HER VERY OWN ROOM IN °F Mahalia hadn't had a room all, entirely, completely her own. she had had parts of other pedble’s ONS. She had slept in a room by herself. ut during the daytime that room had ween used as a sewing room, She had kept her toys in another ‘oom, but that room was also used as 2 storeroom and when a visitor came fttle Mahalia had to take her toys In- 0 another part of the house, so the risitor's trunk could go In the store Vom, She could only take of her dings atong with her as she only had t little spuce in which to play in this ther part of the house where the some Then Che Arranged Her Things All About the Room, pack hall ended. That was one of her playing places, Then she kept her everyday dresses m the room where she slept and her nest dresses she kept in her mother's loset, Her hat and coat and rubbers were £ept in a corner of the downstairs hall which was hidden by a heavy curtain. This was where many of the outdoor clothes of the family were kept, She had never had a place at all, sutirely, completely her own. But last Inve one. now at she was going to d family talking about heard the members of the it. “Don’t you think Mahalia could have 3 room of her own? “She's old enough for a room of her wn now.” 3 he “It would be nice if the child could save a place she could call her very own, where she could keep everything together, instead of being moved from one spot to another.” Dear Editor: “Yes, she Is bundled this way and that. Whenever anyone comes here Mahalia has to make a room for the visitor, and her things are put under the bed, or in closets or on shelves because she hasn't any one place to keep them.” And then it was decided. Up at the top of the house was a roour. It had been used us a room where old things were put which were of no special use anywhere and yet which no one wanted to throw away. There wus a bureau there and an old. table, three large pictures, two chairs, a washstand and set of dishes, Really, there was no reason why this room couldn't be fixed up prettily for Mahalia. It could be made pretty with little trouble, Oh, what fun it to fix it What a pleasure In getting ready. Mahalia pulled out her things from this from that. It was amazing hb had in 850 wus up. and ow much place sh Q one place or another, Pretty curtains were put up at the nice bureau ven a Wis windows, the bureau the three wall the wall. The put info a cor- ner, instead ng out in middle of the floor, and then Mahalia's bed was brought from Her were all put into clogset—everything was in the same now. The bureau looked quite fine with a pretty cover, and the bu- reau drawers were all Mahalia's own. her all ere was plenty of was gi the table, and hung cover, Pics instead on the pe standing against shstand was of wi standi he downstalrs. clothes the closet TN Then arranged things the room. Th for her she about of spa It remarkable what done with a room things put into corners and arranged, instead of all in the way, © toys, I be were wis coul when standing about, looking Mahalia kept working for days, pull ing out this and that from some place or other that belonged to her—and all going to the one big room which was now to be hers. There about ¥ ” e all her moving pla would be no now, She would have a own. It one's own, Oh, ke having a little house of it » prog She felt was | A8 SO LIC, She wy | appy per was so EX, about it, instead ¥ d of | who of mes ke a le KON of a person different finned as she had felt when it another parts sometl of her belonged In part One in mre room, ¥ $ $ * ang anoles seemed, room. It was happy. And beautifully happy. {Copy enough to make she was happy. right.) CTHE WHY of SUPERSTITIONS By H. IRVING KING HE reason why 1 pay less and less attention to advice is that so often it’s purely negative. I wrote a plece for a club paper once and showed it to a fellow mem- ber. “I'd be afraid of It,” he urged, so I tore it up. Later I was sorry. Giood-hearted impulses so rarely see the light! The difference between a scolding mother and a Boy Scout troop is that the mother hushes her boys all the time and the scout leader gives them something positive to do. One says no, the other says yes. I've often thought the Ten Com- mezdments would have been more ef- fective If they had been positive In- stead of negative. We get too many don'ts in this world! More and more I want to write as [ feel, to act as my good heart directs, to be natural, It takes courage, but the results are glorifying. FRED BARTON. Copyright.) mma Jin GIRLIGAG,P soon “Judging by his spelling,” says our stenographer, “it must have been Chaucer who stirted the dictated.but. not-read fad.” (Copyright) Moon Like Volcanic Ash The moone«is composed of some por. ous material similar to volcanic ash found on the earth. Such Is the opin- fon expressed by Dr, aui Epstein, of the California Institute of Technol. ogy, who based his conclusions on data obtained during a recent eclipse. ~-Pathfinder Magazine. DANDELIONS COMMON among chil dren is to take a dandelion which A practice has gone to seed and by blowing upon it three times find out “If my mother wants me.” If the round, white moon- lke ball of fluffy seeds is entirely blown away by the three puffs the child resumes his play, confident that his mother not becoming anxious for his return home, But if any of the delicate down-like seed spindles remain fixed in their base he knows that “his mother wants him.” In this simple childish ecnstom we find a survival of that worship of the heavenly bodies which, far back in the morning of time, became formu lated into the highest, most compli- cated and most intellectual of heathen cults, The dandelion was one of the plants gathered in the fields of north- ern and middle Europe on midsum- mer eve in the days when the worship of Freyja had not yet disappeared. It is now so gathered in many remote parts of these same lands. The sun at his pitch of highest power Imparted to it certain mystic qualities. But by midsummer eve most dangelion flow. ers are gone to seed and resemble a moon, rather than # sun. Ro, follow. ing the trail through the sun gods and moon goddesses of barbarous and classic time, we arrive at last where 80 many trails end, on the hanks of the Nile, Isis was the moon goddess but she wis also the mother of Horus, the sun god. Like Diana and the other goddesses whose origin has been traced back to her, her usual symbol was two horns, or a crescent moon. But the full moon was also a symbol of Isis and In her pictures and statues when she is represented as suckling Horus she Is represented with both the orb and the horns on her head the old moon In the new moon's arms, And the greatest title of Isis was “The Mother of the World” It is easy to see then why in the primitive mind, the idea of motherhood attaches it- self to the moon-like orb of the dan- delion gone to seed, and why the child performs a rite to Isls to “See If his mother wants him.” (@ by MeClure Newspaper fyndioats.) is Georgia's income in 1920 from ten truck crops was $5,221.00, an In. crease of 20 per cent. i i Bete er sat aetestec® - . Qa le Selene raat a Alice Joyce eran pp pr pep tear a hr ie ol a : % be LY Handsome Alice Joyce was the choice of George Arliss for the lead. ing feminine role in “The Green God. dess,” which has proved popular as an all-talking version of that famous | melodrama. Miss Joyce is one of the | the industry, as a leading woman while still in her | teens. She was born in Kansas City and educated there. New York City | is her home when che is not working on a picture. 9000000800000000000L000L For Meditation 8 3 3 000000 By LEONARD A. BARRETT SCOOROGO00 NARCOTICS 8 fee sale of illicit narcotics in the | United States | greatly increased within the last ten years. In the city there of New York then ten thousand add number in ¥ wil not less The United States alone are Cis, total the entire matter olly a of conjecture, is almost Impossible fo create estimate quarter on woul CHUSes ox large ti PRT fo a in nom extent The small Holland, inal cost Is from £50 to S100 “a pound, i. A. Barrett. ,. Ave After they been are diluted sestil uni smug gled Into this with inal country thes and has been water the pound times drugs orig reaged to sev in terated form | ' 8 lea el eral adul is shit ght times the ost price, 6r about $640 per pound. TI ed is from HY) to TOO i ol profit ders oent the ard the original In- fortunes nial been EXON d profits derived on have trad § vestment, Fabulous been by the narcotics made professio It has these profits the in I that portionally bootl 1 hie mous mate ro I from gring. second for this enor | traffic for reason is the large domestic de mand This de- | mand persons who have | become enslaved by them and whose | hunger for then irresistible—in | many cases absolutely beyond control, This condition is found mostly among | the more fortunate people financially, the cost of the article being excessive : It is very common for a person to spend as much as five dollars daily for his illicit drugs. i Strennous efforts are being made to this traffic and ultimately to | it. A world conference on parcotics will held this in | Switzerland where these problems will narcotics. from these Comes is subdue eliminate be year considered. The assistant district New York in an recent address, said: “Smuggling of dope into the United States has become such a formidable problem that only the concerted ef. forts of nations in which the narcotics are produced and shipped can serve | to impede the traffic. A sweeping in- | vestigation will be Inaugurated and | we hope to strike at the roots of the | largest combines ever formed for smuggling.” {&) 1930, Western Newapaprr Union.) wll Possums be : attorney for (@®. 1930, McClure Newspaper Syndicate.) Phones Mark Expansion The telephone system of Australia’ added nearly as many telephones dar ig the five-year period that ended In 1927 ds were added during the pre. | ceding fifteen years.—New Eagland Utility News. | (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) The serub sire is gradually yielding the right of way to the pure bred In the nationwide ervsade known as the “Better letter Stock™ ecam- paign, conducted by the United States Department of Agriculture and vari- OUs sintes, Sires to Russell, four counties Taylor nd Craig odd Up Union, Ken. Virginia— the distinction of hav- scrub and grade bulls, counties In county, ive nch © banishe ! ive stock owners par- campalgn, aceord] to department records, 345. The in of campaign and other methe gested for improvement of live are included Miscellaneous Cliren- lar 33-M, “Some Tested Methods for Live number for wis procedure in Stock Improvement” issued by Department of Agri- Washington, D, C. farmer who desires culture, Any to take Corn Fertilizers I Many Different Types of Soil, Givin ro quickl; form 1 Weel argin to ten days, to and, at in all from a whiel I the n needed » 1 2-111 or fa . beat the first killing frost ; the same time, It Increases yields and improves tl val- w quality and feeding ue of the or will Fallowi: Rg lege, on i Use the 18,000 Tons. recommendal ns the and observations, Wis the co and Own experience sin farmers will use approximately al fertill he prairie cot 18 O00 tony superphos- x i a of nitrogen and potash the ommended, Such mixe ilizers carrying amount ddition to phosphate is mixtures as $1840, and 3-140 have been used results, Chapman For the lighter colored clay and silt fer. tilizers carrying a little more nitrogen than those used on the prairie soils, or such mixtures as 4-104, 5-155 and similar combinations, Potash Content High. On sandy soils, bottom mucks, and peats the fertilizer for corn should be high in its potash content. Mixtures of 2-8-16, 3-018, 312-12; or 090-27 and 0832 combinations will cover the requirements, Stable manure legume residue should, however, be used as the chief of plant food for this crop, since corn is a heavy feeder on ni trogen “Commercial fertilizers for corn applied in small amounts of 100 to 150 per acre cannot be expected to take the place of a liberal appli- states he advises the use of relatively or source as a supplement to it,” he concludes, in Attaining Growth Sudan grass seeded ate in May may be pastured late in June or used Be- ability for late sowing, and its ability to withstand dry weather sudan grass has attained a high ranking as a sup plementary pasture crop. Silage Is a good pasture supplement, also, but it quiring at least two or three inches to be fed from the surface daily. Silos small in diameter give best results for summer use, for they permit the feed ing of greater depths of silage a day. Pasture Improvement Why is it that most of this pasture Improvement work is being done in the Northwest and East? Principally because that is where the need is the greatest and that is where fertilizer usage has long been established. But with the growing Interest in pasture improvement that is to be found in the North Central and Middle West. ern states, it is no idle guess that the fertilization of pasture land will be as well received as liming for alfalfa and fertilizing corn have been in recent Stock” part In the “Better Sires—Petter Stock™ campaign may request an en- rollment blank which, when filled out, entities him to a lithographed barn sign resembling a metal tablet, read- ing “Purebred Sires Used Exclusively on This Farm,” Other material issued by the department for assisting in the Improvement of live stock includes Farmers’ Bulletins, ! pictures, posters, notion and graphed matter, Including instruc insirug § A. lantern slides, nimeo- tions for » t i A conducting a scrub-sire t noteworthy developmen in * interest which banks, ce, and other nercial org: have taken in this work. The department a greater willin bankers to live stock than was first started. The shows bull, which is favored for United Sta ture, inizations reports part u pi gness on the of nake loans on the re when Hlustration Chi ck Mortality Can Be Greatly Reduced Largely a Matter of Sanita- tion, Says Expert. pariment bods in poultry pro- No reascn h d not be it, says Dr. M. A, of i Department of Agriculture. iry specialist § ¥ In tain sections been commor regard a tality IWers in aligns for reducin several stat * gelinitle I camp mortality have t h chicks to four weeks of the department's animal husband experiment farm at , Md, 4 per cent up Beltsville has been mmartalire k mortality t 10 is largely a matter of sanita- Doctor Jull. The is to get eggs or has for bacll di the second place, be sure of the has Keeping chi wlow per cent tion, according to CeRSary breeding stock that ary white In hat the Incubation been carried out under the most san. itary conditions Then the brooder house should be carefully dis- infected the litter replaced two three times a week, feed, fed in clean troughs, is another impor tant factor in reducing chick mor. tality. ¢ eg possible, and or Clean Important to Feed All Geese Some Green Stuff Geese of all varieties are easy to handle and not hard to raise when understood. Usually they are hardy and are as readily brought to matur- ity as are chickens. The breeders should not be fed much corn at any season as it is too fattening and will cause soft eggs or infertile ones. Oats make a staple feed for laying geese and the same mash usually given to laying hens will answer every pur- pose. Plenty of shells and grit must be provided at all times and, when laying, charcoal and bonemeal make a good addition to the. feed ration. All varieties require green food in some form-—grass, green oats, clover, alfaifa, cabbage, roots of all kinds, etc. This Is very important, and is more than one-half the feed consumed through the breeding period. ih Agricultural Hints Sheet erosion moves the most fer. tile soil. * In the matter of soil conservation, live stock is of greatest importance. » . - . » The farmer with live stock Is a manufacturer, as well as a producer of raw materials, * Many stock keepers fall to balance their rations because they feel it nec. essary to feed what they have at hand, . » Potash Is not needed so much on rolling yellow clay soils. Eroded soils need nitrogen and phosphate more than potash, * & » To be standard by common consent eggs should weigh 24 ounces to the dozen, They should be collected In cold weather before they freeze and during warm weather two or three times daily, tired every morning ? Get poisons out of the system with Feen-a.mint, the Chewing Gum Laxa< tive. Smaller doses effective whew taken in this form. A modern, scien- tific, family laxative. Safe and mild. INSIST ON THE GENUINE FOR CONSTIPATION enm——— WORMS RUIN A CHILD'S HEALTH Drive every worm out of your child's system without a moment's delay. Use the safe, vegetable worm medicine that has been so successful for 75 years— Frey's Vermifuge. Perhs now your child g the teeth ordered stomach 18. Buy Frey's Vermifuge at your druggist's today. | Frey’s Vermifuge Expels Worms | RR Women's Dress Good health depends upon good di- gestion. sal digestion E wi th Wright's Indiz "egetable Pills and you safe Ze a box. 872 Brazilian City's Elevator hia n Bras norther Club Observation I have to gis * are my married, love? I'll have a little club dear. Laura f at home for you, Welghing was near Hamborn, a the sturgeon Rhine 5 pounds, recently caught in Germany. gestive organs all tranguilized. Once you have tried this form of relief you will cease to worry about your diet and experience a new freedom in eating. This pleasant preparation is just a8 good for children, too. Use it whenever conted tongue or fetid breath signals need of a sweetener Physicians will tell yon that eve spoonful of Phillips Milk of Mag- nesia neutralizes many times {fs volume in acid. Get the genuine, the name Phillips Is important, Iuitations do not act the same! of Magnesia W.N. U, BALTIMORE, NO. 21-1930.
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