The Monmouth herald., January 12, 1923, Image 6

Your Idea that he proposed Just be­
cause I tobl him to ta sheer, blithering
í
nonsense. I showed him his heart—
The Dangers of
that wus all— und hla heurt did the
Repetition
treat. Something tells me that I shall
soon receive a call from my more or
less Intelligent son. There's the bell
now. Go Into the back parlor, bide
By H. IR V IN G K IN G
behind a curtain, listen uud Judge for
yourself.”
1’rUcllla begun an indignant pro­ INCREASE IN MOTOR TRUCKS
M j üwiofs ¿i n + B it + y m t a/uaic«l«.>
test, but tbe old lady fuiriy sprung at
The Ashton» lived ju a brovvustoue her und commanded fiercely:
“ Go Business of Nation Turning More and
More to Highway Transporta­
bouse. lu a bruwt'slune street, lb a ou I”
And Priscilla went.
tion, Say Statistics.
brow ustone district, w tilth w us uu
Juck cume Into the front parlor.
uiuuu of solid wealth and uucieut re­ You can Imagine whul he said to his
t h * U n l t M S ta t e s D e p a r t m e n t
spectability entirely surrounded by mother—how he poured out his whole ( P r « p « r « d by of
Agriculture.)
trade. Jack hud u steam yacht, played heart so that uo one with a grain of
That the business of the nation Is
polo ubd belonged to ull tile best common sense, listening to him, could | turning more and more to highway
dubs. In short thero was nothing of doubt that his love for ITiaclllu wus trunsportutlou Is Indicated by stalls-
w hich Juck Ash Ion really stood >u deep and alncere.
I tics on motor-vehicle registration as
tieed but a wile— und to the supply­
When he hud calmed down a little ; of July 1, compiled by the bureau of
ing of that detlclcucy he wus now the old lady cried out: “ Priscilla, eotne public roads of the United States De-
giving uiucli serious thought.
here.” Juck started to his feet with a | pertinent o f Agriculture. Registration
Juck, after several narrow escupes gasp as Priscilla came In from her | of passenger cars, taxis, bosses, and
from capture by designing luuiuiuas, 1 hiding-place.
motor trucks totaled 10,013),471 ou this
had arrived In safety at Uie uge of j
“ There,” said Mrs. Ashton, *T ought | date, an Increase of 157,170, which Is
thirty. Now at thirty If u man Is j to have you both taken to u lunatic [ a healthy growth, as the first half of
ever going to get tnurrled it Is time 1 usylum— hut I won’t. I'll simply leave the year Is the off season for registra­
he got busy.
ifo thought Jack's j you here alone together for half an tion of new vehicles.
mother nud so she Intimated to Jack. | hour.” And so it ull came out right
The surprising fact, however. Is that
Secretly the old lady had picked out I In the end—“ Yenrs of j o y for hours of the 157,174 Increase In registra­
for her sou i'rlscllla Higgins, daugh­ of sorrow.”
tion; motor trucks constituted 110,701,
ter of Jeretuiuh Higgins, the hanker.
against 35,030 passenger cars and 5,443
Leviathan.
I'rlscllla was twenty-live and hud not
taxis and busses. This means an In­
Few people who have not actual!» crease of over 18 per cent of the num­
remained single for want of oppor­
tunities to murry. Needless to suy, seen one cun imagine the enormous ber of motor trucks at the beginning
Beside of the year. Figures are not available
I ’rlscllla was a beauty. She wus lull size of a full-grown whale.
and stately, had classic features, light him all other animals appear tnslgnlfl- to stiow what part of the Increase of
brow u hair, wonderful eyes uud u cunt.
He would weigh down more 5,443, or nearly 11 per cent, In the taxi
fresh, fair complexion.
Jack uml than CO elephants If they could be and bus registration Is due to the In­
I ’rlscllla were Just suited to each other put Into the puns of a gigantic pulr crease In the number of busses travers­
and hud known each oilier from child­ of scales I
A good-sized whale will ing rural and suburban routes, but It
hood. That wus Just It— they hud 1 run to about 75 feet In length, und Is very probable tl^it a considerable
known each other from childhood l weigh 100 tons. Think what this vast part o f the increase Is due to the de­
And therefore, while love for Juck bulk means. A dray horse is a huge velopment of this new form of trans­
hud grown up In I ’ rlscllla's heurt, animal, yet the whale is a hundred portation.
Jack hud come to tuke I’riscilla us u times heavier.
A single whale Is
It has been frequently said thnt the
mutter of course, to regurd her us u about as weighty as 000 men. An ox­ traffic is ulways reudy and waiting
Very dear sister.
tongue weighs four or five pounds; ! when good roads ure built, amt that
So, In looking over the rosebud gar- I a ton of oil has been obtained from ! the commercial vehicle as a class Is
den of girls for a wife, he never oucui the tonguo of the whale. In spite of more handicapped by lack of good
thought of culling the fulrest (lower his huge size, the whule feeds upon roads than the pleasure vehicle. The
in the gardeu.
the softest and smallest things that Increase in the registration of cotnnier-
One species lives
Old lady Ashton became Impatient live In the seu.
and one day said to I’ rlscllla: ‘‘I’ rls­ utmost entirely upon Jelly-fish; another I
cllla, my son Juck Is the biggest foot whale feeds chiefly on murine crea- j
In New York.
lie bus been In luv«|| tores so tiny thut millions and mil­
with you for years and doesn't know lions are required to provide him I
It. There! You needn't blush sir— with one mouthful.
ami I really believe you ure going to
Novel Sicilian Wedding Custom.
cry. Let's chunge the subject.”
In Sicily a bride-elect does not have
A few days later she said to her
son: “Jack, why don't you propose to to worry ubout her trousseau, or the j
lTlsctlla?
You couldn't do better. grooiu-to-he about vvliut he Is going
Don't you see the girl Is lu love with to wear to the altar. But the groom I
you? As for you, you booby, you must go shopping for the young worn- j
have been In love with her for yeura un’s trousseau, and she In turn buys or j
and didn't know It."
makes his wedding outfit.
In Sicily a young woinup Is usually
“ Why, 'm a ter!'” exelulmed Juck.
“ Of course, I like Priscilla Immensely, wed at fifteen, thut being the legal age
but I never thought— ”
for marriage.
“ Of course you never thought,” re­
A Sicilian maiden Is forbidden to j
torted the mother. “Thinking Is one look u inan In the face until she Is 1
thing nobody ever accused you of. married. She Is tuken to church with
There, go uloug with you I'm out of her face carefully hidden by her man­
all patience with you.”
telline. Her father does not even en­
Jack left the house In a daw. Yes, tertain Ills friends ut home If he has |
It was us his mother had said, he unmarried daughters, but tukes them j
Motor Truck Is More Handicapped by
had been In love with Priscilla all to a nearby cafe.
along and had not known It. lie fer­
The young man selects n dress, a j Lack of Good Roada Than Pleasure
vently hoped that the old lady had lace mantelline und a silk hundker- ! Vehicle.
been right in the rest o f her state­ chief for his bride-to-be. She in turn clal vehicles, coupled with the present
ment thut part which referred to makes a wulstcoat, a shirt and a pair activity
In highway construction,
I’ rlscllla being In love with him. Now, j of trousers.
seems to bear out this statement In
Mrs. Ashton had committed one mis­
the opinion of department officials.
take. She hud repeated herself. In
Music.
The table of statistics issued hy the
her talk with Jack she had used the
Music is one of the four necessities bureau shows u registration of 11,407,-
same phrase about his being In love 1 of life. The other three are food, shel­ 874 private curs, 55,1)1)0 taxis und
without knowing It that she had used ter und clothing. So says Ubert busses, and 1,UDO,01K» motor trucks,
In her tnlk with Priscilla.
Urquliurt, talking to a convention of making a total of 10,GL’0,471. Motor
And the statement so satisfactorily men, who ninke music an Industry.
cycles ure not Included, there being
covered the sltuntlon that It stuck In
This is true, admitting that life is 14H,U-4 against 100.J31 ut the begin­
on
an
emotional
basis,
which
it
Is.
Jack’s head. So when he sought Pris­
ning of the year.
Any period of history Is mirrored
cilla to offer up himself and his grand­
fathers millions upon the nltnr of his III Its popular music. Jazz music cume
love he closed a very creditable speech with the jazz period. It Is passing out LINE HIGHWAYS WITH TREES
In the proposal line with, “ Oh, Psls- us the national temperament becomes
ctlla— 1 have been !n love with you normalized. If you want tn keep an Forestry Department of Minnesota
Plant to Set Out 30,000 Plant!
eye on "the trend of the times,” watch
for yenrs without knowing It.”
Along Roads.
the
new
music
us
It
comes
In.
If
we
I'rlscllla, who had listened with
blushing cheeks and eyes dim with react to walling tunes. It will mean
To make Minnesota famous ns “ the
tears of Joy, went through an Install- ) that the public considers the outlook
state
with the tree lined highways” is
discouraging.
taneous freezing process. “ It strikes 1
the object which the forestry depart­
me,” she said with a forced laugh, j
ment of that stale has set out to ac­
Ancient Welsh Customs.
“ thut I have heard that expression ho- i
complish.
The department will plant
The
Welsh
girl
gives
her
lover
a
fore. And what else, pray, did your
mother suy on this lutirestlng subject? Mrchen brunch as a token that she 30,000 trees along the highways this
I suppose she also gave you to under­ accepts hlin. In Wales, too, the May- year und each year hereafter will add
stand that I was not insensible to your pole about which the villagers danced to the number. What Minnesota Is do­
and played Joyous games was alw ayk ing Is ulsu being done lu t'ennayrlvanla
fascinating personality?"
The tactless Jack stumincrcd and a hlrch. Thus the "bedwen" was a uud oilier stales. Experts suy if the
permanent feature of the village green, trees are set buck far enough their
blundered and made things worse.
“There, that will do,” said Priscilla. and the greatest game of all was to roots will not Injure road pavements.
“ Never mind the rest You have done, steal the bedwen. This, when accom­ It wus contended ut one time that tree
your duty like a good son. It Is quite! plished, was celebrated with peculiar roots and the shade cast by the
refreshing, In these days, wheni i festivities Possibly out o f these mid­ branches were detrimental to asphalt
parental authority la so little re-. | night marauding expeditions and their paving, hut experience In Washington,
garded, to And a son who wilt Im­ accompanying festivities came the 1». I ’., and other cities, especially In
plicitly carry out hts mother’s tnstruo su|<erst!t!on that on Walpurgls night Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts and
tlon even when the tusk Imposed Is so —the eve of Slay day— witches and California, has proved the falsity of
that Idea.
disagreeable at the present one. You warlock* held high carnival.
can go hack to mamma with a clear
Yakima Indians’ Legend.
conscience and pray calm any fears
FINEST STRETCH OF HIGHWAY
On a high point of Mount Adams
she may entertain of my dying for
love of her cbanulng son.
I am In Washington are 130 human foot­ New Six Mile Road Between Elizabeth
afraid her natural, hut rather partial, I prints, In mud long since turned to
and Rahway In New Jersey le
admiral! on of her offspring's superla­ stone. Indian tradition Is that there
Given Praise.
tive qualities has caused her to fall “ the great canoe” landed after the
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Into a slight error with regard to the flood, the prints mad* by those step­
Lincoln Highway lietween New York
light In which he la viewed by other ping ashore.
city and San Francisco Is said to be
and less Interested persons. Hood
Look In the Glass.
a new slx-mlle road between Elizabeth
day.”
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la l e t one man In all 0N ai l if.I.way. In New Jersey. It -
“Oh, that efuel woman t” sobbed
Priscilla when alio reached her room. world that ran do you dirt. l»>ok In be surpassed only by the Ideal Section,
“ How she has humiliated m e! she has the glass and you will see hltu. Take ! which the Lincoln Highway associa­
discovered my secret and told Jack. g good square hold with that man tion Is to build with the co-operation
She made him come and propose -ha l»own him. and hold him down till he of the federal government and the
uevrr would have done so of hts own promises to get up and behave himself, etate of Indiana, south of Chicago^ this
r Farm L i 's
year.
free will." _______________
Priscilla and Jack both descended
Sophiaticated.
GOOD TURNS AT COUNTY FAIR
on Mrs Ashton- Priscilla with tears
“ At thè old fasbloned matinee there j
and reproaches; Jack with Implora.
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waan’t a dry eye In thè house.” “ Now
At the Du Page County Fair Troop
lions to set things rigid. Priscilla was
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the first to reach her. After listening there Isn t an uupowdered nose."
was In charge of the F.ntergenvy hos­
jfor a while to that young lady's tale
Corraci
pital. and successfully rendered first-
o f w ot Mrs. Ashton cried out: “ Id
The
Tenoher—"W
lllle. what Is thè aid In numerous cases, among which
like to bump your silly beads to­
gether!”
And then, assuming a hlghest forni of animai Ili*?” W lllle— ! were those of a man whose face and
T h e mountain .«at. ma’am.”
hair were badly burned by the explo­
calmer manner, continued. ” 1 did not
sion of a gas balloon; another man in­
think Jack would bo such a fool as to
Old Fashionod Klnd.
jured In a parachute drop; and a
rvi-ewt my conversation with him —hut
“ Have you a nolseless typewrtter?“ brother scout who had his right Index
It dosan't matter. Tbe facta are Juat
"No. eh* chatters a good deal.“ — Bow- Anger tom off when he endeavored
the same— ho loves you and you love
ton Kvenlng Trnnscrlpt.
to save a boy whose Ufe was t n iije
him and married you are going to hat (
gvred by a prize calf.______________
GOOD
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NEW YEAR
GREETING
Jean Paige
By WILL M. MAUPIN
T W ISH a happy pr«sp'rous year
^ To ull my good friends, far and
near;
From California 'cross to Maine.
From lakes to gulf, and hack again;
From north to south, from east to
west,
I wish for each o f yon the best
The New Year bus within Its store—
All this I wish for you— and more.
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Winsome Jean Paige, the ‘‘movie*’
etar, le a farmer’s daughter. She spent
the greater part of her life, before her
screen life was begun, on her father’s
model farm at Paris, III. Her work In
prominent productions has resulted in
her becoming one of the best-known of
the many picture players. This is cne
of her latest pictures.
EGG PRODUCTION IN WINTER
Feeding a Well-Balanced Ration la of
First Importance— Greens and
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(F r e p ir s d by t h . f n l t e i State* D rp a rtra .a t
o f Agriculture. )
I wish a year of Joy and peace;
From sorrow and from pain release;
For friends about on every side.
And Love's door ever opened w ide;
Hope's full fruition day hy day.
And sunshine all along your way.
And harbor safe when tempests roar—
All this I wish for you—and more.
For yon I wish, Instead of gold,
That yon may gracefully grow old;
That each day's slowly setting sun
W ill see some duty nobly done.
I wish that home tfbs stronger grow,
That for you flowers bloom and blow,
That God's rich blessings on you
pour—
All this I wish for yon— and more.
The best that’s old, the best that’s
new—
All, all of these, I wish for you.
(j) by Will ,M. Mttupln.)
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Something to
Think A bout
T H E R IG H T T H IN G
at the
R IG H T TIM E
By M A R Y M A R S H A LL DL’ FFEE
By F. A. IVALKER
W H E N YOU CORRECT
LO OK IN G RACK W A R D
It is much easier to be critical than to
be correct.—Benjamin Disinoli.
c p i I E old year Is drifting out to the
^O CCASIONALLY, no doubt, perfect- A unseen sea, where In a little while
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ly well-bred husbands and wives it will be lost, no more a part of our
do qunrrei, if they ure Incompatible, Joys and sorrows, nor a portion of our
hut they do not quarrel In public. existence.
Neither does a well-bred woman “ cull
Let ns take a retrospective view of
down” her children before outsiders,
or correct a servant any more than is the days that have gone, consider how
necessary. I f you have a complaint we have s;>ent them, whether we have
to make In a store or shop, do not played our part wisely or foolishly, or
u helher we have moved ahead or
make It In a conspicuous way.
lagged behind.
The wise manager o f employees does
As we stand upon the hill-top, or In
not berate them before outsiders.
Sometimes, of course, the inconsider­ the vale, what are the thoughts that
ate manager will seek to lay the blame crowd in upon us? Do they bring us
for something for which his store man­ pleasure or regret; do they cheer the
agement Is to blame on a subordinate. heart or depress it?
We are disposed at the end of every
He may help himself for the time be­
ing out o f an embarrassing situation, twelfth-month, to pause a while and
hut he Is surely laying up trouble for , reflect, to make new promises for our
betterment, to seek a new star for our
himself later on.
Some young women really enjoy future guidance and to Hatter our­
having little quarrels with the young selves that whatever failings we made
men who are courting them, and some­ In our little Journey were due to no
times they are Ill-bred enough to In­ laxity of ours, but to a stroke of Fate!
We refuse to ruh our velvety skin
dulge In such moods In an ostentatious
way In public places. Thus the young with coarse sand-paper for the very
woman who Is annoyed, or who pre­ good reason that it hurts. Nor do we
tends to he annoyed, puts her escort In looking backward like to rub our
to great embarrassment hy refusing to conscience, for thnt pains, too, and
speak to him In a public conveyance. causes us to wince, when we would
Or she may wait until they are In their sit in our easy chair and administer
seats at the theater and then mar h er! to our moral self a stupefying dose of
own and her escort's enjoyment o f the chloroform that we may for the time
play by Indulging In her quarrelsome being become Insensible to the smarts
mood. She may actually enjoy the and aches, which otherwise might
embarrassment that ho endures. Or drive us to repentance.
she may wait until they are with their
W e lack the courage to stand up and
friends at a dance and then refuse to fnce the music, or to look truth In the
dance with him Just for the satisfac­ face, a prevailing form of cowardice
tion of having others see how miser­ frequently preferred by most of us to
able she can make the poor man In bravery.
question. There are girls who do this
Event follows event ( agreeably or
sort o f thing, but they are truly not annoyingly when we awake to the
well bred. The really well-bred wom­ realization thnt we have run through
an. if she must quarrel with the man the vicissitudes, nu tations and Inno­
who Is devoted to her, waits until they
vations of another yenr, breaking as
are alone.
we proceeded on our way the laws of
( © , 1923, by M cClure N ew sp ap er S yn d icate.)
the Modes nnd Persians, to say noth­
ing of the laws of our own.
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Whatever opinion we may have re­
garding our conduct, we hide It with
utmost care beside the skeleton in the
A LINE O’ CHEER
family closet.
By John Kendrick Bangs.
Then with a sublime devotion to
duty, which sometimes lasts two whole
days, we take a peep backward, swear
TIME
solemnly beneath our breath thnt we'll
O M A T T E R what the wtee
be good, true and faithful, which we
man says.
usually are until the next cog slips,
Tim e does not pmas at all,
and then away we go again, tripping
But e v e r right beside us stays
along the primrose path, oblivious to
All ready for our call.
Our clocks may run. and age count
everything but our selfish content.
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up
To. many and many a year.
But Time stands by with brimming
cup.
Still, calm and ever near.
A t any hour o f day or night«
In lowly plate or high.
In days of trouble or delight«
He's always standing by
With lavish gifts o f minutes fair
Ready for us to use.
To waste or treat with proper care
According as we choose
(Copyright, by McClure Newspaper
Syndicate.)
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“What kind of an «nglno have you
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You are so easy to zee through?
I f you are, yon have been up
against It a lot, because "hen
you are easy to see through
your very honesty and kindness
are often taken the wrong way
and your frankness Is often as
“ acting” and people think you
are queer! You need comfort
Keep on being easy to under-
stand ; It means pretty much
your mind U clear, that you
think stral-ht, that your heart
in In the right place. You will
waste less time, ton, as It Is
hard to be something jou aren't
so
Your Get away here la:
Let them “ see through you”
and don’t worry, and If they
laugh be g'ad you can be amus-
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Exercise Needed.
The pullets that are expected to be
doing their bit In the laying flock this
\\ inter should have been put iu winter
quurters early iu November and fed
the sort of rutiou that will supply
plenty of uuiteriul fur egg production,
livery attention thut will tend to stim­
ulate laying is demanded by the pul­
lets at this time, for a good early start
may help to estublish the habit of lay­
ing through u long season, say the
poultrymen of the United States De­
partment of Agriculture.
Good rations, however, cannot be ex­
pected to keep a flock laying properly
If health conditions ure not what they
should be. Dropping boards uud nests
need cleaning and disinfection occa­
sionally, and it goes almost without
saying that there must be frequent
changes of litter and always an abun­
dant supply of clean water. A sick
ben Is ubout as poor a piece o f prop­
erty us a man cun own. and many ex­
perienced poultry raisers go so far us
to say that a sick one is less desirable
than a dead one.
I f pullets ure u little slow in coming
into lay ing It is sometimes possible to
stimulate them by some changea In the
feeding schedule. I f the quantity of
scratch feed allowed in the morning
Is cut down hy one-hulf, it will make
the birds hungrier duriug the day uud
they will consume more of the dry
mush, which will frequently start them
laying a week eurlier than otherwise
would be the cuse.
Another help Is to feed u little of
the mash wet ut noon, us even this lit­
tle variation seems to whet their ap­
petites. The use of buttermilk In mix­
ing this moist tuush is one o f the best
stimulants to help start egg produc­
tion. I f the poultry keeper feels that
he does not want to fori* the bird's
too hard he may cut down on this
moistened mnsh. It is possible that
forcing too much on the feed may
cause the fowls to he weakened in fer­
tility, but few farmers and back-yard
chicken raisers will be Inclined to over­
do tills matter of feeding. A little
stimulus In the beginning may have a
grent deni to do with getting the hens
started In their work, and once on their
way It Is probuble that they will keep
on if well fed nnd cared for.
I f the weather is mild it may he pos­
sible to feed the hens outside, and
when this is done they will generally
get plenty of exercise. When the birds
must tie kept In. feeding the grain in
Cutting Green Feed Which is Nece*.
aary for th* Laying Flock in Fall
and Winter.
deep litter is the best way to get them
to take the needed exercise. It ii
possible, however, to overdo such a
good thing as exercise. Too much
scratching and running around keeps
the layers always hungry, and the de­
mands of tlie boily are so great that
egg mnking may he Interfered with.
The hens should go to roost every
night with a crop full of feed, and
usually a handful of grain for each
hen will be equivalent to a cropfui.
Green feed is one of the essentials
for laying hens and no good poultry-
■iian will neglect to supply R In some»
form or other. #There Is a great va­
riety of this kind of feed. Including
cabbage, mangels, sprouted oats and
cut green rye. It may be fed at noon,
or such green stuff as cabbage and
mangels may be nailed to the wall so
that the birds may peck at It.
PULLET CULLING PROFITABLE
Main Points to Consider Are Long
Broad Back and Full Abdomen
— Many Are Slacker*.
tn colling pullets, the main points to
consider are a long, broad back; full
abdomen, deep, long breast; clean cut
head ; and a bright eye. Ten to fifteen
per cent of the pullet crop can be
killed without affecting the flock* pros­
pecta.