The Lampasas Daily Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 122, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 26, 1916 Page: 3 of 4
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THE LAMPASAS DAILY LEADER
E TC) GO SLOW
BARGAINS AT THIS SEASON ARE
NOT ALWAYS BARGAINS.
areful Thought Before Selection Is
Iways Advisable—Fashions Change
So Quickly That Hasty Purchases
May Be Money III Spent.
With the exception of the incoming
f a narrower skirt and the introduc-
'on of the second empire evening
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increased through the persuasiveness
of those who have bargains to offer.
Next week, clothes'will probably be
at their minimum prices for the sea-
son. In the shops and at the dress-
making places, clothes will be offered
at what is called “below cost.” At
these sales a wholesale clearance of
everything is made by the commer-
cialists, as they do not care to carry
stock any longer through the season,
and because the prices are tempting
and the clothes suit the fashions of
the hour, there are hundreds of women
who take advantage of these bargains
and buy costumes that they think will
give them good service when the first
frost comes.
The process of buying good clothes
at reduced rates at this season is one
that appeals to the economist, and on
the surface it seems an efficient way
4x) dispose of money, but in truth, it
j ^one of the most hazardous experi-
It is one of those instances in which
a majority does what only a small mi-
nority is capable of doing. A woman
who does not keep herself ■well ad-
vised concerning the changes in
clothes runs every chance of putting
into- her wardrobe that which should
never be taken out.
The latest thing in June Is apt to
be the oldest thing in October. The
cloth suit that looks admirable in the
shop and which is guaranteed by the
persuasive seller as France’s latest
production may not give service more
than three times during the hot
weather, and, when one gleefully takes
it from the closet in October with that
virtuous feeling of forehandedness, it
will present such a pitiable contrast to
the new clothes that it can never be
(Copyright. 1916, by the McClure Newspa-
per Syndicate.)
DETAILS THAT MAKE EFFECTS
PRODUCTION OF THYMOL FROM HORSEMINT
n Imported Model of Gray Alpaca
Trimmed With Rose Satin Ribbon.
own, the only other forecast for the
tumn deals with long skirts that
ve trains.
There is no reliable and authentic
recast as to what the October fash-
s will be, and no one except the
mmercialists care much about it.
The majority of women are still
truggling to complete a wardrobe for
ot weather, or they are entirely apa-
etic until the first frost awakens
eir curiosity and interest.
There are, three months ahead of us
-which the thinnest of clothes are
cceptable, and, possibly, one can fol-
w one’s fancy anywhere in arranging
wardrobe that is Intended purely for
e immediate present.
A word of advice, however, should
e given to that class of women who
re advantage of sales In order to
repare themselves for the future,
his class grows larger and larger
ery year in America, its size being
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Bed of Horsemint Grown for Seed.
Small Touches Lift Children’s Cloth-
ing Out of the Domain of Things
That Are Ordinary.
Sometimes is it just the small touch
that is different which will lift the
embroidered frock or jumper suit out
of the ordinary class. It is well to
keep one’s eyes open for just such de-
tails and then make good use of them
on the frock or jumper in the sewing
bag.
A little girl’s dress made in a long-
waisted style has a peplum with scal-
loped outline put on at the long waist.
The peplum falls downward at the
sides, but at the front and back it is
held upward in bib fashion, after be- j
ing split and buttonholed, and the
ribbon sash passes through these two
tabs. Crocheted buttons hold the front
and back sections in place.
A little boy’s suit of fine pique has '
collar and cuffs of rose-colored linen.
A dainty edge of pink and white cot-
ton is crocheted on these. Small pock-
ets of the rose linen are applied to
the belt and these are topped with the
colored crochet.
DVANTAGES OF SHORT SKIRT
Manifest That Those Whe First
Frowned on Them Have Been
Brought to Admire.
Short dresses are becoming more
pular every day. Those who first
owned on them now admire them
d say that they are not only sensible
t becoming as well as economical.
With a short dress a woman has
me liberty. She has her hands for
ee use. She may look round about
r without the fear that while she is
ing it somebody will put a foot
rough her two-dollar-a-yard lace and
amp off a couple of yards of it. She
ay get out of a street car without
king back to see If she is clear be-
d and safe from being dragged
ng and perhaps maimed for life.
She can defy rain and mud. She
esn’t have to go round a wisp of
aw lest she take it up on her
nges. She can cross a street wlth-
t stepping on her dress and falling
wn in the mud for the nearest po-
eraan to pick her up and all the
s to laugh at and watch to see her
it next time.
f she has a pretty foot she can
w it, and if she has a homely foot
rybody knew it before, so there will
nothing lost there.
The reign of the feather boa has be-
again in real earnest. This year
?y are prettier and finer than ever,
ny appear to be made of exception-
y fine feathers, loosely and artistl-
ly curled, and in softer and more
lcate colorings than of yore. A
k smoky gray and a very soft
ethyst are among the most alluring
these, aDd mixtures of color are
pily absent this year, for plain col-
are generally more becoming so
r the face than the mottled effects,
e newest neck ruffles are neither
g nor short, but just a happy me-
dium, the ends coming about half way
down to the waist aud culminating In
thick choux of satin ribbon exactly
matching the ruffle.
HINT FROM SPAIN
Dame Fashion goes to the ends of th<
world to procure something new anK
novel for our girls to sport, and tlr
matador of the Spanish bull ring lr
furnished her with an Idea for dis-
playing the sailor straw in another
mode. The hat Is a smart gray
sailor and is trimmed with fluted
grosgrain ribbon in a fashion mod-
eled somewhat after the idol of the
bull ring. The broad net ruff and
enormous bowed ribbon are recent
introductions and there is great
promise of their being worn exten-
sively this summer.
(Prepared hy the United States Depart-
ment of Agriculture.)
The production of thymol from
horsemint may be, under favorable
circumstances, a profitable commer-
cial undertaking, according to a re-
cent publication of the United States
department of agriculture, Bulletin
372. Thymol, which is extensively
used in medicine, was formerly im-
ported from northern Europe where
it Is manufactured from seed grown
in northern India. The European
war, however, has reduced the impor-
tations of this substance from 18,000
pounds in 1014 to a little more than
2,000 in 1915. To make up this deficit
it is believed that thymol might be
manufactured from improved horse-
mint plants with which the depart-
ment of agriculture has been experi-
menting for some time.
Horsemint is found wild on light
sandy soils over the entire region
from southern New York to Florida,
and westward to Wisconsin. Kansas
and Texas, and it is probable that it
will thrive under cultivation over the
same area. From 20 to 30 pounds of
oil per acre should be obtained from
a planting, according to the investiga-
tions of the department, and a little
less than 70 per cent of this oil will
be thymol. The yield of thymol per
acre of horsemint, therefore, is esti-
mated at from a little less than 13
pounds from first year plantings to a
little less than 20 pounds for subse-
quent years. The average price of
thymol for a number of years prior to
the European war was about $2 a
pound.
The cost of producing the thymol
will depend to a great measure upon
whether the horsemint Is grown In
connection with other oil-yielding
plants for which a distilling appara-
tus Is maintained. Unless this Is
done, it is said, it Is not probable
that the profits will be sufficient to
warrant anyone engaging in the In-
dustry. Excluding such items as land
rent, taxes, depreciation, upkeep and
interest on the distilling plant, it is
estimated that thymol can be pro-
duced at an approximate cost of $23
per acre the first year, and $19 per
acre thereafter. These figures Include
the growing of the plants, fertiliza-
tion, cultivation, harvesting and dis-
tilling. A plantation of horsemint
will not have to be replanted oftener
than once In five years at the most,
and by returning the distilled herb
to the soil, a material reduction in
cost of fertilization can be made after
the first year.
Fuller Information In regard to
ALFALFA AND WHITE GRUBS
Excellent Crop to Alternate With Corn,
as It Clears Soil of Aphis
and Other Insects.
It is claimed that the corn-root
Aphis, white grubs and other insects
which caused so much damage to the
corn, will not feed upon alfalfa roots.
For this reason alfalfa Is considered
a very excellent crop to alternate with
corn, as it clears the land of corn ene-
mies.
PUTTING EGGS IN INCUBATOR
When Machine Has Been Started It Is
Unwise to Add New Supply With-
out First Warming.
When eggs nuve been put In an In-
cubator and have been incubated for
several days (or even one1 or two days)
It Is unwise to put In more eggs, be-
cause the new lot will chill the first
lot, unless the new lot Is first warmed
up to Incubating temperature in an-
other machine. In any eveut, tt U not
a practical operation.
methods of cultivation, harvesting
and distilling are contained in Bul-
letin 372 which 1ms already been men-
tioned.
LONG LIFE OF FENCE POSTS
Osage Orange Leads With Thirty
Years—Cement Will Last Forty-
eight Years.
The average life of fence posts
from the following kinds of woods is:
Osage orange, 30 years; locust, 23%;
red cedar, 20%; mulberry, 17%; ca-
talpa, 15% ; burr oak, 15 1-3; chestnut,
14%; white cedar, 14 1-3; walnut,
11% ; white oak, 11% ; pine, 11% ; tam-
arack, 10%; cherry, 10 1-3; hemlock,
9; sassafras, 8.9; elm, 8% ; ash, 8%;
red oak, 7; willow, 6%. The number
of years that a fenoe post will last
should-be considered in the price paid
for it. Oftentimes for a few cents ad-
ditional a much longey-lived post can
be secured, making It much cheaper
in the long run.
If the bark Is left »n a fence post.
It will rot much faster than if it is
removed.
It Is estimated that the average life
of a cement post is 48 years and of
a steel post 30 years.
ENEMIES OF ALFALFA PLANT
Not Worth While for Farmer to Waste
Expensive Seed on Sour or
Alkaline Soils.
Sour soil and alkali are enemies of
alfalfa. Most sour soils are sandy
soils where the drainage is too good
and the lime has been leached out.
They can be sweetened by adding
ground limestone where this process
Is not too expensive and leaching les-
sened by Incorporating plenty of hu-
mus In the soil. This can be done by
applying stable manure or plowing un-
der green manure in the form of grow-
ing crops, etc.
Alkali soils usually are badly drained
and can be corrected by supplying this
factor. It Is not worth while to waste
alfalfa seed on sour or alkaline soils.
If they cannot be corrected, raise some
other crop.
Vermin Multiply in Summer.
During the summer when the weath
er Is warm all kinds of poultry lice,
as well as little mites, multiply rapid-
ly and unless fought vigorously will
torment the fowls and chicks and
make profit impossible.
UNIFORMITY OF MUCH VALUE
Cartons Are Made Attractive When
Filled With Eggs of Same Size
^ and Color.
Uniformity in size and color of
eggs is valuable in all markets, but Is
most important where th<« producer ca-
ters to a special trade. Cartons are
much more attractive when filled with
eggs of one color than when white
and brown eggs are used. Small eggs
had better be used at home.
Avoid Mixing Breeds.
The mixing of breeds and varieties
should be strictly avoided, as the day
of scrubs and mongrels should be left
to the past.
Proper Feed for Pigs.
Feed the pig all be cau eat without
squealing. This can be done only bj
watching him eat and knowing just,
bow much he needs.
Badly Adjusted Harness
If the harness Is badly adjusted, the
team cannot travel straight.
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KITCHEN
CABINET
Men and women are often capable of
greater things than they perform.
They are sent Into the world with
Sills of credit, and seldom draw
their full extent.—Walpole.
TABLE DELICACIES.
The tough ends of steak are often
a problem in good serving. Cut the
tough end from the steak
and chop rather coarse-
ly ; cook it in a little
butter with a little pep-
per anti salt until it is
well heated; add two ta-
blespoonfuls of milk,
dredge with browned
flour, toss it well in one-
fourth of a cupful of
cream rind serve with
baked potatoes.
Queen Pudding.—Take three eggs,
three-quarters of a cupful of milk, one-
half cupful of hot water, three table-
spoonfuls of sugar, two of gelatin and
two of chopped raisins, with vanilla to
flavor. Heat the milk to the boiling
point; add the beaten yolks of the eggs
with the sugar dissolved in warm wa-
ter. While still warm add the whites
thoroughly beaten and flavor with va-
nilla. Put into a mold and add the
raisins chopped.
Mashed Cawots.—Scrape the car-
rots and let them stand In cold wa-
ter for half an hour. Cook until ten-
der in boiling salted water, then drain
and wash, season well with butter and
a clash of lemon juice; garnish the
dish with parsley and serve very hot.
Orange Preserves.—Wash oranges
and slice them in quarter-inch slices;
cover with cold water and let them
stand 24 hours. Cook them in the
water until they are tender, but not;
soft; add a pound of sugar and the
juice of one lemon for each orange
and cook them until the fruit Is trans-
parent. Put the slices in cans in lay-
ers, pour over the sirup and when
cold cover with paraffin. Serve with
ice cream or as a garnish for various
desserts.
Marshmallow Parfait. — Make a
sirup hy boiling together two cupfuls
of sugar and a cupful of water until
it spins a thread. Then pour boiling
hot on the stiffly beaten whites of two
eggs; beat until thick and creamy,
gradually beating In a pint of whipped
cream; flavor with rose extract and
put into the freezer; after five min-
utes when It is' frozen to a mush add
a cupful of nutmeats, chopped/ and
marshmallows cut up. Freeze until
firm and let stand for two hours to
ripen.
Spanish Cream.—Take a cupful of
milk, a half teaspoonful of gelatin, a
fourth of a cupful of sugar, one egg
yolk and 15 drops of vanilla. Soak
the gelatin In the milk ten minutes;!
add all the other ingredients except
the vanilla, cook until the egg is
thick, stirring constantly, add the fla-
voring and strain into a mold.
LEFT-OVER DESSERTS.
It Is far easier to prepare made
dishes for entrees, salads, or even
main dishes, but the in-
genuity of the cook Is
taxed to use bits of left-
over desserts in attrac-
tive ways.
If one has served a
plain rice pudding one
day* the rice may be com-
bined with a custard for
a dessert the second, not the following
day. Another attractive rice pudding
may be prepared by packing the rem-
nants into a mold and when time to
serve, turn out and cover the mold
with sweetened whipped cream and
surround with any fresh, well-sugared
berries in their season, or muskmelon,
cut In dice, sprinkled with sugar, salt
and a bit of nutmeg makes a most at-
tractive and appetizing combination.
If cottage pudding Is served, bake
A layer or two in a Jelly cake tin and
have it with a rich filling for a cake
to serve with a little dish of fruit for,
dessert the following day. Or if the
pudding itself is deft, drop the pieces
In a paper and reheat or steam in a
steamer and serve with a custard
sauce.
Left-over baked custards may be
carefully dipped into sherbet cups, a
layer of nuts or fruit between, and
garnish with cooked egg. white or
whipped cream. Cornstarch pudding
or rice may be served in the same way.
Apple sauce may be placed in rame-
kins, cover with a rich pastry and
bake; serve hot or cold.
Blanc-mange when made molded la
Individual molds, if any is left over,
may be cut in two and served with a
different sauce, adding variety with-
out waste.
Steamed chocolate pudding, cut in
slices and put together with an orange
filling, may be served in small cakes
With a cup of tea for luncheon.
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The Lampasas Daily Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 122, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 26, 1916, newspaper, July 26, 1916; Lampasas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth905446/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lampasas Public Library.