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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-06-09
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DRAMATIC.

MARIE KENNY, Dramatic Studio from
San Francisco, IT'S Beretania. Prac-
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Boy Corn Gibbs Doing Great Work Under Department Of Agriculture

reaches manhood will the barn and
Smokehouse be superior to the dwellings,.
The same way new ideas for the bet
terment of the dairying industry,
poultry and live stock raising, and tia
cultivation of all kinds of fruits ara
thus brought to the attention of the
agriculturist.
The agricultural products of the Unit
ed States are chief of its many wealth.
giving resources, with such limitlesS
possibilities for revenue that it behooves
the government to encourage this most
profitable of all recent reforms.
With this end in view the Department.
of Agriculture leaves nothing to be
the assistance of the man boy who
is both ambitious and energetic.
Being the age of specialities, there is
no reason in the world why any live.
wealthy and influential in his COM
munity as a farmer of many or any
one product With the equipment Of
fered by government, state and school
success is almost guaranteed
AS this scientific farm education be-
comes more and more universal and
country life assumes more attractive
prospect. through the influence and use
of science. telephones, electricity and
good roads, there is no doubt but that
the old order of things will be reversed
and the exodus will be from the city
to the country instead.
Doubtless there are hundreds Of young
men who readily realize now that a
promise of more comfort, more indie
pendence and more of this world
goods than the wage Of mill or fac
tory hand could ever provide. Likewise.
being a modern farmers wife does noe
suggest the life of drudgery and do
mestic servitude that the name brings
to the mind of many of us out of the
recollections of the past
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f1ANT1Nf The CHRISTMAS Tree -

All these spring complete from the shop
of the confectoner. They are new. Even
We who are yet young remember the time
when the popcorn was tediouSly strung
at home and the candy and nuts were put
on in red and blue bags made OF mos
quito netting.
Yet the Christmas tree seems to to
have always been an institution. On the
contrary it is a comparatively new thing
among the Engiish-speaking people. 1t is
a German institution and never came into
general use until the time of Prince AL
bert, the German conSort of Queen Vic
toria. We. in America. get il partly in
an indirect manner from the English and
settled in such numbers in Pennsylvania.
From that point the custom radiated un-
til the whole country was included.
In Germany Nicholas is the patron
saint and the celebration is more elab-
crate and probably more generally en-
joyed than elsewhere the world around
Why should it not be when these people
originated it? The tale of the first
Christmas tree is a legend of the sturdy
old SaXOns and wakes in the breast of all
the sons of the fatherland that lusty SEN
timent which is so abundantly buried I'M
der depths of mateTialism.
For it came TO pass once upon a time
that there was a good priest Wlnffled,
ed abroad through the woods of what is
now Germany. region that was then
overrun by wild tribes and wild beasts.
Winfred was known in far-away Eng
land, which country was in reality his
home, but he loved the task of carrying
the gospel into the forest stretches and
constantly faced death in thousand
ways in SO doing. 1t was along about the
year 20 that he led a party of priests
into central Germany for the conversion
of the worshipers of the god Thor.
Prince Gregor, the grandson of a king.
was with him, having been intrusted TO
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TRAlNLoAD Or CHRISTr1AS TREE5
~ ARRIVING IN The CITY

in these artifcially grown trees is the
fact that many of them are SO prepared
that they may be replanted when the sea-
son is over Placed on the lawn of home
lhey may be grown following successive
ChrlStmaSeS. and remain as a constant
reminder of the given holiday season. \
family growing up in such a home may
IN future years return to it and call mp
the celebrations of the past as marked by
the Christmas trees that have been plan
cd ana remind as a monument to each.
This ChriStmaS-tree idea, originated by
me nurserymen. promises to become a
formidable rival to Arbor day. If one
fifth of the people using Christmas trees
each season would plant them afterward
1t would mean that million trees would
each YEAR be set growing. This would be
no mean advance toward reforestation.
The perfor nance of the act would in it
self Ire a training in this same ability to
successfully grow trees. and in implanting
in the mind of millions of children of the
lesson of Arbor day
:: >:
The nurserymen have taught the lesson
of the right manner of using the tree
for the occasion of the visit of St. Mich
olas and still retaining it as an orna-
ment to the lawn. When it is intended
that tree should be used in this man
ner the nurseryman spades down about
used. Then he prunes the roots, cuts
them off all around at distance of a
foot or less from the central portion.
This pruning has the effect of causing a
myriad of small roofs to start out in all
directions and by winter they have
formed a perfect mat of these small feed
ers. These hold the dirt about the base
of the tree into a ball that will stick
together when it is dug up.
When the time is ready for the indoor
use of the tree it is dug up and pared
down to Il graceful piece of earth as a
base. Then d piece of canvas or any
other sort of stout cloth is bound about
the base to prevent crumblng of the
earth. The whole of this is then fitted
into a box or tub and is ready to serve
its purpose in the house. 1t is more
solid and effective indoors than the Or
binary tree and never wits or droOps. 1t
is in reality living tree.
When the festivities are over the tree
is taken to the point where it is to be
planted. y hole is dug to fit its base. This
may be successfully accomplished even
where the ground is frozen. The tree is
lifted from its tub, the cloth is taken
from around its base and it is fitted again
into the earth from which it came. The
protected roots again take hold and the
tree goes on growing without even a
knowledge of its holiday experience. 1t
is in no way injured.
Nurserymen specially prepare trees for
just this purpose. Individuals may do the
same thing with no more explanation
than that given above. Trees from the
native woods around any village may
have their roots pruned in advance or
they may be dug up with no prepara-
ton whatever There is better chance
of their f1ourishinS when they have been
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Very Strict.

THE Rev. J. Morgan Reid, who has
1 just resigned the presidency of PEN
nington Seminary endeared himself 70
the students of the New Jersey institu-
ton by his genialty no less than by his
scholarship.
AprOpos of Sabbath observance. Dr..
Reid said one evening at Pennington:
Il want my young men here to observe
Sunday religiously. but L should be very
sorry to see the stern old Scots idea o.
the Sabbath revived among us.
Two Scots, one old and the other
young, set out one bright winter morning
to walk ten miles to the kirk
1.-The sun shone gloriousiy. The frozen
road rang under their feet The colo.
pure air was as exhilarating as wine Tho
younger Scot looked up at the glitterins
blue sky and said:
It's fine day.
THE older man frowned and answered:
Aye it is fine day. but Is this Q
day TO be talking about days.
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them are sold during the week before
Christmas. Over on Riverside drive.
where are the homes of the wealthy. ex-
pensive trees are sold These are elab-
orately prepared. often being specially
grown for the purpose and bring prices
as high as 500. Yet the East Side gets
its due proportion, and so abundant is
the supply that good shrubs may be had
trees grow quickly and the farmers are
often glad to have them cleared off their
land. As a result the people who count
the pennies closely find the Christmas
green's within their reach.
Father knickerbocker lives right in the
midst of the most productive Christmas
tree section. The state of New York
yields them abundantly. Straight down
from the Adirondacks they come In
trainload lots Northern Pennsylvania
also produces them without stint. and
SO are all the nearby cities guaranteed
an abundance. All through New Eng
land there is a general use of the Christ
mas tree. In fact. it is estimated that
New York and New England together
use million and a half of them every
year.
For month past there have been
hundreds of men preparing the Christmas
tree harvest for the youngsters who dwell
in the towns and cities. In the smaller
communities, provided the region pro-
duces the right sort of trees, the farmer
himself cut them down and brings them
to market He sells these trees to market
men, to grocers, to florists and decOra-
tors. They are bought from him by the
wagon load and cost little. Then they
are properly trimmed prepared with
pedestals and set upon the sidewalk.
Bat preparation for the larger markets
are different. In the hills around the
greater cities making ready for Christ
mas is begun two months before the ar
rival of the day to be celebrated. In
Maine, for instance, the men so out in
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LoAD1r1e CHRISTMAS Trees AT AMAxs1DE, STATION

a souvenirs of the separate occasions
until the heads of the tots that play
about them have grown hoary with age.
1t tells the tale of the first tree.
For this week the air of all the markets
OF the land is full of tn. fragrance of
pine and cedar. and spruce and hemlock.
The mothers and fathers Who frequent
the places where the things that bring
Christmas cheer are to lie bought pass
constantly between rows and clusters or
them. The fronts of stores have become
q bower of green because OF them. Great
trains steam into the large cities with
cargoes of the green of them spanglel
With the snow of the mountains where
they grew. CoaStWiSe barEeS along the
oceans and the lakes are tied DIP 70
are being distributed to dealers who are
near to the buyers.
This week there will be 5,OOo,0t
heads of families who will pur-
cha Sc trees for the Christmas firesides.
There are about 20,OOO,OU families in the
I-nited States, and one in four of these
will make the Christmas tree q part of
the celebration that is at hand. This
does not mean that only these will par
ticipate in the Festivities OF the season.
for there is still the stocking method of
dispensing gifts. But in this great num-
hcr OF homes it has become the custom
10 use the trees in accordance with the
old fashioned custom Of sturdy, rUra
Germany.
New York. the metropolis e the nation.
uses far more Christmas trees Than any
other city in the world Yet tie city Is
admirably located from the standpoint
Of available forests that the supply is
always abundant and prices low. A quar-
ter of million Christmas tees are each
year brought to New York and all of
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his care by the abbess or the ctunster
PfalZel.
On Christmas eve they were lighting
their way through the snow of the forest
when they came upon the heather tribe
at GeisInar. They were assembled under
the Thunder oak. symbolic of the power
of Thor, and were prepared to offer up
sacrifice. The white-haired priest of the
heathens had chosen the young son Of
the chief as the fairest possession OF the
tribe, and he was to be offered. for the
god was very angry and needed the
utmost atonement.
AS the venerable priest raised his stone
Ratchet on high and brought it down to
kill the boy. who was ready, prepared
for the stroke. Winfried appeared and
warded off the blow with his staff The
people were gratified at his saving OF
their favorite and allowed him speech and
he gave them the Christian creed. Then
he and the Prince Gregor took their axes
and cut down the Thunder oak. As it
was ready to fall the lightning came
and split it in many parts and it fell
asunder. The waiting tribe then beheld
in its place a slender fir tree. green and
sparkling and odorous. Winfried babe
the tribeSmen bear this tree to the hall
of Grunhar. the chieftain, to there
assemble about il and make merry about
this first Christmas tree the wild men OF
shepherd boy and the fields of Judea and
il gripped their sturdy hearts. The
tribes became Christian and ever after
used the fir tree as a token Of the day OF
ance that the custom grew to be world
wide,
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the same lines. While there are club:
for Gotten raising, fruit cultivation and
poultry raising, the corn clubs seen
to be most numerous and populouS.
In the corn clubs the boys enter into
competition TO see who can grow the
NEST and best corn on a certain amount
of ground under positive rules of plant
ing, cultiVating and exhibit of their crop
In the other clubs the same conditions
prevail. the only difference being in the
product.
While these contests have been of great
advantage to the children. they must
have done much for the respective com
munitieS, in stimulating the farmers to
abandon old and less profitable methods
for the scientific and more dependable
processes advanced by the Department of
Agriculture.
In the simple matter CT testing seed
corn, as taught in the schools, much
has been done to increase the general
knowledge of the Importance CT testing
all seed corn on the ear instead of after
Smelling. There are no doubt many farm
ers who knew the advisability OF making
this and other similar seed tests, but
who consider ii too much trouble. Here
is where the boy or sri of the family
may be of great service, by repeating the
eNperineHtS the: have m"de at school.
With Il shallow wooden tray. some tacks,
tWine and sand ana ten ears OF caIelu.
~ selected ccrC. amy boy may demon
Strate the case with which he may ac-
tually figure out how much of yield to
expect from his planting. Provided the
seed corn is up to the standard of his
expectations, which the test will prove.
the boy knows that fifteen ears of good
size will plant an acre OF ground, giving
three kernels to the hill.
Perhaps the greatest amount of good
resulting from these clubs lies in the
fact that not only are the boys en-
Enthusiastically and devotedly bound to
agricultural pursuits, but the influence
of their training in these matters is
extended to the parents, and is con-
ducive to strong tendency to better
all of the conditions of rural life. Not
only are the boys trained to recognize
the good and bad qualities in their
products, but they also learn to COM
bat the natural adverSarieS of vegeta-
ton, in the shape of insects, fungi, etc.
and to work out for themselves prob
lens for the Improvement OF plants.
live stock and the Simplifying of labor
They learn the value of labor the cost
of production and how to estimate their
returns.
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raise the whole farm element of this
country to a more profitable plane. 1t is
the keynote to their success and the dirge
to the shiftless. aimless plodding of back
number methods. No one who has seen
those boys and learned of what they have
done will doubt for an instant the outcome
OF their futures. Uncle Sam, through his
department. has placed within their reach
the means by which each may attain
wealth and position
Once the competitive idea was insti-
tuted, the young rural American rose
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now all through many states as a result
NAV be found boys and girls agricultural
and domestic science clubs. whose con-
stantly growing influence means COM
plete reform in many sections, both as
to methods of farming and also in the
manner of living. The next generation
of men who follow the plow and WELD
The hoe will be as far superior to their
grandsires in their farm management, as
the modern passenger train is to the old
prairie schooners
The object Of these clubs is to foster in
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vded by the demonstration work and to
personally. cultivate one acre of ground
according to the rules laid down for all
of the contestants.
The respective parents supply the
ground. implements and the use of teams.
while the bankers and business men pro-
vide the prizes. and the local papers do
their part to promote the 5000 WORK by
the publicity given the contests. Nat
urally there is an immense amount of in
terest aroused in counties where sew
eral hundred boys are competing along
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the schoolboy and girl the love of the
farm and to show them, through their
own convincing personal experience, the
wonderful possibilities of the soil under
intelligent handling and the ease with
which both wealth and distinction may
be acquired through the combination of
science, art and labor. Though the in
terest of the teachers in the rural schools
boys and girls of ten years and over are
organized into clubs and agree to follow
implicitly the plans and instruction pro-
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proudly to the occasion. And now, after
only about a dozen years of earnest eff
fort. he easily outdistances his father in
the race for the greatest yield and the
finest specimens for the smallest outlay
of money, time and ground.
The beginning of the end of the farm
retrograde was marked by the organiza-
ton in the Department of Agriculture of
the farmers cooperative demonstration
work. which, with the unerring instincts
of success, started with the children, and
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HIS is the story Of
the five million
Christmas rec )
that will this week
be set up in the
homes of the peO-
pie of the United
States. 1t is the
first putting down
of the facts as to
the m Il II II e 7 in
which the hanging
of the gifts of the
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good saint Santa Claus on the bouSh OF
an evergreen has resulted in the build
ing up of a great industry. 1t develops
the new idea under which the trees OF
successive Chris1mases may be retained
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o1t the mistake, he replied unconcernedly
VIII the DlaSe air OF q seasoned globe
t-otter.
Made EN- bring me back for nothing,
ol c"Hise.
ifi< Wen poised specimen of independ-
no. l. ABOUT thirteen o. fourteen years
"su ana mas never been over eight miles
LON nome before.
sun ahother sturdy yoUnSSter who bids
ith 10 become millionaire political
Seh!us refused to pay s. for his break
last ;tDoarG the tram. l.a' her than be
|i4-tF OF tllS extravaganza he concluded
q" go hungry BY and ~, when the
hem until he arrirad =. ~ t.r. - ~, IA
as put up at the hot-I.
II" smith OF Arkansas y 40 made the
p't''ei iui IecprT OF ~ ,ashe!s at )
t;eoreia hava rho 4ie-ir,s -. - tt ~,
t.fants Of the party To-. ,r.. Loth mn
Ger twelve years. JOSEPH. mas been iii
~ pntuliloiid' cohStdu'-.y DIS rather
81 .anra,ar, W.T.. --
address 10 the bows V.r,,r,-la, ,nnrnin,,
-" -d'htdli!, me Secretary si"nt more
ma, hr co o.,;,c o".,5 /. "see Oh ms
cher Gignitariesl he sil.a III Iosoot
p pretty thoroughly, AID thea said To
~'' p"H ialflti:
Al! tiine YOU get tire O.! "a sing that
- J"Sl iet me KNOW"
IN pdrthtdi SIo" o. ptIde needs no
oul Hii'di! J"StHf loon ihe goo
g N"'i4' iI' " az Win calm phi
'h[.'.'ld h i"i ne seI'IleiE "H' Vigorously
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Asst evening eleven
tired but happy
boys shook the
snow CT Washing
ton from their fee,
and began their
homeward journey
after a week OF
continuous sight
seeing, ovation
and general good
time. They came
not as the average
nn1D@S Dr
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Sc Ia bushels, IL 2-3 cents, and Morris
Olgers, Sutherland. Va. 16S bushels, 40
cents.
In addition second prize was given
from South Carolina. and one from the
sixth Alabama congressional district.
These were won by Archie Odom, Ben
nettsville, S. c., 171%4 bushels, - cents
and John Williams, Tuscaloosa, Ala, s;;;s4
bushels. 10 cents.
The Boy Corn Club is one of the levers
by which the department is aiming to
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TRAINS Loaded With

TRAINS Loaded With
! Pretty Evergreens, and
Boats Garry Their Share of
Trees to Market-New York
City in Heart of Christmas
Tree District - Shrubs Are
Cut Several Months Before
Yuletide, But Are Prepared
So They Will Not Wilt
Origin of the Christmas Tree
The German Christmas.
Copyright. 1910. by W. A. DuPqy.J
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The dullness and isolation of country
life is one Of the great drawbacks to
progress, and by means of the clubs the
social element is supplied and developed.
The tendency to improve extends to
the home: the house itself is furnished
with modern appliances for Tightening
and simplifying labor. No longer after
the coming generation of farmers
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v.sion-
They we're the eleven prize winners OF
the Boys Corn Clubs contests. when
has been organized and fathered by the
1,.,,or.;r.ut Of Agriculture for the innc-
WALTON q Inodernizcd methods OF farm
:nr throughout the states These noys
ranged ~ age from eleven to sixteen
vaars and accepted their honors with
dl-rt.,- VII teitting the occasion, for
mo trip the money and the laureiS were
.Ee lust reward Of merit which they mad
earned by the toll Of their hands ana
the sweat OF their broWS
Besides this wonderful trip 10 the Cap
t:u city. which by the way was the hrSt
time they had been here. they all ""--
casn p,izcs averaging not less than S2Hi.
To- say nothing OF farming implements
ponies, Bicycles watches, etc
Ill a.o-S the line OF progress from ti.r
school teachers To The President himself
,ncoI:-asesnt md commentator was
literally srowe-ed upon them:
On TIE tain coming 10 w sh'ilS'"it
F'lo.1 Gayer OF oklahoma, one OF th1
boys. wanted cup Of coffee, bun on
learning that the cost was 10 cents ut-
Right there stopped and told EN- that
10 cents for one cup OF coffee was too
I:luch for farmer 10 pay
But. nay hoy said Dr. Knapp Of tie
demonstration work. Department II
Agriculture you had hundred dollars
in Your pocket. didn't YOU
sure" answered the boy, but | am
not going 10 sp"nd Thai, | am going 20
buy mule. Anyway, 10 cents is too
much for a farmer 10 pay for one cup of
coffee" Floyd is about fifteen a wide
awake. typical westerner. who knows
xha. he wants and how 10 get it.
Another Young American was put on
the WHO'RE train al Pittsburg. where he
changed cars. and carried eight miles in
<le opposite direction from Washington.
'NSn asked what he did when he found