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Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-12-21
HOW TO DEEPEN SKIRT HEM
Use Band lnsertion-Wise Between
Bodice and Skirt Instead OF
Fabric Belt.

Hens are quite, quite deep this sea-
e,n, YOU have very probably noticed.
The question is, though, how deepen
the hem of last years frOck and still
have a skirt of the desired length
Here is one way for the needlewOrker
~ answer that question in a novel,
practical way.
Using iluffed cotton or some left
overs Of wool and either an elabOra-
ton on the chain stitch or the filet
s'ilch make crocheted band two or
three inches wide, according to the
desired length Of the skirt. Use the
ball insertion-wise between bodice
anu skirt instead of the usual fabric
belt In contrasting color it is the
most effective thing you ever saw.
Further elaborated with wooden beads.
as onc very expensive model was, the
result is doubly Elective. The beads
were stitched IN 9TH matching silk
after the insertion was entirely fin
ished.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-12-21
KEEP ONLY Profitable HENS
Emergency Agents Waoing Successful
Campaign Against Improbable
Fowls In Flocks.

prepared by tho United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture.)
Practically all the southern Missis-
Bippi valley and middle Western states
have effected satisfactory increases In
their production Of poultry products.
The emergency agents are now waging
a successful campaign against the un-
profitable hens by getting owners to
Gull such fowls from their flocks. Hens
which produce less than Is eggs year
are better dead than alive. while fowls
which yield from IS to 100 eggs annual
~ are only fair producers. Good lay
ers produce 125 eggs and upward every
IL months. In some flocks of 200 hens,
IS of the reproducing fowls have
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-12-21
Qldtime Border Controversy.

There was once a border dispute bo,
tween the states Of Michigan and Oli.A
but it was peaceahly settled and had
no serious results. In 1885 n contrO-
versy arose in regard to the boundary
line between the states and the right
to strip of land to which both laid
claim A convention held at Detroit
that year framed constitution by
which Michigan claimed the tract For
awhile there was danger of bloodshed.
but it "blew over" In June. 1896 con-
gress passed an act admitting NIichi
gan into the Union on condition that
she relinQuish her claim to the dis
puted tract, in consideration of which
another tract known as "thc Upper
Peninsula" was given her. These con-
ditions were rejected by one conven-
ton. but accepted by another held in
1886, and in January, 1897. Michigan
was admitted into the Union.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-12-21
Ostrich Eggs
in Liquid Form

The report of the British Imperial
institute on consignment of ostrich
eggs in liquid form gives the following
analytical data: Water, ISL per cent
protein, 1917 per cent; fat, ia per
cent, and ash, IA per cent. Chinese
liquid eggs contain: Water, 7O7 per
cent; protein, 1871 per cent; fat, 1921
per cent. and ash, IL per cent. If the
above figures are calculated on uni
form basis Of Is per cent of water, the
composition works out the same in the
two cases, and it Is also seen that
liquid ostrich eggs contain less pro-
tein and more fat than average hens
eggs, though rather less of these in
gradients than ducks eggs. The re-
port adds that the strong odOr Of
liquid ostrich eggs may prevent their
use for edible purposes but that they
might be useful for technical pur-
poses in the forms of egg albumen
and of preserved egg yolk in the
leather industry. South African
Journal.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-12-21
INA In0NZT
Hi THE ny
lU5NU&ll
EvAP0RATED MILK FOR ARMY
Federal Food Inspectors Watch Fac
tories Making Product-Much
Being Shipped Overseas.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture.)
Federal food inspectors of the Unit
ed States department of agriculture
are giving special attention to fac
tories where milk is condensed or
evaporated for use of the allied
. armies and for consumers at home.
Condensed or evapOrated milk is a
most important article Of food even In
peace times. It is used by bakeries
and confectioneries, and in feeding
babies and the sick, as we'll as being
used as a general substitute for fresh
milk wherever the raw milk cannot be
obtained in sufficient quantity or pur.
ity.
In time of war, evapOrated milk be.
comes a necessity, because it can be
transported with ease and will keep
reasonable time under conditions
where it is impossible to obtain or
keep fresh milk. AS much as 80 per
cent of the output of many large fac
tories is being shipped overseas for
the use of the allied armies.
Inspectors examine the sanitary
condition of factories where milk is
condensed or evaporated, sterilized
and canned. Samples of the raw milk
as received at the factories are taken
for analysis by chemists and bac-
teriolOgists to see that it is clean and
wholesome and that it possesses the
proper proportion of butterfat and 9th
er ingredients. The processes of evap-
grafton, sterilization, and canning are
studied; samples of the finished evap-
grated product are taken for examina-
ton in order that it may be deter
mined whether the evapOrated milk
has been condensed TO the proper con-
stituency. contains the right food ele-
ments, and is clean and wholesome.
The contents of the cans are weighed
and compared with the amount stated
on the labels. The labels on the cans
are critically studied to see that there
is no misbranding or false statements
made regarding the quantity, the quail
ity, or the strength of the evapOrated
milk.
Inspectors of the various states CO.
operate with the federal food inspec-
tors in this work. The federal food
and drugs act applies only to ship
ments of foods that enter interstate
or foreign commerce. State inspectors
have Jurisdiction over products made
and sold wholly within the state.
The joint authority Of the federal
and state inspectors often enables
them, working together, to correct
abuses which either working alone
could not reach. Adulterated or mis-
branded condensed milk, when shipped
into interstate or foreign commerce,
may be seized under the federal food
and drugs act, and the manufacturer
or other responsible party may be
prosecuted under the criminal sections
of the law. The state food inspectors
have authority, under the law of some
states, to require fnSanitary factories
to close until put into sanitary condi-
ton.
Evaporated or condensed milk, as
defined for the guidance of the officials
in enforcing the food and drugs act.
must be made from whole, fresh, clean
milk, and contain not less than $50
per cent of total solids, and not less
than 7.8 per cent Of milS fat.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-12-21
BLACK Wells ARE PREFERRED
Color Takes Lead for Universal Be-
com'ngness-Blue Also a Strong
Favorite With Women.

The possibilities Of the veil are prac-
tically unlimited. Chosen with care with
regards to color, size and design, q
veil has power to make even the plain
est women startlingly attractive. On
the other hand, a veil can make a
really pretty woman hopeless.
Perhaps the most important consid-
GRAFTON is color. Black must take the
lead for universal becomingness. After
that comes blue; but it must be quite
dark blue, and preferably of coarse
indicted mesh. The blue veil is he.
coming to blonde and brunette alike.
and is wonderfully effective in suc.
costing fneness and clea.ness Of skin
Most trying Of all though, is the White
. veil. Only she who knows her tvr,. -
perfection and has proved the be-: an.
ingness Of the white veil shonld Of.
tempt 1t. But brown wells for Charm.
ing red heads by all means!
AS to size or shape, the un,mne, y,
ably groomed person may 70 in for tn.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-12-21

by a PLAGUE Of coIored Beads.
carry it off. This refers to day frocks.
There is no attempt to relieve the
neckline of evening gowns when they
are deeply decollete, as the bodice is
rarely of heavy or opaque material.
The introduction of an afternoon
frock, which now means frock worn
for lunch as well as tea, but not for
the ordinary purposes of shopping or
patriotic work, with deep U-shaped
decolletage half filled in with fiat
ruf1le of lace, has met with sufficient
popularity to insure reasonable
measure of success, and one hears on
every side the expression Of pleased
acceptance with fashion that gives
one chance to have the face soft
ened.
Against this judgment there are a
host Of DIRECTORS who insist that the
severe neckline is smart and that the
other is out of the picture, but as soon
as enough well-dressed women adopt
the advancing method then she who is
out of the picture will be in it. It is
merely question of the eye. We are
the victims of visual familiarity with
objects. Otherwise there would not be
that complete change in the fashions
which occurs season in and out.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-12-21
POULTRY AND EGGS SUPPLY
Badly Needed to Help Feed the World
Nothing Else Costs So Little to
Raise on Farm.
(By p. G. HOLDEN.)


The high price Of feed and the htgl
price of poultry have combined In
causing farmers to greatly reduce
their flOcks, and as result we are
facing serious shortage in poultry
and eggs at a time when they are bad
~ needed to help feed the world.
We must not forget that while feed
is high and while poultry brings good
prices, nothing else costs so little tC
raise on a farm as chickens, and that
eggs are bringing such high prices We
cannot afford to shut off the source OF
their supply.
Large flOcks of poultry are needed
on every farm, and every farmer
should keep his young pullets, which
will soon be his best layers. Get rid
of the ROSTERS. Avoid waSteful meth
DDS in handling poultry and in mar
keting eggs.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-12-21
Morning Jacket.

Dotted swiss is as charming for
morning jackets as for the more elab-
crate rest robes. It's crispness is Il
joy and it responds beautifully to care
full laundering. An excellent way of
making il sensible and comfortable
morning jacket is to proceed exactly
as one would for shirtwaist and tit
the upper part just as carefully. Cut
off any extra length at the waistline,
add Straightforward belt as wide as
is desired, gather the bottom of the
shirtwaist part to this belt and along
the other edge Of the belt sew a frill
Of material. The sleeves may be as
elaborate or as simple as one wishes,
and there may be added deep collar
in the back, cut away to point in
front to be quite comfortable.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-12-21
HINTS ON SELECTING LAYERS
Puilets With Alert Eyes and Comb,
Face and Wattles of Fine
Texture Are Best.

Judging poultry is said to be Il finer
art than the selection of other farm
animals, but the man or woman who
picks pullets with fine head. alert
eyes and comb, face and wattles Of
fine texture, has taken the first step
toward increased egg production. Good
pullets should stand square on their
feet, with legs wide apart. with the
front end of the body slightly higher
than the pOsterior end, and with long
back and tail carried rather high. The
body should be wedge-shape, yielding
ample room for the reproduction and
digestive organs.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-12-21
Acre Of Bananas.

In India and the Malay peninsula
the produce from one acre of bananas
or plantains, as the fruit is termed
in that region-will support a much
greater number Of people than sim
liar area under any other corp. Plan
tain meal is nnde by stripping off the
husk. slicing the core. drying it in the
sun and then reducing it to powder.
and finally sitting. It is calculated
that the fresh core will give 40 per
cent of meal, and that an acre Of
average quality will yield over ton.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-12-21
RANGE FOR BREEDING FOWLS
Higher Fertility, Better Matches and
Stronger Chicks Can Reasonably
Be Expected.

If possible. the breeding stock should
have free range. It is better If this be
provided during the entire fall and
winter before the breeding season, but
if this be not possible. free range just
preceding and during the breeding sea-
son will be Of great value. Birds on
free range will give higher fertility.
better matches and stronger chicks.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-12-21

long flowing veil, hanging loose from
the face. But the average woman, if
she would look her triggest best, must
have her veil snug.
Unbeautifying splashy scrolls of the
all-over kind are usually not the choice
Of the carefully dressed woman. no
matter how mOdish the pattern. The
same thing is true Of dots. Dots we'll
spaced on a veil carefully arranged
have a positive fascination. But you
know the funny side Of a dot mis-
placed, don't you?
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-12-21
Field Of Soybeans, a Good Home
Grown Feed-Rich in Protein for
Dairy Cows.

silage and first-class legume hay for
winter feeding, good dairy cows will
yield a heavy flow of milk at a mini
mum of cost. Glover, alfalfa, cowpea,
soybean, velvet bean or other legume
hay, when fed with good silage, will
maintain a medium production of milk
at relatively low cost. UnderzSrdi-
nary farm conditions it is not 10 be
expected that legume hay will take the
place of the entire grain ration. but
if it is substituted in part, large guam
titles of grain will be released for hui
man food.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-12-21
Wooden Pipes for Water.

In these days of iron and cement it
makes one sit up to read the report
from the New England waterworks on
wood pipe for water supply. They
claim it is preserved and not rusted
or corroded by water; 1t is not cor
roded by any substance or destroyed
by acids or salts; its carrying capaci-
ty is 20 per cent greater than castiron
pipe and remains constant, while that
of metal pipe decreases with age; 1t
does not taipt = affect fluids going
through It; it hot burst II frozen.
the elasticity Of the wood preventing
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-12-21
German Title Of Honor.

"Von" before Il name in German de-
notes privilege title. either inheriteA
or bestowed by monarch upon his
subject for meritoriOus services. While
formerly this prefix was found in mill
tary or feudal families only, many
commoners. captains Of industry, SCI
entists, financiers and artists were %
honOred by their mOnarchs. The title
Is either hereditary or ceases with the
death Of the distinguished person.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-12-21
HAVE ROADS IN GOOD ORDER
Those Needing surfacing Will Soon
Pay for Themselves in Improved
Marketing Conditions.

It costs something to put roads in
order, to surface those that need sur
facing, but they will pay for them
selves in increased land values and
improved marketing conditions. The
bad roads cost is never settled. 1t
is like shoddy piece of goods bought
at a high price on installments and
worn out before it is paid for. only to
be replaced by another Of the same
sort on the same plan Of payment.
On deal Of this kind we never catch
up with our losses.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-12-21
OF Interest to Women.

More than 5000 women served as
drivers and aids In the American Red
Cross motor corps service. The khaki
uniform was discarded and a new one
Of Red Cross Oxford gray substituted.
The first girl bell hops" In Mon
tana have been engaged at a hotel In
Missoula, where the innovation has
made q profound sensation among the
ranchers and cowboys.
OF the 10000 women enrolled in TIC
department of nursing Of the Real
Cross 700 have been assigned to the
federal public health bureau or 10 neo
Cross service In this country.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-12-21
Buttoned Hens.

While the smart skirt this season
promises to be ankle length, the neces-
sary economy in material is reached
by making it on straight and narrow
lines, two or three buttons unfaStened
at the bottom, giving the added width
to facilitate walking. There will also
be a tendency, by opening or closing
the collars, to make an afternoon
gown answer two purposes for street
or house wear.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-12-21
TWO ADVANTAGES OF GUINEAS
Their Noise Keeps Away Hawks and
Crows and They Make Pleasing
Deiicacy for Table.

Guineas are almost impossible to
confine in poultry yards and sometimes
they will fly into the garden and ruin
lettuce or other tender green crops.
Their advantages are largely in the
fact that they make lots of noise and
frequently keep hawks and crows
away from the premises, and further
more they are fine table fowls and a
pleasing delicacy for the farm table.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-12-21
SURFACE ALONE APPRECIATED
Public Rarely Notices Drainage and
Hidden Features That Tend to
Conserve Roads.

The public appreciates only repairs
to the surface and rarely notices the
drainage and hidden features that con-
serve road. One heavy load of lum-
Der hauled in wet weather will undo
the work Of weeks of faithful work on
the part of the repair man.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-12-21
Lace in Milk.

To clean lace, first wash as usual
in a lather of soap and water Let
the lace get quite dry, then put it in
sufficient cold milk to cover it. Roll
it up in a cloth and iron when quite
moist. Lace treated in this way
comes out lovely creamy color Just
like new.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-12-21

son, and one that holds true Of the
woman Of moderate income, is that
fur is high and new muff is out of
the question. Then lot of women
are doing outdoor work who never
did it before. They are exposed to
the cold nipping air Of morning and
evening on their way to and from vol
unteer or paid work. They drive
automobiles and conduct" street cars
and act as messenger boys and collect
bills, and for this work they need to
have protection for their hands that
is more substantial than the kid glove
or fabric glove of other days.
Hence the mitten!
The prediction was made some
months ago that the smartly dressed
woman would be wearing shaggy an
CORA gloves and mittens and some peo-
pie shrugged their shoulders and felt
sure that there was nothing that would
tempt the well-dressed woman away
from the conventional kid. Surely the
fact that they had almost doubled in
price would not have this effect on
the woman who took dressing serious
ly. But the vogue has come, and
where well-dressed women are seen
in outdoor attire there one also sees
wooden gloves and wooden mittens.
They are made in the gayest cOlors,
often to match wooden scarf or cap.
and as the season advances they will
be even more in evidence than they
are now.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-12-21
HEAVY STRAIN ON HIGHWAYS
Roads That Stand Traffic In Normal
Times Now Called Upon to With
stand Motortrucles.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
Apparently the point has been
reached where the demands of traffic
have exceeded the strength Of the
average road to meet them. High
ways designed to Withstand the
pounding of ordinary loads, that have
stood up under imposts they were in
tended to sustain, no longer appear
to be adequate to meet the present,
day conditions. Congestion on our
railways, possibly more acute in some
sections than in others, has put upon
our roads transportation burden new
er expected and consequently not pro-
vided for by the engineers who design
ed the highway systems of the states.
Roads have been designed with the
same care as given to other structures
and with the same regard for the pur-
poses for which they were constructed
and the burdens they were called upon
to bear. Widespread failure is DEM
onstrative Of the fact that roads can
not carry unlimited loading. Their ca
pacity is limited. If it is exceeded
habitually and constantly, then they
cannot survive.
The products Of our farms and of
our factories must be moved. The
wants of our urban dwellers must be
met. But the needs of our country in
vOlved in this great conflict are para
mount to the needs of single communi-
ties, and thus when avalanches of
freight destined to fill the greater ne
cessity made imperative the partial
closing of our vast system of rail trans
portatiOn to the smaller, the relief ap-
highway. Single light units expanded
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-12-21
Plan for Dragging Roads.

1t is an easy matter to have an
agreement so each farmer will drag
the road in front of his farm. This
would maintain the road till the regu-
lar hands could be called out at stated
intervals or till the commissioner could
make the necessary repairs.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-12-21
LACE COMES BACK
Decoration for Frocks Promises
Wide Popularity.
There Is No Attempt to Relieve the
eclIine Of Evening Gowns When
They Are Deeply DecoIlete.

By this time it is quite apparent to
EN- the casual observer, states a
shion writer, that old lace has come
etc its own again. and that there is a
fevulsion of feeling against the severe
neck line except by women who know
they look extremely well in such Sc
verify. 1t is not especially trying when
the decOlletage is square, but when
round, or V-shaped it takes a woman
with remarkably regular features to
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-12-21
BEST FEED FOR DAIRY COWS
With Minimum Amount Of Grain Sub
stitutes Must Be Furnished
Legume Hay Favored.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
To feed the dairy herds well, with
the minimum Of grain. substitutes
must be furnished for at least part Of
the grain. With good pasture during
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-12-21

it; it requires less labor and expert
ence to lay in place than metal pipe;
it can, when service pipes are not
taken off, be laid in shallower bitches
than metal pipe, for 1t is not easily
affected by frost; while more or leoD
joints show slight leakage when The
pipe is first filled. they soon swell up
and give less trouble in the end than
castiron pipe.-LOs Angeles Times.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-12-21
MlTTENS ARE IN GAY C0LORS
Wooden Hand Coverings Are Seen in
Large Variety; Often Match
Scarf or Cap.

One reason put forward for the
vogue for mittens is that one cannot
carry a muff and carry a bag, and
every patriotic woman simply must
carry bag these days. Another rea-
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-12-21
Value Of Good Brood Sou,

1t is ha1! to estimate the value Of
good broed SOW. Take a pure-bred
sow that produces two filters of pigs
year and at the present prices for
breeding stock and pork you can read.
lily see the value of such an animal.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-12-21
No Zoos Durinu Mott

AS soon as the hen 'egins to mott
she usually stops laying. This is more
particularly true in Legl orns and 9TH
er light breeds than In the heavier
breeds, which will cont que to mott
and lay to some extent
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-12-21
Winter Work for Horses

Work can be found for the horses
In winter-work they can do on some
what reduced rations. The owner can
get his neighbOrs to join with him on
some much-needed road repairing.