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Evening journal., 1913-05-16


parison.
Wood ashes make splendid fer
tilizer for all kinds Of small fruits.
BE sure and stake firmly all trees
likely to suffer from the effects Of
strong Winds
DO not set apple trees too close
twenty by twenty-five feet Is about
the right distance.
The globe amaranth. rhodanthe and
helichrysum are three good everlast
ing flowers to plant.
Tillage, fertilization. pruning and
spraying are the chief factors that en-.
ter into good care Of an orchard.
Prune out the old shoots Of logan.
berries and carefully tie up the new
growth TO give the coming years
fruit
The bud moth which works in the
swelling buds and destroys them can
be controlled by an early spray Of ar.
senate Of lead
Get all fruit trees planted at the
very earliest chance. so that they may
make all growth possible the first year
after setting out.
Il is Just as necessary to plow or
otherwise cultivate the peach orchard,
when It bears not a peach. as it is
when the trees are to be loaded with
fruit.
The planting Of a few shrubs as
spirea. lilac, mock orange, highbush
cranberry about the edges of the lawn
or in groups often adds much to the
value Of the farmstead.
A person planning to go into apple
growing should be sure his soil is suit
able for apples. Besides this the land
must have good air and soil drainage,
exposure and elevation.
Don't throw away the bulb after It
has lowered but set it back in a cool
place and plant it in the garden or
shrubbery border as soon as the land
can be worked next sprinE
Evening journal., 1913-05-16
WHITEWASH FOR HEN.HoUsES
Formula Given by Poultry Manager Of
Central Experiment station Ht
Ottawa, Canada.

A. G. Gilbert, poultry manager Of the
Central Experiment Station At Ottawa,
Canada, says durable Rnd lasting
whitewash may be made ns follows;
Put into a water-tight. clean barrel
half a bushel Of unslaked lime. Shake
the lime to a depth Of five inches.
Stir briskly until slaked. Add two
pounds OF sulphate Of zinc and two
pounds Of salt dissolved IN hot wa.
ter.
These ingredients will prevent the
wash from cracking or peelng Of. II
is better 10 apply the whitewash
while hot. II TO be used for inside OF
poultry-house. colony houses or coops.
add half an ounce Of carbolio acid.
To color the vhitewssh. add yellow
ochre, venetian red or any other de-
sired color.
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KILL OUT THE WEEDS
Should Be Sprayed When Young
to Get Best Results.
Common Salt Has Been Used 70 Ersdl-
cate NoSlous Plsnts, but II A.
ways Leaves Soil Unsuited for
Any Other Growth.
cny WAITER a. LrurzO

Attention has OF late been directed
toward finding a substance that will
destroy weeds quickly and leave land
In a condition for crops For many
years common salt has been employed
along walks and elsewhere 70 kin
weeds, and can be made to do service
In this direction II used in sufncient
quantities., but always leaves tho soil
for some time unsuited to the growth
Of plants OF any sort. have tried Il In
excessive quantities. for broom.rape OF
hemp and tobacco. and found II would
keep the pest from growing one year,
but also prevented the growth OF
hemp, The next year hemp grew we'll
enough, but the seeds Of the parasite
left 10 the ground had apparently not
been affected by the salt. and produced
as many broom-rap plants as before.
Crude, carbollo acid is another cheap
herblcide that can be employed with
good effect in the destruction OF weeds
having strong roots from which new
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Land for Barley.

Barley should have richer land then
usually is given 70 oats II does not
have a very strong root growth and
needs a good supply Of fertility. II is
seeded in the spring, as oats are. and
yields vary. as do those Of all grains.
II lie harvested With a binder just as
wheat. but when wanted for mailing
there is more danger Of discolorstion
on account Of the time that the barley
must stand IN shock The feeding
value Of barley IS much the same as
that OF wheat.
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Gate With soItsd Panels.

the hook placed in front OF the one
that will make the gate hang level,
write G. F. Sandritter in the Farmers
Mail and Breeze. The gate may be
raised or lowered at will to let OUT
pigs or to swing it over snow. In
raising or lowering the gate the up
rights remain perpendicular. the
panels turning between them. In
this as in other gates the main thing
is to get a good, solid gate post in
the ground from which the gate is to
swing.
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KEEP WATER IN SOIL
Excellent Method Given to ksoer-
tain Capacity.
Lens-keoksd Bottles Arranged With
Bottoms on and Cheese Cloth
Over Mouth VIII Tell How
Much Moisture ls Retalned,
cHr p. I. cRoaHr.A


To ascertain the capacity Of soils
10 take IN rainfall, break the bottoms
on nve long.necked bottles, tie a
piece Of cheesecloth or thin muslin
over the mouth OF each and arrange
them in a rack with a glass tumbler
under each one. Fill the bottles to
about the same height with different
kinds Of soil and Arm the soils By
lifting the rack and iarring Il down
moderately three OF four times. To
break the bottom on OF a bottle file
. groove IN the bottle parallel with
the bottom. Heat a poker red-hot
and lay II IN the groove, As soon as
small crack starts from the groove
draw the poker around the bottle and
the crack will follow.
When all is In readiness. take
watch or clock IN hand and With .
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PANELS ARE BoLTED ON GATE
Excellent Method Ia Described and
illustrated by Nebrasks Farmer
Solid Post Needed.

want to add a feature to the Elm
quist gate. Instead Of mailing the
panels bolt them through the frame
with one bolt at each place as shown.
The brace Is an old wagon tire bent
in the form Of a hook at the lower
end and oolted at the top. Blocks
are nailed TO the bottom board and
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ILL.,
sepgz 8 30 2 W. .llsg II'
=szsE5.- - - sh-,i'
Apparatus TO Test Capacity Of Soils
60 Take In Rainfall.

,lsss Of water held as near a. posi-.
ole TO the soil pour water into one
Of the bottles just rapidly enough to
keep the surface OF the soil covered
and note how long before II begins
dropping into the tumbler below.
Make a record Of the time. Do like
wise with each OF the other bottles
and compare results. Note which
soil takes in water most rapidly. We
all know what happens TO nenporous
soils when q heavy shower OF rain
comes.
10 ascertain which soil would store
up the greatest amount OF moisture
weigh each bottle before and after
f1lling II with dry soil, and again after
the water has entirely ceased drip
ping from Il. The difference between
the weight OF the dry soil and that
OF the wet soil Is the weight Of water
stored. During the time that the bot.
ties are dripping. they should be GOV.
cred to prevent evaporation Of water
from the surface Of tho soils.
Evening journal., 1913-05-16
WhItnwash for HOUSES.

There is tendency among poultry
men to belittle the old-time advice to
whitewash the interior of the poultry
houses. says a writer in an exchange.
Nevertheless, we keep on whitewash-
ing once or twice year, and find that
It prevents dampness, purifes the
place, kills vermin and makes the
houses look neat and inviting.
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Ennot nf aaftinn c,,.a

Salt IS added to curd mainly to ma
vor the cheese. In addition. however,
II aids In removing the whey. hardens
and contracts the curd. checks the for
nation Of laetto acid. and also checks
undesirable forms Of .ferment Unsalt-
ed cheese cures more rapidly. but Is
apt 10 develop a bitter Favor.
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pounds. The stake second from the
end should be set IN the ground about
two feet aB there Is considerable
strain on Il when the tomato vines are
laden with fruit. The method OF brac.
ing is shown in the pen sketch The
end stake should also be set deep
enough that It will not be pulled out
by the weight Of the vines and fruit.
The wires should be well stspled to
the stakes
The second stake is set Eve feet
from the first one The others are
set ten or twelve feet apart.
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GOOD AS INSECTICIDE
Tobacco Is Excellent for Use
Against Insect Pests.
May Be Used Indoors and In the Open
Air With Profitable Reeults-For
Plant LIeo Il Has Proved Very
Effective,
By H. GARMANl

II is not generally recognised a.
II should be that we have in tobacco
a splendid insectioude for use sgsinet
some Of the most troublesome soft
bodied insect pests. For plant lice
II has proved very effective. and beins
harmless to plants. can often be en-
ployed where poisons are out OF the
question.
A pound and half Of tobacco
stems in wooden bucket with boil.
ing water poured over them and left
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Imnrnvlnn Lioa Industrx.

When farmers realize the possibili-
ties Of exclusive pork growing as a
specialized branch Of animal industry,
and evolve systems OF farm manage
ment adapted to the business. it will
become attractive to business farmers.
and herds of well-bred hogs will be-
come common in many localities
where few good hogs are now seen.
Evening journal., 1913-05-16
GOOD TRELLlS FOR TOMATOES
One Can Be Put Together by Using
Discarded Telephone Wires and
Few Strong Stakes.

use one by four inch pieces, plank
eight feet long. One end sharpened
and driven In the ground. in a perfect
straight line. The wires are discarded
telephone wires, No. IA or 10 the size
OF wire used here. These can get
at junk prices. about 25 cents per 10O
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BEST DEPTH TO PLANT SEED
One May Secure Aoeurate Information
BY Using Small Bottle-observa-
ton Made Easy.

The development OF young plants
from seeds may be observed very
nicely by planting seeds against the
sides OF tall bottles. Suppose. for ex.
ample, that you put an inch OF soil in
Evening journal., 1913-05-16
TO SEE TWELFTH Nj, To

Many members OF the swarthmors
COLLEGE Alumnac Association who
live In this city, will 20 to swsrth~
more College on the afternoon OF
May 20 to witness the prcscntation
Of Twelfth Night" by the Ben Greet
players on the College campus.
Evening journal., 1913-05-16
Oats as Hoo Food.

Oats as hog food have never been
very popular for two reasons. First
the price is usually too high; and,
second. the feeding value is not so
great per pound for hogs as that OF
corn
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steadv Work for Hnrsn.

Grain. hay and help are all very
high just now and this combination
forms one good reason why farm
work teams should have steady work
on the farm every day when the
weather is favorable for them to be
out
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Wilson LinetoPhiladelphia
pAssrNarR ,nd rnrIaHr.

PAssENGFR and FREIGHT.
Leave Fourth Street Wharf Wiiminainr.
for Philadelphia. and Chestnut Street Wharf,
Philadelphia. for Wilmington tally inelud-
ing Sundays al 7.2o, 200, 1880 a. m. "a
90 m.
On Saturdays and Sundays cnir. additionsi
trips AZ $40 and q 80 r. m.
FARKs-Including ssturdavs and San
davsi Philadelphia excursion 26c: ems
way. isc Chester eNcnrsioa. 1fr: cns
rey. 1oc.
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TRANSPORTATION
- -------.-----.>>>->----->->>,-~~~~>-
d ENNsaRoyE FERRY.

STEAMER LONG REACH
Spring schedule Saturday, April 5;
Leave Wilmington as follows a. ru. arf
$50 a. M: 200 p m. and 1.l5 D. m
Leave Pennsrroy e-s 30 and 1915 a. ~ I.
400 p m and $50 .. ID.
Extra trips on Saturday only. Leave Will
ningtor. SIS and 4 o'clock D. N. Lave
Pennsrrove and f1.so y. m
Two extra trips on Saturday and Sundays
only. Leave Wilmington 1l.oo =. N. LesVs
Psnnsgrove r. N.
Evening journal., 1913-05-16

Bowel Trouble Preventive.
A teaspoonful of Venetian red IN q
gallon Of drinking wafer is a good
bowel trouble preventative.
Evening journal., 1913-05-16
Pointing a Plow.

II takes a pretty good blacksmith to
point a plow properly, and unless one
has the knack and skill better not try
IL
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Bowel Trouble In Chick.

Chtls, vet food and lack Of sunshfns
are the main oauses of bowel trouble
IN chicks.
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Showing Best Depth to Plant Corn
a bottle, then put seed OF the plant
desired. Put In an inch more OF soil
and another seed. and SO on until you
have four or ave seeds planted an inch
apart. In this way you will ascertain
which is the best depth to plant your
seeds.
Evening journal., 1913-05-16
ELECTRICAL WORKERS

II OR ELECTRICAL WORK OF Any
II nature. call Moore Brothers d. &tA,
phone, 2456A Delmarvia. 84l3. Sattsfhc-
ton guaranteed. Shop. 8. ". Cor Eighth
and Madison streets. inni4-6mt
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RequIsrIty Is EssentIaI.

Regularity IN feeding Is essential
70 success
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.ScIak & Hoffman
Cigar Manufacturers.
t1s MARKET ST. Wilmington.
SANITARY WORKERS

NIX kELTER T.I
M SANITARY. oDoRLEss ExCAvATIN(,.1 =
once. S. ". Corner. Fourth and West
streets aet2t'th
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.EQNNOTES&Sase

Leave one tree unsprayed for com
Evening star., 1913-12-05
TWO CONVICTED FOR
SETTING POISON BAIT
SEQUEL to Suburban Troubles of New
York City Poultry and
Cattle Raising.

NEW YORK. December o.--Poultry and
cattle raising in the suburbs of the me-
tropolis is beset With many troubles both
to the amateur farmer and TO his neigh
bors, as is evidenced by two unusual
cases decided yesterday by jury in the
county court at Riveriead, Long Island.
Walter King. "A millinery designer, was
found guilty OF putting arsenic in bread
crumbs on his mothers grave, i'll the
Goodground cemeteryA as "a means to
keep chickens off the ~ 1t developed
that twenty eight chickens belonging to
John Lane, Il farmer living near the
cemetery, ate the poison and died. King )
sentence Will be imposed next week.
In the same court, an hour later. Mrs.
-Alyna Lfppart WAS convicted of having
poisoned u Young calf belonging to Mrs.
Albert Il. Wolf, her neXt-door neighbor.
Mrs. Wolf RAD kept the calf tied to j
post iii her yard, but the rope was long
enough TO enable 1t to dine OH rose bushes
ON Mrs. Lippart'S lawn. The calf sudden
~ became i'll and almost died. 1t WAS
proved to tho satisfaction of the jury
that Mrs. Lippert had sprinkled her
bushes and lawns with paris green. She
also will be sentenced next week.
The minimum sentence for the crime &
a year in prison.
Evening star., 1913-12-05
MEMORIAL WILL BE HELD
IN HONOR OF DR.. MCGEE
Statesmen, Federal Officials and
Scientists to Participate in
Exercises.

Memorial exercises in honor Of the
late " I McGcc of the bureau Of soils,
Department Of Agriculture. are To pc
Eell tonight 1T the Carnegie lnstitu-
tion. 10th and y streets u"c.h@cst.
Thc meeting is u b. held under the
auspices Of the Washington Academy
OF Sciences.
Among those who aresto address the
meeting on the life and work of DR..
McC.ec are Or. Francis Boaz of Column
bia University. Or. i. ". Hodge,
Smithsonian Institutions Or. }. \.
Holmes, bureau OF mines; Senator
Francis q. Newlands, Senator Theo-
dorc l.. Burton, y. III. Darton of the
geological survey, Henry Gannctt oi
the geological survey. Col. u. 9. Rlzcr.
Or. Milton Whitney. chief Of the bureau
Of soils; DIR. i. V Coville of the bureau
Of nI.nt industry. Clifford PiHrhct VIII
preside as chairuiap at the exercises.
Nan< scientific societies IN 1h@ Worn
of which DR. Mcticc was interested.
both in this country and abroad; nave
appointcd delegates To aiiepa tht
uecting. The speakers VIII discuss
pr Mc,;,.c's work in anthroDotoEN,
geology. Including soils and GeoHfaphI'
Reformation waterway Improvements
ethnoloGy conservation and science
g.nSFaiix.
Evening star., 1913-12-05
SURPRISED THAT SALARY
OF S84 is INSUFFICIENT
Many Lawyers in Indianapolis Make
Less, Strike Arbitrator
Declares.

INDIANAPOLIS, December 5.-"Don't
You know that many lawyers in this town
are making less than $50 month";?
Thomas Duncan. chairman of the Indiana
public service commission. which is sitting
as a board of arbitration to adjust the
difference between the employees and the
indianapolis Traction and Terminal Com
pany. yesterday demanded OF witness
for the men. The chairman expressed
surprise that the employees could not live
Oh their salaries.
Two motormen testified yesterday ana
one of them declared that he had hau
only one suit of clothes and one over
coat in five years.
THE only good dress my wife has had
in i've years she paid s12 for" this wit
ness asserted.
Another witness testified: The suit OF
clothes ! am wearing is the only one
have had in four years and / paid ST.
for it. My wife made the last payment
on q $40 dress last week and Will nave
it to wear next Sunday
Both witnesses declared that by work
ing eleven hours L day, seven days .
week. they were able to earn SS4 q
| month. The men ask for shorter hours
and more pay and have agreed with the
street car company to accept the com
missions decision as final
Evening star., 1913-12-05

She's the first cook of the land, is Mrs
Woodrow Wilson. Receiving callers OF
presiding over a tee party at the White
House is the great lady, 4 woman OF
gentle breeding with a graciousness OF
manner that would put 9 hermit at ease
at an afternoon tea. But III the kitchen
she is the cook par excellence From her
concoctions aromas rise that rival the
perfumes of Araby She can, with 2
wave of her kitchen spoon, assemble ali
the ingredients that go IL the making OF
the perfect dtsl and the mysteries nj
the art of seasoning are 10 her IS the al
phabet of the culinary science.
Mrs. Wilson Is a southern woman, with
even more than the average southern
goman's gift for cooking. During all
the years OF her residence al Princeton
she supervised closely the details of
housekeeping, and saw TO 1t that every
New jersey cook who came under her
employ learned to prepare aud serve food
in true southern style. So it comes about
for the first time since the days of An
drew Johnson-s administration the dining
room table AT the White House Sroans
beneath good old southern cooking.
Rice. served rs q vegetable and cooked
o.,Iy as they know how 10 cool- 1t in
| Georgia. the CarolinaS, Alabama aud
Tennessee, is q favorite article o1 foud
with the Wilson family. Here il the
recipe By which rice WIS always cooked
!, in Mrs. Wilson's girIhood home at RoIne
| Ga. and by which evcrS southern woman
| prepares il:
Wash ono cup OF rice III cold water
and drop slowly into . vessel coiltaItiiis
| three cupfuls of boiling water. stirring
!. 50 that the grains will rot stick together
| Add salt. and boil forty minutes ir
! double boiler. Then wash the cookec
Evening star., 1913-12-05
TWO ARE EXONERATED.
Grand Jury Also Ignores Another
Charge-Indictments Returned.

The grand jury today cxoneratcd James
Suowden and Oscar Sinlms, both colored,
OF q charge Of homicide The Two nicn
aud the deceased. John Hawkins had
been drinking jul! - last and attempted
to walk the abutmer; Of the New York
Avenue bridge. Hawkins fell and was
kille, and il Was thought ;he men might
have pushed him from the bridge.
The grand jurors also ignored :; charge
preferred by q colorci girl against Robert
Graves, colored.
An Indictment charging an assault with
| intent to commit robbery was returned to-
day against Alice Griffin. alias Beckett.
coiore,l who is said 10 haye entered the
store OF r. \. Golden in South Washing
i ton and u have thrown large quantity
! of snuff over the merchant, seated IN his
/ office. intending 70 rob him. Mir. Goidun
| repeiied the attack and the woman Nls
arrested
! \ charge o. .'joy-rldine is contained III
an indictment against Walter crycr. night
foreman Of 4 local garage. II il claimed
he ordered chauffeur IL take MIN rid
1 Ing in the car OF Richard Il. Tyler stored
in the garage. Mr.. Tyler's permission
was not asked, it Is said The car ran
] into "night-liner'' on Pennsylvania,
Evening star., 1913-12-05
MILK SOLD HERE FREE
FROM CONTAMINATION
Shown in Leaflets Prepared Under
Direction of Civic Section of
Twentieth Century Club.

Leaflets prepared and printed under the
direction of the civic section of the Twen-
tieth Century Club, which has for some
time been conducting a campaign for
clean and wholesome milk for the Dis
trict OF Columbia, are ready for distribu-
ton.
According to the figures presented in
the ieafiet milk sold in Washington is
remarkably free from contamination Out
OF twenty eight samples collected and
tested between October 4 and November
Ii only eight showed evidences Of con-
termination with colon bacilli or strcpto-
cocci. Three samples of pasteurized milk
were found TO contain streptococci. and
two showed the presence of colon bacilIi,
While five samples of raw milk contained
streptococci and four contained colon
bacilli.
The' leaflets are to be circulated among
members OF the Twentieth Century Club
and others interested in the milk problem
The civic section has so taken a stand
as opposed to the repeal of the presen.
traffic regulations for the control of tras-
f1c on the streets of Washington.
Evening star., 1913-12-05

rice thoroughly, and steam II coIandeI
for two or three hours
The result is a fiaky, whole grained
dry and tender rice that would be the
despair of even the chop suey expert.
At the present season canGleO sweet
potatoes is e dish which frequently .snds
its way TO the dinner table at the White
House. This, too. is a faVorite dish in
ali southern homes, and the recipe by
which Mrs. Wilson and others have pre-
pared 1t is this:
Boil until half done three or four
med urn-Sized sweet potatoes. Slice
lengthWise and place in layers in a small
pan. covering each layer with brown
Add one ana one-half cups of hot water,
and lei boil on top of stove until potatoes
are covered with Il thick. rich srup.
Bake ten minutes en- casserole and serve
hot.
Needless to say. fried chicken will
ing the Wilson Observation-Disclosures the
fried chicken of dining cars. hotels and
cafes. but the heapinS dish of golden
brown p.eces that is the haunting mem-
ory OF every southerner who has left
home. Waffies. beaten biscuit. egg bread
and all the other good southern things
that Will not be enumerated here for
fear the hunsry reader may perish as
she reads are staple articles Of food with
tho Wilson family.
Ii tho White House cooks OF the pres
ent administration should have an
epidemic Of ulatTimonS. as they did dur
inc the Taft administration. to thc de-
spair of Mrs. Taft ard her housckceper.
Miss Jaffray. why, the sign cook want
Cd" would once more hang upon the
kitchen door of the " hite House. I5ut ii
the cook werc not speedily forthcoming
aud II starvation stared the Wilson
family in the face, certain it IS that Mrs.
Wilson herself would know how to cook
11t rfc lad
candicd sweet potatoes as well as any
body.
Evening star., 1913-12-05
TEA DANDY
TO DARkEN HAIR
It's Grandmother's Recipe
to Bring Back Color and
LuSter to Hair.

You can turn gray. iadeo hair
beautifully dark and iustrous al
most over night ii you'll get a 90
J cent bottle OF "Wyeth' Sage and
J sulphur Hair Remedy at any drug
store. Millions OF bottles of this
old, famous Sage Tea Recipe are
! sold annually, says a we'll known
| druggist here. because it darkens
I the hair 50 naturally and evenly
that no one can tell il has been aD-
piled,
Those whose hair is turning
gray, becoming faded, dry. scraa-
I gly and thin have a surprise await
I ing them. because after one or two
applications the gray hair Hanishes
] and your locks become luxuriantly
dark and beautil.l-aIl dandruff
J goes. scalp itching and falling hair
! stops.
J This is the age of youth. Grav-
! haired, unattractIvc folks aren't
I wanted around, 50 get busy with
Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur tonight
and you'll be delighted with your
dark. handsome hair and your
youthful appearance within few
I days.
Agent. o'DonnelFs Drug Store.
Evening star., 1913-12-05
Living i
Over
Again

mis- youthful enthusiasms VIII
liam Dean HoweIls visited Spain,
and the result is new book call
ed Familiar Spanish Travels"
Howells wanders about the
Spain of today. but back of il
all il the history of it's ro-
mantle past. IL you ever heard
that Howells was the dean of
American literature" do not let
that make You think his new
book is for the elect. It's a
live. human book for you. And
there's splendid humor in it.
more than in the books which
are called popular.
THE HOUSE OF HAPPINESS.
q live cricket IS the red
headed Cricket, full of freckles
and fun. You will find him in
a new book called The House
Of Happiness The book has
a man In it and al girl. too, and
some southerners who'll soon
he friends OF yours. Kate
Langley Bosher tells us about
them, and she wrote Mary
Cary