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MOTHER FOR
HIS BROOD
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,
TANLEY WICKERSHAM was
one of those widowers, youngish,
well-to-do, well set up, over whom
mothers with marriageable
daughters, and the daughters them-
selves sighed, in spite of the fact that
Wickersham was the father of four
children (one of them already begin.
ning in his father's business), the
others scarcely more than tots
After the death of his wife, Wicke
ersham broke up the beautiful home
they had occupied during the period
of a happy marriage, and moved with
his orphaned family to a large and
comfortable suite in a family hotel,
where he Installed two governesses
and a mald to look after the two
little boys, aged seven and eight,” and
a baby still crawling.
About once or twice a week, as a
treat to his children, Wickersham dined
with his family down in the public
dining room. The youngsters loved
this, never seeming to tire of the
sense of novelty afforded them by the
bright lights, music and gayety of the
hotel restaurant, The eldest boy,
Jonathan, also took part In these oc-
ecagions, He was a sleek young fel
low, well set up, vigorous, just out of
college. The two men, father and son,
were a presentable pair,
Sympathetic dowaffers and mar-
riageable daughters and widows, too,
looked with tender eyes upon the ple.
ture of this little family, The gray-
halred, handsome and rather tired
faced father, ails good looking twenty-
year-old son, the three lovely children
and the governesses. A prospe rous
type of family, bereft of the grace of a
woman at its head. Th
thing ineffably pathetic about the Mt-
tle boys and the prattling baby, to say
nothing of the eldest boy and the
handsome widower.
Wickersham
ent, that is, he
fact that his children,
one of them,
selves, an
sonal consideration. He
tired, too harried,
ere wis some
mes
never lost
was a iculous par-
sight of the
each and every
were entities unto them-
d as such, his per-
Was never too
deserved
harassed with
to N sten
too
the tril
ema as
attention to
complication.
son he heeded
eration that was
and child, as man te
Jonathan did not
to his father his g
of the of the
spirit. Wickershan
ceeded In
fo wr
lend serious
t husiness
adult
soul,
3 FO iT fe Tr hi
hing he in
self and his boy an ideal camaraderie
It was this characteristic of tl}
tle family which used to excel
terest and ad
of the family-hotel on th
when the Wickersh
group in the publi e dir
little precoci-
ous, conversing so seriously with their
father, who In turn replied,
debated and discussed, Jonathan Wick.
ersham had a way of talking to his
father, as If he were some one with
whom he was on amiable and rather
reserved terrss. There was absolutely
no family bickering: no undue in-
timacies; no sharp reproofs
Except for the fundamental faet
that It was a family without a wife
and a mother at its head, here was
an Ideal brood.
It seemed strange, as the years
moved on, that a man of Wickersham's
social and financial importance had
not remarried. The dowagers wagged
among themselves over this fact and
she marriageable daughters and the
marriageable widows yearned. It was
along about the time that the baby
was four years old, that a Miss Felice
Daly and her mother moved to the
hotel, and as fortune would have it,
occupied a small table adjoining that
occupied by the Wickershams,
An acquaintance was struck up In
much the fashion that hotel acquaint-
ances occur, and it came about grad-
ually that young Wickersham and the
brunette and quite demurely lovely
Felice, began a friendship.
There was nothing unusual In that,
however. Young Jonathan was at that
period of his life when his heart re.
sponded more quickly than his mind,
His fickleness was a standing Joke
between him and his father, Girls had
come into his young life and girls had
gone out of It again. More than once
he had poured forth what seemed to
him the pangs of a love affair which
was to be the final and outstanding
one In his life, and more than once
had confessed to his father that the
flame had flickered and died.
With Felice it was different only to
this extent. She was a girl of un-
usual sensitiveness, combined with a
quiet besuty also that made her seem
a creature under glass, as it were, She
was the sort of girl who had been
educated in a French convent and had
lived abroad with her mother for the
greater part of her life. The American
“flapper” was a new and astonishing
creature to her, She had none of her
technique, none of her characteristics,
As Jonathan confided to his father,
{there was something of a lily about
estab tween
€
te the in-
iration of the occupan
ose occasions
dined In a
listened
Felice, so aloof she was, so calm, so
white, so patient, The Wickersham
children adored her, clamored for her
to join them at table and at thelr
pames,
No, Felice was not quite the run-of-
the-mill type of girl so far as Jon-
athan was concerned. She puzzled him,
she quieted him, she was, as he put
it to Wickersham, a sedative. It was
this quality In the girl that seemed
to fascinate the boy most, The same
age as Jonathan, she had nevertheless,
an adult manper with him, She let
his youthful enthusiasms beat up
around her like a plunging surf; she
listened quietly and just as quietly,
advised. There was nothing reckless,
imptisive, or of the juvenile about
Felice. Whether he was in love with
her or not, certainly she had inspired
in Jonathan something of awe,
For the first time the boy was a
bit hesitant in confiding in his fa-
ther; not go much because he feared
lack of sympathy; on the contrary,
Felice was probably closer to his fa-
ther's ideal for him than any girl
Jonathan had yet known. But the
difficulty was that Jonathan was too
confused to gather his thoughts. For
a little while, it had seemed to him
that here, at last, was the “grand
passion.” Felice was the sort of girl
to shed a quiet and pearly kind of
radiance over the lives of those about
her. Her beautiful old mother, who
wore precious lace and cameos, was
part of rare tranquility and breed-
ing that was Felice's background,
The trouble with Jonathan was, that
as he came to see more and more of
Felice, he found himself admiring her
more than he loved her,
It was finally Wickersham who ap-
proached his son about the matter of
Felice, as the two young people came
more and more to go about together.
“Jonathan, where do you stand with
Felice?
“Hang it, father, 1 wish
“It's about did,
can't string along with a
Felice, as you have with the others.
“1 understand that, father. You're
right. This much I know: I admire her
more than any girl 1
known.”
“You love her?”
“If I knew, I wonldn't be
along this way.”
“It's up to you to
soon.”
“You're .
The week arched on. It was
Wich in approached his
gon,
“I don't want
son, but I won't
with Felice In
“You mean It's uj
“Exactly.”
“You'r right. My
the
I knew.”
son, Yon
girl like
time you
"
have even
find
kersham who 1
to seem to barge in,
have
this way.”
ide?”
y to me Lo «
uncertainty has
i't love girl
to love
and wit}
her outright
toward him,”
squarely ir
you st
asked
“1 feel
ing Wi
“as a mother”
“Will you be motl
he sald, meeting her squarely
eye.
There is a fair
at the head of the e Wickers!
now,
she sal
kershiam
er to him,
like personality
'
ham famll
Predicts Big Changes
in Weathet Forecasting
which challenges the basie
of meteorology, on which the
ing Is based, is present.
Abbot
wvidence
theory
art of forecast
ed by Secretary C. G.
Smithsonian Institution.
Meteorologists have hi bee
Heved that weather (which is defined
as the departures from regularity in
climate) depends principally on the
irregularities of the earth's surface,
and, like rough water in a stream over
f rocky bed, is essentially unpredict
able for any considerable time in ad-
vance,
of the
therto
Doctor Abhot presents evidence to
show “that weather, on the contrary,
is caused chiefly by the frequent In-
terventions of actual changes of the
emission of radiation within the sun
itself.” These changes in solar radi
ation are periodic and promise to be
predicted long In advance,
Weather appears to respond directly
® them, although there are modifica.
tions due to loeal conditions. The net
conclusion fs that long range weather
forecasting ls possible and even prob
able.
The evidence from which Doctor Ab-
bot draws these momentous conclu
slons consists of the daily measure
ments of solar radiation made by the
observatory of the Smithsonian Inst!
tution at Montezuma, Chile, from 1021
to the present.
From this gréat number of observa:
tions Doctor Abbot hag selected 111 in.
stances In which the solar constant
showed a continuous rise for five con
secutive days, and 106 instances In
which the solar constant showed a con
tinuous fall for five consecutive days
He then plotted the mean temperature
and barometric pressure at Washing
ton, D. OC, for the periods assoelated
with these rises and falls of the solar
constant,
In every instance the curves of tem.
perature and barometic pressure cor
responding respectively to rising and
to falling solar radiation showed a
marked opposition to each other. That
is, when the sun's radiation increased,
the temperature and barometric pres
sure at Washington pursued an oppo
site course to that which they followed
after falling radiation,
Hay Making Now
Modern Science
Curing in Windrow_ Saves
Labor Required for
Cocking.
Even In
moving
with it,
haying, the world keeps
and one might as well keep
is the epinion of H. B, Hart-
wig of the New York State College
of Agriculture, who says that there
18 no need for the present-day farmer
to make hay the way his grandfather
did.
Many successful farmers have
found that to cure hay in the wind-
row saves from 10 to 40 per cent of
the labor required by cocking. This
saving makes it possible to get more
hay in between rains, Swath-curing
clover or alfalfa sacrifices too many
leaves and bleaches the hay too much.
Method of Hay Making.
Professor Hartwig recommends the
following method of hay-making. Cut
only after the dew or rain is off, Hay
dries more quickly while standing, and
molds that make hay dusty do not get
started. Allow the hay to wilt in the
gwath but do not allow wilting te con-
tinue until raking will knock off the
leaves. One-half hour to two hours
of bright sunshine should be plenty.
Next put it in a loose windrow with
n side-dellvery rake, The better side-
delivery rake is the left-hand type,
because when driven (after the first
round) in the same direction In which
the the largest number
of stems are turned out and the most
leaves turned In where they will not
dry too rapidly and shatter off. Re
member that the leaves carry about
60 per cent of the protein. The right-
hand rake may be used If the hay Is
cut In lands Begin at the middle
with the right-hand rake and work
in a direction to the course
of the mower,
Give Half.Turn,
the hay in the upper portion
windrow {is 3 give the
half-turn with the outer
gide delivery rake, so as
Mower goes,
of posite
When
of the
windrow a
end of the
to bring up for curing that portion
a8 nes In cans
repeat thi procedure as
Avold the ted-
» hay loader
up when
of rains
ns Is necessary,
der to save leaves,
used to take th
the
the form
may
uy carries no n ture In
iin or dew, moisture
» Spontaneous © ion,
to Worm Infestation
the small intes-
females
produce nute eges. which
ire scattered over the ground with the
Roundworms live in
mss to the
hen to the
he lungs,
larger. After a time they work t!
way up to the throat and then
heart wim there to
where they become much
er
are
journey re
after that
in the in
Smail
‘ntestine, This curious
about ten days, and
about two months
uch more susceplibie to in-
are older
protection
for ab out fi Ary meas
ures are necessary to keep out Infesta-
tion of roundworms.
pigs are m
festation with
pnes, and
worms than
require spec
war months, Sanit
Apple Tree Borer Does
Much Harm in Orchards
It is rare, indeed, that a young or-
chard comes into behring without con-
giderable loss of trees due to the ap-
ple tree borer, unless fhe orchard is
regularly and earefully Inspected to
locate the borers and to make
ble tis destruction.
Presence of borers is usually
cated by a bit of frass about the
of the tree on the ground,
Inspection month or two
through the growing season will be
advisable, If you should find any bor-
ers In the orchard it may be necessary
to cut along the burrow a considerable
distance before the borer is found, but
such injury will do less damage than
the borer will If allowed to continue
his work.
possi.
indi-
hase
every
Avoid Egg Eating Vice
by Keeping Birds Busy
Egg eating is a vice which seldom
develops among birds that are kept
occupied and have proper feed and
range. Often when the birds are con:
fined owing to bad weather, they may
become Inactive and the trouble
starts. The remedy is to get the birds
on range if possible. Supply ample
oyster shell and bene, deepen the lit-
ter and darken the nests, See that
the rations are correct. Gather the
eggs frequently for a few days. Some
recommend the feeding of milk for
a few days. Anything that will get
the birds’ attention on other matters
will help remedy the situation.
Place for Calf
It seems to be taken for granted
that calves a couple of months old and
up can graze a good part of their
living If on good pasture. This Is a
mistake, A calf Is not equipped to
geaze its living until eight or nine
months, It Is all right to run the
enlves in a shady orchard but they
will grow faster if fed skim milk and
grain in proper quantities and have
good hay as well, Perhaps the ideal
plan is to have the ealves in the stable
during the heat of the day,
Increase ‘Moisture
by Summer Fallow
Winter Wheat Is an Ideal
Crop to Follow With,
(By A. L.
clalist,
College.)
Summer fallow In wheat production
acts as a moisture storing measure
for the following wheat crop.
Winter wheat Is an ideal crop to
follow fallow, for fallowing the
ground stores the moisture deeply in
the soll, and the winter wheat roots
‘have the ability to feed at least six
feet deep, which is almost the possi
ble depth of moisture storage with
one year of fallow,
Summer fallow not only stores
moisture but gives an opportunity for
the wheat farmer to turn under the
accumulation of straw and thorough-
ly decay it before the next crop is
planted; an essential practice for
maintaining soll humus and fertility.
A year of fallow will give time for
some insoluble plant foods to change
their form, become soluble and avails
able to the plant. This is probably
the principal reason for the hold-
over effect of fallow that is indicated
80 clearly In experimental work nat
the Hays experiment station, At
this station wheat on early fall listing
the third year after fallow has aver-
aged 23.9 bushels, which is 3.7 bush-
els more than early fall listing with
continuous wheat,
Clapp, Extension Crops Spee
Kansas State Agricultural
. ; “ .
Anemia Among Suckling
3 ore ‘a ’ Des rany
Pigs Can Be Prevented
Last year the Wisconsin experiment
station told us that lack of iron and
copper In the sow's milk caused ane-
mia in suckling pigs, and that feeling
these two minerals In ble com-
pounds to the pigs would prevent the
disease
In the preliminary
fron and copper were fed
gays the Prairie Farmer, We
told that feeding 1d
of iron (ferric
grams of copper
once i
a week will
Drugg
and tel
guita
estigations
once daily
*
fire now
sul] i
sulphate)
disense,
{copper
prevent the
thes
uch to Hoe 1 to give
g the iy quantities of the
ists can tke solutions
i" you h
it has been
tion con
% of
iy will pre.
corn sirup solu.
15.57 grams of
liter of wa-
55.06
after
then
the
opper to the teat
hinking
ric citrate
to a boil,
sirup to
F elusy Lo
Favor Small Container
for Market ‘Tom atoes
OER grovwa
«at deal on the
& are sold
that vege
eouthern
farms for 10-
toes when
ling for £1.50
The reasons
{ ig to het.
advantage ar Straight
iit king fruits
(if you grant the tomato is a fruit)
the 20.pound
ex small ones
Pp. Another
tomatoes In
divided by cor
rugated paper, so there is less damage
in hauling to market. A paper liner
in the straf will help
the price,
sided
bask« ia
thing. the two lavers of
the smaller basket are
ght-gided basket
{00,
Swine Feeding Tests
In Missouri swine feeding tests last
year the addition of alfalfa meal to a
corn and tankage ration Increased the
rate and economy of gains, 11 pounds
of alfalfa meal replacing approxi-
mately 32 pounds of corn and 4
pounds of tankage. Adding small
amounts of cottonseed meal or jin.
seed meal and alfalfa meal increased
slightly the rate of gain and decreased
the feed required per unit of gain an
compared to tankage alone, but large
amounts of cottonseed meal had the
opposite effect.
A
A T0-colony aplary 1s equivalent to
about forty acres of land in both la-
bor and income.
Te ® 0»
Based on past experience, profit In
growing cucumbers depends primarily
on the control of insect and disease
pests,
. 8 »
By using a preservative treatment
of creosote practically any common
woodlot tree can be made to serve as
an fence post for 20 years,
* - *
Timothy may be seeded as late as
the middle of September, or even
later in some sections, with a fairly
good chance of coming through a for.
mal winter and producing a good drop
of hay next year.
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Well composited barnyard manure
is one of the best fertilizers for a
garden, This fertilizer is somewhat
lacking in phosphorus and the addi
tion of a phosphate fertilizer has the
property of causing earlier ripeging
and maturity,
Town in Mourning for
Death of Killer Whale |
Eden, a little fishing town in New |
South Wales, is in mourning because |
the body of a fish has been washed |
ashore. It was that of “Old Tom,”
king of the local pack of killer
whales, which he ruled for more |
than 100 years. To the aborigines he |
was the reincarnation of a famous
king-—and to the whites he was a
friend and ally, Eden's one indus |
try 1s whale oil, and in the season |
of the whales the great mammals are |
driven into the almost jandiocked |
great dolphins, the
summoned by a lookout,
their boats and kill the whales |
while the killers patrol back and
forth across the entrance of the bay |
go that the whales cannot escape to
Ag soon as a whale is killed
the killers come ashore and the har-
pooners feed them, The larpooners |
know the fish by name and some. |
times amazing instances of fish |
sagacity are seen, “Old Tom,” the |
Is ader of the pack, is dead,
harpooners,
set out In |
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