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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-04-04

STYLES. ASSortmentS are so wide In
suits that every woman may have the
satisfaction of,satisfying her own style
and preferences when she makes Sc
lection.
The dressy, separate silk skirt has
made a history for itself that insures
it's welcome every season, but its
great day is ushered in with spring.
Its rival, the sports skirt, has pro-
NOTED it; success for the separate
skirt of silk is sure and deserved, and
there is no end to the variety in silks
and color combinations that make it a
thing of beauty this spring.
Two or three shades of one color in
stripes and plaids, or combinations OF
contrasting colors, or colors with cross
bars in black or white, in as many de-
signs as we find in ginghams, make
the choice unlimited, but so far stripes
have been developed into the most at
tractive of the new skirts.
The season is dominated by two
STYLES, each with many variations. One
is the skirt laid in plaits about the
waistline and the other is the tunic
skirt. The plated skirt is not so new
as the tunic, but it is too good look
ing, and may be fitted with too much
good style for women to leave it out
of their reckoning.
TUNES, like coats, are usually I'M
even in length. They are ingeniously
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-04-04

double-breasted body ending in a belt
across the front. There is little
ripple In the skirt of the coat, which
slopes upward from the front and
across the back. Some models of this
kind are very short at the back. The
collar and cuffs are of satin with white
polka dots and the skirt narrows to-
ward the hem.
= AT the right of the picture the suit
OF serge maintains more mannish lines,
but reverses the order of things shown
In the other suit. Its coat slopes down
in a curved line across the back. and
is one of the longest models shown.
It is worn over low-cut vest of white
wash satin and has a satin ovcrcollar.
The edges are bound with narrow SILK
braid and strips Of this braid, with
two bone buttons finish the cuff. The
skirt is plain and hangs almost
straight.
Little sketches elsewhere in the pic
ture reveal the diversity of the new
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-04-04
Dared Death for Shlpmate.

The unsual chance of saving a man
who was endeavoring to save another
came to an American sailor and he has
just been commended for his bravery
by the secretary of the navy. The in
cident occurred off the aerOnautic sta
ton at Pensacola, Fla. George Buck
ley, a seaman, and A. J. Cash, an ap-
prentice, were sailing in a motor dory
attached to the station when it caught
fire. Not being able to extinguish the
flames they jumped overheard. Cash
became unconscious and Buckley went
to his assistance. A life preserver was
thrown to the men, but by accident it
struck Buckley in the face. He was
then trying to keep Cash af1oat, but
the unexpected blow caused him to
lose his hold. On the commandments
barge, which had reached the scene of
the accident, was John r. Hay, a coxs-
vain. Seeing what had happened to
Buckley he jumped overheard and dove
to the bottom Of the bay in an attempt
to recover Gash's body. Hay enlisted
in the navy in October, 1913.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-04-04
AT HOME IN WILD PLACES
Adventures That Would DemoraIize
Ordinary Man Apparently Have
No Effect on John Muir.

John Vance Cheney, the poet, told
me this story of his longtime friend,
John Muir, William III. Handy writes
In the Outlook.
"One night, after long absence,
Muir walked in, as he often did, look
ing like a wild man, and sat down by
my fire. He had been up in the Sier-
ras for weeks.
"'Had q beautiful storm up there,
said Muir, after he got a little accus-
toned TO the fire and the presence OF
a fellow human being. Snow was
waistdeep in most places. One night
1 found a crevasse where steam was
coming out of the mountain. l lay
down as close to it as / could and when
one side froze numb 1 would turn 1t
over to the steam.
"Tn the night dozed and walked to
feel something warm on my face that
did not feel like steam. / did not stir.
but opened my eyes very slowly. 1t
was a grizzly bear licking my FACET
1.-THE geologist looked around at me
with a twinkle. Now / call that q
right friendly act of that old bear
"'Didn't you ever get scared at any
thing in the woods?' / asked. He al
ways went into the wilds unarmed. In
fact, usually the only preparation he
would make for a five months trip
would be to take his hat off the hall
rack.
"'Well he confessed, once 1 was a
little embarrassed by fear. You know
what acres of blackberries grow up
in the mountains. They were ripe,
and [ waded into patch to help my
self. There was O scuff1ing noise 10
feet away and 1 saw an old grizzly also
helping himself. His method was to
reach out and rake in an armful, eat
ing berries, tops and all. That old
grizzly looked at me in way that sug'
gested / was an intruder, trespasser.
committing a willful misdemeanor.
"T returned his look in the friendli-
est sort of way, trying to convey to
him the impression that i had no
thought Of intrusion; that / admitted
the berry patch was his, but in passing
had merely stopped to taste a mouth
full of berries-and that / was going
on in minute.
"I did, smiled John Muir, n less
than a minute, for he did not seem to
get my impression, but started to gath
er me in with his next armful of black
berry vines.'"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-04-04
Interest in Millinery.

Since early spring millinery is more
interesting than robes and manteaux
we shall have to give a lastly to the
matter Of the chapeaux. This year
there is bound to be great run Of
English hats, notes fashion writer In
the Chicago Herald. Plenty of women
know little or nothing at all about
these plain effects that are smart and
stunning, particularly for shopping and
sports wear, but those who are famil-
lar with the English straws and orna-
ments include one or more Of these
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-04-04

sible, this can be brought about by
putting the work on the piece basis.
The function of the home demonstra-
ton agent and the county agent is to
see that the county exchange lists all
women desiring work, as well as the
farmers desiring women farm workers.
If there were a sufficient demand in
certain communities for women one
of the local woman committeeman
might act as the medium of local ex-
change. The home demonstration and
county agents will also keep in touch
with the farm help specialist, employ
ed by the office Of farm management
of the department. She will be ready
to advise the various committees as
to whether the conditions under which
women work on farms are satisfactory,
and not detrimental to their health
and morals.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-04-04

difference in the percentage of market
able meat that steers will dress out
which have been finished on silage
ration and a dry ration. The meat
seems equally bright and the fat as
we'll intermixed with the lean.
If silage makes up the bulk Of the
roughage it will be necessary to haul
large amounts Of bedding into the
sheds to keep the animals dry, as there
is no waste in silage, or else make a
cement floor and cover with bedding
to absorb the urine and prevent the
animals from slipping and to give
them a warm place to lie down. When
the enormous saving in the quality and
amount Of the feed Is considered, this
disadvantage does not seem so hard to
overcome by the stockman who has the
capital to put up the silo and pave his
feed sheds or feed lots.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-04-04
FEEDING SlLAGE TO STOCK
No Better or More Economical Feed
as Roughage for Finished
Stock for Market.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment OF Agriculture)
AS a roughage for finished stock
there is no better or more economical
feed than silage for 1t produces large
daily gains and aids in keeping the
animals in a healthy condition so that
they can handle other feeds more eff
fectively. An advantage in feeding
silage to beef cattle that is often over
looked, is that it enables the feeder
to carry his stock for long time so
as to pass over period Of depression
In the market.
/; Silage also can be proftably used to
supplement pastures for steers during
a time Of drought, when they are be-
ing finished for market.
For many years the belief was gen.
eral that cattle which received silage
as major portion of the roughage
would have to be kept in warm barns
and not exposed to the cold. While
they do need protection from the cold
winds and rains and need dry place
to lie down, 1t has been clearly demon
strated that warm barns are not only
unnecessary, but that fattened cattle
make both larger and cheaper gains
when fed in the open sheds than when
confined in barns. Stocker or thin cat
|. tie receiving silage will, of course,
need more protection than animals
which are being fattened.
The theory that silage-fed cattle
shrink very heavily in shipping to mar
ket is erroneous. While the actual
shrinkage during transit is sometimes
greater, the fill taken at market Is
usually good, and If good judgment
is used in preparing them for shipping
the net shrinkage is no greater than
for cattle which have been fed on dry
feeds. For SO hours previous to ship
ping nice bright hay and stover should
be substituted for the sllage in the
ration.
The general impression that choice
or prime carcasses cannot be made by
the use Of succulent feed is equally
untrue, as the silage-fed cattle usually
make more desirable carcasses than
cattle fed similar ration, except that
silage was replaced by one of the
coarse folders. There Is no appreciable
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-04-04
EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN

AS a rule the employment Of
women in farming operations
should not be considered If the
agricultural production can be
+ maintained by the employment
Of men and boys. The depart
ment of agriculture does not
wish to urge the use of women
laborers on the farms unless the
man supply becomes exhausted.
The lively interest now being
shown by women in all parts of
the country who are eager to
volunteer their services. to help
the men and boys carry out the
nations food production program
this year has forced the atten-
ton of federal officials to the
fact that needed work can be
done by these willing hands.
Women who can help farm wom-
en- with their work and who can
release men in the lighter in
dustries to do the heavier work
on the farms can give valuable
aid In the present labor emer-
gency.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-04-04
FEED WORK HORSES ALFALFA
Bad Practice to Fill Manager Morning,
Noon and Night and Let Animals
Eat All They Want.

The method practiced by a majority
of those who have been feeding
alfalfa to work horses has been to fill
the manger morning. noon and night,
allowing the horse to eat all he
wishes. Prairie hay has been fed in
this way without any serious results,
but not so in the case Of alfalfa hay.
Alfalfa hay is very palatable and
horses eat very large amounts. Ex-
cessive urination and soft, "windy'
horses that are pulled In the hooks,
stocked on the legs and unable to en-
dure hard work result. This has been
the experience OF hundreds of horse
men. The trouble is with the method
of feeding, not with alfalfa hay.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-04-04
Ready for Spring Drive?

Have you ordered the necessary
farm implements and machinery, lime.
fertilizers, and the like? If not, do
so at once. Don't wait until the spring
rush is upon you. 1t may be too late
then ITO get what you need. The Unit
ed States Department of Agriculture
has been urging farmers. to make ar
rangements early for these materials
this year because of transportation
problems. 1t will soon be. too late to
be early.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-04-04
TuNIc SKIRT OF STRIPED SILK.

draped and here the art of the de-
signer either shines or fails. In the
skirt shown above a single piece of
silk Is so well managed in the draping
that the stripes run diagonally across
the front and horizontally across the
back. A feature to be noted is the
disposition of most Of the fullness in
the tunic at the front of the skirt and
the sash of silk, like the skirt, tied
in bow of two loops, at the front Of
the waist. The square end of the
silk used for the tunic is cascaded at
the left side and nicely finished with
row Of small, fat buttons set close
together. The underskirt is plain and
narrow, merely two lengths Of goods
sewed together and finished with a
three-inch hem.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-04-04
Talks Too Much.

"Sir, you do me great wrong to
.all me an addlepate. You have no
scientific instrument for gauging my
brain power"
~ don't need scientific instrument
for that purpose, sir. You have an
instrument yourself that gives you
away"
''What is that?"
"Your ongue."-Birmingham Age
Herald.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-04-04
'1yl1JEMERAL

It is necessary for good development
that the calf have milk or Cruel Tor
three or four months.
About the least expensive and yet
efficient pump for spraying the home
vegetable garden 10 the common buck
ct pumps
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-04-04
ReuimentaI Pats

AS regimental pets, black cats are
regarded the luckiests possession a de-
tachment can have, and the arrival of
a stray animal Of this color at gunpit
or dugout in France is an event of
great Importance. Every one Is bound
to Be lucky for some hours at least. To
meet a black cat while marching up
to the trenches puts every member of
the company in the happiest humor. On
the other hand, black maybe flying
across the line OF march is bad omen.
To hear the cuckoo calling before
breakfast is another bad omen.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-04-04
Too Much.

A playwright and an actor were in
conversation when the former, who
has been none too successful Of late,
exclaimed gloomily:
people will praise my work after l
am dead"
sWell," said the actor, In consol-
ing tone, perhaps you are right, but
don't you think it's great deal OF
sacrifice to make for little praisey'
--Everybody's Magazine.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-04-04
DIR. Pierce's Pellets are best for liver,
bowels and stomach. One little Peiles
for q laxative, three for q cathartic. Ad.
st.r,I;za Drinkino Glasses.

Drinking cups and glasses used IL
restaurants, at soda fountains and 9TH
er places must be washed five minutes
in boiling water containing a 8 per
cent solution of lye. according to regu'
lations promulgated by the California
state board of health for the enforce
ment of the law governing the sterili'
zation of drinking utensils.-The New
American Woman.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-04-04
Pettieoats in Gay coIors.

For some reason or other petticoats
in gay colors are In demand this
spring. If you cannot afford one Of
taffeta or messaline, there are very
pretty sateens in bright colors, some
of them with printed flowers. They
are fairly scant and unlike the petit
coats Of yore, usually short enough to
need no alteration for the average
woman.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-04-04
Soft. Clear Skins.

Night and morning battle the face
with Cuticura Soap and hot water. II
there are pimples first smear them
with Cuticura Ointment. For free SAM
pies address, "Cuticura, Dept. x, Bos-
tom" Sold by druggists and by mail.
Soap %, Ointment % and 50.-Adv.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-04-04
Road 70 Failure.

Breeding for trotters is pretty good
road to a bad failure. Leave that to
men who are experts in the business.
Stick to good, all-round farm horses.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-04-04

Shed for Implements.

Unless you have one already, now is
a good time to build an inexpensive
implement shed. Machinery costs too
much to be allowed to rust and rot.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-04-04
Teach colts Stable Manners.

The colts should be taught good
stable manners when they are put into
the barn.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-04-04

Set bottomless and topless barrel
over a clump of rhubarb and have
some early pies.
Make the garden better this year by
getting at least one new tool to work
with. There is an inspiration In q
good, new, shiny tool.
Sow some lettuce, onion and smooth.
variety peas just as soon as the frost
Is out Of the ground. Cold weather
later may check the plants a bit, but
won't seriously hurt them.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-04-04
Mean Better Yields.

Good seed mems better yields and
quality grain. Why plant scrub corn?
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-04-04
Grain Ration FOR Golf.

The colt should have a grain ration
during Its first winter.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-04-04

serviceable models in the spring outfit
of thought-dome coverings.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-04-04
TOWN WOMEN MAY
AID FARM wives
May Also Release Men Employed
in Lighter Industries for Az
riCultural Work.
ALSO AID IN TRUCK FARMING
Not the Policy of Agricultural Depart
ment to Call Upon Gentler Sex
Until Nations Food Produc-
ton Is Threatened.

Only when the man and boy supply
is exhausted and the failure of the
nations food production campaigns are
threatened, should the United States
call upon women to do mems work on
the farm.
That, briefly, may be said to be the
policy of the United States depart
ment of agriculture in the matter of
women as farm laborers. Badly as Ia
Dor will be needed to carry through
programs of food production this year,
the department does not believe the
situation yet demands the employment
Of women for the heavier farming OPP
erations. Rather it believes that eff
forts now should be directed toward
persuading able-bodied men in the cit
les to do farm work and that commu-
nifty action should be directed to this
end.
Work for Women.
But there will be work to do for
the thousands of women who are Of
fering to help the farmers with their
big task. Helping farm women with
their added duties and taking the place
of men in the lighter industries, thus
releasing male labor for the farms, are
important ways in which women may
aid agriculture's program, department
officials point out Furthermore, wom-
en- can be expected to help, as they
have in the past, with the lighter work
of truck farming, in picking and pack
ing berries and fruit and with much
other light labor of food production.
But if a serious labor shortage threat
ems the harvest of the country's food
crops the department of agriculture,
In cooperation with the department
Of labor and other federal and state
agencies, will request women to help
meet the situation. 1t has instructed
its field agents to aid farmers in OBJ
tanning women workers when such con-
ditions arise.
Among the sources from which adj
ditional> labor may be obtained on the
farms are: 1) from among the wom-
en- already on farms; (2) from rela-
tives of farmers who are living in cit
les and who are willing to work on
farms during slack business or indus
trial periods; (3) from the foreign
women who are accustomed to work
in the fields under a system of inten-
sive agriculture before migrating to
this country; and (4) from women in
nearby villages and towns who might
be employed on farms and still live at
home.
II In any community 1t becomes nee
essary to employ women, the princi-
pie problems to be met are to stimu-
late women to take up farm work and
to make farmers realize the necessity
of using woman labor In order to main
tain production.
Wages for Women.
The farmer desiring woman labor
ers should indicate the kind of work
which he wants done, the amount, and
the probable dates and wages offered,
and the woman offering herself should
indicate the kinds Of work she is will
ing to do, and whether she Is willing
to work all day and every day In the
week. 1t should be thoroughly under
stood by all parties concerned that the
women are to receive wage equal to
that given men for performing the
same amount Of work. Wherever pos
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-04-04

England now has more than 4.IIOe
600 women wage earnerS.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-01
LOYALTY TO AMERICA
SWORN BY LUTHERANS
Hohenzollerns Have Not Been in the
Church Since lola, Synod
Explains

New York, May 1.-The American
Lutheran Church has never received aid
or guidance from the Hohen2ollerns,
who have not been Lutherans since
1914, or from any other sources in Ger
many, and accusations that Amer
lean Lutherans are disloyal TO the United
States are attributed to either ignorance
or malice. according to a resolution
adopted at the annual convention Of
the Atlantic district of the Missouri
Lutheran Synod here.
From various parts of the country
the loyalty Of American Lutherans has
heen questioned" the resolution reads,
They have been charged with spreading
German propaganda and particularly
with making their schools subservient
10 the cause of German autocracy and
militarism We, the Atlantic district
of the Missouri Synod, assembled in an
nual convention, most emphatically re-
pudiate such insinuatiOns and accusa-
tions as coming either from ignorance
or from malice"
More than 900 Lutheran men are
engaged in American war service, the
resolution declares, adding: There is
no more democratic institution in the
world than the Lutheran Church
American Lutherans have, as a mat
ter Of conscience, for decades testified
against the State churches of Germany
as being thoroughly un-Lutheran and
nationalstic,' the resolution states.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-01
NEW LEAGUE FORMED
By JERSEY CANDIDATE


Jersey city. May 1.--Gcorse l.. Rec
ord. Republican candidate for the Unh,d
States senatorial nomination Tor New
Jersey. addressed gathering which
formed itself before the meeting was
over into the George l.. Record Assocta-
ton Of Jersey city, pledged to work not
only for the nomination of Record at
next Septemher's primaries, but also for
the nomination of congressional and As
scmbly candidates running on Record s.
platform,
Mr. Record emphasized his stand m
favor Of woman suffrage. lie also sad
81 stand for the Government owner
shin Of railroads. The private uWenr-
shin Of railroads has resulted in vast
overCanta li2atiOu upon which. in excess
siye rates. the people are now paying
Interest This excess charge runs into
hundreds Of millions annually. The most
serious objection to the private owner
shin OF railroads is that 1t lends itself
to the creation of trusts and monopo-
lies ..,,.-..
dollars invested in private cars and. IN
fact, owns the larger part of the equip
ment of our railroads for the tranSpuf-
tation of food products. That means that
COmpetition is rendered virtually impoS-
sihle and the Beef Trust is therefore
enabled to acquire "A monopoly in FOOD
products and to fin it's own price.