Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, September 14, 1907, Page 9

WORN TO A SKELETON. A Wonderful Restoration Caused a Sensation in a Pennsylvania Town. Mrs. Charles N. Preston, of Elkland, Pa., says: “Three years ago I found that my housework was becoming a bur- den. I tired easily, had no ambition and was failing fast. My complexion got yel- low, and I lost over 50 pounds. My thirst was terrible, and there was sugar in the kidney secretions. My doctor kept me on a strict diet, but as his medicine was not helping me, I began using Doan’s Kidney Pills. They helped me at once, and soon all traces of sugar disappeared. I have regained my former weight and am perfectly well.” Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. ¥. Vulgar Fractions. Everything that Bobby learned at school he endeavored to apply in his dauty life and walk. When his mother asked him if one of his new friends was an only child, Bobby one wise and triumphant. “He’s got just one sister,” sala Bob- by. “He tried to catch me when he told me he had two half-sisters, but I guess I know enough fractions for that!” Cane Whittled by Lincoin. ira H. Haworth, who was a friend of Abraham Lincoln, celebrated his eight- jeth birthday anniversary yesterday. Mr. Haworth has a cane and a gavel given to him by President Lincoln in 1860. They are made from the wood fa black walnut tree which was whit- ied by Lincoln and around the top of t is a band of German silver, which is engraved: “To Ira Haworth from Abraham Lincoln, 1860.” “Yes, Abe gave them to me,” said Mr. Haworth yesterday, when I was chairman of the township committee in his home county, I used them in the campaign of 1860. When he gave them to me he said: “This gavel is to keep order. The cane is to use when you get old. I know you will live to be old because the good die young.’” Ladies Can Wear Shoes One size smaller after using Allen’s Foot- Hase. A certain cure for swollen,sweating, b ching feet. At all Druggists, 25c. Ac- pt no substitute. Trial package FREE. Address A. 8. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y. Snake Crop Is Large. The biggest snake killed in this sec- tion this year was dispatched by har- yest hands with pitchforks in the hay 1 of Thomas Beaver, son of Gen. James A. Beaver. It was a_black- snake. It measured eleven feet and as thick as a man’s forearm. It s thought to have been the same big snake which has-been seen in that section every year. Snakes are more plentiful than they ve been in years. They cause camp- much annoyance. Jacob Shirk, while in the Alleghany mountains yes- terday hunting his cattle, came upon snakes and one copperhead. More than twice as many got away. One of the rattlesnakes had fourteen rat- a den of snakes. He killed six rattle- ties and was nearly five feet long. Keeping Chameleons Alive. Chameleons can be kept alive for years by making a frame to fit over a plant in a flowerpot and covering it with mosquito netting, which must be ong enough to tie with a string about the pot. Keep the pot in the sunniest window and water the plant every day through the netting. You will be sur- »rised to see how eagerly the little »reatures will drink the running water after they get over their fear. Set a wire flytrap for flies, which you can berate under the netting. The cham- eleons will not be backward about helping themselves. FAMILY FOOD. Crisp, Toothsome and Requires No Cooking. A little boy down in N. C. asked his mother to write an account of how Grape-Nuts food had helped their fam- ily. She says Grape-Nuts was first brought to her attention on a visit to Charlotte, where she visited the Mayor of that city who was using the food by the advice of his physician. She says: “They derive so much good from it that they never pass a day without using it. While I was there I used the Food regularly. I gained about 15 pounds and felt so well that when I re- turned home I began using Grape-Nuts in our family regularly. “My little 18 months old baby short- ly after being weaned was very ill with dyspepsia and teething. She was sick nine weeks and we tried every- thing. She became so emaciated that it was painful to handle her and we thought we were going to lose her. One day a happy thought urged me to try Grape-Nuts soaked in a little warm milk. “Well, it worked like a charm and she began taking it regularly and im- provement set in at once. She is now getting well and round and fat as fast as possible on Grape-Nuts. “Sometime ago several of the family were stricken ‘with LaGrippe at the same time, and during the worst stages we could not relish anything in the shape of food but Grape-Nuts and oranges, everything else nauseated us. “We all appreciate what your fa- mous food has done for our family.” “There’s a Reason.” Read “The Road to Wellville,” in pkgs. WOMANS NTERESTS THE SLEEVE STYLES BEWILDERING VARIETY OF THE SEASON’S FANCIES. General Adoption of the Guimpe Dress Is Largely Responsible—Point to Remember in Ordinary Fall Costumes. Fashion seems to have gone mad in the many developments of fancy sleeves that are seen on the up-to-date frock. Never were there so many be- wildering varieties; the general adop- tion of the guimpe dress is largely re- sponsible for this. To-day, almost without exception, dresses and separate blouses are made with the guimpe and the more elabo- rate the sleeve the smarter the gown. The Slashed Sleeve. Indeed, shops are showing dresses made up on long straight lines, al- most void of trimming, yet with sleeves so intricate and elaborate that no one but an artist could develop them. Now we are told that with cold weather the long sleeve will invade the shops. However, for certain frocks the short sleeve will always be worn. ‘The fullness of the up-to-date sleeve has been transferred from the shoul der to the elbow, and now sleeves seem to droop from the shoulder, ‘be- ing exceedingly full at the cuff. For outer garments almost all sleeves are three-quarter length, save in the extreme tailor-made gowns call- ing for the full-length sleeve. The frock proper has a suggestion of an oversleeve, many of them being slashed up the outside to show the beauties of the undersleeve which is attached to the guimpe. Another pret- ty idea is to turn back the corners of this outer sleeve and hold them in place with tiny bows of ribbon or handsome buttons. Then again, these points are braided or embroidered. Perhaps the most popular form of undersleeve is that made of row upon row of lace ruffles. As for trimmings, buttons, tiny bows of ribbon, embroidery and braiding are at present at the top of popularity’s wave. The blouse with the chemisette ef- fect is exceedingly smart made of dark silk, trimmed with silk buttons and edged with a piping. A fancy blouse with deep lace yoke gives opportunity for the very newest style of trimming, and can be devel- oped in-heavier,.goods, such as light- weight cloth or heavy silk. This mod- el is particularly becoming to a stout figure. The over blouse, or modified form of jumper, is most attractive made up in softer silks such as lousine, mes- saline, etc., trimmed with tiny bows, a few velvet buttons and the lace guimpe. Make your sleeves in every instance just as elaborate -as you please, the more so the better. Cashmere, as a material for house gowns, is again greatly in demand, and for such purposes nothing is more attractive than the shirred princess model. Put all your work on the sleeve, insert them with medallion, join them together with fancy stitches, intro- duce cordings, shirrings, what you will and as much as you will, and your sleeve will give your whole dress a distinct style. In making your fall clothes do not neglect the sleeves, for it is the fea- ture par excellence of the smart frock —it tells plainer than anything else that your dress is of this season’s make, and the woman never lived that didn’t want to be well dressed. eee ADVICE FROM MME. MERRI. Answers to Correspondents on Vari- ous Subjects of Etiquette. To Accept Invitations. Will Madame Merri kindly state how invitations should be accepted to teas, receptions, etc., also color and size of paper to use. SWEET MARIE. A cream-colored unruled note paper of good quality, plain or adorned with monogram, crest or street and home number with envelopes to fit exactly is always in good form. The wording of an acceptance de- pends much upon the way 4n invita- tion is framed. If very formal and in the third person, the reply, either an acceptance or a regret, is written in the same manner. If informal, the re- turn reply is written in an informal manner. When to Use Finger Bowls. Kindly publish in your valuable col- umn your opinion of the use of finger bowls and when they should be passed. MATTIE. Finger bowls are sometimes passed immediately after the first course of grape fruit, but the hostess usually has the fruit so prepared by loosening it that it is scarcely necessary to touch the fingers even to the outside. The: most general use’ of these- bowls is when fruit is served “au natural” at the end of a dinner or luncheon; when corn is served on the cob, and for fried chicken. They are more often used at family affairs than for strictly formal dinners. For a Birthday Party. Dear Madame Merri:—I would like to celebrate my birthday which comes the latter part of October. Would it be proper to invite the boys. What shall I have for amusement and re- freshment? LITTLE MELVANA. This correspondent doesn’t say how old she is, but evidently the boy ques- tion is on her mind. Now I think it is always proper to ask the boys if they are little gentlemen. At that season of the year it would be nice to have an outdoor nut party with mother to serve just the right kind of refreshments, not forgetting a birth- day cake and a prize or two for those who find the most nuts. Correct Table Service. When the table is cleared after the meat course which dishes are remov- ed first? What remains on the table? After the last course should hostess ring for the maid to clear the table or does the party retire to the parlor im- mediately? HOUSEWIFE. The plates, then the platter, vegeta- dle dishes, bread, olives, in fact every | thing is removed except the bonbons and nuts that is if there is no salad course. If there is the olives are left. It is not necessary to ring for the maid after the last course. The host- ess rises and the guests go into the drawing-room. Sometimes the men re- main a half hour to smoke over their coffee. Then the latter is served to the ladies by the hostess in the draw- ing-room. MADAME MERRI. DESIGN FOR JABOT. Fine white all-over empreldery: and Val. lace. Finding a Satisfactory Hat. The woman who wears an unbecom-. ing hat has only herself to blame, for so much latitude is there in these days that the prettiest of women often have trouble in finding a satisfactory hat. There are, however, several rules to be followed. Devote plenty of time to the selection of a shape, sit while hav- ing it tried on to your head and then survey it from every possible angle. A dip-brim will make a long nose look longer, a round hat lends width to a round face and brilliant trimming adds years to a faded complexion. Tea Gowns Are Closer Fitting. A negligee in which one may enjoy perfect relaxation and at the same time ‘uphold the accepted canons ot artistic appearance, is of shaded pink asphodel silk, the upper part of the garment is shell pink shading toa deep rose at the hem. The usual loose ef- fect of a tea gown is entirely done away with, the soft folds are drawn into a fitted bolero of openwork em- broidery which opens over a che misette of Dalghali crepe. Long dol- man sleeves of silk are edged with soft frills of crepe.—Dress. The question of maintaining or im- proving the quality of the Rocky Ford ‘cantaloupes .becomés- more pertinent each year, as we hear the unsatisfac- tory reports of the irregular quality of the product in all the various mar- kets. The many inquiries and re- quests for seed from the farmers and the experiment stations throughout the melon-growing sections of the United States is evidence of the urgent needs, and the manifest interest in our work of developing a disease re- sisting cantaloupe. In order to test the merits of our rust resisting selec- tion under various conditions, we have furnished a few seed to all inquirers from various parts of the United States to thgse who were willing to make the test in a co-operative way. As our work of selection was only well begun, we could only furnish what might be termed a second grade selection of seed, as the few seed of the first selection was reserved for our own work. The following are brief extracts from the reports that have been received so far at this time: “The rust-resistant plat furnished fine melons after the other plats were all dead with rust.”"—E. C. Green, Texas Experiment Station. “The melon seed received from you this spring gave the best melons I have had in previous seasons.”—J. D. Fraser, Leamington, Ontario. “I found the Pollock, or rust-resist- ant melon superior in quality to the others, but many of them grew rather large.”—Charles L. Goodrich, Glen- dale, Md. “The reports of three growers who tried the seed you sent me, show that this melon was unusually free from A Vine Rusted on Check Row. rust, although other melons in the immediate vicinity were badly injured by it.’—Samuel B. Green, Minnesota Experiment Station, St. Anthony’s Park. “Until about a week ago the vines showed little or no rust, but at the present writing the leaves are badly spotted; the fruit is good size and the vines may withstand the attacks until after the melons ripen; I think [ gave the variety a very severe test, as the seed were planted on soil that a year ago was devoted to the same crop, which was entirely wiped out by tle rust.”—H.) D. Haskins, Hatch» Ex- periment Station, Amherst, Mass. “The vines from the disease-resist- ant seed which you sent me, certainly did resist diseases much better than the old Netted Gem.”—F. L. Stevens, North Carolina Experiment Station, Raleigh, N. C. “ft ran all other melons out of the hotels with the rust-resistant ‘Pol- lock’ seed I got from you.”—A. Van Wagenen, Sioux City, Ia. From 29 reports from growers in New Jersey, who tested the rust-re- sisting seed that we furnished Byron D. Halsted of the New Jersey Ex- periment Station, 18 reported very fa- vorable results; eight reported that they observed no difference, and three made unfavorable reports; the seed furnished for this test was pure “Pol- lock” strain, which only had had one year’s selection for the rust-resistant feature. The popularity of the cantaloupe as a fruit on the American table does not seem to diminish, nor does the output or the returns to the grower seem to decrease; these facts are unquestion- ably due to the greater attention be- ing paid to the quality of the seed se- lected for planting and also the im- proved refrigerating and marketing fa- cilities. About the only progress the melon growers have made in regard to “tseed- selection, is the almost ‘unani- mous selection and use of single strains of seed by the various associa- tions, thus insuring uniformity. In general, they have selected the strains that were early, prolific, uniform, and also desirable in appearance, with lit- tle or no attention being paid to dis- ease-registing tendencies; in fact, some prejudice exists against the rust- resisting strain, as it is thought to be later and less productive than the strains in general use. This apparent lateness of the rust-resistant strain is probably due toabnormal ripening of the other strains, rather than to any inherent lateness in the rust-resistant strain. : The season last year proved very favorable for the development of the JCANTALOUPES AND THE FIGHT ON THE RUST DISEASE Work Which Colorado Experiment Station Is Dotng to De- velop Rust-Resisting Vines. rust trouble, and the melon fields went down nearly three weeks earlier than usual; our -rust-resistant-selection -re- mained green until the majority of the fields were dead, and some of the most markedly resistant plants in the plat remained green until frost, this in spite of the fact that the seed was grown on soil that for four consecu- tive years had been badly infested with rust, the idea being to develop the quality under as adverse condi- tions as possible, consequently, irri- gation was applied in excess to favor the development of the rust. The plat was planted with the seed of nine in- dividual melons, which had passed the rigid test of selection on the same plat the previous season; one row was planted as a “check” row; seed from a very perfect melon, but from a field that had not been selected for rust- resistance. The plat developed nicely until about August 15. The season was characterized by frequent show- ers and heavy dews, and in July the rust spots appeared on all the early melon fields, and when the first pick- ing began, about August 10, the fields were getting brown with rust, as was also the check row in our plat, while the other rows were comparatively free from rust. The accompanying photographic record represents the relative condition of the vines on the check row and adjacent rust-resisting row on August 20; the-whole plat hay- ing received the same treatment in every respect. When the rust had developed to some extent on the plat (which began at least ten days later than any other plat under equal conditions), the plat was carefully studied, and over 100 re- Adjacent Vine Showing Resistance to Rust. sistant plants were staked and num- bered, and each day as the ripe melons were gathered, these were marked with the number of the hill and the seed saved separately and the descrip- tion made of the qualities of each. At the close of the season the plat was gone over and notes taken of the rust- ed condition of the various plants; this revealed the fact that a few of the whole number had remained re- sistant later than others. With the system of numbering used, this seed can be identified and used in further developing this important quality. Careful consideration, and a. great deal of time has been devoted to se- lecting melons with a view to improv- ing their keeping qualities, as well as flavor and other qualities desired in a perfect melon. The following photo- graph reveals some desirable internal and external qualities shown in some of the melons of our selection. In order to develop early maturity in our rust-resistant strain, we have made arrangements for a co-operative test, by having some of this seed grown in Canada, the product of which will be tested this coming year at Rocky Ford, to indicate the influence of latitude on early maturity. Some investigational work in regard to the life history of the melon louse, and the means of combating it was taken up in co-operation with and un- der the direction of Prof. C. P. Gillette. Cash Value of Trees—Elias A. Long, in a book on “How to Plant a Place,” says: Certain beautiful, stately shade and fruit trees are called to mind, which cost their own- ers not three dollars apiece all told, but which to-day would not be spared for .$300, $500 or $1,000 apiece. Rail- roads taking planted lands often pay from $30 to $300 apiece for trees occu- pying the same. The writer knows of $600 apiece having been awarded and paid in solid cash to the owner for large elm~trees that stool on some land that’ was needed for a certain town park. The planting of these trees paid enormously; for, beside’ the money realized in the sales allud- ed to, the trees had previously given priceless delight in shade, shelter and beauty through many years. Be Gentle with Hens.—A hen nat- urally dislikes quick movements and hasty jerks in her vicinity. If you do not regard her feelings in this re- spect, you pay for it in a lessened egg supply. Good and Poor Scraps. — Table scraps very often consist of decayed vegetables, old rags and strings, broken glass, burnt matches, ete. Such things are not fit for hens. BRUTALITY OF MEDICAL ETHICS. A Great Surgeon Barred from Mem- bership in Medical Association. (From the National FS re ciate for June, Dr. Augustus Charles Bernays, who died a few days ago in St. Louis, was, probably, the foremost surgeon in the United States. His fame was co- extensive with the civilized world. He was not only an operator of the high- -est: order, but a-tireless-and exhaus- tive worker in the field of original surgery. He performed the first suc- cessful Caesarian section in 1889 in St. Louis, and also the first successful coeliotomy for gunshot wound of the abdomen and the first gallstone opera- tion in Missouri. A record held by Dr. Bernays has never been equaled: Out of eighty-one successive cases of appendicitis which necessitated operations, seventy-one in succession were with perfettly satisfactory re- sults, the seventy-second patient fail- ing of recovery, but the subsequent nine cases were successfully treated. And yet, with such a record, match- less as was his skill, varied and ex- tensive.as was his learning, wonder- ful as were his accomplishments, he was not considered, by the American Medical Association, as worthy of membership in that organization. No charges were ever brought against him which, in the remotest degree, reflected on his qualifications as a surgeon; his moral character was never the subject of attack; he was never accused of having done any- thing unbecoming a man or a gentle- man. “The head and front of his of- fending had this extent—no more!” He dared to think! He refused to mold his opinions and to govern his actions by the arbitrary rules which those whom he knew to be his infer- iors had set up for his guidance! In other words, he could not regard the Code of Ethics of the American Medi- cal Association as being inspired, or having any binding authority on him where his judgment told him it was wrong. And so, twenty years ago or more, on account of some trivial in- fraction of this sacred “Code,” a movement was started to expel him from the local association, which was only defeated by his hastily sending in his resignation. As membership in the A. M. A. is dependent upon mem- bership in the local and State socie- ties, his name was dropped by the national organization. And so, though he had saved thou- sands of lives; though other physi- cians had profited by his art; this brilliant surgeon; this great and able man, has, during all these years, been an outcast—a medical “scab;” not recognized as “ethical” or worthy of fellowship by that body of physicians banded together in the American Med- ical Association! And this is the association which, under pretense of working for the public good, is, in reality, only seeking to control Congress and the State Legislatures in the interest of their own selfish schemes; which is trying to create a Cabinet position and to place one of its members in that po- sition; which is endeavoring by law to exclude from the use of the mails, all manufacturers of medicines who do not comply with the absurd re- quirements that they choose to set up; which, in short, is trying to put upon the statute books of State and nation laws that will, in effect, estab- lish a kind of medical priesthood, to which only their own members will be eligible with power and control over the health and lives of the people! God help the druggists, the drug manufacturers, physicians not mem- bers of their guild, and the people generally, if this association.ever suc- ceeds in its undertaking. If it does, it will, after the fashion of the labor unions, dictate a “closed shop,” and say to doctors who prefer to be inde- pendent, “You must join our union or, failing to do so, compel them to get out of the business. It will say what medicines shall be taken, an@ how they shall be made. It will hedge the people about with a lot of petty regulations under pretense of protect- ing the public health. In fine, a medi- cal bureaucracy will be established to tyrannize over the people. Let no man call this a false alarm. If there are those who are inclined to do so,-let them read the journal of the A. M. A. Let them scan the proceedings of the association, held always behind closed doors, and care- fully edited, as they are, before they are published in its official organ. If they will do this they will see that we are not trying to create a bugaboo to frighten their timid souls.- How Some Ships Are Lost. The loss of many English fishing boats is now said to be due to the facé that the helmsman often carries a spe- cially forged fisherman’s knife. These knives possess strong magnetic prop erties, and will defiect a compass nee die two or three points. This means that the helmsman may be apparently steaming a true course, but is in real- ity much out of the way.