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The Washington herald., 1915-09-27
Aunt Chatty's Mothers Club
Conducted by Mrs. Charity Brush
IMAGINARY PLAYMATES.

HIS real Mothers Club for the benefit of mothers everywhere
who struggling with questions of discipline training eduea
on clothing for the children Write Aunt Chaty OF problems
which vexns and she will advise and help solution of
them Write her. Of discoveries of methods you have
found successful smoothing the rough paths of life for the tender
childish feet that through the Mothers Club be of
benefit other mothers who still tangled the web of perpxy
you have so happily unraveled.
Cooperation the any business: why
the business of motherhood that highest and hes calling which always
has been and always will be womans Of what
other of usefulness may be opened her? Address Mrs.
Charity Brush, of this paper
The Washington herald., 1915-09-27
To Teach Country Women.

In the current issue of Farm and
Fireside" appears an article describing
the important work being done in Pet
tis county, Missouri. where Miss Mildred
Henton has been hired as county wonl-
an to teach women and girls of the
county how to cook and sew. Visiting
two schools day. the county woman
makes her rounds. On one day the girls
of the county school have lessons in
cooking; on another day the subject under
discussion is plain sewing. The cooking
lessons are in every sense practical and
suitable to the ages and needs of the
various members of the classes.
The Washington herald., 1915-09-27
HOUSE.
WIVES
DAILY
ECONOMY
CALENDAR
COOKING WITH GAS

Many women accept conditions in the
housekeeping world just as they find
them
They never really master the difficult
ties of housekeeping, and so never really
become expert housekeeeprs
Cooking with gas is one of the things
that troubles many women. They con-
slider gas stoves a wonderful modern in
vention of course. When it comes to get
ting breakfast in a hurry they have no
criticism Of the gas stove to make. 1t
is infinitely easier to turn n stop cock
and strike a match than 1t is to build a
fire of paper, kindlings and coal. or even
to quicken a smouldering fire.
But how many women have you heard
making complaints against the gas
stove! II never can bake loaf cakes In
a gas oven," SAYS one. '"I wish I knew
how to keep double boilers from burning
possible to keep the oven at the right
temperature for good bread" says a
third.
Stupid remarks, all Of them, for they
only go to show that the persons who
make them have not really mastered the
gas stove.
To begin with. when cooking by gas
watchfulness is necessary. for gas does
make a quick. intense heat. But 1t is al
ways easy to turn the flames low. And
on every stove OF any pretensions there
is small flame, called the simmercr So
when YOU have something to cook for
long time in a double boiler. bring the
water in the bottom part Of the boiler
to the boiling point. and then transfer the
boiler to the simmering flame. When
you are making soup. start it and keep
II cooking over the simmerer When you
are stewing meat. start it cooking rapid
", and then place It over the tiny flame
to simmer.
In this way burning will be avoided
and gas will be saved, and 50 q twofold
purpose will be served. And remember
to look in the bottom part of a double
boiler about every half hour to make
sure that there Is enough water-every
half hour for q big boiler, oftener for a
one-quart boiler.
As for oven cooking. 1t is not really
difficult to regulate a gas oven so tha
II is right for all sorts Of cooking. When
YOU are cooking bread. regulate the oven
by turning the cocks only halfway on,
and then open or close the door of the
warming oven to cool or heat the top of
the oven and the door Of the broiler to
cool or heat the floor of the oven-this In
n stove with the broiler under and a
warming space over the regular oven.
Then turn the heat all OF whom the
bread is almost done. and let 1t remain
In the oven for ten or fifteen minutes
extra. cooking In the little heat that re-
mains.
Always keep dish Of water in the
oven when you are baking. as the mois-
ture keeps things from burning.
Iyse An asbestos pad under cakes when
making them, to keep the bottom from
burnine, and cover loaf cake that needs
slov cooking with waxed paper until 1t
~ r,een well and cooked partly throuxh.
- (CouS1ixAt N1o
The Washington herald., 1915-09-27

The statement that special taxes
have been imposed on bachelors in
Germany has gone the rounds of the
papers so persistently that one is in
clined to believe that it is authentic.
This tax, like all other special taxes
The Washington herald., 1915-09-27
An Experienced Mother.

est calling are anxious to help and In
nuence the expectant mother, SO she
can avoid suffering For many years
experienced mothers have relied upon
Mothers Friend. obtained At any drug
store. because this splendid external
remedy adds to the physical comfort
Of every expectant mother. It makes
the muscles flexible and takes away
all strain on the cords and ligaments
and actually relieyes the tension Of
nerves and tendons, that so often
cause nausea, morning sickness and
twitching Of the limbs Nothor6
EfisA1 = AigAE ssoQn4eAAaA
The Washington herald., 1915-09-27

Some folks are more addicted to
honesty than others. just as some
have a better ear for music. That's
why we try to see that every adver-
tisement in this newspaper tells the
Sayles.
The Washington herald., 1915-09-27
Copyright. 1881
She Began at Fifty.

Mrs. Amelia f. Barr stands foremost
among those who at an age when most
women retire to enjoy the fruits Of their
youth. began her life anew. Mrs. Barr
was 50 when she wrote her first book.
During the thirty-three years that fol-
lowed she produced an average of two
books each year, and she has now almost
seventy volumes to her credit. For fif-
teen years from the day she started to
write she succeeded in having at least
one poem and one short story published
every week. She was born In 1881.
The Washington herald., 1915-09-27
Wealthiest Women's Club.

The Million-dollar Colony Club in New
York. the wealthiest women's club in the
world. will be opened the first week in
December. Mrs. ]. Borden Hartman
is president Of the new club and
Miss Anne Morgan is vice president. The
membership list teens with the names of
women prominent In society," and in art
The Washington herald., 1915-09-27
A LOST ART.

With the creation each year. OF
many new fields for women's work, it
is interesting to know of one employ
ment that is fast passing into the dim
distance of things which one only re-
members. This is the gentle art or
science of shoplifting. The statement
was recently made by well-known
detective agency that shoplifting is
practically lost art 1t was always
women who were most employed in
this business for the reason that
women arc more inclined to shop
than men and also for the reason
that a woman's dress, especially a
woman's mutf, makes better cloak
for the dcft fcats which a shoplifter
has 10 perform than does mans
garb.
But shoplifting got to be a very diff
ticult work. Detectives and vigilant
sales folk in the busy stores had
their eyes open and only the most
astute Of shoplifters could "get away
with the goods" And it took life
long training to know just how to do
it. Now, they say, the old. crowd of
shoplifters is about all gone, and there
isn't enough in the game to make it
worth while for others to rise up to
take their place.
The Washington herald., 1915-09-27

in Europe at the present time, goes
to helping to carry the immense bur-
den of the war.
But this is not new idea-this
taxing of bachelors. One hundred and
three years ago in England there was
domestic tax on bachelors who EN-
ploycd buffers in England amounting
to four pounds eight shillings. while
the tax for married men employing
buffers was but two pounds, eight
shillings!
And even at that, remarks the con-
tented bachelor, it isn't a bad idea.
The man without a wife and family
ought to pay little for his blessings.
Not at all, says the married man,
who, made to feel somehow that he
is perfectly content to share his in
come or l4y envelope with 4 wife
and family, pities those poor German
bachelors.
"It's simply a case of the Bible
text" he says, "To him that hath
shall be given and from him that
hath not shall be taken even that
which he hath"
1t all depends on the point of
view.
And just the other day some one
remarked that Alice, who once kept
dignihed folk in Washington Won
dering what she would do next, had
settled down to be quite sedate,
prosy married woman.
Apparently the fire was not put
out, only quenched. Now that she
has ventured forth in Chicago boule-
wards in silken pantalcttes, we may
reasonably hope that she will no:
again be accused of being too Sc
date or prosy.
OF course they were "perfectly-all-
right" pantalettes. They were of
heavy dark silk and not mite short
er than fashionable women's skirts
nowadays.
Still it was just little unexpected
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-07-22
GREAT ADVANTAGE
OF HUMUS TO SOIL
Question Never Should Be Over
looked If Farm Is to Be
Kept Up to Standard.

Except on soils nearly or quite vir-
gin, there are few farms where humus
cannot be used by the soil to great
advantage. In many sections where
commercial fertilizers have been used
for years to the exclusion OF stable
manures At has been found necessary
to grow green crops for plowing un-
der. Where the green crops are used
as part Of the rotation, 80 TO speak.
the exclusive use OF commercial fertii-
izers can probably be safely continued.
The best results come from the COM
bined use of stable manures and com.
mercial manures. using the former for
plowing under in the spring and the
after for top dressing or working In
lust under the surface as the crop
grows. In this manner the humus re-
quired by the soil is supplied and the
tertilizing value Of the manure as well.
Don't overlook the humus question
II you would keep the farm up to the
highast standard.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-07-22
THREE DRY FARM ESSENTIALS
Very Best and cIeanest Seed Should
Be Planted, Soil Kept Fertile and
Moisturs Conserved.

AS moisture conservation In dry
farming Ia the paramount issue where
none can be spared without detriment
to the crop. three things must be kept
In mind;
l. The very best and cleanest seed
only should be planted. and as far as
possible, the most drought-resistant va
riety of its kind. The presence OF
weeds must not be tolerated under any
circumstances.
2. The soil must be kept In high
state Of fertility. It has been scien-
tifcally determined by Professor Wild
stoe OF the Utah experiment station
and others. that very fertile soil re-
quires only about half as much mois-
ture to produce crop as soils that
are thin and worn out, just as gal
Ion Of rich milk will prove as satisfy
ing when fed to pigs AS two gallons
that are half water.
3. The soil must be so cultivated
that a sufficient percentage OF mois-
ture is always present to support the
growing plant
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-07-22
WEEDS cRowDlNe OUT WHEAT
II Right Methods Are Pursued There
viii Be Little Occasion for
the Farmer TO Worry.

By PROF. W. NJ. JARD1NE. Kansas
Experiment Station)
A few more or less preliminary tests
have been made in growing small
grains in rows and cultivating them,
but to date the practice has not been
found profitable. am not In sym
pathy with the man who cannot keep
the land that he plants to wheat free
from weeds once the crop Is started.
II indicates that he has allowed his
land to become infested with weeds ut
some time previous to the planting Of
the wheat.
II the right methods Of dry farming
are pursued from beginning TO end
there will be little occasion for the
farmer to worry about weeds crowd
ing out his wheat. The farmer who
allows weeds to crowd out his wheat
planted In the ordinary way is not
likely to cultivate his lard sufficiently
to keep down the weeds in wheat that
is planted In rows. doubt the prac.
ticability OF planting small grains in
rows and cultivating It, except under
the most extreme conditions Of
drought.
The practice OF planting alfalfa in
rows on the dry lands. both for hay
production and for seed production. 10
going to grow. II is a crop that re-
spends TO cultivation, especially for
seed purposes. Under low rainfall
more hay will be produced and II Is
really the only successful way OF grow.
Ing seed regularly. No definite infor.
nation is available on the amount OF
yield obtainable; this will vary with
the season. but one could expect. I'M
der average conditions. to produce in
the neighborhood OF one ton OF hay
to the acre. and possibly the same
year obtain crop Of seed-thoush
this will depend upon the length OF
the growing season.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-07-22
USE FOR IMMATURED CROPS
II Dry Farmer Keeps Herd Of Cows
Crops Not Fully Developed Can Be
Economically utilized.

II the dry farmer does not keep
stock. he must rely entirely upon the
income from his crops. II an unfavor-
able season should come and the crops
only partially mature. either through
lack OF rainfall or from early frost.
he has no means by which he can
derive substantial income from the
farm. While. II the dry farmer keeps
a herd of cows. these immatured crops
can be economically utilized. While
we do not and should not expect un-
favorable seasons the wise dry farmer
keep his light burning and prepares
himself to meet any conditions which
may arise.
Further, these crops. be they mature
or immature. can be made to bring the
maximum cash returns by feeding
them to the dairy COW. This reduces
the risk In crop raising and enables
the dry farmer to do an all-around
cash business. There never Is so un-
favorable a season but that plenty OF
feed OF some kind can be raised for
the dairy herd.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-07-22
Different METHODS
TO PRESERVE EGGS
Use Of Lime Water and Water
Glass Solutions Have Been
Found Most Satisfactory.

or all the different schemes which
have been proposed for the home
preservation of eggs. but two have
really proved practical and service
able. These are immersing In lime
water or In a solution OF water glass.
Among other things. housewives
have tried packing eggs in salt. wrap
ping them in paper, or covering with
wood ashes, and poultrymen have
sought to carry their supplies from
periods of low to periods OF high prices
by treating the eggs with paraffin.
alum solution, collodion. etc. The re-
suits have invariably been the same
loss from 20 to 80 and even 100 per
cent. Experimenters have had the
same experience and so far have
found the use OF lime water and wa
ter glass solutions the only satisfac-
tory methods.
One OF the very best experiments
ever tried In the preservation OF eggs
was that made several years ago by
a German investigator. He endeavored
to preserve 400 eggs for eight months
by 20 different methods. The follow
ing were his results:
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-07-22
PIGS WILL THRIVE
ON PUMPKIN FEED
Regarded as One Of Most Profit
able and SuccuIent Feeds
Farmer Can Grow.
(By 8. c. MILLERJ

I regard pumpkins as one OF the
most profitable and cheapest feeds the
farmer can grow upon his farm. We
grow tons OF pumpkins every year to
be fed to the pigs in this way. The
especial value OF the pumpkin is In
its being succulent food; 1t keeps
the digestion good and assists in as
similating the food.
We weighed so pigs that were born
in June and July, 1913, and on the
18th Of October they averaged LOG
pounds. November 11th they aver
aged 1461s pounds. December 18th
they averaged 1874 pounds, and on
January IL weighed 227 pounds, hav-
ing made an average gain OF 1.27
pounds per day during the last month.
The average daily gain for 92 days
was 1.31 pounds.
This lot had no extra feeds; no
clover, soy beanssnor vetch pasture
We had some pumpkins during the
fall-until nearly the first Of Decem
ber.
We always begin feeding them just
few at a time until they learn to ea'
them, then we give them all they VII
eat as a MONDAY feed.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-07-22
USING ALFALFA FOR A LAWN
Most Satisfactory Plant Of Drought
Resisting orasses--No Manure
Must Be Used.
CBy e. r. PARsoNs.J


While some have made success of
some OF the drought-resisting grasses.
such as meadow fescue, Australian rye
grass. ETC.. believe the most salts
factory is alfalfa.
This has to be grown in mat. and
cut with lawn mower. The ground
is first spaded about foot deep. and
the seed planted thickly on a nice
fined surface. No manure must be
used because II lifts the soil and let's
in too much air. which burns the
young plants.
The alfalfa must never be allowed
to grow so high that a lawn mower
cannot be used on 1t. The idea is to
keep 1t close to the ground. forming
q beautiful green mat For this rea'
son II has TO be planted very thick and
continually moved.
In consequence of no growth being
allowed the consumption of moisture
is low and the alfalfa lawn will stay
green In the driest weather and also
late In the season.
A top dressing OF black corral dir
In winter will keep the soil rich and
act as a mulch In summer.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-07-22
Huquenot Relies.

Henry M. Lester, president OF the
Huguenot association Of New Ro-
chelle, N. Y, is ha,ing the estate of
Miss Eliza Moulton dug up in a search
for the foundation of the first Hugue-
not church, which the women of the
Huguenot settlement there helped to
build in 1888.
Under the chancel, history says. the
bodies OF three pastors Of the church
were buried. There is also a tradi.
ton that some OF the residents OF
the town buried money and plate un'
der the church during the Revolution.
airy war and that It was never recoy'
cred. The property faces Haguenoi
street.
The old church, because Of IL
shape. was called the "s1ons jug"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-07-22
Excellent Type Of Farm Horse.

OF their ration are seldom troubled
from its use.
II alfalfa hay is stored in the barn
for horses, II is well to sprinkle II
generously, while moving II away,
with a mixture Of salt and air-slaked
lime, equal parts.
Growing draft colts have seldom, II
ever, been injured by eating too much
alfalfa and oats.
Good, well-colored alfalfa ia OF prac-
tically the same composition as wheat
bran and is OF equal value to IL In the
horse ration.
Mature horsce of a greedy disposi'
ton, II allowed to run to alfalfa racks
at will, may eat too much and suffer
attacks OF impaction. Draft mares
heavy in foal, and taking but little
exercise, not infreQuently suffer at
tacks of this nature.
Splendid Place to Develop.
An alfalfa pasture is splendid
place TO develop draft colts with q
maximum OF bone and muscle.
Some complaint comes from the iu-
mid regions to the effect that mares
on alfalfa pasture during the breeding
season are hard to get in foal. This
trouble seems to be more or less local
and can be avoided by temporarily
keeping the mares in other pastures.
An alfalfa patch forms a splendid
night pasture for work horses. provid'
ed they are used to It and turned out
regularly.
Because OF the comparative ease
with which alfalfa may be grown In
practically all parts Of this state. II
should form portion at least Of every
horses ration.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-07-22
LOVE inc "a
HUpR S7HY)
BY GELET TT BURGESS III
ILLUSTRATED 81 RAY WALTERS


Opening the letter box on the door,
she took out a dozen or so envelopes
One set she inspected critically-they
were all in feminine handwriting
and then rather unwillingly laid them
aside. The others she tore briskly
open, each received a keen, shrewd
look. They were fled or thrown away.
Little and whimsical and odd. Flo
dies appearance had something of the
humor Of puppy. the sad wisdom Of
monkey. The combination made her
face pathetic. Crinkly, colorless hair
and hazel eyes had Flodie. Her fine.
regular teeth were her best asset, and
when she smiled, her main relief from
plainness. From her costume, which
was careless, to her gestures, which
were queer. Flodie Fisher was an orig
inal. She had charm and magnetism
Whether she made one laugh or weep,
eccentric little Flodie was distinctly
| lovable.
Mr.. Smallish now reappeared with q
loaded breakfast tray.
Put him on that table in the stu
did," Flodie commanded.
Have those giddy green garlands
come for tonight?" she asked.
why. yes. they're out in the hall
Miss Fisher. What time does the
party begin"
"One minute past ten"
"will there be many here, Miss
Fisher?"
"Oh, don't know, Alfred, abou
twenty, suppose e--men, ladies ant
women. Especially women! The!
don't usually refuse Mr.. Bonlstelle'.
studio invitations, notice! There1
be too many anyway. There won't b.
half Of 'em come till the theaters ar,
over, though. We've invited a squaC
OF actresses"
Alfred stopped. his arms loaded will
garlands. What. real ones?"
mo. only half-ripe, guess. No
nearly so real as the other womel
who'll be here, anyway. There ar,
more good actresses of the stage thar
on. Alfred! It'll be good as a pla.
for mel"
Alfred gazed longingly from tn
threshold. his eyes afire. Say, Mis-
Fisher, are you going to be dresses
up like you was the last timer"
She dropped fantastic courtesy
Precisely the same, Alfred; our goo
old friend Crepe de Chine. Now yo
gallop along with those evergreens b'
fore your eyes drop out, Mr.. Small
ish!"
Alfred left. with the love light VI
extinguished.
Flodie went into the studio an
pounded at the chamber door agair
"Mr. Bonistelle! Hurry up! You
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-07-22


breakfast is awfully impatient. Come
along! That old coffee is swearing
already"
Hall opened the door. grinning.
"And suppose those eggs are feeling
rotten about it," he offered jauntily
Flodie giggled deiightedly and hov.
cred over the table, giving 1t a few
final touches.
Hall Bonistelle was attired In a
purple dressing-gown, too evidently
the gift of loving, tasteless female
He showed himself. now. as really
handsome, even to that cleft chin
which women seem to fancy, and
most right-minded men to loathe. On
his face was the touch OF humor care
lessly Joyous, rather than intellectual
and with his artistic" temperament
IL was easy enough to account for his
popularity with women, popularit,
that gave him spoiled air, was mo-
offensive, and enabled him to do muci
forbidden to other men. Always ex
cepting poor Flodie. who Rugged ,
precious secret to her breast. women
1t might be added. liked rather thar
loved him. The obvious proof nigh
4 lie in the fact that. at twenty-seven
Hall had not yet been entangled II
a serious affair OF the heart He con
sidered that he knew too much abou
women to be seduced from his ANUS
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-07-22

The following Is taken from Exten-
sion Bulletin No. 2S OF the University
Of Nebraska:
Alfalfa Pointers.
Alfalfa is a splendid horse feed but
must be fed with judgment and care.
Because OF its palatability, mature
horses are likely to eat too much al
falfa, II permitted to have free access
to II.
The average farm horse at hard
work is allowed to eat much more al
falfa and other roughage than he
really needs to maintain his weight.
One pound OF alfalfa or other hay
and about one and one-fourth pounds
Of grain per day for each 100 pounds
OF the horses weight make a good ra.
ton for the working horse.
Horses like alfalfa stems. Refuse
from the cattle racks is very accepta
BILE to horses.
Feed mature horses first and sec
ond cutting alfalfa which is free from
mold and dust.
To make the best horse hay, alfalfa
should be allowed to stand until vel
out In bloom.
Curing Horse Hay.
In curing horse hay 1t is well tc
keep in mind that the dust which II
present in so much alfalfa is largel,
a result Of the presence OF foreign
moisture such as rain or dew at max
ing time rather than the presence o
little moisture within the plant afte
II is cured.
Never feed wet alfalfa hay to horses
A sudden change of feed derange
the horses digestive system. Horse
accustomed to alfalfa as a regular par