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INDIAN RUNNER DUCKS

ers to demtermine what was the stant
ard color of the Indian Runner, son
contending for solid (not pencilet
fawn and white, and some for the darl
err coloring, which was always pei
ciled.
OF late a compromise has been e
fected whereby two distinct Varieti,
are recognized-the fawn and the viii
and the so-called English Penciled II
dian Runner.
They are good foragers, heavy la,
ers, and rapid growers. For the farm
err they are making great strides, ar
are the only real competitors of IL
popular Pekin Duck. The Indian Ru,
ner will outlay the latter in total egs
per year and is also strong WINE
layer when duck eggs bring the be
prices. They are credited with ave
aging from $50 to 100 eggs per year .,
duck
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"trNDER THE COUNTRY SKY"


"trNDER THE COUNTRY Sky"
By Grace S. Richmond. illustrated by
Frances Rogers. Doubleday. Page &.
Co, publishers, Garden City, New York.
Many readers will recall with great
pleasure Grace S. Rchmond's charming
story, THE Twenty Fourth of June and
there will be equally as many who, after
reading her latest novel, Under the
Country Sky" will recall with pleasure
this attractive book also.
Somebody has said of Mrs Richmond,
that she is one of our fictional on
timsts,' for in her stories life is al
youth. sunshine, love, happiness. hope
and cnfidence in the future, with just
touch of the gentle resignation of
age in the background to heighten the
effects. Her lovers, we know as we
take leave of them, will live happily
forever afterward. 1t is cleverly done.
She adapts the size of her canvas to her
romance. Not for her the whole span
of existence, only it's prelude at the
elimax-the springtime of life in its
dazzling TRANSPORTATION by love. The
glamour lies gracefully and enchant-
ingly on the pages of Under the Coun-
try Sky" Georgiana, who is a country
girl, a college graduate and the only
child of widowed invalid clergyman
very poor, it need hardly be added-con-
templates for moment marriage as
a means to material ends in their wider
sense, but is rewarded for her many
virtues with both love and wealth in
the great surgeon whom she marries.
Her cousin, a butterfly of ia shion raised
under the artificial city sky marries
the young farmer who, too, is a college
man. Thus are health, happiness and
the wherewithal allotted with a sense
of the fitness of beautiful things rare in
life. Wherefore this is a delightful ro-
nance for the young, a momentary real
ization of all their dreams. The story
should find favor with youths and maid
ems; and no doubt, it will appeal to mo-
mentary forgetfulness of the hard real
tiles of existence.
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MASTER UNIT OF OPERATION

| In every business the unit is the
key that must unlock the first doors of
success. Let us see what this means.
The dairyman who has mastered the
handling of one COW has passed throug h
| the first essential stage of successful
| dairying. If he can't make good with
| one he has no sure ground of hope for
| making good with 10 or with so. He
| must know one COW thoroughly or he
| can never know so. If he would fail
| with one his failure would be so times
| a great with so. 1t is so with every
| kind of work The man who can't hoe
one hill of corn right will fail with n
whole field. The unit is at the basis of
every business
| The man who keeps Is hens in his
back yard is handling one unit of OPP
eration.' If he makes good here he is
ready to proceed to a larger PROPOSE
| ton. But he must not forget that sue
| cess with the single unit means more
| than purchasing a few well bred hens
and feeding them according to direc-
| tons a ration balanced scientifically
| by some one else. Mastery is not at =
| tanned in this easy manner. Several
seaons of study and experience will be
needed. 1t is one thing to own a fowl
that will scale 100 per cent in vigor and
fancy points and laying qualities. 1t is
| quite a different thing to conserve all
these excellencies and transmit them ir.
equal measure to the next generation
| of fowls. This means mastery of hatch
ing and broodng There is enough in
| in each one of these to command prob
lens of egg fertility, incubator skill,
temperature, feeding, watering, Finish
ing" culling, classifying, marketing
surplus stock, and a score of othe.
things that the right kind of a man
will discover as he proceeds. These
| mastered on the small SCALE we are
ready for the next key word
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The old skirt was skinny, so the sides
We're cut away completely. The pieces
thus obtained will enable you to add
more fullness to the hip length yoke on
each side, or, if more fullness around the
hips is necessary, omit this addition and
set on the gathered lengths of net with
little heading. The back of this gown
looks just like the front excepting. of
course, the V neck The seton ruffle of
net or chiffon cloth is cut on the straight
of the goods without cores The sleeve is
pieced by hemstitching. This piecing may
be omitted if you have sufficient length
of net. So many of the very newest
frocks are made of the combination of
materials that you cannot go far wrong
in making over dresses if you use little
judgment in your choice of model and
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Unwittingly Kind

From the Boston Transcript.
Cholly Ayres-Yes, since the Parke
lost their money + have stopped callir
there.
Miss keen-That is very kind of 20
1t ought to cheer them up whole lot.
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CORRELATION OF UNITS

"Correla ton" is the next STEP The
| more common word is "organiza ton.
| The man who can't correlate his units
| had better avoid the poultry business
| This power to see the true relations OF
| things is what makes a captain of in
| dustry." The commander of a COM
panJ" of 100 soldiers must prove HIS
ability to handle 100 different compa-
MES and keep them in right combina-
| tions of regiments and brigades, and
| dispose of them in the most effective
| manner for success in battle, before he
can do the work of "commander-in-
chief" II is the ability to organize
a large number of units that makes a
man able to win in any large under
taking.
This is true in the poultry business.
The man who can't keep his units OF
operation distinct and yet vitality and
properly related fails just as the pro-
prietor of department store would
fail if he lost sight of each depart
ment" and neglected to keep all the
depa rtments rightly related. Confusion
is the deadly peril Of poultry culture.
The man who keeps 1000 laying hens.
and at the same time is rearing 5000
chicks of varying ages on the same
farm, is in daily danger of getting "all
balled up" with the details of his work
Here is where thousands fail. They
may be able to handle one unit-one
small colony of from so to 200-but
they fall down. in organizing skill.
Things get mixed in their minds. Add to
this the demand for real commercial
genius in the purchase of feed and
equipment and making sales of the
product. and it is easy to see that poul-
try culture is the same basis as
any other business. That is. thor
ough knowledge of details must be ac-
complished by high organizing ability,
either natural or acquired. Here is
where many fail by attempting too
much without the required knowledge
and eXnerien
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there had been in efficiency and outp1
under that system. The House, how
ever, knocked it out. The Senate aloiI
can now save the country from til
effects of this political interfereno
with efficient methods in munitic
making.
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THE THINGS MEN FIGHT FOR"

THE THINGS MEN FIGHT FOR"
By II. II. Powers. The Macmillan com
pany. publishers, New York.
The national sentiments and desires of
the various warning countries of Europe
are emphasized in this book in fact in
DE-. Powers opinion it is national patriot
ism that is at the root of the whole
matter. From this viewpoint he surveys
the entire European situation, his ulti-
mate purpose being to arrive at an i'm
partial and adequate explanation of the
fundamental reasons which has called
each nation to arms. Many of the larger
international questions come up for dis
cussion-the relation of the far east to
the west. the control of trade routes
and the future of nationalities, for ex-
ample. The authors style, vivacious and
often eloquent, lends added distinction
to one of the most significant an dable
of recent treatments of the world prob
lens of today.
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REMODELING THE SKIRT

the edge with a narrow fold of pink
taffeta.
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and amused adult relatives and neigh
bors, the final result being a figure so
absurd that it will be a somebre- minded
reader indeed that will not be moved to
hilarious laughter.
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DINNER GOWN

In the other sketch | have shown you
how to make a dinner or dance frock
out of a figured taffeta. This taffeta is
pale yellow, with leaves of periwin kle
blue scattered over it's shimmering sur
face. The skirt was too narrow, SO it
was split open back and front and
draped pannier fashion over a petticoat
of white net banded with lace insertion.
The skirt need not be opened up the back
if you have sufficient material for d
billowy effect without splitting it. The
panner drapery need not necessarily
reach to the bottom of the net skirt.
Lace with a silver thread worked through
the design would make an attractive
touch, but these metallic laces are usually
expensive unless you strike a bargain. A
little pabot effect of lace falls over the
skirt on either side of the front
DIRECTIONS FOR MAKING
The llimono waist of the old gown. is
fitted plainly into basque. The basque
is distinctly lingering note in the fash
ion world. Many of the new dresses.
particularly blue serges. are made with
basques, with full gathered skirts at
tached. Personally, I think these full
serge skirts make the wearer look very
thick and far from willowy. In supple
material like taffeta the effect is quite
different and altogether quaint and
lovely The basque is finished around
the bottom with cord which continues
on either side of the front and around
the neck. A little tucker of net car
rying a band of insertion and a lace
edging is set in across the front. Six
, silver buttons of antique design are an
, attractive touch on the basque. Ruffles
of lace finish the elbow sleeves and a
short length OF lace knife pleated falls
across the back like small sailor collar.
Blue stockings to match the vine pattern
on the taffeta or white stockings worn
with patent leather pumps complete d
dainty costume which will be found just
the thing for summer evenings
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in realization, Sometimes he stands out
very real and lifelilSe, and again he sinks
back and grows dim behind too many
words.
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GOOD FRIDAY AND OTHER
POEMS

BY John Masefied. The Macmillan COM
pany, pubisheds, New York.
The play Good Friday" of Mr.. Mase-
fields Good Friday and Other Poems"
deals with the Crucifxtion, or rather with
the attitudes of various types of people
toward it and the effect of the scene upon
them. 1t is interesting, and has a fine
simplicity and tereseness of expression.
Mr.. Masefield is the greatest of our
living poets, and he challenges compari-
son with the great ones of the past
Though his daffodils and lovers we
first came to know him. Perhaps his most
notable achievement is The Everlasting
Mercy" and the finest of his lyrcs-and
volume called THE Story of a Round
HoUse'D:
In the dark womb where I began
My mothers life. made me a man.
Through all the months of human birth
Her beauty fed my common earth.
cannot see, nor breathe, nor stir
But through the death of some of her.
Down in the darkness of the grave
She cannot see the life she gave.
For all her love, she cannot tell
Whether I use it i'll or well,
Nor knock al dusty doors to find
Her beauty dusty in the mind
If the graves gates could be undone,
She would not know her little son.
am so grown. If we should meet
She would pass by me in the street,
Unless my souls face let her see
My sense of what she did for me.
What have | done to keep in mind
My debt to her and woma nkind?
What woman's happier life repays
Her for those months of wretched days
For all my mouthless body leeched
Ere Births releasing hell was reached !?
What have l done, or tried, or said
In thanks to that dear woman dead?
Men triumph over woman still,
Men trample womens rights at Will
And mans lust roves the world untamed.
o grave keep shut, let 1 be shamed.
OTHER BOOKS RECEIVED (REVIEWS
LATER)
THE DOOR OF DREAD" by Arthur
Stringer; illustrated by NJ. Leone
Breaker; the Bobbs-Merrill company,
publishers, Indianapolis.
NARROWED IN THE FOREST" by A.
Hyatt verrill; illustrated; Harper Bros
publishers, New York.
"WARPATH AND HUNTING TRAIL"
by Elmer Russell Gregor; Harper Bros,
publishers, New York
CUBAN SUGAR CANE" by Robert
Wiles; illustrated by six photographs;
the Bobbs- Merrill company, publishers,
Indianapolis.
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SOURCES OF INFORMATION

The poultryman must study. He
must levy tribute on every possible
source of information. His reading
must be extensive and constant. Poul-
try culture is q subject taught in most
of the colleges and universities of any
significance today. The man who can
possibly take a course in one of these
schools should do so, if he plans to do
big things in the poultry business
There are correspondence courses that
may be followed with small cost and
great profit. Poultry articles such as
are found in nearly all papers are very
informing and should be studied per-
sistently. Bulletins on poultry culture
are sent out free, in response to
| postal card request, from the depart
. ment of agriculture in Washington and
| from the corresponding departments in
| each state and also from the great uni
versities. Every poultryman should
avail himself of all these sources of
valuable information at once.
| The most valuable source of informa-
| ton probably is n visit to a successful
| poultry plant, taking sufficient time 20
study it in all its departments with
| special reference to it's units of opera
| ton and systems of successful co-ordi-
mating those units Visit such plants
with a list of questions arranged be-
! forehand in order that the greatest
possible amount of useful information
may be gained. Take a note book and
jot down facts and figures. There are
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-07-30
TWO METHODS OF OPERATION

ID Intensive Methods. Where the
unit is exceedingly small and the space
per fowl correspondngly small the
danger of confusion is still greater. If
the unit consists of Is birds or less in
one pen and in one range it is evident
that there would be some $50 units of
operation in a stock of 1000 birds.
While the small unit is very important
for certain purposes, it is very evil
dent that the larger flock principle
must be employed ordinarily. The
amount of work and detail demanded in
the case of so many units involves
much greater danger of necessary neg
lect in extremes of heat and cold, es-
specially if help is short.
90 Extensive Methods. Such meth
DDS mean larger space and a larger
number of birds in each division or
units. This avoids much danger of con-
fusion in the different departments of
the business; but it means risk of dan
gerous confusion among individual
birds. A much larger business with
much less work and worry may be con-
Quoted on the extensive plan than on
the intensive. There are advantages
and disadvantages in each system
Whichever is adopted the most thor
ough study should be given to it with a
full appreciation of the demands made
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books in any large library that are de-
voted to the discussion of business
methods of down to date value. Such
books should be read by the poultry
man even if he has to purchase them.
A treatise on Scientific MANAGEMENT"
that system now being employed III
many kinds of business. would be in
estimable value to the large scale pro-
prietor of poultry plant. What poul-
trymen need to study is a system of
economy and efficiency in the handling
of a business involving numberless de-
tails. The man who masters first of I'll
the efficiency and economy of the
smallest division of his business, and
then by study and experience develops
the ability to so relate those divisions
that the most successful team work
may be attained, need have no fear CT
failure.
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Male birds are necessary evils during
the breeding season, and then only. At
other times they are apt to be a NUS
ance and a liability To make a sue
cess with poultry every specimen must
be productive the nonproducers are
drones and should be eliminated. Next
weeks article entitled, "Segregate
Cockerels and Market Surplus Breed
ers' deals with this subject.
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CUBAN SUGAR CANE" by Robert
Wiles; illustrated by six photographs;
the Bookseller company, publishers,
INDIANAPOLIS
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NARROWED IN THE FOREST" by A
Hyatt Verrill; illustrated; Harper Bros.
publishers, New York.
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"WARPATH AND HUNTING TRAIL,
by Elmer Russell Gregor; Harper Bros
publishers, New York.
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OTHER BOOKS RECEIVED (REvIEWs
LATER)
THE DOOR OF DREAD" by Arthur
Stringer; illustrated by NJ. Leone
Breaker; the Bobbs-Merrill company
publishers. Indianapolis.
The Washington times., 1916-07-13
To Quickly Relieve
Soreness and Inflammation

Rub in a few drops, OF Absorbine.
Jr. It is surprising how promptly 1t
penetrates and acts--how. clean and
pleasant II is to Use. and how eco
nomical. because only a few drops
are required to DO the work.
In addition to being dependable
liniment, Absorbine, Jr.. 10 a safe,
powerful, trustworthy antiseptic and
germicide which doubles its efficiency
When applied to cuts. bruises. and
sores, II kills the germs. makes the
wound antiseptically clean and pro-
notes rapid. healthy healing. II al
lays pain and Inflammation promptly.
Swollen glands. painful varicose
veins, wens, and bursal enlarge
ments yield readily to the appiica-
tion OF Absorbine.. Jr.
dr Ass2fTsn az dts ana '9a By oGi tssn Il
sent direct postpaid.
Liberal trial bottle oPP Sstpala for Joe
AS Temple St.. Springfield. Mass.
-Adyt
The Washington times., 1916-07-13
5000 TO TAKE PART IN
ODD FELLOWS OUTING
Thiry-three Lodges Join in Chesa
peake Beach Excursion.

Thirty-three lodges of the Indepcnd-
ent Order Of Odd Fellows with the Re-
bekah and other auxiliary lodges Of the
order today Join with the grand lodge
of the District in an excursion to Ches-
apeake Beach.
Besides the District Odd Fellows.
lodges from Baltimore and other Nary
land and Virginia towns arc expected
to take part In the outing. When the
representatives from these sources come
together. mere than 5000 people, tnclud..
ing thc hismbers Of the fa9rhity and
their FAMILIES. are expected to be gath
cred on the beach.
The widows and children Of deceased
members Of the order are to be honorcd
guests. The outins is for the benefit of
the Odd Fellows Home recently pur-
chased. Athletic games. races. and n
baseball game have been provided for
khe amusement OF the crowd.
Past Grand william f. Dement,. OF
Federal City Lodge, No. 20. 10 OF the
head Of the Joint committee In charge
Of arrangements.
The Washington times., 1916-07-13
MANASSAS FIRM
JOINS D. c. MILITIA
Three Members Of Real Estate
Company Become Members
Of Guard.

Ono business establishment in Manas-
sas. Va. closed It's doors yesterday. and
the population Of that historic village
fell off by three. II was not business
depression that caused this result. but
an inspiration OF pure patriotism. The
three members Of the defunct firm are
now fuli-fedged members of the organ
ised militia Of the District Of Column
bia.
John r. Craig. John r. Larkin, ana
Robert w. whedbee. having grown up
together. engaged In the real estate
business in Manassas. When President
Wilson called upon the national guard
Of the country to come to the colors
each of the young real estate brokers
desired to respond to the country's call.
Neither, however, was willing to 60 and
defeat the ambition Of his partners.
Consequently, the question was AMIGA
bly, arranged yesterday by suspension
Of business. and the enlistment OF all
three.
The campaign for recruits for the
District militia Ia now progressing quite
satisfactorily. That all the comforts
possible may be given to the new
guardsmen. Harry Gladman. a real es.
tate broker. has placed his automobile
at the disposal Of the recruiting officers
and each of the newly enlisted men ID
given q motor ride from the office
to Camp Ordway.
As a further attraction for the office
The Washington times., 1916-07-13

the Third Regiment Band has arranged
programs for nightly concerts at th'
recruiting headquarters.
seret. James II. Mcknight who hea
been on sick leave, has returnee u
duty at the recruiting office.
The recruiting il going on at Camr
ordway much better than at the Penn.
sylvania avenue office. Yesterday
forty-four men enlisted In the camp
They are:
George l.. Ansaivish. John w. Bar.
Der. Harry Blackman, Alfred G. Cad
dick. Cardwell 8. Calhoun. Nicholas A
Capareil, Bernard r. Crowley, william
w. Curtain, wallace II. Davidson
B BcS.I,, nb,t1: rI E,s,:
ysmss J. Hardy. , E;s;TI,Iy i; H Have:
Michsei 4. ,Lsdeau. Charles Y 10y
PIE,sderisk p; o'Brisn. B.n}smI,n .rI H
Lloyd Prather, William Kelley, Vincent
RutheTford. Kenneth 1. SARGE, Nor
man II. Sonneman, William A. Stamler
Adrian p: Swami. Harris Turner
Philip II. Wood.
First Separate Battalion recruits
are: Lawrence Hicks, Edward Chase
Ernest F. Carter, Walter 0iddings
williams Hearns, John H. Parker
George Porter. Willie Quaio, Celiftof
Darcy, George d. See. &.