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The Keota news., 1917-03-09
Partisan Modistes This Season
Are Making a Feature Of the
Afternoon Gown.
MORE TALK OF BARREL SKIRT
Status Of New Costume Has Not Yet
Been Determined With Accuracy 4.
Belts Sure to Be Feature Of
Coming StyIes-otoer New
touches.

New York.-Unless something more
drastic happens in Paris than has hap
pened so far. the woman who wants
to furbish up her gowns OF last autumn
and even last spring and continue to
wear them may do so without criticism.
This does not mean that France has
not shown to the American buyers an
amazing collection Of new clothes She
has featured the afternoon gown above
the morning and evening ones. and she
has not originated anything new In
sports clothes except In the house Of
Chanel, where certain new touches
have been brought out that will un-
doubtedly catch the public here.
The silhouette Is still straight and
slim. The directoire. as was predict
ed. Is creeping in. The high empire
waistline has several advocates among
the lesser houses In France.
The skirts shown in the last two
weeks have been trihe longer than
usual. there has been more fiat plating
The Keota news., 1917-03-09
s,Lo IS SOUND INVESTMENT
Feed for Stock 50 cheaply BY
Any Other Arrangement

By EARL p ROBINSON. Agent OF
Michigan Agricultural College)
The silo is splendid investment for
any stock or dairy farmer OF this Sec
ton. We cannot produce succulent
food 50 cheaply by any other means.
A good silo must be air tight, durable.
economical in construction and upkeep.
l do not think that there Is any best
kind of silo to be recommended for all
conditions. The farmer must judge
which kind best fulfills his require
ments. believe that one acre OF corn
as silage will produce SO per cent mora
The Keota news., 1917-03-09

New gown Of biscuit-coIored taffeta
embroidered in blue, with immense
sash lined with blue and finished en-
broidered ends. Notice the new short
sleeves.
than punched drapery and the use of
expensive and ornate embroidery on
chiffon continues.
Much Discussed Barrel Skirt.
or course, we are still talking from
rumor, from cables and from the let
ters Of those who are entrusted with
the mission of giving US advance
information according to their best
belief. But from all these sources
one gathers that novelty was CEN
tered In the barrel skirt and that the
American buyers are not looking
upon 1t with much favor. This does
not mean that the barrel skirt will
fail to be n famous creature OF fash
ions in America. 1t is too early to
tell what will become Of 1t. The ex-
elusive dresSmakers and shops, you
know. do not like to bring over In
March what the manufacturers Of in
expensive. ready-to-wear clothing have
The Keota news., 1917-03-09
Double Wall Concrete. silo.

OoOoJe wall ~oncTeSe. ouo.
milk than as fodder corn. This esti-
mate I would consider too low rather
than too high 1t will not take longer
than two years fo1 a farmer to save
enough on his silo to pay for the build
ing Of same. The best evidence that
I can give with reference to the value
Of the silo is the fact that many men
who have for years been opposed to
the silo are building sflos>on their own
farms. call to mind a progressive
farmer in this country who about
twelve years ago took part in a de-
bate on the subject Of the "Advan-
tages Of Silo. for Feed" This man
easily won the day IN mis- arguments
against 1t. The past summer he erect
ed silo on his own farm, and is now
q staunch advocate of silage.
The Keota news., 1917-03-09
HOW HAY sHRINks IN STACK
illustration Shown Herewith Gives
Rate Of Settling for 14e Days,
According to Experts.

The accompanying diagram shows
the rate at which hay shrinks or set
ties while in the stack. The rate of
shrinkage or settling Is shown for 149
days. according to the observations
made by experts. The average height
was 14.6 feet when 1t had been stacked
The Keota news., 1917-03-09

How Hay Shrinks.
for three days.This height is represent
ed by 100 per cent at the third dfy.
The loss was IL per cent after the
lapse Of IS days. After 60 days in the
stack the total loss in height amount
ed to IA per cent. or per cent more
during "a days.
The total loss in height at the end
Of 146 days amounted to u per cent,
or 3 per cent during the last n days,
at which time the settling had prac.
dcAlly ceaaad.
The Keota news., 1917-03-09
Plant Is Successfully Grown in
All Sections Of Country.
Land Should 0e Put Into Proper Con.
dItion BY Thorough Flowing and
Then Narrowed - ons-Year.
Old Roots Recommended.
(By W. w. THoMAs.]

(By W. w. THOMAs.)
Asparagus will grow and thrive In
almost any kind Of soil SO long as 1t is
we'll drained. It can be. and Is. sue
cessfully grown in the north and
south. east and west. Planting can be
done any time in the fall. winter. or
spring. when the ground can be put In
proper condition.
The land should be plowed thor
oughly and deep. and put In good con-
dition with a harrow.
Rows should he marked on with q
two-horse plow four feet apart going
twice In the same furrow, making 1t
al deep as possible.
There will be several inches Of loose
coil In the bottom Of the furrow on
which to place the plants, the crowns
Of which should be five or SIX inches
below the level of the ground.
The plants should be set from ~ to
1B inches apart In the row.
They should be covered with about
one inch Of soil when planted in the
early fall or the spring, and AZ soon
as they commence to grow the dirt
can be worked to them With culd-
vator until the ground II level.
II planted In the late fall or winter
1t should be covered with two fur
rows with one-horse plow.
One-year-old roots should be used.
The practice Of planting one. two or
three and four-year-old roots should
be discouraged. as 1t has been thor
oughly demonstrated that the one
year.old roots are superior to others
In starting an asparagus bed.
It should do equally as well planted
In the fall as the spring.
From experience I ind September
planting very successful. The plants
will make considerable growth in the
fall and the following spring every
plant will start out strong and thrifty
shoots.
I would. however, advise the plant
ing at whatever time best suits the
planter. A field when once estab-
lished, will last for years.
1 know Of many fields from which
years, and they are still producing
good crops.
After the field has been thoroughly
worked with the disk or harrow in
the spring. as above described. use the
cultivator AZ often as necessary to
keep the ground In good. loose condi-
ton, and keep all' the weeds out Of
the rows with q hoe.
The cutting season will last about
two months, during which time the
6eld should be cultivated often.
Asparagus should be well fed with
manure or commerciSl fertilizer which
can be applied at almost any season
Of the year.
Manure 10 either spread on top Of
the row late In the fall and covered
with a plow. thus leaving ridge until
spring. or IL applied in Q furrow close
to the row. either in the spring. sum
mer or fall.
nnPAa "a ase-~A aaaa~ss aaa~
The Keota news., 1917-03-09

such suit In Paris, plus " per cent
| duty, may not even take a gambling
chance Mt its success over here.
All Information points to the fact
| that belts will relieve the sandwich
effect of pure medievalism. These belts
are put above or at the waistline, but
rarely below. The girdled hips are
not to be featured. Belts do not con-
fine the normal waistline: they merely
suggest 1t In a riot Of color. embroidery
and tinsel.
Hang From the Belt.
Another new touch is to hang a
from the belt at the side or in the
front, and linked chains are made to
represent the ornamentation worn by
Henry VIII, only they are dropped
from the waistline instead Of from
shoulder to shoulder. Sturdy tinseled
cord is used to simulate tarnlshed sill.
yer for these chains.
The reason given by the great French
houses for the lavish and expensive
afternoon gowns which have been
shown in their exhibitions. is that
-
what has that got to do with America1
one asks. Surely. the Paris designers
know that the same social conditions
do not prevail here ns there, and that
America. from one end to the other and
then crosswise, has always been given
over to evening gayety.
Paris has always had a strong 1eel-
ing for the afternoon gown, because
Of the social routine of the life there.
Fashionable Hours In Paris.
Women of fashion. and all who can
AFFORD good dressing, center upon the
hours from 3 to and dress according
ly. The French woman makes no pre-
tense OF running around the streets at
ten o'clock In the morning. as our
multimiIlionaire fashionables do every
day. A few Of them walk in the BOis
at IL and on the Avenue des Acacias,
but speedily retire for breakfast Mt
Il 80. The brillianey Of the afternoon
life begins at three O'Clock, and 1t Is
from then until dark that women shop.
go into the Bois and make their rounds
Of places for tea or dancing. They
are constantly in the public eye during
those hours. They do not give lunch
cons. card parties or afternoon well
ding receptions, as America does. They
reserve all entertainment Of that kind
for the evening.
1t may be that this season the French
designer and the French woman have
locked hands In making the afternoon
costume the serious aRd brilliant one
Of the day. This idea suits Americans
immensely, for there must be several
thousand card parties given on this
continent every afternoon between four
and seven, and what French woman
wears in the park in the afternoon, an
: .erican wears to an elaborate indoor
affair with candles, chicken salad and
closed curtains. But she wants eve
ming gowns, too, and yet we hear not
rumor of anything new. brilliant or
stimulating being done along that line.
One thing Is true. Whatever we will
have in the way Of new evening fash
ions. will be dignified and not frivolous
Satin will rule and silk net will hold
its place. Embroidery will again be
feature, done In tinseled threads and
silk floss. The Chinese influence is al
ready suggested by the house of Callot,
which has made a crysanthemum eve
ming gown that is built Of orange net,
crystals and mass Of Chinese EN-.
broidery.
The question, therefore, that has
The Keota news., 1917-03-09
ALFALFA NEEDS MUCH LIME
No Other Field Crop Reqvlrss ~
Much Of Enthusiastically q
On Eastern oolls.

Probably no other field cfop requires
lime to such an extent - does al
ialfa, and with the exception of rath-
er limited limestone areas. practically
Ill Of the soils Of the United States
EAST Of the ninety-nfth meridian re-
auire Inning Tor the best developmeat
Il this crop.
The Keota news., 1917-03-09

New peasant frocks are 50 simple
they are almost nunlike.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-09-18

OK the explosion seems to have caught
her."
We stopped low in order to get
through the twisted, fallen steel arch
Of the doorway. 1 have never seen so
horrible sight as the ward room. Out
of the battered, splattered mess there
stared face that told me for the first
time it was the vessel on which had
eaten dinner the night before
For the most part the men with
whom 1 had chatted and been friendly
were not recognizable The room had
not been cleaned up as yet, and, besides
the horror Of 1t, it made me physically
sick. 1t is no wonder that the British
navy damns the neutral"
There is no question at all but that
ships under neutral flags SOW mines.
On this particular occasion-it was a
Thursday-fve Of the six mines which
were placed almost every Wednesday
had been found and picked up. That
sixth mine was time and again the
cause of a tragedy.
Well, every single officer, with the
exception of the navigating officer, who
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-09-18

you from being blown higher than .
kite. You go ashore Didn't you zee
those signals?'
Yes, SIR" said the sub.
well, you go ashore, and don't you
get within fifty yards of the water
again till you know the book and can
read signals backward and upside
down. The navy wouldn't lose much
in you, but you've got few men on
board with you that we'd like to keep"
And as the Brass Hat chug- chugged
away in his launch there was indigna-
ton in the lines Of the very boat itself
whats all the bally row about sig
nals?' said our sub in a grieved tone
of. voice. Were here all right, aren't
we? 1 say"
He had been about as near death as
he will come before he actually goes
oyer, but that was all he had to say
about it. 1 know I was pale. 1 felt
1t. And my knees had a tendency to
drum against each other.
Always Exciting at Dover.
think the average person could get
excitement enough during a short stay
in Dover to last almost lifetime
There is almost always something do
ing at sea, ashore or in the air. You
can hear the big guns in Belgium and
France on a still day.
One morning l was talking with
some acquaintance on the parade
grounds.
Some one shouted, "Aeroplanesw
Everybody's head went back, and all
eyes began to stare into the sky. Sure
enough, there were a number Of them,
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-09-18
GO far as the navy is concerned, the
y destroyers are bearing the brunt

90 far as the navy is concerned, the
y destroyers are bearing the brunt
of this war.
Their speed, their shallow draft, their
ability to approach like thief I'm the
night, smash their enemy and get away
again make them capable of being
used where a heavier, more powerful
vessel would be valueless.
Besides, the loss of a destroyer is as
nothing compared to the loss Of a bat
tleship or a cruiser.
The best opportunity 1 had to observe
the destroyers was at Dover. 1 ate
dinner one night in the ward room Of
a destroyer of the tribal class. / will
not mention the names of the officers
whose guest l was, because that would
denote the name Of the craft, and the
admiralty would not want it known in
view Of what happened.
1.-The worst danger to u.s." said one
of these fine fellows. lis the mines.
The destroyers are used to a certain
extent to search out mine fields, and
it is ticklish business
Eyes, and Oyerhauling and searching
neutral merchant ships is not what
you'd call a safety first occupation"
said another officer.
I'D. rather tackle a Hun any day
than a neutral" said the first speak
er. There has been nothing but 'neu-
trail ships in Dover since the war be-
gan, and yet We frequently find Ger
man mines laid inside the harbor near
the entrance"
Those are probably laid by subma-
rines,' said some one, because every
neutral ship that comes in and even
all approaching the harbor are careful
ly examined and thoroughly searched"
Eyes, and a lot of good it does. You
remember Commander -? He had
just searched a neutral merchantmen
Sand was trailing along astern of her.
Thought he'd keep her I'm sight few
hours, just to set his mind easy. He
was steaming in her very wake, per-
haps half mile astern, when-bang!-
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-09-18

happened. am here; that is all
know"
found out what had happened after
my friend lost consciousness. He
knows by now and has done whatever
is in his power to do for the man who
saved him.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-09-18

ITO pick up the pieces of you, you
bIithering idiot!"
still at the masthead. Then gun
doomed.
what in the deuce is all the row."
inquired our sub innOcentIy.
Right on we blazed our way, without
changing our course hair, and before
we were we'll into the harbOr whole
swarm Of NJ LIS and other craft came
swOOping down on us.
"What you got the navy. with you
for?" asked our sub through the mega
phone when he was within speaking
distance of the leading craft.
"To pick up the pieces of you, you
blithering idiOtr' said the Brass Hat
in command. run alongside here for
orders"
We ran alongside, and if orders is
whet our smart young sub got don't
want any.
You've just come over new mine
field. you Young numskullr' roared
! the Bass Hat Its only luck-bad
luck for US. I'm thinkin' that saved
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-09-18
PROLOGUE.

The author Of this series OF four arti-
cles is young American, aoho has spent
most of his time since the .Oar started
soith the British patrol fleet.
He has accumulated remarkable
collection of anecdotes incident to this
epcitin0 branch of the service, and
many of these soa'e personal adven-
lures in sohich he took part and ,chich
make one of the stirring narratives to
come out of the aoar. He recently re-
turned to the United States to Gssist
the American nary in organizing the
some branch of the service.
OF course some of his experiences,
Of military valae to the enemy, cannot
be related. At the request of the service
publication of his name ts scithheld.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-09-18

It Is Splendid Flying-Magnificent.
so high they were little more than
specks. Out of the hangers on the
cliffs our own planes began to be run
The anti-aircraft guns-ArchieS they
call them in England-began to bark.
But bark was all they did, for we
could see the strapped burst way short
Of the enemy f1iers.
The British were quick in getting up,
but the planes were so high that they
had passed over us before our boys
were close enough to do them any
damage. We had mostly heavy hydro
planes at that time, not speedy enOugh'
to keep up with the swift German war
machines.
Presently there was another cry
Two more machines had been spotted.
They were flying low.
Must be couple of our own" says
some one.
mo, they're Boches, all right" re-
ports an officer with glasses.
They must be travelling about 100
miles an hour. One sWerves out over
the harbor. Something shoots out from
beneath it, There is the roar of an
explosion. A bomb has burst forty
anchor.
Anti-aircraft guns begin sprinkling
shrapnel around the plane which is
out over the barber. It is almost close
enough now for machine guns. Sew
eral begin to drum. The aerOplane it.
self is using a machine gun against
the destroyers. 1t swoops down.
"Must be HIT says man at my
elbow.
Attacks the Destroyers.
1t does seem so, for the plane is ca
reening straight for the wireless mast
of another destroyer, just skimming
! the water. 1t is splendid flying-mag-
nificent
With machine gun splitting the pilot
shoots gracefully upward, just clearing
the wireless mast and spraying lead all
over the deck Of the vessel. Then he
f, sweeps on over the shore in the direc-
ton his fellows had gone.
They'll GET begins the man at
my elbow, but whatever else he was
going to say was lost in roar that
shook the earth we stood on.
We turn round and cape at jagged
pit which has been blown in the pa
rade ground too close to us to be COM
Portable In our interest in the aero
plane fight with the destroyer we had
forgotten the one which circled over
! the bluffs.
! The people of Dover must be accus-
toned to such raids, for there is no ex-
element, no scurrying for protection.
! Every one now turns his attention to
the second plane. Straight over the
town it flies. There is another roar
/ rather muffled one. 1t has reduced
| to dust and splinters several rooms ir
! the hotel, including the suit de luxe.
One more crash before the BOche be-
! comes a speck in the distance: This
time the bomb leaves a hole in the
paved street where before there had
j been cart and horse.
| One by one our planes returned with
] out having caught the enemy. One fell
low, the fastest of them all, was out
until 4 O'Clock that evening. but he
had not been able to overtake the
Boches.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-09-18

Of course it may be all right for
dairymen to raise the price of milk
on account of dry weather, but there
is always enough rain to- water the
milk.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-09-18

a mine blew in his starboard bow, and
only the men who were on deck at the
time got away before the destroyer
sank nose down"
They had invited me to make a run
with them. 1 had an admiralty pass,
and could have done sO--would have
done it the next morning, in fact-ex-
cept that Unexpectedly / was called
upon to make a test trip with some
modified Z boat chasers, and had to
call it off, Later / wanted to decorate
that q boat chaser which kept me
home with the Victoria cross. 1t saved
my life.
I finished my work the next day by
about o'clock i'm the afternoon. As
was walking toward the destroyer
basin / met a naval constructor, who
said:
Zone of the destroyers bumped a
mine this morning Want to go down
and see what it does to tRem?"
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-09-18
The Marrow Escape.

was interested to see the effect o.
the explosion and told him so. All de-
Etroyers of a certain class look prac-
tically alike, and I didn't notice what
boat it was as / went on board the
battered hulk that was lying canted
away over to one side with her stern
al crumpled and sagging as though her
lack had been broken. 1t looked al
Llost as if it were going to drop off.
<They hit it just abreast of the ward
r.psl OH the startoard side," said my
guide. at least that's where the force
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-09-15

The most distinguished American
actress, Henrietta CrOsman, in new
comedy entitled, "Erstwhile Susan
is to be seen at the Auditorium Sat
urday night, Sept. %.
Miss CrOsman's visits are always
events of importance and interest to
playgOers, and the announcement of
her coming is a welcome one. This
engagement takes on additional inter
est since it marks the return of Miss
CrOsman to the field in which she is
at her best, that of deft, brilliant, light
comedy. 1t is with such role, Civ
ing her opportunity for the display of
all those delightful methods Of COM
edy recalled so pleasantly in Getting
Married." and in 1.-The Merry Wives
of WINDSOR that she has been sup
piled in "ErstWhile Susan" by its all-
thor, Marian de Forest. Miss de For
nst's comedy is founded on Helen r.
Martins novel, "l'arnabetta,' and in
PRODUCES in the theater for the first
time an entirely new and novel en-
virOnment, that of life among the
Dutch in their Pennsylvania settle
ments. Tho author has succeeded adj
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-09-15

mirably in transferring to the stage
the quaint characteristics of a most
interesting group Of people and has
supplied Miss CrOsman with one of
the most delightful comedy roles she
has had in recent seasons.
Miss Crosman is amusing and in
gratating as Susan Miller, an affected,
posing woman. high flown in speech
and "individual" in dress, who replies
to an advertisement for a wife and
finds herself married to Barnaby
Dreary, a tight-fisted, surly Pennsyl-
vania Dutchman, with three grown
children. How Susan, despite her Gu
rious personality and her airs and
graces. gets the upper hand Of the
unpleasant conditions surrounding her
new lot, her efforts reaching climax
when she settles in surprising and
novel fashion the love affairs of little
Barnabetta, whom she learns to love
with the deepest of mothers affec-
tons, forms an interesting and anus
ing story.
The company surrounding Miss
Crosman is capable and carefully
chosen one.