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["Box 1058 BAINBRIDGE. N.Y.", "\"RANGErBICYCLES", "Have puncture-proof tires, imported Brampton roller chains, imported English flanged sprockets, English featherweight i^teel mud guards, imported Brampton pedals, motor style saddles, bars and grips, and other distinctive features possessed by no other bicycle. No effort or expense has been spared to make the 1913 \"Ranger\" the World's Best Bicycle, Improved factory methods and greatly increased output for 1913 enable us to make a marvelous new price offer. Something very special to the first purchasers of 1913 Models in each town. \"Write us atwat it today, WC QUID ny ADDDOlfAl icithout a cent in advance, to any pctboq, anywhere If C Onir Un firrnUFHk intheUmted states, and prepay the freight. We only ask you to examine and try the \"Kanser\" without a cent oj expense to yourself before you think of buyiner any other bicycle.", "in flAYQ PRFF TRIAI isallowed on every **Rangrer\" bicycle. Not a cent lU UH 1 W rntb iniMb cosftoyouif you do not wish to keep it after riding it for 10 days and putting It to every test. Our \"Kangrer\" bicyclesareof such high Quality, handsome appearance and low price that we are willing to ship to you, prepaid, let you examine and try it and leave It entirely to you whether you wish to keep It ornot. I nyf pAPTflDY DDIPPQ great output* perfected methods and", "I fcUtf iHw I vn I rniVbw machinery enable us to offer you direct from the factory the best bicycle ever produced at a price that will be a revelation to you. Do not buy a Bicycle or a pair of Tires until you receive our large, complete catalog and leam our direct factory price and remarkable special offer. SECOND-HAND BICYCLES — a limited number taken in trade by our Chicago retail sto res will be closed out at once, at $3 to $8 each. Descriptive bargain list free. 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Write It now.", "MEAD CYCLE CO., Dept.D-83, CHICAGO, ILL.", "Sweet Bits", "Skilfully cooked —", "Post Toasties", "— At Your Service.", "Ready to eat direct from tightly sealed sanitary package.", "From our ovens to your table Post Toast- ies are not touched by human hand.", "Delicious with cream and sugar or fruits.", "For sale by grocers everywhere.", "Post Toasties have Distinctive Flavor", "SWEET P«T»TO PUMTS bj- Parcel Post FIETT CENTS per UT). Ear- liest and moss iirolific varieties- Booklet free. Satisfactioa foaraoteed. Bass Pecan Company. Luinberton, Miss.", "I The Market Outlook |", "Market Prosp)ects in Mutton and Wool", "By John P. Ross", "THE present month opened up with a somewhat heaN-y feeling in the meat- market generally. On the last Monday in April 30.000 cattle, 58,000 hogs and 26.000 sheep were on hand in the Chicago stock- yards : and it began to Jook as if the owners of meat animals of all kinds had conspired to knock the bottom out of the market. Cattle went down from thirty-five to sixty- five cents and hogs from fifteen to twenty- five cents from the prices of a week back. Sheep and lambs of course suffered some decline, but nothing in proportion to these, and in a few days a reaction to former prices proved that it was the huge shipments that were responsible for the temporary decline. The prevalence of shorn offerings showed that the shearers were already busy.", "Though reductions in the wool tariff are regarded as certain, and its entire removal quite possible, what will actually be done with it is at present writing only a matter of guess-work. It is claimed that already prices are shaded from ten to fifteen per cent., but actual transactions on that basis are hard to find, and holders seem determined to hang on to what they have, since there is but little wool in the hands of manufacturers, while the demands of their trade are press- ing.", "A Small Wool-Clip This Year", "Unless the universal law of supply and demand is in some mysterious way abro- gated, there is very little probability that for a considerable period our wool-growers will be seriously affected by any tariff changes that may be made ; and any rush to realize is improbable.", "Reliable accounts from every wool-pro- ducing country are to the effect that the demand is increasing in all lines of woolen goods, while the supply of wool on hand is nearly exhausted ; and that this season's", "MECHANICAL. MILKER", "THIS equipment is revolutionizing modern dairy opera- tion. During the four years since its perfection it has been installed with unqualified success in hundreds of the leading dairies throughout America and abroad.", "The distinctive features of the SHARPLES MILKER, to which its complete success is due, are the Teat Cups with the Upward Squeeze and the Patent Pulsator operating them. This device reproduces nature's own method of milk ex- traction, which the most skillful hand- milking cannot do. ^ ^^j]^", "The cows are more contented. The teats and udder become far better conditioned. The milk product is absolutely uncontaminated — pure and more valuable. Laborcutto one third.", "Sharpies Mechanical Milking means the end of all drudgery of milking.", "Practically every dairyman can visit installations of SHARPLES MILKERS within easy distance, where the actual operation of this equipment can be observed under conditions approximating his own. We shall be pleased to hear from dairymen with a view to their making such inspectioos.", "The Patent Pal- tator operating the Teat Capa with the Upward Sqaeexe.", "■ ■ ■ B ■ ■ • I", "clip, though of extra good quality, will be the smallest known for some years past.", "The causes for this are various. In all the great sheep-raising British colonies and in South America, as well as in our own country, great ranges of pasture, which have been devoted to the raising of cattle and sheep, are being rapidly enclosed and converted into farms. And until we clearly understand that the fertility of the soil can- not be maintained unless we rear an ade- quate amount of live stock, and that most of our crops pay better when fed than when carried away in bulk, the demand of both meat and wool is pretty certain- to exceed the supply.", "This conversion into farms of wide ranges that have afforded free pasturage for horses, cattle and sheep for ages past has extended to Russia and to many parts of Asia, so that the Tartar and other nomadic races - are turning their shepherd's crooks into plow- shares, and the \"shepherds who watched their flocks by night\" are to be altogether a mere tradition.", "Droughts Have Caused the Live-Stock Business to Suffer", "Abnormal weather conditions, too, have had much to do during the past two years with reducing the numbers of domestic \"ani- mals. In England a year of drought has been succeeded by one of cold and heavy rains. The drought in Australia is estimated to have reduced the value of the wool crop of 1912 by $1,000,000, and of the sheep stock by $6,000.000 ; this season's clip is said to be short 300,000 bales.", "Reports from Kew Zealand. Africa and South America are much to the same effect, though not to quite so great an extent.", "Meanwhile the use of wool in most lines of clothing is extending greatly, and if the time should ever come when governments legislate as freely against misrepresentations as to our garments as they are already doing as to our food and drugs, the really, truly \"all wool\" declaration of the astute clothing salesman will cease to be, as it now usually is. \"the baseless fabric of a vision.\"", "These then are a few of the reasons why we can better endure whatever changes our legislative solons may see fit to introduce ; and we still have our mutton to fall back on.", "Hampshire Downs", "By J. P. Ross T'HE sheep in the picture are Hampshire Downs of American breeding, and they are fit to compete with anything coming from over the water. Just look at the", "American-bred Hampshire Downs", "character of the head, the line of the back, the loin, the leg of mutton, the fleece of the one in front, and the general makeup and adherence to type of both of them. I think the most acute critic would be satis- fied that we have \"got there'' at least in this breed.", "Two of the strong points in the Hamp- shires are their remarkable fecundity and their motherly virtues. An English journal reports, as an instance of this, that during the present lambing ten ewes out of a small thoroughbred flock produced thirty-one lambs ; nine of them had triplets, and the tenth \"went them one better,\" producing a quartet. All are reported as doing well. This is largely owing to the perfect fitness to which expert shepherds bring their ewes at mating-tinie.", "Selling Flowers and Ferns", "By Mrs. Clara Griffith I AST summer we planted one-half ounce of nasturtium-seed, all colors. We gath- ered eight to ten bunches twice a week and sold them readily at five cents per bunch to people who would notice them as we were driving along the streets. We have often had business men take two and three bunches at a time.", "Another thing we found pleasant as well as profitable was gathering ferns. We would", "Farm and Fireside, May 24, 19\\", "cut the stems as long as possible, and fifty in a bunch. The florist gave us < dollar per thousand ; he took from four six thousand every week.", "We would also dig some of the prettiest plants, put them in strawberry-boxes with some damp soil around them, and people were glad to get them at twenty-five cents each.", "We also sold peppermint and spearmint just as they were coming^ into bloom.", "We sell our flowers in a town of 22,000 inhafttants four miles from our farm. We take the flowers, ferns and herbs twice a week, Tuesdays and Saturdays, when we take the butter, eggs and other produce.", "A Drop in the Hog-Market", "By L. K. Brown 'T'HERE suddenly appeared out of a clear sky and without expectation a hea\\'y liquidation of cattle. The feeders appar- ently became alarmed over the tariff revision and feared a drop in the market, so piled the cattle in and completely flooded the market.", "There was a similar movement in hogs, but on a much smaller scale. With the big break in cattle prices, hog prices declined also, bringing the market down to the Feb- ruary level. It was merely a lack of confidence of the cattle-feeders, and they stampeded.", "The Recovery of the Market Has Been Slow", "A lull after seeding and before corn- planting gave many an opportunity to market hogs, and this, together with the hogs from the cattle-feeders' yards, made up the in- crease in the hog receipts.", "Eastern demand has declined somewhat, but revived partially on slumps, thus counter- balancing to a limited degree any radical price movements. Since the drop, prices have been slowly working upward, but the receipts are too large and the hogs too heavy to allow a quick return.", "Fall Pigs are Becoming Popular", "Recent weather has been favorable for the little pigs, and much of the supply of corn now being held by growers, which the elevator men are expecting to be marketed before long, will never reach the elevators, but will be held and fed to the shoats. It is quite probable that a good percentage of the sows will be held for fall litters and so will not appear on the summer market. The cus- tom of growing fall pigs is increasing, and at present the country is very energetic in stocking up heavily with swine.", "Armour's Chicago buyer believes there will be but little change in the market during the next few weeks. He is of the opinion that the packers' supply of meats is too scant, the demand too persistent and the supply of live hogs too small to lower prices.", "The tariff agitation is causing a great deal of uneasiness among stockholders, but it ap- pears that should meat be put on the free list there would be but little change. The cost of importing meats would make them as expensive as the domestic product.", "The corn belt of the Mississippi Valley and possibly Denmark are the only developed regions in the world which do not buy pork, so that the placing of pork on the free list is of little consequence. We never have and doubtless never will import pork in any quantity. The tariff question is causing more anxiety than it deserves.", "Timothy with a Taste", "[CO.VTINUED FROM PAGE 5]", "proper aroma. This grade, however, cannot be made after the seeds have passed the milk stage, and for the best quality must be cut immediately' after the bloom is shed.", "Eastern farmers growing hay for market as a rule find it profitable to make hay that will grade choice.", "On the basis for $15 for choice timothy, the other grades would sell at something like the following:", "Timothy — Choice, $15; No. 1, $14; No. 2. $11 to $13; No. 3, $9 to $10; no grade, $6 to $7.", "Red Clover— No. 1, $12 to $13; No. 2, $11 to $12; No. 3, $7 to $9; no grade, $5 to $o.", "Mixed Clover— No. 1, $11 to $13; No. 2. $10 to $11 ; No. 3, $8 to $9.", "Alfalfa — Choice pea-green, $16; No. 1, $14 to $15; No. 2, $12 to $13; No. 3, $10 to $11.", "Many hay-growers have been deterred from making this grade of hay. notwith- standing the higher price it commands, be- cause of the increased difficulty in curing it, and particularly because of the conviction that they get so much smaller yields and, incidentally, because of the ciTect this early | cutting has upon the permanency of the i stand. Our experiments show that in the j matter of yield there is no sacrifice, but on the contrary there is a gain, in comparison | with either an earlier or a later period.", "\\ There is just as much reason for putting the poultry in the^^ fattening-pen and finishing them for market as there is | in putting a hog on full feed before offering him for sale S", "THERE is any one subject I about which everybody agrees I but nobody knows, it is that our . currency and banking system 'needs reorganization. The re- I organization is coming too; it (will come possibly at the pres- 'ent session of Congress, any- how at the next; and unless people get busy informing themselves about it the country is going to be handed a piece of legislation prepared by a few administra- tion insiders, passed because the admin- istration is behind it and \"everybody\" agrees that something ought to be done, and made the law of the land without a corporal's guard really understanding what it's all about.", "\"Everybody\" cheerfully agrees that our currency and banking methods are bad, our needs, and all that; but when it comes to explain- ing what's wrong and what needs to be done about it the people who understand are utterly unable to talk the language of the vast majority that don't understand. The average expert's discourse to a popular audience is about as impressive as a Chinese philosopher's disserta- tion on Buddhism if delivered in Chinese to the con- gregation of the First Methodist Church in your town.", "France Has Less Gold, but a Better System", "1ET me see if I can't explain a few aspects of the ■^question so that they can be understood. Here is a ten-dollar gold certificate. On its face I read:", "$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$", "$ This certifies that there have been deposited in $", "$ ' the treasury of the $", "$ UNITED STATES OF AMERICA $", "Ten Dollars in Gold Coin Payable to the Bearer $", "$ on Demand $", "? ~ $", "I can go to the treasury and get the ten dollars in gold. It's there; altogether almost one and a quarter billions of dollars of it is there. There is always as much, gold there as the total of gold certificates in circulation. Unless somebody tunnels into the treasury at night and lugs off the gold, there will always be enough there to pay off every gold certificate in exist- ence, if they should all be brought in at once.", "But they're not all going to be brought in at once. Keep that in mind while you observe how the same trick is done in France, where they have what many people believe is the best scheme in the world, just as we have the worst.", "In France there is a pile of gold just about half as big as the one in our treasury. But instead of being in the treasury it is in the Bank of France. The Bank of France doesn't issue warehouse receipts, as our treasury does, against its gold. Instead, it issues notes of the Bank of France, promising to pay gold on demand. And it always pays too.", "Why We Have so Many \"Stringencies\"", "HERE is the difference, now, between the French way and ours : The United States Treasury cannot issue a gold certificate unless it has the gold on hand. The Bank of France can ; that is, it can issue its note, which corresponds to our gold certificate.", "Suppose, now, that a French business man goes to the bank and tenders his note for ninety days. The bank, finding it a good note, issues him its note, which is a promise to pay gold. That note becomes part of the country's stock of money.", "There's no way to do that in this country. The only way you can get our treasury to give you a gold cer- tificate is to bring in the gold. Your note may be as good as gold ; you may be worth a million dollars, and the note may be for only one thousand dollars. No difference. You can't get a treasury note except by depositing the gold.", "In times of large money demand the Bank of France goes right on issuing its gold certificates, whether it gets the gold or not. It issues them against first-class com- mercial paper, as well as against gold. We issue them only against gold. Observe how the two methods work.", "Congress is Getting Ready for Currency Legislation", "By Judson C. Welliver", "T \"Everybody\" cheerfully agrees that our banking meth- T", "T ods are bad and something's going to be done. So it's T", "T high time we took a live interest in national money mat- T", "^ tars or we'll be presented with legislation we don't want ^", "unsuited to", "Crop-moving season in this country demands an un- usual amount of actual cash. There's more business at this season ; but there is no more money than at any other season. So we must twist and turn about, cut down our other uses of money, and complain about \"stringency.\" We get the feeling that there is less money than at other times. There isn't; there merely is more business, more demand for money. But we have no way to adjust the supply of money to the mo- ment's needs for it. In France they have because they don't insist on the gold but take commercial paper instead — the best security that the commercial world knows — the French increase their supply of money when they need it. The Bank of France wouldn't be at all shocked to find that, with $600,000,000 of actual gold in its vaults, it had outstanding $1,200,000,000 of prornises to pay out gold on demand.", "The people aren't going to hurry in all at once and demand that all the notes be redeemed. A fifty per cent, reserve is found in actual experience to be ample security for notes.", "After a few months the crop-moving season is over, the extraordinary demand for money ends, the French- men come into the bank and pay their notes, and the bank cancels them. As these notes are canceled, the percentage of gold in reserve rises. So the amount of money in France is a rapidly and sharply fluctuating quantity; in this country it is substantially stationary, so far as concerns methods of bank issue.", "An Ellastic Currency System is What We Need, but It's Going to be Hard to Get", "THERE is the difference between an elastic and an inelastic currency. It has been determined by long and varied experience, that an elastic currency is the best. It adjusts itself to fluctuations of demand. It represents the business of the country, not the amount of gold on deposit.", "The French plan, with variations, is fairly representa- tive of the plans of other countries where they have modern banking and money methods. The students of this question are pretty well agreed that we want some- thing like that here. But how to get it?", "Logically, of course, the thing would be to create a Bank of the United States, which would hold that stock of gold in its vaults, and be permitted to issue its notes, as the Bank of France does, against both the gold and the commercial paper brought to it for discount. Why don't we adopt that plan which works so well?", "The real reason, in my opinion, is that the people who would like to see it done are such cowards that they don't dare mention it. We have had two Banks of the United States, and both of them got into bad odor with their times and people. Andrew Jackson didn't believe in a Bank of the United States, and his fight against the Second Bank of the United States forced it to give up existence as a federal corporation. It was rechartered as a Pennsylvania institution, continued its business for a time after the National Government's deposits had been taken away from it by Jackson, and finally went to smash. It created a tremendous prejudice against a government bank in this country.", "Mighty few of us have known anything about the matter; we have accepted opinions that were made up for us two generations ago, and that represent quite as much the bitter partizan spirit of that time, and the crude political and economic ideas,- as they do actual knowledge of the merits of the controversy.", "Nevertheless men to-day feel that there is st'll so", "much prejudice against the government central bank idea that it would be political ruin to advocate such a plan.", "Therefore men are trying to devise a currency revision that will give us some of the benefits of a central bank. You recall that Senator Aldrich's bill provided for a National Reserve Association and branches. He didn't dare call it a bank, because he imagined that there was too much hostility to a bank. But the fact remains that his plan was just merely set- ting up the machinery for a great central bank — in part — without calling it by that name. Most of the other currency and banking plans that have developed since then are based on the Aldrich scheme, but nobody has had the nerve to get up in his place as a party leader and say that what he is trying to do is to pave the way to a new Bank of the Ignited States, with the power to do the thing the Bank of France does.", "The various plans look to establishing more co-opera- tion among the banking interests of the country, so as to distribute the financial strains and, in a way, give to each bank the guaranty of the financial solidity of the whole banking structure. That is an excellent idea.", "Our Horde of Gold Doesn't Do Any Work", "UT all these plans must lack the breath of life 'until they get the spark of a scheme to give elas- ticity to the uses of the gold reserve. There is only one great gold reserve in the world that doesn't do any work, and that is the one in the United States Treasury. It has no elasticitj', no function as a credit basis. Our pile of gold, locked up in one place, is vastly the biggest single horde in the world, and quite the most useless.", "If the people who want a central bank but don't dare say so would get together, clarify their ideas and then take a huge dose of nerve tonic they would probably agree on something like this :", "A central bank with a number of branches or agencies throughout the country. It might be called a Central Reserve Association with District Reserve Associations.", "The central institution would have, let us say, $200,- 000,000 capital, taken by private subscription and paid up in gold. It would be managed by a board of gover- nors dominated by the Government, so as to make sure that Wall Street shouldn't get hold of it.", "This central institution would be given power to issue its notes in exchange for gold certificates. When people came in to do business, they would be handed the notes of the bank, just as if it were the Bank of France.", "Then some fine morning the Bank of the United States would drive up to the United States Treasury in a large armor-plated automobile and, passing in its bil- lion dollars of treasury notes, say : \"Give me that gold, please.\"", "Uncle Sam would hand over the physical gold, and the bank would haul it home and put it in the vaults.", "So the new bank would be in business and would at last have a huge gold reserve in its possession. Of course it wouldn't own that gold ; it would merely be custodian of it. The people holding the bank's notes would be the owners, just as the people who to-day have gold certificates own the gold in the treasury vaults.", "It Would Induce Safer Banking Methods", "AVING reached this point. Congress would be ready to inject the element of elasticity into the scheme of the new bank. It would pass a law under which the bank would be permitted, thereafter, to issue its notes not only in exchange for gold certificates, but in exchange for commercial paper. That would com- plete the parallel to the Bank of France as we have seen its operation. Observe how the introduction of this elasticity would affect the small banks around the coun- try. The laws now require all the larger national banks to keep in reserve twenty-five per cent, of their entire deposits. That twenty-five per cent, is useless to gen- eral business. Adopting the France plan. Congress would be able to reduce very greatly or abolish the reserve requirement of the banks. If a bank needed money it would take its good commercial paper and get the money from the central bank. It would have to be mighty careful what sort of paper it held, because the central bank would take only strictly best paper. Thus the effect would be to induce safer banking methods.", "Farm and Fireside, May 24, 19 H", "The Pride of the Armstrongs", "By Grace Boteler Sanders", "With an Illustration by R. Emmet Owen", "pLAS ARMSTRONG looked up dazedly when a big red machine emerged from the cloud of dust which had hidden it from view and glided up to the wicket gate close to where he was sitting. He blinked uncertainly when the sun glittered upon the nickeled trimmings and shining glass, almost shutting out his sight with their glare.", "\"\\\\'hat on earth!\" he ejaculated, stifrly rising and hobbling to the gate. \"U'hat on earth !\"", "Silas Junior, the young man who was driving the splendid machine, laughed triumphantly as he called out : \"'I got the prize. Gran'dad. Didn't I tell you I'd win?\" The old man still gazed wonderingly as the boy continued, \"I got the most subscribers, according to the population, of any agent in the United States, and the auto is mine. What do you think of her?\"", "The old man dreamily opened the gate and tottered out to inspect the great machine which was throbbing and trembling all over because of the pulsations of the powerful engine.", "\"Landy, but she's a high-strung critter,\" he declared in a tense whisper. \"I'd be afraid to drive her, son.\"", "Young Silas laughed gaily. \"You'd 'a' been afraid to try for the prize too. but I ventured, and I have some- thing worth while that I couldn't have bought. Dad wouldn't get me a horse and buggy, though all the kids in the neighborhood owned buggies. I had either to go on foot or take the old cart. It was a measly shame too.\"", "\"Your father's a good man. He'd 'a' bought you a kerridge if he'd had the money handy,\" loyally defended the old man.", "\"I know he would,\" declared the boy just as warmly. \"He's one of the best fathers in the world, but intentions don't count these days. A fellow must put up the goods if he wants to make a show. I've learned that much.\"", "The old man wagged his head so vigorously that every crinkly hair of his snowy beard waved in unison with its owner's senti- ments. \"I know it!\" he sighed sinking down on the grassy hillock. \"And, boy, it's alius been that way, in the old days the same as now. I reckon if, instead of going to war and get- ting my leg shot off, I'd a stayed at home an' speculated like Ron A\\'illiams over there\" — the old man nodded toward a great red barn which spread its hospitable arms far to the east, and whose shining spire pierced the heav- ens— \"if I'd stayed at home like Ron and sold wool and beef and calico I'd 'a' had a few pennies to set my boys up in life.", "\"He brags that he paid for three substitutes and thinks that he done something big. but he made enough money in that time to found his fortune. I went to the front, me and your Uncle Luther. I came home crippled for life. Luther breathed his last on a southern battle-field. Your grandmother grieved herself most to death because we couldn't give his bones a Chris- tian burial.", "\"I've been poor ever since, and my boys have been poor. It's mighty unhandy, but\" — the old soldier reared his silvered head proudly — \"there's never been a coward among the Armstrongs. We're the stuff of which heroes are made. Silas, my boy. That's the reason you beat all the other fellers in this contest. When you thought you was licked you buckled on your belt and started all over again. The Armstrongs succeeded in everything except this money deal, and why we failed on that I can't exactly tell. We alius worked like dogs.\"", "The old man. leaning upon his cane, relapsed into a moody si- lence. Only the purring of the big machine cut the perfumed air. The fragrance of hundreds of vials of the sweetness of lilies and roses and lilacs had been spilled over the laughing countryside. Each breeze brought the whispering of violets and the promise of half-open hyacinth-buds, but neither the young man nor the old were thinking of these things.", "The old man saw, amid the smoke and blood of carnage, a southern battle-field, where an army of brothers were fighting against each other; he saw his own boy fighting bravely as he fell. The young man saw not the bowed old cripple, but a hero who had given his all for his country.", "\"We're proud of you. Grandfather, just as proud as can be!\" he said very softly, but with an earnestness in his tone and a fire in his dark eyes which spoke the depth of his feeling. \"A man like you is an honor to the country; a big puff-ball like Ron Williams is not. Is the nation celebrating because of men like him?\"", "The old man cackled merrily at the idea. His face shone, and his faded eyes gleamed. .Almost as quickly a shadow replaced the sunshine which illuminated his face, and he pulled his offending beard viciously.", "\"That's true enough,\" he complained, \"but what good'll the honor do me if I can't even go to the cele-", "bration. Here they're going to have a reunion of the 57th Regiment at Springfield to-morrow. For months I've been thinking about meeting the boys I haven't seen for so long, and I thought how I'd order 'em around like I used to. I was captain, boy. I'd cleaned up my uniform and polished my sword and went over what I'd do about a hundred times. But last night\" — the old man paused brokenh' — \"last night your Uncle Tom said — you could 'a' knocked me down with a feather — that he wasn't going.\"", "\"What !\" interrupted the young man in astonishment.", "\"No. sir, he said the wet weather had put him back with his plowing and one of the bosses died and he couldn't spare time nor nags. That means for me to stay at home, for an old feller eighty years old can't walk twenty miles and take part in a celebration too. I reckon you'll be there.\"", "The old man's face suddenly brightened as he turned eagerly to his grandson. \"Your machine come just in the right time. Nobody can object to taking it to a celebration.\"", "\"You're right !\" laughed young Silas, laying his hand caressingly on the shining wheel. \"I would have been obliged to stay at home otherwise, for Daddy's using the horses too.\"", "\"I reckon your mother and the children'll fill it!\" ventured the old man, mentally calculating how many persons the roomj' seats would hold. The boy flecked a bit of dust from the shining side and awkwardly mopped his hot forehead.", "\"They are not going!\" he explained lamely. \"The fact is. Grandfather, I'm going to take a dozen boys who have been very good to me. I never had a chance before to return any of the favors they gave me, but I'm going to take them to Springfield. We expect to ride in the procession and afterward have supper at the hotel. I deserve a little fun after my hard times.\"", "\"There's just twelve of the boys around here who want to go to the reunion and can't,\" remarked Grand-", "Grandfather had been the only one who had the presence of mind to snatch her from the way of harm", "father slowly. \"Seems like I'd be willin' to give the rest of my life to march with the boys once more.\"", "And somehow, as young Silas drove away through the summer twilight, a haunting picture of his aged grand- father possessed him. As he swept over the bridge the plaintive words rang louder in his ears than the croaking of the frogs in the marsh. The moon which had arisen in the clear sky shone solemnly down upon the little country graveyard where so many of the boys in blue who had already answered to the reveille lay sleeping peacefully. How rapidly the ranks were thinning. Each year when the war-scarred veterans marched behind the tattered flag on Decoration Day the townspeople remarked because of the few that were left, and as Silas flew along the smooth country road, his hand upon the wheel of the new machine, a great pity overwhelmed him.", "\"If I hadn't promised to take the boys,\" he muttered; \"but I think I'm entitled to a little fun, especially when I earned the car myself.\" He relapsed into a moody silence, for the flying machine had lost its charm.", "\"If I hadn't invited the boys I'd take every one of the poor old codgers,\" he repeated as he drove into town ; \"but I can't go back on the invitation now. They'd all give mc the laugh. I guess I'll go around t<i the jew- • clry-store and sec George — exhibit my machine too.\"", "The boys were there lounging by the door. Silas saw them as he whirled around the corner and proudly swept up to the door. He was met by mingled expres- sions of envy and pleasure, by much veiled sarcasm and jealousy. His spirits dropped immediately. The fall was complete when he asked casuallj- : \"I suppose you'll be ready for the celebration in the mornin'?\"", "George Westcott yawned politely under his gloved hand. \"I suppose so,\" he drawled indifferently; \"these celebrations are such a bore.\"' Immediately Young Silas saw not these well-dressed indifferent j-ouths, but twelve bowed old men in suits of soldier blue, twelve old heroes who longed to hear once more the crack of the last salute over a comrade's grave. Could he retrench now? His very heart stood still at the thought of the sneers and snubs which he would receive, for he knew that in spite of their assumed indifference the boys were anxious for the trip. Could he? Grandfather's words answered him. \"There had never been an Armstrong who was a coward !\" With a toss of the head and a squaring of his broad shoulders, Silas broached the subject.", "\"I'm glad you don't care for the celebration,\" he said nonchalantly, \"for I've concluded to ask jou to wait until some other daj- so I can take a different party.\"", "A low whistle and a circle of wooden-faced boys greeted this announcement, but the young man plunged bravely on. \"There's a dozen old soldiers who are crazy to be at the reunion, but who have no way to get there, so I concluded to release you that I may take them.\"", "Without a word the boys turned and walked away. Silas waited. When at the end of five minutes they did tiot return he rolled swiftly down the street. He did not stop until twelve doleful old men had been changed into twelve happj' soldiers who were rapturously fussing over .their faded uniforms which they were to wear on the morrow.", "The sun' was shining brightly in a rose-and-amber skj- when the auto and its laughing load thundered over the bridge near Grandfather Armstrong's home, but now the young man heard, instead of the mournful croaking of the frogs, the music of an army of birds. ^^'hite lambs were at play in the tender green of the meadows. Brooks babbled jo3-ously over pebbly bottoms. AU nature was rejoicing and so were the old men who were enjoj'ing their first auto-ride. They told in- spiring stories as they wheeled along, deeds of valor, of battles hard-fought and of victories won, and the boy with his hand on the wheel listened and en- jo3ed himself as never before.", "In Springfield the boj' saw Grandfather the center of an admiring crowd. Every nerve of the old man's erect body vibrat- ing with pride, Silas Armstrong led the procession through the crowded streets. Young men and old cheered as the veterans and their tattered flag passed the stand where the governor 'and mayor stood with bared heads. A white-robed girl pinned on Grandfather's coat a long-de- laj'ed \"decoration\" which the State had awarded for bravery.", "And as the boy realized what the aged heroes had done that the people might enjoy these bless- ings of liberty and civilization, houses and lands suddenly faded into- nothingness when compared with the fadeless laurels which these heroes had earned.", "A great shout suddenly broke in upon his dreaming. Young Silas saw a crowd of people in front of the grandstand. The procession halted, then a little girl was held high above the heads of the people, and by her stood a silver-headed old man. There was a \"hip, hip, hurrah,\" and a second look told the boy that they were cheering for Grandfather.", "The romantic little story was upon every lip for many a dav thereafter. They told how the governor's little daughter had suddenly spied her father and had dashed across the street, right under the feet of a spirited horse. Although there were many young men near. Grand- father had been the only one who had the presence of mind to snatch her from the way of harm. It was a most eventful day. For pure happiness young Silas was almost too nervous to sleep that night, but the next day, when the governor and his staff had come and gone, leaving a substantial reward in the old man's hand, he sought his grandfather almost reverently.", "\"Even the boys, and they were a little miffed because I gave them the go-by yesterday, are talking about you, Gran'dad,\" he said shyly. \"They came up and congratu- lated me. It is worth something to be a hero.", "Grandfather smiled and stroked his sword com- placently. \"If you hadn't fought and won your battle of self-sacrifice, the old man wouldn't have had the chance to be a hero,\" he said softly. \".\\re you sorry?'", "Young Silas vigorously shook his curly head. \"I m glad!\" he declared. \"What you told me helped me to win and will this whole world through. It's a great thing to remember that no .Armstrong ever failed in bat- tle. I'll try to be a worthy member of a worthy race.\"", "Better Babies on the F", "By Anna Steese Richardson", "BETTER crops + better live stock + better babies=: prosperity. There you have it — the new slogan at agricul- tural fairs the country over! County and state fairs are responsible for the friendly competition which has raised the standard of grain and live stock. They have educated the farmer to secure the best possible returns from the soil and from animal- breeding. And now the fair officials are going to prove that even greater prosperity for the farmer can be insured by — Better Babies on the farm.", "For a generation or two farmers have felt that their babies were not exactly toeing the mark. There they were, living the outdoor life, breathing the finest sort of ozone, drinking the richest sort of milk and eating the freshest of fresh eggs, but not turning out in just the way a self-respecting farmer's baby should. Some «f them actually died during the process of teething exactly like the huddled mites of the city tenements^ Others grew up with an aversion for farm life or they lacked strength to perform farm work. These children found their way to the cities, leaving their parents to the mercy of hired hands. The farms which they should have upbuilt and inherited have drifted into alien own- ■ ership.", "It Begins with the Mothers", "' Just such conditions started the cry of \"Back to the soil.\" Granges began to study the problem of keeping the farmer's children on the farm. Armies of straw- bern- and corn boys and of tomato girls were organized. .Agricultural high schools were established. But results were not all that had been anticipated. Men and women began to realize that you must go farther back than growing boys and girls ; to babies ; yes, to babies yet unborn. The making of the true child of the soil must start with pre-natal existence — with the mother !", "This idea finally took definite form in the mind of a woman who had borne children and who loved both women and babies. She had been a state fair worker for years, keeping step with the march of progress m the woman's pavilion. She had helped to award prizes for good bread, good pieced quilts, good painted plaques, ^\\'hen child welfare was brought to her atten- tion, she began to consider the importance of well-born, well-cared-for children. And as she watched the women and children at the state fair where she acted as judge she decided that light, savory bread, intricate quilting patterns, gorgeously painted china, yes, even grain, hogs and cattle, would not spell Prosperity with a capital P for the farmer unless his children were sturdy and strong, to take up the work when he was ready to lay it down.", "But how was the standard of baby health on the farm to be raised?", "Good Cattle —and Poor Babies", "If crops, horses, cattle and chickens could thrive on farms, why not babies?", "Splendid idea ! She would discuss the question with men who had brought grains and live stock up to the highest possible standard. So away she went to the live-stock exhibit, where the judges and farmers hung .over the railings, pointing out the good points of prize- winners— horses, cattle, hogs and chickens. What sleek, well-fed, carefully tended mares, cows, sows and hens these farmers had on display ! What promising colts, calves, tiny porkers and chicks these well-tended animal mothers had borne !", "The woman who loved babies stopped stock-still, - sping. The answer to her question was written clearly all over that live-stock exhibit. Care in breeding, care of the mothers, care for the newly born animals, the future prize-winners, but little or no care for the babies who, as farmers saw them, would never become prize- winners, never bring a dollar into the family exchequer. Millions for improved methods of farming, for better live stock, but not one cent for better babies !", "So why not a contest for babies with cash prizes for the winners ?", "\\\\ hy not prove that babies could respond to care, as well as colts, calves and piggies? Why not let the farmer show that he could raise the standard of future farmers as well as future products of the farm?", "This woman knew the keenness of the farmer to catch an idea, the quick workings of his practical mind, once open to conviction. In that hour the idea of the Better Babies Contest v/as born. The next year the first state- fair contest was held, and it drove its lesson straight home.", "The First Better Babies Contest", "Babies from both farms and city homes were entered. A city baby won first prize. The standard of city babies was found on the whole to be higher than that of country babies. Farmers who had won prize after prize for grain, horses and hogs saw their own children dis- qualified by judges, physicians who know a healthy baby when they see it !", "Can you imagine how those farmers felt?", "They were the angriest set of men that ever surged out of the state fair-grounds. And every one of them carried a paternal chip on his shoulder. He'd show those city fathers what was what the next year!", "One of them did. He went at his task of baby-culture in a most thorough way, the same way that had brought him blue ribbon after blue ribbon in the agricultural and live-stock exhibits. He took wife and baby to the best physician in the state capital. He studied his child's score-card as he studied the pedigree of his finest stock. He gave his child as careful attention as for }-ears he had beep giving his crops and his stock. He co-operated with_ his wife in working out a SA'stem of simple physical-culture exercises for the two-year-old child. He saw that it was fed on the best the farm afforded, instead of sending the best to mprVet.", "And at the next fair that verv babv took first honors in the Better Babies Contest — blue ribbon, cash and a splendid score-card which was printed in big tA'pe in the daily papers. Talk about pro'd farmers! Here was a", "\"one-year crop\" that was a record-breaker. A better baby, a \"best\" bab}', as the result of just one year's scientific attention.", "Do you wonder that the Better Babies movement is sweeping the agricultural districts and the state fairs? Do you understand why the \"back-to-the-soil\" idea is at last on a practical working basis? There won't be any need of city folks going back to the farms. The farmers' children will be strong enough, keen enough, earnest enough, to hold their inheritance against all comers, when these Better Babies lay hand on the plow and the reaper. Better Babies mean more than mere prosperity. They mean an aristocracy for farmers, the aristocracy of good blood, strong bodies, clear brains.", "Naturally city babies are not barred from these Better Babies Contests, for the average state fair is held in a state capital or a city of considerable size, making the competition between city and rural babies extremely keen. But the entire idea of the contest appeals more strongly to the farmer and his wife who have tested in a practical way all the modern methods of raising standards in live stock. For, after all, a dimpled, cooing baby is merely a wee animal and will respond to exactly the same methods of health-culture that turn colts, calves and pigs into prize-winning live stock.", "How to Enter the Contests", "The Better Babies Contests are announced in state fair bulletins and premium-lists 'precisely like any other fair features.", "Parents who desire to enter their babies send for application blanks. These are found to contain about twenty questions concerning the family and individual history of the child and its general health. If the answers filled in by the parents prove that the child is qualified to enter, the committee notifies them when and where the child is to be presented for what is known as the elimination contest, which is held several weeks before the final cbntest on the state fair-grounds. Elimination contests are held at county-seats where ten or more children are gathered together. The physical examinations are conducted by physicians on lines laid down and standards of child health furnished by the state-fair committee on Better Babies Contests. Any child passing this examination successfully is eligible to enter the final contest at the state fair.", "These score-cards and health standards for babies . present an interesting study to the farmer and his wife, as they parallel the tests applied to blooded animals entered for live-stock prizes. They have been prepared by physicians and psychologists who have had practical experience with contests and by specialists in the dis- eases of children. The questions cover height, weight, circumference of chest and abdomen, symmetry, quality of skin and fat, muscular development, condition of scalp, teeth and throat, every point on the anatomy of the would-be prize-winner in which weakness or disease might lurk.", "All examinations, both elimination and final, are made on scientific lines, and with all possible respect for the dignity of the parents and the safety and comfort of the child. Best results are secured when only the examining physician, his clerk or assistant, the mother and the baby are present. The babies are not on exhibition during the examinations, but generally appear before the admiring eyes of the public on the day when awards are made. This ceremony is performed in the Better Babies Contest pavilion, the woman's pavilion or the", "After the final contest, score-cards are sent to parents, arena.", "and generally these carry suggestions for improving the baby's health during the ensuing year, offering hopes of prize-winning at the next fair. Examining physicians have been most enthusiastic about the contests and generous in their advice to parents. But the great value of the contest lies in the opportunity given parents to see a scientific, honest comparison between children of the same age and to all purposes the same environment and opportunities for physical development. Here may be studied the elfects of different methods of feeding, of sleeping, of outdoor life, of habits.", "While the contests are in progress during state-fair week, there is generally held on the grounds a child- welfare exhibit, arranged by some organization of progressive women, showing modem appliances for sterilizing milk and preparing artificial food ; demon- strations of comfortable clothing for babies and sanitary toys; lectures on the conservation of child life and gen- eral child-welfare, sanitation, hygiene and recreation. Every influence that can bring the children of the farm up to the very highest human standard is discussed in these gatherings.", "You Ought to See Those Babies \"at the Fairs!", "State fair-grounds on the day of Better Babies prize awards present a sight not to be forgotten. The healthy baby is generally the handsome baby and the good", "baby, so this sort of exhibition of youngsters far sur- passes the ordinary \"beauty show.\" It appeals to many parents who would not enter a baby in the beauty show, and It brmgs out the cream of rural and city babies! There is nothing more inspiring than the faces of fathers and mothers listening- eagerly to speakers on baby health, baby hopes. Here is a topic every parent can understand, placed on a basis that appeals to the father as sane and practical. If 3-our baby is plain, it IS forever outclassed in beauty shows, but in Better Babies Contests there is always the next year's fair to anticipate and work for, bringing baby up to the health standard by means of simple, hygienic living.", "Louisiana was the first State to hold a Better Babies Contest at a state fair. This was in 1909, when the Louisiana Congress of Mothers opened their model home on the state fair-grounds at Shreyeport for the physical examinations and awarding of prizes. The judges were physicians, registered nurses and kinder- gartners. The contest drew parents of all classes, city and rural, and was repeated the next year with great .J success.", "Mrs. Frank De Garmo, who had worked out the gen- eral plan with southern physicians, carried her idea to the National Congress of Mothers at Denver in 1910, and the idea began to spread. Mrs. Mary T. Watts of Audubon, Iowa, brought it to the attention of the Iowa state-fair officials, and the contests have been scien- tifically and popularly successful'at Des Moines for two years. Preparations for a much larger contest are now under way for the state fair of 1913.", "Fifteen States This Year", "Far out in Oregon, O. M. Plummer, secretary of the Portland Union Stock Yards Company and an active worker for state fairs, had read about the Louisiana and Iowa experiment, and he interested the Oregon state- fair officials in the movement. The 1912 contest brought out hundreds of babies and convinced physicians and farmers that here was a practical way to raise the standard of children in that splendid western climate. Mr. Plummer went to Denver in January of this year, saw rnore fine results of the contest held at the National \\\\ estern Stock Show, and returned to Oregon a Better Babies enthusiast. He induced the state-fair officials to offer bigger prizes for the 1913 contest at Salem, Oregon, and to provide better quarters for babies and their guardians. The board voted one thousand dollars for this year's contest, the largest sum ever set aside for the work.", "Missouri held a contest at the state fair last year and will hold another one this year. Oklahoma state-fair officials have co-operated with women's organizations and will hold their first Better Babies Contest this Sep- tember. Nebraska, Montana, Minnesota, Washington and Mississippi fair officials have definitely decided to hold Better Babies Contests this year, while Idaho, Arizona, New Jersey, Illinois, Kentucky, Vermont and North Carolina have the matter under advisement and will probably have contests if appropriations can be secured and the women's organizations induced to co-operate.", "The Woman's Home Companion Prize Offers", "The co-operation of women's societies like the Mothers' Congress, federated clubs and child-welfare associations is extremely important, not only because the alhed women understand organizing a movement of this sort and serving on committees, but also because in all States where a woman's organization works with the fair association and contributes one hundred dollars in prize-money, the publishers of the Woman's Home Companion add the following prize ofTer ;", "A prize of One Hundred Dollars in Gold will be awarded to the winner of the first prize in the city class, and another prize of One Hundred Dollars to the winner of the first prize in the rural class. Of these two prize-winners the one with the highest score will receive a handsome gold medal suitably inscribed. The other will receive a silver medal. Two bronze medals will also be awarded : one to the second highest city baby, and the other to the second highest rural b.aby. To each of these four prize-winners a handsome certificate appropriately framed will be presented. All these prizes are to be known as Woman's Home Com- panion Better Babies Prizes.", "The National Western Live-Stock Show held in Den- ver in January of this year captured the first of the special prizes, two rural babies. Hazel Lucile Cash of Edgewater and Ralph Gullett of Golden, winning one hundred dollars in gold each. Hazel Cash's score was 97.85; Ralph Gullett's was 96.70. Both were splendid specimens of children raised in the open.", "Write and Find Out", "Oklahoma was the second State to qualify for the special Woman's Home Companion prizes, which will Ije awarded in the Better Babies Contest at the state fair to be held this September. Both Oregon and Iowa women are organizing to raise the necessary hundred dollars and thus insure the Companion prizes.", "The Better Babies Editorial Committee of the Woman's Home Companion has also prepared some extremely interesting literature for free distribution. This outfit includes comprehensive and specific instruc- tions for organizing and holding a Better Babies Contest, score-cards, forms for application blanks, notification cards, history cards, suggestions for parents who desire to prepare their children for contests and, wall charts for the use of judges. State-fair officials! and women's organizations now considering the advisa- bility of holding Better Babies Contests can secure full information concerning prizes, score-cards, etc., by addressing The Better Babies Editor, Vx'oMANy's Home Companion, 381 Fourth Avenue, New York City.", "This is the moment to organize a contest. 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Chain five and catch in the last single crochet made, fo\"- a picot. Repeat from the beginning to the end of the round, join, and fasten off. The wheels shoul# be joined as desired, on the picots of the edges.", "Pillow-Case and Towel Lace — Use No.", "60 or No. 70 crochet-cotton, and begin with twenty-one chain stitches.", "First Row — Turn and make one double crochet in the fourth chain from the needle. *Chain two, skip two chain of foundation, one double crochet each in the next four stitches, then repeat from * to the end, when there should be three clusters of four double crochet each.", "Second Row — Chain twelve, turn, skip nine chain, one double crochet in each of the others and one double crochet in the first double crochet. *chain two, one dou- ble crochet in final double crochet of same cluster, two double crochet in the hole, one double crochet in next double crochet.", "Pillow-Case and Towel Lace", "Repeat once from *, chain two, one double crochet in final double crochet of same cluster, chain two, two double crochet.", "Third Row — Turn, chain three, one double crochet in second double crochet, chain two. one double crochet in next double crochet, two double crochet in hole, one double crochet in first stitch of cluster, chain two, one double crochet in final stitch of same cluster, two double crochet in hole, one double crochet each in next four double crochet, chain two. one double crochet in each double crochet, two double crochet in final hole, one dou- ble crochet on turning chain.", "Fourth Row — Chain twelve, turn, skip nine chain, one double crochet in each of the others and in each of the next seven double crochet, chain two, one double cro- chet in each double crochet, two double crochet in the hole, one double crochet in the next double crochet, chain two, one double crochet in final double crochet of same cluster, chain two, two double cro- chet in the end.", "Fifth Row — Chain three, one double crochet in second double crochet, chain two, one double crochet in next double crochet, two double crochet in hole, eleven double crochet along the row, chain two, one double crochet each in the next ten", "For That Picnic", "to ensure complete success take along a case of", "The satisfying beverage — in field or forest; at home or in town. As pure and whole- some as it is temptingly good.", "Send for Free Booklet", "Delicious — Refreshing Thirst-Quenching", "Dtoisnd (be Grnnine- RcfUAC Subilltutcs.", "Soda Fountains or Carbon- ated in bottles.", "double crochet, two double crochet in hole, one double crochet on turning chain.", "Sixth Row— Chain twelve, turn, skip nine chain, one double crochet in each of the others and one in each of the next ten double crochet along the row, chain two, skip two double crochet, one double cro- chet in the next, two double crochet in", "*A Useful Medallion", "the hole, one double crochet in the next double crochet, chain two, skip two double crochet, ten double crochet along the row, chain two, two double crochet in the end.", "Seventh Row — Chain three, one double crochet in second double crochet, chain two, seven double crochet along the row, chain two. skip two double crochet, one double crochet in next, two double crochet in hole and one in next double crochet, chain two, skip two double crochet and make a cluster as before, chain two, skip two double crochet, ten double crochet along the row, two double crochet in hole, one double crochet on turning chain.", "Eighth Row — Chain thirteen, turn, skip ten chain, one double crochet in each of the others, and ten double crochet worked along the double crochet of preceding row, chain two, skip two double crochet, make a cluster as usual, chain four, make one treble crochet between the two clus- ters of preceding row, chain four, one double crochet in the final stitch of second cluster, two double crochet in the hole, one double crochet in the next double crochet, chain two, skip two double cro- chet, four double crochet along the row, chain two. two double crochet in the end.", "Ninth Row — Chain three, one double crochet in the second double crochet, chain two, one double crochet in next double crochet, chain two, make a cluster as usual, chain four, one single crochet in the chain before the treble, one single crochet in the treble, one single crochet in the chain after the treble crochet. Chain four, make a cluster after the next cluster of preceding row, chain two, skip two double crochet, ten double crochet along the row. three double crochet in hole, one double crochet on turning chain.", "Tenth Row — Turn, chain three, skip the first double crochet, eleven double crochet along the row, chain two, skip two double crochet, make a cluster, chain four, one", "t »f I if « « f t It ir $r jr 3» f gr^j", "THE COCA-COLA COMPANY, Atlanta. Ga,", "Coronation Braid with Irish Lace", "double crochet m final chain, one single crochet in each single crochet, one single crochet in next chain, chain four, cluster after cluster, chain two, two double cro- chet in end.", "Eleventh Row — Chain three, one double crochet in second double crochet, chain two, one double crochet in next double crochet, three double crochet over the chain, chain four, one single crochet each in center three single crochet, chain four, three double crochet over the chain and one double crochet in next double crochet, chain two, skip two double crochet, one double crochet in next, two double crochet in hf)le. eleven double crochet to end.", "Twelfth Row — Chain five, skip three double crochet of preceding row, one dou- ble crochet in each double crochet, two double crochet in hole, one double crochet in next double crochet, -chain two, skip two double crochet, make a cluster, work- ing three double crochet over the chain as before, chain three, one treble crochet in the center single crochet, chain three, three double crochet over the chain and one in the next double crochet, chain two.", "skip two double crochet, make a cluster, chain two, two double crochet in the end.", "Thirteenth Row — Chain three, one dou- ble crochet in the second double crochet, chain two, seven double crochet along the row, chain two, one double crochet in final double crochet of cluster and tliree double crochet in the hole, chain two, three dou- ble crochet in the next hole, one double crochet in the next double crochet, chain two. skip two double crochet, fourteen double crochet along the row.", "Fourteenth Row — Chain five, skip the first three double crochet, fourteen double crochet along the row, chain two an4 make a cluster, chain two, skip two doub^ crochet, ten double crochet, chain tw^ two double crochet in end.", "Fifteenth Row — Chain three, one doubl| crochet in second double crochet, thirtee double crochet along the row, chain tw^ skip two double crochet, fourteen doub^ crochet along the row.", "Sixteenth Row — Chain five, skip thre double crochet, eleven double croche along the row, make a hole, ten doublj crochet, a hole, two chain, two doublt crochet at end.", "Seventeenth Row — Chain three, one double crochet in second double crochet, chain two, make a cluster, chain two, skip two double crochet, seven double crochet along the row, make a hole, seven double crochet along the row.", "Eighteenth Row — Chain five, skip thre^ double crochet, four double crochet along the row, chain two. four double croche£ chain two, four double crochet, chain twoj one double crochet, chain two, two doublti crochet at end. Repeat from the begin^ ning of first row for length needed.", "For the edge rows proceed as follows j", "First Row — Make one single crochet in", "Insertion to match the lace at the left", "the hole at the edge of the last row of the point. *Chain six, one treble croche^ in the stitch in which final stitch of the preceding row was worked, chain sixj one single crochet in next loop, and repeat from *, making one single crochet in the end of the center row. and six chain on either side of it. Work the. second side of the point as the first was worked, and between the points chain three.", "Second Row — One single crochet in the center of each loop, six chain between Make another row of loops in this manner with two chains between the points.", "Fourth Row — Eleven single crochet in] each loop excepting the two-chain loop between the points.", "Pillow-Case and Towel Insertion — In|", "working this the directions for the lace] may be followed, always working the! upper half of the row and reversing forj the second half.", "Coronation Braid with Irish Lace — Us", "coronation braid in the finest size and No.J 60 crochet-cotton.", "First Row — \\\\'ork three double crocheti in every second thin space of the braid,! and between the clusters chain three.) Work a second row in the same wayj making the clusters over the spaces ot the braid skipped in the first row.", "Second Row (worked on both first! rows) — Make a cluster of four double crochet in each space, one chain between.j", "For the top of the lace now work third row. making one single crocliet ml each double crochet of preceding row, and! one single crochet in each space betweenj clusters. There fasten off.", "For the bottom of the lace work the third row as follows : One double crochet in every second stitch of the second rowjj and one chain between the double crochet.", "Fourth Row — Two single crochet in space of preceding row.", "Fifth Row — One single crochet in firs^ stitch, *chain seven, catch in the fifth chain from the needle for a picot, chain eight and catch for a picot, chain twoJ one single crochet in the fifth stitch of^ preceding row. Repeat from * to the endj of the row, then make another row off these loops, catching in the centers of the loops of preceding row.", "Seventh Row — One single crochet in thel center of each loop of preceding rowj seven chain between.", "Eighth Row — Four single crochet ml first loop, chain five and catch for a picotl in the last single crochet made, four single! crochet in same loop. Work in this wayJ in each loop along the edge.", "Attractive Clothes for the Hot Summer Weather", "Simple Designs Specially Suited to Wash Fabrics", "Selected by Grace Margaret Gould", "No. 2286— Boy's Plaited Dress with Bloomers", "I to 4 years. Quantity of material re- quired for medium size, or 2 years, three and one-eighth yards of twenty- seven-inch material, or two and seven- eighths yards of thirty-two-inch mate- rial. Price of this pattern is ten cents", "No. 2285— Child's Tucked Dress in Two Styles", "6 months to 4 years. Quantity of xnatezia] required for medium tOBc, or 2 years, two and three- ei^tlis yards of twenty-sevett- inch materia], or two yards of thirty-six-inch material. The price of this pattern is ten cents", "No. 2251— Misses' Waist: Large Armholes 12 to 18 years. Material for 14 years, one and three-eighths yards of thirty-six-inch material, with five-eighths of a yard of contrast- ing materiaL Pattern, ten cents", "No. 2252 — Misses' Five- Gored Tunic Skirt", "12 to 18 years. Material for 14 years, two J^rds of thirty-six-il*cll material, with one and one-half yards of thirty-six-inch material for tunic. Pattern, ten cents", "No. 2251 No. 2252", "No. 2282-", "-Collarless Waist: at Side", "32 to 46 bust. Material required for 36-inch bust, one and five-eighths yards of thirty-six-inch material, with one - half yard of silk for tie. The price of this collarless waist pattern is ten cents", "No. 2283— Three-Piece Skirt: Side Qosing", "22 to 36 inch waist. Material required for 24-inch waist, three and one-eighth yards of thirty-six-inch material. Width of sldrt in 24-inch waist, two yards. The price of this three-piece sirirt pattern is ten ceots", "\"ROMAN'S HOME COMPANION patterns cannot be bought in stores, nor purchased through agencies. They may only be ordered from our three pat- tern depots. Be sure to send to the depot nearest your home : Pattern Depart- ment, Farm .^nd Fireside. 381 Fourth Avenue, New York; Pattern Depart- ment, Farm and Fireside, Springfield, Ohio; Pattern Department, Farm and Fireside, 1554 California Street, Denver, Colorado. Price of Catalogue, 4 cents.", "No. 2277 No. 2276", "No. 1955— Boy's Panel Dress with Knickerbockers", "I to 4 years. Quantity of material re- quired for medium size, or 2 years, four and one-fourth yards of twenty- four-inch material, or two and three- fourths yards of thirty-six-inch mate- rial. Price of this pattern is ten cents", "No. 2277 — Misses' Kimono", "Waist with Square Yoke 14 to 18 years. Material required for 16 years, one and one-half yards of thirty-six-inch material, with three fourths of a jrard of sarin. Price of this pattern is ten cents", "No. 2278— Misses* Skirt ^ with Flounce", "14 to 18 years. Material for 16 years, two and seven-eighths yards of twenty-seven-inch material, or three and one-half yards of thirty- MX-inch. This pattern, ten cents", "No. 1886— Double-Breasted Norfolk Waist", "32 to 40 bust. Material for 36-inch bust, four and one-half yards of twenty-four-inch material, or three and one-eighth yards of thirty-six-inch material. The price of this pattern is ten cents", "No. 2 1 79 — Adaptable Five-Gored Skirt", "22 to 54 inch waist. Length of skirt, 41 inches. Quantity of material required for 26-inch waist, three and three-fourths yards of thirty-six-inch material. The price of this pattern is ten cents", "No. 2282 No. 2283", "\"T^HIS page illustrates a number of at- tractive designs for the different members of the family. No. 2251 and No. 2252 is for the young girl and is especially attractive developed in striped and plain materials. The other young girl's dress may be made of silk mull, cotton voile or any of the sheer batistes. The children's dresses may be of ging- ham, galatea, chambray or fine lawn, while the two costumes for women are suitable for any of the wash fabrics.", "Copiyright, 1913, by The Crowell Publishing Company", "Farm and Fireside, May 24, 1913", "A De coration Day Dinner", "By Elizabeth L. Gilbert", "THERE is no \"farm dinner\" better suited to being made into a com- pany affair than that of Decoration Day. The whole outdoor world furnishes its color-scheme, and flowers can be used lavishly, without that haunting fear of expense that comes to the city woman of limited income.", "A table with a large shallow glass dish filled with violets, peach and cherry blos- soms for the centerpiece, and with a tiny '\"individual\" bunch of these blossoms at each place, certainly is symbolic of the red, white and blue of this day of memo- ries. The menu can easily be worked out in red and white, and the following will be found verj- satisfactory. If the chicken, cakes and gelatin are prepared in the morning this can be served in the evening without verj' much effort, and without any great pile of cooking-things to wash.", "Tomato Soup ' Whipped Cream Stuffed Crackers (2)", "Pressed Chicken Potato Puffs Creamed Cauliflower Kidney Beans", "Buttered Rolls Currant Jelly Coffee (3)", "Beet and Cottage Cheese Salad", "Nut Wafers (or Sandwiches) (4)", "Red Gelatin Snowball Cakes Pink and ^^'hite Mints", "By including the salad with the meat course, a three-course dinner may be served. In that case omit the nut sand- wiches served with the salad.", "Make the soup after the recipe found in \"Farm Company Dinners\" (March 1st Farm and Fireside). Just before serving add a tablespoonful of slightly salted whipped cream to each cup or plate.", "The crackers are prepared by using various sandwich fillings between recep- tion flakes or square crackers. For this dinner serve tomato and pimento fillings.", "Beet Salad", "Make a stiff boiled salad-dressing; chop just enough pimento and tomato into it to make it red; spread lightly on hot wafers, and serve at once.", "The chicken is nicest if molded in a square mold which had slices of hard- boiled egg in the bottom. Turn this out on lettuce-leaves, and slice at the table.", "If cauliflower is not obtainable use a very white cabbage instead. Soak either vegetable in salted water one hour. Par- boil in salted water till tender. Drain. Pour over it a white sauce made of one cupful of cream, one tablespoonful of butter and one tablespoonful of flour. Beat this smooth before adding. Let all boil up together a few minutes.", "If dry beans are used soak overnight,", "and cook slowly to make them keep their shape. Add only salt and butter for seasoning. The red of these beans con- trasts well with the white cauliflower.", "Nut Wafers — Thin triangles of buttered brown bread with English walnut-meats between.", "Beet Salad — This is better with fresh tomatoes, but pickled beets can be used very well. Place slices of either vegetable on crisp lettuce- leaves. Make your cottage cheese into balls, pile them on the red vege- table, and surround with salad dress- ing. This may have, if one wishes, enough whipped cream in it to be almost white, and to stand up in puffs. Nuts may be chopped and added.", "Add four stiffly beaten egg-whites and one teaspoon ful of lemon extract. Beat. Bake in gem-pans, in a hot oven. Ice them with boiled icing, and roll them in cocoanut.", "Boiled Salad -Dressing — One tablespoon- ful of sugar, one tablespoonful of flour, one teaspoonful of salt and one-half tea- spoonful of ground mustard. Mix to- gether, and beat smooth with a little swe milk. Add one beaten egg and one-fourt cupful of creamy milk. Have one-hal cupful of good vinegar boiling-hot; pou the other ingredients in, and cook unti it is smooth and thick like custard; ad one tablespoonful of butter, and beat har Have very cold at serving-time, and ad one-half cupful of whipped cream. For sweet salad add more sugar.", "Potato Puffs (a good use for ol potatoes) — Prepare plain mashe potatoes, adding an egg to each pin and beating till they are very ligh Butter a baking-dish, pile the pota toes in it in rough mounds, and bak in a hot oven ten minutes, or until delicate brown. The potatoes must be served in the baking-dish, and if a blue and white one is selected, i will add to the red, white and blu color-scheme of the dinner.", "Potato Pufts", "Snowball Cakes — Cream one and one- third cupfuls of sugar with one-half cup- ful of soft butter. Add one-half cupful of sweet milk. Sift two cupfuls of flour", "and two teaspoonfuls of baking-powder pint of chopped (and drained) pineappl four times. Beat into the liquid mixture, or bananas. Serve in tall glass dishes", "Red Gelatin — Use one envelope of an good gelatin, the juice of four lemons one large cupful of sugar and two pint\" of canned cherry or strawberry juice. Just as this begins to harden add on", "A Page for Sunday Reading", "With a Discussion of the Sunday School Lessons", "Joseph and Benjamin", "By Rev. Chas. O. Bemies", "Sunday-school lesson for May 25th: Gen. 43, 18-19, 23-34. Read Chapter 43.", "Golden Text : He that loveth his brother abideth in the light. — I. John 2, 10.", "The Bible, especially in the Old Testament and the four Gospels, is a country-life book. Let us interpret it accordingly. We believe that the Bible is a true record of facts.", "ALTHOUGH Joseph married into the /\\ family of the idolatrous high /\"\"^ priest of Egj^pt, becoming thereby -^adopted into the top-notch aris- tocracy of the nation, he never let the religion or position of his wife's people wean him away from the worship of the true God.", "No wife, no position, power, influence or politics can beat a red-blooded man out of his religion. Joseph was also proud of his Hebrew blood, and kept the traditions and his heirship to the promises. He proved his rightful pride by making the name greater. If Joseph was so loyal to his religion and to his family blood, why didn't he during his twenty years of resi- dence in Egypt, mostly prosperous, go up to Canaan to visit his aged father, Jacob, and his brothers? It was only three hun- dred miles away. He never even wrote.", "This is the answer: If Joseph made himself known to his family Jacob would find out the rascality of the ten brothers in regard to Joseph and so plunge the father into abject sorrow and distrust against his ten sons for the rest of his life. Joseph loved his father too well to cause him this old-age miserv, and so was content to bide his time — God's time. Meanwhile his brother Simeon, the self- willed, cruel one, was a hostage in prison awaitin)^ the return of the brothers with Bcnjamm. Joseph felt that prison dis- cipline would do him good. His seemingly rough treatment of his brethren was in order to try them out and to see Benja- min, his only full brother, without reveal- ing his identity at present. But Jacob positively refu.sed to let Benjamin go down to Eg>'pt for fear of his safety, although faithful Reuben pledged his two sons as surety of a safe journev. But when they were close pressed for food Jacob told them to go to Egypt for grain. The sons insisted it was worse than use- to Ro unless Benjamin went also. And only after much persuasion and sev- eral more weeks of time, Judah becoming additional surety, that Jacob, bowed with grief, finally consented.", "When Joseph saw that Benjamin was with them he gave orders for a feast to be prepared, commanding the Hebrews to", "be present. The brethren were terrified lest some trap was being laid for them and began hurriedly to explain to the steward about the money which they had found in their full sacks after the pre- vious trip, that they had brought it back and also enough more for another supply of grain. But the steward calmed their fears in the name of their God, assuring them concerning the money, released Simeon unto them and provided all things necessary for their comfort. When Joseph came the brethren bowed themselves down before him and gave their presents. Jo- seph's first question, \"Is your father well?\" shows his chief concern. His second question, when he had looked upon Benja- min, \"Is this your youngest brother?\" shows his next concern. Joseph tenderly blessed Benjamin, saying, \"God be gra- cious unto thee, my son,\" and could stand it no longer, but quickly went out and wept.", "After washing his face he came back for the feast. Joseph had his servants supply his brethren with an abundance of everything in sight, but to Benjamin, as the guest of honor, was given a fivefold portion.", "It was the greatest feast of their lives, and they left the gorgeous dining-hall vowing that their host was the finest fel- low they had ever met.", "Joseph Tests His Brethren", "By Rev. Chas. O. Bemies", "Sunday-school lesson for June 1st: Gen 44. 4-17. Read Chapter 44.", "Golden Text : Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. — James 5, 16.", "Joseph was wise when he had before treated his brothers roughly, for he wanted to make them think deeply aSout their great wrong to him twenty years ago and to\" repent and bring out their brotherly regard for each other. Now he puts them to the greatest test of all when he gives orders to secretly put back all their monev into ,thejr grain-sacks, and plots to make Benjamin appear as a most ungrateful thief by having his own mag- nificent silver cup placed in Beniamin's sack. ^ Thev started at daybreak the next morning after the luxurious feast, filled with great relief and happiness at their splendid reception; and now they were well on their journey home with Benjamin safe in their midst?", "Their lightheartedness was soon fumed to the deepest gloom, for before they had gone far the messenger from the great Eg)-ptian overtook them and charged them ^v^th having stolen his master's precious silver cup! They were all instantaneous", "and loud in their expressions of innocence, and, positive in that belief, they proposed to have the one killed with whom the cup was found, and the rest of them would become slaves. \"No,\" said the messenger; \"I'll take the one with whom it is found back with me and let the rest go.\" Imme- diately the search began, from the eldest down to the youngest ; when, lo, the miss- ing cup was in Benjamin's sack! They were all stricken dumb vv-ith astonishment and soul-grief, and rent their clothes at the neck in token of utter despair.", "Instead of continuing on home without Benjamin, every brother acted as a unit and went back dejectedly to see what was going to happen to Benjamin and to stand by him to the last. The only reason that Joseph carried out this plot against Benja- min and the other brothers was to severely test them to see if they had truly repented into new and better characters.", "They stood the test like men and like brothers. They were ready even for bondage themselves for the sake of their youngest brother. On the way back Judah's mind was busy with the plea for the defense. Joseph sternly charged them with rank ungratefulness ; Judah humbly but valiantly stepped forward and step by step delivered one of the finest examples of dignified and effective pleading ever recorded in any language in any time.", "A Young Child's Peril", "By Eliot White", "TT ALL happened so quickly and entirely without warning! The surprise and terror at the little boy's danger are scarcely lessened by the passing years, and his mother and I will probably hear as long as we live his strangely thrilling cries for help, and feel afresh that tor- ment of suspense till we could reach him.", "It was one evening during his third year, when he had been put to bed and the blinds shut in his room, and we had sat down to supper only a few feet on the other side of his closed door.", "Suddenly we stopped eating in bewilder- ment and dread at hearing a very peculiar frightened wailing, repeated over and over. As the dining-room windows were open and the sound came mostly through them, we thought some child must be in great fear out in the field bordering that side of the house. A repulsive picture flashed into my brain of a little one call- ing in horror for help, but unable to stir at the approach of some grinning^ monkey or other malicious beast. But neither my wife nor T recognized in the sound the slightest suggestion of our own child's", "voice that we thought we knew so well!", "It was like the effort to grasp a bafflin situation in a nightmare. The mind an limbs felt benumbed. Then, at the sam instant, out of some abruptly unlocke chamber ©f consciousness our realizatio flashed from eyes to eyes, and leaping t our feet we gasped, \"It's Maurice!\"", "Flinging open the door to his room, w rushed in. Empty ! His bed was rumple from the active little form, but was vacan and white as some terrible field of sno\" from which all life has been banished for ever.", "One of the blinds was open, and glanc ing in its direction I saw the child's hand gripping the inner edge of the window sill and his arms passing over outside! That was all that was visible, but it was enough. The window was fifteen fee' above an asphalt walk and a sharp cella ledge. His crying rang more frantic. Would his baby strength last till I