The Daily Transcript (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 65, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 30, 1916 Page: 3 of 4
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NORMAN DAILY TRANSCRIPT
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itlj&ers aivd ^hrvibbl^y^
Their Care and Oviltivatiorv.
OGUES
AND
VANITIES
jBy
|JULIA BOTTOMLEY]
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D/IDDY'S E*
MRY ME
& MARY
GRAHAM
BONNER
This Home Needs Fine Planting of T ree« and Vines to Make It Attractive.
BEAUTY OF HOME GROUNDS
By H. H. SHEPARD.
The Immediate grounds about the
farm or borne dwelling can be made
beautiful and sanitary as few other
places ciib. The home grounds should
be ample, as large as is consistent with
the size of the dwelling, and much
larger than most farm home grounds
are.
An acre is net too much. Some may
think that an acre of groond is too
much to waste on a simple dooryard,
but it must be remembered that this
part of the farm is where the farmer
and his family live and spend a great-
er part of their time, and that the bet-
ter the home grounds the better will be
the life of the family.
It is a wrong estimate of life and
property to be forever making money
to enlarge the farm in area, buying
extra tracts of land for future use,
and not improve and make the best
of the little spot where the wife and
children must spend uoarly all of the
best part of life.
Some look forward to and prepare
too much pleasure to come and do not
expend any means ou iiaakiug the pres-
ent the very best that it ca* be. They
let fhe home grounds and surround-
ings remain shabby and unimproved,
expending the extra nioaey on prop-
erty to be handed down to children, or
putting it in the bank.
This is wrong when there is any
neglect In howe improvement. If the
children need help, by ali means they
need it now while tliey are helpless
more than when they grow up and will
be able to fully care for themselves,
perhai>s much better than we ever
shall be able to care for them.
They need the comforts, hcalthfal-
ness and beautifying influences of
good home and surroundings in order
to make them healthy, strong, beauti-
ful and pood. These are infinitely bet-
ter than inherited real estate, per-
sonal property or money.
The child whose home life is perfect
for physical ami mental development
will go out into the world with a rich
heiltage. If the home is beautiful ami
attractive the child when grown older
will love to come back to visit the par-
ents who made the home.
The grounds surrounding the farm
dwelling should be well drained and
graded to suit the location. The main
open part of the space should be a
lawn of good grass and be kept mown
low at all times, so that air and sun-
light may purify the soil.
The lawn Is for use, to walk nnd
play on, and should be laid out with
that In view. "Keep off the grass"
may be all right for city parks, but
the home lawn is a green-carpeted out-
door floor for everyday use.
Abundance of flowers, shrubs and
trees are essentials for completing tho
picture, but flowers and shrubs must
be massed In clumps and borders
along the sides, and the trees must
be grouped in one place, preferably
the rear or somewhat removed from
one side of the dwelling.
Under the trees, In the cool, chady
part of the grounds, a children's play-
house or rustic, open structure is a
good place for rest and play for both
young and old. We can never get too
much of the open air, even though we
live in the country; and such a cov-
ered place under the trees makes a
fine nook in which to read or take a
imp and fully enjoy the sweets of out
door life.
Such a playhouse is dear to thf
hearts of children, and they will spend
many liappy hours each day there
when, if no such provision were made
they would be In places in which we
would not want them.
For wet weather concrete waits are
comfortable and economical. They are
cheaply and easily made. They need
not necessarily be wide, btrt there
should be enough of them so that all
outbuildings and other much-frequent-
ed places can t>e reached without
walking on the wet ground. Walks a
foot wide are much better than none,
and such can be made at a trifling
cost.
The barn and entire group of farm
buildings, together with the grounds
they occupy, may be made to har-
monize in a general way by proper
construction, arrangement and paint-
ing. The ground about the barn nnd
other feed and stock buildings, which
for convenience are located near the
dwelling, may, and should be, as neat
and clean as the home grounds proper
This Is both good farm management
and a mark of good taste and char
acter on the part of the farmer.
Good fences nTound all the home
grounds and lots are a necessary con-
venience, and keeping them in good
repair adds to the-neatness and beaut}
of the picture as a whole.
A four-room cottage designed aftet
our own ideas, in a garden mode with
our own bands, is better than a ten-
room flat designed by the greatest ar-
chitect and set on top of a twelvo
story building in a noisy city.
New York Zoo Has a Snake That Blows Itself Up
NKW YORK.—Keeper Clinrley Snyder of the snskchouse up at (lie Bronx
ixirk zoo got a new bunch the other day for tils old scheme of crossing the
hoop snake with the pud udder, and thereby turning out a coustunt supply of
living tirt*s for automobiles. For the
flrst time in the experience of even
the noted snake expert of the llronx
park reptile house, Dr. ltayiuond Dlt-
mars, a snake came to the park which
can blow itself up like u Wall street
bull market.
The snake was sent to the zoo by
a party of naturalists now in South
America looking up specimens for the
Zoological society. It is about four
feet long and normally not fatter than
a broom handle. The moment that
blghtseers stop in front of its glass house It flrst seems to become obsessed
with the notion that it is another Charlotte of the Hippodrome ice ballet and
begins to throw itself into grapevine twists, figure eights and capital S's.
ihere were hopes that it could also write its name with itself, but this f«-at
seemed beyond It.
When it takes a deep breath or something, however, is the time that 11s
great mental and physical gifts are displayed at their best. One moment the
crowd saw a snake an inch or less In diameter ami the next moment it was
a Zeppelin.
All four feet of the snake begin to swell until the body measures from
three to four inches in diameter from head to steeriug gear. The snake will
remain inflated for some time then, or until It reaches a decision that enough
Is enough. 1 hereupon it collapses with the suddmness uml general hullabaloo
of an automobile tire.
Detroit Will Make Garden Spots of Its Alleys
f\ETTtOIT. Not the desert, hut the alleys of JDetroit, will lie made to blossom
yJ as the rose, also the morning Glory, the clematis, even the wild cucumber. If
the plan imiugurntiHl by the home and school gardening committee of the
j Twentieth Century club, of which Mrs.
George G. Caron is chairman, receives
the hearty co-operation of the home-
1 loving citizens of Detroit.
An ordinance has recently been
passed which provides for cleaner al-
leys, and the gardening committee
wish to make a pleasure of duty, and
stimulate interest in the beautifying,
us well as the cleaning, of the alleys.
So in the fall there are to be prizes
for the best alleys in various blocks
throughout the cltj^ where the citizens
care to enter the contest. The planting of flowers along the fences, inside and
out, and the training of vines to hide ugly buildings on the alleys will be part
of fhe scheme. I'hilllp Breltmeyer has given $100 In prizes, and a like umount
will be given by the Twentieth Century cluh.
Any city block where the garden markers wish to organize may have the
, service and advice of Leon B. Gardner, who has been secured by the club
to assist the work of forming community gardens. It is the desire of the club
to stimulate an esthetic interest in beautifying property on the part of home-
makers, as well as t>o encourage the children to plant gardens of their irwn.
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Established Styles in Silk Coats.
No one need concern herself to look
about for novel ways of making up the
useful coat of taffeta. Styles were es-
tablished In this class of garments
early, and have persisted throughout
the season. These coats are ample,
loose-hanging ami finished with ruch-
ings. usually to the exclusion of any
other ornamentation.
For the slight outlay required noth-
ing proves more convenient In the
summer wardrobe than these envelop-
ing coiti < f silk. Nearly always «i
plain or a. changeable taffeta Is the
choice of the wearer for making them,
but certain stripes and plaids are
available that ar^ nsed for special de-
signs. One of those is of flag-blue taf-
feta striped with bars of black and
white. It Is cut straight, but drawn
In at the waist line across the back
under a belt of the material. It has
plain, full sleeves, finished with ample
cuffs of black velvet. The rnther low
neck supports a wide frill which forms
a cape. There is a standing ruff of
black velvet across the back and shoul-
ders. ending In long sash end at the
front. They cross on the bust and
fasten at each side on the ends of the
belt
The model shown In the picture Is
of blue and tan changeable taffeta, ami
leaves nothing to be desired in style
or beauty. It Is made with a long
yoke extended Into panels at th«> front,
ami finished with full ruchlngs of the
silk along the edges and about the
cuffs. Its uses are many and its be-
comingness unquestioned.
Queer Things Found in Gotham's Slot Telephones
CULTURE OF HARDY ANNUALS ty
By LIMA R. ROSE.
Seeds of hardy annuals should b«
sown early, in shallow boxes or pots
and placed iu a warm window, or a
hotbed. A second sowing ought to be
made from two to four weeks after
for a succession, as well as to pro-
vide against failure the first time.
The most convenient receptacle for
seed is a shallow box from two to
three inches deep and of any con-
venient size.
The best soil for all of the smaller
kinds is a very fine, rich, sandy loam.
The very best soil is that taken from
old hotbeds, or from old pasture land,
piled up in sods and allowed to rot
for two or three years and then mixed
with sand and a little old stable ma-
nure.
Give the tiny plants plenty of air
and moisture, yet not too much water,
or they will "damp off." Get pots two
inches or more in diameter and plant
tlie young seedlings along tho edges
of the pots, so that as soon as the
ground is warm enough they can be
easily turned out and planted singly,
as by that time they will have good
loots.
Do not cover seeds too deeply. This
is a common and disastrous mistake.
low YOISK.—"You would be surprised," said the telephone man, "to see tin
amount and variety of junk sorted from the nlekel-ln-Uie-slot machine tele-
phones 111 New York city every month. "Last month we had two small barrels
of assorted coins, slugs and other
things. There arc various foreign
coins, such as German 2'/s pfennig
pieces. They may be about the size
of a nickel, hut they are of consider-
ably less value. On the other hund, an
occasional gold coin glistens fortli
from the dingy pile of iron and copper, j
When one of tiiese comes along It
helps to make up the deficiency, hut In
the long run of course we lose.
"Probably you know," continued )
the telephone man, "that some rural
districts are equipped with what are known as farmer lines, that is a local \
service. Farmers are not noted for the great amount of ready cash they
carry about with them; furthermore, it Is Inconvenient for persons in isolated '
districts to be always supplied with change. So arrangement is made with
some local merchant who acts as a banker. He sells the farmer slugs which :
are the size nnd shape of a five-cent piece. Now it must be that a lot of men >
are drifting In fj'nin the hick towns every day and fetching along pocketfuls
of these Iron slugs, for we are constantly finding them.
"There is another Interesting phase about this petty form of dishonesty.
Of course you know that New York is a gum-chewing town and probably the
habit has its mental effect, especially on the young. It Isn't at all likely that
a boy could chew gum all the way from the Bronx to the Battery every day
and even up to lunch time without thinking after a while of something else
to do with the gum. We sometimes find two pennies stuck together with chew-
ing gum and sometimes a wad of gum sandwiched between two pieces of tin.
Then, of course, all the nickels in New York-that have holes in them and those
that have been chipped eventually find their way into pay-station phones."
Style Demanded In Footwear.
LAWNS
Start new lawns by seeding and sod-
ding. Old lawns should be well raked
and rolled. Grass will start with warm
weather. A sprinkling of prepared
stable or sheep manure will be bene-
ficial to old lawns. A light sprinkling
of ground bone is also good.
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A New and Attractive Type of Bird Bath With a Hole In It to Plant* Shrub.
Antiprofanity Club Organized in Bucyrus, Ohio
n UCYRUS, O.—Several of the most respected citizens of Bucyrus have
*7 formed what they call an "Antiprofanity club," and It Is said the member-
ship is constantly Increasing. It appeurs that these gentlemen who have taken
the initiative in the establishment of
this organization have heretofore been
addicted to the use of violent and pic-
turesque language when things didn't
go along smoothly. It appears that
before this club was formed there was
considerable rivalry In Bucyrus
among the charter members as to
which one could, under stress, emit the
largest volume of sulphuric language
in a given time without repeating him-
self. In fact, they were quite proud of
their ability to express themselves la
a lurid and vehement manner. When ft Bucyrus citizen began to talk in the
language of a pirate it was not unusual for the neighbors to call their children
in off the street nnd close the windows.
At last, however, the wives, daughters, sisters and sweethearts of these br™'n )V,th the Ie^,Iiep ,I11b™nr'?;
naughty word jugglers shamed them into reform. The ladles pointed out to
them the evil influence their profanity was sure to have on the rising genera-
tion of the town, and suggested that when a man lesorts to profanity to ex-
press himself it is an admission that his education in pure English has been
neglected.
These arguments seemed reasonable, so the gentlemen who had been doing
ground and lofty tumbling as to their use of pyrotechnic lauguuge got together
and formed the Antiprofanity club.
In lieu of the volcanic verbal eruptions which they formerly nsed, ench
member of the club has been furnished with u list of mild and harmless ex-
pletives to be used in case cT emergency. Here are a few of these gentle and
refined expressives:
"Mercyation!" "Oh, goodness!" "La-la-la 1" "Gracious sake!" "Gee-whilli*
ker!" "Dad-blng!" nnd "Ding-bust it!"
Ding-bust it!" is regarded by the club members as perhaps the most
fomeful and expressive expletive in the list, and as a result there hha pro-.,ably
lieen more "ding-busting" done recently In Bucyrus than In «uy otter town of
•he same population in the United State*
So much more vivacity characterizes
women's clothes today than In other
days, that no one Is surprised at new
developments. Manufacturers of shoes
and hose have kept up with the pace
*et by those who make the modes in
all other apparel and, above all else,
women demand style In their foot-
wear. Whatever eccentric fancy of
the designer works out In sightly
shoes or hose Is sure of a welcome.
But the conservative taste Is not
forgotten entirely and whether shoes
are sedate, or snappy, they are made
on the cleverest lines and with the
most exquisite perfection of finish.
They are marvels of graceful contour,
be they of the sturdy varieties for
sports or walking or of the dainty
kinds for dress or dancing. Three
models are shown In the picture above.
One of them, at the left of the pic-
ture, Is made with a cloth top and pat-
ent leather vamp and Is shown In
several colors. Light kid uppers make
Another variety In the same kind of
shoe and It has been a favorite
'and the various valuable street suits
which have helped so much In making
this a summer of styleful clothes.
Pink Blouses Rule.
The pale pink blouse seems to main-
tain Its hold upon a woman's fancy,
and In spite of the scores of new mod-
els in bisque, cream nnd pale blue,
three pink blouses are sold to every
one In another shade. There Is some-
thing percullarly feminine and appeal-
ing about a delicate pink blouse and
well does woman realize Its becoming-
ness. The only trouble about these
dainty blouses Is their proclivity to
"wash out," not a good wearable white,
but a dirty yellowish white that is by
no means bisque or cream. The handy
woman knows what to do about this;
jhe keeps on hand a supply of ordi-
nary rose-colored crepe paper, tears
off a few scraps and "pinks" the rins-
ing water for her blouse. The dell-
tint will wash out again, to be
sure but It is simply a matter to
"pink" the rinsing water each time the
blouse Is laundered. This may offer
a hint to the woman who fancies a
pale pink tint, also In crepe de chine
undergarments or who has a pair of
white silk stockings that she would j
like to turn pale pink for use with
a pink evening gown.
LUNCHEON FOR THE BIRDS.
"The Fairy Queen thought she
should have a Luncheon Party, and
she asked the Fairy Messengers to In-
vite the Mockingbird nnd his Family,
the Killdeer and Ills Family, the ltuhy*
Crowned Kinglet and his Family, and
the Blue Jay and his Family. Ho yon
see she planned to have a pretty hij
party," said Daddy.
"The Fairy Messengers Invited the
Guests and the day came for the
Luncheon. Kncli Bird had something
special to tell the
Fairy Queen. They
wanted her to
k It o w of H O III <"
things they hail
b e e n doing t <
please her—and
they had several
treats In store.
"'<llad to sec
you all.' said tho
Fairy Queen an
the Birds came
flying down to tho
Wood <Jrove. 'This
. « great plens-
That s Splendid," urPi I|ow do yon
the Fairy Mr. Mocking-
Queen' bird. Yc ti have u
splendid big family,' nnd Mr. Mock-
ingbird sang a wonderful song—with
the most marvelous tune Hint he hail
made up for the Fairy i'a Tarty.
" 'Well, what have you been up to
lately, Mr. KUIdeerT' asked the Fairy
Queen.
"'I've been eating a lot of naughty
Insects which were trying to ent up
the Farmers' Fruit Groves. And I've
chewed well some of the Mosquito
Family—for they're not at nil pleas-
ant to have around. I've given Din-
ners and Dinners until I thought I, anil
my friends, and my little IHrd Family
would never finish eating. Hut some-
how It did us good to eat up the hail
Insects. Yes, and we've had n Ban-
quet of Horse Flies. We simply can't
bear to think they bite the splendid
Morses we see going along the roads
pulling wagons with People and Farm-
ers and Children.'
"'I've eaten had bugs and Insects
too,' said the Ituhy-Crowned Kinglet.
'I've eaten horrid Wasps that sting
Folks and a lot of the Creatures that
try to eat up the little Plants the
Children care so much for.'
" 'That's splendid,' said the Fairy
Queen. 'How proud I am of you all.
As for you, Mr. Illue Jay, we'll have
you tell us your Story after Luncheon,
ns we must 3tart in soon.
'• 'At nny rate, sir. you are looking
very handsome, and the shade of blue
you're wearing seems almost more
wonderful than ever.'
"The Blue Jay was very proud when
he lienrd the Fairy Queen say that,
and he told his Wife and all his Chil-
dren nnd the rest of his relations to
fly over the Fairy Queen's head in it
circle, singing:
" 'Thank you, thank you, Fairy Queen.
'• 'We're very glad that we're not green,
" 'Because you say you like us blue,
" 'And our greatest joy is to pleaso
you,'
"The Fairy Queen waved her wand,
and she said. 'Luncheon is ready.'
"Just then the most marvelous Tabl<*
made of wild Cherry Leaves waft
spread down by one hundred little Fal-
! lies, and before the Birds could
whistle, 'Oli me, oh my I' In surprise,
j delicious Food for the Luncheon wua
lint upon the Table In iltle dishes
■ made of Green Leaves. There were
1 also drinking Cups made of the hollow
Stones which the Fairy Queen always
i lias for her Bird Guests nnd which
' they like better than any other kind. ,•
"Thev had Fruits of nil sorts cut up
Into dainty little pieces, and they had
delicious little Bugs and Worms which
!hey are very fond
of. Of course, they
had Water to
drink from the
Queen's Fair y
Spring, which they
say is tile most
wonderful Water
In the world. It Is
nlways cool and
fresh and there is
always plenty of
it for every little
Bird. They know,
too, that no mat-
ter how much they
drink, there will
be some left ov
The low pump has made Itself fa-
miliar to everyone in kid. In several
light colors and in black and bronze.
Beginning with white It runs through
j three tints of gray—light, pearl nnd
dark gray, and It has been most popu-
lar In champagne and In white Ma-
I chine stitching and cut-out work an- i Flowers on Headgear.
| swer the purpose of Its modest dec-1 Field flowers, a perfect riot of them,
oration and moderately high French | Including fuzzy yellow dandelions!
heels finish off this masterpiece of prlin little buttercups, wheat In the
good style. j natural colors, besides dainty little
A showy laced boot Is made of mountain flowers, formed a wreath
light kid banded with narrow strips around a large sun shade. it was
jf black patent leather. The length | quaint, most attractive and decidedly
of the shoe Is broken by the direction novel, for the flowers were so natural
of the bands. SJ-.oo« of this kind lire j II was difficult to believe they were
liked with pastime suits, sports suits not real.
Little Bucket of
Water.
for the next Parly,
and the next and next.
i "After tile Luncheon was over nnil
the Birds bad sung many songs, and
the Fairies lind danced nnd played
with the afternoon shadows, the Fairy
Queen said:
"'I have a surprise fur the Birds."
"They twittered and chatted among
themselves as to what the treat might
te, when Mr. Mockingbird (who hud
"'en let Into the secret) begun to slug
| i song which sounded like Water
J trickling down the side of the Fairy
{ Spring.
"'I guess tho surprise is an extra
drink of Water for each of its,' said
| Mr. Blue Jay, 'to have just before wo
, -tnrt for our homes.'
! "'No,' said the Fairy Queen, "It's
little Bucket of Water for every Bird
to carry in Ids beak back home—Wa-
ter from my Fairy Spring!'"
For the Just and the Unjust.
There must be some good in tlm
world—the lilacs return every venr tft
It.—Detroit Free Press.
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