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The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1914-01-23

said. 1T was so literate, and I do
like to have educated women about
me. / am Mrs. John Chambers. Now,
Miss Latham. are you sure that you
understand your duties thoroughly and
will stay with US? 1t gives my hus-
band no end Of trouble, the way we
are always being left in the lurch,"
Il shall certainly hope to stay" said
Sylvia, little mystified.
And with whom were you last, may
Il ask?" You gave no references at
ALL"
With Mr.. Cowle, of the Lightning
Investment company" replied the
girl. Butt don't want to give him
as a reference. There was a little
unpleasantness, and / left of my own
accord"
well, that's honest" said Mrs.
Chambers. II happen to know Henry
Cowle well, and he is certainly hard
to please. All men are. / won't press
the matter. for you look reliable. Can
you cook good plain dinner?"
Il suppose could said Sylvia, smil-
ing.
I'VE have no servants at all" said
Mrs. Chambers petulantly. Il will help
you IL you can begin at once. My hus-
band will be home soon, and he growls
like bear when his dinner Is not
ready"
Mr.. Chambers must certainly be I'M
der his wife's thumb, thought Sylvia,
IL he left her to choose his secretary.
But she liked the informality Of the
life, and these people had evidently
taken her into their hearts at once
II did not know was to live here"
she said. Does Mr.. Chambers want
me to go to town with him every
morning.
Mrs. Chambers stared at her, then
laughed.
mot IL I know It," she answered.
you are a queer girl Now come along
and let US get the mutton into the
oven"
Sylvia responded with alacrity and
was soon busy helping Mrs Chambers.
A few minutes later the telephone
rang and Mrs. Chambers went out, re-
turning with a very petulant express
sion upon her face. w.
+Alphonse is inging friend home
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1914-01-23
SCOTTISH SENSE or HUMoR
British Prime Minister Tells Good
Story Credited to the Late Henry
Campbell-Bannerman.

Mr.. Asquith, while unwilling a mon
ument to his political predecessor,
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, in
Stirling the other day noted that
There Is still an ignorant supersti-
ton upon the other side Of the bor-
der about the existence, or, at any
rate, about the limitation of what Is
called Scottish humor. Uaughter.)
"Of that superstition, II and so far
as it still survives, CampbellBanner-
man was in his day the best standing
refutation, for not only was his humor
undeniable, but when he was most hui
morous he was most Scotsman. II
the sense of humor consists, as some
people think 1t does, in a vivid per-
ception of incongruities, few men Of
our time have been so well endowed
with Il.
Your chairman (Sir John Graham)
told me last night little story which
I will steal from him and which, /
think, is very good illustration Of
what I mean. Sir John told me that
on the occasion of one of Sir Henry's
elections here he was met in the street
by a voter who said to him: Sir
Henry, like you very much, but l
would rather vote for the devil Sir
Henry at once replied without turning
n hair: AS your friend is not a can
cidate, you might just as well vote
for me-" esJ,k
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BackalIder.

As. DR.. Jordan, chancellor Of STAN
ford university, has been telling the
British to their faces that our univer-
sity education is much better than
theirs, 1t appears that he has quit the
peace propaganda.-New York World.
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All that we know of Pauls personal
appearance, from his own writings, IL
found In II. Corinthians 1910, which
indicates that he did not possess the
advantage of a distinguished or I'M
posing presence. His sight weak (see
Acts 1855. and Galatians 4:15) nor
did he regard his address as impress
sive. Much Of this personal criticism.
however, may have been the outcome
of the apostles desire to avoid mag
nifying himself or his own talents. A
fourth century tablet represents him
az venerable looking and dignified,
with a high. bald forehead, full-beard-
ed. and with features indicating force
of character.
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POULTPYNOTES
lAG1:aNS y 9aau2 ]

Straw and hay make good nesting
material.
Pure bred poultry means uniform
ity of products.
Allow at least two square feet of
floor space per bird.
Be sure that the male at the head
Of the flock is pure bred.
Use insect powder freely to EXTERN
mate lice when necessary.
Food has it's effect on the quality
of both the flesh and the eggs.
You will find the eggs not as fertile
If you let the ducks grow thin.
Ducklings should not be allowed to
battle until they are well feathered.
It is cheaper for the farmer to eat
spring chicken than to buy fresh beef.
If several hens are set in one room
1t is desirable to confine them in good
nests.
II costs no more to feed a hen that
lays $50 eggs year than one that
lays go.
Overcrowding is one of the worst
and most frequent mistakes made by
poultrymen.
Given proper care and attention the
hen Is the most valuable incubator for
the farmer.
A hopperful Of bran Is always sea-
sonable feed and the whole flock
should have access to It.
Some Of the causes OF roup are sud-
den and extreme changes in tempera-
ture, damp houses and drafts.
A small, well kept flock may prove
profit where a flock OF twice the
size might show a distinct loss.
Plan now to provide comfortable
quarters for the poultry during the
winter when the price of eggs is high.
est
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1914-01-23

Plan now to provide comfortable
quarters for the poultry during the
winter when the price of eggs Is high.
est.
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A small, well kept flock may prove
profit where flock of twice the
size might show q distinct loss.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1914-01-23
Advocates Trucking at Niqht.

Arthur Williams, president Of the
Electric Vehicle association Of Amer
lea, suggests that traffic congestion in
New York, Chicago and other busy
cities could be relieved by doing the
trucking by night instead of by day.
There is believed to be no reason why
wholesale trucking could not be done
at night. Goods may be moved from
the terminals to warehouses and the
moving In large quantities of merchan-
disc to the large department stores
does not have to be done in the day
time. Mr.. Williams even suggests
that coal might be delivered to large
buildings at night. When the streets
are not occupied by other traffic great
er speed may be maintained and deliv-
cries may be made in less time.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-06-16
PLATED SKIRT WELL LIKED
Made of Many Materials, Though
Probably Tartan Leads All of
Them in Favor.

Plated skirts are much seen. They
are in fine serge, In silk, satin and
crepe de chine, the plaits flattened with
much pressing OF the great irons used
by tailOrs. Tartan skirts are plated in
this way and worn with black coats
turned back with the tartan, or per
haps with tartan waistcoat instead
of trimmings Of the Scotch material
They are incorrectly called "plaids"
in England. The plaid is the shawl or
rug. Tartan is the pattern Of it, and
the Scotch would stare astonished at
some OF the tartans woven In France
and Belgium and America, without the
remotest reference to clan.
Plain wooden materials, very soft
and fine, are worn in plated skirts,
and this is a favorite form for travel
ing on account of the very high step
to the carriages on French and other
continental railways. which cannot
easily be negotiated in tight skirt.
These fine WOODEN materials are ideal
for gowns and costumes at this sea-
son. Long coats are made of them,
lined with tartan or plain silk, very
coy and extremely light
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Entrancinq Bird Melody.

had dropped in at one of our big
downtown grocery stores to buy the
markings of a Welsh bunny when l
heard from gilded cage in the win
Cow the sweetest bird song in the
world. | was reminded of all Words
worth and Shelley had written about
skylarks The liquid melody rlppled
and trilled from the small throat as
If the little captive was singing praises
to the morning sun instead of to the
grapefruit piled SO fragrantly on the
counter The tiny warbler was GER
tainly throwing his whole soul into
the song. 1t conjured up visions of
shady forests and Of leafy glades.
There was a certain tropical warmth
in the lyric that was new.
What remarkable canary." l OBJ
served to the proprietor.
"Oh, that isn't canary" he replied.
Its an Indian thrush"
Kipling has described the music Of
the Indian thrush, whose song is the
rarest of all tropical bird songs. Few
of us in this climate, however, have
had the exquisite pleasure Of listening
to such a madrigal.-Chicag Inter
Ocean.
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through each near the ends, for the
the width between the holes to about
n inch Gig. d. Slip the lower ends
Of uprights d over the pegs in spool
wheels e, then the upper ends over
the pegs in spools A. Glue the upper
ends to the ends Of spools A, then
slip the carriage sides G over the
pegs Of spool A.
The carriage top Gig. 81 is made
of a piece of writing-paper about Az
inches square Gig. g., slashed in
three places along two opposite edges
for distance of about IA inches,
and then folded over as indicated
by dotted lines. Bring together the
ends of the slashed edges of the
piece of paper, as shown in Fig. 5, coat
them with glue, and press together
until the glue has dried. Punch a
hole through each side of the top as
shown, for the projecting ends OF the
spool peg to slip through.
The carriage handle is made of two
cardboard strips Of, Fig. y and a
match co. Stick the match through
holes made near the ends of strips
F, and glue the lower ends Of the
strips to the inside face of sides @
Gig. -.
The doll swing shown in Fig. Z
has cardboard base with two spools
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stained Arena and when she came aft
er him he fell over and took the
Count before a Punch had been de-
livered
Before starting for the Office he
Kissed her couple of times and gave
her some Massage Treatment around
the Shoulder Blades and called her
"Toots''-a Term of Endearment which
had been rusting on the Shelf ever
since they used it at Niagara Falls.
She was so dazed by this Reversal
of Form that she peeked from the
Front Window and watched him clear
to the Corner, convinced that he was
on his way to meet Another Woman.
He came home that Evening with
Jar of Candied Nuts and when Mrs.
Simon Legree demanded the Name Of
the Hussy he simply pulled Yearn-
ing Smile and invited her to go ahead
and use him as a Punching Bag.
Next day she put Newspaper
around the Bird Cage and tied up the
Geranium and took the unfinished
Tatting and Blew.
When she walked in on her Own
People, with the Declaration that all
Bets were OFF, they wanted to know
how about it, and she said Spirited
Woman couldn't keep on rooming with
a Guinea-Pig.
Notwithstanding breeds Famili-
arity.
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EASILY MADE AT HOME
NECKWEAR NOVELTY REALLY
PRESENTS FEW DIFFICULTIES.
Gladstone Collar, Expensive II Pur-
chased, Not at All Hard for the
SkiIfui Needlewoman to FASH
ion-Artificia! Fruits.

The big neckwear novelty liz the
Gladstone collar, high In back and
pointed over the ears. Although they
were worn by all the well-dressed
women at the Auteuil races in France,
and consequently attained their popu-
larity and price, they may be easily
duplicated by using a fine organdy
handkerchief and a half-yard of fine
wire boning.
Put dot in the center of the hand
kerchtef with a lead pencil and cut on
a straight line from two corners of the
handkerchief 80 that they meet at the
center dot. Then cut a small semi
circle with the former dot as center.
making place for the collar to fit the
neck snugly. Sew strips Of wire col
bar supporters from the neck circle di
agonaI1y across to both corners of the
back and bend SO that the collar stands
up and out. The raw cut front may
be neatly hemmed or bound with a
bias strip of the same material
Little artificial fruits are used ex-
tensively this season A certain red
and yellow silk apple is especially pop
ular and may be used to trim hats or
as corsages and in many instances has
been used in place of flower trimming
on evening gowns.
Artistic as they are, they may be
made with little difficulty by the girl
who wants to look chic this season
Roll small bits of cotton wadding
into hard ball and cover over with
a small circle of brightly colored
silk-red and green and yellow are all
appropriate. Tie together at the bot
tom with strong thread and cut away
all surplus material. With a coarse
needle, threaded in black darning cot
ton, make large French knot on the
top of the apple. and draw the needle
through to the other side. Pull tightly
SO as to make slight indentation
where the knot lies. and fasten with a
few strong stitches. Where various
colored silks are used, the knots may
be made in corresponding shades of
cotton; for example, green thread may
be used on the yellow apple and yellow
thread on the green or red apple.
They may be punched together for
hat trimming or branched along a
strip of narrow ribbon when used on
evening gowns.
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All of Chiffon.

A famous dressmaker has evidently
been borrowing his ideas from some
early Victorian picture book, for his
latest achievement has been a dance
frock for debutante made entirely of
wide chiffon founces, frills on the bod
Ice and trio of narrow ones to form
the short sleeves. The finished effect
is, however. particularly soft and be-
coming, and worn with silk stockings
and black velvet slippers with black
ribbons crossing the instep is quite
smart and originallooking with sug-
gestton of old world grace about 1T
that yet contrives to be well out OF
the realm Of the fancy dress vari-
ETY. of the bal costume"
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to project beyond 1t, coat the project
Ing edge with paste, and turn 1t up
and over the edge Of the third gore.
In a like manner paste the five re-
naming cores; then paste the upper
edge of the eighth gore to the lower
edge of the first gore. When dry, fan
the balloon full of air, and examine
the seams to make sure that they are
tight
The bottom hoop should be made of
,plit bamboo or reeds of the proper
diameter to fit the open end Of the
balloon, and it's ends should be bound
together with thread Gig. 81. Make
the cross supports for the fire-ball of
lightweight wire. Fasten the hoop in
the balloon opening by FASTING and
tapping the bottom edges over 1t.
The fireball Is made of excelsior,
soaked in melted candle grease and
bound with fine wire Gig. g., and is
wired to the Cross supports at their
intersection. To protect the sides Of
the balloon from sparks, and to form
chimney to carry the heat up into
the balloon, make collar of sheet
asbestos (get this at hardware
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lengths Then fold them lengthwise
along their centers, and, one by one,
lay them fat upon table or the
floor, place the pattern upon them
with the straight edge along the fold
ed edge Of the tissue paper, and with
scissors cut out along the edge of the
pattern Gig. o. The unfolded gore
will resemble Fig. g.
Paste together the cores with flour
paste or mucilage. Place a folded
gore upon the floor or table, then lay
a second gore (unfolded) on it so
n inch of the lower gore projects
Gig. ~. Coat the projecting edge of
the lower gore with paste, turn 1t up
over the edge of the upper gore, and
rub down the seam with cloth. Then
fold the unfolded upper gore, lay
third unfolded gore upon 1t, allowing
n inch of the edge of the second gore
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-06-16

Some new and exquisite designs in
Jet jewelry are shown here. In some
instances they are combined with
pearl and again rhinestones serve to
Intensity the blackness of the jet. A
string of jet beads in graduated sizes
and alternating with pearls is shown
on the upper left. To the right Of
this Is brooch in cameo effect with
decoration of rhinestones. A necklace
of jet and rhinestones is shown at the
upper right A novel effect is shown
In the center design, where from sin
gle strand of brilliants are suspended
little squares composed of jet beads;
the bowknot is of jet and rhinestones
with pendants of small jet beads. The
remaining bowknots and belt buckle
are of cut jet and rhinestones.
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Foolish Question,

Rev. Dr. Aked used to tell story
about an eccentric American who,
wanting to get married in hurry, ar
rived with his intended bride outside
a clergyman's house after midnight
and insisted on being married on the
spot.
Very unwillingly the clergyman got
out of bed, and, having reused some
members of his household TO act as
witnesses, he proceeded to tie the
nuptial knot.
Things went smoothly enough till
ne asked the American:
do you take this woman to be
your lawfully welded wife?"
The American stared at him in as
constituent
Say, boss, what dye s'pose yalked
you out O bed at this hour o. night
for?"
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-four, d teaspoonful Of salt, a teaspoon
full of soda dissolved in three-fourths
of cupful Of molasses, one cupfuI of
raisins, dates or figs or mixture of
the three, two cupfuls of sweet milk,
stir and let stand a half-hour to let the
soda act on the mixture, as it does
not make it light enough without
Bake in a large loaf two hours.
Nut Loaf.-To two cupfuls of mixed
nut meats, using Brazil, pecans and
peanuts, add one-half teaspoonful of
salt, next stir in six finely chopped
bananas; when we'll blended press
into mold and steam steadily for
three hours. Cook on ice and serve
in slices. For sandwich filing sprinkle
over a few drops of catsup on each
slice.
Chopped Steak en- CasseroIe-Put
two cupfuls of chopped steak in the
center of a casserole, flavor with Gel
cry, salt. pepper, mace and little
mushroom catsup Or Worcestershire
sauce. Surround the steak with a cup
full of pearl barley, pour two cupfuls of
boiling water over 1t and bake in a
moderate oven for one and half hours.
Keep closely covered while cooking.
Just before serving cover with a
brown gravy or tomato sauce.
June Salad Dressing.-Use any fruit
combination with this: Beat the white
of one egg, add two tablespoonful of
sugar, one tablespoonful of lemon
juice, one of orange juice and third
as much whipped cream as there is
of the mixture. Serve very cold.
III
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~
GEORGE
AI)E
<1 -
FABLES
IN
AN(1

After this had been going on for sew.
eral Seasons he happened to get hold
of Powerful Work written by a Pop.
ular Novelist CUnmarried), who made
a psychological Dissection of a Won.
ans Soul and then preached Funeral
Sermon over the Dead Love that once
blossomed in the Heart Of the Hero
inc.
After he read this Tragedy of flick
cred Romance he felt like a Pup.
He perceived that he had been In
the Wrong
The Novelist taught him that his
Cue was to bear with the Weaker YES
sci and to keep the Honeysuckle of
True Affection pruned and watered by
Devotion and Sacrifice.
Therefore, he made one large Vow
to cut out the Rough Stuff.
Next Morning when the Queen Of
the AmaZons put on her Paint and
Feathers and began to beat the big
War Drum there was Nothing Doing.
He refused to enter the blood
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-06-16
ADAPTED TO MIDDLE AGED
Foulard anc Taffeta Probably Best
Materials for the Woman Advan-
cling in Years.

Some of the new designs in foulard
and taffeta materials are very at
tractive for the elderly woman's dress.
They are neither old-fashioned nor too
nservative-indeed, there are some
futurist designs among them, but they
are not the large, SNOWY ones.
There is something of the Chinese
in their primitive yet rich decorative
quality. The colors, though bright,
are. by their clever combination,
robbed OF their gaudiHess.
With a trimming touch of some tone
of the bright color used In the design
the background is always quiet
tone-such dresses are ideal for sum-
mer afternoon wear. Bright satin
trimming is used very cleverly this
season
For instance, corsage is cut SO
that the fronts form q sV' to the
waist. This is outlined with a shaped
rufae Of the foulard or taffeta about
Anur inches In width at the back Of
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-06-16
For Handy Bous and
Girls 10 Make andDo
Copyright by A. Nicely HaID
BY DOROTHY PERKINS.

SPOOL AND CARDBOARD TOYS
All that you need to make the dolls
baby carriage are four common thread
spools, wooden pegs cut Of the right
diameter to fit loosely In the spool
holes, and one-half inch longer than
the spools, a piece of letter paper,
some tacks, and glue
Figure 2 shows details for making
the carriage body. Slip two OF the
short pegs into the holes OF pair
of spools CA, Fig. q, making their
projecting ends of equal length. Then
cut the bottom strip B four inches
long by the width of the spools, bend
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it slightly as shown, to give a curve
to the carriage bottom, and tack the
ends to the spools.
The sides c are of cardboard and
should be IL inches wide at the
widest point, by the length of the
carriage body. Punch holes through
these sides in the right places for the
ends Of pegs A to stick through Be-
fore fastening the side pieces to spools
3 and 4. Cut the cardboard up.
rights 31a inches long and IL inch
wide; then after cutting holes
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-06-16
BY A. NELLY HALL.
HOW TO MAKE FIRE BALLOONS
FOR FOURTH OF INV

INV ~ MAN6 FIHE BALLOONS
FOR FOURTH OF JULY.
Fourth of July is not complete with
out few fire balloons, and these
should be made beforehand because
there will be little or no time to spare
for the work on the Fourth.
A balloon is made in sections
known as cores, usually eight In num-
Der. For gore pattern for the bal
loon illustrated, get a piece of heavy
wrapping paper feet long Lay off
spaces inches wide along the entire
length Of one straight edge Gig. y;
then, beginning at one end, rule line
across the paper through each of
these points, and along the lines lay
off the measurements given upon the
diagram. BY now drawing a curved
line through the points at the ends
OF the measurements, you will have
the proper outline for half a gore.
Check up the measurements, then cut
the pattern out
Strong tissue paper is best for bal
looms of medium size Paste together
two pieces end to end for each of the
eight cores. If you cannot get 4-foot
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Black Satin Girdtes.

No matter how much or how little
color is used in any one season, black
always holds a place, sometimes big
ger sometimes smaller, in the esti-
nation Of the dressmaker. This is a
season of black hats. There are black
satin and taffeta frocks, too, in abun-
dance. This year black satin girdles
the brightly colored frocks, and they
are a usual note in wash frocks, both
white and colored