View on Derwentwater.
'* !ft district of England. f
oni‘ <lf the most beautiful off
JL regions, always has been a I
fa\onto resort of Aineritan
tourists, not only because of its nat
ural attractions, but also on account
of Its literary associations.
I irst among recorded tourists to
Lakeland was Gray, the poet, author
of the “Elegy in a Country Church
yard,” says Country Life, lie visited
the Westmoreland and Cumberland
lakes In 1700, the year before Words
worth, the most outstanding among
the lake school of poets, was horn.
Me discovered the lakes, alike in a
touring and literary sense, and being
essentially of the eighteenth century,
lie fled from them and the grandeur
of their scenery in dismay. For not
then had the picturesque been in
vented. I he beauties of wild nature
were not appreciated, and bad they
been the roads of t!ut ace and the
lack of proper accommodation were
jio‘,\ erful deterrents.
But for close upon a century Lake
land has been a greatly appreciated
touring ground. Scenery and the lit
erary associations with Wordswor.h,
Southey, Coleridge. Iu» Quineey and
their circle, have airraid, i every type
iif holiday maker. First came the
vacation rending parties of university
students, then the honeymoon couples,
to whom the Low Wood hotel, Amble
side, was once, in a sense, sacred;
stud then the railways brought tour
ists from far and near. Eut not until |
the automobile came upon the roads
was Lakeland comfortably or thor
oughly to be explored.
The tourist by motor car here has
choice of every kind of road, or no
road, and may, if he will, take his
sport in pass-storming with the most
adventurous, or take his sight-seeing
along roads us good os any in this
country. It is all a matter of taste
and inclination. The ideal way of
seeing Lakeland is undoubtedly that
of selecting some central spot at which
to stay and taking from it daily, out
and home, excursions. This is so for
several reasons; chief among them
thut of the somewhat limited area of
the lake district, which may be stated
at about thirty mile} The
r,T ’ . • ’ • iMT- •. .u: .
u gin at Toil thut this will scent scarcely:
credible; yet any reference to mups !
will prove the l rut It of it. But it does
not follow from this sheer matter-of
fact measurement that this region Is
easily seen or soon exhausted.
Grasmere in the Center.
Exactly In iho center of the lake
district is Grasmere, central geographi
cally, and in its interest, for it was
Wordsworth's home, und in its church
yard he lies.
There are five recognized centers for
tourists in these regions: Windermere,
Amhleside and Grasmere, about equi
distant. some four miles from one an
other; Keswick, thirteen miles further
north, and Collision, somewhat iso
lated, seven miles southwest of Am
hleside. It would he a thankless task
t <> declare any preference among
these, hut we will take Grasmere us
the very focus of the lakes.
Grasmere village is a sweet and gra
cious place. Here Wordsworth resided
for more than fifty years. lbs later
homes here are not accessible, hut
Hove Cottage, where he wrote his
earliest and best, has been preserved
an it was in his day. and is the resort
of literary pilgrims, while the unpre
tending ehuri’h beside the Uiv<-i
Hot ha is much the same as he knew it.
That is an Interesting day trip, a I on.-'
excellent roads, which takes us north
to Cockcrinouth, the old market town
at the extreme northerly edge of hake
land, where his birthplace, in Main
street, is still shown.
The way runs by Uuimmil Kaise to
Wythburn. whose little church, one of
th<> smallest in England, is neighbored
»>y the Nag's Head Inn, where the old
dalesmen and their wives put up their
horses while attending service in olden
times. The road then runs alongside
Thirl mere with the imposing moun
tain. Helve lyn, 3.11S feet, on right.
Keswick town comes next; a consid
erable place for this part of the coun
try, and with an ... foreign appear
ance, mused chiefly by the Cum 1
like building (really the town hum u>
the middle of the street. The chiet
industry Is the making of lead pen
cils.
Derwentwater Loveliest Lake.
Hut Derwentwater it elf is the real
reward of the journey. It is genera1>
considered the loveliest of all the
lakes, and it is also the most aecessi
a pood rofid encircling it.
Keswick we pass Greta Hull, once the
bom,, of Southey, and come to his
aonthwnltc Water. Preferably Hiking
the left-hand road. Skiddavv, 3,tk>4 ,oer.
is Keen across the water. Lockcr
* >»Uh is some -iii miles further.
Upturning from that town, tlie other
solo of Bassontli waite Wut(‘r may be i
tak.-n, and the rest of the way back
to Grasmere is identical with the out
ward run. The distance, including
tlie circuit of Iicrwentwater, is about
seventy-six miles.
Hut Derwent water is worth a more
leisured trip, for its own sake. The
trip from Grasmere to Keswick and
'be circuit of Derwentwater and back
is thirty-five miles. The advantages
■ lie with the tourist proceeding to
Keswick and there turning left and
past tlie church, following the eastern
sioi' of the lake to Lodore, where the
'Tails of Lodore,” sung by Southey,
will lie found. Beyond we come to
Shepherd sCrag, overhanging tlie road,
ami past the Borrowdale hotel and the
narrow pass called the “Jaws of Bor
rowdale,” whose rocks so greatly
alarmed Gray 150 years ago. At Grange
where the IUver Derwent Hows out of
Derwentwater, the road abruptly turns,
to follow the western lakeside. In
the pleasant vale at Grange is that |
piimf rook, the “Ihnvder Stone.”
J he peculiar advantages of staying <
at Grasmere lire many. Not least I
among them is that within five miles j
you have not only Grasmere itself, !
rivaling Derwentwater for loveliness, !
hut IJydal Water, and the town of Am- !
Ideside, with Windermere, the largest j
and most popular of the lakes beyond, j
Ail are within an easy walk for the j
tourist staying at Grasmere, who will j
scarce take out his car when he can I
indulge in pleasant footpath rambles !
for a change.
The car is fur farther afield. For
example, tin* run to Penrith, along !
I llswater. The out and home run is
fifty-six miles. The best way from
Grasmere is to take the Windermere
road, as far as Waterhead; thence
turning to the left and up to Trout
beck. The nearer route, up from Am
Ideside to Kirkstone Pass, is au ex
ceedingly steep climb, but it can be
taken on the return.
On the way to Ullswater tlie gloomy
little mountain town of Brothers Wa
ter is passed, and then comes the de
scent to pleasant, sunny Patterdale.
Here the seven miles long lake of
niswuter, the second longest yf thy
■, b« gm i. . e d ,i>i tl>v mu ny
a delightful road, with the waterfall of
Aira Force midway, spouting from its
woody glen. I'llswatcr ends at y.ooley
Bridge, whence it is seven and a half
miles into the quaint old market town
of Penrith, passing Ynnwath llall, now
a farm house, hut a good surviving
specimen of the fifteenth century for
tified border residence; and thence
over the ancient Earnout Bridge, built
in 1425.
FACTS AND FIGURES OF WAR
Immensity of Supplies Needed in Mod
ern Conflict Revealed by Sir
Douglas Haig.
Thexi* are some of the amazing facts
n Sir I Kaunas 1-Inig's final dispatch:
(Jeueral headquarters received 9,000
telegrams in one day, and 3,400 let
ters by dispatch-riders. One army
headquarters had 10,000 telegrams in
a day, and the daily telegrams on the
lines of communication were 23,000.
There were 1,500 miles of telegraphs
and telephones, and 3,088 miles of rail
ways, on which 1,800 trains ran j
weekly.
In six weeks 5,000,000 rations were j
supplied, by our armies in France, to j
800,000 civilians In the relieved areas. !
Two hundred tons dead weight of
supplies and stores were required
daily for the maintenance of each di
vision.
The total daily ration strength of
our armies was 2,700,IKK). An addi
tion of one ounce to each man’s ra
tions represented nr. extra 75 tons.
Over 400,000 horses and mules and
40,700 motor vehicles were used, and
4,500 miles of road made or main
tained.
In 1011 there was one machine gun
to 500 infantrymen In the British
army; when pence came there was one
machine gun to 20 infantrymen.
Over 700,000 tons of ammunition
were fired by our artillery fin the
western front from August, 1919, to the
armistice.—Montreal Herald.
Children's Spending Money.
The practice of doling out money to
tl,0 children by dribbles, when they
least* for it. and without holding them
to any responsibility in the matter of
spending it, is undoubtedly responsible
for most of the pre\ulent unthrift
among our young people. It is quite
natural that this childish attitude to
ward money should continue even into
the period when the young person be
comes it money-earner on his own ac
count. and oftentimes, into his adult
life us well.—Thrift Magazine.
CURRANT BUSHES IN ORCHARD
Ground Occupied Should Be Restricted
to One or Two Rows to Prevent
Interference.
(Prepared t>>- tlie United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
'When interplnnted in cherry orchards
gooseberries and currants may be left
for several years, according to the
growth (f the, orchard and the size of
tlu> hushes; and in apple and pear or
chards they may be left somewhat
longer, though the ground occupied
should be restricted to one or two
rows of bushes through the center of
the space between iho tree rows.
Otherwise, the hushes will be likely to
Interfere with the proper care of the
Currants Keep on Bearing for Years
If Old Cane Is Cut Away.
trees. In vineyards the currants and ,
gooseberries are often made a part of
the permanent plantation, but while
they ure commonly productive when so
grown, the grapes are likely to be rath
er unproductive.
MANURE FOR SMALL FRUITS
Large Amount of Plant Food Is Re
quired by Currants and Goose
berries—Apply in Fall.
Currants and gooseberries require
p.uk v.uL of r1":. fc: 1 s.'.'d as t!-/- ,
feeding roots are shallow and do not
extend far, it must be readily available j
and close at hand. Thorough cultiva
tion and manuring are important.
Stable manure is the best fertilizer and
It is difficult to apply too much in grow
ing these fruits.
Young plantations need not be fer
tilized heavily, but after the plants be
gin to bear fruit heavy annual dress
ings of well-rotted manure should be
applied, preferably in the fall or win
ter, to keep them in good productive
condition.
Commercial fertilizers may be used
to supplement stable manures. Muriate
or sulphate of potash applied at the
rate of UK> to 200 pounds per acre
sometimes increases the production ami
quality of the fruit. If necessary to
depend upon commercial fertilizers as
a source of plnntfood, one containing
;t per cent available nitrogen, 10 per
cent available phosphoric acid and 4
per cent available potash applied at
the rate of 500 to 1,000 pounds per
acre, is recommended. However, in us
ing commercial fertilizers it should be
remembered that they add only the
mineral elements to the soil, and it is
therefore necessary to employ the use
of stable manure, or cover crops, each
year to maintain a good supply of
humus which is highly important in
growing these fruits.—Michigan Exper
iment station.
BERRY PATCH IS IMPORTANT
Orchard Is Not Complete Without
Generous Selection as to Kind
and Varieties.
An orchard is not complete without
a generous selection as to kind and
varieties of berries. Without the ber
ry patch the orchard will hardly come
up to your expectations in supplying
fruits during the fruit bearing season,
fn fact you will miss the berries and
there will be no other fruit to take
their place.
GROW ALFALFA IN ORCHARDS
One of Bert Ways of Introducing Need
ed Organic Matter—Preferred to
Clean Cultivation.
There are many orchardists today
who believe that the growing of alfalfa
tn orchards is not only one of the best
ways of Introducing needed organic
matter and nitrogen, but that it is
much to he preferred to the clean cul
tivation that was so long favored by
leading orchardists and that Is still
adhered to by many.
COATS THAT COMBINE
CHARM AND UTILITY
Sow is the time when the warm coat
for midwinter comes ui> for consider
ation and t lie buyer goes cheerfully
forth to see what she can see. She is
destined to tind quite, a number of new
coatings represented in thick, soft
weaves and. if gifted with a retentive
mind, she may be able to commit their
various names to memory. They all
seem to be variations of cloths that
we have known in the past as Bolivia,
zibeline, duvetyn rough mixtures and
other heavy, woolj fabrics that are
cozy looking. Some of them we know
to be strong and sturdy, others look
as promising. Taken as a whole,
coatings are richer looking than they
have, ever been, which is a pleasant
thing to contemplate—and measured
by prices they certainly ought to look
rich.
Some of the new coats are extrava
gantly high priced and there has been
an increase in nearly all of them. The
cheerfulness of the, buyer is apt to be
somewhat dampened unless her purse
Is long, for fur-trimmed coats must
be classed among the luxuries of the
rich. Pile fabrics arc warm and rich
looking and have proved to be most
durable. Coats of these plushes sell
at a reasonable price ami so do those
of heavy wools that are woven like
steamer rugs or army blankets. Leath
er coats have been Introduced to pro
vide warm coats at a medium price.
The two coats shown in the picture
above are good examples of styles for
all-round general wear. They tire cut
on the most practical lines with muf
fler collars, big pockets and roomy
sleeves. The coat at the left has a
narrow belt of cloth with long ends
that loop over at the front. A few
bone buttons make themselves useful
for fastening at the waistline and col
lar and ornamenting the cuffs. In
the coat at the right, the buttons are
cloth-covered and the belt slips
through a slide at the front. A luxu
rious collar of skunk fur may he
brought up and fastened at the throat,
in the face of stormy weather or be
fore tin1 tooth of an icy wind. These
are both attractive coats and types of
styles that are soft and becoming as
well as warm and durable.
Alluring Veils for Autumn Hats
There is something very alluring
about veils. They are among the be
longings of women, that are peculiar
ly their own; mere man having no
share in this kind of apparel. The
wedding veil is a vision that girlhood
cherishes and thrills over. Veils are
significant and charming—and have in
most cases no other season for exist
ence. But they contribute to neat
ness, if one must be practical, and
they are often very flattering. It is
the element of style in them, with be
comingness. that makes them dear to
the hearts of women and provides us
with ever-changing weaves and pat- 1
terns to choose from.
Some modistes have featured veils
as an essential part of the trimming
of hats, in their displays of fall mil- j
linery. The all-over lace patterns ap- \
pear to have given place to mesh veils j
with borders, these borders being often
In a lace pattern or having a floral de- |
sign applied to the mesh. Veils fall ;
about the face and head from small ;
and medium-sized hats in ways that
seem casual but are not. They are
sometimes draped with the border
about the hat and the plain edge hang- (
ing down, but this is exceptional;
nearly always the plain edge is placed
about the shape and the border de
flnes the bottom of the veil.
Among the very elegant veils used
on dressy huts those of chantlily lace
are conspicuous. The mesh is fine in
these, and the border a floral pattern
above a scalloped edge usually. Black
and taupe gray are the favored colors
for veils, either color proving practi
cal for the street and becoming to the
wearer. There is a great variety 0/
shapes in meshes—square, diamond
shaped, hexagonal and oblong, with,
all sorts of inconspicuous crossbars
and figures to add interest to them.
Street veils have light woven-in ('or
ders and they are worn either hanging
free or fastened about the neck, after
the manner of the three veils shown
in the picture.
Veils should he tried on and se
lected for beeomingness. as hat shapes
are. Some meshes make the face look
more youthful and others seem to re
veal wrinkles. For clearing up the
skin and bringing out color dark blue,
sapphire, and national blue are till ef
fective. Taupe and black find more
admirers than any other colors.
There are some small face veils only
large enough to extend from hat brim
to eliin, and they are made to be
pinned or to lie slipped on and held
in place with small, round elastic cord.
The floating veils shown at the right
and bottom of the group are knotted
in at the hack sometimes as in the
bat shown at the upper left side.
These are popular styles, soft, tiecom
ing, and desirable.
In Small Furs.
In small furs there are notlcenb’w
stoles that may be adjusted so as to
tie worn in several unique ways, and
among the recently presented models
of this type arc many of gray squirrel
and of Hudson seal.
BIG GOOD ROAD BOND ISSUE
Dallas County, Texas, Votes $6,500,000
for Construction of Com
plete Belt Line.
(Prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
The largest bond issue ever submit
ted in any county in Texas and one of
the largest voted anywhere in the
country was ratified by a big major
ity reeen'ly in Dallas county, Texas.
It provides $0,500,000 for a complete
belt line around the county, with 32
roads radiating from Dallas to all sec
tions and six intermediate roads con
necting the radial highways. The
system provides for 332 miles of road,
and in addition feeder roads amount
ing to about one hundred miles will be
improved by the decrease in main
tenance expenses. Federal aid
l__—; .y.~ r~., ■—ci
Building a Hard Rock Road.
amounting to $250,000 had been al
lotted to Dallas county for its high
way development, and it is expected
that a large number of motortrucks
will be assigned to assist in the con
struction work. The favorable recep
tion of the big bond issue in this
county is expected by officials of the
bureau of public roads. United States
department of agriculture, to have a
favorable effect on similar proposals
elsewhere. Road building in Texas is
at high tide. State highway engineers
estimate that more than $20,000,0W
worth of roads are now under com
struction.
WIND HELPS ROAD BUILDERS
Vhen Used In Construction of High
ways in New Mexico Experiment
Is Successful.
A new method of using the wind 1b
sand-road construction has proved so
successful, that, after making a nine
mile experimental stretch in New Mex
ico, roadmakers in that state have
built 80 miles of similar highways.
First of all, the grass and weeds are
cleared from the right of way, and
then a trench is made through the
sand to the clay bottom. The loose
sand is deposited in stacks ten feet
from either side «f the cut, and the
rest of the work is left to the desert
winds. During the spring and fall, the
winds sweep away all the sand and
widen the clay strip. Then the road is
graded and the work finished.
COUNTRY NEEDS MORE ROADS
Improved Highways Influence Every
Branch of Economic and Financial
Structure.
There Is no doubt about it, the coun
try needs more good roads. It has be
come an economic necessity that our
roads be improved because good roads
influence every branch and twig of the
social, economic and financial struc
ture of the nation.
Good roads decrease the cost of liv
ing—bad roads increase it. Good
ronds save labor—poor roads spend it.
A community with good roads lias an
unlimited trade area, while a com
munity with poor roads has limited
trade area.
IGNORANCE PARTNER OF MUD
Motorists Complain That Farmer# in
Bad Roads Districts Know Noth
ing About Roads.
As a rule, ignorance accompanies
mud. Many motorists in bad roads
districts, stopping to ask a farmer in
formation about roads not ton miles
away, have found that the farmer ad
never traveled so far way and could
give no directions.
Up to People Interested.
The success of state and national:
aid to road construction and road im
provement will depend upon the in
terest the people take.
Earth Road Is Foundation.
The eartn road is the foundation
upon which all other surfaces are
placed, and upon which we should de
pend for the load-carrying capacity.
Water for the Dog.
See to it that the dog has plenty at
X Id water to drink la hot weather