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centage of the inclosed space is of no
practical value, but the cost of such
space is just as great as though 1t
were available for manifold uses.
In home planning and home build
ing-and the idea of building a home
or the desire to plan one is dormant
or active in every normal person-the
chief trouble arises from endeavors to
associate ideas that are Incompatible.
Many home builders seek to use the
feature ideas of many houses, and that
is utterly impossible, for the ideas are
dissimilar and cannot be put together
without disregarding cost or sacrific-
ing appearance.
In building a home the thought
should be borne in mind that every
cubic foot of inclosed space repre-
sents fraction of the cost. In actual
practice the cost ranges from 10 to
80 cents per cubic foot. If, due to
careless or impractical arrangement,
the space is not disable, it represents a
dead loss, and that fact will become
painfully evident to the owner if ever
the house is placed on the market.
These practical ideas of value
should be kept in mind when examin-
ing plan with view to It's adoption,
or in making up tentative plans from
which the final design is to be made.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-02-01
BILIOUS, HEADACHY,
SICK ''CASCARETS'
Gently cleanse your liver and
sluggish bowels while
you sleep.
Get a 1O.cent box.


Sick headache, biliousness, dizzi-
ness, coated tongue, foul taste and foul
breath-always trace them to torpid
liver; delayed, fermenting food In the
bowels or sour, gassy stomach.
Poisonous matter clogged in the in
testines, instead OF being cast out
of the system is re-absorbed into the
blood When this poison reaches the
delicate brain tissue 1t causes con-
gestion and that dull, throbbing, sick.
ening headache.
Cascarets Immediately cleanse the
stomach, remove the sour, undigested
food and foul gases, take the excess
bile from the liver and carry out all
the constipated waste matter and
poisons in the bowels.
A Cascaret tonight will surely
straighten you out by morning. They
work while you sleep--a 10cent box
from your druggist means your head
clear, stomach sweet and your liver
and bowels regular for months. Adv.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-02-01

pattern for a plain skirt and jacket
furnished by any of the standard pat
tern companies. 1t has a wide cape
collar and a belt with sash ends made
of the same material as the dress.
The skirt is embroidered near the bot
tom with occasional sprays of flowers,
and this embroidery reappears on the
cuffs collars, and sash ends. The jack
ct is laid in plaits at each side of the
front and across the back. The sleeves
are plain. Plain white buttons, eth
er bone or pearl, and buttonholes,
are used for fastening the jacket,
whether the material of the dress is
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-02-01
In Woman's Realm
Pretty and Sensible Morning Dress Which May Be Made of Linen
but Is More Likely to Be Made of Cotton Such as indian
Head or Some Other Suitable Weave-Preb Head
dress for the Opera.

Here is a pretty and sensible morn
ing dress which may be made of linen
but is more likely to be made of cotton
such as Indian head or some other
suitable weave. For it appears that
linen is soaring in price, with the end
not yet in sight. There is no very
good reason for preferring it to sub
stantial and beautifully-woven cotton
materials.
Now that the days are short and the
evenings long, and while the weather
out-of-doors is not inviting, springtime
clothes may be got under way.
The dress shown may be cut by a
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-02-01

ures up to the current standard. The
staircase is conveniently arranged and
economical both with respect to cost
and space occupied.
The projection in the wall, forming
the outer end of the dining room, is
glazed, and if this is given southern
exposure it will prove excellent for
ferns and Towering plants.
Kitchen is compact and convenient,
and that is all a kitchen need be.
Toilet on the first floor is centrally
located, a big point in its favor. Ac-
cess may be had through the kitchen
or the north bedroom.
That corner room, labeled bed
ROOM" is filled with possibilities. The
wife would instantly recognize it as a
sewing room, the husband as den.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-02-01
THIS MANS HOBBY is SNAKES
ST. Louisan Travels All Over the
World in Quest of Rare Speci-
mems of Reptiles.

julius Hurter ST., of 2346 South
Tenth street, noted snake hunter and
herpetologist, owner of one of the
most complete collections of reptiles
in the world, died. 1t is understood
that he willed his collection to the
Smithsonian institution at Washing
ton. Hurter had travelled all over the
world in quest of rare reptiles and am
phibia. He captured many of these
alive and kept them at his home until
favorable season for killing them
and preserving them.
In his snake hunts Hurter followed
the dangerous plan of waiting until
the reptile struck and then jumping
aside and catching it by the tail. Some
times he was bitten, but the hypo-
dermic needle and strychnine averted
evil effects. Hurter never sold any of
his specimens, but sometimes traded
st. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-02-01
F|vE-ROOM HOME
WELL ARRANGED
Many Practical Features Are
Combined in This Product of.
Architects Skill.
VERY LITTLE WASTE SPACE
Convenience and Appearance Two
Most Important Features to Be
Considered In Planning the
Home for the Family.

Mr.. William A. Radford will answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to the
subject of building, for the readers of this
paper. On account of his wide experience
as Editor, Author and Manufacturer, he
is, without doubt. the highest authority
on all these subjects. Address all inquiries
to William A. Radford No. 1897 Prairie
avenue, Chicago, ILL.,, and only enclose
two-cent stamp for reply.
1t is your home that is to be planned
and built. You and the members of
Sour family will be the first to occupy
it and it may be handed down to your
children to the Fourth and fifth gen.
Grafton.
On the other hand, a change in EN-.
ployment or circumstances may make
1t advisable for you to sell.
So, when building or looking over
plans, keep those two thoughts In mind,
for they are the factors by which the
worth Of your investment Is governed.
"What a beautiful homel" exclaims
the passer-by. A neighbor confirms
that thought. but adds that the inter
Tor is poorly arranged, that the re-
sources of owner and architect seem
tngly were exhausted when the exter-
Tor was planned.
Farther down the street Is a house
with dreary and uninviting exterior
appearance which has a convenient
and well-appointed interior arrange
ment.
1t is entirely practical and should
be the chief ambition of every builder
TO combine in every structure these
two elements of real value and desir-
ability.
In the home here illustrated many
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picture OF you TO
give to your neither, that wonder
If there is anything you would like me
to paint for your
''The little girls face was in smiles
at once.
"'Oh, yes she cried, I'd like to
have my dollie taken~I mean paint
ed For she did not see why paint
ing took SO much longer than having
picture taken at the photographers.
az would love to paint your dollie,'
said the Lady. viii you bring her
with you tomorrow? What is her
nameT
"'Indeed I will bring her tomor-
row, and her name is Alice Gustava
Ariel Star Jewel Bright Cucumber
Green
"Dear me What very long
name said the Lady. How can you
ever remember it ALL?
"'Weu. / call her Allie Baa for
short said Alice. You see. her first
name is after me, Gustava Is from u
Fairy Story / once read, Avlel is from
Shakespeare, Star and Jewel Bright
are from a book l love almost more
than any other, and Cucumber-G Green
Is my name, too--my play name. You
see, / call myself Mrs. Cucumber
! Green
"'Oh, see,' said the Lady. And
what is Allie Baa like? / can never
remember her long name, so I'll bave
to call her by her short one
"'She is a rag doll, and she has
painted face. 1t isn't exactly a
beautiful face, because she has been
kissed so much great deal of the
paint has worn off. And the back of
her head is brown-because she is
supposed to have short brown hair
"Then you will surely bring her
tomorrow said the lady again, as it
was time for Alice to leave.
"The very next day came Alice with
Allie Baa held tightly in her arms.
She was far from being a beautiful
doll, but from the way Alice held her,
! the lady knew that she was more of
q favorite than any other doll could
be.
"'On Christmas said Alice, 4 al
ways get other dolls, and sometimes
I play with them all day long-but
when nighttime comes, / must have AL
lie Baa, and no other doll is so nice
"'Ah,' said the lady, 4 see.' And
she began painting on the portrait.
az think said the lady to herself,
that / will change the picture Of AL
| ice and have her holding her doll as
she is now
"And how differently Alice looked !
No longer was she the little girl sit
ting stifIly on a chair, looking now
and again at the window and longing
to be out with her friends. She was
not being good because she thought
she should, but because she was
happy having Allie Baa with her.
"She looked like a real little girl,
and the lady was delighted. For be-
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-02-01

Inc it in the light of modern ideas and
compare and contrast it with your
ideals.
There are the steps leading to the
porch, with a convenient railing on
which the young folks may roost dur
ing their twilight chatters. If left
uninclosed the porch is wide enough
for all practical purposes. If inclosed
an additional two feet in width, for
which arrangements possibly could be
made, would increase its use value.
Entering, we find large living
room, one of the first essentials of
present-day houses. This living room,
with its fireplace and bookcase, meas
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white or a color, and the embroidery is
done in white cotton.
The same character of suit Is made
with MILDLY blouse. This simplifies
the matter Of laundering them. EN-
broidery Is left out of the reckoning
on these. Among the newest and most
satisfactory house dresses are skirts
and blouses in one, of unbleached lin
en- or cotton resembling it. In making
these clothes, that must stand the
wear of everyday and weekly tub
bling, goods that will look best in the
long run should be chosen.
Even those who have no ear for mu-
sic find the opera alluring, and one
might be stone deaf and still find It
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-02-01

She showed the Showed the Pic
picture of Allie to ture of Allie.
her-but of course Allie never even
smiled. She looked at it just as she
looked at everything else.
"'You dear, precious dollie,' said
Alice, you don't care whether you
have a painting Of your dear old face
or not. But it's a great comfort to
your mother
'fThe lady was so pleased at the
picture of Alice, and she was proud
of herself that she had thought of
having Alice bring her doll.
"When Alices mother saw the
painting she said: Whatever made
you think of having her hold Allie
Baa? Why, that is just like my dear
little girl-just the way we always
see her. How glad I am And the
lady was happy, for she had made the
real mother and the make-believe
mother so pleasedw
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-02-01

mighty well worth while. There is a
feast spread there for the eyes, as
well as the ears.
The coiffures and hair ornaments are
enough to engross eyes that love to
see woman's browning glory still furth.
er glorified. This season, handsome
combs have taken precedence over 9TH
er hair ornaments. They are made OF
silver filigree, shell, coral, amber and
gold; some of them are enameled, and
most of them are set with brilliants
and mock jewels. Besides these. there
are many pretty opera caps and head.
dresses in which malines, frightened
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-02-01

practical features are combined. The
rooms are large, conveniently arranged
and well lighted. The exterior is at
tractive.
This home may not suit you in
every particular, but then you are
reading plans to get ideas and you get
one, or part of one, from every plan
you examine, and one day you will
find all of your ideas combined in just
the way you want them combined, and
that will be your house.
All worthy ideals are worth striv-
ing for, and your ideal of home GER
tainly is worth the effort it will cost
you to secure or produce it.
Why not take this design and exam
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with spangles or rhinestones, make a
background for wonderful feathers or
other ornaments.
A headdress of this kind is pictured
here. 1t consists Of a fan of plated
malines, set on q headband made of
wire, covered with many thicknesses
of malines. In front, of the fan OF
mallnes smaller fah-shaped orna.
ment of fine rhinestones is set, and
bands of rhinestones are slipped over
the headband, at short intervals, all
the way round 1t.
Silver cloth and silver lace make
headbands that are ornamented With
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either strands of pearls or rows Of
spangles or rhinestones set on them
They are easy to make. The founda.
ton is narrow band of buckraEl, COW
cred with silver cloth. Silver lace Is
placed over this and sewed along the
upper edge. In one of these orna,
ments strand Of pearl beads is sewed
along the upper edge, and disk, GOV.
cred like the band with silver, is sci
at the front. Pearl beads are sewec
all over its outer surface.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-02-01
CUTICURA COMPILATIONS
Are Usually Remarkably Soft and
CIear--Trial Free.

Make Cuticura Soap your everyday
toilet Soap, and assist it now and then
as needed by touches of Cuticura ONT
ment to soften, soothe and heal. Moth
Ing better to make the complexion
clear, scalp free from dandruff and
hands soft and white.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L.
Boston. Sold everywhere.-,Adv.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-02-01
Applying Physics In a Street Car.

Applying Physics In Street Car.
One Of the fundamental theories you
were taught In your high school phys.
les will save you lot of trouble ev-
cry day II you apply 1t.
Straphangers in the street cars lurch
forward when the car stops and back
ward when 1t starts. It's inconvenlent,
especially If 200-pounder hits you.
Remember that place in the physics
text-"To every action there Is an
opposite and equal reaction"
Well, apply It. When the car stops,
lean toward the front.
You lurch because you're the oppo-
site reaction to the cars movement.
Simple and practical, isn't 1t?
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-02-01
Keeping Up and CATCHING Up

The ones who are always trying to
catch up with some neglected task,
are likely to go to bed tired and disap-
pointed. Keeping up with our work
ought not to be too hard for any of us
if we are well and strong. But catch,
ing up with work is different matter.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-02-01

the children as playroom, the farmer
or doctor as an office-in which case
an outside entrance should be pro-
vided. 1t could be used for any of
these purposes, and at a pinch also
serve as a bedroom.
Upstairs are three large bedrooms,
bath and numerous commodious clos
cts. These closets are commodious
with respect to floor area, but cramped
for height. They occupy the low space
under the roof, but do not continue to
the point where the rafters join the
plate.
The only foot of waste space in the
house is in the upstairs hall, and that
unused space is limited in area.
In many homes a considerable per-
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-02-01
Singing Contests In Norway

Some of the songs Of Norway con-
sist of hundreds of four-line verses,
which must surely be hard test to the
memory of the singers. Sometimes
two singers will have duet in such
a song singing verse after verse alter
nately. He whose memory, or in de-
first Is loser.--From Norway, by Nico
Jungman.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-02-01
ACTRESS TELLS SECRET.

A well known actress gives the follow<
ing recipe for gray hair: To half pint Of
water add l OF. Bay Rum, small box OF
Barbo Compound, and Il or. of glycerine.
Any druggist can put this up or you can
mix 1t at home at very little cost. Full
directions for making and use come In
each box of Barbo Compound. 1t will
gradually darken streaked, faded gray
hair, and make 1t soft and glossy. It will
not color the scalp, is not sticky or
greasy, and does not rub of. Adv.
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DututSQ. RAiC uuu
to sit every day
for a long time
q ute still, and
she used to feel
so glad when the
time came for her
to stop and so out
to join her friends
in play.
"The lady who
was painting her
portrait one day
said to her
" Now, you are
such a good girl,
and you keep so
still while / am
painting q lovely
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-02-01

ore S h e had
seemed so unlike
a child. She had
looked so sad.
i" Yes said the
lady to herself,
I will certainly
have Alice hold
ing the doll
"And then she
did a painting Of
Allie Baa, and it
looked just like
her. How delight
ed Alice w a 81
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-02-01

For preserving paintings German
has patented process which consists
of inclosing them in tight glass-front
cases filed with nitrogen.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-02-01
A Cynical Miss.

She--Tell me a story.
He--Once upon a time before people
married for money
She-Oh, that's too ancient; that
must have happened before money was
invented.-Boston Evening Transcript.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-02-01
Contrary Methods.

"He tried to hang himself because
he was cut up"
sand he didn't succeed because he
was cut down."
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-02-01

Pimples, boils, carbuncles, dry up and
disappear with Doctor Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery. In tablets or liquid.
ADV.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-02-01
Innortanf fo Mothera

Tongs that grip door frame have
been invented for hanging babies
chairs or swings in doorways.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-02-01
Z35 South Ma!n btTeet
Nov. IL, 1916. Cambridge Springs, Pa.
Prove What Swamp-Root Will Do For You

Send ten cents to DR.. Kimer g. Co.,
Binghamton, N. r., for sample size bot
tie. 1t win convince anyone. You will
also receive booklet of valuable infor-
nation, telling about the kidneys and blad-
this paper. Regular fifty-cent and one
dollar size bottles for sale at all drug
stores-Adv.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-02-01
Can Conscientiously Recon-
mend This Kidney Medicine

I believe and know that DIR. Kilmer's
Swamp-Root is good medicine Seven
teen years ago / introduced it in this sec
ton and to my knowledge it has not failed
to prove valuable in single case. Many
reports have come to me from people who
claimed that Swamp Root had cured them,
and personally ] am convinced that there
is not a better kidney preparation on the
market and l can recommend it con-
seientiously. Very truly yours,
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-02-01

Australian pearl fishing industry Ia
being held up by the war.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-02-01
nkDDY,S EVENING
HIRY TALE 70 WARY |
41A'Ty] $50 $50 ]
ALLIE BAA's PORTRAIT.

"a little girl named Alice" said
Daddy, "was having her portrait
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1917-02-27
CHICAGO WOMAN AND !
DAUGHTER ARE DEAD

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.-Accosk
ing to authoritive expression OF o.
ions obtained after . conference -
tween President Wilson and Secle-
tary Lansing, the sinking Of the L.
coma with the loss of American Hives
is looked upon as q clear violation OF
American rights. No further investi-
CATION is considered necessary.
While no formal action has been
taken by the House or Senate Fur
eign Relations committee on the pres
ident's request to arm merchantme0.
both show a tendency to limit the
presidents authority. The Senate
committee decided, it is said, to amend
the bill to make the right to arm shiD0
take the form of authorizing owners
to arm ships and the government to
supply guns and gunners.
Official dispatches confirming the
death of Americans on the Lacon1A,
which was torpedOed without warning,
establishes the case as being an overt
act. The sinking of the Laconia IL
regarded as another Lusitania case i'm
principle The situation is the same
as the president left it yesterday, but
the sinking of the Laconia is expected
to hasten action of Congress.
A dispatch from Consul Frost at
Queenstown. received by the State
department, said Mrs Hoy and daugh-
ter were lost.
Four American cabin passengers
saved were f.. B. Gibbons, of the
Chicago Tribune; Mrs. F. E. Harris,
wife of Col. Harris. L. S. A.. Fort
Dupont: Arthur Kirby. of New York.
and Father Wareing. of ST JoSeph's
Seminary, Baltimore.
He also gave the names of Is Amer
! lean negro fremen who were saved,
and fixed the number landed at 267 at
Queenstown and Ii at Bantry
This, Frost said. left 13 missing, of
whom five Were drowned and eight,
including Mrs. Hoy and her daughter,
died of exposure. Frost said that the
Laconia was torpedoed without warn
ing at 1890 p. M, Feb 25. $50 miles
west of FaStner A second torpedo
was fired 20 minutes after the first
Thirteen boats got away. Wireless
had been sent out and the boats pick
ed UP by British patrol boats at -four
O'Clock Monday morning"
Mrs Mary F. HOY and daughter
Elizabeth Hoy. OF Chicago. died OF
exposure and We're buried at sea
\ central News dispatch from
Queenstown said that eight American
negro firemen on the Laconia had als(
died Of exposure.
Il IS said that the hero. Cedric B
Watts who was lost on the Laconia
WAS an American citizen, although h,
WAS born in England. according {,
adviees from Racine. Wis.