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GEYSER JUDITH BASIN TIMES - --- - 1 Concerning the Remaking of tlits ONIIIII••••••,••••••I It is a good idea to buy an extra yard or so of the material selected for a tailored suit, in order that the coat or skirt, or both, may be altered and the suit remodeled. Good fabrics out- last styles, and a suit is often regret- fully consigned to the discard, not be- cause it is worn but because styles have changed since it was made. A suit that is required to do more than one season's service without any alteration should be conservative in Style. A plain skirt of medium full- ness, and a box coat or one of the plain, semititted models, if well made of good material and line finish, is never out of tile running. A good model to follow in remaking a suit is shown in the picture given here. The skirt is made with an in- verted panel Bet in at the back and front, and a narrow skirt may be wid- ened by the addition of such panels Another good plan for widening a nar- eow skirt is to split it up at each side to the swell of the hip. Here it is Someone whose occupation, or busi- ness. is the thinking up of pretty things must have turned her attention recently to artificial flowers_ For these cunning copies of nature's beauty -won- ders are compelling attention every- where because they are used in new and unusual ways. We are used to seeing them In corsage bouquets and replacing natural flowers in the limou- sine. We are familiar with them in girdles about the waist and in wreaths about the hair, but these are only mere beginnings of their useful ness as it has been lately developed. Everywhere little blossoms nestle in bows and rosettes of mantles or lace, ornamenting collars and cuffs They dangle, In 10.ace of ribbons. iii hanging sprays from the girdle. They are perched in bright sprays On the party or the shopping bag, and they adorn the pincushion, the perfume bottle and the powder puff. A small bouquet set in a frill of gauze and suspended by narrow rib- bons that are tied about the wrist is the latest adjunct but one of the party gown. And that one is the spray of flowers which finishes an adorable anklet of malines that is tied above the slipper to fly with the feet of the trimmed to form a yoke, and an extra piece is set in at each side by shir- ring or plaiting it to the yoke. The fashion for short skirts help make the way easy in altering them, and bor- ders at the bottom and bands set on are useful for the same purpose. Coats have been brought up to date this season by the addition of full skirts, set on at the waist line, and by belts and pockets made in the new mode. A collar and cuffs in another fabric help out nu the transformation. and buttons supplement these with the smartest of finishing touches. It is a great satisfaction to con- vert an old style into a new one. Whether one is compelled to be eco- nomical or not a remade suit made of good cloth adds variety to the ward- robe and admits of the exercise of the individual taste in design. Artificial feathers for millinery, made of fur, have been invented by a Boston man. youthful dancer. Only one ankle is allowed this final touch of color and coquet ry. The corsage bouquet and the flowers for the limousine have other business in hand besides their important mis- sion of beauty. They are determined to be useful os well as ornamental. A bouquet for the limousine is shown in the picture, made of two orchids and many sprays of lifelike lilies of the valley. In the heart of one orchid con,,,aled by flower petals. Is a tiny box of (001 had powder and the other dares to harbor in this secret way a box of rouge. Flower petals cover th, small powder puff that slips in each box and the unnoticeable rin- that is the handle of the puff is cov ered with silk floss. The stems of the flowers are tied with a bow of ribbon matching one on shades in the orchids in color. On. ribbon loop is sewed up along t hi elgea to form a case for a tiny mirror Look twice in the heart of the newest corsage rest. and the chances are than you will find it harboring the same sort of first aids to Cupid. T HE kingdom of Serbia is wi., of the smallest 1n . Europe, raid has . been very slow in devel- opment. Greater progress, however, has been made during the last ten years than for centuries fore, The The area of the country is :- S91 square miles, the population be!ng over four ard a half millions, mostly professing the Greek orthodox faith. The inhabitsnts are largely devoted to agricultural pursuits and, as a conse- quence. there are very numerous small farms in existence which belong 1 - 0 the farmers, and by the law of prinio- geniture descend from father to son. Although there are two large towns. Belgrade and Nish, most of the popu- lation is rural, and 85 per cent, at least, are engaged in agriculture: but 11. is of a primitive kind, as may be witnessed any, day on the small farms referred to where the wooden plow used in tile days of Xenophon may be seen in daily use. This primitive state of agriculture is largely due to the absence of any organization or systematic agricultur- al education. Modern methods have only been introduced in a tentative way during the last ten years, but there are no agricultural colleges )et in existence, although there are a number of model farms which are sub- sidized by the state, and in which technical instruction in dairying, fruit farming, silk cultivation, wine growing and similar subjects is given. Tobac- co is produced to some extent, but Is not very much exported, and in- deed the total exports from the coun- try are comparatively small, the larg- est amount being sent to Austria-llun- gary. The principal crop raised is maize. and very large quantities of this ce- real are consumed in the country in the manufacture of maize bread and many other preparations in which ground maize forms the basis. The flesh consumed is principally pork, although mutton, goat and beef enter to some extent into the daily dietary, more especially in the towns. Pork, however, in the fresh find in the cured state, is used everywhere, and every farmer, small or large, is a grower of pigs, the type preferred be- ing the Slangalicza breed, - which has the characteristic of producing deep layers of fat along the back, which is cut into long strips, slightly salted and used in the place of butter. So Important is the pork -curing industry considered in Serbia that the govern- ment subsidizes the curing establish- ments and in several ways gives con- cessions to the curers of pig meat. The salt required in the business Is subject to a rebate of 50 per cent of Its value, as it is used for industrial purposes, there being a state monop- oly of salt in the country. Sheep Rank Next to Pigs. Some of the customs in connection with agriculture are very interesting. among them being the universal co-op- eration of the farmers in annually sending their sheep to the hills. The sheep industry ranks next to that of pigs, and wool is produced in consid- erable quantity. Serbian mutton is noted also in eastern countries, and , before the war was much in demand In Constantinople. But the principal use of the sheep Is to produce milk, from which a great variety of cheeses is made. The farm- ers who are the owners of the sheep unite together to employ one or more shepherds. who take charge of their flocks and milk them while they are on the hills. The shepherds are also responsible for making the cheese out of Use milk, and pay themselves for their trouble by taking a certain per- centage of the produce. the remainder being divided among the farmers, ac- cording to the number of sheep they Possess. The cheese produced is somewhat bitter in taste and not unlike ewe milk cheese, which at one time was produced so largely in the south of Scot land. The national customs of nun] Ser- bia are very quaint. The marriage ceremonies, for example, are of the most elaborate character; the bride is ;elected by the parents of the bride- groom, and this is looked upon as be- ing quite in the natural order of hu- man affairs: but all the ceremonies in connection wIth marriage are of the most elaborate and, for that matter, costly character. Christmas ceremonies also are very; elaborate and are reminiscent of Pa; gan rites. One of the customs is to cut down a tree in the forest, and DV falling it must lie to the east. In' every household such a tree is cut into three portions, and is looked upon as being sacred and not to be touched. There is much throwing of wheat, which has a certain symbolic signifi- cance, and the log is then placed on the fire, while, at the same time, the inevitable pig is roasted for a feast. The ceremonies continue during Christmas day, which is given up to feasting, mingled with religious ex- hortations, and only come to an end when the night is far advanced. People Are Superstitious. As a nation the Serbians are ex- tremely superstitious, and this fea- ture runs through the whole of their national customs, whether it is in the laying out of a house or in the prepa- ration for death; but the Serbian farmer does not fear death, as he usually prepares the boards for his own cojiln and keeps them in readi- ness in his house. In the country villages it is the cus- tom to give a kind of feast five times in the year for the souls of departed heads of households, and food and drink, including wine, are placed on the graves and afterwArds given to the poor. It is a high holiday for the beggars, and they are not slow to take advantage of the occasion. In the country districts there is very little use for money, as the farms, be-, ing small, are utilized for the produc- tion of food for the winter, and this consisting as It does, largely of wine, brandy produced from plums, sauer- kraut, potatoes, onions and the pods of capsicum, known in Serbia as \pap- rika,\ there is little need to sell the produce in order to buy other com- modities. All these and others are stored in the cellars, but in the kitch- ens of the one -storied houses, which are the general rule, bacon, hams and salted meat are hung up to dry and to mature. Although the houses in the country are not very large, there is still provi- sion made for the guest, who may be a perfect stranger but who is welcome to the hospitality which is a tradition with Serbians in the same way as it used to exist in the Scottish High- lands. The industries of Serbia are small, as compared with agriculture, and this unfortunately is the result of a settled policy, which until recent years was enforced by the governing classes. When Serbia comes, to her own again after the present war, much In the national life will be changed; the old order of things will have passed away and the development of other industries besides those associ- ated with agriculture is certain to take place. Drill Amenities. Mayor John Purroy Mitchel said at a dinner in New York: \The memories of camp life are a very pleasant thing to any soldier. Even the little vivacities of camp life seem in the retrospect pleasant enough. - Thus I often laugh about a bank- er who was being drilled daily one day at Plattsburg by a broker -sergeant. \ 'What'll you give me,' said the broker -sergeant, an old Yale end, 'if I take that hump off your back?' \ 'I'll give you,' the banker an- swered with a tart laugh. 'something to make your hair grow, sarge.' ' Pirot Famous for Carpets. Pirot is the center of an important Serbian industry. Pirot carpets, blue and red. are to be found in every Ser- bian home, and have gained fame be- yond the lialkans. They nearly all are made in private houses, entirely by hand, often without even a shuttle, the workers using no patterns, but ar- tistic instinct prodming harmonious results. The art has beet acquired, no doubt, front the Turks, v ho learned it from the Persians. but Pirot carpets have qualities all their own. Colors and materials are so strong that it is almost Impossible to wear them out. South Africa's Demand for Films. South Africa Imports 60,000 feet of moving picture films weekly. STRAW MADE TO. SERVE USEFUL ENDT1 Manner of Caring for Straw on a Colorado Wheat Farm. On the ranch where wheat and oth- er small grains are grown, the straw from the crops can be made to serve some useful ends. The best way to preserve straw is to blow it into a barn or similar shelter at threshing time. On the special grain farm, where but few animals are kept, there is usually much more straw than can possibly be used and on such places no attempt, as a rule. Is made to save this by-product. On the general farm, where a relatively' large number of domestic animals is kept, the annual crop of straw is valued highly as rough winter feed and for bedding the animals, writes J. F. Harris in Denver Field and Farm. In many cases all of the straw is placed under shelter in either loose or baled condition to be used economically in many ways. On the small tracts where chickens are made a large issue, straw is valued highly as a litter material for the hen- houses, where the fowls scratch for Wasteful Handling of Hay. the grain feed for exercis - especial- ly in cold weather. With every year stras, gradually grows more valuable. Only a few years ago here in the big \Vest it was considered worthless and almost a nuisance. Large grain growers fre- quently stacked it out in the open to rot and be wasted, while those who had no unused spare places to stack it simply burned it to get the stacks out of the way of the plow. The waste- ful and thoughtless custom of burn- ing straw is even practiced now to some extent in some districts. How- ever, there is now a market for bright baled straw, and many are baling and selling the product as a staple farm CHARCOAL AS CURE FOR CONSTIPATION Trouble Is Easily Started and the Hog Breeder Must Be on Constant Lookout. The hog feeder must watch out for constipation, because it is so easily started, and can easily lead to other troubles. A sure safeguard against constipation and similar troubles is proper feeding. It is best not to over- feed the pigs, but rather let them be eager for their feed and clean it up quickly. Allow them free access to wood ashes and charcoal. The char- coal is a tonic, and the wood ashes build bone as well as keep them in good condition. Bone ash is good to supply material for the bones. The most convenient way to secure the charcoal is to burn corncobs. Rake the cobs into a windrow, and start them burning by means of cobs dipped in kerosene and placed in the windrow at short intervals. When they have burned enough scatter them so they will not burn any more. It is a good plan to sprinkle a little salt over the charred cobs, but this is not necessary. Pigs should, of course, have pasture when it is available. Besides the ef- fect of the pasture in balancing the ration and causing growth, the exer- cise taken in getting the grass is bene- ficial to the pigs. PULLETS FOR EGGS IN SEVERE WEATHER Fowls Need Especial Care When Transferred to Quarters In- tended for Winter. - We must depend on well -matured pullets for the bulk of our egg supply In cold weather,\ says C. E. Brown, poultryman at the Northwest experi- ment station, Crookston, in Bulletin No. 21 issued by the extension divi- sion of the Minnesota College of Agri- culture. Pullets of the heavier breeds that have heen hatched between April 1 and the middle of May, and those of the lighter varieties hatched between the middle of May and the middle of tune, adds Mr. Brown, will be mature crop. It is worth baled all the way from $4 to $6 a ton. My dwelling and barn are located on ground much higher than the field on which the straw stack stands and on which the wheat crop was grown. Threshing the wheat and stacking the straw on the lower ground saved haul- ing it up a steep grade to the barn and stock lots. An open straw shelter and fenced lot have been built for calves and colts for the winter months. They communicate with a large pasture in whicb the animals graze practically all the year. The calves and colts can come to the lot and shelter when- ever they desire to do so. When the ground is covered with snow they are confined in the lot about the straw stack all the time, being watered and given extra feed besides the straw. The shelter is well covered with straw and has three tight pole and straw sides, making it thoroughly com- fortable in cold and stormy weather. Although there is room in the barn for all the animals this calf and colt shel- ter relieves the congested condition of the barn when all of the farm ani- mals are to be sheltered, and utilizes the straw for roughage so as to re- duce it to manure during the winter. By keeping some of the farm animals here through the winter they get a good share of their living from the straw and by the time spring comes the straw stack will be reduced to good manure. Many farmers thresh their small grain crops away from their barn grounds to save hauling the wheat a a long distance, yet in so doing the straw stack is in such location that it cannot be economically used. It stands out in the field for several years, gradually rotting down, but al- ways occupying valuable field space. In the end practically no good has been derived from the straw. The good farm manager who realizes the possible value of straw will arrange to feed it as soon as possible after threshing, or use it for bedding or for some other good purpose. It is better to spread it back on the land or use It for filling gullies than to al- low it to stand in the stack and slow- ly decompose for three or four years. Straw makes an excellent temporary animal shelter; it is ideal bedding ma- terial and it is fairly good roughage for winter feeding of horses, cattle and sheep, enough by the first of October or No- vember to begin laying, and, if they are properly cared for, should be good egg -producers. Special Care is needed when pullets are first transferred to their winter quarters. If the chickens have been roosting in the open air through the summer and are suddenly transferred to close and atnffy quarters, they are almost sure to contract colds or even roup. The windows and the door of the chicken house, therefore, should not be closed too tightly at night un- til severe weather Bets in. SWEET CLOVER GOOD TO RENOVATE SOILS One of Best Crops Available to Improve Land—Makes Fine Green Manure Crop. There are few plants which will put run-down farms into condition for producing crops as quickly as the once despised sweet clover. Because of its nitrogen-gathering habit and the fact that its deep tap- roots bring large quantities of min- eral plant food up from the subsoil it is one of the best crops available to improve land. If plowed under it makes a fine green manure crop. Sweet clover is a biennial plant and may be used with profit in the rOta- lion of crops. It is being used More extensively each year as a forage crop. It makes excellent pasturage for horses, sheep, cattle and hogs. It may be pastured early and late, and live stock learn to eat it more readily if they are turned into it early. There is little danger of bloatAng stock on sweet clover, but to be safe avoid pasturing when the clover Is damp. Load Evenly. In loading a wagon place the load evenly over the front and hind wheels. If any difference Is made it should be on the hind wheels. They are larger and hence do - not sink in as deep as the smaller front wheels. The fact that the load is farther front from the team does not increase the draft on the wagon. Make Sure of Pedigree. If . you are not sure of a stallion's pedigree make his owner prove it In black and white (rota the official record..
