The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-10
FOLIO THE flAG"
PATRIOTIC HENS ADVICE
Mysterious Message is watermsrketed
Or shell of esq Now on
Exhibition.

The limit has been reached Food Of
All kinds and every station in life
has been soaring for SO long that
some bare comfort can be reached
from the very assertion. no matter
what the llriit happens to be The
Transaction which calls this forth was
closed yesterday between. the Springer
Drug company and J, NJ Hall. l7li
North Twenty-eighth street, producer,
The article. an egg. OF the kind pro
ducsd by the vals and self-congratula-
tory hen. The price. IS GIVE DOL
LARsD
But this particular specimen of hen
fruit was a bargain. an exceptional
bargain. at the price At the admis-
sion price OF ten cents each. 1t would
probably net its owner small for
tune IL exhibited throughout tina
country. In a tent adjacent to that OF
the Half Man; Half Fish"
The Springer Drug company. 1900
venahle street is now the possessor
OF the most remarkable egg OF any .gs
SINCE Inc uEsL VI A1CAs as ~~~
case may be. was bestowed upon man
kind, In plainly discernible letters
In the she'll OF the marvel is inscribed.
Folio the Flag" There Is no question
az 10 the accuracy of the message, 1t
10 as plain as the print OF this page,
And II wtthstands all efforts to ernse
IT The inscription seems to be mada
In much the same manner as the man
ufacturers' names or trademarks are
printed on stationery or other paper.
the process known as "water-marked.' .
1t ie obviously made from within and
scientifc men of the city are
totally In the dark for any explana-
ton 81 the phenomenon.
Mr.. Hall who was the unconscious
owner of the queen Of all fowls has
filed q sworn affidavit stating that the
egg 10 a bona-fde product Of his hen
pered with to the best Of HIS knowl.
edge and belief The marvel was hAr-
vested with the balance of the day,
crop and would have gone the way O,
all good eggs had not Mr.. Hall notice.
the message.
The tragic side OF tire episode Il
that Mr.. Hall simply found the egl
among the others in his henhouse and
being without means Of communion
ing with his feathered flock. the har
who produced the marvel will prohabl,
70 unhallowed and unhonored to a FRI
cassed grave. And surely. no create,
act Of patriotism finds place in Ameri
can history. than that this hen. nat
urs,lv. 4frivelaps fowl. sheula he In.
spired by the sight and sound OF week
kneed Young men waiting at the pros
pect OF a winter abroad TO do such ar
unheard OF thing as get out an axtrs
edition within It's very own toothsom'
carcass.
No little comment has resulted from
the omission OF the w" in the Fol
low" This is doubtless reminder
TO those who quihbIe over trines tina
this is day Of eienentals, and tina
such small things as grammar or spen
ing md no place In the tremendous
and vital scheme Of things other
suggest that the hen is a Rooseveltia,
fowl One gentleman urges that III
egg be Matched with all precautiol
and dispatch. and is Offering odds tina
the result will be an American Eagle
However, this may be the Egg /
now rerosinw in the Springer empor
;um. where II lays in egg-sha ped In
difference and battles scientific sharp
and plain ruhher-necks alike,