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Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-05-14
INSURANCE FOR TREES
EQUIPMENT is ESSENTIAL FOR
SUCCESSFUL SPRAYING.
Something About Life and Habits OF
Pests Must Be Known Before
Farmer Can Hope to Obtain
Satisfactory Results.
(By C. NJ. MILLER)

II insurance against possible loss
from fire is worth while, how much
more valuable must be spraying in
surance" against certain loss. Farm
ers and orchardists are becoming cog
infant of the fact that to grow good
fruit one must not only spray, but
spray intelligently.
To spray successfully one must be
provided with proper equipment,
and he must know how to spray and
what he is spraying for.
To spray intelligently for the pur-
pose of checking damage by injurious
insects, something about the life and
habits of the pests must be known be
fore We can hope to obtain satisfac'
tory results. A remedy used against
one kind of insect may have no effect
whatever on another species. One
reason for this is that some insects
chew and devour their food. while
others pierce the tissue and Obtain
their nourishment by sucking the sal
OF whatever plant or tree they are 10
Gated upon.
The same thing is true Of fungus
diseases One must know something
about the causes Of plant diseases anC
their effect before the best results cal
be expected from spraying.
In spraying for bitter rot or scab,
good mixture to use is bordeaux an
this should be applied before the bud
open, to destroy the spores upon tn
bark and twigs.
Another spraying from three to tiv
weeks later should be given in OF
der to cover such portions as hav
escaped the first spraying. Careful e1
periments show that in orchard
where spraying has been done froI
year to year that the accumulativ
effects are great; some of thes
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-05-14
ALFALFA AS A solLlNe CROP
Danger in Feeding II to Hungry Sheep
and Cattle Unless Given in Mod
crate Quantities
tBy w. NJ. KELLY

On most farms where only few
acres of alfalfa can be grown success.
fully think the most will be realized
from 1t, to cut the crop green and
use for green feeding 1t is the best
soiling crop that we can grow for all
kinds of farm animals. There are few
rations that cannot be improved both
in economy and efficiency by the addi-
ton of alfalfa.
When using it for soiling purposes
there is danger in feeding it to hun
CRY sheep and cattle unless fed in
moderate quantities after it has wilt
ed In my own practise | have found
it safe to allow it to become wilted
before feeding 1t to the sheep and
cattle in the yards and stables.
In this way we can now NOV enough
to last two or three days at time
| and haul 1t to the various feeding
places for use when 1t is needed. II
will keep in excellent condition II
placed in cocks as soon as it is wiltec
and covered with cloth or canvas. IL
this way it escapes drying to brittle
ness and still keeps in ideal condition
for feeding.
There is no danger in feeding wiltet
alfalfa to sheep and cattle that have
become gradually accustomed to eat
ing it. Many feeders give it to thei
work teams, but it requires the bes
of judgment to keep work teams il
good, vigorous condition and ever
change in the line of feeding shoul'
be gradual.
1t is a good plan to cut and cur
the first cutting for hay, and then de
pend upon the later cuttings to SUI
plement the pastures. A few acre
of this valuable forage crop should b
! established on every stock farm.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-05-14
ADDS TO EFFECT OF LACE
Decoration That at First Seems Super
fuous ls One Of the Features of
the Seasons Fashions.

It seems like gliding the lily to en-
broider good lace founces with
wreaths of tiny silk flowers, or to pick
out their dainty design with gold. sill.
yer or metallic threads. But more
inexpensive laces are sometimes curt
ousiy beautified by this simple means,
the embroideries carefully introduced
to tone in with the color of the belt
or gown. Needless to say, In order
to be successful, these must be deftly
and lightly touched In A fllmy tunic
Of exquisite black chantilly is de.
cidedly not improved by outlining its
prettily patterned flowers with a sur
rounding OF weirdly shaped small JET
| beads, though, en- revanche, another
overdress of tambour lace has the
/ charm OF It's feathery design most eff
fectively heightened by an outlining
| OF dull gold thread. A tunic of imi
tation black Spanish lace is by nc
means unpleasing, with its big round
flowers worked In heavy white fioss
silks, and we have seen a flounct
of fine embroidered net successfully
pen-painted with wreathlets of tin,
red roses and their green leaves.
tango" colored charmeuse gown tina
made quite a sensation at recen
dance owed half its charm to looped
up tunic OF mellow-tinted imitation
Limerick lace, its leaf design outlines
with fine gold thread and worked witt
tiny iridescent jeweled beads.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-05-14
DICTATES OF FASHION

In buttons Chinese effects are very
popular. .
The proper afternoon blouse is OF
white satin.
Belts will again be used to consid'
cradle extent.
All bodices affect vest bolero or
peasant lines.
Yokes are a feature of many of the
new garments.
All gowns show an increasing full
ness In the skirts.
All bodices will be very loose fitting
and bloused.
Hats with flower trimmings ant
edges OF fur are worn by many smar
women.
For southern wear the white pans
mas are trimmed simply with whit
chiffon and wings.
All manner OF bindings are makin
their appearance in connection wit
dresses, suits and coats.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-05-14
Wasted Sweetness.

Lady" said the Chicago heller,
here's a box of candy to take home
to de kids"
Sir" said the lady voter, candy
is deficient in proteids, contains an
excess Of albuminoids and its use
by the adolescent is provocative OF
many infrmities which we, as new
members Of the electorate, are trying
to eradicate. Furthermore, your ten
der of this package is In violation OF
section 3, IL, "A of the criminal code
which deals with attempted bribery
and which carries a heavy penalty.
To which the heller could only re
ply:
We'll, wot Tell wot T'ell?"
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-05-14
SHOW CHECKS ON STOCKINGS
Rich and Varieested Designs Are the
Most Approved for Wear During
Spring and Summer,

Checks on your stocks instead of In
them is the latest edict of fashion,
French Isle or ingram Isle checked
stockings are even more popular than
the silk ones, but there is very little
economy in this, as the new designs in
Isle are by no means inexpensive. The
new checked patterns are sold Tor
s145 a pair.
The checked patterns come In green
and white, brown and white, maroon
and white, intense orange and white.
as we'll as in black and white.
In evening stocks there are many
ornamented with rhinestones and col
ored paste stones.
The patterns in these brilliant
stones are very open and light, spread
ing well over the instep and up the
ankle for some distance.
Paste amethysts, Jet, topaz, sap
phires and pink amethysts, as we'll as
brilliants and pearls, are used for this
embroidery, but as the designs are sc
delicate the effect is not too striking
There are clicked stockings II
black and white, the clocks made o.
4 fine stripes of the black on the Wnlt'
or white on black Stockings OF soli'
colors to match gowns have white sill
clocks. There are some very nea
3. looking stockings with small blacl
polka dots. and there are other stock
ings with two-toned background
which have stripes of white set quit
far apart. Not all would find this las
named fashion becoming.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-05-14
SEASON OF TAFFETAS
PLANT MATERIAL IN HIGH FA-
voR WITH MlILlNERs.
Possibility OF Its Becoming over-Pop-
uIar is Something to Be Reckoned
With-Trimmfnes Are Of All
Shapes and Designs.

The milliners have taken up taffeta,
particularly the changeable colorings,
so enthusiastically that they are very
likely, like the manufacturers of
readymade frocks, to overdo the mat
ter. If woman wants to buy a taf-
feta hat she will be wise If she buys
one and wears it at once, for the tat
feta model bids fair to become too
popular, though hat made by mas
ter hand, whatever the material, Is
easily distinguished from an ordinary
model and retains its sma7tness, no
matter how popular the style.
The first taffeta hats shown in the
importing houses and worn by women
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-05-14
NOW A GYMNASIUM
Old Church in Kansas City Has
Had Checkered Career.
Most Spectacular Occupations Have
Been by the Holy Rollers and a
Picture Show--Athletic Club
Now in Possession.

Kansas City-The old brick church
at 1416 Oak street has had checkered
career during the last dozen years. Its
most spectacular occupations have
been by the Holy Rollers and by a
picture show. But now it is settling
down into an apparently permanent
career. 1t is gymnasium.
The athletic club of business col
lege was organized last January For
several years the college boys and
girls have taken hikes annually to one
of Kansas City's parks; and there is a
spring picnic. Usually baseball team
represents the college in a Kansas
City league. But this year the boys
grew more ambitious; they formed a
basket ball team, and it was so popu-
| lar that they formed three more and
had league within the school. They
practised wherever they could find the
grounds-many of them belonged to
the Y. NJ. C. A. And then they discov'
cred this old church with an audito-
rum 50x35 feet without distractions
The floor, ceiling and walls were bare
The stained glass Of the big front win
dow had gone long ago-and most o.
the other windows were largely o.
boards, too There were no chande
liers. no ornaments, to be damaged
There was room that could be called
dressing room; another could b.
made a lavatory.
At very small expense the boys rent
ed the building, installed stove AM
wash basin, had electric light wire
and a few bulbs put in. nailed thei
baskets at each end of the auditorium
and their gymnasium was estat
lished.
The church gymnasium is not he'll
exclusively for the use of the bushes
college athletic club!s however. Their
} are three teams of basket ball players
: boys Of three different Kansas Cit
churches, that practise there.
And the broadcast feature of tn
church gyms usefulness is now bein
worked out. There are hundreds VIII
snooped around and watched the &C
\ lege boys play, and wished they coul
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-05-14
r..lns on DANCING Eroeks.

The latest word that comes from
Paris is that trains are to be worn
once more with dancing frocks-and
this from o city that is tango-mad.
II seems, ten. that the reign OF the
short-skirted dancing frock is about
over. The trains are long, narrow,
and pointed, and end in silk-covered
loop. attached by cord, which hooks
into a fold OF the gown, to be invisi
HE while the wearer sits or stands
and Is slid over the wrist to catch uI
the train while dancing.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-05-14
The Success Label.

Upton Sinclair. commenting In Bal
timore on the enormous fortunes now
existing in America, said:
IN no other place the world over
are such fortunes to be found. One
reason is that our laws regulating
financial transactions are less strin-
gent than those of other countries,
and another reason is that even where
we have laws our magnates forget
about them.
I'm fact" Mr.. Sinclair concluded
with laugh, "the histories of some
of our largest American fortunes show
clearly that on the door Of success If
push in brass" Record-Her
aid.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-05-14

orchards which were so badly infested
as to entirely dishearten their own
ers have been freed from both insect
pests and disease and have been
brought up to full bearing.
Nearly every one is familiar with
the bright yellow spots which apple
rust produces on infested leaves. While
the greatest injury undoubtedly re
suits from the leaf spots, there is also
a considerable loss due to rusted
fruit. The spots on fruit are quite
variable, both as to size and shape,
and they may be green, yellow, or a
mixture OF both these colors. This
spotting of the leaves seriously weak
ems the trees. The infection comes
from the gals on red juniper (cedar
apples). The infection may be re
duced by spraying the apple foliage In
early spring, but this is, at best, onl!
partially successful, whereas the de
struction of the jumpers ends thu
trouble. Since these have slight value
| IOT OIHdLueut OlACl oaPOoS - ~
the part Of wisdom to remove then
from the neighborhood OF apple OF
chards.
The fungus which causes apple rus
spends part of its life on the appl
and another part on the cedar s.
that, II there are no cedar trees with
In one mile of apple orchards Their
will be practically no injury from thi
disease. This is mentioned specifcall
as an example as to the intelligence
Of spraying-a knowledge OF the appl
rust fungus shows that other mean
beside spraying must be used for II
, elimination. One must study tn
causes and effects before the best n
a suits can be obtained in orchard pra
!. tise. If spraying is to be done, fir'
learn what is causing the troubl
4 Then If pruning is needed, prune;
I spraying is necessary, spray ene
y lively.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-05-14
TAKE Care of Machinery

Machinery is expensive, but its cost
can be cut down to a minimum by
good care. Keep all machinery housed
from the weather, keep all metal parts
oiled when not in use to prevent rust
ing and renew the woodwork with a
coat of paint whenever needed. No
tool should be left in the field to rust
and decay. Clean, oil and store 1t as
soon as its use Is ended for the season.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-05-14
A Garden cultivator.

A piece of one-half inch pipe is placed
on the axle to keep the handles apart
at the lower end, and a tenoned
crossbar, mortised in the upper part
of the handles, separates them in a
like manner.
The blades are made OF suitable
steel, bent as shown. and sharpened
on the edge where they touch the
ground. The upper ends of the blades
are slotted and fastened to the handler
with bolt having thumb nut
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-05-14
OH che Harness.

Every harness should be gone over
each spring before the regular farm
work begins In order to repair any
breaks and to give greasing II nee
essary. When leather becomes dry 1t
cracks and loses considerable OF its
strength. 1t is, therefore, great saw
ing to use oil freely on harnesses be-
fore they dry out too much. A dol
lars worth of oil may be of FIVE dol
lars benefit to the harness.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-05-14

ruche around the top Of the crown.
from under which extend small pink
moss-roses, leaves and buds. A hat
OF fine leghorn. trimmed with pink os
trich feathers. with a slight yellowish
tinge running through and at either
side of the bonnet, extending out to
and over the edge of the narrow brim,
with cluster of small pink and yellow
roses, also is shown this season.
MARY DEAN.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-05-14
USEFUL GARDEN CULTIvAT0R
implement May Be Constructed OF
Pieces That Are Usually Found
Lying Around Farm Yard.

The cultivator can be constructed of
ordinary materials found about any
farm, but the stock can be purchased,
and the amount required does not
make the cost very great. The width
Of the cultivator will depend on the
width of the planted rows OF seeds.
The wheels and handles are wood,
the axle is a three-eighths inch steel
rod with one-eighth inch holes drilled
near each end for cotters. Two wash
ers are used on each side of a wheel.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-05-14

the smartest hats
and have a GER
tain attractive
quaintness in ad-
iition to their I'M
doubted value as
color notes; but
they are u s g d
singly or in little
nosegays or stiff
little wre q I h s.
rather than In
masses, as, for In
stance, wreaths OF
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-05-14

OF taste nave Deeu
draped m o d e | S
with some simple
feather ornament
or some form of
fuller crown with
mario bri m.
There are little
hats, too, shirred
and corded into
small shapes pop
ular during the
winter and very
simply trimmed
with brush, or
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-05-14


motif, or single feather ornament, or
prim flower cluster, which makes
good between-season hats.
Flowers are tremendously used
Large flowers and tiny flowers seem
to share honors equally, and amazing
ly natural effects vie with flower
shapes and colorings that are never
found except in millinery, yet are
lovely for all that. There are stin
button-like little flowers of silk, OBJ
viously and mistakenly artificial and
suggesting that period OF artificiality
par excellence, the time of Louis XIV
and Louis XVI.
These prim, stiff little buds and
flowers are posed stifiy on some OF
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-05-14
Fair Words or Nothing.

George" said the wife to her gen
orally unappreciative husband. how
do you like my new hat?'
well, my DEAR" said George with
great candor, ito tell you the truth
stop right there, George! If you're
going to talk that way about it | don't
want to know"
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-05-14
AS FIT AS A FIDDLE

is a condition everyone would like to
boast Of 1t may be that all you need
is two or three Wright's Indian Vege-
table Pills just before going to bed
Trial box free. 372 Pearl street, New
York-Ady
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-05-14
Mar s.Iee,s Grave. Falls Dead.

Grove City. Pa-After walking to
the cemetery and telling the sexton
he had premonition he was going to
die soon, M. E. vogan selected the site
for his grave. He then walked $50
feet fror tho cemetery and fell dead
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-05-14
Rnal Mnurncr.

What are you wearing that thing
for?" asked Mrs. Gabb, when her hus
band came home with band of crepe
around his hat.
For your first husband" replies
Mr.. Gabb. I'm sorry he died.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-05-14
No. SIX-SIXTY-SlX

This is a prescription prepared es-
pecially for Malaria or Chills and
Fever. Five or six doses will break
any case, and If taken then as tonic
the fever will not return. 25c.-Adv.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-05-14
Unknown.

When you go for motor trip Do
sure you are on the qui vive.
That's a new make to me-
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-05-14

F1attery pleases woman even
when she knows 1t is fiattery.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-05-14

Striking school teachers In London
have won their strike for minimum
salary of $500 year.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-05-14

Strange how many invitations to
Intricate q man gets when he Is on
the water wagon.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-05-14

Putnam Fadeless Dyes are the cas-
lest to use. Adv.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-05-14
Old Church Now a Gymnasium.

have such a gymnasium, too; so the
college boys are making plans oy
which the boys can use the church
when they are not practising.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-05-14
air Rresslnn.

Whatever the couture. the hair h
loosely waved.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-05-14

why do you want st. Patrickl
day to be made legal holiday?
ITO keep his memory green"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-11-20
Influence of
Foreign Ideas

turers the finest of material and fab
rics; let our women use the brain theH
are blessed with in aiding our de-
signers and manufacturers.
The same is true in other Xoca-
tions Music and art of all descrip-
tion is unpatronized unless a foreign
label designates it. A singer must
have come from abroad, in fact must
change his name from plain Ameri-
can Richard to Ricardo, the import
ed name, before he is recognized as a
singer.
Mr.. Edison in his search for
voices for his photograph has made
trial records of more than three thou
sand singers in nearly every city in
Europe and almost an equal number
of trials in America. He finds that
as a rule the European voice is af-
flicted with a very disagreeable trem-
olo, variable timbre and poor inter
probation whereas the American
voice is far more frequently free Of
tremolo, has a fairly even timbre
and as to Interpretation the Ameri-
cans far surpass the European sing
ers. But Notwithstanding that fact
the Americans demand the foreign
talent.
when are we to form our own
opinions and be Independent enough
to stand for our own expression? At
one time it may have been necessary
to gain knowledge abroad, but not
so now. We have learned and have
great people in our midst; should we
not now pause and enjoy that which
we have?
DO we not show ourselves an ad-
vanced nation when we compare our
methods in war with those of the
present terrible condition in Europe p"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-11-20

Dorothy eyed her legs with sat
isfaction.
IF We keep on getting tail wen
have to have EN- long by the time
we're fourteen, or even maybe thir-
teen, and that's only four years
more. Oh, Mary 'Lizbeth wouidn' [
YOU just love to be in high school,
and have class pin and your hair
in one braid, turned under and tied
with a bow
And a boy to wait for you after
school and carry your books she
added dreamily, Just az il they
were most too heavy for you to
carry yourself this with a giggle.
No. sir" said Mary Elizabeth
With a sniff; u wouldn't mind
being tai and having a long dress.
but I wouldn't let a boy carry my
books. No. sir. My mother says the
airs of high school girls are just
dreadful. and she hopes I'll have
sense when | am as old as they
are
My mother didn't even have to
tell me, though She added, nod
ding her head positively. Il think
they're silly
HIM. 1 don't" declared Dorothy,
tugglng at one of her eur.s. They
always make me think of girls In
books.
Mary Elizabeth drew up her legs.
seraping her heels over the walk,
and turned to face her friend.
Dorothy Deaf. Tie very first time
see you with q boy. and the boy
carrying your BOOKS, Ill-Tn stop
speaking to Yoa ! Will, so there!'
"Why, Mary 'Lizbeth, you're get
ting angry! And We were only talk
ing for fun. O course l Wouldn' [
walyk with a boy, and, anyway, I'm
not sixteen. I'm only -en, and 50
are you.''
We'll, you viii some day" in
sisted Mary Elizabeth suldly.
mo. | won't. honest and truly, TO
the longest day / i've swore
Dorothy earnestly. and Mary Eliza
beth relented.
"All right, then. that's settled .
she said, with an air Of relief. Il
didn't really b'lieve it. Dorothy only
my mother said you'd be sure to be
that kind, cause gir,s with golden
curls always were."
Dorothy looked alarmed.
Mary 'Lizbeth, do you s'pose
will be whether | want to or not?'
Course not" declared Mary Eliz-
abeth, "and.r she leaned forward to
whisper, "if you should, we've
could dye it
Dorothy frightened.
60 course. Only We must wait till
we're sure, Mary Lizbeth, cause I
do love my hair the way ii is
(To be eontinued)