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,Rcpcrtod hy Rodgers. PlumIner & Co. inc)
r,.T.IiSBti:G. Va. APRIL fi.-Sran.sh
Farmers STOCK $, per bU-hel asked. a'c per
husi.ei bid. Ni-rEIans Farmers siocAs-
Markct steady. Fancy Jumbo. $50 per
pound. fancy handpicknd. 2'.c per pound.
extra prime. 40 per pound: Smelling stock.
&c 10 ?".c p-r pound.
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NAVAL STORES

SAVANNAH. GA. April 3i.-rurpentinc
steady. G,7T45S sales. ~ casks receipts
?is casks; shipments. 80 casks; stocks, 49,
6of casks. Rosin Arm: sales. l.7+a barrels;
receipts. ga barrels; shipments. 5.cI3 barrels;
stocks. Sl.ass barrels. Quote: a., b.. SIS; c.,
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+, ShcctinEs. Southern standard fii"T6i7c:
dnnims a-ounce. &c; ,ickinrs. s-ounce. NC:
standard prints. SC. staple glnGhams, ci.c:
dress rinG hams. ti,c.
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rnrENsRrRG rEANur MARKET.

-. So: T.. So: r. 80. c. a.co: H.. SIS: l..
$50: * $50: NJ. ;.i5. y. 80; VIZ. SO:
wv, 80"
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>rw YORK rKnnrcE MARKET.

M!dAlinr. cs.c. sales on the spot. ioo bale
TO arrive. - bales
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RICHMOND PRODUCG MARKET.
Wholesale ttuotations.

,By Lev; Commission CD
Richmond, Va, April q. lt'5.
Live Poultry.
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KIcmMoND GRAIN MARKET.

EFTTT. 20. T"-. F--T-' "a :. %:
naru, u 6lla -tS'. curn-No = yellow,
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NEW YORK. April "a Mercantile p.rcr.
Iii. ..-s To- c,nln" 5, -.5 S ,icH,, nny
H's. Bar silver. -, Mexican dollars. -.
Government bonds stceIy; railroad bonds.
irregular.
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evidence that you feel like a member
of a comic opera chorus making your
debut.
Take It or" you say to the sales
woman, II am a respectable person "
1T is tho very latest thing. 1t came
from Paris only yesterday" she an
swers.
1T probably caused the war" you
mutter.
She removes the model reluctantly
and deity puts on another. This one
increases your age by at least twenty
years and your weight by fifty pounds
You are positively rotund in il; gone
is the slimness. gone every indication
OF youth.
You smooth away the gathers in this
front breadth. "If you would onI,
take out these I might manage with
IT," you say desperately.
Impossible she returns coIdlv
that Is what makes It an exclusiv.
model, that front fullness. Poire,-.
But you never hear what Paul ha,
to do with the case. for you simpl,
drop out Of the garment and are in
serted in another. The bottom edg,
Of this skirt is cut in points, and a
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carried the buckets in, feeling a Ger
tain strange satisfaction in the task.
Now" he said. I'll feed the
chickens, the horse and the COW and
the two dogs. What? Oh. alright
then, you feed Mutt and III attend
to the bull dog"
Selling a pail he set off for the
chicken house. But he was back
again in few minutes.
Where's the chicken feed, Frieda p
he inquired. looking in through the
, screen door.
In the barn, Ruthvin. Give them
about two quarts"
Again MIR. Townbred set out, and
again he whistled merrily. Once more,
too, he was back in few minutes.
Say. Frieda." he called, (which Is
the chicken feed---there are a number
of different kinds there?"
Mrs Townbred, pointed out the
chicken feed. the bran for the COW
oats and corn for the horse and the
dog biscuit for Bully Then she hur-
ried back to the kitchen-and Mr.
Townbred again took up his whist
| ling.
He measured out two quarts Of the
| feed and flung open the door to tht
chicken house. He was greeted In
| stantly by great squawking and fut'
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LITTLE FABLES OF THE
BUSINESS WORLI

Now. be 1t stated, our Hero v4Sn'-
entirely a Scatter Brain. On n. aol-
trary. there was a Good Bit o. Nsrhot
in his Social Cn.no;ls: ana L FisaI-eo
Up IN terms Of Dollars anu Seno,.
When at nome, he took Ri nealI d
the Pun. The DAIRY Auhc'- aod >t.r
35-cent Table d'hoce kcev aim In,
mately. So. you see. VIXEN ava o.
Week end Jaunt he saved the P~'o1
of his Meals. That he HAD to .peid
Half of 1t in tips TO the servans--
for he did Everything in Style--didr'
Worry him in the least. He cons,d.
cred it Advertising and Good BuA+
ness.
All Of which, alas. tends to SHOW
Up our Hero as Some Sponger. He
was-and Proud of IT, But. he ar
gued, there We're Extenuating Circum-
stances whereby he Paid the Price.
To wit:
l. He had to make himself Agree
able. That was why he was Invited.
He was There on the Small Talk, the
Anecdote and the Dance. He could
Strum the Piano a bit and play
Bridge. Also. he never Objected
I " an ASIy W clIiaH WISHED Oh
him as his Dinner Partner and he
invariably Acted Up Nice to her, there
by Making a hit with Said Female
and with his Hostess.
.. He seconded his Host admira-
bly,. No joke was Too Old for him
to Laugh At, and he was willing to
be beaten at Billiards. Bridge or Gro
quet as often as was Necessary. AS
a Glad Handler and an Adroit Flat
terer he lead the Procession.
3. He was willing to Talk to the
Old People, particularly the Old Hens.
Why, bless us, he could make any Of
them think that he preferred their
| Company to that OF any Young Dam
sci present
So, as time went on, the Young Chap
went to more and more House Par
ties And. naturally. he was Away
from the ONCE with greater FreQuen-
cy. The Boss spoke TO him a time
or two, and asked gently whether he
didn't think he was Over-Doing II
Bit. And presently he suggested that
II his Business interfered with his
Week Ending he'd better Cut Out the
Business.
The Young Chap promised TO do So
and, for while, Hewed Close TO thu
line. Not that he was Conscience
stricken, but simply that he was Play
ing It Safe
Then he suffered Relapse--a Vto'
lent One-and the Boss tied Can tt
him, taking occasion and no little
pleasure in prophesying that before
long his former employe would De
vclop into Weak Ender.
But ne knew not Whereof he spoke
For the next days Society News an
nounced Our HERDS engagement to b.
married. At one Of the Weekend
parties he had COPIED OFF an HERES.
who had an Aversion to her HUSBAND
Doing any Work.
All of which suggests the following
moral: Who wants to be Week
Ender?
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the upper edge OF the points so much
of stocking is visible that you ner-
vously close the door of the fitting
room.
II should certainly be arrested II I
appeared in the street with It," you
gasp.
Not at ALL" answers the clerk, the
policemen will be used to them in a
few weeks"
You try on frocks until your head
swims, but there Is not one that does
not in some uncanny fashion reduce
your height and increase your weight.
Your silhouette looks as If 1t had been
blown up with a bellows.
II cannot do IL" you declare finally.
Much as l should like to be stylish,
! must try to find a gown that Al
lows me to retain my natural figure.
| will NOT look fat"
IF you find one" says the sales
woman stiffiy, sit will be last years"
You go out sadly. After you have
grown accust omed to seeing yourself
as the living skeleton il is hard ia
have to dress to resem BILE the fat lady,
but such are the affecting vagaries q
feminine fashions.
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straight lines, and his Scotch hat bad
the turned-up part of black straw.
while what answered for the crown
was of black and white check to
match the top coat.
Military suits for boys are very
good" are often made up in khaki,
and arc so complete that in many
cases even the stripes on the arms
and the swagger stick Of the real
soldier are included.
In hats for young girls the wide
brimmed sailor Is undoubtedly the
favorite. 1t is worn slightly tilted
and is trimmed only with a band and
fiat princess bow of striped or checked
betting ribbon.
Frocks for the little girl follow so
closely the Lines of her mothers az
to make Of her sometimes a quain,
replica OF the older woman. A .ing.
ham. seen recently In the shops for
an eight-year-old, had a skirt of pink
and white check. while the bodice par,
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MI Townbred made one m ore fruit
stole out of the stall and closed the
door softly behind him.
He hated to go back to the house
without the surprise he had planned
And yet he knew the COW must be
MIXED AS he debated, a lean. lanky
country man came meandertng around
the corner Of the harm and asked
DO you all want your COW MIXED
John spoke to me about 1t yesterday
and said you might need some help
here this evening"
Mr.. Townbred put the milk bucket
into one Of the miracle mans hands
and a quarter into the other. Go to
it," he said. help yourself
And he walked off--whistlins again
to give Bully his dog biscuit. task
he felt eminently able to perform
Then he hung around the barn until
the man reappeared with the bucket
now filled to the brim.
Never mind about carrying II UP &c
the house. I'll take 1t myself" Mr.
Townbred fastened to suggest. Thank
YOU. Good evening"
The man ambled of TO do his owr
chores
We'll, Frieda, here's the milk" said
Mr. Townbred nonchalantly as ne en-
tered the kitchen and put the bucket
on the table,
Did Mr.. Shawkey come, or did M
send his hired man." she ipAuired.
Neither one of them" MP. Town
bred replied unconcernedly. There's
Mr.. Shawkey and his hired man dTiV'
ing into his place now-see them
through the window? They're beer
TO the village. ! guess"
Mrs. Townbred dropped the miip
stralner. What" she exclaimed
Then who did?
"Oh. never pretended to know
much about chores and the country,
he answered. yawning politely, 'but y
seems awful easy to milk COW.
"Ruthvin Townbred." she gasped
40 YOU mean to tell me you milkee
that cow"
There's the milk, isn't it, ne sug
gested systematically.
Downright, 1918. by Edward Riddle
Padgett.)
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less oil will be needed.
Put the yolks in a soup-plate and
break them up, using A silver fork.
Now add a teaspoonful Of vinegar
When this has been mixed begin add
ing the oil drop by drop until the
mayonnaise commences to thicken
when larger quantities may be added.
When the mayonnalse is quite An
ished and not before season with pep
per and salt and any other condiment
desired.
The young housekeeper says that
putting the vinegar in before any oil
is added will keep the mixture from
going back" and so a large quantity
may be made in fifteen minutes by
the clock, II all of the implements
and ingredients are cold when work Is
commenced.
She says that 1t is we'll to make
up at least pint Of oil at a time for
any of the dressing which is left over
may be kept indefinitely in the re-
frigerator If 1t is placed in jelly glasses
and covered with waxed paper or a
tin top An even quicker way to make
mayonnaise, according to the youne
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MA he woman who has plenty Of
servants has no idea how nicely
the one who keeps not even
~ single maid can entertain. and
with how little trouble.
One of the latter sort Of housekeep-
ers decided the other day to invite
four Of her friends to lunch with her
before the Bridge" club met that aft
ernoon. She knew that in order that
this little function should be success
most of the course must be prepared
beforehand and with this in mind she
made out her menu as follows:
Strawberries au naturel.
Creamed chicken on toast, stuffed
potatoes.
Hot rolls.
lettuce salad with Roquefort cheese
dressing.
Toasted crackers.
Narshmallow mousse with sponge
cake.
The luncheon was to be on Wed
pesday and on Tuesday the hostess
went to market and bought a box OF
strawberries. good sized polline
chicken, one green pepper, dozen
potatoes OF symmetrical shape, ten
cent box of marshmallows, dozen
macaroons. a head of lettuce ten
cents worth OF Roquefort cheese, ana
a small box of Saline crackers. That
evening while she was preparing din
ner she made and baked a sponge
cake and having cleaned the chicken
she put 1t in a pot, brought the water
In the pot to boil on her gas range,
and then tucked the whole thing away
Ia Der freless cooker to cook slowly
ali night.
Before she went to bed that night
she made up some Parker House rolls
and set them to rise.
On Wednesday morning while she
was preparing breakfast she put the
potatoes in the oven to roast and by
the time her husband had eaten his
bacon and eggs and was on the way
TO his Office, these were done and
ready TO be taken from the oven
She split each one lengthwise. re-
moved the steaming contents from the
skins, mashed the potato, beat it ur
with hot milk and melted butter, sea
soned it with pepper and salt, ant
then piled II back lightly in the skins
She brushed the top of each potato
with yolk of egg in order that 1t Nigh
brown nicely and then set them away
until it was time to pop them in the
oven again.
Then she cut the meat of tn,
chicken and made the white sauce II
which it was later to be heated. addin.
to the latter little pimento and greer
pepper as a seasoning. She made tn,
Roquefort dressing for the salad. ant
washed the lettuce and put it in
napkin on ice until such time as /
would be necessary to arrange II oil
the salad plates.
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ihousekeeper. Is as follows: Put into
A bowl half teaspoonful OF salt, a
dash of red pepper, half a teaspoonful
/, of dry mustard, the yolk of an egg
four tablespoonfuls of olive Oil, one
tablespoonful Of lemon Juice or tar
ragon vinegar and beat all together
with an egg heater. II 1t fails to
thicken 1t is probably because the egg
is not strictly fresh. but even il il
does not thicken it is palatable.
/ Many persons prefer French dress
ing to mayonnaise. When the former
is desired add to Its deliciousness by
using one-eighth as much vinegar as
oil and beating with an egg beaten
until it Is OF the consistency of thick
cream or mayonnaise.
This. the young housekeeper says,
is delicious for fruit and vegetable
salads, and she says also that a Ash
salad which should be better known is
made by taking the contents Of can
of tuna FISH and adding TO IL an equal
quantity Of cucumber cut in cubes
which has been marinated in salt anG
vinegar. Serve on lettuce leaves with
a mayonnase dressing.
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After this she turned her attention
to the mousse. This she made by
whipping half-p pint Of double cream
and adding to 1t teaspoonful OF
vanilla and very little powdered
sugar. Later she put in the marsh
mallows which she had cut in bits,
and the crumbed macaroons which
had been soaked in sherry. When the
mixture had been thoroughly COM
bined she put it in her little freezer,
packed it with ice and set it in the
freless cooker to "mush."
Then she skurried about, washed the
breakfast things, slicked up the house,
I set the table daintily and made her
self lovely. BY 100 o'clock everything
was in readiness. The Strawberries
washed but not capped. were on small,
individual green plates arranged about
cones of pulverized sugar which had
been moulded in a wine glass She
used nasturtium leaves as EarnsE
for these. The potatoes were in the
oven browning, the creamed chicken
was steaning In chafing dish on a
side table. the crackers were in a pan
ready TO be put In the gas oven, and
the rolls which had been baked but
not Drowned were in the oven, finish
ing. as it WERE
The res, was easy. When the guests
has eaten their Strawberries the host
ess removed these Plates to a side
table and brought on the potatoes
and the rolls and served the chick en-
from the chatting dish. 1t took but a
/ a. 80 III
dishes on a huge tray and carry it &c
the pantry, bring the plates of salad
already arranged, from the refrigera
tor. and whip the brown crack er.
from the oven into a silver cracke,
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VINO was strong LOT tHlS NtSN
end Stuff, To hike away from
- town on a Saturday afternoon
or, better still. on a Ftiday-and stay
until Sunday Night or Monday Morn
Ing at a House Party was his Idea of
Happy Days. Also. in his opinion. it
meant that he was Somebody
That he didn't DO II every week
was his Deepest Chagrin. And he
couldn't see why the Boss wasn't Per-
fectly Willing for him to Week End
so long as he had his Work Up. If
he was willing TO Speed Along the first
part Of the week and do Double Duty
TO make UP for the time he would
lose on a Saturday, or on Friday aft
ernoon and all day Saturday, he ar
gued, why should the Boss object
He couldn't See It at all. Neither could
the Boss!
AS soon as Spring came. each year,
this Young Chap began to Snoop
around for Bids to Week End House
Parties. And what he wouldn't do to
Get One has never been done. All he
wanted to know was whether an Ac-
/ quaintance had a House out of town
and Way to Get There. and then It
wasn't Many Moons before the Young
Chap was one OF the Invited.
| Then, on the night before his De-
parture. he would Fool and Fiddle
| Around his room packing his Suit
| case for his Getaway. And he En-
joyed it-particularly II his prospect
i've Host had a Valet who would I'm
| pack said case. To fix that Suitcase
so the valet would be Impressed was
Source OF Real Satisfaction to him
And that he Still! owed for what II
contained didn't put any Gray Hairs
in his head at all
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TT is an adventure to buy frock In
these days and a very revealing
ceremony as we'll. 1t IL, so to
y speak, an anatomical feat such As
an orthopedic surgeon might perform.
You go to shop, say, to purchase
for yourself little silk gown for aft
ernoon wear. You are attired at the
moment of your journey In a last
years skirt. The last years skirt is
something less than two yards around,
and 1t is OF a decent length. say two
inches from the floor. 1t conceals your
feet in way for which you are SUI
premely grateful. Observing yourself
in the full-length mirror in the fitting
room you mediate that you are rather
tall and pleasantly slim.
Then-the saleswoman enters with
little silk frocks for you 70 try on and
instantly the transformation takes
place. She slips over your head a
soft blue taffeta. She hooks you up IN
il. she witches the skirt here and
there; she observes you with malev-
client eye, she says in effect what a
charming ensemble" and then she
turns you toward the mirror again.
You gasp from the shock that your
rejected image gives you. You are
no longer rather tall and pleasantly
slim, you are now quite short and
pudsy. Your outline has changed mi
raculously. Where a few short min
utes ago there were no hips, there is
now a roundness that rocks you TO the
soul. You look TO weigh $50 pounds.
You who have prided yourself upon
your straight lines are now protuber-
ant here and there. You form a pyra-
mid OF which your head Is the point.
Also your ankles are 90 greatly In
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tering and a cloud of dust.

tering and cloud of dust.
"Here--here-." he called out, be-
ing at loss as to the proper fashion
in which to address frightened chick
ems. So he added the word Chicken.
Here, chicken, here chickens-lie
down"
His almost involuntary scattering
of their grain on the ground. however,
worked like a charm. So, leaving
them pecking chcerfully away at 1t,
he went through to the other side
to close and lock the doors leading
out into the yard. Then he discovered
that he had left no means Of ing-ess
for himself: so he climbed over the
fence, thereby leaving his mark on
the wire.
And he further discovered chat,
during his absence, several inquisi.ive
chickens had hoped through the door
which he had forgotten TO close be-
hind him!
The ludicrous lengths to which the
uninitiated Mr.. Townbred went In his
heroic efforts to persuade the WANDER
ers TO go back where they belonged
presently attracted Mrs. Townbred's
attention, and she proved an efficient
and sorely needed Reinforcement.
Next-nO whistle this time-Mr.
Townbred essayed to feed Bob, their
old white horse. Fortunately Bob was
already in his stall, properly battered;
so all Mr.. Townbred had to do was
to dump tho mixture OF corn and cats
into his feed box. Whereupon he felt
duly elated and began to whistle again
blissfully unaware that he should have
"watered" Bob before instead OF after
feeding
All the while, Sukey had been low
ing pitcously, and pathetically follow
ing Mr.. Townbred with her eyes as
he moved about in the barn. Yet,
even when he had deposited the bran
in her box. she still continued to
voice her disapproval of-something
Mr.. Townbred did not know what it
could possibly be, but he discovered
promptly that 1t was not water she
wanted So he consulted Mrs. Town
bred.
For goodness sake. forgot all
about it," she exclaimed after mo-
ments reflection, "Sukey wants to
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"a Mr.. and Mrs. Townbred learned
- few more of the many sad, sad
things which a city couple who move
to the country must learn.
Right after dinner, Nirgie. the col
ored cook, and John, her husband,
took Sunday afternoon off and went
to the city. That almost tells the
story; but a few of the grim details
are worthy Of mention.
To begin with, at about five O'Clock,
Mr., Townbred's peaceful siesta in The
hammock on the front porch was
unduly interrupted by his wife.
"RuthVin," she said, there's so
much to be done before supper we'd
better begin right away"
It's early yet, Frieda, why hurry"
We'll, l merely want to be on the
safe side. We must be all through
the outside things before we sit down
TO the table. And it takes John a
half hour, at least. each evening TO
attend everything. So you'd better
allow yourself an hour"
An hour?" echoed Mr.. Townbred
ecornfully. "Humh. Why should
it take Inc twice as long as it does
John? Maybe you think ! can't do
the chores, Ell? Well. | wasn't raised
on farm but believe me. If coul1n't
putter around them with less gro,n-
ing than John INDUCES in, ibid
take a correspondence course in doing
chores! You just watch me-"
But Mrs Townbred was insistent
so Mr.. Townbred reluctantly brought
his feet to earth and went upstairs t.
change his clothes, protesting violent
ly, however against the necessity OF
dressing the part. And Mrs. Townbred
donned a big apron and started kltch-
onward TO prepare supper.
Presently Mr. Townbred, properly
even picturesquely attired, came dcwI
stairs, whistlng merrily. He had q
vague notion that one always whistles
merrily when doing chores, and he
felt the necessity of a right beginning
On the back porch he found Mrs
Townbred struggling manfully an6
angrily with the pump.
"Why didn't you call me. Frieda? p
Mr.. Townbred demanded. "Yo,
shouldn't try to use that pump. II
do all OF the outside work, my dear
and you attend to the supper. Here
let ME fill both buckets while In
about it,"
So he pumped blithely away sn'
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>HE Buster Brown collar Is no
longer the smartest thing for
boys instead the miniature men
~ wear soft, turnover collars as
do their fathers in warm weather.
Or else the linen coats to their
suits are made with stand-up collar
so that any other is unnecessary.
Also, to mothers delight. with these
there is no need for linen shirt on
hot days.
Scotch hats are worn by three and
four year-olds. One small man AGED
three, was observed the other day
wearing a suit of Quaker gray linen.
The straight trousers which partly COW
cred his tiny legs, were ornamented
with three black buttons on each side
the coat was a Norfolk jacket, held be-
low the waist with a black patent
leather belt The top coat carried by
this glass Of fashion was Of black and
white checked cloth and was made on