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Loneliness Routed
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By JESSIE DOUGLAS
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<c HAT do people do to get ac-
quainted ¢” Annie Laurie Ware
thought desperately.
“Now, if I should just stop this
man coming and say ‘I'm so desperate-
ly lonely thay I'd like to cry,” I won-
der what®he’d do. Call a policeman,
I s’pose . o
Annie Laurie had come quite close
to him now; he glanced at her casual-
ly and when he did she felt the blood
color her face.
“Just as though he knew what I
was thinking!” Annie Laurie went on
disconsolately, as she turned the
corner.
She stopped a moment before a
shop window; it was a very tiny
shop with- just enough glass to show
Boston ferns and some narcissus
blooming in a shallow bowl.
“He’d say ‘Would you rather have
violets today, Annie Laurie, or just
roses as usual?”
“Anything 1 can do for you, miss?”
Annie Laurie started. She realized
“she had stopped longer than she need
before this window.
“Yes, I should like a bulb,” she said,
boldly, “and some pebbles and a
very little bowl.” i
“Forty-five, miss.”
Annie Laurie just had fifty cents
left and she realized with a pang that
it meant she would have no lunch to-
morrow—and she hoped there would
be no delay with her pay envelope.
She snuggled her precious bulb un-
der her arm and made the journey
back to her room without further ad-
venture:
“It must have sun and it must have
water,” she said aloud as she set it in
the open window ledge.
She let the water drip overe her
bulb .and heard an irritated voice as-
cend from the regions below.
Annie Laurie peered down, and the
voice peered up, until shefound her-
self looking into the very blue eyes
of the man she had passed.
“Oh, it’s you!” she gasped.
Then overcome at the betrayal of
her words, she pulled in her head. and
in her embarrassment dislodged her
precious bulb. She heard it go rat-
tling down the areaway amid the sharp
clatter of her pebbles.
“I'll see what I can do,” a sym-
pathetic voice called up to her.
“Remember, Annie Laurie, how you
were brought up!” she warned her-
self.
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When, five minutes later, a breath-.
less young man with laughing blue
eyes presented her with a stubby
brown bulb, Annie Laurie, with
drooped lids that hid all the. light of
her dancing eyes, answered primly,
“Thank you very much.”
That was all.
And Annie Laurie back in her room
was lonelier than ever.
“I know he’s mice,” she thought.
“He has eyes like little Bennie, and
his voice—and 1 shall just have to
go on the same as ever, dying of
loneliness, going down to the office in
the. morning and coming back in the
evening, wishing in the meantime.”
And she did.
The ache in her heart was get-
ting harder to bear all the time, and
if it hadn’t been for the five dollars
she could send each week to a little
frame house in St. Petersburg, she
might have given up the struggle and
fled home. :
One afternoon she stopped before
the tiny shop and breathed in the
scent of trailing arbutus.
“I must have some!” she said.
The little, bushy, fragrant sprays
of sweet blossoms were tied in white
tissue before - she .asked, “And . how
much is it, please?” ~
“Seventy-five.” .
She searched in her pocket and she
felt in her purse, but all she could
find was fifty cents. Her cheeks burned
with embarrassment for another cus-
tomer in the shop came up to her.
Annie Laurie looked up into a pair
of very blue eyes.
“I believe you live on the floor above
me, and I believe I rescued your
bulb,” ‘said the man of the eyes quiet-
ly, “and I think if I'm not mistaken
you're Annie Laurie Ware?”
“Oh, but how did you know?”
He did not tell her that anyone could
read a name on the letter box.
“I know you’ve never done any-
thing like it before, spoken to a man
who hasn’t been introduced,” he ex-
plained, “and 1 hope you won't do
anything like it again. But I'm from
the South, and I know you are—and
I'm desperately lonely—” °
It was the one thing that could
have touched Annie Laurie Ware.
They stood quite still outside the
tiny shop, alld the man pleaded: “I
wonder if you’d let me get some
violets, a hamdful, or just a rose to
celebrate?”
“Roses,” Annie Laurie smiled, and
then as he darted into the shop she
‘repeated the formula to herself, “as
usual.”
They walked up the street together,
and the man said “Look!”
Annie Laurie gazed down from the
heights at the street that seemed al-
most like fairy street.
“New York is an enchanting place,
fsn’t it?” the young man asked.
“It’s almost like a city of dreams,”
Annie Laurie answered tremulously.
The young man gave one swift un-
derstanding glance at her face before
they turned back.
“It is the city of my dreams—now !”
he said.
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Woods Savings Bank, |
Says Forest Officer
Timber Conservation Be-
comes Economic Need.
(Prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture.) .
Timber is a farm savings bank to be
rawn upon in times of extra need,
says W. R. Mattoon, extension for-
ester of the forest service, United
States Department of Agriculture.
The trees are the capital or principal;
new growth is the interest. Each day
ihe interest is added—and the cashier
cannot run away.
Farm woodlands have many times
been the means of lifting a mortgage,
or making the difference between
profit and loss on the farm balance
sheet, Mattoon says. Timber and
wood are required for the successful
operation of the farm, and most farm-
ers have some lands better adapted to
tree growth than cultivated crops.
The growing of timber is therefore
legitimately a part of the regular farm
program. Timber conservation has
‘come to be a matter of economic neces-
sity. No farmer can afford to pay
taxes on idle land.
If the woods bank is drawh on only
to the extent of cutting the growth,
or interest, the capital remains un-
touched, and the investment continues
undiminished. Some useful hints in
using farm timber rightly, in cutting
for continuous growth, and in mar-
keting farm timber are given in De-
partment. of Agriculture Leaflet No.
29, “The Farm Woods—A Savings
Bank,” just off the government
presses. Copies. of this leaflet can
be procured by writing to the United
States . Department of Agriculture,
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Washington.
Artificial Manure Made
From Farm-Grown Crops
Manure equal in quality to the best
barnyard fertilizer caf:b made from
farm-grown materials®and without the
aid of ‘horses or oth { m ‘animals,
according to a series®of ‘experiments
that have bee carried on by the soils
department: of the University of Mis-
souri for the past two years. Ordinary
wheat or oats straw is the material
and a simple, inexpensive chemical
mixture, combined with rain, is the
chief manufacturing agent which
changes the straw to manure within
two or three months after it is
threshed. .
The cost of the artificial manure
varies between 65 and 85 cents per
ton, according to the experiments
carried out to date.
The process: is briefly this: A sim-
ple chemical mixture of 45 per cent
ammonium sulphate, 40 per cent agri-
cultural limestone and 15 per cent su-
perphosphate is mixed with the straw
at threshing time at the rate of 150
pounds to a ton of straw. The straw
is blown into flat piles not over five
or six feet deep in order that it may
take up water readily from rains and
start the rotting brought about by the
chemicals through their effect on the
bacteria and molds in the straw. The
length of time necessary to change
the straw into manure depends on the
depth of the piles of straw and the
amount of rainfall, as water is one
of the very necessary chemical agents
in the process of rotting.
Modified Rag-Doll Seed-
Corn Tester Easily Made
More than a million ears of corn
were tested in the spring of 1928 in
community testers by the rag doll
method, according to Purdue univer-
sity. Plans for such testers can be
secured from the university at La-
fayette, Ind. :
To make the modified rag-doll seed-
corn tester, use a piece of heavy
waterproof paper, 12 inches wide and
abodt 52 inches long. On this lay a
cloth the same width and about 48
inches long. Three sections of ordi-
nary paper hand towels are equally
good. The cloth or paper should be
thoroughly wet and at least five ker-
nels from each ear be laid in rows
on the doll, which will accommodate
20 ears. The dolls are rolled and
set in a heated container where the
. temperature can be held at about 80
degrees. and the dolls can be watered
daily. After seven days the dollsewill
. be ready to read..
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If you can get good seed now, buy
it. Seed prices are expected to be
high this spring.
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Milk your cows immediately before
instead of after feeding them and you
will avoid off-flavors:
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Remember that onions in storage
need a cool temperature, dry atmos-
phere, and plenty of ventilation.
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A warmed tool house starts the good
husbandman on next year’s farm tasks
by giving him a chance to put all im-
plements in order.
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Sweet clover improves the soil so
much that it runs itself out of a home
by making the ground more suitable
to other plants which can then crowd
it off the ground.
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Time spent during the winter in
cleaning and grading. seed oats, seed
corn, and sorghum seed is time well
invested. It is always advisable to
have a germination test made of all
seed that is to be used for planting.
TALE
RIGHT FEED FOR
A DAIRY HEIFER
Dairymen should become more far-
sighted in raising young stock, for the
quality of the future herd depends
largely on breeding and inherited pro-
ductive capacity. If the heifer is
stunted by poor feeding and neglect
she will not become the kind of ani-
mal we want when she calves. She
will be lacking in capacity, and as
the consumption of roughage is heces-
sary for economical milk production,
it will be found that in the end it does
not pay to neglect ‘the young stock.
One cause for the marked difference
in the size of cows of the same breed-
ing as found in different herds is this
factor of ration when young, says J.
P. LaMaster, chief of the dairy divi-
sion, at Clemson college, South Caro-
lina.
During the summer, on good pas-
ture, little if any, grain is needed if
the heifer is at least ten months old;
but when pastures are poor or dried
up, a little grain is necessary. In
winter, however, to_get the most rapid
grewth it is necessary to supply a
considerable proportion of the nutri-
ents in the form .of concentrates.
Where even the best roughage is fed
alone, the growth wili not be as much
as where grain is fed also.
The following are suggestions for
rations for heifers in winter:
1. When silage and legume hay are
available: corn silage, alfalfa,’cowpea
or soybean hay at will. For heifers
less than ten months old, two pounds
of grain daily in addition. The grain
must be equal parts of corn and oats.
For heifers within three months of
calving, in order to insure good flesh
at that time, three to five pounds of
grain should be fed depending on con-
dition.
2. When corn silage is available
but not legume hay: Silage at will and
hay or fodder. Two or three pounds
of concentrates should be fed daily,
one pound of which should be of high
protein content such as cottonseed
meal. Equal parts of corn, oats, and
bran and one-third cottonseed mez’
3. When legume hay is on hand but
no silage: Feed all the hay they will
clean up and also two pounds of corn
and oats.
4, When no silage or legume hay
is available: It will pay to buy legume
hay; or if grass hay is fed alone, feed
all they will clean up. A grain ra-
tion for mixed hay will have to be
somewhat higher in protein, such as
three pounds of a mixture of two
parts of corn and one part of cotton-
seed meal.
Great Care Required in
Selecting Record Cows
If the farmer wants a record cow*
he must buy a cow with a record, and
a good one, too, says the New York
State College of Agriculture. Time is
needed to make good selections, and
it is well to seek aid from competent
and trustworthy persons.
If a dairyman is buying his cow
through a cattle dealer he should be
able to trust him, and when he does
not kgow a trustworthy dealer; he
should seek assistance from a county
breed association or the cattle sales
company of the county in which the
animal is to be bought. The names
and full information about these or-
ganizations may be obtained from the
county agricultural agents. In case
there are no such organizations, coun-
ty agents :an supply prospective buy-
ers with the names of reliable breed-
ers, dairymen, or dealers in the county.
The New York state college says
that too much caution cannot be used
in buying cows for, although extra
time may be needed during the pur-
chasing, much time and money can
be saved later on, Dairymen who have
lost herds because of random buying
are mcre careful in the future.
Ropy Milk or Cream Is
Caused by Minute Germs
Ropy milk or cream is caused by
germs that get into the milk after it
comes ‘from the cow. These germs
usually live in water from which they
get into the milk. If your cow has
access to water in which she stands
or stands in a muddy place these
germs get onto the switch of her tail
or on the flanks and when dry fall
into the milk pail while the m¢lking
is being done. In other cases these
germs are found in the water tank
and get onto the utensils from which
they infect the milk.
Clean and thoroughly disinféct all
dairy utensils with boiling water.
Clean and disinfect the stock tank.
Before milking wipe the switch and
flanks with a damp cloth to prevent
any dirt or dust from falling into the
milk. A thorough cleaning and dis-
infecting will usually” end the trouble.
Todized Milk
At the Ohio station it was found
that where no iodine was fed to
dairy cows, no trace of the chemical
could be detected in the milk: But
all tests made of milk from cows re-
ceiving two grains of calcium iodine
or potassium iodine per day, or two
ounces of seaweed rich in iodine,
showed -an appreciable amount of
iodine in the milk. It has not yet
been determined whether there may
be advantages to humans in consum-
ing iodized milk or not.
noon.
| week end with his family and par-
February is soon past
Time does fly away so fast.
Wm. Opel and Sylvester Maust
were visiting at Howard Maust’s,
Sunday evening.
Miss Margaret Gowns, Yost Zum-
my, Russel Engle and Marlen Gnagy
were dinner guests at S. S. Hostet-
ler’s, Saturday.
Mrs. S. S. Hostetler was a business
caller at the homes of G. C. Peter-
hiem and Eli Yoder, Tuesday fore-
Eli Thomas was a visitor at the
Mt. View school, Friday afternoon.
Misses Ruth and Julia Maust took
dinner with S. S. Hostetler’s, Wed-
nesday. i
Clarence Humbertson was a busi-
ness caller in Salisbury, Friday.
Markle Maust was a visitor at S.
S. Hostetler’s, Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Kinsinger and
family and Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Peter-
heim, were calling at S. S. 'Hostet-
ler’s Sunday. .
Miss Anna Thomas, teacher of the
Mt. View school, spent Thursday
night at Howard Maust’s. :
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Maust and
children, were visitors at Noah
Maust’s, Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Miller and
children, Mr. and Mrs. Evan Miller
and children, were visiting at Joel
Maust’s, ‘Sunday. ; >
Misses Elva'and Verda Yoder, Del-
la and Verda Bender and Messers
Simon and Elmer Bitzel were callers
at Floyd Bender’s, Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Maust and
children and Mr. Maust’s mother,
Mrs. David Maust, spent Sunday af-
ternoon at Milton Opel’s.
Howard Maust called on Ed. Hum-
bertson, Sunday. Mr. Humbertson
has been very » poor in health for
some time.
Howard Peck spent Sunday night
at Howard Maust’s.
Messers Howard Maust and How-
ard Peck were business callers at
Somerset, Monday, congerning road
matters.
Miss Annie Opel will spend a few
weeks in Cleveland, Ohio, at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Ted Opel. Miss
Opel just returned from Cumberland
‘here she had spent a few weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Opel and child-
ren and Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester
Maust and daughter, were visitors at
Irvin Firl’s, Sunday.
Mr: dnd Mrs. J. L. Sechler were
Sunday visitors at Christ Maust’s.
Thirty five young people from
Summit Mills had a sleighing party
on Thursday night, and visited Mr.
and Mrs. Irvin: Firl. They all spent
a very pleasant evening. g
James Opel, of Blough, spent the
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MEYERSDALE COMMERCIAL, THURS., FEBRUARY 28, 1929
Page Three
All
That Indispensable Vitamin C
~1¢ IPPOCRATES (400 B. C.) is
4 authority for the statement
that the effort of people to
find better foods was the beginning
of the science of medicine. Hippo-
crates was known as “the father
of medicine” so he must have
known something about its origin.
He was a man of great nobility of
character and possessed high ideals
" of medical ethics which have been
perpetuated to the present day in
the world-wide reverence of physi-
cians for the “Hippocratic oath.”
The search for better foods has
also . continued to the present day,
accompanied by a vast development
in the science of medicine. One
of this science’s latest discoveries
is the existence of the vitamins all-
important to human nutritions Of
these, vitamin C is the substance,
the presence of which is essential
to protect mankind against the dis-
ease known as scurvy, and it has
been found to be present in large
quantities in oranges and tomato
+ Juice. .
Tomatoes vs. Oranges
One No. 2 can of tomatoes costs
15 cents (or two for 25 cents) and
produces ten ounces of juice.
Three Florida oranges cost 15 cents
in most seasons, and produce an
equal quantity of juice. These two
juices are equally potent sources of
vitamin C, the only more potent
ones known being lemon and grape-
fruit- juice. Therefore, equal quan-
tities of orange and tomato juice
give equal amounts of this vitamin.
Two tablespoons daily of either will
ensure an adult of his full require-
ment of vitamin C. More is a
safeguard and advisable.
Tomato Pulp Recipes
The juice from a No. 2 can of
tomatoes costs far less than that
from three Florida oranges, since
there are many uses to be made
of the nutritious tomato pulp which
is left in the can when the juice is
drained from it. They can be scal-
loped by themselves, combined
with various other vegetables, with
eggs, with shrimps and crabs, used
in soups, sauces, stews and hash,
combined with meats, spaghetti.
macaroni, noodles, cereal, ‘rice and
in a multitude of other ways.
Just to give you a start on some
of the many ways in which the
tomato pulp can be utilized after
the juice with its valuable vitamin
C has been drained off and drunk,
here are a couple of recipes which
will suggest many others:
Lima Beans Italienne: Dice four
slices of bacon and fry to extract
fat. Add one onion, chopped, one
green pepper, cut in rings, and two
cups diced celery. Add the juice
from one No. 2 can of lima beans,
and simmer until the celery and
green pepper are tender. Then add
two cups of canned tomato pulp and
the lima beans and heat well. Pour
in center of platter and surround
with" boiled spaghetti. Half a
package will prove sufficient. Serve
as' a main dish with quince jelly.
You will find this recipe sufficient
to serve from six to eight.
Italian €hop Suey: Slice one
medium onion, and cut one cup of
celery in fine strips two inches long.
Sauté the onion and celery in four
tablespoons butter until yellow. Add
one-half pound Hamburger steak,
and cook until it begins to brown.
Then add one cup canned tomato
pulp, one cup canned corn, one-
half cup grated cheese, and sim-
mer until the meat is tender. Add
two cups ~cooked spaghetti and
serve as a main dish with spiced
cucumber slices. This recipe, too,
is sufficient for from six to eight
people.
Try Some of These
You can go on from here devis-
ing your own dishes, but here are
a few in which tomato pulp com-
bines excellently: scrambled eggs,
omelets, meat cakes, round steak,
with meats en casserole, with kid-
neys and liver, with cooked cereal
baked with tomato pulp and meat,
with Spanish rice, and in tomato
griddle cakes.*
ents.
Mrs. Milton Opel and daughter.
Dorothy, and Mrs.
noon at Wm. Kinsinger’s.
Ward Compton now has his saw-
James Opel and mill in operation which he put up in| Amos Lindeman proved to be a ham-
daughter Alice, spent Monday after- this vicinity some time ago. i
breaking his sled one day last week.
(dy man in repairing it.
Milton Opel had the misfortune of
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