The Sledge Hammer. (Okemah, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 30, 1913 Page: 4 of 12
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OKEMAH, OKLA., SLE D*G E HAMMER
BLOUSE HIGH IN FAVOR
DAME FASHION HAS SET HER
SANCTION ON GARMENT.
Variation In Garniture Adda Dlstlnc-
tlon to Moat Comfortable Garment
That a Woman Can Adopt for
Ordinary Wear.
The woman who rejoices In a va-
riety of separate blouses may revel to
her heart's content In her favorite sar-
torial fad this fall, for blouses are
again smiled upon by Dame Fashion,
and no one can possess too many.
Blouses themselves are in fact sim-
ply backgrounds against which are
posed the more interesting details of
vests, collars, cuffs and sashes. The
sash Is a paramount feature of the
new blouse, and effects a happy har-
mony between it and the accompany-
ing Bkirt. Plaid and checked blouses
show broad crushed sashes of the ma-
terial knotted at one side of the waist
and falling in short ends over the
skirt, giving very pleasing length of
line to the figure and doing away with
the chopped off look that shortwaisted
women sometimes have in high-walst-
ed skirt worn over blouses of light ma-
terial.
Another feature that gives length of
line to the figure is the coattall. This
coattail motif is used with excellent
effect on some dressy blouBes design-
ed for wear at the matiness or after-
noon bridge, with tailored costumes of
velvet or broadcloth. A white char-
meuse blouse, for example, has a pleat-
ed coattall attached at the back of
the waist under three satin colored
buttons, the sides and fronts of the
blouse being in cutaway bolero style,
opening over an under blouse and
short peplum of pleated white chiffon.
A sash of the white charmeuse is drap-
ed around the waist and fastens under
a rosette at one side, the cutaway
fronts of the bolero sloping downward
to cover the sides of the sash and
meet the pleated coattall at the back.
Dressy models have short or three-
quarter length sleeves, but many of
the blouses for ordinary wear with
tailored skirts have sleeves to the
wrist. The three-quarter sleeve Is
usually elaborately trimmed with flare
cuff and plaited frills or box plaltlngs
of chiffon or net. Buttons also trim
the sleeves of lace and net models.
lx>ng sleeves are sometimes set in full
style with very low armholes, the
sleeve fullness starting midway be-
tween Bhoulder and elbow, while the,
lower edge of the sleeve Is gathered
into a bracelet-cuff finished by a frill.
This Is a type of sleeve rather trying
to a short-waisted woman, who should
select a closer fitting sleeve set Into
the shoulder in raglan fashion, or hav-
ing elongated shoulder sections that
extend down over the sleeve to give
the essential long line.
One extremely attractive blouse
shown among the small sketches was
of embroidered lace over maline trim-
med with purple velvet. The collar
was sailor shaped at the back, crossed
over the shoulders and extended down
to the waist line at each side of the
front. The velvet gradually narrowed
from shoulders to waist line until at
the lower part there was but a line of
the velvet visible. There was a vest
of maline ornamented by clusters of
loops of narrow purple velvet ribbon.
MARY DEAN.
USEFUL HANGER FOR A BARN
HAVE AN OLD-FASHIONED AIR
Styles in Mantles Have Gone Back to
Those Popular With Our Grand-
mothers.
The old world fabrics have aided in
producing the real old-fashioned air
in the prettily draped mantles of silks
and chiffons and fascinating nets,
with stiff little bunches of flowers
scattered over the filmy surface. A
thin China silk or chiffon, matching
in tone one of the flowers, may be
used as a lining, the color glimmering
through the creamy veiling in a most
artistic manner. On some of the more
unusual mantles the designs are de-
veloped on a coarse net in crewels.
These mantles are very vague in
outline, being wound or wrapped
around the figure with the fullness
falling between the shoulders and the
knees. The sleeves—when there are
sleeves—are of kimono cut, or at least
are kimono at the top, with a hint
of the biBhop sleeve at the cuff. Quite
as often there are no sleeves, slits in
the goods serving as an opening, or
drapings falling in such a way that the
arms may be released. Some of the
mantles are fastened at the waist
line, even lower at one side, and oth-
ers are wound around the figure and
held up in the front in a seemingly
careless fashion. There Is a certain
informality to this latter style which
seems to appeal, for the latest models
for winter are arranged in this way,
the fastening—if there is one—not be-
ing noticeable.
The feature of the new mantles
which are heralding the styles for fall
1b the collar, according to a New
York Tribune writer. There is no at-
tempt at fitting In the collar. After
the many, many years when the fit of
the collar made or marred the gar-
ment, It Is a bit startling to learn that
the collar would not fit. The bunchler,
thicker and clumsier the collar is, the
smarter the wrap becomes. Natural-
ly, It gives a very thickset look to the
back of the neck. The effect can be
produced In fur very easily, and,
strange to relate, It does not look as
clumsy In the fur. One naturally ex-
pects a fur collar to be thickset. The
new fur collars are straight pieces of
the fur which very often only cross
the back of the wrap. Occasionally
they roll toward the front and Join
a band of fur that Is used to outline
the edges.
Home-Made Contrivance Will Be
Found of Much Convenience and Is
Not at All Expensive.
It Is often desired to hoist material
of various kinds into the second or
third stories of a barn or granary,
yet the absence of an outrigger of
wood or metal prevents accomplishing
anything except by tedious labor or
by carrying the goods up the stairs
or a ladder, writes D. Evans of Kings
county, N. Y., In the Orange Judd Par-
mer. It is not at all necessary to
have a permanent, expensive or un-
sightly outrigger over the doors, for a
little work at the portable forge and
an the anvil, with the using of a few
feet of three-eight-inch round iron,
will secure a portable affair that will
answer almost any reasonable de-
mands made upon it. Take a piece of
the three-eight-inch round iron about
Ave feet long. Bend it In a V shape,
as here shown, making a loop or ring
r
CEMENT POSTS CHEAP
Fold the Curtain.
To iron sash or long scrim curtains
easily, fold the curtain lengthwise and
iron with the selvage to the right,
within about an Inch of the center,
being very careful to keep the selvage
straight. Unfold and iron without
stretching, the two inches in the cen-
ter which were omitted when the cur-
tain was folded. This will make the
curtain look like new. There will
be no fold In the center, and It will
hang perfectly.
Simple Hoisting Apparatus.
at the point of the V. When the iron
comes almost together slightly flatten
it and punch a hole through both an-
gles. In these holes a quarter-inch
bolt will pass. Then bend the ends of
each piece about one-half inch, ham-
mering them to a sharp edge and claw
shape them, so they will hold without
slipping.
Now take another piece of the
three-eight-inch iron, about 2% feet
long, and shape It as shown. This
piece should be about three inches
longer when finished than is the V-
shaped piece when finished. When
these are made bolt one end of this
latter piece in the point of the V of
the other piece, and your appliance is
made, only awaiting to be put in place
and a small block and a rope attached.
Above the door into which the goods
ate to be raised the single iron is
passed and secured inside by passing a
stout iron rod sufficient to stand the
stress, being careful the framing or
boards will be strong enough also. The
legs or supports are spread out below
and prevent sagging or slipping. The
cut herewith shows the appliance
ready for use, the strain on the upper
iron, being outward and on the lower
irons inward. If very heavy loads are
to be hoisted heavier Iron msut be
used in construction, and care must be
taken to brace the part of the build-
ing where both the pull and the pres-
sure is, especially the former.
Redleaf Hats.
Redleaf hats are the acknowledged
smart headgear for autumn. As their
name implies they repeat the tones of
the fading foliage as well as those of
the woods and the fields during the
waning of the year. Of medium size,
they come in brown, green, bronze,
copper and mustard, and purple vel-
ours, and to trim them there are em-
broidered scarfs, braided bands and
brilliantly colored feather fancieB.
Roost Mites.
I Roost mites are common and trou-
blesome. When they become numer-
ous enough they not only infest the
nests but other parts of the building,
especially cracks and crevices, as well
as the roosts. They are much like
tiny spiders and are often called
spider lice by poultrymen.
Mites are easily exfcerminted by ap-
plying kerosene to all infested parts
of the building. They become numer-
ous as soon as warm weather comes.
As prevention is better than cure, it
pays to paint your roost once every
four or six weeks in winter and once
every two weeks during the warm
weather. You will probably never see
a mite in a house bo treated.
They Add Permanent Value to
Farm and Are Lasting.
Plow Garden In Fall.
Plow the garden this fall and see
how it goes to be able to work the
soil which, in the early spring, had
this fall plowing.
Unnecessary to Use Expensive Cor*
Reinforcements as Wire Is Just
as Goor for Purpose—Soma
Materials Required.
Concrete posts add permanent value
to farm property, and will last In-
definitely. They can be made at a cost
of 22 to 25 cents a post, including
materials and labor.
An ideal post should fill the follow-
ing requirements: Low first cost,
strength, ami should be resistant to
the effects of water, frost, and fire.
After two or three years' use, wood
posts possess only one-third to one-
half their original strength—catalpa
posts excepted—while a concrete
post will grow stronger with age.
A square post 5x5x84 inches Is
an all-around economical design.
Wooden forms may be used for this
design at a reduced cost. They should
be made in gangs of six posts each.
Details of post design or form con-
struction for any particular design
may be had by writing to C. P. Chase,
assistant in farm mechanics at the
Kansas Agricultural college.
It is unnecessary to use expensive
core reinforcements for concrete
posts. Wire is just as good for that
purpose, and reduces the cost ok the
post. Wire reinforcement spacers
may be bought on the regular wire
market. Pairs of number eight wire
or twisted No. 12 wire, ready strung
with spacers, also are on the regular
wire market. At least six wire rein-
forcements, with ends bent back,
should be used to a post.
A clean grade of sand and pebbles
only should be used in a ratio of two
parts sand to four parts pebbles. If
a clean grade of sand or pebbles is
not available, a good grade of either
may be easily washed. Dirt in sand
weakens concrete. A good test for
dirty sand is had by filling a fruit jar
to the depth of four Inches and add-
ing water until nearly full. After
shaking thoroughly the mud will set-
tle on top of the sand. Sand con-
taining more than one-half Inch of
dirt in this test should not be used.
If unscreened "bank run" gravel Is
available, it should be used in the
proportion of one part cement to four
parts of gravel. For crushed rock or
screened gravel, the concrete should
be used in proportion of one part
cement to two parts sand and four
parts of gravel. Definite amounts of
water should be used, which may bo
determined after a few trials. Port-
land cement is especially recommend-
ed for post making.
Poultry Notes
Cleanliness begets health.
• • •
Fumigation kills disease germs.
• •
Ocercrowding leads to disease.
♦ • •
A good appetite shows health.
• • •
Quick growth makes tender meat
* • •
Do not allow geese to be tormented.
« • •
Geese should have a good grass
run.
• • •
Clean out the drinking fountains
dally.
• • •
It don't pay to send poor stock to
market.
• •
Turn geese in the stubble field to
eat the waste grain.
* • •
\
The farm housewife now has her
eye on the Thanksgiving poultry
.prices
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Jones, J. Fleming. The Sledge Hammer. (Okemah, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 30, 1913, newspaper, October 30, 1913; Okemah, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc151994/m1/4/?q=%26quot%26C%20T%20Bolt%26quot: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.