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Evening star., 1914-04-12
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Evening star., 1914-04-12

better than driving about the city. She
thinks she would enjoy attending the big
meetings and hearing the important
lectures which take place in Washington.
Il have not looked into this suffrage
question very deeply. but intend to after
have been here for while. In my
country women do not interest themselves
in politics
Viscountess Chinda is deeply interested
in her home and her sons. who reside
in Japan. anticipating with a great deal
of pleasure their numerous letters telling
the news Of home. She spends a great
deal OF time studying English. in order
that she may become thoroughly CONVEX
SAINT with this language, Of which she is
very fond.
Evening star., 1914-04-12

MONTE CARLO.
they were in one and continued below the
belt. The lower edge is pouched over a
finely plated flounce that extends to the
knees and opens down the front with the
corners curved off. Another section OF
plated fiouncing fills in the space be-
tween the front edges of the tunic, and
both f1ounces are made with very deep
hens finished with double stitching.
The lower part of the skirt is plain and
quite narrow and opens down the center
'front.' with a little slash over the feet.
There is velour belt caught together
at one side under large pink rose.
Evening star., 1914-04-12

Il Will describe to You what We call
model nome, or rather a room in a model
Evening star., 1914-04-12

lent one In Japan we have domestic
science courses for our girls but we
place more stress on our tea ceremonial
instructions. That sounds quite mys-
terious, does it not?
LAS matter of fact tea ceremonial in
strutcions are merely lessons in etiquette,
as you would say here. Just as your
girls are taught ballroom etiquette and
how to act as hostess and guest at for
NAL functions, SO our girls in Japan are
taught how to properly preside over a
tea table and how to conduct themselves
al tea parties, for you see tea drinking
and serving are two important proceed
ingS in my country.
AT the tea lesson the teacher places
huge kettle urn in the center of
table fills it with water and places it
over flame to boil. While she is wait
ing for it to heat she instructs the girls
with regard to the arrangement of the
tea service. suggesting the proper cakes
or other delicacies and sweets to serve
with the tea.
when the water is hot She adds the
tea with a ladle, continuing her lecture
all the while. The girls are taught every
detail OF tea serving and tea table man
nerS. even being cautioned as to how to
hold their teacups
"They are also told the proper sort Of
china to use at different functions. We
prefer the gay. figured Japanese ware
thin cups with slender handles and small
saucers. Speaking of dishes, that re-
minds me of some wonderful ware | saw
in several of your jeWeiry shop windows
while shopping the other day. | believe
it was porcelain combined with silver.
/ particularly admired a tea set of this
description
The display windows in the Washing
ton stores very attractive. and GER
tanly accomplish their purpose. | never
tire of gazing at the wares arranged so
artistically to attract the attention of
passersby.
When questioned to what she thought
of some of the styles in womens
dress she shook her head disapprovingly.
81 cannot say I admire the cut, nor
the split skirt. Am l correct? is that
dress which is cut up at either side or
in the front, called split? When wom-
an walks down the street brazenly. show
ing to the public at large the laces and
friIls which propriety demands that she
shall cover with her dress, she is not as
modest as one might wish. Am ! not
right?
Now in Japan our girls would not
care to wear a split skirt. they would not
think it beautiful. They do not wish to
, have the lines of their robes broken by
a cash.
Evening star., 1914-04-12

tree gracefully welding fan is the
Viscountess Chinda wife OF the Japa-
nese ambassador.
In reality she dresses quite differently
from the above style When Interviewed
at the Japanese embassy the other day
she wore very stunning black velvet
gown and high-heefed slippers. and had
Evening star., 1914-04-12
She Prefers a Chair to
Sitting on the Floor
Contrasts an American
and japanese Home
Does Not Admire the
Split Skirt.

PETITE little lady.
with a charming
b r o k e n accent,
whom one could
easily visualize as
garbed in a bril-
liant-hued japanese
kimono. black hair
coiied high. and
decorated with two
huge yellow chrys-
anthemums, stand
ing under a cherry
Evening star., 1914-04-12
Msa'~ Russens Oo>
6olet Preparations

"HESE are the prepara
tions that ! have
l. been using personally
for the past fifteen
years. They have been and
are being put up by own
chemist. in my own labora-
tory. under my personal
direction.
! offer them to women
who value youth and
beauty. with my personal
assurance that they are
absolutely pure. thor
oughly reliable and de
lightfully efficient.
QMz162zz&
Evening star., 1914-04-12

The new charter for Walkersville. Md.
passed by the legislature with a referen-
dunn. was adopted at a hotly contested
special election Thursday by 3 vote Of
ps to 81.
Evening star., 1914-04-12

Wesley Kinder, wealthy landowner, die,i
Thursday at the home of his brother
in-law Samuel Nelson. near Federals
burg Md Mr. Kinder was one of I'VE
brothers ALI of whom were blind.
Evening star., 1914-04-12

While | am speaking of clothes / wish
to correct one mistaken impression which
Americans seem to have of japanese
women They invariably describe them
as wearing flowers In their hair. Never
have / seen picture of a Japanese
girl but what she had flower back
of each ear In all the stage productions
in which japanese characters are i'm
personated the actress wears big flower
on each side of her head
1T is the Chinese women who wear
many flowers in their hair. and who are
so fond of adorning themselves thus.
Japanese women occasionally wear 4
spray of flowers in their hair. but only on
special occasions So often l have heard
Americans express wonderment as to how
the Japanese could keep on hand so many
flowers in order to always have fresh
blossoms for this head adornment AS
a matter of fact when Japanese girls
and women do decorate their hair in this
fashion they do so with artificial ones.
never with fresh cut flowers. We prefer
to watch them and enjoy them as they
grow.
Eiscountess Chinda says she hasn't
taken up a hobby since arriving in Wash
ington but she hopes to soon. She's been
too busy sightseeing, and enjoys nothing
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-10-29
HANDLING FOWLS IN YARDS
Methods by Which Birds May Be
Given Variety-Green Food Must
Be Furnished in Some Way.

Where it is necessary to keep the
fowls confined to houses and yards
during the summer, and not much
chance to divide the yards, the best
way to handle them is to have the
yards of four-foot netting, the top COW
cred over as well, and every few weeks
move these yards to a new location
where fowls have not been the present
year. This is considerable trouble, but
it must be done if chicks and fowls
are kept on a small area. If it is not
possible to let the fowls have a range,
then green food must be provided in
some way. A good plan is TO give
them some cut grass or weeds at night
just before they go to roost.
A better plan is to rake up the cut
tings following the lawn mower, for
they can consume these short blades
better than grass cut with scythe.
All fowls in confinement ought to be
allowed to run for an hour or two
each night, even though it is necessary
for several people to keep them out of
mischief This run will do them a
world Of good, and the egg results will
pay for the trouble of watching them.
Don't forget the necessity for an abun-
dance of fresh water several times
daily
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-10-29
IheIastShot
FREDERICK PALMER
(copyrighL, e. u ChaEIes seribner,s sons
SYNOPSIS.

At their home on the frontier between
the Browns and Grays Marta Galland and
her mother, entertaining Colonel Wester-
ling Of the Grays, see Captain JanstrOn,
stan intelligence officer Of the Browns,
injured by a fall in his aeTopIane. Ten
years later. Westerling, nominal vice but
real chief Of staff. reinfOrceS South La
1lr, meditates on war, and speculates on
the comparative ages Of himself and Mar
"a, VINO IS visiting in the Gray capital.
WeSterling calls on Marta. She tells him
OF her teaching children the fOlies Of war
and martial patriotism, begs him to pre-
vent war while he is chief Of staff. and
predicts that IL he makes war against the
Browns he will not win. On the march
with the SD Of the Browns Private Stran-
SKY, anarchist, decries war and played
out patriotism and is placed under arrest.
COioElsl LanstrOn Oyerheartng. begs him
on. LanstTOn calls on Marta at her home.
he talks with Teller, the gardener. Marta
tells LaDstrOn that she believes Feller to
De a spy. Lanstron confesses it is true.
I.anStrCn shows Marta q telephone which
feller has concealed IN a secret passage
under the tower for use to benefit the
browns in war emergencies. LanstrOn de-
Clares his love for Marta. Westerling and
the Gray premier plan to use a trivial in
teTnatOHal affair TO fOment Warlike pa
triOtism in army and people and strike be-
Of staff. and Lanstron, made vice, discuss
the trouble, and the Brown defenses. Par
Tow reveals his plans to LanstrOn. The
Gray army crosses the border line and at
lacks The Browns check them. Artil-
leTy, infantry, aeroplanes and dirigibles
engage. Stransky, rising to make the
anarchist speech of his life. draws the
Gray artillery fire. NiCked by a shrapnel
splinter he goes Berserk and fghts-'al
q man"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-10-29

gibles, side on, were big sausages and
their planes specks. To the eye, this
meeting was like that of two small
focks of soaring birds apparently IN
able to change their course. But
Imagination could picture the fearful
clash of forces, whose wounded would
find the succor of no hospital except
impact on the earth below.
Marta put her hands over her eyes
for only a second, she thought, before
she withdrew them in vexation-
hadn't she promised herself not to be
cowardly ITO see one Brown dirigible
and two Brown aeroplanes ascending
at a sharp angle above a cloud of
smoke to escape the high-angle guns
of the Grays.
We've got them all! No lips sur
vive to tell what the eye saw!" ex-
claimed the engineer captain, his
words bubbling with the Joy of water
in the sunlight. LAS I thought" he
continued in professional enthusiasm
and discrimination.
With high-power binoculars glued to
his eyes, he then turned to see IL the
faint brown line of Dellarme's men
were going to hold or break. If It
held, he might have hours in which
to complete his task; if it broke, he
had only minutes.
Marta came up the terrace path
from the chrysanthemum bed in time
to watch the shroud of shrapneI smoke
biIIowing over the knoll, TO visualize
another scene in place Of the collision
of the squadrons, and to note the cap
tain's exultation over FTacasse's re-
pulse.
How we must have punished them!"
he exclaimed to his lieutenant. How
we must have moved them down.
Lanstron certainly knew what he was
doing"
You mean that he knew how we
should NOW them DOWN." asked Marta
Not until she spoke did he realize
that she was standing near him.
"Why, naturally If we hadn't
moved them down his plan would
have failed Moving them down was
the only way to hold them back" he
said; and seeing her horror made
haste to add: Miss Galland, now you
know what a CHASTITY business war is
1t will be worse here than there"
yes" she said blankly Her color
less cheeks, her dropping underIip con-
vinced him that now, with little
show of masculine authority, he would
gain his point
you and your mother must goi" he
said firmly.
CTO BE CONTINUED
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-10-29
SOIL FERTILITY AIDS
Four Elements Especially Impor-
taTt in Farming.
Most Marked Difference Between Rich
and Poor Land Lies in Content of
Nitrogen and Humus-leoumes
Require Bacteria.

Plants need food Of different kinds,
very much as do animals. That is, a
plant viii starve if deprived Of any
one of several substances in the soil,
just as a man win starye if he tries
to live on fat meat alone, or on starch
alone, CT on sugar alone, or, for that
matter, on all three of these articles
OF food. because they lack the ele-
ment that makes blood and lean
meat and which is found in eggs,
milk. beans, and the like.
The elements found in the soil
nitrogen, phosphorus, calcium, potas-
SUM, magnesium, sulphur and iron.
Those that come wholly from air
and water are carbon, hydrogen and
oxygen. The latter group makes up
the bulk Of the dry substance of
plants, or ninety to ninety-nine parts
out of one hundred. The element nj
trogen can be given an intermediate
place because the original source of
the soil nitrogen is in the air. Also
certain kinds of plants, the legumes,
are able to utilize atmospheric nitro
gen, though this is done indirectly,
through the nodule-forming bacteria
found in their roots.
Of the seven soil elements men
toned, only four have been found to
be especially important in practical
farming. That is, they are the only
ones which are apt to be deficient in
the soil, and which generally make the
difference between a rich and a poor
soil, so far as plant food is concerned.
These four elements are nitrogen,
phosphorus, calcium, and potassium.
The last three are sometimes called
minerals and are generally re-
ferred to under the names of 'phos-
phoric acid,' lime" and potash"
AS a rule the most marked differ
ence between rich and poor land or
between new" and "old" land lies in
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-10-29

poise- Sometimes even a pin-prick
will have this effect.
Sileace." he said in his old man
ner. 4 will give you something to
joke about other than little setback
like this! Get up there with your
ridest"
He formed the nucleus of a firing
line under cover Of the shoulder, and
then set the remainder of his COM
pany to work with their spades max
ing a trench. The second battalion of
the 128th, which faced the knoll, was
also digging at the base Of the slope,
and another regiment in reserve was
deploying on the plain. After the fail
ure to rush the knoll the Gray COM
mander had settled down to the bust
ness of a systematic approach.
And what of those of Fracasse's
men who had not run but had dropped
IN their tracks when the charge halt
ed? They were between two lines Of
fire. There was no escape. Some Of
the wounded had a mercifuIly quick
end, others suffered the consciousness
of being hit again and again; the dead
were bored through with bullet holes.
In torture, the survivors prayed for
death; for all had to die except Peter
kin, the pasty-faced little Wallets son.
Peterkin was quite safe, hugging the
bottom of the shell crater under a
swarm of hornets. In a surprisingly
short time he became accustomed to
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-10-29
zy21GEsMAJERAL
|5EARM(5N0TBES
Clean up the garden. Burn all weeds,
vines etc

Clean up the garden. Burn all weeds,
vines, etc.
When the hens are shedding they
stop laying
Stale water is an abomination to a
hen. Change it often
Fall rye makes a good pasture, If
nothing else is available.
Laziness is responsible for some
decreases in egg production.
The best breed of dairy cows-the
one that has the most intelligent
care.
If you have lots OF old potatoes,
boil some and mash them for the
hens.
Good masters and common COWS
often succeed, but, if reversed, ex-
pect failure.
Ewes with long tails are a nuisance,
but never detail sheep in hot wealth
er or fytime.
The milking stool is made to sit on.
Use currycomb and brush in
grooming your cows
Effective systems of farm market
ing are among the greatest needs Of
present-day agriculture.
It is better for your sire and all
concerned to have a stable and yard
fitted expressly for him.
With feed prices soaring, roughage
will be at a premium this winter to
the man with live stock.
Do not let the dairy COWS feed on
the frost-bitten pastures. 1t injures
both the COW and the pasture.
II you have not already got it
build a detached milkhouse, where
you can keep your milk in water.
Do black hens make you think Of
crows? Then don't keep them. Look
for the hens you like to look at best.
Milk should be kept IN clean house
No other place it fit for a human food
that is so susceptible to outside infu
ences.
Visit with yonr hens. They are
socfable creatures and they will do
better for pne who knows them
when he sees them"
The poorest sheep or The whole lot
may be the one that bears the best
lamb. Some such mother sheep give
all there is in them to their lambs.
Good hickory ashes are, said to be
excellent for expelling worms from
the bowels of young horses. Give
couple of tablespoonful twice a week
"a their feed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-10-29

to be safe here now, 1t may not be n
an hour. You must go, all Of you.
This house will be an inferno as soon
as the SD falls back, and / can't pos.
sibly get your mother to appreciate
the fact, Miss Galland."
But | said that | did appreciate 1t
and that the Gallands have been in
infernos before-perhaps not as bad
as this one that is coming-but, then,
the Gallands must keep abreast of the
times" replied Mrs Galland. 81 have
asked Minna and she prefers to re-
main. | am glad of that. / am glad
now that we kept her, Marta She ii
as loyal as my old maid and the butler
and the cook were to your grand
mother in the last war. All, the Gal
lands had many servants then!''
This isn't like the old war. This
place viii be shelled, enfiladed, And
you two" the captain protested des-
perately.
I became GaIland when I mar
RED, said Mrs GallanG, and the
Galland women have always remained
with their property in time of war
Naturally, | shall remaiai"
Miss Galland, it was you-your in
iuence 1 was counting on to" The
captain turned to Marta in final ap-
peal
Mrs. Galland was watching her
daughters face intently.
We stayi" replied Marta, and the
captain saw in the depths of her eyes,,
a cold blue-black, that further argu-
ment was useless.
Now came the sweep of rising roar
from the sky with the command to at
tentlon of the rush of fast express
train past a country railway station.
Two Gray dirigibles with their escort
OF aeroplanes were bearing toward the
pass over the pass road. The auto
matte and the riflemen IN the tower
banged away to no purpose, but the
central sections of the envelope of the
rear dirigible had been torn in shreds;
1t was buCkling. Clouds of blue shrap-
mel smoke broke around its gondola.
A number Of field-guns joined forces
with battery of high-angle guns in
havoc that left drifting derelict; the
remainder Of the squadron had com
pleted its loop and was pointing
toward the plain
From great altitude, literally out
of the blue of heaven, high over the
Gray lines, Marta made out a Brown
squadron of dirigibles and planes de-
scending across the track of the
Grays.
The Gray dirigibles, stern on, were
little larger than umbrellas and the
planes than swallows; the Brown diri
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-10-29

BREEDING FOR THE FUTURE
Demand at the Conclusion
of the War.

The American farmer who seeks to
take advantage of the horse famine
now being made by Krupp and Creu-
sot guns should dismiss all thought
of supplying the armies now In the
field. In all probability the war will
be over before his first foals are
weaned. What he should do is breed
Industrial types of horses to fill the
gaps made by the present war, with
perhaps small percentage of the
type of horses actually preferred for
military use.
Wars may not cease with the end
of the present masterpiece of deviltry,
but there is good reason to believe
that martial glory will be at dis
count In Europe for many years to
come. Let US get ready, therefore, to
supply the needG of peace, rather than
to satisfy the demands of Moloch
who soon may be hurled from his
throne.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-10-29
California Woman Not Over-Enthusi
astlc Over Her First impress
sions of Gibraltar.

Some one who was seeing Watkins
off the other day made the inevi able
remark about visiting America first"
Some one is sure to say that sooner
or later, within a week of ones sail
ing for foreign parts; if not while one
is packing, he or she says it on the
deck of the boat just before the whis-
tie blows.
That is how it was with Watkins,
who was going to spend a summer on
the Island Of Sark, and who had never
been to California.
NO confessed Watkins. 81 haven't
seen the-er-what do you call it
Golden Gate? I haven't seen the Col
den Gate. But I crossed a year ago
with some California people They
told me good deal about the Cali
fornia climate and how beautiful the
country was.
And" Watkins continued, dream
lily, "the woman said something that
1 never forgot. We were going