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Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-18
Woman World
BY Mrs. ]. 7. johnson

The 937 children that were injured
by traffic in the streets Of New YoTR
City during August are e3I moEe
reasons why the men Of New York
City should vote yes on the woman
suffrage amendment. II mel can't
protect children on the city street.
women ought TO have the chance -
try.
Father 10 North Carolina has o
his case 70 the effect that be hzz .
constitutional right 10 have hE -
lie boys work II hours . day u TT
cotton mill. But mother did ~ ~
pear in any way as party 70 10 SIR
The gist Of the woman E
movement is that mother EF E a.
father shall be recognizes a. nTr1us
a stake in the community -aE NOV
exploits her children E5tnuU rai-
sUltbg her.
Theodore Roosevelt po--A4 uu n
the suffrage meeting Ehlst ne aG
dressed in his owl frons yard int r
was = feature q as w- AE1 Enaf
&c had proved thzt TIE EXTRA VIVA
force q the EzrrlnF cgE1-lEE lad
had % bzck EP TIE E1Hs ~ 1u-Z
pyeUwssre .s tie va -z-sg-y
here wyzld rez- a EasEE - Z
aul pItzl r ~ wa W
men.
L. the sozaa -ss wgzsz z-E oszE
used a. waitress O. trans az &
esr cleaner as wsl a. track Ezr1
The ~Bro-berhood q Railway Cz--
men 3. t5a.. Texas egzvsslaz C.
cided last week Anticipating 1s
change, 70 adm. women 6o1Eg ICES
work 70 full n~smbs-Ehp.
Several kinds Il crops, u e ~
nounosd are wonderfully god u taa
United States this year. One e-gg
that mas broken the rsagrd z 1917 =
the crop q suffrage vic1ries- The
gain z rev states 2 2 year n 70
get more than double tie Ezn= ne
ever carried IN twelve z0a-hs b.
fore.
Whenever war cones apDz 1E wgrE
the vision Of F0rencs SlE&-1zze
with the lamp rises Ike = E-z-, ~
type to al minds q w91zns -ork "a
var relief. Il should be bogoe Il re.
membrane that the tT0 great y.gl-
eerB IN this field 49, Florence NIgh.L
yale and Clara Barton - were lie
long advocates Of votes for Sornen.
Even in ~aBtncrstic Germany, TIE De-
mand for the political equality q
men and women is becoming az ag
tatsd question. The National Union
for women suffrage, with 81 branch
O. IN the Empire, has Detiaoned the
Constitutional Committee Of the
E~eichEtag that women suffrage be n
Guided as ar Indispensable condition in
all constitutional reform proposals as
a matter Of wartime justice and ez-
pediency.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-18
QUESTIONS AMI Aysvr%ss

Can you tell me
quiet the valves on my car,
have just been adjusted a., hq
clearance seems to be cOrreet, @
II the adjustment /,
there is one other thing v5i., as
responsible for the yalvo nayS
the valve guides or the v,, nol''' /
or both, have become worn STEM
chance for slide play when ,La'
operating, thus causing a r.,s r'y a.
best way to determine hi, y III
out the valves and examine ~ ae
for excessive wear. Then ,S1 ' s'es'
which are pressed into tbo saaa
castings can be removed ana 'unas
med. You might be able ~ s1aS.
them without removal. inspect
What is the difference in
ing the battery cells in se,is s'uA'e'
parallel? OF IA
When batteries are CONNECTED,
ries the positive poles Of n e.p V
connected with the negative ", y, az
next, and so on. When in D...a He
all the negatives are eorro,,s1 ale
all the positives. C~onnecting aa
ries gives the effect Of ,dS s'
voltages, while connecting in T,. NJ
lei adds the ainperage. Thu, r !
one volt cells were connected
'ries the result would be v
current, while in parallel the v,,,.a
would be about one.
How can ! stop the rafting !, 4
brake bands on my car? ~~'
Possibly the brakes need reli,i,.
When worn down they us,,Ilr
noisy. Also shine up the su,Ds,, !,
points so that there will be M ~.
side motion. 1t is advisable n n.y.
small coil springs to keep The en-
pended parts from hitting The s,,r'
drums. "'A'
When | throttle down the moo, #
my car for two or three minnie.
then open the throttle the m.,,'
seems to choke and sometimes :"
stop altogether? Can you tell m. 4.
trouble?
Your trouble is in the carbursto,
Would suggest your trying A Vs.,
auxiliary air valve spring. Al,o !.
spect float and float valve and ro,s =
same work freely and properly
Why does my clutch make a gri,a
ing noise when it is pushed ont !,
ccasting downhill? How can I NJ.
vent it from gripping?
You probably have a broken ball /,
the thrust bearing back Of the elusb
spring. Treat the Leather viii
~neats-foot oil and then try rop,b
up the matted surface Of a.
leather with a small saw blade "a,
If the springs under the Leather
are working satisfactorily. Perhsn
they need Tightening to make them
act against the under surface Of ae
leather. II the leather seems tn
worn the cone should be re-.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-18

ton. were guests q JoEn Caw.hgru
ard family Sunday. TIE ". P
Club meets with Mr.. Flyu. Wcdzss-
day Afternoon. Homer Mgndy, Of
Arkansas. is visiting relatives here.
- Joe Marshall has his uew barn
about complete Z. L. Robinson il
doing the carpenter work. - MiAs
Florence Heller is home from 4
weeks visit with her sister, Mrs.
Lewis Galloway. - Mrs. Tena Hell
zcr, Of Nebraska, was the guest u
Mrs. Henry Fisher Saturday night
and Sunday. Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Fisher spent Friday night with rela-
tiyes in Mexico.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-18

Mr. " T. Chick and daughter,
Fife are visiting for a few days IN
Fandsiia Miss Ara Dollins spent
Saturday night and Sunday with
homefolks. - Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie
Cassell, Of Vandalia, spent Saturday
and Saturday night with Mr.. and
Mrs. W. T. Chick; also Ellis Cas-
sell. Mrs. B. Founts has returned
home, after a weeks visit in Vandalia.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-18

An English inventor has perfected
an ingenious and elaborate Jack de-.
signed to do away at one fell sgo9o
with all difficulties motorists nov
have in raising their cars from lie
ground for n purpose or another.
The c%ontraption is attached to ,n
car and when not in use, folds under
1t, practically out Of sight. III
connected with the engine and Op.
rated from the drivers seat BY tn
simple movement Of a lever. WITH
it the entire car, passengers and al,
can be lifted from one to eight inches
as desired, in ten seconds, or even
more quickly if the engine is accelet.
ated. II you're driving into a gar.
age for repair work, no one needs 10
get out Of the car while the work i
being done. When it's over you lover
the car and drive away. II YOU'RE
fussy about your tires-as you should
be-you ear take the entire weigh.
of the car off them whenever a stop
any length is made. All Of which i
printed because it represents a divert.
ing idea. The jack, as a matter d
fact is of no particular use to Anna.
lean motorists for the simple reason
that it is not obtainable in this cou.
try.
Before taking your car out Of dead
storage: Properly initiate all the
tires prior to taking car off the jacks
Fill the tank with gasoline. Screw
down all the grease cups and freely
use the oil can wherever there sr
working parts. If the ignition system
requires use of battery, use a newly
charged one. Fill the radiator with
water. Do this slowly, to allow the
water to completely fill the cooling
system. In motors using the splash
.lubricating system it is desirable to
Drain the old oil from crank case and
refill with fresh oil. Put a teaspoon
ful Of kerosene in each cylinder before
the motor. Clean all the
spark plugs. Oil the magnetic, using
the best grade Of oil. Reseat tao
valves. If the car has been placed N
warm, dry storage, no further tr0l,
bic should be necessary. Tires, Of
course, always deteriorate, and Their
life after a seasons storage is more
less uncertain.
Although rarely done, it is better 70
strain lubricating oil before it IS put
n the tank, not only to prevent inc
of oil ducts and to eliminate
ne possibility Of abusive actlOh uu'
o foreign substances but also to pre-
'ent foreign matter from getting int'
he pump. Such matter may cause
he pump to stick and some part p"
'ecome broken.
The best way to drive a car over
hort stretch of broken stone is "
AXE a short run at it-not too fast
nd let the a coast over the stone
Nth the clutch out. Thus the rea'
Tres are relieved of driving STRAINS
nd Of the resulting tearing actions .. g.
harp stones on the rubber. VI
curse it is not always practicable "
o this, but when it can be done y
dds just a little more to the life
lie tires.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-18
Advertised Letters

A list Of advertised letters remain
ing uHeaIled for in the post office at
Mexico, No, for the week ending Oc-
tober Is. 1917:
Anderson, c A
Brookhart, Mrs Myrta
Coons, Miss Elsie
Copeland, Clyde
Dixon. James
Dixon, Ed
Gibson, Preston
Grobe, Mrs W II
Harvey, Jim
Henderson, NJ p
jackson, Andrew
Preston, Mrs Cartel
Preston, Jim
Preston, Mrs. Jim
Reeds, Miss Eileen
Hickman, Miss Mamie
Shipley, Joe f
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-18

Miss Eva Miller, after visiting
homefolks, has returned to st. Louis,
where she is stenographer in Judge
W. W. Fry's department of the Fed
eral Land Bank.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-18

Mr.. and Mrs. G.. S. Eddy, Miss
Butler and A. G. Elliott, Of ST.
Louis, spent Tuesday night in this
Early Wednesday morning the
party went TO jefferson City to at
tend an important meeting of the
Y. NJ. c. A. They were accompa-
MED by Mrs. II. Z. Truck. a former
Mexico girl.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-18

EDISON

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Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-18
Tea Towels for 5GLDIERS,l

We have sold dozens of flour sacks
TO the ladies', who are making tea
towels for the soldiers. Do your bit
and send a dozen. 48c a dozen
VIM. Pollock Mill & Elev. Co. dot wi
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-18

John Crump, east Of Victor, deliver
ed 81 head Of hogs to Perry buyers
Tuesday at $3.50 per hundred lbs
the highest price ever paid in that To-
cality. The bunch averaged $50 lbs.
bringing $4G.25 apiece, or a grand to-
tai Of $2,956.35 for the 81 head.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-18

We wish to extend our sincere
thanks to all who were so kind to US
during the sickness and death of our
dear husband and father. dit
Mrs. j. T. Atkinson.
Willard Atkinson.
Emmit Atkinson.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-18
PERSONAL WAR
TAX IS COMPUTED
he Snail Wage Earner Must To His
ParS as Wen as the Man Who
C6ps His Csapsas
A CLEAR
Nauy NaEonS eS Ns~ lRco4es VIII
Re ASSesssA ~ the Government
IN the Next Year

a&re2csS q Ae rev var
1svvzas As F0ozsss D create a rev
SaS processes. tAat q TAX inter
z-vas- AM a2vsser 70 business men
ans ca-rS-stozS.
Nhe Mast nsy lRcene Tax.
Eve-y uamHrrc1 mzR. woman o.
sAAl ~ah ast isce@e Of Sl.0eo or
marc
EvSzy married person. With net in
oane of Saeae O. more
An incone tax, under the new law,
uas; be paid by every unmarried
nAr, womAa or child with IN income
FROM wages, profits, interest rent or
any oihir source Of $1,000 or more
for the calendar year 1917 and by
every married person with a net ~
oaze Of $4,000 or more.
Returns must be made under oath
On O. before March /, 1918, by every
person with q net income Of the
xnazziS named above, yer If there
Is NJ lax aaes under penalty of $50
he returns cannot be made until the
rear 1917 has closed.
Business expenses, interest and tax
e. Business losses and YEA and tear
en- property. together with a limited
EBogni Of worthy contributions are
Ssd9cfed in figuring net income.
Net incomes, upon which the tax is
lsy5e6 Is calculated b ytaking the total
amount Of money received by the in
dividuAl during the year from all
sources and dedueting from that
amount the following items:
Necessary expenses actually paid in
carrying IN any business or trade,
BIT not including personal, living or
family expenses:
All interest paid within the year
on Indebtedness, except interest on
loans made for the purchase of tax
exempt securities;
Losses actually sustained during the
year in business or trade, or from
fires, storms, theft, etc;
Debts a~scertained to be worthless
and actually charged off;
Reasonable allowance for wear and
tear Of property employed in bust
ness, contributions for religious,
charitable, scientific Or educational
purposes to an amount not in excess
Of Is per cent of the net income with
out the benefit of this paragraph.
Unmarried persons have $1,000 ex-
empt from income tax; married per-
sons have $4,000 exempt and in addi-
ton 5000 exempt for each dependent
child under IS.
The new measure does not replace
rates, but adds a new set of rates.
The taxes levied upon incomes are
a composite result Of four separate
sets of taxes. the normal" and "su-
pertax" rates Of both the old and the
new revenue bills.
For example, under the old law there
was a normal tax of 2 per cent on all
incomes of unmarried persons over
$4,000, the new bill adds a new nor.
NAL tax of 2 per cent and lowers the
to $1,000; under the old
bill supertaxes started with $4,000,
and those supertaxes still stand, but
there have been added new supertax-
es beginning with $4,000.
Table of Rates
In order to simplify the matter,
this table has been prepared, combin-
ing the normal and supertax rates un-
der both bills. The table shows for
each separate class of income the TO-
tai tax rate that will be levied upon
it. 1t should apply to the amount of
income falling within each tax group
and not to the income as a whole:
Tax Group,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-18

Miss Naylee Newman, a student at
Hardin College, underwent an OBJ.
Grafton at the Hospital Tuesday.
Miss Newman's home is in South Da-
kota.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-18

Miss Tine Houston, Librarian of the
Mexico Library, will attend the State
Library Convention at Jefferson Citv
this week.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-18
EDISON NOW GIN e
D USICS
RECREATION

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Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-18

DR.. and Mrs. Fred Griffin LETT
Tuesday for a two weeks visit in st.
Louis.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-18

". L. Davenport, of Morris-Haas
Poultry Company, is in Chicago on
business this week.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-18

A marriage license was granted
Miss Ruth Grimes and Paul Alexan-
der late Thursday. Both are from
Paris.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-18

c. A. Barnes is home from a bust
ness trip to Columbia.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-18

transacted business in Paris Tues.
day Miss Viola Bybee is visiting
Mexico relatives.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-18

Farley Campbell was operated on at
the Hospital Tuesday, and is getting
along nicely
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-18

cher was a Mexico visitor Saturday.
Ed Atchison visited his parents
IN Mexico Saturday and Saturday
uipbt A6la.x. MI. 49,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-18

Il nan ~
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na-elel =re
y.l.l1 zl e @s- -e Z
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@ gave WCl 2
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Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-18

The method of using the table can
best be explained by a simple exam
Pile:
If you are married with no children.
n have an income of $4,000. von
will pay tax on $4,000 which is ey.
empt under the law. On the $4,000
falling into the tax group, $4,000
$4,000 you viii pay 2 per cent. or $40:
on the $1,000 falling in the tax group.
$4'OOO-$5,0OO you will pay A per cent
or $40; an the 81 900 falling in the
tax group $5,OOO-$6 900 you will nav
, per cent or $50; making a total in.
come tax of $3.50.
II you have two children under IL
you have an exemption of 5000 for
each, so that you would pay ne tax on
S2'4oo; 2 per cent on $1,000 betwe,n
your $2,4OO exemption and $4,000: 4
per cent on $1,000 between $4,000 ami
$4,000; 5 per cent on $1,000 between
$4,000 and $4,000, making a total tay
of S122, wa
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-18

o. rouhd husn nm arc ~prospero,s
Ems IS the place to be.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-18

Mrs. NJ. r. Wise will visit in Kan
sas City for a month.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-18
ShneH RadncedN

Every pair Of shoes in our own
stock reduced in price this week.
Buy your winter shoes now; it viii
pay you. DIT wilt
JOHNSON1S VARIETY ST0RE
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-18

u VIE NTIIUT EIUIEHt6
The Mexico W. c. T. U. Chap
Ter has made 200 Comfort Kits
for the Audrain soldiers
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-18
FOR
DecIarat

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Liberty
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tributed
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the Unit
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Mexico
friends.
here and
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-18
&. November 18th, 1917
November 18th, 1917
November l4th, 1917

IhapT NJ
Emmons & Son, Mexico, Mo-. ~
Galloway County Breeders, Fulton, Mo. NJ,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-18

/ Dinner Served by the Ladies aes, q Chr
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-18

. TIE HALLMARK SIRE
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-01-18
LATOCCHE CHILD SENDS
 DIMES FOR BATTLESHIP FUND

The following clipping from the New York Tribune, relative to the building of a battleship by means of children's subscriptions, is sent to The Pioneer by one of it's readers:
 A little boy in Ohio, Robert w. Tiemann, received the following let ter from Alaska last week with three dimes enclosed for Marjorie's battle ship. It was written on the back of a cracker carton wrapper:
 "Latouche, Alaska.
 "I read in one of the white boys papers you and Miss Sterrett is gO- ing to build a big battleship, MT. Hermann, and if your ship is as big as our ship I want to give you all the money I got. Grama and Grapa was in Alaska, our white teacher said long before Noah built the Ark, but papa come up fourteen years ago and he said if he ever got his blooE- ing mine a working he would build a battleship his self I made all this money selling fish and furs to white men. I am 13 years and go to school nearly every day but will go bear hunting before long. I read all the white boys paper and the big print was the Newton Bee (Newtown, Conn.,. We have six in school, the teachers don't count as they only teach one year and marry some of the boys in the mine every year. I hope your ship will be big one Papaps is 30 feet long and carry a lot of ore besides six foxes every trip. Why is MT Tribune don't give his ad- dress.
 "Your friend in polar bear dress, "ALVAH JOYCE.''
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-01-18
Wakinq the SIeepers.

In diary kept in 1646 it is asserted that Allen Brydges has been chose to wake the sleepers in meeting and. be. ing much proud of his place, must needs have fox taile fixed to the end of a long staffe, wherewith he may brush the faces of them that will have maps in time of discourse" This ener- getic individual was likewise armed with "a sharpe thorne" for the benefit of those who be most sounde." There is a record of the use of this implement upon Mir. Tompkins. who was sleeping comfortably in the corner of his pew when Allen thrust his staff behind Dame Ballard to give him grievous prick upon the hand. whereupon Mir. Tomkins did spring much above the floor and with terrible force did strike his head against the wall and also to the great wonder of all 'prophane!ie' exclaim in loud voice, 'Buss the woodchuckr he dreaming. as it seemed that a woodchuck had seized him and bit his hand"
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-01-18
GOLF THE sTATEsMAN's GAME

War is the statesman's game, wrote the bitter poet of a hundred yea g ago. but could he write 1t now he would be compelled to admit that the statesman's game today is golf. As ouith, Lloyd George, Balfour give it as their favorite recreation. And American statesmen simply could not live without it. The links will do for them whatever they want in 9 physical way. If Taft desires to re- duce weight by 100 pounds or so. he devotes himself to golf and the thing is done. Hughes comes back from speaking tour with a ragged voice and worn out and flies to the golf links to build himself up. President Wilson counts that day lost when he cannot get in a round to make hin forget the cares of office. Only the Colonel abstains Not a mans game" was his contemptuous descrip. tion of golf. But he may yet be tempted to beat his sword into nib- lick. What a sight it would be for gods and men-to see the Colonel struggling tc get his ball out of a deep trap.--New York Post.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-01-18
THE GREAT ADVENTURE.

The romance of the great towns. Do the city bred ever thrill to it as we of the small towns? I wonder. Not vulgar bedazzlement with glitter and swirl-your minor poet or Broadway dramatist can dish up that emotion - but the mental intoxication of guess ing at the epic sweep of human des- tinies interwoven in these inscruta- ble buildings, these teeming streets. II mean a glamour as of first hearing a majestic symphony, performed by a full orchestra; I mean those first few weeks of our great adventure, of the sense and sound of the city drench- ing us with hope and dread; of lift ing eyes to the upper murk-shot rose pink from the glare of boulevards; of the untitled roar borne vaguely up into remote brick courts as frorl spring freshets laundering in deep woods over the cataracts of life Seymour Deming in the October At lantic.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-01-18
THURSDAY, JANUARY IS, 1917
LOCAL MAGNETIC POLE.

The magnetic poles of the earth are commonly supposed to be diamet- rically opposite each other and that a line through the earth connecting them would necessarily pass directly through the earth's center. Such, however, is not the fact, for a line connecting the north and south mag netic poles passes beneath the Pacific ocean and about 75O mnes to one side of the center of the earth. The north magnetic pole is on the west point of King Williams Land, an isl and just above latitude 70 degrees north and longitude 95 west. It is interesting to know that there is a center of magnetic attraction--a To- cal magnetic north pole at Treadwell Point near Juneau, Alaska. Obser- vations were made there in 1900 and gaain in 1907. A tent was erected at a spot where the dipping needle stood vertical with it's north end down, ant the compass reversed it's direction when, carried from one side of the tent to the other. Ships compasses, a mile away, in Gastineau channel, are defiected about II deg. by this local magnetic attraction.-Mining and Scientific Press.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-01-18

attained yet, but 1t has gone to es- tablish at least two great facts. The first is the truth of telepathy. I sup pose telepathy is practically accepted now, and that it is of enormous i'm portance. If one mans mind can and does exercise not only an influence upon the mind of another, but actu- ally communicates with another from a distance, it is simply a question whether or not these communications go on after death. The other fact IS that communications have passed at the moment of death between one and another, in spite of distance of space. I think I am right in saying that the society is quite convinced about this, too.-Canon Adderly in Tit-Bits.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-01-18
BLUE FLAG AN AHlSTOCkRT.
This Wild Flower 10 the Ancestor of
 the Garden Iris.

the Garden Iris.
 As the ancestor of the stately iris of the garden, this wild flower belongs among the first families" of the coun. try. It occupies the same position among the flowers that the MayHower descendants occupy in Boston society It leads the grand march at the Colo. nial Danes ball and waves at the head of the parade of the Ancient and Honorables. It's called the blue flag.
 To return to floral lore. this aristo. crat displays something besides an. cestry. Witness it's ingenuity in per. petuating itself.
 In the laws of the flower kingdom it is absolutely necessary that the blue flag be cross fertilized-that is. for the pollen of one flower to be carried to another. To guard against self fertili' zation the flower hides its stigmas in pockets. where it's own pollen cannot reach them.
 But the blue flags cleverness does not stop here. Since it depends solely on the pollen from other blossoms. it calls on it's friends, the bees, to bring the pollen. To make the work of the bees as easy as pOssoble the flower provides a little porch" at the dooi to it's honey chamber as a landing place for the insects in their flight Philadelphia North American.