2 NCE upon a time a song writer sat him down and 1 t 1 } \ composed : iy the Begin Nj ing ‘em down on the ivr . Fase wv farm after they've seen ° nnn? Paree.” Although it is 1 i s HIER probable that this par- HHH - I I Ol . . ticular writer had no more rate concep- Vig accu tion of real farm life than the aver- age resident of New York's famous “Tin Pan Alley,” his song did reflect a certain condition in our national life which has been causing concern for a number of years. That is the steady drift of from the rural sections to and economists have been painting dark pictures of what will result if this movement from the farm to the city is not checked. abou diffic “keep population urban centers A somewhat brighter picture, how- ever, has recently been painted by a man whose position puts him in close touch with conditions throughout the country. He is Merlin H. Aylesworth, president of the National Broadcast- ing company, one of the two big sys- tems which is providing daily enter- tainment and Instruction for millions of Americans, and in view of the Im- portance of the farm-to-city migra- tion problem, there is considerable significance to the statement which he makes. He says: The refr to keep ‘em written before the ady For, even a decade ago, then as now the centers entertainment and 1 that contribute to the satis enjoyment of lifekept well confined within their ow aries The outsider who craved them had to goto the city to enjoy them or do without, Today, however, thanks to radio, this is changed. The best that the city has in music and the drama, in art and literature, In entertainment and iInfor- mation, is available to the farm fam- fly as quickly and as fully as it is to the city dweller. The greatést opera and concert stars, the jazziest jazz artists, the stars of the vaudeville and statecraft all speak or sing or per- form for the resident of the farm or the country village as directly as they do for thelr metropolitan audiences One result of this is noted In recent census statistics covering the shift in population, as between cities and farms. Since the advent of radio it is noted that not only has the movement of population from the country to the cities been checked, but that a counter. movement from the cities toward the farms is gaining impetus. In 1927, for instance, 1.247.000 persons moved from our cities to the country. In the same year the drift from farm to city was reduced by about 300,000 as compared with 1928 and 1825 But this, In my judgment, is only a beginning. What radio has done in the past toward relieving the isolation and monotony of farm life Is only an Index of greater things to be done in the fu. ture Improved conditions farm are not, of course, due to radio alone. Automoblles, telephones and, to a very large and an Increasing degree, the extension of electric facilities into agricultural territory, have each played important parts. They have provided the farm dweller with comforts and conveniences equal to those enjoyed in the city and have definitely improved his economic opportunities and outlook. But In maintaining morale on the farms, in keeping the young folks sat. fsfied, in establishing contact between of life on the Advice Advice must not fall like a violent torm, bearing down and making hose to droop whom It is meant to herish and refresh. It must descend Js the dew upon the tender herb, or like melting flakes of snow ; the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon and the deeper it sinks Into the mind. If there are few who have the humility to receive advice as they ought, it Is often because there are few who have and city mater! intry as well as factor has played as radio, single a part now in Ret use 10,000,000 radio receiving SO060) (x) Just what 10 06K) (XX) which serve between and 660.000.0000 listeners. percentage of are in farm a survey made three years that one of every five farm homes in the United States has a radio the amazing growth of industry, which has increased by leaps and bounds ev ery year, it is reasonable to suppose that that ratio has held its own, if not actually Increased, so that fit would not be a bad assert one in four, or perhaps it these homes Is unknown, but two or ago showed set. Considering the radio 1088 to that every now has a radio set, The results of the survey referred to, made by the National Farm Radio council, revealed some interesting facts in regard to the Importance of the radio to the farmer. Its im- portance In changing the marketing methods of entire groups of farmers was reflected In reports from 43 states. More than 46 per cent of the replies to the questionnaire sent out gave specific examples of cash gsav- ings effected by the use of radio and practically every report indicated the importance and value to the farmer of having market reports from 24 to 48 hours earlier than they are ob tainable through any other source or medium. Typical of hundreds of reports of the farmer's use of radio In market- Ing Is this one from a farmer living near Keytesville, Mo.: “Radio report- ed hogs due to drop In two days. Shipped at once, Saved $150. In same week put off haying because of storm warning. This prevented heavy loss of hay." In conducting this nation-wide radio survey the National Farm Radio council gathered and tabulated 44.550 individual expressions. The survey was conducted by the council in co operation with 15 farm publications, 450 county agents, 200 boys’ and girls’ club leaders, 150 home demonstration agents, the National Grange, the American Farm Burean federation, several hundred teachers of voeation- al agriculture, deans of 37 colleges and several radio stations. Ninety-five per cent of farmer radio owners, the council sald, think of their radios as a utility as well as an amusement device. They think of the discretion to convey it by a proper vehicle, and the quality the harshness and bitterness of reproof, against which nature is apt to revolt, by a mixture of sweetening and agreeable ingredients.~Woodman News. How Tobacco Got Name In Virginia, where tobacco found growing before 1007, the ans called the plant “apooke.” The term “tobacco” appears not to have been a commonly used name for the plant, and it comes to us from a pe was Indl ¥, Karris rr £ nop it as a them 1 hours earlier other way. farme to market hi the great- It is, rather than a radio 18 playing ar mp in satisfying the desire of for entertainn fo answer usement, that the irtant role farm however, as utility device, the helping “How're Thanks gits In the qu you going to keep to radio, farm the national He the great events atte world's iron clas bouts of thrills at a re address by the He not when national He to Lindbergh, President only knows what is bh championship all sorts eption fron ppening enabled to feel the it happens, but he is a real event. The of grand the masterpieces o sense of participation in » volees opera stars, ic, both vocal latest fire as dance fa- imily today as Farm life, in new are to city deed, has entered a fort, For in a very sense, far greater extent than the govern- ment's census figures yet show, the city Is moving to the country. That is, the factors that made the city at- tractive are rapidly becoming equally avallable on the farms. And In this evolution radio is playing a major role. This Is due to a greater extent in America than elsewhere by reason of the lines along which our radio broadcasting has developed. Through the association of stations into na- tion-wide network it Is possible to give radio listeners, throughout the country, the very finest programs that talent and ingenuity can produce. Without the co-operation of these stations, remote parts of the country would still be denied the pleasure of hearing many of our finest artists, folks. l era of com convenience satisfaction. and to a and true are still rich concert and theatrical are to be found. jut while the artist stays In city, his volce and broadcast, by radio, of the land. the city to the farm, “So, when today asked: ‘How're you goin’ to keep obvious,” says Mr. Aylesworth. “They don’t have to be kept. They're stay: ing from choice. Uncle Sam's eensus figures themselves prove it most con clusively I" culiar Instrument used for inhaling smoke by the Inhabitants of Hispani. ola (Santo Domingo). This instru. ment consisted of a small, hollow wooden tube shaped like a Y, the two points of which being inserted In the nose of the smoker, the other end was held into the smoke of burning tobacco, and thus the fumes Inhaled. This apparatus the natives called “ta baco.” Accord Is necessary to enable the husband and wife to pull together, THE KITCHEN CABINET (Ee) 1929 Western Newsparer Union.) There are many who encounter adversity, that are happy; while some in the midst of riches are miserable; everything depends on the fortitude with which the forme er bear their misfortune, and on the manner in which the latter employ their wealth. — Tacitus VALUE OF CANDY IN DIET Who knows better than the physieal director of the youth as to the “freak for the athletic girl? G. H. Heineman, of Philadelphia advocates following the natural ap- petite for a variety of foods. He says, “you can’t bulid strong and healthly bodies on a diet that eliminates or appre clably reduces the essen- energizing foods. The physical diets" lack of make them and fatl a handicap to them In everything they stamina suscep “They deprive or some of the an effort to cut other carbohydrates in on thelr and what Is do down ries, they cole the result? When of one of the most valuable of all the 8 of it Is that sugar and sweets are more fattening than any foods. If would get thelr dieting fads they'd not only be healthier and stronger. but a whole k at.” one of a score for women lot more attractive to loo So It accepted and sche izing the pointing out and more ef! Many ties nos is thnt ¥e nthe sweet tooth Is RErvin swoels, dren. It on the school hour or pl sweets with wrong time of Candy ns dessert been used by wise mothers for years, but candy In desserts Is an entirely new wrinkle Here are a few suggestions: When preparing custards, Junkets or blanc mange, drop a caramel or a few pleces of peanut brittle in bottom of the filled. Wher NHKes a0 the cup before It is out the melted can » gance for the cusiard tie.—Spread thinly sliced apples the bottom d with salt and pea brittle; ad and bake In a Siow OF Seasonable Desserts. the fruits which are recommended as food. A few figs, or otherwise a handful of nuts Figs are one of satisfactory ways of them: Fig Pudding— of a cupful of milk Pour one-third bread crumbs teaspoonful of salt and one teaspoon ful of grated orange peel; mix all thoroughly and turn into a buttered mold and steam three and one-half hours Serve with any desired sauce. Fig Custard.—Scald one quart of milk. Mix two tablespoonfuls of corn starch with one cupful of sugar and one-fourth teaspoonfu! of salt. Pour on the scalded milk slowly and cook in a double boller twenty minutes. Add the yolks of three egys slightly beaten and cook just long enough to set the egg. Cut a pound of figs Into small pieces, put In a saucepan, add one fourth cupful of orange juice, two tablespoonfuls of lemon julce and a it. tle water, which is added and cooked with the figs before the fruit juices are added. to the first mixture and cool. sprinkled with shredded almonds, cov. er with a meringue of the eggs or with whipped cream, Rice Snow Balls.—Butter glass cus Line them with cooked rice to the thickness of half an inch. Place In the centers one large stuffed fig, using nots for the stufling. Cover with rice and with buttered paper. Steam for half an hour in a steamer. Serve with sweetened cream or with a fruit sauce such as orange juice or pineapple, with a dash of lemon. Fig Fritters.—Cut large pulled figs into halves, roll In dried macaroon crumbs, moisten with orange juice. place together In palrs, roll in four, then dip into a fritter batter and fry a golden brown In deep fat. Sprinkle with sugar and serve at once Stuffed Egg.~~Cream cheese adding a little cream to soften and stuff pulled figs with this mixture. Serve with crackers and coffee as the finish of a meal, There is nothing in fish food to equal a well-cooked shad. If one could be grown with fewer bones we might en. Joy them better, and on the other hand perhaps that Is the reason we appreciate them ; we taste each morsel po carefully. adiola 33 - newest RCA achievement A high quality “all-elec~ tric” receiving set for inexpensive A.C. opera- tion. An amazingly fine instrument at this re- markable price. s T° (less Radiotrons) Ask the nearest RCA Radiola Dealer to demonstrate the "33" for you and tell vou about the RCA Time Pay ment Plan. RCA RADIOLA RADIOTRON MADE ay THE MAKERS or THE Hotel and Restaurant; } ¢ Preps i | Agents Attention Modern Flour and Feed Mill; « u i fi: nr i je be the firs! to ints in | #16 Empire Brokers this big seller to a Details on roguest General Merchandise ar , BE. ABBOTT & CO. Huntington, W. Va. Port Re v ent " ng er § " 19 1 6. Empire ‘ Hardware, Grocery and Furniture Store; Finc For the kiddies reddy 4 4 ~n ne Sales Gres 1 more aw*macaroni Salesmen and Salesladie $i Linwood, Little 1 Money back for firet bottle If not sulted. All dealers | Gaithersburg Hat i Baby Chicks of Quality! | ¥ ] Hanford’s Balsam of Myrrh | “7 7% RAIL 00 per 16 Many a tombstone Inscription is too | W. N. U, BALTIMORE, NO. 16.1929, good to be true, —- | Every one fault seeming The greatest conquest in life is the | till fellow-faul ame onquest of ideas. | it monstrous to match WOR TA EAD bow millions of men and women bave taken a new lease on life . . . or have quickly got rid of stubborn coughs, due to colds, by a simple, pleasant, time-tested method. Don’t say you have no appetite, no in- terest in life. Where there's life, there's hope . . . beosuse there's always PERUNA! Famous the world over for its tonic qualities, PERUNA peps up, almost like magic. Contains IRON; also certain roots and herbs requently presoribed by physicians everywhere. Tasty too. After the first precious spoonful, you'll smeck your lips and squere your shoulders. And food! You'll actually creve it. Your whole system will respond. You'll assimilate nourishment and eliminate poisonous waste as in your balmiest PERUNA not only helps build strength, but sustains it. One bottle often does the work, Try it . . . today! PERUNA LL ——— A —————— — x Tur SsCRET of Skin and Hair Loveliness IN THE regular daily use of Cutie cura and the occasional use o the fragrant and , to cleahse; Ointment, SoieeptIC and
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers