I'HE LEADER RlNftWOOD OKLAHOMA
TAKE UP SMALL HAT
NEW YORK WOMEN ENTHUSIAS-
TICALLY ADOPT STYLE
Lines jDf French Costume Still Form
Model That Is Accepted as the
Mode-— Is Really Conven-
ient Type
The women In New York are
adopting the tiny bat with enthusi-
asm probably because they realize
s that It may be their last chance to
get the good out of It It too Is un-
usually unbecoming Unless there Is
exactly the right set of features be-
neath it this tip-tilted hat with Its
foolish little brim Is exceedingly
trying It does not need a beauty to
wear It few fashions have been de-
' signed with that asset In view It
needs that quality more difficult than
mere beauty: indisputable style This
asset Is the fetish of our women not
loveliness All the beauly In the
world today only receives the tribute
of this remark: bow lovely she would
be If she knew bow to wear her
clothes!
It would seem as though that well-
known model from France tliut came
over last spring with straight front
and back and slightly curved sides
Is to be the chosen oue for early
autumn wear It Is featured by many
of the best houses over here made
of silk and of serge combined with
satin The lines from shoulder to
hips are quite straight chemise-like
with the sides either belted or curved
to outline the figure
They are usually called redingote
gowns because they suggest the new
redingote tunic that Cherult is put-
ting out this summer The one-piece
frock that carries out the same ef-
fect of an unbroken line from shoul-
der to heel Is better than a two-piece
suit which gives more material to be
a burden to the figure
These belted tunics as tbe dress-
makers often called them were of-
fered In vain to the majority of our
women last March and April but
they were looked at askance as be-
ing too unconventional Now they
have become the chief stock of some
of tbe houses that make a practice
of dressing the woman who wants
to be in the swing of a popular fash-
ion They are the most convenient
type of gown that one can wear They
do ’not confine the figure at any spot
and cover the surplus of flesh that
may give too much of a curve to the
figure for agreement with the modern
standard
The majority are of dark blue and
many have an acceptable touch of
scarlet either through embroidery or
worked buttonholes through which Is
run the lacing of ribbon that holds
the gown together down the front or
back This omission of hook and eyes
or buttons and the substitution of rib-
bon or silk cord run through promi-
nent buttonholes heavily ornamented
with a colored silk Is accepted on all
sides
A hostess at a tea a woman who
always has the last thing from Cailot
or Cherult wore a white chlfTon frock
that swung gracefully away from the
figure and was laced up half Its length
with white satin ribbon
(Copyright 1915 bv the McClure Newspa-
’ per Syndicate)
Cozy covers that wash
Desirable In That They Are 80 Easily
Kept Clean and Have Look
- of Freshness
Washable cozy covers are very nice
for everyday use as they can be so
eaBlIy kept clean and fresh-looking
We give a sketch here of a simple
dainty cover carried out In white spot-
ted muslin our model was made with
a lining of pale blue sateen that could
easily be slipped out when the muslin
is washed Of course the color of this
lining should be selected to suit tbe
tea or breakfast service tbe cqzy Is
used with
A hemstitched frill of plain muslin
la carried quite across and loops of
cord are sewn In the center for lifting
purposes The spotted muslla must
be cut deep enough to allow of the
edge being turned well under the In-
side where It may be tacked to tbe
cozy or fastened by press studs
It takas a whole lot of crumb ol
comfort to make a square meaL
' Some men haven't any bomoi And
ptber man are married to suffragettes
FOR EARLY AUTUMN
A Useful Tailored Style la the Design
Shown Here It May Be Carried Out
In Cloth Serge Gaberdine or Wool-
len Cord Desirable Fullness Is Given
to the Skirt by Two Flat Plaits That
Are Made Each 8ide Both Front and
Back They Are Stitched Nearly to
the Knees Then Are Left to Fall
Free The Coat Has Sleeves Set In-
to Ordinary Armholes Hat of Dark
Blue Taffeta With Clusters of Cher
rles Under the Raised Brim
POCKETS THAT ARE HANDY
Travelers Will Appreciate the Com-
fort That le Afforded by Theee
Appliances
When traveling a couple of roomy
pockets that are quite safe yet easily
got nt are a great boon and if made
nB Bhown on a sort of deep band they
can be worn under the traveling coat
without showing as It 1 usually loose
or might even be put under the skirt
and unlesB anything very bulky was
put In would not much disarrange tbe
set of the skirt
For Just holding
money Jewelry
and a few letters
’ the band need not
be more than
about 6 or 7
Inches deep but
one of larger
size would be use-
ful when garden-
ing or doing
household work
ns will be seen
from the small sketch at top It la Just
a straight band of material which
might match the skirt and can be
lined or not according to strength
needed It Is bound all round with
narrow ribbon and Is buttoned In front
dr might be fixed with press studs
The envelope pockets are sewed on
and have buttoned-over flaps Tbe top
of tbe band could be fixed to skirt by
small safety pins or small press studs
The half of a stud sewed each side
Skirt would be little seen
- Pretty Porch Color 8eheme
A soft color scheme might be built
up on willow furniture of gray It
upholstered tbe cushions should be
covered either with grten-and-whlte
or green-and-gray stripes or a softly
colored cretonne With a green grass
rug In the middle of which there Is a
rather large green table on which
there should be placed a bowl of soft
gray-green this porch Is a dolIgbL
Flowers In season will add to the
charfn of this charming porch Imag-
ine In this bowl or Jar great plnk-and-white
peonies dahllif rosesl
Gray Is Popular
Gray Is one of the most popular
shades It Is cool and when It Is be-
coming Is really ebarmtg But ther
are many types of face and color that
cannot stand gray and It should be
worn especially in the paler shades
only after careful thought
DEFINITION OF DRY FARMING
Principal Thlnge Are Water Con-
servation Drought Resistant Crop
and 8ytem of Rotation 1
Dry farming simply means good
farming There le no place In the
United States where crops are not
reduced to some extent every year on
account of an Insufficient supply of
water The principal things then In
dry farming are water conservation
the proper selection of drought re-
sistant crops' and a wise system of
crop rotation large proportion of the
land devoted to forage and feed crops
with a sufficient number of animals to
consume all the cheap roughage pro-
duced on the farm
In controlling the water supply vthe
first thing to do is -to get the water
Into the ground and then prevent per-
colation and evaporation The soil
will absorb water more rapidly and
hold a greater quantity if it Is prop-
erly tilled Hence fall plowing of
the land if It does not blow is advis-
able The plowing should be deep and
thorough Since organic matter will
hold much more water than an equal
volume of soli particles the addi'lnn
of vegetable matter Is very Important'
After the water Is in the soli much
of the exaporatlon can be prevented
by frequent and shallow cultivation
An endeavor should be made to keep
the Ioobo soil mulch but not a dust
blanket as it is frequently called
Dry farming consists of: First till-
ing so that the water will be absorbed
by the soli second a good selection
of drought resistant crops and the
proper utilization of the crops
There have been several good bul-
letins published on this subject Must
of these bulletins can be secured free
of charge by writing to the different
stations mentioned below:
Bulletin No 112 Utah Experiment
Station Logan Utah
Bulletin No 61 New Mexico Experi-
ment Station Agricultural College
New Mexico
Montana Experiment Station Boze-
man Mont
United States department of Agri-
culture Washington E C
REPELLENT FOR CHINCH BUGS
Expert of University of Missouri Rec-
ommends Dust Barrier In Dry
Weather— Plowed Strip I Good
Dust barriers In dry weather and
chemical barriers In damp weather are
recommended by Leonard Haseman of
tbe University of Missouri for the
control of chinch bugs The simplest
dust barrier consists of one or more
parallel ditches in which a log la kept
moving
A plowed strip well stirred Is also
good For chemical barriers first
make a patch with a hoe and run a
narrow line of tnr road oil stock dip
or similar repellent along the path
Renew It often at first to keep It
fresh
Spraying with kerosene emulBlon Is
recommended as effective where tbe
bugs get on the first few rows of corn
In a field This can also be used to
kill the migrating bugs on the ground
or where they may be collected In
wheat at this time
Weeds —
Weeds use up moisture
Weeds use up plant food
' Weeds crowd the plants
Weeds shade the crops
Weeds make it difficult for the
plant to grow
Weedp- make It hard to work the
land properly
8ap up Moisture quickly -No
matter how wet the early sea-
son may have been don’t forget that
July and August sun and winds will
sap up -the moisture most rapidly
Molsturefed to weeds In the cornfield
could be made fine nne of by the
corn In those months
Chickens on Free Range
Chickens raised on fiee range with
bens or with brooders will always be
Wealthy strong and vigorous and they
develop quicker than those raised on
a limited range
Chlckana Relish fclesn Food -
Why not feeding floors for chickens
as well as for hogs? Chickens as well
as bogs rellBh clean food and waste
less of It when fed In a clean place
Poultry Disinfectant
A three per cent solution of stock
dip makes a good disinfectant for the
Incubator coops and other poultry ap-
pliances that need disinfecting
Work for Rainy Days
Orindlqg of tools filing of saws oil-
Ing and repair of harness making of
crates and so on makes profitable tbo
rainy days -1
a a
Work of Good Cow '
The good dairy cow eats largely
digests amply snd milks abundantly
t Kills Wssds
CUaa cultivation kill weeds
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TAKING ‘N’ FROM DAMN
DOES NOT TAKE THE CUR8E OFF
BV ANY MEAN8
When - One Doesn't Care a— Well
Even "Tinker’s Dam" Is Bad
Language to 8sy the
Best About IL
A contributor to the Sun grieves
over tbe Ignorance of those who as-
sume that “tinker's dam” la a “pro-
fane expression” A tinker’s dam
says he waB a chunk of dough or bat-
ter used before the days of muriatic
acid to keep the solder from spread-
lug and as tbe solder- commonly did
spread nevertheless the tinker’s dam
was as nearly worthless as the com-
mon expression of dlsesteem for It
implies He differentiates it from tbe
common oY garden damn and says:
"There la no profanity about it-”
But not ’to care a tinker's dam is
Just as profane as not to care a maver-
ick damn unbranded with ownership
by tinkers or otherB Taking the “n”
out of damn does notrtake the curse
off If it Is profane not to care a
damn It is Just as profane not to care
a wblffer a Jabberwock a goop or any
other illegitimate and unsanctioned
word When one stentorlously enun-
ciates his refusal to appraise the ar-
ticle under discussion at the value of
a damn he Is not swearing or curs-
ing he Is literally using (tad language
for in the sense he means there is
no such noun aB damn We know
what a tinker's dam is but what Is a
damn? When one says he does not
care a whoop he is far more definite
for there la such a thing as a whoop
Whence arose tbe idea that not caring
a damn was being profane and why
do persons who io not care one plume
themselves on their devlllshness?
It Is not profane but It lias tbe
sound of being profane and that la all
that Is needed An Individual wbo
would not for tbe world have used
blasphemous language used to relieve
bis feelings by pronouncing the name
of one of Wagner's operas In a tone
that caused neighboring windows to
fall In and “Gotterdammerung" gave
him as much satisfaction aa If he bad
violated a commandment And who
was the man who always swore by
Charles G D Roberts and Josephine
Dodge DaBkam because they sounded
so profane? There la an excellent
Methodist In this town wbo severely
reprehends profanity whenever be
hears It but who produces all the ef--fect
of shocking blasphemy by tbe lm-
blttered emphasis be lays on the ex-
clamation “For government’s sake!"
Colonel Roosevelt plumes himself on
his abstinence from profanity but
none of the unregenerata ever got
such satisfaction out of a real cuss
word as he does out of “By Godfrey I”
No tinker's dam belongs in tbe comfort-giving
galaxy of ' profane refuges
for tbe emotions and that Ib tbe
worst you can say of the other damn
— New York Times
Novel Porch LlghL
-A porch lamp of a new type Just
placed on the market Is made to be
installed Inside the building eo that It
Is not only protected from tbe weather
but serves to Illuminate the hall or
front room as well as the porch Tbe
lamp is mounted Inside the wall ad-
jacent to the porch Part of the light
Is diffused through the room while a
part of the horizontal rays are trans-
mitted through a 114-inch tube to a
globe mounted on tbe outside of the
wall where with the aid of a reflector
It ta uniformly distributed over fhe
porch— Popular Mechanics
Grieving Cow Adopts Eight Lambs
Tbe maternal affection of a cow at
the Morton Sheepcompnny's ranch
near Douglas Wyo has been satis-
lied by the adoption of eight mother-
less lambs The cow grieved wbea
she lost her calf but her new family
appears to please her greatly
The Blblo In Russia
The holy synod at Petrograd has
been busily engaged In tbe work of
producing popular editions of the
Bible These are being widely dis-
tributed by tbe Orthodox church
among soldiers on the battle field as
well as to the sick and wounded
Various Russian Red Cross aid asso-
ciations are Including Bibles and
Testalnents In their purcels of “com-
forts" for troops at tbe fronL - and
as tbe available stock of tbe nrltlsb
and Foreign Bible society has be-
came exhausted the holy synod ts
undertaking tbe work of printing
fresh editions Bbould this wave' of
enthusiasm for the propagation of
the Holy Scriptures prove more than
a passing phase we may look for
ward to a revival of Intelligent re-
ligious Instruction In Russia v
If—
“Yes" said the confirmed player
with tears In his ayes "I do If be
hadn't got In the way I'd have mads
that hole In one less than Ooete"—
Jttdjc
FOR IRE FARMER
OKLAHOMA 8TATE FAIR 18 BUILT
TO FURTHER HI8
INTERESTS
MANY PRIZES ARE OFFERED
Ninth Annual 8how Will e a Record
Breaker
- S
Primarily the Oklahoma State Fair
la an agricultural and livestock expo-
sition The handiwork of the indivi-
dual or group of individuals is pre-
sented as an incentive and Inspiration
to the visiting thousands that they
may see judge compare and profit
Better farming methods are experi-
ments until they have been proven
practical No better clearing bouse is
provided than the Ninth Annual' Okla-
homa State Fair and Exposition to be
held for eight days from Saturday
September 2G to Saturday October 2
The truly progressive farmer — and
this class is Invariably successful—
never misses this opportunity to learn
by investigating the newer or better
way of doing things
Recognizing tbe mission of the Stats
Fair is along these lines tbe board (it
directors lay especial emphasis ou the
prizes offered for agricultural and live-
stock exhibits
In tTie 1915 Premium List well over
half-of this big book is devoted to list-
ing prizes for exhibits in these two
branches In which are included nine
of the twenty-three departments of tbe
Fair
In the agricultural department are
embraced farm products fruits plants
flowers county exhibits Indian ex-
hibits of the tribes and schools dairy
and apiary products boys’ and girls'
club work and the State Fair school
One must read this book to realize
the variety of subjects covered and
the quantity of cash prizes offered In
many classes in this list
In the livestock department many
prizes are offered for the various pure-
bred breeds in cattle horses sheep
hogs and poultry Over six hundred
premiums are offered for hogs Two
thousand for poultry exhibits eto
But — “All work and no play make
Jack a dull boy” That no one may
tire of the really vital factors of the
State Fair a program of entertainment
has been prepared that excels all previ-
ous years In variety
There w-ill be harness and running
races on four days Auto races with
the world's leading drivers on two
days Motorcycle races and the an-
nual football game between Oklahoma
University and Central State Normal
School will dlvjde honors on the open-
ing day The Auto Show will attract
many The Tractor Show will prove
so Interesting that It may almost be
Included as entertainment Makovsky
and his famous Metropolitan Band will
be the musical feature every day Ruth
Law will fly each day for five days
In her biplune As a crowning climax
for each dny the Night Show will be
offered comprising five acts of head-
line vaudeville a big dUpIay of Pain's
Fireworks and for the first time the
Horse Show will be an outdoor event
and included in the Night Show In
front of the-grandstand every night
to which no admission Is charged
Don't miss the Oklahoma State Fair
this year Remember tho dates Conte
and bring all the family to Oklahoma
City for a well-earned rest and trip of
educational value
Fame
Fame Is nothing more or less than
disinfected notoriety
Faulty Educational System
An hours Inquiry into the various
tests which are put today to Judge
the extent of a child's education will
convince one that the main obpect ol
our schools Is to cultivate an auto-
matic efficiency in what can only b
termed the mechanical departments
of the brain It is tbe exact opposite
of what education In Its real sense
ought to produce— Exchange
Dally Thought
The cure of heartache Is to be
found In occupation which take us
away from our -petty self-regardlngs
our solf-pltylngs our morbid brood-
Inga and which connect our life with
other lives and with other affairs ot'
merge our Individual Interest In tht
larger whole — C (X Ames
Substances Carried to the Ocean
A cublo mile of river water weighs -approximately
4206660000 tons and
oarrles In solution on the sverags
about 420000 tons of foreign matter -In
all about ‘1736000 ton of golld
substances art thus carried annually
(o tbe ocean
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