The Mustang Enterprise (Oklahoma [Mustang], Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 6, 1913 Page: 4 of 8
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'Qvival
9 QhaoI s1^;??jcruNc£> .
Empty
Cradle
World's
Greatest
Peril
Mnlthus, the renowned writer on politi
cal economy, had mankind badly disturbed
in his own day and for a much later period
by his plausible theory that the human race j
would ultimately starve to death.
M al til us laid down the doctrine that the j
earth's population would increase much '
faster than the means of subsistence, and j
he predicted a time of universal famine. Hi- I
argued well, according to his lights, but hi
took no account of the increased productiv-
ity of the snil through scientific methods of
cultivation, nor of the reclamation of vas'
areas of land, whether bv drainage of irrigation.
Malthus reasoned that it would be necessary to limit the procreatioi
of the race to avert the greater evil of extinction through the overpopu-
lation of productive areas, and for a long time his theories were accepted.
Since his time a vast deal of water lias (lowed under the bridge, and
today instead of a congestion of humanity the greatest peril that confronts
civilized nations Is the empty cradle. Instead of multiplying, the leading
races show an ever-diminishing birth rate.
Every one knows what is happening in France through the unwil-
lingness of its married couples to rear more than one or two children, n
condition which, if uncorrected, will lead to the certain downfall of a great
and brilliant race.
In England, Ireland and Scotland fewer and fewer children come to
the homes of the very class that is best aide to care for them, and even in j
Germany, that once boasted of its prolific mothers, the same tendency to
self-effacement, though their statesmen are full of dreams of expansion,
oblivious of the futility of wider dominions :f the material to till them
u wanting.
MUST HANG PERFECTLY EVEN LAVENDER AGAIN IN FAVOR
Proper Length of the Present Short Pleasant Scent So Popular Some
Skirt Apt to Cause Trouble for Years Ago Taken Up by the
the Home Dressmaker. Present Generation.
Now that short skirts are the cor-
rect and fashionable thing to wear, it
is moBt important that the bottom of
the skirt shall hang perfectly even,
the same distance from the iloor at
every point.
Home dressmakers will find this a
somewhat difficult task If they are at-
tempting to fit the Bkirt upon them
selves. When making a skirt, finish it
completely, excepting for the hem;
then slip the skirt on and hook it in
place around the waist. Now take a
yardstick, place one end on tin' Iloor,
pressing it against the skirt; then at
the top where the stick touches the
skirt make a faint mark with a
piece of tailor's chalk. Repeat this
all around the skirt and from these
points measure toward the hem. mark
log it the length you desire You can
then turn the hem up at these marks
and be sure that it is exactly even at
the bottom. Walking skirts should
be three inches from the floor. out-
ing skirts four inches, and those for
indoor wear an inch and a half.
Another v ay to mark the length of
a skirt, but one which requires the
aid of another person, is to take a
flat piece of cardboard or a ruler and
mark on it the distance the edge of
the skirt is to be from the Iloor when
finished Place the skirt on the
wearer and move the ruler around the
skirt, placing pins at intervals where
the mark shows the length wished
Turn the hem up at this point all
around.
A ckirt gauge that can be bought at
any department Btore for a small sum
is 1 tied with a piece of tailor's chalk
fixed on a rod in such a manner that
it can be lowered or raised to any
length you wish By placing this on
the floor the skirt can be marked
evenly as the wearer turns slowly
around.
Furs In Combination.
Fur wraps and draped mantles are
much in vogue, and are lovely If worn
over velvet or plush frocks without
other w aps or draw n about the shoul
ders when an evening coat or after-
noon coat is discarded. They are
made up in various furs, but are par-
ticularly effective In ermine, and with
some costumes are admirable in mole
The enormous straight scarfs arc
still liked and are very cleverly worn
by some women who have the knack
of adjusting them If skillfully ad-
justed such a scarf may be substi-
tuted for a coat.
Who does not love the faint per-
fume of lavender flowers? In past
generations the delicate purple blos-
soms, dried in the sun, were used al-
most entirely by our grandmothers
for perfuming their fine linen, their
gowns and eveu their hats.
linen chests were not complete
without their small bags of lavender
laid between the sheets and pads of
lavender between the folds of table-
cloths and napery. Chests where all
the lovely hand-made lingerie was
kept, where the prospective bride
stored the articles of her trousseau
as they were finished, one by one.
were plentifully supplied with laven-
der blossoms tied up in neat little
linen bags.
Then, for some reason, the fashion
of perfuming with lavender went out.
and the more pungent and heavier
scents were used. Hut now, with the
return of fashions of other days, the
vogue for lavender is with us again.
Truly fastidious women now have
| their clothing laid between pads of
| lavender, and pinned in the front of
their gowns is a small sachet, covered
j with silk or linen embroidered to
match the color ribbon used in the
lingerie.
1 Twelve inches of three-Inch wide
ribbon that has been cut in half, then
sewed together on the selvage edge
and fringed out on the ends, then filled
with dried lavender flowers, makes
the prettiest kind of a corsage sachet.
Little bags or flap pads of handker-
chief linen, having tome dainty blos-
soms or a pretty spray of flowers
embroidered upon them, are nice for
the linen chest, or to put in the draw-
j era of the bureau where underclothing
1 or blouses are kept.
j Embroidered handkerchiefs, folded
j over In envelop*- faun ion, then stitched
in place, make pretty sachets when
filled with lavender. In fact, any small
pieces of silk, ribbon or fine linen
can be utilized for this purpose Laven-
der flowers are quite inexpensive; the
woman with a slender purse can
i afford sachets of this kind, and they
make delightful gifts for the holiday
l season.
BONNET DU MATIN.
Turquoise Blue and Lavender.
Did you ever know what a piquant,
Parisian touch is gained by combining
turquoise blue with lavender? It was
noticed on a quaint lavender and
white finely striped taffeta, with an
embroidered white chiffon bertha, that
a glrlde of turquoise blue practically
made the dress.
Chains of Black Velvet Ribbon. This dainty little boudoir cap has
Mlack velvet ribbon chains, with been fashioned out of fine net and In
slides of metal and semi precious sertions, and has been trimmed with
■tones, are very pretty and fashion- a gathered rouleau of aatiu and
able for a lorgnette or watch | wreath of silk roses.
I)r March, on his rounds, dropped
In to see Annie Tupper as a matter of
course. Annie was a cripple and de-
pendent for a home upon her married
brother, a hard working mechanic;
and though her good friends, busy folk
all called as often as they could to
make sure that comforts were not
lacking, she spent many hours alone.
When Annie saw who was at the door
her face brightened with pleasure,
for the bluff, kindly old surgeon had
been her friend and confidant for
many years.
"What's all this. Annie?' 'he asked
with interest; "been playing paper
dolls all by yourself?"
She laughed in some embarrassment
"There, now! I was hoping you didn't
notice; but if you won't tell I'll let
you Into the secret. Well, doctor, I'm
making valentines "
"Valentines!" There was wonder
ment In his tone.
"Sounds foolish, don't It? Hut It's
like this: Sitting here alone, I guess
I think more about the holidays than
if I was up and doing; and sometimes
I get low-spirited, thinking how much
more they used to mean than they do j
now. Wicked ain't it, and me so well
fixed? The other day, when I saw
how near the 14th was, I began think
Ing about the days when I was young
and straight and pretty and used to
get a peek of valentines every year
I was getting real sorry for myself,
when all of a sudden, thinks I. 'Annie
Tupper, do you s'pose your plain, mid-
dle-aged face is the only one St. Val- j
entlne don't notice nodadays? How
many of your friends that's over fifty
ever see a valentine any more?' To
i>" sun- their ii\«-M are fuller'n mlpe, I
so maybe they don't miss such things
much! but all the same I bet they
like it when some one remembers. So
1 made a list of the gettlng-middle
aged ladles with no beaux or bus
bands, and the married ones with hus-
bands that look too busy or matter
of fact to remember birthdays and
Valentine days and such things, and I
made up my mind I'd send em each
a little remembrance my own self,
even If it wasn't much.
'i think it*> a beautiful idea," said
the doctor, heartily. He was deeply
touched by the thought of those pa-
tient hands undertaking such a labor
of love; he wondered, too. whether nls
own quiet, gray-haired wife was on
the list, and counted remorsefully th
years since he had remembered her !
violets on the good saint's anniver-
sary "You're a good little soul. An
nle!" he added, Impulsively.
"Not such a saint ps I might be,"
Annie confessed, with a twinkle of
fun in the brown eyes; "sometimes,
looking through the list, I can't help
being tickled, thinking what good
subjects for 'comics' some of 'em <
would make. There s Mrs. Adams'
slack housekeeping, and her bonnet
over one eye; and the way Mrs. Wood
gossips; and Mary Trask, with her big
hats and short dresses and high heels. ,
trying to look like a spring chicken;
and—oh! lots of funny little ways that
folks have Ilut when such things j
come to me, I remember how Mrs. !
Adams wore herself out nursing me ,
when 1 had fever and how generous
Mrs. Wood is; and as for Mary, she's j
a perfect angel to her grumpy old
father, and a master hand at cooking
as I've reason to know. Every one o«' j
'em's been good to me, and I only
wish *. had something better to give
than ray little paper fixings."
Valentine's day arrived, bright and
cold. Toward evening Doctor March
could not resist dropping In to see '
Annie for a few moments. The In
valid sat In her chair by the window,
her face flushed with excitement and
happiness. In her lap. caressed by
her thin fingers, was a heap of bright
cards and dainty trifles, while more
substantial reminders of the day were
In evidence.
Annte looked at him with radiant
eyes, "Oh. Doctor March, what a good
time I've had!" she sighed, blissfully
"Why, all day long the doorbell's been
ringing, and valentines just pouring
in—some of 'ein so funny and cute
( they made me laugh, and some so
sweet 1 'most cried. And even my
pussy cat got one didn't you. Topsy?
See the dear little bundle of catntp
some one sent her! Polks have been
good to tne before, but It just seems
as though these lovely, frilly, uot use-
ful things make 'em seem more friend
ly than ever. Doctor," her face cloud
ed with sudden anxiety, "you didn't
tell on me. did you? I'm afraid it
wouldn't be quite so- to perfect, if
• people knew 1 was going to send to
them, and wanted to sort of even up,
' you know."
BITS OF WORLDLY WISDOM.
Rabies and grievances grow larger
| with nursing.
Feezing politeness is not restricted
to the iceman.
It Is easier to borrow trouble than It
' is to pay debts.
Mutual deception is a popular gam.*
•luring courtship
The man who shoots at random
never hits the target.
Some men work overtime trying to
earn a dishonest living
A scientist hap discovered that the
onion is a cure for love
A man may work for all he is worth
and not earn over $4 a week.
A young M I), never tries to curf
the Infatuation of his sweetheart.
And many a man does the things
privately he denounces in public.
In order to be happy a woman must
get a strangle hold on her disposition
Ever notice how proud the average
man 1 of the things he is going to
Every man makes mistakes, but the
weather man g -ts more of his In
print.
Judging by the quality of the prod |
uct, it is no wonder we get so much '
free advice
Many a man gets rattled when a
young widow acts as if ho was trying
to llirt with her.
A woman's homeliness has reached
the limit when she can't make up tc
look pretty In a photograph.
BY THE GENTLE CYNIC.
The society girl's coming out is
really her start ing in.
A man may acquire ease and plenty,
out not in the order named.
Whet the hat is passed we are all
willing to put in a good word
We have all experienced times w hen
hard words came might easy.
Some men will sit dtwn for hours
and discourse on the eviis of laziness
The true test of greatness Is not to
allow your hat to get too small for
you.
About the only things soaie people
seem to get out of life are the necks
and drumsticks.
Some girls are such prudes that I
they wouldn't care to go to heaven I
without a chaperon.
The girl w ho is to be had f>!r the '
I...... it ,J (j8 aj| jj^(> i
arking general!.. -
waiting to be asked
About the only people in the world '
who don't quarrel over religion are ;
those who haven't any.
The ruburban cook should he well 1
trained She frequently comes on on.-
and goes on the uext.
When a woman stays home from
church because it i raining either her
religion or her complexion Isn't water
proof.
It all right to fight the devil with
fire, but don t lose sight of the fact
that his ammunition will last longer
than yours
THINGS THAT COUNT.
Nothing succeeds like diligently try-
ing.
Application and concentration form
the avenue of success
Cut the word "failure" from your
vocabulary and forget it
Optimism Is almost a virtue when
held In check by the curb of com
monsense
There is a time in the affairs of
businei men which if tak< n b> the
forelock leads t <> Increased bank
balances
One of the greatest tonics for build-
ing up sound healthy business in-
stitutions is Cash Discount,' taken in
monthly doses
SNAP SHOTS.
Even when^lhe fool and his
money an- parted he usually
has his rabbit foot left
Probably If men had to pay
taxes on rheumatism they would
die before they would limp
We wonder also If a woman
is head strong when she is de-
termined to have a new hat
As a general thing when a
man is his own worst enemy it
Isn't worth while for others to
work on him
Of course money talks, hut it
doesn't say much for those who
haven't any to speak of--DaHas
New s
WGen a girl comes to the love of j
cosn etlcs, those supreme luxuries of
ftom-tnk'nd, she may be called grown
up. Her delight in delicate powders,
fragrant perfumes, creams, toilet wa-
ters. fine soapii and scented baths di-
vlda/i her forevermore from the care-;
less habits of childhood Henceforth'
the prettlness of her skin and the.
glor*y softness of her hair are sacred
truf-rs, and ail she asks is that she,
mav be able to replenish her little
Btoje of beauty materials every now
anC, then. This is a normal and per-
fecily legitimate state of things, and
therefore It behooves parents to sup-
ply /oung daughters who have no
monty of their own. with the simple
mediums required for beautifying the
complexion and hair
Good Powders.
In the m-itter of powder, good taste
demands something very simple for
the schoolgirl, a pure white powder,
such as talcum or rice or wheat
starch, vnry lightly perfumed. The
talcums for nursery use, prepared as
they are for the tender bodies of baby-
hood. aw the best of these powders,
but girls should keep their powder
boxes s.nd puffs free of dust, for the
soil that gets it will help to encour-
age blackheads. However simple the
powder is, too, it should be taken off
at n!ght with a cleansing face bath,
*'or, It left on the face, It is bound to
stop up the pores. A French nursery
powder of indescribable fineness is
often used by women as well as young
girls, this being almost impalpable
when put on. and possecsing the frag-
rance of lilles-of-the-valley. This
elusiveness of scent should be a fea-
ture of all beauty materials used by
young girls, for strong odors do not
L2em to go well with the modesty and
freshness of girlhood.
Face Bath Needed.
But far more enhancing than the
powder is the cleansing face bath,
which is required to free the skin of
Id cuticle, stale oil, dust and perspir-
tion. So when you come to take a
face bath remember all the wastes
you must get rid of. and don't make a
pretense of things with little dabs of
cold water and an indifferently clean
face cloth. Hot water and a bland
soap must be used, several rinsings
must bo done with plain water, and
in the event of any eruptive condition ,
wash rags and towels should be kept
apart from those used by the rest of
the family, and be washed by them-
selves and sterilized. That apparently
innocent thing, the wash rag, by the
way, is responsible for many a bad
state of things with the skin. It is
only safe to use It once, and if exam-
ined by a strong microscope when
very dirty the reason for this will be
discovered. Wash rags should always
be hung in the sun after using, as
the shady corner of the bathroom is
the very place for the developing of
the germs that infest them, and sun
is death to germs. Never UEe a
sponge for a bath of any kind, as the
sponge holds the body soil and so can
never be cleansed properly. A sour
bit of bathroom linen of any sort is
an abomination and very Injurious to
the beauty of the skin, conveying to
it sometimes a little fungus growth
caught from the Invisible mold on the
rag or towel. Ringworms may be
propagated in this way. and if the of-
fensive linen is used by other mem-
bers of the family this really dreadful
skin affliction may spread through the
whole household.
In many a bathroom not yet educat-
ed up to the elegancies of the toilet
common laundry soaps are put for
toilet, purposes, and these the girl of
the family often uses on her face and
hair, entirely ignorant of the fact that
she is doing her looks incredible
harm. Such soaps are strong witli al-
kali. and if they do not bite the skin
to the point of torment they yellow
and rough* ti It. When washed with
them, the hair Is robbed of ( very drop
of natural oil. made brittle and color-
less, to say nothing of the great diffi-
culty of getting the strong adhesive
suds out of tin' locks and from the
scalp, where the hard soap seems to
love especially to cling
Soap for Toliet.
Fine toilet BOaps and shampoos are
dear, of courie, but a liquid soap can
be made of a twenty five cent cake of
castile which would he just as deli-
cate for washing the faee and hair an
the finest soap on the market. Shave
the soap to a powder, mid then boll
(his in a pint of soft wat< ••; keep the
resulting Jelly In a w ide-i.i uthed bot-
tle, working the Jelly int>• the skin
when utl.tg. but only maki g a thick
suds for the hair. If the hi r ia very
oily and soiled, add a tiny ach of
bicarbonate of soda to the su« - As a
tonic and feeding mbstai; for
scanty hair raw eggs ar unriva < d. as
1 have said many times liese supply-
ing the Iron and sulphur the anemic
scalp needs. For dandruff or any
scalp or skin eruption use green soap
which is the purest made and highly
I antiseptic.
Pick all fruit carefully.
Plow for corn in the fall.
Start a war on poultry pests.
Store seed corn in a dry place.
Clipping horses' 1* gs is not a good
practice.
Excessive sweating In a horn* indi- !
cates weakness.
The first and greatest law of breed- i
ing is 'like begets like."
Many imported horses are a ' sell'
to whoever buys them.
Moderate frosts improve rathei
than harm the cabbage.
Why not shed farm machinery, the
same as the field products?
Store some dust for the chickens
dust bath during midwinter.
It Is only recently that sweet clovei '
h «s been used for feeding livestock.
Silage and alfalfa combined make
the foundation of the best dairy ra
lion
The scrub cow appears in every
herd, whether It be a pure bred or a
grade herd
See that the ladders are safe before
using them. I'nsafe rounds may mean
broken legs
The separator is a helpful factor in
establishing the uniformity of the fin-
ished product.
When a heifer is first fresh it is es
peclally important that all the milk
be drawn from her.
How much does it cost to have that
machinery standing out in the weath
er? Shedding is cheap!
No stock grower can afford to have
his animals burn grain for fuel tc
keep themselves warm.
Sweet potatoes should be dried and
then stored in boxes of sand before
the frost touches them.
Development of a flock and greatly
increased profits cannot be secured
without careful breeding ,
Letting butter drain well before
salting is one of the little things that
makes for better quality.
The use of the pure-bred sires ha?
brought about a much better quality
of stock kept on the farms.
Keep the hogs quiet, clean and
comfortable if you expect the best
gain from the food supplied.
Selling butter or cream from the
farm robs the soil of less fertility than
does any other farm product.
The cost of feeding an animal in
creases with Its weight, but not In
direct proportion to its weight.
Hurry all cement work to a finish
now , so it will have time to set well
before freezing cracks and damage^
it
The milk pail with a flaring tor-
has been ruled out. Hooded palls
with small openings are much more
dirt-proof.
Are you keeping a lot of horses for
which you have no special need? I^et
the other fellow have them at pres
ent prices.
See to It that the colt does not be
come constipated. A small dose of
castor oil is a good thing to get the
bowels started.
NEW YF.Afl CARDS
AND CALENDARS
WITH the New Year gradual
ly dawning we must not be
caught unprepared to greer
it. Good wishes for ihe we!
are o our friends during the coming
year must be conveyed by some
means or other. Vpry few people are
fortunate enough to have their friends
^at they may extend ver-
a > their wishes for the new year
he next best medium for this pur-
pose is the New Year's card. Of
course these cards may be purchased
at the shops, but it is very much
nicer to be original.
It is rather an expensive proposi-
tion to buy these cards from artists if
the friends happen to be numerous
Why not make them yourself?
Here are given a few designs to be
used for New Year's calendars. They
are pretty and dainty, much more a
*
tractive than postcards. Not much
time is required to make them and
scarcely any expense besides the pa
per and water colors.
Have a pieo; of carbon paper, some
smooth .vater color paper and the box
of water colors. PlaCfe the carbon pa-
per between the design and the paper
and carefully trace the outline. A
replica of the design will be trans-
ferred ready for tinting.
The snow sseno would be effective
tinted in tones of brown or gray.
Make the path a dull lead color, th«i
tall poplar trees dark gray, almost
black, and the sky a bluish gray. The
lettering could be of brown or gold
O .'i;
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|* •«c'> i. 19 1 -*
Too cften the dairy, poultry and
hog work are side lines on the farm
Make them the main line and they
will lead you to profit.
Fill the producing cows up on clover
hay or alfalfa hay If you can get it
inrtcad of fodder or other coarse stuff
containing low feed values.
Hogs do not waste corn In the field
except in muddy weather They gain
faster, more evenly and more econom
ically in the corn field than in the dry
lot
( ood bright corn fodder is worth
more for dairy cows than pure tlm
othv hay but both should be fed along
with clover or alfalfa to get the best
results.
At the Iowa station corn and so>
beans hogged down produced 15 7
pounds of pork per bushel of corn
At N cents per pound that is $1 2 !
per bushel for the corn.
When the pumpkins and squashes
are gathered, do not put them In the
cellar at once. They w ill keep much
better 'f stored In some dark outbuild
ing until real freezing weather comes
As the cold weather approaches th
separator bowl should be filled with
hot water before the milk is allowed
to run through it. When it is thor
oughly warm skimming will be mor-
efficient.
Aerate new milk as soon as possi
hie after it is drawn, but do not d(
this in n stable As good a way to
do this as any Is to pour the milk
siowly from one pail to another for n
few minutes This drives off bAd
odors and saves the fine butter flavor
The small calendar pads can t>«
bought for two or thre<* cents. The*
are fastened to th« pictures with ; .
cilage.
January's emblem is the snowdrop
The nexi design introduces that wo ' .
delicate blossom. Any subdued color
may be used for the background
against which the flowers are thrown
out in relief. The blossoms are
pure blue white and the stems a ti r.\
green. The left* ring may bo blue'
or any dark, neutral color.
The sun-dial design is most appro-
priate and suggests mut e We wai
It to mark off only happy hours To i
desire to be a friend as sincere r id
true as the angle cast by the pli do •>
of the sun. The climbing ivy is ever-
green and clings always lo the trellis,
E-wtcr \lp«m TV>vj fclhi.O IJesr* +
unless torn away by some outsid
force. There is unlimited depth of
meaning connected with the sun dial
The pedestal should be colored
white, to represent marble; the m« ' l
angle of the sun dial yellow or bronz
color, the Ivy a dark, rich green. The
background and numerals may be
tinted auy color to suit the pergonal
taste.
These little calendars are sure to
be liked and admired by all who r<v
celve them. Take advantage of this
novel manner to express your Ntw
Year's greetings
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The Mustang Enterprise (Oklahoma [Mustang], Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 6, 1913, newspaper, February 6, 1913; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc158061/m1/4/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.