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bald spots in the garden by amelia leavitt hill be to eo little purpose and to termin- ete with- our own deeds or those of our gardens o variations in egg quality if you are a blonde the changing of pretty lightblond hair into that despised dishwater shade can easily be avoided and with out the least injury to the hair i am about the middle of the summer we or even better by the inclusion of aw taj considerably la vtli m hate prot fljttrjzthmw gladioluses these latter will bloom andor and somewhat as to ty ways ttvlutfzss sueisanauter of jtw e surprise in stor for us be jt on from time to time so that f- of water until i of camomile in two our vacation at home by gracia shull last year wo spent a most enjoy able and profitable vacation and we never left home a quarter of a mile back of our due to the bald spots left by the the season of their bloom will be pro- are so by the dozen and not by stron mvet uat t ot fiilriiioaa0 ft beautiful knoll fa our dytmt down of spring and early- longed their forage is much like aiv zm p0ur tea weu 0ter to j large orchard and at the foot of the smzer flowerl i that of the iris with which they harj uadmd dozen eggs should mt thorougniy witll j fa a brook fed by a sprmg m summer h monize excellently and they may be we on and p ot a towel but rather let the hair dry clear as crystal in the centre of the itv ifrtlsts lacked inhere and there amon the av8ra f two ounces for each egg slowly thus gaining the fuu benefit of orchard we constructed a cook departed blossoms have left behind 3js p b based oa l the camomile shack about twenty feet away we a mass of greenery peaceful ajidov zomes ounce eggs the consumer has a right it the hair has been wrung well after made a platform of rough boards corative t is true and rtfeory a of thsesalo to expect some reduction in the price the last rinsing the camomue solution measuring 16 x 20 feet and then enough to effect for the average vzs who eggs smaller than the standard caa bo mei for use in the next dener but some enterprising flower m f u slmuarly the producer has a right to waahllj you object to laint that are qj wb w remain for a few days standard a 30 powdered orris root to the csatterlner of endloluses broadcast i ww swj in other tea the camomile rinse will not management of flower grouping to the gardctmat somfd res leach or lighten the hairit merely insure a succession of bloom through- jgjst s it is i coior ot 6gs de for tha most rives it the original shade out the entire summer j a particutariy eensive j rt f f nen la i never use tar soap if you are blond the blossoms which j j r them certain breeds lay white-sheu- it jh sure darken the hair so will when it comes to actual planting f j ch petrolatum olive oil and the majority gladiolus bulbs should be set from terlstic of othr breeds to lay eggs ot halr tonics i have found that a ixl iw j ovrfvjkavtag brown shells of course there gc soaking of the scalp once a are to be found all gradations between month with kerosene will keep it clean the pure white egg at one extreme and an not harm the hair or its color for the very dark brown shell at the other j the shampoo scrape some pure soap consumers naturally have individ ual preferences with respect to shell color just as they have with respect to tho color of roses or neckties or any other commodity in which color varla- chief among leave unfortunate gaps crying aloud for filiing are the spring bulbs- daffodils hyacinths tulips and nar cissuses which have not only ceased to bloom but which aro literally sore and yellow by july with the exception of the tulips none of these is likely to bo lifted and though tulips are not lifted by many gardeners others feel that in order to insure tho best results thoy should bo dug up after thoy have ripened we need not go into a dis cussion of the relative merits of the different methods here the point is in the present case tho replanting of the bald spots to the best advantage most experienced gardeners make provision for midsummers quota of greenness or bareness by the planting of a seed bed of annuals from which flowers which have yet to bloom may bo moved to beautify the desert wastes of passed spring loveliness seedlings thrive on movings if you have already planted annuals throughout the garden however possible that even without such pre paration you will have a supply of extra seedlings which will answer the same purpose most annuals thrive all the better for one or twocovings so that your efforts to kethe gar den bright will accordingly benefit both plants and vacant spaces petunias baams marigolds either the lowgrowing redandorange french variety or the tall yellow african marigom princesfeather and nicotiana are especially well adapted to such use since they are both decorative and prolific if the plaoa to be filled bfi sunny portulaca will fill the void charmingly and the annual aster will provide many cheery blossoms for autumn cutting obviously wo may note that lateblooming flowers are particularly well adapted to baldspot use since they provide color at a time when this is at a minimum have ample time to become established after their instal lation and aro too smajl at the time of transplanting to interfere with their dying neighbors in this connection cosmos may be mentioned although this to obtain tho best results should be transplant ed while still small the reason for the selection of annuals in filling in apart from their almost immediate effect is simply that they are not so deeply rooted as to interfere with the plants among which thoy have been four to rro inches deep according to the sio of tho corm or bulb and six incites apart and should of course be lifted every autumn tho dahlia root or toe is set juet below the ground and must also be lifted at the end of the season dah- kas aro set a considerable distance apart in order to permit the free de velopment of the plant in transplanting seedlings or in deed pants of larger growth which are grown from seed a word as to the method to be used may not be amiss the most commonly employed and the easiest is simply to move the plant to the desired spot to give it a good watering and to await the result- this generally involves a complete wilting down of the plant in question and its subsequent revival after a day or two of prostration which has sapped it of vitality and impeded its growth if on the other hand you will lift the plant with a little earth about it fill the hole which has been made for its reception with water andset the plant in it piling in dry earth upon the water the seedling will stand in liquid mud and will almost invariably survive without undergoing the weak ening wilting and reviving process entailed by the other method it need hardly be said that the roots should be supplied with ample space in their new home and should never bo tightly packed together the earth should be patted down firmly about tho plant and in the heat of summer a piece of newspaper should be laid over transplanted plants during the heat of th9 day to shield them from the rays of tho sun although such transplanting may seem to entail much extra labor you will find some compensation in the fact that it will not be necessary to move a very large number of plants in all it is surprising to see what large and attractive growths will re sult from a rather scattered planting generally we sow annual seed thick ly and have not sufficient hardness of heart to thin extensively and the re sult is a mass of bloom born upon minute plants if however you will in transplanting set your petunias fouroclocks balsams and other an nuals perhaps six inches apart not only will your labors be greatly re duced but you will be surprised to see what showy and decorative growtjis into a little water let dissolve and pour onto the hair rinse well being sure that no soap remains i a little borax or soda can be used i but if the hair is very dry and brittle hon exists in certain markets the after washing discontinue their use i preference fox either white or brown was my hair once a week and have shells is so general and so marked never found it injurious the injury that the dally quotations for eggs show i frequent washing lies mostly in us- a consistent difference in price between ing the wrong soaps or hair lotions brown and white eggs of equal size and in improper rinsing and equal interior quality j- if possible always wash in soft while the casual buyer of eggs is water and dry the hair in the sun as indulging his preference as to shell a general thing blond hair looks its color the shrewd housewife who beat when wared or curled i roll knows that chemiscally there is no j mine up with rags preferably cutup distinguishable difference in the interi or quality as related to shell color is looking for other measures of quality while making her purchases pitched a tent over the platform tho tent was waterproofed and then paint ed a dull moss green to eliminate the glare this was our dining room and liv ing room whenever we could prevail upon anyone to stay inside meals were carried from the cookroom to the dining tent on a huge tray only two trips wero needed to carry the entire meal for the seven of us wash water and water for cooking purposes were carried from the made one hundred and sixty glasses of jelly and sold it at thirty cents a glass forty quarts of cucumber cat- chup we sold at fifty cents a quart and twenty quarts we kept for home use we made about ten gallons of tomato catchup and sold part of it receiving twenty cents a halfpint bottle for it our canning was all done in our cook shack and the men made trips to the collar every few days to store it but the women never went near the house during the months of july and august busy happy weeks wo bought our bread and butter and eliminated pastry we broiled fish meat and fowl over a camp fire- we roasted wienies and we rolled whole picnic hams in clay and baked them in our camp fire we used a longhandled toaster to broil meats thus saving burnt fingers and faces- we did our laundry work at the brook spring we slept under the apple and did not iron a single garment in dont wait to cull the annual culling season is here and care should be taken to start the elimination of the loafor hens just as soon as any of them- appear the real poultrymaa is no longer satisfied with one or even two callings a year he is finding it pays to make a culling every two weeks for a considerable period in order to get the boarders out of tho way as soon after they stop laying as possible in making these early culungs au that is really necessary is to bo able to i tell a laying hen from one that is not this can most easily be done by exam ining the vent the abdomen and the spread of pelvic bones the vent of the nonlayer whether she be a good or a poor hen for tho year will bo more or less dried and shriveled in comparison with the large moist vent of the laying hen if a yel lowskinned breed is being obsorved the return of yellow color to the vent will aid materially in picking out the vacation hens simuarly the abdomen loses its soft velvety condition when the hon stops laying old stockings and if this is done be fore the hair dries after a washing the i curl will stay much longer be sure the curls and waves are largo and soft frizziness is infinitely worse that straight hair if you succumb to the bob dont have the hair cut close to the head or shingled that is for brunettes a blondo will always look better with a rather long straight buster brown cut and the ends softly curled really pretty light hair on adults is rare and well worth preserving try tho camomile for a year you will be pleased with the rsult doll dishes on her birthday my daughter aeked for a set of doll dishes big enough to j eat from when her little friends came in to play we went shopping for j them in toy departments of stores and found such sets expensive but in the 1 housefurnishings section we bought from openstock china better dishes at half the price we bought six breadandbutter plates of a dainty flower pattern six af terdinner cups and saucers the smallest meat platter an individual teapot sugar bowl and cream pitcher my daughter says any pieces left after trees in hammocks or on cots and even on rugs on clear nights but on damp or rainy nights the women slept on cots and pallets in tho tent and the men slept in a large hay barn just at tho edge of the orchard wo closed up tho house as though we were going away for a long visit and promptly forgot all about it wo took old plain dishes mostly tinwaro plenty of cooking utensils all of our old cotton clothes dressed the youngsters in rompers overalls and sunbonnets and turned them loose horses were turned out to pasture but the men had to milk eleven cows twice each day feed and water the hogs tend 150 hens and about 800 young chickens and other poultry occasionally a little weeding in the garden was indulged in or a little wood gathered and cut for our camp but not one stroke of unnecessary work was done the men went on fishing trips near ly every day we women gathered preserved pickled and canned nearly 800 quarts of berries grapes water melon rinds and tomatoes we made forty gallons of the finest apple butter from windfalls and sold two months we wore knickers and onepieco bungalow aprons that had seen better days the men woro ten- nis shoes old colored shirts old wash trousors or overalls we rigged up a shower bath under a vshaped tent of muslin the youngsters went bare foot and mother and i wore sandals the fruit berries nnd so forth- wore clear profit except for the sugar vinegar and spices used in canning them as wo had never tried using windfall apples before or berries and wild grapes picked in fence corners tho youngsters grow brown and strong tho horses grow sleek and fat and lazy the men also and i found time to make many dainty pieces of needlework for the coming christmas box read many good maga zines and books write letters to neg lected friends and relatives and dream many happy dreams under the stars attiight altogether wo were a busy happy lot and when the last week in august i rolled round and we made a bonfire of our old clothes and sent tho men down the hill to open up and air out the house for our homecoming it was with real pleasure that we looked back over the greater part at two dollar a gal- tho happy weeks of our delightful ion to tourists and summer camps we i vacation placed when your spring plants therefore will result begin to leave you set rows of an- apart from the treatment of un- nuals between them to carry on the avoidable bald spots in the garden it bloom if tho plants which the an- h found tnat actua fl duals are to replace are not to be space3 can b a little care be reduced moved the annuals may be set more to a m this is done by tho thickly but for example if tulips are gi process of keeping the flowers to bo lifted which if dono at all will blooming which is an easy task since be as soon as they aro ripe tho new- consists only in preventing the comers must be so placed a3 to allow formation of seed pods ample room for digging without be- f of cases whor canterb coming actively involved in the pro- w enjoyw weu lnto au mm themselves as the foliage of the b merol inch off thaso departing plant shrinks and yehows when th formed rf j the smaller ones will increase in sta- of flower tus doea nq mea tare until the ultimate withering of the y off of gntin i h t f v the sacrifice of some bloom but simply of the bulb is xtself concealed by the h wmoval of jw f prolific new plants along the stem seed too may bo sown in the ro- quired spots the elight foliage of the larkspurswu bloom a second time bulb plants wis not interfere with the cut back when the first boom- is seedlings nor will tho latter attain j mln p lf t flowor heads a size which will interfere with them aro removed as soon as they begin to niiul their bloom is past fad pansies so popular in the spring and so yellow and hopeless roviuno continuous buom j ft the gorgeous oriental poppy leaves 1 ot kfe if in july or early i doll days she is going to put away to the pelvlo bones are always fairly f th nucleus of her own house- well spread when a hen is laying t keeping dishes close up when she stops the nonj p p layer can easily bo identified by this i a ppv pouquet condition tho hen that stops laying bo not deny yourself the pleasure in july is usually not much of a hen j ot a beautiful bouquet of rich red pop- suggested in the later cullings moro caro must be exercised and hence more factors considered seed wheat experiments at the oac show that for tho best returns it is important to sow seed wheat whioh is 1 large 2 plump 3 well matured- 1 un broken and 5 iinsprouted in the average of ten years- experi ments wheat sown at the college from tho 26thof august to the 9th of sep tember has been more productive than that which was sown at later dates winter wheat sown on summer fal low or after clovers or alfalfa gives better results than that sown after timothy buckwheat etc provided she has had a fair chance and pies right in the house where you can j v l jy good management j see them early in the morning cut j ssssffiej- she can be culled by the three points vour poppies and be sure to get freshly opened ones bip the tips of the stems immediate ly in very hot water then arrange them in a large pitcher or crock of cold water and set them in the cellar for the day they will droop at first but straighten up later and if they do not need to be moved about will often last two or three days o curtain tricks when hanging fresh curtains re member that there are tricks to this part of housekeeping as well as any other if the thin ones have shrunken so they look like a little girls skirt at the window hunt lip some old thin white material and lengthen each curtain from the top covering this seam with a valance set on straight or pleated of some bright material in color har monious to the room straight curtains which have split with age may be ironed into pleating then fastened back with cords or bands white net or lace curtains may be washed and starohed and put on the j rods wet to dry pull out the odges j with the fingers when perfectly dry i this is most successful when there are two rods top and bottom as for myz hxcluswejauenu inches of time we housewives are often held in the kitchen watching tho progress of whatever may be over the fire waiting for things to get done i used to chafe at these wasted moments but i dont waste them now not since i thought of establishing in my kitchen on a con venient shelf a worthwhile book to read at those times i have read in this way a number ot fine books that i could not havo gotten through with otherwise busy women who think quality pays regardless of whether it is in the goods you sell or the goods you buy the added prioo of quality product shows value received in the they have no time for reading will find added service or satisfaction one gets that they can accoiupimi much in that from thorn quality often makes the line if they really wanted to just by difference between success and failure using their inches of tlmo alice a a void which calls for decoration august tho straggling stems be cut ln fwming keen its bloom is over but caro must be severely back exercised in providing it with a neigh- t tor though one of the loveliest ad- f t f t ations to the garden it is exceedingly ft iftag th temperamentatbeing hard to esteb- 8 v v b fish and even when established very s l- t sfelto jealous of interference i have known bies whch year more than seso plants to be set in the same bed nla h for a with the perennial coreopsis which sjf ar bought nt such completely concealed the unsightly i mips left by the passing of tho pop- of course if flowers be cut profuse- pies and the result was perfectly sat- v the seedpod problem wijl not pre- dont try to fasten tiebacks with pins pressed in by the finger hold the pin firmly and pound it in with a ham mer iron net curtains and marquisette damp from the line it saves time and the result is as pleasing as when damp ened pongee curtains hold a nicer sheen when ironed quite dry white bone rings make an excellent lengthener for a sash curtain serving also as insert for the rod two yards of percale ruffled makes a dainty washable and gay kitchen curtain for less than fifty cents bont forget the possibilities of the dyepot for faded curtains color is being used more than ever and if this is not desired try creaming or buffing dingy white ones even tho tints added to the last water give expellent results wo take all possible pains to wash clean our palls pans nnd cans but sun shine can make them still purer and erousinsi7andwitl holtmany troa boys norfolk suit this type of suit will appeal to par ents who dress their young sons smartly and ssnsibly and is a stylo the young boy will wear with much pleasure the boxplaits in the front and back fit under a yoke the collar fits closely to tho neck and the sleeves may bo long and gathered into a cuff or short the patchpockets are gen- rays find their way into them sent itself so soon- i irfactory but it was obtained only at the price of ruthlessly weeding out i have known of communities whero and breaking off the coreopsis plants literally everyone boasted a- garden vhich ventured to trespass too near in which this fact was attested by the tho poppies when they began to stir garden owners who armed with scisl trmn their summer sleep oarly in sep- sors went daily through their domains fomber i cutting off blooms which were left on the iris which remains a cool soft the ground to die because the house mass of green long after its flowering j was already filled with flowers and fs over really needs no aid in adding there was no one in town who was effect to the garden unless you aro not similarly woll supplied desirous of color everywhere its of course such cutting doss pro- season may bo considerably prolonged long bloom and in the caw of roses by tho combining of tho socalled adds tc supplemental pruning as well gorman and the japaneso varieties which is beneficial to the plant when for the latter will take up the tale many railroads however offor free when tho earlier variety is passed j transportation to flowers which are j 0 tho iris may given color by scat- j traveling to hospitals or missions it torfng throughout it clumps of phlox neems almost cruel to lot our cutting sweeter they should be turned up ln sure3 tho trousers are straight and the open air every day to let the suns kneelength with side closing sizes 4 6 and 8 years- size c years re- quirc3 2 yards of 30inch or 1 yards of 54inch material prico 20c our new fashion book contains many stye3 showing how to dress boys and girls simplicity is the rulo for welldressed children 01othe3 of character and individuality for the junior folks are hard to buy but easy to make with our patterns a small amount of money spent on good ma terials cut on simple iines will givo children tho privilege of wearing- adorable things price of the book 10 cents the copy each copy includes one coupon good for five cents in the j purchase of any pattern how to order patterns write your name and nedress plain ly giving number and size of such patterns as you want enclose 20e in stamps or coin ciin preftrred wrap it carefully for each number and address your order to pattern dept j wilson publishing co 3 west ade laide st toronto patterns sent hy return mail this photograph taken in trafalgar squure london slow3 tho opening of tho first canister of canadian peonies donated by mr w ormiston roy of montreal and shipped ln cold storage llco and mite are parasites which suck away poultry profits it is a good i investment of time and monby to keep them ln check