4 j - Are You a Snob? lives. A snob is a pest to society and should be regarded as a natural enemy by every one who has the good of mankind at heart And yet almost all of us have a touch of snobbery In our natures. We must all be vejy careful not to let the plant grow into a tangle of weeds that will choke all the sweetness and and human kindness in the garden of our Snobbery is cruel vanity and means caddlshness. It is a desire to shine nt some one else's expense. It means a wlßh to contrast one's own superiority with some one else's inferiority in a way that will hurt and degrade them wantonly and unnecessarily. It is bad enough to be ashamed in your heart if your mother is a washer woman and your father a coal heaver. But if you fight this touch of snob bishness and teach yourself that the further you rise the more pride you must have in your humble beginnings, this touch of snobbery will only help you to be stronger as you conquer it. The supreme quality of snobbery is a parade of wealth or family in the vulgar, selfish and even wicked desire to humiliate those who are less fortu nate. To the pleasure of the genuine enob it is essential that some one else be hurt and humiliated. Take stock of yourself. Are you one of the human pests? Are you a cruel, selfish snob? Are You Unkind? Are you unkind to your people be cause you fear that the fine friends you are making in your upward climb In this world might laugh at your The QUARRY Bu JOHN A. MOROSO Copyright 1313, by Little, Brown & Co. Mike Kearney was satisfied. His evi dence was all In shape. He left the cracked, dirty, criminal courts build ing on Center street and threaded hia way into the lower east side. On Ol iver street closo to the old Cherry hill Bectlon, he came to a three story brick building that had been a fine residence In the days when Canal street was the city's northern boundary. It had been made over into flats, and his home was on the top floor. At the head of the top flight of stairs his mother stood waiting for him. She kissed him and, with a hand on his arm, escorted him into the kitchen of the flat She pulled a chair up to the kitchen table and hung up hia hat and i coat | The room was spotless and had a | wholesome, homely aspect The only j picture on the kitchen walls—and the j kitchen was also the dining room for j mother and son—was that of the Sav- ! lour. At the two open windows a gentle i breeze of the autumn evening made ' crispy scrim curtains rise, flutter and ■ •" fall. Kearney tilted his chair back | against the wall and sighed his con- j tent as he sat In his shirt sleeves and ( glanced about the room. He had as I yet said nothing. "Ye're that solemn, Mike," protested ! his mother, "that ye'd give a good ' fairy th' blues. What's ailin' ye, lad?" j "Nuthin'," he replied. "I gotta case ' on tomorrow, and I don't want to j make a slip up." "A big case?" she asked. "No, but it's murder." "Murder!" she echoed with awe In | her voice. "The Montgomery case I told ye about" "Oh, an* he's only a broth of a boy!" "Crooks start young," She spread a clean cloth In the rear of the little, old fashioned house, crept to the scrim curtains and darkened them. Kearney closed the windows and lighted the gas Jet over the center of the room. The mother placed bread and butter, boiled beef, potatoes and cabbage on the table, and they sat down for their evening meal. Mrs. Kearney made the sign of the cross, and her son, from long habit bowed his head and touch ed his breast in three places. They were eating In silence when the electric bell beside the kitchen door tingled feebly. I "Who's that I wonder?" asked Kear ney. reaching behind him and pressing the button which would open the street entrance. They had resumed their meal when there came a light tap at the door. "Come In," called Mrs. Kearney. The door opened. The light over head flooded the frail figure of a wom an In black. She was old and a little bit of a creature with the frame of a mere child. Her clothes were of poor quality, but were wonderfully neat and tidy. She wore an old fashioned bon net trimmed with stiff, white rnching. Her bands were ungloved, and they showed small and thin and heavily vein ed. Her face was very pale, and in her faded eyes was a light of dreadful ; anxiety. j "Come in, ma'am, won't ye. and have J a seat?" asked Mrs. Kearney, leaving her chair and going to the visitor. The little old woman entered and sat on the edge of a chair offered her. "What can 1 do for you, ma'am?" asked Kearney, half turning from his plate. "Ton can do everything for me, sir," ■he replied, with a quaver in the sound . • . ; - - •. SATURDAY EVENING, HAKRISBURG I&Sfj£& TELEGRAPH JUNE 27, 1914. mother's broken English or your father's habit of eating with his knlfa? If you forget to "honor your father and mother" you are a contemptible snob. Are you silly enough to wear jew els and over-elegant clothes to work so the people who meet you in street cars and at your place of employment many envy or admire your affluence? In this showing yourself ignorant of I the fitness of things you also show yourself to be a vain and underbred ' snob. Are you so proud of your ances try that you don't feel called upon to exert yourself to prove yourself a worthy descendant? Do you laugh at the blunders and misfortunes of others? Do you Insist on having all sorts of resnectful favor paid you, regardless of time and nlace? For instance, do you go off for a day's shopping, and on your way home glare at the poor, tired day laborer who fails to honor you by arising that you may sit? Do you sneer at some one who works In your office and occupies a lower place on the payroll than you do? * In any of these cases you are a snob. Watch Yourself Watch yourself for the vanity that makes you humiliate ot'iers. It Is snobbery. Do your duty in that station to which you have risen. But on the day when you find yourself taking pleasure in awakening jealousy in another by parading vour advantages; the hour when you find yourself vaunting or flaunting to make others uncomfortable; the moment when you find yourself pressing forward so others may feel humiliated by being left behind, that moment go down on your knees and pray God to be merciful to you—a contemptible SNOB! of every word. "I've come for my boy, Jim—Jim Montgomery. He's In trou ble. I just heard of It through the pa pers." | A wave of pity flooded the heart of Mrs. Kearney as she looked from the pathetic little mother to her big boned, stolid son. Kearney's jaw dropped, and the knife and fork fell from his hands. He turned cautiously and took a sly look at the face of the mother of his quarry. He saw that she was a woman of re finement and not of the vigorous, as sertive, Independent motherly type of the east side. Her dress and her com portment told him that she had come from the country. "I would have been here sooner." she explained, "but I live on the other side of the Hudson, you see, near Nyack. nnd I did not know what had happen ed. I thought my Jim was hunting a job In the city, and when 1 did not hear from him 1 went Into the village to ask the advice of some of the friends of my husband, who is dead these many years. I then heard of my arrest" "Why didn't yuh go to see his law yer?" asked Kearney. "I went to the Tombs prison," she told him, "and they said it was too late for me to see my son. They did not know the name of his lawyer, but one of the keepers felt sorry for me and told me that you knew all about the case. He got your address for me." Mrs. Kearney began clearing away the dishes. "He's innocent sir," the frail visitor pleaded eagerly. "He has been my support since he was a boy of fourteen, and a better son no woman ever had. He knows nothing about crime, Mr. Kearney. He's just a country boy. His father was a good man before him, and I brought him up In the fear of God. You've got a good mother, sir, nnd you e-c-c-an" "What can I do, ma'am?" demanded Kearney sharply. "I'm the chief wit ness for the prosecution. 1 gotta do my duty, hard as It may be. The law tells me what I gotta do, and 1 must do It If you got witnesses bring 'em to courts in the morning." "I have several friends in Nyacflc who will testify that my boy Is a good boy," she sobbed. "They promised to come to the courthouse tomorrow." Kearney looked at his watch, pushed back his chair and reached for his hat and coat "That's all I can tell you, lady," he said as he departed abruptly. Mrs. Montgomery called after him In a thin, frightened voice, but if he beard he did not reply. She started up from her chair and sank back, sobbing bitterly. Kearney's mother brought her a cup of tea and solaced her as best she could, the tears flowing from her own eyes. ••••••• Eugene Garrett, a lawyer of Insignifi cant attainment at the bar, but with a certain degree of political Influence in his assembly district was the man chosen by the court to defend Mont gomery. The fee he would receive from the public treasury was a part of his reward for his political Industry In and out of season. Garrett welcomed the arrival of th® mother of his client and with the voice of a dove assured the frightened little countrywoman that he would move heaven and earth to free her son. He inquired very gently as to her proba bility of securing funds for taking the case to the higher courts on appeal, should a verdict against him be reach ed by the Jury. Aside from the prospect of getting a fee from her as well as from ihe court, the lawyer took a genuine professional interest in the mother of the defend ant He would use her to work on the sympathies of the jury. ' She brought to the criminal courts building three men and a woman, old friends from the country about the town of Nyack. Ail would be willing character witness es for the accused. They entered the courtroom with the young assistant district attorney, his witnesses and a flock of men drawn as veniremen. They were hardly seated when the door of the chambers of the presiding justice was opened by a court attendant and a henvy, drowsy man in a black silk gown strode across the room and made his way laborious- ly and with much panting to tin daia before a mural painting of Justice, flanked by another of the three Fates. A jury was quickly secured from the panel, and twelve men who had de clared that they were not opposed to capital punishment, that they had not read the newspapers, that they had no opinions whatever and were perfectly competent to give Montgomery a fair trial and order his life snuffed out, took their seats in the jury box. The annalq of New York's courts are packed with cases where hysterical editorials, articles of "human interest" by special men and women writers forcing sympathy for murderers and murderesses, have brought about ac quittals. But in the case of the peo ple or the police against James Mont gomery there was no outcry for mer cy. There was not enough of sqrdld ness in the crime to give the public a real thrill. He was not of the real murderer's type—the kind that slays for selfishness or hnte. He was not a minister of the gospel nor was he the dissolute son of a Pittsburgh million aire. The watchman of the bank in the west side hud been cracked over the bead with nn iron instrument. His end wns ns prosaic as hsid neeu hia birth and life. • There was no crowd in the court room as Garrett rose nnd announced that the defense was ready for trial. The policeman who tind caught the prisoner running away from the scene of the murder with a kit of tools sat on the left of the prosecuting attorney. Three other witnesses sat near them. They were to testify that on the night of the murder they had seen the pris onr lurking In the Hell's Kitchen sec tion of the city on the North river front. One of these was a stool pigeon of long service to the detective bureau, a man hired to betray fellow criminals and one whose own crimes were over looked because of his usefulness. There was one other witness, a man who combined a knowledge of bacteri ology and chemistry with a knowledge »f the science developed by Bertillon— anthropometry. (iarrett looked at him curiously and wondered what part he would play In the case. The police had not produced this witness until the trial was begun. It was an old.po lice trick. The indictment charging murder was read, and the prisoner pleaded not guilty. [To be Continued.] MODISH TOUCH GIVEN BY POINTED GIRDLE Net, Mull and the Thinner Fabrics Are Especially Adaptable to This Design 8280 Fancy Blouse, 34 to 42 bust, The deep pointed girdle makes an attractive feature of many of the newest and smartest gowns. This bodice shows one with a combination of the drapery over the shoulders that seems especially well adapted to the present season for it provides admirably for combinations of thin and thick materials. In the illustra tion, brocaded silk makes the girdle while net makes the shoulder drapery and straight lace banding the under portion of the bodice, but there never was a time when_ it was easier to make changes in combinations and fabrics than this one when there is almost a limitless variety. While net is a favorite, any thin, soft ma terial can be used for drapery and, if something less transparent is wanted, cripe de chine makes a good choice, or net or lace arranged over chiffon. There is a foundation blouse over which the drapery and trimming of banding are arranged but the girdle is boned to pro vide its own support. For the medium size, the blouse will require I yd. of material 27, 36 or 44 in. wide with % yd. any width for the drapery, yds. of banding, yd. 27 in. wide for the girdle. The pattern 8280 is cut in sizes from 34 to 42 inches bust measure. It will be mailed to any address by the Fashion Department of this paper, on receipt of tea cents. Bowman's sell May Manton Patterns. GO SHOPPING FOR LAUGHS Among other things that you are going to buy to-day, don't fail to in clude the purchase of some laughs at the Colonial Theater. The Guy Bart lett Trio Is there to hand them to you as fast as you can take them. An un usual number of good songs are also Included on the bill, and Ui Graclosa's beautiful pSslng act Is worth the price of admission alone. For next week two excellent bills have been booked for th# Colonial. Five dancing girls are Ir one act, and tholr work is of the sort that has kept them busy In the bigger vaudeville houses all winter. Advertisement. pouLTßy^nevga WHSTE OF MONEY HERE'S THE WHY TO BUY THE OHAN TO PLUCK A DUCK That Is if You've Good Supply of Alfalfa or Gover Hay One who has plenty of good clover or alfalfa hay for the hens need not buy wheat bran; to do so is almost the same as throwing away money. Alfalfa Is virtually as rich a feed as bran and good clover hay Is almost as rich. In some respects these feeds are preferable to wheat bran, for they are not so irrltatirig to the bowels. Wheat bran Is full of gritty particles and sharp-edged scales, which irritate the Intestinal passages and causes the food 'to be evacuated before It is fully di gested. It is also, frequently, the cause ol Intestinal disorders. But even If it had none of these objectionable quali ties one is not warranted in buying a feed that can be replaced by a cheaper home-grown product. Hens cannot, of course, be fed ex clusively upon clover or alfalfa hay and be expected to give a profitable egg yield; it is too bulky for an ex clusive diet and needs the addition of concentrate grains to make a perfect ration. However, in their proper place, clover and alfalfa hay are among the most effective and economical of egg producing feeds. When feeding a wet mash, finely cut clover or alfalfa, or, what Is better, the leaves, heads and seeds which break off and shatter out when being handled, and may be swept up from the feeding floor in thb barn, should form about half of the mixture. It Is good practice, but not really necessary, to have such a mash thoroughly scalded, if not cooked. Pluming Mite 'll Get You if You Don't Watch Out More inquiries as to the depluming mi*« have been made this spring than usual. Whether this pest has become more general or whether poultry keep ers are becoming more particular is hard to tell, but it does look as if poultry keepers, especially those not extensively engaged in the business, are waking up to some of the factors that make for failure. The depluming mit<; is in this class. This is the time of the year when the depluming mite is most heard of; the pest is most common in early sum mer and is gone in the fall and winter. It lives among the feathers and seems to like to eat the quill and soft part of the feather near the skin. It produces an irritation that causes the hen much restlessness. The half-eaten feathers break off, fall to the floor, leaving the ben with a half-bare head or neck. A careful examination of the birds will show a collection of "dust" near the seat of the trouble that under the microscope will show plenty of small mites that are none the less busy be cause they are small. T'le skin may bo red from irritation, but seldom is there any scab as in mange. On general principles the poultry man should wage war on the English sparrow: not only does he spread the depluming mite, hut he is a carrier of many poultry troubles, to say nothing of his being a filthy bird. Electricity Is the Ideal Service For Heating an Incubator While the electric, current is rather expensive, it. is the ideal method of heating the incubator. Once adjusted, there is nothing further to be done but turn the eggs and wait the twenty days, since the uniformity of this heat gains a day. There is no fire risk and no odor. On the other hand, the cost, which depends directly on the cold ness of the room in which the ma chine is operated, may run as high as 10 cents per day. But peace of mind, safety and certainty are sometimes cheap at any price. Each person has his own idea about added moisture, but where there is no flame in the room the air may be far dryer than normal, and a wet bulb thermometer will show that more moisture Is needed than when a flame is used. Miss Fairfax Answers Queries KEEP THIS PROMISE DEAK MISS FAIRFAX: I am a locomotive fireman and extra engineer, 26 years old, and have an angel of a sister, 17 years old, totally dependent on me for support; also have a sweetheart, 22 years old. I have never used tobacco or liquor, and never gambled till a few days ago. At the other end of the road the boys playfully accused me of being afraid to lose a dime. I shot craps for about an hour to shut them up, but I cleaned up about S4O. I took their money and bought each of the girls a S2O hat, then told them how I got the money. They both threw the hats at may feet. Sis ter has cried ever since. My sweet heart says she is afraid she was mis taken in me, and has given me back the engagement ring. Will you please tell me what to do? I'll never gamble again. "TREED." Ask the girls not to lose faith in you because of your one blunder. Tell them that you have had your lesson and will never offend again. Each of them is only waiting for you to heal the breach that In their first disap pointment in you they themselves caused. DON'T PLAY KISSING GAMES DEAR MISS FAIRFAX: I am a girl 18 years of age, and would very much appreciate your an swering this question: About a week ago T attended a party given by a girl friend of mine. "Kissing games" were the only amusements indulged in. The girls at the party were very angry with me and said I was jot sociable or congenial because I did not play the games, (as T was the only one that did not), while at the same time one of the boys told me after the party was over that I did exactly right. Do you think that I acted stubborn or selfish because I refused to let self-re spect get away from me? Do you think that all the boys thought more of me for not playing? PERPLEXED. I think you were quite right not to forKet your self-respect and indulge In such an unworthy pastime as "kissing games." Do not allow yourself to he Influenced against your better Judg ment by what any silly girl says about "sociability." Men always admire and respect a girl who respects herself. There Are Ways and Ways to Do It—But Here's the Proper Method If ducks are killed for home con sumption they can be slaughtered in any way and scalded. Ducks and geese should be left longer In the hot water than chickens, or wrapped in an old blunket or sack to start the- down. If they are to be killed for market the heads should be left on and not dis figured In any way. Some cities demand dry-picked ducks and those selling In such mar kets should acquire the art of picking them dry. They should be killed with a pointed knife, sharp on both edges. This may be thrust Into the roof of the mouth so as to pierce the brain, then turned so as to cut the arteries and cause profuse bleeding. Another way is to Insert the point of the blade just back of the head with a sawing motion that cuts the two main arteries and then thrust into the right eye socket back of the eyeball till the brain Is touched. A rap on the head with a short club before sticking will stun the bird and prevent much flut tering. The secret of successful dry picking is to get the feathers off while the bird is dying, for as soon as the duck is dead the muscles contract and hold the feathers tight. After killing the duck may be hung by the feet at a convenient height or laid on the lap with the head between the right knee and the feather box. Whatever the method followed, the most important thing is to strip off the feathers with all the speed possible, with a pall of water near by, Into which the right hand should occasion ally be dipped in order to make the feathers stick to it. The fingers can get a better grip on the feathers than when dry. The left hand should hold the car cass and when necessary pull the skin taut to prevent tearing, as the right hand pulls off the feathers by the handful. Much of the down can be rubbed off by the wet hand. The rest must be pulled out separately or shaved off with a knife of good steel. The long flight feathers of the wings are usually left on, as are those for an Inch or more from the head. The latter is not removed. Any tears of skin should be sewed up. More Pheasants Than Ordinary Folks in Merry Old England The people of England are outnum bered by England's domestic pheas ants, but In Canada and the United States the laws are not such as en i courage the raising of game birds. In New York the law provides that anyone may rear and sell game birds, but makes it a criminal oftense to ship them. Indiana allows the rearing a*.d selling of pheasants, but forbids ex press and railroad companies to re ceive them for shipment. Unfavorable laws Is the only obstacle to the growth of domestic pheasant raising' In this country; otherwise the business looks attractive as a commer cial proposition. Ilingneck pheasants are very hardy. They thrive In an open field in zero weather without protection. The birds mature In about six months; hens lay on an average 8. r , eggs-each In a season. Pheasants are easier to raise than chickens. The eggs hatch in about twenty-three days and a good' old Plymouth Rock hen can safely be en trusted with this job. The weight of a mature bird is three pounds and in the leading markets the price per pound is sl. When It Is considered, therefore, that a pheasant requires only one-tenth the feed consumed by a chicken, that it Is practically free from diseases, and that it is the farmer's friend because it eats the ruinous In sects and seeds OT objectlonabe weeds. It seems likely that pheasants would be seen on many of our farms were I the objectionable laws out of the way. Gain of Twenty Eggs a Week in the Storrs' Contest The feature of the thirty-third week of the international egg-laying contest at Storrs was a gain of twenty eggs, or a total yield for the week of 3,309, as compared with 3,289 for the preceding week. This gain of twenty eggs in a production of more than 3,000 eggs is small, to be sure, when figured on a percentage basis. At the same time the price of eggs Is now steadily rising and the cost of producing eggs at this season Is perhaps as low as any time of the year. The lighter breeds are usually thought of as nonsitters. The general rule Is that a hen that lays white eggs will not incubate them. There are, however, some exceptions to this rule. In going over the records at Storrs for the past week it is found,.for instance, that some of the Leghorns are broody, though they are relatively fewer in number, to be sure, but broody never theless. The ten leading pens to date are as follows: White Wyandottes, Kngland, 1,373 eggs; White Leghorns, Connecti cut. 1,307; White Wyandottes, Con necticut. 1,21; White Wyandottes, Rhode Island, 1,206; White Leghorns, England, 1.169; White Leghorns, New York, 1,119; Rhode Island Reds, Con necticut, 1,111; Rhode Island Reds, Pennsylvania, 1,088; White Leghorns, Pennsylvania, 1,079; Barred Plymouth Rocks, New York, 1,067. \ Animals •' Jf Free from Flies # Cows give less milk, | Jw horses do less work whcrf tortured by flics. Keep stock free from these breeding pests by spray ing them with Conkey's Fly Knocker Gives animals immediate relief and saves you money and trouble Does not taint milk. Inoffensive to animals. ' Try It 15 Days Money Back If It Fails f to please you. Get a I Ws can now. Quart, 35c; ■ i'MZx li Ga1.,51.00; 5 Ga1.,54.00 % JJ, WALTER SCHELL 8. C. RHODE ISLAND RKD AND S. C. BLACK MINORCA EGGS FOR HATCHING Stock for sale. 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H 3-IN-ONC OIL COMPANY MMMMM OA BROADWAY NIW YORK CITY ■HHIHR i Coal Is Cheapest and Best Now To buy coal now Is to buy It at the cheapest price for which It can be obtained during tjie year. And then you gain in quality, too, for the coal sent from the mines at this time of the year may be thoroughly screened before delivery, a difficult matter in cold weather when frost will cause the dirt to cling to the coal. So to buy Montgomery coal now is to buy the best qualify of the best coal at the lowest prices. Place your ordei. J. B. MONTGOMERY Both Phones Third and Chestnut Streets FOURTH OF JULY I \ Why not open a charge account by using our Store Or ders. They are accepted as cash for any and all merchandise purchased at Leading Department and Best Cash Stores. <SfORE ORDER SYSTEft> You CREDIT Whara You Whnt It. >v !106 MARKET STREET BELL PHONE 2740R Try Telegraph Want Ads. Try Telegraph Want Ads.
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