Love and B re a k fa s t
By
SHIRLEY MONROE
:8
(© . 1119, by M c C lu r* N « w a p a p «r Syn dicate.)
strong protest, ” 1 haven't the nerve to
face your father with my present bank
account. Just give me a couple of
months, though, und ‘oh boy,' but I’ll
make some killing! Then we can be
married.”
A charming blush suffused the face
of the girl. To cover it she asked what
he meant by "a killing.”
“ Why, e«erlastingly watching my
rivals in business, catching them nup-
plng and swooping down upon them
like— like that kingfisher chap over
there— and coming home with the
spoils.” As ho spoke, prompted by an
instinct he didn’t stop to analyze, one
hand gently detached Itself from the
hand of the girl and ^mght his watch.
With a start an arm was withdrawn
from a slender waist and with a nim
ble movement the prince wus on his
feet.
“ But why need you go so soon?” the
girl objected.
“ Breakfast, darling! And I forgot
to tell you ! I got out at four this
morning and caught some snapper
blues for you. That's whut made me a
little late here. Gosh. It was g rea t;
getting up at that hour and killing
meat for my mnte like a regular prim
itive cave man!”
The girl gazed up at the glowing
countenance o f her prince and many
things ran through her mind In the
second that she hesitated. He had
fe lt a need for food, with his arm
around her I He had killed Innocent
living creatures, even as the kingfisher
had, nnd the marsh hen— but not,
thank goodness, not like the crab!
And he had killed them for her— be
cause be loved her!
A fter all, what did It matter? There
were many things she didn’t under
stand, and nothing mattered but that
“ He loved her.” The girl sprang up
with a happy smile.
While the (Jew wus still on the
grass and the sun not yet full-orbed
over the eastern hills, there cauie
down the steep, narrow path which
led, between thickets of sweet fern
and hayberry, to the pebbly shore be
low, a maiden fair as any queen of
fairy tale fume. Her slim little frock
seemed to have borrowed Its color
from the rosy dawn.
A wandering ray o f sunshine found
her hair and transformed it Into a
crown o f flne-spuu, virgin gold. Her
daintily shod feet appeared to barely
touch the ground, yet they brought
her quickly down to the bench. There
she threw wide her sun browned arms
and took long breuths o f the sea-
washed air.
“ Everything Is perfect this morning
— yes, everything!” She spoke aloud.
A kingfisher successfully* camouflaged
against the rain-bleached limb of a
dead tree near by turned a startled
eye In her direction for the thousandth
part of an instant, perhaps, then con
centrated again on the sparkling water
beneath him.
The girl looked at the tiny Jeweled
disk bound to her wrist. She seated
herself, carefully smoothing out her
frock tlint It might not be wrinkled,
and, picking up handfulls of the shin
ing pebbles, let them trickle slowly
back to the ground, talking to them
meanwhile.
Her happiness was o f the sort that BROUGHT JOY TO ROOSEVELT
demanded expression, and at first
glance there was no animate thing Companion Tells of Colonel’s Joy in
Unlooked-For Discovery in the
nearer tlinn a lonely osprey which cir
Bird World.
cled high over the hay.
So the pebbles and sedge grass
Roosevelt’s Intense eagerness ovet
heurd her wonderful news— a tale as
old as the spectacle of the dawn, yet nny new discovery In the bird world
ever as new and marvelous to one who Is Interestingly described by John M.
Parker, who once entertnlned the col
experiences It for the first time.
Only the evening before had It hap onel on a camping trip along the Gulf
pened— the miracle— when he had coaet o f Mississippi and Louisiana.
taken her Into his arms and of a sud One day they discovered one o f those
den It had come nnd she knew that she queer birds known as the bull bat, and
loved him I It would end in marriage, the colonel was greatly excited about
of course ; but she didn’t want to think It. Here Is the way that Mr. Parker
of that now, only o f the utter perfec describes the Incident:
tion of her prince nnd o f the beauti
“ One (lay my sons were running
ful, beautiful world, which wus such a around on a little Island, nnd presently
begnn waving for ns to come over.
happy place to live In.
On parting they had agreed to meet We Immediately answered. When we
on the secluded beach, out of sight of got close to them we saw them point
the hotel, before breakfast. She had ing to a bird on the ground, blended
anticipated the time set, for the night so well with oyster shells and debris
had been sleepless and the glorious that It was almost Invisible unless you
morning called. But at nny moment, watched closely.
They motioned to
now, there might come the sound of the colonel to step up to the bird, and
as lie did so It flew off the nest, flut
footsteps down the narrow path.
Instead of u sudden step there was tering along the way ns a great ninny
a splash In the wuter a few feet from birds do, simulating being bndly
shore. The girl turned In time to see wounded or crippled In order to lend
a fountain of ralnbow-hued drops and us away from Its nest. It was a bull
emerging from It a gray bird with a bat, or night hawk, and as the col
white collar around Ills throat, carry onel glanced at the nest be remarked:
ing In his beak a small silver fish. The ‘By Jove, this bird Is hatching now.’
bird flew straight back to his perch on
“ Herbert K. Job, the nearest and
the rain-blanched limb of the old dead possibly the most famous bird pho
tree, swallowed bis booty and resumed tographer In the world, enme In an
swer to our call and fixed up his old
the watchful waiting.
“ Why—you horrid thing!” exclaimed green shnde from under which he
the girl, startled from the tule she made some wonderful pictures both
was relating to the shining pebbles, of the bird returning to the nest, and
“ to eat up that beautiful little fish who then how lie scored her off (he nest.
wasn't doing you one bit o f harm— He made pictures of the two little bull
and on a glorious morning like this, bats breaking the shell of the egg, and
when every living creature must be to see the eggs divide was wonderful
ly Interesting. Mr. Job photographed
filled with Joy at being nllve I”
In the sedge grass, a few feet away, them with patience and with a total
a lump which she had taken for a disregard of mosquitoes.
“ The evening we returned to Pass
brown atone moved cnutlously for
ward, step by step. There was an in Christian the colonel went around my
describably quick motion of u sinuous yard with a great (leal o f Interest, and
neck, u glitter of silver, then a lump announced that be bad found nests of
moving down the long throat as some- 27 varieties o f birds. One In partic
tlilug was hastily swallowed. It took ular Interested him very much— the
but an Instant for the tragedy; the crested fly catcher. I told him that
murderer resolved ngaln Into a brown the bird bad nested there since I had
stone, ceuselesly watching Its chance. bad the place, nnd that only n few
In disgust the girl turned her back days before hnd raised an entire brood
on the kingfisher nnd on the marsh- of young ones, which were now flying
hen and, after a fleeting glance up the around the yard. He Immediately ask
steep pnth, turned to the sparkling ed me whether I had ever Investigated
the nest carefully myself. I told him
waves breaking almost at her feet.
At least there was one creature on no and asked why. He stnted that he
that beach who could enjoy the fair hnd never found a single nest o f a
beauty o f the morning without think crested fly catcher that did not hnve
ing eternnlly nnd only of eating, she In It a shed skin o f a snake, nnd said
soliloquized. Something grotesque and that lie would like very much to see
horrid o f form was moving sideways whether this nest 'wny down on the
and with difficulty out o f the wnter. Gulf of Mexico conld be an exception.
With one ugly claw It was pushing be We got a ladder nnd I took the nest
fore It an object almost as big as It out. Instead o f having one skin In It,
there were two, to his very great de
self, which feebly struggled.
As the girl gaied, fascinated, the light and Joy.” — Tulsa World.
thing took a great mouthful of Its liv
ing prey In Its free claw and crammed
It Into Its mouth. It was only that
common occurrence, one crab eating,
with relish, a disabled brother; but to
the girl looking on there came a
nauseating revulsion o f feeling and
she stoned the cannibal till he dropped
his victim and scurried away.
“ How perfectly a w fu l! Why, I’ll
never eat another crab as long as I
live— they’re too disgusting. Nor an
other fish, eithert Poor things; they
have enemies enough! Oh. why need
such cruel things happen in such a
beautiful world?"
A loose pebble rolled down the path,
announcing the swift approach of an
other human to the secluded beach.
The girl leaped to her feet; strong
aims held her tight. It was her prince,
o f course, and there followed an hour
of that ecstasy only new lovers experi
ence when they tell, to each other,
Just how unutterable that love Is. For
gottei. were the greedy birds and the
cannibal or crab. Once more life was
ecstatic— a gift o f the gods!
Then the prince announce«! that he
must return to the city on the morrow.
“ Why, dearie," he answered to her
Explorers on Floe fo r Flvo Month*.
Scientific data o f considerable value
were obtained by a party of IS men
who returned to civilization recently
after spending about five months on a
drifting Ice floe In the Arctic ocean,
according to Populnr Mechanics Maga
zine.
Special attention was gven to
the currents In Beaufort sea. that part
of the ocean which stretches north of
Alnska and Canada as far as Banks
Land, and numerous soundings were
mnile In the cold water. The floe on
which the strange voyage was made
was seven mile« wide and fifteen long.
Many seals, polar bears, ducks and
land birds made their homes on the
floating block o f Ice.
Bedroom Farce.
“ That there troupe o f show people
wux In a wreck down the mad a pie«?*
an’ I don’t believe they'll he able to
play at th' opery houae tonight."
“ Was anybody hurt, Hiram?”
’’Nope, hut th’ pink and white bed
they wux brlngin' along got smashed
to kindlin' woo«l an’ th' property man
says he can't find anoth«w one like It
In tii' hall blame«] village."— Binning
ham Age-Herald.
Do Men Know What to Elat?
There Ought to Be a College Course to Teach Them,
Domestic Science Specialist Declares
There should be a college course to instruct young men in the art of
selecting what to eat, an instructor in domestic science at the Kansas State
Agricultural college said recently. Not only are many men required to
select their own food at public eating houses, and by such selection unwit
tingly impair their efficiency, but they absolutely refuse to eat the carefully
thought out meals prepared for them by their wives. They clamor for meat
three times each day when the domestic science experts whom they marry
know they should not have it, she added.
“What will it avail carefully to instruct our young women in the art
of planning a carefully balanced meal admirably fitted to meet all the re
quirements of the body if the husbands, for whom they cook, will not
co-operate with them in their efforts to promote health and efficiency by
the formation of right food habits?” she argued.
“ lo meet this problem in a certain degree the young men seniors of
the college are urged to accept the invitations of the dinner work girls and
try out in this way the effect of scientifically planned meals. By this
means these men will have their attention directed toward balanced rations
and may be favorably enough impressed that the wives of the future will
not find the correct feeding of their husbands such a difficult matter.”
Cedar Apples, Mistaken for
Fruit of Tree, Said to
Be in Nature of Tumor
“ ‘Cedar applies' have been so named
because they liuve been mistaken by
some persons for the fruit of the
cedar tree.” writes Frank D. Kern In
the department “ On N lure’s T ra il” in
Boys' Life. “ They n e found rather
commonly on the n I cedar, perhaps
best known as the V .¡¡nia red cedar
but they have no re'.itlo* to the fruit
which Is a small 1 n h berry.
“These brownl-n roundish or kid
ney-shaped'bodle n e In reality caused
by a disease of the cedar. They are
In the nature of n rumor und are pro
duced by a par- site, a low form of
plant life belon ng to the group known
as the ‘plant rn rs.’ These tumors or
galls are more properly spoken of as
’cedar rust.’ F r in the surface are pro
jecting horns . T rusty color. The galls
may be found on the twigs during the
fall. They gradually Increase in size
In the winter, and toward spring the
radiating horns develop. These horns
absorb moisture like a sponge, nnd af
ter warm rains In the spring they be
come much swollen and turn from
rusty brown to yellow. With the ab
sorption o f so much water they become
Jelly-like and, with the Increase In size
and change of color, are conspicuous.
In this I'ondition they are noticed by
many persons who would otherwise
overlook them. A fter a shower in the
spring a tree which has numerous ‘ce
dar apples’ appears as if It had
bloomed. One old Swedish botanist
was so much interested In the fact
that a rain could bring forth such
handsome things where, only a few
hours before, one had observed noth
ing unusual, and thought them so
wonderful that he said surely they
were Coell flos (flowers of heaven).”
EUROPEAN BORER
IS DESTRUCTIVE
Estimated Loss of Million Dollars
Daily if Insect Once Gets
Established.
FOUND IN EASTERN STATES
Larva la Dirty White Caterpillar,
About One Inch Long, With Brown
Head— Ears of Corn Are
Bored Through.
A million dollars’ worth o f damage
a day Is conservatively estimated as
the effect o f the Eurdfcean corn borer
If It once gets established In the corn
belt of the United States. This Is the
statement o f George A. Dean, head of
the entomology department In the Kan
sas State Agricultural college.
The Insect, which has done tremen
dous damage in Europe and Asia, has
been Introduced Into New York and
Massachusetts and la looked for In
other regions.
Larva Is White Caterpillar.
The larva o f the European corn
borer Js a dirty white caterpillar,
about an Inch long, with a brown
Form Habit of Giving Cheer
head. It passes the winter In a nearly
full-grown condition within Its food
and Encouragement to Others
plants. In the spring Its growth Is
completed and It then bores Its way to
Cultivate
sunny hcartedness,
and
the surface o f the food plant, where it
you will have a priceless charm for
makes a slight holes, to serve as an
brightening existence and hushing
exit for the resulting moth.
The grower who expects to realize troubled waters into happy peace.
The larva now forms a cocoon in the
a nice profit from his poultry, will Form the habit of giving cheer and
burrow,
passes into the pupal stage,
keep purebred stock.
Any o f the encouragement to others, never utter
and In about two weeks the adult moth
standard breeds of poultry have years ing needlessly a disheartening word.
emerges. The moth, which lives about
o f Intelligent breeding back of them Don’t quench hope, or throw cold wa
two weeks, deposits 300 to 700 eggs on
ter
on
reasonable
enthusiasm,
or
chill
and they can be depended on to give
the food plant In about five days the
ardor, or create an atmosphere o f cen
satisfaction.
eggs hatch, and the young larvae at
Cross-breeding Is a step backward. sure and fault-flndlng, but make folks
first feed on the tender shoots o f the
Most breeders who practice cross tingle to the fingertips with the hearti
We as a people can render the best serv plants, but finally bore their way Into
ness
and
spontaneity
o
f
your
presence
breeding, mate one o f the larger breeds
ice to suffering humanity abroad through the main stem o f the plant. In about
with one o f the smaller, as Plymouth and greeting. Make others happy and Intensive Industry and prudent economy six weeks, after burrowing through all
Rock and Leghorn. The Idea In cross you cannot help being benefited. Don’t In the conduct of affairs at home.
parts of the plant, the larvae pupate
breeding Is to produce a fowl that let the black-pinioned raven’s croak
ns before and emerge as moths about
T
ry
These.
will not only lay well, but one that down the skylark’s note. Always look
It is difficult to serve a salad dress the middle o f summer.
will also make a good table fowl. The on the bright side.— Rev. Philip Greer.
The female moths of the second
ing which contains oil to those who
result o f such crossing Is always dis
refuse to eat o il; but the following is brood do the greatest damage to corn,
appointing and results in a flock that Plants Should Be Watered
one which will pass without comment since they attack not only the stalk,
Is little better than mongrels.
but also the tassel and the ear, and
Thoroughly When Very Dry on the o i l :
The advantages o f keeping pure
Into a mixing bowl drop the yolks continue feeding until cold weather.
bred stock are numerous: One can
Destroy Ears Completely.
Water pot plants only when they o f two eggs, one teaspoonful and a
market a uniform product In eggs
The ears o f corn are bored through
need It, then water them thoroughly, quartet^of salt, one teaspoonful of mus
and stock. The value o f uniformity
When the soil begins to get dry and tard, one-eighth o f a teaspoonful of from bottom to top and from side to
In products cannot be over-estimated.
powdery on the surface, or when the cayenne, two tablespoonfuls of vine side, the borers feeding on the kernels
A case o f eggs all o f a color and size,
Complete de-
pot Is tapped with the fingers and It gar; mix well and add one cupful of while they are s o ft
or a coop o f hens that run uniform In
emits a ringing sound, the plant re oil, J>ut do not stir. Have ready a
size and color, will usually sell better
quires water.
Then give sufficient sauce made with a cupful of water,
than a mixed lot of eggs or a coop of
water so that It runs out through the one tablespoonful of butter or any sub
mongrels.
bottom o f the p o t; withhold water un stitute, and one-third o f a cupful of
When purebred poultry Is kept one
til needed again. Giving a little water flour. Cook this about ten minutes In
can often sell eggs for hatching or
every day, or at any stated Interval, a double boiler. Turn the hot sauce
mature stock, at prices that one could Is not the way to \\pter plants. Use Into the bowl containing the other mix
not expect to renllze fo r market eggs tepid rain wnter or water that has ture and beat briskly with an egg heat
or scrub stock.
been exposed to air and sun If pos er. A thick, creamy dressing like mny-
And then the satisfaction and pride sible fo r a day or two. The water onnaise will result. This might he
o f caring for a flock o f purebred should be just lukewarm, about 50 called a salad dressing stretcher, as It
chickens Is a point • that ought to be degrees or 60 degrees. Never use Ice makes about twice as much as other
considered.
cold spring water for plants in winter, kinds.
Warm water may be used to mix with
the cold to bring about the tempera
Plum Pudding.
ture named.
Take
one-hnlf pound o f finely
SAYINGS OF WISE MEN
chopped beef suet, two and one-hnlf
cupfuls of flour, two cupfuls o f bread
There stalks discord with her
crumbs, one lemon, juice and rind;
town mantle.— Virgil.
one cupful o f brown sugar, two eggs,
Little discourse Is gold, too
one-fourth o f a teaspoonful each of
much Is dirt.— German Proverb.
nutmeg, ginger, cloves and cinnamon,
That only Is a disgrace to a
one-half pound of seedless raisins, one-
Used to Postponements.
man which he has deserved to
fourtli pound each o f seeded raisins
suffer.— Phaedrus.
“ Then you like and lemon peel, orange peel and cit
Discontents arise from our de
w o r k i n g for a ron, all chopped fine; one-hnlf cupful A Good Harvest of Com, With Good
sires oftener than from our
Organic Matter Left, Which, If
Judge?”
each of molasses nnd orange juice. Mix
wants.
Plowed Under, W ill Make Next Com
“ You bet.”
nil together In n bowl, adding the
A dram o f discretion Is worth
Crop a Better One.
“ D o e s n ’ t he liquids last. Put Into a buttered mold
a pound of wisdom.— German
kick when y o u nnd steam three hours. Reheat very structlon o f the ear Is generally accom
Proverb.
put things off?”
hot before serving, and serve with a plished either by the borer or through
A clear bargain ; a dear friend.
“ Nawv he puts hard sauce.
decay which follows the Injury. One
♦
— Italian Proverb.
♦
off half his own
moth which emerges in the spring may
work every day.”
be responsible for from 100,000 to
Potato Pancake».
Peel three large potatoes and let 300,000 larvae later In the same season.
Fashion in Reading as in
Every farmer and gardener should
stand In cold water over night. Then
Times Had Changed.
grate them nnd add one-hnlf cupful o f be on the look-out for the Insect, Pro
Dress, Which Lasts Only
“ Strange Edith should Invite that flour, one teaspoonful of baking pow fessor Dean urges, and upon discover
for Season, Notes Writer horrid grass widow to her wedding; der, one egg, salt nnd pepper, and milk ing signs of its presence should Im
she has such a disagreeable past.”
enough to make a thick batter. Cook mediately inform his state entomolo
“ Yes, my dear; but she’s rich enough like ordinary cakes, but spread very gist or experiment station, sending in
I cannot understand the rage mani
fested by the greater part o f the world to furnish a very agreeable present.”
thin.
the Insect or the plant on which it has
for reading new books. I f the public
evidently worked.
Not So Chummy.
had read all those that have gone be
Lemon Pie With Top Crust.
fore, I can conceive how they should
" I s’pose husband and w ife can be
Blend one tablespoonful o f corn INSULATE HIVES IN WINTER
not wish to read the same work twice very chummy In a chummy roadster?”
starch with a little cold wnter; stir
over; but when I consider the count
“ Yes, but It's a bad place to quarrel Into one cupful o f boiling water and
Ample Protection Should Be Supplied
less volumes that lie unopened, unre In.”
cook until smooth. Cream two table
to Keep Out Cold Winds—
garded, unread, and unthought of, I
spoonfuls o f butter with one cupful
Lsavs Entrance Open.
cannot enter Into the pathetic com
No Need to Worry.
of powdered sugar, and stir Into the
plaints that I hear made that Sir
Harold Hollow-
first m ixture; add one well-beaten egg
Protect hives from prevailing cold
W alter writes no more— that the press nut— I dread old
and cook until creamy. Cool slightly winds, and Insulate hives to retain the
Is Idle. . . I f I have not read a book
a ge wi th Its
and stir In the grated yellow rind o f heat generated by the bees. A grove
before. It Is, to all Intents and pur wrinkled brow.
one lemon and Its Juice. Pour Into a o f trees, an adjacent hill, or nearby
poses new to me, whether It was
Polly Pickles—
pastry-lined plate and cover with a fence may serve as a windbreak. The
printed yesterday or three hundred D o n ’ t w o r r y .
top crust. Bake In a quick oven.
packing usually done should complete
years ago. I f It he urged that It has There Isn’t room
ly surround the hive. Including the
no modern, passing Incidents, and Is enough on your
bottom, but the bees’ entrance should
out o f date and old-fashioned, thqn brow
for
more
remain open, though reduced in size.
It Is so much the newer; It Is farther t h a n
one thin
Cork chips, sawdust, fine shavings,
removed from other works that I have wrinkle.
dry leaves, chaff, and similar material
lately read, from the familiar routine
Chinese Clothing Ripped
should be used and packed tightly In
o f ordinary life, and mnkes so much
Measured by Millinery.
Apart Each Time Washed a box built about the hive, allowing
more addition to my knowledge. But
Patience— Is that her husband with
from six to eight Inches space for the
many people would as soon think o f her?
The Chinese wear clothes which dif Insulation.
putting on old armor as o f taking up a
Patrice— Yes.
fer so radically In style from the
hook not published within the last
” How long has she known hlm l"
clothes
o f other nations that the QUARTERS FOR YOUNG STOCK
month, or y«>ar at the utmost. There
"N ot long. Only three hats I”
American manufacturer o f wearing
Is a fashion In reading as well as In
apparel will find the Chinese market Preferable to Have Calves Separated
dress, which lasts only for the season.
Strategy.
for his goods limited mostly to fo r
— From “ Sketches and Essays,” by
From Main Part of Cow Barn__
Subeditor— Nothing doing In the
William H a zlltt
eigners and to the comparatively few
Mothers Net Disturbed.
news line todsy.
Chinese who have adopted foreign
Editor— A ll right.
Put n pslr of
dress. Chinese clothes are largely
Some dairymen fall to consider hous
Keeping the Leaves Clean.
trousers on the office cat, photograph
made at home, being merely basted ing the young stock when tney build
him, and w e'll ran a special on the
together, tnd they are ripped apart their barns. It la preferable to have
Glossy leaved plants such as pslms, oldest living man In the town.
each time they are washed.
th* young stock separated from the
rubber plants and callas, should have
main part o f the cow barn because of
the leaves sponged with clear water
Short but Sharp.
odors and because calves near their
Most Exclusive Drink.
once every week, with an occasional
“ Why aren't yon speaking to Mrs
mothers will cause the cows to become
spraying at the sink. Rough leaved Gadder?"
O f the alcoholic drinks wine Is the restless. The quarters for the calves
plants, much as the begonia, gloxinias,
“ W e had words."
most exclusive, having served king« should be connected with the dairy
etc., should not be sprinkled over the
“ Indeetl I”
foliage. Th# under aide o f the foliage
“ Yes— one apiece.
She called me and the tables o f the rich from the be barn, and a location on th . south or
east side of th* ham la desirables
ginning o f civilisation.
needs attention also.
■upstart’ and I called her ‘cat.’ "
OF INTEREST TO
POULTRY GROWERS
YOUR LAUGH
‘*1
TtejUju.