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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1915-10-28
Distinctive FrOcks.
Models of Famous Makes Contain Ideas
for Clever Adapters. New Trains. Elbow
Bracelets. Beaded Hat Pins. Spanish
Lace Fancies,

for Clever Adapters. New Trains. Elbow
Bracelets. Beaded Hat Pins. Spanish
Lace Fancies.
Correspondence of The Journal
NEW YORK, October 25, 1915. While
the model costumes sent over by famous
French designers are beyond the scope
of the average well-dressed woman, they
contain ideas that are invaluable to clever
adaptors.
A Cheruit Suit
Take for instance, Cheruit suit, with a
three-quarter length coat of black "gros
laine. With the outer part, this seemed
simple, long coated tailored rig, show
ing what appeared to be matching full
skirt of the coat material Once the
coat was DOTTED, however, it revealed
an afternoon .frock of gray blue silk,
loosely belted at the waist with the new
narrow cravat tie having fringed ends,
placed at the center front. A delicate
braiding of black and gold soutache Or
namented the front of the blouse and
trimmed the patch. hip pockets, while a
wide hem of the black woollen,. like the
coat, weighted the skirt and produced
a tailor effect when the coat was worn.
Evening Frocks and Trains.
Evening dresses show all the prevail
ing sartorial fads bit exaggerated, as
things must be to be effective at night.
Skirts are more bouffant ard shorter
tnan on day models, especially where
trains are a feature, for the train today
is separate attachment quite distinct
from the gown proper, and is slung over
the arm for dancing in style at once
convenient and picturesque. Trains are
marrow and finished in point generally,
though occasionally The tish-tail ending is
used.
Elbow Bracelets, Watches and Pendants
Bracelets are perhaps more popular
than any other form of jewelry, and the
liking for flexible styles is in the ascend
ant. With this there is quite naturally
return to the tassels that were in vogue
when the style was new. Even the pop
ular bracelet watch is mounted on flex-
ible band ending with tassel at one
side. A new place for the flexible brace
let is just above the elbow, the sitter
sort worn, bangle fashion, in pairs at the
wrist.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1915-10-28
Mccall Patterns
1OC. and l5C.
ARE FOR SALE IN BELFAST BY
earle & JONES,
Who by special arrangement have all the
patterns all the time. i.
I-NO WAITING TO SEND.

vet hats of all sorts depend on the ma
terial and shape for their effect and little
trimming is used. Enormous hat pins
made of beads, in jet or steel. are much
worn ornaments, while outstanding pleat-
ings that suggest the Indians war bon
net, are considerably used on the stiff,
high crowned shapes.
Capes and Wells.
Capes are responsible for some of the
quaintest trimmings on both dresses and
coats. If one owns an old-time circular
fur cape that ripples in organ-p1pe folds,
this is the time to resurrect it, since such
lines are once more endorsed by fashion.
Spanish lace, used in cape or fchu fashion,
Is effectively employed on evening and
dinner froclls, and tassels are hung al
most anywhere, and bows wander about
with little reason, seemingly. Wells are
responsible for very fetching effects. and
vary from short founce edgng the hat
brlm, Spanish fashion, to long draparies,
that reach nearly to the waist at the
back. Chantilly lace patterned wells are
favored, and the latest idea is TO have
these hemmed with chiffon, the hem
occasionally wider than the lace, but
usually measuring about two inches, put
on with hemstitching. Edgings of fur
are occasionally seen, and are likely to
Increase as the season grows older.
Basques.
Bodices take on basque lines and end in
straight cutoff at the waist or con.
tinue in long points. Darts and seams
and wrinkles are all assets of present
style, and lacings and edgings of fur,
velvet ribbon and little uuillings are
fadish features.
The latest thing in umbrella handles is
covering of pig-skin and braided pig
skin holders that suggest riding crops.
LUCY CARTER.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1915-10-28
State received from liquor licenses was

State received from liquor licenses was
being considered.
In the year 1902 she was concerned in
80 matters brought before the Legisla-
ture. She also conducted the head office
of the Massachusetts Total Abstinence
Society, and answered all the letters in
connection with the routine of the office.
This sketch from the Boston Globe
will interest readers of The Journal in
this city and in the adjoining towns, who
are near relatives of Miss Brown. Hr
mother, who died few years ago, was
born and reared in Lincolnville Center,
where some of Miss Browns nearest
relatives now live. Her father was kill
ed in battle in the Civil War. Miss Brown
is cousin of Mrs. George W. Miller of
Waldo avenue, and both are lineal des-
cendants of William Bradford, who was
Governor of the Massachusetts Bay
Colony.
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SYRUP OF FIGS FOR
 A CH|LDS BOWELS
t is cruel to force nauseating, harsh physic into a
 sick child.

Look back at your childhood days. Remember the dose" mother insisted on - castor oil, calomel. cathartics. How you hated them. how you fought against taking them.
 With our children it's different Mothers who cling to the old form of physic simply don't realize what they do. The children's revolt is well-found ed. Their tender little "insides" are injured by them.
 If your child's stomach. liver and bowels need cleansing. give only deli. cious California Syrup of Figs" Its action is positive, but gentle. Millions of mothers keep this harmless fruit laxative" handy; they know children love to take 1t; that it never fails to clean the liver and bowels and sweet en the stomach. and that a teaspoonful given today saves a sick child tomor' row.
 Ask at the store for . 50-cent bottle of California Syrup of Figs" which has full directions for babies. children of all ages and for grown-ups plainly on each bottle. Adv.
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FALLING HAIR MEANS
 DANDRUFF IS ACTIVE
Save Your Hair! Get 25 Cent Bottle of Danderine Right Now-Also
 Stops Itching Scalp.

Thin, brittle. colorless and scraggy hair is mute evidence of a neglected scalp; of dandruff-that awful scurt.
 There is nothing so destructive to the hair as dandruff. It robs the hair of its luster. its strength and its very life; eventually producing feyerish. ness and itching of the scalp, which if not remedied causes the hair roots to shrink, loosen and die-then the hair falls out fast. A little Danderine tonight-now-any time-will surely save your hair.
 Get 25 cent bottle of Knowlton's Danderine from any store. and after the first application your hair will take on that life, luster and luxuriance which is so beautiful. It will become wavy and fluffy and have the appear ance of abundance; an incomparable gloss and softness, but what will please you most will be after just a few weeks use, when you will actual ly see a lot of fine, downy hair-new hair-growing all oyer the scalp. Adv.
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ROAD BUILDING
EFFECTIVE WORK ON ROADS
Pulling a Drag Through Mud When Soil 10 Sticky 10 Waste of Time
 Farmers Work Together.

We have a road drag club of g members that has been in existence for nearly two years. About a third of the members own drags and these are in use nearly all the time. It is understood that any member has a perfect right to hitch to anybody's drag that is not in use.
 We have learned a good many things about road dragging since we started. writes w. D. Dennis of Mis- souri in Farm Progress. Dragging a road is not quite as simple as it looks and there are some kinds of dragging that are not worth doing. For in stance We have found that pulling a drag through the mud when the soil is sticky enough to cling to the drag is a waste of time.
 Nor do we ever drag a road that is bone dry. All the good that does is to heap the dust in the center of the highway. Of course, We have no one in the club who has authority to send a man home if he wants to drag a road in dry and dusty weather, but 1t is understood that such road work is foolish and no one does 1t.
 Drive the team at a walk, always is another of our unwritten rules You don't want the drag bounding and hopping along, leaving the road sur
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NOT TO BE CAUGHT MAPPING
Uncle Tobe Lived Up to His Reputa- ton and the Doctor Lost
 His Bet.

There lives in a certain Vermont town Q quaint old character known as Uncle Tobe." who is so conserva. tive of action and speech that 1! is most difficult at times to get any. thing definite from him. Uncle Tobe. like the Father of His Country, has the reputation of never having told . lie. and in addition he is so cautious of statement that he has never been known to tell an innocent untruth.
 On one occasion his doctor, in con. versation with friends touching Uncle Tobe's characteristics. ventured to lay a bet of five dollars that he could cause Uncle Tobe to tell what wasn't so. A neighbor promptly took the bet.
 The doctor walked into Uncle Tobe's house next morning. and while he was talking with the old man, the neighbor who had taken the bet drove up to the gate. Uncle Tobe went to see what he wanted. and then the doctor. as he had agreed to do, went out the back door and hid in the barn. |.
 Good morning, Tobe." said the wis itor, "is the doctor in your house"
 He was there when l came out said Uncle Tobe.
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He Prayed for All He Saw.

John Wheelock, the second president of Dartmouth college, was a most spec tacular character. Wilder D. Quint, in his Story of Dartmouth" says of him:
 He lacked culture and in his writ ing was turgid and almost illiterate. Lord relates that his prayers at chapel were marvels of grotesque taste Hay. ing one day chanced to attend some experiments in the chemistry of f,gases, he thanked the Lord in his next chapel prayer for the elements in detail: We thank thee. O Lord, for the oxygen gas; we thank thee, O Lord. for the hydrogen gas; we thank thee, O Lord for the nitrogen gas, and for all the gases
 At another time he was impressed in the same way by the wonders of anatomy and expressed his gratitude in like form for the cerebrum. the cere bellum and for the medulla ohlon gata"
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high to make room for bookshelves underneath. The bookshelves are fac. tory made. of the builtin variety, trimmed with holdings to match the fireplace mantei and baseboard of the room and the crown molding next to the ceiling. All holdings arVund the doors and windows are selected to match the same design.
 This idea is carried out in a great many modern homes. It has been made not only possible but easy by the manufacturers of moldings. who have worked out certain designs that may be built up to any size. Many oi these holdings are complete as indi vidual molds. but lend themselves to built-up combinations which merge one into the other with easy curves of the same general design.
 The manner of building the roof tc cover the front yeranda permits a
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MIR. BUSBY AS A HuM0RlST
But on This Occasion He Failed to Score.

Busby-I see tn Turks have been kicking up tn sand around the Suez canal.
 Mrs. B. (fa;ntly interested)-Some religious ceremony?
 Busby-No-o-o. It's war. They're fighting. The report from Berlin says they've licked tn British army to a frazzle. It looks as if the canal would fall into tn Turks hands.
 Mrs. B. (calmly)-I can't see what good 1t would do them.
 Busby Heading up to his climax)- Why. they'd loot 1t.
 Mrs. B. Qnnocently)-Of what?
 Busby (triumphantly)-Of the hard ware. They'd take the locks, of course. Ha, ha, hal" A brief silence ensues. Mrs. Busby (sweetly)-But there are no locks in the Suez canal.
 And it wasn't any consolation to Busby to remember that he had no one but himself to blame.
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Ills Frame oS Mind.

The horse had run away and was tangled up in the wire fence at tho side of the muddy road. It's half-wit ted owner had kicked and sworn and tried to lift the animal until he was out of sorts and covered with mud.
 A well-groomed man came along, took in the situation, and suggested: Spring the fence back. then he can get his feet free"
 The owner of the horse did as he was told. Now give him a cut with the whip and he'll get up himself"
 This the owner did. Then he looked at the horse, up and ready for travel, looked at himself covered with mud. and looked at the immaculate gentle man in the road. Wrath filled his soul
 Well" he grumbled, thank you just as much as if you'd helped me-"
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bacon fat, one for beef fats and an other for pork fats. When one real izes how valuable a tablespoonful of butter is, usually one a cent, or when butter is but g cents a pound, it is just one cent tablespoonful. it will be wisdom to use every fat that is sweet and good to save the butter. Grease from sausage, because of its seasoning, should be kept by itself and is most delicions fat to use for many uses, like cooking, or seasoning eggs.
 To render mutton fat and make it usable the following method is rec commended: For each pound of fat to be rendered, allow one onion. a sour apple and a teaspoonful of thyme or mixed herbs done up in a small cloth. Cook these at low temperature until the onion is brown and the apple cooked, strain and you will have a fat that takes the place of butter for seasoning vegetables and meats in va. rious ways.
 The fat from ducks, geese and other fowl may be tried out and kept to use for cake shortening. It also is used for chicken pie.
 Beef drippings. which may be ob tained from roasts or from the strips of fat left from steaks, which are carefully tried out, make delicious ia, for drop cakes. gingerbread. spice cakes and cookies.
 When French fried potatoes are se ing prepared an addition of beef fai
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 face dragged in places and skipped in others. Slow and steady does the best work.
 We have no heavy drags. A few months experience showed us they were not what We wanted. We use light drags, pulled over the road at about the regulation angle of 45 de grees. This pulls a small amount of earth over to the center of the high way and firms the whole wheel path.
 We have 60-foot highway. Natur- ally we do not try to drag all of that surface. What we try to maintain is roadway of about twenty feet in width. We begin in the center and try to first get good wheel track width in fair shape. As soon as this is done over into the undragged roadway at the sides.
 We drag the roads as soon as pos sible after every rain. The best work is done after a rain and just before the road surface begins to harden as 1t dries. One side of the wheel path is taken going in one direction, and the other side is smoothed Up on the re- turn trip. Half dozen drags on a road after a spring rain will work wonders. Keep this up few weeks and you are able to build the center of the road up to a height of from ten to twelve inches above the level of the edges. This gives a good drain age and makes the future dragging easier and much more effective. Road dragging Is something that must be kept up continually. Eternal ! dragging is the price we have to pay for dirt roads that are above the av- craze. If we paid for the work put on them 1t would probably cost us al, of s10 and maybe SIP a mile for the year. Some years the roads will re- quire much more work than in others because of the weather conditions. The amount of traffic and the nature of the soil on which the road is built are other factors that affect the amount of dragging necessary. There are some spots in every road that should be graded and filled be- fore you can expect to do very much with the drag. A drag will not help these bad spots much. Get them fixed up once, though, and you won't have much trouble fin keeping them in shape with the drag.
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Fever Pillows.

To make a fever pillow take piece of old linen that has been well washed and make with it case about P by IS inches. Take old newspapers, let ters or circulars and tear them into pieces not larger than a ten-cent piece; or cut soft paper into strips about half an inch wide and two inches long, and curl the strips with an old penknife. FIJI the case quite full with the papers and a few shreds of flannel and sew the end up.
 Horsehair cushions of all shapes and sizes are good to rest the back of the neck and the back or to place be- tween the knees or wherever there is hollow spot These. as we'll as paper pillows, will be found a com fort to any one tossing about in fever Many of them are being made in Eng land to be used by the Red Cross for the sufferers of the war.
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over the cushion that keeps in the heat
 For homemade cooker the amount of cooking is limited, as broiling or brown roasting cannot be done. nei. ther can baking. The main thing to be remembered in preparing food for the cooker is that there is no means Of evaporation. so the amount of liquid should be added with that in mind. , The heat that is generated in the Wa ter that surrounds the food and the heat in the receptacle are all that cooks the food, so il must be con- served.
 Have the dish boiling hot and the cooker near the stove so that little heat is lost in transit, then cover | quickly and allow it to stand from three to six hours, depending on the food cooked. It may need to be re heated if it is food that requires long cooking. but rice, macaroni and steamed puddings may be cooked in an hour or two.
 Seasonings of course should be added after the food has reached the boiling point on the stove. All foods must actually boil and be put so into | the cooker.
 One of the reasons that steaks and chops are so expensive is because there is a larger demand for them. and they form a very small part of the animal Those who will call to their aid a freless cooker and buy the cheaper cuts will furnish their fam lilies with just as wholesome and much cheaper food A piece of meat weighing eight or ten pounds can be cooked 12 hours to good advantage.
 Although the homemade cooker is especially adapted for the cooking of stews and tough portions of meat. there are many cereals and puddings that are well cooked in it. | N.u- NA<s..Nn.
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wide archway over the front parapet that is free from center columns. The object of this is to give clear view from the large front windows. also the artistic effect of such an archway is especially attractive. There is lit. tie weight to support, so that the arch may be constructed strong enough by simple truss work. The main sup port to the roof is under the front of the mullion dormer, where it is re-en- forced by the studding of the front outside wall of the house proper.
 The rooms throughout the house are arranged for convenience as well as for artistic effect, especially the living room, dining room, kitchen and
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 vored and most attractive served sliced with French dressing. Chopped Spanish onion and green peppers, served on slices of cucumbers, laid on bed of watercress, is another good salad. For creaned onions allow two to each person and cook them In water that is all evaporated by the time they are tender Add two table spoonfuls of butter for a dozen onions and a half cupful Of rich cream. Salt and pepper is added and the vege- tables are heated in the cream until well seasoned through.
 Onions With Rice and Chicken This is a combination which is not often found in American homes, but Is especially good, To a dozen onions, all small and even sized, add q cupful of rice and a cupful of chicken meat. Put the onions into baking dish with the rice Pour over three cupfuls of chicken stock and a cup of Chopped l chicken meat. Salt and pepper and dot with butter. Place in a moderate oven and cook covered for one hour: then uncover. add a cupful of cream and cook 15 minutes longer. Serve in the dish in which it is cooked
 Onions are good in beef stock and covered while cooking. then during the last half hour sprinkle with stea- | spoonful of sugar and brown uncov. cred.
 i Onions parboiled and baked with | cheese and white sauce is another most wholesome way of serving them. Cabbage is another of our flavor vegetables. which is as good as cauli | flower when carefully boiled, drained | and served in a rich white sauce.
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No Hurry.

Do you believe in long engage ments?" he asked, after she had con sented to be his.
 Yes, dearest" she replied. T have always thought it was such mistake for two people to rush into matrimony before they learned to really know each other"
 Well, about how long would you wish the engagement to be-"
 Let me see. Would you think 1t was too long if we didn't get married until a week from next Thursday"
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here illustrated is one of this type. It has a solid foundation of concrete set down deep enough in the ground to provide a large, comfortable, winter basement. which is divided into cellar. storage for fuel. heating apparatus and laundry. The basement is. in fact. the most important part of bungalow built north of latitude 42 in the east ern or middle western states
 This basement is even considered of sufficient importance to have a spe- cial outside entrance in the rear. This entrance is well built of concrete, with easy steps leading down from the hack garden, and a wide. heavy door for easy access into the laundry de nartment of this splendid basement
 There is also an easy stairway to the basement going down from the back hall, to use for the many visits to this important part of the house at
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True to 1Ype.

The Customer-These grand opera photograph records are no good. I can't get anything out of half of them.
 The Salesman-They are our finest achievement You never can tell when these records will sing. They're so temperamental-L Opinion
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Sho,KIUITN
 d@ABKE$'

to the lard makes a much finer flavor than the ordinary way of cooking in lard.
 To try out fat place it in water and cook slowly until the scraps are al- most dry; the water is usually evap- orated by that time. if not the fat will rise anG the water hold all the sedi- ment, which may then be easily re- moved.
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Flint Floor.

time of me day or night The .., 2 ..ar oats;sc basement entrance ~ attended for use on laundry days I ,hs time of getting in fuel, vege- .as,ss = n, other supplies to be stored .A % occasionally for ventilation when leather conditions demand it.
 The general appearance of the house is ,h.. of as1sS a,us''%s' Sy nfs'a% ssni1y | |psnc.,ed to take special pride in their home ,aea is splen- s,dIy shown in the plan Of ,a the sr nrss ,s s"o, - This great room is ss by iS feet in .i1e: and l: well lighted ia sns sy snd t~o extra vide windows in ?, ffOnt, ron ch,nl ano s~o smaller high window. in .,s the nSsnna sn,%, sey end. These windows are p'A'''