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.
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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.
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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.
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Expels Worms
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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.