OF INTEREST TO THE WOMEN
A GIRL AND A MAN
A New and Vital Romance of City Life
by Virginia Terhune Van de Water
CHAPTER XVII
(Copyright, 1916, Star Company)
Agnes Morley had come downtown
with a sense of nervousness on the
of the day on which Philip
Tlale -was to enter his father's em
ploy.
She feared that she would find it
a little hard at first to become ac
customed to the young man's prox
imity, and yet to give no> sign of
her previous acquaintance with him.
She had, during the days that \had
passed since the episode of her dic
tation for Mr. Bainbridge, grown ac
customed to her new position.
Things had gone smoothly. She had
been surprised and relieved to note
that the junior member of the firm,
on meeting her going Jn or out of
the office, simply bowed pleasantly,
as he might have bowed to another
man, only with more deference in
his manner. Could stic have mis
judged him entirely? Her faith in
her own intuitions was shaken by
this man's demeanor.
Mr. Hale had been busy and had
treated her in the businesslike way
that she had been prepared for. She
liked it .too, for she understood now
just what her duties were, and she
took a pride in performing them
with the precision of the machine to
which she had likened herself, but
also with an intelligence which she
hoped might soon rank her above
the ordinary secretary. She did not
expect praise from Mr. Hale. Yet
he uttered an occasional curt word
of commendation that thrilled her
with satisfaction.
Now that Philip was coming down!
here could matters be just as they I
had been. They must be they
should be, she told herself.
Fortunately the young man's desk
was not to be in his father's private
office, but next to the room occu
pied by Mr. Bainbridge in a kind 1
of railed-in enclosure.
Like a Sheep Pen
"Just like a sheep pen," Philip had j
said in telling her of it on the Sun
day night on which he called upon
her. "But I can look over the bars)
at you when you pass through the I
outer office. And I hope that my
father will send for me often. I j
will actually, for the first time in my j
life, welcome his giving me orders,"
he added.
She had laughed, yet the words j
made her a little uneasy. She hoped J
that he would be very discreet, very J
unobservant of her when he chanced j
to be in her presence.
She had this morning, as was her
habit, arrived at the office a few I
minutes before nine. Annie Rooney
had met her in the outer room and
greeted her genially.
"Hallo:" she had said. "I've
hardly seen you for the last few |
days. I guess Mr. Hale's kept you j
busy, hasn't he?"
"Yes," Agnes rejoined. "He has
been very busy himself, you know."
"X guess business must be boom-1
ing," Annie opined. "And I under
stand that his swell college son's!
coming down to help things along>
for the' Summer months. Had you j
heard of that?"
"Yes," Agnes answered with well
feigned indifference. "I had heard i
5f it."
"He's a good-looker, all right," I
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Annie continued. "Looks like the
old man, only younger and taller.
He's to be near old Bainbridge over
there. X guess there's no danger of
the kid's head being turned by old
hard-face for all he's so near his
office. By the way, has the fat
geezer asked you to do any more
work for him?"
"No, he has not," Agnes replied.
"I fancy he really could not help
himself the other day for his letters
had to be done at once. Mr. Hale
told me 1 was right to do them for
him. 1 was sorry 1 had made such
a fuss about It."
"Say, you're too dead easy!" Annie
warned her. Then, as Agnes turned
away, "So long, let's go out to lunch
together. Don't linger-longer-Lucy
in the office the way you generally
do at noontime. Meet me outside as
soon as the boss goes out to feed,
will you?"
"Yes, X will try to," Agnes prom
ised.
She had been in Mr. Hale's office
but a minute when her employer
entered. He was evidently in a
hurry.
Mr. Hale in a Hurry
"I have an appointment in a little
over an hour," he informed her. "So
I must rush through with my mail."
She worked rapidly, almost
breathlessly. Where was Phil?
When would he come in? The oft
recurring wonder increased her
nervousness.
It was ten o'clock when her ques
tion was answered by the opening of
the office door. As Philip Hale entered
his father glanced up from his let
ters.
"Ah, son," he greeted him. "Did
you see that man on your way
downtown?"
"Yes, I did." PhiUp replied. "He
will attend to the matter immedi
ately."
"Good. Well, you can go out to
your office. I will be with you in
a few minutes. What was that last
sentence. Miss Morley?" he asked
brusquely. "Hurry!" he added, as
the girl hesitated.
Before Agnes could reply, the
young man spoke.
"Good morning, Miss Morley!" he
said.
"Good morning." Agnes faltered,
surprised at his salutation.
She bent over her pad again, and
Philip started to leave the room,
but his lather checked him.
"Hold on, Phil!" he said. "I did
not know that you knew Miss
Morley."
"Yes, I know her," the young man
said. His tone was almost aggres
sive. The girl knew intuitively that
he resented his father's abrupt
manner of speaking to her. She
must save the situation. '
"Yes. Mr. Hale, you introduced
Mr. Philip Hale to me on the first
day that I was in your employ,"
she said quickly. "That last sen
tence was 'the contents of your let
ter have been duly noted.' "
"Yes, I remember," Mr. Hale re
joined. "That's all right, Phil. I'll
see you in a few minutes."
As the door closed behind Philip.
Agnes drew a breath of relief. His
coming had been even more em
barrassing than she had feared.
(To Be Continued)
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"LIMBERNECK" A MENACE OF
THE MODERN POULTRY-YARD
S. C. WHITE ORPINGTONS
The S. C. White Orpington was the
second variety of this famous English
all-purpose fowl to be originated. The
late William Cook, who originated and
exploited all varieties of the Orping
tons, began on the S. C. White variety
about 1880. They were a combina
tion of S. C. White Leghorn, Hamburg
and White Dorking blood, and aftei
much effort and selection they were
finally introduced to the public about
ISB9. They had large sales in all coun
tries, and were introduced into the
United States after the Blacks and
Buffs. Allt he Orpingtons were slow
to take with the American fanciers
until Mr. Cook himself came to the
New York Show with several birds on
a lecturing campaign. Many bought
and the craze for Orpingtons soon
spread. His successive visits and his
establishment of a farm in New Jersey
What It Is, How to Know It,
and How to Treat It
Suddenness of Attack, Limp
Neck, Complete Collapse
and Death Mark Its Vic
tims
By MYRA KELSEY COX
Experienced Poultrywoman
Ptomaine poisoning among fowls,
caused by the eating of putrid flesli is
commonly known as "limbomeck." Be
cause of its similarity to other disease
It is frequently tonfounded therewith.
Prevention, In the form of careful dis
posal of dead tilings, is more sure than
cure. Limbemeck, exhibits fowls in
sutHclently supplied with animal food.
Most poultry diseases are infectious.
| Roup, cholera and all their kindred
j run through flocks and pens with fatal
| surety. The ordinary poultryraiser,
; too busy to investigate their pathology,
wastes no time searching for germs,
j He is too much occupied in combat*
j ting their activity. Occasionally
; among such malignant visitations he
may note a mysterious ailment. It
! comes unheralded, strikes down the
j healthiest in a night, may count one
j victim or a score and may subside as
i quickly. To his unacquainted eye, it
! looks like a bona fide imitation of
; cholera quite as fatal with less laggard
i a course. It is very likely to be an
: example of "limberneck," a term less
elegant than truly descriptive of the
i disease. Here, if it be of comfort to
the poultry-keeper's heart, is a dis
| case paradoxical in practice. It may
appear repeatedly in one season, yet
;it neither disseminates germs nor
necessitates the use of germicides.
"Limberneck," properly speaking,
; is a species of ptomaine poisoning in
fowls. It seems to be a menace more
common to the poultryyard of to-day
than of the past. Chickens, turkeys,
guineas, or ducks may succumb, with
the last two more susceptible. This
i ratio is attributed to the more de
veloped carnivorous needs of the lat
ter fowls. Appetite dictates a craving,
i and in the endeavor to satisfy it, they
! fall victims. When the required sup
; ply of insect food fails, the fowls fall
; upon the substitute next at hand,
whence all the mischief.
"Limberneck" is distinctly a warm
j weather disease. It never appears tn
, cold weather. Sometimes it claims a
| single victim: again it may devastate a
; poultryyard, sparing neither chicken,
1 duck nor guinea. This eccentricity
' makes it the more peculiar, unless it
j is understood.
Identifying the Disease
I The symptoms are unmistakable.
[The practical observer, noting them,
; will avoid the mistake of treating for
| apoplexy, cholera, or dysentery. The
victim may be found in one of two
stages. Usually the collapse is sud
den. The healthy hen of last night
lies prostrate this morning in a cor
ner of the chickenhouse, with rumpled
feathers, closed eyes and outstretched
spineless neck (whence the name of
the disease). In a few hours, or per
haps a day or two, she dies, never hav
ing moved. The ravenous gawky
ducks of the noon-time meal, at night
creek or flop homewards, as if hurt
across the back. It has happened that
a Muscovy duck and her brood of
fourteen well at daybreak were dead
at night of this trouble. Not every at
tack is fatal If the poisoning is
mild, the fowl affected appears to be
suffering with an injured back. It
staggers weakly, eyes half-closed and
tail depressed. Naturally it evinces
no interest in food, for it has almost
lost the ability to swallow. Diarrhoea
is present, but the comb and wattles
retain the scarlet of health. Such a
case may recover. Young ducks have j
survived after such an attack, to sue- i
cumb to a second. The half-shut eye
is symptomatic of the lightest attack.
A general paralysis seizes the fatally
stricken and it lies in a coma till
death.
No (rerm may he indicted for this
condition. The fowls affected have
fed on putrid flesh or on insects eating:
thereof, which include the larvae of
flies, known as maggots. Ptomaine
poisoning ensues, with the same utter
prostration manifest in the feathered
unfortunates that characterizes a
human being so smitten. Hence the
prevalence of this disease during the
warm months. Fowls, particularly
weak little ones, dying in obscure
places, furnish the material for in
fection. Especially on farms where
poultry runs at large »s it difficult at
all times to find these carcasses which
may be the result of accident. The
added to the rapidly spreading interest
in the variety. The S. C. Whites were
probably advertised and exploited
more than all the other varieties com
bined and they soon became leaders.
The Single Comb White Orpington
is a large fowl. They have large
combs, white bills, lees, feet and skin
and of course white piumage. The
latter was the most difficult feature,
since the males almost all showed a
little brassiness.
The White Orpington has a reputa
tion for being a splendid layer. They
lay tinted eggs, and like the American
general purpose fowls, will become
broody, sit, lip.toh and rear cnicks. The
chicks develop rapidly, making splen
did table po.ultry from broiler size on
up to maturity. At the latter time
they weigh from 8% to 10 pounds for
the males and 7 to 8 pounds for the
females.
warmer the air, the quicker the decay.
Energetic fowls in their search for
food discover them to their own dis
aster. Sometimes the first cause may
be due to the poultryraiseW own
carelessness. After the disease ap
pears, victims lying in remote or hid
den spots provide new infection, set
ting up an endless chain whose opera
tion can only be checked by vigorous,
thorough search on the part of the
owner.
Manifestations of Its Work
Occasionally there is great havoc
from disease on duck farms. It is
usually limberneck, to they are
especially prone. Ducks confined in
large numbers on limited space crave
the animal food demanded by their
nature. If their ration lacks this im
portant feature of their diet, they will
supply it at the first opportunity.
Voracity and a tendency to scavenger
ing prove their undoing. Unless every
dead duck is found before its body be
comes a temptation to the survivors,
the disease is rampant.
• A successful turkey raiser of some
years ago used to relate an experience
bearing on this subject. Her turkeys
over a hundred in number and about
two and one-half months old, came
home one day at night-fall, staggering
and choking. That night many died.
Others followed in the next succeeding
days. Being a person of energy not
to be fazed by a disagreeable duty, she
performed a post-mortem to discover
the mysterious ailment that had rob
bed her of her season's work. In the
turkey crops she found numbers of
long, ugly black beetles. Pursuing her
investigation further, she walked to
the lower field, the goal of their daily
loutine. Here on the edge of a marsh
lay the poorly-buried carcas of a
calf, swarming with the black beetles.
The farmhand's carelessness had play
ed havoc with her flock, and she had
learned a valuable, but dearly-bought,
lesson.
! A raiser of guineas opened the door
;of their house one dry, hot August
morning. No eager, fluttering, hungry
i young creatures welcomed her. Thirty
of the hundred with one of the foster
t mothers lay prostrate on the floor or
roosts, head dangling, necks limp,
wings spread. She knew the trouble.
An investigation began. In the ex
treme end of the orchard, a dead goose
I buried in the dusty soil a week before,
! had been disinterred by stray dogs. In
their craving for the carnivorous, the
guineas had feasted and paid the pen
alty of their appetites.
Castor Oil ami Turpentine Treatment
Sometimes fowls recover. Nine
tenths die. Only one of the guineas
survived, reaching a stunted maturity.
There is little satisfaction in treating
fowls suffering with limberneck. The
: object Is to flush the digestive tract
to rid it of any poisonous matter yet
unassimilated. If the fowl is not in
total collapse, the best practical treat
ment, out of a number of things tried,
seems to be a dose of one-half tea
spoonful castor oil, followed with a
few drops of turpentine on dampened
meal. These doses must be given for
cibly as the throat muscles seem par
tially paralyzed. The most effectual
treatment is the ax, with a safe dis
posal of the body. The first trans
gression of fowls eating tainted fish is
usually dictated by a lack in their diet,
the same instinct that causes hens to
eat eggs. I am inclined to think that
later it becomes an obession with them
much as the feather-eating habit of
which we sometimes hear. Poultry
raisers read in every case of limber
neck among their flocks the admoni
tion to supply plentifully animal food
in some form, such as curd, sour milk,
beef scrap, etc. In the days of small
flocks, fowls secured sufficient for
themselves; the modern habit of con
centration of large numbers within
small limits imposes the necessity of
catering scrupulously to the funda
mental needs of poultry. Neglect will
certainly claim its toll.
The Ounce of Pro\ out ion
Many fowls on small premises either
penned or at liberty, are endangered.
A large range, allowing fowls to sup
ply themselves naturally in their rov
ing, acts as a preventative. In any
event, it behooves the poultry-keeper,
whether the poultryyard be up-to
date or merely adjunctive to the farm,
to dispose safely of all dead fowls,
small or large. This applies to all de
composing matter. A dead baby chick
can start the ball a-rolllng. Rurning
is better than burying. Sanitation and
the health of the fowls demand this
care. If precaution be strictly ob
served, limberneck, at least, will not
vex the poultrykeeper's soul.
The production of fancy table
eggs and their sale to a private
trade in sealed cartons is one of
the most profitable branches of the
poultry industry. In next week's
icle Prof. Frank C. Hare describes
this important subject.
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HOW ABOUT JAPAN ?
By Frederic J. Haskin
[Continued From Editorial Pago]
garded railways and telegraph lines
with, all the fear and hostility that
might have been expected from them.
They offered no appreciable opposi
tion because they had been trained
for centuries, as no other people ever
have been trained, in the custom of
yielding to authority. The relation
of every rank to every other rank was
fixed and ironbound. Retainer owned
allegiance to his lord, and the lord
bowed to the mandate of his over
lord. At the head of the complex sys
tem stood the Mikado, whose word
was law. When that word went forth,
to disobey was not only a civil and
political crime, but a moral offense of
the blackest, and a sin against divin
ity. Ages of this form of govern
ment made the Japanese nation the
most docile and tractable people on
earth where their own authorities
were concerned.
So when the statesmen at the helm
used the imperial rescript to back up
a scheme for railways, the nation
swallowed its objections and built
railways. In the same spirit, it ac
cepted all the new things. The creed
of loyalty had robbed it of the privi
lege of protest, by making that pro
test a sin. Even so to-day, the creed
of loyalty makes it a sin to tamper
with things so mundane as plans for
dreadnaughts and half a dozen new
army divisions. The late Emperor
gave them his approval. There is no
more to be said.
Another side of the creed of loyalty
is the exaggerated national pride that
degenerates into national self-con
sciousness. All casual observations of
Japan must be discounted by remem
bering that the island impire is prob
ably "showing off." Japan is worried
about what the world thinks of her,
to an extent that it is hard for an
American to appreciate. We would
like to have the world think well of
us, but if the world can not see the
manifold virtues of these United
States of America, then so much the
worse for the world. Not so Japan.
She is determined to appear before
the nations in the best possible light,
and to that end she conducts press
campaigns, grants great subsidies to
her enterprises, covers up her real in
dustrial conditions and her industrial
inefficiency from the visitor, makes a
showing out of all proportion to her
real wealth and commercial import
ance. This Japanese characteristic
could be passed over with a smile, if it
were mere puerile vanity. But it is
deadly serious pride and Japan is
ready to fight it.
Japan gets great credit and ad
miration from the thoughtless for her
Industrial advance, that carried her
from the middle ages to the twentieth
century almost at a bound. This ad
vance is taken as evidence that Jap
an can become an England of the
Orleni, a great factory for eastern
Asia. Japan herself cherishes and en
courages the illusion in characteris
tic fashion. It is no more than an Il
lusion. Japan might become the Eng
land of the Orient If there were no
England, and no America of the Oc
cident. In straight, free competition
with the West Japan stands hardly a
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chance, for all her geographical ad
vantage and she knows it. it is a fact
that plays havoc with all her most
vital institutions, from her pride to
her pantry. So she comes to the
relief of her industries with subsidies
and the sword. She alternates freight
rebates with the domination of Chi
nese provinces.
Her pride covers more than the
military commercial glory of the Em
pire. It extends to the race itself.
Japanese seriously believe that they
are the most remarkable of the peo
ples of earth. Perhaps it is partly our
fault; we have been telling them so
for fifty years. They believe in their
mission, which is to unite East and
West, to dominate the Orient and act
as a mediator between Orient and Oc
cident. Their great men tell them,
and they believe, that the Japanese
is the moral and intellectual superior
of any other human being. For this
reason, race prejudice against them
has never stirred them deeply." Race
prejudice only cuts when the injured
race has a consciousness of lnferior
j ity.
But the Japanese pride is affronted
! by any discrimination against Japan
as a nation. Her pride and her eraed
i demand that the proudest of nations
: recognize her as an equal. Anything
| less is an insult to the whole fabric of
[Japanese society from top to bottom.
| Japan will go to any length rather
than to labor indefinitely under the
least stigma of inferiority.
Another effect of the Japanese re
ligion of loyalty worth considering is
its effect in questions of war, and the
declaration of war. It prevents the
forming of an opposition party under
such circumstances, because such op
position is deprived of the sanction of
principle which it often has in a west
ern country. There are what purport
to be powerful peace societies in Jap
an, yet neither before the Chinese, nor
the Russian, nor the present German
war did they make any opposition
worth mentioning. Neither do the
peace advocates of Japan, either Jap
anese or American,attack the Japanese
army and navy expansion schemes.
They content themselves with attack
ing the military program of the Unit
ed States of America.
An understanding of the two closely
related elements of national pride on
the one hand and religious loyalty to
the Emperor on the other Is vitally
important to an understanding of Jap
an and the Japanese. These elements
explain largely the aggressive militar
ism of Japan in the past, and her
vaunting and ruthless ambition to-day.
They explain the perfect solidiarity
of the nation in the face of a foreign
opponent. They hint at the lengths to
which Japan will go in her effort to
put herself in the front rank commer
cially and industrially in spite of nat
ural handicaps. They give a signifi
cant indication of Japan's real atti
tude toward such matters as exclu
sion and discrimination.
These national characteristics mean
more than that. They mean also a
nation militant, the stifling of pacifist
protest, the moral justification of war
as a means of serving the state—they
mean the placing of the nation as an
instrument in the hands of a few men.
That Instrument has been turned
against, China, against Russia, against
Germany. It behooves the United
States of America to consider whither
it may be turned next.
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