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Show June 8, 1928 • THE MIDVALE JOURNAL he Colfax Bookplate RI' B1 AGNES MILLER ® - · - - - - - - CHAPTER I e -1- WNU Service ~1 Tbe Cent11n Co. Darrow'a Ia Different It not been for those tidy little notes cut thriftily elgbt to a of copy-paper and distributed on Saturday to the statr at OarNew and Second-Hand Book· we should never have begun morning In the state of ten· wblcb was so approprlte a eomfor that portentoo@ day, tbould we have ended tile wbole the Colfax bookplate In such N glory. Bot Mr. Roberts. our statistical Caledonian manager. noted that on each morning of preceding ftek an average of nine em~>el'll or the st atr had punched the between live and sl:steeo past nine, and be had conclud· the reason eould not always been the ~oltrerence In Clocks," Block," or the "Alarm Never Went Otr at All" -lmpor· features as these all are of mod commercial clvlllzU'on. Conre at noon on Saturday he bad •u•"•~• a general storm-warning ID language of diplomacy, or, to be plain-spoken, on yellow notes en In our pay-eo~lopes. I tran· my copy: ....• ~So Oonrtance Fuller: o'clock Monday plene I "Thomas Alexander Roberts." believe that every morning when tile silent shop I must uncon· breathe a prayer or thanksthat, although life Is by no always May, at lea£1 I belong I started selling books It got to be a "New !'areer for " with courses on how to do it, then obtained, through the eollege lllovmeut bureau, a position In OarA bright young woman was "to assist." And at what. could one as•lst In a bookshop at selling books? At least, so rea:so~1ed The Ideo of dol11g so me wltb great force, though it me alone On hearing that Uur had hired me, my nwt her ex ''Denr child, I'm so happ,l I I alwuys wanted to work in ; but had I brentbed the fact at age, I'd hu\ e been put out in the a Ia • 'Was Do\\ n !':nst. "' MJ said: "How murb ore you go get? S:rike for a rnl•e.'' And father on learning that 1 rle to h:~ng around his net·k like a "''manly !llillstone. wa~ of all, for he merely remnrked Darrow @ Is different ' Ia, lnd~d. Nope but that o,·er· adjeetive describes It There bookshop~, but there Is no quite like D~rrO\\'S It Is a11 In the ilesert of a rughlng. pro busltteS@ neighborhood. unaiTect pkturesque Sixty years ago, th~ wns o vast, comfortable eor ling, with a stable, doubtless fat horses, down the •Ide strl'et. that E-tnble Is the ship].>illg room: where the grounrl tlnm dining used ho~pit ably to re('l!l' e 8 guests an eve11lng In addition to 1860-slze family, Darro\\ s tluok today receives Its customers The also extends over the site of th~ pantry, and store rooms .the upper rearhes of ltP lofty Lnelose the olrl time llrst·stor~ new rustolller comtn~; to pus1 beside the front dour ga>ps noble spread of the book she I •es Boor to ceiling on the lu11g oorttJ h walls, \\ltb a gallery run i ... rnmotl them at half their beighr find firllon oo the table~ v.orks un the walls, clas~iNert ~~~:•··cu••~c• ion~ in the alcm es Ue Yiew at leisure the Hue collec of old prints and eogrnvln~:> ornaml'nt the gallery railings. which we do a consltleruble Ami tre will certninly ad own refl~t·tlon in the bright cage of our little elevator Ht the of the central aisle, which It is juy of Ulyeoses S G J arksou colorer! Juoltur, to P<•lish l!llllftr·:w, to the neglect ot his oth wi t h Ulysses. as usual, that IIIIIC~:II wy Hrst greeting no Mrrh· the boukshup that fouwus Mun For thh ty years Du rruw r 11nrl lndh•lrluul and circumstance cun with It hod cor.stltuterl Ul)s~e~ Uls rhlef pusslun, he•lrles hrus8 was thai thrilling da11~ entitled ''Dall.v Snapshnts,' ar eve1·yhnrty knows. l"nnsl•t• uarters pictures ftlld on.,. 14-polnt IJ pe, an!l Nhlcn rea with double spreu1!s suer, lm news Item~ as "'lli;;ht Arm ,., ... ~.... ,,·a Olvorred Wife Founrl in lfe ouw folded up hi~ las• and ~;·pruached me <utemn g a cup' or this Journal beneath hi~ ~eater. been on! eurl5 for the pa ysseR." m Does you want to Bee It?' what's the news this morn For twenty four bnurs the coun must have been lncon~enientl) crimes of e:draordloary vlo the editor~ of "Snapshots" hall to u•'iog for a front·pa;:e scientific observations ot visiting foreign headliner, which eummed up to the caption: F:xpert Dellneute£ Next be no worse'n tills one." re Ulysses. tile lll<~tter, Ulys~ee? Have rheumut i~m 7" got no rheumatism. J SomPp'u bnd's go'n Uly~ses I something bad's Jolng to happen.'' you're bldin~o from yourself. ; somep'r bad's go'o' bap knows lt.'' bad thing do you tblnk's got b&llPe~ ?" dehated ~llently, his mouth Into a erescent, poi'lts down. 01 some eoucrete seem~ to cheer blm. be Laurmured simply: Maybe Mist' Darrow'• some money." mucb tletled bJ tile faDq, If l Mr. !lnrr ow did lose some 1uoey, it v.ould be powerful bad lud ror every body In the bouse, ein<•e, tn tell the painful trutb, Mr. Darrow wn~ not 11 rewurkably good loser of anything partkulurly money. "Oh, I hope not I" I sighed. "Yas·m, that'& rl)(lll: I rloes, too.'' agreed Ulysses, nenrtily. His poise quite rt>storerl. he pit ked up the "l'lctorlnl" and mo\ erl off to polish the alrove hookrases. It was A pleasant side of my work that my own special hohby became a knowledge of bookvlntes. Whenc' er ; could discover unci Identify a new one, ani! sell it to somp one who llkell it, I was more thou happy . But cer tl'lntr there coulcl ne,·er have been an apvnrently more unlikely morulng t!.an thnt of our famous Monda~ tor bringing to light & real treasure among bookplntes. Nothing was In my mind ex<'ept my very lmp•·rlaot Indexing job as t set &bout assembiiDJI my calalogue cards. just as the van guard of pnnl'toal arrivals began to pour ln. Heading the pri.lcesslon came Mr Roberts. tall, gaunt, keen-eyed. One by one they raced past me wltb the typical Monday business "Good 10om ing"-smlle, grouch, resignation. Then a loud click sounded as one by one they punched the time-clock just In sldt the shlpping-r oom door in the rear hail. to the right of the elevator shaft. Miss \\'likes, our ·'dean ot women," her new wistaria vel\'et tail bat perched like an lmperiHI Russian coronet on her stiffly wa,·ed gray hair, showed all her teeth nod addressed me as "Dear. • I boted wltb interest that contrary to her custom-for In her exalted position she mingled not with the herd, and well·known social ambitions made her quite Inaccessible -she wns eseorting 11 lanky and silent but a~tool~hiugiy oretty yonng strao gr·r, who hacl the mrgest he~d of soft wa~y chi>stnm hnhhed flair and the thickest wnr paint I hnd e,·er behel,l in a long nod toieranJ expet ienre While awaiting the elevntor, Miss Wilkes nbanrlunefl her cun,·oy, to greet Mr. ~:dwnrd !'nse, the shop mannger ~!iss Wilkes highly upprmed of Mr !'ase fie was ft bnthelor In the late turtlE's. he II\ ed at n club. he always displayed Nne raiment on his tail," eJl· huilt person, anfi was altogether to her taste, being ileemed the most 1'ashlng, if not rlareile\"11 figure in our select commonity He \\'!IS a memher ur the group Hhout whom legeuds had gro\\D up He was more or less t1 aveled and barl polio/ted mnnners, ro he could be con l'enlently provided with a past 10 for elgo parts by those determinedly r(} muntic; and there were few to con trarlict these dreamers, for Mr. Case 1\DS the ranking employee, next to L'l~·sses, in length or service, and no bndy really knew a great deal about him I once hod suggested that this \\US prohubly be('tlUse there wasn't o great deal to know. us the poor man wn~ the only COD\ en tiona I person on the stuff. My other coilea!;t.es, who arrived briskly lo due season, were: Daisy Abbott, outwardly u tulr, frail flower, hut really prrtty nurcl shelled !':mil~ James. plain and tl.oroughly seawor· thy; und George Henry Oihdin, a nice lad wluo when in !•'ranee flafi got ·o be liked to rend, a Hed !'ross lacly In a hnspitul lilnnry r.a,ing unwillingly gi>eu him a lead toward a career whicit he llod spee1lil~ proceeded to !olio" "ht•n he rame bark with hl8 helmet. Our select cterit-al force entered nnd betook themselves to regltm~ above ~lr H1ggs. the stout head ship plug rlerk. duslle1f in <listrnctetlly "Mr Roberts com~ yet?" I'm short haud('() , one uf m_l mpn's down sl• k und tl•e ntlwr's still t.IT on his we!ldm~ trip-drut .thim !-and them gnve1 n ment books loJ ing o mile <lePp in yon derl" And t11en urrhed llr Darrow him self, for e'en he came eurly that morn lng. as 011 exnmple Very short and stout, stilT. bold. un,J dean-shaven. he mov!'cl down the aisle "like an armored tank," to qunte Mr Oihdin. bestowing a bow on me, one nf 1he employees hP •poke to Rook5elllng wns AJ,. Durrow's one Ills unl.v lo\ e. He I' ltd out unly mml~ his shop ditTeriiDt Hnrl fatuous. he hud ulso. )CUI'S ngu. nhlli'IPI• his •l,ter to •10 A~hlund In the tr,J!lP thi~ Ul'hlen meut ret ails 11 master stroke; the Ash lnnd~ hu1e h<'PII known 1n Londt~n tor gt'nerntlllll8 u~ rare lwol, deulprs so that tin• pt~llli<nl mnrriuge gme ~lr Ourro\\ nn lnt!'rrwtit~nal hu•ines~ CHil nection He wns little seen In ~~~ ll\IIJ shop. llnwe\er. and I fenr truth COIOjiPI• thP Sllltf>tnPilt thnt We mnn njfed 1\ it hunt him Tn hiR empln.fee• he wns known chllofl) as 8 \'olre 011 the telephone With his urrivul, the whole stull wa> accounted fnr, with one exce].>tlon Peter Burton, our )IIUilg trureler lle hod bePn experted hHck from a ruther long trip the !ll"e\luus F'rida~. bu1 hall nut arrhed It wns his Hrst importunt trip; alr nurrow had hlti1erto rlone mo81 of the rare book IJu~ 1ng himself though he had been training Peter as future asslstunt. But a bud rold a fortnight pl"e\ ious hail de].>riverl him o' his \Oire tor se,·cral days. and he had heen obligeil to dl~patch l'eter in h1s stend t•n an extended tour he hod been rJieparing to tal!e ;\ine o'dock peRied through a sl tence unmarred by any click from the time·!'lock, nnd all of us in the shop settled do\\ u to our respective duties As 1 always notice "hoever passes my desk. commg in nr going out, I noticed that our H1 st visitor that morning. who entered at a !lout hnif past nine, was a digniNed wl•lle henrded old gen tteman known to some of os, at least, by sight. He moved slowly down the center aisle, and tlnuliy entered the last alcove on the right, under the placard "Medical Works.'' Not tor ub< ut a quarter ot no hour did the door open again; then a roth· er dlstlngulsbed-looklng younl! girl in n black fur cape drifted ID, but I was l Sv busy I paid little attention to her. I p.IHI none at all, other than to nt-te Ins entr1111ce, to the third arrival, a \oun,; mun Ue nnsl'ed poJt me nl· mo~t before I co.Jid !cook up, and I me1·el~ no:ed his snmewhlll loud at· tire nnd brlef·euse. • Becoming ineJ·easiugly bus), I did not look up from my desk again until I graduully becume conscious tltat some one else had not only entered wRETCHES/ the shop but gone far ~·nst me. I raised my eyes, and sn w reter Burton • She waited on the corner joyously. strclllng toward the ele1•ator, drugging theu pensh ely, tlwn expectantly, then his suitcase with that nlr of complete rasually, th~n anxiou~ly, and two detachment from the worlrl INid the hours passed fullness theref'f w!1lcb belongs only to "~l:ln," sbe said, "i~ a perfidious ani· Nirvana or the lowest rleptbs of des· mal, f.Jithl!'ss and untme, incapable p.rntluo. of consummotiug :: promise,'' and so Without a secuml glance, I :new she became a cynic. Peter's case must ~ehmg to the sec· Two hundred yards down the stJ·eet und category. Mr. Darrow, though he said the same thing ubout women~ not glvo•o to admiring things abom she was on the u rong corner I o.her peuvte, cousidrred Peter's busl r.ess ability promising. I bad made GORGEOUS GORGE his acquaintance se\er. years before, when he wus a blue~)ed, curly brownheaded <'herub of ,·ast pr uportl•tos. adorned wltb a bed-ticking 'lpron and attached to the shipping office. There he had eontrlved. through some over· sight with reference to a nail on a packing-case, to tear a barn door In my brnnd·new s~irt one day when I went in wltlr a message. Tbls com· paratlvely mild disaster apparently determined blm to run otr and enlist in the on vy on the spot, and I felt moved to lnvestlg:tte until I dlscov· ered the circumstances wblch caused such extreme grief. I found them to consist almost en· tlrely of a very refined widowed fa· She-Isn't the ~lew gorgeous? ther with a very me!lium-slzed IndeHe-.:><aturally. A g01·ge Is bound pendent Income. 'fbere wns also a to be g01·geous. small sister with unronventlonal manners. As Peter had a ~ulgnr practical Great but Silent Influence taste for making a ltving, ~lr. Roberts A great man comes to public view, was persuaded to find 111m occuimtlon 'l"J·tumphant o'er duplJcJty, better suited to ao ardent mind than Fame never puts on record who nailing up hoxes; r.nd he oow prom· Conducted hl6 publicity. ised to become one of Darrow's chief sources ot revenue. And it was my. Walter Bungled It self, whom reter bad declared to ha\"e Henry-! hear Waiter's engagebeen. so far, the greatest lntluence In ment's been brol,en off. How·s that, his life, whom he completely ignored old man? ti.at frosty OctobPr morning I Ue1 bert-lie \\as trJ iog to tell Phs IAll tllnt sustained me under the lls bow time stood still whene' er he blow was the arrival of our eidcrl.v looked In her eyes, anu It appears the pet college professor, Prot Royall silly ass didu't get It quite right. At llnrriogtoo, of a history department nny rate, he gn1 e l•er to under~tanrl, (lerched UJ.> oo Manhattan Heights. I that, In his opinion, her face woul!l welcomed the companionship of this stop a clock. excellent oid·fnshloned .;entleman, who was much attarhed to Darrow's, Civic Interest had bad an account wltb us for years, "1'' e just I• card that a gang of ban aod enjoyed oothiD!I more thnn spenddits robbed the b:wk in town this ing hours in our society. I bad forenoon!" sairl Farmer Fumhlegate. sometimes thought that his rather "This thing has got to be storped, t;mid manners bad prevented him 1-gOI'Q' !" returned Farmer Ben over. f10m mn king many close friends "Dadbury 'em-they'll go some'r's else Still, he was highly esteemed In learned circles as a leading scholar to spend the money Instead of turning in Americun history, and I had beard It loose here where It came ft•om."he had culti~ated a public presence In Kansas City Star. amazing contrast to bls diffldence In No AddreSI society. These tw,) as•ets, combined with a chnrmlng \"Oire In which a The mate hod fallen overboard. He faint Southern liccent ocraslonally snnk out of sight, then rose to the could he heard, bad won him some surface. reputn lion as an orator. "Ahoy there!" be yelled, "drop me Of rourse I was the first person he a llne !,. t!ncountered on entering the shop, unit The captt1in appeared at the rail he was full of a tale that morning. I and shouted buck: had to let the catalogue go, therefore "All l"lght, but what's your address "I've just bad an lD\ itatiun I like so going to be1"'-Capper's Weekly. much!" he beamed. "I'm Invited to speak In a little town on the Muine LIKE ALARM CLOCK coust that's about to (•elebrute Its bun dred and !lflietb anniversary. Carroll Bay's the nume. ~lnny years ago It was my summer piaygrounrl" ··so t11ey want ~ ou to come bark und help cetebrute7" "Yes, und I'm glud to go now," s~id the p1 ofessur, musingly. "I shuuldn t have cm ed to much sooner, perhaps-" hNo1" "You see, my younger brother and used to spend our vacations there usunlis together-" "Indeed!" "Anrl the poor boy was drowned, o\er twenty yeurs ago, going to the resrue of some HsiJe1·men whose motor got stalled during a storm; he wa~ lle-llow nb,ut "l'<hilll.; !Jells for wushed O\ eJ"board un the return trill you aud me? The town put up a cenotaph for him !>he-Not htn,; domg Too much ltl;t> in the little chuH·hyalfl So, 11fter ull an alurm rln('k these yeurs, liS the.v still seem lu r~ memller us both, I believe it would l~t ungrlldous not to go up nor! rejo!('(o Sudden Contra1t with them O\Pr thl'ir unnl\ersury.'' My raclJo' ~ly r.ndao 1 You ket!p me going some "SU('h lnsturlcul cowmemorution> One numbt r is a cla"SIC uppeul to you. I'm ~urP," I ohsen ed And tho n ;xt Is ju•t a bum "Aiunys Some cull n1e nltl fu<h Inned for slH king u• I do to th~ r The More the Lesl lrutlitious o1 m~ anrestcu s. hUJ I don't care!" bhtol (leJ<'<lJn;: nJ.HJusr·JJpt)-' The professor fell t< musing nrHI You S<'P, 8 slot J IIHS to be Just so to gPt into our ILJ:lgU?IIIC. • hen, a Imust uuwusdou~ly ~e sud \', oultl b~ ("or,frthll!(ll"-\\"<•li, \\hat's tleuiy J)J'OPfll'd a cunt'tlt•nte. us a loue tile 111att~r 1•, ith this 01•e? tv P~'""'' ntten wrll: l~ditol'-lt"!:i nul~ S0-'-0. "i'el i~otps it WfJS kiudest-ut ieusl to my brother-thai be 11 us luke .. A Tight Fix whH he "as \\'e rP nut ull well suit Stthiou Annuume:-\\'t."re sunk! ed to benr the blow• ,,, life He wus l~ltclJJcian- \\"h.1t's the tmuble? highly rnmuntlr. ~ !lr~ame1: tujns St.Jtltln Annnunc<•r-Tite "Phantom tlce or CJUeity woulil hu1e kiiiell Soi!• auo' Is weugeti in the door to the hlru b1 ouckustmg ronru! !'J•ofe~sor Hufl'ington's \Oice died uwuy, consitleruhly to my 1ellet He I - r . bt omling a mom en I lollgtlJ. tht>n . Better to Forget v 'JI' ...:; A ~',..\ rr ~ ~ \ 'How MuchWateP Should Baby Get? ~Famous Authority's 'Rule ~ 'Dy nuth'Brittain Loud Speaker Volume Is CARE OF PULLETS Provided by New Tube WHILE ON RANGE A still lur.;t•J anu IIJUI"e [ltJ\\Pl'fUl a•n pl•h<'l t nhe is au11ounted by t11e lt.rdw l '!II j)t!llllltlll Ol AIIICrica. It is deSJ)l IJ,tctl II> the UX ::;1() po\\er tllllpiiHel. •uul rs capable of tlell•enng over thrt.>e llllles as murh uudlstull~!d energy qs lhl· VX·21U long the fa,urlte power uutplther tuhe for maxllUUill vnlume null tuue quality in home receptiun The UX :no Is consl!lerabl~ larger tn •'lze th.1n the UX :!10 although its ba>~ iM idPntlrnl The tilament of the new power Hnli>IIIier tube is of the im pro\·ed routed ribbon type. whkh 111 SUI es g1·eut merhumcul str~ngth anrf lt•ng op<>ntllng 11 fe. The pint e. which is bluckcnl'd. I< tnil and narrow, as iu the UX·:!SI rertl~ t ulte. Tl.e stanrlnrd UX nr lliiSh IJ pe hnse is used on the new IJU" er tube Tl.is new tube w111 pro\ ide a far .,:1 PHI~r louu speaker ,·oiume, Without tli>-tOJ linn, than It us herl'tofure been possihie. especially 1n cunjunctlon witb uurlitOJ"ium loud speakers and in the uperutinn of a piUI"<J iity of loud speak· e1 s from a common allliJiiNer, as in IIO<pltai and expnsitlon \\"urk It IH Interesting to note thnt "hiie the plate voltnge has not been mulerlaliy in creased ove1 that of the UX 210, the requlred plate current Is three times as great as for the UX :.!10 Obvinus ly, while the new tulle is capable ol en11rmous volume-far more ll1ao cun be utilizer! In the largest of ilvin.; rooms-it is unneeessnry to operate it at full output. ln~tead, it rna~ be em ployecl u1 but 8 fraction of Its full cnpacity, thus seruring undil;'torted output at all times "ith nmple resene (10\\('r it Is thi• resen·e of po"er wilich gl\eS thnt chm JH'ter to repr<> duction often referred to as "depth' or "timbr!'." .Just "feeding the clu('kcn~" sounds >impler tltnu tire t.ask ,·euliy Is, 1f the chil'kens are to be well fer!. The pur· pose for "hich the !lock i>' being i<ept has a great (leal to do w1th the matter. Rat10ns for fattening, main· ·enance, growtil nod egg produftlun ore ail dil'ferent, and "ill abo be umed according to the age of the chkkens. Tn ent.v·one kinds of chic!; en feeds, uli of them different In their result, anrl nil of !hem suited to different purposes, are exhaustively analyzed and di~( us•ed !o a new bulletin by Prof. A. H. Winter of the poultry hm'bandry d~partment of the Ohio ' Stut::J univers1ty. The bullf>tln, No. 63, entltlerl "Poultry Feeding StulTs and Rations,'' l.ns been published by the agncultural extE'nSitlll sen·lee of the university. In n<ldition to the definitions and discussions of the various feerls, there are given six formulae for rations. Two of !bern are "starting and growIn::" rations and the other four are fur laying hens. Along with the fu1·mulae for the rations there are dl· rertlons for making simple and effi· cient feeding equipment for the pout· try yard. Two special fattening rations are suggested, one for hens and the other tor young hlrds. For hens, a ration of roru meul, 4() part• by weight, mixed with ()() parts, by weight, of liquid milk, 1~ suggested. For the younger hil ds a greater mriety of grains Is recommended The formula calls tor Baby specialists agree nowadays, that during the fir~t six: months, babies must have three ounces of fluid per pound of body weight dally. An eight· pound baby, for instance, needs twenty-four ounces of fluid. Later on the rule Is two ounces of fluid per pound of body weight. The amount of fluid absorbed by a breast-fed baby I~ best determined by weighing him before and after feeding for the whole day; and It Is easily calculated for the bot· tie-fed one. Then make up any de6cleney with water. • Giving baby sufficient water often relieves his feverish, crying, upset and restless spells. It It doesn't, give him a few drops of Fletcher's castorla. For these and other Ills ef babies and children such as colic, cholera, dlarrhea, gas 00 stomach and bowel!\', con· sttpatlon, sour stomach, loss of sleep, underweight, etc., leading ph y sl con 1 s say there's nothing so effect!~. It is purely vegetable-the recipe Is on the wrapper-and millions of mothers have depended on It In over thirty yeare of ever Increasing use. It regu11 mn•lt consisting of r,o parts of ates baby's bowels, makes him sleep ground rnrn, ~i parts of "heat tlour and eat right, enables him to get full utllldtmgs, 10 parts of finely ground . uourlsbment from his food, so he ln''"t•. 5 pans of ment scrap, und 1 part ' creases In weight as he should. With ('f salt. '!'hie mash should he m1xcd each package you get a book on Mothwith enou~:h liquid milk to make a b.ltfer thM \\Ill pour fairly easily. erhood worth its weight lr gold. Secret Radio Speech Is 1 Just a word of caution. Look tor Purpose of New Device the signature of Chas. H. Fletcber on An eleetricai machine wlllth uppnr the package ro you'll be sure to get ently unde.-tollli and translated unin the gen ulne. The forty-cent bottles telll;:ih!e sound• 0\ er l"!Hiio iuto cle;Jr contain thirty-five doses. If hens could talk. they would P" ob· En;:iish, was i11cluded in demunstra nhly say ha1~h things altout hot, un · !inns re('ently at the Uuil ersitJ ot \V1s rnmfortahie poultry houses. cou"ln engineering building before u 1Jhio poultr) 111<'11 are urged to keer gutheJ mg of Mudi<nn units of the Ameriran fnstltute of Elcctricni I;ngi that in mind. among other things. by pnnltr,v exten~ion sp~cialists of the neers Ohio 8tate unh·el"•ity lu their monthly Sergius 1'. Grnre, tele[JiJOne lullura letter to farm poultrJ IUen kePplng tory engmeer. ga\ e lhe demons! ra Misjudged recoJ us m co nprmtion "itlt the ex tions President Pratt of the Standard tension ~en i(e. The rnaduue was designed iu con Oil company of New Y01 k 1\ as talkA hot poultry house, the specialists nectlun wit I• rudru truo<mksiun s~ s ing about certain oil men's dlfficul· tems to make conversations Se('ret obset ,.e. is no place for a hen either ties in Mexico. to eat or to lay eg;::s !\'atural sp~ech tunes are di>torterl to "These men have been misjud;;ed,'' "'Open the ventilatu1 s and remov~ mul<e them unmtciiigihle to radio lis he said. "It remiu!ls me of a story. teners Then an electnc pkk UIJ traus the "indcll\ s; mal,e the houses rool A generous-hearted stranger attended mit ler is held in front of hom The and comfortable,'' "rites one of tllP a New York church one Sunday mornoriginal Sileerh in Eng IJsh "as clenrl~ spednil~ts, P B Znmbro_ "Don't e:s pert ec-~ production if the hoo•e is ns Ing nod was so moved by the pastor's understan•lable eloquence that he decided to put a Mr Grace also denwnstrnted and ex hot as n ho kem en. 11ens won "t stay $50 bill in the collection plate. plaiuecl on artiMcial t:u·ynx. which en In hot hon•es long enough to consume ''He was as modest a man as he ohies p~rson$ wlto IHI\"e tost the II their feed" was generous, and \\hen the collector Another pomt lo summer care of lnrynxes through surg1cUI operation~ approached he rolled the bill up and to talk again Other rle,lres inrludetJ tl'e poultry flock: ron cealed It In his fist; but as he wns "t'umnll'r nnd fall produ<·tlon are a teleplwne rereheJ by which deal about to make his splendid contribu· persons ran be taught to receh·e rnn greatly innuenced by good green fee11; lion the collector frowned down at old d1 y hlueg1·nss or dead rye Is not ''ersatiuns a~ •lbrutwns thruugh the snti~fuctory. Hape Is the best thing that tightly clenched !lst and jerked fingers, and methorls of carrsing long the plate back and whispere•l coldly: to plant now for summer pasture. di•tnnl"e tei\'phone rolls economlraiiJ '"Xo. Gl\e It to me, sir, One bas "~ ard ol'f a part of the ground 0\er fine lnstenrl of he:nier copper just come oft my coat.' " around the house, nnd plant the rape " I 1es there, ollm\lng it to get a good start One Advantage It "1H pro\ ide good pasture until "After all, n clay pipe has an aclfrerzlng weather!' vuntuge O\"er all others," said the mao Two other practices successful poul FOR THE NOTEBOOK who wus born tired. tr} men ohsene at this time of year "llow'~ that 1" replied bls friend. nre cui1111g the slacker hens, and getA rlef~<·ti\ e resistor causes scratchy "Well, if you drop It on the !111\'etln.c. ront1 ol of lire and mites on thP noiSPS, ment ~ou needu't trouble to pick It birds. • up."-Boston Po"t. l'se mwa ron!len~ers In resistance Egg Production Is Cut by Uncomfortable Pens • • C'Otl}li;JJg Best Plan to Separate Cockerels and Pullets • • • A st~ckPt nntennn do~s not use rur I"P!ll f1 OIJI I he holl~P As the flock reaches llle brmler ,tuge the I'Uu•ters and pullets should be sepumtt•d, ror the pullets need no fnrt•Jng but w1ll make better la~e1·~ if lt>t gmw along ncrmally, with plen r' nf exel( t,e. RroileJ"S, on the other hand. should h:l\ e only enough exerct,e fur he,tith and should be fed a fnttemng ration AI the final stage the brOIIPrs ~hould be shut in a pen only mode1 at ely tighted and fed ali they w1li eat of fine grouuil corn and <~mi-solid hutternulk. Some prefer to use a Jlfepared fattening mash. m,1ny of "hkh a1·e 011 the market. Gret'n or •uccul•nt feed ~hould be fed also La<·t of exeJ'Cise rau~es tlwm to f:~tten 1 PJ".I' ru~t and makes teuder juicy ftpsh. cir!"llll • • • h<'l'P tl•e set ta1111" allll their uw::y fnnn electri• wires n~"oci,Jtecl • • • .~ metl'J Is the sfienllfk unit ot ll'llgth und IS apprnximateh ;{ I a fppt • • • A til) IJ.Itl<'!Y, 1\ hen shurted, •\11. I e.lll"€ tht:> w11x Gil torJ of the rdle '" ~at Page Seven lll(•it I • • • Grid l(•,lf,s permit ex~:P~S ele('tron ... ttente pren'nt detector tuhe ~u e~u1pe t.l~lf'hing • • • B IJ,llt!'l It'S III:JSI ht:> kept In a rPlO II\ t•l.l t•oul plaC'e 111 nl"t!Pr to obt oln IJJ,I\ii!IUIII life • • • 1 l1t. ht.·~• One Solution Nervous Clerk (seeldn::: a raise)Er-my wife and I are ftncllng It terribly difficult to ll~e together op IllY salnry. Boss-\Yell, what do roo want me to do--arrange a dhorce?-Path· finder. He Failed, Originally I Adept IS IIIII [11011! u;!IIIIJO( lhe hUll\\! tln~ Of the JIICISI CUiliiiHill hreed~ Of J.:Jlllll ~\fl!'lltnf';;lt'J rnu;.:h h:uull 1nc rtu ,·l.s " the l'ei<in h1·eed Ti.Ps~ t 01 111 ;:I~• t dud;s a1·e "hite or rr!'nmy white In • • • rotor .uul are ns lar~:e as any of Jhe Le.tl"'~'' is one ot Jhe ti•ipf hnlts hJPPti' nf flnf"l,s \lith til~ ext'P]Ition of 1 dU\ld Ollf..:. <t:fl•rl.ml Is uhout the must !•orlanl part in ~ rer!'tH r. • • • flOilllti' HIHI rln<i<• IVt'igh <P\t'n t<• Plglll puuntb In tlte meat d.1ss •uis lJI·eecl is pPJ hups 1he most pnpJ•I,Jr o\tr thr Vnlletl StaU•s ns o \\hole t'c·k1ns m,n he m.lterl in 1!11• prupn• 111111 nl one dr.li<e to e\ery six or Pi.(ht ciUt ks '""h S\\ Some men drop nll of their money lng to pick up more. tr~ I========--======= ut u pout Cl id l'OIIdt'II~Pf' lltlf) Of)p or A Jolm L. n.tlrd, whose im·entlon ot television enables us to see across the Atlantic, Is the son of a Scotch Pres· byterlnn minister nod made a failure in huslne~s before be devoted himself tv science. "That fellow knows his onions." "He was horn in Bermucla."Loulsvllle Courier-Journal. Duclt Meat Breeds r':H!Hl rta<·ener P\er f;.tn Brh ll:-;{•d Hit llldll~ ~h~l 1111 trlf ctl llilJIIillnleS Ct•r HJI·~mg tl•e <Urlelll COllSilllle!l can be US<'d fur Cllllll!'("lill~ lnucl speaker in seJI~s nr pnrnliPl t I )J'.lk(·~ \\EliCh Ellghr to lllr.f) Prevent Chick Loss Antenna Tricks to Tune to himself. \\llh aim"~' sturtliu~ l'il~t ~Llll:ll,'\!1"-llu lOll tlnnk lOll!" unexpecte•lnP~s. hounrling off the rlesk nr.1n "iii rememher e 1 en thm.; he Out Annoying Stations l'lpantin!'~~ is hi~hly impnl"tnnt h. "I wu•t be about rny bustne>s !" t•e l~:.•rwd in Itt- il'l light'! \\'IILn It 1S foun~ liiiiHJ~SJiJie to t;me tile pJ·e,entJon ur chirk in-scs ~~ cried. "I ha\'en't !teen iuteJTUtllmg ~,., und ~L:n.lgl'l"-1 hnpe he don'l uut u oear by hluHdcn•tmg stat lou 10 \\Ill< srl"uh the hrnocler lloor \\ith lint 1 }UUIS, huve I? M1gltt I lta\'e a wee ' 'lilt> nnls tl11ng he IPJII"ned \\,,S to get 1 get uthCI'S furtlwr a\\uy, tr~ runmn~ lye water ~nd let. it rtry hefnre pnttln)! scrap of paper. to IJJUke a few notes? : t.notk('d out. the antenna at right urJ;,:Ies to the 111 IJ.rhy rlnrks (!pan litter fr!'e frolll !\'o, no, tllis 1\"itl tie quite ud~liUute, 1 1w11ul uf the broa!lcuster awl u,e " 11111ld and small kprnels ot 1:1 "In thank ) ou I'' And rleuinin~ a [" olfeterl \\U\e trap between the lend In and th<· ,nould l'le n•ed ,urd changed oftrn DON'T suffer headaches, or any of The Kind pad, he tenner! over uuf!Ji;;!Je•l ~lr Hob those pains that Bayer Aspirm can rcccl\er. If this does not helu, try H I ennugtl thai hlth .does n. nt ac·• umuiHI<' ltitz1 l'le1 k-)\ow, \\It at kind of " k hi k erts' Jeliow note out of tile 11astP end in a hurry I Physicians prescribe It IS better to l'eP t •. s flllrliall\ suit do l nu \\ lllol? One for ~pmts. ,e1tical antenna. It may be oe(•e"sur•' d I irl l 1 ba;;kct, nod at lost tluttered ~nulin~l' it, and approve its free use, for it ewniug, ufte•·noon, worl<, lnun::ln~? I to complete!)' ~hit•ld the reeelver, bat ' con Nne ' \1 ten pr,,,. N 1\ til sunii~!Jt urt. does not affect the heart. Every drugtcries and nil wires IPacllng to the set tllnn to let them out on old groun•l ("ustomer-\\"cll, just an nr'.lin,lry (TO BE CON'! INUIW) gist has it, but don't fail to ask the except the antenna wire, m orrler to "hillt ma~ ran tli~ease gPruJs untl one-iil,e thl one lou wea,.. druggist for Bayer, And don't take stop the pickup of energy escept wlter~ oaraBite eggs. Taken at Hi• Word ' any but the box that says Bayer, witb It Is desired In the antenna. ------"Good bj ," be sale) brJkcniy and Couldn't Make Ends Meet the word genuine printed in red: his frame shook \\ith emotion "ReTramp-Yus, lid), J 'ad to gh·e up member, dear, thnt eYeD If I can't work 'cos I roulrln't make both encls Seta Can Be "Sharpened" l~\ery ben has its O\\D in•ll\idnalitl win your love I shall always be your uwet Smgle control ~ets \\ hlcb tend to ,\o t\\O ore exnttiJ alike, us n.11111e de\oted friend." Lady-Denr me, that "ns n silly tune broudiy can be shurpened by do~s not furnish !lupiit atcs 8• lit!' The gi1·l blushed. u~ing millget cun!len,ers acros. two thmg to clo. What wus Jour work? nefls quit laying wt1en mntting starts "And," continued the heatt·brokeo sections of the multiple tuning con- and do nut beglu o~ain until tl•el l Tramp-Contortionist, tidy.- Hu youth, "If e\ er I can be of sen ire to morist. denf'!!r, The midgets should be t•lacect ha\e fully cnm].>leted their nell rrot you, you have oot,t to command me. I on t11e antenna condenser and tltut fD of feuthers. Other hens continue tuy leaYe for Egypt tcnlght." the detector circuit. mg right nlung. !';ome h<>ns arP cross A Soloist "I am a\\ fully ~orry," remarked the and even •ldous while broody ~ntl Green-Does your wife perform on girl, "to bave been the cause of your "C" Battery others are the re\ erse. Snme trens any lnstrull'ent 7 lea' log home, but since you are so "C'' battery reduces the drain on ba\"e 8 very ragged appearanre "hen Gablelgh \wearily)- Yes; ene plays AIPirlD .. kind, please mall this letter tor me the trade matt of the "B" battery about 40 per cent, and molting, and others of the 1ame fuw a lot on the eardrum. on your way to the boat." Bayer Maautaeture lly are seldom ragged, minimizes dllltortlon. o1 l!loDoocetlcacl4etttr of l&llllllCaell 1·an•e No Two Hens Alike I \ l I |