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T HIS yeai is to see some lively times 
in the suffrage campaign. It looks 
as if both New York and New Jersey 
would vote on the Question of granting 
suffrage to women. It will be a hot cam¬ 
paign. In New York City the sentiment 
seems on the whole negative, though 
some localities are strong for suffrage. 
The cause will carry, if at all. in the 
country districts. Personally, 
the women would have done 
to press the issue this year. 
I he politicians seem too willing to try it. 
we think 
better not 
Somehow 
“B 
iUNDLB DAY” in New York went 
to show something of the great 
ok of surplus clothing which the 
American people tuck away out of use. 
The idea of bundle day was to induce all 
w ho would to make up a bundle contain¬ 
ing clothing, shoes or other things which 
might be useful for the poor and out of 
work. Something like 1.500,000 bundles 
were contributed. There were great 
mountains of them in most public places. 
Many of the articles contributed were sur¬ 
prisingly good and sensible. Many of 
them had been cast aside because they 
were somewhat out of style. Here was 
new evidence of the immense tax which 
“fashions” impose upon the middle class¬ 
es in town. While this was a worthy 
charity the poor do not need bundles as 
much as they need work. 
“0 
H, 
Laying Linoleum. 
the linoleum is wrinkled; some¬ 
thing's wrong. Won’t it crack 
somewhere because of the high place?” 
grandmother said, as she looked in the 
kitchen to see the artistic work father 
and the hired man did laying the floor 
covering. 
“That’s true, and it doesn’t look right 
either. We have it all tacked down; 
maybe it will flatten out.” 
“Here is an idea,” grandmother said. 
“I was over at Cousin Bertha's a few 
weeks ago. She had a nice new linoleum, 
but she did not tack it down for a week 
or 10 days. She thought it a better plan 
to let the folks walk over it for a while, 
then there would be little difficulty in 
getting it to lie smoothly.” 
Sage Tea for the Hair. 
C OULD you tell me how to mix the 
old-fashioned sulphur and sage mix¬ 
ture. for darkening the hair? 
M. F. 
I suppose that you have been reading 
the advertisement of a so-called sage and 
sulphur compound for the hair, which 
speaks of the old-fashioned sage and sul¬ 
phur mixture, and tells the readers that 
it is easier to buy their compound than 
to make it. Doubtless it is, for it would 
be hard for anyone at home to make sul¬ 
phur soluble, and if they could it would 
be better to be content with grey hair 
than to fool with concoctions to dye it, 
for the advertised nostrums for darken¬ 
ing the hair are simply dyes. Plain sage 
tea is said to be useful for a hairdress¬ 
ing. but I cannot think that sulphur can 
be a good application to one’s head. 1 
do not know how the old-fashioned prep¬ 
aration was made, and in fact, I do not 
believe there ever was such a home-made 
article. The statement has simply been 
made to favor the sale of a hair dye. 
When one’s hair turns grey with age it 
would seem ridiculous to turn it black. 
My advice is to let the hair dyes alone. 
w. F. MASSEY. 
One Woman's Way. 
A FRIEND of mine—for convenience 
we will call her Mrs. Stuver—is a 
woman of small means, but a goodly 
share of energy. She studied on her 
condition for some time, and decided the 
only way for her to make some money 
of her own was to raise a crop independ¬ 
ent of the ones raised by her husband. 
She talked it over with Mr. Stuver, and 
as a result, they sent to a reliable seed 
firm for three pounds of Barletta onion 
seed. Her husband told her he would fit 
the ground and sow the seed, and help 
harvest the crop and sell it. Also, that 
she ought to make $25 off her investment. 
She declared she would do better than 
that, and that no weed must show its 
head in her garden. Anxiously she 
watched the little rows of green, as they 
appeared above the ground, and it took 
all her spare time for two weeks to keep 
the weeds picked out. After that there 
was no more trouble. The seed was 
sown in April, and in August the crop 
of pickle onions was ripe and gathered. 
The onions were sized up in three sizes, 
and sold for 0. S and 10 cents a pound, 
the small size bringing the largest price. 
She kept an account of her money as she 
received it, and when the crop was all 
sold she had over $90 for her venture. 
She repeats this every year, and feels 
<iuite independent with her way of mak¬ 
ing money. i. a. g. 
W" 
What is the Best Light? 
ITH bad oil and bad lamp, with no 
water power to generate electricity, 
what is a small family to do to got good 
light to read and work by? For only 
two or three persons it will hardly pay to 
get a gasoline engine to supply two or 
three lights. Acetylene will also be ex¬ 
pensive. We have tried several makes 
of mantle lamps only to find them get 
dangerous and tricky in a year or two. 
We tried gasoline several years ago, 
which was unsatisfactory, but it may be 
manufacturers have learned how to make 
them better now. There are the hollow 
wire and gravity systems of gasoline 
lighting that are said to be good, but we 
notice they are being replaced by elec¬ 
tricity when opportunity offers. Then 
there are table lamps generating their 
own gas. using gasoline, that give good 
light and plenty of it, but are they ab¬ 
solutely safe? Can anybody give sug¬ 
gestions that will fit the case? ir. a. 
( >hio. 
It. N.-Y.—Who can give help here? 
w 
A Bachelor's Housekeeping. 
HEN a man on the shady side of life 
has been left alone in his home and 
must of necessity be cook and house¬ 
keeper. he altogether too frequently comes 
in at 12 o’clock and finds a tireless kiteh' 
en and nothing appetizing prepared for 
dinner. The suggestions I am offering 
are not for experienced housekeepers, but 
for men situated as outlined above, so 
I will ask housekeepers to pass this by as 
unworthy of their notice. One soon gets 
very tired of the inevitable baked beans, 
even if canned tomato is occasionally 
added, but this very necessary article 
may be varied so it would never be rec¬ 
ognized and become a welcome addition. 
Take two cups of baked beans and place 
in a granite iron kettle with one can 
best tomatoes. Several slices of turnip, 
one or two potatoes and the same of 
onions, about half a teaspoonful of salt, 
some pepper and two or three bay leaves. 
If you have any stock, beef or chicken, 
it makes a good addition, but is not ne¬ 
cessary. Add four cups of boiling hot 
water and cook until the vegetables are 
done and then strain through a coarse 
sieve. This heated very hot, with soda 
biscuits, will prove nutritious and pala¬ 
table. 
Take any quantity of cranberries and 
put in a porcelain kettle, nearly cover 
with water and cook until soft. Put them 
through a coarse sieve and return the 
juice to the stove and heat sufficiently to 
dissolve the sugar which you add accord¬ 
ing to taste. This makes a rather thick 
puree. Now can this with loose cover, 
and it is delicious with meat or fish. 
Soak the skins over night, strain and 
heat and sweeten to taste and it is a 
very refreshing drink. f. C. c. 
B uy 
the 
goods not singly but by 
the tin imme- 
goods will 
canned 
dozen. 
Completely empty 
diately after opening. 
Store in a dry place where 
not rust, and not freeze. 
Do not pour the liquor off the peas or 
other vegetables, the best of the flavor is 
in the juice. 
Don’t cook peas, string beans, corn, 
etc., they are already cooked, simply heat 
and add butter and seasoning. 
Don’t open or use contents of any cans 
with ends swelled out, they are spoiled 
ones. Take back to the grocer and he 
will give a good can. 
Be sure to have a good can-opener, 
there is danger in trying to use a knife. 
Look for 
the 
Red Ball 
The Red Ball 
is the trade mark 
of “Ball-Band” 
Rubber Foot¬ 
wear. When 
you look for it 
and see it, you ^ 
can feel sure of the quality. You 
can buy “Ball-Band” and know you 
are getting the solid foot comfort 
and long, steady, reliable wear that 
lead eight and one-half million 
men to wear “Ball-Band.” 
The weak points in ordinary 
rubber footwear are 
the strong points 
in “Ball-Band.” 
BALL-BAND 
A big reason so many men wear “Ball-Band” 
Rubber Footwear is this: “Ball-Band” gives so 
much longer wear that when you figure the cost 
per day’s wear, “Ball-Band” becomes the lowest 
priced' footwear that is for sale. 
Over . 50,000 merchants sell “Ball-Band.” If 
you have any difficulty locating a store that sells 
“Ball-Band,” write us and we’ll tell you a mer¬ 
chant near you who sells it. 
Write anyway for our free booklet, “More Days Wear” 
It tells you how to properly take care of good 
rubber footwear so as to make it last longer. 
MISHAWAKA WOOLEN MFG. CO. 
333 Water Street Mishawaka, Ind. 
The House That Pajls Millions for Quality " 
Artieiir Plaining Plans; Selected Trees, 
Al 1151IU UcSIgflS Shrubs and Spray Necessities. 
Write, C. A. Jackson. Landscape Specialist, Unadilla, N.V. 
nNF nm I AR buys no envelopes and bond letter- 
vnb uvllmii Heads. Cards, taes, labels, either, 
12.'), 50c.; .100, 90c.; 500, $1.40: 1,000, $2.40. We prepay 
express. Chatham Courier Co., Chatham,N.Y. 
Canada is Callin&\&u 
to her RichWheat Lands 
She extends to Americans a hearty invitation to settle on 
her FREE Homestead lands of 160 acres each or secure 
some of the low priced lands in Manitoba, Saskatchewan 
and Alberta. 
^ This year wheat is higher but Canadian land just as 
cheap, so the opportunity is more attractive than ever. Canada 
wants you to help to feed the world by tilling some of her 
soil— land similar to that which during many years has 
averaged 20 to 45 bushels of wheat to the acre. Think 
what you can make with wheat around $1 a bushel 
and land so easy to get. Wonderful yields also of Oats, 
Barley and Flax. Mixed farming is fully as profitable 
an industry as grain growing. 
The Government this year is asking farmers to put increased acreage 
*7 Into grain. Military service is not compulsory in Canada but there is a 
• ($)y) great demand for farm labor to replace the many young men who have 
' 2 volunteered for service. The climate is healthful and agreeable, 
railway facilities excellent, good schools and churches conven¬ 
ient. Write for literature and particulars as to reduced railway 
rates to Superintendent Immigration, Ottawa, Canada, or to 
J. S. CRAWFORD 
301 E. Genesee St., Syracuse, N* Y. 
s Canadian Government Agent 
