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A HOMEMADE DOLLS HOUSE.
BY HILDA svsIck.

A friend Of mine entered her Eve
year-old son In a kindergarten. she
took him there every day, and once In
a while stayed with her three-year-old
daughter to visit. Noticing that the
children we're happy because they were
snsy with work which appealed to
them, and that the dolls house was
frequently the center Of attraction.
she decided to allow her little ones to
make house at home. So for 20 cents
two wooden egg boxes we're secured
from the grocer. amid much excite
ment on the part of the children.
The boxes were taken straight 10
the children's corner. and II was de-
cfded that work should be done on
them on rainy days only. and that the
children were to do all the work ii
possible.
At their dictation. mother made 3
list Of the things they Intended TO do:
Paint the outside OF the boxes white:
make a curtain across the front: have
q kitchen. dining room. sitting room
and bedroom; paper the rooms: make
rigs for the floors. and make furniture
fcf the different rooms The next thing
n do was TO prepare list OF the va
eiassS materials needed: Paint. paper.
seisoFs. thumb lacks cardboard boxes.
>.sssss. Sl.sr- sca;loped-edeed tissue
lal.~g nspsIns fot window curtains.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-03-14
New Plastic Material.

A new plastic material that can be
put 10 many uses in the arts Is made
by melting glue or gelatin on a water
bath Al a temperature slightly below
the boiling point Of water When the
glue Is liquid decoction OF hop ifow-
ers In dilute oxalic acid Is added. and
the impurities are allowed to settle.
The liquid Is then poured into carefully
leveled shallow molds. and allowed to
dry In the air. forming thin plates. II
can be dyed any color desired. after
which II is treated In bath consisting
OF mixture Of forinaldehyde. alcohol.
fannie acid. glycerine and water. This
hardens the glue. renders q insoluble
in water. YET leaves Il quite plastic.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-03-14
Ladybirds for France.

Southern California has, during re-
cent years, been credited with leading
oil other sections Of the United States
in developing natural methods OF COM
batting insect pests. Among these is
the ladybird, the tiny red bug which
feeds on plant insects. Millions OF
these bugs, propagated In the Califor-
MIA nurseries, are now being shipped
overseas to France. where they win be
incubated until spring and released to
do their part in destroying noxious In
sects. Great stretches Of land In south.
ern France have been untitled during
the war, and 1t is expected that vfri-
Gus pests will be greatly In evidence.
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-03-14

line, adding to the attraetlveness Of
the building.
A floor plan OF this bungalow alsJ
Is shown in the illustration and study
of il will bring out many points Of in
terest to those who are considering
what type of home they will build.
Living Room 10 Large.
The front entrance door opens into
the living room, the room that makes
a bungalow such a favorite. This
room Is 10 by ID feet, an exceptionally
good size, not being too large to de-
tract from the idea OF eozlness and not
SO small that there Is q feeling Of be-
ing shut in. At enc end Is an open
fireplace, another important bungalow
feature, and on either side OF IL are
low bookcases, with windows above.
Opening or the living room through
wide space between eolOmades, Is
the dining room, also Of good size and
equally attractive In its arrangement.
The room is IA by II Feet, with an
alcoye 4 BY 81 feet, the END wall Of
which Is formed by windows How at
tractive this nook may be Hfade can be
imagined BY the woman with artistic
tastes. Between the aleoye and the
wall at the rear Of the dlning room Ii
q seat with windows above.
The kitchen. the wcskruOm Of the
home, is designed with a yfew to efii-
cheney. II is II by 10 feet. but large
pantry. 8 by 8 feet adds to its con-
venlence. In the latter h work TIA
BILE, Eve shelves, and space for the ice
box, the latter having an opening to
the back porch 50 that II may bO
iced without coming indoors. The
basement stairs open OF one corner Of
the kitchen.
A T-shaped hall connects the dining
room and the two bedrooms. The front
bedroom is 101S by 10 feet and has two
windows opening to the terrace and
one ut the side, allowing for excellent
ventilation. The rear bedroom has
similar windows, but is slightly larger
than the front room, being 141s by 10
feet. Between is an unusually large
bathroom for this size house.
Much Closet Space
Closet space always is feature that
appeals to the housekeeper. In this
1t will be noticed. are three
large closets, one off the living room
and one off each Of the bedrooms. The
bathroom, too, has considerable space
that can be so used.
In the hands of an experienced build
er, this design may be changed to suit
the exposure Of the house, or to suit
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tenant will find paying rent nm increas-
ing tax on his income, while at the
same time he Is accommodating moth
ing for this extraordinary expenditure
but a bunch Of rent receipts.
Bungalow Solves Problem.
The bungalow goes far toward solv-
Ing the problem Of home for the
small family of limited means. But,
what is most important, a bungalow Is
both a comfortable and attractive
home.
The accompanying illustration shows
an exceptional bungalow. both from ex-
terror appearance and interior arrange
ment.
In building home, place where
one win 1--we for q considerable number
Of years, its exterior appearance is inn
portant. How win 1t at in with the
other homes on the street, or how win
1t lend itself to its surroundings? Can
1t be made an outstanding home. one
that win be source Of pride to Its
owneri
The Illustration answers both Of
these questions in favor Of this bun
galow. II Is artistic without being
glnger-bready: it Is comfortable ap-
pearing and Is susceptible to having
its attrsctiveness enhanced By flower
beds and flower boxes
The bungalow is IS BY % feet. The
terrace extends across 30 feet Of the
frontage and IS I feet deep. TIE slight
areh In the roof over the front en-
trance door breaks the straight rosf
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-03-14
Frank Comment.

Robert was a great admirer Of sol
diers and, having attended military
wedding. he was loud In praise. Soon
after he was taken to see another
wedding where all were in civilian
clothes. At the wedding dinner he re-
ceiyed a dish of Ice cream full OF
fruit. rnisins. etc. He especially dis
liked raisins. so he said In loud tones,
Il fink this wedding and this Ice
cream is wotten-no soldiers or moth
in"
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the ideas Of the owner. For instance,
1t win be an easy matter 30 transpose
the bedrooms and bath and the living
and dining rooms and kitchen, n the
bungalow should face 50 this arrange
ment would be more desirable.
For either city, town or country. q
bungalow Of this type win be found
to make a comfortable home. one that
win grow on the owner the longer he
lives In 1t. How coy win be the liv-
ing room with the open fire In the win
ter. and how much comfort can be de-
rived from the terrace In the sumner
can easily be imagined.
A bungalow home. built from this
dfsign win meet the needs OF the fam
lily that wants pretty. comfortable,
convenient house-one that Vim not be
very costly to build. And when n is
finished and the owner has moved In
the family win feel justifiably proud Of
their new bungalow home--a home of
our own"
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A pVacldlst

The mop dangied In the bucket on
the half-washed floor. the pantry
shelves were dismantled. the luncheon
dishes reposed In the sink The little
bride. VINO had been TO market, rushed
into the kitchen 70 begin dinner. Johns
folks were coming on their FIRST visit Of
Inspection. There the new maid sat
aInlessly thrustlng = needle in and out
OF piece Of cloth. I'm tryln' out nv
styss Of sewin." she dzzaled
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-03-14
souelchino a Smile.

There we're plenty Of empty seats In
the car. but the smiling youth. who
wore his hat on the back Of his head,
stopped opposite the handsome young
woman In the red hat and said In bis
most engaging manner:
sCan take this seat, miss7-
II have no objection, sir" she said
in a tone that froze the last smile on
his face, but / think it's nailed
down."
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-03-14

-Iud Tunkins says he's a scientin,
farmer
yep. returned Farmer Corntessel.
-lud has ct - scientific he'd rathef
nm u III his time aftend.n' lectures
IAGA IN : culsiFslor.s
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-03-14
Deduction.

The letter you have just received
Is from man Of strong win and given
70 use force"
"How can you tell al that1 II looks
ike a terrible scrawi to me-
that's just II. u Is mailed fsf.s
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-03-14

~why IS there so much csloric IN
tn SOUP Janef"
Cause. ma'am. II was the only sen
ssasa' the grocer wasn't out o."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-16
By Seymour Barnard

Il WAS watching the bricklayers
a who, in the few spare moments
which the craft now and then
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-16

he chorus girls at the Hippodrome
lad won minimum wage OF thirty
i've dollars a week she Cancelled her
passage to South Africa and Joined
the show.
My son. resumed my old friend,
who received his M. d. wear ago
and who is now an inferno in a hos
p;tal. has applied for the position
Of ambulance driver. He believes
that the men will soon be organized,
and, ambulance driving being most
essential form of industry, he sees
how wages can be forced to point
far above the remuneration of the
medical practitioner Fancy he
said to me, "a strike of ambulance
drivers at time of epidemic or
widespread disasterv
The professor settled back in his
chair and lighted cigar. 81 sup
pose it's time for work again" he
said, retlectively.
AT what hour do you resrLm.?" 7
asked, glancing at my watch and
thinking of my uncompleted house
with some little apprehension.
There is no set hour" he replied.
Those first to report stand about
chatting and smoking until all hands
have arrived. 1t is not infreouently
the case that there is just time
enough to put our tools away and
strengthen up for the night"
He reached for the check the wait
er rendered him. "I'm glad YOU
Ike the club" he said, as he signed
acknowledging a complimentary OBJ.
servation Of mine. st was once y
corner saloon, they tell me. where
the workmen used to bring their
lunch to eat with their beer. Little
by little it has been improved &c
keep up with the rising status of
the workers. There is a long wait
ing list" he volunteered. Some OF
the large employers are mad to get
in. There is no hope. for them
though. Possession. of a union card
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is one Of the first requirements.
This is but one Of a large num-
Der Of workingmen's clubs, and, I
must confess, one Of the least ex-
elusive. Its membership is recruited
from those who have risen to man.
ual labor from the ranks Of the in
tel'ectuals. None of US would be
admitted to any Of the Simon-pure
worklngmen' clubs, where every
member was born and bred to his
calling as a day laborer. There is
great deal Of class feeling in the
unions and much pride of ancestry.
What is more, all workmen know
that polite society is veritablc hot
led for the propagation Of socialism
and other Objectionable heresies.
Those of us who have sprung from
this element are naturally under sus-
picion."
Then you don't incline toward
socialism," asked in surprise.
"Not much!' the professor eiacu-
lated fiercely, pounding the table.
Socialism would mean monstrous
reversion. Emancipated as we are
from the cares of ownership and the
annoyances Of business, with practi-
cally all of the profits accruing to
us. why should we desire a change ?
The old order has been reversed.
To-day it is those who own who make
up the slave class. Only the toilers
are really free. All this talk in
favor of socialism is started by the
employers who believe that thew are
entitled to share in the rewards of
labor. Witness the subtle way thew
spread their insidious doctrine--bv
allowing the workers voice in the
management, by the formation of
shop committees; all part of a dia.
b,lical attempt at leveling process
through which they hope to make
themselves our equals"
II had never thought of it that
way" said.
"A fact, though" replied the pro-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-16
But 1t Doesn't
Work! And
1923 Labor
Unanimously
Decides for
Longer Hours

since in twenty minutes work one
had not time to perspire.
Alas, The good government had
rot thought Of the organization Of
leisure. Every citizen had, each day,
twenty-three hours and forty
minutes at his disposal. He coul
not well give more than eleven
hours to sleep. What to do with
the rest of the time?
The cabaret, the cinema, the fox
trot? These were insufficient, the
more SO since with the cabaret and
the cinema the twenty minute day
was inexorably enforced.
Ennui reigned. Formerly the
workman used to sing at his WORK
Now he yawned in his idleness.
The government saw that the
situation was grave. A people thai
is weary is a people that will do
some foolishness. The Ministry OF
Labor, which had become useless.
was transformed into a Ministry Of
Idleness. A practical man was
placed at its head
LET u.s." he cried, "organize the
pleasures of the people. 1t is not
enough to give them leisure. We
must provide the means of spending
it, Let us have Libraries, debating
societies, museums, festivals Of
sports. Let us celebrate great
democratic festivals with concerts
and plays''
And so it was done.
But soon the people had all read
Monte Cristo" and "The Mysteries
Of Paris" and "The Ircnmaster,
and libraries palled. The people
had no mind to read manuals Of
civic education.
SO with the lectures. IN vain dc
the learned Professor Barbarcoi
discourse on the history Of admins
trative organization; and the great
statistician Lenpatry deity juggle
with figures; and the savant Pirou
cite tell of the price of sweetbreads
under Charlemagne and Of goa
cheese under Louis XI. The people
would have none of IL
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The Lure of Labor: Who Can Resist?

favor Of the trowel and mortar.
In the midst Of my contemplation
trim little sedan drew up at the
curb. My friend in tweeds faced
about upon the scaffold and waved
a command to the chauffeur. For
the first time could see his face.
Before me stood the professor whose
friendship and teaching had meant
untold things to me throughout my
college career. Unabashed and
quite naturally he answered my
amazed look with a nod Come
and have lunch with me-" he said
when he had descended the ladder.
In his tidy sedan we made our
way to the manual Arts Club"
where, it seemed, my old friend
han 'ually lunched. 1t was a sumptu-
ous place, crowded with we'll dressed
people who, like himself, my host
explained, had abandoned profess
sional life for some form of manual
labor.
"You see," he said when we had
given our order, ''many of US teach
ers have come to feel that, after we
have given, say, ten years to our
profession, we are at liberty to
enjoy the high pay and comparative
ease which manual labor offers. The
calling of the bricklayer permits me
ample time to follow for my own
editication the science I formerly
pursued for others. There is Just
enough actual bricklaying to lend
variety to life. The novelty of the
work never wears off through over
indulgence. A generous portion of
the week is spent in adjusting diff
ferences within our unions and ad-
ditional time in settling strikes.
Sociologically this is interesting
far more interesting than the con-
troversies which engage the lower
or, as you call them, the professional
classes.
"Our pay? Wages we say. A
minority of US favor the tern1 sal
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ary,' but most Of US feel that this
connotes the meager compensation
which prevails among the employing
classes. At present | am getting
only about treble my salary as a
professor. But the three-day wage
agreement under which our union is
now working terminates tomorrow
"a legal holiday, fortunately, which
shortens the obnoxious arrangement
by just one-third of the specified
term.
eve profit by a most ingenious
wage system, laid down by the men
themselves. (Talk about the ina
bility of the workingman to manage
his own atfairs!) 1t is sliding
scale, by which wages advance every
time the leisure period Of the day is
heightened, which happens with
gratifying regularity. Thus we are
insured against financial loss
through time Off.
ut is foolish in economists longer
to insist that supply and demand
regulate wages. Supply was long
since eliminated as factor by the
unions. Demand alone prevails; not
the demand for labor, but the de-
mand of labor.
"You ask how my family regards
my changed situation in life. Most
favorably, let me say In fact, my
children have followed my example
| do not mean that they, too, are
bricklayers. They, nevertheless
have chosen lines of work in which
the influence of the employer is least
felt and periods of employment
satisfactorily irregular.
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June IA, 1884, the day set for the
execution Of one Plumard, the
leader of the notorious oilers"
who lurked in the corner of cloud
not far from the Bondy Forest, ly-
ing in wait for isolated aviators,
Plumard was awakened, dressed and
invited to smoke a cigarette and
drink a glass Of wine, as was usual
in such case. Everything was in
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sons. Besides, new university
methods permitted the examining of
students brains as the stomachs of
fatted geese are stuffed, and the
average result of examinations was
none the worse.
In brief, the happy time predicted
by Guesde had arrived. The an
cient law, "In the sweat of thy face
shalt thou eat Bread" was repealed.
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"that III finish the job tomorrow.
| am a syndicated official and, even
as my colleagues. I owe the state
only twenty minutes of labor. Gen
tlemen, ! have the honor"
Turning to Plumard, he said
Excuse me, sir, but you may
count upon me for tomorrow morn
ing at the earliest hour
Finally, thanks to perfected ma
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chinery, the twenty minute day
suficed for the production not only
of the necessities, but also of luxu-
ries. Machines wrote, calculated,
painted, sculped, cooked, planted,
accomplished with marvellous skill
nearly all the labor formerly done
by hand. There were even machines
that served at table, since walters,
like all other salaried folk, owed
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only twenty minutes a day to their
employers. Senators and deputies
also sat only twenty minutes, and
the republic was no worse governed
than before. Magistrates served for
only twenty minues; they had, thus,
no time to fall asleep on the bench
and justice did not suffer. Of
course, professors gave only Twenty
minutes to their lectures and les
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readiness and the moment had come
to conduct Plumard to the electric
guillotine, when the executioner
said to his aids: Friends, that is
sufficient for to-day. 1t is time to
60"
EWhat?" exclaimed the aston
ishcd Attorney General Of the re-
public.
81 said," replied the executioner,
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Ttcenty Minute Sports

The sports were more successful
but people in time wearied Of see
ing boxing matches. and marathon
races, all clipped TO twenty minutes
duration. The museums Jared no
better. The celebrations of demo
cratic anniversaries were sublime.
or would have been had they moi
been confined to the procrustean
measurement of twenty minutes.
Presently the revolutionists
started propaganda which badly
worried the government.
I'VE want they cried, 'to WORK
freely. Enough of leisure Too
much Of idlenessl To force Us to
be bored fourteen hours a day Is
odlous tyranny. Comrades, to
work, Let us work A bas lie idle
ness Conspuez leisure!9
Then in the "Sociale," the organ
Of this new movement, appeared
tbs news:
The worklngmen of the house Of
Babyles have decided to stay al
work full hour every day. This
decision was reached at meeting
at which infiamma' DRY speeches
were made. All attempts at con
citation were fruitless."
On May Day, 194l, the G. + l.
rosted on the walls of Paris this
bulletin:
"WCRKINGMEN'
You We're never before so un-
happy as since the advent of tie
twenty minute day.
You yawn TO excess.
you don't knowswhat TO do. You
don't know where to 20. You are
like the lost souls.
I'VE HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF
IT,
I'VE must resume again the lasts
of life.
here is but one way TO do Il.
"IT Is WORK,
Work is health of body and mind
ALI STAND UP FOR The
ONE-HOuR DAY."
\ formidable manifestation was
made in tie streets of Paris. making
the air ring with Long live the
one-hour day.
IT "as not long before the desired
reform was granted. But the radl-
cal rcvolutionists We're Unsuitable.
ne next year they demanded two
hour day. Then there appeared, sue
cessively--and successfully:
The three-hour day,
The four-hour day,
The iive-hour, the six-hour. the
SeVen-hour, the eight hour day.
AT this moment we are at the
eight-hour day. The deadly ennui
"'lch oppressed all men is dissipated.
1alety brightens town and country.
'0e,''oeracy Is no longer neurasthenic-
Labor is rehabilitated labor. so
,ong illuminated and . detested;
labor, without which existence is I'M
endurable.
Long live Labor.