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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-16
DEMAND FOR BUILDING
AND THE OBSTACLES

seveuty.four cities have returned
70 the Omitted States department OF
iahcr questicnnsires on building needs
and obstacles In getting building un-
.itt>vav. vifty-seven of these cities
show . pressing demand for building
ss1d most Of these emphasize the short
age Of dwellings and apartment
houses.
Typical OF the representations in
this particular are the following:
Portland. Me. reports a shortage in
dwelling and tenement houses: Haver-
hfil, lawrence and Salem, MssA. re-
port demand for dwellings and tone
ntents: Albany. n Y. needs flats.
Manhattan needs ottce. dwelling and
storage buildings: Rochester needs
d@eiitnFS and mercantile buildings:
Atlantic City. East Orange and Eliza
b4th, N. J.. are short In dwellings and
apartments. and almost all the towns
IN Pennsylvania reporting show q de-
ficiency in residences.
Ohio, Indiana and Illinois show a
shortage in dwellings with an occa-
sicral report on demands for schools
and factories, and the major per-
centage Of shortage In Colorado. Utah,
dwellings In the south and south
west there Is q demand for business
bp3ldinE. this being especially notice.
a6le In Texas and Louisiana.
Scranton and wilkes Barre, Pa.
Newark. Ohio. Wheeling, w. Va.
Rlo0u1ingtou and Danville, Ill, report
M demand fer buildings indicating
pre4sat facilities are adequate to cur
rent needs
TAeoma. Wash. was the only city
reporting no delay on account OF
wages, material. prices, interest rates
and available capital. Tacoma's OBJ
sfacie Was Indictment weather and sub
seauent reports from the state OF
WaAhinktac indicate preparations for
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-16

Chicago. March 14.--TaYi T. Butter.
president Of a big Chicago coal and
mining company. argued pedal teIa-
pathy" as ons Of the reasous why he
should not be forced to pay his wife
aiirnony. The case was heard in cir
cult court today Butler, In sum
ming Up, alleged indiscretioDa of his
wife, accused her of having placed
her feet close 20 those of the elderly
Louis A, Eenzinger while seated MT a
bridge table. This little under the
table" Irritation had led to wallis in
secluded places and conduct all un-
becoming a wife. he said.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-16

unusual building activity for IN.
spring season.
The questionnaires. which wer<
sent out by the division of public
works and construction development
Of the United States department oil
| labor, were calculated TO verify the
results OF other Investigations into the
building shortage Of the country and
Ito develop what. II amy. obstacles
were being encountered by building
Interests Specific information was
asked on the influence OF wages, ma
tterfal prices. interest rates and avail
able investment capital Several cit
les reported that 1t was none of these
(which was delaying building but rath-
err the uncertainty OF the future labor
land material market.
Fn,sn SafSss srs FACTOR Il nol ans
I back building; there in almost unani-
nous concurrence IN the opinion that
| high prices Of materials are deter
mined obstacles. There is not much
complaint about interest rates. but
fourteen cities report builders are hsv-
ing difficulty In obtaining capital to
finance projects,
This latter obstacle appears not TO
be sectional matter but rather one
growing out OF local conditions in
widely separated territory. Cam
bridge, Mass. New Haven, Conn. AL
hsny, ~. Y. Philadelphia, Pa, Terrs
Haute Ind, Wheeling, w. va, Aurora,
Ill. are among the cities reporting
difficulty tn borrowing capital for
building work
Wherever building industry organ
I nations have gone into tho subject
the conclusion has prevailed that no
decrease in labor wages MAY he ex-
until the general price level on living
necessities drops.
The Investigations IF the economists
in the departrn ~ labor. supported
by no less ar authority than Prof.
Irving Fisher. NJ Yale university as
eert M marked reduction may re ex~
rected IN building material prices.
Professor Fisher ASSERTS we ara on a
new and higher Price level from which
in The main we shall not recede. We
ARE on p permanently higher price
level" saws Prof. Fisher. "ard the
sooner the bnsiners nnen or the coun~
try take This view and adjust them
selves 70 II, the sooner will they save
III emselvss and the nation from the
misfortune which will come. n ws per-
etst IN our present false hope"
After setting out the circumstances
and developments on which this con-
clusion ia based. PORT. Fisher con-
ciUdes his study of the situation with
this: Business men should face the
facts To talk revarentiy Of 1884
prices Is To speak A dead language to-
day. The buyers Of the country. since
the armistice. have nade an uuex-
ampled attack upon prices through
their waiting attitude. and yet price
recessions have been insignificant
The reason IL that we ara on a new
high price level. which will be found
a stubborn reality. Business man ara
going 10 find ont that the clever man
Ia not the man who waits. but the ono
who finds out the new price facts
and acts accordingly
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-16

bottom iikhts were the figures of Ar
thur and Katharine.
Still less appropriate did II become
when Henry began to tire OF Kathar-
inc and desired to divorce her. IL was
accordingly sent to the Abbey Church
of Waltham, where 1t remained until
the dissolution Of tho monastery, when
II was set up in a private chapel at
New Hall, Wiltshire
This property was soon afterward
purchased. curlously enough. by Sir
Thomas Boleyn. father Of Anne Boleyn,
who became the wife of Henry after
his desertion of Katharine The prop
erty--and the ACKNOWLEDGMENT
passed into the hands of Vuiiere, Duke
OF buckingham. whose son sold IL to
General Monk, I'D
Lt % As-iA'''-> - said xc +1s~> hy.krs tns'
taken zeal OF Puritanism during the
Civil war. At the restoration of the
monarchy the window was replaced In
the same chapel. which, in the course
OF time. became ruinous
1t was taken down and sold for
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-16
Denounces Toe Dancer.

Milwaukee, WIS. March IL
trict Attorney label To-Day folio
up an attack he made In court|
Monday on cabafets as he -
them In the county Jail with =
""n Sta'i1n sh~sr sSssssarL-
TOE dancer in flghts at SInfiayss
tertainment for the pris6nars.
we might as well turn orr
into a burlesque house, iie-satd
Under Sheriff Keizyckio nnnou,,
that henceforth the entertafnm.
Will be only musical. o..
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-16
BY MIME. M'KENNA FRIEND
Paris Fashion Expert

The Parisienne has not the elm"
attic necessity of the allover fur
garment that confronts the American
woman. In France, we know little
of zero weather and only our siren
uous war workers run their own
cars. But long fur coats are the
rage today in Paris as they, never
have been before. This is largely
due to the decline of the tailored
costume in favor of light weight,
one-piece gowns.
Many women when ordering fur
garment, expect 1t to last several
seasons without change, and for
them the classic straight sack shape
is still in good form. One model
of this sort carried out in nutria is
a large loose sack, lightly held
about the waist by narrow belt.
A second model of the sack shape
is cult quite straight, not very wide,
and narroWs in ever so little at the
hem. But even in these coat models
the arm hole is very wide and loose
so the garment will slip on easily
over any dress. In many cases the
kimona sleeve is used, the sleeve
cut in one with the shoulder.
The coat-dresses of velvet, broad
cloth and heavy silks that appeared
in the early openings have sprung
into great favor. They are worn
with fur shoulder capes, the newest
form of which is a wide scarf. Some
of these are of the soft thin turs,
such as Hudson American dyed
| muskrat known in United States as
| Hudson Seal and taupe, which is
called mole in America. Others are
! the ends are often trimmed with fur
| halls OTna TnnntS.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-16
Paris Furriers Are Drawing Very Heavily
On America for Furs to Meet Fashion Demand

Combinations of two furs seem to
be the accepted thing, Sucn as Hud-
son american dyed muskrat) ana
ermine-sable and skunk-and Hud-
son and squirrel. These comblna-
tions are particularly fetching IN
the sets OF shoulder pieces and
muffs.
Some of the shoulder pieces are
lined with. velvet, so they Will not
EARLY drop from off the shoulders
anG excellent ideA.
This years novelty in nuffs. asics
from the combinations of Sfurs, is
on the general lines of the large
clat muff seen several seasons ago.
It is, however, changed in effect by
a drawing string that pulls it into
a cluster of fullness DIT the ton,
STYLE of muff has only appeared a.
a part of a set.
There have never been such great
quantities of fur demanded from the
wholesale market, and the Paris fur
tiers have drawn very heavily on
America for their supply Skunk
has jumped into the first row of
favorite furs; there are enormous
collars of it ard it is extensively
used for shoulder piece and muff
sets. Pale gray squirrel, which our
grandmothers used to consider only
good enough for lining, is carefully
selected and matched and made into
expensive and beautiful garments.
And in spite of the fact that the real
Alaskan seal skin is slowly coming
back into the market. some of the
most fashionable women are wear
ing garments made of Hudson,
which is the selling name of the
dyed American muskrat, with the
| longer guard hairs removed.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-16

sure the maximum pattern pos
sible from any load. The broad
fsh-tail fash from the primer
gives even and thorough igni-
ton; the driving wads com
pletely seal in the gas behind
the shot; the stiffness of the
~crimp Or turnover at the shell
head is varied exactly according
to different loads, great care
being taken never to Stifen it to
such degree that it offers un-
due resistance to the powder
explosion. = ----'
In addition Winchester Shells are, of
course, thoroughly waterproof, insuring
true shooting in damp saturating salt air
or drenchlng rains. A special lubrica-
ton of the paper fibre prevents brittleness
and splitting in dry weather. ~~-,
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-16

Beaten, drugged and kidneped
by two strangers, robbed of ST.
400 and a gold watch, kept in a
dark rat-infested cellar with two
other victims. more than a week,
and finally led blindfolded by a
fourteen-year-old boy a half mile
before being given his liberty, was
the experience of w. K. Marcellus,
Sixty-five, a millionaire of Ashtabu-
la. Ohio. according to the report he
made last week to the police author
tiles of Cleveland.
Mr. Marcellus inherited $9,000,-
GOO by the bequest Of an uncle
who died in Paris at the outbreak
of the war. A week before the day
of the robbery, he had completed
arrangements for a trip to France.
He left the steamship ticket office
at noon with $2.400, after having
paid for the transportation of him
self, his wife, son-in-law. and
daughter. Mr.. and Mrs. John Myer,
Of Ashtabula.
Nabbed at Station
At about 8 o'clock in the eve
ming Mr.. Marcellus, leaving the
Union station. where he had gone
to make a long distance telephone
call. was near the top of the stair
way. he says, when he was at
tackled by two men. They struck
him on the head. drew a sack over
his head and made him inhale ether
or chloroform. A third man was
waiting at the wheel of an automo-
bile nearby.
After a long ride. Mr.. Marcellus
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-16

in pieces about four inches square
and plant it along in rows about six
inches to foot apart. The closer
you plant it and the larger number
of sets you put down the sooner you
will obtain a satisfactory sod. If
you are not in hurry and willing to
wait for another year you may put
the sets down a foot apart in the
drill, making the rows IS inches
apart.
If you wish to set Bermuda out
for pasturage purposes you could
proceed much as for the lawn. A
quicker and cheaper way would be to
secure a large amount of the Sod
chopping it up into narrow strips.
These may then be distributed from
a wagon bed broadcast over the land.
You should then run a roller over
the surface of the ground to press
the sets down into the soil. In this
way a large number of sets can be
distributed in a comparatively short
time, and if the season is at all ia
Vorable you may secure very good
stand in this way.
Another method is to plant Ber-
muda in shallow trenches or fur
rows run across the field about
every three or four feet The sets
are cut into small pieces and may
be distinguished from a basket car
ried over the shoulder of the man
he steps on it in passing and thus
presses it into the soil.
Bermuda grass may, of course, be
established from seed. We think it
would be safe to SOW it in April or
| May, depending on the locality where
it is to be established, as it takes the
seed a long time to terminate and
| if sown now one could not hope to
| have the grass make considerable de-
velopment before cold weather, and
1 IL 11 nov 20
| to be killed out by freezes, which it
would otherwise escape.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-16
Aged Ohioan Kidnapped, Robbed and He'd as
Prisoner for Many Days in Underground Cellar

said. he was thrust from the auto
mobile. crowded down steep cellar
steps and locked underground.
"1n the same compartment in
which l was confined for a week
was another man of about twenty
FIVE, his face slashed from ear
to mouth as if by knife" he
said. ION the other side of the par
tition was a woman about middle
age, judging from her repeated
cries for release from the cellar
prison.
1.-THE only one who came to the
cellar to pay any attention to us
was a boy of fourteen years, who
brought us soup. This food was
furnished only after we yelled re-
peatedly for relief"
Early in the morning of the day
Of his release, Mr.. MarcelluS said,
he overheard loud conversation that
ended with the words. well, We'll
let Charles take him out today"
Then two men descended the steps
to the compartment, blindfolded
Marcellus. and gave him over to
the boy Charles:
with the boy leading me, I
stumbled along uphill a distance
that must have been about a half
mile" he said. 'Then the Boy
suddenly took the cloth from my
face. AS he ran away the boy cried
out: Now you go your way and
I'll go mine
Police thus far have botained no
location of TIE prison cellar de-
scribed by Mr.. Marcellus. rts,
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-16

There is no reason why you should
not develop a combination live stock
ana general farm on the land about
which you inquire. There should be
a good market for the products of
such an enterprise in your home COM
munity. Sixty-five acres of land in
cultivation would of course not pro-
duce a sufficient amount of food to
maintain large herds or f1ocks. We
would suggest, for instance, that you
take ten acres of this land adjacent
to your woodland and branch bottoms
and divide it into lots of an acre
and grow crops thereon suitable for
grazing down by hogs. The ten-acre
proposition, with supplemental grains
such as corn and cereals which you
might grow, should enable you to
take care of ten brood Sows and their
progeny. We would give them the
run of a part of the woodland, where
they will pick up considerable of the
food supplies they will need.
A part Of the bottom land should
be used as pasture for cows. We
would use about 80 acres of the land
for the production of silage crops,
as this will produce the cheapest
kind of feed for maintaining your
COWS both summer and winter when
the natural pasture becomes short.
Thirty acres of land producing $50
tons of silage should be enough to
enable you to provide food for 20 to
80 cows with calves, or such other
animals as you might find it neces-
Sary to keep. In starting an enter
prise of this character it would prob
Gably be best for you to start out
with say ten animals.
If you want a COW that will give
a good flow of milk you could not
make a mistake in purchasing the
Holstein breed. If you wish to make
butter you should purchase the Jer-
sey. If you wish to start a purely
dairy enterprise you should then Sc
lect one breed and keep it pure. Here
at the college we keep three breeds
for the instruction of our students
and the people of the state. 1t is not
necessary in the case of dairy en-
terprise to have pure-bred animals.
High-grades will answer every pur-
pose.
You will probably find it necessary
to purchase cottonseed meal and
other concentrates to supply your
cows with a satisfactory grain ra-
ton. You could do this out Of the
proceeds of say 10 to 20 acres which
you might devote to cotton. On the
other hand, you may wish to grow
your cotton on another area of land
than that close to your home town.
In that event you can use the bal
ance Of the land to grow hay, sor-
ghuTn, forage or corn in the summer
time and cereals in the winter. Ce-
reals can be used to supply some pas
turage and also for the production
of grain or hay.
Where one wishes to sell eggs and
broiler chickens or fries we do not
believe there is more satisfactory
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-16

insure complete combustion of
everygrain ofpowder, sothatthe full
energyof the whole powdercharge
is developed at the muzzle. Thus
none of the shot charge leaves the
gun until it is being driven by the
maximum energy and velocity
possible from the load.
At the rndzzle, the expanded;
snug-6tting driving wad is slightly
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-16
AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION
81 DR. ANDREW NJ SOULE

breed than the Leghorn. Up to about
eleven weeks of age they will grow
as fat and make as good trlerS as
any breed. After that they do not
take on flesh so rapidly, nor do they
make the weight of some chickens of
some of the other breeds. AS to lay
ers, the Leghorn is superior to any
other breed.
Poland China is an excellent freed
of hogs, as are the Duroc Jerseys.
This Ration Needs Adjustment
r. s. Burgess, Pembroke, Ga, writes:
I have a COW that has been sick for
more than a week. She walks stiff
and it is difficult for her to get up
when she is down, and when she moves
she grunts. She eats very sparingly.
Please tell me what to do for her.
About the first thing you should do
with COW in the condition you de-
scribe is to give her good dose of
EPSON salts. A drench of LIS pounds
dissolved in lullewarm water should
be about right. You should then
follow this up with the use of good
digestive tonic. The following one
is about as good as you could use.
Secure, pulverize and mix together
very thoroughly two ounces nuX vom-
lea seed, two ounces gentian root,
two ounces ginger root, two ounces
nitrate of potash. four ounces OF
suIphate of iron. This mixture should
mixed in the feed two or three times
a day. 1t is best to give medicines
Of this character say in bran maShes.
The mashes are prepared by pouring
boiling water over wheat bran and
allowing it to stand until cool. The
medicine should be mixed with the
bran before the water is poured on
it.
You should see that only easily di-
gested food is fed. Be sure that it
n NX1T
out to pasture if possible. Examine
her very carefully and be sure that
she is free from ticks. Sometimes
they produce conditions quite similar
to those you have described. We be-
lieve the treatment suggested Will
effect the relief you are seeking.
A Suitable whitewash Formula
E. II. NJ, Buena Vista, Ca, writes:
/ have several outhouses that l wish TO
whitewash, and want a good formula for
this purpose. would also like to Know
the best method and time for setting
out Bermuda.
A great many formulas may be
used for making up whitewash. The
one set forth below, however, we
believe to be as satisfactory as any
you could use.
Stake a half bushel of unslaked
lime with boiling water, keeping it
covered during the process. Strain
it and add a peck of salt, dissolved
in warm water, three pounds of
ground rice put in boiling water and
boiled to a thin paste, half pound
of powdered Spanish whiting, and a
pound of clear glue, dissolved in
warm water. Mix these well to-
gether and let the mixture stand for
several days. Keep the wash thus
prepared in a kettle or portable fur
mace, and when used put it on as hot
as possible with either painters Oh
whitewash brushes.
Bermuda grass may be set out al
this time of year in one of several
ways. Where there is only a small
we would secure the sod, cut it VI
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-16

checked by the muzzle choke or
construction, while the shot cluster
travels on unbroken-by-gas blast or
wadding, making the hard-hitting
uniform pattern for which Win
chester Shells are world-famous.
= Uniform shells. From primer
to crimp Winchester Shells are so
balanced in construction as to in
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-16
More Hides
Cheaper Shoes

The wide discrepancy in the
price of the country hides as
compared with the value of the
finished leather products results
partly from the general inferior
ity of country hides and skins,
due to improper methods of ham
ding as we'll as to lack of
weIi-defined and closely follow
ed system of classifying and mar
keting.
After the hides leave the farm
they must pass through numerous
processes of marketing, transport
tation, and manufacture before
being converted into leather,
which, in turn, undergoes many
additional treatments before it
becomes a finished article Of com
merce.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-16
The Winchester gas
control system

i The Winchester system Of
wadding and loading is the
result of repeated experiments
to determine the most effective
control of the gas blast.
The base wads of Winchester
Shells are constructed to give
what is known as progressive
combustion to the powder
charge. The ignition spreadsto
the sides, in all directions, as
we'll as forward.
Under the heat and pressure of
this progressive combustion the
tough, springy driving wad ex-
pands and fills the bore snugly,
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-16
No birds get through his shot patterns
ME successful sportsman

NHE successful sportsman
i knows that his bag de-
ponds almost as much
upon the shot pattern, or even
ness with. which the shot spreads
out and covers the game, as it
does upon his gun handling.
The secret of uniform game
getting patterns is in the control
ofthe gas tfrontheexploding
powder. This in turn~depends
upon the qVadding in the she'll.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-16
Clean hits and more
of them,

! % insure more hits and cleanes hits
in the field or at the traps be sure your
shells are Winchester Leader and Re-
Restef for smokeless, Nublack and New
Rival for black powder. Leading hard
ware and sporting goods dealers in everv
community carry Winchester arms and
ammunition. They will be glad to assist
you in determining the particular load
pest suited to your purpose. Upon re-
quest, we will send you, free of charge,
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-16
Mrs. Peacock Dies at II;
Leaves A3 Grandchildren

The death of Mrs. L. L. Peacock,
which occurred suddenly a few days
ago at Owassa. Ala, has saddened
many friends. She was seventy-two
years old, and is survived by her
husband, who is eighty-one years
old, and eight children, fortyt-three
grandchildren and three great grand
children.
She was born and raised in Gomez
all county. where she married and
reared her own family.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-16
Establishing a Combination Stock
Farm

G. NJ. o., Sylvania, Ca, writes:
am thinking of converting my farm
into a combination stock proposition
and wish some advice as to how best
TO do it. L have 12O acres of land, 65
of which is in cultivat ton, the balance
is in branch and woodland. 1 was
thinking of a combination of cows, hogs
and chickens, and have about decided on
Jersey cows, Poland-China hogs and
chickens. Any suggestions you can give
me as to management, breeds, etc., will
be aDDreciated