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(Chauffeur
and the Jewels
CopyrlirtH. 106. J. B. Lipfinoott Coiivany.
Hi. rivhtc rourveJ.
By
Eillth Morgan Willctt
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Half after fivo. The chaiilTom sat
tranquilly on the front seat of the motor,
smoking one cigarette after another and
wondering, with increasing curiosity as
the moments slipped by, when the rest of
sured her prosaically. "Sicily might ho
a very different affair! When the Prince
del Pino and I tooled through there two
years ago, after one of the usual out
breaks, we had bank notes sewed in the
interlining of our motor coats and car-
thp party would reappear. Two hours I ried loaded Winchesters.'
since they had vanished in the direction
of the cathedral, with the avowed inteu
ion of returning in time for tea
Again and again Snrto's slanting eyes
flashed down the street, then, uo one
appearing, resumed their unconcerned
stare into space. It was not until a dis
tant market clock intoned six that three
figures came in sight, walking with the
exhausted gait that marks the consci
en! ions tourist. On nearer view it he
came animtent that none of them was in
the best of spirits; Mrs. Waring, in par
ticular, being quite evidently cross the
invariable result with her of too much
sight-seeing.
"Now for the tea-basket," she aunoune
ed peremptorily, on reaching the bote!
steps ami tue nrren.lant motor. Here
is it, Sarto? Uet it out, and let's all go
in nnd have something to eat."
Her glance as well ns t fie words in
eluded the chauffeur, who, after a mo
inetit's hesitancy at this mi precedent ed
and alluring invitation, dropped silently
from his perch and seizing the hamper,
followed his employer into the inn.
There, while Annette Bancroft piled
dp the quaint Rouer platters with sweet
biscuits and chestnut sandwiches, her
cousin threw herself into the nearest
chair, tore off her gloves, and set to work
making tea at railroad speed. '
"Here's your cup. Annette,'' she an
nounced, after an interval of concentrat
ed energy.
"Now. Sarto two lumps of Rtigar for
you, 1 suppose? No cream? Well, then,
pick out a slice of lemon and sit down
here," indicating a seat beside her.
"Why what's the matter, Gerald? Cot
a toothache?" as, at sight of the chauffeur
occupying the other end of Mrs. Waring's
chaise-longe, Mr. Buist's countenance un
derwent a momentary spasm.
"It's over now," be said at last, ac
cepting with a look of disgusted resigna
tion the cup his tormentor smilingly prof
fered him.
Certainly Mrs. Waring's devotees were
well trained, and knew from long experi
ence that "when Gussie had a mood on"
it was wisest to let her have her way,
no matter where it led her, no matter
how much it cost to follow loyally, no
matter how great the strain.
Now, under the light clatter of teacups
and conversation, the little inn parlor pos
itively bristled with pent-up electricity, of
which the chauffeur, the undoubted cause,
seemed apparently the least aware, as
with the curious adaptability that char
acterized the man, he sat sipping his tea
and discussing mediaeval architecture
with his employer as if he had been do
ing that sort of thing all his life.
The bells of Itouen were ringing for
vespers before Mrs. Waring finally led
the way out into the twilit street.
"Fifty miles between us and Havre,"
he ejaculated, accepting the chauffeur's
hand as a matter of course in climbing
Into the car. "It will be pitch dark be
fore we reach there. By the bye, Ger
ald,'' with an ominous narrowing of hr
dark ttes, "you must be tired to death
of doing duty in the front seat all this
time how about takinz a vacation in the
tonneau for the rest of the distance?"
An awkward silence followed, during
which the Englishman considered her
templing proposal with stony gravity,
Annette looked uncomfortable, and Mrs.
Waring began to fear that she was sail
ing dangerously near the wind.
But the boat came to, as in the end it
always did.
"Oh, very well, then," Buist said at
length, gruffly, "it's just as you prefpr. of
course." And, without deigning a glance
at the chauffeur, he swung himself into
the tonneau.
Off the motor whizzde, in a very little
while leaving Rouen far behind, painted
In neutral tint against a pale mauve sky.
The wind had died down, and the chill
evening air, faintly stirred by the rush
of the motor, brought to the chauffeur's
quickened senses the subtle perfume of
violets. Through the tail end of his eye
glimpses were obtainable of a certain pro
file daintily carved out by the gathering
dusk.
"Delicious !" murmured a low-pitched
voice very close to his ear. "Oh, to go
floating on forever like this!"
"Like this!"
The chauffeur tried vainly to throw
off the disconcerting spell of the words,
the tone. Case-hardened as the man was
by the varied experience of a many-sided
life, well versed in the juggling arts of
feminine mountebanks the world over,
still, underneath his cynicism, his out
ward impassivity, there beat a fiercely
susceptible, unmanageable heart with all
the Italian's swift response to the de
mands of beauty. It was not unmoved
that the stoical Sarto had watched be
hind his blue goggles the outlines of a
perfect face and figure on the front seat
through the sun and shadow of thirty
long days, and this sudden bewildering at
titude of the woman beside him struck a
chord that, in spite of all his determina
tion, was beginning to vibrate painfully.
"Yes. the car does travel most exceed
ingly well," he agreed, a trifle hoarsely,
striving conscientiously to keep his head.
"Do you see Jumierre? Behold, mailame.
to your right, over the brow of that bill,
hat mass of lights !'
Mra. Waring glanced upward.
"Only a look and a flash, then darkness
again and a silence,' " she misquoted
dreamily, as the motor whirled them past.
Then "But what a place for brigands !"
this with a little shiver. I can positive
ly see them in those inky black woods
over there." Then, in a moment, "Iear
me! Aren't you thankful that we haven't
anything valuable on board?"
Her manner had regained its usual flip
pant matter-of factness, and the chauffeur
pulled himself swiftly into step.
"friKt ia pretty safe going," L reaa-
Very exciting!" Mrs. Waring glanc
ed at him curiously. "Well, I've never
had to go as far as that," she rattled on,
"though I do take the precaution of hid-
ing away my diamonds, wherever I go, in
an inconspicuous chamois glove case at
the bottom of a trunk."
She changed the subject hurriedly.
"But, speaking of your prince" there
was a ring of interest in her tone "I
see by the Paris Herald that he's sailing
for America. lo tell me something about
the man, Sarto; one hears such fabulous
accounts of his wealth, his good looks;
you must have grown to know him very
well during those two years."
Her manner was flatteringly confiden
tial, but the chauffeur's face lowered in
stinctively. "The prince oh, I know him well
enough," he admitted, resenting this in
trusion of another into her thoughts. "For
his wealth, he has certainly enough
more than he knows what to do with,
but for his looks ; " he shrugged his
slight shoulders contemptuously. "A man
of about my own build, I suppose tall,
dark, clean shaven, speaks Knglish like
a native, and wears a monocle. That is
about all there is to him."
Opening the throttle at thL point, he
broke off a conversation that had lost its
charm, and turned his attention resolute
ly to the motor as it swept along the
level high road between great jagged
cliffs that cut the sky.
For the moment there was silence on
the front seat, and from the tonneau
spasmodic attempts at conversation on
the part of its two occupants, one of
whom sat gloomily wondering, as others
of his sex had before him, what woman
means by her incomprehensible whims and
wiles, and how much self-respecting man,
even a lover, should put up with.
On the car swept, on through villages
which seemed only an indistinct blur of
lights, drawing nearer and ever nearer
to the sea.
"We cannot be more than a mile from
Havre now." announced Sarto at length.
His brief hour was almost over, and the
muffled regret in his voice did not escape
the sharp ears so near him.
Turning hpr head, Mrs. Waring glanc
ed at her chauffeur with distinct interest.
She was not in the least offended.
dmiration was a coin that Gussie ac
cepted as a matter of course from all
sides and all classes. The tribute was no
surprise to her ; it was a certain piquant
originality about the giver that attracted
her curiosity and satisfied her zest for
novelty.
Not Havre already!" she ejaculated
in accents of genuine disappointment.
The words were hardly out of her
mouth when the motor gave a sort of
hiss, changing into an ominous elack-cack-cack.
nnd, looking behind, Sarto caught
sight of a scarf-like object wound loving
ly around one of the back wheels.
In a trice the car had come to a stand
still and its occupants were scrambling
out in ranid and rvrturhed succession.
"Tire loose, I see," grunted Buist, as
he stiffly let himself down. "I bet that
that last spurt of yours gashed every one
of 'em." He shot a darkly triumphant
glance at the chauffeur, who was examin
ing, the interior of the machine by the
aid of his lantern.
"Only one of the tires is punctured, as
it happens," was returned in level tones;
"but this is beyond repair, unfortunate
ly. As far ns I can see, we cannot go
on without a new one."
"Well, walk into Havre and get a new
one then," Gerald suggested snappishly;
"nothing could be simpler."
The two women had for the nonce re
tired discreetly into the background, the
time-honored resort of the sex in a strict
ly masculine exigency. But at this junc
ture Annette's small treble made itself
heard.
"What a good idea !" she exclaimed
enthusiasticalyl ; "let's all walk into
Havre and get the tire it's a delicious
moonlight night."
She glanced appealingly at Gussie, but
received no encouragement from that
quarter, and it was Gerald, in the end,
who seconded her motion strange to
say !
"Suits me all right," he agreed affably.
"Let's do it. Sarto can look after the
car and we three'll just walk in and send
the thing out to him."
His slow, ponderous drawl was very
complacent too complacent for his own
good.
"I'm too tired to take that tramp,"
Mrs. Waring now declared unexpectedly.
"Sarto," she moved languidly toward the
roadside "do bring me one of those
leather cushions. I don't want to sit on
the grass and I've bad enough of the
motor !"
She stood absently watching the chauf
feur obeying ber behest with swift alac
rity, and reflected that Gerald's air of
bore she really must get rid of him, if
only for a little while!
As she pondered, the object of her
thoughts crossed the road and joined her.
"All right! Chuck the walk then." he
remarked, with exasperating blandness.
"It's not half bad sitting here." He
stretched his long legs out, suiting the
action to the word. "It Sarto get the
tire, then ; he won't be long."
But Mrs. Waring did not answer.
Glancing opposite, her gaze ' fell on An
nette, standing rather forlornly near the
motor and looking wistfully into the di
tance where a misty tangle of lights out
lining the horizon signified Rouen.
Certanly there was something discon
solate in the girl's attitude. Gussie'a ex
pression became somewhat enigmatical as
she watched her.
"Gerald," she said, lowering her voice,
"that child will be dreadfully disappoint
ed if she doesn't get ber walk. Can't
you ae she's aet ber heart on it?" She
put her hand lightly on his arm. "It's '
your solemn duly Jo take her into Havre
this very moment." . !
Gussie's tone was unusually caressing !
and the speech seemed natural enough, !
hut the face of her cavalier went scarlet I
with annoyance.
"Duty go hang!" he blurted out, with
sudden savagery. "I see myself leaving
you alone with " . Ho checked himself
and fell silent a moment, roughly kicking
the pebbles in his vicinity, and then, in .1
sort of injured growl, "It's too much!"
he ejaculated. "You've been jolly rotten
unfair to me all day, Gussie, but this is
the limit."
"This?" Mrs. Waring ignored the re
proach in his tone; tier's had suddenly be
come very frosty. "I didn't know I was
asking so much," she remarked. "An
nette will have to be disappointed then.
Of course she ia under my charge, and I
couldu't possibly sanction the impropriety
of her walking into Havre at this hour
of the night with my chauffeur."
Gussie had pulled the right wire, as
usual, and slowly and reluctantly the
Englishman rose to his feet. To tell the
truth, he was a little ashamed of himself
by this time, having, underneath the in
evitable stratum of British crustiness,
an exceedingly kind heart.
"Of course I'm perfectly willing to
take that walk," he announced somewhat
stiffly, "if Miss Bancroft wj.ild really
like to go and you wish it."
"I wish it? As if I wished :t ."' Gus-
Lse Waring raised her candid, chi!d-iike
eyes to Gerald's face and dropped them
again instantly.
At last, in a very low voice, "I
thought," she said, "we were only consid
ering Annette."
There is a peculiar potency in the first
person plural of a certain pronoun when
used in the light tone by the right wom
an. A broad smile cleared the sepulchral
glqpm from Gerald's open countenance,
and, making up his mind suddenly, he
crossed the road in a couple of srridts,
approaching the girl, by the moto".
"Feel like takin' me into Havre for
that thing, Miss Bancroft?" he suggest
ed, with engaging promptness. "Let's
foot it, then ; I'm ready if you are. '
"Of course I am,' said Annette. She
glanced at Sarto's motionless figure by
the motor and then at her c.iiisiri. "Well,
bye-bye, Gussie ! We'll bring the tire
back then. Come on, Mr. Buist." And,
setting off without much enthusiasm, she
led the way down the hill.
"Be sure to hurry back," .Mrs. Waring
called after them beseechingly. But was
Sarto wrong in fancying that ner rhoul
ders shook mischievously as the two fig
ures disappeared from view around the
curve of the hill?
By the time he joined 'i?r, however,
there was an enigmatical expression on
her face which effectually concealed some
lurking misgivings as to the wisdom and
conventionality of her course, the out
come of the prospective tete-a-tete under
the stars with an inflammable chauffeur.
(After all, Gussie rather enjoyed play
ing with fire. It is an amusing pastime
when carried on from a safe distance!)
"Well," she hazarded lightly, as her
victim came to a standstill beside her.
"What are you looking so serious about?"
The man hesitated slightly. "I was
thinking," he said, in an oddly constrain
ed tone, "that at the rate they're walking
they won't be gone any time."
The speech was unexceptionable, but
the tone rang full of meaning, a subtle
suggestion which Mrs. Waring, however,
chose to ignore.
"I think that was an admirable ar
rangement of mine," she said, with a de
mure side glance.
Again the chauffeur dared very greatly.
"Admirable!" lie responded, with quite
unnecessary emphasis.
There was a long pause, during which
the frogs croaked uninterruptedly and a
soft wind came in fitful gusts through the
poplars. k Above their shrouded tops the
night sky hung down, tacked into (dace
with innumerable stars, and to right and
left the level fields of France lay spread,
a gray expanse curving towards the hor
izon. The setting was perfect for the somt
what unconventional situation, and Gus
sie felt that she was enjoying herself.
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"CHILDREN'S EVANGELIST."
Story of an Amateur Poultry man.
About the most sensible (nnd I
might add, also, the most prolltable-,
beginning I ever stiw iniulo In the poul
try business was by a young clerk, who
lived In the suburbs of a near-by city.
He sustained a severe attack of the
"hen fever," and, ns Is the usual occur
rence, became enthused over the "enor
mous" profits to be made with poultry.
He did not. however, allow his
enthusiasm to get the best of the bet
ter Judgment, and cause him to resign
his clerkship and Immediately embark
In the poultry business on a more or
less extended scale, ns has so frequent
ly occurred; but, instead, he held on to
his clerkship, lixed up a good, comfort
able little house on a back lot, bought
a dozen standard-bred hens and a
rooster at a dollar a head, of a neigh
boring fancier. and thus made his
start.
This was early In the spring; during
he spring and summer he furnished
the family table with eggs and chic
ens, and, besides, hatched and raised
something like a hundred young chicks
Out of these he retained twenty-five of
the best pullets for breeders, and. of
course, at the same time enlarging his
house room ; and so, by the next spring,
we find that his business has, from nut
ural causes, tripled itself, and all this
time our friend has been steadily and
rapidly gaining in practical knowledge
of the business.,
Tills natural Increase continued for
another year or two, and by this time
he had his business so firmly establish
ed on a paying basis that he was justi
fied In buying a small farm out at the
edge of town, and then and there be
coming a full-fledged poultryman. mak
ing this his exclusive occupation.
Speaking of profits, he recently told
me that he scarcely managed to meet
expenses the first year, the second
year he slightly more than kept even,
while subsequent years have not failed
to show a nice little sum on the right
side of the ledger. Outing.
Miss (inuilln, Wliowe Work Among
1 the Vounw l Very Niu'cefiil.
I The Children's! Evangelist Is Hie ti
tle bestowed upon Miss Alice Miriam
Gamlln, of New York, the superintend
ent of the evangelistic department of
the State Sunday School Association.
The honey produced In the United She has made n special study of evaji-
States last year would load a string
of freight cars from Chicago to New
gellstle work among children and has
met with remarkable success. She has
York. "This is certainly sweetness long simple but direct methods or reaching
drawn out." boys and girls. To even the careless
The heifer calf that Is intended for liullffi'rrot child she seems to bo
something beneath her worldliness re
sponding to the scene the man (for the
moment she had lost sight of the chauf
feur). (To be continued.)
A ni GrasNhopper.
A geographical expedition which set
out for Australia on an exploring and
mapmaking tour had engaged a negro
cook, who took great Interest in every
thing he saw. While the party was en
route a kangaroo broke out of1- the
grass and made for the horizon with
prodigious leaps, an event that Inter
ested the colored gentleman exceed
ingly. "You all have pretty wide meadows
hereabouts. I reckon," he said to tha
native who was guiding the party.
"Not any larger than those of otiier
countries," returned the guide most po
litely. "Well, there must be mighty power
ful high grass roundabouts, heh?" ho
Insisted.
"Not that I know of," replied the
guide. "Why do you ask such odd ques
tions?" "Why, I'll tell you, boss. I was
thinkin' of the mighty uncommon mag
nitude of them grasshoppers." Kansas
Experiment Station Bulletins.
It always' has been and always will
be true that scientists can but point
the way and practical men must dem
onstrate In a practical way all new
developments along the line of Im
provement in agricultural and breed
ing problems. Our experiment stations
are doing excellent work and are not
only Introducing new Ideas, but are
also condemning practices that were
considered good by those who thought
they were right but had no way of
demonstrating their propositions. Prac
tical men should be slow to discredit
the work of these Institutions nnd
should work In harmony with them for
the general uplift of the cause which
they are all trying to better. The ac
cessibility of the work done at these
stations makes it easy for every one
to keep in close touch with the work
being done. The bulletins Issued are
cheerfully sent to all who will apply
for them without cost to the recipient,
so that there is no excuse for any one
not knowing just what is being done
by these hard-working scientists who
are always glad to spread the news
of new discoveries or new ideas. If
you are not getting these bulletin regu
larly from your own experiment sta
tion it Is 3-our own fault. National
Stockman and Farmer.
dairy use should not be given too fat
tening a ration. Oats, grass and milk,
with a scant ration of shelled corn,
will furnish about what she needs for
her proper development.
The J,:tOO pound draft horse at three
years old can always be counted on by
the horse raiser as a safe and profit
able proposition. During the past few
years such an animal has been worth
from 10 to VI cents per pound.
Some one who has tried it says that
if flour of sulphur Is mixed liberally
with the seed corn In the planter box
the cutworms will not touch the corn
so treated. It Is certainly an easy and
inexpensive recipe and at least worth
trying.
The colt that Is halter broken at the
start and trained and handled as he
grows not only makes a much more
tractable horse at three years old, but
also one that will fetch a considerably
higher price on the market because of
fills very fact.
When the flock of hens Is confined
at close range and no green food is
available, cut green stuff, preferably
iawn cuttings, should be given to them
in generous allowance every day or
two. The greediness with which they
devour it not only shows that they
relish it, but that their systems need it
able to make tho truths of the Chris
tian religion attractive. She brings be
fore the children the beautiful Ideals
and the wealth of wisdom which are
ir&f itw
Water Pan for Poultry.
In the construction of a water pan
for poultry some provision should be
made to keep out dust and litter. The
forms shown In the illustration permits
fowls to drink from different sides at
.L- lzL :
MISS ALICE M. CAM I.I N.
contained In the lessons of the Bible in
a manner which always appeals to
' them.
J Miss Gamlln Is a native of Worces
' ter, Mass., and went through a course
'of thorough training to fit her for the
work in which she is engaged. Five
of her seven years In this branch of re
ligious work have been spent In New
York. All during the summer season
she conducts meetings in the metropolis
in tents, which seat from .100 to ."00.
She is a woman of great natural abil
ity and of wonderful personal magnet-Ism.
DRINKING PAN FOR POULTRY.
one tune and presents the smallest
possible space for filth to enter. The
round cone-shaed top prevents the
fowls roosting upon It. It may be fixed
on a platform high enough to prevent
the litter being rescratched Into It.
Sqaaah liugm.
The squash bug never lays Its eggs
on the stem, unless by accident, but
the under side of the leaves. The eggs
are of a dark chestnut color, globular AH the world's a stage, and most ot
in form, and exist in clusters. They . us are In the gallery.
A college youth Is rarely as old as
he talks.
may be found by turning up the leaves,
when the eggs may be crushed. An
other insect deposits its eggs on the
stem ; this Is the borer. The larvae,
as soon as hatched, eat Into the stein,
and are then difficult to dislodge. One
of the most effectual remedies against
enemies of t lie squash is a solution of
saltpeter, which Is prepared by dis
solving a teaspoonful in a quart of
water and sprinkling it over the plant,
though sawdust, saturated with tur
pentine, is also used on the ground
around each plant with success.
Fence for IIos Yard.
City Independent.
Tableau.
"Cyrus, did you mail that letter I
handed you this morning Just before
you started from home?"
"I did, Kniily. Y'ou had stamped it.
I presume?" I
"Why, no. I expected you to do
that."
-Well, I didn't."
Small yards for hogs require very
tight fences either of boards or wire.
;The plan shows cedar posts set less
than eight feet apart. At the top and
bottom are two by six Inch planks set
into the posts and there are seven lat
eral wires.
Sanitary Poultry "et.
The present-day tendency to employ
sanitary measures in the dairy, the t0 vuiy !''fself she win do it by hav
The things we turn up our noses ai
are the things we can't understand.
A girl may make a sweeping asser
tion without knowing how to handle a
broom.
Strawberries come and go, but It.
boarding house circles the prune is per
ennial. A man has to have n mighty good
disposition to be willing to admit lie
hasn't.
Engaging manners are an asset la
other circles besides the matrimonial
market.
If a woman can't find any other way
stable, the doghouse, etc,
extended to the
poultry yard. The
Industrious hen Is
to be provided
with n sanitary
nest which can be
readily washed
and scrubbed as
occasion demands.
This recent devel
opment Is shown
In the accompany
ing illustration.
has at last
EASILY CLEANED.
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ing the blues.
The reason women have so few bad
habits is they have such queer ideas
of what fun Is.
There's nothing makes a man so
proud of his brains as for somebody
else in the family to have them.
A girl always has an Idea that if she
knew any dukes most of them would
waut to marry her. New York Press.
Tennla Karketn.
What most affects the life of the gut
In a lawn tennis racket is dampness,
says the New York Sun. Nowadays
rackets are strung so tight that the
The nest Is made of wire nnd Is sup
ported In a suitable housing, both of
which can he removed from the chicken ' strings break with even grenter fre-
house when cleaning is necessary. ' quency than before. The idea is that
When thus removed they enri be con-! tight gut sends the ball with greater
venientiy placed In a suitable recep
tacle containing boiling water and
thoroughly cleansed of all Impurities
and undesirable Insects.
Nerennl t le.
Knlcker 1V you favor a school of
Journalism In the universities?
Bocker There should le three; one
on how to run paper, one on how to
keep out of them, and one on how to
get into them. New York Sun.
Destroying Pocket Gopher.
The Nebraska Exjerlment Station
has been investigating the destruction
of pocket gophers. As effective and at
the same time Inexpensive methods as
can be employed are: Trapping when
done properly and In conformity with
the animal's habits; poisoning under
certain restrictions and careful prac
tices; shooting at certain times and
under some conditions; and lastly the
protection of the natural enemies of the
animals. It Is urged that barn owls,
the long-tailed weasels and bullsnakes
ospeclaly be spared, since all these anl
China strictly prohibit, the holding maI are P-rticularly noted as enemies
of mass meeting for political purpose
In ail parts of the empire.
of pocket gooncra wherever they are
j found.
Denatured Alcohol School.
As a result of plans which have
been matured by Secretary James Wil
son of the department of agriculture,
there will be established shortly in his
department at Washington a denatured
alcohol school. This will include a
rorce rrom the very tense surface. The
dampness gets right nfter these very
taut strings. A lawn tennis man was
explaining recently what precautions
have to be taken in wilding rackety
abroad :
"When first we began to send them
to Bermuda, for Instance," he said,
"we put them merely In waterproof
covers. Greatly to our surprise we
learned that the entire first shipment
had arrived with strings broken. We
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the aim of the secretary and his spe
cialists to give a practical demonstra-,
tlon of what denntured alcohol Is, how
"Then we realized what was the
trouble nnd packed the rackets In tin
boxes. Each box was carefully soldered
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It Is made and from what products to 1 .. IUIUJ u,rl,St ana
all visitors at Washington who may be
Interested In the subject. Dr. II. W.
Wiley, chief chemist of the depart
ment, has been assigned to the Job.
The lawn tennis man explained n
new wrinkle of players. At the end
of a season some of them have all the
gut cut out of a favorite racket This
Is done because If the gut were loft in
a string might break in the winter and
put the strain nil on the side of the
frame, warping It
"With a favorite racket they think
Harvesting at night Time.
Pick vegetables with the dew on ;
they are suierlor to those picked in the
hot sun. Beans, however, must be
picked when dry; If vines or fruit are
handled when wet they will rust The 't better to pay for restrlnglng them
following are better picked before full than to. run those chances." nld he.
sized: String beans, beets, carrots, "It doesn't hurt a racket to rest ring
corn, cucumbevs, peas, radishes and,'; really It helps and Improves it"
BQuash. Don't allow seed to ripen on , T :
tf plant, or the, w.U atop bearing. I 1 W