The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-02-03

Dear Miss Grey: Reading
your articles about the chick
ems in the column last week,
l wish to ask, why doesn't
the rooster sit on the eggs
while the chicken goes out
for a walk and food? I be-
lieve that If he doesn't do
his duty in that respect he
should come under the lazy
husband law and be sent to
the stockade. JACK.
Dear Miss Grey: l noted
the discussion of which was
the mother of the chick, the
hen which laid the egg or
the one which Matched it?
In order to become a moth
er one does not bring
forth or deliver one of. its
own kind or family" as
"ABC" wrote, but must
bring forth or deliver that
requisite of life which is
supplied by the female of its
species"
To illustrate: the fish
mother and father cast their
spawn" and "milt," re-
spectively, into the water,
where they meet, entirely
away from the bodies of
the parents. Not until after
this does lone of their own
kind" develop.
A turtle mother buries
her eggs in the sand of the
shore, and there her own
kind develop.
In mammals, the highest
class of animals, and of
i which man is the highest
type, the egg or ovum is
impregnated and developed
within the body of the
mother. Mammals are the
only class which can correct
ly be spoken of as deliver
ing their young.
Fowls, in the wild natural
state, lay only at a certain
season and only as many
eggs as can be covered and
warmed by the body of the
mother or her mate. 1t Is
only since man domesticated
the chicken and heightened
the laying period that the
rooster became a Mormon,
and one hen, by Matching
another's eggs, became the
foster mother to the chick
which developed from the
true mothers egg.
Dear Miss Grey: l am a
young man of Is years, am
a stranger in this western
country. Can you advise
me as to the best way a
young fellow can learn to be
an electrician. Also address
of a good place to learn.
Thanking you In advance.
c. B. r..
A.-Why not take the cOurs
the State university? 1t wi
ost you a very small sum, an
ertainly should be good.
Dear Miss Grey: I am
81 and married, and would
like to know If it would be
improper or out Of place
for me to get my hair cut
short like some girls are
wearing it. l think it looks
so nice. Would it grow in
again? Do you like It?
Thanking you. BILLY.
Al presume you mea
bObbed." Really, 1 do not lik
nat style for grown women.
Dear Miss Grey: 1 am a
young lady without much
education. It's In writing
and spelling that l fail.
Now, Miss Grey, would it
cost much to get n private
teacher? Please tell me, as
/ have not been able to get
one, and / don't like to 60
in with the big class.
I practices from your
newspaper every night. Do
you think that will do Lie
any good. ThenkingN you.
ANXIOUS.
Ayes, IL will help you {
" to learn from the piper, bu
teacher will advance you NOR
lpidly. I can give you the nd
/ css of an inexpensive one
ON will send stamped, self
idressed envelope.
Dear Miss Grey: Will
YOU kindly suggest q birth
day gift for q good, sensible
girl of twelve years. Also
the name of a book.
MANY THANKS.
Al kodak, nice stationery
fountain pen, o good game O
beautiful plant.
The "Rebecca" books are al
ays good. "When Patty Wen
} College" also is fine 70
rIs.