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The Washington herald., 1915-03-31

Whoever started this talk about Easter
bonnet% and Easter suits being out Of
style? Some one said not many days
ago that the Easter parade idea was 60
ing out But don't you believe it. II you
have been fooled by these staeements
and have not taken trouble to plan your
own Easter array you viii be dreadfully
disappointed. for this II going to be one
of the most festive casters in the his
tory of the city-and Easter bonnets and
Easter suits and Easter gloves and Easter
shoes will be out in full force this spring
| to welcome in the greatest Of all spring
festivals.
For q few seasons, to be sure, a few
exclusive folk-the sort of folk who are
always eager to be a little out Of SYM
pathy with every one else-did put a ban
on Easter hnery. They purposely went
out in their old toys on Easter just to
show that they were different from the
rest Of Us. But even these odd folk are
going to be loyal to the old tradition this
year.
II is an institution that ought not to
drop into abandonment, this custom of
wearing new spring clothes on Easter
day. For the religious who look upon
Easter as being the elimination of a
season Of pennance it is a delightful SYM
bolism. this custom Of starting out in new
finery on Easter Sunday. To all of US
who cling to the old traditions. to all
who want to be part of the spirit in
which we live there is a great deal of
pleasure to be gained in joining the
Easter parade"
A Belgian cookery class for English
women has been established in London
for the purpose of teaching London
women the economical, methods Of the
Belgians. demonstration dinner cost
ing cents per head was given a few
DAYS ago.
All the activities of the family proceed
from the home and return to it," said ..
p. Claxton. United States Commissioner
Of Education. recently. Therefore. of
all the arts those pertaining to home
making are the most important. and of
all -the sciences those which find their
application in the home, making US intel
Iisent about the home and its needs, are
the most significant
The Washington herald., 1915-03-31
TOMORROW'S MENU.

I'd a baking yesterday. Master Mar
ner. and the lard cakes turned out bet
ter nor common"
GEORGE ELIOT.
BREAKFAST.
Orange
Cer.Nl and Cream
ssrdine1 on Toast
Coffee
LUNCHEON OR DINNER.
Cold Roast Pork
Escalloped Potatoes
Biscuits
DINNER.
Cream Tomato Soup
Broiled Lam Chops
Stuffed Sweet Potatoes
Canned Peas
Orange and Banana Salad
Apple Pie
sardines on Toast-Drain ssrdines
and broil two minutes over or under q
hot fame. Serve three on each slice
| Of hot toast Heat the OIL from the
can Of sardines and pour this over the
+, toast. Serve very hot. ~, -
Escalloped Potatoes-Cut I'D six
large boiled potatoes into a bakine
dish and add three-quarters of a cup.
full Of milk. salt and pepper to taste
land tablespoonful Of butter. Sprinkle
with . teAspoonful Of minced parsley
and tablespoonful Of grated nutmes
and bake for thirty minutes.
Orange Rnd Banana Selad-Cut ba-
! mana pulp into rounds with q potato
cutter and mix with an equal Quantity
OF cubes OF orange pulp, carefully cut
Serve with French dressing ON lettuce
The Washington herald., 1915-03-31
Fewer Women Insane.

There = said to be one person In
every SOC In an insane asylum. and the
census bureau gives figures that are
Interesting ~ to the ssx Of the insane,
more males than females being In the
asylums. In typteal community Of
1e0.eet there VII Be 7es males insane
SD 9oe femAles. In the course Of .
ysar g msn and g wcmsn you'd =
al number oe Insane peroono In tbs
lsy1uzns a. he Omitted states incluesd
3A.e9t maIeD 80 Nat feenaleG 4hiEt1
yeeFu 1afeS tko nNI6oGk ~ heeeapq
1le e1Gg9 W0f6 ~ ~ ,lo14 Gacoe
{ 3 4 : - 3 ?;
The Washington herald., 1915-03-31
CORNELL CLUB GETS TOGETHER.
Years Work ut the University 10
nfscuased.

Keliang. Yih 90; Horace Dulin, @;
Howard g. Nichols, Is; and L. G. Dodge,
'05. spoke yesterday afternoon at the
weekly get-together luncheon of the Cor
nell Alumni Club. of Washington, in the
Ebbitt. w. c. Ballantyns. II, gaXe a
sIight-of-hand performance and Lewis
.Clephane, '09, acted as toast master. The
years work at the university was the
subject of discussion.
Among others present were: p. B. Hoge.
'OS: Ernest Kelly, 'os: H. r. Gates, IL:
w. NJ. Chandler, 70: Herbert r Cox.
'6; E. II. Hawley. IS: s. c. Adams. So:
C. F. Chrtsolm. "a; 8. M. Thomas. II;
and J. s. Gates, '6.
The Washington herald., 1915-03-31
LDRAAIANS

How q Ysang wsaaa Nay Work u
frSa The Dettso-Hsw she May Re-
eeive the Necessary Training In . L.
beary Sehssl at . Moderate Expense
ana In One OF TIVE Years-The Vari-
ems Lines q Work thst Are ope. to
The Sehesl.TrsileA Or Self-Trained
Ysung wSnan-The Denana fer LII
brsria,s Now Grester than the Sup
Dly.
The Washington herald., 1915-03-31
MISS ANNA V. PECK.

Inspired by dream Of fve years
ago that revealed her destiny as a bat
tlefield nurse. Miss Anna V. Peck. of
st. Johnsbury. Vermont. is today on her
way to Europe on the Fabre liner
Patria. On the same ship is Mrs. r. Z.
Medus. who cut short her visit to this
country and is hurrying to the side of
Gently wounded in the fighting in the
Argonne.
Miss Peck is a graduate Of tho New
The Washington herald., 1915-03-31

The United States has furnished
over 40 per cent Of the electrical ma
chinery and supplies used in Brazil.
but not through any concentrated ef-
fort. It was because the street rail-
way and light and power syetems in
various cities are under the. manage
ment OF Americans.
The Washington herald., 1915-03-31

York Hospital Training School in New
York. She will go to the French base
hospital at Pau and give her services
to the wounded. She says that one
that carried her to the battlefield
among the wounded and dying. From
that moment, she says, her life's work
friend limited that Miss Peck's won
derful dream included the finding of
her fiance on the battlefield.
The Washington herald., 1915-03-31

e S - -
maternity hospitals
eQuipped with mod.
ern methods. But
most women pgefes
their own homes and
In the towns and Vl.
lage9 must prefer
tl,em. And sinc1
this y true We know
from the great many
splendA lottagU WRIT
The Washington herald., 1915-03-31

Swine furnished 60 per cent of the
total meat consumed In the German
empire last year.
The Washington herald., 1915-03-31
Baby Of Future
IS Considered

Much thought has been given In late
years to the subject Of maternity. II
The Washington herald., 1915-03-31
GIRL, INSPIRED BY
DREAM GOES TO WAR ].
I FRONT TO BE A NURSE.

Mrs. Medus
is hurrying
to the side
of her
husband,
a major.
who was
recently
wounded.
She had
intended to
make q long
stay in
America
andtravel
over the
continent.
The Washington herald., 1915-03-31

I'd a baking yesterday. Master Mar
ner. and the lard cakes turned out bet
ter nor common"
rNr
The Washington herald., 1915-03-31
HOROSCOPE.

Copyright, 1857
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-09-07

X1, whose era was enlivened by the
wit of Francois villon and by the hen
min which brought it's obdurate wear
ers a stern rebuke from the church.
any and all kinds Of high, brimless
hats seem to be on the millinerS
shelves. rhe silk top hat, worn by
the schoolboy at Elton, is among the
number and has already been worn
over here, much to the amusement
OF the bystanders, who thought it was
merely a theatrical trick. 1t appears
now that it was a genuine forerunner
OF : new fashion.
1t goes with the broad Elton COLI
Of stiffened linen which the shops
have been trying to make popular
since April. When young woman
adds the hat and the collar to a short
Elton jacket of velveteen, it is a pity
that the excessively narrow skirt has
ceased to be, for its addition as a
final touch to the costume would be
an excellent mimicry of British boy
hood.
The Elton Jacket, by the way, is not
at all amiss in the fashions of the
day. It has an oriental counterpart
in the loose bolero that the French
are putting on their newest evening
frocks, boleros of beaded embroidery,
of tulle embroidered, of crystal net
under which shine the colors of soft
sash.
Another point about the new hats
to get back to the subjects the
promised use Of flowers. This Is done
Is Paris to give plentiful work to the
thousands of flower makers among
the women and girls, and it may
spread over here. Everywhere one
sees evidence now Of the employment
of available and needy human ma
terial by the French fashion creators.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-09-07
LAST WORD In 'KERCHIEFS
Lavender, Straw, Pink, Elue and Nile
Green Are Colors Affected In
Trimming.

Handkerchiefs with a frill Of white
cotton are popular, as are also laven-
der, straw, pink, blue and Nile green
handkerchiefs. Round corners are
seen as we'll as square. Val lace cor
ners are smart. Pure white handker-
chiefs are seen with band Of cotton
net above a hem with a plated frill
Of the net edging the hem. The light
ly-tinted handkerchiefs are certainly
enjoying favor, as well as fine handker-
chiefs in pure white with scalloped
edge and corners in eyelet work. All
embroidery is light in effect. Second
mourning handkerchiefs have frill
Of violet net on white center. First
mourning have black hens and clus-
tered cords. Another style has a
black net or lace frill on white CEN
ter. Clusters Of short bars in black
above the hem look we'll and there Is
always the plain black hem of various
widths.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-09-07
AFTER PRUNING

The pruning of two-year-old tree at
the time Of planting is the same as
for a one-year-old after one years
growth in the orchard.
THE one-year-old tree is a straight
whip, varying in length according to
the variety and the conditions under
which it has grown. The one-year
tree has the advantage of the two-year
tree in that the grower can start the
head at the point at which he desires.
The height of heading should be be-
tween IA and "a inches. Whether the
trees are pruned to a high or low
head is personal question and there
are points in favor of both, but the
weight of facts is in favor of a low
from sun scald is lessened, the trees
are easier to prune and to spray, the
fruit is harvested more easily, and the
trees are not so badly damaged by
wind.
1.-THE method Of pruning is the same
for either type. The whip should be
cut to a bud, generally on the south
side, as the winds often reduce the
growth on this side of the tree A
smooth cut should be made, sloping
away from the bud to hasten healing
over. If the trees are strong and the
season favorable, from four to eight
shoots will be sent out on the original
stem. These shoots are to form the
scaffold branches.
Improving Form of Tree.
'The pruning for the second and
third years will consist in improving
and developing the form of the tree.
The main leaders should be cut back
as in the younger trees. The lateral
verely, for the grower should aim to
develop a good strong tree. If the
branches are crossing or interfering,
they may be headed back, or the weak
er shoots may be removed. All shoots
that grow back through the center of
the tree should be removed.
'The pruning from the third year
should be done SO as to form a COM
pact tree.
After this time, the formation of
the fruit spurs should be started. II
the growth is very rank, the spurs
will form slowly, but in the slow
growing varieties the spurs are formed
early. Besides the natural forma-
ton, the heading back of the small
shoots may convert these into fruit
spurs. If this work on the young trees
is done regularly, only small limbs
will need to be removed. and the tree
will come into bearing at an earlier
age than otherwise
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-09-07
GARDEN HINTS

Whenever possible procure peren-
nials-they are the most satisfactory
class of plants, and especially adapted
to the farmers garden. During this
month, If possible, procure seeds that
have just ripened, from your friends,
and plant them at once. Or maybe
you can find self-grown seedlings
about the base of the early blooming
sort.
Keep on hand good supply of in
secticides. Bordeaux mixture as used
in the orchard is good to destroy mil
dew and rust in the flower garden. To-
bacco water will kill aphides which
infest chrysanthemums and golden
glow.
Cut the rhubarb blooms as soon as
they appear. They weaken the plant.
Treasure the weekly wash water
and apply to the roots Of the flowers;
it will enhance the beauty of the rose.
If slugs bother the roses sift ashes
on the bushes when they are wet with
dew or rain. See that the ashes reach
the under side of the leaves
Sow the seeds of annuals-phlox
candy-tuft, poppy and the like-for a
fine fall showing.
When the lilacs have finished bloom
ing, all the seed clusters should be
cut away.
Seed sown In the open air during
July and August should be carefully
planted in fine soil, watered, and then
we'll covered with paper or CLOTH
When the seedlings appear, remove
the covering but shade the ground.
Furnish the porch, the shady side of
the house, the arbor, with hammocks,
easy chairs, benches so that the family
will enjoy living out doors to the bene-
fit of health and the saving the house
wife work
Just as soon as the summer crop is
gathered remove the fruiting canes
from the raspberry and blackberry
plantations. If the plants send up toe
many roots remove the surplus.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-09-07
III MINOSiTY In NATURE
MANY INSECTS AND PLANTS
HAVE LiGHT-GIViNG POWER.
lightning Most Popular Among Pyro-
technic insects-AustraIian Pop
Ply Is the Most Remarkable
Of Luminous Plants.

The lightning bugs mystery of
light without heat is now alleged to
be solved. A member of that earnest
headed colony of scientists at Woods
Hole, Mass, has recently declared that
the bug does its interior and exterior
illumination by eating certain sub
stances which supply it with phos-
phorus
1t is to be hoped that this is true
so we may quit worrying about why
the lightning bug is lit up.
Although the lightning bug is our
most popular and common pyrotech-
mic insect, there are many other in
sects and many forms of vegetable
life which share in light-giving power
of high and low degree. Under GER
tain conditions nasturtiums, dahlias,
tuberoses and yellow lilies may be
seen to glow with bright radiance,
varying in color and intensity. Only
those flowers that have an abundance
of yellow or orange shades exhibit
this phosphorescence. The best time to
see the light is after dark, when the
atmosphere is clear and dry. The
light is sometimes steady, but often
intermittent and flashing.
Often, in the early fall, the ground
will be illuminated by the glow from
the dead leaves. The Australian pop
ply is the most remarkable of all the
luminous plants, for it has been found
to send out light of it's own of quite
notable brilliancy.
Mushrooms growing on decayed
wood often have degree of brilliancy
that, when they are placed on a news
paper, will enable one to read the
words in their vicinity with no other
light. One species of mushroom in
Australia, 16 inches in diameter, was
of such brilliancy that, when seen
from a distance, it's light frightened
the natives.
Crabs are notable light givers, and
the salpa of California is the most
wonderful of all. Bodies of water 90
miles square have been seen glowing
with them, and in Santa Catalina
channel one naturalist reported that
as far as the eye could see the crea-
lures lay cleaning like gems in the
sunlight. Many luminous frogs have
been discovered from time to time,
and any frog may be made luminous
by inoculattng 1t with certain bac-
terra which produce this phenomenon.
Many theories have been brought
forward to explain the phenomenon
of luminosity, but as yet little Ia
known about 1t.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-09-07
DRESS TRIMMINGS FOR FALL
VIII Be Popular for Fall and
Winter Gowns.

Applique trimmings are predicted
for fall and winter gowns. One
gown of silk has black velvet leaves
appliqued to It's bodice and skirt, the
leaves being bound with silk-covered
cord
Silk braids are used extensively to
bind seams, to form bands around
the bottom of the skirt and to give
military effect 10 coats and gowns.
Fringe is also used to consider
able extent, and hand embroidery is
also enjoying popularity. The work
is done usually with heavy rope silks
or wool. An interesting feature Of the
hand embroidery that is used on the
best type of gowns is that no particu-
lar design is followed In fact, the
worker has full sway to let her needle
wander where it will. This makes it
possible for the home sewer to intro
duce a prominent feature on one or
two new fall gowns.
Narrow ribbons in great quantity
are applied in a variety of ways on
many dresses. Entire bodices are
sometimes composed o. rows and
rows of ribbon. Ruf1es Of ribbons
about three inches wide are employed
in some cases to simulate an apron
effect on the newest skirts. Such a
treatment is truly economical. for it
saves the cost of extra material to
form an entire apron.
Fancy buttons in colors to CORE
spond with the trimming or with the
gown material frequently give a fin
fishing touch to many of the new gar
mentS
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-09-07
THREE NOVEL UTILITY CASES
SimpIy-Made Affair That Delighted
the Heart of an Engaged
Girl.

A girl who was given linen show
or was most delighted over the gift
of a dear friend who was forever do
ing something different from the rest
of the girls. The gift she brought to
the engaged girl consisted of three
cases-one for spoons, one for knives
and one for forks. These cases she
made herself. The inner lining is Of
gray canton flannel and the necessary
pockets are made Of another piece OF
flannel stitched on to form the recep-
tacles This work can all be done on
the machine. The outside Of the cases
are of gray linen. on which are en-
broidered conventional designs In or
ange silk. Gray tape is attached to
the case, so that the silverware can
be tied securely.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-09-07
BEAUTY OF HOME YARD
BY n. n. SHEPARD.


The immediate grounds about the
home can be made beautiful, and an
effort should be made in that direction.
The home grounds should be ample, as
large as Is consistent with the size
OF the dwelling.
An acre is not too much. Some
think that an acre of land is too much
to waste on a simple door yard, but
the better the home grounds the bet
ter will be the life of the family.
1t is wrong estimate of life and
property to be forever making money
to enlarge the farm in area, in buying
extra tracts of land for future use, and
not improve and make the best of the
ground where the wife and children
spend nearly all of the best of their
life
Some look forward and prepare too
much for pleasure to come, and do
not expend any means on making the
present the very best that it can be-
They let the home grounds and sur
roundings remain shabby and unim
proved, spending the extra money on
property to be handed down to the
children or putting it in the bank.
This is wrong when there is any
neglect in home Improvement If the
children need help, by all means, they
need 1t now while they are helpless
more than when they grow up and
will be able to fully care for them
selves, perhaps much better than we
ever shall be able to care for them.
They need the comforts, healthful-
ness, and identifying influences of
good homes and surroundings in or
der to make them healthy, strong,
beautiful and good. These are in
finitely better than inherited real es-
tate, personal property, or money.
The child whose home life Is per-
feet for physical and mental develop
ment will go out into the world with a
rich heritage.
The grounds around the home
should be well drained and graded to
suit the location. The main open
part of the space should be lawn of
good grass and be kept moved low at
ali times SO LndL the ar ana sunlight
may purify the soil.
Abundance of flowers, shrubs and
trees are essentials for completing the
picture, but flowers and shrubs must
be massed in clumps and borders
along the sides and the trees must
be grouped in one place, somewhat re-
moved from one side of the dwelling.
Pergolas add much to the beauty of
the home grounds.
Under the tree in the cool shady
part of the grounds children's play
house or rustic, open structure is a
good place for play and rest for both
young and old
We can never get too much of the
open air, even though we live in the
country; and such a covered place I'M
der the trees makes a fine nook in
which to read or take a nap and fully
enjoy the sweets of outdoor life.
For wet weather concrete walks are
economical. They are cheaply and
easily made. They need not necessa-
rily be wide. but there should be
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-09-07
Maeterlinck's Failures.

M. Maurice Maeterlinck began his
literary career with three apparent
failures. The first was the founding
of literary review, which quickly
went under; the second the publica-
ton of volume of poems, which
failed to attract attention, and the
third the issue of play, La Princess
Maleine," of which he printed just 25
copies with his own hands and gave
them away. A year later, says the
London Chronicle, chance brought a
copy of the play into the hands of M.
Octave Mirbeau, who wrote glow
ing eulogy of it in the Figaro, and
Maeterlinck awoke one morning to
find himself famous
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-09-07

enough of them so that all the out
buildings and other much frequented
spots can be reached without walking
on the wet ground.
The grounds about the barn and
other stock buildings should be as neat
and clean as the home grounds proper.
This is both good farm management
and a mark of good taste and charac-
ter on the part Of the farmer.
Good fences around all the home
grounds and lots are a necessary con-
venience, and keeping them in good
repair adds to the neatness and beauty
Of the picture as whole.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-09-07
Clothes Trees For the Riddles.

Much work and confusion may be
avoided when the children undress at
night if each one is made the proud
possessor of small hat tree or
clothes tree, or costumer, as they are
called. These come in white enamel,
mahogany or any other finish Of wood,
stand four and one-half feet high and
have eight branches. branch for
each article of wearing apparel.
Clothes will be well aired, the room
kept in neatness and order, and every
thing ready in place in the morning.
The children love them and 1t Is a
good way to teach them orderliness
and hygiene They are inexpensive.
Surprise them some morning with one.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-09-07
Bow Is Shock Absorber.

Howard Davis, a fourteen-year-old
Upland (Pa.) boy, performed remark
able tumbling act while picking cher
ries in high tree. That his neck was
not broken was probably due to the
fact that in his flight from the upper
branches he struck and knocked from
a ladder Charles Esslinger, another
lad, who really suffered most from an
injury to his back.
After striking young Esslinger Da-
Wis turned a somersault in the air and
fell at full length on the ground. The
shock stunned him temporarily, but
he soon regained his feet, while his
companion required assistance to get
home.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-09-07
A Tlme-SavIno Device.

The time required to sew on new
skirt braid Is unduly prolonged by the
care one must take to prevent the
stitching from showing through on the
right side. This may be obviated by
opening the hem far enough to insert
a piece Of cardboard about 2 by
inches. pushing it along through the
hem and keeping it always just where
the braid is to be sewed. It will make
it impossible for the stitches to catch
through.-McCalps Magazine.