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PftiIess.

Some men have no hearts," said
the tramp. I've been a-tellin' that
Teller l am so dead broke that l have
to sleep outdoors"
Didn't that fetch him?" asked the
other.
Nav. He toll me he was a-doin' the
same thing, and had to pay the doctor
for tellin' him to do it."-Christian
Register.
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Grass Criticism.

Hubby, dear, is my gown cenge Il
faut?" asked Mrs. Gadders.
How do l know?" growled Mr.. Cad
ders. IF you mean is it the kind of
dress it ought to be against the law
to wear, why, yes"
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Why We Count In Tens.

Because we have ten fingers we
count in tens; therefore, for ease n
ouickness of reckoning all u meas
urements should be in tens. Then, In
order to reckon, we should only have
to use the very simple method which
we learn when we study decimals.
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Boil the tea and coffee pot often in
strong soda water; this will keep
Them free from stains.
Red ink may be removed from linen
# freshly made mustard is applied
and left on an hour, then sponge off
and the stain will disappear at once,
To remove candle grease cover with
plotting paper and apply a very hot
iron. Rub the iron up and down and
the grease will be absorbed in this
blotter.
A quick way of cleaning currants is
to rub them with flour; this will take
off the stalks. Put the c%urrants in a
colander and rub them with the hand.
To make whipped cream go farther
and stand more firm add the white of
an egg, beaten stiff.
Never allow irons to become red
not or they will not hold the heat as
well again.
Two or three times a week a hot
i've solution should be poured into the
sink. 1t is best to do this the last
thing at night, so that it will not be
washed away before it has time to
act Oh the grease in the pipes.
Epson salts added to rinsing water
will keep even delicate colors from
fading OF running. Use a teaspoonful
of salts to a gallon of water.
Cracks in furniture may be filled
with beeswax, then smoothed with a
knife. Sandpaper the surrounding
wood and work some of the dust into
the wax. This will cause the crack to
be unnoticed.
Keep a sheet Of carbon paper in the
notebook; then, when making out a
laundry list. you will have a duplicate
list for yourself.
A teaspoonful of sugar to a kettle OF
corn or peas when cooking will i'm
prove their flavor.
A bunch of mint added to the water
In which new potatoes are boiled will
give a flavor which is most pleasant.
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sparrows on the Farm.

The English sparrow thought to be
a city bird. is found on the farms OF
the northeastern part of the United
States to the extent Of five pairs ON
bach farm
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Some Office holders get up and howl
about the burden of holding a political
office. but never think of resigning.
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Important TO Mothers
Isn't Il So.

What in the world made you marry
him so long as you don't love him?"
"Oh, that is the easiest way l know
of to get rid of a man"
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paint much easier
than the old meth.
cd of o and wa
ter.
When a o OF
u is oversee
soned, dip a piece
of bread into the
linnid. this will
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The beauty on the surface of daily
life is from the central principles
within, as the beauty on the cheek of
health is from the central force at
the heart.-Mark Hopkins.
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6ABINEIg
1 tell you the future can hold no ter
rors
For n sad soul while the stars re-
volve.
If he will but stan firm on the grave
of his errors
And instead of regretting. resolve.
resolve.
e. W. Wilcox.
HINTS FOR ~RousEkEEPERs.

A damp cloth dipped in common
baking soda will brighten tinware.
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Gibbs-I tell you, no man can fool
my wife.
Dibbs-Then how did you get her?
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GOOD THINGS TO KNOW.

A cloth dipped in whiting will re-
move finger marks and soil from white
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Don't hurrah for anybody. There
is too much noise as it is.
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IIhe OO steel wool Is
fine for securing alumni
mum and keeping it
bright.
Cabbage will not ill
the house with odor If
cooked in rapidly boil
ing sailed water in an
uncovered dish.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-11-28

limbs have made many improvements
over the OLD cork AFFAIRS Indeed, so.
great have been these ARRANGEMENTS
that the armless man Is now able Ia
dress and feed himself as well as
write and do various kinds OF work
without very great effort.
Men are taught to handle farming
Implements. particularly rakes. by
having them attached to a hook
which Ats into place ON the WOO den
arm. Artificial legs are fitted with
hinges and joints 80 arranged that
men who have lost both legs are IN
time able to walk although wood takes
the place of flesh, steel of joints and
rawhide OF muscles. There shall be
no cripples after this war" declared
e German surgeon recently. Science
and invention will make almost any
thing possible today. One might
readily believe this statement from!
the fact that he had q man uni Ter his
care who was minus both arms and
legs. vet by the aid OF these new ar.4ti-;
ificiall members he was able to move
about and to write. feed and dress
himself. n
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the Government could not have car
!ried on the Investigation Of poultry
feeding upon which the experts have
been engaged for some time since and
the outcome of which will be Of value
to every person that keeps chickens
and every person who eats poultry.
The plan followed In making study
OF the effect Of food upon poultry Is
to select birds and place them in coll;
ony houses where they are fed RAJ
tons that enable comparisons to be
made. incidentally. the poultry sharps
in the employ Of the Government are
endeavering to find out just what sort
Of q menu Is best for fatteping chick
ems for market and how much It costs
to thus plump up a bird.
Uncle Sans Chosen Breed.
II may be well to mention for the
benefit Of readers who have q PEN.
chant for poultry raising that the
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3. lga " lnter tienai ndicate
e other wars littls OF NO ! tentions
was paid 10 the .educaf ion "a ia
wounded 90 ID 10 care ~ for fhs ~ !
selves when peace a came 81 'rhis ia ia
q heavy chas ;ppon sfhe pubic II,
which burde len wis disctarred si s;.
through private char; III able orsa Il
nons. or through governmental .appro.l
praattons and was q drain UPON eeapi.
tal which could have been PRODUCE.
tveiy employed. ana. therefore. an eco.
nonic waste. but II was not tie oni,ly;
3 S! ]. \. iors Of the thousands Of woundsd
Z large percentage could have been|
Sseught TO do something which nlisht
naye. added to the wealth Of the cosin-:
ssry.t The misery and misfortune whisbI
aaWays Sfollow in the wake OF war 5has
sussestsd to the European Cover.
ments the wisdom Of teachfnr St,,si
wounded to provide :livelihond ~.
thenselves Such a feform van tss sr
money In the hands az chs peo,pla S, farl
other purposes. and sthrosish tha ,, -.
~ employ ent Of the partially dis.:
sanled INCREASE tho pro uctiyeness7 h. II
.sapoE The adYanta ages of this ara n,
s....a ana ohyiops. ,Besides those.
,as. snssested. The feeling ,ef hide
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tender shoots for the young chicks
when other green food Is Unavailable
and various standard types OF brood
|sers are given an oppprt to SHOW
What they can DO IN conserving the
Gathered popplat ien. 4
Making the Chicks Select Their Food.
For some of the actip ties tnctdent'
Ito the Federal cam isn for better
poultry, ordinary poultry equipment
has TO be used tn lnanner very dit-
ferent from what it - employee ~.
the average man who keeps chickens
as o source sof pleasure or proAt. For
example in some Of the chicken runs
at Beltsville the visitor notes q sur
prising number OF food hoppesa or
feeding troughs. It looks like u stud
led effort to make gorrnands OF the.
chicks. Asla matter OF fact Eit y mere
ly. an ingenious way OF making the
birds tell what sort Of food they like
best u u
X In the respectiyei hop are placed
equal Quantities Of corn. cats. bran.
imiddlings and other standard articles
OF poultry diet. At The end of d test
period the amount OF each GLASS ofI
feed remaining IS measured and by
this means the poultry experts arc.
able to gauge pretty accuraseiy what
sort OF food s. preferred ~ thsiE
charges
Ably assisting the, government IN
bringing about m era Of better cone
sditions in the ,popltr ndustry are the
Boys and Girls Poultry Clubs which
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The Federal Poultry Farm.
without this model poultry farm
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The Government.

It may seem a far cry from the re.
searches OF Uncle Sans poultry ex-
perts to the breakfast table of the
everyday citizen but the Government
hopes to bring them within shouting
distance OF each other through its
missionary work in behalf of the i'm
Iprovement Of the market egg. The
Federal sleuths are following the mar
;ket egg on its journey from the farm.
via the country store, the commission
merchant, and the city market to its
final destination in the urban homo
and they are trying out all possible
means and mediums for the improve.
ment Of the oft-maligned egg.
4 Where the inventor has workshop
or the scientist laboratory in which
to conduct his experiments and worj,
out his ideas. Uncle, Sans poultry
experts have model poultry farm
where there Is a permanent popula-
ton Of upward Of two thousand head
OF poultry and where 1900 to 800
chicks are Matched every year. At
this poultry proving ground, = which
is located at a favorable site near the
town OF Reltsville, Maryland, close tab
. kept on each individual bird by
means Of an Identification tag at
tached to the leg and thus the experts
are enabled to compare different
branches Of the feathered family-for
instance to contrast the incubator
chick with It's sister that has been
ushered into the world In the good
-fasirioned way.
The Federal Poultry Farm.
Without this model poultry farm
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Many prominent persons have inter.
estsd thAmsslyes in financing the, hos,

Many prominent persons have sinter.
ested themselves in hnanning the hos
pitaL Germany Is teaching Her blind
soldiers TO make baskets, cane chairs.
etc. and MAS them in hospitals out; out
In the country. whenever 1T -
possible they have a little music While
they work as this seems to cheer the
men. a large amount OF TIC raised
letter literature such as lis used BY
the blind has been sent ite these hos
pitals and q part Of each day is spent
in reading Il. The hest medical sktii
Is being used on those only partially
blind In an effort TO restore their sight
and the German med calr 5ournals ten
of some remarkable cures.
\ Germany Keeps Soldiers Fit.
: Germany has been the nrst OF the
warning nations TO take advantage
of the fact that eighty per cent. Of
the wounded recover. and half Of these
are available for the field after two
months nursing IN the hospital. In
other wars the percentage of cures
was much smaller and the return to
the field after recovery was left to
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keep up viii the demand, so why
should we bar newcomers?
You ought to see some of the stuff
they try to put owe on us. Last week
a chap sent me in a script that vas
nothing but n dramatization of East
Lynne plot for plot and action for
action. We get that kind of thing
often here, though. And the interior
scenes II the amateur photoplay-
wrights only knew how much Interior
scenes are loved around these parts,
Every interior scene costs ne
money, from ten to a thousand times
as much as an exterior that can he
taken in natural light and scenery.
And the leaders and inserts and cap
tons they put in! Every leader or
caption uses up space on a film that
could be used for the development of
the action. A leader or caption must
be u at the very least for one foot
before 1t could possibly be read by
even the most mentally alert of the
audience, and they run up to ten feet
and more. Just imagine two or three
hundred feet OF caption and insert and
leader in a thousand foot film and
you will see how the action that was
built To go into a thousand feet must
be cut to get into seven hundred"
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are looked upon chiefly as objects of
utility, to serve their purpose of con-
vcying merchandise and then to be
disposed of, We have no national
boxes, such as the carved wood boxes
OF Germany, Holland and Switzerland,
many Of which with their intricate
designs have become treasures with
collectors and museums and which are
often handed down through genera
lions as heirlooms.
The beautiful cnamelled snuffboXes
of France have figured prominently in
the romance of French history. When
custom forbade emperors and PRINCES
from giving or receiving presents Of
gold in recognition for services ren-
dered they could with impunity offer
one Of these trinke;s OF the fashion of
the day upon which their portrait had
been painted, surrounded by gems, the
rarity OF which might equal the obli-
cation, Thus I'VE objects were accom-
~plished-the qualification of the donors
vanity and the treasure OF he recip-
lent.
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in more frequently. Goodness knows,
we need them.
81 had a letter from an amateur the
other day who accused me of being
in a league to bar him and other new
corners from the field. He had sent
me in a p%hotoplay with a letter tell
ing me that he was a graduate Of a
photoplay school the head Of which
told him hat for ingenuity and plot.
not to mention technique and han
ding. he easily surpassed any who
ever came to his notice. He also said
that the %photoplay he was sending
me had been approved by the head
Of this school as being absolutely diff
ferent from any he had yer seen.
by George. 1t was! It's been the joke
of the office for a week and I hate to
send it back-we've been having such
a good time with IL.
"All this talk about barring new
corners is nonsense. why. the whole
future of this business depends upon
it's ability to produce new, original
p~hutoplays, and Ne cannot begin to
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another: Learn to Write Photoplays
by our Exclusive Method. only Sure
Method It's really rotten manage
ment on my part thai / didn't know
this chap had the only sure method.
Here We have been getting out six
photoplays a week and never knew
that there was something wrong with
u method.
Most of these schools arc run by
men that have " had n real in
sight n the motion picture business
people who were not good enough
to make good in the business, If they
We're ever in it.. or perhaps they have
found a field that contains more easy
money. Here is n book he said,
picking it up and turning to the end.
that says you car begin to write
p~hotoplays Immediately after finishing
the book. Isn't that beautiful. All
our troubles settled $50 easily--please
remit s1.25.'
But don't you ever get in any
good ideas?"
Sometimes he admitted, "but so
seldom hat when they do come in !
grab them go quickly that 1t makes
my head swim. But they come sell
d"m-very seldom. I wish they came
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REOERlC
y. WAUGH

technique In music and painting is
that which is horn along with genius;
indeed, is a part of that genius.
1t was suggested to this editor that
there were p%hotoplay schools, and he
snorted with disgust.
They are nothing but parasites
he rasped, parasites that live on the
ignorance and credulity Of fools. A
schOol cannot teach any one how 20
write a ~photop.ay except in form, and
most of them don't even do that COR
fectly.
Can a school teach original ideas,
plot or ingenuity or even intelligence?
All that II is possible to get from a
school is correct form, and even that
only sometimes. Correct form is "A
blessing, and ] wish all the manu-
scripts | had to read Were in correct
form, but what good is it without an
idea or a plot or originality? Correct
form in a manuscript cannot be shown
on the screen.
you can no more teach the ordi-
nary person to become a pho;oplay-
wright than you can teach him to be-
come a painter or a sculptor, You can
teach him how to hold his brush or his
Chisel correctly and write a photo
play in correct form. but that is all.
These so-callcd schools are vultures'
here he became vehement and paced
the room-"preying on the cupidity OF
hose who think that this is a field for
easy money, although why they should
think so heaven only knows, Here, let
me show YOU and he picked "A moving
picture magazine of his desk and
turned to the advertising pages.
Listen to this:
"'John Smith offers $500 in cash for
motion picture plots. The winner OF
a recent 81 900 prize contest was prac-
ideally "A beginner. Not necessarily
any more talented than YOU What
do YOU think Of that! Not neces-
sarily any more talented han you!'
This man has "a fun page advertise
ment." the editor wcnt on, $50 I sup-
pose he must be doing enough business
to pay for it.. Yea, verify, there is one
born every minute! Here's another
n who has a thirty dollar course In
photoplay writing, and agrees to pur-
chase the first photoplay of any Of
his pupils for $40. This leaves him n
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sumnch shrub, So dangerous is the
poison that many a man has lost his
life in sashing the trees while en-
tracing it.
When the lacquorcd boxes If Japan
are finished in this fashion they be-
come absolutely imporvious to water.
y story is told of IA japanese Emperor
who sent as "A Present To Napoleon
one Of the rarcst and most beautifully
decorated boxes in the land. Unfor-
~tunatcly the ship which carried the
treasure was sunk on its voyage and
the crew and cargo were lost. Some
time later, however, the vessel was
raised, ana when search was made the
Emperor's gift was found intact. re-
vcalbng no sign of It's submerged delay,
and Napoleon received it in all its
beauty.
In Italy the "Cassoni'' are also an
important acquisition for the bride;
an Italian girl would no more think
OF preparing her rousseau without
her collection Of boxes than one Of
u own girls would venture into her
new home without her chests of linen.
For the first time in the art history
of this country a collection of treasure
boxes will he decorated by artists OF
the highest standing, and uch names
as Ballard Williams, A. T. Van Laer,
Carlton Chapman, Robert Vonnoh,
Edward Pcnfold, Leo Mei,zner, Troy
Kinney, y. +. Mailman, Charles r.
Naegele, John Ward Dunsmore, T.. IT.
Potthast, Glenn Newell, Harry Town
send, William Rltschel, Luis Mora,
Leonard 0chtman, q, Cfmmiotti. David
Robinson and many others equally
important will figure in the collection.
The exhibition IN the outcome of a
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factors. they are often painted by
artists of note. Some of them cost
hundreds of francs.
1t is in Japan, however. that boxes
are given the greatest consideration.
THE receptacle must be worthy OF
the object it enoloses," they say.
Great care is given 20 the proper fit
ting of covers SO that the goods within
may be adequately protected from the
elements, and every box, no matter
how simple. will receive some artistic
decoration.
81 much importance Is devoted to
boxes in Japan that as soon as a girl
baby is born her parents begin TO coll
lect the series that shall he a part of
her wedding rousseau. Hundreds If
coats Of lacquer are applied to the
rarest, AMI owing to IN" SLOW drying
properties of this most wonderful Of
all varn!shes, which must he dried in
a damp cellar, years are required for
its perfection. 1t is composed Of a
poisonous substance which is extracted
from n tree somewhat similar TO our
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"HE exhibition OF treasure
boxes now in preparation by
members of the Salmagundi
Club to take place in the Plaza
ballroom in the early spring estab-
fishes a precedent in the art of box
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week and accepted W or three. all
though they need eight a week. They
have to write the rest themselves.
1t is not only unframed. casual
writer's who deluge the manuscript
readers with Impossible plots and OBJ
solete or worked out ideas. Many
trained writers who have been writing
long enough to know better are Of
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Intimate gifts between .the young
people of France are precluded even
to the present day. but a box of candy
may be accepted by a young lady with
out endangering her independence,
and here the famous satin candy
boxes of France become important
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THE scenario editor Of the film
concern put his feet up on a
pile Of manuscripts. lighted his
pipe, and prepared to reply to
the question, Who writes the see
narios for moving picture plays?"
My lear boy" he said. the public
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WRITING PHOTO A
NEW NATIONAL PASTIME
Says Scenario Editor of Film Concern.-Out of 6O(
Manuscripts Submitted Each Week But Three
Considered Worth Rereading

balance OF $50 on the course. but he
doesn't advertise that. n it's queer
that most Of the gudgeons don't seem
to see that end Of II.
Here's another: The Art of Photo
play Writing. Tells all the photoplay-
wright needs to know And another:
Write Motion Picture Plays. $50
each. All or spare time And
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OF BOX
TAKING NEW LIFE HERE
Exhibition of Treasure Boxes" by Members of Salma.
qundi Club Will Establish Precedent in
the Work i'm America

plan originated by Charles L. NIo,o,s
the clubs librarian. who d.-.s.,l tha
boxes after the style f Louis siy.
teenth. Medallion portrait. .b,,
monarch and Marie Aut,.,,,. arc
painted on either side 81 OH, I'm,
proper, which has been embossed win,
cupids and garlands of flower, The
cover design is left TO the ,.... Of