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Show i "White House Bam That Meets All Requirements of the Modem Dairy Medium-Size- d at Port au Prince, Haiti - An excellent view l i a of the White Bouse of the Republic of Haiti, headquarters of President Louis Borno. i Indians Revive Tribal Custom rl Builds Up Business on Discarded Socks East SL Louis, III. Socks, $ dirty socks, faded socks, socks $ with holes or any other kind of socks is the foundation npon $ which Mrs. Lillian Summers, widow of this city, has built her rug manu- facturing business. 4, During the several years which Mrs. Summers sat in the 41 little back room of her small cottage manipulating an old- fashioned loom she has been producing about 300 rugs a 4 X year. ld Osagcs Observe Old Religious Ceremony in Naming Baby. Pawhuska, Okla. A ceremonial recently observed at au Osage Indian settlement near Gray Horse, Okla., was a deeply religious event, which perhaps will not be repeated many more times. There now remain less than 300 members of a tribe that came to Oklahoma 56 years ago 4,000 strong. It is ery seldom that ie eyes of a white man are permitted to view one of these symbolical affairs. The baby came through the ceremony smiling. Its hair had been cut after a prescribed fashion, implying a permit to the Great Spirit that it should live to see old age without obstruction of any bind; in fact, the head was shaved except for a fringe around the lower edges. The sun was traveling downward la the afternoon when the chief medicine mixer received a call from Baby Wa's child-namin- g full-blood- full-bloode- d copper-colore- d daddy that he pos- sessed sufficient blankets for gifts to pass around the circle. At sunrise on the day following a recital of the Taking of Life Symbols was given before a large assemblage of Indians at the home of Baby Was parents. The medicine chief, after chanting the symbols, proceeded to decorate himself from a paint pot with sacred colors, fastened to his scalp lock a red feather and wrapped blanket himself in a radiant-hueUsed. Articles Symbolic Father and mother of the child to be given a name were seated in the east end of their great frame home, the chief medicine man and his dozen or more helpers sat on the south side, and visiting clansmen were seated on the noith side. When all had settled to their proper places and the center of the room was a great hollow square, symbolical articles to be used in the ceremony were passed around. These consisted of cedar fronds or branches, a bowl of mashed corn and howl of water. The medicine men then began chanting what they termed the wigie. You will give a translation being: heed to see what can be done. Even a these words are being spoken to the first division of heaven, the messenger verily descended, where the little ones have not yet become people. which lasted After this an hour, the baby was given over to the head medicine chief, who, in turn, passed him to six lesser chiefs, and then returned him to their leader, who dipped the tips of his fingers into a bowl of water in which had been placed sacred paint and red cedar fronds. , . Six Chiefs Participate. . The head chief then gently touched the lips, bead, arms and body of the little one. This act was an appeal to grant health and strength that the child would grow to old age without Interruption by disease. Then the baby was turned over to the head of another medicine clan, who touched the head, arms, lips and body of the child with pounded corn; an act of appeal that the child would got. suffer for lack of food during life. After each of the six chiefs of as many medicine clans had handled the child in the same manner, the head of the medicine clan brought the mother forward and placed In her hands two little willow sticks, each of which rep sentented i sacred name. She was re- full-blood- d quested to take one of the names represented by the sacred sticks. She chose the name she believed to be most euphonious and religious in its significance.' This closed the cerethen was mony and a real Indian personage, a clansman and perhaps some day he j ay become a chieftain. Swedens First Talkie Scores Huge Success Stockholm. Swedens first talking Say it With Music, has just been sold to France and Belgium. It was recently shown at Oslo, Norway, and will soon be presented in Denmark and Finland. It has proved an enormous success in Stockholm, where it is now in its third month. The picture was produced by the Swedish Film Industry company, largest organization of its kind in the picture, country, and many scenes were shot at Ilaasunda, near Stockholm, which Swedens Hollyhas been called wood." The lead is played by Miss Elizabeth Frisk, who also starred in People from the Northland. The young actress, who is perhaps the most popular screen star in Sweden today, has just signed a new contract with the Film Industry company. Chinese Judge Ousted for Wife Selection Peiping. A Chinese judge should not fall in love with and marry a girl living in his own district, the judicial department of the Hopei provincial government has decided. Chinese newspapers here report that a magistrate was removed from office because lie fell in love with a girl in the town where he was judge and married her. The government decided that judges should select their wives in some other section. f 4. Research Puts Cost of Average Baby at $110 Chicago. How much does a baby cost? The answer may depend on whether the stork flies over the Gold Coast or back of the yards, but the expenses incident to the arrival of a new heir can be covered by an outlay of $110, including layette, care of mother before birth, doctors services, hospital and miscellaneous' items, according to the American Research foundation. A recent survey of 540 newly-bobabies in a community of 300,000 people, says a bulletin of the foundation, indicate that the expenditures for the average .baby work out as follows: hospital care, $26; doctors services, $47; nursing, $8; babys clothes, $23; medicines, $1 ; and miscellaneous exm w f Tile Cross 5ection drain Horse $ Cow Barm ggg Of penses, $5. Only 42 per cent of the cost of the average birth was devoted to the doc- tors services, says the bulletin. Auto Salyaged From Pile Is Worth $1,000 Mich. An automobile Calumet, made in 1902 and salvaged from a junk pile 20 years later by Alfred Paulson is one of the main attractions at fairs in this region bow. Paulson has refused $1,00C for the reconditioned machine, which he pilots before the grandstands at 10 miles per hour. Floor Plan OF Educating Italys Farmers Morse I Cow Darn By W. A. RADFORD 'Mr. William A. Radford will answer questions and give advice FREE OF COST on all problems pertaining to the subject of building work on the farm, for the readers of this paper. On account of bis wide experience as editor, author and manufacturer, he Is, without doubt, the highest authority on the subject Address all Inquiries to William A. Radford, No. 407 South Dearborn Street Chicago, 111., and only inclose stamp for reply. sing-son- two-ce- nt The barn here Illustrated Is fdf the medium-sizeherd. It accommodation for twenty-,foju- r provides' j cows, with a bull pen and calf pen fit one end. The dimensions of this building are 34 feet by 84 feet Part of this barn is set aside for of the farm horses and in this part we have three single stalls, one box stall, fee(d room and' harness de-siga- d the-us- room. ' ' One of, the features is the placing of the feed room and the silo. This arrangement it will be noticed, cen- ters the supply of feed and facilitates the establishing of a feeding Mussolini inspecting a display in one of the trucks In the train which fanners a graphic lesson in modern methods of agriculture. will travel all over Italy to give plan which will eliminate all wasted energy. The arrangement places the cows facing in. The preference, relative to this point, Is divided among different farmers, some preferring the arrangement which faces the cows out, and others favoring that used in this design. The gutters flanking the litter alley are sloped and a drain is placed at the inner end of each gutter. Where running water under normal pressure is available, it is the work of but a few minutes to thoroughly clean out the stable. The outstanding feature of this barn is tlie roof construction. The modern dairy barn should be built like ar factory, because It is a factory, housing very expensive delicate machinery for production of milk namely, the dairy cow. It should be given the thought and Intelligent planning for efficient operation that is necessary for any successful factory. As a matter of fact, nowadays a farmer hasnt much choice In the matter. A large, inefficient dairy is hardly possible anymore. The farmer who wants to keep heavily producing cows simply must have an efficient dairy barn. Labor saving is the keynote of modern barn design and equipment Many of its features are planned to keep the cows up to correct pitch, so to speak. Such are ventilation, drinking cups, cork floors. Here is a barn that meets all the requirements of the modern dairy factory of large proportions. It is planned with a view to maximum production high-bre- by the cows. d |