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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-20
Shop Jargon

~ HESE candles" complained a
 suburban woman returning 8 - package that had been sent out to her the day before, "are not what l wanted at all-they are the wrong color."r The patient salesgirl looked up the order. You said half dozen yellow candles in the new square sided style.'" she averred; these are exactly what you ordered, madam"
 "But did not mean that pale yell low shade-I meant the new deep yell low that is fashionable. I should think''-in an aggrieved tone-"you would have sent those unless you were sure."
 "Oh, those are tho gold color candies!" returned the, sales-person conc.Aetve1y. And the purchaser ad- mitted to herself: 'I might have known-Just now when everything deep yellow is called gold"
 Familiarizing one's self with the 1argon Of the shops helps great deal when goods are to be ordered by mail. The shade which the silk counter calls geraaium may not be one's own idea of geranium at all; but it is safer to call 1t that when ordering, than to request fiame-or coral. If you are in hurry to finish an evening wrap and have in mind something richly long and handsome to swing from the -dood: do not telephone the trimming department of your charge-account shop for silk tasse1. In shop par lance the thing you want is an lorna ment" and a tassel is something much smaller and lighter in character. If you desire samples of hangings for the guest room and want to hurry the purchase through before the ex- pecred guest arrives for the week end; do not ask for lowered chintzes, however correct "a chintz-hung bed roem" sounds to your ears after long reading of English novels. In this country chintz is a species of calico printed in colors and highly glazed ; cretonne is what you want, soft tex tured with softly printed co1orings. And do not make the mistake of writ ing for damask tablecloth and nap kins just before the dinner party, without specifying that you want linen damask. Otherwise you may receive cotton damaslz, which comes in really attractive patterns though the texture would never satisfy a fastidious house. keeper.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-20

sewed with matching silk. No first class tailored costume is ever sewed with a cheap substitute for silk thread. Mediocre manufacturers sometimes seek to save a few pennies by this method but the canny woman shopper will have none of it! As to material, the pictured coat-frock is made of tan Burella cloth with touches of brown silk embroidery at the waistline, brown bone buttons and a very smart col lar of brown velvet, attached to a standing collar of military extraction.
 Silk Coats Popular In Paris.
 In Paris, these days, one\buys a silk coat by way of economy; aNwoo1 coat if one wishes to splurge into extrava- gance. While so much wool woven material is required for uniforms at the front, serges are exceedingly ex- pensive in France, and only the fash ionables are wearing serge coats and frocks. The silk coats of Paris are charming and are bound to have their effect on this seasons fashion,. The dark blue faille matinee coat, and the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-20

lowered silk model pictured today are copies of French garments and both are ideally suited to late spring and summer wear. The faille matinee coat is in a very dark blue shade-the darkest possible blue-and has deep collar of black soiree silk. The knotted sash which ties toward the back at one side is also of black soiree and sash and panels-the latter falling over the shoulders under the collar have tassels of dark blue silk. Many buttons covered with the coat ma- terial, with f1anking rows of embroid- cred buttonhole motifs, are set along slashes in the skirt of the coat. The slashes are sewed together with slot seams and do not fly open, but they make an effective trimming. This coat covers the frock entirely and should prove a very practical wrap for all- summer wear.
 The lowered silk coat also conceals the frock beneath and is so light in weight and so dainty withal, that the model should appeal instantly to all women who like a wrap of this sort to wear over evening frocks for res- taurant dining, or sheer, summery frocks desirable for warm evenings yet too filmy to be worn uncovered through the street. Cheruit designed the original of this dainty lowered coat which. as pictured, is of warp printed taffeta with little rose-colored flowers on a ground of mauve shot with pink. Shocking in a diamond shaped motif controls the fullness at the back, and at the sides and front, the skirt is smocked in rows below the waistline, the upper part fitting the figure trimly. A shawl collar of white soiree silk turns back over a collar of the lowered taffeta. A black lisere straw hat draped with a black lace veil seems exactly the right sort of millinery with this gay lowered coat. Tussah Coats For The Country Club.
 The white tussah coats are the love- Hest things imaginable in the way of summer wraps. Of course, such a coat is not for knockabout wear. It will soil easily though it may be cleaned almost as easily, and its sug- gestion is dainty dressiness, rather than practical utility. A model seen recently was of white tussah with an applique band trimming on the collar and appliques of the same handsome embroidery on wide belt decorated with the new running stitch so fash ionable in Paris just now. This stitch is done by hand with sewing silk, long
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-20

attractive. They are made of stained wicker and are tied about with broad ribbon through which is thrust an the candy is gone the wicker basket may be, used for catch-au on. the dresser.
 The most fascinating Easter recep- tacles are to be found in the flower shops. Wicker hampers five to seven inches high are filled with wet sand and have spring flowers peeping from beneath the half-closed lid when sent out as Easter gifts. Later the hamper may be lined with silk and do duty as a glove basket.
 Vases of flowers make lovely gifts at Easter season for nobdy can have too many graceful flower vases. They always come into use sometime and vases of various sizes and heights ac- commodate various sorts of flowers in their seasons. The slender silver vases that hold single long-stemmed rose or spray of narcissus make delightful Easter gifts; there are the larger vases, too, of Venetian glass or iridescent glass-or even the beautiful favrile glass if one wants to pay good price. Just now fern dishes for the table are out of fashion and every housewife wants several of the low bowls, with center block of pierced glass or pot tery which holds the stems of flowers separately. Tables in the basement of every large shop are crowded with these popular flower holders, these days, and the variety in shape and color seems endless. Some people pre- fer the white, or transparent glass bowls; others like the tinted glass; still others consider the colored pot tery bowls most attractive. There are green bowls. black bowls, yellow bowls and bowls of wonderful deep blue, and, of course, it is very nice to have half dozen sorts so that various color schemes in table decoration may be carried out.
 Place cards and favors for Easter weddings divide honors with novelties in the candy and flower shops. The place cards are very dainty and orig inal and the decorations include brides in. wedding veils, bridal cabs with white ribboned baggage strapped on behind, bride parasols and bride bouquets, all done in water color on white cardboard. China cupids are Vsed for place favors and a pretty conceit is little China cupid sitting in white slipper. At the bridesmaids
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-20

~ EVERAL young society women. this winter, have worn the fem
 N mine costume of China at cos
 tune balls, and other affairs given in aid of war sufferers. Some of these costumes have been extremely handsome and many of them have been purchased in China by the fair wearers. Such a costume was worn recently by the daughter of an Ameri- can naval officer at a large costume ball in San Francisco and so dainty and becoming was the Chinese maid ems garb on the American maid who wore. the quaint tunic and trousers, that several women present decided forthwith to have boudoir suits exactly like it. To have real character, how
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-20
Home Fashioned Blouses
 Trimmed With Filet

~ HE dainty flet faces and inser-
 ~ tions which are so fashionable
 just now, certainly solve many
 - problems in blouse making for the woman who does her own sewing. Blouses have been so sternly tailored in finish, the past few years, that it. took a professional to give them the correct look Edges had to be hem stitched or picot- finished and it was necessary to send the blouse to a professional to have the hemstitching or picot-edge done. Now one can whip on a narrow bit of filet-and be- hold a dainty and modish finish!\ There are innumerable ways of trim ming with filet, too. It may be ap- piled in bands between groups of pin tucks; or set into the blouse material in square or diamond shape motifs; or it may be criss-crossed all over the blouse. This last method of trim ming is good deal of work. but the effect is very handsome. The inser- ton should be pasted in place first, then sewed to the material with fine hand stitches, and finally the material is cut away underneath and the edges are turned back over the hand stitched seam and then sewed again in small running stitch by hand. Where one strip of insertion crosses another, the lace must be cut away underneath, just ac oHe cuts away fabric and the edges finished in the same way.
 Filet collars and cuffs may be bought all ready to trim these home fashioned blouses, or one may make ones own collar, by turning a strip of w1do .!ct .n square effect and miter- ing the corners. If deep collar is desired, the fllet may edge Q collar of the blouse material. Very narrow filet lace or insertion makes a dainty edge finish for blouse fronts, and if several tiny tucks are run alongside the lace edge, the effect will be very dainty indeed. Filet trimmed blouses are of organdie, of sheer linen, of Georgette, of wash satin and of crepe de chine.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-20
Bmella Velous de Laine, Gabardine and Wool Jer sey Faporcd Coat Materials Full rSeuen-Eighths Length As One Pleases Tussah for Late Spring
 Wear The Coat- Dress q Spring InsbirQtion

rather than the smartly bulky lines of a topcoat, yet they may be worn,
 if one so chooses, over a thinner frock and behold! one is ready for sev- eral weekend occasions. Or, for in- stance, you decide to do a days shop ping in town and have a dinner and bridge engagement, also in town, for the evening; or you may be going to meet your husband for a restaurant dinner and theatre afterward. In the morning, you put on the dainty silk and chiffon theatre frock which is rather short-for dancing-and over it goes the tailored coat-frock which falls an inch or two over the buttoned- boot top, hiding the silk frock en- tirely. The coat-frock with it's loose lines and knotted sash, it's light weight wool fabric. unlined. cannot injure
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-20

ever, the Chinese suit must be picked up in China. Such a suit may be copied here, but unless made of the richest silks it will prove a failure. The tunic must be of such rich, heavy silk that it will stand we'll out from the figure with a jaunty swing over the hips, and, of course, the tunic is richly lined and is trimmed with bands of embroidery or brocade. The trousers are of soft yet heavy silk and are very full. They fall over a gathering thread or elastic just above the ankle, and short-toed, heelless Chinese slip pers are absolutely necessary to give the final touch of correctness to the costume.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-20
Now Doth The Busy Bee Join In The Easter Notifications. This Is A Bee Hive Jack Horner And The
 Ribbons Draw Forth FavOrS
Instead Of HOney


 luncheon which precedes the wedding ceremony by a day or two, the bride presents her little remembrances to her attendant maids, and though the remembrances may be little, they do not always represent a little price. One of this Easter's brides is giving each of her six bridesmaids a small opera glass in a beaded opera bag. Fans are popular gifts. Some brides give parasols at the Easter season when summer is so near. And there are always bracelets and brooches for remembrance. A very charming gift is a photograph frame made of the same satin that goes into the wedding gown, with the brides initials worked in gold thread across one corner-and the bride in her wedding robes in the frame of counsel
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-20

When pan of cake comes from the oven, set it for moment onNa wet cloth. You will have no. difficulty. then, in removing even the thinnest layer-cake. whole and unbroken fzxN tha ha.k1n& tSA
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-20
V LMosr as difficult as separating

{" LMOST as difficult as separating
 the sheep from the goats is separating the frocks from the = - coats. this season. The coat frock is an innovation of springtime which meets such a practical need that it has undoubtedly come to stay for a time at least. Nothing remains very long in this day of evanescent fashions-except the worsted sweater which women simply will not give up. Next week we are going to talk about the new and alluring 1917 sweaters but. of course. that is another story; coats are or the carpet, as one might say, today.
 To return to coat-frocks which are the fad of the hour; they look like frocks but act like coats. They have the dainty, svelte lines of a frock,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-20
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~ UGH growing and a cackling, N buzzing and a chirruping and
 Y a purrlng, would resound from - the department of favors these days-f the Easter novelties had voices. All the barnyard is represent ed, the forest world too-for the bun nies can hardly be called barnyard in- habitants-and some of St. Valentines favors seem to have strayed into the Easter display, for bisque cupids are everywhere; these, of course, for the Easter wedding repasts. Wedding fayors play such an important part in the Easter season that no Easter favor display is complete without the cupids, white ribbons, satin slippers and so on, which will give bridal flavor to the Easter wedding breakfast or supper table.
 Bees are now a feature of Easter favor departments. The busy bee joins in the jollifcation that proclaims win ter past and summer at hand. A new Jack Horner pie in the shape of a
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-20

~ HE dainty flet laces and inser- tions which are so fashionable
 just now, certainly solve many ~ problems in blouse making for
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-10-09
STUMP BURNING PLANS
Several Have Been Carried Out
With Fair Success.
Simple Method Evolved by Professor
Ferris OF ssippi-Two-lneh
Hole Is Bored Through Stump
and Fire Started.

Several plans for the slow burning
of stumps have been devised and car
ried out with n fair measure of sue
cess. Professor Sparkle of Seattle,
Wash, advocates a system of charpit-
ting by which air is admitted to the
fire through a long pipe. Combustion
is carried on in the heart of the stump
instead of on the outside. A descrip-
ton of the system appeared in these
columns about year ago. 1t requires
some skill to obtain results by this
method. as several of our readers wrote
saying that they had tried it without
satisfactory results. 1t is better suited
for the destruction of the woods of the
Pacific coast than for those of the
East.
a simpler plan has been evolved by
Professor Ferris of Mississippi and as
shown in the accompanying diagram,
consists of a pinch hole bored dag
onally through the stump. The upper
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-10-09
HONEY is VALUABLE ASSET
nies of Sees-MoVabIe Frame
Hive Is Sufficient.

No farm is complete in it's convent
ences and business methods without
few colonies of Italian bees comfOrta-
bly, housed in n most convenient hive.
Honey is one OF the farmers most valu-
able assets, and in many places dozen
colonies will gather 70 TO 100 gallons
of honey during a single season, worth
in many places 70 cents a gallon. All
the bee wants is a movable frame hive
in which the honey is stored in a con-
venient manner for the farmer to get
at any hour he may wish to have honey
and butter.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-10-09

how far the economy hunt has gone.
In addition to the fact that Uncle
Sans buyers and builders found this
roof quick and easy to lay. low in
maintenance cost, long-lived. water
proof and weather-proO fire-retard-
ant. and other things good rool
should be- it was pointed out that as
asphalt roofing came in compact rolls
it would save space in freight carsi-
and also that it would conserve lumber
which is hard to get for shingles es-
peciaily.
How many households look into
their purchases as carefully as Uncle
Sam does? With him. losses great or
small cannot be tolerated, because in
the aggregate the leakage OF supplies
and money would be simply stagger-
ing When you consider the number
and size of cantOnments-a small city,
each of them, and the millions OF
square feet Of roof needed, the money
saved in selecting a durable asphalt
roofing is important.
Mex, time you go to visit your sol
der" at his Cautonmeut, look at the
ROOF and remember that your old
clothes may be doing their mite to
protect him.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-10-09
GOATS ARE THRIFTY FEEDERS
Animals Are Easily Raised and Meat
Highly Desirable for Food
Little Capital Needed.

Cents are very thrifty feeders. They
are easily raised and the meat highly
desirable for food Kids soon reach
the age when they may be sold for the
market or slaughtered for fresh meat.
A few acres of rough land could hard
ly be used any better than for goats.
A small area for pasture crops could be
utilized for producing kids for the
local market. It would not require
much capital to start on a small scale
nor much labor to take care of the
animals.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-10-09
No Glad Hand
Upon Departure
8 Group of Twin Falls County's Sol
der Boys Feel Badly Because Per-

8 Group OF Twin Falls C0unty's Sol
der Boys Feel Badly Because Per-
mitted to Leave lis without Notice.
The SIX young men VINO left this city
last Wednesday evening as the third
installment of Twin Falls county,
quota for the new army of the United
States. felt aggrieved that not hand
was offered nor a voice raised upon
their departure and have expressed
such feeling i'm the temperate letter
20 The TINES that is published here
with.
The boys have our sympathy. and
we believe that Twin Falls people
viii not allow this oversight TO repeat
itself Still upon the other hand, the
young men should remember that
Twin Falls people have time and
again abundantly proven their patri-
otto fervor and loving regard for their
soldier boys They should remember
that not only has an entire company
once and again called Tor "a demon
straGon upon its departure. but that
detachments for the marine corps, the
medical service. the navy and the reg
ular army have been continually far
ing forth in groups of all sizes. so
That naturally. and without any abate-
ment OF interest and kindly feeling, the
going of one small group might pass
without deserved notice and the heart
OF our people stiil be warm toward the
gallant youths who go. The letter
follows:
MinidOka Ida. oct. g. 1917
Editor Twin Falls TIMES,
Dear Sir.-A few lines i'm cOmmem-
Grafton OF The patriotic send-off given
the SIX national army men who left
Twin Falls on the evening OF October
3rd
Compared with the send-off given
by other small towns it sure takes
the pep" out OF us men. Not soul
was there to greet us.
other towns come out in throngs to
greet their men. with flags waving
and bands playing.
I think Twin Falls ought to wake
mp just a little before the last con
tingent of army men leave and show
it's appreciation for the loved ones
who leave their homes to protect the
others.
Through the medium of your paper.
I think good results will obtain
Hoping you will wake the people
up to this matter and keep Twin
Falls on the map as a patriotic city.
we are yours in the name of Liberty.
JAMES HENRY VINCIA. Top Ser.
JOSEPH r. AMAISMAIER
COUTARDIN KENNE,
ROGAN MASON.
RICHARD KNIGGE.
GILBERT MILLER.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-10-09

The Times prints butterwrappers
any day in the week
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-10-09
Your Old Clothes
''ROOf" the Soldiers
Low Maintenance Cost and Durability
Made Felt Roofing Desirable For
CantOnments.

Did you ever imagine that the old
suit you discarded may go into roof
over your husbands, or brothers. or
sons head in one of Uncle SANS
cantonments where the new soldiers
are in training?
The high grade asphalt roofing
which our government experts have
chosen is what manufacturers call
"by-product" roof. It's base is a thick,
soft felt made Of old rags, ard these
rags come from tons and tons of our
last winters clothing that have been
collected and made into roofing felt
This information will surprise many
people, who may still have in mind the
Old-time paper roofing" or tar pa
per-" or the later so-called rubber"
roofing; but these are largely bygones.
The modern new roofing is made of
soft, pliable felt which is saturated
with several times its own weight of
blended asphalts. Thus asphalt has
become the established economy prod
uct for over head as for under wheels,
in preference to wood. or metal.
A writer in the Saturday Evening
Post, Mary Roberts Rinehart, recently
mentioned the extereme discomfort ex-
perienced by some OF the Officers Re
serve Corps men under metal roofs in
the older cantonments during the sum
mer. The cooler, nOn-conducting as
phalt has brought about much more
comfortable conditions in the hot
southern camps and it also keeps the
interiors warmer in the extreme cold
up north, where other camps are To-
Gated.
"By-products" are playing a big part
in this war. The Germans have car
ried the idea farther than any other
nation For fighting purposes they
have followed the plan OF using "ev-
erything but the squeal" Uncle Sam
is not far behind them in conserva-
tion now. and is learning more right
along. In the case of the asphalt roof
ing, for instance, few people realize
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-10-09
EXCELLENT FEED FOR DAIRY
PeaVine Silaae Is Very PaIatable, Con-
tanning More Protein Than
That From Corn.

Peavine silage is an excellent feed
for dairy cows. being very palatable
and containing more protein than corn
silage and approximately eQualing it
in the total nutrients. Because of its
strong odor peavine silage should be
fed after rather than before milking
to prevent tainting the milk. 1t may
be fed in as large quantities as will
be consumed but is more satisfactory
when supplied at the rate of about 20
pounds per COW per day.