6 OF INTEREST TO THE WOMEN THE STRUGGLES OF A WIFE By Virginia Terhune Van de Water CHAPTER XXXV Copyright, 1916, by Star Company. To the casual observer It would have seemed that the Webbs' fortunes were Improved by leaps and bounds. So little did Myra Webb speak of her part in the increase of the family income that her friends took it for granted that she was writing: for plensure. They remarked that it was pleasant for a woman to bo able to earn pin money for herself. They also com mended Grace for continuing to teach and thus make herself independent. Miss Letson had raised her salary with the beginning of the midyear term, and, as Myra would not allow her to pay any board, most of Grace's money went toward clothing and amusements. The winter passed rapidly and once more Spring came. But with the llrsi warm weather of early April Grace Webb began to droop. Her mother noticed her pallor and urged her to rest during the Easter vacation. Early in May, on returning one afternoon from school, she fainted. She was obliged to resign her position in school, and even when she was up and about her room it was deemed best to keep a trained nurse in attend ance upon her for several weeks. The girl's strength returned very slowly andMier spirits still flagged. A Costly Suggestion "If you can arrange it," the doctor said to Myra, "you must take her away for a while. I.et her remain here at home until she has regained enough strength to make the trip to the moun tains a pleasure, not a lax. to her— and then go with her somewhere up into Sullivan county for at least a month." How easy it was to give such orders, Myra reflected when he had gone away. Did physicians never realize how much illness cost their patients.' Horace had handed his wife the money for the trained nurse a lew days ago when this attendant took her departure. Myra had thanked her husband as meekly as if it had not been the nurse of his own child whom he was paying. He had accepted her acknowledgments with a half-smile— »s if they were his due. "Oh, that's all right." he had said easily. "I am glad to be able to nelp you out to this extent—for I knpw your expenses have been heavy during Grace's illness. I njn afraid, however, my dear, that the doctor's bill will hive to wait for a good while—unless"— with a moment's hesitation —"you can arrange lo meet it—or a part of it. l ' That Dr. Morton did realize what a strain on the finances a serious illness Concrete Cow Barn Floors Make Your Work Easier Concrete floors are the cleanest and are the easiest to keep clean. Dairy inspectors give high marks to cow barns with concrete floors. They save liquid manure, keep out vermin, flies and disease, and last for ages. Concrete is fireproof, wear-proof and cheapest by the year of service. ALPHA'S? CEMENT mixed with clean sand, gravel and We recommend ALPHA CEMENT vater makes everlasting concrete that because it always gives excellent Will add more than its co3t to the results. ALPHA, while being made, value of your property. is tested hourly by expert chemists. We will be glad to tell you how who make sure that every bag is much Cement you will need for a pure, live, active and full of binding barn floor or for the other improve- power. We Guarantee it to more ments you are planning on the farm than meet the U. S. Government or around the home. standard for strength. A.ic for a copy of "ALPHA Cement—How to Use It." This big. illustrated book tells bow to make, at small expense, many home and farm improvements with ALFH V—The Guaranteed Portland Cement. COWDEN' & CO 9th AND HhiKR, HAUKISBURG MttUi MrtiWters . . . , . Elizabelhtown Jos.BurkhoSder • • . - • . Hununtlstown Co - Lemoyne J. w. Miller . . . . . . . Medianicsburg Jacob N. Welgcl Mt . Holly Spring" J*? I "'' Du" New Cumberland «e«v s». Peters . . . . . * . * . 'palmyr! Kitchen walls should always be painted Every housewife loves a clean kitchen. But with steaming kettles, sizzling grease and soot from the » range, how can you keep a spotless jBPpT kitchen if the walls cannot be Paint your kitchen walls ,y s jj with Devoe Roman Enamel jijj and you can easily clean them i ll with soap and water. " We recommend Devoe Roman Enamel because it is washable sanitary and because it gives a hard, glossy surface to which dirt docs not adhere. Thirteen attractive tints (and black and white) to select from. Can be used for walls, ceilings, shelving, furniture and all interior woodwork. Devoe Roman Enamel is easy to apply and it shows no laps or brush marks. We guarantee that it will give you satisfaction. mm r. W. DEVOE A C. T. RAYNOLDS CO. ,e " Yo ' k Buffalo New Otleim Houston Boiton Ss»snoab Pittsburtb DEVOE A RAYNOLDS CO. IT SATURDAY EVENING, j might be was proved by his manner of ! meeting Mrs. Webb's suggestion that he send in his bill soon. "1 would like to pay something on it —as much as possible—before 1 take Grace away to the mountains," she ex plained. The elderly physician laid a kind hand on her shoulder. "Why dear child." he protested, ; "please don't trouble yourself about imy bill. If you do not pay nnytnlng on it until next Fall it will be all right." Ashamed of the Tears' She was ashamed at the tears that rushed to her eyes. "You are very kind. Doctor," she faltered. ' But really, 1 can't let it wait like that. Perhaps," with an unsteady laugh. "I have acquired a painfully sensitive financial conscience. I would rather pay as 1 go—that is, as long as I can." He looked at her keenly. "Are you not troubling yourself too much about I money matters?" he asked. "Please remember that I am your physician, I even if you never consult me ibout yourself." "I do not need to," she told him. , "Can't you see for yourself that I am perfectly well?" 1 "No, I cannot!" he declared. "You may fool others by your pluck, but you can't fool me." She changed the subject abruptly. | "X have been talking to Grace about ■ our trip." she said. "I suggested a I quiet resort somewhere, but she says she would rather go where she can meet pleasant people. She thinks diversion would do her good." "Perhaps it would," the doctor said i absent-mindedly. "Do you know anything about a place called 'The Heights' up in the Catskill region " Myra asked. "Yes." he replied, "I do. There Is a fine hotel there—a bit fashionable for i quiet, old-fashioned folk—still if that is where Grace wants to go, take her there. She'll be happier for It, I guess." I If he remembered what two rooms and board at this hotel would cost, he 1 did not mention It. Several weeks must elapse before the trip to the mountains would be 1 advisable. Meanwhile Horace made another ! visit, as he had done last year, to his 1 brother's camp in Maine, and returned at the end of ten days looking well and satisfied. "I feel fine and fit for work now," Ihe annonuced. "There is joy in work ; when one is as well as I am." , fTo be continued.] APRON FOR CHILD MAKES COVERALL Mother Finds It Easier to Wash Aprons Than So Many Little Frocks Design by Mar Mantaa. 8985 JVith Basting Line and Added Scam Allowance) Child's Apron. I tot) years. HARVE DE GRACE IN HER GLORY By Frederic J. Haskin [Continued From Editorial I'aolnt out liow this can l)o done successfully is the purpose of this artie'e. When pullets are raised for egg production, they can produce no in come for at least seven or eight j months. Even after they have begun to lay, it takes some time for pullets to produce enough eggs to provide a profit above cost of feed. But this is not the case with cockerels. In stead of being a "nuisance," as many i ooultry keepers say, cockerels may be into cash at a substantial profit I 'in four or five months from the time they are hatched. And in so doing they will help to support the pullets. A Difference in Breeds Cockerels of the heavier, dual-pur pose breeds of fowls are better for making profits than the lighter and more active .breeds. White and Bar red Plymouth Rocks, Khode Island Beds. Wyandottes and Orpingtons are excellent breeds for the quick devel opment of high-class table fowls. Sur nlus cockerels from any of these breeds grow rppidly after reaching the age of 2 % to 3 months. These breeds of fowls are not so active and rest less ;# Leghorns, Anconas, Minorcas and many others. | The tendency of very active cocker els is to develop muscles instead of putting on flesh. Consequently, the I fiesh of active fowls is more or less stringy for food purposes. This is specially the case if the cockerels have tree range. To overcome this tendency, it is well to closely confine cockerels of the more active breeds. If this is done, here will be no great difference In the meat qualities of cockerels from ; all breeds of fowls. But many poultry raisers, from lack of room or to avoid the trouble of caring for their cockerels a sufficient length of time to inake their most rapid growth, dispose of them as fry ers when six weeks or two months old. This is too early to make them profit able. Unless young cockerels can be put on the market as fryers very early when prices are high, they prac tically cost to raise all they bring on the market. Only a few poultry raisers having special facilities for hatching and raising chicks early can hope to make fryers profitable when marketed so young as six weeks. Their profits come from the much higher i price fryers, sold to a select trade uround Easter time and up to the last lof May. With the great majority of poultry j keepers, however, hutching hardly be gins until the middle or last of March, continuing to about the end of May. Under these conditions cockerels can not be sold as fryers until into June or July. By that time market prices have declined. Cockerels cannot be "old as fryers then at a reasonable profit because young chicks need more care and grow less rapidly during the first two or three months of their life. It is a mistake to sell cockerels, ex cept for a special early trade, until they are at least four months old. Segregate the Cockerels As soon as their sex can be deter mined, the cockerels should be penned by themselves. There are several reasons fo rthis. If allowed to run with older fowls, they do not get their proper share of food for normal growth. If young pullets and cock erels run together, especially after they are three months old, the cock erels get more than their share of food at the expense of the pullets which may become stunted. If cockerels are placed by them selves when about three months old •hey grow up quite contented, are peaceably Inclined, require less at tention, and .put on flesh rapidly if properly fed. Since they are con- j fined, they do not run to muscle. The flesh of cockerels kept under these DARK CORNISH conceded to be very rich and fine flavored. In shape the Dark Cornish creates the impression of masslveness and muscular development and that it Is a ferocious tighter. The males will fight like all other fowls, but they have none of the "fight to a finish" disposition of the Games. Its legs are short, thick and set wide on the fowl; its shoulders art broad and promi nent: the breast full and round, and the head broad and short, with the distinctive characerlstic of an over hanging brow. In color the male is glossy, greenish black, excepting the secondary feathers of the wings, which are dark red edged wtth black, and the neck hackle, each feather of which is shafted with crimson. The female has a black hackle with red shaft to each feather. The main tail feathers are black. The balance of her plumage is a deep bay, double laced with glossy, greenish black. The formation of this lacing follows the outline of the feathers. The males weigh 7V4 to 9 pounds and the fe males 6 to 6H pounds. conditions is almost as tender and Juicy is the flesh of capons. This Is specially the case with cock erels of the heavier breeds of fowls. When killed and dressed for market, Ihey present an unusually attractive appearance; they command the best trices as fryers or young roasters. If the poultry raiser's pen space le limited. It Is a good practice to dis pose of older fowls or double up some :>ens to make a pen for the cockerels. This has been my own custom and It uas worked satisfactorily. The cock ?rels come along at a time of the year ivhen this can readily be done. Be fore breeding season comes around igain, the cockerels have all been sold. Then the yard and house can be thor oughly cleaned and made ready for fowls the following season. The object of feeding cockerels Is to )ut on flesh as cheaply and as rapidly is possible. The poultry keeper wants hem to pay a profit on feed and la )or. To accomplish this the cock erels must be fed plenty of protein. The function of protein Is to form lesh; the function of carbohydrates is o generate heat and fat. In summer ind early Fall, the cockerels need less carbohydrates and more protein. Thus "orn is a highly carbonaceous feed. !Vn excess of corn, especially In Sum ner, has the effect of overtaxing the iver. But this would upset the very >bject one has In feeding cockerels 'or flesh. Feeds Kasy to Digest A successful ration for attending cockerels is one part each by weight 3f oatmeal, cornmeal and oats, and sne-half part of tlsh meal. Good re sults have also been secured by feed ng equal parts by weight of oatmeal \nd cornmeal wet down with skim mllk. These rations are easily di gestible, so that the cockerels put on flesh rapidly. The predominance of juts also mukes them cheap rations. In feeding cockerels In confinement, Ihe digestibility of the feeds given them is very Important for making rapid growth. Cockerels If fed abund antly on Indigestible feeds will not do so well as if underfed with rations easily digested. Growing chickens digest very little crude fiber. Corn is about as easily digested as any poultry feed, while wheat bran Is hard lo digest when cockerels are penned closely. A mixture of equal parts of corn meal and finely cut clover is sufficient ly bulky to feed with meat meal, fish meal, or other concentrated high pro tein feeds. If fed in proper propor tions together, these feeds are much more easily digested than bran alone. Corn is a most valuable grain for fat tening cockerels. It cannot, however, bo fed alone because It is deficient in protein. But corn is a most desir ble feed for cockerels when It forms part of the ration. To get good re sults in putting flesh on the birds, corn should be fed In combination with rich 'irotein feeds and some bulky mate rial. such as cut green clover, lawn cuttings, or alfalfa. But no mistake will be made if whole oats or ground oats forms an Important part of both grain and mash rations. I'rtutlral System of Feeding The plan of feeding I have adopted for fattening cockerels Is to give them a wet mash in the morning, consist ing of eight parts by measure of bran, two of midlings, two of ground tiats, with one measure of meat meal added twice a week. The materials of the mash are thoroughly mixed dry and wet down with sour milk or skim milk. Stale bread soaked in water or skim-milk is fed the last two or three weeks, being mixed with the wet mash. About every week a handful of ground sulphur Is added to the mash as a blood purifler. At noon the cockerels are given a half ration of wheat and oats in equal parts. The last meal at evening con sists of all they will eat up clean of a grain ration composed of one part ench of whole corn, cracked corn, wheat and oats. This last ration is kept up until the cockerels are large enough to prefer whole corn, when the cracked corn Is discarded. Then the ration is made up of two parts whole corn and one each of wheat and oats. As accessories the cockerels are fed plenty of green feed during the Spring and Summer months. They are pro vided with oyster shell, grit, abund ance of fresh water, and a dry dust bath. It will be observed that In these rations the protein, or flesh-forming, feeds largely predominate. Corn as a carbohydrate feed is supplied at the evening ineal only. On hot days even this limited corn ration is reduced to I hall the usual quantity, the ration I MAY 27, 1016. Which Shall It Be?^ UE\: After you have spent the best years of your life 111. working hard, will you be in a position to rest Wi W}o. comfortably in financial independence or will you M face poverty and be dependent upon the good W nature of others? M Which shall it be? ]■ I Begin TO-DAY and build up a Savings Ac- * I ■ count with us and you will assure for yourself .: m comfort and independence in later life. i&Mk Kr. \ SI.OO is enough for a beginning. \jmj\ consisting: of equal parts of corn, wheat and oats. The value of this method of care and management of cockerels is best judged by results. These may be considered as to the health of the cockerels and the profits secured. Of 62 birds handled in this manner in 1914, and 54 last season, not one showed any signs of sickness or dis ease after they had reached the age of three months and, of course, there was not the loss of a single cockerel. On account of the more rapid growth of cockerels after they reach the age of 2hi or 3 months, it is bet ter to hold them until they attain a weight of at least on 4 pounds. Under the system of feeding outlined above, my cockerels weigh about 4 pounds when about 4 % or 5 months old. From this time up to six months, ithey gain about a pound in 30 days. They vary in weight from 6 to 8 pounds when six or seven months old. Their gains In weight after this time are not so rapid. To make the most protits from cockerels, therefore, they should be sold for table use when be tween four and seven months old. From records covering several years the cost of feeding cockerels varies from 10 to 12 cents per bird a month. Assuming an average age of live months before the cockerels are sold, the cost of feeding ranges between 50 and 80 cents. For young cockerels well fed, the price in the best markets Is about 20 cents a pound live weight and 2g cents dressed. The net profit above cost of feed derived from'the sale of the 62 cockerels was $37.20, and from the 54 cockerels, $31.32, or an average profit of 59 cents a bird. This Is worth while from a source of generally regarded by poul try keepers as more* or less of a nui sance. Certainly cockerels can be made to pay. V Owners of small flocks of chick ens will continue to liutcli by means of hens because they have not the time to rear the chicks by iirtilicial means. On the other lutnd, the hen's time is valuable, too. Why not hatch with a machine anil leave the brooding to the liens'.' Next week's article by Robert Armstrong explains this method. 1 * Auto Turns Turtle in Old Canal Near Dauphin Special to the Telegraph Dauphin, Pa., May 27. An auto mobile bearing the license tag 16K,39f» owned by John Moyer, of 1902 North Sixth street, Harrlsburg, and occupied by three young men, turned turtle in the old canal bed just below town yes terday afternoon. The driver of the car could not make the turn, which leads to the railroad crossing, and the car crashed through a fence into the canal bed. Two of the occupants were thrown out of the automobile while the other was pinned under It. None of the occupants were seriously hurt. If BUCK HURTS TAKE SALTS TO FLUSH IHEIS Says Backache is sure sign you have been eating too much meat. t Uric Acid in meat clogs Kidneys and irritates the bladder. Most folks forget that the kidneys, like the bowels, get sluggish and clog ged and need a flushing occasionally, else we have backache and dull mis ery In the kidney region, severe head aches, rheumatic twinges, torpid liver, acid stomach, sleeplessness and all sorts of bladder disorders. You simply must keep your kid neys active and clean and the moment you feel an ache or pain in the kidney region, get about four ounces of Jad Salts from any good drug store here, take a tablespoonful in a glass of water before breakfast for a few days and your kidneys will then act fine. This famous salts Is made from the ncld of grapes and lemon juice, com bined with iithla and is harmless to flush clogged kidneys and stimulate them to normal activity. It also neutralizes the acids In the urine so it no longer Irritates, thus ending bladder disorders. Jad Salts Is harmless; Inexpensive; makes a delightful effervescent llthla water drink which everybody should take now and then to keep their kid neys clean, thus avoiding serious com plications. A well-known local druggist says he sells lots of Jad Salts to folks who be lieve in overcoming kidney trouble I while It is only trouble.—Advertise ment. CYRUS H. WHITTLE DIES Special to the Telegraph Mount Joy, Pa., May 27. Cyrus i H. Whittle, of Milton Grove, Mt. Joy township, died Thursday evening at !the age of 73 years. For a number iof years he was proprietor of the Milton Grove Hotel. WOMAN'S CLUB LUNCHEON ! Mechanicsburg, Pa., May 27. Last j evening the Woman's Club of Me j ohanlcsburg, closed the season's work with a delightful luncheon at the home of Mrs. R. A. DeFrehn. West j Main street. | Colorado Is Great For the Children | Turn the children loose in Colorado and watch them ronip and play and get a healthy tan. Best of all, watch them I eat —for that's one of the many good i things that Colorado does —it develops j the appetite. ! You are literally care-free out there, ] If you want to go on a long "hike," you | go; if you want to ride horseback, you ride; or If you prefer to just out-and - out "loaf," why there's no one to stop you from drinking in all the sky, j scenery and ozone in the whole State of Colorado; and with all this you are go ing to do some real sleeping—the kind that makes you start the new day right, and sends you back from Color ado feeling fit for any task—feeling as you haven't felt in years—and no won der, you've had Nature's very own tonic. The best part of it all Is that it is so inexpensive to live out there. I have all the information about the country in my office and it Is at your disposal without charge. If you can drop in we will talk It over, or if you write a pos tal I will send you a mighty interesting folder on Colorado, with maps and pic tures, and full details about the new low-price excursion tickets. Wm. Austin, general passenger depts., Ic„ R. and Q. R. R. Co.. sns Chestnut St., j Philadelphia.—Advertisement. S Special Sunady j ■: Dinner J i (11 A. M. to BP. M.) 5 50c | 5 The New Palace i; 'j Cafe \ f No. a South Fourth Street Ij i 5 t Soups ,» S Cream of Chicken if £ Mock Turtle J £ Celery Queen Olives ij J Stuffed Toung Chicken ji £ Roast Turkey, with Apple Sauce Jp (Selection of two) S d Green Peas Stewed Corn c a String Beans 4 % Mashed Potatoes d 5 New Spinach 5 t Ice Cream % 5 Hot Tea Coffee Jt i. Iced Tea Milk £ \ "The Palace of Things ftood to *! j j r \ HIUH-GHADE LAWN MOWERS The "Pennsylvania" Is considered the best In quality, easy running, cuts clean and true. We have them from $2.75 to $20.00 Sold on a guarantee that counts. SHARPENER for The simplest yet most valuable little article —puts a perfect edge on the blades and makes an old mower cut like new—just, slide it i back and forth over the knives, 250 each j Brass Fountain Spray Nozzle Fits on end of hose and makes a | soft rain-like spray. 25^ Circular Fountain Lawn Sprinklers Throws a beautiful fountain spray from 4 feet to 20 feet wide. I Attach to end of hose and lay It ; on lawn. 750 each j .It Is surprising to see the many valuable and convenient Lawn and | Garden Appliances we have. Schell's Seed Store Quality Seeds 1307-1309 Market Street [V 7