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months. Hibernating bugs may be destroy- 
ed in early spring by carefully gathering up 
and burning all rubbish about the fields, 
and Glover suggested that little heaps of 
rotting vegetables might be left in the fields 
in fall to act as traps. The most practical 
suggestion, however, comes to us the present 
season from Mr. H. E. Weed of Mississippi 
and Prof. T. L. Bronk of Mary land who 
proposed it at the recent meeting of the 
Association of Economic Entomologists at 
Washington. The harlequin cabbage-bug 
feeds not only upon the cultivated cabbage, 
eaulifl wer. kale, broccoli, turnip and rad- 
ish. but also upon the wild charlock, white 
mustard and black mustard. The plan pro- 
posed is to take aovautage of the fact that 
the over-wintered bugs come out from their 
winter quarters on the warm days of early 
spring and gather upon the wild mustard 
and charlock in the near vicinity. Here 
they can be readily killed by sprinkling 
them with pure kerosene without danger of 
injuring a plant of any value. Any hoy or 
girl can d" this who is familiar with Cite 
appearance of the insect, and if the cabbage- 
growers of a neighborhood all unite to 
c trry out this plan there need be little fear 
of damage to cabbages later in the season. 
As with all rapid-hre ding insect justs 
ever individual killed in this way in early 
spring means an enormous saving later in 
the season. In fact, on the lias's of three 
egg masses laid by each female and five 
generations each summer (a moderate esti- 
mate) one over-wintered female will have 
nearly two million offspring by September. 
These figures alone afford an excellent 
argument for the adoption of the plan sug- 
gested by Messis. Weed and Bronk. — L. O. 
O. Howard, Department of Agriculture, 
Washington. D. C. 
Conducted by Martha Clark Rankin, 
Gloversville, N. T. 
Christmas Gifts. 
T is safe to say that half the 
« omen of the courn ry are, 
by this time, beginning to 
think about Christmas 
presents. If they intend to 
make their g fts, it is quite 
necessary to be at work: 
for December is a month that goes quickly. 
In the int Q rest of those of our readeis who 
enjov m king simple and inexpensive, yet 
pretty and useful gifts, we give descriptions 
Put the two hearts together with the silk 
sides out and sew the edges over and over, 
leaving a space sufficiently wide to slip in 
the photograph. A pretty face looks still 
prettier with such a setting. 
SIMPLE PHOTOGRAPH CASE. 
An extremely' pretty fancy bag or case for 
photographs is made of broad ribbon, and 
China silk of a prettily contrasting shade. 
The silk is sewed on very full to the edges 
of the ribbon, making a puff on both sides. 
About an inch from the top, run in a cord 
of the shade of the silk with which to draw 
it up. 
JEWEL CASE. 
An odd, but exceedingly pretty, ornament 
for the dressing case is a jewel box made of 
pieces of glass. 
For the top and bottom, the pieces of 
glass should be six and three quarters 
inches long, 
and five and 
a half inches 
wide. For 
the sides, the 
pieces are 
three inches 
high: two of 
them six and 
three quar- 
ter inches 
long: and 
two, five and 
Frame for photograph. Fig. 477. a half inches. 
Each piece of glass is bound on all four 
sides with ribbon an inch and a half wide, 
having a fancy edge. Fold the libbon 
along its length, and sew the two ends on 
the wrong side. It must be just long 
enough to slip over the edge of the glass 
and Dot loose enough to slip off again. It 
will not do to paste it to the glass. The 
different pieces are tastened together at the 
corners only. In the bottom of the box, 
place a thin cushion tilled with sachet pow- 
der and covered with silk the shade of the 
ribbon. On the cover, place a bow of the 
ribbon and hold it in place by fastening the 
bows or ends to the ribbon binding. Of 
course, the cover simply rests upon the box 
and does not overlap, as do the covers of 
pasteboard boxes. The box is shown in Fig. 
478 . 
It may lie used for handkerchiefs, if pre- 
ferred. hut the transparent glass makes it a 
peculiarly appropriate receptacle for jew- 
els, — unless indeed one is afraid of burglars. 
The glass may be taken to a glazier for 
cutting: though, with a gla s-cutting wheel, 
it is an easy matter to do it one's self. 
and illustrations of a few. 
handkerchief case. 
FRAME FOR PHOTOGRAPH. 
Cut nit a piece of card board in the shape 
of a heart and cover one side with pretty 
China si k. Cut another heart-shaped piece 
< f card board of the same siz« and cut out 
the center also in the shape of a heart. 
Cover this with China silk like the other. 
Take two pieces of card board about four 
inches square, cover one side of each with 
silk, inserting a little wadding and sachet 
powder between the card board and the silk, 
and sew the two squares together. With 
colored knitting-silk, crochet a chain long 
enough to go around this very tightly. The 
second time around, make chains of six 
stitches and catch them in every sixth 6titch 
of the first row. The next time around, 
make chains of six stitches and catch them 
in the middle of the chains of the row be- 
fore, but not in any particular stitch. Con- 
tinue this until eight or ten inches long; 
then finish at the top with a pretty scallop. 
Sew the edges together, which will make it 
round in shape. At the top, run in a ribbon 
by which to draw it up and hang it: at the 
bottom, sew it on to the square silk-covered 
card board. It is pretty to make the bottom 
of one color and the silk hag of a contrast- 
ing shade. 
Nursing as a Profession. 
“ If I could be a girl again, I would go to 
a training school for nurses before I ever 
married,” exclaimed a middle-aged matron 
not long ago. The mother of several chil- 
dren, her family had been blessed with 
almost uniform health, and yet she felt the 
need of far more knowledge than she pos- 
sessed in regard to the best methods of 
caring for the sick. 
Even the healthiest families have their 
little ailments, — colds, headaches, mild 
attacks of prevalent contagious diseases, 
and other slight disorders,— which call for 
the services, not of a physician, but of a 
nurse. And yet the majority of girls marry 
with little or no knowledge of what to do in 
case of accident or illness. To be sure, it is 
often said that nursing comes naturally to 
all women: but doctors are hardly ready to 
admit this. They know that it is rare for a 
woman to make an entirely satisfactory 
nurse without some training: and that, with 
the best of intentions, many women are 
simply unendurable in a sick room. 
There are now such excellent opportuni- 
ties for girls to receive training as nurses 
that no one ought to be satisfied without 
some knowledge of the subject. Of course, 
it would not 
be wise for all 
to become 
trained nurs- 
es, but it is a 
prof e s s i o n 
which a p- 
pcals strong- 
ly to those 
who wish a 
1 i f e-w o r k 
both useful 
and profita- 
ble. All over 
the country, photograph Case. Fig. 476. 
there is a constant demand for good and 
experienced nurses, and their pay ranges 
from fifteen to twenty five dollars a week 
with board. 
This rate of pay seems high, but it must 
be remembered that hardly any woman 
who goes out as a nurse in private families 
is able to endure it continuously. The lack 
of proper re-d, the constant demands upon 
her time and strength, as well as the anxie- 
ty which a sympathetic nature cannot fail 
to feel, all combine to make a severe strain 
upon the system. In hospitals, the work is 
