—
Dewan
Belletonte, Pa., June 8, 1917.
WHERE IS YOUR FLAG?
:1 see that a flag you have floating
.
Outside of your window today,
Your patriotism denoting
In quite the conventional way.
You feel big and brave
In making it wave,
But whisper to me, here apart:
D’ye wear it around your heart, my boy.
D’ye wear it around your heart?
A pin in your coat you are wearing
Of red and of white and of blue, ’
So every one will be staring
To see an American, you!
That patriot pin
Is beautiful in
Its place in your neat buttonhole,
But is it within your soul, old top?
D’ye wear it within your soul?
The flag in your talk you are waving;
It flies in the wind of your speech:
Its folds you forever are saving;
But say! would you fight as you preach?
With fire on your tongue
You cry to the young
Fore'er to the flag to be true.
But, then, would you fight for it
good sir?
But, then, would you tight for it too?
too,
On top of your many skyscrapers
You, Plutus, are flaunting it now,
And making quite sure that the papers
Print cuts of your patriot brow.
You cry, “Never sleep.
A watch we must keep
To save our dear flag from assault!”
But, say! is it kept in your vault, old man?
Is it safe with the gold in your vault?
—John O'Keefe, in N. Y. World.
THE KEEPER OF THE WELL.
It was high noon on the desert. A
wagon was crawling in the yellow,
shimmering heat of the distance. It
came nearer. It was a squat, iron-
tired wagon, pulled by two lean
horses. Two men sat, silent, under
the dirty canvas top. Their sweaty
clothes stuck to their bodies; big, dir-
ty drops dripped slowly from their
faces and hands. The horses stopped,
blowing, near two big cacti.
The reins dropped from Bill’s list-
less hands and he swore thickly.
Lengthy gulped before he could
answer. His tongue felt like a piece
of dry, crackling leather. “Bill, we’ll
walk and drag ’em.” The sound of his
words seemed to come, not from be-
tween his lips, but through the top of
his head. He climbed down stiffly.
“When they stagger—we’ll cut ’em
loose. They’ll find water somewheres;
horses ailus do.”
They lurched on, dragging the
horses. The sands burned through
the thick soles of their shoes. The
desert was like a heated mirror;
everywhere was dazzling, shmmering
heat, above, around, beneath.
After a mile the mare whinnied,
gasped, and quivered down to her
knees, her eyes bulging with terror.
The other animal stood still, the har-
ness drawn tight about his outspread,
steaming legs, his head hanging down.
The men’s eyes met. They cut the
harness silently.
“Pore old Mol!” Lengthy ran his
hand down the mare’s thin neck. He
took off the bloody bit carefully, pried
her mouth open again. “Sprue, by
God! The water ’ll cure it, though,
for ye, Mol, old gal.”
The horses stumbled to the water-
box in the end of the wagon. Mol
shoved her nose under the loosened lid.
She sniffed in each parched corner.
Then she stood looking at the two si-
lent men near the cactus and whin-
nied brokenly.
Bill straightened his
shoulders. “They—”
Lengthy looked at the blue, swollen
tongue, hanging like a dead some-
thing from the man’s mouth. He
turned his head quickly. “Yes, they’ll
find water; horses allus do. They'll
find one of the old tanks, maybe.
We’ll have to go on to Josh’s; it ain’t
but five miles to there. But they’ll
find water, horses allus do.” And they
stumbled on hopelessly, with shoul-
ders huddled over.
Bill had not spoken for an hour.
His swollen lips were splitting open,
and the fresh blood trickled down
and dripped on his wet shirt. Sud-
denly he pointed, straining forward
eagerly. “Water, water! Hear it
trickle, trickle.” He made a gurgling
sound with his mouth. Pretty water
—pretty.”
Lengthy shook him. “Bill, Bill! It
ain’t but five miles to water. Stand
up, Bill!”
Bill staggered on listlessly a few
steps. He stopped, his knees quiver-
ing. He raised his head slowly and
looked straight into the red-glazed
sun. “Pool—clear pool—deep pool;
water—water—"’
Tears trickled helplessly
Lengthy’s blistered cheeks.
-en—listen. I'm going to leave you,
Bill, sabe? I'm comin’ back.”
Bill’s bloodshot eyes stuck out.
“See—see! The little silver foun-
tain. See the slender, clear glasses of
water; bubble, bubble, see it bubble.”
Lengthy pressed bis hands hard on
Bill’s heaving shoulders. “Bill, I'm
comin’ back—corin’ back.”
“Coming back---coming back.” Bill
said it listlessly. “Pretty water, com-
ing back—coming back”—the words
trailed off; he spread out his arms on
the soft, hot sand; his lips were still
moving stiffly, though no words came
from them.
cramping
down
“Bill, lis-
“Bill, here’s some more—" Lengthy
poured the cool water on the blue,
puffed face, on the sweaty, sodden
shirt. “Drink it, Bill.” He wedged
the canteen mouth between Bill’s lips.
Bill opened his eyes; a blue film
had formed over the pupils. A sort
of consciousness crept into the mo-
tion of his hands; a light glimmered
in his face. He grabbed the canteen;
some of the water gurgled down his
chin and made streaks on his shirt,
which dried almost immediately.
Lengthy sat on the ground beside
him. Stiff clots of blood were on his
clothes. A burro near him, its
streaming sides heaving.
The canteen dry, Bill stared around
stupidly for a minute; then he col-
lapsed. Lengthy straightened the
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. body and covered it with the burro
| blanket.
| When Bill opened his eyes again
| Lengthy stood near a small mesquite,
i scraping his clothes with a stick.
| was cooler.
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A Jewish Republic in Palestine.
The adoption of a resolution by the
Kehillah, the organization which rep-
It | resents the sectarian and educational
The burro was grazing | interests of three-quarters of the 2,-
! quietly. Lengthy gave him the other : 500,000 Jews of Greater New York,
: expressing confidence that the United
| canteen. “Feelin’ better, Bill 7”
| Bill put the empty canteen on the
i ground. He looked at the other man
la long time, then: “Lengthy, you're
i all bloody. It is all on your legs.”
! Lengthy raised his head slowly.
; “Killed a man, Bill.”
I “Killed a man”—dully— “killed a
man?” He sat up with a jerk, his
| face eager, intense.
“The old man that keeps the well.”
“Poor old divil.” Bill’s face tight-
iened. “He was a pretty good man,
| Lengthy. What for did you kill
{ him ?”
Lengthy shifted and looked over at
the distant sky-line.
give me any water.”
A new look came into the Irish-
man’s eyes. “Why? Why?”
I “No—sabe. And you was here—a
! a-dying.” Lengthy turned his back.
“Lengthy—Lengthy”—an odd, half-
abashed love was in the tone of his
voice—“Lengthy, did you walk all
them miles and bring back water to
me?”
Lengthy did not answer; and a si-
lence hung between them.
Suddenly Lengthy said quietly: “I
wouldn’t have killed him, but when I
went down in the little hollow for wa-
ter Le went in his tent, brought out
his shot-gun. He shot at me twice—
hit me right here.”
Lengthy’s ear was clipped; the
blood had formed a hard crust around
it. Bill looked at him a long time.
“Where did you hit him?”
“Struck the jaw; it was a soft-nosed
bullet—"
Bill bent forward. “And that tore
all the head off’n him?”
“No; just made a hole in the top.”
Bill looked at the smooth, distant
line of the sky. His voice dropped a
little. “Where is he, Lengthy ?”
“He’s in the little tent over there.
I washed him up—some.”
Bill got up to his feet dizzily.
sun was sinking.
“Come on, Lengthy.” He drew in
his breath heavily. “We've got to go
and dig the hole—and put him in it.
Poor old divil.”
Lengthy stretched his arms slowly.
“You ride there on the burro, Bill;
you is tired and most sick.”
“Sit on him yourself, Lengthy; you
is tired.”
But they led the burro those six
miles. It was a tired old thing;
Lengthy had nearly killed it when he
returned with the water to Bill.—By
Jane Anderson, in Collier’s.
The
iConserving Food—A Woman’s Duty.
“Many a woman who is patriotic at
heart and has every desire to serve her
country feels that she is prevented
from doing so because she must stay
at home and continue to do her own
housework and care for her little chil-
dren,” says Mrs. Jean Kane Foulke,
adviser on household economics and
home sanitation for the Pennsylvania
Department of Agriculture. “She has
rightly felt that this was her special
business and duty in the past and she
has been happy and content to meet
the demands of the average woman's
life by ‘making a home,’ but now
when the air is full of calls ‘for serv-
ice’ she feels that her sphere is cur-
tailed and her usefulness is nil.
“To such women, and there are hun-
dreds of them, I want to say a word
of encouragement. The service you
do in home building is the best today,
as it has always been, that any wom-
an can do, and the problems of keep-
ing and making a home will be more
and more difficult as time goes on.
Therefore, every woman should set
herself at once, as never before, to
study the business of her home; the
business and care of her family, not
only for her family’s sake, but for the
service she will be rendering to her
country. Every potato and pound of
flour, every egg and ounce of cereal
she can save, or put to its best use, is
that much service rendered. The
woman who plans and studies to save
to use what even careful housekeep-
ers have heretofore overlooked as
things of little value, will be setting
a standard and example that of itself
will be of untold value to the country.
“In most households too many va-
rieties of food are served at one time,
which is waste and unnecessary, and
greatly increases the difficulties of
putting the household budget on an
economic basis, to say nothing of sav-
ing food. Food values and food com-
binaticns should be worked out, and
after due consideration has been giv-
en to the individual tastes and pecu-
liarities of the family, when sufficient
amount and variety is placed on the
table, more should be withheld fer fu-
ture use. It is in little matters that
much waste occurs, and often from
habit and a dread of seeming ‘mean.’
For instance, over-large pieces of
cake are cut, and the plate on which it
is served may be over-loaded. Pie is
also cut in such quantities that much
of it is not eaten. Bread too is cut in
large slices and baked in loaves of
such size that only large slices can be
cut. These seem small matters, but
they represent the ‘leaks’ that total
an enormous waste. It has been stat-
ed by the United States Department
of Agriculture that over seven hun-
dred million dollars is wasted in
American homes through the igno-
rance or carelessness of the women
who are responsible for them.
“Here is a kind of ‘service’ that the
most ‘tied down’ domestic woman may
give, and it is ‘up to her’ and her
alone, to control these intimate mat-
ters of her own home.”
——The custom of lifting the hat
is traced back to the age of chivalry,
when it was customary for knights
never to appear in public except in
armor. It became a custom, however,
for a knight, upon entering an assem-
bly of friends, to remove his helmet,
signifying, “I am safe in the presence
of friends.” The age of chivalry pass-
ed away with the fifteenth century,
but among the many acts of courtesy
which can be traced to its influence
none is more direct in its origin than
the lifting of the hat to acknowledge
the presence of a friend.
——Subscribe for the “Watchman.”
“He wouldn’t | appear that every day the Zionist
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States, together with its Allies, will
use its best efforts toward the reali-
zation of the hope and aspiration of a
+ Jewish people for the re-establish-
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ment of a free and publicly recogniz-
ed Homeland in Palestine,” is, says
the Provisional Zionist committee, in- ;
dicative of the eagerness with which’
the Jews throughout the whole world .
are waiting for the word which may !
come from either Washington or Lon-
don, or from both capitals simultane-
ously, that their twenty-century long !
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So certain and so imminent does this
movement gains new and notable con-
verts. Israel Zangwill,, the noted
English writer, was the first of these.
He had held aloof from the movement,
doubting its practicability; then Jacob |
H. Schiff, of the international bank- |
ing house of Kuhn, Loeb & Co., came
forward in advocacy of a Jewish spir- |
ituzl center in Palestine; Adolph Lew- |
ishon, the copper magnate, came next. |
And every day new names are added |
i to the roster of those who are prepar- |
ed to work for the upbuilding of a |
Jewish Republic in an independent !
Holy Land, set free by General Sir |
Archibald Murray’s army, which is.
fighting its way through Palestine to
the conquest of Jerusalem.
Twenty years have rolled by since
the organization of the Zionist move- |
ment with its slogan “the establish- |
ment of a publicly recognized, legally |
secured homeland for the Jews in Pal- |
estine”—a movement bringing into
the realm of the practical what for |
the past 2,000 years, from the very!
day that the overwhelming Roman le- |
gions swept the Jewish Nation off its |
native soil, has been a pious wish, a |
devout prayer. During these two de- |
cades the movement has been busy es-
tablishing colonies, schools, libraries
and other institutions of a national
character in the Holy Land. On
Christmas day of last year General
Murray’s army invaded Palestine.
Two months later Norman Hapgood,
the gifted American journalist, pro-
posed that the United States establish
a protectorate over Palestine and in-
vite the Jews to establish themselves
there on an autonomous basis. Hard-
ly has the interest in Mr. Hapgood’s
plan subsided when again there comes
news from Palestine—that the British
army had overwhelmed the Turks at
Gaza, were building a railroad and
driving the Turks before them. The
Jews began to see visions of the Un-
ion Jack floating over the Holy City.
Then came the Russian Revolution,
making it possible for the Zionists of
that country, for the first time in his-
tory, to make a propaganda for Zion-
ism without fear of arrest and impris-
onment. Within a week after the
downfall of the autocracy, the Rus-
sian Zionists had held their first con-
vention.
Hardly had the ink dried on the
press reports of the first Zionist con-
vention ever held in Russia, when the
first substantial token of the early re-
alization of the great Jewish hope
was given to the world in the semi-of-
ficial proclamation by Gen. Sir Archi-
bald Murray of the intention of Great
Britain to establish a Jewish Repub-
lic in Palestine.
“What should we do with Palestine,
thus liberated from the century-old
Turkish grip?” General Murray asks
this question and answers: “There
can be little doubt that we should re-
vive the Jewish Palestine of old, and
allow the Jews to realize their dreams
of Zion in their homeland. All the
Jews will not return to Palestine, but
many will do so. The new Jewish
State, under British or French aegis
would become the spiritual and cul-
tural center of Jewry throughout the
world. The Jews would at least have
a homeland and a nationality of their
own. The national dream that has
sustained them for a score of centu-
os and more will have been fulfill-
ed.
Now the Yiddish daily newspapers
in New York and Chicago broke out
into “poster-type” headlines. At last
a definite word had been spoken by
one in authority to speak definitely.
Sir Archibald Murray, it was felt,
would not have uttered such momen-
tous words unless the British govern-
ment had sanctioned them—unless the
establishment of an independent Holy
Land was part of the program of the
Allies. This was quickly followed by
an editorial in the “Manchester Guar-
dian,” the organ of former Premier
Asquith, also favoring the project,
and an article by Sir Harry Johnston
in the London Evening News (a
Northcliffe paper) in the same strain.
The greatest climax to date in the
Jewish drama is the announcement
that came from Washington, hard up-
on the arrival in this country of Brit-
ain’s High Commission to the United
States, that President Wilson and Ar-
thur Balfour had uniformly discussed
this project, the realization of which
would be the fulfillment of prophecy.
Up-to-Date Battle Cry.
We'll rally round the hoe boys, and
join the ranks of toil, shouting the
battle cry of “Feed ’em!” We'll train
the crops to grow, boys, as tillers of
the soil, shouting the battle cry of
“Feed ’em!” Where there is work to
do, boys, we’ll gather on the spot,
shouting the battle cry of “Feed em!”
To duty we'll be true, boys, and till
the vacant lot, shouting the battle cry
of “Feed ’em!” Nature, kind mater,
will aid in our need. Down with the
tater; up with the weed; So we’ll ral-
ly ’round the hoe, boys, and train the
crops to grow, shouting the battle cry
of “Feed ’em!”—Boston Post.
Keep Pigs the Latest Advice.
Keep pigs instead of chickens, is
the British government’s latest advice
to householders bent on maintainin
the food supply at the least possible
expense. It appears that it costs less
to feed a big pig than it does to feed
a little chicken. Chickens eat too
much corn for want of which horse
racing is about to be halted in Eng-
land, while pigs will clean up all the
waste and scraps from the table.
DER KAISER’S PRAYER.
Mein Gott, vill you mein partner bee?
You don’t know who I am?
Ich been der German Kaiser,
Der, Emperor, well, I am.
You know I vipped dem Belgians,
Unt mit bullets filled Russia full,
Unt I'll vip France unt Italy,
Unt plow up Johnny Bull
For all dem odder nations,
I vouldn't giff a damm,
If you'll chust be mein partner,
Unt I'll vip dot Uncle Sam.
You know I got dem submarines,
All Europe know dot vell,
! But Edison's got a patent now,
Dot plows dem all to Hell.
Now Gott, if you do dis for me,
Den you I vill always luff,
Unt I'll be Emperor of de Earth,
Unt you be Emperor Aboff.
But Gott, if you refuse me dis,
Tomerrow night at leffen
I'll eall mein Zepplins all ont,
Unt declare var on Heffen.
But I vouldn't ask dis all from you,
But it iss plainly seen,
Ven Edison pushes dot button,
I got no submarine.
American Commission to Italy.
Sending of an American commis-
sion to Italy to ascertain how best to
establish political and commercial re-
lations between the United States and
this country has been advised by the
| American Ambassador, Thomas Nel-
i son Page, it is stated. Mr. Page has |
been studying the opportunities for
the development of trade between the
two countries.
If the United States does not now
improve the political and business re- |
lations with this country, it will not
be Italy’s fault. Indication of the ea-
gerness of Italy to meet the United
States more than half way has been
shown in the large number of articles
printed in the newspapers lately, not
only urging but demanding that the
Italian Government seize the opportu-
nity presented by the entrance of the
United States into the war to ce-
ment these international relations.
Italy was not more than three weeks
later than the English and French
Governments in appointing a com-
mission to go to the United States to
confer regarding the war help to be
extended, particularly in the way of
new loans, and during this period im-
portant newspapers like the Messa-
gero of Rome, and the Corriere della
Sera of Milan printed series of arti-
cles attacking the Ministry for “its
slowness in creating this commission.
These articles were not mere politic-
al attacks, but written by patriotic
men who desire closer relations with
the United States and feel that the
entire prosperity of Italy depends on
these relations. Writers in the Cor-
riere della Sera pointed out that Ita-
ly formerly had been under German
domination, was now threatened by
English exploitation, and that her fu-
ture as a nation depended upon new
and free relations with the United
States.
In this connection the American
financier, George B. Page, who has
spent his entire business life in Italy,
and who appreciates the business op-
portunities of the Nation, said to the
Associated press:
“The success of establishing last-
ing and profitable relations between
the two countries depends entirely
upon the personnel of the commission
sent here by the United States and
the trouble it takes to look into the
business opportunities here.”
David Lubin, of California, who es-
tablished in Italy the International
Institute of Agriculture, said:
“Italy and the United States were
never so close together as during the
past few years. This situation came
about first through the Italian immi-
gration and then by the business fol-
lowing hard upon that. There’s a big
chance now for Americans to trade
here and sell here clothes, all the
things sold in mail-order houses, ma-
chinery, machinery parts and manu-
facturing outfits. The Italians have
got started, the war has waked them
up, has forced them to do things well
and quickly, and all they need is a
little more help. What they can do
has been shown in the glove industry.
It used to be thought that the French
were the only people who could make
gloves. In the needlework industry
they have already begun to supplant
the Jews around New York and they
are showing up well in that line in
their own country. Italy has a big
and sober population. All she needs
is to put it to work, to teach it how
to work, and for that reason Ameri-
can business organizers are neces-
sary.”
What is a Kilowatt?
A watt is a unit of measure for
electricity just as the quart is a unit
of measure for milk and the bushel
as a unit of measure for corn. Kilo
is a Greek word measuring 1,000 and
a Kilowatt is 1,000 watts. The watt
takes its name from James Watt, the
famous physicist.
Here are a few things a kilowatt of
electricity will do:
It will light 3,000 cigars.
It will run an electric clock for ten
years.
It will heat a curling iron three
minutes every day in the year, Sun-
day included.
It will heat the bedroom for an
hour in the winter, or keep the room
cool for 21 hours in the summer if a
small ventilating fan is used.
It will propel an electric automo-
bile three miles, knead eight sacks of
flour into dough, or operate an elec-
tric pianc for ten hours.
It will light an old 16 candle power
Edison lamp for 15 hours.
Or a 25 watt Tungsten lamp for 40
hours. ;
Or a 40-watt Tungsten lamp for 25
hours.
Or a 60-watt Tungsten lamp for 25
hours.
The energy produced by a kilowatt
hour of electricity should keep a
small motorcycle at small speed for
an hour.
The energy produced by a kilowatt
hour of electricity running through a
motor will raise twenty-two tons of
coal ir an hour.—Ex.
——Subscribe for the “Watchman”,
i FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN.
DAILY THOUGHT
. There is a way to do everything,
if it be but to boil an egg.-—Emerson.
even
Strawberry Ice Cream.—For straw-
berry ice cream, boil together two
cupfuls of sugar and four of water
for half an hour.
quarts of strawberries and cool
for a quarter of an hour longer.
reeze, and when the dasher is re-
moved fold in a pint of whipped
cream.
To set delicate embroideries, doilies,
waists, etec., soak them before wash-
ing for ten minutes, in a pail of cold
| water in which has been dissolved a
tablespoonful of turpentine.
A little sugar added to oatmeal
while it is cooking improves the fla-
vor.
To remove yellow stains from the
margins of engravings carefully
| sponge them with a solution of hypo- |
chloride of calcium.
A piece of sandpaper is of great |
help in removing stains from cooking |
. utensils.
Never roll up children’s socks, as
this stretches them so badly at the
ribbed tops that they wrinkle and fall
‘down when worn.
To clean white leather bags or
| belts, use oxide of zinc.
| There are many aids to the home
| dressmaker nowadays. One is a clev-
| er little net bodice foundation that
comes by the yard.
net about seven inches wide, edged on
i both sides with narrow lace.
| boned every five or six inches.
| when you wish to make an evening or
i afternoon frock, you cut off a length
of this net sufficiently long to reach
around your waist—and you fit hooks
{ securaly turn under. And there you
have a bodice foundation.
value of dress the question of wheth-
er she will wear a straight or a bar-
rel skirt is rather secondary, after all.
of being always stylish and well
groomed is much more troubled as to
whether she will succeed in finding all
the necessary accessories of her cos-
tume so they will harmonize with one
another. Most women have been
through the enlightening but discour-
aging experience of a selection of
hats, veils, sunshades, shoes, etc.
buying these according to the fancy
of the moment or because of their in-
dividual beauty.
The day she assembled them with
her dress or suit she found that, beau-
tiful in themselves, they did not go
well together at all, and she wore
them uneasily and unhappily, feeling
that perhaps she looked like a patch-
work quilt!
It is very difficult to go shopping
and buy coldly and with forethought
—to plan a wardrobe so that every-
thing will be in relation. Yet it must
be done with as good grace as possi-
ble, for it is the only way to be really
weil dressed.
Don’t be led into the dismal mis-
take of thinking that your “favorite”
color must of necessity, become you.
By some perversity of fate quite the
reverse is often the case.
What's your best color?
your dressing glass into a north light
(the most cruelly truth telling light
of all) and try first one and then
another shade until you are really
sure. Here are a few general hints
that may help you to select the colors
to be tried:
White suits almost any one—unless
she has a yellow skin. Ivory white is
the best and most becoming shade.
Tans and browns go with brown eyes
and russet locks. Turquoise blue im-
parts its color to light gray eyes.
Dark crimson, maroon and claret
color all demand color in the wearer,
while dark green brings out any pink
tint in the cheeks. Pearl gray makes
a good skin look fairer and dark blue
should not be worn by the pale or
sallow complexioned lassie.
When occupied in such pastimes as
reading, writing cr sewing, or in fact
when in any sitting position, it is very
easy to slouch in one’s seat and as a
result curl the spine up in some out-
landish and unhealthy attitude.
This naturally is injurious to the
spine. Tt impairs the breathing and
is generally weakening. Not only
this, but it will, if done continually,
cramp the muscles of the abdomen
and cause indigestion and intestinal
trouble.
Sometimes the results of this con-
stant sitting in an unnatural manner
proves fatal. :
To sit correctly and comfortably is
the easiest thing in the world if once
the habit is acquired.
The feet should be placed flat on the
floor, heels together, toes slightly
apart. Crossing the ankles while
seated often appears awkward, and
aside from this it will deform them
if one places them in this position
continually.
The back should be erect, though
not rigid, and the head held comfort-
ably high. Whatever the work on
hand may be, it should be raised to
the level of the eye. This avoids
strain, both of body and of eye.:
This correct attitude should be
practiced constantly and one will note
readily how much better one feels and
how truly restful it is. Far more so
than the lounging position. If this is
remembered, there will be more bright
faced women and more attractive per-
soralities.
There is nothing so distinguished
as a dignified and at the same time
unassuming bearing. This is not out
of reach of any one of us.
Over 400 women are fighting along-
side the men in the Russian army.
For the first time in history, the
wife of a President participated in
inaugural ceremonies, when Mrs.
Woodrow Wilson stood by the side of
her husband while he took the oath of
office for his second term.
New York State | has more working
women than any other State in the
Union.
Then add two
It is simply white |
It is:
So
land eyes along the edges, which you |
To the woman who knows the full |
A woman who really has the trick |
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FARM NOTES.
—It is estimated that seventy-one
| per cent. of the spring plowing was
| completed in this State before May 1.
| —Tennessee is the largest straw-
i berry producing State with an esti-
i mated production cf 25,000,000
| quarts.
\ —It is estimated that almost four
i per cent. of the ground sown to wheat
: last fall has been plowed down on ac-
: count of the severe winter killing.
{ —The condition of wheat compared
{with an average in Pennsylvania on
{ May 1 was 8&7 per cent. while it is
jonly 73.2 per cent. in the United
i States
| —The average yield of maple su-
gar and syrup per tree in this State
| is estimated at 3.5 pounds as compar-
ied with 2.2 pounds last year and 3.3
ponds in 1915.
i —The condition of timothy and clo-
| ver in the State indicates a crop of
| about 1.26 tons to the acre as com-
| pared with 1.64 tons per acre for the
| bumper ~rop of last year.
| —The. winter losses of honey bee
| colonies in the State is placed at 11.8
per cent. during the past winter as
compared with 17.1 per cent. in 1916
and 15.7 per cent. in 1915.
—The prospects for a big peach
crop from the peach belt of the State
remain exceedingly bright. In the
western end of the State the peach
buds were winter killed in many sec-
tions.
—The average production per acre
of both wheat and rye in the State
this vear is expected to be beiow the
average for the past ten years. Pres-
ent indications are that the average
| yield of wheat will be 15.6 bushels per
l'acre, and of rye 15.2 bushels per acre.
| —Ants are industrious workers, but
! they are so industrious that they be-
come a nuisance for they will infest
houses, particularly the pantries,
: hunting sweets. They are also to be
seen climbing trees where they find
{ aphids. The aphids secrete a honey
dew on their abdomens of which the
ants are especially fond.
There are ants which carry aphids
i to the roots of corn, others carry
‘aphids to the roots ¢f strawberry
| plants.
To control ants one must follow
| them and find the nests. Pour in each
| nest a little carbon bisulphide, and
| immediately cover the nests with
{ damp cloths or clay to prevent the
i fumes from escaping. The fumes be-
I ing heavier than air will sink to the
{ bottommost portions of the ants’ nest,
i smothering them.
| —When you find that your garden
{ or lawn has been plowed by some sub-
| terranean animal that leaves ridges
| all about, you become peeved. The
| moles do this work. They are hunt-
| ing for earth worms, and all kinds of
| larvae which infest soil, and so are
| really your aids because they help to
i get rid of insect pests. They do not
| eat vegetable matter, so that even the
| choicest bits of apple or potatoes that
| have been poisoned for them remain
i untouck ed.
i The only way to catch them is by
i means of traps specially made for this
! purpose, and which can be purchased
i at hardware and agricultural supply
| stores. They are sometimes dug out,
‘ but as they are very scnsitive to all
| vibration of moving objects overhead
| they retreat immediately when dan-
' ger threatens, and so are seldom
i found.
| —Why the Turkey is Disappearing
i from Pennsylvania.—There is a good
deal of evidence to show that the tur-
key, which at one time had represen-
tatives as part of the poultry flock on
every farm in the State is only now
occasionally found there and has in
fact as a commercial crop disappear-
ed from the State.
The turkey, being without question
the king of all domestic poultry, as a
table bird, it seems too bad that far-
mer, producer and city consumer both
are nearing the stage where they no
longer can enjoy turkey for Thanks-
giving and Christmas.
All of which is mostly unnecessary
in the opinion of W. Theo. Wittman,
Advice, Pennsylvania State Depart-
ment of Agriculture. He says that if
turkeys are a crop that is getting
more and more difficult, then it is
mostly due to the grower himself.
The turkey is a native of Pennsylva-
nia, throve here prodigiously and
will continue to do so if given the
chance. |
These chances are: First, a relent-
less culling out of the breeding stock,
anything that is small or weak, or
that was slow growing or that was
ever sick, etc. Among our wild tur-
keys Nature attends to this unceas-
ingly and unsparingly. Second, keep-
ing the breeding stock roosting out-
doors and keeping it lean. If it gets
begin to get thin by January and
must be thin when breeding season
comes. Every turkey grower should
hang these first turkey rules in his
home or office until they are so im-
pressed upon him that he can never
forget them, for, while what follows
is also of importance, these first ones
are altogether of prime importance.
Third, avoiding as much as possible
incubating turkey eggs in any way
except by the turkey herself. Several
generations of chicken reared turkeys
and the turkey refuses to live. Fourth,
when the poults or young turkeys
hatch let them alone with the turkey
hen and do not feed them anything.
Allow them range and freedom
but no man fed food. Fifth, feeding
young turkeys “to keep them at
home” as so many think they must do
lest they trespass, has largely made
turkey growing the failure it now is.
Turkeys must roam, must find their
own feed if they are to live and while
it is true that trespassing turkeys
may do some slight damage to farm
crops all the damage they ever do is
entirely offset by the tremenaous
amount of harmful bugs and noxious
weed seeds they destroy over the land
they are trespassing. Probably not a
single bird that we have and that we
protect and invite can equal a grow-
ing turkey at these things. Sixth, the
turkey rules to live, seem simple
enough; are very simple, the only
trouble seems to be that the horse
sense they embody is rarely employ-
ed. As to turkey diseases, there are
none under this method.
poultryman of the Bureau of Farm
fat in October and November, it must.
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