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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-07

UIDED by Southern school
teacher. Uncle Sam Is turning his
attention to keeping some OF his
country nieces happy on the farm in
stead of letting them join the workers in
the cities. In five Southern States, under
the direction Of the Department of Agri-
culture, schoolgirls are learning how to
.urn tomatoes and snap beans into
money
Miss Mary Cromer Of Aiken. s. c..
began the girls canning clubs with
forty-slx OF her own pupils. She had
heard OF the boys corn clubs. and saw
no reason why the girls should not
make little money too. So one
spring she encouraged forty-six girls
to plant little tomato patches.
All summer she worked with them,
showing them how to hoe and Guilt
vate. Along toward harvest time the
neighboring station of the Farm DEM
onstration Service heard about what
she was doing and sent a canning ex-
pert to Aiken to show the girls what
to do with their product. one girl got
512 cans from her patch. which gave
her profit at the rate of $500 an acre.
Even Jerry Moore, the boy who won
the corn prize, had cleared only S140
an acre. Miss Cromer was given
place in the Department OF Agricul-
ture, and has organized tomato clubs
in five States.
The clubs are formed very early in
the spring before planting time, and
the demonstration who travels about
tells the girls how to have their land
prepared. The farms are only one
tenth of an acre now, that being sup
posed to be all that one girl can well
take care of. Usually the fathers do
the ploughlng, but they are paid for
! their time and the fertilizer they use.
| Just as an outsider would be. For the
cultivating the girls allow themselves
| 10 cents an hour. They learn to enjoy
the work
you must be careful not to get your
feet wet" Mrs. Charles $. Mckinnon,
who is In charge Of the work in North
Carolina. told one girl.
"Oh, ! won't" she said i've got an
old pair OF pas rubber boots, and put
nv skirts right inside EN-"
When the first crop IL ready TO can
the agent sends word that she Will
meet the local club near the school
house for demonstration. She ar
rlyes with her travelling stove, dozens
OF shining new cans, ana taPpihs
steel To seal them. The girls. wearing
clean bingham dresses and caps. bring
their fruit.
A fire Is soon going under the stove
which has a square folding tank FOL
water, into which wire basket IL fitted
The cans minus their tops are put II
the wire basket and into the water t.
sterilize by two of the new cooks, TIVE
others peel the fruit and two more paci
II tightly into the cans as they conn
out.
Then the covers are fitted on and an
other girl runs the heated Gaping stee
around the edges, melting the solder ant
sealing the cans tightly. Twenty min
utes Of boiling in the wire basket fin
ishes them. The labels arr not adjusted
until just before they are shipped.
The girls are taught to can the will
and garden berries in glass. In the fall
when the harvest is all In tin or glass
the demonstration visits each home
, weighs each can and marks its weigh
Upon the outside. The little gardener add
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-07
For His Majesty the Baby

sells net, double width, bound with white
RIBBON, cat stitched on. makes a dainty
as well as serviceable protection.
Attractive bonnet boxes may be male
by the aunt with artistic ability. The
foundation is plain white box and she
may decorate 1t with painting or with
an appliqued design Of figures cut from
some of the attractive wallpapers that
are made in these days for nursery use.
one of the favored gifts for uncle to
make IL mother OF pearl teething ring
with gold bells bearing baby's initials.
II uncle's pockethook won't stand this.
just as useful and almost as beautiful
rings may be- had with silver bells.
or course there are other approved
baby gifts. booties, caps, pins and gold
safety pins, pillow shams and carriage
covers, but they come readily to mind.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-07
Uncle Sam Is Keeping Girls On the Farm

Puritanical collars and cuffs, and serves
the end admirably. having a certain
resistance, which IL just what Is wanted
for those extremely high, roll back COL
lars-no eXtraneous assistance being
required other than very fine wire
just to support the corners in a per-
manent curve.
There are reports Of some very dark
tartan taffetas gowns, arranged with "A
sleeveless bodice over white muslin
vest fitted with sleeves The smartness
OF the tartan blouse fashioned on similar
lines is well known and II is quite easy
to vision the dawn of "a complete gown.
These were seen 1T the most recent
OF the Paris races, accompanied hve
times out of six by a long fun cloak
OF soft satin and taffeta. As was only
TO be looked for the long cloak has
created a fresh posture, that has been
adopted by the younger members OF the
fashionable fraternity. This consists or
carrying one hand on the hip, which at
once helps to break up the uniformity
of the line, and inadvertently display
any pretty doublure that may be there.
Contrasting Innings chiefly chiffon or
ninon, gorgeously patterned and colored'
are growing apace in favor.
Or a particularly utllEntlul ana SYM
pathetic vogue IL the hats OF black tulle.
The transparency is used throughout
! and IL adrotly manpuvred to fashion
! the high quill effect, with its delicate
picot edge Just n tiny bunch OF butter,
cups being tucked into the folds at one
| side
! Regarding flower trimmed hats there
| il particular significance in the appear
! ance of a high crown flower toque very,
reminiscent of those worn in the early
sos. While some millners are thank.
| full to have on show "A piece of head
year SO thoroughly wcarable as this,
even when accompanied by the short
| nose length ven, others are shaking
dubious heads over its really coming
into favor this season, anyway with
younger women, who are still too fond
OF weird feather fantasies To forsake
them for anything so ordinary ~
a flower toque.
For there is no getting away from the
fact that viewed from the latter day
standpoint the flower toque, even with
It's now decreed wee brim OF straw or
strained tulle. worn quite straight on
the head makes n far more ready APP
peal TO the middle aged than to tho
piquant younger woman, And there
stands the reason crystal clear why the
latter are still affecting feathers while
their elders are flying To the possible
haven OF flowers,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-07

IN America I believe you call our
boots high shoes or something like
that Since | am not sure of the
exact term used In the United
states must retain the English word,
AT what / mean Is very smart snoe
X~p,cn reaches well above the ankle
and Is either laced or buttoned. accord
ing to choice. In Paris the very latest
boot OF this order is made of supple
patent leather and is invisiby laced on
one side. giving the effect OF well
atting foot glove.
These boots have exaggeratedly high
heels and they were launched at re-
cent race meeting by Mile. Forzanne,
who is said to be the prettlest woman
n Paris this season. They look exceed
ngly attractive when worn I'm con-
junction with tailored suit in fine
serge or linen. 4 have seen the same
model made in navy blue glove kid and
N a dark shade OF crimson In the
dull black leather
For evening wear gold and silver
shoes are again popular One OF the
leading Partisan shoemakers has in
vented a preparation which gives a
metallic effect to these fairylike shoes
and II is considered chic TO have a
small bow in black tulle, held In place
BY a diamond clasp, laced far down or
the low cut front. Another dainty
novelty for evening wear, Is the black
Kid cothurne laced with ribbons covered
with paste. These ribbons are con
tlnued above the ankles and are
finished off with tiny paste tassels.
Now that skirts for day and evening
wear alike are so short great atten'
ton Is paid to shoes and stockings
The latter seem to get more and NOR,
gorgeous in detail and it is no un'
common thing for wealthy women t.
have lace motifs worked over with
real rose diamonds and inserted In tn,
fronts Of their evening stockings
Sandals with heels are also very
much worn in conjunction with evening
roles of classic outline, but the averag,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-07
GOSSIP FROM THE FASHION MAKERS OF THE WORLD
Footgear for Women Grows Gorgeous Because Skirts Are
Short--The Spanish Feaddress Catches the Fancy of
Paris--Smart Sashes Have Swathed Effect.

Of the head. holding it in place by in
visible pins.
The latest sash for day. and indeed
for evening wear, Ia a very broad length
Of supple silk, which is passed over
the hips from the front and tied low
down at the back. The top OF this sash
.ouches the normal waist line and tho
folds are carefully arranged In order
20 obtain a swathed effect without max
ing the hips seem unduly large. AT all
the recent race meetings these broad
sashes have played an important role.
And the curious thing is that they are
adopted by slender women and stout
women, alike.
Sashes OF this kind are worn in con-
junction with deliberately draped skirts
They are at their best when worn over
pleated dresses of the 1880 order. but
the Parisiennes are combining them
with draped skirts and the result is
good In many cases.
Another emineutly smart sash for
day wear is made OF shot gauze. with
richly embroidered ends These sashes
are Immensely long and are wound
round and round the waist and hips
In mummy fashion, the ends being
loosely knotted at one side or at the
back.
Fatma sashes are again popular.
These are made of printed ynuze or Of
indian silk traced over with dull gold
threads. They mould the hips and are
tied In front, the knot being fastened
by handsome Jewelled clasp.
Once' again picture hats OF the smart
order are fashionable In Paris. The
reign Of the small hat and jampot toouo
has been long: so long that IL really
seemed as though IL were never going
to end. But now the picture hat is
creeping back into its rightful place.
and this is excellent news. At the
present moment the hat OF the season is
the fiat brimmed canotier, or sailor
shape.
Nine. earlier has successfully
launched this revival and where Car
lier leads all the world follows. Some OF
the new canotiers are made OF black
or moonlight blue, satin. and trimmed
with large wings which jut out at the
back. Other models are made of satin
straw and simply trimmed with broad
white ribbons, tied in loose bows at the
left side. i have seen admirable models
entirely covered with finely pleated tai.
feta and trimmed with wing mounts
The fiat brlmmed sailor shape is almost
universally becoming. 1t is at one and
the same time smart and picturesque.
AS the summer season advances we
shall ind the genuine picture shapes
largely worn and these will get wide,
and wider In the brim as the weeks pas,
by Unfortunately 1t seems impossible,
TO get rid Of the spirit OF exaggeration;
Just as We had a rage for hats thai
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-07

/ohrEN . Ieet nave never been
NA/ more unbecomingly CARRIED
w than has been the case Of late,
and when 1t came to tartan
shoes-well. these may haply prove the
climax. For there are rumors afioat
that black silk stockings and patent
shose ornamented with costly buckles
are coming rapidly to the fore again.
Far too many women are welded to
colored shoes, which have for some con-
siderable period now provided them with
q vast amount OF interest to allow the
fancy to slip away easily. On the other
hand though the hope will ride strong
with every one that harmonizing shoes
may never be allowed to depart from
the realms OF evening dress. Here the
colored shoe IL essentially in its right
place, as right as the black soulier was
wrong.
The attempt--and II has every APP
pearance OF being crowned with sue
cess--to revive 1850 modes probably
represents the most exciting modistic
topic of the moment. In the present
prevailing spirit of exaggeration the
revival Is being launched with the
greatest amount of eccentricity, which
only those who can read between the
lines are able to value at its true
worth. II we do take kindly to the
close fitting bodice again let us, In
the name OF elegance, see that II does
At and not hang about the figure like
an III made old country danes bed
Jacket. The large classic waist also
will have TO be tempered considerably
But, together with the crinoline, let
us be spared anything approaching the
wasp waist.
The unfortunate auspices under
which these 1880 REVEALS are being
presented for the long, fiat h'lted or
gathered tunic IL n welcome enough
change, its charms deserve to be eulo-
gized to the full. But 1t will be all
the happier when Invested OF the ex-
, ceedngly narrow underskirt, which at
present too frequently accompanies II,
At the same time there IL every comfort
/ In the reflection that these exceedingly
uncomfortable jupes are at last, after
many attempts, actually doomed. Inc
pendulum Is swinging back slowly. 1t is
true. but proportionately surely. to
greater freedom and perhaps simplicity
The latter, however, l am bound to add
IL considerably in the air at present
except in such accessories az the Sc
verely plain collars and cuffs OF white
| linon or earoplane. The latter fabric
Is doing yeoman's service. for these
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-07

her name and address and the can Is
sent straight to somebody's table at 10
cents for the tin cans OF vegetables and
II for glass Jars Of preserves. II the
purchaser is dissatisfied she notifies the
department and the girl is directed to
send another can. II there are con-
tinued complaints Of her products it is
assumed that she is not following dlrec-
lions and she is dropped from the clubs.
One girl in jamestown. n. c., had no
land OF her own, but she Joined the club
and put up the surplus tomatoes that
would have gone to waste on her fathers
farm. BY the end OF the season she had
400 cans. which she sold to the local
grocer at 10 cents apiece. and with the
money she is attending high school this
winter.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-07

An original couture worn by
Nine. Paul Poiret. Crossed bands
of silver gauze which formed a
turban, and two curved black
mounts.
were much too small. now we shall have
rage for hats which are much too
large. OF course there will be women Of
taste who will. happily, refuse to accept
senseless eXaggerations.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-07
FASHIONS IN SHOES.

w yOMEN'S feet have never been
\A/ more unbecomingly CARRIED
w than has been the case Of late,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-01-19

ducing agricultural body, and the gain
in citizenship and the reduction III
disease and criminality would more
than refund whatever the state palu
out to get the experiment gong
However. the advice is to make haste
slowly-beginning by cautious ex-
periments with a few families to learn
lust what will and will not work. rms
could be determined within COM
paratively short time, and If learned
thoroughly would prevent much frult-
less effort. The start should be
made with a few carefully selected
families, even to the extent OF pro-
viding land and houses for temporary
occupancy" and the committee gives
chapter and verse of the State laws
under which this could be done.
The foregoing proposals cannot fall
to impress everyone who has seen the
pressing need of redisributing our
newcomers away from the cities and
into the country.
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J. S. w., His Emblem.
IN Y TrihlInel


There will be much talk about Mr..
John Shelton Williams in the next few
days. Ponderous senators with long
vocabularies at their command will
seek TO express their exact opinion of
this great figure. He will be assayed
from every point of view until, we sus-
pect even Dir. Wilson may lose some
thing of that first flush of joy which
attends the mention of an admired
name.
But none of these great tongues, we
venture to predict will as perfectly
sum up the pith and marrow of Mr..
Williams greatness, his aims and
philosophy of finance, as his old asso-
ciates of Richmond. Va, have done in
one small act. These simple and ad-
miring souls, members of the banking
firm Of John S. Williams & Sons, have
paid their departed partner the tribute
of apprcpriating as their emblem and
placing on the cover of their own pri-
vate Investors Almanac" no less a
structure than the Treasury of the
United States.
Why seek further for monument to
the name and fame of Williams?
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Maine Gossip
The Singer of Life.

They who sing Life as forth they go
Across the varying stretch of Time,
Have need to flower each metred rhyme
With all the gems these stretches show.
The purity of falling snow
In place of palling chill, they sing
The grandeurs of old ocean ring
In line on line, though well they know
The deep seas horrors. From the night
A singer culls but peacefulness-
ignoring darkness-the distress
o hearts that, aching. crave the light
From good and evil. false and true,
But sweetest music swells for you
Along life's barren wastes each song.
Like scent of verdure on the breeze,
From some green spot OF pool ana
trees.
Comes to the heart with comfort strong,
Now seems the right to vanquish wrong!
The rhythmic voice such solace bears,
Such humor of delight it wears,
That saddened hearts no more belong
In human bosoms. Yet the road,
For many a singer. leads to death;
He feels oftimes starvation goao-
His poems tax dying breath,
From dust and air, from stick and
stone,
He wakes a JOY to him unknown.
-Lurana Sheldon, in New York Times.
amtS:dw
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Germs Made Harmless.

Rich red blood is the power that
keeps the human body in order. Every
day many germs of disease enter our
bodies but they are made harmless
and passed off If the fighting forces of
the body are in good condition. DR..
Williams Pink Pills build up the
blood, enable it to absorb more oxy-
gen, the agent which burns up the
body poisons. In this way DIR. Will
liams' Pink Pills are not only tonic
but a specific for the host of diseases
that come as a result of thin blood
and that can get a foothold only when
the tone of the body is low.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills make the
blood rich and red, and strengthen the
nerves.
Try DR.. Williams Pink Pills for
anaemia, rheumatism, neuralgia, nerv-
BUSINESS, sciatica. Build up your blood
and note how the purer and richer
blood fights your battle against the
disease Take DR.. Williams Pink
Pills as a tonic If you are not in the
best physical condition and cultivate a
resistance that with the observance OF
ordinary rules of health will keep you
we'll and strong. Get box from the
nearest drug store and begin this treat
ment now.
A booklet, Common Ailments. How
to Treat Them is free for the asking
Address: The DR.. Williams Medicine
Co., Schenectady, N. Y.-Ady.
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pensated for by putting on more
cases." and when there was a sub
stitute ready to take the case of any
man who was Alphabetically indisposed,
it did not so much matter whether a
typesetter was either sober or re-
liable. Those were the days when
tramp printers abounded men who
went from town to town and worked
as substitutes for few days and
then passed on. With the coming of
machines costing $4,000 each, sobriety
and reliability on the part of printers
became an economic necessity. Also
the need to work the plant at top
speed and highest capacity to get out
the various editions of the modern
paper left no room for the tramp, the
alcoholic or the shiftless. The printer
had to make good as an individual.
In a generation this has so COM
pletely changed the personnel and the
spirit of the printing office. that, COM
bined with the high intelligence and
good education necessary for effective
work. not alone the compositors, but
the craftsmen in all branches of the
printing business, have reached such
a general high average of character
as is indicated by this absence of a
single one of them from the 1900 men
in Joliet. 1t is pleasant to say this
about them, because there still fingers
in the public mind some of the Inn
preston put there by the bibulous
printer of former days. the days of
printers milk that looked dark I'M
der the foam and was not carried in
sanitary bottles as it is now. when at
lunch time a printing Office has much
the aspect of dairy counter. 1t is
not alone the printing trade that has
been elevated by modern industrial
conditions requiring sobriety, intelli-
gence and reliability on the part OF
workers, but Il is the highest and
most conspicuous example.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-01-19

The rapid displacement of the belt
as a means of transmitting power is
not only resulting in a great saving 81
energy in the work shops of the world
but also is a great saving of life. for
the use of the belt has always bcesI
attended by injury and loss of life I'd
a serious degree. The electric drive Is
remedying all this. Although tffd
United States was the pioneer in the
development of motor driven machin1
cry, it appears that Germany is ~
present leading in the extent of its
use, for anything but an electrically
driven machine is rarely seen in that
country.
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The Modern Printer.

(St. Louis GlODe-DemOCTdl.)
It was only a little news item, less
than ''stickful,' but the printer who
set it on the machine, the proof
reader who read it for errors, the
galley boy who put in the corrected
lines and the makeup man who put
it in the form, must all have felt a
little lift of pride as they handled it.
1t was from Joliet, ILL.,, the scene OF
the states largest penitentiary. where
1900 men are confined, and 1t said
that in all that body not single
printer could be found, and so the
first number of the new paper. the
Prison Post, had to be set by an out
side printer. The printing craft is
one of the largest in numbers of the
skilled trades, yet it Is not supplying
it's quota to the penitentiaries OF the
country. And the reason for this Is
the very fact that it is trade re-
curing high skill of the most intelli-
gent sort. including a high sense OF
responsibility, holding a standard ur
to which the shiftless, incompetent,
irresponsible and vicious can not
measure. A process Of elimination
has been going on which has retained
in it the sober. the industrious and
the reliable almost to the exclusion OF
those who are not and. 1t Is not the
sober, Industrious and reliable who
get into penitentiaries.
But 1t was not always thus In the
printing trade, particularly In the
newspaper portion Of 1t. Before type
setting machines were invented, when
type was set by hand, and lack Of In
dividual speed could be easily COM