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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-11-28

pecially il this exercise Is kept up
every day at a certain hour and Is
performed before an open window,
The deep breathing required in TAX
ing this exercise also develops the
throat and gives It the graceful, swan
like flexibility that is so much ad.
Inired. II
TO REDUCE THE HIP. Nothing
70 efficacious for reducing the size
of the hips as to scrub daily the bath
room floor with a good brush and
scrub so vigorously that 1t induces q
free perspiration which Is extremely
beneficial to the complexion, This
lending exercise, II persisted in long
enough, is warranted to take from
four to six inches of of any woman's
hips. The continual flexing Of the
knees will also remove that stiffness
incident to middle age and. impart
lightness and grace OF movement.
The exercise technically known as
keeping the bathroom clean Is far
more efficacious than the obsolete
rolling process, once in vogue, for re-
ducing the hips. The effect Is also
splendid on the bathroom.
Another efficacious way Of re-.
ducing is by waxing the floor. This
exercise II taken once a week IN con-
nection with daily scrubbing the bath
tub is guaranteed to give woman a
figure that will fill her friends with
envy and cause them to wonder what
brand of Anti Fat dope she Is taking.
TO ACQUIRE A SLENDER AND
WILLOWY FIGURE. To acquire a
figure that is slender without being
bony, that has something about it of
the 1.-THE grace Of tiger. steel
springs under velvet, nothing can
compare with laundry work. The
bending over the tub removes every
particle of fat from the waistline. The
rubbing of the clothes on the wash.
board that brings into play every
muscle of back and forearm, the lift
ing of the arms above the head as the
clothes are pinned on the line, seem
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to combine every ideal play OF mus
Gle in the human body and raises II
to its highest perfection.
This form of exercise cannot be TOO
highly recommended to women who
are approaching middle age and
whose dressmakers are beginning TO
let out their belt measure and ask
them il they aren't getting a little
stout. As this exercise is best car.
ried on while bending over tub OF
hot soapy water, 1t is exceedingly be-
neficial to the complexion and the
hair. .. .:..-..s -.
TO WRITTEN AND. SOFTEN THE
HANDS. Nothing is better to soften
and whften the hands than to wash
dishes. The warm greasy water in
which the hands are submerged from
fifteen to twenty minutes at time
hleaches the skin and makes the
hands soft and squeezable. This
remedy should be applied three times
q day Immediately after meals.
To ACQUIRE COLOR IN THE
FACE. Cooking is the best known
remedy for acquiring roses in ones
cheeks. To get soft becoming cCtor
In the face, prepare a good dinner on
the gas range. Nearly all men loathe
rouge, but none ever fails to admire
the becoming flush on a woman's
cheeks that she obtains by cooking.
= n B. In taking these exercises i'll
the home women should bear in mind
the fact that il they expect to obtain
the best results from them they should
put enthusiasm and good cheer into
their work. If they will do this, they
will find that homework will make
them beautiful and happy and heal
thy. 1t is the ideal exercise for wo:
men. Try it: .....:
Copyright, 1917, by The Wheeler
Syndicate, Inc:
Dorothy Dix articles appear regu.
larly in this paper every Monday,
Wednesday and Friday.
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bodies, too). Some Of the men like
toques for sleeping caps, the sort we
have in Canada After that, send them
eats and smokes, and send them
plenty of candy &"
What the Soldier Really Wants
"Socks are the whole thing" says
Major Ward Wright. mo man ever
has enough hand-knit wooIIen socks.
And make them big enough. Make
them all for number eTevens or big
ger. They shrink. The casualties
among socks are very heavy. Maple
sugar is something the men enjoy, and
the chewing gum we had on the march
from Belgium, to the Somme Kept the
men going. A box Of candy, especially
chocolates, is always acceptable. And
/ used to have the current magazines.
sent to me from London. It was a
help to know there were such things
left in the world as we read about IN
those magazines. Send them wristlets,
made with a thumb so they won't slip
up and down. But, especially, send
them socks-big socks. Every man
that goes overseas should have also a
rubber air pillow, the lightest possible.
A man can blow that up and get lit
tie rest when he otherwise would get
none at ALL But don't send any me-
chanical devices planned by men VINO
have never had to live with them or
carry them on their backs-no trench
cookers or things like that. We have
to travel light. Two or three candles
are the best cooking devices for the
trenches. You stick your bayonet in
the side of a dug-out, hang your can.
teen on the bayonet over your candle
stuck in a piece of tin, and cook your
porridge by its flame. And every man
who goes over should have a small
flashlight with a couple of batteries
well charged. ] read somewhere the
other day aboutl lighting trenches with
electricity, but we never planned for
permanent trenches. We kept moving
them forward, and they are neces-
sarily dark"
Lieut.. T. L. o. Williams has come
home, glad that he went, but with both
legs gone, charge Of shrapnel in one
arm, and the Jagged scar Of a bayonet-
thrust clear through his right forearm.
He enlisted as private and was nine
months in the trenches. Socks, cigar
cites and Candles are to his mind the
three most important things to send
the boys in the trenches.
Send them hand-knit socks. They
never have enough. Send them cigar
cites and send them candles. No can
dies are furnished, and they provide
more luxury than people at home
would imagine possible. The men
break them into pieces about two in.
ches long and wrap them in pieces Of
sand-bags. Then they get round
piece of tin, perforate it. stick the can
dies in the holes, and heat their tea.
1t is surprising how much heat those
little pieces of candles will give, They
send warm glow through the trench,
and one of those little scraps of candle
will boil up a pint of water i
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Value of Local Work INDICATED
BY Stories of Needs
cover There" :

Honolulu women in charge Of the
Red Cross knitting and supply work
have received direct Endorsement OF
their efforts and requests that by all
means the knitting be continued, and
particularly that as many socks be
turned out as possible. .
AS the local work proceeds, criti-
eism-for the most part unthinking-
about waste of effort" is being sill
enced. A splendid system has been
evolved here by which all work before
being sent out is inspected by compe-
tent authorities, and such work as is
below grade is done over again.
The headquarters at Miller and
Beretania streets, is busy all day long
and run in businesslike fashion. On
Monday 240 pounds of wool was sold
and yesterday so pounds, and within
a short time all this will be trans
formed into useful garments. The
wool is on sale every morning at
headquarters. .... ........
The headquarters also furnishes
women who will give lessons in sock
making and the committee Of women
inspecting the finished work is al
ways ready with advice or assistance.
1t Is emphasized that in order to
avoid waste of effort, the knittef
should either be sure of her ability
and experience or else take lessons
from a recognized expert. i
At headquarters all information Is
cheerfully given and visit there will
be instructive. "... ri.
A recent article in Vogue has been
received here with much interest
since it draws attention to the neces-
sity for knitting socks and gives
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HATS FOR FALL
GIVE new VOGUE

Dainty millinery creations, many i'm
ported direct from the shops Of famous
Fifth Avenue modistes and other orig
inal conceptions, in a display of rare
charm are on exhibit at the shop Of
Miss Power, second floor, Boston
building, Fort street. Your inspection
is invited. Prices are reasonable.
ADV.
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Prize CUP CON
TEST ON ROOF

Wednesday, Nov. Is. The winner Of
this contest will receive a beautiful
silver loving cup donated by the Regal
Shoe Store.-Adv.
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Where will Prosperity look for your
Have you sent word? Are you on the
good places to dealD map IN the minds
of the people7 II not, let Us put you
there.
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We are all as God made Us, and oftentimes
great deal worse. Ceramics.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-05-04
Floor Plan.

whole length of the COW stable, and
runs far enough into the storage barn
to load the litter carrier.
The value of this arrangement may
be better understood by the study of
one fact-that north of the forty-sec-
ond parallel of latitude there is an
average of only six weeks of good pas
ture. There are dFoughts sandwiched
in between late spring and early fall
frost, so that dairymen are obliged to
supply manger feed for ten or eleven
months. In fact, some Of the best
dairymen don't depend on pasture, ex-
cept to have a run for the cows for
exercise, fresh air and general health.
OF course, they want cowA to get some
picking, and this Is necessary to In
duce the cows to travel about. But
when it comes to actual feeding, the
stable is depended upon in summer as
well as winter. The storage Of sllage
and the growing of alfalfa have brought
about this change.
The old plan Of growing soiling
extent; labor is too expensive. Silage
and alfalfa are better and cheaper. At
the same time, good cows appreciate
a feed once a day of green stuff. 1t
may be clover, oats, succotash, alfalfa,
or any other good forage crops, but
this feed is given as an appetizer more
than for the actual returns In milk de-
rived from it.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-05-04
CHEMISTS WAR FACTOR
Should Be Kept From Firing Line,
Says U. S. Aid.
Needed In Making Munitions, Testing
Foods and Perfecting other In
dustriaI Activities.

"The chemist and mining engineer
will play most important part in win
ming the war for the United States"
said Charles Curtis, superintendent of
Uncle Sans customs assaying labora-
tory in Kansas City, Mo.
''The development of explosives and
poison gases is wholly a chemical proc
ess. The problems of trench digging,
mining and other earth operations are
those of the mining engineer.
Recognizing these facts, the Ameri-
can Chemical society has offered its
services to the president, and is mobiI-
izing its forces for war.
1--WE are in the best possible position
to take advantage of the experience
and mistakes of the other countries.
Germany has made terrible mistake
in sending her chemists to fight in the
trenches. Several hundred of the most
eminent chemists in Germany have
been killed, and their services are lost,
not only to Germany, but to the world.
The chemists should be kept out of the
firing line and put to work in making
munitions, testing foods and perfecting
other industrial activities in their line.
American chemists are naturally
thinking of new devices which will be
of service in the war. The chlorine gas
used by Germany is terrible, but it is
mild compared with others that might
be employed, such as brOmine or 1uor-
inc. These things are positively devil
ish, and it is terrible to think of using
them, but it seems that war stops at
nothing these days"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-05-04

outside blinds, painted dark green
This is for the purpose Of shutting II
up dark after the cows are milked In
the morning in summer. When the
blinds are shut the stable is so dark
that flies will not stay in it. Dairymen
have taken lessons from good house
keepers in this respect. Flies will
crawl out of very small crack to get
from darkness to light. You can't
shut flies out of a COW stable, that is,
you can't shut them all out; but it is
possible to shut up a stable like this
so dark that they will all leave it be-
tween morning and evening milking
hours.
OF course, the cows will carry flies
in with them when they are stabbed in
the afternoon, and this cannot be
avoided very well. However, some
New York dairymen have dark pas
sageways leading to the stables, where
a good many flies are brushed off by
the attendant as the cows pass in. One
dairyman experimental with station
ary brushes in a dark passageway,
which is an automatic way Of brush
ing the flies off the cows as they enter
the stable.
Easter dairymen usually are well
supplied with small hills or banks on
which to arrange their stables, barn
yards, etc. For this plan, gently
sloping bank, falling away towards the
south or southeast, is preferable. The
north is usually protected by group
of trees or high board fence.
During the last ten years stables
have grown in size and dimensions.
Little cellar windows of meager sizes
in lonesome connection have been dis
placed by two sash windows, as care
fully made and adjusted as the win
dows in the house. The system of
ventilation in this stable is cOmbina-
ton system, with the ceiling openings
that permit the ventilatOrs to carry
off the warm air from the top of the
stable in summer.
There may be built-in the concrete
floor in the feed passageway-a CEN
trail air duct to admit fresh air. Over
this air duct is placed a wooden walk,
built of 2 by 4 cross pieces, with the
boards nailed on lengthwise. This
leaves an opening between the 2 by 4
cross pieces for the entrance OF air
into the stable directly in front of the
cows noses.
According to the principle of warm
air circulation, this arrangement Is
theoretically correct. Air is admitted
In the center of the room that is prop
erly proportloned and close enough
built to prevent the influence of out
side air currents. The cold air from
outside is heated by the lungs and the
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-05-04

Charles Sarka, who draws pictures
for the comic magazines, spends his
summers in the Adirondacks, above
GlOversville, N. Y. Last summer he
and his wife attended a corn roast at
camp near his own. Some Illinois
visitors were playing host, and among
the guests was a young Scandinavian
who worked as brakeman on an ILL
nois railroad. The Scandinavian was
painfully clean and dressed up and his
voice had frozen.
Whoever made the coffee made it too
strong, and Mrs. Sarka passed tea
kettle Of hot water among the party to
dilute the brew.
"Will you have some hot water in
your coffee, Mr.. Larson?" she asked the
Scandinavian.
"No, thank you" he replied hoarse-
ly, mines hot enough. h."-Pittsburgh
Chronicle Telegraph.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-05-04

body warmth OF the cows. Warm air
will rise TO the ceiling and spread In
every direction. AS II loads up with
impurities. and as its temperature Is
reduced, the air becomes heavier. As
II reaches the outer walls II descends
and Is drawn through the outlet fiues
from near the floor behind the cows.
Practical stable ventilation must be
studied for each building separately.
What will work out In one stable
would be useless In another, because
OF some pecuiarlty In the structure.
This center horizontal air duct Is
worth a trial Being made OF CON
crete, II may be kept perfectly clean,
and, being open, II is less Of harbor
| for rats and mice than some OF the
wall air ducts that are placed In sta
bios. This center walk is made In
| sections, so IL may be lifted up ana
rested against the front Of the manger
while the stable Is being swept with
broom or cleaned with hose.
Any system of stable ventilation re-
quires temperature above 30 de-
grees II. to keep air in circulation.
temperature above 80 may be main
talned in n good stable in zero weather
by packing the cows close enough to-
gether. This is. OF course, likely to
lead TO the old argument about the
amount Of air space required for AMI
mails. and this is subject that has
never been settled TO the satisfaction
Of dalrymen, But good cowmen like
TO have the air changed whether there
is much or little 10 change. These
men make their stable ceiling low and
are particular to have gOOd-slzed
COW I'm each stall.
In building these stables in the
East, dalrymen are particular not to
leave any ledges to hold dust They
use inside ceiling without beading and
they paint the ceiling in such way as
to fill the cracks so far as possible, so
the ceiling Is smooth and alright. For
the same reason there are no window
stools. There are no unnecessary pro-
jectlons anywhere on the inside Of the
stable. The same idea is followed in
the stall partitions.
In this particular stable the only
support to the ceiling is from the par
tition uprIghts between the cows,
which are cemented in the floor and
fastened to the ceiling by screws
through threaded plates. A loft over
stable like this is not used for any
purpose except as an mir space, and |
the air is changed by having a window
in each gable. The silos are placed |
between the stable and storage barn,
with room for a feed carrier to pass
through this carrier track extends the |
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-05-04
TREATMENT AND CULTURE OF
HARDY ANIMALS
ByLIMA r. ROSE.

Seeds of hardy ANIMALS should be
Bown in April or May, according to the
latitude, in shallow boxes or pots and
placed in a warm window or a hot
bed. A second sowing ought to be
made from two to four weeks after for
a succession, as weh as to provide
against failure the first time.
The most convenient receptacle for
seed is a shallow box from two to
three inches deep and of any conven-
lent size.
The best soil for all of the smaller
kinds is a very fine, rich, sandy loan.
The very best soil is that taken from
old hotbeds, or from old pasture land,
piled I'D in sodS and allowed to rot for
two or three years and then mixed
with sand and little old stable ma
nure.
Give the tiny plants plenty of air
and moisture, yet not too much water.
or they will "damp Off" Get pots two
inches or more in diameter and plant
the young seedlings along the edges
of the, pots, so that as soon as the
ground is warm enough they can be
easily turned out and planted singly,
as by that time they will have good
roots.
Do not cover seeds too deeply. This
is a common and disastrous mistake.
The exception to this rule is sweet pea,
which is seldom planted deep enough.
A good general rule is to cover only to
the depth of the thickness of the seeds.
With medium-sized seeds like zinneas
and balsams and their kind half an
inch or so is none too much.
Tiny seeds like the portulacas need
only to be pressed into the soil with
the palm of the hand. Always firm
the earth around flower seeds, else
there is danger of their drying up be-
fore roots can get firm hold on the
soil.
During very dry weather, and when
seedlings are first set out, water fire.
quently.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-05-04
SOME TIMELY HINTS

Have some fragrant foliage plants
and shrubs. The old kinds are fine.
Good results in raising plants de-
! pend largely on the care given them.
No, something for nothing" in ma
ture.
Give the Gamma roots place in the
hottest sunshine, feed plenty of ma
nure and water and mulch heavily
with barnyard manure.
Soak the hanging baskets twice a
week by setting them in a tub of wa
ter. The basket can be let down by
pulley and drawn up without lift
ing.
Plant flowers for others, as well as
yourself, and don't forget to take a
bouquet for the church on Sunday.
One does well to consider the lilies
even while wOrshiping.
The old lemon lily is just as good
as it ever was, and just as beautiful.
When working in the dirt among
plants, grease the hands well with
lard, rub as you would with soap, then
wash in sOapsuds.
Corn and potatoes are all right, but
give us a little soul food in the way
of flowers and fine foliage.
Bloom is better than brambles and
roses will grow wherever brambles
will.
The best time to fight weeds is now.
before they get a good start. KeeL
right after them from the time they
show up, even before the seeds are
SOwn.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-05-04
WOULD RAISE FOOD IN YARDS
Assistant Secretary of Agriculture
Urges City DwelIers to Aid in
Increasing Food Supply.

A statement urging that as a patri-
otic duty city residents transform their
yards into gardens, and farmers so di-
versify their crops as to make each
section self-sustaining, was issued by
Carl Vrooman, assistant secretary of
agriculture.
The great need in wartime, Mr.. Vroo-
man said, is a surplus of wheat with
which the nation can feed it's allies. He
also declared the acreage of soy beans
and COW peas should be increased to
augment the source of protein, for
which in time of emergency they could
take the place of meat for human con-
sumption. Two or three crops of some
sort should be raised during the com
ing summer, he said, on every vacant
square foot in the cities.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-05-04

The important development Of dairy
farming during the last decade is very
fOrcefully indicated by the changes
which have occurred in the stables
used on such farms. In the improve
ment OF sanitary conditions around
such stables, one thing at a time has
been found wanting until the dairy
stable has come strongly into the at
tentiOn of farm-building architects,
ventilating experts and equipment en-
gineers causing 1t to be given a thor
Ough Overhauling and redesigning.
Several types have been established,
all of which aim to accomplish prac-
tically the same thing. Primarily, the
animals must be furnished the best
possible conditions in which TO live
and, secondarily, the building must be
easy to keep clean.
This is an Easter COW stable. It has
some features which are different from
other good stables, some of which are
well liked by everyone who has tried
them out.
Where the winters are cold, as they
are where dairying has been conducted
to the best advantage, a stable really
should be built for warmth in winter
and clean, airy cOOlness in summer.
This design sometimes Is fitted with
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-05-04
PLANT TREES AND SHRUB
Berry
BY ELIZABETH VAN eENTHuYsEN

BY ELIZABETH VAN NTHUTSEN
Looking over your grounds this
spring, note the effect of your plant
ing. If the place lacks trees and
shrubs, plan to make up the lack this
full.
Don't forget some ornamental trees
and shrubs. Plant them in groups or
singly, but always leave open space for
grass.
Cut-leaved birch is a favOrite tree
for planting on the home grounds. 1t
IS pyramidal in shape with dropping
branches.
The japanese NAPLES are very beau
tiful, small trees in hush form with
vivid coloring of the cut leaves.
Many shrubs are more beautiful in
foliage than in flower, and some of
them carry their fruits through the
winter in bright colors.
In setting trees or shrubs, make a
hole wide enough so that the roots
can be spread out, avoiding twisting
and crowding as much as possible.
Work the soil in about the roots, leav-
ing no spaces, and packing firmly.
Avoid planting trees between the
house and the street in such a manner
as to hide the view from the windows
and doors. To Obstruct the outlook is
very annoying to those confined to the
house. Trees and shrubbery should
be placed so as to form a background
or setting for the dwelling.
Young trees should be carefully
watched and the open spaces in the
ground about, them, which have been
made by the wind swaying the trees,
should be we'll firmed down.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-05-04

With every season come new styles
in clothes and hats and shoes. The
florists are realizing that new silhOu-
cites in nosegays are as much in de,
mand as the correct line in the new
frock, and to meet the exacting de-
mand as the correct line in the new
Debutante Bud, they yearly turn out
new arrangements in floral effects
This season sees the closely punched
little nosegays our grandmothers used
to carry. These are carefully sur
rounded by paper lace to protect the
gown.