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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-03-26
REVIVAL OF PRETTY STYLE
Mixed Colorings Seen in Costumes
Worn by Leaders of Partisan
Smart Set.

A pretty old style, writes a Paris
correspondent which is coming back
to US is that of mixed colorings.
A tall and slender woman dressed
in castor silk had the skirt draped
on the hips and completed with cas-
tor tunic, very high wasted. TIE
tulle corsage was incrusted with cas-
tor points, and over this corsage was
a second, in citron mousseIine de sole,
with large blue flowers painted On.
These flowers were surrounded by
blue steel beads, which sparkled soft
~ beneath the somber sulle. The
hat was castor MORE, edged with tulle
Of the same shade, with a Marechal
Mel rose on the very edge Of the
brim TO match the enormous waist
bouquet. The shoes, Of exactly the
same shade gave the finishing touch
to this most delicate and Partisan aft
ernoon toilet.
Still in the varied colorings effect
was somber toilet Of a rich chin.
chilla tone. The skirt, of chinchilla
satin, was much draped at the lower
part, giving the mummy effect typi-
cal Of present day styles. It spread
out on the hips in drapery of chin
chilla mousseline de sole. The cor
sage Of chinchilla mousseline de sole
with a pointed decollete, showed a
corselet Of silver lace. The same
silver lace, yelled with tulle, formed
long sleeves. In the opening of the
decollete spread a Medici collar of
chinchilla tulle, cut well out at the
back of the neck.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-03-26
The Noisy Moves AGAIN.

Ezra Pound, the Philadelphia poet,
whose work has thrilled London, said
the other day of Alfred Noyes, his
British rival:
Moves declares that my torch Of
diluted Browningism, after a feeble
splutter, has gone out Now, in re-
venge, let me tell you a story about
Noyes and Swinburne.
Some time after Rossetti's death
Moves wrote a long memorial poem.
He was so proud of this poem that he
waylaid Swinburne one morning on
Putney common and insisted on read
ing it to him.
"Swinburne tried to escape, but
Moves bawled the whole 80 stanZas
into his poor deaf ear. Then, at the
end, he said, with complacent smile:
There, sir, is my poem on Ros-
setti. What do you think of it?'
1t would be BETTER Swinburne an
swered. if you had died and Rossetti
had written the poem"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-03-26
FANCY BASKETS IN VARIETY
Almost No End to the Ornamental
Designs From Which Selection
May Be Made.

Now that nearly every useful house
hold article-not intimately associ-
ated with the Kitchens expected to
also be ornamental, fancy baskets are
very much to the fore. For holding
flower pots there are most artistic
looking receptacles of dark rattan,
Japanese woven, and tin-lined so that
water shall not seep through Flower
pots also fit into many of the pail
shaped, brilliantly-dyed Northwestern
Indian baskets, as well as the queerly
decorated and oddly-shaped ones made
BY the Mexicans and the AIaskans.
Some of the baskets from the far North
are ideal for scrap holders, and 9th
ers. fat at two sides and rounding at
the ends, may be suspended from the
wall and used as newspaper racks.
Of work baskets in queer weaves
and attractive colors there is an end
less variety, but the best are bowl
shaped, very capacious and always
perfectly balanced on fat bottoms. So
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-03-26
TruIv an edition de Luxe.

The most sumptuOus copy of
Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet in
existence is being sent from this
country in few days to a purchaser
abroad. The value of the book is be-
tween $4,000 and $500. 1t has been
reproduced as an Illuminated manu-
script on vellum, and the volume is
notable as being the entire work of
one artist, Alberto Sangorski, who
has been engaged upon it for is
months. The title is spelled in pearls
set in gold, and the cover is further
embellished with PA rubies and 36
amethysts. Altogether 400 precious
stones are imbedded in the cover, each
in a setting of gold.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-03-26
FELL BACK ON PLAIN ARTICLE
Rewildered Young Housekeeper Felt
She Could Not Be Very Wrong in
Asking for That.

Her welded days had not yet run
into months, and her ambition was
to become a model housekeeper, al
though she was so young and so very
inexperienced. Her husband had had
occasion to criticize the butter sent
them by their grocer; therefore, deter
mined to remedy this fault, she
started, brave and eager, to discover
some of the better quality.
So, What is the price Of your but
ter?" she asked severely of the man
whose store she had briskly entered,
"Butterine, so cents; dairy, 35," rat
tied off the storekeeper; fancy, So;
creamery, 40, and table, As"
She gasped, gazing blankly at the
row of tubs, to each of which he had
pointed in turn.
Haven't you any plain churned
butter?" she inquired helplessly, "or,
l might say, churnery butter" she
added, her old spirit reasserting itself.
-Woman's Home Companion.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-03-26
For the Small Room.

II you wish to write or sew and have
no space for a table in the tiny hall
bedroom get a board of proper size,
pull out a dresser drawer, place the
board on top, and you have a table
without having to remove everything
from the dresser. A heavy board is
best, and a leaf from an extension
table would be just the thing, and it
could be hidden in the closet when not
in use.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-03-26
"B0UND FOR
WESTERN CANADA"
A PRAIRIE SCHOONER SLOGAN,
THAT STARTED FROM
NEBRASKA.

Four horses abreast attached to q
red painted prairie schooner, with
windows and a protruding stovepipe,
with the words, Bound for Canada"
on the schooner's side, was the object
of considerable interest as it passed
on the way northward from Nebraska
a short time ago through the towns
in Nebraska, South and North Dakota.
After some weeks of strenuous travel
ing in this way, Mr.. J. F. Jensen made
the overland trip from Jameson, Ne
braska, and with his little family made
the regular customs entry at North
Portal, in the province Of Saskatche-
wan. Their destination was Willow
Bunch, a district that Mr.. Jensen
had selected as one in which it was
possible for him to work out his for
tune. He located on good half Sec
ton of land, and intended putting on
it some cattle that would fatten on
luxuriously in that district. In addi-
ton to this his purpose was to culti-
yate a portion of it and raise wheat,
oats, barley or fax. In short, life
devoted to mixed farming was what
he had in view and it is easy to I'M
derstand that he will make a success
of it, and in year or so will attach
some more land holdings.
Although his beginning may be
small, it may safely be said that Mr..
Jensen, like thousands of others who
have begun life in western Canada on
no more and with probably much less.
will prosper He will not be far from a
line of railway. Schools will be close
at hand and other social conditions so
necessary in a new country are avail
abIe.-Advertiseme
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-03-26
DAINTY BONNETS FOR SPRING
qulsite Designs Suitable for
All Kinds of Faces.

When the spring girl goes to choose
her spring hat she will be delighted
for all the little shapes are dainty
and suitable for all kinds Of faces.
There are many tam crowned hats,
and these tams must be draped into
the brim.
Scarcely any chip or hard straws
are to be seen, and there are few
black hats.
The newest colors for spring hats
are morocco, tobacco, charmeuse, Gu
cumber, gazelle leaf and bishops pur-
pie.
Very little trimming is required
for the hats, and really good shapes
will be obtainable for only few shi1-
hngs.
All-white hats will be the summer
favorites, and many shady COON
shaped hats are made of grass
bleached white.
The white hats are very fascinating
and vary simple in design, and need
practically a minimum of trimming
The day of the heavy hat is over
all the hats for both summer and
winter are as light as paper
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-03-26

movaI of superfuous shoots or
branches that interlace, and this kind
of work does not upset or disturb the
growth and fruiting habits of the
tree.
Winter pruning should be delayed
until March or until after cold weather
has passed. Pruning during Deem
Der and January is often disastrous,
as the wounds are apt to crack from
the cold and thus make lodging places
for disease. Further, the wounds
made at this time will not heal over
rapidly. If pruning is done late in the
season the wound will not crack and
it will heal over as soon as growth
starts.
If the removal of large branches is
necessary, all wounds should be
painted, using common thick white
paint.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-03-26
Mesothoriun7 and Radium.

Mesothorium differs from radium
only in price and in a more rapid
loss of power. Whereas it has been
calculated that it would need 1900
years before the energy of a gramme
of radium is reduced by one-half,
mesothorium retains it's full energy
only for the first few years. After
this the force is gradually dissipated
until after 20 years only about one
half of its original energy remains.
It's great advantage over radium is its
comparative cheapness, although even
for mesothorium the enormous sum of
$4,000 per gramme is being asked.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-03-26
TO PRUNE TREES PROPERLY
Work Should Be Delayed Until March
Or Until After Severe Cold
Weather Has Passed

(By E P. sANDsTEN. Colorado Agri-
cultural College,
The average farmer and fruit grower
has very little conception of how to
properly prune fruit trees. 1t is gem
orally done at any time during the
winter season when the tree is dor
mant. II no time is to be had, it is
delayed for another year This system
is disastrous. The fruit trees should
be regularly pruned, regardless of lhe
amount of pruning required. If the
work is done every year the tree will
get into the habit Of producing GER
tain amount of wood and fruit. and
there viii be little occasion for severe
pruning.
If the pruning during the first three
or four years of an orchard after
planting is properly performed, there
will subsequently be little need to re-
move large branches. The pruning
will then consist merely in the re-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-03-26
On Thin Goods.

If you have trouble in making but
tonholes in thin material, here is a
way Of overcoming the difficulty:
Hold a piece OF the material on the
under side and cut the hole through
this as though it were part of the
waist. When the buttonhole is fin
ished, cut away the under cloth very
carefully so that it viii not show.
There will be no difficulty, even with
chiffon, if the cloth is folded two or
three times.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-03-26
Salt as a Fertilizer.

Almost any sort of material that
contains soluble potash, phosphoric
acid or nitrates has more or less fer
tilizing value, but salt has not a trace
of any of these. Sodium and chlorine
are all it has to offer. Salt might pos
sibly have some little effect on the
physical condition of the soil under
some conditions, but even this would
be too slight to warrant it's use.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-03-26
KEEPING THE SOIL FERTILE
Organic Matter and Lime Are Of Vital
Importance to Farmer in Modern
Agricultural Practice.

The fertility of our soils can only be
maintained by intelH1gently following
the practices which long years Of ex-
perience by our best farmers have
demonstrated to BE correct. In
modern agricultural practice the fac
tors, organic matter (humus) and
lime, are of vital Importance to the
farmer, and the community at large
as well. Public prosperity is like a
tree; agriculture is it's roots; industry
and commerce are its branches and
leaves. If the root suffers the leaves
fall, the branches break, and the tree
dies" This is the philosophy of the
Monaghan people who have main
tanned some of their soils for moro
than 1000 years.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-03-26
Like and Like.

William Dean Howells said the other
day of a certain type of best seller"
novel:
The men who write these books are
Intellectually debased, and the public
they write for is Intellectually debased
also. The thing reminds me of an
anecdote.
What are you doing, dear?' a
mother said to her little four-year-old
daughter.
I'm writing a letter to Alice the
youngster replied.
But, dear said the mother, you
don't know how to write
The little girl, however, as she
calmly continued her pencil scrawl,
answered:
"Well. mother, Alice doesn't know
how to read
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-03-26
SnicN Sachef

A most lovely sachet may be made
Of mixture of rose leaves, lavender,
violet leaves and fragrant spice,
packed in a square envelope of boiling
cloth one thickness and tied with two
colors Of satin bebe ribbon, lavender
and green or rose and green, with a
rosette and the stamens of an artificial
apple blossom, to look like a flower.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-03-26
Many Pretty Conceits Are Included
in the rousseau.

running to a point in back that
reaches the knees.
A fiat bow with long sash end of
wide blue ribbon is attached at the CEN
ter back, covering a short line of gath
ers at an empire waist line A boudoir
cap to match is cut something like a
sunbonnet without the poke, for there
is a deep ruffle started from over the
ears that runs around the back of the
head. Each end is trimmed with q
small blue bow
These sets that will wash are really
a comfort and they can be made
equally as ornamental as the more ex-
travagant silks and chiffons.-Wash-
ington Star.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-03-26
A FREE BOOK
That Teaches the People How to
Avoid Catching Cold.

The thirteenth edition of the ellis Of
Life is now ready for distribution. Be
ginning on page three Of this popular work
on medicine, Is an article stating in plain
language how any one can avoid catching
cold
The article was written by doctor. 1t
was written by a doctor eighty-four years
old, who is hale and hearty man. 1t Is
his boast. founded upon fact, that he does
not catch cold. He thinks he knows the
reason why. He explains it IN detail in
this book. Every family ought to have a
copy Of it. Sent free by the Peruna Co.,
Columbus, Ohio.
Mr.. O. Fred Linstrum, 1923 University
Ave, St. Paul, MINI, writes: 81 con-
tracted a severe cold several years ago.
Through the use Of Peruna I fully recov-
cred I have never had any trouble since "
Mrs. Henry Martin, La Motto, Iowa,
says: II have found Peruna 70 be a great
remedy for coughs and colds Of children.
A dose at bedtime viii relieve them all
night. ADV
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-03-26
Pleced Panniers.

Be patched.
It is the thing.
Try to look poor.
Piece up your panniers.
Don't have your clothes meet.
But don't patch your garments In.
yisibly.
The thing IS TO have the piecings
show plainly.
Just turn in the piece and stitch it
down nice and fat.
Then you get the credit for being
fashionably pieced up.
The beauty of it is that any little
thing in the way of material will &C
q long way.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-03-26
VIM Chanqe2

Yeast-This paper says managers
of the state railroad at Baden, Ger
many, have established a course in
English for their employees.
Crimsonbeak-I don't see why. It
seems to me that Here's Looking at
You" is no more comprehensive than
"Prosit' is
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-03-26

bright are their colorings that to trim
them is like carrying Goals to Newcas-
tie, but it is a good scheme to line
them with soft plain silk. Compare
lively few of the less expensive IN
dian baskets have lids, but one may
easily be made by covering a paste.
board circle with plain silk and attach.
ing it by a single hinge of ribbon.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-03-26
FireplaceS.

''FirepIaces," says a woman archi-
tect, should be placed on the in
side walls and grouped together, for
this arrangement keeps the heat in
the house and provides that, when
one fire is lighted and the f1ues get
warmed the other fires all light and
draw better"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-03-26
Maxine Charcoal.

Where small fiocks are kept char
coal may be easily provided by filling
the cook stove with hard wood then
shutting it up closely. Take the
Goals out as soon as charred through,
put them in a sack cold, and break by
pounding with the fiat side of an ak
The dust may be utilized in chicken
bread with good results.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-03-26
Still That Sa sh.

Just at the moment Paris is wearing
the long end sash again. 1t is made Of
wide soft chiffon velvet, mostly black
and is wider and tied in a fussy bow
in back, or knotted loosely at one side.
With the white gowns that are gain
ing favor and the vivid colored after
noon gowns, this sash is most effective
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-03-26
Tna -Myo Kinds

Dr. Talcott Williams, the brilliant
head of the Columbia School of Jour
nalism, said at a recent luncheon:
THE sensational type of newspaper
is happily going out. The opponents
of this type used to defend themselves
with the assertion that their scandal
Gus articles were a natural response
to a natural curiosity
But to this a great editor once re-
torted:
"'There are two kinds of curiosity.
Into one kind we stick our brain; into
the other only our nose."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-03-26
Sure EnOudh

BILL see a distinct advance over
Identification is the arrest
Of an alleged crook through the i'm
print Of his teeth in a free lunch sand
wich
Jill-But suppose a man wasn't eat
ing with his own teeth?
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-03-26
Hasten Growth of CockereIs.

Hasten the growth of the young
cockereIs by feeding them all they viii
eat. Keep them fat enough for the
table all the time and they will reach
the required weight for the market
much sooner. 1t is the earlier mar
kets that pay the best price.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-03-26
No Shock.

Church. see it is said there are
more than three thousand five hundred
books on electrical subjects in the
library of congress at Washington.
Gotham-And yet do not suppose
that Anthony Comstock would be
shocked by even one of them.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-03-26
Value of Bone Meal in Ration.

A handful of bone meal given to
dairy cows daily will tend to prevent
the habit they often form of eating
urine-soaked straw in the manure
pile, as well as some other kinds Of
refuse
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-03-26
To Finish ArmhoIes.

An excellent way to finish armholes
in a fine lingerie blouse is to sew the
around the edges with either a coarse
thread or soft floss.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-03-26
FEEDING the Hens.

If damp mash is fed in the morn
ing the hens will fill up on it and then
remain idle and cold during the fore.
noon. If fed grain in litter they vii
be active and warm.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-03-26
Hidh-CIass Protein Feed

An acre of alfalfa will furnish more
any other crop that is grown in the
section where dairying is followed to
the best advantage.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-03-26
Never q Market Drug.

There is one kind of stock that is
never a drug on the market-the fresh
a1ilch cow She costs less to raise
and sells for more than beef steer.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-03-26
Sheen Need Shelter.

Do not think because a sheep has
a heavy coat of wool he will he able
to endure cold rains and sleep without
a warm shelter
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-03-26
GET Il AL

The important part Of milking is to
get It all.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-03-26
important 20 Mofheya
Also the Canal Zone,

Teacher-How many zones are
there, Bobbie?
Bobbie-Oh, a whole lot There's
one torrid, two temperate, two frigid
and a whole lot of postal zones.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-03-26

DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regulate
and invigorate stomach, liver and bowels.
Sugar-coated, tiny granules, easy to take.
Do not grippe. Adv.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-03-26

Teacher-And can you remember
faces, Tommie?
Tommie-WeII, can remember the
one that Mugs boy made at me yes
terday
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-03-26

If people were as good as their obit-
uaries the recording angel would soon
be looking for another job.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-03-26
HharnnaI Essential

If you desire to raise all your chicks.
place some f1neIy-broken charcoal in
their feed every day.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-03-26
Ration for Rams.

A good ration for rams during the
breeding season is oats, bran and lin
seed meal, with such folders as rape,
the yetches and alfalfa.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-03-26

We are pleased to note that many a
hOmely woman has made good as a
beauty specialist.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-03-26

A friend may be a chap who hopes
that he can use you before you can
use him.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-03-26
ONLY One "BROMO OUININE"

To get the genuine, call for full name, LAXA-
TIVE BROMO QUiNINE. Look for signature Of
4. W GROVE, Cures Cold in One Day 2sc.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-03-26

If you would avoid indigestion shun
the person who delights in telling bad
news.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-03-26
kfJIino Bio HoCS,

Big, coarse hogs lose more in kill
ing and dressing than hogs Of more
quality.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-03-26

Doctor up that Cough-Dean's Mentho-
lated Cough Drops are a sure relief for all
coughs and colds-5c at Druggists
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-03-26

It's more difficult for a man to keep
a secret after his wife discovers that
he has ole.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-03-26

A short answer seldom helps things
along.