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Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-03-01
Concealed viii in Book.

A remarkable story concerning the
discovery Of a will was recently made
known. DR.. Peter Quin Keegap, an
elderly Irishman, and an LID. of Dub
lin university, was keenly interested
in botany. A short time before his
death he.met Mr.. Ronald EllwOod. trav-
eler for a Penrith firm, and a friend
ship sprang up, based on their botani-
cal studies. Doctor Keegan gave him
a book on the subject, but Mr.. Ell
wood had no occasion to refer to 1t
until a few days ago. He then found
that two of the pages were fastened
together, and outside n of them was
an instruction in Doctor Keegan's Pc
culiar writing that the pages were not
to be opened until after his death.
Doctor Keegan being already dead, Mr..
Ellwood opened the pages and found
between them the old gentleman's will.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-03-01

others make up for 1t with pockets of
such size and pronounced style that all
pockets that have gone before become
insignificant.
In the coat shown in the accompany
Ing picture the collar, and the pockets
are very conservative as to size. but
the cuffs go to any length in asserting
the generosity Of things in coats.
It is of soft. heavy broadcloth. You
may select 1t In one of the lovely
shades of gray or perhaps in French
blue, but you r more likely to buy
it in q darker shade.
The collar is Of the cape variety that
looks so coy when brought up about
the neck. 1t is embellished with two
bands of velvet. and similar bands ap-
pear on the cuffs. This is q girdleless
model-the skirt set on to the body
with a velvet piping. Two rows Of
| small buttons make IN admirable finish
ut the back, and the conical pockets
are modestly satisfied with only one
hutton each. This Is altogether a very
quiet garment, but If you want some
thing else there are others in deep
orange color or with other startling
outstanding features. 4,
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-03-01
HOUSE PROPERLY BUILT
Duty Man Owes to His Neishbors and
to the City in Which He Plane
to Reside.

Any house, whether it have three
rooms or twenty, is a fascinating
study. 1t is as full of possibilities as
the owner himself. and like him its
character is sometimes fully devel-
oped, sometimes not. But even an old,
a stuffy house, one that has, been as
long 'for let" as a mans conscience,
may be improved! Here a window
may be thrown out to admit light or
to include a view, there a wing may be
added andA dull dwelling transformed
into one full of delightful surprises. A
properly built house adds greatly to
the appearance Of the street on which
1t is built.
1.-THE most fascinating house I yer
knew" said an architect recently, had
originally but four rooms. to which ev-
cry five or six years a new wing was
added, the net result being q long,
rambling. bow-windowed structure,
which one never left without regret.
and to which friends came homing as
to a d%ovecote."
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-03-01

oAs@-S
RECOGNIZE VALUE OF BEAUTY
Los Angeles County Property Owners
Wise in Planting Flowers on
Borders Of Roads.

LOS Angeles county, California, is
the American Riviera, and in no way Is
the visitor more reminded of the beau
ty of the famous Mediterranean play
ground than in the treatment Of the
roadsides," says the American High
way association. There is one broad
boulevard where, for IS miles one trav-
els between continuous rose bowers
backed with palms or frs. About fifty
thousand ros bushes Of fifty varieties
were used in this landscape gardening.
I'm many places the roads wind
through orange, lemon and walnuta
groves separated from the roadway
by masses of rose bushes four to six
feet high, which charm the eye and
fill the air with fragrance even in
December.
1.-THE work was done by individuals,
but 1t was SO successful that about two
years ago a committee was organized
to carry on such roadside treatment
on a larger scale and in accordance
with comprehensive plans. Funds were
raised by a direct tax, and the county
forestry department was placed in
charge of the execution of the project.
about two hundred miles of road
now have 80 road trellises to the mile
Of highway. Each trellis is 20 feet
long, five feet high and supports five
bushes. Fifty varieties of roses are
used, and give an attractive combina-
ton Of colors. In addition, peoples,
petunias and geraniums. which grow
luxuriantly in that climate, have also
been used along the ~boulevards, and
palms and eucalyptus trees have been
set out where necessary to break fat
monotony or furnish a background"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-03-01

VIII a new suit be the uppermost
thing in your thoughts in spring ap-
parel, or do you intend to become a
devotee Of the one-plece dress and the
separate coat? There is no getting
away from the fact that the one-piece
frock, or 1.-THE dressmaker's Dress as
1t is called, challenges our admiration
on every side everybody is wearing 1t.
Likewise, just at present, everyone is
covering up this graceful garment with
a long coat, generous, enveloping, and
becoming. Not within the memory Of
woman have coats been so ample and
luxurious looking. 1t is all because
they are of such soft-looking cloths
and have such roomy sleeves, and,
above all, such big collars.
In the new coats recently brought
out for demi-season wear, collars re-
main extra large. There is n choice
in lengths between coats that cover the
dress and those that are three-quarter'
length. Some of them are accused of
looking more like a bathrobe than any
thing else, with narrow girdles that
are wrapped loosely about the figure.
A few Of them are pocketless, but the
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-03-01
KILL CONCENTRATING HOGS
Menace to Fowls and to Pocketbook-
Habit 10 Result Of Disease or
Unbalanced Ration.

Chlcken.eating hogs should either be
cured Immediately or disposed of as
they are a menace not only to the
dock but to the rest of the bunch of
hogs and the p0cketb0Ok as well. No
real healthy, profitable hog will eat
chickens and this habit Is a result of
disease or unbalanced ration. Corn
fed hogs, those following fattening cat
tie, la suckled-down SOW, boar shut In
q tight pen, or runty pigs usually de-
velop into this pest. In most cases it
can be cured by feeding carrion, which
In itself is n dangerous practice; the
better way Is to feed tankage. If I
were going to try to cure a chicken eat
er I would feed an overdose Of tank
age at first so as to be sure the animal
got enough Of the food it was craving,
then reduce the amount to u more near
iy-balanced ration, but rather over than
under usual amount, because this an
imal, being in an abnormal condition
may be able to assimilate a greater
amount Of high-protein carrying food,
says n writer.
1t is not every animal that will yield
to treatment but, the man who hnS
chicken eaters around better begin to
get nervous else something worse will
strike him. It is merely a symptom
that the hog is not'quite In the pink of
condition, therefore more liable to
catch the germs of cholera and the like,
or form n culture and develop a case
of genuine cholera. If there is any
thing in this germ theory, there are
most all kinds Of germs sailing around
everywhere and most all the time. Cen
orally they are not numerous enough to
be feared by the animal in good con-
dition and the chicken eater should be
cured Immediately or disposed Of.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-03-01

To design gowns that will suit the
taste of the debutante and be suited
ut the same time to her youth, is some
thing Of a problem. Most very young
women wish to clothe themselves in
styles considerably too mature for
them. This is like putting u dainty
watercolor In a heavy overwrought
gold frame. But mothers must en-
phasize and bring home to their
daughters the charm Of youth, which
Is best expressed In frocks that at
least have the appearance ofssim-
pliclty. +
A pretty taffeta, frock well suited
to the young girl is shown in the ac-
companyhg picture. 1t is a demure,
Quakerish-looklng affair with only par
allel rows Of cords set in the bodice
and skirt to relieve 1t Of entire plain.
ness. The skirt is plain and straight
and Is gathered to tho bodice. The
girdle Is made Of the silk and tied In
a knot with two ends, at the front.
A plain organdie collar with hem
stitched hem finishes the neck. This
might be replaced by a collar Of the
less expensive laces, but to no special
advantage, for the collar Of organdie
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-03-01
HIGHER COST OF BAD ROADS
Substantial Reasons Why Farmers
Should Get Together and Save
Cost Of Poor Highway.

The road that connects your farm
with the nearest town has more to do
with the cost Of living, doubtless, than
you realize. Have you " thought
that every product you sell and every
article you buy must be hauled over
the road that your teams and vehicles
or your automobile must bear the
"wear and tear" caused by a rough
road to sell farm products or to bring
the necessities from the town.
The fact that your neighbor must
also pay the high cost of bad roads is
all. the better reason why you, he and
the rest of the neighborhood should
get together and improve the road to
save some Of this expense. What You
and your neighbors lose In hauling
farm products over bad roads would
soon build a good road and give you
quick and satisfactory service.
How long can you afford such lossf
And when shall the road be improved?
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-03-01
viii Build Russian Canal.

. The project for the construction and
equipment Of a Volga-Don canal, as
designed by the Russian minister Of
ways and communications, has been
approved by the government. The pro-
jected canal will play an important
part in the economic development Of
southeastern Russia and Of the volga
and Don basins. Grain from Tsarit-
sin and timber and ore from the Urals
will thereby obtain a direct outlet to
the ports of the Sea Of Azof and
thence to the Black sea. Moreover,
the canal will make it possible to sup
ply coal to all the chief cities and in
dustrial centefs Of the volga and sur
rounding country from the rich coal
district Of the Donetz basin.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-03-01
.DADDYSEVEMNG
4EAIRY TALEp
Mr.. RoosTER's PRIZES.
b. MARY GRAHAM BONNER,

"The Barnyard Animals" said Dad.
dy, "had been having u great many
talks and discussions during the cold
days"
what are discusslons?" asked Nan
~.
They're long talks and arguments"
said Daddy. .
"Oh / see." said Nancy. "Well, what
did the Barnyard Animals talk about?"
"Or %discuss?" laughed Nick.
Mr.. Rooster" continued Daddy.
said that he would give Il prize at
the end'of the week to the Animal
who did the noblest deed.
81 don't want to be noble said
Pinky Pig.
Sand why notY asked Mr.. Rooster.
Now here's your chance. Just show
you can be noble
"'But what must l do to be nobleY
asked Pinky Pig.
well, said Mr.. Rooster, clucklng
to himself with amusement, for well
he knew what Pinky would say to his
suggestion, why don't you find food
for someone else instead Of yourself.
Or when you see sone put in your pen
ask n of the rest Of us If we won't
have 1t instead
"'How absurd said Pinky. Then
your idea Of being noble is to have the
rest of. III feed your
sob no. said Mr.. Rooster. 4 don't
mean l want to be fed. l just mean
you can do something for someone be.
sides YOURSELF
"'Being noble is silly to my mind
said Pinky. THE idea of giving some
thing away! Too absurd! And he
grunted in annoyance.
"tBut l am Offering a prize said
MI. Rooster.
"'Oh,' squealed Pinky, turning
around. That's u little different. And
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-03-01

are always reliable.
A good standby quickly made and
easily iuggled so that 1t covers many
emergencies is the following: Sift two
teaspoonfuls Of baking powder with a
pinch of salt and a cupful and a half
of flour. Cream two tablespoonfuls of
butter (softened, not melted) with a
cupful Of granulated sugar. This is
quickly done by warming both sugar
and butter; add a half cupful of milk
and two well-beaten eggs. The eggs
are added to the sugar and butter. and
the milk latter rinsing out the egg
bowl is added alternately with the
-four. Beat vigorously and bake, with
the addition of flavoring. In a sheet.
Cover with. icing also favored. and we
have n good regulation cake. Nuts may
be placed On top, and then the cake
is served in squares. BY adding
orange peel, grated to the batter. and
orange juice to confectioner's sugar, a
change Of cake is made by change of
flavor.
Bake this same cake in a sheet
without flavoring. cut it in slices and
each slice then cut in two and put to-
gether sandwich fashion, with rasp-
berry jam and the sandwich frosted
all over, makes most delicious little
company cakes. Any filling desired
may be used.
Bake this recipe in two layers. fla
voring as desired, and the remainder
Of the batter flavor with spices: add
nuts and raisins and bake in small
patty pans. For the layer cake use
whipped cream as a filling and for
the top, sweetening and ~flavoring the
cream. Il.
Cup cakes may be baked Of the
plain batter. then the tops removed
and the centers filed with whipped
cream. mixed with any fresh fruit, like
crushed strawberries. Ice cream may
be served In these small cakes, max
ing a most dainty dessert.
The cake may be baked In a round
loaf and when cool the top removed
and the center filled with a cooked
cream, or with whipped cream. sliced
bananas and. shredded pineapple and a
few Quartered marshmallows. Serve
hot. The crumb that Is removed may
be served In a chilled custard. This
cake baked In a sheet may be cut in
squares and served with any pudding
sauce as q dessert.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-03-01
GTC'"'.1
"Just Show You Can Be Noble"

what have you offered for a prize? 1t
should be Il mighty big II If you want
so much for it.
"Mr. Rooster crowed delightedly.
Pinky was indeed funny; oh the
prize will be a SURPRISE!
"'Then l don't think I'll try for 1t.
1t might be something I don't like.
And Pinky strutted Off again. Back he
went to his pen and digging his nose
into some soft mud he forgot all about
Mr.. Rooster and his prize for being
noble.
"But the rest of the Animals had
been very much interested.
"They got Mr.. Rooster to tell them
some more about his plans and they
all decided they would enter the con.
test.
"The Farmer hardly knew what to
make of his Animals that week. They
seemed so wonderfully good and anna.
BILE and nice.
"'The cold weather must agree with
them said the Farmer. But I should
think they'd get spending such
n great deal Of time indoors. They're
a very fine lot Of Animals anyway
ITO be sure they were a fine lot Of
Animals but they were all trying to
be very noble this special week. Day
after day passed and Mr.. Rooster ap-
peared to be very much taken with
many Of the noble acts which had been
performed. He really didn't know how
he would ever be able to make up his
mind at the end Of the week to give
the prize to any n Animal.
$50 he thought and thought and at
last the day came to give the prize.
"'Who is to have that prize?' they
all asked in their different voices.
ats a very hard matter to decide
said Mr.. Rooster. You've all been SC
nOblev
"They all clucked and chatted and
crowed, and Mr.. Rooster continued:
But I have decided to give the first
and second prizes to Mrs. Cow and her
family, and to Mrs. Hen and her fam
lily. Mrs. Cow and her Sisters have
given so much good milk, and Mrs.
Hen and her Sisters have been o
derfully kind the way they have given
eggs. But the rest Of the Animals
must all have prizes too
"rDoes Mrs. Cow, or does Mrs. Hen
win the first prlze?' n of the AMI
mails asked.
"'It's a toss-up,' crowed Mr.. Roos-
ter. You mustn't ask mel
".And here are the prizes he said
as he showed n grent deal Of grain and
nice things to eat out to the Animals
which he had been saving all the week
for prizes. For he had been noble
himself and had saved some Of his own
food for the rest. But Pinky Pig, in
his pen, grunted with disgust ut such
nonsense"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-03-01
MAINTENANCE OF DIRT ROAD
10 Now and Will Continue to Be Real
Highway Problem Of kansas-
Management 10 Lacking.

Earth road maintenance now is and
will continue for some years to be the
real road problem of Kansas, since 1t Is
not likely that more than a very small
per cent Of the highways will be paved
in this generation. -
practically all the work done on an
earth road" says w. s. Gearhart, pro-
lessor of highway engineering in the
Kansas State Agricultural college, and
state highway engineer, Except reduc-
ton of grades, correction of horizontal
alignment, building of drainage struc-
lures, and elimination of railway grade
crossings, is temporary and should
properly be considered maintenance.
"Doing permanent work is a compar-
atively easy matter, for when once 1t
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-03-01
GA 2nm,A
millinery Ideas.

While many hats are decidedly of
Oriental origin, others are suggestive
Of the periods Of Francis I and Henry
Nv. They should be set straight on the
head and cover 1t equally, not leaving
one side more exposed than the other,
and be brought low down on the brow,
In the. exact center reckoned from one
side of the forehead to the other.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-03-01
Why She Went Home.

Wife-Tom, dear, this is my first
plum pudding.
Hub (dubiously)-It looks rather
nice.
Wife-Do you know, I was wonder
ing while making 1t why we call 1t
plum pudding, when there isn't a plum
In It.
Hub (having eaten a llttle)-I fancy,
my dear, the word should he spelled
"plumb," which you will find by the
dictionary means "A little mass or
weight Of ad.'"-Boston Evening
Transcript.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-03-01
EXERCISE FOR THE STALLION
Short Walk Each Day Is otsEnouoh
to Keep Him In Good Condition
Give Him Some Work.

See to 1t that the stallion Is getting
plenty Of exercise. A short walk each
day is not enough to keep him in the
best of condition.
Stallion owners are coming to rec
ognize the fact that the best way
to keep the stallion hard and fit with
the least expense and trouble is to
give him a moderate amount of work
throughout the year. He will make a
reliable work horse and will be more
peaceful In the stable.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-03-01
BEST HEAD OF SHEEP FLOCK
Excellent Results Obtained by Using
Purebred Mutton Ram on Grade
Ewes at Missouri.

A good purebred ram should head ev-
cry flock Of sheep. 1t pays to use such
sires on grade ewes. In a Missouri
test lambs sired by a purebred mutton
ram and out of western ewes weighed
two and a half pounds more when sold
at three months old than did lambs
four months old sired by a scrub ram
out of the same grade Of ewes. The
wellbred lambs were ready a month
sooner, ate half as much food and
sold for three cents per pound more.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-03-01
Pjantinu Tree, In Streets.

]. II. Reed says of street planting:
proceed with caution, but proceed.
1t is too little appreciated that results
from ornamental-tree planting, or Its
neglect, are to continue indefinitely.
In the generations to come tree-lovers
will be praising the good taste and
good judgment Of the planters and
caretakers before them. or will be crlti-
Ching the injudiclous work, or the en-
tire absence Of what should then have1
been DONE"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-03-01

weave. Now remove, turn and trim
away the patch all but Qne-half to one
inch. Slip W the egg again and sew
the edges firmly to the stocking. A Mt
tie pressing will quickly finish this
otherwise tedious Job, and the patch
will not hurt e q tender foot.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-03-01
narrowing Pen With Tenders.

SOW should she lie on them. They
will, to a great extent, protect the pigs
from being lain upon during the first
few days of their lives The little fell
lows will soon learn to creep under
these tenders when the SOW lies down.
The illustration shows a narrowing pen
with tenders made of . by 4 scantling
fastened around the walls.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-03-01
TENDERS IN NARROWING PEN
They Should BE Of Sufficient Strength
TO Support Weight Of Sow to
Protect Young Pigs.

The narrowing pen should be pro-
vided with tenders around at least
three sides, about 6 or 8 inches from
the floor and about the same distance
from the wall. These should be strong
enough to support the weight Of the
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-03-01
N4u. hL@4~s4Q
How Ranyan Spreads.

The banyan Of India. An ornamental
hg, throws out aerial roots from the
branches; these reach the soil. take
root, and form new trunks, and even
tually become almost a forest of some
times thousands Of trunks. covering
many acres Of ground and some Of
them 10 feet In diameter.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-03-01
Quick Method Of Darling.

Darning stockings often becomes q
problem when the holes are large. It
Is sometimes better to patch them as
follows: Place over the darning egg
a piece Of discarded stocking and hold
it firmly with your left hand. Now
slip the torn stocking over this. let the
e Of the stocking run In the same
direction as the part you hold over
the wooden egg, cut the raw edges
from the hole and sew to the covered
egg.
Use silk, a. this 6pes not cut the
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-03-01

A transformation idea is carried out
In a suit coat. The back Is In the form
Of q loose panel which can be worn
over the side extensions or tucked be-
meath them and held In place with en-
velope flaps
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-03-01
Increased Expenditures,

In 1904 the actual cash road and
bridge expenditure in the United
States averaged slightly less than $2s
per mile Of rural roads. In 1915 the
cash road and bridge expenditure had
increased to an average Of 500 per
mile OF road.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-03-01
Gave Him Advice.

An old gentleman walked up to Al
pretty girl attendant at the counter
of a daily newspaper office and said :
"Afiss, / would like to get copies OF
your paper for a week back"
"You had better get q porous plase
ter" she abstractedly replied. AYou
get them just across the street"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-03-01

variety Of forms that Il
is never suspected Of
having the same founda-
ton. BY long practice
and carefully eliminat-
ing every waste motion.
one may become SO pro-
fcient in the making and
baking that the results
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-03-01
CROP suecess or Fauure.

Crop Success or Failure.
While weather is perhaps the most
important factor in crop yield. certain
controllable conditions Of soil and seed
often determine the success or failure
Of the crop.