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About The advocate. (Portland, Or.) 19??-19?? | View Entire Issue (June 30, 1923)
l »••«<x>ooooooooooooor>oooooooooooooooo»«oo»o I family was smalt, the wages large and ! no references re«|ulred. Of course Mrs. Ayer did not Intend to. be a domestic Indefinitely. But In this way slie might earn some money till her on«e beloved studio work could again be located. She shuddered st the thought of being alone In » By BERTHA M JONES strung* city without money or work She shuddered still more at the thought of making her jgc-ne from <9. ISM, br MeCiare Ne-aixe-r OrsSiMi-.i Andrew and home. Thursday was the day, end clothes The telephone bell called Impa washing was Mrs. Andrew Ayer's oc tiently. cupation. Now Thursday was not Mrs. "Yes." she replied forlornly. Ayer’s usual wash «lay. Monday was, "Hello, Flo! I’ve a rush order of and on that vary Monday the regular stock to get out and won’t be borne laundry, which now lay neatly folded for lunch.” In drawer or clot baa-press, had been "When will you be here?" washed and dried aa per schedule in "Not till six o’clock.” that little home. "All right, we'll have dinner when And yet tills morning, a dark, foggy, you come." hopeless sort of morning It Has, too, After all, she could start away to found Mrs. Ayer splashing and rub morrow easier than today. Perhaps bing clothes over a wash teiard. A the more she thought over her new checked house drees, a pale blue after plans the more natural they would be noon dress, a striped stre-1 dress and come. Anyway, her dresses were not one of Mr. Ayer's best shirts were be drying quickly enough to be ironed ing treated to an Impromptu cleaning. and packed In time for the afternoon A picnic, pertispa. was coming the train. * Ayers' way when the sky cleared, or Tbe afternoon was spent In sorting an evelnng at the theater if the moon out clothing and preparing s ward robe for the strange new work. Then broke up cloudland. Oh, not Mrs. Ayer’s plans were aa she made the rooms neat and went out gloomy as the morning. She was pre to find something especially appetlz- paring to leave Andrew forever, and Ing for the last dinner sho was to pre to make her way alone In the world. •pare for Z drew. She had arrived at this decision the The mist had scattered and a bright night before i a she lay sleepless, strip of blue sky fringed golden listening to the angry shuffling of shone beautifully above the cblmnegj leaves aa Andrew progressed with tbe tops. It looked like a good omen In a book he was pretending to read, and weary world. Mrs. Ayer stoppe«] at to tbe tower clock nearby which thun the florists and bought a pot of dered Ito strokes (forty-eight In all) mauve tulips. directly at her aching bead. Even the The greeting between Mr. and Sira. dock seemed to have turned against Ayer that evening was just a trifle her, and was driving home the terri warmer than the morning’s farewell. ble words Andrew had hurled at her The dinner was eaten In almost con that evening: “Go! If you don’t like tinual silence, but It certainly was s my ways, got Tre lavished my lore good dinner, and seemed at last to on you and done everything I could warm Mr. Ayer's thoughts Into speech. do, and you don't like my ways, and “What would you like to do this evening? Take a walk, eh? The you don’t like my friends.” Go r thundered the weather Is clear again.” “Oo! Gol tower clock, And Mrs. Andrew lay “Oh, yes, do let's walk somewhere with a great big hurt on her heart sc we can see the sky and river." and pondered ways and means for They strolled out on the busy street and turned acres* the Common. The living without Andrew. Morning came early tn the Ayer fields were clothed ’n pale green, and household that Thursday, for neither In the westfwn sky were golden clouds of Ito members had had a night of which marked the elds'» o* a dark day. rest, but only horrible, blsck waking No one was In sight Mr. and Mrs. Ayer looked at each other with much hours. Mr. Ayer descend«*! to the kitchen hopeful nes j. “How beautiful the world la.’ mur- In semi-darkness, and. starting the gas. prepared hia light breakfast. Mr*. mured Mrs. Ayer. “Great I What a lot we were mlss- Ayer followed, and found her hus band seated sternly st the bsre dining Ing by staying In. He found her llttle table, eating toast and drinking strong band within her cape-coatee and coffee. nestled It flrmly tn his own. “Isn’t On happy mornings he was rover so this better than quarreling?" he sug hurried th t he could not wait for gested. after a long pause. Mrs. Ayer's pretty touche* to the table “Oh, see the river!" exclaimed Mrs. and her fragrant, steaming breakfast Ayer as they ascended a slope of the dishes. Held. "Magnificent!" “Have an omelette this morning. An "It's like love, our real love, strong drew?" asked Mrs. Ayer casually, and bright and tranquil," Mr. Ayer re ss she passed hl* chair on her way to marked the kitchen. "And quarrels are like the froth in "No. thanks." ws* the cold response. a storm, forgotten next day." said bls “Don't let me make you any trouble. wife decisively. Tm going at once.” And tber- In the twilight their “Oood-by.” crustily, a minute later. kisses were wan and tender again. “Good-by." floated pertly In from the kitchen. Mrs. Ayer was busy cleaning Costly Ignorance. up the mess that her busband had An Ignorant peon who forgot which left on the kitchen table when he was his left hand was the real cause made ..Is toast of a water famine In Mexico City re She came and *t«x>d In the dining cently which culminated in rioting In room door. Hr. Ayer stood In the hall the main plaza In which 20 persons way, hat In hand. They looked at were killed and several hundred In each other for a moment. It was too jured- This workman, an employee dreadful, parting this way—Mrs. Ayer of the local water and tlgni company, Impulsively held out her arms. Her was told to go to a small pumping sta husband crossed the little room In two tion on the outskirts of the city and strides, and she put her arms around to turn a certain valve to tbe left. By his neck. They kissed each other, the time he reached the station he for though not so warmly as usual, and got which way was left, and turned the door banged after Mr. Ayer. the valve to the right. The result was Te Mrs. Ayer It was their last part a flooded engine, disabled pumps and ing She turned and looked ont of the Mexico City without water for 10 days. window hopelessly. The yellow cat was sitting Just outside waiting for Saving Light Bills. Its breakfast. She had always dis In our home we were forever neg liked the thing, but now Jt assumed lecting to turn off the cellar light, the proportions of a dear pet. says a writer. This is my reminding The tiny hack ya rd garden which An plan: I have a good-sited pasteboard drew had helped her to make Into placard on which Is printed In black vegetable and flower plots never be letters, “The I.lght Is On," hanging fore seemed so alluring. How beau to the cellar light switch In the kitch tiful that ugly board wall would ap en. Now, when a member of the fam pear when covered with sweet-pea and ily turns on the switch he removes the morning-glory vines, the seeds for card before descending tn the cellar. which she had tucked Into the little Upon returning he sees the card. Is trenches Andrew I ad prepared for reminded of the burning light, hangs them. How delicious the fresh let up the card, and turns off the switch, tuce and radish would taste Just a This saves much unnecessary burning few weeks later! How Andrew would of electricity. exclaim with delight when he enme 98,350 Anlmalc Killed. home and found them garnishing the The number of fur bearing animals dinner table! These were yesterday’s thoughts. trapped or killed In the Fort William Now her world had turned upside district of Ontario for the season of down. She had fallen hopelessly 1922 was 98,350. The total value of among her broken plans, and the only pelts, including bounty received by way out of the mass of troubles had local trappers on 15,000 timber and bush wolves, was $1.029,750. Some of a rloomy, forbidding appearance. She turned resolutely from-(he win the more valuable catches were: dow and, opening the kitchen door, Beaver, 30.000, value $420,000; silver fox. 100, $7,500; mink, 7,000. $49.000; gave the yellow ent his breakfast. The fog had raised slightly hy the timber wolves. 3.750. $150,000, and time her dresses were ready for dry- 1,000 fisher, $50.000. Ing and she hung them on the clothee- Dread Subject. line outdoors. Then she took the "Don’t you Just adore a bright, sun- morning paper, which came from a nearby city, and studied the adver- shiny day In winter?" “No; It starts my wife talking about fixement* asking for domestic help. Evening At last she found <ne that seemed to housecleaning." — Boston meet her needs. It stated that the j Transcript. A First-Year Happening Farmer Can Construct Practical Road Drag The House of Quality Pleasing and Attractive ttyles In the New Suits and Dresses In eur Fancy Qoodt »action--Plain and Novelty Georgettes, Silk All- over Laceo, Metaline Cloth, Ombre Georgettes, Silk Deml Flounclngo, etc. All flratquallty fabrico et prices surprisingly low. Wo Invito your Immediato Inspection and detection while the assortment Io at Ila boot Mooeeooeocooooooeooooooooooooooooooeoooi High-Brown Face Powder A superb toilet necessity. and White. In four shades—Natural, Pink. Brunette High-Brown Face Powder has earned Ito place In the oetoom of the moat discriminato and skeptical users of toilet artlcleo Every fanner should have a road drag. There is no excuse for nut hav ing uno when it can be had with so little coot. Good road drsgs may bo purciiasod or made at homo. On almost any farm some old plank can be found. Get two pleceo of plank, oak If you can find It; 8 Inchoe thick If It can be had; if not, 2 Inches thick will be all right; 8 or 10 inches wide and fl or 7 feet long. Three-Inch plenk Is best so It Io much heavier and will stand more heavy uaage. You will also need two pieces of 2 by 5 or 9 by 4 preferably. If It can bo had. 3 feet lung. Some good tough wood Is beet. Make these like llluetratlon II. Boro five one-half Inch holes In each as Il lustrated ; one to be about 0 Inches from the end. with n s«-«<»nd one 3 Inches or 2 Inches from that Inward, according to the thickness of your two large pieces of plank. At the other end bore one bole about 3 to 4 Inches from the end, this hole to be used to hold clevis |>ln for the hitch. Bore an other hole 6 Incbeo from thia end of the piece, and a third hole 2 or 8 Inches Inward from the second, ac cording to the thickness of the largo pleceo of plank used. In each of the large pieces of plank make two boles as In Illustration A. one at each end 2% Inches from top edge of the plank. One holo should he 10 Inches from the end, the other 10 Indies from the end; muke these by Ita own distinctive merit end the complete eatlefactlon to bo de rived from Ito use. Manufactured only by THE OVERTON HYGIENIC MPG. COMPANY CHICAGO MRS. K. O. CANNADY Details of Practical Drag. 402 Buchanan Bldg., Portland, Oro. Pacific Coaet Distributor oooooooooooooooooooooooooooo FRED JORG, Prop. Broadway 1211 People’s Market FRESH AND SALT MEATS Also a Full Line of Staple Groceries Phone Orders Delivered Promptly 295 16th Street, North OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOQOO 'Broadway Dye and Cleaning Works $70 to S7S Union Ave. North WEST SIDE OFFICE 202 Broadway, near Taylor "By keeping your wardrobe spick and span you'll save much in this year's clothing expense. Have winter garments cleaned before storing.” THE STAR HAIR GROWER A Wonderful Hair Dressing aid Grower. 1,000 AGENTS WANTED. Good Money Made We wont a* ■onto In every city and village to coll T he •TAR HAIR GROWER. Thio la a won derful prepara tion. ©an Bo ueed with or without Straightening Irone and by any person« Ono BS oento bo x prove* Ito value. Any per son that will uoe a aso bo* will bs oon* vlnood. No matter whet hao failed to grew »our hair. Juet give THR •TAR HAIR CROWER * trial and bo convinced. Bend 2»o for full else bos. If you wleh to become an a- gent for thia wonderful preparation. ■•nd SI OO and ws will aond you a full supply that you oan begin work with at onooi aloo agent'« terms. Bend all money by money order to THE STAR HAIR CROWER MF’R., P. O. Box BI2, Greensboro, N. O,‘ holes so your two 3-foot pieces will allp Into them eaally. You will also need eight old bolts, one-half Inch In diameter and 0 or 7 Inches lung, these to go Into holes In the 3-foot pieces. Put together as In Illustration C, having one plank with long end at one end, and other piece with abort end at same end; slip In the 3-foot cross pieces, drive bolts In front and behind the large piece through all the boles hut the two for the clevis, having the end of each cross piece containing the the three holes toward front. Get two clevises and put In the remaining boles. It will require about one-half day's time to make this drag, and coat you nothing for material If you can And the plank and old bolts on the farm. But even If you must purchase these It Is well worth having if you only need to use It on driveway and lanes. However, there are thousands of tulles of roads that would be Improved wonderfully If the farmers along those roads spent but a few hours occasion ally In pulling a drag over them. You can give your road drag longer life by nailing n piece of angle Iron on the lower front edge of the plank as shown in Illustration A. Nall a few boards across the top to stand on while using the drag. These can be nailed on the upright planks, from front to back plank, or can be nailed on the cross-pieces, lengthwise. Either place will be all right. You can then ride on It and help to hold It down when extra weight la needed. Uniform Sign Is Urged by the Highway Bureau Standardise danger signs along American roadways. Make them alike from coast to coast. So urges the bureau of public roads. United States Department of Agriculture. The recommendation la made for the consideration of high way official* automobile organiza tions, municipal officials and other persons Interested In safe driving. By standardisation of all highway danger signs the department believes automobile accidents may be lessened. Deaths from automobile accidents have nearly doubled since 1915, and the rapid increase of such accidents, the department believes, can be ap preciably checked by the adoption of standard danger signs, easily read and distinctive, along American highways. A tourist at the present time will see almost as many kinds of signs as there are states he visits. Also, In some cases, the style of sign changes In going from one county to another. The subject Is under consideration by h committee of the American As sociation of State Highway Officials. - • • • Never make the mistake of putting young chicks on a bare cold floor with B--------- ---------------------------------------- -- -------- out any litter of any kind. Young English Mathematician Solved • • • As he had no telescope of his own What Was Long a Mystery of Sometimes It Is advisable with geese he sent hl* calculations to the Astron the Sky. to make the hens lay about three lay omer Royal asking him to search the ings of eggs, and then permit them to According to an English writer, part of the sky he had Indicated. At hatch the last eggs and to care for the many years ago astronomers were puz flrst the authorities were skeptical, and young. zled by the weird wanderings of the would not make the search, but eventu • so ally they decided that there might be BabJ chlcka will grow very fast two gigantic planets, Jupiter and Ura- something In it. when fed a mash composed of two nua. Sometimes they arrive«! at points The huge telescope was swung to parts cornmeal, one part middlings and In ths heavens long before they were the proper quarter of the heavens, and due; at other times they were unac one part bran moistened with skim countably late. Their paths, too, were there, precisely in the spot ln«llcated. milk or water. was a dim point of light. SulMequent strangely crooked. • • • No one could furnish an explana observation showed that It was mov Most of the looses of baby chicks are tion. A young English mathematician ing. In this way Neptune, most dis due to the fact that they are Improp named Adam* set himself to tackle the tant of all the planets that swing erly fed during the flrst few nays. problem. If these worlds wandered around the sun. was discovered. e e • It* slxe, 17 times that of tbe earth, out of their courses, he argued, some The value of milk for baby chlcka was found to correspond almost exact thing must he pulling them astrny. cannot be estimate«! as the mortality After nearly two years of work upon ly with Adams' predictions, and he la kept down and pullets are grown figure* he was convinced of the exist had calculated Its year, which Is al with a splendid finish. ence of some still unknown planet, most 165 time* a* long as our owu. ess A tub filled with ashes provides a whose mighty bulk was responsible for Formation of Habit. dandy place for the biddies to take the apparent confusion. He calculated The more Irkaome any habit is In their dust baths. Set It out In the not only Its size and the path that tt warm sun and the hens will enjoy must follow In the skies, hut also the Its formation, the more pleasantly and thetnselvea and make the dust fly exact places it would occupy on certain satisfactorily It stick* to you when formed.—Thomas Hughes. future days. while they rtd their bodies of Uce, FOUND THE POSITION OF NEPTUNE ■BOY ■BOY SCOUTS SCOUTS rfji - - - - - - - iv-7t- - - - - - (C4Bduct$4 ty NitibMl Coanell ©t tb© •coûta of America. ) -- - - - - - fcTh- - - - - - «CesSaetad kr Natloaal Coanetl al th* Bar Scout» of America.! BOY SCOUTS FOREST AIDES ARMY MEN TO AID SCOUTS An Important achievement of boy scouts In every part of th* country to their work In forest protection. Nu merous report* of active and enthusi astic work tell of these boys' pre paredness. cuurage and training in conserving our forests, which mean so much to scouting, a* well as to all tbe people of this land. Pennsylvania has recently awarded 100 medals for valor snd efficiency In forestry conservation to boy scouts of that state. During the summer camping season in th* state of Washington a small town was saved by scouts «-amping nearby from a terrific forest tire tha: was n-pldly spreading to the edge of the towo. Ln Idaho tbe scouts during their vacation manned observation posts In the for est’s heart and signaled to tbe chief forester news of any conflagrations which they detected. Talks have been made by the boys In homes, schools, theaters and before business clubs giv ing fact* about the damage from Are. Parades have been arranged and poster* and leaflet* distributed. Field tests also have been conducted to show the right way to build and extinguish fires. When it to realized that two-thlrds of the original forests of the United States have already been culled, cut- over or burned; that today we are cut ting more of every class or timber than we are growing, and that we are using up three and one-half times as fast a* they are grown the trees too small for the sawmill, but upon which our future lumber supply depends, tbe significance of the scouts' work to more fully understootl In the state of New York alone, “the scouts have al’tady planted hundreds of acre- of trees and are ready to do more to reclaim idle land and to re duce forest fire hazard," says J. A. Simmon* of the New York State For- estry«. association. Yonkers. N. Y„ set sn Interesting record last spring when In a single aft ernoon 12 troops planted 5,000 trees on tbe city watershed. In the fall on Columbus day the Al bany (N. Y.) scouts planted 4.000 trees at their camp on K'nderhook lake. Another excellent piece of work was that accomplished by the 25 scouts of Malone, N. 1-, who last spring planted 5,000 white pine trees la tbe Community forest. General Pershing has accepted the Invitation of the Boy Bcouts of Amer ica asking for the army’s cooperation, and has stated formally: “After care fully reviewing the activities of th* Boy Scouts of America, their program, objectives, leadership and actual to compltohmenta, I do not hesitate to say that I should be very glad to see member* of the army everywhere take such active part In scouting as offi cial duties and local conditions per mit. "Having kept In close touch with th* work of tbe boy scouts, I thorough ly approve of It as a soldier for tbe good It does to those who may be called upon to serve as our future de fenders, and finally, a* an American citizen. I approve of It for the train ing It gives In preparing tbe boy to be S worthy citizen of bls country ” The army men who become scout masters will set in the same capacity as civil scoutmasters. No military tactics will be taught, and there will be no attempt made by the soldiers to militarize the movement. The above-mentioned Invitation to General Pershing proceeded from the following resolution, unanimously passed at tbe March meeting of the national council: “Whereas, The Boy Scouts of Amer ica to nonmilitary In spirit and In program; and “Whereas, For this reason officers and former officers of the military es tablishment have In spite of their genuine desire to do so, expressed a hesitancy to serve as scout leaders for fear that such connection might cre ate a public misapprehension. Be It “Resolved, That we reaffirm at this time our policy that the scout pro gram Is and shall continue nonmill- tary. although encouraging si all times tbe virtues of courage, loyalty, obedi ence and endurance; qualities that are no less desirable In civic than In military life; and It to further “Resolved, That we express sincere appreciation for the splendid co-opera tion which has been given us by offi cers of the army and navy and by members and posts of the American Legion and other* in military and naval service and express hope that we shall continue to enjoy their co-op eration In tbe future to an even great er degree." BOY SCOUTS AID NEAR EAST BOY SCOUTS AID IN RESCUE The Boy Scouts of America are co operating with the Near East Relief committee la securing boy scouts to give their outgrown and cast-off uni forms, parts, and any athletic equip ment they may have In the garret closet, cellar or elsewhere, sending It to the nearest Near East Relief sta tion. Boy scouts who do not know the address of their state headquar ters for the Near East Relief commit tee may send packages to one of the following Near East Relief stations: 157 Wright and Callendar building. Los Angeles. Cal.; 19 South LaSalle street. Chicago, Ill.; 701 Scarritt build ing, Kansas City, Mo.; Northeast cor ner Broad and Locust streets. Phila delphia. Pa.; 1614 Bryan street, Dallas, Texas; 305 Oneida building. Minneapo lis, Minn. ; 409 Georgia Savings Bank building, Atlanta. Ga.; 1218 Little building. Boston, Mass.; 404 the 1900 Euclid building. Cleveland. Ohio; Y. M. C. A. building. Memphis, Tenn.; 722 Peyton building, Spokane, Wash. All scout leaders are asked to assist in this attempt to save 15,000 boys of scout age, who are starving and going without the necessary clothing. Most of these 15,000 are practicing the scouting program and in many cases doing exceptional work. When fire broke out In the Infirmary of the State sanitarium at Undercliff, Conn., a few weeks ago thé Institution’s scout troop mobilized Instantly and rendered valuable assistance in help ing to carry to safety th* 75 sick chil dren from the wards, which occupy three floors. A Meriden (Conn.) pa per commenting on the incident says: “The fire drills which bave been fre quent enabled the officers and em ployees of the Institution, assisted by the scout troop, to handle the situation without assistance from the fire de partment None of tbe children suf fered any 111 effects from the sudden evacuation of the building Into the cold outdoors, thanks to the prompt ness with which the boy scouts con veyed them Into the warm dining room.” KOUTS BEAUTIFY CAMPS Seattle's ambition to make Its auto mobile tourist camp the most beauti ful In the West was actively furthered by local boy scouts, who with other residents, aided In planting score* of flower beds. “I sincerely believe,” stated Camp Manager Gates, "that as a result of the co-operation demon strated by Seattle community organi sation* and paternal bodies, the tourist SCOUTING AND SCHOOLS camp will become famous for Its beauty Two of the latest developments throughout the entire United States. I worth noticing in the close relations wish to thank everyone, especially the between scouting and public schools boy scouts, for tbelr participation In are that the “Detroit Educational Bul the ceremonies." letin." which Is the official publica Notifying Coming Train. tion of the board of education of that One lady says she is a very careful city, devoted Its entire Issue of Feb ruary to discussing In detail the offi driver because every time she comes cial recognition that the board of near the railroad crossing she toots education gives to scouting and the her horn to let the train know she Is active co-operation which 1* given to coming.—Siloam Springs Herald. the movement as part of th* board of education work. Proofreader Let It Go. And In Atlanta. Georgia, another "Young Couple Solemnly Pledge official publication of the board of education Is a pamphlet entitled Married Rows” was the headline, and “Civic Course—Atlanta Public School the proofreader, being a married man, Boy Scout Lessons." This pamphlet didn't have the heart to change it.— outlines In five lessons the citizenship New York American. training of the Boy Scout* of America, which Is taught to all of the pupils of Measures Character. th* public schools of Atlanta. With an Instrument be has invented LEGIONNAIRES AID SCOUTS to measure men's heads accurately a German scientist claims to be able to A troop of crippled boy scouts at determine moral character by physical the New York state hospital for crip measurements. pled children, at West Haverstraw, has for Its sponsors the Burton-Miller Removing Glass Stoppers. American Legion post of Rochester. To remove a glass stopper from a Dr. Joseph P. Henry, past commander of the post, recently went to the hos bottle when it has become fast, tap pital to engage In orthopedic work. the stopper gently with another glass He discovered there an enthusiastic bottle. Tbe top then will come out troop, eager to have former service easily. men take an Interest in their activi ties. The post has a«lopte«l the troop of crippled lads. - see Capons produced from Plymouth Rocks feteii the highest price and they take enough weight to pay for the is needed la «very department o< house- ■ keepin*. Equally sood for towab. tabla ■ feeding. Rhode Island Reds are also good for this purpose; in fact, tbe large-sized breeds are the best. Hnemebeeteandpillowcaoee^Greerr^^^R * * • Twelve or thirteen eggs are enough to put under the flrst broody hens. It will be early and the nights cold, and west. Fit yourself for a higher postase the hen will not be able te incubate more eggs successfully. In hot weath er, tbe hen may he able to manage No. 28, 1923 fourteen or fifteen eggs and get a P. N. U. “ creditable batch tberelroia. Red Cross BALL BLUE I