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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-09-11
The ShirtWaist Dress.

The shirtwaist dress, sometimes
made of tub or shirting silk, again of
crepe de chine and frequently of shirt
ing flannel, is one of the favorites of
the present season. No well-ordered
wardrobe is considered complete
without one of these charming little
frocks, which are as attractive for sim
pie morning or porch wear as they are
for tennis or other sport. Usually a
striped weave is selected. with collar
and cuffs of white or plain blending
color, giving pretty trimming touch
to the garment. Obviously in the most
useful type of shirtwaist dress, waist
and skirt are securely joined, so there
is no uncomfortable slipping apart"
no matter how strenuous is the sport
INDUCED in.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-09-11
Find a Use for Rats.

The city authorities of Stockholm
have begun campaign against rats
by offering reward of 21s cents for
every dead one. While it is hoped thus
to reduce the rat plague considerably,
the chief end is to get an important
addition to the stocks of fats available
for the making of soaps and lubri-
cants. The rats are treated in a
corpse utilization establishment"
where, after the fat has been boiled
out, what remains is converted into
a poultry food. South Sweden has
for some time been utilizing cadavers
of animals. Considerable fat is also
obtained by Swimming large contain
ers placed in the sewers leading from
hotels, restaurants and other places
where there is an unavoidable waste OF
fat
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-09-11
Demi.ToiIette of Black charmeuse

lin full evening dress; that is to say.
in the decollete evening dresses which
are worn at all the English theaters,
says Idalia De Villiers, Paris corre-
Spondent.
The Parisiennes had very charm
ing theater dress of their own, a sort
of glorified Casino costume. And it
suited them. But for some reason they
allowed themselves to be Influenced
by English ideas, so far as theater
dresses are concerned, and little by lit
tie the discreet demi-toilette went out
of favor. The change was probably
brought about by the cutlery against
picturesque evening hats.
However, the war has changed all
this. Once more the great dressInak-
ers of Paris are making lovely, if COM
paratively simple, demi-tOiletteS for
evening wear, and it is my personal
hope that this fashion will long remain
in favor. 1t is right that there should
be very real difference between a
ball dress or dance frock and a pretty
costume for ordinary evening wear, or
for the theater.
The sketch shows a beautiful eve.
ming dress of the demi-tcilette order.
It would be suitable for wearing at a
dinner party, at the theater or at q
supper in smart restaurant.
This model might be described as a
thoroughly useful dress, the sort of
thing that one might wear on almost
any occasion with the certainty of
looking perfectly dressed. The under
dress is made of black charmeuse, fiat
Halted, and the rest of the costume is
| in rose-colored chiffon.
| There is double tunic, and the up
per part of the chiffon bodice is lightly
embroidered with silver threads. This
portion Of the corsage is transparent,
but lower down there is a little slip
bodice of rose-colored satin, the note
| of dead black in the skirt being re-
peated in the wide, folded waistband
which is fastened with a handsome
ornament made of dull silver passe-
menterie and gallon.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-09-11
TOO MUCH FOR LION tanner
When 1t Came to the Question of Waa
Afraid He Was Willing to Admit
That He Was.

The proprietor of wild beast show
travelling the eastern counties of Eng
land recently made an offer of silver
medal to any local barber with suffi-
cient courage to shave the tanner in
the lions den.
A knight of the razor, yearning for
fame and glory, accepted the chal-
lenge and amid a chorus of cheers
from the crowd entered the cage.
Although the lion betrayed very lit
tie interest in the proceedings, the
barber was obviously nervous, and,
having lathered his man, made several
nervous dabs at one cheek with the
razor, keeping weather eye on the
Wild beast.
"Hold hard" yelled the tanner at
last, as he felt fearful cash. ITS
too riskyl"
I'll amt afraid" stammered
the shaking tonsorial artist. There
amt lion living can scare me-"
Course you amt afraid!'' beloved
the tanner, as he wiped his wounded
face. Anybody can see you Amt. It's
me who's afraid! lin afraid Of
the barberp
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-09-11
DADDYS SEWING
ARY TALL e.
~ MARY GRAHAM BONNER.
MRS. cLowwoRM.

Good evening, my dear" said Mr..
Giowworm as he new about.
Good evening" said Mrs. Glow
worm as she flashed her little green
light which Mr.. Glowworm thought so
very beautiful.
"How well you are looking" said
Mr.. Glowworm admiringly.
"Ah, but how wish l had WINGS"
said Mrs. Glowworm.
You are quite beautiful enough"
said Mr.. Glowworm.
Il am too much like a CATERPILLAR
said Mrs. Glowworm, sadly.
Not at ALL" said Mr.. Glowworm.
You belong to the Beetle family"
ITO be sure they are my family re-
lations-but then do resemble a cater
pillar, and I've no wings at ALL"
Mrs. Glowworm had stopped showing
her lovely little green light and Mr..
Glowworm stopped flying about.
'You see," she continued, but Mr..
Glowworm interrupted:
''How can see," he said, unless
you give me some light?"
Mrs. Glowworm began giving forth
light again, and Mr.. Glowworm lis
tened.
Il am nothing but worm" she said.
There is nothing fine about being a
worm. Why, the birds eat. worms"
"Those are ordinary earth worms, -
said Mr.. Glowworm proudly. Don't
compare yourself with please ~
"But my name is only improved,
she continued, "by the first name
Glow. Just imagine for one moment
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-09-11
FRIEND OF THE FIRE HORSE
in Detroit Animals Showed Affection
for the Man Who Cared for Them
For Many Years.

For 81 years Martin Cooney has
fire department of Detroit, Mich, says
the News of that city. He has bought
every horse used by the department
IN that time; he has tended them
through sickness and has been obliged
to end the agonies of many of them.
SO great has been his love for horses
that he has never taken a furlough,
or even kept his Sundays for himself.
Night and day he has watched over
| the horses.
In winter, when the horses. steam
ing from their swift run to the fires,
have stood and shivered us the blaze
was fought, it was Martin Cooney who
hurried to the scene, and saw that they
were blanketed. Back in their barns,
| 1t was Martin Cooney who saw that
they We're rubbed down and made
warm and comfortable. When their
feet We're sore 1t was Martin Cooney
who dressed them. and when the
strenuous life of fire deDartment horses
made them unfit for such serv-
/ Ice, Martin Cooney saw to it that they
We're sold to farmers and not to city
! drivers, who might abuse them.
But the endless tolls of days and
nights has taken toll of Mr. Cooney,
and recently he retired from active
service. And because he has been a
friend to horses he is glad that auto
| mohi1aS ORC raplo o;n0 fhay,, for fro
service in downtown Detroit.
Pounding over hard. slippery
downtown streets shortened the lives
of the horses" Mr.. Cooney explained.
when we used them all over the city.
the average life of a horse in the de-
partment was four or five years; now
that they are confined to the envir-
ons their average is five or six
years. OF course some last much
longer. There was one that lasted
thirteen years and is now comfortable
| on farm near Detroit.
''When Joined the fire department
we had about 100 horses. At one time
we had 234 horses; that was the high
water mark. Now we have about $50
more than we had twenty-seven years
ago, despite the great number of fire
trucks. That is because Detroit's out
lying districts are more populOus now
than the entire city was then
''The horses knew me when l came
into any of the stations. They woult
whinny and crane their necks. broke
them in and they never forgot me.
'The thing which makes me hap pies
is that all old horses are sent to farms
where there are no hard roads to irri
tate their weakened feet. A horse is
too intelligent and too good a friend tC
be abused after its full period of use
fitness is passed"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-09-11

how dreadful it would have been if
they had forgotten to call us Glow
worms and had called us just Worms !"
"But why worry over something that
hasn't happened and that isn't going to
happen" said Mr.. Glowworm.
at might happen" said Mrs. Glow
worm.
'"Time enough to worry about it
when it does them" answered Mr.. Glow
worm. "Don't be unhappy over 10th
Ing. If you are going to be miserable
you should have something to be luis
cradle about"
ST have something else to be mis-
cradle about besides the name," said
Mrs. Glowworm.
"Oh, yes" said Mr.. Glowworm, ''you
said you were sad because you had no
wings. Well, I can't give the light
you do. There was never Mr.. Glow
worm who could But every Mrs.
Glowworm can, and if you haven't
wings as we have. you have light, glo-
rious light"
''That's true" said airs. Glowworm,
''you haven't our light, have you? And
we haven't your wings, so after all, it
Is. pretty fair do admit
81 am so glad you do" said Mr..
Glowworm. ''And you see, too, how
much happier you should be about the
name because you deserve it."
'What do you mean?" asked Mrs.
Glowworm.
"You are called Glowworm because
you glow and give 1ight-whereas I
am just called it because belong to
the same family. If there is any fear
about either of US ever being called
plain worms-it is who should be do
ing the worrying. But I am not, no
indeed! There is too much else to do
in our Woodland aud Marshland
homes. There is fun to be had, and
there is fun to give others. No one
ever enjoys having us grumble-espe-
cially when we've nothing to grumble
about"
I'm so glad you explained it to me"
said Mrs. Glowworm, shining brightly.
81 will certainly never be so foolish
again. And now let's go off to Fairy
land, for I heard there was to be ball
there tonight"
"Splendid," said Mr.. Glowworm.
seYou light the way. I'll fly. And We'll
call the other Glowworms together for
the ball."
The Glowworms came hopping and
flying along and at last they all
reached Fairyland The fairies We're
dancing and singing, and few little
stars were peeping out bravely in the
SKY.
'We've come to give light for your
ball." said Mrs. Glowworm.
"That is glorious" said the fairies.
And then they called up to the stars
$50 to sleep, little stars, for you
wanted to rest tonight and we begged
you to come. But now the Glowworms
VIII give us light"
And how much happier Mrs. Glow
worm was at the acknowledgements
| ball than she was staying home worry
ing and grumbling.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-09-11
ORGANIZE ALWAYS IS CHIC
Many coIors Are Attractive In This
Material, But White FrocK Is De-
cIared Best of All.

Organize is triumphalriy chic
whether made up with the extrelce
self-trimmed occurrences hat is so
piquant in combination with this ma
teriaPs sheerness and frivolous crisp
ness or deliberately lace trimmed, the
lace fatty inset rather than in frills
or founces, for organdie does not lend
itself readily to fiounced effects.
The white organdie frock.is perhaps
the most charming thing in this ma
terial-yes, decidedly the most charm
ing, with a note of color in ribbon CIR
die or other trimming. The French
designers like to put narrow velvet rib
bon upon their white organdie, corn
flower or periwinkle blue, maroon,
purple, ETC., q few loops and ends
here, knot there, narrow band to
tie short sleeve to the arm, perhaps
the narrowest of lines along the very
bottom edge of the skirt.
Organdie is combined with other ma
terials, with satin, with chiffon, even
with serge, but the frock all Of white
organdie with it's bit of ribbon and it's
nosegay is, when alrs said and done,
the best Of its kind.
Pink, rose, lavender, blue, citron and
canary yellow, delicate cool green or
chid-all these are lovely in organdie
and are used for summer frocks, some
times with no touch of other color
about them, more often with white or
candle or lace about the neck finish it
nowhere else.
Very tiny overlapping frills of val
enciennes lace, as many as five or six
sometimes, trim the rolling collar of
colored organdie or even entirely
cover the collar and the foamy bit of
creamy lace is pretty and becoming.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-09-11
EARTH ROADS WORK
Necessary Tools and Machinery
Needed for Building.
USE OF ElEvATIEd GRADERS
Machine May Be Operated Success
fully With 25-Horsepower Tractor
or Twelve Well-Trained Horses
-ScraSers and Wagons.

prepared Specially by the United States
Department of Agricuture.)
The use of elevating graders is
sometimes desirable in the cOnstruc-
ton of earth roads. The essential fea-
lures of this machine are plow with
a heavy moldboard, an elevating belt,
a suitable frame for supporting the
pillow and belt and driving and adjust
ing mechanisrns for operating the belt
and controlling the work. The pillow
loosens the material and throws it
onto the belt, which conveys and de-
posits it either in the roadbed or
wagons.
Elevating graders are adapted es-
pecially to building Up entertainments
with material eXcavated from shallow
borrow bitches along each side of the
road. They also may be used to adj
vantage in excayating long, shallow,
through cuts and loading the material
thus excavated into wagons for use
in building up entertainments at otter
points. The latter use however, is
restricted to situations where there is
sufficient space to operate the grader
and at the same time afford pasSa ge-
way for the teams and wagons to fol-
low under the end of the belt to re-
ceive the successive loads as the
grader is drawn forward.
Operating EIevating Grader.
1t is customary to employ a trac-
ton engine for operating the eieVating
grader, though teams are used some
times. Ordinarily, the machine may
be operated successfully either with
a 25-horse power tractor or with u
weIl-trained horses.
The rate at which earth can. be ex-
cavated with an elevating grader is
relatively very high when conditions
are favorable and the grader can be
kept moving. But there are a number
of rather complicated parts about such
a machine which sometimes get out
of order, and the work also is usually
hampered by many unforeseen contin-
gencies, such as begging of the
wheels, choking of the pillow or the
elevator belt, occurrelE:e of buried
stumps or stones in the excavation,
etc. For these reasons the actual Ca
pacity of elevating graders, considered
over long period, seldom is more
than about one-third or one-half the
rated capacity, and where the material
is loaded into wagons as it is excavat-
ed the actual capacity of the machine
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-09-11
Pompons New.

Old-fashioned silk or wool pompons
are seen adjoining many of the inn
ported dresses. They replace, or rath-
er are used as variations of the tas-
sells which have been used to end off
sash ribbons and to decorate hats all
winter. The new pompons are gener-
ally attached TO the end of sashes of
velvet or satin, or cords of various
thicknesses after the ends have been
cut or folded into point. Sometimes
these pompons are the ends of twisted
or piped cord that encircles the waist
couple of times and hangs down II
short ends III front. Two are often
placed at each cord end, black or a
white, or two contrasting colors.
They are also used to finish the ends
of the collar cords, which replace the
Windsor and butterfly bows.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-09-11
Testing Good Nature.

Time: 6 a. m. Place: Between the
covers. Occupation: Pounding the
ear"
Wowie! Old Morpheus drops the
sleeper with a rudeness that is start
ling. It's the door bell! No-the tele-
phone!
Downstairs goes the man of the
house, barefooted, pajama-ed, and
three steps at time. Maybe some of
wife's relatives are sick, he conjec-
lures.
"Well Hello!' he shouts impa-
tiently as he takes down the receiver
from the persistently ringing phone.
No answer.
''Hellol Hello! HeIl-o!' he con-
inues with rising emotions and tenn
per.
"What number, please" inquiries
central, with the calmness of tie
proverbial cucumber.
1t was the last straw. "This phone
rang; who wants us?" was the only
Eesponse.
Excuse 1t, please" was the apology.
tForm ALA. )-Columbu Dispatch.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-09-11
Just Wanted One Look,

Dorothy went to spend a few days
with her little cousin, but got home
sick before night. Her aunt's house,
though really only in the next block,
seemed a good way OF to Dorothy.
She had a good time playing with her
little cousin for awhile, then she said
70 her aunt: Aunt Mary, if you'll
please take me home and let me look
at mamma for minute III come right
back with you"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-09-11
Sarcastic Reqaar.

The lady of the house shut her lips
tightly when she saw who had rung
the bell.
'No," she said, "you were here in
January. never give to a beggar
twice. I know he is undeservlng Of
help"
81 wouldn't AYE called, num-" said
the tramp, seeing that he need expect
nothing more from that house, "only
'oped you might ave one of them little
'ome made cakes, left like you gave
me at that time. / want to enlist, but
I'm jest stone too light, and one of
your little cakes would have put me
right London Tit-Bits.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-09-11
No Use for 1t.

Pat walked into the post office. At
ter getting into the telephone box he
called a wrong number. As there was
no such number, the switch-attendant
did not answer him. Pat shouted
again, but received no answer.
The lady of the post Office opened
the door and told him 10 shout little
louder, which he did, but still no am
swer.
Again she said he would require to
speak louder.
Pat got angry at this and turning
to the lady said:
"Begorra, if could shout any loud
er / wouldn't use your bloomin' ould
telephone at all !"-Tit-Bits.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-09-11
CORN LOSES QUALITY QUICK
Sweet Variety Should Be in Hands of
Consumer in Very Few Hours
After Harvesting.

In order to obtain the very highest
quality of sweet corn it is necessary
that the corn be delivered into the
hands of the consumer in a very few
hours after harvesting. Sweet corn
will lose 90 per cent of its sweetness
in l. hours. Corn pulled in the eve
ming, as is the case with most of the
marketed products, and placed on sale
the next day cannot compare in quail
ity with similar corn harvested in the
morning and sold TO the consumer be
fore noon. Corn which must, by4forced
circumstances. be harvested in the eve
ming should be handled in such way
as TO avoid large piles.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-09-11
TYPICAL CROSS SECTION FOR EARTH ROAD

may be reduced still further. Elevat-
ing graders of the size used ordinarily
In road work have rated capacity of
about 100 cubic yards per hour.
Use of Scrapers, Wagons, Etc.
To grade road of any considerable
length, no matter where it is located
usually will require a considerable,
amount of work with devices other
than the grading machine and elevat-
ing grader. The latter machine, as
previously explained, may be very eco
homical for special conditions to
which they are adapted. But these
special conditions seldom prevail for
more than comparatively short
Stretches of road without sections in
tervening which require that a rela-
lively large volume of material be
moved from excavation to embank-
ment within a distance of only a few
hundred feet. Figure l shows a typi-
cal cross section for an earth road,
where the grading machine hardly
could be used advantageously except
for finishing the road surface. To ac-
complish work of this kind econom-
ically, the devices for lOosening, load
ing and hauling the material must all
be adapted to turning around quickly
in a small space and, not infrequently,
must be such as to be handled readily
over very rough ground. S 4ch imPie-
ments as wagons, wheeled scrapers
drag scrapers and plOws therefore
should form part of the equipment
on practically all roadgrading prof.
ects.
The choice of proper implements to
employ in moving material from ex-
cavation to embankment depends, first,
on the nature and quantity of the
material to be moved, and, second, on
the length of haul. In general. where
the material consists of earth it is
loosened with plows and the econom-
ical method of hauling is fixed by the
haul length about as follows:
For lengths of haul not exceeding
$50 feet, drag scrapers; for lengths of
haul between $50 feet and 600 feet
wheeled scrapers; for lengths of haul
above 600 feet, wagons. Where the
material consists of solid rock it must
be Iooseaed by drilling and blasting
and practically always is hauled in
wagons or carts. regardless of the hau
length.
Types of Plows Used.
Two types of plows commonly are
used in road grading, One is the type
generally used for loosening ordinar,
soils, while the other is used for. break
ing up hardpan. lode road surfaces ant
other earth unusually difficult t
loosen. Either type is drawn by foul
horses, or in some cases by a Traction
engine, and is operated by three men
Including the driver, Such plows aver
age about $50 pounds in weight an,
sell at an average price of from 81.
to SIS, but heavier plows of this typ,
range in cost up TO about $780, Witt
average soil conditions they may b,
made to turn a furrow about Z or
inches deep and from TO 10 inche
wide The hardpan plOws vary con
Siderably in weight and selling pric
but cost more than the turn plowS
one reason for the higher cost is tina
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-09-11

capacity of from II to 10 cubic feet, ac-
cording to how heavily the load is
heaped. Scrapers of this size ordinar-
lily sell for from $35 to $50 f. o. b. fac
tory.
In operating wheeled scrapers the
material is loosened by blowing, in the
manner already described, and is load
ed by the scooping action of the
scraper. Two horses usually are sufii-
Gent to draw the scrsper after it is
loaded, but a second team, called a
snatch team, is hitched in at the front
of the tongue to assist in loading. The
snatch team should consist of either
two or three horses, according to the
character of the material, and one
snatch team should serve several
scrapers. The loading and dumping
of the scrapers are done by laborers
provided for that purpose and not by
the drivers.
A small organization for carrying on
graded work with wheeled scrapers
may be made up about as given below !:
Force:
/ foreman.
to Ii drivers.
l laborer for blowing.
laborers for Loading scrapers
laborers for dumping and spreading.
| 1 laborer to trim slopes ETC.
| l two-horse team for plow
| to two-horSe teams for scrapers
or two-horse snatch teams.
Total; foreman, II laborers, IL teams.
| s wheeled scrapers (capac;tv II to * ~,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-09-11
NoncommlttaI Reply.

81 thought you told me you were
selling me pleasure car" said the
bandaged mOtOrist.
$50 1 did," replied the brisk sales
man.
.Do look as if 1 had been having a
good timer"
"WeH, I've seen a great many peo-
pie look the way you do after they'd
had what they called good time"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-09-11
MEAT FOR FOREIGN PEOPLES
Every Farmer Must Put Forth Efforts
to Produce More Hogs-No
Chance of Excess.

IL we expect to continue to provide
meat 60 foreign peoples as well as eur
own people, every farmer must put
forth the best effort to produce more
oogs. Hogs can be kept probably upon
many farms where they are not found
today. Farmers who already raise
hogs can produce many more, as