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Alma record., 1913-12-11
Y. M. c. A. NOTES.

(The prize essay written by Carlos
Allen of Middleton as part of the
agricultural contest)
HOW | RAISED MY CROP.
When heard of the County Y. NJ
c. A. contest and the Junior Agricul-
ture Contest, / determined to enroll
and raise beets
Now on our farm was a small plot
of ground on which stood an old
barn. The ground, which was a
black loan, had never been cultivated
to my knowledge and | saw in that
what ! considered an ideal location
for beet patch. By bargain made
ground of the rubbish for the use of
the land and of team in fitting the
land and hauling the crop to market.
SO the task of clearing the ground
was started, and though it proved a
long and tedious job, | finished it in
time to plant the crop. The land be-
ing very rich needed no fertilization,
in fact. | hauled off quite a quantity
of manure.
On May /, plowed the land TO a
depth of about eight inches, then on
May ,, dragged and rolled it alter
nately. This worked the ground into
good FORM but | was not satisfied,
and so made a heavy float of planks
and by the use of this, ground up or
crushed nearly all the Jumps
AS seed was cheap | determined to
SOW generously and get good stand
even though it took more seed. On
May 4, | drilled it in rows twenty
inches apart, using a small hand drill
for the purpose.
When the small tender plants we're
bursting through the ground | rolled
them with a heavy steel roller AS
soon as the plants were two or three
inches above the ground | cultivated
them shallow and started thinning
(this on May 2s). One must be very
careful in thinning, and | made gen.
eral allowance of about nine inches
between each plant.
The cultivator that / used was a
small hand affair. and after the first
cultivation | attached to it knife
and set out to kill the weeds. This
saved hoeing and | found that | did
the work just as well.
That field of beets was certainly
good to look upon when the broad,
green leaves had reared themselves
'over the ground But, nevertheless,
! was ready when the time came to
pull and prepare them for the market
On my prize acre there were eleven
tons four hundred and ninety-two
pounds. Labor and cost of produc-
ton amounted to eleven dollars and
ninety cents, which subtracted from
the returns of fifty-two dollars and
twenty-five cents. leaves forty dollars
and thirty-two cents clear profit.
| have gained some valuable ex-
perience and lot of enjoyment from
the summers work, and think that
If | should decide to raise beets an
other year | would have as good if
not better success.
49,
Alma record., 1913-12-11
NORTH EAST FERRIS

Bills are out for Semour Arris'
sale to be held Thursday.
Ivan Joseph has traded his drivers
for heavy team.
Ernest Elliott shredded corn Fri
day.
Joseph Wilson OF Elm Hall has
moved in the Geo. Andrews house,
known as the Swain place.
Mis-. V. Parks of Elm Hall spent
Friday with Mrs. Dora Arris.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Sabin were in
Vestaburg Saturday.
Miss Jessie Markham of Wheeler
spent the week end at home.
Mary and Elmer Holland spent the
week end with their parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. VIM. Holland.
Andrew Lewis house burned Fri
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilcox spent Sum
day at Semour Arris'.
The Elm Hall Grange met in reg
ular session and elected officers. AZ
ter election of officers farewell sup
per was given to Mr.. and Mrs. Sc
mour Arris. Mrs. Arris was present
ed with a water set and some other
presents.
Alma record., 1913-12-11

(The prize essay written by Carlos
Allen of Middleton as part of the
agricultural contest.)
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-12-26
illustrations by Ray Walters
Copyright by a. c. Mcclurz & Co., 1s1a.

What was Mrs Hayes connection
with that ah-little episode?' he
asked Il gathered from Dr. Norton
that in some way or other she knew
something about it"
Dr. Hayes stared at him in amaze
ment Miss Kerr had never uttered a
word, yet he readily believed, as did
the others, that both Wright and she
| were the only ones who could tell the
story. The woman in whose room they
| had been found was still in a delirious
nothing could be learned from her,
Although Kerr had ordered the police
10 bring in Ryan and Kelly, the search
had been unsuccessful
What" gasped DR.. Hayes, don't
you know how you got out Of that
mess and why the thugs didn't finish
you?"
Wright shook his head. His visitors
manner puzzled him
Il don't know thing / think some
one helped me in some way or other,
but Dr. Norton claimed he knew moth
ing.
Well, I'll be darned!"
Don't; there's no occasion for 1t
now-youre out OF politics The first
thing / knew was when I heard Dr.
Norton say, He's coming 10. all
right
Soon Hayes picked up his hat to go.
He stood for an instant, as if inviting
Wright to speak AS he did not do
so, the visitor asked, thinking OF Clio
ria the while:
rs there anything you want to know,
now that you're going on a vacation
or would you like me TO deliver any
messages? %
mo, none" Then after pause, at
is better So"
We'll. I'm of, remarked the doctor
He spoke carelessly. to hide his re-
greet, for at heart he keenly sympa-
thiZed with the man who was making
SO strong a fight for principle that
love itself had to give way before it.
Then he added. apparently as an after
thought, by the way, l believe that
offer for your paper still holds good"
Wright laughed, the little world
weary laugh he had sometimes permit
ted himself since he and Gloria had
parted in Judge Gilberts office.
my vacation has started" ne an
swered, and I'm not talking business
But you can tell Judge Gilbert for me
that the Belmont News is not on the
market for his clients
"All right, I'll tell him." Hayes re-
piled as they shook hands. Here's
good luck TO you on your vacation"
Wright smiled grimly, the thought
that good luck would perch upon his
standard was sorry hope He refused
to bind himself to the truth with any
feeting consolation such as that.
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cross. Yet in Belmont everyone knew
everyone else and never week passed
but what they all met at least in pass
ing
It would be impossible for him to
avoid Gloria altogether. He was frank
enough TO acknowledge 20 himself that
he would undoubtedly seek those
places where there would be some GER
tainty of his meeting her To be in
the same town with her meant that he
could not give her up. Yet he knew
that any overtures he might make
would be worse than useless. He felt
that her prejudice was such that there
could never be established that bond
without which matrimony is unholy
The ruf1ed pool may again be calm,
the misted mirror may again be clear,
yet he believed in her ignorance she
would feel that when two hearts but
once have broken troth there is no
alchemy that love distills can make
the past TO live again and the dead
present as though it had not been
The harder he tried to fight against
his conviction of what he should do.
the more Wright was convinced that
iJhere was but enc course for him to
pursue: it would be best for him to
leave Belmont This would be not for
a week or a month, but for all time.
1t would be necessary for him to dis
pose of the paper, but this he could
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COLORED STOCKINGS AS A FAD
Day of the Plain Black, or Other Solid
CoIors, Seems to Have Become
Thing of the Past.
What color are your stockings"

What color are your stockings?"
That's the new query now, when
ever the daughters of Eve pause on
the highways to exchange notes OF
mutual interest And it's a particu,
larly agitating point TO the obseryant
masculine who gazes against the sun
in this day Of transparent gowns, with
we'll simulated Indifference.
For since this fad for coiored
hosiery came in, the fair ones are
matching their favorite sundaes, their
Cubist gowns or their soul auras" at
the stocking counter.
Colored stockings with buttoned
boots are the fancy, and women find
the colored hose much better for them
also than black hose, the dye of which
is always more or less injurious, &C.
cording to the responsiveness of the
stockings
In these days of narrow skirts the
stocking, even above the buttoned
boot top, is much in evidence, for it is
impossible to raise the skirt in cross
ing street, or to sit on a low chair
without revealing little space above
the boot-top.
Silver gray and smoke gray stock
ings are in favor and also certain
shades of deep, rich red.
Some women wear blue stockings,
and green stockings are little too
pronounced in hue to be popular with
any but those who go in for extremes.
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CHAPTER XXI.

The morning after the election, Clio
ria called for the Banner as soon as
she wakened. The headlines told her
at once that her father had been de-
feated. She searched carefully
through the paper for some reference
to Joe Wright, but no mention was
made OF him. Naturally enough, the
Banner was not in a jubilant mood.
1t predicted dire things in store for
Belmont, but Gloria. remembering
what she had learned at so bitter a
cost, felt that any change must be for
the better
The girl had now recovered from
the first severity or the shock, and was
anxious to know for a certainty what
had become OF Wright. She knew that
he lived and was not seriously injured,
else there would have been some men,
ton Of him in the paper. The day pre-
vioGs she had thought much of him,
but there had been much else for her
TO think Of. Now with return to
what was to be for her the normal,
she wanted to know how he Jared.
All the morning Gloria spent in re-
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-12-26
Petticoat Is Back.

Two causes have led to the reap
pearance Of the petticoat, no longer by
any means tempestuous. One of these
is the chill in the air appropriate to
the season. The other is the prevalence
of semitransparent materials for
gowns. which would be quite impossi-
BILE without a petticoat or underskirt.
The latter word seems favored by
tailors, some Of whom appear to mag
inc that q SAVIOR of indelicacy hoyers
about the good old name ''petticoat. =
1t means exactly the same as the
French "jupon,' little skirt. The new
petticoats are slit up at various points,
so that they can be worn with skirts.
also slit, but not in the same way as
the petticoat.
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SMILES AN AID TO BEAUTY
Much More Effective Than Hours OF
Massage and Is No Drain
on the Purse.

If women only realized that the best
beautifier is not to be bought on the
market, but is simply provided for by
nature, namely, smile, this would be
a happy looking world. 1t is really
true a smile is the least appreciated,
but most efficient of beautifers- The
reason Is this: When the muscles OF
the face are relaxed they sink. The
time spent in sleep brings complete
relaxation Of all the facial muscles for
a period of many hours. This down
pulling of the muscles, which cannot
be prevented, very naturally needs
counteraction. Now, if the face is
drawn into lines of discomfort through
the daytime, naturally wrinkles will
follow in very little time.
On the other hand. all the smiling
YOU can do in the daytime will not
make lines, because the drawing up of
the muscles in the day is Offset by
their sinking at night. One balances
the other ta a way which keeps the
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CHAPTER xxi.-continued.

Nothing of personal nature had
been allowed to help contribute to this
success. No mention had been made
In the News of the assault on its edi-
tor in Mike Noonan's lodging house,
because to Wright it had appeared as
a personal matter. The day previous
Gloria had denounced him and cried
aloud for vengeance. He recognized
that had Gloria not been mixed up in
the affair the result might have been
the same, but the personal element
was what made him hold his peace.
The news that the day had been car
ried for good government was only a
temporary intoxicant. There were a
few moments of exhilaration when his
real feelings were submerged in the
General rejoicing that David Kerr had
been given more severe setback
than he had ever before received.
Then came the ebb of the tide, leav-
ing him on the desolate shore of dis
heartening uncertainty. The past was
a nightmare and the future a blank.
The tunult and the cheers had died
away, the brass bands at last we're
stIlled. his sitting-room with two win
dows on the street and its own private
entrance had been cleared of tobacco
smoke, and the reception he had held
when it was learned the election had
gone his way was at an end. when
Joe Wright sat himself down alone in
the quiet of the first hours OF the
morning to take stock of his future.
Gloria? What of her?
1t was always Gloria, Gloria, Gloria.
running through his mind, knocking at
the door OF his heart
Always of the Gloria who had
spurned him, he thought, for he knew
nothing OF the part she had played in
the lodging house. 1t was not a stu
alton to contemplate with equanimity
this living in the same town with
the woman he loved madly Were Bel
mont OF some size, city like ST. Louis
or Pittsburgh. there would be the prob
ability that their paths would seldom
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SYNOPSIS.

Gloria Kerr a motherless girl. who has
spent most OF her life in school, arrives
ct her fathers home in Belmont. David
Kerr IS the political boss Of the town.
end Us anxious to prevent his daughter
learning OF his real character. Kendall,
representing the Chicago packers, is ne
gotiatfng with Judge Gilbert. KeTr's chief
adviser. for 8 valuable franchise. They
fear the opposition OF Joe Wright, editor
Of the reform paper. Kerr asks the as
BiEtdnce OF Judge Gilbert in introducing
Gloria to Belmont society, and promises
10 help him put through the packers
franchise and let him have all the graft
Gloria meets Joe Wright at the Gllberts.
II appears they are on Intimate terms,
having met previously on a touring party
fH Europe. The Gilberts invite Gloria to
stay with them pending the refurn1Sn1ng
~ the Kerr home. Wright begins his fight
against the proposed franchise in the col
nmns Of his paper, the Belmont News.
Kerr through his henchmen. eXerts eV-
cry Influence to hamper Wright In the
publication Of MS paper. Gloria takes up
settlement work. Kerr and his lieutenants
decide to buy Ksrr's paper and ask the
editor to meet them at Gilbert's office
Calling at Gilbert's office to solicit a do
ration Gloria meets Wright. He proposes
and Is accepted while waiting TO be called
into the conference. Wright refuses TO
sell his paper and declares ne will fight to
81 finish. The Belmont News appears with
bitter attack on Kerr. Gloria calls
Wright a coward and refuses to listen to
any explanation from him. Broken-heart-
ID. Gloria decides TO plunge more deeply
intO settlement work. She calls on SICK
girl Of the underworld, named Ella. She
learns for the first time that her father is
the mead OF a notorious gang of political
grafters. Sounds of a conflict are heard
In the room over Elias. Gloria finds
Wright unconscious. a victim OF q n at
tempted assassination by thugs I'm the pay
Of the political ring. She hides him In
Elias room and defies the thugs. She
aWea them by announcing that she is
I<eTT's daughter. Ella threatens to give
s'p Wright to the thugs and is choked in
to Inconsistencies by Gloria, who then
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MAKE CHIC TRIM MING
PADDED DAISIES NOW GO WITH
TIE MOURNING HAT.
May BE Made at Home Just as Good
as Are Seen in the Millinery Inn
ortations-Direction to
be Followed

Padded daisies make an extraor-
dlnarily chic trimming for the mourn
ing hat, and some of the late millinery
lmportations have shown them com
pietely surrounding the brims. The
petals are usually a little over an inch
In length, and the centers are about
twice as large as the natural center of
the Hover they are made to initiate.
From luSterieSs black creme de chine
cut ovals Of the size and shape to
make daisy petal about quarter of
an inch wide and a little over an inch
long. At both ends the ovals should
be shaped to points, just as the ma
turaI petal Of the daisy is pointed
Two OF these petals thus cut are laid
together, and a seam is run about
them by machine, making one petal
from the two pieces. The bottom of
the petal is left open an eighth of an
inch up, so that it may be turned in
side out and the seams concealed in
the inside. Then take a match stick
and a bit of soft cotton and poke the
cotton into the little petal bag with
the end of the match stick. Make it
quite plump, and be sure that the cot
ton reaches clear to the point of the
petal Then sew the petal up at the
bottom Make a sufficient number of
these, say about twelve, to go all
around the little padded center This
center is made Of circle of the crepe
de chine stuffed with cotton and then
pressed down so that it does not look
too ball-like. The edges of the crepe
de chine circle are drawn down about
the tiny ball of cotton and fastened
with few stitches on thes under side.
The petals are then stitched to the
under side of the center Very little
cotton is used to pad the lower ends
of the petals, as this would make the
center too bulky underneath when the
petals are stitched to it. Some of
these daisies are arranged so that
slightly smaller petals are placed over
and between the gaps left by the Il
larger petals about the padded center
This gives the effect of a double row
Of petals, which is even prettier than
the single row. A Georgette sailor
with II or Is of these crepe de chine
flowers lying fiat on the short brim
makes an exceedingly smart mourning
hat
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SOME BEST HOLIDAY RECIPES.

For the cooky jar this is good
one to try, for the little people will be
sure to like them.
Christmas Cookies.--Cream q cup OF
butter and a beaten egg and two ia
blespoonfuls of cream, then stir in
gradually two cupfuls each of -four
and rice flour, with five tablespoonful
Of sugar. Roll out and cut with small
biscuit cutter. Bake for ten minutes
in a moderate oven.
Reliable Mince Meat.-A pound each
of raisins, currants, chopped suet.
chopped apples, brown sugar, sultana
raisins, half-pound of chopped al
monds, an ounce Of mixed spices, the
rind and juice OF three lemons and
three oranges, with pound OF candied
citron chopped. Keep two weeks be-
fore using.
Marrons With Whipped Cream
Cut rounds Of sponge cake and place
on each two preserved chestnuts.
Sprinkle with little OF the strip and
force a little whipped cream through
a pastry tube around the chestnuts.
Serve on dolly covered plates.
Carrot Puddins.-To a cupful OF
chopped suet add a cup Of grated car
rot, two cupfuls Of -four, one-half cup
full of sweet milk, one cupful OF raisins.
one cupful of currants, .one-half-cupful
Of sugar and one and a half teaspoon
fuls of baking powder, one-quarter of
teaspoonful each OF cinnamon and
cloves and a quarter of nutmeg,
grated Mix all together, adding the
fruit last. Put in buttered mold and
steam three hours. Serve with any
kind of pudding sauce preferred. The
following is not very common and is
most excellent.
Sauce for Plum Pudding.-Melt a
cupful OF sugar in half a cupful of wa
ter. Let it boil for five minutes, then
add a half cup of orange juice with the
grated rind and the juice of half a
lemon. Another sauce of three beaten
eggs, half cup Of milk and half cup
full of sugar, with teaspoonful OF
vanilla is good sauce for any steamed
pudding.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-12-26

Caiifornian's Attempt TO Rob Hive Re-
suited in His Losing Fourteen
Chickens.

Arthur J. Holmes. Beresford
fCai.) farmer, whose establishment is
near the summer home of Antoine
BoreI, was not cut out for bee fan
cier. Some time ago while pruning
some trees on his farm, Arthur was
overjoyed to discover a colony Of bees
ensconced in hollow limb. busily en-
gagged in making honey.
Recently he decided that the time
was ripe to sample this unexpected
luxury. so he proceeded to the tree
and began operations by poking in the
hole with a large stick. Then things
happened.
The bees, alarmed and angered at
this treatment, came forth to do bat
tie. and in a trice Arthur was hittirg
the high spots for home, followed by
the buzzing swarm. An hour later he
thought it safe to come out again, and
cautiously approached the bee tree,
which was near the chicken pen.
Stark and stiff in the Enclosure lay
fourteen newly Matched chickens. The
bees, having lost their human prey,
had wreaked their vengeance upon the
defenseIess chicks.
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seen that It's custom only which rem.
ders that impossible that otherwise is
nothing so; for of those nations who
have no manner knowledge of cloth
ing, some are situated under the same
temperature as We are, and some in
much colder climates. And besides,
our most tender parts are always
exposed TO the air, as the eyes, mouth
nose and ears. Had We been born
with necessity upon us of wearing
petticoats and breeches there is no
doubt but Nature would have forti-
fed those parts she intended should
be exposed to the fury Of the seasons
with thicker skin, as she has done
t, finger ends and the soles of the
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gether with some of the same silk
cord which ornaments the edges.
Embroidered in the center is a club,
and round 1t are hearts, diamonds and
spades The clubs and spades should,
Of course, be worked in black silk, and
the diamonds and hearts III scarlet, or
they can be cut out in silks of those
colors and finely stitched in their
places upon either side of the bag.
Little bags Of this kind would be
saleable articles to prepare for a
bazaar, and they could be made in two
sizes, one for carrying loose cash and
counters, and a larger size perhaps
capable of holding counters, cards and
markers, and possibly handkerchief
and small mirror.
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Why Wear Clothes?

Therefore it is that l believe, that
as plants, trees and animals and all
things that have life are seen to be
by Nature sufficiently clothed and COW
cred to defend them from the injuries
of the weather, so were We; but as
those who by artificial light put out
that Of the day, SO we by borrowed
forms and fashions have destroyed
our AVN. And It's plain enough to be
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Trouble at the crossin',

"Hullo, Cyrus. How's things over
to tn Crossin'?'
Pretty duberous. We got race
war on"
mo-"
Yep. Couple O. STedes from Wis
consin started market garden on tn
north-rd"
"Well?"
The board o. selectmen held 6
meetin' right away an passed anty
alien act"
We'll, WE'LL"
Yep. Peleg Brown has writ to GUY
Johnson Of Californy, askin' how &c
enforce it. An everybody in town il
wonderin''
''Wonderin' WHAT"
EFF Sweden is goin' TO declare war.
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Eur-Edoed Elounces,

An exquisite visiting gown was sect
the other day of sapphire blue velvet
with three deep and rather scanty
founces reaching to just above the
knee at a distance of about four inches
apart, their hens completed with mar
row bands of gray Russian squirrel
the whole proving an entirely delight
full creation.
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Fruit on able.

An attractive way to arrange fruit
such as ref apples, Is to fill big
brown basket and use it for center
piece for your dinner table. Grapes ar.
ranged in a graceful long-handled bas-
ket and allowed to spill over the edges,
piled high il the center, makes anoth.
er attractive centerpiece.