THE MOST POPULAR GIRL IN TOWN WB BHR ->- Rite ce ot ae >. X By FANNIE HURST - SCR RLRBR BILE ABS T WAS one of those situations, which, beginning the size of a pea, gathered moss at such an astonishingly rapid rate that presently all those connected with it were aghast at the magnitude of what they had done. The Midtown Gazette, on which young Tom Powell was a reporter and to which Miss Amy Strickey sub- scribed, had started «a popularity con- test, the winning young lady tg be the fortunate recipient of a tour around the world. Of course, off-hand, one would have told you that Amy Stricker, so blond ifn her beauty, so bland in her blue- eyedness, so tender in the springtime quality of her youth, was the most popular girl in town. But popularity in the town of Orlando was one thing and popularity in a state which con- tained at least six cities of far greater population and size was another. In any event, before the township of Or- lando realized it and with interest and competition running high, here was little Amy Stricker, nineteen, assistant librarian In the town's somewhat makeshift library, plling up votes In a fashion that flabbergasted and de lighted the amazed and amused cou- pon clippers, Of course, the fine Powell was to be detected behind much of the activity, From the mo- ment that the Midtown Gazette an- nounced its policy of staging the con- spicuous and dramatic contest, this young fellow, alert, up-and-coming and full of the fine fettle of young journal. ism, carried on his campaign for plac ing the victory In the hands of his lovely fiancee, Miss Amy Stricker. For three months, with comparative 1y no local competition, but with dan- gerons runners-up from the larger cities of the state, the war fOr popularity waged and circulation climbed. Miss Stricker’s little desk at the library became the mecca of turbulent, cou- pon-clipping scenes. ‘The little frame house on Ludlow street, where Hved with a married sister, sharing a tiny room with two half-grown nieces, electric with excitement. In fact, the only calm aspect of this frenzied fight for the spectacular re. ward was the small, beautiful blond figure of Amy Stricker. She was as radiant as a lovely morning, her blue eyes never bluer, her smile never whit- er. They sald of her locally that she was a Mary Pickford, at Mary's zenith, Youngsters adored her and followed her in little clumps. Old ladies tod- fled to the library for the benefit of the gentle manner she had with them. Amy had more beaus than there were chairs in the Ludlow street house to accommodate them. Tom who had worked his way through North- western university, was regarded the luckiest fellow In town. He wanted Amy to be the luckiest girl In town. On the day of Amy's victory of eight thousand votesgover her closest com- petitor, the town went wild. It was a miniature Lindbergh day. Factories and business houses blew their mid- day whistles and business was literal ly suspended for the hour that Amy Stricker, mounted on a paper float, rode through the town, bowing her sweet acknowledgments to the plaud- its of crowds that were almost entire- ly composed of men, women and chil dren with whom she had grown up. No royal bride was ever more pomp- ously prepared for ceremony than Amy in those weeks preceding her depar- ture for the first lap of her ninety-day tour of the world. She was the com- munity’s Interest, the community's pride, the community's responsibility. Ladies’ societies met for the sole pur- pose of sewing Amy's traveling things. Tocal shops vied with one another In supplying Miss U. 8. A. with para- phernalia. Tom Powell worked his eager hands to the bone, 80 to speak, seeing to it that the whole general picture was one of magnitude and scope worthy of his flancee. And then there entered into this ple. ture aspects of the human equation which were to shock and disappoint the community beyond gnything that had ever happened In its midst, A momentary shock, it is true, which ldter was to be superseded by a home. iy kind of feeling of affection for the misdemeanor of which Miss Stricker and Mr. Powell had been guilty. Two weeks before Amy's contem- plated departure on a flower-decked, bunting-draped train, Tom Powell, seated In her stuffy little parlor one evening, caught her in his arms and told her that he could not bear to let her go, that he was sure to lose her “o a vast and admiring world, that he had tried to be unselfish In giving her to the world, but that his heart was sick within him with what he had done. Amy in turn, with her cheek against his shoulder, sobbed out her nostalgia: begged him to release her from the vast project of taking this tour alone; clung to him; needed him. The nest hand of Tom she was | 4 IwWel il. town twenty miles away and were married, The newspaper, the town and the state gave a large grunt of disgust and turned to the second runner-up, 8 contestant In a large city who had Amy's acclaim, to take the role of Miss U, 8S. Cxcitement fell away from the threshold of Amy Stricker- Powell overnight. She became any little bride in any little town, mar- ried to any little struggling fellow. They set up housekeeping in three rooms of a two-femily cottage on a scrubby street at the end of the town. The community was Irreparably dis appointed In Amy and manifested It- self by leaving her severely alone, For the first few months of the mar- riage, the town's resentment Singered, and then the case of Miss U. A. was forgotten. The Tom I “bec ame comfortably a part of local life. Amy took up her household duties and Tom pursued his work. There were the usual struggles, the usual happiness, the usual ambitions, desires and hopes. The first five years of their marriage Tom was promoted twice, Amy gained fifteen pounds, ard three babies, all of them healthy and vigorous, were born. If the perfection of Amy's bloom faded, the little bland, blue quality of her eyes burned on. She was beautiful because she was happy. And then catastrophe came. The eldest boy almost succumbed to menin- gitis. Amy fell off a ladder while painting her kitchen cupboard and had a bad time with a sprained ankle, Then Tom, out of a clear sky, took to his bed for a period of eighteen months with a hip disease that had gradually to correct itself, Tom's disability pinched the little household down to a state of actual depri#htion, Amy resumed her position at the library. During those long, dreary months she kept the litle household going, maintained Tom in his wheel chair In dainty ang immaculate fash- fon, took two of the children to school on the way to the library, did her mar- keting on the way home, prepared meals, accomplished much of her scrubbing and. window washing after dark, waxed floors on her knees, did some of her card cataloguing for the library at home, exercised Tom on his bad and tided over the finances without having to resort to borrowing. “There A.” was the way the townspeople usually pointed her out to strangers. That came lit- erally to be true, Tom, when he kissed her and fon- dled as if he could never leave off expressing his gratitude, always thought of her in his heart as typical of Miss U. 8 A. (€ 1831, McClure Newest (WNI 1 ieg goes Miss U. 8, her, aper Syndicate.) ee.) Ber Wife Gave Reception According to an early chronicler, Mrs. Washington's levees were “open only to persons of privileged ragk and and they attired in full merely the degree, loss dress, tions smaller plan, monies of foreign “At these receptions Mrs. Washing- sat. Guests on a customs and cere courts, reproduced, ton circle round which passed, speaking poli but never shaking hands. in New the tely to each one, levee announced : ‘General cede him. Good night!" Today we find in known as authoritative in our Capital: “It political, official and ington the White on etiquette society House, This con- main entrance and placing on a tray which a the front door or to your car. merely tokens of respect, asks to the whole ceremony about half a minute from the gate of entrance to the exit on the other side. “In recent years it has become cus- tomary for women, after they have left their ecards as described, to ask for the honor of being received by the President's wife. This done by writ. ing a note to her social secretary, which may be about as follows: “ ‘My dear Miss ——: Will you ask calls being no one Srey wife: calling upon her, on what day it will be agreeable for her to receive me? Sincerely yours,’ and so on"—Maude Parker in the Saturday Evening Post. Pertinent Question Ans Irishman strolling through Lon- don saw some pictures In a pho- tographer's window. One was of a young man taken after he had attend. ed a fancy dress ball In Mephistophe- lean costume, After looking at it for some time he went into the shop and said he wanted a picture taken of his brother and him- self on one card. The photographer made the usual preparations and then asked for his brother, “Oh, he's In Bristol,” was the reply. “And how,” said the photographer, “ean you expect me to take the picture of a man who is in Bristol?” “Well,” gald the Irishman, “I'd like to know how you took Satan's picture, Did you meet him here?” Where He Spent the Day Mrs, Maggs had invited her nelgh- bor to see the new decorations, The house had been repainted, and after examining the living rooms they went into the bedroom. “My!” said Mrs. Diges, admiringly. “Isn't it pretty? Dut what are the lovely pletures painted on the eelling for?” “For my ‘ushand,” explained Mrs, Maggs, “'E likes to ‘ave something to look at on Bundays” London Tit- Bits, Strawberry for Every Locality Klondike, Aroma and How- ard 17 Are Three Lead- ing Varieties. {Prepared by the United Etates Department of Agriculture )—WNU Bervice People who avold strawberries be- cause of their high acidity need not deny themselves the pleasure of eat- fng this luscious fruit if they will try some of the milder flavored varleties such as the New York, the Marshall, and the Chesapeake. Several hundred varieties of strawberries are grown in the United States, one for every local- ity and purpose, according to special- ists of the United States Department of Agriculture who have classified them for the benefit of growers and consumers, Of this large number of varieties, however, only about 40 are grown commercially, and 19 of these constitute 90 per cent of the acreage. The three leaders—Klondike, Aroma, and Howard 17-—account for 63 per cent of the acreage In the country. Best Varieties to Grow. Climate and soll conditions are fac- tors that determine to a large extent the best varieties to grow in the differ- entsections of the country, The Mis- sglonary is the leading sort In Florida and along the Atlantic cohst to Mary- land. Most cther parts of the South prefer the Klondike. The Biake- more, a new berry de veloped by the department, is becoming popular in the Carolinas and ag far North as New Jersey. The Aroma I8 a favorite In most of the milder regions of the central states, including the northern part of Arkan- Tennessep, and the southern parts of Missourl, Illinois and Indiana. The Dunlap is popular in the i der of the Middle West. In the North- west, Marshall, on, Ettershurg 121, and Clark are most widely while the Howard 17 is king the Ohlo and Potomac and east of the Mississippi. New Varieties Increase. varieties of strawberries are introduced constantly, the Man as compared with the d most of nursery- ] Dew vari- has merit itself, rema Ores grown, north of New being de- y of them possess no special value well-established va them men's lists, Occ ety such rieties, an soon disappear from asionally Hakemore ike a place as the enough to nu Night Light for Baby Chicks Meeting Favor » results secured by a itry raisers wi use Massa reports that + der observ showed a gain Bile weeks per cent, ng upon the breed. This gain did not come from eating du the night but it was note dim light kept higks spr in the most comfortable slee] avallable and heir way becom depend the « enabled them to the hover ing chilled. It was al that on cold i group of chicks ; - A Tein - 1 ing to drink an it wh back #0 of lighted time before ie a large portion of those in the ghted group warm under the hover. Where electricity Is av: a farm lighting p or trans a ten-watt light was re- This assures a depend Hght which will not blow out or come an extra fire hazard. Trap Japanese Beetle When Infestation Light In the summer of 1929 approximate- ly 17.500 Japanese beetle traps haited with geraniol were used by the United States Department of Agriculture In lightly infested areas, and in 1080 the number was increased to 25.583, The department recommends trapping only where there is a light infestation, The baited traps attract beetles from a great distance and If used in heavily Infested areas would draw abnormal numbers from neighboring properties to the property where the traps were used. The cost for bait and for oper. ating the traps was £1.66 per trap in 1020 and £1.63 In 1030, Massachusetts Favors Two Feeding Mixtures The Massachusetts station makes the following recommendations for poultry feed mixtures. Much of course will depend upon local conditions such as the price and availability of the in. gredients, The laying mash is: 200 Ibs, meal, 100 Ibs. wheat bran. 100 ibs middiings, 100 hs ground oats, 50 Ibs. meat scraps, 25 lbs, fish meal, 25 Ibs. alfalfa leaf meal, 25 Ibs. dried skimmilk, and 5 Ibs, salt, Scratch feed: 500 Ibs, yellow corn. 250 Ibs. wheat, 150 Ibs. barley, and 100 Ibe. oats, come- Grinding Feed Pays No experienced dairy farmer would feed whole grain to his cows, At any rate one would hardly think so. Yet there are men who do this very thing and then complain because there Is no money in dairying. True, prices of dalry products are low at this time, and there is reason for dissatisfaction on that score, but the man who feeds whale grain to his cows Is not likely to secure much profit at any time. Lower Fencing Cost With Large Fields Irregular Enclosures Have Too Many Corners, Fencing small irregular fields Is an expensive operation, according to J. L Falconer, chairman of the department of rural economics at the Ohlo State university, who finds that for most kinds of general farming the flelds should be at least 40 rods long. Rectangular fields and small flelds require more fencing per acre than square or large fields. With fields of the same shape, he states, the larger the field, the fewer rods of fence to the acre are required to enclose It, and a proportionally smaller area of tillable land Is occupied by fences. A square field of one acre would require 50 rods of fence; one of 20 acres, 11.3 rods of fence per acre; while a square fleld of 40 acres could be fenced with eight rods of fence per acre. If the width of land occupied by fences in the one acre and 40-acre field were uniform, the amount of waste land due to fences would be more than six times as much in the one-acre field as In the 40-acre field, Falconer says. A square field of ten acres requires 160 rods of fence; a rectangular field of ten acres, 28 by 08 rods, requires 150 rods of fence; and a rectangular fleld 20 by 80 rods requires 200 rods of fence, If the fields are not to he fenced this disadvantage of the rec tangular field need not be considered, Irregular fields are especially wasteful of fencing and land, and uneconomical to operate, They have too many ners, many short rows, and too many corner posts, COr- 100 Inoculate Legume Seed by Making Them Sticky Dry materi several week before pl have not compared to tions, n due uni States Depa reported Purdue Soll legume als used on goed anting the tory result moist applic done at Pur. oy the Unite and Beeson, given satisfac jelly or ling to worl versity and rtment of Agriculture recently by K. E, university, from well inocula be used y way to tell how well the ulated Is to ted fields can but the only eld 1s Ino fact w the f a taf art asl io satisia ) observe this the legume Is growing in Small seeded le uld be made sticky by use sugar to two parts w gumes she of a solution of one part ater, Deeson rec than a pint of the ution will treat a bushel After the solution Is applied the seed should be mixed and have the dirt applied f the is not left moist it can sown or stored. Soybean should not be mais. tened but should be ommends, I gweetened sol of seed, seed damp, as much molstn URES the drill. goed clog All land that has not bes should have seed Inoculated Beeson suggests. coat to slip and n inoculat- ed hefore this year, Weedy C love er r Seed N vot Popular on Any Farm Buckh le lover seed seed for orn, dock and pigweed commonly - produc ¢ m seeds ing « more any gOwWnD vitally each seed making it mt none but ver seed he sown, ver seed, gcrupulo clean clo says Sar uel M. Jordan, weed and seed special- ist of the Missouri state board agriculture For expect each seed of its kind: for each seed of dock, dock seeds: and, for plgweed seed, 1.000000 weed seeds of this Kind. From the foregoing facts, it is easy to see, Mr, Jordan says, that it is bet- ter to sow no clover seed at all than to sow a lot of weed seed with It. each clover seed sown one to harvest 30 clover seeds: for 50.000 each Strawberries Lacking It is a matter of surprise when one actually sees the scarcity of fruit among some farmers, Their tables are well provided with milk and cream, with pork and poultry, also bread and pastry, but as to fruit, they seem to be content to go without. A few rows of strawberry plants in the garden, the fruit of which when well smoth. ered with cream, of which farmers have a rich abundance, would give them three times daily a dessert for the gods. FAR T Rack the apple barrel frequently while It Is being filled. . » @» To do a good, clean job of enltivat- ing. all shovels should be sharp and polished, . 0 Based on past experience, profit In growing cucumbers depends primarily on the control of insect and disease pests, * ® » Grape arbors ean be used to good advantage In making the farm home grounds attractive, Try to give some thought to the location of these. . * » Fruit should be thinned out If the usual June drop has left more fruit on the trees than will mature prop- erly. Thinning will Improve the quality of the remaining fruit. . se Omitting the last spray on the po. tatoes Is lke letting the insurance lapse on the day before the fire. As long as the vines are green spraying will help to control blight and rot. Saw-Toothed Grasses Fatal to Wild Animals | To the poet's eye a dewy blade of | grass may be a “glenming practical eye of the elk, the deer, and the moose, These unsuspecting anl- mals frequently learn, however, and | painfully so, that a clump of grass may be only a “sheath of spears’ disguised as forage, The blological survey of the De- partment of Agriculture finds that the sharp, saw-toothed seed parts of the squirreltail grass and other sim- | flar grasses on the western ranges | cause the death of many elk, and moose. The needielike the seed cases plerce the membranes in the animals’ The jagged edge of the seed case re sembles a porcupine quill, tender I | mouth, every effort of the to get rid of it results only ther embedding the seed BUCA, fected and lead to eventually to death. abscesses tion because a great wad of lodged In cheek had impossible for the animal to eat, The biological survey Is ing to eradicate such grasses from the elk oming and from the Sul preserve, North trouble has been in evidence, one Ilys hill game Dakota, World Rewards Genin: us Who Perfected “Zipper” fastonir ”w zipper” Zz, composed ig now wns the fund of intermeshing teeth, which made nse of in many 1014 of WAYE, invention in Gideon back, a Swedish engir the United 81 cer working i ates, It was first sug. 4 } and then anp and fir shoes, spare guntents an and the ise y tobacco pouches hildren wheel d4 many 8 not COVOTS end has spre: , ere mage i, bu in some particular was unrelial effort went "he shorieon remedied by reaping a some Lavwrent of the con almost fs romantic At the ug working in Edinburgh. at the az qualified as n successful patent the notice of ( ployment he his rise In the eng apid. 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