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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-08-08
MUST CARE FOR FLOWERS.
Plant. Must % We'll Fed, Well culti-
vatsd and Not Crowded.

Plants Must % Well Fed, Well Guilt.
vatsd and Not Crowded.
In the W0man's Home Companion
Frank A. Waugh, a well known expert,
writes an article. entitled First Aid In
the Garden" an extract from which
follows:
Prevention IL better than cure IN
the garden 10 in the home.
''First and foremost, beyond all else
important, is the ability to resist dis
ease. This comes with good health ana
exuberant growth Plants which are
we'll fed, well cultivated. not over
crowded and have q proper allowance
Of water, and which are therefore max
Ing sound and vigorous growth, rarely
acquire any serious plant diseases.
Even insects. strange though It may
seem. seldom attack q perfectly healthy
plant or, at any rate, they nearly II
ways appear first and most viciously
on those plants or crops already weak.
ened by disease or neglect. Thus. good
care and proper general manassmenk
: the first and most important meth.
DDS Of combating plant Diseases =
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-08-08
WAY TO KEEP BABIES WELL
Guard Against Hest and Bad Food.
Experts Tell Mothers.

Guard Against Hest and Bad Food,
Exports Tell Mothers.
The District Of Columbia health d Q
partment has sent out printed instruc-
lions on "How to Keep the Baby
Well" It advises:
Be sure Of the milk you purchase.
See that milk Is pure and wholesome:
then keep It clean and cold.
Scald the nursing bottle often and
thoroughly: do not tolerate long tube
attachments.
Give the child AZ much cool water
as It will take.
Keep the child in the open air Of.
parks. but not exposed to the suns he.
rays.
The clothing Of the child should be
light and loose.
Children should be bathed two or
three times each day during. hot
weather.
At the first appearance Of physical
ailments call a physician.
Improper food combined with high.
temperature Is the great destroyer Of
babies. causing 8 per cent Of tho
deaths.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-08-08
THE CITY
CITY PLANNING DIFFICULT.

Requires co.epsrativs Effort 70 secure
Scientific Results.
Lack Of adequate planning for indus
trial communities is vigorously dis
cussed in the Survey 81 George b.
Ford, city planning expert for Newark
and lecturer on that subject at Column
bia university. He says:
Large cities are spending millions
today to widen streets, cut through
new streets, provide parks and play
grounds in congested areas, almost all
Of which might have been saved II
the city had been originally planned
with foresight. Hundreds Of millions
are spent on hospitals, asylums, SAM
tariums, jails. health. police and fire de.
partments. a large portion of which
could have been saved If the cities had
not been so w%astefully and unscien-
tifcally designed. 1--,u-
For example. If the lot and block
units and dimensions in sections sur
rounding the factories which moved to
Norwood and Oakley, on the outskirts
Of Cincinnati. had been laid out along
lines which experience has shown to
be most economical and desirable for
workingmen's dwellings and IL provi-
sion had been nude for recreation for
grownups as well as for children, as
suggested by the English garden
suburbs. the neighborhood of the fac
tories would now be almost exclusive
ily occupied by the employees In those
factories instead Of largely by clerks
and business men, who commute daily
to Cincinnati And furthermore, the
slum problem of Cincinnati itself
would be vastly less urgent.
III the lots were cut for the occu-
pant instead Of the occupant being
trimmed to the lot. IL streets and road
ways were designed in location, direc-
ton, character and width for use and
not according to obsolete precedent; IL
transit lines were designed with the
same efficiency that the manufacturer
exhibits in designing his own plant; If
people could only realize that money
spent in scientifically designed recre.
ational facilities is paid back in many
ways to the community, then the work
lngmen's residential area instead of
being an eyesore and a disgrace to the
community would be what the Eng
lish garden suburbs now are-the most
charming and efficient housing areas
to be found anywhere in the world.
"The problem is simple. 1t requires,
first, merely IN appreciation Of the
fact that city planning pays. and. Sec
ond, it requires n cooperative effort on
the part Of the workingmen to secure
such scientific city planning"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-08-08
tn. Old Tim. Calico Gown.

The Old Time Calico Gown.
Is there anything sweeter than a
wholesome looking girl In a fresh
calico dress? d
All the silks and satins and chiffons
and laces and charmeuse gowns and
folderols in the world can't make the
girl one whit sweeter or more desirable
or better to look at. And yet somehow
we ignore that fact and go on depict
ing our pocketbooks by buying the
things that cost a lot Of money and
which we fondly believe enhance our
charm. |
A pink and white calico and a pink
and white girl, or something with blue
sprigs in it that match the blue Of her
eyes. or q red checked affair that car
ries out the scarlet in her lips-n0t a
drug store scarlet either. but the real
thing in lips and color-can you i'm
agine anything better. though 1t costs
more?
Maybe the girl made the dress her
self, thus adding to its charm. for
there'll be little individual touches in
the homemade gown that no factory
can give. (
Homemade gowns dowdy? Not much!
Some Of the best fashioned gowns pa
rading our streets today were made at
home, though the fact is carefully con-
cealed. =
We're such snobs and so afraid Of
other snobs that we'll lie like troopers
to hide the fact that we honestly toll
to save a few dollars. Ks
Don't you remember how nice and
fresh the women folk looked. and how
pleasantly clean they smelled, and how
the starched skirts rustled. and how
perfectly beautiful you thought moth
er was in the light blue calico with the
pink rosebuds? $e
Somehow they were roster and bright
er eyed than the women of today, who
think nothing Of wearing a silk gown
while doing up the supper dishes.
They didn't wear the impatient frown
that we see SO often now.
And father didn't have that harassed
look nor the %prematurely grazing hair,
and he took time to play with the kid
dies and to talk something besides ex-
penses with mother instead of using all
his energy trying to make ends meet.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-08-08
BEAUTIFUL:
SCHOOL GARDENS VALUABLE.

Child Should % Educated Out Of 0eese
~ Well 70 In.
The need Of gardens for children, e.
pecially those residing in cities. ID BE-
ing more generally realized every
month. and many progressive cities
and towns are providing such spots for
their youth. In the annual reports Of
the School Garden Association Of New
York the president says:
"After twenty-five years experience
as q teacher l an convinced that the
Incarceration of little children within
four walls of a classroom for too long
periods is q great error. The child
must come into contact with nature or
he is not educated. We have no choice
In the matter because we were made
to 80 develop. Therefore school gar
dening is worth while because it en-
bodies an integral and fundamental ele-
ment in education.
1.-The small garden plot is very Inn
portant because 1t presents to every
child In the school an ideal Of outdoor
work. Even II he cannot touch 1t with
his own hands he can see 1t and watch
the daily growth.
IF school gardening 10 worth while
1t should be a part Of our cOurse Of
study. 1t should be prescribed a. In
Chicago, Philadelphia, Washington, st.
Paul and many other cities. 1t is best
to place 1t In the fourth or ffth year,
as' these children seem to be most At
tracted by school garden work. and IL
taught in these years In after years q
great many Of them will take 1t up at
home.
"a great many social betterment Or
to clean up their back yards, to beau
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-08-08
a Veil and = Small Hat.

~ F. IfL ~ $500
When putting on the veil arrange the
gathers in position: then place the
thumbs just below the ears. allowing
the veil to rest in the spaces between
them and the frst fingers. Raise the
hands slowly. gathering the veil into
tidy folds until the center Of the back
Of the hat Is reached: then tie the veil
once, tuck away the ends neatly and
pin them inside the brim Of the hat
Take a fat veil brooch and secure
the folds with this just above the neck.
This helps to keep both the hair and
veil tidy and does away with that very
unsighty ..screw" which n sees I'M
der the chins of 80 many women Of
this country. but never in the toilet Of
an immaculate Frenchwoman.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-08-08

Gowns for several seasons have been
given poetical names, but the summer
season has brought forth a new sartO-
rial feature. the inscription frock; but.
alas, the inscription is in Chinese, and
only ones laundryman would be likely
to understand it translated. 1t means
"God bless every Chinaman."
The frock which is pictured Is a
draped affair of Yellow satin, with a
tunic of flesh pink chiffon. The sash is
Of flesh pink, yellow and deep saffron
tinted satin.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-08-08

tify front lawns. t plant trees, to cul-
tivate gardens on vacant lots and to do
other most commendable civic acts.
1.-THE schools, too. have quite general
~ beautifed their surroundings whef-
ever possible. This work has progress
ed with little notion of its educational
value. Its training power has been
thought Of as incidental to the great
work Of making better living condi-
lions.
"No matter how much Of value may
be ascribed to the other points Of
view, the real value Of school garden
ing arises from the fact that 1t Is an
integral part Of the education Of chill
dren. The child must come into con-
fact with the soil and its manifesto
lions or he is not fully educated.
''The school that does not provide
for q children's garden is educating
only in part The child must also
work in the sun. meet the winds and
buffet the storms. We cannot educate
through Incarceration"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-08-08
TAX MAIL ORDER HOUSES.
Congressman Declares They Depicts
Population Of Towna

Congressman Declares They 0splsts
Population Of TownA
The great American mali order
houses IRE fast putting the country
merchant out Of business. asserts Rep
resentative Hinebaugh. the Illinois
Progressive. who recently inserted in
the Congressional Record in the house
an argument in support Of his bill tax
ing these concerns for rural benefits.
His measure proposes that the reve-
nue. thus raised shall be expended in
building country roads.
Mr.. limbaugh says that the de-
a in village population is due to
the elimination Of local merchants by
mail order competition and that q So
cial deterioration Of rural centers is
the net result.
> zone mail order house in the city Of
Chicago has sixty-three acres Of floor
space" he says. another one in the
same city, according to a statement
under oath of its president. made a
net profit of $17,OOO.OOO Oh last years
business. A million dollar building is
to be erected by Montgomery Ward s.
Co. in Kansas City to duplicate its
present building at Nineteenth and
Campbell streets.
'This mail order corporation Is also
about tc enter New York. San Fran
cisco and Portland.
cit should be perfectly apparent to
every thinking person that the country
merchant must go out Of business as
the great mail order houses gradually
close down upon the local markets. In
eight Of our great states many towns
have lost population during the last
ten years.
ut is contended by the friends OF
the mail order houses that as a great
economic question the rights Of the
consumer and purchaser to buy wher-
ever he can obtain the lowest prices
should not be raised and that II the
extension Of the mail order business
means the elimination Of the country
merchant then the country merchant
must go.
IF such arguments were logically
sound, which l do not admit, there is
still the social. moral and religious
view to be considered. The retail mer-
chant is the backbone of the country
town. The mail order house is his
worst enemy. The farmers need the
town, and the town must have the
farmers"
Representative Hinebaugh concluded
his statement with the assertion that
1.-The great mail order houses have no
difficulty In underselling the retail
dealer. no matter how much he may
reduce his margin of profit. Buying
as they do from prison contractors the
products of convict labor, they secure
many Of their manufactured articles at
prices that would be utterly impossible
to obtain If made by free labor. This
source Of supply is, Of course. not open
to the small, retailer. wen II he was
inclined to avail himself Of It."
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-08-08
Peculiar Needs Of Plants.

t3ts+ssH~ 0SOteo Noooo OF etadeos 5T
Plant purchasers in doubt regarding
the best treatment for certain plants
should ask Of the party from whom
they buy. for he is indeed a poor nurs-
eryman who does not know more Of
the requirements Of his wares than
the average garden owner. California
draws her garden vegetation from
many lands Of greatly varying eli
mates, and 1t must not be supposed
that all will thrive In the same garden
and under like treatment. Many have
peculiar needs regarding soils, heat,
sunshine. amount Of water and other
conditions. and nj one better knows
these special requirements than the
dealer who has produced salable plants
Of these sorts. ii
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-08-08

Colored ratine jacket bodices o
skirts of plain or Powered fabric pro-
duce an effect that is particularly
smart this season. The frock Of white
cotton Grape pictured has q coat Of
lavender ratine trimmed with collar
and cuffs Of white and lavender ma
telaSse.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-08-08
Camping Suggestions.

Are you going camping this sum-
mer? Perhaps you have intended to
every year until you thought of some
little pet luxury you would have to
forego.
In the first place, that rusty, microby
cup can be avoided by buying an
aluminium one. and Of course all the
dishes and cooking utensils should be
of nonrustable metal. Aluminium
camp sets for two. four and six persons
may be bought for $3.50. $16.60 and
$28.5O. They include cups. plates.
bowls. knives. forks. spoons, co6eepot
and various other pots and pans for
cooking, and all ct into each other 20
as to require the smallest possible
amount Of space In packing. b.
The tents themselves E Of numer-
GUS sizes. styles and prices. One style
is a large wall tent Of waterproof IAN
vas. well protected from the heat by
the ny which covers It and extends
beyond its edges. Another style is
made up Of tanalite. with dy which
can be raised as a roof for a dining
EOOm Ut bOWSTeu " pIVtCSt IAVuA
Another advantage is the small win
dow in the back. This tent is priced
at $35.
Very few furnishings r required.
and all that are used should be Of: the
folding variety. A folding canvas cot
with steel frame may be bought for
$2.48. While this cot will bear an I'M
usual amount Of weight. 1t II n Of
the lightest n e made. Weighing itself
only fifteen pounds.
Folding tables Of Vanished pine
wood sell for &2.97. folding camp stools
from - cents to 80 cents each. chairs
from A. cents to 60 cents each and
canvas reclining chairs from 80 cents
to $1.24.
The stoves most frequently used are
simply sheet iron boxes. with small
chimney attached. and one. two OF
three lids. The wood ire u built on
the ground and the box invertedo vee e
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-08-08
q Popular Native Annual.

ColMusia Bicolor IL now In bloom on;
shady hillsides. II u Of the easiest
cuitusse. very free towering. and the
seeds ne easily gathered. tits q favor.
To - the gardens In every stntesin the
Union and III every country IN the
world why not ret acquainted With
Il TIN asssoD and nsxt year grow :
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-08-08
'rhe Houeekeeper,a Hande.

THE Heussksspsr's Hands.
Mutton tallow with little sulphur
sided Il healing and whitening. When.
the hard work Of the day 10 done rub
well into the skin, Keep . supply Of
Indian, meal near your soap dish. Ev-
cry time you WASH your hands rub the
meal thickly on them after soapinE.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-08-08
CONSERVATISM.

SGVVSVV 0Ws
One day through the primeval wood
4 calf walked hons, ~ good calves
should.
But made q trail all bent askew.
A crooked path, ~ all calves do,
The trail was taken up next day
BY a lone dog that passed that
way.
And then q wise sellwether sheep
Pursued the trail = vale and
steep
And drew the flock behind him. too.
AS good bellwethers always do.
And from that day. DER hill and
glade.
Through those old woods. a path
was made, .
And many men wound in and out
And lodged and turned and bent
about
And uttered words Of righteous
wrath
Because twas such q crooked path.
But still they followed-do not
laugh
The first migrations Of that calf
And through the winding roadway (
stalked (
Because he wabbled when he walked. {
So men prefer to go It blind f,
Along the calf paths Of the mind {
And work away from to sun
To do what other men have done. *
Anonymous.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-08-08
4 NM n Parje,

u young American han made ! hit n
Paars y Starting ! nal popssn shop.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-08-08

~ gsessate4st plsasurs 4 ~ powsr e.
Ilyetit
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-04
CHELSEA.

Mr. V-;iIfaY, I,l,,,55 ,,.3,
fi..r,i,,u..,, INV, ro.,,,.i .i5,s
,..erl,.. ,ieit IL I.et1,, -
,r,
ne Misses Marion afd E"ttle Smell
u'' spent tue "Feh-eto WIN lfIehds III
h"S'oH'
AIRS. Della Watson md daughter.
Eernice, were calling on friends in
West Chelsea, SATURDAY..
The members of Chelsea GRANGE wore.
pleased To greet Lila Grant amops=
them cree more. ItrfaaX= evening,
MI. and Mrs. Davia laurence -
Pfttston were CHESTS af tbair brother
Henry LAURENCE. saturday.
Good win circle will meet with Nrs
Lillian Mee,alIslond IT y Liberty 81
Gardiner. June :
Mr.. and Mrs & p. Norton of Eat6
were Weekend CHESTS If Nrs I.anfa
Thomson Miss wv vha has boen vfe-
iting her grandmother. for several
weeks returned with th4n9
Next sunday. June the Rcv. Geo.
+ pnrein u y from past Naiha
Conference seminary nj pncksnort
win ba ~ the ch,nrl ffst ba win TN
ON education 7fter which ne win hold
preaching services.
Mrs Edna Gonaui ef Portland. and
Miss Maud Gi1an Parsons al Carbam
we're guests nj their mother Mrs =
Q. MeaGer over sunday
Miss Myr9 smith. Who has Been STAY
ing with her mothcr Mr. Flien smith.
for the past six months. has returned
to Bangor
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene aforang of Gar
diner were in town. sunday.
Miss Grace Morane af Gardiner spent
the Weekend with her parents. Mir. aud
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-04
PITTsToN.

NORTH-Mrs. Ethel Sumner OF foft-
lana is the guest of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. e. L. Grover.
CONGRATULATIONS are extended to Mr..
ana MIS-. Roger Lapham tnee Miss MIA
CLARKE who were married at Gardiher'
Friday. Mrs. Lapham is one OF Chei-
seas most popular young ladies and a
teacher OF fine ability, while Mr.. Lapham
of Pittston is held in high esteem by ms
many friends. is n prosperous FARMER
and all unite in wishing them long ana
happy life
Charles Manson lost a tine Young hener
last week, apparently from having eaten
something poisonous which. ii is thought,
it must have gotten in the pasture,
John Peterson went to Boston last
week. where he sold 900 bushels Of po-
tatoes at the good price of $lO0 per
buShel.
T. NJ. McGugin received a letter last
week from Henry McGugin OF san
Francisco. Cal. from brother who
left here i0 years ago and from whom
nothing had been heard for So years and
had been mourned as dead by his rela-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-04
JEFFERSON.

H L. Fond has 4 motor. eeat,
DIR. + w. Jackson, ns1s-raised a
75-foot flag pale. - -.
Mr. and Mrs. NJ. A. Bond of Freeport
are staying at the North-yiilage.
w. Fl. Ninal put his new motor boat
into the river Wednesday. 1t is a fine
looking craft. built by Mr.. Vinal at odd
tines during the past two years.
Foster jackson is visiting his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. S. T jackson, and
will soon leave for Fort Worth, Tex,
in the employ of Boston electric con-
Germ
Decoration day was observed in the
usual way. After decorating the
graves services We're held in Grange
hall An address was delivered by
Rev. f. II. Pratt of Waldobore. Music
was furnished by Morrilfs Band
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-04

Mrs. Ralston of SomerviHe, Mass,
was the guest of her son, NJ. j. Rails
ton, Memorial Day She returned
home. ...5arday. taking her little
granddaughter, Jennie, hack with her
to spend the summer.
Mrs James Atkins Of Fairfield and
Miss Marion Hunt Of Gardiner were
week END guests of their parents, Mr.
anG Mrs. Howard Hunt
Miss Mabel McLfn@htn and Mrs
Annie Taylor of China We're Sunday
guests of Mrs. Selma T'rask
\ very quiet wedding took place. Sat
nrday evening, at the home of the
hIlde's sister, Mrs. John Barney, when
Miss Josephine kirkpatrick and Elmo
kimball of Gardiner were united in
marriage by Rev. Mr.. Pinkham of Car
diner. TIE double ring service was us
ed Little Jonline Barney niece of the
bride. vas ring bearer
WEST-Mrs Mary Wallace of Union
arrived. Thursday, to care for her sis
ter, Mrs. II. L. Hayes, WHO is conval-
escent from an attack of rheumatic
fever.
Mrs. Susan j. Burbank visited her
son. Lle&eflyn for Il few days last
week.
The Misses Marion and Charlott
sheldon matiea visit t. friends in Bos-
ten, recently.
Mrs. John Barney of the river road
is suffering rom an attack Of rheuma-
tlsm.
Mrs. Lucinda Cappers returned to
her home IN Windsor, Saturday.
MIR. and Mrs John Matthews. Miss
Georgia White and her eaasin, Fred ef
| Lynn, Mass. spent SATURDAY at Togus
| pond.