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The Green Forest tribune., 1916-09-22
Repairinq Reed Furniture.

Brace the split or broken reed with a piece of wire or match; wrap tightly with raffia, beginning at the bot tom or inside, and winding toward the border, where a neat fastening may be secured by threading the raffia into a bodIin and sewing and tying it through the weaving of the reed. Raffia may be bought in all colors, as well as nat ural (which matches the natural reed), and is strong and inexpensive.
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-09-22
Country Must Prepare for Its Defend
 While Working to Secure World Peae1
By MAJ. GEN. LEONARD WOOD Commander Department of the East. U. s. A.

Have we anything worth defendng-country, >nmum>] religion institutions ideals convictions, family? If 6
 e have do we intend to defend them? Have train ino equipment and organization to do it? Are T ss N inteigent enough to realize that without training ~w eouinment and organization cannot meet with any K hope of success just good physically, intelectu ally and morally who n addition have train M ing equipment and organization? a
 This is the proposition in a nutshell If we haven't aas anything worth defending, of course not inter ested but we have and going to defend them the last hooyes us to look matter quarey in the face and decide v not we shall take those reasonable of preparation w enable us defend with hope of those things v believe worth defending.
 The condition throughout the world today which ind however much may desire universal arbitration and however
 we may work world peace that arbitration not of general ton and world peace certainly not with us at present The situation while very unfortunate which must be Teekona and while we going continue struggle for peace and for application of arbitration must recognize facts they and for defense
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-09-22
Advertisina Her Loneliness.

Martha, why did you put on that heavy mourning for Sam? It isn't honest. Everybody knows that you fought like cat and dog" ''Dis yere aint no mournin' for dat niggah, Sam; but how's de young men to know Is in de market again, eff I don't wear it?'-Puck.
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-09-22
Mobilization Means Elimination of Waste


Mobilization purposefu organized destnated collective mo National mobilization the liberation and effective of latent focenatural economic social spruatha nation ha the elimination of every wasehe Conspicuous waste rch the wastes of national vices the inefficient govern Of class struggle and the supreme of unuted and genius.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-30
SOME FASHION HINTS

Spanish scarfs in bright orange and
black are very becoming to brunettes.
Gaberdine grows in favor and use,
wearing as well as serge.
Some of the new wells are edged
with jet spangles, irregularly worked
Fancy metal bands are coming in
for millinery purposes,
The nose veil is very smart and may
be seen all winter.
COlOred linens are much used for
children's wash dresses.
The cartridge plat is retained in
the new French costumes.
Black net robes for evening are bor-
dered with colored silk.
Broad bands of fur will be seen
on the tunics of fall dresses.
Gold brocaded silk makes the pref
test of evening slippers.
Castor and gray are the best colors
after black-for shoes.
Broad-brimmed high-crowned hats
are in straw of two colOrs.
The vogue for gray shoes has in
creased the demand for gray gloves
Cyclamen-colOred satin velvet with
royal blue nets is q new combination
Coates Of white serge are made to
be worn with navy taffeta dresses.
The modified circular skirt with belt
is in high favor for tailored suits.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-30
BITS OF THINGS

The punches of cObwebS on the trees
come before you know it. They are
the work of the fall web worm and
the torch is the remedy.
Mosquitoes bad? Take a look around
to see if there is not a pool Of stag
nant water or a rain barrel near the
house. The pests breed in such places.
Go over the vines and pinch off the
weak and spindhng fruit punches, and
then give the strong ones a chance to
grow.
Weeds going to seed right along
now Get very busy with the scythe,
the mower, the hoe and everything else
that will put them out of that detest-
able weed burdock. 1t flowers once
every two years, and if the plant is
cut off below ground after the flower
ing stalk appears, it will trouble you
no more.
Get rid of your old barbed-wire
fences juts as soon as possible. They
are too dangerous.
During very dry weather, and when
seedlings are first set out, water fire.
quently.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-30

(By ]. c. WRITTEN, Missouri AgricuI-
tural College)
Train up fruit tree in the way it
should go and when it is old it will not
depart from it. 1t is easy and cheap
to shape young fruit tree so it will
always have good form; it is difficult
and expensive to shape an old fruit
tree that has been neglected.
The main framework of the fruit
tree should be shaped in early spring.
Additional pruning should follow from
time to time during the summer to fur
Their correct and guide the new growth.
The center of the young tree should
be pruned out, leaving from three to
five main limbs to form the framework
of the tree. This gives tree with an
open center, to admit sunlight, and
with broad-spreading limbs. A broad,
low tree is easy to handle and fruits
better. Much of the fruit can be
picked without ladders. A low tree is
easier to prune, spray and care for.
Peach trees are pruned most severe
ly of any Of our orchard fruits. In
addition to thinning out surplus limbs,
the main limbs should be cut back one
third to One-half of each seasons
growth. Cut to outward-growing side
limbs, so as to favor an open, spread
ing top.
Japanese pIums and nectarines
should be pruned like the peach, and
apricots and European plums essen
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-30
HINTS FROM PARIS
WORTH REEVES INTEREST IN
SPOTTED MUSLIN.
Shows Some Wonderful Effects In
Young Girls Indoor Frocks-Lin-
en- and Taffeta Costumes in
Blue Are Popular.

Worth has revived interest In fine
spotted muslin. This delightful artist
has, of recent years, made rather
speciality of young girls indoor
frocks, and in this connection he has
done wonderful things with cobweb
muslin, dotted over with black spots,
narrow bands of black velvet ribbon
and real Valenciennes lace inSer
tons.
Some effective muslins have recent
ly been seen which showed heliotrope
and black spots on a white ground,
and others which had rather large
white spots thrown against a back
ground of eggshell-blue. These spot
ted muslins are worn over plated,
or gathered, underskirts made of
mOuSSeline de sole, and one almost
always finds an important looking
sash playing an important role in
the dress scheme. Black velvet rib
bon sashes are again popular.
These are worn with muslin, linen
or lace frocks. Shot taffeta sashes are
also very much in evidence. Doucet
is combining plain linen with spotted
muslin in a highly successful way.
For instance, model intended for
the Biarritz season which had full
skirt of white spotted muslin mount
ed over shell-pink pongee and a
sleeveless coatee of shell-pink linen.
The coatee was fastened up TO the
throat with little pink quartz buttons
and there was wide ceinture of
heliOtrOpe suede worked over with sill
yer threads.
This costume, which was extremely
pretty, was accompanied by q shady
hat made Of white pedal straw and
lined with heliotrope linen. The high
crown was circled by trail of black
berries and rambler roses. Flowered
muslinS and thin silks are also COM
bined with plain linen. In fact it
may be said that linen is combined
with every possible and impossible
material. In one Of my recent articles
| spoke in detail of the effective linen
and taffeta costumes which the Parish
an tailors are making for midsummer
wear.
In various shades of blue, light and
dark these linen and tatfeta costumes
are amazingly popular. | have also
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-30

of granulated sugar, stir until dis
solved; add the peaches, cook until
tender, press through a sieve and set
aside to cool. When cool add the Juice
of one lemon and freeze the same as
any ice cream. Beat the white of an
egg very stiff, remove the dasher, and
stir in the egg. Repack and set aside
to ripen several hours.
Grape Sherbet.-Make q strip by
boiling two cupfuls of water and one
of sugar 10 minutes Add one cupful
of grape juice and one cupful of or
ange juice and two tablespoonfuls of
lemon Juice. Cool, strain and freeze
remove the dasher and beat In two
well-beaten egg whites, then set to
ripen.
Melon Sherbet.-Cut the edible por-
ton of a muskmelon in cubes. To a
quart of water add a pound of sugar
and boil for ten minutes, then add q
teaspoonful of gelatin softened in two
tablespoonfuls of cold water; strain in
to the freezer and when cool add the
Juice of five lemons and freeze Serve
with the melon cubes as a garnish or
the sherbet may be served in melon
cups.
Green Corn Cakes.-Take one quart
of green corn, cut from the cob, or
grated and pressed from the bulls; two
cupfuls of milk, one cupful Of -four,
two well-beaten eggs, salt and pepper
to taste and tablespoonful of olive oil
or melted butter. Bake on hot grid
de-
Parsnips boiled and dipped In mo-
lasses before frying will be found to
be most tasty. Mashed and seasoned
and dipped in fritter batter, then fried
in deep fat will be another acceptable
way TO serve them.
Ounces may be kept for weeks In a
cool dry place and be used as needed
for preserves, baking or for buildings.
Date pudding may be crumbed,
mixed with nuts and favored whipped
cream, and served in sherbet cups gar
nished with cherry or bit OF pre-
served pineapple or fig.
The costly habit of eating more
than you need is not only bad on the
purse, but vastly more important, ruin
GUS to the organs of digestion.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-30
KEEPING WEEDS OUT OF LAWN

If one gets a good set of grass in
fortified by a coating of stable ma
nure or commercial fertilizer every
spring there will be little trouble with
weeds If the lawn is kept properly
moved.
Some claim that there are weeds
that cannot be clipped with the lawn
mower We have found this complaint
true where the revolving mower was
1sed, for it will bend and not cut wiry
stems, as Of crab grass and some other
troublesome plants.
The only way of getting these is by
clipping off with a mower that has
sickle similar TO hay mower. The
guards Of these machines raise up the
stems and the sickle cuts them off
without MASKING down or pulling.
There is no need Of using the hook
so much if one is careful when get
ting a mower, to get one that cuts
ahead of the wheels, and as wide as
the extreme distance apart of the out
side of the wheels.
This will not leave the strip along
the borders that is mashed down by
the wheels.
Moles do a great deal of damage but
may be run out by frequent rolling or
may be trapped.
These may be destroyed by pouring
into the ant hills tablespoonful of
carbon biSIlDhid StoDDinp the hole so
the fumes are confined.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-30
TO PREVENT INJURY
FROM ANTHRACNOSE
Highly Desirable That Growers
Become Acquainted With
Disease of Raspberry.

CBy J. C. WRITTEN, Missouri Agricul-
tural College)
The fungOus disease, anthracnose, is
very prevalent in Missouri this year, if
the letters and infected raspberry
stems received at the Missouri agricul
tural experiment station are any indi-
cation. Officers of the department of
horticulture doing work over the state
also find that in some localities an
thracnose is causing much more dam
age than usual.
The present season is too advanced
to give any very essential treatment
for this disease at the present time. It
is, however, highly desirable that the
growers become acquainted with it
if it is appearing in their fields. They
will then be prepared to treat plants
next spring so as to prevent further
injury from the disease the following
season.
Anthracnose occurs on the fruiting
canes of the current season, and also
on the new shoots which will be the
fruiting canes for next year. 1t usu-
ally appears in the form of spots or
blOtcheS on the canes, varying from
one-siXteenth to One-fourth of an inch
in diameter. These blotches are brown
iSh or reddish toward the center, and
usually have a purplish ring around
the outer border. Where the fruiting
canes are badly affected, a weak
growth is likely to result. The berries
are understood, and some of them may
even dry up and fail to mature fully.
In severe cases fruiting shoots may
more or less die back.
Treatment for anthracnose Of the
raspberry consists Of two things: %
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-30
New Partisan Couture.

Jeen them in bright shades of red
and in deep purple
Taffeta coatees, worn over plated
linen skirts, will be ubiquitous this
summer at Biarritz and San Sebastian.
These Coates are made in variety
of different forms, but in almost all
cases they are short, with very full
haSQueS and elbow sleeves.
Cobalt-blue is the latest shade for
taffeta coates. Another fashionable
color is deep orange yellow. Very
lovely muslin gowns, for afternoon
wear, are made of lemon-yellow muslin
and old yellow valenciennes lace. A
gown of this order would look lovely
if finished with picturesque sash
made of black velvet ribbon.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-30

also with the room in which the vase
is to have place.
Colors that blend out Of doors, be-
cause Of the gradations in shade
caused by atmospheric effects and the
relieving sprays of green, would pro-
duce discord when massed in a room,
but inharmonious effects can be avoid
ed by observing few general rules.
Now that flowers can be secured the
year round, the problem having been
solved by the gardeners, after years
of probing, some sort of bloom should
have daily place in the house. The
intimate association with such lowell
ness gladdens the heart and quickens
the senses and inspires all that is best
within us.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-30

drinks. The acid Of the lemon Is cool
ing to the blood. and when the drink
is combined with egg it is also nour-
fishing. A well-beaten egg or two,
stirred into glass of lemonade will
often convey all the nourishment
needed, and the patient does not real
ize (if he fails to have an appetite)
that he is really being fed.
During the hot weather such foods
as custards, plain rice, farina and corn
starch, as wen as rice -four, make del
icate dishes, easily digested by an in
valid. An uncooked cuStard is liked
by many; simply chill the milk, add
the egg and sugar, beat well, and serve
with bit of flavoring and pinch of
salt This is one form of egg nog.
1t is never safe to experiment with
foods upon convalescent as what is
one mans food is another mans poi
son." Buttermilk will agree beauti-
fully with some people with intestinal
trouble when cream, top milk and
matted foods cannot be taken at ali.
The physician should always be cor
Sultcu anu his ADVICE caTeIuily IOi-
lowed In regard to the proper feeding.
Such foods as delicately cooked eggs.
kumiss, milk Cruel barley or rice flour
gruel Oong and well cookedl, or scald-
ed milk are often well borne by those
troubled with inflammation of the di-
gestfve tract.
A colicky baby may often be re-
lieved from pain by giving a half of
a soda-mint tablet dissolved In little
warm water. Lay warm water bag
between your knees and turn the baby
stomach down over this; rub and pat
gently and the pain will disappear in a
few minutes.
AS these are the trying weeks for
babies they should have especial care.
keeping them cool and allowing them
to have an occasional cool drink Cross,
fretful babies cannot tell you that they
are choking with thirst.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-30
HERE'S A USEFUL ARTICLE
Dressing Case That Is Acceptable
Gift for Man Who Travels
Much.

Our sketch shows useful little ar
ucle that would form a very accept
able gift to make for a man who has
much travelling TO do.
The size of the case to a certain
extent will depend upon the size of
the articles il has TO contain. For the
exterior OF it macintosh is used, and
for this purpose. as not a very large
piece will be required, plenty of good
material may be cleaned from an old
macintosh that has become too
shabby to wear The macintosh is
lined with strong linen and bound at
the edges with narrow ribbon, but
prior to doing this the pockets must
be sewn in place.
They, too, are made of strong linen
and bound at the edges with narrow
ribbon, and the pockets for the brush
and soap must be made full enough
to enable those articles to be easily
slipped into them.
The case is rolled up loosely from
the bottom, and tapes are sewn on at
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-30
Boudoir Capes.

An interesting rumor from Paris
has it that for the lady of leisure who
likes to sip her chocolate or coffee
abed there is new little cape made
of silk, or cretonne, or linen in pat
tern and coloring to match the wall
paper or hangings Of the bedroom.
The cape is thrown about the semi
nude shoulders while the wearer par
takes of her simple breakfast. There
is less bother in the adjustment Of
the cape than in the putting on OF
the usual negiigee 1t is likely that
the boudoir cape will become popular
with American women of the leisure
class.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-30
ARTISTIC ARRANGEMENT
OF FLOWERS IN HOME
BY E. VAN BENTHUYSEN.

Dark corners of room need light
Ing up, and light-colored, brilliant
flowers never look so well as when
standing out against half light. Vel
low is an exquisite bit of color for
such a corner
Let all the flowers and foliage for
home decoration be fresh, and how
ever simple their form, they are love
~, not only as graceful objects but as
suggestive of something more beauti-
full still.
Avoid fantastic colored or shaped
vases The simple beauty of the flow
ers is lost in such a holder. Clear
glass and the soft green's of Bohemian
make are most useful receptacles. Let
the lines of the vase or bowls be
simple and flowing and however cheap
the substance of which the vase is
made we shall not err.
Strive to produce the effect of the
flower when growing, and the error
of cutting off the lovely gray-green
stalks of daffodils and examining them
into a fat dish, or putting a handful
of violets in a tube specimen glass
will be impossible.
There are many little contrivances
nowadays that help wonderfully in the
attractive arrangement Of flowers. The
little Japanese frogs with holes in
their backs that sit fiat in the bottom
of a bowl and hold out primly and
gracefully a few precious stalks of
bloom are to be had for a few cents
and are we'll worth all they cost
With such an arrangement three or
four daffodils with their golden glow
can bring a bit of sunshine into a
dreary room and add beauty that an
armful of exquisite roses crammed
into an ugly vase could never give.
Color harmony in flower arrange
ment should be well thought out, not
only with regard to the relative posi-
ton of one flower with another, but
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-30
CAREFUL GRADING OF FRUIT
Success of Orchardist Depends Great
ly on Care and Honesty in Pack
ina and Marketing.

Nothing pays better for the atten-
ton required than careful grading Of
marketed. If there is any marked
difference in the varieties or in the
different beds picked from, they should
be kept carefully separate and sold at
a price corresponding to their value.
If the poor are marketed with the good
the whole product will be likely to
drop to about the price Of the poorest
fruit. There is nothing that pays bet
ter for care and honesty in marketing
than small fruits.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-30
Crepe Sleeping Suit.

An English fashion is crepe de
shine sleeping suit. 1t is shaped
something like pajamas-pantaloc
which roll up into a deep cuff and a
top something like a mans pajama top
only that it is longer and looser, more
ike Russian blouse. The sleeves
roll back like the pantaloons into
cuffs. The rolled over revers in front
made a long revers. A sash of the ma
terial does not encircle the pajama coat
on the outside all the way around; it
passes through slit in the sides,
tying in front on the outside.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-30
Table Mats Again.

And now enters the vogue of table
mats again. In certain surroundings
and under certain circumstances these
mats are good looking. They are braid
ed from chintz in paisley patternings
and are easily made. The chintz is
torn into inch-wide strips, braided
carefully, so that all raw edges are
folded in and the braid rolled into
round or oval mats, from few inches
in diameter to larger sizes. Probably
the best place for such mats is the
room with furnishings on colonial
lines. They might also fit in with the
new painted cottage furniture, which
is far from formal, but quaint.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-30

TALLY the same, but less severely so.
Apples, pears and American plums
should be given essentially the same
shape Of framework, but cut back with
medium degree Of severity.
Sour cherries are pruned least of all
our fruit trees at the Missouri agricul-
tural experiment station. They should
have the open center and spreading
main limbs. The main limbs should
not generally be cut back, as their ter
minal buds make the strongest growth.
If limb is in the way, it should be
removed entirely instead of being cut
back.
From time to time during the sum-
mer go over young trees to guide their
growth. If too many limbs are start
ing from a given point, they may be
thinned to the required number. If a
rank limb tends to fill the center or
cross other limbs, it may be removed
If the strongest limbs all grow in the
same direction, thus giving a one-sided
tree, they may be pinched back, thus
encouraging other limbs to start on
the opposite side to balance the frame
work of the tree. In the case of up
right-growing varieties, particularly,
the main limbs often tend to grow
straight upward instead of spreading.
In such cases the tips of these upright
limbs may be pinched back. This will
induce side limbs to grow outward
thus securing a spreading form.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-30

Pruning back the fruiting canes more
severely than usual in late winter or
early spring, and {2) spraying the
canes thoroughly with bordeaux mix
ture just before the buds begin growth
in the spring. Spray before the canes
leaf out as the leaves are very suscep-
tible to burning from spray.
AnthracnOse-spotted canes cannot
carry as much fruiting wood as healthy
ones. For that reason the side branches
should be cut shorter than usual. Cut
those branches most spotted with the
disease, most severely, so as to elimi-
nate SO far as possible the worst in
fected parts. This will prevent weak
ening the canes by setting too heavy
load of fruit and will insure better
development of the berries which do
set next year. To further reduce the
spread of the disease, spray with bor-
deaux mixture just before the plants
start into growth in the spring.
Any grower who has weakened rasp-
berry plants and is not sure what the
trouble is, should send samples Of the
infested shoots to the department of
horticulture Missouri agricultural ex-
pertinent station, Columbia, Mo-, SO
that the trouble may be identified.