The Monmouth herald., November 26, 1920, Image 2

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.eft-Overs
LILY WANDELL
Tin' usual sorli of parties for an
engaged coup: began, Gun generally
In I tie background w tn i hing IVhornli
out of the corner of his rye. How she
basked In (he continual sunshine of
admiration ! II thrilled lilni to think
that he had won her. She was now In
town and Immensely popular, mul he
liod always been too engrossed In fol
lowing liis vocation of a professor to
Itollior about social ollairs. Hut
Deborah, with her brilliance of a
woman In full bloom, had shaken him
out of his retirement.
A very young girl, too short for
Cam's taste, had sealed herself ou the
other end of the sofa. Cam glanced
at ber and decided he did not like her.
She was too small, her linlr too
straight and black, her skin too dark
and her eyes,- slanting like nn Orien
tal', black and large, ai.d. her lips
being small and painted very red. She
smiled faintly, almost timidly.
"I'm your neighbor," she ventured,
tie did not like her voice either. It
was low-pitched and throaty. De
borah's was clear and distinct.
"Neighbors?" then smiling at the
settee. "Oh, I see."
"That was not what I meant. I nm
visiting Mrs. Ingram, who lives next
door to you. I've seen you loads of
times."
It sounded slightly reproachful, and
Cameron Paw, being of a sensitive
nature, felt then and there culled to
make np for his seeming Incivility.
Later, before the party was over,
when she expressed a desire to go
borne, Cam accompanied her the short
way, lmply as a courtesy to Mrs. In
gram, to whom he felt Indebted for
many little neighborly kindnesses.
Somehow or other he got talking about
stars to the girl, and when he returned
to the scene of festivity the guests had
left. Including Deborah. He was
amaied; he had had no Idea that he
had stood more than an hour explain
ing the solar system to a slant-eyed
girl. At any rate he went home con
gratulating himself that he was en
gaged to Deborah and not to Mrs. In
gram's young visitor, poor little thing.
He felt sorry for her, she seemed so
forsaken, a little different from other
girls. Even her name, Vashtl, had a
heathenish sound, quite In tune with
those dark almond-shaped eyes and
painted lips.
The next day he lingered near the
party fence. This had nothing to do
with his neighbor's guest; he was In
terested In a vine growing there, a
troublesome vine that needed no end
of tying and adjusting. And after he
had fussed with It for quite a while,
Vashtl did appear and came over to
see what tit was doing. She might
have been a hardy little brown plant
herself, as she stood there In wood
colored skirt and sweater, adorned by
a single splash of red, a ripe berry,
her painted Hps.
He explained the vine to her, all
about Its botanical family, and similar
wild vines that grew lu nearby wood
lands. He suggested that after his
classes they might look for some.
It was not on this walk, but during
their second or third JaiSit, that lie
learned about Bobsle. Vashtl In con
fiding whispers told him all about the
quarrel that had occurred the day be
fore bis sister's party. Bobsle, It
proved, was a senior, and from Vash
tl's description, very hard hearted and
unforgiving. He was not taking any
steps to make up; he seemed to take
a malicious enjoyment seeing her lone
ly and forsaken. Vashtl wanted to
know what to do about It
"Let's stir him up to action," sug
gested Com boyishly, "make him see
the green-eyed monster frighten him
and then" he stopped a moment and
added slowly: "I'm sure Deborah
won't mind." It did not sound very
positive.
"Who on earlh Is Deborah?" giv
ing the name a funny little twist.
"Why, surely you know. Miss
Heath? I'm engaged to be married"
Vashtl Interrupted with a delicious
laugh. "I'll not be fooled I I don't be
lieve for a moment that you would
marry a left-over!"
"Vashtl!" cried Cora In a shocked
voice, "really you don't realize what
you're saying I Left-over! Deborah's
not more than thirty-two or three,
quite a bit younger than I!"
"But quite a bit too old for you!"
mimicked the girl, laughing, and then,
with oppeallng sweetness, "I'm sorry
though !" And Cam did not know
whether she meant thai she was sorry
for hlra or for her rude remark about
left-overs.
He explained lo his fiancee over the
telephone about his obligations to Mrs.
Ingram and the very nice opportunity
he had of reciprocating by helping her
to entertain her guest. He hoped De
borah would understand. She said she
did perfectly, and reminded him of one
or two dinner dates and aliout making
a list for the wedding Invitations.
Cam found himself squirming out
of different social engagements. His
fiancee was very sweet aliout his seem
ing neglect; he almost wished she
would be a little huffy and more ex
acting. But she was very busy herself
with dressmakers and shopping, and
all sorts of showers and luncheons.
Nevertheless Deborah was bound to
notice how things stood ; she was clev
er, though, and refrained from nag
ging, and went on with gay prepara
tions. A for Cam, he wondered why be
had ever insisted upon so snort nn en
gagement period. Here wus his wed
ding tonilng off In less than two
weeks I He could not believe It; II
could not be possible, lie did not like
being hurried like this; he wanted
time to think. Think about whai?
Then and there he determined to
fight the thing out. Why be a coward
and lie to himself? Why procrasti
nate? He was wildly In love with little
Vashtl and, what was more, he was
ready to admit It to the world, II
necessary. Deborah was so sensible
he thanked 11 ml for that he could
talk the thing over wllh her. Tonight
wus a dinner dunce; he could talk to
her tln. He could not bear to meet
her and net the hypocrite. So he
wrole her a letter releasing her from
her engagement to marry him and sent
It over to the Heath home by a spe
cial messenger. Then, feeling wonder
fully relieved and light-hearted, he
hurried nut to the garden and robbed
all the June bushes of their floral of
ferings and took them next door.
Vashtl, In old blue and gold, her
lips uupnlnted and her cheeks aglow,
met him In the big Ingram library.
"I'm so glad you've come," motioning
a place for hi in on the davenport;
"I've had a wonderful yet difficult aft
ernoon. I've been fighting with my
self I Struggling with my mean little
self-"
"Vashtl I" he Interrupted, taking one
warm little brown hand within his
own, "I've been doing the same and
everything Is all right, darling"
She nodded, smiling. "I'm so glad,
for myself 1 mean. You see, I Just
couldn't stop thinking of Bobsle one
minute, and I'm afraid making him
Jealous did not work at all. So I Just
stopped lying to myself and fought It
all out this afternoon, and 1 decided
that the silly old quarrel was all my
fault, and that I would sit down and
write Bobsle and tell him so, and say
I was sorry I And I did, too, and sent
It to him by special messenger. Don't
you think that was the best and brav
est way?"
Giui clutched the little hand tighter
for a second, then he got to his feet
After mumbling a few sentences he
left without saying what he had come
to tell her. Vashtl did not notice any
thing amiss; she was too occupied
planning her own happiness.
In September, Just before the fall
term, Professor Daw returned from an
extended tonr of the Canadian
Rockies. He looked and felt very fit
Fresh glacier breezes had blown all
mental Inebriation from his mind,
leaving a flow of thought as clear and
fine as a mountain stream.
Very briskly he walked the avenue
to the Heath place. He bad not both
ered to telephone.
The maid at the door shook her
head to his question In astonishment
"I thought everybody knew, sir, that
they left yesterday."
Cam was terribly disappointed. "Did
she leave an address?" he asked hope
fully. The girl smiled. "Xot that I know
of, sir. Honeymoon couples don't as a
rule."
"Honeymoon I Married !" Then
wildly distracted: "To whom, to
whom?"
"Mr. Bralthers, sir. Some people
called him Mr. Bobsle."
In this university town the Ladles'
Civic society has placed neat green
cans for rubbish at certain corners.
Before one of these receptacles Cam
stopped, drew from his pocket an un
opened letter addressed to himself lo
large backhand characters, and on the
back of which was a large monogram,
the most prominent letter "V" stand
ing out boldly. He tore the envelope
carefully In strips and threw It Into
the depository. He did not care for
left-overs.
BELOVED BY ALL PARISIANS
Solemn and Sacred In Memory Is the
Square Known as the Place
de la Concorde.
"The spot where France weeps," the
Place de la Concorde, Is one of Paris'
greatest show-places. Thousands died
there In the blood of madness of the
French Involution; the allied ene
mies of Napoleon held a solemn Te
Deura there In 1814; In 1871 the hated
Prussian encamped In the beautiful
square; laler the same year It was the
scene of fierce and bloody conflicts be
tween the Versailles troops and the
Communards, who had erected barri
cades at one of Its entrances. Since
1S71 until recently the statue dedi
cated to the city of Strassliourg had
been continuously draped In mourning,
and known as the "Lost Sister," keep
ing Alsace-Lorraine alive In the minds
of Frenchmen.
It Is a place of lovely fountains and
statues. Originally It was Intended as
a center of commemoration, where
statues and monuments might lie
erected to celebrate the memory of
great Frenchmen and their deeds.
There are In It now eight colossal
statues, representing eight prlnclpnl
cities of France Lille, Rouen, Nantes,
Bordeaux, Brest, Marseilles, Lyons and
Strasbourg. There Is now talk of
erecting In It some Immortal concep
tion of the present conflict and Its
victorious outcome.
Efficiency Complication.
"You mustn't ask the telephone op
erator the time of day when your clock
stops."
"Why not?" Inquired the new sub
scriber. "Because It takes up too much valu
able time."
"But It takes up more of every
body's time when you get the wrong
number once or twice before you can
coll up a friend or a Jewelry store to
make the some Inquiry."
Enid Bennett
mmm
One of the favorite "movie" actresses
of the present day. She was born In
York, Australia; educated nder a gov
erness and on finishing school shs
started upon a business career In
Perth,' Australia, where she met a
screen star and became Interested In
motion picture acting. She has been
seen In some of the most popular pic
tures. O-
(Copyright.)
THINK OF THIS.
Say, bo. Just setting down to facts.
Our Job M jMter irornlnic.
Has anyone, by your kind acta.
Been gladder itnee this niornihgT
Settler.
Settlers are divided Into many
kinds.
Among those who have done a greot
sen-Ice to mankind In the classifica
tion of settlers are Dun and Brad
street and the Credit Men's associa
tion. Some people are proud to he called
"early settlers," hut many of the early
settlers -In one place did so hecntise
they were such late and reluctant set
tlers somewhere else.
Shnkespenre said: ."The evil that
men do lives after them."
But the people that men do run
after them, send after them, and do
other disagreeable things like that.
One henrs now and then of nn "old
settlers' picnic."
But If some one were foolish enough
to try to organize a "prompt settlers'
picnic," It would he a rank failure.
There wouldn't he .enough persons
there for a quorum.
The only people yon can converse
freely with on the subject of settling
Is the man you owe.
The man who owes you Is strangely
reticent and sensitive on the subject,
and will even rudely walk awny If
you persist In referring to those dis
agreeable tilings.
The average old Settler, If you have
the dots on him, will stick fairly close
to the actual year he moved Into the
community.
But If you haven't got him tagged,
he'll stretch It at least fifteen years.
The Inducers to colonization are al
ways begging people to come there
and settle.
Their pleading usunlly gets those
that the former neighborhood pleads
with to stay where they are ond
settle.
a a
FINNICIN F1L0S0FY
Moit min whin they have
lurrned a thrado ta-ayt "Good
bye, bra-aim! I won't iver nada
yea anny morel I now hiv a
thradet" An' people that hires
thim f'r a Job notices ut right
awa-ay,
It Can't Be Done.
The young Puritan hid who had been
put In the stocks for playing seven-up
In the haymow, muttered to himself:
"They talk about 'dealing In stocks!'
Deal nothln'l Why a feller couldn't
even shuffle 'era, let alone deal, with
his hands fastened up this way I"
a
ThoBe Greek Geeks.
King Have wo defied the en
tente powers today?
Premier Once.
King Have we defied the cen
tral powers?
Premier Twice.
King Then hurry up and give
the entente another good, mnn's
slze defy, and we'll shut up the
shop and call It a day.
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What the Sphinx Says.
By NEWTON NEWKIRK.
"I would
rather have
the friend
ship of some
dogs I know
than some
men I know,"
(No reflec
tion on or offense to dogs Intended.)
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OlJLTOf
BEST HOUSES FOR CHICKENS
Several Plans and Arrangements Be
tween Two Extremes Which May
Suit Conditions.
In the manner of housing funis there
are two systems widely different In
Ibelr extremes. At one extreme Is the
Colony plan, which consists In placing
small houses fur small (locks far
enough part to obviate the necessity
of fences, thus giving free range wllh
hut little mingling of the different
Hocks, At tho other extreme we have
the continuous house. This kind of
hotiso consists of a series of separate
pens, under one roof, opening directly
Into a hallway In the rear, or having
doors between tho pens without the
hallway, or opening lulo a hallway and
also Into one another. There are sev
eral plans and arrangements between
these two extremes which limy he built
to suit varying conditions.
The advantages of the colony plan,
according to poultry specialists in the
Colony House Allow Flooks Fret
Range,
United States department of agricul
ture, are, first, small flocks on free
range; second, no expense for fencing;
third, there Is less need for srrupulous
attention to cleanliness and providing
regular supplies of animal and vege
table feed during aumhicr months.
This plnn, however, has the following
disadvantages: First, extra cost of
labor In caring for fowls In stormy
weather, when It will often be difficult
to get around to feed ond care for the
fowls regularly; second, houses built
on the colony plnn, If built as well,
cost more than a continuous house of
the same capacity,- for partitions,
which may be constructed largely of
wire netting, are much cheaper than
two end walls; third, the colony plan
allows only about 100 birds to the
acre, whllo tho continuous-house sys
tem, with suitable yards, allows 4"i0 to
500 birds to the acre.
ROOSTS FOR LITTLE CHICKS
Difficult to Keep Youngsters Clean If
They Are Permitted to Re
main on Floor,
It Is often advisable to teach the
chicks to roost when eight to twelve
weeks of age. When they ore allowed
to romnru on tho floor It Is difficult to
keep them clean and to keep them
from crowding. If wide roosts three
to four Inches arc used there Is but
little, If any, more danger of crooked
breasts than If the chicks are allowed
to remain on the floor.
.The chicks can generally he taught
to roost by putting the perches near
the floor and placing with them one
or two old hens or older chicks that
are In the habit of roosting. If this
plnn Is Inconvenient or does not prove
effective, the chicks may be placed on
the perches after dnrk for a few
nights, until they have learned to go
there of their own accord, sny poultry
specialists of the United Slates deport
ment of agriculture,
TEST OUT BROODING SYSTEM
Greatest Loss Is Due to Chilling Re
ceived While Being Transferred
From Incubator,
Chickens are usunlly left In the In
cubator from 2-1 to 30 hours after
hatching, without feeding, before they
are removed to the brooder, which
should have been In operation for a
day or two at the proper temperature
for receiving the chickens, sny special
Ists of the United States department
of agriculture. A beginner should try
his brooding system carefully before
he uses It. After placing the chicken
In the brooder they enn be given feed
and water. Subsequent loss In chick
ens Is frequently due to chilling re
ceived while tnklng them from the In
cubator to the brooder. They should
be moved In a covered basket or ro
ceptaelo In cool or cold wcnllier.
CULL OUT ALL LOAFER HENS
Reason Why So Many Flocks Are Un
profitable Is Because of Pres
ence of Nonlayers,
Lack of proper culling thus fnr has
proved to be, In the majority of
cases, the prlnclpnl reason why a poul
try flock Is not profitable. Forty per
cent of the hens In the average farm
flock todny ore nonproductive oud
should be sold Or eaten. It costs about
$2 a year, tnklng the country over, to
feed each hen. If she does not pro
duce more than that amount of eggs
she is unprofitable.
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TRACTORS ARE DISPLACING HORSES,
Ons Man and Tractor Doing th Work of On Man and Four Horses.
Tractor Investigations, with special
reference to the Influence of the trac
tor on horse labor, wore made In the
summer and full of HUH on I'.'l corn
bell farms. Tho operator of IhesO
farm, all tractor owners, were vis
ited by a representative of the 1'nlled
Stales department of agriculture, und
detailed Information ou all fiirin op.
eratlons wns gathered. The Inquiry
covered a full year' work, so that lh
part played by the tractor mlijht be
noted In all Its relations.
The Investigation was carried on In
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, lowu. Missouri,
Kansas mid Nebraska. In each ut
these stales localities were visited In
which large number of tractors were
In operation, The Information ob
tained, while porhnp strictly and
fully applh-ahle only to the farm vis
ited, may be taken a a general guide
as to the results which might be ob
tained In using a tractor on any rorn
lielt farm of llko type ami orgnnlta
Hon. The statement here made ond con
clusions drawn are not advanced a
being final, but simply as additions to
the available Information regarding
farm trartirs.
Rang of Conditions,
To obtain results which would give
as near a representative average ns
possible, an effort was uimle to get re
ports covering tractor operation! un
der as many different rondlflous as
possible, and hence the conditions rep.'
resented range from adverse to Ideal,
The farms visited ranged from Out to
hilly, The soils varied troifl the
heaviest gumbo through nil tit vari
ous loams to light, drifting, sandy
soils. Some of Hie gumbo soils now
under cultivation on these farms wero
formerly unproductive, owing In tho
Inability of horses to plow tho Soils.
With the Introduction of the tractor,
this land has come under cultivation
and Is now yielding big returns. It
Four Horses and On Man Doing th
Work of a Tractor.
wns found that trnctnrs were operated
successfully In what would be termed
unfavorable ns well as favorable sea
sons, which would tend to show their
genernl adaptability.
While the section covered Is rough
ly called the corn belt, farm practices
are not uniform throughout Iho. re
gion. In most pnrts of the enslern
corn-belt slates commercial fertilizers
ond lluio ore used, these being ap
plied by linrsc-pulled distributors! In
preparing the Innd for crops all the
ground may be plowed, or the small
grain may he seeded 'on tho previous
year's corn ground by disking or bar
lowing, without plowing, The Intter
practice reduce work for horses or
tractor In the busy season. Whether
most of the plowing Is done In the fall
or only a small part, and tho rest In
the spring, depend largely on loca
tion. Where fall and spring plowing
nro done In about equal nmounts on
Individual farms, the tractor Is used
more In the full than In the spring,
ond horses vice versa. It was found
that when all the reports obtained
were grouped together only five mono
operators plowed In the fall than In
the spring, but the number of acres
plowed In the fall ovorngod 2,1,7 more
per farm. Tho number of men using
horses ns an auxiliary source of power
was prncllcolly the eume in each cose,
Tractor 8ave Labor,
Many farms have woodlands, ond as
these ore cleared the. tractor Is. used
for sawing wood for market, thus In
creasing (he days of belt operation.
The scarcity of labor In 11)18 hnm
percd Iho gathering of crops, ond In
the elntes on the eastern edge of the
corn belt the tractor wns used to a
considerable extent in the hny fluid, to
the exclusion of horses.
As corn Is the principal crop In tills
region, the effect of the tractor on
hnrso labor will b more noticeable
In the case of this crop than Mint of
liny other crop grown, Iho average
acreage of corn per farm of those ve
iled being Kt.S acres, which Is ft! (ht
cent of Iho llllnlilu lire of tin"
farms, Tho remaining crops grown
on these farms, In order of crop cr
age, tire: Wheat, hay, oats, barley
and rye,
Duly the physical relntlomililp of
tractor power to horsepower bus been
considered, and no attempt Is mad
hero to compare Iho rclntho costs of
doing work by these sources of power.
The number of horses displaced on
these farms Is also shown, but no In
ference has been drawn as to whether
the work Is being done more cheaply
as a result of the rlmugo.
Summary of Results,
Itrlefly siimninrlM'd, these are th
prlnclpnl fact brought out or em
phntlied by this study:
1. The number of horse disposed ,
of on 141 farms averaging .111 tcret,
on which Irnclors had been used for
year or over, was i'i per farm,
2. The average number of tillable
ncre per home Increased from aity to
S8 after the purchase of the tractor,
3. Nine operators out of 1(11 dis
placed hones entirely on plowing,
disking and harrowing.
4. duly 10 oierator allowed their
horses to stand Idle while the tractor '
wns In use,
6. Tho number of horses displaced
by the tractors on these farm wn
governed by the nuinlier It was nec
essary to Main for goro vult Ivutlon ;
and other work current at the sam
time, which Iho Irnetor could not do,
0. Tho horses remaining on these
farms are doing about "ft r cent of
tho tractive work and Irnclors Iho re
mainder. T. The trorfnr was used for nn ar
erugn of 211 ten hour days per year nn s
the homo farm. No record of th
amount of custom work done was ob
tained. 8. A three plow tractor on (lies
fnnns does the work of H'i horse In
plowing, disking, harrowing and liar
vesting.
0. After purchasing the tractor, the
average size of the farms wns In
creased by 22 acres, or 0 1-3 per cent
10, Tho principal advantage of a -tractor
Is Us ability to do heavy work
Hi a shorter time than It ran be don
with horses. .
INCREASE PROFITS BY
GRADING ALL PRODUCE
Farmer Should Sort According to
Size and Quality.
Qrad Specification! Recommended by
Bureau of Markets Have Ben.
flted Farmers Materially Where
' Practiced.
When a fanner orders a box of holt
of a certain make and size ho doe
not expect to (ltid a thin Iiijmt of the
holts specified on the top of the box
nm! assorted bolts underneath. In the
world of commerce n mnrufaeturer
who pursued such practices would
soon be bankrupt
The same principle applies to th
snlo of farm products, say specialists
of Iho bureau of markets, United
Hlntes department of ngrlciilture, Ho
fore sending produce to market the
farmer should sort It ns to qualify and
size. The bureau of nmrkels from
tlmo to time has recommended grado
specifications for various products,
and wherever these rccommendnllons
have been followed satisfaction and
Increased monetary return hove gen
ernlly resulted. For Instnnre, It Is es
timated that In 11110 (he polnto grow
era In Virginia Increased their profit
a half million dollars by grading their
produce Similar result uro. being ob
tained In oilier slates,
PLOWING FOR WINTER WHEAT.
Decided Advantage In Preparing Land
Early Is Shown by Experi
ments In Kama.
In Knnsns experiments, wheat plant
ed on Innd plowed In Into July or
enrly August yields on tho average of
15 bushels per acre, whorens, wheat
planted on land plowed In September
hn yielded only 11 bushel per aer.
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