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Thursday, April 13. 1933
TIMES, WILLAMINA. OREGON
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FA R M -
POULTRY
B la n c h e
A ROMANCE OF THE COMMONPLACE
TO CHECK INROADS
OF POULTRY LOUSE
B y F r a n c e s P a r k in s o n K e y e s
W NU Sarvi««
CbpyrUht by Franc«« Parkinson Key««
SYNOPSIS
M o to r in g th r o u g h
V e rm o n t. P h ilip
S ta r r , y o u n g Boston a rc h ite c t, meets
B la n c h «
M a n n in g ,
seventeen.
w ith
w h o m he la Im m e d ia te ly en am o red . It
b e in g a lo n g d is ta n c e to B u rlin g to n .
S ta r r 's d e s tin a tio n . B lanch e suggests,
th e v illa g e o f H a m s te a d not b o a s tin g
a h o te l, t h a t he become, fo r the n ig h t,
a g u e s t o f h e r cousin, M a ry M a n n in g .
M a r y re c e iv e s P h ilip w ith tru e V e r ­
m o n t h o s p ita lity , a n d he m a k e s the
a c q u a in ta n c e o f h e r cousin P a u l, rec­
o gnised as h e r Dance. S ta r r finds M a ry
la a c q u a in te d w ith G a le H a m lin , noted
B o sto n a rc h ite c t. In w hose office P h ilip
is e m p lo y e d . H e in fo rm s h e r of his d e­
s ire to w in B la n c h e fo r h is w ife She
te lls h im o f an old fa m ily s u p e rs titio n
c o n c e rn in g th e "B la n c h e s " o f th e M a n ­
n in g f a m ily . P a u l M a n n in g Is in c lin e d
to be d is s ip a te d , n o t re a lis in g M a ry s
t r u e w o r th . M a r y 's rep ro ach es fo r his
u nd ue " c o n v iv ia lity " a re b ad ly received
b y P a u l, a n d the g i r l b eg ins to h a \e
m is g iv in g s as to th e w isdom o f the
a llia n c e . G a le H a m lin , lon g a s u ito r
f o r M a r y s h an d, v is its H a m s te a d but
m a k e s no p ro g res s in his lo v e m a k in g .
P h ilip , p o rin g o v e r reco rd s o f the M a n ­
n in g
f a m ily ,
le a rr.s
th e
s o rro w fu l
a to ry
of
th e
"C o u n tess
B la n c h e ,"
F re n c h w ife o f a R e v o lu tio n a ry hero.
Moses M a n n in g an d o f th e p e c u lia r
"c u rs e " she has tr a n s m itte d to h e r d e ­
s cend an ts a n d th e w om en o f H a m s te a d .
T h e e v e n in g o f P h ilip 's m a r ria g e to
B la n c h e , P a u l, u n d e r the in flu e n c e o f
liq u o r, b it t a r ly afT ro n ts M a ry w hen she
re p ro a c h e s h im fo r his c o n d itio n , and
ta ils h e r t h e ir e n g a g e m e n t Is ended.
words Paul had spoken to her In the their boys away to good, really tlrsi
K. ■ O R A L B«t«»«t«n PouH rym aa.
hall that night after Blanche’s wed­ class schools and colleges. They don't By Ohio
S ta te U n iv e r s ity — W NU S «rvlc«
seem
to
realize
what
a
difference
It
ding, the memory of his heavy breath
Controlling
the Inroads of the poul­
and violent kisses, branded her with would make, just al the age when It’s try louse upon the production of the
shame. She was cheapened, degraded perfectly natural and normal for a boy farm flock la a relatively simple 1»«-
in her own eyes, that any man should or girl to crave excitement and pleas­ The first symptoms of lice Infestation
have dared to behave so to her, and ure and activity and change. I'ui a are drooplDMB* lowered wing*, »nd
that was infinitely worse than being pretty good Episcopalian, hut I believe ruffled feathers. In young chicks, di­
cheapened and degraded in the eyes Just as many boys' souls have beeo arrhea follows and chickens often dis
of her family. Had she, after all. de suved by gymnasiums as by churches! In a few days; or In older chicks they
And I want that nice new cousin of
served that, too?
sometimes fall prey to varlooa other
In all those dreadful weeks, Mary yours to start In on some plans for
found only two sources of comfort, one ns soon as he gets home from his diseases.
Mature birds sometimes are very
besides the walks she took up Countess wedding trip. I want It made suitable
hill to gain solitude, and the prayers to use for dances, and want a billiard heavily Infested without allowing much
she managed, with shaken faith, to room, and a kitchen, anil a swimming 111 effects, but usually tbs egg
Is likely to decrease with a heavy lies
say. The first of these sources was pool In It, too. I wapt. . . .”
“Oh, Sylvia, no one In the world Infestation, in other cases, the ma­
Sylvia Gray. She was extremely fond
of Mary, and usually saw a good deal would have thought of this but you!" ture bird may lose weight and die »•
“Did you ever hear,” went on Sylvia a result of these little rapacious war­
of her, but she was not well enough
again without apparent connection, riors.
to do that now. The neighborly visit
Several different types of treatment
ing back and forth had been to a cer­ “how wild Austin was when he was
have been' designed for the control of
tain degree interrupted.
But one young?"
lice: any one of which may be very
afternoon, Sylvia phoned that she was
- 1 _ yes, | have—’’
“having a pretty good day." and that
“That was before I knew him. But effective. The big factor to be con­
she wished Mary would bring her sew
he was twenty-seven when I came sidered ts the ease of treating the
ing and come over to supper.
here. If I'd grown up with him, loving birds and the effect Upon egg produc­
It was. as usual, hard for Mary to him all the time—as of course I should tion.
Perhaps one of the best ways of con­
break away from her family, but she have, for I loved him as much as I
spread out an appetizing cold supper possibly could from the first moment trolling lice Is by the use of nicotine
on the table, covered It carefully, left 1 ever set eyes on him and never could sulphate. This material Is applied to
the kettle boiling for Seth's evening help showing It—1 sup|>ose It would the top part of the perches Just before
cup of tea, and took the two little have nurt me dreadfully—to have him the birds go to roosL The essential
boys to the barn for their fnther to wild. I mean. I suppose I would have thing ts to get as small a quantity as
watch while he was milking. Seth did either mistaken Immaturity for vicious possible along the roosts and yet have
not altogether approve of this arrange
a u u condemned
m i n i o i i u ™ him when he ......
uess and
had some along the entire length of the
ment, but as usuu! he said little, and really done nothing to condemn, or roosL Although nicotine sulphate te
—I
I ■, 11 I I I P I f tf
_
1«
she promised to be back early. She excused S viciousness
for » I Immaturity
very expensive.
It has been found that
stopped a minute at the Old Gray and forgiven him when he should, a teacupful of the material la enough
homestead, where Mrs. Gray was sit­ some way. have been punished. Either to treat the perches In a house with a
ting on her back porch, feeling in
would have been equally bad. snd ca|>uclty of 2,'i0 birds.
stinctively that this kindly woman had equally likely to happen We don't Judge
A second application should be made
spoken of her less harshly than most clearly
when we’re unhappy.
Of
some
days
c iv n r iy
...
w iin e e eight
i g n i o or
r ten
ic u u
u j . after • the
— first
of her neighbors, and that she did not course It hurts Austin and me. a little,
order to destroy the newly hatched
need to shun her; then went down now, to think that he ever—slipped Uce-
the shady road that led to the little up at all. He and I have talked this
brick cottage where Sylvia and Austin plan over a good deal He thinks tt
lived. She found her lying In the ought to help the fellows in Hamstead, G i v e ChlCKS r l e n t y 01
hammock on her deep and sheltered some, anyway. Do you remember that
Room in Brooder House
piazza, looking, as always, supremely poem by Coventry Patmore that Bus
“To
successfully brood baby chicks
lovely, but also very frail. The ex­ kin quotes.
a suitable brooder house and brood­
pression on Sylvia's face shook Mary Ah. w a s te fu l w o m a n , she w h o m a r
ing equipment are necessary," saya O.
for the first time from the thought of O n ' h er o w n sw eet « e lf »et the p rice.
C. Cfford. extension poultryman for
K n o w in g m an c ann ot choose but p a y —
her own troubles.
H
o
w
«he
ha«
cheapened
P
a
ra
d
is
e
!
“Sylvia' You're—you’re not a bit H o w g iv e n fo r n a u g h t th « priceless the Colorado Agricultural college.
“First of all. the brooder house
well, are you?”
gift.
should
be large enough to comfortably
H
o
w
«polled
th
e
b
read
and
s
p
lit
tb
«
“I'm perfectly all right But I'm
accommodate without crowding the
w in « .
afraid I shall be tempted to pinch the
W h ic h ,
spent
w ith
d u«
re s p e c tiv e
rumber of chicks to be brooded. A
twins, very gently, of course, some­
t h r if t .
times, to make up for all the trouble H ad m ade b ru te » m en and m en d iv in e ! safe rule ts to allow not over three
they've caused me. Just think, they’ll
“isn’t that what we're all tempted chicks for each square foot of floor
be the first twins In Hamstead since to do when we love a man—to walk space.
“Experiments have shown a direct
the Countess Blanche’s—only mine are straight Into his arms, without know
going to be both girls!”
Ing whether his arms are ready for relationship between death loss of
chicks and the amount of brooder
Mary shivered a little. “Why do us?”
“Sylvia! You’re— You’re Not a Bit
floor space allowed per chick.
you keep talking about having twins?”
“Or worthy?”
Well, Are You?”
“The brooder house should be con­
she asked. "You’ll have Just one. an
“If they're really ready, they will be
structed to conserve heaL hut It
other
boy.”
worthy.
That's
Just
the
point."
not only enjoyment, but education, out
“You wait and see! But I didn’t
“1 see,” said Mary, very low Indeed. should be arranged so there can be
of every drop of pleasure that she
send for you to talk about twins. I’ve
“And then." continued Sylvia. “Aus­ frequent changes In the supply of air.
could have had. But this was not the
"Sunlight is Important for the nor­
got a new scheme, and I want to see tin had Ideals, always, even If he
worst of it. The man whom Blanche
what you think of IL Now that David didn't live np to them. There’s a tre­ mal growth of baby chicks. Sunshine
loved, wanted to lavish all these good
and Jacqueline have built that splen­ mendous difference between that and ts one of the best disinfectants. The
things on her, while the man whom
did cottage hospital, I think we've not having any Ideals, not being able brooder house should be so construct­
she, Mary, loved, had neglected and
to see them yourself, and not having ed that It will provide plenty of sun­
ignored her, and finally insulted her gone a long step forward in Hamstead
But
after
all,
that
only
looks
out
for
anyone
care for you enough to give shine. Last, but not least the brood­
and cast her from him. Mary listened
the
people
when
they’re
sick
or
con
them
to
you. Austin’s got a wonder­ er house should be tnnde so It can be
to Blanche’s letters in silence, or said
! cleaned easily—so that every crack
valescenL
I
want
to
build
something
ful
mother."
merely, “I’m glad she's having such a
“So have your boys,” said Mary. j and crevice may be reached by disin­
good time,” in a low voice, but when that will look out for them when
fectants.”
they’re well.”
gobs rising In her throat.
Violet left her alone again, she al
Mary dropped her sewing. “What
There was no more direct allusion I
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ways sat for a time clenching and un
do
you
mean?”
she
asked
excitedly.
to
her
trouble
than
that.
n
t
n
M
a k e C o ld D a U ll)
clenching her hands, dry little sobs of
No one but Sylvia In all Hamstead "O W 10 IViaKe 1 .0 (1, l^ a tlip
“Hamstead’s the loveliest place In
agony rising in her throat.
Poultry House Warm, Dry
But haidest of all—harder than fac­ the world to live in,” went on Sylvia, would have been clever enough to see
Recently It has been found that at
ing the village gossip, harder than without apparent connection, “—that that nothing would comfort Mary so
is. I think so. But I can imagine that mucb as to be able to think a little very little cost except for labor half­
facing Violet’s complacence—was fac
gently
of i • Paul. Indeed, —
no one
[iio r e g
r u io w
------ , monitor
o u lt r y n o
u s ,-» r s can
u o c be ii trans-
m io -
monitor p poultry
houses
ing her own bruised pride, her own I wouldn’t have, when I was younger more
—especially
If
I'd
been
a
boy.
There
else
considered
that
she
deserved
com-
,
forme(j
from
cold
and
damp
houses
In-
accusing conscience. Long ago—she
1 t 1 m il t P ! .
__ ___ a ____ e t „ Z . . o n , , «
fort or that »bio
this urrkiil/1
would ho
be fl a I legitimate
to warm
and very satisfactory ones.
knew it only too well—she should isn't much to do.”
“1 see,” said Mary, beginning to means of giving It to her If she bad. First the windows at the top are en­
have told Paul that unless he mended
But this comfort, great though It was, tirely removed, and the south side of
his ways their engagement must end. think that she did.
“And
so,
as
long
as
there
Isn’t,
did
not last Indefinitely. After that the roof Is raised at the middle to meet
She had evaded an issue which she
should have met. She had been a most boys try to find something. And talk with Sylvia. Mary found that she the north roof, so as to make a two-
through the «lays very
But > slope gable roof. The whole side can
goi mrougu
-t -j well.
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coward. Because she feared losing what they find isn't always very good got
the nights seem ed to grow harder and
raised as a unit by loosening the
Paul, she had compromised with right, for them.”
How much this kind, wise woman harder.
Formerly, she had gone rafterg
rafters at th»»
the middle of the building
and now she had lost him after all
She felt that she deserved her unhap saw and understood and forgave! No straight to sleep when she went to and then several men lifting It up and
tied, because she was so tired. Now splicing the rafters.
piness, and this was more bitter than wonder Austin worshiped her!
“I can't understand, myself.” Sylvia she was so utterly weary, mentally
When the roof Is completed, the win­
anything else except the way In which
she had lost him. The thought of the went on, “why more parents don t send and spiritually as well as physically, dows which were at the top are put
that she could not sleep. And when Into the south wall so as to make It
she could not sleep, she cried—cried neatly all glass, stringers are put
so violently that each morning found across about six feet above the floor,
U npatented M ethod of A voiding P ayin g Debts her more and more spent. Her over strips and a 12 to 18-lnch layer of oats
wrought nerves, seeking some means straw put on. and then slatted open­
“Of course you w ill!” said the pro of relief, found only this one, and ings made In each gable end or venti­
Lewis Carroll, in the Golden Book
Magazine, solves the problem of not feasor. “There's good sense in you, I they were. Just then, stronger than lators put on the roof.—Prairie Farmer,
her will-power. And at last something
see. Good nay to you. mj than!”
paying your bills.
“Will you ever have to pay him the snapped, suddenly, and she broke
“How much Is it this year, m.v
Sex Shown by Feathers
four thousand pounds?” Sylvie asked down openly in the middle of the heal
man?" asked the professor.
At
six weeks of age It Is difficult,
as
the
door
closed
on
the
departing
time
songs
that
she
always
sang
to
“Well, it’s been a-doubling so man>
especially with
the
to tell
her little brothers.
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~ larger breeds, -------
years, you see,” the tailor replied, creditor.
“Never, my child!” The professor
She had had a long hard day, and It sex. There are several “tests" offered
“and I think I’d like the money now
replied emphatically. ‘‘He’ll go on seemed as If evening and the chance among them this one: Pluck a few
It’s two thousand pounds, It Is.”
“Oh, that’s nothing,” the professor doubling It till he dies. Yon see, it's to rest would never come. When, on feathers from around the saddle or
carelessly
remarked.
■ •
"But always worth while wa.ting another top of everything else, the small boys : the base of the tall and hold them up
showed no disposition to settle down i to the light. If they are pointed they
wouldn’t you like to wait Just another year to get twice as much money!”
promptly for the night, she began to Indicate a cockerel; If rounded, a pul­
year and make It four thousand? Just
P re p a r e d n e s s
feel as if her self-control were slip­ let. It Is claimed. Another way Is to
think how rich you’d be! Why you
It is better to have an iron railing ping from her like a cast-off garment. hold up the bird by the hack of Its
might be a king, if you liked!”
at the edge of a precipice, than an am
“ I want a drink of water,” an­ neck with two finger.
If a male It
“1 don’t know as I’d care about be
bulance wagon at its foot to receive nounced Algy. bouncing up and down will drop Its legs; if a female tt will
ing a king,” the man said thoughtful
draw them up close to the body.
ly. “But it dew sound a powerful sight the body of the wounded traveler.— on his mattress.
• TO B E C O N T IN U E D .)
Exchange.
o’ money! Well. I think I’ll walL"
"Mercy, Mary, what a temper you
have! No wonder Paul couldn’t stand
it! I’m sure I do my duty to my fam
tly. If any woman ever did, but 1 keep
myself up, too. If you had more sys
tem about your housework you could
get It done all right—It’s all In the
way you do I t”
Violet felt that she had come out
ahead in this tilt. Nevertheless. It
“used her up” to have Mary so shock­
ingly Impertinent to her, as she said
to Jane in telling her about It after­
words, and she did not attack her In
this same way again. Instead, she
brought Blanche’s letters and read
them to her. And listening to these
accounts of Blanche’s happiness was.
to Mary, like having salt rubbed In a
raw wound.
Blanche was blissful. Philip was
perfect, they were divinely happy, no
two persons had ever loved each other
so much before. And so on. Places
and pastimes that had always been
mere names, conjuring up visions of
delight, to be sure, but never within
the reach of "anyone we know” were a
matter of course to Blanche. Not that
Mary begrudged her that—she had.
from the beginning, rejoiced whole
heartedly In her cousins happiness.
But didn't she deserve a little happi­
ness, too? Mary was thoroughly hit
man and she was very Intelligent.
She would have known how to squeeze
CHAPTER VII
— 7—
The lot In life of the girl who has
been Jilted is probably not very pleas­
ant anywhere, but there is no place
on earth where It is quite as hard
as in a small country village. But
Mary went about her usual occupa
tions, after Blanche’s wedding and the
storm that followed it, with her head
held high, and her back straighter
than ever. She got, of course, no
credit for this. It was set down
against her that she had never really
cared for Paul, after all, or she “would
feel It more." Almost in the same
breath sue was accused by some one
else—or even by the same person—of
having worn her heart upon her
sleeve, for all to see.
If village gossip was hard to bear,
however, the family attitude was
worse. Cousin Jane had a good deal
to say about the inevitable fate of
girls who ran after men who didn't
want them, instead of attending their
plain Christian duty. Seth said very
little, but his silent, dejected attitude
made his daughter feel more than any
unkind words could have done, that he
felt she had disgraced him almost be­
yond utterance. As for Violet, she
became so violently “nervous” about
the whole affair, that Mary dreaded
to see her more than all the others
put together. She never guessed that
Paul was also suffering from his
mother’s “nerves.”
“If you had the slightest considers
tion for me, you never would have let
it happen,” she lamented over and
over again to her son. “My life is so
full of grief and trouble that it takes
a good deal of fortitude to bear It.
Here is Blanche married—”
“You were tickled to death over
that,” muttered PauL
“Paul! How can you be so vulgar!
1 tried to be cheerful, of course. But
no one knows how I miss her. And
Mary’s money would have come In
very handy, too.”
“I didn’t know Mary had any
money.”
“She will have, as soon as she’s
twenty-one, and that’s very soon now.
Laura had a little property of her own.
and she left it all to Mary. I don’t
know as Mary knows It herself, but of
course Seth will tell her soon, now.”
But this was not the way Violet
talked to Mary. She dwelt on the fact
that the girl had not made herself
“attractive enough” to Paul, that she
was always neglecting to change her
dress and tidy her hair, that she didn t
Join with him in those little pleasures
that all young men like to “share with
their fiancees.”
“But Paul didn’t expect to share
them with me!" flared Mary, stung be
yond endurance. “He didn't even
want to! And I guess if you did all
the cooking and cleaning and washing
and ironing for four people, and took
care of two children into the bargain,
you wouldn’t always look as nice as
you d o ! Don't you suppose I’ve longed
to be comfortable and rested—and
pretty whenever Paul saw me? 1
guess I’m just as human as any other
girl, and I guess I know ’the way to
do things’ Just as well as you do.”
“Well, I should manage to do them
then and to look well at the same
tim e!’’ retorted Violet. “That’s every
woman’s duty to herself.”
“What about her duty to her family.
I f the two conflict?’’
Eradication Simple Matter,
Specialist Says.
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