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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-05-04
LOVE IN THE ORIENT
cOURTSHiPS THAT GO ON UNDER
MANY DIFFICULTIES.
In Some Tribes Several SWANS Served
Their Adored Ones Until the One
Chosen From Among the 9th
ers Has Been Designated.

Some customs prevailing in certain
parts of the Sudan have been enter
tainingly described in series of let
tiers which an English traveller. a min;
lister of education, has written to his
wife who is visiting America.
He came across certain tribes where
the women, he says, seem to have
passed the limits of even American
women" and he naively adds that but
for the distance from Cairo and the
wildness of the country he would will
ingly pass several months in the midst
Of these good folk in order to learn
the meaning Of virtue in both the an
cient and the modern sense Of the
word.
Zone girl may have as many as from
seven to fifteen wooers, who court
and fiirt with her for whole year in
the sight of her parents. They not
only visit her in the daytime, but re-
main at night near her dwelling to
mount guard outside her rocm, going
so far even as to keep watch within
her room in order to be at her serv-
Ice in case she should awake.
eff she asks for water, as many
calabashes of water are offered to her
as there are lovers in attendance.
Should she desire to pay calls on her
friends the whole Of her lovers offer
to carry her palanquin, and again 1t Is
the aspirants to her hand who under
take to anoint her with butter every
morning. The period of courtship
lasts for a year, at the end of which
period the beauty must make her
choice. When she does so the un'
successful wooers go away to repeat
their performance with another girl"
These maidens are black and, nom
inally at least, Mohammedans, but IN
the matter of rights and liberties they
have little to learn. The Shilluks or
the White Nile, ON the other hand, are
as far as possible from being Moham-
medans, yet their women have SINH
lar privileges.
with the Shilluks it is the women
that rule the household, the young
women themselves that choose their
husbands and that, once married, as
sumo the post of command. The
strongest and most hot-headed man
dare not beat his wife, for he would be
looked down upon Immediately and
would be unable to find second wife
to succeed his first. No missionary Ell
fort affects the Shilluk woman; it is
practically impossible to convert her
either to Christianity or to Islamism,
for she is the guardian and depository
of the Shilluk traditions, religion and
historical customs. "-Philadelphia In
quirer.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-05-04
Zinc Has Bio Place In War.

Zinc is so essential in wartime that
it has risen enormously in price in the
past year. Costing originally only
two-fifths as much as copper, 1t now
costs decidedly more than copper, in
spite of the fact that copper itself has
sharply increased in value.
Zinc is constituent OF cartridge
brass and shell-fuses, and is used also
as a covering for iron barbed wire
fencing. In 1913 the United States.
Germany and Belgium were the lead
ing producers of zinc.
OF the three, only the United States
smelted domestic ores. Belgium and
Germany relied mainly on zinc con-
centrates that they imported from the
Broken Hill mines In New South
Wales, where, for one reason and an
other, it does not pay to do the smelt-
ing. France, Spain and Great Brit
ain also produce substantial quantities.
but not enough to supply their own
needs.
Austria and Germany have consider
able deposits of ore in Silesia, Hun
gary Carinthia and the Tyrol. AS the
zinc-smelting furnaces Of Great Brit
ain are not well adapted for dealing
with the Broken Hill concentrates it
buys the bulk of it's supplies from the
United States.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-05-04

Anything from the establishment OF
Jenny, in Paris, may be counted upon
to interpret the mode with delightful
refinement. In the productions for
this season there is leaning toward
black, in this house, which is especial
ly apparent in models for evening
gowns. One of them, in which silk
net and taffeta are combined in way
that will please the discriminating, is
shown in the picture here. 1t has a
full round skirt of the silk, shirred at
the waist and finished with ruche of
the hips There is bodice of the taf-
feta, with midvictorian shoulders and
pulled elbow sleeves, finished with a
full ruche of the silk. 1t is draped in
surplice fashion at the front.
If the designer had stopped here
there would be nothing lacking to
make this an acceptable afternoon
frock of simple and attractive sort,
but with nothing about it to bespeak
the genius that is expressed by modes
from the house of Jenny. Therefore
the designer did not stop, but proceed
ed to veil the whole frock in mist
of net, and did this most artfully.
A f1ounce of the net is set on under
the ruche about the hips and allowed
to fall until it reaches length more
than two inches greater than that of
the silk skirt. 1t is finished at the bot
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-05-04

collars find themselves important
among the accessories to be worn with
the spring suit or coat They are also
designed for indoor wear on practical
one-piece suits. Now that open
throat lines are established for the
coming season much of the new neck
wear conforms to this mode. But
high collars have not abdicated and
they are well represented with cape
attachment, Or the vestee, or without
either.
Crepe, chiffon, wolfe, organdie and net
are the fabrics that are used for all
sorts of neckwear. Hemstitching, lace
and embroidery and very small tucks
make up their decoration, with the
tiniest of buttons serving often a
double purpose In high collars they
provide the means of fastening, and
an ornament, and, they are often used
merely for their decorative value.
A high and a low collar are por.
trayed in the picture above. At the
right a small cape is finished at the
edge with hemstitching and bordered
with two narrow tucks. A wide stand
ing turnover covers the neck and
throat, finished with small cravat
bow at the front This model is espe
cially becoming to the thin woman.
A good pattern, shown at the left
and center in two views, begins as .
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-05-04

laboratories
specialists
been
The growth of the OF photography has been especially rapid IN m
proportion the
illustrated of them pro-
the results of this
wamped with photographs most of the time This vast
unmpoant
the expenditure
that
through it's Photographic
of their work nearly
Photographic experts
offered the governments amateur
contrast
a walking stick similar
photographs meant to show the
size of berries small
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-05-04

tom with a narrow hem. A second
flounce is set in in the same position
and turned up over the ruche of silk.
It is gathered in at the waist and
forms a deep puff below the ruching.
The silk bodice is also covered with
a drapery of net that is extended over
the shoulders and wells the sleeves. A
deep frill of doubled net is set in un-
der the ruche of silk about the ell
bows, which is included in the net veil
ing the sleeves. q
In selecting a finishing touch the
designer chose, as exactly suited to
the gown. a gardenia and loops and
ends of narrow ribbon in Natter blue.
Such pretty afterthoughts of the
designer often seize the attention be-
fore it is attracted by the gown itself.
They nearly always betray sense of
fitness and painstaking attention to
detail that command admiration. But
they have been known to betray lack
Of these things in gowns otherwise
above criticism,
The gown pictured was designed for
a taller figure than that of the model
posing IN it. A silk-clad ankle and an
elegant low shoe are needed to be in
keeping with it.
Capes and fichus and many dainty
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-05-04
Save Your Paper, Says Uncle Sam.

Save your old paper and rags! BY
so doing, according to the department
of commerce, you not only will be en-
riching yourself to a certain extent.
but will be aiding paper manufacturers
to solve what promises to become
very serious problem-the shortage OF
raw materials.
The department Is sending broad
cast letters to business firms urging
them to conserve their old paper.
Something like $4,000 tons of paper
are manufactured every day In the
United States and large proportion
of this, after being used, is thrown
away or burned, with the result that
Just so much raw material must be
obtained.
Most of this paper can be used again
in the manufacture of a slightly in
ferior grade.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-05-04

the magnitude of the loss. The eradi-
cation of weeds already established on
the farm is much discussed question
at present, but little is said about pre-
venting weeds from getting on the
farm.
There are many natural agencies,
such as wind, water, animals, ETC.,
which cause the spread Of weeds.
There is still another manner in
which weeds are brought on the
farm; that Is, by sowing seed which
has mixed with it many weed seeds.
A large percentage of the weeds is
put on the farm by actually planting
weed seeds with farm or garden
crops.
In most cases farmer sows weed
seeds because he is not familiar with
these weed seeds. Every farmer
should be just as familiar with the bad
weed seeds as he is with seeds OF
wheat, clover and timothy.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-05-04
EXERCISE is GOOD
FOR THE STALLION
Animal Should Be Handled by
Man Who Understands His
Business Thoroughly.

CBy c. w. MCAMPBELL. Secretary of
Kansas Live Stock Registry Board.)
Stations should be worked regular
ly provided the man who works them
understands them and gives them
proper care. A stallion should be bro
ken to harness before he is two years
old.
The man who breaks stallion to
harness, especially after the horse has
reached maturity, must be thor
ough horseman, not afraid, and yet
able to handle the horse with consid-
Grafton as well as firmness.
Remember that while the horse is
big he usually is soft and cannot stand
lot of hard work at first. Give him
only a few hours light work each day
for several months. After he is hard
ened to it give him full days work
except during breeding season when
he may be worked half time.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-05-04
Hin Girdles Morn.

The hip girdle of season or so ago
is returning is to say, it has been
seen upon some very new frocks. both
for morning and afternoon wear. In
deed. one suit of lightweight material
displayed such girdle in full MESA
line draped about the hips. The wide
hip girdle is also occasionally worn
with a washable separate skirt.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-05-04
IMPORTANT ACCESSORIES OF DRESS.

small cape at the back but narrows to
two slender points at the front. 1t is
set on to a band and finished at the
edge with hemstitching. Fine narrow
lace insertion is set in at the back and
at the ends of the front pieces, as
shown in the picture. Embroidered
dots are added to the lace decoration.
Narrow cluny, hand crochet, and
tatting insertions are recommended
for these neckpieces. Val is always
pretty, but has been in use so long
that it has lost prestige. Nothing is
prettier than tatting, either as a fin
ishing for edges or in medallion or
band inserts.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-05-04

CBy r. C. ASHBY. Minnesota Experiment
Station.)
"Corn for fat and pasture for pork"
said a farmer. He meant that the pas
ture furnished exercise in gathering
the green, succulent feed and by keep
ing the hogs healthy and vigorous, it
put them in the best condition to make
good gains from their grain feed.
1t pays to feed grain on pasture, for
pasture alone will do little more than
keep up a pigs weight. A light to
medium grain ration is usually most
profitable. About two or three pounds
of grain day is a good ration for
shotes weighing eighty to one hundred
pounds. If you have scales, weigh
your pigs occasionally and feed about
three pounds of grain daily for each
100 pounds live weight of hogs.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-05-04
To Polish Tortoise Shell.

Now that tortoise she'll has once
more come into public favor it is wei
to know q way in which to clean ana
polish it. When tortoise shell loses
its luster from wear the polished sur
face may De restored to its original
condition by carefully rubbing it with
powdered rottenstone and oil. The rot
tenstone should be very carefully sirt-
ed through the finest muslin. When
all scratches on the surface of the
tortoise shell are thus removed, bril-
liant polish may be given it by apply
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-05-04
Tbouoht He Had Fieas.

George, five, was taking a walk with
his papa. It was warm and his under
wear was scratching him. He stopped
and began to scratch himself. AS ne
did SO he said to his papa: do you
know / have fleas?" Well" said his
papa, what makes you think that?
This is what he replied: when dogs
scratch themselves people say they
have fieas. and amt scratching
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-05-04
Chained His Mind.

When my youngest son was about
three years old he said he wanted to
save his pennies to buy little sister,
and one day he came running in all
excited and said: ooh, mother, saw
something / would like much better
than a sister. Please let me buy it,"
When / looked out OF the window to
see what called his attention | saw
the little monkey of an organ grinder.
Cleveland Leader.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-05-04
NeA~ Xz>7aAz
4 Il
In Dainty CoIors.

One of the attractive features of the
newest washable blouses is that they
are in dainty. almost pastel, colors. Oh
lawn, batiste or handkerchief linen
they have frills, collects" sailor or
high collars, outlined with narrow val
or filet lace. The sleeves a-s
set in and slight bishop puff at the
lower part is gathered into cuff.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-05-04

in all manner of special fields, instruc-
tion in the manipulation of photo
graphic apparatus and a knowledge of
the selection of light and other con-
ditions and the treatment of subjects.
With the rapid growth of photog-
raphy in the last dozen or so years
the government has found an increas-
ing number of uses to put the science
to, both for the keeping of scientific
records and for the clearer and more
forceful presentation Of information
meant to reach the general nuhlic Di-
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-05-04

Good rations for summer feeding
are easily obtained. On clover, alfalfa
or rape pasture, feed corn and little
skim milk. On bluegrass or timothy
pasture feed, three pounds of skim
milk to each two pounds of corn. More
milk would do no harm. If skim milk
is not at hand it will pay to feed oil
meal or tankage with the corn, where
blue grass or timothy pasture is used
about one part tankage to IL parts
corn, or one part oil meal to seven
parts corn.
Give your hogs good pasture all sum-
mer.
Give them a change of pasture fire..
quently. -.- ...--... ..---
Feed liberal grain ration.
Keep good, clean water accessible.
Provide sunshades or wet wallows.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-05-04
by DAVID s. WHITE, Ohio State Uni
versity)

by DAVID s. WHITE, Ohio State Uni
versity)
Anti-hog-cholera serum, unlike virus,
does not multiply Or increase in
the body nor does it cause a general
disease. It's elimination is very rapid,
in the average case it is entirely elm
mated in about six weeks. From a
purely scientific standpoint, therefore,
the meat of hog, so treated, could be
eaten any time, provided it was healthy
when the serum was administered and
showed no symptoms or indication Of
increased temperature at the time of
slaughter.
However, the injection of serum into
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-05-04
HENS FLYING OVER A FENCE
IF Top IL So Constructed That She
Cannot AIight She Will Drop
Back Into Poultry Yard.

A fowl never flies over fence with
out touching the top, says Mirror and
Farmer. When a hen makes an at
tempt to go over, her first effort will
be to alight on the top, from which
she descends to the ground.
If the top of the fence is so con-
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-05-04

structed that she cannot alight on It,
she will drop back into the yard.
To prevent flying over, drive nails
into the top piece, from the under side,
before placing it in position, allowing
the sharp points of the nails to pro-
ject upwards. Or if preferred, use
two strands OF sharp-pointed barb
wire, having the barbs close together.
the wire simply tackled to the top
strip.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-05-04

meeting of the union was held recent
~ when permanent organization was
completed and representatives to work
for minimum wage law for govern
ment employees were chosen.
CONGRESSMAN Nolan of California
is the patron of the bill now pending
in congress for minimum wage in
the departments.
The bill provides that no employee
of the United States government shall
receive less than So a day, $50
month. or 81 .0SO a year The measure
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-05-04

the tissues causes them to become
discolored and, in some instances, es-
pecially if the serum is not pure, may
lead to abcess formation. For these
reasons it is customary to wait, in the
average case, two weeks before allow
ing the hog treated with serum alone
to be killed for human food. In this
time usually little or no trace of the
serum or its local effect upon the It's
sues is found at the point of injection.
A ruling of the United States de-
partment of agriculture provides that
two weeks must elapse between the
injection of the serum and the killing
of the hog for food.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-05-04
MILLIONS LOST BY
PESTIFEROUS WEEDS
One of Most Serious Problems
Farmer Has to Deal With
How They Are Spread.

tBy w. L. OSWALD, University of Min
nesota.)
The weed problem is one Of the
most serious with which the farmer
has to contend. Weeds cause an act
ual loss to the state of many million
dollars every year. But few realize
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-05-04

salaries OF those VINO are employed
byt the andwh receive less than $1,OSO
presenting the strongest possible arguen LOT an IN
receive
- -
confidence by union ocals
encounter
and contain arguments
lin favorot proposed increase
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-05-04

guilty
frauds big contribution read
sending 100000 to be added to the
aggregatng $SOO which
because think
like puocan OF 3D.
stealing
wis a penitent
i'm AM o pretext"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-05-04

Inc depart
as
well 1orego
much
nobody reads and which
bulletins issued
by demeud evidently
READ
ssionalR Record
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-05-04
A Sad DIAGNOSIS.

WELL" said Bilkins, THE doctors
say that am as sound as a dollar"
That's tough" said wilkins. "A
dollar doesn't last very long these
days.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-05-04

cartridge ana nnng mortal
is innocent looking
best police circles and Arthur
warning to
police bulletin mas the appearance
blades
heavy
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-05-04

but mailed IN New YORK, WHICH an
nounced the sending of the 100000
and explained that the sender had in
all restored to the government
$4,000.
The money came in strong linen
envelope and was wrapped in a layer
of thick brown paper. There were IS
$10O bills, 81 $500 bills and II $1,000.
Most of them were gold certificates.
The conscience fund on March l
had reached a total of $459,933. The
largest nrevious contribution was one
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-05-04
Government Clerks Now Seek So Minimum Pay

Borland eghhou amendment the Fed
itself working
all receiving less than So day
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-05-04
Photography important in the Governments Work

PHOTOGRAPHY finding bigger and bigger place in the wk s
worth while to their EMPLOYEES engaged
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-05-04

made indicates
aron in quantity Oh the last ve
ny ZOu acres
the unfayeabe outturn wasdue bad growing weatner
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-05-04

urges that the department should
make it known that the collecting and
saving of rags and old papers would
greatly better existing conditions Tor
American manufacturers.
Something like $4,000 tons OF DIFF
ferent kinds of paper and paper board
are manufactured every day In the
United States, and large proportion
of this after it has served its purpose
could be used over again, it is SAID.
In the early history of the paper IN.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-05-04
Conscience Fund Gets Its Largest Contribution

fund the largest
unsigned dated Philadelphia
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-05-04

ing gentle friction with a piece of soft
leather to which some jewelers. rouge
has been applied.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-05-04
Test All Seeds.

Test ali vegetable and grain seeds.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-05-04
Paper Shortage Warning Congress Should Heed

w department called by
the fact
material the OF paper
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-03-09
Returns From Conven-
ton of Presidents
BACK FROM THE BIG CHICAGO
MEETING - BEST NORMAL
SCHOOLS LOCATED IN MIDDLE
WEST.

President Crane has returned from
attendance at the North Central
Council of Normal School Presidents,
held in Chicago last week. There were
fifty Normal school presidents pres
ent from rs states.
The papers and discussions related
to administration and curricula, legis-
lation, and management of Normal
schools. One discussion of interest
was on the Kansas plan of a unit
board scheme of state management,
similar to the North Dakota Board of
Regents.
DR.. Judd, of the College of Educa-
ton of the University of Chicago, ap-
peared before the Council advocating
the establishment of standards and
classifcations of Normal schools SINH
lar to what is now done in High
schools and colleges by the North
Central Association Of Colleges and
Secondary schools. The Council ia
vored this plan and committee was
appointed to study it further and re-
port at the next Council meeting.
The men from the Ohio institutions
reported very interesting work being
done in the state in extension classes.
These classes carry the service Of the
Normal schools into the local COM
munity by correspondence classes, and
by evening and Saturday schools. The
Council went on record as favoring
such extension work, but by limiting it
70 the service Of those actually en-
Gagged as teachers, as means OF inn
improving the teaching in local
schools. :,
Pres. I. "A. Hillyer Of Mayville