r"u""' '? " " -"~T 1 'J ?' ' I PRETTY CHRISTMAS GIFTS f I Acceptable Presents for Young: and Old jj and How They Are Made EASILY MADE CHRISTMAS NOVELTIES IN NECKWEAR * ' * _____ NECKWEAR and muff acta war* never mora taehlonable than they are Juat now, and thay are among the eaaleot to make of home-made glfta. They confer both atria and comfort upon their wearera to the Joy of thoee who receive them. Neckplecea are almply atralght langtha of velvet,- pluah or fur cloth, cut a quarter of a yard wide and a yard or more in length. They are lined with aatin and gathered in at the ends, where a teaseled ornament makes the finish. They fssten about the neck with a hook and eye or slide. Crocheted, passementerie or bead buckles and ornaments are used on them. Mulfa are barrel-shaped and made over beds of down or wool batting. These beds are bought reedy made and are very cheap. Velvet coverings are usually gathered over tbem with rufiles at each end as shown In the picture The muff and ruffles are lined with satin. 8Uk cords or strands of targe black beads are fashionable this season for decorating these sate HOLIDAY TIES AND \ BOWS IN RIBBON ' .!? I / ^ INEXPENSIVE and prettjr neckwear is made of narrow colored relret ribbon. Bowa and ties like thoae shoVn In the picture are often finished with amall flowera of ribbon or chiffon. HOMEMADE GIFTS ACCEPTABLE TO MEN , QELECTINQ gifts for one's menfolka O Is perplexing to the Christmas shopper; their needs are few, com pared to those of women and children. Men like gifts that add something to their comfort sad they like convenient _ things. They especially appreciate gifts made by the donor, and this year, there are some novelties for them which are not difficult to make at home. A basket, which will do either for a den or a bedroom, Is made very easily. The materials selected for It depend upon the purposes for which It la to be used. If It Is Intended for a con venient receptacle for ties, collar but tons, pins, needles, thread and various odds and ends. It Is to be made of cre tonne, brown linen or figured silk and finished wltMpbbon. But If for a den to hold pipesTmatches, cigars, tobacco, etc., It Is to be made of thin leather or heavy silk and finished with silver or gold braid and cord. A collar box oovered with cretonne and suspended by ribbon hangers is s reliable gift sure of a welcome. A round pastebSard box of suitable site U needed over which the coveting la stretched and either panted or aewed. For email remembrance tokens flat sachets of crepe paper carrying laven der or spicy perfumes In an oblons bit of cotton batting. are tied with nar row strips of ribbons. DMK SETS FOR THE OFFICE OR HOME A MONO the most attractive of novel presents for man are ofllce or library sets consisting of portfolio, letter box. waste basket, candle shades, etc. They are made of hand some wall paper designs pasted over foundations of heavy cardboard or wood. A paper having a broad black and whits stripe with dark red flowers, vaguely outlined on It, was used to cover the latter box and portfolio shown lis the Illustration. The candle shade la of dark red paper decorated with a fancy gold braid pasted on. The ability to choose an attractive paper and paste It on neatly is about all that Is required for making these seta. Leather effects, the tiffany papers, be sides many artistic flowered patterns are suited to the purpose and make useful and tpsteful gifts that men ap preciate. TOBACCO POUCH AND * DRESSING CASE BAG A TOBACCO pouch Is made of four long, narrow triangles of leather or of a silky plush, sewed together. A silk lining Is made In the same way and placed In the outer bag. The edaes along the top are blind-stitched to gether. The bag Is Inches long. each triangle 3% inches vide. A casing Is stitched In the bag 1 ft Inches from the top to accommodate narrow elastic bands for d raving strings. If the bag Is to be hungup ribbon or cord suspenders are sewed at each side. INEXPENSIVE GIFTS IN COLLARS AND VESTEES A COLA.A R and nates tat sheer or gandie. to wear wfth tailored suits will be welcomed by every woman and costs almost nothing but the time for making. The flaring collar Is finished with hand-embroidered scallops or a band of fine narrow swlsa embroidery, or lace, which extends down each side. The collar and v as tee must be cut separately and Joined at the neck line. The collar Is wired te make It stand and flare correctly. A brilliant vestee, with collar and revers of filmy lace, Is pictured made of brocaded velvet and shadow lace. The vestee Is a band about, the neck gradually widening to the waist line where It'll trimmed Into pol^rf. It fastens Just above the points with hooks and eyes, and here three small, fancy buttons are set on for ornament. A short ruffle of lace forms a flaring collar which Is supported with fine wires. The rerers are made of straight pieces of lace draped In at each tide and at the top In the neck line, blade of bright colored brocades this Is one of the prettiest of novelties to be worn to embellish the blouse. Leaving the Future to God. Do not yield to the temptation of looking at everything at once, as If everything would happen at once, and all the events of the day be crowded Into an hour./ Do not thus forecast, bnt take each thing as it comes to yon. and look upon It as the present ezpreesion of the will of Ood concern ing you; then regard the next In the same way, and thus receive your day ptoce by niece from him who will re member always when he gives you work to do, that you need strength / .tfV. tW';;' )?' ' '??"* to do It. Often, when yon have al most fainted .In spirit, the thonght comes, "If thou 'hast run with the footmen, apd they hare wearied thee, what shalt thou do with the horse men?" Put It from you. It Is a faithless thought; if you need more strength, you will hare It. be sure of that; or the call to greater extj-tlsir may never come to you. Tour business Is with the present; leave the future In his hands who will he sure to do the best, the very best for you.?PrlsclUa Maurice. WIFE WILL WISH HIS THIRST AWAY Her Mere Desire Means "Presto! and She Has It," ?ay? Husband. SHE IS A REAL IINX Teamster Tall* Judga Thara Navar Waa Such a Wisher as Hla Wlfa ?Could Hava Aladdin's Lamp If Sha Wantod It. ' Chicago.?"My wife," afflrmed Fred Kacsmarek In tha court of domeatic re lations. "haa everythlnr tn-the -world, she wants. All aba's got to do la wish, and presto! aba's got It. Wbat aba's hauled ma into court for I can't make out." "Drunkenness and non-support are tha charges," explained the clerk. Kacsmarek looked disgusted. "Now, ain't that just like a womanT" he demanded. "Haul me Into court for things that are her own fault If she wants me to cut out liquor all sbe'a got to do la wish. If she wants to be supported she cap wish for that, too. If she wished I waa an alderman. I sup pose ?d have to be. one. I tell you. Judga, you never saw a wisher like my wife." Never Wished for This. , "Has she ever wished for Aladdin's lamp?" Inquired the court. "I don't know whether she has or not, Judge, but believe me, she could have It If she wanted to. She could have any kind of a lamp. She could have an Indirect lighting lamp In the kitchen and In the cellar if she sim ply wished for It "Another time she says to me: Tou loafer, I hope you dislocate your shoulder,' and so of course I had to do 1L Wished Horse to Step oh Him. "Then she said she wished the horse would step on me, and I couldn't get away from that horse to save my neck. "She ain't a regular wife at all. Judge; she's a Jinx; she's a witch; she's a regular fate!" "Do you think," Inquired the court, i 1 1 I : I "She Says: 1 Hope You Fall Off the Wagon,' and That Same Day I Did." "that yon can keep sober now and support your wife If I release yon on probation?" "It all depends on her, judge," said Kacxmarek, with ? shrug. "If she hopes 111 be sober 1 can't help It. and If she wishes for my pay I can't hold out a dime." "Take your husband home and wish," ordered the court, addressing Mrs. Kacxmarek. "Next case " HOGS ATTACK A POSTMASTER Baqsfoot, Indiana Man Racas for Hla Life From Haat-Craxad Animals. Muncle, Ind?A drove of hogs, crazed by the beat, would bare killed Emory i. Nlday, postmaster of Mud cle, had they been able to set at blm as be lay In a hammock on his farm, he says. The hogs, which had been acting queerly, charged him. Nlday crawled Into the higher part of the hammock and sat huddled there as he called for help, the animals. In. the meantime, standing on tbelr hind feet In an ef fort to reach him. Finally the hogs noticed Nldajfti shoes and socks, which were on the ground, and devoured them. While the attention of the hogs were thus distracted Nlday leaped from the hammock and raced at top speed for the nearest fence, pursued by the ani mals. He fell over the fence In safe ty, and, barefooted, hurried to town In his automobile. KILLS BIG FISH WITH PISTOL Nine-Foot batch 80 Vicious Revolver Has to Be Emptied Into Ita Head. Clarksdale, Miss.?A Raffish weigh ing 187 pounds and measuring nine feet was brought to this city by Sam Antone. The flsb was caught In the old bed of the Sunflower river, a few miles from this city, and fought so violently that a pistol had to be emptied into Its head before it could be drawn from the water. Baby Fondles Poison Snake. Lancaster, Pa.?A two-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Gehman t/f Rowmansvllle. while playing In the yard, was bitten by a copperhead. The little fellow picked up the snake, and it struck its fangs deep In his flesh. His screams attracted mem Mrs of the family, who killed the snake. ' % ? . i ? - ? " ?" "? " r : - ? - * y..' ? *""? ' ? * ~' y( EXCELLENT NOTES OF HORSES AND MULES ? ' ? When a man overdrives a hired horse that's all we wash to know of him. ? ? ? A good ram 1% "half the flock." and a poor ram Is nflarly all the flock. HI* Influence Is always for either good or bad. ? ~ The cheapest gains and the most healthful conditions are obtained when pfs have access to good pas ture. ? ? ? If you expect good cows, take good care of the heifers Qlve them feed that will properly nourish and develop them ? ? ? The dairy utensils need heat to kill the bacteria In the seams, folds and corners, even after the washing Is thorough. * * * Before cross-fencing the farm plan out the fields with a view both to a good crop rotation and to ease of handling. ? ? ? The determining factor In the yield of a good variety of corn#s nnt the else of the ear/but rather the strength of the whole plant and the percentage of stand secured. , f * FEEDING NOTES FOR STOCK Tee Much Corn and Net Enough Reughage Given to Beef Cattle? Brome Graaa Oaina Favor. Many fanner* feed too much corn for beef and not enough roughage. Tbla ha* been repeatedly proved by experiment*. It ha* been proved that Texaa iteera receiving a ration of cot tonaeed meal and bulla in the propor tion of one pound of meal to four pounds of bulla, gained 2 21 pounda per day at a coat of 4.< cant* a pound, the meal being valued at ISO a ton and the bulla at ft. Another reault of thla experiment waa that when molaaaea waa added to the ration of cottooaeed meal and bulla, galna of 3.11 pounda per head were made, while thoae which did not receive the molaaaea gained but 2.09 pounda. Why may not cattle feeders In the sugar beet dlatrlcta avail themaelvea of the refuae molaaaea from the beet augar factories? There la thla advan tage, that beet augar molaaaea la much leaa palatable than molaaaea from the cane augar factories * The value of Ruaalan brome graaa for paature ta becoming more and more recognlied. 1th adaptation for thl* purpose la apparently higher itn the American and alao the Canadian Northwest, than In other section* of the country. It 1* now quite generally conceded that one acre of brome grass will furnish more pasture than two or three acre* of native prairie. Cow pea and alfalfa hay make a, good substitute for wheaf bran in cattle feeding. Too much silage la not good for sheep. They should always have rough age with It If cattle are fed almost exclusively on silage they will not thrive. , Shredded corn, alfalfa or straw should always be fed with silage. Unseed meal Is a good ration for fattening lambs, but cottonseed meal la better. In breeding abeep, corn, cob meal, ohts, a little cottonseed meal go very well If corn stover or straw Is used for roughage. . _ Swiss Chard. Swiss chard has come to be one of the most satisfactory salad planta. It la easily cultivated; the seed may be so.wn In any garden soli lurt as soon as work outside Is possible. The whole crop can be used for greens. When the leaves are removed new ones spring up, so that the plant can be utilised during the entire growing season. Good Suggestion. The Baltimore American makea a practical suggestion when It aays: "The South ahould grow more live stock and lesa cotton." Prevent Egg Eating. A liberal supply of coarse sand or gravel and a liberal teed of burnt bones pounded fine, with lime and ashes, all tend to prevent egg eating Hens Are Particular. Fowls are as particular as man kind about a variety In the bill of f Water In Eggs. It la claimed that there Is nearly as much water In a pound ot eggs as In a pint of milk. . i IE' ; ? . " r, 11 ? ,y , n?ra :OLEflDAM THREE hundred and some odd days of the even tenor of bis tray?and, than, tha Kermeaa and tha Volendamer dances, writes Anna M. Dannison In tha New York Tribune. No. Ha does not dance hi bis wood en shoes. No man of fashion has a pair of pumps better suited to tripping the light fantastic than are thla Dutch man's Bunday slippers. They are of some sort of soft, shiny leather, and In them he becomes light of foot The same may ba said of father, mothsr, brother, sister, sweetheart and friend The Volendam fisherman goes week ly out Into the Zuyder Zee and casts his net for flsh. As regularly as Sat urday comes arpund the harbor out side the dyke-fills up with craft until It can hold no more?for then he re turns for a peaceful Saturday after noon or Sunday with his family and friends. When he has anchored his barge be turns toward home, walking with that clever combination of drag ging, shuffling and freedom of swing In his step that can be acquired by no other means than the wearing of wooden shoes and -rousers a halt yard wide about the ankles. When he reaches his own door?a door exactly like those of his neighbors to right and left?he deftly slips out of his wooden shoes and crosses the vesti bule Into the living room of his home. The Fisherman's Home. This vestibule and living room are exactly like those of his neighbors to right and left, to front and rear The living room has twq, windows In front, each of whlctr is "Ctlrtalned with even ly plaited lace across the lower sash and smoothly Ironed lace across the upper. A table stands between these two windows. The floor Is covered from the table back to the opposite wall with matting, the fireplace accom left to best out Its routine, organised and established. To learn the lite of the people la to 8nd that the; Use thus content, hut always counting and plan ning for the Kermess as an American country child waits the year around c (or Christmas. It tg easy to understand that when a man and a maid who can dance, and at that wall, and can take a glass, and with unction, will do It with a rim when the moment arrises, (or there Is but one genuine diversion during the year. Therefore, before a certain Saturday evening In the month of Sep tember, It Is the custom each year for all available men and boys to begin putting up booths along the dike, or * on the seaward side of the mala street. In these booths are bastgwed dried llsh, smoked eels, toys, candles, bak ery, etc. Booths for Everything. One booth Is prepared for the cake cutting. This means that each cus tomer Is given a hatchet If be can cut the strip of cake In two with three strokes, sometimes four?the cake Is his. If he falls be pays for It Usually he pays. Another booth Is for the housewife who makes and sells some sort of fried cake. These are bought eagerly , for and by the children. Another booth Is arranged for ring throwing. Clocks, watches, dishes, lamps, and so on through a long list, are won or lost by the payment of ten cents (two cents of American money) and the skill of the thrower. / This Saturday afternoon the fisher man comes home and puts on his Sun day best,' Hla'wtfe and babies are already spruced up, and- presently they stroll out, band In hand. In troops and groups, past these tempting displays, regaling themselves on smoked, eel WWU.II. Jl?, ill BESlDt THE ZUYDER ZEE. modates a small charcoal .burner In Its | flue, and all the family china and all ?er and brass Is assembled hereabout The beds open Into the walls like cupboards, and here the family Is stored away at night Uke dry goods on shelves. During the day, however, coffee or tea simmers over a perpetual Ore, which Is kept alight In the burner on the table between the windows. Here sits mother or sister, sewing or knit ting, and to this hospitable board come cousins, aunts, grandfathers and beaux to pour and drink a cup of tea while the gossip of the day is passed; or, if it be the sweetheart, he steals a few minutes of flirtation with the de mure damsel. Always Planning for Ksrmess. Money Is not so abundant from the labor of the average fisherman as to permit much diversion from the rou tine. In fact, to one used to the at tractions of cities or the push of mod ern times, this life seems like a 12 | month clock, wound up each year and and giving the children a "Christ masy" feeling br buying, and present ing to them dolls, toys, cakes, etc. Everybody begins to pe.happy. So goes tbe week. Tbe daytime is spent more or less quietly about dally affairs, but the evenings arc full of music, laughter and madcap dancing. As the last nights of the Kermess ap proach it seems to dawn upon the Volendamer that the humdrum length of another year is approaching, and accordingly he raises bis heels and limbers up his knees. Whole bands of boys and men claap hands or embrace lovingly, and pound the floor In rhythmic thuds ahd thumps until tbe entire building sways and trembles, rocks and eehoes to motion and sound. They dance and dance the last Satur day night sway. Still they dance when Monday morning dawns, and only up on tbe stroke of noon on Monday does bedlam die away and all Volendam'go first to bed to sleep it off, and then back to work?till the Kermeaa comes again. > About Women. While the war is on wedding banns will be dispensed with In Austria. The, average life of women Is about tour years longer than that of men. When an English woman marries a German she takes her husband's na tionality. Miss Alice George Is managing the political campaign of her uncle. Con gressman Henry George, Jr., who Is seeking-reflection to congress. Ten young Chinese womdn "received the degree of M. D. at the recent com mencement exercises of the Hackett Medical College for Women at Canton, China. Gum Chewing -In Kansas. "I never realised that so many women chew gum until 1 started to make an examination of these tables," said John Thomas, proprietor of Fur | ry's confectionery, .125 East Douglas avenue. "One of the tables needed repairing and when I turned ItJtrSrl found M wads of gum struck on tha under aide of It. I then looked under the others and found that there were between fifty and one hundred wads W ? ?" , ' ij'V-." ? ? " \* ?* 'J of gum on eaeb of the 25 tabels In here. Abopt 1,260 women most have placed their gum under these tables, as tbere are that many wads." After the reporter taw (or himself that the pieces of gum were there, he asked: "Why do they leave It there, after so carefully placing It?" "Because they And so many they do not know whose they are getting hold of when they start to lepra,." rs* 1 piled the confectioner. ? Wlchltr Eagle. Largest Users of the Cable. Who are the biggest cablers? Prob. ably Lloyd's Shipping agency, for they hare sleepless agents in every corner of the world keenly watching lor ship- T. ping arrivals, departures, wrecks, cas ualties, etc.. which they Instantly no tify by cable to London. Raven Not Long Lived Bird. The ancients credited the raven with unusual lougevity. -but modern Investigation shows that It Is not warranted. The bird rarely lives more than seventy years, e i'W '?'-?'i- ?vr' ? ' ; ? '?* -1 j ? RL : ? " - ?