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COMFORT IN SLUMBER
SLEEPING SOCK OF CROCHET IS
WORTH MAKING.
Directions for Article That Those of
Any Age Who Are Troubled With
Cold Feet Will Greatly
Appreciate.
This sock is quickly and easily
worked, and any kind of wool may be
employed, if vest wool and a No. 14
bone hook be used, about 3 ounces will
be required.
These directions, which are for la
dies' medium size, may be easily
adapted to & sock of any size.
Work 54 chain, turn; a treble in ev
ery stich, commencing at the fourth
from hook, turn with, 2 chain, which
will stand for 1 treble, a treble in the
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back thread of each stitch to end of
row; turn and repeat from, work to
and fro in this manner for 2G rows (13
ribs).
Turn and work as usual, but 32
stitches only this should leave 20
stitches, unworked, leave the same
number of the foundation chain and
work a treble into each of the other
32 this will make 64 stitches across
the instep, turn always with 2 chain
31 consecutive trebles, decrease by
taking the 2 middle stitches together,
31 consecutive, turn, 31 consecutive,
pass the middle stitch, 31 more conse
cutive, turn, 30 consecutive, take the
2 middle stitches together, 30 more
consecutive, turn, 30 consecutive, pass
the middle stitch, 30 more consecu
tive, turn.
Twenty-nine consecutive, take the 2
middle stitches together, 29 cor-cu-tive,
turn; 2 trebles, take the next 2
together, 25 consecutive, pass the mid
dle stitch, 25 consecutive, take 2 to
gether, 2 consecutive, turn, and de
crease each row like the last two until
4 rows more or until the foot is the
length required; place the two sides
together and join on the wrong side
with single crochet; fasten off.
Work a row of double crochet round
the lower edge, taking 2 stitches to
gether at heel and toe. Work a dou
ble crochet through both threads of
each stitch of the previous row ta
king 2 together at the toe and join
on wrong side.
Join up front of leg and round top
work 4 trebles with a chain between
each under the end stitch of the near
est row, a double crochet under the
next, and repeat all round.
Last row 3 chain, 1 double crochet
under each chain and into the double
crochet between the scallops of the
previous row.
Tie round the ankle with a chain
and tassels of the wool.
GIVE THE DISTINCTIVE TOUCH
Initials on Articles' of Personal Use
Add Greatly to Pleasure of
Possessor.
Nothing gives so distinctive a touch
as initials. Whether iu silver, sta
tionery, handkerchiefs or household
linen, a monogram or initials en
hances the value of a gift.
There is much difference in engrav
ing, so it pays to get. your silver or
jewelry where you know artistic mark
ing is done.
Letter and note yiper for formal
correspondence is invariably marked.
Most women have several dies, one
with their addresses for business and
ordinary correspondence, the othr
with monogram or crest, for personal
notes.
Just now the letters woven into cir
cles, diamonds or oblongs and placed
at the upper left hand corner of note
paper or card are extremely popular.
Conservative women remain true to
the three block init'.als, rather small,
placed in center of paper or at left
hand cornor.
The hostess who entertains fre
quently ha3 her morrogam or crest
stamped on gi!t or silver-edged place
cards, which are kept altars cn hand
for creigencies. The die Trom one's
mor.cgrsrn p'jper can be used, the
stamping being done in go'.d or silver
urJuze to match a special decoration.
A 23-i frit handkerchief v.f.i take
qui'c a r.ew nir I f -t h 3 iniMah of the
oT.f-r embroidered cn l. The
lettering f.-r ordinary cr.ez is in, sma.i.
plain letters across one corner; for
more elaborate ones a monogram or
initials inside a medallion is preferred.
Bureau covers, table scarfs, linen
pillow slips, and centerpiece which
can be picked up cheaply at white
sales will look vastly better if marked
with initials.
I Bolster rolls of plain linen are bet
ter looking if they have three five-inch
initials worked in the middle. They
should be heavily padded to stand in
bold relief.
The girl who has little time for
fancy work should learn only to em
broider initials. It does not take long
to mark . one's belongings, and it -increases
their beauty. Especially for
gifts is lettering useful. It makes
thm attractive and personal.
Sea that the padding is regular and
well rounded and that the covering
for the satin stitch is taken firmly
with stitches close together, but not
overlapping, and with edges even.
LOOKING TO PRACTICAL SIDE
Valuable Hint to Mothers Preparing
Cresses for the Latest
Newcomer.
Sewing for the littlest cno seems an
easy proposition to the young mother
before she begins the loving task, for
she thinks all that i3 needejd is a few
patterns and a variety of materials.
But, right at the beginning, when
she sets out on her shopping tour to
select these materials, she is con
fused and often buys more for the
pleasing effect of what i3 in her hands
than for future wear and tear.
Nainsook of a soft quality and not
too fine is the best material for those
first little dresses, and It is really
more economical to buy this by the
piece as there is always a use for
this soft material.
The patterns may he bought in sets
and are thus easy to cut and baste,
but when this fs done the novice is
usually at a loss as to how to proper
ly finish the little garments.
The first thing to be considered is
that these little- garments must be
fashioned with a view to the rapid
growth of the wee one. If a tiny tape
be drawn through the neckband and
around the lower part of the full yoke
the dress can then be . let out to fit
the Infant as It gains in size..
The tiny wristbands are a source of
despair to the inexperienced sewer,
but if the edge of the. sleeve ie finish
ed with a row of beading edged with
narrow Valenciennes, the, sleeve can
be drawn to fit the chubby wrist.
And it must always be remembered
that the plainer the first garments are
the more comfort will be for baby,
nurse and mother.
SMALL GIRL'S PARTY DRESS
Quite dainty is our little model; it is
made In cream Jap silk, and ha3 ' a
yoke of tucked material in which the
silk is gathered; insertion, through
which ribbon is threaded, covers the
gathering. The sleeve and waistband
are of the same. Insertion and lace
trim the lower edge of skirt.
Materials required: four yards silk
36 inches wide, four yards insertion,
three yards lace, four yards ribbon.
Large Waists.
The Venus of Milo dressed in
Parisian modes might pass muster
now; thirty inches is none too big now
for a waist. Paris made the law and
every one followed it joyously; even
the stays, pull as you may, will not
give you a small waist. It is even
rumored that French women pad the
front of the figure to cause it to ap
pear straight, but the one desideratum
Is to keep the hips to the straight
line.
Catherine de Medici, when she in
troduced the bone corset, made thir-
ieen inches the riht size for the
laist, and many a woman at court
aciifked her life to attain it. Ther
is no necessity to have long bones to
keep iu the hips; coutil or brocado
may be cut ro as to confine the dimen
sions. Digestive organs ara now Ictt
full ar.d easy play.
LAND OF LONG LEAF PIN?
Whera the Weak Grow Strong and
tha Strong Grow Great God
. Blast tha Old North State.
Wilmington. Armed with a search
warrant secured by a local bicycle
dealer, . Constable Savage searched
the home of James Sellers, o. young
white man in this city, and found
eighteen bicycles, which have been
stolen from various persons.
Wadesboro. J. T. Garris, of Loo
county, recently purchased ICO acres
of land south of Wadesboro -for $2,
750 and arrived here with his family
to make his home.
Wadesboro. The county organizer
of the State Farmers' Union has or
ganized this county. The work of
the union is prospering finely and the
organization is increasing constantly
in membership.
Rutherford ton. -The town of Ruth
erfordton sold to a Chicago firm $35,
COO worth of bonds, the proceeds of
which are to be used in installing
waterworks and electric light sys
tems. Morehead City. The town, commis
sioners have awarded the bond issue
of $20,000 for the installation of a
waterworks system to a Chicago firm.
The system will be installed at the
earliest practicable time.
Concord. Mr. Ralph Odell of Con
cord, who was recently appointed
special agent of the department of
commerce and labor for' the purpose
of investigating conditions affecting
American trade abroad, will sail for
Liverpool the latter part of the
month.
Rutherfordton. The Central hotel
and the Carpenter building were de
stroyed by fire before the flames could
be controlled. The Morrow building
just across the alley was badly dam
aged by falling walls. The damage
is estimated at $40,000, with $12,000
insurance.
Oxford. Much interest is being
manifested in the agricultural ex
hibit and success of every depart
ment of the Granville county fair.
The splendid opening of the organ
ization in 1910 forecasted future suc
cess and no stone will be left un
turned to make the fair of 1911 most
creditable - to the country in every
way.
High Point. The entire plant of
the Shippman organ company was de
stroyed by fire, entailing a loss of
more than $50,000. A young girl,
Stella Carmickle, her eit cut off by
the flames, jumped from the third
story of the building into the arms of
her father. '
Washington. Washington patent
attorneys, report the grant to citizens
of North Carolina of the following
patents: R. H. Roney, Burlington,
umbrella; B. J. Sloan, Waynesville,
baking' mechanism for cleaning the
gratings of water-channels; S. W.
Sparger, Durham, book-holder.
Snow Hill. The entire business dis
trict of this town was swept out of
existence by a fire which started in
the store of J. S. Sugar. The town
hc.s no fire fighting apparatus and the
fire burned itself out. Immediately
after the fire Sugar was arrested
charged with incendiarism. Sugar
came here six months ago from Balti
more. Dunn. The Dunn road force seems
to have reached the unlucky number
13. The entire force broke out of
the barracks and all got away from
Capt. J. E. Cole, the superintendent.
One of the number came in and gave
up. They seemed to have gotten
hold of some tool3 of some kind and
broke out at the window.
Greensboro. A petition is being cir
culated in Greensboro in behalf of
Thomas E. Stripling, formerly . chief
of poiice of Danville, Va., who was
recently carried back to Georgia to
serve a sentence in the state prison
for murder, of which he was convict
ed many year3 ago, and from the
.erving of which sentence he escaped
for a long while by having broken
jail and remaining unapprehended.
Charlotte. A variety of subjects
pertaining to orphanage endeavor will
be discussed at the fifth annual ses
sion of the Tri-State Conference of
Orphanage Workers, . which will be
held in Charlotte, April 18, 19 and 20,
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
A number of the state's most promi
nent laborers in that field will be
here at that time.
Statesville. The unusual rapidity
with which the work on the States
ville Air Line railroad is progressing
is attracting attention.
Washington. As a result of a sit
uation discovered in the Cleveland
custom house- Jchn E. Wilkie, ex-chief
of the United States cecret service
and supervising special agent of the
treasury department, will make an in
vestigation of the Wilmington custom
house.
Wadesboro. An effort is being
made to revive the Wadesboro mili
tary company. The membsrs of the
company are makins an earnest can
vass to secure an additional enlist
mc r.t.
SENSATIONAL NEWS
BRYAN AND OGDEN DISCUSS AT
PHILADELPHIA THE MODERN
NEWSPAPER'S STYLE.
PAPERS HAVE LOST PRESTIGE
The Nebraska Commoner Says Sen
sational Method3 Do Harm Cites
the News Stories of the Movement
of Troops to Mexico.
Philadelphia. William . Jennings
Bryan and Rollo Ogden, editor of The
New York Evening Post, discussed the
"influence of the modern newspapers"
here at the meeting of the Contem
porary club.
Mr. Bryan declared that the mod
ern newspaper has lost much pres
tige and influence. Among the causes
for this loss of influence, he said, was
the devotion of too much space to
crime and domestic infelicity. Be
cause the public seemed to demand
news of this description, he said was
no reason that it should be used. A
journalist should not sell things that
are not good for the public to read.
Another evil, Mr. Bryan declared,
is the discussion of public questions
from a sensational standpoint. For
example he declared the manner in
which the present movement of
troops is being described in some
newspapers. Such discussions is apt
to engender a situation which might
easily cause an international contro
versy, he said.
Editorials which do not express the
opinion of the writers, but are order
ed by the business offices of the
papers, are another great evil, declar
ed Mr. Bryan, who said:
"The greatest menace to our coun
try today u the pollution of the edi
torial and news columns by interests
that are practicing grand larceny on
the people. Many of our great news
papers are owned by interests wheih
have their hands in the pockets of
the people and use the papers to
chloroform the readers."
Mr. Bryan advocated the passage
of a law which would compel news
papers to publish not only the names
of their nominal owners but also the
holders of mortgages upon the prop
erties. Mr. Ogden, who had opened the
discussion, said when Mr. Bryan had
concluded, "Mr. Bryan has spoken
some great truths, but if it can be
said that 'the people have the priests
and politicians that they deserve'
they also have the newspapers they
deserve."
COCA COLA CASE IN THE COURT.
Inspector Lynch Found Plant Unsatis
factory to Pure Food and Drug Act.
Chattanooga, Tenn. Coca cola has
been undergoing a technical attack at
the hands of the Federal department
of agriculture, the action being in the
Federal court, of which a special ses
sion was held by Judge Sanford to
try the case.
The case is styled "the- United
States versus forty barrels and twenty
kegs of coca cola." Beyond this, the
action against nobody in particular,
although the barrels and kegs are be
ing aided and abetted in their defense
by the Coca Cola company of Atlanta,
Several witnesses were examined,
Inspector Lynch, Dr. Fuller and W. J.
Dobbs. The latter testified to having
purchased the forty barrels and twenty
kegs, from the Coca Cola company of
Atlanta, and retailing it in unbroken
packages to merchants in Chatta
nooga. The other testimony was
largely technical, with the exception
of Inspector Lynch, who told of
seizing the goods October 21, 1909,
his inspection of the main factory at
Atlanta and succeeding developments.
The inspector said he took samples
from the seized goods and later in
spected the plant. This he found in a
condition which, he said, was not sat
isfactory and in accordance with the
pure food and drug act.
Dr. Fuller's tesimony was to some
extent a corroboration of that of the
inspector, as to the chemical analysis
of the samples sent to the department
of chemistry.
Opposition to "Chief's" Pardon.
Atlanta, Ga. Edgar Stripling, who
while serving as chief of police at
Danville, Va., under the name of Mor
ris, was rearrested after fourteen
years' freedom onthe charge of mur
der, will not get a parodn from the
Georgia pardon board if the widow and
relatives of the man he killed can
bring sufficient influence to bear. This
statement was made by Mrs. G. M.
Nelson of Harris county, formerly
Mrs. William J. Cornett, widow of
Stripling's victim. Hundreds of let
ters are urging the pardon.
Militia Officers Enthusiastic.
Washington. The enthusiasm of the
officers of the militia of the various
states and territories over the oppor
tunity offered them by the War de
partment for field experience in the
present military operations in the
southern border states continues un
abated. Gen. Leonard Wood, chief of
staff of the army, has received a total
of 1.S50 acceptances.
According to the present plan, about
200 militia officers will be sent south
ward at one time. The instruction
will la? t two weeks.
m 1
OME day Khartoum will be the
garden city of Africa, It has
been laid out ,wjltV-hat vlew
The immensely jjyp1 streets are
hordered bv small trees which
make the hot, dusty expanses of. road
way seem dustier and hotter by mock
ing the wayfarer, as if a thirsty man
should have a thimbleful of water of
fered to him. But growth is rapid here.
Before many years are past these sap
lings will spread their leafage wide,
and everywhere one will walk beneath
a cool canopy of whispering leaves.
At present nobody walks. The first
morning I was here I made a great
mistake. I went out for a stroll round
to get an Idea of the town. Frankly
I thought it was a detestable place.
"There is about enough here," I said,
"to make a decent-sized village, and
they have spread it over an area big
enough for the site of a city." It was
very hot. It was also windy. Dust lay
thick all over except in the very mid
dle of the road. I saw no white peo
ple about. I came back to the hotel
sticky and tired and in a bad temper.
But after a cool drink In a long chair
on the balcony looking over the river
and over the great stretch of desert
bounded by fascinating far-off hills, I
reflected and began to understand. In
this dry atmosphere thirst becomes a
habit, and it is necessary to drink often
of lime juice or lemonade. As I cooled
off I became more reasonable. I no
ticed the gathering of , donkeys and
of 'rickshas drawn by small . ponies
near the gate of the hotel on the riv
er's edge. ..Everybody who went out
took one or the other. Since then I
have done likewise, and I have no fur
ther complaints. There is, one walk,
and a very pleasant one, left-handed
along the river toward the point where
the Blue and White Niles meet, keep
ing each Its distinctive color for many
miles down, and when the steam ferry
plies to Omdurman on the further
bank.' But no one would dream of
walking even here under the palm
trees until the sun has dropped low.
Rides in the early morning freshness
over the desert sand and lawn tennis
as soon as the shadows begin to
lengthen that is how we take our ex
ercise in Khartoum.
The distances would really be diffi
cult, even If the road3 were not so
dusty and hot. You are told that some
place you want to go to is "at the end
of the street." This means at least a
mile, and sometime? nearly two. Yet
the buildings are scattered only here
and there. There is but one good Eu
ropean shop. There are bits of pave
ment in places, but for the most part
roadway and sidewalk have not yet
been separated. Consequently one has
the sense of wandering about a suburb
which is still in the builders' hands
and only just beginning to be occu
pied. Well, for "suburb" read "city,"
and that is perfectly true of Khartoum.
It has been planned with an eye to the
future.
"Some day," they said to themselves,
these far-sighted Englishmen and
Egyptian Cafe.
Scotsmen and Irishmen, not forgetting
Welshmen, "some day this vast coun
try will, instead of being mostly desert,
be covered with wheat fields and cot
ton fields. Work and wftter will turn
the barren sand into one of the great
producing countries of the world. In
that day Khartoum will no longer be
the head place of a province which is
still looked upon as the Cinderella of
the British empire and treated accord
ingly. "It will be the capital of a rich and
powerful dominion. -Whether it will
35e fitted to play this important part
iu the world drama, and set an exam
ple to other Capitals, depend3 upon
us," said thesrt Britons, filled with a
great hopo and pride; and they map
ped out the place accordingly.
Even in the native town away back
from the river there is order and de
sign. Piissin? through the v?.st open
space of Abbo3 square, which will in
time rank as one of the,finost la the
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world, you como to the markets, rows1
and rows of straw huts with a man ori
a woman squatting in each, rea'V to!
chaffer interminably for the egg3p,cr;
tomatoes or the chickens or the green;
stuff spread on the ground outside. Asi
you wander through, look along every;
street of low mud houses and you will;
see it stretching away dead straight toj
where the town ends on the desert.
For a complete contrast go over to Om-!
durman. Eleven years ago this was!
still the Dervish capital, the residence:
of the false prophet who made his pow-j
er felt over nearly half Africa. It was;
a slave-trading center, a vast prison,!
where every man felt himself a cap-i
tive and knew that a turn of Fortune's!
wheel might at any time number him!
among the victims who were hanged;
on high gallows In the market "place!
every Friday to strike the Khallfa'si
terror home to every heart. It was also!
a vast harem where women raided'
from many tribes were herded togeth-1
er to give the fanatical Baggara a fore-i
taste of their bestial Paradise.
Eleven years ago it was death crj
captivity almost worse than death for!
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Water Carriers.
any-white man found in the Khalifa's;
sphere of murder, robbery and rapine.,
Today you step into a steam tramway
car in Khartoum, which takes you to a
steam ferry; and from that again you;
board another car and are set down In
the heart of this once-terrible Omdur
man Even in what is still a complete
ly native rabbit warren of a city there
are signs of the tidying-up process on
every side. "Police Post" you see
written up at frequent intervals. "Gov
ernment School," "C. M. S. Dispen
sary," the placard of an English fire in
surance office on a t-torehouse, the
tall, spindle-shanked, but eminently
soldierly Soudanese sentries at the
barracks, the numbered armlets which
the donkey boys must wear all tell
the same story, not of "civilization,"
but of straightening out. Whether In
its crowded, narrow, awning-hung
bazaars, where you greedily seek a lit
tle shade from the burning sun, or
down by the river, wrhere the export
trade in gum and grain is busy, Om
durman seems to be still heaving a
sigh of relief. The people are cheerful,
-but there is a shade of apprehension
in their faces yet. And here, far more
than in Khartrjm, with its English
gardens and Sllsh faces, you realize
why.
H. HAMILTON FYFE. !
Weights and Measures.
London has what New York has
not, namely, cheap and easy access to
authoritative standards of weights and
measures. At the Royal observatory
of Greenwich these standards are
fixed on the outside walls, so that any
shopkeeper or householder or other
doubting Thomas can go at any time
and get information and an easy con
science without waiting for inspectors
or red tapo unrollers. The various
lengths are decided at Greenwich by
passing the measure to be tested be
tween raised points in metal plates.
There Is a pound balance there by
which any weight may be verified. In
Trafalgar square there are standards
of 100 feet and one chain (60 feet) on
brass plates, with accurate subdi
visions. These brass plates are set in
the granite steps on the north side
of the square. There are other sets of
standards in Old Palace yard. New
York might have them outside the city
hall and in the public squares here
and there.
And Yet He Lived.
"Spotted fever" received some queer
treatment in John Wesley's day, ac-'
cording to Wesley's Journal of Septem
ber, 174G. A man named John Trem
bath had the feve-r and Wesley wrote:'
"It was the second relapse into the'
spotted fever, In tha height of which;
they gave him sack, cold milk and
apples, plums, as much as he could
swallow. I an see no way to account
for his recovery, but that he bad not,
yet finished his work." ;
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