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The Monticellonian., 1915-06-10
 5FARM/zN0TES

It is a great mistake for horse breed CTS 10 sacrifice quality for size.
 It is claimed that carrots improve the color of the yolk of the egg.
 
 Grow mangels They make excel lent green food for winter feeding. The careful selection and disinfec- tion of seed potato tubers does pay. Resolve. whatever you grow. to have it little better lis year than 1t was last.
 It pays in hard cash to keep the sews healthy and hearty, both before and after farrowing.
 Look after worn spots on the lawn. Manure them well and spade deeply. Rake and SOW grass seed.
 Trees judieiously planted add won derfully to the attractiyeness and value of the home and farm.
 Every practical pig man knows that there is the greatest profit in the early spring and late fall pigs.
 Any unusual exercise on hot day will be fatal to fat hog if he does not have easy access to water 
 Don't fail to provide green foliage for pigs. Alfalfa. rape. clover or rye make frst-class pasturage for swine The foot.andmouth disease has been a mighty costly piece of carelessness on the part of somebody somewhere.
 
 Don't let pigs drink from mud holes and stagnant pools, Provide pure. clean drinking water for them at all times.
 When cows are seen eating rotten wood or other rubbish, it is good in dication that there is lack of phos- phate in their feed.
 After all the foundation of farm prosperity is in the live stock. There fore let us strive to change better into best. all down the line.
 IT vour horse rubs his tail against anything he can reach. and you are sure he has no lice, it is a pretty sure sign that he has worms.
 The downy feathers of chicks do not shed water like the feathers of old fowls. and chicks cannot stand SO much dampness as old fowls.
 Cows change the form of food. But there is not as much in food value be- cause the COW must have her part while making the other into food for man.
The Monticellonian., 1915-06-10
Victims of Circumstances.

Prisoner. you are charged with loi tefing about town in a very suspicious manner, and with not having any visi- ble means of sustenance What do you do for a liying?"
 Prisoner wiped tear from his eye. and turned haggard face to the mag istrate
 Your worship, said he. T am en- gagged in manufacturing smoked glasses for viewing eclipses-an in- dustry that entails protracted periods of enforced leisure
The Monticellonian., 1915-06-10
What is Castoria
Pennsylyania Nature Story.

Arthur Neefe of Sweden, Bradford county, set a trap in the woods. and on account of the snows was unable to get to it. Last week it was visited and a lively fox found therein The captive had been sustained by his fel- lows during the Imprisonment. Within reach were gray rabbit, a white rabbit. four mice and a woodehuek. some of them partially devoured Im- prisoned. he had been visited and nourished by his own tribe. He was taken into further captivity. and other than the loss of the foot by which he had been held in the trap, appears none the worse for his expe- rienee.- Philadelphia Record
The Monticellonian., 1915-06-10
New Electric Bell.

An original electric beil combination ls in use at Paris which Is designed to get rid Of ali trouble caused hy the question If batteries. for these are now ledged nIthiH the apparatus itself
 The usual bcz bell shape IS retained. but tbe arrangement of the parts Is different iu this case All the magnet parts are now lodged under the gong itself. while the box. being now left free, serves te contain set of three dry battery cells which will last for several years In this way there are
The Monticellonian., 1915-06-10
Practice Makes Perfect.

An ex-corporal of the regular army wanted job in the park spearing bits Of paper and other debris with sharp stick
 Do I have 10 take a civil service examination 9. he asked the district leader
 T guess not. said the man of influ- ence. Just bring me letter from your captain stating that you are pro icient in bayonet drill That ought 10 convince the commissioner that you're qualified for the job
The Monticellonian., 1915-06-10
Practlce vereus Preaohment

Zeno was laying down the precepts of stoicism
 I'm afraid that l couldn't bear pain and trouble without complaint" ven tured a disciple
 Nobody expects you to" retored the great teacher. that's merely our platform !"
The Monticellonian., 1915-06-10
Drop-liQht Shade.

Drop-lights in a bedroom often cause serious discomfort to the eyes of sick people To prevent this take child s shoe box and in one end cut a slit large enough to insert the wire cord. The light will then be encased on three sides: one-half of the room will be almost dark. and the other half brilliantly lighted, The light can be directed as desired by simply turning the box about.-Good Housekeeping.
The Monticellonian., 1915-06-10
FEEDING COTTONSEED HULLS
Have Value About Same as Dat Straw for Stock Cattle and Sheep-Poor
 Muscle Builders.

In response to query as to the feeding value of cottonseed hulls for stock cattle and sheep Wallace's Farmer makes the following reply:
 Southern experiments indicate that cottonseed hnlls have feeding value about the same as oat straw. A few experiments indicate that they are as
The Monticellonian., 1915-06-10

valuable pound for pound as cane hay. Evidently there IS considerable yaria- tion. Analyses indicate feeding value a little lower than oat straw. They are very poor in muscle builders. but fairly rich in fat formers. They have been fed with fair satisfaction in a number of experiments. to cattle. but we do not know of anyone feeding them to sheep.
The Monticellonian., 1915-06-10
In +he War Zone

Weary Cyclist-How far is the vil- lage of Poppelton from here?
 Native-Its ten miles the other way.
 Weary Cyelist-But the last sign post I passed said it was in this di- rection.
 Natiye-Yes. but you see we turned the post around so as to fool them Zeppelins.
The Monticellonian., 1915-06-10

peDpIe enJ JOt, LnE follow simple dishes ill be easy tO prepare and most whole some ALF fruit fluff which E pre-
 pared B adding eLlEar and frllt
The Monticellonian., 1915-06-10
Work.

First Prisoner-I hear that under The Hague convention of 1907 pris- oners of war are entitled to pay for any work they do.
 Second Prisoner-What ought We to get. then, for trying to chew that tough meat they give US?
The Monticellonian., 1915-06-10
Hard Prnnnsitlnn

At a recent meeting of a society composed of men from the Emerald isle member made the following mo tion MT President. move yee's that We whitewash the ceiling green in honor Of the ould flag. Fran cisco Argonaut.
The Monticellonian., 1915-06-10
Surely the Limit in Gall.

The Head Barber-"Sure. MT. All gall, I'll lend you a dollar Glad to help you out" Mir Allgall-"Thanks old man. They're having sale of safety razors around the corner and didn't want to miss it''-Philadel- phia Bulletin.
The Monticellonian., 1915-06-10
Necessity for Coin.

There are things more valuable than money ruminated the philoso- pher Sure" retorted the iconoclast. that's the reason l need money to buy them.'
The Monticellonian., 1915-06-10
Worse Y ct.

Look here, landlord. There's two inches of water iH our cellar.
 That's nothing Just think of the poor soldiers in the trenches They have to stand in water up 10 their waists all daF long
The Monticellonian., 1915-06-10
Seems to Be Lacking In Sincerity.

A Wichita boy went to his father the other day and said T don't like General Grant. You don't2" said his father. Well. why not2" q don't think he was sincere. "How's that?'' asked his father. Well, here" said the boy. I've been reading his memoirs and when he sent word to that Confederate general at Fort Pil. low that he was going to blow him into smithereens If he didn't surren- der, Grant signed the letter. Your ohedient servant. U. s. Grant.
The Monticellonian., 1915-06-10
Na1Aa }n44 meeQ

no connections to be made between the battery and bell and lhe wires and pash button are the only pieces which need to be attended 10.
The Monticellonian., 1915-06-10
 Some Army.

Church Didn't somebody claim that we had TO army in this country?
 Gotham We'll. very small one
 Why this paper says this country's travelling public last year was an army of l0O4. .0s1 .346."
The Monticellonian., 1915-06-10

 41CBNE$ $

Think not up5a the pas. t ls gone Wisely improve ;hs preseut. If ls ga4EH Go forth .o meet tHe future 1ta brave and manly heart Love keeps the cold ogi better than cIsak II sersea Tor food and FaimcHt
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The Monticellonian., 1915-06-10

cooking often some Of the flavor is lost. but thatmay be supplied in iH many ways. by sauces. seas0niHgs Of Kegeta bies and herbs One of the things that any cook needs 10 guard against Is overriding the season ing Too many or too much spells an otherwise
The Monticellonian., 1915-06-10

beneath the aver age maid i atten
 ton would. if car
 ried out make a vast difference in the buying Of food. IL is well to re- roeruber that ff 1T t=#= Af As+ EiA fA Aa VOL save cent
The Monticellonian., 1915-06-10

4Hautlties 3It1 RTaLII!. Ing results Beat the white of an egg add a half cupfEI of sugar and a e1IBf1H= of crushed ber- rieg adding them q little at a time until all are beaten fB II SC tnis on ordinary shortcake and see how good q stra @- herrv shorfcake it-w wilI
The Monticellonian., 1915-06-10
His Location.

Are you baseball fan 2a
 "No. l like to get cut on the bleach CTS among the foghorRs"
The Monticellonian., 1915-06-10

When a mans salary is raised he joins another club and his wife buys new furs and party gown
The Monticellonian., 1915-06-10
The Idea.

How was it that Hamfat was queering the act2"
 T believe it was by acting queer"
The Monticellonian., 1915-06-10
Good Reason,

Why did you give your play such name as The Porous Plaster'?"
 Because l want it to draw"
The Monticellonian., 1915-06-10
ONE PORTION DESSERTS.

For the children who cannot have the heavy rich desserts that the older
The Monticellonian., 1915-06-10

It is easier for some men to stand upright than it is for them to act that way
The Monticellonian., 1915-06-10
LEFTOVER MEATS.

Many times the leftover meats are as high in food value as al the first
The Monticellonian., 1915-06-10

When a man does have greatness thrust upon him he thinks he achieved
The Monticellonian., 1915-06-10

For gals use Hanfords Balsam. Adv.
The Monticellonian., 1915-06-10
FOR TIE DAILY MEAL.

While strawberries are still high priced they may be served lu small
The Monticellonian., 1915-06-10
LITTLE ECONOMIES.

Many Of the little savings which seem too trivial 10 mention and much
The Monticellonian., 1915-06-10
Ineubators Always Ready.

Incubators can be kept always in matching order, but not the hen
The Monticellonian., 1915-06-10

Laziness is born in man; industry is acquired.
The Monticellonian., 1915-06-10

He's a poor actor who can't get any one to take his part.
The Monticellonian., 1915-06-10

Cows change the form of food. But there is not as much in food value be- cause the COW must have her part while making the other into food for man
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-01-05

sons attend the meetings. It is the
pioneer in creating eighth grade aium-
nj associations.
The Mothers Club Of the Northeast.
representing a group of schools. is
standing for all that is progressive in
school advancement. More teachers
per school or less pupils per eacher
and the fate Of the young teacher
who fails to secure a school are SUBS
iects under consideration. Last year
ffty-four teachers were ~aduate
from the Normal School II only
thirteen have secured appointments
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-01-05
The Reece Blair Medal

ITO IdII,
WIS. j. r.. Blair will give q gold
medal to the best debater in he Trov
Elgh school. She will continue this
medal for a number Of years and it
Will be awarded at q debate held at
the close Of school.
Mrs. Blair gives this medal as =
Iien1orlal 10 MI. Blair, and it will be
known as the Reece Blair Dahotars
Medal. This gift is greatly apnre.
clated by the schol and it will a.
much IN stimulating debates.
MT. Blalr was a public spirited
man and a good friend to the school,
ana 10 education, hence this memo
fresh for a long time his good mai
ence. '
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-01-05

School Supt.- A. II. waterhonse ~
fremont, Neb, has given his approval
70 the use Of roller skates by ZACH
ers and pupils on their trips to and
from school. He says that much
r11ae can be saved by this -innoyation.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-07

T 5 there such a thing as a natural
chorus girl; that is, Il young
woman who, having arrived at
years Of judgment and discretion
and not driven by necessity to accept
the first opening that offers, deiib-
erately chooses chorus work as an
avocation and sticks to it? How many
girls Of the chorus are there who if
musical comedy suddenly and COM
pletely lost its vogue could turn their
hands. or feet, to some other money
earning pursuit without first enduring
a course Of special training? Is the
chorus girl to be estimated only as
an ornamental background, or are her
producing qualities to be Judged
simply on the graceful activities in
which she INDUCES on tn other side
Of the footlights?
A census taken of the Watch Your
Step! company at the New Amster-
dam Theatre brings to light one-and
just one-young woman whose edu-
cation and training have beer such as
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The alligator looked at me. and
then he said to the monkey. What
time did he say 1t wasp The monkey
of them laughed. BY George, that
alligator had the most disagreeabls
laugh | ever heard in al. my life.
The monkey jumped down on the
hedspread and walked up and sat IN
the pillow right beside my head. H.
began smoothing back my hair, using
first one a and then the other. one
was as hot as fire and the other is
cold as ice.
"1n the meantime Mr.. Alligator sat
on the footboard and gave me the
laugh. All at once he yelled, Get his
eye The next thing | knew that
monkey had his hind legs twined
around my neck and was trying To
TAX one of my eyes out. 1t occurred
to me that he was presuming too much
on short acquaintance and I made n
fight. but he vas zoe good for me. He
got the eye all right. Yes. and as
o o as he got it he made a jump clear
out into the middle of the floor.
"Then, what do you think? why
he and the alligator moved the dresser
out from the wall and began to play
'dnt'ny over with my eye. Wasn't
that a nerve for you? 1t was the first
game Of 'ant'ny over I'd seen since
] was a boy.
When the alligator got excited he
Stood right up and balanced himself
on the tip Of his tail and the electric
lights in his eyes changed co.ors. one
they'd be blue. then green
then red. and so on. | sat there watch
ms the same for ten minutes or more.
] should judge, and then | looked
around and in the corne of the room
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20 Indicate that tn, absolute cessation
# musical comedy production would
cave hen Immediately without the
prospect of employment. That one is
Jessie Holbrcok. She is the daughter
IF A Holbrook, the stage manager Of
Watch Your Step" and since she was
a child she has considered the stag" as
her profession. This is her first en-
saGement. Her father deliberately
placed hen IN the chorus. where she
WI remain unit. he decides she aas
had sufficient experience. Then, he
says, he Wi. begin on her education
as a legitimate actress. Miss Hol-
brooks case = peculiar. Her i.the:
has been a producer Of musical comedy
for years. Her mother was a We'll
known dancer. H,r brother is on the
stage.
The other girls Of "Wateh Your
Step" g%ravitated 20 the chorus after
having taken a fiinG at other pursuits.
Does that make them natural chorus
girls" Maybe
The reasons for %acceptluS chorus en-
gagements are as many and as varied
as there are girls. They have nothing
to do with the case. The idea was to
ascertain what those girls would do
FOR a livelihood should musical comedy
become a thing Of the past. The replies
OF half a dozen We're illuminating.
Miss PHYLLIS Munday. a little Eng
lish girl who came To the country at
the outbreak of the European war.
VAS for five years an artists mode. in
Paris. She posed for such Well known
painters as Raphael Kirchner, Edouard
Touraine and Abel Faure. For a
model Of Miss Munddy's b'auty and
experience there IS always opportunity.
Miss Ethel Sykes has been a
movie actress and a teacher Il the
p,auo-dud successful, at both.
Miss Gladys Sykes, her sister, vas
a successful interior decorator. Her
studio was in Chicago. Neither Of tn,
sykes sisters has been on the stage
before this, They accepted engage
ments with the watch Your Step
company because another sister,
Dana. was on" Of its principals and
their mother had moved from Ch.caGo
to New York. They did not care 20
he separated from the other mcmhors
of the family.
Marie Wash was ass -'aur %, 81
court steuographer. For speed and
accuracy on a typewriter she Was a
wonder
Julie Beaubien : a teacher II dane
Iug. She owns a half interest IN an
uptown dancing academy now.
Bunny Wendell vas a silk stock
ing model. For two years all Of the
six hosiery produced by one of the
largest stocking manufacturers in the
United States was made after designs
the graceful lines Of which We're de
,crm!ncd as ;hcy CXdct,y fitted Miss
Wendcll's right leg,
Every one of these girls as vel rs
the twoscore more who make up the
chorus contingent Of Watch Your
Step" declares that she could return
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amused that any one should think ii
advisable for him to change his
habits.
One evening in front OF the hotel
he announced that he had found 4
drink cure.
you've been giving me good adj
vice, Doc he said, nudging the den
tist, and SO you'll be interested u
know hat I've found something thai
will cure any man Of drinking"
What is it?" asked Doc, declining
to be amused.
"A German cocktail. Did you ever
notice what happens in a German gar
den when you order a cocktail? Wei,
II simply throws all the machinery out
OF gear.
THE waiter has to go and consult
the manager. and the manage calls
a conference Of hartenders. and they
all get together and talk ii over, and
then somebody gets out a book and
reads the directions. They put a
tumbler out on the bar. and every
IA who remembers anything that
goes int" a cocktail comes and drops
it into this tumbler.
II don't know myself, hut a friend
of mine SAYS that the first thing a
German puts into a cocktail is "A jigger
OF Pilsener beer. Then they begin on
the green bottles behind the bar and
finish up with "A little Rhine wine and
a straw. ! know II took them a half
our to compound this-whatever ii
was they brought me the other might.
1T came on in a kind Of a small
fruit dish and had cherries. orange
peel, watermelon, pineapple and sew
eral other kinds Of fruit around the
edges, and SOME"
81 guess II wasn't as bad as that"
said the dentist, laughing.
Well, II broke all records with me.
1t seemed To have every ingredient
except the one that makes a cocktail
worth drinking, ] know l could taste
the caraway seed in it. They put a
few caraway seeds into everything.
"But | drank it., and then | came
back here to the hotel and had "A
dream that I'll remember If | live to he
a million years old. This cocktail was
giving ms trouble. and 7 wasn't sure
that | could sleep. I think | did fall
asleep, however. | hope | was asleep
when ii happened.
Il felt something tickling my feet.
and looked up over the covers and
there was a yellow monkey sitting on
the foothoard. He says, What time Is
it?' I told him ] didn't know. Then
he says, Don't YOU remember me?' !
told him that his face was familiar,
but | couldn't place him,
"He laughed very Pleasantly, and
then he began mixing drinks. He'd
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rants for a period Of years and il may
become a little discouraged"
That settles It. Doc" said the hush.
you've converted me. | believe III
order some mush and milk"
BE careful" said the dentist; at
may poison you"
II believe il would. Well, I'll COM
promise by going into Steve's and get
ting a milk punch"
,Copyri0ht. 1915, by the Wheeler SYM
dictate, Inc)
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ny GEOR GE ABE.

n ENG reestabiished in warmes
* fellowship with the members
- Of the hotel colony. Doc
looked hopefully toward his
task Of finding a wife for the dentist
and then voluntarily accepted the bur
den of reforming the lush.
The lush. sober, was a well behaved
person and one slow to admit that he
ever drank too much or too often
Like other drinking men. he believed
that he could deceive himself and de-
ceive others. II any one had sug-
gested reform to him he would have
been deeply hurt. What was there to
reform?
Acting under the orders of a physi-
clan, once he had stopped drinking for
a full week. That is. he drank only
Jamaica ginger and hard cider during
this period of abstinence on the tech
meal claim that they were not alco-
holic liquors. He changed his die:
also and ate lunches somewhat like
the following:
Turtle Soup with sherry
Rum Omelette
Miraschino Punch
Mine lie viii Brandy Sauce.
He kept the pledge for a week and
was in misery most of the time and
then went back to drinking, announce
ing that the experiment was a failure.
Doc had talked with him in private
and suggested. with much diplomacy.
that he drink nothing but lithia water
for a full month.
That stuff is poison to me. Doc.
he would say. II know what you
want. You want me 10 let up on the
other thing, but you're wrong. Doc
you are for a fact" He was not
deeply offended. In fact he was rather
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N ENG re~estabiished in warmest
X fellowship with the members
- of the hotel colony, Doc
h-.i.-l A-.-cA. 5000 IL.
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A Better Way to Manicure

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Does Fondness for Life Benin Foot
lights Make Beauties of Musical
Comedies Natural Chorus Girls~

TO her former prof.
good living a. =. r o..
chorus bcCdUs. they ,..
fOndness for the jill,
lights make them
girls?