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By F. A. WALKER
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SCOUTS
T1IE W H IS P ER ER S
Winsome
Carol
Oempater,
the
“ movie" etar, wae born 18 yea re ago
In Michigan. Her father, owner of a
large-fruit ranch in California, took
her to that state when she was only
three. At twelve she danced for a
prominent motion picture producer and
her pantomimic ability attracted atten­
tion; when she was sixteen the was
asked to return to take up screen
work. Meanwhile she became a solo
dancer. She has appeared in numeroue
popular productions.
TH E RIGHT THING
at the
RIGHT TIME
By M A R Y M A R S H A LL DUTTEE
SOCIAL
( ’ALLS
T h e old order < bungeth, yU tiling place
to now.—Tennyson.
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A FTKIt all It I.-* usage that makes
* * «>ur code of marincra.
No mutter what may seem to lie the
moat courteous thing to do, and no
matter what the aulhorltlea on eti­
quette may write and preach. If well-
bred p e o p l e don't actually do thoae
thing* then they are not eaxenliul to
good manner*. A year ago If any one
had asked me whether If was neces­
sary for a Inixy man to make a call a*
a mark o f courtesy after going to din­
ner at a friend's house I would have
said emphatically, “ Ye*." (»Inner cull*
had for a good many years been (mint­
ed out a* really essential mark* of re­
spect. The Idea wa* that If you could
tlnd time to enjoy a good dinner at a
friend’s house you could likewise tlnd
time to puy n call.
llut there are so many people who
never do pay dinner calls thnt It I*
not fair to make thexe'aweeplng state-
■nents. In what we know a* “ formal”
society this Is still tlie role, hut really
the majority of even well tired folk do
not have time to conform to these
strict standards.
In many commu­
nities married folk have few oppor­
tunities for going out together In the
evening. A congenial set of such folk
will occasionally meet for a dinner
party or evening of entertainment at
each other’s houses. If there are chil­
dren at home and no maid or a maid
who takes It for grunted that her eve­
nings are her own, this means that
some one must l»e got to "hold the
fort" while the mother and falher are
away. With such people, though the
women of the circle managed to call
occrstonulty In the afternoon, there Is
a sort o f tacit agreement that party
calls will not he expected from the
men because the only time they can
pay these is In the evening, and when
they do go out In the evening they
like to have some more substantial
diversion than paying calls.
So also It happens that In large
cities where distances are great the
busy business man takes a dislike to
going to a friend's house when that
friend may not be at home to receive
Ids call. It means sometimes an hour’s
trip with a chants* o f only leaving a
card at the end. Anti, of course, no .
one properly telephones ahead to warn
a hostess of a call.
The newcomer, however, always
makes a better Impression If be tines
pay the party call and It should be
within ten days of the court pay enter­
tainment for which It Is paid. More­
over, he should pay It whether or not
he has attended. If he has received
an actual stated invitation for a defi­
nite entbrtnlnment then the call Is
due, but If the Invitation has been
verbal and only Indefinite then he
need not conalikr It ns requiring a
rail.
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T N GOING our beaten round of life,
A most of us ut some time of our ex­
istence turn from our duteous path to
seek the darkened corners of the whis­
pering gallery, where we nay converse
beneath our breath with those of our
Intimates who, like ourselves, have
Itching ears craving solace from gos­
sip.
The more scandalous and salacious
the twaddle, the more deeply colored
It Is with scarlet, the better do we en­
joy rolling It over our tongues and ex­
tracting from It the poisonous sweets.
As no language under heaven Is for­
bidden In the whispering gallery, the
atmosphere pervading it Is putrid, sug­
gestive of mildew and decay.
It is in the whl*|>ertng gallery that
character Is blackened.
L'nruly tongues bubble without re­
straint, darting to und fro as once did
the forked tongue of the seri>ent that
lured Eve to eut the forbidden apple.
It Is here thnt ttie truth Is seldom
und exactly uttered. To he Just, even
in the slightest degree, would conflict
with the delightful pleasantries of the
old-time
meeting place,
constantly
growing In popularity with the growth
of munkind.
No one who habitually frequents the
whispering gallery can he true to one's
own heart or to one's friends.
Anil it Is this falsity to self und to
friends, this wanton disregard o f the
ennobling things, which is causing fric­
tion In the world and slowly undermin­
ing our Individual and civic content.
Yet we go on from day to day with
sullied tongues anil minds without
pausing to consider on how precarious
a base we are posing, grinning false
smiles, practicing deception and slan­
dering our dearest associates.
It Is not probable In our human
weakness that we shall ever be fairly
Just to one another, or foljgiw even In
n small wny the teachings of the Gold­
en Rule, but we can to some extent Im­
prove ourselves and let Into our hearts
more sunshine nnd substantial life-giv­
ing happiness by speaking no evil anil
turning our backs upon the whispering
gallery, resolving no more to darken Its
door, or court companionship with
mischievous meddlers and busybodle*.
I.et us make a start In this direc­
tion today anil hold fast to the good
purpose until the end of life.
(C on d u cted
by
N a t i o n a l C o u n c il o f t h e
o-^e of A merit x >
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NO CURE FOR TUBERCULOSIS
Most Common Symptom of Disease Is
That Fowls Get Very Thin, ^Vaete
Away and Die.
Tuberculosis is one o f the most
HONORED FOR RESCUE
common diseases found In the poultry
flocks o f the corn tedt, says J. J.
Scout Samuel Levine of Brooklyn, N.
Warren o f Iowa. The disease devel-
V , the hero of the following rescue,
| ops rather slow ly. The Infected birds
was honored for his bravery, when,
do not usually show any symptoms un-
during the recent Sufety Week cele­
i ill several weeks have passed, and In
bration, the boy was decorated by the
' many Instances several months after
| commissioner of police o f New York
| they have contracted it.
city with an especially designed medal,
The most common symptom o f tu­
j the gift of Judge Libert H. Gary.
Scout I.evine and several other berculosis Is that the birds get very
j scouts w ere returning from a hike to | thin, “ waste away” und finally die.
j Clover lake, Staten island, when they Another is to find a bird going lame
noticed another party o f hoys walking In one leg without showing uny out­
out upon the thin ice covering the wa­ ward sign o f Injury, even while the
ter. Levine called a warning to the bird is In good health. The bird may
boys, but they ventured out until the live several weeks after this lameness
Ice cracked beneath them. Two of the I tirst shows up.
To make sure that the disease Is
boys fell Into the water, and the others
ran to the shore. Without a moment's i tuberculosis, it pays to kill und exam-
hesitation, Irvin e threw off hlg hat, | Ine the Insides of a very sick bird.
coat and canteen nnd plunged onto the The liver, spleen and Intestines are
Ice near a »><>nt which was frozen there. often enlarged, but contain light yel­
low spots which are hard, sandy
lesions. Lungs are seldom found to
contain lesions.
There Is no cure for tuberculosis ex­
cept to keep It from spreading. Burn
the dead birds or bury them ; kill the
infected brrds without spilling any
blood; don't try to keep aged hens;
and keep the henhouse clean, especially
from droppings. L’ se lime on the soil
where the flocks feed, and change the
ground. It helps some tw separate the
young chicks from the old ones and
to be careful when buying new stock,
¡sanitation Is the biggest help.
HOPPER FOR FEEDING FOWLS
Model Shown In Illustration Appears
to Afford Best Means of Ra­
tioning Hens.
After using many types o f dry mash
feeders In the poultry house, the model
shown In the cut appears to afford the
best results. The fowls cannot stand
on the top o f the feeder, or get Into It.
MISS D E C K ’S VISIT
DUCKY DU< Ts hnd lived In
M ISS
a city park all her life, but one
day she was sick and was taken to the
country and put In a barnyard, where
there were many other ducks and
many things that Miss Ducky Duck
had never seen or heard about.
To be sure there was a pond near
the barnyard but It was not so deep
or as large ns the one in the city
park, and Miss Ducky never tired of
telling the country ducks about what
she had left behind.
She could not get used to the other
animals. “ W e never had such crea­
tures where I came from,” she would
say, turning her head away from the
pig pen with an air of disgust, and Mr.
Dog she did not like at all. She said
he was "se noisy, always poking about
to see what Is going on.”
One day he came to the edge o f the
pond to get a drink of water jvhen
Miss Ducky wns going f-»r a swim. “ It
seems to me. Mr. Dog, that you might
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“ Are You a Stranger Heref”
find some other place to drink than
this little pond. There Is hardly water
enough now for me to take a good
plunge. I really cannot see of what,
use you are around here. Why don't
you stay in the house?”
Mr. Dog was good-natured. He kept
on lapping the water and wagged hi3
tall, but as Miss Ducky swam away
he remarked to Mr. Rooster, who was
passing. “ That new duck has a great
deal to learn.”
Of course. Miss Ducky Duck had
never seen AD. Fox, though there
were several that lived In a big cage
In the park where she came from,
but so far away she knew nothing
about them, so one day while out
swimming, when she came near the
bank where Mr. Fox was lying In wait
under some hushes, she thought It was
another Mr. Dog.
“Oh, dear." site sighed, “ can’t I go
anywhere without seeing one of yeu
tiresome creatures?—though I must
say that you are better looking than
the Mr. Dog at the barnyard."
Sir. Fox had never met a city duck
before and he wus surprised enough
that she did not swim away when k ^ i
saw him, but when she spoke about
Mr. Dog he knew she did not know
who he was.
“The Mr. Dog at the barnyard is
only distantly related to our family.
Are you a stranger around these
parts?"
“ Yes, Indeed. I came here from the
city park for my health.” replied Mias
Djicky Duck. " I ain not used to rude
country ways and I shall return very ,
soon to my city home.”
“ I wouldn't he too sure of that," re­
marked Mr. Fox.
“ What did you say?” asked Miss
Ducky.
" I said you might like the country
well enough to remain here,” fibbed
Mr. Fox quickly. “ But of course you
have not seen this side pf the pond.
Wouldn't you like to take a stroll? I
am sure the walk through the woods
will be good for you.” Then thinking
he did not wish to have u sick duck
for his dinner, Mr. Fox asked: “ What
is the matter with you?”
“ Oh, nothing, but that I needed a
change. I did not eat well,” replied
Miss Ducky.
“ Oh, well, this walk will be Just the
thing then," answered Mr. Fox.
will never have that trouble again.”
And If Mr. Dog had not come run­
ning through the woods at that min­
ute Miss Ducky would not have had
thnt trouble again. Just as Mr. Fox
promised, for he was ready to spring
upon her as she waddled out of the
water.
Miss Ducky swam bnck to the barn­
yard, where she told the other ducks
how rude Mr. Dog had been to a very
polite Mr. Dog she met on the other
side o f the pond, hut when she learned
who he really was and how Mr. Dog
had saved her life. Miss Ducky Duck
began to respect Mr. Dog and never
felt safe unless he was around.
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TWO WEEKS
AFTER
It Is also difficult for them to waste
1 any of the food by throwing It out, as
| the sloping guard In front prevent*
that. A sloping bottom should be put
n, as suggested by the dotted line.
Such a feeder can be made by cutting
down an empty grocery box.
By WILL M. MAUPIN
fT M IK drum Is now busted,
A
The wagon wheels bent.
The trumpet Is noiseless
From many a dent.
The woolly sheep bleats
When ‘ you Squeeze It no more.
The fragments of toys
Now Utter the floor.
But what o f It nil?
Oenr the littered up stuff—
The children enjoyed them
And thnt Is enough.
(O to Will M. Mauptn.)
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THE ROMANCE OF WORDS j
“ GREENBACK”
!H,S colloquial term for
American cuHvncy tirst enme
Into vogue during the Civil war
when the federal government Is­
sued paper money with green
printing on the reverse side.
Abraham Lincoln. In a letter
to Col. I*lck Taylor, gives the
following explanation o f the
matter:
M v D ear Colonel P lf li:
I have long determ ined to m sko
public the origin o f the greenback
and to tell the w orld that It la o f
I'tck T a y lo r's creation. You had
always been frien d ly to me and
when troublous times fe ll upon ua
and m y shoulders, though broad
and w illin g, w ere weak, and I w as
surrounded by such rtr.-umstancea
and such people th at I knew not
whom to trust, then I said In m y
extrem ity. “ I w ill send fo r Colonel
T a ylo r. H e w ill know w hat to d o.“
I think th at It w as In January,
I “ -.’, th at 1 did so You cam e and I
said to you: “ W h a t can w e do?”
Said you: “ W h y. issue treasu ry
notes, hearing no Interest, printed
on the best b an k'n g paper. Issue
enough to pay o ff the a rm y e x ­
penses and declare legal ten der.”
Chane thought It a hasardoue
thing, but w e ftnalty accom plished
K and g a ve the people o f th is re ­
public the greateat bleeping they
e v e r had—their own paper to pay
th eir ow n debts.
It la due to you. th e fa th e r o f
the present greenback, th a t the
people should know It and take
g re a t pleasure tn m akin g It knowa.
Y ou rs truly,
A. M N C O IJ f .
p vrlg h l. W h e e le r's S yn dicate.)
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Insured Against Rainy Wedding Oay.
Had It rained between the hours of
4 nnd S p tn. rn tils wedding day at
I**nvllle, Vn„ a bridegroom would
have collected $.'•’ 1) Insurance. Falling
to rain he lost $43.73, the premium.
The groom said he was hoping for
rain as the $00# would have been use-
fa, on the honeymoon. He said he
waa taking a gambler's chance on the
weather.
“What’s in a Name?” 5
Dry Math Feeder.
By MILDRED M A R S H A LL
Facia about your name; lit hitiory;
moaning; icbtnco H a at JtricrJ;
algntficanct; your lucky Jay
and lucky JxuW
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It Is an Art Anyone Can Acquire, and
the Sooner Unhealthy Fowls
Go the Better.
Scout CommiMioner Dan Beard and
Scout Samuol Levino.
breaking the Ire about the craft with
his hands, lie made a w ay for himself
In the water dragging the boat with
him. He soon reached the boy who
was In the greater danger, helped him
Into the boot, next he went to the oth­
er one nnd then helped them both to
the shore.
HIS PRESCRIPTION
W hen a bit o f sunshine hits ye.
A fte r parsin' o f x cloud.
W h en a At o f lau gh ter alts ye.
And you r spin* Is feeltn ' proud.
D on 't ferg tt to up and fling It
A t a soul th at's feehn' blue.
F o r the m lnlt th at y * ellng It,
,
It's a boom erang to you.
“That poem and the eighth seont
law, *A scout la cheerful, amlles when­
ever he can,’ are my dope,” says a
lame scout o f Manhattan. "When the
old peg begins to hurt and I can't get
out wit?, the fellows, I say my dope
two or three tltnea, and it always helps
a lot."
SCOUTS
GUARDIANS
OF
Culling chickens Is to the poultry
| keeper what milk testing Is to the
dairyman. Fortunately It Is an art
anyone can acquire. The sooner the
flock Is culled the sooner expense* are
| cut down. Then, too, the prices ure
| higher earlier In the season. The man
, who Is making the most o f his poul­
try, systematically culls. Rlrds lack­
ing In health, and general purpose
I breeds not laying nnd two years old,
■ >r over, should go. The older the
bird, the less profitable she becomes.
MATURE GEESE AS BREEDERS
Fowla Are Uaually Best for Breeding
When From Three to Five
Years of Age.
Toulouse geese ordinarily will not
breed until about two years of age,
and they do not mature for another
year.
They are usually host for
j breeding when from three to five year*
j old, although the female# may be kept
j until they are from twelve to four-
i teen year* of age. the ganders not gen-
I erally being kept after they are eight
| to nine years old.
TREES
Scout* of Troop 21, Grand Raphls,
Mich., are the official guardians of
The busy hen Is the laying hen.
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some trees, which have been planted
In memory of soldier dead o f th*
There are poor laying hens In all
city. It la the duty o f the scouts to |breeds,
eee tl at the tPees are kept In healthy
condition and every Arbor day they
In poultry raising the breed Is Im­
*
portant. but the man or woman be­
■ veterans to whom the trees are defl­ hind the breed la more so.
ated.
A sick hen may he faded hut will
SHOWS HONORABLE DISCHARGE not ahow the rigor that la shown In
a good layer.
Boys who must for some good rea-
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With colder weather more porn may
have been faithful while scouts, can be fed but It Is easy to overfeed of
go out with their bends held high If corn, even tn winter.
they have earned the certificate of
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service and honorable discharge. The
For the sake of keeping peace In the
fact that this ran he secured only neighbor hood. It Is a good plan to Ite­
under certain conditions strengthens rate tBe turkey flock now and then.
hoy* tempted to leave because they
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think they cannot snoeeed. The certifi­
Clean floor* are needed for clean
cate Inculcates the principle "Once a neats. I f tha floors are dirty, mud I*
scout always a scout,” the hoy p r o »
tracked Into the nests, andkgeta on the
Ises to maintain hts obligations.
tggs from the hens’ feet.
H A N O
n / » l lie
C h a ra c te r is tic s
and Tendencies — the
Capabilities or Weak­
n esses That Make fo r Success or
Failure as Shown in Your Palm
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EU G E N IA
PROFITABLE TO CULL FLOCK
YOUR<T How to Read Your
THE FINGER NAILS
taste, tact, delicacy of mind,
G OOD
and other desirable qualities are
seen in nulls that are white and pol­
ished, soft In texture, pink because
OHN to queenly honors Is she who
they are transparent, and o f normal
bears the name of Eugeula. Its
and well proportioned length. Nalls
origin is In the Greek language whera
that are slender or narrow are gen­
It Is derived from a word meaning
erally a good sign of Intelligence, hut
well-born. Its modern adaptation by
this Is frequently combined witk a
the French Into Eugenie Is famous
tendency to dominate others. These
throughout the world since It Is borne
same long, nnrrow and slender nails
by one of the most Illustrious women
are marked in the person o f strong
o f history, the former Empress Eu­
ambition.
genie.
Its popularity in France Is
I f the nails are red and marked. It
enormous and Its Anglicized version,
Is not a good sign, since It means a
Eugenia, has great vogue In England
nature that will not forgive easily, bat
and America.
will seek vengeance for wrong, real or
Its history dates back from Eu­
Imaginary. Nails that are either very
genes, a very »Id Greek writer, but
pale of very dark, show physical weak­
Eugenias was the name most popular
ness and disease.
In classical times. It was carried on
A nail that Is wide nnd long Is good,
as Eugenius by the Romans. St. Eu-
ns a rule, but may show a disposition
genius was a confessor and another
Eugenius was Bishop of Toledo In thnt Is too mild and gentle nnd self-
denying. In rare cases one encounters
G46. Indeed. It has always been a
nails that are crooked, or oblique.
favorite as a masculine name and has
been borne by men o f power and These show a deceitful nature, one
prominence. Eugenio was the name of that Is wise In Its own conceit.
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that high-spirited Savoy called “ le
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petit Abbe du ltd ,” who was later the p--------------------- p
Prince Eugene, dear to England and
A LINE O’ CHEER
| Austria, and terrible to France and
| Turkey, yet, curious to relate, foe that
By John Kendrick Bangs.
he w as. lifs name enjoys greater popu­
I larity In France than In hts native
■ country.
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DREAMS
The first and only Eugenia that his­
tory records before the birth of the
T H A N K the L o rd fo r dreama of
great Eugenie, was a virgin Roman
mine
martyr, about whom there Is very little
T h a t take m e back to child­
hood days.
knowu. The Empress Eugenie’s his­
W ith a ll the )o ya and th rills divine
tory Is too'w ell known to need recall­
1 used to find in yo u th fu l w ays.
ing. Her poignant grief over the loas
o f Alsace and Loig-aine has made her
F o r d rea m t th at taka a w a y the
■ t in *
one of the world’s tragic figures. It
O f losses filled with b itte r pain.
was she who said that when she was
Since on their w in *a once more
dead. If her heart cowld be removed
they b rin g
from her body, the names of those two
T h e lo st a ll sm ilin g back agala.
beloved provinces would be found en­
F o r dream a in w h lcli m y hopes #o
graved there.
high
Eugenia's tallsmsnlc stone Is that
In h arvests fu ll are realised.
regal Jewel, the diamond. ^Jiich de­
And goals on w hich I ’ v e set mine
eye
notes victory over enemies, when It
A re reached w ith a ll th e ir laurels
Is dreamed of. Worn by Eugenia It
prised.
fl« an antidote from p B w *. -
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stone lt«e lf was tvelievej by old super­
stition to ?>e a deadly poison. Tti *
stone also affords protection from
plague and set forth In verse Is Its
prophecy:
T h e Fvil B y e shell h a v e bo power to
) arm •
B
I
H im
th a t sh ell w e e r the diam ond e s e
charm
No monar h shall attempt to thwart hie
w ill.
And e'en
the gods hie w ishes shell fulfill.
Saturday Is Eugenia's lucky day end
1 her lucky number. The daisy, sig­
nifying Innocence. Is her flower.
IB br the W b e » r Syndicate. I s a )
Ravings hank depositor*
York number l,680.t£&
In New
GOT HIS MONEY'S WORTH
“ Waitor, tbl* steak I* very *ma!L*
“ Yesair, but It will take you a long
time fa oat It.”