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February 11, 1022 
From Day to Day 
The Last Guest 
How think you it will be when ev'ning 
embers . , , 
Alone light up the trail that leads us 
home; 
When past are all our Aprils and Septem¬ 
bers. 
When feet are weary, and no more 
may roam 
O'er Springtime paths, with south winds 
softly blowing 
The wine of romance from some fairy 
isle. 
And in our veins a mystic gladness flow¬ 
ing 
Makes Paradise of earth for one brief 
while; 
Or when the noontide bright in all its 
whiteness 
No longer lights the way where once 
our feet 
Trod gaily, gladly, in their fleetness, 
lightness. 
Fair Summer ways of life that seemed 
complete? 
I think 'twill all be well when, west¬ 
ward turning 
We walk no more life’s Spring and 
Summer ways, 
If Love be still our guest, his bright light 
burning 
To cheer the darkness of December 
days. 
-ELLA MAY AltXEM. 
In Kansas City Star. 
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All the shops are full of jet orna¬ 
ments— necklaces, bracelets, brooches, 
hatpins and earrings. .Tet is more fash¬ 
ionable than for many years. The hatpins 
are often finished with bead tassels, and 
also the necklaces. Many of the brace¬ 
lets are like those of n past generation, 
flat cut sections, held together by two 
elastics, so that, they can be spread to go 
over the hand and then close tight on tho 
wrist. The favorite earrings are flat cir¬ 
cles, one within the other, pendent from 
the clasp. All these earrings have a 
screw clasp to attach them to the ear; 
the old, barbarous custom of piercing the 
flesh to attach the ornament has now 
passed away. 
* 
Tfiere are two noticeable tendencies in 
Spring fashions, fiat-heeled shoes and 
longer skirts. The greatest bargains in 
sales of separate skirts are tbe extra short 
ones, which the large stores arc unload¬ 
ing freely, so that a short woman has a 
fine chance to get a bargain. The flat- 
heeled shoes are not merely the heavy 
walking styles, but all sorts of flue dress 
shoes. Exaggerated French heels have 
been so common for several years that 
women who like distinctive styles are 
tired of them. Another interesting fea¬ 
ture Is the prominence given to sports 
suits with knickerbockers, either with or 
without separate skirts. The dress re¬ 
formers, who protested against trailing 
skirts, tighl corsets and foolish shoes, 
seemed but voices crying in the wilder¬ 
ness, yet fashion is now bringing about 
all tbe improvements they sought. 
* 
Wfc are asked again to give instruc¬ 
tions for making starch or salt beads. 
Our formula calls for one tablespoon of 
starch, 1*4 tablespoon of salt, and four 
tablespoous of water. Boil bard until 
stiff. Then take one tablespoon of the 
mixture, roll out in a little salt. Cut 
even strips with a knife or large needle, 
form into beads and string. We have 
had complaint that starch beads soften in 
damp weather, but tho correspondent who 
sent us the above recipe makes them for 
sale, and says she never has any com¬ 
plaint about them. 
Ginghams now displayed vary from 
domestics at IS cents a yard to Scotch 
tissue ginghams at a dollar. The latter 
are as tine as silk, and lovely in color 
combinations. The Scotch makers always 
lead in fine ginghams. There are very at¬ 
tractive dress ginghams at .”>0 t<> -1ft cents 
a yard. A good gingham is always profit¬ 
able. and nothing makes up more prettily 
for children’s dresses. In the new bunga¬ 
low aprons, which are really simple house 
dresses, cretonne is used very effectively, 
both the drapery stuff and the lighter, 
smooth weave introduced as dress cre¬ 
tonne. A favorite model has the cretonne 
skirt gathered to a plain waist of solid 
color, chambray or sateen, which is 
trimmed with the flowered material, 
while fancy pockets on the skirt are of 
the plain goods. 
The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
Use for Christmas Postcards 
What do you do with your Christmas 
postcards, lay them, away or burn them? 
It seemed a pity to destroy them, so we 
had put away a good many, but just be- 
The Rural Patterns 
In ordering alwayi give number of paltern 
and size desired, sending price with order 
972* A HAT 
JOZIL. 1 
B724A. Military hats for Women misses 
ami children. 
1081. Applique motif. 
Hat No. 1 will require % y<l. of ma¬ 
terial 30 in. wide. 
2001. Collar and cuff set. 
1001. Embroidery design fur collar. 
This pattern will require % yd. of ma¬ 
larial 30 or do in, wide. 
0871. Camisole, 31 or 30, 38 or 40. 42 
or 44 bust. The medium size will require 
% yd. of material 30 or 44 in. wide. 
01141. Boudoir caps, oue size. The cap 
will require ts yd. of material 27 or 30 
in. wide, 
1002. Design for center piece, 22 in. in 
diameter. 
1000 . Design for embroidering scarf 
ends, 12 In. wide. 
Each pattern, 20 cents. 
0097. Girl’s raglan top coat, 8 to 14 
years. 
0050, Tain, in three styles, 4 lo G, 8 to 
10. 12 to 14 years. 
The medium size coat will require SVj 
vils, of material 30 in. wide. 8K yds. 44, 
e»l yds. 54. Tile tain will require \<j yd. 
any material. Each 20 cents. 
fore Christmas last year we disposed of 
them in a way that might interest others. 
We pasted two together, back to back, 
making a double-faced card, and left them 
under pressure overnight. They were 
packed in a box and sent, with a personal 
A K&l&KV&ZOQ 
Direct to "Vbu 
Tradt; Mark 
letter, to the superintendent of a hospital 
in tho neighboring city. Tbe note of ac¬ 
knowledgement received expressed appre¬ 
ciation, and told how pleased tbe patients 
in the ward were to have something to 
pass away the weary hours. I am sure 
that other hospitals could make use of 
.such cards, too, ami pretty views would 
be quite as acceptable as Christmas greet¬ 
ings. One could send them at any time, 
for there are always patients to whom 
such a little thing ns a card is a bit of 
sunshine in a dark, pain-weary day. 
Hi Til W. GORDON. 
House Plants from Seed 
Perhaps “Snow-llonnd” or “Oh. the 
long and dreary Winter.” might be more 
appropriate to the weather, but as 
“I know when it's snowing, 
God’s roses are blowing.” 
I enjoy the Spring catalogs and see the 
wonderful plants in next year’s garden. 
I have just been taking tbe Coleus out 
of tbe windows, as tin mercury is nearly 
down to zero, and 1 wondered if there 
were not other farmers’ wives who would 
like to raise house plants from seed if 
they only lmd the courage to try," 
liaising all sorts of plants from seed is 
a hobby of mine, and at the present price 
of seed there is quite a saving, and then 
a plant raised from seed is so truly “our 
own.” The first experience was when, 
as a little girl, a neighbor gave me seeds 
gathered from her spotted ealla. This 
was in March, and mother and I poked 
them in the soil beside our big ealla, not 
expecting they would grow, but in about 
a mouth they began to appear. They 
didn’t, have stmts the first year, but the 
second year there were spotted cal I as for 
ourselves and the neighbors. Since then 
we both have experimented many times 
with all kinds of success. 
Many house plants are ns easily raised 
from seeds as the lender annuals we usu¬ 
ally start in tlie house, except that they 
arc longer in germinating, and they like 
a warmer temperature and less difference 
in temperature from mid-day heat to the 
night cold: also a wee bit more care in 
Wall Paper 
Sample Book^ 
Contains Shows 
Samples of ~ 11 Samples of 
Over 1 00 Patterns Borders with Sidewalls 
Send toilny for thin liiir free book eontiuninrr nelanl 
samples ol' the new wnll oarers for 1922: shows Baniplea 
of bnrdrTH hb well as sidewalls. Liiif variety t<> eheosa 
from—ov, r 100 pattern- in all—popular styles and colors. 
Many corfout liuKiuna for every room. 
Lowest Prices Since Before (he War 
nui V O Per Double Roll 
UWLI QC (96c for Room 10x12x8 ft.) 
We heve nU.qfieif prleen on all grmlen of wall paper Same 
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At our now price*. 11 * lltlle «•» Wc will botier an entire room 
10x12x8 ft.,, •dijcw'till. border ar«1 reilln* Included. 
Bo suro to got j % cony of thl< now narnpie book boforo you 
buy. See our new atyle*, »uc our low price* — It will pay you 
to tend for this FREE hook today- 
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Montgomery Ward & Co. 
Chicago Kansas City St. Paul 
Name “Bayer” on Genuine 
Warning! Unless you see the name 
“Bayer” on package or on tablets you 
are not getting genuine Aspirin pre¬ 
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years and proved safe by millions. Take 
Aspirin only ns told in the Bayer pack¬ 
age for (’olds, Headache, Neuralgia, 
Rheumatism, Earache. Toothache, Lum¬ 
bago and for Bain. Handy tin boxes of 
twelve Bayer Tablets of Aspirin cost few 
cents. Druggists also sell larger pack¬ 
ages. Aspirin is tbe trade mark of 
Bayer Manufacture of Monoaceticacid- 
estcr of Salicylicacid. 
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Kalamazoo Catalog 
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