IMPROVED CRATE
IS URGENT NEED
t v ANIT A W i l l .
!
Manufacturers Should Make a
More Rigid Inspection of Ma
terais Put Into Boxes.
GREEK SOVEREIGN
LAUDS WORK OF
NEAR EAST RELIEF
THE PHONE CALL
1111, * 7 M c C lu r« N « w » | > » t r r i y a d l c s l t . )
Supper at MIhs Almira’* boarding
house was In progress.
“ Steak, cold ham, potato salad,
hash or liver 1” sang Millie, tlrst class
waitress, all in one breath.
“ Steak! I love It I I ’ll have aome,’’
NAILING IS BIGGEST F A C T O R I^ r^ H ^ i.^
stomach
the
well-browned
leather
Consideration
JOB
PRINTING
Prompt attention
Given all orders
Should Bs Glv.n to I th‘‘ “ ’ «•‘ «•ess of that establishment
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l served as steak.
Methods of Construction Which
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! “ What’ll youse two have?* demand-
Will Lessen Possibility of
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Millie of the “ Hallroom boys.”
Loss In Shipping.
. <j*etn and Dave.
'What was that tlrst piece you ren-
<Prepared by the United States Depart
deretl?” asked the latter.
ment of Agriculture.)
» Important factors affecting the suc
“ Cease, fair girl, cease! I f you Are
cessful use of crates in marketing passing around steak, my friend and
fruits and vegetables were carefully I will have two nice, fresh cold stor
studied by a specialist o f the bureau age eggs boiled to a crisp!”
of markets, United Stales Department
"Satso? Don’t be sassy or youse’ll
of Agriculture, during a recent trip. get nothin'.”
M illie was a very ln-
The first o f these Is the need o f manu- j dependent waitress, and being Miss
faeturers making a more rigid Inspec Almira's niece, ventured more remarks
lion o f materials used.
, during meat* hours than President
While most manufacturers make an llardlng at a meeting o f congress,
effort to have their stock Inspected 1 “ Give me some liver and— ”
and to use only good material, In some
“ Awrlght Mr. Moore.” put In Mil-
cases this attempt lk frustrated by the
()ef„ re h<. had „ ,.hanoe t0
failure of the workman to understand
“ Hash, please,” spoke up Mr. Per
I aud appreciate the Ideal which is guid- rin.
j lug Ills employer. Many crate-mill
Our kitchen has been cleaned up
I employees seem to cherish the old idea ! teda}~” salil~Dave
1 that because the crate Is a gift pack
“ How can you tell, you funny fel-
age It should be made as cheaply as
I low?” gushed Mrs. Miller.
possible, using any sort o f material ao
long as there is a chance o f Its hold- 1 “ H ,sh ,or
I f “ " 1? *+
Ing together, thus reducing the cost ! turned Dove.
“Oh, my stars!” Mrs. Miller went
to the grower and shipper.
Into a spasm of laughter, consisting
Th* Grower's Responsibility.
of gurgles, sneezes and coughs.
Tbe
crate manufacturer having
“ Evening,” remarked Mr. Richards,
done his part In providing materials
as he took his place at the table.
free from defects, the grower or ship
“ Why the gloom, DaveT”
per should see to It that tbe crate la
“Them's harsh w ords! I was Just
not spoiled In being made up In his
thinking o f the eggs I must feast
packing bouse or field.
upon tonight, and trying to Imagine
Growers and shippers should remem
I liked 'em when along you come, sug-
ber that the nailing together of the
crate Is one o f the biggest factors la i * e* !lng Kl<^ m 1
determining whether the container la
U a' ha r r0“ ” ‘d Mr. Perrin. “ When
you boys have been here seven years
to be strong and substantial or weak
like me, you'll stand anything, and
and productive o f damage claims. Ce
like anything.”
ment-coated nails, not less than four-
“ Seven
months
Is
plenty: we
penny In size, should always be used,
and care should be taken to see that eobldn’t stand it another seven,” said
they aro properly spaced and placed. Tom.
“ Good evening.” Miss Allen slipped
Greater care la perhaps necessary
In making up crates for express ship Into her place opposite Mr. Richards.
“ Good evening.” spoke he, timidly.
ments than for car-lot freight ship
“ Good evening,” spoke' she, slowly.
ments, due to tho more frequent
“ H um !” muttered Tom.
handling they must undergo.
For
either method of shlpiplng considera
“ Quite sol” whispered Dave. In hla
tion should be given to methods of
ear. "Methlnka some dire dlatster
construction which will lessen the pos- has fallen. Richie and A llle uaed to
he good frienda— church. Sunday!;
movies, Wednesday and Saturday, and
now they hardly speak.”
Supper at Miss Almira's boarding
house was over, for which the suf
fering boarders were duly thankful.
The entire assembly gathered on the
porch to talk over the day’s events.
Miss Allen found a little rocker In
one corner, and seating herself, gazed
up at the evening aky.
"Fran— Mias Allen.”
“ Mr. Richards T‘ in cold tones.
“ Miss Allen, why have you avoided
me so, o f lateT”
" I had my reasons, Mr. Richards.”
“ You used to call me Edgar,” he
reminded.
“That was before you were en-
| gaged to Julia.”
“T o er— what, who?” he demanded.
“ I believe you heard w e," came In
10 below zero tones.
Showing Results of Poorly Crated
“ But I suppose It was understood
Lettuce.
that we, you and I — p
" I supposed so, too. Ton practi
nihility o f loss. An instance o f this Is
cally asked mo to marry you. tnd I
the use o f the “ web” or deated side
practically agreed.”
fo r celery crates.
The slats are
“Then what Is the mattery*
stapled to the cleats In the factory,
“ I distinctly heard you say over tho
making but one piece to each side to
phone: ‘Congratulate me. B ill; Tm to
bundle In the field Instead of three.
be married next week.'
'Who toT
It also Insures even spacing o f the
asked BUI. ’Julia.’ you as id. My name
slats and gives an extra thickness for
la Frances,” finished Miss Allen.
holding the nails, thus counteracting
“There most be a mistake some
any tendency o f the slats to split and
where.” Insisted Mr. Richards.
come away from the nails.
“ Impossible. I heard you myself.
Soma celery growers are experi
You are the only Edgar here.”
menting with a patent crate which is
“ How did you hear nse?"
re-enforced with wire around the
“ I— well. I got the call, so couldn’t
ends and the body o f the crate.
In
help hearing," stammered Miss Allen.
actual use the end wires were twist
She was a telephone operator, and,
ed together to close the package, It be
strangely enough, her switchboard was
ing found Impracticable, owing to tbe on the Palace House line.
height o f the celery, to twist the cen
Tran ces,
w a it!”
Mr.
Richards
ter wires together. There Is no doubt dashed off.
• f the strength o f this type of crate.
Mr. Moore, Just shout to descend
Need of Co-opsration.
the steps on his way to hla club, felt
Whatever the type o f crate used. It a heavy hand upon his collar and
Is the duty of the manufacturer to sup- found himself being rudely dragged
pit g o o d material, accurately cut and back up the steps.
properly put together.
This much
“ W a lt!” he yelled.
Then found
the purchaser o f crates should de himself standing In front of Miss
mand and should expect to pay for. j Allen.
Having secured It, he should do his j
“I have It, Frances.
You didn’t
part by seeing that the crates are made know, but Mr. Moore’s name Is Edgar
up In a workmanlike manner, and. too, and he Is engaged to Julia Mason
after packing, that they are properly It was he you heard over the wire.
closed and fastened for shipment. By Tell her It’s so. old man.” Mr. Rich
such co-operation manufacturers and art is hurriedly explained, while Mr.
growers can feel better assured thut Moore stood glaring and rubbing the
the crute will measure up to the Ideal back o f his neck.
of a fruit and vegetable package; that
“ Ye*, that’* right," he admitted,
It shall carry the commodity Intact “ and Julie Is the best little woman you
from the grower through the whole ever saw.
sale market to the retailer.
“Can you forgive me, Edgar r hum
bly asked Miss Alien.
“ I f yen'll coek m ; meals for the
it of our lives, yea I” was th* as-
•er.
Few of Small Fowls Keep Yeung Fee.
O f course, the “ hall roecn boya”
pi* Out * f Miechlef and Teach
were right around the corner of thd
Them te Like Poultry.
porch, listening to It all.
“ No mere hash, stewed pranes or
Bantams are very Interesting to chil
canned cern for him— -lucky d o g ’“
dren. and even If It does not pay In
muttered Dnve.
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dollars and cents to keep a small flock
“ Let us get married, then, and have
of bantams yet many families have
n# more of I t ” suggested Tom.
found a few of these small fowls uee
“ Huh? Say. stewed prunes, canned
ful to Interest the children, keep them
hash m V i J Í
out o f mischief and teach them to Ilk* I w « t e r ie d De*e
BANTAMS INTEREST CHILDREN
poultry.
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Thanks for Christina
Liras Sated in “ Beautiful
W o rk ” of M ercy
Athens, Greece.— The wonderful
taork done by the N ear East R elief
organization in saving the Uvea o f
tens o f thousands o f Christiana
throughout Asia Minor and Trans
caucasia has received signal recogni
tion Ln praise bestowed by Queen
Sophie o f Greece in a cablegram dis
patch by the Greek sovereign to Dr.
James L. Barton, Chairman, and
Charles V. Vickrey, Secretary, o f the
M. m
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Phetograpn u j
.nuunal.
K IN G A N D QUEEN O F G R E E C E
Near East R elief organization, 1
Madison Ave., New Y ork City. H er
message reads:
“ Deeply touched your great kind
ness towards Greek w ar sufferers In
Straits A rea and Asia M inor. Thank
you nil most sincerely.
S O P H IE .“
At th e same time, the Greek queen
sent her check to Dr. Barton, Chair
man o f the Near East R e lie f Commit
tee, fo r 1,000 francs as a contribu
tion to what she termed the “ beauti
ful w ork’ ’ o f feeding, clothing and
housing the more than 110,000 little
children who have come under the
care o f the N ear East R elief during
the past year.
t
Besides Queen Sophie, A d m h al P.
Coundourlotis, o f the R oyal Hellenic
Navy, who was regent o f Greece fol
lowing the death o f the late K in g
Alexander, on October 25, last, has
also cabled to express the gratitude
o f the Greek people fo r the aid fu r
nished the Christian populations o f
Turkey by the Near East R elief.
More than )120,000.00 was raized
among the Greeks o f the United
States, in tw o weeks, and sent to the
Near East by the Near East R elief,
to be used in helping the widows and
orphans rendered destitute by the
continuation o f disturbed conditions
in the form er Ottoman Empire. T h *
funds o f the Near East R e lie f are
gathered by private subscription not
only among Americans, but among
tbe Armenians and Greeks ln tho
United States, whose countrymen ln
Turkey and Transcaucasia have been
through indescribable suffering.
In an official report to Charlea V.
Vickrey, General Secretary o f th*
Near East R elief, Miss Glee Hastings,
o f Spencer, Iowa, describee the p iti
able condition of tens o f thousands
o f homeless, starving, half-naked
refugees, driven from their homes In
the war area, and huddled in atables
and out-houses, or on tbe bar*
ground, for lack o f shelter.
“ Most o f the refugees» are country
people with almost nothing except
tbe clothes on their backs, stupefied
and dazed by their misfortunes
Bread is given only to women and
children at the rate o f one-half loaf
for a person, each day. The m ilk Is
reserved for the babies and sick. The
refugee« sit around, huddled up
against the walls— women with dull,
sad faces, little children that are blue
and pinched with tbe cold, and too
miserably lifeless to cry. One fam ily
o f five sleeps at night on a bare atone
floor, under one thin, ragged h a lf
cotton blanket. In one room several
women are wasting away with tuber
culosis; ln another are some a«vare
eye casi». Including tw o young blind
girls, who have no one In the w orld
to care for them. The overflow from
these buildings live ln a wooden abed
with tbe walls and floors gaping with
holes where the wood has rotted
away and in tents improvised from
rags and pieces o f carpet.”
A uatioii-wide appeal ie belag
made to carry on this work, checks
to be sent to Cleveland H. Dodge,
Treasurer, 1 Madison Avenue, New
York City.
U. S. ARMY HEAD
ASKS ARMENIAN AID
Washington — M ajor
General
James G
Harbord, recently ap
pointed General Pershing s assistant
C hief o f Staff, has gone on record ln
support o f the work o f the Near East
R elief in Armenia.
He savs, ln a
letter to the Near East R elief:
" O f all the heart-breaking distress
that exists in other countries, I be
lieve thet the Near East situation
should most appeal to our charitable
'eople.
There are many thousands
of
helpless orphans— children o f
Christian parents in a Moslem lend,
who must be helped by our people
if they are to survive.
The A r
menians have preserved their race,
their religion and their language ua-
der conditions o f distress tor over a
thousand year*
They are worthy
o f a better fate than to perish, and
I believe that w ill be thetr fa t* w ith
out substantial financial and moral
support from the good people o f our
couatry.
"J . O. H ARB O RD .
"M ajor General. U. S A rm y.”
General Harbord is oae o f the
trustees o f the Near East R e lie f o r
ganization. now making a general ap
peal for funds to continue Its work
among the destitute o f BlM e lands.