10 WOMEN'S INTERESTS THE STRUGGLES OF A WIFE By Virginia Terhune Van de Water OHAPTKB AMI , (Copyright, 1916, Star Co.) I A man does not always know when ho has hurt a woman most. So Hor ace Webb excused to himself his out break of impatience by the plea that he was "tired and worried." Surely I his wife knew this without being told. She did know it. But she hoped Horace woud tell her he was sorry! for his brusque speech, would say something to disabuse her mind of the painful Impression that he resented the fact that she was help ing him carry the expense of the household. Could he be angry because she had written a story that had brought into the fauiilv exchequer a hundred and fifty dollars w hen I they needed it so sorely? Sho asked herself this question often; then as Horace made no fur-' ther reference to the matter, but] retired more deeply if that were! possible into his shell of reserve, [ she also retired into her own thoughts. It was beginning to dawn upon her that to feel that his wife is as sisting in the support of bis family is distasteful to the average man. i Horace would not have admitted the: lri:th of this statement, yet it hurt his pride to have to accept money from a woman. Therefore, ho thanked Myra calm ly, but without effusion, when she I bended him the amount he lacked i to make up the over-due r£nt. For fl.c check from the Imperial Maga »!nc had come on the dav on which I It was promised. The wife wanted, o say to her husband—"Mr. Martin kept his word, even though it was not written in black and white, as' you said should have been done." Then she called herself small and mean for thinking even this against the husband who was going through such deep waters. To be sure she could not understand him these 'lays, but she must do all that was possible to make life less hard for him. | Tie Pays Back Ixvan So when he said "Thank you for 1 the loan," adding, "I will pay you buck as soon as possible," she' ■ smiled and replied. "That's all right, dear. There is no hurry about it. j It in a pleasure to let you have it." I He did pay her back, as she knew I hi; would. For Horace was a just; ii.an in money matters, and would: ' bo as fair with his wife as with aji businessman. She tried to be sat- j 1 Istied with this knowledge, and not ' to long too much for the word of ; encouragement which was not forth- j roming. j i For she was finding that literary!' vork Is not the easiest ocupation •n the world. She had written an-!l Mhcr story for the Imperial Maga- j 1 sine, but, to her dismay, it was re- > I turned. j i "ft lacks the punch the other l had." Perry Martin told her In his letter, rejecting her manuscript. "I t rion't know just where the trouble t 1.--, but this story is not as lifelike as ! i Ihe first. It has no big, smash- j < Ing scene. There is not enough 1 truth and human interest In it. There is. perhaps, less of yourself." ; l.ess of herself, of course! For : she had tried to keep herself out of : this last story. P ' -, Good Food Deserves a Good Sauce ' Snlw* >*'JSb£) "' s k°th wise and economical to buy the best meats, Jj H fish and Save* I s jgf Send postal for free kitcli<"n haneer eontainiug S LEA & PERKINS, Hubert Street, New York City M | There's a Difference In Coali J vast difference. You may be burning more coal than is neces- sary, because you are not burning the kind especially adapted to your # m requirements. % | M , Tal l k , tl } e ? atte . r over w,tl * us—we'll steer you right on the par-# 1 kind of coal you ought to be using—and supply you with the % best neat-giving fuel you can buy. Costs the same—and goes further. W J. B. MONTGOMERY j |P 600—either plione Sr.l and Chmtoint Strwfj. J S Good Poultry News jj Over on the Classified Page the poultry ii fancier will find welcome news. Ha Kg] GSJ There breeders of, fine strains are of- era fering settings of eggs and fowls to those who want the best. j|jj HI There, too, may be good news of incu j|=j bators and brooders, of chick feeds and ® fencing. jg Don't miss it. jot mmmmmmmmmsmmmmmmmtsrn Try Telegraph Want Ads SATURDAY EVENING, HAJUFUSBURG TELEGRAPH APRIL 29. 1916 I The money for "Bitter Waters" was gono In a short time. Grace j continued to have her friends at the house; the mother must continue to make home bright for the daughter. Grace paid for her own clothes, but ! her salary did not permit her to buy the dainty accessories that girls love. These the mother longed to supply, now that her child was in vited to the houses of the young : people whom she entertained. Myra congratulated herself often that Horace had allowed her to re ceive the tradesmen's bills, for she did not want him to suspect how often they exceeded her housekeep ing allowance. Vet now that she had begun, she i must go on. She spent many hours thinking of her story-writing, and, jat last, after re-reading Perry Mar tin's letter, she had a new idea. "Human Interest and truth," he | referred to as present in "Bitter Waters" and absent from her fol ! lowing story. He complained that there was less of herself in the last tale. Then that was what the edi tor wanted stories in which one i could read the Truth stories In i which one could find a reflection of one's own sufferings and joys. She wished she could talk this matter over with Mr. Martin. An Invitation fo l.unch To this end, she called him up on the telephone one day. "1 would like to have a little chat with you," she said.' "When will it be convenient for you to see me?" "Will you lunch with nie to-mor row?" he asked. She caught her breath in amaze i ment. "It is a good way to have a quiet talk," he explained. "Here in the j office there are constant interrup tions. Suppose we meet at some restaurant that will be accessible to you and discuss your plans. What do you say to uptown Mou quin's." He told her where the restaurant was local (^l, adding, "We can thrash out the matter of your next story free from the disturbance of callers and the telephone." "Very well," she agreed. He named Ihe hour at which he would meet her, and she rang off. She sat still thinking for some i moments after making the appoint ment. Surely there could be no harm in a woman of forty-five lunching with a man of the same age and talking business with him! He was evidently in the habit of making such arrangements with his writers. She had heard of men meeting at } luncheon to lalk business. Horace j had often spoken of doing this very thing. Then why might not a mail meet a woman for the same pur pose? Vet she decided to say nothing to her husband about the matter until she had had the suggested conference with Mr. Martin in deed, until her next story had been written. Horace might raise some ob-; jection. and there was too much at I stake just now for her to decline an influential editor's suggestion. (To Be Continued.) BREEDING AND CARE OF DUCKS AND THEIR COMMERCIAL POSSIBILITIES Three General Divisions: Ornamental Fowls, Egg Producers and Table Meat Duck Culture Requires Smaller Capital Than Chickens With Less Risk B,v C. S. Valentine Author and Practical t Poultryman. Copyright 1916 The breeding of ducks for commer cial purposes lias l>een greatly stlmu -1 lated in the i>ast ten years l».v the marvelous laying records of the In dian Runner, and by the uniforiii scale l of prices obtained at all seasons, j Duck culture is profitable and inter esting, and may lie conducted on land that is of no value for other purposes. The industry may be said to lie di vided into three divisions: (1) breed ing for fancy fowls; (2) for egg pro- j duetion; (8) and for table meat. Choosing the Breed THE varieties of ducks best suited j to the production of ornamental 1 I fowls and as pets are many, j J They include about a dozen varieties j jin our Standard of Perfection; the ! j Mallard Dtibk, semidomesticated, and ; a surprising number of wild ducks, of I varied and mostly brilliant plumage I and raised chiefly for exhibition and for sale as ornamental stock. These may be seen in large numbers dis porting themselves in nrrtiflcial ponds at the large shows. One that attracts instant attention everywhere is the ' plump little ("hinese Mandarin Duck, ! related, despite his imperialism, to the ! Wood Duck of America. The drake j sports a most gorgeous coat of many i colors, largely warm brown, with yel low and red. The Chinese regard these | easily domesticated ducks as models i of conjugal affection. Black, white. I blue, gray, brown and all mixtures of j these ornamental ducks have great ; beauty. ■Since the big market breeds, some ' of them weighing as high as seventeen pounds to the pair, alive, are not well ! suited to being bred especially\for lay- j ing, it behooves the prospective breeder to carefully consider which j line he likes best, and whether all conditions favor his choice. This j i must mean knowledge in advance of ; adopting the work. The Standard of Perfection is clearly definite about shape, weight and feathering of ad mitted varieties, and there are also a few available books dealing practically j with Runners and with market ducks j in general. Really, however, the only ducks worth while to breed as layers, exclusively, are the (black) Oayugas, j the Indian Runners and perhaps the Orpingtons, now called Buff Ducks, j Only the Runner lays an egg exactly fitted to market needs and with the popular white shell. Individuals in some strains of the Runner lay eggs nearly a robin's-egg blue tint. Most ducks lay well in early Spring; but 1 the Runner Is an all-the-year-round layer. The meat breeds may be narrowed down to the Pekin. here in America., while England favors the big Ayles bury. and the Rouen, a French duck. The Runner also has a. most delight ful tenderness and sweetness, and iS well suited to the epicure. It is grown largely for critical private trade, including that of high-class! restaurants. Breeding and Hatching the Young Breeding, for market and laying birds, is scarcely more than placing a selected drake with well-descended, well-grown, selected, segregated fe males—five to ten, according to va- ! riety—and providing some sort, of bathing and exercise pond. This "pond" sometimes shrinks to a mere tub, in the case of the Indian Run ners; but some bathing facilities are ! almost imperative, for several rea sons: fertility is likely to be better: 1 the birds get varied and therefore more exercise, and water keeps them free from lice. The feed for breeding birds should j not be so. fattening as that for market ducks. 'lt should be mixed with milk: or, as a substitute, ground beef scrap should be used, up to 15 per cent, and fed twice a dav, provided ! insect life is not plentiful A goodly allowance of green feed is mixed with ' the rations for yarded breeders. Hatching* may be done either with ! hens or with incubators. The big mar ket duck-producing farms use lncu- I bators and the hatches are very good. A lower temperature for the first ' week, and more moisture than normal for hens' eggs are found necessary. The longer incubating period—four weeks—is rather more trying, nat urally. Care of Ducklings Both artificial and natural brooding are successful. Small growers prefer 1 to use hens. After thirty-six hours. | the ducklings are removed to ai sanded, short-littered, floored coop, in | a sunny spot in cold weather, but ! lightly shaded during hot spells. It i is a mistake to feed them before they demand it; also, to feed them with'- ' out supplying water of a mild tem- i perature. Usually, they want water | first, especially in summer. The very best first feed known Is ! bread, milk-soaked, squeezed, and j clean-sanded lightly. Most growers I feed four times a day, at first. After | three days, a little sprouted oats may be given for one feed. At this 1 lime, bran is added gradually, with the dust of ground meat scrap. Then 1 cornmeal, middlings, a very little llYi- ' seed meal, or any good, smooth mus cle-building feed may be used. Soaked ground clover and beet pulp as a foundation for the mash, grow good ducklings. These, feeds are added , gradually after the first month. Penning is best for the '-oungsters. : Floored coops with close-netted j frames for night closing, are impera tive If rats abound, for sweet, tender i duck'lings are very toothsome to these i pests. For the first few days, close ) supervision is necessary, lest the flat j ducklings should get helplessly cast on their backs, and chilled. For three or four days they are most sensitive to cold: after that, quite independent of! mothering, except in rain. Ponvui- 1 sions from chilling or bowel stoppage is about the only ailment to be feared, j Accident, from their swarming under foot, or getting hung in the hen's gummy feathers, take a few. Indl- ! gestion goes with injudicious over- j feeding, and the adult birds occa sionally have rheumatism: but. aside from these. T know of no diseases which attack ducks, and it is easy to raise 90 per cent, of those hatched, year after year, the 10 per cent, loss allowed Including those lost through aceluent. These facts show duck breeding a far safer proposition than chicken raising, after the very simple ; methods of handling are grasped. Possibilites in Buck Growing "Green" ducks for market are espe cially profitable, as the money invested can be turned over twice as often In a season, the ducks being marketed al ten to twelve weeks, weighing several pounds. For a small farm, a private market can easily be found. Ducks lend themselves to commer- ! cial production In large numbers, for the demand for them has grown to enormous proportions. A leading firm ' WHITE FA VJEXOLLES _ (Copyright 191B) Excepting In France, very little was] known of the Faverolles previous to I 1896, although a few seemed to have been kept in England about 1892 or 1893. Since that time they have be- ! come very popular among the Eng- | lish market poultrymen. Faverolles are splendid winter lay- j ers of large tinted brown eggs, and j climatic changes seem to have little I effect on their laying. Faverolle chicks make Ideal broilers. They are vigor ous. and grow rapidly, devoting their early days entirely to producing flesh and putting on hut few feathers. By the time they reach the feathering-out period, at about two months old, they I have reached Ideal broiler sisse—from 1 '/i pounds to 2 pounds. When fully! in New York handled 20,000 barrels last season. Most of the green ducks which come into New York are listed as "Long Island ducks." They are quoted al most the entire year, and while the price in later years is in no sense a millionaire's price, it is one of the most stable, ranging low only a short time, and probably averaging near seventeen cents for the year. If the market flattens, the stock is sent at once to the coolers, there to remain, possibly, till winter's lack calls for it at fair prices. Looking over some back number produce reviews, I find quotations for February, 20 cents, for March, 20 and 21 cents; for May, up to 18 cents, with fresh Long Island and other nearby Spring ducklings "reduced" from 22 cents the first week to 20 cents the second week, with No. 2 western fancy frozen down to 11 and 12 cents. In June, fresh-killed are still quoted at 17 cents, with west ern fancy frozen 2 cents lower. In late July, "Long Island shippers who put a limit of 16 cents on their ducks, or freeze on shippers' accounts, have had nearly all of their ducks sent to the freezers." By the middle of August, a smaller surplus had to go to "the freezers." In the middle of September, Long Island Spring ducks were quoted at 17% cents; Jer sey and Pennsylvania at 17 cents. A month later, these last had topped 17V4 cents, with Long Islands touch ing 18 cents. These were still fresli killed. November 10, 1916, Jhe word was that Long Island Spring ducks closed at 22 cents fo rselected grades, and season is now pretty nearly over. The latest quotations were for Ohio and other western ducks only. A January 10, 1916, quotation cov ering the whole ground gave Long Island Frozen at 20 cents; Wisconsin Spring, dry, stall-fed. at 19 and 20 cents; Ohio and Michigan Spring at 17 cents, and the same, fair to good, at 14 and 15 cents. On the same date, live ducks were quoted at 1 8 cents as a settled price. The stability of the business shows in the narrow range of quotations, and the good average for the year. Some years ago, Long Island grow ers organized to protect their business. Recently they opened a place of busi ness in New York, where they whole sale their own goods and handle goods from other producers. The organiza tion has since been disbanded. 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Every bag of it ia to make sure that every ounce is guaranteed to more than meet the pure and of full binding power United States Government standard and strength. for strength. Get eur price* on ALPHA. We can supply you with any quantity from a bag to a carload. Come in and ask lor helpful free building plant. Wr will also rive you a copy of "ALPHA Cement—How to Use It," an 60-pace book that shows how to make scores of concrete improvements on the farm and around the hom* COWDEN a CO. . . . 9th AND HERR, HARKISBURG A. J. Spotiii •••••«.. Cnrlinlc* Muth Brothers .... . Elizatocthtown rii"i?J| , uS.Mr Cr • ' • • • • Hummelstown Lemoyne hrahN ,eI Spring" New Cumberland Newvllle Geo. S. Peters . Palmyra grown, Faverolles make excellent roas ter's and weigh from 6 to 8 pounds for males, 6 to 7 pounds for females. They are full breasted, and the dressed carcass is a good seller because of this feature. While these fowls are good foragers, they are not naturally wild, and are therefore easily adaptable to free range on large farms or they will do well In confinement. Faverolles are bred in several colors, salmon, ermine, black and white. The latter has been Introduced to Ameri cans very recently, but has already made rapid strides toward popularity. Their breeders units in praising them, not only for their economic qualities, 1 but also for their attractiveness. springs, ponds or watar-courses, the owner owes it to himself to raise ducks. I<and sloping sharply to a stream Is ideal for duck grounds. We cannot improve on the lien's ability to hatch pggs, but we can do the work more economically. The season lias been backward in many sections of the country, and farmers complain that they can not secure broody hens. This con dition means late broods; too late, perhaps, to hatch pullets for Fall layers. The remedy lies in obtain ing an incubator. Robert Arm strong's article for next week con tains many practical suggestions for the use and operation of this great labor and time saver. MISS POFFKN"BERGER DIES Special to the Telegraph Dauphin, Pa., April 29. One of Dauphin's former residents, Miss Mar garet S. Poffenberger, aged 75, died at the home of Mrs. Sarah Sponsler early tills morning from a stroke of apoplexy. POULTRY VJ l! iftsS UpurikaW "■"l vV|XwCHICK! fHICKEIi] " FEED i gHOWWRi A chick,to properly mature,needs Ingredients not found In (rain feeds. Purina Chicken Chowder contains these Ingredients—linseed meal,granulated meat,alfalfa tiour.bran.etc. Feed incombinatlon with Purina Cbick Feed— cbirks will bestronger, less subject to disease, and will reach the laying period earlier. Purina Poultry Feeds are sold by leading dealers only in checkerboard bags. * It your dealer does not sell them mention his name in writing for big Ct page Free Poultry Book.i •%.to D Paris* Ct. Inc., SOS Gratiot St., St. Uaii, ' Forts Recaptured by Loyal Chinese Army Shanghai, April 29. Government [troops commanded by General Feng kwo-Chang have recaptured the Klangyln forts without serious fight ing. The Central government appears to be Contemplating serious operations from Fuklen toward Kwantung. Two thousand northerners have ar rived at Chaoan. Fighting near Sliek lung necessitated the suspension yes terday of through service on the Can ton-Knowloon Railway. Mutineers from the Kiangyln forts attacked the government troops sta tioned at Wusih, Kiang Su. on Mon day, Interrupting the operation of trains between Shanghai and Nan king. STEPHEN FISKE, AUTHOR, JOURNALIST, DRAMATIST New York, April 29. Stephen Fiske, author, dramatist, and once widely-known as a journalist and war correspondent, died here yesterday at the age of 76. He was born In New Brunswick, N. J., and after being graduated from Rutgers College in 1862, was admitted to the bar, but soon abandoned the law for journalism. He was war cor respondent. for the New York Herald during the Civil War, and also be came dramatic critic for that paper. he founded the New York Dra matic Mirror. GIRTJ SATED BY HER MOTHER Sharon, Pa., April 29.—Clyde But ler, giving Franklin as his residence, Is In Mercer Jail charged with attempt ing a criminal assault on Pauline Mc- Curdy, aged 11. The child is badly injured. The mother returned home and when she saw the child fighting she secured a revolver and fired sev eral shots at the assailant, but dtd not hit him. The man fled and shortly af terwards officers arrested Butler in a barn and he was given a hearing and held for trial after being identified by the McCurdy child. 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