color and are boon to any
woman. for the double reason that they
wear well and are also most reason
able. They are to be procured in ell
bow length and short also. The new
est colors In dress gloves are "old gold
color and ecafe au lait." The latter
particularly are seen in twelve button
length.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-07-26
Appetizing Sandwiches

Red pepper sandwiches are artistic
and appetizing. Use the canned sweet
red peppers, chop fine and mix to a
smooth paste with mayonnaise.
A rather snappy filling is made from
cheese thinned with mayonnaise, with
chopped nuts and red peppers stirred
in. On top of the mixture is placed an
anchovy or bit of boned and skinned
sardine.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-07-26
BLACK AND WHITE NET RucHE.

" T isn't the frock that counts now
adays in the sartorial picture half
so much as the accessories that
= accompany it-shoes, sash, gloves,
neckwear and the thousand and one
"trihes light as air" which this season
are more alluring than ever Take the
matter of footwear, for instance. There
are three styles that lead this summer.
all of which are to be seen in the foot
wear illustration. First comes the trim
buttoned boot of white buckskin which
is worn with white serge, mohair and
linen and with the summary frocks If
desired. In the center of the group is
the new buttoned oxford, dressy little
shoe which makes the foot and ankle
look especially graceful and which has
to a large extent supplanted the laced
oxford tie. The colonial pump. with it's
high tongue. trim, straight heel and
metal buckle across the front. is liked
with piazza and house frocks, but is
not as fashionable for the street as the
buttoned boot or oxford.
Fascinating things in the boa line
appeared in the accessories sent over
from Paris the past spring, and as the
days go by these bewitching little nov
elites have become more and more at
tractive. Not only do young girls and
women in the forties wear the boa. but
women verging on old ladyhood are
glad to have such things in their ward
robe, though with the latter the knot is
brought round in front and looks very
fetching.
Flower neckpieces are the fad Just
now and are worn at afternoon func-
tons with low necked gowns. Some of
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-07-26

black velvet sash shown on the frock.
The smart little Russian blouses of
of accessories. With the peplum, plas-
iron, position and other devices which
make it necessary to wear the waist
outside of the skirt, the Russian blouse
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-07-26

feathers that are not good enough to
make into long plume take the bundle
to a plumer and he will surely deliver
to you charming little boa in few
days that you will be delighted to don
on the first cool days of autumn.
CATHERINE TALBOT.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-07-26

CUSTOM cannot stale the infinite va
riety Of the checked suit, and each
year it appears in new and more at
tractive guise. The latest model in
this design is pictured in the cut. The
check, as may be easily seen, is very
fine, almost of an invisible character
A touch of vivid green about the col
lar of the coat is strikingly chic fea-
ture Of this natty little model.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1912-02-10
smoking In the Bark.

According to experts In the tobacco
business the prevailing impression
that man cannot enjoy smoke in
the dark Is erroneous. II all depends
on the cigar according to the best
authority. sight plays no part In the
enjoyment of a>smoke. and II 10 point
ed out that blind men are most invet,
crate smokers; In fact. blind men are
expert In telling good cigar from .
poor one. as their sense Of smell 10 20
well developed. A New York cigar
dealer says that one OF his best Gus.
toners Is blind man and he can tell
a good cigar from bad one by his
sense OF smell, even when standing
yard or more from his counter.
Most smokers do not like to smoke
In the dark They say 1t 10 necessary
to watch the smoke ascend and to see
the rings curl In order to thoroughly
enjoy 1t. but cigar dealers say the en-.
joyment IL really In the taste and not
In the odor, and the sense Of taste
needs no light to make smoking enjoy
able
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1912-02-10
WOMEN'S WOES
Mountain Home Women Are Finding
Relief at Last

Mountain Home Women Are Finding
Relief at Last
It does seem that women have more
than fair share OF the aches and
pains that afflict humanity: they
must keep up" must attend to du-
ties in spite Of constantly aching
backs, or headaches, dizzy spells.
bearing-down pains; they must stoop
over, when to stoop means torture.
They must walk and bend and work
with racking pains and many aches
from kidney ills. Sick kidneys cause
more suffering than any other organ OF
the body. Keep the kidneys well and
much suffering is saved. Read of a
remedy for kidneys only that is en-
dorsed by people you know.
Mrs. A. P. Blenkner, Mountain
Home, Idaho, says: "About three
years ago a member OF our family
did much horseback riding and this
Drought on kinney trouble. Ih0 per-
son Of whom am speaking became
almost helpless after hard days
work and complained all the time Of
pains in his back There was also
much trouble caused by too frequent
passages of the kidney secretions.
Doan's Kidney Pills were finally used
and the contents Of a few boxes ef-
fected complete cure"
For sale by all dealers. Price SO
cents. Foster-Milburn Co, Buffalo.
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's-and
take no other. &
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1912-02-10

on, until the top of the tree is &
miniature broom and witch's broom
at that. A tree in that shape car
| only he cured by long and tedious
effort. One-third of this energy, how
ever, expended in starting the tree
right will prevent all this. The rule
then, on the young developing tree
is never to cut off a branch towards
the top unless you cut off the entire
branch, until that tree is fruitine
heavily, then the excessive wood
growth may be reduced a little
at time by summer pruning with
out disturbing the balance between
the roots and the top. In all pruning
of course it must be remembered
that the fruit Is born on the short
spurs next to the branches and that
he lower down the fruit Is born on
the tree he cheaper and easier 1t can
be handled at picking time. It costs
five times as much to pick bushel
Ct apples ten feet from the ground
as 1t does to pick a bushel within
reach. and when you get much above
ten feet, there is little profit In rails
ing apples.
Irrigation Is another of the West
ern problems. In this day we hear
much about raising orchards with
out irrigation or with very small
number OF irrigations. 1t Is probably
true that many orchards have been
over-irrigated in the past, but there
will be still greater disappointment
In the future if we 60 to the ex-
irene and think we are going to
raise fruit without irrigation water.
It is easy enough to raise trees and
many orchards have been raised UP
to the bearing time with very small
use Of water, but when crop OF
fruit has to be ripened right at the
very dryest time of the year when
wood growth has practically ceased
and otherwise the tree would be US
ing very little moisture, 1t will be
found that an orchard requires as
much water as any other crop and
ii the water is short at that time a
few days may ruin the entire efforts
Of the year. There is also another
factor to be kept In mind in the use
OF the irrigation water and that Is
that the fruit buds for the next
seasons crop must be developed dur
ing the last part of July and August
Of the proceeding year, just at the
time that the greatest drain 10 made
on the tree by the growing crop. In
our irrigation experiments on peaches
we have been able by withholding
water at this time to absolutely stop
the development Of fruit buds.
There Is also another factor to
be considered in irrigating the or
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1912-02-10
BY E. D. BALL
Director Utah Experiment Station.

chard. Enthusiastic orchardists will
take enc out, point to q young or
chard and say, Look at thar, 1t has
never had drop Of water" and j
have looked many times and have
seen trees fine and healthy In appear
ance, but only half or even one.third
the size they would have been had
they been irrigated, and capable OF
carrying only very small load Of
fruit, even II they had plenty OF moist
ure to mature 1t, so that even II the
orchard should be irrigated from that
time on 1t would be three or four
years behind an irrigated orchard In
its producing power. On the other
hand, In our peach experiments, we
have found that the rows that had
the greatest amount Of water and
made the largest wood growth. Then
when 1t came time to mature the fruit
the immense amount OF foliage took
up SO much water that 1t was I'm
possible to develope the fruit to the
proper size The happy medium,
therefore, is sufficient amount Of
water to develop normal size tree
not an excess that develops water
sprouts and sappy wood, a rather
light application Of water In the ear
lier part of the season 90 as not to
stimulate too much growth, but an
abundance at the time when the
fruit is ripening and the fruit buds
are developing.
saw an orchard this year in which
everything that l have described to
ycu so far had been done and ap-
parently well done-the orchard was
bearing from nine to twelve hundred
bushels of apples per acre and yet
the crop was practically worthless.
This orchard was Gano, Jonathan,
Zen Davis orchard of about fifteen
years old, and each tree had three to
five thousand little bits Of understood
shrunken apples. The apples were
OF little value and the trees were
breaking down and being ruined. If
half or two-thirds Of those apples had
been thinned out In the beginning Of
the season, the remainder would have
crop as heavy as the trees
could bear Of better developed and
standard size apples. There would
have been enough vitality In the tree
to develop fruit buds for another year
and everybody would have been hap
py. AS 1t is, this orchardist got an
immense crop of unstable fruit and
next year this orchard will not bear
at all, since it is impossible for
tree to feed fruit buds under such
an excessive load. Two or three
cents expended in thinning would
have made so cents difference in the
worth Of these apples in the fall.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1912-02-10

4
And, by the way, while think of it.
let me suggest to you that you begin
thinning as soon as young trees be-
gin to bear The first year or so
that a young orchard begins bear
| ing the crop Is MOI worth the ex-
pense OF spraying and handling, the
trees need all of their energy to
develop framework for carrying the
leads Of the future years and in
every way it is better to pull off the
few apples that appear here and
there; and yet to the man that Is
developing the young orchard 1t is
tco much like pulling tooth to
pull off one Of these apples. For this
reason it is good dicipline. II you
begin at that time and learn to pull
these apples off in order to make
greater profits in the future, it will
mot be hard to keep 1t up and pro-
perly thin your fruit when the or
chard reaches the bearing age.
And even after all this is done, the
problem OF fruit growing has not yet
been solved. With fine crop of
standard sized, sound fruit on his
trees, the orchardist faces the prob
lem of picking, packing and market
ing and right here there have been
more failures in the past than in any
other part Of the work, except pos
sibly spraying. / know two neigh
bors side by side where one of them
received az cents per bushel for his
apples more than they cost, while the
other man received so, and right at
this point, let me tell you, comes
the parting of the ways. 1t Is ONE
business TO handle ground, to Guilt
sate, to irrigate, to prune and to
spray, and it is ANOTHER business
to grade and market fruit, and in
my travels through the fruit Sec
tions of the Western part of Ameri-
ca, have become more and more
satisfied that those valleys which
have been most uniformly successful
in the marketing Of their fruit are
the ones that have placed this part
of the work in the hands of the bust
ness man regardless of his knowledge
of the orchards and soils. One of
the best fruit handlers that / have
ever come in contact with is as
helpless as a baby when You get
him away from his warehouse and
into the orchard, and on the other
hand, some of the worst failures in
the marketing end have been made
by previously successful fruit growers,
The western orchardist has won
derful opportunity, the choicest soils,
the never-ending sunshine and an
abundance of irrigation water are
his. Nature has been lavish in her
bounties. Everything that goes to
make success is before him. What
he must furnish is intelligent super
vision, energetic prosecutions, and a
love of his calling, tempered by con-
sentative business sense. These are
the essentials of success in any line
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1912-02-10

! but in no line of human endeavor
will they give greater return in liberty
prosperity and security than in west
ern orchard management.